The End of the Sui Dynasty

After Chen Kefu returned to Weizhou from the grassland... Immediately leave the army behind and take the personal guards with them.

and the generals in the army galloped south. Li Jing had already sent him an urgent military situation, and Xue Shixiong, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard, led an army of 100,000 to rush back to Linyu Pass, and when he learned that his four sons had all fallen into the hands of the Liaodong Army, he was already furious. Xue Shixiong had already joined forces with Li Jing, the general of the Right Military Guard, and waved 150,000 troops, preparing to counterattack the Liaodong Army camp outside the storm.

The large camp outside the customs of the Liaodong Army led by Li Jing, Mao Yi and Lu Shishen was only 100,000 at this time. And among these 100,000 people, there are 30,000 auxiliary troops. Even the Chen Zi coach Da Xu, who was hanging in the camp, was just fake.

On that day, in order to transfer back Yang Guang's 100,000 Hebei Army, Li Jing and his team also relied on singing the empty city plan, so that the Hebei Army in the Guannai thought that Liaodong had increased its troops to 250,000, and they could not come out of the retreat for a while. And Li Jing used the massive gunpowder weapons of the Liaodong Army and various siege equipment to storm the city as if he didn't want money, which created the illusion of the Liaodong Army's strength to the Sui army in the city.

And last time, Luo Yi, the general of Hu Benlang, also saw a little flaw in the Liaodong Army, so he ignored the general order of Li Jing, the commander of the Guannai, and led the troops to raid the camp of the Liaodong Army. If it weren't for this, although Luo Yi's Youzhou Iron Cavalry was powerful, he would not dare to raid the 200,000 troops of the Liaodong Army with 30,000 horses.

Although he fell into Li Jing's ambush afterwards and almost wiped out the whole army, he confirmed this conjecture more and more in his heart.

Xue Shixiong waved his troops back to Linyu Pass, and after listening to Luo Yi's words, he also believed five points.

That's why they immediately waved their troops to attack, the purpose was to take advantage of the fact that the Liaodong Army had not yet arrived, and annihilated the troops and horses outside the pass in one fell swoop.

Fortunately, although Li Jing was a big deal, he was not famous in the past. But when Chen Kefu fully trusted him and handed him the military power of the Linyu Pass army, his performance was still admired by the whole army. Whether it was his fake troop increase strategy or a feint attack strategy, it was all unaware of the Sui army in the city. Even Luo Yi's 30,000-strong army raided, Li Jing discovered it early and fought a beautiful anti-ambush battle.

This time, after Xue Shixiong took the initiative to attack, Li Jing also took the initiative to retreat, and even if he retreated, he retreated very safely, and did not give the Sui army any chance at all. However, it is not a way to retreat like this, and if you retreat, the Sui army will be able to rush into Yanzhou in western Liaoning.

Chen Kefu went south along the west bank of the Liaohe River, entered Liaodong County of Yanzhou, continued south to Yanjun, and at the junction of the Liaohe River between Yanqun and Liaoyang County of Liaozhou, Guo Xiaoke, the general of the Liaodong Army's armed cavalry guard, had already transferred 30,000 soldiers from Liaozhou and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers to just cross the Liaohe River.

As soon as they met, Chen Kefu immediately asked Guo Xiaoke, "How is the situation on Marshal Li's side?" ”

Guo Xiaoke was first Chen Kefu's personal guard in the broken military camp, and now he is one of the eight guards of the Liaodong Army, but he still has the same good relationship with Chen Kefu before. As soon as he heard the old boss's question, he hurriedly frowned and said, "Marshal Li has already suspected that the Sui army in Linyu Pass has discovered the reality of the camp in western Liaoxi, but it seems that they are not completely sure. Now Marshal Li led the army to retreat 20 miles every day, and Xue Shixiong led 100,000 Hebei troops out of the pass and entered Yanzhou in western Liaoning, and also advanced 20 miles every day. The two armies have been facing each other ten miles apart, but they have not yet fought each other. ”

Chen Kefu nodded, "Xue Shixiong is a famous general in the world, and Li Jing, Zhang Xutuo and others were known as the Eight Tiger Generals of the Northern Frontier of the Great Sui Dynasty. Such a person is not in vain, it is estimated that he is still testing the strength of the camp in Liaoxi, once he knows the truth. If you find a flaw again, I'm afraid that you will pounce and strike a killer blow. By the way, I heard that Xue Shixiong's four sons are known as the Four Tigers, all of them are fierce generals in the army, known as the leaders of the younger generation of the Great Sui, and they are young fierce generals in Hebei along with the Pei brothers? ”

The two sons of the Pei family, Chen Kefu has dealt with both. When Pei Xingyan was young, he was already brave in the three armies, and was praised by Emperor Yang Guang as a thousand enemies in the army. Yang Guang's ability to see people is actually quite good, when Yang Guang once told him that the Pei family kid was the same as him, he was in love. After seeing it a few times, I agreed with Yang Guang's words. It's just that this kid is a little too arrogant, and he looks down on ordinary people at all. But the boss of the Pei family is a strategist, full of ghost ideas, he calculated the Pei family several times, and Pei Renji can resolve it, especially when the Liaodong Army raided Pei Renji, who was guarding Huaiyuan, he played a great role. And the current four tigers of the Xue family are actually characters who can be called the same as the Pei family brothers, it must not be simple. …,

Guo Xiaoke smiled and said, "The four brothers of the Xue family and the other more than 10,000 captured Hebei soldiers are now in Huaiyuan Town in front, if the marshal wants to see it, why don't you go to the meeting in person." However, Marshal Li has a comment on the four brothers, saying that the eldest and second are all unstoppable generals in the army, but the third and fourth are the real generals, especially the fourth.

As soon as he heard Li Jing's comments, Chen Kefu was a little surprised. This nasal language is very high, and among the four brothers, the eldest and second are in Li Jing's opinion. Although you can't be a general who can stand alone, it is more than enough to be a general who charges into battle. And the third child is a general who can stand alone, and the fourth child is even more amazing, and he actually commented that he can be handsome. As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but one will be rare. And in this power country, how can the generals be officers above the fourth or fifth rank, like the Great Sui Dynasty, the generals above the fourth and fifth ranks, among the twelve guards alone, there are thousands of members. But among these thousands of generals, the one who can really be called handsome can be counted on both hands.

Even now, there are very few people in his Liaodong army who can be handsome. He Chen Pojun can be handsome, Li Jing can be handsome, and Li Benlei can be handsome. In addition to the three of them, Yu Qinming, Mao Yi, and Wang Rengong can barely be handsome. As for the other generals, most of them are generals, but they are not handsome.

"Okay, let's lead the troops to set off immediately, let's go to Huaiyuan to see the four tigers of the Xue family first, and then go to Liaoxi to meet their father, who is known as the tiger general."

The 50,000-strong army immediately set off and headed straight for Huaiyuan. Huaiyuan was one of the three major fortress military towns established in western Liaoxi after the Sui Dynasty's second expedition to Liao, after the Gaoju people west of the Liao River were driven across the Liao River. The three major military towns in western Liaoning, namely Luhe Town in Liucheng County, Huaiyuan Town in Yan County, and Tongding Town in Liaodong County, these three fortresses are like an iron cable, which is a line of defense for the Great Sui to prevent Goguryeo. However, now it has become the first line of defense before the Liaodong Army, the main line of defense against the Sui Army.

50,000 soldiers and horses entered Huaiyuan Town under the leadership of Chen Kefu, Luo Zhong, Yu Qinming, Guo Xiaoke, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Lin, Luo Shixin, Wei Chi Brothers and other army commanders.

Just arrived in Huaiyuan, but was immediately greeted by Zhang Jin, the general of the military cavalry who is now guarding Huaiyuan Town.

"Dashuai, you came just in time, there are three groups of guests in the city, and they happen to be looking for you." Zhang Jin whispered.

Chen Kefu looked at his mysterious appearance, and couldn't help but wonder, "What guest?" ”

Zhang Jin pulled Chen Kefu to the side corner, "In the morning, Daniel Zhang came back with the brothers, because the commander had an order that his mission was top secret, so he stayed here for the time being, waiting for further orders from the commander. ”

As soon as he heard that Daniel Zhang had returned to Liaoxi so quickly, Chen Kefu couldn't help but be happy: "Did they bring people with them?" ”

Zhang Jin nodded, and when Daniel Zhang told him that they had kidnapped Yang Guang's empress and crown prince to Liaodong, they were all shocked.

Chen Kefu didn't know how to arrange this Empress Xiao and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while, and these two people would definitely not be able to meet in Liaodong now. Now the Sui Dynasty thinks that this is done by the Turks, in case Yang Guang knows that his wife and son are here, it will be another million-strong army into Liao.

"Dashuai, in addition, Pei Shiju, the court's Nayan, escorted Princess Izumo here today, and he refused to cross the Liao River by himself, saying that he wanted Dashuai to lead hundreds of civil and military officials from Liaodong to greet him. He also said that he has an edict from the emperor and wants to announce it to you in person. ”

"Hang him for the time being, and take care of the princess. Now I have to go to Liucheng County soon, where Xue Shixiong is rushing over with 100,000 soldiers and horses. You have to hide that Empress Xiao and the crown prince, you must not let them find out about each other, and it is best not to let anyone else know that Empress Xiao and the crown prince are here now. I'm not going into the city today, and I'll see you when I get back." Chen Kefu originally said that he would go to see the four tigers of the Xue family, but when he heard that half of Yang Guang's family was on his own territory, he really didn't know how to meet for a while.

Even now he is embarrassed to see Princess Izumo, who wants to marry her here, but who has tied up his mother-in-law and brother-in-law over there, and he doesn't know how to tell her.

Seeing that Chen Kefu was leaving, the former captain of Chen Kefu's personal guard hurriedly followed him and said, "Dashuai, there are still a group of people you must see." ”

"Who must be seen?"

Zhang Jin said softly, "It's a team of people from Jiankang City, Jiangnan, led by a eunuch, who said that he came to give you a decree." ”

"The eunuch from Jiankang City, or did he come to give me a decree? Did you hear it right? After listening to this, Chen Kefu asked Zhang Jindao suspiciously, what did he say. Jiankang City was originally the capital of Nanchen, but when the Sui State broke through Jiankang more than 20 years ago, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties had been razed to the ground, and all the palaces, walls, and houses were taken away. Later, the Sui Dynasty rebuilt Kang into Danyang, but there was no longer the capital of the Six Dynasties.

Moreover, although the Sui Dynasty had many palaces in various places, there were only two national capitals, Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east. And now the emperor is far away in Yanmen, Hedong, even if the eunuch is the purpose, it is impossible to come from Jiangnan to give him a decree. And he clearly knew that Pei Shiju in Huaiyuan Town was here to announce the decree to himself, where did the eunuch Jiankang who came to announce the decree come from for some reason?!。