"God helps me!" This is the cheers from the Li brothers in unison? The reason is that they were extremely surprised to learn that Dou Jiande had once again sent more troops to the Linfen battlefield. The former super capable Dou Jiande army Wang Fubao's troops must obey the orders and commands of Cao Dan, the commander of this new reinforcement team!

"Is God going to destroy our army?!" This is the lament that Wang Fubao himself made after learning about this, and was depressed by it, without a smile all day long.

Of course, Wang Fubao is so pessimistic. In fact, with the stalemate of the Linfen war and the increasing greed of the Li brothers, the conflict between Wang Fubao and the Li brothers has become increasingly acute and the interests are getting bigger and bigger. The Li brothers, who are determined to take advantage of the situation, desperately want to drag Dou Jiande's army into the quagmire of the offensive battle. Wang Fubao, who is unwilling to let his soldiers die in vain, tried his best to avoid attacking the tough ones, and only wanted to use restraint tactics to provide indirect help to the Li brothers, striving to reduce the losses of their own army to the lowest point, and repeatedly rejected the Li brothers' bribery and win over. The Li brothers who were so angry that they had not strangled Wang Fubao to death, and they just didn't dare to tear Wang Fubao apart for the time being.

And on the day before receiving the news of Cao Dan's dispatch of troops, Wang Fubao had another serious unhappiness with the Taiyuan army. The reason was that during the time when Wang Fubao was stationed in Xiangling, he found that the Taiping Pass in the south of Linfen was not very strong, and he had certain hope of taking the front-line attack. At the same time, Fang Huang's troops stationed in Jiangjun had to use a large amount of troops to prevent Hua and his brother in Henei, and could not use all their forces to defend the northern line. So he proposed that the self-army was responsible for monitoring the Linfen Sui army and let the Yin Kaishan troops of the Taiyuan Army go south to attack Taiping Pass. If they succeeded, the Dou Li coalition could take the opportunity to attack Taiping County to obtain money and grain supplies. Retreat could delay the speed of the main force of the Sui army's northward advance, and win response time for the Dou Li coalition in the hinterland of Linfen.

The Taiyuan army will only fight Taiping Pass if it is stupid! Not to mention that the Sui army in Jiangjun has already been on high alert at Taiping Pass, and the attack is not very sure. Even if the Taiyuan army can take Taiping Pass, it will only lengthen the already long front of its own army again. Wang Fubao, who is stationed in Xiangling, will be in vain. At that time, the main force of the Sui army comes from the south, and Wang Fubao can calmly retreat back to Yueyang to protect himself. The Taiyuan army stationed in Taiping Pass will be attacked by the main force of the Sui army and the Linfen Sui army. If you are not careful, the entire army will be wiped out! When will the Taiyuan army do such a foolish thing?

Therefore, Yin Kaishan refused Wang Fubao's suggestion without asking for instructions, and in turn asked Wang Fubao to attack Linfen City head-on. Wang Fubao also flatly refused and told Yin Kaishan directly that the Taiyuan army would not fight Taiping Pass and immediately sent his deputy Dong Kangmai to lead his army to attack Taiping Pass. Yin Kaishan reported the news to the Li brothers. The Li brothers were so angry that they overturned the table and scolded Wang Fubao for not being moral enough and not wanting to suffer any loss! - Although the Li brothers were also very clear that Wang Fubao sent troops to attack Taiping Pass on his own, which could also win the response time for their partial army Yin Kaishan's troops.

Fortunately, after just overturning the table, he received great news from Cao Dan to send troops. The Li brothers naturally turned anger into joy. Then, the Li brothers did not even blink, and immediately sent Ren Guan to come east with a heavy gift to greet Cao Dan and Cao's brother-in-law. While making connections and friendship, he complained to Cao Dan and complained to Cao Dan, begging his brother-in-law Cao to order Wang Fubao with the reputation of the commander of the Western Expedition Army, forcing Wang Fubao to withdraw his troops and horses attacking Taiping Pass and concentrate his efforts to attack Linfen City.

Our brother-in-law Cao is also a very powerful brother-in-law. After receiving the gift from Ren Yan with a smile on his face, Brother-in-law Cao, who was still on the way west, did not even blink his eyelids. He immediately ordered Wang Fubao to withdraw the troops attacking Taiping Pass immediately, advance troops to attack Linfen City, and sweep away the outer fortifications of Linfen City, so that Brother-in-law Cao could immediately discover the siege when he arrived at the battlefield.

Brother Cao's order was sent to Xiangling City on April 11th. It started drizzling that day, and Wang Fubao stood still in the drizzle for more than half an hour. Then he sent someone to buy orders for Dong Kang in a hoarse voice, ordering him to return to the army immediately to meet him. At the same time, he ordered the army to set off and move to Linfen to prepare to launch an attack on the city.

In this regard, Yin Kaishan, who was stationed in Xiangling with Wang Fubao, was of course happy. Dong Kangmai, who had prepared the attack weapons, was confused and repeatedly asked Wang Fubao's messenger, "Are you sure you did not pass the wrong order? The terrain of Taiping Pass is flat and conducive to attack. If we hit the front, we hope to take down this pass? Could it be that Wang Fubao is afraid that I will make contributions and steal his limelight? He seems to have no such problem except for being a little annoying?">

The Sui army was also confused. Given that the terrain of Taiping Pass was not very conducive to long-term persistence, and they did not dare to mobilize their troops to go north too much. In fact, Fang Huang, the governor of Jiang County of the Sui army, had sent secret orders to the Taiping Pass, to let the Taiping Pass abandon the pass and retreat to Taiping County, see if the situation is wrong, and give up the pass. Dou Jiande's army, who was already preparing to tackle the key points, suddenly retreated. Even if Fang Huang and Taiping Pass defenders broke their heads, they couldn't figure out what Wang Fubao was selling in the gourd.

Even more confused, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju, Wei Ziqi and others in Linfen City, as early as when the main force of the Taiyuan Army arrived south to the Qushigu Valley, in order to prevent it, Huo Shiju and Wei Ziqi had already made every effort to repair the fortifications of the city at the request of Liu Heita, and the mountains of food and grass were piled up in Gubao. After more than a month of hard work, Linfen City dared not say that it was already solid or iron walled. At least it had become a solid fortress with thorns all over the body, and it was difficult to capture it in an urgent manner. Now the main force of the Sui Army may have sent troops north at any time, and Wang Fubao actually came to attack Linfen City again. If there were too many casualties in the tough battle, what else would Wang Fubao use to resist the counterattack of the main force of the Sui Army?

Under doubt, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and others misunderstood Wang Fubao for a while, thinking that Wang Fubao must have won two victories in the field and did not take the Sui army seriously. He felt that the Sui army in Linfen could be defeated in such a battle. In response, Qin Qiong and others gritted their teeth and said, "A man! How dare they despise us so much! Our army is just to ensure the food and grass military supplies, so we are unwilling to fight with you in a comprehensive decisive battle. Since you are looking for death yourself, then we will fulfill your wishes! Wait and see in the battle to defend the city!"

The Sui Army in Linfen, who shared the same hatred of the enemy, did what he said. In the battle to defend the city, Dou Jiande's army suffered a great pain. With the protection of peripheral fortifications such as trenches, fences, deer antlers, and sheep and horse walls, Qin Qiong, who was determined to revenge, commanded the soldiers of the Sui army to resist tenaciously and flexibly, and the weapons were properly matched, so that the Dou Li coalition, who was attacking the Sui army fortifications, were screaming and howling, and the corpses were everywhere. Yin Kaishan, the leader of the Taiyuan army, was also shot by a wandering arrow in the fierce battle, and almost died. On the first day of the siege, no soldier in the Dou Li coalition could rush through the moat in Linfen.

The Linfen defenders, cheering for victory, underestimated Wang Fubao. Seeing that the Sui army dared to leave the city and fight on the fortifications on the first day of the war, Wang Fubao thought that the Sui army would definitely leave the city the next day, so he selected a hundred elite warriors and ordered them to lurk under the city of Linfen at night, using bodies, soil, trenches and wreckage of siege weapons to cover them, and lie in ambushed in the trenches of the Sui army's peripheral fortifications. The next day, just as dawn was dawn, Wang Fubao sent troops to attack the outer fortifications of Linfen again.

Sui army was indeed deceived. Huo Shiju, who was unwilling to let Qin Qiong be beautiful, sent his subordinate Pei Hailiang to lead a thousand troops out of the city, following Qin Qiong's fortifications. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Sui army arrived at the periphery of the fortifications, Wang Fubao's ambush suddenly rose up and killed Pei Hailiang on the spot. The Sui army was defeated in chaos. Wang Fubao took the opportunity to cover up the killing and destroyed the three deer-angle trench defense lines outside the moat. Wang Fubao's subordinates who launched the raid almost entered the city, forcing Huo Shiju to give up hundreds of Sui soldiers who had not yet returned to the city and quickly closed the city gate. Many Sui soldiers who had not returned to the city were killed and more than eighty were captured.

Wang Fubao's next move made Huo Shiju, Qin Qiong and others a little stunned. After capturing more than 80 Sui army prisoners, Wang Fubao just confiscated their weapons and armor, released them back to the city on the spot, and asked them to bring Pei Hailiang's body back to the city, and asked these Sui army prisoners to act as free publicity officers, saying that as long as the Sui army surrendered on the battlefield, they would never kill the self-armor and release them on the spot, in order to attack the resistance of the Sui army in Linfen. Huo Shiju, Qin Qiong and others scolded Wang Fubao for being despicable, and they could not help but admire Wang Fubao's courage and courage.

Wang Fubao's glory is the end of this. Even if the Sui army successfully destroyed the outer fortifications outside the moat, the deep and wide moat and towering city walls are always nightmares for the siege army. Even if Wang Fubao has been following Dou Jiande for many years by siege, he has rich experience in siege warfare, he will not play much role. Huo Shiju, who is not a famous general, is a well-known qualified general. Qin Qiong, who is famous in later generations, suffers losses in front of Wang Fubao because of underestimating the enemy and lack of strength. He still dares to fight and rush to fight brave generals who are especially good at fighting tough battles. In the face of such enemies and extremely unfavorable terrain, Wang Fubao has no chance of taking advantage of tricks or surprises. He can only honestly use a toad cart to fill the river with a toad cart and use a catapult to fight against the defenders.

What's worse is that when Wang Fubao led his generals to work hard to fill a small moat, on April 18th, Brother Cao also brought his rear army to the battlefield in Linfen. After meeting with the front army, Brother Cao's first thing was to confiscate most of Wang Fubao's military power, present Dou Jiande's order to let Dong Kangmai and other generals obey him directly, and appoint Wang Fubao as the vanguard. In fact, only Wang Fubao commanded more than 2,000 troops, and also inserted his brother-in-law into Wang Fubao's camp as the military supervisor, closely monitoring Wang Fubao's every move.

Dong Kangmai and other departments were temporarily obeying Wang Fubao. Dou Jiande asked Brother Cao to take back the military power. Wang Fubao could tolerate it. Several beauties with Taiyuan accent appeared in Brother Cao's back camp. Wang Fubao could also pretend not to speak. However, Brother Cao asked to launch an ant siege the next day. Wang Fubao could not bear it anyway and protested: "Master Cao, our army has just filled a moat less than ten feet away. It is difficult for the siege weapons such as ladder trucks and siege cars to rely on Linfen City. At this time, launching an ant siege is to use the lives of the soldiers as a joke!"

"Without ladder trucks and city buses, can't you attack the city?" Brother Cao asked sneered and said, "When General Wang attacked Changle City, Xindu County, not only did you not have time to fill the moat, but there were only ten flight ladders. Didn't you still take Changle City? You can fight Changle, why can't you attack Linfen?"

"The battle in Changle was because the enemy had time to set up a tight defense, and even the defenders had not even had time to reach the city." Wang Fubao explained: "I saw that there was an opportunity, so I took the risk of attacking and took the Changle City with good luck. Now the Chen thief army has been closely guarding Linfen, and the army guards day and night on the city wall. It is impossible to win by surprise. I can only take one step at a time, and first completely open the siege weapons of our army to the road under the city, destroy the enemy's deer antlers and sheep and horse walls on the inside of the moat, and then we launch a frontal attack to have hope of breaking the city!"

With a bang, Brother Cao slapped the case in front of him with a heavy slap and roared: "Step by step? Do we still have time? The main force of Chen thief may send troops to Linfen at any time, and may send reinforcements north first. How much time do we have to prepare to attack the city? Besides, if you hadn't resisted the order of King Jun, wouldn't we have completely filled the Linfen moat long ago? Is there still to wait until now?"

Roaring, Brother Cao slapped the counter in front of him again, and roared: "Tomorrow's ants will attack the city! This is a military order. Those who violate the order will be killed immediately!"

He lowered his head helplessly and could not resist the repeated pressure from Brother Cao. Wang Fubao could only hold his fists obediently and say goodbye to the order and prepare for the battle. Seeing Wang Fubao's decadent appearance of leaving sadly, Yin Kaishan, the general of the Taiyuan Army who came to greet Brother Cao, felt a little unbearable. However, it was related to the survival of his own army. Yin Kaishan could not defend Wang Fubao for a word or half. He also had to invite Brother Cao to the camp to the banquet according to the instructions of the Li brothers, and warmly entertained Brother Cao with good wine and food, and summoned a beautiful maid to accompany his brother Cao to drink and sleep.

The next morning, when he saw the Dou Li coalition forces carrying a light flight ladder to attack the city on Linfen City, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and other generals could not believe their eyes at all. After rubbing their eyes repeatedly to confirm that they were not wrong, Huo Shiju even slapped Qin Qiong to celebrate, laughed loudly, and then impatiently commanded the army to defend the city, and attacked the Dou Li coalition forces head-on with sufficient supplies from above.

It was purely a moth to the fire, carrying a rough and simple flight ladder, rushing upwards. First, it was covered by feather arrows, and then intensively attacked by various long-range weapons on the road crossing the river that was only more than 20 meters wide. It also had to attack the city against the rolling stones as dense as hail raindrops. Wang Fubao's direct descendants were brave and good at fighting, and they were seeking death. One after another, the elite warriors who had been through battle fell to the ground. One after another, many brothers who were as close as brothers rolled down the city wall and fell off the flight ladder. The soldiers of the Sui army laughed on the city, but Wang Fubao and his soldiers cried in their hearts.

The Taiyuan Army, who assisted in the siege, had been beaten away by the Sui army soldiers with crossbows before they had built the Hefu Bridge. However, Wang Fubao's army was still forced to stand in front by the direct supervision team of Cao's brother-in-law. Seeing this situation, Qin Qiong and Huo Shiju and other Sui generals could not help but see each other again. They really didn't understand why Wang Fubao, who was brave and capable of making plans before, became stupider than a pig? Yin Kaishan, who went on the battle with injuries, could not help but secretly ask General Dou Jun whether Cao's brother-in-law had a grudge against Wang Fubao? The answer he got was, "General Wang and General Cao not only had grudges? Because General Wang reported to the king that General Cao embezzled spoils and insulted the people's daughters, General Cao was whipped by our king and slapped the 50 horse-whip elbows on the bed for more than a month!"

In the end, Yin Kaishan couldn't stand it and pleaded with mercy. Brother Cao asked Wang Fubao to retreat and rest for a while. He rotated an army to continue siege. After less than half an hour passed, Wang Fubao's army was forced to the battlefield by Brother Cao. Wang Fubao, who was angry, could no longer bear it and simply led the death squad ants to attack the city. However, as soon as he rushed to the moat, he was shot by a stream of arrows. The arrowhead broke his armor and was dragged back by his subordinates. Seeing that Wang Fubao was injured more than Yin Kaishan, his heart was very happy. Brother Cao did not continue to force Wang Fubao to attack the city. He said in his heart: "A man, wait! This is just the beginning!"

The ants-attack attack, which was like water in his head, was of course easily repelled by the Sui army. As a result, when cleaning the battlefield, two soldiers under Wang Fubao who fell to the ground were rescued, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and others understood the reason why the Dou Li coalition forces were crazy about siege today, and also knew that Wang Fubao had been taken away from the military power and forced to attack the city by Cao's brother-in-law. While celebrating each other, Qin Qiong and Huo Shiju felt a little regretful for Wang Fubao, and also felt that this was an opportunity, so they released the two prisoners out of the city and asked them to bring letters back to the camp to hand them over to Wang Fubao, and persuaded Wang Fubao to surrender.

Although the two soldiers with letters were very lucky, they were not discovered by the brother-in-law Cao's army supervisor, but were ordered to be slapped by Wang Fubao, who was lying on the bed to recover from the injury. The letter of surrender jointly issued by Qin Qiong and others was also burned by Wang Fubao and vowed not to betray Dou Jiande. The subordinates at the left and right reminded Wang Fubao that Cao's brother-in-law would not give up. Wang Fubao was silent for a moment, then patted his chest that was still bleeding and replied: "It's okay, I'm so seriously injured, General Cao will not force me to attack the city again."

Wang Fubao underestimated Brother Cao too much. For three consecutive days, Brother Cao did not order the attack again, and continued Wang Fubao's previous tactics. He sharpened his knife and chopped wood to fill the moat in Linfen without delay. He also made some progress, widening the siege roads directly to the city. However, three days later, on April 23, our Brother Cao once again promoted the tent and ordered the attack again, and decided to launch the attack again. He also named Wang Fubao as the vanguard, so that Wang Fubao was responsible for the siege battle with a high mortality rate that was afraid of people.

The clay man also has a three-part temperament. Facing Brother Cao who has repeatedly bullied each other, Wang Fubao was completely unable to bear it. He tore open his shirt and exposed his wounds, questioning Brother Cao how he could fight with his current injuries? As a result, Brother Cao turned his eyes and sneered, "This is a military order, do you never obey?"

"Don't follow!" Wang Fubao yelled and replied: "I'm so injured! I can't fight! I won't follow this military order!"

"Very good." Brother Cao was waiting for Wang Fubao's words, and asked everyone with a grin, "Generals, what kind of crime is it for violating orders?"

No one said anything. Wang Fubao, who was too upright and too stolen the limelight, had no popularity among Dou Jiande's army, so no one defended Wang Fubao and pleaded with mercy. Brother Cao nodded with satisfaction, smiled again, and suddenly shouted: "Come here!"

"General Cao! General Cao!"

The sudden anxious call saved Wang Fubao's life. Before Brother Cao had prepared a long time ago, the Taiyuan Army representative Ren Guan, who had been so good with Brother Cao's pair of pants, rushed in quickly and panted to Brother Cao, and said to Brother Cao, "General Cao, you can't attack the city anymore, we can't attack Linfen City anymore!"

"Why?" Brother Cao asked in confusion.

"The main force of Chen thief is here!" Ren Yan's words completely changed his face. Ren Yan said with a pale face: "Our army made a detailed report. On April 17, Chen Yingliang personally led an 80,000 main army to set out from Daxing, taking Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo as the vanguards, and were coming to Linfen!"

"On April 17th? The main force of Chen thieves had already sent troops six days ago?" Cao's brother-in-law was stunned and asked in a scream: "Why have you received the news now? Chen thieves' 80,000 troops' northern expedition, and your detailed actions were not noticed in advance?"

"The Chen thief army has strict blockades of the checkpoints along the way, and our detailed works cannot send the news directly." Ren Yan replied helplessly: "This news was sent by our detailed works detours Longquan, and it was sent to Huoyi battlefield first and then to Linfen. Our left and right governors estimated that at least three days, no more than five days at the latest, the Chen thief's vanguard will arrive at Taiping Pass!"
Chapter completed!