At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 443 The enemy retreats
In the Xiren camp outside the city, Su Ke, the commander of the Bird Department, and Shu Tai, the commander of the Yaoli Department, waited until dawn and did not see Leng Lou and the "Lord" returning to the camp. They couldn't help but whisper in their hearts. Sneaked into Huairou City last night to assassinate the general of the Sui army, and has not returned yet, did he miss it?
It is said that Leng Lou and the "Lord Master" were sent by the King of Goguryeo to assist Xi Ren. The reason why Xi Ren was able to break through Yanle City in a short period of time was precisely because Leng Lou and the "Lord Master" successfully assassinated Song Gengxin, the county guard in the city. County lieutenant Zhou wakes up.

So, last night, Shu Tai and Su Ke planned to repeat their old tricks and asked Leng Lou and the "Lord Master" to sneak into the city and assassinate Gao Bufan. For this reason, this guy deliberately held his urine all night, but he held it until dawn, almost bursting his bladder, and he didn't see Leng Lou and the "owner" return.

Let's talk about Gao Bufan, who also waited at the top of the city for most of the night. He thought that the bearded man Zhang Zhongjian would come back to find him, but he waited for nothing all night. No head but no end.

At dawn, Xi Ren blew the low-pitched horn, and started to attack again. The fierce battle lasted for a day until it was dark. Naturally, Xi Ren still couldn't break through Huairou City, and left more than a hundred corpses and retreated to the camp in desperation.

On the third day, Xiren attacked again, and the offensive on this day was particularly fierce. Xiren suffered heavy casualties. According to visual estimates, more than 500 people were killed and injured, and nearly 300 people were killed and injured by the defenders.

On the fourth day, Xi Ren seemed to have come to his senses. If the fight continued like this, Huairou City would not be breached even if all the troops were exhausted, so he began to quickly retreat in the direction of Yanle City.

On the top of the city, the defenders cheered loudly, Yuchi Jingde laughed loudly and said: "The bandit Xi has retreated, General Gao Lang, the last general requests to fight."

Gao Bufan nodded and said, "Sure!"

Ever since, Yuchi Jingde led the three hundred cavalrymen from Yingyang Mansion to rush out of the city gate in a murderous spirit, bit their tails and chased them down.

Xi Ren originally had more than [-] riders. He stormed Huairou City for three days in vain, and more than [-] people died. In addition, more than [-] people were injured. He didn't dare to fight after being bitten and chased by Yuchi Jingde, but sped up and fled to the direction of Miyun City, probably because he wanted to join the Xiren army there.

Yuchi Jingde is worthy of being an invincible general. He has been suffocated these days. At this time, he led three hundred Yingyang Mansion cavalry to let go of the attack. Like maggots attached to the bones, they chased and killed until noon, almost approaching Miyun City Only then did he lead his subordinates to victory.

Although this hunt and kill was not a big deal, it also beheaded 40 people and won more than [-] horses. The killing was so ridiculous that it greatly boosted morale and proved that the cavalry of Yingyang Mansion was definitely no better than Xi Ren's cavalry is weak, as long as they dare to charge and fight, they can still win the battle.

The news of Xi Ren's repulsion quickly spread throughout Huairou City, all over ten miles and eight villages, and also spread to the neighboring Changping County. The local gentry and wealthy households even slaughtered pigs and sheep, and came to comfort the army with drums and gongs. The whole army of Yingyang Mansion felt proud and extremely proud!
This battle was the first tough battle in the true sense of the Zhuojun Yingyang Army. The previous ones could only be regarded as small fights. After this battle, the reputation of the Zhuojun Yingfu was completely established. The glory of the army It was also played, and it also won the hearts of the people.

In Huairou County Yamen, the county magistrate Lu Jie finally finished receiving the local gentry who came to reward the government army in an endless stream. The gentry sent a variety of items to reward the government army. In addition to poultry and livestock such as pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, there were also food and medicine. , thick clothes, shoes and socks, bedding, etc., the magistrate Lu took them all as ordered, and registered them one by one.

The gentry rewarded the government army, of course, to thank the government army for besieging Xi people away, but the main reason was to get familiar with General Gao Lang. In this chaotic situation, even the emperor was besieged by the Yi people. Servant, maybe the sky will change in a blink of an eye, the county magistrate might as well take care of it now, who wouldn't want to have a strong man with military power to keep them safe?
Let's say that County Magistrate Lu finally sent the gentry away, and when he returned to the flower hall behind, seeing Lu Sanlang drinking tea leisurely, he couldn't help smiling bitterly: "Sanlang, you are leisurely, but this county is so busy."

Lu Sanlang smiled and said: "Ninth Uncle, those who are capable will work harder."

"Yeah, Sanlang, you're right in speaking sarcasticly. By the way, when is Sanlang going to meet General Gao Lang?" Lu Jie asked.

Lu Sanlang smiled and said, "No rush!"

Lu Jie threw a stack of lists of gentry who rewarded the government army on the tea table, and said angrily: "There is no hurry, look, all the seven surnames of Youyan have sent people to reward the army except our Fanyang Lu family."

Lu Sanlang picked up the list and flipped through it, and said with a faint smile, "It's just a few pigs and sheep, hasn't the Cui family of Qinghe made a move yet, wait a minute, Gao Changqing should be ready to counterattack next, if Xi Ren is killed by then Get out of the pass, and I will give him another big gift."

After hearing the words, County Magistrate Lu stopped mentioning it, and instead said in admiration: "This Gao Changqing really has two brushes."

Lu Sanlang smiled and said: "If this son has no ability, can he have the status he is today? It's all due to real credit."

Magistrate Lu nodded in agreement, took a sip of tea, and at this moment, a servant came in quickly to report: "My lord, Li Jing, the prime minister of Yuyang County, has led reinforcements to the outside of the city. Your Excellency will be invited to receive you."

When Magistrate Lu heard the words, he ran out in a hurry, got on his horse and drove out of the city.

Li Jing, nicknamed Daoxing, Xiuguan County, Tianshui County, is currently the governor of Yuyang County. He led two thousand troops from Yuyang County to support Rouhuai County, but when he arrived, he found that Xi Ren had retreated, so he couldn't help but Quite surprised, but at the same time secretly relieved, it is best not to fight, after all, Xi people are all cavalry, and most of the 2000 people he led were infantry, only [-] cavalry, which were improvised.

"Li Jing, Prime Minister of Yuyang County, meet General Gao Lang!" Seeing that although Gao Bufan was young, Li Jing had a good reputation, so he didn't dare to neglect him, and immediately went to pay his respects.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "You don't need to be too polite, Mr. Li came in time, the general is preparing to discuss matters, come and come, let's go to the general's tent together."

Li Jing's heart skipped a beat, he just thought that Gao Bufan was ironic that he came too late, but seeing Gao Bufan's bright smile and easy-going eyes, it didn't seem like he was being sarcastic, so he was a little relieved and followed Gao Bufan to the central army camp.

Gao Bufan first gave an introduction to the generals in the army, and then began to gather around the sand table to discuss the next action plan.

Li Jing looked at the sand table with a look of surprise on his face, and when he saw the generals pointing at the sand table and discussing enthusiastically, he couldn't help secretly feeling that this general Gao Lang was indeed superior, at least the way he led the army was different from that of others. The generals are completely different. It can be seen that although the generals here have great respect for Gao Bufan, it is not just respect. Everyone speaks very straightforwardly and casually, actively expressing their opinions and speaking freely to each other.

The generals debated for a long time, and the next battle plan was finalized one after another. During the whole process, Gao Bufan seldom spoke. He just summed it up at the end, and a battle plan was finalized in this way.

Gao Bufan doesn't talk about it, he doesn't need a group of puppets who can only obey orders, but a group of tigers and wolves who can take care of themselves, so under normal circumstances, Gao Bufan only participates in the formulation of general strategies, and the specific tactics are generally left to the generals themselves play.

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"Girl, Mr. Gao is here." Shu'er walked into the room with a basket on her arm and a smile.

Cui Shirou was changing the medicine for the injured wild goose, when she looked up, she saw Gao Bufan coming in after Shu'er, with bright eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a familiar smile on his face.

Cui Shirou's pretty face blushed slightly, she stood up and saluted, "Rou'er greets Brother Gao!"

"Miss Shirou, don't be too polite!" Gao Bufan waved his hand, looked curiously at the gray goose squatting obediently there, and asked, "Where did the wild duck come from?"

(End of this chapter)