Chapter 200 [Tricks of Fate]
Wang Shichong, who was desperate for his life, urgently summoned his subordinates, many of whom were death row prisoners he had secretly released from Jiangdu Prison when he was a county prince. Wang Shichong told them, your life should have ended, and now every day you live is earned back by you, what are you afraid of? Opening the camp gate, Wang Shichong led his troops to rush to the enemy formation.
Liu Yuanjin is really a good man, he should be braver than Liu Bei, seeing that the general trend has gone, he did not choose to escape, but faced Wang Shichong and died on the battlefield. Wang Shichong turned defeat into victory, but the victory was not complete, and tens of thousands of Liu Yuanjin's men fled the battlefield (fire).
These people are wandering without roots, and when they escape, it is like Sun Wukong who has broken away from the scripture-learning team, and wants to arrest him unless he comes back by himself. Although Wang Shichong is not a Tang monk, he has experienced more harm than Tang monks, and he actually let these deserters surrender themselves. Wang Shichong first found some volunteers who had surrendered, and then invited them to a temple, which, according to records, was called Tongxuan Temple.
Wang Shichong led them to a Buddha statue in the temple. In front of the Buddha statue, Wang Shichong burned incense and swore that those who descended would not be killed. At that time, the Buddha had more prestige than the notary office. The volunteers were relieved, and Wang Shichong swore in front of the Buddha that this time it would not be fake.
As a result, the fleeing volunteers laid down their arms one after another and surrendered to Wang Shichong. Soon, they found out that the Buddha was used by Wang Shichong, and they were pitted by Wang Shichong. All 30,000 soldiers were killed. Killing and surrendering is not particular enough, not to mention that it is still undeceived and then killed. A person who even dared to deceive the Buddha, what else would he not dare? On the way forward, there is nothing that cannot be discarded, and there is nothing that cannot be utilized.
The Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha, and the god blocks and kills the God. This is Wang Shichong's realization. Generally speaking. Cheng dù, who is not obsessed with his own force to the point of arrogance, cannot do this. It cannot be said that such hubris is useless, in the short term, it can do something, but it is never likely to last.
History has proven countless times that the more troubled the times. In the end, the less likely it is that the victors will be those who believe in violence and subterfuge. The fierce Wang Shichong became the nemesis of the Jiangzuo Rebels, and next, he defeated Meng Rang, the leader of the rebel army who came from Changbai Mountain, entered the Jiangdu Palace, and captured Emperor Yang alive, and defeated Ge Qian, the leader of the Hejian Rebel Army, who was known as the King of Yan. Killed Lu Mingyue, who called himself the Supreme King (this Yue brother was once defeated by Zhang Xutuo).
In these battles, Wang Shichong's Jianghuai army finally became a strong force. The real showdown is only now begining. Wang Shichong will be ordered to go to Luoyang and use his Jianghuai strength to fight against Li Mi's Shandong heroes. Before unveiling the highlight of Jianghuai's battle against Shandong heroes, we must also explain a carefully moving encounter. Dou Jiande, who had been active in Hebei, suddenly found that a Sui army appeared on his territory
In July 617, seven miles south of Hejian County. A place called Qilijing, but the usual quiet place is noisy. Zhuo County's tens of thousands of troops left behind to guard Xue Shixiong were stationed here. Xue Shixiong, a native of Fenyin, Hedong, was a general of the Sui Dynasty who fought a hundred battles, and this time he left the station and went south, on the orders of Yang Guang.
Yang Guang was determined to clean up Li Mi, not only sent Wang Shichong, but also summoned Xue Shixiong, who was far away in Zhuo County. ordered him to lead his subordinates to the south, gather troops in one place, and attack Li Mi together. Behind this command. Yang Guang added one by the way: The thieves who pass by, they will be punished casually. Probably considering the high cost of business trips, two more can be eliminated.
So, when he arrived in Hejian County, Xue Shixiong stopped, he had already heard Dou Jiande's name. This time, by the way, I will clean him up by beating the rabbit and hugging the grass. Right
Yu Xue Shixiong's arrival. Officials at all levels in Hejian County are very welcome, and they have long been beaten in the face by Dou Jiande. The nose is not the nose. Now, the organization has finally sent someone to call the shots. …
In Qilijing, as the host, the governments at all levels of Hejian County came to comfort the army with cow wine. Xue Shixiong just took a drink of wine. He didn't take Dou Jiande seriously.
Flipping through Xue Shixiong's personal file, it can be found that this person has been a general since he was a child, and once organized the doll army to play marching games, of course, he himself plays the role of a commander, and those who do not obey the command will be pulled down and spanked.
When he grew up, Xue Shixiong joined the army, participated in the Battle of Pingqi, fought against Lingnan, cut down Tuyuhun, fought in Liaodong, and rejected the Turks. Huangsha Baizhan is back all over, are you still afraid of an amateur-level grass robber?
Xue Shixiong had already received news that Dou Jiande had withdrawn from the town and was said to be going to bean farming. After drinking another glass of wine, Xue Shixiong had already made up his mind to lead the army to attack early tomorrow morning, first warm up with Dou Jiande, and then destroy Li Mi. When Xue Shixiong was about to enter the wine, he moved the camera to the south for one hundred and forty miles, and in the grass here, Dou Jiande frowned.
Xue Shixiong's sudden southward move caught Dou Jiande off guard, and not long ago, he ordered the troops to be dispersed, leaving only more than 1,000 people with him. The reason for this decision was a lack of food. Dou Jiande is not like Li Mi, sitting on two granaries, you can steam steamed buns when you want, and make noodles if you want to make noodles. Dou Jiande's subordinates are scattered in various places to engage in grain.
The opponent's tens of thousands of troops are about to be killed, how can their own 1,000 people resist? Looking back, in the distance is the bean curtain, which is an ancient salt ze, negative kelp river, the terrain is deeply obstructed, it is another birthplace of the righteous army in Heshuo in addition to Gaojibo. If you escape into the precarious terrain of the salt sands, you may be able to escape this fate. Xue Shixiong will leave if he can't find himself, and his target is not me. But if Wang Shichong and Xue Shixiong defeat Li Mi, who will their next target be?
Dou Jiande suddenly understood that life is not a performance, performances can be arranged with a script, life does not, it is all improvisation, and there is no rehearsal in life, let alone postponement. When things come, when they should come, it is useless to dodge, and it is futile to refuse. If this is fate's arrangement, then let fate listen to me. Dou Jiande turned around, before deciding to attack, he was going to ask the will of heaven.
"Xue Shixiong is coming, I'm going to avoid it first, how about it?" In front of him was a witch, and after closing her eyes for a while, the witch opened her eyes, shook her head and said to Dou Jiande: "You can't escape!" "And what if you surrender?" "It's useless, even if you surrender, it's no better."
After a pause, Dou Jiande said what he really thought in his heart: "I won't run away." I will not surrender, I will lead the people to launch a surprise attack! The witch's eyes suddenly widened, and there was an astonishing light in her eyes, and a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Very well, if the camp is raided before dawn tomorrow." Good luck! Coming out of the room, Dou Jiande looked up, it was noon, and the sun was shining fiercely on the earth. To attack before dawn, it's time to go.
Dou Jiande gathered his subordinates, and then selected 280 people from more than 1,000 people. Then he told everyone that he would lead these two hundred and eighty men to set off first and attack the Sui camp, and you would follow behind, if you arrived at the other party's camp. The sky has become brighter, then we will go and surrender.
Whether you descend or seek your own way out, you can decide for yourself. However, if the sky is not clear, we will kill the past. "It's a blessing or a curse, it's here!" After speaking, Dou Jiande led 280 people out of the camp. Heading in the direction of Balijing. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let's witness our destiny together.
In the early hours of the next morning, I don't know what time it was. Dou Jiandeler stopped his horse, and in front of him was Xue Shixiong's camp, which was two miles away. Doubts surged in Dou Jiande's heart. Along the way, he didn't see a single sentry on the other side.
This is not something that is often encountered in marching and fighting, and the other side should have stationed scouts on the periphery a long time ago. Now there is not a single shadow, there are only two cases. One is that the other party is defenseless, and the other is that. The other party was waiting for him to come. It's a summer night, and summer nights are short. When Dou Jiande was puzzled. The sky is getting white, and it is about to dawn. …
And a voice that came not long ago was shocking Dou Jiande's heart. In the distance, the sound of blowing horns was faintly heard. This is the sound of the army marching out! Could it be that the other party has already ambushed and waited for us to arrive, is God destined for me to end my reckless career here? Dou Jiande let go of the reins and looked up at the sky, the east was white, and it wouldn't be long before the sun would come out.
At that time, our two hundred and eighty horsemen will be exposed to each other. It's time to admit defeat, Dou Jiande turned around, ready to say that everyone turned themselves in in in a group, but saw his subordinates' eyes shining: "King, look!" I don't know when it started, but a white mist spread out in all directions, and the fog became thicker and thicker, and soon wrapped the surroundings in a white vastness. At this time, it was the height of summer, and the fog in the sky came strangely, and it was ridiculously big, according to historical records, Dou Jiande could not see the soldiers behind.
This can only be explained by the Mandate of Heaven. "God help me!" This is our true destiny, and God will not let me tie my hands to the ground! Dou Jiande shouted, beating the horse and leaping forward: "Let's go, this is the beginning of our miracle!" Two hundred and eighty horsemen followed closely and rushed to the camp where tens of thousands of troops were stationed. The sound of the horns grew louder and louder, the wind grew louder and louder, and the fog grew thicker and thicker, masking the sound of horses' hooves in the endless white. Those who dare to face strong enemies will find out how strong they are.
The first thing Dou Jiande rushed into was not Xue Shixiong's barracks, the first unlucky ones were the soldiers of Hejian County, and their barracks were next to Xue Shixiong's camp. The county soldiers have been hit by the rebels over the years, and finally Xue Shixiong's army came, as if his mother's brother-in-law had come, and they immediately had the spirit, and they each led the troops to gather, and they relied on Shixiong's battalion to station, probably to borrow some momentum.
When they saw Dou Jiande coming out of the white mist, these county soldiers immediately recognized this old friend, and they made the first reaction: to escape. Of course, when I was frightened, I naturally wanted to find my brother-in-law.
In the thick fog, they ran towards Xue Shixiong's camp one after another. These attached county soldiers finally killed Xue Shixiong. Xue Shixiong was going to Douzidi to look for the legendary Dou Jiande on this day, but he didn't expect Dou Jiande to rush in.
Of course, he shouldn't have seen Dou Jiande himself, first, the fog was big, and second, there were too many people rushing in, and he couldn't figure out which one was a friendly army and which one was an enemy army. What I heard was that Dou Jiande was attacking the camp.
At this time, Xue Shixiong's troops were lining up, and suddenly a large group of people rushed in, waving weapons in their hands, and shouting that someone was attacking the camp, Xue Shixiong immediately judged that the other party's army was coming to attack the camp, and then made a normal reaction: draw a knife to meet it.
The soldiers of Hejian County who rushed in were originally here to ask for help, but they found that they were greeted not with a warm embrace, but with a cold broadsword, and couldn't help but feel a sense of despair: I didn't expect Xue Shixiong's barracks to be taken by someone! It's all caught up, so let's fight. The whole camp was in turmoil, and fear spread like a contagious disease throughout the camp. Amid the exclamations, people kept falling.
According to calculations, the number of dead was 10,000, and most of them should have been injured by friendly troops, including 280 people from Dou Jiande. and the hundreds of people who followed, even if they had the heart to do such a performance, they didn't have the strength to do so. The defeat was decided, and Xue Shixiong led dozens of cronies to flee to Hejian City, along the way. He may curse the weather, or he may curse his pig-like teammates, but in fact, he is defeated by himself.
Because of the light enemy, he did not send scouts on the periphery, which allowed Dou Jiande to approach easily. Because he was relaxed, he had his allies camp next to them. At the age of seventeen, he set foot on the battlefield, and by this year it had been forty-six years, more than forty years. He fought countless battles and won countless victories, and it was these glorious pasts that gave him the idea of underestimating the enemy. …
But he forgot that there is no experience on the battlefield, and once he sets foot on the battlefield, all the qiē will be zero. After running back to the city in a panic, Xue Shixiong fell ill and was carried back to Zhuo County not long after. Sick and dead in bed.
This general who capsized in the gutter should be angry to death. In fact, General Xue doesn't have to be too serious, he can't win or not, he can compare with his son. General Xue has several sons who can handle it, one of them is named Xue Wanche, who was personally assessed by Tang Taizong Li Shimin as a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, the sun finally came out, and the fog in Balijing was swept away by the sun, and the broken sword and gun were all over the ground and the corpses in the blood. Dou Jiande's face shone in the sun.
Now, he has truly become the hegemon of Hebei, and he is killed from the cruel auditions. As a result, he became a player who advanced to the finals. Those who can advance to the finals are all heroes in the world, and this finals will not be too big. You can't count them all on one hand. The next finalist will be between Li Mi and Wang Shi.
When Xue Shixiong was engaged in friendship with his colleagues in Hejian County, Wang Shichong was running to the eastern capital. He and his JAC warriors will rush to the new training ground. General Wang may still have the mood in his heart when Xiang Yu led 8,000 children to cross the river and fight for the world.
Leave Jiangzuo. When you go to the Central Plains, only those who are dominant in the Central Plains are the real overlords. When he arrived at Pengcheng, Wang Shichong stopped the team and gave an order: "From today onwards, you can't take the avenue, the army will copy the trail, and no noise will be allowed along the way!" "It's about to enter Li Mi's sphere of influence. Ahead, a heat wave swept across the land, and there seemed to be a hissing sound in the air.
Wang Shichong couldn't help but read the name that would become his opponent. What kind of person will this be? At this time, Wang Shichong did not expect that he would become Li Mi's lifelong enemy. Along the way, Wang Shichong led the team to copy the path, sneaking not like a regular official army, but like a wandering rebel army. Although he had no face, he finally arrived in Luoyang. Not late.
Someone is late, someone won't come. After coming to the Eastern Capital, Wang Shichong soon received the news that Comrade Xue Shixiong had gone back to Zhuo County for treatment because he had lost himself in the fog, and he would not be able to come back for a while. Without Yan Zhao's 20,000 elite soldiers, it may be an opportunity for Wang Shichong.
Yang Guang's majesty arranged this Central Plains battle to eliminate Li Mi, Xue Shixiong was the commander-in-chief because of his old qualifications, and now Xue Shixiong has made a mistake halfway, and the de facto command has fallen into the hands of Wang Shichong.
After coming to Luoyang, Wang Shichong gave his first order: to spy. The result is very bad, to borrow a common saying: the surrounding environment is complicated, and the public security shape is not optimistic. The Wagang army that Wang Shichong faced was not comparable to the grass-level counter-soldiers he encountered in Jiangzuo.
The opponent is like a cloud, a think tank is like a star, sits in a granary, and is tightly organized; this is a high-level counter-army that has broken away from the grass-roots leadership and entered into an organized and disciplined army. For such an opponent, to defeat it. The first and foremost condition is to know what you are doing. Wang Shichong found a way.
Three months later, Wang Shichong finally launched his first general offensive. In the middle of the night of October 25, Wang Shichong led his troops to set off, and his target was Li Mi's base camp, Luokou Cangcheng. Under the cover of night, Wang Shichong crossed Luoshui and came to a place called Heishi.
When he arrived here, Wang Shichong did not leave and ordered to set up camp. After setting up camp, Wang Shichong told the Jianghuai soldiers who were marching west with him: "Now cross the river with me to Luobei!" "Didn't you just pass from Luobei, and now you're going back? What does this mean, besides, Li Mi's Luokou Cangcheng is not on the other side of the river. Looking at the puzzled eyes of his subordinates, Wang Shichong showed a mysterious smile.
Yes, go to Luobei, only there can we defeat Li Mi. After returning to Luobei, Wang Shichong led his troops along Luoshui, with Li Mi's defensive fortress in front of him: Yuecheng. It's dawn. Wang Shichong's mind is occupied by a big question mark: Will Li Mi come to Luobei? When he saw the banner embroidered with the word Wei and heard the sound of horses' hooves, Wang Shichong showed a smug smile.
Li Mi, you're finally here. Wang Shichong finally waited for his enemy on the battlefield he had chosen. At this moment, Li Mi is probably the prey in his eyes, and he is walking towards the trap he has set up step by step. Those who are in the battlefield first and wait for the enemy, and those who are in the battlefield and tend to fight later. --- the first paragraph of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Li Mi did come, in fact, he came no later than Wang Shichong, and as soon as Wang Shichong dispatched, his scouts detected it. Li Mi did not hesitate, and immediately led his four hussar generals, the left and right protectors (Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shixian), and of course, Brother Zhai to Luokou Cangcheng. I heard that Jiang Du came to the role of the victim, and it was time to meet for a while.
At this time, Li Mi was already known as the leader of the Central Plains Alliance, and there were people who had been defeated by Wang Shichong and came to take refuge, avenging his brother and establishing the prestige of the alliance leader, at this time. When he came, Li Mi was very interested, and under the excitement, Li Mi didn't think about why Wang Shichong had camped in Luoshuinan, but he still crossed back to the north. (To be continued)