The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 731 God's will is also man-made

In Xin'an County, Dongyang County, under the darkness of night, the stars are dimmed, and there is a touch of coolness between the sky and the earth.Since the nearby people know that this is a combat area, they are trying to avoid walking, so the official road under the night is extremely quiet, and occasionally only a few badgers emerge from the side of the road and run wantonly on the official road.

At this time, the sound of rumbling wheels came from the south of the official road, and the ground began to vibrate slightly. A few badgers on the road squeaked into the bushes and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, [-] wooden carts loaded with catapults and dry food, dragged by [-] cattle, headed towards the camp of the Sui Army.Each cart is equipped with two oxen and a coachman, but beside the cart shaft, there is also a war horse tied to it.

A guard of a thousand men rode on horseback, each holding torches to illuminate the convoy.A thousand cavalry guarded behind him.

The officer of this team is a Yingyang Lang general named Shang Hong, who is a general under Meng Haigong's command.It's just that the reins of Shang Hong's war horse were controlled by another person, and a saber was pressed against his lower back.

"General Shang, if you want to survive, cooperate obediently, otherwise my saber will pierce your heart immediately." A young soldier beside him said coldly.

"You take the knife away, and I will cooperate with you." Shang Hong said bitterly.When they had an emergency meal five miles ago, they were surrounded by three thousand fine cavalry from the Sui Army. None of them escaped, and they were either shot to death or tied up and thrown into the mountains.

Except for him, all the people here are Sui soldiers. The thousand chariots and the oxen that pull them have been doused with fire oil, as are the hundred catapults, and the nine hundred chariots covered by tarpaulins are nothing. Grain, but bundles of dry firewood that have been doused with oil.Every two cows pulling the carts were also firmly held together with wood. As for the horse, it was the mount of the Sui army.

Although Shang Hong is not a famous general, he also knows what the other party wants to do. It is nothing more than fire bulls rushing to camp and trains rushing to camp.

"Don't worry, as long as you cooperate obediently, not only will I not embarrass you, but I will reward you with a hundred gold." The young soldier next to him comforted him. He was Xu Shiji, the chief general of the Sui army.

Originally, he wanted to attack the enemy camp and use each soldier to carry five catties of kerosene to burn the enemy's food, but he found that there were still [-] soldiers stationed in the camp. A large camp that stretches for tens of miles is not only ineffective, but will also arouse the vigilance of the enemy, thus making your own army lose the value of a surprise soldier.So this heavy soldier became his new target. As long as he could ignite the fire oil on the cow as he wished, he would become a surprise soldier capable of killing the enemy.

"There is no need for a reward, as long as the general spares my life, I will be very grateful." After Shang Hong finished speaking, he looked forward again, only to see the flames rising into the sky two miles away, and the shadows of people, finally coming to the moment when he least wanted to face it. up.

Xu Shiji ignored Shang Hong, but ordered: "The brothers in charge of the grain carts, when they arrive at the field, line up the grain carts, ignite the kerosene on the body and body of the cattle; the brothers in charge of the catapults, cut off the cattle. the rope of the body, and only set fire to the bull."

When the soldiers of the coalition army were resting and eating, the whole army except the army on guard before the camp, there were only some scouts cruising around to patrol back and forth.

At this time, I heard the sound of rumbling wheels, and saw that there was a load of luggage coming from the south. There were only a thousand vehicles, each of which was dragged by two cows. The hundred flatbed vehicles walking in front were exactly the catapults they needed urgently. Out of caution, Sun Shihan, the commander-in-chief of the rear army, was immediately notified.

Sun Shihan was Meng Haigong's Sikong, and he led [-] miscellaneous soldiers who were forcibly conscripted into the army as the rear army. All the troops were divided into three, and the rear and left and right were guarded to prevent the Sui army from attacking.Sun Shihan was called up during the meal, and immediately came to watch after hearing the news. In the light of the fire, he saw Shang Hong, who was leading the way, and said loudly: "Shang Hong, why are you here now? Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time, and your boy is waiting to accept the crime." Bar."

The sharp knife touched Shang Hong's back again, and there was a sharp pain. Shang Hong bit his lip and said, "Report to Sikong, the catapult is too heavy, and it got stuck in muddy water several times and couldn't get out, so it was delayed." It took a while."

Sun Shihan knew that it had been raining for days and the road surface was soft, so he didn't have any suspicions. He grinned and waved his hands: "Let them pass!"

After speaking, he turned his horse's head and went back to eat.

This was especially the case with the general, these miscellaneous soldiers naturally didn't take it to heart, and dispersed all at once, causing three thousand Sui troops to swagger deep into the army.It's just that they didn't notice that the car in front of them slowed down, while the car behind them accelerated.On the way ahead, the convoy slowly changed from an 'l' shape to a 'one' shape.

Looking ahead, Xu Shiji's eyes flashed an awe-inspiring look, and he saw that the endless land was like daylight, and densely packed soldiers formed more than 30 huge army formations. But in the past, Meng Haigong's soldiers were not like this. Last year Meng Haigong's soldiers are just like the original Wagang soldiers, they are wild beasts who only know how to run rampant, and they can disperse and trample themselves to death with just a little temptation. Now, Xu Shiji is on these boy scouts. I saw a military law that I didn't have before.

In the past, Meng Haigong's army was good at fighting with the wind, but once the soldiers were frustrated, they would be devastated, but now this army has a somewhat forbidding appearance.

Since ancient times, the battle of "victory with less" has always been judged by the number of people. The morale and military spirit that really determine victory or defeat are often deliberately ignored by historians. The main generals of one's own side are too deified, and some even magnify the enemy's army countless times.But Xu Shiji knew that he had no choice but to win more with less, and he would be wiped out by the opponent if he was a little careless.

If the coalition forces are not chaotic, Fire Bull will break through at most one of the enemy's formations, so that the own army will not achieve much effect, but will be trapped in it, unable to extricate itself.Fortunately, what the Sui army was best at was to hit the opponent's morale and dampen the enemy's morale, and then waited silently like a cunning and ferocious wolf. As long as the enemy showed a weakness, it would pounce on the opponent and bite the opponent to death.

"Are you ready?" Seeing that there were only a few hundred steps away from the enemy army, and some people were already running towards this side, Xu Shiji put away his distracting thoughts.

"It's ready." An Ying Yanglang next to him said indifferently.

"Then let's get started." Xu Shiji smiled wryly in his heart. He could feel that among the people here, Shang Hong was the most nervous person, followed by himself. As for the three thousand Sui cavalry, no one seemed to care about the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops. Above, one and two are so calm as to die.

In fact, the three thousand iron cavalry really didn't worry about anything, because they were the Xiaoguo Army known as the Son of Heaven's Army. They had been personally trained by Yang Yu. Has the emperor's face been covered?
Soon, [-] cows were lined up, facing the direction of the coalition army, and the soldiers who drove the chariot also untied their horses, tore off the camouflage on their bodies, and exposed the armor inside. Run away.

Their actions finally attracted the attention of the coalition soldiers, "What are you doing?"

However, it's too late.

Thousands of soldiers quickly raised torches and lit the ox tail and the 'grain cart'. The body of the ox and the 'grain army' were covered with kerosene. Among the flames.

"Moo."

Roasted by the fire, the cattle howled loudly, planed their hooves frantically, and swept towards the coalition army formation like a stormy sea with a power to destroy everything.

The vigilant coalition soldiers were running towards this side, but when they saw the burning trains rampaging, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Some people tried to shoot the crazy fire bulls with bows and arrows, but these fire bulls were already crazy. The pain brought by the arrows made them even more crazy, and they trampled everything in front of them with a look of disdain.

"Attack!" Xu Shiji waved his arm, and more than 300 Sui army cavalry who had already been ready sounded the horn of attack.

"Woooooo..." The desolate sound of the horn resounded throughout the world, and the soldiers of the Sui army followed the fire bull and began to charge.

The resting coalition soldiers would not have expected changes in the rear. When they all stood up and watched, and saw the blazing fire bulls rushing towards them, everything became clear. One by one, they dropped their weapons and ran for their lives.

The panic-stricken Fire Bull didn't care so much, and directly bumped into the crowd in front of him, knocked them to the ground, and then trampled over them, turning them into muddy flesh.

Everyone is afraid of death, and when there is no room to fight back, all the soldiers of the coalition army turned around and fled like crazy, countless people trampled and crowded each other.

Behind the formation of fire bulls, three thousand cavalry were killed by the desperate eyes of the coalition soldiers. They rushed in like a tide along the gap torn by the fire bulls, like a huge wave that beat the bewildered coalition forces The army was completely broken.

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Sui army camp.

Zhang Zhenzhou, Fang Xuanling, and Qin Qiong, who had already heard their own horns, climbed up and looked far away. They saw that under the fire bull, the coalition forces were in a mess like a pot of porridge boiled.Which still do not know what happened?

"Good boy, good strategy, good courage." Zhang Zhenzhou gave a high-five applause, and said: "Fang Shangshu, General Qin, I intend to send troops to attack, how about it?"

"If you don't come out at this time, when will you stay?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile. "The generals only need to kill the enemy, and I will guard the camp."

"it is good."

At that moment, Zhang Zhenzhou and Qin Qiong rushed down to lookout and gave the order for the whole army to attack.

'Woo-oo--'

The horn of desolation echoed in the camp, this is the order of assembly.

Several gates opened at the same time, [-] iron spirits were mobilized at the same time, fierce horseshoes knocked on the ground, and murderous aura burst out from them, like dust and sand blown up by a strong wind, sweeping away towards the coalition forces overwhelmingly, and like a storm breaking a bank. The turbulent waves rushed towards the coalition soldiers with the momentum of destroying everything and rushing everything.They held swords with both hands, screaming to kill Zhentian, and the sharp war blades in their hands shone with red light under the firelight.Rampage in the coalition army group, constantly tearing apart the formation of the coalition army, killing the corpses of the coalition army all over the field, wailing all over the ground.

The infantry of the Sui Army followed closely behind and rushed forward, chasing and killing the coalition soldiers who survived under the cavalry.

Cruel killings were staged under the night, and human life became the cheapest thing at this time.

Among the coalition soldiers, most of Meng Haigong's army were recruits who were recruited by force. Most of them had never experienced cruel battlefields. Army soldiers swept in with a suffocating power.Finally, he couldn't bear the fear in his heart, and his morale collapsed.

The soldiers turned around and fled. The smart soldiers fled to the south and east and west sides; the stupid ones knelt and surrendered directly, but at this time, how could the Sui army's cavalry take into account the kneeling people?Once they stopped, they would be rammed by the comrades in the rear, so they just rushed forward and trampled the kneeling idiot into a pulp.

Feng An and Meng Haigong saw the soldiers fleeing in all directions, and they had no intention of fighting, so they retreated to the south before the soldiers of the Sui Army formed an encirclement.

The soldiers of the Sui army chased and killed them from behind. The battle lasted until dawn. Before the soldiers of the Sui army reached the enemy camp, Feng An and Meng Haigong regrouped and defeated them. The city equipment, rushed several times but was shot back by the opponent's random arrows, and then barely stabilized the situation and kept the barracks.

After the battle, after the war, they lost more than half of their troops in just one day, and Feng An and Meng Haigong felt cold.What's more terrible is that the unfavorable battle situation has shaken the morale of the army, and the whole army is full of pessimism.

"If you don't avenge this revenge, I, Meng Haigong, swear not to be a human being!" Meng Haigong kicked over the table and roared angrily.

"boom."

Just when Feng An, whose face was as heavy as water, was about to speak, a muffled sound of landslides and ground cracks erupted suddenly. It seemed that even the ground was trembling. The two felt the ground shaking under their feet and almost fell to the ground.

"What happened?"

The two turned pale with shock, and went out to watch at the same time.I saw a yellow torrent appearing on the flat ground, rushing mightily towards the barracks, and a mountain further away was collapsing piece by piece at a crazy speed.

Meng Haigong stood there blankly, without moving, as if he didn't hear or see anything.The whole person is as if his soul is out of his body. He never dreamed that the mountain would collapse at this time. Is it God's will?

"Landslides cannot be violated by manpower. Run away quickly." Feng An's expression changed. He lives in the mountainous and rainy south and often sees landslides. He naturally knows that the power of nature cannot be resisted by manpower.

Without further ado, he dragged Meng Haigong away, Meng Haigong staggered, and then came to his senses, and got on the horse with Feng Ang, and the guards of the soldiers ran straight to the south camp.Shouting while fleeing: "landslide, evacuate south"

"Landslide, evacuate south."

"Landslide, evacuate south."

Although the coalition soldiers were a little at a loss, they heard everyone shouting, making the desire to survive completely cover up their personal will, and a large number of soldiers rushed towards the south like a flood that burst a bank.

However, the gate of the camp is so big, there are very few people who escape immediately after pushing and shoving.Just as the cries shook the sky, the yellow torrent had swept in, and the entire camp was like a house in the torrent, which was soon submerged by the yellow torrent.

But the mountain that the Sui army had dug before collapsed. This mountain was originally composed of loess and gravel. After many days of heavy rain, the accumulated water had seeped below the surface, making the mountain extremely soft.

After being drained by the Sui army, the mountain was soaked for several days.After several days of deliberation, Zhang Zhenzhou's plan that he thought failed finally broke out at this moment. The roaring torrent of mud and rocks buried many soldiers and a large amount of supplies and supplies in the coalition camp to the ground.

More than [-] soldiers finally repelled them after a day and night of fighting. One or two fell asleep when they were tired. The gate of the camp is too small and too crowded, and one can only watch the torrent flow into the soles of the feet and spread to the chest. Although some people did not die, they were trapped in the mud and rocks, unable to escape, and drifted southward with the current, or Hit the rocks ahead and die, or be drowned by the flood.

The 30 shi army rations and a large amount of luggage were all destroyed.

The ancients believed in the theory of ghosts and gods. Just after the soldiers of the coalition army returned from a disastrous defeat, natural disasters struck suddenly, causing rumors to spread in the army and the morale of the army to fluctuate.

When Zhang Zhenzhou, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, Zuo Tiancheng, Feng Li, Li Zhengbao, Xu Shiji and others heard the news, they only felt cold hands and feet, and cold sweat rolled down from their heads. If the mountain landslide half an hour earlier , The entire Sui army will also become the funeral objects of the coalition forces.

After a lot of shock and luck, all these geniuses thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They immediately bypassed the mud-rock torrent area and drove the troops to hide and kill them. Unwilling to fight.Qin Qiong chased them all the way with cavalry, and finally caught up with Meng Haigong and Feng An in Songyang County, Yongjia.

In this campaign, the Sui army defeated the coalition forces. When 25 coalition troops fled to Kuocang County, Yongjia, there were less than 2 people. Many became deserters.

Qin Qiong made a decisive decision, led the cavalry of his headquarters, and continued to pursue and kill Feng An. Feng An was forced to retreat to Yongjia County, joined forces with Meng Yi, and fled all the way south.

Qin Qiong followed closely, entered Jian'an, and went straight to Yi'an County.At the same time, Pei Renji, who was in Linchuan, got the battle report, rode his best horses from his headquarters, crossed Nankang County along the official road, marched into Longchuan County after three days and nights, and finally killed Feng in Heyuan County. On his way home, after a lot of hard work, Feng An escaped alone under the desperate protection of 26 sons including Feng Zhidai, Feng Zhiyu, and Feng Zhidai. There are only four minor sons left.And Meng Yi and his civil and military forces were also beheaded by Qin Qiong who was chasing after him.

The two armies joined together and rested in Qingyuan County, Nanhai County. As soon as the infantry and supplies of Zhang Zhenzhou and Fang Xuanling arrived, they would go south to attack Nanhai County (Guangzhou), the headquarters of the Feng family.

Feng An, who fled to the South China Sea, had no time to taste the pain of bereavement. While strengthening the city defense, he spread his message to rule the counties under his command, ordering Shi'an, Xiping, Yulin, Ningyue, Hepu, Gaoliang, Yongxi and other ten counties. Soldiers and horses quickly assembled to support the southern part of Nanhai County, the southern part of Cangwu, and the northern part of Xin'an County nearby, preparing to fight the Sui army in these three executions.

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