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Chapter 2037: Making a sound in the south and attacking in the north

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    Around July 20th, Liang Shuo led 4,000 Tuyuhun Hu soldiers and 3,000 Honghua soldiers to go west to capture Chencang. It has been more than 20 days now. In the past 20 days, the Sui army has almost destroyed everything.  Li Yuan's resistance in Guanzhong was overturned, and Liang Shuo led 7,000 troops into a bloody battle.

    After Guo County divided its troops, Liang Shuo went straight to Chencang City.

    Although Chencang was Li Shimin's logistics base for his conquest of Hechi County, Li Shimin sent out all his forces and did not leave many troops in Chencang.

    Liang Shuo came from the east, disguised himself as a Tang army, sneaked into the city, made a sudden attack, and quickly occupied Chencang City.

    Chencang is an important town in Fufeng. Zhuge Liang was defeated in the city back then. Liang Shuo was able to capture Chencang City so smoothly, which was unexpected.

    Occupying Chencang will cut off Li Shimin's return. It is expected that as long as Liang Shuo sticks to Chencang, he and Liang Mo, who has dispersed, can kill Li Shimin alive from the south to the north.

    But something unexpected happened, and Liang Mo, who personally sent troops to guard Sanguan, was accidentally killed by his subordinates, causing the natural danger of Sanguan to fall into the hands of Li Shimin.  The ancient Hanchuan Road was opened by Li Shimin, and Liang Shuo, who was guarding Chencang alone, was in danger.

    Li Shimin occupied Hechi County and wanted to take advantage of the situation to enter Hanchuan County and completely occupy Hanzhong. However, he was shocked when he heard that Chencang had been lost and his way back was cut off.

    At this time, Li Shimin couldn't care about Hanchuan County at all, so he marched north with heavy troops and sent them to Chencang.

    Li Shimin did not forget that he went south to Hechi County to open a road south to Bashu for Li Tang.  If Chencang is lost and this road is cut off, Li Yuan will not be able to go to Bashu even if he flies.

    So Li Shimin was determined to break the city from the beginning.

    Liang Shuo was in Chencang, with no friendly troops on all sides.

    The only two troops that were close together were Bai Fuyuan in Longzhou Shanghe and Changda, while Tao Mo was in Guoxian County and didn't have many troops, so they couldn't count on them.

    Although Liang Shuo didn't know why Liang Mo was defeated, he knew very well that Huang Mingliao's plan for the surprise attack on Chang'an was the emptiness around Chang'an City. He used the mobility advantage of the cavalry to get straight to Li Tang's heart.  But if Li Shimin occupied Chencang, he would place a sharp knife behind Huang Mingliao. Li Shimin and Chang'an City could surround Huang Mingliao on the left and right.

    If that is the case, Huang Mingliao will be in danger.

    So Liang Shuo understood that he had to defend Chencang, firmly guard this isolated city, and give Huang Mingliao enough time to break through Chang'an.

    Liang Shuo had four thousand Tuyuhun Hu soldiers and three thousand Honghua soldiers, of which nearly two thousand of the four thousand Tuyuhun Hu soldiers were cavalry.

    According to the strategy of one movement and one silence in the art of war, one inside and one outside, the most correct arrangement is to release two thousand cavalry and let them roam around the periphery of Chencang City to contain Li Shimin's attack.

    But Liang Shuo didn¡¯t dare to do this at all.

    Four thousand Tuyuhun soldiers surrendered, but their loyalty was not that high.  If they are completely released, no one can be sure whether they can fight to the death at the critical moment.

    Therefore, Liang Shuo had no choice but to concentrate all his troops in the city and use Tuyuhun surrender troops and Honghua troops to check and balance each other.

    In fact, Liang Shuo had 7,000 men guarding Chencang, which was quite a lot of troops.

    Chencang is a fortified city. Zhuge Liang had more than 100,000 troops to besiege the city, but he could not attack it. At that time, Hao Zhao only had more than a thousand troops.

    Seven thousand soldiers are enough to defend Chencang City impregnably.

    But the key point is that Liang Shuo's seven thousand people, whether they are Tyuhun people or Honghua soldiers, are all soldiers who first surrendered. No one knows how loyal they are.

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    It¡¯s difficult to hit a long target with a short attack.

    Sure enough, Li Shi's militiamen approached the city and launched a strong attack.

    Unlike the defensive counterattacks that Li Shimin is used to, this time he is fighting for time and must make a quick decision.

    Liang Shuo is the one who wants to delay time.

    Li Shimin has been in Chencang for a long time and knows the situation in Chencang very well.  He could even estimate Liang Shuo's defense in Chencang City.

    Li Shimin¡¯s main attack is in Nancheng, which is the most heavily defended place in Chencang.

    Li Shimin first ordered people to build a ladder, and the three armies attacked the city.

    But Liang Shuo ordered people to greet him with rockets, and soon the ladder burned, and everyone on the ladder was burned to death.

    So Li Shimin chose to use the car attack.

    Liang Shuo also ordered people to prepare huge rocks. When the Tang army's charging car arrived at the city, they smashed them together and destroyed the Tang army's charging car.

    Li Shimin also made a hundred-foot-high tic-shaped wooden fence to shoot arrows into the city. At the same time, Li Shimin ordered people to carry earth to fill the trench.?Easy to climb.

    Liang Shuo urgently built several catapults in the city and aimed them at the wooden fence of the Tang army.

    The wooden fences of the Tang army were also crudely made, and most of them were destroyed by the Sui army.

    The Tang army attacked day and night for several days, but failed to break the city.

    Seeing that the situation was somewhat stable, Liang Shuo felt much more relaxed as the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.  He is not afraid of the most time-consuming tug-of-war, and Li Shimin can't afford it more than he does.

    But what Liang Shuo didn¡¯t know was that Li Shimin seemed to be pursuing Chencang City fiercely, causing heavy casualties, but he did not set his target in a regular attack.

    Everything is just to confuse the Sui army.

    A few days later, it was dark and windy.  Li Shimin led more than a thousand people to sneak to the north of Chencang City, where the terrain was higher and the city wall was the shortest.

    Because the main battlefield is in the south, there are not many Sui troops on the north wall of Chencang City.

    Li Shimin ordered people to sneak close to the city wall and secretly climb the northern city wall.

    This time, in order to ensure the secrecy of the raid, Li Shimin brought simple wooden ladders, which were set up at the top of the city without any protection.  However, there were many soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and regardless of casualties, they quickly filled the city.

    Throughout the Battle of Chencang, the Tang Army was more than three times the Sui Army. Therefore, when the city gate was lost and the Tang Army entered the city, the entire Chencang City lost its defensive significance.

    Liang Shuo was decisive. After learning the news, although he didn't know how Li Shimin entered the city, he knew that Chencang City could not be defended and immediately ordered the entire army to break out from the east gate.

    Liang Shuo just wanted to buy time for Huang Mingliao. Without Chencang City, he could still defend Guo County, but he just couldn't let Li Shimin rush to Chang'an smoothly.

    From the entire Chencang to the east, all the way to Xiegushui, leaning on the Weishui River in the north and Qinling Mountains in the south, it is a dangerous road.  If Li Shimin wants to advance eastward, he can only attack one city at a time.

    It was nearly forty miles from Chencang to Guoxian County. Liang Shuo hurriedly went straight to Guoxian County.

    Fortunately, there are many horses in the army, so it is easy to break out of the encirclement.

    The three armies retreated into Guoxian County, with more than 4,000 soldiers remaining, which basically ensured that the system was not lost.

    There is also a pottery molding department in Guo County.

    Tao Mo was the prefect of Fufeng County. When the Huang Ming Dynasty and Liao Dynasty advanced to the east, Tao Mo was left in Guo County to propagate and protect the cities in Fufeng.  At this time, Tao Mo had recruited thousands of troops to defend the city.

    Li Shi's militiamen came to Guo County and felt helpless when they saw Liang Shuo on the top of the city.

    The person is still the same person, just in a different city.

    Now that Liang Shuo is prepared for the plan of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, it will be difficult for him to take advantage of the opportunity to raid Guo County.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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