The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 24 Bloody Battle

Seeing the soldiers receding like a tide again, Dou Jiande's heart was bleeding. He didn't expect the Sui army to be so brave.In the case of losing the upper hand, he was able to resist the onslaught of his strong troops for nearly three hours, and also lost tens of thousands of his troops.What shocked him even more was that the only cavalry army led by his only daughter, Dou Xianniang, was wiped out, and he himself was captured alive by the Sui army.

Dou Xianniang is the daughter of his ex-wife. Because he was connected with the bandits in Douzigang, he killed the whole family at the hands of the Sui army. Only Dou Xianniang was naughty and escaped by playing outside.She fled here and there with her father these years, and gradually grew up among the bandits. She has an extremely resolute personality and has practiced martial arts, especially the archery. Xuxian's wife, Cao Shi, was sent to another place, but Dou Xianniang sneaked back. She dared not go back to the camp, so she sneaked into the cavalry barracks. After being discovered, she simply changed into armor and became a female general.

Dou Jiande asked her to lead the cavalry in the rear, but who would have thought that she would sneak off to fight again, not only causing the cavalry to be completely lost, but even himself being captured.

"Hateful, really hateful!" Dou Jiande clenched his fists, and various unstable emotions came one after another.

"Brother!" Wang Fubao, who didn't know that his niece was lost, suddenly pointed at Sui Ying: "Look, fire!"

The flames of the Sui camp not far away soared into the sky, and the flames illuminated the sky.

"The enemy camp is on fire?" Dou Jiande's heart moved and he laughed loudly: "Their divisions are exhausted and can't hold on anymore."

Wang Fubao said: "The more than 20 of us almost couldn't support this night of bitter fighting, not to mention the Sui army who lost the first mover? This fire is enough to prove that they abandoned the camp and prepared to escape. The fire is blocking our army. If we don’t chase now, when will we wait?”

Dou Jiande was about to give an order, but he heard Wang Fubao say: "Brother, don't worry, be careful of fraud! You must guard against it."

Dou Jiande also felt reasonable, calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "What exactly is going on, you can find out once you find out!"

They walked into the camp, but saw corpses scattered across the battlefield, and blood soaked every inch of the barracks, forming a large, disgusting dark red swamp.Numerous mutilated limbs, shattered heads, and broken weapons were scattered all over the barracks, showing the brutality of the battle.

Dou Jiande and others entered the fire scene, but they saw that the surroundings were messy, and many things were scattered around. The burning objects were actually bags of rice and grass.

"See if it's true!" Dou Jiande shouted eagerly.

Many soldiers pierced the sacks with long spears from a distance, and the white and translucent rice rolled down one by one, and the eyes of many bandit leaders were straightened.

They have been short of food, seeing the sacks of rice, some saliva fell down.

"The whole army is in pursuit!"

Dou Jiande suddenly realized that the Sui army didn't even want rice, which shows that they are indeed at the end of their strength.If you don't chase now, when will you wait?

Dou Jiande no longer hesitated, leaving thousands of wounded soldiers behind to put out the fire, and more than [-] soldiers pursued the Sui army non-stop.

The thief army followed the Sui army!They hunted endlessly.

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Wude Mountain.

Yang Tong, who was resting on the ground, got the news that the bandit army was coming.

The soldiers who rested for a while also put on their armor, biting the branches to prevent the sound from coming out, and entered the predetermined ambush place one after another to hide.

There was still a moment before Dou Jiande's arrival, and the net had already been set up, waiting for the prey to throw in by itself.

At dawn, the official road in the southeast direction was dusty.

A wave of excitement surged in Yang Tong's heart: Dou Jiande finally took the bait!

Along the way, Yang Tong led the cavalry to the rear, fighting and retreating to buy time for the infantry, and kept attracting the thieves.

Seeing the thieves gradually appearing, Yang Tong's whole body's blood was boiling, and his heart was pounding... as if it was about to jump out of his chest.

The leaves swayed in the morning wind and made a "rustling" sound. The bandit army marched rapidly, not caring whether there were ambushes on the left or right.

After a while, the vanguard had already entered the ambush circle. Yang Tong watched the bandits being lured into the urn step by step, and the anxiety in his heart could not be described in words: he just felt that time was too slow.

No wonder he is so nervous and looking forward... Dou Jiande's army is too terrifying. If it cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop, it will become the biggest obstacle for him to govern the Hebei Road in the future.

Looking around, he saw that Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan were just like him, showing nervous expressions.

At the moment of deciding the outcome, no one can avoid it.

As the rising sun shines through the cracks in the treetops, Mount Wude is peaceful. Who would have expected that such a peaceful and beautiful place would turn into a bloody battlefield in a short while?

Suddenly, a figure under the hillside caught Yang Tong's attention: it was a middle-aged general in golden armor.His waist was as straight as a javelin, and his thick golden armor could not conceal his sturdy figure and majestic spirit.Although it is not certain that he is Dou Jiande, he is definitely one of the enemy chiefs.

The bandit army finally got into the pocket completely, and Yang Tong had already grasped the cracking lance, waiting for the commander-in-chief Yang Yichen to issue an attack order.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and suddenly the horns and drums on the west mountain road blew violently, and countless banners poured out... Yang Yichen finally moved!

His movement immediately brought about a chain reaction, the Sui troops buried on the left and right mountains popped up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and tens of thousands of Sui troops rushed out of the ambush circle: high-sounding shouts rushed down the mountain like a tide, and their morale was high. to the extreme.

Tens of thousands of troops echoed hoarsely in unison, causing a sensation in all fields and changing the color of the world.

For a moment, people screamed and dust was flying, and the tranquility and serenity just now were replaced by chaos and noise in an instant.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Sui army, who had already been prepared, threw cans of kerosene and bundles of thatch and dry firewood down the mountain. Rockets shot out, and the fire burst into the sky with the screams of the bandits.

The Sui army stood at both ends of the hillside, pouring arrows, rolling stones, and wood down the mountain. Suddenly, the sky was filled with dust and smoke, and the roar was deafening.The ambushes at both ends of the mountain road also quickly blocked the front and back roads, making it impossible for the bandit army to advance or retreat.

The clamoring thieves didn't expect the Sui army to ambush here, and suddenly became a mess.

The fire burned for a moment or so, and then more rolling stones poured down.

"Soldiers, Hebei will be settled in one battle! Kill me hard."

When the fire gradually extinguished, Yang Tong rushed down the mountain first.

Our own army came from Luoyang not far away, first in Jijun and Wuyang to flatten the remnants of Wagang, and did not have enough rest time, and arrived here. The army was extremely exhausted.

Now the morale of the army is like a rainbow. If you delay the time, it will only weaken the momentum. Therefore, when the enemy's position is not stable and chaotic, it is a good way to use troops.

Yang Yichen has experienced hundreds of battles, and at the best time, there was also the drumbeat of attack.

Before the frightened bandit soldier could stop and assume a defensive posture, he fell down with blood spattered.

Generals Pei Renji, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Lie and others rushed down the mountain like fierce tigers. Tens of thousands of people roared in unison.

The generals led an elite formation and cut the bandit army into several pieces, so that they could not look at each other from head to tail. Even if the terrain here is not dangerous, they can still besieged and wiped out.

In an instant.

Shouts, roars, exclamations, and screams came and went one after another, and the voiceless sound of the clash of weapons was mixed with the muffled sound of flesh and blood being cut and broken, and the grass in the woods was stained red with blood.

Yang Tong danced wildly, causing a wave of blood rain, he opened and closed, and the movement was unstoppable.

Seeing him massacring his own soldiers in this way, a bandit army leader was filled with righteous indignation, brandishing a big gun and rushing towards him.

Yang Tong's attack was even more merciless, and he stabbed straight away with an extremely powerful and powerful spear.

When the man noticed that the opponent's lance was slashing across the distance between the two of them at will, all of a sudden there was a strong wind around him, the ice was piercing, and the attack had completely wrapped him up, sealing off all his escape routes!
The strong wind was howling, and he only felt that his mind was blank, and he had no time to think about how to deal with it. He could only rely on his feeling to resist with a spear in his chest!
With a muffled "plop", Li Tianqiang drove straight in, broke through the defense line of the big gun and pierced into his heart.

Yang Tong finished off the other party, and with a lance, the lance's corpse flew up in the air, and with a swing of his hand, he smashed the corpse out heavily.

The corpse smashed into the crowd like a heavy hammer, smashing it upside down in an instant.

If Yang Tong realizes something, he will take a stab at the bandit army rushing nearby, and then fly into the air, throwing corpses at the crowd in the same way, knocking down even more people.

He let out a long laugh, dashing from left to right, constantly picking corpses and hitting people, forcing the bandit army to scatter and dodge. Yang Tong actually used this method to kill an army formation that was so easy to form into a mess.

The battle is still going on, but the outcome has actually been decided when Dou Jiande stepped into the trap!The Sui army divided them into more than a dozen sections, so that they could not look at each other head to tail, the generals could not cooperate, and the orders could not be unified, so they could only fight on their own.

Yang Shanhui and Yang Yuanhong guarded the front and rear passages respectively, preventing the bandits from advancing and retreating.

(End of this chapter)