At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 181
Early in the morning, the summer sun began to scorch the earth recklessly, and there was still stagnant water on the ground. Countless horseshoes trampled past, and immediately sewage splashed and mud flowed across.

Liu Zaishang's mood at the moment was as bad as the muddy water all over the floor, anxious, depressed and helpless, and the thousand cavalrymen under his command also seemed listless.

It's all because of the damn heavy rain yesterday afternoon, which washed away all the traces left on the ground, or else the damn Sui army would have been caught long ago, and now it's been delayed all night, and I don't know where to find someone up.

Liu Zaishang was gloomy, when the centurion Liu Chengwu, who was clearing the way ahead, suddenly brought a barefoot farmer over excitedly, and reported excitedly, "General Liu, we have found the whereabouts of that Sui army."

Liu Zaishang's spirit was shaken immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the Sui Army?"

Liu Chengwu pointed to the barefoot farmer he brought back and said, "This man said that the Sui army was stationed in a nearby deserted village."

Liu Zaishang suppressed the excitement in his heart, stared at the farmer like a poisonous snake, and asked sharply, "Did you really see the Sui army?"

The barefoot farmer felt his scalp tingling from being stared at, and he stammered: "Return to the general, I really saw it, the Sui army is digging the soil at the entrance of the village, and they have already dug a long dirt ditch. If the general doesn't believe it, you can Send someone to check with the younger one."

Liu Zaishang waved his hand impatiently: "Lead the way immediately. If the Sui army is really there, this general will definitely reward you a lot."

The barefoot farmer was very happy when he heard the words, so he trotted ahead to lead the way, and arrived in front of the deserted village in about an hour of incense burning, pointing at it from a distance: "Look, general, those Sui people are still digging the soil, little one I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Liu Zaishhang set up a pergola to look over, and sure enough, he saw that the Sui army was building fortifications in full swing at the entrance of the village. They not only dug a trench on the ground, but also built two earthen walls behind the trench. The tip of the spear and the tip of the spear, like a hedgehog, are daunting. However, the two earthen walls are obviously not yet finished, and the height is only about one meter.

Seeing this, Liu Zaishang was not surprised but pleased, he licked his lips ferociously and said, "My good fellows, I finally got you guys caught by this general, and this time you will surely be able to escape even if you spread your wings."

"These Sui dogs are sensible. They probably know that cavalry can't run with two legs, so they plan to rely on the terrain to resist. Fortunately, we came in time and their fortifications have not been completely repaired. Otherwise, the price of annihilating them will be even greater." The centurion said happily.

Liu Chengwu was full of vengeance at this moment, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "General Liu, we should launch an attack immediately while the enemy's fortifications have not been repaired, and my subordinates are willing to lead the army to take the lead."

Liu Zaishang nodded and said, "Okay, old Liu, go forward and try it out first, don't go in recklessly, after all, there are not many people on the other side."

Liu Chengwu ordered fifty cavalrymen to charge towards the entrance of the village. The Sui army had obviously discovered the Goguryeo cavalry long ago. When they saw the fifty cavalry rushing up, they immediately stopped building fortifications and hid behind two retaining walls to stand ready.

It is said that this deserted village has a rectangular shape as a whole, houses are built on both sides of the village road, and there is an exit at the head and tail of the village. Now the Sui army has built simple fortifications at the head and tail of the village, guarding the entrance to the village.

However, due to the rush of time, the fortifications were relatively adequate. The "匚"-shaped trench was the first line of defense. It was only dug three meters wide, and the depth was only about one and a half meters. A trench with a wide width can be crossed with a single jump as long as the riding skills are good, and this depth is even more unstoppable. Even if you fall, you can climb up quickly. Of course, the premise is that there are no spikes in the trench. .

The second line of defense is a "匚"-shaped earthen wall, which is only about one meter high. Although the spear points protruding from the wall look a little scary, with the jumping ability of a horse, it is also easy to cross Pass.

The third line of defense is a "one"-shaped retaining wall, which is about ten meters away from the first wall and has already entered the village. The two ends connect the dilapidated houses on both sides of the village road, which is also only one meter away. High, the horse can jump over.

This kind of fortification is better than nothing. Once the defenders retreat, these three lines of defense can't stop the cavalry from entering at all, at most it will slow down the sprint speed of the cavalry.

It was Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin who were guarding the entrance of the village at the moment, and 150 Sui soldiers under their command, including 50 people with archers, 50 people with swords and shields, and [-] spearmen.

The terrain at the entrance of the village is narrow, and 150 people is already the limit. It can be seen that Qin Qiong's formation is very organized. The pikemen and sword-shieldmen guard behind the first retaining wall, while the archers hide behind the second retaining wall. Behind the earthen wall, archers were also ambushing behind the two ruined walls, and they were condescending.

At this time, Liu Chengwu had already led fifty cavalry to within a hundred paces of the village entrance. Qin Qiong was holding two maces, as if he hadn't seen it. Eye, shouted: "shoot!"

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As the sky darkened, a wave of arrows roared out, drawing a deadly arc in mid-air, and hurled them down towards the fifty enemy cavalry.

Liu Chengxun was clearly prepared, and shouted: "Raise the shield!"

Immediately, fifty Goguryeo cavalry raised their shields with their left hands, and drove their horses forward unhurriedly, forming a slanting shield wall, blocking most of the arrows in an instant, only slightly injuring a few people.

"But that's it!" Liu Chengwu sneered, and continued to gallop to the ditch without jumping over the ditch. After observing for a while, he turned his horse's head and left.

Luo Shixin asked puzzledly: "Brother Qin, when the opponent turned around just now, what a good opportunity, a wave of flat shots shot past him, killing at least a dozen of him."

Qin Qiong said confidently: "Don't worry, it's just the beginning, the wave has killed people ruthlessly, what if they don't want to come again?"

Luo Shixin smiled and said: "That's right, you can only reach the big fish by taking a long time. I hope that kid Gao Bufan's method will work."

Qin Qiong frowned and said: "Shi Xin, in the final analysis, Gao Changqing has saved our lives, so you must not speak rudely in front of him."

Luo Shixin said disapprovingly: "Okay, I hope Gao Changqing's method will work, but even if we cross the river and fall in the middle of the river that night, we may not die, so the grace of saving lives is not counted."

Qin Qiong shook his head helplessly. He and Luo Shixin were nearly two laps apart in age. They were de facto mentors and apprentices, but they were called brothers.Luo Shixin was born with supernatural power and bravery, but he was also arrogant. He was about the same age as Gao Bufan, and it was normal to be dissatisfied. What Qin Qiong was worried about now was the little beauty Liu Xianniang. It seems that she is interested in Miss Liu, but it's just that Miss Liu is obviously interested in Gao Changqing. I hope that Shi Xin won't be a fool. No matter whether he is martial arts or resourceful, he is obviously not Gao Bufan's opponent.

Let’s say that Liu Chengwu made a tentative attack once, and when he returned to Liu Zaishang, he reported with a relaxed expression: “According to my subordinates’ trial just now, the Sui army’s fortifications were built hastily and their defenses were very limited. The depth is only four feet, and a horse can jump over it, and there is no time to arrange a deadly mechanism under the ditch.

In addition, the height of the two earthen walls is less than three feet, and the Sui army's arrows are obviously insufficient. As long as the arrows are exhausted, our cavalry can drive straight in and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. "

Liu Zaishang heard the words and said happily: "Very well, then attack from both sides at the same time, and make sure to wipe out the Sui army before the general arrives. This general will personally cut off the head of the Sui army leader and ask the general for credit."

Under Liu Zaishang's order, the [-] cavalry under his command split into two groups, each with [-] cavalry, and attacked from the entrance and the end of the village.

At this time, Gao Bufan was personally directing the manpower in the village to dig water canals along both sides of the village road. These two canals were only [-] centimeters deep. The location of the oil well has been dug about half.

Looking at the vicinity of the oil well, a large reservoir has been built with masonry and wooden piles, and the surroundings are sealed with mud and hay to prevent leakage.

Dou Xianniang is carefully directing a group of government soldiers to take oil from the oil well, and then pour it into the reservoir. At present, half a pool of oil has been stored, which is estimated to be tens of thousands of catties. There is a pungent smell in the air. smell.

"Let everyone be careful, pay attention to safety, and don't start a fire nearby." Looking at the large pool of black and sticky oil, Gao Bufan couldn't help but sweat, as long as there is a little spark at this time, the consequences will be real. Unbelievable.

Dou Xianniang patted her chest, which was already quite large, and said confidently: "Brother Gao, don't worry, with me watching, nothing will go wrong."

"Oh, that's good." Gao Bufan couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Nizi's chest, feeling a little itchy,

Dou Xianniang seemed to have a heart-to-heart connection, her pretty face flushed red, her watery almond eyes gave someone a glance intentionally or unintentionally, shyly with a bit of charm, she even stretched out two fingers to make a cross-eyed gesture.

Gao Bufan secretly laughed, this little girl is more and more inclined to develop into a sassy girlfriend, could it be that this is a regression of personality?I think that when I first met her in Yin County, she was a little chili pepper that was not easy to mess with.

At this time, the deafening sound of horseshoes sounded from the entrance and the end of the village. It was obvious that the enemy army had divided into two groups to launch an attack.

Gao Bufan had no choice but to leave Dou Xianniang behind and ran towards the entrance of the village. The latter stomped his feet in dissatisfaction, pouted his small mouth like a water chestnut, pointed at Liu Gou'er and scolded: "Stinky dog ​​is lazy again. Don't eat lunch..."

Let's talk about Gao Bufan rushing to the entrance of the village, jumping onto the roof of a dilapidated house nearby, looking around, he saw the dust billowing on the open space outside the entrance of the village, and dozens of Goguryeo cavalry were rushing towards them like lightning. Waves of arrows rained all over the sky, and the enemy left a few corpses and retreated. However, the first wave of cavalry had just retreated, and the second wave of cavalry came over again.

Gao Bufan couldn't help nodding secretly. It was obvious that the enemy's general was clear-headed and clear-headed. He was using this wheel-to-wheel battle to consume his own arrows. This was undoubtedly a clever way of fighting.

The sun in the east was rising higher and higher. Unknowingly, the enemy army had launched the tenth wave of charge. Qin Qiong still only ordered to use arrows to repel the incoming enemy. In this way, the consumption of arrows was naturally very fast.

At this time, Gao Bufan saw the fifty bows and arrows behind the second earth wall and began to withdraw, probably because the arrows they carried had been used up.Sure enough, after the fifty archers retreated, the other fifty bowed and rushed forward immediately, taking the place of the previous group of archers.

Gao Bufan couldn't help frowning when he saw this. Although the entire team now has 700 more than 400 people, there are only more than [-] archers, and they have been evenly distributed to the village entrance and the village end.Although each archer was allocated [-] arrows, Qin Qiong's consumption method would definitely not last until the evening, and it would definitely affect the subsequent plans.

"The famous Qin Shubao, Qin Menshen, can't be the only one with this ability?" Gao Bufan couldn't help but wonder.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded again, and the enemy launched the No. 11 wave of attacks, and it could be seen that the number of people doubled.In the past, the enemies used to have a wave of [-] riders, but now they have reached [-] riders. It is obvious that this is going to be serious.

Qin Qiong, who had always been unhurried, finally became serious, staring at the front of the formation with wide-eyed bell-like eyes.

The charging momentum of a hundred cavalry was naturally much stronger than that of fifty cavalry. Seeing that the enemy cavalry had already entered the range of bows and arrows, Qin Qiong did not order to release arrows this time, but let the enemy cavalry kill them in front of the trench.

Those Goguryeo cavalry were holding up their shields to be on guard, but they didn't wait for the rain of arrows. They couldn't help but secretly rejoiced. They thought that the arrows of the Sui army were almost exhausted, so they boldly jumped across the ditch with their horses and swung their sabers. Rush towards the first earthen wall.

Only then did Qin Qiong calmly shout: "Only shoot people, don't hurt horses, shoot arrows!"

There was only a buzzing sound, and a dense wave of arrows shot across the wall from behind the wall. A dozen Goguryeo cavalrymen who jumped over the ditch were shot into hedgehogs on the spot. However, the momentum was too late, and the horse screamed and fell into a three-meter-wide ditch.

Fortunately, the trench was not deep, and the Goguryeo cavalrymen who were not injured quickly climbed up from the pit again, but they were shot and killed on the spot by flying arrows as soon as they emerged.

The Goguryeo cavalry behind quickly turned their horses and fled. Seeing this, Liu Zaishang couldn't help but tear his eyes. He lost at least [-] cavalry in this wave of attacks.But the more irritating thing is still behind. The dozen or so ownerless war horses that had jumped over the ditch were dragged away in a grandiose manner by the Sui soldiers who came out from behind the wall. The war horse passed by as soon as it was straddled.

Liu Chengwu couldn't help being dumbfounded, and a ridiculous thought quickly flashed in his mind, the Sui army built the earthen wall so low, couldn't it be for the convenience of robbing horses?
(End of this chapter)