From autumn to winter, the snow is covered, and the corpse mountain is covered with blood. Zheng Jun, who has an absolute advantage in strength, has finally entered Xin'an City. Zheng Jun soldiers in green uniforms have come to the top of the city in an endless stream. All kinds of defense supplies are basically used Guang's Xin'an Sui army failed to drive Zheng Jun away after several counterattacks. Instead, Zheng Jun soldiers successfully seized the upper city steps and city gate passages, and then they were cut off and locked, and the city gate was opened. Seeing that the situation had come to an extreme, Yun Dingxing, who had successfully dragged Zheng Jun into the war of attrition for nearly three months, made a decisive decision and immediately ordered the abandonment of the city to break through, and lit a beacon signal in the city, so that the friendly army He Yanyu in Weihan Road was ready to respond.
Seeing the Sui army abandoning the city and leaving, the generals of the Zheng army not only did not cheer at all, but instead used most of their troops for the pursuit with red eyes. Zheng Jun's team also devoted all their strength to intercept the defeated Sui army without hesitation, and the slogan of capturing Yun Dingxing alive came and went, and countless Zheng Jun soldiers roared wildly during the pursuit, "Chasing! Catch old man Yun! Skin him and cramp him!" ! A thousand cuts to pieces! Chop up this old man!"
Our old general Yun is really good at mobilizing hatred. Originally, after the recovery of Hulao Pass, the main soldiers of the Zheng army can relax and take a rest, bandage the wounds accumulated in continuous hard work for more than three years, and relax. Nerves that have been strained for many years, I also use the considerable amount of food left in the Luokou warehouse to comfort my stomach that has been tortured by hunger for many years, reunite with my family members who have been away for a long time in the eastern capital, and enjoy the happy life of my wife and children.
But it was our old general Yun who shamelessly provoked the war between King Chen and forced the generals of the Zheng army to join the battlefield on the western front as soon as they withdrew from the eastern front. They fought fiercely from autumn to winter. Living in the wind and sleeping in the open, forced to stumble and crawl in the broken limbs and bloody cement slurry, he couldn't sleep well, and he had to maintain a high level of nervousness all the time. Countless brave generals of Zheng Jun fell at the moment of victory, and countless generals of Zheng Jun who were about to go home to reunite with their families died tragically at the last moment before returning home. Of course, the exhausted generals of Zheng Jun put our old Yun The general hated it to the marrow, even if he tore up General Yun to pieces, the generals of Zheng Jun would never dip in soy sauce!
However, it is a pity that our old general Yun, who is more slippery than oiled loach, dared to attract so much hatred, so he was sure of avoiding these angry revenges. The general quickly changed into the soldier uniform he carried with him very skillfully, and even put on a certain amount of makeup to make himself look like an unlucky veteran who can be seen everywhere in troubled times. During the escape war, he ordered Yao Yi to put on his handsome flag and lead the army to retreat. Under the protection of a few confidants and his precious nephew Yunfu, he infiltrated the defeated army on foot, and as soon as he found an opportunity after leaving the city, he immediately got into the dense forest of Xiaoshan in the south. The brigade can't hurt even half a hair of our old General Yun.
It's just that the poor Yao Yi and Xian Yuzhi and other old general Yun's subordinates, Yao Yi, who was ordered to put on the banner of "Yunzi" as the temporary commander in chief, naturally became the focus of Zheng Jun's pursuit. Not to mention, Xian Yuzhi, who was ordered to be the queen, also fell. Damei, the rear team of less than 1,200 people was blocked and chased by Zheng Jun, Wang Renze, Li Junyi, Xu Shiji, and Zhang Zhenzhou on Thursday Road. They were surrounded by groups before they could retreat into the narrow place of Weihan Road. Most of the rear army was killed, and almost all the rest were captured. Only a few soldiers escaped by chance. Chen Sangliang's wife's uncle Gao Shilian's wife and brother Xian Yuzhi was also captured alive by Zheng Jun after being wounded. The highest ranking general captured by the enemy so far on the battlefield.
Yao Yi also almost died in Xiaohan Road. Zheng Jun's Gaobi Department firmly blocked his way. He Yanyu led troops to meet him, but Gaobi himself led the army to stop him, and set fire to block the Sui Army's eastward road in the narrow part of the road. He Yanyu led the army several times and failed to break through Gaobi's interception. If it wasn't for Hao Xiaode, the general of the Zheng army who joined the Xin'an battlefield later, he would be a little affectionate. Remembering that Chen Sangliang let him go at Hulao Pass, he let him go quietly. With some water, Yao Yi led his army to grab a narrow mountain road by chance, and fled into the depths of Xiaoshan in embarrassment. Yao Yi himself and the last thousand soldiers of the Sui Army had to die in Xiaohan Road. But even so, only a thousand of the more than 4,000 soldiers of the Sui army who abandoned the city and broke through the siege managed to escape back to Mianchi, and the losses were very miserable.
The Battle of Xin'an, in terms of tactical victory or defeat, is definitely the biggest defeat in the history of the Sui Army in Yining. Tens of thousands of defenders were killed, wounded, captured or missing as high as 90%. The general manager was captured with few qualities, more than 50 generals of the rank of lieutenant and above were killed or captured, more than 800 horses were lost, and all the remaining military supplies, supplies, food and grass were all lost. Can't lose anymore.
But from a strategic point of view, the loser was Wang Shichong. Facing the tenacious resistance of the Xin'an Sui army, which was only a second-tier team, the main force of the Zheng army, which was too exhausted and urgently needed to rest, was forced to increase troops twice to the Xin'an battlefield, and invested 50,000 troops successively. Only a large number of troops managed to take down Xin'an City, and lost nearly ten thousand troops in the siege and reinforcement battles. They were forced to consume a large amount of scarce and valuable military supplies, but what they gained was an empty city of Xin'an and a small amount of food and supplies left over by the Sui army. . For Zheng Jun, whose military resources have been exhausted in successive battles, such a loss is naturally traumatic, but for the current Guanzhong Sui Army, this loss is trivial, not even a superficial injury.
What's more serious is the injury and fatigue of the soldiers. The soldiers of Zheng Jun, who have been engaged in high-intensity combat since the thirteenth year of Daye, are exhausted, their combat effectiveness has declined seriously, and their morale has also been greatly affected. For a long time, there was nothing to do with the Sui Army's second-tier team under Yun Dingxing's command. As a result, after the battle of Xin'an was finally over, the direct line of Wang Shichong led by generals such as Wang Renze and Gao Bi was basically exhausted.
At the same time, Zheng Jun also exposed very serious internal problems. Generals such as Hao Xiaode, Xu Shiji, and Li Junyi who were forced to surrender after the decisive battle between Wang and Li were obviously not working hard on the battlefield. Of the troops brought here from the headquarters, it was Wang Shichong’s old army that really made the most of it, and all of this was caused by Wang Shichong being forced to fight his son-in-law as soon as he beat Li Mi away—it was too late to reorganize and integrate the new troops , and it was too late to twist the newly surrendered army and the main force into a rope for effective use.
Then again, victory is victory, no matter how empty Xin'an is, the strategic position of the exit of Xiaohan Road is placed there after all, with this city in hand, at least Wang Shichong doesn't have to worry that the main force of the Sui army will come to Luoyang at any time Under the city, you can rest assured when you sleep at night. Therefore, after the good news spread to Luoyang City, Wang Shichong, who had proclaimed himself the Emperor of Dazheng, still issued an order to celebrate. He exaggerated the victory of Xin'an by ten times and announced it to the people, so as to encourage the people of Luoyang. They were escorted to Luoyang together to show off their military power, and they also personally came forward to recruit Xian Yuzhi and other Sui soldiers, hoping to use Xian Yuzhi to set an example of surrender.
Wang Shichong underestimated some of Xian Yuzhi. Although his life was hanging by his hands and he was related to Chen Sangliang, even if he surrendered, he could at least save his life in the future. On the other hand, he cursed Wang Shichong with the most vicious words in the world, and Wang Shichong became so angry that he ordered Xian Yuzhi to be pushed out of the palace and beheaded. The descendants changed to a county duke.
After executing Xian Yuzhi and more than a dozen low-level generals of the Sui army who refused to surrender, Wang Shichong was still angry, and ordered Hao Xiaode, Xu Shiji, and Li Junyi to lead his troops to the south to help Pei Renji attack Yiyang City, and ordered Pei Renji to be in the first lunar month. Take Yiyang before the first year of junior high school, and make a good start for the first year of enlightenment. Pei Renji complained when he heard the order, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step up the attack on the city. Xu Shiji, Hao Xiaode and other generals were also full of displeasure with taking the same exhausted lineage south to Yiyang to continue the battle.
No one thought that the Sui army's counterattack would be so fast. Xin'an City had just fallen on the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month. More than 15,000 people crossed the Yellow River from Shan County to replace He Yanyu's exhausted division in charge of the Eastern Front. He Yanyu's army and the remnants of the Sui Army in Xin'an withdrew to Changping Cang for rest. The rest took the Xiong'er Mountain path to reinforce Yiyang. Immediately after these adjustments were completed, Liu Heitai immediately led his army eastward and launched a counterattack against Xin'an. was forced to fight again.
At the same time, the Hanoi partial division led by Qin Qiong and Fan Wenchao also launched an attack on Heyang again. Generals Qiu Huaiyi and Xi Bian of the Zheng Army who guarded Heyang were forced to fight. The soldiers of Zheng Jun wanted to cry but had no tears, and the fatigue index continued to rise in a straight line.
The war has progressed to this point, no matter how confused Wang Shichong is, he understands that the unfilial son-in-law is going to drag him down with a wheel war, but it is useless to see that Chen Sangliang surpasses Wang Shichong several times in terms of military and economic strength, and elite soldiers and generals emerge in endlessly. The most fearful thing is to fight a war of attrition with Wang Shichong. No matter how Wang Shichong understands the vicious intentions of his unfilial son-in-law, there is nothing he can do if his overall strength is insufficient. In desperation, Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and simply decided that he would not pass the new year. He personally led the main force westward to meet Liu Heita, and tried his best to annihilate Liu Heita to demonstrate to the Sui army, forcing his unfilial son-in-law to give up such rogue tactics.
Naturally, Wang Shichong found the wrong partner. We all know how fierce Liu Heita, who used to be under Wang Shichong's generals, is. What's even more rare is that Liu Heita is very smart in fighting. It was just discovered that Wang Shichong personally led the 40,000 main force to the west. Entering the Xin'an battlefield for reinforcements, Liu Heitai immediately led his army back to Xiaohan Road, using the narrow terrain to avoid a direct decisive battle with Wang Shichong's main force. However, Wang Shichong led Wang Shichong's main force into the depths of Xiaohan Road, and Wang Shichong, who had serious internal problems, did not dare to stay away from Luoyang's lair for a long time. He was so anxious that he still couldn't do anything.
At this time, another unexpected bad news came from Yiyang. Zheng Jun Pei Renji, who was far more powerful than Yiyang's defenders, was defeated, and the defeat was quite miserable. Under Chen Sangliang's secret order, Liu Heizai wrote The letter was sent to the former master Hao Xiaode to persuade him to surrender, and along with the letter he brought a letter and a reward from Chen Sangliang to Hao Xiaode. There is the example of Liu Heitai from the former Ministry, Hao Xiaode, who looked down on Wang Shichong very much and envied Liu Heitai to the core, accepted the surrender immediately without even blinking an eyelid.
Then, after quietly getting in touch with Li Keshi, Hao Xiaode took advantage of Xu Shiji's opportunity to lead the army westward to intercept the Sui army's Fanghuang's army, and led his troops to attack Zheng's army camp in the middle of the night, and turned to attack Pei Renji's Chinese army camp. Pei Renji's army, who was exhausted in the city battle, was caught off guard, and Hao Xiaode easily broke through the camp. Pei Renji, who was sleeping soundly, didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he rushed into the snow with bare feet, snatched a horse, and fled back to Luoyang. He also took the opportunity to go out of the city to fight back, and joined forces with Hao Xiaode to defeat Zheng Jun and leave.
Then, Hao Xiaode and Li Keshi teamed up to enter the Xiong'er Mountain alley, and flanked Xu Shiji with Fang Huang. The Sui army was wiped out, and the situation in Yiyang was completely reversed immediately.
After receiving the report of the collapse of the battle situation in Yiyang, Wang Shichong was so shocked that he no longer dared to confront Liu Heitai. He hurriedly led the main force to retreat to Luoyang City. I ignored it, and just ordered Gaobi to guard the city to the death.
Hurrying back to Luoyang to see Pei Renji, Wang Shichong, who was full of anger, naturally scolded Pei Renji bloodyly. Pei Renji left with shame on his face, but Wang Shichong still refused to give up, yelling at Pei Renji's back as he went away, " Old man! Not enough success, more than failure! I really don't know what's going on in this old man's head. He even went to dig Chen Yingliang's son's ancestral grave and forged such a death feud. Even if I want to be with Chen Yingliang's son Reconciliation is also difficult."
"In Chen Yingliang's words, Pei Shangshu is habitually out of his mind. He used to do this kind of thing a lot. He didn't want to hug the patriarch Pei Ju's thick thigh, but he wanted to be a dog for Yu Wenshu. Count the money for Yuwen."
Duan Da, Wang Shichong's most trusted subordinate with a foreign surname, sneered, and also looked down on Pei Renji, who had the name of a famous general but no real name. Then, Duan Da asked Wang Shichong curiously: "Your Majesty, you just mentioned that you want to reconcile with Chen Yingliang?" ? Could it be that you have already had such a thought?"
"I never thought of going to war with him. My army has just beaten Li Mi away, and we need time to rest and rest, so do you want to continue fighting like this?" Wang Shichong replied sullenly: "I only hate that little man who is vicious and ruthless, not only refused Return Xin'an Yiyang, and took the opportunity to draw me into the war of attrition! Pei Renji, an old man, got his head wet again, and even dug the ancestral grave of Mr. Chen Yingliang, making me and Chen Xiaothieve form a mortal hatred, and forced me to It must be a dilemma."
"If your majesty wants to reconcile with Chen Yingliang, there is no way out." Duan Da said in a dark tone: "The excavation of Chen Yingliang's ancestral tomb was not ordered by your majesty. Anyone can testify to this. If the whole family is handed over to Chen Yingliang, wouldn't Chen Yingliang's anger be appeased, and we can take the opportunity to discuss reconciliation?"
Wang Shichong, who really didn't ask Pei Renji to dig his son-in-law's ancestral grave, was very moved, but after careful consideration for a while, Wang Shichong still shook his head and said: "This is not urgent. We can still hold on now. Before that step, I just ascended the throne Soon, handing over the courtiers to the enemy country would be too damaging to my dignity. Wait, wait and see."
"That's right, sending Pei Renji there now is too embarrassing." Duan Da agreed, and said with a smirk: "Anyway, Pei Renji is in His Majesty's hands, and His Majesty can push him out whenever He needs it."
Wang Shichong was expressionless, and just nodded slightly. Duan Da, who had formed an enmity with Pei Renji as early as the four major stay-at-home days, smiled even more happily, but what Duan Da and Wang Shichong both neglected was that when they said this, not only Many guards and maids were present, as well as Shangshizhichang Yuwenwen, the deputy manager of the court catering. Yu Wenwen, who was instructing the palace maids to offer Wang Shichong imperial meals, was secretly happy when he heard that Wang Shichong and Duan Da were calm on the surface. flower…
Now that he was secretly happy, Yu Wenwen, Li Mi's old aide who was forced to surrender to Wang Shichong and didn't get any good treatment, naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to sow discord. In front of Pei Renji, Pei Renji was shocked when he heard the words, his hands and feet were cold and his body was sweating profusely - there was no way not to be so scared, after all, Pei Renji had just dug Chen Sangliang's ancestral grave, if Wang Shichong dedicated Pei Renji to Chen Sangliang, Pei Renji Of course, it must be as miserable as death!
Frightened, Pei Renji, whose head was full of mud, naturally got water again, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and decided to launch a coup, trying to hijack Wang Shichong to force him to abdicate, and help Yang Tong restore himself to protect himself! Then Pei Renji not only dragged his precious son Pei Xingyan into the water, but also dragged Yuwenwen's brother Shangshu Zuocheng Yuwen Rutong and Sanqi Changshi Cui Deben, planning to hijack Wang Shichong with a dagger during the court meeting and kill Duan at the same time. Da waited for Wang Shichong's best friend to invite Yang Tong out of the deep palace to reset him!
It's been three years since the scholar's rebellion failed. It's more difficult to expect Pei Renji, a professional householder, to do such delicate things. No, Pei Renji and his son, Yuwen Rutong and others have just made up their minds. Before they start, they don't know that There was a mistake in the link, and Wang Shichong knew about his coup plan in advance. The furious Wang Shichong immediately sent Wang Shiyun and his son to lead the army to arrest Pei Renji and Yuwen brothers. When Zheng Jun soldiers rushed into Pei Renji's house, although Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan and his son tried their best to resist, they were still outnumbered. Pei Xingyan, who refused to surrender, was captured by Zheng Jun. The soldiers were trapped in the room and burned to death. Pei Renji was seriously injured and captured. Brother Yuwen, Cui Deben and others didn't even have time to resist, so they were taken directly in front of Wang Shichong.
Even the kind-hearted Chen Sangliang couldn't stand such a thing, let alone the ruthless Wang Shichong. After the order was given, the heads of Pei Renji, Brother Yuwen and Cui Deben fell to the ground together, and their families were also slaughtered Exhausted. Only Pei Renji's daughter, Pei Cuiyun, was named by Wang Shichong to stay. Pei Cuiyun saw her father and brother being put to death, and took the initiative to accept the death penalty together with her father and brother. Is it that easy? I already knew that you had an affair with that little thief Chen Yingliang, and that little thief is also a lustful person, so keeping you here will definitely be of great use in the future!"
After saying that with a grim smile, Wang Shichong yelled again and threw Pei Cuiyun into the dungeon. She was under strict supervision and would never allow her to commit suicide. What face do I have to see him? What face do I have to see him?!"
After saying nothing to let Pei Cuiyun die as he wished, Wang Shichong, who was still angry, felt that it would be a disaster to keep Yang Tong behind. Instead of doing nothing, he simply sent his nephew Wang Renze and his slave Liang Bainian to deliver a cup of poisoned wine to Yang Tong, forcing Yang Tong to commit suicide! Yang Tong begged to see his mother one last time before he died, but was flatly rejected. In the end, he had no choice but to drink poisoned wine. Before dying, Yang Tong prayed to heaven, praying: "May I live forever and never be born in the emperor's house."
Of course, what Wang Shichong received was not all bad news. On the 30th of the first month of the second year of his enlightenment, on the last day of the first month, a piece of good news suddenly came from the north of the Yellow River. Dou Jiande defeated Yu Wenhua and his remnants in Ji County, wiped out the desperate Yu Wenhua and his remnants, and executed Yu Wenhua and his brothers to avenge Sui Yang Emperor, and also helped Wang Shichong by the way.
For Wang Shichong, there are two other good things: after Dou Jiande took control of Jijun, he has actually bordered on the territory controlled by the Sui army and seriously threatened the safety of Li Mi's remnant troops who were entrenched in Baima. For Wang Shichong, two powerful enemies, Li Mi and Qin Qiong, were restrained. So after receiving this good news, Wang Shichong, who had been depressed for a long time because of the successive betrayals of his subordinates, finally showed a rare smile. While ordering a banquet to celebrate, he decided to send someone to ask Dou Jiande for an alliance to jointly deal with Chen Sangliang and Li Mi. Rebel!
When there is good news, there is bad news. Just as Wang Shichong was exchanging glasses with the civil and military officials of the Dazheng court, an official covered in snowflakes suddenly staggered up to the Golden Temple, and screamed before he could salute: "Your Majesty, something is wrong! The puppet king Chen Yingliang issued a statement condemning you, and decided to personally lead an army of 80,000 to conquer Luoyang. The date of sending troops has already been announced in the statement, and it is set on the eighth day of February!"
The sound of falling wine glasses continued, including the golden cup in Wang Shichong's hand, and cold sweat quickly rolled down from Wang Shichong's forehead in the freezing cold weather of late spring.