Great Sui Dynasty

Since it was said by Changsun Wuji, there should be nothing wrong, Qin Shubao immediately called all the military officers above the generals to discuss the matter, and finally decided to withdraw at night when it was dark.Qin Shubao sent a letter of divorce to Dou Jiande and asked him to bring people to support them. After all, they only had 5 horsemen, and they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Moreover, Li Shimin's tens of thousands of cavalry were not a small threat to them.

The atmosphere in Li Shimin's big tent has not been good since Changsun Wuji left. Li Shimin's face has been stern, and no one dares to speak casually, lest he will be shot while lying down.

"My son, why don't we just leave Qin Qiong and others here?" Hou Junji said suddenly, he had already disliked Qin Shubao. Stop it, last time I led someone to kill him in Hedong.

But after Hou Junji reminded him, the rest of the generals also swept away the silence just now, and all of them looked eager to try.Yang Hao's army is said to be invincible, they also met, and they are well-equipped, and they have long wanted to fight to see who is the most powerful.

"Auxiliary machine... What do you think of Mr. Jing?" Li Shimin subconsciously wanted to ask Changsun Wuji, but suddenly remembered that Changsun Wuji had already gone to Qin Qiong Camp, so he asked Liu Wenjing instead. After all, Changsun Wuji had been with him for so long He, Li Shimin, is now thanks to the help of Changsun Wuji, but now there is an extra suspicion between the two of them.

"I agree with Junji's proposal to attack Qin Qiong, destroy them or drive them out of Guanlong, and then we will manage the northern part of Guanlong well. After all, Hedong has been lost, and we urgently need a place to recuperate." Liu Wenjing is a militant, In Jinyang, Li Yuan was encouraged to fight against the Sui Dynasty. Now Li Shimin asked him, of course he agreed.

Liu Wenjing's words won the approval of all the generals. What else can a soldier do if he doesn't fight?Li Shimin saw the enthusiasm in the eyes of all the generals and knew that this battle must be fought. Even if Qin Qiong hadn't come to look for Changsun Wuji, he would have sent troops to attack, not to mention that Qin Qiong made him very unhappy now. After Changsun Wuji negotiated with Liang Shidu, he handed over Hedong to Liang Shidu, but in the end Yang Haobai took advantage of it. He had to wonder if Changsun Wuji had planned it when he was here.

"Okay! Soldiers listen to the order! Tonight, Chou Shi will launch an attack on the enemy at three o'clock!" Chou Shi is the most physically fatigued moment, Li Shimin is still clear about this, and he can only choose this time to attack at night, although Qin Qiong's troops are not enough. It was one-third of his troops, but in terms of equipment, they were far behind, so he was worried that a strong attack during the day would not be beneficial, and it would be better to attack at night.

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Changsun Wuji entered the tent. Everyone saw that his face was a little weird, but Changsun Wuji saw the remaining smiles on everyone's faces and the excited shouts he heard outside just now. You don't need to ask, you know that Li Shimin is going to attack Qin Qiong.But seeing that Li Shimin ignored him, he didn't bother to say anything, he just stood aside quietly, obviously becoming a marginal person in this circle.

"How, is there any change in the enemy's barracks?" Since it was decided to attack Qin Qiong, it was necessary to send someone to monitor his every move. Now that it was too late, Li Shimin and his troops had arrived not far from where Qin Qiong's army was stationed.

"My lord, there is no change in the enemy army. The enemy rested after cooking in the evening, and there are still people patrolling back and forth in the barracks." The scout who had been monitoring Qin Qiong's army said, because it was surveillance after all, and he didn't dare to get too close. He could only watch from a distance, but he was sure that the enemy was not moving at all, because there were still soldiers guarding the enemy's gate, and the firelight in the barracks illuminated the figures walking back and forth.

"Very good, thank you for your hard work. I will give you a credit first, and I will reward you when you take down the enemy camp!" Li Shimin said. It is not easy for the scouts to stay here for a whole day, so some rewards must be given.

"Junji, you lead 5 horses to detour behind the enemy camp to prevent them from breaking out; third brother, you lead people to enter from the left, Jingde, you lead people to enter from the right, and I personally lead [-] cavalry to enter from the front! Surrounded on all sides, take Qin Qiong's camp in one fell swoop!" Li Shimin assigned tasks one by one.

"Yes!" The three of them took orders and led them to their seats.

The disadvantage of lacking generals is that you have to go into battle by yourself, but there is also an advantage that every general can participate in the battle without taking care of the emotions of other generals.

At the third quarter of the ugly hour, Li Shimin gave the order to attack on time, and led [-] cavalry to go straight to the middle of Qin Qiong's camp, broke through the gate in one fell swoop, and headed towards the big tent of the Chinese army, but he didn't notice that the "soldiers" on the gate did not fight back. Still staring at them fixedly, as if laughing at a bunch of clowns.

"Kill!" Li Shimin went all the way like a bamboo, without encountering the slightest resistance, he directly killed the camp of the Chinese army. At this time, Li Xiaogong and others also began to attack the enemy camp.

"Report, son, there is no one inside!" The soldiers who entered the big tent to search came out to report, Li Shimin's face was gloomy for a while, because he had already discovered that there was no one in this big camp except them for so long. The soldiers came out and said that no enemy was found, and the camp was empty.

"Shimin, this is an empty camp!" Li Xiaogong walked over with a serious expression and said.

"Impossible! The subordinates have been staring. They obviously rested after cooking, and there are obviously people shaking around. If they are not patrolling, what are they doing?" At this time, the scout who was following him jumped out and said.

"Shadow? Shaking?" Li Shimin muttered, suddenly remembering that he was not blocked when he broke through the gate just now, and there seemed to be something dangling around the gate.

"Not good! Retreat quickly!" Li Shimin ordered to retreat immediately, but it was too late, the sound of rockets piercing the air had already been heard, pouring down towards the camp, and the whole camp became a sea of ​​flames in a short while.It turned out that Qin Shubao personally led the cavalry to break the rear after retreating at night, and then thought about why he couldn't fight back since Li Shimin was coming to attack him, so he lay in ambush around the camp. How could he miss an opportunity.

"Retreat!" After firing the rockets, Qin Shubao decisively led the troops to retreat. The tents were too far apart, and the fire was not strong enough to stop Li Shimin's army for too long.

"Qin Qiong! I'm going to kill you!!" These were the first words Li Shimin said after he escaped from the flames.

"How many casualties are there?!" Li Shimin asked after calming down.

"Not many died, but quite a few were injured, perhaps tens of thousands!" Li Xiaogong said, the fire was raging together, people and horses panicked, crowded and trampled each other and died or were injured, but not so many were burned to death.

"Your Majesty, this revenge must be avenged!" Hou Junji's original mission was to prevent the enemy from retreating, but he also broke into the camp in order to grab credit. However, they came late, before all the people entered the fire, they got up. His tens of thousands of people did not have many casualties.

"Revenge! Revenge!" Hou Junji reminded.All the soldiers were shouting for revenge, and they didn't think that if they came to attack others, they couldn't let them fight back?Obediently wait to die?

"They must not have gone far. It is absolutely impossible to hide from our eyes when they leave camp during the day. It is only possible at night. They have traveled for two or three hours at most. Hou Junji, you lead [-] cavalry to catch up with them. There is no need to fight with them." They fight recklessly, as long as they can entangle them and wait for the army to arrive!" Li Shimin ordered decisively, once Qin Qiong was allowed to cross the Yellow River, it would be difficult to catch up.

"Yes!" Hou Junji was overjoyed, this matter fell on his head and he could lead his troops to fight for a while.

It was already dawn, and after driving all night, Qin Qiong led the army out of Yan'an County and arrived near Dinghe.

"General, the soldiers have been driving for a day, do you want to rest for a while? Ahead is Chengping, a small county town." A general asked.

"Don't go into the city, go directly to the river, find a place where the river bends to dig fortifications, and fight with Li Shimin's pursuers!" Give them extra time to make ships, and Chengping is only a small city, so it can't be defended at all, and Qin Shubao has his plans!So the only way to find a place with water is to repel the enemy's chasing soldiers first. Maybe Dou Jiande's reinforcements will come without the shipbuilding.

The Dinghe River has many bends, so it is not difficult to find a tidal flat that protrudes into the river. After finding it, Qin Shubao ordered to dig and build fortifications. The enemy must be able to catch up with the cavalry. The secret weapon used.

"General, the enemy has passed the level of the city and is coming here. They are all cavalry, probably in the tens of thousands." The scout came back and reported.

"Okay, you patrol along the river, and bring it if you see General Dou!" I didn't expect the enemy to come so fast. It seems that the fire last night did not stop them or anger them, but The fortifications have also been dug, and a position has been dug along the left and right sides of the river to guard the center. Once the enemy troops come in, they can be surrounded on three sides.The tidal flat lacks wood, so it is impossible to make a horse-repelling formation, but there is no shortage of stones. Discharging the stones according to certain rules can slow down the cavalry charge.

"Qin Qiong, get off your horse and surrender quickly. You could have been spared!" Seeing that Qin Shubao was already waiting for Hou Junji to dare to kill him directly, but he was confident that his 3 horses were enough to break through the crude position in front of him. As for what Li Shimin said to tell him not to attack rashly, but to restrain the enemy, he has long since forgotten. Seeing a great opportunity to make meritorious service is in front of him, how can he let it go.

"What kind of general are you? You are nothing more than a traitor. If you are willing to surrender and attack Li Shimin, then you will be able to plead with the lord and not pursue your previous rebellious behavior!" What.There is no comparison in terms of seniority, nor in terms of positions in the two camps, not to mention that Hou Junji is still a traitor!

"It seems that you are not willing to surrender? Then don't blame me for not being sympathetic, all the soldiers obey the order! Kill!" Hou Junji ordered the attack, 3 troops were enough to attack three positions, if he had not [-] The cavalry is [-] infantry, and he dare not easily get into this inverted triangle-shaped defensive position, otherwise he will be surrounded by accident, but [-] cavalry don't have to worry about being surrounded, but the situation is not what he imagined Well, the stones in the enemy's position caused them a lot of trouble, and the speed advantage of the cavalry could not be used at all.

Since he couldn't let go of his speed, of course he became the archer's weapon, and he was repelled after several attacks, but the rocks on the ground were also cleared out several passages. This time Hou Junji finally got mad and rushed He went to the battlefield and killed for a while, but was killed by Qin Shubao and his men.However, Qin Shubao's position was also severely damaged in this way, and it seemed that he could only use secret weapons.

Qin Shubao asked people to lift the things pulled by the carriages behind, and it turned out to be baskets of simple grenades. Although the power was not great, it was enough to look down on the cold weapons of this era, and the noise would cause confusion to the horses, and the effect was also great. Not too small.

"The enemy's position is about to be broken, work harder, we're going to give Shizi a surprise!" Hou Junji organized his team and prepared to take Qin Shubao's position with all his might!

"Come on, wait for the enemy to come in a little more, throw it!" Seeing the timing, Qin Shubao resolutely ordered to throw the grenade out. Sure enough, if it wasn't thrown directly at the cavalry, they couldn't be killed at all, but it could also make the cavalry, especially the grenade. It was the unarmored cavalry led by Hou Junji who were injured, and the horses were even more disturbed by the continuous explosions. Some rushed towards the position like crazy and were shot by archers. Spinning and neighing on the spot, some turned around and ran back.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!" Hou Junji didn't expect the enemy to have such a powerful weapon, and he didn't care too much, so he ran away directly. It would be troublesome if the enemy overtook him. He still had lingering fears about that new weapon. up.Hou Junji led the troops and ran across Chengping in one go, but he saw that there seemed to be a large army waiting for them in front of him. He had no choice but to enter Chengping, a dilapidated city with no defense at all. After entering the city, a surprise soldier appeared in front, and Qin Shubao led people to surround him behind.

Qin Shubao besieged but did not attack, and waited less than an hour for the scouting troops to say that Dou Jiande had already crossed the river and was coming this way. Qin Shubao immediately sent a message to Dou Jiande, telling him not to bring anyone over, but to go directly to stop Li Shimin's attack At the same time, it was announced that Hou Junji's troops had been surrounded, so Li Shimin had no choice but to come to the rescue with all his might.Then Qin Shubao's plan was successful, and this plan was to surround the spot to fight for aid!Although Yang Hao clearly pointed out that this planning function can only be realized by long-range strike arms, Qin Shubao still wants to try it, because the range of the bows and arrows of Qingzhou soldiers is absolutely dominant!

"My lord, the enemy's resistance is too strong, we can't break through at all, if this continues, General Hou's headquarters will be wiped out sooner or later!" Yu Chigong said anxiously, but why isn't Li Shimin in a hurry?Hou Junji's cavalry was pulled up with great difficulty by him. Fortunately, the black armored cavalry was not led by Hou Junji, otherwise he would not even have a veteran.

"This seems to be a trap by the enemy, who wants to slowly drain our strength!" Changsun Wuji said at this moment, but it awakened Li Shimin. Bo sent them up to be wiped out. Maybe Hou Junji had already been wiped out. After all, if the cavalry could be surrounded, they would basically be in a state of being powerless to fight, otherwise they would have broken out long ago.

"Your Majesty, a letter from Daxing!" Just when Li Shimin didn't know what to do, one person sent a letter. It was written by Li Shentong, and there were only a few words on it, "The king of Tang proclaims himself emperor, return quickly!"

"Let's withdraw!" Li Shimin knew that even if he could break through the enemy's blockade, he would lose the best opportunity to return to Daxing. After all, the benefits gained outside would always be less than those obtained by people in Daxing. For him, It is not worth the candle.

"Then what about General Hou? Leave it alone?" Yu Chigong asked.

"Let's go! I will avenge the army!" Li Shimin turned his horse's head and left. If one Hou Junji is lost, there will be tens of thousands of Hou Junji. Li Shimin will be trampled under the feet of some people forever, which is more important, Li Shimin knows it clearly!