Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

It was just dawn at this time, and the city gate had not yet been opened.A few lazy soldiers on duty on the city gate tower saw an army of hundreds of people coming from the west, but they didn't have any vigilance.

After all, in the eyes of the Jingzhou defenders, Jizhou in front of Jingzhou is the headquarters of His Majesty Xiao Qian, and there is General Chao Gai's army in the direction of Tanzhou.I heard that Song Jun was beaten by His Majesty the Emperor so that he hid like a turtle in Yanjing City. How could there be Song Jun here?

When the army outside the city approached, the guards saw the flags and armor clearly, and they were indeed their own family members.

A school lieutenant poked his head out lazily from the top of the city and asked, "Which general's team are you from? Why did you come back to Jingzhou?"

"Is Qian Laosan in the city? Blind your eyes, didn't you see that I, He Tao, came back? Our army has successfully conquered Tanzhou. General Dong stayed in Tanzhou, and General Chao's brigade is about to return to Jingzhou. Hurry up." Open the city gate quickly! The gentlemen want to go back to the city and sleep peacefully."

He Tao took two steps forward and shouted towards the tower.

After fighting hard in Zhongjing Road and helping Xiao Qian deal with Prime Minister Li Chuwen during the Liao civil strife, Chao Gai and Dong Ping have become Xiao Qian's confidantes.

Because of this, Xiao Qian asked Chao Gai and Dong Ping to lead the Han army to guard Jingzhou, and gave him the task of attacking Tanzhou and Shunzhou.

As Chao Gai and Dong Ping's deputy generals, He Tao's status in Xiao Qianhan's army has naturally risen. Who doesn't know him among the soldiers in Shunzhou City?

Being scolded by He Tao, the captain was not annoyed, but responded with a smile: "General He scolded you rightly, the villain was just sleepy and blurred, and he didn't see General He clearly, he was really blind! The villain Just open the door for the general!"

Under the order of the school lieutenant, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly opened the city gate, and stood in two rows outside the city gate to welcome He Taojun's return.

Seeing the city gate open from a distance, Ximen Qing and others also led the main force to the city gate.

Seeing the dust flying in the distance and a large army approaching, the soldiers guarding the city thought it was Chao Gai who had returned to the city!

Just as they were looking forward to it, Shi Jin and others had already entered the city gate.Shi Jin, Zhu Biao and others suddenly yelled, drew their knives and slashed wildly, killing dozens of soldiers guarding the city and knocking them to the ground, and took away the city gate and the gate tower of the city wall.

The gate of Jingzhou City was opened wide, and Ximenqing, Luan Tingyu, Zhu Dian, Zhang Qing and others led the cavalry into the city like the wind.

The Jingzhou City occupied by Xiao Qianjun fell.

After Ximenqing and others captured Jingzhou City effortlessly, they immediately divided their troops into two groups and acted separately.

Zhu Dian, Jiang Zhong, and Zhu Wu led [-] soldiers to defend Jingzhou City, cutting off the return of the main force of Xiao Qian's army.

Ximenqing, Luan Tingyu, Zhang Qing, Shi Jin and others, under the guidance of He Tao and Duan Jingzhu, who were familiar with geography, led [-] elite soldiers to the north and went straight to Lulongling to attack Xi Wangfu in Xi State.

According to He Tao, Xiao Qian led a large army out and went south to compete with the Song army for the city of Yanjing. Only Taishi Agulu and [-] old, weak and sick left behind in Xi Wang's mansion.

When Ximen Qing and others left Jingzhou City, they wrote a secret letter to Yanshan Mansion guards Wang Anzhong and Guo Yaoshi, ordering Brother Qiao Yun to take it with him and rush to Yanjing City to report the latest military situation.

It's time to give Pharmacist Guo a credit...

Ximenqing and others led the army day and night, crossing mountains and mountains from Jingzhou to the northeast, avoiding the Songting Pass guarded by the Jin army, crossing the Luan River, boarding Lulongling, and approaching Xi Ren without anyone noticing. Arrowhead Mountain, the core of the rule.

The state of Xi established by Xiao Qian, the capital of Xi Wangfu, is located in a valley of Jianda Mountain. This is a city walled with stone chambers dug out of many rock walls and stone houses made of huge boulders.

After Xi's army went south to Lulongling, Taishi Agulu led [-] old, weak, sick and disabled people who could not go with the army to guard Xi's mansion here.

Lulongling could not support Xiao Qian's army, so Emperor Xi Xiao Qian moved the capital to Yanjing City after he planned to capture Yanjing City.As for the Prince Xi's Mansion in this ravine, Xiao Qian did not work hard to build many defensive facilities.

What Xi Ren relies on is the rugged and steep mountain of Lulongling, which can occupy dangerous points condescendingly for defense.

After Xiao Qian founded the country, the Jin army did not aggressively attack Lulongling and Jianda Mountains. As long as Xiren did not go down the mountain to attack the areas controlled by the Jin army, Wan Yanchang would ignore them.

Obviously, Jin Jun's idea was to trap Xi Jun on the mountain. After Xi Jun ran out of food, he would fall apart and collapse without fighting.

Xiao Qian saw through the conspiracy of the Jin army, but he did not dare to lead troops to fight against the powerful Jin army, so he could only choose to attack the weak Song army and break the blockade between Jin and Song.

After Xiao Qian went south, the small number of Xi troops who stayed behind focused their defense on the Jin army on the Zhongjing Road, and guarded the passage from the north of the mountain to the mountain, guarding against the sneak attack of the Jin army.

Regarding Shannan, Grand Master Agulu didn't take it seriously, how could the Song army have crossed the Emperor of Jizhou and attacked Jianda Mountain?

Therefore, Ximenqing and others met almost no resistance, and suddenly rushed to the valley where King Xi's mansion was located.

Chapter 858 Xiao Qian's Defeat

In the city of Yanshan Prefecture, prefect Wang Anzhong and fellow prefect Guo Yaoshi looked at the several battle reports in their hands in disbelief.

Among them, there are reports from the Hebei East Road coalition generals Zhu Ting and Zhang Qing, military reports from the prefect of Tanzhou, and news from Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army spies from the direction of Tanzhou.

All the news confirmed that the Hebei East Road coalition forces defeated Xi Jun Chao Gai's troops in Yinye Mountain in the southeast of Tanzhou.

Guo Yaoshi knew that Chao Gai and Dong Ping were well-known brave generals under Xiao Qian's command. He really didn't expect them to be defeated in the first battle. This army horse on Hebei East Road is really surprisingly good at fighting!

Wang Anzhong, Yanshan appeasement envoy and prefect of Yanshan Prefecture, was also very excited.

Since Jingzhou and Jizhou fell one after another, the morale of the Song army was low, and they did not dare to go out of the city to fight against Xiao Qian's army, which made Xiao Qian's Xi army more arrogant and plundered all the counties under the jurisdiction of Yanshan Prefecture.

As the chief official of Yanshan Mansion, Wang Anzhong was reprimanded by the court many times for this, and he was under great pressure.

Now that the news of the great victory in Tanzhou came, it should be able to boost the morale of the three armies, so that they can have the courage to go out of the city and face Xiao Qian's army.

And Xiao Qian's Xi Jun will also have his morale shaken by this setback, right?

When Wang Anzhong saw that the Hebei Allied Forces had set out to take the initiative to attack and recover Jingzhou, he applauded even more. He turned his head and asked Guo Yaoshi when he could lead the troops to fight in cooperation with the Hebei Allied Forces.

Now that the Hebei army from afar has launched an attack on Jingzhou, Guo Yaoshi, who has tens of thousands of ever-victorious troops, can stand still?

On the one hand, Guo Yaoshi was shocked by the Hebei Song Army's victories and the courage to raid the enemy's rear. On the other hand, he also knew that he could no longer hide his strength and bide his time, and spent wasted time with Xiao Qianjun under the city of Yanjing.

If you don't take the initiative to attack, I'm afraid the court will doubt your loyalty.Although Xiao Qian had kindness to save his life, but when he let him go in Zhuozhou, he had already repaid that kindness.

Now each is his own master, it's time for you to live and die.

As an excellent general, Guo Yaoshi keenly sensed from the information in his hand that the situation of this war might be reversed because of the Hebei Army's hard work, and the opportunity to defeat Xi Army was at hand.

Naturally, Guo Yaoshi would not let go of the opportunity to make great contributions, and he immediately agreed to Wang Anzhong to send troops to fight Xi Jun.

Therefore, Guo Yaoshi raised his troops and led Zhen Wuchen, Zhao Heshou and other generals out of Yanjing City to kill Jizhou City in the east.

After Xiao Qian learned in Jizhou City that the main force of Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army had left the city, he also led the army out of the city to fight, and encountered the Changsheng Army in Sanhe County, and launched a head-on confrontation.

When the two armies faced each other, Guo Yaoshi ordered the whole army to shout the victory of Tanzhou, and the enemy general Chao Gai was annihilated, which surprised Xiao Qian who had not received the news from Chao Gai.

Although Xiao Qian denied Chang Shengjun's statement to the generals, the generals of Xi Jun were skeptical, and the morale of the army was confused.

After the two armies fought, the Changsheng army was like a rainbow, and launched surprise attacks on Xi's army again and again.However, the morale of the Xi army was low, and it was difficult for the various ministries to coordinate, and they were defeated by the Changsheng army.

Xiao Qian saw that the situation on the battlefield was not good, so he took the initiative to lead the army to withdraw from the battlefield, and retreated from Sanhe County to Jizhou City.

Guo Yaoshi took advantage of the victory and pursued him until he set up camp under the city of Jizhou.

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi's army went deep alone, Xiao Qian immediately mobilized Xi troops from surrounding counties to besiege Changsheng's army, defeated Guo Yaoshi under the city of Jizhou, and forced him back to Sanhe County.

Just when Guo Yaoshi and Xiao Qian were victorious and indiscriminately fought in Jizhou, Brother Qiao Yun brought people from Yanjing City and sent Ximen Qing's secret letter to Guo Yaoshi's army.

Guo Yaoshi was overjoyed when he learned that the Hebei army had successfully captured Jingzhou City and had already sent troops to attack Xiao Qian's old nest, Prince Xi's Mansion. He immediately sent spies to spread the news to Jizhou City.