Chapter 43: The Forbidden Army
After the forbidden army was assembled in the barracks, Liu Huizu looked at the soldiers in front of him, "Order the soldiers!" "Point the generals, this time to Baoding to quell the rebellion, Liu Huizu has a complicated feeling in his heart, Ren Qiu and Xu Yuan were both generals under him, and they are extremely familiar with his use of soldiers, especially Ren Qiu, who once followed him to the south and took the blame for him. Although this incident made him unhappy for a while, he was quickly relieved: the world is the one who has the ability to have the final say, and who let him not have a cousin who is the emperor? This time, he led the forbidden army of 200,000 to meet the 100,000 rebels, which was twice as large as the enemy army.
Led the army out of the city, the people stood on both sides of the road to send the forbidden army out of the city, Liu Huizu rode on a tall horse, out of the city with great momentum, and when he arrived outside the city, the deputy general in charge of logistics came over and reminded in a whisper: "General, you see that we are out of the city, can you first spread the scouts out and listen to the news." Liu Huizu looked at the deputy general: "Make a big fuss, you, how many hours has it been since this Baoding Mansion arrived in Gyeonggi?" What kind of waves are turning right under my nose when you get so close? There is no need, pass on our military orders, the whole army will move forward at full speed, and don't give the thieves a chance to breathe. ”
On the top of the city tower, the emperor took the eldest prince to see Liu Huizu out of the city, and Tianjiao asked: "Since my father wants to send them, why don't you meet General Liu?" The emperor snorted coldly: "Look at him, on the surface, he is a loyal minister and a good general, but in private he knows that he is fighting with the prime minister, if I really go to see each other, he will not rely on his military exploits to rub there for a while longer, it will not be him Liu Zihui." Tianjiao asked: "This expedition is huge, Liu Huizu did not have a big victory, why did my father still use him as the main commander instead of General Qin Qi?" The emperor looked at the back of the army in the distance and said, "Qin Qi was once in the northern border with Ren Qiu as a general, and I can't rest assured of the friendship of their colleagues. Look at Liu Huizu, although he said that he was a little straw, but Ren Qiu was his subordinate, so he must know Ren Qiu's combat methods very well. ”
The most taboo thing in the march is to expose his whereabouts, Liu Huizu went out of the city so mightily, he had already attracted Xu Yuan's attention, he took the drawings, and found that Gyeonggi City was surrounded by mountains in the north, and the plains were in the east, such a flat boundary, very suitable for cavalry impact, after Liu Huizu went out of the city, there was no scout guard in the ten miles before and after, Xu Yuan was overjoyed, this person was really arrogant, "Come to someone, order troops, give me 10,000 cavalry, I want to personally lead the camp, no one should open the city gate." With that, he picked up his dark red spear and stroked it gently, causing it to make a buzzing sound. Also, let the artillery battalion get ready, and if you are tired of shouting, you will bombard them. ”
10,000 cavalry, with Xu Yuan out of the city, they brought seven days of dry food to cut Liu Huizu's rear army. Why is Liu Huizu willing to use him to fight no matter what? Because he, like the emperor, liked to fight with infantry with relatively stable and less mobile performance. When the emperor was still the crown prince, he was shot into a sieve with infantry in the Mongolian steppe. The emperor's family, knowing his mistakes and correcting his mistakes, does not admit his mistakes, but for the matter of infantry, he is still a little unwilling in his heart, and feels that the cavalry is stronger than the infantry, which is also hoped that Liu Huizu can prove it for him on this expedition.
In fact, whether it is 200,000 troops or 100,000 troops, the number of people with combat ability is far from this number, the 200,000 is added to Lao Jun's military prostitutes, men, and conscripts who are recruited from the people to serve as cattle and pull cannons, etc., the most that can really fight is only 1780,000, for those unarmed civilians, Xu Yuan is difficult to kill the killer, but these people are the main force to carry grain and grass, in the year of the catastrophe, the cattle starved to death early or were sold and killed, and the livestock could not be collected. Then man is an animal.
Xu Yuan wandered around the city for a whole day, and only entered the city after dark, and when he arrived in the city, he asked people to pull out the cannon. When he reached a high slope, he pointed to the brightly lit forbidden army camp in the distance: "Do you see it?" Boom there. When the artillerymen heard this, they took aim one after another, and Xu Yuan summoned the adjutant general: "You are watching here, you must disrupt their formation." I want to take advantage of the chaos to lead 30,000 cavalry to attack the Chinese army and directly attack Liu Huizu's camp! In the camp tent, Liu Huizu was still reading the military book, and suddenly there was a commotion in the camp. Liu Huizu went out: "What's wrong, who's making a noise?" The soldiers replied: "Report to the marshal, the enemy shelled our camp tent, and the grain and grass were burned." Liu Huizu slapped him on the head suddenly: "Then why are you still stunned, gather people to quickly put out the fire!" ”
The pro-soldiers nodded in confusion, turned around and went to put out the fire, Liu Huizu was anxious, and hurriedly convened the generals of the various camps to discuss the matter, and before they could gather people, the pro-soldiers came again: "Report!" Our Chinese army has been attacked by cavalry, and they are coming straight to your tent! Liu Huizu immediately stood up: "Withdraw the troops, don't hold back, now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, the situation is unclear, we should retreat first, and then discuss the big plan." The generals of the forbidden army hurriedly stood up: "Subordinates receive orders!" ”
The forbidden army was defeated and retreated one after another, and 200,000 people were driven back to Gyeonggi by Xu Yuan's 30,000 people, and a large part of the casualties were not due to enemy injuries, but because of the stampede casualties of the soldiers scrambling to grab first and then flee. In fact, the forbidden army did not have much actual combat experience, and was directly taken out of the city to fight, and the momentum was huge, and his whereabouts were exposed, and he was directly sent back to Gyeonggi. Liu Huizu was already a frightened bird at this time, but fortunately, his main force still existed, and he would not lose his head when he went back.
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the city gate opened, Liu Huizu entered the Great Inner Saint, and the emperor scolded him with blood: "I transferred the forbidden army to quell the chaos for you, you are good, the more peaceful the more chaotic, the feet of the Son of Heaven, directly subordinate to the land, but allow the rebellious ministers and thieves to rebel and mislead the country." Natural disasters do not talk about finding a way for the country, crying poverty layer by layer! Wait for all the fat flowing oil! The silver taels allocated were also stripped layer by layer, and less than two or three thousandths fell into the hands of the victims. Ladies and gentlemen, you claim to have the ability to save the world, but no one can calm the chaos for me, so what is happening now? Civil violence is everywhere, but you are accusing me of not understanding the suffering of the world! Who can lead the army again? Who would dare to fight again? ”
The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and a minister played: "Your Majesty, the mother of our country is from Mongolia, and now the two countries are at odds, the queen mother should come forward and say that the relationship between the two countries, if the two countries can be rebuilt, then the crisis of our country can be solved." Minister, I would like to send an envoy to Mongolia to repair relations and ask for assistance. ”