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Volume 1 Chapter 570 Fox Tail

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    It¡¯s not that the Taiyuan Army officers are too incompetent, nor that they don¡¯t work hard, nor is it that Li Er is greedy for life and fearing death and conserving his strength. It¡¯s really that the Sui Army is too cunning, too violent, and too despicable, and only singles out the Taiyuan Army¡¯s subordinates for death.  He also pulled out Chen Sangliang's direct descendant who was usually not very easy to fight, and beat up the famous general Li Er into a joke on the Dongwo River battlefield.  The sudden appearance of the cavalry of the Baoguo Army had not yet taken action. Just seeing the eye-catching white robes on their bodies, the generals and soldiers of the Taiyuan Army who had heard about Baoguo's name for a long time were already panicking. They had unfortunately been on the battlefield with the Baoguo Army.  The legs of the Taiyuan Army soldiers who fought against each other were weak and their hands were trembling. They had already subconsciously started to look for escape routes before the fight started. Although Li Er himself was not afraid of the enemy's charge and surprise attack, he also hurriedly yelled.  , "Stand firm! Stand up and resist the carbine! Stand up and resist the carbine! Hold on! You must hold on!" No matter how much you yell, it's useless. The Qiu Xinggong troops of the Sui Army who came out again took the lead on foot and ran into the flank of the Taiyuan Army, fighting hard.  The Mo Dao soldiers of the Sui army, who were confronting the Taiyuan army, also tried their best to kill and contain Li Er's army. Then, taking advantage of Li Er's enemy on both sides, the Baoguo army's cavalry, all heavy cavalry, also immediately trotted to gather strength, gradually accelerated their full charge, and returned the killing.  Like a bull's knives, Ji rushed to throw a large number of gunpowder bottles into the Taiyuan army ranks during the charge. He used the loud sound and impact of the gunpowder explosion to disrupt the Taiyuan army ranks. Finally, like a sharp knife, he plunged straight and quickly into Taiyuan.  In the military formation, earth-shattering shouts of killing suddenly erupted.  Spears were broken, people screamed, horses neighed, flags shook and white bubbles turned like snow, shields and poles were hit on the head, swords and axes chopped on the helmets and armor, splashing out strings of sparks, bringing up streams of blood, and the tall people wearing horse armor  The war horses neighed and raised their hooves. The soldiers in white robes were as cold as ice. Their faces were as calm as puppets. However, the swords and axes in their hands kept slashing at the heads and shoulders of the Taiyuan soldiers. The Taiyuan soldiers shouted  They kept cutting down horses and stabbing the enemy. Although it was difficult for iron swords and iron spears to penetrate the superior Mingguang armor and superior horse armor of the enemy soldiers, the Taiyuan Army officers still frantically tried to counterattack, trying to find something in the fierce battle.  However, it is a pity that these Taiyuan Army soldiers basically failed to achieve their wishes. Usually, as soon as the swords and guns hit the armor of the soldiers, their heads were smashed and flew away. The two armies  The collision only took a moment, and hundreds of Taiyuan Army soldiers were killed on the battlefield.  The Taiyuan Army was attacked from three directions: east, west and south at the same time. The battle line between the two armies was in chaos. Iron horses were crisscrossing back and forth. The ground was covered with corpses and wounded soldiers. The terrible attacks with spears and knives were as dense as a violent storm. Feathers were crisscrossing back and forth.  Arrows were as dense as locusts in the sky, non-stop. Every minute and every second, soldiers from both armies fell in this killing field. Even many soldiers wearing white robes were killed on the battlefield.  The white robe, which represented identity and pride, lay forever on the blood-stained battlefield. Horses that had lost their knights ran out from the crowd, with bloodshot eyes and messy temple hairs.  When two armies meet, the brave one wins!  What made Li Er want to cry was that although the 5,000 Taiyuan Army soldiers newly assigned to his command were all strong and elite soldiers, they were far less experienced and brave than the Sui Army soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles.  Not to mention that compared to the soldiers who reported on countless times, each of them climbed out of the dead pile, within a moment of the fierce battle, his soldiers could no longer withstand the fierce charging and beating of the Sui soldiers.  Faced with the fear of death, they continued to retreat, and soldiers gradually began to flee to the only open north that was not attacked. The Taiyuan Army Supervisory Team was forced to kill with swords, and hacked to death more than ten deserters from the army, but they still could not stop the soldiers from running away in fear.  .  Qiu Xinggong, who had already cut the short-handled long sword with a curled blade, once again broke into the Taiyuan army formation and opened a gap in the dense formation of the Taiyuan army. The warriors of the Sui army rushed in and once again broke into the Taiyuan army formation and started a melee.  , the report **** and the Mo Dao soldiers of the Sui Army attacked from left and right, wildly slashing the enemy on the opposite side, and the Taiyuan Army soldiers' escape became more serious. There were so many Taiyuan Army soldiers running around that even the supervisor's team could not kill them. They also slashed with two swords.  Li Er, who was struck by the sword, was so anxious that he yelled, but he still could not stabilize his position and stop the soldiers from fleeing.  The Sui Army's artillery suddenly fired a fatal blow to the Taiyuan Army. After careful aiming, the Sui Army's artillery suddenly opened fire at the risk of accidentally injuring friendly troops, blasting two shells into the most densely populated location of Taiyuan soldiers.  Wherever the shells passed, the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army did not even see what was going on clearly. They were already pierced through the stomach and intestines by the huge impact of the shells, and their hands and feet were broken. The two shells opened two straight blood paths, taking away dozens of soldiers.  The life of a Taiyuan Army soldier was unfortunately also accidentally injured by two Sui Army soldiers.  The Sui army officers who had been warned before the war were not surprised by this and just continued to kill the enemy with their swords. The Taiyuan army soldiers who were already unable to withstand the attack collapsed instantly and screamed and fled north. Many soldiers  Still throwing down the weapons flag in fear, Li Er could not help but scream in despair, "Li Yaoshi is crazy! He is crazy! We are all entangled with his army, and he dares to fire! This madman  ! Crazy! "  After shouting this sentence, Li Er was also forced to join the escape team - because Qiu Xinggong had led the Sui army's trap team to kill him directly, and after Li Er fled north, the Taiyuan army also completely collapsed, crying and shouting  As they ran, they only hated their parents for giving them two legs, and they had escaped completely in the blink of an eye.  Fortunately, the Sui army did not pursue them, and soon they all retreated to the Yanyue Formation for protection, and rescued their seriously injured companions in time.  The boos in the Dingyang Army formation resounded throughout the world. The generals of the Dingyang Army such as Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were all livid. They were extremely dissatisfied with the battlefield performance of the Taiyuan friendly forces and Li Er, and were affected by the defeat of the Taiyuan Army.  Huang Ziying's troops of the Dingyang Army, who could not break through the Yanyue Formation of the Sui Army, could not withstand the attacks of the Sui Army's Mo Dao Team, and had to retreat temporarily to regroup. The fierce battle that lasted for more than an hour was temporarily suspended.  Amid the dissatisfied looks and disdainful boos from Dingyang's friendly army, Li Er tried to reorganize his team for the third time. However, the Taiyuan Army soldiers who had been killed were dragging their feet and did not dare to return to the team quickly.  Fearing that the officers of the Taiyuan Army would use whips to drive them away, they did not organize their formation for a long time. Some soldiers were even too frightened and fled further north away from the battlefield, forcing Li Er to send cavalry to hunt down these soldiers who escaped from the battle.  .  Liu Wuzhou personally patted his horse and came to Li Er, his face was extremely gloomy and terrifying, and his eyes almost burst into flames when he stared at Li Er. Li Er did not dare to speak, but he felt aggrieved and had tears in his eyes.  Fortunately, at this time, Li Jiancheng, who had received the news, had already sent Yin Kaishan and led 5,000 infantry out of the camp, and quickly came over to help in the battle. Yin Kaishan rode his horse first and ran in front of Liu Wuzhou, raised his hand to Liu Wuzhou and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry  , Although the right commander is defeated, I will personally lead the attack. If we don¡¯t defeat the rebel army, we will never" "Boom, boom, boom!" Yin Kaishan hasn't finished his words yet.  The artillery of the Sui Army on the south bank of the Wo River was roaring one after another. The new Taiyuan Army troops who were advancing in formation suddenly staggered and screamed. It turned out that the ten artillery pieces brought by Li Jing had already been moved to the west side of the battlefield and were lined up on the south bank of the Dongwo River.  However, the new Taiyuan Army brought by Yin Kaishan was inexperienced and too close to the river bank. In this era, no matter which army it was, it was impossible to accumulate such experience. As a result, Qian Xiangmin replaced Yuan Tiangang in calculating the range through triangulation.  Fa discovered that he had an opportunity, so he immediately ordered the artillery fire. As a result, all ten artillery shells were blasted into the Taiyuan Army troops who were within the shooting range. The Taiyuan Army officers and soldiers who were lined up in a dense queue were immediately unlucky.  Yin Kaishan opened his mouth wide, and the soldiers of the Taiyuan Army were in chaos. The injured soldiers rolled on the battlefield and cried out for help. However, Liu Wuzhou's face became even more livid and asked Yin Kaishan: "The undefeated bandit army has nothing to do with it?" "  Absolutely, we will never withdraw our troops." Yin Kaishan said bravely and finished what he had just said, but his tone was so weak that even he could notice it.  The next scene was even more exciting. When Liu and Li's coalition forces once again joined forces to attack the Sui Army's Yanyue Formation, Liu Wuzhou's side successfully rushed to the Sui Army's formation to fight head-on. However, the Taiyuan Army was just closer to the river bank.  The artillery of the Sui Army immediately opened fire en masse, blasting the dense formation of the Taiyuan Army. The Taiyuan Army soldiers once again staggered around and screamed, unable to line up to fight. Even if they rushed to the vicinity of the Sui Army's Yanyue Formation in twos and threes, they were easily defeated by the Sui Army's Mo Dao soldiers.  As a result of the wanton massacre, the brigade immediately summoned the Sui army's artillery fire to cover it, and invested small amounts of troops forward in batches. There was no way to form a formation to fight. When the Sui army's trapped troops came out again, the Taiyuan army could only  They were forced to fight in close quarters, and were killed by the powerful Sui army soldiers until they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves. Corpses littered the fields, and they were forced to flee in embarrassment again and again.  When the battle reached this point, not to mention Li Er and Yin Kaishan, but the Dingyang Army generals such as Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang realized that the Sui Army was only ruthless against the Taiyuan Army. Although the Sui Army's tactics were beneficial to the Dingyang Army,  But Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others were inevitably a little confused and asked each other: "How much hatred do the Li brothers and the traitor Chen Yingliang have? How come the Chen traitor's army specially grabbed them and beat them? Why?  "The hand is so heavy?" "It seems that the Taiyuan Li family is what the Chen army hates the most, not us." This was the answer the Dingyang soldiers came up with during private discussions, and many Dingyang soldiers gloated: "  Good job, Thief Chen! The Li family killed so many of our brothers and robbed our Yanmen County in the past few years. It can only be regarded as an outpost battle. The purpose is not only to complete Chen Sangliang's distinction.  Li Jing's order was to test the combat effectiveness of the Dingyang Army. Without being prepared to attack the enemy camp, after Shen Shi in the afternoon, Li Jing took advantage of the Taiyuan Army's defeat and the Dingyang Army's retreat to adjust, and commanded the army to retreat slowly.  After crossing the Dongwo River, the Dingyang army took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack. However, the Sui army advanced and retreated well. Even when it retreated across the river, it did not mess up at all. The Dingyang army still could not break through the Sui army's columns.  But when the Taiyuan Army roared and launched an attack, theyImmediately they were hit head-on by the Sui army's artillery. It was difficult to even carry out a collective charge, let alone provide effective help to Yang's army. In the end, the Sui army quickly withdrew across the Dongjuo River under the cover of artillery and bows and arrows.  He returned to camp in triumph with the record of beheading more than 4,000 people.  The Dingyang Army was not considered a loser. At least it did not lose more than a thousand soldiers and killed hundreds of Sui Army soldiers. However, the Taiyuan Army was in bad luck. Li Jiancheng lost nearly half of Li Er's five thousand army, and Yin Kaishan  The army also suffered more than a thousand casualties. Nearly 70% of the corpses of soldiers from the three armies lying on the battlefield were Taiyuan Army soldiers.  What's worse is that the Taiyuan Army's wonderful performance on the battlefield also made the Dingyang Army extremely dissatisfied. It is generally believed that the failure to win today was all caused by the Taiyuan Army's hindrance.  Li Jiancheng, who was watching the battle in the camp, also knew that his army's performance today was very embarrassing, so after withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp, Li Jiancheng immediately brought a heavy gift to visit Liu Wuzhou in the camp, apologized to Liu Wuzhou in person, and proactively admitted that his army's performance today was too poor.  It hindered Liu Wuzhou.  Although Liu Wuzhou understood that the Taiyuan Army's defeat today was because the Sui Army used its main combat power on them, he still couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother Jiancheng Xian, what kind of hatred do you have against the traitor Chen Yingliang? Why did he  The rebel army seems to be specifically targeting you? " "My younger brother is also very strange about this matter." Li Jiancheng replied very depressedly: "After thinking about it, it should be because my younger brother sent Erlang to lead the army because he didn't know who he was.  "Is there a deep hatred between Erlang and Chen Thief?" Liu Wuzhou asked curiously.  Li Jiancheng was a little hesitant, but couldn't resist Liu Wuzhou's repeated questioning. Li Jiancheng still roughly told Liu Wuzhou the cause of the feud between Li Er and Chen Sangliang - that is, the incident in which Li Er'en planned to frame Chen Sangliang in revenge, which led to the feud.  As a result, when Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others suddenly realized what they were hearing, a little girl who was hiding in the back tent and eavesdropping couldn't help but snort, "Shameless! I saved your brother-in-law's family and repaid him with revenge. No wonder he did it."  I must avenge you!" After roughly introducing the reason why the Sui army wanted to beat up Li Er, Li Jiancheng, who was afraid of being asked about more scandals about his second brother, quickly changed the subject and said to Liu Wuzhou: "Your Majesty, after today's battle, I believe you  Now that we have a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of Chen Yingliang's troops, I wonder how your Majesty and I will defend ourselves against the enemy. " "Chen Thief is really powerful!" Liu Wuzhou replied, "He didn't use all his strength at all.  Our army has already dispatched half of its elite troops, but it cannot even attack his partial division battle formation. If he dispatches the main force to attack, our two armies will have no chance of victory except joining hands to fight with all their strength!" "Chen Thief's artillery is also useless!  It's more powerful than we imagined." Song Jingang also said: "The reason why our soldiers worked so hard to build the Lujiao Ma is that it can withstand at least three or five river-crossing attacks by the Chen thieves, but in the end it was invincible in front of his artillery.  With one blow, it was wiped out in a matter of seconds. If he sends out artillery to attack our camp, the defenses of our two armies will definitely not be able to withstand it." Seeing Li Jiancheng nodded in agreement, Song Jingang took the opportunity and said, "So I will.  It is believed that it is best for our two armies to withdraw and garrison in Taiyuan City, use the Taiyuan city defense to withstand the power of Chen's artillery, and then wait for the opportunity to attack, either to fight Chen's head-on, or to attack with light cavalry to disturb his grain roads.  "Hearing Song Jingang's suggestion, Liu Wuzhou remained silent, but Li Jiancheng's expression immediately changed, and then he immediately smiled and said with a forced smile: "Brother Song's words are reasonable.  But our two armies only suffered a small setback today, and the losses were minor. It would be a pity to simply abandon the Dongwo River natural barrier. Is it too early to retreat to Taiyuan City at this time? " "It's definitely not too early!"  Shaking his head, he added: "Chen thief has a strong army. Although our armies join forces, their strength is still not as good as his. If Chen thief personally leads the main force to invade, if your army and our army make a slight mistake on the battlefield, then even if we  If you can still retreat to Taiyuan City, the losses must be considerable. Let alone waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, I am afraid it will be difficult to even hold on to the city." Li Jiancheng's expression changed even more. Liu Wuzhou observed his words and said with a smile: "Brother Jiancheng.  , What are you worried about? Are you afraid that it is easier to invite the gods than to send them away, and you will stay in Taiyuan City? " "Brother Jiancheng, if you are really worried, it doesn't matter," Song Jingang continued:  "I have an idea. Anyway, Taiyuan City is divided into east and west cities by a river. How about your army retreating to the west city of Taiyuan, and our army retreating to the east city of Taiyuan?" "Brother, you should be relieved about this, right?" Liu Wuzhou smiled again.  Said: "Taiyuan's granary, arsenal and Jinyang Palace are both in the West City. They are located to the west of the Fen River. They are protected by two barriers, Mengshan Mountain and Longshan Mountain. They are less exposed to the enemy. Your army will retreat to the West City and our army will defend the East City. Dear brother, you  But you won¡¯t suffer at all.¡± Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment, and then he handed over his hands and said, ¡°?To hide the truth from the two elder brothers, the reason why the younger brother is unwilling to retreat to Taiyuan City is actually not because he is afraid that you will stay in Taiyuan City after you enter Taiyuan City, but because he is afraid that after you enter Taiyuan City, you will never have the chance to leave the city.  Taiyuan City is a dead place. It is easy to get in but difficult to get out.  " "What do you mean by this, dear brother?"  "Liu Wuzhou, who was born as a rich man, and Song Jingang, who was born with mud legs, were both confused. "The low-lying terrain of Taiyuan is three mountains sandwiched by two rivers, which is the shape of a trap. If Chen Yingliang attacks with water, the entire city's defenders in Taiyuan will become food for fish and turtles!  " Li Jiancheng frankly admitted the weakness of Taiyuan City, and brought a map to introduce the Sui army's possible water attack tactics to the rich man Liu Wuzhou and the mud-legged Song Jingang. Then he said that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the army had flooded the city.  After passing through Taiyuan City, he finally said to Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang with a wry smile: "Two brothers, now you should understand why the younger brother dare not retreat to Taiyuan City, right?  To be honest, if it weren't for the difficulty in transporting food and grass, and there was no stronger city nearby to defend, I would have given up Taiyuan to defend other cities, because holding on to Taiyuan would only lead to death, without even a chance to escape.  " Looking at each other in great surprise, Liu Wuzhou still refused to give up and asked again: "Brother Xian, you know the weakness of Taiyuan City, maybe Chen Thief doesn't know it?  Li Jiancheng laughed out loud and said with a wry smile: "Brothers, Chen Yingliang is ten times more talented than me. How can you not know this?"  Moreover, this time he sent troops to bring with him Yuan Tiangang, the world's number one Feng Shui master, and deliberately chose to attack Taiyuan just before the flood season. Obviously, he came just because Taiyuan was flooded. At this time, our two armies retreated to Taiyuan, which was just right.  Chen Yingliang has a great opportunity to flood our two armies.  Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, who were clamoring to enter Taiyuan City, finally fell silent. Li Jiancheng took the opportunity and said: "Two brothers, please rest assured. As long as we hold the Dongwo River for a period of time, we will definitely have a chance to turn defeat into victory. Changle King Dou Jiande  He hates Chen Yingliang for stealing the country's autocratic power, and wants to attack Chen Yingliang. He has also formed a mortal feud with Chen Yingliang on the Linfen battlefield. Although our army has not received any new information yet, I can be sure that King Changle hates evil as much as he hates it.  , Yi Bo Yuntian will definitely personally lead the army from Xixingguan to Taiyuan for rescue. Our army still has strong reinforcements that can be expected, and there is no need to retreat to Taiyuan City.  " After exchanging a few glances with each other, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang finally gave up the idea of ??taking advantage of the situation and stationed in Taiyuan City, concerned about the danger of Chen Sangliang flooding Taiyuan, and agreed to continue to defend the Dongwo River defense line with the Taiyuan Army, waiting for Dou Jiande to definitely send  The reinforcements arrived. Li Jiancheng also quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He discussed some details of fighting together with Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, and then hurriedly left and returned to his own army camp, where he was surrounded by confidants such as Yin Kaishan and Zhang Lun.  When asked about the visit, Li Jiancheng smiled wryly and first told Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang that they wanted to seize the opportunity to enter the east city of Taiyuan. As a result, before he finished speaking, Yin Kaishan was already furious and cursed: "A common man!  The fox's tail is finally exposed!  Let them enter Taiyuan City, will they leave again in the future?  I'm afraid that if I enter the East City today, I will want to attack the West City tomorrow!  Governor Zuo, how did you answer?  " "I frightened them with the story of Taiyuan being flooded.  "Li Jiancheng introduced the situation a little bit with a wry smile, and then said with an even more bitter smile: "Thankfully, Brother Ying Liang showed them how powerful he is on the battlefield today, letting them know that even if they want to stop Brother Ying Liang from building a  It is difficult to store water in the dam, otherwise, I am afraid they would not be so easy to spend.  " Yin Kaishan nodded, sighed with Li Jiancheng, and then asked about the next war arrangements. Li Jiancheng replied: "The only way is to continue to hold on to the Dongwo River. By holding on to the Dongwo River, we can hope to survive until Dou Jiande's death.  The army came to help. Dou Jiande has an upright character. With him by his side to help us, even if Liu Wuzhou has any shameless intentions, it will be much easier for us to deal with him.  " Yin Kaishan did not nod this time. After thinking for a moment, Yin Kaishan said cautiously: "Captain Zuo, don't blame the general for his unlucky words. The road is far away. Dou Jiande's reinforcements may not be able to arrive in Taiyuan in time, or even though Dou Jiande  We arrived in time, but he did not send out the main force, but only sent us a partial force with insufficient strength. What should we do?  " Li Jiancheng was silent for a moment, and then said: "If that's the case, I have another way. Our army retreats to Taiyuan City, persuades Liu Wuzhou to lead his army to Yuci City, and forms an angle to rescue each other, and make the final decision with the Yingliang brothers.  Give it a try.  " "Is this a clever plan?  Yin Kaishan was stunned and said hurriedly: "Our army is guarding Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou is guarding Yuci. They are at odds with each other. We have a strong city to rely on, and Liu Wuzhou can send troops at any time to prevent Chen Yingliang from building a dam and flooding our army. It seems that we will win."  But our current tactics of holding on to the Dongjuo River, Commander Zuo, why don¡¯t you implement them immediately?  " "What if Chen Yingliang comes and defeats them one by one?  Li Jiancheng asked back and said with a wry smile: "Not to mention that Liu Wuzhou still has the strength to fight again. He will definitely not agree to defend the small city of Yuci, which is far smaller than Taiyuan. Even if he agrees, Chen Yingliang will divide his troops to contain our army and dispatch again."  Heavy troops are attacking Yuci. Do we dare to send troops to rescue?  Liu Wuzhou was defeated and driven away by Chen Yingliang. Who else can we expect to stop Chen Yingliang from building a dam to attack our army?  This is the last and helpless choice. We cannot choose such passive tactics until the last moment.  "Yin Kaishan nodded in realization, and Li Jiancheng lowered his head again and said: "Even for the sake of the people of Yuci, I will not agree to let Wu Zhou enter Yuci City until the last moment, and let the jackals, tigers and leopards under his command enter the city.  The people in the city will be in bad luck.  "
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