The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 566
The Sui army approached Qingliu County, Jiangdu, and [-] troops set up a large camp in a flat and open area. Du Fuwei arranged the camp meticulously according to Yang Tong's request, not only erecting camp fences, but also digging trenches in front of the camp. , A high sentry tower was erected every fifty steps, and dense carbine guns were inserted behind the trench to prevent the enemy cavalry from breaking into the camp.

Thousands of large tents were stationed according to the five armies, divided by five flags of various colors, with a "Sui" flag in the middle and a "Du" flag representing Du Fuwei.

The camp tents are neatly arranged, and the sidewalks and horse paths are clearly distinguished. Each battalion has a school lieutenant leading troops to patrol. They rotate in two shifts, and every detail is meticulous.

This is also the reason why there were so many generals in the Sui Dynasty. From the beginning of the founding of the country, Yang Su, Wei Wang Yang Shuang and other famous generals of the Sui Dynasty ruled the army very strictly. Influence the generals under his command, thereby promoting more famous generals to grow from it.

Although Yang Tong is not a famous commander or general, he also knows the importance of the safety of his hometown, so he pays special attention to the safety of the barracks every time he marches.

Today, let's have breakfast.

Yang Tong took Du Fuwei as the main general, Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan as the deputy generals; Xue Wanbei led the Xiaoguo Army as the wings, responsible for attacking the enemy's rangers, protecting the safety of the left and right wings of the main attacking army, and he himself led the Xuanjia Army. As backup, plus the 5 Death Squad guarded by Mai Mengcai, a total of [-] people marched towards the Wei Army camp.

The Wei army camp is stuck on the way to Jiangdu. At this time, the fight for it has related to the entire battle situation in the southern part of the Great Sui Dynasty. If it is stuck here, Li Mi will be able to reorganize the army smoothly and even withdraw to Huaibei calmly. , and it will take at least four or five days for my own army to detour to Jiangdu. In these few days, anything will happen.

The key is that this military camp is stuck at the junction of Jiangdu, Liyang, and Lujiang counties. Once a detour goes straight to Jiangdu, not only will the rear road be copied, but the Wei army may also enter Liyang and Lujiang from here. The main force of the Jianghuai land is Du Fuwei's No.11 army has all been brought here now, resulting in an empty internal force. If Li Mi captures Liyang and Lujiang, if he is more courageous, he will throw down Jiangdu City, go west with all his strength, and join Li Tang as one. The difficulty of forming an offensive and defensive alliance that goes hand in hand at the nearest point will be much more difficult than annihilating them one by one.

Another reason is that the end of the year is approaching, and representatives of monarchs, chiefs, and envoys from various countries have flocked to the Great Sui Dynasty. Some of them have already arrived in Luoyang, and Yang Tong has little time to stay in Jianghuai. If Fu Wei destroys this camp, as long as he takes down this camp, he will be able to quickly spread the flames of war to Jiangdu and pin Li Mi's army here, thus providing Yang Gongren with a chance to win. Fighting, both have the merit of restraining the main force of the enemy army, and there is no need to worry about Li Mi going west again, destroying the Jianghuai land, and connecting with Li Yuan as one.

Shan Xiongxin quickly received the news of the Sui army's dispatch of troops in the Wei army's camp. He couldn't help but took a deep breath, gave the order to prepare for the battle, and then climbed up to the observation tower to command the soldiers to fight.

This time, he faced an enemy army that was nearly twice as large as his own, and he had [-] soldiers to make up for it. The biggest reliance is this faction, although he has some understanding of the eight-door golden lock formation, but whether it is really as magical as Fang Xuanzao said, still needs to be tested by war.

Looking at the groups of Sui troops lined up neatly in front of the battalion, and the three superb cavalry, Shan Xiongxin's eyes became more dignified, and he didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Although the eight-door golden lock array is miraculous, its effect is unknown; and it can't change his weakness in terms of military strength, combat power, and will. When the quality of individual soldiers is inferior to that of the enemy, relying on a death array to win more with less Things seem to only happen in legends.

Moreover, the camp battle is different from the battle of defending the city. It has neither a moat nor a tall and strong city wall for the soldiers to defend. The enemy army coming with the momentum of a great victory is really difficult.

But the matter has come to this point, no matter how difficult it is for him, he still has to defend this big camp. Liyang County has already fallen. If even this place is lost, then the Sui army will enter Jiangdu County in a large scale, and then stagger the heavily guarded area. Qingliu County, went straight to Jiangdu City, and used the maneuverability of the cavalry to annihilate all reinforcements. More importantly, Jiangdu City is the place where the families of the soldiers in the front are concentrated. The total collapse of the frontline army.Therefore, this battalion is of great importance and must not be missed.

And his other reliance is the narrow area in front of him. The opponent cannot throw [-] troops on the battlefield at one time. With the Eight-door Golden Lock Formation, he may be able to maneuver around.

……

At this time, Yang Tong silently glanced at the Wei Army watchtower with the banners unfurled, and coldly gave the order, "Let him kill five thousand prisoners."

'Woo-woo-woo! '

The Sui army array sounded a low-pitched horn.

Mai Mengcai, who received the order, immediately ordered, "Bring up the chief general of those prisoners."

In addition to the traitors of the Xiaoguo Army, he also selected young and strong men from among the captives to form a death squad of 5000 people, and appointed some chief generals.

After a while, a hundred men in shackles were brought up, and Mai Mengcai said to them: "Now is your chance to survive. The opposite is the camp of the Wei army. I don't care what you do, as long as you rush in Enemy camp, I will pardon your capital crimes, let you go home, and give you the status of ordinary people."

These 100 people had previously served as mid-level military officers in the Wei army and had strong organizational skills. They were selected by Mai Mengcai to be the captains of the death squads.

Everyone became excited when they heard Mai Mengcai's words, and they all bowed and agreed, "I am willing to serve the general!"

A Sui army stepped forward and opened their shackles, and issued them weapons and equipment handed over from the Wei army.

"Let's go back to the team!" Mai Mengcai looked at these people with cold eyes, and said indifferently: "After the three drums, you immediately lead the army to attack. Whether you can get a chance to redeem your sins depends on your own performance."

"Here!" In order to survive, these hundred people went back to the team.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

After the Death Squad was in place, a huge leather drum sounded suddenly, and the [-] Death Squad shouted. With their simple shields on their backs, they slowly pressed down on the Wei army's camp with the momentum of a stormy sea.

"Whoa~"

The dense sound of piercing the air became one piece, and the arrows piercing through the air kept shooting at the shields of the daredevil warriors. Some unlucky dead warriors fell from the arrows and were soon trampled to bloody flesh by the following robes.In just an instant, in this dense formation, only screams and wailing were heard, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground.However, the death of the companion did not make people fearful. On the contrary, it aroused the anger and hostility of these dare-to-die men, and they all rushed towards the Wei army camp crazily without fear of death.

After several rounds of arrow rain baptism, the remaining daredevils finally rushed to the front of the Wei army camp, braved the arrow rain, pushed to reject the carbine, and fought with the Wei army.

The battle has become intense. Soldiers of the Wei army shot arrows and stabbed with spears. Groups of daredevils were shot and pierced, but new daredevils rushed forward. In the rear, the soldiers of the Sui army Arrows shot at the Wei army's camp overwhelmingly, and soldiers of the Wei army continued to fall down with arrows. The Wei army in the main attack direction was quickly suppressed and couldn't lift their heads.

The death squads in front began to set up ladders to attack the wall, but if you observe carefully, you will find that many people are squeezed into the gap between the wall and the wall.

These gaps can only allow two people to run side by side, but if you go deep into it, you will find that these narrow passages are very deep and long, and they do not extend forward in a straight line, but a winding path. The sound seems to be inaudible.

In the depths of the passage, unlike the flat outer wall, the inner wall is covered with sharpened upside-down wooden thorns, each of which is a foot long, and if you are not careful, you will be killed. Wooden thorns hurt.

At the beginning, the soldiers of the death squad who went deep into it could keep a certain distance and cut while cutting, but as more and more people crowded in, the space for them to move became smaller and smaller.

Someone wanted to use the wooden thorns to climb up, but the upper part was suddenly blocked by wooden boards. Under each wooden board, there were also upside-down wooden thorns. Someone saw the danger in it, and frantically turned his eyes All the wooden thorns inside were cut off, but as more and more people squeezed in, spears pierced out of the gaps in the wall of the village. No, I can only watch my body being pierced by the sharp blade, and let out a mournful wail!
"Let me go out! I want to surrender"

"I'm Wei Jun too! Please... let me out..."

Under the threat of death, some people shouted crazily, some people wanted to squeeze out, and people outside who didn't know what to do were still being squeezed in. They kept pushing forward, and they kept pushing forward. Some people lost their minds here. People, starting to be frantic, wielded the butcher's knife directly at their own people.The blood soon dyed the ground red, and the thick bloody smell continuously emitted from the solid partition.

Shan Xiongxin of the watchtower could clearly feel the magic of the eight-door golden lock array. Although the pressure on the frontal battlefield was not small, since these 'Sui troops' entered the camp, no one of their own soldiers was killed, even lightly. No injuries.

The crux of the problem lies in the gaps opened by Fang Xuanzao, each gap, like the mouths of ferocious beasts, is constantly devouring the lives of the soldiers of the 'Sui Army' and continuously taking over the front The pressure on the battlefield.

"I didn't expect that this gap seems inconspicuous, but it hides such a miraculous effect!" Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but praise loudly.

The passages of Chenying are all arranged according to the eight-door golden lock array, with nine bends and eighteen bends inside, and the deepest scene is invisible to outsiders. Therefore, the 'Sui Army' still doesn't know what to do inside, thinking that they have occupied it. The barracks, therefore, were constantly squeezed in as if they were working hard, and their "ignorance" not only caused the soldiers in front to be unable to cut off the wooden thorns calmly, but also pushed them into a desperate situation, so these seven bends and eight losses The passageway in the cave seems harmless to humans and animals, but in fact it is full of murderous intentions. As long as one enters, no matter humans or animals, they will undoubtedly die.

He has personally watched Fang Xuanzao's arrangements these days, so he naturally knows the murderous intent inside. At this time, he saw more and more people being squeezed into the passage, even if he didn't have to witness it with his own eyes, he could still hear it from the screams. Feel the sight inside.

Thinking of that scene, even as an enemy, Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but twitch in his heart. These "Sui Army" soldiers who were squeezed into the passage didn't play any role, and didn't cause a little injury to Wei Jun, so they were worthless. There's no point in dying here.

But for Shan Xiongxin, it was precisely because these people were divided into channels that the pressure on the frontal battlefield was greatly reduced. The attack of the [-] army failed to shake the Wei army camp at all, but because a large number of enemy troops "killed" Entering the battle, the attack of the 'Sui Army' on the frontal battlefield became weak.

……

The Sui army's central army was in a large formation. Du Fuwei saw that the five thousand dead soldiers entered the Wei army barracks except for the fierce battle in front of the camp. , but Yang Tong stopped him before he gave the order.

"My lord, the defense in front of the Wei barracks has been captured, and it's time to go all out, why stop the attack?" Du Fuwei looked at Yang Tong in confusion.

"Did you forget that this is a formation?" Yang Tong rolled his eyes at him angrily, and said in a solemn voice to the camp in front of him, "I have been paying attention and found that among the 5000 people, at least half of them entered. Well, it stands to reason that even if you can't break through the enemy's camp, thanking you will have some effect, but so far, no one has broken through the wall! And..."

Yang Tong whip pointed in the direction of the camp and said, "Before you look at the camp again, how many people are there?"

"This……"

Reminded by Yang Tong, Du Fuwei immediately looked seriously at the daredevils in front of the battalion. Their formation was disrupted, but with years of combat experience, he was still able to estimate a rough value. Looking at it, his complexion changed drastically.

"Less than a thousand people." Du Fuwei who said this was taken aback.

Yang Tong said with a solemn expression: "Generally, due to the narrowness of the battle point, the troops cannot attack at the same time, so even if the battle is fierce for a day, the attacking side may lose less than 5000 people. But now , In less than an hour, 5000 people were almost finished. This kind of casualty rate is simply appalling. More importantly, there are not many corpses left in front of the camp, which means that most people have gone in, but the current Wei army is It was very quiet, and there was no sign of fighting at all."

After a while, all the death squads outside also went in!
then!

The sound of fighting stopped abruptly, replaced by a deadly calm.

In less than an hour, all 5000 people were gone.

Yang Qinfang, Yin Mingyue, Du Fuwei and other generals were stunned and could hardly believe their eyes.

"This..." Everyone felt a creepy feeling in their hearts, and felt that the camp in front of them seemed to eat people.

Looking at the misty Wei army camp, Yang Tong also felt hairy. After a long while, he took a deep breath and said, "This camp is too weird. Before we find out the truth, we will increase our troops blindly." It will only increase the number of casualties in vain, this is in the middle of the enemy's trick, Ming Jin retreats!"

"Here!" Du Fuwei didn't dare to be careless, and quickly ordered Mingjin to withdraw.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Amidst the crisp and loud sound of golden beeping, the Sui army retreated slowly.

Shan Xiongxin on the watchtower saw that the Sui army was stable and not chaotic, and there were more than ten thousand elite cavalry cruising on both sides, so he could only press the idea of ​​attack.

Fang Xuanzao, who had already boarded the watchtower to watch, looked at the battle flag with the word 'Sui', sighed, and said to Shan Xiongxin: "General, I didn't expect the other party to find out the clue so soon. After the Sui army became alert, It will definitely be impossible for us to kill more people with our faction next time."

Shan Xiongxin nodded silently, looking down at Youzai's struggling 'Sui Jun', a cold look flashed in his eyes, he waved the command flag, and said ruthlessly: "Crucify the passage!"

"Here!"

More than a dozen strong men guarding the entrance of the passage pushed out a thick wooden plank with sharp gun blades inserted upside down like barbs. When the plank slowly closed the entrance of the passage, someone carried it With the hammer, he slammed the board hard, and the spear blade on it pierced into the wall little by little.

Amidst the screams, anger, roars, and begging for mercy, blood slowly flowed out along the cracks in the wall. The entire camp seemed to be a bloody hell. The same scene was happening everywhere in the camp. The people in the formation, before they even figured out what was going on, were nailed to death in the passage with gun blades piercing through the wall.

"Immediately open the walls of the village, drag all these corpses out, and burn them on the spot! Then restore the passage as soon as possible." Fang Xuanzao shouted in a deep voice.

"Here!"

The generals of the Wei army quickly moved after receiving the order.

Everyone seemed extremely excited. For them, this was an effortless war, but they achieved brilliant results.

But Fang Xuanzao and Shan Xiongxin couldn't be happy, they had great hopes for this camp, they thought they could take tens of thousands of Sui soldiers, but unexpectedly the other side was too vigilant.

What made the two of them even more speechless was that judging from the equipment of the people who rushed to the camp, these should all be soldiers of the Wei army who had been captured by the Sui army, but none of the Sui army was injured.But the two also knew that their army needed a victory to boost morale, so they could only keep the truth in their hearts.

This is also the reason why Shan Xiongxin does not leave a living. If the soldiers know that the dead are 'ones of their own', it will inevitably cause great turmoil, so he does nothing but kill them all, so that the soldiers can feel at ease Enjoy the joy of a brilliant victory.

(End of this chapter)