At this time, Fan Chang had already taken action in Hua County. Fan Chang's troops quietly entered Ba County in the dark, bypassed the surrounding densely populated areas, and arrived near Hua County.
Of course, in order not to alert Hua County in advance, the approach should not be too close. We can only move forward quietly when it is almost dawn.
He wanted to launch a surprise attack when Hua County opened the city gate at dawn and attack the city of Hua County in one fell swoop.
However, Hua County is, after all, a large and prosperous county with a population of tens of thousands of households. In addition, County Magistrate Cheng Lao usually pays attention to city defense, so he repaired the city wall very firmly.
Moreover, it has just been more than a year since Shuzhong, and not only the people in the city have not completely relaxed their vigilance, but they immediately discovered something was wrong and fled into the city.
Even County Magistrate Cheng Lao acted very decisively. He quickly closed the city gate and ordered soldiers and strong men and wealthy families in the city to come to help defend the city.
Although there were not many guards in Hua County because some of the manpower was transferred to the palace outside the city, Fan Chang and the others were still kept out of the city by relying on the city wall.
Of course, County Magistrate Cheng Cheng did not forget about the palace. Before closing the city gate, he specially sent his most powerful soldiers to rush out and report the news to the palace.
But what County Magistrate Cheng didn't know was that Fan Chang had been staring at the palace for a long time. After not rushing into the city for the first time, he immediately ordered a deputy general to lead 1,500 people to attack the palace.
After all, the changes in the number of troops stationed under Li Hao could not escape Fan Chang's spy.
Although Fan Chang looked down upon the ordinary soldiers in Hua County, he did not dare to look down upon the 180 people who were stationed there.
In order to prevent them from causing trouble behind his back when he attacked Hua County, he had to deal with them first.
But in fact, there was no need for Magistrate Cheng Cheng to report the matter, and what happened in Hua County could not be hidden from Ling Buyi.
As early as when Fan Chang entered Bajun, Ling Buyi had already known about it in advance, but he did not trigger it just to ensure the success of the raid.
I just thought of some ways to spread the idea of the bandits' invasion in advance, so that Hua County could be prepared in advance.
He also predicted in advance that after Fan Chang encountered obstacles in Hua County, he would definitely send troops to the palace to solve the trouble.
Therefore, he took advantage of the chaos of war to move the troops hidden around Hua County to the vicinity of the palace in batches, preparing to cut off Fan Chang's troops first.
Fan Chang didn't know anything about Ling Buyi's plan, let alone that there were more than three thousand people in the palace instead of hundreds.
Of course, the Hua County soldiers guarding the palace looked horrified when they saw so many people.
Because the news about Ling Buyi and these people was originally hidden from them, only Tunqi knew the inside story.
After these people arrived, except for some of the troops who hid in the palace, the remaining half of them went to the mountains outside the palace to hide, so that they could attack from inside and outside.
Anyway, Ling Buyi concluded that Fan Chang did not know that he had entered Shu, nor did he know about the extra troops. In the situation where he had an absolute advantage, the troops who came all the way would definitely not check the situation carefully, nor would they worry about the troops buried outside. People will be found.
After everything was arranged, it was still the same people as before, just waiting for Fan Chang's troops to fall into the trap.
Speaking of which, Ling Buyi didn't have to wait long in Fan Chang. First, the person sent by the old county magistrate Cheng to inform the news arrived from the alley in advance, but the news he mentioned was all Ling Buyi knew.
After arranging him, the rebels sent by Fan Chang were not far from the palace, and Ling Buyi ordered to prepare for battle.
The rebels marched just as Ling Bu suspected. They didn't pay special attention to the situation along the way, and just rushed directly to the palace gate.
Then, without even taking a break, he ordered people to cut down a few big trees as crash wood, and then began to attack the palace, intending to attack the palace in one go.
When Ling Buyi saw this, he naturally played into his own hands. After all, the rebels were so powerful, so it was no wonder that he killed them directly.
Immediately, Ling Buyi issued an order to the soldiers and horses ambushing in the mountains and forests outside the palace, and quickly
Hurry back and attack the rebels from behind.
Inside the palace, Ling Buyu resisted for a while, and after confirming that the soldiers and horses outside the palace were approaching, he opened the palace door and let the rebels come in.
Soon afterwards, the rebels were dumbfounded because there were far more people in the palace than they imagined.
The invading rebels were pushed back at once, forcing them to retreat continuously, but charging forward and retreating are different.
Because the width of the palace gate was limited, and there were rebels outside the palace who were unaware of what was going on inside, such an impact from inside and outside caused chaos among the rebels.
Originally, if they were given some time, the rebels could stabilize the situation again, but how could Ling Buyi give them such a chance.
The troops outside the palace had arrived at this time and rushed towards the rebels. From then on, the rebels outside the palace were completely in disarray.
Since then, the inside and outside of the palace have been artificially divided into two parts, and the rebels have been suppressed towards the gate at the same time.
Although Lieutenant General Fan Chang kept yelling and scolding, he even directly killed the soldiers who were in disorder, trying to reorganize the formation.
But it really had little effect. Instead, Ling Buyi took aim and shot him to death with one arrow. He also ordered his people to shout the slogan that the general is dead and those who surrender will not be killed.
After hearing this, the rebels lost all morale. A small group of rebels outside the palace gathered together, took advantage of the chaos, opened a hole, and fled.
The remaining ones, especially the rebels who were blocked in the palace, had no way to escape and simply surrendered.
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The good news is that Hua County has not been conquered by the rebels. The bad news is that the rebels are arresting the old, weak, women and children outside Hua County and want to take them to Hua County.
Li Hao frowned when he heard the news. He could naturally think of what the rebels wanted to do to capture them.
Not only Li Hao, but also those in the Black Armored Guards and the Yueqi School Lieutenant Department could also think of it.
After all, throughout the dynasties, it has always been common for people to be driven out to attack a city. In the original plot, Fan Chang indeed brought these old and weak women and children to the city gate and blackmailed County Magistrate Lao Cheng to open the city gate, otherwise he would Want to kill.
Because Chenglao County Magistrate could not leave the people alone, he led the soldiers from Hua County to fight to the death to give these people a chance to escape, and died as a result.
Naturally, Li Hao couldn't just sit back and watch this happen. He immediately gave the order and speeded up, and he must rush to Hua County as soon as possible.
It's just that Li Hao is still twenty or thirty miles away from Hua County. In the past, it was estimated that it would take more than half an hour, and he didn't know if it would be late.
It was a pity that Li Hao did not go to the palace to get the carrier pigeon, otherwise he could inform Ling Buyi of the matter as soon as possible. If he set out from the palace, it would be much faster to contain Fan Chang.
Now I can only hope that Ling Buyi can get the news on his own and come forward to prevent this from happening.
In fact, Ling Buyi did not live up to Li Hao's expectations, and even knew about it earlier than Li Hao.
Ling Buyi immediately changed his strategy. Originally, he wanted to continue hiding in the dark, look for opportunities to find Fan Chang's mistakes, and then defeat Fan Chang in one fell swoop.
This will not only end the rebellion as soon as possible, but also have a better chance of capturing Fan Chang alive.
But now after seeing Fan Chang's actions of arresting innocent people everywhere, Ling Buyi could only take the initiative to jump out. Except for some troops guarding the surrendered troops, he led all the other troops out of the palace and approached Hua County directly. .
After Fan Chang heard the news, especially when he knew that the soldier and horse were under the banner of Ling Buyi, he immediately knew that something was wrong.
First of all, he was sure that the troops he sent to attack the palace should have been wiped out, and since Ling Buyi had arrived quietly with so many people.
I am afraid that his rebellion has been discovered by Emperor Wen long ago, and the soldiers and horses who want to come to support him should be on the way.
Looking at Jiancheng in Hua County, Fan Chang knew that he probably didn't have that time, so he wanted to retreat and wanted to go back to Jianwei County.
But before leaving, Fan Chang planned to defeat Ling Buyi first, and it would even be better if he could catch Ling Buyi.
After all, Fan Chang was very clear about Ling Buyi's status in Emperor Wen's heart. If he could catch Ling Buyi, Emperor Wen would then use the rat weapon to make his movement easier.
Especially when Fan Chang learned that most of the troops led by Ling Buyi were not wearing armor, this made Fan Chang even more relieved.
After all, Fan Chang didn't know the power of paper armor, so he naturally assumed that only Tunqi and a group of people who put on the captured rebel armor were wearing armor.
After leaving a small number of troops to monitor Hua County, Fan Chang led his brigade to meet Ling Buyi.
Finally, on a plain a few miles away from Hua County, the two armies formed a formation and faced off.
Speaking of which, up to this point, the rebels under Fan Chang's command were actually not much larger than those under Ling Buyi's command. After all, they lost more than 1,500 people who attacked the palace.
Now Fan Chang only has about 4,000 people left under his command, while Ling Buyi's side suffered little loss in the battle in the palace, and there are still nearly 3,000 people.
But while he was training in the old classics, and at the same time, he was setting off to Nanshan. He had just assembled, and there was a certain gap in this person's combat power, so Ling Buwei was not sure of victory.
If it were his black-armored guards and Yueqi school lieutenants, even if the number was smaller, he would still have absolute confidence in winning a battle.
But when the matter came to pass, Ling Buyi was by no means a hesitant person. After seeing Fan Chang order his troops to attack.
Ling Buyi was the first to bear the brunt and had to lead the charge with his troops. When the soldiers and horses that followed saw Ling Buyi, the general, they all charged. Naturally, their morale was greatly boosted, and they also charged towards the rebels.
It is said that Ling Buyi's personal fighting ability is indeed extraordinary. In this regard, it is estimated that even Li Hao, who has accumulated it for two lifetimes, may not be able to match it.
After all, Li Hao has never been one to take the lead, kill generals and seize the flag. Li Hao is better at leading troops in battle.
I saw Ling Buyi leading his troops to charge back and forth among the enemy troops. Time and time again, the rebels had to form formations to defeat them. When Fan Chang saw this, he also rushed forward with his men, hoping to capture Ling Buyi in one fell swoop.
But Fan Chang still underestimated Ling Buyi after all. After a long struggle, Fan Chang was finally defeated by Ling Buyi's Red Phoenix and Sky-raising Gilded Halberd.
Only the effective rescue of Fan Chang's personal guards prevented Ling Buyi from capturing Fan Chang, otherwise the outcome of this battle would have been decided earlier.
However, seeing this scene also greatly boosted the morale of the troops led by Ling Buyi, and their combat effectiveness increased out of thin air.
It's just that the hard power is still a bit lacking after all. In addition, after Fan Chang left Ling Buyi's side, he commanded in the dark. Therefore, in the long run, Ling Buyi was still at a disadvantage here and suppressed the rebels step by step. stand up.
Just when Fan Chang thought that if he fought step by step like this, Ling Buyi would be defeated and fall into his hands sooner or later.
Suddenly, the deafening sound of horse hoofbeats came from a distance. Fan Chang's face changed drastically when he heard this, because he knew that he had no reinforcements coming, and those who came must be Ling Buyi's reinforcements.
And just this sound must be a large group of cavalry. In this plain, this is not something Fan Chang's men can fight against.
Fan Chang immediately planned to escape, so after taking the lead in a charge, Fan Chang escaped with a few personal guards.
Anyway, facing the cavalry, the infantry under him might not be able to escape, so just ignore it and let them stop the pursuing troops.
But if Fan Chang ran away, he could still count on his men to fight tooth and nail. After Li Hao and his troops arrived, the rebels completely collapsed in just one charge.
Seeing this situation, Ling Buyi said hello to Li Hao and asked Li Hao to gather the surrendering troops, while he led his people to chase Fan Chang.
After all, in his heart, Fan Chang's relationship with Gucheng was much more important than other things.
In this regard, Li Hao didn't say anything and let Ling Buyi go about it first.
But while Li Hao was cleaning up the mess, soldiers sent from Qing County in the distance arrived, just in time to finish the work.
Looking at Cheng Zhi who came with him, Li Hao really wondered whether this guy was deliberately trying to take the credit, or was he really lucky enough to have arrived in such a timely manner.
