The night shrouds Xiyang County, the starlight is dim, August has entered autumn, and the night breeze in Danshui is a little cooler. Under the darkness of the night, a team of more than 20,000 people marched overnight, the ranks were neat and orderly, the soldiers were dressed in armor, holding long contradictory cards, walking vigorously, and in good spirits, it could be seen from the quiet of the march that they were by no means a rabble.

The team marched along the shores of Danshui at a rapid pace, with the glittering Danshui on one side and a large dense forest on the other, with undulating hills and mountains, and groups of scouts explored the way ahead, from time to time transmitting the news of nothing to happen to the Chinese army.

After receiving Li Shimin's information, he knew that the Outer Military Pass had no value to Li Tang, so he immediately followed Li Shimin's order and led the Tang army stationed at the Outer Military Pass to retreat quietly and methodically at night.

Zhang Shigui is a native of Hongnong Lushi County, and is very familiar with Xiyang, although the situation of the Tang Army in Xiyang County is extremely bad, but as long as he returns to Danshui County, he will be under Zhang Shigui's control, and he can attack and retreat, and he will be invincible.

He has learned martial arts since he was a child, his arm strength is outstanding, he is good at riding and shooting, he has drunk countless bloody men with a horse lance, he has a calm personality, he is very low-key, and his sense of existence in the Li Tang Dynasty is not strong. But that's not to say that he's mentally inferior to others......

"Father, do you think the Sui army will come to attack us?" Zhang Shigui's eldest son, Zhang Yao, looked at his father worriedly.

Zhang Shigui smiled: "Of course the Sui army will send troops to attack us, but we don't have to be afraid, we are not the focus of the Sui army, as long as we reach Danshui County, we will be safe." ”

"Is my father talking about King Jin?" Zhang Yao said.

Zhang Shigui saw that his son was a little nervous, so he said: "King Jin is the son-in-law of the saint, and he is the first general of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many soldiers under his command, his value is much higher than that of our father and son, and the Sui army is not stupid, how can he come to deal with us first?" What's more, if we retreat quickly, the Sui army may not know our whereabouts. ”

Zhang Yao was silent for a while, and when he saw that he was surrounded by his father's cronies, he said, "Father, is Yang Tong really that powerful?" ”

Zhang Shigui said: "Although he is the enemy, but I have to say that Yang Tong does have courage, has a strategic vision, first destroy the weak and then attack the strong, when he occupies an absolute advantage, the people of the world do not think that he will go south, if he has Jizhou, Youzhou, and the state when he goes south, these three heroes will inevitably unite to resist the Sui, thus making him fall into the quagmire of war." But he unexpectedly attacked Hulu in the north, so Wang Shichong, Li Mi and Dou Jiande were relieved to chase the Central Plains, and the three of them became weaker and weaker and weaker, and he not only stabilized the rear, obtained national righteousness, and supported the people of the Sui Dynasty with the wealth of foreign races, but also weakened each other in the war. If the King of Jin and the Shengshang can each stabilize the army and will not fail, Yang Tong will fight Xuzhou next, and then Jiangnan, as long as Jiangnan is captured, the general trend of the world will be decided. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shigui took another breath: "Speaking of which, my Tang Dynasty was originally the strongest, with the support of the Longwang magnates, the Kwantung Shi clan, and the Jiangnan Shi clan, Guan Long, who occupies the land of Longxing, the merge of the rivers and mountains in the table, and the Bashu of the land of the hidden dragon, the momentum is unparalleled for a while, as if it is the strong Qin of the Warring States, if the soldiers serve their orders, the monarchs and ministers are of the same heart, the civil and military are of the same morality, and the clan is united, then my Tang Dynasty will be today's Sui Dynasty." It's a pity that Datang's internal strife ruined the good future. ”

"Why does my father think Datang has this situation? The child was puzzled. Zhang Yao obviously thought about this as well.

Zhang Shigui felt that he should teach his son, so he waved his hand to let the guards disperse, so as not to let outsiders disturb and listen, arranged everything, and walked with his son, and then said softly: "This is actually the responsibility of the saint, from the beginning he should not be crowned the king of Jin as the king of Jin, the king of Qi, the king of Chu, the king of Wei, the king of Yan, the king of Han, the king of Wu, and the king of Yue, but the king of Qin, Jin, and Yong can not be sealed, the king of Qin is the lord of Guanzhong, and it is easy to get the support of the Guanlong magnates, and the king of Jin and the king of Yong in the Sui Dynasty are the titles of the prince before entering the East Palace, Emperor Wen of Sui originally named Emperor Wu of Sui as the king of Jin, and Emperor Wu of Sui named Prince Zhaode as King Yong, which was the prelude to the establishment of the prince, so until now, the king of Jin and the king of Yong have strong hints; And the saint named the king of Jin as the king of Jin, which has the source of civil strife. ”

Zhang Yao thought for a moment and said softly: "Maybe the crown prince is too old, which makes the saint feel threatened. ”

Zhang Shigui praised: "It's not easy for you to see this. It is indeed the case that the Holy Lord canonized the King of Jin as the King of Jin and the Shang Shu Order, and allowed him to recruit his own subordinate officials, which are all the rights that the prince has, and the right to canonize the King of Jin as a military attache of the six grades is not available to the prince. Do you know what it all means? It was to put pressure on the crown prince to set his sights on the menacing King of Jin, not on the throne of the saint. This is a very clever balancing technique, the emperors of all dynasties have been like this, and it is understandable for the saint to do this, but the saint did it too early, he should have destroyed Yang Dong, a strong enemy, or unified the south of the Yellow River, and then played with the imperial power technique. It's a pity that the saint is too anxious. ”

Zhang Shigui sighed and continued: "The world has gradually become a three-legged trend; On top of national politics, the Sui and Tang dynasties were like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who faced off from the north and south; Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, in order to seize the big position, fought in the same room, turned against each other, and were eliminated by Cao Cao one by one, otherwise with the vastness of the four states, he Cao Cao is like a god with soldiers, and he can also hold out for a long, long time, and even use the strong national strength to drag Cao Cao, who is short of money and food, and has enemies all around. And Cao Cao was very smart, at that time, his son not to mention the cultivation of power, even with the courtiers too close, can be disciplined, this is Cao Cao's wisdom, in the world has not yet been unified, he needs the courtiers' energy to focus on the great cause, not because of the distraction of the world. ”

"Yang Tong's strength is stronger than Yuan Shao's, and the monarchs and ministers are of one heart and one mind, just like Cao Cao during the Yuan Cao dispute, which can be said to be a combination of the strengths of the two, but not the shortcomings of the two; I, Datang, are diametrically opposite, taking advantage of the disadvantages of the two to the fullest. ”

Zhang Yao pondered for a while, and then asked, "If the Holy Lord is lost and knows that he has returned, is there any hope for Datang?" ”

"It's hard! My Tang Dynasty lost too much in front, the vitality was greatly damaged, the national strength was exhausted, the Bashu Jingxiang was young and strong, the people under the rule of the people were heavily taxed, the people's grievances were boiling, and the royal nobles were rampant in the manor, drunk and dreamed of death, plus the army was repeatedly defeated, lost the city and lost the land, and the government and the opposition were all lost; And the strong enemies in the north of the Sui Dynasty are all prostrate on the ground, there is no border trouble, and the momentum is huge, but Yang Dong is not impatient, with absolute strength step by step, little by little encroaching on the land of the Tang Dynasty, without revealing the slightest flaw, even if there is a flaw, it is also made up by a huge number of troops, so that my soldiers can not show their weaknesses with strange soldiers, this is an absolute gap in strength, and all conspiracies and tricks are difficult to see results. Unless there is a major mistake within Yang Tong, such as a big defeat, an internal rebellion, or perhaps an invasion by foreign enemies, which distracts the energy of the Sui army, thus giving my Datang a chance to breathe, otherwise, my Datang is under Yang Tong's step-by-step pressure, and the situation is becoming more and more difficult day by day. Zhang Shigui was also a little confused, if Li Tang was defeated, where would his father and son go?

"Does my father think there will be a rebellion in the Sui Dynasty?" Zhang Yao asked.

"From the six years of chaos in the great cause to the present, it has long been the people's minds, and the people have finally lived a good life, who will rebel? What's more, the Sui Dynasty's policy of benefiting the people was unprecedented, and the people regarded the family as an enemy, how could they welcome the Tang Dynasty, which was rampant? ”

"Isn't there any hope for Datang?"

"Not necessarily!" Zhang Shigui shook his head and said, "As long as Tang Wei forms an alliance, there is still a chance!" However, brothers cannot share life and death and weal and woe, and both countries are afraid that they will suffer losses and take advantage of each other, so how can they be of one heart and one mind? Well, these are not things that our father and son should be concerned about, and it is not appropriate to talk about them too much, it is not good for people to hear. You only need to know that brothers are united and their profits are broken, and it is very gratifying to be a father. ”

"The child obeys his father's instruction."

"General, Dan Sankou will be here soon!" At this time, a scout came on horseback and reported the military situation to Zhang Shigui: "Do you want to rest on the spot, or continue to travel east?" ”

Dansankou is the place where the two tributaries converge into Fanshui, the terrain is relatively flat, it is already Danshui County, Zhang Shigui estimated, they have walked at least more than 60 miles, because the Sui army has entered, but can not take the right road, there will be a long and rugged riverbank, if you march in the dark, I am afraid that if you are not careful, you will fall into Danshui, seeing that it is not far from dawn, he said: "Don't worry, rest on the spot, we will set off after dawn." ”

"No!" The scout rode away and hurried to the front army to deliver orders.

Order to go down.

The 20,000 exhausted Tang troops rested on the spot, and more than 100 scouts scattered in all directions, vigilantly paying attention to the peripheral situation, they were not worried about the enemy attacking, but Zhang Shigui was strict in governing the army, and paid special attention to the arrangement of light and dark sentinels during the march.

However, crises usually come unprepared, Zhang Shigui never dreamed, he always thought that the Sui army that was mainly aimed at Li Shimin had already sneaked to his side, which was also Zhang Shigui's misunderstanding, he thought that Li Shimin was the king of Jin, and he would become the first choice for the Sui army to attack, after all, it was Li Yuan's son-in-law, once captured or killed, it would be a great achievement, and tactically speaking, the Sui army in Xinan should also cooperate with Xue Wanjun to break through Zhuyang Pass, welcome Xue Wanjun's army to enter, and then converge to the south.

But Luo Shixin, firstly, is not a person who acts according to common sense, secondly, he has confidence in Xue Wanjun, knowing that when he arrives at Zhuyang Pass, I am afraid that he will not be able to play the slightest role, he thinks that instead of helping Xue Wanjun clean up the battlefield, it is better to eat the defenders of Waiwuguan, which is much better than going to Zhuyangguan to pick up leaks, and Waiwuguan is a pass of northern defense, and there is no need to attack the city at all, with the combat power of the Xiaoguo army, 20,000 Tang troops are not a problem at all, and in order to prevent the defenders of Waiwuguan from running away when they hear the news, he did not take the right road, Like Zhang Shigui, he went north along the Danshui, this time, the two armies just collided together, and compared with Zhang Shigui, who was marching locally, Luo Shixin, who took advantage of the enemy's territory, was undoubtedly several times more vigilant, so he discovered the enemy's traces one step ahead of Luo Shigui and set up an ambush circle here.

The Xiaoguo army led by Luo Shixin hid in the southwest of Zhang Shigui's army for about two miles, close to the direction of Xunxiang, so that Zhang Shigui did not find their existence, but at that time, the black army was already lined up, and when he heard that the Tang army had rested on the spot, under the moonlight, Luo Shixin's eyes flashed with excitement.

He slowly picked up the cold iron spear, and looked up at the crescent moon flickering under the clouds, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he killed outside the plug many times, which made him like to fight in the moonlight very much, and he didn't know why, until there was a small talk, only to find that Yang Tong also liked to fight in the moonlight, because there is a violent beauty in fighting in this environment, it is the aesthetics of violence, which made Luo Shixin suddenly realize that while killing and the beautiful night on the other hand, isn't it the beauty of violence?

He Luo Shixin likes violent beauty, but Zhang Shigui may not like it, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the blade of the gun drew an arc in the moonlight, pointing straight ahead.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

The horn of the charge whimpered, the low and desolate horn sounded throughout the field, and the ready Xiaoguo army burst out into an earth-shattering cry when they heard the sound, giving full vent to the courage they had accumulated for a long time.

Thousands of horses galloped, overwhelming, like a tsunami setting off a heavy wave, and the sound of heavy horses' hooves was like a burst of muffled thunder on the flat ground, making the earth tremble, quiet and broken, and swept away towards Zhang Shigui's army with a black line of blindness.

Zhang Shigui's army found the ambush when the horn sounded, and the Tang army, which was lying on the ground resting, was suddenly in chaos, they marched in the middle of the night, and they were already exhausted, Zhang Shigui's order to rest, he seized the time to rest, and some people even fell asleep, it was not easy to quickly form a combat formation and combat formation, and Zhang Shigui was also so shocked that his scalp exploded.

Zhang Shigui slapped his head in annoyance, hating himself for being too careless, but now it is too late to hate, he must organize a formation battle, Zhang Shigui shouted to the deputy general Gongsun Wuda: "General Gongsun, you quickly take 5,000 soldiers to drag the enemy army and buy me time!" ”

"Yes!"

Gongsun Wuda also made the herald blow the horn of the charge, and the five thousand elites immediately followed him to meet the Sui army a mile away.

Zhang Shigui's army was quickly concentrated, but at this time it was too late to line up, so he had to let the ready soldiers in front, and he could only rely on Gongsun Wuda to resist the impact of the Sui army and buy time to restore the infantry combat formation.

The Xiaoguo army ran closer and closer, and finally collided with Zhang Shigui's five thousand sharp soldiers, Luo Shixin secretly bowed his head, this Zhang Shigui was praised by the saint as a rare famous general, so everyone must be careful when encountering this person, and no matter what the level of his arrangement of troops is, just this decision to make a response and trade-off in an instant, there are few people, as for the Tang army he encountered, no general did this step, but unfortunately he met a Li Yuan who only valued the royal family and only re-born, if he was in the Great Sui, there must be a place for him.

It's just that Zhang Shigui is not leading the Sui army, and he wants to regain his disadvantage in the face of adversity?

Think beautifully.

Luo Shixin Junlang's face showed a sneer, today let you turtles see the benefits of the Great Sui crossbow.

He waved his spear high on his horse and shouted, "Shoot the arrow." ”

"Buzz!"

The bowstring shook, and a rain of arrows rose from the Xiaoguo army, shooting at the Tang army with their heads covered and their faces covered.

"Puff Puff"

The sharp three-edged arrow blade easily tore apart the leather armor on Tang Jun's body, stabbed it into the flesh, and screamed miserably when the arrow was hit, and fell to the ground one after another.

After three rounds of arrow rain in a row, Gongsun Wuda's incomplete formation has been scattered, and it is no longer stable.

"Kill!"

Luo Shixin hooked the crossbow, clamped the horse's belly, neighed the BMW under his crotch, and rushed towards the enemy.

The cold iron spear stabbed like lightning, and then retracted like a poisonous letter, and the corpse of a Tang army that had lost its support suddenly fell from the sky. Luo Shixin castrated unabated, and excitedly fully unfolded his strength, and the spear in his hand instantly transformed into ice flowers, ten thousand gun shadows, and in an instant, he stabbed out a hundred times at an unimaginable speed, and the Tang army in front of him did not react, so he fell down with a series of shots.

The oncoming enemy had no generals, and all of them were killed by him, and the guards behind him were winged left and right, like a huge arrow, fiercely into the Tang army's formation, and teared a hole fiercely. Xin Fang'er led the Xiaoguo army to follow closely behind, widening the rifts one by one, and crushing all the obstacles in front of him.

The Xiaoguo army chiseled through the intercepted Tang army of Gongsun Wuda, and rushed into the Tang army group like a raging storm, Xin Fang'er roared, brandished the wolf's tooth lance to pick up a general, the wolf's tooth spear flew left and right, and the dead body rolled on the tip of his lance, and the Xiaoguo army launched a bloody killing in the Tang army group.

This was an asymmetrical unilateral killing, the infantry played against the cavalry in a formation, but the Xiaoguo army came too fast, and did not give Zhang Shigui the slightest time for the quasi-army, only killing the Tang army's head, and the chaotic Tang army was like a flock of sheep, which could only be devoured by the wolves. The Xiaoguo army galloped across the Tang army to kill, no matter how the enemy wailed and begged for mercy, they did not show mercy, in fact, at this time, they did not hear anything from the other party, they shouted like thunder, only to kill the Tang army lost their souls, crying and scattering and fleeing.

The tragic battle is especially in the Chinese army, in the melee, Luo Shixin wielded the cold iron spear, extremely brave, he is a horse and a horse, his arms have the strength of a thousand catties, a big gun dances out of nowhere, those who block him die, those who stop him die, invincible, kill the enemy army who wants to form a formation is all over the field, and the blood stains the field.

The sudden killing of the Xiaoguo army caused Zhang Shigui's personal guards to be in chaos, they could not resist the fierce impact of the Xiaoguo army, and the pro-soldier lieutenant was so anxious that he shouted: "General, the Sui army is too strong, and the soldiers can't form a formation." ”

Zhang Shigui felt a wail in his heart, he knew that as long as he withdrew, the soldiers would collapse, but if he didn't withdraw, he couldn't do it, the Sui army had already killed seventy paces away, and arrows were shooting at them like a dense rain.

At this time, his son Zhang Yao screamed, and a stray arrow hit him in the right shoulder, Zhang Shigui's eyes widened in shock, and he yelled: "How is Yao'er?" ”

Zhang Yao shouted with difficulty: "Father, there is no way to do it, only to retreat south!" Take advantage of the rough terrain to stop the cavalry. ”

Zhang Shigui was in great pain in his heart, he saw that the eastern sky, it was already white, the sky was already light, his army had walked from last night to almost dawn, as long as it was dawn, it would not be so slaughtered by the Sui army, but unfortunately it fell short before dawn.

Zhang Shigui gritted his teeth and shouted, "Withdraw!" ”

Zhang Shigui's army retreated to the south, and after a stormy slaughter, the Sui army achieved brilliant results, and Luo Shixin immediately ordered the army to pursue.

The Sui army pursued all the way to the difficult section of the road before it had no choice but to stop, but it also killed Zhang Shigui's army all over the ground, and countless people knelt and surrendered.

The massacre lasted only more than half an hour, the 20,000 Tang army completely collapsed, and Zhang Shigui only had a few thousand remnants of his troops to flee back to Danshui County.

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