Chapter Seventy-Five: Abandoning the Battle of Jiujiang

Jin Huiqun had been pondering the words of the trial on the way back, although he was no longer the commander of the swordsman battalion at the moment, he was still basically his cronies in the swordsman battalion, and he could still order an offensive. But he couldn't understand the way he tried it, blindly provoking a war would not be beneficial to East Vietnam, not to mention that the royal family was already anxious about the area around Wankou and Lincheng. Stirring up disputes in the mouth of the water, internal and external troubles, will be absolutely unfavorable to the current situation. He thought that it would be difficult for the trial to be in league with the enemy army in the area of Lincheng in Anhuikou, but he soon denied his idea, if the trial was really going to subvert Dongyue, he would be by Emperor Wen's side all day long, and he would have been able to do it a long time ago, so why bother so much. Jin Huiqun didn't have an idea for a while, so he went back to the Imperial Doctor's Mansion first.

Lin Pinghui led the Jinfan Army to arrive outside Jiujiang Port, and he never thought that Lin Pinghuang would actually lead the Jinfan Army to abandon the city. He was furious, saw the Western Wei military flag on the city wall, and slammed his blade into the ground. When the surrounding Jinfan soldiers saw this scene, they were all indignant and vowed to rush over and retake their homeland.

In the city of Jiujiang Port, the Xiakou Army, who had gone to Daliang to report the military situation, had returned and informed Bao Anxin of the royal orders one by one, Bao Anxin knew that Zhong Xu personally led the army over, and he was helpless, Zhong Xu was the general commander of the Xuanjia Army of the First Army of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the second in the Northern Army, both in terms of ability and status in the army were more than one step higher than himself, it seems that the Western Wei royal family attaches great importance to this war, so he is destined to become a supporting role. However, the main problem at the moment comes from the Jinfan Army led by Lin Pinghui outside the city, Lin Pinghui is not Lin Pinghuang, the military ability is quite strong, this batch of Jinfan Army is elite, I believe it will never be easy to deal with, he dare not be careless, and ordered the sergeants to guard the city gate, and must not lose the Jiujiang Port that has just arrived.

Lin Pinghui knew that the Xiakou army was waiting for work, and the Jinfan army led by him was already a lone army, so he ordered the sergeants to camp on the spot first, rest for a day, and then prepare to attack the city. Dong Yun and Ling Hui observed around Jiujiang Port City, and the two found Lin Pinghui and suggested that the troops be withdrawn, but Lin Pinghui was willing to listen, and he was very resolute and must capture Jiujiang Port. Dong Yun understood his mood and patiently explained to him: "General Lin, there are no traces of siege around Jiujiang Port City, the Jinfan Army in the city is taking the initiative to evacuate, I believe that now the Xiakou Army in the city is in order, and it relies on a strong city defense, at this moment you only have more than 10,000 soldiers in your hands, and lack siege equipment, do you think you can capture Jiujiang Port City under such a disparity in strength?" Lin Pinghui looked excited, didn't listen at all, and replied angrily: "I must not let those thieves from the Western Wei Dynasty occupy Jiujiang, this is our home." ”

Dong Yun and Ling Hui saw that he was so excited, but they couldn't watch the Jinfan Army sergeants send them to death and continued: "It's not that you give up Jiujiang Port, but you really can't lose any more sergeants now, you are the one who leads the troops, for the sake of your subordinate sergeants, you know better than us about the city defense of Jiujiang Port City." ”

Lin Pinghui interrupted Dong Yun's words and said: "Needless to say, you are not from the Jinfan Army, Jiujiang Port is more important to us than anything else, only that waste man Lin Pinghuang doesn't understand." ”

Ling Hui was quite anxious, he stepped forward, faintly angry: "Others don't understand, you have to understand, people are gone, what's the point of a Jiujiang port." ”

Lin Pinghui was suddenly stunned by Ling Hui's words, Kong Sheng happened to come in and heard the argument between the three, he walked up to Lin Pinghui, and said in an extremely peaceful tone: "Young Master, I have followed Lin Shuai for many years, and I can be regarded as the old man of the Jinfan Army, we are not afraid of death, nor have we ever been afraid of fighting, the Jiujiang Port in front of us is the home of the Jinfan Army, we all want to go back to the city, there are parents, wives and children in the city, but please think about it again, the Jinfan Army cannot die, and the future and fate of the brothers taken away by the second young master are uncertain, It is very likely that our army is the only remaining Jinfan army. ”

Lin Pinghui was stunned again, and just when everyone was silent, the sergeant outside the camp came to report that a young man named Sun Lin asked to see him. As soon as Dong Yun and Ling Hui heard Sun Lin, they quickly turned around and walked out. Sun Lin was waiting for the Jinfan Army outside Jiujiang Port, and when he saw the arrival of the army, he quickly looked for it, and saw Dong Yun and Ling Hui, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly informed the two of Xiao Zhongqin, Chen Fan and Peng Yiqi's whereabouts, Dong Yun was also quite happy to see Sun Lin, and the three of them chatted for a while, when they heard that the Jinfan Army in the city was very likely to be taken to Xuancheng by Lin Pinghuang, Dong Yun and Ling Hui immediately pulled Sun Lin, and the three of them came to see Lin Pinghui together.

Xu Chengsheng also heard the movement outside the camp, and saw Dong Yun Linghui and a young man hurriedly walking into Lin Pinghui's camp, he guessed that this person was probably a disciple of Qinggu again, so he followed. Lin Pinghui's tent suddenly gathered a lot of people.

Sun Lin briefly informed everyone of the situation in Jiujiang Port City, and told Lin Pinghui that the Jinfan Army was most likely going to Xuancheng.

Lin Pinghui had calmed down a lot at the moment, and he asked Sun Lin: "The Jinfan Army in the city is rushing to Xuancheng, what does Lin Pinghuang want to do?" ”

Sun Lin frowned, he seemed to be a little embarrassed, Dong Yun and everyone looked at him, and Sun Lin spoke again: "It may be to capture Jianye, the Jinfan Army in order to take revenge, Xuancheng is the gateway to Jianye, as long as Xuancheng is broken, the army will march eastward, and you can directly take the capital of Dongyue." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized, but at the same time, they also felt incredible. Lin Pinghui, as a general of Dongyue, naturally knows the urgency of the cities everywhere, Xuancheng is indeed the gateway of Jianye, but there are a large number of defenders in Jianye City, there is a swordsman battalion to the north, and the southeast side is Cefu, not to mention half of the Jinfan Army, even if the whole army of the Jinfan Army is assembled, it is impossible to capture Jianye. Even with the support of the Jiuli clan, the possibility of breaking through directly is very small. Lin Pinghui snorted: "It's really whimsical, it's okay for him to die by himself, and he brought so many sergeants with him, bastard." ”

Dong Yun thought for a while, and then he opened his mouth and said to Lin Pinghui: "I'm afraid it's not that simple, if the swordsman camp and the Cefu are contained, don't forget that there is also the Western Wei." ”

"You mean, Jiujiang Port is a bargaining chip for cooperation with Western Wei?" Lin Pinghui also seemed to feel the seriousness of the matter.

Dong Yun continued: "I'm afraid there is more than one Jiujiang Port. ”

At this time, everyone present gradually understood that this was a huge conspiracy.

Kong Sheng suddenly stepped forward and said to Lin Pinghui very solemnly: "Young Master, it's time to decide, this is no longer a gain or loss of one city and one pool." ”

Lin Pinghui looked at Kong Sheng, looked around at the crowd, gritted his teeth and said, "Go, go after Lin Pinghuang's bastard, don't let him spoil the Jiangshan Sheji in Dongyue." ”

Dong Yun heard Lin Pinghui so resolute, he was actually very hesitant in his heart, Emperor Wen's mind was incomprehensible, there were already many Jiuli people around him at this moment, but after all, he was born in Dongyue, and he didn't want to see Dongyue subverted by Jiuli, so when everyone decided to follow Lin Pinghui to stop Lin Pinghuang's ridiculous move, he left the camp alone. When Sun Lin saw the expression of the second senior brother, he followed and asked, "Second senior brother, what's wrong?" ”

Dong Yun didn't need to hide it from the junior brother, and said slowly: "Your Majesty's mind is difficult to understand, and I don't know if this line of work should be done. Sun Lin listened to his tone and felt Dong Yun's disappointment in the royal family or Emperor Wen, but in comparison, the current eradication of Jiuli's forces was more urgent, he patted Dong Yun on the back and said: "Do your best, for the sake of the people of one side to avoid the scourge of war." Dong Yun suddenly found that the little junior brother had grown up. When Ling Hui saw the two of them coming out, he also chased after them, and the three of them got together, thinking of the battle they would experience later, and they all felt a little emotional.

Lin Pinghui and Kong Sheng gathered the sergeants, and explained to everyone that they would give up the siege and catch up with Lin Pinghuang, some of the sergeants were puzzled and complained in a low voice, and Lin Pinghui roared: "Jiujiang Port, I swear, I will bring everyone back, believe me, my Lin family is unfortunate, we can't let the brothers sacrifice in vain, at this moment we give up Jiujiang Port, in order to bring more people back." After hearing Lin Pinghui's words, the sergeants did not discuss any more, and the officers quickly lined up in a whole line, waiting for the commander-in-chief to give the order to set off.

Bao Anxin on the wall of Jiujiang Port saw the Jinfan Army assembled, but the direction was not facing the city gate, he was a little puzzled, what kind of tricks did Lin Pinghui play, but when he saw Lin Pinghui leading his troops to withdraw, he suddenly secretly said that it was not good, Lin Pinghui was going to chase the Jinfan Army led by Lin Pinghuang, if Lin Pinghui mastered the Jinfan Army, then he might not be able to cooperate. He immediately decided to help Lin Pinghuang and ordered the Xiakou army to leave the city.

Sun Lin has been paying attention to the Xiakou army on the city wall, and when he saw the sergeants moving, he hurriedly came over to inform Dong Yun, and Dong Yun's first reaction was that the Xiakou army wanted to go out of the city to destroy this Jinfan army. He walked quickly to Lin Pinghui's side and suggested leaving a team of sergeants to block the attack. Lin Pinghui saw the abnormality in the direction of the city wall, and divided a team of sergeants to let Kong Sheng stay to block, Dong Yun volunteered to stay to block the Xiakou army, and seeing Dong Yun stay, Sun Lin and Ling Hui also took the initiative to stay. Lin Pinghui had always had reservations about Dong Yun before, but after getting along for the past two days, he has gradually trusted Dong Yun. Let Kong Sheng discuss with Dong Yun if he is undecided. Then Lin Pinghui led the Jinfan Army to chase after Lin Pinghuang, and Kong Sheng, Dong Yun, Sun Lin, and Ling Hui hurriedly arranged defenses with the soldiers who blocked the attack, lined up the military formation, and dealt with the Xiakou Army who went out of the city. Xu Chengsheng saw that Qinggu and the three of them stayed, he came up and said a few words to the three of them, telling them to be careful, Dong Yun and the three of them didn't think much about it, and hurried up to prepare.

The Xiakou army out of the city was personally led by Liu Yong, and as soon as he left the city, he saw a group of Jinfan troops that did not leave with the brigade, but lined up on the spot and built simple fortifications. Liu Yong did not hesitate, he wanted to hurry up, so he immediately ordered the whole army to rush and kill.

Kong Sheng saw that Xia Koujun rushed over directly, he walked to the front of the military formation, pulled out his big knife suddenly, and waited for the battle. When the Xiakou army approached about fifty paces, he ordered the crossbowmen to shoot bows and arrows. A round of bows and arrows flew out, and the Xiakou army that was chasing before fell a lot, Liu Yong swung his knife to split the flying bow and arrows, and rushed over quickly, Kong Sheng was about to catch up, Dong Yun was one step ahead of him, and first rushed out of the military formation to stop Liu Yong, and the two fought together. Sun Lin and Ling Hui followed closely at this moment, and they also fought with the Xiakou army. Kong Sheng saw that the three of them had already rushed forward, so he ordered all the Jinfan army to form a circular formation, with heavy shields surrounding the outer layer, and the spear sergeant ambushed behind him, fighting with the menacing Xiakou army.