Chapter 3 .30

The spring rain was scattered down the treetops, and Ren Jia filled the water bladder along the stream, looked at the mountains in the misty rain and mist not far away, turned over and returned to the camp.

She led the Yuan army out of the pass to meet Rong Di, stopped the other party's soldiers and horses to go to Luyang Pass and Yuanzhou and other places, and turned people back to the vicinity of Longquan Pass in a circle before handing over a letter to Yu Guangqi.

Although Rong Di is a big trouble, it is not a day's work to completely conquer it, and he can only hope that Yu Guangqi will quell the rebellion of the vassal king as soon as possible, otherwise once the border pass is lost, he is only afraid of turmoil in the court, and the situation created by her and You Anhe's painstaking efforts will be turned around in an instant.

Many towns in the border pass have been looted by Rong Di several times, and have been inhabited, although Longquan Pass can still be defended for a period of time, but the city wall has been damaged in many places, and it has not been repaired well for a long time, and it is not wise to defeat the enemy by defending the city.

Rong Di from last summer to this spring, the grassland has experienced several natural disasters, so this time the southward is more menacing than ever, Ren Jia has felt the pressure in the last two battles, even if there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he does not dare to say that he can resist 200,000 Rong Di south, fortunately, there are still many local soldiers and horses left in the rest of the pass towns, although it is not as elite as the Dingyuan army, but it can always be stopped.

Now the Dingyuan army and Rong Di are fighting for a time, the two sides have been fighting several times in full swing, the Dingyuan army has already suffered a lot of damage after several battles, but Rong Di has grown a lot with the support of neighbors outside the border, Ren Jia is a little worried in his heart, if they can't turn the situation around in the near future, I'm afraid that neither the border pass nor Xuzhou is optimistic.

She had to plan it well.

At the beginning of April, the Dingyuan army and Rong Di fought in Wushuang City, Rongdi lost more than 10,000 people and retreated to Luyang Pass, and the Dingyuan army recovered Wushuang City, which greatly boosted morale for a while.

"General, why is the general sullen after our victory this time?" The deputy general next to him saw the coach's solemn expression and was extremely puzzled.

"We are now victorious, although Rong Di said that he retreated to Luyang Pass, but he did not break the mind of going south, the Dingyuan army is now short of men and horses, if Rong Di comes again next time, I am afraid that it will not be as light as today." Ren Jia has a heavy heart from the beginning of the battle, although the Dingyuan army fought bravely on the battlefield, but Rong Di was also not far behind, and even in order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, the battle was more courageous than before, even if they won now, it was only a tragic victory.

"If it drags on like this, I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic." Ren Jia looked at the map and sand table on the table, frowned and pondered, if it was not a last resort, she would definitely not want to use that plan.

"General, although the current situation is still very serious, but General Yu has also made progress, maybe Xuzhou and other places will be recovered after a while, and the situation will be much better when the two armies meet." Although the deputy general was worried, he was more convinced of his own coach, as long as the Longquan Pass was not broken, Rong Di's way south would inevitably be full of obstacles.

Ren Jia pointed his finger at the sand table that had been repeatedly deduced, and showed a smile, "Wait and see, if the shape has not improved, then make another plan." ”

At the same time that Rong Di and the border army were fighting more and more frequently and fiercely, Yu Guangqi also fell into a bitter battle with the vassal king's subordinate soldiers in Xuzhou and other places.

You Anhe looked at the secret reports from the border pass and Xuzhou and other places, and his mind was heavy, if it went on like this, he was afraid that the Dingyuan army would not be able to stop Rong Di if the whole army was wiped out, and the border pass was frequent.

In the speculation of everyone's different minds, in mid-May, the Dingyuan army finally lost, Ren Jia was sitting in Luyang Pass at that time, and sighed in his heart when he heard the news of the defeat of the Dingyuan army, and sure enough, this last step had to go.

When the news of the defeat of the Dingyuan army came out, the atmosphere inside and outside the court became tense, and more and more people came to look for You'an River every day, and Liang Yiyun's plans were tested between words.

The Dingyuan army has already become a thorn in the eye of Rong Di, in the middle of several troop dispatch generals want to bypass the Dingyuan army to the south, were stopped by Ren Jia with troops, after several confrontations, knowing that the Dingyuan army does not remove the hopeless Rong Di army to the south directly to Mount Tai to the top of the fire, if not, Ren Jia will not sit in Luyang Pass.

"It's difficult at the moment, if someone wants to retreat, they might as well quit now, this time they will definitely die for a lifetime, and now they have a chance to regret it." Ren Jia looked at the elite selected from the Dingyuan Army in front of him with a calm face, and his expression was calm.

The soldiers looked at each other, except for a few who withdrew, and the rest moved in equal amounts.

"In any case, General Ben will do everything in his power to keep you safe." Ren Jia's tone was sonorous, and his words were loud and clear.

At the beginning of June, Liang Yiyun, the general of Zhaori, led more than 10,000 men and horses to detour to Luyang Pass to meet Rong Di, raided Rong Di's Chinese army with cavalry, beheaded three generals who led the soldiers, burned the grain and grass of the army, and fought hard with the 50,000 soldiers and horses who gathered to pursue them repeatedly, and annihilated more than 30,000 enemies in one fell swoop.

In mid-June, Liang Yiyun led the army to conquer Wannian Town, an important town of Rong Di, and united local soldiers and horses to resist the enemy, and then teamed up with Cai Zun, Yan Tan and others, the generals of Yuanzhou Town, to defeat Qingxi County, and destroyed more than 1,000 enemies to Muzhou and capture all counties in Muzhou. Subsequently, Liang Yiyun led the main force of the Dingyuan Army to the west to capture Shezhou again, and on the 10th, he successively exterminated the soldiers and horses of Rong Diduolu, and after returning to the eastern front of the division, he marched to Yuanzhou, and the local response generals Shi Sheng, Lu Xing'er, Qiu Rixin and others occupied Wuzhou, Quzhou, Chuzhou and other places.

Rong Di suffered several defeats and successive defeats, and the whole army of more than 100,000 pursued Liang Yiyun and the Dingyuan army, and traveled to Quzhou, Muzhou, Luyangguan and other places, forcing Liang Yiyun's troops into the grassland swamp.

"General, drink some water." Ren Jia took the water bladder handed by the deputy general beside him, and took a sip slowly, now that the grassland has entered the summer, the area they pass through is densely swamped, if it is not for the experience of having a swamp, I am afraid that before Rong Di catches up, they themselves will be trapped in this man-eating swamp first.

"How many soldiers do we have left?" Ren Jia led the Dingyuan army to fight hard one after another, and finally completely mobilized the Rong Di army to deal with them, although there are still many soldiers and horses in the rest of the country, but it is no longer a climate, and the big trouble is right now, presumably Yu Guangqi can grasp this opportunity to break the deadlock in one fell swoop.

"And four thousand two hundred." The lieutenant general followed Ren Jia to fight in many places, and they were occasionally able to take turns to rest with the local defenders, but the boss always rushed to the forefront all the way, to be honest, although he was happy in his heart to finally mobilize the Rong Di army to deal with them, but he was extremely worried about the boss's body.

"It's not much, but it's still a fight." Ren Jiayuan looked at the place she had chosen for the final battle, and finally showed her first smile in days.

In the eighth year of the first peace, Liang Yiyun, the general of Zhaori, led the army to fight the grassland swamp with Rong Dimi, and took advantage of the geographical advantage to attack several times, and after a few days of maneuvering, the Dingyuan army was trapped in the Quma River beach, and the two armies finally fought.

The wind was fierce, the corpses on the river beach were all overlapping, the blood flowed in the long sand, a few vultures hovered above the corpses that were not buried by the sand, the broken spears were buzzing in the cracks of the stones, the sound of fighting in the distance had not stopped, the bloody air in the air became thicker and thicker, and the yin wind began to howl angrily, calling for the dead undead.

Ren Jia had cold sweat on his forehead, and the two swords in his hands had long since disappeared, so he grabbed a long spear from the corpse at random and fought back and forth in the enemy formation, sweeping between shots.

The battle of Quma River Beach lasted for five days and five nights, and the Dingyuan army had already been scattered in the torrent of enemy troops.

Swords, guns, swords, shouts, iron horses, horses' hooves shattered.

The beach of the Quma River has become a killing field.

Ren Jia shuttled freely in the enemy formation, gathering the scattered Dingyuan army into one place, and now the key to victory is to insist, as long as he can survive this hurdle, complete defeat of Rong Di is just around the corner.

On the sixth day, Ren Jia finally heard the sound of horses' hooves from afar.

The person she was waiting for finally came.

The Rongdi soldiers, who had been fighting hard for days, panicked in the beating of war drums, and suddenly the enemy troops were all around.

The crowd of people dressed in enemy uniforms surged down all over the sky, and the Rongdi soldiers who scattered and fled were all killed in the encirclement and interception.

Ren Jia stopped the enemy commander who wanted to escape, the spear burst through his heart with an incomparable edge, and in the resentful eyes of the enemy commander, Ren Jia cut off his head and stood in place, and the rest of the people had already been defeated and left.

In the past few days, the two armies have been fighting, and this legendary demon star general has caused Rong Di's entire army to suffer heavy losses, Rong Di hated and feared Liang Yiyun and was terrified, and now that he has been surrounded by a large army, he does not dare to act rashly.

At this time, the sun was setting, Yin Hong's blood was covered with Quma River beach, and the sky showed a flame-like red under the glow of the setting sun, Ren Jia blinked and looked at it for a long time, only to find that the color was very similar to Pei Yuansi's wild goose red, and he remembered Liang Yi and Pei Yuansi in Yuanjing, they successfully dragged Rong Di this time, presumably the situation in Yuanjing will be much better.

The twilight breeze in early summer blew across the river beach and meadow, bringing some coolness, and the sparkling waves on the river not far away, the people of the Dingyuan Army finally breathed a sigh of relief, this time it was completed, and finally lived up to expectations.

The surrounded Rong Di began to flee in the direction of the grassland in the constantly gathering soldiers and horses, and the tragic fighting took place in every corner of the battlefield, and the border army that was waiting for work launched a general attack when Rong Di was exhausted, and more and more enemy troops were ruthlessly killed, and the sound of ruthless fighting filled everyone's field of vision.

The exhausted Dingyuan army slowly gathered together under the protection of their own people, and as heroes who had delayed the enemy for many days, they were courteous and respected by all their colleagues.

The deputy general of the Dingyuan Army saw that there were a lot of people gathered around him, so he asked, "Where is the general?" ”

"The general escorted us out of Rong Di's encirclement and then separated from us, what about you?" The lieutenant walked around, and the soldiers around him were a little worried.

"The general took us to raid the enemy's main camp and then separated," said a soldier in a hoarse voice, "let's find the general first." ”

"I've found the general! The general is over there! The soldiers who hurried over described fatigue, but they still cheered up, and when everyone heard the news of the commander, they were instantly refreshed, and hurried towards the place that the soldier had said.

In the twilight wind, the girl stood in the sea of corpses with a spear in her hand, her hair brushing her cheeks with the evening breeze.

"General!" Finally saw the figure of the coach, everyone was in a good mood, they had a hard time this time, more than 10,000 people before the expedition are now only a hundred, at this time, anyone who can see one more comrade, will feel happy.

The adjutant general's face turned red with joy, and when he approached, his steps stopped abruptly, and his face turned pale.

The soldiers who gradually surrounded him were happy in their hearts, and when they saw the abnormal faces and eyes of their comrades, they could not stop, and suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"General, general, she ......" The deputy general tried several times in a dumb voice before finally saying the words in his mouth, "The general was seriously injured in the battle with Rong Di, and we must do our best to send the general back to the camp for treatment, if Rong Di goes and returns, I am afraid it will not be appropriate." ”

The soldiers surrounding looked at the adjutant general who spoke astringently in the sound of fighting in the distance, and they were all silent, and someone answered after a long time, "Yes, the general is seriously injured, we must send the general back to the camp as soon as possible, I am the general's personal guard, and I should escort the general." ”

"I am also willing to escort the general back to the camp!"

"We're all in this together!"

"Let's go back to Longquan Pass!"

In the summer of the seventh year of the first peace, the Dingyuan army cooperated with the border army to defeat Rong Di, Rong Di raised 200,000 troops to the south to invade the border pass, and after three months, only 20,000 broke and fled to the depths of the grassland.

The atmosphere in the camp of Longquan Guandingyuan Army is heavy, since the news that the commander was seriously injured in the battle with Rong Di came, everyone in the army was worried, and many generals in the army wanted to visit, but the commander's camp was heavily garrisoned, strict entry and exit, and many people were worried for a while.

When the Dingyuan army fought with Rong Di Mi on the Quma River beach, Yu Guangqi led the border army to conquer many towns one after another, and the vassal king's defense of the city was broken several times, and then the turtle retreated in Yuzhou and Bingzhou, and the Dingyuan army became a corner.

After receiving a secret letter from Yu Guangqi, the Dingyuan army decided to go south, and Liang Yiyun's troops were ordered by the commander to go south along the Qixing River to help Yu Guangqi.

Looking at the express news from Beijing, Yu Guangqi's ugly face in recent days has finally improved a lot, this time the Dingyuan army and the border army have made immortal achievements, and they will also control the vassal king and Yuzhou and the two states, and most of the military disasters have been resolved, and the people in the court have frequently shown favor to You'anhe, Yuanjing-shaped shì Dading, whether it is You'anhe or he is happy.

"General, General Zhaori's headquarters arrived at the city of Xuzhou and asked to enter the city." Many of the generals under Yu Guangqi's command had fought side by side with Liang Yiyun and had a very harmonious relationship, so they were very happy to hear that they went south to help immediately after they succeeded in blocking Rong Di.

"Oh? And here it is? Yu Guangqi was in a very good mood, hurriedly put down the express newspaper in his hand and hurriedly went out, and when he left the state capital, the Dingyuan army had already entered the city, and many fast-moving generals had even arrived in front of the state capital.

"You stinky boys are here at last!" Yu Guangqi stepped forward with a red face and patted the shoulder of the leading general, looking very happy, these were his comrades who had known him for many years, so his speech was very casual.

"General, I am the commander of the army, can I find a suitable place to talk about business first?" The weather-covered lieutenant general showed an extraordinarily reluctant smile and asked in a deep voice.

"Naturally, it's business." Yu Guangqi saw that this person's face was ugly, and he knew that he was afraid that things would change, so he directly took the person to the study where he usually worked in the state capital before saying, "It's safe here, you might as well speak up if you have something." ”

The man's voice was hoarse, and after several repeated attempts, he finally spoke, "In the battle of Quma River Beach, the boss died of exhaustion. ”

Yu Guangqi's mind suddenly went blank, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses, "Why don't you mourn?" ”

"At that time, Rong Di did not retreat, I was afraid that things would change, so I lied that the commander was seriously injured, and then I led the remnants of the Yuan Army to escort the body of the commander back to Longquan Pass. The tall man told him what he had done recently, and his eyes were bloodshot, "Because of the importance of the matter, I don't dare to trust others, so I took the excuse of going south to bring the body of the commander here, and I also hope for General Haihan." ”

"What about the remains?" Yu Guangqi asked in a hoarse voice, the pain of losing his comrades, he had already suffered too much at his age, but he was still not used to it.

"Put it in the wagon with the ice." The adjutant general looked at Yu Guangqi with red eyes, "Please give me instructions." ”

"I don't have to worry about it, it's hot in summer, it's better to let the little girl be buried as soon as possible," Yu Guangqi was silent for a long time before he said, "Since the commander has sacrificed his life for the country, he will inform the whole army, no matter what, this is their commander." ”

"General Xie." The lieutenant clenched his fists for a long time before turning around and going out.

Yu Guangqi sat in front of the table and hesitated for a long time before finishing the newspaper word by word.

Xuzhou City ushered in the morale of the Dingyuan Army, but a day later, the news that Liang Yiyun, the commander of the Dingyuan Army, died on the battlefield, instantly spread throughout the city, and even the soldiers who escorted the "seriously injured" commander were very shocked, and the entire Xuzhou City fell into grief for a while.

Liang Yiyun, the general of Zhaori, died in the battle of Quma River Beach.

After You'anhe received the Di report, Liang Yiyun's death had spread all over the court and the opposition, looking at the few words and the blurred ink in the Di newspaper, he smiled astringently, "It's worthy of Zhaori." ”

As soon as Liang Yi came out of the Imperial City Division Prison, his eyes were sore from the dazzling sunlight, and he looked at the anxious faces of the attendants around him, "What happened?" ”

Xiao Wu, who had followed Liang Yi for many years, had red circles in his eyes, and when he saw that the commander's face was getting more and more ugly, he choked up and said, "Lord Commander, Miss she, she ......."

"What's wrong with Yun'er?" Liang Yi's face was solemn, and he spoke in a deep voice.

"Miss, she's dead on the battlefield." Xiao Wu mustered up the courage to say this.

Liang Yi listened silently, did not say a word, and finally took someone back to Liang's mansion directly.

Xiao Wu was worried in his heart, and he looked at the leader's face several times along the way, but he didn't see any difference in his complexion, and he panicked in his heart, but he didn't dare to say more.

After returning to the house, Liang Yi went directly into the study, and when no one was around, he trembled and opened the letters on the table, a few days ago - he dreamed at night that he saw his daughter sitting in front of this table to write, and when he woke up, he found that there was an extra letter on the table, although he already felt it in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it, at this time when he heard the news, he only felt that his backbone was taken away, and the whole person couldn't lift half of his strength.

If I knew this, I might have stopped you in the first place, whether I didn't fight or didn't make it, I could still be safe and stable.

Pei Yuansi looked at the petals scattered around in the flower room, leaned over and picked up a piece and held it in the palm of his hand, it was not me who did not keep his oath.