The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 449
"Hehehe!"

In the Yingyang Pengpo County Yamen, Luo Shixin happily sat on the main seat, looked at the latest eagle letter from the secret sentry, and said with a smile: "According to our urgent report from the sentry near Luoyang, it is Li Shimin dispatched [-] fine cavalry and headed straight for Yique Pass, apparently fearing that Li Daozong would not be able to hold on, so he sent reinforcements."

"Oh?" Li Zhengbao looked at Luo Shidao in surprise, "How far is the enemy from here?"

"According to the report from Tanmalai, the enemy army has just arrived from Luoyang. Counting the time, there are still about [-] miles to Yique Pass. Before tonight, they should reach Yique Pass..." Having said that, Luo Shixin walked towards Hang Map on the wall.

"The general intends to take down this Tang army?" Li Zhengbao immediately understood Luo Shixin's plan.

"I still want to attract the guards of Yique Pass." Before Luo Shixin arrived, he had the right to do things cheaply for Yang Tong, and he sat here blankly, planning to set his sights on Yique Pass long ago.

Yiqueguan is located at the entrance of Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain in the south of Henan County. The two mountains are facing each other, and the Yishui River flows through it. It is the only way for Luoyang to go south and Xiangcheng County to go north. The valleys are connected, and they have been used to defend important places since ancient times. This is an important pass to defend against the enemies in the south. As long as Li Daozong is blasted out of this pass, or beaten to join Li Shimin, then he only needs to send ten thousand people to guard the pass. It can resist the Tang army in Xiangcheng County, and the tens of thousands of troops released can completely hunt Luoyang, but Li Daozong is like a tortoise, huddled in the middle of the pass, and there is a relatively narrow river valley in front of the pass. No matter how many troops there are, they will not be able to deploy them by force. In the end, I am afraid that they will be exhausted just like Shibi Khan who attacked the Killing Tiger Pass.The 1 people sent by Li Shimin is undoubtedly a great opportunity.

Hearing Luo Shixin's words, Li Zhengbao thought about it carefully, and felt that there was a lot to do, and said: "Flying eagles to send messages is our exclusive secret in the Sui Dynasty, taming eagles is just a plaything in the hands of those princes, and only the Holy One came up with the method of flying eagles to send messages. , we can indeed calmly set up a game to beat them with a time difference."

"That's right!" Luo Shixin turned around, looked at Li Zhengbao, and ordered: "You take ten thousand elite cavalry and ten thousand slave soldiers to set up an ambush in front of Yique Pass, and you must eat this southward army."

"The general obeys orders!" Li Zhengbao excitedly said.

Luo Shixin glanced at him, and said in particular: "If you are not good at martial arts, don't fight for generals."

"The last general...obey the order." Li Zhengbao smiled wryly, he suffered a loss once, and never dared to take risks lightly again.

. . . . . . . .

Wang Junkuo led [-] fine cavalry and galloped all the way. There was still [-] miles away from Yique Pass. A cool river wind blew in his face, and his mind was cleared. It takes twenty miles to reach Yique Pass."

"Understood." Wang Junkuo is a rebellious character. With his good acting skills and good abilities, his status has risen and his reputation has unexpectedly improved.When he went to Zhuojun to try his luck, he not only failed to get an official position, but was also humiliated by Yang Tong as a "family slave of the five surnames". In [-], others would not say anything in person, but when Li Yuanji saw him, he always called him "five surnames slave", but he didn't dare to take Li Yuanji for granted.So I can only keep it in my heart silently, and wholeheartedly work for Li Shimin, and become one of the core figures of the Jin Dynasty. When I know that Li Shimin has the heart to seize the heir, I will do my best to promote it.

Li Shimin thought that he was thinking about his great cause and relied more on it, and only Wang Junkuo knew that all his efforts were not only for higher authority, but also for getting rid of Li Yuanji, an ugly monster who kept humiliating him.

But he knew that Yang Tong and Luo Shixin, who was the first to call out the name 'Five Surnames', were the culprits, so his first thought when he received the order to aid Yiqueguan was to join forces with Li Daozong to kill Luo Shixin.

Wang Junkuo thought for a while, he knew that no matter what, he had to go to Yiqueguan first, and then asked: "Is there any movement in Pengpo City?"

"Report to the general, everything in Peng Po City is as usual." The scout reported truthfully.

"How far is Peng Po City from here?"

"About twenty miles or so."

The distance of twenty miles seems to be a long way, but based on the speed of the cavalry, it is possible to reach Yique Pass before dusk. He heard that the Sui army in Gupo City was not moving, and he was not in a hurry. It is still [-] miles away from Pengpo City. Even if the tens of thousands of cavalry from the Sui army were all out, he, who was also a cavalry, could reach Yique Pass calmly.

Wang Junkuo immediately ordered: "Go at full speed!"

The team speeded up and rushed to the south.

What Wang Junkuo didn't know was that five miles to the south of him, Li Zhengbao led an army of [-] in ambush in a forest, and he was always watching the news ahead.

At this time, a scout rode up to him, got off his horse, and reported to Li Zhengbao: "General Qi, the enemy's [-] light cavalry are coming here, and the leader is Wang Junkuo, who is almost here."

"Wang Junkuo?"

Li Zhengbao immediately became excited. Da Sui had a detailed information, which listed the names of the civil and military officials of the enemy army, and commented on their specialties. Generals like Li Zhengbao also had a document.And Wang Junkuo was listed as Li Tang's top fighter, and Yang Tong commented on him as "high in martial arts, he is a unique general, but his character is bad, capricious, sinister and vicious."

If you kill this guy, that would be a great achievement.

"Order the slave soldiers to block the enemy back and forth! Be sure to wait until all the enemies have entered the ambush circle before attacking."

When Li Zhengbao gave an order, the personal guards immediately went to give the order.

Soon.

Tang Jun came in a long snake formation, Li Zhengbao thought for a while, recruited two captains, and said in a deep voice: "The mission of your two regiments is to hunt and kill Wang Junkuo. I don't know the other people. Distinguish in terms of equipment, then you will shoot at the person with the highest martial arts, who is good at wielding a big knife. If you find this person, shoot at the same time, be sure to shoot to death. You don’t care about the others.”

"Here!" The two captains left in response.

As Wang Junkuo was walking, he suddenly frowned and looked to the left and right. Years of military career gave him a feeling of bad instinct, and he was about to speak.There was a sound of clappers on both sides of the mountain road, and thousands of arrows were fired at once. The dense arrows shot out from the forests on both sides.

Wang Junkuo was so frightened that he waved his sword and picked up arrows, and shouted loudly: "Rush forward at full speed, breaking out of the encirclement is the way to survive!"

When meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, and it is too late to retreat, and the U-turn will cause chaos, so it is better to go forward and kill.

At the juncture of life and death, Wang Junkuo rushed to the front line, flying up and down with a big knife, where it passed, it was like a whirlwind passing through the border, and the corpses of the slave soldiers he killed were scattered all over the field.

"Puff puff puff ~" Almost at the same time, dozens of guards and horses who followed Wang Junkuo were shot by hundreds of arrows. The voice, head tilted, completely breathless.

Immediately afterwards, another series of muffled sounds were heard, and countless people screamed at the same time, being shot and killed by countless arrow clusters.

Wang Junkuo felt his scalp go numb for a while. If one or two arrows hit him, it would be no surprise, but at this moment, hundreds of arrows are shooting towards this direction regardless of enemy or friend. Who is this person hiding in the mountains and forests? What kind of army?What a ruthless method.

He knew that the other party was coming towards him, and he didn't even care about his own people, but he no longer dared to show too much bravery. After a short pause, he waited for all the Tang troops on the left and right sides to rush up, and then he was submerged in the crowd. Go forward to kill, although he himself is safe, but the hole he finally tore open was covered by the desperate slave soldiers.

"What a cunning guy!" Li Zhengbao couldn't help cursing seeing Wang Junkuo hiding in the crowd and never showing his head again.

At the same time, he also saw the horror of the Sui strong crossbows. The strong crossbows used by the Sui standing army are new crossbows made by the Ministry of Industry based on the pulley principle provided by Yang Tong, and they are powerful.A soldier quickly pulled out a crossbow arrow from the quiver at his waist, stuck it on the top of the crossbow slot, and then pulled it. There were actually two bowstrings. One did not move, but the other was pulled back quickly. The two wings of the crossbow were pulled to the limit in an instant, and it took no more than one breath from drawing the arrow to loading the arrow.

You must know that although the most sophisticated crossbows before were extremely powerful, it was extremely troublesome to load the crossbows. It took at least a cup of tea to shoot twice, and these soldiers could complete their movements with just one breath between firing the crossbows. Flowing clouds and flowing water, and the accuracy is quite amazing.

"General, what should we do now?" The captain in charge of hunting Wang Junkuo in front asked hesitantly.

"Fortunately for him." Li Zhengbao couldn't kill all the slave soldiers without a limit. After thinking for a while, he immediately ordered: "Launch at the densely populated place of the Tang army."

"As ordered!"

All of a sudden, the rain of arrows was so thick that a large number of soldiers of the Tang Army had no time to fight back, and they fell down in pieces.

The shouts and killings on both sides of the mountain road were loud, the front and rear roads were blocked by the Sui army, and the arrows in the middle were like a rain of arrows. The Tang army was forced to die on the narrow mountain road. Screaming, crying to the sky...

It's a pity that Wang Junkuo was extremely slippery. He led his bodyguards to advance side by side with the left and right Tang troops, and used the bodies of the surrounding Tang troops to help him block the arrows.In the end, he led a Tang army to break through the encirclement and successfully retreated south.

"Damn it!" Seeing Wang Junkuo stalking away, it was difficult to see after turning a corner, Li Zhengbao spat hard, and smashed a small tree with a fist unwillingly, and then directed the army to continue to kill those who had already been in chaos. Tang Jun in a group.

Besieged on the mountain road, more than half of the Tang army was killed or injured, the corpses filled the gully, and countless surrendered.

Ten thousand Sui troops rushed down from the mountain and surrounded the remaining [-] Tang troops. The sound of "surrenders will not be killed" spread across the valley. The hour is over.

Riding on the battlefield, Li Zhengbao couldn't help sighing when he saw the corpses piled up in the gully. After all, it was a battle of fate between the same clan.He ordered the soldiers under his command: "Treat the wounded as much as possible, send them to Peng Po City, and bury the dead on the spot."

After that, according to Luo Shixin's confession, he led the remaining slave soldiers and five thousand Sui troops to chase and kill him from behind.

(End of this chapter)