The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 957

The night was deep, and the sky and the earth were dark. At midnight, the closed gates of the Tang Army's Liao camp were suddenly opened, and the soldiers of the Tang Army in the camp, led by generals at all levels, slowly advanced towards the Sui Army.

Wei Xiaojie, who rode his horse in front, glanced back, and saw Liu Xiaosun, the marching commander on the gate, looking at him with concern, and smiled frankly in return. Then he clamped the horse's belly, and without hesitation led the army to attack the Sui army. Camp fast.

When the Sui army could not be defeated head-on, Wei Xiaojie, Liu Xiaosun, and Lu Shiheng made a plan to feign surrender. As long as Wei Xiaojie broke into the Sui army camp, he would launch an attack from the inside, disrupting the Sui army into a chaotic quagmire, and then Then the rear army entered from the outside.

They chose to send troops at Zishi, rather than the most suitable Choushi and Yinshi, because they were worried that the Sui army would see a flaw and would not give them a chance to enter the camp.

However, all three of them know that Wang Fubao and Xue Wanche are well-known generals in the world today, and the chance of successfully deceiving them is extremely slim, but this is their only chance to defeat the enemy, and they will try it no matter how slim it is; By the way, the mission of the rear army is to support Wei Xiaojie and withdraw from the enemy camp.

Liu Xiaosun looked at the army that looked like a fire dragon, couldn't help but sighed, turned his head and said to Lu Shiheng who was beside him: "General Lu, when the Sui army's camp is on fire, you stick to the camp and I will lead the rear army to support General Wei."

"How did this happen?" Lu Shiheng was taken aback, then shook his head in surprise and said, "It's a matter for warriors to fight the enemy. Mr. Liu is a scribe, how can he fight in battle? You are the military advisor of our army, and the safety of one person is the whole army. , must not be placed in danger. It is better for the last general to lead the army as the rear army, sir, and wait for the news of our victory in the camp."

Lu Shiheng didn't wait for Liu Xiaosun's answer, he smiled boldly, and quickly ran down the gate, and the rear army of the Pure Land, who was ready to go, led away from the barracks.

Looking away from Lu Shiheng, and seeing the silent Sui army camp in the distance, Liu Xiaosun seemed to see a giant man-eating beast, and felt an inexplicable palpitation in his heart.

"I hope it will work." Liu Xiaosun sighed against the gloomy night.

However, when Wei Xiaojie brought the army to the Sui army camp, he saw bright lights inside the barracks, and the soldiers of the Sui army inside the barracks had drawn their swords out of their sheaths and bowed their bows. Thousands of arrows are fired.

"General, should we just go straight in like this?" Seeing a crossbow arrow glowing coldly under the firelight, Wei Xiaojie's lieutenant general asked nervously.

Wei Xiaojie shook his head: "This time we came here to feign surrender. The key to victory is to be unawares and unprepared. If we just wave our troops to kill them, no one will be able to reach the gate. I will lead four thousand soldiers to go there first. You lead the army to press the formation, once I open the gate of the camp and attack the enemy, you immediately lead the army to support."

"Here." The lieutenant responded.

……

"Xuuuuuuuu......" When Wei Xiaojie brought four thousand soldiers to the front of the camp, dozens of powerful arrows were shot dozens of steps away from them, and someone shouted: "Stop the army."

"I'm Wei Xiaojie, and I'm here to meet General Wang and General Xue as agreed." Wei Xiaojie rode his horse forward and shouted to the heavily guarded and vigilant Sui army generals: "Please report quickly."

"Haha, it turned out to be General Wei." Xue Wanche walked out of the night with a smile. Under the light of the fire, he recognized that the general was Wei Xiaojie. Seeing that the accompanying soldiers were all capable men, he knew that the other party was still alive. Xin Xin couldn't help showing a meaningful smile on his face: "I don't know why General Wei came to visit late at night, why? Could it be that General Wei has figured it out and is ready to abandon the dark and turn to the bright?"

"Da Sui has millions of powerful troops. No one can change the momentum of Da Sui's reunification of the world. Our army is encircled by your army. If we continue to fight, what will we gain besides increasing casualties?" When Wei Xiaojie said this, he felt very bewildered, and sighed: "Moreover, too many people have died in these years. I hope I can find a way out for the soldiers, and I hope the general will accept it."

"Is this true?" Xue Wanche asked with a smile.

"The matter has come to this, does the general think it is necessary for us to continue fighting?"

"That's right. Whether it's the Sui Army or the Tang Army, we're a family. What's the point of beating your own people? When the world is unified, let's fight against other races together. That will be enjoyable." Xue Wanche laughed heartily. He didn't continue to ask any more questions, and said loudly: "General Wei, you lead a hundred people in first, and after we have discussed it, you will recruit all the soldiers one by one, what do you think?"

Wei Xiaojie didn't expect Xue Wanche to be so rash, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood.The Sui army has been invincible and invincible in recent years, and has long developed arrogance and arrogance. Moreover, the huge gap between the enemy and ourselves makes the enemy feel confident. They don't think that the Tang army, which is already a turtle in the urn, still has the courage and courage to fight. Therefore, it is most normal for Xue Wanche to behave like this.He bowed far away, and said: "But with General Xue making the decision, there is no difference in a humble position."

"Okay!" Xue Wanche laughed, and said loudly to the soldiers: "Open the gate of the camp, and invite General Wei to come in and talk."

"Here." A group of soldiers stepped forward as promised, ready to open the door for Wei Xiaojie. Although the soldiers of the Sui army inside the barracks were still on guard, they had silently put away their weapons, especially the one that Wei Xiaojie feared the most. The crossbowmen retreated one after another, which made Wei Xiaojie heave a sigh of relief.

When the battalion was slowly opened, Wei Xiaojiegao saw that the former army of the Sui army was facing away from him, so he immediately raised his sword and shouted excitedly: "Soldiers, kill!"

"Kill!" The vanguard composed of [-] elite soldiers heard the horn of the charge, and charged towards the "unprepared" Sui army camp like a rainbow, while the cavalry had already stepped into the barracks with just a sprint. Within, occupied the gate of the camp and launched an attack on the Sui army.

Seeing this scene, the army behind immediately rushed over according to the prior arrangement.

"Destroy the Sui Army." Shouts kept ringing out, and the Tang Army's archers carried rockets. After they were lit, they rushed towards the tent, and the flames shot up into the sky, causing the Sui Army's camp to be in chaos.

In a jungle not far from the barracks, Lu Shiheng, who was waiting anxiously, looked at the raging fire rising into the sky, and excitedly ordered: "General Wei has succeeded, all the troops follow me to the Sui camp."

"Kill!" The rear army led by Lu Shiheng yelled and swept towards the Sui army's camp, advancing towards the depths of the Sui camp along the passage torn apart by the front army and the middle army.

In the barracks!

Xue Wanche, who led the army to intercept the enemy, was extremely brave, and killed the soldiers of the Tang army with heads rolling and limbs flying.

The bravery of the general inspired the soldiers of the Sui army behind them. They all fought hard without fear of death, and even withstood the offensive of the Tang army. .

This is also the other side of the Sui army's main battle soldiers who are far superior to the enemy. Every soldier is tenacious.

Most of the soldiers of the Tang Army did not experience this kind of tragic killing, and they tended to be timid first when facing death. In addition, they were harassed by Xue Wanche day and night for several days, and their physical strength and energy were exhausted. , was killed by a small number of soldiers of the Sui army and retreated steadily, and collided with the Chinese army, and the Chinese army was crushed and bumped into the rear army. The soldiers of the three armies crowded into a mess.

"This..." Wang Fubao, who was watching the battle from the rear, was also deeply speechless when he saw this scene. Seeing that Xue Wanche stopped the Tang army from the ambush circle, as if he had forgotten the mission of luring the enemy deep, he put down the binoculars in his hand helplessly, Said to the soldiers around him: "Blow the horn and let Madman Xue make way."

Fortunately, this move was prevented in advance and various orders were set.Otherwise, things will definitely go wrong.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

In fact, Xue Wanche also knew that what he did should not be done, but as an army to lure the enemy, he was also very helpless.

The concept of war that "the lion fights the rabbit with all its strength" has long been deeply rooted in the soul of every Sui soldier, Xue Wanche is no exception, so once the Sui army starts fighting, it will use full firepower to crush everything with the force of the storm. Now not only let them abandon their previous fighting style and fight fakes, but also let the enemy army see their flaws, it is really embarrassing.

At this time, Xue Wanche yelled when he heard the order: "I can't stop it, retreat."

After speaking, he ran away with the soldiers who knew the order, without even doing the most basic battle and walk.

"..." The corner of Wang Fubao's mouth in the distance twitched violently a few times, are you kidding me?Even if you are acting, can you be more realistic?If you say you don't want to fight, you don't fight. Do you really think that Tang Jun is a fool?
Fortunately, it was night, Tang Jun was in chaos again, and Wei Xiaojie and other generals were directing soldiers to attack again, and they didn't see anything.

The soldiers of the Tang army who were being killed by the soldiers of the Sui army felt pressured when they saw the Sui army's defeat, and saw that the Sui army did not resist. and go.

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"Shoot with continuous crossbows!" Seeing the soldiers of the Tang army rushing into the ambush circle, Wang Fubao gave the order murderously.Of course he didn't want to start a massacre, but only by killing the surging Tang army, could he force the remaining soldiers to surrender and allow them to accept the reorganization in peace.

With the sound of the horn, in an instant, the Sui soldiers who were lying in the dark stood up one after another, and saw the humming of bows and arrows rebounding from the "concave"-shaped ambush circle, and the dense arrows shot from three This direction is like a storm, shooting at the soldiers of the Tang army.

The soldiers of the Tang army who were extremely happy and sad were hunted to the ground one after another, and screams rang out in the sky, and the open space in the middle camp suddenly became a Shura massacre field full of corpses, blood mist filled the sky, and blood stained the ground.

Wang Fubao divided the crossbow soldiers ambushing in three directions into three rows. The first row shot the arrows in the air, and then quickly squatted down to load the arrows; the second round continued to shoot, and the shooting repeated in this way.

The soldiers of the Tang army in the ambush camp were terrified, shouting hysterically, and running for their lives aimlessly. Countless soldiers were killed or shot to death, and the entire camp was shrouded in blood and fear.

Some backward soldiers turned around and fled along the same road. However, the only exit was blocked by the Mo Dao army. The soldiers rushed away.In an instant, a flash of saber flashed, and the heads of the first defeated soldiers were blown and their torsos were torn apart. There were piles of corpses on the ground, and none of the corpses was complete. Remnants of limbs and arms were everywhere, which was horrible.

But after all, they were soldiers of the Tang army, not Turkic, Tubo, Tuyuhun and other alien armies, so the Modao army did not advance step by step, but just stopped in place, smashing the swords and knives trying to charge, forcing the opponents not to come forward.

"Woo-woo-woo-" This is the order for the crossbowmen to stop shooting and the cavalry to attack, but Wang Fubao saw that the time was right and the commander-in-chief flag was still standing, so he commanded Xue Wanche who was ready to charge into the battle. Down, Tang Jun, who suffered heavy casualties and low morale, had no choice but to surrender.

"Kill!"

After receiving the order, Xue Wanche yelled, killed a lieutenant of the Tang Army, and led a thousand heavy cavalry into the enemy's formation. Xue Wanche's goal was to cut down the commander's flag and kill the general, causing the Tang Army to collapse completely. They were like a wall of copper and iron Wherever the line passed, the soldiers of the Tang Army were killed with heads rolling and limbs flying.In an instant, he opened a bloody path and went straight to where Wei Xiaojie was.

It can be said that those who block it will die, and those who touch it will die.

Wei Xiaojie is familiar with military books and is good at arranging troops. He also led soldiers when he was a general in the Sui Dynasty.But he hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time, and his combat thinking was still stuck in the past many years, and he didn't adapt to the unreasonable and brutal tactics of the Sui army.

This can be seen from Wei Xiaojie's response after Xue Wanche entered Dangchang. His combat thinking was very rigid. Resisting and being unable to deal with it will definitely retreat to a place that is conducive to defense at the first time, instead of continuing to stay on the flat ground and confront the enemy.

But he didn't.

So when the Sui army continued to advance eastward from Jianjiashui to support Xue Wanche, they had already been reduced to turtles in the urn, and they could not retreat if they wanted to retreat.

And tonight, at the beginning of the ambush, he quickly set up a shield formation, which advantageously blocked the arrows of the Sui army, but Xue Wanche led the heavy cavalry to tear up his formation fiercely, making this relatively stable Tang army quickly passive. stand up.At this critical moment, Wei Xiaojie, who lacked actual combat experience, could not be compared with Xue Wanche, who had experienced many battles.

Xue Wanche knew how to win this battle, but Wei Xiaojie desperately moved his formation in the enemy camp, trying to divide the spearmen into two and surround the heavy cavalry from behind.He didn't realize that the danger had come to him.

At this time, several soldiers shouted: "General, be careful to the left!"

Wei Xiaojie turned his head, and saw a general of the Sui army rushing towards him from a slanted stab, Wei Xiaojie swung his lance and stabbed, Xue Wanche dodged the lance sideways, rushed to Wei Xiaojie's side, and quickly pulled out the prison The "Tiansu Dao" firmly controlled on the horse's back stretched its arms forward obliquely, and the sharp blade that was not completely unsheathed faced Wei Xiaojie's abdomen. Passing across, there was a flash of blood, and the armored Wei Xiaojie fell to the miserable end of being cut in half.

Xue Wanche didn't care that he was still dead and screamed at Wei Xiaojie. When he continued to charge forward, his outstretched arm suddenly withdrew, and the "Sky Speed ​​Knife" that exposed most of the blade returned to the scabbard with a 'snap'. Clouds of blood mist rose among Wei Xiaojie's personal soldiers.

His speed was too fast. When the soldiers of the Tang army came to their senses, they had already broken through the ranks of soldiers, and stabbed the cavalrymen holding the commander's flag to the ground with a spear, and the commander's flag fell down with a loud crash.Many soldiers of the Tang army witnessed Xue Wanche murdering Wei Xiaojie in a brutal way. They had no intention of fighting and fled in all directions.

The escape of the sword and shield soldiers drove the crossbowmen, followed by the spearmen behind them...

The generals and schools of the Tang army at all levels saw that the commander-in-chief's flag had fallen and the soldiers had collapsed. They had no intention of fighting.

What's even more sad is that even the stubbornness failed to cause any harm to the enemy. How can such a war be fought?
Perhaps some people thought that what Wang Fubao said a few hours ago was arrogant, but in this bloody battlefield, all the soldiers of the Tang army who were lucky enough to survive understood that "the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty have gone ahead and left no blade of grass." However, Wei Xiaojie, who was warned by Wang Fubao, obviously made a stupid choice of "misusing others and himself".

Now it seems that there are Sui soldiers all around, such a lifeless and desperate battle, not to mention that there is no personal hatred between the enemy and us.What else is there to fight on?
Everyone has this heart, so amidst the voices of "the descendant will not be killed" everywhere, everyone abandoned their weapons without hesitation.

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After about half an hour, Liu Xiaosun, who had been waiting anxiously above the gate, heard footsteps.When a group of defeated troops entered the range illuminated by the fire from the darkness, Liu Xiaosun screamed out.

"Liu Sima, the Sui army saw through our plot to feign surrender, but was defeated by the Sui army's generals. Generals Wei and Lu were all killed in battle; the Sui army cavalry is coming here, please open the camp gate quickly... "A lieutenant of the Tang Army rushed to the gate and shouted loudly.Behind him, Niu Jinda, who was dressed as a soldier of the Tang army, stared at him with malicious eyes, but kept his hand on the handle of the knife.

After returning from Tubo, Niu Jinda and Xue Wanche served as Wang Fubao's deputy generals and were responsible for reorganizing the new Ninth Army.

In this battle tonight, he led troops to cruise outside the camp, and was responsible for annihilating the defeated army, and there might be reinforcements. Who would have expected that Wang Fubao would do so well that none of the Tang troops who had entered the camp could escape, and the reinforcements were ghost shadows. Not one of them, he saw Xue Wanche's prestige, so he took over the mission of this fraudulent camp, hoping to gain something.

Liu Xiaosun looked down carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "You are Qiu Ze?"

"It's the last general, Liu Sima should hurry up and open the door, so we can enter the camp to defend." Qiu Ze said loudly.

Hearing that Wei Xiaojie and Lu Shiheng were killed in battle, Liu Xiaosun lost his sense of control for a while, and saw a fire dragon rushing towards this side, and immediately ordered: "Open the door and let the soldiers enter the camp to defend."

"Here." When the gate of Tang's barracks opened wide, Niu Jinda immediately shouted, "Get in!"

"Kill." The soldiers of the Sui army who pretended to be the Tang army and came to the camp followed the general and entered the enemy's camp.

"No, I've been fooled, and all the troops will follow me to fight." Liu Xiaosun's eyes almost popped out, and he drew out the sword at his waist and shouted loudly.And Niu Jinda had already killed the gate at this time.

"The enemy will die." Seeing an enemy general climbing up the ladder, Liu Xiaosun slashed towards Xue Wanche with a single sword.

"It's too slow!" Niu Jinda smiled disdainfully, and Tianwei Dao greeted the sword. Tianwei Dao is one of the "36 Stances of Shengwu". With a crisp sound of "Dang", Liu Xiaosun's saber was cut in two.

While Liu Xiaosun was in a daze, Niu Jinda rushed forward, stabbing Liu Xiaosun's stomach with the scabbard with his left hand.

"Pfft..." Liu Xiaosun, who was bent like a shrimp, knelt on his knees in pain, looked up and saw the enemy sweeping his scabbard towards him, he was so frightened that he hugged his half-pained stomach with one hand, waved forward with the other, and shouted hissingly :"stop!"

"Okay!" Niu Jinda smiled foolishly, and retracted the scabbard. In fact, he is not so cruel.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaosun was taken aback for a moment, then stood up with difficulty and asked, "Who are you?"

On Niu Jinda's dark face showed a smirk resembling 'Cheng Yaojin': "That's all Niu Jinda!"

"What? You are Niu Jinda?" A look of shock flashed in Liu Xiaosun's eyes. The stupid big man in front of him was General Zuoweiwei of the Sui Dynasty and Bull Jinda of Rongguo, who was selected as one of the top ten generals in the world?It is said that Niu Jinda is a character with both wisdom and courage, but it doesn't look like it now?
"It's just an insignificant soldier, not worth mentioning, hehe, not worth mentioning."

"..."

Just when Niu Jinda and Liu Xiaosun were chatting "with relish", Wang Fubao personally led an army into the Tang camp.Because Wei Xiaojie took away many troops, the Tang army camp at this time has not many troops, which makes the outcome of the war without the slightest suspense.

When Liu Xiaosun was brought before Wang Fubao by Niu Jinda, Wang Fubao said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I wonder if you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and turn to the good?"

Liu Xiaosun said coldly: "Daily dreaming, I will only be loyal to one person in my life, and that is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty."

"Oh ho?" Wang Fubao chuckled, "The puppet Tang dynasty is about to fall, so why bother Mr. Liu?"

Liu Xiaosun took a deep look at Wang Fubao: "The crown prince treats me well, I will not betray him, let alone cheat the city for you, you don't need to waste your time in vain. If you want to kill or cut, just come here."

"Think about it carefully." Wang Fubao sighed, and told the guards: "Mr. Liu, please go and have a good rest."

"Here." The guard responded and took Liu Xiaosun down.

"This literati is a tough guy. It seems that the puppet Tang Dynasty still has some loyal ministers and good generals." Niu Jinda said.

"Loyal minister?" Wang Fubao sneered. Liu Xiaosun said that Li Shimin treated him well, and would rather die than betray him; Li Shimin who killed the Wang family?
However, Wang Fubao couldn't say these words, and it seems that he is not much better; although Ling Jing asked him to surrender for the safety of Dou Jiande's wife and daughter, but no matter what he said, he couldn't change the fact of the second minister. .

"At dawn, I will take the main force to attack Jianwei County, the capital of Wu, to further compress Liu Hongji's depth, and at the same time prevent him from sending troops into the country to seize Dangchang. General Niu, you take your troops to replace General Mai Zhongcai in Tongchang City, Intimidate Wudu from the northwest, so that the soldiers of the First Army will withdraw and go south to Shu County to join the Holy One." Wang Fubao said.

"Here." Niu Jinda responded, and asked again: "I'm leaving, what about Dangchang?"

Wang Fubao said: "There are no main forces of the Tang army in the territory, so let General Su Wu come and recover them one by one, and supervise the government affairs of the county."

"Then I will take my leave first." Niu Jinda saluted Wang Fubao, then turned around and took his troops back to the camp to rest.

"General, General Yuchi, the commander of the Seventh Army, sent someone to ask for an interview..." Not long after Niu Jinda left, a group of soldiers rushed over with two dusty soldiers on galloping horses. Judging by the outfits of the two soldiers, they were indeed soldiers of the Seventh Army. undoubtedly.

"What's the matter?" Wang Fubao looked at the soldier suspiciously. Now that anything can be conveyed by letter eagle, Yu Chigong actually sent someone here, which really surprised him.

"General Qi, General Yuchi asked the humble officer to come and inform that Duan Zhixuan, the lord of Shunzheng County, died in the battle of Shunzheng City. Now the entire Shunzheng County has been recovered by our army, and the Tang army in the territory has surrendered. General Yuchi is now marching westward, Chen Bing in Wu He joined forces with General Hanyang Yao in Xiucheng County, and threatened Licheng, the governor of Wudu County, from the northeast."

The speaking soldier of the Seventh Army has already reserved what he said.In fact, Yu Chigong also said, "Do you want the Seventh Army to help?" 'It's just that Tang Jun's camp has been taken down now, so he can't say it.

Wang Fubao was taken aback, but quickly realized that Yuchi Gong was demonstrating to him, and he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Please, brothers, reply to General Yuchi, saying that our army has successfully ambushed Wei Xiaojie. Two soldiers of the Tang army escaped. We will soon attack Wudu from the northwest and the west...the day when the city is destroyed is the time for drinking and talking."

"Humble duty!" The Seventh Army soldier who spoke agreed in embarrassment, and walked away with his companions in despair.

As one of the best scouts in a million, everyone has a very flexible head, and these two scouts of the Seventh Army are no exception. Wang Fubao also suffered from a strong "intention to fight" in his heart, and launched a sharp challenge to Yu Chigong.

Because 'Jiangli City' is located in the northeast of Wudu County, very close to Xiucheng County where Yuchi Gong is located.If Wang Fubao went from Dangchang, it would be hundreds of miles longer than Yu Chigong, and the road was extremely difficult, and there were many dangerous fortresses in it. The back road is in danger of being cut off.In other words, Wang Fubao has neither the right time nor the right location, and even the harmony of people is not as good as that of the Seventh Army led by Yu Chigong.But Wang Fubao knew that he was not in the upper hand, so he still said such bold words as "the day when the city is destroyed is the time to drink and talk happily". It can be seen that this is also a character who is not willing to lag behind.

But no matter which army arrived at Jiangli City first, it was obviously not good news for Liu Hongji, who only had one Wudu County.

(End of this chapter)