Chapter 595: Let you take advantage
Of course, Yanshi City was not recaptured by Wang Shiyun, and Li Keshi's army was able to successfully take Yanshi because of the sparse and unprepared defenders in the city, which allowed the Sui army to get lucky.
After entering Yanshi City, the Sui soldiers who were all counting on the broken city wall to resist the counterattack of the Zheng army of course did their best to strengthen the city defense, in order to prepare materials for defending the city, the Sui army soldiers removed countless abandoned houses in the city overnight, and moved all the wood and stones on the city wall to defend the city. In addition, the 7,000 defenders are not much, and they are not too much, and they are barely enough to defend a small city of Yanshi.
In the end, the army of Li Bird Thief is a pure lone army, as long as there is anything wrong in the city, no one in the Sui army will want to live! With no way to retreat, the soldiers of the Sui army naturally broke out with 12 percent combat effectiveness, and the tired soldiers of the Zheng army who were forced to attack the fortified army naturally gnawed hard bones harder than iron, and launched a large-scale siege five times in three days, all of which were killed and retreated by the soldiers of the Sui army who hated the same enemy, and they were not able to rush into the city with heavy casualties. As a result, Wang Shiyun was transferred back to Luoyang City and was slapped by Wang Shichong, and Wang Shichong was forced to draw troops from Luokoucang and Tiger Prison Pass, while continuing to attack the city, while protecting the grain and grass through Yanshi City, the efficiency of grain transportation was greatly reduced, and Wang Shichong's overall decisive battle plan was completely disrupted.
In the face of the Sui army soldiers who had no way to retreat, Wang Xuanyi tried every possible means to break through Yanshi City, and he still couldn't kill the Yanshi City after attacking and killing the corpse mountain and the sea of blood for several days, on the contrary, he also suffered a heavy setback, which seriously aggravated the fatigue of the army. As the main force of the Sui army crossed Tongguan and entered the Cuihan Road, getting closer and closer to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, Wang Shichong gradually panicked, so he could only order Wang Xuanying to temporarily give up the siege of the city, change the siege to the siege, cover the grain and grass through the Yanshi City, and race against time to rush to the eastern capital to transport grain.
It was also when the puppet court went all out to rush to transport grain, and the disgusting place of Li Keshi's lonely army was all embodied, the puppet court used relatively convenient and fast boats to transport grain, and the ships must pass under the south gate of Yanshi, or the speed of slow movement against the current was extremely slow, Li Keshi's army could cover the entire Luoshui River with bows and arrows and trebuchets without going out of the city, and could also send sailors out of the city at any time to scuttle the Zheng army's grain ships, and the puppet Zheng court in the inland had few ships, Li Keshi tossed so blindly, and it didn't take a few times to toss more than half of the Zheng army's ships, and the number of grain transported by water dropped sharply, not to mention the current shipbuilding, and it was too late in time. Not to mention transporting grain on rafts, it was a live target for the Sui army's trebuchets and bows and arrows.
If the grain transportation by water is not enough to meet the demand, it can only be taken by land, and the new problem will come by land, and the grain transportation team will also have to pass under the Yanshi City, not to mention, the war has led to the scarcity of livestock in Henan County, and even the ploughing cattle can not find a few, let alone find enough cattle, donkeys and mules to transport grain, and the precious horses must be ridden by cavalry to fight, and there is no choice to use manpower to transport grain. In the spring ploughing season, so many people were naturally more dissatisfied, and the danger factor increased dramatically, forcing Wang Shichong to only send more troops to monitor and protect the people's grain transportation.
Therefore, even if Li Ke's army could not go out of the city to steal grain, just entrenched in Yanshi City, the difficulty of Wang Shichong's army in transporting grain increased several times, and the established plan to transport 500,000 stone of grain to Luoyang City in a full-scale decisive battle became an impossible task. Wang Shichong's family gritted their teeth against this, but they were helpless.
At this time, a news that surprised Wang Shichong suddenly came, Li Mi, who was entrenched in the white horse and was still breathing, actually accepted the title of Wei Wang Jue canonized by Dou Jiande, and surrendered to Dou Jiande with more than 20,000 remnants of defeated generals and a large piece of the Central Plains that had been completely destroyed. In this regard, Wang Shichong was surprised and inevitably happy and worried, of course, happy that there was another old enemy who died without a fight, and worried that he and Li Mi had a deep enmity like the sea, and after Li Mi arrived under Dou Jiande's account, he would inevitably do his best to prevent Dou Jiande from forming an alliance with himself and taking the opportunity to retaliate.
On February 18, the main force of the Sui army successfully crossed the Hangu Pass and continued to advance towards Mianchi, leaving only more than three days away from the Xin'an battlefield. At the same time, Chen Fuliang also played tricks as always, claiming that he had sent 80,000 troops, and indeed only brought 80,000 troops from Guanzhong, but with the addition of Liu Heimin, Li Keshi, Qin Qiong's three partial divisions and the Yiyang garrison, the total size of the Sui army's investment in the Dongdu battlefield this time actually exceeded 200,000, and the main army was still a fresh force that had been rested for five months, and its physical and mental state was far better than that of the tired division under Wang Shichong, and the military burden was more than eight streets away from Wang Shichong.
However, in terms of military strength, the Zheng army was not inferior to the Sui army, and the soldiers and horses of the east, west, and north lines and the garrison in Luoyang City were combined, and there were more than 130,000 people in the patchwork, and the total strength still had a slight advantage. But the more than 130,000 troops of the Zheng army are indeed pieced together, among which the real reliability is still the 40,000 or so Dongdu army before Wang Shichong's victory over Li Mi, and the rest are all new surrendered troops, or the thieves and horses from all walks of life who were forced to surrender voluntarily after Li Mi's defeat are similar to the existence of franchise stores in modern society. And all this is all because Chen Fuliang didn't give Wang Shichong a chance to reorganize them at all.
His own family knows his own affairs, Wang Shichong is also very aware of the weakness of the army, even if he has no time to free up his hands to reorganize these troops, he is desperately trying to make a wish to the owner of these franchise stores, Sui Fengguan, and also married his two nieces to Shan Xiongxin, the fierce general of Wagang, and Yang Qing, the largest former king of the franchise stores, and did his best to win over these franchise owners. But the effect is still not great, among which there are not a few people who are in harmony with Wang Shichong, and especially bad people such as Hao Xiaode simply betrayed Zheng Jun.
Faced with this situation of disparity between strength and weakness, Wang Shichong once planned to go all out on the defensive, but Duan Da and Li Shiying and other henchmen with a bit of brains pointed out to him that if they stick to it with all their might, it will not only hit the morale of the army even more, but also make those franchise store owners more detached from morality, and there will be defectors like Hao Xiaode. It is suggested that Wang Shichong took advantage of the fact that Xin'an Chengchi still had the tactical initiative in his hands, took the initiative to send troops to meet the battle, and took advantage of the narrow terrain of the Cuihan Road to contend with the main force of the Sui army, so that even if the war was unfavorable, the loss would not be too great, and if he could get one or two victories from Chen Fuliang, he could greatly boost the morale of the army and enhance the cohesion of the army.
After gritting his teeth again and again, Wang Shichong finally decided to take Duan Da and Li Shiying's suggestion, and just received the news that the main force of the Sui army sent a letter to Guguan, and immediately personally led more than 40,000 troops to Xin'an, rushed to Xin'an to defend the danger, and prepared to fight with his son-in-law in the narrow terrain of the Kunhan Road battlefield.
On 20 February, the main force of the Zheng army successfully arrived at the Xin'an battlefield, and together with the Gaobi Department of the Xin'an defenders, with a total of more than 56,000 troops, camped on the road to block the eastward advance of the main force of the Sui army. Liu Heimin, the general of the Sui army who had confronted Gaobi for many days, lacked strength in his hands, and was warned by Chen Fuliang that Wang Shichong was not easy to deal with, so he resolutely retreated into the depths of the Kunhan Road, set up a large camp twenty miles west of Xin'an, and at the same time sent fast horses to report the military situation to Chen Fuliang.
On the afternoon of the same day, the main force of the Sui army successfully arrived at Mianchi, and there were only more than 60 miles left from the Xin'an battlefield, and after receiving Liu Heimin's report, Chen Fuliang, who had basically recovered from his illness, immediately summoned his staff to discuss the military situation, analyze Wang Shichong's intentions and formulate a plan for marching into the army, try to win a few battles, and boost his morale. ”
"I think so too." Chen Fuliang nodded in agreement with this analysis, and said viciously: "Since the enemy wants to rely on a few small victories to boost morale, then we must not let them get their wish, this time, we must win the first battle!" ”
"So how are we going to fight?" Fang Xuanling hurriedly asked: "Your Highness, you once said that Wang Shichong's style of using troops is known for his tenacity, and he is good at fighting hard battles and vicious battles. ”
"Forgot we had artillery?" Chen Fuliang smiled and said: "Wang Shichong is good at fighting tough battles and vicious battles, which is based on his formation, once the formation is loosened, no matter how good his army is, it will be in vain. ”
Fang Xuanling woke up and praised Tang Wang Yingming, while Chen Fuliang smiled, and then said: "It's decided, use artillery in the first battle, bring all our fifty artillery pieces into battle, and bombard Wang Shichong's formation!" I don't believe it, the fifty cannons we spent so much bronze money and grain to cast can't break through his Wang Shichong's tortoise formation! ”
"It's going to be a blast." Yuan Tiangang smiled and said: "Because of General Liu Heimin's battle report, during this period of time, the rain on the Xin'an battlefield is scarce, and the land is relatively dry, and after our shells fall to the ground, we can bounce as much as we want!" ”
Hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Chen Fuliang's Chinese army tent suddenly sounded a night owl-like sneering voice, and this sneering voice was also destined to the pitiful end of Wang Shichong's army, who dreamed of winning a few battles.
Wang Shichong, who had only seen the pine cannon, did not know that the catastrophe was coming, and after finding out that the main force of the Sui army marched east to meet with Liu Heimin, he was forced to stretch the camp to more than 20 miles due to terrain restrictions. Immediately afterwards, when he learned that Chen Fuliang had only personally brought about 16,000 troops to the east to fight him because of terrain restrictions, Wang Shichong laughed even more, and immediately ordered 38,000 troops to be dispatched to meet him, and set up a position only three miles away from Cuihan Road.
Old rules, Wang Shichong, who knows how vicious his son-in-law is, even if he has an absolute advantage in local forces, has already set up three square circles, one large and two small turtle formations occupy most of the space between the strong mountain and the valley, and at the same time, many scouts are sent to closely guard the valley water river and various mountain trails, strictly prevent the unfilial son-in-law from stealing chickens and dogs again, highlighting the surprise attack. The narrow terrain of the Cuihan Road had a more serious impact on the main force of the Sui army than Wang Shichong estimated, and the troops were dispatched in the early morning, until it was close to noon, the Sui army walked out of the Cuihan Road, and it was also very cautious to immediately line up a phalanx outside the turtle formation of Wang Shichong, with the infantry in front and the cavalry on both wings, to prevent Wang Shichong from launching a surprise attack.
It was also after the soldiers of the Sui army lined up that Chen Fuliang's banner of Tang Wang with teeth and claws finally appeared in front of the Zheng army, and then Chen Fuliang also slapped his horse out of the battle, shouting and asking Wang Shichong to come out to answer, and also called the name of his father-in-law in front of tens of thousands of soldiers of the two armies, scolded him as a puppet, and did not hide his true face of not having any education. Wang Shichong was not polite, and soon walked out of the turtle formation surrounded by Wang Renze, Shan Xiongxin and Ge Junzhang and other fierce generals, stood more than 200 steps away from Chen Fuliang, and shouted righteously: "Bold little animal! You dare to speak disrespectfully to me, and you dare to call me by my name, have you forgotten who I am you?! ”
"Old horseman, if you dig up my ancestral grave and destroy the bones of my ancestors, this king will cut you with a thousand knives and split the corpse, and it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in the heart of this king! How can I still talk to you about my son-in-law? Chen Fuliang roared loudly, and he was extremely arrogant.
Secretly cursing Pei Renji's private affairs, Wang Shichong yelled again: "The person who dug your ancestral grave is Pei Renji, and I didn't instruct him to do this!" You indiscriminate thief, insisting on putting the crime on my head, taking the opportunity to start a war, and invading the land, is simply despicable! ”
Of course, Chen Fuliang had already found out that the matter of digging up the ancestral grave of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang was indeed not what Wang Shichong asked Pei Renji to do, but Pei Renji's head was in the water and habitually cheated his father, but with such a convenient excuse for starting a war, Chen Fuliang was naturally reluctant to give up, and continued to put the black pot on Wang Shichong's head, and shouted: "Old horseman, Hugh has to quibble!" This king and Pei Renji are not only innocent and innocent, but also have a bit of old love, without your instructions, how can he do this unrighteous thing? Don't talk nonsense, this king personally brought troops to come, if you are smart, quickly dismount and kneel and surrender! This king may be able to spare you from death! Otherwise, if this king gives an order, you old horseman and the lonely ghosts who follow you will surely turn into powder! ”
Chen Fuliang's words were really a bit crazy, not only Wang Shichong, who was actually Chen Fuliang's elder, was unbearable, but Wang Renze, Shan Xiongxin and other generals around Wang Shichong were also furious, and they all scolded and demanded to fight with Chen Fuliang for 300 rounds. Chen Fuliang recognized Shan Xiongxin, so he pointed at Shan Xiongxin with a horsewhip and shouted: "Shan Xiongxin is a traitor! This king remembers you! Your sister Shan Yingying, where is she now?! ”
"Where is she?" Shan Xiongxin replied, "She is there, what does it matter to you?" What is this for, you ask? ”
"Nothing." Chen Fuliang once again exposed his obscene face, and said with a smile: "This king just heard that she has been married for many years, and she has no heirs yet, so he wants to help her and help her give birth to a few sons." ”
When the soldiers of the Sui army laughed loudly, Shan Xiongxin's face turned black with anger, and he roared: "Shameless horseman! How dare you humiliate my sister! Let the horses come, I'm going to fight you for 300 rounds! ”
"Three hundred rounds of battle? It's up to you? It's not worth letting this king make a move! Chen Fuliang was not ashamed, and pulled a few strokes with a horsewhip to the four Sui generals beside him, and said loudly: "Since you like heads-up before the battle, then the king will also give you a chance, the four generals around the king, you choose one yourself, as long as you win him in the battle, the king will not say a word, and immediately withdraw and return to Guanzhong!" Here's your chance, take your pick! ”
"Pick me!" The four generals around Chen Fuliang, including Wei Chi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Xue Renguo and Wang Fubao, spoke in unison, stepped forward together, and shouted in unison: "Shan Xiongxin Pifu!" Do you have the guts to fight me for 300 rounds?! ”
Shan Xiongxin was a little dumbfounded, he never expected Chen Fuliang to do such a hand to him, but Wang Shichong next to him took into account that Chen Fuliang has always been true to his word, and winning heads-up on the battlefield is also a great morale booster, and Shan Xiongxin's skills are indeed reassuring, so he whispered to Shan Xiongxin: "Virtuous nephew, choose it, you must win!" ”
Shan Xiongxin hesitated again, and then took a closer look at the four generals around Chen Fuliang, and first ruled out the little monster Luo Shixin, who beat him all over the ground in Wagangzhai several times, but Shan Xiongxin quickly found that the other three generals around Chen Fuliang did not seem to be very good, one was sharper than the other, one was more ferocious than the other, and it was not surprising that at first glance it was a ruthless character who had crawled out of the pile of dead people countless times.
Luo Shixin hooked his little finger to Shan Xiongxin with great contempt, and Xue Renguo, the enemy of 10,000 people, and Wang Fubao, the actual chief general of the Dou Army, also shouted loudly, asking Shan Xiongxin to choose himself, but Wei Chi Jingde was ingenious, threw the horse lance in his hand into the arms of the soldiers behind him, raised his hands and shouted: "Shan Xiongxin Pifu!" General Ben will meet you empty-handed! If this general can't take you down empty-handed, he will apologize to His Highness in the face! ”
Wei Chi Jingde was crazy to this point, of course Shan Xiongxin couldn't bear it, and he also bullied Wei Chi Jingde and threatened to be empty-handed, so he yelled: "Piff, that's you!" Come on! ”
yelling, Shan Xiongxin slapped his horse and rushed straight at Yu Chi Jingde, Yu Chi Jingde laughed proudly, and really greeted Shan Xiongxin empty-handed, Chen Fuliang and others, who knew the ability of Yu Chi Jingde, rode their horses and retreated, and let go of the battlefield, the smiles on their faces were all very hideous, and Wang Shichong and others over there also retreated, and also said in their hearts: "Shan Xiongxin, if you can't even beat an empty-handed person, then you don't come back alive!" ”
At this time, Wei Chi Jingde and Shan Xiongxin were already on the battlefield, Shan Xiongxin's horse lance broke the wind, and even the stabbing belt just greeted Yu Chi Jingde, fast and fierce, but Wei Chi Jingde, who met the enemy empty-handed, was smiling, unhurried and carefully dodged Shan Xiongxin's horse lance, and the soldiers of the two armies shouted and cheered together, and the scene was very shocking. As a result, Shan Xiongxin's psychological pressure was naturally extremely huge, and he failed to touch Yu Chi Jingde in a row with more than a dozen moves, and Shan Xiongxin, who couldn't hang up on his face, was inevitably a little anxious, and the flaws were revealed between the stabs, and Yu Chi Jingde took the opportunity to roar, and the black hand grabbed Shan Xiongxin's lance like lightning, Shan Xiongxin was shocked, and the Sui army suddenly erupted in a landslide and tsunami-like cheers.
"Piff, you know it's amazing, right?" Luo Shixin laughed wildly and said, "Do you think you can take advantage of the empty-handed General Wei Chi?" Let me tell you the truth, don't talk about you, even in our army, only I am sure that I will not be taken away by General Wei Chi empty-handed! ”
"Rubbish! Kill him! Wang Shichong also yelled with a blue face.
Hearing Luo Shixin's wild laughter and Wang Shichong's roar, Shan Xiongxin's face was of course even more unbearable, taking advantage of his own hands to hold the lance with both hands, and hurriedly struggled to grab the lance, but Yu Chi Jingde had a sneer on his face, still holding the lance with one right hand, Shan Xiongxin just used the strength to pull back, and the horse lance was still like a root in Yu Chi Jingde's hands, saying that he couldn't snatch it back.
Seeing this scene, of course, the soldiers of the Sui army were even more cheerful, and the cheers of the soldiers of the Zheng army were completely muted, and many Zheng soldiers couldn't help but boo. Hearing that even the soldiers of the self-army were booing themselves, Shan Xiongxin's face was of course how ugly and ugly it was, gritting his teeth and heart, he saw the opportunity and suddenly jumped up on the horse, and flew to kick Wei Chi Jingde's chest, who knew that Wei Chi Jingde reacted very quickly, jumped up almost at the same time and came first, and kicked his long legs on Shan Xiongxin's heart goggles, and kicked Shan Xiongxin's chest heart goggles directly deformed, and white foam spewed out of his mouth, and the person flew directly out of two zhang away.
The soldiers of the Sui army broke out in cheers again, Shan Xiongxin just landed, and immediately fled back to chase after him, Wei Chi Jingde did not chase, but proudly raised the snatched Shan Xiongxin horse lance, the soldiers of the Sui army cheered and jumped, and their morale was greatly boosted, but everyone in the Zheng army team was depressed, and the morale of the already low level plummeted. But Wang Shichong himself was eager to kick Shan Xiongxin to death, and his face was so black that he was almost dripping.
After proudly calling back Wei Chi Jingde, who had won the heads-up victory, Chen Fuliang shouted at Wang Shichong again: "Old horseman, have you seen it?" You've already lost, why don't you get off your horse and kneel? ”
"Why should I surrender?" Wang Shichong sneered and said: "Just now you just said that if you lose, you will immediately retreat to Guanzhong, I didn't say what I would want if my generals lost." ”
The soldiers of the Sui army booed, but Chen Fuliang knew that Wang Shichong would answer like this, so he sneered and said: "Old horseman, you are still as shameless as before, since you insist on being obsessed, you will find death by yourself!" Then don't blame this king for being unkind! Push it up! ”
In the sound of singing, a full fifty artillery pieces wrapped in straw slowly came out of the formation under the impetus of the Sui soldiers, and lined up in front of the Sui army's formation. ”
In the same singing, Zheng Jun also launched sixty pine cannons in the formation, which were quickly lined up in front of Zheng Jun's formation, and Wang Shichong also shouted proudly: "Little thief Chen! Do you see it? You have your artillery, too, and I have more than yours! Don't you like to use artillery? I'll accompany you to the end today, and see who can't hold it first! ”
Answering Wang Shichong, of course, was Chen Fuliang's wild laughter, "Yes, you have more cannons!" It seems that this time, this king is going to suffer some losses! Let you take advantage! ”
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