"The governor, this city has no population or food, and it is dead! It must be impossible to defend it! Besides, our troops have lost too much, and the city will be destroyed! For the sake of the present, we can only retreat from the city gate..." A personal guard boldly bowed and said bluntly.

The soldiers only had the desire to survive, but Pan Chongche was the same? But he understood very well that no matter where the city gate retreated, there was almost no way to survive. Wuping's army blocked the way to the south. To the north was Chu and to the west was Xizhou. What's the point of the lonely army without food just struggling to death for one or two days?

As for the waterway at the East Gate, as long as you successfully cross the Yuan River, you can take a detour to the south. But who can guarantee that the Wuping army, who secretly crossed the waterway from Chencang last night, would not prepare a miracle army on the riverside? What's more, there are only dozens of small boats on the bank of the river, so where can it carry more than 6,000 people?

Pan Chongche was extremely hesitant and subconsciously wanted to call the general beside him to come up with a few ideas. He came to his senses and found that they were all no longer by his side. The cavalry of the Wuping Army in front had begun to slowly move the formation, and the formation of the infantry siege was pressing towards him like a dark cloud, which could not allow him to think too much.

"What's your name?" Pan Chongche suddenly turned his head, and his sharp eyes looked at the guard who had just retreated.

The guard swallowed nervously and hurriedly bowed: "Go back to the governor, the villain's name is Liu Yong!"

"Okay! It's the imperial surname, and it's even more brave!" Pan Chongche nodded earnestly, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Liu Yong, I will immediately promote you to the commander of the front army! From now on, you will be the garrison of Chenzhou! I will give you five thousand elite soldiers to quickly cover the retreat of the Dongmen River and my personal military camp!"

Liu Yong, the new "former general" who was named, suddenly looked ashamed. He suddenly became a few levels of joy, but he had never regretted his words in his life. As expected, there was no good thing about the pie falling from the sky. He was obviously going to be cannon fodder when he led the army to abort his subordinates. He thought that as the head coach Pan Chongche might be able to survive by chance, and it seemed that he would definitely die...

The Wuping army under the city launched a charge, and more than 10,000 people were overwhelmingly over the city. In fact, according to the current situation in Chenzhou City, even more than 10,000 elite soldiers charged and attacked the city. At this time, the Han army, which was distracted, was still in a difficult position to resist.

Pan Chongche immediately issued an order to retreat, and the unlucky commander Liu Yong and Liu had to lead 5,000 suicide squads to cut off the rear. This kind of suicide squads accounted for more than 80% of the entire army, which was rare in previous battles. The rare bows and arrows on the top of the city only brought two or three hundred injuries to the Wuping army.

At the east gate of Chenzhou City, when Pan Chongche was in a hurry to lead his army to board the boat with fear, the cavalry of Wang Changgen, a veteran general of Wuping Army, had already rushed in from the south gate first, followed by one-sided massacre. More than 5,000 Han soldiers who had broken the rear had even survived less than half an hour and had already fled in all directions.

Cannon fodder general Liu Yong was smart. When he saw the suspension bridge under the city fall, he wisely took dozens of soldiers around him to throw away their weapons and wait on the ground to welcome the arrival of the royal army.

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On August 14, the tenth year of Baoda, Chai Kewu, the left vanguard of the Southern Tang Dynasty's campaign in the south, lived up to expectations and defeated the "shock soldiers" led by Pan Chongche, the first general of the Han Dynasty, in Chenzhou. In this battle, the Han army had more than 15,000 people, only the commander Pan Chongche and more than 1,000 guards escaped from the water. Most of the rest were killed and more than 3,000 enemy troops were captured alive.

This critical victory not only blocked Pan Chongche's plan to attack Langzhou, but also meant that since then, the Wuping army is no longer in a dilemma of fighting on both sides. The subsequent battle of Yiyang was the most critical battle between the Han and Tang dynasties at this time, and may directly determine the future ownership of Chu.

At this time, Xie Gui, the commander of the 30,000 Han army outside Yiyang City, was obviously unaware of the war in Chenzhou hundreds of miles away, but his mind could not take it so far away. Yesterday's scout's report shocked him. A Wuping army was coming quickly in the north of Yiyang City. A team of no less than 10,000 people and horses rolled out of the rugged mountain road and drove out of the mountain road.

It is worth noting that the shaky central army flag of the Wuping army has already indicated that the rumored famous general Li Yuan was leading the army to come, which caught Xie Gui off guard. However, as the deputy general recommended by Pan Chongche himself, he quickly calmed down again. He has not lost his confidence since his wars and victory since his expedition.

Based on the previous battle report, Xie Gui firmly believed that since the army under Li Yuan had just returned from Xizhou, why is Dongxi dangerous? As a tired army, its combat power will definitely be greatly reduced.

Although the Han army outside Yiyang City had been besieged for many days and was subjected to tenacious resistance from the defenders in the city, which caused the soldiers to be tired, but compared with the barren land where poisonous miasma and insect and animal diseases were raging, the situation in Chu was obviously much better...

In short, in the face of the arrival of Li Yuan's army, Xie Gui finally came up with a few minor changes, which was almost the same as before. He still attacked Yiyang at all costs. If he could win by chance, the door of Langzhou would be opened. If he entered a stalemate, he could also restrain Wuping's large amount of military strength. In any case, he would have to win the opportunity for the plan of governor Pan Chongche to secretly travel to Chenzhou and attack Langzhou.

In fact, since Yiyang City is the gateway to the south of Langzhou, it is so dangerous that Li Yuan will not come to rescue him. Xie Gui's troops will eventually fight to the death with the main force of the Wuping Army under Li Yuan's command. It would be nothing special to meet in advance. Moreover, Xie Gui had learned from the information last night that Li Yuan's troops to aid this time were actually not as many as he had imagined.

Xie Gui had thought that perhaps the famous Li Yuan had already speculated about Pan Chongche's intention. In order to prevent sneak attacks, he had distributed his limited troops in the east and west lines. In this way, although Chenzhou City had defensive power, the pressure on Yiyang City naturally increased dramatically. This is the fatal point of the double-line defense, and it is easy to lose sight of one thing.

Therefore, even if Li Yuan personally led the army, the so-called "smart women are hard to cook without rice" can't be easily compensated? The recent defenders in Yiyang City are annoying, but for the Han army, it only hurt their flesh and no muscles. Now the Han army still has an absolute advantage in military strength and can still organize a fierce siege.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the Han army commander Xie Gui gathered all the war horses of the entire army, sent hundreds of light cavalry scouts, and plucked up the courage to rush back and forth to the city of Yiyang hundreds of steps to test the reactions of the defenders in the city.

At dusk, all the Han army moved towards the north of Yiyang City with great fanfare. Then they were very arrogant. They deliberately set up camp at the mountain pass directly opposite them in front of the camp of Wuping, and calmly set up camp at the mountain pass directly opposite them. Soon, a two or three-mile camp had already taken shape, and it was backed by the hillside, and the opening and closing was magnificent.

At night, the green elephant flags and Xie general flags of the Han Giant Elephant Army were raised among the various camps, and the flags of the entire camp were extremely lively.

At dawn on the 15th, nearly 500 siege rushers were assembled, and rows were placed in the forefront of the Han army camp. One hundred large crossbows were also arranged in sequence. These were important equipment used in siege recently, and at this time they were placed in a conspicuous position in the camp, so they were naturally deliberately placed for Wuping Army on the opposite hill.

Most of the soldiers of the Han army were full of confidence. These were the invincible killing weapons that our dynasty had invincible. Seeing this attitude, they would definitely shock the Tang people on the opposite side. If they could make them afraid before fighting, it would be the best...

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