Chapter Fifty-Eight: Fighting Hedong Again, Defeating a Thousand Miles (6)

How could the impregnable Anyi City be broken in a battle, and why Emperor Xian and the hundred officials were in a panic, Tian Jing couldn't figure out this matter, in fact, even the emperor and the hundred officials who were on the run now couldn't figure it out. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

A few days ago, Tian Jing transferred all the soldiers and horses on the periphery of Anyi and prepared for a decisive battle with Li Dao and Guo Yan. Who knows, only the second day, a large number of routs came down. Li Le, the general of Fenwu, retreated to Anyi City with less than 2,000 remnants, and the people and horses behind him were either seriously injured or hung with colors, and fortunately a few who were not injured also lost their armor.

After asking Li Le, he learned that Tian Jing had transferred troops and horses from all directions to fight a decisive battle with the Liangzhou army in Xie County. Just when the Hedong soldiers and horses were holding each other against the armies of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the Hedong army killed a cavalry of five or six thousand people behind them, and the Hedong soldiers and horses suffered from the enemy on their backs and were defeated. Zhendong General Tian Jing was nowhere to be found, the Northern Army was almost wiped out, and the remaining soldiers and horses escaped separately. It is estimated that the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan will arrive soon, and I hope that Anyi City will make preparations as soon as possible.

Emperor Xian was shocked when he heard this, and convened hundreds of officials overnight to discuss, and some said that those who insisted on waiting for help could invite the Xiongnu to go south in Fuluo with heavy benefits. It is said that if you abandon the city and go south, as long as Yang Feng's Dayang is not lost, you can still cross the Yellow River and withdraw to Hongnong. There are also those who said that they withdrew to Hanoi and defected to Hanoi.

But who knew that when the hundred officials were arguing, Li Le, the general of Fenwu, took his soldiers and horses to open the east gate of Anyi at night, and received the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou into the city.

This is a good thing, the defenders in Anyi City did not have a chance to resist, so they handed over Anyi City to others. Dong Cheng and Zhang Quan had no choice but to lead their soldiers and horses to escort Emperor Xian and the hundred officials to the south. In order to fascinate the enemy, the soldiers and horses out of the city were divided into three roads, each of which was driven by the emperor's car. In this way, although it is difficult for the enemy to pursue, due to the division of troops, there are very few soldiers and horses on each road. If you really want to encounter the enemy army, you will not have the strength to fight at all, and as for whether you can escape safely, you can only try your luck.

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Emperor Xian and the hundred officials actually abandoned the city and fled at the first time, which was indeed beyond the expectations of Li Ru, who formulated this strategy. originally thought that if Anyi was captured, he would be able to do his best, but now Emperor Xian has run away. Li Ru, Wu Xi and others discussed: For Li Dao and Guo Yan, it is useless to want Anyi City, all they want is to sacrifice the emperor. Therefore, it is only right to abandon Anyi City first and pursue Emperor Xian. Wu Xi, Ma Chao, and Cheng Gongying each led their headquarters to pursue the fleeing three-way men.

When they were about to break up, Chenggong Ying instructed Ma Chao, "It's good to catch up, but it's okay if you can't catch up." Remember not to have an accident and let Emperor Xian die at their hands. Otherwise, if they are investigated afterwards, Li Dao and Guo Yan will definitely shirk their responsibilities, and it is not necessary to unload the mill and kill the donkey. ā€

Although Ma Chao was reckless, he also knew the sinister nature of today's events, because Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying did not seriously pursue them, and this was how Emperor Xian was able to escape.

Li Le was captured that day, greedy for life and afraid of death surrendered to Wu Xi, this time the city was opened, and he originally dreamed that Li Dao and Guo Yan would be able to give themselves high-ranking officials when they arrived. Who knew that after the city was broken, all the soldiers and horses of Wu Xi and others went to pursue the emperor, but handed over an Anyi city to himself.

Li Le originally thought that Anyi was his lair, and the defenders and people in the city turned out to be Baibo believers under his command, so he naturally responded to his own calls. How do you know that you have only been away from Anyi for a few months, and people's hearts have changed. Tian Jing's method of tuntian and the policy of stabilizing the displaced people made the hearts of the people in the city turn to the Han family.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan led 4,000 troops to defeat Li Le's men and horses, and now Li Le wants to regret it but it is too late.

Just when Li Le led the remaining hundreds of remnants of the soldiers to resist stubbornly, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou were killed again.

But it turned out that Wu Xiying led 3,000 cavalry to chase the men and horses who fled south all the way, and after a while, they chased after them. After the cavalry rushed to kill, the soldiers and horses in Hedong scattered and fled, opened the car and took a look, but there was no shadow of the emperor. Wu Xixin said that the pursuers this time were all cavalry, even if he missed, Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying could also catch up with Emperor Xian. Since he didn't have to worry about winning the battle, he led the soldiers and horses back to Anyi.

When Wu Xi led the troops back, Zhao Yan had not had time to close the city gate. A few quick-eyed soldiers wanted to close the door, but they were scattered by the Chengliangzhou cavalry. Wu Xi's wolf riders were large in number, well equipped, and coupled with fast horses and spears, the defenders in the city were not opponents and had to retreat into the palace and organize a resistance with the help of the terrain.

Wu Xi also saw that the real person in charge of the city now was none other than Zhao Yan. Therefore, he ordered his troops and horses to attack the palace with all their might.

And Li Le was rescued by Wu Xi's cavalry, and looking at the remnants of the soldiers behind him, he knew that he and the Hedong soldiers and horses would not be able to get any benefit from the duel, so it was better to take the opportunity to loot the big households in the city and get some property. Then he led his troops to plunder everywhere.

It was also Li Le's bad luck, it was not good to rob anyone, who knew that the second courtyard he broke into was the residence of Lu Wen and Mrs. Yan.

When Lu Wen first heard about the chaos in the city, she had already gathered female soldiers dressed neatly and stood by at any time. If it weren't for the protection of Mrs. Yan, Lu Wen would have taken the female soldiers to kill her.

Now Li Le broke in with the rebels, Lu Wen just took him with a knife, and led the female soldiers with a wave of the sword in his hand to kill him.

Although Li Le was a little hurried at the beginning, he was the second commander of Hedong Baibo after all, and his martial arts were not bad.

Just when Li Le thought that he would be able to capture Lu Wen with one move, a gust of wind came behind his intuition, and before he could turn back, a spear passed through his chest, and he couldn't live.

Lu Wen saw that it was none other than Xiaoliulu Qilin, who was recuperating from his injuries in the city. Xiao Liu hurried over, killed Li Le with one shot, and didn't answer, only a dozen face-to-face kung fu, Li Le led the thieves who entered Lu Wen's mansion and all of them were killed by Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu dismounted and greeted Lu Wen and Mrs. Yan, preparing to escort them out of the city. Lu Wen first complained that Xiao Liu didn't wait for his injuries to heal, so he came out to fight the enemy; But on the other hand, I can only thank Xiao Liu, otherwise I would not be Li Le's opponent today.

Regarding whether to go out of the city for a while, Lu Wen thought about it and said that now there are soldiers and horses in Liangzhou everywhere, and it is not safe to act rashly, so it is better to wait safely in the city. And he believes that Tian Jing will not be defeated, and even if he is defeated, he will come back to pick him up, so what is there to worry about? Just let Xiao Liu go out to inquire about the news at any time, and don't act rashly.

When Tian Jing led the forward troops back to Anyi City in the starry night, it was already two days later. During this time, Wu Xi neither attacked the palace, nor did Zhao Yan have a chance to defeat the Liangzhou people.

Wu Xi has always had a worry, that is, Emperor Xian's car is not among the three troops that escaped? And Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying did not come back after chasing for two days, which further exacerbated this suspicion. Seeing that the defense in the palace was so tight, Wu Xi suspected that Emperor Xian might not have left and was still in Anyi City.

But Wu Xi didn't expect that after he broke through Anyi, he had already sent people to send information to Li Dao and Guo Yan, but two days passed, and he didn't wait for his own reinforcements, but waited for the Hedong soldiers and horses of the brigade. Wu Xi knew that the matter had come to this point, and there was no choice but to give up and continue the attack, leading the cavalry south, preparing to join the team of Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying.

Tian Jing led the troops and recaptured Anyi City with little effort. After entering the city, while arranging defense, he sent someone to notify Zhao Yan to see him.

When the two met each other, they each told each other about the recent situation, so that they could be regarded as communicating with each other and knowing the ins and outs of the battle.

Tian Jing praised Zhao Yan for being a civil official, but he could lead the troops, defeated Li Le, and blocked Wu Xi's soldiers and horses for two days. After a short rest, half of the men were left to defend the city. handed over the defense of the city and the resettlement of the people to Zhao Yan, and led the rest of the people to go south to pursue the emperor.

When he was about to leave the city, he saw Lu Wen and Xiao Liu waiting at the city gate, and both of them had to go south with him. Tian Jing knew that Lu Wen's temperament was true, and although Xiao Liu said that Dr. Qi would let him cultivate, he couldn't stand by and watch when there was something going on in Hedong, and he would no longer stop him, so he took them south together.

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Emperor Xian and the hundred officials fled all the way in Dong Cheng's army, the road ahead was unknown, and there were always Liangzhou cavalry chasing him unhurriedly, like a jackal on the grassland waiting for its prey to run on its own.

Fortunately, after passing Yucheng, he entered the mountains. This mountain is called Wu Mountain, with a radius of several hundred miles, and the mountain is deep and dense. Emperor Xian and his entourage entered the mountain, although the road was difficult, but at least there was no need to worry about the cavalry behind them. When the cavalry arrived, they had to abandon their horses and walk on foot, so that they would not have to worry about the enemy catching up for a moment.

Although Emperor Xian suffered hardships all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an, where did he stay in the deep mountains and old forests for a day. This time, it took five days to cross Wushan, and it can be regarded as a hardship.

Out of Wushan, not far in front of Dayang City, now Emperor Xian only hopes that Yang Feng, who is stationed in Dayang, has not lost the city, otherwise his suffering all the way south will be in vain.

Who knew that he hadn't yet walked to the foot of Dayang City, and suddenly found that a cavalry was coming, and the leader of the troops was none other than Wu Xi, who had withdrawn from Anyi that day. It turned out that Wu Xi led the soldiers and horses south, and felt that he had missed two days and would definitely not be able to catch up with Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying's soldiers and horses, so he quickly returned along the original road, withdrew to the direction of Hebei City, and then went east to Dayang. Who knows that this is the case, it is still faster than Ma Chao and Cheng Gongying.

Wu Xi saw Emperor Xian's chariot, and was overjoyed to lead the cavalry to charge and kill. On this side, Dong Cheng had no choice but to lead his troops to stop him immediately, while Emperor Xian and Baiguan ran desperately in the direction of Dayang City.

Fortunately, Yang Feng's rescuers appeared in time and finally brought Emperor Xian into the city. Dong Cheng was defeated by Wu Xi's soldiers and horses, and after leaving behind hundreds of corpses, he fled in panic and finally entered Dayang City.

Emperor Xian went south, Dong Cheng and Zhang Quan's more than 6,000 people, and now less than 2,000 people have successfully retreated to Dayang, and the morale of the army has all fallen to the lowest point. Emperor Xian can now rely on only Yang Feng, as for whether he can safely withdraw to Hongnong, everything is still unknown.