Jingxing Pass is surrounded by mountains. The Taiping River flows all year round in front of the pass. The hills inside the pass are gentle and wide, leading directly to the North China Plain. The stone walls on both sides of Jingxing are steep and narrow. Cars cannot square the track, and riders cannot ride parallel to each other. It is very dangerous and difficult to travel. It is a natural and dangerous place for military strategists.
Li Yuanji and Wokuotai led their troops to Tumen Pass east of Jingxing and set up camp outside the pass.
In view of the fact that it would take time for the two armies of Yue Fei and Huo Qubing to arrive, it was even more to dampen the morale of the Tang Tu coalition forces. Yang Gao decided to lure the Tang Tuo coalition to take the initiative to attack and consume their forces in the siege.
If the commanders of the Tang army on the opposite side were still Chai Rong and Guo Ziyi, Yang Gao would have to spend a lot of effort to let the Tang army take the initiative to attack a dangerous place that is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack. But now the coach on the opposite side was replaced by Li Yuanji, and Yang Gao thought about it for a moment before he came up with an idea.
"Select one of those Tang Army prisoners of war who refuse to surrender for me!"
Taiyuan was Li Yuan's land of Longxing, and the garrison in Bingzhou had a high sense of belonging to the Li family. After Yang Gao captured Jingxing, hundreds of Tang troops guarding the pass refused the Sui army's offer to surrender and refused to surrender.
At that moment, Yang Gao's guards randomly selected one of the prisoners, tied his hands and put them on the horse, hung the gift box carefully prepared by Yang Gao around his neck, and were escorted out of the pass by two Sui soldiers. Sent outside the Tang Army camp.
"Li Yuanji, I am giving you a gift according to His Majesty's decree. I believe you will like it. Send someone to pick it up quickly!"
Two Sui army knights sent the Tang army prisoner outside the Tang army camp. After shouting a few times, they left the Tang army prisoner and rode away.
Seeing the Sui army knights leaving, the Tang army camp opened the gate. Several Tang soldiers came out, took the Tang army prisoner who was still tied to the horse, and sent him and the gift box hanging around his neck to Li Yuanji's Chinese army. Big account.
Hearing that Yang Gao had given him a gift, Li Yuanji was puzzled, but out of curiosity, he still took the gift box from the prisoner, opened it, and his expression suddenly changed. It turned out that the gift box actually contained a set of gifts. Women's long skirt.
"Young kid Yang Gao, you've gone too far to bully others! You've gone too far to bully others!"
Li Yuanji's face turned red with anger. He was furious and drew his sword in his hand: "Little Yang Gao, I, Li Yuanji, will not be a human being until I cut you into pieces. I swear I will not be a human being!"
While roaring, Li Yuanji swung his sword and cut the Tang army prisoner who gave away his clothes into two pieces.
Li Keyong on the side couldn't stop him, so he couldn't help but stamp his feet and shouted: "Your Highness, how can you kill people indiscriminately! This soldier swore to die after being captured at Jingxing. The reason why Yang Gaoer didn't use his people as envoys was to use our captured soldiers." The soldiers just want to provoke you to kill. Your sword will chill the hearts of many soldiers!"
"Does Grandma Li fit me? Does Grandma Li fit me?"
Before Li Yuanji could answer Li Keyong, the earthen gate not far away was closed, and the officers and soldiers of the Sui army were shouting in unison. The words reached Li Yuanji's ears word for word, and Li Yuanji completely lost his mind.
"Send the order, send the order, attack Tumen Pass! Cut Yang Gao's body into thousands of pieces!"
Li Yuanji's eyes turned red and he yelled crazily.
"Your Highness, calm down."
Li Keyong's expression suddenly changed when he heard this: "Tumen Pass is a choke point connecting the east and west. It has been a dangerous and dangerous place famous throughout the world since ancient times. Ten thousand soldiers and horses are enough to resist the attack of a fifty thousand army. At present, there are still Turks There is no news about reinforcements from Guanzhong in Taiyuan. The strength of the Sui army is almost the same as ours. They forcefully attack the city and waste their troops. Please think twice, King Qi!"
"shut up!"
Li Yuanji didn't give this uncle any face at all, pointing at Li Keyong and yelling: "If Yang Gao, a common man, humiliates Gu Gu like this, where will his face be? I ask you, what do you think of giving this woman's dress to you?" ? If you put it on in front of the soldiers of the three armies, I will listen to you!"
Li Ke was speechless for a moment. To be honest, he couldn't bear this kind of thing.
Seeing that Li Keyong was silent, Li Yuanji snorted coldly, waved his hand and said: "Send the order, the whole army is ready to attack Tumen Pass. We have decided to be alone, and whoever dares to stop him will be executed without mercy!"
Following Li Yuanji's order, trumpets sounded one after another in the Tang army's camp, and one hundred thousand elite Tang troops marched out in formation, with the sound of drums rumbling and they marched toward Tumen Pass.
Boom, boom, boom! ! !
The sound of drums shook the heaven and the earth, and groups of Tang troops took up positions in front of the wall. Following Li Yuanji's order, the Tang army launched into full force, pushing the chariots and mounting the ladders, and swept toward the city wall in a dark mass.
The Sui army at the top of the city had already prepared its advance. Yang Gao personally went into battle. Next to him was the famous Youxiao Cavalry General Chang Yuchun. Xue Rengui, the commander-in-chief of the Central Plains Army, led his army to Guguan, west of Jingxing. , responsible for guarding against the Tang army and Turkic reinforcements coming from the direction of Taiyuan.
"Chang Yuchun listens to the order. In terms of experience in commanding on the battlefield, I am not as good as you. Today I order you to take full command of the entire army to fight. All generals including me will be under your command!"
Yang Gao knew that he was inferior to Chang Yuchun in terms of experience and ability in commanding on the battlefield, so he immediately handed over the command to Chang Yuchun.
"General, thank you for your trust!"
Chang Yuchun was very excited when he heard this. He immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order. He took the command flag from Yang Gao's hand, waved the flag and said, "All soldiers, fight against the Tang thief!"
The Tang army maintained an orderly formation, holding their shields high, and marched to within a hundred steps of the city wall. The Sui army's crossbowmen on the top of the city began to fire their crossbows towards the city. Arrows rained down, clinking on the ground. On Tang Jun's shield, there were more arrows that penetrated Tang Jun's defense and pinned Tang Jun directly to the ground.
This is the gap in experience. Chang Yuchun, who has experienced hundreds of battles, knows how far the defenders can use their bows and arrows to maximize their power.
Under the city, it was Li Keyong who was responsible for commanding the attack. This was not because Li Yuanji, like Yang Gao, knew that his ability to command on the battlefield was not as good as Li Keyong so he gave the command to him, but because he was greedy for life and fearful of death. Willing to visit dangerous places in person.
Li Keyong also had rich battlefield experience. Behind the sword and shield soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, he also deployed five thousand crossbowmen. After entering the shooting range, they immediately shot their bows and arrows towards the wall, responsible for suppressing the Sui army on the wall.
However, the offensive method used by Li Ke had long been expected by Chang Yuchun. The Sui army archers on the city wall did not engage in confrontation with the Tang army at all. They relied on the cover of arrow stacks and infantry to resist the missiles flying from the city wall. Feather arrows, this seems to reduce the archers' hit rate, but in fact, the Tang soldiers under the city are as dense as ants. In fact, most of the falling arrows can hit the Tang soldiers even without aiming.
At the same time, the trebuchets on the city wall also began to show their power. The huge boulders roared down across the sky and landed heavily in the ranks of the Tang army, immediately smashing them down.
