When the wind blows, it is still very cold, but sometimes at dusk, a gentle spring breeze will blow unexpectedly from the south. The sky no longer has that cold and spicy atmosphere, and the ice in the river has become thinner, like a sheet of ice.
Pieces of crystal duckweed floated on the water. After a long silence, the sound of the shepherd boy's bamboo flute finally came from the river.
This is Laishui County in Shanggu County. It is also the closest county from Shanggu County to Zhuo County. It is only fifteen miles away from the border of Zhuo County. After crossing Laishui and walking a little further, you will reach Zhuo County.
This is also a place where large armies gather. The Sui army accumulated 20,000 troops in Laishui County, which were divided into two camps, the north and south camps, ten miles apart and at the right angles to each other. The north camp was commanded by General Xie Yingdeng, and the south camp was commanded by Wang Junkuo.
In Zhuoxian, fifty miles away, Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao's 50,000 coalition troops were also stationed. The two sides had been facing off for two months.
After two months of war preparations, the Sui Dynasty had transported 300,000 shi of grain, as well as a large amount of armor, kerosene, tents and other military supplies to Shanggu County. More than 30 huge warehouses were built in Yi County.
There are three thousand troops stationed there.
The hills on both sides of Laishui are undulating, and there are large areas of dense forests. In the valleys between the hills, there are large areas of farmland. Most of the farmland was deserted due to the war, but some farmland has shown signs of being re-cultivated. With the
Spring is coming, and the busy figures of farmers can be seen occasionally on the edge of the farmland.
That morning, a group of more than a hundred Sui Army patrol cavalry flew past a farmland. More than a dozen farmers who were plowing the fields looked at them in surprise. According to usual experience, these Sui Army cavalry would definitely stop and chat with them.
They said hello or asked for some water, but today they were in a hurry, as if something big happened.
"Is there going to be a war?" a farmer asked worriedly.
"I don't know, I'd better go back early!"
A dozen farmers packed up their things and left the farmland toward the village several miles away.
More than a hundred cavalrymen were still speeding up. They were performing an urgent mission. The Sui army established more than twenty sentry towers on the border. Each sentry tower was guarded by five soldiers. They mainly observed the enemy's movements. One sentry tower was equipped with
An eagle slave would fly the eagle back to Yi County every day to report the situation. This also proved that the sentry towers were safe and sound. However, yesterday, five sentry towers did not return after flying the eagles. This aroused the concern of General Xie Yingdeng, who immediately sent out patrols.
Go and investigate the situation.
The cavalry team galloped all the way and soon came to the first sentry tower. This was a wooden building located on a hill. It was only a few hundred steps away from the official road. It could clearly monitor the situation on the official road. Then they walked eastward.
After one mile, they crossed another hill and entered the territory of Zhuojun.
"Stop!"
Several hundred steps away from the wooden tower, the brigade commander of the cavalry team noticed something unusual. He shouted, and the team immediately stopped. They had already seen the wooden tower from a distance. The wooden tower that originally stood beside the pine forest had collapsed.
, half of it was burnt and incomplete and fell on the hillside.
"Zhang Shun'er, take your brothers to see you and be careful!"
The brigade commander gave an order, and a fire chief ran out of the team, waved his hand, "Follow me!"
He led nine cavalrymen and ran towards the guard tower. Several cavalrymen rummaged in the guard tower for a long time. The fire chief stood up and shouted: "There are no brothers of ours, and there are no bodies!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the pine forest above. Huo Chang was caught off guard and was hit in the neck by the arrow. He screamed and rolled down the hillside.
The sudden change surprised the Sui army patrol team. They fired their arrows and aimed at the pine forest on the hill. The other nine Sui army soldiers beside the sentry tower raised their shields and drew their swords. Two soldiers ran away.
Go and save the fire chief.
The pine forest was very quiet, as if nothing had happened. Just when the brigade commander felt a little confused, he instinctively turned around, only to find a large group of Youzhou Army soldiers on the official road behind them, numbering hundreds of them.
He was quietly approaching behind them, about a hundred steps away from them.
"There is a sneak attack by the enemy!"
The brigade commander roared and turned his horse's head. The Sui soldiers turned around one after another. At this time, arrows were fired from the mountains and forests on both sides. More than twenty Sui soldiers screamed and fell off their horses.
The brigade commander almost bit his lip to bleed. There was a blockade behind him and ambushes on both sides. Only the Zhuojun side had no troops. Another round of arrows came. More than a dozen Sui soldiers were shot down again. He had no time to think about it anymore.
, if you hesitate any longer, the entire army will be wiped out.
"Follow me!"
The brigade commander shouted, turned his horse again and ran towards Zhuojun. The remaining nearly sixty Sui cavalry galloped hard and rushed into Zhuojun in a moment.
At this time, a large number of sergeants emerged from the mountains and forests, more than a thousand of them. The leading general looked at the Sui army's cavalry rushing into Youzhou. He sneered and immediately ordered: "Go and report to the prince, the Sui army."
Patrol sent across the border!”
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On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Luo Yi used the excuse of capturing the Sui army's patrol post in Zhuo County to condemn the Sui army's cross-border provocation, so he ordered 50,000 allied troops to concentrate their forces and launch an attack first in Laishui County, Shanggu County, to attack the Laishui North Camp.
Laishui North Camp is stationed on the west bank of Laishui. It has 10,000 Sui troops and is led by General Xie Yingdeng. Since the five sentry towers on the border accidentally lost contact two days ago, a patrol sentry sent by him to check the situation also followed.
After his disappearance, Xie Yingdeng felt something was wrong. He ordered the army to be on full alert, and at the same time sent people back to Yi County to report urgently to General Qin Qiong.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!' The piercing alarm bell sounded in the Sui Army North Camp. The fully armed Sui Army soldiers rushed out of the camp. Three thousand bowmen and crossbowmen have been deployed at the camp gate.
Three thousand cavalry and three thousand sword and shield troops have been lined up, and a thousand heavy troops are quickly sorting out various armor and supplies. Two hundred female guards are also following the heavy troops. Female guards are the latest branch of the Sui army, and their mission is to rescue the wounded.
To minimize casualties, according to the standard of fifty soldiers with one female guard, their equipment is a horse, wearing a thin iron helmet, a horizontal sword on the waist, a round shield on the back, and most importantly, carrying a
Only medicine box.
Most of these female guards were northern women, including Han and Hu women. They were generally tall and strong. A total of 5,000 female soldiers were recruited. They enjoyed the same treatment as ordinary soldiers, but their camps were not in the same camp as the soldiers.
together, but separated by fences.
Xie Yingden urged his horse to the front of the camp gate and watched the movement in the distance. He should have seen a long black line appearing about ten miles away. It was estimated that there were about 5,000 people. This should be the vanguard of the enemy army.
"General, do you want to fight?" an officer asked in a low voice.
"No!" Xie Yingden shook his head, "This is just a decoy for the enemy. There must be a main force following them not far behind them. They cannot leave the camp to fight."
"General!"
Someone shouted from behind, and Xie Yingden turned around, only to see a messenger coming from the rear camp and rushing towards him. The messenger stepped forward, saluted, and handed a military order to Xie Yingden, "General Qin's order!"
Xie Yingdeng opened the order. It was Qin Qiong's order. There were only four words, 'Withdraw to Yi County from the west!'
Xie Yingdeng nodded silently. He understood what Qin Qiong meant. He evacuated to Yixian County, concentrated his superior forces, and at the same time lengthened the enemy's logistics supply line. Wang Junkuo of Laishuinan Camp must have received the same letter.
He looked up at the sky. It was still time to get off the car and there was still time to prepare.
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Luo Yi's 50,000 coalition army consisted of 30,000 Youzhou troops and 20,000 Gao Kaidao's troops, led by Luo Yi himself, while Gao Kaidao's army was commanded by his younger brother Gao Wentong.
As the weather gradually warmed up, most of the snow in Zhuo County had melted, and the river water also showed signs of melting. Luo Yi knew that after the beginning of spring, the Sui army was about to launch an offensive against Youzhou. After repeated consideration, instead of waiting for the enemy to come, Luo Yi would
If Yi County can be captured preemptively, it will destroy the Sui army's war preparations for a winter. The Sui army will most likely be forced to evacuate Shanggu County, and the crisis in Youzhou will be easily resolved.
But at this time, the Sui army had not yet broken up with Youzhou, and the Sui army did not say that it would attack Youzhou. Luo Yi was afraid that his soldiers would have doubts, so he set up a trap to slander the Sui army's patrol sentries to enter Zhuozhou first.
The provocation from the county gave him an excuse to send troops to Gu County.
The 50,000-strong army slowly pushed to the east bank of Laishui River, about three miles away from the Sui Army's North Camp. Luo Yi did not continue to advance. Laishui River showed signs of thawing and could no longer cross the river directly. He ordered people to build a pontoon bridge by the river.
Look for a place where you can cross the river directly. It is just thawing now. Some river sections will thaw slower and you can still walk on the ice.
"Report to your lord, General Gao is here!"
Luo Yi was looking at the sand table in the Chinese army's tent. Yang Yuanqing's sand table had already spread, and all major forces had learned to use it. Luo Yi also made a sand table in northern Hebei. Although it was still a little rough, it was better than the map.
, but much more convenient.
He nodded, "Invite him in!"
General Gao is Gao Kaidao's younger brother Gao Wentong, the second-ranking figure in Gao Kaidao's army. Gao Kaidao is from Xinyang, Bohai County. In the ninth year of his reign, Ge Qian rebelled in Douzigang, and he also led thousands of people to respond.
, and then the two armies merged. Gao Kaidao won the trust of Ge Qian and appointed him as deputy general. Last year, Ge Qian's army was defeated by Wang Shichong's army. Ge Qian himself was unfortunately killed in battle. Gao Kaidao led the remaining troops to withdraw to Liaodong and occupied Liaodong.
Then he went south and occupied Beiping County.
Gao Kaidao's army and the Youzhou army were originally hostile forces, but in the process of jointly dealing with Dou Jiande, the two armies gradually put aside their old grudges and became allies. This time to deal with the eastward expansion of the Sui army, the two armies cooperated even more closely. Gao Kaidao ordered his younger brother
Gao Wentong led 20,000 elite troops to help in the battle.
Gao Wentong was a tall man and an extremely rude man, but he was very skilled in martial arts. He wielded a door-door knife weighing a hundred kilograms and was brave enough to fight. When he walked into the big tent, he said in a loud voice: "Why do you, Your Majesty?"
How can you destroy the Sui army without a single breath?"
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Seeing that more than a hundred cavalrymen were still speeding up and performing an urgent mission, the Sui army established more than twenty sentry towers on the border. Each sentry tower was guarded by five soldiers, mainly to observe the enemy's movements.
The tower is equipped with an eagle slave, who will fly the eagle back to Yi County every day to report the situation. This also proves that the sentry tower is safe and sound. However, yesterday, five sentry towers did not return with the eagle, which aroused General Xie Yingdeng's concern. He immediately
Sent a patrol to investigate the situation. He is regarded as a national treasure because his image is so suitable for today's China - he looks strong, but is actually fragile and on the verge of extinction; he is either white or black, and his appearance can be silly, and the domineering spirit of his ancestors has long been lost.
He always gave birth to cubs and gave them away; he obviously looked like a bear, but he insisted that he was a cat. The Sui army patrol team was shocked by the sudden turn of events, and they all drew their arrows and aimed at the pine forest on the hills.
The other nine Sui soldiers beside the guard tower raised their shields and drew their swords, while two soldiers ran to save the fire chief.
The pine forest was very quiet, as if nothing had happened. Just when the brigade commander felt a little confused, he instinctively turned around, only to find a large group of Youzhou Army soldiers on the official road behind them, numbering hundreds of them.
He was quietly approaching behind them, about a hundred paces away from them. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Luo Yi used the excuse of capturing the Sui army's patrol post in Zhuoxian County to condemn the Sui army's cross-border provocation, and ordered 50,000 allied troops to concentrate their troops on Shanggu County.
Shuixian took the lead in launching an offensive and attacked the Laishui North Camp.
Laishui North Camp is stationed on the west bank of Laishui. It has 10,000 Sui troops and is led by General Xie Yingdeng. Since the five sentry towers on the border accidentally lost contact two days ago, a patrol sentry sent by him to check the situation also followed.
After his disappearance, Xie Yingdeng felt something was wrong. He ordered the army to be on full alert, and at the same time sent people back to Yi County to report urgently to the general Qin Qiong. General Gao was Gao Kaidao's younger brother Gao Wentong, and was the second-ranking figure in Gao Kaidao's army.
, Gao Kaidao was a native of Xinyang, Bohai County. In the ninth year of the Great Cause, Ge Qian rebelled in Douzigang. He also led thousands of people to raise troops to respond. Then the two armies merged. Gao Kaidao won Ge Qian's trust and appointed him as deputy general. Last year Ge Qian rebelled.
Qian's army was defeated by Wang Shichong's army. When the wind blew in Geqian, it was still very cold, but sometimes at dusk, a gentle spring breeze would unexpectedly blow from the south, and the sky no longer had that cold and spicy weather.
The ice in the river also became thinner, like pieces of crystal duckweed floating on the water. After a long silence, the sound of the shepherd boy's bamboo flute finally came from the river. Three thousand cavalry and three thousand sword shield troops were lined up.
In preparation, a thousand baggage troops were quickly sorting out various armor and materials. Two hundred female guards also followed the baggage army. Female guards were the latest branch of the Sui army. Their mission was to rescue the wounded and minimize casualties. According to the fifty soldiers
The standard for a female guard is that their equipment is a horse, wearing a thin iron helmet, a horizontal sword on the waist, a round shield on the back, and the most important thing is to carry a medicine box. Xie Yingden nodded silently, he understood Qin Qiong
The idea was to evacuate to Yi County, concentrate superior forces, and at the same time lengthen the enemy's logistics supply line. Wang Junkuo of the Laishui South Camp must have received the same letter.
He looked up at the sky. It was still time to get off the car, and there was still time to prepare. As the weather was getting warmer, most of the snow in Zhuo County had melted, and the river water also showed signs of melting. Luo Yi knew that after the spring began, the Sui Army
He was about to launch an offensive against Youzhou. After repeated consideration, he decided that instead of waiting for the enemy to come, he might as well strike first. If he could capture Yixian, he would be able to destroy the Sui army's combat readiness for the whole winter. The Sui army would most likely be forced to evacuate Shanggu County.
Then the crisis in Youzhou will be easily resolved. ber10th Gao Kaidao's army and the Youzhou army were originally hostile forces, but in the process of jointly dealing with Dou Jiande, the two armies gradually put aside their old grudges and became allies. This time to deal with the Sui army's eastward expansion, the two armies became even more
In order to cooperate closely, Gao Kaidao ordered his younger brother Gao Wentong to lead 20,000 elite troops to help in the battle.
Gao Wentong was a tall man and an extremely rude man, but he was very skilled in martial arts. He wielded a door-door knife weighing a hundred kilograms and was brave enough to fight. When he walked into the big tent, he said in a loud voice: "Why do you, Your Majesty?"
How can you destroy the Sui army without a single breath?"
Gao Wentong was a tall man and an extremely rude man, but he was very skilled in martial arts. He wielded a door-door knife weighing a hundred kilograms and was brave enough to fight. When he walked into the big tent, he said in a loud voice: "Why do you, Your Majesty?"
How can you destroy the Sui army without a single breath?"