"Order the army to be careful during the march to prevent the enemy from sneaking up!" Seeing that Rinan County was in front of him, Wang Shiji was also very worried about being attacked by someone.

After all, it was too close to Rinan County at this time, and limited to the terrain, not only was the Sui army's marching team too long, but the large number of small rivers along the way also made their team too compact, and it was difficult to effectively resist and counterattack once they were attacked by the enemy at this time.

There was a worry in his heart, seeing that everything was the enemy's hiding place, fortunately, he did not encounter any enemy attacks after passing through the most difficult section of the path, and Wang Shiji was finally relieved, but after all, this place was close to Rinan County, and soon there were former army scouts running back.

"Chief, thirty miles ahead of you, on the other side of the river, you have found the rebellious bandit army of Rinan County, and there are about 50,000 people camping there!"

Soon Wang Shiji learned the details of the rebels on the other side, and the situation he faced was not very good, although these rebels in Rinan County did not ambush and attack him in a dangerous place before, but the camp they held at this time was also a very important natural danger.

Not only is the flat land narrow, but there is also a turbulent river nearly 100 meters wide, and the Sui army needs to pay a lot of price if they want to attack the past from the front, because the surrounding mountains are relatively steep, and it is impossible to attack even if they want to make a detour.

"The rebels on the opposite side must be afraid of our imperial army, otherwise they would not have found such a dangerous terrain on the surface of mountains and rivers to defend, but would have already sent out to attack and ambush me at a dangerous place!" Wang Shiji said loudly to the generals around him, the three Feng brothers and others.

In fact, Wang Shiji is also cheering for himself in his heart, in ancient times, marching and fighting were the most important morale, if he didn't even have confidence, the soldiers below would have lost all their combat minds, which was fatal to the army in the era of cold weapons.

Of course, the defenders of Rinan County opposite the Sui army defeated the army led by Zhao Xiuzhi, Li Ke, Yang Tao and others of the prince of Zhidosi, after all, they did not have much experience and ability in marching and combat, and they were already very lucky to be able to defeat the army of Zhenla before before, and they were even more afraid in the face of more than 100,000 Sui troops at this time.

If it weren't for the strict regulations of the Xia Kingdom, the courage of all kinds of advanced weapons, the vigorous assistance of the staff group, and the most important reinforcements, Zeng Nuo, they would have been unable to bear the fear in their hearts and prepared to retreat to the county town of Rinan.

Because there was a river that was not too wide between the two sides, the first battle between the Xia and Sui armies was a battle of long-range weapons.

In the first few days, the Sui army was cutting down trees to build siege equipment, while the Xia army was waiting for reinforcements as much as possible, and soon the two sides who were ready for battle began to compete with trebuchets, during which weapons such as bed crossbows and crossbow arrows were put into use.

Because the Sui army inherited a lot of military achievements of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, coupled with the leakage of many military technologies in the Xia State's foreign operations over the years, the weapons of the Sui army, which absorbed a lot of foreign experience, became more and more advanced.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the Xia army in Rinan County is a group of rookies, and because there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Sui army who are not accustomed to water and soil, the soldiers of the Xian family are not easy to send to be cannon fodder, and Wei Xun's soldiers cannot be forced, and Wang Shiji is not easy to launch a strong attack for a while.

It is said that according to the offensive of the Sui army, it was impossible for the Sui army to attack until the arrival of the Xia army's reinforcements, but Feng Huo couldn't resist the temptation, and secretly dedicated the prescription that Wang Ze passed on to Feng Shi to Wang Shiji, which relieved Wang Shiji's worries.

Two days later, the Sui army finally launched its most powerful offensive, hundreds of large trebuchets continued to throw boulders to the opposite bank, while tens of thousands of undaunted Sui soldiers carried huge shields and carried a large amount of timber to build, and quickly built seven or eight bridges over the not wide river.

These bridges made of wood were made in advance by craftsmen in the Sui army barracks, and the soldiers only needed to build these structures to build a solid bridge, which was not only fast enough, but could even pass hundreds of cavalry.

The Xia army of Rinan County was equipped with a lot of weapons, but most of the soldiers in the army were rookies who had not fought a few battles, and soon the Xia army had a shortage of gunpowder and weapons, which was quickly discovered by the Sui army and seized this rare opportunity.

Wang Shiji had just issued a new round of offensive orders, when he saw a general who had stayed in Jiaozhi County urgently coming from the rear, "The general manager is not good!" Hepu County reported that an army of unknown origin suddenly occupied Zhuya County, and even the Qiongzhou waterway was blocked! ”

At this moment, Wang Shiji couldn't wait to strangle the general in front of him, if he made a small noise, he could still use the situation just now to encourage the Feng brothers to lead their troops to launch a general attack together, so that it would not be difficult to calm down the entire Ninan County before the Xia army copied his own back road. Hassle-free

But because of the general's loud shouting, almost everyone knew that there was a big problem in their back, and if they wanted to encourage the army to attack at this time, everyone would have some concerns, for fear that they would be used as a substitute for the queen of the palace, and this is where morale is needed.

"Boss, we must get this waterway open up quickly! Otherwise, we will not be able to supply our heavy grain and grass! It is even possible to be attacked by the Xia army from behind," several partial generals said uneasily.

Wang Shiji also frowned and tightened, he was actually not too worried about Xia Jun cutting off his baggage line, anyway, Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County would produce a lot of grain every year, even if Xia Jun blocked the Qiongzhou waterway, he could still get a lot of grain from Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County.

What he is most worried about at present is that in the process of attacking Rinan County, the Xia army suddenly landed from behind him, and united with the rebels of Rinan County to flank him back and forth, so that the more than 100,000 Sui troops far away from the hinterland are very likely to be defeated.

"Chief, generals, don't panic!" When the generals of the Sui army were a little panicked, Feng Huo stepped forward and said respectfully without hurrying, "Although Jiaozhi County is remote, it can be planted all year round, so there is still food for two or three months to supply more than 100,000 troops, and when I passed by Jiuzhen County before, I also saw sweet potatoes planted in many places, and this kind of potato is about to mature and can be used as military food!" ”

Because Jiaozhi County has three crops a year, many places plant three crops of rice, but because of the sparse population of Jiuzhen County, most of them grow two crops of rice and one season of sweet potatoes, although the population of Jiuzhen County is small, but there are also 100,000 people, and there is no problem with cultivating the land to feed the army for two or three months.

Feng Huo's words made several Jiuzhen County Haoqiang who came to the army look at him angrily, after all, Feng Huo's suggestion mainly hurt their interests, and Feng Huo's elder brother Feng Soul and younger brother Feng Ang also looked at him very dissatisfied, after all, doing so was to erect enemies for the Feng family.

However, Feng Huo didn't think much of everyone's eyes, as long as he did something well and hugged Wang Shiji's thigh, would he still have to be afraid that others would hate him in the future? If you can't get it, you can still snatch the position of the head of the family, thinking of this, Feng Huo couldn't help but glance at his brother and younger brother proudly.

In the face of everyone's various opinions, Wang Shiji felt anxious for a while, he actually wanted to return to the division immediately to repel the Xia State Naval Army, but he knew that he couldn't do this, and he couldn't do it, after all, the other party was the Xia State Naval Army, and he was the main infantry army.

Moreover, he was already very tired from leading these hundreds of thousands of troops all the way to Rinan County, and if he returned to the division to attack Zhuya County, these soldiers would not be able to hold on to it after such a toss.

Looking at the soldiers who were still flocking to the other side in front of him, as well as the soldiers of the Sui army who were fighting with Rinan County on the other side, Wang Shiji gritted his teeth: "Order the whole army to attack, as long as we take all the places in Rinan County, we are not afraid of these Xia country barbarians attacking!" ”

In Wang Shiji's view, at this time, his army is not far from Rinan County anyway, as long as he destroys all the heroes in Rinan County who collude with Xia Guo, Xia Guo will see that cutting off his back road has no effect, and sooner or later he will retreat.

What's more, in front of him, his army has already attacked the other side of the river, but the rebels defending on the other side are only 50,000, but he has 150,000 people, although there are 50,000 Feng family in it, but it is still more than twice as much as the opponent, enough to defeat the other party with a strong attack.

Under Wang Shiji's order, another round of Sui troops of up to 20,000 people attacked the opposite side through more and more wooden bridges, and at this time, the rebel defense line on the opposite bank had begun to crumble, and a small part could even see the fleeing rebels, which gave Wang Shiji infinite confidence.

Seeing that a group of soldiers had already attacked the rebel camp opposite, and even the flagpole of the other party began to be cut and tilted, he could even see that a senior general of the rebel army was killed alive by a captain of his own side, and victory seemed to be not far from him.

However, God always seemed to be standing opposite the Xia army, and just as he was about to achieve a great victory, tens of thousands of soldiers in leather armor suddenly rushed out of the dense forest behind the rebel camp opposite.

With a piercing scream, a large puff of white smoke streaked across the blue sky, and then smashed into the river and the open space by the river, causing heavy casualties to the tens of thousands of Sui soldiers gathered here, and soon more than a dozen wooden bridges on the river were all blown up.

In this way, nearly 30,000 Sui soldiers who had already killed the other side were cut off, and the rebels of Ninan County, who were about to be defeated, actually withstood the decisive counterattack of these Sui troops bravely after seeing the arrival of reinforcements.

Seeing that the soldiers on the other side were still fighting bravely, Wang Shiji knew that it was impossible for him to capture Rinan County, because the reinforcements coming were the army of the Xia Kingdom, and the combat strength of the 50,000 Xia Army was definitely not something that an army like himself could defeat.