Not long after Li Sheng led his troops to leave Tongguan, he remembered that he still didn't know how the troops who stayed in Huayin to pursue the defeated rebels were progressing, so he ordered the captain of his soldiers: "Take ten people back to Huayin to contact the first battalion.
Let’s see how they are chasing the rebels and retreating.
If there is any news, report it to Yongfengcang immediately.”
"Nuo" the captain of the soldiers agreed, and then picked ten soldiers to return to Huayin with him.
Li Sheng continued to march north with a large group of troops.
The purpose of this trip was to capture Yongfengcang, a large granary located on the south bank of the Wei River in the northeast of Huayin.
It was also an extremely important granary in Guanzhong.
During the rebellion, After the army captured Tongguan, the surrounding counties and counties surrendered one after another.
Yongfengcang did not have many troops and could not resist the rebels, so it also surrendered.
Yongfeng warehouse stores the official grain of several surrounding counties.
The amount of grain stored is extremely large.
As long as it is captured here, it can feed the Beiting army for a long time, and it can also cut off the grain of the surrounding rebels.
This It's a good way to benefit yourself at the expense of others On the way to Yongfengcang, the soldiers of Li Sheng's army basically had no time to rest.
They ate some dry food when they were hungry, and drank some water from the cowhide water bags when they were thirsty.
After nightfall, the army continued to march, and the soldiers marched in disgrace all the way.
Fortunately, there was a soldier in the army who lived in Huayin and was familiar with the road.
Li Sheng ordered this soldier to lead the way.
At the time of Xu, the army finally approached the vicinity of Yongfengcang.
At this time, the soldier leading the way reined in his horse and stopped.
When Li Sheng saw this, he also stopped and asked, "Why did you stop?"
A blurry black shadow of a building not far away from the leading soldier said: "General, that's Yongfeng Cang.
Why are the shouts of killing coming from over there?
Could it be that something happened in Yongfeng Cang?"
Li Sheng looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough he saw a large fortress-like building two miles away.
In the dark night, there were faint sounds of killing shouts and the sound of weapons clashing.
Looking again, there was something above the Yongfengcang.
There must be a lot of light, someone holding a lot of torches.
Li Sheng arrived immediately: "Reconnaissance team, send people to investigate the situation and come back quickly."
"Take orders" Not long after, a cavalry sentry returned and saw Li Sheng and reported: "General Qi, there are two soldiers and horses fighting each other in Yongfeng warehouse.
We have captured a soldier who escaped from Yongfeng warehouse.
After interrogation, it was learned that the two soldiers and horses fighting each other were originally the rebel defenders of Yongfengcang, but one was a rebel and the other was originally stationed in Yongfengcang.
The imperial garrison here, after Tongguan was captured by the rebels, was frightened by the rebel forces and later surrendered.
Today we defeated An Shouzhong and routed his troops.
A small group of defeated troops fled here.
The news was learned by the original generals of the army.
Seeing that the imperial army was counterattacking, the general led his soldiers and horses to fight with the rebels."
After hearing the report, Li Sheng made a decisive decision: "Without further delay, we will quickly go to reinforce, and all the soldiers will follow me."
"promise" As Li Sheng's army arrived under the city wall of Yongfengcang, the two soldiers and horses fighting in the warehouse suddenly stopped.
Apparently both sides discovered that a large group of soldiers and horses were approaching, but neither of them knew about this sudden arrival of soldiers.
The horse is friend or foe, so the fight has to stop.
At this time, a voice came from outside: "Friends in the fort, listen, this is General Li Sheng under Marshal Zhao, the deputy marshal of the imperial court for counterinsurgency.
Please open the gate of the fort quickly."
The former Yongfengcang garrison general was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately shouted: "Cao Mazi, quickly open the fort gate and let the imperial army in" The rebels have always disdained the task of guarding the fort gate, because it is a hard job.
The soldiers guarding the cities in various places are basically surrendered Tang troops.
This time, the fort gate happened to be in the hands of the original garrison.
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It was also a miscalculation on the part of the rebels.
The former garrison soldiers slowly opened the fort gate against the crazy attack of the rebels.
Li Sheng rushed in and saw that the people who opened the fort gate were soldiers wearing imperial standard armor, and there were also a large number of soldiers wearing armor with a strong style.
With the nomadic characteristics of the north, he knew who was the friendly army and who was the enemy, so he shouted: "Soldiers, listen, those who wear the imperial armor are our own, and the others are the enemy, kill them."
After Li Sheng roared, he rode his horse and rushed into the rebel crowd.
He chopped, stabbed or chopped with the horse spear in his hand, killing a large number of people in a moment.
If he encountered no one, the Beiting Army cavalry behind him also rushed into the fort after him, and the rebels The soldiers were rushed in by this large group of cavalry and were either chopped to death or knocked away.
After fighting for less than half an hour, the fighting in Yongfengcang stopped.
More than half of the rebels were killed.
The other half, seeing that the situation was over and had no way to escape, had no choice but to drop their weapons and kneel down to surrender.
Li Sheng collected his weapons and arranged for his men to take the rebels down and lock them up.
At this moment, panicked shouts came from the distance: "It's not good, it's not good, the rebels have set the grain and grass in warehouse No. 1 on fire.
Hurry up and put out the fire."
Put out the fire quickly” Li Sheng's expression changed, and he immediately organized his soldiers to quickly find pots and pans to fill with water to put out the fire.
Suddenly, the entire Yongfeng warehouse became chaotic.
As the grain and grass in the No. 1 warehouse were ignited, a large amount of thick smoke rose, and soon The fire quickly shrouded the entire Yongfengcang, and the soldiers had to cover their mouths and noses and stare at the thick smoke to put out the fire.
After some rescue efforts, the fire was finally put out, but half of the grain and grass in the No. 1 warehouse was burned, and a lot of the other half was soaked by water.
Fortunately, it is July and the weather is hot, so just go out and dry it in the sun.
It can be dried in a day or two.
After putting out the fire, the soldiers were so tired that they dropped their containers and sat down on the ground to catch their breath.
They were all sweating profusely, and they were obviously very tired.
Li Sheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the fire was finally put out.
He walked up to the former garrison soldiers and asked: "Who is the guard of Yongfengcang?"
A middle-aged general with disheveled hair came over and saluted with his fists clasped: "The last general, Shi Daniu, has seen the general."
Li Sheng looked at Shi Daniu for a few times and asked: "I heard that after the fall of Tongguan, your Yongfengcang surrendered quickly.
Why did the rebels start fighting this time?"
Shi Daniu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Hey, general, it's not that the last general is greedy for life and wants to surrender to the rebels.
Although the last general is the guard of Yongfengcang, he is not the person in charge here.
The chief official of Yongfengcang at that time was Zhu Liangcai. , he was in charge of all the affairs of Yongfengcang, and the general was also under his control.
When the rebels came, he said he wanted to surrender, but the general did not agree, so he sent someone to kidnap the general and then ordered others to surrender. opened the fort The rebels came in through the door, and later the general had to surrender for the sake of his brothers.
Today, a group of rebels came in panic.
The general sent someone to inquire about the news and learned that the imperial army had launched a counterattack and was still in Huayin.
The rebel general An Shouzhong was defeated at the foot of the city, so the general wanted to lead his brothers to kill the rebels here and seize Yongfengcang so that they could return it to the court.
This can be regarded as forgiveness for themselves by the general and his brothers. " Li Sheng heard the words and admired Shi Daniu's behavior very much.
He patted him on the shoulder and said: "I will report your matter to the commander-in-chief.
With what you said today, you can definitely make up for your mistakes.
Don't worry."
Shi Daniu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, General."
Li Sheng thought that if he could complete the task assigned by Zhao Ziliang in a very short period of time, he would have to take it by surprise and attack him unprepared.
The speed of the attack would make it impossible for the rebels to react, and all actions would be impossible in the eyes of the rebels.
Should we attack Feng Ling first, or collect ships and cross the river to raid Pujin Pass?
Li Sheng saw Shi Daniu and asked, "Do you know how many rebels are stationed in Feng Ling?"
Shi Daniu said: "It should be no less than three thousand, but most of these soldiers are the soldiers of the imperial court who were captured and surrendered in the Battle of Lingbao."
"How many rebels are stationed at the Yellow River crossing?"
Shi Daniu said: "There are not many rebels at the ferry.
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There is no danger to defend that place.
No matter how many people are stationed, it will be useless.
I heard that there are less than 500 people, but there are many ships, all of which were captured before."
's imperial ships' Li Sheng thought for a while and said to Shi Daniu: "General Shi, can you please send someone to contact the defenders of Feng Lingcheng?
If the people you send can persuade Feng Ling's rebels to surrender, I, General Just ask the commander to take credit for you, what do you think?"
This matter is not that simple.
Shi Daniu did not dare to pat his chest casually.
He just said: "I will not dare to confirm this to the general, but I will try my best."
Li Sheng nodded and said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you.
Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter.
I'll collect the ships and cross the river to seize Pujin Pass before returning to attack Feng Ling City."
Those who put out the fire just now were all Shi Daniu's men, and Li Sheng's soldiers couldn't help, so they didn't use up much energy.
After resting for a while just now, Li Sheng decided not to rest tonight, and collected boats to cross the river overnight to attack.
At Pujing Pass, before the news reached the other side of the Yellow River, the enemy army had to kill them before they got the news.
Li Sheng immediately led a large group of troops to raid the ferry.
The soldiers had undergone high-intensity training for a long time.
They could survive even if they didn't sleep for several days and nights.
They had rested for ten days and a half some time ago and had long since recovered.
The energy is high, and it has only been two days of continuous fighting, which is nothing at all.
The rebels at the Yellow River Ferry were still sleeping soundly at this time.
The undefended ferry barracks were completely dark.
There were only a few lanterns hanging on the horses' heads, but they were constantly swaying by the wind on the river and might be extinguished at any time. .
"Surround them up, be tight for me, don't let anyone escape."
After the soldiers and horses quietly approached the ferry, Li Sheng waved his hand.
The soldiers quietly dispersed on horseback and surrounded the entire ferry.
After the encirclement was completed, Li Sheng led the remaining men and horses to push away the blocking horses and rushed into the ferry barracks.
Suddenly, the entire ferry barracks was in chaos, with a large number of naked rebel soldiers panicking.
They ran out of the barracks, but what they saw horrified them, and they had to kneel down and beg for surrender
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