At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 475
Boling County is located to the west of Hejian County. It belongs to the western edge of the Jizhong Plain and the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east. The terrain gradually transitions from plains to hills and then to mountains.

Yuchi Jingde led 2000 cavalry and [-] infantry in pursuit of Li Shanfei and Zhen Dier all the way from Hejian County to Boling County, and finally caught up with Li Feishan in Yifeng County of Boling County. , beheaded [-] enemies and captured [-] people. Afterwards, Li Shanfei fled to Hengyang County with the remaining troops.

Yuchi Jingde probably felt that the infantry was too slow, or thought that Li Shanfei's remnant troops could not turn the tide, so he left [-] infantry to guard the prisoners, and only led [-] cavalry to chase to Hengyang County.

Hengyang County has already entered the range of the Taihang Mountains, and the terrain has changed suddenly. It is no longer a flat plain, and hills and mountains have gradually increased. Naturally, the advantage of the cavalry has also been greatly weakened.

Looking at the rolling mountains in front of him, Li Shanfei finally let out a long breath. He was really beaten up by Yuchi Jingde along the way.On that day, the soldiers evacuated Boye County in two ways, Li Shanfei probably had more than [-] soldiers under his command, and when they arrived in Boling County, only half of them were left, but in Yifeng County, Yuchi Jingde overtook him again. After the fierce battle, half of the troops disappeared.

At this moment, there were only a thousand people around Li Shanfei, nine out of ten, it was really not ordinary grief.

"Damn it, that guy Yu Chirong is simply a lunatic, you have to take a break if you hang yourself? He chased us for seven or eight hundred miles without breathing." Boye Gong Zhen Zhaier gasped, While yelling.

Li Shanfei's face was also extremely ugly at this time, he never dreamed that Yuchi Jingde would bite so tightly, and didn't even give him a moment to breathe. The other party can easily find out and catch up, what the hell, grandma, if you can't wipe out Yuchi Jingde's cavalry this time, it will be a big loss!

At this time, billowing dust appeared behind, Li Shanfei and Zhen Zhaier immediately jumped up from the ground, and flew onto the back of the horse.The bandit soldiers who had been resting on the ground staggered up and down hurriedly got up, and ran into the mountain without Li Shanfei's order.

The lunatic Yuchi is here, why don't you run away and wait to die?

In the sound of roaring horseshoes, a cavalry appeared a hundred meters away in front of the mountain, but saw a tiger general riding his horse in front, the simple knife in his hand was shining coldly, and he could feel the piercing killing intent from a distance. The brave champion of the three armies - Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Jingde saw Li Shanfei and the others fleeing towards the mountain from a distance, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and shouted like a spring thunder: "Stop the thief, take your life!"

Yuchi Jingde clamped the horse's belly, increased his speed to the extreme, and caught up with the slowest running bandit soldier. Pu Dao swept past him, and the bandit soldier was cut into two pieces.

"Crazy Yuchi is coming, run away!" A group of bandit soldiers frantically ran for their lives in the mountains, and those who ran slowly were overtaken by the cavalry and died on the spot.

Yuchi Jingde and the others chased and killed for several miles, the mountain road became narrower and more difficult to walk, at the beginning they could count riders side by side, but gradually they could only pass by one rider.

"General Yuchi, we have already entered the mountainous area, the cavalry is not easy to use, we should turn around." A soldier persuaded.

Yuchi Jingde also knew that it was not easy to use the cavalry in the mountainous area, but seeing that he could catch up with the two bandits, Li Shanfei and Zhen Zhaier, he was naturally unwilling to give up at this time, so he continued to chase for a few miles.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of gunfire, and two large flags were erected on both sides of the mountain road. Yuchi Jingde couldn't help being shocked, no, there was an ambush!

I saw the two big characters "Wagang" embroidered on the big flag on the mountain on the left, and a general flag with the word "Zhai" next to it. A big man shouted sharply: "Master Wagang Zhai Hongdi is here, and Yuchi Jingde is honored." die."

A man also appeared from the mountain on the right and shouted: "Hao Xiaode from the plain is here, and he is here to take your head."

As soon as the words were spoken, a large number of rocks rolled down from the mountains on both sides at the same time, and arrows rained down. The cavalry were caught off guard and killed and injured a large number of people.

Yuchi Jingde hastily threw away the simple knife, drew out his waist knife and danced airtightly, shooting down arrows one after another, at the same time he shouted loudly: "Turn around, get out of the mountain!"

Fortunately, the cavalry in Yingyang Mansion were well-trained. Even in such an unfavorable environment, there was no chaos. Some of them raised their shields to cover them, and some fired arrows up the mountain to fight back.

It's just that the mountain road is too narrow, and the horses are crowded together, they can't use it at all, and they can't take advantage of their speed, so there are still a large number of casualties in a short period of time.

However, the enemy army on the mountain was not feeling well. The Yingyang army was well-equipped and their archery skills were excellent. After a wave of counterattacks, the enemy army on the mountain also killed and injured many people. Di Hong was very unlucky. He was hit by an arrow, and he was in so much pain that his whole leg was stained red with blood, which was very horrifying.

Hao Xiaode from Pingyuan almost took an arrow, but he didn't dare to ask Da Tan to come out. At the same time, he was secretly surprised that this Sui army cavalry was very powerful. Fight back, great!
"It's no wonder that Wang Xuba was beaten to death. This Sui army is very powerful. Among the Sui troops we met, except for Zhang Xutuo's Bafeng Battalion, this is the strongest." Hao Xiaode One of his confidants said awe-inspiringly.

Hao Xiaode's eyes sharpened, and he shouted: "Then we will wipe them out even more, brothers, hit me hard and shoot arrows!" After speaking, he smashed a big rock down hard.

By the way, this Hao Xiaode is from Pingyuan County, and he and Wang Bo revolted in the Changbai Mountain area of ​​Qijun (Shandong) before, attacking the city and looting the land, doing a brilliant job, and finally met Zhang Xutuo's Bafengying, and was killed to the brim, The entire army was almost wiped out, and finally had to flee from Qi County, and came to Zhao County and Boling County to resume their old jobs.

A few days ago, Li Mi suddenly came to discuss cooperation. He wanted to unite everyone to eliminate Gao Changqing, the Ying Yanglang general of Zhuo County. Hao Xiaode agreed without thinking about it, because now the most famous Sui generals are three people, and the first one is Qi County. Tongshou Zhang Xutuo, the second is Yuyang Tongshou Gao Bufan, and the third is Jiangdu County Prime Minister Shichong.

Needless to say, Zhang Xutuo, almost all the rising rebels in Qi County were wiped out by him leading the Bafeng Battalion. His reputation spread far and wide, making people frightened by the news; and Gao Changqing was also quite good. Wang Xuba and Li Shanfei fell into disrepair; as for Wang Shichong, he became famous because he eliminated Jiangnan Liu Yuan and became another rookie after Gao Bufan.

Hao Xiaode is now in Boling County, so naturally he doesn't want to see Wang Xuba and Li Shanfei eliminated, because once Wang Xuba falls, Hao Xiaode may be the next one, so when Li Mi approached him, he immediately agreed joint.

Therefore, Li Mi is really scheming and knows how to use people's hearts. He teamed up with Gao Shida and Dou Jiande to set up Fu Gaobufan in the south, and teamed up with Hao Xiaode in the west to ambush Yuchi Jingde. If he is a general, he, Li Mi, will also become famous because of this, and even have the opportunity to bring the two rebels, Hao Xiaode and Gao Shida, under Wagang's command.

Closer to home, let's say that Yuchi Jingde led the cavalry and fought and retreated. After hundreds of casualties, he finally rushed out of the ambush circle between the two mountains!
At this moment, Yuchi Jingde regretted so much, it was all because of his greed and rashness, which led to such a huge loss.

However, just as Yuchi Jingde and the others were still in shock, another cannon shot suddenly, and a group of troops came out from the valley on the left, and also raised a Wagang banner, and someone shouted sharply: "Wagang Shan Xiongxin is here!" .”

On the other side of the valley, there was also the sound of a cannon, and a group of people rushed out shouting and killing, and heard someone shouting: "Wagang Bingyuan is really here!"

"Kill!" The Wagang army all over the mountains and plains charged from both sides, Yuchi Jingde had no choice but to order everyone to abandon their horses and fight on foot.

This battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, the knife in Yuchi Jingde's hand was cut into holes, the leather armor on his body was also full of holes, and he was covered in blood.

"General Yuchi, hurry up, your subordinates will cover you to break through." A soldier shouted loudly, but just as he finished speaking, he was stabbed in the lower abdomen by a Wagang soldier, and fell down with a scream.

"Death!" Yuchi Jingde's eyes were red, and he chopped off the Wagang soldier's head, but the waist knife also snapped off.

Yuchi Jingde threw away the broken knife in his hand and let out a long sigh. At this moment, even if he has won the three armies bravely, he will be helpless.

Just when Yuchi Jingde was feeling desperate, suddenly a cannon rang out, and a group of people rushed in from outside the mountain.

Yuchi Jingde originally thought it was Wagang's ambush again, but when he saw that it was actually a Sui army wearing standard military uniforms, he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

I saw that although the number of this Sui army was not many, it was estimated to be around a thousand, but they were very powerful. They were in groups of three, seven in a team, and cooperated very tacitly. Without making a sound, he moved forward to cover up the kill unhurriedly, and the long and short weapons cooperated efficiently. Wherever he passed, it was like cutting melons and vegetables to reap human lives.

Yuchi Jingde was startled and suspicious, but at the same time overjoyed, there is no end to the sky, he picked up a long spear, jumped on the horse, and charged again. wave.

"General Yuchi, come here, Li Jing will help you break through!" A voice came from the other side of the mountain pass.

Yuchi Jingde was ecstatic, it turned out that it was Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Shanggu County, who came, he shouted loudly, his spear was like a flying dragon and stabbed several people, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Brothers, reinforcements are here, follow me to break through!"

"Go ahead!"

Yuchi Jingde took the lead and dashed forward, followed by the Yingyang army, fighting forward, once, twice, three times...

boom……

The encirclement was finally torn apart by the internal and external pincers, and the Yingyang army immediately rushed out like a tide.

On the top of the mountain on the left side of the mountain pass, Fang Yanzao looked at the Yingyang army who broke out from the encirclement. He shot in the face and flew past his neck.

Fang Yanzao felt the burning on his neck, he stretched out his hand to touch it, his hand was stained with blood, he couldn't help but turn pale in shock, he looked up quickly, and saw a middle-aged general standing on the opposite side of the mountain, holding an iron tire bow in his hand , looking at this side coldly, another arrow has already been put on the string, and the iron finger used to open the bow is shining with a frightening cold light in the setting sun.

"Li Jing!" Fang Yanzao was trembling with fear, and rolled on the ground, but it was a step too late, he felt a pain in his shoulder, and almost passed out, and the five-color flag in his hand was thrown away.

Li Jing secretly cried out that it's a pity that there is no chance to shoot another arrow at this time, because Fang Yanzao has already rolled behind the rocks, but Li Jing's goal has been achieved, this arrow is tantamount to disabling the enemy's command center.

Without Fang Yanzao commanding on the mountain, the Wagang Army's eyes were darkened immediately, and they were a little confused. Under the guidance of Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde and the others successfully escaped from the encirclement and came to the open place in front of the mountain.

Yuchi Jingde glanced back at the brothers who had escaped with him, he couldn't help being sad, two thousand brothers, now there are only more than 1000 left, and more than half of the horses are lost, the loss is heavy!

"Thank you Li Juncheng for your help!" Yuchi Jingde cupped his hands bitterly at Li Jing who was walking towards him.

Li Jing slightly nodded and said comfortingly: "Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, General Yuchi don't need to be discouraged."

Yuchi Jingde sighed when he heard the words, his eye circles were a little red, and he said in a deep voice: "It's only because I am greedy for meritorious deeds, so I will go back and confess my crime to Lord Tongshou."

Li Jing frowned and said, "Third brother...where are you Tongshou?"

Yuchi Jingde briefly told the story, and Li Jing said with a solemn expression after listening, "I'm afraid your Master Tongshou is in a bad situation at the moment."

Yuchi Jingde's heart trembled slightly, he blurted out, "How can you see that?"

"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's talk while walking." Li Jing said solemnly.

As a result, the two joined forces and retreated slowly. The Wagang army in the mountain saw that Li Jing was retreating in a well-organized manner, and they were a little scared when they were killed by Li Jing's three-talented formation just now, so they didn't dare to chase Come out and watch them go away.

Li Jing and the others withdrew ten miles back, seeing that the enemy was not chasing them, they felt relieved.Yuchi Jingde couldn't help asking: "Why did Li Juncheng appear here?"

It turns out that Shanggu County is to the north of Boling County, and Hao Xiaode and his group of thieves occasionally go to Shanggu County to "do business", so they have been targeted by Li Jing recently.

Li Jing found out by accident that Hao De led people to hide in the Taihang Mountains, and there were Wagang troops, so he sent spies to monitor day and night.

After Yuchi Jingde heard the reason why Li Jing appeared here, he was both happy and uneasy. Since he was ambushed, what about Mr. Gao?Will there be another ambush waiting for him?
After Li Jing asked Yuchi Jingde about the process of chasing and killing Li Shanfei in detail, his face became more solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "It should be Wagang Li Mi who made the move."

(End of this chapter)