The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 823

In the middle of the night, the world was silent, and the bonfires burning in the Sui army's northern camp gradually went out. Except for the torches in the hands of the patrolling soldiers, the entire camp was dark.

Lu Zushang has led [-] soldiers to reach the distance of five miles from the Sui army camp. As the chief general, Lu Zushang is not afraid to fight the Sui army head-on. He is worried that there will be barbed thorns on the ground. If the screams of the soles of the feet startled the enemy, then the night attack would have a [-]% chance of failure.

The soldiers did not intend to stop at all, and continued to rush towards the Sui Army camp. The soldiers in front had already taken out the prepared nooses, which were used to pull down the Sui camp's barracks.

Soon, the army sneaked silently to less than a mile without encountering any barbed wire. Lu Zushang's hanging heart finally fell. With the dim light of the barracks, he saw that the soldiers had erected rattan shields. However, when they had reached more than [-] steps, a loud roar suddenly came from the camp: "Attack."

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooered...

As the horn sounded loudly, the catapults in the barracks started at the same time, and the long arms were swung out. Fist-sized stones roared and smashed into the dense crowd. The crushed stones hit the crowd, and some soldiers were bloody and horrible , One after another, gravel smashed into the crowd, screaming one after another.

"Kill!" After the initial panic, Tang Jun immediately charged towards the Sui Army camp under the leadership of generals and schools at all levels.

"Bang bang bang..." Another round of catapults showed their power, and an altar of kerosene fell to the ground, the clay pots were broken into pieces, kerosene splashed, and the smell of oil soon permeated.

"No, it's kerosene, spread it out!" Lu Zushang's face became extremely ugly.

But at this time, a rocket shot up from the camp, with a low howl, it drew a brilliant arc in the night sky, and fell towards the gate of the camp.

It was as if the entire starry sky was falling down, but Tang Jun couldn't feel the beauty. At this moment, when the kerosene met the open flame, it burned up all at once. Countless soldiers of the Tang Army who were soaked in kerosene were engulfed by the flames, and the flames in front of the entire south gate soaring.

The kerosene did not cause serious damage, but there was chaos in front of the camp, and the entire army was exposed to the eyes of the Sui army in the camp.

Although he was discovered by the enemy, Lu Zushang didn't want to give up just like that, and he couldn't give up like this. At least he wanted to tear a gap in the Sui army camp for Li Xiaogong. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Warriors of the Tang Dynasty, today! It is the beginning of destroying the myth of the Sui army's invincibility, set up the shield, kill!"

"Shield up, kill." This Tang army is Li Xiaogong's elite soldiers. After the initial panic, they found that the loss was not big. At the command of Lu Zushang, they charged again.

In an instant, the killing sound shook the sky.

"Finally, the Tang army came." Du Fuwei, who was about to take a nap, suddenly swept away his sleepiness, and shouted with full energy: "Order the soldiers to assemble."

After saying that, he rushed out, straddled his horse without saying a word, and rushed to the south camp.

Today, the scouts said that the smell of meat in the Tang army camp was wafting, and tens of thousands could smell it. He realized that Li Xiaogong slaughtered war horses to satisfy his hunger, and that the Tang army fell to this level, which meant that the dog would jump the wall soon, so he ordered the generals in the camp to guard against death. Pay special attention to the enemy's night attack. Not long after he arranged it, Yang Shanhui also sent a letter to Ying, telling him to beware of night attack.

In order to wait for this moment, he hadn't removed his armor tonight, and Du Fuwei woke up when he heard the sound of killing.

But he wasn't worried at all.

Although the enemy's night attack took advantage of the darkness, it was easy to break into the camp.But as long as the generals are fully prepared, the soldiers will not be chaotic.

Li Xiaogong will not overwhelm the whole army, will he?It is easy to lead to confusion in that way, and if an accident occurs, the loss is unimaginable.Therefore, the number of invading enemies can range from thousands to [-] at most.

Afraid of his fart.

What I was waiting for was this moment, not to mention eating [-] Tang Jun, even if I ate a thousand or a hundred, Du Fuwei would be overjoyed.

When he arrived at the South Camp Watchtower.

Just in time, Kan Leng, the adopted son, commanded the soldiers to set fire. Du Fuwei's eyes lit up when he saw the blazing fire.

He is a person who is used to living a tight life and knows how to calculate carefully. He always thinks that if the enemy loses one pawn, he will gain two.With so many enemies coming to your door, it would be a fool not to be happy.

"You go to the front to command, and I will guard."

"Here." Kan Leng responded, jumped down from the watchtower, and rushed to the front camp.

"Shoot the arrows." Seeing that Tang Jun was within range, Kan Leng ordered immediately, Tang Jun is looking for death, just wait to be harvested.

"Buzz~"

With an order, all arrows were fired at once, a crossbow arrow pierced the air, and it was shot in an instant. Amidst the continuous muffled sound, Kan Ling was surprised, the crossbow arrow failed to pierce the opponent's shield, although It also caused some casualties, but it was far from the imagined scene.

"Kill it!" Seeing that the rattan shield worked, Lu Zushang couldn't help roaring excitedly.

The order to attack had been issued, and Tang Jun saw that the rattan shield had indeed blocked the opponent's crossbow arrows, his morale soared, and his speed was a little faster.

"Keep shooting!" Kan Leng said in a deep voice.

The crossbows were fired continuously, and unlucky soldiers of the Tang Army kept falling to the ground, but the soldiers behind quickly picked up the rattan shields and continued to move forward. Just in case, Lu Zushang not only made a large number of double-layer rattan shields, but also a small number of three-layer and four-layer rattan shields. Layered rattan shield, even at a distance of fifty steps, the crossbow arrows of the Sui army still failed to penetrate the rattan shield.

Kan Leng saw that the big killer had been restrained, and there was no bed crossbow in the camp, so he couldn't help but snorted coldly, picked up a Mo Dao, and shouted sharply: "'Mo Dao Formation' come out of the camp with me, tell these local turtles, Even if we don't use crossbows, we are still an invincible army, and the pseudo-Tang soil turtles are still a bunch of mobs!"

The Mo Dao formation is completely different from the simple Mo Dao hand. It is a large and small formation composed of multiple arms.

Kan Leng saw that the opponent's shield could block even the crossbow, and he didn't know if the Mo Dao could break through, so he gave the order for the Mo Dao formation to attack.

"kill!"

The gate of the camp was wide open, and under the leadership of Kan Leng, the Modao formation composed of [-] soldiers roared towards the Tang army. The two soldiers and horses collided like two torrents in front of the camp.

"Pfft!" The elite of the Sui army quickly opened the distance, and the five of them quickly formed a small group. They seemed to be fighting independently, but they echoed each other faintly. , his right arm was pierced by a spear, and the moment the rattan shield in his left hand fell due to pain, a Mo Dao fell from the sky and sliced ​​open his head. Almost at the same time, a hooked sickle gun had hooked his foot , Another daggerman with a hand crossbow on his chest snatched the rattan shield from his hand, and followed him forward.

The battle started in front of the barracks, and the imaginary situation did not appear in Lu Zushang's eyes. After the Sui army lost the power of the crossbow, the speed of killing the enemy was no worse than that of the crossbow. The small groups that cooperated tacitly were extremely fierce, and the soldiers on the other side Although it was stronger than his own hands, the soldiers he brought had faint signs of being divided.

Lu Zushang couldn't help feeling a little anxious.According to the previous experience of attacking camps, if the enemy's catapults, kerosene, crossbows and other defensive equipment fail, then the attacking camp should go all out to kill the enemy to collapse. However, when his army and the Sui Dynasty After the army confronted, not only did the imagined situation not appear, but the enemy gave up the advantage of the camp and took the initiative to come out of the camp to fight.

Moreover, the Sui army's seemingly full of loopholes, from the beginning of the battle, like a spinning top embedded in one's own army, began to spin crazily, killing one's own soldiers to the ground.

In fact, melee skills and teamwork are the main body of the daily training of the Sui Army. The famous cavalry and archery, crossbow array, and Mo Dao hand are simple in operation. In fact, they don’t have much skill. Formation, Mo Dao to defeat the enemy, close combat, these mainstream trainings are rarely used, leading some people to mistakenly think that the Sui army does not know the art of battle formation, and even if they do, they are not good at it. Otherwise, why have they never been used by the Sui army?
Lu Zushang also thought so before, but this time, the tacit cooperation shown by the Sui army almost caused him to bite off his tongue. He found that the rattan shield could indeed stop the sharp crossbow arrows, but it could not stop the Sui army's melee combat , just because there is a spear staring at the hand holding the knife to greet the shield, and another hook and sickle spear is designed to hook, stab, and push the calf, and the rattan shield can't care about the upper and lower hands.

Although Lu Zushang wanted to make adjustments, the soldiers on both sides were already in a mess. The Tang army was thrown up and down by the small formation of the Sui army, and let the "slap blade" break open with a single knife. It was like taking the brain of a monkey. The key It was the soldiers of the Sui Army who killed more and more.

The sneak attack was unsuccessful, and they fell into a bitter battle.

This is the most taboo thing to attack the enemy camp at night.

If the night attack fails, thousands of soldiers are destined to be lost tonight.But if they don't retreat, this army pretending to attack at night will be finished.

"withdraw troops."

Lu Zushang made a decisive decision, and the soldiers around him immediately blew their horns, and the soldiers of the Tang army retreated like a tide.

"I just want to leave now, don't you think it's too late?"

"Fire arrows!"

The firing range of the Great Sui Liannu was as high as [-] paces. Now that the Tang army had been terrified of being killed, how could they care about the retreating formation?There were even quite a few shield fighters rushing to the front, completely exposing their backs to the Sui army, how could Kan Leng let go of this opportunity?

The soldiers of the Sui army who stopped their pursuit quickly took out the crossbows hung obliquely in the leather bag on their chests, and fired at the enemy. The dense arrow rain hit again, and the Tang army fell down like being cut straw this time.

Lu Zushang yelled angrily and wanted to stabilize the army, but he had no choice but to watch the frightened soldiers being shot and killed by the enemy, but he had to be carried away by the rebel army.

At this time, Du Fuwei, who saw Kan Leng stabilizing the situation in the southern camp and went out quietly from the eastern camp, led 5000 Sui cavalry to kill them. On the other hand, Du Fuwei led 5000 people to rush into the Tang army group from the middle, cut off the Tang army team in half, and killed the Tang army's corpses all over the field, and blood flowed into rivers.

The arrival of the cavalry boosted the morale of the soldiers under Kan Leng's command. They covered up the attack from behind, and the sound of the killing was loud.

The army was concealed for several miles, and Du Fuwei ordered the withdrawal of the troops, not because he didn't want to wipe out the chaotic Tang army.

Rather, he worries about winning first and then losing.Because it is not impossible to pretend to be a night attack, lure the enemy out of the camp, and then ambush an ambush halfway.It is also out of caution that Du Fuwei accepts as soon as he sees it.

"Li Xiaogong really can't hold it anymore." Back in the camp, Du Fuwei laughed.

Li Xiaogong couldn't bear it, so he attacked the camp.Otherwise, with Li Xiaogong's calm personality, how could he attack his camp at night?In other words, his previous preparations worked.

It's just a pity that Tang Jun came too few, and the number should be only about [-] according to the previous appearance.

It is very different from Du Fuwei's imagination of destroying [-] to [-] night raiders first, and then driving out the rout and attacking the Tang army's camp.

But earning thousands of people is not a small gain.

"Order all the battalion soldiers to be on strict alert and not to relax." Du Fuwei laughed loudly. It was really enjoyable to win a big victory with a hearty counter-night attack in a night attack.

"By the way!" Du Fuwei seemed to have thought of something, turned around and said: "The "History of Ancient Wars" given to me by the Holy One has a very classic battle example, that is, Zhang Xiu went to chase and kill Cao Cao at night, ended in failure, and then went again After chasing and killing Cao Cao, he fled miserably, and even himself was almost killed by Zhang Xiu. Li Xiaogong is crazy now, you have to be careful of his second, third, and fourth sneak attacks. Everyone takes turns guarding tonight. Cao Cao."

"The last will obey."

"Father!" Kan Leng called out.

"Ok?"

"The battle example you mentioned, we have actually encountered it before." Kan Leng said softly.

"You mean the Battle of Danyang?" Du Fuwei also suddenly remembered his own experience.

Back when he was not the Tiger of Jianghuai, Li Zitong was the biggest force in Jiangnan.

Not long after he gained a foothold, he led [-] soldiers and Li Zitong to fight in Danyang County with Fu Gong Er as the main general, Kan Ling and Wang Xiongdan as the deputy generals.But Fu Gong Er did not grasp the timing well, Li Zitong personally led the main force to fight, Fu Gongyou saw that they were outnumbered, so in a hurry, Wang Xiongdan led [-] recruited troops as the vanguard, and Kan Leng led [-] elite troops to fight. Afterwards, he led the rest of the troops and followed closely behind. As soon as the two sides fought, Li Zitong's soldiers were overwhelmed and immediately retreated.Fu Gong Er was eager to win, but was defeated by Li Zitong's army who was in a hurry, and turned from a winner to a loser.

That night, because Li Zitong underestimated the enemy because of his victory, Wang Xiongdan tried his best to persuade Fugong Er to attack the enemy camp at night.Li Zitong was too late to prevent him, he was defeated and dispersed, and tens of thousands of people dispersed overnight.This battle was a crucial decisive battle between Du Fuwei and Li Zitong. Du Fuwei won first, then lost, and finally won again. He dramatically defeated Li Zitong's main force and made him lose his status as the overlord of the Jianghuai River. Therefore, the battle established the status of the tiger of the Jianghuai River.

Thinking about it carefully, it is really similar to the struggle between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao.

"Yes!" Kan Leng nodded.

Du Fuwei also thought of his deceased righteous brother. After a long silence, he sighed sadly: "Since you know, it's good. Be careful tonight. You must not become Cao Cao or Li Zitong."

"My son understands!" Kan Leng knew that his adoptive father was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to mention it again.

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