Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (9)

The arrows were as fast as lightning, the two sentries on the sentry tower were not prepared at all, they all screamed, collapsed softly, and handled it cleanly, Xiao Yannian and another crossbowman glanced at each other, and at the same time made an excited gesture, Xiao Yannian turned around and waved, and the twenty Sui soldiers hiding in the ravine jumped up, carrying heavy fire oil bags and running towards the camp on the top of the mountain.

The black fire oil was sprayed on the outer fence of the enemy camp, and sprayed into the camp through the cracks in the fence, and the twenty Sui soldiers were busy together.

"There is an enemy!"

The Tang army sentry suddenly shouted, "There is an enemy situation!" A sentry ran and shouted, the shouts especially piercing in the night sky.

Xiao Yannian saw that there were still more than forty bags of fire oil, so he shouted: "Pull out the plug and throw it in directly!" ”

At this time, hundreds of Tang soldiers in the camp rushed out of the tent and rushed to the west barracks.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Xiao Yannian shouted, "Retreat!" ”

The rest of the Sui soldiers stumbled down the hill, but Xiao Yannian took three steps and made two steps, jumped into the ravine, and took out a few fire oil ball sticks from his leather bag, which was actually on a thin wooden stick, wrapped into a ball with a fire oil cloth, and thrown out to ignite the fire, which was more practical than a rocket in a short distance.

When a Sui soldier saw him jumping, he immediately lit a fire, Xiao Yannian lit the oil ball stick, and threw it at the camp fence, throwing five or six in a row, and then the two of them rolled down the mountain with their heads in their hands.

The fire oil was quickly ignited, the red flame was boiling, the smoke was billowing, the camp fence and dozens of tents on the top of the mountain were ignited, the fire was so fast that the entire camp was engulfed in a moment, and the five hundred Tang soldiers were burned to the ground screaming, many people rushed out of the camp desperately, scattered and fled, many people panicked and rolled down from the east cliff, and dozens of people ran down from the west slope and were killed or captured by the Sui army scouts waiting here.

At this time, Cheng Yanjin appeared when the merit was about to be settled, and he brought three thousand Sui soldiers to run, ignoring Xiao Yannian, and shouted loudly: "Rush up the mountain and occupy the mountain!" ”

Three thousand Sui soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain, and there was no more interception, and successfully occupied the top of the mountain, at this time, dozens of large tents had been burned to ashes, only the camp fence was still burning, but the fire was significantly weakened.

The 500 Tang troops on the top of the mountain except for more than 100 people who were killed in the fire, all the others escaped, some fell off the cliff in the east, some went down the mountain from the west and were captured by the Sui army, and most of the Tang soldiers fled south along the Centipede Ridge, which was about 20 miles long, and this run will never come back.

Cheng Yanjin stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the golden lock at the foot of the mountain, and couldn't help laughing, on the top of the mountain, don't say that the mountain has ten thousand arrows, even if one person soaks in urine, he can also urinate and drown the golden lock.

Yin Kaishan, the master of the Golden Lock Pass, was woken up by his own soldiers at night, and something happened on the Centipede Ridge, he ran to the head of the city, looking up at the raging fire on the top of the mountain, but his heart gradually became cold, Yin Kaishan knew very well what the loss of the Centipede Ridge meant.

Yin Kaishan's mood at this time was extremely complicated, he knew that the golden lock pass would definitely not be able to be kept, so what should he do? Give up the golden lock and withdraw from the south of the pass, will Li Yuan spare him? But if he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, what would happen to his wife and daughter in Chang'an? "General, what should I do?" Several generals gathered around and asked nervously.

Yin Kaishan pondered for a moment, sighed, and asked everyone: "Do you say withdraw or surrender?" ”

Several generals glanced at each other, and an elderly man said: "Actually, we are also willing to surrender, but our families are all in Chang'an, and we are afraid that surrender will harm our families, so it is better to wait and talk." ”

Yin Kaishan understood what everyone meant, and the first to surrender would inevitably be punished by the imperial court, he nodded, "Okay!" Tell the brethren to evacuate the Golden Lock overnight. ”

That night, Yin Kaishan led more than 2,500 Tang troops to evacuate the Golden Lock Pass overnight and retreated to the Guanzhong.

"These bunnies are slipping away fast!"

Cheng Biting Jin urged the horse into the city, looking at the empty Golden Lock Pass, he couldn't help laughing, his heart was a lot more refreshed, and he immediately ordered someone to report to Yang Yuanqing.

Cheng Yanjin now knows Yang Yuanqing very well, not hurting a soldier is Yang Yuanqing's favorite words, it is more effective than him taking the Golden Lock Pass, in fact, the Sui army still has two injured scouts, that he can only hide it, now as long as he can be promoted to the title, he doesn't want his old face.

Cheng Yanjin immediately ordered, "Raze this pass to the ground for me, and tear down the city walls and gates!" ”

"General, it's not necessary!" Someone next to him persuaded.

Cheng Biting Jin's eyes glared, "Why is it not necessary, what if Lao Tzu retreats from Guanzhong and is cut off from the back road?" Knock them all down! ”

Thousands of soldiers worked together, and after a short time, the city wall of Jinsuoguan was demolished and knocked down, and at this time, another general persuaded Cheng to bite Jin, "General Cheng, it is better to kill directly in Guanzhong now, shake the heart of the Tang army, and we will also take the lead." ”

The general's suggestion went up to Cheng Biting Jin's heart, and he was planning to do so, as if a birdman once said that the one who is the first to pass the middle is the king, and he Cheng Biting Jin doesn't want any king, as long as he is crowned the prince of the country, he will be satisfied.

"Everyone, bring dry food and follow me south to Guanzhong." ……

The main logistics camp of the Sui army is still in the south of Luojiao County, Shangjun, where a large amount of grain and materials are stored, and a steady stream of grain and grass will be transported to the main force of the Sui army in the shallow water plain every day, and the Sui army has mobilized a total of 30,000 grain ox carts, and nearly 50,000 people have traveled to and from the logistics support line hundreds of miles long.

The logistics commander of the Sui army was Jia Runfu, who led 10,000 troops to protect the safety of logistics and transportation, of course, only 10,000 troops could not guarantee the safety of the camp and transportation routes, especially the final decisive battle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the importance of logistics support, it is self-evident that once the grain and grass are lost, it may lead to the rout of the whole army.

Such battles abound in history, and Yang Yuanqing also deeply understands that when the Turkic army sent to Yanmen Pass, it was not because the logistics were attacked by the Sui army and the whole army was defeated, Yang Yuanqing was already experienced in a hundred battles, and would never give the Tang army a chance to take advantage of such a key issue.

On the second day when Yang Yuanqing led 80,000 troops south to the shallow water plain, General Zuo Wuwei came to Hu'er and led 30,000 Hebei Sui troops to the Sui army camp in Shangjun.

In this way, the army to protect the logistics has reached 40,000 people, and Laihu'er and Jia Runfu have their own responsibilities, Laihu'er has divided 10,000 troops to Jia Runfu, Jia Runfu has led 20,000 troops to guard the logistics camp, and Laihu'er is old and strong, leading 20,000 troops to be responsible for transportation safety along the way.

It is about 300 miles from the Sui army camp in Luojiao County to the Sui army camp in Qianshuiyuan, spanning Shangjun and Beidi County, all the way is not a smooth road, but hills and ravines, and the grain ox cart has to walk for three days to reach the destination.

Due to the long road and undulating mountains, the grain trucks were easily attacked by the Tang army, so Jia Runfu divided the 20,000 troops into ten teams and 2,000 people in a team, and followed the grain trucks westward along the way.

At noon on this day, a grain convoy composed of 3,000 grain trucks arrived at the junction of Beidi County and Shang County, this area is called Meridian Mountain, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Xiangle County of Beidi County, and like other areas along the way, the loess here is deep, the mountains are heavy, and the huge ravines seem to tear the ground.

In a huge ravine about 20 miles long, 3,000 ox carts were crowded together, thousands of people hid in a shady forest to rest and eat dry food, and more than 1,000 Sui army escort cavalry also rested on the other side of the ravine.

At this moment, a patrol sentry in the distance galloped on horseback and shouted from afar: "Evacuate quickly, the Tang cavalry is coming!" ”

The chief general of the Sui army was a Lang general, named Lou Chong, who heard the shout, stood up and shouted, "All on the horse!" ”

More than 1,000 cavalry of the Sui army got on their horses one after another, at this time, the entrance of the ravine in the distance was dusty, the sound of horses' hooves was fierce like thunder, and the face of General Lou was white, judging from this momentum, the size of the cavalry of the Tang army was at least five or six thousand, and they only had 1,200 people.

Lou Zhong immediately made a decision, turned around and shouted: "Quickly tell the people to hurry up the mountain and flee for their lives, and leave the ox cart alone!" ”

In fact, before he could give the order, thousands of people in the woods rushed out of the woods in terror like a bombed nest, and some people went to drive the ox carts, but most of them couldn't take care of the ox carts anymore, and ran away one after another.

More than a dozen cavalrymen of the Sui army galloped to the people who were still driving the ox carts: "Don't care, go up the mountain and flee for your life!" ”

They caught up with the people and shouted, "Run to the mountains!" ”

At this time, the five thousand Tang Army Xuanjia light cavalry had already been killed, and the main general Liu Hongji saw that the Sui army only had more than 1,000 people, and shouted, "Kill!" ”

The two cavalry collided violently, and fought fiercely in the mountain pass, the Tang cavalry surged layer by layer, and Lou Zhong led more than 1,000 Sui cavalry to resist desperately, creating time for the people to escape.

"General Lou!"

One of the lieutenants shouted, "The brethren can't stand it." ”

Lou Chong saw that the left flank was about to be broken through by the Tang army, once the Tang cavalry broke through a gap, their back road would be cut off, facing the front and rear encirclement, and finally the whole army was annihilated. ”

More than 1,000 cavalry of the Sui army pulled their horses to retreat eastward, and ran to the other side of the mountain col, thousands of Tang troops chased closely, from time to time to shoot arrows, and there were constantly Sui soldiers screaming and falling off their horses, but 3,000 ox carts saved the lives of the Sui cavalry, the Sui cavalry galloped past, and the arrows behind shot to the ox carts, and the cattle pulling the carts immediately became chaotic, running left and right, filling the road, blocking the pursuit of the Tang army.

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