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Volume 1, Chapter 554: Two Idiots

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    As Ren Niu explained, because the Daxing Sui army strictly blocked the road checkpoints, the Taiyuan army could only take a detour to Yan'an County and pass through Longquan to deliver the message. Not to mention wasting the distance and delaying the time, the message was sent to the Li family in Huoyi battlefield first.  In the hands of brothers.  As a result, although the Li brothers had been mentally prepared for this, after they actually confirmed the bad news, Li Jiancheng was so shocked that the tea bowl dropped to the ground in his hand, and his face turned somewhat pale. Li Er also stood up in a hurry, and his face suddenly became very frightening.  .  The Taiyuan army's civil and military officers present looked better than the Li brothers and couldn't see where they were, because they knew very well in their hearts that the critical moment that determined their life and death, honor and disgrace had arrived, and they could not escape or avoid it. They could only face it bravely.  Some people began to plan how to fight, some fantasized about how to defeat Chen Sangliang, and some people were already secretly thinking in their hearts about how to sell themselves at a good price in front of Chen Sangliang.  For almost half a stick of incense, there was no sound at all in Li Jiancheng's Chinese army tent.  In the end, it was Li Jiancheng who made the first sound and slowly picked up the fallen tea cup. Li Jiancheng said in a very calm tone: "We are finally here, a little later than we expected, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you come early or late.  It's just a fight, just fight with all your strength. " "Brother, there is a mystery in the timing of Chen Yingliang's dispatch of troops." Li Er also spoke and said with a sneer: "Chen Yingliang threatened to attack our army more than two months ago. It was still early.  Let the Hedong branch take the initiative to start the war, but the main force did not officially send troops until April 17th. There seems to be a purpose in this, as if they came for a certain opportunity. " "Brother, are you referring to July and July?  The Fenshui flood season in August?" Li Jiancheng asked.  "Isn't it?" Li Er asked back, and then said with a sneer: "On April 17, troops were sent out. The main force moved north slowly, attacked Queshu Valley to break through our army's blockade, swept away our army's outer garrison, and then encircled Taiyuan City. The time rhythm was controlled.  If it's good, isn't it at that time?" Li Jiancheng lowered his head and thought about it again before saying: "With his character, I'm afraid he won't be able to use that tactic." "My brother Bishamon (Li Jiancheng's nickname),  Do you think Chen Yingliang is as kind-hearted as you?" Li Er sneered even more and said, "Yes, Chen Yingliang has always shown himself to be magnanimous and hypocritical, but when it's time to be cruel, he can be cruel to everyone!  What kind of gentleman would deliberately fall out with Yang Tong despite Yang Guang's edict? Would he steal our father's title and proclaim himself the King of Tang? No matter how many people there are in Taiyuan City, how many people will die at his hands?  " Li Jiancheng was speechless, and after another long while he said: "No matter whether Chen Yingliang has such a vicious heart or not, we should do our best to defend the Queshu Valley, and strive to stop Chen Yingliang's main force south of the Queshu Valley and preserve our Taiyuan.  "It's certainly impossible to rely on Queshu Valley to block Chen Yingliang's main force forever, but as long as we can hold on in Queshu Valley until the rainy season comes in July," Li Er said, rarely agreeing with Li Jiancheng on major matters.  : "When the rainy season comes, the roads will be muddy and difficult to navigate, and the Fenshui will surge, which is not conducive to Chen Yingliang's main force marching on a large scale. As long as we persist until then, we will have hope to survive this crisis. But if we cannot make it before the rainy season  If we block Chen Yingliang and are forced to retreat to Taiyuan City, we will be in big trouble." "Immediately prepare to retreat back to Jiexiu Lingshi and build up the Queshu Valley defense line with all our strength." Li Jiancheng made a prompt decision and said immediately: "Contact Cao Dan and He.  On the other side of Yin Kaishan, let them give up the attack on Linfen and retreat. Didn't the man named Wang Fubao say that he was going to retreat to Yueyang to contain Chen Yingliang's main force? This was a clever move. He asked Cao Dan to lead his army to retreat to Yueyang, so that Chen Yingliang's main force would not dare to go north without worry.  "Forcing Chen Yingliang to divide his troops to attack Yueyang will reduce the frontal pressure on us." "I'm afraid it's too late," Li Er pointed out: "Chen Yingliang ordered Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo to lead the advance with 10,000 troops. This vanguard will definitely advance very quickly.  , if they are quick, they may be able to reach Taiping Pass in three days and directly join the Linfen battlefield. Even if they are tired from the distance and cannot join the Queshu Valley battlefield for the time being, they can also rotate Chen Qiong, Huo Shiju and other troops to go north to Queshu Valley.  , delaying and destroying our plan to build fortifications in Queshu Valley, and never giving us any chance to rest and breathe, so as to create opportunities for their main force. " "There are also Liu Heitai men in Huoyi City." Li Er.  Then he pointed to the direction of Huoyi outside the tent and said: "With that man's cunning and cruelty, once he discovers that our army has retreated, he will definitely take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, harass and contain our army in every possible way, and not give our army a chance to retreat smoothly.  It will not give us the opportunity to build strong fortifications in Queshu. If we use our troops properly, we may even have the opportunity to annihilate the Yin Kaishan Division of our army outside the Queshu Valley Mountain Road, weakening our already insufficient strength.  " Considering that Liu Heitai's tactical purpose of using the Hedong branch to consume his own army's strength was very clear, Li Jiancheng did not dare to take it lightly. After nodding, Li Jiancheng pondered again.? Said: "Previously, Dou Jiande's general named Wang Fubao proposed to capture Taiping Pass to guard the dangerous pass so that we could gain response time when Chen Yingliang's main force attacked. At that time, we did not agree in order to try our best to capture Linfen City. I don't know if it will happen now."  We can also ask Dou Jiande to divide his troops to capture Taiping Pass to buy us the critical time to withdraw our troops" "It should be no problem," Li Er rushed to say, "Yin Kaishan has already found out that Wang Fubao and Dou Jiande's brother-in-law Cao.  Once there is a personal enmity, Cao Dan obviously deliberately wanted to kill Wang Fubao in Linfen. If we ask Cao Dan to send Wang Fubao to attack Taiping Pass, temporarily blocking the northward path of Chen Yingliang's main force, and also luring the enemies in Linfen City to go south to attack Wang Fubao, Cao Dan would  I must agree. After all, by using Chen Yingliang's help to kill Wang Fubao, Cao Dan can save himself from the stigma of revenge. "" Let's do it this way, send Ren Yu to give it a try." Li Jiancheng did not hesitate and immediately agreed to go.  Trying this luck, he also said: "Wang Fubao was a general. It is a pity to die like this, but for the sake of the overall situation, we can't care so much. Besides, the one we need to please now is Cao Dan. There is no need to mess with Cao Dan for him."  Dan is not happy." So, with the unanimous decision of the Li brothers, Ren Yu flew to Linfen to stop Dou and Li's coalition from continuing to attack Linfen City, and Ren Yu pretended to ask Wang Fubao if there was still a chance to attack Taiping Pass.  Although Wang Fubao replied that the Taipingguan garrison must have received the news of the main force of the Sui army, and in order to ensure that the main force of the Sui army can move forward, they will definitely defend Taipingguan with all their strength. The difficulty of successfully attacking Taipingguan has been far greater than before, but Ren Yu  But he refused to give up and asked for a secret talk with Cao Dan. He secretly talked with Cao Dan in the back tent for a long time.  I must also say a fair word for Uncle Cao here. It is true that Uncle Cao, who hated Wang Fubao so much, wanted Wang Fubao to die without a burial place. However, he wanted an army to accompany Wang Fubao to die, but Uncle Cao could not.  I didn't think about whether I would be held accountable by my brother-in-law for doing this in the future, so I was a little hesitant for a while.  Ren Yu saw what Uncle Cao was thinking, so he pretended to be generous and said: "General Cao, please don't worry, our army will not let your army fight alone, attack Taiping Pass and temporarily block the main force of the rebel army, our army will also send two thousand troops  Participate in the war, and obey the orders of your army, with the commander-in-chief of your army as the commander-in-chief!" Brother-in-law Cao was still a little hesitant, but Ren Xuan quickly pointed out that doing so was also very important for Dou Jiande's army, because it was also important for Dou Jiande's army to withdraw before the battle.  We need to beware of the Sui army sending troops to pursue them. At the same time, after Brother-in-law Cao retreats to Yueyang City, he also needs time to strengthen the city defense and build fortifications as a long-term plan.  Considering these circumstances, Brother-in-law Cao gradually became moved as he nodded, and gradually wanted to agree.  What really made Uncle Cao make up his mind was his brother-in-law Yuan E. At this moment, Yuan E, who served as a supervisor in Wang Fubao's army, suddenly came to report that Wang Fubao's generals had heard that they would be responsible for attacking Linfen City again.  After the vanguard, everyone cursed Uncle Cao's eighteen generations of ancestors, and some even threatened in private that they would shoot cold arrows at Uncle Cao on the battlefield if they had the opportunity!  Brother-in-law Cao was furious and did not hesitate. He immediately agreed to Ren Huan's request and agreed to let Wang Fubao lead his headquarters and two thousand Taiyuan troops to go south to attack Taiping Pass to buy time for Dou and Li's coalition forces to retreat and set up defenses.  Not only was there little chance of attacking Taiping Pass at this time, even if he succeeded, it would be difficult to break out of the encirclement. After hearing Brother-in-law Cao's order, Wang Fubao certainly understood that Brother-in-law Cao still wanted to deliberately let himself die, but if he continued to resist the order, he might end up  Even worse, the Taiyuan Army also showed some sincerity and sent two thousand troops. At the same time, Cao's brother-in-law also promised to allow Wang Fubao to break out and withdraw to Yueyang County in ten days. Ren Yu also repeatedly explained the importance of attacking Taiping Pass at this time. Wang Fubao  After much hesitation, he finally accepted the task, went into battle despite being wounded, and led his headquarters of 2,000 people and 2,000 Taiyuan troops to attack Taiping Pass, which had been easily accessible before.  It was also on the way to leading the army south to Taiping Pass that Wang Fubao gradually realized that something was wrong. The two thousand Taiyuan troops sent by Yin Kaishan to support the army were in a loose formation during the march, with uneven weapons and equipment. The generals and soldiers were obviously very nervous. No matter how you looked at it, they were in disarray.  It doesn't look like he has received strict military training.  Asking more about the origin of this army, Wang Fubao almost spit out a mouthful of blood from his throat. It turned out that these two thousand Taiyuan troops were recruits collected by Yin Kaishan when he took advantage of the opportunity to attack the hinterland of Linfen County. Almost all of them were locals of Linfen County.  Supplemented by a small number of old soldiers who were separated when the Li brothers were defeated, such an army is not only unreliable in combat effectiveness, but may also become a burden to Wang Fubao's army at any time!  Of course Wang Fubao, who was furious, immediately sent someone back to complain to Uncle Cao. Uncle Cao also came to Ren Yu to question the reason. Ren Yu explained that he wanted to help Wang Fubao's army understand the situation in Linfen, and at the same time made nonsense about the two thousand troops.  In fact, they are very good at fighting. Many of them even followed Li Yuan into Daxing in Guanzhong. They also said that all the heroes in the world started their careers with such an army.No one has thousands of elite soldiers available as soon as they debut.  Cao's brother-in-law was soft-spoken and had already made arrangements to withdraw his troops and return to Yueyang, so he did not continue to pursue the case and ignored Wang Fubao's accusation.  Wang Fubao, who never received a reply, could only continue to advance with his troops, and successfully arrived at Taiping Pass, which was not far away from Linfen, in the evening. Taking advantage of the last sunset, he hurriedly observed the terrain of Taiping Pass. Wang Fubao found that although the Sui army guarding the pass  The defense is tight, but the terrain is not steep enough, which greatly limits the defensive ability. Generally speaking, it is not difficult to fight.  ¡ª¡ªWhen the old Li family fought from Taiyuan, they forced the surrender of this small pass without spending a single soldier or firing an arrow. When Chen Sangliang chased Li Er, he also relied on the Sui soldiers to bite their weapons.  We climbed this small pass with bare hands, which shows how fragile this pass is.  Wang Fubao was probably confident in his mind, and he immediately arranged a plan to attack the key point. He used the waste to let the Taiyuan Army go to the pass to set up camp first, and ordered the Taiyuan Army to launch a feint attack on the pass every half an hour or a quarter, and be sure to alert them.  Completely shut down the defenders in order to tire and disturb the enemy.  Then Wang Fubao ordered his troops to seize the time to rest, eat and drink enough to build up their physical strength, get up at half past four o'clock, and assemble to obey orders at five o'clock, and selected 300 elite soldiers in advance to wait for orders.  Wang Fubao's harassment tactics were very effective. That night, the Taipingguan garrison was really tortured by the Taiyuan Army. They were woken up randomly every half an hour or half an hour by the Taiyuan Army's shouts, drums and gongs, and they were constantly forced to get up.  Preparing for war, they worked tirelessly but never caught half of the enemy. They gradually became numb in the repeated harassment and disturbed, and gradually lost their vigilance. Then after the fifth watch, the sky was about to dawn, and the exhausted Sui soldiers fell into a coma.  When I was about to fall asleep, the truth among the ten falsehoods finally came.  Taking advantage of the last cover of darkness before dawn, three hundred Dou Jun masters who had followed Wang Fubao in his expeditions all year round, carrying ropes, catalpa rakes and other simple climbing tools, quietly reached under the low wall of Taiping Pass, riding on the defenders of Guanzhong Pass.  When he took a nap from exhaustion, he climbed up the wall quietly and almost silently. In the end, about twenty Dou Army soldiers climbed to the top of the wall. Only then did the defenders on the wall finally notice the enemy's attack and hurriedly knocked on the wall.  The gongs and drums sound a warning.  At dawn, Dou's soldiers quickly put less than twenty simple flying ladders on the wall of the barrier. They either stepped on the ladder and shouted, or climbed up with their weapons bare-handed, relying on their companions who had successfully climbed the barrier before to fight to the death.  Cover, they rushed up the wall one after another, and then rushed into the pass to cut the bolts and locks. Miraculously, the north gate of Taiping Pass was opened in less than half an hour. Dou Jun soldiers swarmed in, and the Taiping Pass defenders, who numbered only more than a thousand people,  Seeing that the situation was not good, they could only quickly open the south gate and escape to Taiping County. Wang Fubao took the opportunity to urge the army to enter the pass, and successfully seized this small pass before the sun passed over the top of the Taihang Mountains.  After the victory, before Dou and Li's coalition cheered, and before the Taiyuan army had transported the few grain and grass supplies into the city, a sudden change occurred. Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, there were already Sui army cavalry in the direction of Linfen to the north.  The fight came under the banner of Qin Qiong, the fierce general of the Sui army.  Wang Fubao was shocked when he saw it, and quickly ordered the Taiyuan army to fight. At the same time, he sent people to rush to transport grain and military supplies into the pass. When the Taipingguan defenders who had just escaped not far away discovered the arrival of reinforcements, they immediately turned around and came to fight, forcing Wang Fubao to do nothing but  He quickly closed the south gate of Taipingguan and ordered the soldiers to climb the wall and guard it.  The Taiyuan Army's performance on the battlefield was even worse than Wang Fubao had feared. After hurriedly turning around to face the enemy, Qin Qiong led the Sui Army's cavalry to disintegrate the Taiyuan Army into pieces with only one charge. Then the Sui Army's cavalry continued non-stop and immediately  Attacking the soldiers of Dou's army who were urgently transporting grain and grass supplies, Wang Fubao had no choice but to order the soldiers to abandon the grain and grass supplies that had not yet entered the pass, and all retreated to the pass. He closed the north gate in time and did not let the Sui army  The cavalry took the opportunity to attack Taiping Pass.  When the sun shone all over Taiping Xiaoguan, the infantry brigade of the Sui Army had already arrived outside the north gate of Taiping Pass. With flags like a sea and swords and guns like a forest, they completely blocked Wang Fubao's army's northward retreat.  The Taiyuan soldiers sent by Yin Kaishan to deal with the cheating were kneeling all over the place outside the pass. There were crowds of surrenderers, and the voices of begging for mercy and life could not be heard. However, Wang Fubao and other Dou Army soldiers had stern expressions on the wall of the pass, silently watching the Taiyuan military battle.  Most of the ugly people who surrender and flatter themselves remain silent.  While the flag was waving, Qin Qiong, who had had many interactions with Wang Fubao on the battlefield, personally rode to the pass and shouted at the wall: "General Wang Fubao! Cao Dan's men had already led the army away last night. Yin Kaishan  The old man led the Taiyuan bandit army to run faster. You are now alone. Cao Dan and the Taiyuan bandit army cannot have reinforcements for you. Our main army is also heading here. You have no way to escape!  If you don't surrender, how long will it take?" Wang Fubao remained silent, but Qin Qiong shouted at Guanxia: "General Wang, we also know about your situation under Dou Jiande!  Many, Cao Dan's men??You have a personal vendetta, but Dou Jiande still sent him as the coach, allowing Cao Dan to avenge his personal vendetta and frame you in every possible way. Why are you still stubborn?  Don't you hear that good birds choose trees to roost in, and wise ministers choose their masters to serve?  His Highness the King of Tang is a wise man, a courteous and virtuous man, and knows people well. If you surrender, His Highness the King of Tang will definitely put you to good use!  Although you and I are enemies, I still admire you very much. I am willing to break an arrow and swear to protect you in front of His Majesty the King of Tang  " "Shoot the arrow!  " Wang Fubao finally spoke and gave the order calmly. The Dou Army soldiers beside him did not hesitate. He immediately drew his bow and fired an arrow to shoot Qin Qiong. Qin Qiong was furious. He avoided the arrow and returned to his horse. He pointed at the door with his horse's sword and cursed: "Wang Fubao!  ordinary man!  I was kind enough to save your life, but you still shot me with an arrow!  good!  Since you insist on seeking death, then I will help you. I want to see how long you can stay in this tax gate!  " Wang Fubao ignored Qin Qiong's yelling and scolding. He just turned to the left and said: "Send the order and immediately start setting up defenses and prepare to guard the pass. Chen's army may launch an attack soon.  " Everyone agreed, and then someone asked timidly: "General, we are already alone, what should we do next?  " "Hold on for nine days.  Wang Fubao replied calmly: "General Cao yesterday ordered our army to break out of the encirclement in ten days and hold for nine days. We will break out of the encirclement and withdraw to Yueyang."  " "Nine days?  Breakout in nine days?  The subordinates on the left and right were all dumbfounded and asked one after another: "General, the wall of this Taiping Pass is only one and a half feet, and there are no antlers to block horses or trenches. The main force of the rebel army is coming soon. Can we hold it for nine days?"  Even if we hold on for nine days, we will definitely have suffered heavy casualties after nine days. How can we break through?  " "You have to keep it even if you can't keep it.  Wang Fubao replied calmly, and then said: "As long as we hold on for nine days, I will think of a way to break out."  " Wang Fubao's efforts were not fruitless. At least because he went south to attack Taiping Pass, the Qin Qiong Department of the Sui Army, who was afraid that the main force would be blocked, missed the opportunity to pursue Cao Dan and Yin Kaishan and prioritized sending troops to rescue Taiping Pass¡ª¡ª  It's just that Qin Qiong really didn't expect that Wang Fubao would take Taiping Pass so quickly. Uncle Cao took the opportunity to run away and fled to Yueyang County, where he could withdraw to Shangdang County at any time. Yin Kaishan ran faster and strode as soon as he and Uncle Cao separated.  They went straight to Huoyi to escape for their lives. At the same time, Yin Kaishan, Ren Yu and other Taiyuan civil and military officials could not help but feel complacent, "The commander-in-chief on both sides has a clever plan. Wang Fubao is indeed a fool!"  "Wang Fubao's stupid character helped Uncle Cao and Yin Kaishan, but completely angered the Sui army officers. Needless to say, Qin Qiong, who had been disgraced in front of Wang Fubao several times, gritted his teeth and wanted revenge. Generals Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo, who were heading north in a hurry, gathered in  After hearing the news that Taiping Pass had been lost, both of them were furious. They urged the troops to move quickly and swore together, "When Taiping Pass is captured, I will put Wang Fubao's men in sacks and trample him alive with three hundred horses!"  "
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