Chapter 198: Trap
Huairong County. Inside the county government office in Chengzhong, the sound of the Sanskrit trembled. More than a dozen monks faced the wall and kept chanting.
"Your Majesty, Champion Marquis, Champion Marquis refused to discuss peace. He said that he would not allow others to sleep soundly on his bed. We should surrender within today, otherwise we would meet each other."
The sound of chanting the scriptures suddenly stopped. A monk stood up from it, closed his hands and said, "Amitabha! It is a sin to kill arbitrarily."
A monk turned around and said, "I was a monk, but because I couldn't bear to see the people suffering from the suffering of clerks, I killed the officials and rebelled. As a general of the Sui Dynasty, Li Chongjiu colluded with the Hu people and led the foreign army to invade. I must defend this holy land of Galan with the people of the Buddha's Kingdom, pass on my decree, and lined up outside the city to fight with the thieves... " "."
"Khan, the enemy has left the city and lined up to fight!"
Li Chongjiu heard the report from Etuo and saw that the two city gates of the other side were really wide open, and soldiers rushed out of the city gate to set up formations. Under the city wall, the armor was like silver, and the light was flashing, reflecting the sunlight. It was actually a torrent of iron armor.
This scene made Li Chongjiu's subordinates present dumbfounded. "There are more than two-thirds of the opponent's armored soldiers! It's rare, rare!"
"Of course, most of the people who were the first officers and soldiers of Huairong County, the county magistrate, and the general Ying Yanglang were killed, and they all surrendered to Gao Tansheng. Therefore, all the ones who went to fight were the original regular border troops of the Great Sui Dynasty."
"I'm afraid even the Great Sui border army has so many iron armors!" Ying Hefu showed a look of envy, his eyes stuck to the iron armor, and he saw Shime's stunning beauty.
"Not only the enemy's iron armor, but there are also crossbows on the top of the city!" After seeing the power of crossbows in Yuyi Town, Etuo was very worried about such sharp weapons.
At this time, the snails on the opposite side were ringing. Thirty-three monks wearing cassocks at the central city gate held iron pestles and surrounded the snares. Above the snares was a monk in his thirties in red robe, which was undoubtedly a saint. When this person left, the soldiers around him called Amitabha Buddha. There were twenty 28 girls on the side of the snares, dressed in bright clothes and scattered fragrant flowers all over the sky. The so-called sky was full of flowers.
At this moment, Gao Tan Shengmao sat in the carriage proudly, holding a whisk in his hand and pointed at the other party, saying, "How about it, are you afraid of our army's formation?"
This scene made the Hu army leader and the lords present laugh. Ying Hefu said directly: "I have never heard of such a battle."
"Khan, how about this Gao Tan Sheng?" Etuo asked in a speech.
"A monk has never brought any soldiers." Li Chongjiu said simply.
"That's good, these iron armor and crossbows are all ours." Etuo smiled. And Yinghefu had already secretly ordered that he would not behead the heads in a while, and he would be responsible for robbing the iron armor.
"Khan, report it!"
Li Chongjiu took the letter and read it. Turán's face changed. He raised his head and looked at the city. He immediately said, "Retreat immediately!"
Etuo Yinghefu was originally looking like he was about to steal the iron armor. When he saw Li Chongjiu ordering to withdraw his troops, he complained: "Khan, why don't you fight? Are you stopping us from getting rich? Let us rob the iron armor first."
"Don't say much, withdraw the army!" Li Chongjiu repeated. The two of them had no choice but to take the order when they heard it.
When he watched Li Chongjiu and his cavalry retreat into the deep mountains to the north, he walked without leaving any left. Cheers broke out from the city, and Gao Tansheng scared away the enemy without shooting an arrow. At that moment, he was like a great victory, and he was receiving cheers from all directions under the city. Countless believers worshiped him. "I really inherited the will of heaven, and the enemy was destroyed by chatting and laughing." Gao Tansheng's monk's robe was bathed in the evening breeze, rushing, and felt a sense of outrage. The scene of countless believers was worshipping from the heart.
Just less than thirty miles away from Huairong County, countless iron-armored soldiers were dormant in a canyon, and there were many powerful crossbows and strong horses. On the two central military flags on the ground, there was a word Sui and a word Xue written on them. As we all know, this was the banner of Xue Shixiong, the general of the left guard.
The 20,000 Sui army in this valley belongs to the Left Imperial Guard. At this moment, the Left Imperial Guard General Xue Shixiong was looking at the distance with his four sons Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche lined up in iron armor. The four sons of this man had the courage of ten thousand men and could be called the brave general of the world. The bright red cloak shook slowly, and the veteran Xue Shixiong was slowly stroking his beard. After he almost died from Liaodong and returned to life, everything was more cautious.
Huairong County rebelled for a month. He deliberately sent troops to quell the rebellion and watched coldly. When Li Chongjiu arrived, Gao Kaidao led his army at the same time, he secretly gathered 20,000 elite troops from Jixian and ambushed near the canyon. His purpose was to ride several waves of people fighting each other and compete for Huairong County, he came with a mantis stalking the cicada oriole behind.
"What a good Li Chongjiu, he actually withdrew his troops. Could it be that he noticed the whereabouts of our army? He really failed?" Xue Shixiong said in a deep voice.
Xue Wanche said on the side, "Father, since Li Chongjiu retreated, do we still want to attack the city and eliminate the rebellion?"
Xue Shixiong wiped his chin and waved his hand and said, "No hurry. Although Li Chongjiu left, isn't there another thief Gao Kaidao? This person has a ulterior motive and will fight with Gao Talk. We will just clean them up in one place, so as not to quell the rebellion everywhere."
When Xue Shixiong heard that, all the generals smiled. The eldest son Xue Wanshu said, "Yes, Ji County is an important place in Liaodong. If the emperor had not ordered us not to leave easily, we would have dealt with the rebels with General Yang long ago. Where is there now? Only when Gao Tan Sheng rebelled and let Gao Kaidao fall into the trap, we can send troops to attack, so that we will not be considered leaving the country."
Another son Xue Wanjun said, "Father, this troubled time is the shihou that my military man seized military merits. We only have 30,000 soldiers, but we can only watch the anti-civilian chaos around us, but we are in charge of the whole place. The child is envious of Guo Tongshou. I believe he has already wiped out Dou Jiande and taken down his head."
Xue Shixiong shook his head and said, "If you want to fight, you will have a chance soon. As far as I know, Li Mi got 200,000 troops after Li Yangcang. Now that méiyou went south to attack Dongdu, méiyou also entered the river and crossed the river to take Xijing. Instead, he went north to Youyan and came to annex the entire Hebei area. At present, Yang Yichen was unable to take care of himself. I think we will be transferred to our left guards to the south soon to quell the rebellion."
After Xue Shixiong said this, a hint of worry appeared on his face. Compared with the situation in Hebei and the whole world, the situation in Zhuo County is too small. Now there is Gao Kaidao in Yuyang, Luo Yi in Liucheng, Li Chongjiu in Yuyi, Jingang in Yanmen, and Wang Xuba in Hengjun. Zhuo County can be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides, but he can only sit in Zhuo County. Otherwise, if his army moves, Ji County will inevitably be empty, and countless money, grain, and soldiers who want to conquer Liaodong will be cheap.
After retreating from Huairong County, Li Chongjiu is now covered in cold sweat. If it weren't for sending all four cavalry to repay him, he would have just fallen into Xue Shixiong's trap.
Huairong County is not considered a shime, and a mere three thousand thieves are not considered a shime. Even if they are wearing iron armor and have strong crossbows, it is not considered a shime. Xue Shixiong's 20,000 elite troops are fatal. These officers and soldiers are all elite soldiers of the Great Sui army who were stationed in Zhuo County. This is the Dinghai Sword Needle of the court in Liaodong and cannot be moved lightly. If Li Chongjiu had just attacked Huairong County suddenly, and when the fierce battle was in full swing, Xue Shixiong commanded 20,000 turán to attack from the flanks. Whether it was Li Chongjiu or Gao Tansheng, they would only clean up for Xue Shixiong and pick up the benefits of the fisherman. A small Huairong County, Ziji thought it would be possible to set up a day, but Méiyou expected that it was a trap set by the other party long ago. Ziji's actions were to escape from the danger.
And Etuo and Ying Hefu were shocked and sweated in a cold sweat after hearing what Li Chongjiu said. They had heard of Xue Shixiong's reputation. They were called Xue Manzi, one of the famous generals of the Sui Dynasty. Even the grassland divisions had heard of his name. Now they heard that Xue Shixiong was trying to ambush them on the side, and they all secretly said they were glad. However, it was also a pity that Li Chongjiu had all the cavalry under him. Once the cavalry was sent out, the enemy situation within thirty miles would be clear...
With Xue Shixiong, a fierce tiger in charge, Huairong County doesn't even think about fighting. Everyone lowered their heads. They thought that 10,000 cavalry on the whistling grassland would be invincible to the Central Plains, but now when they meet Xue Shixiong, they still want to save their lives.
"Huairong can't go, so we will take a detour to Shanggu." Li Chongjiu shouted.
"But such a way out was cut off." Sun Erniang said.
"No, at worst, we can still go back to Huaihuang Town in Yanmen, but it's a long way." Li Chongjiu said this. Since the army went on a war, the reason why he returned empty-handed. Xue Shixiong's appearance made him the idea of Huairong County. He led these ten thousand cavalry to wipe out Song Jingang from Shanggu and annex the entire county of Shanggu.
Hearing that there was a war to fight, Yinghefu and the others also had the strength again.
That night, because he learned that Xue Shixiong's 20,000 army, Li Chongjiu led 10,000 cavalry to travel in the night and walk from Huairong County on a remote path. The cavalry along the way were light and simple, and all unnecessary supplies were lost. Everyone was rushing to the road, fearing that Xue Shixiong's army would appear and kill him.
Even Li Chongjiu, Etuo, Yinghefu and his team were worried, and the wind and cranes were full of war, and the whole army was running wildly. Even those who had a small horse were relieved, everything was solved in the saddle. Such a embarrassment was also considered the first time Li Chongjiu had started the army.
Chapter completed!