The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 948
When night fell, Xu Shixu, who was the vanguard of Li Sixing, led [-] troops to Nanfang County. Nanfang County is a small county with a circumference of less than twenty miles and a population of only tens of thousands. When Xu Shixu's army just arrived, The county magistrate then came out to greet him: "Please refer to General Xu for the humble position, I implore the general not to send troops to harass the people in the south."

"We have done nothing wrong all the way, so the county lord can rest assured." Xu Shixu comforted the county magistrate, and asked again: "Is there any surplus food in the official warehouse?"

"Yes, when Dudu Zhang was in office, he made plans for defense at various levels, so Nanfang County Chen released some military rations, but not much, only two thousand shi."

Xu Shixu said happily: "Two thousand stones are enough, is there an open space for the garrison in the city?"

"At the beginning, Dudu Zhang built a military camp on the east side of the county seat, which could house 6000 to [-] people, but it was a bit dilapidated."

"That's okay, let's stay in the barracks tonight! When I settle down, I will send people to carry food."

"The soldiers are marching hard, and the low-level officials can just let the yamen servants deliver food, and then invite the gentry in the city to gather a few pigs and sheep to reward the army."

"Then there will be Lao Xianzun. We will stay one night and leave. We will never disturb the people." Xu Shixu knew that the other party was afraid that the soldiers would take the opportunity to rob the people in the city, and he didn't want the soldiers to lose their minds, which would make the local people disgusted. He also strictly ordered the soldiers not to disturb the people.

Not long after they entered the camp, the county magistrate brought more than 200 government servants and young adults to drive a cart to deliver food to the army, as well as more than 40 pigs and sheep and dozens of barrels of wine.

Seeing that the county magistrate was well-informed and thoughtful, Xu Shixu was very satisfied. He found out how many people in the food delivery team were wearing rough leather armor, so he asked again, "Are there any county soldiers here?"

The county magistrate sighed and said: "During his tenure, Dudu Zhang actively prepared for the war. Letting the young and strong in the counties and counties train during the slack time will not have much effect, but if the Sui army kills them, at least it can help the army defend the city; the people are afraid that the Sui army They were very active in taking away the fields they had so hard to get, and now just after the autumn harvest, 600 people have come to report. They originally lived in the barracks, but because the general needed to garrison, they let them out."

"They can maintain order in the county, but the gates of the city will be controlled by the army, and we will return them to you after we leave."

Xu Shixu also knew that when Li Yuan was in power, he followed the army-first policy, and ordered each county to set up a number of soldiers according to the size of the system. It would be strange if there were no county soldiers in the southern counties.He also saw that these county soldiers were poorly equipped, even worse than the thieves in the past, and they were all timid, so he didn't take them to heart, and then asked the soldiers of the Tang army to make a fire and cook.

The Tang army had been busy for more than an hour, and the barracks gradually quieted down. The soldiers who had traveled so far were exhausted and went back to their barracks to sleep. The north and south gates were guarded by a brigade of soldiers, and there was also a group of soldiers on the city wall. Back to camp to rest.It's just that what he didn't expect was that Nanfang County had been captured by the Sui army, and a net had been laid.

At one o'clock, the soldiers of the North City accidentally found dozens of jars of good wine stored in the wounded rest hut in the city gate, and they were pleasantly surprised. Although they all ate a little meat today, Xu Shixu forbade the soldiers to drink and sent the local gentry to The wine that came was sealed.

The soldiers did not expect that there was also good wine here, and the taste of the wine was mellow and fragrant, so they secretly opened the wine jar and drank it heartily. staggering.

Outside the northern city, Xue Wanjun led 3000 soldiers and waited patiently for the city gate to open, while inside the city, more than [-] elite soldiers led by general Dugu Yanyun gathered at the temple.

At this time, a group of county soldiers came to report: "General Dugu, the defenders of the northern city have been brought down by Shi Lixiang, and the soldiers who did not drink have been taken down by us. The north gate has been owned by our army."

Dugu Yanyun ordered: "The city gate can be opened."

"Here!" The team of county soldiers rushed away.

Dugu Yanyun then ordered the three Ying Yanglang generals: "Lead the soldiers and follow me to the barracks."

The order was issued, and three thousand soldiers rushed to the barracks in mighty force.

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Xu Shixu was awakened by the stabbing pain. When he opened his eyes, he saw a strange and sharp machete pressing on his neck. Xu Shixu was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. If the general does anything, please spare your life."

Dugu Yanyun cursed softly, but he really needs this person's "assistant" right now, and immediately used him to issue orders to deceive the generals of the Tang army into the central army's tent, and all the military officers and military officers in the generals were eliminated in one pot. In less than half an hour, the [-] Tang troops were wiped out. Except for dozens of soldiers who were stubbornly resisting were killed, the rest were all captured by the Sui army.

When Dugu Yanyun confiscated the weapons of the Tang army, Xue Wanjun met Xu Shixu in the big tent of the Chinese army. Xu Shixu had participated in the Xiangwu defense battle, and he immediately recognized that his opponent used a hundred thousand slave soldiers to build a ladder for entering the city. Ren Tu', suddenly fell to his knees in fright: "The crime will be referred to General Xue."

"Since you know me, you should know my style." Xue Wanjun threatened: "I want to know the details of Li Sixing. If you tell the truth, you will not die. If you conceal anything, you will be in a dilemma."

"The crime will be reported truthfully."

As the so-called name of a person and the shadow of a tree, in front of the powerful aura of Xue Wanjun, Xu Shixu dared not hide anything. Xue Wanjun asked a question, and he answered it. When Xue Wanjun finished asking, Xu Shixu knew that Li Sixing would not make it through tonight. .

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Although Li Sixing also arrived in Nanfang County, he was more cautious and dared not march overnight when the situation was unknown, for fear of being ambushed, so he set up a large camp in a wilderness fifty miles away.

Since he was Li Zhongwen's vanguard, the army did not carry camp fences and other supplies, so they dug trenches around the camp and filled the trenches with spears, leaving only a foot-wide passageway for entry and exit, and then temporarily cut down trees to make roads. camp gate.

When the time came to the fourth watch, it was the time when the soldiers slept the most soundly. Perhaps because they were marching in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the very tired gatekeepers seemed more casual. The sentry looked into the distance vigilantly.

In order to avoid the sudden outbreak of war and the army not being able to react in time, Li Sixing also sent [-] cavalry to patrol the periphery, and they had to come back to report any disturbances.

At this moment, the soldier on the sentry tower shouted: "Who is here?"

The sleeping soldiers below woke up when they heard the sound, and got up to be on guard one after another. They saw a large group of cavalry with torches coming slowly towards the gate of the camp. The leading knight shouted, "We are patrolling sentry posts. We have something important to report to the general."

"Report the password."

"Tonight's password is endless life."

Hearing that the other party's password was correct, the soldiers guarding the gate breathed a sigh of relief, and opened the camp gate for them, but the soldiers on the sentry tower found that there were hundreds of cavalrymen, and he shouted to the captain on duty below: " Captain, there are hundreds of knights on the other side."

The captain was taken aback, Li Sixing sent out only three hundred cavalry, but there are hundreds of people here, which seems unreasonable.Thinking of this, he immediately said sharply: "Don't come near the camp!"

At the end of the sentence, an arrow shot through the air, right in front of the captain, he screamed, and fell off his horse.

Immediately after hundreds of arrows were shot, the gatekeepers who were caught off guard couldn't dodge in time, and fell to the ground one after another.The sentries in the sentry tower rang the alarm bell desperately, and the warning bell sounded "Dangdangdang" extremely piercingly in the silent night space.

Hundreds of cavalry outside the camp had already entered the open gate before the Tang army's defensive troops appeared, leaving a brigade of soldiers to pull out the spears on both sides of the passage, causing the passage to expand rapidly, and the rest rushed into the camp. Face to face with the soldiers of the Tang army who came after hearing the news, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides inside the camp gate.

'Boom! '

The ground began to tremble, but it was the [-] Sui Army cavalry led by Dugu Yanyun who came to cover up the Tang Army's camp like a tidal wave. The width of one foot widened to five or six feet, and the Sui army was still desperately pulling out the spears on the ground, so that the passage continued to expand.

When the two thousand elite cavalry headed by Dugu Yanyun charged like lightning, the soldiers at the gate lay down in the trench one after another, allowing the two thousand elite cavalry to gallop past them.

As the two thousand cavalry entered the camp, the Tang army in the front camp quickly collapsed and fled in all directions.

The sleeping soldiers of the Tang army were awakened by the sound of bells and the shouts of killing from the front battalion. They didn't even have time to put on their armor, so they rushed out of the tent with weapons to fight the oncoming Sui army cavalry.

However, the infantry who were not in formation could not compete with the cavalry at all. When more and more cavalry from the Sui army came, the soldiers from the Tang army were ruthlessly stabbed, knocked down, and trampled by the cavalry.

In an instant.

The sound of screams, cries, and wailing resounded over the Tang Army camp.

"The whole army retreats from the north gate." Li Sixing rushed out of the big tent with his own soldiers. Seeing the chaos of the barracks, he calmly gave a reasonable order. The soldiers of the Tang army had no way to resist and had nowhere to escape. They had to retreat under the cover of night. Maybe everyone still had a chance.

At this moment, hundreds of knights came from the side, and the leading generals were Dugu Yanyun and his lieutenant, He Lianchu. After several dynasties, Dugu Yanyun found that a general was calmly directing the Tang army to retreat. Yan Yun judged that the general was Li Sixing, but he himself had been blocked by the Tang army. He was afraid that Li Sixing would escape, so he immediately shouted, "Helian Chu, several times, you go and kill him."

"Here." Helian Chu and several Chao responded, and rushed towards Li Sixing with a murderous look.

Li Sixing heard the sound and looked around, and saw two Sui generals coming towards him, so he pulled his horse and fled, but secretly took out his crossbow to prepare.But Helian Chu and several Chaos were eager to make contributions. Seeing that the enemy general was about to fall into the darkness, the two galloped anxiously.

Li Sixing saw the enemy generals chasing him, he turned around and shot two arrows, the night and the sound of shouting could cover up his actions, Helian Chu and several arrows fell to the ground.

Li Sixing was overjoyed, he returned to his horse and went forward, stabbing the second general to death one by one.

"Dare you thief, take your life." Dugu Yanyun had just killed the soldiers of the Tang army, looking over here, saw his two lieutenants died tragically, and immediately rushed towards Li Sixing in a rage.

Li Sixing was about to repeat the old trick, but Dugu Yanyun's horse was extremely fast and had already rushed to his side. With a wave of Ma Yang, he swiped the pole towards Li Sixing's back. Landed on the ground, but he hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands, and did not fall off the horse's back.

But at this time, dozens of personal soldiers rushed forward, raising their spears to stab Dugu Yanyun, and Dugu Yanyun had to fight fiercely with dozens of personal soldiers.

Li Sixing escaped with his life, pointed at Dugu Yanyun and shouted: "Kill this kid for me."

"It's not certain who will die." Dugu Yanyun was furious, his courage multiplied, and he stabbed five of Li Sixing's soldiers to death in a row. He rode his horse and rushed in front of Li Sixing. , Another lance ended his life.

Seeing that the general was killed, Li Sixing's soldiers all went to Dugu Yanyun with all their might, but hundreds of Sui cavalry surrounded them. In just a moment, more than 200 soldiers were killed on the ground, and the corpses were piled up. one place.

Dugu Yanyun went back to his horse to watch Helian Chu and several dynasties, only to find that the two generals were already dead. He felt regretful and pained. If he hadn't ordered it himself, the two of them would not have been plotted against by Li Sixing, but the matter has come to an end. He had no choice but to order: "Send the corpses of the two generals back to the camp!"

As for the Tang army, because Li Sixing was killed, he was like a headless fly, unable to form an effective formation, and was killed by the Sui army one after another, and the escape route was blocked by Xue Wanjun's tens of thousands of troops. Surrendering to the Sui army, Xue Wanjun issued an order to stop the killing and take the remaining Tang army out of the camp. In this battle, more than [-] Tang soldiers were killed, and the rest surrendered to the Sui army.

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Due to the proper arrangements in advance, none of the Tang soldiers could escape along the original route, and it also kept the secret for Xue Wanjun, which created the prerequisites for the annihilation of Li Zhongwen. It didn't reach Li Zhongwen's ears, so he continued to go south unsuspectingly and entered the ambush circle of the Sui army.

At noon the next day, the Sui army concentrated and annihilated this army on the South Bank of Shenshui, which traverses the east and west of Nannan County.

With the death of Li Zhongwen and the annihilation of the entire army, only the Pilouwuche Department of Xishui County and the Li Gaoqian Department of Xiangru County remained in Brazil.

The former originally had 3000 soldiers, but Yu Zhan burned more than a thousand of them to death. When Yu Zhan received the news of Xue Wanjun's victory, he led his troops to sneak into Pilou Wuche's new camp, and killed the enemy general Pilo Wuche. Lou Wuche and Pei Huaijie were assassinated in the big tent, and then they took advantage of the situation in the south to recruit and surrender these more than [-] demoralized Tang soldiers.

Although Li Gaoqian had more than [-] people, they were besieged in the county by the mighty army of the Sui Dynasty, unable to fight back at all. With the spread of various unfavorable news, the whole army panicked. Gao Qian intended to fight to the end and be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, but his soldiers did not want to be buried for the puppet Tang, so several generals met quietly, and then opened the city gate to welcome the Sui army into the city.

Li Gaoqian saw the Sui army marching into the city in great might and mighty, but the soldiers under his command gave up their weapons and surrendered without resistance. Knowing that the situation was impossible, he sighed, bowed nine times in the direction of Chengdu, and then drew his sword to kill himself.

At this point in the fighting in Brazil, there is no longer a regular Tang army team, and counties have changed their flags and dedicated their cities to the Sui Dynasty.

Xue Wanjun appointed Yu Qinming as the prefect of the inspection school of Brazil County, and He Lan Shiren as the governor of the inspection school. Under his command, he is responsible for exterminating rebellious soldiers and rogue bandits in various counties.He himself led the main force from Xiangru County to advance to Changjiang County, pushing the flames of war to Suining County.

(End of this chapter)