Chapter 216: Return to Taiyuan
The thief army Mingjin withdrew, and Chang Yu immediately ordered a quiet retreat, and the two armies, which were originally ready to attack, suddenly left cleanly, leaving only the cold wind roaring in the wilderness.
The infantry is in front, the cavalry is behind, Chang Yu personally led the cavalry to the rear, and did not relax his vigilance at all because of the collection of the thief army, the so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, and the ghost knows if the thief army will suddenly come back with a carbine!
The wind was tight and the weather was cold, and the war was about to be fought just now, and the spirit was more nervous than it was cold, and at this time the troops were withdrawn to the north, and suddenly everyone felt trembling.
Chang Yu's face was dark, his mood was extremely heavy, and he fell into deep self-blame or review at this time.
After crossing all the way, it has almost been smooth, the palace is in the upper position, accumulating wealth, being favored, and relying on the experience of the previous life to play the wind and water.
It wasn't until today that I knew that my Yelang was arrogant, fighting was not a child's play, and no one in this year was stupid and sweet, and he was too tender in this regard.
Fortunately, he just touched his nose instead of breaking his head and bleeding, Chang Yu was still secretly lucky, fortunately, this snowstorm made the thief army not bite him tightly, otherwise he really didn't dare to think about the consequences.
The sound of the wind, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of footsteps, only no one spoke, Chang Yu, who was in deep thought, suddenly realized that something was missing, turned his head to look, and saw that the surrounding soldiers were all depressed and silent, such as Chunxiang, Duan Wuhu and others were also depressed.
It's cold and the night is cold, and the battle is lost again, and the morale is low!
Absolutely not, Chang Yu does not allow this kind of morale to exist!
"After winning a battle, why are you still depressed, like a dead father" Chang Yu shouted, scaring the soldiers around him.
But what's going on with this victory? The soldiers looked confused, but they didn't dare to ask.
Only Chunxiang: "Big brother, you said we won the battle?" , isn't it a gray runaway now! ”
"You know a p, this is a strategic retreat, how can it be called a gray runaway!" Chang Yu reprimanded angrily.
A strategic retreat? Everyone is even more confused!
"What's the purpose of today's fight? Is it to fight back to Jiaocheng? That's called, it's easy to attack and difficult to defend in a big place, why fight back? Chang Yu said loudly at the top of his voice.
"The purpose of our river sniper battle is only to prevent the thief army from swaggering to the city of Taiyuan, but also to buy a little more time for the defense of Taiyuan City, this is our strategic goal, and now that we have completed this goal, of course we have to retreat!"
Oh! Everyone realized.
Chang Yu then said: "We have rushed down the river just now, if it weren't for the general soldiers of Zhou Mingjin to withdraw the troops, we would have returned to Jiaocheng at this time, but it is useless to fight back!" Our ultimate goal is to beat the thief army into a turtle grandson by relying on Taiyuan City!
And the purpose of this battle is only to contain the thief army, and now that the goal has been achieved, of course, the victory of the squad division is for the overall strategic needs, which is the so-called strategic retreat ......"
So Duan Wuhu and other pro-soldiers learned a new word: strategic retreat, and soon this new word spread throughout the entire team.
The soldiers realized that they were not defeated and fled, but only retreated because of strategic needs!
At this time, the thief army camp in Jiaocheng was also holding a banquet to celebrate the victory of the officers and soldiers!
And the main force of the old battalion led by Li Zicheng has also arrived in Jiaocheng.
Jiaocheng is a hundred miles away from Taiyuan, although the snow is not big, but the wind is really tight, the officers and soldiers retreat all the way or slowly, until late at night can be able to rush to Qingxu County.
At this time, Qingxu County is already on fire, and there is no need to ask if it is Zhou Yuji, a small expert in arsoning!
After giving the order to let the soldiers rest on the spot and roast on the fire, eat some dry food, and start their journey after half an hour.
Until about four o'clock in the morning, the team finally arrived at the city of Taiyuan, and at this time it can really be said that people are tired to the extreme, after all, they ran a hundred miles overnight!
Fortunately, the porridge shed outside the city gate had already been prepared for reception, and the soldiers hurriedly drank the hot porridge and went directly into the city to rest in the camp.
At this time, Chang Yu, whose eyes were red, did not feel sleepy at all, standing on the city tower and looking at the south, the firelight of Qingxu County was faintly visible.
However, the snow stopped, and the wind tightened!
"From now on, our family wants every grass and tree within twenty miles around Taiyuan City to be under control!" Chang Yu said to Wu Mengming beside him.
At dawn, Taiyuan City entered a state of first-class combat readiness, and the spies in the army were sprinkled all over the city for twenty miles outside the city, and the people and horses of the Jinyi Guard and Dongchang in the city were all over the street corners.
The fortifications of the moat outside the city have been completed, the trenches outside the moat have also been completed, several patrols patrolling back and forth on the tunnels, and the galloping horses in the distance have been rendered to the peak.
On the tower of the Great South Gate, the civil officials led by Wang Jimo and the military generals led by Zhou Yuji gathered together and were discussing non-stop.
And Chang Yu upstairs slept dimly.
Chang Yu didn't wake up until noon, and after Fang San fetched water and waited for him to wash, he went downstairs to get him some food.
The lobby of the city tower has been empty, and those civil and military officials returned to their respective posts after the meeting, no one dared to fulfill their responsibilities at this time, because Chang Yu had already given a death order, whoever failed to do so would cut whom!
Although the East Factory has been in decline for more than ten years, the residual power still exists, and it is still possible to kill a few derelict officials with the dignified East Factory Admiral first, and there is no pressure!
When he was drinking the mutton soup, Wu Mengming walked in, his face was a little solemn: "According to the spy report, I haven't seen the thieves and soldiers twenty miles away, but the south of Qingxu is already full of enemy horses, and our spies have already fought with them!" ”
Chang Yu snorted, looked up and looked outside, the clouds were thick, and the cold wind roared: "Before tonight, the vanguard of the thief army will definitely come to Qingxu!" ”
Wu Mengming was shocked and gritted his teeth: "Isn't that the fastest......"
"That's right, the thief army will attack the city as soon as tomorrow!" Chang Yu's tone was light, and his expression was relaxed!
Wu Mengming's face changed: "It's so urgent, this commander wants to go back to Beijing immediately and send this news to the emperor......"
Depend on! Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "Lord Wu, can you be a little responsible, why do you have to run away when you hear about the war?" ”
"I, I, when am I going to run away, I, I'm just going to ...... to the emperor" Wu Mengming's face turned red, and he stammered to quibble!
"Come less" Chang Yu interrupted him: "Heroes are born in humane troubled times, and it seems that there are a lot of bears!" ”
"You...... Get! I'm just a bear, let me go back to Beijing, you promised me before, besides, I can't help in this war......" Wu Mengming's face was bitter, and his legs were weak and he almost knelt down for Chang Yu!
Ay! Chang Yu sighed, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, found a piece of hay and poked between his teeth: "Lord Wu, you have only heard of heroes in troubled times, have you heard another sentence?" ”
"Out of the bear?" Wu Mengming was stunned and asked.
Chang Yu laughed, and then said: "It's good to make a fortune in troubled times!" ”
Fortune, Wu Mengming's eyes flashed, and then he nodded: "It's really good to get rich" Thinking that a few days ago, he also made a fortune from King Lu, but he was knocked by Chang Yu's slippery head, which was barely enough for hard work.
"You also said before, staying here can't help, but what can you do when you sneak back to Beijing, you have to be scolded as a coward, rather than staying here to make money, you can get a good name and the emperor's favor, why not kill two birds with one stone, besides, even if Taiyuan City can't hold it, let's run the general line."
Chang Yu began to fool Wu Mengming again!
Wu Mengming also knew that this little eunuch was fooling himself, but he had no choice but to eat this set himself, because he was too greedy for money! "Master Changgong has a new goal, you don't want me to make a dark Jin king! Hey hey ......"
Looking at Wu Mengming's shameless smile, Chang Yu rolled his eyes and stretched out his thumb: "You are awesome!" Fight the idea of King Jin in the territory of King Jin! Our family clothes! ”
"Ah, no, it's not King Jin, then, who else is in this realm?"
Wu Mengming was a little dumbfounded!
Hehe, this time it was Chang Yu's turn to smile evilly: "Does King Shen know?" ”
"Lu'an Mansion five hundred miles away?" Wu Mengming looked surprised.
Chang Yu nodded: "Thousands of miles have been done, this vote is only five hundred miles, how about three or three points?" ”
"What is a three-three?" Wu Mengming licked the corners of his mouth.
"You and I have three emperors, and how about leaving the remaining one to my brothers?" Chang Yu put away his smile and said seriously.
"Is it safe?" Wu Mengming cares about this the most!
Absolutely safe, Chang Yu nodded very responsibly: "Liu Fangliang, the thief army's southern road man, is in Huaiqing Mansion at this time, and it is close to King Lu's Weihui Mansion, and Lord Wu dares to pull his teeth, and Lu'an Mansion is still five hundred miles away from Huaiqing, absolutely safe!" ”
There are three black lines on Wu Mengming's head, Nima, I wasn't deceived by you last time!
"Rob? Scam? "Wu Mengming decided to ask how to do it this time, and he can't be in the black pot!
Chang Yu smiled: "Your old trick is very good, don't worry that there is no general soldier to protect him this time, deceive first, and rob if you can't deceive!" ”
"How did the factory know that there was no soldier to protect this time?" Wu Mengming looked surprised!
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing! Of course he does!
According to historical records, when Liu Fangliang's army took Huaiqing Mansion, King Lu of Weihui Mansion next to him fled, and Liu Fangliang drove straight in, but did not go north directly into Hebei, but turned his horse's head and went to Changzhi in the northwest to kill!
Changzhi was called Shangdang in ancient times, and it was a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, but when they heard that the thieves were coming, the officials and soldiers of Lu'an Mansion ran away early, and there was a situation where there was no owner and no soldiers, so that the thieves easily occupied Changzhi and nearby states and counties without blood, and then captured Zhu Xiaoyong, the king of Shen (Zhu Huihong, who was mistakenly loaded as Zhu Huihong) to torture gold and silver.
In other words, as long as Wu Mengming goes quickly, this time he will come, it is almost a matter of getting caught, and there is no risk at all!
The only risk is to rob the vassal king, but there is no difference between this black pot Chang Yu carrying one bite and carrying ten mouthfuls, not to mention that he knows that Chongzhen will also cover his mouth and hide in the quilt and laugh secretly.
Wu Mengming believed it, and secretly went to mobilize manpower, feeling that Chang Yu was too righteous, and he always thought about himself when there were good things, and what he said was also very reasonable, rather than running to the capital to be looked down upon, it was better to make money here, and he also had a small ninety-nine mentality, once he went out of the city, he could escape back to the capital directly if he didn't see well!
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