Laishui County is a small county, the city is dilapidated, the city is narrow, the circumference of the city wall is only seven or eight miles, the population is less than 1,000 households, when Luo Yi's army arrived in Laishui County, the city gate was wide open, and the county ordered Zhang Zhiwen to lead a group of officials such as the county Cheng, the county lieutenant, and the chief book to go out of the city and surrender.

The county commander Zhang Zhiwen knelt in front of Luo Yima and held the county order seal high, "We are willing to surrender Youzhou, and we only beg the marshal not to hurt the people in the county." ”

"Shanggu County originally belonged to the jurisdiction of Youzhou, Zhang County Order doesn't have to worry, I won't hurt the civilians, you can appease the people, there can be no chaos."

Luo Yi knew that the city of Laishui County was small and could only accommodate a few thousand troops at most, so he instructed his general Wei Chi Bao: "You can lead the 3,000 troops of your headquarters into the county, strictly enforce military discipline, and do not disturb the people, if there is any abnormal situation, report to me at any time." ”

"Obedience!"

Wei Chibao bowed and led his 3,000 troops to the city, and Luo Yi appeased the county commander Zhang Zhiwen and others, and asked them to enter the city to arrange for the Youzhou army to be stationed.

At this time, a scout rushed to report: "Lord Qi, Gao Wentong led the headquarters to leave the camp and chased westward. ”

Luo Yi sneered, this idiot really chased after him, and Xue Wanche next to him hurriedly said: "Dashuai, Gao Wentong pursued without authorization, and it is very likely that he will be ambushed by the Sui army, so he will chase him back." ”

Luo Yi shook his head, "This idiot always threatens me at critical times, with him, I will be defeated at his hands sooner or later, it is best if he dies, I will wait for Gao Kaidao to send a newcomer." ”

Xue Wanche's eyes showed a look of worry, "But...... If Gao Wentong is defeated, will Gao Kaidao send troops again? ”

Luo Yi looked at the swarthy mountains shrouded in night in the distance, and said lightly: "This is going to be seen." If Gao Wentong is defeated and does not die, Gao Kaidao may give up Beiping County and retreat to Liaodong, but if Gao Wentong dies, then Gao Kaidao will definitely avenge him. ”

He glanced at Xue Wanche again: "Do you understand what I mean?" ”……

The empty camp of the Sui army could not satisfy Gao Wentong's extremely hungry appetite, thinking of the Sui army's baggage walking slowly behind, and hearing that there were still two hundred female soldiers in the team, he could no longer restrain the impulse in his heart. Not long after Luo Yi's army left, Gao Wentong immediately ordered: "Pursue the Sui army!" ”

He led an army of 20,000 people, chasing all the way west along the official road, Gao Wentong followed his brother to mix in the water and land of Douzigang for two years, after several years of rebellion, the Douzigang bandits also experienced a group after group, from the initial Liu Badao, Hao Xiaode, Lu Mingyue to the last Geqian, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in Douzigang to rebel. They fought for territory, robbed food and women, killed each other year after year, and blood and violence filled the land, so that it formed a unique Douzigang rule, that is, killing and looting, and the strong are kings.

The people who come out of Douzigang have this very destructive Douzigang rules in their bones, which is especially prominent in Gao Wentong, who kills people and commits adultery. Plundering food and people's wealth, he will never consider the people's livelihood and the continuation of future generations, he only cares about his own moment, it is the cruel destruction of thousands of bandits like Gao Wentong for several years that completely destroyed the foundation of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Gao Wentong was eager to seize the supplies and food of the Sui army, and the desire filled his mind, he completely lost his vigilance and reason, and led his army to chase all the way, and about an hour after chasing out, his army found a dozen damaged grain carts abandoned on the side of the road. There were dozens of bags of rice in the grain truck, and some soldiers also found a box of women's dresses, as well as a lot of copper coins scattered all over the place.

The unexpected discovery made Gao Wentong's subordinates very excited, there were women in the ranks of the Sui army, needless to say, they must be the famous female soldiers, and they shouted wildly. 『Xing』 Excited, speeding up and chasing westward.

A few miles further west, you will enter a shallow valley about a dozen long. On both sides are rolling hills, the hills are covered with dense black pine forests, and at this moment in the black pine forests, Xie Yingdeng has led 10,000 Sui troops to ambush for a long time.

Although Xie Yingdeng was ordered to retreat westward, he did not fight a battle, and retreated westward like this, this is not the style of the Sui army, if he can succeed in the ambush, there may not be no hope of turning defeat into victory.

The official road was full of all kinds of baggage, hundreds of ox carts, mainly grain, armor and tents, which blocked the narrow official road, which was the bait that Xie Yingdeng put down.

At this time, a scout cavalry galloped up, he urged the horse to rush up the hill along a path, ran towards the black pine forest, and came to Xie Yingdeng in a moment, panting and reporting: "General Qiyu, the enemy army has been chased fifteen miles away, about 20,000 people. ”

Xie Yingdeng was overjoyed at first, the enemy army really chased after him, but then a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, he was already fifteen miles away, and there were no scouts to explore the way first, this is extremely unconventional night march, does Luo Yi not even care about this minimum rule?

"General, could it be Gao Kaidao's army?" The subordinate general Yu Jin tattooed on the side and whispered.

One sentence reminded Xie Yingdeng that it was very likely that Gao Kaidao's army, their army was exactly 20,000 people, but the question was, Gao Kaidao's army was chasing, wouldn't Luo Yi stop it? Or is it that Luo Yi ordered Gao Kaidao's army to pursue? If this is the case, why is Luo Yi's army different, does Luo Yi think that Gao Kaidao's 20,000 troops can defeat 10,000 Sui troops?

Xie Yingdeng suddenly had a hunch that there might be some kind of contradiction between Gao Kaidao's army and the Youzhou army that outsiders didn't know.

This thought only flashed in Xie Yingdeng's mind, and now he couldn't take care of so much for the time being, Xie Yingdeng immediately shouted: "The order is passed on, and the whole army is ready to be killed!" ”……

Gao Wentong's army had already chased into the shallow valley, and after entering the seven or eight miles, they saw all kinds of vehicles and materials piled up on the official road from afar, and the army cheered, and lost control of the moment, and everyone ran towards the vehicle, they were eager to find gold, silver and copper coins from the car.

"General, the Sui army dropped its baggage and fled in embarrassment!"

A soldier excitedly reported to Gao Wentong in the rear team, Gao Wentong frowned, this scene was different from what he imagined, in his imagination, the Sui army should have been caught up by himself, and fled in embarrassment after a fierce battle, or after a bloody battle, the Sui army was forced to drop his baggage and retreat westward, no matter what, he had to pay a little price, but now he actually got the baggage of the Sui army without much effort, which made him feel extremely unsteady, and made him feel that the Sui army was vulnerable.

It was only then that Gao Wentong suddenly felt that something was wrong, 'No! It was impossible for the Sui army to give up the baggage so easily. ’

He looked up at both sides, and on both sides there were hills, dense pine forests, which seemed unusually silent in a round of cold moonlight, and the cold wind blew, and the mountains and forests rose and fell like waves, making a 'whoosh! There was no sign of anyone in sight, but ...... This terrain.

Gao Wentong's mind 'Buzz! As if it was about to explode, this is the ideal terrain for an ambush "Retreat!" He shouted, "Retreat!" ”

But it was late, there was a bang sound in the pine forest, the arrows in the dense forest on both sides were fired together, the arrows were like dense rain, the Gao Kaidao army was caught off guard, a large group of soldiers were shot down, there was a scream from the official road, the soldiers were so frightened that they were scattered, and they crawled back to flee, the arrows from the woods on both sides were dense like rain, one after another, like the life talisman of the king of Hades, the official road was crowded with hysterical shouting soldiers, everyone scrambled for their lives, trampled on each other, wailing, screaming, and breaking bones......

Xie Yingden saw that some enemy troops had escaped from the official road, so he gave an order, "Kill the cavalry!" ”

In the pine forest of the hills, 'Knock knock! The drums sounded, and thousands of Sui cavalry were ambushed in the forests on both sides of the valley mouth, following the drums, three thousand cavalry came out from both sides, the war horses galloped, the horizontal knives were sharp, and the spears were as dense as a forest, and they rushed into the enemy group in an instant, killing people on their backs, and the corpses were all over the field, and countless people were frightened, kneeling and begging for surrender.

Gao Wentong was desperately broken through by hundreds of personal guards, Gao Wentong was like crazy, waving the door knife of the closed door, no matter whether the enemy or I were slashing all the way, finally killing a bloody road, breaking out of the encirclement, there were only dozens of people left, they were like lost dogs, and fled in panic.

has been fleeing for several miles, the shouting and killing behind him gradually faded away, Gao Wentong slowed down the speed of the horse, he looked back and saw that there were only more than 20 people under his followers, and the 20,000 army was wiped out, this was all his own greed and carelessness, he couldn't help but regret and hate, sorrow came from it, crying loudly, and the guards around him also cried silently.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound from the woods not far away, 'Boom! A soft sound, this is the sound of the bowstring, Gao Wentong was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw an arrow suddenly appear in front of him, and it was too late to dodge, the arrow 'poof!' The ground shot into his throat, Gao Wentong covered his throat, let out a muffled scream, fell off his horse on his back, and then hundreds of arrows came out of the forest ****, more than 20 pro-soldiers screamed and fell off their horses, only to see hundreds of people killed from the woods, surrounded them, and all the pro-soldiers were killed.

Gao Wentong is not dead yet, he is lying on the ground, blood gushing out of his throat, he is no longer good, a masked black-clothed man appeared in front of him, a pair of sharp eyes stared at him viciously, Gao Wentong suddenly recognized the weapon in the hand of the big man, Xue Wanche's green dragon halberd, these eyes also became extremely familiar, Gao Wentong's mouth opened, and his eyes showed extreme anger.

The man in black ripped off the mask on his face, it was Xue Wanche, and he laughed fiercely, "Go die!" The halberd thrust into Gao Wentong's chest.

Xue Wanche didn't expect that in a bush dozens of steps away, a pair of frightened eyes witnessed everything that happened on the official road......

Two days later, Xie Yingdeng led 10,000 troops to escort 13,000 prisoners of war to Yi County, and just two hours after Xie Yingdeng arrived in Yi County, Yang Yuanqing also led 5,000 cavalry to Shanggu County.