In Xin'an County, Dongyang County, shrouded in night, the stars are dim, and there is a touch of coolness between the sky and the earth. Because the people nearby know that this is a combat area, they are trying their best to avoid walking, so the official road under the night is especially quiet. Occasionally

Only a few badgers emerged from the roadside and ran freely on the official road.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound of wheels from the south of the official road, and the ground began to shake slightly. Several badgers on the road burrowed into the bushes and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Not long after, a thousand wooden carts equipped with catapults and dry food were dragged by four thousand oxen and headed towards the Sui army camp. Each cart was equipped with two oxen and a driver, but next to the shaft

, and also tied a war horse.

A convoy of a thousand people rode on horseback, each holding a torch to illuminate the convoy. There were another thousand cavalry guarding behind them.

The officer of this team was a general named Shang Hong, who was a general under Meng Jiigong. However, the reins of Shang Hong's horse were controlled by another person, and a sword was pressed against his lower back.

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"General Shang, if you want to survive, please cooperate, otherwise my sword will pierce your heart immediately." A young soldier next to him said coldly.

"Take away the knife, and I will cooperate with you." Shang Hong said bitterly. When they were eating urgently five miles ago, three thousand Sui army elite cavalry surrounded them, and none of them could escape.

, either shot to death or tied up and thrown into the mountains.

Except for him, everyone here is a Sui army. Thousands of carts and the oxen pulling the carts have been doused with kerosene, as have hundreds of catapults. In addition, the nine hundred carts covered by tarps are nothing.

The food was instead bundles of dry firewood that had been poured with oil. Every two oxen pulling the cart were also fastened together with wood. As for the horses, they were the mounts of the Sui army.

Although Shang Hong is not a famous general, he still knows what the opponent wants to do. It is nothing more than a fire ox rushing to the camp and a train rushing the camp.

"Don't worry, as long as you cooperate obediently, not only will I not make things difficult for you, I will also reward you with a hundred gold." The young soldier next to him comforted him. He was none other than Xu Shiji, the leader of the Sui army.

Originally, he wanted to attack the enemy camp and use each soldier to carry five kilograms of kerosene to burn the enemy's rations. However, he found that there were still 30,000 soldiers stationed in the camp. Without knowing the location of the enemy's rations, if he attacked by force,

A large camp that stretches for dozens of miles is not only ineffective, but also arouses the enemy's alert, thus making his army lose its value as a surprise soldier. So this heavy baggage army became his new target, as long as he could ignite the cattle as he wished.

With the kerosene on his body, he becomes a powerful weapon capable of killing the enemy.

"There is no need for a reward. As long as the general spares my life, I will be extremely grateful." After Shang Hong finished speaking, he looked forward again and saw only two miles away, flames rising into the sky and numerous figures. It was finally the time he least wanted to face.

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Xu Shiji did not pay attention to Shang Hong, but ordered: "When the brothers in charge of the grain carts arrived at the field, they lined up the grain carts and ignited the kerosene on the bodies and bodies of the cattle; the brothers in charge of the catapults cut off the cattle.

The rope around the body is only used to set fire to the ox."

When the coalition soldiers were resting and eating, except for the troops on guard in front of the camp, there were only some wandering scouts patrolling back and forth.

At this time, they heard the rumble of wheels and saw that a load of baggage was coming from the south. There were only a thousand vehicles, each with two oxen dragging them. The hundreds of flatbed vehicles in front were the catapults they urgently needed, and the scouts

Out of caution, he immediately informed Sun Shihan, the commander of the rear army.

Sun Shihan was Sikong of Meng Haigong. He led 30,000 soldiers who were forcibly recruited as the rear army. The entire army was divided into three and guarded the rear and left to prevent the Sui army from attacking. Sun Shihan was called up during the meal and rushed to the scene immediately after hearing the news.

I came to watch. In the light of the fire, I saw Shang Hong who was leading the way. He said loudly: "Shang Hong, why did you arrive just now? The Holy One has been waiting for a long time. Just wait to accept your punishment."

The sharp knife touched Shang Hong's lower back again, and a sharp pain came. Shang Hong bit his lip and said: "Sikong, the catapult is too heavy. It fell into the mud several times and couldn't get out, so it was delayed.

It’ll take some time.”

Sun Shihan knew that it had been raining for days and the road was soft, so he had no suspicion. He grinned and waved his hand: "Let them pass!"

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and went back to eat.

This was especially true for the general. Naturally, these miscellaneous soldiers did not take it to heart. They dispersed immediately, allowing the three thousand Sui troops to swagger deep into the army. However, they did not notice that the car in front of them slowed down, and those behind them did not notice.

The car sped up. On the way ahead, the convoy slowly changed from an 'l' shape to a 'one' shape.

Looking ahead, Xu Shiji's eyes flashed with awe. He saw the endless land was like daylight, and densely packed soldiers formed more than thirty huge military formations. But in the past, Meng Jiong's soldiers were not like this.

Last year's Meng Jiigong soldiers were just like the original Wagang soldiers, a disorganized beast that only knew how to run rampant. With a little temptation, it could disperse and trample itself to death. But now, Xu Shiji is among these boy scouts.

I saw a military discipline that I had never seen before.

In the past, Meng Jiong's army was able to fight with favorable winds, but once the soldiers were frustrated, they would collapse. But now this army has a somewhat forbidden appearance, and the savagery of external force and internal force is much restrained, and it is more dangerous.

Since ancient times, battles of "defeating more with less" have always been judged by the number of people. Morale and military morale, which really determine the key to victory or defeat, are often deliberately ignored by historians. In order to praise their virtues, historians not only exaggerate the combat effectiveness of their own troops, but also

Our own generals were overly deified, and some even magnified the enemy's forces countless times. But Xu Shiji knew that winning with less was actually a forced battle, and he could be wiped out by the opponent even if he was not careful.

If the coalition forces were not in chaos, Huo Niu could only destroy one of the enemy's military formations, so that the own army could not achieve much effect. Instead, it was trapped and unable to extricate itself. But fortunately, the Sui army was best at destroying the opponent's morale and dampening the enemy's morale.

, and then wait silently like a cunning and ferocious wolf. As soon as the enemy reveals a flaw, he will pounce on him and bite him to death.

"Are you ready?" Seeing that he was only a few hundred steps away from the enemy and some people were already running towards him, Xu Shiji put away his distracting thoughts.

"It's ready." A Ying Yanglang general beside him said nonchalantly.

"Let's get started." Xu Shiji smiled bitterly in his heart. He could feel that among the people here, the most nervous one was Shang Hong, followed by himself. As for the three thousand Sui cavalry, no one seemed to take the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops at heart.

Yes, both of them are extremely calm.

In fact, these three thousand cavalry really have nothing to worry about, because they are the Xiaoguo Army, known as the emperor's personal army. They have been personally trained by Yang Tong. If they can't even do something as easy as defeating more with less, it is not a loss.

Did you touch the emperor's face?

Soon, four thousand cattle were lined up in a row, facing the direction of the coalition army formation. The soldiers carrying the carts also untied their horses, tore off their camouflage, revealing the armor inside, and the thousand soldiers pretending to be escorts also

Started running.

Their actions finally attracted the attention of the coalition soldiers, "What are you doing?"

However, it's already too late.

Thousands of soldiers quickly raised their torches and lit the ox tail, 'grain cart', ox body and 'grain army' covered with kerosene, which would ignite when exposed to fire. In an instant, the cow's buttocks and 'grain cart' were enveloped in flames.

In the flames.

"Moo."

One after another, the cattle were roasted by the fire, howling loudly, pawing their hooves crazily, and sweeping towards the coalition formation like a turbulent wave with a power that destroyed everything.

The vigilant coalition soldiers were running here, but when they saw the burning trains rushing towards each other, their expressions changed drastically. Some people drew their bows and arrows and wanted to shoot the crazy fire bulls, but these fire bulls were already crazy.

The pain caused by the arrows made them even more crazy, trampling everything in front of them with a stern look.

"Attack!" Xu Shiji waved his arm, and more than 300 Sui army cavalry who were already ready sounded the horn of attack.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of of of bleak horns resounded across the sky and the earth, and the soldiers of the Sui Army followed the Fire Ox and started to attack.

The resting coalition soldiers never expected the changes in the rear. When they stood up and watched, watching the flaming bulls rushing towards them, they understood everything. They dropped their weapons one by one and ran for their lives.

The panicked Huo Niu didn't care so much, and ran directly into the crowd in front of him, knocking them to the ground, and then trampled over them, turning them into flesh.

Everyone is afraid of death. When there is no room for fighting back, every coalition soldier turns around and flees like crazy, trampling on each other and crowding each other, countless of them.

Behind the fire bull formation, three thousand cavalrymen were killed in the desperate eyes of the coalition soldiers. They followed the gap torn by the fire bull and rushed in like a tide. Like a huge wave, the coalition forces were stunned.

The military formation was completely defeated.

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Sui army camp.

Zhang Zhenzhou, Fang Xuanling, and Qin Qiong, who had already heard their own horn, climbed up and looked into the distance. They saw that under the fire oxen, the coalition forces were like a pot of porridge boiling, and they were in a mess. Who still didn't know what happened?

"What a good boy, what a good strategy, what a courage." Zhang Zhenzhou gave a high-five and said, "Fang Shangshu, General Qin, I want to send troops to attack, how about it?"

"If you don't go out now, when will you wait?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile. "The generals just kill the enemy, I will guard the camp."

"good."

At that moment, Zhang Zhenzhou and Qin Qiong rushed down to the lookout tower and issued the order for the entire army to attack.

'Woo--Woo--'

The desolate horn echoed in the camp, which was an order to assemble.

Several gates were opened at the same time, and 30,000 iron spirits were activated at the same time. The fierce horse hooves knocked on the ground, and murderous aura burst out from them, like the vast dust and sand rolled up by the strong wind, overwhelmingly sweeping towards the coalition forces, and like a dam bursting.

The turbulent waves rushed towards the coalition soldiers with the momentum of destroying everything and rushing everything. They held the weapons in both hands and shouted to kill the sky. The sharp swords in their hands flashed red in the firelight. They ran rampant among the coalition troops and kept tearing apart.

Split the coalition formation, killing the coalition corpses and wailing all over the field.

The infantry of the Sui army followed closely behind, rushing forward to chase down the coalition soldiers who were lucky enough to survive under the iron cavalry.

Brutal killings were carried out under this night, and human life became the cheapest thing at this time.

Among the coalition soldiers, Meng Jiong's army was mostly recruits who were forcibly recruited. Most of them had never experienced the cruel battlefield. When they saw corpses on the ground, heads rolling around, and pieces of meat flying everywhere, when they saw the brutal Sui Dynasty

The soldiers swept in with a suffocating force. Finally, they could no longer bear the fear in their hearts and their morale collapsed.

The soldiers turned around and fled. The smart soldiers fled to the south and to the east and west sides; the stupid ones knelt down and surrendered directly. But at this time, how could the Sui army's cavalry take care of the people who were kneeling? Once they stopped, they would be captured by the rear.

Their comrades collided with each other, so they just rushed forward and trampled the kneeling idiot into a pulp.

Feng An and Meng Jiong saw the soldiers fleeing in all directions, and they had no intention of fighting. They retreated to the south before the Sui soldiers formed an encirclement.

The soldiers of the Sui army pursued them from behind. The battle lasted until dawn. Before the soldiers of the Sui army reached the enemy camp, Feng Ang and Meng Jiigong regrouped their defeated troops and relied on the arrow towers and walls in the camp for defense. The Sui army did not attack.

After charging several times with the city's equipment, they were shot back by the opponent's random arrows. Only then did they manage to stabilize the situation and save the military camp.

After the war, after an inventory, they had lost more than half of their troops in just one day. Feng Ang and Meng Jiigong were heartbroken. What's more terrible is that the unfavorable battle situation has shaken the morale of the army, and the whole army is full of pessimism.

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"If I don't avenge this, I, Meng Jiong, swear that I will not be a human being!" Meng Jiong kicked over the table and roared angrily.
To be continued...