Chapter 445: Breaking Xue Ju

In the early morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month, Zong Luohu, the king of Yixing in Western Qin, was woken up by the wriggling of the concubine in his arms, yawned lazily opened his eyes, and asked if there was anything outside the barracks.

The beautiful concubine was swallowing in the quilt, Zong Luohu leaned on the silk pillow and hummed a small tune, leisurely, and indeed leisurely, although the battle in the Sui army's partial division camp fifteen miles away to the west was still fierce, but the eastern battlefield that Zong Luohu was responsible for was calm, and even the Sui army scouts who reconnoitred the enemy's situation were rare to see a few, Zong Luohu didn't hurry up and enjoy the beauty of luxury and lewdness, he would be too sorry for the Yixing title that the Western Qin Emperor Xue Ju gave him.

About to reach the climax, Zong Luohu hummed and closed his eyes, skillfully pressed the head of the beautiful concubine, ready to carefully enjoy the most enthusiastic stimulation, but at this moment, there was a nervous shout from the soldiers outside the tent, "His Royal Highness King Xing, it's not good!" The main force of the thief army has been dispatched, and the main soldiers are coming to our camp in two ways! Also, our scouts also saw the handsome banner of Chen Yingliang, the thief army in Guanzhong, who personally commanded the troops! ”

The climax came to an abrupt end before it was about to reach its peak, and the stiffness and strength suddenly became weak because of the heavy dà profit, and Zong Luohu, who was not satisfied, was both worried and annoyed, unwilling to mutter, kicked away the beautiful concubine, jumped out of the bed with his bare buttocks, and yelled and asked, "How many troops are the thief army?" ”

"Not yet proven." The soldier replied outside the tent: "But at least it is more than 30,000, and it should be the main force of the thief army!" ”

"Chen Yingliang! It's fucking going to pick the time! Zong Luohu cursed a foul word, and shouted again, "Pass the order, the whole army is on alert, and prepare for battle!" Again, go and report this to His Majesty! ”

With the help of the beautiful concubine, he hurriedly washed and changed his clothes, and put on his armor, Zong Luohu strode out of the sleeping tent, quickly climbed the high platform of the camp and looked down, the flags fluttered in the depths of the mountain road in the southeast, there were indeed a large number of troops marching along the mountain road, and when I looked back at the north, although the open north side had not seen the enemy for the time being, there were many self-army scouts who were fast back and forth, and it was obvious that the enemy situation had been found in a farther distance, Zong Luohu did not dare to slack off, and quickly urged the army to step up preparations for war, and ordered people to set up a flag array on the high ground, Gather the generals to the flag array to listen to the order, and prepare to command the battle.

For the sudden attack of the main force of the Sui army, Zong Luohu did have some surprises, but the accident was an accident, Zong Luohu was not very worried, he was responsible for guarding the eastern line of the mountain road, just the antlers to resist the horse built ten layers of thick, and built a sheep and horse wall and built a large number of arrow towers, only with long-range weapons can make the frontal Sui infantry suffer enough; The north of the camp located on the mountain beam is full of open land, suitable for cavalry combat, condescending to launch a charge, three thousand cavalry have the hope of breaking the Sui army's 10,000 infantry array, not to mention that the Sui army is only divided into a roundabout attack on the nameless mountain beam, even if the main force of the Sui army is pouring in, Zong Luohu, who has seen the combat effectiveness of the Sui army, is also sure to repel the enemy from the north, and can also ensure that the main force of the Sui army will pay a price that will never be forgotten.

Xue Ju also trusted Zong Luohu over there, and after reporting that the main force of the Sui army was attacking, Xue Ju didn't even think about immediately returning to the army to save the eastern front, but just gave Zong Luohu a very simple order, "Be sure to hold the eastern front and buy time for the main force of our army to break through the camp of the thief division." ”

When Xue Ju's order was brought back to Zong Luohu by the fast horse, the Kan Liang Department of the Sui army who came in a roundabout way also first appeared in the visual range of the north of Xue Jujun's camp, and saw the bright and dangling big Mo knives in the Kan Liang army, and saw the 5,000 Sui cavalry that followed him, Zong Luohu scoffed, and immediately ordered to gather 3,000 cavalry outside the north gate of the camp and hand it over to the fierce general Hun Gan to lead, preparing to attack the enemy on the northern front with an attack instead of a defense.

The main force of the infantry of the Sui army from the east walked quite slowly, and at this time it arrived half a mile away from the fortifications of the eastern front of the Xue Ju army, and the banner of the vanguard general had a Luo character written on it, and he didn't know that it was a nobody from there to lead the troops, and he also lined up six guns in front of the formation that could only scare people by sound, but the power was pitiful, and Zong Luohu sneered again and again when he saw it, and immediately ordered the general Liang Hulang to take charge of the defense of the eastern front, so that he could free his hands to command the cavalry battle on the northern front.

Like Zong Luohu, Xue Jujun, who has not yet been defeated in front of the main force of the Sui army, is very relaxed, and does not regard the dispatch of the main force of the Sui army as a major event, and has already discussed how to gamble and reward after the victory. And when he saw that the Sui army in the north was slowly advancing to the foot of the mountain, Zong Luohu gave an order, and the three thousand Xue Jujun iron cavalry immediately charged down, like the Yellow River bursting the embankment, shouting and screaming directly to the front of the Sui army's Kan Liang Department.

At the same time, after careful aiming and calculating the shooting height, the six Sui artillery pieces also ignited the fuses at the same time, and the bronze guns successively spewed out flames and made loud noises, shaking the valley echoes and snow falling, Xue Jujun, who had personally experienced the power of the Sui army's artillery a few days ago, sneered again and again, and did not care at all about the damage that the Sui army's artillery might bring to them.

The arrogant Xue Jujun was soon dumbfounded, and in the crackling sound of wood breaking, the antlers and horse-repellent fortifications they had worked hard to build were as fragmented as paper paste and mud, and sawdust flew all over the sky, and the momentum of the Sui army's cannonballs did not decrease at all, and they smashed heavily on Xue Jujun's sheep and horse wall, smashing the thick sheep and horse wall into the ice and soil, and burst violently, and then those cannonballs made a burang movement in the bounce, or rebounded or bounced forward, The cannonballs that rebounded back still smashed the antlers that Xue Jujun had worked so hard to build, and the cannonballs that bounced forward were even more terrifying, as long as the soldiers of Xue Jujun were hit, they were either smashed to the point of broken tendons, or they were smashed to the point of bursting their brains, and died tragically on the spot.

There was only one round of shelling, Xue Jujun was all dumbfounded, and what made them even more dumbfounded was still behind, the Sui army artillery that was loaded and filled with ammunition was many times faster than the pine cannon, and the Sui army artillery opened fire again, Xue Jujun's antlers and horse repellent fortifications were soon directly blasted out of six gaps, and then smashed on the sheep and horse wall, causing serious damage to Xue Jujun's sheep and horse wall again, and then there was a cannonball with a slightly higher angle directly over the sheep and horse wall, and directly smashed into the dense team of Xue Jujun archers behind the wall, and a drop and a bullet brought out a bloody road, In the blink of an eye, no less than ten lives were taken - this is also the most terrifying thing about solid shells, even if they miss a specific target, they can continue to kill the enemy by bouncing.

The Sui gunners were easily and skillfully cleaning the barrels and reloading the ammunition, and the soldiers of Zong Luohu and Xue Jujun on the mountain beam were also dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe that there were such terrifying weapons in this world, and at the same time, the cavalry of Xue Jujun, who charged down from the mountain beam, was already fighting head-on with the Sui infantry on the open terrain in the north.

The cavalry of the Xue Jujun army in Longxi is indeed brave and abnormal, and there are not many infantry teams that can stop them in the whole world, but Hun Gan led the three thousand Xue Jujun cavalry is very unlucky, and the immortal who is going to die met the most outstanding Modao soldier in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, Kan Liang, under the sneering command of Kan Liang, the trained and experienced Sui army Mo sword soldiers first shot the enemy with a strong crossbow, and then suppressed it with bows and arrows, two rounds of strong crossbows and three rounds of bow and arrows, and the cavalry of Xue Jujun had fallen more than a hundred horses, and the team was messy, The momentum of the charge also slowed down involuntarily.

The most powerful part of the cavalry is the impact of the bamboo, at this time, once the horse is reined in, it is equivalent to giving up the previous efforts and having to give the Sui army bows and arrows as a live target, so even if it is much larger than expected, the Hun Gan army still refuses to stop, still charges more than once, part of the rear cavalry is still in the charge to draw the bow and release the arrows, and also disrupt the Sui infantry queue with long-range weapons, but the effect of this move in front of the Kan Liang army is minimal, the Sui soldiers who were slightly injured by the arrow insisted on not moving, and the seriously injured and fallen were quickly dragged away by the companions behind, Then immediately fill in the gaps without any mess.

Finally, the cavalry of the Xue Jujun army finally bumped into the Mo knife soldiers of the Sui army, but the first thing they had to face was the Xue Liang Mo knife that pointed diagonally at their henchmen, the Mo knife soldiers of the Sui army did not even have to make a stabbing action, just hold the handle of the Mo knife, the strong inertia of the cavalry of the Xue Jujun army could pierce their own bodies, people turned over on their backs, and the screams of horses neighed one after another in front of the Sui army array, and then the Mo knives of the Sui army infantry cut up and down, and stabbed with strings, killing the cavalry of Xue Jujun The ghost cried wolf, it was difficult to parry, and the momentum of the charge disappeared, Kan Liang took the opportunity to wave the command flag, ordered the Mo Dao soldiers to advance like a wall, and wantonly slashed and strangled the enemy on the opposite side who had lost the space for the charge, killing Xue Jujun's cavalry and constantly retreating, and was forced to retreat and reorganize the team.

At the same time, Zong Luohu, whose mouth was so open that he could stuff three eggs, finally understood one thing - the main force of the Sui army a few days ago was simply to tease them, and they didn't use all their strength at all, at this time, the soldiers of the Sui army who went into battle were the real elite soldiers, and the artillery used at this time was the real artillery that Chen Fuliang drew the main force of Li Yuan's army in the battle of Daxing!

It was too late to find out about this, and at this time, it was too late to find a way to restrain and crack the Sui army's artillery and Mo knife tactics, and he was forced to have no choice, Zong Luohu could only send a messenger to Xue Ju to report the emergency, and at the same time ordered Hun Gan to adjust his tactics and attack the flank of the Sui infantry in a roundabout way, and at the same time ordered the eastern front to be strictly defended, carefully avoid bullets, insist on holding on, and wait for the main force to come back!

The Hun Gan cavalry in the open terrain took the lead in making adjustments, and returned to the Sui army's flank around an arc, but Kan Liang ignored him at all, and strode just to continue to advance towards the Xue Jujun camp on the mountain, and at the same time saw Hun Gan detour back to his side, the Sui army general Cheng Yanjin had already raised his lance and cheered, and loudly ordered a charge, more than 2,000 Sui cavalry took Cheng Bingjin as an arrow, and rushed up like a tide, forcing Hun Gan to give priority to dealing with the enemy who also came from the flank, and launched a counter-charge to the Sui cavalry with a roundabout momentum.

Finally fought a regular cavalry battle with the Sui cavalry, but the result was that people shattered their glasses, and Cheng Biting Jin, who was also the first soldier in the charge, met head-on with a spear in his hand, and the spear came to the lance for only two rounds, Cheng Biting Jin fought with the danger that the armor might be pierced by the Mudgan, and suddenly swept a lance and smashed it heavily on the Mudgan's cheeks, smashing the Mudgan so that the teeth and blood splashed from the mouth together, and the facial bones were shattered instantly, and then Cheng Biting Jin narrowed the muddy spear dangerously, and then another Sui cavalry stepped forward to pick up the leak, A heavy spear was in the middle of the chest, and he directly stabbed the war horse.

The battle was only a moment, the cavalry general of Xue Jujun was seriously injured and fell off his horse, and the next battle was of course as difficult as it was to fight for Xue Jujun, the morale of the Sui cavalry always maintained the ranks, slashing and picking guns, and stubbornly rushed away the Xue Jujun cavalry who had lost their command, and the cavalry of Xue Jujun, who could not fight in clusters, saw that the situation was not good, so they could only quickly return to their horses and flee back to the camp.

At this time, Xue Ju had also received the news of an emergency on the Eastern Front, and scolded Zong Luohu for his incompetence and Chen Fuliang's cunning, Xue Ju suddenly fell into a dilemma, because at this time, if he returned to the division to save the Eastern Front, the Sui army would definitely take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Xue Ju's army would inevitably fall into danger if the enemy was encircled by the enemy. But it is more dangerous not to go back to the division to rescue, once the main force of the Sui army breaks through the interception of Zong Luohu, and even takes the opportunity to take the main camp of Xue Jujun's hoarding camp of grain and grass, then there is no need to fight, and the main force of Xue Jujun's main force can be starved to death just by starvation.

In the dilemma, Xue Ju could only adopt Hao Ming's steady construction, and let the general Zhong Lishu lead the infantry to use the narrow mountain road to reach the Sui army's partial division to counterattack, and the main force immediately returned to the eastern front, first to protect the mountaintop camp full of grain and grass and military supplies. After the order was delivered, the main force of Xue Jujun's army, which had already descended, was amnesty, and hurriedly withdrew to the eastern front with Xue Ju, and Li Jing also ordered a counterattack, personally led the army to storm the back of Xue Jujun, and cooperated with the main force to flank Xue Jujun.

Time passed for a while, and the Sui army's artillery, which had successfully destroyed the morale of Xue Jujun's army, adjusted its tactics and concentrated its firepower to bombard the sortie channel of Xue Jujun's eastern front. Screaming and following the arrow tower to fire a volley.

Xue Jujun, who didn't know how to deal with the Sui army's artillery, was whimsical, and even launched a few Saimen knife trucks, dreaming of blocking the Sui army's advance with emergency temporary fortification vehicles, but the Sui army's artillerymen laughed and did not hesitate to use shells to bombard a few Saimen knife cars back to the state of parts, and by the way, dozens of Xue Jujun infantry were killed, and Xue Jujun's position was also bombarded for a while, and no soldiers dared to step forward to block the attack channel.

At the same time that the artillery adjusted its firing height and began to extend the shooting behind Xue Jujun's position, the infantry of the Sui army finally strode forward and strode forward with the cover of artillery to attack Xue Jujun's attack channel, and some sword and axe soldiers took the opportunity to wreak havoc on Xue Jujun's interception fortifications, opening up more ways for the rear army to advance.

At this time, Kan Liang and Qin Qiong and other troops have already killed the vicinity of Xue Jujun's camp, the cavalry bow and arrow cover, Kan Liang's army stepped forward to attack, violently attacked the gate of Xue Jujun's camp, and also tried for the first time to stuff a wooden box full of gunpowder into the fence next to Xue Jujun's camp, ignition and detonation, the result of gunpowder blasting is not too good and too bad, failed to blow up the camp gate, but also blew up a large part of Xue Jujun's fence, Kan Liangjun took the opportunity to rush into the camp, and Xue Jujun's camp started a melee.

When Zong Luohu was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, Xue Ju finally returned to the eastern front position with the main force, but Xue Ju did a stupid thing at this time - he didn't hide his commander's banner and exposed his position. As a result, the two Sui artillery guns that had just been loaded with ammunition did not hesitate, and immediately fired in the direction of Xue Ju's handsome banner after hurriedly aiming, and the shells whistled and fell, and the generals and soldiers around Xue Ju suddenly staggered a lot, and Xue Ju, who was in a hurry to climb the high ground to observe the battlefield, was so frightened that his liver trembled, and he exclaimed, "What is this?" So powerful? ”

In the loud boom, two more shells flew in, and they also smashed not far from Xue Ju's side, and smashed over more than a dozen or twenty Xue Jujun soldiers again, but fortunately, Hao Ying woke up in time, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly put down the handsome flag!" Put down the handsome flag! Don't let the thieves see that Your Majesty is there! ”

Roaring, Hao Ying also hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse to let Xue Ju leave the place, Xue Ju also woke up, and quickly ordered to put down the handsome flag, lest his handsome flag attract the Sui army cannonballs like a magnet, but after Xue Jujun's handsome flag disappeared, the Sui army on the opposite side soon heard a roar again, "Kill Xue Ju!" We killed Xue Ju! ”

Luo Shixin's clever move came up with this trick is very effective, Xue Ju's soldiers, who have been frightened by the artillery, heard the shout, and saw Xue Ju's handsome flag disappear suddenly, and the inevitable chaos in his heart was in a panic, Luo Shixin's death squad took the opportunity to rush and fight, killing the frightened blocking enemy in front of him, and opening up the space so that the rear team could directly rush to Xue Jujun's interception position, which not only replenished his strength, but also took the opportunity to slash and kill Xue Jujun's archers hiding behind the sheep and horse wall, reducing the pressure on the main force further behind.

There is also Li Jing's side, Li Jing, who personally carried a gun into battle, and the brave general Qiu Xinggong jointly led the death squad as the vanguard, and frantically attacked Zhong Lishu's team behind Xue Jujun's palace, and although the mountain road was narrow and easy to defend, there was no fortification to protect it, coupled with the army's panic and body declined, Zhong Li's secular army soon couldn't withstand the full counterattack of the Sui army's partial division, and the soldiers fled for their lives, and there were signs of collapse quickly.

The tactical bureau was already very advantageous to the Sui army, Li Jing's army was in the west, the main force was in the east, Kan Liang and Qin Qiong and other armies were in the north, and the three roads marched together to attack Xue Ju's army, and although Xue Ju's army was difficult to take care of, the position was solid in the case of a large contraction of troops, and it was impossible to collapse in a short period of time, and at the same time, there was a weak counterattack, but the main force of Xue Jujun had already consumed his body in the continuous attack and camp battle, and the terrible shells could fall on his head at any time, and the army was extremely flustered. Even the mobilization of troops is difficult to reach. Forced to be helpless, Xue Ju could only command the army to meet the enemy from the north with all his might, thinking that even if he couldn't keep the camp, he could open the way to escape north.

Xue Ju's choice was indeed correct, in fact, Chen Fuliang also made an overly conservative mistake in the deployment of troops in this battle, for the sake of safety, he did not invest too many troops to fight on the northern front, and it was absolutely impossible to prevent Xue Ju's army from abandoning the camp and fleeing north. It's just that in this way, the generals and soldiers of Xue Jujun, who were crowded on the narrow mountain road, were also unlucky, and were killed by the Sui army, which was advancing vigorously, and the ghosts cried wolves and howled wolves. And when the soldiers of the Sui army raced against time to destroy most of the fortifications of Xue Jujun's interception position, the death knell of Xue Jujun's main force was completely sounded.

Looking down from the sky bird, the main force of the Sui army and the partial division are like two iron fists, one east and one west continue to knock on the east and west sides of Xue Jujun, one punch is more ruthless than one punch, and one punch is heavier than one punch, the chaotic Xue Jujun is full of enemies on the left and right, and there is no way to go south, so he can only rush to the low mountain beam in the north to flee for his life. The infantry of the Sui army in the north was also forced to condense into a group, blocking the north exit of Xue Jujun's camp like a mainstay, and constantly slashing and killing the surrounding Xue Jujun soldiers, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, who were very good at fighting with their brains, hurriedly led the cavalry to retreat to an open place, waiting for the opportunity to impact Xue Jujun's northern fleeing defeated soldiers.

The artillery has been roaring, and the target has been concentrated on the waist of the nameless mountain beam crowded with Xue Jujun's soldiers, and the Sui army at the foot of the mountain is less than two miles away from each other, although Xue Jujun has successfully kept the camp in the north, but it has never been able to defeat the Kan Liang Department of the Sui army that has formed a square circle array to stare at the gate of their camp, and even Xue Ju has no time or opportunity to reorganize the army, so he can only hurry up to load the precious grain into the car or carry it with him, and dare not do the extravagant hope of keeping the camp.

Finally, when the two Sui armies advancing from the east and west met under the nameless mountain beam, the Sui army was certainly bursting out of earth-shattering cheers, and Xue Ju had no choice but to issue the so-called holy decree of abandoning the camp and returning to Changwu Fort, and the frightened Xue Jujun was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly fled to the north to the road, Kan Liang's army steadied its position and continued to nail it at the camp gate, slashing and killing the defeated army of Xue Ju who had no intention of fighting, disrupting Xue Jujun's escape queue, and forcing Xue Jujun to destroy his fortifications and run down the mountain, increasing the difficulty of Xue Ju's escape.

Chen Fuliang did not hesitate to give the order to pursue with all his might, and the soldiers of the Sui army, who were in high morale, held the mind that even if they couldn't outrun your cavalry, they would kill all your infantry, and strode up the mountain, desperately slashing and killing the soldiers of Xue Jujun who were holding their heads, and after Xue Jujun threw down a heavy grain and grass that could be thrown down, even if he could escape down the mountain, as long as it was a slightly larger brigade, he would first have to face the charge and assault of the Sui cavalry Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, and he had no power to fight back in the face of such an impact. The corpses were slain, and the blood flowed all over the ground.

Let's not talk about the battle situation in the camp of Xue Jujun's army, after gathering as many cavalry as possible that can fight, Xue Ju and Xue Renguo, father and son, who changed into soldiers' clothes and did not dare to play the handsome flag, gave priority to taking the cavalry to flee to the north, and also relied on the advantage of numbers to repel Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's respective charges, and was very lucky to take the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield with five or six thousand cavalry, and then hurriedly gathered some infantry knights who were the first to flee here, and did not dare to wait any longer, and hurriedly took the lead in escaping north.

After running wildly to the north for a while, seeing that the road ahead was already the intersection leading to the shallow water plain, and at the same time, the pursuers in the rear were still far away, Xue Ju breathed a sigh of relief, reined in the horse and wiped the sweat and cement dust on his face, turned around and pointed at the south with a knife and scolded, "Chen Yingliang traitor!" You wait for the old man, the old man will definitely make a comeback, and next time, the old man must cut off your head! ”

"Your Majesty, let's go." Hao Ming, who was next to him with blood spots on his face, gasped and persuaded: "The revenge will be talked about later, let's go first, and when we enter the shallow water plain, we can be considered safe." ”

"What's the hurry?!" Xue Ju used his lover as a punching bag, and yelled: "I am the true son of heaven, and I still need to be afraid of a few pursuers? Beat out my handsome flag, I want to see what his Chen Yingliang's thief's pursuers can do to me?! ”

The guards beside him helplessly raised Xue Ju's handsome flag again, Xue Ju scolded a few more words before he was ready to order to continue north, he didn't think that before he finished speaking, there was already a roar in the woods in front of him, and more than a thousand Sui cavalry in white robes rushed out of the forest, and the general led by the nine-ring ghost head knife shouted, "Brothers! Our luck is here, it's Xue Ju! It's Xue Ju's handsome banner of the old horseman, follow me! ”

"White ......, white-robed soldier?!"

Xue Jujun's intelligence work is insufficient, and he has heard of the famous name of the national army, and at the same time, Xue Ju also roared again with a crying voice, "Quickly put down the handsome flag!" Put down my handsome flag! Bastard King Bastard, who told you to raise my handsome flag, isn't this causing trouble for me? Come on! Run to the shallow waters! ”

Or at the same time, Qu Tutong, a veteran of the Sui army who has been on his back to the extreme in recent years, also took thousands of troops to the north bank of Jingshui, which is only separated by a river from the shallow water plain, and carefully explored the opposite bank There is no ambush, Qu Tutong immediately ordered to cross the river to the opposite bank to set up camp, and the left and right generals advised Qu Tutong not to worry, he could set up camp in Jingshui first, and it was not too late to cross the river after hearing the specific situation of the Tingkou battle, Qu Tutong shook his head and refused, and replied: "The old man doesn't believe it, I can still carry this luck all the time, It was unfortunate to be able to encounter Xue Ju's puppeteer who returned to the division to besiege us despite our main force. ”

"Cross the river! Cross the river now! Qu Tu pointed at the shallow water plain opposite, gritted his teeth and said: "The old man believes that the prime minister will be able to defeat Xue Ju Pifu, and after Xue Ju Pifu is defeated, he will pass through the shallow water plain, and the old man must fight a turnaround battle in the shallow water field to wash away the bad luck of the past few years!" ”R1148