Leaving morality and shame aside, in the history of the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty, our old general Yun Ding Xingyun was definitely a severely underestimated figure, and he was definitely a model of the Sui Dynasty's counterattack.
Chen Sangliang doesn't have our old general Yun. When Chen Sangliang was young, no matter how poor his family background was, his status was still a nobleman, well-educated, and enjoyed many social privileges; our old general Yun has no way. He was born as a commoner with no status, and he was able to become an official because of his beautiful daughter who became the mistress of the deposed prince Yang Yong. Then he was soon implicated because of his son-in-law's bad luck, and was demoted to slavery along with his wife and children. The starting point of his background was much worse than that of Chen Sangliang. Half past one!
After being demoted to slavery, how did our Old General Yun survive? Relying on his decisiveness, social skills and genius craftsman skills, he sent the gold, silver and jewelry from the dead son-in-law to Yu Wenshu without blinking an eyelid, and coaxed his son-in-law and political opponents to recommend himself happily. Then he was not afraid of hard work or tiredness, relying on his own ability and ability, he did a good job of supervising the manufacture of weapons that he had finally obtained, and he was satisfied from top to bottom, so that Emperor Sui Yang, who killed his son-in-law and enemy, looked at him with admiration and appreciated him greatly.
In order to get promoted and make a fortune, he actively asked Emperor Sui Yang to kill several of his grandsons. This is certainly a stain that our old general Yun will never wash away—but Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian also personally killed the three sons of his son-in-law. At the same time, after passing this hurdle, our old general Yun has made his way to the top, still relying on his own talents and abilities, whether he served as a young man in the Ministry of Industry, or later transferred to a military position, served as a general of the guard, or even independently In charge of a military region, our old general Yun is irreproachable in terms of duties, including the eternal emperor Li Shimin, who has to admit in the history books that the first pot of gold he made in politics was dug under the command of our old general Yun. arrived.
So our Emperor Li Er also indirectly admitted that he was just offering advice to our old general Yun, and it was our old general Yun who decided to adopt Emperor Li Er's bluff. The Turkic cavalry is still our old general Yun. How can our old general Yun not have the ability to command and manage the army, how can he keep the huge army of more than ten miles away from making mistakes and chaos? How can we scare the Turkic Khan who lives by fighting and killing people? Without extraordinary learning ability and clever mind, how can we, General Yun, who has changed from civil to military, do this
Thick-skinned and dark-hearted is the infamy that our old General Yun will never wash away, but how many of those who have achieved major events are not thicker than the city wall, and how many are not heartier than coal? Our old general Yun just started too low and didn't have enough opportunities. When he was young, he didn't catch up with the chaos in the world. On the other hand, there must be an even more impressive stroke by our old general Yun.
Our Old General Yun has another advantage, that is, he hugs his thighs firmly, accurately and ruthlessly. As long as the owner of the thighs he hugs does not fall or lose power, Old General Yun will wholeheartedly work for the backer and do his best. Try your best to please you, and do your best to handle all the errands you entrusted to him, otherwise, Chen Sangliang really dare not entrust him with the treacherous Eastern Capital battlefield alone.
Old General Yun, who was ordered to be a shit-stirring stick, did not disappoint Chen Sangliang. Just after hearing his name, brother Hua Ji, who had gradually begun to waver, immediately re-established his determination to fight to the end. Li Mi, who was constrained by information, However, he completely misjudged Brother Hua's attitude towards the reinforcements in Guanzhong, and mobilized the new force from Hulaoguan to rescue Cangcheng in Luokou. Fresh Army Reserve.
The Chen Zhilue Department of the Yuwen Army, who had rushed to attack, met Li Mijun's reserve team in the Shilibao area. Seeing the cavalry under Huaji's command suddenly attacking, Li Mijun's generals Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode who came to the rescue were not very panicked. I am a fresh force with sufficient physical strength and good condition, and quickly arranged a dense phalanx to face the battle. However, Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode seriously underestimated the anger and anger in the hearts of the cavalrymen of the Xiaoguo Army. When it comes to field battles, the generals and soldiers are scrambling to be the first to advance bravely, venting their anger on the poor Li Mi's reinforcements with red eyes.
With just one charge, the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army rushed over the six rows of Li Mijun's infantry, and their horseshoes were like iron. They trampled countless Li Mijun infantry in a dense row into meat paste and blood, and Li Mijun paid a heavy price. After finally blocking the charge of the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army, before the soldiers of Li Mi's army launched a counterattack, the sabers and battle axes had already been chopped down like a storm, and the soldiers of Li Mi's army in front of them were howling like ghosts and howling. The spears were thrust out one after another, piercing the bodies of Li Mijun's infantry one after another, and then lifted their bodies into the air and fell far away.
The already tall soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army rode on their horses, condescendingly slaughtering Li Mijun's infantry, and after being aggrieved for a long time, they vented their roars endlessly. , the spear can be stabbed as soon as it can be stabbed, and the spear can be stabbed as soon as it can’t be smashed. Do your best to greet the soldiers of Li Mijun. Rolling over, many Xiaoguo soldiers bit off the throats of Li Mijun's soldiers in the scuffle, laughing wildly with their mouths full of blood.
In the face of such a crazy enemy, Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode, who unfortunately became punching bags, inevitably panicked. They could only quickly shrink their formations to strengthen their defenses. The encounter of the former army inevitably caused confusion in the queue. Chen Zhilue took the opportunity to order the front army to retreat and regroup, and at the same time launched a second round of cavalry assault. This time, Li Mijun could no longer hold the frontal position, and the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army broke through their frontal defense and directly entered the phalanx .
The breakthrough of the phalanx is equivalent to the breakdown of the formation. The cheering Chen Zhilue army immediately launched a general attack. The dying Pei Renji had no choice but to give up the formation and intercept, and ordered a countercharge, in an attempt to pull the Xiaoguo cavalry into the formation. In melee combat, he used his strength to save the defeat. Unfortunately, Pei Renji seriously overestimated his army's combat effectiveness and morale. Ruhong's Xiaoguo army rushed to pieces and was completely defeated.
Fighting on foot and riding on horseback, he was defeated and dispersed. If Han Xinbai got up to command, he would not be able to win this battle. Pei Renji, who knew that he was far behind Han Xinbai, could only make a quick decision—turn around and run away. The generals and soldiers all hated their parents for giving them two legs. They spread their feet and ran for their lives. The corpses of the army soldiers covered the snow field, and the blood melted the ice and snow, dyeing the land black and red.
The Xiaoguo Army pursued them all the way to the west gate of the Hulao Pass before stopping. Fearing that the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army would take advantage of the momentum and enter the pass, as soon as senior generals such as Pei Renji and Hao Xiaode withdrew to the pass, the Hulao Pass guards could not wait to pull the drawbridge and close the city gate. Arrows were shot and killed the soldiers of the two armies gathered under the city. The final result was that 20,000 troops left the city, and less than 5,000 returned to the city alive. However, the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army were still unwilling to be satisfied, and shouted and provoked for nearly half an hour under the city, until they repeatedly confirmed that Li Mijun had no courage to go out to fight, and then shouted and retreated.
The victory at Shilibao finally boosted the morale of the Yuwen Army and saved some of Brother Huaji's prestige. At the same time, after quickly reaching a non-aggression agreement with Yun Dingxing's secret envoy, Brother Huaji finally stopped being anxious and irritable. Don't worry about being forced to open the third battlefield, and start to calm down to regroup the team and prepare to launch a larger-scale attack on Luokoucang.
Contrary to brother Huaji who regained his composure, Duke Wei and Li Mi vomited blood for the fiasco of Shilibao, and even broke his head. ? It was after careful investigation that the chief general of the Guanzhong reinforcements was the name of Yun Dingxing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Li Mi, who knew the relationship between Yun Dingxing and Yuwen's family, suddenly realized, and then, like Wang Shichong, he immediately pointed to the west and cursed, " Chen Yingliang! You are the most shameless traitor in the world! Sending Yun Dingxing, a shameless old man, to reinforce the Eastern Capital battlefield, is it to reinforce me and Wang Shichong, or to reinforce him, Yu Wenhua and ordinary people?!"
It's useless no matter what, just like what Chen Sangliang said in Daxing, even if Li Mi and Wang Shichong knelt down and kowtowed to Brother Huaji and begged, Brother Huaji would never turn around and fight his old uncle Yun. Therefore, there are only two paths in front of Migong, one is to resolutely defend Luokou Cang at any cost, and fight with Hua and brother to lose both sides; Jixiong's appetite, and then try to lure Huajixiong to find other people's troubles.
Given Li Mijun's current situation, not only is his chances of continuing to defend the Luokou warehouse relatively small, but even if he can finally hold it, Li Mijun will definitely have to pay a heavy price and completely wipe out his capital for turning around. Although giving up Luokou warehouse can temporarily get rid of Hua Ji's entanglement, the future will be even more variable. If Li Mijun cannot quickly regain Luokou warehouse, not only will he not have the capital to make a comeback, he may even starve to death. So after much deliberation, Li Mi chose the third way, to fully unite with Wang Shichong, and fight to the end with Hua and brother!
Taking advantage of the opportunity that Brother Hua still needed to prepare siege weapons, Yu Wenwen once again brought Li Mi's letter to the Eastern Capital City, and asked Wang Shichong to join forces to attack Brother Hua, and promised that after Brother Hua was defeated, half of the The grain from the Luokou warehouse was sent to Wang Shichong. But what Wang Shichong paid must be to send troops to Luokou Cang, and Li Mi back and forth to attack the main force of his brothers!
Li Mi is gambling by doing this. The bet is that he and Wang Shichong can defeat Brother Hua by joining forces. If he wins, both Wang Shichong and him still have hope of turning around. It is equivalent to participating in this big gamble, or betting on his future and his family's life. The treacherous Wang Shichong understands this truth very well, so even though he knows this is his best choice, Wang Shichong is still hesitant and hesitant to make a decision.
What prompted Wang Shichong to make up his mind was the wonderful performance of our old general Yun and Hua Ji. On the same day that Yu Wenwen arrived in Dongdu, the reputable Guanzhong Sui Army, under the command of our old general Yun, very trustworthy Xiang Xiaoguo The army-controlled Xin'an City launched an attack, but what made Lao Wang's family angry was that General Yun was still ten miles away from Xin'an City. Withdrew to Jinyong City, and let it go without letting go of an arrow or cutting a knife—it is said that he deliberately left a few little beauties in the city for Old General Yun to cover his feet at night.
Our old general Yun also directly stationed in Xin'an City, and did not send a single soldier to chase and kill Xu Hongren. Then he sent an envoy to tell Wang Shichong that he had kept his promise and captured Xin'an, while commanding the army to repair the city defenses and build fortifications. Putting on the posture that everything is over - at the same time, Wang Shichong's secret work still heard the wind that someone sent ten carts of ingredients for making Qishan saozi noodles to Jin Yongcheng, which made many Xiaoguo soldiers who were homesick and eager to hold their noodle bowls loudly cry.
Although it is not very possible to expect General Yun to continue to advance, Wang Shichong still tried his best and sent envoys to Xin'an to ask General Yun to join him in attacking Jinyong City. As a result, our General Yun spread his hands and said in an old-fashioned way: "It is not the old man. I don't want to agree, it's not right and wrong. Prime Minister Wang is supporting the Emperor Huangtai. I followed the Emperor Yining who was supported by Prime Minister Chen. There is no second day when the people have no two masters. If the old man joins forces with you, then Didn’t the Great Sui Dynasty have two His Majesties? So for the sake of my former colleagues, I can attack Yu Wenhua and the rebels, but I can’t join hands with you!”
The envoy Wang Shichong, of course, begged General Yun to attack Yuhuaji as soon as possible, and in fact start a war with Brother Huaji. Our old general Yun twisted his gray beard and thought for a while, and then quickly said: "Okay! No problem! The old man agrees." You guys, seven days! Within seven days! This old man must take down Luoyang South City and drive away the Yuwen bandits who are entrenched in Luoyang South City!"
After hearing the messenger's report, Wang Shichong had the intention of strangling Old General Yun to death—Luoyang's palace city and imperial city are both in the north city, and the south city of Luoyang is nothing to the Yuwen army. , as long as you open your mouth, Brother Huaji can put Luoyang Nancheng into a gift box, tie a bow tie on it, and give it to General Yun with both hands! At that time, Brother Hua and Brother's main force on the western front will gather troops on the north bank of Luoshui. Not only will the threat to Wang Shichong remain undiminished, General Yun, who took the opportunity to station in the southern city of Luoyang, will immediately become Wang Shichong's confidant, and he will join forces with Brother Hua to threaten Wang Shichong! If there is a slight mistake, Old General Yun may take the opportunity to seize the Tianjin Bridge and stab Wang Shichong in the back!
Resolutely rejected Old General Yun's proposal to attack Luoyang Nancheng to assist in the battle, Wang Shichong thought for a long time, and finally shouted loudly: "Call Yu Wenwen, I agree to send troops, and join hands with him and Li Mi to attack Yu Wenhua and the main force of the common man! Yu Wenhuaji, let's break Chen Yingliang's traitor again!"
"Father, don't you have to take such a risk?"
Hearing Wang Shichong's decision, everyone in the Wang family was in an uproar. Even Wang Xuanying, the eldest son of Wang Shichong, who was more loyal, couldn't hold back anymore. He stood up and exclaimed, "If you do this, you are betting our lives? You won? Fortunately, if we lose, we will have no chance to make a comeback!"
"If I don't gamble, I have no chance to make a comeback!" Wang Shichong said with a livid face, "Chen Yingliang, a treacherous bastard, sent Yun Dingxing, a shameless old man, to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, in name to reinforce us, but actually for Yu Wenhua's sake." Let Yuhuaji take courage and fight us to the end! If the old man does not send troops, Li Mi will be defeated by Yuhuaji! After Li Mi is finished, it will be our turn next. He will let us go, and the traitor Chen Yingliang will continue to let us stand in front, use our power to consume Yu Wenhuaji, and then he will send troops to take advantage of it!"
"Only by joining forces with Li Mi Puff as soon as possible to defeat Yu Wenhua and Puff as soon as possible at any cost, can we have hope!" Wang Shichong concluded with an extremely ugly face: "Although we will have to pay a heavy price for doing this, at least we can guarantee that Li Mi will definitely win in the future." Stand by our side and join hands with us to fight against Chen Yingliang, a traitor who takes advantage of the fire!"
This principle has been repeatedly discussed by members of the Wang family before, but they have been afraid of Yu Wenhua and his power, so they dare not make up his mind. The members of the Wang family who were completely desperate for Chen Sangliang no longer hesitated, and nodded in agreement with Wang Shichong's risky decision. Soon after, Wang Shichong also concluded a formal agreement with Li Mi's plenipotentiary to join forces to attack the main forces of Hua and Brother.
Wang Shichong has always been very smart in his military operations, and this time is no exception. In order to solve the threat of Jin Yongcheng and eliminate the worries of his own army and the main force of Hua and his brothers in the decisive battle, Wang Shichong quickly arranged a tactic to defeat the enemy by luring snakes out of their holes. An army smuggled across Luoshui, seized the south end of the Tianjin Bridge in Luoyang Nancheng, put down the bridge and sent troops southward, pretending to retake Luoyang Nancheng with all its strength, but actually deployed the main force of elite troops outside Shangchunmen to ambush the Jinyongcheng enemy who went south to rescue.
Wang Shichong's tactical plan was very successful. The surprise attack on the Tianjin Bridge was successful, and Hua Jixiong's garrison in the southern city of Luoyang also immediately sent a signal to Jin Yongcheng for help. Sima Dekan led the army to the south to rescue, but was met by Wang Renze and Li Junxian The two ambushes were caught off guard by Wang Shichong's ace Huainan Army, and they were forced to flee back to Jinyong City. At the same time, the army led by Gao Bi also successfully recaptured Luoyang South City and defeated Hua Jixiong's small number of defenders in Nancheng. .
Wang Shichong's previous captive policy also played an important role in this battle. At Wang Shichong's request, the captured Guanzhong soldiers kept shouting to the friendly troops in Nancheng across Luoshui, claiming that as long as they surrendered to Wang Shichong, they would have a chance to go home. The family members in Guanzhong can also be treated well. As a result, when the battle came, these propagandas took effect as a matter of course. Many soldiers of the Yuwen Army who were forced by the cold voluntarily put down their weapons and surrendered to Wang Shichong, and their resistance was greatly weakened. Wang Shichong was overjoyed when he discovered this situation, and he intensified the propaganda war.
At the same time, the scouts of Yunding Xingjun also discovered this situation, and according to Chen Sangliang's request, they wrote the news into a pond newspaper the next day, sent it back to Daxing, Guanzhong, and handed it over to the In front of Chen Sangliang. As a result, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the way. As soon as he received the news, Chen Sangliang immediately came to a conclusion and said: "Wang Shichong and Li Mi have made up their minds to join forces to defeat Yu Wenhuaji. Otherwise, Wang Shichong would rather die than die." With a disadvantaged character, it is absolutely impossible to expend such a great effort to actively attack Yu Wenhuaji."
"This is their only correct choice." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Prime Minister, you sent Yun Dingxing to reinforce the Eastern Capital battlefield. With Wang Shichong and Li Mi's abilities, you will naturally understand that you actually want to help Yu Wenhuaji. Embolden Yu Wenhuaji, and let him fight Li Mi and Wang Shichong without worry. If they don't want to be defeated by Yu Wenhuaji who is red-eyed and carefree, they have no choice but to join forces and take down Yu Wenhuaji as soon as possible."
"Prime Minister, we should make preparations for the main force as soon as possible." Wei Zheng reminded: "Wang Shichong and Li Mi are determined to break through Yuwenhuaji by themselves, so we must strive for a quick victory. We will not give our main force the opportunity to grab the results. We will do it in advance." If we are prepared, we will dispatch immediately when the winner is decided on the Eastern Capital battlefield, not only will we be able to obtain the greatest results, but we will also hope to eradicate the three powerful enemies Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua and Li Mi in one fell swoop!"
Chen Sangliang nodded with a smile, and said in his heart that this is the situation I have been waiting for. However, when Chen Sangliang was discussing with everyone how to dispatch the main force to move eastward, another pond newspaper with chicken feathers was suddenly sent to Chen Sangliang In front of Liang, Chen Sangliang quickly took it and opened it for a look, his face immediately became extremely gloomy.
The Tang newspaper was sent by Li Jing, and the content was to confirm the rumors that Xue Ju and Li Gui had formed an alliance. After launching the attack, Xue Ju personally led the main force out of the Great Earthquake Pass, preparing to go north to Anding County, cutting off the connection between Pingliang and Daxing.
After reading this unlucky Tang newspaper, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and the others were also silent. After thinking for a while, Chen Sangliang said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that I would also have to use Uncle Yun to be alone. At that time, how to win the most victories in the Eastern Capital battlefield depends on his performance."