Chapter 5 Homecoming (Part 1) Before the enemy was completely eliminated, the generals got along well with each other. As she chatted with everyone, Xuzi gradually understood the latest situation near Luoyang.
During the few days when the Xiongwuying brothers were fighting with Li Mi, Qu Tutong led his army to Heyang Ferry and confronted the rebels across the river. Yang Xuangan's army was entangled by Wei Wensheng and Fan Zigai and could not spare any time to deploy.
The reinforcements were seized by Qu Tutong and broke through the defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River in one fell swoop.
At this moment, the Sui navy led by General Laihu'er took civilian boats upstream. The forward had reached Chanyuan, which was less than a hundred miles away from Liyang. The main force of the army commanded by the old general Yuwenshu had also arrived at Guancheng, waiting for the navy to build the pontoon bridge.
After that, they can cross Henan and add King Qin's troops from nearby counties. The total number of Sui troops pointed at Luoyang has exceeded 400,000, which is far higher than the apparent number of rebels.
Anyone who has fought in the war knows that the situation is over for Yang Xuangan without looking at the map. Since Yang Xuanting died in the battle, Wei Wensheng and Fan Zigai have tortured the rebels to the point of vomiting and diarrhea. Together with Qu Tu, a brave general who is famous for his good fighting skills.
Obviously, the rebels couldn't take Luoyang because they couldn't look at each other. They could only wait for the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops to slowly encircle them and annihilate them all under the fortified city.
"I really don't know why Yang Xuangan was so stupid. After he raised his army, he didn't cross the river and go straight to Luoyang. He actually tossed back and forth on the north bank of the Yellow River!" With victory in hand, the generals' "desire for knowledge" began to overflow, and they speculated about the scene when the rebels started their army.
Weird strategic detours for the purpose of
From a distance analysis, the best place to cross the river after launching troops from Liyang is Ji County, a hundred miles away. However, Yang Xuangan left such a nearby ferry unused, but first marched hundreds of miles west to attack Hanoi, and then turned around to attack Hanoi.
Xiuwu didn't rush across the river from Jixian County until he ran out of fighter jets. This weird behavior would be understandable if it happened to a group of bandits and bandits, but it happened to Yang Xuangan, who was behind the generals and had countless advisers around him.
, it is really incomprehensible
"Isn't that simple? Because he has a famous scholar like Li Mi next to him!" Zhang Xiu, the captain of the personal army, couldn't help it. He interrupted his words loudly in a group, which immediately caused a burst of laughter among the soldiers of the Xiongwu Camp.
Don't blame them for being rude, everyone is indeed qualified to laugh like this. Ever since Li Mi and Han Shihe left the soldiers who were attacking the city and fled, the word "big celebrity" has become a synonym for "big liar" in the Xiongwu Camp. It turns out that after everyone treated those generals, everyone
** The young talents who praised him were still a little apprehensive, but now, when their names are mentioned, the expressions on their faces are only contempt.
Among the guest army, many generals did not agree with this view. After asking the owner of the place why he was laughing, several old generals who had experienced many troubles shook their heads and retorted in a flurry of words: "Li Mi's talent is not that great."
It's so bad, he just made a mistake temporarily. Besides, Yang Xuangan sent two generals in one army, which will definitely cause confusion in command, and the soldiers will have no idea what to do in a critical moment!"
"Yang Xuangan doesn't trust Li Mi, otherwise he would keep Li Mi by his side instead of sending him to attack Han Shihe."
There are different opinions, but it does not affect the exchanges between the two Sui army generals. In any case, Li Mi has been defeated, and Yang Xuangan has not been able to recapture Liyangcang as he wished, but also lost a large number of men. If the battle situation is really as described by the soldiers of Xiongwuying, 70,000
If the rebels completely collapse, then Jijun not far away and Hulao Pass on the east side of Luoyang, Xingyang City will become three birds' eggs exposed in the wild. As long as a horse's hoof steps forward lightly, they can be destroyed.
It was crushed to pieces
Wu Benlang general Chen Leng was very good at seizing opportunities. His troops only repaired in Liyang for one night. After replenishing food, they launched a strong attack on Jijun. Li Mi and Han Shihe gathered the remaining soldiers to ambush on the road, trying to surprise the Sui army, but they had no choice.
The equipment and morale of the troops on both sides were too different. The Sui army, which was ambushed, broke out of the ambush, then turned around and captured the main force of the rebels.
The two sides fought seven times in a day, and blood was spilled from Tongshan, 30 miles away, to the county guarded by Jijun. Han Shihe and Li Mi tried to retreat into the county seat, but Lieutenant Li Bo under Chen Leng followed the rebels with 500 soldiers.
The army rushed into the city and the two sides fought in the streets. Li Mi and Han Shihe were defeated again and had to retreat to Ji County Ferry.
Chen Leng was unyielding when he gained the upper hand. On the one hand, he sent troops and horses to capture the two small towns of Chaoge and Suixing. On the other hand, he personally led the army to pursue the enemy. The two sides met for the third time at the ferry of Ji County. Li Mi imitated the ancients and formed a formation with his back to the water, hoping that his soldiers would
Understand the principle of risking life to survive, and the rebel soldiers who experienced several consecutive defeats were unwilling to die. As soon as the two sides fought, they fled along the river bank. In an instant, the soldiers around Han and Li were all killed by the rebels.
They were scattered and couldn't organize any effective resistance. If Li Mi hadn't been clever and specially left several boats in hiding places, the two of them were almost captured alive by Chen Leng.
After crossing the Yellow River, Li Mi and Han Shihe ran all the way, abandoning the four cities of Lingchang, Suanzao, Yuanwu and Yangwu that were not easy to defend. They gathered all the soldiers and horses on the south bank and brought them to Xingyang. They joined Gu Jue and had just established a foothold in Xingyang City.
At the heel, Chen Leng led his army to catch up again. The two sides had another fierce battle at the foot of Xingyang City. When the outcome was hard to decide, Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer arrived with two fresh troops, and with their superior strength, they seized Dong Dong.
, the gates on both sides of the north side forced Han Shihe and Li Mi to abandon the city and lead the remaining soldiers towards Hulao Pass.
Hulao Pass is the last barrier on the east side of Luoyang. If this pass is lost, the Sui armies can encircle them. Li Mi was so anxious that he sent letters around, inviting bandits and bandits active near Luoyang to come and help in the battle. However, at this moment, the wall fell and everyone pushed it.
However, those heroes who had always been brothers with him broke their trust one after another. They allowed Li Mi's messenger to send messages three times a day and never came down the mountain again.
Li Mi had no choice but to hand over all his troops to Han Shihe, and went to Yang Xuangan's army alone to ask for help. Before Yang Xuangan could decide whether to send troops, Yu Rou, the son of Yu Shiji, actually surrendered to the enemy. In the middle of the night, Han Shihe opened the gate of Hulao Pass. Gu Jue was caught off guard.
He died in battle one after another, and the most powerful pass in the world changed hands in the blink of an eye.
The day after Hulao Pass was captured, Li Xu and Yuwen Shiji were ordered to rush to the pass with enough food and grass for an army of 300,000 men to eat for two months. Yu Wenshu was very happy to see his son, and celebrated with a grand ceremony that night.
At the banquet, I held my son’s hand to pay homage to the elders in the army. Zhou Fashang and other senior generals congratulated them one after another. They all said that the generals of the Yuwen family were out of the house. Yuwen was so proud that after hearing this, even the right side of his face, which had been stiff after a stroke, improved.
signs
"Xiaosan'er, how did you come up with this wonderful plan to travel thousands of miles? Tell me about it to your father!" After nightfall, Yu Wenshu had not yet calmed down from his joy, so he held his son's hand in the bed tent and asked.
When his son grows up, there is nothing that makes a father more happy than seeing his child have a promising future. Discovering the enemy's flaw from thousands of miles away, and striking a fatal blow. Even he, the father, could not have imagined it in his heyday. Although Liyang City was attacking and defending
The battle was only the first battle to wipe out the rebels, but this battle locked the entire war situation in one fell swoop
Without Li Yang, Yang Xuangan lost the capital he relied on to gather bandits and bandits, and the results of the entire campaign were already on the table. In the past few days, although other people from all walks of life had won one victory after another, they were just the icing on the cake, without any
A feat greater than the surprise attack on Liyang
"Dad, that was Xu Zi, General Li Lang's idea. I was just doing some supplementary work on the side to defend the city, and it was he who saw through Li Mi's conspiracy!" Yu Wenshiji sat opposite his father and raised his voice a bit to emphasize.
During the dinner, he wanted to interrupt his father's show off with words. Li Xu, Murong Luo, Li Anyuan and other core generals of the Xiongwu camp were sitting closest to the tent. Every time they looked at them, Yu Wenshi's face was touched.
Feeling hot
"He is brave and you are wise. This is a wonderful combination. Don't worry, dad knows how to write a memorial to the emperor. This is a great contribution, and the boy named Li must be a part of it!" Yuwen Shiji did not hear the dissatisfaction in his son's words.
, Zigu explained, "Your official position is higher than his, and your role is greater than his. Naturally, the credit is first. As for him, and the generals under your command, you can naturally give some benefits privately, so that they can serve our Yuwen family wholeheartedly!"
"The merits of the two battles are indeed led by General Li Lang, and all the brothers in the military camp have seen it with their own eyes!" Yu Wenshiji reminded his father again, "If I take this credit forcibly on myself, I'm afraid I will never be able to convince the public in the future!"
"Don't you want to take any credit at all?" Yu Wenshu couldn't understand his son's thoughts for a while, his eyes were a little straight, and his faces on the left and right began to look stiff again.
The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty hated the rebels very much, and once promised that the first person who had contributed to the suppression of the rebellion would be granted the title of ten thousand households in the city. With Yuwen's family's connections in the court and the strong recommendation of the old generals, it was obvious that this credit would go to Yuwen
But now his son suddenly became stupid and wanted to give the credit to an unrelated person. This idea was indeed unacceptable to Yu Wenshu
"I've always wanted to get my share, dad. Please don't interfere. Zhongjian saved my life again. This is the third time. If I am greedy for credit and unjust, everyone in the world will look at our Yuwen family."
What a joke!" Seeing his father's face starting to turn cold, Yu Wenshi begged softly.
"Who sees the joke? Who is afraid? Do you know how great the contribution of this battle is?" Yu Wenshu's sharp eyes swept over, forcing Shiji's eyes to become a little erratic.
I thought this boy was going to be successful, but I didn’t expect that he was getting more and more frustrated and now he still couldn’t make a country man docile. Moreover, he actually started to think about him in every way. Is this still the son of my Yuwen family? Yuwen
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, his breathing gradually became heavier, and his throat seemed to be spitting out fire.
"I know, but I can't do this!" Yuwen Shiji lowered his head and replied through gritted teeth. He didn't dare to look at his father. When he was a child, he didn't dare to be his father who would crush the toys one by one with his feet and stuff his long penis.
When he came into his hands, he didn't dare when his father asked him to regret his marriage to his cousin and marry the Princess of Sui Dynasty. But today, he wanted to be stubborn, because the relationship between him and Xu Zi was more than just kindness.
I know that he is his only friend who can pat his shoulders and tell jokes without any thought.
"Do you know how His Majesty will treat the Xiongwu Camp? It is in your hands, but the number of soldiers and horses has expanded to nearly 30,000?" Yu Wenshu stared at his son and spoke word by word.
In the Battle of Liyang, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp became famous all over the world. The Sui Dynasty had just lost its troops in Liaodong and would definitely be reluctant to disband this newly-rising team. Not only that, with many years of experience, Yu Wenshu could foresee that in the future, the Ministry of War would be more responsible for the number of people in the Xiongwu Camp.
, food, grass, and equipment will be given priority in the supply. Therefore, although this army is called a battalion, its actual size will soon be equivalent to that of a guard army in the Sui Dynasty.
A person who can lead an army of guards must be at least a third-grade general. With the troops and horses in his hands, this person will firmly occupy a place in the Sui army.
If the person occupying this position is a young hero, thirty years later, he may become the first person in the Sui army
"I know, I just want to be a supervisor, not a general!" Yu Wenshiji forced himself to raise his head, looked at his father's face and answered that day when he recruited the soldiers to defend the city, he didn't think so much, but when he saw Li Mihe
The moment Han Shihe and Han Shihe were arguing in front of the formation, he thought about the future dominance of Xiongwu Camp. At the same time, he found that Xuzi also thought about the two men's eyes hurriedly meeting each other, and they hurriedly started telling jokes. This was the reason.
Yu Wenshiji didn't want to compete with Xu Zi, and he felt that he couldn't compete with Xu Zi. The Xiongwu Camp with Li Xu and the Xiongwu Camp without Li Xu were definitely different. As someone who had seen the team slowly develop and grow, he
Know the difference
A tiger without a head cannot be called a tiger. He Yuwenshiji can be a tiger's heart, but he can never be a tiger's head. Moreover, after such a long relationship, Yuwenshiji is not sure that he can conquer Xuzi for his own use. Even if he does, it may be possible.
It is good for both himself and Asahi, but what is outstanding about Asahi is that if his unique behavior is subdued, he will no longer be Asahi.
"It's not whether you want it or not, but whether our Yuwen family needs it or not!" Yu Wenshu stood up slowly, the shadow stretched by the oil lamp pressing down on his son's shoulders like a mountain. "Don't forget your last name at any time!
"
It’s for the Yuwen family, not for me, Yuwen Shiji. He felt cold in his heart, from his chest to his calves. He didn’t want to accept this task, nor did he want to lose the friendship he had gained with his blood and the respect of his brothers. “Our family is already
We are the first family in the military, and we have already attracted the jealousy of many people!" He retorted loudly, trying to persuade his father to give up.
"That's because I'm here, and I can't live forever!" Yu Wenshu patted his son's shoulder, turned around and walked out of the dormitory.
Yu Wenshiji wanted to chase him out, but the weight of his father on his shoulders made him unable to move his legs. He sat there blankly until the first ray of morning light illuminated the general's tent. His father dragged his body, which had suffered a stroke, to patrol the camp all night long.
Not returned
Thinking of this, Yuwenshi subconsciously touched the mouth of the saber guard. It was a tiger, the symbol of the Yuwen family. It had been blown cold by the wind at some point, and it was a little bit cold.
The coldness penetrated deep into his bones and froze his blood vessels.
