The cold wind is getting tighter, and the Qinling Mountains in early winter have just arrived at Youshi, and the sky has gradually turned black. At the beginning of Youshi, five hundred rebel cavalry in black clothes and black armor made their final preparations for the expedition. They carefully checked their horses, weapons, dry food, torches, Tinder, felt and other necessities for night battles, and at the second quarter of the unitary hour, the sky was basically dark. With the assistance of two cavalry generals Gao Zhensheng and Liang Jianfang, Li Er personally led the black armored cavalry out of the camp. Under the cover of night, they quickly touched the Lishan Highland in the southeast.
Before leaving, Li Er and his deputy Li Xiaogong discussed a precautionary contact signal, and agreed that if the rebel camp was in an emergency or other accidents occurred, Li Xiaogong would set fire to the rear camp as a signal, and Li Er immediately led the army back to the camp.
In fact, Li Er had been thinking about Mount Li for a long time. Li Er, who grew up in Daxing, used to come to Mount Li for hunting and hunting. The terrain is high in the east and low in the west, especially in the northwest, which is the most gentle terrain, which is very suitable for cavalry to charge from the heights (the satellite map is clearly visible), so after leaving the camp, even if only a few torches were lit, Li Er still knew the way. He led the cavalry straight to the northwest corner of Lishan Mountain, hid on a relatively flat hillside, looked down at the road between the camps of the two armies, and waited patiently for the arrival of Chen Sangliang's sneak attack army.
"Arrange 20 sentry posts to closely monitor the movement down the mountain. Others, wrap up tightly in blankets and rest. The officers and soldiers robbed the camp. They will not do anything until the second watch at the earliest. We still have some rest time."
What Li Er could never have imagined in his dreams was that at the same time as he finished speaking, while his main soldiers were still taking time to rest, 20,000 soldiers of the Sui Army had already started to gather quietly out of the camp, without lighting torches to control the noise , each formed a battalion and lined up according to the establishment, everyone had enough food and drink, and everyone brought enough dry food and torches, their knives and guns were polished sharply, their horses were fed with fodder, and they were gearing up just waiting for Chen Sangliang's order to attack.
He temporarily entrusted the affairs of the camp to Wei Zheng, and told him to be on guard against the rebels raiding the Sui army camp. Chen Sangliang led his own soldiers out of the camp and came under his own banner of Chen Zishuai. It happened to be the beginning of the Xu Dynasty. Correction, Chen Sangliang casually ordered again, "Light the torch and set off."
The torches soaked in kerosene were lit one by one, and quickly illuminated the front of the Sui army camp like daylight. At the same time, two thousand cavalry led by Cheng Yaojin set off and charged at the twelve soldiers with lightning speed. Rebel camps inside and out. At the same time, the wake-up call had just sounded in the rebel camp, and Li Er and the others who were ambushing on the mountain had just discovered that the Sui camp had an abnormal fire, and they had no time to confirm what was going on.
"What's going on? How could there be more fires at the officer's camp? Is there an army mobilization, or is there a temporary bonfire to prevent night attacks?"
While Li Er was still pondering the reason for the abnormal fire in the Sui army camp, the thunderous sound of horseshoes came suddenly, and then the condescending Li Er was stunned and clearly saw that a large number of Sui army cavalry were charging with dense torches and killing them quickly. Towards his camp, the speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he passed in front of Li Er, rushing towards his camp like a tidal wave. Immediately afterwards, a thought suddenly popped up in Li Er's mind, and he secretly said: "Oops! It's been tricked! The little thief Chen Yingliang didn't want to rob the camp, but to attack at night. Our camp is only protected by a thin layer of fences. Can't live with him!"
"You Commander, the officer cavalry has gone to our camp, what should we do?" Gao Zhensheng and Liang Jianfang who were beside them also panicked, and hurriedly asked Li Er, "You Commander, what should we do? Should we return to the camp immediately?"
Li Er calmed down after only a moment's pause, and after careful calculation, Li Er, who was very quick to think, immediately had an answer, and said through gritted teeth: "Don't worry about him! No matter how simple our military camp is, it is protected by fences. The army cavalry is not so easy to get, after the official cavalry, there must be a large group of infantry following, we continue to lurk and wait for the enemy infantry group to appear!"
At the same time, the rebel camp finally discovered that the Sui army had come suddenly, and the gong alarm room was still queuing up to receive dinner. Panicked, Li Xiaogong, Wang Junkuo and other Li's second lieutenants were also dumbfounded. They never dreamed that the Sui army would launch an assault at this time. After finally regaining his senses, Li Xiaogong hurriedly ordered the rear battalion to be set on fire to warn Li Er, and quickly organized the army to strictly guard the camp gate and the fence line, so as not to give the Sui soldiers a chance to enter the camp.
Li Xiaogong's reaction was not slow, but the Sui army cavalry came too fast. When the rebel soldiers hurriedly set up defenses beside the fence, the cavalry led by Cheng Yaojin had already rushed to the gate of the camp. Seeing the panic of the rebel army, there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. , Cheng Yaojin made a decisive decision and immediately ordered a hundred cavalry to step forward and smash the gate of the rebel camp, opening the way for the rear army to advance. The generals of the Sui army followed the order. One hundred warriors dismounted and walked, shouting and rushing towards the gate of the rebel camp. Some cavalry flew out of the noose to cover the fence of the rebels, and tried to pull down the fence. Face off, and start an offensive and defensive battle with the Sui cavalry for the fence fortifications.
At the same time, the main infantry brigade of the Sui army had already rushed towards the rebel camp. Tens of thousands of torches were scattered like stars, covering the sky and covering the earth, illuminating the official road to the north of Lishan Mountain. The momentum was astonishing. . Seeing this situation, and seeing that the emergency signal had already been sent out from the army camp, the rebel cavalry around Li Er inevitably became more anxious and panicked, and asked Li Er: "Your Commander, what should we do? If we don't go back, we will Is it too late?"
"Shut up!" Li Er yelled, and said, "It's too late to go back! There are so many officers and soldiers, and there are many elites. Our five hundred cavalry also sprinkled a handful of salt into the sea when we went back. effect!"
Li Er pointed to the main force of the Sui army that was galloping westward, and said viciously: "The only way for us now is to raid the infantry brigade of the official army and kill his infantry, so that we can turn defeat into victory and turn the tide of the battle." .”
Looking at the majestic Sui army's main infantry at the foot of the mountain, all the rebel cavalry swallowed quietly, but Li Er showed no fear, and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, the official infantry is eager to reinforce the forward cavalry. For defense, especially the flanks are bound to be very fragile, and we can't see how many soldiers and horses we have in the dark. As long as we move fast enough and have the determination to win, we will definitely be able to completely crush us with a single charge just like in the Huoyi war. Officer infantry! So everyone, get on your horses, and immediately charge down the mountain with my order!"
It was fine for Li Er, many of the rebel cavalry he brought were soldiers who had participated in the Huoyi War, and he had seen the miracle of Li Er’s turn from defeat to victory with a small number of cavalry, after listening to Li Er’s encouragement Afterwards, their confidence increased greatly, and they got on their horses one after another, waiting for the opportunity to appear condescendingly. Li Er also took the lead once again, and rode his horse to the front.
A tall military flag suddenly appeared in Li Er's field of vision. Although it was too far away to see what was written on the flag, judging from the fact that it was clearly higher than the other military flags, Li Er immediately concluded that this military flag It must be the handsome flag of Chen Sangliang, the enemy of love. Thinking of all the humiliations he had suffered before, new hatred and old hatred surged into his heart. Li Er immediately made up his mind to attack the military flag directly from the side, and strive to take down the enemy in a single battle. dirty head. So when the military flag was about to come to the front of the mountain, Li Er didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately raised his knife and shouted: "It's now, follow me! Kill!"
"Kill!" Amidst the neat shouts, the rebel cavalry, known as the Xuanjia cavalry by later generations, followed like a tide, followed closely behind Li Er, and rushed towards Chen Sangliang's commander-in-chief aggressively. The army team is also the Luo Shixin Department of the Sui Army!
It must be admitted that Li Er's judgment on the enemy's situation is actually unique. Although the cavalry behind him is only a mere five hundred cavalry, he suddenly heard the sound of killing from above his head in the dark night, and saw the unknown number and Unidentified cavalrymen suddenly came condescendingly, and the soldiers of the Sui army on the left couldn't help being flustered. They all shouted at the leader of the army: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! General Luo, what should we do? What should we do?"
The panic of the generals of the Sui Army subsided quickly, because they suddenly saw that their chief general, Luo Shixin, was not only not panicked at all, but also stretched out his bright red tongue with a smirk, to lick the bright saber in his hand, with an extremely excited and ferocious expression, until he had licked it. Luo Shixin yelled, "Why panic? This matter has long been expected by Chen Liushou. Don't be afraid, hold it against me!"
At the same time, looking at the rebel cavalry rushing down from the mountain shouting, Chen Sangliang curled his lips in disdain, and then shouted: "Order the whole army to move forward. The enemy's ambushes are handed over to Luo Shixin and the Baoguo Army." Pack up, other armies, continue to move forward with all your strength, and reinforce our forward!"
At this time, Li Er's cavalry, which was extremely fast, had already pierced the Sui army's waist like a knife. However, to Li Er's surprise, although his cavalry had achieved some results by virtue of their inertial advantage, they rushed away. On the first and second floors of the Sui army, they were stubbornly blocked on the third and fourth floors. The soldiers of the Sui army hurriedly lined up stabbed the rebel cavalry with their spears. When it came to the rebel cavalry, one of the spears almost hit Li Er's handsome face. As a result, although the Sui army infantry paid a lot of casualties for this, they also successfully blocked the charging momentum of the rebel cavalry and prevented the rebel cavalry from continuing to penetrate into the Sui army.
"Kill!" Knowing that the opportunity to fight was fleeting, Li Er didn't dare to hesitate even if he realized that the enemy's tenacity was beyond expectation. He shouted and immediately swung his two knives to kill the enemy. The rebel cavalry beside him also slashed With the gun poked, desperately slashing and killing the enemy in front of him, he once achieved a lot of results. However, at this moment, the rebel cavalry suddenly discovered that among the enemies facing them, there was a general who was braver and crazier. Injured a rebel cavalry, led by him, the soldiers of the Sui army mustered up the courage to fight tenaciously, fighting on foot and cavalry without losing the wind.
At this time, something happened that drove the rebel cavalry out of their wits. Amidst the shouts, hundreds of Sui cavalry suddenly came from the rear of the Sui army brigade. They were more brave and crazy than the rebel cavalry. The iconic white robe, the infantry of the Sui army gave way everywhere they went, cheers came and went, and the rebel cavalry who had heard the name of this cavalry long ago also screamed, "White robe! It is the army of the country! It is the first elite of the official army to serve the country!"
"Why is the Baoguo army in the rear of the official army?" Li Er was also taken aback, but when he saw that the Sui army brigade continued to advance calmly except for the left-wing army, Li Er suddenly realized, and screamed in despair: "Oops!" That's right! My ambush was already expected by the little thief Chen Yingliang, so he deployed elite soldiers to entertain me on the left flank, and let his first elite lie in ambush in the rear, ready to reinforce the battlefield on the left wing at any time! The little thief Chen Yingliang was already prepared, I'm completely hopeless this time!"
There is indeed no hope. Although the rebel cavalry in the prototype of Xuanjia Cavalry are very brave and good at fighting, and their equipment is very good, but this time they are very unlucky to meet the more brave and good at fighting. , and every soldier from top to bottom is an elite soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles. Even if an ordinary soldier is thrown into other armies, his experience and record are enough to serve as brigade commander. The experience on the battlefield is better than that of rebel cavalry A hundred times is no exaggeration. In front of such an army, the rebel cavalry could only be regarded as barely capable of parrying at best, but they had no ability to fight back. The national army charged into the core of their team and was forced to start a melee.
The rebel cavalry suffered a disadvantage in melee combat. The rebel cavalry who pursued speed were only equipped with ordinary black iron armor, but everyone in the Baoguo army wore the best bright armor, and their defense was much higher than that of the rebel cavalry. The swords and guns of the soldiers of the national defense army were chopped on the body, and the Mingguang armor of the soldiers of the national defense army may only leave a dent or gap, but the cavalry of the rebel army must be injured or even killed. Any ostentation is extremely practical in melee combat. One knife cuts the rebel cavalry into howling ghosts and wolves with one knife, and it is difficult to parry.
What's more terrible is the back. When Li Er held up his two swords to parry a heavy cooked copper stick, the enemy on the opposite side suddenly shouted, "It's Li Shimin! It's Li Shimin, the son of the old thief Li Yuan! Brothers, come on!" , catch Li Shimin!"
"Oops! How did you meet Chen Ci who knows me?" Li Er also recognized that the enemy on the opposite side was Chen Ci who had met several times in the Yanmen War, and before Li Er could react, Chen Ci The ancestral hall had already swept across with a stick, and hit Li Er's head directly, forcing Li Er to bow his head and dodge.
"What? Li Shimin?" The Sui army officers and soldiers all exclaimed, and then burst into bursts of cheers, "Catch Li Shimin alive! Capture Li Shimin alive!"
"What? Li Shimin is here?" The little monster Luo Shixin, who was fighting fiercely with the rebel cavalry, also heard these voices. Overjoyed, Luo Shixin didn't even bother to pay attention to the credit for attacking the rebel camp. Li Er rushed over, yelling constantly, "Brothers, surround them and capture Li Shimin alive! Capture him alive! It will be more credit for capturing him!"
A large number of Sui army infantry had already surrounded the rebel cavalry in a semicircle. After hearing Luo Shixin's roaring order, the Sui army soldiers continued to walk happily, and quickly extended to the two wings to block the rebel cavalry from east and west. The way to escape, poor little Li Er, facing the little monster Luo Shixin in the south, and the white-robed lunatic serving the national army in the east, none of them are good at it. The assault has no hope and can only flee westward, but it is entangled with the Sui army's infantry. , unable to take advantage of the charge to break through at all, the infantry of the Sui army in the west also took the opportunity to gradually thicken, more effectively blocked Li Er's westward road, and began to extend towards the mountain.
"Retreat to the mountain!" Struggling to break away Chen Ci's cooked copper stick again, Li Er hurriedly turned around and retreated to the south mountain before Guo Feng charged. They followed suit one after another, ignoring that the cavalry was not suitable for action in the mountains, and just ran for their lives up the mountain, staying as far away from the Sui soldiers as possible.
It was the turn of the Baoguo army to be dumbfounded. Their equipment was excellent, but it was too heavy, and it was even more unsuitable for mountain operations than the rebel cavalry. They could only watch the Sui infantry cheering and chasing after them. Yamashita was at a loss. Luo Shixin, who had already shed his horse and walked, got cheap and acted like a good boy. While directing the army to kill, he laughed at Guo Feng, Chen Ci and Zhao Yu, "Old Guo, Lao Chen, Lao Zhao, I'm sorry, I have to go to Li Shimin I'm sorry, please tell Chen Liushou that the enemy's commander is in the mountains, I'll go in and arrest them, and I won't participate in the attack on the bandit camp."
Laughing, Luo Shixin walked up the mountain quickly, and shouted without looking back: "By the way, help me block at the bottom of the mountain, maybe with good luck, I can meet that precious son of the old thief Li Yuan!"
What else can Guo Feng, Chen Ci and others who cannot enter the mountains and forests fight? It could only be the result of dejectedly accepting Luo Shixin's wedding dress, while sending someone to report the situation to Chen Sangliang, while marching along the foot of the mountain without giving up, to fight for the slim chance of catching Li Er alive.
There was no need for Luo Shixin and the Baoguo Army to go to the camp to help. In fact, when Chen Sangliang led the main force to the gate of the rebel camp, the hundred Sui cavalry who dismounted from their horses had almost smashed the gate of the enemy camp. At the same time, the Sui Army cavalry used ropes to pull down several rows of fences in the enemy camp. Although Li Xiaogong and Wang Junkuo organized troops to defend these gaps and prevented the Sui Army cavalry from entering the camp, when the main force of the Sui Army infantry arrived, they were dying. Li Xiaogong and Wang Junkuo ushered in the death knell.
"Liu Heitai, come on!" While ordering loudly, the narrow-minded Chen Sangliang couldn't help but add, "That man named Li Xiaogong in the enemy's camp, I disliked him during the Battle of Yanmen, just for I didn't ask him to settle the matter of the country. Today's opportunity has come, it's up to you if you can express your anger for me."
Amidst the roar of promises, Liu Heikai, the clan nemesis of the old Li family, led the infantry striding forward, aggressively attacking the rebels at the door. In exchange for those Sui cavalry who dismounted and fought on foot, they swung their knives and axes and smashed the already crumbling At the gate of the rebel camp, the rebels tried their best to fight back with bows, arrows, guns and spears, but suddenly a gunpowder bottle flew out from the infantry of the Sui army and exploded after falling into the gate of the rebel camp, causing the crowded rebel soldiers to jump wildly , The soldiers of the Sui army took the opportunity to speed up their movements, knocked down the gate of the rebel camp three times and twice, and swarmed in roaring.
The famous rebel general Li Xiaogong personally led the army to counterattack, trying to recapture the gate of the camp. However, when he met Liu Heitai, who was also a famous general, Li Xiaogong's counterattack had little effect. The soldiers of the Sui Army behind took the opportunity to tear down more rebel fences, and expanded and broadened more roads to enter the camp, so that more soldiers of the Sui Army could enter the camp. Killing and setting fire to create chaos, shake and attack the enemy's morale.
Ma Sanbao also led his army to join the battle, and broke in from the rebel fence line. Wang Junkuo led his army and couldn't resist. The Sui army destroyed a large number of simple fences, and more Sui army soldiers were able to enter the camp, shouting and surrendering. The slogan of no killing marched into the camp, and then He Panren, who was eager to try, also led his army to join the battlefield, waving the butcher's knife at the past, and he was even more ruthless than the soldiers of the Sui army in order to show his loyalty.
The general trend of the rebel army is gone, although the soldiers under Li Xiaogong and Wang Junkuo are still struggling to support, the more rebel auxiliary soldiers collapsed on their own. The way to the west ran away, one by one, then group by group, piece by piece, the rebel generals and the supervisory team couldn't stop them, and finally even the supervisory team and generals joined the fleeing team, through the ages The famous bridge Baqiao was quickly crowded with defeated rebel soldiers, pushing each other, trampling each other, and there were countless rebel soldiers who fell into the water and drowned or were trampled to death.
At this time, he heard the shouts of killing Zhentian from the west, and the scouts on the north bank of Guangtong Canal discovered that the rebel camp was in an urgent situation. Worried about the loss of reinforcements and even more worried about the safety of his brother-in-law, Duan Lun also bravely sent 3,000 troops out of the city. Qiu Shili, who fled all the way from the Tongguan battlefield, led them here to help, trying to share the pressure. However, before Qiu Shili left the city for three miles, the cavalry of the Sui army led by Qin Qiong had already swept up and killed him. Qiu Shili braved up to fight However, before the fight started, the Mo Dao soldiers of the Sui Army led by Kan Leng rushed to the battlefield again. The shouts on the battlefield could not cover up Kan Leng's roar, "Brothers, go! I have only entered the pass since then. , I don’t have any decent credit yet, I ran into it today, kill me to my heart’s content!”
It was not only Duan Lun and others who were huddled in Xinfeng City who heard the sound of the war drums shouting from the rebel camp, but also the mysterious pair of siblings who were forced to spend the night in the mountains were also awakened by the sound of the drums calling for killing. Hearing this familiar terrifying voice, the younger brother was so frightened that he hid in his sister's arms and shivered. The fourteen-year-old sister was also frightened, but she still patted her brother on the head and comforted her softly, "Don't Be afraid, don’t be afraid, there is the sound of fighting, which means our army has returned, and when they come back, we can meet Daddy right away.”