9429 Chapter 274 Zhongfu

The battle in Shenlie Mountain is in full swing, and the prince's rebels are at a disadvantage. Moreover, the two armies of Longwu and Japan rushed down from a high place, and the rebels lost their geographical advantages, so as a last resort, the rebels stopped in Shenlie. Under the plain at the foot of the mountain in the west, a circular defensive formation was arranged, with the shield on the outside and the spear on the inside, in the circular formation, nearly 10,000 archers used the shield to cover and constantly threw arrows upward, and the casualties of the two armies of Feng Qiudao and Han Dashi increased in vain, and the war fell into a state of stalemate for a while.

At the same time, the town of Dongmen on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The 50,000 men and horses of the Youzhou border army are rushing to the river.

Chai Mengshan rode on the war horse, looking a little anxious, this campaign has been fought for many years, and the killing is decisive. The general who has long been invisible, but when the decisive battle is related to his life and death, he can no longer maintain his former composure.

The sky is not beautiful, and it rains heavily for days. It caused a very big obstacle to this army of 50,000 soldiers and horses, the roads were muddy, and the soldiers were physically exhausted. Along the road, soldiers were constantly falling ill from the rain, and these unfavorable factors combined to cause the soldiers to march slowly, and even delayed the attack time privately agreed with the prince, delaying the fighters.

Chai Mengshan knew the weight of this border army in his hands. In this battle for the throne, if 50,000 capable and fierce border soldiers join the battlefield under Shenlie Mountain, the role is immeasurable, but unfortunately because of this damn weather, he can only reach the north bank of the Yangtze River until now, and the attack time agreed with the prince has passed more than three hours.

What the delay of fighters on the battlefield and the failure of the army to arrive as scheduled mean for a crucial battle, Chai Mengshan, as the leading general, knows better than anyone else.

Meaning variables! It means failure!

There were several times when Chai Mengshan wanted to order the soldiers to turn around and return to Youzhou and give up reinforcing the prince. He didn't want to come all the way, but he wanted to lose these 50,000 border troops and become a stepping stone under the monument of other people's victory.

But Chai Mengshan still couldn't hold back and didn't open his mouth to give this order.

He, like the crown prince, has no way out. From the moment he led the Youzhou soldiers and horses, without the emperor's holy decree and without the official document of the Ministry of War, 50,000 soldiers and horses went south, he and his 50,000 border troops have already laid the brand of "rebels"

Therefore, despite the delay of three hours, Chai Mengshan still ordered the soldiers to hurry non-stop.

He wanted to gamble, he bet that the prince was strong enough, and that the prince's 50,000 private troops could support him across the Yangtze River, and then the two armies would be united. Launch a counterattack on Mount Shenlie.

Aren't a large part of the emperors and generals who have left their names in history from ancient times gambled?

The herald soldiers in the "Bao" army rode horses galloping in the rain and restrained their horses in front of Chai Mengshan. He saluted and said: "General Yu, the 5,000 cavalry under the forward General Zhao has arrived at Dongmen Town, and it is still twenty miles away from the Yangtze River.

"Tell him that he is not allowed to stay, immediately rush to the Yangtze River, recruit boats and people, cross the river immediately, and line up on the south bank to be on guard." Chai Mengshan ordered lightly.

The herald was ordered to ride away, and Chai Mengshan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's already on the Yangtze River, so there shouldn't be any more variables, right?

Catty. The hour passed.

The 50,000 border troops had all reached the north bank of the Yangtze River, but Chai Mengshan's face was blue at this time, and he glared at Zhao Fan of the forward battalion viciously, and the anger in his eyes almost wanted to burn Zhao Fan alive.

"What about the ship? The 5,000 soldiers and horses under the command of your forward battalion have been looking for an hour, how can you not find a boat? ”

Zhao Fan hung his head and defended in a low voice: "General, the last general has done his best, and the nearby fishermen and villagers have searched all over the village, but there is not even a small fishing boat, what a hell."

When Chai Mengshan heard this, his heart gradually sank.

The abnormal situation on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which makes a living from fishing in the river, did not even have a boat, which made him suddenly alarmed.

At this time, an adjutant general walked in front of Chai Mengshan. He said: "General, there is another situation, one catty." An hour ago, the last general sent out more than a dozen spies to investigate the enemy's situation, but no one has come back until now."

Chai Mengzhi. Startled, he looked at the current position of the army again, and his heart was half cold.

"Quick! All the troops are out! Back to the north, back to the north! Chai Mengshan, who has always been calm, looked a little hysterical with this contempt.

In front of you is a boundless plain, 50,000 horses on the back of the Yangtze River, there is no danger in front of them, if an enemy army appears here, take advantage of the situation to surround them,

As soon as Chai Mengshan's order was given, the army moved, and the soldiers continued to drag their tired bodies to the north despite the days of travel.

However, Chai Mengshan's order was still late.

The army moved, and a thundering arrow with a heart-stopping roar pierced the silence of the night sky.

Immediately afterward, at the end of the plains on the east, west, and north, among the dense cascading bushes, torches suddenly lit up, one, two, and even a thousand, ten thousand, like stars, scorching and dazzling.

"Hit the mark!" Chai Mengshan's heart trembled. I felt a biting chill spread from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.

The 50,000 frontier army was also in turmoil at this time, and the mood of uneasiness and fear made this long journey. The morale of the army that was physically difficult was in vain, and the soldiers stared at the front in disbelief, and the soldiers of the border army who had been in battle for a long time already knew at this time. I was ambushed.

Tens of thousands of torches resemble a swarm of flying fireflies. Moving forward rapidly, the distance between the two armies was less than a thousand paces.

"Which part of this is this?" Chai Mengshan's eyes were bloodshot, like a beast suddenly trapped in a cage, roaring uneasily.

"General, while the enemy's foothold is not stable and there is no time to set up a formation, the last general asks for orders and leads the forward battalion to disperse them!" Zhao Fan rode on his horse and shouted loudly.

Chai Mengshan hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, you go, remember, you can't do anything and go back." ”

Although he was encircled, Zhao Fan still didn't care, and laughed when he heard this: "General, look at the last general and take the head of the enemy general!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Fan turned around and shouted: "Forward battalion." Launched! Formation! ”

The well-trained cavalrymen turned over and stepped onto their horses in unison, and they soon formed a cone-shaped attack formation by the river, and five thousand horses and horses had their steel knives out of their sheaths, and the snow-bright long knives in their hands were shining with cold light, exuding a murderous aura all over their bodies, and they stared at the opposite side without saying a word.

Zhao Dan's eyes were concave, and he held up a long knife. Shouted! "Brothers, break up their ranks and call for the heads of the generals of the army, and come back to celebrate! Rush! ”

After speaking, Zhao Fan urged Ma to rush out first. Five thousand cavalrymen roared violently in unison: "Charge! Then he followed Zhao Fan closely, and the five thousand men and horses still maintained an attack formation while running. Like a huge arrow, it rushed inexorably towards the enemy army on the opposite side.

The sound of horses' hooves, like spring thunder, was majestic, and the five thousand cavalry were like an arrow shot out, with an invincible fearlessness and self-confidence, overwhelmingly rolling towards a thousand paces away.

The army on the opposite side saw Zhao Fan leading the cavalry to rush and kill, but they did not panic at all, and the spearmen and shield soldiers at the head of the row flashed to the sides in a hurry, freeing up an open space in front of them. Followed by. Thousands of archers quickly made up for it, then opened their bows and arrows, and the arrows pointed diagonally, and began round after round of projectiles in the sky.

Zhao Fan's 5,000 soldiers and horses were suddenly frustrated, and people were constantly shot off their horses, until there were still more than 400 steps away from the enemy, the offensive formation of the 5,000 cavalry had become incomplete, and the charge of more than 1,000 paces had not yet formally engaged the enemy, and the forward battalion had lost nearly 1,000 men and horses.

Zhao Fan rushed to the front, he didn't dare to look back, the five thousand cavalry of the forward battalion was his heart, and he had always been invincible, in the border army of Youzhou, the forward battalion had always been considered a sharp knife in the hands of General Chai.

But today he encountered a strong enemy, the other party seemed to know General Chai's method of marching and arranging, and had already prepared, spears, shields, bows and arrows were at the forefront, which was clearly aimed at the cavalry of his forward battalion. It's a big blow. At this moment, Zhao Fan only had the whirring wind in his ears, and he vaguely heard the screams of the cavalry who followed him constantly falling off their horses. The brothers died behind him one by one, and Zhao Fan could only grit his teeth and lie on the back of the horse. Protect yourself as much as possible while running.

"Rush over and kill them all!" His eyes were burned red with hatred, and Zhao Fan raised his long knife and shouted with all his might.

"Rush!" The cavalrymen behind him stared at the blood-red eyes and shouted in unison.

At this time, the archers on the opposite side suddenly stopped shooting, and they methodically put away their strong bows. The line stepped back.

Zhao Fan saw it in his eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and suddenly heard a horn and cannon, torches lit up on the left and right sides, and under the jumping firelight, the ambush soldiers on both sides moved, and the shouts of more than 10,000 people fell into Zhao Fan's ears one after another.

Zhao Dan's heart sank to the bottom.

Cavalry vs. cavalry, who is the other party? How could you be so familiar with the tactics of the Youzhou border army? Every battle was directed at the soft place of the Youzhou army, and Zhao Fan, who was charging on his horse, had layers of cold sweat on his forehead at this time, and an ominous thought rose in his heart.

The forward battalion of the Youzhou Army is over!

Between the lightning and flint, the cavalry of the two armies had collided together, and the high-speed collision burst out sparks of gold and iron, and soon, Zhao Fan's thousands of forward battalion cavalry, like a wave into the boundless sea, were instantly overwhelmed by the cavalry team of more than 10,000 people on the opposite side.

Half an hour later, the fierce battle ended, and the first wave of Chai Mengshan's attack ended in complete defeat, and the five thousand cavalry of the forward battalion, including his beloved general Zhao Fan, were all wiped out.

Taking advantage of the fierce battle, the ambush soldiers on the opposite side had calmly stopped in Chai Meng. A formation was laid out around the headquarters.

The formation is like a big urn, and the mouth of the urn is facing Chai Mengshan.

Chai Mengshan's face was pale, and somehow in despair, a funny feeling arose.

Once upon a time, he actually became the "deflated" who caught the turtle in the urn?

Of course, at this moment, he couldn't laugh anymore.

In the darkness of the night, the torches of the ambush soldiers were lit more and more. The north bank of the Yangtze River is illuminated as bright as day. Chai Mengshan's eyes swept casually, and he already roughly knew that the ambush army on the opposite side had a total of more than 80,000 troops, which part of the soldiers and horses was this? Why are you so familiar with your own tactics? Among the four armies guarding the capital, there is absolutely no general who knows himself so well, except for the four armies in the capital, who else will there be?

The answer was soon revealed.

The horn sounded, and under the light of the fire, a man and a horse walked out from the opposite side, under the gaze of more than 100,000 people of the two armies, as if walking leisurely, he walked slowly to the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, and smiled loudly at the opposite side, his voice was heroic but elegant: "General Chai, gathered in the capital five years ago, don't come to harm?" ”

Chai Mengshan's face was like ashes when he heard this, and it wasn't until this that he heard this voice that he was completely desperate.

It's him? How could it be him? He should have been in Xia just now, why did he suddenly appear here?

At this moment, Chai Mengshan felt that an invisible trap had been put on his head and was slowly tightening.

Chai Mengshan's heart was stirring, and he rode out again. Stand opposite the general opposite. His face twitched. Gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Dong Cheng, you are the chief general of the border army stationed in Xiazhou, what do you want to appear here at this moment?" ”

The ambush of Chai Mengshan was the Xiazhou border army led by the main general Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng smiled unhurriedly, and arched his hand towards Chai Mengshan: "General Ben has been waiting for Brother Mengshan here for a long time, the prince has rebelled, and the emperor has seen through it, and he is now surrounded by him, well, it is the same as Brother Mengshan's current situation." Why is it too late for Brother Mengshan to reinforce the crown prince? ”

Chai Mengshan was taken aback, and did not answer his words, but asked: "You did your best to serve the soldiers of Xiazhou, who did you come to the capital for?" Give up the garrison in Xiazhou, if the Turks go south, can you afford to bear the sin? ”

When Dong Cheng heard this, his gentle and elegant face suddenly darkened, and he remembered the hippie smiling face and the unserious general of the capital garrison.

That's fine, guy, it's scum!

Half a month ago, Dong Cheng was edicted by the emperor. Secretly entered the capital, but he did not meet the emperor on this trip, and the emperor ordered Fang Zheng to summon him in the shadow camp outside the city. The order to transfer troops was conveyed to him.

"Dealing with the border army with the border army, this trick is called fighting poison with poison, wahahahaha" Huh? General Dong. How did your face turn dark? It's so healthy, hehe. At that time, Fang Zheng patted him on the shoulder and smiled very poorly.

"General Fang, can you use your words a little more appropriately? How did my Xiazhou border army become poisonous? Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and glared at Fang Zheng dissatisfied.

"So, borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Fang Zheng scratched his head and said hesitantly. ”

"General Fang, if the whole army of our county and state is exhausted, the Turks will take advantage of it; What to do? Dong Cheng asked the same question at the time.

Fang Zheng waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, the Turks will definitely not dare to go south, at least in the past few months." ”

"Why?"

"I wrote a secret letter to the two Turkic khans, saying that my Hua dynasty intends to mobilize troops and horses recently. entered the grassland to help in the war, and at the same time emphasized a point, which Khan has a good attitude towards us, we will help whomever we want. Do you think that in this critical period, will the Turks eat the gall of the leopard and dare to offend us? Fang Zheng smiled very honestly and innocently.

Dong Cheng was shocked: "Could it be that I really want to send a large army to help the Turks?" ”

Fang Zheng gave him a strange look: "General Dong." I fooled the Turks, how come even you were fooled? Lao Tzu always talks to the Turks like a fart, don't you know? ”

"Huh?" Dong Cheng broke out in a cold sweat and stammered: "You" You deceived the Turkic Khan? And to lie to two Khans at the same time,"

Fang Zheng blinked very innocently: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"But people can't stand without faith

Fang Zheng's eyes widened in amazement, and he asked very blankly, "Credit?" What is it? Is it worth the money? ”

Dong Cheng's face was covered with cold sweat, and he bowed his hand: "General Fang" is amazing! The emperor "is more wise!" ”

Fang Zheng straightened his chest and said happily: "That's, Zi said: Behind every minister of Niu Cha, there is always a more Niu Cha emperor."

"This, which is this" sub. Said? Dong Cheng felt that since he saw Fang Zheng, the cold sweat on his body had not stopped.

"The flute of my house's house."

In front of the two armies, Dong Cheng shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to shake off this unpleasant memory.

After a long time, he looked at Chai Mengshan's pale and desperate face, and sighed: "Brother Mengshan, you and I have been on the border for more than ten years, and we have been deeply favored by the saints and received the emperor's grace together. Why do you want to be the thief of the country who is spurned by all people today? ”

Chai Mengshan gritted his teeth and shouted: "Dong Cheng, you don't need to teach me, become a king and lose a villain, that's it!" If you want to fight, you can fight, no nonsense! ”

After speaking, Chai Mengshan turned the horse and left.

Back to Chai Mengshan in the headquarters, his back was soaked in cold sweat, and Dong Cheng's Xiazhou soldiers and horses appeared here, which means that the emperor has already made arrangements, in other words, the prince is decided.

"General, let's rush out!" The general surrounded Chai Mengshan and said anxiously and loudly.

Chai Mengshan raised his eyes and looked at the Xiazhou border army that was all over the mountains on the opposite side, and countless complicated looks flashed in his eyes. Finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Order!" Get ready to break out! ”

"General, in which direction to break through?"

Chai Mengshan looked ahead, and said desolately: "Youzhou, we can't go back" The world is so big. But there is no room for us, we can only go north."

"North?" The generals looked at each other.

"Yes, the North! Break through to the west, then turn north and enter the steppe, the Turks are fighting each other for the orthodoxy of the Khan, if our 50,000 horses enter the steppe, we will be the object of the two Turkic khans vying for wooing

Chai Mengshan glanced at his generals, and suddenly sighed: "General Ben is sorry for you, bringing you into such a desperate situation, but I don't know how many of my 50,000 soldiers will be left after breaking through tonight.

"The last general swears to follow the general!" The generals were full of agitation and shouted in unison.

On the opposite side, the Xiazhou border army had already beaten the drums of war and swept towards them with great momentum.

Chai Mengshan turned his head to look at the Yangtze River behind him. He suddenly felt that these days were like a dream of Huangliang, at the moment when he reached out and was about to touch success. But he suddenly fell into the boundless hell, which made him have to sigh, once, he was so close to success, so close as long as he could cross this river, maybe. He is the hero under one man and above ten thousand. It's a pity that "he was still defeated, and now he wants to lead these 50,000 soldiers to break through," like a lost dog, he entered the grassland outside the Hua Dynasty, and became a stranger in that foreign land, maybe in this life, he will never have the opportunity to step into the Hua Dynasty again...

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you and your Emperor are still too far apart!

"The whole army is in formation, go west, break through!"

The capital, in the palace of King Shou.

In the dim light, Shou Wang and his staff Sun Wei were whispering.

"Your Highness, I never expected that Fang Zheng would control the city defense army within a day" The prince's back road was intercepted, he rebelled this time, and the defeat was decided" Sun Gui sighed.

King Shou sneered: "That gangster-like character, controlling the city defense army is completely luck!" ”

"The capital is in chaos now, Your Highness, should you have made a plan earlier?"

King Shou nodded and said: "Yes, this king wants to leave Beijing immediately, and he can't delay, when this king returns to Xingqing Mansion, he will kill Wang Wenjian, the leading general, and the 150,000 troops of Xingqing Mansion will be in my hands." At that time, the king will go straight to the capital, who in the world can stop him? Let the father and the crown prince fight here, who wins and who loses between them is not important to this king at all. ”

"What Your Highness says is very true, but it is Your Highness. Now that Fang Zheng has controlled the city defense army and closed the four gates of the capital, how can His Highness get out of the city? ”

King Shou snorted coldly: "This king is the prince, the prince of the prince, how dare that little boy Fang Zheng stop me?" ”

The dim candlelight suddenly flashed, and King Shou stared at the candlelight, and a somewhat heart-stopping sneer suddenly appeared on his face.

Prince, I said a long time ago that you are not the only one in the world who can make the trick of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind.

Due to the arrangement of the plot, there are often two or even three sides of the war at the same time, so there are more recent interspersed descriptions, and the writing is too simple, I'm afraid that someone will scold me for keeping a running account, it's too cumbersome to write, and I'm afraid that someone will scold me for making up the number of words, and the proportion is not easy to grasp.

No way, if you don't like it. I'll quickly divide five by two.

What is "Haven't I asked for a monthly pass in a long time?" Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a few pictures. Don't hide, don't hide! I know that at the beginning of the month, you must have "robbed me if you don't give it to me."