The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 715 Lord of the Duke, pass by
"Ah..." Li Shimin suddenly woke up from his sleep. In the dream, he ate the fish bestowed by the old dragon king of Jinghe River and found it difficult to breathe, but he was shocked to find that he was soaked in the water!When he was about to summon his own soldiers to ask what happened, the curtain was suddenly thrown open.

Immediately afterwards, the military academy lieutenant rushed in with a panicked expression, and said tragically, "Your Highness, we are flooded. There is water everywhere."

"Ah, this?" Li Shimin's heart trembled, and he rushed out of the big tent before he could put on his clothes.

After getting out of the big tent, Li Shimin grabbed a torch and lit it all around, only to see a vast expanse of water, and just at this moment, the water level reached from the ankle to the knee, and the water level was still rising suddenly at a speed visible to the naked eye .

This must have been caught by the Beizhen army's water attack strategy. Judging from the sudden rise in water level, the Beizhen army should have broken the embankment of Jianshui and the Beihe River at the same time, or even set up a dam upstream beforehand. Such a large amount of water, rising so fast.

Li Shimin's first reaction was that the patrolling cavalry he sent was ambushed by the Beizhen army. Only in this way could the Beizhen army dig the embankment and release the water silently.However, Li Shimin soon felt that something was wrong. Zhai Changsun asked someone to report back two hours ago, saying that everything was business as usual, and it was impossible for the Beizhen army to dig the embankment in such a short period of time.The only possibility is that the Beizhen army digs fifteen miles away.

just.

The Beizhen army is also in Gucheng!Could it be that they really plan to burn jade and stone together?

At this moment, Li Shimin regretted even his guts. If he knew this, he should send more cavalry, expand the patrol area, and control the rivers hundreds of miles away. It's just that things have happened, and it's too late to regret it now.

Li Shimin sighed deeply: "A wise man will make a mistake if he thinks about it, and he will make a mistake..."

"Your Highness, the water level has risen sharply, let's go!"

The pro-military lieutenant said with a miserable expression, "If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!"

When Li Shimin looked down, he saw that the water level was below his knees and above his thighs, and he said sadly: "Send the order to evacuate the whole army to the southwest, hurry up!"

Only at this time, the entire Tang army camp was in chaos. Except for the personal battalion closely guarding Li Shimin who could keep calm, the other troops were completely in chaos. Running around.

Li Shimin yelled again and again in anxiety, trying to stop the chaos from spreading.However, his efforts were in vain. Even if he beheaded several people in succession, he could not stop the chaos from spreading. In the end, even his own soldiers showed signs of instability. Li Shimin was finally forced to accept the reality. It is impossible to effectively control this army.

"Let's go." With a grim expression on his face, Li Shimin led his soldiers and ran towards the southwest.

I don't know how far I walked, but the water level gradually reached the waist, but when the water level reached this point, it was very difficult for people to walk. Just when Li Shimin thought he was going to die, he found that the water level had dropped, but he soon discovered that it was not the water level that dropped , but the terrain under your feet is increasing!
Li Shimin climbed up to the high ground, and when he looked back, there were less than 200 people behind him. It is estimated that the rest of the soldiers were either drowned or lost.

Since Cheng Yaojin and Gao Yan released the water at Mao time, that is, 5-7 o'clock in later generations, and the summer dawned early, Li Shimin stayed at the high place for less than half an hour, and the sky gradually brightened.

Li Shimin looked around with the help of the faint dawn, and saw that the front had turned into a swamp country, and the affected area was estimated to be hundreds of miles wide. The continuous Tang army camps were all gone, only a lookout tower and a flagpole emerged from the water, faintly Most of the visible walls of Gucheng were also flooded!

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin fell into an ice cellar, feeling cold all over his body: How can the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty be lucky if the water is so deep?
Thinking back to yesterday, I said vigorously outside the city that Dugu Yanyun was incapable of making decisions, and I was full of hope that I could annihilate the Beizhen army in one fell swoop.However, the situation changed overnight, and all [-] Tang soldiers died!Thinking of this, Li Shimin lost all thoughts, pulled out his sword and wiped it on his neck.

"Your Highness can't." The soldiers rushed forward and held Li Shimin tightly.

"The [-] army has only a hundred people left overnight. How can I, Li Shimin, go back to see my father?" Li Shimin lamented. In addition to soldiers, this army also had many royal family members, and many generals and advisers. , are the mainstay of the Tang army, but now they are all buried in the belly of the fish. The loss of these military talents is undoubtedly the most fatal for the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Highness, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. As long as His Highness is still alive, one day he will be able to make a comeback. If His Highness commits suicide, he will never be able to wash away the shame of today."

"Your Highness, even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about Tang! If you are gone, what will happen to Tang? What will happen to Sui Dynasty?"

"..."

The soldiers tried to persuade them.

Li Shimin was speechless for a while, and the soldiers took the opportunity to snatch his sword.

At this time, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, there is an island over there, and there are people on it."

Only then did Li Shimin discover that there are countless sporadic "isolated islands" scattered on the endless water surface. These "isolated islands" were originally hills, but now the entire Gucheng County has been flooded, and these hills have become the "isolated islands" in Zeguo. isolated island".The nearest isolated island was only a few feet in size, but it was crowded with more than a hundred people.

Li Shimin's heart was pounding. There are so many isolated islands, which means that his army has not been completely wiped out. If he gathers them one by one, there may be tens of thousands of people left.

He wandered around and found that behind his group was a stretch of mountains instead of an isolated island. In addition to trees, there were bamboos in the mountains, so he quickly ordered: "Quick, let's cut down bamboos together and make bamboo rafts to save people! "

"Here!" The soldiers obeyed the order.

. . . . . . . . . .

In Gucheng, the soldiers of the Beizhen Army took bamboo rafts and stood by.

Although Su Dingfang was mentally prepared, he was still surprised when he saw the flood that almost covered most of the city wall.Moreover, the stagnant water prevented the four doors from being opened, preventing them from leaving the city.As a last resort, he could only find a section of the city wall that was seriously damaged, and then break through the wall.

Standing at the top of the city, looking at Zeguo outside the city, Su Dingfang felt a little heavy.

The river flooded, and not only the Tang Army was affected, but also the people of Gucheng County. Although there were no more people in the city because of the Beizhen Army, these people finally hid in the mountains and forests. Under the flood, these people How can I escape?
But Dugu Yanyun said in a very excited voice: "Hahaha, so what if Li Shimin and Dou Cong were born generals? When they met a great general, wouldn't the nearly [-] troops be buried in the belly of the fish? Haha... It's a pleasure, really It's such a joy!"

While speaking, the city wall had been breached, and all the generals of the Beizhen army led their troops out of the city one after another to hunt and kill the Tang army on the 'isolated island'.

When Dugu Yanyun was about to lead the army out of the city, Su Dingfang said: "General Dugu, you don't have to hunt down the remnants of the Tang army."

"The city is filled with foreigners, what can the general do?" Dugu Yanyun asked blankly.

Su Dingfang pointed to some sacks floating on the water outside the city, and said: "Those sacks should be the military rations of the Tang army. Although these military rations are soaked in water, they can still be eaten as long as they are cooked and fried. We have more than 2 troops. There is a lot of food."

"Here." Dugu Yanyun took the order and left.

. . . . . .

When the Beizhen army went out of the city to hunt down the remnants of the Tang army, Li Shimin's personal soldiers had already tied up several bamboo rafts, first took the nearest soldiers ashore, and then let a small number of people go to rescue them, and the rest cut bamboo together. Soon there were more than 20 rafts, and the soldiers from the surrounding isolated islands were picked up one by one. There were more and more people and more and more rafts.

Li Shimin was about to send people to search and rescue, but more than a dozen logs and heads were floating on the surface of the water. It looked very funny, but Li Shimin obviously couldn't laugh, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take him to the river on a bamboo raft. Those people were rescued by Yin Kaishan and more than ten of his personal soldiers.

When Yin Kaishan saw Li Shimin, he was both surprised and happy. Seeing the soldiers of the Tang Army with less than a thousand soldiers, he couldn't help feeling sad, and asked, "Your Highness, are there only a few soldiers left in the Tang Army of more than 9?"

"I collected these people from nearby isolated islands." Li Shimin said with great sadness: "But there are still many isolated islands in the water. If we collect them one by one, there may be tens of thousands of people left."

The word "bar" clearly shows Li Shimin's mood of worrying about gain and loss.He was in the midst of a dream, when the flood suddenly surged, and before he had time to react, it had already flooded his thighs. He could stay awake, but the soldiers couldn't, they would only sink deeper and deeper under groping, and This vast ocean stretches for hundreds of miles, even if everyone is a good swimmer, they don't have the physical strength to swim beyond the range of hundreds of miles.

His side is not bad. Dou Cong and Li Xizhi, who camped outside the east gate and north gate of Gucheng, are on a lower terrain and are also very close to the Han River. I went into the Han River, and absolutely no one survived when I got to the Han River.

"Look, Your Highness, they are soldiers of the Beizhen Army."

"It's really the soldiers of the Beizhen Army. They are chasing and killing our soldiers."

"..."

Li Shimin followed his prestige and saw thousands of Beizhen Army soldiers meandering over hundreds of bamboo rafts, shooting arrows at Tang Army soldiers on isolated islands. These soldiers lost their weapons while struggling in the water, and every isolated island The soldiers of the Beizhen army did not need to aim, they just shot at the Tang army, and when they knocked down an isolated island, they started killing another one.

The soldiers of the Beizhen Army on the bamboo raft seemed to have noticed them too, ignoring the "turtle in the urn" remnant soldiers on the island, and came to kill them one after another.

At this time, Li Shimin finally understood.

The Beizhen army obviously used themselves as a bait to lure the [-] Tang troops out of the city as they wished, and then wiped them all out with a flood.

"Hehe, I also said last night that 'Dugu Yanyun has no ability to make decisions, and defending the Jedi is the way of self-destruction'. Looking at it now, I am a complete fool. I don't know how to fight at all..." Li Shimin fell into a trap. into severe self-doubt.

"Your Highness, they found us, let's get out of danger first, otherwise we won't be able to leave." Yin Kaishan said anxiously.

"Let's go then."

Li Shimin knew that he would not be able to save the remnants on the isolated island, and if he did not leave, his remnant army would be finished, so he immediately took the remnants of less than a thousand people and retreated towards Changping County.

The group fled for ten miles in embarrassment. Li Shimin looked at the surrounding low hills and suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahahahahaha..."

"Why are you laughing, Your Highness?" Yin Kaishan asked with a puzzled face, what's so funny after being defeated like this?Could it be that there are too many successes and failures, are you crazy?

However, Li Shimin seemed to be dying of breath. After he finished laughing, he put one hand on his hips and pointed to the surrounding mountains with the other. Out of breath, he laughed and said, "I laugh at Dugu Yanyun for being stupid and foolish."

Having said that, he pointed to the surroundings, continued to smile and said: "Gucheng flooded Chengze country, this is the only way for our army to escape, if I were Dugu Yanyun, I would let the soldiers who broke the embankment complete their mission, go here to ambush first .If an army is deployed here, we will all be punished here. Hahahaha..."

"kill."

At this moment, a cavalry swept in from the northwest.

The leader was Cheng Yaojin, who had defeated Zhushui. After he defeated Zhushui, he led his cavalry southward. Who would have thought that the flood would be too big and not a single soldier would be encountered, but he was unwilling to do nothing, so he followed Who would have thought that he would meet nearly a thousand Tang soldiers while running around in the official way.

He knew that Tang Jun died and fled, and those who had the prestige to gather so many people must be important figures in Tang Jun.Either Li Shimin, or an important figure in the army,

"Soldiers, don't be in a daze, follow me to meet the enemy." Li Shimin, with an ugly face, commanded the soldiers to meet the enemy.

"Your Highness, we have no weapons..." The empty-handed soldier looked at Li Shimin speechlessly.

"Uh..." Li Shimin was dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, hide in the woods." Yin Kaishan said anxiously.

"Everyone scatter and run for their lives, and go to Xiangyang to gather." Li Shimin ordered in tears.

"Here."

The soldiers scattered and fled.

Li Shimin and Yin Kaishan only ran a few hundred steps when they heard the horse's hooves behind them, and one of them cursed: "You son of a bitch, I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

When Li Shimin turned his head, he found that an enemy general had surrounded him with hundreds of cavalry, and they were staring at the two of them.

This general was Cheng Yaojin, he rode forward, grabbed Li Shimin by the back of his neck, and lifted him up like a chicken.

Li Shimin was scared out of his wits, he used to be a man of influence in the Guanlong nobles, and most of the Guanlong nobles' children knew him, this time it was hard to fly.The dozens of soldiers on both sides were also taken aback. They were separated by the cavalry, and it was too late to rush up to protect Li Shimin.

"It's a pretty boy, damn it, why are you so pretty?" Most of Yang Tong's generals are handsome, such as Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Qin Qiong, Su Dingfang, Shen Guang, Xie Yingdeng, the Xue brothers... only He, Lao Cheng, and Yu Chi Gong looked colder, and Lao Cheng was so jealous of those generals with extraordinary bearing, he wished he could slap their faces like pigs' heads.

Now seeing a deserter from the Tang army dare to be more handsome than himself, he suddenly felt sour, and in a rage, he slapped him with a few slaps, turning Li Shimin's handsome face into a pig's head. Satisfied, he threw him to the ground.

Li Shimin was blinded by the slap, but when he found out that the general of the Beizhen Army didn't know him, a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his heart, and he begged: "The villain is just a soldier, and there is an old lady at home, please General, spare my life."

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin's expression was relieved, he is an extremely filial person, he saw this little fair face was wet, he didn't even have any armor, and there was an old lady at home, so he said: "I won't kill you, you tell me , where is Li Shimin?"

Li Shimin's heart tightened, thinking that the other party knew that he was still alive, he hurriedly said: "He and Yin Kaishan have fled into the mountains."

Cheng Yaojin's eyes lit up, as if he saw the Duke of the State waving to him from afar, and ignored Li Shimin, he turned his head and ordered urgently: "Li Shimin has fled into the mountains, brothers chase after me."

He turned his horse's head and left, and a group of people roared away.

"Your Highness..." At this time, Yin Kaishan and more than a dozen personal guards stepped forward and helped Li Shimin up from the ground.

"Haha, this person is so stupid that he doesn't even know me?" Li Shimin rubbed his extremely painful face, only feeling the burning pain.He has grown so big, he has only been slapped twice; once, when he went to Zhuojun County to snatch talents, he was severely scabbard by Yang Tong, and then lost a front tooth, this time it was even worse, being slapped back and forth After a dozen slaps, several teeth fell out.

"Your Highness, don't laugh, it will be miserable if you laugh at the ambush again."

Li Shimin: "..."

(End of this chapter)