Chapter 555: Coming Forward in Person
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Wang Fubao's loyalty to his duties also indirectly helped him on the battlefield of Huoyi? Family brothers, in fact, long before the Li brothers learned that the main force of the Sui army officially sent troops, Fang Huang, the general of the Sui army Jiang County under the jurisdiction of Liu Heimin, had already sent the news to Linfen and Huoyi City with carrier pigeons.
In addition, the Taiyuan Army's partial division Yin Kaishan, who was still on the battlefield in Linfen at that time, was also regarded by Liu Heimin as a fat man who was determined to win, thinking that even if he could not severely damage the main force of the Taiyuan Army in the counteroffensive, he could also rely on the help of Linfen to attack back and forth, and severely damage or even annihilate Yin Kaishan.
Wang Fubao's-stirring stick completely disrupted Liu Heimin's predetermined plan, and found that Wang Fubao went south to attack Taiping Pass, in order to ensure the unimpeded passage of the main force to the north, Cao's brother-in-law and Yin Kaishan just escaped with their tails between their legs, and the Linfen Sui army chose to give priority to rescuing Taiping Pass, looking for Wang Fubao who must have been too late to tackle the problem first, and then going north to chase and cut Yin Kaishan. Who would have thought that Wang Fubao couldn't mix with officialdom, but it was a rare good hand in the mixed battlefield, and it only took one night to win the Taiping Pass, Qin Qiong hurried to catch up and was still a step late, and watched Wang Fubao enter the Taiping Pass, blocking the official road for the main force of the Sui army to march north.
At the same time that Qin Qiong, who was furious, immediately began to arrange a counterattack on Taiping Pass, Yin Kaishan also ran back to Huoyi with the Taiyuan Army's partial division, and saw that the Taiyuan Army's partial division was complete on the city wall, and the scouts confirmed that they did not find the Sui army's pursuers, and Liu Heimin, who was quite familiar with Qin Qiong, was inevitably puzzled, "What's wrong, where are our pursuers?" How could Qin Qiong miss such a good opportunity to chase and kill? ”
When Liu Heimin was puzzled, the relieved Li family brothers also immediately began to withdraw their troops and retreat to the Bird Mouse Valley, Yin Kaishan, who ran more than 100 miles in a hurry, took the lead in retreating into the Bird Mouse Valley, Li Jiancheng led the main force of the Chinese army to escort the grain and grass and military supplies to follow, Li Er and Duan Lun served as the task of the palace, the three armies slowly retreated, calmly and not chaotic, Liu Heimin's strength in his hands was limited, and he did not dare to attack in advance, but he still arrived at Li Er and Duan Lun also evacuated the camp, Liu Heimin then led the army out of the city, and Li Er and Duan Lun fought a battle at the intersection of the Bird Mouse Valley.
The strength is insufficient, Liu Heimin naturally could not completely defeat the palace army led by Li Er, no matter how brave the soldiers of the Sui army were, they were never able to break through the interception formation of Li Er's army, let alone catch up with the main force of the Taiyuan army, Yin Kaishan and Li Jiancheng led the Taiyuan front army took the opportunity to successfully retreat into the depths of the Bird Mouse Valley, and also seized the favorable terrain and condescendingly received the palace army. Li Er and Duan Lun led the rear army to fight and retreat, slowly retreating into the valley, Liu Heimin launched several surprise attacks without success, and was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy in the narrow valley road, so he did not dare to take too much risk and advance lightly, and was forced to slow down after chasing into the valley for more than ten miles, and changed his full force to slowly advance, watching Li Er take the Taiyuan rear army away with a cruel smile, hating his teeth itching but helpless.
It was also when the pursuit battle was forced to end, Liu Heimin learned the reason why Qin Qiong failed to send troops north in time through the fast horse urgent report, and like Qin Qiong, Liu Heimin was also very annoyed by Wang Fubao's stupid behavior of looking for death and being stunned, so he simply sent someone to send a letter to Qin Qiong, asking Qin Qiong, who was not his subordinate, to kill Wang Fubao as soon as possible to recapture Taiping Pass, so that he could transfer Linfen troops to the north to help the war and destroy the Taiyuan army's plan to build a defensive position in the Bird Mouse Valley.
In fact, it was completely unsatisfactory to Liu Heimin's request, and Qin Qiong, who hated Wang Fubao so much, had already launched a fierce attack on Taiping Pass, but to Qin Qiong's shock and helplessness, with the wall less than five meters high, without any antler trench fortifications, Wang Fubao's army of less than 2,000 people not only repelled the repeated onslaught of 6,000 Sui troops, but also made the Sui army pay a considerable price in casualties.
Under the sunset, the soldiers of the Sui army carrying the simple flying ladder were like the waves of the sea, wave after wave, wave after wave, and constantly slapped on the small Taiping Pass, but the Taiping Pass was like a reef pillar, standing still in the waves.
The sky is like a locust, the soldiers of the Sui army on the ground are like ants, one after another continue to rush to the low Taiping Pass city head, the sound of the drums of the killing war is earth-shattering, deafening, the momentum is terrifying, but the soldiers of the Dou army do not see the slightest panic and fear, under the command of Wang Fubao, calmly face the battle, with knives, guns, arrows, crossbows, rolling stones, sassers, fists, feet and teeth, repelled the Sui army soldiers one after another attack, the corpses under the wall are all over the ground, and the soldiers of the two armies who hug each other and die together can be seen everywhere. The tenacity and courage of the soldiers of the Dou army made Qiongdu, who had experienced a hundred battles, secretly frightened, and said in his heart more than once: "Fortunately, Wang Fubao has only such a small number of troops under his command, otherwise, I am afraid I would not dare to launch an attack." ”
When it was dark, Qin Qiong, who had always been helpless about the Taiping Pass, was forced to order Ming Jin, learned a lesson, and did not dare to underestimate the enemy at all, and immediately began to prepare a large number of siege weapons - it is quite ridiculous that the people who made siege weapons for the soldiers of the Sui army were all Taiyuan troops sent by the Li brothers to perfunctory tricks. At the same time, the casualty statistics after the war also made Qin Qiong frightened again, in the battle of more than two hours, the soldiers of the Sui army actually killed nearly 400 people, and more than 600 people were seriously injured.
The Sui army suffered heavy casualties, and Wang Fubao's side was not as small as that, and in the battle of guarding the pass, the soldiers of the Dou army, who had a small geographical advantage, lost more than 260 people, and more than 300 people were seriously injured, excluding the seriously wounded who could no longer go to the battlefield, plus the casualties in the battle, Wang Fubao, who was also wounded, actually had less than 1,400 soldiers in his hands. What's worse is that because most of the grain, grass and military supplies have not had time to be transported into the pass, the Dou army officers and soldiers are seriously short of arrows, and more than forty percent of the army's feather arrows were used up on the first day.
Although the soldiers of the Dou Army did not say anything about this situation, everyone was worried, understanding that it would be impossible for the soldiers to defend the remaining eight days, but Wang Fubao dragged his injured body and insisted on inspecting the guards, smiling as usual, constantly encouraging the soldiers under his command to resist bravely, and promised to find a way to let the soldiers of the Self-Army go back to reunite with their families alive as much as possible.
The next day, on April 25 of the third year of Yining, Qin Qiong's army, which was determined to prepare enough siege weapons to attack the fortifications again, did not launch an attack, while the soldiers of the Dou army breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Fubao also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Fubao also knew very well in his heart that Qin Qiong's temporary patience must be to brew a larger-scale attack, and even if the self-army could hold the next offensive and defensive war, it would definitely be basically crippled and destroyed, and it would no longer be able to stop the attack from the main force of the Sui army. Therefore, while Wang Fubao asked his soldiers to seize the time to rest, he quietly turned his eyes to Taiping County in the southeast, wondering whether he could launch another surprise attack and take Taiping County, so as not to be without the slightest strength to fight back in front of the main force of the Sui army.
In the afternoon of the same day, the vanguard of the 10,000 Sui army led by Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo rushed to Taiping Pass, and joined forces with Qin Qiong's army to completely surround Taiping Pass.
The brave Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, knowing that there were not many defenders in Guanzhong, and seeing that the wall of Taiping Pass was low and lacked fortification protection, Xue Renguo, who fought for the first time after surrendering, immediately asked for an order to launch an attack, although Cheng Yanjin knew very well that the army was tired from afar and needed a little time to rest, but he couldn't stand Xue Renguo's repeated requests, and wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of character Wang Fubao, who had defeated his friend Qin Qiong several times, so he agreed to let Xue Renguo lead an army of 3,000 to attack Taiping Pass.
Xue Renguo, who is known as the enemy of 10,000 people, soon found that he underestimated Wang Fubao too much, relying on some flying ladders provided by the original Taiping Pass defenders, Xue Renguo and the Sui soldiers did successfully rush to the top of the Taiping Pass wall in the first charge, but before the Sui soldiers cheered, the Dou soldiers who deliberately showed a certain weakness had already launched an all-out counterattack, slashing and smashing, slashing and smashing, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, sweeping all the Sui soldiers off the wall, and at the same time, the arrows and crossbows on the wall were fired together, and the wood and stones rolled wildly, smashing the Sui soldiers under the wall crying wolf. The soldiers of the Sui army, who also shot too close to the wall, fell to the ground one after another.
Unwilling to admit defeat, Xue Renguo reorganized his formation a little and launched a second attack before sunset, but the result was even worse than the first attack, and he was already covered by the dense bows and arrows of the Dou army soldiers during the charge, and then he was hit head-on by the stone falling under the wall, and there were fewer soldiers who could rush to the wall, and they were never able to attack the wall for a long time in fierce battles. In the end, seeing that it was about to get dark, although Xue Renguo was unwilling to give up, and had already dismounted and prepared to go to the city in person, Cheng Yanjin personally came forward to stop him, and asked Xue Renguo to withdraw and let the soldiers rest well, and it was not too late to come to take revenge after being ready.
When Xue Renguo hated to collect the troops, a strange thing happened, although the wall immediately threw down the feather arrows to shoot the Sui soldiers who retreated in embarrassment, there were almost no Sui soldiers who were really hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and they were keenly aware of this special situation.
The penny arrow is a feather arrow made of penny grass and shrubs, although it can barely hurt people after sharpening, it also has its own tail feathers, the cost is low and available everywhere, but the power is very pitiful, unless it is an accurate hit to the face of the door, otherwise it is difficult to wear through the cloth, and it is the helpless product of the cold weapon army when the ammunition is exhausted. So after seeing these penny arrows, Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo immediately concluded that the enemy's feather arrows in the city had been exhausted, and Xue Renguo immediately pleaded to attack again, and Cheng Yanjin nodded in agreement.
When Xue Renguo personally led the army to attack the city, the first shot on the wall was indeed a weak arrow, but when Xue Renguo was relieved and bold to take the lead, Wang Fubao gave another order, and hundreds of real feather arrows were densely covered on the head of Xue Renguo's army, and Xue Renguo, who was the first soldier, was hit by three arrows in a row, and almost died on the spot, and more than ten soldiers fell in an instant, and countless soldiers screamed from the arrows, Xue Renguo personally led the army to launch this ant attachment attack, but it was also easily repelled by Wang Fubao.
When Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo collected their troops and returned to the camp in despair, the envoy of Qin Qiong's army, who was going south on the small road, finally came to Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo, crying and mourning on behalf of Qin Qiong to tell Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo, saying that although Wang Fubao is a fool in the officialdom, he is more slippery than a fox and more ruthless than a jackal on the battlefield.
"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" This is Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo's depressed answer, and then Xue Renguo hurriedly asked the military doctor to bandage his wounds, and at the same time swore to capture Wang Fubao alive, hang him up and pour vinegar into his nose and mouth, and dunk Wang Fubao alive!
So far, in the face of absolute strength, the weak army and lack of baggage Wang Fubaojun can no longer turn up the big storm, on the 26th, Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo, who have learned a lesson, no longer rush to attack, choose to let the soldiers rest, while rushing to build all kinds of offensive weapons, Qin Qiong did not rush to attack again, and waited for Cheng Biting Jin's army for a day. It was not until the early morning of the 27th that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin sent troops together and joined forces to attack the north and south gates of Taiping Pass at the same time.
Seeing the two Sui armies coming from the north and south at the same time, Wang Fubao, who had exhausted his efforts, also knew that his death time had come, and after quickly arranging the troops on duty at the north and south gates, Wang Fubao got up and hugged his fists and bowed his hands to several of his powerful subordinates, and said calmly: "Everyone, our strength has been exhausted, unless it is a miracle today, we are destined to be the end of Guan Po's army." Thank you for your perseverance in me over the years, and thank you for the grievances you have suffered with me for so many years. ”
After that, Wang Fubao, whose injuries have not healed so far, knelt down on one knee to the generals, and bowed with difficulty, and Wang Fubao's subordinates present also suddenly knelt on the ground, crying everywhere, but Wang Fubao said calmly: "Everyone, although the Chen thief army does not have the habit of killing prisoners, but we have defeated the thief army in a row during this time, killing many enemies, and the thief army will inevitably hate us to the bone. To be on the safe side, you can cut off my head and sacrifice it to the thieves, who will be much less likely to kill the captives. ”
The crying became louder, and everyone swore to live and die with Wang Fubao, and some people said with tears in their eyes: "General, we can't hold it today no matter what, since you also know, then why don't you take us to surrender to the thief army?" The thief general Qin Qiong has come forward to surrender you several times, and now that you surrender to the thief army, maybe you can still live? ”
Wang Fubao was silent, and only replied after a while: "Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, the king treats me like a mountain, and I can't bear him." ”
"General! You didn't lose the king, it was the king who lost you! Some subordinates couldn't bear it anymore and cried out with tears: "Over the years, how many credits have you made for the king, how many cities and lands have you conquered, and how many enemies have you defeated?" But how did the king treat you, either cutting your military power or sending people to spy on you, and when did he really put his heart into you? Cao Dan and Qi Shanxing They deducted so many rewards from you, did the king say a word? You didn't fail him, he was the one who failed you! ”
Everyone echoed one after another, saying that Wang Fubao did not owe Dou Jiande at all, but Dou Jiande owed Wang Fubao a lot, Wang Fubao was speechless when he heard it, and only said after a while: "The thief army is coming, go to the wall." ”
With a calm face, he led his subordinates who were wiping away their tears to climb the south gate wall of Taiping Pass, where the enemy had the most enemies, and the soldiers of the Sui army led by Cheng Yanjin and Xue Renguo had already lined up outside the gate, the banners were like a sea of swords and guns, and hundreds of flying ladders, crashes and rushing cars were also lined up in front of the formation, and the momentum was like Mount Tai pressing on the top, making the scarred Dou soldiers on the wall feel difficult to breathe.
Before the war, Cheng Yanjin sent people to come to Guanxia with white flags, promising not to kill the prisoners and asking Wang Fubao to surrender, Wang Fubao replied coldly, "Go back and tell Cheng Yanjin that there is only Wang Fubao who died in battle, and there is no Wang Fubao who surrendered!" ”
After the envoy of the Sui army sneered and left, the war drums behind the Sui army's flag formation soon began to beat rhythmically, and a thousand infantry carrying siege weapons slowly approached Taiping Pass, and at the same time, the war drums of Qin Qiong's army were also heard from the north of Taiping Pass, and they were obviously already attacking the wall. Seeing this scene, Wang Fubao sighed softly and said secretly: "King, the last general is loyal." ”
As soon as Wang Fubao finished speaking, a strange thing suddenly appeared, a group of Sui cavalry covered in mud and sand suddenly rushed from behind the Sui army, rushed to the front of the Sui army and shouted loudly, and then the Sui army's war drums soon stopped beating, and at the same time, the Sui army generals in the Sui army's flag formation also rushed to the front of the formation and saluted one of the Sui cavalry. Wang Fubao and the others were surprised, but the middle army of the Sui army suddenly came with a neat shout, "Meet His Royal Highness the King of Tang!" ”
"His Royal Highness the Tang King?" Wang Fubao was stunned at first, and then suddenly came back to his senses, and said secretly: "Chen Yingliang is here in person!" How can it be? Counting the distance, his main army should have just crossed the Yellow River now? ”
The soldiers under Wang Fubao's command were also talking to each other, and they all felt incredible, how could Chen Fuliang, who should have been sitting in the main army, suddenly appear in Taiping Pass? Or is it this embarrassment?
Then, something even more incredible happened to Wang Fubao and others, accepting that the knight who knelt down to worship the Sui army actually beat his horse and came directly towards the Taiping Pass, and directly trotted to the vicinity of the Taiping Pass wall, pushing away the Sui who was trying to protect himself with a shield? The soldier, revealing an ugly young face covered with dust, shouted at the Taiping Pass wall: "I am Chen Yingliang, the king of the Great Sui and Tang Dynasties, please ask General Wang Fubao to come out and answer!" ”
"I'm Wang Fubao." Wang Fubao stepped out of the crowd and asked the ugly man in the city, "Are you really Chen Yingliang?" ”
"Not bad." Chen Fuliang nodded and said loudly, "General Wang, do you know? As soon as I received the news that you were surrounded by our army, I immediately threw away the main army and rode a fast horse to meet you, and in order to hurry, I only rested for less than two hours in one day and two nights! ”
Looking up and down at Chen Fuliang, whose face was covered with dust, Wang Fubao was suspicious, but inevitably very curious, and asked even more suspiciously: "You are so anxious to go north, just to meet me?" ”
Seeing Chen Fuliang open his mouth to admit it, Wang Fubao couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”
"Because I don't want you to die, because I'm coming to meet the Optimus Pillar of the Tang Kingdom!" Chen Fuliang replied loudly: "General Wang, you are a pillar, I need your talent and ability, and I can't bear to let you die in vain under the swords and guns of our soldiers!" That's why I'm here myself, and I'm here to tell you how sincere I am to surrender to you! ”
Wang Fubao opened his mouth wide, but Chen Fuliang said loudly: "General Wang, you are a real righteous gentleman, you are Han Xin of Han and Yin Zhiji!" Although Dou Jiande is a decent person, his ears are too soft, he doesn't know what to do, he is light and virtuous and close to the villain, you are under his command, you are a pearl secretly cast! Use a steam engine to crack nuts! Come under my command, there are no shameless villains under my command who are jealous and jealous, there are no despicable rats who frame the loyal and good, only loyal and righteous men who are honest and courageous, and brothers and sisters who stick knives in both sides! I can guarantee that you will be able to leave a legacy in my history books for eternity! Become a world-famous general who is vying for recitation in the world! ”
Wang Fubao was silent, and after a long time, Wang Fubao asked, "What if I refuse?" ”
"Seven years ago, when my famous general Kan Liang was surrounded by me, he also asked me this question." Chen Fuliang replied: "At that time, I replied that if he refused, I would let him go, I like loyal and brave people, I can let him go once!" Then, I also took dry food and medicine and gave it to Kan Liang! Then, General Kan Liang became my right-hand man! ”
"Today, I can answer you the same!" Chen Fuliang suddenly raised his voice again, and said loudly: "But General Wang, don't blame me for not reminding you, even if I let you go now, you won't end well when you go back!" Your jealous colleagues will never miss this opportunity to kill you! Even if you return to Dou Jiande's side, you are still a dead end! ”
Wang Fubao lowered his head, and his subordinates on the left and right were silent, all silently waiting for Wang Fubao's decision, and after a long time, Wang Fubao said in a hoarse voice: "Open the door and surrender to His Royal Highness the King of Tang with me." ”
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