Chapter 77 Enemies meet
Like Cheng Yaojin, who was deeply trapped in the quagmire, Li Yuan also started to have a headache at this time. He originally wanted to send a surprise soldier to take advantage of the emptiness behind the Eighteenth Route Rebellion King, so the Duke of Tang also spared his capital and divided 30,000 troops to be commanded by the general Songqi to attack the back of the rebellion King.
Unexpectedly, the seventeen rebels fought for merit and rushed forward, leaving behind the military horses in Wagang Mountain. Since the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Zhai Rang and Cheng Yaojin's Wagang army have been fighting. They have rich experience in turning defeat into victory. Although they were caught off guard by the Taiyuan Army, under the command of Xu Maogong, the sworn uncle of Wagang Mountain, the Wagang army's rear team counterattacked and became stalemate with the Taiyuan Army.
Among the chaos army, the general of the Li family was shot in the face by a wandering arrow and died in battle. The remaining soldiers and generals had no intention of fighting when they saw the main general. Fortunately, several deputy generals rushed in the chaos army and retreated to Taiyuan City with most of their troops. Although the battle was defeated, the Li family in Taiyuan did not damage their vitality.
Shortly after the defeated army and horses retreated, the reply from the backer Yang Lin also sent to Taiyuan City. In the letter, the old Yang Lin did not doubt the intention of Duke Tang. After praising Emperor Yang Guang for a few words, he also agreed to the time for the two armies to attack the 18th anti-king kings around noon that day. In the letter, Yang Guang's promise was specially added, such as the head of the first bandits of the Wagang bandits, Cheng Yaojin, who was the first to win the war, and the Duke of Tang Li Yuan was named the king and the three sons in front of him were named Duke.
At this time, the Duke of Tang had no way out and began to dispatch soldiers and generals, leaving only 10,000 elite soldiers to protect the city. The remaining 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers rushed out in one go at noon. Even Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin brothers changed into armor and each led 10,000 troops to go out of the city. Unfortunately, after the death of the monk, there were no vanguards in Taiyuan City. Originally, the troops were far inferior to the rebels, and if there were no good generals, Li Yuan was not sure. He only hoped that the supporter Wang Lao Yanglin would not do anything. He fought with all his 100,000 troops and reinforcements could be rescued.
According to the original plan, after noon, the Taiyuan city gate opened wide and tens of thousands of people rushed out. They fought with the Wagang army outside the city. With the experience of being raided before, the Wagang army was ready. They had already divided up many troops, and now they were indistinguishable from the Taiyuan army.
Duke Li Yuan of Tang had already recruited all the people in the city. If the eighty or ninety thousand people outside were fighting, they would rely on ten thousand defenders and the people to defend the city. Even all the men in his mansion were gathered on the city tower to help transport the rolling wood and stones guarding the city.
Li Yuan stood on the city tower and watched the battle situation. The more he looked, the more he felt, the more he felt unsure. He saw that his tens of thousands of troops fought with the Wagang army, but the opponent's troops were far superior to his side. He was afraid that if he could not hold on to the evening, there would be no one left on his side. At this moment, Duke Tang could only send a series of documents to ask the King of Busses to come and reinforce as soon as possible. The words written in the document clearly stated that the Taiyuan army would not hold on to the evening. If the army came late, I am afraid that the bandit leader Cheng Yaojin had already seized the city and fled.
I don’t know if these words worked. Two or three hours later, the back of the Wagang Army became in chaos. The seventeenth anti-king king who was originally stalemate with the first army retreated like a tide, and the Wagang Army was caught off guard. The Taiyuan Army took advantage of the chaos and fled back to the city. Li Yuan took the number of people and took a short time to take more than half of the Taiyuan Army had suffered casualties.
At this time, another group of people rushed up from a distance. Nine arrows were issued to indicate that it was Emperor Yang Guang, the Emperor of Sui, who had arrived in front of the formation. At this time, Duke Tang Li Yuan was relieved. He immediately ordered to defend the city and be careful of the eighteen anti-kings and siege the city and cause rebellion.
At this time, the rebel kings had gathered to the side of Cheng Yaojin, the demon king of the world. Just now, just as the seventeen men were about to completely destroy the first army, the army led by Yang Lin arrived. The king of backers, Luo Fang and his son rushed forward and led Han Qinhu and other famous Sui army generals to defeat these rebel kings. It was the seventeen rebel kings who escaped earlier. If they were one step later, they might not be able to get together these seventeen rebel kings.
Seeing these anti-kings calling out to him one by one, fooling his Wagang army to fight with Yang Lin. Cheng Yaojin was furious. Aren’t you the first army who went to find the way just now? Now that he was beaten up, he came back to find a big thunderbolt? Who is that? The backing king Lao Yanglin! The Wagang army and the backing king had fought several times before, except for the previous few clever tricks that took advantage. When Yang Lin became serious later, the Wagang army was defeated. If Cheng Yaojin would not have contacted the seventeen anti-kings and destroyed the Sui Dynasty, so easy to digest, Cheng, my Wagang army would have eaten alone. Do you still have to fight with you, a group of people who have never seen the market?
Cheng Yaojin didn't say that when he thought so. Old Cheng ordered his Wagang army and the remaining 17 anti-kings subordinates to act as a defensive attitude, and then led the rebel kings to climb a mountain outside Taiyuan City. Looking down from a high point, Yang Lin did not lead many troops. There were only 150,000 or 60,000 people, and most of them should be guarding the Sui Emperor. Yang Lin relied on his skill and courage to only lead these troops to rush over. Although the 18th anti-kings kings have been defeated, they did not hurt their muscles. In fact, his own troops are several times that of Yang Lin.
Seeing that there was still a chance to take advantage, Cheng Yaojin laughed, pointed at Yang Lin's army and said to the rebel kings around him: "Brothers and brothers, have you seen Lao Yanglin's men? There are only 50,000 or 60,000 people, we can kick them all to death with one kick. Today, God opened his eyes and sent this old thing to you. Old Cheng, I know you don't accept me as the leader. In this way, let's make a vow today, who can take Lao Yanglin's dog head, and he won't be the leader.
Now, be the emperor! Don’t look at the fact that all of us, five or six, are the emperors, and then we will surrender to the king for the next generation and regard this person as the king. How about it? Lao Cheng, I was the first to swore that if I don’t give the person named Yang Lin, Cheng Yaojin, I will be raised by my little wife. When I gave birth to a son, I was sent to the palace as a eunuch, and if I have a daughter, I would throw it into the pit and drowned. Lao Cheng, I finished talking, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong should be the two of you. Let’s follow what I just said. Don’t be anxious afterwards, let’s come one by one…”
After hearing Cheng Yaojin's oath, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong frowned. They were different from other anti-kings. They were both officials from the Sui Dynasty. They were really unable to speak when they heard such a vulgar oath. Unfortunately, the remaining anti-kings around them were making excuses, and they could only repeat Cheng Yaojin's oath. The remaining anti-kings said it when they saw the three largest anti-kings, and they also said it all at once.
After seeing everyone talking, Cheng Yaojin called his commander Xu Maogong up. He drew a map of the division of troops on this hill. The three armies of Wagang Army, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong surrounded Yang Lin's tens of thousands of troops. The remaining anti-kings led the troops from the headquarters to look at the father and son of the Li family in Taiyuan City. Don't let Li Yuan, the old fox, capture his own way.
After deciding the attack plan for each unit, the rebel kings went down the mountain to take their own troops and started to act. When Yang Lin led his troops here, he saw the rebels gathered at the city of Taiyuan. After seeing several times of his troops, the king of backers did not attack directly, and Lao Yanglin also set up a defensive formation. Then he sent a fast horse to Yang Guangjia, who was conquering the formation behind, to ask for reinforcements. At this time, Lao Yanglin had no confidence. Seeing so many people gathered together, he was dazzled.
The quick horses who were asking for help were sent out not long after. The rebels on the opposite side suddenly set off. Then the vast majority of the troops scattered and surrounded their own troops from all over the world. Old Yanglin began to feel a little uneasy, but after seeing the commander who led the troops, the king of the backers became angry and pointed at the white-haired and white-bearded blue-faced man and shouted: "Listen to all generals! Who can get the head of this thief? I promise to report to him to be the prime minister and be named king! Come on! Follow me!"
Chapter completed!