In the early morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month, Zong Luohu, king of Yixing of the Western Qin Dynasty, was woken up by the squirming concubine in his bosom. He yawned and lazily opened his eyes, and asked if there was nothing wrong outside the barracks. Zong Luohu brought the concubine from Tianshui Concubine Mei pressed her crotch and asked her to solve her natural physical problems in the morning.
The concubine was muttering in the quilt, Zong Luohou was leaning on the silk pillow and humming a little tune, it was as leisurely as possible, and it was indeed possible to be leisurely, although the battle in the Sui Army's partial camp fifteen miles to the west was still fierce, Zong Luohou The battlefield on the eastern front that he was in charge of was calm, and even the Sui army scouts who were scouting the enemy's situation were rare to see. If Zong Luohou didn't hurry up and enjoy the beauty of luxury and debauchery, he would be too sorry for what Xiqin Emperor Xue Jufeng gave him. Yixing Wangjue is numbered.
About to reach the climax, Zong Luohu hummed and closed his eyes, and skillfully pressed the concubine's head tightly, preparing to enjoy the most intense stimulation carefully, but at this moment, there was a nervous cry from the guards outside the tent, "His Royal Highness King Xing, it's not good! The main force of the rebel army has been dispatched, and the main soldiers are coming to our camp in two directions! Also, our scouts also saw the commander-in-chief flag of Chen Yingliang, the rebel army in Guanzhong. It is Chen Yingliang who is personally leading the army!"
The climax came to an abrupt end just before reaching its climax, and the firmness suddenly became weak due to the huge bad news. Zong Luohu, who was not satisfied, was both worried and annoyed. He kicked the concubine away with a grunt, and jumped out of the bed with his buttocks naked. When he came out, he shouted and asked, "How many troops have the bandit army come?"
"It hasn't been found out yet." The soldiers replied outside the tent: "But at least there are more than 30,000, and it should be the main force of the bandit army who is dispatched!"
"Goddamn Chen Yingliang! He's so damn good at timing!" Zong Luohu cursed and shouted again, "Send down the order, the whole army is on alert and ready to fight! Also, go and report this to His Majesty!"
With the help of my concubine, he hurriedly washed and changed his clothes, and put on his armor again. Zong Luohu strode out of the tent and quickly climbed up to the high platform of the camp to look down. The flags were flying in the depths of the mountain road to the southeast, and there were indeed a large number of troops. When walking along the mountain road and looking back to the north, although the open north has not yet seen the enemy's army, there are many self-army scouts running back and forth, and it is obvious that the enemy has been found farther away. Zong Luohu didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly urged the army to step up preparations for the battle, ordered people to set up a flag formation on the high ground, and called all the generals to the flag formation to listen to orders and prepare to command the battle.
Regarding the sudden attack of the main force of the Sui army, Zong Luohu was indeed a little surprised, but the accident was an accident, Zong Luohu was not very worried. On the side of the eastern mountain road that he was in charge of guarding, just the antlers to repel the horse had repaired ten floors. It was thick, and built a sheep and horse wall and built a large number of archery towers. Only long-range weapons can make the Sui infantry who are attacking from the front suffer enough; , 3,000 cavalrymen are expected to break through the Sui army's 10,000-strong infantry formation, not to mention that the Sui army is just dividing up a detour to attack the unnamed mountain ridge. It is also sure to repel the enemy from the north, and it can also guarantee that the main force of the Sui army will pay a price that will never be forgotten.
Xue Ju also trusted Zong Luohou, and after reporting that the main force of the Sui army was attacking, Xue Ju never thought about going back to rescue the Eastern Front. He just gave Zong Luohou a very simple order, "Be sure to Defend the eastern front and buy time for the main force of our army to break through the bandit camp."
When Xue Ju's order was brought back to Zong Luohu by the fast horse, the Sui Army's Kan Leng Division, which had made a detour, first appeared in the visible range to the north of Xue Ju's camp. Zong Luohu snorted at the 5,000 or so Sui cavalry who followed him, and immediately ordered 3,000 cavalry to gather outside the north gate of the camp and hand them over to the fierce general Hungan to lead them, preparing to attack the enemy from the north with offense instead of defense.
The main force of the Sui Army infantry coming from the east was walking quite slowly. At this time, they arrived half a mile away from the fortifications of the Eastern Front of Xue Jujun. Zong Luohu even sneered when he saw it, and immediately ordered General Liang Hulang to be in charge of the defense on the eastern front, freeing himself to command the northern artillery. Line cavalry battle.
Like Zong Luohu, Xue Jujun, who has not yet been defeated by the main force of the Sui army, is extremely relaxed. He does not regard the mobilization of the main force of the Sui army as a big event, and has already discussed how to gamble and reward after winning. And when he saw the formation of the Sui army in the north slowly approaching the foot of the mountain, Zong Luohu gave an order, and three thousand Xue Jujun's cavalry immediately charged down, like the Yellow River bursting its embankment, screaming and screaming directly to the front of the Sui army's Kan Leng. .
At the same time, after carefully aiming and measuring the shooting height, the six Sui army artillery also ignited their fuses at the same time, and the bronze cannons spewed out flames one after another and made loud noises, shaking the valley echoes, and the snow fell clusters. Xue Jujun, who had personally experienced the power of the Sui army's artillery, sneered, and didn't care at all about the damage the Sui army's artillery might cause them.
The arrogant Xue Jujun was dumbfounded very quickly. Amidst the sound of crackling wood, the ten-story antler-repellent fortification they worked so hard to build fell apart like paper paste and mud, and sawdust flew all over the sky. The momentum of the artillery shells did not decrease at all, and they smashed heavily on the wall of Xue Jujun's sheep and horses. , or rebounded or jumped forward, the shells bounced back and smashed the antlers that Xue Jujun had worked so hard to build, and the shells that bounced forward were even more terrifying. As long as the soldiers of Xue Jujun were not smashed to pieces, He was smashed until his brains burst, and died tragically on the spot.
After only one round of shelling, Xue Jujun was all dumbfounded, and what made them even more dumbfounded was that the Sui army's artillery, which was reloading ammunition and ammunition many times faster than the pine tree cannon, fired again, and Xue Jujun's antler-repelling fortification quickly disappeared. It was directly blasted six gaps, and then smashed into the wall of sheep and horses, causing serious damage to Xue Jujun's wall of sheep and horses again, and then another shell fired at a slightly higher angle and directly crossed the wall of sheep and horses, and directly smashed into the densely packed wall behind the wall. Among Xue Jujun's archers, one bullet led to a trail of blood, and took no less than ten lives in the blink of an eye—this is also the most terrifying thing about solid shells, even if they fail to hit a specific target, they can continue to kill the enemy by bouncing .
The gunners of the Sui army were cleaning the barrel and reloading the ammunition easily and skillfully. Zong Luohu and Xue Jujun soldiers on the mountain ridge were also dumbfounded. They couldn't believe that there were such terrifying weapons in this world. And the cavalry of Xue Ju's army, who came down, had already engaged the Sui army's infantry on the open terrain to the north.
The cavalry of the Xue Ju army across Longxi is indeed extremely brave. There are not many infantry troops in the world who can stop them from a frontal assault, but the three thousand cavalry of the Xue Ju army led by Hungan are very unlucky. Kan Leng, the general of Mo Dao soldiers, under the command of Kan Leng's sneer, the trained and experienced Mo Dao soldiers of the Sui army first shot at the incoming enemy with a strong crossbow, and then suppressed them with bows and arrows. More than a hundred riders have already fallen down, the team is in chaos, and the momentum of the charge is involuntarily slowed down.
The most powerful part of the cavalry is their powerful impact. At this time, once they rein in their horses, all previous efforts will be wasted and they will be used as living targets for the Sui army's bows and arrows. Therefore, even though they are much larger than expected, the Hungan army still refuses to stop. Still charging, some of the rear cavalry were still drawing their bows and firing arrows during the charge, and they also used long-range weapons to disrupt the Sui army's infantry formation. However, this move had little effect in front of the Kanling army. The soldiers persisted, and those who were seriously injured and fell were quickly dragged away by the companions behind, and then immediately filled the gap without any mess.
Finally, Xue Jujun's cavalry finally bumped into the Sui Army's Mo Dao Bing, but the first thing they had to face was the Xueliang Mo Dao that was pointing at their confidant's vitals obliquely. With the handle of Mo Dao, the strong inertia of Xue Jujun's cavalry can pierce their own bodies. People turn on their backs, screams and horses hiss one after another in front of the Sui Army's formation, and then the Mo Dao of the Sui Army's infantry cuts up and down again, repeatedly stabbing With strings, Xue Jujun's cavalry were crying and howling, unable to parry, and the momentum of the charge stopped. Kan Ling took the opportunity to wave the command flag, ordering the Mo Dao soldiers to advance like a wall, slashing and strangling the enemy who had lost the space to charge, and killing Xue Jujun's cavalry. Retreat, forced to retreat and rearrange the team.
At the same time, Zong Luohou, who opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff three eggs, finally understood one thing - the main force of the Sui army a few days ago was simply teasing them, and they didn't use all their strength at all. The soldiers of the Sui army are the real elite soldiers, and the artillery used at this time is the real artillery that Chen Sangliang drew the main force of Li Yuan's army in the battle of Daxing!
It was too late to discover this, and it was too late to find a way to restrain and crack the Sui army's artillery and Mo Dao tactics. In desperation, Zong Luohu had no choice but to send a messenger to Xue Ju. While ordering Hun Gan to adjust his tactics, and attacking the flanks of the Sui Army infantry in a roundabout way, he also ordered the Eastern Front to guard against death, carefully avoid bombs, hold on, and wait for the main force to come back!
The cavalry of the Hungan army in the open terrain took the lead to make adjustments and circled an arc back to the flank of the Sui army. However, Kan Leng ignored him at all and continued to march towards Xue Ju's camp on the mountain with big strides. Qian detoured to his side, Sui army general Cheng Yaojin had already cheered, and loudly ordered to charge. More than 2,000 Sui army cavalry used Cheng Yaojin as an arrow, and rushed forward like a tide, forcing him to die. It may be to give priority to dealing with the enemy who also came from the flank, and use the momentum of the detour to launch a countercharge against the Sui cavalry.
Finally fought a regular cavalry battle with the cavalry of the Sui Army, but the result was eye-popping. Cheng Yaojin, who also took the lead in the charge, met head-on with Qinggan, who was holding a spear. The spear came and went for only two rounds. Cheng Yaojin, desperate for the danger that the armor might be pierced by the dry, suddenly swept a spear and smashed it heavily on the cheek of the dry, smashing the dry dry so that the teeth and blood splashed from the mouth together, and the bones of the face were instantly shattered. Then Cheng Yaojin narrowly dodged the spear, and then another cavalryman from the Sui army stepped forward to pick it up, and hit the chest with a heavy spear, stabbing the horse directly off the horse.
Only a short while after the battle, Xue Jujun's cavalry general was seriously injured and fell off his horse. Of course, the next battle was as difficult as possible for Xue Jujun. The Xue Ju cavalry who had lost their command abruptly rushed away. Xue Ju's cavalry, who could not fight in groups, saw that the situation was not good, so they had to return to their horses and fled back to the camp. Cheng Yaojin led the army in hot pursuit. Qin Qiong's side They also took the opportunity to launch an attack, and went out from both directions, coordinating with the Kanling infantry and heading straight for Xue Ju's camp.
At this time, Xue Ju had also received the news of the emergency on the eastern front, and he scolded Zong Luohu for his incompetence and Chen Sangliang's cunning. The partial division will definitely take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Xue Jujun will inevitably fall into danger if he is surrounded by the enemy. But it is more dangerous not to go back to the division to rescue. Once the main force of the Sui army breaks through Zong Luohu's interception, and even takes the opportunity to take down the main camp where Xue Jujun hoarded grain and grass, then there is no need to fight. .
Facing a dilemma, Xue Ju could only adopt Hao Yuan's safe suggestion, let the general Zhong Lisu lead the infantry in the rear, use the narrow mountain road to reach the Sui army's side division to counterattack, and the main force immediately returned to the east line to save the top of the mountain full of food, grass and military supplies. Let's talk about the camp. After the order was delivered, the main force of Xue Ju's army, whose physical strength had been seriously weakened, hurriedly retreated to the east front with Xue Ju. Li Jing also ordered to launch a counterattack.
After a while, the artillery of the Sui army, which had successfully destroyed Xue Jujun's morale, adjusted its tactics and concentrated firepower to bombard Xue Jujun's attack passage on the east front. Although Xue Jujun built an archery tower camp gate at the passage, he still used high-quality solid wood However, in the face of the bombardment of artillery bullets, it is still as fragile as paper and mud. The Sui Army artillery only used one round of bombardment to smash the camp gate to pieces, and then bombarded it again. After stepping on the archery tower, Xue Ju's archers on the archery tower were blasted into howls, screaming and following the archery tower to shoot volleys.
Xue Jujun, who didn't know how to deal with the Sui army's artillery at all, was so whimsical that he even rolled out a few plug-in knife carts, dreaming of blocking the advance of the Sui army with temporary fortification vehicles for emergency use. Hesitantly used artillery shells to blast several plug-door knife carts back to the parts state, and killed dozens of Xue Jujun infantry along the way, and also made Xue Jujun jump around in the back of the position, and no soldiers dared to go forward any more. Block the attack channel.
The artillery adjusted its firing height and began to shoot at the back of Xue Jujun's position. At the same time, the infantry of the Sui Army finally stepped forward, using the cover of the artillery to attack Xue Jujun's attack channel. The army opened up more roads forward, and Xue Jujun, who was terrified by the artillery bombardment, shot arrows in disorder to block them, with little effect, and could not stop the death squads of the Sui army who were the vanguard from rushing into their attack channel.
At this time, Kan Leng, Qin Qiong and other troops had already reached the vicinity of Xue Ju's camp. The cavalry covered them with bows and arrows. At the fence, a fire was ignited and detonated. As a result, the effect of the gunpowder blasting was not too good or too bad. It failed to blow up the camp gate, but it also blew up a large area of Xue Jujun's fence. Kan Lingjun took the opportunity to rush into the camp, and Xue Jujun's A scuffle broke out in the camp.
When Zong Luohu was jumping his feet anxiously, Xue Ju finally returned to the Eastern Front with the main force. However, Xue Ju did a stupid thing at this time - he didn't hide his commander's flag, revealing his position . As a result, the two Sui army artillery that had just been loaded with ammunition did not hesitate. After hastily aiming, they immediately fired in the direction of Xue Ju's commander-in-chief flag. Xue Ju, who climbed up to the high ground to observe the battlefield, was so frightened that his heart trembled, and he screamed, "What is this? It's so powerful?"
Amidst the loud rumbling noise, two more shells flew towards Xue Ju, and also hit Xue Ju not far away, knocking down a dozen or twenty soldiers of Xue Ju's army again. He shouted loudly: "Put down the handsome flag! Put down the handsome flag! Don't let the bandits see His Majesty there!"
Roaring, Hao Yuan hurried forward to lead the horse to let Xue Ju leave the spot. Xue Ju also came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered to put down the commander's flag, lest his own commander's flag attract the Sui army's shells like a magnet, but Xue Ju's commander-in-chief After the flag disappeared, the Sui army on the opposite side soon roared again, "Xue Ju was killed! We killed Xue Ju!"
Luo Shixin came up with an idea and the effect was very good. Xue Ju's soldiers, who had already been terrified by the artillery, heard the shouts and saw Xue Ju's commander-in-chief disappear suddenly, and panic inevitably appeared. Chaos, Luo Shixin The army's death squad took the opportunity to rush and fight, killing the frightened blocking enemy in front of them, opening up space for the rear team to rush directly behind Xue Jujun's interception position, not only replenishing strength, but also taking the opportunity to kill Xue Jujun's archers hiding behind the sheep and horse wall , to reduce the pressure of the main force further behind.
The same is true for Li Jing. Li Jing and the brave general Qiu Xinggong, who carried their guns in person, led the death squads as forwards, madly attacking Zhong Lisu's team behind Xue Jujun's palace. Although the mountain road is narrow and easy to defend, there is no fortification to protect it, and the army is panicked. Physical strength declined, and Zhong Lisu's army was soon overwhelmed by the full-strength counterattack of the Sui army's partial division. The soldiers ran for their lives, and signs of collapse quickly appeared.
The tactical situation was already very favorable for the Sui army. Li Jing’s army was in the west, the main force was in the east, and Kan Leng and Qin Qiong’s troops were in the north. Three forces attacked Xue Ju’s army. The ground is solid, and it is absolutely impossible to collapse in a short period of time. At the same time, there is no way to counterattack. However, the main force of Xue Ju's army has been severely exhausted in the continuous attack on the battalion before, and terrible shells may fall on his head at any time. The army is extremely flustered. Even It is as difficult as heaven to mobilize the army like a finger. Forced to do nothing, Xue Ju could only command the army to fight the enemy from the north with all his strength, thinking that even if he couldn't keep the camp, he could open the way to escape north.
Xue Ju's choice was indeed correct. In fact, Chen Sangliang also made an overly conservative mistake in the deployment of troops in this battle. To be on the safe side, he did not send too many troops to the northern line to fight. escape. Only in this way, the generals and soldiers of Xue Jujun who were crowded on the narrow mountain road were in bad luck. They were killed by the advancing Sui army, screaming and howling, and trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries. And when the soldiers of the Sui Army raced against time to destroy most of the fortifications of Xue Jujun's interception position, the death knell for Xue Jujun's main force was completely sounded.
Looking down from the sky bird, the Sui army's main force and partial divisions are like two iron fists, one east and one west constantly hitting Xue Jujun's east and west sides, each punch is harder than the other punch, and each punch is heavier than the other punch, making a mess Xue Ju's army was enemies on both sides, and had no way to go south, so he could only scramble to escape to the low mountain ridge in the north. In a panic, you pushed and shoved each other, people and horses raced, trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries. The infantry of the Sui army in the north was also forced to condense into a group, blocking the northern exit of Xue Jujun's camp like a mainstay, and constantly hacking and killing the surrounding Xue Jujun soldiers. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, who were good at fighting with their brains, quickly led the cavalry to retreat to In the open place, wait for the opportunity to attack the defeated soldiers fleeing north of Xue Ju's army.
The artillery has been roaring, and the target has been concentrated on the waist of the unnamed mountain ridge crowded with Xue Jujun soldiers. The distance between the Sui army advancing east and west at the foot of the mountain is less than two miles. The Sui Army's Kan Leng Department, which was staring at the gate of their camp, was so exhausted that Xue Ju had no time or opportunity to regroup the army. He could only quickly load the precious food into the car or carry it with him, and dared not make the extravagant hope of keeping the camp.
Finally, when the two Sui armies advancing from east to west joined forces at the foot of the unnamed mountain ridge, earth-shattering cheers erupted from the Sui army formation, and Xue Ju reluctantly issued the so-called imperial edict to abandon the camp and return north to Changwu Fort. The terrified Xue Jujun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurried to the north to flee for his life. The Kan Leng army took a firm stand and continued to nail the camp gate, hacking and killing Xue Ju's defeated army who had no intention of fighting, disrupting Xue Ju's fleeing queue and forcing them to escape. Xue Jujun destroyed his own fortifications and fled down the mountain, making it more difficult for Xue Ju to escape.
Without hesitation, Chen Sangliang gave the order to pursue with all his strength. The high-moralized soldiers of the Sui army, determined to kill your infantry even if they couldn't run against your cavalry, strode up the mountain, desperately hacking and killing the soldiers of Xue Jujun who were running around while holding their heads. After Xue Jujun dropped all the supplies, food and grass that could be thrown away, even if he could escape down the mountain, as long as the defeated brigade was slightly larger, he would first have to face the charge of the Sui cavalry Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. Faced with such an impact, he was powerless to fight back, and was killed until his corpse was covered in blood and flags were flying all over the ground.
Leaving aside the battle situation in Xue Jujun's camp, after gathering as many cavalry as possible to fight, Xue Ju and Xue Renguo and his son, who had changed into soldiers' clothes but did not dare to display the commander's flag, took the cavalry and fled northward for their lives. With the advantage, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin's charge was repelled, and they were very lucky to lead five or six thousand cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield first, and then hurriedly gathered some infantry cavalry who had fled here first, so they dared not wait any longer. Hastily took the lead in fleeing north.
After galloping northward for a while, seeing that the intersection leading to Qianshuiyuan was already ahead, and at the same time, the pursuers behind were still far away, Xue Ju breathed a sigh of relief, reined in his horse and wiped the sweat and dust off his face , turned around and pointed his knife at the south and cursed, "Chen Yingliang is a traitor! You wait for this old man, and this old man will definitely make a comeback. Next time, this old man will definitely cut off your head!"
"Your Majesty, let's go." Hao Yuan, whose face was stained with blood, gasped and advised: "We will talk about revenge later, let's go first, and we will be safe when we enter Qianshuiyuan."
"What's the hurry?!" Xue Ju took his lover as a punching bag, and shouted: "I am the Son of Heaven, why are you afraid of a few chasing soldiers? Show off my handsome flag, I want to see it, he Chen Yingliang What can the little thief's chasing soldiers do to me?!"
The guard beside him helplessly raised Xue Ju's handsome flag again, and Xue Ju cursed a few more words before he was about to order to continue northward, but he never thought that before he finished speaking, there were already roars in the woods diagonally ahead. More than a thousand cavalrymen of the Sui Army in white robes rushed out of the forest, and the leading general shouted, "Brothers! Our luck has come, it's Xue Ju! It's Xue Ju's handsome flag!" , come with me!"
"Bai..., white-robed soldiers?!"
Xue Jujun's intelligence work is not enough, and he has heard of the great name of the national army. At the same time, Xue Ju shouted again in a teary voice, "Put down the handsome flag! Put down the handsome flag! Bastard bastard, Who told you to raise my handsome flag, isn't this causing trouble for me? Run! Run to Qianshuiyuan!"
At the same time, Qu Tutong, a veteran of the Sui army who had been to the extreme in the past few years, also brought thousands of troops back to the north bank of Jingshui, which is separated from Qianshuiyuan by only one river. He carefully checked that there was no ambush on the other bank. Tutong immediately ordered to cross the river to set up camp on the other side. The generals on the left and right advised Qu Tutong not to worry, but to set up camp in Jingshui first. Said: "I don't believe it anymore, I'm so lucky that I can continue to memorize it all the time, and I can meet Xue Jupifu who ignored our main force and returned to the division to attack us."
"Cross the river! Cross the river immediately!" Qu Tu pointed at Qianshuiyuan opposite with his horsewhip, and said through gritted teeth: "I believe that the prime minister will definitely defeat Xue Jupifu. After Xue Jupifu leaves, he must pass through Qianshuiyuan. Fight a turnaround and wash away the bad luck of the past few years!"