The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 488 The Fierce Yang Shanhui

"Report to the general! The warehouse group has been controlled by our army..."

"Report to the general! The bandit army has given up resistance, and the entire battalion has been captured."

"Report to the general! General Xin returned triumphantly, the enemy army that came to help has been defeated... Li Junxian fled with the defeated army..."

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Luoshui camp.

Good news came one after another, but the chief general Luo Shixin responded without exception: "Got it, let's go down!" '

This made the messengers wonder, why did the general look so weak after winning such a big victory?Are you not happy to win?But he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and retreated in confusion.

"Report to the General! The pier..."

"Understood, let's go!" Luo Shixin looked at the bewildered look of the messenger and realized that his attitude was not good, so he said kindly, "Did you win?"

"Uh!" The messenger was stunned for a moment, feeling a little flattered, but those who do this business are all quick-response people, and quickly replied: "Back to the general, the pier is under our army's control, and the ships on the pier are all loaded. It is full of food and grass, and I learned from the captives that they plan to transport it to the Changyuan camp tomorrow."

Luo Shixin's eyes lit up immediately, and he shouted happily: "Please, General Li and General Xin, come to discuss the matter. Hurry up."

"Here." The messenger retreated in response.
After a while, Li Zhengbao and Xin Liaoer came in a hurry, Luo Shixin did not wait for the second general to salute, and said, "Our task is to seize the dam, and we must also take the dam. But the real problem is that our army has rushed here for a long distance. I didn’t have a good rest. Then they fought each other, and the physical strength of the soldiers fell from the peak of excitement to the low. The brighter sky will prevent us from achieving unexpected effects, and time is the most precious treasure we can't afford right now."

"Li Shimin set up five barracks in the Luoshui River section between Lu's Changyuan. Each barracks stationed [-] troops. There were two beacon towers on the hills near the barracks. Once the barracks were attacked, the Tang army would light the beacon fires to send a message to the army. The Changyuan Tang army warned us. If our whereabouts were revealed in advance, Li Shimin would most likely take advantage of our eagerness to mobilize heavy troops to ambush us. Even if we broke through layer after layer of Tang army interceptions, there would not be many people left. Destroying the dam becomes an impossible task. In other words, long-distance raids are no longer realistic!"

"The general is very worried."

The second general nodded silently, fully agreeing with Luo Shixin's statement.They are in the same mood as Li Junxian who rescued the Luoshui camp, and they are easily used by the enemy.Once they are taken advantage of by the enemy, Li Junxian's miserable appearance will be their fate, and they cannot bear the consequences.

"But I thought of a way just now!" Luo Shixin first relayed the words of the previous messenger, and then continued: "We can pretend to be the Tang army and walk the waterway, avoiding the enemy's bright and dark sentries in the name of a food delivery team. In this way, our whereabouts can be kept secret, and the physical strength of the men and horses can also be saved and recovered on board, and finally fight with a full and high spirit; if we are lucky, we can catch the Tang army on the embankment by surprise."

Li Zhengbao laughed: "General, this method is indeed the most labor-saving and effective method. We have fought for so long, and many defeated troops have already fled to the east. In order to prevent Li Shimin from knowing the news of Lu's fall first, I suggest that you immediately let's move."

"It makes sense!" Luo Shixin, who was in a good mood, saw Xin Liao'er thinking deeply and said in surprise, "What is General Xin thinking about?"

Xin Liaoer scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "I was thinking that the embankment mentioned by the Holy Majesty may not exist at all."

"Huh?..." Luo Shixin and Li Zhengbao were both stunned, and asked in unison: "How can you see that?"

"First of all, the Holy Majesty said that the dam may exist. The information is not accurate, but the relationship is so important that no negligence can be tolerated. This made us march urgently! Secondly, we made many inquiries and found out that the Tang army transported grain by flat-bottomed boats. It has a large capacity and a shallow draft, and can navigate in various rivers, but its weakness is that it cannot walk by itself. Slow down, they are connected by iron chains to form a long string, pulled by the trackers, even now they have not been untied, if the Tang army coffers the weir on Luoshui, how will the Tang army's grain ship get past?" Xin Liaoer said in one breath own reasons.

"You're right!" After Xin Liao'er said this, Luo Shixin also realized that the so-called embankment might not exist. After thinking about it, he said, "However, the Tang army may also stop the ship in front of the embankment. , go overland by manpower!"

"I'm just thinking wildly, the general doesn't have to take it seriously." Xin Liaoer said hastily.

Luo Shixin nodded and didn't bother with this issue any more, because regardless of whether there was a dam or not, their footsteps had to continue.

At this time, Li Zhengbao stood up suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "Tang Jun may also plan to break the embankment tonight! If the embankment is gone, naturally there will be no obstacles to the grain ship, won't the grain ship pass through victoriously? "

Luo Shixin and Xin Liaoer's faces turned pale all of a sudden.

"That is to say, Yang Pushe is very likely to be flooded now?" Luo Shixin said in shock.

"General, don't worry too much!" Li Zhengbao was also taken aback by his guess. Seeing Luo Shixin's face turned pale with panic, he quickly comforted him, "Your Majesty won't just watch You Servant in danger without saying anything. She might have gotten the news before us."

It is not a secret among the senior officials of the Sui Dynasty that the Great Sui used eagles to send messages, but Yang Tong's one eagle and three eagles are more magical and of higher quality than ordinary letter eagles, especially the huge and unrivaled divine eagle, which is extremely fierce and can be called a flying bird in the air. Overlord, Shenying Daqing can find them in the night, and Shendiao, Erqing, and Sanqing can naturally send a message to Yang Shanhui in time.

"hope so!"

Luo Shixin did not dare to hold out too much hope. It is one thing for Yang Shanhui to be notified, but another matter is whether he can retreat successfully. If Li Shimin had such a plan, how could he just watch Yang Shanhui withdraw his troops? Luo Shixin, even if the enemy sees through the plan of flooding, he will slash the enemy fiercely when the enemy retreats chaotically, and if he does not die, he will be half disabled.He took a deep breath, tried to calm down the panic in his heart, got up abruptly, and ordered: "General Xin, you order eight thousand elite cavalry, and advance along the river with me. General Li, you are in charge of everything here, let the soldiers go Waterways come to our aid."

"Here!"

This conclusion came too quickly, and after Li Zhengbao and Xin Liaoer responded subconsciously, all three of them lost their minds for a moment.

"Li Shimin really wants to do this, I will definitely punish him from the nine clans! The Holy Majesty can't object..." Luo Shixin roared like a tiger, and ran out like a whirlwind.

Li Zhengbao and Xin Liao'er couldn't sit still anymore, and went about their own business in a hurry.

However, what Luo Shixin, Li Zhengbao, and Xin Liaoer didn't know was that Shangshu Youpushe, Song Guogong, and Marching Marshal Yang Shanhui, who they were worried about, were going crazy at this very moment!Play hard.

That's right, Yang Shanhui is playing with his life, taking countless lives to play.

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Just as Li Zhengbao said, Yang Shanhui also received Yang Tong's urgent report. At first glance, Yang Tong's news also frightened him. Immediately, deputy commander Zhang Zhenzhou, generals Xie Yingdeng, Mai Mengcai, He Panren, and Feng Li discussed how to deal with it. Policy,
In this situation, everyone thought that the troops should be withdrawn to a higher place, so that the army could remain invincible, and then they would seize the dam.

But Yang Shanhui will not!

He gives people an image of a personable and gentle Confucian general, but in his bones, he has the crazy characteristics of their old Yang family. Otherwise, how dare he attack Zhang Jin with five hundred dead men as the main force, and scare him away. ?Of course, no one dares to underestimate his military achievements. When Yang Yichen pacified Hebei, he had to obey his advice. He didn't know that under a hasty retreat, no matter how elite the army was, it would be chaotic, and at this time, it was a good opportunity for the enemy to attack. This was what he liked to do most before, and he had a lot of experience.

Now that the troops are equal, why would he, Yang Shan, give the enemy a chance to defeat them?Besides, Li Shimin is not blind or foolish. Even if he had no chance to attack, when he saw the Sui army retreating to a higher place, he would know that the Sui army knew about the water attack plan, and then broke the embankment ahead of time, but he couldn't. Annihilating the entire Sui army can also hurt the Sui army. It would be even better if Luoyang could be destroyed.Regardless of whether it was the injury of the army or the flooding of Luoyang, these were not consequences that the Sui Dynasty could accept.

Yang Shanhui's conclusion was that the Sui army could not withdraw, but he could not do nothing, let alone wait, so he decided to launch a strong attack on the Tang army's camp. He did not want to kill the Tang army. It would be tantamount to dying together. The Sui Dynasty could withstand the loss of more than [-] troops, but the Puppet Tang obviously couldn't bear it. As for whether Li Shimin dared to do this, Yang Shanhui didn't know, and he didn't bother to guess. Dragging to the gate of hell, to buy the most precious time for Luo Shixin, if Luo Shixin can't get rid of Lu's Tang army in time, Li Shimin really broke the embankment again, it's a big deal and it's all over.As for whether the Great Sui's plan to unify the world will be affected in any way, that's not what he has to consider now. His current identity is neither Song Guogong nor Shangshu Youpushe, but the commander-in-chief of this army. His mission is to lead everyone to survive, Victory, meritorious service!Attacking the Tang army camp is the most convenient shortcut.Yang Shanhui thought so and did the same.He threw down the camp and the military supplies piled up like a mountain, and charged towards the Tang army's camp with a mighty force.

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The rumbling war drums tore through the tranquility of the night and resounded throughout the world. Amidst the passionate drums, tens of thousands of Sui troops invaded aggressively. The dense soldiers rushed towards the Tang army in overwhelming momentum. .

The dark army guarded more than 300 huge siege vehicles. These siege vehicles were dragged by rough horses, followed by soldiers struggling to push them. The huge wooden wheels rolled slowly, and harsh friction sounded from these vehicles.

On the high platform of the Tang army's camp, Li Shimin quietly stared at the Sui army who was attacking the camp fiercely. His handsome face was obviously a little eerie under the flickering light of the fire. Like a blade, it seems to be able to see through everything!Even Liu Wenjing, who was not targeted, felt a burning pain the moment he met Li Shimin's eyes.

Behind the two, Zhai Changsun, the chief general of the Red Armored Army, held a horizontal knife in his hand, as if a creeping beast wanted to choose and devour someone.Beside Zhai Changsun is Zheng Rentai, the deputy general of the Red Armored Army. Although his aura is not as terrifying as Zhai Changsun's, it is equally chilling. The second general stands quietly on the spot, like a sculpture. It feels badass to go.

Li Shimin looked at the battle of the Sui army, which seemed to be a forceful attack, which made him frown even deeper.

Generally speaking, except for stealing camps and robbing villages at night, the two warring parties will not fight night battles. The Sui army's mode that is not much different from daytime is even rarer. The main reason is that the heavy night is not conducive to command, but also because The warring parties are prone to cannibalism.But there are always exceptions to everything. If one party specializes in night battles and solves problems such as unclear command and unclear flags, they can also launch night battles!The Sui Army is such an outlier. They not only specialize in night combat training, but also have rich experience in night combat. The army led by Yang Shanhui is the elite of the Sui Army, and night combat is an indispensable training subject for them.

In contrast, the Tang army did not have this ability. First, there was no trace of night battles between large corps, and there were too many difficulties to overcome. The Tang Dynasty did not have generals in this area; The comprehensive quality requirements are extremely high; the most important reason is that the Tang Dynasty did not have time to train. Whenever they trained an elite division, they encountered the powerful Sui army. Every battle ended in disastrous defeat, and the army was defeated. Where can I do intensive training?After the war, the Tang Dynasty had to spend time training new recruits. After a difficult battle, they fought with the Sui army again. The Tang army, who fell into a vicious circle, did not even have enough training in normal combat mode, let alone engage in night battles. Training, if the amount of training is increased regardless of life and death, the army will probably be trained to death before going to the battlefield!

"Your Highness, why don't you let the Red Armored Army go out to fight?" Zhai Changsun suggested.

"The battle has not yet begun, and it is far from the time when the Red Armored Army is dispatched." The Red Armored Army is the trump card in Li Shimin's hands. The army should be valuable, so Li Shimin would naturally not agree with Zhai Changsun's suggestion.

Zhai Changsun and Zheng Rentai both showed regret when they heard the words.The Red Armor Army was formed by the two of them as a trump card, and they had the intention of confronting Yang Tong's Xuanjia Army. When the eldest grandson and Zheng Rentai triumphantly called the Red Armored Army the number one force in the world, Li Yuanji pressed the Red Armored Army to the ground with a new army less than two years old and rubbed it hard. The great sarcasm made the second general feel ashamed and angry. Apart from intensive training for the Red Armor Army, he has been looking for an opportunity to justify the name of the Red Armor Army.But Li Shimin's thinking concept is obviously different from theirs. The Red Armor Army's defeat to the New Army did make Li Shimin a little unhappy, but he didn't want to worry about it, because war is never a fair and just contest. With all the frames removed, he was able to lead the [-] Red Armored Army to easily kill Li Yuanji's [-] New Army.

(End of this chapter)