Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 321 The Battle of the Five Armies
Changsun Sheng and Mai Tiezhang's [-] fine cavalry came from Lintao County. Their goal was to go straight to Mantou City, but if they wanted to take Mantou City, they had to pass through Chishui City.

Chishui City is the source of the Yellow River, and it is the largest city in the south of Tuguhun King City.

Mantou City, Chishui City, and Shudun City are the three southern parts of the royal city Futeng City.

Changsun Sheng first sent two thousand cavalry troops to harass Chishui City, and then drew most of its main force out of the city.Then formed an encirclement in a river valley with superior force and wiped out 4000 people.

And Mai Tiezhang took this opportunity to go straight to Mantou City, took Mantou City down before the other party reacted, and then joined Changsun Sheng, the [-] elite with almost no losses, then rushed to Shudun City, In Shudun City, they encountered the elite army of Murong Fuyun's general Bo Chitu.

After a fight, Changsun Sheng and Mai Tiezhang's troops "fleeed" southward, but Bo Chitu was not fooled, but urgently asked Wangcheng for help, and found the main cavalry force of the Sui Dynasty.

The distance between Shudun City and Mantou City is only 160 miles. If Shudun City cannot be taken down, Mantou City cannot be stationed. So Changsun Sheng and others retreated to Chishui City and sent out rangers to spy on the surrounding enemies.

The reason why the Bochu map appeared in Shudun City is because Shudun City bordered on the river county of the Sui Dynasty, and Zhou Fashang's southern wing army was stationed in Hejin County, 120 miles away from Shudun City.

There is the Sui army in the west, and the main force of the cavalry army in the south. It is impossible for Bobutu not to panic. The troops in his hand and Shudun City are only [-] cavalry in total, which cannot stop the enemy troops from both directions. , but Shudun City cannot be lost. If the Sui army is lost, they can drive straight in from here and kill Wangcheng.

After waiting for three days, news came from the direction of Wangcheng. The Great Khan Murong Fuyun ordered him to lead the famous king of Shudun City to retreat to the Wangcheng.

Of course Changsun Sheng refused to let go of this opportunity, so he frequently harassed him along the way.

However, Mai Tiezhang believed that the time had come to wipe out the enemy army, and there was no need to delay the fight to the south, so he ignored Changsun Sheng's dissuasion, and led the main force under his command to fight Bobu at a place [-] miles south of Mantou City. Figure to start the decisive battle.

At the same time, Murong Lianchi, who was sent by Wangcheng to respond to Bo Chutu, came out from the west and charged straight at Mai Tiezhang.

Seeing this, Changsun Sheng could only hold back from the sidelines, and the melee of the four armies began.

The two sides fought around Mantou City and Shudun City, so that leftover horses and dead soldiers could be seen everywhere in the surrounding river valleys.

In the direction of Hejin County, Zhou Fashang, who received the news, urgently dispatched the only [-] cavalry under his command to go out of the country for support, and urgently reported to the Marshal's Office of Jincheng County.

"Why are they fighting here?" Gao Jiong slapped the table angrily, "This place is less than four hundred miles away from the royal city. If Murong Fuyun leads the main force to fight out, the main force of our southern cavalry army will be in danger."

Now the only one who can support Changsun Sheng and the others is Zhou Fashang, but Zhou Fashang's main task is to support Shi Wansui's troops in the south, and most of them are infantry, so the support is very limited.

As for the Front Army News, Murong Lianchi's Department has at least [-] cavalry troops. As a result, Changsun Sheng and the others are already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

Of course, [-] against [-] is not impossible to fight, but it cannot be spent here, so that the few cavalry troops in the Sui Dynasty were excessively consumed.

As for Yang Ming's Marshal's Department, after taking away Shi Wanbao's five thousand riders, there were only about seven thousand riders left.

At this time, Gao Jiong looked at Yang Ming and said:
"Changsun Sheng and Mai Tiezhang are the main force in the decisive battle in the future, so we have to save them. If they are exhausted, it will be futile for us to win Fucheng City."

Yang Ming said with a gloomy face, "What the hell are they doing? At the beginning, my king's general's order made it clear that the fight cannot be fought until it is dragged to Jishi Town. Changsun Sheng shouldn't have made such a big mistake."

"The eldest grandson has always been rigorous. The problem should be with Mai Tiezhang. It is useless to talk about it now. His Highness should send troops to support him as soon as possible, and strictly ordered the eldest grandson and grandson to retreat south immediately," Gao Jiong said.

Yang Ming nodded, he had to be rescued, most of Shi Wansui's troops were infantry, even if he took down the royal city in the future, without the support of most cavalry outside, an isolated city could not be defended at all.

So next, it depends on who is right to rescue.

In the hall, many generals volunteered.

It would be best if Li Jing was around, but it's a pity that he didn't bring it out.

Yang Ming felt that this task was not suitable to be entrusted to mature people. Older people were not suitable to be surprise soldiers because they looked forward and backward.

"Su Lie," Yang Ming said in a deep voice.

Su Lie was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly turned to Yang Ming, saluted and said, "Humble job here."

"I will allocate 500 people from the trilogy to you, and I will give you another 20 riders, all of whom are under the age of [-]. Remember, after rushing to the battle, kill them randomly, order Changsun Sheng and Mai Tiezhang to retreat south, and keep The main force, those who do not follow, will be beheaded on the spot."

Su Lie took a deep breath, his expression was extremely excited, and he said loudly: "The humble job takes orders."

Although Gao Jiong was also very surprised, why did Yang Ming send a young man with no experience in commanding troops to take on this important task, but on the other hand, thinking about it, this kind of thing is really only suitable for young people who are full of blood and don't want to die , Those aristocratic families cherish their lives too much.

After receiving the general order, Su Lie immediately prepared his troops with the assistance of the prince's family.

It took only two hours for the five thousand elites to leave Xihe County.

On the way, Su Lie marched at the fastest speed regardless of the exhaustion of the troops, and arrived at Shudun City smoothly after a day and a night.

Mai Tiezhang also knew that he had made a mistake, and had been thinking of ways to break out to the south. He could not lead his troops west to Piaohe County, otherwise he would implicate Zhou Fashang and disrupt the deployment of the Chinese army.

But there is still a problem going south, and that is the Yellow River.

Although this is the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the water level is not very high, it is not an easy task to cross the Yellow River, especially when there are pursuers later, it is even more difficult to cross the river by force.

But now, he has been completely separated from Changsun Sheng by the enemy, and he doesn't even know where Changsun Sheng is now.

If it continues like this, not to mention being surrounded by the enemy, there is still the danger of being scattered. At that time, if he loses the main force of the cavalry, he can only apologize himself.

At this time, scouts from the rear reported that reinforcements were coming, and rushed directly into the enemy's tree stump city, tearing up the formation, and breaking up the tree stump city.

Mai Tiezhang was overjoyed: "Who is the master?"

"It seems to be King Qin's Kuzhi," said the scout.

Mai Tiezhang asked in surprise, "But that brat in the arena in the outskirts of Beijing?"

"That's him!" the scout said.

I thank his eight generations of ancestors. If I can preserve the main force this time, I would like to become brothers with him. Mai Tiezhang did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led the army down the south of the Yellow River, collecting scattered troops and rectifying the troops. , it doesn't bother me anymore.

The troops led by Su Lie are all young men, who are of the age who can pierce steel plates, and each of them is very murderous.
Such a fresh force is undoubtedly very terrifying. Su Lie has no experience in commanding troops, and he doesn't understand tactics. Apart from having a map, all he has is the guts not to fear death.

The 5000 people directly smashed Shudun City into pieces, and out of the [-] riders sent by Zhou Fashang, only [-] were left. After seeing the reinforcements, they subconsciously approached Su Lie.

But they found that as they got further and further away, the support army in front seemed to have no intention of joining them at all.

So the 2000 of them, under the leadership of the chief general Yang Cai, always stuck behind Su Lie's buttocks.

Changsun Sheng had already retreated to the south, and when he was divided by the enemy, he knew that he could not save Mai Tiezhang, so no more accidents would happen to his unit, otherwise the main cavalry army in the south would be completely ruined.

After entering Chishui City, Changsun Sheng sent scouts to investigate the whereabouts of the Mai Tiezhang Division. In the evening, the good news came that the main force of the Mai Tiezhang Division still had 7000 people coming to Chishui City.

Su Lie just went and fought wherever he went, he didn't send scouts at all, he marched in a hurry all the way, wherever there was an enemy, he just charged and killed.

The sitting horse can't bear it, it doesn't matter, there are scattered ownerless horses everywhere around, just transfer.

Can't stand it?The ones that don't exist are all fresh-blooded young people, all of whom have already had red eyes, drink saliva and eat dry food, and then they can continue to work.

The Murong Lianchi Department, the Bochutu Department and the Shudun City Department all fled and were killed by 5000 people.

Fucheng City, the imperial palace.

Pushe Tuoba Shiya said:
"It seems that the main force of the Sui army's cavalry should be in the south, and the number of cavalry in Qilian City in the north will not be large. With such a division between the north and the south, the main force of the king of Qin may be in the middle, intending to locate my king's city."

Murong Fuyun said with a gloomy face: "Pei Ju, a sinister villain, still writes to me, saying that the Sui army is looking for horses, Qilian City is gone, and he is still looking for horses?"

"This man is the most insidious, you can't believe a single word he says," Shangshu Zhao Xin said: "You can let King Tuolai, King Datongshan and King Linqiang join together and take back Qilian City."

"Qilian City is not important now, King Qilian is gone, what's the use of taking it back?" Pushe Tuoba Shiya said.

At this time, in the hall, Ba Mushe, the son of the famous king of Qilian City, was also there. Hearing this, he stood up and said:

"Although my father is dead, the tribes are scattered everywhere. Please give me 2000 people from the Great Khan, and let me go north to collect the tribes."

Murong Fuyun nodded: "Go down first, let me think about it."

Ba Mushe looked helpless and had no choice but to back down.

Without the famous king of the tribe, he is nothing, and Murong Fuyun would not have let him enter the palace if he hadn't needed to learn about the frontline battle situation from him.

After the people left, Murong Fuyun said: "I also guess that the Sui army intends to go to the imperial city, but there are large armies in the north and south, if I give up and don't save them, the imperial city will also be lost, what do you guys think?"

Tuoba Shiya said: "It's best for the Great Khan to move his family to the west and move to the Danghe area. We can gather all the elites of the royal court, and we can go south or north. As long as my main force is there, it doesn't matter if we lose the royal city."

"I agree," Zhao Dao said, "As long as the main force of the Sui army's cavalry is defeated, the pawns are nothing to fear. We can get it back if we lose the royal city. Scattered and fighting independently, this is the worst situation."

After Murong Fuyun was silent for a long time, he gritted his teeth fiercely:

"Immediately contact the various ministries, move closer to the Wangting, and then concentrate the main force to destroy Changsun Sheng in the south first."

(End of this chapter)