In May of the second year of Tang Qianning (895), Wang Xingyu, the envoy of Jiedu stationed in Yingzhou (Bin County, Shaanxi), Li Maozhen of Fengxiang (Fengxiang of Shaanxi) and Han Jian of Jiedu of Huazhou (Hua County, Shaanxi), and the three feudal towns jointly raised troops to invade Chang'an, Kyoto. The imperial court was in a hurry, and Emperor Zhaozong ordered Li Keyong to be made a "deputy envoy of all the soldiers and horses in the world" (equivalent to the commander-in-chief), gave him imperial clothes and bows and arrows, and ordered him to send troops quickly to fight the traitors. The king of the county immediately mobilized three armies to cross the Yellow River in the west, south to Chang'an, and set up camp ten miles away from Kyoto.
That night, Sima Huangqiao, The Secretary of the Army Mei Renxing, the Counselor of the Division, Li Xingsha, the Counselor of the Division, the Generals Li Hanzhi, Li Cunxin, and Li Siyuan were summoned to agree on a battle plan. Li Keyong said: "Wang Xingyu and the other three towns invaded Beijing in order to force Emperor Zhaozong to give way to Li Bao, the King of Ji. How to destroy the rebels in the three towns, support the Tang Dynasty, and save the Chang'an court, please talk about the strategy of breaking the enemy. His eyes fixed on Mei Renxing: "Please ask Mei to join the army first." ”
Mei Renxing was a reader, but he was not a man of the right mind, and instead of learning the True Scriptures, he learned a small belly, specially calculating others, and kicking at the top and down; because li Ke used the old minister and heavy minister, the indiscriminate number was also mixed up, and today he was asked to talk about military strategy, and he could only reluctantly say some empty words such as "knowing the other, winning every battle and winning every battle"; "Li Jiajun Xiao Yong will definitely win a great victory."
Li Keyong ignored it and asked General Li Hanzhi for advice. Li Hanzhi knew Huang Qiao very well, and when Huang Qiao applied to Jinyang, he had already been transferred back from other places. When the two men met, they talked all night long, analyzed the situation in the world and the situation in the camp, and put forward a great plan to help Tang Tang and make up for the sky.
When he saw Li Keyong asking himself a question, he took the opportunity to recommend Huang Qiao: "There is a resourceful little Kong Ming here, how dare I Li Hanzhi speak?" Please Mr. Qinggang for advice! ”
"Good, good." The generals agreed.
"Yes, yes." Aides also expressed support.
"Then ask Sima to speak up straight!" Li Ke will use the dots.
Huang Qiao raised his seat and arched his hand: "Soldier Jiayun, knowing the heavens and the earth, will not be destroyed in a hundred battles; knowing the city and knowing the pool, not losing a hundred battles; knowing the other, not losing a hundred battles; knowing the time and the opportunity, not losing a hundred battles..." The crowd heard him say four "hundred battles without annihilation" in a row, knowing that he had become a bamboo in his chest, and listened with bated breath.
"To know heaven and earth is to understand the situation of the Son of Heaven and the movements of his courtiers. At present, Emperor Shōjong is besieged in Kyoto, and the situation is very critical. The rebels of the three towns besieged Chang'an, as fast as a spark, and their purpose was to suppress the emperor and change the throne. In the face of this situation, we must expose the evil purpose of the rebellion in the three towns, make announcements, save the Tang Dynasty, and raise troops to fight..."
"It's called a famous teacher." Li Hanzhi whispered to Li Cunxin.
"Knowing the city and knowing the pond is to know the location and terrain of the city, the degree of solidity, where it is easy to attack, and where the gate is easy to break, and to make full preparations for combat; to know the other is to grasp the military strength of the enemy and us, and to break through each one." Our army now has 10,000 troops and it is difficult to defeat the rebels and 30,000 people, but our army is a righteous division that helps Tang to save the car, and the enemy is a rebel pawn, and we will certainly be able to win more with less, suppress evil with righteousness, and win in battle..."
"Makes sense!" Lee Junwang appreciated.
"Knowing the time and knowing the opportunity is to know the opportunity, use the opportunity, seize the opportunity, and win the battle." The timing is that after our army launches an offensive, the enemy will inevitably change, and various opportunities in the change will inevitably arise in favor of our army. If you can seize the opportunity in the confusing and ever-changing war, you can win the game. ”
Li Keyong listened to Huang Qiao's analysis, thought it was very insightful, and continued to ask, "Sima Ma, how should this battle be fought?"
Mei Joinjun on the side secretly thought: Haha, this knock on his sore foot pole, I am going to see the joke ah!
Li Hanzhi knew that the way this battle was played was a difficult problem to answer, and he pinched a handful of sweat for Huang Qiao.
Li Cunxin believes that this is a difficult test for Xiao Kongming, depending on whether he has real ability.
Huang Qiao took a sip of tea and proposed three strategies: capture the thief and capture the king, secretly exert rebellion, want to capture the first indulgence, and secure the victory. Three plans and one out, it seems to be bright and dark, it seems to be clear and not clear, and the people cannot get the point for a while. Mei Renxing joined the army and said in a mocking tone: "Huang Sima, this is a war, not a literati hacker chanting poems against." ”
Huang Qiao ignored it and continued: "According to the situation reported by Tanma many times, this battle of Chang'an rescue and driving has more enemies and fewer enemies, and it is not appropriate to attack in an all-round way. We should choose the one who is the leader to focus on the attack, that is, to attack Wang Xingyu with heavy troops and capture his head wisely. The three towns in Beijing all wanted to compete for the lead, contradictions and conflicts were inevitable, and the same roommates were not known. While pointing directly at Wang Xingyu, our army used letters and rumors to spread the discord between Wang and Li and Han and to carry out counter-plots in order to hasten the disintegration between them. Under our key blows, the enemy army will inevitably split and lose the battlefield, and our army will pursue and fight fiercely, tightly encircle Wang Xingyu's old lair, Yingzhou, let go of the western city gate, lead him to flee, intercept and attack on the way, and there is no doubt that victory will be won. ”
"Goodness!" Li Junwang blurted out, and all the civilian and military generals agreed, but Mei Joinjun was half-convinced and rolled his eyes... The grand plan had been decided, and Li Ke used Huang Qiao to organize the operation.
The next day, the soldiers will concentrate on the camp teaching ground. Li Cunxin went to the front of the military platform according to the instructions of the king of the county, and loudly announced: "The king of the county has an order, please ask Sima Huangqiao to take the stage and send troops to the battlefield!" ”
Huang Qiao responded, "Order! Wearing a golden helmet and a red ribbon, wearing armor goggles, and a red robe with wide sleeves, he walked steadily to the stage, bowed to the queen of the county, and was sitting on the order: "General Li Hanzhi obeys the order!" ”
"Yes!" Li Han's response.
"Let you lead 6,000 men and horses to attack the rebel general Wang Xingyu!"
"Yes!"
"Come with your ears."
Li Hanzhi leaned over, and Huang Qiao said a few words of "so and so" secretly. Li Hanzhi nodded, "Understood."
"General Li Cunxin obeys the order!"
"Yes!" Li Cunxin replied.
"Let you lead 2,500 men and horses to attack the rebel general Li Maozhen!"
"Come with your ears!"
Li Cunxin leaned over and Huang Qiao whispered, "You don't have to fight hard, you just need to create a driving force." Li Maozhen only needs this and this. ”
"Understood." Li Cunxin led the troops away.
"General Niu Zhong obeys orders!"
"Yes!" Niu Zhong responded.
"Let you lead fifteen hundred men and horses to attack the rebel general Han Jian!"
Niu Zhong quickly stepped forward, and Huang Qiao whispered to him, "You don't need to fight against Han Jian, you just need to harass outside his camp." Be so and so for him. Niu Zhong nodded, "Understood", and led the soldiers away.
"Mei Renxing joined the army to obey orders!"
"Yes!" Mei Renxing responded.
"Order you to send a competent strategist to send the three letters to Wang Xingyu, Li Maozhen, and Han Jianying respectively, without mistake."
Mei Renxing stepped forward to listen. Huang Qiao leaned over and secretly instructed, "You still have to do this to the two of you." Mei Renxing nodded, "Understood" and stepped down.
After the order of troops and horses to go out, Huang Qiao turned away from his position and said to Li Ke, "Lord Du Tong, I have already transferred the men and horses, should I ask for advice?" ”
Li Ke said with a smile: "It is really worthy of Xiao KongMing, pointing troops to fight, orderly, well-commanded, and the victory is expected wow!" ”
"Don't dare. Your Excellency the King of the Counties is invited to sit in the camp, and I will go to the front line to inspect. ”
Since the rebel general Wang Xingyu, together with Li Maozhen and Han Jian, invaded Chang'an, Kyoto, he had no resistance from the Capital Division, and soon approached Chang'an City, and set up camps outside the city. Wang Xingyu's camp was stationed outside the Xicheng Gate, posing the greatest threat to the capital.
Wang Xingyu was a native of Yingzhou and was originally a general under Zhu Mei, the envoy of The Jiedu of Yingning. In the second year of Emperor Guangqi (886), Zhu Mei made Li Shu emperor, emperor Xuanzong fled, Zhu Mei ordered him to lead troops to pursue and kill, because the pursuit failed, so he killed Zhu Mei. Later, Emperor Xianzong appointed him as an envoy to Linning Jiedushi. In the first year of Emperor Jingfu of Tang Zhaozong, he and Fengxiang Jiedu made Li Maozhen jointly attack Hanzhong without authorization. The following year, Emperor Zhaozong was forced to kill the eunuch Ximen Junsui and the chancellor Du Rangneng. Later, together with Li Maozhen and Han Jian, he invaded Chang'an and killed the chancellor Wei Zhaodu and Li Xi.
This time, he also wanted to invade Chang'an to depose Emperor Zhaozong and establish Li Bao as emperor. Just as they were scrambling to rob Zhaozong, Li Ke came to ask for rebellion and rescue with his troops. Wang Xingyu was well aware of Li Ke's use of iron horses, and he was very panicked, so he hurriedly summoned Li Maozhen and Han Jian to the military tent to discuss countermeasures.
In the big tent of the barracks, it was not hot, but the atmosphere was very tense. Wang Xingyu said: "Dear lords, Du-Eye Dragon Li Ke used the southward, and the spearhead pointed directly at us, and the threat was menacing, and we should not wait to ignore it. According to the Tanma report, Li Ke used more than 10,000 men and horses in the army, but there were 30,000 people in our three towns, and if we worked together, it would not be difficult to defeat them. I thought: Fortify outside the North City Gate, first Lord Li will lead his troops to give him a head-on attack to curb their arrogance; then lord Han and I will attack from the east and west sides, and finally completely annihilate Li Ke outside the north gate of the city. I don't know what the two of you think?"
Li Maozhen was a veteran warlord, and when he heard Wang Xingyu order him to take the lead, he muttered in his heart, thinking that it was unreasonable for this small knot envoy to command him as a prince, and now he was going to order him to take the lead and resist Li Ke's use of soldiers and horses, which was equivalent to taking chestnuts in the fire, and his heart was even more dissatisfied. Li Maozhen, whose original name was Song Wentong, was a native of Boye, Shenzhou (present-day Li County, Hebei), who was initially a military pawn in the county, and because of his culture, shrewdness and strong ability, he was soon promoted to captain. Because of his merits in suppressing the Huangchao rebellion, the Tang Emperor appointed him as an envoy of Wuyi Jiedushi and gave him the name Li Maozhen. Later, he was envoy to Fengxiang Jiedushi, and he attacked Hanzhong with Wang Xingyu without authorization. The following year, he and Wang Xingyu invaded Chang'an, forcing Emperor Zhaozong to kill the eunuch Ximen Junsui and the chancellor Du Rangneng, and made him Shangshu and King of Qi. He gained benefits in these two rebellions, while Wang Xingyu contributed a lot of effort, and neither of them won a title, but in this joint operation, he took the lead and came to the top, so he was also very unconvinced. Although he obeyed Wang Xingyu's arrangement in the military tent, he went his own way when he started the war.
After the deployment was completed, Li Maozhen and Han Jian went back to the camp. As soon as Li Maozhen returned to the camp, he saw the Wei Future Report: "Prince Yu, Li Ke sent envoys to send three carts of fenjiu and nine cars of lambs, saying that they were talking about the intention of expressing condolences. Put it at the gate and go. He also handed us a letter when he left. ”
Li Maozhen opened the letter and looked at it, and was surprised: "Ah! Wang Xingyu asked me to fight Li Keyong, but he wanted to secretly enter the city to kidnap Zhaozong, and wanted us to send him to death. ”
He immediately made up his mind, led his troops to attack the North City Gate, and went alone with Wang Xingyu on his back. When Wang Xingyu learned of this letter, he sent Yao Neng to lead his men and horses to dissuade them, but before Yao joined the army and they had reached the gate of the Northern City, they met Li Gan, a general under Li Maozhen who was in charge of the rear, and the other side asked: "What are you going to do when Yao joins the army?"
"I have come to persuade Prince Li Maozhen not to believe the rumors, to be deceived, to attack alone, and to hurt the harmony of our three armies."
"The army is on hold!" Your lord Wang is leading everywhere, and he has the intention of preemptively robbing the car, so why say more. You brought your troops to block it, could it be to win time for Lord Wang? ”
"General Lee, don't misunderstand..."
"Yao joins the army and withdraws quickly, otherwise, we can only send you swords and guns!"
"And live, and live. The enemy is present, and it is not allowed to in the same room. I also ask General Lee not to do things that hurt his relatives and the enemies are happy! ”
"Don't be wordy! Hurry up and leave..."
"General Li should not deceive people too much, our army is not a weak person, I must see Wang Ye!"
"King Qi has already led his troops to attack the city, and he can't see it, so you better go back!"
"Please make way for me and I'll catch up!"
"Joke, I was ordered by King Qi to intercept you, how can I make you wait?"
Li Gan said as he swung his sword and commanded the soldiers, "Kill! ”
Yao Neng held his stomach and had a momentary sexual hair, which also made the army kill the general. The two sides fought fiercely and did not give in to each other. Moreover, Li Cunxin led his troops to Li Maozhen's camp to challenge, found that it was an empty camp, was surprised, thought that he had been ambushed, and was about to retreat, when he overheard the Tanma Lai report: "General Yu, Li Maozhen has led a large army to attack the northern city; Wang Xingyu sent an army to block it, but failed to succeed, but instead fought with Li Maozhen. ”
"Oh, look again!" He thought: The first time I went to war without encountering an enemy, it was really strange! How should this battle be fought? Pursuing south may form a pinch with the defending capital division, forcing Li Maozhen to flee eastward. So he ordered to rush to the north gate. Yao Neng and Li Gan, who were fighting fiercely, suddenly saw Li Ke chasing and killing them with their troops, and hurriedly led their troops to withdraw. Li Gan moved one step too late, was scattered by Li Cunxin's cavalry, and retreated south while fighting. Li Maozhen led his troops in a bloody battle, and just after breaking through the north gate, there was a report from the detective Ma Lai: "Prince Yu, Wang Xingyu sent Yao Neng to lead a team to block our army's southward advance and fought with General Li Gan. Our army is losing and is retreating south. ”
"Revisit!" Li Maozhen secretly thought, "Wang Xingyu is really cunning, in order to rob the king, he dared to come and cut my back road, so that our army was caught in the middle of the front and back attacks, and put to death and then quickly!" How can I stop with you?" Enraged, he quickly sent troops to fight back against Wang Xingyu's army, only to be annihilated by Li Cunxin's cavalry. When Li Maozhen learned of this, he was anxious and annoyed, and immediately led his own team to burn and loot in the city. Later, under the pursuit of Li Cunxin, he passed through the city, went out of the south gate, and fled back to his hometown. Wang Xingyu was waiting for news that Yao had joined the army to dissuade him, when he overheard the Tanma newspaper saying: "Li Ke comforted Li Maozhen and Han Jian's troops with lambs and fine wine. Confused and not knowing how to deal with it, he came to visit ma again to report: "Lord Wang, things are not good, Li Ke used the general Li Hanzhi to lead six thousand men and horses to attack our army, and the forward has reached the five mile shop." ”
"Re-explore!"
"Yes!" The scouts rushed away in response to the sound.
Wang Xingyu saw that Li Maozhen had split, and Li Hanzhi's army was pressing down on the territory, anxious like ants on a hot pot, and he didn't know what to do. The aides and soldiers offered advice one after another, and some said: "Lord Wang, Li Han's fierceness is incomparable, his speed is like a cloud, and he is known as 'Li Moyun'." When he came to attack, he should not be taken lightly, and Han Jianjun should be transferred to participate in the interception. Some said: "Lord Wang, it is difficult to save the fire in the far water, I think it is better to preserve the strength and withdraw the troops!" ”
Wang Zhong, the master bookkeeper, vigorously advocated a counterattack and said loudly: "Lord Wang, the words of retreating can be put to rest." Our army entered the side of the Qing Dynasty for the second time, and although it encountered difficulties today, there are still 10,000 male divisions, and we must not be arrogant and self-effacing. If you flee without a fight, one will be ruined, and the other will cause people to laugh!"
Wang Xingyu felt very reasonable when he heard this, so he said: "Well said, our army still has 10,000 male divisions, and then mobilize Han Jian's 10,000 troops, and the east and west ends form a joint siege against Li Hanzhi, then the total annihilation of Li Hanzhi will be just around the corner." Then, he sent an order to Han Jian, ordering him to immediately attack Li Jun's flank and back to the west and surround him at the northwest corner of the city; he also ordered Wang Zhong to mobilize his men and horses, personally led by himself, and quickly set up a large formation northwest of Chang'an City to prepare to intercept Li Jun. Unexpectedly, the formation could not be laid out, so he saw a group of people and horses coming from a distance, thinking that Li Jun had arrived, and Wang Xingyu immediately put on a battle to meet the comers.
As the visitors slowly approached, Wang Xingyu discovered that they were Yao Neng, a member of the army sent to dissuade Li Maozhen, to return with a team. When Yao joined the army and saw Wang Xingyu, he hurriedly threw his stirrups off his horse, went forward to surrender his hand, and reported to Wang Xingyu that he had persuaded Li Maozhen to be killed instead of success, and during the fight, he was suddenly attacked by Li Ke's army and fled back.
Wang Xingyu comforted everyone, so he asked the soldiers to return to the camp to rest, leaving only Yao Neng to ask, "Where is Li Maozhen now?" ”
"I heard General Li Gan say that he has led his army to attack the north gate of the city." "Where did Li Ke's troops go?"
"Li Ke's cavalry came fiercely and went straight into Li Gan's camp, and I took the opportunity to escape back."
"So, Li Ke has indeed arrived with an army!"
"Yes, it did come."
They talked and walked, and when they arrived at the camp, it was already the beginning of the lights, and then they spent the night in peace before the war.
The next morning, Wang Xingyu came to the position again to inspect. He was very satisfied to see that the soldiers had dug many horse traps overnight, installed many tripwires, and added many archers and long goers. While he was encouraging his generals to fight bravely, Li Hanzhi had led his cavalry to the front. The cavalry circled around the front of the line, and in front of Wang Xingyu's position, they also laid down their positions. The two armies faced each other and opened up the battle. Li Hanzhi's longitudinal horse sword came to the front of the battle to challenge, and Wang Xingyu did not show weakness, and the Prancing Horse rushed over with his sword.
Li Hanzhi roared, "Traitor Wang Xingyu, you colluded with the three towns, betrayed the imperial court, and dared to raise troops to invade the Beijing Division and rob the emperor's car, and your crimes were heinous!" Now on the orders of the king of the county, Li Ke came to cut down the thieves to protect him. If you surrender to ensure that you do not die, if not, our army will step on the ground and behead the head, in order to sacrifice the emperor! ”
Wang Xingyu was furious and roared, "Shatuo Xiao'er Hugh has to speak wildly, slowly saying that you Li Hanzhi is coming, even if the du-eyed dragon is coming, it doesn't matter!" ”
"Traitor look at the knife!" Li Hanzhi's Prancing Horse came to kill, Wang Xingyu raised his sword to meet each other, the two sides fought for nine rounds without distinction between victory and defeat, and when the battle reached the tenth round, Wang Xingyu felt that his physical strength was insufficient, and he wanted to use the trick to win. He turned his horse back to retreat into the formation, and wanted to capture Li Hanzhi alive with a trap.
Li Hanzhi saw that this was the usual trick of luring the enemy into the battle, and did not chase after it. He returned to the horse formation and ordered the heavy armor and iron horse: "Divide the soldiers into three roads, and charge and kill the enemy!" The three-way cavalry rushed into Wang Xingyu's position like a tide, and the two armies clashed, only to kill the sky in the dark, and the sun and moon were dark. Although Li Hanzhi's iron horse could rush and kill, it could not kill all layers of soldiers, and many cavalry fell into horse pits and suffered a lot of damage. Li Hanzhi saw that the situation was not good, and immediately called for gold to collect troops.
Wang Xingyu smiled when he saw this, and the soldiers were also eager to try to kill the enemy. Master Bookkeeper Wang Zhong said, "Lord Wang, simply take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill him personally on horseback!" ”
"How can we take risks because we have no knowledge of their positions?" If Han Jianjun came early, he could still attack back and forth. But why didn't they come?" Wang Xingyu said.
"There may be changes. I heard that Lord Han accepted the lamb wine that Li Ke gave. ”
"Oh! If so! Wang Xingyu secretly thought in his heart: Could it be that Han Jian and Li Ke colluded secretly, so they did not come.
Originally, Han Jian was ordered to attack Li Jun on the northeast flank of Chang'an City, and then to encircle it from the northeast to the west. But he had just arrived outside dongcheng, and before he could deploy, Li Ke used niu Zhong, a cadre in the army, to lead the cavalry to rush to kill. Han Jian put on the battlefield to prepare for the battle, but the other side only passed by the side of the position, and the momentum was huge, but it did not clash. Although there have been several side clashes, they have been skirmishes. Soon, Niu Zhong camped on the spot and confronted the Han army, and the soldiers made noise, making Han Jian uneasy. Puzzled by this tactic, he asked the master bookkeeper, Mihivan, for advice. Mihivan's sideburns were white, but his eyes were bright and quite wise. He said slowly, "General Han, Li Ke has always used fierce troops, and today's unusual intention is to drive away." He is open to our army! ”
"Oh, that's the point? This is ruining the unity of my three towns, ill-intentioned also! We should take this opportunity to kill him, march west to encircle him, and win the battle, so as to raise the prestige of our army."
"The general is not proper. Wang Xingyu and Li Maozhen already had a gap, and if Li Ke used it to attack, Li Maozhen would change, and if he did not go to war and let our army go it alone, wouldn't it be endless?"
"Well..." Han Jianyi thought about it and said, "It makes sense." ”
"I saw a large number of people fleeing from Dongcheng, and they said that Li Maozhen's army had broken through the north city gate."
"Report!" The camp gatekeeper came in and reported, "The Shatuo army is calling for a battle!" ”
"Ah!" Han Jian hurriedly stepped out of the tent and crossed the horse, rushed to the front of the battle, speared horizontally, and raised his eyes to watch: "Hey, strange, Li Ke used this one-eyed long, how did it become a scar eye?" ”
He was about to ask a question when Niu Zhong loudly rebuked: "Traitor Han Jian, you eat imperial grain but raise an army against Tang, it is really not a thing!" Repent quickly, and all things will be over, otherwise you will taste the stakes of the Niu Zhongpu knife! ”
"General Niu hugh is talking nonsense, and the old man is not a weak man, how can he allow you to be arrogant!"
"What do you say? Lao Tzu is not a good lord! Niu Zhong, in a fit of rage, raised his knife and slashed forward, and the two sides launched a melee, you killed me and slashed, you entered and retreated, fierce and abnormal. The ROK army gradually fell short, and fought and retreated. The sky was gradually darkening, and both sides had to collect their troops.
Han Jian was beaten badly by Niu Zhong, and was defeated in the account, his face full of anger. At this time, I received a letter from a messenger sent by Wang Xingyu, opened it, looked at it, and narrowed my eyes in anxiety, thinking secretly: Li Maozhen insisted on attacking the north gate of the city alone; Wang Xingyu ordered me to march west quickly and surround the Shatuo army in the northwest corner of the city.
When the master bookkeeper Mihifan saw the situation, he knew that it was not good, so he went over to inquire, and Han Jian handed the letter to him, sighed, and said, "What should I do with this?" The rice master book said: "Don't be impatient, when the times change and I can change, I can achieve great things." Now Li Maozhen has gone to the first change; Li Ke has attacked me for two changes; Wang Xingyu has made me annihilate into three changes. Things have also changed three times, it is impossible to enter the city on the side of the Qing Dynasty, in order to protect the strength of our army, to seek a comeback in the future, it is better to know the current affairs as Junjie, to adapt to changes, and to take advantage of the dark night to withdraw troops and escape from danger, which is the best policy. ”
Han Jian calmed down, did not say a word, thought about it again and again, and decided to withdraw his troops overnight, fly away and go to Huazhou.
The next day, Niu Zhong found out that Han Jian had escaped, so he laughed and said, "I ran away before I could catch up with him, this battle is really easy to fight!" "Saying that he commanded the men and horses to chase more than twenty miles back to the camp to hand over the order."
During Huang Qiao's inspection, he found that there was a change in the battle in the front, and Li Maozhen really broke up and attacked the city alone, and knowing that the counter-plan had played a role, he ordered Li Cunxin to lead his troops to cooperate with the Beijing Division to pursue Li Maozhen, so that he had the feeling of stabbing his back with a needle and did not dare to stay in the city. When Huang Qiao inspected the northwest corner of the city, the sun had already set. Li Hanzhi had just lost the battle and returned to the camp. Li Hanzhi welcomed Huang Qiao into the account, reported to him the defeat in the first battle, and requested to be dealt with. Huang Qiao saw that Li Hanzhi was a little discouraged, and smiled: "Brother En, you have fought this battle well!" ”
"Brother Xian, don't make fun of me, please speak up!"
"Where, where, non-mockery also! Brother Li did not know that since our army attacked, the rebels had fallen apart. Li Maozhen attacked the northern city without authorization, And Han Jian was driven away by General Niu Zhong, and only Wang Xingyu was still outside the west of the city, and if you win the battle and Wang Xingyu also ran away, then our army will lose the opportunity to beat him badly.
"Oh! Eating a defeat, but a good thing, isn't this a crooked fight? ”
Yes, that's exactly what it meant. I also want to send Niu Zhong to lead the army to come overnight and beat up Wang Xingyu with you! ”
Li Hanzhi smiled and said, "Well, I'm going to beat him up for dog days in this battle!" ”
They talked and agreed on a plan for the next day's battle. Li Hanzhi took a detailed look at the situation of the enemy's positions and only waited for the Ming Dynasty to go to war. Wang Xingyu did not sleep late at night in the military tent, anxiously waiting for Han Jian's leader to come. But when there was no news from the fourth day, two guards came in with the help of the badly injured messenger: "Your Honor, General Han... He, can't... Here it comes! When he had finished speaking, the messenger stopped breathing. At this time, Wang Xingyu knew that he was completely isolated, the situation was extremely unfavorable, he only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it was not appropriate to fight here alone, so he decided that thirty-six plans would be the best policy, and sent people to order the military camps to hold their positions during the day, refuse to fight, and wait until dark to withdraw their troops back to Yingzhou.
Li Hanzhi ate breakfast, held his breath enough, and prepared to attack at dawn. Huang Qiao said, "Don't be impatient, after General Niu Zhong attacks the West Camp, it is not too late to strike the Bird of Fright." ”
Soon after, The Detective Ma Lai reported: "General Niu has led his army into Wang Xingyu's western camp!" ”
"Revisit!"
After the tanma left the tent, Li Hanzhi ordered: "Dear soldiers, we must avenge the brothers who died yesterday, rush to the rebels, and eliminate Wang Xingyu!" ”
With the general's order, the drums of war were beating, the people shouted horses, and the murderous attack on the enemy's east camp was fierce. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Xingyu urgently ordered the whole army to break through to the north and retreat along the bank of the Jing River to the road of return. However, he was divided by Li Ke's army charge, lost more than half, and fled for more than thirty miles before returning to Yingzhou and holding on to the city. Li Ke personally led the three-way army to chase to Jinjing Pass, the first pass of Yingzhou. Li Ke ordered the camp to be set up and observe the terrain with Huang Qiao, Li Hanzhi, Niu Zhong and others. Seeing that the city was strong and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it could be breached, his own army would suffer great losses, so he decided to adopt Huang Qiao's plan to capture the first. Moreover, the Jinjing Guanshou generals, one Dai Li and one Huang Wenbao (a Native of Youzhou), each made a large sword, which was a general under Wang Xingyu. On that day, the defenders reported: "Li Ke has come to Guanwai with a large army, and the vanguard Li Hanzhi has led the troops to challenge." ”
Dai Li consulted with Huang Wenbao: "When jin soldiers come here, don't fight with him." The city is dangerous and difficult to attack, so we set up more wooden cannons and stones, and the fighting will go. Huang Wenbao said: "The Jin soldiers are tired from afar, the camp is not yet strong, wait for the young general to kill him for a while." Dai Li blocked, "General Huang must not kill in vain!" Huang Wenbao thought that Dai Li was afraid and did not listen to dissuasion, so he led the soldiers to rush down the pass and set up a position. In the Jin camp, Li Han's eldest son, Li Qi, rushed out and shouted, "Who will come?" Sign up for the first level! ”
"I am Huang Wenbao, the Grand General of the Guards!"
Li Yi listened to the name, took the knife and slashed, Huang Wenbao rushed to meet each other, the battle was not ten rounds, Huang Wenbao's sword method gradually became chaotic, and he could not resist. Pull the horse and go. Li Ji caught up, forced the knife to open, lightly stretched the ape's arm, grabbed Huang Wenbao, crossed the horse, ran back to the military camp, saw the king of the county, prostrated his head, and said: "The young general has captured the rebel general Huang Wenbao here!" ”
Li Ke replied, "General Li, tie him up." Li Ji went out of the camp and escorted Huang Wenbao into the camp, and Huang Qiao whispered to the king of the county.
Li Ke nodded and smiled, hurried down the stairs to loosen The restraints on Huang Wenbao, and said: "General Huang, I don't blame you, because the traitor Wang Xingyu opposed the imperial court, and the culprit is him." You are a general of the imperial court, and you should not do anything against heaven with him, but how should you submit to the court? ”
Huang Wenbao was grateful for the grace of the king of the county not to kill, and knelt down and wept: "Lord Xie for the grace of not killing, the king of the county left me with a remnant, and the little one was willing to surrender, for a small pawn in front of the account." ”
Li Ke smiled and said, "General Huang, this is right, the one who goes along with it will prosper, and the one who goes against it will die." "Then huang Wenbao was adopted as a general." However, he said that Huang Wenbao's defeated soldiers went to the pass and reported to Dai Li: "General Huang has been captured!" ”
Dai Li sighed, "Wen Bao doesn't listen to my advice, and he takes his own trouble!" "Ordered to close the generals, set up more cannons, stones, crossbows, and arrows, and cut down trees at the mountain and block the path." Then send someone to Yingzhou for help. The king of the county also ordered Li Hanzhi's leaders to attack the key, close the cannon stone crossbow arrows fly down like a cannon, injuring countless people and horses, and returning Li Keyong. The king of the county asked Huang Qiao and replied, "Rest assured, my lord, I am related to Huang Wenbao, and I will discuss with him how to conquer this pass." The other person nodded in agreement.
Huang Qiao summoned Huang Wenbao to discuss: "We are all descendants of Jiangxia Huang, and we are all officials of the imperial court, and I hope that Brother Xian will make meritorious contributions to the imperial court and honor his ancestors." ”
Wen Bao Shi Li said, "Brother Duomeng's teachings, what is the teaching, please say, the younger brother obeys the order." ”
Huang Qiao asked, "Is there any other way through this pass?" Huang Wenbao replied: "There are only two roads, near the North Mountain can pass through Yingzhou, but I am afraid that the trees have been blocked and cannot move forward." ”
"Brother Xian, what is the plan to pass this pass?"
"Dai Li, the general who guards the pass, is quite scheming, and if he wants to attack hard, he will not be able to pass this pass in a year, unless he uses the trick of surrender, and the inside should be combined with the outside to succeed."
"How about I do this with you?" Huang Qiao asked again. Huang Wenbao said, "The king of Mengjun is not killed, the clan brother loves it, the younger brother is willing to see Dai Li, and he will come to rob the camp tonight, and you ambush the soldiers and horses and take the pass." ”
"Brother Xian, I'll go and discuss with the king of the county and do this again." Then Huang Qiao asked
The king of the county reported in detail the plan of the surrender, and after obtaining consent, he whispered the implementation procedure to Huang Wenbao. Huang Wenbao, who was planned to put on his horse, led more than 20 soldiers from the original to the pass, ran straight to the pass, and walked until dusk, shouting for a switch. The soldiers were on the enemy tower, recognized Huang Wenbao, and reported to Dai Li, who said: "It is difficult to distinguish between true and false at night, and there is no switch." ”
The soldiers also reported: "Huang Wenbao walked away from the Jin camp, and there are confidential matters to say." Dai Li was not at ease, and personally led everyone to close it to see, and if it was Huang Wenbao, he asked people to switch and put In Huang Wenbao and others.
Huang Wenbao entered the tent and said to Dai Li in shame: "I did not listen to the general's words, and I was taken to persuade me to surrender, I pretended to agree, and I wanted to take advantage of the burning camp, but I did not get the opportunity; now I heard that the Chang'an news came, saying that Zhaozong was seriously ill and wanted to recall the king of the county to discuss state affairs, and the Jin camp got the news, and the people packed up and prepared to leave, and they were not very careful, and I stole a horse and escaped." Taking advantage of the fact that the Jin soldiers are in disarray and have no fighting spirit, tonight they will lead the army and horses with their brothers and rob him of the camp, and they will succeed in their deeds! Dai Li said, "I'm just afraid it's a plan for the Jin people?" Huang Wenbao said, "When the younger brother heard this news, what was the plan for seeing it to be true?" Our soldiers and horses went first, and my brother rushed to the rescue. Dai Li listened to the truth and ordered the village to rise up and rob the camp.
However, it is said that the king of the county acted according to Huang Qiao's plan, and ordered Li Hanzhi's father and son to lead five thousand soldiers to ambush the pass, and ordered that as soon as the enemy soldiers came out, they would take advantage of the situation to enter and seize the pass, which was the first merit. Li Hanzhi was a little suspicious and said, "Huang Wenbao's first surrender, the unknown is convinced, and the king of the county must beware." ”
Li Ke smiled and said, "Only according to our military orders, we know our own."
Li Hanzhi then led the troops away. The king of the county ordered the army to lay an ambush in four places, wait for the cannon to sound, and advance in four, leaving only the empty battalion to wait. Huang Wenbao led the troops first, and Dai Li also arrived later. Time will be three more. Huang Wenbao said to Dai Li: "There are three camps in Jin: I rob the left camp, my brother robs the right camp, and the middle camp is the county king camp; when I kill the middle camp, my brother and I concentrate our forces against the county king." Dai Li thought it was reasonable, Huang Wenbao was a horse single first, shouted, and robbed the camp and killed it. Dai Li also entered the right camp, but it was an empty camp, thinking to himself: "Could it be that the Jin soldiers have gone to Chang'an?" After re-killing to the middle camp, huang Wenbao was not seen, that is, people went to explore and returned: "Huang Wenbao does not know where to go!" Dai Li exclaimed again, "I was deceived, and I was caught in the scheme of the adulterer!" "Urgently urge the soldiers to return to the customs." I overheard the artillery in the Jin camp shaking the sky, the fire illuminating the mountains and rivers, and the Jin army surging in from all directions. Dai Li did not dare to fight, killed a bloody road, and walked back to Guanxia. Turning off the torch Qi Ming, the general shouted, "Why didn't Dai Li descend?" The taker is Li Jiye. When Dai Li saw it, he did not dare to go south, and lema ben went west to kill him. Before encountering Li Hanzhi's obstruction, the two horses intersected, and after three rounds of great battle, they were hacked to death by one of Li Han's knives, and the remaining soldiers surrendered to the king of the county.
Li Hanzhi collected his troops and gathered at Jinjing Pass. The sky was already dark, and the army of the king of the county entered the customs and posted a notice to Anmin. The city of Yingzhou has four gates in the east, south, west and north, and the eastern guard of the city, Xiao Long, makes a fang tianji; the defender of the south of the city, Xiao Whale, is Xiao Long's younger brother, who makes a big knife, and the brothers are Zezhou people. Zeng Jie, the defender of the western part of the city, made a long gun; the defender of the north of the city, Liu Zhen, both of them were from Yunzhou. Zeng Jie has wisdom and strategy, and Liu Zhenshan is good at martial arts. Wang Xingyu has these four members of the tiger will assist with one heart, like a tiger adding wings. Only Chengxi Road passes through Fengxiang Li Maozhen's territory, and Chengbei Road passes through The jurisdiction of Hanjian in Huazhou.
On this day, Wang Xingyu was sitting in the palace, and Xiao Fu reported: "Jinjing Pass has been lost!" ”
Wang Xingyu summoned the generals to discuss: "A few days ago, General Dai Li sent people to Come to Yingzhou to ask for rescue troops, but now the rescue troops have not gone, Jinjing Pass has been lost, and the great forces of the Jin army have come here again." JinjingGuan is the land of throats, Jinjingguan is not guaranteed, how should Yingzhou resist the enemy?"
Zeng Jie said forward, "Lord Wang, according to the young general's opinion, only guard, not fight." I heard that there were two generals under the king of the county, Li Han's father and son, all of whom had a thousand junyong, and if they fought with him, it would be difficult to win the victory We had ten years of grain and grass here, tens of thousands of soldiers, and only needed to strictly control the city entrance and set up more antler cannons to prevent the attack. The Jin army is far away, and it is difficult to support the grain and grass, and it will not take January to think about returning to the army. Taking advantage of his starvation and retreating, our army pursued and attacked again, and was invincible. ”
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Long also said forward: "Why is General Zeng so weak, now that the Jin soldiers are approaching the city, the people are panicked, and they take advantage of the fact that his camp is undecided, and they will fight with him and kill the enemy soldiers to protect the people." The last general brother is willing to go out on horseback and capture Li Han's father and son to sacrifice! Wang Xingyu happily allocated 10,000 troops and ordered Xiao Long and Xiao Whale to fight. The soldiers shouted and flaunted their might. At this time, the king of the county was in the tent with Huang Qiao, Li Hanzhi and other generals on how to break through the city. The sentry reported that someone from Yingcheng had come to fight. The king of the county asked, "Who is going to meet the enemy?" Li Ji flashed out in front of the tent and said, "The young general wishes to go!" "The king of the county ordered him to lead the army to meet the battle. Li Ji put on a cloak, the spear came out of the horse, and before running out of the battle, he saw two generals. Xiao Long took the lead and asked, "What is the name of the general?"
"Li Ji, the eldest son of Li Han, the pioneer of the King of Wu County!" Who are you?"
"I am Xiao Long, a general under Wang Xingyu of the Jiedushi Of Yingzhou!" Without saying a word, the dancing halberd stabbed. Li Ji was quick in his eyes and hands, and after not fighting for three rounds, he stabbed Xiao Long to death with a spear. Xiao Whale saw his brother stabbed to death, rushed to take revenge, raised a large knife and slashed at Li Qi, Who used an iron hammer to block it, hit Xiao Whale on the head, hit Xiao Whale in the head, fell off the horse and died. The defeated soldiers fled back to the city, and Wang Xingyu was horrified and issued an order to close the city gates and hold out without fighting. The king of the county sent people to fight for days, Wang Xingyu closed the city gate tightly, and was sullen in the tent, Huang Qiao came in to see this look, smiled and said: "Adults do not have to worry, I have planned a set of siege plans, with bamboo poles, wooden ladders, by General Li Hanzhi to attack the east gate, Li Qi attacked the south gate, Huang Wenbao attacked the north gate, let the west gate not attack, unexpectedly stopped Wang Xingyu, arrested and returned to the camp." After li ke listened, he praised Huang Qiao's plan and thoughtfulness, and ordered that the plan be followed, and the army surrounded the city of Yingcheng, leaving only the west gate unseen. Wang Xingyu heard that the Jin army had surrounded the whole city, and ordered Zeng Jie to guard the east gate, Liu Zhen to guard the south gate, and the west gate without Jin soldiers, and to guard the north gate himself.
With the sound of a cannon, the Jin soldiers at the east, south and north gates set up a ladder and rushed to the city. Dongmen Jin took Li Han's hand in the regimental card, took the lead, and first hacked more than ten people to death in Dengcheng, and Zeng Jie rushed to meet the battle and was hacked to death by one of Li Han's knives, opening the East Gate. Li Ji was in a hurry, and as soon as he jumped into the city, he saw Liu Zhen fleeing, stabbed him with a spear, and opened the south gate. When Wang Xingyu heard that Zeng Jie and Liu Zhi had been killed by the Jin army, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he had no intention of fighting, and Huang Wenbao chased after him, so he had to flee to the West Gate and fled to the Yamazaki Trail, where he was stopped by Li Siyuan, the Grand Taibao who was ambushed here, and slashed Wang Xingyu into two pieces with a knife. The junwang army put down the rebellion and triumphantly hung Wang Xingyu's first rank at the gate of Yingzhou to show the public.
On the third day of the three-day celebration of the military and civilians in the whole city of neighboring states, the streets and alleys beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, twisted rice songs, and stepped on stilts. The sergeants drank wine and ate meat, rewarded for their deeds, and dressed in red and flowers, rejoicing. Scar General Niu Zhong made a great contribution for the first time, and he was even happier to close his mouth. Sima Huangqiao held a solemn memorial ceremony for the soldiers who died in battle, and sent letters of condolence and pensions to their families one by one. The rebel captives were not fought or killed, and the loyal and patriotic education was carried out, so that most of the prisoners rebelled against The enemy joined Li Ke's army. After all the aftermath was completed, Huang Qiao immediately reminded the king of the county that he should continue to pursue the traitors Li Maozhen and Han Jian so as not to miss the good opportunity. The king of the county felt justified, and immediately asked Huang Qiao to repair the book and sent Li Hanzhi to Beijing to report the victory.
When Emperor Zhaozong received the report, he was loyal to the king of the county, escorted the capital, and disregarded the scorching heat to hire the region in the middle of the river, rebelled against the three wars, and forced to behead the thief Wang Xingyu. Li Keyong was then made the King of Jin (一字王比郡王大), who was also in charge of military affairs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong; Li Hanzhi was made the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, who remained in the palace; and Huang Qiao was made the Marquis of Qianhu, who was a military staff officer in the camp of the King of Jin. However, there was tremendous resistance to the approval of the victory to pursue the traitors Li Maozhen and Han Jian. When Emperor Zhaozong summoned the ministers of the court to discuss, he had always been at odds with the King of Jin, and had just been transferred back to Chang'an to serve as an inspector, and Zhu Wen, who was the same as Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (equivalent to the prime minister), was deeply afraid that Li Keyong would be more powerful, and vigorously opposed it: "Your Majesty, let Li Keyu re-cut Li and Han, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate." First, the two thieves of Li and Han have fled, and it is not appropriate to pursue them poorly; second, if Li and Han are overthrown, Shatuo Dasheng, the King of Jin will cover the sky with one hand, and the imperial court will be in danger! ”
Emperor Zhaozong knew that Zhu Wen was Li Keyong's enemy, which was a personal vendetta against the King of Jin, but he felt that it was justified, and the other ministers were also silent. Therefore, Emperor Zhaozong ordered Li Ke to use the "truce to stop the people" to stop the King of Jin from pursuing and killing the rebels. Li Keyong had no choice but to lead his army back to the old camp in Jinyang. Later, it was stationed in Yunyang (present-day Chunhua County).