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Volume 1 Chapter 555: Come forward in person

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    Wang Fubao's loyalty to his duties also indirectly helped the Li brothers who were far away on the battlefield in Huoyi. In fact, long before the Li brothers learned that the main force of the Sui army had officially sent out troops, the Sui army's Jiangjun commander Fang was under the jurisdiction of Liu Heita.  Huang, had already sent the news to Linfen and Huoyi cities by carrier pigeons. Liu Heitao, who was sure that the Li brothers would seize the opportunity to escape, immediately sent people to closely monitor every move of the main force of the Taiyuan Army, waiting only for the main force of the Taiyuan Army to retreat.  , immediately sent troops to counterattack and pursue them.  In addition, the Yin Kaishan Division of the Taiyuan Army, which was still on the battlefield in Linfen at that time, was also regarded by Liu Heita as a piece of meat he was determined to win. He thought that even if the main force of the Taiyuan Army could not be severely damaged in the counterattack, he could still rely on Linfen.  With help from all sides, the Yin Kaishan tribe was severely damaged and even annihilated.  Wang Fubao's troublemaker completely disrupted Liu Heita's plan. He discovered that Wang Fubao was going south to attack Taiping Pass. In order to ensure that the main force's northward journey was unimpeded, Cao's brother-in-law and Yin Kaishan had just escaped with their tails between their legs. Linfen's Sui army chose to give priority to rescue.  At Taiping Pass, try to kill Wang Fubao first, who will definitely not have time to attack the key point, and then go north to chase Yin Kaishan, no matter how late it is.  Who would have thought that Wang Fubao could not survive in the officialdom, but he is a rare expert in the battlefield. It only took him one night to capture Taiping Pass. Qin Qiong hurriedly rushed but was still a step too late. He watched Wang Fubao enter Taiping Pass, blocking the way.  It lived on the official road where the main force of the Sui army marched north.  Qin Qiong, who was furious, immediately set about counterattacking Taiping Pass. At the same time, Yin Kaishan also ran back to Huoyi with the Taiyuan Army's partial division. On the city wall, he saw that the Taiyuan Army's partial division was fully organized, and the scouts confirmed that they had not found the Sui Army's pursuers.  , Liu Heitai, who was quite familiar with Qin Qiong, was inevitably puzzled, "What happened? Where are our pursuers? How could Qin Qiong miss such a good opportunity to pursue him?" Liu Heitai was puzzled.  At that time, the relieved Li brothers immediately began to withdraw their troops and returned to Queshu Valley. Yin Kaishan, who had marched more than a hundred miles in a hurry, took the lead in withdrawing into Queshu Valley. Li Jiancheng led the main force of the Chinese army to escort the grain and grass supplies and followed closely behind.  Later, Li Er and Duan Lun took on the role of rear guard. The three armies retreated slowly and calmly. Liu Heitai had limited power and did not dare to attack in advance. However, Li Er and Duan Lun also evacuated the camp when they arrived. Liu Heitai also retreated.  Then he led the army out of the city and fought with Li Er and Duan Lun at the intersection of Queshu Valley.  With insufficient strength, Liu Heitai was naturally unable to completely defeat the rear army led by Li Er. No matter how bravely the Sui army soldiers fought, they were still unable to break through the interception formation of Li Er's army, let alone catch up with the main force of the Taiyuan army, Yin Kaishan and Li Jiancheng.  The Taiyuan front army and middle army led by him took the opportunity to smoothly retreat into the depths of Queshu Valley, and also seized the favorable terrain to assist the rear army from a high position.  Li Er and Duan Lun led their rear troops to fight and retreat, and slowly retreated into the valley. Liu Heitai launched several raids but failed, and he was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy in the narrow valley, so he did not dare to take too much risk and advance lightly.  After chasing for more than ten miles into the valley, they were forced to slow down their pace, and instead of attacking with all their strength, they advanced slowly. They watched Li Er leading the Taiyuan rear army away with a grin on his face, feeling itchy with hatred but helpless.  It was also when the pursuit was forced to end that Liu Heitai found out through the emergency report the reason why Qin Qiong failed to send troops north in time. Like Qin Qiong, Liu Heitai was also extremely annoyed by Wang Fubao's stupid behavior of seeking death, so he simply sent  Someone sent a letter to Qin Qiong, asking Qin Qiong, who was not one of his subordinates, to kill Wang Fubao and recapture Taiping Pass as soon as possible, so that he could mobilize Linfen troops to go north to assist in the battle and destroy the Taiyuan Army's plan to build a defensive position in Queshu Valley.  In fact, Qin Qiong, who hated Wang Fubao so much, had already launched a fierce attack on Taiping Pass without Liu Heitai's request. However, what shocked and helpless Qin Qiong was that with the pass wall less than five meters high, there was no antlers in the trench.  In the case of fortifications, Wang Fubao's army of less than 2,000 men not only repelled multiple fierce attacks by 6,000 Sui troops, but also caused the Sui troops to pay a considerable price in casualties.  Under the setting sun, the Sui soldiers carrying the simple flying ladder were like waves, one wave higher than the other, one wave after another, beating on the small Taiping Pass one after another, but Taiping Pass was like a rock pillar, rising above the waves.  Standing still in the middle.  The flying arrows in the sky were like locusts, and the heads of the Sui army officers on the ground were like ants. They rushed towards the low city of Taipingguan one after another. The sound of the killing drums was earth-shattering, deafening and frightening. However, the soldiers of the Dou army did not show any panic or fear.  , under the command of Wang Fubao, he calmly faced the battle, using swords, guns, arrows, crossbows, rolling stones and wood, fists, feet and teeth to repel the attacks of the Sui army soldiers one after another. The soldiers of the two armies hugged each other and died together on the ground under the wall.  Found everywhere.  The tenacity and bravery of Dou Jun's soldiers made Qiong Du, who had experienced hundreds of battles, secretly feel scared. He thought to himself more than once: "Fortunately, Wang Fubao only has such a small number of troops under his command. Otherwise, I might not even dare to launch an attack." When it was completely dark.  , Qin Qiong, who had always been helpless with Taiping Xiaoguan, was forced to order the gold medal. He learned his lesson and did not dare to underestimate the enemy in the slightest, and immediately began to prepare a large number of siege weapons - quite ridiculously, for the Sui army soldiersThe people who rushed to build siege weapons were all sent by the Li brothers to deal with the deceitful Taiyuan Army's surrender.  At the same time, the casualty statistics after the war also shocked Qin Qiong again. In a mere two-hour battle, nearly 400 Sui soldiers were killed and more than 600 were lightly or seriously injured. Regretful, Qin Qiong did not dare to fight again.  Without adequate preparation, he took the risk to attack the fortress and decided to spend one day building sufficient siege weapons first.  The Sui army suffered heavy casualties, and Wang Fubao's side was not as small as that. In the battle of guarding the pass, more than 260 soldiers of the Dou army, which had a small geographical advantage, were killed and more than 300 were lightly or seriously injured. Excluding the seriously injured who could no longer go to the battlefield.  , coupled with the casualties in the battle, Wang Fubao, who was also injured, actually had less than 1,400 available troops.  What's worse is that because most of the grain and military supplies have not been transported into the pass, Dou's soldiers are seriously short of arrows. More than 40% of the arrows in the army were used on the first day.  Although the officers and soldiers of Dou Army did not say anything about this situation, everyone was worried and knew that their army would never be able to defend the remaining eight days. However, Wang Fubao dragged his injured body and insisted on patrolling the defense, talking and smiling as usual.  He constantly encouraged his soldiers to resist bravely, and promised that he would find a way to allow his soldiers to return to their families alive as much as possible.  The next day, April 25th of the third year of Yining, Qin Qiong's army, which was determined to prepare enough siege weapons to attack the city again, did not launch an attack. While the soldiers of Dou Army breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Fubao also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Fubao was also very worried.  It is clear that Qin Qiong's temporary patience must be to prepare for a larger-scale attack. Even if his army can defend the next offensive and defensive battle, it will definitely be basically crippled and unable to stop the attack from the main force of the Sui army.  Therefore, while Wang Fubao asked his soldiers to seize the time to rest, he quietly turned his attention to Taiping County in the southeast, wondering whether he could launch a surprise attack again and seize Taiping County, so as not to be unable to fight back in front of the main force of the Sui army.  force.  The Sui army vanguard who arrived in advance shattered Wang Fubao's dream. In the afternoon, the 10,000 Sui army vanguards led by Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo rushed to Taiping Pass and joined forces with Qin Qiong's army to completely surround Taiping Xiaoguan. The drums and gongs echoed.  , the Sui army officers and soldiers in the south and north of Guan Guan cheered and roared incessantly, but the soldiers of the Dou army turned pale on the wall and in the city. They knew that not only did their army have no hope of breaking out this time, but they also had no idea whether they could stop the Sui army.  Even a joint attack by the army has become a big problem.  The brave Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. After learning that there were not many defenders in Guanzhong, and seeing that the walls of Taiping Pass were low and lacked fortification protection, Xue Renguo, who went out for the first time after his surrender, immediately asked for orders to launch an attack. Cheng  Although Yaojin knew that he was tired from the army and needed some time to rest, he couldn't resist Xue Renguo's repeated requests and wanted to see with his own eyes what Wang Fubao, who had defeated his friend Qin Qiong several times, was really like, so he agreed that Xue Renguo would lead an army of three thousand to attack Taiping.  close.  Xue Renguo, who is known as the enemy of ten thousand people, soon discovered that he had underestimated Wang Fubao. Relying on some flying ladders provided by the former Taiping Pass defenders, Xue Renguo and his Sui army officers did successfully charge up Taiping Pass in the first charge.  At the top of the wall, before the Sui soldiers could cheer, the Dou soldiers, who deliberately showed weakness, launched an all-out counterattack, slashing with swords, axes, hammers, and sweeping all the Sui soldiers off the wall like autumn leaves. At the same time,  Arrows and crossbows were fired at the Guan Wall, and wood and rocks rolled wildly, causing the Sui soldiers under the Guan Wall to cry and howl, and the Sui soldiers who were too close to the Guan Wall fell to the ground.  Unwilling to admit defeat, Xue Renguo reorganized his formation and launched a second attack before sunset. The result was even worse than the first attack. During the charge, he was already covered by dense bows and arrows from Dou's soldiers, and then another attack.  They were hit head-on by stones and horses at the foot of the wall. Fewer soldiers were able to rush up to the wall. Even after a fierce battle, they were never able to reach the top of the wall.  Finally, seeing the sky getting dark, Xue Renguo was unwilling to give up and had already dismounted to prepare to climb the city in person. However, Cheng Yaojin personally stopped him and asked Xue Renguo to retreat and let the soldiers have a good rest. It would not be too late to come back for revenge after being prepared.  When Xue Renguo reluctantly withdrew his troops, a strange thing happened. Although arrows were immediately thrown off the wall to hit the Sui soldiers who were retreating in panic, there were almost no Sui soldiers who were actually hit by the arrows and fell to the ground. He was keenly aware of this special situation.  When Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo, who were experienced on the battlefield, were secretly happy, the Sui army soldiers who retreated actually offered some pennant arrows to let Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo know the situation of the garrison in Guanzhong.  Peng arrows are feathered arrows made from Peng grass shrubs. Although they can barely hurt people after being sharpened and have tail feathers, they are low cost and can be obtained everywhere, but their power is very pitiful. Unless they hit the face accurately, they will be useless.  Even civilian clothes are difficult to break through. They are the helpless product of cold-weapon armies when they run out of ammunition and food.  So after seeing these pole arrows, Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo immediately concluded that the enemy's arrows in the city had been exhausted. Xue Renguo also immediately requested to attack again, and Cheng Yaojin nodded in agreement.  Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo soon discovered that they had been tricked by Wang Fubao.?When Xue Renguo personally led the army to attack the city, the first shot fired from the wall were indeed weak arrows. However, when Xue Renguo took the lead with confidence and boldness, Wang Fubao gave another order, and hundreds of real feather arrows were fired at Xue Renguo.  The army's head was densely covered. Xue Renguo, who was in the lead, was hit by an arrow first. He was hit by three arrows immediately and almost died on the spot. More than ten Sui soldiers fell instantly. There were countless soldiers who were hit by arrows and screamed. Xue Renguo personally led  The ant attack launched by the army was also easily repelled by Wang Fubao.  When Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo dejectedly withdrew their troops, the Qin Qiong Army envoy who took the small road south finally came to Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo. With a mournful face, he told Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo on behalf of Qin Qiong that although Wang Fubao was a common man in official circles,  They are stupid idiots, but they are slipperier than foxes and more ruthless than jackals on the battlefield. It is recommended that Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo must not underestimate the enemy and rush to attack hastily. They must be well prepared before launching an attack. Be careful in frontal attacks and do not give up.  An opportunity for Wang Fubao to cheat.  "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" This was the depressing reply of Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo. Then, while Xue Renguo hurriedly asked the military doctor to bandage his wounds, he swore that he would capture Wang Fubao alive, hang him up, and pour vinegar into his nose and mouth.  Wang Fubao was tortured to death!  So far, in the face of absolute strength, Wang Fubao's army, which was thin and lacked baggage, could no longer make a big storm. On the 26th, Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo, who had learned their lesson, no longer rushed the attack and chose to let the soldiers go.  While resting, Qin Qiong was in no hurry to attack again and waited for Cheng Yaojin's army for a day while rushing to build various offensive weapons.  It was not until the early morning of the 27th that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin sent out troops together to attack the north and south gates of Taiping Pass at the same time.  Seeing two Sui armies coming from the north and south at the same time, Wang Fubao, who had exhausted all his plans, also knew that his death was coming. After quickly arranging the troops to guard the north and south gates, Wang Fubao stood up and cupped his fists and handed over his hands to several of his capable subordinates.  , said calmly: "Everyone, our strength has been exhausted. Unless a miracle occurs today, we are destined to be destroyed by Guan Pojun. Thank you for your persistence in me over the years, and thank you for accompanying me for so many years."  Fu Bao has nothing to repay for the injustice I have suffered. I can only salute you and express my feelings." After that, Wang Fu Bao, whose injury has not yet healed, knelt down on one knee and kowtowed with difficulty. Wang Fu Bao was present.  His subordinates immediately knelt all over the ground and cried. Wang Fubao said calmly: "Everyone, although Chen's army does not have the habit of killing prisoners, we have defeated the army in succession during this period and killed many enemies. It is inevitable for the army to  They all hate us to the core. After the barrier is broken, the rebels will inevitably have the idea of ??killing the prisoners. To be on the safe side, you can cut off my head and present it to the rebels. If the rebels get angry, they may kill the prisoners.  The cry was even louder, and everyone vowed to live and die with Wang Fubao. Some people shed tears and said: "General, we can't hold on today no matter what. Since you know it, why do you do that?"  Don't you lead us to surrender to the bandit army? The bandit general Qin Qiong has come forward to surrender to you several times. Now you surrender to the bandit army, maybe you can still survive?" Wang Fubao was silent for a while and then replied: "Loyal ministers are not interested in the two masters, the king will wait for you.  My kindness is as great as a mountain, and I can't let him down. " "General! You didn't let the king down, it was the king who let you down!" Some subordinates couldn't bear it and cried with tears: "You have made so many contributions to the king over the years.  How many cities and lands, how many enemies have been defeated? But how did the king treat you? He either reduced your military power or sent people to monitor you. When did Cao Dan and Qi Shanxing really show their confidence to you, and they deducted so many rewards from you?  Did the king say anything? You didn't betray him, he betrayed you!" Everyone agreed, saying that Wang Fubao did not owe Dou Jiande anything, but that Dou Jiande owed Wang Fubao a lot. Wang Fubao was speechless after hearing this for a while.  The army is coming, go up to the wall." With a calm face, he led his subordinates who were wiping away their tears on the wall of the south gate of Taipingguan where the most enemies were coming. The Sui army officers led by Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo were already lined up outside the gate.  In front of the formation, flags were like a sea of ??swords and guns, and hundreds of flying ladders, crashing cars, and rushing cars were also lined up in front of the formation. The momentum was like the weight of Mount Tai, which made the scarred soldiers of the Dou Army on the wall feel like they could not even breathe.  difficulty.  Before the war started, Cheng Yaojin sent men to the pass with white flags and promised not to kill the prisoners and asked Wang Fubao to switch to surrender. Wang Fubao replied coldly, "Go back and tell Cheng Yaojin that there are only Wang Fubao who died in the battle and no Wang Fubao who surrendered!" Sui Jun  After the envoy left with a sneer, the war drums behind the Sui army's flag formation soon began to beat rhythmically. A thousand infantrymen carrying siege weapons slowly approached Taiping Pass. At the same time, the war drums of Qin Qiong's army also came from the north of Taiping Pass.  Sound, obviously also launched an attack on Guan Qiang.  Seeing this scene, Wang Fubao sighed softly and said to himself: "Your Majesty, I will be loyal to you at the end." Wang Fubao had just finished saying what was in his heart, and it was strange??Suddenly appeared, a group of Sui Army cavalry covered in dust and sand suddenly rushed from behind the Sui Army formation, rushed to the front of the Sui Army formation and shouted loudly. Then the Sui Army's war drums quickly stopped beating, and at the same time, the Sui Army's flag array  The generals of the Sui army also rushed to the front of the formation and saluted one of the group of Sui army cavalry.  When Wang Fubao and others were surprised, the Sui army suddenly shouted in unison, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Tang!" "His Royal Highness the King of Tang?" Wang Fubao was stunned at first, then suddenly came to his senses and said secretly: "Chen Yingliang personally  Coming! How is it possible? Considering the distance, his main army should have just crossed the Yellow River." The soldiers under Wang Fubao were also talking to each other, and they all felt incredible. Chen Sangliang should be sitting high in the main army.  Why did he suddenly appear in Taipingguan?  Still looking this embarrassed?  Then, something even more unbelievable happened to Wang Fubao and others. The knight who accepted the Sui army's kneeling and bowing unexpectedly hit his horse and came directly to Taiping Pass. He even trotted directly to the wall of Taiping Pass, pushed it away and tried to use it.  The Sui soldier, who was protecting himself with a shield, revealed an ugly young face stained with dust, and shouted at the Taipingguan wall: "I am Chen Yingliang, the king of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. General Wang Fubao please come out and answer!" "I am Wang Fubao." Wang Fubaoyue said  He came out of the crowd and asked the ugly man below the city: "Are you really Chen Yingliang?" "Yes." Chen Sangliang nodded and said loudly: "General Wang, do you know? After I received the news that you were surrounded by our army,  , I immediately abandoned the main army and rode a fast horse to meet you. In order to rush on the road, I only rested for less than two hours in one day and two nights! " Looking up and down at Chen Sang, whose face was covered with dust!  Liang, while Wang Fubao was doubtful, he was inevitably extremely curious and asked even more doubtfully: "Are you in such a hurry to go north just to meet me?" Seeing Chen Sangliang admit it, Wang Fubao couldn't help but ask again: "Why?" "  Because I don¡¯t want you to die, because I want to meet the great pillar of the Tang Dynasty!¡± Chen Sangliang replied loudly: ¡°General Wang, you are a pillar of talent. I need your talents and abilities, and I can¡¯t bear to let you go to waste.  You died in vain at the hands of our soldiers! That¡¯s why I came here in person to tell you how sincere I am about surrendering to you!¡± Wang Fubao opened his mouth, but Chen Sangliang said loudly: ¡°General Wang.  , you are a true gentleman, you are Han Xin of the Han Dynasty and Ji Zi of the Yin Dynasty! Although Dou Jiande is a decent man, he is too soft-hearted and does not understand things.  Throw in! Come under my command, there are no shameless villains who are jealous of talents, no despicable people who frame Zhongliang, only loyal ministers and righteous brothers who are willing to take advantage of others. I can guarantee that you can be with me!  His subordinates will be passed down in the history books and become famous throughout the ages!" Wang Fubao was silent. After a long time, Wang Fubao asked, "What if I refuse?" "Seven years ago, my famous general Kan Leng was killed by me.  Chen Sangliang also asked me this question during the siege: "At that time, I replied that if he refused, I would let him go. I like loyal and brave men, and I would let him go once."  I gave him dry food and medicine! Then, General Kan Leng became my right-hand man!" "I can answer you like this today!" Chen Sangliang suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "But  General Wang, don't blame me for not reminding you. Even if I let you go now, you will not end up well if you go back! Your talented and jealous colleagues will never miss this opportunity to kill you even if you go back!  When we arrived at Dou Jiande's side, there was still a dead end! " Wang Fubao lowered his head, and his subordinates on the left and right did not say a word. They all waited silently for Wang Fubao's decision. After a long time, Wang Fubao said in a hoarse voice: "Open the door and follow me.  His Highness the King of Tang surrendered.  "
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