The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 935 Malaria stops the army

Zitong Pass had already fallen, it was bloodbathed overnight by Li Daliang and thousands of Black Ice Terrace fighters, except for the dead soldiers, the merchants who came and went did not realize that Zitong Pass had changed owners, but They are still under the banner of Tang Jun.

As the gateway of Yizhou, Zitongguan is the gateway to Yizhou, and further south is Brazil County. It is common for the defenders to be transferred, so although there are many new faces, merchants and barbarians in the mountains are not surprised, until Li Daliang checks the pass The corpses in the city were cleaned up, and no one noticed anything unusual.

On this day, when the sun was rising in the east and the fog was thick, a troop moved from far to near, and the eyes of the soldiers at Zitong Pass instantly became vigilant.

"General, the one-month deadline has not yet come. This is definitely not the puppet Tang's food security team, and this Tang army has too many people. It can't be less than [-] people. Shall we close the city gate?"

A captain of the Black Ice Terrace came to Li Daliang and looked at the slowly approaching troops, his eyes were full of fighting spirit. The soldiers of the Black Ice Terrace were all elite soldiers selected from the Xiaoguo Army and the Xuanjia Army. Not only is he loyal to the Sui Dynasty, he is flexible in mind, he can write and speak, and after special training, the martial arts of any soldier is no worse than that of the captains and brigade commanders of the top ten legions.

"This is obviously an army that has passed away suddenly. It may be the reinforcements sent by Li Shimin to the front. Don't act rashly. Let the soldiers be ready to fight at any time and follow my orders."

"Here." Captain Heibingtai responded, and left in a hurry to prepare.

Li Daliang looked at the soldiers of the Tang army approaching slowly from a distance, and said to his followers: "Follow me down to the city to have a look."

"Here!"

Li Daliang went down to the city with five entourages, and went straight to meet the large Tang army that was approaching like a snake.

"Who is here?" Without waiting for the other party's scouts to come to ask, Li Daliang came to the front of the army first, and asked loudly in a preemptive voice.

"I am the general Duan Yuanzhe in the army!" A flying horse galloped out of the army, looked Li Daliang up and down, and asked with a frown, "Who are you? Where is Zitong Guard General Feng Ce?"

"General Duan, can you show me the seal first?" Li Daliang did not follow the rhythm of the other party's conversation, but asked loudly.

"Bold, have you never heard of the name of General Duan?" A general beside Duan Yuanzhe glared at Li Daliang and said.

Duan Yuanzhe is another general under Li Shimin's command, and one of the relatively rare powerful generals in the Tang Dynasty. However, his previous level was too low. Of course, Li Daliang had never heard of it. He still ignored it and just saluted Duan Yuanzhe. : "Forgive me for being rude, the army only recognizes military orders but not people!"

"You..." The general was furious in his heart, and Duan Yuanzhe stopped him just as he was about to yell.

"No problem!" Duan Yuanzhe took out a command arrow from his arms and handed it to the general, and looked at Li Daliang appreciatively: "I don't know what the general's position is? How should he be called?"

Li Daliang looked at him vigilantly, and confirmed the authenticity of the command arrow, then returned the command arrow to him, and bowed his hand apologetically: "I hope the general will forgive me for my humble duty, and I am Li Liang, Lieutenant of Zitongguan. , not the general."

"It's really a big air for a little janitor captain." The general beside Duan Yuanzhe sneered disdainfully: "People who don't know think you are the king of heaven."

"We should do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. Captain Li is also responsible for this." Duan Yuanzhe gave his lieutenant a very dissatisfied look, and repelled him.

He is also a general who climbed up step by step from the bottom-level soldiers, and what he admires is the conscientious people, and he asked Li Daliang: "Lieutenant Li, is General Feng Ce in the city?"

"Reporting to General Duan, General Feng unfortunately suffered from malaria a few days ago, and now he is recuperating in the mansion. We have invited several doctors, but none of them are willing to take care of him..." Li Daliang hesitated, and then said: "If Duan If the general wants to visit, it’s best to bring a few medical craftsmen with him.”

"No need! This general is just asking casually." Duan Yuanzhe waved his hand quickly, this malaria is usually infected by mosquito bites.First, the extremities feel cold, and then the back and the whole body feel cold.Goose bumps on the skin, cyanosis of the lips and nails, pale face, sore muscles and joints all over the body.Then the whole body trembles and the teeth chatter. Some people can't stop it with several quilts. After the cold sensation disappears, the complexion turns red, the cyanosis disappears, and the body temperature rises rapidly. Usually, the more pronounced the chill, the higher the body temperature.Patients with high fever suffer unbearably.Some are tossing and turning restless and moaning; some are delirium, empty, or even convulsed or unconscious.

The key point is that this disease is an infectious disease, not to mention ordinary people, even doctors are afraid, if he goes to see it, isn't it a joke with his own wealth and life?
He asked again: "Since General Feng is sick, who is in charge of Zitong Pass now?"

"Currently, the humble official will be in charge of Guanzhong affairs temporarily." Li Daliang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally managed to fool him.

"No wonder you are so careful." Duan Yuanzhe nodded suddenly, and said: "I was ordered to go to Baishui Pass to garrison troops, passing through Zitong Pass. You have read the documents, let me go as soon as possible!"

"I also ask General Duan to forgive me. I really have no right to agree to this matter!" Li Daliang said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "After all, the last general is not the general guarding Zitong Pass. This matter needs the approval of General Feng before he can let it go."

Duan Yuanzhe's deputy general was furious: "Bastard, General Duan was ordered by His Royal Highness to go to Baishuiguan to garrison. If you delay the military situation, can you afford it?"

"This..." Li Daliang thought for a while, bowed his hands to Duan Yuanzhe, and said in a thoughtful tone: "I don't know if General Duan can stay in Zitong Pass for two or three days? I will send someone to ask for instructions from the humble officer. General Feng stamped the seal of passing the customs, and the humble officer immediately let the army go."

"It's just a seal, why does it take so long?" Duan Yuanzhe frowned.

Li Daliang said with a wry smile: "I dare not lie to General Duan. Now the soldiers in General Feng's mansion have contracted malaria. As a last resort, I have no choice but to lock them all up in the mansion. If the mansion is reopened now, I'm afraid Everyone will suffer."

Duan Yuanzhe also knew that once Feng Ce was released, everyone would be infected with malaria, so he was caught in a dilemma for a while, after a little thought, he made a decision, and said: "Forget it, let's rush here, the whole army is also I was exhausted, so I set up camp here to rest for three days, and after three days, General Li must send the seal."

"General Duan, please rest assured..." Li Daliang nodded in embarrassment, then cupped his hands to Zhang Xiu and said, "Then I will take my leave first."

"Well! Go." Duan Yuanzhe nodded, and ordered people to set up camp on the spot.

After Li Daliang returned to Guancheng with five personal guards, a lot of sweat dripped from his forehead, and he said with a smile: "This business of deceiving people is more labor-intensive than fighting a war!"

The five personal soldiers were also terrified, and the six of them ran to the enemy's formation and fooled the enemy's general. It sounded like nothing, but in front of thousands of troops, if there was a slight mistake, they would be doomed. Even though they are veterans of many battles with extremely high psychological quality, they still feel chills in their hearts.

One person admired: "The general is still very powerful. If it were me, even if Duan Yuanzhe was fooled, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to handle it so easily."

Li Daliang breathed out, and ordered: "Immediately send a letter to the eagle to inform the Holy Majesty, saying that the puppet Tang general Duan Yuanzhe led an army of [-] to garrison at Baishui Pass. His intention is unclear, and the Holy Majesty should be prepared to deal with it."

Now that the Tang army suddenly has [-] soldiers coming, if Baishui Pass has not been taken, then there is no need to defend Zitong Pass.Now three days have been won for the Holy Majesty, and the next thing is to see the Holy Majesty's arrangement.

"Here!" The two soldiers bowed solemnly, turned around and went to send the letter. Another soldier looked at the open city gate and asked, "General, do we want to close the city gate?"

"No need. If we close the city gate, it will make Duan Yuanzhe suspicious; within three days, we will continue as usual, and we will decide after three days!" Li Daliang gave up this suggestion, and as Yang Tong's carefully selected black man The leader of the ice platform, Li Daliang, apart from his rigorous personality, most importantly, has an extraordinary talent in insight into people's hearts. In terms of bravery, any general is more qualified than Li Daliang to be the leader of the black ice platform.

"Here!" The soldiers nodded, separated from Li Daliang, and went to arrange their own defenses. After a tense and short arrangement, although the surface of Zitong Pass remained the same, there was no tension before the war, but the dark inside the pass Ice fighters, everyone's nerves are tense.

In order to deal with possible investigations by Duan Yuanzhe, Li Daliang kidnapped several doctors in a serious manner. As for Feng Ce, the guard of Zitong Pass, he was actually tortured after he was forced to ask him about various information about Zitong Pass. But torture, tortured to death alive.

Soon, an eagle spread its wings and flew up from the mountain, quickly flew into the sky, circled twice in the sky, let out a long cry, and flew towards Baishuiguan.

……

Before noon, Yang Tong received a message from Li Daliang.

"General Li, who is this Duan Yuanzhe?" Yang Tong looked at Li Xizhi beside him.

Li Xizhi, who was in desperation, finally chose to surrender, and he also agreed to Yang Tong to contact the generals of Li Jiancheng's faction. As for whether the opponent surrendered, it was not up to him to decide, but he did not want to participate in the wars of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Full of loyalty to the old master.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Duan Yuanzhe is a special general in the Prince Jin's mansion. He has quite a status under Li Shimin's command. He is not a high-born man, but he loves the soldiers very much and is deeply respected by them. Not long after Li Shimin became self-reliant, he let some people hold important positions. Judging from his style of leading troops, he is also a good general, and now that he is leading the army here, I am afraid that Li Shimin has the heart to use troops against Hanchuan." Li Xizhi's expression was a little complicated, he never dreamed that Yang Tong would leave Looking at a hundred steps at a time, he took the lead in taking Zitong Pass before he could do anything to himself.

Hearing the meaning of the female general who came to report, Duan Yuanzhe obviously still regarded the soldiers of the Sui army in Zitong Pass as the Tang army, without a trace of doubt, and this is the most terrible thing.

Now that Duan Yuanzhe didn't notice it, he was naturally negligent in guarding against it. Li Xizhi didn't need to guess and knew that this guy would inevitably be tricked by Yang Tong. Once Duan Yuanzhe and his [-] soldiers from Brazil county were wiped out, the Sui army could send troops to Brazil at any time. In this way, it is a foregone conclusion that Yang Tong will unify the world before the end of the year. Yizhou, which has not been stable for a long time, may be subject to another round of cleansing.

"It seems that Li Shimin is planning to encircle Wei and save Zhao in the Sui Dynasty, but he is already too late." Yang Tong said with a smile: "If we hadn't sent troops to attack first, when the more than 1 soldiers came, we would have broken I'm afraid the three levels will not be easy!"

Li Xizhi was silent when he heard the words, and did not respond at all. Facts are facts. There are no ifs in the world. The fact now is that the three major dangers have been occupied by the Sui army, and Duan Yuanzhe is afraid that it will be over soon.

Thus, Li Xizhi also felt Yang Tong's frightening face-to-face.

"Immediately send a message to Li Daliang and ask him to let Duan Yuanzhe pass the pass. As long as the Tang army passes the pass, he will seal the city gates. Prepare for battle and cut off Duan Yuanzhe's retreat. Wang Xiongdan, take the Flying Army back to Jia first. Mengguan deploys its defenses; Xie Yingdeng, immediately break out and march forward, and prepare to annihilate this Tang army!" Yang Tong got up and said.

"Here!" All the generals responded in a loud voice.

(End of this chapter)