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Volume One Chapter 562 The Real Test

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    In the first battle of the main force, only a small number of elite forces were used, and they successfully captured the small town of Yueyang with a very important geographical location, severely damaged and drove away the reinforcements sent by Dou Jiande.  After the victory, there was naturally another wave of hearty cheers in the Sui army camp. More and more sycophants in the Sui army once again flocked to Chen Sangliang to flatter and flatter him, saying that the Sui army was so sharp, His Highness the Tang Dynasty.  His leadership is so wise. Taking Queshu Valley, Taiyuan City and annihilating the Li brothers is definitely easier than eating and drinking water. The King of Yining bathes in the radiance of His Highness the Tang Dynasty. He will always be invincible and attack in every possible way.  gram.  It is a pity that the sycophants of the Sui army slapped their flattery on the horse's legs this time. Not only did Chen Sangliang not appreciate it, he also waved his hand to interrupt the flattery of the sycophants. He looked to the north in the direction of Queshu Valley and said: "Yueyang is only three miles away.  The surrounding terrain is not dangerous enough for the small town, so it is certainly very easy to break through, but Queshu Valley is different. That is where the real difficulty lies. Our real test is just the beginning.¡± The sycophants of the Sui army thought that it was just the beginning.  Chen Sangliang deliberately put his cold butt on their hot faces. However, two days later, when Chen Sangliang led them and the main force of the Sui army to Huoyi and arrived at the entrance of Queshu Valley, these things had never been seen before.  The civil and military officers of the Sui army in Queshu Valley realized that Chen Sangliang's words were by no means modest. The real test of the main force of the Sui army was indeed just the beginning.  I finally understood why Liu Heitai, the former commander of the Sui Army's partial division, fought a tug-of-war with the Taiyuan Army in Queshu Valley at the cost of huge casualties, and did not give the Taiyuan Army a chance to build fortifications in Queshu Valley. What's more, he understood that Liu Hei  Why did Chen Sangliang not only not have the slightest dissatisfaction with him after he had paid so many seemingly unnecessary casualties, but on the contrary, he trusted and loved him even more.  The reason is that the terrain of Queshu Valley is too steep. It is flanked by the Taiyue and Luliang mountain ranges. There is also the surging Fenshui running through the valley, threatening the safety of the march at any time. The narrowest part of the road is only three to four feet, and the roads on both sides are narrow.  The cliffs are tens of feet high. Even if hundreds of enemies seize the high ground on both sides and block the road from above, it will be enough to block the advance of the 70,000 main force of the Sui army. And if the Taiyuan army once builds a military fortress in a dangerous place, then  It can definitely be said that one fort is the barrier, and no one can open it. The Sui army does not know how much it will cost to capture the blocking position of the Taiyuan army.  When we actually walked into the Queshu Valley, the deeper we walked into the Queshu Valley, the more civil and military talents of the Sui army who came here for the first time realized how difficult and painful Liu Heitai's previous battle was, and they became more and more grateful to the Hedong Sui army.  The sacrifices and efforts made by the soldiers in order to contain the Taiyuan Army are even more fortunate that the Sui Army's vanguard was able to capture Lingshi City first and control most of the Queshu Valley. Otherwise, no matter how optimistic the Sui Army's civil and military officials were, they would not dare to guarantee their own army.  How long will it take to break through the Queshu Valley, which is heavily guarded by the Taiyuan Army? There is no guarantee that the main force of our own army will be able to break through the Queshu Valley.  Having walked back and forth in Queshu Valley once before, Chen Sangliang certainly knew how important the hard work of Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin and others was, and he was also grateful for the miracles they had created before, which had given his army the opportunity.  So after leading the main army to the Lingshi Basin in Queshu Valley, which is the only place suitable for stationing the main force, when generals such as Cheng Yaojin, Liu Heitai and Wang Fubao who were lying on a stretcher came up to greet Chen Sangliang, Chen Sangliang rushed to greet him  They cupped their fists and bowed in salute, and said sincerely: "Everyone, thank you for your hard work." Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin, Xue Renguo and other generals were so frightened by Chen Sangliang's actions that they quickly knelt down on one knee to return the salute, and were carried to Chen Sangliang.  Wang Fubao, who was in front of Sangliang, was also struggling to get off the ground to return the favor. Chen Sangliang quickly held him down, patted his hands and told him to lie down, and then personally helped Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin and Xue Renguo one by one, and held him in front of him.  He loudly consecrated Cheng Yaojin, Xue Renguo and Wang Fubao as county officials, and Liu Heitai as county government. Wang Fubao was given iron coupons to avoid death twice except for treason. In addition, he was rewarded with a large amount of gold, silver, money and silk, and was given real food rewards.  Cheng Yaojin, Liu Heitai and Xue Renguo hurriedly thanked him respectfully, but Wang Fubao, who was very ignorant, carefully reminded: "Your Highness, there are also the generals and other soldiers under your command. They are working even harder." "No wonder this guy is so hard under Dou Jiande's command.  It's true that you can't be a good person if you attract people." As the civil and military officers of the Sui army murmured quietly, Chen Sangliang smiled slightly and said: "Of course, how can I forget the hard work of the soldiers?  The officers and men under Xue Renguo who have made meritorious service will receive double rewards and pensions. The officers and men under Liu Heitai and Wang Fubao who have made meritorious deeds will receive twice as much rewards and pensions! Those who deserve official rewards will have their official rank increased by one level!" Wang Fubao then respectfully thanked him.  The officers and soldiers of the Sui army who had worked hard to contain the Taiyuan Army and captured Lingshi City also cheered like thunder. They bowed to Chen Sangliang and thanked him. Chen Sangliang smiled and waved his hands and said loudly: "Comers and soldiers, please stand up. There is no need to thank this king.  This is what you deserve!" The Sui soldiers kowtowed again, but still thanked Chen Sangliang again.  After the play of winning over the military's morale was over, Chen Sangliang carefully set up camp on the Dusuoyuan Highlands. At the same time, Chen Sangliang convened a military meeting in the Chinese army's tent and summoned the main civil and military officials to attend the meeting., met Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin and others to learn about the recent situation of the Taiyuan Army, and also discussed how to break through the northern section of Queshu Valley and enter the hinterland of Xihe County.  After the meeting began, Liu Heitai and Cheng Yaojin jointly presented Chen Sangliang with the latest Taiyuan Army defense map, allowing Chen Sangliang and the main generals of the Sui Army to understand the general layout of the Taiyuan Army, and to provide Chen Sangliang with information.  The others explained: "Your Highness, the traitor commander Li Jiancheng had already led the retreat to Jiexiu before the Lingshi War began. He worked day and night to repair and strengthen various fortifications. He built three fortifications within fifteen miles south of Lengquan Pass.  This fortress is located on a high cliff in a dangerous terrain. There are more than 200 troops stationed in a school, and a large number of rolling stones and fallen trees are prepared. They can attack our army from a high position at any time. It is extremely difficult to break." "In addition,  Li Jiancheng also spent a lot of effort to strengthen Lengquan Pass at the exit of the valley." Liu Heitai continued: "The wall of Lengquan Pass has been thickened by more than seven feet. It is now at least one and a half feet thick, and it has been increased by about five feet.  At present, it is two feet and three feet high. Eight arrow towers have been built behind the wall. The towers are three feet high. They can cover our attack roads and accurately shoot our soldiers who climb the city during the ant attack. They are a great threat to our ant attack.  The trench to protect the pass was dug one and a half feet deep and two feet wide. A wall of sheep and horses was built behind the trench, and it was extremely difficult to break through. "There are also winch crossbows (bed crossbows) and trebuchets," Cheng Yaojin said.  The side added: "Our scouts ventured to the high ground to peek inside the pass, and found that the bandits had prepared a large number of winch crossbows on the pass wall, about twenty in number, and there were more than thirty trebuchets on the high ground on both sides of the pass inside and outside the pass.  "Lengquan Pass is the northern exit of Queshu Valley, and its importance is higher than the Jiexiu City where the Taiyuan Army garrisoned grain. Li Jiancheng would definitely build Lengquan Pass into an iron wall. Chen Sangliang had expected this.  Naturally, he was not surprised by the reports of Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin and others. After nodding, Chen Sangliang asked again: "How is the situation in Jiexiu City?" Liu Heitai and Cheng Yaojin looked a little embarrassed and were busy.  They all apologized to Chen Sangliang and said: "Your Highness, I forgive you. The Taiyuan bandit army has tightly blocked Lengquan Pass and the surrounding roads. Our scouts have no way to cross Lengquan Pass to detect the situation in Jiexiu, so we will wait and see the situation in Jiexiu."  I don¡¯t know much about it. I only know that the rebels recruited a large number of civilians to strengthen the city¡¯s defenses and established a large camp in the northeast of Jiexiu City to station the main army. ¡°It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s a normal reaction for the rebels to block roads. You guys can find out.  Without the specific situation, it's not surprising." Chen Sangliang waved his hand without hesitation and said confidently: "When we break through Lengquan Pass and the troops enter Jiexiu City, what? Wait?  At this point, Chen Sangliang suddenly discovered something strange. He pointed at a spot on the map presented by Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin and others and asked: "Is this place marked wrong? Why is the main force of the Taiyuan bandits here?  Establish a camp in the northeast corner of Jiexiu City?" Cheng Yaojin and Liu Heitai looked at the map carefully and replied hurriedly: "Your Highness, we marked it wrong. Our scouts saw it from a distance when they climbed to the high ground and confirmed the main force of the rebel army.  The camp is in the northeast of Jiexiu City. "Strange? Why did Li Jiancheng place the main camp in this location?" Chen Sangliang recalled, "If I remember correctly, that area is not suitable for the main camp?"  Apart from anything else, getting water should be very troublesome at the very least. Do you have to cross Jiexiu City to Fenshui River in the west to get water?  With his ability, how could he not take this into consideration?  " "It's very strange.  "Li Jing also said: "Although there is only more than eight miles from Jiexiu City to Lengquan Pass, this distance is enough to accommodate his main army of less than 30,000 people. However, Li Jiancheng stationed the army in the north of Jiexiu and expanded the troops on his own.  The distance is a bit unreasonable.  Generally speaking, military strategists will not make such mistakes unless they have ulterior motives.  " Having discovered something suspicious, Chen Sangliang couldn't figure out the purpose of Li Jiancheng's arrangement for a moment. Just as he was racking his brains, Yuan Tiangang volunteered over there and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will go to survey the terrain for you in person.  , make a sand table to let you understand the direction of water flow in the mountains in the northern section of Queshu Valley. Your Highness will definitely be able to understand the purpose of the bandits' abnormal encampment.  In addition, the subordinate also took the opportunity to observe and calculate the situation of the rebel fortress to see if it was possible to capture the rebel fortress with artillery.  Everyone knows how capable Yuan Tiangang is in this area. Chen Sangliang will not refuse after hearing this. He immediately arranges for Qiu Xinggong to lead an army to protect Yuan Tiangang and go to the north to explore the road terrain in person. He also tells Yuan Tiangang to pay attention to finding key problems for him.  Yuan Tiangang promised the army to set up camp, and Chen Sangliang also ordered the entire army to set up camp. Not to mention, the distance from Lingshi to Lengquan Pass is about sixty miles, and to Jiexiu is about seventy miles. The survey is quite time-consuming.  , so after Yuan Tiangang set out early the next morning, he did not return to Lingshi until the evening of the third day. After meeting, Yuan Tiangang still seemed a little downcast and said to Chen Sangliang: "Your Highness, the bandit army is also a master of geography. I am sorry.  After careful exploration of the terrain, we found that among the three fortresses of the bandit army, except for the second one, it was possible thatIn addition to being hit by our artillery, the remaining 1st and 3rd Forts were too high up to be hit by our artillery.  In addition, the rebels had a tight blockade in the northern section of Queshu Valley. Xiaguan had just seen Lengquan Pass from a distance when he was discovered by the rebels and was forced to retreat. He was unable to climb to a high place to explore the situation in Jiexiu.  " "It doesn't matter, take your time, we still have enough time anyway.  "Chen Sangliang comforted Yuan Tiangang, and then asked Qiu Xinggong, who was protecting Yuan Tiangang in his exploration of the terrain: "Xinggong, you are good at mountain warfare. In your opinion, is it possible for our army to attack and capture the three fortresses outside the rebel army?  ?  ¡± ¡°Your Highness, it is possible, but the cost is definitely not small and it will definitely take a lot of time.  "Qiu Xinggong answered truthfully: "Although the three fortresses of the bandit army are located on high ground and are easy to defend and difficult to attack, after all, they have few troops and no reinforcements. As long as our army attacks forcefully at any cost, we can still win with confidence.  .  " "How about I leave this task to you?  Chen Sangliang asked again and said, "How about you go to the camp and select a thousand soldiers who are proficient in mountain warfare to be responsible for capturing these three fortresses, and I will let Liu Shishan lead an army of five thousand to cover you?"  " Qiu Xinggong accepted the order without hesitation. Chen Sangliang was overjoyed and immediately ordered Qiu Xinggong and Liu Shishan to lead the army into battle. He also specially equipped Qiu Xinggong with 120 kilograms of gunpowder and 200 gunpowder bottles so that he could  There were sufficient firearms available when attacking the fort. However, Qiu Xinggong and Liu Shishan's joint attack on the fort progressed slower than Chen Sangliang expected. It took two days before Qiu Xinggong sent someone to deliver the good news.  , it is said that he finally broke through the first fortress outside the Taiyuan Army, but the Sui Army soldiers lost more than 200 people in the battle for the fortress, and the losses were considerable. Chen Sangliang, who knew that the battle was difficult, was considerate of Qiu Xinggong and Liu Shishan.  However, the Taiyuan Army also learned the lesson from the fall of the first fort. When the Sui Army went to attack the second fort, the Sui Army soldiers not only encountered more fierce resistance  , the Taiyuan Army also sent reinforcements to harass and sabotage, and they fought fiercely with the covering army led by Liu Shishan in the narrow valley, helping the Second Fort to repel Qiu Xinggong's strong attack twice. In the end, Qiu Xinggong personally fought at night  He led fifty warriors to climb to the top of the steep mountain, and after a hard battle, they captured the second fort of the Taiyuan Army. At the same time, Qiu Xinggong himself was seriously injured in the fierce battle, and was forced to replace Liu Shishan with the responsibility of attacking the Taiyuan Army.  The third fort becomes more and more difficult the further you go. The third fort of the Taiyuan Army is only five miles away from Lengquan Pass. Every time the Sui army attacks, they have to prevent the Taiyuan army from sending reinforcements, and they have to face more dangerous terrain and a more vigilant Taiyuan army.  The soldiers failed to capture it through four forceful and sneak attacks. On the contrary, they lost more than 350 people - all of them were elite soldiers. In the end, it was Liu Shishan's quick wits that determined the area on the top of the Taiyuan Army's third fort.  With a small weakness, a large amount of wood was cut down and a fire was built under the cliff, which covered the enemy fort with thick smoke for a whole day and two nights. Only then did the Taiyuan army, who could not bear the fumigation of smoke and fire, abandon the fort and flee. However, the three forts were attacked one by one.  Later, the Sui army paid the price of more than 1,600 soldiers, and it took nine days to defend three small fortresses with only one school of more than 200 people. Liu Shishan and Qiu Xinggong led them.  However, the six thousand troops took so long and paid such a heavy price, and finally allowed all the enemy's third fort defenders to escape. This battle of the Sui army can definitely be said to be very embarrassing and failed. But with this result.  In front of him, Chen Sangliang did not criticize Liu Shishan and Qiu Xinggong. No one in the Sui army complained about Liu Qiu's incompetence in fighting. On the contrary, they were all extremely grateful that Liu Heitai's previous containment strategy was appropriate at all costs.  Wang Fubao's surprise attack was successful. Otherwise, the main force of the Sui army might not even be able to see Lingshi City. The real test of the Sui army was just one. After taking the three small highland forts, there will be more difficult and difficult to attack.  Cold Spring Pass, and what's even more terrible is that there is very little open space in the northern section of Queshu Valley. The main force of the Sui army moved northward and couldn't even find a garrison where they could set up camp. Therefore, Chen Sangliang could only continue to lead the army.  The main force was stationed in the Lingshi Basin, and another general was sent to lead an army north to attack Lengquan Pass. Fortunately, Chen Sangliang also had a cousin Li Jing who was more reliable than him in fighting. Li Jing was good at fighting tough battles.  He also wanted to use Lengquan Pass, which was heavily fortified by the Taiyuan Army, as a stepping stone, and took the initiative to ask Ying to lead 15,000 troops north to attack Lengquan Pass. Chen Sangliang agreed, and also sent Yuan Tiangang and the artillery team to Li Jing to help.  In the evening of the next day, Li Jing led his army to the vicinity of Lengquan Pass and met up with Liu Shishan's army who had arrived here first. Due to the terrain, he was forced to divide the army into two and set up camps in two open areas. The Taiyuan army also knew that the battle of Lengquan Pass was coming.  There were bright bonfires on the high ground at Guanqiang and Lengquanguan. Patrol teams under Guanxia were constantly coming and going with torches, and there were so many open and hidden sentries that they did not give the Sui army any chance to launch a sneak attack.  Li Jing, who originally had this plan, saw that the enemy was prepared, so he gave up the plan with great regret.  The next morning, the army was asked to step up their efforts to set up camp.At that time, with the help of Sui soldiers' ropes, Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang both climbed to the commanding heights on the east side of the camp, observing the terrain from a high position, and also observing the situation of Jiexiu City further away.  However, with just one glance towards Jiexiu to the north, the expressions of Li Jing, the world's chief military expert, and Yuan Tiangang, the world's chief geography expert, changed. Then they took a closer look at the vague outline of the Taiyuan Army's main camp. Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang  They looked at each other first, and then said in unison: "No wonder Li Jiancheng wants to station troops in the northeast of Jiexiu, away from the water point, where is the high ground! He is also preparing to attack with water!" "Not bad!" Yuan Tiangang patted his chest happily and said  : "The flood season in Fenshui is in July, and today is May 25th. There is still a full month before the flood season, and we still have time. But, but isn't it right?" He said to himself that he was glad to be here.  , Yuan Tiangang suddenly remembered an important event again, and said hurriedly: "No! When I followed His Highness to King Qin of Yanmen, I walked through this road. After leaving the Queshu Valley and walking north along the Fen River, there was Lize.  The lake, and the terrain has become flat, and there is no terrain and space for building a dam to store water in the Fen River. The Taiyuan rebels cannot use the Fen River to flood our army!" "Wenshui (Wenyu River)" Li Jing said firmly!  Said: "There is no flood storage area in the Fenshui River upstream of Queshu Valley, but there is in Wenshui River! Although the water volume of Wenshui River is not as good as that of Fenshui River, as long as enough water is stored, it can at least destroy our marching route and make it difficult for our food and grass to be transported.  It will slow down our advance. In the July flood season, the Wenshui River is far more likely to flood than the Fenshui River. If the Taiyuan rebel army is a little bit more lucky, it is not hopeless to flood the main force of our army! " "That's right, "  "Shui Zhu Jing" records that there were more floods than the Fen River. "Yuan Tiangang quickly nodded in agreement and said, "This matter must be reported to His Highness immediately, and he should be prepared." Li Jing nodded and replied.  He said: "We must report this matter to His Highness immediately, and we must capture Lengquan Pass as soon as possible and go to the upper reaches of Wenshui River to prevent the bandit army from accumulating water. But how can we capture Lengquan Pass quickly?" How can Li Jing capture Lengquan Pass quickly?  Guan Man said, Shan said that after Chen Sangliang received the Pegasus report from Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang, he was so angry that he overturned the table and kicked the tables in front of him into the air. Still not satisfied, Chen Sangliang roared again.  Ru Lei said: "Li Jiancheng! Common man! I can't bear to flood you as soon as I hit Taiyuan, but you actually want to drown me first! Since you were unkind first, don't blame me for being unjust later! Wait until I hit you  After Taiyuan, let¡¯s see how I can build Fenhe Park ahead of schedule!¡± ¡°Thankfully, Li Shangshu and Yuan Shangshu discovered the traitor¡¯s plot in time, otherwise our army would have been in danger!¡± Feng Deyi, a famous flatterer who had recently joined Chen Sangliang¡¯s command, also patted him with joy.  Chest, and then quickly said: "Your Highness, since the rebel army has a water attack plan, should our army move the camp to a higher place as a precaution?" "That's not necessary." Chen Sangliang shook his head and said casually:  "Dusuo, where our army set up camp, was originally on high ground. There is no need to worry about the sudden flooding of the Wenshui River that needs to be injected into the Fenshui River. It is not the flood season. Even if the Taiyuan rebel army suddenly releases water, it will only wet the Queshu Valley at most.  The low-lying roads will make it more difficult to transport our food and grass, and will not threaten the safety of our troops." "That's good.  "Feng Deyi breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, since we don't have to worry about the rebel army's water attack for the time being, let's quickly capture Lengquan Pass and break through Lengquan Pass. Our army can immediately divide its troops to go to Wenshui.  The upstream prevents thieves from building dams, so there is no need to worry about the danger of flash floods during the flood season.  " "Lengquan Pass is not that easy to win.  "Chen Sangliang shook his head, pointed to the joint report signed by Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang who had been kicked to the ground by him, and said: "In the pond report my cousin gave me, in addition to reminding me to beware of water attacks by the bandit army, it also included the information about Lengquan Pass.  The map of the rebel fortifications did not mention a word about how he attacked Lengquan Pass. This is enough to show that Lengquan Pass is strong and difficult to attack, and he was not sure that he could capture Lengquan Pass within the time limit.  I am not good at fighting tough battles. He is not sure, and I am even less sure.  " Feng Deyi, a flatterer who is ranked among the best in the world, quickly objected, saying that Chen Sangliang was too modest, and His Highness the Tang Dynasty was invincible in all battles, so how could he not be good at it if he had experienced hundreds of battles without ever being defeated?  Fighting a tough battle? Chen Sangliang, who was in a bad mood, didn't bother to pay attention to Feng Deyi's flattery. He just continued to grit his teeth and said very decisively: "This must be Li Erlang's plan!  Li Jiancheng and I are close friends. He is kind-hearted and there is no way he would come up with such a vicious plan!  Only Li Erlang, only Li Erlang has such a vicious heart!  " (Li Er: ", how come it's my turn to be more unjust than Dou E?!") Of course Chen Sangliang didn't know that he had wronged Emperor Li Er this time. Under the secret hatred, Chen Sangliang was full of bad water.  Such a vicious thought suddenly came into his head, and he thought to himself: "The bandits have tightly blocked all roads, which can basically guarantee that our army's scouts will not be able to detect that they are building a dam on the upper reaches of Wenshui River.Unexpectedly, we could guess that they were going to attack with water based on the location of their camp!  Can we take advantage of this?  " After thinking for a moment with his triangular eyes, Chen Sangliang pondered and said: "Fujia, pick up the pen and write a book for me.  " Sun Fuga agreed and immediately laid out the letter paper and picked up a pen. When he asked what he wanted to write, Chen Sangliang changed his mind again, shook his head and said to himself: "No, I can't come forward in person.  The reputation is a bit bad. As soon as my letter reaches the enemy's hands, the enemy will immediately understand that this is my strategy.  ¡± Sun Fujia and Feng Deyi rolled their eyes, saying that Your Highness, Prince Tang, is somewhat self-aware. Your reputation for cheating, deceiving, and alienating enemies is not just a bit stinky. It¡¯s simply as bad as the wind! Feng De  While Yi was muttering quietly, Chen Sangliang turned his gaze to him again and said with a smile: "Feng Neishi, if I remember correctly, you have always had a good relationship with Li Yuan's family, how is it?  Can you help me?  Would you please come forward and help me contact Li Erlang?  "
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