Recruiting troops is, after all, recruiting troops.
Li Zitong's more than 10,000 infantrymen were suddenly helpless against Du Fuwei's 2,000 soldiers.
But facing the swarming rebels, Du Fuwei gave up the unrealistic idea of killing Li Zitong.
The soldiers raised up to fight bravely, escorting Du Fuwei and rushing out of the city.
Du Fuwei himself also held a spear and stabbed people left and right.
In a short time, his shirt was stained with blood.
The soldiers who were recruited were constantly stabbed, chopped, and fell to death in a pool of blood.
Li Zitong's rebels died more, and the swaying corpses covered the bluestone street.
Du Fuwei finally opened a bloody path, and the group rushed to the west gate.
The soldiers who rushed to the front had already taken control of the city gates and towers.
The city gate was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Du Fuwei rode out without hesitation.
As soon as he left the city gate, his heart felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, because a large number of troops appeared in front of him, and Du Fuwei thought it was Li Zitong who came to surround and suppress the rest of his troops.
He yelled: "Am I going to die here today?"
At this time, a general galloped out of the opponent's army.
He rode his horse to Du Fuwei's troops.
He looked at the soldiers who were covered in blood and running away with surprise.
Suddenly he saw Du Fuwei. .
He quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands: "General, what's wrong with you?
Why are you in such a situation?"
Only then did Du Fuwei see clearly that the coming general was none other than Ximen Junyi.
He was overjoyed and said quickly: "Ximen, you came just in time.
Li Zitong, that bastard, has rebelled.
Follow me back to the city.
I will kill this bitch with my own hands."
After hearing this, Ximen Junyi quickly commanded the more than 5,000 horses behind him to follow Du Fuwei and return to Liuhe City.
Li Zitong in the city was very angry that Du Fuwei had escaped.
He never dreamed that Du Fuwei would immediately counterattack with a group of reinforcements.
The rebels who were about to leave the city to pursue were caught off guard, and were killed by the soldiers who suddenly turned back and attacked.
The armies of Du Fuwei and Ximen Junyi swarmed into the city.
Li Zitong's troops had suffered heavy losses in the battle to encircle and suppress Du Fuwei, and their morale had dissipated.
He was caught off guard and was counterattacked, and the soldiers were immediately defeated.
On the contrary, the soldiers of Du Fuwei and Ximen Junyi had high morale.
The morale of Du Fuwei's soldiers was high because they had the opportunity to avenge their dead brothers, while the soldiers of Ximen expected to have a good meal and a good sleep after capturing Liuhe.
Dayton, so everyone fought bravely.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and Li Zitong's troops were completely defeated.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Zitong quickly withdrew to the east gate with two to three thousand soldiers.
Du Fuwei fought hard for another half an hour and eliminated the remnants of Li Zitong, and finally took control of the entire city of Liuhe.
Du Fuwei counted the troops again and found that there were less than 5,000 people left, of which more than 1,000 were recruited.
After he rested his troops and horses for a while, he thought of something big.
He quickly found Ximen Junyi and asked him to use his previous military symbols to mobilize all Du Fuwei's troops in Liuhe County to gather in Liuhe County.
He was afraid that Li Zitong would pull these troops away first.
Ximen Junyi took the order and left.
In the afternoon, Ximen Junyi brought bad news.
All 30,000 soldiers and horses in Liuhe County were taken away by Li Zitong in the name of Sima, the governor of Liuhe.
It turned out that Li Zitong had already arranged for him to gather all the main forces of Liuhe County in a military camp to the east of Liuhe.
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When he fled past that time in the morning, he took away these troops along the way, and also took away several county garrison troops along the way. , heading to Gaoyou.
Du Fuwei's heart thumped and he said no.
Li Zitong led his army towards Gaoyou, obviously targeting Gaoyou.
As the Gaoyou defenders did not know the news of his rebellion, Li Zitong could easily deceive the Gaoyou defenders, launch a surprise attack, and annex the Gaoyou defenders.
At this time, Li Zitong was "reorganizing" the army in Yongfu County at the junction of Gaoyou and Liuhe.
Only then did he disclose the news of his break with Du Fuwei.
The former Du Fuwei troops who were deceived by him were extremely shocked, but the pro-Du Fuwei leaders of these troops were all killed by Li Zitong, and their heads and bodies were piled up in the vegetable market in the middle of the main street of Yongfu County.
Ordinary soldiers and low-level leaders were intimidated by Li Zitong's power.
Even if they didn't want to, they didn't dare to show it and openly oppose it.
Soon, he installed all the generals and colonels of these troops as his confidants.
Li Zitong knew that Yongfu County was definitely not a place where he would stay for a long time.
Gaoyou in the northeast also has Du Fuwei's 30,000 troops stationed there.
If Du Fuwei gets in touch with them and attacks him from east to west and besieges Yongfu, he will not be able to escape the end of destruction.
Therefore, Li Zitong made up his mind and urgently ordered the entire army to march towards Gaoyou.
He wanted to follow the same pattern and annexed Du Fuwei and Gaoyou's troops.
Then he occupied Gaoyou for a long time.
Gaoyou straddled the Han Valley in the east and the Huaihe River in the north.
The territory was filled with ravines and reeds, which was where the troops were deployed.
Just when Li Zitong arrived in Gaoyou, the fast horse sent by Du Fuwei to Gaoyou also delivered the letter to the Gaoyou guard.
Naturally, Li Zitong's plan failed, and a battle broke out between the two sides.
This battle lasted for a full fifteen days, with more than ten battles between the two sides.
In the end, Li Zitong's troops could not hold on any longer, and the 30,000 makeshift army gradually collapsed.
Li Zitong had no choice but to lead his troops and horses to flee north of the Huaihe River. .
Although Du Fuwei's defenders in Gaoyou were victorious, they suffered heavy casualties.
At exactly this time, Yang Guang ordered the Sui army in Jiangdu to launch a fierce attack on Gaoyou.
The galley warships sailed along the Hangou into various lakes in Gaoyou.
The elite Sui army and 20,000 Xiaoguo army soldiers and infantry were mobilized to launch a full-scale attack on the counties of Gaoyou.
In addition, there were 50,000 other Sui troops stationed in Jiangdu to cooperate. .
Yang Guang even dispatched mountain spearmen and longbowmen from the Tianxing Army.
How could Du Fuwei's Gaoyou garrison, which had been severely depleted, resist such a fierce attack.
After resisting for several days, they were completely defeated.
Most of the 30,000 bandit troops were annihilated, and a small number fled to Liuhe.
At this time, Chen Jun strengthened the troops in Xutai County to the north of Liuhe County, forming an encirclement of Liuhe.
In the courtyard of the government office in Liuhe County, Du Fuwei looked at the hazy sky, his brows furrowed in a daze.
Now his strength has been greatly reduced.
His total strength is less than 10,000, and he has lost many generals.
Li Zitong has rebelled, which has dealt him a big blow.
It's not like he has never encountered this kind of situation before, but he finally overcame the difficulties and survived.
Not only did he not perish, but he thrived.
But today is no longer what it used to be.
The strength and morale of the Sui army are obviously much higher than before.
The most important thing is that the people's hearts seem to have turned towards the Sui Dynasty, and it is much more difficult to recruit troops by themselves.
He knew that this was the effect of his own edict.
The emperor expressed his repentant attitude in the form of an edict, promising not to waste people's power at will, and promising that areas with excessive people's power would be tax-free for three years
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