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Chapter 2157 Xiyang breaks the Tang Dynasty

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    After the Sui army surrendered Nanyang County, Yan Xiaowu ordered Xu Shiji to lead an army to attack the neighboring Xiyang County.

    Xiyang County is located in the remnants of the Qinling Mountains, south of Funiu Mountain, and its geographical location is extremely important.  Go northwest through Wuguan Pass, go west along the Han River and enter Guanzhong, go southeast through the Han River into Xiangyang, and east through the Nanyang Basin into Henan.  The most important thing is that he is less than 500 miles away from Luoyang City, which is about the same distance from Tongguan to Luoyang.

    The Tang army's occupation of this area was equivalent to the control of the Shannan area (Shannan Road in the Tang Dynasty, which during the Jin and Wei Dynasties referred to Shangluo and Nanyang).  It comes from the political structure, not a simple geographical concept) stretches out a knife and can attack in all directions.

    In fact, Li Tang¡¯s management of Shannan began very early.

    Before Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, he sent Li Xiaogong, Chen Yanshou, Ma Yuangui and others south to Shannan. Later, he appointed Li Yuanji as the Shangshu of Xiangzhou Daoxingtai and the governor of Jizhou to take charge of Shannan affairs. He was also assisted by Ren Gui, Li Sixing, Xue Xian,  Xue Qian et al.

    Li Yuan gave Li Yuanji a lot of soldiers, horses, and talents, but it was a pity that Li Yuanji was not that good.

    Besides, Li Yuanji was young, and he almost lost Hedong half-sold and half-given, so he really couldn't convince the public. Even if Li Yuan used his high position to push him up, it would be impossible to win people over.

    Therefore, Li Yuanji was in Shannan for more than half a year and did not achieve much results.

    Until Li Yuan lost Guanzhong, Li Yuanji had not yet broken through Nanyang County occupied by Lu Zizang.

    At this time, the three forces were attacking each other in Nanyang County, and their forces were intertwined.

    When Li Yuannan entered Bashu, he mobilized many Shannan troops to maintain his own strength.  At this time, in the Shannan area, the only ones responsible for managing the Nanyang Basin were Shannan Xuanfu envoy Ma Yuangui and his tribe of more than 7,000 people.

    In terms of the territory in Ma Yuangui's hands, it is indeed quite large. In addition to Xiyang County, there are also two counties in Nanyang (governing the northwest of Dengzhou City, Henan Province), Shunyang (governing the northwest of Dengzhou City, Henan Province today), and Yin County in Xiangyang County.  Cheng (governing the northwest of Laohekou City, Hubei Province today) County.

    However, Ma Yuangui controlled more than ten counties, but only had 7,000 people, so the troops in his hands were really stretched.

    This time *z.com Zhang Si.  For the Sui army, they did not want to go to war with the Tang army, and now was not the time.  With the current strength of the Sui army, once it has digested the Henan area, it can overwhelm it and win easily. There is no need to gamble here.

    But Xiyang County must fight again, otherwise Nanyang County and even Henan will not be stable.

    Yingyang goes south to Xiangyang, and will fight against Jingxiang in the future.  If the Tang army were to advance east along the Han River and cut off the Sui army's retreat in Jingxiang, the consequences would be disastrous.

    For the Sui army, the advantage of this battle was to fight it quickly. Li Yuanji had heavy troops in Xicheng County. Once a stalemate broke out, he would bring in troops to help, making the battle difficult to fight.

    Xu Shiji led an army to the west, which was about the same strength as Ma Yuangui.  But his 7,000 soldiers were clenched like fists, not comparable to the 7,000 men and horses scattered across counties by Ma Yuangui.

    So Xu Shiji led his troops to advance rapidly, broke through several counties, and surrounded the city of Nanxiang (southwest of Xichuan County, Henan Province today) from the side.

    Ma Yuangui was defeated and had to retreat to the city.

    Seeing that the Tang army held on, Xu Shiji continued to send cavalry to challenge the Tang army.  Although Ma Yuangui was in charge of the defense, he repeatedly failed to resist the Sui army. He lost two battles in a row and suffered many casualties.

    Faced with this situation, Ma Yuangui, who had suffered a huge loss, did not dare to move again.

    So the two sides became the stalemate that the Sui army was most worried about under Nanxiang City.

    Nanxiang City was not a fortified city, so many of his subordinates advised Xu Shiji to attack the city day and night and break it before the reinforcements of the Tang Army arrived, but Xu Shiji refused.

    In Xu Shiji¡¯s view, the Tang army was good at defending the city, but not good at field battles.  The advantage of our army lies in the cavalry, but the cavalry has difficulty in siege operations.  Attack the city day and night, abandoning the cavalry and not using it, but attacking with short attacks and long attacks.

    So Xu Shiji decided to stand still and wait for the morale of the Tang army to decline before he waited for an opportunity to attack.

    This choice was completely beyond everyone¡¯s expectations.

    As expected, it didn¡¯t take long for Li Yuanji to get Ma Yuangui¡¯s letter asking for help, so he sent Xue Xian and 5,000 troops to march east from Jinzhou to support Ma Yuangui.

    For Li Yuanji, Xiyang County was his only gain after taking office as the Minister of Daoxingtai in Xiangzhou. It was a place to cover up all the ugliness and could not be lost.  However, Li Yuanji did not have many troops and could only spare 5,000 men.

    After Xue Xiandong came, he did not enter Nanxiang City directly. Instead, he planned to lead his army to cross the river at Danshui (today's Danjiang, Hubei Province), detour to the back of the Sui army, and fight with the Sui army.Ma Yuangui surrounded the Sui army.

    In Xue Xian's view, the Sui army was powerful. Only by defeating this Sui army cleanly could it be effectively frightened and Xiyang County would be stable.

    However, this move was quickly discovered by the Sui army's scouts.

    Some generals suggested that Xu Shi should attack Xue Xian with his troops and leave him on the north bank of Dan River.

    But Xu Shiji said: "Our army and the Tang army are only separated by a water. The Tang army detoured to the back of our army. If our army turns around to attack it, Ma Yuangui will attack our army behind it. If we ignore it, the return route will be cut off and defeat will be inevitable."  . Therefore, our army should retreat to Xincheng County (now northwest of Dengzhou City, Henan Province), lure the Tang army to leave the camp, adopt the tactic of 'when the enemy leaves, we will return, when the enemy returns, we will leave', and then use light cavalry to plunder the Tang army's grain and grass supplies, forcing them to fight with them.  Our army will fight decisively, and we will be able to defeat Liang Jun within a month."

    So Xu Shiji fought back and retreated towards Xincheng County.

    Xue Xianben made a plan to encircle the Sui army. The curtain was raised. Unexpectedly, the Sui army escaped and the play could not be performed. He had to enter Nanxiang City and meet Ma Yuangui.

    At this time, the Sui army's cavalry continued to attack all sides of Nanxiang City, plundering the Sui army's food and grass. Every time Ma Yuangui sent troops to attack, he failed to defeat the Sui army's guerrillas.

    The two sides were in a stalemate for more than ten days, and the entire Nanxiang city was completely cut off from the outside world.

    Ma Yuangui had no choice but to decide to fight the Sui army.  After all, its troops are far more numerous than the Sui army, so it would be better to defeat them, which would save the crisis.

    Xue Xian disagreed and thought it was too risky, but he couldn't resist Ma Yuangui.

    So the Tang army, with nearly ten thousand troops, pursued it all the way. They met the Sui army in the south of Xincheng County, and they lined up for a decisive battle.

    Zhida z.com Zhixiao.  Seeing the Tang army chasing after them, the generals were overjoyed and prepared for a decisive battle. However, Xu Shiji said: "The Tang army came from far away to fight lightly. Even if they carried dry food, it would be difficult to eat during the battle. Before evening, they would be hungry and exhausted, and their morale would decline. Let's go again  If you take advantage of the situation and attack, you will definitely win."

    The Sui army then stood still.  The two armies faced each other until evening. The Tang army was hungry and wanted to retreat.

    Seeing that the time had come, Xu Shiji immediately ordered a fierce attack.  Various ministries also took advantage of the situation to attack from the east and west, responding quickly.  The Tang army was disturbed, the formation was in chaos, and the three armies collapsed.

    The Sui army pursued fiercely, but the Tang army was defeated. All the elites were wiped out. Ma Yuangui was captured alive, while Xue Xian and others fled back to Jinzhou with dozens of cavalry.

    The Sui army took advantage of the victory and headed east, taking all of Xiyang County

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