Chapter 574: The Last Hope
Although he had already doubted it, it was at this most critical moment that Li Ercai finally had no choice but to confirm something that he would have to be lucky if he met Chen Sangliang, he would have to be lucky!
No matter what kind of good thing, it can turn into a funeral!
This time, the most typical and the most serious. Li Er's original abacus was very good. Betrayed his brother, which could not only please Liu Wuzhou and deepen his friendship with his future wife and brother-in-law, but also take the opportunity to get rid of the control of incompetent brothers and be independent, and take the opportunity to control the control of Yuci City.
The third is that the goal is small and it is not easy to attract Chen Sangliang's main force to fight. The danger is much smaller than staying in Taiyuan City, which may be surrounded by floods at any time. It is safe outside. Finally, you can take advantage of the opportunity to contact Dou Jiande's reinforcements first and quickly establish it.
The deep friendship with powerful ally Dou Jiande will make more profits in the future, and you will win multiple goals in one fell swoop, and you will not suffer any loss.
The wishful thinking made a comeback, but in fact, Liu Wuzhou was fooled into Taiyuan City as he wished and joined forces with Li Jiancheng to restrain the main force of the Sui army, and unexpectedly deceived thousands of war horses. When Li Erzheng was secretly happy, disaster came from the sky!
Luo Yi, a warlord of Zhuo County who had been swaying before, suddenly turned against him at a critical moment, changed his flag and surrendered to Chen Sangliang and took the initiative to send troops to restrain Dou Jiande. It has become an unknown whether Dou Jiande's reinforcements, who must come to reinforce, can still come to the Taiyuan battlefield.
For the sake of his own army, Liu Wuzhou stood on the side of Li Jiancheng without hesitation. Li Er, who had just offended his brother to death, had no way out. He could only bow to Liu Wuzhou immediately and beg Liu Wuzhou to beg Liu Wuzhou.
He was so cowardly and depressed that he was already homeless.
It's okay, Liu Wuzhou was reluctant to be loyal, and immediately nodded to accept Li Er. Li Er did not completely become a betrayal dog, but the whole family would not enter the family. Liu Wuzhou, who was also absolutely selfish, not only took the opportunity to take it back
After agreeing to give Li Er a thousand war horses, Li Er also asked Li Er to take on the heavy responsibility of the palace and use the last capital that Li Er had left for Ding Yang's army to resist the Sui army's pursuit. Li Er felt that he had ten thousand in his heart.
Leyi didn't dare to complain, so he could only return the war horse with both hands and lead the troops to shoulder the important task of the rear guard.
The war horses that had just been obtained and had not been counted were suddenly handed over again. At the same time, they had to walk in the team to resist the pursuers of the Sui army like wolves and tigers. Of course, Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and other Li Er's confidant were confused.
After answering, he asked Li Er about the reasons. Li Er, who was suffering, could only use the excuse that military information needs to be kept confidential and asked his generals to act according to the order. If there were any problems, he would explain it later. Although Zhu Can and Liang Jianfang and others were in charge.
I dare not forcefully ask to the end, but I still reminded me: "Right Governor, it's okay to return the war horse, but we may not be able to do it if we have many people left here. You don't know how to resist Chen Yingliang's main force
Chaser?"
"Don't worry about this. I have my own arrangements. You just need to restrain the soldiers and fight carefully. When the pursuers come, I have my own way to retreat to the enemy."
Li Er's calm answer made Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others feel a little relieved. He didn't say much and took over the task of the rear guard honestly. Li Er was not just bragging. After arranging the task of the rear guard, he made a little calculation.
Second, he entered Dingyang Army camp again, found Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others who were hurriedly packing their luggage, and said, "Brother, this place is more than fifty miles from Yuci, and the road is relatively far away. If Chen thief pursues it with all his might,
No matter what, it is difficult for our army to escape the pursuit and retreat to Yuci smoothly. If you are not careful, you may suffer huge losses. I have a plan to doubt the soldiers, which will definitely make Chen Thief timid and dare not raise troops to pursue them.
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"Your Madam has a clever plan and say it quickly. We have no time." Liu Wuzhou said casually while commanding his personal soldiers to pack up their belongings.
"Brother, you might as well send hundreds of cavalry to go south first, cross the river from the floating bridge controlled by the Taiyuan Army, sneak into the east outside the Chen bandit camp, and then ask the Taiyuan Army to send troops to set up a formation along the river on the north bank of the Dongwo River.
The torch bluffed." Li Er suggested: "When our army retreated, our cavalry would beat drums and drums outside the bandit camp, shouting yelling and killing, pretending to be a robbery camp. The Chen bandits were attacked in the dark, and it would be inevitable that they would be attacked in the dark.
Sticking to the camp, not daring to fight easily, and exploring the torches of Dongwo River, you will definitely suspect that we are preparing to entice the enemy to ambush, and you will not dare to fight easily. In this way, our army can take the opportunity to advance east with all its might and quickly get rid of the pursuit of Chen thieves
Soldier.”
"Will this backfire? Let the Chen bandits prepare earlier and dispatch troops to pursue our army earlier?" Liu Wuzhou asked suspiciously.
"Brother, don't listen to him." Liu Xiaomou, who was ordered to not leave Liu Wuzhou at any time, shouted: "He only knows bad ideas. If you listen to him, we will definitely suffer a big loss."
Fortunately, Song Jingang stood on the side of Li Er and said to Liu Wuzhou: "Brother, this plan is quite good. The main force of our army advanced westward overnight. No matter what, it can't hide the eyes of Chen's scouts. It won't take long.
We will dispatch troops to pursue our army. It is better to go against the rules and pretend to rob the camp, which is likely to buy more time for us. Anyway, the terrain south of Dongwo River is wide, and our cavalry can retreat east at any time
We will not lose anything when we cross the river and return to the team in Yuci."
"Okay, then you can do it. Move faster, we don't have much time left." Liu Wuzhou finally nodded in agreement. Li Er, who was more cost-effective than Li Jiancheng, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Xiaomou curled his mouth,
He murmured another bad idea.
The three floating bridges outside the Taiyuan Camp have not been damaged. With the protection of the dark night, three hundred Dingyang cavalrymen quietly crossed the river with gongs and drums and horns. Li Jiancheng also agreed to send an army to line up on the north bank.
After halfway through the two periods, the torches bluffed more, which intimidated the Sui army and did not dare to send troops easily, but Li Jiancheng explained in advance that the soldiers of the Taiyuan army were only responsible for bluffing. When the Sui army sent troops to rush to ferry, the Taiyuan army soldiers would immediately
Withdrew to the camp.
The main force of the Sui army really had to pursue the Ding Yang army with all their might, at all, had no need to cross the river from the Taiyuan General's defensive position. It was already very interesting to be able to risk bluffing. Of course, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were not too demanding. Two updates and two moments arrived,
The main force of the Dingyang Army had basically left the camp, so he tried to make little torture and could not make any major noise. He quickly counted the soldiers and vehicles and arranged the retreat formation. The second half of the rest was just out of date. Liu Wuzhou issued an order and the main force of the Dingyang Army immediately
When they set off, Song Jingang personally led the army to set off the road ahead, Liu Wuzhou led the central army to protect the food, grass and supplies, General Huang Ziying led the rear army, and the two thousand Taiyuan army cranes under Li Er were at the rear, walking in the most dangerous last position.
The cooperation between the Dingyang Army was also very good. As soon as the main armies were dispatched, the sound of gongs and drums and horns came from the darkness in the south, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing, proving that the suspicious soldiers of Dingyang Army had already taken a feint attack, and at the same time, they were on the west.
The Taiyuan Army's defensive position was also a fire, igniting thousands of torches and bonfires. From a distance, it seemed that there were thousands of soldiers and horses, and the momentum was quite scary.
Seeing this scene, Li Er smiled proudly. Zhu Can and Liang Jianfang, who already knew Li Er's trick, also showed joy on their faces, and praised them: "The right governor, and Chen Yingliang's average man is treacherous, he must have been at this moment.
He was so scared that he was at a loss. When he realized that he would have no chance to catch up with us."
"It is impossible to scare Chen thief to death. The traitor has been through the battlefield for a long time, and this movement can't scare him." Li Er rarely compliments Chen Sangliang, and then smiles and says, "But the traitor has always been cautious in using troops. When he meets him in the dark, he meets him at night.
If you change, you will definitely not send troops easily without exploring it. If you don’t dare to say that if you have too many, it will definitely not be a problem to hold him up for a while."
After saying confidently, a pretty face appeared in Li Er's mind, and he snorted in his heart: "Little girl, I dare to say that this governor's trick is a bad idea. When I enter the bridal chamber, I will see how I deal with you!"
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Not to mention, although the main force of the Sui army had already prepared to pursue troops at any time, when the Dingyang cavalry suddenly beat gongs and drums in the east of the Sui army camp, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing were really scared.
Jump, he also thought that the enemy had been wrong, and the enemy was not retreating tonight but risking the camp, and was extremely nervous about it. However, when the Sui army scout Fei reported that the enemy was not seen outside the camp, he only heard that the drums and gongs were missing, and he saw the cave from afar
After the fire broke out on the north bank of the Wohe River, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing immediately woke up, and then asked each other in unison: "Your Highness (Uncle), what do you think?"
"Blur it, I doubt the plan of the army." Li Jing and Chen Sangliang, the unkind uncle and nephew, answered in unison: "Otherwise, the enemy will not ignite the river bank, but will only set up an ambush in the dark!"
After saying in unison, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing laughed together, then Chen Sangliang immediately turned over and bowed to Li Jing on his fists, and entrusted his own camp to his cousin. Li Jing returned the gift and instructed Chen Sangliang.
Be careful and safe. Chen Sangliang smiled and thanked. Then Chen Sangliang gave the order, the Sui army soldiers, with a number of more than 20,000 people, immediately lit the torches, divided into six groups and went out of the camp, quickly outside the east gate of the camp.
The team was assembled, led by Chen Sangliang himself to attack, and without hesitation, he rushed towards the Dongwohe position where Ding Yang's army was responsible for.
It was Ding Yang's turn and Taiyuan's army were stunned. From a distance, they saw torches suddenly rising in the Sui army camp, reflecting half of the sky red. They also saw these torches arranged in marching troops and striding out of the camp in six teams. Song Jingang sent them.
The cavalry of the Sanbai Ding Yang army, who was responsible for the suspicion of soldiers, almost scared the urine. He did not even dare to investigate the specific situation of the Sui army carefully, and immediately threw down the drums and horns and fled eastward. More than a thousand Taiyuan army were bluffing on the north bank of the Dongwo River.
The infantry were all scattered, begging God and asking the Buddha to pray that the main force of the Sui army would not come to attack their positions, and they were ready to run away at any time early.
Of course, the main force of Li Er and Ding Yang's army were the ones who were scared the most. From top to bottom, they dreamed that they had just withdrawn their camps and retreated, and the main force of the Sui army immediately dispatched so many troops to head north, screaming in panic.
Continuously, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang both cursed, "Is there a traitor? Why does Chen Zhe seem to have prepared for it?"
"I've said it a long time ago, I can't listen to the bad idea of embroidered pillows." Liu Xiaomou certainly had something to say, but the little girl was still quite tactful and knew that it was related to the lives of countless soldiers in his army. She didn't dare to gloat and said it out loud, but according to Liu Wuzhou
He asked to follow his brother and hurry to go east.
Although the Ding Yang Army had selfish intentions, it was still loyal. Keeping the main force of the Ding Yang Army was equivalent to keeping the hope of victory in the city. As the troops were becoming increasingly difficult, Li Jiancheng still gritted the bullet and dispatched three thousand troops to the camp.
Let Yang Wengan lead him to stop the main force of the Sui army from crossing the river. However, when Yang Wengan led the Taiyuan army to rush to the river defense position left by Dingyang army, he was so scared that the main force of the Sui army was too lazy to build a floating bridge or a trench bridge.
Chedu River, but each army and team took turns to fight, throwing one bag of soil and grass into the Dongwo River. In a moment, a temporary embankment was built at the slow flow of the Dongwo River. The water volume downstream of the embankment was large.
The water reduction surface fell, and the vanguard of the Sui army crossing the river led by Liu Shishan also shouted and directly rushed towards Yang Wengan. Yang Wengan hurriedly faced the battle, and there was no way to stop the main force of the Sui army from crossing the river.
The grass bags of soil were constantly thrown into the Dongwo River section that Yuan Tiangang had secretly explored earlier, and gradually built a dirt bridge on the river surface. The soldiers of the Sui army used to make torches, strode continuously across the river, and continued to enter the battlefield on the north bank.
In a blink of an eye, the number had exceeded that of Yang Wengan's army. He threw a large number of gunpowder bottles and disturbed the enemy without hesitation. The Taiyuan army, who had already been beaten by the Sui army, was even more unable to withstand it. He only resisted it for less than half a moment.
Retreat and escape. Then the main forces of the Sui army crossed the river and quickly reorganized the team. Chen Sangliang gave another order. 20,000 elite Sui army soldiers immediately advanced eastward, rushing towards Yuci, the main force of the Dingyang army, who retreated like a flood.
direction.
After exploring the situation of the war, the kind-hearted Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and ordered Yang Wengan to fight again. He bit the tail of the Sui army and delayed Chen Sangliang's pursuit speed. However, Chen Sangliang and Li Jing were prepared for this. Relying on the strong soldiers and many generals, they stayed in the camp.
Li Jing ordered the general Qu Tutong to lead an army north to attack the Taiyuan military camp, without seeking to break the enemy and only seeking restraint. Li Jiancheng, who was also preparing to withdraw his troops, was forced to recall Yang Wengan and stayed in the camp with all his strength, and kept his promises.
At the fourth update, we went north and retreated to Taiyuan City. In addition, the only thing Li Jiancheng could do was to pray secretly, "Brother Wu Zhou, run faster, bring more main forces to withdraw to Yuci! If you finish again,
, I'm really done!"
Praying is useless. The distance of more than fifty miles is destined to be on the horse. The main infantry and cavalry of the Dingyang Army, carrying a large number of military supplies, were mixed with the retreat speed, and the Sui Army was lightly equipped, even if it was
With infantry as the main force, they are still moving like flying. Just after the first three o'clock, Qiu Xinggong, the general of the Sui army who was in front of the road, had already led the light infantry to catch up with the Li Erjun who was hanging at the end, and immediately shouted and killed directly.
Li Erjun fought in close combat.
It must be admitted that in order to please his future brother-in-law Liu Wuzhou, Li Er spent some effort to fight to the death of the palace behind the palace. He first shot many pursuers of the Sui army with arrows, and then led his army to counterattack, trying to kill and retreat the Sui army.
The vanguard fought for time to escape. However, Li Er himself was working hard, and his generals, including Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang, Wang Huaiwen, etc., fought loyally to death. The soldiers under their command were tired and injured, with low morale, and in the Sui army with a rainbow of morale
In front of the soldiers, even the power to protect themselves was insufficient, let alone to kill the pursuers. Qiu Xinggong used only one charge and completely got involved with the Taiyuan Army, launching a close-range battle that was most beneficial to the soldiers of the Sui army.
Li Er, Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others fought hard, but they could not retreat to the pursuit of Sui army.
After barely supporting it for a while, when Kan Ling led a brigade of Mo Dao soldiers to the scene, the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army lost the courage to fight to the death. The fire chief of the team's deputy soldiers rushed to escape, and then soon appeared. When the lieutenant led the team to escape, when smart people such as Li Er and Zhu Can saw the situation, they naturally made a smart choice to let go and run away! They fled with the defeated general who had only hundreds of people left. The soldiers of the Sui army were steadily and chased them reluctantly, constantly slashing and killing the defeated soldiers of the Taiyuan army in the pursuit battle. Even if the soldiers of the Taiyuan army had kneeled down and surrendered, they would still be killed. At this time, the soldiers of the Sui army had no time to accommodate prisoners. The soldiers were shocked and fled faster and more quickly, and many defeated soldiers fled directly to the Kaikuan North.
The incompetent performance of the Taiyuan Army's impoverishment at one touch certainly made Ding Yang Army furious again. If it weren't for knowing that Li Er would soon become Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law, Huang Ziying, who led the Ding Yang Army's rear army, would have no intention of killing Li Er in counterattack. While trying hard to restrain his anger in his chest, Huang Ziying ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and fight, shouting: "Bow and arrow preparation! The wastes in Taiyuan dare to rush to us and shoot arrows immediately!"
There were indeed many Taiyuan Army defeated soldiers who saw many people running there in panic and died tragically under the arrows shot by the soldiers of Dingyang Army without hesitation. Unfortunately, Li Er, Zhu Can and others were all smart people. What would it be like to lead the defeated troops to attack the front of a friendly position? He took the commanding army early to the open north and bypassed Huang Ziying's position to advance eastward. As a result, when he was also detouring to the north of Huang Ziying's position, Li was slightly shocked Er then took time to look back at the Sui army situation. When he saw the Sui army torches rushing towards the east like a torrent of tide, Li Er was first glad that he had escaped successfully, and then suddenly woke up and blurted out. He said: "No! Not good!"
"Right Governor, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Wang Huaiwen asked in confusion, wiping the blood and sweat on his face.
"The Chen thief cavalry did not appear!" Li Er roared: "The Chen thief brought tens of thousands of cavalry this time! But the first thing that caught up with us was the Chen thief's light infantry! And the main force of the Chen thief's force There were no torches on the open left wing, which proved that Chen thieves did not bring too many cavalry at all in this pursuit, and there was no need to organize the cavalry into an army alone and act alone! What does this mean, don’t you understand yet?"
"What did it mean? I won't understand?"
Wang Huaiwen asked in confusion, Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others were also confused and looked at Li Er not to understand. Li Er's forehead was roaring with blue veins and shouting wildly: "Are you pigs? Don't you understand this?! In the pursuit battle There was no cavalry as the main force of infantry, which means that Chen thieves had already arranged his cavalry in front of them and were preparing to ambush us! We abandoned the camp tonight and retreated. Liu Wuzhou led the main force to escape from Yuci east, and it had been predicted by Chen thieves! Chen thieves had long been confirmed! He has already set up a net of heaven and earth, preparing to kill Liu Wuzhou's main army in one battle!"
Zhu Can, Liang Jianfang and others finally realized it suddenly. In shock, Zhu Can, who had already looked extremely pale, quickly suggested: "Right Governor, let's run away quickly. If we haven't entered the ambush position of Chen thieves, we will quickly escape to the north. , and then take a detour back to Taiyuan.”
"I would have done it if I dared to go back to Taiyuan." Li Er lamented in his heart and said firmly: "No! We can't run away! We must meet Liu Wuzhou immediately and warn him to guard against Chen Thief.
Chapter completed!