Taiyuan City was northeast of Baibi Pass, separated by more than 300 miles. The middle was mostly mountainous and dense forests, suitable for hiding soldiers.
Based on this, Li Shimin felt that Liu Wuzhou would definitely set up many checkpoints on the road to Taiyuan to prevent the Tang army from attacking Taiyuan and taking it back.
With such a dangerous future ahead of him, Li Shimin was naturally not at ease letting Yin Shisan go out as the vanguard. However, Yin Shisan said to Li Shimin,"Has the King of Qin forgotten who killed Song Jingang under his horse?”
"This…"
Hearing Yin Shisan's words, Li Shimin hesitated. Previously, he only knew that Yin Shisan could strategize and win a battle from a thousand miles away. He never thought that he could achieve success on horseback. However, after killing Song Jingang, Li Shiming had completely changed his view of Yin Shisan. This military advisor of his seemed to be quite extraordinary.
"If Military Advisor really wants to go out as the vanguard, then I will be the food supervisor.”
Yin Shisan was stunned. He smiled and said,"With these words from the King of Qin, Yin Shisan is satisfied." However, in my opinion, there is no need to supervise the transportation of grain for this expedition to recover Taiyuan.”
"Oh?" This was something that Li Shi Min did not expect. He looked at Yin Shi San curiously.
"Taiyuan is the land where the Tang Empire thrives," Yin Shisan said."The ancestors of the King of Qin have been running it for generations and have done no harm to the people. Up until now, who didn't know about the Li family in Taiyuan?”
Seeing Li Shimin nod his head, Yin Shisan continued," You can imagine that the people will be furious when they recover Taiyuan this time. They're just submitting to Liu Wuzhou's tyranny. They're not really submitting to him.”
Hearing Yin Shisan's words, Li Shimin suddenly understood. He also knew that Yin Shisan would definitely not let him go out with the army, so he said with a serious expression,"Military Advisor, you must be careful.”
"Yes, sir!"
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
After the oath was over, three bugles rang through the sky.
Yin Shisan led 2,000 men under Zhang Zhongjian's protection to Taiyuan.
Behind the Yin Thirteen Troops was the Twelve Stars Army. They were divided into six divisions. One was led by Qin Qiong and fled to the left wing of Yin Shisan. One was led by Cheng Yaojin, and they followed Yin Shisan's right wing, marching towards Taiyuan City.
"The central area is the most dangerous. In front of us, Xia County is guarded by Liu Wuzhou's general, Lu Chongmao. This person has 15,000 soldiers under him.”
There were six armies on the left and right flanks, totaling up to 12,000 people. However, Yin Shisan's central army only consisted of himself and his two thousand men, which was why Zhang Zhongjian had opened his mouth to warn him.
"Haha."
But Yin Shisan didn't care at all. He looked at Zhang Zhongjian and said to him," I have Zhongjian. I can fight against a million soldiers."”
Zhang Zhongjian frowned. Although he knew that Yin Shisan was flattering him and wanted him to fight for him later, he was really pleased.
"Humph!"
Zhang Zhongjian snorted and said nothing.
An hour later, they arrived at Xia County. Lü Chongmao had already received the news and was waiting for the Tang army on the plains of Xia County. However, he did not expect that there were only two Tang soldiers! A thousand! Human!
"Hahahahaha, is there no one left in the Tang army?”Lu Chongmao held a large saber in his hand and roared towards the sky.
Before he could stop laughing, Zhang Zhongjian, who was beside Yin Shisan, had already spurred his horse forward. The long saber in his hand was raised to the sky, and he swung it down.
Swoosh!
A silver blade light flashed in the air. Lu Chongmao's eyes narrowed as he was shocked.
"You…"
He was about to raise his saber to meet it, but Zhang Zhongjian's saber had already slashed down, cutting through Lv Chongmao's left shoulder and cutting off his head and right shoulder.
Bang!
The corpse fell to the ground, and there was no other movement on the plain except for the suppressed panting.
Da! Da! Da!
Zhang Zhongjian put away his long saber and turned his horse around. He exchanged a cold glance with Yin Shisan and rode back.
Except for Zhang Zhongjian and his horse who were moving, the rest of the people and horses on the battlefield were all still. Even the clouds in the sky and the wind beside their ears didn't dare to make any movement, as if they were afraid that they would be targeted by Zhang Zhongjian and killed by him like how they killed Lv Chongmao.
Hua ~
After the time for an incense stick to burn, Lu Chongmao's men put down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Some of them ran back to the county to hide, not daring to face the Tang army again.
"Advance!"
Yin Shisan entered Xia County, and the elders of the county came to welcome him. The county lord tied himself up and carried the coffin to beg for mercy.
Yin Shisan helped him up on the street and said to him," I was forced to surrender to Liu Wuzhou and save the people of this territory. Not only did the county lord not do anything wrong, but he even made a contribution. Please rise."”
Yin Shisan passed down the order on behalf of Li Shimin, asking the county head to continue managing Xia County. He also handed over the surrendered Lu Chongmao's soldiers to him so that he could train them well and protect Xia County.
After dealing with these matters, Yin Shisan and Zhang Zhongjian continued to move forward. They still only led two thousand people past Xia County and soon arrived at Jiexiu.
"There is a valley outside Jiexiu City. It is surrounded by mountains and the terrain is rugged. Liu Wuzhou's General Xunxiang Troop is stationed there with five thousand men.”
"Only five thousand?" Yin Shisan looked at Zhang Zhongjian and felt that there were too few people. Could it be that Xunxiang was as brave as Zhang Zhongjian and did not need to bring so many soldiers?
"Yes." Zhang Zhongjian nodded and said to Yin Shisan," Within the valley, the mountain path is rugged and the mountains crisscross. The terrain is ever-changing, and the dense forest is hidden. It is suitable for ambushes and killing. Therefore, no matter how many soldiers there are, it will be difficult to exert an advantage. It is not as good as thousands of people who are familiar with the terrain. They can exert great combat strength.”
"I see."
Yin Shisan pondered for a moment. He saw that they had arrived outside the valley and had two thousand soldiers set up camp.
"Zhongjian, how many Flying Tiger Cavalry are there nearby?”
"Thirteen people!"
The Flying Tiger Cavalry was an intelligence agency founded by Yin Shisan. There were only 49 people in total, and Zhang Zhongjian was the leader. Although there were not many of them, they were all experts in the martial world. There was absolutely no mistake in climbing up the mountain and gathering information.
"Why are there so many?" Yin Thirteen frowned.
Yin Shisan trusted Zhang Zhongjian and gave him full authority to manage the Flying Tiger Cavalry. However, there were thirteen Flying Tiger Cavalry members gathered near Jiexiu. This was a bit saturated. Was Zhang Zhongjian not afraid that the intelligence network in other places would be paralyzed?
"Recovering Taiyuan is a big deal, not to mention that you want to subdue Liu Wuzhou in one fell swoop. How could the Flying Tiger Cavalry transmit information in time when they had fewer people?”
Yin Shisan chuckled. He knew that Zhang Zhongjian was right. They should focus all their forces to recapture Taiyuan and get rid of Liu Wuzhou.
"Zhongjian, tell them to come to my tent at night. Tonight, you, me, and the thirteen of them will go to the valley to investigate and find an opportunity to kill Xun Xiang!”
Yin Shisan's eyes flashed. He was going to execute the decapitation operation!
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