Chapter 1267: 1 Punch Hit the Air

Outside Dingyang City, Tian Yu was woken up by a patrol guard in the middle of the night: "General, there seems to be something strange in the city!"

"What happened?" Tian Yu asked as he turned over and put on his robe;

The patrolman shook his head: "I can't figure it out, I just feel that Dingyang City is very lively tonight, and at midnight, the defensive soldiers in Dongcheng seem to have changed a lot, and there are quite a lot of them."

"Are there any signs of the defenders leaving the city for a night attack?"

"No, it's just that the soldiers at the top of the city have been replaced, but the defenders didn't do anything else."

"Come here, send someone to ask Commander Pang to come over."

Pang Tong soon received the news and rushed to Tian Yu's tent. Tian Yu ordered the patrol to tell Pang Tong what he saw in detail.

After listening to the patrolman's words, even Pang Tong couldn't figure out what the defenders were doing. The main reason is that the situation in Dingyang City is too special. The entire city is equivalent to a pass, and it is the kind of pass that is several miles deep. If something happens in the city or to the west, there is no way to see it from the east. No sign.

In desperation, the two had no choice but to order patrols to keep an eye on the defenders on the city wall, and other matters could only be discussed after dawn.

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In Fujia Fort, the generals of the Tang Army finally waited until daybreak. Then Liu Shang ordered a group of cavalry to be dispatched from the fort to explore the enemy's situation in the east and west directions. When the cavalry went out, he repeatedly gave instructions. The generals leading the troops must be cautious and prefer to be slower, but must also ensure safety.

After the cavalry left the fort, the gate of Fujiabao was closed again, and the soldiers of Tang Dynasty were still waiting in full formation.

Time passed little by little. After half an hour, the cavalry on both sides finally brought news of the enemy. In the direction of Dingyang City, there were still soldiers on duty on the city wall. In the west, the cavalry sent out only sent back a few cavalry to convey the news. From Fujiabao to ten miles to the west, they found no trace of the Dingyang coalition. Judging from the traces on the official road, they should be He continued heading west without stopping at all.

At this time, most of the Tang army began preparations to attack the city again. However, when they rushed to the east of Dingyang, they found a Dingyang army general coming down from the tower, holding a white flag in his hand, asking to see the Tang army. General, this is Yang Laoliu who went out of the city to surrender to the Tang army on Yang Gan's order.

Yang Laoliu was quickly brought to Tian Yu by Tang soldiers. Only then did Tian Yu know that the Dingyang coalition forces had evacuated Dingyang City a few hours ago. Apart from the two thousand newcomers, there were only tens of thousands of people.

Regarding this result, the generals of the Tang army were all wrong. When they inquired in detail, they found out that the 5,000 partial divisions sent from home not only successfully reached the west of Dingyang, but also planned to annihilate the 6,000 defenders of Dingyang. Because of this, the people in Dingyang City decided to abandon the city overnight and retreat to Gaonu.

Faced with the conditions put forward by the captain of the garrison in Dingyang City, Tian Yu agreed without thinking. He said to Yang Laoliu: "Go and reply to the captain of your family and say that as long as he is willing to surrender the city, I will be willing to do so." I wrote to the king to pardon everyone's sins, and the people in the city are now subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and the army treats them as no different than ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty. "

"As for you, I will also write to the king, requesting him to reward you for your merits. I will never ignore your contribution to the city!"

"Thank you for your understanding, General. I will go back to the city immediately to persuade the captain to open the city gate and welcome the army into the city!" Yang Laoliu was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked him;

A quarter of an hour later, the east gate of Dingyang City was indeed wide open. A captain of the Dingyang Army came to Tian Yu alone. He dismounted and paid homage: "The guilty general, Captain Yang Gan of the Dingyang Army, is meeting the general. The guilty will come." If you are too late, please ask the general to be angry."

With that said, Yang Gan raised his sword with both hands and knelt down to Tian Yu.

Seeing this, Tian Yu quickly got off his horse, walked quickly to Yang Gan, took the long sword from Yang Gan's hand, and handed it to the guard beside him.

Then he helped Yang Gan up with both hands and said with a smile: "Captain Yang has made great contributions to the city. If you have any crime, please rise. Also, this general is only a third-rank Pingyi general Tian Yu, not a general. Captain Yang has thousands of Make no mistake.”

"Captain Yang, what's the situation in the city now?" Tian Yu asked again;

"General Huitian, everything is stable in the city. The ordinary people don't know that the coalition forces have evacuated. The general has sent troops to control all the government treasury in the city. We are just waiting for the general to send troops into the city to take over."

With that said, Yang Gan waved his hand in the direction of the city, and saw groups of Dingyang troops marching out from the city gate. They piled all their weapons neatly outside the moat outside the city, and then he Go to the other side and line up to wait.

When no one came out from the city gate, Yang Gan said to Tian Yu: "General Tian, ​​the five tunnels guarding the east wall and a thousand soldiers have all left the city. Please ask the general to send people into the city. There are still two tunnels and four four in the city. More than a hundred soldiers are responsible for defending the government treasury, and 600 soldiers are responsible for defending the west city wall. Please send someone to take over with my personal guard, Yang Laoliu, the commander of the camp. "

"What's the situation with our soldiers to the west outside the city?" After Tian Yu arranged for five thousand Tang troops to enter the city and take over the defense, he turned to Yang Gan and asked;

Yang Gan shook his head: "This junior general doesn't know either. We all know that six thousand troops were sent out from the city, but no one could escape. As for the situation of the Tang army's soldiers, everyone knows nothing."

Tian Yu thought for a moment and gave the order: "General Hua Xiong, please lead 10,000 Xiliang cavalry through the city and go to the west to meet the army. After meeting the army, escort them back to Dingyang. Do not continue to pursue the Dingyang coalition army."

"I obey your order!" Although Hua Xiong did not know why Tian Yu could not pursue the Dingyang coalition army that had already fled west, he still obeyed the order and left.

The reason why Tian Yu did not let Hua Xiong lead the troops to pursue immediately was not because of other reasons, but because the situation was unclear. They had no idea about the current situation of the detachment army and the situation of the evacuated Dingyang coalition army. Therefore, Tian Yu would not easily send troops to pursue before the situation was clear.

As 10,000 Xiliang cavalry came out of the west gate of Dingyang with the sound of "booming" horseshoes, Tian Yu and Pang Tong had already entered the government office in Dingyang City.

Just as Yang Gan reported, everything in Dingyang City was still stable. Ordinary people had no idea that their General Hengye had abandoned them. The city changed hands overnight and became a territory under the rule of the Tang Kingdom.

However, Tian Yu was full of emotion at this time. He did not expect that the battle in Dingyang would be so anticlimactic. Just when he was ready to attack with all his strength, the enemy ran away overnight, causing his punch to hit the air. However, this was also good. At least the Tang army soldiers would suffer fewer losses.