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Chapter 13 Rat Throwing Device

Two days after occupying the mine, more than a thousand flat-bottomed ships from Fengzhou arrived in Yan County. Except for some ships carrying grain, the rest were empty ships and came to pick up iron ore.//

The civilians quickly transported ore onto the ship, and scouts went deep into Yan'an County and Diaoyin County to investigate the news.

However, at this moment, Liu Jialun led an emergency information to Yang Yuanqing's tent by leading an army of 60,000 to the mine.

In the central army's tent, Yang Yuanqing was walking back and forth with a map of the inner gate. He had just received a letter from Pei Ju, telling him that Yang Guang had no intention of using force in Fengzhou, nor did he purge the Shandong gentry among the court officials. In other words, Yang Guang temporarily acknowledged his support for the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Yuanqing knew very well that the reason why Yang Guang was forced to compromise was not a military issue. Since he could launch a million troops to fight against Goryeo, he would have the courage to launch a large army to encircle and suppress Fengzhou.

The fundamental reason is a political problem. Yang Guang could not have attacked the Guanlong nobles and then purged the Shandong gentry. There were problems in the south. The political situation began to become unstable. Yang Guang should have also realized the crisis, so he can only say that he did not care about himself for the time being. Once he stabilized the situation in the Central Plains slightly, he would turn around to deal with him without hesitation.

For him, Yang Yuanqing, this is also an opportunity. We must take advantage of this precious time to actively prepare for war, expand our power, and expand our defense circle.

Although Wei Zheng advised him to use Guanlong's manpower to occupy Shandong's land, it did not mean that his army could not enter the pass. On the contrary, he had to expand his power south and put the battlefield on the periphery. He could not fight with the Sui army that surrounded him in his Fengzhou, which would destroy his foundation.

If the Sui army came to encircle and suppress the fierce battle between them could only be placed in Yanchuan, Shuofang, Yulin or Lingwu County, and it would never be located in Wuyuan County.

This time, Yang Yuanqing led his army south, not only wanted to seize the mines, but also wanted to infiltrate his forces into the pass. Cross-border bandit suppression was the best excuse.

"Report to the general manager, emergency information!" The soldiers' report rang out of the tent.

"Come in!" Yang Yuanqing quickly took back his thoughts.

The informant soldier quickly walked into the big tent, knelt down on one knee, and presented a red message, which indicated that the situation was the most urgent.

Yang Yuanqing took the information and opened it. Sure enough, Liu Jialun's army was attacking, which was even more fierce than he expected. The 60,000 army was probably Liu Jialun who was going to step down with the county town.

Yang Yuanqing smiled mockingly. He was afraid that Liu Jialun would not come and sent a thousand people to attack the mine. Now it seems that his worries are completely redundant. Liu Jialun doesn't care about his army at all. He may think it was done by the army of Yanchuan County.

Yang Yuanqing immediately turned around and ordered: "Transfer my order, all Ying Yanglang will go to the big tent to have a meeting."

The endless wasteland was covered with yellow dust, and a poplar forest was covered with yellow dust. A shallow river outside the woods and the water level suddenly dropped. A few miles away, the black army was crossing the river. Countless soldiers and war horses were drinking the river water and continuing to run. The dense horse hooves blocked the river water. Various flags gathered into clouds. The team was huge, more than ten miles long.//**//

The team was chaotic, mottled, and all kinds of weapons, including swords, spears, and wooden sticks and hoes. The same characteristics were the same as the rebel bandits in the Central Plains. They were numerous, but they lacked training and equipment. Liu Jialun had only been rebelling for less than half a year. He could not build a team of 100,000 people into an elite army.

But this army also has an advantage that the Central Plains bandits do not have, that is, there are many war horses. They are all nomadic peoples in the northern part of the pass, and basically everyone has horses, with superb horse skills and extremely powerful maneuverability.

In addition, this army also has a beast-like ferociousness. Although their team is chaotic, everyone is extremely cruel and ferocious. They have swept the north of the pass for half a year. Under their iron hooves, there are countless Han people who have died and many women who have wailed.

This time, they had new prey, not only to regain the mine, but also to flatten the only county town in Yanchuan County. It is said that there are tens of thousands of Han people hiding in it, countless wealth waiting for them to plunder, and countless women can ravage them.

"Capture the county town, and seize all the property and women!"

This was the order issued by Liu Jialun, which made everyone's blood rush. The primitive desire burned in their hearts, and also inspired their courage to speed up and run towards Yanchuan County quickly.

On the morning of that day, Liu Jialun's 60,000 troops entered Yanchuan County and saw the towering Great Wall from afar, but the speed of the army's advance slowed down significantly. A cavalry team appeared in the wilderness ahead of them. The black army was one mile wide, with neat teams and powerful momentum.

Liu Jialun was like a basin of ice water pouring on the surface. His manic heart suddenly calmed down. He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment. It was not the army of Yanchuan County that attacked the mine. There were 10,000 cavalry here, so it could only be Yang Yuanqing's Fengzhou army.

Liu Jialun felt a wave of trembling and felt extremely regretful, but now he could not retreat again, retreating means defeat.

Fortunately, the opponent only has 10,000 people, and he has 60,000 people, which can make up for the weakness of the army's insufficient equipment. He made up for his heart, waved his sword, and shouted loudly: "Charge and defeat the Sui army!"

Liu Jialun knew better than anyone else that his army was supported by the courage to kill and plunder. He had to fight to defeat the Sui army before the courage of his soldiers disappeared.

The sixty thousand army was killed like a surging tide. Huge waves tumbling, yellow dust rolling, and terrifying momentum, and the Sui army was overwhelming.

The 10,000 Sui army was led by the young general Pei Xingyan. This was his first time to command the army. Although he was a little nervous, the fortitude and mighty body on his face brought strong confidence to the soldiers.

Pei Xingyan stared at the enemy calmly. Although the enemy was full of murderous aura and everyone was particularly excited, the continuous raids of two days and two nights made their crotch exhausted, and the violent impact would cause the horses to have a huge overdrawn physical strength.

Pei Xingyan showed a sneer on his face. These bandits were too naive to think that they would fight with them? He pointed a spear of ten to seven feet at the enemy and ordered coldly: "Prepare to shoot!"

Ten thousand Sui troops were lined up in three rows, with three thousand cavalry in front of them carrying cavalry crossbows. This is a kind of crossbow. When you step on the string with your feet, the effective killing distance can reach 150 steps.

Three thousand Sui cavalry raised their cavalry crossbows and aimed at the rushing riots. The seven thousand Sui soldiers behind them used cavalry bows, waiting for the first cavalry to retreat.

"Two forty steps...two forty steps...one hundred and eighty steps..."

The Sui army was silent, and only the sound of range-finding soldiers echoed over the army. Pei Xingyan was waiting coldly.

"One hundred and fifty steps!" has entered the kill range, but Pei Xingyan's order has not been issued yet.

"One hundred and forty steps..."

"Shoot!" Pei Xingyan finally issued a shooting order.

"Dong! Damn!" The shooting drum sounded loudly. With the sound of a crisp crossbow, three thousand crossbow arrows suddenly shot out, forming a black cloud of arrows in the air, shooting towards the enemy group like a storm. The screams resounded in front of the formation. A group of people were tilted down and the simple leather armor of the bandits could not resist the powerful crossbow arrows. Nearly a thousand people were shot down, but the losses of a thousand people were nothing to 60,000 people. The bandits still rushed forward violently.

Three thousand crossbow arrows were shot out, and the Sui army held the crossbow quickly retreated, urging the horse to gallop westward. The seven thousand cavalry behind only waited for a moment. At the same time, the scattered arrows were shot out, and seven thousand arrows were shot towards the bandits who rushed into the range of a hundred steps. Another large number of enemy troops were shot down. This time, the casualties and injuries were close to two thousand people. The sharp bows and arrows and heavy deaths of the Sui army made the enemy's violent momentum aggravated, and morale began to decline a little.

Ten thousand Sui cavalry rushed towards each other in an orderly manner. They waited for their work and were extremely fast, which was obviously to lure the other party to chase after him.

Liu Jialun also realized that something was wrong. If you chase after this endlessly, the physical strength of the war horse will not be able to support it first, and the army will inevitably collapse without fighting.

He shouted loudly: "Stop chasing and rectify the team!"

‘Dang! Dang!, the bell rang, and the bell was rapid and loud. This was both an order to withdraw the army and also an order to stop chasing. The powerful inertia of more than 50,000 troops rushed out nearly two miles before finally stopping the war horses. At this time, the war horses were exhausted. After overdrawing their physical strength and attacking, they suddenly stopped. Many old and weak war horses fell down first and foamed at the mouth.

At this moment, ten thousand Sui troops came back and launched an arrow formation a hundred steps away. Ten thousand arrows were shot at the enemy. The enemy soldiers were overturned, and the casualties were severe. Liu Jialun's army was in chaos, and the soldiers retreated to avoid arrows. The Sui army pursued and shot arrows. Three rounds of 30,000 arrows had killed and injured four or five thousand enemy soldiers.

Seeing that his morale dropped sharply, each soldier showed a look of fear on his face. The powerful Sui army arrow formation scared them to the point of being frightened. The fanaticism and the sensation at the beginning had faded away without a trace.

Liu Jialun felt helpless. The Sui army did not fight hard with him at all, and only used bows and arrows to deal with him. Their earth bows and arrows were too short to compete with the Sui army's bows and arrows. If this continues, the army will be defeated.

He had no choice but to wave his knife and shout, "Cover and kill!"

The sound of the attacking drums sounded again, and tens of thousands of Jihu troops were urged to chase forward again, but this time they lost their passion and slowed down, which was obviously a reluctant pursuit.

Pei Xingyan sneered and ordered: "Use the fish to walk the arrow formation!"

This is a formation that the team uses when the speed of one side is significantly faster than the other side. They run for a distance and stop, shoot an arrow, run again, and shoot again, just like a group of fish, swim for a distance and stop and turn back, and then swim forward. This is also the tactic that the Sui army initially planned to adopt.

After running only six or seven miles, Jihu's army was already in corpses. The 60,000 troops were killed and injured by nearly 15,000 people. The morale was extremely low. Chasing for it means death. Most of the soldiers were no longer willing to chase it. People were afraid of lack of horses, and there were signs of about to collapse. At this moment, another Sui cavalry appeared in the south, with about ten thousand people. With an unstoppable momentum, they rushed to the rear of Liu Jialun's army and instantly rushed into the enemy group.

The Jihu army was in chaos. When Pei Xingyan saw that the commander's army had come, he raised his long spear and shouted: "The time for attack is here, boys, kill with me!"

"Kill!"

Ten thousand cavalry waving their spears and shouted wildly, following Pei Zhanjun to fight back towards the enemy. The accumulated power broke out at this moment. Two Sui cavalry attacked each other, and the Jihu army was defeated and collapsed on its own. The rebels fled in scattered. This battle killed the rebels and blood flowed into a river. The Sui army in Fengzhou chased for more than 50 miles. More than 40,000 Jihu bandits were killed one after another, and more than 10,000 were captured. Only thousands of people escaped. Liu Jialun was beheaded by Pei Xingyan in the chaos army.

Yang Yuanqing did not stop and led his army to attack Diaoyin County, fighting against Liu Jialun's general Liu Yaozi. The Sui army won four battles and four victories. Yang Yuanqing shot Liu Yaozi to death in front of the formation. Liu Yaozi's more than 40,000 troops were wiped out and 25,000 were beheaded.

At this point, in less than half a year of rebellion, the Liu Jialun tribe, who had 100,000 Hu soldiers, was bloodyly suppressed by Yang Yuanqing, the chief supervisor of Fengzhou. Nearly 70,000 people were killed. More than 20,000 prisoners of war were arrested to mine, causing the Hu of Guanbeiji to be depressed and his vitality was severely damaged. He did not dare to rebel for decades. After this bloody suppression, Yang Yuanqing's name made the children of Guanbei dare not cry at night.

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