It's time to go back and take a look at the situation on Wang Shichong's side in Luoyang, Shengdong won a game, which not only proved that the main force of the Sui army was by no means invincible, but also finally stopped the momentum of Zheng Jun's successive defeats in front of the main force of the Sui army, which greatly encouraged the morale of the Zheng army's soldiers, not to mention, confidence also returned to Wang Shichong and Zheng Jun's soldiers, Zheng Junzhong began to make a voice asking for battle, and Wang Shichong also began to brew a larger-scale counterattack plan, intending to take advantage of the absence of his unfilial son-in-law, Strive for another big victory, and even smash the encirclement of the main force of the Sui army in one fell swoop. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info*/

As far as the current situation is concerned, Wang Shichong must also fight one or two more counterattacks to exert strong pressure on the main force of the Sui army besieging Luoyang, so as to effectively cooperate with Dou Jiande's army in attacking the Tiger Pass and increase the chances of the Xia and Zheng coalition forces defeating the Sui army. At the same time, facts have also proved that Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong, the chief and deputy commanders of the Sui army who were ordered to besiege Luoyang, were far inferior to Wang Shichong in terms of playing conspiracy and trickery, and as long as Wang Shichong could seize the opportunity, it would definitely not be a problem to win another big victory.

What annoyed Wang Shichong was that Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong did not give him such a chance again, after being struck by Wang Shichong, Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong also understood that they couldn't play Wang Shichong with tricks, so they didn't play any tricks with Wang Shichong, and blindly just stuck to the camp and siege fortifications, even if Zheng Jun took the initiative to open the gate of the imperial city, he was not allowed to attack, Wang Shichong sent a small army to attack the Sui army fortifications several times, and the Sui soldiers only shot away with bows and arrows, and refused to leave the fortifications to protect Wang Shichong with a chance. Wang Shichong tried every possible means to find the opportunity last time, and he had no way to take Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong for a while.

But fortunately, Wang Shichong had previously hoarded grain in the imperial city and the palace city, although he failed to complete the established grain hoarding plan as he wished because of Li Keshi's troubles, but after the main force of the Zheng army was severely damaged by Chen Fuliang in the outer city of Luoyang, the number of soldiers was sharply reduced by nearly two-thirds, and the mouth was less to eat food, and the less food became slightly more abundant, Wang Shichong still had the capital to continue to confront the main force of the Sui army. At the same time, as long as Dou Jiande's side is a little stronger, Chen Fuliang will definitely make military adjustments and take the initiative to create opportunities for Wang Shichong. So Wang Shichong was not in a hurry, he just waited patiently for the main force of the Sui army to move on his own, and he exposed his flaws to create a fighter for Wang Shichong.

Facts have proved that Wang Shichong did not wait in vain, although he did not dare to send a large number of troops to the Tiger Prison Pass to participate in the battle, but in order to supplement the assault force, Chen Fuliang still transferred 3,000 main cavalry from the Luoyang battlefield to the east to participate in the battle. Seeing the transfer of the main force of the Sui army on the city wall, and receiving an outside intelligence before the fall of Luokoucang, Wang Shichong, who knew that Dou Jiande had already arrived at the Hukou Pass, immediately concluded that the battle situation on the Hukou Pass side had undergone new changes, and the self-army must launch a counterattack as soon as possible to share the pressure on the battlefields of Luokoucang and Hukouguan.

In view of this situation, on the first day of the decisive battle of Chen Dou, Wang Shichong summoned up the courage to personally lead 10,000 troops out of the city to attack the camp of the Qiu Shili Department of the Sui army stationed in Xiyuan again, and still sent troops during the day. However, in the case of a great opportunity to defeat the enemy in the field, Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong kept in mind the last lesson and Chen Fuliang's advice, and resolutely defended the siege fortifications without moving. Wang Shichong, who took Huainan out of the city, could not find a chance to fight a decisive battle in the field at all, and the strong attack camp added a lot of unnecessary casualties, and the Sui army was in a stalemate for a long time and could not find a crack to drill, and there was no chance to catch any prisoners for interrogation and confession, so he had to withdraw to the city in the afternoon.

After returning to the city, Duan Da, Wang Long and Xue Deyin and other cronies went to the palace gate to greet Wang Shichong, and praised Wang Shichong for his might, and the Sui army was so frightened that he didn't even dare to go out of the camp gate, but unfortunately Wang Shichong didn't have the heart to listen to these flattering words anymore, and threw the gold armor on his body into the hands of the guards, and said hatefully: "Yuan Tiangang is a horseman, Qu Tutong is really a good learner, and he doesn't give me a chance to fight a decisive battle if he doesn't go out of the camp alive or dead, how can this be called me?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Duan Da hurriedly comforted: "The fact that the Chen thief's army is holding the camp is enough to show that the Chen thief and the Dou Wang's army are still in a stalemate and have not divided the winner or loser, so Yuan Tiangang and Qu Tutong don't dare to act rashly, so as long as we wait patiently, we will definitely be able to wait until the opportunity to break the enemy appears, and then our army will attack again and win a big victory!" ”

"That's all it can be." Wang Shichong nodded sullenly, and sighed lightly: "Dou Jiande, you must be angry, and Ying'er, you also have to guard Luokoucang for your father!" ”

Duan Da really got it right this time, at the third watch in the evening of the day later, the southwest section of the siege fortifications with the relatively least number of defenders of the Sui army, suddenly sounded a loud noise, and then a man wearing Sui army clothes rushed out of the darkness quickly, followed by a team of Sui soldiers, while shooting the man with arrows, while yelling, "Catch that spy!" Catch that! ”

Hearing the shouts, the defenders of the Zheng army on the imperial city wall immediately began to prepare for battle, closely observing and listening to the movements under the city, but unfortunately, the man wearing the Sui army uniform just ran to the vicinity of the moat and fell to the ground with a scream, I don't know whether he was kicked or hit by an arrow, and then the man shouted loudly: "Brother in the city, I am a messenger sent by His Royal Highness the Prince!" Report to Your Majesty for me, Chen Thief sent an army to attack King Dou's camp, fell into an ambush by King Dou, suffered heavy losses, and King Dou won a big battle outside the Tiger Prison Pass! Played a big win ......"

"Ahh Before he could finish the last sentence, the Faithful Messenger let out another scream, and then there was no sound. Vaguely, the Zheng soldiers in the city only saw that the loyal warriors were dragged away by the Sui soldiers, and they could vaguely hear the words of the quick search, Zheng soldiers did not dare to slack off, and quickly conveyed what they heard to Guo Shiheng, the general of the Zheng army on duty in the west city, Guo Shiheng heard the great joy, and hurriedly entered the palace overnight to report the matter to Wang Shichong.

Hearing the good news on the woman's belly, Wang Shichong couldn't wait to applaud the hammer bed before he could get dressed, and then hurriedly got up in his clothes and went to the scene in Xicheng to understand the situation in person. After repeatedly asking various details from the soldiers, Wang Shichong was even more happy, and inevitably had some ups and downs in his heart, and said secretly: "Could it be the little beast's kneeling plan?" That little brute, playing false letters to lure the snake out of the hole is a good trick, if I go out in danger, maybe I will fall into his ambush. ”

Suspicion is suspicion, but in order to boost morale, Wang Shichong still ordered the unconfirmed news to be conveyed to the whole army, so as to boost morale and boost the morale of the army, and when he heard this good news, Zheng Junzhong cheered, but also couldn't wait to ask Wang Shichong to immediately launch a counterattack, and further put pressure on the Sui army to force Chen Fuliang to relieve the siege and retreat. Wang Shichong shook his head very calmly and said: "Don't be in a hurry, the more good news like this comes, the more we must beware of Chen Thief's tricks." After all, Ying'er's letter to me didn't reach me. ”

Zheng Junzhong was disappointed and promised, but Wang Shichong said: "From now on, pay close attention to the movements of the thief army, and report it immediately if there is any abnormality!" Also, remember to carefully count the number of stoves and campfires in the thief army, and report to me immediately if there is a significant change in the number! ”

Facts have proved that Wang Shichong's worries are not unreasonable, the next day Zheng Jun soldiers in the city carefully counted the number of Sui army camp stove smoke, morning and evening are basically the same, the number of bonfires at night is basically the same as before, and then on the morning of the third day, the number of Sui army stoves outside the north gate is more than 100 more than the next day. Wang Shichong was both happy and disappointed when he heard the report, and he hated Wang Xuanying's letter even more for not being able to be sent to the city, so that he could know the specific situation of the battlefield in Tiger Prison.

When disappointed and remorseful, Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze, father and son, hurriedly ran to Wang Shichong and said to Wang Shichong: "Your Majesty, the situation of the thief camp outside the north gate seems to be a little wrong. ”

Without even blinking his eyelids, Wang Shichong jumped up and hurried straight to the north gate of the imperial city with everyone, but when he arrived at the city to observe carefully, Wang Shichong found that as Wang Shiyun played, there were indeed often birds rising and falling in the area of the Sui army's rear camp that seemed to be well-organized-this was obviously unreasonable. At the same time, some Zheng generals with good eyesight also discovered another important detail - the soldiers next to the fence in the rear camp of the Sui army never moved! After being reminded by his subordinates that this was discovered, a thought quickly flashed through Wang Shichong's heart, "Could it be a scarecrow?!" ”

Some soldiers with good eyesight were assigned to observe the situation of the Sui army camp in that area, and until noon, the Sui soldiers guarding the fence still did not move. After personally confirming this situation, Wang Shichong finally made up his mind and ordered: "Immediately start preparing for the night battle, go out of the city tonight, and take advantage of the void to attack the thief camp outside the north gate!" ”

Finally survived such a good opportunity to appear, Wang Shichong of course took out his pressure box capital to bet on the gambling table, carefully prepared the camp robbery plan needless to say, Wang Shichong also named Shan Xiongxin, Wang Long and Wang Renze and other fierce generals to bring to the army, led by himself to rob the Sui army camp, promised all kinds of heavy rewards to the soldiers, and made enough efforts to smash the encirclement of the main force of the Sui army in one fell swoop!

It was the third watch of the night, the north gate of the imperial city of the eastern capital Longguang Gate quietly opened, under the personal leadership of Wang Shichong, more than 10,000 Zheng army soldiers were covered with horses, quietly slipped out of the city to assemble, with Wang Ren as the vanguard quickly touched the Sui army siege fortifications, and suddenly launched an attack on the Sui army's earthen fortifications, the Sui army soldiers guarding the siege fortifications were caught off guard, and were soon defeated and retreated by Wang Renze. Wang Shichong was overjoyed, hurriedly waved his army over the Sui army fortifications, and led the army to directly attack the main gate of the Sui army camp, and the Sui army camp was also full of torches, shouting and shouting, obviously the preparation was obviously insufficient.

Knowing that the Sui army was afraid and did not dare to leave the camp at will at night, Wang Shichong relieved and urged the army to directly attack the Sui army camp gate, but when the Zheng army soldiers rushed to the Sui army camp gate, the Sui army's north gate camp, which seemed to be in chaos, flew out wave after wave of neat arrow rain, which in turn shot the Zheng army soldiers who were shouting and charging at a loss, and the casualties were very heavy. Then, when the Zheng soldiers refused to give up and continued to rush forward, they were not only blocked by the ditches of the Sui army's camp, but also met with a strong crossbow - they were shot by a strong crossbow at close range, even with iron armor on their bodies.

As the charging soldiers were forced to retreat, Wang Shichong also vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and then naturally, suddenly, the cannon suddenly sounded in the door of the Sui military camp, and the fire suddenly brightened, Chen Fuliang's banner of the Tang King with teeth and claws, and Chen Fuliang, who was in white horses and white robes and silver armor, also appeared in the firelight surrounded by the generals of the Sui army, and said with a smug smile: "Wang Shichong old horseman, how is the king's empty camp plan?" It's amazing to be able to fool you, an old fox?! ”

"Hit the mark! Evacuate! Evacuate! ”

Wang Shichong subconsciously yelled, but it was too late to do so, Cheng Yanjin led the Sui cavalry to kill from the east, Liu Heimin also led the infantry to kill from the west, and Qu Tutong beside Chen Fuliang led the army to attack the front of the Zheng army, and the slogan of capturing Wang Shichong alive resounded all over the world. Zheng Jun did not dare to fight when the enemy was on three sides, so he hurriedly retreated to the rear road, and Wang Shichong rushed to the front.

The siege fortifications of the Sui army that had been crossed before became a nightmare for the Zheng soldiers, and when they passed in an orderly manner, the Zheng soldiers could certainly cross the wide and deep trenches with the road filled with trench bridges and sandbags, and cut the road in the antlers to resist the horses, but when they were defeated and fled, the Zheng soldiers could only be corpses and wounded soldiers to fill the trenches and advance, and they could only be pushed by their companions and hit the sharp antlers, pierced through the body by the antlers, screaming and dying miserably, while the Sui soldiers rushed and beat from the rear and the wings, desperately slashing and killing the Zheng soldiers who planned to leave the city, To alleviate the resistance of the siege in the future, the soldiers of the Zheng army trampled on each other, and there were countless casualties.

Chen Fuliang, who only led a small number of cavalry back to Luoyang to preside over the war, originally wanted to arrange an ambush inside the siege fortifications, cut off Wang Shichong's way back to the camp, and strive to take advantage of the chaos to enter the city, but he was afraid that Wang Shichong, the old fox, would detect the clues, resulting in the abandonment of his previous achievements, and Chen Fuliang had to give up this wishful thinking. As a result, Wang Shichong naturally got the opportunity to quickly withdraw to the city to live, but the Zheng soldiers he brought out of the city were unlucky, and in the case of not being able to quickly withdraw the Sui military fortifications, he was first killed and injured by the Sui army ambush soldiers at the siege fortifications, relying on the corpses and wounded soldiers to knock over the exposed corners to fill the trenches, and finally escaped to Longguang Gate, but they had to face the fatal problem of not being able to quickly enter the city and cross the moat. Trying to rush into the city under the rain of arrows, Wang Shichong, who was so ruthless, had to order the city gate to be closed in advance, allowing the soldiers who had not entered the city to cry and run outside the city, and were cut and slaughtered by the Sui army.

In the end, less than half of the more than 10,000 troops who were taken out of the city by Wang Shichong fled back into the city, and the remaining more than 5,000 people were either beheaded by the Sui soldiers on the battlefield, or fell into the moat and were trampled to death and drowned, and nearly 2,000 people became prisoners of the Sui army. After this battle, Wang Shichong not only had no power to fight back in front of the besieging Sui army, but also even the garrison force suddenly became overstretched, and the morale of the generals and soldiers of the Zheng army was depressed, and they all knew that the end was near.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Fuliang ordered the soldiers to transport all 40 artillery pieces to the Tushan Fort outside the north gate that had been built before, and on the other hand, he asked Wang Xuanying, Yang Gongqing and Wang Wan, who had been captured on the battlefield of Tiger Prison Pass, into prisoner cars and escorted them to Luoyang City, where they introduced the battle situation of Tiger Prison Pass to the Zheng army soldiers, so that the Zheng army defending the city knew that Dou Jiande was dead, and the main force of the Dou army that came to save Wang Shichong had been wiped out, and asked the remnants of the Zheng army to lay down their arms and surrender in Kaecheng.

Hearing the shouts of Wang Xuanying and others, Wang Shichong wept bitterly, but still refused to give up, convened hundreds of civil and military officials in the Great Industry Palace, discussed abandoning the city and breaking through, and led the remnants to flee to Xiangyang to meet with the Wang Shifang Department who was stationed there before. Zheng Jun's generals had different opinions, some agreed, some were worried that if they could not kill the encirclement, they would only die in vain, and some cautiously reminded Wang Shichong that he might as well make peace with his son-in-law, suggesting that Wang Shichong would consider surrendering.

Wang Shichong not only knew his son-in-law's vicious character, but also knew that with his son-in-law's hypocrisy and cunning, he would definitely not let go of himself who killed Yang Tong with his own hands when he was still a courtier of the Great Sui. So Wang Shichong not only categorically refused to surrender, but also decided to lead the army to break through on the spot, no matter what!

At the same time that Wang Shichong decided to break through, the Sui artillery on the earth mountain outside the city finally began to exert its might, roaring and shooting the cannonballs directly into the palace city in the middle of the imperial city. Wang Shichong was shocked, but immediately found that he still had to face a fatal problem -- how to gather troops and prepare for a breakthrough in the face of the continuous bombardment of the Sui army's artillery?

When Wang Shichong was thinking hard about this problem, Chen Fuliang had also returned to his headquarters in the northern city of the outer city, and the Sui army came up to greet him, and he couldn't wait to inquire when the siege would be launched, and he could quickly end the battle of the Eastern Capital, which had finally ended. Chen Fuliang replied with a wry smile: "We can't be in a hurry, our artillery and gunpowder siege tactics have little effect on the imperial city and the palace city of the eastern capital, and it is not so easy to break the city quickly. ”

"Your Highness, why don't you consider surrounding the three queyi and deliberately leaving a way for Wang Shichong to survive?" Fang Xuanling suggested: "Dou Jiande is dead, Wang Shichong has no reinforcements to count on, and he will definitely have the idea of abandoning the city to break through, we deliberately let go of a way out, Wang Shichong will inevitably abandon the city and leave, and we will send troops to block and chase after each other, and it is not hopeless to capture and kill Wang Shichong." ”

"No way!" Chen Fuliang categorically refused, and said: "This is very promising to prompt the thief army to abandon the city and leave, but we must not forget that after Li Mi was defeated and left, Jingchu and Xu Peng also took the initiative to surrender Wang Shichong in many counties, and Wang Shichong also installed cronies in Xiangyang and Xuzhou, and deliberately gave Wang Shichong a chance to break through, so once Wang Shichong escaped and ran to these places to regain his strength, we don't know how much time it will take to completely eradicate this old fox, how many troops will be consumed, and the gains will outweigh the losses." Therefore, we must not give Wang Shichong a chance to break through, we can only kill him in Luoyang at any cost! ”

When Fang Xuanling nodded, a herald suddenly rushed in from outside the door and said to Chen Fuliangji: "Your Highness, the thief leader Wang Shichong personally climbed the Xuanren Gate Tower, shouted loudly, and asked to meet you to answer, and he also escorted a woman to the city, saying that if Your Highness refuses to meet, he will let that woman suffer all the sins of the world on the spot." ”

"Who? What other hostages do we have in Wang Shichong's hands? ”

The civil and military forces of the Sui army looked at each other, and they couldn't remember that there were any important hostages in Wang Shichong's hands in the army, Chen Fuliang also shook his eyes slightly, and then, Chen Fuliang stood up, his face turned iron blue all of a sudden, and said: "Oh no! It's Cuiyun! ”