Chapter 40 Thou hast boundaries

When Zhen Sui led the "Robbery Fire Camp" to attack Hu Lei, he also sent people to summon Wang Ze of the right camp and Xie Feng of the left battalion, but the two ignored them at all and still chased Liu Yao's main force according to the original plan. After all, Wang Ze, who updated the fastest, was recommended by Zhen Sui, and in the spirit of incense, he ordered someone to return and say: "The governor ordered us to pursue Liu Yao, and we should not turn around, and Governor Zhen should be careful not to disobey the order." Of course, Zhen Sui would not listen to his persuasion.

The left and right battalions of the "robbery fire" plus Guo Mo's "Thunder Battalion" bypassed the enemy village and went straight to the north, among which Guo Mo had more cavalry, and he personally commanded the charge in front. Liu Yao got a report from the front, and urgently ordered the general Zhao Shen to lead his subordinates to the rear of the palace to block the enemy's momentum.

However, when the army was marching in a hurry, it was also quite difficult to turn to the Imperial Jin Army, and many of the sergeants had no desire to fight, and only wanted to get out of danger as soon as possible. Although Zhao Shen did not dare to disobey Liu Yao's order, he was somewhat reluctant, his heart was not strong, and he had no courage, and his actions were even more clumsy. Guo Mo first had a confrontation with Zhao Shen, he stood up and jumped on the horse, clashing back and forth, and I don't know how many Hu pawns were ghosts under his spear.

When the battle was in full swing, the rear team and the second battalion of the "fire robbery" also caught up, and attacked left and right, killing the Hu army and defeating it, and Zhao Shen was killed by the soldiers of the "fire robbery left battalion" in the chaotic army. The three armies merged into one place, continued to chase, and met the Hu general Yin An, a fierce battle, Guo Mo speared Yin An to fall off the horse......

But after such a delay, seeing that Liu Yao has gone far, I am afraid that it will be difficult to catch up. When the news was reported to Pei Gai, the Hu military camp was broken, and Pei Gai couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "If the 'Liangzhou Damma' is here, Liu Yao will definitely give the head!" ”

So where did Beigong Chun's "Qiji Camp" go? Not long ago, Li Ju, Wei Gai, and Feng Long led the Sizhou soldiers and horses to fight fiercely with Hu Yanyu's Hu army in Weibei. At this moment, the earth suddenly shook, the horse's hooves sounded, and an elite cavalry came out from the flank......

Although Pei Gai planned in every possible way, he was not an immortal after all, and the level of communication in these years was also extremely backward, so it was impossible for him to summon Beigong Chun to help with a phone call. On the same day, Liu Yao asked to meet under the city, and Pei Gai knew that he had already begun to retreat, so on the one hand, he ordered Huayin to ask the Sizhou army to quickly cross north, and on the other hand, he sent someone to find Beigong Chun, who was cruising outside the city, and asked him to go to meet the Sizhou army. The original plan was to wait until the enemy of Wei was broken first, and then the whole army attacked, but he didn't expect Liu Yao to run so fast, and he didn't save Hu Yanyu at all......

Therefore, Beigong Chun's "Qiji Battalion" went straight to Weibei, just in time for the fierce battle between the two armies, and immediately inserted it from the flank like a sharp sword, and the Hu array was instantly dispersed. In fact, if Hu Bing is waiting for the battle, it is difficult for his two thousand cavalry to rush into the battle, usually the method of war is to wander outside the formation, gradually weaken the enemy with bows and arrows, and strive to confuse the enemy formation, so that there is an opportunity to take advantage of the Han soldiers in the former Xiongnu war, so they use this method more. However, Hu Yanyu put all his energy on the south side, and although the Yusizhou army had to report that there were cavalry from the side, it was difficult to send troops to turn in a hurry, so the "Liangzhou Horse" crashed into it.

The pawns of the "Qiji Battalion" only shot a round of arrows, that is, they each abandoned their bows and spears, and a few cavalrymen who were not from Liangzhou were envoys, and their long knives entered the Hu army array in the form of sharp arrows. At the end of the arrow, it was the general Liu Guang, who was dedicated to meritorious service, so that he could re-seek the rank of advancement in the Jin army, and the spear in his hand danced like a swimming dragon. As soon as Hu Yanyu was in a trance, he was knocked to his side by Liu Guang, raised a spear in his hand, and stabbed it off his horse.

After the two Jin armies met, they did not clean up the battlefield, but defeated the enemy one by one, and then went west to kill in the direction of Dalicheng. At this time, in the east of Dali City, the third battalion of "Wulin" was storming Huyanshi's camp, but because Huyanshi was quite tightly guarded, it was difficult to enter for a while.

The key Hu Yanshi heard about Wei encountering the police early on, so he postponed his retreat to the north and stuck to the camp, thinking that Liu Yao would definitely send himself to rescue Hu Yanyu. Who would have thought of waiting and waiting, but waiting for Liu Yao's order to urge the retreat, Hu Yanyu is hopeless, don't care! Hu Yanshi made him feel very indignant, because if others were to return it, Hu Yanyu was originally his younger brother, and he belonged to his relatives, so how could he sit idly by and not save him? Just as he was waiting to ignore the military order and send troops to aid Wei, he suddenly reported that the east gate of Dali was opened, and the Jin army rushed out......

Therefore, Hu Yanshi had no intention of retreating, and the temporary organization of defense was quite active, and the "Wulin Battalion" launched three rapid offensives in a row, and Lu He took the lead and killed him all over the blood, but he could not get past the camp trench at all, let alone break through the fence. Of course, this is also because Gao Le and Xiong Yi are not strong in battle, for fear that the soldiers will be too bad, and they dare not bet all of them on the Jin army, more than 200 people died in the Jin army, most of them are soldiers and horses of the "Wulin Middle Battalion".

In contrast, it was much easier for the three battalions of "Pengshan" to attack Liu Xian's camp in the west of the city. Liu Xian was about to abandon the camp and retreat, when he was suddenly attacked, and he was confused for a while, Mo Huaizhong first led his troops to cross the trench and break the fence and attack the camp. Immediately, Lu Yan waved his division to advance, and sent people to shout: "Lu is here, General Hu can come to decide life and death!" Liu Xian was shocked when he heard this, and Gu left and right said: "Is it the so-called 'Xuzhou has a land, and the army will be overthrown'?" Then I was afraid.

When the battle was unswerving, Liu Xian led his troops to flee first, and his battalion was occupied by the Jin army. Lu Yan chased Liu Xian fiercely, but fortunately, Song Shu, who was originally stationed in the upper reaches of Beiluoshui, led his troops to arrive, so he rescued Liu Xian, joined forces, and fought and retreated.

The battle finally ended in the east of the city, Hu Yanshi stuck to the camp, from noon until dusk, its momentum was slightly crouched, and then he heard that Liu Yao had left, and the north camp of the city was also conquered, he was planning to gather the elite, launched a round of rapid counter-assault, so as to force the Jin people back, convenient to evacuate, "Liangzhou Horse" and Wei Caisuo led hundreds of cavalry just rushed to the battlefield. As soon as they saw the arrival of the friendly army, the Jin army was tired and stopped, and their morale was greatly boosted, and Gao Le and Xiong Yizhi did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly drove the soldiers and pressed them desperately. Hu Yanshi suffered a great defeat, so he had to give up the camp and lead more than 100 people to the east.

But because he had already saved a knot, he did not chase Liu Yao, but risked swimming across the Yellow River, fled back to Pingyang, and went to attach himself to Liu Cang.

In just half a day, Liu Yao's army of more than 100,000 besieging Dalicheng collapsed, and the soldiers and horses after the break, as well as the camps in the east and west of the city, were almost completely destroyed, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, and there were no less than 20,000 prisoners. Liu Yao himself was defeated all the way back to Yang, and his subordinates took the opportunity to desert the soldiers and generals as many as 20%, naturally including a considerable number of soldiers who had just been merged, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "I have been all over the north and south of the river, and I have not experienced such a defeat, is it because God does not bless my emperor?" Or did the party and Liu before, and Emperor Guangwen didn't like it under the spring, so he punished me with this warning......"

Pei Gai led his troops into the Hu military camp in the north of the city, and the victorious reports from all sides came one after another, although Liu Yao was not captured, but after this defeat, I believe that Liu Yao did not dare to come to Dali again. So as soon as the sky was dark, he returned to the city, and under the light of the torches, Pei Wei and Xun Guanniang bowed down at the city gate to greet him. Pei Cai smiled at his wife first, then turned to ask Pei Wei: "Today's victory, okay?" ”

Pei Wei knew what he meant, and immediately replied: "But also, it's a pity that it's not complete yet." "Pei Gai said it's okay, I won't stop there, I will let it completely order you to write good news, and Lubu will pass it to Chang'an.

The so-called "dew cloth" means that the official document is not closed and sealed, and anyone can show it. Since the Han Dynasty, there have been regulations that the pardon issued by the imperial court is not sealed, and the military documents are not sealed, and all are made of dew cloth, but there is no such precedent for the performance of the victory. It is said that the good news Lubu began in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there was no need for simple slips and paper, but directly wrote on the flag, and ordered the messenger to hold it high and dance in the wind, and shout and recite it. Its intention is naturally to advertise the Quartet, to calm people's minds and boost morale.

However, the main purpose of Pei Gai's move is not to calm people's hearts, but to disturb people's hearts, not to drum up morale, but to discourage them...... Of course, the person referring to is not Feng Yi's people and the people of Xuzhou.

After relieving the siege of Dali, after Pei Gai entered the city, he immediately rewarded his meritorious deeds, attributed the first credit to Liu Guang, who killed Hu Yanyu in front of the battle, and officially appointed him as the deputy governor of the "Qiji Battalion"; The second merit is Guo Mo, who is the first level of Yin An, and Pei should allow him to recruit the young men of the division and Yongliang Prefecture to expand the "Thunder Battalion". In addition, meritorious generals, including battalion governors and deputy governors, Pei Gai all signed the title of general and reported to the imperial court for formal appointment.

Of course, since there is a reward, there is naturally a punishment, and Gao Le and Xiong Yi are not effective in combat, not only are they not allowed to be generals, but they are also fined. Finally, it was Zhen Sui, Pei Gai was about to kill the sharp spirit of this barbarian, so he scolded in public: "I ordered you to pursue Liu Yao, why did you turn to attack the enemy base?" What is the crime of not obeying orders?! ”

Zhen Suizheng was deeply depressed because he lost the iron halberd in his hand, and replied with a bitter face: "Let everyone be punished, beaten or killed, even if you are dismissed...... Just don't be fined...... "He still wants to rebuild weapons, he has no money in hand, and the artisan battalion won't do day work."

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but be angry and funny, but he still kept a straight face and shouted: "That's the case, launch the gate and report it!" ”

Zhen Sui panicked at this time, and hurriedly said to forgive, saying: "Either fight or kill, but just say it casually, after all, I have never lost the battle, how can you kill me?" It is a great injustice for the Governor to act in this way! ”

Pei Gai didn't really want to kill him, but he just scared this guy, and he also wanted to see if anyone would stand up and intercede for Zhen Sui? Who wants the generals to either bow their heads and say nothing, or look up at the sky, but no one is willing to come forward. In the end, Wang Ze really couldn't look at it, and he bowed his hand and said: "Although Governor Zhen has done it, he has also fought meritoriously." The last general is willing to use his own merits to plead with the governor and resist the capital crime of the governor. ”

Pei Gai supported Wang Ze with both hands, and soothed with kind words, so he took the opportunity to exempt Zhen Sui from the death penalty and ordered him to be beaten with twenty military sticks, in order to set an example, anyway, that guy has rough skin and thick meat, and he can't be beaten.

After the account was dispersed, he also secretly summoned Xie Feng over and ordered him to visit Zhen Sui's injuries to see if the guy had resentment. Xie Feng took the order, and came back after a short time to report: "Governor Zhen never complained about the governor, but repeatedly sighed that he couldn't capture Pingxian alive, but he took away the iron halberd, and he really stole the chicken without losing the rice......"

That night, Pei Gai also held a banquet in Dali City to entertain the generals of Sizhou and rewarded them generously. During the banquet, he raised the wine cup and said to Li Ju: "I have something to do, I want to return to the world and discuss with the ancestors. Li Ju hurriedly promised: "Please also ask Pei Gong to make it clear." ”

Pei Gai said slowly: "I brought these soldiers from Xuzhou, and they are nearly a year old in battle, and they have a lot of thoughts about returning. However, most of them were not Xu Fang people, but scattered in Si, Yan, He, and Hebei prefectures, and it was because of Hu Nan that they fled to the north and south of Huaishui. I intend to purchase land in Si and Yan'er Prefecture and settle their families, so that they can join the army with peace of mind and defend Guanzhong for me. ”

Li Ju said that this is no problem, "Si and Yan'er Prefecture have been repeatedly warned, and there are no one or two out of ten household registrations, and there are many ownerless wastelands, and Pei Gong can buy them." ”

Pei Gai pretended to show a little unspeakable, and after a moment's pause, he continued: "I came here from Xu Fang, transporting grain and materials for thousands of miles, and the loss is huge, where is the money left in my hand?" That's why I asked Shihui to discuss with Zujun whether I can temporarily lend me some land......"

Li Ju groaned slightly, and immediately replied: "If you are a division and a Yanzhi people, you can ask the ancestor to instruct the county magistrates to allow him to return to his hometown, and allocate the land to Pei Gong to contribute." ”

Pei Gai nodded slightly, and said in his heart That's what I mean, do you really want me to spend money to buy land for my subordinates? My goods did not fall from the sky, even if I opened a mine to mint money, it would also require labor costs," I should carry out the Wenhua Yin Decree to make it hand over this matter to the ancestors. ”

Although he relieved the siege of Dali, he did not want to stop there, and early the next morning, he left the three battalions of the "Wulin" with the heaviest losses to defend the city, and personally led the army to the north to attack Yang. I thought that there would be a fierce battle under Yangcheng, just let Liu Yao you see my ability to attack the city, and give you a long insight, who would have thought that after Liu Yao heard the news, he would give up Yang and leave, followed by Xia Yang and Liangshan......

Liu Yao withdrew from Fengyi County in one go, escaped into the jurisdiction of Shangjun of the old Han Dynasty, and wrote to Pei Gai: "I have gone, but I can guard the border with Qing, so why force people too much?" Pei Cai didn't ask You Yao to help write a reply, and directly waved his pen: "Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and you have a border?" If you don't come, I won't stop! ”

But having said that, it was just to scare Liu Yao, the so-called "poor Kou Mo chase", Pei should know that his army continued to pursue, and in a few days he recovered the entire Feng Yi army, and the soldiers were also quite tired; Moreover, the terrain of the grassland in Shangjun is unknown, and if you step into it rashly, once you encounter a setback, you are afraid that the previous victory will be lost, so why bother to add to it? Therefore, after he recovered Liangshan County, the northernmost part of Feng Yi, he immediately left troops to garrison and triumphantly returned to Dali himself.

While taking Yang and other counties in the north, Pei Gai also did not send Guo Mo and Beigong Chun to recover Shangjun. When he arrived at Liangshan, he suddenly received a letter signed by the two generals, Pei Gai unfolded it and took a look, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised: yes, among the generals in Kansai, there are really people who dare to send troops to the north from my invitation!

Let's take a look at the name Chen An.