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Volume One Chapter 607: Defending in the East and Attacking in the West

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    Li Mi's death was not the end of the Hulao Pass battle, but it was only the beginning. Disturbed by Li Mi's affairs, although Chen Sangliang and Dou Jiande, two enemies who had never met before, failed to meet each other, after retreating to the camp, Dou Jiande still  Immediately issued an order to speed up the construction of siege weapons, and set a time limit to prepare the necessary siege weapons within three days. He was determined to capture Hulao Pass at any cost, and at the same time, he made every effort to kill Hulao Pass on the battlefield.  Chen Sangliang laid the foundation for world hegemony in one fell swoop.  To be fair, the current situation of Dou Jiande's army is not without hope of achieving this. Dou's army is a new force and its soldiers have more physical strength than those of the Sui army. Their injuries and illnesses are not far less serious than those of the Sui army. There are fewer hidden dangers in the rear and more food and grass supplies;  The Eastern Expedition Sui Army was inferior to the main force of Dou Army in most aspects. The soldiers were injured and exhausted, and the Luokou Warehouse was stuck in the throat at the rear. It was not only difficult to transport weapons and equipment, but also had to be attacked by two sides during the war.  The danger of a pincer attack, and what's even more terrible is that the Sui army's main killer bronze artillery is all on the Luoyang battlefield. Before the nail in Luokou Cang is removed, there is no way to transport it to the front line to participate in the battle.  Therefore, even Chen Sangliang himself admitted that his own army can only exert at most 60 to 70% of its peak strength, while the main force of Dou's army is at its most ideal peak.  But fortunately, the Sui army had a huge advantage of geographical location. I don¡¯t think I need to introduce how difficult it is to conquer Hulao Pass, which is high in the city and deep in the trenches - it once took Chen Sangliang half a year to capture it.  It is much more difficult to attack Hulao Pass from east to west than to attack from west to east - because the west of Hulao Pass is an open terrain with flat plains, and the siege army can reach directly to the edge of the moat, outside the east gate of Hulao Pass  More than two miles away, there is the cover of the natural river Si River. Although the flow of the Si River is not too large, infantry and cavalry soldiers can flow directly across the river, but large siege weapons must pass through solid bridges to reach the moat.  On the opposite side, it greatly restricted the advancing speed of the siege team and interfered with the formation of the siege army, giving the defenders a huge advantage.  Chen Sangliang knew how to take advantage of this geographical advantage. Although it was not completely impossible to fight, Chen Sangliang very cunningly chose to only defend without fighting. He used his strengths and weaknesses to avoid the enemy's edge. He also deliberately provoked Dou Jiande to lure the enemy to attack, intending to use the defense to defend.  Urban warfare consumes the enemy's strength and stamina, and then attempts to counterattack.  Although Dou Jiande was indeed angered by Chen Sangliang's success, he was not as impulsive as Yang Xuangan to attack the city with only some flying ladders to die, and ordered the army to rush to build a large number of trebuchets, trench bridge trucks, ladder trucks and city ramming trucks.  At the same time, Dou Jiande sent General Wang Xiaohu and eight thousand troops to build ten strong bridges on the Sishui River the next day to facilitate the passage of large siege weapons.  The news of Dou Jun's bridge construction was sent to Hulao Pass by the scouts. The Sui army generals rushed to ask for orders to destroy Dou Jun's bridge. However, Chen Sangliang smiled and called Sun Cheng, the commander of Li Ke's division, to order  He led a thousand troops to attack the Sishui Bridge and destroy the bridge being built by Dou's army.  Changsun Cheng, who was unexpectedly favored by Chen Sangliang, was overjoyed at first, and then his face immediately changed color when he heard that Chen Sangliang had given him the troops. He hesitated for a moment and did not dare to make a promise. He even said cautiously: "Your Highness, it's not that the general will not accept it."  The fate is that the general will lead a thousand troops to attack 8,000 enemies and destroy the bridge This, the general is not confident?" Before Chen Sangliang could speak, he had already become accustomed to Chen Sangliang's wretchedness.  Luo Shixin, who was in style, had already shouted: "Your Highness asked you to destroy the rebel army's bridge. He didn't tell you to win the battle, nor did he tell you to destroy the rebel army's bridge. Why don't you use your brain and you can't defeat the rebel army?"  , can¡¯t you escape back?¡± ¡°Haha, Shixin is indeed becoming more and more courageous and resourceful.¡± Chen Sangliang laughed and said, ¡°I just gave the order, and you can immediately guess my true intention.  , Yes, yes, he is becoming more and more like a general." When Changsun Cheng was still a little confused, Luo Shixin said with a smile: "Fighting with His Highness, I can't help but learn some tricks.  Your Highness, it would be best if you let General Changsun fight more battles, and remember to bring his flag with him every time? Then after a few times, can you temporarily lend General Changsun's flag to the last general? " Changsun Cheng finally woke up?  By the time it was over, generals such as Yuchi Jingde, Wang Fubao and Xu Shiji had also asked to borrow Changsun Cheng's flag. Luo Shixin shouted that he had spoken first and refused to give in. Finally, Chen Sangliang upheld justice and said:  "Shixin asked first to borrow the banner of General Changsun. If he fails, he will lend it to you." "Then we don't need to borrow it. There will definitely be no chance." Generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Wang Fubao  Everyone was dejected, but Chen Sangliang smiled and waved to Changsun Cheng to take the lead, and told Changsun Cheng to act well. Changsun Cheng, who had woken up, clasped his fists and sang a promise, and then immediately went down to prepare for the battle - Changsun Chenghe  The eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, has some relatives, and the eldest grandson Cheng, who is somewhat ambitious, doesn't mind suffering some injustice for the sake of a powerful distant relative.  In this way, Changsun Cheng, who knew that he was bound to lose, bravely led his troops out of the city to stop Dou.The army built the bridge. Wang Xiaohu, the general of the Dou Army who was ordered to build the bridge, bullied Sun Cheng's small army and refused to rely on the simple fortifications built in advance to fight in an array. He directly divided his troops into two thousand to attack. The two armies fought on the west bank of the Sishui River and gained passage.  Chen Sangliang wanted to act like a real person, and Zhang Suncheng also fought with all his strength. Unfortunately, his troops were weak and he had a second-line army. He couldn't defeat the first-line soldiers of Dou Army who had a numerical advantage. They were killed in embarrassment in less than a moment.  He fled, but Dou Jun chased him like a rabbit and fled back to Hulao Pass.  In the evening of the same day, Changsun Cheng attacked again, and was easily defeated by Dou Jun again. After winning two battles in a row, Dou Jun's morale increased and his military morale gradually became arrogant. However, Chen Sangliang did not blame Changsun Cheng for the defeat at all.  In the early morning of the next day, he sent an army to the east to attack the enemy's bridge. He also issued a secret order to promise defeat but not victory. He deliberately allowed the army to lose three battles in a row in front of Wang Xiaohu, and also patiently waited for the completion of the Dou Army's bridge.  In the afternoon, Chen Sangliang finally made a real move and ordered Luo Shixin to lead a thousand elite troops to attack under the false banner of Chang Sun Cheng. He also ordered Qiu Xinggong to lead an army of 5,000 to assemble in the pass to meet Luo Shixin and the reinforcements to meet Dou Jiande.  When Luo Shixin appeared in front of Dou's army under the banner of Chang Sun Cheng, Wang Xiaohu laughed at the fact that his defeated generals were coming to die again, so he simply led an army of 5,000 to fight in person, and even divided his troops into one to cut off the Sui army's retreat, striving to inflict heavy damage and even the entire army.  Destroy this Sui army.  Of course, Wang Xiaohu soon regretted that he had ventured out of the protection of the fence and earthen fortifications, because the Sui soldiers who appeared in front of him suddenly turned into a group of lunatics, led by a young Sui general.  , rushed up before Dou Jun could set up his formation, and plunged directly into Dou Jun's formation like a sharp knife, forcing Dou Jun's soldiers to fight in close combat with them. The surprisingly young Sui  The military general was even more of a madman among madmen. He ran rampant in the formation with two swords in hand. If he entered an uninhabited land, he would kill everyone he saw and slash the enemy. Each sword was faster than the other, and each sword was stronger than the last. Dou Jun's soldiers were in his  There was almost no enemy in front of him, and in less than a moment, more than a dozen soldiers of Dou Army were killed by his sword.  Wang Xiaohu and countless soldiers of Dou's army were frightened by this, and they all screamed, "Who is this man? Why is he so powerful?" What made Wang Xiaohu even more frightened was still behind. After successfully disrupting the formation of Dou's army, after Dou's army  When the army divided its troops and saw that the situation was not going well and had already returned to the main force for reinforcements, the young Sui general actually came directly towards his flag. The Sui army soldiers behind him also kept walking and followed him, slashing and advancing without any traces.  Regardless of the soldiers Dou who were coming from behind, left and right, the young Sui general who had been killed with blood all over his body was still laughing wildly in the shadow of the sword, "It's so fun! It's so fun! It's so fun to kill!" Wang Xiao  Among the Dou army, Hu was definitely a general who could fight with his head. After being vaguely aware of the trap, and seeing that the situation was very bad for him, Wang Xiaohu did not take the initiative to rush to Luo Shixin to die like other generals.  , decisively chose to lead his troops to retreat to the bridge, and at the same time immediately sent people to the camp to ask for help, lest the Sui soldiers destroy the solid bridge that was about to be completed.  However, after Dou's army retreated, Luo Shixin not only pursued him to the edge of the bridge without hesitation, Qiu Xinggong also immediately led the Sui army's rear troops out of the city to help in the battle, and brought various fire starters to the bridgehead position to help Luo Shixin.  The battle at the bridgehead was extremely fierce. Although the soldiers of the Dou Army led by Wang Xiaohu put up a strong resistance, they lost the opportunity by surprise and were unable to effectively resist the Sui army's attack with the help of bridgehead fortifications such as fences and earthen ramparts. They retreated hastily.  The formation was in a mess, and they were unable to withstand the elite front-line soldiers of the Sui army under Luo Shixin and Qiu Xinggong. Eight of the ten newly built bridges were destroyed and burned by the Sui army, and the casualties among the soldiers were also considerable.  When Dou Jiande hurriedly sent troops to help, Luo Shixin and Qiu Xinggong immediately retreated under Chen Sangliang's order, returned to Hulao and closed the city to defend, and did not continue to fight against Dou's new army.  After the fierce battle, the Sishui battlefield was devastated. The eight newly built bridges gradually turned into ashes in the fierce fire and smoke. The remaining two and another previously built bridge were also damaged to varying degrees. Dou's army's large siege weapons were therefore unable to attack.  Quickly cross the river and engage in siege operations.  After hearing the report, Dou Jiande scolded Wang Xiaohu bloody, and had no choice but to give up the plan to launch an attack on the city the next day. At the same time, more troops were sent to repair the bridges and rebuild the bridges, which greatly improved the morale of the army.  It has also been affected to some extent.  The Sui army was not easy in this regard. Post-war statistics showed that Luo Shixin's front-line elites suffered more than 120 casualties in the fierce battle, and Qiu Xinggong's main soldiers suffered close to 300 casualties. The losses were by no means small, and at the same time, even the unruly soldiers  The tame Luo Shixin also admitted that the combat effectiveness of Sergeant Dou's soldiers was beyond his expectations. The individual combat effectiveness was no less than that of the main soldiers of Li Yuan's army on the Taiyuan battlefield. If it were not for the enemy's tactical mistakes, he would have left the simple fortifications on his own.  Protection, I may not be sure that I can defeat the enemy this time.  Because of this, Chen Sangliang decisively gave up his plan to fight a few more tug-of-wars with Dou Jiande on the Sishui battlefield, allowing Dou Jiande to rebuild the bridge and step up preparations to defend the city.At the same time, he asked the prisoners of Dou's army captured by Qiu Xinggong to return to Dou's camp with letters and give them to Dou Jiande. They used the letters to mock Dou Jiande's army's defeat in Sishui, in order to provoke Dou Jiande and lure Dou Jiande to launch a strong attack.  When Dou Jiande saw the letter, he was furious. While urging the construction of the bridge to be stepped up, he also vowed again that after breaking the city, Chen Sangliang would be cut into pieces and executed in Lingchi.  The dark clouds of the war have shrouded the sky over Hulao Pass. Judging from various signs, it is a foregone conclusion that the Dou Army is about to launch a large-scale attack on Hulao Pass. At the same time, the Luokou Cang side will definitely send troops to help Dou Jiande. The Sui Army in the Eastern Expedition must face  A two-front battle situation.  Under such circumstances, Chen Sangliang, who had always been dictatorial, had to convene a military meeting to discuss the war strategy with his subordinates.  During the discussion, most of the Sui army's civil and military forces believed that the main force should be used to the east, with more than 60% of the force used to resist Dou Jiande's attack, and the remaining force should be used to deal with Zheng's army in Luokou Cang.  Only Wang Fubao and Yin Kaishan strongly advocated putting Zheng first and Xia first, and using most of their strength to kill Wang Xuanying first, and then turn around and concentrate all their efforts on Dou Jiande. Luo Shixin, Guo Feng and other generals also agreed with this proposal - unfortunately they could not give any decent reasons.  .  Yin Kaishan's reason for advocating Zheng first and Xia later was the principle of Tian Ji's horse racing. He spoke eloquently in front of everyone: "With 30 to 40% of the strength to meet Dou Jiande's main force, although this move is risky, we are also very confident, because the first siege battle  , the Dou thief army had to face the problems of moats, sheep and horse walls, antlers and horses and other fortifications under the city. The advance was slow. The eight pine cannons left by Wang Shichong's thief army had never been seen by the Dou thief army. Our army suddenly  Using it will definitely have a huge intimidation effect on the soldiers of the Dou thief. The army of the Dou thief will have to spend some time to get used to it. At the same time, our army has the most complete fortifications and the most abundant materials to defend the city. We can block the strong enemy with weak troops.  "It's a great certainty." "In this way, as long as our main force seizes the opportunity to severely annihilate Wang Shichong's rebel army who fought out of the city, the next situation will be very beneficial to us." Yin Kaishan continued: "We have severely damaged Wang Shichong.  Rebel Army, not only do we no longer have to worry about being attacked on both sides in the next war, but we can also capture Luokou warehouse with only part of our partial divisions, completely solving our food and grass problem, obtaining a large amount of military supplies, and completely clearing up our supply routes.  , with an endless supply of military supplies, we will be invincible in the battle with Dou Jiande. " "But if we attack Xia first and then Zheng, and use our main force to resist Dou Jiande's attack first, then Hulao Pass will be invincible.  We can ensure that we can defend the city, but as time goes by, the bows, arrows, kerosene and ordnance we use to defend the city will be used less at a time, and Wang Shichong's thieves choke our necks and cannot be replenished. The longer the stalemate continues, the situation will become more difficult for us.  The more disadvantageous it is. Therefore, I believe that we must not just blindly ensure that Hulao Pass is not lost. We must take some risks and remove the nail in Luokou Cang before we can completely reverse our current unfavorable situation of fighting on two fronts.  " "The general also believes that Zheng should come first before Xia," Wang Fubao's voice was still as serious as usual, and he said in a deep voice: "The reason is that Dou Jiande is not good at fighting tough battles. He personally supervised the Hejian City and did not besiege the city for a year.  We can break the city, but the siege tactics are uniform and lackluster, and we are easily influenced by our subordinates. We often miss good opportunities at critical moments. The city of Hulao Pass is stronger than the Hejian City, and only the east gate is under attack. The enemy cannot deploy its troops. We  The pressure they faced was much easier than that of the Hejian defenders back then. Using too much force to deal with him would only be a waste of precious combat power. It was better to use it to deal with Wang Xuanying first, defeat Wang Xuanying's main force in the field, and solve it in one fell swoop.  We are surrounded by enemies on both fronts. " "Yes, yes, we should deal with Wang Xuanying first! We are not afraid of fighting with him in the field, but we are afraid that this common man will not come out in the city. " Luo Shixin, Guo Feng and other fierce generals who like to fight in the field are also fighting hard!  They nodded in agreement and praised Yin Kaishan and Wang Fubao for what they said. However, while Feng Deyi, Shi Wanbao and others agreed that what Yin and Wang said was reasonable, they also reminded that the terrain of Hulao Pass was important and there must be no mistakes.  Dou Jiande's troops are powerful and must not be ignored at all. In addition, Feng Deyi and others have one thing they dare not say out loud - Wang Fubao surrendered from Dou Jiande and urged Chen Sangliang to use the main force on the Western Front.  It is very suspected that he transferred Hu Lishan to help Dou Jiande.  The ball was eventually kicked back in front of Chen Sangliang. In the past, Chen Sangliang, who always talked nonsense in military meetings, was uncharacteristically silent this time. He almost didn't speak. He had been patiently listening to the suggestions and analysis of his accomplices and lackeys, etc.  After all the accomplices had finished expressing their opinions and were waiting for Chen Sangliang to make the final decision, Chen Sangliang was silent for a long time. Then he turned his eyes to Li Keshi's face and asked: "Cousin, I'm going to kill the tiger."  I have entrusted you with the prison, are you confident to hold on to it?" "Me?" Master Li was stunned at first, and then asked in surprise: "Your Highness, you plan to fight on the Western Front in person?" "Yes," Chen Sangliang nodded.  Said: "Old General Yin"That's right. Only by removing the nail in Luokou warehouse and completely clearing our supply routes can we remain invincible in front of Dou Jiande."  Therefore, we must take some risks, first Zheng and then Xia. I will take the main force to deal with Wang Xuanying first, and you will lead the partial force to deal with Dou Jiande to buy time for me.  " Being entrusted with such an important task by Chen Sangliang, Master Li was so excited that he even blushed. After a while, he said with trembling words: "Your Highness, if I, if I disappoint you, what will I do?  ?  " "Then it's up to you.  Chen Sangliang answered easily, and then said: "But we can't do it without taking risks. Yuan Shangshu and Old General Qu Tu have been restrained by Wang Shichong. If we don't seize the time and seize the opportunity to kill Wang Xuanying, the stalemate will continue."  , the situation will only become more unfavorable for us day by day, so I can only give priority to solving Wang Xuanying, and I can only entrust Hulao Pass to you.  " After another hesitation, Master Li left the table and kowtowed to Chen Sangliang. He solemnly said: "His Royal Highness will not give up. He has entrusted me with such an important task. I will definitely do my best to ensure that the Tiger Guards Pass is not lost.  I also ask Your Highness to rest assured. After your Highness leaves Hulao Pass in the west, the city of Hulao Pass is there, the general¡¯s people are there, but the Hulao Pass is not there, and the general¡¯s head will fall to the ground!  " "Then please leave it to my cousin.  Chen Sangliang's tone became calmer and he added: "I leave fifteen thousand troops to you, as well as General Yin, Qiu Xinggong and Xu Shiji. General Yin has rich battlefield experience, Xinggong and Shiji are brave and resourceful."  If you have both, they will definitely be of great help to you.  " Li Keshi thanked him respectfully again. Generals Yin Kaishan, Qiu Xinggong, and Xu Shiji also left the table to salute and receive orders. Chen Sangliang nodded, stood up and said, "That's it. Immediately divide the troops and prepare combat supplies.  The bandits are coming from left and right, we defend from the east and attack from the west, first defeat Wang Xuanying, and then destroy Dou Jiande!  "
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