Yu Wenhua has more than 100,000 supporters, occupying the Sixth Palace, and he supports himself just like Emperor Yangdi. Every time I sit on the south side of the tent, if someone has something to do, hey, it’s not right, I lower my teeth, and I will take the certificate and participate in the decision with Tang Fengyi, Niu Fangyu, Xue Shiliang, Zhang Kai and others.
In any case, what Zaikong said is dwarfing and vilifying Brother Hua. If Brother Hua in history is really so useless, it is impossible for Jiangdu Palace civil and military officials who are full of famous ministers and generals to obediently become his captives. , was escorted by him to the north, and it was even more impossible to put down Sima Dekan's rebellion and maintain a certain cohesion of the army until the Battle of Tongshan. As a matter of fact, Brother Hua still learned a little bit from his father Yu Wenshu in commanding the army. With a large amount of food, grass, military supplies and non-combatants, Brother Hua went from Liyang Warehouse to Heyang Bridge. The main force has only gone for ten days.
The Heyang Bridge was already under the control of the forward Sima Dekan's army, and the main force of Yuwen's army crossed the Yellow River easily, and set up camp at the foot of Mang Mountain for the time being. The first winter snow in the first year of Yining, the first year of Huangtai, and the 14th year of Daye was about to fall in Henan County. The main force of the Yuwen Army who lacked cold clothes had to cut down a large number of trees to make fires to keep warm, and spent the night in the wild against the biting cold wind. . —Pay attention to the lack of cold clothes, and recall the good idea that a certain traitor gave to the father-in-law. Friends will definitely find something.
The Yellow River passed easily, and of course the next question was how to advance troops. Originally out of military needs, Li Mijun had previously rebuilt the Huiluo Castle fortress left by the Northern Wei Dynasty at the intersection of Mangshan Mountain from Heyang to the hinterland of Henan County. , blocking the southward path of Huaji's main force, but seeing Huaji's main force attacking Heyang, the defenders of Huiluo City had already abandoned the city and left this strategically important place, Huaji thought about it Mangshan is easier than crossing the Yellow River. You can also fight Dongdu, Luokoucang, Luokoucang if you want to, and you have the tactical initiative.
It's fine to hit anyone first, but it's a difficult choice who to hit first. Now Wang Shichong and Li Mi are desperately trying to please Hua Jixiong, and they are vying to encourage Hua Jixiong to attack each other first. Brother Ji and his decision-makers are in a dilemma, and their opinions cannot be unified.
Some of the generals headed by Sima Dekan felt that Li Mi should be beaten first. The reason was that the eastern capital city was strong. Surrender is of course the best, and it doesn't matter if Li Mi doesn't surrender. Luokou Cangcheng is not as strong as Dongdu City, and the defenders have been defeated by the Xiaoguo army before. After taking down Cangcheng in Luokou, Yu Wenjun has completely gained a foothold in Henan County, and no longer has to worry about food.
Yuwen Zhiji, Tang Fengyi, Yuan Wuda and others felt that Wang Shichong should be attacked first. The reason was that Li Mi had already promised to give up Jinyong City. Immediately after the outer city, a large number of common people and civilian husbands can be obtained, and at the same time, the Yuwen Army still holds a large number of hostages. It is not a big problem to let those civil and military officials brought from the Eastern Capital come forward to recruit the children and relatives of the inner city. Then with the solid foothold of Luoyang, the eastern capital, Chen Sangliang can be blocked to the west, Li Mi can be cleaned up to the east, and Luokou warehouse can be taken back.
The two opinions are both reasonable and feasible. As a result, Hua Ji, who is cowardly and lacking in opinions, is extremely embarrassed. After thinking for a long time, he still can't make up his mind. , opened the curtain and brought in a gust of cold wind, blowing so hard that brother Hua yelled, "Did you blind your mother's dog's eyes? It's so cold and the curtain is so wide? Put down the curtain, increase the fire, and freeze the prime minister to death." Already!"
The soldiers sang promises, and hurriedly added firewood to the brazier. The wood that had just been cut was not dry enough and smoked when caught in the fire, choking everyone in the tent to cough, and also choking so that Brother Huaji cursed again, Brother Zhiji also took the opportunity He coughed and said: "Brother, let's go to fight Dongdu first. We will have a house to live in when we arrive at Jinyong City. After taking Dongdu, all soldiers of the army can live in the city, which is much better than spending the winter in the wild."
Huaji brother Yi mobilized his heart, and Feng Deyi, the soft-boned internal historian appointed by Huaji brother, also coughed and said: "Prime Minister, Zuo Pushe is right, we should first attack Luoyang, the eastern capital, and this winter is coming. We don’t have enough cold clothes in our army, we should first take Dongdu to replenish cold clothes, otherwise, our soldiers will have a hard time in winter.”
Feng Deyi's words reminded Sima Dekan, and Sima Dekan, who advocated beating Li Mi first, immediately changed his mind, and immediately coughed and said: "Prime Minister, what Feng Neishi said reminded the general that Dongdu should be attacked first. Our detailed work found that not long ago, Wang Shichong took out 30,000 bolts of cloth and exchanged 20,000 shi of grain with Li Mi. This shows that there is definitely no shortage of cloth and satin in the eastern capital. We should attack the Eastern Capital first, and solve the problem of winter clothing for the brothers before we talk about it."
Sima Dekan changed his words, and the generals of the Xiaoguo Army who followed him in advocating beating Li Mi first also agreed. As a result, Brother Huaji didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately coughed and said: "Ahem, okay, let's go to live in Jinyong City first." House, beat Dongdu, grab clothes for the winter. Cough cough, fuck your mother, you still want to choke the prime minister to death if you don’t move this ghost brazier out?!”
Ever since, because of the doomed cold winter, in order to solve the problem of clothes for the winter when it is okay to fight anyone first, Brother Hua Ji did not hesitate to bring the main force to Dongdu, where there are piles of cloth and satin. Hearing this news, Li Mi, who was in fear, of course had a dark smile on his face, but Wang Shichong wanted to catch Hua Ji's sister who was in Daxing and rape him personally to vent his anger. Those who wanted to cry but had no tears could only prepare to defend In the city battle, while sending people to ask for help from his son-in-law, he was counting on Li Mijun to hold on to Jinyong City, the defense city of the eastern capital, to share some of the pressure for himself.
The wonderful performance of the defenders of Jinyong City almost failed to make Wang Shifeng faint. The forward of the Yuwen Army led by Sima Dekan was still five miles away from Jinyongcheng. There were only more than 2,000 old and weak soldiers left in the city. , let go of his feet and went straight to Yanshi, and handed over the intact Jinyong City and a large number of siege weapons in the city to Sima Dekan. When Wang Shichong heard the news and sent people to rob the city, it was too late. Chen Sangliang's vanguard of the Yuwen Army, who had snatched the horse in the Yanmen Battle, rushed into the city first, and successfully took over the acropolis of the eastern capital, which is very important in terms of tactics, and successfully nailed a big one under Wang Shichong's eyes. Nail, Wang Shichong wanted to cry but had no tears, and was helpless.
Contrary to Wang Shichong, after finally having a city to settle in for the winter, Brother Hua and his decision-makers were of course beaming with joy, not to mention that their hostility towards Li Mijun, who kept his promise, was greatly reduced, and they immediately dispatched He sent envoys into Luoyang City and issued an ultimatum to Wang Shichong and the Luoyang Sui Army, demanding that Wang Shichong surrender the city within one day! If not, with one finger of brother Huaji's sword, the city of Dongdu and Wang Shichong's army will all be reduced to powder!
There was no choice. After hesitating for a long time, Wang Shichong finally plucked up the courage and ordered the envoys of Brother Hua to be expelled from the city, determined to fight Hua and Brother by virtue of the city defense advantage! Brother Huaji was of course furious when he heard the news, and he picked up the siege weapon that Li Mijun deliberately left for him, and led the well-equipped Xiaoguo army to kill Wang Shichong under the city of Dongdu. As a result, Du Luoyang once again ushered in a fierce battle.
In the bitter cold wind, the war drums were like thunder, and the Xiaoguo army, armed to the teeth, launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Shangchun Gate, the main gate of the Eastern Capital, with a large number of flying ladders deliberately left by Li Mijun. Frames climbed up the city wall one after another, the red-eyed Xiaoguo soldiers crazily climbed up with their weapons biting, and the crashing car slammed into the city gate. , the corpses of soldiers from the two armies and the wreckage of siege weapons floated all over the moat.
Despite the condescending advantage of the city, even though Wang Shichong personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and even though the Dongdu defenders who had gradually experienced fought tenaciously and resisted bravely, Huaji's army was too powerful, with strong overall strength and individual combat effectiveness. Stronger, usually as long as a soldier of the Xiaoguo Army rushed to the city wall, it would take Wang Shichong's army to pay the lives of three or four soldiers to kill him or catch up to the city wall, so after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the crumbling The defenders of the Eastern Capital finally showed signs of defeat. More than a dozen soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who successfully ascended the city successfully seized a position on the city wall, covering the follow-up companions to quickly and safely ascend the city.
"The city is broken!"
When Brother Hua, who personally commanded the battle, let out a triumphant howl, Wang Shichong, who had been holding back for a long time, finally deployed his secret weapon. Ten pine cannons suddenly appeared behind the arrow piles, and concentrated their firepower on the place where the soldiers of the Yuwen Army were most densely populated. When the cannon was fired, the earth-shattering explosion sound suddenly reverberated across the city of Dongdu.
The small stone bullets and iron horns fired by the pine tree cannon are of course far inferior to the solid shells fired by the bronze cannon in terms of power, but this is enough. The fiercely sprayed stone eggs and iron horns can also be fatal when they hit a vital point, far more than the explosion of a gunpowder bottle. The even louder artillery roar caught the Yuwen Army by surprise. Seeing many soldiers suddenly fall to the ground, rolling and screaming, the Yuwen Army was in chaos and their morale plummeted. The Death Squad led by Wang Renze also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. With his eyes closed, he killed the soldiers of the Yuwen Army who had already ascended the city, and re-blocked the gap in the city defense that almost killed Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong is also quite talented in the use of weapons. Relying on the ease of manufacturing pine tree cannons and the low cost, Wang Shichong, who has built no less than thirty pine tree cannons, unexpectedly came up with the tactic of taking turns shooting. The first ten pine tree cannons just fired After the fire was over, the last ten pine cannons were fired again, still bombarding the densely populated places of Yuwen Army soldiers. In the face of such a sudden blow, he was still in a state of confusion, with unbelievable screams, "What is that? What kind of weapon is that?"
"What's that?" Brother Hua also jumped up from the handsome chair, his eyes widened and he screamed, "Why is it so loud? Can it breathe fire? Can it kill my soldiers?"
Sima Dekan, Yu Wenzhi and the others all opened their mouths and didn't answer, and they didn't know how to answer, but Fan Wenchao quickly came to his senses and exclaimed, "Could it be the artillery? The artillery that Chen Yingliang used to kill the old thief Li Yuan? "
When Yu Wenhua and Sima Dekan and others were in Jiangdu, they all heard from Qian Xiangmin that Chen Sangliang killed Li Yuan with artillery, and now they will see the pine cannon roughly similar to what Qian Xiangmin described. Appearing suddenly, he was panicked and afraid in his heart, desperately nodding in agreement with this analysis, and seeing that the attacking queue had been completely thrown into chaos by Wang Shichong's pine cannonballs, Brother Hua Ji was not polite, and immediately yelled: "Mingjin! Mingjin! Withdraw troops and return to Jinyong City!"
Shouting, Brother Hua Ji was the first to rush down from the commander's platform to ride a horse to escape, fearing that if he ran too slowly, he would follow in Li Yuan's footsteps, and was shot to death by Wang Shichong's artillery three miles away, which brought a lot of Xiaoguo The generals also fled for their lives. Although Sima Dekan, Fan Wenchao and others felt that it was a pity to give up the attack, they saw that the front army was indeed in chaos and the morale of their own army was greatly affected, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops. He took the initiative to provoke the important task of the queen.
In this way, when he was only one step away from taking the outer city of Dongdu, Brother Huaji's main force retreated in desperation, and Wang Shichong did not dare to take the opportunity to pursue him. As a result, they withdrew to Jinyong City. After carefully understanding the situation, the thoughtful generals such as Sima Dekan and Fan Wenchao soon discovered that they were probably scared away by Wang Shichong, because the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who were covered by artillery said, At that time, they only heard the loud noise and saw their companions fall to the ground, and they were frightened into chaos. They did not see the mass death of their companions, nor did they see Li Yuan's thigh being directly blasted off by the artillery.
Sima Dekan and others, who seemed to have a bottom line in their hearts, hurriedly reported the situation to Yu Wenhuaji. Yu Wenhuaji was skeptical about this, so he listened to Yuwen Zhiji's suggestion and sent someone to call Ren Yu who was stranded in the army. Come and learn about the power of the Sui Army's artillery during the Guanzhong War. But it is a pity that Ren Yu, who was not Li Yuan's absolute confidant, was not at the scene at the time, and he had never even seen how Li Yuan was beaten by artillery. Qian Xiangmin and He Er, who were in the army, hurriedly brought them before them again and asked them to explain the situation of the Sui army's artillery.
It's still a pity that Qian Xiangmin, who has softer bones than Feng Deyi, has never seen what Chen Sangliang's magic weapon under the box looks like, so he can't answer it at all. He Er, who specializes in doing dirty things for Chen Sangliang, is at close range He has been in contact with artillery, but He Er's loyalty index is much higher than that of Qian Xiangmin, and the excuse that he has never seen it is also perfunctory.
The atmosphere in the headquarters that Li Mi left for Brother Hua was extremely heavy. Every general of the Yuwen Army was frowning, full of fear and worry about unknown weapons. Coincidentally, at this time, Yu Shinan, who was ordered to visit Chen Sangliang in Daxing, returned to Yuwenhua and the army. Brother Huaji, who felt that he and Chen Sangliang had a close relationship, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to be summoned. Before Ren Lin, Qian Xiangmin and others left, he asked Yu Shinan, "How is it? What did Brother Yingliang say? Did he accept the title given to him by the Prime Minister?"
Yu Shinan smiled wryly, and while introducing that Chen Sangliang didn't even bother to listen to Yang Hao's imperial edict, he said to Yu Wenhuaji: "Chen Liushou doesn't want to reply to your letter to the prime minister, so I just asked the next official to bring a message to the prime minister. Please send me a message." Wash your neck and wait to die, he has already signed an alliance with Wang Shichong and Li Mi, and he is going to join forces to attack you."
With a bang, the case in front of Brother Huaji flew into the sky. While Brother Huaji was yelling at Chen Sangliang, Yu Wenzhi noticed a detail and asked quickly, "Yu Sheren, what did you just say? Chen Yingliang has already Signed an alliance with Wang Shichong and Li Mi?"
"I report to Zuo Pushe, that's exactly the case." Yu Shinan nodded and replied, "Chen Liushou told the subordinates personally that he, Wang Shichong and Li Mi have temporarily put aside their previous grievances, and concluded an alliance to attack our army and avenge the late emperor."
"How is it possible?" Fan Wenchao was taken aback, and said, "Chen Yingliang and Wang Shichong are relatives of Weng's son-in-law, and it is possible for them to form an alliance. Li Mi and him, Chen Yingliang, are deadly enemies, how can they form an alliance?"
"It's just a bluff." Sima Dekan said contemptuously: "If Li Mi and Chen Yingliang really signed a covenant, they should have taken action a long time ago. How could they give us Jin Yongcheng?"
After Hua Ji and the others nodded in self-comfort, Yuwen Shiji, who seldom spoke, suddenly opened his mouth and reminded: "We have to be careful, why did Li Mi give us Jin Yongcheng? We all know the reason. When we fight Wang Shichong, we will lose both." When the time comes, or when Chen Yingliang personally leads the main force out of the Kanto, he is still very likely to stab us in the back."
Yu Wenzhiji, Feng Deyi, Fan Wenchao and others all nodded, but Sima Dekan still found it unbelievable, and said, "This is ridiculous, right? Chen Yingliang and Li Mi had already forged a blood feud five years ago. They have been fighting continuously for many years, and there are 80,000 generals and soldiers who have killed each other, if not 100,000, they are already at odds with each other, how can they form an alliance?"
Excellent politicians can shake hands and cooperate with those who kill their fathers and enemies without batting an eyelid for their own interests. Politicians understand, so Yu Wenshi, He Feng Deyi and others hurriedly said: "General Sima, don't underestimate Li Mi and Chen Yingliang. There is absolutely a possibility of joining hands to form an alliance, so we must not underestimate Li Mi, we must prevent him from attacking us suddenly."
When Sima Dekan was a little shaken, he still couldn't believe it. Brother Hua Ji was thinking about it, and suddenly caught Qian Xiangmin and He Er standing under the hall out of the corner of his eye, and asked, "Qian Xiangmin, He Weikang, what are you two?" Those who came out of Chen Yingliang's command, do you think it is possible for Chen Yingliang and Li Mi's traitors to form an alliance?"
Even the rectification of the name was given by Chen Sangliang. He Er didn't say a word, but Qian Xiangmin was hesitant to speak, and Brother Huaji shouted again: "Say it quickly, or you will die! The little thief Chen Yingliang has already rejected the canonization of the prime minister." , you are already useless, if you don’t tell the truth, I don’t bother to let you waste food!”
He Er still didn't say a word, but it's a pity that Qian Xiangmin's courage is known to everyone, and his bones softened when he was frightened casually by Hua Jixiong, and he quickly said: "Forgive me, the prime minister. In the opinion of the next official, not only is this possibility, but it is also very possible." Big."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room was shocked, and Hua Ji, who had met the dead mouse, was even more frightened. He hurriedly asked: "Why? Explain the reason clearly!"
"Because Chen Liushou has always said that he and Li Mi's traitor are both confidants and enemies. If it weren't for their different positions, they must be a pair of confidantes and friends." Qian Xiangmin told the truth with a sad face, saying: "Chen Yingliang and Li Mi has always had a lot of unwritten tacit rules. They will never kill the envoys sent by each other. Take care of the other party if possible. For example, the last time Chen Yingliang led troops to attack Wagangzhai, Li Mi asked him to help save a person, Chen Yingliang tried his best to save him, and the rescue was successful."
As he said that, Qian Xiangmin briefly introduced Shan Yingying's affairs to Huaji and his brother, and finally said: "Prime Minister Yuwen, many old Wagang thieves know about this matter, if you don't believe it, you can go and tell me The family members of those Wagang bandits came to ask, and there must be many of them who know about it.”
Brother Huaji and many generals of the Yuwen Army were stunned. After finally recovering, the first thing Brother Huaji did was to order Yuwen Shiji to interrogate Li Mijun's family members to investigate whether this happened. As a result, Yuwen Shiji replied: "Brother, I don't think there is any need to investigate. It is impossible for Qian Ye to tell lies to us, and there is no need to tell lies to us. This matter cannot be faked."
While everyone was nodding their heads, Brother Hua Ji gritted his teeth again, and suddenly shouted: "Don't fight Dongdu anymore! Go get rid of Li Mi first, if you dare to flirt with Chen Yingliang behind my prime minister's back, I will kill him! "