The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 870

Among the three teams that attacked Jiaozhou in the Sui Dynasty, Zhang Zhenzhou, the coach in charge of water warfare, and Zuo Tiancheng, who was in charge of siege and plundering land, were undoubtedly the main force. The main force of the main force is contained on the frontal battlefield, creating opportunities for the left and right armies to regain lost ground. It seems to be leisurely and easy, but his task is not easy, because he is the closest to the main force of the enemy. , then his army is the first to bear the brunt.

How to fight undefeated on the frontal battlefield and defeat the strong with the weak requires extremely high intelligence and combat ability of the commander. It is for this reason that Zhang Zhenzhou entrusts this task to Xu Shiji, who has performed amazingly.

Xu Shiji went south from Cangwu County, and an army of [-] was stationed in the south of Yongxi City. At this time, he had received news that Feng An was leading an army of [-] to kill from Longshui County.

Inside the military tent, Xu Shiji was replying to the coach Zhang Zhenzhou. Just half an hour ago, he received the eagle letter from the coach Zhang Zhenzhou. In the letter, Zhang Zhenzhou asked him to wipe out Feng An's army.

Xu Shiji knew that this was what the emperor meant, because the Feng family had managed Jiaozhou for several generations and turned it into a huge force outside the rule of the imperial court. In the Sui Dynasty, although the Feng family responded to the unification of the Xiaoliang Dynasty, the Chen Dynasty, and the Great Sui Dynasty in name, there was indeed no sign of rebellion and self-reliance when the Great Sui Dynasty was in full swing, but the Feng family always controlled the political power, military power, and power of Jiaozhou. Finance, the length of time is as high as hundreds of years. During the reign of Emperor Wen and Wu of the Sui Dynasty, countless court officials died of "accidents" in Jiaozhou. Whenever the court wanted to reform Jiaozhou, various rebellions immediately appeared Yes, and the Feng family's children have been promoted step by step by virtue of their "counter-rebellion". They are divided into various counties in Jiaozhou, which strengthens the strength of the Feng family here, and this move has also caused Jiaozhou to remain outside the Central Plains regime. .

In the past, because Jiaozhou and the Central Plains were separated by mountains and rivers, even if they wanted to attack the Feng family, they would not dare to attack Jiaozhou, which has more than ten or twenty counties. The center of gravity is all in the north, so like Xiao Liang and Nan Chen, they acquiesced in the fact that the Feng family obeyed the Sui Dynasty and became self-reliant.However, with Yang Tong's dominance and the sharpness of the land and water armies, this kind of state within a state is naturally not allowed to exist. Feng An obviously expected that Yang Tong would not let Feng's continue like this, and he was appointed by Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty. General Zuo Wuwei not only gathered a large number of troops and appointed himself the leader, but also "obeyed" Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong successively. According to the Sui Dynasty, safety was the traitor to be eliminated. It was precisely because of such a sense of crisis that he did not hesitate to Taking advantage of the turbulent current situation, he teamed up with Meng Haigong and worked hard with the Sui Dynasty.He thought that even if he could not succeed in the Sui Dynasty, at least he would be able to consume a lot of Sui Dynasty's national strength and force the Sui Dynasty to recognize Feng's self-reliance. However, he overestimated himself and underestimated the Sui army, and finally fell into this situation.

At this point in the war, the imperial court will never treat him lightly, even if he begs to be reorganized by the imperial court, it is impossible.

What's more, the imperial court still needs to use this battle to deter the bureaucrats who don't do production and only know how to plunder local Han people, so that they can accept governance honestly. Way.

At this time, Fan Qin, who was appointed as Xu Shiji's deputy general, walked into the tent, bowed his hands and saluted, "General, one hundred thousand bandits are coming to kill Yongxi City, and the soldiers are eager to fight."

These [-] Sui troops are the soldiers of the Second Army. Qin Qiong, Wang Bian, and Zuo Tiancheng selected elite soldiers to form the army. It goes without saying that the soldiers are strong in combat power, courageous, willing to fight, and powerful in weapons. Metaphor.

Xu Shiji pondered for a moment, and said: "It's only a hundred miles away from Longshui County to Yongxi County. But after all, there is a huge gap in military strength. If there is a tough battle, I am afraid that I will lose a lot. Moreover, this area is not conducive to the cavalry charge, and cannot achieve the strategic purpose of gathering and annihilating them. I would like to retreat and drag this battle to Yongye County. What does General Fan think?"

After thinking about it, Fan Qin understood, and said with a smile: "The general has no objection, but if the enemy retreats to Yongxi City, it will take a lot of effort."

"It's okay, just remove the suspension bridge and the city gate."

"Will Feng Ang be stationed here for repairs?"

"I don't think so." Xu Shiji said with a smile: "Feng An wants to annihilate us along the way, and then go to fight against the commander-in-chief and General Zuo separately, so as to achieve the goal of defeating them one by one. There is only one or two days of travel, if they come to fight, Feng An has no chance of winning, so he is eager to fight and will not stay here."

"Okay, then stay away."

The two chief generals negotiated properly, demolished the four gates of Yongxi, and then the whole army quickly marched northward.

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Two days later, the mighty Feng's army marched north all the way. Wherever it passed, Yongxi City and Ansui City had become two empty cities. Played a lot of stimulating effect.

General Gao Facheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Sui troops in Yongxi and Ansui are retreating across the board. It seems that Xu Shiji is afraid of our army's might and dare not fight hard."

"Yes, my lord! In many cases, whether an elite army can exert its due combat power depends on whether they have a good commander. The Sui army is obviously a strong army, but the leader is an unknown man like Xu Shiji. It is really a blessing for our army to not only be unable to show their strength, but to be a coward!" Another general, Xian Baoche, also said with a smile.

After such a long war, the generals under Feng An's command recognized the strength of the Sui army very much, but Xu Shiji himself was not well-known, nor did he show his prowess on the battlefield before. Now he is retreating without fighting with his elite soldiers. up.

Among the joyful and optimistic voices, only Feng An remained vigilant, because he knew that these two county towns would not cause any loss to the Sui Dynasty, but Xu Shiji moved the battle line closer to Cangwu. It's not a good thing, because it means that once he is defeated, the escape distance will be continuously lengthened.

"Mr. Yang, what do you think?" Feng An pondered for a while, looking at a middle-aged scribe. This man was about fifty years old, with a handsome and dark face, three long beards under his chin, handsome and handsome, but his face was extremely indifferent.

This person's name is Yang Lun, and his style name is Binzhen. He is the nephew of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, and the second son of Yang Zan, King Tengmu. Curse, Yang Guang ordered Wang Hong, the servant of Huangmen, to inquire.Wang Hong didn't distinguish between black and white, and simply said that Yang Lun complained and cursed, thinking that his crime should be punished.

In this incident, Yang Ji and other members of the clan were also implicated. Yang Guang, who had just become a Dabao, was under tremendous pressure under the circumstances of shouting to kill, and just removed them from the name of the people on the grounds that "the public could not bear it".

Yang Lun was exiled in Shi'an County, Jiaozhou. In the seventh year of Daye, Yang Lun made a request to go to Goguryeo with the army, but his request was intercepted by Xian Baoche, who was then the county guard. When Feng's family was placed under house arrest, Feng An didn't have any talents to use, so he took out Yang Lun, who was both civil and military, and threatened him with his family, forcing him to go out with the army, hoping that he could help him with advice.

However, although Yang Lun was deposed by Yang Guang as a citizen, he did not hate Yang Guang because he knew that Yang Guang's control over the court was very weak at that time, and he was often controlled by others. When the forces were yelling at the clansmen to kill them, Yang Guang saved their lives under great pressure.This is also the reason why Yang Ji has been unknown and willing to collect information for the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Ji can do this, but how can Yang Lun, who is also a clan member, conspire for the thief?If he had not been under house arrest, he would have gone north a long time ago.

Hearing Feng Ang's question at this time, Yang Lun said two words coldly: "We must lose!"

It's not that Yang Lun is pouring cold water, but that he really doesn't like Feng An. Not only is he a man of knowledge, he has also won countless battles with Yang Shuang, so he naturally knows whether the key to winning or losing is not number of people.If it was Feng An in his heyday, he might have the ability to defeat this Sui army, but now he wants to rely on a group of mobs to fight against an army of hundreds of warriors. Isn't this courting death?
"Yang Lun has the Sui Dynasty in his heart, it's really hateful! Your Majesty, let me kill him." Gao Facheng, deeply disgusted, was furious.

"I was originally a citizen of the Sui Dynasty. If you have the guts, you can kill it." Yang Lun is not afraid of death at all, because he has been forced to board a pirate ship. After these bastards are finished, his family will not be able to survive.

Rather than being killed by the court in the name of a disgraceful traitor, it would be better to die at the hands of these bastards, at least have a good reputation.

"Shut up!" Feng An's eyes lit up, he stopped his anger Gao Facheng, looked at Yang Lun and said, "Why does Yang Gong believe that our army will be defeated?"

"Because I think I will lose." Yang Lun snorted coldly.

I don't talk, I'm not even afraid of death, how can you cheat?
It's nothing more than a gang of mobs, but they can't even find a decent general.beat?how to spell?
"Then you wait and see." Feng Ang gave Yang Lun a cold look, his face was stern: "Mr. Yang, you'd better be quiet, otherwise, I don't mind taking out your heart to pay homage to the mountain god!"

"You can't win." Yang Lun has no way out, and has long put the lives of his family at risk, how can he be afraid of him?

Feng An didn't argue with him, and continued to lead the army forward.

After passing Ansui City, it was less than [-] miles away from Yongye City. The terrain here was relatively flat, but there was a certain slope, which was very convenient for the cavalry to charge.

When Feng An's army bypassed Ansui and was about to continue marching towards Yongye City, Xu Shiji led [-] Sui troops to block the only way Feng An's army must pass.

On a small hill, a scout rushed to Xu Shiji's side, "General, the bandit army has already passed Ansui City, less than twenty miles away."

"Pass down the order and let the three armies prepare for war!"

Xu Shiji nodded, and looked into the distance with the binoculars, and saw a black line coming out of the south where the sky and the earth meet.

At the same time, Feng An almost received news from the scouts.

"Your Majesty, the Sui Army's soldiers and horses are here to prepare for battle, so they must be prepared. The enemy's situation is unknown, so the general thinks it is not reckless!" Gao Facheng suggested.

"En." Feng An nodded, then turned to look at the scouts: "Do you know how many troops there are in the Sui army?"

"Going back to Your Majesty, looking at their troops, they seem to be Xu Shiji's [-] soldiers," the scout bowed.

"Okay!" Feng An was originally worried that Xu Shiji would have another army to support him, but when he heard that the other party had [-] people, he was completely relieved. He was too eager for a victory to reverse the situation that was unfavorable to him. He didn't believe this time. , was hanged and beaten by the Sui army whose number was only [-]% of his own, and he did not believe that the unknown Xu Shiji could command these [-] strong soldiers like his arms and fingers.

Now that Xu Shiji had put on a stance, it was clear that he was going to carry his [-] troops by force. Feng An, who had been defeated many times by schemes and schemes, had no reason to back down.

In order to avoid the sudden attack of the Sui army cavalry, he let the dense spearmen go up first, and with the order, a dense death forest slowly approached the Sui army formation.

During this period of time, Feng An did not study the Sui army and how to deal with it, such as the powerful cavalry, the terrifying crossbow array, and even the small catapult.

He obviously came prepared this time. It would be fine if Xu Shiji refused to defend the city, but it would be better if Xu Shiji wanted to fight him in the wild. Feng An wanted to use this battle to tell the world that Feng An was still Nan Tian Hegemony, even the world-famous Great Sui Iron Cavalry would be crushed here.

As Feng An's army came, a solemn atmosphere filled the sky when the two sides were still a few miles apart. The vast Feng An army arranged a dense formation and swept towards the Sui army.

Under the flag of the Sui army, Xu Shiji looked down at the whole army, and when he saw Feng An's army approaching, he waved the flag in his hand.

With the sound of the horn, the veteran Wang Bian led five thousand light cavalry to gallop out from the left wing, heading straight for Feng An's army. When the distance between the two sides was within a stone's throw, Wang Bian blew the horn.

The cavalry drew an arc in Feng Ang's formation, took off their hand crossbows one after another, and fired at the enemy.

The clusters of snow-bright arrows were like summer rainstorms, and they flew wave after wave towards the fearless enemy. At this moment, the fatal weakness of Feng Jun's simple equipment was exposed. Just like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, they were stabbed to death by the rain of arrows, and the soldiers fell down one after another, screaming continuously.

In just a split second, the corpses of Feng Jun soldiers were filled before the battle formation, and the ground turned into a pool of blood in a blink of an eye...

However, the soldiers from Jiaozhou Liao people were extremely fierce. They fell down a group, and some people stepped forward amidst the turbulent battle drums. Behind them, Feng Jun soldiers used bows and arrows to cover them. However, how could the ordinary bow and arrow range threaten the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty?A rain of arrows fell feebly twenty or thirty paces away from the Sui army, causing the Sui army cavalry to laugh wildly.

"Sword and shield soldiers guard the spearmen and move forward." Following Feng An's order, Feng An's army slowly stopped and began to change formation.

"Finally a bit better!" Seeing Feng Jun's quick response, Xu Shiji couldn't help but nodded. Feng An was able to train a group of 'savages' who had never been on the battlefield and had no military discipline to the point of being banned in a short period of time. This is already quite remarkable. The performance is good, but no matter how good the training is, it can't make up the gap between the two armies.

Seeing the opponent's change of formation, he immediately waved the command flag and asked Wang Bian to return to the original formation, and let the light cavalry go head-to-head against the hedgehog-like infantry phalanx. Only the northern barbarians could do it.

As Xu Shiji waved the flag, the Sui army also quickly changed formation. Rows of shieldmen quickly erected large shield formations in front, and at the same time put spears on top of the shields, posing an active defensive posture.

"Shield Formation? It's nothing more than repeating old tricks. Do you really think my General Zuo Wuwei was in vain?" Seeing the formation of the Sui Army, a cold light flashed in Feng An's eyes.

"Breaking Shield Army, attack!" Following Feng An's order, brigades wearing armor and carrying maces rushed out of the formation and came straight to the Sui army.

Xu Shiji didn't expect that Feng An would also work hard under the arms, and immediately waved the command flag and said: "Heavy crossbowmen, shoot and kill the enemy!"

The crossbowmen hiding behind the shield fired from the gap, and a soldier of Feng Jun was shot to the ground, but there were too many Feng soldiers who came, and they were wearing heavy armor accumulated from generations. At the front of the formation, the mace slammed fiercely at the front row of shields.

"Bang bang bang!" Amidst thunderous bangs, many large shields were smashed by maces.

Xu Shiji knew that Feng An's daring to take the initiative to send troops was not entirely groundless.The bulky mace broke his shield, which is somewhat similar to the Modao army. If it hits a person, the effect is no worse than the Modao.

A flash of excitement flashed in Feng An's eyes. From being an enemy of the Sui Dynasty to now, he was almost beating him. The Sui army's previous reliance on him had also been broken one by one. Now, only heavy cavalry, Mo The swordsman has not shown up yet, but the two armies are already entangled in one place, even if they break out, it is obviously difficult to reverse the situation of the battle.

Seeing that the enemy's shield formation was broken, Feng An immediately gave the order for a general attack.

He raised his arms and shouted wildly: "Now, let those Han people see that we are the fiercest, bravest and most fearless warriors in the world! Kill me as much as you want!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sturdy soldiers of Feng Jun charged with howls.

The charge of nearly [-] troops really swept in like a stormy sea, and the soldiers of the Sui army seemed a little thin here. However, Xu Shiji saw Feng An's general attack, and knew that the opponent was trying to fight with his own soldiers. The superiority in equipment can make up for the gap in equipment between the two sides.But instead of panicking, he showed a mocking smile instead.

"Why did your majesty launch a general attack? With the strength of our army, it is not difficult to defeat the Sui army as long as we fight steadily!" Xian Baoche watched the opponent's orderly reorganization of the lineup, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and looked at him anxiously. Feng Ang said.

"The only advantage of our army is the large number of soldiers. There are only a few thousand soldiers with iron armor. They can't stop the enemy's sharp crossbow arrows at all. When the shield formation is broken, it is an opportunity to defeat the enemy in one go." Feng An explained with a wry smile.

"I finally understand." Xian Baoche understood Feng An's difficulties.

(End of this chapter)