The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 956 Contributing to Li's father and son's hand-to-hand combat
The East Palace is gloomy and gloomy, but the Shanshuichi Pavilion in Miyagi, which is separated by a wall, is full of singing and dancing, a scene of peace and prosperity.

The pavilions and pavilions of Shanshuichi Pavilion are hidden among the flowers and trees, and are formed according to the mountain and terrain. Being in it, people feel forgetting the worldly world, and it is indeed an elegant place.

Not far away, there is a mountain pool with bright smoke and water, winding shoreline, and several painted boats in the blue waves. There are many lotus flowers by the pool, and the pavilions and palaces are hidden among the flowers and trees. When the breeze comes, the lotus flowers are swaying.

The railing by the pool is beautiful in shape and smooth in curves, commonly known as "beauty leans on". At this moment, there is a beautiful woman leaning her graceful body on the railing.Not far away is a curved ancient willow, and another swing is gently shaking in the wind.

This was a very beautiful picture, but everything was destroyed by Li Yuan.But seeing the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who let himself go freely, played a cheerful and beautiful movement like spring water with a pipa in his arms. Singing the obscene words and erotic songs written and composed by myself, she sang with pleasure.

Li Yuan, the emperor, is 59 years old this year. Before Xuanwumen, he was troubled by the deteriorating Tang military administration every day. Years of restless board and lodging and lack of sleep made him already white beard and hair, skinny and pale a few years ago. Pale gold, just like a seventy-year-old man.

But after the change of Xuanwumen, because Li Yuan was more cooperative, Li Shimin did not treat his father badly. Except that Li Yuan could not leave Miyagi, could not intervene in military affairs, and the guards of various sects were replaced by Li Shimin, he provided food and drink for him. , eating, drinking and having fun is completely up to Li Yuan, and even the people in Miyagi are still the same as before.

After Li Yuan was 'imprisoned' in the palace city, he couldn't control anything. He either ate or slept every day. If he was interested, he would be happy with some beauties.

After a period of carefree and "happy" days with such a "wide-hearted and fat body", the whole person suddenly gained a lot of weight.

Wearing a dragon robe, Li Yuan's waist was ten circumferences bigger, and he was more majestic than before.Li Yuan, who was wearing casual clothes, was full of extravagance, but now that he was wearing close-fitting underwear and pants that exposed his thighs, he didn't look like an emperor at all.Nalu was full of fat, with a tall and big belly, just like a fat butcher who sells meat.Now he sang a few songs in one breath, and let others perform on stage.

In just a moment, a beautiful woman walked up the hall gracefully, accompanied by a dozen pretty girls in colorful clothes behind her.This is Li Yuan's beloved concubine Zhang Jieyu. She is dressed in a light blue dress, which sets off her tall and graceful figure gracefully. Although she is no longer a young girl, she is in her charming prime.

There is no decoration on Zhang Jieyu's body, and there is a beautiful smile on her thin and white porcelain face, her temperament is refined, like a fairy concubine in the sky.The reason why she is so favored by Li Yuan is that besides being beautiful and smart, she also has the talent of being good at singing and dancing. Now she can be regarded as showing her strengths.

After a while, the audience was full of strings and pipes, the sheng and Xiao were singing in harmony, and the girl in colorful clothes from the ten directions celestial beings bowed gracefully amidst the melodious sound of fluttering silk and bamboo, her colorful sleeves fluttered, and she began to dance lightly.

Li Shentong, who attended Li Yuan's "Song Club", knew at the first sight that Zhang Jieyu was going to show off her singing skills.

Zhang Jieyu opened up her singing voice a little, but she did not see her raising her voice, she already gave out a graceful and graceful sound. Her voice is so good that even the silk and bamboo orchestra is too superfluous. charming?
While fanning Li Yuan, Li Shentong said in a low voice: "My lord, the Sui army captured Xincheng County and Suining County, Zhang Shigui retreated to Ziyang, and joined Hou Junji in the south to ensure the safety of the northeast of Ziyang. In addition, Zhai Changsun led the army to support the Tang army in Longshan and resist the Sui army from Shenguang. Niang Shangnang personally led the Tubo army to the north to support Jiulong County and Luo County."

Li Yuan, who was kept as a pet by Li Shimin, was not reconciled, let alone accepting his fate. On the surface, he lived a life of drunkenness and dreaming of death every day, but in fact he was always preparing to regain real power.Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard Li Shentong's words, and he asked anxiously, "How many troops did Zhai Changsun and Niang Shangnang take away?"

"Zhai Changsun took away [-], and Niang Shangnang took [-] Tubo cavalry." After Li Shentong's introduction, he added in a brisk tone: "Zhai Changsun's soldiers were divided from the army that Wei Chen had previously commanded. The remaining half were trained by the prince and led by Ma Sanbao."

"Is that so? It seems like our chance has come." Li Yuan became excited. General Zuo Xiaowei Ma Sanbao was originally Chai Shao's domestic slave, and he and Chai Shao were also generals of the imperial party, and had no intersection with Li Shimin. , if there is another mutiny or something, Ma Sanbao will definitely support him firmly.

Li Yuan also quickly calculated in his mind, since Zhai Changsun and Niang Shangnang took away 4 soldiers, then there are only 5000 soldiers in Chengdu.Fifteen thousand originally belonged to Li Shentong's new army and [-] Tubo troops stationed in the Wudan Mountain camp in the north of the city.The other [-] people are Li Shimin's direct lineage, divided into five thousand red armor troops and ten thousand Jinwu guards stationed in the palace.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it is indeed our chance. Yang Tong is really considerate, knowing what His Majesty wants, he sent us a great opportunity."

"Hmph, you're overthinking, Yang Tong's children don't have such a good heart." Li Yuan said coldly: "Yang Tong's combat style in the civil war has always been advancing step by step, conquering one place and governing one place steadily. , he made it clear that he wanted to focus on annihilating Liu Hongji in northern Yizhou first, and we were just taking advantage of the general trend."

In fact, Li Yuan guessed wrong too, all of Yang Tong's current actions around Shu County were actually prepared for him.

After all, the strength of the Sui army was at its peak. If it was only for the purpose of annihilating Liu Hongji, as long as Wang Fubao, Xue Wanche, and Yao Junsu attacked Dangchang County from Lintao and Hanyang respectively, and Wei Chigong and Tongchang Mai Zhongcai were the countermeasures, only Dangchang and Wudu counties The Yibei Tang army is all in the bag.Could it be that the Tang army concentrated around Shu County could break through the encirclement of the Sui army and fly to Wudu and Dangchang to fight?
Therefore, Yang Tong's purpose is to borrow a knife to kill, to help Li Yuan transfer the troops in Chengdu one by one, so that Li Yuan, who is unwilling and unwilling, can launch a palace coup. The deaths of people and families related to Yang Tong, Xiao, Yuwen, etc. not only facilitated the Sui Dynasty's easy capture of Chengdu Jiancheng, but also eased future troubles for the long-term stability of the Sui Dynasty.

Although Yang Tong could also let his subordinates kill relatives who turned against the Sui Dynasty, but if he did so, not only would he get a bad reputation for being narrow-minded and intolerant, but it would also affect his family; after all Xiao Yu is his great-uncle, Yuwen scholar and his uncle, and the Li family is even more closely related to him.If he sent someone to kill one by one, what would Empress Xiao think?What do Princess Nanyang and Zen Master Yang think?What does Li Xiuning think?
If Li's father and son started it again, others would only say: This is the last madness of Li's father.

"My lord, then we..." Li Shentong saw that there was no one around, and the concubines nearby were all attracted by Zhang Jieyu and the dancer on the stage, so he asked eagerly in a low voice: "What should we do next?" ?”

At this time, Li Yuan had already closed his eyes, and Li Shentong stopped talking. He knew that Li Yuan was always like this when he was thinking about important matters.

After a long time, Li Yuan opened his eyes. Although his eyes were focused on the dancing girl in front of him, he said to Li Shentong next to him in a deep voice: "Ma Sanbao is the one I pulled up with my own hand, and I am still the emperor. As long as the military order is issued, the [-] soldiers will definitely return to my command. After you go back, send someone to contact him secretly. If he is not wooed, then simply kill him, and then find a way to let our The general controls the soldiers in the headquarters."

Li Shentong pondered for a moment, and said with some concern: "If Ma Sanbao 'accidentally dies', Shimin may let his cronies take over this army. And our people are independent, I am afraid it will not be a big deal."

"It's not unreasonable for you to be considerate." Li Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "However, as the Sui army rushed into Shu County one after another, the hearts of the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty were different. Everyone wished that they were ordinary people, and some people wanted to use their power to make contributions to the Sui Dynasty, so at this time, that beast would never dare to hand over the military power of Chengdu to outsiders; what's more, he The generals of his direct line all lead troops outside of Chengdu, in fact, he has nothing to trust and have the ability to use as a general."

Li Shentong suddenly said: "Your Majesty is saying that if Ma Sanbao dies, he can only let the elder clan take over this position?"

"That's right." Li Yuan nodded: "Think about it again, among our clansmen, which one is both capable and friendly with capable animals?"

Li Shentong thought about it seriously for a long time, and said the candidate in his mind: "If you calculate it this way, I am afraid that only Li Daosu and Li Daoxing are suitable. These two sons have been trusted by the people of the world recently."

Li Yuan smiled darkly, "If the two of them had a serious illness before taking office, it would be in the hands of Ma Sanbao's lieutenant, Qu Tushou. Go and win over Qu Tushou!"

"Your Majesty is really clever!" Li Shentong admired him sincerely. Only the Majesty could come up with such a poisonous plan. First kill the disobedient general Ma Sanbao, and then poison the most suitable successor. Then the real power will naturally fall into the hands of the lieutenant general.

Speaking of which, Li Shentong is also a frustrated person. Before the Xuanwumen coup, he was a powerful general, and all the [-] new troops were under his command. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had a good balance between Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.However, it was never expected that the final winner would be Li Shimin, who launched a violent coup. He became a victim of the change in the palace and lost all real power.If Li Shimin didn't want to stimulate the royal family too much, I'm afraid Li Shentong would have ended up with the same head as Pei Ji.But no matter whether it is Li Shentong or Li Yuan, they used to be the ones who held the power over countless lives, and neither of them was willing to remain silent.
But they didn't think about how long the precarious Li Tang Dynasty could last.

Maybe after thinking about it, I felt that the Li and Tang Dynasty would perish, and Yang Tong would not forgive them, so I was going to fight for my dignity again. Caught in jail to humiliate and kill with dignity.

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All the streets in the urban area to the south of Taiji Palace suddenly became lively, and the level of hustle and bustle was even more intense than usual.

The people hiding at home went out of their homes and ran to the market to buy food, oil and salt, sauce and vinegar, meat, vegetables, preserved fruits, firewood and other necessities for life.Poor people, on the other hand, would go out with carts at dawn, and when the gates of the city were opened, they would rush to collect firewood and go home to prepare for emergencies.

Yang Ji was also wandering around in the city, taking the opportunity to observe the Tang army's city defense situation. As a prominent scourge of the Tang Dynasty, Han Zhi was naturally not suitable to come out, as that would only expose Yang Ji's identity.

However, Yang Ji did not act alone. There was an old man beside him. If Li Yuan met him, he would be frightened and pissed off. That's why he was always the mainstay in the middle and late stages of the great cause, and Yang Yichen, who was named the backer king by Yang Tong.

Although the pair of brothers Yang Ji and Yang Yichen had brilliant pasts, after so many years, things have changed. Who knows two old things who have already retired from the stage of history?What's more, the scope of their previous activities was not here, and they also disguised themselves when traveling. Even if their former acquaintances met head-on, they would probably only have a feeling of deja vu, and would not think of two 'dead people' alive in front of them. go through.The two walked around for a long time, until they felt that they were almost done, and then went to Han Zhi's mansion.

Han Zhi is in a pretty good mood now. Although he has spent a lot of money, the food in Chengdu City has been manipulated so viciously by him, and all of it has gone into the hands of businessmen and dignitaries.

According to Han Zhi's understanding of these dignitaries and businessmen, food is so valuable now that it is basically impossible for them to sell it at a low price. The civil uprising is only a matter of time. What we need to do now is to control public opinion and point the finger at the militaristic Li Dynasty. Let the people in central Shu realize that this brutal dynasty and the royal family are the makers of troubles and disasters, so they can spurn and cast aside them, and use the future governance of the Sui Dynasty to build and consolidate the foundation of people's hearts.

It happened that he also wanted to ask Yang Ji for advice, and when he heard that he had arrived, he welcomed them into the study.

"Mr. Yang, the price of grain has increased by more than a hundred times and is still rising, but in my opinion, this price is the limit that the people can bear." Han Zhi smiled and said: "When the people can't buy it, If you can’t afford food, there will be no food to eat, and people will not be able to survive, and someone will take the lead in breaking the official storehouse and causing even more trouble for Li Shimin.”

"The main purpose right now is to cause chaos in the Chengdu Plain, so that the people realize that the Sui army is a righteous army to help them out of the sea of ​​suffering, not an invader." It was Yang Yichen who spoke: "In addition, the city of Chengdu will be suspended for a while. But Shu County and Linqiong, Ziyang, Longshan and other counties that are not in the hands of our Sui Dynasty can almost do it; by the way, Wenchuan County in Wenshan is where Qingqiang is located. He Yuegu, the great chieftain of Enhui Qingqiang, will not be obedient and accept the governance of our Great Sui, so not only must he deal with it first, but it is best to instigate a few small tribes in Qingqiang to rebel against the chieftain He Yuegu."

Following Yang Guang's silence for so many years, the two have also studied Yang Tong's policies for so many years, knowing that Yang Tong wants to push the Li family down from the root and heart, rather than an empty Yizhou that misses Li Tang and riots from time to time. .

Although this decision will cause disaster victims everywhere, it is a great thing for the imperial court to achieve long-term stability. What was obtained after the chaos was a Shuzhong that completely belonged to the imperial court.

"Here!" Seeing that Yang Ji was dominated by Yang Yichen, Han Zhi couldn't help but cast a puzzled glance, not quite understanding what kind of god this mighty old man was.

Seeing this, Yang Yichen smiled calmly: "You may have heard of my name."

The curious Han Zhi quickly asked, "I wonder if you are...?"

Yang Yichen also knew that this person was Yang Tong's most successful and loyal spy. Now that the unification is imminent, as long as he is not a fool, he will not give up the great achievements he is about to obtain and run to inform a dying court, so he said with a smile: " My name is Yang Yichen!"

"So you are Yang... huh?" Han Zhishen, who was about to say hello just now, came back to his senses, jumped up, and looked at Yang Yichen in disbelief and horror, as if he had seen a ghost during the day.

After a long time, he got a more thrilling and exciting conclusion from Yang Yichen...that is, Yang Guang is also alive.After all, Yang Yichen, who is loyal and righteous, has appeared in a good manner, so he will definitely not sit back and watch Yang Guang, the king and lord, die.

Once this news gets out, I am afraid it will cause many people to have nightmares.For example, Li Yuan, such as Xiao Yu, Dou Gui, Yuwen Shi and other old ministers of the Sui Dynasty.

"That backer king..." Han Zhi realized a very serious problem again, and asked a little embarrassingly: "Does the Holy One know you and that 'you' are still alive?"

Yang Yichen also understood what "you" meant, nodded and smiled: "'We' are still alive, and 'We' have been with the Holy One for a while. The Taihe Army that Shen Guang is in charge of now is actually created by 'We' army."

This time, Han Zhi felt relieved.And according to Yang Yichen's intention, he began to write a series of instructions, handed them to the soldiers of the Black Ice Terrace, and used the letter eagle to spread them to the four directions of Yizhou.

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As the wings of Chengdu City, Jiulong County of Shu County has always accumulated [-] soldiers. Defense is not only to guard against possible enemies in the northwest of Chengdu, but also to reinforce Wenchuan in the north and Luo County in the east at any time. At the same time, it also forms an offensive and defensive corner with Xingle County in the south of Jiulong and Luo County. Support can also be used as a back road.And yesterday, another [-] Tubo cavalry came, that is to say, there are now [-] main battle soldiers in Jiulong County.

Although after Yang Tong's army was blocked in Luo County, there were no other Sui soldiers and horses in the northern part of Shu County, but Deputy Luo Jun did not dare to be careless or slack. Prepare for the big battle that will emerge, and at the same time, strengthen the monitoring of Luo County. Once Luo County is in trouble, or there is an opportunity to defeat the enemy, he will send troops from Jiulong.

On this day, Deputy Luo Jun was inspecting the barracks, when a dusty personal soldier suddenly galloped into the camp, and shouted from a distance: "General Luo, urgent report from the front."

"What's the matter? Tell me!" Deputy Luo Jun, who was inspecting the barracks, heard the voice.

"Here!" The soldiers dismounted from their horses, and said in a deep voice, "General He Yuegu and General Zhonglang Quan Huai'en jointly sent an urgent report that Tongchang County and Tongchang City were destroyed. Qing Yun died in battle, and the entire county has been owned by the Sui army. In Wenshan County, except for Wenchuan, all other counties have fallen to the enemy. They will march towards Wenchuan, and according to General Quan, the Sui army has [-] to [-] troops, and Wenchuan City has few troops, and it is feared that it will be invincible, so please send troops to help as soon as possible.”

"Is there really 4 to [-] troops in Tonghua City?" Deputy Luo Jun's heart sank. Although the Sui army had a large number of generals, their strength was scattered, mainly concentrated in the north and south of Yizhou. As for the central Sui army, they were mainly concentrated in Luo County. Not long ago, scouts came to report that the First Army of the Sui Dynasty, which had already been divided into two, was divided into three again after the victory over Li Xiaochang in Jiangyuan City. Without the Sui army going north, there were [-] to [-] horses in the Wenchuan area. Isn't this too fast and unreasonable?
Could it be that Li Shimo brought troops from Yongzhi City, Jiangyuan County?

This is not right either.

Because according to the information about this new county, apart from the First Army, there is no other main battle army in the territory.

"Exactly." The soldiers quickly replied: "General He and General Quan said that they have been sending people to closely monitor and found that the Sui army not only has a large number of people, but also makes a loud noise in daily drills. Loud voice."

"Who is the chief general of this Sui army? Pei Xingyan or Li Shimo?" Deputy Luo Jun felt something was wrong, but he couldn't think of a reason for it. He Yuegu was the chief of Qingqiang, he didn't know much, but he and Quan Huaien has been a general under Li Shimin's tent for many years, and he knows that the other party is a very strict person.

"This..." The soldier read the letter carefully, shook his head and said, "The letter didn't say who led the soldiers."

Deputy Luo Jun thought for a moment, then made a decision, and said. "An army of [-] to [-] will invade. It will be a big battle. Order Jing Junhong to guard the Jiulong camp. I will order [-] troops to help Wenchuan."

Facing the mighty Sui army from all walks of life, the Jiulong Army, with only [-] soldiers, not only had to contain the Sui army from the flanks, share the pressure on Luo County, but also had the responsibility of defending the city of Chengdu. After all, [-] soldiers is the limit he can send.Fortunately, Jing Junhong retreated here after defeating Mianshui, otherwise, he would not even have a decent general.

"General Luo!" After a while, Jing Junhong, who received the order, rushed over on a flying horse, bowed to Deputy Luo Jun, and said loudly: "At this moment, our army may not be able to mobilize [-] soldiers and horses!"

"Why?" Deputy Luo Jun looked at Jing Junhong very puzzled. Wenchuan City is the gateway to the northwest of Shu County. Entering the suddenly enlightened Shu County, at that time, their situation was a hundred times more difficult.So no matter how small his army is, he has to squeeze out two-fifths.

"Chengdu City has not transported food for nearly a month, and our army's food and grass are not enough for a month. If we mobilize [-] soldiers and horses and their expenses to support Wenchuan City at this time, the defenders will have no food to eat!" Jing Junhong Said the reason.

"You just need to ask the county magistrate to open the official warehouse. How could there be no food available?" Deputy Luo Jun thought it was ridiculous. The Chengdu Plain is a land of abundance with thousands of miles of fertile soil and rich food. How could there be no food?

"The last general went to urge yesterday, but the county magistrate refused to open the warehouse, just saying that there is no food." Jing Junhong shook his head and sighed: "He didn't even want to open the door of the warehouse. The last general suspected that he had embezzled it So I'm afraid of showing my feet."

The investigation of the granary in the Sui Dynasty was a huge commotion, and everyone in the world knew about it. Jing Junhong also heard about it. Even in the Sui Dynasty with strict laws and regulations, there were countless hamsters. Li Tang’s laws and regulations were corrupted. If it is investigated, Li Tang’s hamsters may be more intelligent , Greedy food is also more.

"These hamsters are extremely hateful!" Deputy Luo Jun was furious. They were all approaching the city, but there was no food in the army to adjust. Can the army break through Wenchuan City and then attack Malong County?

After thinking for a while, he said again in a deep voice: "How about this, first let Pang Qingyun lead five thousand soldiers to support Wenchuan, and ask Mr. Yang Cong to go to Chengdu immediately, and please send food as soon as possible, Your Highness!"

Wenchuan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Five thousand reinforcements plus defenders and Qingqiang soldiers should be able to withstand it for a long time. I only hope that Li Shimin can bring food as soon as possible.

"Here."

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At this time, Dangchang County in the north began to fight.

Dangchang is a lower county with only Lianggong, Herong, and Huaidao counties. When Li Shimin established himself in the north of Yizhou in the past, he chose Dangchang County at the beginning. The military and political power of Wusan County moved the base camp from this inconvenient frontier county to Wudu County.General Wei Xiaojie was appointed as the chief of the march, and he led [-] soldiers to confront the Sui army in Lintao.

Wei Xiaojie was a native of Anyi in Hedong. He used to be a general of the Sui Dynasty.During the Daye period, he was ordered to assist Yang You in Xijing. At that time, Yin Kaishan and Liu Hongji, who were Li Yuan's subordinates, entered Chang'an City in Han Dynasty. Wei Xiaojie fought from Jingyang, but was defeated by Li Xiuning halfway. Seeing that Guanzhong was already owned by Li Yuan, he followed the general trend , led his troops to surrender to Li Yuan, and later followed Li Shimin to attack Xue Ju. It was also at that time that he became a general of Li Shimin's direct line.

Lianggong, the governor of the county, could not accommodate [-] troops, so Wei Xiaojie found an open place to camp by the Qiangshui River, originally to defend Lintao from a surprise attack by the Sui army. , Western encirclement.

The first to attack was not Wang Fubao, who was confronting him head-on, but Xue Wanche, who was heading east along the Jianjia River.

The Jianjia River is the Bailong River, which originates from the Xiqing Mountains and winds from Lintao to Dangchang in the southeast. Although there are mostly deep canyons along both sides of the river, not only has it lost its irrigation capacity, but even people and horses cannot pass through it.However, at the border of Lintao, more than 20 tributaries flowed in, which made the river channel running through the mountain canyon extremely large.

When there was a heavy rainstorm in the upper reaches, Xue Wanche led the soldiers to sneak into Dangchang County on a leather raft, and quietly gathered at the southwestern foot of Lianggong Mountain. When the weapons and horses were delivered one by one, they launched an attack on the Tang army from the west attacked.

The rain of arrows shooting at Wei Xiaojie's barracks was not dense, but often when Tang Jun thought that the opponent had stopped shooting, Xue Wanche would attack him again and beat back the Tang Jun who had just taken the lead. Tang Jun caused a lot of damage.

Xue Wanche likes this style of play very much. Jieli Khan's headquarters was made use of by him a few years ago without the slightest temper, and he beat him to the vicinity of Yudujin Mountain. If it weren't for too much wealth , livestock, and captives dragged off his army, and the northern Khan court, which was empty of troops, would probably have to be disabled by him.

His style of attack was used to deal with Tang Jun who was hiding in the barracks, and he also received good results. However, Wei Xiaojie, who suffered several losses, also showed Xue Wanche's treachery, but he had no effective means to retaliate .

Although the range of the catapult was sufficient, the appalling hit rate could not pose a threat to the Sui soldiers who were proficient in cavalry warfare. Whenever Shi Yu flew from the barracks, the Sui soldiers who could see Shi Yu's flight path clearly Immediately drove away on horseback.The stone rain that crashed to the ground, apart from helping the Sui army tamp the ground and gallop better, could not kill a single enemy soldier.

As for bows and crossbows, except for a few bed crossbows, the range of other bows and crossbows is not as good as that of the Sui Army's Liannu. Hunt clean.

This also made Wei Xiaojie have no choice but to be passively beaten in a rage.

"Boss, our army's catapults can't hit the Sui army's cavalry, and the arrows are not as good as anyone's. Even our soldiers are elites who have experienced hundreds of battles, but the battles that can't be fought back after being beaten are getting more and more aggrieved. " Marching Sima Liu Xiaosun came to Wei Xiaojie's side and sighed: "If the fight continues like this, even if our soldiers are not exhausted by Xue Wanche, there is a danger of collapse."

"Retreat to the camp outside Lianggong City." Wei Xiaojie pondered for a while, and gave the order to retreat helplessly, although he also knew that giving up this dangerous place would make Wang Fubao's army in the north continue to go south without any worries , and their pressure will be countless times greater, but Xue Wanche has led the army into the country, and he has nothing to do except to avoid it.Conversely, if we retreat to Lianggong City and set up a camp, the city and the barracks will become horns of each other, and the situation of the Tang army will be countless times better than it is now. Pointless.

But what worries Wei Xiaojie even more is that Xue Wanche will not come here for no reason, let alone exist alone. Does his appearance mean that Wang Fubao's military camp is just an empty camp with a small number of people, and its main force is actually Also entered?
Wei Xiaojie's fear was quickly confirmed.

That night, when the soldiers of the Tang army had just opened the gate of the village and were about to move south to Lianggong City, they were killed by a dense rain of arrows in the dark. The dead soldiers let out the screams of dying.

The quiet night sky was instantly shattered.

Wei Xiaojie was taken aback, and quickly closed the gate, and ordered the soldiers to stick to the barracks and arrange defenses. He climbed up a sentry tower and looked into the distance. He saw the flames in front of the south camp, shining the gloomy night like day.On the flying handsome flag, there is a big "King" character clearly presented in the eyes.

Wei Xiaojie's heart sank, he knew that Wang Fubao, who swept across the land of Tubo, really did not hide it from him, and he also brought troops into the country.

Wang Fubao's army did not just line up, but was surrounded by dense arrow rain and uninterrupted court barracks, overwhelming the soldiers of the Tang army.

Wei Xiaojie found sadly that he seemed to be surrounded by the Sui army without knowing it.

After finally waiting for the soldiers of the Sui Army to stop shooting arrows, a general came to the barracks with more than a hundred knights on flying horses, and said loudly: "I am Wang Fubao, may I ask where General Wei Xiaojie is? Can you come and tell me. "

Wei Xiaojie took a deep breath, and Hong Sheng replied: "I am Wei Xiaojie, General Wang has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

"The First Army and the Fifth Army led by the Holy Father have already reached Luoxian County, Shu County. The Sixth Army and the Tenth Army are also divided into routes, encircling Shu County from the east, south, and west respectively; while the Tang Army in the north led by Liu Hongji Let the Sixth Army and the Hanyang Army be restrained in Wudu County. That is to say, not only will the puppet Tang Dynasty perish, and the unification of the world will be just around the corner, but your Dangchang Army will also be isolated and helpless." Wang Fubao said to Wei Xiaojie : "I came here just to ask: Are you willing to lead your troops to submit to the Sui Dynasty?"

Wei Xiaojie asked coldly, "If I don't surrender, what will happen to you?"

"I have said all my good words. If General Wei insists on not surrendering, then don't blame him for being blind. I will give General Wei a night to think about it. I will come here again to listen to General Wei's decision tomorrow. If General Wei is ignorant of current affairs and the general trend, our army will launch a full-scale attack. Wherever our Sui troops pass by, we will not leave a blade of grass behind. I hope General Wei will stop misleading others and himself." After Wang Fubao finished speaking, he did not agree. When Wei Xiaojie replied, he turned his horse's head and retreated.

Seeing Wang Fubao, who was calm and composed, led the army back in a show of force, Wei Xiaojie and Tang Jun's generals were angry and helpless, Wang Fubao clearly wanted to eat them.

Although this made people very angry, and wished to dismantle this bastard's body into tens of thousands of pieces to vent the humiliation, Wei Xiaojie and others knew clearly: with Wang Fubao and Xue Wanche's troops, weapons and equipment, as long as they put the front and rear camp gates together, If they are blocked, the Tang army will become the turtle in the urn. Even if they escape from the camp, the cavalry will follow behind and shoot arrows, making them impossible to escape and defenseless.

However, before tomorrow's hour, they can discuss and consider whether to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, they can also go to single-handedly fight in groups, and they can even go to engage in sneak attacks.

(End of this chapter)