20, outwitted and defeated
After reconciling the Turks, Li Yuan's northern border troubles have been largely eliminated. Recently, Yin Kaishan, Zhao Wenke, Zhang Pinggao and others have come to vote, and there are countless hungry people who have joined the army. The people's hearts are becoming more and more obedient, and Li Yuan's ambition to raise troops to conquer the world has also been greatly enhanced. In order to achieve this ambitious goal as soon as possible, he was determined to gradually expand his ruling territory and further develop his sphere of influence.
After repeated discussions with Liu Wenjing and others, everyone unanimously agreed: Now that the strength is still very limited, it is obviously not the time to openly turn against Yang Guang and declare war on him. In addition, from the analysis of the current overall situation, there are still many hostile forces around Bingzhou, among which the biggest hidden danger is Li Shanfei in the south, which must be eradicated as soon as possible in order to ensure the safety of the portal. Fortunately, Li Shanfei is a peasant rebel army, and he is a Xiangma thief in Yang Guang's mind, and getting rid of him will not only not leave a handle for the imperial court, but on the contrary, he should be fully affirmed and even rewarded by the imperial court. Of course, what Li Yuan needed now was not a reward, but a justifiable reason to expand his sphere of influence. After sorting out this line of thought, his heart brightened up, and he decided to concentrate his forces in the name of suppressing the rebellion, and in one go, he would first remove the thorn in his eye.
"Li Shanfei's martial arts are outstanding, there are many people under him, and most of them are outlaws, there must be a lot of casualties in frontal conflicts!" Liu Wenjing offered a plan and said, "I think that this battle can be outwitted!" ”
"Lord Liu, you might as well tell us your opinion!" Li Yuan replied. After getting along with each other for some time ago, especially this time when he successfully used the suspicious tactics to force the Turks to withdraw their troops, and finally reached the expected goal of peace talks with the other side, Li Yuan had a better understanding of Liu Wenjing's wisdom and intelligence, and paid more and more attention to his views, and always hoped that he would put forward more useful suggestions.
"As far as the humble officials know, most of Li Shanfei's soldiers come from poor families, and they have been starving for a long time, and it is especially easy to forget their lives. Next, Liu Wenjing talked endlessly, explaining in detail the plan he had conceived in advance to destroy the enemy. When all the officials present heard this, they all expressed their deep approval in unison.
The plan was set, and Li Yuan ordered Dou Hang to lead 5,000 troops as the vanguard and go to Lishan Fei Camp to fight; He ordered the eldest Sun Shunde, Xiahouduan, Sima Shixu, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Yin Kaishan and other generals to lead an army to act separately according to the plan, and led the army with Liu Wenjing, Liu Hongji and others to meet the men and horses from all walks of life.
Li Shanfei's name Wei Dao'er was the leader of the rebel army entrenched in the south of Bingzhou, with more than 100,000 troops under his command. He is good at using a Fang Tian halberd, weighing more than 100 catties, has always been brave in battle, outstanding martial arts, known for being ruthless, has defeated Yang Guang's official army many times, and even the famous general Zong Luohu of the Sui army has been defeated under him.
There are many flying people and horses in Lishan, but they lack a solid foundation. For the sake of long-term planning, he has already had the intention to capture Bingzhou, all because the walls of Bingzhou are high and the city is thick, and he knows that Li Yuan can make good decisions, and there are many talents under him, and it is not easy to capture it smoothly, so he does not dare to act rashly. Now, Li Yuan's army is far away from the old nest and takes the initiative to come to challenge, for him, it is right in the middle: you are hiding in the city and can't come out, there is a tall and strong city wall as a barrier, Lao Tzu may not be able to help you for a while! Now that you have come out to die, I, Wei, will not accept all the orders and seize the state in one fell swoop, I really can't stand myself! Thinking about it, he put on his horse and personally led 40,000 horses out of the camp to meet Dou Hang.
Dou Hang was fighting outside the camp, and when he learned that Li Shanfei personally went out of the camp, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, and he didn't speak, so he urged him to step forward and raise his knife to split. Since Li Shanfei started his army, he has never had a record of defeat. Dou Hang was unknown before, how could he easily put it in his eyes. When the other party's big knife slashed, he was naturally not in a hurry, raised Fang Tian's halberd to push the big knife aside, and returned the halberd with his hand.
In this way, the two generals showed their own magical powers, back and forth, a fierce battle, and fought for more than 30 rounds in the blink of an eye, but it was always difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. Such a situation is undoubtedly intolerable for a person like Li Shanfei, who is conceited by nature and has never tasted failure. After a long battle, he couldn't help but be furious, and tightened the halberd in his hand, and the offensive was suddenly much more fierce, the halberd was as fast as lightning, extremely fierce, and invincible. Dou Hang tried his best to cover the left and right, and became more and more scrambling, and he no longer had the strength to fight back.
Li Shanfei's subordinate general, Chen Lin, saw that the main general was about to succeed, so he slammed his army. The two sides fought in a scuffle, and Dou Hang was defeated, so he had to turn his horse's head and lead the army to flee.
It turns out that Li Yuan's soldiers are nothing more than this, far less difficult to deal with than the legend! Li Shanfei suddenly felt a little contempt in his heart, and ordered his subordinates to try their best to catch up. He himself took the lead, keeping an eye on Dou Hang and chasing after him.
Dou Hang's enemy was not as strong as Shanfei, but he had to fight and go, and he was defeated for more than 20 miles, and he had already collapsed. In order to flee lightly, his soldiers were even more desperate, throwing all their armor and even gold and silver on their bodies. As for grain, grass, military tents and other things, no one patronizes them! At a glance, there are scattered everywhere, full of grain, rice, clothing, armor, gold and silver.
With so many belongings piled up on the ground, Li Shanfei's soldiers couldn't care about chasing the enemy, and they all stopped to grab and pick up, thus becoming a mess. After a long time, many soldiers beat each other in order to fight for the same item, even turned against each other, used knives and guns against each other, and fought with their own families, and the team quickly became chaotic to the point of being unable to clean up.
It was not until this moment that Li Shanfei faintly felt that something was wrong, and was about to shout the ban, when he suddenly heard a cannon in the valley on the left, and Li Jiancheng and the eldest grandson Shunde led a team of men and horses to kill. Li Shanfei hurriedly danced his knife and stepped forward to meet the battle, but before he could fight, there was another cannon sound behind the right slope, and Li Shimin and Yin Kaishan led an army to stand out. Li Shanfei hurriedly ordered the division of troops to meet the battle.
At that time, most of Li Shanfei's soldiers were intoxicated with a large amount of unexpected property, and it was difficult to give up the cash, and the enemy army did not kill in front of them, and all they were thinking about was how to try to bring back the wealth in hand smoothly, and they were naturally slow to react. Li Yuan's men from all walks of life just seized this rare opportunity and pounced separately.
Seeing that the enemy army came forward, and then did not fight back, even their lives could not be saved, so they panicked and dropped the property in their hands, and reluctantly picked up their weapons to resist, but they were still regretting that the property that had just arrived was lost in vain, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined, under the fierce offensive of the other party, three or five moves passed, and they were unable to parry, so they had to smear oil on the soles of their feet and turn around to flee for their lives.
At a critical juncture, on the road ahead, Li Yuan led the army to kill again. The three people lined up and menaced, beating drums and shouting in unison:
"Li Shanfei won't get off his horse and surrender again, when will it be!"
Li Shanfei suddenly panicked and had no master, leading the army to rush east and west, how could Li Yuan's army burst like a flood, surging forward and back, and wrapping up on all sides. Li Shanfei took care of this and lost the other, and hurriedly led the soldiers around him to flee desperately.
After several conflicts, looking at the fight to get out of the encirclement, Li Shanfei was secretly glad that the cannon sounded again in front of him, and a cavalry burst out from behind the mountain, led by two generals, but it was Xiahou Duan and Sima Shixu.
At this time, Li Shanfei's army had lost nearly half of it, and when he encountered a strong enemy again, he lost his resistance more and more, and was swept away by the cavalry of the brigade, and suddenly fell into scattered pieces and was divided into countless small pieces. The soldiers had no intention of fighting, and only cared about running around. His mood became more and more flustered, he didn't care about the east, west, north and south, and led more than 50 cavalry around him to break through in a sparse place, but he was killed by Li Jiancheng with a horizontal sword.
Although Li Shanfei is strong in martial arts, he is tired from fighting for a long time, and his mind is in turmoil, not to mention that Li Jiancheng's kung fu is not much worse than him. The two fought on this occasion, Li Shanfei's disadvantage was quite obvious, in less than ten rounds, Fang Tian's halberd in his hand was full of flaws, and he could no longer parry, so he had to flee in defeat. Li Jiancheng was reluctant, urged the horse to catch up, and chopped him under the horse with a knife. When the army saw that the commander was dead, they dismounted and asked for surrender.
In this battle, Li Shan flew 40,000 horses, except for more than 20,000 people who surrendered, and all the rest were annihilated. Li Yuan took advantage of the victory to pursue, killing the lair of the Li army all the way. The Li army was leaderless, and without waiting for Li Yuan's army to approach, they abandoned their camps and abandoned their villages, fleeing empty.
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