The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 446

Qiu Xinggong used to be a general of Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning. He claimed to have assisted Princess Pingyang to occupy Guanzhong and made immortal achievements. Therefore, he was unreasonably arrogant to his colleagues and ignored him. Most of his colleagues did not have the same knowledge as him, or avoided him Or forbearance, but he himself does not know that his character is not good, which leads to an embarrassing situation where the official position cannot be lowered or lowered.

Liu Hongji glanced at Qiu Xinggong indifferently, but didn't say anything. This guy always made small reports and got along with him. Liu Hongji didn't dare to let him catch him easily, lest he be caught He sold it.

In fact, their [-] troops originally had an absolute advantage, but now they were surrounded by Mrs. Wang and fled to Mianchi. Why?

From Liu Hongji's point of view, in the final analysis, it was Qiu Xinggong's reason. If Qiu Xinggong hadn't been utilitarian and greedy for merit, and would have gone to beat the powerful Wang Tai without waiting for his deployment to be completed, how could there be the current predicament?

"General Liu, order the army to attack overnight! If there is a mistake in the Central Plains War, you will be the culprit for the failure." Qiu Xinggong met Liu Hongji's indifferent gaze, and felt a bit overwhelming, because Liu Hongji was not only superior in position As for myself, he is also the chief general of the Northern Route Army, so I should obey him.

The disgust in Liu Hongji's eyes disappeared for a moment, and he didn't bother to care about his overreach, and said slowly: "Does General Qiu think that our troops can capture Mianchi within two days? Even if we do, we will How many people are left? The important thing is that our current enemy has changed from Wang Shichong, the turtle in the urn, to the Sui Dynasty, which has many soldiers and generals. Every time we lose a soldier, we lose one point of chance of winning."

Liu Hongji was captured alive by Xue Ju in the Battle of Qianshuiyuan, and was later redeemed by Li Yuan with a large sum of money. He regarded this experience as a great shame and humiliation. One can tell at a glance that the situation in front of him is actually a game between the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the Central Plains. As for Wang Shichong, who has only a few isolated cities left, it is no longer a concern.

What Li Tang has to do now is to take Luoyang one step ahead of the Sui Dynasty, and then continuously dispatch troops to suppress the Sui army to the north of the Yellow River, east of Hulao, and west of Hangu, expanding the confrontation line between the two countries. To reduce the pressure on Bashu and Jingxiang.To complete this arduous task, Luoyang must first be conquered, and the superior force must be maintained to enter the city. Then, based on this, it will cooperate with the army outside the city to devour the Sui army one by one.

It can be said that this is a very dangerous move. If Xiangcheng, Fuyang, Nanyang, and Xiyang fell into the hands of the Sui army, then they would be Wang Shichong in the future.And this is also the reason why Li Shimin sent general Li Xizhi to lead an army of [-] to Zhuyang Pass, because that was one of their ways of returning. The reason why they cannot enter Henan County unscrupulously is to keep the roads open. If they can’t do anything in Luoyang, they can withdraw from any road and return to Li Tang’s territory safely, so as to avoid repeating the same mistakes and once again have nowhere to go. Dilemma.

What is before the Northern Expeditionary Army is how to take Luoyang first and preserve enough strength. Seriously damaged, when the time comes, even if Luoyang is captured, Li Tang will have to pay a huge sacrifice, so how can he compete with the Sui Dynasty here?

"Then how do you think we should fight now?" Qiu Xinggong was not stupid, and soon came to his senses.

Seeing that Qiu Xinggong finally let go of his arrogance, Liu Hongji said lightly: "Your Highness asked us to wipe out Wang Shichong's vital forces everywhere, hoping to reduce losses under the city of Luoyang; and Wang Shichong ordered the defenders everywhere to abandon the vast land. Borrow the city of Luoyang to give me a heavy blow to the Tang Dynasty. For the Wang Tai in Mianchi, his mission is to bring this army back to Luoyang. Therefore, we retreat now and give him a fatal blow in the wild. "

"Will he be out of town?"

"Yes!" Liu Hongji said with a firm expression: "Wang Tai has two reasons for leaving the city. On the one hand, Wang Tai is in a hurry to return to Luoyang; Fight, he can't afford the consequences of annihilating the whole army. So as soon as we leave, he will leave the city."

"Then withdraw. General Liu will lead the army to withdraw first, and then the last general will lead the troops and horses of the headquarters. After slowly cutting off the troops, he will give Mrs. Wang the illusion of withdrawing carefully." Qiu Xinggong thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "General Liu is good at commanding large armies, resourceful and resourceful. Far above the last general, you can set up an ambush ahead."

"That's very good." Liu Hongji didn't stop him either, either he or Qiu Xinggong.Now that Qiu Xinggong took the initiative to break up, let him take a look at it. At least, in some aspects, this Qiu Xinggong still has some responsibility.

"It's so good, let's act quickly!" Qiu Xinggong looked at the mottled city wall of the father of the city in the distance. The city wall has been destroyed a lot, and there are loopholes everywhere. It may take a few days to break through the enemy's defense and enter the city.But for the sake of the overall situation, he had no chance to break into Mianchi City, so he could only look forward to the city and sigh.

"We still have a chance." Liu Hongji comforted and left first. He led the elite troops and supplies first.

The Tang army evacuated alternately outside the city, and the wife on the city also saw it, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Mianchi has been destroyed. If Tang Jun really made up his mind to die with him, then things would be bad. .It's not a pity to die by yourself, but Luoyang needs the elite soldiers in your hands to guard it.

At this time, the deputy general Dong Jun stepped forward and said, "Your Highness! Mr. Tang Jun's luggage, after the elite is broken, it seems that they have really retreated eastward."

Mrs. Wang nodded silently. He had already received the order to return to Luoyang. If he hadn't met this Tang army, he would have arrived successfully.

Now Tang Jun took the initiative to withdraw, but it made him feel very bitter.Because he fell into a dilemma, should he go to Luoyang at the risk of ambush, or sit here and wait for death?
"What should we do? Withdraw to Luoyang?" Dong Jun also showed helplessness in his eyes. Among the many brothers and nephews of the Holy One, except for Wang Renze and Wang Tai, who can lead troops to fight and are quite strategic, the rest are either A reckless man, or a fatuous and incompetent person, if there were a few more clans like Mrs. Wang, the state of Zheng would not fall so quickly.Now the only ones who can fight are this Highness in front of him and Wang Renze in Luoyang City.

Mrs. Wang slowly ordered: "We will also retreat to the east and participate in the battle of defending Luoyang."

"But on the way!" Dong Jun looked at Mrs. Wang worriedly, and reminded: "If everyone leaves Mianchi, it will be a road full of murderous opportunities!"

"We're going to die here. If we fight a bloody road, we still have a chance. Try to get to the Qianjin Fort before dark. Just let the soldiers bring dry food, and let the county magistrate distribute the rest to the people."

After speaking, Mrs. Wang turned around and walked down the city.

An hour later, Wang Tai led more than 5000 troops to leave Mianchi and march towards Luoyang along the Gushui River Valley.

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The setting sun is like blood, and the valley water under the setting sun is rippling, which is too beautiful to behold.

Mrs. Wang walked slowly on the horse, while scanning the surroundings, thinking about Zheng Guo's dilemma.

The terrain here is open, and he has walked hundreds of times, knowing that the Changshi Mountain twenty miles ahead is the only ambush point on this road, so he is not worried about ambushes on the road, but just in case, he still sends out scouts to explore the way.But everyone thinks this way, thinking that this is not a place to set up an ambush, and the scouts are also lax.

Just as the army rounded a bend in the river, more than 1 Tang soldiers who were waiting for work had already quietly killed them. They passed through a dense forest and rushed out of it. Enemy troops alone, no prisoners of war!"

The shouts of killing shook the sky, and more than ten thousand Tang soldiers rushed towards the unsuspecting Zheng Jun like a frenzy.

Zheng Jun soldiers were stunned, and Mrs. Wang was also stunned. Suddenly, he reacted and shouted loudly: "Form up to fight!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"

At this time, there was a short buzzing sound.

Wang Tai was horrified to see that the soldiers in front seemed to be harvested by an invisible sickle. Dong Jun, who took the lead, was shot directly into a hedgehog, and the soldiers in the back row turned and ran away when they saw the situation was not good.

However, dense arrows fell from the woods on both sides. Zheng Jun, who had no formation at all, was shot to death by arrow clusters. The seemingly powerless arrow array prevented these soldiers from advancing an inch. The incoming arrow rain seemed to fall endlessly, and the gang of Zheng Jun who killed them kept retreating.A deep despair welled up in everyone's heart.

If the opponent had only more than 1 soldiers, perhaps Zheng Jun could still muster up the courage to fight, but there was billowing dust and smoke in front, obviously a large number of cavalry were coming here, and the huge pressure brought by the cavalry made Zheng Jun resist. The courage of the soldiers collapsed. First, hundreds of soldiers from the rear fled in a hurry, causing the entire army to be defeated in an instant. The only way to survive is to escape.

Zheng's army was defeated like a mountain, throwing away their helmets and armor, throwing away their weapons, and throwing away everything that could be thrown away. Everyone had only one thought: to escape, to escape from the massacre of Tang Jun as quickly as possible.

But they walked for dozens of miles, how could they run past the Tang army who was waiting for work at ease, and in an instant, they were shot and killed by arrows. On the way to escape, some people who were lucky enough to get out of the range of bows and arrows were quickly overtaken by Tang army cavalry. Swallowing the defeated army like a wind and cloud, no matter whether they surrendered on their knees or resisted desperately, they could not escape the fate of being hacked to death and stabbed to death, and the screams of despair filled the world.

Wang Tai and his three hundred soldiers were all riding horses. They were wrapped up by the defeated army and returned to the original road. , it was Qiu Xinggong.

Dozens of soldiers from the side swarmed up and surrounded Qiu Xinggong, Mrs. Wang seized this opportunity and turned around and fled. Hundreds of soldiers followed closely behind, only to be engulfed by the fleeing crowd for a moment.

When Qiu Xinggong killed all the enemy troops blocking the way, Mrs. Wang had already fled without a trace, and he was so angry that he roared and urged his horse to chase and kill him.

After Mrs. Wang fled the battlefield, looking at the few remaining personal guards, she knew that the situation was over, so she turned around to the north.

"Pfft~"

A sharp arrow piercing through the air didn't give Mrs. Wang any time to turn around. The moment he turned the horse's head, it entered his throat and pierced his neck. Mrs. Wang's eyes widened in astonishment, and she kept In the posture of ordering, the body just fell off the horse so straight.

In the jungle, Liu Hongji threw bows and arrows, and ordered in a cold voice, "Not one will be let go."

His personal guard cavalry was like wind and lightning, carrying bows and knives, with a fierce momentum. In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the soldiers of the Zheng army who were fleeing the fastest, cutting off their escape route.

Qiu Xinggong in front also drove the defeated army from behind like sheep, shouting to kill the sky. At this moment, even if Zheng Jun knelt down and surrendered, there was no way out. Groups of desperate Zheng Jun soldiers were ruthlessly slaughtered by Tang Jun, and they knelt and surrendered by the valley water The soldiers, however, were killed one by one and rolled into the river, and the clear water changed color instantly.

When Qiu Xinggong saw the king's head in the hands of Liu Hongji's personal guards, his face was livid with anger, he rushed into the defeated army with a roar, and killed them all, only killing heads rolling.But it's useless to be angry, because the task of intercepting in front was chosen by himself, and he can't blame Liu Hongji at all, because he couldn't look down on Mrs. Wang, so he missed the opportunity to make meritorious service.

At this time, Tang Jun, who was pretending to be an army while dragging a tree branch, cut off the rope behind the horse's tail and joined in the slaughter.In the valley, weeping suddenly shook the sky, and screams filled the fields. Zheng Jun was killed with his head rolling and his limbs broken. The fleeing soldiers were pierced from the back by the cavalry and nailed to the ground alive.

(End of this chapter)