Chapter 560: Sure enough, there is an ambush
The conscience of heaven and earth. Since his debut under the tent, the famous general Qin Qiong has never been as cowardly as this period. Even when he was defeated by Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji, Qin Qiong was not so unlucky. He would be defeated by the same opponent one after another with less and defeated the strong with weak, and he would have no temper. He could not even find a chance to take revenge. This time, he finally got the opportunity to lead the army again. Of course, Qin Qiong was full of energy and vowed to find this face from Dou Jiande's brother-in-law Cao Dan and wash away all the bad luck he had recently!
The same was true for Qin Qiong's subordinates. As soon as they set out to leave Linfen, Gu Nenggui, Xiong Wei and other generals under Qin Qiong could not wait to start shouting, saying that they would beat Brother Cao to the ground for their teeth no matter what, and also pulled Wang Fubao's former deputy Dong Kangmai to beat him up, and vented his anger with Wang Fubao's superiors and subordinates. Xiong Wei, who had already followed Qin Qiong in Qi County, volunteered early and said, "General, please let the last general be the vanguard first, and go to the thief camp to fight first. The thief army will definitely go to the battle when we see our young soldiers. The last general promises to start a good start!"
"General, I want to be a vanguard, too." Gu Nenggui also quickly requested an order and added: "The General of the United States not only promises to start a good start, but also promises to get back three hundred enemy heads, and one less general is willing to be military law!"
When Xiong Wei heard the emergency, he quickly argued with Gu Nenggui. Qin Qiong stopped them and said with a strange smile: "Since Xiong Wei asked for orders first, then you should go first, but you can't open the good news. You must lose and escape back. Then, Gu Nenggui, you still have to go back if you lose and escape back if you lose."
"General, are you joking?" Xiong Wei and Gu Nenggui were stunned.
"Of course it's not a joke. This is the personal order of His Highness the King of Tang." Qin Qiong smiled even more strangely. He first explained Chen Sangliang's arrangement to the two right-hand assistants, and then said with a treacherous smile: "I was worried about sending those two unlucky guys to lose. Since you both are rushing to be the vanguard, then you will be there. When you both suffer and complete His Highness the King of Tang's explanation, I will feel at ease to kill the enemy."
When Gu Nenggui and Xiong Wei heard the complaints, they were too late to refuse again. Qin Qiong had already forced the task of defrauding the defeat to them, and the two generals could only accept the order with a frown. Qin Qiong, who was worried, was proud and tragic. However, the general with a mind was inspired and hurriedly said: "General Qin, the terrain of Yueyang area still remembers that the road in the west of Yueyang City is about twenty miles north of the north, which is the most suitable for ambushing. However, it is better for us to defraud two times during the day and take the opportunity to ambush the area at night. Then, you personally take the horse to lure the enemy and lead the enemy to our ambush. We take the opportunity to kill the enemy into two sections. If you turn around and attack on both sides, will you gain even greater success?"
"Well, I also remember that the terrain in that area is very suitable for ambushing." Qin Qiong nodded with satisfaction and said, "You can create chaos when you attack the enemy's flanks. I will take the opportunity to take the lead in the thief army to take a greater grasp. Okay, that's it!"
It was also after agreeing that when Qin Qiong saw the smirks on Xiong Wei and Gu Nenggui's faces, he woke up and found out that he was deceived. He roared: "Two men, dare to play tricks on me, deliberately want me to accompany you to defeat you, right?" After that, Qin Qiong pretended to be angry and lifted his spear. Gu Nenggui and Xiong Wei laughed and ran away quickly. More than 6,000 Sui troops also strode towards Yueyang, which was northeastern again, and their pace was very fast.
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The soldiers of the Sui army were relaxed, and Brother Cao was even more relaxed. When he received the news of the Sui army sending troops, Brother Cao, who had just committed the crime of Chen Sangliang, once nervously asked how many troops the Sui army was and who was the general? When he learned that the Sui army had only about 6,000 soldiers and the commander of the Sui army was Qin Qiong, who was covered in dust in front of Dou Jun several times before, Brother Cao immediately laughed out loud and said with a smile: "There is no one under the Chen thief's tent? He actually sent this defeated general under our command. Does Chen thief think he didn't lose enough?"
Ruan Junming, Zhang Jinzhong and Yuan Yan and other confidant generals of Cao's brother-in-law agreed and laughed. They all said that this was the case. Dong Kangmai, who followed Wang Fubao to win the victory on Qin Qiong, was calm and advised Cao's brother-in-law: "General Cao, it's better to be careful. Qin Qiong was already famous for his bravery when he was under Zhang Xutuo of Qi County. He was defeated by our army twice before, but because he underestimated the enemy and was not good at preventing the situation. The second time was completely insufficient. He was blocked by Wang Fubao's rebellion and was blocked by the wings by Taiyuan friendly forces. Losing in strength does not mean that he is a useless person. We need to deal with it carefully."
Brother Cao curled his lips and sneered, saying, "So what? His strength is even less. Our total strength is 16,000, and he only has 6,000 troops. It is easier to defeat him!"
"General Cao, it's better to be careful." Dong Kangmai insisted and said, "Qin Qiong only led 6,000 troops to temporarily restrain our army, so that we can't do our best to strengthen the city defense and build a solid camp, so that the main force of Chen thieves can send troops to attack our army. In this case, we might as well ignore him, build a base as usual, and defend it with the strong walls, so that we can fight against the main force of Chen thieves in the future. If Qin Qiong takes the initiative to attack, we will not be able to defeat with the protection of the fortifications of the city camp."
"There is no need to be so troublesome!" Brother Cao waved his hand and refused flatly, saying: "Qin Qiong's son is too famous and not afraid. Taking advantage of the main force of Chen thief, he is still on the way. When he comes, we will fight with all our strength. Fight a big victory to boost morale. It will be much easier to deal with the main force of Chen thief."
Although I felt that Brother Cao's mentality was too underestimating the enemy, considering Brother Cao's petty mind, Dong Kangmai still did not dare to continue to persist. At the same time, after this point, Dong Kangmai, who had not liked Wang Fubao before, could not help but miss his old comrades and said intimately, "It would be great if that man was there. Although that man was annoying, he would not need to be as worried as he is now."
Linfen is not too far from Yueyang, and it takes only one day to march. However, in order to save the soldiers' physical strength and learn from the lessons, Qin Qiong, who was no longer afraid to underestimate the enemy, was still cautious. The army ordered the camp to rest as soon as it arrived in Yang County. At the same time, many scouts sent closely to the movements ahead, and did not dare to advance directly to the city of Yueyang, which was much more complicated than Yang County, as last time. After Dou Jun's scout reported the movements of Qin Qiong's army to Brother Cao, Brother Cao naturally had to ridicule Qin Qiong's timidity and even more despise Qin Qiong's army.
The next morning, Qin Qiong's army continued to set off towards Yueyang and asked Xiong Wei to lead a thousand troops as the vanguard. At this time, Qin Qiong was naturally a little worried that the Dou army would not go out to fight. However, Qin Qiong soon found that he was completely worried. When Xiong Wei's army was still seven or eight miles away from Yueyang City, Brother Cao could not wait to order troops to fight. Fortunately, Brother Cao just shouted fiercely, but in fact he was relatively cautious in using troops. He did not immediately lead the main force to fight. Instead, he ordered general Zhang Jinzhong to lead two thousand infantry out of the camp to test the reality of the Sui army first and grasp the specific situation of the Sui army.
The two armies fought in the wild. Xiong Wei, who was destined to defeat the battle, deliberately arranged a yoke formation that was easy to escape but insufficient attack power. Zhang Jinzhong sneered when he saw the Sui army formation, ordered the army to arrange a storm array with extremely strong attack power, and launched an attack first. With only one charge, he pierced the Sui army's yoke formation by half. Xiong Wei, who had no control at all, immediately led the army to escape from his future. Zhang Jinzhong easily won, seized many flags and weapons and cut off some unlucky Sui soldiers who had escaped relatively slowly. He pursued for more than ten miles until he saw the main force of the Sui army approaching, and then withdrew the troops back to the camp.
After returning to the camp, Zhang Jinzhong, who was easily and frugal, reported to Brother Cao, saying that the Dou army had to dispatch 5,000 troops to compete with Qin Qiong's entire army, and the 7,000 troops could ensure victory. Brother Cao agreed deeply, but Dong Kangmai, who had fought with Qin Qiong, suspected that this was a fraudulent defeat by the Sui army and urged Brother Cao to beware of Qin Qiong's trick. Although Brother Cao did not agree, he listened to it a little and ignored the other generals' request for battle. He decided to observe the situation before talking.
In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Qiong's army approached Yueyang and set up a camp ten miles west of Yueyang. Then Qin Qiong sent Gu Nenggui to lead a thousand troops eastward to fight. Most of the generals of the Dou army fought for battle. Finally, Ruan Junming, who was able to speak in front of Dou Jiande, overwhelmed everyone and led two thousand troops to fight. In order to grasp the enemy situation, Cao's brother-in-law also ordered Ruan Junming to line up in front of the camp gate, and he personally climbed up to the high ground of the camp and observed the situation on the battlefield from a high place.
According to Qin Qiong's requirements, Gu Nenggui was not as lazy as Xiong Wei, but he was defeated at once. Instead, he led his army and Ruan Junming to fight in front of Dou's military camp. After a melee, he pretended to be defeated and fled. It was not entirely a pretender. Dou Jiande's army was actually quite capable, so Gu Nenggui, who did not dare to use all his strength, suffered quite a lot on the battlefield. He lost more than 100 people to escape from the entanglement of Dou's army. Ruan Junming led his army to the nearest of the Sui army camp until he saw Qin Qiong personally leading the army out of the camp to support him.
More than 100 Sui army soldiers also sacrificed their lives very valuable. Seeing the combat effectiveness of the Sui army and the defeat without disguise, Brother Cao felt the truth in his heart. He truly believed that his own army could indeed easily defeat Qin Qiong's army, and immediately decided to lead the main force to fight the next day to solve the Qin Qiong's army, which was not afraid of in one fell swoop. However, Brother Cao did not expect that at that night, the two generals Xiong Wei and Gu Nenggui, who were defeated by his troops in the day, each led 500 elite troops to quietly leave the camp and ambushed into the mountains and forests five miles west of the Sui army camp, gritting their teeth and waiting for his main force to arrive.
The moment of deciding the victory and defeat finally came. The next morning, Qin Qiong personally brought 4,000 troops out of the camp and once again came to the Dou army camp to fight. This time, Brother Cao did not hesitate at all. As soon as he received the inquiry, he ordered the dispatch of 8,000 troops, and led the camp out of the camp to fight. Dong Kangmai persuaded Brother Cao not to send troops himself, and was also punished by Brother Cao to stay in the camp to guard the camp.
It was just a coincidence that the place where Qin Qiong fought with Brother Cao happened to be where Qin Qiong was accidentally attacked by Wang Fubao. When he revisited the old place, he remembered the humiliating past. Qin Qiong couldn't help but pat his horse to go out to fight. Brother Cao sneered and ordered Zhang Jinzhong to lead his army to attack directly, directly attacking the front of the Sui army's position. Qin Qiong pretended to resist, and let the central army firmly withstand Zhang Jinzhong's attack. He fought for a long time without giving in. Brother Cao was angry when he saw that, relying on his many soldiers and wide generals, he ordered an army to detour to rush to the right wing of the Sui army. Qin Qiong also began to defecate and deliberately let the right wing collapse and escape first, and then pretended to be defeated, leading the entire army to retreat.
Although it took a little more effort to kill Qin Qiong than I imagined, the more this happened, the more my brother-in-law Cao believed that Qin Qiong was not a fraudulent defeat. In secretly happy, Brother-in-law Cao, who refused to miss the fighter plane, did not hesitate and immediately ordered a pursuit. He personally led 8,000 troops to chase and chop Qin Qiong's army, who fled in a panic, and everyone was eager to win the rewards after the war, and they all fought bravely. They ran faster than the other in the pursuit, and they also unknowingly became messy in their formation.
The 10,000-person marathon began. Because Dou Jiande's army was pursuing too tightly, the soldiers of the Sui army who were rushing to flee were inevitably confused. The mess was just following Qin Qiong's flag, and Brother Cao was even more unsuspecting when he saw this scene. He led the army to charge forward with confidence and chased Qin Qiong's chrysanthemums all the way to the Sui army camp. As a result, the defenders of the Sui army camp, which had no time to establish solid fortifications, immediately abandoned the camp and fled west when they saw that the situation was not good. Qin Qiong did not dare to expect this temporary camp to stop the pursuit, and fled west with the defeated army. Brother Cao easily took the Sui army camp and refused to give up, and continued to pursue it with the army.
He chased the west for five or six miles. After all, Brother Cao, who had been hanging out on the battlefield for several years, finally found that something was wrong. Why did Qin Qiongjun never have the intention to escape to Yangxian southwest, and just keep going west? He had this suspicion, but Brother Cao, who was arrogant on the surface but very cautious on the inside, also made a quick decision, immediately stopped his horse's head, and loudly ordered the quest to stop the pursuit and reorganize the team.
Brother Cao's order was a little late. Before the order to garrison was spread throughout the army, the gunpowder bottles were already exploding in the mountains and forests in the north. Xiong Wei and Gu Nenggui each led the ambush and shouted and rushed out, and condescendingly attacked the long snake fighting waist of the Dou army, which naturally formed in the pursuit battle. Qin Qiong, who was fleeing in front, immediately led the army to turn around and roar loudly and come back.
"As a result, there is an ambush!" Brother Cao was shocked by the ambush that suddenly broke out from the Sui army. However, after carefully looking at the ambush forces of the Sui army, Brother Cao suddenly burst into laughter and shouted: "I ordered the troops to approach our army's commander flag, form a square formation and play with the Chen thief army!"
Indeed, the Sui army had very few ambushes, with only one thousand people splitting into two and attacking each other. At the same time, the Sui army was still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of total military strength and could not compare with Brother Cao's existing military strength. Brother Cao could easily kill Qin Qiong's army, which was lost even in the camp. However, Brother Cao quickly discovered two things. The first was that the number of troops that decided on the battlefield was never the size of the troops. The second was that the generals of the Qin Qiong's army had always been teasing him before, and had never really fought with him.
The moment of revenge finally came. The Sui army soldiers went up to the commander Qin Qiong and ordinary soldiers, all of whom were roaring like thunder with red eyes, and their blood was boiling and fierce as flying, and they slashed all the opponents like tigers going down the mountain. The soldiers of the Dou army, who had seriously despised the combat effectiveness of the Sui army before, were caught off guard. In front of the Sui army soldiers who suddenly improved their combat effectiveness by several levels, could not cope with them. In the blink of an eye, they were killed so much that they were killed all over the ground, with heavy casualties. The ambush led by Xiong Wei and Gu Nenggui also successfully inserted the Dou army's waist and cut the Dou Jiande army's long snake formation into three sections.
During the melee, Qin Qiong was of course directly attacking Cao's brother-in-law's flag. Although there was a Zhang Jinzhong rushing in front of him, Zhang Jinzhong immediately commanded the army to intercept him. However, Zhang Jinzhong immediately saw that Qin Qiong, who was leading the way, was like cutting tofu with a steel knife, easily penetrated the Dou Junhen team intercepting him one after another. Wherever he went, he was like a wave of waves and was invincible. The Sui army soldiers followed Qin Qiong, chopping firewood to the giant axe, and repeatedly intercepting the Dou Junhen team in front of him in half.
Fortunately, Qin Qiong's target this time was not Zhang Jinzhong. He rushed straight by Zhang Jinzhong with his army. Zhang Jinzhong did not dare to go up to block the attack. He watched Qin Qiong lead his army to attack Cao's brother-in-law's flag. He was so scared that his hands and feet were numb. An idea immediately arose in his mind, "He hadn't fought with us seriously before!"
Then it was naturally my brother-in-law Cao's turn to be frightened. Behind him was Xiong Wei, the Sui army soldiers were slashing wildly, and it was difficult to retreat. When he saw Qin Qiong coming to him like a ghost and god, he was unstoppable. Except for yelling, Brother-in-law Cao had no thoughts left in his mind, "Stop! Hold! Hold! Hold! Launch the arrow! Launch the arrow! Launch the arrow! Launch the arrow!"
The effect of shouting was minimal. In the panic, the Dou soldiers had no time to line up a densely scattered team to stop them. The feather arrows shot out in a hurry were not weak, but the accurate head was extremely poor. Qin Qiong continued to advance all the way. As the horse spear was rising and falling, Dou soldiers fell one after another, and in a blink of an eye, they were less than thirty steps away from Brother Cao. At this moment, Brother Cao, who had been hanging on the battlefield for several years, finally came to his senses and shouted two absolutely correct orders, "Put down my handsome flag! Run!"
After shouting, Brother Cao took the lead in getting a horse and fled to the open south. His personal flag bearer quickly put down the damn Cao-character flag. As a result, Qin Qiong could no longer find Brother Cao in the chaos. However, the Dou army soldiers who had the opportunity to gather together to wait for reinforcements were in great danger. When they could not find the target, the Dou army units could only run around on the battlefield like headless flies. The Sui army soldiers took the opportunity to rush and beat Dou Jiande's army to death, killing the enemy's defeated army. Then, it was natural that even Dou soldiers, who were not good at fighting tough battles after Dou Jiande became emperor, of course, they fled one after another. The Sui army units took the opportunity to move closer to each other and chased and chopped the enemy's defeated army brigade under the leadership of Qin Qiong.
At the same time, after receiving the news that Cao's brother-in-law was in trouble, in order to prevent it, Dong Kangmai, who was left behind in the camp, immediately led two thousand troops westward to support him. However, Dong Kangmai's actions were still one step late, and he had no time to save the bad luck of Dou's army's defeat. As soon as he arrived near the battlefield, he was immediately defeated by his own defeated soldiers and was forced to join the escape team. The Sui army drove the enemy's defeated army into the vanguard and chased him to the gate of Cao's brother-in-law's camp, killing many prisoners.
At the critical moment, Brother Cao arranged the defenders in Yueyang City to play a role. Seeing the main force being defeated and fled back, he was afraid that his own defeated troops would break the camp. General Dou's general stationed in Yueyang City, Gao Yaxian, a good friend of Liu Heita in history, quickly led two thousand troops out of the city to respond and attack the flanks of the Sui army. Qin Qiong had too few troops and dared not take risks. He could only order the army to station in the army and line up to kill Gao Yaxian. He missed the precious opportunity to take the opportunity to break through Brother Cao's camp. He watched the chaos of Dou's defeated soldiers flee back to the camp under the cover of Gao Yaxian.
"Today, you guys are lucky!" Qin Qiong, who was definitely not satisfied with this result, pointed at Dou Jun camp with a horse spear and cursed, "I thought the soldiers were young today. When our main force arrived, I will see how I killed you all!"
Chapter completed!