When Liu Xiaomou was quietly surprised by Liu Wuzhou's side, Song Jingang, Huang Ziying and other Ding Yang army generals beside Liu Wuzhou were already showing anger, and then Liu Wuzhou quickly came back to his senses, and also pointed at Chen Sangliang with a horsewhip, He made two seductive gestures contemptuously, and sneered loudly: "Since His Royal Highness the King of Tang is so confident that he thinks that he can wipe out my army and my Taiyuan friendly army under the city of Taiyuan, come here, come across the river, and I will be waiting for you at any time." .”
"Little thief Shengdou, dare to call me?" Chen Sangliang laughed and sneered, and said: "Liu Wuzhou, what are you in a hurry? Even if the big rivers and Qinling Mountains can't stop the footsteps of my king's army, let alone this mere hole and small river? Don't worry, within a day or two, the king's army will attack your camp. At that time, you should not be like Li Erlang's incompetent man, who will hide in the tortoise shell every time the king attacks with his troops! "
To Chen Sangliang's surprise, Liu Wuzhou, who was straightforward on the outside, didn't say that he would definitely not when he heard these words, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his laughter. Lowering his momentum, he smiled again and said, "Speaking of Li Erlang, brother Wu Zhou, I really don't know what kind of eyes you have? You married your eldest sister to Yuan Junzhang, and your second sister to Song Jingang. People, Yuan Junzhang and Song Jingang are both heroes of the world, it is not a grievance for your sister to marry them."
"But are you stupid or crazy? Why did you choose Li Erlang as the husband for Xiaomou Xianmei? Don't you know that from Xinfeng to Daxing, from Daxing to Hedong to Huoyi and then to Taiyuan, Li Erlang Didn't you get beaten up by this king and hide like a lost dog, in fear all day long? Xiao Mou Xianmei is such a good girl, if you force her to marry such a lost dog, why not push her into the fire pit? You As an elder brother, are you worthy of your deceased parents?"
Liu Xiaomou's eyes widened. She really didn't expect that Chen Sangliang, who met for the first time, would be able to speak out for her, but Liu Wuzhou snorted coldly and said, "This is my family business, it has nothing to do with you!"
As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Originally, Chen Sangliang had already been persuaded by his cousin not to use divisive tactics anymore, but now that the opportunity presented, Chen Sangliang couldn't help but said casually: "Okay, Wu Zhou Brother! I don’t understand your thoughts. The reason why you pushed your sister into the fire pit is entirely for yourself! You know that Li Erlang is ambitious and wants to murder his brother Li Jiancheng to replace him. You push your sister into the fire pit to marry him, and then marry him. He teamed up to kill Li Jiancheng, and then took the opportunity to devour the five counties of Taiyuan occupied by Li Ni brothers, right? You are so narrow-minded, you can't hide it from your poor sister, but you can't hide it from me!"
Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang and other Sui army civil and military officials all rolled their eyes, saying that His Royal Highness Tang Wang really came to sow discord again, but Liu Wuzhou's face on the other side of the Dongwo River changed slightly, but Chen Sangliang said loudly: "Unfortunately, You have found the wrong partner! Li Erlang is a stern and mean person, not to mention that he has no ability and no chance to murder his elder brother, even if you help him kill Li Jiancheng, he will never bow to you and let you dictate! At that time, his first thing will definitely be to try to kill you, take the opportunity to annex your Mayi bandit army, and then kill your sister without hesitation, and kill all of your Liu family, leaving no children behind! This is his nature and cannot be changed!"
"Shut up! Don't sow discord here!" Liu Wuzhou couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "Chen thief! Don't think that I don't know your despicable character. Every battle will use shameless tricks. Either sow dissension or bribe division. I will not be fooled by you !"
"Good medicine tastes bitter, true advice hurts, believe it or not!" Chen Sangliang sneered, turned his horse's head and said loudly: "Okay, I'm busy, I don't have time to chat with you here, see you next time on the battlefield."
Turning the horse's head, Chen Sangliang added loudly without turning his head, saying: "Also, sister Xiaomou, don't worry, don't be afraid, for my cousin's sake, I will defeat you as soon as possible." Your elder brother saved you, and he won’t let him really push you into the fire pit! But when it’s time for you, you have to change your temper, and you won’t look like a girl anymore, be careful, I’ll teach you with a ruler!”
After all, Chen Sangliang really flattered his horse and left, Li Jing, Yuan Tiangang and others followed closely, and Yuchi Jingde led the Sui cavalry to guard carefully. On the way back to the camp, Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang naturally had to ask why Chen Sangliang didn't take the opportunity to lure Liu Wuzhou across the river to fight. Chen Sangliang replied: "Originally I had this plan, but have you noticed? I deliberately used publicity Provoking Liu Wuzhou with words, none of the generals around Liu Wuzhou yelled at him, which is enough to prove that the close civil and military people around Liu Wuzhou are all calm people, and they will not lose their minds easily, so it is very difficult for them to be tricked into crossing the river."
"Also. Liu Wuzhou is also treacherous." Chen Sangliang added: "I urged him to go out to fight, but he didn't take advantage of me at all. This is enough to show that his tactical thinking is clear, that is, Insist on standing on the defensive, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and will never waver and change easily. In the face of such a calm and rational enemy, the possibility of our military strategy succeeding is very small."
"That's right, I also found that Liu Wuzhou is not an impulsive person, and it is very difficult to trick him into fighting across the Dongwo River." Yuan Tiangang nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Your Highness, so you want to honor Liu Wuzhou? The promise in front of him, ready to launch a frontal attack on his camp?"
"Of course not." Chen Sangliang shook his head with a smile, and said, "Although the fortifications of Liu and Li's bandit army are vulnerable to our artillery, there is a Dongwo River in the middle, which severely limits our deployment of troops. With the transportation and use of artillery, even if we are sure of the frontal attack, the losses will be not small, and we have to take some risks. Therefore, we still have to use strategies to force the enemy to adjust their tactics and make changes, and then we can capture the Liu and Li bandits. During the adjustment of tactics, the confusion and wavering opportunities arise, and use all your strength to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
"Then what exactly does Your Highness plan to do?" Li Jing asked.
"Pretend to attack Liu Wuzhou, and actually attack the Taiyuan army." Chen Sangliang replied without batting an eyelid: "Just now when I found out that Liu and Li's bandit army camped five miles away, I already thought of this tactic. Next, we only need to feint to attack Liu Wuzhou's defensive position. , forcing the Taiyuan bandit army to send troops to share the pressure for Liu Wuzhou, and then take the opportunity to storm the Taiyuan bandit army and break the enemy with all their strength. Then, after a few battles, the Liu and Li bandit army will inevitably be unable to bear the pressure and be forced to make adjustments, and then our opportunity will appear. gone."
"A clever plan!" Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard that, and pointed out: "Liu Wuzhou came all the way to rescue the Taiyuan bandit army. His position was attacked. The Taiyuan bandit army must send troops to help the battle no matter for the sake of morality or to please Liu Wuzhou. Our army took the opportunity to attack head-on. , then no matter how the battle situation develops, the soldiers of the Liu and Li armies will inevitably hate and hate each other, and a rift will arise. Liu Wuzhou and the Li brothers can only make adjustments if they can't stand the soldiers complaining. Once they move, our opportunity will come. "
While Chen Sangliang and Li Jing decided on the offensive tactics, the Taiyuan army scouts reported the meeting between Liu Wuzhou and Chen Sangliang across the Dongwo River to the Li family brothers. After learning the content of the conversation between Chen Sangliang and Liu Wuzhou, the Li family Naturally, the brothers had to join hands to scold Chen Sangliang for his shameless divorce—although Li Jiancheng knew very well that Liu Wuzhou deliberately married his sister to Li Er for the purpose of annexing the five counties of Taiyuan. But right now Li Jiancheng was asking Liu Wuzhou for something, so even if he knew that Chen Sangliang was definitely not talking nonsense, he could only pretend to be stupid and pretend that his friend was talking nonsense.
Of course, Li Er was even more angry at Chen Sangliang's shameless slander against him. After cursing him, Li Er also said to Li Jiancheng: "Brother, since Chen Yingliang's traitor really plans to divorce him, we must not take this matter lightly. The younger brother suggested , as long as Ding Yang's position is attacked, no matter whether Liu Wuzhou sends an envoy to ask our army for help, we should take the initiative to send troops to help in the battle, use iron-like facts to stabilize the confidence of our allies, and crack down on the shameless dissension of Chen Yingliang's traitor."
At the same time when Li Jiancheng nodded in agreement with Li Er's suggestion, Liu Xiaomou also followed Liu Wuzhou back to the Dingyang military camp. After returning to the camp, Liu Xiaomou, who had been spoiled by Liu Wuzhou, naturally made a big fuss, questioning Liu Wuzhou deliberately Was it only in his own interest to push her into the fire pit? It's a pity that Liu Wuzhou didn't give in to his sister this time, he explained a few words that Liu Xiaomou didn't listen, Liu Wuzhou's big slap had already slapped Liu Xiaomou's cute little face, and after Liu Xiaomou was slapped and left crying, Liu Wuzhou still hated to watch Looking at the south side, he secretly said: "Tie Chen, don't think that you can drive a wedge between me and the Li family! I don't believe that the matter has come to this point, the brothers of the Li family dare to be disrespectful to me!"
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One day passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, which was also the morning of June 17th in the third year of Yining, the Sui army dispatched about 15,000 troops to attack Liu Bei when the fortifications of the camp were not yet complete. Dongzuo River, which was defended by Li Lianjun, launched an attack. Although the Sui army's attack this time obviously did not seem to be attacking the camp of the Liu-Li coalition army, it was only aimed at the river defense fortifications of the Liu-Li coalition army. Liu Wuzhou and the brothers of the Li family still attached great importance to this outpost, and they assembled the army early on, ready to rescue the riverside positions at any time and prevent the Sui army from crossing the river.
To the great surprise of the Li family brothers and Liu Wuzhou, the main attack point of the Sui army's attack this time was not the nearest Taiyuan army camp, but the Dingyang army's river defense position five miles to the east. The south bank of the Guohe River was lined up, facing the Dingyang Army's river fortifications on the north bank, it was a direct bombardment, and it took only half an hour to wipe out the dense antlers built by the Dingyang Army soldiers, and also wiped out those who encountered firearms for the first time. The soldiers of Ding Yang's army were so beaten that they were lying behind the wall of sheep and horses, not daring to look up, and they even destroyed three pontoon bridges that Ding Yang's army could destroy at any time.
Then, Li Jing waved his troops forward and used his long shield to build a temporary wall of sheep and horses on the south bank of the Dongwo River to protect the Sui army's archers and shoot arrows behind the long shield wall to press down on the Yang army's garrison and cover the Sui army's soldiers to build a pontoon bridge. Li Jing waved the command flag again, and two hundred Sui soldiers who were proficient in water immediately swam across the river with ropes, wooden stakes and long shields, and went to the other side of the river to build a pontoon bridge.
The fierce battle for the river beach began. As the bows and arrows could not effectively prevent the soldiers of the Sui army with long shields from building the pontoon bridge, the Dingyang army could only dispatch infantry to fight with the Sui army on the river beach. The Sui army had been prepared for a long time. The advance team split up to fight, and the Sui army's archers also shot as accurately as possible to help the advance team prevent the enemy from attacking. The north bank of the Dongwo River shouted and killed the sky, and the soldiers of the two armies met with short knives. The fighting was extremely brutal.
The Dongwo River, which is only three feet wide, was destined to be unable to prevent the Sui army from scrambling to build a pontoon bridge. After the first pontoon bridge was built, the infantry of the Sui army immediately stepped on the bridge to cross the river and quickly seized the position on the river bank. Yang Jun retreated tactically under Liu Wuzhou's personal command, allowing Sui soldiers to cross the river. At the same time, Liu Wuzhou quickly assembled a large number of troops outside his barracks, preparing to seize the opportunity of half-crossing to launch a counterattack.
Li Er also led 5,000 Taiyuan troops out of the camp early on to prepare for the battle. Liu Wuzhou wanted to seize the opportunity to attack halfway, and Li Er knew it very well, but Li Er was very worried about an important issue, so Li Er also shot the horse himself early. He came to Liu Wuzhou and issued a warning, saying: "Brother, Chen's bandits are strong and strong, but if they cross the river too much, it is best to attack immediately when Chen's bandits cross the river with more than a thousand people, and beat them again. to the river."
Liu Wuzhou glanced at Li Er contemptuously, and said: "Chen bandits cross the river with more than a thousand men, and we will launch an attack. How many Chen bandit troops can we kill? With such a small number of people, we can easily withdraw across the river. I'm afraid the number of bandit soldiers killed is not as many as the bandit archers shot to death, right?"
"But it's better than letting the bandits cross the river in large numbers." Li Er said earnestly, "Brother, you have never fought against Chen's bandit army on the battlefield. You don't know how powerful his bandits are. That traitor has always believed in elite soldiers. Above all, even if we let him cross the river with 2,000 people, it will be very difficult for us to drive him across the river..."
"Okay, okay, I know." Liu Wuzhou interrupted impatiently, and said: "Go back and command your army. When it's time to attack, I will order the attack. I have my own confidence, so don't worry about it!"
Li Er had no choice but to sigh softly and turn around to return to his own army formation, but Liu Wuzhou snorted at his back and said in a low voice: "Tie Chen is really right, it really is the one who was gutted after being killed." The lost dog!"
To Li Er's despair, Liu Wuzhou didn't order general Huang Ziying to lead his army to launch an attack until the Sui army crossed the river with more than 3,000 soldiers. The wheel faces outward to firmly block the Dingyang army's attack, and the space behind the wheel covers the Sui army's soldiers to continue crossing the river to reinforce the battle formation. At the same time, more than 30 pontoon bridges have already been built on the Dongwo River. Whether the Sui army is attacking or retreating All fairly easy. What made Li Er even more helpless was that the Sui army's river-crossing army was still the Kanleng team under Chen Sangliang's command that was best at fighting tough battles. Although the Ding Yang army's offensive was fierce, they still couldn't break into the Sui army's Yanyue formation, and even more so There is no way to completely defeat the Yanyue Formation of the Sui Army.
After eating a few mouthfuls, he didn't move the Yanyue formation of the Sui army. On the contrary, he also saw the tragic scene of his own soldiers being killed in front of Chang Mo Dao. Liu Wuzhou secretly regretted letting the soldiers of the Sui army cross the river too much. It could only be to let the former army retreat temporarily and reorganize the army to prepare for the second round of attack. At the same time, they sent someone to ask Li Er to also launch an attack. The Sui Army's Yanyue Formation was in the northwest, and the Dingyang Army was responsible for attacking the Sui Army's Yanyue Formation in the northeast.
Li Jing was waiting for this opportunity. While the flag was waving, Kan Leng continued to lead his army to stick to the front of the Yanyue formation. When the two armies were entangled, 600 infantry protruded from the west of the Yanyue formation of the Sui army. The fierce general Qiu Xinggong led a fierce attack on Li Er Li Er was forced to divide his troops to fight against the Sui army, and started a scuffle with the Sui army.
The fiercer fighting unfolded in the northwest of the Sui army's position. Although the number of Sui army infantry led by Qiu Xinggong was small, everyone was brave and took the lead. With red eyes, they slashed and killed the enemy on the opposite side. Qiu Xinggong himself walked home with a big sword In front of him, Dahou continued to frantically swing his sword, killing more than ten enemies in a row, which was unstoppable. At the same time, the Yanyue formation of the Sui army under Kan Ling's command was also struggling to kill the opposing Taiyuan army while insisting on holding a firm ground, doing their best to protect Qiu Xinggong from falling into the formation. The division shared the pressure. On the battlefield, there were swords and swords, and the killing sound was like thunder. The soldiers on both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Although Li Er is also a unparalleled brave general, Zhu Can and Liang Jianfang under his command are also rare fierce generals, but their Taiyuan soldiers are far less brave than them, and their morale is low after losing consecutive battles, and Qiu Xinggong sacrificed his life like this As soon as they rushed, they gradually became overwhelmed, and the formation gradually became chaotic. Qiu Xinggong's army used Qiu Xinggong himself as an arrow to charge left and right in the Taiyuan army's formation, as if entering no man's land, killing the Taiyuan army almost unable to parry , Even the soldiers fled timidly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Er had no choice but to withdraw his troops quickly, temporarily withdrawing the army and regrouping.
Li Er's golden gong rang, and the Taiyuan army fled back as if they had been amnesty, and withdrew to a distance to regroup. Although the Sui army led by Qiu Xinggong did not pursue far and retreated to the interior of the Yanyue formation to rest, but The main formation of the Dingyang Army was full of boos - because at this moment, the infantry of the Dingyang Army led by Huang Ziying was still fighting bitterly with the soldiers of the Sui Army in the northeast of the Yanyue Formation of the Sui Army. Set Yang Jun's contempt and dissatisfaction. Even Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and the others couldn't help being a little angry, and scolded together: "This Li Erlang, why is he so useless?"
Of course, Li Er also knew that his decision would definitely attract dissatisfaction from the friendly army, so after beheading a few soldiers who took the lead in fleeing, Li Er immediately led the army to attack again. However, just like last time, Taiyuan Jungang and Sui Jun Yanyue formation met, and the west of Yanyue formation, which was covered by Sui army archers, immediately killed another 600 divisions, led by another Sui army general Liu Shishan, who attacked the Taiyuan army's flank without hesitation as last time. It was also the same frantic charge and raid as last time, slashing and killing Taiyuan soldiers frantically.
Persisting for more than a quarter of an hour longer than last time, the widowed Li Er, with tears in his eyes, once again ordered to call gold, and withdrew to the distance to regroup amidst the louder disdainful boos of Ding Yang Youjun. Unable to bear it anymore, he immediately sent someone to question Li Er face to face, "Do you dare to fight Chen's army? Why are our troops still insisting on the eastern section, and you have already retreated twice?"
Gritting his teeth and saying nothing in front of Liu Wuzhou's envoy's questioning, Li Er quickly reorganized his team, strengthened the flank defense, and launched an attack on the Modao formation of the Sui army for the third time. When the Yanyue formation of the Sui army met, the Sui army's infantry led by Qiu Xinggong once again highlighted the western part of the Yanyue formation of the Sui army. Li Erhong, who had been prepared, went to the flanks to supervise the battle in person, gnashing his teeth, preparing to kill Qiu Xinggong.
What made Li Er a little confused was that Qiu Xinggong did not rush to charge after this time, but quickly assembled the team as if preparing to advance slowly. When Li Er, who had relatively many troops on the local battlefield, was secretly happy, he Another eyelid twitched involuntarily—about two schools of Sui cavalry walked out from behind Qiu Xinggong.
The position of Li Erjun is not too far from the place where the Sui Army cavalry came out, and there is not enough space to charge. Li Er expected that the Sui Army cavalry would definitely detour to the west of him or charge behind him, so he decisively ordered the powerful cavalry General Liang Jianfang led the only 600 cavalry under his command to be on guard, preparing to fight a cavalry battle with the Sui cavalry. However, as soon as the order was conveyed, Li Er was dumbfounded again, and the Taiyuan soldiers around him also screamed heart-piercingly, "White-robed soldiers! They are white-robed soldiers under Chen Thief's command!"
It is indeed the patriotic army. Under the leadership of Yu Le, the soldiers of the patriotic army who had been deliberately low-key before trotted around to find space, suddenly showed off the iconic snow-white cloak, and the white robe fluttered. eye-catching. Seeing those iconic white robes, the Taiyuan Army, who was already frightened by the beating, felt their legs go limp before the soldiers of the Nationalist Army launched a charge, but Li Er almost cried out loud. Cursed: "Li Yaoshi! Did I dig your ancestral grave, or robbed your sister? Why do you only defend Liu Wu and Zhou Pif, and greet me with some elite soldiers and generals? Are you deliberately trying to get me to Lose face to the end!"