On October 14th, the thirteenth year of Sui Daye, at three quarters in the morning, it was a critical moment to determine the final outcome of the Guanzhong battlefield, a critical moment to determine who the color of the Sui Dynasty belonged to, and even a critical moment to determine the future direction of history.
To be honest, before the start of the war, including the rebel leader Li Yuan, they all felt a little nervous. They knew that the rebels were not very sure of winning this battle. Having the courage to fight was completely unconvinced against Chen Sangliang. I believe His command ability is by no means inferior to that of Chen Sangliang, and he suspects that Chen Sangliang, the coach of the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital, who is in poor health, may be ill, which offsets many of the advantages of the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital. After turning the tables, Li Yuan made up his mind amidst the many opposing voices, and personally led the army to launch this decisive battle in the field.
The formation arrangement of the Sui army in the eastern capital, which underestimated the enemy, gave the rebels a chance to win. Realizing that the Sui army's battle formation was too out of balance, Li Yuan was ecstatic and decided to deploy a large number of cannon fodder troops on the left wing of his own army. Even if all the cannon fodder is dead, they still want to give the elite soldiers of our own army a chance to defeat the enemy. At the same time, they are secretly happy, "Okay, there is a chance! This battle is very hopeful. Even if we can't win, at least we can consume a lot of Chen Yingliang's little thief." Being elite is beneficial to our army's next battle. It would be better if Chen Yingliang's little thief is really ill, and our army will basically win this battle!"
Chai Shao is also one of the few rebel generals who is confident of victory. Chai Shao, who is very close to Li Er, often studies the enemy's military style with his second brother-in-law. Conservative, like to seek undefeated first and then seek victory, dare not take risks on the battlefield and often miss the opportunity to defeat the enemy, dare not chase after victory and fight to the end, only like to accept when you are good, and often give the enemy a chance to escape. This tactic is used for Ordinary thieves with poor equipment and little experience are invincible when they bully them. When they encounter a real strong enemy, they can only stare blankly and suffer from it. In fact, it is not difficult to deal with.
He was often brainwashed by such remarks, subconsciously, and coupled with his confidence in his father-in-law Li Yuan, Chai Shao was full of confidence, if not full of confidence, in this battle, looking at the evil Chen Zida in the distance Qi, Chai Shao was still full of anticipation in his heart, secretly said: "Come on, boy surnamed Chen, I want to see how you can win more with less today, and how you can beat my father-in-law!"
Chen Sangliang took the initiative to send envoys to ask for an answer before the battle, which gave Li Yuan and his son another surprise. The answer before the battle not only allowed Li Yuan to immediately identify whether Chen Sangliang was really sick, but also gave Li Er, who was good at riding and shooting Overjoyed at the god-sent opportunity of suddenly casting a cold arrow, Li Yuan immediately agreed, and turned to Chai Shao and said: "Shaoer, you come too, and I will also answer a few words with the little thief after listening to my arrangement, and help me scatter." His mind." Chai Shao couldn't ask for more, and immediately agreed.
Flags fluttering, swords and guns like forests, under the watchful eyes of more than 100,000 soldiers of the two armies, Li Yuan rushed out on horseback, followed by Li Er, Pei Ji, Dou Wei, Liu Wenjing and Chai Shao and other rebel soldiers. Liang Ye led Fang Xuanling, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Liu Shishan and other Sui army civil and military troops to trot forward, and approached Li Yuan proactively. He continued to move forward, and stopped the horse's head until he was only 80 steps away from Li Yuan and others. This not only gave Li Er a chance to shoot a cold arrow, but also moved away from the Sui army's main formation by nearly 80 steps.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty reunified the weights and measures and took five feet as a step, each step was about 1.5 meters, and there were still 120 to 30 meters in more than 80 steps. It was quite far away and it was difficult to see Chen Sangliang's ugly face clearly. It is also difficult to observe whether Chen Sangliang is really sick. But this is not difficult for Li Yuan, Li Yuan shouted deliberately: "Nephew Yingliang, after a two-year farewell, the nephew is not only still handsome, but also has taken up the post of Dongdu and stayed at a high position. It is really gratifying and congratulatory. I am here to express my gratitude to you." Congratulations."
The answer for Chen Sangliang was Yuchi Jingde's loud voice, loud and powerful like tigers and leopards, "Li Yuan is a traitor! We Chen Liushou said, what are you? How dare you call him a good nephew? He and What kind of relationship do you have?"
"Hahahaha." Li Yuan laughed loudly, and while thinking that the little thief must be really sick, he said, "Nephew, it really makes a difference when you have a higher status. This old man is thirty years older than you, so I call you a nephew." What's wrong with you? Nephew, you still remember that when you were in Daxing, you picked vegetables and leaves that the people didn't want to cook porridge every day. At that time, when you saw this old man, you probably had to call him grandpa?"
Laughter was everywhere in the rebel army, but the civil and military cronies around Chen Sangliang were all furious. Chen Sangliang, who had a lot of research on thick black studies, naturally wouldn't care about such a small loss. At that time, Chen Sangliang asked Yuchi Jingde to shout for himself: "Old thief Li Yuan, we Chen Liushou said, and now he personally leads the army to attack you. The soldiers pointed at you, the sky and the earth changed color, the sun and the moon dimmed, The thieves are scattered, and your son and son-in-law are all fleeing in front of our army. Your thieves are doomed. How long do you want to hold on? If you are smart, get off your horse and surrender. I am kind, maybe it depends on your surrender For the sake of you, I will spare your dog's life!"
Li Yuan laughed loudly again, and said with a wild laugh: "Nephew, you dare to be so arrogant in front of this old man just because of the few small victories you have won before? The reason why my two sons were defeated by you before was all because of your military strength." Not as good as you, and you were deceived by your treacherous tricks, which unfortunately failed, now that the old man personally brought 70,000 soldiers to come, the one who should obediently dismount and surrender, should be you?"
"Also." Li Yuan laughed wildly again and said, "Nephew, why don't you speak by yourself, and ask someone else to answer the old man for you? Could it be that you have helped the tyrant to do too many evils, and you have been condemned by God, and you are too sick to even speak loudly? "
After finishing speaking, Li Yuan laughed loudly again, and the rebel soldiers beside him also laughed, but Chen Yingliang suddenly spoke, his voice was loud and full of air, and he laughed and said, "Who said that the official is sick? Old thief Li Yuan, everyone They say you're an old fox, but in my opinion, you're just an old stupid pig, and I'm just doing some tricks, so you think I'm really sick?"
The laughter of Li Yuan and others stopped abruptly, while Chen Sangliang tapped his temple with his finger again, and laughed loudly: "Old thief Li Yuan, why don't you think about it, with my intelligence, how can you Maybe you will say important military information in front of outsiders? Why don’t you move your pig’s head and think about it, boil some soup and medicine in the military tent, do you want any medicinal taste? How can you be so stupid, don’t want to Thinking that I deliberately set up the false appearance of being sick, how could I not intentionally leave some flaws in the letter to you to make you more sure that I am already sick?"
The faces of Li Yuan, Li Er and the others all changed, and they were finally sure that they had been tricked, while Chen Sangliang laughed again and said, "Hey man! Old thief with gray beard! You are already in your fifties and over half a year old, and you actually So unwise and incompetent, it doesn't count if you are teased by this official's small plan, and you have to see that this official actively divides the troops to weaken your strength before you dare to raise troops out of the city to fight. Dare to speak boldly in front of this official and call yourself an elder? Have you forgotten how you saluted to this official Jishou during the Yanmen War? Have you forgotten how you greeted this official when you were in the prison? The official knelt down and kowtowed, begging for his life crying bitterly?"
The veins on Li Yuan's forehead began to twitch violently, and Chai Shao beside him couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Shut up! Shameless thief, what are you? How could my father-in-law beg you for mercy?"
"Brother Sichang, you think too highly of your father-in-law!" Chen Sangliang laughed wildly and said loudly: "You have never seen your father-in-law's ugliness, what did he not do in order to survive? At that time, he not only kowtowed to me and begged for mercy, but also promised that as long as I stretched out my hand to save his life, he would be my servant and servant, lead the horse to the stirrup, sweep the floor and carry water, and tie a grass ring to repay my great kindness to him. Great virtue! It's a pity that I don't like him, and I don't bother to talk to him!"
"You...you are talking nonsense!" Chai Shao was shaking with anger.
"Chai Sichang, get out of here, you don't have a place to talk here." Chen Sangliang scolded Yuan Tiangang for being too slow while scolding him. In order to buy time, Chen Sangliang said loudly: "Li Shimin, Li Erlang, Do you still remember what I said to you in front of the prison gate, I told you to do it yourself, if not, I would take your life easily! Since you refused to listen to my official advice and insisted on seeking your own death, then It's your time of death! This time, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"
"Come if you have the ability!" Li Er sneered loudly, holding the handle of the bow tightly and waiting for the opportunity to appear, while laughing loudly: "Little thief Chen Yingliang, since you are so confident, then you have the courage to go out in person and fight me three times!" Hundred rounds?"
To the surprise of Li Yuan and others, after hearing Li Er's battle, although Chen Sangliang didn't agree, he didn't agree, and he closed his mouth as if thinking. Looking at each other, Chai Shao couldn't wait to shout: "Little thief Chen, if you don't dare to fight Erlang, I will accompany you! With my bare hands, you can use whatever weapon you want, ten rounds, etc. I can't take you!" Immediately, he will be captured without a fight, let him be killed or cut, and let him deal with you!"
At this time, San Gouzi next to Chen Sangliang finally said in a low voice: "Stay behind, Mr. Yuan sent a signal, he is ready and waiting for your order."
Chen Sangliang smiled, very happy and relieved, and then said loudly: "Li Erlang, Chai Sichang, you don't need to provoke me, I learned the enemy of ten thousand people, not the courage of a man. Now I just want to ask you one last question, you Is there anything else to say?"
Both Chai Shao and Li Er laughed wildly, and sneered at Chen Sangliang's arrogant words, but Chen Sangliang laughed even more happily, and said loudly to Li Yuan: "Old thief Li Yuan, if I remember correctly, you seem to be There are three daughters who are not married, right? Don’t worry, after you die, if the Holy Majesty grants them to me as slaves, I will take care of them for you. By the way, there is another question, old thief Li Yuan, what do you like? coffin?"
After all, Chen Sangliang ordered San Gouzi to send out a signal in a low voice. While San Gouzi waved the red order with his back to Li Yuan and the others, the soldiers of the Sui Army who had already been waiting behind the bronze cannon immediately lit the fuse with the incense in their hands. The fuse coated with nitrous powder jumped happily and burned rapidly, and quickly penetrated into the blast hole. But Li Yuan didn't notice it at all, and just sneered loudly: "What kind of coffin do you like, this question should be asked to you, right?"
"Fire the cannon and blast his mother! Wei Jia Hai Nei come back home!" Chen Sangliang suddenly chanted a nonsense doggerel loudly, and laughed wildly: "Old thief Li Yuan, congratulations, you are destined to be recorded in the annals of history !"
"There is a chance!" Seeing Chen Sangliang laughing up to the sky and showing his flaws, Li Er immediately rushed forward without hesitation, raised his bow and set an arrow to aim at Chen Sangliang, and Chai Shao on the other side also held the knife without hesitation. Kicking the horse to keep up, he rushed straight to Chen Sangliang.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Earth-shattering explosions suddenly sounded in front of the Sui army. The sound was like thunder, far louder than the original gunpowder bottles that the Sui army and the rebels had gradually become accustomed to. Li Er and Chai Shao were charging, and Li Yuan and Pei Ji were behind. People, first saw the fronts of the twelve strange vehicles in front of the Sui army spewing fire, and then they were stunned to see that there were twelve small black spots rushing towards them with the speed of lightning.
With a whoosh, a black dot flew past Li Yuan and hit Zheng Yuanshou on Li Yuan's right. The war horse, the black dot, continued to move forward. After landing, it hit the ground hardened by the cold wind, then bounced up immediately, and continued to fly forward to penetrate into the dense crowd of rebel soldiers.
With a bang, the second black dot came from right to left, hit the ground on the left side of Li Yuan and bounced, Li Yuan didn't even have time to turn his head to see the situation, and immediately felt a huge force that could overwhelm mountains and seas hit him On Li Yuan's left leg, the man and horse were knocked to the ground, but the black spot pierced out from the right side of Li Yuan's horse, and smashed on the body of the rebel general Liu Wenjing with blood, Liu Wenjing also fell off the horse immediately.
The shooting accuracy of the 12-pound bronze gun is actually quite good. The history of the Pearl Kingdom clearly records that during their Civil War, on December 13, 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Major Braxton and Lieutenant Marye of the Confederate Army used it. Such a bronze cannon fired spherical solid projectiles at a Northern Army standard-bearer 1,600 yards away (1,460 meters away). The first shot knocked down a soldier next to the standard-bearer, and the second shot hit directly. !
The casting precision of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is of course incomparable with that of the 19th century, but the distance is only more than 200 meters, and the famous astronomer Yuan Tiangang, who is ranked first in human history, personally aimed and measured the shooting height. The round of shelling was quite accurate, only two of the twelve shells deviated from the target, and went directly into the rebel formation behind Li Yuan and others, and the remaining ten shells basically hit Li Yuan's side. The artillery coverage effect Chen Sangliang expected.
This made the poor generals of the rebel army and Li Yuan's soldiers suffer. Ten shells fell into their crowd. Either they were smashed directly like Zheng Yuanshou, and their bones were broken, or they were ricocheted by the solid shells like Li Yuan and Liu Wenjing. Killed and wounded, a large area fell almost in the blink of an eye, and half of the rebels' command layer was taken away in an instant, but the shells did not disappear, and quickly penetrated into the dense crowd of rebels , Wherever they went, all the rebel soldiers fell to the ground. Although they did not reach the horror record of killing 32 people with a single shot of the bronze cannon, the two solid shells that directly shot into the rebel formation still killed each of them. After killing and injuring more than a dozen rebel soldiers, the originally extremely neat formation of the rebel army suddenly fell into chaos.
Subconsciously looking back to see this scene, Li Er was so startled that the bow and arrow in his hand fell directly to the ground, and he immediately reined in his horse and rushed back to check his father's situation. Some rebel soldiers behind also rushed up, but when they saw When it came to Li Yuan's situation at this moment, they were all stunned.
After all, he was a warrior. He ate too well when he was a child and had a good body. Even though his leg was already in pain, Li Yuan still struggled to half-raise his body to check his injury. A large part of his body has disappeared without a trace, leaving only a small half of the bloody leg pile, the bloody leg pile, and his horse's belly that has been blasted out of a big blood hole.
While subconsciously groping, Li Yuan suddenly touched a severed limb on the ground. He lowered his head and took a look. Li Yuan immediately recognized that it was his left leg that had already left his body. Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan screamed in hysterical despair again, "How is it possible? There are such weapons in the world?!"
"Old thief Li Yuan!" Chen Sangliang's crazy laughter echoed on the screaming battlefield, "I knew you wanted to attack me secretly, you attacked me with a bow and arrow, and I shot you back with a cannon, we're even! When you arrive at the Palace of the King of Hades, don't blame injustice! We are fair!"
(Li Yuan, Li Er: "Fair! It's very fair!")
When Chen Sangliang was laughing wildly, in fact his crisis had not been resolved, and Chai Shao, who hated him deeply, was still rushing towards him without hesitation—to be precise, Chai Shao's war horse was frightened and couldn't hold back at all. But fortunately, Chen Sangliang still has a few reliable bodyguards and accomplices around him. Seeing Chai Shao rushing, Yuchi Jingde and Luo Shixin each sneered, and they both patted their horses forward, and then the little monster Luo Shixin hit the gun in Chai Shao's hand with one blow. With a saber, Chi Jingde, the god of the left gate, knocked Chai Shao off his horse with a lance, and then quickly used the horse lance to hold the stunned Chai Shao's chest, and asked, "Stay behind, do you want to live? Or die?"
Looking down at Chai Shao who fell to the ground, and also seeing the despair on his face, Chen Sangliang softened his heart, shook his head and said, "Let him go, for the sake of family friends, and also for the sake of him For the sake of a little conscience and the credit he has made for me before, I will forgive him this time for the last time. Chai Shao, please take care of yourself and think more about your poor parents and sister."
After all, Chen Sangliang turned around and walked back, returning to the main formation to command the battle. Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin and others followed up, leaving Chai Shao lying on the ground motionless, with a blank mind, only Chen Sangliang was tossing and turning That sentence, "Be good for yourself, think more about your poor parents and sister."
Boom! Boom! Boom! The artillery of the Sui army poured out artillery fire again, and the heavy solid iron bullets whizzed one after another into the rebel crowd. Wherever they passed, the rebel soldiers were either on their backs or their tendons were broken, and they were either dead or injured. Jumping, staggering, yelling and screaming, there was chaos. Before the soldiers of the Sui Army launched an attack, the rebels were already showing signs of collapse.
"Order the two wings to charge in a straight line! Artillery, let me continue to bombard the front of the middle army of the bandit army!"
While the flag was waving, the two wings of the Sui army shouted and charged together, the momentum was like a fierce tiger, and they charged straight at the two wings of the rebels. The rebels on the two wings were in chaos. The most dense rebel army positions poured steel artillery fire. The poor rebel army did not fight, and they fled from top to bottom, fearing that the terrible shells would hit them, and countless rebel soldiers would be killed. Weeping loudly in fright, more rebel soldiers ran away, crying while running, "Run! The general is dead! The general is dead!"
Li Yuan is not dead yet, but he is almost dead. After being carried back to the formation by the soldiers, he saw that his own army was in chaos and heard the strange weapons of the Sui army still roaring. Li Yuan gave an order with the last of his strength. He retreated back to the city, and couldn't bear the dizziness from the massive blood loss and the severe pain of the wound, so he passed out directly.
"Fire the cannon! Fire the cannon! Hit me hard! Open the cannon and blast his mother! Vega and Hainei come back to my hometown! General Zhang, this poem of yours is really appropriate to me! Daxing, isn't it my hometown? Huh? Daxing, brother is back! Finally back!"