Chapter 3 Ups and Downs (Part 6) Li Xu knows what the generals are afraid of. Although the family behind Han Shihe is not as powerful as those behind other generals who surrendered the enemy, Han Shihe himself is a young talent who has long been famous. It is said that this person is famous in the art of war.
His comprehension ability and martial arts attainments were praised by Chu State Duke Yang Su more than ten years ago. In recent years, due to the peace of the world, although he has not had many opportunities to lead troops alone, his talent and reputation have spread more and more widely. Some people even
He swore and affirmed that twenty years later, when the older generation of generals in the Sui Dynasty passed away one after another, Han Shihe would succeed Yu Wenshu and become the first man in the army. Other young talents, Tathagata's fifth son Laihong, Huben general Luo Yi, etc.,
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Xuzi didn't believe that Han Shihe's military ability was really as strong as the legend. Moreover, the greater the opponent's reputation, the more eager he was to give it a try. After joining the army, he had already come into contact with some famous nobles, such as Li Jiancheng, Yuwen
Shiji and other experiences told him that, in addition to their keener insights into official affairs, these people are similar to him in other aspects. They also have areas that they are good at and things they are not good at. They are also timid and lose their cool, and will panic in the face of crisis.
, sweating profusely, no matter their external performance or inner feelings, they are also the same as ordinary people.
"What if I defeated Han Shihe in a field battle!" Li Xu couldn't help but fantasize, his eyes were as enthusiastic as when he was a boy in the academy, always hoping to achieve better results than his fellow seniors. He was not afraid of Han Shihe's name. As for the other party's family background, if
It wasn't Xiongwuying who took the initiative to attack him, but he came after him with the rebels. No matter how unreasonable the Han family was, they couldn't ask Xiongwuying not to fight back when they were beaten?
With this mentality, he led the Xiongwu Camp on a crazy journey. Every day along the way, people and horses could not support themselves and fell behind, but the remaining soldiers became more and more capable. On the evening of the sixth day when they began their long-distance attack, the Xiongwu Camp finally stopped in a place called
They stopped in the small county town of Anyang. This place is only more than a hundred miles away from Liyang and less than two hundred miles away from the Ji County ferry. The whereabouts of the army could no longer be hidden, so Li Xu and Yu Wenshi simply let the soldiers enter.
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After the arrival of a new day, the Xiongwu Camp was divided into two parts. The main force ceased its troops and marched quietly along the official road from Anyang to Liyang. There were also more than 300 soldiers who were physically unable to participate in the battle, led by Lieutenant General Li Anyuan, under the banner of Xiongwu Camp.
Continue to rush to the ferry of Ji County, pretending to be about to capture Ji County and cut off the connection between the rebels on the north and south sides of the Yellow River.
When the army passed through Tangyin County, Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu discovered that their plan to mislead the soldiers was unnecessary. The reason why the enemy would not be fooled was not because the general was smart, but because of the vast area between Anyang and Yongji Canal.
, except for a few isolated forts and Tangyin City, whose four gates were blocked with stones, there were basically no inhabited and uninhabited places. Naturally, there would be no rebel scouts or spies nearby to hide the movement of the army.
The possibility of leakage is even more out of the question.
In fact, even if Yang Xuangan really laid an ambush in the uninhabited villages, those people would not be able to tell whether the Xiongwu Camp was an official army or a bandit who rushed to Luoyang from nearby to help in the battle in response to Yang Xuangan's call.
After taking the "Righteous Banner", all the bandits and horse thieves hidden in the mountains and wild ridges in Henan counties all came down from the mountains. Under the banner of "relieving the world's urgent needs," these people looted everywhere and forced good people to become thieves in less than a month.
Their respective teams have expanded dozens of times. The largest ones, such as the Korean Prime Minister's Ministry, have reached more than 100,000 people. Even the smaller ones have more than 10,000 troops.
After several days of long-distance marching, Li Xu, Yu Wenshi and the soldiers under their command now numbered more than 5,000. Compared with the size of the bandits and bandits roaming the countryside, they were simply an insignificant group of pony thieves. On the outside, this group of thieves
Apart from the larger number of war horses, there is really no difference between them and the bandits, especially the dirty armor they wear, which is not as bright as the canvas armor worn by the rebels. The larger gangsters nearby have made a fortune.
I know how to get some brocade and make clean and neat cotton armor and battle robes for the leaders, but these sloppy cavalry like beggars claim to be the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and ask who in the world dares to believe it.
Lijiaji, Jiangjiazhai, Zhoujiazhuang, three or four villages that formed strongholds and defended themselves successively lit up alarm smoke when they saw Xiongwu Camp. They regarded the officers and soldiers as bandits and greeted them from a distance with long bows and crossbows.
The most ridiculous thing was in Tangyin County. When he saw the Xiongwu camp approaching the city wall, the county magistrate first ordered people to shoot a barrage of arrows outside the city and then personally climbed up the city tower to ask how much filial piety was required for the heroes who came to rob.
If the number is appropriate, Tangyin County Magistrate is willing to use his family property to find a way for the people to survive. If the number is too large, Tangyin County would rather fight until the last man falls.
Li Xu and Yu Wenshiji didn't have time to explain to these people. They led the brothers around the city five miles southeast of Tangyin County. They crossed the pontoon bridge across the Yongji Canal and turned south.
"I have seen people waste things, but I have never seen such a waste!" Zhang Xiu muttered, and returned to Zhou Daniu exactly what Zhou Daniu had said a few days ago when describing the people of Shanggu County. He said this not because of the chicken intestines, which are near Liyang.
The scenery is indeed no longer like that of the human world. If the scene in Shanggu County where the wheat is ripe and no one is harvesting is called desolate, the area around Liyang can only be described as miserable.
Farmland that has been trampled into wasteland is everywhere, and houses that have been burned are everywhere. Some tiles and brick walls are still green and black, as if the fire has just been extinguished by rain, but some of the adobe has been crisped by the wind and rain, and the broken parts have grown again.
The fluffy new green is coming
"I, the soil in our Runan County is fatter than this, the people are kinder than this, and we care about food better than this!" Zhou Daniu blushed and defended his hometown people, "If you don't believe me, ask Xiao Liu, he
He lives next door to me and knows the nature of us Runan people!"
He turned to his companions to ask for help, but Qian Xiaoliu, who had always been a good friend with him, refused to look out for Daniel anymore. There were more rebels on the south bank than on the north bank. According to the news overheard outside the Chinese army's tent at night, Han Xiangguo's team
They have captured Yangwu, Yuanwu, Fengqiu and other places, and are currently capturing Xiangcheng under the orders of Yang Xuangan. The bandits and bandits near Xiangcheng responded one after another, burning down countless villages. However, Runan was only a hundred miles away from Xiangcheng. Although Yang Xiangguo's soldiers and horses attacked
Under the banner of "doing justice for heaven", killing people and burning houses are also part of the way of heaven in their eyes.
"Anyway, we Runan people have good intentions! The place is also rich!" Zhou Daniu growled helplessly and anxiously. What the rebels did was exactly the same as what the Xiongwu Camp did to the Goguryeo people in Liaodong. They were wanton destruction.
Zhou Daniu didn't know what his hometown had become. He suddenly found that he was very eager to fight, not to make achievements or to show off.
He wanted to restore peace to his hometown. Although in the days of peace, most people lived in embarrassment of being hungry and full, at least most people could live and not be homeless like they are now. Zhou Daniu eagerly asked for help.
The general who was surrounded by brothers looked around and saw the same anxiety and anger in each other's eyes.
Li Xu's eyes had long turned blood red. When he sent troops to destroy Liaodong, he had no burden in his heart, and even had a certain joy of revenge. But now that he saw Yang Xuangan's rebels treating his compatriots in the same way, he couldn't help but
feel out of anger
"Could Master have died in the rebellion?" This thought made Li Xu's heart smoke. If Master was by Yang Xuangan's side, he should not allow the current tragedy to happen in Xu Zi's memory. His mentor
Master Yang is a kind and compassionate wise man. With his help, Yang Xuangan would not harm the people if he could adapt to the situation. But the truth is not as simple as he guessed. Yang Xuangan, who claims to "liberate the people", kills his own compatriots.
Killing the foreign invaders was done mercilessly. If the reason for killing them was to seize supplies, this crime can be forgiven. But in fact, the food in Liyang warehouse was enough to feed the rebels for several years. The rebels looted the surrounding villages purely to vent their anger!
Rebellious soldiers are like bandits. Xuzi deeply realized the accuracy of the ancients' wording. Ever since he passed through the Yongji Canal, the air has been filled with a strong or light stench. He knows the source of this smell. Last year, he went to Mazhai Water to deliver food.
At that time, the heads of those who were built with bone pagodas by the Goguryeo people had a similar smell.
This smell collided with his reason again and again. He stretched out his hand to the black knife several times, but he held back his anger and pulled his hand away. He was already very close to the rebels' lair, and the soldiers could no longer march as fast as they did a few days ago.
They need to move forward slowly and recover the physical strength they have spent in recent days during the march.
"The reasons will all be very attractive, including robbery and murder!" Yuwen Shiji tried his best to calm the general's emotions with calm words. He was also shocked by Yang Xuangan's actions, although those common people were as humble as ants in the eyes of a son from a noble family like him.
If all the ants die, the next one to starve to death is the ant king. The queen ant and the ant soldiers are in the same ant nest, and no one can escape.
"I hope they will have the courage to face the evil they have done in the future!" Li Xu murmured back. He didn't want to worry about capturing some people alive or killing them. Except for his mentor Yang Fuzi, these people should all die.
No matter whose son they are, what contribution has the family made to the Sui Dynasty?
Just when he felt that his whole body was about to be burned with anger, the scout discovered the enemy's flag about five miles away from his destination.
"Woo--Woo--Woo!" Alarm sounds came one after another from the distance. Xuzi took the horse and held the black knife that had been thirsty for blood for a long time in his right hand.
Woo hoo hoo, the sirens were getting louder and louder, and the tortured scouts who were sent to the front ran back one after another. Except for the captain Li Mengchang who rushed directly towards the Chinese army, everyone else stayed away from the front of the army.
, the horse went around to the flank and followed the smoke brought by the scout. There was a huge column of smoke, covering the sky and the sun.
"The enemy troops came out of the city to fight, about 30,000 people, under the banner of Liyang County Sheriff, basically all infantry, with a small number of horses, less than a hundred!" Li Mengchang reported breathlessly to the position of the scout leader.
, He did his job very conscientiously. Li Xu nodded, indicating that he had completed the task, then raised the black knife high and pointed forward: "Stand on the slope in front and attack the formation to the left and front!" "General, you have
Order, grab the slope in front and attack the formation on the left front!" The order soldiers took the order flag from the flag officer, raised it high, shouted loudly and rushed towards the rear of the team.
The whole team suddenly accelerated, flew across the field, rushed up a gentle slope on the right front in front of the enemy, and spread out with the commander in the center, forming a huge horn-shaped array.
The army of the Sui Dynasty took the regiment as the basic unit. During the war, it was divided into the front, rear, left, right, middle and five armies. If they were well-trained and the number of soldiers was full, the five armies could change into more than 20 formations such as the wild goose formation, the missing moon, the sharp arrow, and the sharp cone.
At present, the Xiongwu camp's training level is far from reaching the point where it can change formations at will, so it can only reluctantly form the horns to separate the left and right wings and the center army to cope with changes on the battlefield.
"Hurry, hurry up, hold on!" Captain Zhang Xiu was panting, urging Zhou Daniu and others to find a clean large flag from the luggage behind the horse, tie it to the long branch, and let several people work together to lift it upright.
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On both sides of the banners "Da Sui" and "Xiong Wu", four golden characters fluttered in the wind.
"Mighty, mighty!" Li Xu rode out on horseback, waved his sword in front of the army and shouted for more than 4,000 people to follow immediately. He raised a steel jungle with his horizontal sword and long spear.
The smoke and dust on the opposite side slowly solidified, and the rebels stopped one after another. While talking, they looked at the battle flag flying high on the hillside with surprised eyes.
'The enemy's training level is very poor!' Li Xu quickly made a judgment in his mind. 'Their weapons are very poor, their armor is very poor, and their formation is very poor. General?' He looked at the opponent's Chinese army and saw a group of soldiers.
guy in brocade
According to Master Yang's notes, the Sui army suddenly encountered a lack of training and adopted extremely simple tactics.
"The enemy is not prepared. Let's break through it. I will lead the left-wing cavalry to attack the center of the army. The soldier and brother will go around from the side and attack their retreat!" Li Xu turned around and looked at Yu Wenshi and his commanding eyes.
Turning to Zhang Xiu, his words became stern, "You, along with Da Niu and the others, will guard the flag. The flag cannot fall until everyone is dead!"
"Why is it me again - obey your order!" Zhang Xiu protested for half a sentence, but the second half of the sentence was suppressed by Li Xu's eyes.
However, Yuwen Shiji seemed to have been hit by something, and his reaction speed was much slower than usual. "What did you call me?" he asked as if he had just woken up from a dream, not even noticing whether Xuzi had exceeded his authority by giving orders to the supervisory army as a general.
"Regiments on the left wing, follow me!" Li Xu leaped forward on horseback, raised his sword and shouted. The violent sound of horse hooves instantly drowned out Yuwen Shiji's voice. More than a dozen regiments of soldiers and horses rushed down the hillside like a torrent, with Li Xu as the blade,
Attack the opponent's Chinese army directly
"Zhongjian, be careful!" Yuwen Shiji whispered in his heart, turned around and glanced at the right-wing soldiers and horses behind him, and raised his long spear high.
"Right wing, follow me around and kill him!" Yu Wenshiji rode down the hillside, feeling indescribable joy in his heart.
