The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 936 The whole army is wiped out, the road reaches the sky
At Zitong Pass, Duan Yuanzhe took over the transportation document from Li Daliang, but every time he thought that it was written by Feng Ce, who was suffering from malaria, he felt uncomfortable. Da Liang smiled and said, "Is the general able to pass the test now?"

"The customs clearance document has arrived, the general can of course pass!" Li Daliang saluted and said: "The humble post has been opened and closed, and the army can pass the customs at any time."

"That's very good. The military situation is urgent. This general will leave the pass immediately, and I will visit General Feng another day." Duan Yuanzhe responded briefly, then steered his horse around Li Daliang, and hurriedly led the army through Zitong Pass. He wasted too much time here, and had to rush to Baishuiguan to garrison troops. Fortunately, he marched in an expedited manner. From the perspective of the future schedule, the army did not miss the time for the delivery of defense.

Li Daliang, on the other hand, took advantage of the opportunity of the army passing through the city, arranged for a secret inventory of people, and found that Duan Yuanzhe really brought an army of [-].

About an hour after Duan Yuanzhe's army left Zitong Pass, Li Daliang quickly sent people to close the city gate and expel all the people in the city.At the same time, another letter was sent to Eagle to report the number of Tang soldiers to Yang Tong again.

At this time, Yang Tong had already arrived at Jiameng Pass in the middle of the three passes. After receiving the information from Li Daliang, he said with a smile, "Duan Yuanzhe only has [-] soldiers. This is probably Li Shimin's limit."

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead the flying army to take the lead." Wang Xiongsheng excitedly begged for his order.

"The Flying Shenzhou is limited by its craftsmanship, so there are very few soldiers in the Flying Army. Therefore, it can only be used as a surprise soldier. It can only be achieved by surprise. If it is used a lot, it will be easy for people to find out how to deal with the Flying Army. Yang Tong glanced at Wang Xiongdan, and continued: "If any battle has to be fought by the Flying Army, the other military branches should have opinions."

"Your Majesty, is there a way for the Flying Army to deal with it?" Wang Xiongyan asked in disbelief.

"There has never been an invincible army from ancient times to the present, and the Flying Army is not an invincible existence. There are actually many ways to crack it."

Feitian Shenzhou is actually the original version of the hot air balloon. Although the balloon is replaced by animal skin, it becomes very fragile under the coal barbecue. Not to mention the crossbow arrows can shoot it through. Moreover, the cost is very expensive, and the wear and tear along the flight is not low, which is why Yang Tong did not manufacture on a large scale.But in front of so many people, he couldn't expose his own shortcomings.

"If you don't need the Flying Army, then you can only go out of the city to set up an ambush. However, the time is relatively tight, and our army is not very familiar with the surrounding roads and terrain. I am afraid that the hasty deployment of the army will give people a clue." Looking at Fang Xuanling who was thinking silently, he asked, "Does Xuanling have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling cupped his hands in a salute, "I think that it is better to set up an ambush at Jiameng Pass than rushing out of the city to set up an ambush."

When Yang Tong heard this, he roughly understood what Fang Xuanling meant, and asked, "Is it feasible to set up an ambush at Jiameng Pass?"

"It's feasible." Fang Xuanling said: "First of all, Duan Yuanzhe has not yet known that Jiameng Pass has been lost; secondly, the road to the north of the pass is full of cliffs on the left and right sides, we can have people arrange rolling logs and stones on the cliffs , after that Duan Yuanzhe passed the test, he immediately launched a fierce offensive."

Yang Tong thought for a while, then made a decision, and ordered: "Xie Yingdeng leads an army to block the Tang army's way ahead; Wang Xiongdan and Cheng Chumo, you two each lead a team to lie on the left and right sides, and wait for the Tang army to be in chaos. At that time, the ambushes are all out, and Duan Yuanzhe must be killed immediately."

"Here." Xie Yingdeng, Wang Xiongdan, and Cheng Chumo happily complied, and went to make arrangements.

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It has been five days since Duan Yuanzhe arrived at Jiameng Pass, because his army blocked Zitong Pass for three days, so this time Duan Yuanzhe sent someone with a seal letter to inform the Jiameng Pass defenders to switch and let them go.

This also saves Yang Tong from looking for reasons and excuses. If there are problems with the guards of the two dangerous gates, it will inevitably arouse suspicion. Although it is impossible for the dead Xia Houxun to go out to meet Duan Yuanzhe, Jiameng Pass is a city gate. Open up, what the soldiers in the city should do is the same as usual, which also makes Duan Yuanzhe just slander Xia Houxun for not knowing etiquette.

He and Xia Houxun are both Li Shimin's old subordinates. They are deeply trusted by Li Shimin, and they have a good relationship with each other. Because Xia Houxun didn't come to meet, Duan Yuanzhe didn't have the slightest doubt. It doesn't matter, Xia Houxun's surveying the terrain now is also in line with his temperament.

The army went out of the city along the official road. As soon as the rear army left the city gate, they saw the city gate slammed shut, and then a loud arrow shot into the sky with a sharp howling sound that tore through the air, and the sharp howling sound spread far away. go out.

Duan Yuanzhe, who was walking in front of the army, turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw that the gate of Jiamengguan was tightly closed. Rolling and falling.

The north of Jiameng Pass is a canyon, and the city of Guan happened to be stuck in the middle of the canyon. At this moment, the back road was cut off. Apart from rushing forward, Tang Jun didn't even have a place to hide.

Mountain rocks the size of millstones and logs as thick as pillars made a rumbling sound and fell from the sky. The soldiers of the Tang Army below panickedly avoided, but with so many people crowded together, how could there be room to escape?

Duan Yuanzhe watched countless stones fall, and in the dust flying all over the sky, countless sharp gravels splashed in all directions, shooting through the bodies of countless Tang soldiers like tiny sharp clusters.

In just a moment, the land in front of Jiameng Pass was stained red with blood. Countless soldiers of the Tang army were smashed to pieces.

In an instant, a scene of hell on earth appeared in the Guanbei Canyon, the entire official road was filled with mourning, and blood flowed like rivers.

The soldiers of the Tang army around were hiding everywhere, and a large number of archers appeared on the cliffs on both sides, and began to pour arrows at the chaotic Tang army condescendingly.

Duan Yuanzhe looked at this scene in amazement, a long bloodstain was cut on his cheek by a flying shard, but compared with the shock in his heart, the pain of the wound on his face could not cover up the horror in his heart.He turned his head suddenly, looked at Jiamengguan angrily, and roared angrily: "Damn Xia Houxun, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Duan Yuanzhe's roar was like a signal, and before the words fell, he heard the sound of a horn behind a gentler mountain in the distance, and two capable men and horses rushed out at the chaotic Tang army soldiers.

"Sui army?" Duan Yuanzhe's face turned ashen when he saw the ambush uniforms that came out. He knew that Jiamengguan had been captured by the Sui army without the Tang army noticing. The gate of the Tang Dynasty was dedicated to the Sui army for promotion.

"Don't panic, everyone, gather together to defend against the enemy!" Duan Yuanzhe, holding a spear, shouted angrily as he watched the many soldiers fleeing in chaos, trying to gather the scattered soldiers around. As for whether Xia Houxun surrendered to the enemy, it didn't matter at this time The key is to solve the eye problems first.

During the order, Wang Xiongdan and Cheng Chumo each led a team, shouting the slogan "The one who surrenders will not be killed" and killed them together. Like two sharp daggers, they cut off the already chaotic soldiers of the Tang army. Make it impossible to balance the beginning and the end.

Shouts and mournful howls resounded in the north of Jiameng Pass. Xie Yingdeng had come from the official road in the north of the valley, and the gate of Jiameng Pass was also opened at this time. Luo Shixin led a team of troops to step on it. Out of the city with the gravel, roaring and killing the Tang army in a mess.

Many officers and soldiers of the Tang army were beaten so dizzy that they didn't even know what happened. They could only follow the chaotic soldiers and sway around like headless chickens. Throw away your weapons, kneel down and ask for surrender.

But more soldiers crowded, bumped, and pushed each other, and some even roared and swung their butcher knives at the comrades standing in front of them, causing many soldiers to die at the hands of their own soldiers.

Duan Yuanzhe and his personal guards had already gathered a few people, but under the collision of the chaotic soldiers, it was difficult to form a formation at all, so he could only lead the soldiers forward desperately. There is a silver lining.

When a person's potential is at an impasse, it is most likely to burst out, but seeing Duan Yuanzhe's spear dancing impenetrably, there are few enemies in the past. He raised some morale, and rushed out with Duan Yuanzhe, so everyone was desperate, but they also killed a bloody road.

But Duan Yuanzhe was so eye-catching, he quickly attracted the attention of Wang Xiongdan and Cheng Chumo.

Wang Xiongdan asked Cheng Chumo to lead the army to kill Duan Yuanzhe's subordinates, while he himself led a team of personal guards to kill Duan Yuanzhe in the direction of Duan Yuanzhe.

At this time, a Sui army was standing in front of Duan Yuanzhe, but Duan Yuanzhe stabbed him to the ground, and the horseshoe that followed immediately broke the army's thigh, and was trampled by the following Tang army one by one. It quickly became a meat paste.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xiongdan was furious, and shouted sharply: "You bastard, how dare you torture and kill my soldiers like this, you want to die."

What he said was obviously very unreasonable. After all, on the battlefield, it was a life-and-death contest between you and me. If you didn't kill the enemy, you would be killed by the enemy.At this moment, Duan Yuanzhe is all about running for his life, so he has no time to talk nonsense with Wang Xiongdan. Seeing him rushing towards him, the spear in his hand is like a poisonous snake and goes straight to Wang Xiongdan's chest.

At this time, Duan Yuanzhe has been forced out of his potential, and this spear is extremely delicate. If he meets an ordinary general, it may be difficult to resist this lightning spear. It's a pity that what he encounters is practiced by Yang Tong and Luo Shixin every day. In the process of fighting against these unrivaled generals, Wang Xiongdan absorbs experience like cotton absorbs water, and his own martial arts, vision and combat experience have all improved rapidly. Compared with before the Sui Dynasty, he is completely different two people.

Seeing the opponent's long spear stabbing him, Wang Xiongdan didn't dodge it, he waited for the opportunity to strike out, Duan Yuanzhe only felt the shaft of the gun in his hand tremble, and then lightened, he was shocked to find that the long spear in his hand had been cut off.

Just as he was terrified, Wang Xiongdan made a round of the big saber in his hand, and the second saber had already slashed fiercely.

Duan Yuanzhe didn't have time to think about it, and quickly raised the barrel of the gun, ready to hold the majestic knife.

With a soft sound of "嗤", his gun shaft was actually cut off by Wang Xiongdan, and the knife continued to fall towards Duan Yuanzhe. Duan Yuanzhe hurriedly leaned back to avoid his head, but the sharp blade The armor on his chest has already been cut, and thanks to the previous parry, part of the power of Wang Xiongyan's knife was removed, otherwise, even with the protection of this armor, he would inevitably be disembowelled.

"General, move slowly, Duan Yuanzhe is willing to surrender!" Seeing Wang Xiongdan slashing at him again, and Duan Yuanzhe was inevitable, his face changed drastically and he shouted.

"I'm only thinking about surrendering now, it's too late. Go to hell, you bastard." Wang Xiongdan snorted coldly, the light of the knife flashed across Duan Yuanzhe's horrified eyes, his head soared into the sky, and Guan's bald neck was like a fountain Ordinarily, a streak of blood several feet high sprang out, looking bleak and horrifying under the sun.

Under the horrified eyes of many soldiers of the Tang Army, Wang Xiongdan, who was covered in blood, indifferently put away his sword, glanced at the soldiers of the Tang Army with fierce eyes, and said loudly: "The leader of the bandit has been executed, and those who surrender will not be killed! Those who dare to resist , kill without mercy."

"I'm waiting for my wish to surrender. General, please spare me." Even the chief general Duan Yuanzhe died, how could the soldiers of the Tang army have the courage to continue fighting?One and two dropped the weapons in their hands as they said, and knelt down to beg for surrender.

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Wang Xiongdan commanded the soldiers to collect the weapons of the captives, looked at several other battles, and found that the battles of Luo Shixin, Xie Yingdeng, and Cheng Chumo were also coming to an end.

This short and tragic war has reached this level, in fact, not many soldiers of the Tang army dared to resist.All the Tang troops panicked and were defeated by the fierce Sui soldiers. Except for a few stubborn resisters who were killed one by one, most of the rest abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

This also means that the [-] soldiers of the Tang Army sent by Li Shimin have been wiped out, and even the leader Duan Yuanzhe has died in battle.

After the war was over, the [-] soldiers brought by Duan Yuanzhe had lost nearly half of them. This was because Yang Tong hadn't prepared too many rolling logs and stones. No one in the Tang army could survive. Except for the dead soldiers of the Tang army, most of them chose to surrender. As for the disabled and seriously injured enemy soldiers, they were killed on the spot by the soldiers of the Sui army who were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

From the perspective of modern people, the actions of the Sui army may be very cruel and brutal, but they are very common in this war-torn era. Even if these important enemy troops are recruited, it is useless; A cruel and violent notoriety, if you leave them alone, the cost of their treatment alone is not a small expense, and after they are revived, the imperial court will spend money to support these useless and self-sufficient people for a lifetime , instead of wailing miserably to death, it would be better to free him with a single knife.

(End of this chapter)