The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 650 Under the Rewards, There Will Be Brave Men
In the plan of Du Fuwei and He Panren, He Panren originally led an army of [-] to challenge Shan Xiongxin before the camp of the Wei army. When the two armies reached a stalemate, Du Fuwei attacked the camp from behind, causing the Wei army to fall into chaos. , and then use the power of the cavalry to rush into the formation.

But the two did not expect that when they were counting Shan Xiongxin, Shan Xiongxin also planned to wipe out the Wujiang Maple Leaf Valley army today, push the war to Liyang County, and not let a single soldier go to support Yao Junsu in Huainan, so as to Guarantee Li Mi's absolute victory.So he mobilized [-] troops at one time, leaving only [-] soldiers to stay in the camp.

The camp that Qi Gongshun was in charge of was close to the Yangtze River in the east. Before dawn, Shan Xiongxin had already set off with an army of [-]. At that time, Du Fuwei's fleet had already docked at the foot of Liuhe Mountain [-] miles ahead. disembarking.

This news made Du Fuwei overjoyed. He Panren came prepared and was on the offensive side.So he decided to break through the Wei army's camp first, and then pursue Shan Xiongxin from behind. In this way, the enemy army would fall into the dilemma of double encirclement. They were given a good chance to annihilate Shan Xiongxin.

It was about two hours after Shan Xiongxin left the camp, when the sky was getting dark, he led a well-rested [-] army to the Wei army camp.

Although Qi Gongshun is a generation of anti-kings, he himself does not have much talent. The reason why he was able to create a great momentum in Qingzhou before was entirely due to the brave and resourceful Liu Lancheng.In order to prevent the two from being together and form an uncontrollable force in the army, Li Mi brought Liu Lancheng to his side, and Qi Gongshun who lost Liu Lancheng was really mediocre.

Qi Gongshun has no big ambitions, he is a person who is safe when he is small, and is very satisfied with his current life of prosperity and wealth.Not only did he not resist the task of guarding the camp given by Shan Xiongxin, but he was extremely happy.

When the chaotic camp became calm again, he thought it was safe and went back to catch up on sleep. As the saying goes, when the leader is so comfortable, the generals under his command naturally followed suit, arranged for the patrolling army, and went back to the camp to sleep went.

However, the Wei army guarding the camp headed by Qi Gongshun never expected that shortly after the main force left, Du Fuwei's army went straight behind and launched a fierce attack on the dead Wei army camp.

The [-] defenders were busy and preparing for the expedition, and it can be said that they did not sleep all night. They were all exhausted and fell asleep.When Du Fuwei attacked the camp, they happened to be sleeping soundly.

Du Fuwei's army was fully rested, their morale was high, and they had the advantages of numbers, surprise, and unpreparedness, and quickly wiped out the [-]-strong army.

When Shan Xiongxin arrived with an army of [-], the battle had already ended, Du Fuwei's army had already withdrawn, and what Shan Xiongxin saw were dead and wounded soldiers all over the ground. The ground was dyed red, the luggage had been burned, and the entire camp was full of smoke and flames.

Shan Xiongxin was so angry that his teeth were chattering, he thrust the long spear into the soil suddenly, and cursed: "Du Fuwei, you must die!"

Anger becomes anger, hate becomes hate.

But Shan Xiong knew that he had failed, and the only way now was to withdraw to Quanjiao County as soon as possible, otherwise he would be in danger of being wiped out.At the same time, while treating the wounded, he sent people to inquire about Liu Heita's news.

Soon he got the news that Liu Heitai's entire army was wiped out and He Panren led the army to attack. Seeing that the army was panicked and exhausted, he had to lead the soldiers to retreat to the direction of Quanjiao.

However, Shan Xiongxin wanted to leave, but Du Fuwei quit.

He had expected that once Shan Xiongxin returned to the burning camp, he would evacuate, so he had already ambushed in front of him. When Shan Xiongxin entered the ambush circle, he attacked Shan Xiongxin's army fiercely, and defeated Shan Xiongxin's army.

When Shan Xiongxin retreated to Quanjiao County, he counted [-] troops after the war, but now, only [-] soldiers have successfully escaped.He knew that some of the soldiers lost were killed by the Sui army, and some were captured, but more soldiers fled into the wilderness and became deserters.If such a record is spread, his so-called No. [-] General of Wei will also become a laughing stock.

The most important thing is that Du Fuwei and He Panren are already approaching the city, and there is no room for Shan Xiongxin to have a chance to breathe. Apart from bitterness in his heart, there is no other way but to deploy soldiers to defend as soon as possible.

The only thing he can do now is to contain Du Fuwei's army under Quanjiao City, hoping that Li Mi will annihilate Yao Junsu as soon as possible, and send a part of the army to support him before occupying Huainan, Lujiang, and Liyang.

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Now it’s March, no matter where in the world, it’s the season of spring full of bright purples and reds.Huainan County has also entered a moment of vitality. Huainan County is located on the south bank of Huai River and the upper reaches of Huai River.

Huainan County was called Jiujiang in ancient times, and it has an earlier history of development and is an important place.During the Xia and Shang dynasties, it belonged to the domains of Jing and Yangzhou, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to the western border of Wu and the eastern border of Chu, so it was called "the head of Wu and the tail of Chu".As an administrative division, it first appeared in the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang established Jiujiang County as 36 counties in the world. Due to historical changes, it was later named Huainan State, Yanping, Chaisang, and Huainan County.

After the Great Sui ruled the world, there were 241 states, 680 counties, and 1524 counties in the world after hundreds of years of melee. One of the counties generally governed only one to three counties. Level is useless.Faced with this situation, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty adopted the suggestion of "preserving and eliminating idleness, and combining big and small" proposed by Minister of Civil Affairs Yang Shangxi, streamlined the chaotic local government system from three levels to two, and revoked more than 500 government officials in one go. In the county, a large number of redundant officials were eliminated.

Compared with those prefectures and counties that were merged, the problem of Huainan is that it is too large. In its heyday, its jurisdiction spanned many regions of Henan, Anhui, and Jiangxi in later generations. Therefore, when it was revoked and merged, it suffered When it comes to castration, there are only four counties, Shouchun, Anfeng, Huoqiu, and Changping.

In Huainan County, in addition to the Huai River flowing eastward from the north, there is also the Bi River and Fei River that originate from Lujiang County in the south and finally flow into the Huai River. These two rivers divide Huainan County into three parts from south to north. There is the earliest large-scale water diversion irrigation project in human history - Shaopi.

During the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, Zhao Gui, the chief historian, repaired Shaopi again. He dredged the tributaries and injected them into Shaopi, irrigated tens of thousands of hectares of fertile fields, and reinforced dikes outside Shaopi to prevent flooding, and drained the original five rivers. The gates were changed to 36.This is a great development for the irrigation project in Huainan.Because of his dredging of waterways and expansion of Shaopi, the irrigated area of ​​Huainan reached the highest level in history.

Although it is only reduced to a small county at present, the geographical location of Huainan County is very important. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It is a hub where the Jianghuai land connects the Central Plains to the north and Jingxiang to the west. It is also a strategic bridgehead for the Central Plains to go south to Jianghuai.
Huainan County is governed by Shouchun County. With Du Fuwei's surrender, it has become the land of the Sui Dynasty. The [-] soldiers of the Sui Army organized by Xiao Xian's army in the territory were led by General Yao Junsu.

In this battle against the Sui army, Li Mi, who led an army of [-] to the west, led the Marshal of the West, which meant that he was not only defending, but a large-scale battle to expand westward.

On the eve of the Sui army's upcoming full-scale attack on the Tang Dynasty, this Western Expedition is a desperate battle for Li Mi. If he can successfully annihilate Yao Junsu and Du Fuwei in Liyang in the south, he will completely occupy the Jianghuai land, and then use this to fight against the Sui Dynasty. Negotiations, ceding the seven counties of Huaibei to Yang Yu doesn't matter. As long as Wang Bodang and Xu Shiji retreat southward, he can rely on a large number of troops to consolidate the defense line of the Huai River, and draw the Huai River to rule with the Sui Dynasty. This is Li Mi's westward expedition. The real intention.

After he raised his troops from Zhongli County in the east, he immediately launched a fierce offensive against the Sui army camp at the southern foot of Bagong Mountain. The Wei army had a base of more than [-] soldiers, while Yao Junsu had only [-] soldiers.

The two sides fought for many days and lost each other.

The loss of thousands of people has little effect on the Wei army, which has many soldiers and generals. However, although Yao Junsu has advanced and sharp weapons and equipment, the army's combat strength and morale are not high. After losing thousands of people, the morale plummeted If the fight continues, his army will collapse. Therefore, after Yao Junsu tested the combat effectiveness of the two armies, he no longer launched an attack. To fight in a tough way, as long as Li Mi's vigor is destroyed, the morale of one's own soldiers will gradually rise in the battle, and they will no longer be afraid of the Wei army who is aggressively attacking. On the contrary, the Wei army will slowly fall into decline.

The Wei army camp was set up in the east of Bagong Mountain, facing the Sui army far away. The whole army camp stretched for thirty or forty miles, and it was magnificent and magnificent. The tents were one after another, and the number of tents was increasing every day. The state of the soldiers put psychological pressure on the Sui army.

This is Li Mi's adoption of Fang Xuanzao's strategy of increasing the stove. He has only 12 troops, but he has a scale and momentum of 20 troops. This puts great pressure on the condescending Sui army and makes the morale of the Sui army low , Panic.Even if Yao Jun could see it, he couldn't change the situation with few soldiers, nor could he change the will of the Sui army, which was already afraid of war; if you want to change it, you can't change it unless you replace it with the great Sui army.

Of course, it is not easy for Li Mi who has an absolute advantage. As a generation of heroes, he knows that the advantages of a place cannot change the overall situation of Sui Qiang and Wei Wei. The Wei State will fall into an extremely unfavorable situation.The plan for now is to take advantage of the superiority in military strength, annihilate Yao Junsu before the main battle division of the Sui Dynasty launches an offensive, and then divide the troops into three groups.

Continue all the way to the west, occupying the two counties of Yiyang and Yiyang, which are empty of troops, threatening the Huai'an Sui Army and the Handong Sui Army facing Chongling.

Go all the way south to occupy the west of Lujiang County, push the momentum to the intersection of Yong'an, Qichun, and Tong'an,
The other way is to occupy the eastern part of Lujiang River, attack Liyang County, and attack Du Fuwei with Shan Xiongxin to completely annihilate him.

But in order to realize this strategy, Yao Junsu must be wiped out first. However, this good guard did not disappoint Yang Yu's trust. He was always as stable as Mount Tai under the fierce attack of the Wei army day and night.

Seeing the time wasted bit by bit, Li Mi, who still couldn't win the Sui army's camp, was naturally anxious.

At this time, in the big tent of the Wei Army's Central Army, Li Mi was discussing countermeasures with many civil and military personnel.

He pointed a wooden pole in the direction of Huai'an on the map, and said in a heavy voice: "There are 20 Sui troops in Huai'an, and the chief general is Li Jing, Minister of War of the Sui Dynasty. Once he hears the news that our army is attacking Huainan, he will definitely send troops. reinforce."

Having said that, he pointed the wooden pole at Runan again, and continued: "Runan County is currently under the control of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui army on Li Jing's side can bypass the Huai River and pass through the official road without any worries. Yiyang directly reaches Huainan. With the advantage of the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty, it will take only a few days to arrive, so there is not much time left for us to wipe out Yao Junsu."

Everyone was stunned.

"The Holy One is right, but we still have a great chance of annihilating Yao Junsu." Fang Xuanzao stood up, and continued: "After these days of day and night attacking the camp, Yao Junsu suffered a great loss. , the reason why we persevere until now is entirely relying on the strength of the bow and crossbow. But until now, the morale, physical strength and strength of the Sui army have been severely weakened, and they can't last long at all. The Sui army camp can be breached; as long as it is wiped out here, then the Jianghuai land will be ours. According to the information we have obtained, Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty has launched a fierce offensive against Nanjun from Yiling. Duan Decao The Sui army led was still compiled from Xiao Xian's army. They did not perform well, and Qin Qiong in Jiangxia had to send troops to help. If we can completely eliminate Yao Junsu, we can occupy the two counties of Yiyang and Yiyang, which are empty of troops, and deter them from the south Huai'an and Runan deter Jingxiang from the east, so that the enemy in the west can be eliminated, and the strategy of ruling across the river can be achieved. As for Du Fuwei, who is surrounded on all sides, there are generals to restrain him, and it doesn't matter if he disappears later .”

Li Mi nodded, "What you said is right. We can't focus on the established strategy and implement it rigidly. We must proceed from the overall situation and change tactics in due course. We wasted a relatively long time here to quickly annihilate Yao Junsu and Du Fuwei has become unrealistic, but as long as we hit Yiyang and pin Li Jing to the north of the Huai River, then when we deal with Du Fuwei again, we don't have to worry about accidents in the west."

Speaking of this, Li Mi asked Fang Xuanzao: "Sir, do you think that Jingzhou will send troops to assist Yao Junsu?"

Fang Xuanzao sighed, "This is also what I am worried about. If the Jingzhou Sui army sends troops, it will be the Sui army of Anlu County defending the Tang army in Jingling, or the Qin Qiong navy in Jiangxia. But according to my opinion , Jiang Xia is more likely to send troops from Anlu."

"What's your reason, sir?" Li Mi asked.

"If Qin Qiong sent troops, he could only land at the junction of Lujiang and Liyang, and then go north by land to support Huainan. In terms of time, it was even longer than Anlu; and the Anlu Sui army was the main battle division of the Sui Dynasty. , From Anlu to Huainan are all land routes, although it is relatively far, but the advantage of the Sui Dynasty is the cavalry, I don't think they will give up their advantages and let Qin Qiong, who is mainly a navy army, send troops."

Fang Xuanzao pondered for a moment, and then said: "Actually, no matter whether it is Jingzhou's reinforcements or Li Jing's support, our military strength is somewhat inadequate, so I suggest that we go to battle as soon as possible, and defeat Yao Junsu before the Sui Dynasty's reinforcements arrive. It can break the situation. At that time, the Sui army had to defend several times more places, and they would be in an absolute defensive position. Before the overall situation was stabilized, they would not be able to launch an attack at all."

"Sir, what he said is reasonable, then we will defeat Yao Junsu today."

Li Mi immediately stood down, looked at the generals below, and suddenly gave an order: "Pass my order, the army will attack the Sui army's camp in turn! Even if it is beaten into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, this tiger that stands in the way must be slaughtered."

"The last general obeys!" All the generals responded with a loud bang.

"The division who breaks the battalion first, all generals and schools will be promoted to a higher level, ordinary soldiers will be rewarded with a year's salary, and those who behead Yao Junsu's head will be rewarded with a reward of [-] taels, and will be bestowed as a duke of the country."

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. With the encouragement of officials and money, the generals in the tent are full of fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)