Chapter 9: Breaking the Enemy
Leaving Xishan, Shi Luosheng and his party finally found the Yan State Mission before Chenshi, and after explaining his intention to Peng Youcheng, the envoy of Yan State, Peng Youcheng was shocked and angry: "Our Dayan, like your Song State, has also faced the invasion of foreign enemies over the years. You are defending the Chu State, we are defending the Qi State, and there are small frictions between our two countries from time to time. If the negotiations go well and you agree to form an alliance, both of us can remove the garrisons on the border of Yan and Song, and free up more energy to defend Qi and Chu. The alliance is a good thing for both of us, but I didn't expect that in order to prevent the two countries from forming an alliance, the Chu State would actually think of intercepting and killing us outside Yuzhou City, and then blame the Song State and let the Yan and Song countries go to war again, this trick is also too vicious, you must know that our Yan State and Chu State have always coexisted peacefully. ”
Shi Luosheng comforted: "Lord Peng, please rest assured, we have already sent someone to inform General Deng, and we should have sent troops to meet at this time." Now that the Chu army doesn't know that the news that they are going to intercept and kill you has been intercepted by us, I have a bold idea that can teach the Chu army a lesson, that is, I need Lord Peng to take some risks, I don't know if Lord Peng can agree? ”
Peng Youcheng's eyes widened after hearing this, and he said unhappily: "What are these words, the people of Chu have bullied us, how can we Dayan men be afraid of death, you say, what risk do you want me to take?" ”
Shi Luosheng said: "Actually, it's not too much danger, I just took a look when I came in, this time there are about a hundred guards accompanying Lord Peng, we will set off now to lead out the Chu army ambushed in Xishan, as long as they appear, we immediately flee in two ways, I know that there is a big river not far from Xishan, I and Lord Peng ran in the direction of the river with this hundred guards, Dong Tou, the eight of you changed into the clothes of the people and ran in the direction of Yuzhou City, the goal of the Chu army is to completely annihilate the Yan State Mission, I won't spend the energy chasing you. On the way to retreat, you will meet General Wu who came to meet you, and you ask him to lead his troops to rush to the side of the river, and we will outflank the Chu army together when we arrive. At that time, the 1,000 people of the Chu army were Dahe and us in front, and General Wu's troops in the back, and Chen Cheng was difficult to fly even if he had wings, what do you think, Master Peng? ”
Peng Youcheng smiled: "Clever plan, clever plan." If the Chu army doesn't ambush us, if they really dare to intercept us, I will also let them know that our Dayan man is not easy to mess with, little brother, everything will be done according to what you say. ”
The Yan delegation had breakfast and continued to move in the direction of Yuzhou City. On the way, he passed through Xishan and entered the ambush circle of the Chu army. Suddenly, there was a shout of killing from both sides, and as soon as the guards of the Yan State Mission heard that there was an ambush, they immediately threw away the weight on their bodies and ran towards the direction of the river. The speed of this reaction surprised the Chu army, obviously the enemy entered the ambush circle, but except for the first few people who were shot by the bow and crossbow, all the others ran away, and Chen Cheng also doubted whether there was such an item as escape in the usual training of the Yan army.
For this interception, Chen Cheng imagined a variety of possible situations in advance, but he didn't expect that as soon as the Chu army appeared, the Yan State delegation began to desperately flee for their lives, could it be that the news was leaked? No, if the news really leaked, the envoys of the Yan Kingdom should not appear here, they would have gone to Yuzhou by another way. Is there a trap in that? It's not right to think about it, the direction of their escape is neither the direction from which they came, nor the direction of going to Yuzhou City, but the direction of the big river, it is a dead end, it is impossible to set up an ambush in front, and besides, they have so many people in an embassy, and there must be ambushes to set up. Chen Cheng didn't have time to think about it, so he ordered the pursuit first. Since they have been exposed, they must be killed, otherwise the news will be transmitted back to the Yan State, and the Chu State will be very embarrassed diplomatically.
Chen Cheng, who no longer hesitated, led the army to chase after him, shouting as he chased: "Kill the envoy of Yan State, reward a hundred taels of gold." ”
The Yan guards fought and fled, and soon fled to the edge of the river, the river blocked the way, there was no way to escape, and the Chu army also took the opportunity to catch up, and the iron bucket generally surrounded the Yan delegation by the river.
Peng Youcheng saw that the Song army had not yet arrived, so he was a little anxious, walked to the front of the team, and shouted at Chen Cheng: "I don't know what the general means, our Dayan has always been good friends with your Chu State, why do you want to intercept and kill us, aren't you afraid of ruining the friendship between the two countries?" ”
Chen Cheng also rode out on a war horse and said, "I'm very sorry, you must die this time, only when Song Realm kills all of you, no one will know that it was our Da Chu who did it." Think about it back then, your Yan State often fought the Song State with our Great Chu, and now you actually want to form an alliance with the Song State, don't you know that the Song State is our Great Chu's mortal enemy? It is you who destroy the friendship between the two countries first, but it doesn't matter, as long as you are killed, our two countries will still be as friendly as before, and then we can fight Song together, haha. ”
Peng Youcheng said angrily: "In order to provoke the war of Yan and Song, you really did everything, if one of us escapes today, let the people of the world think of your Chu State in the future." ”
Chen Cheng smiled again: "Haha, then you are too worried, look around you, do you think you can still escape?" Originally, I saw you running so fast, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to kill you all, but I didn't expect that you didn't choose so many roads, but you had to run to this side of the river, this is the day to kill you, you can't blame me. After saying that, Chen Cheng waved his hand, and the Chu army began to move, preparing to launch a new offensive.
Shi Luosheng saw that Wu Teng hadn't arrived yet, and wanted to delay a little longer, so he also stood up: "Wait, General Chen, you're laughing too early, do you really think that we ran to this dead end in a panic?" ”
Chen Cheng said coldly: "I don't care if you fled here in a panic or premeditated, it doesn't matter now, don't think about delaying time when you die, prepare to die." ”
Chen Cheng was unwilling to bother with words and ordered an attack. The Chu army rushed up in an orderly manner and fought with the Yan State Guard. The Chu army had too much advantage in numbers, and after a while, the Yan State Guard fell by a small half.
Just when Chen Cheng was proud, the dust was rolling behind the Chu army, and a light cavalry force of 2,000 people covered up from behind, and the first person was Wu Teng, the commander of the Great Song Forward Battalion.
Wu Teng saw Chen Cheng and shouted loudly: "Chen Cheng, you have been surrounded, now dismount and surrender, I will spare you from death." ”
Chen Cheng saw Wu Teng appear here and knew that he had been tricked, this encirclement and suppression operation must have been leaked, no wonder the Yan State delegation could run so fast, it turned out that they had already known that there was an ambush, and they fled in the direction of the river in order to lead themselves into a desperate situation.
Chen Cheng hurriedly ordered: "Quickly retreat, quickly retreat, let's kill back." ”
Where is Wu Teng willing to give up, leading the army and the Yan State Guard to attack the Chu army back and forth, the soldiers of the Chu army saw that they were surrounded and had no intention of fighting, and everyone rushed to flee for their lives.
Liu Zixuan, who rushed to the front, slashed down several Chu soldiers with a single knife in a row, and killed all the way to Shi Luosheng: "I'm here, are you okay?" ”
Shi Luosheng laughed loudly: "Haha, if you come a little later, I will have something, today is the first time we officially go to the battlefield, we can't go back empty-handed, Chen Cheng is General Wu Teng's, we can't rob it, but that person, we can't let it go." ”
Liu Zixuan looked in the direction of Shi Luosheng's knife, and saw a Chu military captain holding a spear to rush left and right, but he was not brave, and he repelled several Song soldiers in a row, and he was about to break through.
Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan rushed towards the captain, who had just stabbed a Song soldier to death with a single shot, and when he looked up, he saw two people blocking in front, and one of them was very familiar: "It turned out to be you, you are really Song Bing, and you lied to me about what kind of hunter." "This captain is none other than Tian Qin, the captain of the Chu Military Academy, who was captured by Shi Luosheng on the West Mountain.
Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Captain Tian, you secretly released the enemy army, which led to the failure of your Chu army's encirclement and suppression operation, what should you be guilty of?" ”
Tian Qin was furious, raised his spear and stabbed at Shi Luosheng. But how could Tian Qin, who still had arrow wounds on his body, be the opponent of Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan, the three of them fought for more than a dozen rounds, Tian Qin had been stabbed several times, his robe was stained red with blood, he was holding a spear in both hands to support his body, and he was panting in his mouth, of course Liu Zixuan would not give him time to rest, and rushed up and cut off Tian Qin's head with a knife.
On the other side of the battlefield, Wu Teng also fought with Chen Cheng, and the surrounding Chu army had also been cleaned up. Song Yan's two armies surrounded Wu Teng and Chen Cheng in the middle, making room for the two to fight alone.
Although Chen Cheng is brave, he is not of the same magnitude as Wu Teng, and his martial arts are not brave, and the three armies cannot sit firmly in the position of the commander of the forward battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Great Song Dynasty.
As soon as seven or eight rounds passed, Chen Cheng was obviously at a disadvantage, and he was slashed by Wu Teng several times in a row. Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan looked at Wu Teng's knife technique very familiarly, as if it was also the sword technique of the Heavenly Sword Gate, but Wu Teng was much more subtle than himself.
Wu Teng stopped attacking: "Chen Cheng, you can't beat me, I think you are also a general, surrender or die, you can choose one yourself." ”
Chen Cheng looked at the soldiers who died in battle around him, knowing that he couldn't escape today, and sighed: "That's it, I didn't expect that I, Chen Cheng, would die here today, Wu Teng, I don't need you to pretend to be a good person, I choose to die with my soldiers." After saying that, he drew his sword and killed himself.
Wu Teng walked in front of Peng Youcheng, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Wu Teng, the commander of the forward battalion under the command of General Deng Yuanjue of the Great Song Dynasty, was late in the rescue, which frightened Lord Peng, and General Deng has already set up a banquet in the city to shock Lord Peng, let's go back to Yuzhou City." ”
Peng Youcheng thanked: "What did General Wu say, if the general hadn't brought troops to the rescue in time, we would have been wiped out a long time ago, thank the general too late." ”