Chapter 59: King Suo's infighting
Suo's army failed in its attack on Dunhuang, and the rebel army, which was originally dominated by the Suo family, gradually transferred power to Wang Mu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At this time, Wang Mu had an army of nearly 20,000 and Jiuquan City in hand, so he felt that his troops were strong and strong, so he no longer obeyed the Suo family's dispatch.
Suoshi was unwilling to give up, and intended to force Wang Mu to make concessions, which made the contradictions between the two sides quickly intensify.
In Jiuquan City, Wang Mu's Mansion was brightly lit, and dozens of soldiers in bright armor and heavily armed soldiers surrounded the small courtyard.
Everyone was holding torches, their backs to the courtyard, and they were staring ahead with all their attention.
Occasionally, a few passers-by passed by, curiously glancing inside, and soon they were driven away by these wolf-like soldiers.
In the hall, Wang Mu was dressed in military uniform, sitting on the main seat, and his round face, which was usually smiling, was full of anger at this time.
I saw that his fists were clenched tightly, trying to suppress the anger in his heart, and the whole person seemed to be an active volcano, as long as a little stimulation was concerned, it would burst out at any time.
Suo Yan, who was standing opposite Wang Mu, also had an angry face, and neither of them was outdone, their eyes glared at each other without blinking.
"Captain Wang, are you really unwilling to give up Jiuquan?"
At this time, Wang Mu couldn't hold back any longer, and stood up with a "rubbing", the muscles on his face were constantly trembling with excitement, and he pointed at Suo Yan angrily with his finger: "Suo Hao, Jiuquan was laid down by Lao Tzu with all his might, why do you have to give it to the Suo family with a word?" If you don't explain this matter clearly today, it's a big deal that we'll break up!"
A sneer appeared at the corner of Suo's mouth, and he said disdainfully: "Jiuquan was indeed laid down by you, but Captain Wang, don't forget, without the support of the Suo family behind you, how can you lay down Jiuquan?" ”
Not to be outdone, Wang Mu snorted coldly: "Are you Suo family a three-year-old child whose surname is Wang, and I deceive you like this?!" Yes, before the war, your Suo family sent me a batch of grain, grass, and ordnance, but at the beginning, we also said that Jiuquan would belong to me, and Dunhuang would belong to your Suo family. ”
"Now your Suo family has no ability, but you turn your head and want Jiuquan, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"
Perhaps because Wang Mu said that his feet hurt, Suo Yan couldn't argue for a while, and immediately became angry and said: "Wang Mu, let me tell you the truth, today, you have to let this Jiuquan go, and you have to let it if you don't let it." ”
After saying that, Suo Yan turned around and left Jiuquan angrily, he wanted to hurry back to discuss countermeasures with the people in the family.
In the face of Wang Mu, who is still in the tail, whether it is war or peace, the Suo family must come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.
Wang Mu disdained Suo Yan's threat, others didn't know, didn't he know about it? Now that Suo's is at the end of his rope, where does he have the strength to deal with him?
However, Wang Mu obviously underestimated Suo's determination to break the boat. After Suo Yu returned, the Suo's tribe quickly moved to the Jiuquan area.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Wang Mu was stunned for a moment, and then his anger broke out all of a sudden, so angry that his hair almost stood upside down, and his chubby round face was also swollen red, pointing to the outside of the city, and roaring: "Good, good, good!" Since it is you Suo's unkindness, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust. ”
"Someone, pass on my command: the army will immediately leave the city to meet the Suoclan tribe!"
So an earth-shattering infighting finally broke out, and the news of the rebels' outbreak of infighting was quickly discovered by the Gaochang army scouts.
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Yumen Pass, Gaochang military camp.
At noon, Wei Shuo was dressed in bright light armor, a steel helmet on his head, a red cloak on his shoulders, and a horizontal knife in his hand, standing on the wall of Yumen Pass and constantly looking eastward.
Suddenly, a scout galloped from the east on a fast horse, dismounted in front of the pass, and hurriedly climbed the city wall, and he walked quickly to Wei Shuo's side and whispered: "Yudu Hu, the two rebels of Wang and Suo have fought thirty miles west of Jiuquan, and now the two sides have become a pot of porridge. ”
After listening to the scout's report, Wei Shuo hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the military newspaper, and while browsing, he instructed Kang Long: "Go and invite Mr. Song and Duan to come, and say that the plan is done." ”
After a while, I saw Song Xuan and Duan Ye coming hand in hand, and after they took the military report and took a look, their faces suddenly showed irrepressible joy.
Duan Ye touched his stubble and sneered: "It seems that Suo Yi understands his situation very well, knows that Suo Shi failed in attacking Dunhuang, and urgently needs a place to recuperate, otherwise there is no need for the Gaochang army to dispatch, just the veteran and weak brigade under the command of Thorn Shi can clean them up." ”
"So, Suo's simply didn't do anything and snatched Wang Mu Jiuquan, so that not only did he have a foothold, but he could also absorb Wang Mu's men and horses, and the entire rebel army would be decided by Suo's family in the future."
"If Suo Yan really succeeds, Suo Shi can concentrate his strength on the one hand to deal with Lord Thorn Shi; On the other hand, when things go wrong in the end, there are bargaining chips in hand. It's a pity that Wang Mu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the dog-bites on both sides have a mouthful of hair, which has temporarily lifted the crisis in Dunhuang. ”
"Therefore, Duan suggested that the army should go out of the customs immediately and take advantage of the situation to annihilate the Wang and Suo rebels in one fell swoop."
"Well, Duan's intention to join the army won my heart, Shuo is not worried that the rebels will threaten Dunhuang again, but is worried that if we don't take the opportunity to eliminate the two rebels, in the future, if Wang Mu or Suo Yi finally completes the internal integration and survives the current difficult period, I am afraid that it will become our henchmen who control Dunhuang and Jiuquan."
"Pass my general's order: immediately convene a pre-war meeting and notify the generals at all levels to come to the big tent of the Chinese army."
Soon, generals at all levels rushed to the camp of the army.
When everyone arrived, Wei Shuo asked Song Miao to make a brief report on the military situation.
When Song Xuan finished introducing the military situation, Wei Shuo got up and said: "This is the case, now that the rebels have internal strife, this official is determined to immediately go out of the customs to quell the rebellion." Tomorrow, 2,000 soldiers will be left to guard the Yumen Pass, and the remaining 10,000 elite horsemen will go out of the pass to meet the enemy. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have the confidence to defeat the rebel army of 30,000 horses?"
The generals replied, "Yes! ”
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At this moment, the two rebel forces of Wang and Suo have been fighting for several days in a row, and neither side can help the other, and the situation has always been deadlocked.
After a series of battles, the rebels on both sides were already exhausted, but because no one would give in, they could only consume it like this.
More than 10,000 elite horsemen traveled 100 miles, and arrived at the northwest of the battlefield in the evening of the next day.
Wei Shuo tightened the reins and listened attentively, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing in the distance.
He first ordered his soldiers to rest on the spot to recuperate, and at the same time sent scouts to the southeast to carefully sneak to find out the movements of the rebels.
The scouts were lucky enough to catch two rebel deserters halfway through. After a brief interrogation, the details of the rebels were easily known.
Due to the continuous fighting in the past few days, the rebels of Suo and Wang suffered serious losses.
Originally, there were more than 30,000 people on both sides combined, but now there are only more than 20,000 people left, and the rest are either killed in the internal strife, or they have fled when the news is wrong.
Upon hearing this, Wei Shuo was surprised and delighted, and after releasing the two rebel deserters, he immediately ordered the army to continue to move forward. There were no scouts along the way, which shows that Wang Mu and Suo Yan have already been red-eyed, and they don't care about the surrounding situation at all.
After nightfall, the Gaochang army quietly set off and quietly circled to the outskirts of the rebels.
The rebels were really light and unprepared, and the opportunity for the army to attack came.
Wei Shuo was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately commanded the army to surround it silently from several directions.
"Light the rocket, shoot!"
With an order, countless rockets poured towards the rebels from all directions, and the battlefield was full of flames, and many rebel soldiers let out terrible screams in the flames.
Wei Shuo couldn't help laughing, straightened up, waved the eyebrow stick in his hand, and roared: "Kill!" He rushed out first.
"Kill!" The soldiers followed, slaughtering the already disorganized rebels from all sides.
The two rebel armies of Wang and Suo, who were originally confronting each other, were suddenly attacked by the Gaochang army, and they suddenly became a mess.
Wang Mu and Suo Yan could no longer care about fighting for Jiuquan, and fled one after another.
The nine thousand iron horsemen were like ghosts and ghosts, roaring in, and the rebels were caught off guard and were killed all over the field by the Gaochang army.