Pei Xingyan led a dozen cavalry scouts to escape back to the Wagang Army Camp in Baishiling, and immediately told Pei Renji what had happened.
"What did you say? Sui army reinforcements have arrived fifty miles away?" Pei Renji asked Pei Xingyan with his eyes widened.
Pei Xingyan rolled up his sleeves excitedly and nodded, "Yes. Let me tell you, my father, the young Golden Hammer general who fought with me claimed to be Xue Rengui's son. I think it is very likely that Xue Rengui personally led the army. Hehe. , Father is handsome, this kid can finally show off his skills."
Pei Renji glanced at this brave and foolhardy son angrily, and said angrily: "What do you know? If Xue Rengui is really leading the army in person, how can we stop it with only 20,000 soldiers and horses? Thousands of my father's works are here, if all of them are folded, how can my father gain a foothold in the Wagang Army?"
Pei Xingyan asked in a low voice: "Shuai father, do you mean not to fight?"
Pei Renji shook his head: "I can't make a final decision now. I will continue to send out scouts to inquire about the Sui reinforcements. If it is true that all the Sui reinforcements from Xuzhou are heading north, then I will have no choice but to feel sorry for the King of Wei."
Pei Xingyan opened his eyes wide and said in surprise: "Father, handsome, are you not afraid that King Wei will blame you for doing this?"
Pei Renji curled up the corner of his mouth and said with a sinister smile: "Then it's his fault that he's still alive. Once all the reinforcements from Xuzhou really go north. Hum, the Wagang Army is over, will Li Mi have a chance to survive? ?”
Pei Xingyan said anxiously: "Father, if Wagang is destroyed, what should we do?"
Pei Renji chuckled and said, "Son, you are already a grown-up, why are you still so irritable? Since my father dares to do this, of course he has a way out."
Pei Xingyan said with some understanding: "Could it be Tang Emperor Li Yuan who is my father's retreat?"
Pei Renji chuckled and nodded: "Yes, it is Tang Emperor Li Yuan. At present, Liu Wuzhou's general Zhao Kuangyin has risen strongly in Bingzhou and occupied Taiyuan. The Tang Dynasty did not have enough troops in Bingzhou, and Tang Emperor Li Yuan has sent people to contact me three times. , I hope I can lead the army to leave Wagang and go to Bingzhou to help the Tang army."
Pei Renji paused and said earnestly: "Xingyan, remember. In troubled times, military power is the foundation of one's life. The thousands of troops under my command, Pei Renji, are all Zhang Xutuo's old troops, and they followed him in his southern expedition. We have been fighting in the North for many years, and our combat power is fierce. As long as this army and horses are here, there will definitely be a place for us in this world."
Pei Xingyan nodded as if he understood, but deep down he always resented his father's statement.
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That night, Pei Renji sent out more than a dozen waves of scouts to spy on the military situation. Until dawn the next day, all the scouts reported the same situation to Pei Renji:
On the official road, the battle flags of the Sui army covered the sky, and their spears were like a forest. Generals Xue Rengui and Li Jing all followed the army. The distance between the forward and the rear was more than ten miles, and the visual estimate was that the number of troops should be about 100,000.
After confirming that all the main forces of the Sui army were heading north, Pei Renji immediately made a choice and ordered his cronies: "Li Mi is dead. I must not bury him with him. Immediately inform my brothers to pack up and go to Bingzhou to join the Tang Dynasty."
Among Pei Renji's 20,000 troops, 5,000 were brought from the Sui army when he surrendered to Wagang, and they belonged to his trusted tribe. The remaining 15,000 people were allocated to him by Li Mi from other ministries.
As early as last night, after Pei Renji learned about the arrival of the Sui army's reinforcements, he found an excuse to transfer all his five thousand cronies to the rear camp. This morning, after confirming that Xue Rengui and Li Jing's 100,000 troops were coming for reinforcements, he immediately ordered a group of All the cronies will go to the rear camp to rectify the troops.
About half an hour later, Pei Renji made a random excuse and rushed to the rear camp with his son Pei Xingyan, leading five thousand elite soldiers who were ready to go.
An hour after Pei Renji left the Baishiling camp, Li Jing and Xue Rengui led a hundred thousand elite troops to come in a mighty force, covering the sky. Sergeant Wagang who was guarding the front camp wanted to report the military situation, so he was surprised to find that the coach Pei Renji had already Missing.
The coach disappeared mysteriously, and there was no one in charge in the whole camp. Suddenly, chaos broke out. Xue Rengui and Li Jing took the Baishiling camp almost without bloodshed, and captured tens of thousands of people.
Xue Rengui couldn't help but wonder after taking the Baishiling camp so easily, "Li Mi is also a man who is well versed in the art of war, and Pei Renji is a veteran who has fought for many years. How could he be so vulnerable? Is there some fraud?"
However, Li Jing was confident and explained to Xue Rengui: "General Xue, don't worry too much. Although Pei Renji is good at leading troops, he is extremely selfish. Although the men and horses here can stop our army for a while, it will not last long." . Pei Renji is an old and cunning person, he will not risk his own life for Li Mi. If my prediction is correct, at this moment, Pei Renji has surrendered to another master."
Xue Rengui listened to Li Jing's explanation, and since Yang Gao was now being attacked by Li Mi's hundreds of thousands of troops, he did not have much time to delay, so he no longer hesitated and ordered a partial general to lead 2,000 troops to stay at Baishi Ridge to guard the prisoners, while the army left. Rush to Xiangling quickly.
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In Xiangling, the camp wall that had been burned by fire all night was completely turned into ruins, and the Sui army camp was completely exposed. Yang Gao knew that a head-on confrontation with Li Mi's Wagang main force was inevitable, so he immediately ordered more than 70,000 troops to march out of camp and prepare for the battle.
Li Mi heard that the wall of the Sui army camp had been completely burned down, and that Yang Gao had personally led the main force out of the camp to prepare for a decisive battle. He was overjoyed and immediately led the entire army to the battlefield.
Wuwu~~wuwu~~
After a low sound of trumpets, the two armies formed their respective formations. The first formation of the Sui army was led by Li Siye and Yang Yande, and consisted entirely of infantry, numbering about 10,000 people. The soldiers held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, wearing heavy armor, and lined up to form an iron wall defense line about one mile long.
Following Li Siye's military formation were Lin Chong and Hua Rong. Almost all of the 8,000 men they led were crossbowmen, obviously to provide bow and arrow support to Li Siye and Yang Yande in the first formation.
On both sides of Lin Chong and Hua Rong were a cavalry force of approximately 5,000 men, led by generals Yang Zaixing and Gao Chong. Their mission is also very simple, harass and harass as much as possible the Wagang Army troops that are attacking head-on.
Obviously, even when fighting in the wilderness, the Sui army still maintained a defensive formation.
After Li Siye and others, Chang Yuchun and Yang Ye led an army of 40,000 to spread out. Once the defense line of Li Siye and others was breached, Chang Yuchun and Yang Ye would quickly attack with their troops and engage in a melee with the Wagang army. Form a group and try their best to hold off the Wagang Army until reinforcements from Xue Rengui and Li Jing arrive.
