Sun Changle was angry and funny, he was called the king in Wagangzhai, and he was easy to be a general for a few years, but now he was regarded as a king again, or a soldier of the Tang Army, he shouted: "Open your dog eyes and see, who are we?" ”

Only then did several Tang soldiers realize that the other party was not Song Jingang's army, but the cavalry of the Northern Sui, and he looked at each other and was stunned. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sun Changle didn't want to talk to them, he saw the miners running around, so he ordered: "All brigade commanders lead their troops to gather the miners!" ”

The three thousand cavalry immediately broke down into thirty hundred-man cavalry teams and rushed in all directions, shouting: "We are not bandits, we are the cavalry of the Northern Sui, don't be afraid!" ”

The shouting over and over again finally had an effect, and the terrified miners finally found that the other party was not Song Jingang's army, but the Northern Sui cavalry, their fear subsided, and they turned around and ran towards the miners' camp, most of them had their own belongings in the camp, and they didn't want to lose them in the chaos.

Half an hour later, 30,000 miners were gathered in a vast open space, Sun Changle jumped on a big stone, and the majestic voice echoed above the miners, "Please don't be afraid, His Royal Highness King Qi will be here soon, he will not embarrass everyone, everyone can go home for the time being, the mine may have to be suspended for a month, and then it will continue to operate, and then it will work for the Northern Sui court, those who are willing to come back to continue working can add fifty percent of their wages, and if they don't want to come back, they will farm at home!" We don't force it. ”

30,000 miners are like blowing up a hornet's nest, whispering loudly, everyone is interested in adding 50% of the salary, now they are 6 percent a month, if 50% is added, that is to be able to get 9 percent a month.

Someone asked in a loud voice, "So when will we be back?" ”

"Everyone wait patiently, about a month or so, there will be news of recruitment, and now the war is about to break out, everyone hurry home!"

When everyone heard that war was about to break out, they all fled to the south of Haoyanshui, and thousands of people fled to the county seat, and their wives and children were still in the county seat.

At this time, one of the Eagle Yang Lang generals asked in a low voice, "Why didn't the general leave these miners behind, so as not to be used by the enemy." ”

Sun Changle shook his head, "This is the order of the commander, we just have to carry it out." ”

Another general pointed to the thousands of miners rushing to the county seat: "We can send our brothers to follow them into the city disguised as miners, and we can join forces with the outside and seize the county seat in one fell swoop." ”

Sun Changle smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "When you see Rulin County, you will feel that your thoughts are ridiculous, besides, our target is not Rulin County, but the 18,000 Tang Army of Shuofang County." ”

Sun Changle was not in a hurry to rush to Rulin County, he wanted to give the general who defended the city a little time to arrange a report.

At this time, Xi Shiling had already known from the fleeing miners that the cavalry killed was not Song Jingang's army, but the Sui army, which made him even more frightened, and he immediately sent several cavalry to Yanlu County, a hundred miles away, to ask Duan Decao for help.

At the same time, Xi Shiling wrote another eagle letter, reporting to Chang'an that the mine had been occupied by the Sui army.

At noon, Zhang Xuan led an army of 20,000 to Rulin County, and set up a large camp outside Rulin County, and hundreds of scouts were sent to Shuofang County to monitor Duan Decao's every move.

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Rulin County is a small county, the circumference of the city is only about 12 miles, the population is only a few thousand people at first, but with the development of the Red Iron Mountain, the population of the county has reached 20,000 people, although the county is prosperous in business, but it is also crowded, the roads are narrow and potholes, and the soil is covered in sunny days and mud in rainy days.

The city wall that maintains the safety of the county is far from being tall and strong, it can only be described as dilapidated and low, many sections of the city wall have shown signs of collapse, and cracks on the city wall that are up to a foot wide can be seen everywhere, so Sun Changle does not bother to send people in to lurk, such a city wall collapses with a trebuchet with a blow, and there is no need to combine the inside and the outside.

However, even if the city was within reach, the Sui army had no intention of attacking the city, and 23,000 troops were stationed in the north of the county, and not far from the south of the county was the surging luxury water.

Zhang Xuan rode a horse and stood on a hill looking at the county seat a few miles away, they stood halfway up the mountain, and could clearly see the situation in the county, next to Sun Changle pointed to a huge house in the county and said: "There is a warehouse, there are about 7 million catties of pig iron, 2.6 million catties of copper ingots, and even tens of thousands of taels of gold, which is the entire output from October last year to this year. ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, then turned around and asked Chu Suiliang, "How much pig iron is still in Chang'an?" ”

Chu Suiliang bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, according to the latest information, there are still 900,000 catties of pig iron in Chang'an Shaofu Temple, and only 300,000 catties of copper. ”

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "This copper and iron stock, Li Yuan can't afford to lose!" ”

"What does the big marshal mean is that Duan Decao will definitely come to the rescue?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Even if it is a sea of swords and fires, he must come!" ”

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Duan Decao is the governor of Gyeongju, he was ordered to lead 20,000 Tang troops in Lingwu County to exterminate the remnants of the Liang Division, since October last year, the Liang Division has recruited 30,000 troops in Hexi, Longyou area, but in several battles at the beginning of the year was defeated by Duan Decao, Liang Division only left less than 10,000 people in the county governance of Huile County, with the tall and strong wall of Huile County.

Just when Duan Decao was preparing to level the Liang Shidu with a bang, Li Yuan's holy decree arrived, ordering him to temporarily stop attacking the Liang Shidu and immediately rush to Diaoyin County to protect the hematite mine.

Although Duan Decao was full of regret, the holy will could not be disobeyed, so he had to wave his army to the east and enter Zhiyanlu County, Shuofang County, less than 100 miles away from Chitie Mountain.

It was also the arrival of Duan Decao that made the army of Lu Chongmao, the general under Song Jingang, who was preparing to lead the army to attack Rulin County, have to stop going north, and the garrison is south of Luyanshui, this is because the position of Duan Decao's garrison is extremely delicate, once Lu Chongmao's army crosses the river to the north, the Tang army will immediately attack his back, cutting off his retreat, so that Lu Chongmao does not dare to act rashly.

The two sides have been facing each other for more than 20 days, and at this time, Decao is still waiting for the order of the imperial court, and he will cooperate with Li Gaoqian's main force in the south to flank the Song Jingang army in the north and south.

In the big tent, Duan Decao stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands, pondering for a long time, and the sergeant who was kneeling on the ground to report the message cried: "General, the city of Rulin County is dilapidated and vulnerable, the defenders are only 3,000 people, once the city is broken, the accumulated copper, iron and gold will become the spoils of the Sui army, and the general of my family once again implores the general Qing to send troops to rescue!" ”

Duan Decao is about thirty-four or five years old this year, with a square face, tall and burly, very powerful, he has been fighting against Qianghu in the northwest all the year round, and he has a lot of experience in warfare.

He also knew that the Sui army had captured the Hetao, and due to the inconvenience of information, he did not have time to go north to rescue Wuyuan County, and more importantly, the imperial court did not give him instructions to support Wuyuan County, so he did not dare to act rashly.

At this time, Duan Decao's heart was full of doubts, why did the Sui army suddenly attack Diaoyin County in the south, it stands to reason that the Sui army should first capture Lingwu County and occupy the entire Hetao, could it be that Zhang Xuan secretly supported Song Jingang and prevented the Tang army from attacking Song Jingang in Yan'an County from the north and south?

The sergeant who knelt on the ground to ask for help was already the third, and Duan Decao always stood still, making Xi Shiling go crazy, and continuously sent people to urge Duan Decao to send troops.

This is exactly where Duan Decao suspects, it is easy to capture Rulin County with the strength of the Sui army, but it has been two days, and the Sui army has not moved, obviously besieging the city to help.

Although the imperial court gave him instructions to defend the hematite mine and keep the copper and iron in the warehouse, his intuition told Duan Decao that things were not so simple, and the real target of the Sui army was likely to be himself rather than the mine, which made Duan Decao hesitate a little in his heart, whether he should lead the army eastward.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the front of the big tent to report: "General Qiyu, the urgent eagle letter from the imperial court has been delivered!" ”

Duan Decao was stunned, and immediately shouted: "Give me the eagle letter!" ”

The soldier stepped forward and presented a tube of eagle letters to Duan Decao, Duan Decao found that the letter box was actually golden, and he was surprised, this is the holy hand!

He hurriedly opened the letter box and took out a fine silk, on which only one line of words was written, and the seal of the Son of Heaven was stamped below.

'The edict of General Duan Decao, the governor of Gyeongju, immediately led the army to rescue Rulin, keep the stock of copper and iron, and defeat the enemy army. ’

Duan Decao was speechless for a long time, and at this time, Liang Li, the deputy general next to him, asked in a low voice, "General, what should I do?" ”

Duan Decao sighed low and said, "The holy decree has been issued, what else can I do, I must send troops!" ”

He immediately said to the messenger: "You go and report to General Xi quickly, I will personally lead the army to kill soon, let him stick to the city, don't be careless!" ”

The messenger cried with joy, kowtowed again and again, and said goodbye, Duan Decao said to Liang Li again: "The Sui army besieged but did not attack Rulin County, it is obvious that it is besieging the city to send reinforcements, just wait for us to go to the rescue, it will be a hard battle, we must be extra cautious, I will lead 13,000 troops first, and you will lead 5,000 troops to escort grain and grass behind, but you must be careful when the Sui army sneaks attack, especially when crossing Hengshan." ”

Liang Li nodded, "Please rest assured general, the last general will definitely be cautious." ”

Duan Decao ordered the soldiers to bring five days of dry food, and then led 13,000 soldiers to Rulin County.

Between Yanlu County and Rulin County, there is a mountain hundreds of miles long, this section is called Hengshan, the mountain is the towering Great Wall, the luxury of the water flows through the mountain, the Tang army marched along the north bank of the luxury water.

Just half a day after Duan Decao sent his troops, the deputy general Liang Li also led 5,000 troops to escort the baggage grain and grass team to the east, the war not only needs food, but also needs weapons supplies, such as arrows and knives and spears to replenish, etc., to use sufficient materials to ensure that the army wins the battle, as a general who has experienced a hundred battles, Duan Decao knows this very well.

Liang Li escorted nearly a thousand carts along the north bank of the Luyan River, and they were very cautious, constantly sending scouts to patrol the front to prevent an ambush ahead.

The Wuding River, which originates in the mountains and mountains south of Shuofang County, flows to Yanlu County in the northeast, turns southeast after passing through Hengshan, and finally flows into the Yellow River from the south of Diaoyin County.

Although Liang Li was very cautious, they did not encounter any anomalies, and they did not encounter an ambush by the Sui army when they crossed the Dashan River Valley, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

After getting out of the mountain pass, the terrain is gradually flattened, after walking more than ten miles, it is a gentle alpine meadow, through a large forest, a big mountain in the north is the Red Iron Mountain, and then you can reach Rulin County by walking for 50 miles.

Due to the very hot weather, the logistics team did not march fast, and at noon, the army rested by the river, and thousands of carts formed a circle around the perimeter, and the soldiers rested on the grass in the circle.

At this time, Liang Li faintly heard the thunder, and couldn't help but look up at the sky, the sky was blue, the sun was scorching, and the dazzling sunlight was so bright that his eyes couldn't open, where was there any sign of rain, Liang Li was very surprised in his heart, where did this thunder come from?

At this moment, a scout cavalry rushed forward and shouted, "The Sui cavalry is here!" The cavalry is coming! ”

Frightened, the Tang soldiers got up one after another, and Liang Li shouted: "Immediately line up!" ”

But it was too late, and countless cavalry rushed out of the woods two miles away, and slaughtered them like a flash flood.

This cavalry had 7,000 people, led by Luo Cheng, the general of Hu Benlang, in fact, the Sui army that went south to Diaoyin County had a total of 30,000 people, including 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and 3,000 of the cavalry were led by Sun Changle and went south as the vanguard.

The other 7,000 men were strange soldiers, passing through the valley of Chitie Mountain from the west and ambushing in the forest, Luo Cheng's task was to attack Duan Decao's rear army and destroy the logistics of the Tang army.

At this time, the 7,000 cavalry of the Sui Army was like an arrow off the string, killing the 5,000 Tang Army in the south at a speed that could not cover the speed of lightning, and instantly rushed to 300 steps away.

Because the cavalry of the Sui army came too fast, the five thousand Tang troops did not have time to complete the whole team, and Liang Li saw that the situation was critical, and he couldn't take care of the whole team, and shouted: "Release the arrows!" ”

A part of the Tang army opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the Tang cavalry that rushed like a torrent, the arrows were like a torrent, nearly 2,000 arrows were shot down from the air, and the Sui cavalry raised their shields to meet each other, but there were still many cavalry who were shot by the arrows and rolled to the ground.

"General! It's too late. A lieutenant shouted at Liang Li.

Liang Li's heart was about to despair, the cavalry advance was less than a hundred steps away from them, the monstrous murderous aura rushed towards them, the earth was shaking, and the yellow dust rolled up by the violent horses' hooves almost suffocated them.

"Kill! The spear went up. ”

As soon as Liang Li's shout fell, he heard a loud bang, several carts in the east were knocked up by the Sui cavalry, and then the carts in the north were also knocked over, and the powerful Sui cavalry finally entered the Tang army, countless Tang soldiers shouted, raised their spears and rushed up, and the two armies launched a fierce battle on the north bank of the Luyan River.

This is a war of asymmetrical military strength, 7,000 cavalry against 5,000 infantry, the strong impact of the cavalry will tear the Tang army's formation, so that the Tang soldiers can not form a formation, can only fight with the cavalry alone, the infantry is far from the cavalry opponent, not long after, the Tang soldiers were killed and retreated, the defeat has appeared, and the Tang soldiers are about to collapse. (To be continued.) )