When night fell, the Sui army camp was still quiet, more than 1,000 defenders on the north city wall were patrolling back and forth, while the defenders of the other three city walls were much rarer, especially on the south city wall, which was several miles long, there were only a few dozen defenders, they gathered together to burn the fire to keep warm, no one was willing to brave the cold wind to patrol back and forth, and there was no need.

In the eastern section of the south city wall, there is not a defender here, at this time, a large group of black shadows suddenly appeared on the road in the city, there are more than 100 people, they saw that there was no one on the edge of the city, they rushed to the head of the city, led by the old soldier, he tied the battlements with ropes, threw down the city, beckoned backwards, and shouted in a low voice: "Everyone go quickly!" ”

One by one, the black shadows ran to the battlements, climbed the rope and slid down, and everyone moved quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, more than a hundred people all got out of the city, and the soldiers ran away, deep and shallow, and ran into the darkness.

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The main general Qin Qiong stood in front of a small sand table to carefully observe the terrain, which was a sand table in the northwest of Hebei, including Shanggu County, Boling County, Hengshan County and Zhuo County.

News has come from Taiyuan that Wei Dao'er has promised to give up the southern retreat of Shanggu County, so in the next few days, the enemy army in Yi County will abandon the city and evacuate, and Qin Qiong needs to consider the specific route of Zhai Qi'er's army evacuation.

The east of Shanggu County is Zhuo County, the west is the towering Taihang Mountain, due south is Boling County, the southwest is Hengshan County, the southeast is Hejian County, it is not easy to go from Shanggu County to Hengshan County, it is necessary to cross Wuhuiling and Heng Mountain, it is impossible to do it in winter, then it can only go south to Boling County, through Tang County, Hengyang into Hengshan County, Qin Qiong finalized the withdrawal route of the Yi County army.

At this time, Qin Qiong admired Yang Yuanqing's strategy of seizing Shanggu County, and there was no need to desperately attack Yi County, as long as he put pressure on Wei Dao'er and forced his army to withdraw from Yi County, then he could annihilate all the 20,000 troops of Shanggu County in the field.

The Sui army could not attack Hengshan County, and would never let the defenders of Shanggu County withdraw so easily.

At this time, there was a soldier outside the tent to report. "General Qiqi Qin, more than a hundred soldiers in the city have escaped and are willing to surrender."

Qin Qiong was pleasantly surprised, it seemed that the persuasion letter to surrender to the city in the early morning had an effect, and he immediately strode towards the outside of the camp.

More than a hundred defenders who had escaped from the city had gathered outside the camp gate, and their weapons had been handed over to the Sui army patrol soldiers, who had surrendered and were waiting for the Sui army to be settled. Then the gate of the camp opened. A large group of Sui troops came out of the camp, led by the main general Qin Qiong.

He glanced at the surrendered troops, and saw that they were all panicking. Then he asked in a loud voice, "Who is the leader among you?" ”

The veteran walked out and saluted, "Under the surname Wang." It was the leaders of these brothers who read the Sui army's letter of persuasion to surrender, and we were all willing to surrender! ”

Qin Qiong nodded, and asked him again: "Why is it that there are only more than 100 of you, and the other defenders can't surrender?" ”

"General Hui, everyone is forced to become soldiers, and there are many people who want to surrender, and we are just the fastest group of people."

As soon as the veteran finished speaking, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the darkness. A Sui army patrol came and said on his horse: "Report to the general, there are hundreds of defenders who have escaped from the city and come to surrender." ”

Qin Qiong was overjoyed in his heart, as long as the surrendered army arrived one after another, then the enemy army would gradually collapse, which was an excellent sign. Yi County can't hold on for long.

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At the third watch, a messenger hurriedly ran into the gate of the military office, "Oh no, general, something happened!" ”

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Zhai Que'er listened to the report. I couldn't help but slap the table and asked angrily, "Who is on duty tonight?" ”

"Yes.... It's General Guo San. One of the soldiers said timidly.

Zhai Qi'er stood up suddenly. Shouted and said: "Behead Guo San for me!" ”

He walked out of the military office in a rage, he was almost mad, and in one night three thousand soldiers fled over the city, and there was no stopping or reporting to himself, and some people wanted to open the city and surrender.

He turned on his horse and galloped all the way to the north gate, where hundreds of torches were lit, and as if it were day, more than two dozen deserters were caught, tied up, and knelt on the ground.

A general stepped forward to report: "Report to General Zhai, these twenty-four people attempted to surrender in Kaicheng and were captured by the brothers. ”

Zhai Qi'er was furious, stepped forward and kicked over a person, "Kill!" Slaughter them all for me, and hang their heads on the city gates to warn who dares to flee again! ”

At this time, a soldier rushed over, "General Zhai, the fight has started!" ”

"What's the fight?" Zhai Qi'er said angrily.

The soldier panted and said, "In the big camp..... The soldiers fought over their belongings, and there was a mess. ”

Zhai Que'er stomped his feet in hatred, turned over his horse and ran towards the barracks, the camp is located in the west of the city, covering an area of hundreds of acres, 20,000 soldiers live in this barracks, at this time there was serious civil strife in the barracks, the cause was that more than 3,000 soldiers fled, leaving a lot of items, and the soldiers fought for these items, and their heads were broken and bleeding.

Wei Dao'er was seriously short of military funds, and there were often big fights over food, shoes and socks, and this time tens of thousands of people participated in the fight, and the officers couldn't stop it.

When Zhai Que'er arrived at the barracks, the large-scale riots had almost subsided, Zhai Que'er's deputy general Jiang Cong led more than 2,000 people to severely suppress them, and drove the soldiers back to their respective barracks, the camp was already a mess, crooked tents, smashed couches, tattered military shoes and blankets, hundreds of wounded soldiers were lying on the ground and groaning, the bodies of the killed soldiers had been carried away, and there were shocking puddles of blood everywhere.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhai Qi'er kicked over a shield and roared angrily.

Adjutant General Jiang Cong stepped forward and said nervously: "General, the morale of the army is seriously shaken, and many people want to flee, I'm afraid they won't be able to support it." ”

Zhai Que'er stared at the wounded soldiers all over the ground viciously, his eyes flickered, and the deputy general Jiang Cong persuaded him again: "General, withdraw!" Withdraw to Hengshan County, at least we still have 17,000 troops, if they all run out, we will have no position to go back. ”

Zhai Que'er was so helpless that she gritted her teeth and ordered: "All the soldiers pack up, take a bag of rice each, and set off immediately!" ”

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At the fourth watch, the south gate of Yi County was opened, and a mighty army drove out of the city gate, left Yi County, and marched to the south on the vast snowfield.

The sky is full of stars, the ground is covered with snow, and the light is faint, and you can clearly see the forests and rolling mountains in the distance.

The line grew longer and longer, like a long black line in the snow, but if you looked closely, you would find that small black dots kept breaking away from the black line and fleeing in the opposite direction, which made the black line thinner and shorter.

After walking about thirty miles to the south, the retreating team arrived at the bank of the Yishui River, which had already rushed out of the valley, turning from a trickle into a wide river, frozen and snowy, like a mirror.

However, the army retreating south has been sharply reduced from 17,000 at the time of departure to less than 10,000, and in just 30 miles, nearly 8,000 soldiers have fled, their wives and children are in Yi County and Shanggu County, no one is willing to go to Hengshan County anymore, not to mention that they are still resisting a bag of rice.

Zhai Qi'er was in a very heavy mood, he was powerless to prevent the soldiers from escaping, an inexplicable fear shrouded in his heart, whether the Sui army would pursue them, it stands to reason that they would not, they took the initiative to withdraw according to the agreement reached, but he was very afraid that the agreement only gave up Hengshan County, and did not guarantee their safe return to Hengshan County.

"General, look!" A soldier pointed ahead and shouted.

Zhai Que'er saw the situation on the other side, his heart sank into the abyss at once, and the scene he was most afraid of finally appeared, a Sui cavalry of thousands of people appeared on the other side of the Yishui River, blocking their way.

"General, there's also in the back!"

Behind them, another Sui army of thousands of men also cut off their retreat, they were flanked from front and back, and all the soldiers were stunned and slowly lowered the rice bags on their shoulders.

Zhai Que'er bit her lip fiercely, turned back to a personal soldier and said, "Go up and tell the chief general of the Sui army that since the Sui Dynasty and our emperor have reached an agreement to give up Shanggu County, we are implementing this agreement and give up Shanggu County, please don't stop us from evacuating." ”

The soldiers urged the horses to gallop up and shouted loudly: "My general said that the two sides have reached an agreement, and we are withdrawing our troops according to the agreement, please do not stop it." ”

Qin Qiong smiled and said loudly: "Go back and tell Zhai Que'er that your Emperor Wei Dao'er did not ask the Sui army to guarantee your safe evacuation and let him surrender immediately, but spare his life, otherwise Yishui River is the place where his bones are buried." ”

The soldiers ran back again, Zhai Qi'er didn't need him to say it, and said hatefully: "I heard it!" ”

Deputy General Jiang Cong stepped forward and said cautiously: "General, could this be a deliberate omission by Wei Dao'er?" ”

Zhai Que'er gritted his teeth and said: "You're right, he knows that I can't be resettled after I go back, I know him too well, he just hopes that the Sui army will annihilate us all." ”

"So what do we do?"

Zhai Qi'er looked back at the frightened soldiers, who had long lost their fighting spirit, and were ready to flee at any time, he was helpless, and sighed: "What else can I do?" The army has no fighting spirit, the front and back have been blocked, if you and I still want to live, there is no second way except surrender. ”

"Pass my orders, lay down your arms and surrender!"

With Zhai Qi'er's order, more than 9,000 soldiers under his command laid down their arms and surrendered to the Sui army.

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This was a bloodless battle, under strong political pressure, Wei Dao'er was forced to give up Shanggu County, Shanggu County was included in the territory of the Northern Sui, so that the Sui army finally had a springboard to enter Hebei, three days later, Yang Yuanqing personally led 50,000 Sui soldiers to arrive at Shanggu County through the Flying Fox.

The Northern Sui court also began to fully mobilize, and the government of the five counties of Taiyuan, Loufu, Lishi, Mayi, and Xihe County mobilized 150,000 people to gather in Taiyuan to help transport a large amount of grain, grass and various military materials to Shanggu County, and the war machine was mobilized at the coldest hour in early December.