Ximen Qing led 100,000 troops to Tanzhou City and set up camp twenty miles away from the north city gate.
Facing Ximen Qing¡¯s attitude of vowing to destroy the city, Tang Tianheng¡¯s face was solemn.
The situation of the Tang army is not good now. If it is besieged by the Liangshan army for a long time, sooner or later it will cause moral instability in the army. Then if the enemy does not attack, it will be defeated. However, it was not possible to take the initiative, and Tang Tianheng was at a loss for a while.
At the same time, Tang Tianheng regretted that he had despised Ximen Qing, regretted that he had not killed Ximen Qing back then, and had raised tigers to cause trouble, leading to the situation today!
Tang Tianheng finally realized the feeling of regret for eternity once he made a mistake.
Seeing Tang Tianheng sighing, the generals below also frowned and were at a loss. Even the wisest commander is at a loss what to do. Who can think of a way to defeat the enemy and win?
At this time, Tian Hu, who had been standing next to Tang Tianheng, whispered: "Brother, why don't we withdraw our troops? Evacuate Tanzhou City. Let's go back to Hebei and our base camp! Anyway, Zhao Yunfan went back to Beijing to fight for the throne, and he didn't If the opportunity comes to encircle and suppress us, why don¡¯t we go back to recuperate and then come back again?¡±
As soon as these words came out, everyone¡¯s hearts immediately moved.
Tang Tianheng frowned and hesitated.
Wouldn¡¯t it be too shameful to just leave like this? How can I face the folks in Hebei with face? What's more, Hebei is not a long-term solution. As long as Zhao Yunluo seizes the throne, he will still go north. By then, the Tang army will become the target of public criticism.
"But if we don't leave now, if the Liangshan army breaks through the city gate, it will be difficult to leave."
Seeing Tang Tianheng's hesitation, Tian Hu gritted his teeth and said again: "Brother, you'd better make a decision quickly. Now the enemy army only blocks the north city, and the other three gates are still safe for easy withdrawal. If the enemy army surrounds the city , I won¡¯t be able to leave even if I want to!¡±
Tang Tianheng narrowed his eyes, glared at Tian Hu, and then said: "Back off! Allow me to think twice!"
All the generals, you looked at me, I looked at you, and in the end they had no choice but to retreat.
After everyone left, Tang Tianheng stared at the map and sighed: "It seems that retreating to Hebei is the best way!"
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Night falls quickly.
Today¡¯s night is pitch black, with neither a bright moon nor stars in the sky, which is extremely oppressive. The lights and lanterns on the entire Tanzhou city wall clearly illuminated a large area under the city. The patrolling soldiers did not dare to be careless and patrolled carefully, for fear that the enemy troops would come back to attack the city.
In the wounded camp in the city, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Lin Chong, Zhu Dian, and Wu Song were staying together in good spirits, discussing the upcoming killing.
The five of them sat together and Guan Sheng said in a low voice: "It is now the third quarter of the hour. We will take action at the third quarter of the hour. At that time, the enemy's alertness is the lowest and the sleepiness is greatest. The five of us each lead ten elites and quietly Go to the north gate and wait there. Then watch my fireworks action. When the fireworks go up to the sky, we will start at the same time. We must open the city gate within half a cup of tea, because after the fireworks go up to the sky, the commander will lead a sudden attack. , so we must succeed!¡±
The other four people all nodded seriously. Hu Yanzhuo stared at the tiger's eyes and shouted: "Tonight's battle will be unsuccessful or we will die. We must open the city gate at all costs! We must create opportunities for the commander!"
"That's right! If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!" Wu Song also shouted.
Guan Sheng nodded and said: "Okay, that's settled, there's still an hour before the action, you go back and rest first!"
"Okay!" Everyone nodded and immediately left the camp.
At three o'clock in the ugly hour, many figures suddenly emerged from the wounded camp and sneaked towards the north city gate. I saw that these people were all wearing Tang Army soldier uniforms, carrying sharp knives on their backs, and all of them had extraordinary martial arts skills. When they reached the north city gate, some had to squat in front of the stairs in the distance, some had to hide by the stables, and some had to squat in the ear room to maintain a concealed ambush.
And Guan Sheng held the knife and walked slowly towards the city gate.
Seeing Guan Sheng approaching, the soldier guarding the door quickly shouted: "Which battalion are you from? Why did you come here without rest? What do you want to do?"
Guan Sheng smiled ferociously, and then slashed out with his knife, chopping the two of them into pieces. Then he took out a few fireworks with his right hand and threw them into the fire next to them.
"Crackling." . .
When fireworks meet fire, they soar into the sky and print a bright flower on the sky. Immediately, everyone in Lin Chong's ambush sacrificed their sharp knives, and then started fighting with the soldiers at the city gate.
When the soldiers on the city saw the enemy below the city, they immediately rushed down to the city and began to surround Guan Sheng and others.
Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Zhu Dian, and Lin Chong stood aside. In front of them were more than thirty elite soldiers. They blocked the city gate and formed a carnage.??, resisting the soldiers.
"Wu Song led a dozen people to move the city gate bolts.
Seeing the intentions of Guan Sheng and others, Tang Jun became even more crazy and kept fighting, preparing to stop Wu Song's actions.
But the city gate was not wide. Guan Sheng and others were not afraid of death and formed a wall of flesh to block it. There were too many Tang troops and it was difficult to break through at once. At this time, Wu Song had already removed the wooden bolt, and the city gate was slowly opened!
At this time, the army in the city was also rushing towards the city gate. A steady stream of soldiers came in, and Guan Sheng and others were unable to resist, and they all suffered varying degrees of injuries. Seeing that they were about to be buried under the swords and guns of the Tang army, Ximen Qing led the army and rushed over in time.
Seeing the fireworks in the sky, Ximen Qing quickly led his army to rush towards the city gate as quickly as possible.
It can be said that the Liangshan army arrived in time. If it had arrived a little later, Guan Sheng and others' lives would have been in danger.
Ximen Qing led his troops into Tanzhou City, and then the Liangshan army killed everyone!
Tang Tianheng, who was far away in the city lord's palace, knew that Tanzhou City had been breached and Liangshan's army rushed in. He had an expression of disbelief. Even if he was too smart, he did not expect that the gate would open from the city.
Afterwards, Tang Tianheng sighed and said: "It seems that I am still missing a move. It's impossible not to withdraw now! Hey"
After saying that, Tang Tianheng summoned the generals, then took 50,000 troops, fled from the south gate of Luohuang, and ran towards Hebei.
Tanzhou City was captured, and Ximen Qing led his troops to kill it. At this time, the spies came to report that Tang Tianheng led the army to escape from the south gate.
Hearing this, Ximen Qing immediately ordered Xu Ning to lead the Hook and Sickle Spear Battalion, Lianlian Iron Horse Battalion and Feather Battalion to pursue them quickly! And he led the troops to suppress the Tang army in the city.
In the early morning, all the resisting Tang troops in Tanzhou City were killed, and the people calmed down and stayed at home honestly.
Later, Ximen Qing took charge of the city lord's palace and sent Wu Yong to take over the affairs and deal with the situation in Tanzhou City.
Later, Xu Ning, who was chasing the Tang army, also came back.
The Tang army fled in despair, and their morale was disorganized. They pursued for fifty or sixty miles and killed thousands of enemy soldiers before returning.
Later, Ximen Qing ordered to reward the army to celebrate the victory.