Chapter 31 Accidental Coercion
Luo Yi very much disliked this coalition deputy general. He was rude and stupid. The viciousness of the Douzigang bandits was fully reflected in him. He killed people like a numb, indulged soldiers to rape women in Zhuo County, committed numerous crimes, and greatly ruined his reputation as Luo Yi. Luo Yi had to bear this tone just because the two armies needed joint combat.
At this time, as soon as Gao Wentong entered the account, he asked him in a lesson tone why he didn't attack the Sui Bing, which almost made Luo Yi get angry on the spot. He endured it and suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Laishui has begun to melt, how can he cross the river?"
Gao Wentong said, "According to the prince's words, I will wait here. I will wait until the ice will freeze next winter and we will cross the river again. Is that true?"
"presumptuous!"
Luo Yi could no longer help but shouted angrily: "I am the commander of the First Army, how dare you talk to me like this?"
Gao Wentong was also extremely dissatisfied with Luo Yi. Last month, more than a dozen of his personal soldiers went to Youzhou City to visit and fell in love with a few wealthy women, so he took them out of the city. He was caught by the Youzhou army and killed them in public. The head was still hung on the city gate for two days, which made Gao Wentong extremely angry. But just playing with a few women, he dared to kill his personal soldiers and even showed the heads to the public. He thought that Luo Yi did not give him face.
Gao Wentong snorted heavily, "I think our two armies have different ideas and it is difficult to cooperate in combat. I decided to go back to Peking County first. If Marshal Luo has any dissatisfaction, go directly to my elder brother to complain!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the tent. Luo Yi felt bitter in his heart. He had already launched an offensive, but he was about to split, so he wanted to cut him with one knife. But Luo Yi also knew that once his army left at this critical moment, he would definitely be defeated.
He had to slow down his tone, "General Gao, please calm down. I have prepared a floating bridge and set up a bridge tonight. I plan to attack the Sui army camp at night."
Gao Wentong stopped and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He had already pinched Luo Yi's egg, not afraid that Luo Yi would not agree to his request.
"Prince, we have come all the way to help the war. Even if we don't have any credit, we will work hard. My brothers say that the women from Youzhou are good and very interesting. Let's do this! Our requirements are not high. After the war, the prince will send a hundred women from the rich to reward the army. How about it?"
Luo Yi knew that he was in revenge for killing his personal soldiers last time. The last time the bandits were too much, and they dared to rape the wife and daughter of the general in his army and not kill them. It was difficult to convince the public.
Luo Yi sneered in his heart, coaxing him to work hard for himself first. He pretended to be pondering for a moment and nodded, "Okay! I promise you this time, no longer be able to get more aggressive."
Gao Wentong was overjoyed and bowed, "That's all, I'll wait for the prince's order to attack tonight!"
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The night gradually fell, and there was no warm sunshine during the day. The temperature at night suddenly dropped and became cold. Luo Yi's army was ready. General Xue Wanche led 5,000 heavy cavalry to enter the camp. The heavy cavalry was also called armored cavalry. The people and horses were all wearing heavy armor. After years of training, war horses were the strongest Turkic horses. The cavalry were tall, brave and powerful. More importantly, the five thousand cavalry all used horse spears.
This is the only heavy armored cavalry of the Great Sui Dynasty, built with the power of the country. Originally, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty used it to deal with Goryeo, but because the mountains of Goryeo are not suitable for heavy armored cavalry, Yang Guang placed this cavalry in Youzhou and ordered Xue Shixiong to suppress the Hebei bandits. Finally, he fell into Luo Yi's hands and became his strongest army, which was also the capital for him to dare to confront the Sui army.
Dou Jiande attacked Youzhou three times and returned three times, which means he was defeated by this heavy armored cavalry. Tonight, Luo Yi was preparing to use this cavalry to defeat the Sui army in Beidaying.
The five thousand heavy armored cavalry were not riding on horses or wearing heavy armor at this time. They could only wear armor before charging, and war horses could not bear such a large weight for a long time.
At the front of the team, Luo Yi wore a golden helmet and silver armor, and carried a five-hooked god flying silver spear in his hand. Behind him was the general Xue Wanche.
Xue Wanche is the son of Xue Shixiong, the former general manager of Youzhou. He and his brother Xue Wanjun were the first Qianniu, the prince Yang Zhao, and had a good relationship with Yang Yuanqing. After Yang Zhao's death, the two brothers followed their father to join the army and gradually became the general of the Tiger Ben. Both of them had the courage of thousands of men. They were the most powerful general under Luo Yi and could be called his right-hand man.
At present, his elder brother Xue Wanjun led an army of 10,000 to defend Duxing, while Xue Wanche led 5,000 heavily armored cavalry to follow Luo Yi.
"Master Qi Bi, you are ready!"
Luo Yi nodded and stared at the dark Sui army camp on the other side of Laishui three miles away. At this time, a cavalry rushed over and bowed in front of Luo Yi: "Report to the prince, brothers have already explored it clearly. The three miles upstream are frozen very strong and you can cross the river directly!"
"good!"
Luo Yi was waiting for this news. He turned around and said to a personal soldier: "Go and notify Gao Wentong and let his army follow me."
He waved his hand and said, "Go!"
Thirty thousand Youzhou troops set out under the cover of night. They marched north quickly and walked towards the crossing point three miles away. Scouts had already arrived during the day and found that there was a river about a hundred steps long and was very frozen and there was no sign of melting. They could cross the river.
Behind the Youzhou army, Gao Wentong also led 20,000 troops to follow him from afar. His eyes were flashing, but he was considering the task assigned to him by his brother. This time they formed an alliance with Luo Yi to deal with the Sui army. Luo Yi gave them 10,000 sets of military armor as a condition, but 10,000 sets of military armor were far from satisfying their appetite. What they wanted was more food, more military armor, and more military supplies. The Sui army's supplies in Yi County were said to be able to equip 100,000 troops, which made Gao Kaidao feel moved. If he could seize Yi County, even if half of the supplies were allocated, they would quickly withdraw back to Liaodong and develop in Liaodong. One day they would come back and sweep the world.
The Youzhou army crossed the river, turned around along a forest, and stopped one mile away from the Sui army camp. The camp was very quiet, and two sentrymen stood on the two high sentry towers. It seemed that they did not notice the arrival of the Youzhou army.
Luo Yi was a little weird in his heart. They could see sentries, but why could the sentries not see them? It is very likely that there were ambushes in the Sui army camp, but Luo Yi was not afraid of them. He had heavy armored cavalry breaking into the camp, and he was not afraid of any ambush or arrows.
"Break in from the front of the gate and do not disperse, there will be caltrops on both sides!"
Luo Yi whispered to Xue Wanche and patted him on the shoulder, "Get in!"
Xue Wanche waved his sword and said, "Kill!"
Five thousand heavy armored iron cavalrymen started running in a row. They were like heavy and huge iron balls. They were very slow at the beginning, but once they turned, they were difficult to stop.
The heavily armored iron cavalry rushed side by side towards the Sui army camp, getting faster and faster, like a long iron dragon. Xue Wanche was running on the side. He set his bow and arrow and shot at the sentry on the sentry on the stairs. A soldier rolled down, but the sound of landing was dull, without screaming, nor was it like a person landing. This made Xue Wanche stunned. A soldier rushed forward and shouted, "General, he is a straw man!"
"not good!"
Xue Wanche was shocked. The Sui army was ready. When he turned around, the heavily armored cavalry had rushed into the Sui army camp. Five thousand cavalry were like melting magma. They rushed into the Sui army camp with unstoppable force, knocking the Yidingdao camp and trampling under the horse's hooves. Unfortunately, they rushed into an empty camp and could no longer see the Sui army soldiers. Xie Yingdeng led 10,000 Sui soldiers just evacuated half an hour ago.
After a moment, Luo Yi also entered the camp surrounded by hundreds of personal guards. His face was gloomy. What he was most worried about did indeed happen. The Sui army evacuated at night. The other party obviously wanted to lengthen the front line and make it difficult for him to supply. However, there were mountains in Yi County, and his five thousand heavy armored cavalry could not play their advantage.
At this time, Gao Wentong also rushed into the Sui army camp. He was concerned about various supplies and immediately led people to rush to the warehouse area. He was extremely disappointed. The Sui army did not leave a single piece of rice, and even the big tent only laid a circle around, less than a hundred ponies, and there was a large open space in the middle.
"I'll fuck you!" Gao Wentong was so angry that he cursed.
Luo Yi glanced at him from afar, and saw him kicking him hard at the tent, and couldn't help but sneer. What did this idiot think the Sui army would leave behind?
"Prince, we have caught a Sui soldier!" A scout came forward to report.
Luo Yi was excited and quickly ordered: "Bring him up."
After a moment, several scouts pushed a Sui soldier forward. His armor had been thrown away, but he was still wearing military boots and an eagle-edged iron helmet. He 'stooped!' knelt down on the ground and begged, "Godbye! General!"
Luo Yi glanced at him, saw that he was very scared and trembling all over, and asked, "Why didn't you withdraw with the army?"
"Report to the general, the villain is from Laishui County, and his parents, wife and children are in Laishui County, so he doesn't want to withdraw from Yi County."
"Then how did you escape? Not caught?" Luo Yi continued to ask.
"The villain was just a baggage soldier. At the end of the team, he escaped with diarrhea."
"When did the Sui army leave?" Gao Wentong rushed over and shouted.
The soldier was frightened by Gao Wentong's ferocity, his teeth trembled, and he couldn't say a word.
Luo Yi glared at Gao Wentong with dissatisfaction and said softly: "You honestly explain, I won't kill you."
"Yes!" The soldier said in a trembling voice: "The Sui army has just left... less than half an hour."
Luo Yi nodded. The soldier was telling the truth. He felt that although the Sui army was calm, they left in a hurry. Obviously, they found that they were about to launch an attack, it should be at most half an hour.
Gao Wentong suddenly became excited and shouted: "Master General, the Sui army has only been retreating for half an hour. We can at least catch up with the baggage team."
"No! The Sui army is good at night fighting, and there will be dangers in chasing at night."
Luo Yi rejected his request, ignored him, and turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "Tell me the order, and the whole army will march towards Laishui City!"
The personal soldiers rushed to pass the order, and Luo Yi asked Gao Wentong again, "General Gao, let's go together!"
Gao Wentong shook his head and looked at the military camp and said, "This military camp is good. We will be stationed here temporarily tonight. Please ask the Grandmaster for your own request!"
Luo Yi looked at him deeply and immediately ordered: "The army sets off for preparation!"
Chapter completed!