The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 294 Announcing the Good News to Your Highness

When Su Dingfang, who was in the camp of the Sui Army in Jiuyi Mountain, Liquan County, received the news of Li Xiaogong's defeat, he couldn't help but get excited.

His mission is to cut off Li Xiaogong's way to the south. Now that the main force of the enemy army has been defeated by Yang Tong, there is no need for him to stay here. The statement in Yang Tong's eagle letter, "Li Xiaogong's main force has been defeated, you must act according to circumstances" has already explained everything.As soon as he received the urgent report, he ordered all the generals and schools in the camp to discuss matters.

Not long after, all the generals and schools arrived at the scene.

"Li Xiaogong is finished." Looking at the expectant eyes, Su Dingfang reported the progress of the battle in Beidi County.

"Your Highness is mighty!" Huge cheers resounded in the large tent of the Chinese army.

Su Dingfang said with a smile. "I thought we would have to wait a few more days, and even get a little credit from Li Xiaogong, but Li Xiaogong lost too quickly and completely! There is no chance for us. Now our mission is over. His Highness let me All freedom of action, that is to say, our opportunity to do meritorious deeds has come."

The generals became even more excited.

"Everyone said, where should we point to next step?"

All the generals talked in one go, everyone expressed their opinions, and the big tent was boiling.After a while, the siege of Chang'an became the mainstream opinion,

But this was different from what Su Dingfang thought. Seeing a heroic general who was silent all the time, he asked with a smile, "General Huang, what's your opinion?"

This person is Huang Junhan, who was transferred by Yang Tong to Su Dingfang's command.

He is a son of a powerful man in Dongjun. In the seventh year of his great career, a small official named Zhai Rang broke the law and was executed. However, he admired Zhai Rang's courage and justified him to escape.Huang Junhan is Zhai Rang's benefactor, and he is outstanding in talent, and he has gradually improved his attack. However, as one of the core figures of Zhai Rang's faction, when Li Mi came to power, he was squeezed out a lot. He was defeated by Wang Shichong in the crucial battle. He was captured alive and was redeemed by Yang Tong to the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Tong not only did not convict him, but also gave him the opportunity to join the army, Huang Junhan was very moved.Huang Junhan is ambitious and capable as well, and wants to perform well in this battle so that Yang Tong can realize his strategy.It's just that there are so many generals in the Sui Dynasty, and it is very difficult for him to get ahead because of his awkward position. If he continues to stay by Yang Tong's side, he will never have a chance to be promoted, and he will never get ahead.

And just when he was worried about gains and losses, he was transferred by Yang Tong to Su Dingfang's command and became Su Dingfang's deputy. He knew that Yang Tong had given him a platform to play his role.At this time, upon hearing Su Dingfang's inquiry, he immediately expressed his opinion, saying: "Chang'an City is now besieged by Generals Yuchi and General Shen, and what His Highness means is that he intends to save it until the end to fight. The method of waiting for help will end up thinking that our going to Chang'an is meaningless."

"General Huang is right! Chang'an is indeed the last target of our army to conquer, so it doesn't make much sense to go to Chang'an." Su Dingfang agreed with Huang Junhan's statement and asked, "Then where do you think we should go?"

"Fufeng!"

"The hero sees the same thing, and thought of it with me." Su Dingfang nodded, and said to Huang Junhan, "Tell me about your plan!"

"Here!" Huang Junhan clasped his fists together and said, "The governor of Fufeng County is Li Shuliang, the king of Changping County in Li Tang. He used to have [-] troops. Only [-]. Although this man has both civil and military skills, he does not have much actual combat experience. He was captured alive by His Highness. After that, he became extremely cautious. He had to do everything himself, and he would be considerate in all aspects. It was precisely because of this that Li Yuan took a fancy to him, so he handed over Fufeng County, which has two important barriers, to him. Come to guard. Therefore, the general thought that he could use his temperament to target him."

"So what does General Huang think is the place to defeat the enemy?"

"At the turn of Chen Cangshan and Wuzhangyuan!"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

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After entering the middle of the night, the long-awaited heavy rain suddenly fell, adding a bit of vitality to the land in Guanzhong.

The official residence of Fufeng Yong County was brightly lit, and outside, a row of soldiers in solid armor patrolled back and forth. They walked back and forth, and their strength was quite large.

In the official residence, Li Shuliang was looking at the map, his spirit was very exhausted, his eyes were flushed from the heat, and his eyes were full of worry.

The current situation is very clear. The Sui army has launched attacks on Li Tang from multiple directions. The Sui army is divided into two with Fufeng Dazhen Pass and San Pass as the boundary. The west road army is led by Li Jing. 15, and nearly 1 Turkic slave soldiers, killed the main force of Li Tang and Li Shimin's troops. They couldn't even get close to Dazhen Pass and San Pass. Li Shimin fought the Sui army in Taoyang County, Lintao County yesterday. The key At that time, Liang Luoren and other surrendered generals led more than 20 elites to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, opened the east gate of Taoyang, and welcomed tens of thousands of Qin Qiong's troops into the city. , fled to Dangchang County with more than 5 defeated troops, and was followed by Sui cavalry to Changfen Pass in Dangchang. There were only more than 1 people left. The main force of hope is completely over.

Although Li Shuliang doesn't know what Chang'an is like now, it is said that the Sui Army on the Eastern Front led by Yang Tong also has more than 20 troops, and there are still a steady stream of troops crossing the river from Hedong.

He was unable to support Chang'an, and the only thing he could do was to recruit young and strong men from all over the county, and try their best to defend Dazhen Pass and San Pass, so as to prevent the Sui army from entering Guanzhong from the second pass.If the Eastern and Western armies of the Sui army join forces, there will be three or four million troops in Chang'an. No matter how hard the Tang army struggles, Guanzhong and the Li and Tang dynasties will be hopeless.Therefore, the second pass under his control has become the lifeline of the Li and Tang Dynasty. As long as the Sui Dynasty West Route Army is blocked, Chang'an still has a glimmer of life, and can stick to Bashu and Jingzhou for reinforcements.

It was just a news in the evening that made him very worried, because a soldier came to report that the Sui army launched a fierce offensive from Tianshui County to Dazhen Pass.Although the Great Earthquake Pass was dangerous, if Xue Wanjun attacked Xiangwu without counting casualties, the Great Earthquake Pass would fall sooner or later. In desperation, Guo Xiaoke had to lead [-] elite supporters.And that lunatic Xue Wanjun is now blocking Sanguan Pass, and he still has tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers in his hands. What if he launches a desperate attack on Sanguan Pass?
"My lord, my lord!" At this moment, a guard hurried over.

"What's the matter?" Li Shuliang suddenly got up.

"Information came from the scouts that [-] cavalry from the Sui Army attacked Jingzhao Wugong and Yusu counties, and entered Fufeng along the Wei River."

"and then?"

"After passing the lukewarm water, they headed southwest."

"What?" Li Shuliang's expression changed drastically, and he said, "The Sui army is trying to open the pass from the inside out to welcome Xue Wanjun into the pass."

"The prince asks the prince, do you want to gather the army?"

Li Shuliang squinted at the dark night sky, and he resolutely gave the order: "Send the order, immediately gather [-] troops, and rush to rescue the pass overnight! Let the sons and daughters guard Yong County on my behalf."

"Here!"

The order was issued, and in about a moment, [-] Tang troops quickly assembled, and Li Shuliang personally led the army to go south in the rain.

When the sky was getting brighter, the army rushed to the vicinity of Chencang Mountain in Chencang County, which was less than a hundred miles away from Sanguan. Li Shuliang saw that the soldiers could no longer run. In order to maintain the strength of the First World War, he issued an order to rest on the spot. Tang Jun ran in the rainy night After staying for half the night, I was already tired and hungry, so I ordered to choose a place to rest in various places.

"kill!!!"

At this moment, seeing arrow feathers flying across the mountains, Tang Jun kept dodging in panic, looking at the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty who had rushed down on both sides, all of them looked pale, there was an ambush here?
As more and more arrow rains swept in, the entire Chencang Mountain Road became a death jeopardy, and the miserable wailing was shocking, especially the piles of soldiers of the Tang Army who rested with their eyes closed. target.

During the war, the morale of the soldiers is the most important thing. As the saying goes, the morale of the soldiers is the most important. As the saying goes, they will decline again and be exhausted. Since Yongxian sent troops to this point, the soldiers of the Tang Army have already reached the limit of collapse. Everyone relaxed, and all kinds of soreness surged up. At this moment, Tang Jun had no strength left to fight back.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the war horse rushed out of the jungle like a raging tide. The frenzied horseshoe trampled on the corpses on the ground, splashing a rain of blood and flesh all over the sky. The violent murderous intent was raging. Su Dingfang, who rushed to the front, pierced a Terrified by the captain's chest, he rode his horse past, pulled out the piercing sword from the captain's back, and continued to charge forward indifferently.

A massacre broke out immediately.

Blood was splashed between the flashes of the knife, corpses fell to the ground one after another, and wailing sounded one after another.

Amid the loud shouts of "surrenders will not be killed", a large number of Tang troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

"Escort the prince out of the encirclement!" The anxious voices of Li Shuliang's personal guards rang out one after another.

"Capture Li Shuliang alive, reward him with a thousand gold!" Su Dingfang's incomparably cold voice suddenly sounded.

"kill!"

Hearing this, the sound of killing became more intense. They had been waiting here for about an hour, completely taking advantage of all the advantages. The defeated Tang army could not stop them at all, and the north-south passages were blocked.

After the battle lasted for about a stick of incense, the valley of Chencang Mountain was full of corpses, and Tang Jun squatted on both sides of the valley with their heads in their hands.

Su Dingfang held a big knife and rushed to the place where Li Shuliang was besieged by more than a thousand people.

"General Li, we meet again." Su Dingfang looked at Li Shuliang, who was as pale as paper, with a sigh in his eyes.

"It turns out that your goal is not to clear the customs, but to defend the army in Yong County." Li Shuliang had a trace of hatred in his eyes. Come out and die!After annihilating the main force of Fufeng, whether it is the Great Zhenguan or Sanguan, they will face enemies inside and outside, how can they hold on?

Su Dingfang said: "General Li, this is not important anymore! Fufeng is over, Guanzhong is also over, Li Tang is also over. Abandon the sword and admit defeat."

Li Shuliang shook his head, smiled desolately, and said loudly: "Although I, Li Shuliang, are incompetent, even if I die, I don't need the enemy's mercy."

"Li Yuan is not the master of the Ming Dynasty, why should the general be like this?"

"If you lose, you lose. Why do you insult me?" After Li Shuliang finished speaking, he drew his sword from his waist.

"My lord!" The guards next to him knelt down, their faces full of sadness.

Li Shuliang wiped it lightly, and the blood immediately splashed from his throat. The whole person held the long sword and fell heavily on the ground. This King Li Tang Changping, although his talents were limited, even if he was defeated, he did not lose Li Tangzong. proud.

Seeing this, dozens of personal guards also killed themselves one after another.

At this time Huang Junhan came over and said with admiration: "Li Shuliang is a great hero who can calmly commit suicide! The general thinks that he should be given the proper etiquette."

"Put away his remains, Your Highness, please decide!" Su Dingfang sighed regretfully, and then said: "We still have more important things to do now."

Huang Junhan nodded and said: "The general is very right. Our army should take advantage of the momentum of a big victory, send troops to the pass, recruit the Tang army, let General Xue Wanjun enter the pass, and then recover Fufeng."

"no!"

"Then..." Huang Junhan was puzzled.

"Haha! It's to announce the good news to His Highness." Su Dingfang laughed loudly and said, "Li Tang's situation is gone, the West Route Army entered the pass, and the troops are intimidating Chang'an. They can go down without a fight. When Guanzhong is recovered, His Highness will be enthroned as emperor. This is not a great joy, is it?" What?"

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