The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 444

However, Wei Lu, the prefect of Xingyang, was eager to return to Luoyang, but because of the infantry, even though he was marching in a hurry, he did not dare to rush at night. When the invading enemy is conquered, we can face it at any time.

Early this morning, Wei Lu, who had been resting for the night, was about to set up his camp when he heard a report from scouts that there were a large group of elite cavalry twenty miles behind, and they were rushing here.

"Suspend the camp and prepare for battle!" Wei Lu responded quickly after receiving the report from the scouts. He didn't know how many troops there were, but there must be many.

The distance of twenty miles seems to be a long way, but when he pulls up the camp, the enemy troops who come at the speed of horsepower will probably arrive. This is an open plain area, and there is no danger to defend. When encountering a large army attacking , can only rely on camp defense.

"Have you ever found out where Qing's army is?" Wei Lu asked.

"Back to the general, the opponent didn't raise the flag, and there was morning fog blocking it, so I couldn't see it clearly from the equipment!" The scout bowed his head.

This is near Luokou City of the Gou Clan, with Luoshui in the north. There will be mist in the early morning, and it is understandable that the enemy cannot be seen clearly.

"Explore again." Wei Lu waved his hand a little irritably. In fact, he didn't need to guess to know that only the Sui army came from the west, and among the world's princes, only the Sui Dynasty, who controlled Ma Yuan, could produce a large amount of money. ride.It's just that he didn't expect Sui Jun to come so fast.

And in his heart, there is a feeling that the building is about to collapse. First, Li Yuan attacked Zheng Guo in the north, and Zheng Guo lost three counties in a row, and then the Sui Dynasty went south, clearing up the territory almost without bloodshed.Thinking of this, he hated the cowardly Wang Wan extremely. If this noble acting king hadn't handed over the dangerous pass of Hulao Pass to others, why would he have been so passive?Why did Xingluo City fall so quickly?
What kind of bullshit acting guard, I think it's almost the same as the king of fools.

Feeling very upset, Wei Lu said to a personal guard: "You, go to the Yanshi area as soon as possible, if you encounter our army, ask for help!"

Wei Lu also knew that the emperor had given up the whole territory and had the idea of ​​guarding the isolated city, and that the farthest of himself had come here, presumably the Yanshi defenders had already retreated to Luoyang, but he still took a chance and ordered the guards to come Help ahead.

"Here!" The guard agreed, and rushed away.

"General, this army is coming for us, and our army doesn't have any equipment to defend the city." A general came to Wei Lu and reported with a bitter face.

Although the barracks also had protective power, they were far less solid than the city walls. Most importantly, after they learned that the Sui army had occupied Hulao Pass, they burned the defense equipment in order to be able to rush to Luoyang as soon as possible. There is no advantage in geographical location.Now when confronting the enemy, it would be better if the numbers were equal. If the enemy's troops were far superior to our own, unless the opponent was the kind of mob that would collapse at the touch of a finger, it would be impossible to defend at all.

How could the Sui army, which was able to keep the Turks in order, and was used as the vanguard, be a mob that would collapse at the first touch?

"I can't control that much now, and it's too late to retreat." Wei Lu shook his head and sighed. The enemy army was less than twenty miles away from him. This army must be reduced to a rout, and there will be no chance of a battle by then.

"Report!" Not long after, another scout came to report: "General, the enemy's army is less than fifteen miles away from our army, and the enemy has already set up a banner. It seems that Luo Shixin, the Duke of Tan in the Sui Dynasty, had more than 4 people. !"

"Luo Shixin?" Wei Lu was startled. This is a well-known military general. When he followed Wang Shichong in suppressing the rebellion in his early years, he heard more than once about the names of the four generals under Zhang Xutuo's command. All of them were inappropriate. Yong, taking the head of a general is like picking something out of a bag.What shocked him even more was that the opponent actually came with more than 4 elite riders, while he had only [-], how could he fight this battle?
"General, what should we do?" The general was a little panicked.

"What are you afraid of?" Although Wei Lu was startled, he must not show timidity at this time, and immediately snorted coldly: "No matter how powerful Luo Shixin is, is it possible that he can still compare to King Tang?"

The king of Tang is Wang Renze. Since Wang Shichong named Wang Renze, he has been called the king of Tang in the army.

Wang Renze usually treated the soldiers well, so he was respected in the army. Even the crown prince Wang Xuanying did not receive such treatment. After all, although Wang Xuanying was more honorable, to these ordinary soldiers, he was not as down-to-earth as Wang Renze.

"Cheer up, don't lose face to our army, so what about Luo Shixin? You are soldiers trained by the Holy Majesty and the King of Tang!" Wei Lu shouted, raising his arms.

"Roar!" A group of soldiers raised their arms and shouted wildly.

Ten miles away, Wei Lu's camp was already in sight. Luo Shixin was sitting on the horseback, looking at the camp in the distance with a blank expression, his eyes flickering with coldness.

"General, according to reports from scouts, this is an army under Wang Shichong's command. The number is only about [-]. It seems that Wang Shichong is really going to withdraw from the periphery and defend Luoyang." Li Zhengbao rode his horse to Luo Shixin's side.

"Evacuate?" Luo Shixin snorted coldly: "But it's not that easy. You lead the slave soldiers to attack the camp, and I lead the elite cavalry to cruise around. If the other party surrenders, let it go. If they dare to resist, they will be killed without mercy! We must not allow either party to retreat." The army appeared behind our army."

"Here!" Li Zhengbao hastily bowed and agreed.

At that moment, Luo Shixin led the main force to separate from it, and Li Zhengbao drove the slave soldiers to come outside Wei Lu's camp aggressively, only to find that Wei Lu had already lined up outside the camp. break out.

"I am Wei Lu, Grand Administrator of Xingyang in Zhengzhou, where is Luo Shixin? Do you dare to fight to the death with me?" Wei Lu pointed his sword in his hand and shouted sharply.

Although Luo Shixin was well-known, Wei Lu thought he was no match for the opponent, but at the moment there were only 1 troops in the battalion. In this kind of wilderness, even if there was a camp to block the enemy, it would be difficult to compete with the opponent's tens of thousands of troops.

An army of [-] is not enough to defend on all sides, while Luo Shixin has an army of [-] to [-], which can attack his weak points from all directions at any time.Instead of passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to attack, at least it can delay the opponent's attack. Wei Lu has already given the order to the lieutenant general. Once he dies in battle, he will stick to the camp and wait for rescue.

In fact, he came here with the determination to die. If he wins by chance, he can boost the morale of the army.As far as he knows, the reason why Yang Tong was able to defeat more than 20 Wagang troops with an army of [-] was because the fighting generals killed several Wagang generals, which caused the morale of the enemy to collapse.

When Zhengbao saw that the other party actually wanted to fight against the general, and wanted to challenge Luo Shixin, he couldn't help laughing: "The nameless rat dares to challenge the general, first beat this general with a gun!"

After finishing speaking, he was not in a hurry to attack, but knocked on the horse's belly, patted the horse and raised his gun to fight.

Seeing that it was not Luo Shixin who came, Wei Lu was slightly relieved. Although he was not well-known, he was also a middle-level general in the Xiaoguo Army before, and his martial arts were not weak.Seeing that the other party was coming to kill him with a gun, he didn't hesitate anymore, and with a stern shout, Pegasus greeted Li Zhengbao.

"Clang~"

There was an ear-piercing muffled sound as the sword and gun collided. Li Zhengbao felt his arms tremble, and he couldn't hold the spear in his hand. He couldn't help being horrified. Wei Lu is just an unknown person, but he has such abilities?Immediately put away his underestimation, shook the gun, and shook away Wei Lu's big knife that was coming at him. Heihu took out his heart with one move, and stabbed when he was distracted.

Wei Lu sneered, he has been with Wang Renze for many years, and Wang Renze gave him a lot of pointers on his sword skills. Wang Renze's sword skills pay attention to momentum, and Li Zhengbao's move was frightened by his momentum. Although it was not serious, it was a failure. , The big knife cut across an arc, and once again slashed towards Li Zhengbao, stabbing him into his heart with the long spear as if nothing had happened.

Li Zhengbao was horrified. This guy is completely trading his life for his life. With this move, although the opponent's heart will definitely be pierced by himself, his own head will also be chopped off by the opponent. Wei Lu is obviously repaying his death. If he came out, he still didn't want to die with Wei Lu, so he could only close his gun and block it.

"Boom~"

In the sound of a bang, Li Zhengbao only felt that the opponent's strength seemed to be a bit stronger than the previous one, and his arms seemed to lose consciousness. Seeing Wei Lu swung the saber again, he felt timid in his heart. No matter what, it's hard to stop.

Immediately, regardless of the image, he drilled down.

"Pfft~"

"Sorry~"

With a hissing sound, Wei Lu cut Li Zhengbao's horse in two with a single knife. The blade almost brushed against the tip of Li Zhengbao's nose, which made Li Zhengbao break out in a cold sweat. How could he dare to fight again? He avoided it With a slash, Wei Lu scrambled and ran towards the main formation.

Seeing Li Zhengbao escape, Wei Lu was extremely regretful, and at the same time felt a surge of weakness. This kind of saber technique is the most imposing, but the consumption is also very terrifying. He thought he could fight Luo Shixin, but who knows that even Li Zhengbao can't deal with it. , but I have lost the power to fight again!

Seeing that he couldn't make any more achievements, Wei Lu reined in the horse, turned the horse's head, and was about to return to the camp. At this moment, the ground suddenly trembled violently, as if the sky was collapsing, Wei Lu looked back quickly, but saw a The cavalry were galloping towards this side at a fast speed. The leading general was wearing a bright light armor, and a Hundred Refining Cold Spear in his hand shone with a palpitating luster under the morning light.

A heavy murderous intent surged over the sky and covered the earth, making Wei Lu's body stiff for a moment.

Luo Shixin!
Although Wei Lu had never seen him before, he was sure that the heroic general in front of him was Luo Shixin, and his aura was far inferior to that of His Highness Tang Wang.

"Quick, go back to the camp!" Wei Lu shouted at You Zi's cheering army, but he took the initiative to kill Luo Shixin. At such a distance, it was impossible to rush back to the camp. He had to lead the army in Luo Shixin. Before killing, buy precious time for the soldiers.

Before the lieutenant came back to his senses, among the cavalry of the opponent, Luo Shixin had already left the cavalry formation and charged towards Wei Lu alone. The moment the two horses crossed, Wei Luhu roared and raised his knife to slash, but Luo Shixin was He dodged slightly, and then the Bailian Hanlance suddenly raised a ray of cold light, passing through Wei Lu's chest.

The two horses passed by each other, and Wei Lu, who was galloping, was still maintaining a slashing posture, staring blankly at the gun barrel passing through his chest, a stream of blood gushed out from the wound like a spring, and the corner of his mouth suddenly appeared With a bitter smile and a sense of relief, he opened his mouth, and blood mixed with air bubbles gushed out of his mouth, all the strength in his body quickly dissipated, and he fell powerlessly off the horse.

(End of this chapter)