On this day, Lu Chu and Duan Da led 40,000 reinforcements to arrive at Tiger Prison Pass, and Wang Shishi personally came out to greet him, "We are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and we have finally looked forward to Lord Shangshu." ”

Lu Chu is a Confucian general, an upright person, and has great prestige among the Kwantung scholars, who is not only outstanding in literature, but also able to lead troops to fight, but he is not deep in the city, and he is full of joy and anger, he did not hide his dislike for Wang Shishi, and asked coldly: "What is the current situation of the Wagang anti-thieves?" ”

Wang Shishi was annoyed in his heart, but he still greeted him with a smile and said, "The Wagang army is dealing with the corpses under the city, and the morale is not too strong!" ”

"Really?" Before Lu Chu left, Emperor Yang Qi repeatedly instructed him to focus on the overall situation, thinking of the heavy responsibility of attacking the Wagang army, Lu Chu stopped asking and nodded, "Let's go into the city and talk about it in detail!" ”

He urged the horse to go to the city, Duan Da and Wang Shishi inadvertently exchanged glances, and the two followed Lu Chu into the city with understanding.

In the military hall, Wang Shishi hung out a map and said to Lu Chu and Duan Da: "This time the Wagang army attacked the Tiger Prison Pass mainly by the army of Shan Xiongxin and Meng Rang, and Zhai Rang and Li Mi are currently leading the main army in Liang County, probably preparing to intercept Yu Wenhua and advance north and west, so this is an opportunity for us." ”

"How many people are there in the Wagang Army outside the city, and where are they now?" Lu Chu asked.

"After more than a month of fierce fighting, they are also a little exhausted, and there are still about 100,000 of them, and now they have retreated to the area of Xingze County, Xingyang County to rest."

"Can General Wang be sure?"

Wang Shishi nodded, "Their military rations are mainly supplied by the Tongji Canal, so Xingze is the logistics center of their military rations. ”

Duan Da asked again, "Then General Wang thinks we should deal with the Wagang army?" ”

Wang Shishi said with a smile: "I have been dealing with the Wagang Army for more than a year, and I also know something about the Wagang Army, their biggest problem is that they are handsome and weak, and the generals are strong, not so much that Zhai Rang is the lord of Wagang, it is better to say that Zhai Rang is a force in the Wagang Army, except for Li Mi, who is equivalent to his strength, the other allied forces are self-contained, take Shan Xiongxin and Meng Rang as an example, they are distinct, and neither of them can command anyone, and they are in their own positions." Zhai Rang and Li Mi were at odds with each other, which led to their subordinates being hostile to each other. Although the main general this time is nominally Shan Xiongxin, Meng Rang is Li Mi's person, and he does not listen to Shan Xiongxin's deployment at all, and the two of them are not together in the camp. Moreover, Shan Xiongxin is outside the city of Xingze, so the best tactic to annihilate the Wagang army is to concentrate troops and break them individually! ”

Zhai Rang and Li Mi are well known, both of them wish that the other party would be exterminated by the imperial court, Shan Xiongxin and Meng Rang are afraid that the same, Lu Chu said: "General Wang's plan can be adopted, rest today, and send troops to the east at night, and strive to annihilate a Wagang army before dawn." ”

Duan Da and Wang Shishi glanced at each other and said, "Lord Shangshu, this is too risky. ”

Lu Chu waved his hand and said: "The Wagang army is also a tired army, and I didn't know that our reinforcements had arrived. ”

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As the night deepened, Lu Chu led an army of 40,000 to run towards Xingze

Lu Chu was cautious all the way, led the army to the east, and after walking for about two hours, the army gradually approached the camp in Yingze County. Lu Chu was more careful, and he sent someone to inquire about the news, for a moment. The soldier came back and reported to him: "My lord, the Wagang army has laxed its defenses. ”

"Immediately send the order down, and in a quarter of an hour, attack the camp and let General Fang Wei rear his palace to ensure safety." Lu Chu commanded.

"No!"

After the order was issued, the soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands one by one, and the eyes of the big camp flashed with murderous aura.

When time passed slowly like a trickle, Lu Chu glanced at the night, got on his war horse, drew his sword, and shouted: "Great Sui warriors, today is the beginning of the destruction of the Wagang army, kill !! ”

"Kill!!" The lurking army, under the leadership of the general, immediately charged fiercely towards the Wagang army camp.

On the tower of the camp gate, the soldiers who were already sleepy heard the loud screams, and immediately looked up, looked at the oncoming army, and immediately rang the bell and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack." ”

However, just after shouting, the feather arrow flew sideways, and one feather arrow was shot at him, and after a wail, the whole person fell from the barracks.

But the soldiers in the barracks also heard it, and immediately shouted one after another, and the soldiers woke up from their sleep, and rushed out after hearing this.

At this time, the Sui army had already attacked the barracks, the cavalry was the vanguard, the infantry followed, the battle broke out instantly, with the advantage of the surprise attack and the huge impact of the cavalry, the Sui army soon gained the upper hand, one by one torches were thrown to the tents in the barracks, and suddenly the fire spread, and the fire was in the sky, illuminating the night sky.

More than 50,000 people in Shan Xiongxin's department were shot and killed, and the screams rang out. Seeing the city gate of Xingze County erected, they were defeated and retreated to the city management side!

The Sui army covered up all the way, killing them so much that their corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

Before dawn, the Sui army pursued to a forest, and Lu Chu ordered: "Poor Kou Mo chase, the whole army stops advancing!" Rest in place. ”

And just as the Sui army was resting on the spot, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! The earth-shattering war drums sounded, this was the order to encircle and attack, tens of thousands of Wagang troops suddenly shouted and killed from all directions, Meng Rang led five thousand cavalry to rush to the front, rushing to the back of the Sui army.

The Sui army was completely blinded by this sudden Wagang army, although they fought desperately, but after a fierce battle in the middle of the night, they were already sleepy and tired, and were killed by tens of thousands of troops, and 5,000 cavalry took the lead in killing the back of the Sui army, tearing the Sui army's formation, and the Sui army suffered countless casualties on the battlefield, crying and screaming.

Five thousand cavalry rushed continuously, dividing the Sui army into more than a dozen pieces, and the Sui soldiers were in a mess, no longer obeying the commander's command, and began to break through separately.

Lu Chu was so shocked that he drew his sword and hissed and shouted, "Rush out of the encirclement, rush out!" Withdraw to Tiger Prison at all costs! ”

At this moment, a stray arrow shot at a rapid pace, Lu Chu couldn't dodge, hit him in the chest, and the sharp armor-piercing arrow pierced his chest and submerged into the body, Lu Chu screamed, turned over and fell off the horse.

Lu Chu's own soldiers rushed to rescue him, their eyes were red, and they desperately killed the overlapping enemy troops, but there were more and more soldiers in the Wagang army, and they couldn't get out of the encirclement at all.

The place where Lu Chu's army was ambushed was not too far from the Tiger Prison Pass, and although it could not be seen, the scouts of the Tiger Prison Pass urgently reported this information to Wang Shishi.

A scout lieutenant knelt down in front of Wang Shishi and begged mournfully: "General, Lord Shangshu is besieged by tens of thousands of Wagang troops, with heavy casualties and is in danger, I implore the general to go to the rescue urgently!" ”

Wang Shishi's face was expressionless, in fact, he had long known that this would be the end. Wang Shichong and Li Mi, the former wanted to eliminate Lu Chu, and the latter wanted to eliminate Shan Xiongxin, so they hit it off, so they set up a plan for tonight, first send Shan Xiongxin to Lu Chu, and then Meng Rang ate Lu Chu. But if he didn't go to the rescue, he really couldn't explain to the emperor.

A hideous sneer gradually appeared on Duan Da's face, he quickly glanced at the pleading scout captain, pulled out his knife sharply, and stabbed it into the captain's heart, the captain screamed miserably, and fell to the ground and died.

Duan Da wiped the blood from the blade on his body and said to Wang Shishi: "The situation outside the city is unknown, the Wagang army is about to attack the Tiger Prison Pass on a large scale, and it is not allowed to open the gate again, and those who dare to open the door will be killed immediately!" ”

Wang Shishi was overjoyed and said: "Yes, the sky and the earth are big, and it is not as big as the Tiger Prison." Close the gates, close the gates. ”

However, at this time, the battlefield outside the city changed again.

After Meng Rang annihilated Lu Chu's army, when he was cleaning the battlefield in a hurry, he unexpectedly killed a Sui army.

When Meng Rang saw that the lord would be Wang Shichong, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

At this time, Wang Shichong waved his hand, "Attack!" ”

Suddenly, the drums sounded loudly, and I saw two armies from both sides of the woods, one left and one right, on the left was Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze, and on the right was Wang Shichong's son Wang Xuanying, and they each led 10,000 elite soldiers to kill the Wagang army that was retreating towards the main formation.

The Wagang army was caught off guard, was defeated by Wang Shichong's killing, there were countless surrenderers, Meng Rang was hit by three arrows in the melee, and fled back to Liang County in embarrassment, Wang Shichong was ruthless, did not accept prisoners of war and did not exchange prisoners of war with the Wagang army, and all the more than 20,000 soldiers who surrendered were executed.

After that, Wang Shichong's troops swept and recovered Xingyang County in a battle, and then, with heavy troops, trapped Luokou City, attacked day and night. The main force of the Wagang army is now being guarded by Yu Wenhua, Liang County, and Pengcheng, and the rest of the army is strictly guarding Luokou City and dare not come out

Wang Shichong's prestige was greatly boosted.

But Wang Shichong betrayed his righteousness first, and treacherously killed prisoners later, and since then he and Li Mi have torn off the disguise mask of cooperation and formed an indissoluble hatred.