The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 929
The night was filled, and Shen Guang silently observed the military camp in the distance. The night was very dark, and the military camp could only see a rough outline. Thanks to the torches on the military camp, which illuminated the ground, he also saw the situation of the military camp. , During the war, there was only one team of sentries, but the other sentries were probably sleeping secretly, and this team of sentries would be on guard in the middle of the night.

As soon as Shen Guang waved his hand, a school captain stepped forward: "General Shen, please give me instructions!"

"Take fifty brothers to set fire to the back, and build as many tents as possible."

"Follow the order!"

They have a small torch for setting fire, which looks like an old-fashioned grenade. It is very practical and can be ignited by throwing it in from the outside. Of course, rockets can also be used, but the mountain night is windy, and the rocket effect will not be very good.

"follow me!"

The school lieutenant led fifty soldiers to the back of the army camp. Each of them brought ten small torches, which were enough to burn down the camp in the general camp.

Shen Guang's troops divided into two groups, one part followed him in the dark and went quietly to the gate of the military stronghold, while the other one lay in ambush at the stone wall, the only way for the Tang army to retreat westward.

After about a moment, dozens of fireballs were thrown towards the Tang Junzhai. In just a moment, many fires broke out in the Tang Junzhai, but the fireballs continued to be thrown to every corner of the Junzhai. Taking advantage of the wind, the fire quickly swept across the country. camp.

When the sleeping Tang soldiers in the camp were awakened by the fireworks, they realized that they were surrounded by the flames. They were frightened and ran away from the door. The entire camp was soon engulfed in flames, and the Tang soldiers shouted The soldiers scrambled to flee to the outside of the army camp. The soldiers trampled on each other, screaming and wailing one after another. Many soldiers escaped from the army camp, only to find that they were surrounded by another army. They had no choice but to kneel down and surrender. .

Shen Guang originally wanted to ambush the escaped soldiers of the Tang Army, but found that these soldiers were unarmed and did not need to launch an attack at all, just capture the prisoners. The fire was soaring into the sky, and they rushed to support, but were ambushed.

The Liao soldiers were all selected from the elite. Although it is a bit exaggerated to fight one against ten, one against five can completely do it, and they have the advantage of ambush, which is completely easy for these Tang soldiers.

Shen Guang's target was the general of the Tang army, but when the fire burned the camp gate and he didn't see the figure of the general, he knew that the enemy's general had probably been buried in the sea of ​​flames. He has not launched an offensive for two consecutive days, and he secretly drank a few glasses of wine tonight. Such a general can only be a roast pig.

The sky is getting brighter, the fire in the army village has been extinguished, and the army village on the south bank of the Yangtze River has been burned to a piece of white ground, and there are charred corpses of soldiers of the Tang Army everywhere. Army prisoners.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tenth Army came to meet one after another, and the deputy general Li Wei stepped forward and said with a smile: "General, General Duan Decao led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to arrive."

Shen Guang didn't expect the Tenth Army to react so quickly. Hearing this, he immediately said to Li Wei: "We don't have any siege equipment. Go tell General Duan that Zigui County belongs to them."

"Here!"

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After the Sui army robbed the army stronghold on the south bank, the whole road was like a broken bamboo. Duan Decao led an army of [-] to break through Zigui County, where the soldiers had no fighting spirit and the generals had no fighting spirit, in just one day. Gao Shilian and other generals died in battle; Human soldiers cut off three iron cables blocking the river, and let the water division go westward. The Tang army on the north bank saw that the situation was over, killed the general of the Tang army and surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.

Two days later, Duan Decao led the soldiers of the Tenth Army into Renfu County, and they assumed a posture of confronting Hou Junji.

But this was just a confrontation between the army and the Tang army across the city. That night, Du Fuwei led [-] navy troops to continue westward along the north bank of the Yangtze River. The direction of An County was bullying, Hou Junji was afraid that his retreat would be cut off, so he had to retreat to Nanpu County and stick to it.

Shen Guang led the army to rest overnight in Yun'an County, and replenished food and grass. They continued to set off after dawn. Their goal was not Nanpu County, but Berkshire further west.

Their purpose is very simple, which is to bully the Tang army with absolute superiority, and to force Hou Junji to retreat step by step by taking advantage of the emptiness of troops in Bajun, Fuling, Dangqu, Qian'an and other counties.

Hou Junji originally planned to confront the Sui army in Ba County, Ba County, to give Li Shimin time to raise troops. However, when he retreated to Ba County, another news came that it was the Liao people who came down the mountain in a big way and occupied Luchuan. There are many counties in the county, and Hou Junji was ordered to retreat to Ziyang County as the key to the Chengdu Plain.

Three days later, Li Jing led the soldiers of the Tenth Army to join forces with Shen Guang, Su Dingfang and other armies. The three armies joined together and accepted Li Jing's unified jurisdiction. Before that, the troops were divided to recover the counties.

Wherever the army went, it was like a broken bamboo, and counties and counties such as Ba County, Fuling County, Dangqu County, Qian'an County, Mingyang County, Zangke County, Yuexuan County, Luchuan County, and Qianwei County all looked forward to the wind and surrendered.

Although there are more than a thousand soldiers in each county, and Chongzhe Mansions have been established, under the strong suppression of the army of the Great Sui Dynasty, these counties and counties have little will to resist. Empire pledges allegiance.

After entering Qianwei County, the navy fleet of the Sui Dynasty turned to the north and headed north along the Minjiang River. Another Sui army also entered Meishan County under the leadership of Shen Guang. He had the Taihe Army headed by Yang Yichen as his internal support. , but also take the whole county lightly.

Zhang Shigui, who had lost Hou Junji's southern barrier, received Li Shimin's urgent order to withdraw his troops and retreated to Suining County.

Since the war, the southern part of Yizhou has been owned by the Sui Dynasty. The two armies of the Sui and Tang dynasties confronted Qingshi in Suining by the Fushui River, Heyi County by the Mianshui in Ziyang County, and Tongyi County in Meishan County by the Minjiang River. Three armies threatened Chengdu. Shu County where it is located.

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Just when the Yinan Sui Army divided up to occupy the southern counties and consolidate the results of the battle, the army deployed by the Great Sui Dynasty in the north also began to launch a fierce offensive. Pei Xingyan led the [-] troops of the First Army from Yongzhi County, Jiangyuan County. Gansong marched eastward and went straight to Wenshan County in the middle of the Li-Tang Dynasty; Wang Fubao and Xue Wanche led the Ninth Army from Lintao County to attack Dangchang County and Rong County along the Qiang River; Yao Junsu attacked Hechi County from Hanyang; Enter Shunzheng County from the flank of Hanchuan to share the pressure in the direction of Yao Junsu.

The fierceness and swiftness of the oncoming movement made Li Tang's court and his people turbulent.

The beacons built by Li Shimin were lit one after another, sending a signal to the Zhenbei Army camp hundreds of miles away to the south that the army was suppressing the border.

Zhenbei Army is Li Shimin's direct descendant. Since he went south to Chengdu and successfully seized power, Liu Hongji was named General Zhenbei and took over Li Shimin's original power. The Zhenbei Army's camp is located in Qushui County, Wudu County. Surrounded by mountains, the north is mostly dangerous passes, and the south and the Chengdu Plain are also blocked by many mountains. Only Jinniu Road leads to Chengdu, but to the east, you can easily go to Shunzheng County, Hanchuan County and Yicheng County among the three counties of Hanzhong. Therefore, Li Shimin chose to station his troops here, which happened to be at the junction of Longnan, Chengdu Plain, and Hanzhong. Whether he went north to Longyou or returned to Chengdu, he could leave at any time.

During the half a year of self-reliance, although Li Shimin wrote to Li Yuan several times, hoping that Li Yuan could allocate enough money and food to him so that he could continue to recruit soldiers and horses for the northern expedition to Guanzhong, Li Yuan offered him the condition of returning to Chengdu to report on his work.

Li Shimin knew that as long as he returned to Chengdu, his elder brother Li Jiancheng would be a lesson for him, so in the end he did not agree to his father's request and refused to go to Chengdu to report on his work, but Li Yuan refused to allocate enough money and food for him. Li Shimin's biggest distress.

Li Shimin had no choice but to send his confidant generals to garrison the fields. After the autumn harvest, his shortage of food and horses could basically be solved. However, at this time, Li Yuan planned to send troops to attack him. In a fit of rage, he sneaked into Chengdu and staged a palace coup.

After he went south, the aid to the Zhenbei Army increased sharply, enabling his army to focus on training troops. Liu Hongji, who was entrusted by Li Shimin, lived up to his trust and actively trained troops every day, striving to make the [-] troops in the camp into a hundred-strength army. Army of Steel.

This morning, a series of urgent military reports came to Liu Hongji's camp, such as Dangchang emergency, Shunzheng emergency, Yicheng emergency, Wenshan emergency, and the smoke from the beacon towering into the sky. Liu Hongji was stunned by the series of emergency reports. He hastily summoned his subordinates to discuss various sudden military emergencies.

"Obviously, this is a long-planned attack by the Sui army."

Marching Sima Yu Zhining stood in front of the map and said to everyone: "From the direction of the Sui army's march, it can be seen that the Sui army did not go directly north to Shu County from the south, but consolidated the existing war results and handed over the war to Sui army in the north. They made a big detour and went south from Longnan. The biggest purpose of doing so was to avoid our main force. You must know that going north from Suining, Ziyang, and Meishan, they will face about 15 of our army , Although our area is small, our forces are also concentrated at key nodes, and their strategic intention to raid Chengdu has lost its miraculous effect."

"The military adviser no longer needs to talk about the Sui army's marching route, but talk about ourselves and the situation we are facing now." Li Shimin reminded Yu Zhining anxiously.

Yu Zhining nodded, pointed to the north with a wooden pole and said, "Now that Pei Xingyan's [-] troops are advancing eastward along the source of the river, it is obvious that they are heading for Wenshan County. Once we take Wenshan County, our southward retreat will be blocked. It was cut off, and the Sui army prevented us from sending troops to rescue Wenshan County in order to contain us, so Wang Fubao and Xue Wanche's [-] troops appeared in Dangchang in the north, Yao Junsu in Shunzheng in the north, and Yu Chigong in the north. The east of Shunzheng. General, we are now faced with a choice, whether to save Wenshan, or to save Dangchang County and Shunzheng County."

Liu Hongji pondered for a moment, then asked Duan Zhixuan, "What about General Duan's attitude?"

Duan Zhixuan said slowly: "The enemy's strength is strong, but our troops are too scattered, so it is easy for the enemy to defeat them one by one. I suggest that we abandon the vast grassland in the west of Tongchang County, and concentrate our forces to defend Dangchang, Hechi, and Shunzheng. Wenshan County, I believe His Highness will make arrangements."

Yu Zhining interjected: "General, General Duan sees it very clearly. The [-] soldiers in Tongchang County can't resist the attack of the Sui cavalry at all. They will collapse in at most two days. Once Tongchang County falls, General Dangchang will be defeated." Facing the encirclement and interception of more than [-] troops, the Tang Chang army had no choice but to surrender or the entire army was wiped out. We are running out of time, and if the general does not give an order, the Tang Chang army will be doomed."

Liu Hongji also knew that this was the best choice. Fighting with the Sui army on the grassland would be a dead end. He ordered: "Pass me an order that the Tongchang army must retreat eastward within two days. Once the army withdraws safely, immediately stick to it." The governor of Tongchang County thinks that there are horns on the West Road."

After Liu Hongji thought about it for a while, he asked Duan Zhixuan to lead an army of [-] troops to the north to support Shunzheng County and resist the attack of the Sui army under Yuchigong.

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