Chapter 155: Dune Incident (3) [Two in One]
Time went back to after dusk last night, when Zhao Wen and Zhao Ji had just led their troops to leave the barracks, and Meng Zhong also led the 700 Xinwei army towards the west gate of the Dune Palace.
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and Pang Xuanjun's drama Xin Department was being attacked from both sides by Xinqi and Zhao Wen - Xinqi wanted to protect Zhao Wanghe to break through, while Zhao Wen wanted to lead his troops to rush in.
Considering that the darkness was not conducive to fighting, Pang Xuan did not send troops to aid Ju Xin, but ordered Ju Xin to deliberately put Zhao Wen into the encirclement network, so that Ju Xin was exempted from the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back.
After finding out this result, Meng Zhong also ordered the 700 Xinwei troops under his command to stay still and ambush on the road leading to Yangwenjun's barracks.
At this time, it was a few hours, and both the armies of Gongzi Zhang and Zhao Wanghe gradually calmed down.
Like this, it lasted until around the time of the hour, and Zhao Wen, the general of Zhao Wanghe's side, finally launched a breakthrough operation.
Since Meng Zhong's location was not far from the battlefield, at best, it was only four or five miles away, so in addition to seeing the soldiers on both sides fighting with torches in the distance, he could also vaguely hear the shouts of those soldiers in Zhao Wen's army, such as "protect the king to break through", "swear to protect the king" or something.
To be honest, this also surprised Meng Zhong.
The general of Zhao Wanghe's side - Meng Zhong didn't know it was Zhao Wen - chose to protect the former to break through, which was not surprising to him, after all, everyone knew that since Gongzizhang chose to rebel, then he must have transferred the army under his command to this point, once he waited until the next day, Zhao Wanghe's situation would obviously become more dangerous.
But Meng Zhong couldn't figure out why those soldiers sent by the new monarch shouted when they broke through the siege, deliberately exposing the secret of "Zhao Wang He is in the army" - aren't they afraid of attracting Pang Xuan's volley?
After thinking about it again, Meng Zhong also understood: most of the generals of the Xinjun faction wanted to make a move, and deliberately threw a bait to lure Pang Xuan to take the bait, so that King Zhao could sneak away from another direction.
This strategy is also too superficial. It can still work against ordinary people, but Pang Xuan is afraid that he may not be fooled. β
Meng Sui commented on this.
As he spoke, he asked with some skepticism, "Could it be the real and the false?" For example, in fact, Zhao Wanghe was in the army that was trying to break through, but those Zhao pawns deliberately shouted like this, deliberately making Pang Xuan make a wrong judgment? β
Even though Meng Zhong was in a complicated mood at the moment, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Meng Sui's "plan within the plan" is indeed possible, but it doesn't work - Zhao Wanghe, what a key person, how could Pang Xuan give him the slightest possibility of getting out of control? No matter those Zhao pawns shouted or not, Pang Xuan would send troops to intercept them, in other words, if Zhao Wanghe's side really applied what Meng Sui said, then it would only be to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot, so that Zhao Wanghe fell into the encirclement of the Tan Guards.
I believe that Zhao Jiang on the other side is not stupid to this point.
Therefore, the army that is trying to break through can only be a bait, and the real Zhao Wang He will definitely choose to flee from another direction.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhong pouted towards the north and said lightly: "After excluding the east and south directions, the escape route of the Xinjun faction can only be north and northwest...... Either flee north to Julu, or to the northwest, take a roundabout way to escape to Yang Wenjun's military camp. Considering that Gongzizhang's army came from the north, and it was not possible that he had secretly controlled Julu County, and most of the Xinjun faction would not choose a road to throw themselves into the net, so it could only be in the northwest direction......"
Hearing that Meng Zhong deduced the escape route of the Xinjun faction in a short period of time, and it was justified, Meng Sui, Meng Hu, Wu Ying and others were also impressed.
"So what do we do next? Ambushed Zhao He halfway? Meng Sui asked.
Meng Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Hold your troops for the time being. β
Hearing this, Meng Sui, Meng Hu and others couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Meng Sui asked Meng Zhong in private: "Ah Zhong, could it be that you still have some friendship with Zhao Wang He Nian, and you have the heart to ...... him."
Of course, Meng Zhong understood what Meng Sui meant, shook his head and said, "No! I'm just thinking about Pang Xuan. β¦β¦ Pang Xuan is familiar with the art of war, what you and I can guess, he can naturally guess, since he can also guess that Zhao Wanghe tried to escape from the northwest, then he will definitely send troops to intercept it, at this moment the sky is dark, if our army also goes to intercept the army of the Xinjun faction, it is very likely to collide with the Tan Wei army, and even kill each other because he can't distinguish between the enemy and me...... At this time, don't compete with each other, if Pang Xuan can catch Zhao Wanghe, then why do you and I have to do it? β
"I see." Meng Sui nodded abruptly.
I have to say that Meng Zhong's words were really out of careful consideration, and there was absolutely no favoritism.
In other words, he didn't dare to show favoritism at this time.
After all, Gongzi Zhang has openly rebelled and killed Fei Yi, there is no room for relaxation between him and Zhao Wang He, either Gongzi Zhang succeeded in seizing the throne and rebelling and regained everything he had lost, or Zhao Wang He arrived with the army led by Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others, and wiped out Gongzi Zhang and the army that participated in the rebellion.
In this kind of situation, which is no longer dead, even if Meng Zhong resists Gongzizhang from the bottom of his heart to regain power by plotting against the rebellion, he can only be tied to Gongzizhang's chariot - not only to repay Zhao's father, but also for the interests of his Song State.
At this time, let Zhao Wang He go? That's the stupidest thing to do.
At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Wen attracted the attention of Pang Xuan and others, Zhao Wang He really fled to the northwest under the protection of Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, and Li Ji.
But unfortunately, Pang Xuan had ordered Zhao Hao to lead a thousand soldiers to rush here, and Zhao Hao saw hundreds of figures hurriedly fleeing in the northwest direction, so he concluded that this must be the guards escorting Zhao Wanghe, and immediately launched an attack.
I have to say that fighting at night is indeed ineffective, although Zhao Hao's more than 1,000 troops successfully bit the tail of Zhao Wanghe, Xinqi and others, but due to the night, they can't even see where Zhao Wanghe is.
This chaos successfully attracted the attention of Zhao Ji, the general of Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao.
As Zhao Wen said, Zhao Ji led two thousand troops to ambush here, not only to deal with Zhao Wen, but also to guard against Gongzi Zhang's army, however, Zhao Ji did not expect that Xin Qi and others would escort Zhao Wang He to flee directly to his side.
But no matter what, those fighting movements still made Zhao Ji realize that there was an army of the Xinjun faction near here that was fighting with Gongzi Zhang and his party, so he personally led five hundred soldiers to prepare to test the temptation, but he didn't expect to meet Zhao Wanghe, Xinqi and others.
"Your Majesty, why are you here? Didn't Zhao Wen join you? β
Zhao Ji asked in surprise.
Seeing this, the letter period told Zhao Ji what had happened: "Lord Zhao's father has been held hostage by Gongzizhang's people, so Pang Xuan and his 5,000 Tan guards can only obey him, Zhao Wen has few soldiers, and it is difficult to break through the encirclement of the Tan guards, so he came up with a plan to deliberately attract Pang Xuan's attention, and asked me to wait for the protector to come forward to you...... Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao was killed halfway, and it almost caused a catastrophe. β
Hearing this, Zhao Ji immediately said: "In this case, I will divide 500 troops to Gong Bo, and ask Gong Bo to immediately escort Jun Shang to Yang Wenjun's military camp, as for Zhao Hao, lead the rest of the people to intercept him!" β
"Good!"
After some discussion, Zhao Ji divided the letter period of 500 men, and he led the remaining 1,500 soldiers to intercept Zhao Hao's army of 1,000 people, and the two sides fought under the cover of night.
As for Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, Li Ji and others, after receiving Zhao Ji's 500 soldiers, they turned around and fled south, preparing to flee to the camp of Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao.
However, I am afraid that they never imagined that the direction of their escape was precisely the location of the ambush of the Xinwei army.
"Ah Zhong!"
After noticing the movement of hundreds of people passing by from far and near, Meng Sui immediately reported the matter to Meng Zhong: "Bacheng is the guard escorting Zhao Wanghe. β
Hearing this, Meng Zhong's heart sank slightly.
Although he had already made up his mind to stand on the side of Master Zhao and Gongzi Zhang, Meng Zhong really didn't expect that Zhao Wang and others would be able to escape Pang Xuan's interception - it was no wonder, after all, he didn't know Zhao Ji's movements.
"Command the whole army, ambush...... Ambush Zhao Wang He's guards! β
"Whoa!"
A moment later, Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, Li Ji and others led an army to protect Zhao Wang He and fled here.
Seeing that there were only four or five miles away from Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's military camp, before they could catch their breath, they suddenly heard shouts of killing from the side, and in an instant, an army with an unknown banner came out of the night.
"Who? Whose army is it? β
Xin Zhi was shocked when he saw this, lest he bumped into the army of Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao, so he shouted loudly into the distance: "I am Gong Bo Xinji, whose army is on the other side?" β
Hearing this, Meng Zhong shouted loudly: "General Xinzhi, Meng has been waiting here for a long time!" β
"Meng Zhong?!"
Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, Li Ji and others were shocked at first, and their hearts suddenly cooled.
In fact, they also guessed the ownership of the army on the other side, and the best result was the army under the command of Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao, and the two sides just couldn't identify each other's identities, so there was a misunderstanding; And the worst result, that is, Pang Xuan ambushed other armies in addition to Zhao Hao.
However, they never expected to run into the Guards at this time.
Don't blame them, who let the Xinwei Army disappear in front of everyone since the rebellion of Gongzizhang?
"The Guards?"
"Meng Zhong's Xinwei Army?!"
The Zhao pawns under the command of the letter period screamed in horror.
Whether it was the remaining palace guards or the five hundred soldiers who supported Zhao Ji in the letter period, when they heard the name of the letter guard army at this moment, their faces showed a look of horror and hesitation.
It's no wonder, after all, since the night attack on Qi Ying and the Battle of Handan, the Xinwei Army has been very famous in Zhao State, especially on that day, the Xinwei Army fought against Xue Gongtianwen's 500 chivalrous warriors with 500 people, suppressed the other party from beginning to end, and won the victory in that battle with the advantage of almost slaughter, and the Xinwei Army was truly called the "warrior" of Zhao State.
"Meng Qing?"
After learning the reason for the army's panic, Zhao Wanghe's face also showed a little incredulity.
Ignoring the dissuasion of Xinqi, Zhao Ping, Li Ji and others, he shouted towards Meng Zhong's side: "Meng Qing, it's a widow, a widow is here. β
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Hearing Zhao Wanghe shouting over and over again, and even, with a bit of expectation in his words, Meng Zhong was silent.
"Ah Zhong."
Meng Sui reminded Meng Zhong in a low voice: "You don't have to respond. β
Under Meng Sui's concerned gaze, Meng Zhong shook his head slightly, and shouted in an indifferent tone: "Xinji, you are holding the king hostage, with bad intentions, Lord Zhao's father sent someone to order me to capture you, if you know each other, you will obediently send the king, and ask the soldiers under your command to unload their weapons and armor, otherwise, I will order an offensive." β
"Meng Qing ......"
Hearing Meng Zhong's voice, a look of disbelief flashed on Zhao Wanghe's face.
Xinqi desperately protected him so far, how could he suspect that Xinqi had kidnapped him?
Before he had time to think about it, he shouted loudly: "Meng Qing, you misunderstood, it was not the letter period that held the widow hostage, but the widow's brother Gongzi Zhang who held the master father hostage, and he ordered you to attack the widow and the letter period ......."
But no matter how he shouted, there was no response from Meng Zhong's side.
Seeing this, Zhao Ping and Li Ji whispered to Zhao Wanghe: "Your Majesty, it won't help if you shout again, that Meng Zhong is clearly Gongzi Zhang's group!" β
"It can't be!"
Zhao Wang He subconsciously retorted, however, he couldn't wait for Meng Zhong's response.
Seeing that Zhao Wang He was a little depressed, Xin Qi sighed in his heart and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, even if that Meng Zhong is not in the same group as Gongzi Zhang, I am afraid that he will obey Gongzi Zhang like Pang Xuan right now...... You shouldn't have responded, now that he knows that you are in the army, he will definitely not let us go easily. β
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Zhao Wanghe opened his mouth and subconsciously clenched his sleeves with both hands.
You must know that there are not many people he can trust, and there are only a few people who can be trusted, such as Feiyi, Xinji, Yangwenjun and Zhao Bao, in addition, even if it is Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others, Zhao He is also very wary of these old nobles because of the relationship between Feiyi.
Although Meng Zhong didn't spend much time with him, because Meng Zhong was brave and resourceful, Zhao He had a good impression of him from the beginning, and when Meng Zhong later offered him advice and tried his best to resolve the conflict between him and Gongzi Zhang, Zhao He gradually trusted Meng Zhong more.
But who would have thought that when he was about to arrive at Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's military camp, it was Meng Zhong who led the Xinwei army to intercept him.
Just when King Zhao He lost his mind, Xin Qi shouted at Meng Zhong: "Meng Zhong, and the soldiers of the Xinwei on the other side listen, Gongzi Zhang plotted to rebel, kidnapped Zhao's father, and led the army to attack the king, the crime is extremely evil, if there are still loyal people on the other side, quickly join the king's command!" β
Listening to the words of the letter period, the soldiers of the letter guard also looked at each other.
I have to say that as ordinary soldiers, they can't figure out whether Gongzi Zhang hijacked Zhao's father, or whether Xinqi hijacked Zhao Wanghe, but judging from Fang Cai's dialogue, no matter how you look at it, it seems that Gongzizhang is more likely to hold Zhao's master's father hostage - didn't you see that even Zhao Wanghe was standing on Xinji's side?
But even so, the veterans of the Xinwei Army did not make any moves, and the whispers were only those new soldiers who had just joined the Xinwei Army.
Even, even though these new pawns whispered and seemed to be a little shaken, none of them turned against each other.
Seeing this scene, Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, and Li Ji couldn't help but curse secretly!
They didn't expect that Meng Zhong came to Zhao last year and only formed the Xinwei Army in the winter, and it was less than a year since the soldiers of the Xinwei Army obeyed Meng Zhong like thisβalthough there was also an element of Zhao's master's father.
"Ah Zhong, the new pawns are starting to waver, and they can't delay any longer."
Hearing the whispers of the recruits at the back of the team, Meng Sui whispered to Meng Zhong.
Meng Zhong nodded, and after glancing at Zhao Wanghe with a complicated expression in the direction of Zhao Wanghe, he took a long breath and shouted loudly: "Xinwei listens to the order, Lord Zhao's father has an order, Xinzhi holds the monarch hostage with bad intentions, and after dozens of sounds, if he still refuses to surrender and sends the monarch, my Xinwei will launch an offensive!" Ten, nine, eight......"
Hearing Meng Zhong shouting the numbers there, Xin Qi, Zhao Ping, and Li Ji were anxious, and lowered their heads to think about countermeasures.
In just ten breaths, it was fleeting, and I saw Meng Zhong pointing forward with a sharp sword in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Xinwei Army, attack!" β
As soon as the words fell, 200 old soldiers and 500 new soldiers of the Xinwei Army immediately launched an offensive against Zhao Wanghe's guards.
I have to say that it is also Lord Zhao's father's guard, but the Xinwei Army, which is wearing three layers of thick armor and imitating Wei Wu's pawn, has a much faster offensive than the Tan Guard, especially the two hundred old soldiers, who are wearing three layers of thick armor, they are not afraid of the sword swing and spear stabbing of the Zhao soldier on the opposite side, almost in one photo, dozens of the five hundred soldiers lent by Zhao Ji to the letter period fell to the ground.
"Block! Block them! β
"Don't go back!"
Despite the letter's orders, it was impossible to avoid the defeat of his soldiers.
Seeing this, Xin Qi looked up at Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao's barracks in the distance, and said to Zhao Ping and Li Ji: "If I drag the Xinwei army here, can you two be sure to escort Jun Shang to Yang Wenjun's barracks?" β
Hearing this, Zhao Ping and Li Ji looked at each other.
Although this place is only four or five miles away from Yang Wenjun's military camp, and they can even see the lights in that military camp, Zhao Ping and Li Ji are still not sure.
They weren't afraid of death, after all, it was like the night right now, and when the situation was critical, as long as they left the soldiers they led and found a dark place to drill, it was almost impossible for the Xinwei army to search them - they were worried that King Zhao would fall into the hands of Meng Zhong.
After all, if Zhao Wang He fell into the hands of Meng Zhong, it was equivalent to falling into the hands of Gongzi Zhang, and it would be all over.
Thinking of this, they persuaded the letter period: "Gong Bo, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to protect the monarch is to withdraw first, no matter where he hides, it is better than the monarch falling into the hands of the Xinwei army." β
As soon as he heard the letter, he understood what Zhao Ping and Li Ji meant: this was clearly to abandon the five hundred soldiers that Zhao Ji had lent him.
To tell the truth, the letter period is not a person who can't distinguish between priorities and priorities, in order to protect Zhao Wanghe, let alone sacrifice 500 soldiers, even if he sacrifices 5,000 or 50,000 people, he won't even blink his eyes.
The question is, who will protect Zhao Wang He after sacrificing these five hundred people at this time?
Wait a few more hours, wait for the sky to brighten, Gongzi Zhang's army arrives here, and then carry out a careful search in this area, in case Zhao Wang He exposes his whereabouts, wouldn't it be a waste of all his previous efforts?
Just when the letter period was in a dilemma, he suddenly found that the offensive of the letter period was slowing down.
"What's going on?"
He listened carefully, and then he heard something very loud coming from the direction behind the Xinwei army, as if countless soldiers were marching rapidly.
After taking a closer look, he really saw a "fire snake" in the distance from far to near - he knew that it was not a fire snake at all, but countless torches, stretching from the direction of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's military camp.
Seeing this, the letter period was in high spirits and shouted loudly: "Yang Wenjun! It was Yang Wenjun who led the army to help! β
Hearing this, the morale of the Zhao soldiers under his command was greatly boosted.
At this time, Meng Zhong also noticed the "fire snake" behind him and frowned slightly.
Obviously, this is Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao noticed the movement of the fighting here, and calculated that it is very likely that Zhao Wanghe fled here but was ambushed, so he hurried to the rescue, and even couldn't even care about the camp for this.
In all fairness, if it had been a few hours ago, Meng Zhong would have been happy to see it happen, after all, in this way, he and Le Yi would have the opportunity to destroy Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's military camp and uproot this stronghold that could allow Zhao Wang He to defend for a short time.
But right now, when he was about to have a chance to capture Zhao Wanghe, Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao happened to lead the army to help, which was not a good thing.
"Ah Zhong!"
Meng Sui realized the crisis and hurriedly reminded Meng Zhong.
"I know!"
In reply to Meng Sui, Meng Zhong shouted loudly: "Meng Hu, Wu Ying, follow me to break the letter period!" β
"Understood!"
I saw that under the leadership of Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Wu Ying and others, the Xinwei army launched a more rapid offensive against the soldiers under the command of Xin Qi, which greatly exceeded Xin Qi's expectations.
"It's insane! Could it be that this kid wants to take the lead in defeating our army before Yang Wenjun's army arrives, and then turn around to meet the army led by Yang Wenjun?!"
Xin Zhi was shocked and angry, because Meng Zhong's actions simply did not take them seriously.
However, in fact, it turned out that the attack power of the Xinwei Army, which was clad in three layers of thick armor and armed with a long ge, was indeed beyond imagination, especially when this army was neatly arrayed - to be honest, it was hard to imagine that the Xinwei Army could still maintain its formation in such a dark environment.
"Can't stop, can't stop!"
In the frightened voice of a famous soldier, the soldiers under the command of Xin Qi were defeated and retreated, and were defeated by the Xin Wei army.
In desperation, the letter period could only gather troops to protect Zhao Wang He to retreat westward.
Fortunately, at this time, the Xinwei army did not care about pursuing them, after all, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's army was close at hand.
"The whole army obeyed the order, turned around and attacked the enemy!"
With Meng Zhong's order, hundreds of Xinwei soldiers quickly turned around and waited solemnly for the enemy army with torches.
As Meng Zhong and Xin Qi guessed, it was the reinforcements personally led by Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao who rushed to support at this moment.
"It should be the guards led by the Faith Period...... Was it an ambush by the Guards? Sure enough, this kid Meng Zhong lurked in this area...... Not? The shouts of killing are gradually weakening, is it because the army of the letter period has been defeated? Damn!'
Secretly scolding in his heart, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao personally led the army and ran headlong into the solemn Xinwei army.
What kind of year-old friendship, Meng Zhong and Zhao Bao are both behind at the moment, and they have only one thought in their hearts: to defeat each other!
"Yang Wenjun!"
During this period, a general pointed in the direction of the barracks behind him and exclaimed: "The barracks are on fire!" β
Zhao Bao glanced back, and sure enough, he saw that his camp was burning with fire, he gritted his teeth hatefully, and said in a deep voice: "I can't take care of so much!" Follow the old man to defeat the Xinwei army and rescue the king! β
"No!"
"Kill ββ!"
In the midst of shouts and killings, nearly 700 Xinwei troops under Meng Zhong and nearly 3,000 Handan troops under the command of Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao fought together.
Immediately, Le Yi led nearly 300 Xinwei troops to attack the back of the Handan army.
The Handan army suffered from the enemy on its back, but it was still barely able to resist until the sky was bright, Pang Xuan, Ju Xin, Zhao Hao and others successively led the army with torches to come to the aid, Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao were outnumbered, and they had to fight and retreat, retreating to the west.
On the way, Zhao Bao led the remnants of the army to join Zhao Wang He, Xin Qi and others, but at this time the sky has gradually brightened, and then forcibly flee to the west at this time, it is purely self-defeating, in desperation, Zhao Bao led the remnants of the army, protecting Zhao Wang He and others to retreat into the "Ji Ze", hoping on the local swamp terrain, resisting Gongzi Zhang's henchmen, and waiting for the rescue of Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui and others.
At this time, Gongzizhang's army also arrived, converging with Pang Xuan's Tan Guard Army and Meng Zhong's Xinwei Army, and several groups of men and horses surrounded Ji Ze and prepared for the final siege.
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