Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoChapter 73: (Decisive Victory)

(Sorry, this is a less released chapter)

On the ninth day of November in the first year of Hongguang, Yuan Huan and He Lin, who had been holding each other for nearly 20 days, finally broke out a decisive battle, the reason came from Luoyang, it was very simple, He Jing, who was embattled, had to order He Lin to take the initiative to attack, Lincheng and Yuncheng were attacked by Wentai and Tuoba Wenyan's army respectively, and the two places were in danger. The anxious He Jing hurriedly sent 30,000 reinforcements and set off in two ways, in addition to assisting Lincheng and Yuncheng, but also to assist Michi, Xu Zhen, Nangong Xiao and others harassed He Jing unspeakably, in fact, the territory he mastered, but only one-third of Yuzhou County, once the army was defeated, what was waiting for him would be a killing...

Yuan Huan personally went into battle, and He Lin fought inextricably, both sides of the reinforcements came in a steady stream, this fight, is a whole day, until the next day, the two sides did not die down, each returned to the camp to rest, in Xingyang City anxiously waiting for the news Gongsun Long heard the battle report, immediately ordered the 'royal drive to march', withdrew Yuan Huan, ordered He Ying to be the main general, with 50,000 troops to replace Yuan Huan, and this normal handover of the war, but made the originally unwilling Yuan Huan even more jealous of He Ying, thus laying a hidden danger for the future...

Luoyang, Kyoto, the residence of former general Zhang Shuang

Former general Zhang Shuang, his ancestor Zhang Bi is the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Xuan Emperor Lang Zhong Ling, after Wang Mang took power, his father was named the commander of Jinwu, after Gongsun Shu ascended the throne, Zhang Shuang was named the former general, after He Jing took power, Zhang Shuang was the commander of the forbidden army in the southern camp of the Mabu Army, commanding 50,000 troops, until now...

"General..."A guard from Zhang Shuang's mansion walked into his room: "The right general Liu Qi asks to see..."

When Zhang Shuang heard this, he raised his head and put down the bamboo slip in his hand, looked at the guard and said, "Invite it..."

"No..."

After a while, the guard led a middle-aged man in civilian clothes into Zhang Shuang's room, the middle-aged man was none other than the right general Liu Qi, Zhang Shuang signaled the guard to retreat, and then stood up and closed the door in person, hugged his fist at Liu Qi and said: "General Liu is going in person, Zhang is very honored, hurry up and sit..."

After Liu Qi sat down, he ran directly to the subject, clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Shuang: "General Zhang, the current situation has become more and more critical, Lord Huangfu has ordered to prepare for action immediately, and please prepare for the general as soon as possible, in case of a perfect plan..."

"Thank you General Liu for your kindness..."After Zhang Shuang returned the salute, he looked at Liu Qi with a serious expression and said, "Can the general know a thing or two about the battle situation on the front line in Luozhen?" ”

Liu Qi shook his head: "He Jing ordered to block the news, no one in Luoyang City knew the situation on the front line, just yesterday morning, Anbei General Liu Tong and Liu Lao General were executed, the reason was to collude with the King of Changsha, and now everyone in the court is in danger, except for the He family, the rest of the courtiers are basically monitored, and it took a lot of effort to come here, so please prepare early..."

Zhang Shuang breathed a sigh, now he doesn't know the battle situation in Luozhen, he also has mixed feelings in his heart, after all, there are hundreds of people in the family, once they fail, the consequences are unimaginable, seeing Zhang Shuang's expression, Liu Qi also saw some clues, so he added: "Don't worry, the general should not worry, Zhao Hua, the deputy commander of Yu Linwei, has promised to be our internal response in the palace, if he wants to rebel, I'm afraid we will be in a different place long ago, so now we can only act quickly to welcome the king of Changsha to the throne, and then you and I will be the heroes of Conglong, Presumably, General Zhang also wants to keep the family lineage, and now the army of the princes has arrived in Luozhen, and He Jing does not release the news of the battle situation, presumably the situation has been endangered, so the emperor ordered me to prepare immediately, just wait for the final order, I can rush into the palace, kill the He family, and revitalize the dynasty..."

The reason why Liu Qi persuaded Zhang Shuang so much was because Zhang Shuang had an army of 50,000 troops in Nanying to command, and without Zhang Shuang's support, the army owned by him and Huangfu Nan would not be able to enter the palace at all, which was also the ultimate purpose of Liu Qi's visit to Zhang Shuang's mansion this time...

Zhang Shuang was silent for a while, then hugged his fists and said: "I bother General Liu to go back and tell Lord Huangfu that Zhang is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses..."

After hearing this, Liu Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief, so he clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Shuang: "General Zhang, Liu will leave first..."

It turned out that after learning that Gongsun Long's army had arrived in Luozhen, the ministers of the former Gongsun Shu court headed by Huangfu Nan spontaneously formed a party and secretly competed with the He family's party, and Huangfu Nan contacted other generals who were dissatisfied with He Jing, and prepared to raise things in Luoyang in advance to kill He Jing, in order to welcome the accession of Sun Long, the prince of Changsha.

Anyang, Shangguan Yin Feng's big tent

"Lord..."Jia Fu hurriedly walked into the big tent in a military uniform, and looked at Shangguan Yin Feng, who was studying the map, and said: "Lord Qi, the sentry horse is coming to report, Yuan Jingchu personally led an army of 50,000 to support the front line of Zhuangzhou, and now he is storming Zhuangzhou, and Ouyang Qing is struggling to block..."

"Oh..."Shangguan Yin Feng turned around and smiled unnaturally, after waiting for so many days, he finally waited for the news he wanted: "So, Yuan Jingchu has gathered 150,000 troops in Zhuangzhou, ready to take Ouyang Qing in one fell swoop?" ”

"The last general thinks so too..."Jia Fu echoed, in his opinion, these things had long been expected by Shangguan Yin Feng, and they were just deliberately showing him something...

"Okay..."Shangguan Yin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and kept nodding: "Ouyang Qing, I don't think I have the power to return to the sky, Jia Fu, immediately send an order, Su Tong's headquarters military horses are the vanguard, and they will camp fifty miles out of Anyang, this time the king will personally lead the army, and Lao Tzu will set up a formation in the field, and Yuan Jingchu's cavalry will make a move..."

After Jia Fu listened, he walked out of the big tent quickly after saluting, and went down to convey the order...

On November 11 of the first year of Hongguang, Yuan Jingchu's 150,000 troops surrounded Zhuangzhou, Ouyang Qing in the city was desperate to die, led the army to evacuate, and went to Jizhou City, at this time his army, but 60,000 people, Yuan Jingchu's army was in hot pursuit, and a day later, then surrounded Jizhou City, ready to take this ancient capital at dawn the next day...

Jizhou City, Ouyang Qing Camp

General Dingyuan, Hou Ouyang Qing of Jizhou, is burly, wearing white armor, sitting on a chair in the big tent, with a serious expression, his hand was shot by an arrow, and the military doctor is bandaging him...

"Father, the enemy army is very fierce, what is it like now?" Ouyang Min suffered defeats one after another, and his body and mind were severely damaged, and now if it weren't for the boss being his father Ouyang Qing, I'm afraid he would have led the army to retreat long ago...

A staff general under the tent stood out of the queue and saluted Ouyang Qing: "General, the enemy army has a steady stream of reinforcements, if our army defends Jizhou City, I am afraid that we will all die here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ouyang Qing glared at the person who spoke angrily and scolded: "You are all eating the king's Lu, on the battlefield, you are actually greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

The dozen or so generals under the tent were all so frightened that they knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Please calm the general's anger..."

Ouyang Min saw that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "General Sun is also unintentional, but father, what General Sun said is not reasonable, our army now only has a lonely city in Jizhou, if it is defended, once the grain and grass in the city are exhausted, I am afraid that the soldiers will mutiny, and even if Yuan Jingchu does not attack the city, we will starve to death, and our army is now caught between Yuan Jingchu and Shangguan Yin Feng, it is really a difficult situation, please think twice..."

When everyone saw Ouyang Min speak like this, they interjected: "General, the grain and grass in the city can be used for about ten days at most, and there are more than 100,000 people, and now we can't get the rescue of the imperial court at all, so it's better to withdraw from Jizhou and think of another way..."

"Please think twice about the general..."

Seeing that everyone was persuading him to retreat, Ouyang Qing also had to accept his fate, and looked at the generals and said slowly: "Now that you are in a dilemma, where should you retreat?" ”

"General, there are three ways to choose now..."

Ouyang Qing nodded and said, "Say..."

"One, go east, break through the encirclement, and retreat to Hangzhou County, where Hangzhou County Guard Hao Siwen will definitely take us in; Second, fight to the death with the enemy, and third, surrender Yuan Jingchu..."

After Ouyang Qing listened, he shook his head and said: "I, Ouyang Qingrong, have been horses all my life, not He Ying's generation can be compared, if I surrender Yuan Jingchu, hmph, I would rather die than surrender..."

"General, Dongwang Shangguan Yin Feng is a genius in the world, although he has set up a position with us, but he has not attacked, and when Gongzi was stationed outside Anyang, he did not attack the troops led by Gongzi, so it can be seen that Dongwang may be trying to appease us..."

After hearing this, Ouyang Min also reacted, and immediately said: "Father, what Vice General Zhang said is right, there were at least 50,000 troops in Anyang City at that time, but Shangguan Yin Feng didn't want to fight me, maybe that's the case..."

Another general continued: "The East King fought without a single defeat, and there were only a few thousand people in the night attack on Bazhong, which shows the courage of the East King, and he is kind-hearted, if we are really cornered, we can choose him..."

Listening to the gossip of the people below, Ouyang Qing gradually fell into deep thought...