Under the blazing firelight, Yang Gongren, who heard the news, looked at the open camp gate and couldn't help laughing: "Even the empty city plan has been used?" ”

Zuo Tiancheng looked at the gate strangely, "Could it be a trick to lure the enemy?" Xu Shiji is cunning and abnormal, and he must be guarded against. ”

The first general said: "I don't think it's like this, Xu Shiji's move is to imitate Shu Zhan's 'empty city plan' in the Spring and Autumn Period, we know that he still has an army of 30,000, what is the benefit of him doing this?" It's clear that it's just a trick. ”

"No, Xu Shiji deliberately learned the empty city plan, showing that this was an empty camp, which made us misunderstand, but in fact he did the opposite. There must be an ambush here, and our army will definitely hit the trick if it rashly advances. ”

Yang Gongren looked at the fire-filled and silent Wei army camp, and said with a smile: "The camp gates are all open, and there is no need for slave soldiers, just go directly to the fire horse, and all the armies will besiege the gates of the camp and prepare to arrest people." ”

"Whoa."

"Knock, knock, knock......"

The sound of huge war drums resounded through the heavens and the earth, and in the passionate sound of war drums, tens of thousands of Sui soldiers broke through it like a tide meeting a reef. The earth began to tremble slightly, and the cavalry all over the mountains and fields were like two monstrous angry waves heading towards the two gates of the Wei army camp, but the Wei army camp was like a leaf boat in the stormy waves at this time.

"General, do you want to fight?" In the battalion, one of the generals leaned towards Xu Shiji, and his hand on the handle of the knife trembled a little.

"Hit? How to fight? Look at the soldiers of our army again. At this moment, Xu Shiji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to find that his underwear was already soaked.

Xu Shiji sighed secretly, although the soldiers of the Wei army have fought in the Central Plains for many years and are veterans of a hundred battles, including him, it is the first time to see such a large-scale cavalry, and the power of tens of thousands of Sui cavalry is like a tide, and it gives people a feeling of incomparable under the wild run, and the momentum alone is enough to win people's hearts. Isn't it a food delivery when you go out to fight? The so-called 'cavalry on foot' is just a forced tactic. The key to victory is not in the class, but in tactics. If you have enough elite cavalry, who is full of food and supports to study the tactics of 'cavalry with foot'. In the wilderness, the only thing that can really compete with the cavalry is the cavalry. From ancient times to the present, in the battle with the foreign cavalry, many 'big victories' are actually the results of human lives, sometimes wounding 10,000 enemies, but their own side has to pay the price of 20,000 people, the reason is that the alien race uses the advantage of cavalry to harass and hunt the slow-moving Central Plains army again and again.

As a general, Xu Shiji also hopes that one day he will be able to lead such a cavalry that looks down on the world and dominates the world.

When the general heard this, he turned his head to look, but saw that although the defenders around him were not in the slightest confusion, they were already a little panicked when they saw the overwhelming momentum of the other party, once the war started, how much combat power could these people exert?

And at this time, the north gate of the Wei army camp.

Hundreds of damaged war horses were pulled out, and Yang Gongren said loudly: "Ignite." ”

Under Yang Gongren's order, war horses carrying thatch and dousing fire oil were set on fire one after another. Because Yang Gongren knew that although the 'Fire Bull Array' appeared on the battlefield countless times, it failed many times, and the reason for the failure was that the loser did not know enough about the specific operation method of the Fire Bull Array.

On the other hand, if the 'Fire Bull and Fire Horse' is not controlled, it will be easy for a single cow or horse to turn around and run backwards, which of course will fail. Yang Gongren is a character who has read history books and military books, so he naturally will not make this kind of mistake of 'knowing what it is and not knowing why it is'.

He followed the example of Tian Dan, and had the necks of the three horses joined together with sticks, and clamped them from both sides with flails on the outer edge, so that the fire horses could only bow their heads and charge forward side by side, if they did not use this method, the fire horses would run into a disorderly manner, and they would most likely injure themselves.

The fire suddenly crackled and crackled, and quickly burst into flames. Hundreds of horses were burned all over their bodies in severe pain, and rushed madly towards the gate of the other party's camp, the sound of hooves knocking on the ground and the sound of the war horses tearing was especially terrifying at this moment.

Because the Sui army set fire horses at the camp gate, so rows of fire horses rushed into the Wei army camp as they wished.

The north gate, east gate, and west gate were all impacted by fire horses, and the barracks in three directions were smeared with fire oil and hidden with flammable materials by Xu Shiji, and a raging fire ignited in a moment. At the same time, the cavalry of the Sui army, which was cruising outside, shot rockets at the camp, like stars falling, which was spectacular.

10,000 rockets are 10,000 kindling, and in an instant, the fire spreads, the fire burns rapidly, the smoke billows and the tongue of flame rolls into the sky, engulfing the entire camp. Fires lit up the night sky.

The sudden fire made the Wei soldiers in the camp cry their fathers and mothers, turn around and run away, everyone pushed me, trampled on each other, and the cries and screams resounded.

The entire camp was like a hexagonal shape wrapped in flames, and only the avenue connected by the four gates was still unobstructed and could be used as an escape route, but Yang Gongren had already prepared for the cavalry to use strong bows and hard crossbows to release arrows at the door.

The combat strength and strength of the Wei soldiers were not as good as the Great Sui army, coupled with this sudden sky-rushing flame, the flames in the sky immediately surged with a strong sense of fear and a strong desire to survive, making them desperately want to rush out.

But although the Wei soldiers resisted desperately for their own sake, they encountered the most elite soldiers of the main battle corps. These soldiers were born to fight, all of them experienced in a hundred battles, and their wills were stronger than steel. And they all know that this fire was prepared by the Wei army for their own side, if the commander hadn't found out early, it would be themselves who were burned now, so how big the fire is, how much hatred in the hearts of the Sui army soldiers is, and the Sui soldiers who hate it to the bone and are as fierce as tigers have become fierce beasts, and they are ruthless and ruthless to kill the Wei army, without mercy.

"Exit the South Gate."

Xu Shiji stood there in a daze, not moving, as if he hadn't heard or seen anything, as if his soul was out of his body. He never dreamed that all his means would become a crematorium for the soldiers of the Wei army in the end, and because of his own thoughts, the camp was so easily breached, and the military camp was lost, and these Sui troops in front of him would take advantage of the victory to go south, and pursue and defeat Lebotong and Wenren Sui'an without any worries, in short, everything is his responsibility, he is the sinner of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Xu Shiji suddenly pulled out the sword on his waist and wiped it off his neck, and the captain next to him saw that the master was about to lose his soul, and he had already prepared, seeing that he was trying to kill himself, he grabbed Xu Shiji's arm and took his sword, and he didn't care whether Xu Shiji agreed, and said loudly: "Break through to the south gate." ”

The order was given, and the drums sounded.

The Wei soldiers had a clear direction of escape, and those who abandoned their armor fled south. However, before they left the range of the firelight, there was another shout of killing in front of them, and the horses' hooves shook the sky. I saw two cavalry from the south killing in a goose-shaped formation, like a hideous big scissors, opening their mouths and cutting towards the Wei army.

"Surround the enemy army, and those who surrender will not die!"

Mai Zhongcai, who came back with the troops, shouted loudly.

'Woo, woo, woo......'

In the darkness, the horn sounded on behalf of the encirclement order, and groups of Sui soldiers slowly approached the Wei deserters and intercepted the fleeing Wei soldiers. The voice of "surrender or death" resounded. As if waking up from a dream, the Wei deserters threw away their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

When the Wei army deserters surrendered, Xu Shiji's army, which was closely guarded by hundreds of cavalry, was particularly obvious, they ran five hundred steps, and a guard cavalry came diagonally, and they opened their bows and arrows together, and more than a thousand arrows fell like a storm, and Xu Shiji's personal soldiers were caught off guard, and they all screamed and planted from their horses.

Xu Shiji's right shoulder was also hit by an arrow, the severe pain made him wake up from the loss of consciousness, although he was trying his best to control his body, but his war horse had been shot countless arrows, let out a long hiss, ran forward a few zhang and fell hard, Xu Shiji was lifted out of a zhang away, at this time, without waiting for the remnants of the soldiers to come forward to protect, the Sui cavalry rushed to kill, stabbed them all to death, and then vigilantly surrounded Xu Shiji.

Xu Shiji struggled to stand up, drew his sword in his hand, not to kill the enemy, but only to kill himself.

At this time, Yang Gongren, who was dressed in armor, arrived under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, he looked at Xu Shiji with curious eyes, and asked, "You are Xu Shiji?" ”

Xu Shiji smiled miserably: "That's right, I am Xu Shiji." ”

Yang Gongren said: "You persuaded Zhai Rang to rob the canal property to raise the army, so that Wagang was greatly revitalized, and when Wang Shichong led the army to defeat Li Mi, he defeated Wang Shichong many times with strange tricks. Every time you command a march to battle, you plan it well. When facing the enemy, the behavior should be appropriate. You are both civil and military, resourceful, handsome, and capable of being a national minister. ”

Xu Shiji was stunned: "The general has won the award, how can the general of the defeated army be enough, if I really have this ability, there will be no defeat today." ”

"This is not my evaluation of you, it is the Holy One." Yang Gongren said.

Xu Shiji was surprised, his reputation in Wei was not low, but above the Great Sui Dynasty, it is estimated that few people took him seriously, how could Yang Tong, the first male lord of the contemporary era, attach so much importance to him and give him such a high evaluation

"The Chinese martial arts of the dynasty are all saints who have the insight and wisdom of talents, and they are reused, and it has been proved that the saints have never looked at the wrong people, if it were not brought out by the saints, there would be no me Yang Gongren today, so the saints said that you have the posture of a famous handsome and the ability of the country, then you Xu Shiji must have it." And you are both civil and military, and resourceful, how can we take it lightly? The general trend is in Sui, and manpower is irretrievable. Now Li Mi is assisted by Jiang Taigong, Bai Qi, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Han Xin, and he can't change the outcome of his defeat. ”

Xu Shiji never dreamed that this Yang Gongren would comfort himself, but if he thought about it carefully, the general trend was indeed inviolable, and it was beyond human power to change, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "General Yang said it well, today's Sui Dynasty can be described as a great trend, and those who go along will prosper and those who rebel will die, but I will never surrender." ”

"If you don't surrender, I'll kill all these captives." Yang Gongren's eyes immediately became cold.

"You dare." Xu Shiji said angrily.

"What don't I Yang Gongren dare, it's a big deal to say that your whole army was wiped out and burned clean by a fire, if you don't believe it, you can give it a try."

"You ......" Xu Shiji looked at the soldiers covered in blood, his heart was full of shame, and he felt a sense of self-pity, he made such a big mistake, how could he harm these Wei soldiers again, the long sword in his hand fell to the ground involuntarily, making a crisp sound.

Yang Gongren said with a smile: "Since he has become a Sui minister, should General Xu express his expression?" ”

"How?" Xu Shiji looked at this sinister old guy angrily.

"It is to let all the Wei troops in Pengcheng County abandon their weapons and surrender." Without waiting for Xu Shiji to speak, Yang Gongren said with righteousness and awe: "This is not for my Great Sui Dynasty, let alone for myself, but it is not easy for everyone to survive in the troubled times, and it is a blessing to live until now." Anyway, Li Mi is not far from death, so why bother to kill more? And even if you don't agree, I will take you to walk in a city, and when the Wei army sees that you are defeated, few people will resist stubbornly. ”

"Also, if you dare to commit suicide, I will kill your parents and children and Shan Xiongxin's children."

Finally, Yang Gongren also warned.

"Old thief, you dare." Xu Shiji was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Yang Gongren said nonchalantly: "You yourself say that those who go along will prosper and those who rebel will die, why is it wrong for me to kill the family members of the thieves?" Raising tigers for trouble is definitely not my style of Dasui, but if you are loyal to the country, everyone is your own people, so naturally there is no such thing as cutting grass and eradicating the roots. ”

Xu Shiji hung his head and was so angry that he didn't even bother to get angry.

。。。。。。。

As Yang Gongren expected.

With the end of this night battle, everything became victorious.

Xu Shiji is the soul of the Wei army in Pengcheng County, with his 'surrender', this is a devastating blow to the morale of the Wei army, and the next thing becomes a matter of course, Yang Gongren asked the soldiers to hold Xu Shiji's letter of persuasion, and send it to the city, everywhere they went, the Wei soldiers all opened the door to surrender, and accepted the Sui army's incorporation without resistance. In the meantime, although a small group of soldiers who were diehard Li Mi resisted, they could not become the climate.

This is not only Pengcheng County, but also includes the six counties of Qian County on the right, these Wei troops saw that the general trend had gone, and the people were already panicking, and the Sui army was frequently dispatched, and Li Mi and his diehards were in Huaiyang, so as soon as Xu Shiji's letter arrived, he did not hesitate to abandon his weapons and surrender.

This kind of thing that has been famous in history because of both loyalty and righteousness sounds lofty, but looking at the ancient and modern thousands of years, how many people are really famous in history? At least these Wei soldiers didn't think it was a wise choice to fight to the death, so it was better to go with the flow and live for a dozen or decades longer.