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    Of course, Yanshi City was not recaptured by Wang Shiyun. Li Ke's division was able to successfully capture Yanshi because the defenders in the city were sparse and unprepared. This allowed the Sui army to succeed by luck.  After entering Yanshi City, the Sui army officers and soldiers, who were all counting on the crumbling city walls to resist the Zheng army's counterattack, naturally tried their best to strengthen the city defense. In order to prepare supplies for the city defense, the Sui army officers and soldiers evacuated countless abandoned houses in the city overnight,  All the wood and stones were moved onto the city wall to defend the city.  In addition, the 7,000 defenders were neither too much nor too little, and it was more than enough to defend a small town in Yanshi.  In the end, Li Niiao's army is completely alone. As long as something happens to the city, no one in the Sui army will survive!  With no way to retreat, the officers and soldiers of the Sui Army naturally unleashed a 120% combat effectiveness. The tired soldiers of the Zheng Army who were forced to attack the fortress naturally had to chew on bones harder than iron. Five times in three days  They launched a large-scale siege on the city, but were all driven back by the Sui soldiers who shared the same hatred. They suffered heavy casualties and failed to break into the city.  As a result, Wang Shiyun was transferred back to Luoyang City and was slapped and kicked by Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong was also forced to mobilize troops from Luokoucang and Hulao Pass to continue the siege while protecting the grain and grass passing through Yanshi City. The efficiency of grain transportation was therefore reduced.  The huge reduction also completely disrupted Wang Shichong's overall decisive battle plan.  It was Wang Xuanying who continued to attack the city, but there was still no way. Faced with the desperate resistance of the Sui soldiers who had no way to retreat, Wang Xuanying tried every possible means but could not break through Yanshi City. After days of attacking and killing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he still could not get into Yanshi.  In the division city, on the contrary, the morale was severely dampened and the army's fatigue level was seriously aggravated.  As the main force of the Sui army crossed Tongguan and entered Xiaohan Road, getting closer and closer to the Dongdu battlefield, Wang Shichong gradually panicked. He could only order Wang Xuanying to temporarily abandon the siege and change the siege to a siege to cover the passage of grain and grass through Yanshi.  Below the city, they race against time to transport food to the eastern capital city.  It was also when the puppet government tried its best to transport food, and the disgusting aspects of Li Keshi's lone army were fully revealed. The puppet government used relatively convenient and fast boats to transport food, and the ships must go under the south gate of Yanshi.  Passing through, or moving against the current at an extremely slow speed, Li Ke's army could cover the entire Luoshui River with bows and arrows and trebuchets without leaving the city. They could also send sailors out of the city at any time to scuttle Zheng's grain transport ships. The puppet Zheng court, which was inland,  Ships were scarce, and Li Keshi wasted no time in destroying more than half of the Zheng army's ships. The number of water transport grains dropped sharply, let alone the existing ships, and there was no time at all.  Not to mention using rafts to transport food, it was a living target for the Sui army's trebuchets and bows and arrows.  If water transport is not enough to meet the demand, the only way to transport food is by land. If you take the land route, new problems arise. The food transport team also has to pass under Yanshi City. Years of war have led to the scarcity of livestock in Henan County and continuous farming.  There were few oxen to be found, let alone enough oxen, donkeys, and mules to transport food. The precious horses had to be ridden by cavalry in combat, so they had no choice but to use manpower to transport food.  The manpower transportation of grain not only increases the cost of transportation several times, but also requires tens of thousands of people to carry grain and push wheelbarrows to transport grain. When so many people are recruited to serve during the spring plowing season, the public resentment will naturally become more boiling and dangerous.  The coefficient also suddenly increased a lot, forcing Wang Shichong to send more troops to monitor and protect the people's food transportation.  Therefore, even if Li Ke's army cannot leave the city to rob grain, it is just entrenched in Yanshi City. The difficulty of transporting grain for Wang Shichong's army has increased several times, striving for the established plan of transporting 500,000 shi of grain to Luoyang City in a full-scale decisive battle.  It has also become an impossible task.  Wang Shichong's family hated this and gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do.  At this time, a piece of news that made Wang Shichong extremely unexpected suddenly came. Li Mi, who was entrenched in Baima and was still alive, actually accepted the title of Wei Wangjue conferred by Dou Jiande, and surrendered to Dou Jiande with more than 20,000 defeated soldiers and a large piece of completely destroyed Central Plains territory.  , and at the same time, there was accurate news that Li Mi had arrived in Linming to meet Dou Jiande and expressed his sincerity.  Wang Shichong was surprised by this and was inevitably happy and worried. Of course he was happy that another old enemy would commit suicide without fighting, but he was worried that he and Li Mi had a deep hatred. After Li Mi arrived at Dou Jiande's tent, he would definitely try his best to stop Dou Jiande.  Make an alliance with yourself and take the opportunity to take revenge.  No matter how unexpected it is, it is useless, it will come when it should come. On February 18th, the main force of the Sui army successfully crossed Hangu Pass and continued to advance towards Mianchi. There were only more than three days left from the Xin'an battlefield.  At the same time, Chen Sangliang was as cunning as ever. He claimed in the memorandum that he would send 80,000 troops. Indeed, he only brought 80,000 troops from Guanzhong. However, with the addition of Liu Heitai, Li Keshi, Qin Qiong's three partial divisions and the Yiyang garrison,  The total number of troops that the Sui army invested in the Dongdu battlefield this time actually exceeded 200,000, and the main army was a fresh force that had been given five months to rest. Their physical and mental conditions were far better than the tired ones under Wang Shichong.  In terms of military supplies and supplies, Wang Shichong was even more than eight blocks away.  But in terms of military strength, the Zheng Army was not inferior to the Sui Army. Together, the three front lines of troops, east, west, north, and the garrison in Luoyang City could number more than 130,000 people.Advantages.  But Zheng Jun's army of more than 130,000 was indeed pieced together. Among them, the truly reliable ones are still the 40,000 or so Dongdu troops before Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi. The rest are all new troops or those who were defeated by Li Mi.  After leaving, the various bandit soldiers and horses who were forced or voluntarily surrendered were similar to franchise stores in modern society. In name, they followed Wang Shichong's orders to fly the Zheng Army flag. In fact, the original commander still had the final say within the army. Wang Shichong had the final say.  Their control is not strong, and they are not really useful at critical moments.  And all this was because Chen Sangliang didn't give Wang Shichong a chance to reorganize them.  His own family knew his own affairs, and Wang Shichong was also very aware of the weakness of his own army. Even if he didn't have time to reorganize these armies, he still tried his best to make wishes to Sui Fengguan, the owner of these franchise stores, and married his two nieces to Wagang warrior Shan Shan.  Xiongxin and Yang Qing, the former king of Xun who had the most connections among the franchise stores, tried their best to win over these franchise store owners.  But the effect was still not great. Among them, there were many people who seemed to be incompatible with Wang Shichong. Some particularly bad ones, such as Hao Xiaode, even directly defected from the Zheng army.  Faced with this disparity in strength, Wang Shichong once planned to go on the defensive with all his strength, but his wise confidants such as Duan Da and Li Shiying pointed out to him that if he persisted with all his strength, not only would the morale of the army be further damaged, but also the morale of the army would be weakened.  Those franchise store owners became even more disloyal, and there were defectors like Hao Xiaode who led the army.  It is suggested that Wang Shichong take advantage of the fact that Xin'an City still has the tactical initiative in his hands, take the initiative to send troops to fight, and use the narrow terrain of Xiaohan Road to compete with the main force of the Sui army. In this way, even if the war is unfavorable, the losses will not be too great, and if he can take advantage of Chen Sangliang  Winning one or two battles can greatly boost the morale of the army and enhance the cohesion of the army.  He knew very well how good the unfilial son-in-law was in alienating and counter-involving people, and he also knew very well that the internal situation of his own army was that he was most afraid of being alienated and divided. After gritting his teeth over and over again, Wang Shichong finally decided to adopt the suggestions of Duan Da and Li Shiying. He had just received the advice from the Sui Army.  After hearing the news that the main force had left Hangu Pass, he immediately led more than 40,000 troops to Xin'an, rushed to Xin'an to guard the dangerous position, and prepared for a battle with his son-in-law in the narrow Xiaohan Road battlefield.  On February 20th, the main force of the Zheng Army successfully arrived at the Xin'an battlefield. Together with the Xin'an garrison Gaobi Department, with a total strength of more than 56,000 people, they camped on the road to block the eastward advance of the Sui Army's main force.  Sui general Liu Heitai, who had been confronting Gao Bi for many days, lacked the strength in his hands. He was warned by Chen Sangliang and knew that Wang Shichong was difficult to deal with, so he decisively retreated deep into the Xiaohan Road and set up camp twenty miles west of Xin'an.  , and at the same time sent a fast horse to report the military situation to Chen Sangliang.  In the afternoon of the same day, the main force of the Sui army successfully arrived at Mianchi. It was only more than 60 miles away from the Xin'an battlefield. After receiving Liu Heitai's report, Chen Sangliang, who had basically recovered, immediately summoned his staff to discuss the military situation and analyze Wang Shichong's intentions and formulation.  As a result, Yuan Tiangang, who had accumulated rich experience in actual combat, quickly pointed out: "Wang Shichong is preparing to attack and defend. He wants to use the narrow terrain of Xiaohan Road to confront our army head-on, boost morale, and avoid him."  His military morale was shaken, and he also wanted to take advantage of the fact that our troops were unable to expand and win a few battles to boost his morale. "I think so too," Chen Sangliang nodded in agreement with this analysis and said fiercely.  Since the enemy wants to rely on a few small victories to boost their morale, we must not let them get what they want. This time, we must win the first battle!" "Then how do we fight?" Fang Xuanling asked hurriedly: "Your Highness, Wang Shichong, you once said.  His military style is tenacious and good at fighting hard and fierce battles. The terrain of Xiaohan Road is narrow and our troops cannot be deployed. Even if we deploy elite troops and strong generals to fight, there is no way to ensure victory if we don't have enough troops? " "Forgot that we have?  Artillery?" Chen Sangliang said with a smile: "Wang Shichong is good at fighting tough battles, which is based on his formation. Once the position is loose, his army will be in vain no matter how good it is." Fang Xuanling woke up and hurriedly flattered him.  Tang Wang Yingming and Chen Sangliang smiled, and then said: "It has been decided, we will use artillery in the first battle, bring all fifty of our artillery into battle, and blast at Wang Shichong's formation! I will  Don¡¯t believe it, the fifty artillery pieces we spent so much money and money on casting can¡¯t break through Wang Shichong¡¯s turtle array!¡± ¡°It must be broken,¡± Yuan Tiangang said with a smile, ¡°Because of the battle reports from General Liu Heita.  There is little rain on the Xin'an battlefield and the land is relatively dry. After our artillery shells fall on the ground, they can bounce as much as they want!" Upon hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Chen Sangliang's Chinese army tent suddenly rang out like a night owl!  The sound of sinister laughter, and this sound of sinister laughter, also doomed Wang Shichongjun, who dreamed of winning a few battles, to a pitiful end.  Wang Shichong, who had only seen pine cannons, did not know that a disaster was coming. After detecting the main force of the Sui army advancing eastward to join forces with Liu Heita, he was forced to extend the camp to more than 20 miles from east to west due to terrain restrictions. Wang Shichong was extremely proud for a time.  , I feel that as long as our army can defend the territory,If the distance between the company and the camp is too long, the main force of the Sui army will inevitably reveal fatal flaws because it is difficult to respond from the beginning to the end, giving itself the opportunity to surprise and defeat the weak.  Immediately afterwards, when he learned that Chen Sangliang had only brought about 16,000 troops eastward to fight him due to terrain restrictions, Wang Shichong laughed out loud and immediately ordered the dispatch of 38,000 troops to fight.  Set up a formation only three miles away from Xiaohan Road.  According to the old rules, Wang Shichong, who knew how vicious his son-in-law was, had already set up three square formations even if he had an absolute advantage in local forces. One large, two small, and three turtle formations occupied most of the space between Qiangshan and Gushui. At the same time,  More scouts were sent to closely guard the valleys and rivers and various mountain trails to prevent the unfilial son-in-law from sneaking in again and protruding surprise troops to attack.  The narrow terrain of the Xiaohan Road had a more serious impact on the main force of the Sui army than Wang Shichong expected. He sent troops early in the morning, and it was not until close to noon that the Sui army walked out of the Xiaohan Road entrance. They also cautiously immediately lined up outside the turtle formation at a distance from Wang Shichong.  A square formation was formed, with the infantry at the front and the cavalry on the wings to guard against Wang Shichong's surprise attack.  It was only after the officers of the Sui army were in line that Chen Sangliang's Tang Dynasty flag finally appeared in front of the officers of the Zheng army. Then Chen Sangliang rushed out of the battle and shouted for Wang Shichong to come out and answer. There were still tens of thousands of soldiers of the two armies.  In front of him, he called his father-in-law by his name and called him a common man. He did not hide his true nature of being uneducated.  Wang Shichong was not polite, and soon walked out of the turtle formation surrounded by fierce generals such as Wang Renze, Shan Xiongxin, Ge Junzhang, etc. He stood more than two hundred steps away from Chen Sangliang and shouted righteously: "Bold little beast! How dare you!  You dare to speak rudely to me and call me by my name. Have you forgotten who I am to you!" "Old man, if you dig up my ancestor's grave and destroy the bones of my ancestors, I will kill you as a regicide?  The traitor was cut into pieces with thousands of swords and his car was torn into pieces, but it still won't dispel the hatred in my heart! How can I still talk to you about my love for my son-in-law?" Chen Sangliang roared with great righteousness.  Secretly cursing Pei Renji for acting privately, Wang Shichong yelled again: "The person who dug up your ancestral grave was Pei Renji, and I didn't instruct him to do this! You are an unscrupulous little thief who insists on putting the blame on me.  Taking the opportunity to start a war and invade our land is simply despicable!" Of course, Chen Sangliang has already found out that digging up the ancestral grave of the dead man Chen Yingliang was indeed not what Wang Shichong asked Pei Renji to do, but Pei Renji's habit of cheating his father with water in his head!  , but with such a convenient excuse to start a war, Chen Sangliang was naturally reluctant to give up, and continued to put the blame on Wang Shichong's head, shouting: "Old man, don't make excuses! Not only do I and Pei Renji have no grievances, but also  How could he do such an unjust thing without your permission? Stop talking nonsense, I will come here with my troops. If you are smart, please get off your horse and kneel down and surrender!  Otherwise, with this king¡¯s order, you, an old man, and the ghosts who follow you will be turned into powder!¡± Chen Sangliang¡¯s words are really too crazy, not only is he actually Wang Shichong, Chen Sangliang¡¯s elder!  Unbearable, Wang Renze, Shan Xiongxin and other generals around Wang Shichong were also furious. They all yelled and demanded to fight Chen Sangliang for 300 rounds.  Chen Sangliang recognized Shan Xiongxin, pointed his riding crop at Shan Xiongxin and shouted: "Shan Xiongxin is a traitor! I remember you! Where is your sister Shan Yingying now?!" "Where is she?" Shan Xiongxin  He was stunned for a moment and replied: "What does it have to do with you where she is? Why do you ask?" "Nothing." Chen Sangliang showed his dirty face again and said with a smile: "I just heard that she has been married for many years. Until now.  I don¡¯t have any children yet, so I want to help her and give her some sons.¡± When the Sui army officers laughed loudly, Shan Xiongxin¡¯s face turned black with anger, and Tishan roared, ¡°You dare to humiliate me!  Sister! Come here, I will fight you for three hundred rounds!" "A three hundred rounds of battle? You are not worthy of letting me take action!" Chen Sangliang said with confidence, and used his riding whip to attack the four Sui soldiers beside him.  The general pulled a few times and said loudly: "Since you like to fight in front of the battle, I will also give you a chance. You can choose one of the four generals beside me. As long as you defeat him in the battle, I will give you a chance."  Without saying a word, Wang immediately retreated to Guanzhong! The opportunity is given to you, choose me!" The four generals Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Xue Renguo and Wang Fubao beside Chen Sangliang shouted in unison.  : "Shan Xiongxin is a common man! Do you have the guts to fight me for 300 rounds?!" Shan Xiongxin was a little dumbfounded. He never expected that Chen Sangliang would do this to him, but Wang Shichong next to him considered that Chen Sangliang always kept his word.  Youxin, winning a one-on-one battle also greatly boosted morale, and Shan Xiongxin's skills were indeed reassuring, so he whispered to Shan Xiongxin: "My dear nephew, take your pick, you must win!" Shan Xiongxin hesitated again  After a while, he took a closer look at the four generals around Chen Sangliang, and first ruled out the few times he was in WaGangzhai beat Luo Shixin, a little monster with teeth on the ground, but Shan Xiongxin soon discovered that the other three generals around Chen Sangliang didn't seem to be kind-hearted people. Each one had sharper eyes than the other.  With a ferocious appearance, it is not surprising that he looks like a ruthless character who has crawled out of the dead countless times. Chen Sangliang, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, naturally wants to bring the most powerful generals with him as bodyguards when he goes into battle.  Luo Shixin hooked his little finger at Shan Xiongxin with great contempt. Xue Renguo, the enemy of ten thousand people, and Wang Fubao, the actual chief general of Dou Army, also shouted loudly, asking Shan Xiongxin to choose him. However, Yuchi Jingde was ingenious and put his horse into the arms of the soldiers behind him.  Throwing it away, he raised his hands and shouted: "Shan Xiong believes in me! I will fight you with my bare hands! If I can't take you down with my bare hands, I will kill myself in front of His Highness to apologize!" Yuchi Jingde was so crazy that Shan Xiong believed in it.  Unable to endure it anymore, he also bullied Yuchi Jingde and threatened to be empty-handed, so he yelled: "Common man, it's you! Take your life!" Roaring, Shan Xiongxin clapped his horse and rushed towards Yuchi Jingde, who laughed proudly.  With a sound, he really faced Shan Xiongxin with his bare hands. Chen Sangliang and others, who knew Yuchi Jingde's ability well, rode their horses back and gave up the battlefield, with ferocious smiles on their faces. Wang Shichong and others over there also retreated.  However, they also said in their hearts: "Shan Xiongxin, if you can't even beat an empty-handed person, then don't come back alive!" At this time, Yuchi Jingde and Shan Xiongxin were already in the battle, Shan Xiongxin  The horse is breaking the wind, stabbing and swinging just to greet Yuchi Jingde, fast, fierce and accurate, but Yuchi Jingde, who is facing the enemy empty-handed, has a smile on his face, taking his time and carefully avoiding Shan Xiongxin's horse, the two armies  The soldiers cheered and cheered together, and the scene was very shocking.  As a result, Shan Xiongxin's psychological pressure was naturally extremely huge. He failed to touch Yuchi Jingde in a dozen consecutive moves. Shan Xiongxin, who could not help but feel a little anxious, shouted and stabbed, revealing his flaws.  Yuchi Jingde took the opportunity to roar, and grabbed Shan Xiongxin's spear pole with his black hand like lightning. Shan Xiongxin was shocked and pale, and cheers like a landslide and tsunami suddenly erupted in the Sui army formation.  "Common man, do you know how powerful you are?" Luo Shixin laughed wildly and said: "Do you think you can take advantage of General Yuchi who is empty-handed? To tell you the truth, let alone you, even among our army, I am the only one who is sure.  General Yuchi took the horse away with his bare hands! "Trash! Kill him!" Wang Shichong also shouted with a livid face.  Hearing Luo Shixin's wild laughter and Wang Shichong's roar, Shan Xiongxin's face became even more worried. While he was still holding the stick tightly with both hands, he hurriedly tried his best to grab the stick. However, Yuchi Jingde had a sneer on his face and still used one right hand.  Holding the stick tightly, Shan Xiongxin pulled it back with all his strength. The stick still seemed to have taken root in Yuchi Jingde's hands, and nothing could be done to get it back.  Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers of the Sui army naturally cheered even louder, while the cheers of the officers and soldiers of the Zheng army were completely muted, and many soldiers of the Zheng army couldn't help but booed.  Hearing that even the soldiers of his own army were booing him, Shan Xiongxin's expression was of course as ugly as possible. He gritted his teeth and raised his heart. Seeing the opportunity, he suddenly jumped up on his horse and kicked Yuchi Jingde in the chest.  Unexpectedly, Yuchi Jingde reacted very quickly. He jumped up almost at the same time and arrived first. He kicked Shan Xiongxin's breast shield first with his long legs. The kick caused Shan Xiongxin's breast shield to deform.  White foam was sprayed out, and the person flew more than two feet away.  The officers and soldiers of the Sui Army burst into cheers again. As soon as Shan Xiongxin landed, he immediately fled back to pursue him. Yuchi Jingde did not chase him, but proudly raised the Shan Xiongxin horse that he had snatched. The soldiers of the Sui Army  Everyone was cheering and jumping, and their morale was greatly boosted. However, everyone in Zheng Jun's team was dejected, and their already low morale plummeted.  But Wang Shichong himself wanted to kick Shan Xiongxin to death, and his face was so black that he was almost dripping with water.  After proudly calling back Yuchi Jingde, who had won the duel, Chen Sangliang shouted at Wang Shichong again: "Old man, have you seen this? You have already lost. Why don't you quickly dismount and kneel down?" "Why should I surrender?"  ?" Wang Shichong sneered and said, "You just said that if you lose, you will return to Guanzhong immediately. I didn't say what I would do if my generals lost." The Sui army generals booed, but Chen Sangliang was.  If he had known that Wang Shichong would answer like this, he sneered and said: "Old man, you are still as shameless as before. Since you insist on being stubborn and seeking death yourself! Then don't blame me for being rude! Push me up!"  Fifty artillery pieces wrapped in straw, pushed by the Sui army soldiers, slowly came out of the formation and lined up in front of the Sui army formation. Wang Shichong was stunned at first when he saw it, and then sneered and said: "I knew it already.  You little thief will come here and push me up!" With the same chant, sixty pine cannons were also launched from Zheng Jun's formation, and they quickly lined up in front of Zheng Jun's formation. Wang Shichong was also very proud.  Shouted: "Chen Xiaothi! Did you see it? YourI have some guns too, I have more than you!  Don't you like using artillery?  I will accompany you today to fight to the end, see who can't hold on first!  " Wang Shichong's answer was of course Chen Sangliang's wild laughter, "Yes, you have more cannons!  It seems that this time, I will suffer some losses!  Let you take advantage!  "
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