At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 578
Dou Jiande's general Gao Yaxian led an army of [-] to Leshou County, and received the battle report from the front that night. Su Dingfang and Pei Xingyan did not decide the winner in the first day of fighting in Qilijing. The two sides agreed to fight again tomorrow. .

After Gao Yaxian received the report, he couldn't help sighing: "Youzhou Governor Gao Changqing really has a lot of talents under his command. Although this Pei Xingyan is not well-known, he is quite good, and he even got a tie with Dingfang."

Mu Liao, one of Gao Yaxian's subordinates, was quite knowledgeable, and immediately said: "The general doesn't know something, this Pei Xingyan is actually not an unknown person, his father is Doctor Guanglu, Huben Zhonglang General Pei Renji, this son is very skilled in martial arts , with extraordinary arm strength and incomparable bravery, he is indeed a character like Yuchi Jingde, and should not be underestimated."

Gao Yaxian couldn't help being moved and said: "So that's the case, no wonder they were able to draw with Dingfang."

At this time, the messenger who was in charge of sending the battle report said again: "By the way, there is one more thing to tell General Gao. A few days ago, Cheng Yaojin, a general under Zhang Xutuo's command, suddenly came to seek refuge with General Su."

Gao Yaxian was stunned for a moment: "Cheng Yaojin? But which one uses the double axes?"

"Yes, this person's two axes weigh forty to fifty catties, which is quite impressive. After Zhang Xutuo's defeat, he came to join our general because of his reputation."

Gao Yaxian faintly felt that something was wrong, and quickly asked: "How many people did Cheng Yaojin bring to seek refuge?"

"About 500 people, about [-] of them are Cheng Yaojin's old department, and the rest are young people collected by Cheng Yaojin along the way."

Gao Yaxian couldn't help but fell into deep thought, and one of his staff laughed and said: "This Cheng Yaojin is a wonderful person. He probably thinks that the number of people is small and it is easy to be underestimated, so he even arrested some minions to make up the number."

Gao Yaxian frowned and said, "Something is wrong. Since Cheng Yaojin came here to join our general because of his reputation, why did he appear in Hejian County? General Dou is clearly in Qinghe County. By the way, did Cheng Yaojin tell him Why is it in Hejian County?"

The messenger shook his head blankly and said: "The little one doesn't know!"

"Could it be that Cheng Yaojin didn't know that General Dou was in Qinghe County, so he missed it?" a counselor said cautiously.

Gao Yaxian shook his head and said: "Improbable, General Dou defeated Xue Shixiong not long ago, captured Qinghe County, and was so powerful in Hebei, and since Cheng Yaojin came here for fame, it is impossible not to find out the whereabouts of General Dou in advance. Moreover, he came from the direction of Xingyang, all the way north, he should pass through Qinghe County first, it is unlikely that he did not know that General Dou is in Qinghe County."

All the counselors couldn't help but look at each other. From this point of view, there seems to be something wrong with Cheng Yaojin.

The more Gao Yaxian thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and immediately said to the messenger: "You should go back immediately and inform Dingfang, and let him be careful. Cheng Yaojin's origin is unknown, so don't trust him."

The messenger said suspiciously: "General Su purposely tried to find out the process, and it seems that there is no problem."

"How did General Su test it out?" an aide asked hurriedly.

The messenger then told how Su Dingfang sent Cheng Yaojin to take the lead. After Gao Yaxian heard it, he felt a little relieved. Cheng Yaojin fought bravely, and his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, even himself. It seems that he really took refuge in him Yes, but it can also be a trick to earn trust.

"Anyway, when you go back to General Tongsu, be more careful, after all, be careful when sailing for thousands of years." Gao Yaxian instructed.

The messenger was ordered to leave Leshou County overnight, but it was too late!
Hebei is already very cold in October of the lunar calendar, and the temperature at night is below [-] degrees. The barracks of both Youzhou Army and Dou Army have set up bonfires at the same time, which is very spectacular.

It was late at night, and in the camp of the Chinese army of the Youzhou Army, Pei Xingyan was not asleep, and was still wearing armor, and was using a rag to polish the horse's lance so that it showed its sharpness.

Cui Zisheng and other generals are also neatly dressed, and they are all eager to try. They will attack Dou Jun's camp tonight, and now they are waiting for the internal response to send a signal.

In the Dou army's camp at this moment, Su Dingfang didn't even sleep, and the soldiers under his command were also neatly dressed, looking ready for battle.

It turned out that the two sides fought fiercely during the day, and no one took advantage, so they made an appointment to fight again tomorrow, but Su Dingfang was obviously not a stickler for the rules, and was planning to sneak attack the Youzhou military camp tonight.

Qilijing is an open place, and the wind is also strong, making the flags and tents flutter, and the temperature gets colder as the night progresses.Su Dingfang reckoned that the hour had passed, so he stood up with his gun in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "According to the original plan, this general will lead the cavalry to the camp, Wang Fubao and Gao Shixing, you two are in charge of the left and right wings, success or failure depends on This move is aimed at defeating the Youzhou army in one fell swoop."

Wang Fubao and Gao Shixing agreed immediately, both of them are brave generals with excellent martial arts, and they are Su Dingfang's right arm and right arm.

Su Dingfang walked out of the Chinese army's tent with a gun in hand. The soldiers were already in full battle, and the captain of the soldiers brought his mount over.Su Dingfang put his gun on his horse, and the cold wind blew in his face. Instead of feeling cold, he felt full of energy, as if the blood in his whole body was burning, and a slim and agile figure flashed in his mind.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for Ying to be a beauty, and Su Dingfang is just at the age of youthful vigor. The young Mu Ai has long developed a heart of admiration for the beautiful and lively Dou Xianniang. Very exciting!

Su Dingfang clenched his icy iron gun tightly, looked at the Youzhou military camp in the distance, and said to himself: "Once the general is successful, then use Pei Xingyan's head to accomplish my Su Dingfang's immortal achievements."

"Attack!" Su Dingfang pointed his spear, the gate of the camp opened wide, and two thousand cavalry roared out, rushing fiercely towards the barracks of the Youzhou Army.

Cavalry is precious. Although Dou Jiande has occupied several counties and has more than 10,000 troops, there are not many cavalry under his command. The two thousand cavalry handed over to Su Dingfang is almost half of his net worth, and the [-] people under Su Dingfang's command are also The carefully selected elite is the most powerful unit of the Dou Army.

Pei Xingyan was originally planning to deal with Su Dingfang tonight, but he didn't expect that the other party would come to attack the camp one step ahead. Fortunately, he was already prepared, so he didn't panic, and immediately dispatched troops to resist.

Su Dingfang led the cavalry to kill him first, and what greeted him was a rain of arrows, he couldn't help being surprised, and thought to himself: "Pei Xingyan is really good, it seems that he expected to attack the camp tonight, so he was prepared. It can only be attacked."

Soon, Wang Fubao and Gao Shixing also launched an attack from the flanks, so what was supposed to be a night attack turned into a real positional battle due to the preparations of both sides. The state army clearly took advantage.

Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, the messenger rushed back and found that the camp was empty, while the Youzhou Army camp on the opposite side was full of flames, and the shouts of killing went straight to the sky. He couldn't help being stunned, and hurriedly asked the soldiers who were in charge of guarding the camp gate: "Where is General Su?"

The soldier guarding the gate of the camp replied: "General Su led the cavalry to attack the camp and is now fighting fiercely."

The messenger hurriedly asked again: "Which general is staying in the camp?"

"Lieutenant Song is in charge of staying behind."

The messenger suddenly woke up to something, and hurriedly asked again: "Where is Cheng Yaojin who came to seek refuge the other day? Did he participate in the war?"

Before the gatekeeper could answer, a rough voice came over: "Are you looking for me?"

The courier looked up suddenly, and saw a man with a big belly riding a horse and walking towards this side, holding a bloody head in his hand. Taking a closer look by the light of the fire, he was the person in charge. Captain Song who stayed behind.

The expressions of the courier and the gatekeeper couldn't help but change drastically. The courier reacted quickly and hurriedly jumped on his horse to escape from the camp, but just as he got on his horse, a sharp ax flew over with a whining sound, swirling and sweeping past, only to hear the slammed With a thud, the messenger was split into two pieces by the middle, blood and viscera splattered, the frightened mount flew out with half of its body, and ran a long way before the mutilated body fell off the horse.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp were all stupefied with fright, but Cheng Yaojin had already urged his horse forward, knocking down all of them one by one with the axe.

"Master, your axe!" Several minions rushed forward and carried Cheng Yaojin's big ax back.

"Well done you little ones!" Cheng Yaojin took the ax and shook off the blood on it, smiled, and then rode his horse to charge and kill in the camp.

Although Su Dingfang sent hundreds of people to stay in the camp, but Cheng Yaojin's opponents, several leaders were killed when they met each other, and the rest collapsed at the touch of a touch. Soon, all Dou Jun's tents were set ablaze , The stored food was also burned by a fire.

"General Su, it's not good, the camp is on fire!"

Su Dingfang was attacking the Youzhou army's camp, and when he heard the words, he looked back and found that the camp was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and he was shocked.

Wang Fubao and Gao Shixing, who attacked the two wings, also panicked. Once the food in the camp was burned, he would have to eat the northwest wind, so Gao Shixing rushed to rescue him.

Seeing this, Su Dingfang reluctantly ordered to retreat, and led the cavalry to fight back to the camp.

Pei Xingyan laughed loudly: "Old Cheng really has two tools. If he succeeds, brothers, go out with this general, and the opportunity to make meritorious service is here!"

With a bang, the gate of the camp opened wide, and the Youzhou army came out in full force, chasing and killing the retreating Dou army.

In addition, Su Dingfang rushed back to the camp first, and found that the fire was irreversible, and the place where the food was stored was blazing into the sky, and the connection was not close, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

At this moment, Su Dingfang suddenly saw a figure flickering under the firelight, and a potbellied guy fled into the darkness on a bay red horse. He was furious and roared sharply: "Cheng Yaojin, you will be cut into pieces by a thousand knives!" Traitor, take your life!"

Su Dingfang was so angry that he chased and killed Cheng Yaojin as soon as he caught his horse's belly.

　One more tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)