Chapter 39 6 Youzhou Crisis
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When the military report of the sudden attack reached the hands of Gai Yanxiao, the new defense envoy of Youzhou, there was a serious difference of opinion between him and the deputy envoy Zhu Tianshun.
Wu Sicheng ignored one of the information provided to Liu Yan, that is, the relationship between Gai Yanxiao and Zhu Tianshun. As colleagues, although the relationship between the two of them is not bad, it is definitely not good.
And the reason why Wu Sicheng failed to grasp this is also understandable, because the reason why there is disharmony between these two is simply because both of them like to gamble, and the calculating Zhu Tianshun is often the winner at the gambling table, and Gai Yanxiao has always been a loser. Because this is the private entertainment of the emergency generals, ordinary soldiers naturally have no way of knowing, and Zhu Tianshun's character is a person who will not go around if he wins money, Gai Yanxiao is naturally more ashamed to speak, so except for a few senior generals who participated in gambling together, others do not know anything about it, as for the legend that there are fights or quarrels because of this, it is all made up by later people with false rumors.
But right now, the two have a big fight over the strategy of defending against the sudden contract, but there are enough witnesses. As the main generals under Chang Miao, the abilities of the two are actually comparable, but their personalities are very different, Gai Yanxiao is brave and bold, while Zhu Tianshun is calm and sophisticated. The two men came up with completely different operational ideas for the menacing Turkic army. Gai Yanxiao advocated taking advantage of the weakness of the Turquoise soldiers who were not good at attacking cities, relying on each city to defend one by one, constantly consuming the opponent's combat energy and will. Seek opportunities for a counteroffensive; Zhu Tianshun believed that Youzhou lacked cavalry troops, and it was easy for the cities to be completely cut off from each other. In addition, judging from the defensive posture that Su Chengdong had arranged before the previous defense envoy, it was obvious that he wanted to use Youzhou as a bait. Attract the Turks to go deeper, and then the advantages of Youzhou city defense and crossbow machines will effectively kill and injure the Tuqi troops, and finally form a situation of closing the door and fighting dogs, so we should uphold Su Chengdong's intentions, which will not only save time and effort, but also find opportunities to annihilate the vital forces of the Turks.
Gai Yanxiao thought that Zhu Tianshun's approach was too risky when he didn't know how strong the Tukchi army was; Zhu Tianshun believed that Gai Yanxiao's plan was too negative, and that resisting one by one would inevitably cause the city to fall one by one, which would cause his morale to be low. The end result of the argument between the two sides was to choose a compromise solution. Because although these two people disagreed, they did not lose the calm that a commander should have, and the discord between the generals and commanders when facing the enemy would cause the army's morale to be unstable. In the end, the two decided to resist the outpost to observe the strength of the Raiders, and then implement the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, and at the same time decide the timing of the counterattack according to the strength of the opponent.
Originally, this plan was not the best, but at least it was not the worst. But in the end, it led to the worst result, because at that time, the two of them had not received news that Yang Lian, the emperor's minister, was coming to Youzhou, and they didn't expect that the route Yang Lian chose was precisely the pocket array they lured the enemy into. Therefore, when the former outpost was captured by the Tuqi, the news that the commander of the Tuqi army drove straight into it and the words of Yang Lian, the minister of the Qincha, were sent to Gai Yanxiao's hands at the same time. The two of them were so anxious that they almost fainted - if the emperor's envoy was killed or taken away by the Turks in his own defense area, then his own sin would be great. What's more, this minister is still a good friend of his old boss Chang Miao, and when Chang Miao's ghost comes to settle accounts with them, it can't stand it!
The two hurriedly ordered the soldiers from Youzhou City to go to meet Yang Lian, but the situation was learned by Abicheril. Their forces were ambushed by the Tuch cavalry and were defeated. Gai Yanxiao was besieged on a hill north of Yizhou, and Zhu Tianshun fought his way out of a bloody way, and fled back to Youzhou City with the remnants to defend it.
When Wu Sicheng and Yang Lian learned the news that the Turks were coming. They were on the way from Dingzhou to Yizhou, so Yang Lian and his party plunged into the arms of the Tuqi cavalry.
It was learned that the border had been lost. After the news of the invasion of the Turks, Yang Lian and Wu Sicheng were faced with the choice of whether to quickly go to Youzhou or immediately retreat to Dingzhou. Yang Lian felt that she should rush to Youzhou immediately. Then take the sea route to Liaodong. Because the troops of Dingzhou City that had just passed through were weak and unable to stop Tuqi's large-scale attack, even if they retreated to Dingzhou, they could not guarantee safety. Although Wu Sicheng thinks that Dingzhou City will not be the primary target of Tuqi, and Tuqi will not know that he is in Dingzhou City, but the way to Youzhou will pass through Yizhou, and Yizhou City is like the gateway to the southwest for Youzhou, which will be one of the first targets of Tuqi, and it will be more dangerous to go there. However, since Yang Lian was determined to go to Youzhou and Liaodong as soon as possible, Wu Sicheng could only propose to divert the route from Zhuozhou on the East Road to Youzhou, and Yang Lian agreed.
It's a pity that the speed of the Tuqi cavalry surpassed Wu Sicheng and Yang Lian's imagination, and they came into contact with the Tuqi outpost cavalry in less than a day. Originally, Wu Sicheng thought that it would take at least a day for the Turks to cross the Sanggan River, but he miscalculated. Abicheril had already sent his detachment across the Sangan River to the south long before he had captured the border city. Fortunately, the fifty guards sent to him by Ji Chonghai were not idle, and nearly half of the three hundred cavalry of the Tuqi were killed and wounded by these guards.
"Lord Yang, our whereabouts have been exposed, and it won't be long before the Tuqi cavalry from all over the mountains and fields will come. Please go to Youzhou now! Wu Sicheng grabbed the horse's head and shouted.
"Do you want to leave these subordinates behind and run for your life alone, Lord Wu?" Although Yang Lian is a civilian official, the determination on her face is like a military general who has been galloping on the battlefield for many years.
Wu Sicheng saw that Yang Lian was playing tricks at this moment, so he could only continue to persuade him: "My lord, please take the emperor's entrustment first!" If you pretend to be you, you can delay for some time, otherwise none of us will be able to escape! Without further ado, please change your outfit immediately! ”
After Wu Sicheng finished speaking, he glanced at his guards, and several guards immediately stepped forward and couldn't help but take off Yang Lian's official uniform and change it into the clothing of ordinary guards. Then Wu Sicheng asked two guards to follow Yang Lian to Youzhou, changed into Yang Lian's official uniform, and took the others to the northwest.
Yang Lian had no choice but to whip up her horse and go towards Youzhou City.
Wu Sicheng rode on the horse, looked at the guards on the left and right with the strength to die generously, suddenly smiled, and said, "Don't be so nervous, who said that you must fight to the death if you delay time?" Besides, just a few of you, how long can you drag on if you try hard? Okay, all relax. If it is to be delayed for a longer time, it is necessary to use more brains than just force. I can't guarantee that each of you will live, but remember, if you fight hard, you will die faster, understand? ”
"Understood!" The guards agreed in unison. It can be seen from their expressions and eyes that these people are not convinced by this young man's statement, and in their hearts they are comparing whether they should obey orders or should do their duty to protect this emperor's favored minister? (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)