Chapter 241: The Siege of Yuzhou
Gao Chi and Deng Rui suddenly sat up straight in shock, and looked at Xiao Moheng with an incredulous expression, "This...."Gao Chi opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to persuade him, after all, he had always obeyed Xiao Moheng's orders.
Compared with Gao Chi's embarrassment, Deng Rui said seriously: "No, how can I let you be in danger?" After all, Deng Rui is Xiao Moheng's elder, and he has such a deep relationship with him, so he naturally has more confidence to speak.
Xiao Moheng comforted the two of them with a smile, and then explained: "Uncle Deng, General Gao, Yuzhou has been controlled by Su Jin, if we don't get rid of this force, it will be disadvantageous for us in the capital, so I decided to use myself as a bait to attract Su Jin's elite forces, and then we will deploy troops on the periphery and fight them all again!" Xiao Moheng said and spoke, there was a wave of pride, at this time, he still dared to gamble with his life, which made his gang of generals worry about it.
Without waiting for Deng Rui and Gao Chi to speak, Jiang Mei sat upright, made a long gesture towards Xiao Moheng, and said in admiration: "Your Highness's courage is unmatched in the world, Jiang Mei admires it so much!" ”
"Haha...Mei'er doesn't need to be polite!" Xiao Moheng smiled chingly,
Deng Rui saw Jiang Mei's admiring expression, how did she look like she agreed with Xiao Moheng's approach, as Xiao Moheng's military advisor, she should naturally focus on Xiao Moheng's safety, when Deng Rui cast a complaining look at Jiang Mei, Gao Chi pondered slightly this time, with his understanding of Jiang Mei, I am afraid that this lord has already taken measures, so he is not in a hurry.
"His Royal Highness's intention coincides with Miss's thoughts!" Luoxuan, who had been silent, smiled faintly.
Xiao Moheng's eyes lit up, "No wonder you didn't say anything just now." I was waiting for me to say it! He chuckled softly,
"Hehe....although this trick is dangerous, if it is successful, it will be much easier to do later!" Jiang Mei smiled heartily,
"Exactly!"
Deng Rui looked at this, then at that, and saw that the three of them looked extremely relaxed, as if they were discussing which way to go on an outing, Deng Rui looked at the three of them with a blue face and did not speak.
Gao Chi finally couldn't stand it anymore. Helplessly interjected: "Miss Jiang." This is something that makes His Highness risk his life, no joke! ”
Jiang Mei turned her head to look at Gao Chi and replied sincerely: "I'm not prepared to let His Highness take risks!" ”
As soon as Jiang Mei's words came out, Gao Chi and Deng Rui were stunned. Even Xiao Moheng looked at her quite unexpectedly. Jiang Mei had just agreed that he would use him as bait to take Shouchun back to Beijing. At this time, she said that she would not let him take risks, what was her idea?
Jiang Mei saw that everyone didn't understand, so she first took a sip of hot wine. Then he sat down leisurely, and explained with his lips raised: "Your Highness, two generals, Your Majesty summoned His Highness to serve the decoction, naturally he can't bring too many soldiers back to Beijing, so Xiaomei thinks that His Royal Highness can bring two thousand elite horsemen, and when the time comes, he will naturally take the Shouchun line, but His Highness who goes to that road is not the real Highness..."
After Jiang Mei finished speaking, there was a deep smile on the corner of her mouth, since she captured Luoyang, she had already thought about what was happening today, so she had already thought of a countermeasure.
Everyone immediately understood what she meant, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, "What does the girl mean to make people look like His Highness and go to Shouchun, while His Highness will take another way back to Beijing?" Gao Chi asked aloud.
Jiang Mei nodded and said: "Not only that, I'm afraid that Su Jin is also guarding against our suspicious tactics, so he will definitely set up ambushes on all three routes, and the Shouchun line is naturally the place where he is heavily encircled!" But we didn't deal with him, drove Shouchun directly, beat him up against the encirclement, and let him suffer the consequences! ”
"Moreover, since the Holy Decree arrived in Luoyang, I believe that Su Jin must have sent people to guard around His Highness's lower mansion to secretly spy on His Highness's whereabouts back to Beijing, and once they confirm His Highness's route, they will definitely make corresponding arrangements!" Jiang Mei continued.
"So what are we going to do?" Deng Rui asked,
"What is the girl's arrangement?" Gao Chi asked directly.
"This king wants to know what my scheming military advisor will do? Mei'er, don't sell it, let's talk about it! Xiao Moheng said with a hint of banter.
Jiang Mei arched her hand and said, "Obey!" Then she said: "I will set off from the east, west, and middle roads towards Jiankang two days later, let Tao Yiran lead the troops to Xuzhou and return to Beifu, and then let Shangzhi and General Xu Liang lead the troops to the front line of Xiangyang and return to Jiangzhou, while Brother Luo and I will go to Shouchun, please General Deng to accompany you, and then let Qin Xin and my people escort you!" With Qin Xin's presence, the other party will determine His Highness's whereabouts! ”
"The girl is so well arranged!" Deng Rui really admired,
"Dare to ask the girl, what about His Highness?" Gao Chi asked,
At this time, unexpectedly, Jiang Mei smiled mysteriously, she saluted Deng Rui and Gao Chi, and said apologetically: "Please forgive the two generals, Jiang Mei has her own arrangements, but I'm afraid I can't tell the two of you for the time being!" ”
After Jiang Mei finished speaking, Gao Chi and Deng Rui didn't mind, after all, it was all for Xiao Moheng's good, but Xiao Moheng himself was very strange, because he didn't know how Jiang Mei would arrange him.
At this time, Gao Chi suddenly remembered a worrying place, so he asked: "Girl, last time Yue Hua had deceived His Royal Highness Yi Rongcheng Murong Xi, and the prince also knew about it, if the prince told Su Jin, then Su Jin would suspect us!" ”
Several other people also remembered this incident, so they nodded again and again, not wanting Gao Chi to be a general but bold and careful,
Jiang Mei cast an appreciative gaze and said: "General Gao is worried, but please rest assured, first, the Nine Emperors trust the prince, and Su Jin may not necessarily trust him, so I am afraid that such a top-secret matter is handled by Su Jin and Pei Yun, and the prince will never know, and secondly, even if the prince knows, he will not tell Su Jin, the prince is a gentleman, the reason why he has always supported the Nine Emperors is completely out of friendship, the prince has long admired His Royal Highness's merits, so he will not do anything to hurt His Highness!" When Jiang Mei said this, she glanced at Xiao Moheng a few times, intentionally or unintentionally.
Gao Chi understood that the prince was a person, and he agreed very much, while Xiao Moheng nodded calmly, "Mei'er is right, don't worry about the prince's side, even the ninth brother doesn't necessarily know about the things that Su Jin secretly did, let alone Mu Shizi!" ”
When Deng Rui saw him speak, he stopped talking.
Jiang Mei smiled knowingly. After all, she still hoped that Xiao Moheng could treat Mu Xiaohe well, and after she was silent for a while, she said to Deng Rui and Gao Chi: "Jiang Mei still has something to discuss with His Highness, please ask the two generals to go back to the house to rest!" Jiang Mei saluted calmly, but the two generals didn't care at all, but looked at each other and smiled, bowed to Xiao Moheng and withdrew.
As soon as the two of them left, Xiao Moheng said solemnly with a straight face: "You don't want to go into danger for me, Su Jin must send a master to ambush in the area of Yuzhou, I must go with you." You can disguise me as a guard. Don't try to break me apart! ”
Jiang Mei was made to laugh and cry by him, so she shook her head and said solemnly: "Your Highness, I said it earlier. Your safety alone is related to the general trend of the world. I have already made arrangements in Yuzhou. Please rest assured, Your Highness, I have mobilized all the masters of Yiyun Pavilion, and Su Jin's people are not our opponents! All His Highnesses will not only return to Beijing privately, but also leave tonight! ”
"What? Leaving tonight? Xiao Moheng was even more puzzled. He didn't expect Jiang Mei to let Deng Rui and Gao Chi go, and let him act tonight.
"Yes, I have let the two masters of Yiyun Pavilion wait outside, as for which way His Royal Highness and the three of them will go back to Beijing, I have already ordered it, please bring the seal letter and the talisman, and leave tonight!" Jiang Mei said calmly, her clear eyes without a trace of hesitation.
Xiao Moheng looked at her in a daze for a long time, and then looked at Luoxuan who was standing aside, seeing that his expression was indifferent, thinking that the two of them had already made proper arrangements, and he had no need to insist.
In the end, he nodded, summoned Qin Xin, gave Qin Xin a few orders, and quietly left the house according to Jiang Mei's instructions. Then Ye Jian and Wu Dan took him out of the city and secretly rushed back to Jiankang.
Since Xiao Moheng returned to Beijing, for two consecutive days, Jiang Mei and Gao Chi discussed the arrangements for guarding Luoyang, except for Deng Rui, Tao Yiran, Shang Zhi, and Xu Liang, the other generals stayed in Luoyang to listen to Gao Chi's dispatch. Let Mu Bai guard Chang'an and let Gao Chi guard Luoyang is a strategy that has been set a long time ago, and Jiang Mei finally asked Yun Ying, the director of Luoyang Yiyun Pavilion, to assist Gao Chi in cooking Luoyang. On the night of Xiao Moheng's departure, Jiang Mei asked Tao Yiran to take his personal guards to the front line of Xuzhou to rush back to Guangling, and on the second night, let Shangzhi and Xu Liang return to Jiangzhou from Xiangyang.
In the early morning of December 18, the fifteenth year of Dahuan Jingxi, Jiang Mei and the Yirong Luoxuan marched in the direction of Wangshouchun with two thousand elite horsemen. It was day and night, and Deng Rui led 5,000 elite soldiers to cover later.
Four days later, Jiang Mei and his entourage arrived in Shouchun, and after Shouchun, it was the area of Su Jin and Pei Yun, so that night, Jiang Mei made a careful deployment to the people around her. What made Jiang Mei happy was that Ye Jian had successfully escorted Xiao Moheng to Beijing, and he left Wu Dan by Xiao Moheng's side, and he came to meet Jiang Mei that night.
Early the next morning, Jiang Mei and the others continued to set off, and the group arrived in the eastern suburbs of Hefei in the evening of the same day, but Jiang Mei did not choose to enter the city, and her keen intuition told her that there were many crises around her. So she decided to continue driving southeast.
"Miss, there is a fork in front, there is a hill in the middle of the fork, two roads on both sides lead to the southeast, an avenue, a small road, thirty miles later, and then converge, according to the secret agent's report, there are ambushes here!" Inside the carriage, Luo Jue and Jiang Mei looked at the map and discussed. The area to the east of Hefei is the place where the gentle mountain ranges intersect one after another, and the terrain is flat and rugged, which is good for ambush and marching.
"No matter which road they take, they will be encircled, and if they take the road, it will be more spacious and convenient for the carriage to travel!" Jiang Mei smiled lightly, as long as Xiao Moheng had arrived in the capital safely, she would have no worries, so her heart was much more relaxed.
Familiar with Luoxuan shook his head and said, "I'll take the avenue to attract their main force, and the young lady will take the trail, so it's safer!" Luo Jue obviously didn't want Jiang Mei to fall into danger, he wanted to deal with Su Jin's ambush alone.
"Good!" Jiang Mei readily agreed, she didn't know Luoxuan's thoughts, the reason why she agreed to his arrangement was because she was not armed and was afraid of becoming a burden to him. And she can also disperse some troops by taking the path, so that Luojun will not be so difficult.
Coincidentally, they are all thinking about each other. It's a pity that cherishing each other has become a bond with each other.
After the two discussed, Luo Jue walked down the avenue with 1,500 armor soldiers, followed by Ye Jian, Yun Zhao, Xuan Ming, and dozens of guards led by Qin Xin. And Jiang Mei took another five hundred armor soldiers to walk the trail, accompanied by Ruoyun, Ru Hui, Jiuzhu, Su Wen, Yue Hua, Jiang Li, and dozens of masters of Yiyun Pavilion. At the beginning of the day, two teams set off at the same time.
At this time, Su Weizhen, who was hidden on a mountain, received the news that Xiao Moheng's soldiers were divided into two ways.
"Tang Naiyao is right, Xiao Moheng really has affection for Jiang Mei, let her take the path, it is nothing more than to protect her, last time he didn't let him die, this time none of them can escape!" Su Weizhen, who has always been as heavy as water, finally showed his ruthless side, in order to make Xiao Moheng unable to reach Jiankang, Su Jin asked him to go into battle in person, and it seems that he also pressed all the weights.
At this time, a man in black beside him said, "Master, then we will implement the plan of the old man and Pei Xiang?" "This man's name is Su Huan, and he is a guard and confidant by Su Jin's side.
"Well, go as planned!" Su Weizhen nodded.
"Good!" Su Huan responded, and hurriedly pulled out to look in the direction of the path.
About half an hour later, Luo Jue led a team of men and horses to a wide area, only a faint green mountain in the distance, at this time, Qin Xin outside the carriage heard a deep voice from inside: "Let the soldiers stop and rest for a while!" ”
Qin Xin outside the carriage chuckled, this voice was really like His Highness, he answered, and shouted loudly to the front and back: "Your Highness ordered everyone to rest in place!" ”
The captain of the guard gave the order, and the soldiers who had traveled for a day did not hesitate to lie on their horses and take a nap. Only the people of Yiyun Pavilion remained vigilant, because they knew that the enemy was hidden near the mountain. Luo Jue knew that there were ambushes in the distance, and the terrain in this area was wide, but it was suitable for rest and battle, if he entered the middle of the mountain, it would be difficult to fly.
Luo Jue's army rested quietly, and about two quarters of an hour later, a flash of fire suddenly flashed on both sides, and rounds of fire arrows shot towards Luo Jue's carriage.
"It's not good, there is an ambush, protect Your Highness!" Qin Xin shouted anxiously. The resting soldiers woke up in an instant, and hurriedly surrounded the carriage three times inside and three times outside.
Fortunately, this group of soldiers is the most well-equipped armor in Xiao Moheng's army, they are all iron armor protection, a long sword in one hand, a light shield in the other, and quickly protect the middle into an iron bucket, so that the soldiers of the Yuzhou army are invulnerable.
After a few rounds of arrows, the Yuzhou army in ambush around them came towards the carriage with swords.
"Kill..."
"Kill...."
Soon, the two armies were intertwined, the flames shining brightly, and the swords intersecting, but the masters of Yiyun Pavilion had been guarding the carriage all the time. If Su Jin's killer didn't appear, they wouldn't be in a hurry to make a move.
When the soldiers of the two armies fought fiercely, three rows of black-clothed men flew towards the carriage one after another, and the masters of Yiyun Pavilion, who were already eager to try, quickly used their weapons and attacked with one enemy and two fierce. And Qin Xin took Xiao Moheng's iron guard to guard the carriage firmly, while Ye Jian stood calmly beside the carriage and watched the battle on the field.
At the same time, Jiang Mei, who was walking on the trail, was also attacked, the people of Luojun were in the east, Jiang Mei's people were in the west, and Su Weizhen was hiding in the middle of the mountain to command the battle on both sides, this mountain is called Luoyu Mountain, there is a small valley in the mountain, which is convenient for Su Weizhen to hide the troops, Luojun and Jiang Mei's division of troops brought him a little trouble, but also created an opportunity for him.
Su Weizhen watched the battle between the two sides be in full swing, and thought that it was time to give them a fatal blow, Su Weizhen whispered a few words to his lieutenant, and the lieutenant led a group of men and horses towards the west.
About half an hour later, Luo Jue got out of the carriage and looked at the fighting soldiers and asked, "Qin Xin, how many people are there in the Yuzhou army?" ”
After all, the Yuzhou army could not withstand the most elite iron cavalry troops of Dahuan, even if they had a numerical advantage, Xiao Moheng's elite soldiers quickly contained the offensive of the Yuzhou army.
Qin Xin took a closer look and replied, "Look at this posture, there are only about 3,000 people!" ”
Luo Xuan frowned, and said in his heart: According to the report of Yiyun Pavilion's secret agents, Su Weizhen can mobilize at least 10,000 troops, if there are only 3,000 people here, is it... Could it be that there are 7,000 volts on Miss's side? The more Luo Jue thought about it, the more panicked he became, and an unprecedented panic and fear surged in his heart, and at that moment, he was like a boulder pressing on him, and he couldn't breathe. (To be continued.) )