Chapter 40: The Middle Bush
"Chen Ye Zhao see Your Majesty!" Outside Liu Hong's imperial chariot, Ye Zhao bowed his hand.
"Ye Qing, what happened?" Liu Hong walked out of the sedan chair with a pale face, and said with a somewhat flustered expression.
"Ambushed by the enemy." Ye Zhao bowed and said: "Now that the enemy army is surrounded on all sides, Your Majesty can rest assured, if the snowstorm falls today, it obstructs the sight of the enemy army, although there are many enemies, it is difficult to break through the defense of our army, just wait for the snow to stop, the soldiers and horses of the surrounding Zhao State will see that our army has not arrived, and they will definitely come to explore!" If the enemy army cannot be attacked for a long time, it will naturally retreat. ”
Ye Zhao didn't say anything about the siege of Sanqueyi, Liu Hong was not stupid, but after all, he had not experienced a real battle formation, he was afraid that Liu Hong would make some stupid decision in a hurry, and it would really kill people.
"Can Ye Qing be sure to defend until reinforcements arrive?" Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty rest assured, although the minister is young, but he has fought countless battles, and the defeat is very rare, although this battle came suddenly, the minister will be able to keep His Majesty safe." Ye Zhao said solemnly.
When Liu Hong heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, too, thinking about Ye Zhao's past achievements, he felt a lot more at ease in his heart, so he had the heart to take care of other things: "Ye Qing knows, who is the thief?" This place is close to Montenegro, but the Montenegrin thieves are coming? ”
"The Black Mountain thieves are just the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, no matter how many they are, they are only a rabble, but the people who attacked this time are well-trained and have a lot of rules in the war, I am afraid they are not the Black Mountain bandits." Ye Zhao shook his head, at least for now, the Black Mountain Thief didn't have the ability, looked at Liu Hong and said: "Besides, this time the other party has been planning for a long time, this time the sudden attack is more like a long preparation, the Black Mountain Thief is cowering in the mountains and forests, how can he know the whereabouts of our army so accurately and deploy in advance?" ”
Tens of thousands of troops, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court had to waste a lot of effort to mobilize so many soldiers and horses, although this Muye is close to Montenegro, they can gather so many troops without any news, obviously there are people in Jizhou and even in the imperial court who deliberately conceal the news.
"You mean......" Liu Hong's face suddenly became extremely difficult to look at.
"The minister is just guessing based on the current enemy situation, as for who the enemy is, before getting evidence, the minister does not dare to infer arbitrarily." Ye Zhao bowed and said.
"Haha, good!" Liu Hong didn't answer, but just sneered: "Ye Qing just go to the battle, and after I return to Luoyang, I will do some things." ”
"Whoa!" Ye Zhao bowed to Liu Hong, turned around and quickly got on his horse, quickly returned to the front line, took the tiger talisman from Ji Ling's hand, and continued to command the army, he had already made full preparations, and even made a lot of traps outside the camp, but now that the snow is covered, it is invisible, making these traps more difficult to find.
"My lord, the enemy's arrow array has loosened a lot, and it seems that the arrow cluster has run out." Ji Ling looked at Ye Zhao with some excitement.
Ye Zhao nodded, looked at the sky, the blizzard had weakened a lot, and immediately said: "Before the snow stops, don't act rashly, it's best to wait for the enemy to attack, and rely on the camp to meet the attack." ”
"Whoa!" Ji Ling nodded, their duty is to protect the Son of Heaven, even if there is a fighter plane at this moment, they don't dare to move lightly, otherwise even if the enemy army is completely annihilated, if something goes wrong with the Son of Heaven, Ye Zhao will also become a sinner.
"What about Qiu Yi?" Ye Zhao looked back left and right, and suddenly found that Wu Qiu Yi's figure was gone, his face couldn't help but change, and he asked in a deep voice.
"A eunuch came to look for him before, and then he left in a hurry, thinking that His Majesty had some orders." Ji Lingdao.
"Your Majesty is surrounded by female guards, and eunuchs and palace maids are isolated...... Not good! Ye Zhao's face changed greatly, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly turned over and got on his horse, pulled the reins of his horse, turned around and rushed towards the direction of Liu Hongzhong's army camp.
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Outside of Liu Hong's imperial chariot, not long after Ye Zhao left, Wu Qiuyi's figure appeared on the periphery, wanting to meet Liu Hong, but was stopped by two female soldiers.
"Your Majesty, there will be something important to tell you at the end!" Wu Qiu Yi wanted to forcibly break in, but he was surprised to find that this group of female soldiers was not small, and they rushed several times, not only failed to break through the barrier of female soldiers, but many female soldiers opened their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at him.
The cold sweat on his forehead flowed down instantly, it was the first time he had seen such a strong woman, I am afraid that even Yu Linjun was not so strong.
"Let him in." Liu Hong was attracted by the voice, and when he saw that it was Wu Qiu Yi, he beckoned.
"Whoa!" The two female soldiers bowed, then put away Wu Qiuyi's weapon, groped around him again, and only after making sure that there was no threat did they let him in.
"The last general is not Qiu Yi, see Your Majesty." After Wu Qiu Yi saw Liu Hong, he bowed and said.
"Let's be flat." Because of Ye Zhao's comfort before, Liu Hong was in a much calmer mood at the moment, regained a bit of imperial prestige, stretched out his hand to help, looked at Wu Qiu Yi and said, "What's the report?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister wants to sue Ye Zhao, regardless of Your Majesty's safety, there is obviously no enemy army in the south of the camp, as long as our army breaks through to the south and rushes all the way, we will be able to rush back to Hanoi before the enemy catches up, but Ye Zhao refuses, to His Majesty's safety is in danger, and he wants to find an opportunity to break the enemy!" Wu Qiu Yi said urgently.
"Is that true?" Hearing this, Liu Hong raised his eyebrows slightly, Ye Zhao said before, the thief army is surrounded on all sides, and there is no way back.
"It's true, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can listen carefully, there are shouts and kills on the east, west and north, but there is no south, it must be the haste of the thief army, the strength is limited, and he can't take care of the south together, then Ye Zhao only cares about his own reputation, afraid that the retreat will humiliate his name as a famous general, and insists on fighting, but his majesty is in danger!" Wu Qiu Yi hurriedly said.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Hongchang on the side said hurriedly when he heard this: "The art of war is cloudy, the siege of three que, the thief army is besieged on three sides, but it is inevitable that it will be pulled, I am afraid that there will be ambushes in the south, if you break through from the south at this time, I am afraid that you will be ambushed by thieves!" ”
"Joke, Your Majesty camped here, it was a temporary decision, even if the thieves had been prepared, I am afraid that His Majesty would suddenly set up camp here, mobilize troops and horses to attack, plus heavy snowfall, how can it be arranged in such a short time? On the contrary, if we don't break through at this time, when the thieves are ready, when the time comes, my army may not even be able to break through! ”
Wu Qiu Yi glared at Ren Hongchang fiercely, turned his head to look at Liu Hongdao, and said, "Your Majesty, time is running out!" Taking advantage of the fact that Ye Zhao is entangled with the thieves at this moment, the minister is willing to desperately protect His Majesty to break through immediately! When you arrive in Hanoi, you can mobilize troops and horses to rescue Ye Zhao. ”
When Liu Hong heard this, he was a little moved, at this moment on the battlefield, there would be stray arrows flying by from time to time, which really made him not feel safe.
He Hou on the side also persuaded: "Yes, Your Majesty, that Ye Zhao wants to be a famous general, but he ignores His Majesty's safety, he really deserves to die in vain!" ”
Liu Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "Queen Mother, Ye Qing should not be such a person, and the son thinks that Ye Qing must have his concerns. ”
He Hou turned his head and stared at Liu Wei and said: "My son and that Ye Zhao are still shallow, don't be confused by it, this person's heart is the most complicated, Ye Zhao can have today's status, thanks to his invincible reputation, this time to protect His Majesty, if he retreats, his reputation will definitely plummet!" ”
Liu Hong's face was a little unsightly, if the book chose one person between Ye Zhao and Wu Qiu Yi to believe, he naturally believed Ye Zhao more, but at this moment he was on the battlefield, Wu Qiu Yi and He Hou's words were not unreasonable, people's hearts were already complicated, Ye Zhao forcibly stayed to fight the enemy army for the name of undefeated, it was not impossible, after hesitating again and again, he said: "In this case, prepare to set off immediately, Wu Qiu Yi, you will lead the Yulin Army to escort me to break through!" ”
"Whoa!" Wu Qiu Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and promised to go to unify the army.
On the side, Ren Hongchang couldn't persuade Liu Hong, so he ordered Li Shuxiang and Ma Nanxiang to guard Liu Hong in the North Palace on the hour, and at the same time sent someone to inform Ye Zhao.
The Yulin Army was already ready to go, originally prepared to wait for Ye Zhao's order, ready to go into battle to kill the enemy at any time, Liu Hong suddenly ordered the Yulin Army to be taken over by Wuqiu Yi, although it was not clear why, but between the guard and the emperor, the Yulin Army naturally chose to carry out the order of the Son of Heaven without hesitation, when Ye Zhao Pegasus arrived, Liu Hong had already run away under the escort of Wuqiu Yi, walking slowly on weekdays, but at this time he fled for his life, but he was a thief who ran.
"Damn it!" Ye Zhao scolded hatefully, turned around and shouted at the people around him: "Order the three armies to assemble and prepare to break through!" ”
"Lord, why did you break through at this time?" Ji Ling and the others rushed to Ye Zhao's side and wondered.
"Your Majesty has run away, what's the point of sticking here? Ordered the archers to release three rounds of arrows in a row, throw away all their baggage, and slowly retreat, hoping to catch up! Ye Zhao pointed to the direction where Liu Hong and the others left with an ugly face, at this moment the Yulin Army had already left the camp, and he could still see the back of the army, but he couldn't stop it, he wanted to catch up, and it would only be faster without command here.
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Outside the barracks, where Wang Fen, Xu You and others were, the south gate opened, and the news that the Son of Heaven had left the camp under the escort of the Yulin Army soon spread here.
Xu You was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Wang Fen and the others: "The big thing is done, Wenzu, you immediately order the army on three sides to launch a strong attack, be sure to drag the defenders in the camp, and I will lead the army to ambush the Son of Heaven." ”
"Good!" Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Wang Fen's heart was also relaxed, so he immediately nodded and sent someone to deliver the order, while Xu You rushed out with a military general.
Liu Hong kept running in the snow curtain under the escort of Yulin Jun and Beigong Wei, his body was weak and couldn't stand the rush, even if he was on the frame, running so fast, it still made him feel dizzy and tinnitus, and shouted to the eunuch who was driving outside: "Go slower!" ”
The army ran for only five miles, and suddenly a gong sounded in two strokes, followed by two teams of men and horses from both sides, and the Yulin army in front had no time to react, and was shot down countless by a wave of arrow rain.
"Dusk Jun, you are at your limit!" Behind the crowd, a loud laugh sounded, and Liu Hong saw through the crack in the door that the unsuspecting Yulin Army was shattered by two suddenly killed men and horses at the first time.
Ren Hongchang's face changed, he looked around, pointed to a small mountain and said, "Quick, escort Your Majesty up the mountain to line up!" ”