Just when Yang Yuanqing exterminated Li Mi and pacified Jiangnan, the Sui army's battle to sweep Qingzhou also reached the most critical moment, Luo Shixin led 10,000 Sui troops and 20,000 Dou Jiande's troops to attack Liu Heimin's army entrenched in Langya County.

In Dong'an County, Xintai County and Fei County, the Sui army won three battles and three victories, annihilating more than 10,000 Liu Heimin's army, and Liu Heimin had to lead thousands of remnants to retreat to Linyi County.

Although Linyi County is the seat of Langya County, it is not Liu Heimin's nest, Liu Heimin is in Oh Dong'an County, Linyi County is only a middle county, with a population of less than 20,000 people, the circumference of the city is only more than ten miles, the city is only two zhang high, it has not been repaired for many years, and it has been very dilapidated.

Seeing that the army's heart was unstable, Liu Heimin tore off the mask of hypocrisy and treated the people, and plundered the army, routing from Fei County to Linyi, burning and killing all the way, plundering the people's property and grain.

After occupying Linyi County, he forced young and strong people to join the army, and all those over the age of 14 and under the age of 60, regardless of men and women, all went to the city to participate in the defense, and all the food in the city was distributed by the army.

At dawn, Liu Heimin rode a horse to inspect the city, and after a night of chaos and sleeplessness, both soldiers and ordinary people were exhausted and lay down in the corners of the wall to sleep.

Groups of women squatted together, many women hugged their heads and cried, last night, many women were taken away and humiliated by the soldiers at night, at this time their hearts were full of fear, not knowing whether they would survive this catastrophe.

Liu Heimin turned a blind eye to this scene of chaos, he was a person from the past, the people in troubled times were like grass, he had no pity and sympathy in his heart, if the women could appease his military heart, he would not hesitate to strip all the women naked and throw them into his soldiers, if the looting of money can boost morale. Even if it is the mansion of the son of the Jade Emperor, he will indulge the soldiers to kill in the mansion, with only one purpose, the soldiers must work for him Liu Heimin.

Liu Heimin's war horse clattered past a group of women. He didn't even look at it, but the soldiers behind him whipped at several women who were in the way, and there was a wail, and the women hid in the corner.

The laziness of the soldiers and people in the city made Liu Heimin's brows tightened, and his eyes were very annoyed, of course he knew that the soldiers had been tossing all night. needs to rest, but if the Sui army arrives at this time, how can this kind of army face the battle.

He shouted angrily, "Order everyone to get me up, not to sleep!" ”

When the order was given, the soldiers rushed forward one after another, whipping the sleeping soldiers and the people with leather whips, so that the soldiers stood up one after another. No one dared to sleep anymore, and at that moment, a whimpering horn was suddenly heard in the distance. "Whew-"

Liu Heimin turned his head suddenly, this was the horn sound he didn't want to hear, but it still appeared, and a black army in the distance was rushing towards this side, Liu Heimin was so anxious that he shouted: "Ring the bell!" Defend the city for everyone! ”

'When! While! While! While! ’

The screeching bells rang at the top of the city, and groups of soldiers rushed up the road, the men stood dazed, not knowing what they were supposed to do, and the women ran to their homes in panic and screams. When the war came, only the children at home were the most important, and there was chaos in the city.

At this time, Liu Heimin couldn't care about the woman who ran away, and he stared nervously at the Sui soldiers who were getting closer and closer. Just as he feared, the Sui cavalry was full of spirits and the infantry were running strongly, and they had actually come a long time ago and rested nearby for the night.

And his soldiers tossed all night last night, not knowing if their physical strength could hold on, and they were anxious, Liu Heimin yelled, "Give Lao Tzu a jīng god, women have to work hard after they have done it, prepare bows and arrows, and let the people bring up the rolling wood and stones!" ”

More than 10,000 people ran back and forth on the city, the people were forced to carry up sections of huge trees and stones, thousands of soldiers stretched their bows and arrows, nervously and uneasily watched the Sui army getting closer and closer, 30,000 Sui troops were overwhelming, spears were like forests, armor was shining, and the black pressure could not be seen at a glance, which made the legs of the defenders of the city tremble.

The Sui army ran to a mile away from the city, and gradually stopped, among the 30,000 troops, 10,000 cavalry were the southbound Sui army led by Luo Shixin, and the other 20,000 infantry were Dou Jiande's descended army, which had been reorganized into the Sui army, but the armor and weapons were slightly inferior to the Sui army.

At the front of the cavalry, Luo Shixin held a big iron spear in his hand, and immediately looked at this low and dilapidated city coldly, he had already experienced a hundred battles, participated in countless siege battles, and had rich experience in attacking cities, he just took a general glance, and there were at least three plans to capture this broken city.

But the first thing for a general is to cherish the soldiers, try not to make unnecessary sacrifices, although the city is densely populated, but Luo Shixin knows very well that Liu Heimin actually only has 3,000 capable soldiers, and the rest are estimated to be his temporary husbands.

This kind of grassroots people can't see the tragedy and blood, as long as the slightest pressure is applied, these people will collapse on all fronts, and more importantly, the city is too dilapidated to withstand the blow.

"Three thousand sword and shield soldiers in the right army, a hundred steps closer to the city!"

Luo Shixin gave an order, and the right army marched out of the line of three thousand sword and shield soldiers, a team of 100 people, arranged into thirty teams, lined up neatly, held high the giant shield, and walked towards the city wall step by step.

The defenders of the city never dreamed that the Sui army would immediately launch an attack, and suddenly panicked, shouting and shouting on the head of the city, bows and arrows were raised high, rolling wood and stones were piled up, and when it was less than a hundred paces, the city was full of arrows, and the arrows rained down on the sword and shield army that came in formation.

But the sword and shield army stopped advancing when it was still a hundred steps close to the city wall, Luo Shixin looked at the city, and as he thought, the defenders did not have bed crossbows and heavy stone cannons, and he immediately gave another order, "The sword and shield army withdraws, and the whole army retreats three miles back and camps." ”

The Sui army retreated and set up a large camp three miles away, nearly a thousand camp tents stretched for nearly ten miles, and the defenders in the city were also relieved, no matter what the purpose of the Sui army was, at least they could rest.

Liu Heimin was also puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of the Sui army, but his soldiers really needed to rest, Liu Heimin immediately ordered, "The whole army rests on the spot!" ”

For a whole day, there was no movement on both sides, as if they had a tacit understanding with each other, they were both raising jīng and accumulating sharpness, and they seized as much time to rest as possible.

When night fell, many sharp-eyed soldiers were surprised to find tall objects three hundred paces away from the city wall. As tall as the city, like a colossal monster crouching in the night, there are as many as fifteen in total.

"It's a catapult!" A soldier cried out in amazement,

Liu Heimin also rushed over when he heard the news. Looking at the fifteen heavy catapults three hundred steps away, his heart suddenly cooled for the most part, he knew very well the defense capability of Linyi City, as long as a huge stone bombardment, the city would inevitably collapse.

"What should I do?" Beads of sweat appeared on Liu Heimin's forehead, and he knew very well that they wouldn't survive tonight.

Then. One of the soldiers said in a low voice: "My lord, we still have three hundred war horses, it is better to take advantage of the chaos and the cover of the night, and we will escape from the city." ”

Liu Heimin pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, at this moment, there was a shout from the defenders at the head of the city, and the Sui army had an attack. Fifteen boulders roared and slammed into the city.

The city shook with a dull loud noise. Seven of the boulders smashed on the top of the city, the rubble was shocked, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and more than a dozen people were smashed by the boulders.

The people at the head of the city were so frightened that they cried and screamed, and ran desperately to the city, and there was chaos on the city, but in the chaos, someone carefully found that their commander had disappeared.

The second and third rounds of boulders smashed in succession, and the dilapidated city wall could no longer withstand this continuous huge impact. A section of the city wall about 20 zhang long near the gate was the first to collapse......

In the darkness, the Sui army had lined up again, waiting to rush into the city, and Luo Shixin watched as the city shook in the bombardment, and saw that the city wall was about to collapse, and at this moment, a scout rushed to the city. "General Qiyu found that a cavalry of about 300 men had left the city and fled south. ”

Luo Shixin immediately guessed that this must be Liu Heimin who saw that something was wrong and fled first, and he immediately ordered the deputy general Zhou Long, "After entering the city, you are not allowed to disturb the people, Liu Heimin's soldiers will not be left, and all of them will be beheaded!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Long hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Luo Shixin turned around and waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "The first five battalions of cavalry, follow me to chase the enemy!" ”

Five thousand cavalrymen rode out and followed Luo Shixin to the south.

The three hundred cavalry who secretly came out of the city were indeed Liu Heimin, he knew that the city was dilapidated and could not withstand the attack of the Sui army at all, so he led three hundred guards from the south gate out of Linyi City and fled in the direction of Pengcheng County.

It is not far from Linyi County to Pengcheng County, only more than 100 miles apart, basically an endless plain, Liu Heimin fled in front, Luo Shixin led the army to chase after him, the day gradually dawned, Luo Shixin led the army to chase into Pengcheng County for nearly 30 miles, but Liu Heimin lost his trace.

Just when Luo Shixin was puzzled, suddenly a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, look, there is an army over there!" ”

Luo Shixin looked to the southwest, only to see a few miles away, a black army appeared in the field, about 20,000 people, Luo Shixin was taken aback, and restrained his horse.

Is this Li Mi's army? ’

He knew that there would be no Sui army in the area of Pengcheng County, and there were actually 20,000 troops, and it was easy to guess that this could only be Li Mi's army. ”

Although the pursuit lasted all night and was already sleepy and tired, the five thousand cavalry quickly reorganized the ranks and discharged the battle formation at the moment of the great enemy.

But the strange thing is that the other party also stopped two miles away, only to see a group of cavalry coming up, about a hundred people, and several scouts rushed forward and asked loudly: "May I ask if it is General Luo Shixin's team?" ”

Luo Shixin waved his spear, "I am, who are you waiting for?" ”

When several scouts heard that it was Luo Shixin himself, they immediately dismounted, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and the leading officer held up a package high, and said in a deep voice: "We are the headquarters of General Chen Zhiluo of the Wei Army, the Wei Dynasty has perished, we have nowhere to go, General Chen is willing to surrender to General Luo, this is the head of Liu Heimin, who was killed by us, and specially dedicated to General Luo!" ”

Luo Shixin was stunned, he actually came to surrender himself, he picked up the cloth bag with the tip of his gun, and in the cloth bag was indeed Liu Heimin's head, his face was lifelike, and it was dripping with blood, it could be seen that he had just been beheaded.

"Where is General Chen? Ask him to come and see me. ”

A scout rushed away, and in a moment a general hurriedly stepped forward with more than a dozen partial generals, knelt down on one knee for the leader, and saluted Luo Shixin with a fist, "Wei General Chen Zhi has no way out, and he is willing to lead the army to surrender to General Luo!" ”

Luo Shixin was overjoyed, turned over and dismounted to help him up, "Those who know the times are Junjie, General Chen can return to the Great Sui, this is General Chen's wisdom, I will definitely ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu to seal the general, and never disappoint General Chen." ”

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