Chapter 143: Liangzhou on a Snowy Night (II)
Our General Lu lives in the city now, and he has not spared his life in the camp overnight since yesterday! The two guards knelt on the snow and kowtowed like garlic, pleading bitterly. Drunken Dew Academy
"As long as you answer honestly, I will not kill you." Zhang Huan stopped their kowtow and asked in a deep voice, "Let me ask you again, do soldiers still carry their weapons with them now?" ”
The two soldiers looked at each other in amazement, how could the other party know? They didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly said: "General Huiyu, it turned out to be carried with you, but these days it is snowing heavily, everyone can't get out of the camp, and they can't train, and there are fights and brawls from time to time. ”
"Are you telling the truth?" Although he guessed that this might happen, when it really became a reality, Zhang Huan couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
"Our lives are in the hands of the general, how dare we lie."
At this time, Zhang Huan raised his head, he looked up at the violent god of wind and snow, his heart was full of gratitude, God was so fair, after giving them the most cruel torture, he quietly stuffed hope to them.
As soon as he turned his head, he immediately ordered: "Jiuhan! ”
"The last general!"
"I'll give you three hundred elites, after the military camp catches fire, Lu Sigong will inevitably go to the North Daying, you give me a halfway interception, whether you live or die, I will remember your great merit!"
"Obey!"
There is no suspense in this battle, Zhang Huan looked at the swarthy and sleeping camp, he waved his hand lightly, and a word burst out of his cold and hard lips: "Kill!" ”
Three thousand cavalry burst out suddenly, and for two days, it seemed as if two long years had passed for them, two days of difficult trekking, two days of hope and patience, strength, and hoarse shouts of killing. The sharp sword was raised high, and the roaring sound of horses' hooves was like a muffled thunder on the ground of the earth, and it was like the low roar of a wild beast. Kill the camp of the Hexi Army from a hundred paces away. Drunken Dew Academy
It's like a raging and roaring river. The 3,000 troops overturned the wooden fence.
Rushed into the camp in an instant, the iron cavalry galloped, as if stirring up a dark black wave more than a foot highland, without waiting for the Hexi army to react from its sleep, the Xiliang cavalry had already leveled nearly a hundred tents, and launched the most brutal massacre, the red flames soared into the air, the cold sword light flashed, wailing, crying. The knife slashed into the bone ground' click! 'Sound. The cavalry laughed with wanton slaughter.
Thousands of Hexi soldiers woke up from their sleep, frightened, frightened, and distraught, shouting wildly, trampling each other, and fleeing for their lives outside the camp like a landslide. But all exits have been sealed. The armory was burning with a raging fire, and some people had already recognized that this was not a Tibetan army stealing camp. It was the same Tang army as them, so the surrender was like the most powerful virus, which spread rapidly in the camp.
Zhang Huan rode on his horse and watched the development of the situation coldly, at this moment, the fighting spirit of the Hexi Army had been destroyed, and there was no need to carry out senseless killing, he ordered in a low voice: "Stop killing and accept surrender!" ”
Several heralds galloped through the barracks, shouting, "The governor has an order, stop the killing, accept the surrender!" ”
"The governor has an order, stop the killing and accept the surrender!"
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Wherever the order went, the killing immediately stopped, and the cavalry began to form a slender curved line, as if the last net was retracted in the middle of fishing, and the soldiers of the Hexi Army who were kneeling and begging for mercy were driven to one place, and not long after the second watch, this one-sided battle ended quickly.
"General, this guy wants to see you."
Li Shuangyu smiled, he brought a chubby middle-aged man over, it was Lu Sigong's chief staff Du Mei, I saw that his face was blue, but he didn't know if it was frozen or angry, Zhang Huan smiled at him, "Don't you come to the shopkeeper Du is okay?" ”
Du Mei looked at Zhang Huan in a daze, he suddenly let out a long sigh, bowed and bowed, "In Xia Xiangyang Du Mei, I am willing to serve the governor!" ”
In the early morning of November 29 in the first year of Xuanren, 3,000 Xiliang cavalry stationed in Tianbao County, Wuwei County, under the cover of a blizzard, successfully attacked the camp of the Hexi Army, the commander of the Hexi Army, Lu Sigong, was attacked and killed on the way to the camp, and 10,000 Hexi troops were finally killed and wounded nearly 2,000 people, and 8,000 people surrendered. Drunken Dew Academy
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Two days later, outside the city of Kaiyang County, Longyou, the cavalry of three horses and six horses reported that the cavalry galloped through the dense fog of dusk, and the iron hooves of the war horses crushed the thick ice slag, crossed the hills, rushed through the fields, and drove away like a whirlwind towards the city of Kaiyang County.
The sky is gradually dark, the voices of people in the Wei Mansion are mixed, the laughter is noisy, the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo faintly spreads to the street, the word Dou Da Shou is posted everywhere, the main gate holds the corner lamp, hangs on both sides, from the gate, the instrument door, the hall, the warm pavilion, until the main hall, all the way to the main gate, all the way to the main gate is wide open, and the vermilion lanterns of all colors illuminate the house as if it were day.
Mrs. Wei is seventy-five years old, and the Wei Mansion started as early as 20 days ago, and this evening finally arrived at the first day, and everyone was dressed up in flowers, firecrackers caught fire, and the carriages of congratulations were coming in an endless stream.
In the courtyard of Fuzhong, Wei Ge was dressed in a new brocade robe, smiling to accept the congratulations of the guests, behind him, are several of his brothers or clan brothers who came from all over the country, Shangshu Youcheng Wei Xu, Shaofu Siqing Wei Du, Longxi County Thorn Shi Wei Rang and so on, because these important ministers of the court are in the compound, which makes many guests who come to celebrate their birthday also refuse to enter the house, rather stand in the courtyard to chat and chat, looking for an opportunity to be close to them.
Wei Ge is in a good mood these days, because of his concessions, so that the wave of protests against him in the capital finally gradually subsided, and the court impeached him The motion is also over, not long ago, the queen mother issued a decree, named Mrs. Wei as Mrs. Song, and at the same time named his eldest son Wei Qing as the viscount of Kaiyang County, which was regarded as the official recognition of his identity as the heir of the head of the family, and then the official document of the Ministry of Officials also arrived, and Wei Qing was the guest of the Ministry of Rites.
The family's promotion to the rank of knight slightly weakened the shadow of Lingwu County's loss, and Wei Ge's always gloomy face gradually began to appear a little smile, especially today's old mother's birthday, his smile was even brighter.
"Congratulations to Brother Wei, today's old lady has a big birthday, and the little brother has come to pay respects!" Jiang Lian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has already agreed to Wei Ge's marriage proposal and married his daughter to Wei Qing, so that Jiang Jian officially took refuge in the Wei family, and Wei Ge naturally replaced Zhang Ruohao to master the Ministry of Rites.
If the marriage is the beginning of the combination of the two interests, then the birthday is the honeymoon of this marriage, which will greatly promote the closeness of the combination of the two interests, so Jiang Jian specially came to Longyou from Chang'an in the cold, accompanied by his daughter Jiang Ying.
Wei Wei saw Jiang Lian who had just entered the courtyard, the smile he squeezed out suddenly became sincere, he strode towards Jiang Lian, took his hand and said movingly: "Brother Jiang Xian specially came from Chang'an, this, how can this make the foolish brother afford it?" ”
"It's hard to travel all the way through the ice and snow, and I've been blocked by heavy snow in Fengxiang for three days, so I'm in a hurry, I'm afraid it's late, but fortunately, I'm just in time.
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I saw a young woman walking out behind him, it was Jiang Ying, Jiang Lian's only daughter, she was about seventeen or eight years old, with a good appearance, but the corners of her eyes drooped slightly, which always gave people a gloomy feeling.
She stepped forward and bowed generously, "Ying'er see Shibo." ”
Wei Ge laughed happily when he saw his future daughter-in-law, he turned around to look for Wei Qing, but there was no trace of him, his brows were slightly frowned, let him learn to welcome guests, not to be so cold and arrogant, but he always didn't listen.
When the second brother next to him, Wei Chen, saw it, he smiled and said, "Qing'er was called in by her mother." ”
When Wei heard that his mother called him away, he sighed secretly in his heart, he always doted on him so much, when will he grow up? Jiang Lian, who was next to him, saw that Shang Shuyoucheng (Note 1) was also there, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
At this time, Jiang Ying took out a pair of white jade walls from his side, presented them to Wei Ge with both hands, and said: "At this time, my father's birthday gift to the old lady, Bai Yugui of the East China Sea, is just a little heart, please accept it with a smile." ”
Wei Ge took it with a smile and said to Jiang Lian: "Even if Brother Jiang Xian sends a goose feather, Brother Fool will regard it as a treasure." ”
Jiang Jian was about to be polite, but at this moment, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves on the street outside the house, the sound of hooves was extremely rapid, and someone was heard faintly shouting: "Eight hundred urgent battle report!" ”
The courtyard fell silent for a moment, and hundreds of people looked at the gate in a daze, today is a day of great joy, the world is peaceful, how can there be any war report? Wei Ge's heart faintly felt that something was wrong, and before he could go out, several sergeants who reported the news had already crawled into the courtyard, and they desperately pushed everyone away, took down the battle report on their backs, and stepped forward to report in panic: "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, Zhang Huan attacked Wuwei County on a snowy night two days ago, General Lu was killed, and Wuwei County has changed hands!" ”
Wei Ge was stunned, and as soon as he let go of his hand, a pair of Bai Yugui fell to the ground, "Smack! The ground shattered, and suddenly his eyes went black, and his body shook, and he fell limply to the ground.
"Weber!"
"Wei Shangshu!"
"Big brother!"
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There was a lot of chaos in the yard.
Note 1: Shang Shu Youcheng is equivalent to the current Secretary-General of the State Council