The messenger was brought to the top of the city and handed the command arrow to Xue Wanjun. Xue Wanjun took the command arrow and took a look. It turned out to be Luo Yi's golden command arrow. Luo Yi had three golden command arrows. He once said that only in the most critical moment can he
Only a few high-level officials in Youzhou knew about this fact. Since Luo Yi started to use it, it meant that the situation was really critical.
"What happened?"
"Reporting back to the general, Dou Jiande's army conquered Zhuoxian, but the Sui army stood idly by and watched. The prince led his army and fought a bloody battle with Dou Jiande's army. Although he retook the city, he suffered heavy losses. Now he is in urgent need of the general's rescue."
Xue Wanjun was taken aback and asked quickly: "How is General Xue Wanche's situation?"
"Xue Wanche took the lead and led his army in a bloody battle with Dou Jiande's army, but unfortunately he was injured by arrows. He was hit by three arrows and was in critical condition."
Hearing that his brother was in danger, Xue Wanjun gritted his teeth suddenly, veins popped out on his forehead, clenched his fists and shouted, "Pass my order, the whole army is in an emergency attack!"
He then said to the soldiers beside him: "Go and tell Hou Mo and Chen Yi that the situation in Zhuo County is critical. Your Majesty ordered me to go to the rescue immediately, and you will hand over Youzhou City to him."
Xue Wanjun had no doubts about Hou Mochenyi, because before he came back from the army in Duxing, Hou Mochenyi was originally responsible for guarding Youzhou City. If Hou Mochenyi had any objections, he would have offered the city long ago, and he would not
Wait until now.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!", the bell on the top of the city rang, and groups of soldiers came from all directions to attack. Xue Wanjun got on his horse and shouted, "Go to Zhuoxian!"
Xue Wanjun led 10,000 troops out of the city and rushed towards Zhuoxian County.
At the top of the city, Hou Mochenyi watched Xue Wanjun go away with a proud smile on his face. Next to him, Dong Xi sincerely praised, "Brother is really smart!"
Hou Mochenyi smiled and said, "You can only win a hundred battles if you know yourself and the enemy. The same goes for strategies. They vary from person to person. Xue Wanjun doesn't care about Luo Yi's life or death, but he cares about his brother's life or death. It's not so much that Luo Yi is in danger, it's better to say that Xue Wanche is in danger."
When the arrow is dying, even if there is no golden arrow, he will still rush away."
Speaking of this, Hou Mochenyi immediately ordered: "Close all the city gates, and the army will go to the city to defend!"
He then turned to Dong Xi and ordered: "Immediately lead your headquarters back to Beiping County and occupy Lulong City to prevent the Youzhou Army from withdrawing westward."
After a while, Dong Xi led his three thousand soldiers to leave Youzhou City and rush towards Beiping County, where the defense was empty due to Gao Kaidao's northward retreat.
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Under the cover of night, the Youzhou Army camp was quiet. The soldiers had all fallen asleep. No one was moving outside the camp. It was extremely quiet. There were no camp fences around. Luo Yi was a light soldier this time and rushed to rescue Zhuoxian County.
, and did not carry large baggage, he used 200,000 spears to insert a dense circle outside the camp, and surrounded the carts in the inner circle, forming a simple defensive array. Such a defensive array could deal with the enemy's
The impact has a certain effect, but it has no meaning inside the military camp.
When the time came around Hai hour, in the dozens of large tents to the west, black shadows began to emerge from the tents one after another. The black shadows gradually gathered together. There were as many as a thousand people. They moved very quickly and got into the car.
At the bottom, he crawled into the spear formation, and the spears were pulled out one by one. An escape channel was soon formed. Groups of people used the cover of darkness to pass through the spear formation and fled. Although they were escaping,
But each one was wearing armor, carrying weapons, and even had to pull out a few spears to take away. More and more soldiers poured out of the tent and fled with the other soldiers.
The general on duty today is called Sun Jian'an, who is also one of Luo Yi's confidants. He patrols the military camp with more than 300 soldiers as usual.
At this time, a sentry stumbled over and reported: "General Sun, a large-scale desertion of soldiers was discovered in the Western Camp."
Sun Jian'an was shocked, turned his horse and ran towards Xiying. He rushed to Xiying in a moment. The escape incident in Xiying had affected hundreds of tents. Sun Jianan rushed all the way and saw a ten-meter line appearing in the spear formation from a distance.
There was a huge gap several feet wide, and hundreds of soldiers were running away.
"stop!"
Sun Jian'an shouted loudly. Instead of standing still, hundreds of soldiers sped up and ran away. Sun Jian'an was furious and rushed forward, waving his spear and knocking over a dozen soldiers behind him. The rest of the soldiers ran out of the spear formation.
Disappear into darkness.
"Tie them up!"
The soldiers swarmed up and tied up more than a dozen deserters. The deserters shouted: "General, everyone is running for their lives, not just us!"
Sun Jian'an turned around suddenly and saw countless dark shadows sneaking out of many large tents. There were thousands of people. He realized that the matter was serious and ordered the soldiers: "Guard the gap and don't allow anyone to escape.
Anyone who dares to escape will be shot to death!"
He took a dozen of his men, captured two deserters, and rushed towards the Chinese army's tent.
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In the Chinese army's tent, Luo Yi was considering a joint attack with the Sui army tomorrow. This morning, the Sui envoy Shi Rong came again and contacted some specific details. The Youzhou army mainly attacked the east side, and the front and west sides were composed of
The Sui army attacked, and Luo Yi's top priority now was to relieve the siege of Zhuoxian County. Although Dou Jiande's army had withdrawn to the south of the city, there were still tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the north and south city gates... which made Zhuoxian County afraid to open the city gates.
"The prince is considering military affairs, no interruptions can be allowed!"
The scolding of the soldiers outside the tent interrupted Luo Yi's thoughts, and then came the anxious voice of his confidant general Sun Jian'an, "Let me in quickly, if I delay any longer, something big will happen!"
Luo Yi was surprised, walked out of the tent quickly, and asked dissatisfiedly: "What happened?"
"Report to your lord, General Sun is going to force his way into the Chinese army's tent."
"Go away!"
Sun Jian'an pushed away the soldiers and stepped forward hurriedly: "Report to your lord, there is a large-scale desertion of soldiers in the Western Camp."
Luo Yi was also surprised, "What's going on?"
Sun Jian'an turned around and picked up the two tied up deserters, "Your Majesty, these two deserters were caught by low-ranking officials. You can ask them."
Luo Yi pulled out his sword and pointed it at a soldier's throat, "If you don't tell me, I will kill you...".
The deserter knelt on the ground and cried: "Prince Qi, there is news from my hometown in Hejian County. All the brothers, wives, children and parents who served in the army in Youzhou have been arrested. They will be executed in a few days. There are rumors in the military camp.
It’s all over the place, and the brothers are in panic.”
Luo Yi took a step back in shock. Most of his 30,000 reinforcements were recruits recruited just two months ago. If this was the case, the problem would be serious. Seeing that this private soldier was still wearing heavy armor, he asked again
Said: "If you want to escape, why do you still wear armor?"
"My lord, everyone says that as long as you bring back a pair of soldiers and armor, you can make atonement for your sins and save your family."
Luo Yi suddenly realized that this was obviously a deliberate arrangement by Dou Jiande's army. They wanted to earn their own soldiers. At this moment, shouts came from both the West Camp and the East Camp, and fires were lit. In the darkness, a Sun
The soldiers left behind in Jian'an stumbled over to report, "It's not good. Thousands of soldiers mutinied and fled. The chaos in the camp reached extreme levels."
There was a 'buzz' in Luo Yi's mind. The flight of thousands of people would collapse the entire army. Regardless of whether they wanted to escape or not, they would be driven by the tide of flight. This was the most terrifying situation an army faced - they would collapse one by one.
Without waiting for Luo Yi's order, a harsh siren suddenly sounded from the sentry tower in the north.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!, this was an alarm that the enemy was coming. Luo Yi was so shocked that his heart almost burst. At this time, the enemy was coming, what could he do to resist?
Luo Yi slowly turned around. He had already heard the thunderous sound of horse hooves. This was at least tens of thousands of cavalry coming to kill him.
"Your Majesty, the Dongying camp has begun to collapse, and all the soldiers are fleeing."
The frightening news came one after another. Luo Yi was so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Order all soldiers to stand up and resist."
"Your Majesty!" A sentry armed with two arrows rushed over to report, "Dou Jiande's cavalry has broken through the gate of Dongying."
Luo Yi only heard the shouts of killing coming from the east gate, and the fire was soaring into the sky. In the fire, he clearly saw Dou Jiande's large group of cavalry, which was only more than a hundred steps away from him, while his soldiers were running in all directions. In extreme confusion, Luo Yi
Yi's heart seemed to be sinking into the abyss, and he knew that the situation was over.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly!"
Their soldiers all realized that they were in critical danger. They surrounded Luo Yi on their horses, led more than a thousand soldiers to rush out of the North Camp, and fled to Liangxiang County in the northeast.
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At this time, the Sui army's camp was filled with murderous intent. The 50,000-strong army was lined up neatly, including 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. They were in armor, with swords and guns in hand, and they looked majestic.
Yang Yuanqing, wearing a golden helmet and iron armor, was riding on a powerful horse. He stared at Dou Jiande's camp with cold eyes. He had just received the scout information. Dou Jiande's 10,000 cavalry left the camp to attack the Youzhou Army.
Kill the camp. With Luo Yi's ability to lead troops, it is difficult for ten thousand cavalry to capture the Youzhou Army's camp at night. There is only one possibility. Something big must have happened in the Youzhou Army.
Although he didn't know what happened in the Youzhou Army, Yang Yuanqing knew one thing in his heart. Dou Jiande was not willing to sit back and wait for death. He took the lead tonight and launched an attack on the Youzhou Army, which also cracked the Sui Army and the Youzhou Army.
joint.
This unexpected news made Yang Yuanqing make an immediate decision, planning to launch the attack one day early tomorrow night and launching a general offensive tonight.
At this time, Qin Qiong stepped forward to report: "To the general manager, the army is ready for combat and can attack at any time!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded and said to Qin Qiong: "You can lead 10,000 infantrymen to guard the camp. No matter what happens outside, you just have to hold on to the camp and not leave."
"I humbly obey my order!" Qin Qiong bowed and went down.
Yang Yuanqing took a deep look at Zhuoxian County, drew out his sword, raised it high, and resolutely ordered: "Big Ping attacks!"
Thirty thousand cavalry and 10,000 infantry poured out from the camp. The infantry was commanded by General Niu Jinda. Later, Yang Yuanqing, with two deputy generals, Xie Yingdeng and Wang Junkuo, led 30,000 cavalry and rushed towards Dou Jiande's camp.