Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 85 Tu Ye dies!
On the plain of Jinyang East City, the "protected" people of Taiyuan saw the East City gate open, the drawbridge lowered, and the defenders in the city rushing out.

Every citizen, regardless of gender, age or physical condition, showed excitement and joy on their faces.

Although they all clearly remembered that night when the soldiers from Dongcheng went to the village and shouted loudly that all the villagers in the village must be moved to Dongcheng, they finally stood at the entrance of the village with torches at night to stop the villagers. Relying on their status or reputation in the village, or the trust of other villagers, they shouted loudly to the villagers not to go.

"Don't go! We, the people of the village, don't even have a place to stay in the city, why should we go..."

"Someone in my family is an official in the west city of Jinyang. Don't worry, don't trust the captain of the east city..."

"This is not an order from Jinyang Ling. Trust me and stay in the village..."

Although they all clearly remembered that after most of the people trusted them to stay, countless thieves rushed into the village before dawn the next day, killing people everywhere, looting all the food and property from house to house, and sexually abusing the women and girls in the village...

But at least at this moment, they were all grateful, grateful that they were alive, and grateful that the defenders in the city did not dare to ignore them.

After all, they are all from Taiyuan, and their children, relatives, or acquaintances are all in the city. If the city commander does not care, they can stand under the city with a clear conscience and ask the people they know in the city not to help the city commander and soldiers.

Looking at the group of Sui army soldiers riding horses and charging out of the city gate, these people had already made up their minds that after the rebel army behind them killed these Sui soldiers and captured the East City, they would let them go as agreed.

People are selfish. The rebel army on the plain behind them was so huge that there was no end in sight. This was something that Jinyang Dongcheng could not resist at all. They were unwilling to wait for death with Dongcheng.

Compared with the common people in Dongcheng, they care more about their own lives, their family members who were abducted by the rebels, their property taken away by the rebels, and wanting to return to their previous leisurely life in the village.

As for what happened to the people in East City and what happened to the East City defender, it had nothing to do with them.

"Tell them to stop shooting arrows! Don't rush over!"

The rebel captain saw the Sui cavalry rushing over the suspension bridge and heading towards here, so he quickly drew his sword and shouted at the group of people.

The other rebel soldiers were not fools either. They knew clearly the consequences of confronting the cavalry head-on. In order to protect themselves, they all let the civilians go to the front.

"Don't shoot! I am the head of Ba Ting clan!!"

"Don't rush over! Stop now, my sons are in the city!!"

"My son-in-law is an official from Jinyang! I want to meet the villagers of Baiyu Village..."

Hearing the words of the rebel captain, the old men, men, and women all followed his instructions, raised their hands, waved them, and shouted loudly.

Soon, all the people and the rebels saw clearly that, as they had wished, the Sui cavalry really began to slow down.

However, just when everyone's face showed joy, they suddenly saw that under the gate of East City, people suddenly pushed out bundles of grass balls with thick smoke billowing out of them.

Seeing this scene, everyone looked puzzled.

same.

In front of the rebel army, the rebel general Zhen Zhai'er also saw this scene and frowned immediately. However, in less than a breath, he thought of something and hurriedly felt the wind direction.

"Thick smoke..."

Zhen Zhai'er rode on a warhorse, looking at the battlefield on the distant plain, his expression full of solemnity.

He wanted to use the civilians outside the city to undermine the morale of the people inside the city. In such a short period of time, the Sui army defenders in the city not only came up with a way to rescue them, but also raised hundreds of bundles of hay and wood needed from the city in a short period of time.

Behind this, it means that all preparations for defending the city have been made, and all orders are under the command of the defenders in an orderly manner.

Zhen Zhai'er clearly realized that the commander defending the city was no ordinary person, definitely not an ordinary Fenwu Wei.

"It would be great if you were willing to surrender to Duke Wei..."

Zhen Zhai'er couldn't help but say this with regret, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of cherishing talent in her heart.

Behind Zhen Zhai'er, Tang Zhenhao, Xiang Yifeng, Yang Boyao, Qin Guangzhi and others did not expect that the East City defender would use the thick smoke to cover and then rescue people.

The East City defender was really unexpected and quite clever.

But when everyone thought of Tu Ye's character, they couldn't help but look not far ahead at the thousand cavalrymen who were riding their horses towards the battlefield.

On the battlefield.

Tu Ye did not expect that the Sui army garrison commander would actually use such means.

As they got closer and closer to the battlefield and the smoke became thicker, Tu Ye did not dare to rush forward rashly, for fear that there might be an ambush of the defenders behind the thick smoke.

They thought that once they rushed into the thick smoke, their vision would be affected and their numerical advantage would be gone. Even if they won, it would be difficult to achieve a great victory. There was even a chance that the women, children, the elderly and the weak would be rescued by the Sui army defenders in the city.

No! We can't let that happen!

General Zhen Zhai'er was still watching from the front of the army behind him. Tang Zhenhao, Xiang Yifeng, and others were all waiting to laugh at him.

I thought about what I had said in front of everyone else before receiving the order.

Tu Ye's eyes narrowed.

Want to save someone!
wishful thinking!

"Leave 500 men behind! Shoot arrows forward, and leave no one alive!"

Tu Ye drew his sword and gave an order to his deputy general, then he led 500 cavalrymen and planned to go around to the north, bypass the thick smoke, and go around the side of the smoke to kill the Sui army from behind. This way he would not only be able to find out whether there were ambushes, but also block the Sui cavalry's way back.

As for the soldiers guarding the civilians, in Tu Ye's eyes, whether they could be retrieved depended on their lives.

"Shoot arrows!!"

After hearing Tu Ye's order, the deputy general slowly reined in his horse and watched Tu Ye lead 500 cavalrymen to bypass from the north. Then he raised his hand to signal the cavalrymen behind him to shoot arrows at the position of the civilians in the smoke in front.

The deputy general thought the same as Tu Ye. Since the Sui army was determined to go out of the city to rescue the people regardless of the danger, no matter how the smoke blocked their vision, the Sui cavalry would be where the people were.

Following the deputy general's order, all the rebel cavalry soldiers picked up their bows and crossbows and shot arrows into the sky ahead without hesitation, one after another, and soon faint screams could be heard.

But because of the wind direction, the thick smoke was not only pungent, but also slightly irritating to the eyes. The rebel cavalrymen didn't care about that and shot arrows directly forward.

In the eyes of all the rebel cavalry, the orders were given by the general anyway, so the lives and deaths of those soldiers had nothing to do with them.

This scene also fell into the eyes of the generals of the rebel army on the plain.

"That Tu Ye is really cruel!"

"That's right, they are so cruel even to their own people!"

Tang Zhenhao and Xiang Yifeng were riding their horses, speaking in a sarcastic tone, fearing that others might not hear them.

General Zhen Zhai'er calmly looked away and turned his head slightly to look at the two of them. Only then did Tang Zhenhao and Xiang Yifeng shut up.

Tang Zhenhao and Xiang Yifeng were still very wary of Zhen Zhai'er.

Hearing the silence all around, Zhen Zhai'er continued to look at the battlefield. As a general, Zhen Zhai'er was very satisfied with Tu Ye's handling of the matter. A cavalry soldier was far superior to an ordinary infantryman. Compared to leading the cavalry rashly into the battlefield where the vision was blocked, Tu Ye's handling method was undoubtedly very rational.

But for a head coach, Tu Ye's approach made Zhen Zhai'er frown slightly.

All the soldiers in the army were still watching. Tu Ye's actions would undoubtedly make other captains and other soldiers restless, fearing that they would become the same in the future.

Fortunately, Zhen Zhai'er is confident that he can handle this matter after the battle is over.

He appeased the army by punishing Tu Ye openly, and then rewarded Tu Ye privately and sought credit for him and the Duke of Wei.

Zhen Zhai'er sometimes didn't know whether the large army of rebels under her command brought more benefits or disadvantages.

Just like now, if it were a normal army, no one would dare to do such a thing, otherwise the army would surely mutiny. However, it is precisely because all the people in this army are rebels, the bonds and regulations are not as good as those of a country's soldiers, and even every general and commander is scheming against each other, so such a thing will happen and it is difficult for a mutiny to occur.

"Pass the order, be ready for battle at any time. If you can capture the city gate, send reinforcements immediately!"

Zhen Zhai'er gave the order.

Seeing that Tu Ye had already led 500 cavalrymen to bypass the thick smoke from the north, Zhen Zhai'er also hoped that Tu Ye could take the opportunity to capture the city gate in one fell swoop, which would save the army a lot of time.

The commander of the East City was too vigilant. He had not only dug a spacious moat, but also buried many hidden pits on the plain.

The hidden pit was not visible in the past, but once large engineering equipment such as ladders and temporary vehicles passed over it, it would become one high and one low, making it impossible for the tall equipment on the temporary vehicles to move forward. If not handled properly, it would even collapse and be damaged.

There were also many forests on the plains that were set on fire.

It can be said that if the Fenwu Wei had not suddenly come to Jinyang and served as the defender of the East City, Zhen Zhai'er would be confident that he could capture the East City within five days, and then go directly south to attack Hexi County and Linfen County, surrounding the West City of Jinyang, destroying its vitality and breaking the morale of the people in the city, and then looking for an opportunity to capture the city.

And everything was delayed because of the arrival of Fenwu Wei from the East City.

"Here!"

A trusted soldier heard Zhen Zhai'er's words, raised his hand to accept the order, then rode away with the command flag and notified the vanguard soldiers to get ready.

On the battlefield.

Because there were too many smoking hay balls, Tu Ye led 500 cavalrymen and made a big circle before bypassing the battlefield. They went around the north of the battlefield to the vicinity of the moat, and then went down along the moat from north to south.

"Kill me!"

"kill!!!!"

Tu Ye, holding a sword, saw those hundreds of hay balls and indeed, there were hundreds of soldiers holding bows and crossbows. He smiled with disdain and raised his sword high to signal everyone to charge forward.

These five hundred cavalrymen were all strong and sturdy men selected from the army. Not only were they all equipped with armor, but even some key parts of their horses were covered with vests.

Looking at the hundreds of archers, Tu Ye was confident that he could directly kill and defeat the Sui soldiers in ambush with one or two waves of arrows.

By then, not only would the Sui cavalry be unable to return to the city, Tu Ye would also take the opportunity to break through the city gate.

"kill!!!"

"kill!!"

The rebel soldiers rode on their horses at full speed, holding their swords high. Some held bows and crossbows, aiming forward, ready to shoot arrows as soon as they got close.

On the battlefield.

The Sui army soldiers behind the hay ball saw hundreds of cavalrymen coming from upstream of the moat. Hu Jingyuan also saw this scene and frowned, but Hu Jingyuan did not choose to retreat. The captain Fu Zihou was still in the thick smoke.

"Prepare!"

Hu Jingyuan drew his sword and ordered all the soldiers to pick up bows and arrows and aim at the rebel cavalry that were coming from upstream of the moat.

On the east city tower, whether it was the soldiers on the elevated platforms or the soldiers inside the city roads, they all looked towards the battlefield nervously, watching the rebel cavalry rushing towards the soldiers outside the suspension bridge.

"Come back soon!"

Cui Wenjin held her sword tightly in both hands, her beautiful eyes looking nervously towards the outside of the city. Looking at the battlefield covered by thick smoke, she was afraid that Fu Zihou would be cut off from returning by the rebel cavalry.

"kill!!!!"

"kill!!"

Amid the roar of killing, everyone on the top of the city, whether soldiers, women, children, or even children carrying things, all looked at the group of rebel cavalry nervously. Everyone could feel that the momentum of the group of cavalry was extremely powerful, and their equipment was far more sophisticated than that of ordinary cavalry. Seeing that the group of cavalry was galloping at a high speed, it would not take long for them to rush to the outside of the suspension bridge.

next moment.

As everyone was watching, there seemed to be a faint movement behind the balls of grass that were emitting thick smoke. Before anyone could react, a figure on horseback suddenly galloped out from the thick smoke on the balls of grass.

Under the gazes of generals like Yin Tianzong, all the common people, Cui Wenjin, and even the rebel cavalry beside the moat, a young man on horseback holding a lance, accompanied by billowing smoke, suddenly caught everyone's sight.

At this moment, a swarm of cavalrymen suddenly appeared, following behind the young man, and all of them rushed towards the rebel cavalry without hesitation.

"It's the captain!"

"It's the Captain!!!"

Cries of surprise suddenly rang out on the top of the city wall, and the common people, men, women, young and old, as well as the soldiers defending the city, all cheered excitedly.

"It's him!"

At this moment, Cui Wenjin didn't even wait to breathe a sigh of relief as she stared at the figure. Her beautiful eyes were full of gleams. Her breathing seemed to stop at this moment as she just stared at the figure killing the enemy.

Next to the moat.

Tu Ye saw the Sui cavalry rushing out from the thick smoke in the distance behind him, his eyes filled with shock.

Tu Ye could never have imagined that this Sui cavalry would appear here. This was impossible!

"kill!!!"

"kill!!"

Faced with the swarming Sui army soldiers, not only Tu Ye was stunned, but all the rebel cavalrymen were also stunned. Not to mention the bows and arrows, even the horses and the entire galloping formation had no time to turn around.

"die!"

Fu Zihou wielded his horse lance and chopped off the rebel soldier's head in an instant. Under the huge blow, the rebel soldier was unable to resist at all and fell off his horse in an instant with blood splattering.

"kill!!"

One by one, the Sui army soldiers also mounted their horses, and while the rebel cavalry had no time to react, they directly took their horse spears, picked up the smoking grass balls together, and threw them into the rebel army, forcing the rebel cavalry nearby into chaos.

In addition, the Sui cavalry continued to drive the rebel cavalry towards the moat.

"kill!"

Upon seeing this, Hu Jingyuan also gave direct orders, asking everyone to attack the rebel cavalry and surround and kill them here.

"Damn it!"

Tu Ye looked at the Sui army in front and behind the battlefield, and cold sweat broke out on his back. Thinking back, he realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Sui army. The Sui army defenders were coming towards him from the beginning.

Correct!
How could the Sui army garrison commander who had deliberately set up thick smoke not have thought of this when he thought of taking a detour from the north?

"I shouldn't have assumed from the beginning that the Sui army commander would be with the people!"

Tu Ye finally realized that he had made wrong judgments throughout the whole process, but it was too late to wake up now, and he had to find a way to break out of the siege.

"withdraw!"

Tu Ye shouted angrily.

Although he was brave and good at fighting, Tu Ye did not want to engage in a meaningless fight when he was trapped and surrounded. He did not care about the embarrassment he would suffer if he went back. Tu Ye took the lead on horseback and rushed towards the grass ball, inserting his lance into the grass ball.

"drink!"

The burly and powerful Tu Ye picked up a hay ball that was emitting thick smoke and threw it aside. He was then hit in the thigh by an arrow, but he ignored the pain and rode his horse into the thick smoke.

As long as you go through the thick smoke, you can return to the plain on the other side of the smoke.

Behind Tu Ye, a rebel was also preparing to follow suit. However, when they saw Tu Ye running away, the Sui army soldiers holding bows and arrows were already prepared. They did not give Tu Ye a chance and shot directly.

For a moment, many rebel cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses before they could even clear the thick tobacco balls. Only a few of them either ignored the arrows or escaped.

Soon, the Sui army soldiers put their longbows on their backs, drew their swords, and fought with the rebel cavalry.

"die!"

Fu Zihou stabbed and killed a rebel cavalryman with his horse spear, then noticed Tu Ye who had rushed out of the encirclement. He then turned around on his horse, returned into the thick smoke, and chased after Tu Ye.

"drive!"

"drive!!"

In the thick smoke and pungent smell, Tu Ye ignored the arrow on his thigh and kept driving the warhorse under him, wanting to get through the thick fog as soon as possible.

Hearing the sound of fighting behind him getting farther and farther away, Tu Ye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was careless this time and lost face. Next time, no matter what, he would get back at him and tear the Sui army defender into pieces.

After a while, a scream suddenly came from behind. Tu Ye was a little confused. If they had already escaped the encirclement, why was the scream so close?

When Tu Ye turned around, the first thing he saw was the thick smoke coming towards him. He coughed, and before Tu Ye could recover, an arrow suddenly hit his shoulder.

"what!"

Although he was wearing armor, the arrow still penetrated some of his body due to its huge force. Tu Ye cried out in pain and immediately realized that there were pursuers coming and it was his cough that made the other party notice him.

Thinking of this, Tu Ye hurriedly rode his horse a little slower and quickened his pace.

After a long time.

When the smoke gradually dissipated, the army on the plain could be vaguely seen. Tu Ye suddenly reined in his horse and turned around. At the moment when the horse jumped high up in the front half, he held a long spear and prepared himself.

Looking at the smoke, he knew that as long as the Sui army came, he would be able to kill them with one blow with his martial arts.

"It's Tu Ye!"

"Why is Tu Ye the only one here?"

On the distant plain, in front of the rebel army, rebel generals such as Zhen Zhai'er, Tang Zhenhao, Xiang Yifeng, as well as all the rebel advisers and captains, were all looking at this scene in confusion.

I don't understand what happened.

However, in the next moment, under the gaze of everyone, a figure suddenly rushed out from the thick smoke. Tu Ye swung his lance and stabbed it, but the figure seemed to be prepared. Not only did it gallop past Tu Ye's lance, it also swung the lance and instantly cut off Tu Ye's head.

"what?"

"what!!!"

Under the gazes of all the rebel generals, such as Zhen Zhai'er, Tang Zhenhao, Xiang Yifeng, all the rebel strategists, captains, and tens of thousands of rebel soldiers, a figure on horseback slowly reined in his warhorse on the distant plain and just stared at them.

One person watches an army of 100,000.

Behind that figure, a headless body slowly fell off the horse and fell to the ground.

All the rebels recognized the corpse; it was the general in the army, Tu Ye.

And that figure...

"It's the Fenwu Lieutenant!"

Cai Ran and Zhu Lichuan had both been in East City and met Fu Zihou, so they both recognized the figure as Fu Zihou, the defender of East City.

"It's him!"

"What, it's him!!!"

Hearing Cai Ran's words, Zhen Zhai'er, Tang Zhenhao, Xiang Yifeng, Yang Boyao, Qin Guangzhi and other rebel generals all frowned and looked at the young figure in shock.

This was the first time that Zhen Zhai'er saw the Fenwu Wei, who was once ridiculed by the powerful clans of Jinyang, and now was the commander of Dongcheng who was blocking her 100,000-strong army.

Subsequently.

In the eyes of everyone, the young man turned around on his horse, and in full view of everyone, he held up Tu Ye's head with a long spear in his hand.

All the generals, captains, and counselors on the plain slowly entered the thick smoke under the watchful eyes of the five hundred cavalrymen not far away.

See this situation.

Everyone couldn't help but breathe heavily.

How domineering it was to chase and kill him right in front of the army; how contemptuous it was to return with Tu Ye's head amidst thousands of soldiers.

But looking at the battlefield covered in thick smoke and looking at Tu Ye's headless body lying alone beside the horse, no one dared to ride a horse to chase and kill him.

........................

Inside the west city of Jinyang.

"Thick smoke?"

After hearing the soldiers' report that the east bank of the Fen River was filled with thick smoke, Wen Dayou, Zhang Pinggao, all the other generals, as well as Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji and other officials in the meeting room of Yingyang Mansion all looked worried.

No one expected that there would be movement in East City so quickly.

Now, there are more than 100,000 rebel troops camped outside the East City of Jinyang. Everyone knows that behind the thick smoke, the rebel army and the East City defenders have already started fighting.

"This is impossible! According to estimates, the rebels cannot attack the city in such a short time!"

Jiang Baoyi was the first to raise doubts. According to the previous deployment of Dongcheng, although his understanding was not comprehensive, he did know something.

Not to mention anything else, even if the rebel army wanted to fill up the moat, it would not be that fast, so how could they possibly attack the city right now?

"Yeah! Logically, it should take at least ten days!"

Zhang Pinggao also nodded, his brows furrowed, his face full of worry and confusion.

It has been less than three days, how could the rebel army possibly attack the city?

"Then why is there such a thick smoke in East City right now?"

When Xu Shixu heard what Jiang Baoyi and Zhang Pinggao said, he looked at everyone and asked in confusion.

After hearing the question raised by Xu Shixu, all the generals and officials in the meeting room fell silent, and they had no idea what had happened in Dongcheng.

"What happened in East City..."

Wen Dayou was breathing rapidly, his expression full of worry, looking at the terrain of Jinyang on the wooden table, his eyes always on the East City on the other side of the Fen River.

(End of this chapter)