Chapter 735 All-Desert

Chapter 735 All-Desert

Chapter 735 A desperate move

Yuchi Gong led 3,000 cavalrymen and rushed into Loufan Pass like a hurricane, attacking the Sui army camp directly.

After the three thousand cavalrymen charged into the military camp, they found it was an empty camp. Yuchi Gong immediately realized that he had been tricked. He shouted, "Break out! Break out!"

Flames shot up into the sky all around, the military camp was on fire, the war horses were neighing in fear, and the cavalrymen were shouting wildly.

Yuchi Gong led more than a thousand cavalrymen and rushed out of the military camp in a panic. The opposite side fired bows and crossbows, and arrows rained down on them. Yuchi Gong was wearing heavy armor and could withstand the arrows. He waved a long spear and rushed towards the Sui army.

When he was about to approach the Sui army, his horse was hit by dozens of arrows and fell to the ground screaming miserably. Yuchi Gong was thrown to the ground. Before he could get up, more than a dozen soldiers rushed up and pinned Yuchi Gong down. Yuchi Gong struggled desperately. At this moment, a long spear was pressed against the back of Yuchi Gong's neck, and a voice said coldly: "If you struggle again, I will pierce your neck!"

Yuchi Gong was suddenly deflated and was immediately tied up by the soldiers. The 3,000 cavalrymen under his command were either burned to death or shot by arrows. In the end, about a thousand people surrendered.

Su Dingfang ordered someone to bring Yuchi Gong up.

Xiao Xia looked at him and smiled: "Are you Yuchi Gong?"

"Grandpa is Yuchi Jingde, who are you?"

"presumptuous!"

The surrounding soldiers shouted, "This is His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, you must not be rude!"

Yuchi Gong was stunned. Wasn't he the Wagang Army? How did he become the King of Jin?
Xiao Xia smiled faintly, "I have destroyed the Wagang Army. I am waiting for you here with a hundred thousand troops!"

Only then did Yuchi Gong realize that Liu Wuzhou had been fooled and was doomed.

Yuchi Gong's face flushed red, and after a while he said, "I was rude just now."

Yuchi Gong was not a fool. The King of Jin he was facing was the Emperor of Sui Dynasty, so he did not dare to act rashly.

Xiao Xia nodded, "I'll give you a chance. If you are willing to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty and to me, I can make you the Tiger Fang Lieutenant General and give you a future."

"I am originally a citizen of the Sui Dynasty. I had no choice but to participate in the rebellion. I am willing to serve Your Highness at my whim!"

Xiao Xia immediately ordered: "Untie him!"

The soldier untied Yuchi Gong, who knelt down and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, for accepting me. I am willing to serve you wholeheartedly!"

"Very good, go down and rest first! You don't have to worry about your wife, children and mother. Shanyang County has been captured by my army!"

Yuchi Gong was overjoyed. Liu Wuzhou used his mother to force him to join Liu Wuzhou's army. If his mother, wife and children were safe, he would be completely relieved.

A few miles north of the city, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were waiting for news from Yuchi Gong. At this moment, the city gate suddenly closed. Liu Wuzhou saw it clearly and was immediately shocked. What happened? Why was the city gate closed?

Song Jingang sneered in his heart, he guessed correctly, Zhang Lun must have been exposed, and the enemy army tricked Yuchi Gong into the city. It was estimated that Yuchi Gong and the three thousand troops were in danger. This Liu Wuzhou did not listen to his advice and was self-righteous. Now he realized how powerful he was.

Although Song Jingang despised them in his heart, he dared not show it on his face, and consoled them: "Fortunately, the prince only sent 3,000 troops. If he had sent 10,000 troops, the losses would have been great."

Liu Wuzhou said coldly: "What do you mean? Is it a trap?"

"Your Majesty, the Wagang Army must have sent a large force to support us. It is estimated that Zhang Lun has been exposed."

At this moment, someone came galloping on horseback from behind. The soldier on horseback clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. An army of 10,000 people has attacked Shanyang County!"

Liu Wuzhou was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. He brought all his troops. Shanyang was an empty city with only a few hundred soldiers to maintain order. How could they withstand the attack of an army of tens of thousands?

"Brother Song, what's going on? Where did the army come from?"

Song Jingang said after a while: "Maybe it came from Yanmen Pass."

Liu Wuzhou opened his mouth wide. This was indeed a loophole. He had preconceived that there were only a thousand people in Loufan Pass, so he ignored this loophole. At this time, Song Jingang whispered again: "Your Highness, please retreat as soon as possible! If the news spreads, the soldiers will flee."

Liu Wuzhou was extremely anxious because his old nest had been captured. He wished he could grow wings and fly back.

He immediately ordered: "Order the entire army to retreat!"

Liu Wuzhou's army was in chaos and turned around to retreat northward.

Xiao Xia could see clearly from the top of the city wall that the enemy army was retreating.

He immediately ordered: "The army attacks!"

The city gate was opened again, and 50,000 troops rushed out of Loufan Pass, including 10,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, and they also marched towards the north in a mighty manner.

If we look at the map carefully, we will find that this valley is actually a small basin, spindle-shaped, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle.

In the morning, Liu Wuzhou led his army to retreat to the northern exit, but unexpectedly found that a ten-foot-high sandbag wall was built at the exit, which was about one mile wide.

There was an army waiting for them outside the wall. Liu Wuzhou's heart sank into the abyss. He suddenly looked back and saw a faint black line about ten miles away.

Liu Wuzhou suddenly realized that they were being attacked from both sides.

Liu Wuzhou gave the order: "Send an infantry to open the gap, and the cavalry is ready to charge!"

The sandbag wall was quite high and the cavalry could not jump over it, so they had to send in the infantry first, create a gap in the sandbag wall, and then use the cavalry to break through.

At Song Jingang's command, three thousand infantrymen rushed towards the sandbag wall like a tide. Just as they were about to reach the sandbag wall, hundreds of small iron fire mines were thrown out from behind the sandbag wall and exploded among the crowd.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of explosions made the enemy cry for their parents, with countless casualties. The soldiers had never seen this kind of thunder weapon, and were so frightened that they turned around and fled. The cavalry behind them fired thousands of arrows, and three thousand soldiers fell down one after another. Half of them were lost in just one round of attack.

Liu Wuzhou was also stunned. He had never seen such a sharp weapon. His heart gradually sank into the abyss. His intuition told him that it would be difficult to escape today.

He suddenly turned around and looked back, his eyes suddenly narrowed, what did he see?
It turned out to be a red flag with a black dragon, which was the battle flag of the Sui army in Jiangnan.

At this moment Liu Wuzhou finally understood that they were not facing the Wagang Army, but the Jin Wang Army.

"brothers!"

Liu Wuzhou suddenly shouted: "The Sui army has surrounded Shanyang County. Your wives and children are inside the city. Do you want to save them? If you can, break out of the siege. Charge!"

"Woo——"

The horn sounded, and Liu Wuzhou began to rush towards the sandbag wall desperately.

At this time, the drums of war sounded loudly from behind, and Xiao Xia led the army to attack.
In late August of the 13th year of Daye, the final decisive battle broke out between the Sui army and Liu Wuzhou's army.

The Sui army used 70,000 elite troops to encircle and suppress 27,000 enemy troops. It was a battle without suspense. Liu Wuzhou's army suffered more than 8,000 casualties, and the remaining nearly 20,000 troops all surrendered. The Sui army also suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were arrested.

Ten days later, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were publicly beheaded on the city wall of Shanyang County, and their heads were hung on the city wall for public display.

At the same time, Su Dingfang led 10,000 cavalrymen to attack Dingxiang County, where there were no Liu Wuzhou's troops, but there were 3,000 Turkic troops stationed there.

(End of this chapter)