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Chapter 1652 Battle at Longquan

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    When the Sui army occupied Lishi County, Zhang Lun was still fighting fiercely with Li Qingyang in Longquan County.

    Zhang Lun was also considered a brave general and led an army to conquer Lishi County. If Li Qingyang had not led his troops to stop the attack, Longquan, Wencheng and other counties would have been occupied by Zhang Lun.

    " However, compared with Zhang Lun, Li Qingyang's ability is not weak, and he has run Longquan County for many years and has a deep foundation.  There is no prefect in Longquan County, and the person in charge of the county affairs is the county chief Sima Yun.  The Sima Yun family is prominent and belongs to the Gaomi king lineage of the Sima family in the Western Jin Dynasty. The famous East China Sea King Sima Yue is from their lineage. His great ancestor and great ancestor were the Langya County kings of the Northern Wei Dynasty.  However, in Sima Yun's generation, his father and brother died early, and the Sima family has gradually declined.  Sima Yun was old again and was not in charge of many affairs. The military and political power of Longquan County was concentrated on Li Qingyang.

    Huang Mingyuan worked very hard in Longquan County, otherwise he would not have been able to control this county all the time.  Longquan County is in an important position. It and Shangdang County are on both sides of Linfen County. Attacking from the east and west can divide the entire Hedong into two.

    After the news of Li Yuan's rebellion in Jinyang came, Li Qingyang recruited strong men, assembled troops, and strengthened the city defense.

    Any officials in the county who were ready to respond to Li Yuan were killed by Li Qingyang.

    Zhang Lun went all the way south, approaching Longquan County to govern Xichuan County (today's Xi County, Shanxi Province).  At this time, the main force of Longquan County was still in the town of Hengcheng (35 miles south of today's Xi County, Shanxi).

    Wu Tong, a native of Pu County (now Pu County, Shanxi Province), rebelled in response to Li Yuan. His troops approached Hengcheng, and Li Qingyang had to order Jiang He, the county meritorious officer, to lead his troops to stop the attack.  Li Qingyang was in charge of Xichuan County and had less than a thousand troops.

    At this time, Zhang Lun's eight thousand soldiers and horses moved south, and Xichuan City was in danger.

    Li Qingyang knew very well that once Zhang Lun's troops came to the city, there was no need to fight at all. Some of the vacillating wallflowers in the city would probably defect directly. Therefore, if he wanted to win, he must keep the enemy outside the county government.

    Li Qingyang decided to lead his men to sneak attack Zhang Lun's camp.

    Sima Yun was shocked when he heard that the rebel army was ten times stronger than his own, and the chance of winning could be said to be slim. If he rashly sent troops to attack in a sneak attack, once he was defeated, the consequences would be disastrous.

    But Li Qingyang was determined and Sima Yun could not object.

    Li Qingyang asked Sima Yun to maintain order in the city for a day. If he was defeated in the attack, he would not object to the surrender of the whole city.  Sima Yun also knew that Li Qingyang was very capable, and if his wishes were not followed, the consequences would be unpredictable, so he agreed to hold on for one more day and secure the city.

    Li Qingyang ordered Jiang He to abandon Hengcheng and return to Xichuan to aid; at the same time, he selected 500 soldiers, all of whom were armored and armed, and he personally commanded them, and secretly left the county seat.

    Zhang Lun was also careless. When Li Qingyang was under Zhang Wenyuan, his reputation was not very prominent. After more than ten years, no one remembered his original demeanor.

    Before Li Qingyang sent troops, he sent someone to Zhang Lun's army in the name of Sima Yun to deliver a letter asking for surrender.

    Zhang Lun knew Sima Yun. He knew that Sima Yun was over sixty and had no energy left. It would be impossible for him to fight to the death.  Therefore, Zhang Lun had no doubts about Sima Yun's surrender, and was just waiting to go all the way south and successfully capture Longquan County.

    Li Qingyang led 500 people and secretly advanced to the vicinity of Zhang Lun's camp.

    Zhang Lun¡¯s troops are actually mostly newly attached troops.  Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, but he took the main troops south or stayed in Jinyang to defend the city. Zhang Lun's troops were only third-rate soldiers.  If it weren't for Zhang Lun's ability, these soldiers would be useless.

    At this time, after hearing the surrender of Longquan County, everyone was so happy that they even forgot about the defense.

    In the middle of the night, snoring could be heard everywhere in the camp.  There were no patrolling soldiers in the entire camp, and there were no trenches or horse-blocking defenses.

    Seeing this, Li Qingyang was overjoyed and immediately led five hundred elite troops to attack Zhang Lun's camp.

    There is no moon in the night, and no human faces can be seen.  Five hundred soldiers, like Shura from the region, kill everyone on sight.  Although there were few people, the crowd was like a spear, piercing through the entire Tang Army camp.

    The fire was raging and the entire Tang camp collapsed.

    Li Qingyang led his men and attacked the Chinese army.  Zhang Lun had already woken up by this time, and he was shocked by the chaotic situation in the camp. At this time, he did not know who the enemy was.

    Zhang Lun immediately organized a resistance, but a group of defeated troops was simply not enough.

    Li Qingyang led his men to the central army, only ten steps away from Zhang Lun.

    At this time, Zhang Lun also knew that the situation was urgent. In order to reverse the situation, he immediately led dozens of soldiers around him to attack.  At this time, he also gave up on continuing to organize this weak army, and all he could rely on were hundreds of old subordinates in the army.

    When Li Qingyang saw Zhang Lun, although he didn¡¯t recognize him, he ordered his men to charge towards the opponent¡¯s general.  The flow of people is constantly moving.  Zhang Lun's dozen or so people were exhausted and had to retreat continuously.

    Li Qingyang raised his spear and rode his horse towards Zhang Xi?Pounce.

    Although Zhang Lun is under the horse, his fighting spirit is not weak.  Li Qingyang thrust a spear at him, but he quickly drew his knife to block it.  Zhang Lun is very powerful and usually uses a horse-cutting sword.

    Li Qingyang missed with one spear, then he thrust the spear again.  However, Zhang Lun knew that he was at a disadvantage. He rolled along the ground like a lazy donkey, and then slashed at Li Qingyang's horse's leg with his knife.

    The war horse lost both legs and fell forward with a "flutter", and Li Qingyang was also thrown out.

    Zhang Lun was overjoyed and slashed at Li Qingyang with his chopping knife.

    When Li Qingyang was thrown out, he used his legs and kicked the stirrups fiercely. Therefore, although he was thrown out, he did not fall to the ground. He landed on one knee and did not lose his weapon.  Seeing Zhang Lun's sword coming, he raised his spear to block it.  The two sides were in a stalemate, fighting back and forth.

    At this time, a Sui soldier stabbed Zhang Lun. Zhang Lun was stabbed in the waist on one side and fell to the ground immediately.  Li Qingyang took the opportunity to draw his knife and chop, but Zhang Lun's personal guards stepped forward to protect Zhang Lun.  By the time Li Qingyang killed the three people who came forward, Zhang Lun had already been sent back to the formation.

    Zhang Lun¡¯s elite men have arrived.

    The two sides fought fiercely for another moment. Seeing that the other side began to stabilize their position, the Sui army began to fall into a stalemate with the Tang army.  Li Qingyang knew that he could not capture all the enemy troops. He did not have enough troops. If he fought again, he might be surrounded by the enemy, so he had to lead his army to retreat.

    "However, Zhang Lun was injured on the Tang Army's side. In order to protect the camp, no pursuit was ordered at this time.

    In this battle, the Tang army was defeated. More than half of the entire camp was burned by fire, and there was not much food, grass, and baggage left.  Nearly half of Zhang Lun's 8,000 troops were lost, which was a huge blow to morale.

    Zhang Lun suffered such a heavy loss and was so angry that he had no choice but to order two thousand rear troops to speed up the advance and support the Chinese army.

    Li Qingyang returned to Xichuan City in victory. The morale in the city was shocked. Even Sima Yun, who had been hesitant, also increased his confidence.  If we wait for Jiang He to return to the army, it is really possible to protect the entire county.

    In fact, for officials like Sima Yun who have no tendency to surrender, they are actually unwilling to surrender if they can.  For them, anyone can be the emperor, and I will surrender to whoever is strong. But if they can be loyal without danger for once, who would not want to.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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