"Traitor! Slut! Shameless!"
Li Mi didn't scold these words, but Li Mi's face was still very ugly because of this, holding Chen Sangliang's handwritten book of war, his knuckles were a little white, knowing Chen Sangliang's despicable plan and shameless purpose in his heart, all the time Time is helpless. The civil and military generals of the Wagang Army and Li Mi Army on both sides had different expressions, and Zhai Rang, who was also holding a letter written by Chen Sangliang in his hand, had an even weirder expression, and there seemed to be some smiles in his eyes.
"Mr. Fazhu, we Chen Liushou said it." The envoy sent by Chen Sangliang spoke again, and said politely: "Since the ninth year of Daye, since Yang Xuangan rebelled against the traitor, he has fought against you repeatedly for four years. Many battles, although we, Chen Liushou, have repeatedly defeated you, but the soldiers and generals on both sides have suffered casualties, and each has a mortal hatred, a gnawing hatred, and now, Mr. Fazhu, you are making a comeback, with many soldiers and generals, you must want a snow We, Chen Liushou, are also willing to give you this opportunity for shame and revenge. As long as you lead your soldiers and horses out of the customs, we Chen Liushou will immediately raise the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Capital and fight you to the death. Regardless of victory or defeat, we will never withdraw troops!"
After all, the envoy sent by Chen Sangliang turned to Zhai Rang again, bowed his hands to Zhai Rang and said, "General Zhai Rang, we Chen Liushou also have a sentence to bring to you. Enmity, General Zhai, although you are also an enemy of our Eastern Capital's army, you can be regarded as a hero in the green forest, and please put the morality of the green forest first, and don't interfere in this matter."
Everyone was silent, and Li Mi didn't say anything, they all waited for Zhai Rang's reaction. Fortunately, Zhai Rang quickly pointed at the Sui army envoy and yelled, "You man, don't talk sweet words here! The old man formed an alliance with Duke Wei to overthrow the tyrant, and Wei Duke Wei fights with you tyrant lackeys, how can I just stand by and watch? Go back and tell Chen Yingliang, the thief, and tell him to wash his neck and wait for death, and the old man and Duke Wei will join forces to take off his head soon!"
The envoy sent by Chen Sangliang was not called Qian Xiangmin, and was not intimidated by Zhai Rang's arrogance. He nodded to express his understanding, then turned to Li Mi, cupped his hands again and said, "Mr. , we understand, but it’s still the same sentence, Mr. Fazhu, if you have a little courage and feel that you are still a hero, don’t ask others for help in this fight. We, Chen Liushou, will raise troops to fight you tomorrow, it is upright A showdown is still ridiculed and will leave a bad reputation for thousands of years, Mr. Fazhu decides on his own. Farewell."
Arching his hands, the Sui army envoy really turned around and left. Li Mi couldn't bear it anymore. He slapped the table and shouted: "Stop! Go back and tell Chen Yingliang the traitor and tell him not to come here to sow discord! Duke Dongjun has already seen through the despicable face of Chen Yingliang's traitor, how can he be fooled by your shameless tricks again? If you want a decisive battle, just come, and I will accompany you to the end! Get out!"
"Get out! Call Chen Gouguan to die! We will accompany you to the end!"
General Li Mijun of the Wagang Army and leaders of various rebel armies next to him cursed at each other, but the envoys of the Sui Army showed no fear. As soon as the Sui army envoy left, Li Mi immediately said to Zhai Rang: "Mr. Dongjun, Chen Yingliang's traitor's purpose is very clear. It is to continue to sow discord between you and me, and deliberately only challenge me to persuade you to stand by. The purpose is to make you and I have the desire to preserve our respective strengths, create rifts, and then further sow dissension, and ask Dongjun Gong to investigate clearly."
"Don't worry, Duke Wei, how can this old man be fooled by Chen Yingliang's traitor again?" Zhai Rang patted his chest and said, "That's it, if Chen Yingliang's traitor really dares to raise troops tomorrow, this old man will lead the troops together with you." Guan, join hands with you Chen Yingliang traitor to fight to the death!"
Li Mi was overjoyed when he heard that, and said that Zhai Rang had really learned his lesson and would not be fooled by Chen Sangliang's thief again, so he hurriedly bowed his hands to thank Zhai Rang, and Zhai Rang also returned the gift with a solemn face, and promised again that he would meet with him the next day Li Mi joined hands to fight against Chen Sangliang. However, after the meeting was over, Zhai Rang had just returned to his room when his precious brother Zhai Hong and nephew Zhai Mohou immediately followed in, and Zhai Hong asked Zhai Rang in a low voice: "My dear brother, do you really want to take it personally?" Soldiers go out to help Li Mi and Chen Gouguan fight to the death? If we do this, if our losses are too great, wouldn’t it be a big loss?”
"We'll see the situation tomorrow." Zhai Rang replied in a low voice: "We just got the 100,000 shi of grain from Li Mi, and we can't refuse to help Li Mi and Chen Gouguan in a decisive battle. Otherwise, who would dare to join us in the future? But I And I won't be so stupid as to go ahead and fight with Chen Gou and let others take advantage of it." Then Di Hong and Di Mohou felt relieved, and hurriedly persuaded Zhai Rang to play by ear, and don't be too selfless , All the elites of Wagang made wedding dresses for others, which made other outsiders cheaper in vain.
Chen Yingliang's character is indeed not very good, but he still pays more attention to the word credibility. The next morning, the scouts of the Wagang Army rushed back to Hulao Pass to report to Li Mi, Zhai Rang and other leaders of the rebel army. It is said that the Sui army sent 10,000 troops to Hulao Pass under the flag of Chen Yingliang. Li Mi was overjoyed when he heard this, and felt that this was a great opportunity to consolidate the alliance between his own army and Zhai Rang. He immediately asked Zhai Rang and himself to send 10,000 troops each to fight Chen Sangliang outside the pass. He immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he personally led them out of the customs formation, waiting for Chen Sangliang's arrival.
It is safe to be stationed in the city, but there is also a disadvantage that the attack is more affected. If 20,000 troops want to line up and walk out of the narrow city gate, it is definitely not something that can be done in a short while. Li Mi and Zhai Rang's army took a full moment to come Zhong, just now all went out of the city to form an formation, but they worked hard to set up the formation and waited, but they never waited for the main force of the Sui army led by Chen Sangliang himself. When Li Mi and Zhai Rang were wondering, suddenly another scout rushed over and said to Li Mi and the others: "Report to Duke Wei and Duke Dongjun, the officers and troops have retreated."
"Retreat?" Li Mi and Zhai Rang were dumbfounded when they heard this. They never dreamed that Chen Sangliang would be so reckless, personally lead the troops into battle, and retreated after only halfway.
The scout nodded again to confirm, and Zhai Rang immediately became angry, and said angrily: "What the hell is Officer Chen doing? He sent troops halfway and then retreated, playing with us?"
"Chen Yingliang's traitor is deliberately torturing us, causing our soldiers to complain and create suspicion." Li Mi saw Chen Yingliang's vicious intentions at a glance, but he was still helpless, and said: "Look, this traitor will definitely want to The villain first filed a complaint, and sent someone to scold me for being cowardly, not daring to fight alone with him, but only daring to hide behind you, Lord Dongjun, to pretend to be a tiger."
"Then what should we do?" Zhai Rang turned his head and asked, "Should we attack Chen Gouguan's camp?"
"Chen Yingliang's traitor's camp, was it so easy to attack?" Li Mi shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly, "Retreat, go back and discuss carefully."
In this way, after a futile toss, the coalition forces of Li Mi and Zhai Rang withdrew back to Hulao Pass in despair. As a result, not long after the Wagang Army withdrew back, a group of light cavalry from the Sui Army rushed to Hulao Pass. , opened his throat and scolded Li Mi for being as cowardly as a mouse, not daring to fight Chen Yingliang alone, and would only hide behind Zhai Rang as a coward, such a coward, so shameless! He also publicly and directly persuaded Zhai Rang to get rid of Li Mi, annex Li Mi's army, and continue to be the leader of the entire army!
The angry Wagang cavalry of course went out to pursue, but the group of Sui Qing cavalry escaped faster than rabbits. As soon as the city gate opened, they turned around and fled for their lives. The Wagang cavalry pursued closely. Li Mi, who had already retreated to the headquarters, was shocked , quickly sent people to chase and stop them, but it was too late to do so. By the time Li Mi's messengers caught up with the Wagang cavalry, those Wagang cavalry who launched the pursuit without authorization had already been surrounded by more than 200 Sui cavalry ambushing on the side of the road In the group fight, more than 30 cavalrymen were killed without leaving any armor. When the Wagang Army dispatched a large number of cavalry to pursue them, the Sui cavalry of that regiment had long since disappeared.
Hearing this, Li Mi and Zhai Rang were furious, and after finding out that Wang Shichong's reinforcements arrived in Guancheng, they stopped going north. There was not much threat behind Hulao Pass, so Li Mi and Zhai Rang immediately discussed to enter the army. For the attack on Luokoucang, it was decided to send 50,000 troops, first to pull out the Sui Army's Invincible Camp on the east bank of the Shizi River, to hit the morale of the Sui Army, and then to make progress. During this period, Li Mi and Zhai Rang also jointly agreed that the Wagang Army would be the main attack task and be responsible for attacking the Sui Army camp, while Li Mi Army would be responsible for the cover task and prevent the Sui Army from crossing the river to rescue the Invincible Camp.
The test of the fierce battle is coming. Everyone knows what kind of goods the Invincible Battalion is. Logically speaking, it is absolutely impossible to stop the frontal attack of the elite Wagang Army. But fortunately, Chen Sangliang also considered this beforehand. The distance also gave Chen Sangliang enough time to respond. As soon as the scouts detected a large number of Wagang troops out of the city to gather, Chen Sangliang immediately ordered Niu Jinda to lead 3,000 troops across the river to reinforce Liu Changgong, and stationed in Liu Changgong's camp to assist in guarding. He also ordered Kan Leng, who was good at fighting tough battles, to lead an army of 5,000 troops out of the city, stationed on the west bank of the Shizi River as a precaution, and then analyzed the enemy's situation and studied countermeasures through continuous scouting.
The Li Mijun and Wagang Army, which had never been integrated into one, gave Chen Sangliang a chance to fight against each other. As soon as the Li Mijun and Wagang Army formed a formation on the other side of the Shizi River, Chen Sangliang saw through Li Mijun and Wagang Army at a glance. The army's wishful thinking, overjoyed, in addition to ordering Niu Jinda and Liu Changgong to guard the east bank camp, Chen Sangliang also ordered Qin Qiong to lead a thousand cavalry to wait in the southern camp outside Luokou Cang, and at the same time sent two hundred soldiers to Shizi. A carefully selected reserve ferry on the upper reaches of the river is waiting for orders, ready to rush to build a pontoon bridge at any time, so that the Sui army can cross the river upstream.
According to the original plan, troops were stationed at the front of the Wagang Army in front of the gate of the Invincible Camp to attack Liu Changgong's camp. Rushing to the front gate of Liu Changgong's camp, fortunately, the 3,000 regular troops brought by Niu Jinda had already taken over the frontal defense, and suppressed the Wagang Army's charge in time with strong bows and crossbows, preventing the Wagang Army from entering the camp directly. Opportunity forced the Wagang Army to stretch out to the two wings. While destroying the fortifications of Liu Changgong's camp, they struggled with the defenders in the camp. The progress was not fast.
The second generations under Liu Changgong's command still played some role. Although these second generations are as good at fighting tough battles as their chief generals, but with Niu Jinda leading the army in front, these second generations can hide behind and shoot arrows for cover. As a result, it was difficult for the Wagang Army to break through the camp quickly, but even so, the fighting at the camp gate was still very brutal, with swords and swords, arrows flying like locusts, and flesh and blood flying everywhere. Although the Sui army, which was insufficient in number of elites, could still hold back for the time being , but at a disadvantage, he has only the power to parry and has no power to fight back.
Through on-the-spot observation, it was judged that the so-called invincible battalion of the Sui army was definitely not worthy of the name. Overjoyed, he picked the cheap Zhai Rang and quickly invested a large number of reserve troops to strengthen the attack. On Li Mi's side, his brows were tightly frowned. He never expected that Chen Sangliang would be so bold that he dared to set up a second-line army on the east bank of the Shizi River to take on the heavy responsibility of resisting the Wagang Army's frontal attack—I knew that the east bank would set up camp This Sui army is so weak, Li Mi must be rushing to attack Liu Changgong's camp.
"Damn, use a second-line army to contain the enemy's main force and create opportunities for his real main force to attack. This is clearly a trap set by the little thief Chen Yingliang for Zhai Rang. Why did I step on this trap?" Li Mi was angry in his heart. , but at a loss - the battle has already started, Li Mi can't go to ask Zhai Rang to change the mission, change Li Mi to fight the rookies in the Invincible Camp, and Zhai Rang to resist the elite of the Sui army, right? It would be strange if Zhai Rang didn't turn against Li Mi immediately!
Sure enough, Chen Sangliang, who was not distressed when he saw the Wagang Army increasing its troops to the Invincible Army camp, laughed and immediately ordered Kan Leng to attack Li Mi's army across the Shizi River. Li Mi had no choice but to send troops to meet him. They also had to immediately send out their elites to counter Chen Sangliang's elite team head-on. Then Li Mi, whose family knew about his family affairs, sent someone to contact Zhai Rang urgently, asking Zhai Rang to seize the time to attack in the name of the leader, and take Liu Changgong's camp as soon as possible, breaking the balance of power on the battlefield.
At the same time, Qin Qiong's army in Cangnan Camp in Luokou also started to move. Using the camp's fence and hills as cover, they quietly made a detour to the preparatory crossing in the upper reaches of the Shizi River, which was also covered by hills and trees. After arriving at the scene, they lay in ambush. The two hundred engineers immediately set about building a pontoon bridge to help Qin Qiong's thousand cavalry cross the river, sneaking up on the flank of Li Mi's army...
The story is short and long, in fact, when Qin Qiong's army arrived at the upstream ferry, more than half an hour had passed. The Wagang Army, which strengthened its offensive, finally opened a gap in the northeast of Liu Changgong's camp, entered the Invincible Army camp, and was in charge of the front Niu Jinda, who was blocking the attack, was forced to retreat to the camp of the Chinese army, and joined Liu Changgong who was stationed there, and continued to fight against the Wagang army by virtue of the camp of the Chinese army. People killed as soon as they saw the tents, and the soldiers of the Invincible Army scattered and fled for their lives. Zhai Rang was overjoyed to invest his troops again to strengthen the attack. He was also very pleasantly surprised to find many valuables in the Invincible Army camp, and even found a beautiful woman, a soldier of the Wagang Army. He was even more delighted to see him, and rushed to enter the camp first to collect the spoils. As a result, a large number of combat troops were drawn into Liu Changgong's camp.
The disastrous defeat of the Invincible Battalion had been expected by Chen Sangliang, and he didn't feel distressed at all. At the same time, what made Chen Yingliang happy was that Qin Qiong's side kept reporting that the progress was going well, and Kan Leng's side also successfully contained a large number of Li Mi's main soldiers. , After receiving the news that Qin Qiong had successfully crossed the river, Chen Sangliang no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered to light the trumpet cannon, let Qin Qiong launch a surprise attack, and at the same time let the two armies of Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin attack from the southern camp and walk across the pontoon bridge Reinforce Kan Leng and storm the front of Li Mi's army.
At this time, Li Mijun's scouts finally found out that Qin Qiongjun was crossing the river at a hidden ferry in the upper reaches. After reporting the news to Li Mi, Li Mi, who was already under pressure, was shocked. Report to Zhai Rang and ask Zhai Rang to send troops to help him resist Qin Qiong's attack.
Zhai Rang's answer made Li Mi explode in anger, "I'm about to completely take down the army's east bank camp. Please hold on for a while, Duke Wei. After I succeed, I will immediately reinforce you."
"Tian Ji's horse racing!" Li Mi yelled, "The lower army attracts Zhai Rang's elite soldiers, the upper army storms my front and suppresses my main force, the central army raids my flanks, and the son of a bitch, Chen, really knows how to fight!" Grab my weakness!"
It was too late to understand Chen Sangliang's tactics. Amidst the sound of rumbling horseshoes, Qin Qiong's thousand elite cavalry lined up to cover up and kill them. The cavalry of the Sui army did not rest, and directly attacked Li Mi's front flank. Li Mi's army, which was already on the verge of collapse in the face of Kan Leng's heavy hammer, quickly collapsed and was forced to retreat to the rear. Kan Leng, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin The three generals led the army to pursue with all their strength, expelling Li Mi's defeated front army as free forwards, and charged the front of Li Mi's central army, while Qin Qiong's army quickly detoured and continued to charge Li Mi's flank.
As I said before, Li Mi does have a lot of food and soldiers, but if you think about it a little bit, you will know how much overall combat power Li Mi's army, which has expanded to 180,000 in just ten days, can have? How huge is the difference in combat effectiveness between the main soldiers and those hungry auxiliary soldiers who have just eaten their fill for a few days? The main force guarding the front line is defeated, and what role can the auxiliary second line army be able to play, no matter how many there are
There is no suspense, and Li Mi's army, which has a huge difference in the quality of its soldiers, was defeated as expected. Even if there are many elite soldiers in the Chinese army around Li Mi, it is difficult to withstand the joint attack of several fierce generals of the Sui army. The second-line auxiliary soldiers behind are even more miserable. When the agile cavalry of the Sui Army rushed in, there was a big gap. Li Mi took a lot of thought to drill and the formations collapsed one after another. The defeated soldiers fled everywhere, and they fled in large numbers. The troops fleeing to the Wagang Army were infected with panic.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhai Rang, who had already entered Liu Changgong's camp with most of his main soldiers, had no choice but to withdraw his troops quickly, withdraw the Wagang elite soldiers who had been deeply trapped in Liu Changgong's camp, and reorganize. Initiated a counterattack, and generously set fire to their own tents, created chaos for the Wagang Army with fire and smoke, fished in troubled waters to obtain some results, and those second-generation masters of the Invincible Camp who had fled or were captured also began to fight back one after another, and gradually regained their lost ground —By the way, I also accumulated some experience in actual combat.
The retreating Li Mi Army suffered a lot from the Wagang Army. Although the Wagang elite quickly withdrew from the camp with little loss due to their experience and combat effectiveness, they saw that a large number of Li Mi Army's defeated soldiers had fled all over the mountains and plains. The morale of the Wagang army was still greatly affected. In addition, Zhai Rang had a somewhat reserved mentality. After withdrawing from the camp, he came up to meet Li Mi and withstood the impact of the Sui army. Withdrawing, Li Mi refused to give up, and shouted in the chaotic army: "Master Dongjun, we still have hope. As long as your army persists, we can at least draw with the official army. Our rear army is sufficient, and we are exhausted. With Chen Yingliang's traitor's elite soldiers, we can easily take Luokou Cang."
"Ah? Duke Wei, what did you say? Retreat? Good! Got it!" The people in the rebellious army shouted horses, killing like thunder. Zhai Rang didn't hear Li Mi's words clearly, and even misunderstood Li Mi's request, and shouted loudly: "Mingjin, retreat! Retreat!"
Roaring, Zhai Rang turned his horse and walked back. Seeing his handsome flag retreating, the Wagang Army troops also turned back one after another. Liang’s elite fought to the detriment of both sides. In desperation, Li Mi had no choice but to turn around and run for his life with his main soldiers. While running, he gnashed his teeth and swore in his heart, “We must bring the Wagang elite, only the Wagang elite will absolutely obey Only under my command can I be sure to defeat the little thief Chen Yingliang!"
Fortunately, Chen Sangliang is also a guy who likes to preserve his strength. He noticed that the Wagang Army was still resisting during the retreat, and there was no sign of collapse. In the pursuit, it was useless to let the few elite soldiers in his hands meet head-on with the Wagang elite. However, when the results were counted after the battle, Chen Yingliang still suffered a lot. Qin Qiong's Qi County Jingqi lost more than a hundred people, and Kan Leng Mo Dao soldiers lost more than 300 people, nearly 100 of them were still Chen Sangliang's elite Qiao Peng, Cheng Yaojin and Luo Shixin also lost more than 300 people, and the Dongdu army under Niu Jinda lost more than 1,000 people. The camp was basically scrapped. Liu Changgong's army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and lost countless supplies, weapons and armor! —Of course, most of the lost supplies, weapons and armor were lost by the invincible camp.
"Damn it, I wiped out one-tenth of my army in one battle, and I lost more than two thousand soldiers. I really underestimated Li Mi's elite soldiers and Wagang bandits." Chen Sangliang He thought bitterly, "We must drag that shameless old man Wang Shichong into the battlefield as soon as possible to share the pressure for me, otherwise, sooner or later, my capital will be wiped out!"