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Volume 1 Chapter 553: A sudden turn of events

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    "God help me!" This was the cheer given by the Li brothers in unison. The reason was that they were extremely surprised to learn that Dou Jiande had once again sent additional troops to the Linfen battlefield. The former super-powerful Dou Jiande army, Wang Fubao Division,  You must also obey the orders of Cao Dan, the new reinforcements coach!  "Is God going to destroy our army?!" This was Wang Fubao's lament after learning about the incident. He was depressed about it and had no smile all day long.  Of course, Wang Fubao is so pessimistic. In fact, with the stalemate in the Linfen war and the increasing greed of the Li brothers, the conflict between Wang Fubao and the Li brothers has become more and more acute, and their interests have become larger and larger.  The Li brothers, who only wanted to take advantage, desperately tried to drag Dou Jiande's army into the quagmire of a critical battle. Wang Fubao, who did not want his soldiers to sacrifice in vain, tried his best to avoid attacking the enemy. He only wanted to use diversionary tactics to provide indirect help to the Li brothers, striving to defeat the enemy.  The losses of the army have been reduced to the lowest point, and they have repeatedly rejected the bribery and solicitation of the Li brothers. The Li brothers, who are so angry that they have not yet choked Wang Fubao to death, just do not dare to break up with Wang Fubao for the time being.  .  Moreover, on the first day after receiving the news of Cao Dan's dispatch of troops, Wang Fubao had another serious unpleasantness with the Taiyuan army. The reason was that while Wang Fubao was stationing troops in Xiangling, he discovered that the garrison at Taiping Pass just south of Linfen was not very strong.  There was a certain hope of winning through a frontal attack. At the same time, the Sui army Fanghuang's troops stationed in Jiangjun had to devote a large number of troops to guard against the Huaji brothers in Hanoi. They could not devote all their strength to defending the northern line, so they proposed that their own troops be responsible for surveillance.  The Sui army in Linfen asked Yin Kaishan of the Taiyuan army to go south to attack Taipingguan. If successful, Dou and Li's coalition forces could take the opportunity to attack Taiping County to obtain money and food supplies. The retreat could slow down the main force of the Sui army's northward movement and win a victory for the Dou and Li coalition forces in the hinterland of Linfen.  Response time.  The Taiyuan army was stupid to attack Taiping Pass!  Not to mention that the Sui army in Jiangjun was already well-positioned at Taiping Pass and had little confidence in attacking. Even if the Taiyuan army could capture Taiping Pass, it would only extend the already long front line of its own army and gain advantages in garrisoning Xiang.  Wang Fubao of the mausoleum, when the main force of the Sui army comes from the south, Wang Fubao can calmly retreat to Yueyang to protect himself. However, the Taiyuan army stationed in Taiping Pass will have to be attacked by the main force of the Sui army and the Linfen Sui army. If he is not careful, he will be completely  The fate of the army being annihilated!  How often has the Taiyuan army done such a stupid thing to suffer a loss?  Therefore, Yin Kaishan angrily rejected Wang Fubao's suggestion without consulting the Li brothers, and in turn asked Wang Fubao to attack Linfen City head-on. Wang Fubao also flatly refused, and directly told Yin Kaishan that the Taiyuan army would not attack Taipingguan but they would do it themselves.  , and immediately sent his deputy Dong Kangmai to lead 4,000 troops south 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 cursed Wang Fubao for not being moral and not being moral. He just wanted to  I don¡¯t want to suffer a loss even if I take advantage!  ¡ª¡ªAlthough the Li brothers also knew very well that Wang Fubao sent troops to attack Taipingguan on his own, which would also buy their Yin Kaishan tribe time to respond.  But fortunately, not long after the table was turned over, they received the good news that Cao Dan was sending troops. Naturally, the Li brothers immediately turned from anger to joy. Then the Li brothers didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately sent Ren Yu to carry him.  Chongli first went east to meet Cao Dan's brother-in-law. While building relationships, he complained to Cao Dan and begged Cao Dan to order Wang Fubao in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, forcing Wang Fubao to withdraw his troops from attacking Taiping Pass and concentrate on attacking.  Linfen City.  Our brother-in-law Cao is also a very capable brother-in-law. He accepted the heavy gift from Ren Xuan with a smile on his face. Uncle Cao, who was still on the way to the west, did not even blink an eyelid. He immediately gave an order to Wang Fubao and ordered Wang Fubao to immediately  Withdrew the troops that attacked Taiping Pass, immediately marched into Linfen City, and cleared the outer fortifications of Linfen City, so that when Cao Cao's brother-in-law arrived on the battlefield, he could immediately discover the siege.  This order from Brother-in-law Cao was sent to Xiangling City on April 11th. It started drizzling that day. Wang Fubao also stood slumped in the drizzle for more than half an hour, and then he sent a message with a hoarse voice.  Someone bought an order for Dong Kang, ordering him to return immediately to join him. At the same time, he ordered the army to prepare to set off and move to Linfen to prepare for the attack.  Yin Kaishan, who was stationed in Xiangling with Wang Fubao, was of course overjoyed, but Dong Kangmai, who had prepared the weapons to attack the enemy, was confused and repeatedly asked Wang Fubao's messenger, "Are you sure you did not pass the wrong order?  The terrain in Taiping Pass is flat, which is convenient for attack. If we attack head-on, there is hope that we can win this pass. Is it because Wang Fubao is afraid that my meritorious service will steal his limelight? Apart from being a bit annoying, he doesn't seem to have such a problem.  ?¡±</> The Sui army was also confused. In view of the fact that the terrain of Taiping Pass was not very conducive to long-term defense, and at the same time, they did not dare to mobilize too much troops northward. In fact, the Sui army¡¯s Jiangjun general Fang Huang had already been killed.  The Taipingguan garrison sent a secret order, instructing the Taipingguan garrison to abandon the pass and retreat to Taiping County if the situation was not right, and give priority to the solid defense.They abandoned the pass, but Dou Jiande's army, which was already preparing to attack the pass, suddenly retreated. Fang Huang and the Taipingguan defenders couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Wang Fubao's gourd even if they broke their heads.  Even more confused were Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju, Wei Ziqi and others in Linfen City. As early as when the main force of the Taiyuan Army arrived at Queshu Valley, as a precaution, Huo Shiju and Wei Ziqi had already done their best to make emergency repairs at Liu Heitai's request.  After more than a month of efforts to defend the city and safeguard the mountains of grain, grass and military supplies, Linfen City cannot be said to be impregnable or impregnable, at least it has become a solid fortress with thorns all over.  Difficult to capture.  But now that the main force of the Sui army is likely to send troops northward at any time, Wang Fubao actually comes to attack Linfen City again. If the casualties in the offensive battle are too high, what else can Wang Fubao do 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 time. They felt that Wang Fubao must have won two battles in the field by luck and did not take the Sui army seriously. They felt that the Linfen Sui army could only be defeated in such a battle.  In response to this, Qin Qiong and others gritted their teeth and said: "Idiot! How dare you despise us like this! Our army is only unwilling to engage in a full-scale decisive battle with you in order to secure food and military supplies. Since you are looking for death, then we will help you.  ! Wait and see in the city defense battle! " The Linfen Sui army, who shared the same enemy, made the Dou Jiande army suffer a lot in the city defense battle. With the help of trenches, fences, antlers, sheep and horses, etc.  Qin Qiong, who protected the fortifications and was determined to take revenge and clear his name, commanded the Sui army soldiers to rely on the fortifications to resist tenaciously, fight flexibly, and use the appropriate combination of long and near weapons. They killed the Dou and Li coalition forces who attacked the Sui army fortifications, crying like ghosts and wolves, leaving corpses all over the ground. General Yin Kaishan, the commander of the Taiyuan Army's partial division, was also there.  During the fierce battle, he was shot by a stray arrow and almost died. On the first day of the siege, not a single soldier of Dou and Li's coalition could rush across Linfen's moat.  The Linfen garrison who cheered for victory still underestimated Wang Fubao. Seeing that the Sui army dared to leave the city to fight on the fortifications on the first day of the battle, Wang Fubao expected that the Sui army would definitely leave the city on the second day, so he selected a hundred elite soldiers.  The warriors ordered them to lurk under the Linfen City at night. They used corpses, soil, ditches and the remains of siege weapons to hide in the ditches of the Sui army's peripheral fortifications. As soon as it became dark the next day, Wang Fubao sent troops to attack Linfen again.  Peripheral fortifications.  The Sui army was indeed fooled. Unwilling to let Qin Qiong dominate, Huo Shiju sent his subordinate Pei Hailiang to lead a thousand troops out of the city, imitating Qin Qiong and relying on the fortifications to fight. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Sui army arrived at the outskirts of the fortifications, Wang Fubao's ambush soldiers suddenly jumped out and hacked Pei Hailiang to death on the spot.  The Sui army was defeated in chaos. Wang Fubao took the opportunity to use his troops to cover up the attack and destroyed the Sui army's three antler trench defense lines outside the moat in one fell swoop. Wang Fubao's men who launched the surprise attack almost entered the city, forcing Huo Shiju to abandon hundreds of soldiers who had not yet returned to the city.  The officers and soldiers of the Sui army quickly closed the city gate. Many of the officers and soldiers of the Sui army who had not returned to the city were killed and more than 80 people were captured.  Wang Fubao's next move stunned Huo Shiju, Qin Qiong and others. After capturing more than 80 Sui army prisoners, Wang Fubao just confiscated their weapons and armor, and released them back to the city on the spot. He also asked them to take Pei Hailiang's  The corpses were also brought back to the city, and these prisoners of the Sui army were allowed to serve as free propagandists, saying that as long as the Sui army soldiers surrendered on the battlefield, the army would not kill them but release them on the spot, so as to weaken the Sui army's determination in Linfen to resist.  Although Huo Shiju, Qin Qiong and others scolded Wang Fubao for being despicable, they could not help but admire Wang Fubao's courage and courage.  Wang Fubao's glory ended here. Even if he successfully destroyed the Sui army's peripheral fortifications outside the moat, the deep and wide moat and towering city walls would always be a nightmare for the siege army, even if Wang Fubao followed Dou Jiande all year round.  Relying on siegeing cities and plundering territory for a living, even though they are experienced in siege warfare, they will not have much effect.  Huo Shiju, who is not a famous general, is a fairly qualified general. Qin Qiong, who is famous for later generations, suffered losses in front of Wang Fubao because he underestimated the enemy and lacked strength. He is still a brave general who dares to fight and charge and is especially good at fighting hard battles. With such an enemy and extreme disadvantages  Facing the terrain, Wang Fubao no longer had any chance of opportunism or surprise. He could only fill the river with toad carts and bombard the defenders with trebuchets.  To make matters worse, when Wang Fubao and his generals worked hard to fill in a small section of the moat, on April 18th, Cao's brother-in-law also brought the rear army to the Linfen battlefield and joined the front army.  The first thing Cao Cao's brother-in-law did was to confiscate most of Wang Fubao's military power. He showed Dou Jiande's warrant and asked Dong Kangmai and other generals to obey him directly. He appointed Wang Fubao as the vanguard. In fact, he only allowed Wang Fubao to command more than 2,000 troops and also sent him  His brother-in-law was assigned to Wang Fubao's camp as a supervisor, closely monitoring Wang Fubao's every move.  Dong Kangmai and other troops were temporarily under Wang Fubao's orders. Dou Jiande asked Brother-in-law Cao to take back the military power. Wang Fubao could bear it. Several beauties with Taiyuan accents appeared in Brother-in-law Cao's rear camp. Wang Fubao could also pretend not to speak, but Cao Da  UncleWang Fubao couldn't stand it any longer and protested: "Marshal Cao, our army has just filled in the moat of less than ten feet. Ladder trucks and city ramming trucks are the only ones that can attack the city."  It is difficult for the city's weapons to rely on Linfen City. To launch an attack on the city at this time is to play with the lives of the soldiers! " "Without the ladder truck and the city ramming truck, can't we attack the city?" Brother-in-law Cao sneered:  "When General Wang attacked Changle City in Xindu County, not only did you not have time to fill in the moat, but you only had about a dozen flying ladders. Didn't you still capture Changle City? You can attack Changle, but why can't you attack Linfen?" "  The battle at Changle was because the enemy had not yet had time to set up a tight defense, and even the defenders had not yet had time to board the city." Wang Fubao explained: "I saw an opportunity, so I took the risk and attacked Changle City. With good luck, I took over Changle City.  The army has been heavily fortified in Linfen. The army is guarding the city wall day and night. It is no longer possible to win by surprise. We can only take one step at a time. First, we must completely open the way for our siege weapons to reach the bottom of the city and destroy the enemy's antlers and sheep and horse walls on the inside of the moat.  , and then we can hope to break through the city by launching a frontal attack!" With a bang, Brother-in-law Cao slapped the table in front of him and roared: "Do we have time, step by step?"  It is possible to send troops to Linfen, and it is also possible to send reinforcements northward. How much time do we have to prepare to attack the city? Besides, if you hadn't resisted King Jun's decree, wouldn't we have completely filled up the Linfen moat? Why would we have waited until now?  " Roaring, Brother-in-law Cao slapped the table in front of him again and roared: "Tomorrow the ants will attack the city! This is a military order, and those who disobey it will be killed immediately! " He lowered his head helplessly,  Unable to withstand Brother-in-law Cao's repeated pressure, Wang Fubao could only accept the order with his fists clasped, saying goodbye and preparing to fight.  Seeing the dejected look of Wang Fubao leaving sadly, even Yin Kaishan, the general of the Taiyuan Army who came to greet Cao's brother-in-law even with injuries, couldn't bear it. However, it was related to the survival of his own army, and Yin Kaishan could not defend Wang Fubao even a word.  According to the instructions of the Li brothers, they invited Uncle Cao to the camp for a banquet, entertained him warmly with fine wines and delicacies, and called in beautiful maids to wine, eat, and sleep with him.  In the early morning of the next day, when they saw the Dou and Li coalition troops carrying light flying ladders coming to attack the city on Linfen City, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and other generals could not believe their eyes. After rubbing their eyes repeatedly to confirm that they had seen correctly, Huo Shiju  He also high-fived Qin Qiong and laughed loudly together, and then he couldn't wait to command the army to defend the city, condescendingly attacking the Dou and Li coalition forces head-on with sufficient supplies to defend the city.  It was just like moths rushing to the flame, carrying the rough and crude ladder and rushing up. First, they were covered and suppressed by feather arrows, and then they were intensively attacked by various long-range weapons on the road across the river, which was only more than 20 meters wide.  To attack the city, they had to fight against the rolling stones and carpenter ants as dense as hail and raindrops to attack the city. No matter how brave and good at fighting, Wang Fubao's direct descendants were seeking death. One after another, the elite soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.  The brothers who had been close as brothers for many years rolled down the city wall and fell down the flying ladder. The Sui army officers laughed on the city, but Wang Fubao and his officers and soldiers wept in their hearts.  The Taiyuan army assisting in the siege was beaten away by Sui soldiers with crossbows before they could even build a pontoon bridge across the river. However, Wang Fubao's army was still forced in front by the supervisory team directly under Cao's brother-in-law.  Seeing this situation, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and other Sui generals could not help but look at each other again. They really couldn't understand how Wang Fubao, who was brave and resourceful before, could become stupider than a pig?  Yin Kaishan, who was injured and went into battle, couldn't help but secretly asked General Dou Jun whether Cao's brother-in-law had any grudge against Wang Fubao?  The answer was, "General Wang and General Cao don't just have a grudge? Because General Wang reported to the King that General Cao embezzled trophies and insulted women of the people, General Cao was whipped fifty times by our King himself and lay on the bed for more than a month.  "Moon!" In the end, Yin Kaishan couldn't bear it anymore and asked for mercy. Brother-in-law Cao asked Wang Fubao to withdraw for a while and rotated an army to continue attacking the city. Less than half an hour later, Wang Fubao's army was attacked again.  Brother-in-law Cao was forced to go to the battlefield. The angry Wang Fubao couldn't bear it anymore and simply led the suicide squad to attack the city. However, he was shot by a stray arrow just as he rushed to the edge of the moat. The arrow penetrated the armor and went straight into his chest. He was dragged back by his subordinates.  , seeing that Wang Fubao was injured more seriously than Yin Kaishan, Uncle Cao was so happy that he did not continue to force Wang Fubao to attack the city, and said in his heart: "Common man, wait! This is just the beginning!" Uncle Cao felt as if his head was filled with water.  Of course, the antfu siege launched by the Sui army was easily repelled. After rescuing two Wang Fubao's soldiers who had fallen unconscious while cleaning the battlefield, Qin Qiong, Huo Shiju and others finally figured out why the Dou and Li coalition forces went crazy to attack the city today.  The reason was that they also knew that Wang Fubao had been taken away from his military power and was forced by Uncle Cao to attack the city. While high-fiving each other, Qin Qiong and Huo Shiju both felt a little sorry for Wang Fubao and felt that this was an opportunity, so they releasedThe two prisoners went out of the city and asked them to return to the camp with the letter and give it to Wang Fubao to persuade Wang Fubao to surrender.  Although the two soldiers with the letter were very lucky and were not discovered by the supervisory army sent by Cao's uncle, they were slapped by Wang Fubao who was lying in bed recovering from his injuries. The surrender letter jointly signed by Qin Qiong and others was also burned by Wang Fubao, who vowed never to betray.  Dou Jiande.  The subordinates on the left and right reminded Wang Fubao that Brother-in-law Cao would not give up. Wang Fubao was silent for a moment, then patted his chest, which was still bleeding, and replied: "It's okay, I was injured so badly, General Cao will not force me to attack again."  " Wang Fubao really underestimated Brother-in-law Cao. In the following three days, Brother-in-law Cao did not order another attack on the city. He continued Wang Fubao's previous tactics and went to fill Linfen without missing a beat.  The moat has indeed made some progress, and the siege road leading directly to the city has been somewhat widened.  However, three days later, on the morning of April 23rd, our brother-in-law Cao once again raised the number of troops and decided to launch another siege. He also asked Wang Fubao by name to be the vanguard, and asked Wang Fubao to be responsible for the terrifyingly high death rate.  The ant siege war.  The clay figurine also has a somewhat earthy temperament. Faced with his brother-in-law Cao who bullied him again and again, Wang Fubao couldn't bear it anymore. He tore open his shirt to expose his wound and asked how he could fight in the battle with his current injury.  As a result, Brother-in-law Cao rolled Danfeng's eyes and sneered: "This is a military order, you never obey it?" "No!" Wang Fubao roared and replied: "I am injured like this! I can't fight! I don't obey this military order?"  "Yes!" "Very good." Brother-in-law Cao was waiting for Wang Fubao's words, and asked everyone with a smile: "Generals, what kind of crime is it for disobeying orders?" No one said anything, being too upright is too much.  Wang Fubao, who was stealing the limelight, was not popular among Dou Jiande's army, so no one defended Wang Fubao or pleaded for mercy. Brother-in-law Cao nodded with satisfaction, smiled again, and suddenly shouted: "Come here!" "General Cao! General Cao!" Suddenly came the message.  Wang Fubao's anxious cry saved Wang Fubao's life. Before Brother-in-law Cao could agree to the sword and axeman who had already prepared it, Ren Yu, the representative of the Taiyuan Army who had been wearing a pair of pants with Brother-in-law Cao these days, rushed in quickly, panting.  He said to Uncle Cao in a rough voice: "General Cao, we can't attack the city anymore. We can't attack Linfen City anymore!" "Why?" Uncle Cao asked in confusion.  "The main force of thieves Chen is here!" Ren Yu's words made Brother-in-law Cao completely change his expression. Ren Yu said with a somewhat pale face: "Our army has carefully investigated the report. On April 17, Chen Yingliang personally led the main force of 80,000 people.  Starting from Daxing, with Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo as the vanguard, they are heading towards Linfen! " "April 17? The main force of the Chen bandits had already sent troops six days ago?" Brother-in-law Cao was stunned and asked.  Said: "Why did you just receive the news now? The thief Chen's 80,000-strong army went on the Northern Expedition. Didn't your agents notice such a big move in advance?" "The thief Chen's army blocked the checkpoints along the way very strictly, and our agents couldn't directly convey the news."  "Send it." Ren Yu replied in a helpless tone: "This news was sent by our craftsmen after taking a detour to Longquan. It was sent to the Huoyi battlefield first, and then to Linfen. We estimated that it would take three days at the earliest.  , within five days at the latest, Chen Thief's vanguard will arrive at Taiping Pass!" Brother-in-law Cao was completely speechless. Ren Yu then turned to Wang Fubao and said apologetically: "General Wang, I'm really sorry.  I regret not listening to your suggestion and sending troops to seize Taiping Pass in advance. Otherwise, we would not be so passive. General, you are familiar with the situation at Taiping Pass. Can you tell me, is it still too late for us to attack Taiping Pass? "
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