In the battle of Yancheng a month ago, Miao Haichao wiped out Gongsun Shangzhe's 5,000 Sui army without a single soldier.

However, there are still many details here, such as not just using grain to lure, he must really lead the army to hide in the reeds, but he can't let Zhang Xuan know, Zhang Xuan must be tempted by food.

However, the key to this is that he can quickly withdraw from the reed swing, and once the Sui army goes deep into the reed swing, it will be difficult to retreat, and finally die in the sea of fire, even if it can't be completely annihilated, even if the Sui army loses thousands of people, it can get out of his heart.

But Miao Haichao was still a little nervous, after all, he was not facing Gongsun Shangzhe, who was born in a noble family, but Zhang Xuan, who had experienced a hundred battles, and the last time Zhang Xuan annihilated his two thousand elites, he had a shadow in his heart.

He felt that his plan was not thorough, and there were many loopholes in it, but time did not allow him to think about it anymore, the Sui army had already been killed, and he could only deal with it head-on.

At this time, a spy rushed to the scene and knelt down on one knee to report: "General, the Sui army scouts have entered the reed swing!" ”

Miao Haichao perked up and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"About two hundred people."

Miao Haichao immediately understood, this must be Zhang Xuan to determine the authenticity of the grain, he was secretly glad that he had put 30,000 stone official grain on the ship, otherwise, it would really be difficult to deceive Zhang Xuan.

A partial general next to him suggested: "General, it is better to surround this scout and force the main force of the Sui army to come to the rescue!" ”

"Stupid!"

Miao Haichao turned around and scolded: "Do you want to put our army in danger? ”

The partial general didn't dare to say anything, Miao Haichao looked at the depths of the reeds, even if the Sui army was unwilling to fight with him, but they had to transport the grain, he put 30,000 stone of grain, at least a few thousand Sui soldiers were needed to carry it. If he is lucky, he can also take advantage of the chaos of the Sui army to lead the army out

The partial general Shen Guang led three hundred Sui scouts into the depths of the reeds, and soon found the three hundred ships hidden in the reeds, the water here was a little deeper, but it was only thighs, and the three hundred flat-bottomed boats were densely packed together. Hundreds of bags of grain were neatly stacked on each ship, and according to the official standards of the Sui Dynasty, each bag of grain weighed one stone, about one hundred and twenty catties.

"General Shen, it's all food!"

The scouts quickly inspected the grain packets, and indeed all of them were genuine grain, and Shen Guang immediately said: "Overturn the ship!" ”

Generally speaking, grain cannot be flooded, and even if it is transported by ship, it must be covered with oilcloth. Otherwise, it is easy to rot, so Miao Haichao thinks that the only way for the Sui army is to dispatch thousands or even tens of thousands of people to carry the grain, and then it will be his opportunity to set fire.

But Miao Haichao could not have imagined that the Sui scouts would turn the ship upside down and sink all the grain into the water.

Three hundred scouts worked together, and in less than half an hour, all three hundred grain ships were overturned. 30,000 stone of grain sank into the water.

Shen Guang watched the movement in the distance, and he sensed that enemy spies had spotted them. Shen Guang immediately decided, "Light the fire and retreat!" ”

Sui soldiers lit a fire around the shipwreck, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the fire was extremely fast, spreading rapidly to the northwest wind. Dozens of thieves and spies who were peeking at the Sui army turned around in fright and fled, the flames crackled and chased the fleeing soldiers behind, and more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground and were engulfed in the fire before they could get up.

Miao Haichao, who was lying in ambush on the edge of the reeds, saw thick smoke rising into the sky in the distance. Obviously a fire was ignited, he was a little stunned, could it be that the main force of the Sui army had already entered the depths of the reeds?

Although the fire in the distance is still one more than one from them; , but soon he found the anomaly again, and suddenly a fire broke out about fifty steps away from them, and the fire burned rapidly in their direction, Miao Haichao was taken aback, this was mentioned by someone, and if he didn't retreat, he would be surrounded by fire, and he hurriedly ordered: "Retreat!" Withdraw from the reeds! ”

Without his order, thousands of thieves were already stunned, seeing the fire spreading rapidly, thousands of soldiers jumped up and fled like rabbits, and the soldiers were in a mess, scrambling to flee for their lives.

Despite the confusion and confusion of the thieves, they were close to the edge of the reeds, less than two hundred paces, and they quickly fled from the reeds and gathered in the clear.

The soldiers scolded and stomped their feet in anger, obviously they wanted to burn the Sui army, but in the end it became the Sui army to burn them, if it wasn't for the ambush on the edge, they would all die in the sea of fire.

At this moment, there was a sudden drumming in the woods behind them, and I saw countless Sui soldiers pouring out of the woods, led by two generals, one holding a big iron spear and an extremely majestic figure, and the other was very young, with a heroic appearance, and a golden-backed tiger tooth knife in his hand, which was the general Chi Gong and the young general Su Dingfang.

Zhang Xuan ordered the two of them to lead 5,000 people along the foot of Bolonggang Mountain to the back of the thief army, although Su Dingfang was the first time to join the army, but he had also killed thieves in Guanzhong before, and he was not afraid of battle, he was eager to try, so he wanted to urge the horse to rush up and kill.

Yu Chigong yelled, "Brothers, kill me!" ”

"Kill!"

Su Dingfang took the lead, and the five thousand Sui soldiers killed the thief army like a tide, and the thief soldiers were defenseless, and they were suddenly in a mess, and they were stabbed and cut down.

Miao Haichao was in a hurry, and shouted: "Don't be chaotic, give me a fight!" ”

But the thief army has been rushed into two sections by the Sui soldiers, the narrow strip of land makes the thief army unable to leave the battlefield, and there is no way to resist, and the fire behind has gradually burned to the edge, the thief soldiers are even more panicked, screaming, running to both sides, only a moment, the whole army collapsed, and countless people surrendered on their knees.

Miao Haichao saw that the general trend had gone, turned his horse's head and fled to the northwest, but only ran dozens of steps, only to hear a bowstring sound, a shot came with strong force, 'Poof! The arrow shot into the back of Miao Haichao's neck from behind, and the tip of the arrow leaked out of his throat, Miao Haichao snorted, turned over and fell off the horse, and saw that he couldn't live.

A hundred steps away, Su Dingfang pulled out another arrow, and another arrow was shot, this arrow shot into Miao Haichao's temple from the side, and Miao Haichao suddenly died of anger.

"Good archery!" Wei Chigong gave a thumbs up.

Miao Haichao's personal soldiers saw that the main general was killed, and one by one they were red-eyed, and they carried his corpse and desperately urged the horse to flee outside, Su Dingfang urged the horse to chase, but was stopped by Wei Chigong, "Don't chase the poor guys, let them go, we will solve the thief army here." ”

Su Dingfang nodded, and followed Wei Chigong to surround thousands of thief soldiers from both sides, and the thief soldiers saw that the main general was killed and there was no hope of escape, so they knelt down and surrendered, "We surrender!" Surrender! ”

At this time, the entire reed swing more than ten miles long was engulfed in flames, the wind blew from the southeast, and the smoke covered the sky and the sun.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and it was not until the next morning that the fire was completely extinguished, and the reeds that were originally more than one person high had disappeared, and there was darkness everywhere, revealing puddles and mud on the ground, and it was only then that Zhang Xuan ordered thousands of Sui troops to enter the depths of the puddles and carry out the 30,000 stone of grain soaked in water and not affected.

Although many of these grains have been soaked in water, they can still be eaten as long as they are turned in time, at least they are not wasted.

Wei Chigong pulled Su Dingfang forward and said with a smile: "General, Miao Haichao has been shot dead by General Xiao Su, although the body was snatched away by their own soldiers, but the humble position can testify that Miao Haichao has been killed!" ”

Su Dingfang scratched his head a little embarrassed, "Although the lowly position has been staring at the other party's main general, if it weren't for General Wei Chi to create conditions, the lowly position would not have been successful." ”

"It's none of my business!"

Wei Chigong smiled: "Don't pull me in, I don't want this credit either." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, "This is the first battle to win, everyone has credit, including Luo Shixin, I believe he will not let me down." ”

Luo Shixin led 3,000 men along the Tongji Canal all the way to the north, Zhang Xuan's slow march was to buy time for Luo Shixin, almost at the same time as the main force of the Sui army arrived in Linli County, Luo Shixin also led the army to Luergou.

At this time, it was already the third watch, that is, at about twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and there was silence all around, not a single boat could be seen on the wide river, and there was no light around, and it was pitch black everywhere.

"General, go this way!"

The person who led the way for Luo Shixin was the scout Xie Zhiping, who had followed several cargo ships into the depths of Luergou and knew where the other party had stopped.

He led Luo Shixin along the path south of Lu'ergou to the west, and about the fourth watch, when they crossed a small mound, a blinding light appeared in front of them. (To be continued.) )