Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 82

Li Xiaoyi was defeated by Wei Yuanzhong, the dedicated supervisor, and said: "A certain leader leads an army straight to Linhuai. If he makes a mistake, he should be executed right there." You too. You are guarding Linhuai, but you are not a general. How about you and I defeat the enemy first?
"Yuan Zhong said: "Yuan Zhongsu holds loyalty and righteousness, and wants to serve the country with all his heart. Today, the general is willing to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, and he will never give up if he dies. Xiaoyi said: "The queen mother has devoted herself to me. If I want to rely on the king, the king must want to be my comrade." "Yuan Zhong said with great joy: "Only order is to listen. "

Therefore, Wei Yuanzhong was appointed as the vanguard, the governor of the army, and the rest of the generals marched separately.

After traveling for several days, the army entered Duliang Mountain, and the former army came to report: Li Jingye's soldiers are stationed at Zhexi, not far from the north.Yuan Zhong asked Yu Xiaoyi for advice, and Xiaoyi said: "Just a fire, and most of Li Jingye's troops were burned, and he was taught to fall into this trick first, although Runzhou is also difficult to garrison." Wei Yuanzhong led 1000 people, each of them sent a cloth bag to ambush at the head of the upper stream of the Zhixi River, and filled the bag with bricks and soil to block the water of the Zhixi River.After the third watch on the arrival day, I only heard the cries of the low-ranking men and horses, this is Jingye's defeat, rushing to get the cloth bag.Let the water flood it, but kill the generals along the river to come down to meet it.

Yuan Zhong listened to the plan, and Xiao Yi called the deputy general Cao Yingzhao: "You can lead a thousand troops to ambush at the ferry by the Zhanxi River, and the dedicated soldiers will be flooded. The water here is slow, and the people and horses will flee here. You can take advantage of the momentum and kill them." Then." Cao Yingzhao led the troops away, and Xiaoyi called Li Che again: "You can lead an army of three thousand to take reeds and dry reeds first, and put them on the houses of people near the city of Runzhou. The yellow and flaming nitrates are the things that ignite the fire. In the coming day, the Angri rooster will be on duty. There will be strong winds on the left side at dusk. There are few people here, so they sent people to post a bulletin notice. Residents, regardless of age, men and women, are limited to retreat today You can't make mistakes when you live in the new city temporarily. Dedicated soldiers are unkind here, and they will hurt the people. It is enough to send more than a dozen people in a row to rush them away. In the next day, the dedicated soldiers will go to the city to rest. Let Li Che general three thousand troops to use muskets and rockets first. , The artillery was put into the city, the fire was raging, and there were shouts outside the city, only the east gate was left to call out, but you lay down outside the east gate. The defeated army ran wildly, and could not be stopped, just attack him. In the morning, join Tao Long and Li De, generals Tao Long and Li De, and return to Xincheng after closing the army. Don't violate any mistakes." Li Che listened to the order and went, and Xiao Yi called Fan Zhong and Hao Jing again: "You two can bring a thousand troops and half of the red flags. , half of the green flags were placed in front of Fengming Slope [-] miles outside Runzhou City, and the green and red flags were mixed. For example, when the dedicated soldiers arrived, Hao Jing walked with a red flag on the left, and Fan Zhong walked with a green flag on the right. If you don’t chase after them, divide your troops to lie in ambush at the south, west and north corners of the city, and only hope that the fire will start in the city, and then you can advance to chase the defeated army, and then come to the head of the river to meet them, and there will be no delay.” The two went, and Xiaoyi climbed up to look at them in person. .

But it is said that Li Jingye and Jingyou are the pioneers of the front, leading [-] soldiers and several generals, and one general named Wei Chao, very courageous.All the people are waiting for Runzhou to advance.In the morning and afternoon of the same day, I came to Fengming slope.Find out how far it is from the city ahead, and a knowledgeable person replied: "Only thirty miles." That is to say, dozens of scouting horses go ahead, and when they see people and horses in front of the slope, they report to the horses that there is a group of people and horses fighting green along the mountains and ridges in front of them. Red flag, I don't know how much.Wei Chao called the soap flag to move, and the three thousand troops moved forward together.Hao Jing and Fan Zhong were divided into two teams, the green and red flags were on the left and right, the two-color flags were inseparable, and the teams were not chaotic.Wei Chao called to stop the horse and asked Hugh to drive away. He said from left to right: "Why don't you drive?" Dedicated, report back to the past.

Jingye said: "Didn't you hear that there are false and true theories in the art of war? This is a suspicious soldier. There must be no ambush. You can quickly advance to pursue him." Wei Chao went back to the slope again, raised his troops straight to his left, and searched all over the forest.At this time, the red sun was tired of falling to the west, but Wei Chao wanted to enter the city, he could only hear the bragging on the mountain, when Chao led the soldiers to look, he saw a group of people on the top of the mountain, one of them covered Li Xiaoyi and the generals drinking on the mountain.Seeing his fury, Wei Chao searched for the road to the mountain, but on the small narrow road, he was beaten down by wood, cannon and stone, and could not move forward.Hearing the shout from the back of the mountain, Wei Chao came to look for a fight, and when it was getting dark, Jingye called to grab Runzhou for safety.All the soldiers broke in through the four gates without any obstruction, and they saw no one. Jingye said: "This is bound to be poor, so I took the people away overnight. All the soldiers have power and rest, and they will march in the next day." Everyone was hungry and exhausted, so they all went to seize the house. cooking.

Jingye, Jingyou, Wei Chao, Wei Siwen, and Du Qiuren settled down in the yamen.After the first shift, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and the soldiers of the gate reported the fire, and Jingye said: "The fire is caused by everyone's carelessness in making food, so don't disturb it." Get on the horse, the whole city is on fire early in the morning, the upper and lower sides are red, shining like daylight, and shouting loudly.Later, there was a poem by the historian: "The fire burns the flag of dedication to the west, and the general Xiaoyi and the tiger fight for the time."

You don't need to wield a long sword to fight soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of vicious divisions have been defeated.

Jingye asked the soldiers to fight for the way with smoke and fire, saying: "There is no ambush at the east gate." Jingye rushed out of the east gate, fire and smoke billowed from the gate, the soldiers escaped, trampled on each other, and countless people died.

Let's say that dedication is the only way to get out of the fire. Behind Li Che's army and horses, they chased and killed all the troops. If they wanted to run for their lives, they would not turn around and fight.Hit Hao Jing and kill for a while.On the left side of the fourth watch, the men and horses were exhausted, and most of the army was exhausted, but they managed to reach the river, and all the men and horses went down to the river to drink water.The water was no more than a foot, and people and horses were all making trouble in Hanoi. Wei Yuanzhong, the leader of the upper class, saw the city of Runzhou on fire, and it was about time. Drown in.Dedicated to lead the generals to look at the slow water, and take the road to the ferry of Zhanxi.The shouts were loud, and an army blocked the way. It was Cao Yingzhao who led the army to kill the general from the lower reaches, stopped Jingye, and covered Wei Chao.How about the unknown future?
General comment: Li Jingye stationed troops in Zhanxi, Xiaoyi used the strategy of Wei and Yuan, first attacked Jingyou, and then attacked Jingye. Because of the wind, Jingye was defeated. If Jingye is defeated, and the Wu family will be more secure, what benefit will Tang Zai have?" Hu ridiculed that he would sell it without waiting for Jia.There is a husband.

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