On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 430 The Battle of Jin Yong (1)

In early autumn, when the sun was hanging in the sky, Yu Zhongwen led the soldiers of the Western Sui Dynasty to form an array two miles outside Jinyong City with their backs to the city.

Among them, Yu Zhongwen personally led 120,000 infantry and cavalry as the central army.

Yang Yichen led 30,000 Shaanzhou soldiers as the right army.

Duan Wenzhen, the commander-in-chief of the Left Army, deployed 20,000 soldiers to lurk in Mangshan. The remaining 30,000 cavalrymen in Yi and Lu were appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Left Army, the governor of Luzhou, Li Zixiong.

There were two Li Zixiongs in the Great Sui Dynasty. One was from the Li family in Zhao County and was the son of Li Huibo, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He served with Cui Che in Daxingtai, Hebei Province, Yang Guang. He was the Minister of the Ministry of War and formed the Boling Cavalry for Cui Che.

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Now this Li Zixiong is also from Guandong, but he was born in the Bohai Li family and has no personal relationship with Cui Che. He once followed Wei Xiaokuan and participated in pacifying the Yuchijun rebellion, made military exploits, and was awarded the feudal title of Duke of Chang County.

The governor of Yizhou was only a civilian official, and Li Zixiong, the governor of Luzhou who was familiar with military matters, was the perfect candidate to succeed Duan Wenzhen and command the remaining left army.

Previously, Cui Che raised troops in Hebei, and indeed some members of his clan, such as Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongsheng, and Cui Zhongfang, were implicated and are currently idle at home.

However, except for the Bolingcui family, the other descendants of the Kanto gentry who served the Western Sui Dynasty were not affected.

For example, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Wang family of Taiyuan, and the recently surrendered Zheng family of Xingyang. Due to the fall of their ancestral land, they took refuge in Cui Che, but they still had their descendants occupying high positions in the Western Sui Dynasty.

No matter how serious his suspicion was, Yang Guang did not attack these people.

Hedging your bets is the way for aristocratic families to survive in troubled times. If they are resentful about this and abandon the people of Guandong, they will undoubtedly force the Guandong nobles to fully support Cui Che and push them completely into Cui Che's arms.

Li Zixiong sat on horseback and looked at the Eastern Sui army formation in the distance. For some reason, he always felt palpitated.

The Western Sui Army's 180,000 soldiers were dispatched in full force, but Cui Che had reservations. He only brought 90,000 infantry and cavalry in formation, and his most elite 10,000 tent-front troops were lurking on Mang Mountain.

The 20,000 Pishi troops had already returned when they left the camp.

Cui Che still chose to separate the cavalry on the two wings and use the infantry to defend the center.

He led Cheng Yaojin to lead 15,000 cavalry, and the commander-in-chief Lu Mingyue, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan and his son were the right army.

Now that I heard that the Pei family has joined Cui Che, at least until Cui Che plans to usurp the throne, the Pei family and his son can be trusted.

The left army was led by Dou Jiande as its general and Liu Heitai as its deputy, leading 10,000 cavalry and soldiers.

Cui Che himself led 60,000 infantry as the central army and left 5,000 Boling cavalry as a reserve force.

Before the time came, Yu Zhongwen could not wait to order the drums to be beaten.

Now he wanted to fight Cui Che immediately, so that when Duan Wenzhen launched a sneak attack from behind, Cui Che had no time to respond.

The sound of drums rippled, and the 180,000 Sui troops divided into three groups and marched towards the west to the drum beats. The soldiers and horses trampled on them, raising flying dust all over the sky.

Cheng Yaojin and Dou Jiande looked at Cui Che at the same time, waiting for his order.

I saw the Eastern Sui Dynasty military command flags fluttering, and Cui Che ordered both wings to attack.

Cheng Yaojin and Dou Jiande immediately led their troops to fight out.

At the turn of summer and autumn, in the wilderness outside Luoyang, the grass and trees had not yet withered. The cavalry of the Eastern Sui Dynasty and the Western Sui Dynasty rushed to kill each other. Countless people fell off their horses amidst screams, and the battlefield was dyed red with blood.

Although the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were brave, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

In particular, Dou Jiande's 10,000 Eastern Sui left army faced the 30,000 Western Sui right army's infantry and cavalry led by Yang Yichen. They were quickly defeated and began to retreat to the northeast.

How could Yang Yichen let Dou Jiande escape so easily? He performed poorly on the Hedong battlefield. First, his general Yang Ensi was beheaded, and then two thousand cavalry were routed by Li Jing's night attack, which made him lose face.

Now that he finally had the upper hand in the battle with the Eastern Sui Dynasty, it was time to avenge his previous humiliation, so he immediately led his troops to pursue them. Since Dou Jiande fought and walked, the infantry of the Western Sui Dynasty's right army was able to keep up with them.

The battlefield situation was unfavorable to the Eastern Sui Dynasty. Dou Jiande had already retreated, and Cui Che's army was also in a hard fight. A stray arrow even almost hit Cui Che, which forced him to pull down his visor to prevent another one.

Liu Ya hurt his face.

The huge numerical disadvantage of the Chinese army forced Cui Che to use 5,000 Boling cavalry to attack the flank of the Chinese army in the Western Sui Dynasty.

But unlike the previous battle of Xiangzhou, Cui Che's two wings were not able to defeat the enemy's cavalry and came to attack from a flank.

With only five thousand Boling cavalry, Yu Zhongwen's central army was able to easily protect the flanks.

Fortunately, the right army of the Eastern Sui Army, with the bravery of the generals Cheng Yaojin, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyan, Dahe Jinzhong, Li Han and others, led 10,000 silver-saddled Khitans and 5,000 cavalry, actually suppressed the Western Sui army.

Thirty thousand paces on the left.

Of course, this situation occurred because Li Zixiong was temporarily appointed as the commander of the Left Army. As the governor of Luzhou, he had not yet established prestige among the soldiers of Yizhou.

In this battle, among the three armies of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, only Cheng Yaojin's right army had the upper hand.

At the same time, Dou Jiande lured Yang Yichen's right army to the southern foot of Mang Mountain.

While Yang Yichen was chasing him, he was still wondering why Duan Wenzhen's ambush troops didn't come out when they were almost at the foot of the mountain.

Just when I was wondering, I heard a roar from Mang Mountain, and saw a huge black-armored cavalry emerge, rushing down the mountain along the gentle slope.

However, when Yang Yichen saw this scene, he was not happy and was shocked, and the smile froze on his face.

There was no shortage of cavalry in Duan Wenzhen's ambush, but there was no such momentum during the charge.

Yang Yichen was so frightened that he quickly shouted:

"There's an ambush! Escape quickly!"

But it was too late. As early as the sound of the thunder on the top of the mountain, Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai had already led their cavalry to turn around and fight again, delaying Yang Yichen's army at the foot of Mang Mountain.

The cavalry of the Western Sui Dynasty fought for a long time and chased Dou Jiande for several miles. They were already out of breath from exhaustion. They were no match for the army who was waiting in front of the tent to work.

When the troops in front of the tent rushed down the hillside and joined the battlefield, Yang Yichen's 30,000-foot cavalry were frightened, collapsed at the first touch, and fled in all directions.

As for Yang Yichen, he rushed too far forward during the chase. When he realized that he was ambushed, it was too late to escape and was stabbed to death by Liu Heitai who caught up from behind.

Su Dingfang, Shen Guang and other cavalry officers who were serving the army in front of the tent were not greedy for defeat. They each gathered their troops, joined forces with Dou Jiande, Liu Heitao and others, and headed towards Jinyong City.

The right army of the Western Sui Dynasty was defeated by the left army of the Eastern Sui Dynasty and the army in front of the tent.

However, Yu Zhongwen, who was still commanding the Chinese army and trying to break through the formation of Cui Che's Chinese army, did not know yet. He was still waiting for Yang Yichen to return to the army with Duan Wenzhen after defeating Dou Jiande and flank Cui Che's Chinese army with him.

The next chapter is around twelve o'clock in the evening

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