The reason why Zhang Xuan let go of the West Gate and did not fight was to leave a way for Du Fuwei to retreat, which could weaken Du Fuwei's will to resist, otherwise Du Fuwei would have no way out, and he would fight to the death and burn the jade of Hefei City, which would not only destroy a city and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, but also make the Sui army pay a heavy price.

Of course, Zhang Xuan didn't plan to let Du Fuwei run away so easily, and Zhang Xuan handed over this task to Pei Xingyan and his cavalry.

Du Fuwei led 5,000 soldiers to rush out of the West City Gate, rushing to the west, these 5,000 soldiers are the elite of Du Fuwei's elite, known as the 'Shang Recruit Army', following him for many years, well-equipped, enjoying the most special and best treatment, the wealth obtained in the war will be given priority to them, and even if the soldiers die, Du Fu Wei will let their wives and concubines be martyred, so the 5,000 Shang Recruit Army is loyal to Du Fu Wei.

Du Fuwei led 5,000 troops all the way to the west, and their goal was also very clear, passing through the Jingxiang area, taking the Nanxiang Road to Guanzhong to join Li Tang.

Du Fuwei's army rushed out for more than 30 miles in one go, Du Fuwei needed to sort out his thoughts, he saw a forest in front of him, so he commanded: "Go to the woods and rest for half an hour!" ”

The soldiers rushed into the woods, and they all found dry places to sit down, drink water and eat meat, and more soldiers seized the time to sleep for a while.

Du Fuwei sat down on a large rock, and Zuo Xianyou, the elder who followed him out of the city, stepped forward and suggested: "We also have a warehouse in Tong'an County, why don't Your Highness go there to replenish it?" ”

Du Fuwei shook his head, "It's too close to Lin Shihong, the Sui army is attacking Jianghuai in a big way, how can Lin Shihong not know, I estimate that his main force is on the Yangtze River nearby, and it is too dangerous for us to go over." ”

"Your Highness doesn't believe Lin Shihong?"

Du Fuwei snorted coldly, "It's not a matter of believing or not, once I have no use value, if I am caught by him, he will immediately sacrifice me to Zhang Xuan for profit, and I don't expect to share hardships with wealth and wealth." ”

Du Fuwei did have a point, Zuo Xianyou pondered and asked: "If His Royal Highness goes directly to surrender to Chang'an, it is best to send someone to contact Emperor Tang first to see Tang Ting's attitude, if Tang Ting does not welcome His Highness, then you need to find another way." ”

Zuo Xianyou's suggestion touched Du Fuwei's heart, and he was also worried that Li Yuan would treat him coldly, so he thought about it and said, "Then please ask Changshi to go first and go to Chang'an to take care of me first, how about it?" ”

Zuo Xianyou stood up and saluted, "I am willing to run for His Highness!" ”

Du Fuwei immediately wrote a letter and sent a small group of personal cavalry to escort Zuo Xianyou to the west.

The eastern sky was already white, it was at the junction of darkness and dawn, it was the middle of October, the ground was covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost, and the weather was already very cold.

Du Fuwei was helped by a personal soldier to slowly walk out of the woods, looking at the direction of Hefei City, he suddenly felt an irrepressible sadness in his heart, years of hard work was wasted, and tears couldn't help but pour into his eyes.

"Your Highness, take a little rest, you're about to leave." The pro-soldier whispered and persuaded.

Du Fuwei nodded silently, turned and walked towards the woods, but after only a few steps, he suddenly stopped again, he seemed to feel something?

At this time, the war horses in the woods began to neigh uneasily, the earth was shaking slightly, Du Fuwei lay on the ground and listened for a moment, and suddenly got up and shouted: "The whole army is up, the Sui cavalry is coming!" ”

The soldiers who were resting in the woods got up in fright, and then the earth shook more and more, and a black line had appeared at the end of the wilderness, only three or four miles away from them at most, Du Fuwei changed his mind, his army could not outrun the cavalry, and if it was pursued by the cavalry, it would be better to meet it on the spot.

"All armies in formation, bows and crossbows ready!" Duvowe shouted in the woods.

Five thousand soldiers are equipped with horn bows like the Sui army, and a thousand soldiers also have crossbows with a longer range, they use the woods as a cover, ready to deal with the impact of the Sui cavalry, the cavalry is difficult to run in the mountains and woods, this is the common sense that everyone has mastered, there is no mountain nearby, that can only use the cover of the woods, with bows and arrows to kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, after seriously hitting the morale of the Sui army, the army attacked in formation, with spears to deal with the cavalry, maybe they still have a chance to win.

In a moment, Pei Xingyan led 10,000 cavalry to kill overwhelmingly, Pei Xingyan waved his hand, and the army slowly stopped, lined up in the wilderness like a huge carpet.

Pei Xingyan looked coldly at the forest in front of him, the forest was not too big, covering an area of about hundreds of acres, and he could clearly see the Jianghuai soldiers on the edge of the woods, with bows and arrows, waiting for the battle.

Pei Xingyan couldn't help but sneer, did he think that he could protect himself with a forest?

He immediately shouted: "Surround the woods, set fire to the forests!" ”

The cavalry began to run rapidly, like a large net, rushing to both sides of the woods, and the Jianghuai army rarely dealt with the cavalry, and the soldiers were inexperienced, and the soldiers could not see the tactics of the cavalry.

Another general, Chen Baoxiang, whispered to Du Fuwei: "Your Highness, it seems that something is wrong!" ”

At that moment, a soldier shouted, "Fire! The enemy set fire. ”

The Sui cavalry fired rockets, which quickly ignited the fallen leaves in the woods, and some dry dead branches also began to burn, and the fire on both sides was very fast, and the soldiers deployed on both sides rushed towards the woods.

Several generals were anxious, and they all said to Du Fuwei: "Your Highness, it's not good to guard the woods, take advantage of the enemy's army to complete the encirclement, break through!" ”

Du Fuwei didn't expect the Sui army to use fire to attack poison, and he was also in a mess in his heart, but there was one thing he was very sober, the later they retreated, the more passive they became, Du Fuwei immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats!" ”

The soldiers of the Jianghuai Army were so burned that they withdrew from the battle line and ran west through the woods.

"General, they've withdrawn!" One of the soldiers shouted as he pointed to the soldier in the woods.

Pei Xingyan nodded, "Order the soldiers to pursue, and count the merit by the head!" ”

10,000 cavalry launched, overwhelmingly chasing the fleeing Jianghuai soldiers, at this time, the Jianghuai soldiers had just rushed out of the woods, Kan Ling saw that the situation was critical, so he shouted to Du Fuwei: "Your Highness go first, I will stop the enemy!" ”

He yelled, "Follow me!" ”

Kan Ling led 2,000 soldiers to kill the pursuing cavalry head-on.

Kan Ling is also a fierce general, second only to Wang Xiongdan in Jianghuai, and also has the courage of ten thousand people, his weapon is a three-pointed two-edged knife, weighing eighty pounds, extremely brave, of course he does not want to be martyred, he has confidence in himself, even if he is surrounded by Sui cavalry, he can escape with a bloody way.

But what Kan Ling never dreamed of was that the enemy general who was facing him turned out to be Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng was killed in front of him in an instant, Kan Ling vaguely felt that Luo Cheng was a little familiar, but he forgot where he had seen it, but at this time he didn't have time to think about it, he shouted, and slashed head-on, the knife was very violent.

Luo Cheng sneered, dialed the horse and dodged the knife, the silver gun shook, and seven gun heads appeared in an instant, Kan Ling was taken aback, and hurriedly dodged, but Luo Cheng's marksmanship was as perfect as fire, there was reality in the void, and there was fiction in the reality, Kan Ling dodged six guns, but the last gun head turned into a real gun, and a shot pierced his chest.

Kan Ling had a sharp pain in his chest, and at the moment he was dying, he finally recognized his opponent, it turned out to be Luo Cheng, who was ranked seventh in the world, and he had seen it in Luoyang.

Kan Ling felt a burst of remorse in his heart, but it was meaningless, and he finally screamed and died of anger.

With the death of the fierce general Kan Leng, the soldiers of the Jianghuai army no longer had the intention of fighting, and fled to the west, 10,000 cavalry chased them like a storm, the cavalry of the Sui army did not accept surrender, and the headhunters thought that it was a military achievement, and killed the enemy's corpses all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

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As the day dawned, the battle in Hefei had come to an end, groups of Jianghuai prisoners of war were escorted out of the city, and groups of Sui soldiers were still searching from house to house, looking for Jianghuai deserters hiding in the houses.

Zhang Xuan surrounded by hundreds of guards, and Du Ruhui patrolled all over the city, after the Sui army entered the city, street battles broke out with Jianghuai soldiers, although the battle ended in less than an hour, but there are still many civilians who suffered misfortune, there are defeated soldiers who take advantage of the fire to rob, there are also **** women, there are hundreds of houses burned in the east of the city, and the fire has just been extinguished.

Zhang Xuan gave a ruthless order, but all the defeated soldiers who were caught with robbery, arson, and **** crimes were all executed, and the Sui army was guilty of the same crime, and after killing thousands of defeated soldiers, the law and order in Hefei City was finally stabilized.

At this time, a group of soldiers carried over a corpse, the body was placed on a stretcher, covered with a white cloth, and saluted Zhang Xuan for the first lieutenant: "Marshal Qiyu, this is the corpse of Fu Gongyou, the second person in the enemy army, he was seriously injured in the chaos and killed himself." ”

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to lift the white cloth and looked at it, shook his head, he turned back to his own soldiers and said, "Find a good coffin for him to bury." ”

"Obey!" Several pro-soldiers hurriedly went to Zhang Luo's coffin.

At this time, Du Ruhan smiled and said: "This time in the attack on Hefei, the prisoners of war have gained a lot, and more than 80,000 people have been captured, how does Your Highness plan to deal with it?" ”

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said: "It depends on whether General Pei can catch Du Fuwei, if Du Fuwei is caught, these soldiers can be sent home like the Central Plains soldiers, but if Du Fuwei is allowed to run away, with Du Fuwei's prestige among the people at the bottom of Jianghuai, he is likely to make a comeback, then these soldiers have to go to work in the iron mines, according to the rules, they will be released home after three years of mining." ”

Du Ruhui smiled, "Actually, I want to persuade His Highness, whether you catch Du Fuwei or not, these pawns should be used for mining, and you don't have to abuse them, just treat them the same as miners, we need a lot of pig iron, it's a pity that these pawns don't use it, as for Du Fuwei's comeback, it's possible, I have two small strategies, but Du Fuwei can work in vain!" (To be continued.) )