In the north of Song City, a Sui army that stretched for more than ten miles and was about five miles wide appeared on the vast land, and the tents were like huge mushrooms, which was magnificent.

Pei Xingyan's Chinese army tent has been set up, and the sand table has also been set up in the front camp, at this time the soldiers are still packing up the camp tent, but Pei Xingyan is standing in front of the sand table and thinking about the next battle, in Li Jing's plan, Liang County is a key link, as long as Chen Zhiluo is defeated, Xu Shiji and Wang Bole will fall into a situation where the end cannot be connected, in order to complete this task, Yang Gongren will be subordinate to the third army of 30,000 main battle soldiers and 10,000 ' The recruits were handed over to him and Gao Yaxian, for the second general, taking Liang County was only the first step, and the second step was to defend this piece of territory to the death, so they had to consider whether Xu Shiji and Wang Bodang would send reinforcements.

Wang Bodang of Huaiyang County had 70,000 troops, but the Sui army that confronted him included the Fifth Army of Yingchuan Xie Yingdeng, and the army of Li Jing in Huai'an. Xu Shiji of Pengcheng has urgently expanded his army, with 100,000 troops, mainly stationed in Feng County and Teng County, which is not only the main army of Yang Gongren who defends the garrison in Zou County, Zou County, Lu County, but also can support Dangshan and Yu County in Liang County nearby, and can also deter Dongping County, and the other part sits in the area of Baoqian Mountain in Lanling County to defend against the Sui army of Langxi County. So from the current point of view, Xu Shiji is very likely to send troops, but Pei Xingyan is not too worried, because although Xu Shiji has many soldiers, he is facing the same danger of lack of food as Chen Zhiluo, the 100,000 army eats horses and chews every day, and the consumption is very huge, without a stable logistics supply, it is difficult to guarantee a wide number of troops, the key is that Yang Gongren's troops are not worse than Xu Shiji, and he needs to defend a lot of places, which seems very passive and can't let go.

But Xu Shiji is good at using soldiers and should not be underestimated. Under the unfavorable situation, it may not be that the strong man will abandon Pengcheng with a broken wrist, concentrate his forces to fight Liang County in a desperate manner, and then join forces with Li Mi and Wang Bodang to form a powerful force.

"Is the general worried that Chen Zhiluo will stick to Song City, causing the battle of Liangjun to hang for a long time?" I don't know when, Gao Yaxian appeared by Pei Xingyan's side.

The two of them were the main division and deputy marshal of the Third Army, and they cooperated tacitly, and when they saw Pei Xingyan's eyes staring at Dongping County for a long time, they asked out loud.

Pei Xingyan glanced at him, shook his head and smiled: "Chen Zhiluo is one of the leaders of the Jiangdu Rebellion, if he doesn't defend the city, can he still open the city and surrender?" ”

Gao Yaxian realized the loophole in his words at this time, as Pei Xingyan said, Chen Zhiluo has no other choice but to live and die with Li Mi, what else can he do if he doesn't stick to it? It's just that this will bring great casualties to the Sui army, "General, our task is to take Song City with very few losses and a very fast speed, and then nail it here like a nail, so as not to let several of Li Mi's armies join forces and go north to Dongping." It's just that although we have sharp siege equipment, Chen Zhiluo, who has no way out, has 20,000 elites, and tens of thousands of people to help defend it. But if it drags on for a long time, we will drag the army back. ”

"I didn't think about storming." Pei Xingyan said with a smile.

"General, what do you mean?" Gao Yaxian was stunned, and he didn't understand what Pei Xingyan meant.

Pei Xingyan said lightly: "Have you forgotten Chen Zhiluo's strong wall and clear wilderness?" ”

Chen Zhiluo learned well this time, worried that the Sui army would break through one by one with superior forces, and used the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the field at the beginning, and gave up all the seven counties of Chenliu, Yongqiu, Kaocheng, Xiangyi, Yucheng, Chuqiu, and Ningling, but all the people of these seven counties were moved into Songcheng and other counties, and only guarded Songcheng, Zhecheng, Yucheng and other eastern half of Liang County, so that Pei Xingyan only got an empty city, but this did not affect Pei Xingyan's logistics, just because his supply problem originated from Xingyang County and was transported here through the Tongji Canal. But with the arrival of the people in Songcheng, it means that Chen Zhiluo has a lot of young people in his hands to serve as people's husbands. In the face of such a large number of siege cities, they will also encounter great resistance when attacking the city.

Since ancient times, the battle of attacking a fort has been a battle in which human lives are exchanged for victory, so there is a saying that 'siege is the bottom'.

Once the offensive and defensive battle of Song City starts, it must not be stopped until the victory or defeat is decided, which is also the reason why Pei Xingyan has not yet issued the siege order, he will definitely not bury the army under the city unless he has to do so.

Gao Yaxian thought for a moment, and then came to his senses: "The general is saying that there are our people in the city?" ”

Pei Xingyan said: "As early as when Chen Zhiluo was engaged in the fortification of the wall, I sent 3,000 elite divisions into the city, and what we have to do is actually very simple, that is, to give the soldiers in the city a chance to win the door. ”

"The general's clever calculation, this battle will definitely be a success!" Gao Yaxian said excitedly.

"The saint once said, 'Those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a time, and those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain', this trick has long been used by him, and it is also clever." Pei Xingyan shook his head and said with a smile, whether it was the battle of Liaodong against the Khitan, Goguryeo, and Xi people, or the battle of Bingzhou and Guanzhong, Yang Tong used this trick more than once, but the enemy was repeatedly deceived, not because the enemy was stupid, but before the big war came, the enemy was mainly stable, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble and chaos, he did not dare to purge the army and the people inside, so the enemy was unable to prevent it, and no one could prevent it.

"The Great General means ......"

"Send a few men and horses to bang the gong for them in the evening."

"Exhausted tactics?"

"Yes and no." Pei Xingyan smiled and said, "I mean, let the enemy think that we are a tired army; Actually, we're going to attack the city tonight. At the time I had agreed with the officers and men of the city, my army would attack before dawn on the night of its arrival, and I would lead 10,000 cavalry into the city through the east gate, and the other two armies would meet from the north gate and the south gate. General Gao was ambushed at the West Gate. Pei Xingyan said his siege plan.

"Whoa." Gao Yaxian retreated

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The night fell again, and in the vast rain curtain, the fields in the distance had already left the field of vision of the Wei defenders of Song City, and it was pitch black outside the city, and nothing could be seen dozens of steps away.

Thousands of Wei soldiers on duty at the head of the city wore robes and hats, leaning against the wall to hide from the rain. This is not to say that the Wei soldiers did not take the Sui army to heart, but the Sui army only arrived outside the city in the afternoon, and the whole army camped, dug trenches, and laid out horses to resist horses...... It was a busy afternoon, according to common sense, the Sui army had to rest for a night, plus it was raining tonight, and the weather was not conducive to the besieging side, so most of the Sui army did not think that the Sui army would attack the city tonight, and the soldiers were obviously a little scattered, and many people seized the time to rest and recharge for the war that would come tomorrow.

Chen Shao, a member of the Chen Zhiluo tribe, was on duty in the north of the city tonight, he rode a horse to patrol the city, looking at the direction of the Sui army camp in the distance, and he couldn't see anything clearly in the rainy night, in his opinion, this was an excellent weather for a sneak attack, and he didn't know if the Sui army would come to attack the city, and when he turned around and saw the lazy appearance of his own soldiers, he couldn't help frowning, how to deal with the enemy who came to attack with this sluggish appearance, but he also knew that the Wei soldiers were demoralized and could not be too strict, otherwise it would only achieve the opposite effect.

"Dangdangdang......"

At this moment, the dense sound of gongs and drums sounded outside the city, and the soldiers defending the city beat a spirit and became vigilant, but the sound outside came and went abruptly and ethereally, and when the Wei army was on high alert, there was not even half a figure.

"What's going on? Where are the enemy troops? ”

Hearing the sound of gongs and drums in the north of the city, Chen Zhiluo and Liu Liuzhi hurried to the city, but found no trace of the enemy.

"No enemy troops were found." Chen Shao replied with a blank face.

Chen Zhiluo frowned and said: "It seems that this is the tired strategy of the Sui army, this is to consume the energy of our soldiers and make it easier for them to attack the city." If it was expected, they would harass us all night long, making us uneasy. ”

Chen Shao hurriedly said: "The big war is coming, if the soldiers can't get rest, how can they fight?" Is there a way for the general to crack it? ”

"This is a conspiracy, and it can't be broken." Chen Zhiluo said helplessly.

"Why don't we send someone to harass them too?" Chen Shao thought of a solution.

"Unless we send out a limited number of cavalry, we will go as much as we want, and there will be no return." Chen Zhiluo shook his head and said, the initiative is in the hands of the Sui army, they have the heart to fight back and are helpless, Pei Xingyan clearly wants to use this method to consume their physical strength and spirit, the problem is that they are all like wind cavalry, and they are also good at night fighting, if they send people out, they can only pass through the city gate, in this dark night, I don't know how many people the Sui army ambushed outside the city gate, rashly out of the city, not only there is a risk of being hunted clean by the other party, but also may be killed by the enemy into the city.

While speaking, the gongs and drums of "Dangdangdang...... rang out in all directions.

"Abominable!" Chen Shao said unwillingly, "It's only been night, I've been here twice, if it's done for one night, won't the soldiers of our army be shocked all the time?" ”

Liu Zhi thought for a while and said: "I think the Sui army is preparing for tomorrow's siege, we might as well divide the soldiers into twelve teams, and the same is true for the people, two teams for each city gate, first a team of soldiers will guard the city, and after two hours, a team of people will take over, and then another team of soldiers, and then another team of people, and no need to pay attention to others." ”

"That's all there is to it!" Chen Zhiluo nodded, although he was very passive, it was really difficult to come up with a way to defeat the enemy.

At the moment, according to Liu Zhi's method, the soldiers and the people were divided into twelve parts, and each city gate had four parts, and let them take turns to defend the city, so that the soldiers actually only slept for two hours less, and each part was fully rested, which did not affect tomorrow's battle.

After about a moment, the gongs and drums sounded again, and the Wei soldiers received Chen Zhiluo's order, although they took strict precautions, they did not take it too seriously.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sound of the gongs and drums to be silent.

The sound of the gongs and drums of the Sui army was very regular, each one sounded once, and Chen Zhiluo, who was lying on the bed, waited for two hours in a row, and found that the Sui army never appeared, so he fell asleep with peace of mind. After two or three hours, the defenders of the city, together with the people, stopped taking it seriously, and the night passed in the dense sound of gongs and drums.

When the pre-dawn darkness came, the defenders were harassed all night by night, and the soldiers and men on duty were drowsy, while most people, including Chen Zhiluo, were relieved to sleep.

A soldier reported to Chen Shao, who was sleeping on the city tower, "General Qiyu, some soldiers have noticed movement outside the city, as if there is the neighing of war horses. ”

"Isn't it like this all night? If it's not so real, how can it have the effect of exhausting soldiers, it's normal to be false and true, true and false..."Chen Shao replied in a daze, and fell asleep again.

The soldier thought about it for a moment and thought that it was right, and the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums all the time.

Outside the city of Songcheng, two groups of people and horses appeared under the city like ghosts.

Pei Xingyan led 10,000 elite horsemen, waiting a mile away from the East City Gate, and 10,000 soldiers behind him waited patiently with weapons in their hands.

Pei Xingyan rode on a war horse, and used the clairvoyant mirror to carefully look at the east city gate a mile away, although it was dark outside, but the city was lit with torches, and he could clearly see the situation at the city gate.

He is also a general who has experienced countless battlefields, and he has long been free of pre-war tension and excitement, no matter whether the soldiers in the city succeed in capturing the lower city gate or not, they must launch a siege battle tonight, no matter what, they must take Song City, and if they are harassed tomorrow night, the Wei army will definitely not be as lax as tonight.

This is not a great plan, but it is aimed at the hearts of the people, and it is therefore a tired plan that has been tried and tested many times.

At this time, the appointed time finally came, and Pei Xingyan, who was assisted by a clairvoyant mirror, clearly saw a group of black-clothed people quietly killing people, and then more and more people poured into the city, and after a while, the drawbridge was slowly lowered, and the city gates on both sides were opened almost at the same time.

"The soldiers have made great achievements today, kill them with me!" When he arrived at the head of the city and opened the code with a torch, Pei Xingyan no longer doubted it.

"Kill."

In the shouting and killing of the mountains and tsunamis, the black and oppressive army poured into the city gate like a torrent of steel, and inside the city, as if Ying and Pei Xingyan, the sound of terrible screams resounded.

The army entered the city.

When the street encountered a panicked Wei army, without Pei Xingyan's order, the general in front fired a strong crossbow, and one by one flashed cold and cold arrows swept the ground, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the defenders.

The sudden arrival of the army frightened the defenders in the east of the city, and they were in chaos, throwing off their armor and fleeing to the city without their lives. However, they were faced with an army of steel, almost from hell, and the soldiers who fled frantically were easily stabbed to death, trampled into mud, and died in a terrible state.

Seeing that the east of the city was already under the control of the Sui army in the city, Pei Xingyan immediately rushed straight towards the street, and everyone ran in a row and shouted: "General Chen has an order, the whole army will stop resisting." ”

"General Chen has an order, and the whole army will stop resisting."

Under Pei Xingyan's instigation, the defenders who heard the news also began to be confused, especially when everyone was "General Chen has an order, the whole army will stop resisting." ”

This undoubtedly made many people believe that it was true, everyone did not know what was going on, and saw the Sui army entering the city in a big way, shouting and killing to the sky, it is estimated that the city gate has been Songcheng is no longer guaranteed, and they have abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

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At this time, Chen Zhiluo, who got the news, hurried to the east of the city, he slept with A, just when he slept too soundly, Dongcheng suddenly broke out with a shouting of killing, and when he went out, he saw that Dongcheng was in flames, which surprised him, and came to the rescue with his personal guards.

Only then did he realize that he had fallen into the hands of the Sui army, and the other party was not a tired tactic at all, but a real siege, and he used common sense to control the Sui army, which led to the occurrence of tonight's incident.

When he reached the street with his guards, he saw a cavalry rushing like a mad tide in the midst of a raging fire, like a raging flood towards him.

"Pei Xingyan?"

Chen Zhiluo's eyes widened, and then he roared bitterly: "Quickly resist the enemy!" ”

gave the order, but Chen Zhiluo himself retreated frantically. If he fought alone, Chen Zhiluo might still dare to break his wrist with Pei Xingyan, but at this moment, in the face of the surging assault of the Sui army, he could only protect himself in order to better command the army to fight.

Pei Xingyan did not pursue, after killing this Wei army, he immediately turned south, and before the defenders who ran out of the barracks reacted, there was a buzz in the sky like a swarm of bees, and many people subconsciously looked up, but saw that there was suddenly something more in the rain.

The cold arrows tore through the air, roaring towards the entire barracks, and in the terrible screams of the Wei army, the poignant blood flowers were extremely dazzling.

After a rain of arrows, the formation that the Wei army had just organized was completely dispersed, Pei Xingyan waved the horse lance in his hand, and said sharply: "Kill with me!" ”

When he reached the south gate, the soldiers who had secretly entered the city with a herringbone ladder were fighting with the defenders of the Wei army, and a fierce battle broke out between the two armies at the gate.

He asked the adjutant general to lead a guard of soldiers to dismount and climb to the top of the city to seize the city, and he himself led the soldiers to kill the city gate, and the horses danced wildly, like a whirlwind swept through the chaotic army, rolling up the stumps and broken arms in the sky.

As the Sui army led by Pei Xingyan was mighty, the soldiers defending the city finally couldn't resist it, and they let go of this cavalry, ran to both sides of the street, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

Hundreds of Sui soldiers rushed into the city cave to open the city gate, the suspension bridge above the city was also lowered, and the generals who had been waiting outside the city for a long time received the order to enter the city, and 5,000 cavalry killed into the city.

Pei Xingyan also ignored the south gate, and took the soldiers who entered the city with him to turn the horse's head and kill to the north.

Chen Zhiluo finally gathered a group of soldiers, but before they could gain a firm foothold, they were crushed by the scattered soldiers and horses.

In less than two moments, most of the city was occupied by the Sui army, Pei Xingyan was relieved this time, and simply led a cavalry army to stare closely at Chen Zhiluo, so that he was unable to command the army at all, while the soldiers on Pei Xingyan's side gradually encroached on the enemy army in the city

Finished!

Chen Zhiluo had no choice but to lead his troops to escape from the city.

He could only retreat all the way to the west, fleeing to Huaiyang to join Li Mi.

"General Chen, don't run away, Pei Xingyan didn't chase him out." After escaping for about five or six miles, a partial general rushed to his side and gasped.

"What?" It was a good thing that the Sui army didn't chase after him, but in Chen Zhiluo's ears, it was like a thunderbolt.

There weren't many Sui troops attacking the city before, and he didn't think that in such a successful battle to break the city, the Sui army would not be out.

"Get up, hurry up!" Chen Zhiluo hurriedly shouted at a group of soldiers: "If you don't leave, don't blame me for not reminding me if you die!" ”

"Kill"

Almost at the same time, in the originally quiet night, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing, and almost the entire earth trembled. Chen Zhiluo hurriedly greeted the prestige, and the first thing that caught his eye was a dense set of torches, illuminating the night as if it were day.

A cavalry slammed into the chaotic Wei army like a black torrent.

"Boom~"

Countless bodies were knocked away, and the cold edge filled the sky, and the screams shook the sky.

Chen Zhiluo watched his remaining army being quickly devoured by this cavalry like a fierce beast in the world, and a sense of depression rose from the bottom of his heart.

"I surrender!"

"I surrender."

In the mournful shouting, the soldiers threw away their weapons one after another, knelt on both sides of the mountain road, and the whistling cavalry ignored these Wei troops and continued to charge and fight.

For the Wei army, this is a desperate battle with no loss and no victory, they are deserters who have experienced a defeat, but now they have to face the famous Sui cavalry, the majestic pressure of the cavalry alone is enough to make these demoralized remnants of the defeated generals frightened, the only remaining will to fight is gone in an instant, and the rest is almost one-sided slaughter and countless Wei soldiers choose to surrender.

Chen Zhiluo watched more and more soldiers choose to surrender, knowing that the general trend had gone, looking at Pei Xingyan who was killed from behind, Chen Zhiluo looked up to the sky and howled, and let out a desperate roar: "Chen Zhiluo is here, Pei Xingyan dares to fight me fairly?" ”

"What qualifications do disloyal and unrighteous master killers have to talk about fairness, and what qualifications do they have to fight fairly with me Pei Xingyan?" Pei Xingyan, who had been paying attention to him for a long time, snorted coldly, slammed off the strong crossbow on horseback, and a sharp arrow shot at Chen Zhiluo like lightning.

Chen Zhi, who lost his mind, was caught off guard, the sharp arrow shot through his throat, let out a muffled snort, and the big knife in his hand fell to the ground and fell to the ground.

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Pei Xingyan handed over this battle to Gao Yaxian, who was ambushed here, and led the pursuers back to Songcheng.

At this time, the main force of the Sui army had all entered the city, and controlled all the gates of Song City, and every household in the city closed their doors and closed their doors, hiding at home and not daring to go out, nor daring to open the door to let the outside enter their own homes, so as not to fall into the name of collaborating with the enemy.

Groups of Sui cavalry held torches high and galloped across the streets and alleys of Songcheng, driving out the Wei deserters and routs hidden in all corners, and those who resisted were killed on the spot, and those who took the opportunity to loot were also arrested and beheaded on the streets, and groups of Wei soldiers were driven by the Sui army to the city square to concentrate.