Chapter Twenty-Six: A Plan of Discord
The Xuan army was in chaos, the defeat was like a mountain, and the soldiers desperately fled to the north, only Wei Huyan led 10,000 soldiers to fight hard, fighting to the death.
Nangong Jian shouted loudly: "General Wei, hurry up and retreat!" ”
"General Nangong, you protect Mr. Da Xi to withdraw first, and I will cut off the queen for you!" Wei Huyan replied.
Shangguan Huang saw Wei Huyan and jumped on his horse to kill him. Wei Huyan was fighting with a knife in the chaos, and he didn't see Shangguan Huang, he was stabbed in the left rib by Shangguan Huang's shot and fell under the horse.
Shangguan Huang pointed a spear at Wei Huyan's throat and said to the soldiers around him: "Come on, take a rope and tie up the thief and escort him to Nilu City." ”
"No!" Several soldiers brought ropes and tied Wei Huyan into a knot.
Yu Moyuan led the army to chase and kill the defeated and fleeing Xuan army, and pursued it until it reached the border of Xuan before retreating.
Seeing that there were no pursuers behind him, Da Xi Yue grabbed the reins and stopped his horse. At this time, Nangong Jian also arrived.
Da Xiyue smiled bitterly and said: "Another fiasco, even worse than last year's defeat!" 100,000 troops, most of the losses, what face do I have to see the Son of Heaven! After speaking, Da Xiyue pulled out his saber and wanted to kill himself, but Nangong Jian hurriedly stopped him.
"Mr. Daxi, no! When we return to the capital, we can reorganize our men and horses, and then we can kill them later! Nangong Jian said.
Da Xiyue shook his head and said: "In the past two years, there have been many soldiers and soldiers killed in battle, and within ten years, we will not have the opportunity to lead the troops south. ”
Yu Mo entered Ni Ling City and came to the Assassin's Mansion, and the soldiers escorted Wei Huyan over.
"The thief will not kneel yet!" Huangfu Sui scolded sharply.
Wei Huyan didn't seem to hear it, and his eyes stared at Huangfu Sui.
Lin Tan then ran over and drew his sword to kill Wei Huyan, but Shangguan Huang stopped him.
Lin Tansui said to Yu Moyuan: "Son, my father and brother were killed by Wei Huyan, and I want to avenge them." ”
Yu Moyuan asked, "Wei Huyan, you were defeated and captured, what else can you say?" ”
Wei Huyan sneered and said, "Yu Moyuan, the matter has come to this, I have nothing to say, I just want to die quickly!" ”
Yu Moyuan thought for a while, and then ordered: "Come on, drag Wei Huyan out and behead him." ”
"No!" The soldiers escorted Wei Huyan out.
In the General's Mansion, Ling Ju looked at the marching map and sighed.
Situ Zhan walked over and said, "General, Da Xiyue has been defeated by the Ruizhou army, and he only withdrew to Xuan Kingdom with 30,000 people. ”
"Alas! The Ruizhou army was able to defeat Da Xiyue again, this Yu Moyuan is really able to lead troops to fight, I think it is much stronger than his Lao Tzu. Ling said.
"Yes, Yu Shengwei is a mediocre talent, don't worry, Yu Moyuan is a strong opponent." Situ Zhan said.
Ling Ju gritted his teeth and said, "Yu Moyuan is indeed hateful! If he hadn't led his troops to attack Yinghui City this time, we would have captured Qianmian City. Mr. Situ, in the battle of Qianmiancheng, the Zhanzhou army suffered no less than 10,000 casualties, I estimate that Cen Liangzhi will not dare to act rashly, I want to attack Ruizhou City again, this time we have no worries, and we will be able to take the eight counties of Ruizhou. ”
"General, depending on the following, we can't send troops to attack Ruizhou yet, we have to wait a few months."
"Why?"
"There are two reasons for this. First, the Ruizhou army had just defeated the Xuan army, and its morale was at its peak. Second, our army withdrew from Qianmian City, and the soldiers needed to rest and recuperate, and a lot of grain and grass had also been lost, which needed to be replenished. ”
"Mr. Situ, I can't bear it for a day, I really want to be stubborn and stubborn now, and lead the army to the city of Ruizhou."
Situ Zhan saw a letter on the table and asked, "Who wrote this letter on the table to the general?" ”
"It was written to me by Fang Linghu, the Thorn of Feizhou."
"Dare to ask the general what is written in the letter?"
Ling Ju picked up the letter, handed it to Situ Zhan, and said, "Fang Linghu said that he is asking people to build a treasure sword, and he will give it to me when it is finished." ”
When Situ Zhan heard this, he laughed.
"Why is Mr. Szeto laughing?" Ling asked.
"General, Fang Linghu is trying to please you, we can first let the soldiers of Yuzhou attack Ruizhou and weaken the strength of the Ruizhou army, and then we will send troops to take Ruizhou in one fell swoop."
"I used to think like this, Fang Linghu is shrewd and tactful, and may not be of use to us."
"This is not necessarily, General, I am willing to go to Feizhou City and persuade Fang Linghu to let him raise troops to attack Ruizhou."
"Mr. Situ, will Fang Linghu be moved by you?" Ling Ji didn't believe what Situ Zhan said.
"There's a way to do it."
"Okay, bring more followers, and be careful on the road."
Feizhou City is directly south of Ruizhou City, more than 600 miles away from Ruizhou City.
Situ Zhan rushed to Feizhou City with dozens of entourage, and came directly to the door of the Assassin's Mansion.
"Who are you?" The doorman asked.
"I'm sorry for you to tell Fang Yuanjun, just say that Situ Zhan is here."
After a while, Fang Linghu walked quickly to the door and said, "Mr. Situ, I really didn't expect you to come here. ”
"Fang Yuanjun, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, so I want to come over a long time ago." Situ Zhan said.
Fang Linghu led Situ Zhan to the mansion and asked, "Mr. Situ, is there something wrong with your visit this time?" ”
"Fang Envoy, I'll let you see a piece of music first." As he spoke, Situ Zhan took out the chapter from his arms and handed it to Fang Linghu.
Fang Linghu looked at the chapter, his face changed greatly, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his hands were trembling.
"Have you finished reading it? Is it true or not written on Yu Shengwei's letter? Situ Zhan asked.
Fang Linghu replied: "Yu Shengwei is talking nonsense, he wants to frame me!" I didn't secretly build warships, and I didn't have the heart to rebel! ”
"Don't be impatient, the Son of Heaven didn't see this concerto, and the ministers didn't know about it, it was the general who asked Zaixia to send this cantata to the envoy. I heard that the envoy once served as a general under Yu Shengwei's account, and offended him because of some trivial things. Situ Zhan said.
Fang Linghu carefully looked at the handwriting on the recital, and he felt that it was indeed written by Yu Shengwei.
"This Yu Shengwei is too vicious and deceitful! No, I'm going to Ruizhou City to find him. ”
Situ Zhan said: "You can't go, Yu Shengwei is trying to get rid of you, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back if you go." ”
"So what should I do?"
"Fang Envoy Jun, you can take advantage of Yu Shengwei's unpreparedness, lead the soldiers of Feizhou to attack Ruizhou, capture Yu Shengwei alive, escort him to Yinghui City, and hand him over to the general."
"Okay, Yu Shengwei, don't blame me for being unrighteous if you are unkind." Fang Linghu decided to raise troops to attack Ruizhou, but he didn't know that he had fallen for Situ Zhan's divisive plan.
Situ Zhan said: "Envoy Fang, this matter should be sooner rather than later, if the army is late, I am worried that Yu Shengwei will be prepared." ”
"Well, Mr. Situ, would you like to stay and help me?" Fang Linghu asked.
"Of course I do."
"Very good, come, bring the marching map."
Fang Linghu looked at the marching map and said to Situ Zhan: "If you want to capture Ruizhou City, you have to cross the river first to capture Yukou City, there are a lot of troops in Yukou City, and there are 20,000 sailors outside the city alone, so it is not easy to fight." ”
Situ Zhan smiled and said: "Actually, it's not difficult, let's lead the troops north first, and we can send the elite sailors to attack the Ruizhou Army's sailor camp at night by small boat, and we will definitely win." ”
"Okay, just according to Mr.'s words."
On the evening of the next day, Fang Linghu and Situ Zhan led their troops to the south bank of the Great River.
"Listen to the sailors, you now set off in a small boat, go straight to the camp of the sailors of the Ruizhou army, get there, burn their camp, remember, don't light torches when you sail, so as not to be discovered by the Ruizhou army, let's go." Fang Linghu said.
The Ruizhou army in the naval battalion did not find that the danger was approaching, and the Feizhou army rushed into the naval battalion with hundreds of small boats, setting fire everywhere, the Ruizhou army panicked, some were killed, some were burned to death, and the rest fled outside the camp one after another, wanting to enter the city of Yukou.
Qu Yanming was inspecting the city head of Yukou City, and he saw a raging fire in the camp of the sailor and knew that something was wrong.
"Captain Qu, the sailor's camp is on fire, should we rush over to put out the fire." A soldier asked.
Qu Yanming shook his head and said, "The situation is unknown, you can't go out now, you go to Taishou Mansion quickly and tell Ning Taishou about this." ”
"No!"
When the Feizhou army saw that the Ruizhou army had run away, they chased after it. A group of Ruizhou soldiers ran to the outside of the city and shouted at the defenders at the head of the city: "Open the city gate quickly!" Open the gates! ”
"What happened?" Qu Yanming asked loudly.
The soldiers under the city replied: "The Yuzhou army has been killed, they have burned the camp of the sailor, and they are chasing and killing us, so open the city gate quickly." ”
"Open the gates!" Qu Yanming ordered loudly.
As soon as the Ruizhou army entered the city, the Feizhou army came. Qu Yanming immediately ordered someone to close the city gate, and ordered the defenders to release arrows and repelled the Yuzhou army.