The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 826 The Death of a Famous General
Time gradually arrived at noon, and more than 2 Tang troops who jumped out of the encirclement of the Sui army marched in a line on a deserted mountain road. Li Xiaogong walked in the middle of the team. He had many encounters with the Sui army, and he was familiar with the combat style of the Sui Dynasty. Although the Sui Dynasty dominated the world, it still liked to stand out on the basis of being upright and upright, and to win the final victory at the lowest cost.

This is due to Yang Tong's concept of being a ruler of the world. He hopes to keep the young and strong population as much as possible in the war. Although Li Xiaogong himself agrees with this concept, the two sides are a life-and-death contest between the enemy and us. It is his unshirkable mission to kill and injure the enemy army as much as possible. Whenever there is a chance of victory, he will never let go of the opportunity to wipe out such powerful troops as the top ten legions of the Sui Dynasty.mainly because

The national power of the Tang Dynasty was weak, and they were not qualified to think about the future from the height of war and reconstruction, let alone tolerate the enemy when they must win. What they are thinking about now is to massacre the Sui army as much as possible in order to lower its national power.

Li Xiaogong understood Yang Tong's current concept of civil war, so even though he jumped out of the encirclement, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He sent scouts to scout ahead very cautiously. The time when he was brutally beaten by Luo Shixin in Xiangcheng and wiped out his entire army is still fresh in Li Xiaogong's memory.

At this moment, several scouts rushed over and shouted from afar: "Stop, stop marching."

Li Xiaogong was taken aback, and ordered: "Stop marching!"

The scout rushed over panting, and cupped his hands to report: "Your Highness, the scouts ahead have spotted Sui cavalry five miles away, approaching us."

Li Xiaogong's heart sank, the thing he was most worried about came. Sure enough, the Sui army set up an ambush in front. He tried his best to calm himself down, and quickly asked: "How many people are there in the enemy army? Who is the general?"

The scout hurriedly said: "I don't know the exact number. Only one of the scouts who went to investigate escaped back. He was shot by three arrows and died of serious injuries. Before he died, he said it was a battle flag with the word 'Luo'."

"The Luo character battle flag?"

Hearing these four words, Li Xiaogong couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. The Sui Army only had one general named Luo, who else could it be besides his old enemy Luo Shixin?

He quickly surveyed the terrain and found that they just entered a relatively wide valley road, which was about three miles wide and more than ten miles long. The place of choice for galloping.But the ambushes have already appeared in front, and they will kill them in a short time, Li Xiaogong didn't care about these anymore, and ordered: "Order the front army to gather with the rear army."

This is the most effective strategy to deal with ambushes. Since the marching team is elongated, once it encounters an ambush, it will be cut into several sections.Therefore, if an ambush is found in advance, the best strategy is to gather quickly and form a long line, even if the ambush comes, you will not be afraid.However, as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rumbling horseshoes and shouts of killing had already been heard in front of him. This was when the ambush soldiers of the Sui army discovered that they had been detected by the enemy, and turned their backs and came forward.

Li Xiaogong shouted: "The front army moves aside, and the rear army gathers to meet them!"

In fact, without his order, the soldiers of the Tang army had already turned around and rushed out of the valley, but amidst the noise and chaos, Li Xiaogong heard a strange sound, as dense as drums, only to be heard by the hooves of the ambush soldiers and shouts. The killing sound and his own shouting were covered up.

Li Xiaogong listened intently for a while, and suddenly his face changed drastically and he shouted: "No, I've been fooled."

He heard that this strange sound was the sound of horseshoes. Perhaps their horseshoes were wrapped in thick cloth, so the sound of running was relatively low, but there were a lot of them.

Li Xiaogong realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Sui army again. The so-called ambush was just a bait, so he deliberately showed his troops to gather his troops instinctively, and then took advantage of the Tang army's own chaos to massacre.

But it was too late to react at this time. The Sui army cavalry had already killed five hundred paces away. One hand clenched the spear, and the tip of the spear gleamed chillingly in the sun.

Li Xiaogong knew that once the cavalry launched at full speed, they would not be able to stop, they could only march forward bravely and destroy the enemy troops standing in front of them.He can only sacrifice the front army now, hoping that the chaotic front army can hinder the Sui cavalry assault and buy precious time for the rear army to gather.

Li Xiaogong only ran a few dozen steps before he heard a shrill scream from behind. Thousands of soldiers in front had been sucked into the iron hooves. The heads of the enemy soldiers were chopped off like lightning. Under the iron hooves of the horses, the soldiers of the Tang army fell to the ground wailing. For a while, the blood mist filled the air, and the limbs flew horizontally. The sound of crying and screams resounded through the valley.

Although the soldiers of the Tang Army were also desperately resisting, what they encountered was the Sui Army's main battle Jingqi.These soldiers have experienced hundreds of battles and have completely left the farmland. They exist exclusively for war. Not only are they well-equipped, but their combat power and fighting spirit are even more incomparable to the Tang army. The current Tang army was divided into dozens of pieces, and the positions were rushed to pieces.

Only 5000 Sui army cavalry remained to deal with the Tang army's rebellious soldiers, and the remaining [-] cavalry continued to charge forward under the leadership of coach Luo Shixin, overwhelming the Tang army's rear army that was still in chaos.

This is not only a contest between two different arms, but also a battle between the commanders of the two armies. Li Xiaogong tried to let the rebels contain the Sui cavalry and give him time to rectify the troops.But Luo Shixin saw that the Tang army was not ready. He knew how chaotic an army would be if it had not undergone strict training when faced with a sudden battle.

Especially Tang Jun had just escaped from birth at this time. Not only was he at the most relaxed time, but he was also very tired. The remaining people may be able to, but an army of tens of thousands of people will definitely not.

This is an artificially created fighter to destroy the enemy, and it is also this fighter that Luo Shixin wants to seize.

At this moment, more than 1 famous elite cavalry of the Sui army were divided into two, piercing through the enemy's chaotic soldiers from both sides, and directly taking the rear army of the Tang army hundreds of steps away.

When Li Xiaogong managed to catch his breath, and looked at the battle formation again, he felt that his eyes were darkened. The battle formation, which was not tight at first, was rushed to the verge of collapse by the Sui cavalry in just a short while.

"kill~"

Luo Shixin led the elite troops into the enemy's formation once again. With a flick of the spear in his hand, he exploded a rattan shield violently. The huge force knocked the Tang army soldier away, knocking down a Tang army in an instant. The army's morale was even stronger, amidst the shouts of killing like a tsunami, the Tang army's formation was finally breached, and more and more Sui troops poured in through the gap that Luo Shixin had torn open, breaking the originally intact formation into pieces.

For an army, the most frightening thing is not how strong the enemy is, but the shaken morale and the loss of fighting spirit of one's own army. Once the soldiers are discouraged and someone takes the lead in fleeing, then he is the leader of the flock and will quickly spread throughout the world. Army, the fighting spirit and morale of the entire army collapsed.

The two Sui army cavalry launched a fierce attack. The panicked Tang army, whose lineup was not in order, faced the murderous enemy, and the embankment of their hearts collapsed. In fear, deserters began to appear.

With ten or ten leading hundreds or hundreds moving thousands of people, the wave of fleeing began to spread to the entire army like a snowball.

Because of being in the back formation, the samurai Xun immediately sensed something was wrong. Looking back, he saw Li Xiaogong was in an extremely dangerous situation, so he immediately had no intention of fighting, and quickly commanded a relatively complete phalanx of personal soldiers to retreat to Li Xiaogong's around.

"Shi Yu, save Sichang quickly!" Seeing that the situation is over, Li Xiaogong planned to break through and leave, but seeing Chai Shao trapped in the enemy's formation, he felt anxious, and said anxiously to Chai Shao who rushed over.

The warrior Xun nodded and wanted to rush up, but the phalanx where Chai Shao was located had been surrounded by the Sui army, and he had already set up a heavy defense line to prevent the Tang army from breaking through the formation to save people.

"kill!"

The warrior Xun was also a mighty general, he immediately went up, the Gu Yue broadsword in his hand swept a ball of light, and the three elite riders were cut off from their horses, but at this moment, there was an unspeakable sense of weakness that made the warrior Xun move After a while, Xie Yingdeng, who had come to cooperate with Yang Shanhui before, saw this, and immediately forced him up, brandishing the Golden Crow Spear to attack the warrior Xun.

Although the warrior Xun is an outrageous member, he is not Xie Yingdeng's opponent, and he has been in charge of Tang Jun's logistics these days.

"Huh, there is actually a general?" Xie Yingdeng was surprised to notice that the warrior Xun was quite strong, and suddenly became interested, he couldn't help laughing, and attacked even more urgently.

"Scholar, don't worry about me, protect Your Highness and go quickly, and you will avenge me someday!" Chai Shao was shuttling through the crowd at this time, and Sui troops fell to the ground wherever they passed, but the Sui army seemed to be endless Usually come from all directions, unless Chai Shao can fly, he can't escape.

The warrior Xun turned his head and saw that the army had been completely routed, and Li Xiaogong was in a precarious situation under the protection of Li Chuan and more than a thousand direct soldiers.What's more terrible is that Luo Shixin led a group of elite soldiers to kill there like cutting through the wind and breaking the waves.

On one side was the coach, King of Jing Li Xiaogong, who still had hope of escape, and on the other side was the concubine Chai Shao who was in a desperate situation. The warrior Xun gritted his teeth, swung his sword sharply, and slashed at Xie Yingdeng's BMW, taking advantage of Xie Yingdeng's haste At this moment, the warrior Xun rushed back.

"Where's Sichang?" Li Xiaogong felt anxious when he saw the warrior Xun returning alone, but Chai Shao was nowhere to be seen.

The warrior Xun didn't answer, but said to Li Chuan, "Let's go!"

"Shi Xun, Li Chuan, don't worry about me, go and save Sichang!" Li Xiaogong was furious, "Bang~" with a muffled sound, the warrior Xun knocked Li Xiaogong unconscious with a hand knife.

"Mr. Ying, you..." Li Chuan and other guards were furious when they saw this, and glared at the warrior Xun one after another.

"You protect His Highness and retreat immediately!" The warrior Xun looked in Chai Shao's direction.

"What about you, General?" Li Chuan felt a little inappropriate, and asked hastily.

"Of course I..."

Before Samurai Xun finished speaking, there was another muffled "bang", and this time he was knocked unconscious by Li Chuan.

"General Wu wants to save the son-in-law, but the son-in-law is already under heavy siege. If he goes, he will die! My martial arts skills are no worse than General Wu's, so I will be responsible for this important task." Li Chuan took a deep breath, "For the present plan, you should Escort His Highness and General Wu to Xiangyang as soon as possible!"

All the guards couldn't help being silent, although they were very frustrated, but in the current situation, it is impossible to save Chai Shao, besides, the samurai is exhausted, forcibly entering is no different from sending him to death.

Everyone nodded silently, and together they brought this bodyguard to protect Li Xiaogong and the samurai Xun while fighting and fleeing.

. . .

But when Xie Yingdeng saw Li Chuan approaching, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, he took off his big bow, took out two iron arrows from the quiver, slowly pulled the bowstring away, and aimed at Li Chuan.

"Little man." Li Chuan was furious, slashing at the arrow's trajectory with his knife.

However, at this moment, Xie Yingdeng shot another arrow with his full bow. The arrow hit the tail of the arrow in front fiercely like a thunderbolt. into Li Chuan's throat.And the saber in Li Chuan's hand hit the arrow behind him with a 'dang' sound.

He was still running forward, but his body stiffened. He lowered his head slowly and looked at the extra arrows in his throat in disbelief. Blood was dripping down the shaft of the arrows, and the strength in his whole body was flowing like a tide with the blood loss. fade away.

"Good archery.~" Feeling the loss of life, Li Chuan tried his best to say a word, and fell to the ground with a crash.

"Let me come." Xie Yingdeng withdrew his bow and arrow, dismounted from the path that the soldiers gave way, and charged towards Chai Shao.

At this moment, Chai Shao's eyes were red with blood. Soldiers were constantly falling from horses, and there were fewer and fewer around him. Seeing Xie Yingdeng enter, he knew that killing this person was worth it.With a wave of the saber in his hand, he stabbed towards Xie Yingdeng's throat with a spear.

"Okay!" Xie Yingdeng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but applaud. Experts will know if there is a move. Xie Yingdeng has been a general in the Sui Dynasty for many years, and he has also fought against Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Yu Chigong, and Pei Xingyan. Compared with the original one, Chai Shao's desperate strike was quite old-fashioned. Xie Yingdeng was delighted to see Lie Xin, and flipped the saber in his hand.

Chai Shao parried with his saber horizontally, but he saw Xie Yingdeng slide the saber and cut Chai Shao's five fingers horizontally. Chai Shao quickly retracted the saber, and after avoiding the saber, he swung the saber horizontally and slashed towards Xie Yingdeng's waist.

Xie Yingdeng knocked it away with a sound of 'Dang', and the saber stabbed back, almost piercing Chai Shao's throat. Although he dodged the saber, but seeing the opponent's saber coming again, Chai Shao managed to hold on for more than [-] rounds and gradually lost.

"Give up, Chai Shao, you have already lost." Xie Yingdeng did not press forward, but looked at Chai Shao who was staggering back, and said, "If you are willing to surrender, at least you can spend this life safely."

"Hahaha~" Chai Shao couldn't help but let out a desolate laugh, and laughed loudly: "A man is a man, he has to die. Why bother talking nonsense, today only Chai Shao died in battle, and there is no general who will live by stealth!"

"Well said!" With a shout, the Sui army around them quickly moved out of the way, and Luo Shixin, covered in blood, stepped forward. At this time, the general situation was at hand, the Tang army was defeated, and the rest was the soldiers' business He saw Xie Yingdeng and Chai Shao singled out from a distance, so he came to watch.

"Chai Shao, although we are hostile, you are a man, and I, Luo Shixin, admire you!" Luo Shixin cupped his hands to Chai Shao.

Chai Shao sneered: "Luo Shixin, will your Sui Dynasty only use this despicable method to defeat the enemy?"

"The two armies are fighting, naturally they will use everything!" Luo Shixin said flatly: "Our army has many generals, strong soldiers and strong horses. We have taken advantage of the right time, place and harmony. It's just that we don't want to lose our lives, so we have confronted you for more than a month. , I really want to annihilate you, not to mention your army of more than [-], even the puppet Tang Dynasty has been wiped out countless times. You surrender, and I will persuade the Holy Majesty to spare your life."

"Do you think I, Chai Shao, is a capricious villain?" Chai Shao smiled miserably, put the saber across his neck, pulled the hilt of the saber suddenly, and his body fell down.

"It's a man, what a pity!" Xie Yingdeng glanced at Chai Shao's body, shook his head and sighed.

Luo Shixin nodded, Li Xiaogong escaped, which made Luo Shixin a little disappointed, but it doesn't matter, after this battle, the Tang army in Jingzhou has been abolished, and the pressure to recover Jingbei and Yizhou has been relieved, not to mention killing a general like Chai Shao ?Generally speaking, the goal of this battle has been achieved, even if Li Xiaogong is ten thousand times stronger, he still cannot save the puppet Tang Dynasty that is in danger.

He said to the remaining soldiers of the Tang army: "I won't kill you, you can take Chai Shao back to Xiangyang."

"Thank you, General!" A group of Chai Shao's personal guards bowed and replied.

(End of this chapter)