Li Xu knew what the generals were afraid of. Although the family behind Han Shicao is not as strong as the other generals behind the enemy, Han Shicao himself is a young talent who has long been famous. It is said that this person's comprehension ability and martial arts attainments in the art of war were praised by Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, more than ten years ago. Over the years, due to the peace in the world, although he has not had any opportunity to lead the troops alone, his reputation has spread more and more. Some people even swore that twenty years later, when the older generation of generals of the Great Sui Dynasty became ancient one after another, Han Shixu would inherit Yuwenshu and become the first person in the army. The rest of the young talents, such as Laihong, the fifth son of Laihu'er, Luo Yi, the general of Huben, etc., are insignificant.

Xuzi didn't believe that Han Shixu's ability to use troops was really as strong as the legend said. Moreover, the more famous the other party is, the more he is eager to try. After joining the army, he had already come into contact with some famous nobles, such as Li Jiancheng, Yu Wenshi, etc. Experience tells him that these people are similar to themselves in other aspects, except for their keen insight into officialdom. They also have good and bad aspects, as well as timidity and moments when they lose their cool. In the face of a crisis, they will also panic and sweat coldly, no matter what they show on the outside and how they feel inside, what they are ordinary, they are also like.

"If I defeat Han Se-cho in the field!" Li Xu couldn't help but fantasize, his eyes were as enthusiastic as when he was a teenager in the academy, always hoping to achieve better grades than his fellow senior brothers. He is not afraid of Han Shicao's name, as for the other party's family background, if it wasn't for the Xiongwu Battalion taking the initiative to attack him, but if he chased after the rebels, no matter how unreasonable the Han family was, he couldn't ask the Xiongwu Battalion to be beaten and not fight back, right?

With this mentality, he led the Xiongwu battalion to rush frantically. Along the way, people and war horses couldn't support the team, but the remaining soldiers became more and more capable. On the evening of the sixth day, when the long-distance campaign began, the Xiongwu battalion finally stopped in a small county town called Anyang. This place is only more than 100 miles away from Liyang, and less than 200 miles away from Jixian Ferry. The whereabouts of the army could no longer be hidden, so Li Xu and Yu Wenshi simply let the soldiers enter the county seat and recuperate.

When the new day arrived, the Xiongwu camp split into two parts. The main force of soldiers and horses died down and marched quietly along the official road from Anyang to Liyang. In addition, more than 300 soldiers who were no longer physically able to participate in the battle, led by General Li Anyuan, continued to rush to the Jixian ferry under the banner of the Xiongwu Battalion, assuming the posture that they were about to capture Jixian and cut off the rebel forces on the north and south banks of the Yellow River.

When the army passed through Tangyin County, Yu Wenshi and Li Xu found that their suspicious tactics were really redundant. The reason why the enemy army would not be fooled was not because of how clever its commander was, but because the wide area between Anyang and Yongji Canal, except for a few lonely forts and Tangyin City, where all four gates were stuffed with stones, was basically uninhabited. Where there are no people, there will naturally be no rebel scouts and meticulous work to hide nearby. The possibility that the army's operations were leaked is even more impossible.

In fact, even if Yang Xuangan really laid an ambush in those villages that no longer inhabited, those people could not tell whether the Xiongwu Battalion was an official army or a bandit who rushed to Luoyang from nearby to help in the war in response to Yang Xuangan's call. Since Yang Xuangan raised the "Banner of Righteousness" in Liyang, the bandits and horse thieves hidden in the deep mountains and mountains of Henan counties have all descended the mountain. Under the banner of "relieving the urgency of the world", these people plundered everywhere and forced the good to become thieves. In less than a month, their respective teams have swelled dozens of times. Among them, the largest ones such as the Ministry of Han Xiangguo have reached more than 100,000 people. Even the smaller ones have more than 10,000 people.

After several days of long-distance marching, at this moment, Li Xu and Yu Wenshi and the soldiers under the command of the two were still in their early 5,000s. Compared to the size of the bandits that roam the township, they are simply an insignificant group of pony thieves. Outwardly, apart from the fact that there are more war horses, this group of people really can't see any difference from the rogues. In particular, the dirty armor on his body is not as bright as the canvas armor on the rebels. The larger dreadlocks in the vicinity knew to get some brocade and make a clean and neat cotton armor and battle robe for the leaders, but these sloppy cavalrymen called Huazi claimed to be the official army of the Great Sui, and asked who in the world dared to believe it.

Lijiaji, Jiangjiazhai, Zhoujiazhuang, there are three or four villages that have formed a village to defend themselves, and after seeing the Xiongwu camp, they lit the wolf smoke of the alarm. They treated the officers and soldiers as bandits and greeted them from afar with longbows and crossbows. The most laughable thing is Tangyin County, seeing the Xiongwu camp approaching the city wall, the county magistrate first ordered someone to shoot a random arrow outside the city. Then personally ascended the city tower, and asked the heroes who came to rob how much filial piety they needed before they were willing to leave, if the number was right, the Tangyin County Commander was willing to give his own property to make a living for the people. If there are too many of them, Tangyin County would rather fight until the last man falls.

Li Xu and Yu Wenshi didn't have time to explain to these people, so they took the brothers around the city. Five miles southeast of Tangyin County, the crowd crossed the pontoon bridge across the Yongji Canal and turned south.

"I've seen such a bad thing, but I've never seen such a bad thing!" Zhang Xiudu muttered, and returned Zhou Daniu's words describing the people of Shanggu County a few days ago to Zhou Daniu as they were. He didn't say this because of the small belly chicken intestines, the appearance near Liyang is indeed not like the world. If the scene of wheat ripening and no one harvesting it in Shanggu County is called desolate, the area around Liyang can only be described as miserable.

Everywhere there are farmland trampled into wasteland, and everywhere there are houses that have been burned. Some of the tiles and brick walls were still blue-black, as if the fire had just been extinguished by the rain. Some of the adobe has been crisped by the wind and rain, and the fractures have grown new green.

"I, the soil of our Runan County is fatter than this, and the people, the people are kinder than this, and they cherish the grain more than the people here!" Zhou Daniu blushed and defended his hometown people, "If you don't believe that you ask Xiaoliu, he lives next door to my house and knows the temperament of our Runan people!" ”

He turned his head to his companions for help, but Qian Xiaoliu, who had always been good friends with him, refused to be sloppy for the big bull anymore. There are more rebels in various places on the south bank than in various places on the north bank, and according to the news overheard outside the tent of the Chinese army at night, Han Xiangguo's troops have captured Yangwu, Yuanwu, Fengqiu and other places, and are now under the orders of Yang Xuangan's generals to capture Xiangcheng. The bandits and bandits near Xiangcheng responded one after another, burning countless villages. Runan is only a hundred miles away from Xiangcheng, and although Yang Xiangguo's soldiers and horses are under the banner of "doing the right thing for heaven", killing people and burning houses are also part of the way of heaven in their eyes.

"Anyway, we Runan people are good-hearted! The place is rich, too! Zhou Daniu roared helplessly and anxiously. The rebels did the same thing that the Xiongwu Battalion did to the Goguryeo people in Liaodong. They are all wanton destruction, and everywhere they pass, only scorched earth remains. Zhou Daniu didn't know what his hometown had become, and he suddenly found himself eager to fight. It's not about making a mark, it's not about showing off.

He wanted to restore peace to his hometown. Although in the days of peace, most people live the embarrassing days of hunger and fullness. But at least most people will be able to live, not as they are now. Zhou Daniu looked eagerly at the general who was surrounded by the brothers, and from the other party's eyes, he saw the same anxiety and anger.

Li Xu's eyes had already turned blood-red. When the Liaodong arson army was destroyed, he did not have any burden in his heart, and even had some kind of pleasure of revenge. And at this moment, seeing Yang Xuangan's rebels treating his compatriots in the same way, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"Could it be that the Master has already died in the chaos?" This thought made Li Xu's heart smoke vigorously. If the master was by Yang Xuangan's side, he should not allow the current tragedy to happen. In Xuzi's memory, Yang Fuzi, the mentor of the teacher, was a kind and compassionate wise man. With his assistance, Yang Xuan's sense of change will not harm the people. But the facts are not as simple as he guessed, Yang Xuangan, who claims to "relieve the people from hanging", is not softer than killing foreign criminals. If the reason they killed was to seize supplies, the sin was forgivable. But in fact, the grain in Liyang's warehouse was enough for the rebellious army to eat for several years, and the rebels' ransacking of the surrounding villages was purely for venting!

The rebellious soldiers are like bandits, and Xuzi deeply realized the accuracy of the words used by the ancients. Ever since I crossed the Yongji Canal, the air has been filled with a strong or faint foul smell. He knew where the smell came from, and when he went to Maqishui last year to deliver grain, the heads of those who had been fortified by the Goguryeo people had a similar smell on their heads.

This smell collided with his reason again and again, and he reached for the black knife several times, and he forced his anger to tear his hand away. It was already close to the nest of the rebels, and the soldiers could no longer march as quickly as they had the other day. They need to move slowly and recover the stamina they have spent in the past few days on the march.

"The reasons will be very good, including robbery and murder!" Yu Wenshi tried his best to calm the emotions of the main commander in calm language. He was also stunned by Yang Xuangan's actions, although those people were as cheap as ants in the eyes of the children of a family like him. But if the ants all die, the next thing to starve to death is the ant king, the queen and the ant soldiers. The same ant nest was damaged, and no one could escape.

"I hope they will have the courage to face the sins they have created in the future!" Li Xu muttered back. He didn't want to go through any more trouble trying to capture someone for life or kill someone. Except for Master Yang, these people deserve to die. No matter whose sons they are, what credit the family has made for the Great Sui.

Just when he felt that his whole body was about to be scorched with anger, about five miles from his destination, the scout spotted the enemy's banner.

"Woo-woo-woo!" The sound of sirens came from afar one after another, and Xuzi took the war horse and held the black knife that had been thirsty for blood for a long time in his right hand.

Woo-woo, the sirens are getting more and more urgent, tormenting people's spirits. The scouts sent to the front ran back one after another, except for Captain Li Mengwei, who rushed directly to the Chinese army, everyone else avoided the front of their own army far away, beating their horses and going around the flank. Behind the smoke and dust raised by the scouts was a huge column of smoke that obscured the sky and the sun.

"The enemy army went out of the city to meet the battle, about 30,000 people, fighting under the banner of Liyang County, basically all foot soldiers, a small number of war horses, less than a hundred!" Li Mengwei panted and reported. In the position of scout leader, he did a very good job. Li Xu nodded, signaling that he had completed the task. Then he raised the black knife high and pointed diagonally forward: "Grab the ramp in front of you and attack the formation in front of the left!" “

"The general has an order, rush to the slope ahead, and line up in front of the left to attack the formation!" The heralds took the flag from the flag officer, held it high, and galloped to the rear of the line with a loud shout.

The whole group suddenly accelerated, swept across the field, and rushed up a gentle slope in front of the enemy. Spread out with the boss as the center, a huge horn-shaped array is listed.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Sui were based on the regiment, and they were divided into five armies in the front and back, left and right, and middle during the war. If the training is well-trained and the number of non-commissioned officers is full, the Fifth Army can change more than 20 formations, such as the wild goose formation, the lack of the moon, the sharp arrow, and the sharp cone. At present, the training level of the Xiongwu Battalion is far from reaching the point of changing formations at will, so it can only barely put on various horn shapes. Divide the left and right flanks and the central army to cope with changes on the battlefield.

"Hurry, hurry, hold on!" Zhang Xiu, the captain of the pro-soldier school, was out of breath, urging Zhou Daniu and the others to find a clean flag from the bag behind the horse, tie it to the long lance, and several people work together to straighten it and insert it into the ground heavily.

On both sides of the "Great Sui" and "Xiongwu" flags, four golden characters fluttered in the wind.

"Xiongwu, Xiongwu!" Li Xu rode out of the ranks, waving his sword and shouting in front of the army. More than 4,000 people immediately followed, using horizontal knives and long lances to lift a jungle of steel.

The smoke and dust on the opposite side slowly solidified, and the rebels stopped one after another, talking and looking at the battle flags flying high on the hillside with surprised eyes.

'The enemy is poorly trained! Li Xu quickly made a judgment in his heart. 'Their weapons are poor, their armor is poor, their formation is poor, generals? He looked at the opposing Chinese army, but saw a group of guys dressed in brocade.

In Yang Fuzi's notes, the Sui army suddenly encountered the untrained Chen army, and the tactics adopted were extremely simple.

"The enemy is not prepared, let's break it with one blow. After a while, I led the cavalry on the left flank to smash the Chinese army, and the sergeant and brother went around from the side and hit the rear road! Li Xu turned his head and ordered at Yu Wenshi. Turning his gaze to Zhang Xiu, his words became stern, "You, take the big bull and a few of them to guard the flag, if the people are not dead, the battle flag can't fall!" ”

"Why am I again?" Zhang Xiu defended half a sentence, and the second half of the sentence was forced back to his stomach by Li Xu's gaze.

Yu Wenshi and as if he had been hit by something, his reaction speed was much slower than usual. "What do you call me?" He asked as if he had just woken up from a dream, not noticing whether Xuzi had overstepped his authority by giving orders to the prison army as the main general.

"Left Wing Regiments, follow me!" Li Xu jumped forward, raised his knife and shouted. The violent sound of horses' hooves instantly drowned out the sound of Yu Wenshi. More than a dozen regiments of soldiers rushed down the hillside like a torrent, using Li Xu as the blade to smash the opponent's Chinese army.

"Zhong Jian, be careful!" Yu Wenshi muttered quietly in his heart, glanced back at the soldiers and horses on the right wing behind him, and raised the lance in his hand high.

"Right wing, go around with me, kill the fuck!" The priest and the horse rushed down the hill, feeling indescribably happy.

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