Chapter 103 Skillfully retreating from the Turks, Jinyang raised troops
The day of May 17, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, was deeply engraved in the hearts of the people of Jinyang in the following decades, so that when later generations mentioned it again, they all sighed and sighed.
However, at this time, in Jinyang City, the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of the past has long disappeared, replaced by a trace of tension mixed with horror. At the first time when Li Shimin and others received a large-scale attack from the Turks, the people in the city had already been ordered to hide in their homes.
At this time, Li Yuan led the three sons of the Li family and a group of military generals to stand on the city tower in fresh clothes, looking at the dense Turkic soldiers not far outside the city, everyone couldn't help wiping a handful of sweat in their hearts, only to hear Li Shimin say to a person beside him: "What do you really say, what kind of evil do you say this is, and there are really Turks who come to attack the border." ”
"What? Are you afraid? If you're not afraid, go down with me and kill for a while, and stop the sharp spirit of these puppies first. This man wore a mask on his face, held his hand against the wall, and looked coldly at the situation under the city, and said: "You see that the soldiers around you are a little timid, if you don't want to find a way to boost morale, I'm afraid that once the army attacks the city, we won't be able to defend it." ”
Li Shimin looked at the city and couldn't help but remember the news from today's spies, the Turks who invaded the Great Sui this time were mainly the Eagle Division, a total of 20,000 people, and another 8,000 Leopard Division.
Hearing that the masked man on the side was about to go out of the city to rush and kill, he hurriedly said after a little sum in his heart: "Brother Chu, how sure are you that you will be killed once? But don't make any mistakes, then brother, won't I have to live in pain and regret for the rest of my life?"
Chu Mofeng looked at Li Shimin through the mask and said slowly: "You are stronger than me in terms of stratagem, but I really don't look down on you in terms of martial arts, it is imperative that you should not focus on me, but should think of ways to use stratagem to defeat the enemy." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the city, while the people on the other side followed closely with weapons in hand.
Looking at Chu Mofeng's back, Li Shimin secretly prayed in his heart, brother, don't make any mistakes, thinking of this, Li Shimin walked quickly in front of Li Yuan and told Chu Mofeng's decision, Li Yuanji on the side suddenly snorted coldly and said: "Second brother, you also believe him, who knows if that person will sneak away under the pretext of rushing into battle." ”
Hearing Li Yuanji's bastard words, Li Jiancheng on the side couldn't help it, and before Li Shimin stepped forward, he raised his hand and slapped Li Yuanji's face with a big mouth, and after a slap, Li Yuanji's cheeks, which had not been swollen before, suddenly swollen again.
I only heard Li Jiancheng say angrily: "Fourth brother, don't you have a brain? What are you saying at this time, don't you see that the soldiers below are a little timid? At this time, Brother Chu led people out of the city to rush and kill, not to mention how many enemies they could destroy, at least they could give the soldiers in the city a little courage, you just said a word in your brain here, but you don't know that the speaker has no intention of listening to the heart, what will the soldiers and generals below think when they hear it, have you considered it?"
"Big brother, what I said is the truth, and I just can't get used to seeing the second brother and that kid. Covering his swollen and sore cheeks, Li Yuanji said with a face full of grievances.
"Then don't you go regardless of the occasion? Forget it, you go home first, you are not needed here. Li Jiancheng looked at this uncompetitive younger brother helplessly, and felt bored for a while, and hurriedly drove Li Yuanji back to the house like a fly.
Looking at his eldest brother with a disappointed face, Li Yuanji turned around and ran down without looking back, at this time Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin shouted to the archers on the city wall: "All the archers are ready, once General Chu leads people to retreat, the archers will cover with all their might." ”
Then Li Shimin stepped aside, constantly flipping through the military books he had read in his mind, trying in vain to find a suitable strategy to retreat from the enemy.
At this time, Chu Mofeng led his team to the city and was ready to go, only to hear Chu Mofeng say to the people behind him: "This rush is not as good as the last battle of Sparrow Mouse Valley, at that time, we were only facing some people who had just changed from homeless people to soldiers, and there was no unified dispatch and command according to the rules, so we could rush in at one time." ”
Looking at the slowly opening gate, Chu Mofeng saw the restless figure of the Turks not far away through the gap, and said slowly: "This time we are facing the Turkic Eagle Division, this is a group of people who have been plundering everywhere for many years and are used to fighting and killing, if any of you have no confidence in yourself, you can retreat to the city tower, I won't laugh at you." ”
After Chu Mofeng finished speaking, there was no one behind him, seeing this scene, Chu Mofeng smiled helplessly, tidied up the mask, and then took out the burning sky and pointed forward: "The flower on the other side, rush into battle." ”
I only heard a long hissing sound of the wind under his crotch, carrying Chu Mofeng and rushing forward, and behind him were Shi Hanshuang, Liu Feiyan and others followed, and after the six of them left the city, they quickly ran forward in an arrow formation, bringing up the billowing smoke and dust behind them.
Li Yuan, who was standing on the city wall, saw that Chu Mofeng was about to lead people to charge the battle again, so he hurriedly shouted and said, "Soldiers, do you have a sense of déjà vu in this scene under the city?"
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Li Yuan, only to see six people and six horsemen rushing towards the Turkic army in an arrow formation with blades in hand, many generals and soldiers who had experienced the battle of the Bird and Mouse Valley cheered one after another, only to hear Li Yuan say: "Soldiers, the Turks have been attacking year after year, and the people of our Central Plains have been displaced year after year. It's our home, our relatives, although we don't have the wisdom of Zhuge Wolong, but we have the courage of Yun Chang Zhang Yide, can all the soldiers have the confidence to fight with me?"
After listening to Li Yuan's generous words, the entire Jinyang garrison looked at Chu Mofeng and the others who were rushing outside the city, and the blood in their chests was instantly stimulated, and they kept looking up to the sky and shouting: "Yes, yes, yes." ”
At this time, Li Shimin, who was leaning on the side, couldn't help but be happy when he saw this scene, it seems that Chu Xiaozi's actions with his father's words did have a certain effect, but in view of the small number of defenders in the city, how could he defend this Jinyang City without spending a single soldier?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin stretched out his hand and beat his head, and then a personal soldier next to him asked: "Second son, who is this Zhuge Wolong?
As soon as he heard this, Li Shimin looked at him in surprise and said: "Let your kid study hard, and you can be a commander or something in the future, you don't listen, this Zhuge Wolong is the military Zhuge Liang of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, it is rumored that this person is familiar with the art of war, knows astronomy and geography, and Qimen gossip is omnipotent, and many classic battles mentioned in the book are related to this person." The most famous is the empty ...... for Sima Yi"
As soon as he said this, Li Shimin suddenly jumped up and said excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it, it should work with that trick." Then, under the surprised gaze of the soldiers, Li Shimin hurriedly ran to Li Yuan and whispered something in his ear.
After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan turned his head to look at him and said, "Erlang, are you sure this trick works?"
"Father, what do you think, Sima Yi is also a scheming figure, even he was deceived by Zhuge Liang, the child doesn't believe that those Turkic cubs below can be smarter than Sima Yi?" Li Shimin told Li Yuan the method he came up with, but Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Don't forget that there is another sentence called one force to reduce ten meetings, if these people don't do what you envisioned, then what should I do? I can't joke with the lives of the people of a city." ”
"If this happens, the child still has a trick, don't the Turks advocate force? Then let's find someone to fight that Helly alone, I think as long as Mo Feng is here, we basically won't lose." You put the troops in your hands evenly in the four gates, and leave me with a hundred men. Seeing that Li Shimin had left his back hand, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Then Li Yuan gave an order, and the defenders on the city wall and inside the city began to act, and then the four gates of Jinyang City were opened, leaving only twenty-five soldiers outside each city gate, these people dressed as ordinary people pretended to sprinkle water and sweep the floor not far from the city gate, only waiting for Helihu's army to come.
But he said that at this time, Helihu was drinking in the big tent, and heard that his subordinates came to report that there were several people dressed as Sui soldiers rushing towards his military formation, and he couldn't help laughing: "The Han people have always been weak, and a few people dared to come to the battle, send a team of people out to kill them, and bring the head back to show me." Then he sat down and drank to himself.
With the delivery of Helihu's order, a team of ten people in the Turkic army rushed towards the direction of Chu Mofeng, and the rest of the onlookers applauded when they saw this scene, in their subconscious, these people who came to charge the battle were definitely dead, and many people had already staged the scene of blood splashing in their eyes.
Chu Mofeng took the lead, and saw through the mask that ten people rushed out of the Turks, and hurriedly warned loudly: "The target ahead is ten people, in a long snake formation, be careful of the Turks' bows and arrows." ”
Shi Hanshuang and the others shouted in unison when they heard this, and then quickly turned into a straight line and followed behind Chu Mofeng, and the Turks on the opposite side were really as Chu Mofeng expected, and began to shoot arrows with a bow before they got close.
Seeing that their usual bow and arrow Dafa had not worked, the Turks on the opposite side drew out their long knives at their waists, shouted some incomprehensible languages in their mouths, and rushed towards Chu Mofeng and the others.
Chu Mofeng saw that the Turks were no longer shooting arrows, and hurriedly shouted: "Walk sideways and prepare to meet the enemy, pay attention to safety." With Chu Mofeng's order, the five horses behind him quickly marched in tandem with Chu Mofeng, staring at the Turkic people opposite.
The moment the two sides met, Chu Mofeng raised the burning sky in his hand and slashed at the oncoming Turk, the Turk raised the long knife in his hand with the intention of resisting, who knew that Chu Mofeng came down with the momentum of splitting the sky, only to hear the sound of 'bang', and first cut off the long knife in the person's hand, and then slashed heavily on his head, and immediately the person fell from the horse and was silent.
At this time, a Turkic man who followed closely after saw the tragic situation of his companion, his heart was terrified, and he had the idea of escaping, only to see him make a sharp stop to stabilize the war horse, and then a turn of the horse's head ran in the direction behind him, Chu Mofeng sneered when he saw this, took off the bow and crossbow from the Desheng hook, and pulled the trigger on the back of the person's heart, and the crossbow arrow flew out like a dragon, passing through the person's chest, bringing up a cluster of blood flowers.
On the other side, Liu Feiyan and the others also faced the last opponent one after another, only Shi Hanshuang held the red flame and cold ice and two Turks from the horse to the ground, only to see the two Turks constantly attacking Shi Hanshuang from left to right, but Shi Hanshuang did not have the slightest timidity, but responded freely.
Chu Mofeng, who was on the side, wound the crossbow arrow in his hand, and shot at one of the Turks, only to hear a 'boom', and the crossbow arrow went through the neck of this person. When this person's companion saw someone sneak attacking, he shouted in half-baked Chinese: "What kind of skills do you have to sneak attack, do the Han people only use these tricks that are not in the flow?"
It was such a shout that caused him to be distracted, and after a knife for a while, the empty door on his body was wide open, Shi Hanshuang saw the opportunity to stab forward with both swords, and stabbed into the person's chest, and then pulled the sword in his hand, and a stream of blood spurted out in the direction of the sword. Seeing that this person fell to the ground, only inlet and no breath out, Shi Hanshuang said coldly: "As long as I can kill you, any kind of ability is a skill." ”
And Liu Feiyan and others on the side also ended the battle, everyone turned over and looked at the direction of the Turkic army formation, and greeted the second round of soldiers in the second, not far away Helihu heard the report of his subordinates, and couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly came to the front of the battle to watch, only to see that the team of soldiers he sent out fell to the ground, and the land where Chu Mofeng and the others were standing had already been stained red with blood.
Seeing this, Helihu gritted his teeth in anger, and hurriedly turned around and shouted to his soldiers: "Sons, our brothers have been killed, and our sisters are crying at home, do you accept this result?" ”
"Okay, then at this moment, you are close behind me, let's capture Jinyang City together, I declare that as long as Jinyang City is captured, I will allow you to repair for three days. ”
When everyone heard this, they shouted, the so-called trimming for three days means that they can rob unscrupulously, and they all say that Jinyang has more food and more money, and once it is repaired for three days, everyone can make a lot of money.
Immediately, Helihu carried his own ghost head knife, came to the front of the battle, and shouted at Chu Mofeng and the others: "Come and get the name, and the uncle will not kill the nameless person under the knife." ”
"Your uncle" With Chu Mofeng's shout, a golden light flew towards Helihu, because Chu Mofeng shook his hand very hidden, until he was about to fly in front of Helihu, he found that he couldn't dodge, Helihu's body was short, and the dart flew over his head, and instantly a chill came from the top of his head, at this time, Helihu suddenly felt something flowing from the top of his head, and he reached out and touched the blood in his eyes.
Thinking that the top of his head was broken, Heli shouted angrily, and Chu Mofeng shouted at Helihu after shooting the darts: "Listen to the puppies on the other side, your uncle is the yaksha of the flower on the other side, and if you have the ability, you will come to arrest me, and there are many people from your eagle master who have died at my hands over the years, and today is not inferior to you few." ”
As soon as they heard the words 'Flower on the Other Side', some Turkic soldiers seemed to have thought of something terrifying, and their pace of progress gradually slowed down, and after hearing Chu Mofeng's words, Helihu shouted loudly: "I don't care what kind of flower you are or a mimosa, give the uncle his life." After speaking, he turned over and got on his horse and rushed towards Chu Mofeng and the others.
As soon as he saw that his main general began to charge, the rest of the Turkic soldiers rushed over with Helihu, Chu Mofeng saw that he had provoked the entire Turkic army at once, and secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly beckoned Shi Hanshuang and the others to retreat.
The two groups of people ran in the direction of Jinyang City one after the other, but the mounts of Chu Mofeng and the others had already been replaced by horses and horses, and the speed was far better than that of Helihu's crotch BMW, and after a few people ran back to the city, Helihu's army could come to a place one mile away from Jinyang City.
Seeing Chu Mofeng and others entering the city, some soldiers had already told everyone about Li Shimin's strategy, and then the four gates of Jinyang City were opened, and those disguised soldiers went out of the city according to the script and began to sprinkle water and sweep the floor.
Seeing that the gate of Jinyang City suddenly opened, Helihu suddenly had some doubts in his heart, and hurriedly stopped the advancing soldiers under him, while he stepped forward and shouted to the city tower: "The defenders of Jinyang City listen, I am Helihu, the former general of the personal guard of the Shibi Khan, you quickly come out and surrender, and dedicate Jinyang City to this general, maybe this general is in a good mood and can surround your dog's life." ”
Li Shimin stood on the city tower and smiled at Helihu: "What is this benefit, Li Shimin, the son of Lord Li Yuan who stayed in Xiataiyuan, is also, since you want this Jinyang City, why don't you come and get it yourself? After speaking, he smiled a little meaningfully.
And Chu Mofeng, who was hiding in the cave inside the city gate, heard Li Shimin's words, and couldn't help muttering: "Little Lizi, has you learned the empty city strategy? I don't know if the stupid big man on the other side can be deceived?"
Helly was so stunned by Li Shimin, he suddenly didn't know what to say, and in a fit of anger, he raised the long knife in his hand, ready to order the whole army to assault, and at this moment a person next to him stopped him and said: "The general can't be fooled, you look at the calm expression on that person's face, there must be a lot of soldiers hidden in the city, our Turkic Erlang is definitely good at charging on horseback, but if you enter the city to fight, ......"
Helihu, who was originally hot-headed by Li Shimin's anger, listened to this person's words at this time, and suddenly seemed to be poured a basin of cold water on his head, looked at Li Shimin at the head of the city again, and then looked at the wide open doorway, and recalled in his mind the instructions of Shibi Khan before leaving:
Just before the departure of the Turkic army, Shibi Khan called Helihu to the big tent and said earnestly: "This time I went to the Great Sui, I don't care how much I looted, the purpose is to find out the news, Helihu, the elite soldiers handed over to you by Ben Khan must not be sacrificed in vain, and listen to the opinions of the people around you in case of trouble." ”
Thinking of this, Helihu seemed to understand something, and shouted to Li Shimin on the city tower: "You Han people are really cunning, first send a team of people to provoke me in a vain attempt to provoke me, and then set up an ambush in the city, and when my army enters the city, you will close the four gates and strangle them, which is really insidious." ”
Li Shimin laughed out loud when he heard this, "What General Helihu said is true, and this is indeed the plan in the future, so does General Helihu still want to enter the city? If you don't enter, please go back to where you came from, and don't send it." ”
Hearing Li Shimin say this, Helihu secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he listened to other people's advice, otherwise the army would only be annihilated when it entered the city, thinking of this Helihu shouted for his wisdom, and then turned to the army behind him and said: "This mission has been completed, let's go home." ”
I saw that the front team of the Turkic soldiers changed to the back team, and the back team changed to the front team, and slowly left in the direction they came. Li Shimin, who was standing on the city tower, saw the Turks withdrawing their troops, and suddenly sat down on the ground, and his clothes wet with cold sweat stuck to his back, which stirred him up again.
Li Shimin hurriedly issued several orders one after another: instruct the spies to follow the Helihu tribe all the way, knowing that they were to leave the territory of the Great Sui, informing the four gates to strengthen the defense, and informing the people of Jinyang City that the Turks had retreated.
After sending these three orders, Li Shimin sat paralyzed on the ground and was reluctant to get up, and the spies then went out of the city to inquire about the news, and the four gates doubled the troops after receiving Li Shimin's notice, as for the people in the city heard about what happened, they praised the reincarnation of Emperor Chu Mofengguan, and praised the reincarnation of Li Shimin Zhuge Wolong, and for a time the two of them were like two new stars rising in the hearts of the people of Jinyang.
After everyone returned to their respective realms, Li Yuan's father and son returned to the mansion with their staff and began to discuss the specific details of the mutiny, while Chu Mofeng and the others hurriedly returned to the mansion to close their doors.
Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin, who rushed back from the dust, nodded approvingly and said: "Erlang, you have done a good job today, and I am very pleased for my father, as long as the three of you brothers work together, there is nothing that cannot be done." ”
"The father has praised it falsely, and the child is ashamed of it, if it were not for your generous statement today. Coupled with Chu Boy's rush to kill, maybe next year's today will be the sacrifice day of Jinyang City. ”
"But then again, the kung fu under the hands of this Chu kid is surging day by day, and if a few of you have half of the hard work, I will be content. It will be good for you to walk around with Chu boy more in the future. Li Yuan stroked his beard and looked at the three sons in front of him, thinking to himself that they were also the children of the official family, why were his three sons always inferior to the Chu boys?
The third son of the Li family hurriedly nodded respectfully when he heard this, and then everyone got together and began to discuss the next move.
After some discussion, Li Yuan said to everyone: "Whether Li can achieve great things depends on you from today onwards." When everyone heard this, they said "don't dare", and at this time, Liu Wenjing opened his mouth and asked: "Lord Li, will the plan to unite the Turks that was formulated earlier still be implemented?"
Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin with a little meaning, and said slowly: "The old man will give you the answer tomorrow, everyone has been busy for a day today, go back and rest early." Then he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.
As soon as they saw that the host's family had sent off the guests with tea, everyone left Li Yuan's mansion one after another, and left towards their own mansion either sitting or riding.
Only Li Yuan and Li Shimin were left in the room, and I only heard Li Yuan say: "I will leave the matter of appeasing Chu Boy to you, remember not to be too tough, so as not to hurt the harmony." Li Shimin nodded and walked slowly towards the outside of the house......
There is a saying that Jinyang has changed and the world has changed, and the conquest and killing is a year, and look at how Chu Mofeng accompanied Li Shimin to fight hard for the future Tang Dynasty during the great melee at the end of the Sui Dynasty......