Chapter Twenty-Six: The Gorge is Deep
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After sobering up, Zhong Lifang bowed his head and knelt down tremblingly. Now it is late autumn, the sky has already turned cold, he is shivering in the cold and only wearing pajamas, and his heart is becoming more and more afraid, and his body is shaking even more.
"Zhong Lifang!" only heard a shout from the hall, and Zhong Lifang, who was shocked, almost fell, "Since you are a general, how can you raise troops without knowing the reason, and then you can increase the troops after knowing the situation, and then you can use the way of the main general of the army, and you can forcibly send troops to attack the key problems, so that more than 60,000 soldiers died in vain, it's ...... It's off me!"
"Adults spare their lives......" Zhong Lifang was frightened, and only kowtowed vigorously to beg for mercy, tears and snot covered his entire face. I am afraid in my heart, this is all over, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed if I am arrested here, I really don't know how I came here, and those pro-soldiers should also be dealt with by military law.
Sitting on it was not Pei Yun, but the general Zhong Hui, Yue Yingzhong Xiaobai on the left and right, as well as Dai Xian Yu Min and the generals of his subordinates. Seeing Zhong Lifang like this, the generals who originally wanted to play a good game immediately lost interest.
Zhong Hui was the most anxious, and he gave several bottles of good wine to bribe others not to compete with him for the right to interrogate, he wanted to be angry and shake his majesty, but he thought that Zhong Lifang was such an unsuccessful guy, and he didn't give face.
Zhong Hui was angry and angry, and scolded: "Since you are so unbearable, doesn't Emperor Chu know why he wants you to be a general?"
The generals also felt strange, could it be that Emperor Chu thought that the Han Ming Cavalry was a group of rabble, and he didn't look at the misery of the Huns' extermination and the rapid fall of the three northern counties.
Seeing that Zhong Lifang was only begging for mercy, Zhong Hui slapped the table case with his big hand and said loudly: "It's an insult to have a bell in your name...... Don't say it yet!"
Zhong Lifang was startled, and subconsciously raised his head, and saw a black-faced man above glaring angrily, surrounded by powerful and strong people on both sides, and his heart was terrified, where did he hear what Zhong Hui asked, he was stunned and silent.
Zhong will take a deep breath. His right hand rubbed his face vigorously, his eyes were red, and he said calmly: "I said, why did Emperor Chu send you to lead the troops to die." ”
This time, Zhong Lifang heard it clearly, was stunned, and then hesitated and said, "It's me...... I asked for my life, and I came. ”
Dai Xian, the left hand, said in a deep voice: "Just like you, you dare to take the initiative to ask for death, just look down on me for riding a fierce horse." As he spoke, his hand was on the hilt of the sword.
Zhong Lifang's body trembled violently, turned his head to Dai Xian and kowtowed, his mouth was full of words, he was not long-sighted, offended Han Ming, and said that he would never dare to make a mistake again, so he begged the masters to spare his life.
But some people sniffed out the difference from his previous sentence, such a mediocre and cowardly person, and who has no martial arts and martial arts, why did Emperor Chu dare to hand over the military power as soon as he asked for his life.
Zhong Xiaobai asked, "What is the relationship between you and Xiang Long?" ”
Zhong Lifang was stunned when he heard this, he could stay in front of the emperor for so many years and his holy family was undiminished, he couldn't fight but he was not stupid, he knew the emperor's temperament and temperament, and he understood that if he said the relationship at this time and humiliated himself, it would not only be his own face, but also the emperor's face would not look good.
Not to mention whether he can go back this time, if he does, the emperor will not let go of himself and his family easily.
Zhong Lifang figured it out, and said with a white face: "I am the captain of the Great Chu Cavalry, and I have that ...... Qualified to ask for orders to lead troops, His Majesty agreed, so I ......"
Zhong Xiaobai stood up, looking like he had something to leave, and he said expressionlessly, "Kill this person." ”
Zhong Lifang's face turned pale, and his eyes fell on Zhong Hui above.
"Well, kill and kill. ”
Zhong Lifang's face was colorless immediately, and a thought instantly appeared in his mind, don't say it now, die now, say it now, die in the future, safety first, humiliation second, hurriedly snorted and tearful: "I said, I said, Your Majesty and I are playmates in childhood, we have a very good relationship since childhood, and we are all brothers in private, this time I want to experience the feeling of leading troops, and there is Yanmen Pass to block you, so I boldly ask for appointment as commander." ”
After Zhong Lifang finished speaking, he lowered his head, waiting for the ridicule and ridicule from the horse thieves around him, as well as ...... Send yourself to Chang'an in the most humiliating way.
But he thought too much.
Once when the Huns were rampant, there were indeed several times when the king's grandson and brother led the army to conscript, but they were captured alive, and finally sent to the Central Plains naked, not only the parties were ashamed and angry, but also the face of the royal family as the royal family, so the scene made the emperor angry.
Although Zhong Lifang is not a relative of the emperor, with his relationship with the emperor, if he also suffers bad luck, it will be a big loss, but the emperor's face will be lost.
It's just that no one in the Humming ride has this hobby.
At this time, Yue Ying also stood up, came over and glanced at Zhong Lifang up and down, and then glanced at the brothers, and said, "It's better to hand him over to Brother Yun to deal with." ”
The generals nodded.
Zhong Li Fangwu was frightened, looked at Zhong Hui, and asked cautiously, "You, you are not Pei Yun?"
Everyone looked at each other, Zhong Hui laughed and said: "Boy, let my general personally interrogate, you are not qualified enough, if you weren't curious about your mediocrity, my brothers would have killed you in your Chu camp as early as possible." ”
After speaking, he chased after the brothers who had gone out early. Soon, two soldiers came in and escorted him to Loufu Prison.
The road repair project in Yanmen Pass was quickly completed, and Pei Yun ordered him to repair the fortifications of each pass.
Pei Yun didn't plan to let these Chu soldiers go back, the result of going back would definitely be to be sent again, and then I don't know how many people would die, so it was better to stay here and do some practical things, which could be regarded as saving their lives in disguise.
Pei Yun also didn't plan to train this group of Chu soldiers, their homes were all in the south, and forcibly staying here would only cause the army's morale to be unstable, and it would be a trouble.
The cavalry was finally able to pass through Yanmen Pass, and the remaining nearly 80,000 elite cavalry gathered outside the canyon in less than two days, preparing to enter the Wolf Meng Pass.
Before that, Pei Yun sent someone to dig up most of the corpses of the Chu army buried in the south of the canyon, pick some almost intact, and load them in the car.
Wolf Mengguan is the gate of Xinding, and Xinding is the gateway of the Central Plains, and the strategic location is important. According to intelligence, the Wolf Meng Pass originally had 1,000 men and horses, but with the defeat of the Chu army and the entry of the pass, it already had a large army of 170,000, which should not be underestimated.
However, this time, Pei Yunbing's purpose in entering Wolf Meng Pass was not to conquer the city.
Let's talk about this wolf Mengguan first, although it is not as dangerous as Yanmen Pass, it is also very difficult to fight. The left and right sides of the city are narrow and deep, looking at Hanquan Mountain in the east, adjacent to the chess mountain in the west, and there is a big gully in the south, the local people call the wolf and horse stream, and the person who takes this name means that the wolf and the horse can not pass. What's more, at this time, there were nearly 200,000 troops stationed there.
Besides, this Xinding place is to forcibly fight through the Wolf Meng Pass, there are still Fenhe Tianxian, Jinyang Taiyuan County, not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive, even if all of them are conquered, step into the Central Plains, and then threaten the rule of Chu Ting, if Chu Ting uses the strength of the whole country to fight back, two million troops, tens of millions of people are mobilized, there is no country in the world today that can fully resist the full operation of this huge machine.
Now there are Qiang people in the west, and there are also countries in the Western Regions in the rear that are ready to move.
In this way, the cavalry force of the Warrior Ming can't take care of it at all. Resist Chu Ting with all your might, the Qiang people invaded the Western Regions on a large scale, and the front and rear troops were in danger, and they were not far from destruction, so they must be cautious, and it is better to advance in Xu Tu.
This is only the direct reason for Pei Yun's temporary retirement, as for the root cause......
Hearing that Han Ming rode 100,000 iron cavalry to press, the Taiyuan county guard hurriedly ordered the wolf Meng Pass to defend to the death, and never let the enemy army come. I heard that it took less than ten days for Han Ming to ride through Yanmen Pass, and how long can this wolf Meng Pass last.
Just when the county guard was worried, a person outside the door asked to see him, saying that he had a plan to retreat.
The county guard asked who it was, and when he heard the identity, he couldn't help frowning, and then he taught him to ask quickly, and the dead horse should be regarded as a live horse doctor, even if this person's plan is not feasible, his heart to give advice to the country should be greatly praised.
Not long after the servant went out, he heard a man say proudly in the courtyard: "I regard the Humming cavalry as a mustard, and I can capture its generals alive with just one plan, so that they will not return." ”
The county guard was shocked when he heard this, so he didn't care about the truth or falsehood, and went out to greet him......
However, it was said that the Wolf Meng Guan Guard would take over the order of the county guard, and sorrow and worry arose. When has he ever seen such a formation, even if there are 170,000 troops in the pass, he can't play it.
On the one hand, he had to rush to the county and ask for the generals to come, and at the same time, he hurriedly ordered, withdrew, ordered, withdrawn, and then ordered, and the guards who had been tossing all morning finally knew why he could only live in this pass without any oil and water, and be a thousand generals.