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Volume 1 Chapter 613: Ending this troubled world

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    The weather was surprisingly good, with a clear blue sky without a trace of cloud. The rising sun poured its golden light onto the earth, making it dazzling.  Under the morning sun, the main force of Dou's army, which was harassed by the Sui army's tactics and gritted its teeth, left only more than 10,000 auxiliary troops to guard the camp. More than 80,000 armed troops were dispatched. Under the leadership of Dou Jiande, they charged towards the east gate of Hulao Pass with great momentum.  The huge army reached the Yellow River in the north, Sishui in the west, and Queshan Mountain in the south. The ranks were five miles thick from east to west and more than ten miles long from north to south. The flags covered the sky and the drums shook the ground. The momentum was astonishing and abnormal.  After receiving the scout's report and not waiting for Chen Sangliang's order, the Sui army generals could not wait to assemble the combat teams and prepare to go to war. However, after carefully observing the weather conditions, the Sui army commander Chen Sangliang loudly ordered, "Send the order and join the battle."  All the soldiers returned to their barracks to rest, and each man prepared a gourd of salt water. All armies and schools were not allowed to assemble without orders! Li Keshi and Yin Kaishan's troops continued to guard the city tightly to prevent the bandits from taking the opportunity to attack the city! "  The generals of the Sui army who were preparing to fight today looked at each other and asked Chen Sangliang: "Your Highness, why? Have you changed your mind and don't want to fight the Dou thief today?" "Of course not." Chen Sangliang  He smiled and said: "Today's decisive battle will definitely happen, but I saw the weather today and suddenly remembered something from the past, so I temporarily decided to postpone the decisive battle." After that, the generals did not wait.  Asking Chen Sangliang what he remembered, Chen Sangliang had already turned to Guo Feng and other four generals of the national army, and asked with a smile: "Guo Feng, Zhao Yu, seeing the weather today, don't you think of anything from the past?" "Think of it?"  What happened in the past?¡± Guo Feng, Zhao Yu and other reporting generals were confused. As they tried to recall, Chen Ci came to his senses first and blurted out: ¡°Your Highness, please lead us to report¡±  The first battle! The weather was like this, the sun was very strong, and then there was a heavy rain!" After Chen Ci reminded him, Guo Feng, Zhao Yu and Yu Le also thought about it, and they all agreed: "  Yes! It was that time. The weather was the same as now! I still remember that Your Highness asked Mr. Fan to postpone the attack and let us hide in the shade and let Yang Xuangan's rebels stay in the sun for a long time.  Then you took us out of the city to fight the decisive battle with the Yang rebel army." After hearing the introduction of the four generals of the Baoguo Army, the Sui army generals woke up. Chen Sangliang also smiled and said: "Since the weather is so favorable to us, then we will.  Why rush out of the city to fight? Let the soldiers of the Sui army sit outside the city for a few hours until they are tired and sweaty, and then we send out troops to fight them, won't we get a big advantage?" The generals of the Sui army?  Laughing, everyone said yes, there is no need to rush out of the city for a decisive battle, but Wang Fubao, who had a serious personality, said doubtfully: "But Your Highness, we have agreed with Dou Jiande for a decisive battle today? Dou Jiande has sent troops as promised, but we have not moved. Isn't this a breach of trust in the world?"  ?¡± Hearing Wang Fubao¡¯s question, Chen Sangliang laughed again, and his smile was extremely wretched and cunning At the same time as Chen Sangliang laughed slyly, Dou was slowly advancing amid the sound of drums  The forwards of the army also discovered a strange thing on a rock by the Sishui River - a large group of ants emerged from there and crawled on the rock to form four characters - beans entering the cow's mouth!  Many people have never heard of the strange thing about ants forming fonts, so this strange sight certainly attracted the attention of countless generals and soldiers of Dou Army. The brave general Yin Qiu barely knew a few characters and read these four characters to his colleagues.  Later, the Dou Army generals present were confused and did not understand what this sign was. However, Fan Yuan, the general of Dou Army who was responsible for commanding the front army, came to the scene. When he saw these four words, he suddenly remembered that Dou Jiande was there.  Unlucky words when crossing the river at Niuzhukou.  In shock, Fan Yuan did not dare to neglect and quickly sent someone to report the matter to Dou Jiande.  As a nouveau riche country bumpkin who has been impoverished for generations, Dou Jiande is naturally as superstitious as possible. After hearing the news, he was shocked and quickly got off the chariot and Pegasus to rush to the scene to check the situation. When he saw the four reasons with his own eyes.  When Dou Jiande saw the characters formed by ants, Dou Jiande's face turned pale, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart. He couldn't help but ask to the left and right: "What is this sign? Have you ever heard about the words crawled by ants before?"  "Have you ever said that?" Most of the illiterate generals in Dou's army shook their heads, but Liu Bin, a counselor whom Dou Jiande trusted very much, said: "I have heard that such a strange thing happened before the battle between the traitor Chen Yingliang and Yang Xuangan in Hongnong.  , the ants crawled into the words "Yang Xuangan died in Hongnong", and then, then, Yang Xuangan just, just" Having said this hesitantly, Liu Bin did not dare to continue talking no matter what.  However, the faces of Dou Jun's generals still changed one after another, and they were greatly frightened. Dou Jiande's dark face was also full of surprise and suspicion, and his heart was full of fear.?I was up and down, anxious to the extreme.  After a long time, Dou Jiande forced a smile and said: "It doesn't matter, this place is no longer called Niukou. I have long since changed the name of this ferry to Fakou. Besides, my surname is Dou, and Dou is just  Dou has the same pronunciation, but the meaning is completely different. So it doesn¡¯t matter, it doesn¡¯t matter.¡± After saying that, Dou Jiande pretended to laugh loudly, but every Dou Jun civil and military officer present could tell that there was no smile in Dou Jiande¡¯s laughter.  , it was all a forced laugh.  Then, although Dou Jiande ordered the damn ants to be burned, he was also strictly prohibited from spreading or talking about it.  However, these four extremely unlucky words "beans entering the cow's mouth" gradually spread widely within the Dou Army through word of mouth among Dou's soldiers, and directly affected the morale of the main force of the Dou Army, which was not very high.  .  In front of Dou Jiande, there was not only the problem of ant formation, but also the fact that there had been no movement from the Sui army who had taken the initiative to hook up. Dou's army had already formed a formation on the east bank of Sishui River, and the time was already up.  It was already past time, but the east gate of Hulao Pass was still motionless, and not a single Sui soldier came out.  Dou Jiande felt strange, so he simply sent an envoy holding a white flag to shout at the gate of Hulao Pass, asking Chen Sangliang why he broke his promise and still hasn't come out of the city to fight Dou's army?  The person who came forward to answer Dou Jun's envoy was Chen Sangliang's bird thief cousin Li Keshi. He said loudly: "Go back and tell Dou Jiande what's the hurry? We agreed with him to have a decisive battle at the end of the day today, and it's only the beginning of the hour."  "It's still early for the decisive battle. Our army is still preparing and can't leave the city yet!" "Is it agreed that the decisive battle will take place in the future?" The envoy of Dou Jun was confused and rushed back to Dou Jiande's chariot to report the situation. Dou Jiande listened.  Dou Jiande was also confused and hurriedly sent someone back to the camp to get Chen Sangliang's credentials. When he took a closer look at the content of the letter, Dou Jiande was even more confused and found that Chen Sangliang only made an appointment in the credentials.  There is no specific time agreed upon for today's decisive battle.  After carefully recalling Zhang Yongtong, Chen Sangliang's envoy, Zhang Yongtong did not mention the specific time of the battle. Dou Jiande quickly sent another envoy to the city to negotiate with the Sui army and question the specific reasons.  Zhang Yongtong was pushed out as the scapegoat. On the city wall, Zhang Yongtong frankly admitted that he had forgotten to explain the specific time of today's decisive battle to Dou Jiande, and apologized to the Dou Army envoy. Li Keshi also executed the military order for Chen Sangliang and tied Zhang Yongtong to the city wall.  He was whipped in public at the top of the city - of course, Zhang Yongtong had to wear a leather mat under his clothes.  The Dou Army envoy had no choice but to rush back to Dou Jiande and report the specific situation to Dou Jiande.  After receiving such a reply, Dou Jiande and all the civil and military officials of Dou Army were of course furious and yelled. Some civil and military officials of Dou Army also took the opportunity to persuade Dou Jiande to retreat. However, Dou Jiande refused to comply and shouted: "It's not time, it's not time."  At this time, there is not much time anyway! Send an order to the entire army, stay where you are, wait until Chen Zei sends troops, and we will fight to the death with him!" After the order was conveyed, the soldiers of Dou Army, who had gradually become unbearable in the sun, complained incessantly, but  He did not dare to resist the order, so he could only continue to stand under the scorching sun and suffer from exposure. Dou Jiande sat high under the imperial canopy and closed his eyes to rest, patiently waiting for the time for the decisive battle. Because he had not slept all night long, Dou Jiande  He quickly dozed off and fell asleep, completely unaware that his soldiers' physical strength was gradually declining due to the sun, and their morale was also slowly declining.  Several Dou Jun officials nearby also planned to remind Dou Jiande of this point, but seeing that Dou Jiande was already asleep, no one dared to wake up Dou Jiande, who became increasingly angry after becoming emperor.  Time was difficult for the soldiers of the Dou Army under the scorching sun, but it passed quickly for the soldiers of the Sui Army who were hiding in the shade of the barracks. It was already noon, and Chen Sangliang, who kept his promise, ordered everyone to  The officers and soldiers of the army received lunch and allowed the soldiers to eat and drink enough. The preparations for the battle were completed before two quarters of noon.  At the same time, Chen Sangliang also arranged the order of leaving the city early, and ordered Wang Fubao to lead the infantry to clear the way, cover the artillery team led by Qian Xiangmin when they left the city, and serve as the vanguard. The report was unexpectedly arranged by Chen Sangliang.  The second team and the third team were Qin Qiong's three thousand cavalry. Generals such as Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Shi Wanbao and He Yanyu led the main force out of the city last.  At two o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Sui army, numbering about 25,000, was assembled. Chen Sangliang ordered the generals to be summoned in front of the army formation for the final pre-war mobilization.  The generals of the Sui army arrived quickly, but Chen Sangliang did not rush to lecture. Instead, he suddenly shouted loudly to the soldiers of the army: "In the ninth year of Daye, all the soldiers of the army who participated in the Hongnong War came out."  "Come out!" "No!" There were very few replies. It was only after all the soldiers who had been ordered to go out were out, that the Sui army generals and soldiers were surprised to find that the eight soldiers who had participated in the Hongnong War eight years ago  There were more than a hundred old people who signed up for the ****, including the four captains such as Guo Feng and Chen Ci, but only twenty-three were left.people!  "Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three" Chen Sangliang counted the number of people loudly. When he counted to twenty-three, Chen Sangliang couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes, and said with choked words.  : "Twenty-three, more than eight hundred brothers, the only ones who can survive to this day are you twenty-three brothers." At this point, Chen Sangliang suddenly reported to these twenty-three brothers***  *The soldiers knelt down and said loudly: "Brothers, I'm sorry for you! Eight years ago, I told you in Hongnong City that after beating Yang Xuangan, you could go home and reunite with your family, but it took almost eight years  In the past, you had to follow me on expeditions to the east and west, and suffered hardships in the military. It was rare for me to get together with your wives and children! I broke my promise, and I¡¯m sorry for you!¡± said Chen loudly!  Tears were already flowing from Sang Liang's eyes, and the twenty-three old people who had reported the crime had already returned the favor to Chen Sang Liang. Hearing Chen Sang Liang's sincere words, Guo Feng, Chen Ci and others couldn't help but express their gratitude.  Crying loudly, he kowtowed to Chen Sangliang desperately and said with tears: "Your Highness, I don't dare to wait, I don't dare." Chen Sangliang stood up and helped the twenty-three old people one by one with tears in his eyes.  He stood up and walked to the other soldiers. While inspecting the ranks of the soldiers, he choked and said: "Brothers, you may have heard of the brothers of the army that I personally formed. Maybe you have heard of it."  I have never heard of it. Eight years ago, when I led the Baoguo Army to fight against Yang Xuangan, I once read a poem: I joined the army at the age of fifteen and returned home at the age of eighty.  I reported to the soldiers that after the battle, they could go home and reunite with their families, but I never did it. " "It's not that I don't want to fulfill my promise, it's not that I want to let down my old brothers.  These troubled times have forced us to fight against Goguryeo, after fighting against Goguryeo, then against Li Mi, against Li Yuan, against Xue Ju, against Taiyuan, against Wang Shichong, and now they are fighting against Dou Jiande one after another.  I never dare to let you, the soldiers I trust and rely on the most, leave my side when it¡¯s time to rest, so your return home is always far away and the end is never in sight!¡± ¡°But!¡±  Chen Sangliang stopped and stood in the crowd of patriot soldiers and said loudly: "I can tell you today that the time for you to go home and reunite with your parents, wives and children is just around the corner! In today's battle, we only need to defeat the traitor Dou in one fell swoop.  Main force, capture the leader of Dou Jiande, and you can go home! " "Because among the thieves in the world, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are the two biggest ones. Now that Wang Shichong has been surrounded by us, it is only a matter of time before Dou Jiande is completely destroyed!  Seeking death, he personally brought his entire army to the outside of Hulao Pass to seek death. As long as we defeat Dou Jiande, we can free up our hands to eradicate Wang Shichong with all our strength! If we kill these two thieves, this war-torn world will be over.  It¡¯s just a matter of time. You no longer need to tie your head to your belt and charge into battle. You can go home and enjoy family happiness and pastoral happiness with your parents and family!  " "But, if we cannot eradicate the main force of Dou's thieves in one fell swoop today, we cannot kill Dou Jiande's thieves in one fell swoop!  Let the bandit escape back to his lair  "Chen Sangliang raised his voice again and shouted: "Then we don't know how many more battles we have to fight and how much time it will take to eradicate this thief and end this troubled world!  Our future destiny is now in our hands. Only by defeating the traitor army and capturing the traitor can we have hope of returning home early and ending this troubled world early!  " " Defeat the bandit army!  Capture and kill the thief Dou!  " Guo Feng, Chen Ci and other four captains of the Nationalist Army, who were familiar with Chen Sangliang's methods, shouted in unison, leading more than a thousand soldiers of the Nationalist Army to shout loudly, "Break the traitor army!  Capture and kill the thief Dou!  Defeat the thieves!  Capture and kill the thief Dou!  " After the report, the **** officers shouted this slogan several times and stopped on their own. Chen Sangliang spoke again and said: "According to the usual practice, we should sing the military song next. This time before singing the military song  , there is something I must tell you.  In fact, just like you, after receiving the news of the late emperor's murder, I was confused. His Majesty the Emperor is no longer here, so what country should we serve?  To whom are you loyal?  This problem has troubled me for a long time.  " "Later, I figured it out!  "Chen Sangliang raised his voice again and shouted: "The object of our loyalty is the country!  It is the land that gave birth to us and raised us!  They are the common people of this country!  It is this country that provides us with the environment in which we were born and grew up. It is the food and vegetables grown on the land of China that raise us up. It is the people of this country who work hard and spend money and food to provide us with clothes, food and drink!  Without this country, without this land, without these hard-working people, there would be no us!  Therefore, we must first repay our loyalty to this country, this land, and the people who have worked hard to support us!  You said, right?  !  ¡±&nbsp"Yes!" More than a thousand soldiers and soldiers who reported for duty responded in unison, with a voice like thunder.  "Very good!" Chen Sangliang nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Soldiers, the time has come to repay this country, this land and the common people! Sing our military songs! Sing!  Let¡¯s march out of the city with our military songs, and capture the culprit Dou Jiande who is trying to keep this cruel and troubled world alive! End this troubled world in one fell swoop!  Looking forward, the dragon is curling up, the horse is neighing, the sword is like frost, the heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River, who can resist in the thousands of years, how many loyal souls of brothers and feet are buried in a foreign country" Under the personal guidance of Chen Sangliang,  The reported soldiers once again sang the long-lost military song. It was also in the loud military song that Chen Sangliang issued the battle order and told the Sui generals: "The tactics of this battle are very simple.  After the whole army leaves the city, first bombard the enemy's front with artillery. Only three rounds of artillery fire are enough to frighten the enemy. Then Wang Fubao, you directly flow through the Si River and attack the front of the rebel army, completely disrupting the enemy's defensive position and serving the country's army and cavalry.  Open the way forward. I will personally lead the report, Qin Qiong, you lead the cavalry, and attack Dou Jiande's flag formation one after another! Yuchi Jingde and Luo Shixin follow with the infantry, advancing in four directions, without forming a formation, no  Set up a reserve team and move forward with all your strength!" "Promise!" The Sui army generals all sang the promise, and Mulan asked to accompany Chen Sangliang. Chen Sangliang nodded in agreement, and then carefully noticed that Mulan's eyes were red.  , obviously just crying, Chen Sangliang took the opportunity when the generals dispersed to return to the team, and whispered to Mulan: "Girl, after this battle is over and Wang Shichong is eradicated, let me give you a home, okay?" Mulan subconsciously  He wanted to nod, but in the middle of nodding, he turned his face away and hummed: "We'll talk about it later." Chen Sangliang smiled, saw that the generals had quickly returned to the team, and ordered: "Send the order, open the city gate, the whole army  Get out of town!"
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