Chapter 330 Breakthrough blocked

Chousang Village is a small village about forty miles southeast of Hedong City.

Chousang Village is backed by a hill, but it is flat on three sides, and at a glance it is more than ten miles, all of which are full of vigorous and gratifying crops.

There is a small river three feet wide 100 steps away in front of the village, the river water is crystal clear, and it is a good place for the villagers to wash their clothes and vegetables.

There are mountains, water, and crops, and on weekdays, this is a paradise with beautiful scenery and yearning.

But at this moment, this place is full of killing atmosphere, in a crop field at the east end of the village, two armies totaling tens of thousands of people are facing each other, fighting with banners and drums.

One of the troops was the Sui army led by Qu Tutong, and the other team was the Tang army soldiers who came to intercept them.

Early the morning before yesterday, Qu Tutong led 3,000 soldiers to leave Tongguan, marched quickly all the way, and finally arrived at Hedong City in the evening of yesterday.

There are still 30,000 Sui soldiers in Hedong City, and Qu Tutong is here to take them away from Hedong City. However, this time Qu Tutong learned a lesson, in order to prevent the scene of Tongguan from happening again, he did not let the soldiers decide to stay on their own, and even forbade the 3,000 soldiers to talk about Tongguan.

Under the command, after another night of preparation, just after the fifth watch this morning, he led all the soldiers to leave Hedong City.

Half an hour ago, he led the army to the village of Chousang, and was about to order the army to camp outside the village, when a cavalry of about 15,000 Tang troops suddenly appeared.

Fortunately, after converging with the left-behind soldiers in Hedong City, Qu Tutong also had a cavalry team of 8,000 people in his hands.

The leading general of the Tang army was named Dou Cong, a member of the Dou clan in Henan. Dou Cong didn't expect Qu Tutong's reaction to be so quick and so decisive, and after thinking about it, he was worried that the bloody battle between the cavalry on both sides would cause too many casualties, so he temporarily stopped the attack and switched to a confrontation.

Dou Cong was very cautious, he knew very well that the surrounding counties had been included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty, Qu Tutong was already a lone army here, with no reinforcements and no food and grass, he only needed to drag them here for two days, and these Sui soldiers would be unstable, or even collapse without a fight, and then they could be taken down without much effort.

Moreover, even if these 30,000 soldiers of the Sui Army have been stable and do not have any accidents, he can temporarily delay them by means of confrontation and wait for his follow-up army to arrive.

Before the two armies, Qu Tutong was wearing red armor and holding a Daguan knife, and his eyes were as sharp as a blade, like a spear, and murderous.

However, in the past, on the battlefield, his always calm, stable and confident expression was also faintly mixed with a trace of worry at this moment.

He understands the thoughts of the enemy generals very well and knows very well, but he has no good way, the enemy is strong, and all of them are cavalry, they can attack and retreat, and they will not have a bloody battle with him at all.

At this time, I saw a general in the Tang army urging him to step forward and walk between the two armies, but it was Qu Tutong's original henchman Sang Xianhe.

As soon as Qu Tutong saw him, his eyes immediately cracked, he was furious, and he shouted and asked, "Sang Xianhe, you despicable villain, why did you betray the Great Sui?"

"Good birds choose trees to perch, Yang Guang has no way, Da Sui will fall, Sang doesn't want to work for the faint king anymore!"

"Then why did you betray us? These soldiers are all brothers who were born and died with you, why are you so ruthless and unrighteous today, personally leading the thief army to chase and kill! ”

"It is precisely because they are all brothers who were born and died with me that I can't bear that they will die in vain for that senseless faint monarch again! General, I have no intention of betraying you, if you are willing to join the command of King Tang, Sang is still willing to listen to orders under your account! ”

After speaking, Sang Xianhe shouted to the soldiers of the Sui army again: "I came here not to hunt down and kill everyone, but to persuade everyone that Yang Guang is mediocre and unreasonable, and it is not worth everyone to shed blood for him again!"

"Moreover, it is a long way to Luoyang, and most of the counties along the way have already declared their allegiance to the Tang King, and the Tang King has also laid multiple interceptions along the way, and you will not be able to break through!"

When the officers and soldiers of the Sui army heard this, they were immediately frightened, and their hearts were fluctuating, and they all whispered, and soon the voices became louder and louder, and they saw that they were about to fall into chaos.

Qu Tutong suddenly secretly said that something was wrong, so he wanted to order the cavalry soldiers to attack.

The 8,000 cavalry officers and soldiers were all selected, and they were all selected from the elite of the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Sui army. At this time, although everyone's faces were different, and some of the troops were unstable, the formation remained stable and there was no sign of rout.

At this time, I only heard Sang Xianhe shouting loudly again: "Brothers, I remember that many of you are from the Guanzhong region. I want to tell you that the Guanzhong region is now under the rule of the Tang King, and the people of Guanzhong are about to live a good life."

"Your parents who are getting old and frail, and your wives and concubines who are still young and delicate, they are still thinking about you at home, thinking about you, waiting for you to return home, looking forward to your return, if you go to Luoyang, how will you return home in the future?"

The Sui army was in chaos, and several Guanzhong soldiers took the lead in throwing away their weapons and shouting, "I want to surrender!" I want to go home! ”。 Soon, this phenomenon spread throughout the infantry formation, and the infantry soldiers threw away their weapons and shouted surrender.

Although he did not let the 30,000 soldiers of Hedong City decide to stay, Qu Tutong still kept Fang Yanzao's reminder in mind, so when selecting the 8,000 cavalry, he had tried his best to exclude the soldiers from Guanzhong.

However, even so, the fear and surrender of the infantry officers and men had affected them, and some petty gangsters had begun to appear in the cavalry formation

Qu Tutong couldn't help but be in a hurry, he didn't dare to wait any longer, and he was not ready to fight with the Tang army again, so he immediately shouted: "The whole army will retreat with the general!"

Qu Tutong rode his horse first and ran in the direction of the left side of the military formation. It is a pity that the morale of the infantry officers and soldiers has been dispersed, the army has fallen into complete chaos, his orders cannot be transmitted, and not a single infantry officer and soldier have evacuated with him, and the 8,000 cavalrymen are also because of the turmoil in the army's heart, many of them have stayed in place, and in the end there are less than 5,000 soldiers who rode away with him.

Dou Cong, the leading general of the Tang Army, was immediately overjoyed, and immediately ordered the army to attack, "The whole army attacks!" The official who captured Qu Tutong alive was promoted to the third level and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! ”