Emperor Sui Yang

As soon as Li Jing crossed the Jianshui River, he ran into Ge Qian's vanguard. They were 15 troops, and they were spread out over a wide area. The troops were divided into six groups and went south. One of them was led by Gao Kaidao's adopted son Dong Mao. When they entered Zhao County, they happened to meet Li Jing. .

Dong Mao was overjoyed. He felt that the opponent had no way out with his back on the Jianshui River. Although he had heavy cavalry, he would definitely not be able to withstand the fierce attack of his 3-strong army, so he formed a formation on the plain northeast of Pingji County, the capital of Zhao County, intending to eat it all in one bite. Get rid of Li Jing.

Then, Li Jing began to charge into the formation.

Then, Dong Mao was defeated.

Thirty thousand troops fled in all directions, and their supplies of food and grass were scattered all over the place.

After Li Jing received the supplement, he rested for an hour and then continued north.

He judged that this was definitely a vanguard army, so Geqian's main force should not have arrived yet and must be behind, so he did not choose to go east into Xindu, but continued northward.

What he wanted to capture was Ge Qian's central army. After a battle, his 320 fine cavalry only lost [-] people, and they were still able to fight.

This is the advantage of full armor, it is difficult to get injured.

Li Jing's subordinates are also arrogant and powerful, and the prince is an elite, but these people are completely subordinate to Li Jing. After all, after Yang Ming became the prince, Li Jing has always been the left guard of the East Palace.

He has always been in charge of these soldiers.

As for Zhang Dinghe's defeat, it was due to carelessness. He looked down on Dou Jiande, and was taught a lesson by Dou Jiande. He was almost killed in battle. Fortunately, Pei Xingyan arrived, turned the situation around, and repelled the enemy.

Pei Xingyan was also a man who didn't care about his life. He hung on the back of Dou Jiande and chased him all the way.

Dou Jiande suffered the most from Pei Xingyan this time. Although Pei Xingyan only had [-] cavalry, he had already smashed all his troops to pieces. In the final analysis, the gap in combat power was too big, and there was also the human state of mind.

The people have always been afraid of officials, so the rebels are also naturally afraid of officers and soldiers. If they always have the advantage, it will be okay and they can build confidence. Once an unfavorable situation occurs, it will fall apart.

What's more, Pei Xingyan gained prestige when he conquered Goguryeo. Among the young people, Yang Yuanqing, Su Lie and he gained the most.

A fire occurred 65 miles away from Changle County, Xindu County, causing chaos among the three armies.

The food and grass during the march are the hardest to burn because they are not piled together, but along the road, one truck after another. Each grain truck is guarded by at least six people.

In other words, Xu Shiji had to keep running and setting fires to burn as much food as possible.

For a total of thirteen miles, Xu Shiji burned the grain transport team from one end to the other, then turned around and burned it again.

Because some fires started to ignite but were quickly extinguished, while others were not ignited at all. Xu Shiji had to make up for it until the fire could no longer be extinguished by manpower.

This was not an easy task, so Xu Shiji ordered his subordinates to shout to the rebels while setting fire, saying that Gao Shida was dead and that the 30-strong imperial army led by the prince was in front. If you were afraid of death, run away.

Heart-breaking, these words are more effective than anything else. Losing food and grass is also a capital crime among the rebels. Now that the food and grass are burned, what are I waiting for if I don't run away?Besides, the prince has arrived.

The prince has never been defeated in a battle.

The miscellaneous soldiers transporting food dispersed, and Xu Shiji took this opportunity to organize everyone to retreat.

Thick smoke from burning kerosene shot up into the sky. Enemy troops within dozens of miles around saw it and were quickly gathering here.

"Let's go, don't be so greedy," Pei Xing whipped Pei Sheng's horse on the buttocks and said loudly: "Xu Jun will be in the east, run east."

Although they all wrapped their arrowheads in cotton cloth, dipped them in kerosene, and set them on fire from a distance, they still suffered heavy losses, with less than 200 people left. Some of them were indeed separated, but most of them died in action.

Xu Shiji himself didn't know if he could go back alive this time, so he just ran away anyway.

The horses were exhausted one by one, and then ran as high as possible on their two legs. The few 200 people were also separated.

Yes, they were only 200 people separated, but the fire caused the [-] troops under Gao Shida to start running away.

There's no food, so what's the point?

This is why in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series, we always have to find ways to burn the enemy's baggage and food, which is the lifeblood.

Today, Xu Shiji is still in the hinterland of the rebels. His horses are injured and dead, and there are not many left.

More than 30 people hiding on a hilltop looked at the crowd of rebels gathering at the foot of the hill. They were not sad because they were about to die in battle. Instead, they were very excited.

Because they know they have done something big.

"General Xu, there are still a few horses left. You can lead a few brothers and run away," Pei Xing said: "We have made such a great contribution, and one of us must come back alive to receive the credit. Let the prince know that we, the children of Hedong, have not given any His old man is a disgrace.”

Xu Shiji's face was smoky and dark, and he smiled with his white teeth showing:
"We have agreed to fight to the death together, so how can I live in an ignoble way? Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. If I can die in battle like this, why should I regret it?"

Pei Sheng said hey: "I used to look down on you, thinking you were just lucky and got in by taking advantage of the prince's martial arts test. Now it seems that General Xu is full of courage and admirable. Brothers, I will recognize you as this person from now on." The Lord will."

"I can't say that I'm a general. I'm just a man who was ordered to do something important when he was in danger, and he worked with his brothers to win a big vote." Xu Shiji said with a smile: "This time the rebels' food and grass were burned, they must be eager for a decisive battle. However, their military morale is unstable, and this battle will undoubtedly be defeated." Food and grass. Many rebels knew that they were being burned and the smoke was billowing. At this time, the soldiers would complain, what do you do for food, and you lost the food, grass and baggage?

Then Gao Shida, as the coach, cannot absolve himself of the blame, so he needs to divert the conflict. There is only one way to divert the conflict, which is to quickly fight with the officers and soldiers.

If you don't fight now, more and more rebels under your command will escape.

Many people in the family originally ran back from Yang Guang's Northern Expedition. They had no psychological burden to escape from the battlefield. Once they had this idea, they would run faster than anyone else.

When fighting, the more difficult the troops are to control, the more they have to fight in the vanguard. At this time, it is necessary to protect the direct line and abandon the collateral line.

This is the same as Yang Ming's choice. Tu Wanxu's subordinates were the most difficult to control, so he was sent to fight against Changle County.

"Look!" At this time, a guard suddenly stood up and pointed to the east and shouted loudly.

All I could see was smoke and dust billowing on the distant skyline, and flags could be faintly seen flying.

Everyone was a veteran, so they naturally saw that this was a large group of cavalry, and the rebels did not have such a large group of cavalry.

What's more, the rebels who have almost reached the foot of the mountain are hurriedly forming formations. It is obvious that they have also discovered people coming from the east.

The person coming is Yang Yuanqing.

He has 1 people and [-] cavalry, which are the elite of Guanzhong under Yang Ming's Hedong Qu and Xuan Zong.

Yuan Qing didn't come here originally, but he saw the thick smoke. With such a large area of ​​thick smoke, there were only two possibilities, the camp was burned or the food and grass were burned.

But the rebels don’t have a big camp, so they must have food and grass. The rebels don’t know how to burn food and grass, so they must have their own people here.

Before the six thousand elites could get closer, the rebels at the foot of the mountain split into pieces and fled.

We are not fools. The cavalry have all charged. How can the ragtag group on their side be able to withstand this?
In fact, many wars in ancient times were not like what we see in TV dramas. They were fought on sight and fought to the death. You can't understand the few strokes in the history books.

The real situation is that some wars are very funny, because we cannot ignore one thing, that is the human heart.

A thousand people, a thousand thoughts, if there are fifty people who want to run away, these 1000 people will run away.

Xu Shiji and the others were overjoyed and hurried to the foot of the mountain.

"Is this Third Uncle Pei from Dongjuan? I'm Pei Xing." After Pei Xing came down the mountain, he happened to meet a group of his own people, and he knew the leader.

Pei Shaoying was overjoyed when he saw this: "Good guys, are you here? So, you set the fire in front?"

"It's us," at the foot of the mountain, more than 30 disgraced Hedong children looked at each other and laughed.

After a while, Hou Junji also arrived. After knowing the situation, he said decisively: "There are no enemy troops in the south. You go south and return to Qinghe. The enemy troops are in chaos, and our troops will continue to pursue them."

Xu Shiji said loudly: "I'll go too."

Hou Junji and he were in the same batch of fresh graduates, both of whom had passed the martial arts examination. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Go back, brothers, thank you for your hard work. The prince is waiting for you to report such a great contribution. He is not ready yet." Know what’s going on here.”

Hearing this, Xu Shiji nodded.

Hou Junji immediately ordered dozens of horses to be handed over to them, and then led the vanguard to continue the pursuit west.

As for Yang Yuanqing, he was holding down the formation with the infantry behind him.

He doesn't dare to play forward anymore for fear of death. His father and Yang have made repeated orders not to let him charge into the battle. Otherwise, Yang Xuangan will not recognize his son.

Xuangan's wife Cui was very successful and gave birth to three sons.

Of course, these three people have no inheritance rights, and Yang Yue will not agree. They are just trying to scare Yuan Qing. Yuan Qing has a biological sister who is from the same mother to protect him.

It's just that I'm worried that something might happen to the family heir.

Yang Yuanqing was also overjoyed when he learned about the situation: "Good guy, with the style of the general, 1000 people dare to drill in here, how brave."

The generals under his command began to flatter each other, meaning that you are still better than you. If Xu Shiji is not as good as you, if it were you, you would be like Zhao Zilong on the Changban slope, killing seven in and seven out of the enemy's formation.

The boy has finally grown up, and Yang Yuanqing is no longer as stubborn as before, and he also likes to listen to flattery.

In the future, he will definitely enter the center. If he still smells like a gangster, that won't work.

First of all, you can't say bad words in Daxing Hall, right?There are many habits that he needs to get rid of. As long as Yang Ming is the emperor in the future, this kid will definitely be able to become a member of the Eighth Palace or a general of the Wei Mansion.

Maybe he can still become a powerful official, because he is the only biological uncle of Yang Rui, the legitimate emperor.