It was late October, the autumn harvest had just ended, and it was gradually the end of the year. Every household began to prepare for the New Year, and the entire Tang Dynasty was shrouded in the busy preparation for the New Year.

But at this moment, an accident occurred in Liaodong. The news of Li Jinzhong being poisoned reached Liaodong, which aroused the anger of the Khitan tribes. Sun Wanrong had no choice but to replace Li Jinzhong as chief.

In order to gain the military and political power of the Khitan and establish prestige among the Khitan tribes, Sun Wanrong tore up the agreement reached with the Tang Dynasty in the name of Li Jinzhong's revenge, raised troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack Yingzhou again.

Above the city, thousands of Tang soldiers looked at the huge Khitan army with fear and fear, with only more than 3,000 people, and people kept blowing horns on the city, and the Tang army seemed a little panicked.

Although they made preparations in advance, evacuated the people in the city south and prepared a large number of wooden and rocks, they still seemed unable to do so in the face of tens of thousands of Khitan troops.

The Tang army commander Fang Danqing looked pale. Looking at the murderous Khitan army, his eyes showed a look of fear. He was already in chaos and didn't know what to do.

From his original intention, he wanted to abandon the city and retreat immediately, but the emperor made it clear in his will that no army was allowed to abandon the city and flee without authorization. He must defend the city, otherwise he would be a scum of the Tang army and would be severely punished.

But this intention is obviously a bit unfair to Liucheng. It is located in the northeast of Liaodong. If the Khitan army revolt, Liucheng will undoubtedly be the first to bear the brunt. Fang Danqing also expressed his own opinions, but its opinions did not respond at all, which instead caused unstable morale in the army.

His worries and misfortune became a fact, and the Khitan army rebelled again and their troops were at the gates.

At this time, a Khitan cavalry rushed over and flew past the edge of the city. He shot an arrow to the top of the city. The arrow was wearing a letter. A soldier picked up the letter and rushed towards the main general quickly.

Fang Danqing opened the letter with trembling hands, and there was only one sentence in the letter, "Surrender within one hour, otherwise you will flatten Liucheng."

Fang Danqing sighed and threw down the letter. He couldn't help but look south anxiously. As early as the Khitan tribes were gathering their troops, he sent people to Youzhou for help. At present, there are still tens of thousands of troops stationed in Youzhou, but three days have passed, and there is no news from Youzhou.

"General, what should we do?" another general asked worriedly.

"Resist first! If you really can't resist, retreat."

Fang Danqing sighed, retreating is better than surrender. He suddenly thought of something and said to the general anxiously: "Send someone to Yuguan immediately and tell Zhongyuan that the Khitan army is approaching, and reinforcements have been delayed in rescue. Liucheng can no longer be saved. Let him be prepared!"

"I will obey the order!"

The general immediately ran to arrange the letter delivery soldiers. Fang Danqing looked at the letter delivery soldiers leaving the city. Then he turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "The Khitan army is extremely cruel. Kill me, young and old, insult my women. Today they will invade again. We will fight to the end and never surrender!"

There were continuous horns on the top of the city, which was a signal of a fight, and declared to the Khitan army that they would never surrender.

Several miles away, Sun Wanrong had heard the sound of a trumpet of the challenge. His pupils gradually contracted and murderous intent burst out. He ordered him word by word: "Assemble the trencher immediately."

The three hundred craftsmen who followed the army began to act. They unloaded huge trench parts from the baggage team and began to assemble them on site.

When attacking Goguryeo with the Tang army, the Khitans also plundered a large number of craftsmen from Goguryeo, allowing them to build huge trenchers, which played a huge role in the last time the Southern attack on Lieutenant General Yingzhou.

Not only that, they also bought thousands of horses pulling supplies from the Turks. They carried heavy loads and were good at traveling long distances, especially in sledding.

It was precisely because of the sled and horse-pulling that the various heavy siege weapons of the Khitan army could follow the army, bringing them great convenience. In less than half an hour, the skilled craftsmen assembled twenty huge trenchers. This huge rock that could throw hundreds of pounds was strong and could destroy the city tower with one stone. Each trencher required 200 strong men to pull their hair, like twenty giants standing under the city.

At this time, a Khitan soldier ran towards Sun Wanrong and reported loudly: "Chief, the catapult is ready!"

Sun Wanrong looked up at the sky. The sun had set the horizon, and the sky was dyed with a purple-red layer, revealing the sad atmosphere of the ending.

"Start the attack!"

Sun Wanrong issued an order to attack. He looked at the city wall that was also dyed purple and said coldly: "I have given you a chance. Since I refuse to accept it, don't blame me for using Liucheng to sacrifice my sword."

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The huge drum sounded, and each drum beat hit the hearts of the Tang soldiers on the city, making them restless. They held bows and crossbows in their hands and were ready for battle, but the twenty huge monsters under the city filled each of them with heavy pressure.

The drum sound stopped, and the world was silent. Suddenly, dozens of huge black shadows flew into the air, drawing dozens of arcs, flying through the air, making a harsh whistling sound.

"ah!"

There was a burst of exclamation on the top of the city, and Fang Danqing shouted: "Look over and dodge!" "Boom! Boom!" There were continuous loud noises, and dust flew on the top of the city and smoke blew on the face.

Although the city wall of Liucheng is made of bricks and stones, the city wall is tall, it has a history of hundreds of years and is eroded by wind and rain. It is a bit old. Under the impact of a huge rock weighing more than a hundred kilograms, dozens of cracks began to appear in the city wall.

With a loud bang, a huge rock hit the battlement above the head of the main general Fang Danqing. The battlement was smashed to pieces and the gravel flew around. The remaining force of the huge rocks had not yet disappeared and swept across. Several Tang soldiers could not dodge and were smashed to pieces.

The soldiers on the city wall cries a sound of help, and more than a hundred people were killed or injured in the first round of attacks. The city wall was hit by two huge rocks at the same time. The wooden pillar broke and the city wall wall collapsed. More than a dozen Tang soldiers were buried in the collapsed pile of wood and stones.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of huge rock attacks was launched again. Twenty or more than 100 kilograms of rocks were spinning in the air, carrying powerful power, and rushing straight to the city wall. Another huge and dull collision sound was heard.

A section of the city wall finally could not withstand the continuous impact of the huge rocks, and a terrible crack had appeared, shaking. At this moment, another stone as big as a millstone flew in the air, hitting the crack. The city wall collapsed, like a torn skin, which was pulled off more than twenty feet at once. The mud and sand filled with the interlayer of the city wall poured down, forming a slope of the upper city.

Fang Danqing's eyes were red in anger and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and build a wall with sandbags! Quick!"

Thousands of Tang soldiers ran towards the gap with sandbags on their backs, threw the sandbags into the gap at all costs, and quickly rebuilt a city wall. In the distance, the Khitan army still remained unmoved. They were full of murderous intent and eager to try.

But Sun Wanrong still did not issue a siege order, but just stared at the busyness on the city coldly. His eyes were full of disdain. In his opinion, he had twenty heavy trenchers, and the city was vulnerable.

"One, two, three, let it go!"

Two hundred Khitan soldiers exerted force at the same time, throwing their long arms, making a "Woo!" sound of wind, a huge bluestone rose into the air and roared towards the city gate. The continuous impact caused the city gate to shake violently, and finally could not withstand the attack of the huge rocks, and the city gate shattered with a bang.

Sun Wanrong waved his sword and said, "Go into the city!"

Tens of thousands of Khitan troops rushed towards the city gate like a huge crowd. Fang Danqing's face was pale. He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet hard, "Retreat! Retreat immediately!"

He could not let the entire army be wiped out, but he would rather be severely punished than let the soldiers die.

Thousands of Tang troops immediately evacuated towards the southern city gate, abandoned Liucheng, and quickly retreated towards the southern Yuguan. The Khitan army captured Liucheng. Seeing that the city was empty, the food and population had been withdrawn, Sun Wanrong was furious and immediately led the army to continue southward and pounced towards Yuguan.

At the same time, Wang Xiaojie led an army of 100,000 day and night, and arrived at Yu Pass shortly after the fall of Liucheng.

When Sun Wanrong learned that Wang Xiaojie's army had arrived, he stopped stationing troops. The two armies were about twenty miles apart. In the tent, Sun Wanrong paced back and forth with his hands, looking a little worried. He did not expect that the main force of the Tang army would come so quickly. As soon as he captured Yingzhou, the main force of the Tang army rushed to Yuguan, which means that the Tang army had already prepared, and this disrupted his plan.

Sun Wanrong also knew that the Li Jinzhong rebellion a few months ago brought a direct consequence, that is, the Tang Dynasty's population and materials were all withdrawn into the pass, and only troops were stationed in Liaodong. Even if he seized Yingzhou, he would not have much food supply. Therefore, after capturing Yingzhou, Sun Wanrong planned to lead his army south immediately and use the advantages of heavy siege weapons to capture Yuguan in one fell swoop. The army swept across Hebei and could get sufficient supplies.

Moreover, the Khitan tribes could also plunder Hebei's population and property. As long as they received sufficient compensation, they would naturally be loyal to themselves, and he would firmly hold the position of the Khitan chief.

But Sun Wanrong did not expect that after learning that Li Jinzhong was poisoned, the Tang Dynasty immediately took emergency measures and sent Wang Xiaojie to lead a 100,000 army north, which happened to block his attempt to go south and plunder, which failed Sun Wanrong's plan.

Sun Wanrong was upset. They were not prepared to go south this time, and there was not much logistics supply. Now Yingzhou cannot get supplies. Could he be forced to withdraw his nest again? In this way, how could the Khitan tribes obey him?

The more Sun Wanrong thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He walked to the map, stared at Yuguan in a daze, and couldn't help but sigh. At this time, the curtain was lifted, and his brother-in-law Yi Yuanyu walked in. Yi Yuanyu successfully killed Li Jinzhong for Sun Wanrong in Luoyang, and had become his right-hand man and his military advisor.

Seeing that Sun Wanrong was frowning, Yi Yuanyu smiled and said, "Has the chief encountered a problem?"

Sun Wanrong sighed, "I really didn't expect the Tang army to come so quickly that it disrupted my plan. Now I lack food supplies and can only hold on for half a month at most, otherwise we will be in danger of being out of food, so I was a little upset."

"How is the chief ready to deal with this dilemma?"

Sun Wanrong pointed to the map and said, "I want to attack the Andong Protectorate to the east. The Tang Dynasty resettled nearly one million Goguryeo people in the Liaocheng area. If we can loot these people, we can solve the food dilemma, and then occupy the Liaodong and Andong Protectorate to establish a country here. But I am also worried that once we lead our army to advance east, the Tang army will take the opportunity to cut off our retreat and put us in the danger of being attacked from both sides. Moreover, I heard that the leader of the Tang army was Wang Xiaojie, who fought against Tubo and Turks for many years and was a famous general of the Tang army. He was definitely not comparable to the cowardly villain like Wu Youyi, so I was hesitant and difficult to decide."

Yi Yuanyu smiled slightly and said, "Wang Xiaojie used cavalry tactics to fight against Turks and Tubo for many years, but it may not be effective for us Khitan. Since the chief was worried that he would lead his army north to cut off our retreat, why not use the tricks and lure the Tang army and annihilate it?"

Sun Wanrong suddenly realized that when Li Jinzhong defeated the Tang army twice, he used a trick of luring troops, and the terrain in Liaodong was complicated, which was very suitable for ambushing wars.

"What if Wang Xiaojie is not deceived?" Sun Wanrong was still a little worried. If Wang Xiaojie is not deceived, his food would not last long.

"Grand Chief, even if Wang Xiaojie is not deceived, we will not be able to go to Andong to replenish supplies. In the end, we have to withdraw back to Songmo. We are afraid that by then, the tribes will not get enough benefits, and they will be dissatisfied with the Grand Chief. It will be difficult for the Grand Chief to control them again."

Yi Yuanyu's words hit Sun Wanrong's heart. He pondered for a long time and finally nodded. At this moment, Sun Wanrong made up his mind to take this bet and suppress his entire life.
Chapter completed!