The battle ended quickly. Except for the main general and dozens of Tang soldiers who died in battle, the remaining 240 Tang soldiers all surrendered. They were not the main force of the Tang army, but were basically all old and weak, so they were sent to guard the military cities and dangerous passes along the way.

Sun Ying gathered more than 200 surrendered soldiers together. In the flaming light, he condescends and whispers to everyone: "I am General Yingyang, the scout of the Zhou army. This time, I am the order issued by His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor to seize Changwu City. As long as I can defend Changwu City until the reinforcements arrive, each of our soldiers can receive a heavy reward of one hectares of land and twenty taels of gold. If unfortunately died, the reward will be doubled to his family. If you join the guarding city, they can also receive the same reward. How about it, let's work with us!"

The surrendered soldiers looked at each other, and the reward shocked them. One hectares of land, twenty taels of gold, so much land and gold, they could immediately live a wealthier life. If they were unfortunately killed, the reward could be doubled. This temptation made them unable to refuse. More than a dozen soldiers waved their arms and shouted: "I am willing to obey the general's command!"

Other soldiers also raised their hands, "We are willing to defend the city!"

Sun Ying quickly convinced all the surrendered soldiers with the simplest and most effective means. He immediately dispersed the surrendered soldiers into various teams, increasing his city guards to 1,200 and entering their respective defense lines.

At this time, a surrendered brigade commander stepped forward and said, "General, I have a good plan!"

"you say!"

"After walking ten miles to the west, it is Fulong Pass, and the terrain is also relatively dangerous. There are only fifty guards there, and the guard is my brother. Bei Zhi is willing to persuade him to surrender. If we have more defense, we can gain more time."

This method is very good, Sun Ying asked him, "Where are your current positions?"

"The villain is the coach of the traveler!"

"Take Fulong Pass, I will promote you to the lieutenant, and the reward will be doubled!"

The brigade coach was overjoyed and bowed, "Thank you for your support!"

Sun Ying then asked the Lang General Xie Yong to sort out the ordnance materials, and he personally led 300 cavalrymen to follow the brigade commander to seize Fulong Pass.

The terrain of Fulong Pass is exactly the same as that of Changwu City. On one side is a mountain cliff and on the other side is a canyon. However, because the road is very narrow and only a hundred steps wide, it is impossible to build the military city. The Tang army built a three-meter-wide city gate here. There is a corridor downtown to the east, and one hundred soldiers can be placed on the top of the city.

This city gate can generally only defend against small groups of enemy troops. If you encounter a large army, you can last for an hour or two at most.

After a moment, they arrived at Fulong Pass, and the coach of the hiking clasped his fists and said, "The villain is going to find brothers, please rest assured. We are all from Hedong County, and our parents, wife and children are in Hedong County. We will never dare to deceive the general."

When Sun Ying saw that the corridor in the upper city was just east, even if he deceived him, he could easily seize the pass. He nodded and agreed. The brigade commander urged his horse to run towards the pass.

About a quarter of an hour later, the brigade commander brought his brothers to surrender. The two lower-class officers were from Bingzhou themselves and their families were already citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was about to be in a desperate situation, they were unwilling to work hard for the Tang Dynasty. With this opportunity to make meritorious and rewarded, their families were of course willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

Sun Ying comforted their brothers for a few words and left two hundred cavalry to guard the pass, and told the defenders that if the pass could not be defended, they could abandon the pass and ride a horse back to Changwu City. After arranging defense, Sun Ying brought the surrendered Tang soldiers back to Changwu City.

As soon as Sun Ying returned to Changwu City, Lang General Xie Yong reported to him about the defense deployment. "There are eight thousand spears, fifty thousand arrows, and five thousand rolling wood and stones, but there are insufficient food, which is only enough for us to maintain for ten days."

"Ten days are enough, what else?"

"In addition, brothers have two suggestions. One is that Changwu City is in a high terrain. We can lay some fire-driven objects on the slope and use fire to burn it during fierce battles, which can effectively deter the enemy."

Gretel oil is a necessary configuration for scout cavalry. Everyone carried a bag of turbid oil. Sun Ying nodded, "Don't panic and deploy it first. It's time to sprinkle sulfur turbid oil after the enemy comes."

"I understand, and there are also hills in the distance."

Xie Yong pointed to the hill two hundred steps away and said with some concern: "If the Tang army put a catapult on the hill, we might have suffered heavy casualties."

Seeing that the hills were densely covered with pine woods, Sun Ying said coldly: "Didn't you just say that you should use fire? Let's burn the mountain with one fire, and they won't want to go up the mountain within at least two days."

"A clever plan!" Xie Yong praised.

He and Sun Ying looked at each other and suddenly said in unison: "Light on the official road!"

The two of them laughed together, and the trees were piled up on the official road. When they burned a fire, they could at least block the enemy's troops for several hours.

Xie Yong said excitedly: "I will bring hundreds of brothers to log wood."

Sun Ying pointed to the hillside above the official road ahead and smiled: "Don't go far, go up the mountain to cut wood directly, and don't remove the branches and leaves. Just let the trees roll down by themselves. How much can be cut? Take back immediately after seeing the beacon fire in Fulong Pass."

"Abide by the order!"

Xie Yong immediately took 300 brothers up the mountain. They began to cut down trees about two miles from Changwu Pass. Large pine trees that had grown for decades fell down, rolling down the hillside and landing on the mountain road. Several other soldiers took tincture oil to the hill two hundred steps away to arrange fire.

The Zhou army was preparing in full swing. When it was almost dawn, thick smoke suddenly ignited from Fulong Pass ten miles away, rushing straight into the sky. The main force of the Tang army finally arrived.

The war is the alarm. The Zhou soldiers outside the city retreated to the city one after another. The soldiers all went to the city, but they seized the time to take a short nap with Jia. Fulong Pass will buy them two hours.

The Tang army that arrived first was the vanguard of the 5,000 cavalry led by Li Xuanba and Changsun Shunde. Li Shimin's plan was to let this cavalry kill under Chang'an City and use the huge momentum of the cavalry to overwhelm Li Yuanji's Xuanwu Jingwei to cause panic in the city.

But the Tang army did not expect that their road to Chang'an would be blocked by an unknown army. Changsun Shunde was shocked. Could it be that Li Yuanji deployed his army to Beidi County? It would be impossible! If the Chang'an army headed north, the garrison of Beidi County would promptly notify the King of Qin.

"Uncle Changsun, is the garrison of Beidi County surrendering to the turtle grandson!"

Li Xuanba's idea was relatively simple, but when he said that, Changsun Shunde nodded. It is possible that the families of all generals were in Chang'an. If Li Yuanji used his family to threaten them, they might surrender.

But no matter what the reason is, they must clear the obstacles, otherwise they will not be called a pioneer. Changsun Shunde is experienced and immediately ordered: "The whole army dismounts and prepares to make siege hammers!"

It took too long to make a siege ladder, and it was easier to cut down a big tree to make a siege hammer. Hundreds of soldiers immediately went up the mountain to cut down the trees.

Li Xuanba didn't have the patience to wait. He waved his hammer and ran towards the city gate. Changsun Shunde was shocked and ordered: "The archers suppress the city!"

A thousand archers rushed forward. At this time, Li Xuanba had already rushed to the range of the crossbow. Two hundred crossbow arrows were fired together. Li Xuanba waved the hammer and hit it. The hammer flew up and down, and the arrow could not penetrate his protection and shot it on the hammer surface.

At this time, a thousand archers were already pressing on the road. The road was too narrow and they could not form a formation, so they lined up in ten rows and shot arrows at the top of the city. The dense arrows flew towards the top of the city, and immediately suppressed the Zhou soldiers on the top of the city.

Li Xuanba rushed to the city gate, rushed with a fierce rush, and the war horse rushed past the side of the city gate, "Dong! Damn!" Two thunder-like sounds of smashing the door were heard heavily, dust fell down, and a crack was smashed open to the hard wooden door.

Changsun Shunde sent another 500 crossbowmen to join the battle. The crossbowmen's shooting became more accurate, and they shot one by one on the battlements and gravel splashed. At this time, Li Xuanba stopped arriving at the horse and hit the gate for more than a dozen hammers in a row. The gate could no longer bear it and was smashed into a big hole.

A soldier on the top of the city shouted: "Capital, the city gate is smashed."

The captain was so angry that he cursed, "What a bad door, it's not iron!"

But the situation was critical, so he had to order: "Retreat!"

The soldiers bent down and ran towards the city. There were two hundred war horses bent down beside the woods below the city. They all turned over and ran toward Changwu City, and shot a rocket into the sky for the leader of the school captain, indicating that Fulong Pass had been lost.

At this time, there was another loud bang, and the gate was smashed open by Li Xuanba's hammer. He roared and urged the horse to chase the fleeing enemy. The Tang soldiers behind him burst into shouts and charged towards the city gate like a tide.
Chapter completed!