Because of the proportion of protein in their diet, the Longxi soldiers were obviously stronger in height and physical strength than the Sui soldiers, who were mostly farming soldiers from the Central Plains. This was also the fundamental reason why Xue Renguo's army had suppressed Ma Sanbao before, but the Longxi soldiers

Soldiers also have two shortcomings. First, they have a small population and insufficient manpower. Second, their organization and discipline are relatively poor. The more troops fighting, the more complicated the battle situation will be, and the greater the possibility that Longxi soldiers will become chaotic on their own.

The poor organizational discipline was not easily exposed when the Longxi soldiers had the upper hand. Although they were attacking large numbers with a small number and faced difficulties in attacking fortresses, because the Sui army soldiers always adhered to the camp and did not leave the camp, Xue Renguo's army, which took the initiative on the battlefield, was still in high spirits.

, once almost broke into the Sui army camp. Even if the coach Xue Renguo temporarily left the battlefield, Xue Renguo's army still seemed at least on the surface to be in order, advancing and retreating freely.

That is to say, this was temporarily possible. As the smoke rose in the Sui Army camp, the east gate of the Sui Army camp, which had been opened before, opened again. Three thousand Sui Army infantry led by Qiu Shili and Qiu Xinggong suddenly attacked and took a roundabout way.

Coming to attack the right wing of the main infantry force of Xue Renguo's army, Qiu Xinggong, whose bravery has left his name in the history books, took the lead with a long sword in his hand and kept shouting, "Kill all these Longxi dogs!"

Up to this moment, Xue Ringuo's army still did not show any panic. Bi Shizheng, who temporarily replaced Xue Ringuo in commanding the entire army, was extremely disdainful. He just ordered the right wing to fight without making any adjustments. He was full of absolute confidence in the combat effectiveness of his own soldiers.

If Shi Zheng had quickly sent out a sentinel to investigate the conditions in the mountains and forests behind him, he would definitely not have had such confidence. Seeing the smoke rising, the soldiers who had been waiting impatiently for a long time immediately dispatched. When the Baoguo Army was first formed,

Under the leadership of flag bearer Yu Le, they led their horses away from the mountain where they had been ambushed.

Lin came to the edge of the forest area and mounted their horses to line up. Yu Le gave an order and the 211 reported soldiers charged in unison, their white robes fluttering. They rushed out of the forest in the blink of an eye, and magic soldiers suddenly appeared like descending from the sky.

He reached the rear of the enemy's formation and charged directly behind the unsuspecting Xue Renguo army with a ferocious smile.

When they saw the cavalry of the Patriot Army suddenly appearing, Xue Renguo's army finally began to panic and shouted to the police. At the same time, Shi Zheng was also shocked. He immediately understood that he had been tricked and quickly shouted an order: "The rear army should turn around and form a horizontal line.

If you want to fight, I will stand firm against the enemy and send a horse to report to the prince and ask him to come back immediately."

At the same time, the Sui army infantry led by the Qiu brothers also hit Xue Jun's right wing with feather arrows and javelins. Qiu Xinggong, who was in the lead, waved his long sword and roared loudly, killing two enemies in a row, opening a small gap in Xue Jun's battle formation.

, followed by Sui

The infantry of the Sui army took the opportunity to rush forward and started a scuffle with Xue's army in some places. More officers and soldiers of the Sui army rushed forward in formation, hitting the enemy with their shields, slashing with swords, axes and short spears. The officers and soldiers of Xue's army also fought back desperately, and the two armies connected.

The sound of killings everywhere was loud, and the clash of swords and guns continued.

Li Jing's greatest hope for a surprise attack was Baoguo. The Baoguo soldiers, who were famous for fighting fierce battles, did not disappoint Li Jing. While Xue's soldiers were still hurriedly forming dense formations and there was some confusion, the Baoguo army's cavalry, which was coming very fast, was already like a handful.

Like a steel knife, it penetrated Xue Junheng straight

In the middle of the formation, the armored warhorse breathed out a breath as hot as fire, and with its inertia, it directly hit the soldiers of Xue Army. There was no need to report the swords, chops, and spears of the soldiers. Just the huge impact force had already knocked the soldiers of Xue Army off their feet.

, some soldiers were even knocked into the air.

The hoofed horses trampled on the bodies of Xue Jun soldiers and continued to advance. The soldiers, who had long been accustomed to this situation, undulated their sabers, thrust their spears and spears, and chopped down and stabbed down the enemy soldiers one after another.

They kept advancing straight, and at this moment, the weakness of Xue Renguo's army's poor discipline was immediately exposed. When they should have resolutely formed a dense formation to offset the attack,

At the critical moment of the general's impact, the soldiers of Xue's army became loose and scattered out of fear and fear of the impact of heavy cavalry, as well as their indifference to violating military discipline. Even the grassroots generals did not make efforts to restrain the soldiers' formation, which led to the collapse of the Patriot Army.

The momentum of the charge continued unabated, stabbing directly into Xue Jun's rear column like a knife sticking through tofu, and even stabbed one directly through.

Xue Ringuo's army finally began to be in chaos. Especially when they saw the Baoguo army heading straight towards their command flag formation, the generals and soldiers of Xue Ringuo's army were even more panicked. Fortunately, Shi Zheng responded quickly and immediately loudly ordered the Chinese army to line up.

In the face of the battle, the fierce general Hun Yu also came to the front of the formation to take command, and shouted loudly to restrain the soldiers from lining up. This prevented the Chinese army from escaping and quickly formed a new dense formation.

Unfortunately, the newspaper still had a golden finger. Just when it was about to collide with Xue Renguo's Chinese army, more than a dozen gunpowder bottles suddenly flew out of the army, fell into the enemy's dense formation and exploded. The violent explosion not only caused Xue's army to

The horizontal team was in chaos, and the

Many Xue Jun soldiers who encountered gunpowder weapons for the first time were so frightened that they lost all courage in the face of the unknown fear they had never faced before. They subconsciously ran away. Even Hun Yu, the fierce general of Xue Jun, was frightened on the spot and exclaimed: "

What is this?"

After using gunpowder weapons to disrupt the enemy's dense formation, the Baoguo Army once again easily penetrated into Xue Renguo's central army. During the impact, they also stabbed Hun Yu. The forwards also directly faced Xue Jun's command platform and threw themselves again.

Produce bottle of gunpowder

The enemy was in chaos. Shi Zheng, who was also frightened by the gunpowder weapons, was shocked. He subconsciously patted his horse and ran away. The soldiers around him also hurriedly followed. The originally neat flag formation suddenly swayed and could no longer pass the flags, drums and horns.

Command the entire army

This was the moment Li Jing was waiting for. After the flag was waved, the main gate of the Sui army's camp opened wide. Niu Jinda, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately led his army to attack and launched a counterattack against the enemies outside the camp. The Xue Jun soldiers who were attacking the camp also

Already caught behind

The loud noise incident distracted attention and dampened morale. Niu Jinda then rushed in, and of course he fled in defeat. Niu Jinda's army kept pace, chasing after the enemy's defeated soldiers, and attacked Xue Jun's front with all his strength.

The Qiu brothers also succeeded at this moment. Thanks to the destruction of the enemy's flag formation by the Nationalist Army, the morale of the newly surrendered Sui army under the Qiu brothers was high, but the morale of Xue's army fell sharply.

Xue's army, which was able to hold on, quickly collapsed, and many soldiers fled for their lives, leading to the

It affected the soldiers of the Xue Army who were fighting the Sui Army on the front line. The Sui Army took the opportunity to charge and fight fiercely, making many gaps in the interception position of the Xue Army. In the end, no one knew it was the Xue Army soldier who shouted "Quick".

Run away, the right wing of Xue's army collapsed instantly, and the generals and soldiers fled everywhere.

The left wing of Xue Renguo's army collapsed on its own. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, these soldiers of Xue Renguo's army who had been exhausted and injured in the previous offensive did not even think about resisting for a while, and rushed directly towards the Wentang River.

Crossing the bridge, they scrambled to cross the river to escape. They pushed each other to fight for the pontoon bridge, and countless people fell into the water. And those who fell into the river in the middle of winter, waiting for these Xue Army soldiers who fell into the water, only those who drowned or froze to death.

end.

The battle situation was completely reversed in almost a moment. Niu Jinda came from the front and the Qiu brothers came from the right wing. Bao Ze rushed left and right in Xue's army. It was like entering a no-man's land, still occupying the space between

Xue Renguo's army, which had the upper hand, was in chaos. All the generals and soldiers

They scrambled for their lives and rushed towards the snow-capped Wentang River. Xue Jun generals such as Wei Shizheng and Hun Yu originally wanted to hold on until Xue Renguo returned for reinforcements, but no matter how loudly they shouted orders, they could not stop the army from collapsing one after another, and finally in

Even the number of soldiers around him quickly decreased.

Seeing that the situation was not good, generals such as Wei Shizheng and Hun Yu had no choice but to join the fleeing team and fled westward with the troops they could still command. The various departments of the Sui army pursued them fiercely, forcing Xue's army to defeat. They could only risk their lives.

When the water crossed the river, many people drowned and froze to death. Many generals of Xue's army also died because of

Because the armor on his body was too heavy, he had no chance to get up after falling into the water, and was suffocated to death in the chest-deep water. The Sui army officers slashed and killed from behind, prompting Xue Jun to flee eastward in even more panic, capturing

Countless of them drowned and froze to death.

At the same time, Xue Renguo, who had been diverted away from the mountain by the Sui cavalry, also vaguely realized that something was wrong. He took the initiative to stop the pursuit, turned around and rushed back to the Wentanghe battlefield. He ignored the shouts and provocations of the Sui cavalry. Liu Shi, who had received prior guidance from Li Jing,

Although Shan did not launch an attack, he led the Sui cavalry to follow him from a distance, always staying within Xue Renguo's sight, exerting psychological pressure on Xue Renguo's cavalry, so that they did not dare to return to the battlefield at the mouth of the river without any distractions.

On the way to retreat, Xue Renguo finally received urgent news from the disobedient political faction. Shocked, Xue Renguo ordered the entire army to return at full speed for reinforcements. Liu Shishan also ordered the Sui army's cavalry to speed up and bite, keeping a distance from Xue's army's cavalry.

Waiting for the fighter plane to appear. The result is also the same

Everything was under Li Jing's control. When Xue Renguo led the cavalry back to the camp battlefield, his main infantry force had collapsed and been defeated. The dead bodies almost stopped the Wentang River. At the same time, a group of Sui army infantry blocked Xue Renguo's cavalry.

Return road to the west.

Frightened and angry that he had lost so miserably so quickly, Xue Renguo led his army straight towards the Sui army's interception position, intending to kill some Sui army soldiers to avenge his own infantry. However, Xue Renguo soon discovered that he had

This is a stupid thing. The Sui army infantry waiting in formation not only warmly entertained him with strong bows and crossbows, but also suddenly

The musket weapon was used. Although the original matchlock was not as fast as the bow and arrow in terms of firing speed and not as good as the crossbow in terms of range, but suddenly saw a loud noise and fire erupting from the Sui army formation. Not to mention that the Xue army soldiers were frightened.

The horses of Xue Jun's cavalry were also frightened to a halt, causing many unlucky Xue Jun's cavalry to fall off their horses.

Liu Shishan would be foolish to miss such a good opportunity. After arranging his team, the Sui army's cavalry charged at full speed and slammed into the back of Xue Jun's cavalry. The Sui army's infantry also lined up and attacked Xue Renguo from front to back with his own army's cavalry. Xue Jun's cavalry

The soldiers were attacked from the front and back, and Xue Renguo was forced to lead his troops to bypass the Sui army's infantry positions and flee westward with all his strength. Liu Shishan pursued him closely, relying on the help of the infantry to defeat the masses with a small number, and killed and wounded a considerable number of Xue Jun's cavalry.

It was only after Xue Ringuo escaped with his cavalry across the Wentang River that Li Jing launched a general offensive and led the army to pursue Xue Ringuo's army to the Weishui ferry. They defeated Xue Ringuo's army again at the ferry, forcing Xue Ringuo to resort to cutting off the pontoon bridge.

They had just blocked the Sui army's pursuit and suffered heavy losses.

Of course Ma Sanbao was not polite. Seeing that Xue Renguo's army was defeated and fled back, Ma Sanbao immediately sent troops to counterattack. He took advantage of the situation when Xue Renguo's army was defeated and fled north across the river. He made a lot of gains. Fortunately, Xue Renguo was still cautious outside Mei County.

Five thousand troops were left behind, and they were dispatched in time to pick up the troops.

In response, Ma Sanbao's offensive was blocked, otherwise, Xue Renguo's army would have suffered an even worse defeat in this battle. But even so, after escaping the Weishui River, Xue Renguo still did not dare to continue fighting on the Meixian battlefield. He slightly gathered the defeated troops, and that day

In the evening, they abandoned the camp and fled back the way they came.

As Xue Renguo analyzed, the Sui army could now tolerate Xue Jujun's temporary control of Longxi and Tianshui, but would never allow Xue Jujun to stay in Fufeng County, which was very close to Daxing. When he heard that Xue Renguo had abandoned his camp and retreated, Li Jing immediately ordered

Ma Sanbao ordered Ma Sanbao's fresh troops to launch a pursuit, while he led his troops to cross the Wei River overnight, rested for a while at the foot of Mei County City, and then concentrated his elite soldiers to launch a pursuit, not giving Xue Renguo's army the time and opportunity to capture Fufeng County and Zhiyong County.

Under such circumstances, Dou, the governor of Fufeng, suddenly became an important figure in the Guanzhong battlefield. Although he only had a few thousand local troops in his hands, Dou at least had a well-defended Yongxian city.

They sent troops to attack Xue Renguo, who was hurriedly entering the family home. His army was defeated. Even if Xue Renguo's army was not completely wiped out, he could only get out of Fufeng County. However,

If Dou opens the city to welcome Xue Renguo's army and then directly falls into Xue Ju's arms after secretly communicating with Li Yuan's rebels, then even Li Yuan, the God of War, may not be sure to win the Yongxian city, and Chen Sangliang can only settle in Daxing.

Under such circumstances, they were forced to dispatch the main force to retake Fufeng County, and they might even be forced to launch a decisive battle with Xue Jujun due to serious lack of preparation.

Both Xue Ringuo and Li Jing were very aware of this powerful relationship, and they both sent fast horses to Yong County to contact Dou. Xue Ringuo asked Dou to welcome his troops into the city, while Li Jing asked Dou to close the city gate tightly and not allow Xue Ringuo's defeated troops to set foot.

Yongxian one step. At the same time, Xue Renguo and Li Jing kept urging their troops to speed up and race against time to rush to Yongxian to gain time to respond. On the 110-mile journey from Mei County to Yongxian, Xue Renguo's army and the Sui army only left.

one day.

On the afternoon of the second day after the defeat at Wentanghekou, Xue Ringuo's army took the lead in arriving at the outskirts of Yong County. Li Jing's army was still more than ten miles away from Yong County. To the great joy of the panting Xue Ringuo army, when they arrived in the south of Yong County,

After entering the gate, the Yongxian city gate immediately opened on its own. Dou, who had met Xue Renguo before, climbed onto the south gate wall and shouted: "Prince Xue, please come into the city quickly. The army is only about ten miles away from here.

Come into town quickly”

"Prince, quickly enter the city."

Disobedient Shizheng and injured Hun Yu were both overjoyed, and quickly asked Xue Renguo to enter the city immediately to avoid the pursuing soldiers. However, at this critical moment, Xue Renguo, who had been fearful before, suddenly calmed down and shouted: "Let the two hundred soldiers enter the city first, let's see

Let’s talk about the situation later.”

"Prince, does this hurt Prefect Dou's heart too much?" Bi Shizheng asked worriedly.

"Be careful," Xue Renguo replied fiercely, "If there is no accident when our people enter the city, I will kowtow to him after entering to apologize, but we must not take the risk of entering the city. If there is an ambush in the city, we will be dead."

Wei Shizheng and others were shocked, and then they quickly arranged for two hundred infantry to enter the city first. After seeing this on the city wall, Dou could only helplessly shake his head, only then did he realize that he was famous for his bravery and cruelty. Xue Renguo was actually a rough and tumble guy, so he had to order: "Ambush the troops and go out of the city to capture Xue Renguo."

The war drums suddenly sounded, and arrows were fired from the city walls. At the same time, the sound of killing in the city was loud. The Yongxian defenders who were ambushing in the houses on the street shouted to fight out. Seeing this scene, Xue Renguo, who was almost captured alive, was shocked and angry, and pointed Dou roared like thunder on the city, "Dou Pifu, I swear to kill you, you shameless traitor, who first betrayed Yang Guang and then betrayed Li Yuan. You will either die a good death or not."

Faintly hearing Xue Renguo's scolding, Dou, who was born in a noble family, smiled slightly and said: "Xue Renguo, who said that I betrayed the Sui Dynasty? I bowed to Li Yuan's traitor before, but I just followed Chen Liushou's order and pretended to be here. Be obedient and stay useful, and wait for the opportunity. Anyway, now that the old thief Li Yuan is dead and Chen Liushou has taken over Daxing, if I don't make a contribution quickly, will I still have to work as a slave for a commoner like you?"

"Uncle, when you see Deputy Ambassador Li later, please be sure to test Chen Liushou's attitude for my father." Xiao Kai, the second son of Uncle Xiao who was standing next to him, said nervously: "My father was ordered to pretend to be obedient. We also exchanged letters with the rebel Li Yuan. If Chen Liushou holds a grudge and refuses to admit that my father is pretending to be a rebel, then my father will be doomed."

"Don't worry, Chen Liushou can even forgive Chai Shao, but he can still care about the little things he did with your father? Compared with Chai Shao, your father's things are nothing?" Dou smiled and comforted: "I bet that you will be able to do whatever you want in the future. After I went to Daxing to meet Chen Liushou, not only did he not care about the past, but he would definitely express his merits to you and ask for a title. You just wait to be granted the title and become an official."

In normal times, with the few soldiers and horses Dou had in hand, if he dared to go out of the city to fight with Xue Renguo, Xue Renguo could kill Dou's army with one hand tied up, but it was different at this moment. He was in a state of embarrassment for more than a hundred miles. After escaping, Xue Renguo's army was already tired, hungry and exhausted, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Behind it, Li Jing led the Sui army in hot pursuit. It can only be called a miracle that Xue Renguo's army could defeat Dou. The result was Yongxian County. After the defenders suddenly broke out, Xue Renguo didn't even think about counterattacking to vent his anger. He led the defeated troops and fled directly to the northwest. The Yongxian defenders took advantage of the situation and achieved considerable results. At the same time, the Sui army also He took the opportunity to chase him from behind and kicked Xue Renguojun from behind again.

The nightmare of Xue Renguo's army was not over yet. After getting rest and supplies in Yong County, Li Jing still led his army in hot pursuit. At the same time, Li Hongzhi and Tang Bi, who were running around in Fufeng, sensed his defeat and coveted the large number of his troops. The precious war horse suddenly launched a sneak attack while he was exhausted and resting. He killed many of him and robbed many of his war horses. In the end, out of the 20,000 soldiers and horses that Xue Renguo brought out of the Great Shock Pass, there were only less than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Thousands of people fled back to Tianshui County, suffering heavy losses. Xue Ju was furious and executed Wen Daya, the envoy of Li Yuan's army. However, due to lack of food and grass and threats from Li Gui and Zhang Long in the rear, he was forced to temporarily give up his plan to march to Daxing. .
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