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The town of Baiqiao was in shambles, the enemy army swept away the whole town like a hurricane, the houses were demolished and used to build high platforms and siege equipment, most of the townspeople had fled into the capital, and the few remaining people were killed, their bodies buried, and their heads hung on stakes by the river.

Seeing such a scene, the officers and men of the Chu army were all filled with righteous indignation.

Cui Hong calmed down, stopped, first occupied an empty camp of the enemy, and planned to see the situation clearly before making the next step, so he sent scouts to track the enemy, and soon, the emperor sent someone to send a will, and also ordered him to suspend the pursuit of the enemy and wait for the Chu army in the capital.

After nightfall, Cui Hong felt unwell, and the old wound was faintly painful, wrapped in several layers of blankets, and he still felt cold to the bone.

"It's really old, and it will be like this after freezing overnight." Cui Hong sighed.

The attendant held the hot wine, fed the master one bite at a time, and said with a smile: "The adults fought hard all night, and they can still ride horses to chase the enemy for nearly a hundred miles, and many young men in the prime of life can't do it." ”

Cui Hong's face was expressionless, his entourage was always so good at talking, he usually liked to listen, but today he was a little interested, shook his head, said that he would not drink, and said: "Bring pen and paper, I want to write a letter." ”

"Is there a hurry? If you're not in a hurry, it's not too late to write tomorrow and take a good rest tonight. ”

Cui Hongzhen was reluctant to get out of the blanket, and hesitated for a moment, "I'll dictate, you will write." ”

The march was in a hurry, many things were not brought, and the entourage was about to go out to ask the military Chinese officer for pen and paper, Cui Hong changed his mind again, "Wait, no need to write a letter, I will say a few words, you just remember it, and tell the empress and Cui Teng later." ”

The entourage looked surprised, "Your Excellency is about to triumph, tell the queen and the second prince yourself." ”

"Don't think too much, I'm just in case, if I can go back safely, I naturally don't need you to tell me."

"Yes, sir."

Cui Hong thought for a while, "Tell Cui Teng, boss, give birth to a few more grandchildren to the Cui family as soon as possible, honor your mother more, and give the ugly king a disciple gift, yes, you must focus on making friends with the ugly king, this is the most important thing, more important than serving Your Majesty." ”

"Yes...... My lord. The entourage was surprised, he had followed Taifu for many years, and he never remembered that the Cui family had dealings with the Ugly King of Luoyang, but recently, when Cui Teng was assigned to Mayi City, he may have been taken care of by the Ugly King.

"Queen...... The queen is very smart, she doesn't need to say anything, but sometimes she is too weak, and she is afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the harem, and His Majesty's favor is not a lifelong dependence after all, you tell her that no matter what, she will give birth to a prince, and if she can't, she will also support the prince of other concubines. ”

"Yes, sir." The retinue replied.

Cui Hong wrapped the blanket tightly, still feeling cold, silent for a moment, and said: "The Empress Dowager Cining is very far-sighted, and raising the Qing prince is by no means as simple as pampering the eldest grandson, she is laying out the future, and I am really worried about whether the queen can handle it." ”

"Although the queen is usually a little weak, she can still do it when she should be tough."

Cui Hong nodded, suddenly turned his head, his eyes widened, and he seemed to have just discovered that there were outsiders in the tent.

The entourage was startled and hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Excellency, ......"

"I didn't say anything about the Queen Mother, and you didn't hear it, understand?"

"Yes, yes, I only have one message to the queen, give birth to a prince early, or raise a prince."

Cui Hong snorted, his expression softened, "Stand down." ”

"I'll stay and serve my lordship."

"No, there's something urgent to wake me up."

The attendant had no choice but to retreat, explain to the guards at the door, and call him as soon as he noticed the abnormality.

Cui Hong lay down and slept in a daze for a while, I don't know how long it took, he suddenly opened his eyes, but he waited for a while to wake up, only to feel even colder and shivering.

A voice sounded outside, "Lord Shangshu, scout returns." ”

Cui Hong forced himself to sit up and forced himself to speak, "Come in." ”

An officer with a frosty face walked in, bringing in a cold wind.

"Lord Shangshu, the enemy army has broken up and is no longer a team."

Cui Hong was overjoyed, "You saw it with your own eyes?" ”

"Yes, I have seen a group of enemy forces fall apart, even attack each other, and then flee in all directions. I met other scouts on the way back, and they all saw the same thing. ”

Cui Hong stood up suddenly, "When is it?" ”

"Nearly five watches."

"Gather the generals at once."

Cui Hong was not cold, on the contrary, he felt a wave of warmth.

As soon as he heard the news, he realized that a once-in-a-century achievement was in front of him, and this function allowed him to return to the top and lay a more stable foundation for the Cui family.

Cui Hong was dressed neatly and went to the Chinese military tent, all the generals under his command had arrived, they had received the news, and they were as excited as Lord Shangshu, and they were all in a hurry to lead the troops in pursuit.

Cui Hong quickly assigned the task, the enemy army is the most likely to escape the same way, Cui Hong personally led the Chinese army all the way north, and strive to meet with the Chu army outside the Saiwai, the invading enemy was annihilated in one fell swoop, several henchmen led the left army to the west of the Yuguanmen, where the deserters are estimated to be many, and the other generals can only go east to pursue the stragglers.

"Chase the dead and chase the defeat to be fast, more moves, less fighting, and those who are uneasy after surrendering can be killed."

The army had a meal, and soon after dawn, Cui Hong led the main force of 7,000 people to set off first, and he also had clear arrangements for the subsequent arrival of the capital army, most of the soldiers still followed him to the north, and a few people were divided into two directions.

The Chu army had been depressed for a long time, the battle of the previous night was not clear, and the breath in his chest was not fully spit out.

Cui Hong felt very good, the old injury didn't hurt, and his body was not cold, he was riding on a horse, and he just wanted to run faster.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Chu army encountered the first group of enemy soldiers, these foreign soldiers did not know the way, and circled around the nearby mountains, and turned back again.

Without waiting for the two armies to clash, the enemy soldiers fell to their knees and surrendered, they had no other choice, and most of them did not even have weapons in their hands.

More than a thousand enemy soldiers were thus taken prisoner.

If the scout's report is still a little implausible, these headless soldiers are a conclusive indication that the enemy army is in disarray.

Cui Hong left only a few soldiers to watch over the prisoners, and led his army to continue the pursuit, while leaving orders for the rear troops to speed up.

On the third day, part of the army in the rear caught up, Cui Hong had nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command, and as many as 10,000 prisoners were captured.

On the same day, Cui Hong received a holy decree.

The emperor ordered the military department Shangshu not to be impatient, but to take every step of the way, reminding him that the enemy army might be deceiving and luring the Chu army into pursuit.

Cui Hong laughed at it, the emperor has always been adventurous, but now he is too cautious, no wonder, the emperor stayed in the rear, he couldn't see the situation ahead, the enemy chaos was so obvious, there was no need to be suspicious.

Cui Hong continued the pursuit, intending to rectify a little in Xiao Zhoucheng and replenish the food and grass in the army.

The city of Xiao Zhou has become a ruin, and a high platform has been piled up with Chu people's heads on the side of the road.

The Chu army was even angrier, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers who surrendered that day, and they all had to continue the pursuit.

Cui Hong is not a reckless person after all, no matter how good the odds are, he must be prepared, so he ordered to camp and rest, tear down the high platform of the head, bury it on the spot, and at the same time send troops to collect grain and grass everywhere.

No surviving Chu people could be found within dozens of miles, but a few more groups of prisoners were captured, and these people were unlucky, and they caught up with the anger of the Chu soldiers and went on a killing spree.

The Right Route Army, which was following east, found some surplus grain and grass in Mancang City and sent it to the Chinese army in time.

The city of Mancang has been burned down, and there is still some grain hidden underground, which the enemy army does not know, so it is left to the Chu army.

In the evening of the same day, the emperor came after him with a holy decree, expressing his concern about the enemy's deceit, and asked Cui Taifu not to be careless, to interrogate the prisoners more, and to find out the true movements of the enemy army.

Cui Hong had 40,000 troops at this time, full of confidence, and showed the holy decree to the generals, and all the generals also felt that the enemy army was really broken, and the holy decree should not be taken lightly, so send someone back to Beijing to explain it to the emperor in detail.

In the early morning of the next day, Cui Hong led his army to continue to pursue the enemy north.

On this day, the Chu army ushered in a "bumper harvest", and in several valleys, the enemy deserters were blocked one after another, and the number was as high as more than 30,000.

Cui Hong no longer had any doubts, and sent someone to quickly send the good news back to the capital to reassure the emperor.

Cui Hong ordered his officers to interrogate the prisoners, but there was a lack of interpretation in the army, and the enemy spoke various languages, so he could hardly ask anything.

The Chu army sped up, and Cui Hong was even a little anxious, hoping to recapture Shenxiong Pass before Saiwai Chai Yue, and even capture the gods and ghosts Da Shan Yu alive.

This will be the greatest credit since the Great Chu Dingding.

The enemy army was indeed ferocious, and there was almost no grass in the places they passed, and the Chu army could only eat the grain they carried, and the forage was insufficient, and the horses ate the same as the soldiers.

But everyone is not in a hurry, after all, this is the realm of Great Chu, as long as the enemy army is defeated, they will find supplies.

The army marched rapidly for more than ten days, and finally caught up with the largest enemy force in one afternoon.

It was snowing at that time, and it was very close to the enemy army, and the scouts in front only discovered the enemy situation, according to past experience, the enemy army had no fighting spirit, and would surrender as soon as they saw the Chu army, so Cui Hong did not stop to rectify the formation, and immediately ordered to surround it.

This place is not far from the Shenxiong Pass, the people and horses are tired, the food and grass are insufficient, Cui Hong hopes to recapture the pass tomorrow at the latest, if he can capture the gods and ghosts Da Danyu today, it will be complete.

Everyone was in a hurry, and the army was speeding through the snow, and as soon as they clashed, they found that something was not quite right, and the enemy army actually launched a counterattack, and the offensive was extremely fierce, and there was no chaos at all.

The Chu army in front was caught off guard and was shot back, Cui Hong and the generals were not shocked, but overjoyed, thinking that the gods and ghosts were sure to be among the enemy, so they ordered to continue the siege and crush the morale of the enemy army with the power of thunder.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, the Chu army was losing and retreating, and Cui Hong, who was sitting in the rear, looked at the snowfall in the sky, and finally woke up to the fact that he had been fooled.

Dozens of miles away, Qiu Hong walked into a small tent, shook off the snow on his body, and smiled at the people inside: "You will plan it, you know how powerful the Son of Heaven is this time, right?" We just got rid of a group of unstable servant armies and lured the Chu army out of the capital, and today is the day of their demise. ”

The King of the East China Sea had no face, "Why do you want to keep me?" ”

Qiu Hong smiled, "The army of the west is used to capture the Chu State, and the Chu State has a large number of people, so it is just right to guard the West in batches, and the Son of Heaven needs an obedient emperor." ”

(Half a day off on New Year's Day, a shift today, I hope you know.) (To be continued.) )