Chapter 42: The Change of Xingyang (1)
The army walks on the dangerous road.
November 11th, early morning.
In the vast and harsh weather after the snow, Li Yuan ran from Pingyin for more than tens of miles, and arrived at the Xingyang Water Gate before dawn, with the acquiescence of the general guarding the city, Li Yuan's fleet entered Xingyang City from the waterway through the waterway. The process was quick and capable, which made the Liu Jun soldiers who were unable to react.
This time, Li Yuan caught Liu Bang off guard. Some time ago, Li Yuan's training in Pingyin confused Liu Bang and his counselors, and only brought more than 300 soldiers. After arriving in Pingyin, he scattered into the mountains and forests and stopped appearing. Liu Bang, Li Shiqi, Cao Shen and others judged that Li Yuan was just going to the Pingyin area to train soldiers, and at most he would harass the rear of Liu Jun. However, he did not expect that Li Yuan would dare to enter Xingyang City if he was surrounded and annihilated.
Night, ugly time.
With the support of Guan Yue, Hou Xi and others, Li Yuan met with the anti-Zhao forces secretly gathered in the city, and the combined forces reached more than 700. Among them, more than 360 personal soldiers of Li Yuan were undoubtedly the main force. The other troops, Ying Yushu, gathered more than 200 guests and disciples of the Li family who were dormant in the city. After Li Si was imprisoned and Li You died in the battle, they dispersed one after another. It seemed that they had abandoned the Li family, but in fact they were elite soldiers hidden by the Li family. Their overall combat ability may not be strong, but in individual combat, they were all good players.
In addition, some of the officials and soldiers under Guan Yue were barely useful, but among these people, Zhao Ben is not ruled out. If they take on important tasks, an accident may occur.
After patient lobbying, Hou Xi, Hu Zhuang and He Ping gathered a young and strong team of about 100 people among the people of Junyi. Although this team seemed a bit insignificant, it was the most dependent force Li Yuan in the city.
Time of Yin
After preliminary integration, Li Yuan personally led 300 elite troops to attack the county magistrate's mansion and carried out the beheading operation. Another group of people led by Gu Yun to the Mudan Tower to capture another main target Wang Ming. The situation in Xingyang suddenly changed.
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County Magistrate's Mansion.
There were more than 1,500 main forces under Zhao Ben's men. This army was well-equipped and fully equipped, which was the key to Zhao Ben's control of Xingyang City. These days, Zhao Ben has been conscripting male Ding from the city to help with the battle in the name of resisting Liu Bang's attack, but he has never been willing to throw this elite force into the battlefield. This is also one of the reasons why all parties in the city are disunited and lose confidence in Zhao Ben.
The style of the old Zhao family has always been a fellow Taoist, but I will not die. Zhao Gao is the case, and Zhao Ben is the same. Unfortunately, when Zhao Ben thought that others were cannon fodder, he never thought that cannon fodder was also a time to resist.
These days, Zhao Ben has been sleeping badly. During the day, he had to face Liu Bang's army outside the city, and to deal with the county government that was almost paralyzed and unable to work hard, which made him extremely mentally. Even if the mansion tried every means to improve his diet, he would not be able to relieve Zhao Ben's worries.
On that day, Zhao Ben had just returned to his concubine's bedroom from the study and lay down when he heard someone shouting outside. He heard that he was an old official from the County Magistrate's Mansion.
"Old Wei, haven't you seen the county magistrate just fell asleep?" Zhao Ben's concubine had a pink face and opened the door with a reluctant look on her face, muttering to the outside. She couldn't help but feel unhappy. Just now, she used her slender hands to make the thing Zhao Ben's crane hard. She was about to lead the gun into the port, but she was disturbed and exhaled.
"Oh, the county magistrate, something is wrong, there will be a big change in the city." Captain Wei, the old official invading the thief, held the door post, stumbled, and cried in panic.
Old Wei was greedy for money and was a secret spy arranged by Zhao Ben to beside Fan Jia, the magistrate of Xingyang County. With such a spy, Zhao Ben was very strong in taking care of the land in Xingyang. This time, as soon as Fan Jia made an action, Old Wei hurriedly came over to report the news.
"What big change? Is it because Liu thief outside entered the city?" Zhao Ben got up in his clothes and asked with an impatient look. Fan Jia had no army under him, so he couldn't make a fortune even if he had to make trouble.
Lao Wei is so greedy for money. A few days ago, he often reported some untrue information. He gambled after receiving the money and reported to Zhao Ben after spending it. If Zhao Ben hadn't really found a suitable person, this old Wei would have been kicked away by him.
"No, no. Yes, yes--!" Old Wei was guilty of receiving the rewards several times, and when he saw Zhao Ben, he felt guilty and stammered in his words. He couldn't help staring at the half-naked and beautiful girl behind Zhao Ben, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
"What the hell is going on? Tell me quickly." Zhao Ben stared at Lao Wei with contempt, and pulled his neck and shouted loudly. Anyone who had finally fallen asleep and was about to hug her concubine and was disturbed when she was very interested. How could she feel better?
"There are people in the city who rebelled, it was County Magistrate Fan." Old Wei was stuck in his throat by Zhao Ben and almost couldn't breathe. He finally put on such a life-saving sentence.
"What, Fan Jia rebelled, is he looking for death?" Zhao Ben sneered. No one knows how capable Fan Jia is, but Zhao Ben knows it very well. Fan Jia is just a literary writer, and it's okay to do some small moves. If he leads troops to fight, ten Fan Jias are not his Zhao Ben's opponents.
"There are other people, Guan Gongcao, Chen Zongzheng, and people from the Li Jung-gu's Mansion, and many soldiers who came out of nowhere--!" Old Wei shouted anxiously.
Zhao Ben was stunned: "The people from Li You Mansion and foreign soldiers, what you are telling the truth!"
Old Wei nodded and said, "I dare not panic. It was said by a confidant official next to County Magistrate Fan."
"If this happens, come here, order all the troops with me and copy the county magistrate's mansion, Li You Mansion--." Zhao Ben's expression turned up. After waiting for so many days, he finally had such a dignified excuse to take action against Li You Mansion. This is good news. As long as you can find something in the Li Mansion, or if you can't find it, it doesn't matter. As long as there are evidence and physical evidence, the explanation of the Prime Minister Xianyang can be completed.
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Xingyang Chang Street.
Two teams with almost the same purpose met unexpectedly. The one who led the Zhao army was Zhao Xin, the chief of the military commander of the county magistrate, and Zhao Ben's clan brother. However, Zhao Xin, who was a middle-aged man, was promoted for only more than a month. Originally, his military post was just a chief in charge of the baggage.
Compared with field troops, the leader of the baggage battalion has more oil and water, but its combat capability is the opposite.
This time, Zhao Xin faced an elite soldier like a wolf or a tiger.
Li Yuan took the lead in rushing in front with a bronze sword in his hand. Zhao Xin's brave soldiers were scattered by Li Yuan's army as soon as they set off the pose. For Li Yuan, the battle in the foot was a more familiar tactic of war than the battle at hand. Leading an elite force to fight in the city was Li Yuan's strength.
Like a flying boat breaking through the waves.
Li Yuan only took a moment to kill Zhao Xin, who was stunned and frightened.
Chapter completed!