At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 467
Yuchi Jingde went crazy, got an arrow on his shoulder, broke the shaft of the arrow and continued to charge, the horse was tired, changed to another horse and fought again, the knife was broken, picked up a long spear and was still invincible, killing a crowd The soldiers all over the sky were terrified, and they avoided giving way one after another, not daring to take the lead.

On the other side, Gao Bufan led two thousand infantrymen to advance steadily. If the cavalry led by Yuchi Jingde was in full swing, then the infantry led by Gao Bufan was sweeping the holes in Liting. Wherever they passed, there were almost no standing soldiers in the sky, either lying on the ground, or surrendering on their stomachs with their heads hugged.

At this time, the city gate of Xiong County was wide open, and the Sui army under Duan Da's command came out like a flood, taking advantage of the momentum to beat the dog in the water.

The Mantian army had already been scrambled by the Yingyang army, and now tens of thousands of Sui troops in the city took the opportunity to cover up and kill them. How could they resist? Finally, the whole line collapsed and scattered, only General Rui Jin Lei Daxue and Jumu The main backbone of General Tian Gengrong's command is still barely supporting.

"The head of General Ruijin Lei Daxue is here, who dares to fight with a certain family!" Yuchi Jingde picked up a bloody head with a long spear, it was Lei Daxue, and the soldiers under his command all fell in love when they saw it. Their souls were scattered, and they no longer wanted to fight. They shouted and fled in succession.

As soon as Lei Daxue's team collapsed, the giant wooden general Tian Gengrong was even more helpless, and soon collapsed too, fleeing in a panic towards Gaoyang County under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers.

It's just that this giant wooden general was a bit unlucky. Just after he ran out, Li Xu stumbled and fell from the direction of the horse's head, almost throwing his shit out. Dozens of light cavalrymen had already caught up, happily captured the big fish, and sent it to Gao Bufan in a bundle.

Half an hour later, the battle was coming to an end, Man Tianjun died, fled, and surrendered!
"Where will Gao Lang be?"

Just as Gao Bufan commanded his subordinates to gather thousands of prisoners of war together, an officer who looked like a school lieutenant came all the way on horseback, shouting loudly.

"I'm going to be here!" Gao Bufan lightly clamped his horse's belly and went up to meet him.

At this moment, Gao Bufan was still holding a bloody long knife, sweating profusely, steam visible to the naked eye steamed up from his body, the captain couldn't help but secretly dumbfounded when he saw it, thinking to himself, it is rumored that this is the general who slays the black dragon Xing, look at this spirit, it is indeed extraordinary, even the soldiers under his command are so brave, they defeated the [-] Mantian army like cutting melons and vegetables.

Thinking of this, the lieutenant was even more respectful, and saluted solemnly: "The last general is Duan Zecheng, the lieutenant under General Duan. General Duan asked Gao Lang to meet him in the past."

Gao Bufan returned the knife to its sheath and said, "Please lead the way."

Duan Zecheng led Gao Bufan towards the city gate. Obviously, Duan Da did not go out of the city to participate in the battle, but stayed on the top of the city to watch the battle. As expected, he was as stable as an old dog, and seeing that he had won, he still refused to leave the city On the contrary, let Gao Bufan, a meritorious general, go to the city to meet him. It was really a bit exaggerated. The soldiers under Gao Bufan were very upset, until they met Duan Da and a group of local officials at the gate of the city. All the soldiers were relieved a little.

Gao Bufan dismounted from his horse and walked forward quickly: "Your Majesty, Gao Changqing, see General Duan."

Duan Da is about 50 years old, with a beautiful beard under his jaw, Chinese characters on his face, sword eyebrows, straight nose and red phoenix eyes. According to the standards of the ancients, he is undoubtedly a rare old handsome guy.

Duan Da's mood at this moment is undoubtedly extremely complicated. He has sent troops to encircle and suppress Wang Xuba and his gang since the second half of last year. As a result, almost a year has passed. After ten days of coming, he won a big victory in a snap.

As the saying goes, if there is no comparison, there will be no harm. Such a comparison undoubtedly shows that Duan Da is too incompetent.

"General Gao Lang, the soldiers under your command are tired from the bloody battle all night, let them retreat and rest, and I will take care of the rest." Duan Da stroked his beard and said lightly.

The soldiers behind Gao Bufan all showed displeasure, grandma, I didn't see you in the tough battle, now it's quite quick to clean the battlefield and pick picks.

Gao Bufan frowned imperceptibly, this Grandma Duan was not very kind, she shook her head and said, "General Duan, I think it's not time to rest yet."

Duan Da frowned and said, "How do you say that?"

Gao Bufan said: "According to the interrogation of several captives just now, Wang Xuba has led the main force to attack Hejian County, and now Gaoyang County is empty of troops. The last general thought that General Duan should send troops immediately instead of resting."

Duan Da hesitated when he heard the words. He naturally wanted to take back Gaoyang County. After all, it was a great achievement, but he was afraid of failure, so he obliterated the victory he had just won. He was thinking about how to repay Luoyang. Only in order to highlight one's own achievements, wouldn't it be bad if there was another disastrous defeat just after the victory was reported?

Seeing that Duan Da hesitated, Gao Bufan couldn't help being anxious and speechless, this guy is indecisive and timid, to be able to get into his current position is really a fucking ancestral grave.

"General Duan, your soldiers are very fast, and the opportunity to fight is fleeting. Now is the best time to take back Gaoyang County. The last general can guarantee that he can take back Gaoyang County, otherwise the last general will bear all the responsibilities." Gao Bufan didn't agree. Nonsense, straight to the point.

As soon as this remark came out, the soldiers and local officials around Duan Da couldn't help being slightly moved.

Duan Da glanced at Gao Bufan when he heard the words, coughed lightly and said, "It's not that the general is afraid of taking responsibility, it's really...the military is a major issue in the country, we must pay attention to it, and the way to use soldiers is to make decisions before making moves...However, This time is indeed a good time, since this is the case, then I will order General Gao Lang to be the vanguard, and in addition, I will send another thousand cavalry under my command to help you."

Gao Bufan almost wanted to step forward and strangle this awkward Grandma Duan to death, but fortunately, Duan Da finally agreed to send troops. Although only a thousand cavalry were sent to help, it was better than none, so he cupped his hands and said: " I will obey orders." After speaking, he turned and mounted his horse to leave.

All the guards gave a sigh of relief, and the horses galloped away behind Gao Bufan, kicking the dust high on purpose.

Duan Da brushed off the small lump of what looked like horse dung that splashed onto the front of his shirt, feeling ashamed and a little annoyed, he obviously also felt the contempt and disdain of Gao Bufan's soldiers.

Duan Da hesitated for a while with a sullen face, and finally ordered: "Duan Zecheng, I ordered you to lead a thousand Qingqi to assist General Gao Lang in attacking Gaoyang County."

"The last general has an order!" Duan Zecheng hastily obeyed the order and left!

The county magistrate of Xiong County coughed lightly, and said to relieve his embarrassment: "General Gao Lang is worthy of being a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, but if he goes here, I wonder if he can successfully regain Gaoyang County?"

Duan Da didn't make a sound. For him, it would be the best for Gao Bufan to recover Gaoyang County. If he failed, the responsibility could be pushed to Gao Bufan's head. Anyway, this kid also said that the responsibility was borne by him, so he sat down In Xiongxian County, the harvest is guaranteed due to drought and flood, so why not do it!

"Hmph, let this kid make trouble!" Duan Da flicked his sleeves, turned and returned to the city.

Let's say that after Gao Bufan left, he immediately regrouped his troops and marched towards Gaoyang County before dawn. As for the spoils of this battle, he took them away if he could take them away, and didn't want those he couldn't take away. Anyway, the sky was full He also despised the tattered equipment of the army, and left all the five or six thousand captives to Duan Da.

Duan Da is greedy for life and afraid of death, has a cowardly character, and his structure is too bad. Gao Bufan doesn't want to waste time with this kind of person. If he suffers a little bit, he will suffer a little bit. It is serious to clean up Wang Xuba and Li Shanfei quickly. He was in a hurry to marry a wife, he had to go to Luoyang to marry his eldest grandson Wugou on the eighth day of August, he didn't want to miss the auspicious time.

Gao Bufan and Yuchi Jingde led the Yingyang army for tens of miles in one breath. When the sky was slightly bright, they had arrived about ten miles east of Gaoyang County, so Gao Bufan ordered the whole army to rest for half an hour.

The soldiers of the Yingyang Mansion immediately stopped to rest, and seized the time to eat dry food and drink water to fill their stomachs and recharge their batteries.

Duan Zecheng was ordered to lead [-] cavalry to assist Gao Bufan. Since they were all cavalry, even though they had driven for tens of miles at night, it was not a difficult task. , still orderly, even sitting down to rest and eat, no one talks, can't help secretly admire, the military discipline is so strict, no wonder this Yingyang army is so capable of fighting!
"General Gao, drink some water!" Duan Zecheng moved closer to Gao Bufan, handed over his water bag, and said flatteringly.

Gao Bufan generously took a sip and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

Duan Zecheng took the opportunity to ask: "According to what the captives said, there should be four or five thousand guards in Gaoyang County, led by Li Shanfei himself. I'm afraid it's not easy to fight. I don't know what tricks Gao Lang will have to break the city?"

"The trick is to catch people by surprise and attack those who are unprepared!" After Gao Bufan finished speaking, he threw the water bag to Duan Zecheng, and at the same time threw a flag over it.

"Isn't this... the banner of Giant Wood General Tian Gengrong?" Duan Zecheng asked in astonishment.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "That's right, put away all your original flags and raise this giant wooden flag."

Duan Zecheng hesitated and said, "This... will it work?"

Gao Bufan didn't answer, he lay down on the ground with his eyes closed, and Duan Zecheng had no choice but to go back to his team holding the giant wooden flag.

Half an hour later, the team set off again, put away their original flags, raised the captured sharp gold flag and giant wooden flag, and rushed towards Gaoyang County at full speed.

At this moment, it is Li Shanfei himself who is in charge of Gaoyang County. Since Duan Da has been hiding in Xiong County, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers guarding outside Xiong County, Li Shanfei is very determined to open the gates of the four cities during the day. People come and go.

At dawn today, the gates of Gaoyang County were also opened as usual, and some farmers and merchants carrying baskets lined up to enter the city to do business.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes, and the Mantian army on the top of the city first saw a horse team galloping from the east, and hurriedly looked far away, and found that this team was actually holding the flags of General Ruijin and General Jumu , could not help secretly wondering: "General Ruijin and General Jumu are back?"

The defenders were suspicious, and the cavalry had already rushed to the vicinity. At this time, the defenders at the top of the city realized that something was wrong. Although General Ruijin also had cavalry, they were only a small number of cavalry, only a hundred cavalry. The cavalry is huge, at least thousands of cavalry, and well-equipped, the momentum is not the same at all.

"Close the city gate!" The defenders who sensed something was wrong finally reacted and immediately issued a warning.

It's a pity it's too late! ! !
whoosh...

A powerful arrow pierced through the air with a sharp howling sound, and the two Mantian army guards who were about to run into the city gate were shot through on the spot, and were nailed to death on the half-covered city gate by the force. .

Gao Bufan was taking the lead at the moment, and the sharp arrow just now was naturally shot by him. At this moment, the cavalry team had already entered the city, and there was a buzzing sound, and the cavalry also fired arrows at the same time. Waves of arrows shot at the city head and the city gate respectively.

dong dong dong...

A series of terrifying muffled noises, the city gate was filled with feathered arrows, and the guards of the Mantian army who tried to close the gate were stabbed into hedgehogs, and the Mantian army who was trying to snipe on the top of the city was also temporarily suppressed. Can't get up.

Just like this, Gao Bufan led dozens of cavalry to break through the door first, and then Yuchi Jingde led the follow-up cavalry to kill, and swarmed in.

"Fei Shuai, something is wrong, the Sui army is coming to the city!"

Li Shanfei had just finished his breakfast when a soldier came in to report. The former couldn't help being shocked and asked, "Where's the Sui army from?"

"Yuyang is guarded, Zhuojun Yingyanglang will be the general!!!"

Li Shanfei was taken aback, it turned out to be the kid surnamed Gao, it's really a narrow road for enemies! ! !

Li Shanfei immediately took his weapons and ran towards the city gate with hundreds of soldiers, but just as he ran to the street, he heard the deafening sound of horseshoes, and then a murderous cavalry charged from the corner of the street. come out.

hum...

The sky darkened immediately, and a wave of arrows was thrown towards the sky, Li Shanfei was so shocked that he was out of his wits. Fortunately, he was so light, he rolled off his horse with a whoosh, rolled on the spot again, and quickly dodged into the alley by the side of the street, successfully dodged After a catastrophe.

However, the soldiers under his command were not so lucky. After a wave of arrow rain, dozens of people were killed or injured on the spot, followed by a second wave...

After two waves of arrow rain, the elite cavalry of the Sui army had already reached the front, skillfully hung their bows and drew their knives, and then crushed them in one wave, slaughtering the rest like melons and vegetables.

Li Shanfei saw a young general from the Sui Dynasty galloping past him, his horse was sharp, and it was Gao Bufan. He couldn't help gnashing his teeth with hatred, but at last this guy was still awake, and he knew that the situation was over, if he continued to stay, he would only die, so he decisively Flashed into a deep alley and fled.

Once the city gate was captured, the battle became extremely easy. The Yingyang army quickly occupied the east city, and then began to sweep along the streets.

As the saying goes, a snake can't do without a head. Li Shanfei himself slipped away, and the defenders in the city ran around like headless chickens.

After more than an hour, the Yingyang Army successfully took control of the entire Gaoyang County, which seemed to be a little easier than stealing the camp last night.

(End of this chapter)