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Volume 1 Chapter 610: Trapped

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    When the rising sun shed its first ray of sunshine, the golden gong finally rang in Dou's army formation. Upon hearing this signal to retreat, Dou's soldiers under the wall of Hulao Pass felt as if they were prisoners on death row who had heard the edict of amnesty.  Likewise, they threw down the broken flying ladder that was already stained with blood and sweat in their hands and fled back and forth. Many of Dou's soldiers were still looking happy during the retreat, saying rejoicing, "It's finally over, it's finally over, I'm still there."  I thought, I can¡¯t wait until this battle is over.¡± ¡°Contrary to the soldiers of Dou who were secretly happy after being forced to give up the siege, the victors of the Sui army on the top of the city did not cheer at all.  Throwing down their weapons, they sat directly on the city top. The crossbowmen used long-range weapons to chase the enemies out of range. They also sat on the city head covered with corpses, sitting on the city head stained with blood.  On the red ground, people were breathing heavily, and many soldiers fell directly to the ground and snored.  "Dou Jiande is a common man! He is really just a mediocre man! The sun has risen and the sunshine is beneficial to him, yet he is still willing to retreat! Common man! A mediocre man! A fool! If it were me, I would be willing to retreat at this time!"  Chen Sangliang's cousin Li Keshi was still waving his sword and shouting loudly, but his words were obviously weak. When he waved the horizontal sword to provoke the enemy, Li Keshi slipped and was about to fall. Xu Shiji next to him quickly threw him  When he was holding him up, because his hands and feet were already weak, he was dragged down by Master Li and fell down together. They were all in a state of embarrassment.  However, after looking at each other's embarrassed faces covered with blood and dust, Li Keshi and Xu Shiji both laughed loudly together. There was relief, joy, and bitterness in their laughter.  At this time, Ming Jin retreated. It was not that Dou Jiande didn't know that the sun was gradually beginning to benefit him, but that Dou Jiande's army could no longer fight. In the siege battle day and night, Dou's army invested more than 50,000 soldiers of various types.  After 13 sieges of the city, more than 10,000 soldiers were killed and wounded. Not only was there still no way to defeat the solid city defense of Hulao Pass, but large siege trucks such as ladder trucks and ramming trucks were completely destroyed. The combat team was completely destroyed.  They were exhausted from top to bottom, and the generals kept crying and begging Dou Jiande to retreat as soon as possible. Dou Jiande could not force the troops who had worked hard for a day and night to carry simple flying ladders to attack the city wall, so Dou Jiande had no choice but to give the order to retreat.  Ordered, with endless anger and hatred for Chen Sangliang, he led his army to retreat.  After the war, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the Hulaoguan battlefield. The same situation was seen on the Luokoucang battlefield. Although the Sui army soldiers had already invaded the city in the middle of the night, the Zheng army Wang Xuanying's troops had no way to escape.  Wang Xuanying was willing to give up and used amazing fighting spirit and perseverance to make the final death struggle. Wang Xuanying also flatly refused Chen Sangliang's personal surrender, led the remaining defeated soldiers and retreated to the high ground in the city to resist stubbornly, and anxiously left to return to Hulao Pass to take precautions.  The main force of the Sui army had to concentrate its forces to besiege this remnant enemy. At a considerable cost, they annihilated nearly a thousand remnant enemies led by Wang Xuanying at dawn, and captured the wounded Wang Xuanying alive.  When the scarred brother-in-law was escorted to Chen Sangliang, Chen Sangliang did not try to surrender or comfort him. He did not pay attention to the look of his brother-in-law who pretended to be calm and fearless but was actually full of fear. He just ordered his subordinates to take Wang Xuanying away.  Treat and imprison, put into prison car for later use.  After the subordinates followed the order, looking at the dejected look of his brother-in-law as he was being taken away, Chen Sangliang's bloodshot eyes also showed some fatigue, and he murmured: "I didn't kill you right away because of Xue Ji's sake.  And you were of some use when it came to recruiting the Luoyang garrison. If you and your son hadn't been so ambitious and resisted so tenaciously, how many fewer people would have died?  The Sui Army of the Eastern Expedition not only solved the problems of grain supply and ordnance and equipment transportation, but also got rid of the passive situation of two-front warfare. Finally, it could free up its hands to deal with the threat from Dou Jiande. All the civil and military officers of the Sui Army of the Eastern Expedition were happy.  Encouraged, they all believed that their army was invincible, and it was only a matter of time before Dou Jiande was driven away and Luoyang City was recovered.  However, Chen Sangliang himself did not dare to relax at all, because there was still a huge problem before Chen Sangliang - how to surpass Li Er, severely damage Dou Jiande's army on the battlefield of Hulao Pass, and also capture or kill Dou Jiande  Me?  After resting for a day and leaving an army to garrison Luokoucang, the exhausted Chen Sangliang led the equally exhausted main force of the Eastern Expedition back to Hulao Pass. Li Keshi, Yin Kaishan and other civil and military generals came to Hulao Pass.  The west gate of Lao Pass welcomed Chen Sangliang in triumph. When they met, Chen Sangliang had no time to praise his cousin for his outstanding performance in the battle of defending the city. Ma? He asked: "How is Dou Jiande's bandit army doing? Is there anything new?  Movement? For example, cutting down timber to build new siege weapons?  Timber, from the looks of it, the Dou bandit army also plans to rest for a while.between.  "    "broken.  When Chen Sangliang heard the complaint, he said, "The traitor Dou might have escaped. Now we are in big trouble."  " Li Keshi did not participate in the military meeting held by Chen Sangliang outside Luoyang City. He was not aware of Chen Sangliang's arrogant ambition to kill Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. When he heard this, he was naturally stunned and asked in surprise: "Your Highness  , if the Dou bandits retreat, wouldn't we be able to immediately free up our hands to attack Luoyang with all our strength? Isn't this a good thing?  Why do you still call it bad?  " This time it was the turn of the Sui army officers and soldiers who had attended the Luoyang Conference to smile bitterly, but Chen Sangliang shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it after we enter the city. After the army is settled, we can slowly discuss the next thing.  .  " Li Keshi and other generals agreed and quickly followed Chen Sangliang into the city. Chen Sangliang casually confessed and handed over the arrangement of the army to his accomplices, while he thought hard about how to prevent Dou Jiande from deserting before the battle - now he is marching eastward to the Sui Dynasty.  Everyone in the army was exhausted and suffering from injuries. If Dou Jiande took the army and ran away in advance, Chen Sangliang would really have no way to do anything to him. Naturally, Chen Sangliang first thought of his most important thing.  Being good at shameless tricks, he immediately remembered Wang Fubao, the only one under his command who had surrendered from Dou Jiande, and subconsciously called Wang Fubao in front of him. When Wang Fubao heard the sound and stepped forward to order, he looked at Wang Fubao's serious Chinese character face and then looked carefully  After thinking about it, Chen Sangliang shook his head and said: "Forget it, this task is not suitable for you.  " Wang Fubao was confused and didn't know what Chen Sangliang was up to. However, Chen Sangliang's ruthless eyes began to scan the accomplices under his command. He was making calculations in his mind. For a time, his eyes stayed on Mulan's increasingly delicate face.  She didn't move away from her face for a long time. Mulan felt a little guilty when she was stared at by Chen Sangliang, so she quickly rolled her eyes at Chen Sangliang and turned her face away. Fortunately, Chen Sangliang finally gave up on Mulan and turned his gaze to himself.  Shi Wanbao, who had not performed particularly outstandingly after his return, quickly made up his mind, smiled and ordered to Shi Wanbao: "General Shi, after you have settled the army, see me later. I have an errand for you.  " Shi Wanbao agreed, and Chen Sangliang led everyone back to the headquarters in Hulao Pass. When they got to the lobby, the first thing Chen Sangliang did was to immediately call Sun Fuga to him and gave him instructions:  "Fujia, write a letter to Dou Jiande for me. The content is to laugh at his failure to siege the city and show off my success in taking Luokou Cang. The more vicious the words, the better. By the way, he dares to make an appointment with us for a decisive battle.  Just say that if he has the courage, I will definitely accompany him.  " "Your Highness, is this okay?  Sun Fujia said worriedly: "Our soldiers are too tired and urgently need time to rest. If Dou Jiande invites us to fight tomorrow, how will we fight?"  " "It doesn't matter. The initiative is in our hands anyway. We have the final say whether to fight or not. We will find a way to refuse when the time comes.  "Chen Sangliang waved his hand shamelessly and said: "Let's trap Dou Jiande first, then write quickly. Cousin, you go and get me a prisoner of Dou Jiande, and let the prisoner of Dou Jiande deliver this letter.  The Taoist book says that beheading is dangerous, so don't let our people die in vain.  "  Just as Chen Sangliang was worried, there had indeed been voices within the Dou Army that they would no longer attack Hulao Pass. What Chen Sangliang never expected was that not only did many civilian officials of the Dou Army oppose continuing to attack Hulao Pass head-on,  At Laoguan, even Dou Jiande's wife, Cao Shichong, was very vocal and persuaded Dou Jiande not to waste time and energy outside Hulao Pass. She suggested that Dou Jiande find another way to save his ally Wang Shichong as soon as possible. Cao Shichong and Dou's military officials opposed continuing to attack Hulao Pass.  The reason is very simple. In a frontal attack, Dou Jiande's army was helpless against the partial divisions of the Sui army. Now that the main force of the Sui army has captured Luokou Cang, there is no need to worry about it. It has freed up its hands to deal with Dou Jiande's army. What hope can Dou's army have?  Go down to Hulao Pass? Dou Jiande also considered this fatal issue, so after withdrawing from the camp, when the large siege weapons had been exhausted, Dou Jiande did not let the army build siege weapons again, and his heart gradually began to waver.  Fortunately, Chen Sangliang still had two free helpers in Dou's camp, Wang Wan and Changsun Anshi. In order to retain Dou Jiande and preserve the hope of rescuing Luoyang, Wang Wan and Changsun Anshi spent a lot of money to bribe Dou Jun's important officials.  The generals ran to Dou Jiande and cried and begged, begging Dou Jiande to continue the attack on Hulao Pass. The general Dou Jun who accepted their benefits was also soft-spoken and did not follow the civilian officials to persuade Dou Jiande to give up the attack on Hulao Pass.  Considering the issue of face, Dou Jiande did not immediately make up his mind to retreat - he led an overwhelming army to rescue Wang Shichong, but he ran away after only one battle. In this context, Dou Jiande's face really had no place to rest.  After Dou Jun's prisoner sent Chen Sangliang's letter to Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande, who was already upset, immediately flew into a rage, yelled and tore Chen Sangliang's letter to pieces,He slapped the table and roared: "Write a letter to Thief Chen immediately for me and ask him for a decisive battle tomorrow! Unless you fight to the death, and there is no distinction between male and female, I will never withdraw my troops!" Dou Jun Wenwu who was present was dumbfounded when he heard this.  He asked: "Your Majesty, Thief Chen is sitting in the fortified city of Hulao Pass. Whether to fight or defend is up to him. How can he agree to a decisive battle with us?" "How is it possible? Thief Chen's letter asked me to agree with him on a date to fight again!"  Dou Jiande took the case again and asked doubtfully: "Huh? Where did Chen Sangliang's letter go?" He still noticed the scraps of paper on the ground, and then Dou Jiande remembered that he had torn up Chen Sangliang's letter in a fit of rage.  , Dou Jiande had no choice but to introduce the general content of the letter, vaguely describing Chen Sangliang's vicious ridicule towards him, and focusing on Chen Sangliang's promise to make an appointment for a decisive battle.  As a result, some of the generals in Dou's army were overjoyed after hearing this, saying that Chen Sangliang was so complacent after the great victory that he underestimated the enemy and would be defeated. Some people found it incredible and reminded Dou Jiande: "Your Majesty, Thief Chen is notoriously treacherous.  Unparalleled, his troops are exhausted from successive battles and cannot fight again. He will never launch a decisive battle in the near future. This matter is too strange, so please be cautious." "There is no need to be cautious!" Dou Jiande said again.  The imperial concubine said fiercely: "What's the loss in writing a letter? It's settled. I'll ask him to fight tomorrow. If he dares to agree, I will send him to heaven in the field!" The thin arm cannot twist the thigh, even though there are many  Dou Jun's civil and military officers all suspected that this was Chen Sangliang's trick, but now that Dou Jiande had made the decision, Dou Jun's civil and military officers, who had learned from Song Zhengben's mistakes, still did not dare to say anything, and allowed Dou Jiande to write the book himself.  He wrote a letter that insulted Chen Sangliang bloody, and asked Chen Sangliang to fight outside Hulao Pass the next day, and immediately sent someone to deliver the letter to Chen Sangliang in Hulao Pass.  Dou Jiande¡¯s handwritten letter scolded Chen Sangliang even worse. Unfortunately, although such insults were very effective against the face-conscious upstart Dou Jiande, they were of no use to Chen Sangliang, who had a thicker skin than the corner of the Great Wall.  After reading Dou Jiande's letter with a smile, Chen Sangliang personally took up the pen and wrote a very shameless sentence at the end of the letter - I have no time tomorrow, the decisive battle will take place in ten days!  When Dou Jun's envoy was ordered to take the letter back to Dou Jiande, Dou Jun's envoy was dumbfounded when he saw Chen Shangliang's reply in the letter, and asked in surprise: "His Royal Highness, did you say that as long as we make an appointment to fight?  Are you bound to accompany us? Why do you want to change the date for the decisive battle to ten days after we agreed? " "I said that I will definitely accompany you, but I didn't say that you must specify the date of the decisive battle?" Chen Sangliang smiled.  Said: "Go back and tell Dou Jiande that I have just returned from Luokou Cang. I am very tired and need time to rest. If he has the courage to fight decisively, I will wait for ten days. I am afraid that he will not have the courage. Okay, I, the king  I'm tired. It's time to rest and see the guests off." The envoy of Dou Jun still persisted. The guards on the left and right had already come up to drive them away. The envoy of Dou Jun had no choice but to go out of the city with the letter and return to the camp to report Chen Sangliang's answer to Dou Jiande.  Dou Jiande, who had made fun of him, was of course furious again when he heard this. In a rage, he ordered the army to immediately prepare siege weapons, planning to attack Hulao Pass head-on again. Dou's army, both civil and military, quickly persuaded Dou Jiande to calm down, and they persuaded Dou Jiande to calm down.  He successfully persuaded Dou Jiande to take back his orders, and no longer let the soldiers waste their efforts on building siege weapons.  But these calm efforts by Dou Jun's civil and military forces only lasted until night. When it got dark, a messenger who claimed to be Sui Jun General Shi Wanbao's confidant came to Dou Jiande's camp and claimed that Shi Wanbao was not working under Chen Sangliang's account.  After receiving important positions, he planned to avenge his old master Li Yuan, so he volunteered to act as an internal agent for Dou's army, open the city gate when Dou's army launched an siege, and cooperated inside and outside to help Dou Jiande capture Hulao Pass.  In addition, Shi Wanbao also reported an important situation to Dou Jiande in his letter, that is, the soldiers of the Sui Army in the Eastern Expedition were exhausted and injured, and their combat effectiveness was seriously reduced. At the same time, Wang Shichong in Luoyang City also launched a counterattack, so Chen Sangliang  At the military meeting, it was decided to use a delaying strategy to temporarily stabilize Dou Jiande. While letting the soldiers rest and rest, they looked for an opportunity to return to Luoyang alone to preside over the war there. They only waved false flags at Hulao Pass to intimidate Dou Jiande's army from launching an attack.  Dou Jiande, who was actually very suspicious, did not immediately believe Shi Wanbao's envoy. He pretended to have seen through Shi Wanbao's trick to surrender, and ordered the envoy Shi Wanbao to be pushed out of the tent and beheaded, waiting for the opportunity to observe the reaction of envoy Shi Wanbao to distinguish the true from the false.  However, it is a pity that the envoys sent by Chen Sangliang are either absolutely reliable, or they are dead without knowing anything at all - this envoy served by Shi Wanbao's personal soldiers is no exception, so even though he was so scared that he peed his pants.  , the messenger still cried desperately and persisted, saying that he was delivering the letter under Shi Wanbao's order, and that Shi Wanbao's dedication of the city was by no means a lie, but came from the sincerity.  After careful observation, no flaws were found. Dou Jiande¡¯sThen he ordered the unlucky envoy to be brought back to him and asked him carefully about Shi Wanbao's situation under Chen Sangliang's account. The envoy truthfully told him that Shi Wanbao's situation under Chen Sangliang's account was ordinary, not like that of Yin Kaishan and Feng  In this way, he was favored by Chen Sangliang, and he also said that Shi Wanbao was scolded and scolded by Chen Sangliang at the meeting today - this was of course introduced by Shi Wanbao to the soldiers himself.  Although Dou Jiande was still a little doubtful after hearing this, he was inevitably very excited and felt that he had to try his luck no matter what.  So, just like that, in the early morning of the next day, Dou Jiande issued an edict again, ordering his soldiers to prepare a large number of siege weapons again, determined to launch another attack. When Dou Jun's civil and military forces carefully persuaded him, Dou Jiande slapped the imperial court and shouted  He said: "I personally mobilized the entire country's troops to save Luoyang. Luoyang is in danger, but I sit here and wait and watch, afraid of the enemy. Aren't I afraid of Chen Yingliang, the traitor? I betray my faith and make others laugh? I have made up my mind and prepare again.  If anyone blocks the attack on the city, they will be killed immediately!" The soldiers and civilians of Dou Army had no choice but to shut up. Wang Wan, Changsun Anshi and other envoys from Zheng Army couldn't wait to sing their praises. Dou's soldiers were also forced to carry their axes and saws up the mountain to cut down the wood.  Large quantities of wood were brought down the mountain to make siege weapons.  Of course, such a big move could not be hidden from the eyes of the Sui army scouts. After the Sui army scouts reported the news to Chen Sangliang, Chen Sangliang immediately laughed loudly and said, "Sure enough, I got it."  ! Mr. Dou Jiande, since you have been trapped by this king, your death is not far away!"
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