Why did the Wei army deploy troops and horses on the front and left flanks at the same time, and it was he who attacked as soon as he took the soldiers and horses out of the city, this was obviously prepared!

Gao Shao no longer had the time and energy to think about this problem, he fled all the way south with the remnants of the defeated army, desperately broke through several defensive lines of the Wei army, and finally broke out of the encirclement.

By the time he arrived, he had already led the remnants of the defeated army to kill the bridge defenders stationed on the Yushui River, crossed the Yushui River in one fell swoop, and found that only 6,000 of the 20,000 horses were left after counting the troops.

Gao Shao wanted to cry without tears, he "pounced" and knelt on the ground and cried: "Heavenly King, Weichen has a heavy trust, and the crime deserves death!" "Then he drew his sword and wanted to apologize for his sin.

The subordinate generals around him immediately grabbed his hand and snatched the sword down, and persuaded: "The general must not have the idea of committing suicide, as the saying goes, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, we still have 6,000 men and horses, we can go to Qianghugu, where there are more than 10,000 households, as long as one male is drawn from each household, we have 16,000 men and horses!" ”

Gao Shao was shocked when he heard this, "That's right, I can't die, I made a promise to the Heavenly King patting his chest, if I don't defeat the Wei army, I will die first, and if I die, I will be looked down upon!" The order went down, and the whole army set off to Qianghugu! ”

In this battle, there were not many Yan soldiers who were really killed, only nearly 4,000 people, and nearly 10,000 people were captured!

Tuoba Jian's palace.

Hejian Gong Tuoba Qi strode in, hugged his fist to Tuoba Jian and said: "Your Majesty, that Gao Shao and the remnants of the defeated army broke through our encirclement, chased and intercepted, crossed the Yushui and went in the direction of Qianghugu!" ”

Tuoba Jian thought about it for a while, thinking that it was too dangerous to leave out such a large Yan army as Gao Shao, so he decided to send troops to attack Qiang Hugu, so he said to the ministers and generals: "After this battle, Feng Hong is only afraid that he will be frightened and bitter gall, right?" Let's see if he dares to send troops out of the city to sneak attack and break through! Hmph, I plan to send a group of soldiers and horses to attack Qianghugu, so as not to give Gao Shao a chance to breathe. Tuobana, Tuoba Qiu, Tuoba Qi, I order the three of you to lead an army of 20,000 to fight Qiang Hugu, only victory is allowed, not defeat! ”

The three of them stood up together and saluted: "Obey the order!" ”

The next morning, Tuobana, Tuobaqiu, and Tuoba Qi took 20,000 horses across the Yushui River to chase in the direction of Qianghugu.

The excavation of the moat and the accumulation of mounds continued, tens of thousands of people started work together, the scene was quite spectacular, and the progress was very fast, only two days later, a trench two zhang wide and three zhang deep was dug out, three zhang deep was already the deepest depth that could be excavated, and it could not be dug any further.

Tuoba Jian's plan to pile the mound higher than the city wall of Longcheng was not realized, and it was only two zhang high at most, but the main function of this mound was not to let the soldiers and generals stand on it and release arrows on the city wall, but to prevent Feng Hong of Longcheng and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu from escaping.

Now that the entrenchment had been dug up, it was natural for Tuoba Jian to attack, and the night before he ordered the siege, he summoned Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and several other trusted ministers to discuss.

"A few secretaries, I plan to order the siege tomorrow, but I can't make up my mind about choosing the siege commander, which troops do you think should be the first to attack the city?"

Kou Qianzhi said: "If you want to talk about the command ability of the siege, among the armies, General Hua is the most famous and experienced, and Your Majesty also knows it, but there are less than 2,000 people left under General Hua's command, and there are many wounded, and they are all cavalry, which is not of much benefit to engineering operations!" ”

Tuoba Jian looked at Cui Hao, "Cui Qing, talk about it!" ”

Cui Hao stroked his long beard and said: "Your Majesty, of course, the siege battle is best with infantry, among the armies, only Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army is mostly infantry, and Mao Xiuzhi's Youzhou Prefecture and County Soldiers, but the Youzhou Prefecture and County Soldiers can only do miscellaneous, so they are afraid that they will be scared and weak before they storm the city, so they can only use Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army!" ”

"Another point, King Changshan was killed in battle before, and most of the Northern Route Army was killed, but Zhu Xiuzhi and his Yunzhong Army were almost intact, which has to make people doubt his loyalty, Your Majesty can let him lead the troops to attack the city this time to test him!"

Cui Hao's words touched Tuoba Jian's heart, and he nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, I ······."

Before Tuoba Jian's words were finished, a eunuch went to the palace to report: "Your Majesty, Yunzhong Town's general Zhu Xiuzhi is outside to ask for an audience, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters to report to Your Majesty!" ”

"Oh?" Tuoba Jian was quite surprised, what urgent matter could Zhu Xiuzhi have to report? He thought about it and raised his hand: "Xuan!" ”

"Choose the cloud town general Zhu Xiuzhi to meet you!"

With a scream from the eunuch, Zhu Xiuzhi walked in with his whole body in armor, and he walked to the middle of the hall and hugged his fists to Tuoba Jian and said, "The last general will meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty Sheng'an!" ”

"Zhu Qing is exempt!" Tuoba Jian raised his hand and asked, "It's so late, what does Zhu Qing have to play?" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi reported with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, the minister has received a secret report that the military Sima Xu Zhuo has a rebellion, and he has secretly contacted more than 1,000 officers and soldiers in the army, and plans to gather these soldiers tonight to go out of the camp and defect to Feng Hong!" ”

Tuoba Jian's face changed greatly, and he slapped the royal case and got up angrily: "How daring, Xu Zhuo is so bold? Is your message true? ”

"It's absolutely true, the minister dares to guarantee it with the head of the item!" Zhu Xiuzhi swears.

The expression on Tuoba Jian's face changed a few times, and he immediately said to Zhu Xiuzhi: "I order you to go back and secretly gather soldiers and horses, and when Xu Zhuo and those rebellious generals gather, they will all be taken down immediately!" Remember, I want to live, especially Xu Zhuo, I treat him well, why should he rebel against me! ”

"Obey orders!" Zhu Xiuzhi hugged his fists and led the order.

When he walked out of the palace, Tuoba Jian's eyes were still flickering, and it didn't take long for him to command Tuoba Ke Xiling, the commander of the guards: "Send someone to keep an eye on him!" ”

Tuoba Ke Xiling hugged his fists: "The minister's order!" With that, he walked out.

Tuoba Jian remembered Yao Guangyuan, and beckoned to a eunuch again, "Go and ask Yao Guangyuan to come and see me!" ”

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, Yao Guangyuan has not been in the army for the past two days, so he must have personally gone to White Wolf City to investigate that matter!" ”

Tuoba Jian thought about it, he did give Yao Guangyuan this order two nights ago, "Forget it!" ”

He said to Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and a few others: "A few Qing families, let's go back first, and then come over to watch a good show!" ”

"Wait for the resignation!" Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi and others got up to say goodbye and leave.

Tuoba Jian still knelt behind the throne and didn't move, his eyes flickering, his mind thinking.

Is Zhu Xiuzhi loyal or traitor? This time you can see the difference, if Zhu Xiuzhi succeeds in controlling Xu Zhuo and the more than 1,000 rebellious generals this time, Xu Zhuo and his generals confess to this, which shows that Zhu Xiuzhi is trustworthy; On the contrary, Zhu Xiuzhi has a big problem, he is just doing this to attack and send dissidents, and he wants to completely control the Yunzhong Army in this way, and maybe there is some other purpose.

After thinking for a long time, Tuoba Jian ordered: "Come here, pass on the source to see me!" ”

Yuan He soon arrived, "Your Majesty!" ”

"Yuanhe, I have a will for you, bring your men and horses to prepare for battle, and you are not allowed to take off your armor and rest until the ugly hour tonight, and stand by in the camp!" Tuoba Jian was not very at ease with Zhu Xiuzhi, and he did this just in case.

"Obey the order!"

As soon as Zhao Junsheng came back from Mulan's camp, Guo Yi quietly appeared and reported: "General, just now Zhu Xiuzhi quietly went to the palace to see the emperor, and he told the emperor that the army Sima Xu Zhuo had gathered more than a thousand soldiers and planned to launch a rebellion tonight to kill and flee to the city!" ”

Zhao Junsheng couldn't believe it when he heard this, he frowned and said, "You're not mistaken, right?" Didn't you tell General Ben last time that Xu Zhuo was Zhu Xiuzhi's henchman? Even if he wanted to rebel, it would be impossible for Zhu Xiuzhi to tell the emperor and betray him! ”

Guo Yi said: "My subordinates are also puzzled, but this news is true, it was secretly reported by the inside line in the palace, and my subordinates have been verified by the people around Zhu Xiuzhi!" ”

"That's weird!" Zhao Junsheng was puzzled, "Has Zhu Xiuzhi's loyalty to the emperor and the Wei State reached the point where he could betray his henchmen?" Could it be that he did this because he was worried about being implicated by Xu Zhuo? ”

At that time, a large number of noises and riots came from the military camp in the clouds, and countless soldiers held torches to illuminate the entire camp inside and outside.

Soon, the commotion stopped, the camp gate opened, and Zhu Xiuzhi left the deputy general Xing Huaiming to lead the troops to guard the more than 1,000 soldiers who had been disarmed, and he personally took some soldiers to escort the military Sima Xu Zhuo to the palace.

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and other generals and important ministers in the army rushed to the palace after receiving the edict.

Xu Zhuo was tied up and pushed to the middle of the hall to kneel down facing the emperor Tuoba Jian, and there were two five big and three thick armor soldiers standing behind him, Zhu Xiuzhi stood on one side and hugged his fist to Tuoba Jian and said: "Your Majesty, the rebellious Xu Zhuo gathered more than 1,000 soldiers to prepare to launch a rebellion, and was disarmed by the ministers on the spot, and at present, the more than 1,000 soldiers will be guarded in the camp, Xu Zhuo has been brought, please send it down!" ”

Tuoba Jian looked at Xu Zhuo, "Xu Zhuo, do you have anything to say?" ”

Xu Zhuo's face was indifferent, and he seemed to have a will to die, he said: "There's nothing to say, if you want to kill, you have to scrape and listen to the honor!" ”

Tuoba Jian's face was full of murderous anger, "I married the children of the clan to you, gave you a mansion in Pingcheng, and gave you three thousand acres in two days, three thousand heads of cattle and sheep, silk and satin, countless jewels and jade, I am not thin on you, why do you want to betray me?" ”

"Hahaha······" Xu Zhuo laughed, pointed to Zhu Xiuzhi and several other Han generals and Han Chen who surrendered and said: "These people are Han people, and their bodies have the blood of Han people, but they have been bought by Xiao En Xiaohui, and they have long forgotten their ancestors, and they are bound to be pointed out by their ex-husbands, and they will be stinking for 10,000 years!" As the so-called loyal ministers do not serve the two masters, let alone serve you, the barbarian chieftain of the country! I, Xu Zhuo, don't read much, but I also know that I must not forget my ancestors, and now I will die for my family and country, and I will die as I deserve! ”

Hearing this, Tuoba Jian felt a bruise on his forehead, and he was furious, "Bold! Someone, escort him down, early tomorrow morning, in front of the battle five horses to split the body! Kill all the soldiers who participated in the rebellion, and leave no one behind! ”

Xu Zhuo was escorted down, and Zhao Junsheng saw the whole process with a suspicious attitude, all of this is true? Is this guy Zhu Xiuzhi already shameless and vicious to this point?

"Why do I always feel like there's something wrong with this?" Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhu Xiuyi's relieved expression, and couldn't help but ask himself in his heart.