Chapter 40: Leping

At the dawn of the next morning, a group of Xirong knights came to investigate the situation, and they found that Jinyang City was actually silent and did not hear people's voices. There was a bold throwing hook, climbing up the city, looking around, sure enough, there was no trace of the defenders, so the city opened the door, and welcomed everyone into the city.

Erzhu Zhao only led his troops to flee, and the people in the city did not have time to leave, so they all hid at home. When the knights of Xijon asked, sure enough, Erzhu's soldiers and horses had fled from the city last night.

When Bu Douling heard the news, he was overjoyed and ordered to chase after him, and he was determined to cut off Er Zhu Zhao's head before he would stop. Po Liuhan often persuaded: "Don't chase after the poor, I'm afraid there will be fraud!" Sudouling Bufan shook his head and said: "The Erzhu clan has been based on the Jin land for a long time, the branch is deep, and there is a lot of residual strength, if it is not destroyed in one drum, I am afraid of a comeback." What's more, the Quartet has returned from exploring horses, and I have never heard that Erzhu Zhao has hidden a backhand, so why be afraid? ”

This is an unexpected benefit brought by Gao Huan's "cautious, step-by-step" tactics--- the Jizhou army has never been out of the boundary of Leping County at all, far away from Jinyang, and the rebels in front of them have been wiped out, and not a single fly has been released, and the news is naturally blocked. At this moment, even Er Zhu Zhao himself couldn't figure out where the Jizhou army was, only that it was about in the area of Leping County, and as for Sudouling Bufan and others, they didn't notice the existence of this Jizhou army at all.

Po Liuhan often thought about it, and felt that what Sudouling Bufan said was not unreasonable, but he was faint in his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong, so he was hesitant and hesitant on his face.

"The soldiers are fast, and they must not be delayed!" Sudouling Bufan became impatient and shouted: "That's it, you are a foot soldier, Er Zhuzhao has already gone far, you can't catch up if you want to, it's better for me to lead the elite cavalry of the headquarters to pursue, you just settle Jinyang City here." He didn't wait for Po Liuhan Chang to agree, and ran away by himself.

。。。。。。

Zhu Zhao ran fast in front of him, and chased after him in a hurry, more than 300 miles from Jinyang to Leping, and he ran in two days, and he was tired enough to choke in two strokes. Er Zhuzhao couldn't help but be secretly angry: "What did you see all the way, where are there any broken bridges and barricades?" Gao Huan is also very dishonest. "It's just that I'm still pointing at other people's helpers at this moment, and it's not good to have a seizure on the surface.

Although Gao Huan was grinding in Leping County, his kung fu was deep, and the horses were already four cloths, and the two armies of Dunzhier Zhu Zhao and Sudouling Bubo came one after another.

The enemy is clear and I am secret, so I don't want to delay the fighter, so Gao Huan laughed: "Okay, since I came to Leping, it saved me a long journey." "One by one, the orders will be issued like a stream, where to receive the Zhu Zhao Division, how the two sides will cooperate, where the ambush is, and when the decisive battle will be... It's all well organized.

He used Erzhu Zhao's department as bait, deliberately slowed down, and led the Xirong people into a narrow valley. I only heard the sound of the horn, and the 20,000 Jizhou army arrows and stones rained down, splitting their heads and covering their faces, and I don't know how many Xirong knights were killed and injured. Then the whole army rushed from both sides, condescending and overwhelming. Seeing this, Er Zhu Zhao also returned to the army to help the war, and came to attack.

Although the Xirong Iron Cavalry has the world's combat power, when they arrive here, there is only one helpless left: first, the long journey, the men and horses are exhausted; second, they were suddenly ambushed, and the army's morale was in turmoil; Third, the terrain is narrow, and the best iron cavalry can not be used; Fourth, the strength is too thin, but it is only ten thousand horsemen, and it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists.

On the other hand, the opponent once gained the power and gained the upper hand everywhere: first, the Jizhou army waited for work at ease and was in full combat power; Second, the ambush worked, and the morale became more and more high; Third, the spears and thick shields are layered on top of each other, and in the valley, this kind of step formation is the most suitable; Fourth, the strength is excellent--- only the Jizhou army has 20,000, and Erzhu Zhao has as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people.

Even though Douling Bufan has the ability to reach the sky, he is also called back to the sky at this moment, and he is defeated for a while, losing more than half of the soldiers, and retreating with a disgraced face. This is still the Xijon people are indeed good at fighting, and they still have the strength to fight, otherwise it will be a situation where the whole army will be annihilated.

。。。。。。

The situation took a sharp turn, and this time the Douling Bubo fled, and Er Zhuzhao and Gao Huan took advantage of the victory to pursue.

The coalition army was tightly behind, just like the gangrene of the appendage, how could not get rid of it, Sudouling Bufan panicked, ran wildly, and then simply did not dare to go to Jinyang City, and directly walked to Shouyang (now Shouyang County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province), Yangqu (now Yangqu County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province), and fled to the northwest by detour.

When he heard the bad news, he knew that he was a lone army, and most of them could not hold Jinyang City, so he immediately made a decision and ordered the whole army to abandon Jinyang City and retreat north with all his might.

Along the way, Po Liuhan often scolded: "Xirong thief! Tell you to be careful, and refuse to listen. Something happened, and I didn't even say hello, and ran away first, didn't I take my brother from the six towns to back your back? When the rebels in the surrounding six towns heard this, they scolded the Xirong thieves one after another.

As a result, the coalition forces regained Jinyang. In a few days, he fell from the sky to the ground, and flew back to the sky from the ground, Er Zhuzhao was overjoyed, grabbed Gao Huan, and offered to be a brother if he lived or died. At this moment, he was truly grateful to Gao Huan for his help.

Gao Huan smiled and grinned, and suddenly turned on a straight face and said, "The thieves are depressed, why don't you continue to chase north?" Cut off the head of the thief handsome Douling Bufan, and it was good to do it once and for all. ”

Er Zhu Zhaoying, and the generals under his command were also embarrassed. It's no wonder that he has been fighting with the Xijon people for a long time, and in the past few days, he has been running back and forth for hundreds of miles, and he has really reached the end of the crossbow; What's more, the strength of the Xijon people is still vivid, to put it bluntly, everyone still has palpitations, is this time... I just want to find a comfortable place to sleep in Jinyang City, and I can't afford it for three days and three nights.

"It would be a pity if such an opportunity was wasted... Gao Huan smiled and said, "How about I lead the Jizhou army to chase after me?" ”

Er Zhuzhao's face turned red, and he said, "Brother He Liuhun, it's not that I don't want to... ”

couldn't say half of the words, but he was already robbed by Gao Huan: "Jinyang City is only for the recovery, how many aftermaths do you have to do?" Also, when the people are harassed by thieves, isn't it the most important thing to pacify them? All of these thousands of things have to be borne by the Tu Waner brothers. Ay... Brother Tuwan'er has worked hard! ”

Gao Huan said this, even Er Zhu Zhao felt justified when he heard it, and while nodding his head again and again, his voice became louder: "That being the case, then the matter of chasing down the remnants of the thief, please ask Brother He Liuhun to do it!" ”

"Dare not to die?"

"Good brother! I should prepare fine wine in Jinyang City, and when you return victoriously, I will get drunk and rest! ”

Gao Huan applauded loudly, but he arched his hand, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and asked: "Although the people of Xirong deserve to die, but the people of the six towns who are engulfed in them are numerous, and the guilt does not seem to be worthy of death... But what to do? ”

Gao Huan asked suddenly, Er Zhuzhao didn't have time to think about it, and blurted out: "If you want to kill and release, Brother He Liuhun has his own idea!" ”