Original: Most territory borders are bounded by a naturally formed mountain and water barrier, ranging from national boundaries to county borders. The boundary between Hanoi County and Hebei Ji County is also a continuous mountain range. This is a mountain range in Taihang.
The branch stretches for more than two hundred miles, like a leg stretched out by the Taihang Mountains, all the way to the Yellow River. The branch is covered with lush virgin forests.
Because of the river's flow and natural collapse, there are more than a dozen large and small passes in the branches. These passes have become natural passages for people to travel between the two places. Most of these passages are concentrated in the central and southern parts. Among them, the Gongcheng Road, the adjacent
Qingguan and Yanjin Pass are the most famous.
Song Jiande's tribe took the Gongcheng Road. The mountains in this area were high and steep, and the county was easy to defend but difficult to attack. So they occupied Gongcheng County, which provided great convenience for Dou Jiande's army to enter Hanoi County. Song Jiande also knew that Xinxiang in the south was
The county and Linqing Pass were important, but he did not have enough troops and did not dare to divide his troops any more. He had to watch the Sui army occupy Xinxiang County and Linqing Pass and Yanjin Pass.
Song Jingang also knew in his heart that the north of Gongcheng County is a mountainous area and the south is a plain. The food produced is far from meeting the needs of the army. At most, it can only serve as a passage. If he wants to obtain a logistics base for attacking Hanoi County, he must capture Xinxiang
county.
In order to maximize the chance of seizing Xinxiang County, Song Jingang sent his nephew Song Hu to lead a thousand cavalry to open a road south along Baimenpi.
Baimenpi is a long irrigation river pond, formed by mountain spring water. On the east bank of the river pond are endless fields and villages of all sizes. At this time, the autumn harvest has ended, and farmers are burning rice straws everywhere on the roadside of the fields.
, causing the sky to be shrouded in smoke, the surrounding areas to be covered in gray, and the air to be filled with the choking smell of smoke.
At this time, a large group of people supporting the elderly and the young appeared in the white smoke. They covered their mouths and noses and cursed the people who burned the rice straw in a low voice. There were ox carts in the crowd, and the ox carts were loaded with grain. The crowd was getting bigger and bigger.
There were three to four thousand people there. The women were holding children, the men were carrying valuables, and the old people were holding pigs and sheep. These people were nearby villagers who were evacuated to Xinxiang County by the Sui army. Their
Home is about to become a battlefield.
There are more than thirty villages of various sizes and thousands of households between Xinxiang County and Gongcheng County. Half a month ago, some prophets began to flee to Xinxiang County. In recent days, organized by the Sui army, they mobilized
Various families are migrating south. Thousands of people migrate south to seek refuge every day. This team today is the largest group of people migrating south.
Next to the team were more than 600 Sui cavalry, who were watching the situation around them with vigilance. They had received information that Song Jingang's patrol post was found nearby, which meant that a large group of people would appear.
The leader of this Sui army cavalry was Du Yanshen, who was appointed Yingshilang General and was a subordinate of Gao Zikai. He and the Xinxiang County Magistrate were responsible for organizing the evacuation of more than a dozen villages in the west.
At this time, they were still more than thirty miles away from Xinxiang County, but the people moving south walked very slowly, and it would take at least a day for these thirty people to travel.
Du Yanshen was a little anxious, so he waved over a soldier and told him: "Go and tell Prime Minister Zhang to speed up and try to reach Xinxiang County tonight.
"As you command!"
The soldier turned his horse and ran south. Just as the soldier went to deliver the order, at this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the north, and several Sui army scouts passed through the white rice straw burning area. They rushed over, "General Du!"
Du Yanshen turned the horse's head and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Song Jingang's army was discovered in the north!"
Du Yanshen was surprised and asked quickly: "How many people are there and how far apart are they?"
"There are about a thousand people, all cavalry. They are about seven or eight miles away from us, and they are heading south quickly."
Du Yanshen beat a small drum in his heart. If it were the cavalry, the seven or eight miles would be reached in an instant. He looked back at the large group of fleeing people and nearly a thousand ox carts, and was really worried. Song Jingang's army was not fierce before, but it has changed recently.
They have to burn, kill and loot. If they rush down, these thousands of people will be their fat sheep.
Du Yan thought deeply for a moment and then ordered a brigade commander: "You lead a hundred brothers to protect the villagers and go south quickly."
He shouted again, "The rest of the brothers follow me!"
Du Yanshen led five hundred cavalry to the north to meet the battle.
Song Jingang had a total of three nephews in the team, each in charge of his three thousand elite cavalry. Among them, Song Hu was the most powerful among the three nephews. He was about 30 years old, wielded a wild goose feather broadsword, had a ferocious appearance and a strong physique.
Tough and tough, he has followed Song Jingang for many years and killed people like crazy.
The task Song Jingang gave him this time was to open up a road to the south, but for Song Hu, looting money was their top priority. In the past few months, Song Jingang suppressed their efforts in order to secure Hanoi County.
The violence was finally let go, filling Song Hu's heart with the desire to kill.
His team is also full of cruel people, and they all hope to make a fortune before leaving and make up for all the losses they have suffered in the past few months.
But to the disappointment of Song Hu and his men, they passed several villages all the way south. They were all empty and empty, which made their anger build up quickly. The white smoke in the fields made their eyes open.
Don't come.
"General, how many people are there!"
A soldier found several people standing by the field edge. Song Hu waved his hand, and his cavalry surrounded the few people like a gust of wind. These old farmers who were burning rice straw wanted to burn the last pile of rice before retreating.
They tried to make their land as fertile as possible, but they did not notice that a large group of cavalry rushed towards them and surrounded them. Several old farmers fled with no way out. Looking at the vicious eyes around them, they collapsed to the ground in fear.
"Kill them!" Song Hu shouted angrily, stepped forward and slashed with his sword, and an old farmer's head was chopped off. His men swarmed up and chopped several old farmers to death in the field. A group of cavalry laughed wildly.
At this moment, the sound of breaking through the air came from the thick smoke, and hundreds of arrows roared towards the dense group of cavalry. Song Hu's army was not on guard, and hundreds of people were shot over. The soldiers screamed, and the horses neighed.
Falling to the ground, the bandits were terrified and in chaos.
"The Sui army is coming!"
A cavalryman shouted and ran over. At this time, an arrow pierced his neck. He screamed and fell off his horse. He saw a large group of Sui cavalry appearing in the white smoke. The horses' hooves were wrapped with straw. In the thick smoke,
Walking through it, the killing comes silently.
Du Yanshen saw that the opponent's team was not in order. This was the best opportunity. He shouted, "Kill!"
The five hundred Sui Army cavalry came like a sharp sword, rushing into the chaotic enemy group and splitting more than a thousand thieves into two. The five hundred Sui Army cavalry were divided into five teams, neat and orderly, and they charged sharply.
With extraordinary bravery, he cut the rebels into pieces in the shortest possible time.
Although there were more than a thousand rebel cavalry, their equipment was not much different from that of the Sui army, but there was a huge gap in training. Before they could recover from the chaos caused by the arrow rain, the Sui army who was killed rushed up and charged even more chaotically.
Cavalry combat pays attention to formation and coordination. A neat lineup makes command smoother. Skilled coordination can form a powerful combat force and greatly improve combat efficiency without wasting time and energy in unnecessary running.
The rebels were killed in the chaos and retreated steadily. Song Hu was furious. He roared wildly, waved his sword and rushed into the Sui soldiers. He killed seven or eight Sui cavalry in a row, and the 300 cavalry behind him
He also followed him into the Sui army and disrupted a Sui army cavalry team.
The chaotic rebels gradually began to converge on Song Hu. The cavalry behind him quickly expanded from more than 300 to more than 500, and the disadvantage was gradually reversed.
Du Yanshen is a general who has been promoted step by step from a scout soldier. He has rich combat experience. He knows that most of the characteristics of rebels are called by their leaders. The same is true for this rebel army. As long as this leader is eliminated,
The enemy army will collapse immediately.
He immediately ordered, "Concentrate our forces and kill the traitor generals!"
Two Sui army cavalry came from the left and right, aiming at Song Hu, who was like a crazy tiger. More than a dozen changmai stabbed at him at the same time. Song Hu wielded his sword and slashed left and right. He had already killed more than twenty people.
He attacked the Sui army's cavalry with extraordinary ferocity, and the Sui army soldiers were defeated by him.
Du Yan saw that the situation was critical. He galloped on his horse, flew past from the side, drew his bow and arrow, and shot Song Hu's horse with an arrow. The arrow hit the horse's left eye, and the horse neighed miserably.
Jumping high with his front hooves, Du Yanshen shot another arrow. The arrow pierced the heart of the war horse. The horse fell to the ground with Song Hu under him. More than a dozen Sui soldiers rushed forward and stabbed Song Hu to death with random spears.
Under the horse.
The main general died in the battle, and the rebel army lost its command and quickly fell into chaos. Many rebel soldiers turned their horses and fled. The Sui army's cavalry immediately rushed up to cover up the enemy, killing the rebel army and fled, chasing them for more than ten miles.
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At this time, Du Yanshen reined in his horse. He heard the sound of a whimpering horn, and a soldier pointed in the distance and shouted, "General, look!"
He saw a dark army a few miles away, numbering tens of thousands of people, charging towards him. Du Yanshen suddenly realized that this was Dou Jiande's army coming, and he shouted anxiously, "Retreat!"
Retreat immediately!"
Hundreds of cavalrymen turned their horses and evacuated quickly to the south. This was the vanguard of Dou Jiande's army coming. There were more than 30,000 people, led by Dou Jiande's number one general Wang Fubao.
Wang Fubao's army had arrived in Gongcheng County long ago. He had been waiting for Dou Jiande's arrival. Wang Fubao was a capable general with a clear mind. He was not in a hurry to enter Hanoi County. He knew that he would enter Hanoi County too early.
It is very likely that they will be annihilated by the Sui army's concentrated superior forces. They only need to firmly grasp the access to Hanoi County and wait for Dou Jiande's army to arrive.
In fact, Dou Jiande's army had already arrived at Suixing County, dozens of miles away from Gongcheng County. Dou Jiande issued an order in Suixing County, ordering Wang Fubao to capture Xinxiang County as soon as possible.
The 80,000-strong army cannot be supported by a small Gongcheng County. Dou Jiande needs a wider area as a base for stationing troops, and the plain of Xinxiang County to the south of Gongcheng County is undoubtedly the most ideal place for stationing troops, and will also be the ideal place for their attack.
Base in Hanoi County.
News of the arrival of Dou Jiande's army is spreading as quickly as possible to Xinxiang County and Huojia County to the west.