Chapter Ninety-One: Fame in the World
Xu You led the Tiger Ben Tour, outwitted Yique, captured the Tiger Prison, Yongke Luoyang, and marched so fast that the towns along the Huanghuai coast were shocked. And Hulu Deva was ordered by the king, led 30,000 cavalry, one man and three horses, galloped south day and night, but before he reached the Yellow River, he received information that Xu You had entered Luoyang, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Mufan fled back to Xiangzhou, Luozhou Assassin Shi He Wenhu surrendered to the enemy, immediately anxious, regardless of whether his subordinates could hold on, desperately hurried, and finally arrived in Heyang County on the north bank of the Yellow River on the night of April 18.
The Heyang Bridge above the Mengjin Ferry was cut off by Xu You, if you want to cross the river, you must have enough boats, no matter how anxious Hulu Deva is, she can only collect boats from the surrounding counties first, or build a pontoon bridge, you can see the five thousand Chu troops stationed on the other side of the river, you know that this is not an easy task.
The most important thing is that Hulu Deva's grain and grass are insufficient, from Pingcheng to the north bank of the Yellow River, nearly 2,000 miles, all rely on the forced levy of people's rations along the way to barely maintain, the emperor is not hungry soldiers, no grain and grass can not fight.
In previous years, it was not too easy to want a supply of 30,000 people, but since last year, a large-scale famine broke out in Wei, the people had no overnight food, and the official government's Zhengcang and Changping were almost bottomed out, but Lu Xide, the assassin of Jinzhou, assured the emperor that he would do everything possible to ensure the continuous supply of Hulu Deva, as for whether he was looting the people, or some other way, the king had no jokes, and he had his own state assassin history to solve.
Encamped, scouts came out, three or five days in a row, it was found that Xu You led the main force to leave Luoyang West, and the main general who stayed in Luoyang was called Ye Min, who was not well known, and only 20,000 people under his command, and needed to defend Tiger Prison, Mengjin and Luoyang and other passes, and the troops were stretched.
Hulu Deva was arrogant, and the remarks of the Wei army calling for a quick battle and a quick solution were also very loud. Then he collected some of the hundreds of defeated soldiers who had fled from all over Yuzhou and Luozhou, and had a general understanding of the current combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment of the Chu army.
Hulu Deva was full of disbelief and said, "Is the thunder cannon really indestructible? ”
"Yes! The range is still long, it hits you, you can't hit it, and the power is amazing! ”
"The bow is also powerful?"
"The bow is even more amazing......"
"And what other three...... Three-bow bed crossbow? ”
"Well, one crossbow and three arrows, if you are like a galloping horse, it is not a problem to penetrate twenty or thirty people!"
"What about A?"
"The armor is extremely strong, and the sword and arrow are invulnerable!"
"Come on, drag him out and cut him down, talk nonsense, confuse my army!"
Hulu Deva looked at these defeated soldiers who were trembling on their knees, and sneered: "You are afraid of the enemy's cowardice and lose to those Daoyi who are worse than women, but in order to excuse yourself, make up these false lies, it's damned!" However, I will not kill you, all of you will be allowed to die in the capital, and you will be allowed to make meritorious contributions for your crimes, and when the time comes, I will kill a few more Daoyi, and use their blood to wash away the shame on you! ”
Disposing of the defeated soldiers, Hulu Deva suddenly sighed, and one of his henchmen, Nanzhong Lang General Gao Tai, asked, "Why is General Zuowei sighing?" ”
"He Wenhu received the weight of the Lord's favor, but he didn't know how to serve the country bravely, but he surrendered to Xu You, which will be transmitted back to Pingcheng, and I don't know how the Lord will be angry......"
Gao Tai smiled: "I think the Lord has been prepared for a long time, and he should not be angry." Did Zuo Wei forget Kang Zhenren? ”
"Oh?" Hulu Deva is a vulgar martial artist, who only knows how to be loyal to the emperor, and actually doesn't pay much attention to the court situation, and said: "Kang Zhenren? ”
"Yes! I heard that Kang Zhenren had watched the stars and said that Taibai had committed Nandou, and there would be a general rebellion, shouldn't it be on He Wenhu? ”
"What a thief!"
Hulu Deva said angrily: "It turns out that God also knows that you will rebel...... When I break Luoyang, I will take his head as a drowning weapon! ”
Gao Tai persuaded: "Zuo Wei is angry, He is mostly entrenched in important positions in the court, beware of being listened to, it is not good for Zuo Wei!" ”
"Humph!" Hulu Deva is just coarse, but not stupid, knowing that the He family can't be provoked, he immediately shut up, changed the topic, and said: "How to break the enemy of Luoyang, do you have a good plan?" ”
"If you want to break Luoyang, there is a plan under the festival!"
Gao Tai was born in the six towns of the wealthy family, familiar with the army, and good at drilling camps, somehow climbed the door of Mu Shou in the service, many points, transferred back to the capital from the bitter cold land of the six towns, entered the Chinese army as a lieutenant general, and then deliberately greeted, to his liking, on the appetite of Hulu Deva, this time to send troops, specially to bring him to the command, is not only the mastermind, but also the only one to be the general.
"Speak quickly!"
"The city of Luoyang is strong, and we can't go down urgently, and our army is short of food and grass, so it is difficult to hold on for a long time. It is better for Zuo Wei to lead the main force to camp here, attract the attention of the Chu army, and wait for Lu Thorn Shi to send boats and grain and grass, I will take 5,000 elites, go east to Baimajin, smuggle across the Yellow River and detour behind the enemy. If there is an opportunity, take advantage of the gap to seize the tiger prison, occupy the Mengjin ferry, and then take the left guard to cross the river. ”
The Wei army came from the north to attack Luoyang, there were only two roads, either from Heyang County through Mengjin to cross the river, or from Baimajin or slipway across the river, but the slipway has been lost, the Chu army must be heavily guarded, and there is a strong city to rely on, in comparison, it is easier to smuggle into Baimajin.
The advantage of taking Mengjin Ferry is that you can directly avoid the Tiger Prison Pass, but you have to be attacked from both sides of Luoyang and the Tiger Prison, and crossing the river from Baimajin needs to break through the Tiger Prison Natural Danger, and the casualties will be large.
After pondering for a long time, the Yellow River went out of Tongguan in the east, rushing and roaring in the Luoxi Gorge, and the water flow was turbulent. To Mengjin, the river gradually widens, the flow rate drops sharply, which is convenient for boat crossing, and it is also the best way to attack Luoyang in the north. However, Mengjindu has always been an important place for soldiers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although after reconnaissance before, no trace of the sailors of the Chu army was found, but the Chu people are good at water warfare, and the world knows that if they hide somewhere, and suddenly appear when they cross the river, I am afraid that something bad will happen.
Therefore, Gao Tai led the troops to sneak from the downstream and outflank in a roundabout way, and it is very likely that he will overcome the tiger prison by surprise, so Luoyang can be broken.
"Don't rush yet!" Hulu Deva is still good at fighting, otherwise he will not be reused by Yuan Yu, and said: "Immediately send scouts to Baimajin to find out the situation, if there is no Chu army on the other side of the river, then allow you to do this!" ”
Three scouts were sent downstream that night, and after dawn, Bai Majin did not find any heavy troops of the Chu army, and only four or five cavalry patrols kept patrolling back and forth along the river.
"That's it!" Gao Tai said excitedly: "The Chu army is not strong enough, and it can guard the slippery platform, and it can't guard the white horse, so it has to patrol the river with rangers, and wait to find out their movements, five thousand men and horses will soon be able to cross the river, and our army is fast enough to launch a sudden attack before the defenders of the tiger prison find out, and the big thing can be decided!" ”
"Good!" Hulu Deva patted Gao Tai on the shoulder and said, "If you can Keluo, I will ask the Lord to take you as the first credit!" ”
Li Bai once wrote a poem in Baimajin: The general sends a white horse and celebrates the Yellow River. The flute drum is full of rivers and mountains, and the waves are surging. This place as a place of a hundred battles, hundreds of years do not know how many heroes and heroes have been buried, Gao Tai arrived with troops, saw no one, put the boat and carried the horse, just two hours all crossed the Yellow River, and then went straight to the tiger prison non-stop.
The main force of the Wei army on the north bank of Heyang suddenly noticed that the Chu army on the opposite bank seemed to be moving, and divided 1,000 troops to rush to the direction of the tiger prison. After receiving the report, Hu Lu Tipo expected that it was Gao Tai's sneak attack on the tiger prison to make a contribution, and the Chu army was unstable, so it was a good opportunity to cross the river, and immediately organized the troops to start forcibly crossing, hundreds of boats of different sizes and shapes looked quite like fishermen fishing, but thinking about Lu Xide's almost gray hair, it can be understood.
The position of the Chu army was really chaotic, all kinds of rockets and bows and crossbows were fired in an orderly manner, and there was almost no great loss, Dali, the fierce general under the command of Hulu Tiva, was the first to jump ashore, and stabbed two spears from behind the shield array, one attacked the ribs, and one attacked the heart, he rubbed his body and flashed, and the bone hammer in his hand was like the top of the mountain, and he smashed on the shield, and the Chu soldiers holding the shield spit blood, flew backwards, knocked over four or five people one after another, and were chased into the formation by Dali, picked up the bones and swept a large area, and behind him were dozens of Wei troops like wolves and tigers, and soon expanded the gap, and then firmly established himself on the shore.
The follow-up ships docked, and a steady stream of Wei troops joined the battle, and the battle formation of the Chu army gradually became unbearable, and retreated while fighting, but I don't know who took the lead in running first, so it turned from retreat to a big rout, and ran in the direction of Bishan like a headless fly.
Hulu Deva snorted coldly: "It's really vulnerable! Daoyi has always been weak, so he can fight with the garrison, and when he encounters the courage of our Chinese army, he still doesn't flee from the wind? ”
Claiming that it was, Hulu Deva then ordered the whole army to pursue, and it was necessary to wipe out these thousands of enemy troops outside the fortified city, and not let them go back alive, only to annihilate the enemy's living forces as much as possible in the field, and the casualties would be greatly reduced during the siege. The Wei army mounted their horses one after another, and when they were preparing to pursue, they found that the ground along the river bank had been dug out of ravines of different depths and widths, crisscrossing them, and immediately let everyone dig soil into a bag, and when the horses passed, they threw soil to fill the ditch, which soon became smooth and enough for the cavalry to pass.
At this time, the Chu army was already several miles away, but with the speed of the cavalry, it was enough to catch up with them after entering the mountain.
"Left guard, let's hold off the pursuit in case there is fraud." Some people who joined the army were suspicious, and they could attack and plunder the important towns of Mingzhou in such a short period of time, and the Chu army should not be so weak.
When Hulu Deva heard this, he carefully observed the enemy army, only to see that the swords and crossbows were thrown all over the ground, and the banners were crooked, and the most important thing was that most of the people blindly followed and ran to the east of the mountain, but there were hundreds of people with clear heads who ran to the south.
Hulu Deva laughed and said, "With these women, how dare they come to deceive me? You scholars, don't understand that on the battlefield, all rely on a stream of blood, and if you are exhausted, you will be exhausted, how can you not be defeated? Sons, don't delay the fighter, kill me! ”
The Wei army chased to the Taihe Valley in the mountains, but saw that the 5,000 Chu troops that had been defeated before had re-arrayed at the end of the valley, the cars were lined up, the huge shields were formed into a wall, and the spears were forested.
Hu Lu Deva was shocked, but he had been in battle for a long time, if he retreated in a hurry at this time, and was chased and killed by the enemy, then he would be defeated, so he ordered the cavalry to dismount, let Dali lead more than 10,000 people to rush to the mountain, and bring 10,000 people to resist the enemy army in the valley, and wanted to capture the top of the mountain with the strong combat power of the Wei army, and he could turn defeat into victory.
Ye Min was dressed all over his body, appearing on the edge of the mountaintop, he used a very dangerous plan this time, only left 3,000 troops in Luoyang City, 2,000 people in the tiger prison, 5,000 people in Mengjin to lure the enemy, and 10,000 people ambushed in Pishan. He calculated that the Wei army was short of food and pursued a quick battle, and Hulu Deva had been famous for a long time, and against him, a nobody, he would be arrogant, so that the overall situation could be determined in one battle.
Otherwise, even if Hulu Deva could not capture Luoyang, if he found that the Chu army was different from the past tonight, and was no longer in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, but divided his troops to the south and plundered the grain roads in the rear, the consequences would be even more serious than the loss of Luoyang.
Captain Pei Shuye licked his dry lips and said, "Commander, give the order, see how I cut out the intestines of this group of northern barbarians and drink and eat!" ”
This time he stayed in Luoyang, in addition to Ye Min's 10,000 Chifeng Army, Xu You also allocated him 10,000 Cuiyu Army, which was led by Captain Pei Shuye. According to the convention, Hu Cha Tang will give a one-word comment to the students who graduate from each term, and the comment to Pei Shuye is: Brave!
"Don't be impatient, wait!"
"Wait?"
Ye Min didn't explain, and calmly observed the Wei army rushing towards the mountain. Dali led the crowd to rush to the waist, everyone was tired, the speed had obviously slowed down, and the sharpness had been lost. Ye Min said lightly: "It's now, Uncle Pei!" ”
"It's here!"
"Lead the headquarters of 5,000 men, break through from the middle road, in order to make more casualties, drive the Wei army down the mountain, and force it to the river."
"No!"
"Dong Dahai!"
"In!"
"Lead Chifeng 5,000 men, break through from the right flank, don't have to fight, rush into the rear of the Wei army in the valley, and cut off its retreat!"
"No!"
The sound of Ying Nuo resounded through the valley, Uncle Pei led the crowd to rush over, and Dali happened to meet each other, the two of them passed a move, Uncle Pei Ye's maple spear was directly swung away by the thick bones, and his hands were numb, and he shouted "Okay!" "Throw away the maple gun, pull out the sharp knife, hold the handle with both hands, and slash it head.
Dali crossed the frame with bones, sparks shot out, picked it up sideways, and smashed it into Uncle Pei's waist. Uncle Pei didn't have time to resist at night, so he hurriedly retreated and flashed, and his footsteps were already chaotic. Dali pursued the situation, and in the midst of the loud shouts, the bones fell from the sky.
Uncle Pei had a knife on his shoulder, his knees were weak, and he knelt on one leg.
The two armies fought, there were enemies in front and back, left and right, life and death were only in an instant, it was impossible to fight hundreds of rounds like the rivers and lakes, Dali was unforgiving, the tiger jumped up, and the bones went straight to Pei Shuye's head, if it was hit, it was like smashing a ripe watermelon, and there was no way to live.
Uncle Pei was not afraid, and was about to try his best to block his hammer again, when an arrow shot silently from the side, and accurately passed through Dali's throat.
Dali's eyes widened, as if he was in disbelief, and his strength was instantly drained, and he rolled down the hillside by pushing the golden mountain and the jade pillar, and he couldn't die anymore.
Uncle Pei sighed at night, and turned his head to see that it was Geng Bu, who was known as a hundred steps through Yang. Geng Bu is a student of the first phase of the Tiger Hall, he is considered his old-timer, and now he is the captain of the accumulation shooting, the crossbowman and archer who commands the Chinese army, and was left by Xu You to assist Ye Min.
Dali was dead, and the Wei army who went up the mountain was afraid of mourning, and some wanted to advance, and some wanted to retreat, which was completely out of order. Ye Min saw clearly, knew that the time had come, turned over and got on the horse, Wei Tabby followed by his side, behind him were five hundred light horses, this is Xu You gave Ye Min one-fifth of the family of the Chinese army's housekeeper, pulled out a sharp knife, obliquely pointed at the general flag of Hulu Deva looming in the smoke, and said: "Follow me to break the enemy!" ”
The Wei army in the valley was cut into three sections, crowded here, the cavalry was completely unable to exert, the south side was the mountain, the north side was the Yellow River, and the front and back of the valley were the Chu army, first by arrows and rolling stones killed and wounded thousands of people, and then by the Chu army did not want to die on the whole line, such as dumplings fell into the Yellow River, drowned countless people.
The fierce battle until the sky was getting dark, more than 20,000 Wei troops were killed and wounded, and only more than 1,000 cavalry were left to flee back to the Mengjin Ferry, only to find that the boats parked on the shore had been scuttled through and sunk in the riverbed, and the thousand parts that had pretended to support the tiger prison appeared on the shore, which was Tang Zhijian's Zhenhai Capital. In a panic, the morale of the Wei army sank to the bottom, how was the opponent of Zhenhaidu, they all surrendered on their knees, and they were killed.
Seeing that he was weak to return to the sky, Hulu Deva looked up to the sky and sighed, shouted three times in a row, and said, "Gao Tai misunderstood me!" Gao Tai mistook me! Gao Tai mistook me! Then he slashed himself on the banks of the Yellow River. He was too heavy by Yuan Yu's enlong, it was impossible for him to surrender like He Wenhu, waiting for the redemption of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he could only die the feelings of the monarch and his ministers!
And the surprise attack tiger prison Gao Tai is in the pass forward and retreat dilemma, learned that Hu Lu Deva was defeated and died, like a frightened bird, fled to Baimajin to cross the river to the north to return, just on the boat, but found that the ship was poured sesame oil, the bilge is full of firewood and grass, Sima Lianzhi led the troops out of the slip platform, waited for a long time, and the rockets were fired, all the boats were burned, only Gao Tai was good at swimming, and was spared.
It was a battle, Hulu Deva died, the 30,000 Chinese troops of the Wei army were exhausted, and the name of Ye Min began to spread all over the world, shocking the sea!