Autumn to winter, snow-capped, corpse mountain and sea of blood, the Zheng army, which has an absolute advantage in military strength, finally entered the Xin'an City, Zheng soldiers wearing green uniforms continued to climb the city, and the Xin'an Sui army, which was basically used up with all kinds of city defense materials, failed to drive the Zheng army away several times, but was successfully seized by the Zheng soldiers The steps of the city and the city gate were successfully seized, and then they were cut off and locked, and the city gate was opened. Seeing that the situation had reached the extreme, Yun Dingxing, who had successfully dragged the Zheng army into a war of attrition for nearly three months, immediately ordered to abandon the city and break through, and lit the wolf smoke signal in the city, so that the friendly army He Yanyu in the Cuihan Road was ready to respond.

Seeing that the Sui army abandoned the city and left, the Zheng army soldiers not only did not cheer at all, but on the contrary, they also used most of their troops for the pursuit battle with red eyes, and the two Zheng army teams stationed in the Qimen Mountain responsible for intercepting the Sui army's reinforcement of Xin'an City, Gao Bi and Hao Xiaode, did not hesitate to devote all their strength to intercept the defeated soldiers of the Sui army, and the slogan of capturing Yun Dingxing alive came and went, and countless Zheng soldiers roared wildly in the pursuit, "Chase! Catch the old horseman! Skinning him and cramping! A thousand cuts! Chop this old horseman! ”

Originally, after recovering the Tiger Prison Pass, the main soldiers of the Zheng army could completely relax and recuperate, bandage the wounds accumulated by the continuous hard fighting for more than three years, relax the nerves that have been tense for many years, and comfort the stomach that has been tormented by hunger for many years with a lot of food left in Luokoucang, reunite with their families who have been absent for a long time in the eastern capital, and enjoy the happy life of their wives and children on the hot kang.

But it was our old general Yun who shamelessly took the initiative to provoke the war of King Chen, forcing the soldiers of the Zheng army to immediately enter the battlefield on the Western Front as soon as they withdrew from the Eastern Front, fighting fiercely from autumn to winter, and in the past three months, they were forced to sleep in the open air, forced to stumble and crawl in the stump and broken limbs and blood cement slurry, and their nerves had to remain highly tense all the time. Countless heroic and fierce Zheng soldiers fell at the moment of victory, countless Zheng soldiers who could go home to reunite with their families died tragically at the last moment before going home, and the Zheng soldiers who were extremely tired of course hated our old general Yun to the bone marrow, even if the old general Yun was torn to pieces, the Zheng soldiers definitely didn't need to dip in the slightest soy sauce!

However, it is a pity that our old general Yun, who is more slippery than oiled loach, dares to pull so much hatred, and has the certainty of avoiding these angry retaliations, Zheng Jun's soldiers have just landed on the top of the city before breaking the city, our old general Yun is extremely skilled and quickly changed into the soldier's clothes he carries, and also made some makeup to dress himself up as an unlucky veteran who can be seen everywhere in troubled times, and ordered Yao Yi to put on his own handsome flag and lead the army to retreat when fleeing war. Under the protection of a few henchmen and his precious nephew Yunfu, he mixed into the defeated brigade on foot, and as soon as he found an opportunity after leaving the city, he immediately drilled into the dense forest of the southern Kunshan Mountain.

It's just that the poor Yao Yi and Xian Yuzhen and other Yun Lao General's subordinates, Yao Yi, who was ordered to play the banner of Yunzi and temporarily act as the commander-in-chief, naturally became the focus of Zheng Jun's pursuit and killing, not to mention, Xian Yuzhen, who was ordered to the palace, also fell into bad luck, less than 1,200 people in the palace team was chased by Zheng Jun, Wang Renze, Li Junyi, Xu Shiyun and Zhang Zhen on the fourth road, and before they could retreat into the narrow place of Cuihan Road, they were surrounded by regiments, most of the more than 1,000 rear troops were killed, and almost all of the rest were captured, as long as a very small number of soldiers escaped, Chen Fuliang's wife's brother Gao Shilian's brother-in-law Xian Yuzhen was also captured by Zheng Junsheng after being wounded, and he was extremely unlucky to become the highest-ranking general of the Yining Sui Army to be captured by the enemy on the battlefield so far.

Yao Yi also almost died in the Cuihan Road, Zheng Jun Gaobi firmly blocked his way, He Yanyu led troops to meet him was also stopped by Gao Bi himself personally led the army, and lit a fire in the narrow part of the road to block the Sui army's eastward road, He Yanyu led the army to kill several times but failed to break through Gaobi interception, if it were not for the Zheng army general Hao Xiaode, who joined the Xin'an battlefield in the later period, it was a bit of love, remembering that Chen Fuliang had let him go under the Tiger Prison Pass, and quietly released some water, so that Yao Yi led the army to grab a narrow mountain road, Embarrassed and fled into the depths of the Cuishan Mountain, Yao Yi himself and the last thousand or so Sui soldiers had to die in the Cuihan Road. But even so, only 1,000 of the more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the Sui army who abandoned the city and broke through barely fled back to Mianchi, and the losses were very miserable.

The battle of Xin'an, in terms of tactical victory or defeat alone, can definitely be regarded as the biggest fiasco in the history of the Yining Sui army, tens of thousands of defenders were killed and wounded, captured and missing as high as ninety percent, the strategic place of Xin'an City fell, the deputy commander of the Henan Provincial March, Xian Yuqian was captured, more than 50 generals at the rank of captain and above were killed and captured, more than 800 horses were lost, and the remaining military baggage and grain and grass were all lost.

But from a strategic point of view, the loser was Wang Shichong, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Xin'an Sui army, which was only a second-line team, the main force of the Zheng army, which was too tired and in urgent need of rest, was forced to increase troops to the Xin'an battlefield twice, and successively invested more than 50,000 troops to barely take Xin'an City, and lost nearly 10,000 troops in the siege war and reinforcement war, and was forced to consume a large number of scarce and valuable military supplies, but what was harvested was a Xin'an empty city and a small part of the Sui army's leftover grain and grass. For the Zheng army, which has exhausted the army in successive battles, such a loss is naturally a nerve-wracking, but for the current Guanzhong Sui army, this loss is trivial, and it is not even a matter of injury.

Even more serious is the injury and fatigue of the soldiers, since the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the Zheng soldiers who have been in high-intensity combat are exhausted, the combat effectiveness has dropped seriously, and the morale has also been greatly affected, so there is nothing to do with the second-line team of the Sui army under the command of Yun Dingxing for such a long time. As a result, after finally finishing the battle of Xin'an, Wang Renze, Gao Bi and other generals led Wang Shichong's lineage were basically tired and paralyzed.

At the same time, Zheng Jun also exposed very serious internal problems, Hao Xiaode, Xu Shiyun and Li Junyi, who were forced to surrender after the decisive battle between Wang and Li, were obviously a little unable to work on the battlefield, intentionally or unintentionally protecting the headquarters they brought from Li Mijun, and it was still Wang Shichong's old army that really made great efforts, and all this was because Wang Shichong was forced to fight with his son-in-law as soon as he defeated Li Mi, and it was too late to reorganize and integrate the new surrendered army. It was too late to twist the new army and the main force into a rope and use it vigorously.

Then again, victory is victory, no matter how empty Xin'an is, the strategic location of the exit of the Kuohan Road is placed there after all, with this city in hand, Wang Shichong at least does not have to worry that the main force of the Sui army will come to Luoyang City at any time, and he can sleep a little at ease. Therefore, after the good news reached the city of Luoyang, Wang Shichong, who had already proclaimed himself Emperor Dazheng, still issued an order to celebrate, exaggerating the results of the Xin'an war by ten times to the people, so as to encourage the people of Luoyang, and at the same time issued an edict to escort Xian Yuzhen and other captured soldiers of the Sui army to Luoyang together, showing off his military might, and also personally came forward to recruit Xian Yuzhen and other Sui army soldiers, wanting to set an example of surrender with Xian Yuzhen.

Wang Shichong underestimated some Xian Yu Qian, although his life was hanging in the hands and he was related to Chen Fuliang, even if he surrendered in the future, he could at least save his life, but Xian Yuzhen still categorically rejected Wang Shichong's surrender, and spoke ill of Wang Shichong, scolding Wang Shichong with the most vicious words in the world, Wang Shichong was annoyed and ashamed and angry and drank Xian Yuzhen to push out of the palace and beheaded, Xian Yuzhen did not say a soft word until he died, and scolded endlessly, and also used this loyalty to his descendants for a county duke.

After executing Xian Yuzhen and more than a dozen grassroots generals of the Sui army who refused to surrender, Wang Shichong was still angry, and ordered Hao Xiaode, Xu Shiyun and Li Junyi to lead their headquarters to the south to help Pei Renji attack Yiyang City, and ordered Pei Renji to take Yiyang before the first day of the first lunar month to end up with a good end for his first year of enlightenment. Pei Renji complained bitterly when he heard the order, but he had no choice but to step up the siege of the city, and generals such as Xu Shiyun and Hao Xiaode were also unhappy to take the equally exhausted team south to Yiyang and continue to fight.

No one thought that the Sui army's counterattack would be so fast, the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the month of Xin'an City had just fallen, on the twenty-second day of the twelfth month of the lunar month, the famous general of the Sui army, who replaced General Yun Lao as the general of the march of Henan Road, Liu Heimin, took more than 15,000 people from the Hedong division to cross the Yellow River from Shaanxi County, and replaced He Yanyu's tired division in charge of the eastern front battlefield, He Yanyu's army and the remnants of the Xin'an Sui army withdrew to Changping to rest, and more than 4,000 people from the Sui army Fang Huang who had previously kept the position for He Yanyu took the Bear's Ears Mountain Road to reinforce Yiyang, these adjustments have just been completed, Liu Heimin immediately led his army eastward and launched a counteroffensive against Xin'an, and the main force of the Zheng army did not even have time to breathe, and it was not even a good year, so it was forced to fight again.

At the same time, the Hanoi division led by Qin Qiong and Fan Wenchao also launched an attack on Hayang again, and the Zheng army generals Qiu Huaiyi and Xi Bian, who guarded Heyang, were forced to face the battle.

The war has come to this point, even if Wang Shichong is confused, he understands that the unfilial son-in-law is going to drag him down with wheel warfare, but it is useless to see it, Chen Fuliang has surpassed Wang Shichong several times in terms of military strength and economic strength, and there are endless elite generals, and the last thing he is afraid of is to fight a war of attrition with Wang Shichong, how does Wang Shichong understand the vicious intentions of his unfilial son-in-law, and there is no way to do it if his overall strength is insufficient. With nothing to do, Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and simply decided that he was not too old to live, and personally led the main force westward to meet Liu Heimin, and tried his best to annihilate Liu Heimin to demonstrate to the Sui army, forcing his unfilial son-in-law to give up such rogue tactics.

Wang Shichong is naturally looking for the wrong object, once Wang Shichong's subordinate general Liu Heimin is fierce Everyone knows, and what is even more rare is that Liu Heimin is very brainy in the war, just found out that Wang Shichong personally led 40,000 main forces westward to reinforce the Xin'an battlefield, Liu Heimin immediately led the army back to Cuihan Road, with the help of narrow terrain to avoid a head-on battle with Wang Shichong's main team, Wang Shichong red eyes into Cuihan Road, Liu Heimin and very shameless continued to retreat, leading Wang Shichong's main force into the depths of Cuihan Road, Wang Shichong, who had very serious internal problems, did not dare to stay away from Luoyang's nest for a long time, and was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but there was still no way.

At this time, there was a sudden unexpected bad news from Yiyang, the strength of the Zheng army Pei Renji, who was far more powerful than the Yiyang defenders, was defeated, and the defeat was quite miserable Under Chen Fuliang's secret order, Liu Heimin wrote a letter to the old lord Hao Xiaode to persuade him to surrender, and brought Chen Fuliang's letter to Hao Xiaode and a reward with the letter. There is an example of Liu Heimin in the old department, Hao Xiaode, who looked down on Wang Shichong very much and envied Liu Heimin to the bones, didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately accepted the surrender.

Then quietly got in touch with Li Keshi, Hao Xiaode took advantage of the opportunity of Xu Shichang to lead the army west to intercept the Sui army Fang Huang, and led the headquarters of the people and horses to suddenly attack in the Zheng army camp late at night, and turned against Pei Renji's Chinese army camp, Pei Renji's army, who was too tired in the siege battle, was caught off guard, and was easily attacked by Hao Xiaode, Pei Renji, who was sleeping, didn't even have time to put on shoes, rushed into the snow barefoot, grabbed a war horse and fled back to Luoyang, Li Keshi also took the opportunity to go out of the city to counterattack, and Hao Xiaode joined forces to kill the Zheng army and left.

Then, Hao Xiaode and Li Keshi joined forces to fight into the Bears Ears Mountain path, and Fang Huang attacked Xu Shiyun before and after, and the enemy's Xu Shiyun army was defeated, with countless casualties and surrenders, Xu Shiyun was forced to lead a small number of soldiers to flee into the depths of the dense forest, and the men and horses of the headquarters were almost completely wiped out by the Sui army, and the situation in Yiyang was suddenly completely reversed.

Receiving the report of the collapse of the Yiyang battle situation, Wang Shichong did not dare to confront Liu Heimin in shock, and hurriedly led the main force to retreat to Luoyang City.

Hurriedly returned to Luoyang to see Pei Renji, Wang Shichong, who was full of anger, naturally scolded Pei Renji for a bloody head, Pei Renji left with shame on his face, but Wang Shichong still refused to give up, and scolded Pei Renji's distant back, "Old horseman!" Lack of success, more than failure! I really don't know what this old puppet thinks in his head, he would run to dig up Chen Yingliang's ancestral grave, and form such a mortal enemy, even if I want to reconcile with Chen Yingliang'er, it will be difficult. ”

"In Chen Yingliang's words, Pei Shangshu is habitually in the brain, he used to do such things before, leaving the thick thighs of the head of the family Pei Ju and not hugging, but he wanted to run to be a dog for Yuwenshu, and he was sold and helped Yuwenshu count the money."

Wang Shichong's most trusted subordinate with the surname Duan Da sneered, and he also looked down on Pei Renji, who had the name of a famous general but had no real name, and then, Duan Da asked Wang Shichong curiously: "Your Majesty, you just mentioned that you want to reconcile with Chen Yingliang?" Could it be that you have already given birth to such a mind? ”

"I didn't think about going to war with him, my army had just taken Li Mi away, and I needed time to rest and rest, so I wanted to continue fighting like this?" Wang Shichong replied sullenly: "I only hate that little puppet for being vicious and ruthless, not only refusing to return Xin'an Yiyang, but also taking the opportunity to pull me into a war of attrition!" Pei Renji, an old puppet, had his head in the water again, and he actually dug up the ancestral grave of Chen Yingliang's little puppeteer, so that I and Chen Xiaothief formed a deep hatred and hatred, and forced me into a dilemma. ”

"If Your Majesty has the heart to reconcile with Chen Yingliang, it is not impossible." Duan Da Yin Yin said: "The excavation of Chen Yingliang's ancestral tomb is not from Your Majesty's instructions, anyone can testify to this, if Your Majesty you intend to reconcile with Chen Yingliang, as long as you hand over Pei Renji's family to Chen Yingliang, can't you calm Chen Yingliang's anger, and you can take the opportunity to discuss reconciliation?" ”

It is true that Wang Shichong, who did not ask Pei Renji to dig the ancestral grave of his son-in-law, was greatly moved, but after thinking carefully for a while, Wang Shichong still shook his head and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, we can still support it now, and I have just ascended the throne not long ago, and handing over the courtiers to the enemy country will inevitably damage my majesty too much." Wait, wait and see. ”

"Also, it's too embarrassing to send Pei Renji over now." Duan Da agreed, and said with a cruel smile: "Anyway, Pei Renji is in the hands of His Majesty, and His Majesty can push him out whenever he needs him." ”

Wang Shichong's face was expressionless, he just nodded slightly, Duan Da, who had a grudge against Pei Renji during the period of the four major stays, smiled even more happily, but Duan Da and Wang Shichong were negligent, when they said this, not only were there many palace maids present, but also Yu Wenwen, the deputy manager of the palace diet, Shangshi Zhichang, was also present, and Yu Wenwen, who was directing the palace maids to give Wang Shichong the imperial meal, heard that although Wang Shichong and Duan Da were silent on the surface, they were secretly happy in their hearts............

Since his heart was quietly happy, he was forced to surrender to Wang Shichong and did not get any good treatment Yu Wenwen, Li Mi's old staff, naturally he would not miss such a good opportunity to sow discord, and it was only that night that Yu Wenwen quietly brought the words to Pei Renji, Pei Renji was shocked when he heard this, his hands and feet were cold, and his whole body was sweating like rain, and he couldn't help but be so afraid, after all, Pei Renji had just dug up Chen Fuliang's ancestral grave, if Wang Shichong dedicated Pei Renji to Chen Fuliang, of course Pei Renji would have died a miserable death!

Frightened, Pei Renji, whose head was full of mush, naturally got his head into the water again, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and simply decided to launch a coup d'état, trying to kidnap Wang Shichong to force him to abdicate, and help Yang Tong to restore himself to protect himself! Then Pei Renji not only pulled his baby son Pei Xingyan into the water, but also pulled Yuwen Wenwen's brother Shangshu Zuocheng Yuwen Rutong and the loose cavalry attendant Cui Deben into the water, preparing to kidnap Wang Shichong with a dagger during the court meeting, and at the same time kill Duan Da and other Wang Shichong's dead friends, and invite Yang Tong out of the deep palace to reset!

Xiucai's rebellion has not been successful for three years, and it is of course more difficult to count on such a delicate thing as Pei Renji, a professional household of the pit father, than to ascend to the sky, no, Pei Renji's father and son and Yuwen Rutong and others have just made up their minds, and before they can do it, they don't know that there was a mistake in that link, and Wang Shichong knew about his coup plan in advance. When the Zheng soldiers rushed into Pei Renji's house, Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan's father and son also resisted vigorously, but they were still outnumbered, and Pei Xingyan, who refused to surrender, was trapped in the room by Zheng soldiers and burned alive, and Pei Renji was seriously injured and captured. The Yuwen brothers, Cui Deben and others didn't even have time to resist, and they were directly caught up in front of Wang Shichong.

This kind of thing can't even be endured by Chen Fuliang, who has a more kind personality, let alone the ruthless Wang Shichong, after an order, Pei Renji, the Yuwen brothers and Cui Deben fell to the ground together, and their families were also slaughtered. Only Pei Renji's daughter Pei Cuiyun was named by Wang Shichong to stay, Pei Cuiyun saw her father and brother being punished like ashes, and took the initiative to accept the death penalty with her father and brother, but Wang Shichong categorically rejected her request, and said with a cruel smile: "Want to die? Is it that easy? I have long known that you have a personal affair with Chen Yingliang's thief, and that thief is a lustful person, leaving you behind, it will definitely be of great use in the future! ”

With a cruel smile, Wang Shichong shouted and threw Pei Cuiyun into the prison, strictly guarded and never allowed her to commit suicide, Pei Cuiyun, who had suffered from prison several times, burst into tears and cried bitterly, "Let me die, let me die, what face do I have to see him?" What other face do I have to see him?! ”

In addition to saying that he refused to let Pei Cuiyun die as he wished, Wang Shichong, who was still angry, felt that leaving Yang Tong behind was really a disaster, not only wasting food and the palace room but also being pushed out by ill-intentioned people at any time to harm himself, so he came to do nothing and did nothing, and simply sent his nephew Wang Renze and his house slave Liang Bainian to send Yang Tong a cup of poisoned wine to force Yang Dong to commit suicide! Yang Tong's plea to see his mother for the last time before he died was also categorically refused, and in the end he could only drink the poisoned wine helplessly, and before dying, Yang Tong prayed to the heavens, praying: "May I live forever and never be born in the emperor's family." ”

Of course, what Wang Shichong received was not all bad news, on the 30th day of January in the second year of his enlightenment, on the last day of the first month, a good news suddenly came from the north of the Yellow River, Dou Jiande, who had ascended the throne in Linwei and called the emperor to establish the Xia Kingdom, defeated Yu Wenhua and the remnants of Yu Wenhua in Ji County, and annihilated Yu Wenhua and his brothers to avenge Emperor Yang of Sui, and also helped Wang Shichong to take a bad breath.

The export of evil anger is still a trivial matter, and there are two good things for Wang Shichong, that is, after Dou Jiande controlled Ji County, in fact, he already bordered the Sui army's controlled territory, and seriously threatened the safety of Li Mi's remnants entrenched in Baima, which was equivalent to containing Li Mi and Qin Qiong, two strong enemies for Wang Shichong at the same time. So after receiving this good news, Wang Shichong, who had been depressed for a long time because of the successive betrayals of his subordinates, finally showed a rare smile, and while ordering a banquet to celebrate, he decided to send someone to Dou Jiande to ask for an alliance and join forces to deal with Chen Fuliang and Li Mi, the two damned traitors!

There is good news, there is bad news, just as Wang Shichong and the civil and military officials of the Dazheng court were handing over glasses and changing lamps at the banquet, an official covered in snowflakes suddenly stumbled and rushed to the Jinluan Palace, and before he could salute, he screamed: "Your Majesty, something is wrong!" The puppet king Chen Yingliang issued a document to denounce you, and decided to personally lead an army of 80,000 to the east to conquer Luoyang, and the date of the army has been announced in the document, which is set for the eighth day of the second month! ”

The sound of slamming wine glasses falling one after another, including the gold cup in Wang Shichong's hand also fell suddenly, and cold sweat quickly rolled down from Wang Shichong's forehead in the cold spring weather that dripped into ice.