Chapter 244: Fighting for the River Bridge and Generous and Sad Song (16)
"Prime Minister, presumably Heyin City is going to open its gates." Or the hussar general Zhao Gui reminded.
At this moment, it is like an arrow on the string and has to be sent, since this arrow must be sent, it is better to send it early and quickly.
Yu Wentai ordered to go straight to Ha Yin. And when the horses were galloping, many people in the Western Wei army were getting heavier and heavier, and they all had an indescribable feeling of unease.
The drizzle is like weaving, which is a symbol of spring. If you look closely, the frozen soil in winter has thawed at this time, and the color of fresh earth appears in the moisture of the rain, and the smell of the soil is released. The soil was also faintly green. This was supposed to be a solar term with great vitality, and it was born from the cold spring rain at the beginning of spring.
Suddenly, the gates of Heyin City opened. In the city, the sound of Zhaofu crying and laying in the Yali of Heyin County was particularly clear and attracted people to stop and watch. The defenders of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were in disarray, and they did not bother to disperse these idlers who watched the excitement. Heyin County was covered in a long white sky, and under the gray sky, the entire Heyin City was plunged into endless miserable wind and rain.
The Eastern Wei defenders at the head of Heyin City kept a close eye on the movements outside the city. Therefore, when the first part of the Western Wei army led by Li Mu, the governor of Western Wei, arrived outside the city of Heyin, the defenders of Eastern Wei immediately saw this scene and quickly reported the news back to Yanei in Heyin County.
Although Li Mu had long known that today was the day when the coffin of the commander of the Eastern Wei Army, General Gao Cheng, left Heyin and returned to the east, it was precisely because he expected that the Eastern Wei Army would be weak in defense under the great mourning. Who knew it would go unexpectedly.
Li Mu led the army into Heyin City, and according to the prior agreement, searched all over the city of Heyin City, but did not find many Eastern Wei defenders, and went straight to Heyin County. The county yali was holding the funeral, making a mess, and it seemed that he didn't expect the Western Wei army to suddenly arrive at this time. But the strange thing is that none of the key figures were seen, Hou Jing, Chen Yuankang, and Hou He were all missing, and only the huge coffin of the deceased person "the late Bohai King of Wei, the governor of Gyeonggi, the official department Shangshu, and the general Gao Gong (讳) Cheng" was parked in the county office.
Li Mu was the vanguard, and most of the Western Wei army was led by the hussar general Zhao Gui and the chariot general Yu Jin.
In the end, it was the prime minister Yuwentai. Yuwentai led not many people, in case there is a change.
Yu Wentai led his troops to the outside of Heyin City, and Li Mu, Zhao Gui, Yu Jin and others in front had already entered the city first. At this time, the city gate of Heyin was in vain, and Hou Jing, the assassin of Yuzhou, led his troops to attack to block Yuwentai.
At this time, Yuwentai saw that Hou Jing didn't care about Li Mu and the others in front of him, and he was fighting alone at this time, and he already felt a little strange in his heart.
Hou Jing was calm, and when he saw Yuwentai, he urged him to come up immediately, and said frankly, "Why does the prime minister need to attack Heyin at this time?" Not to mention the old relationship between the prime minister and the general, the general will come out today, and the prime minister is really not the right time. Hou Jing stopped in front of the city gate, and the soldiers and soldiers behind him were already tense and on the verge of attack.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the sky is not beautiful, Yuwentai saw that the Eastern Wei army was waiting for him, and his heart settled down. If it weren't for the purpose of escorting Gao Cheng's coffin, presumably the Eastern Wei Army would not have been so thoughtful.
Now that he has arrived here, he naturally can't retreat, Yu Wentai estimated in his heart that the Eastern Wei army led by Hou Jing must be fluctuating, so he smiled and said, "What the county prince said is what I think in my heart, and today I am here to send the general." Since the county prince knows the old relationship between me and the general, why should he stop me and prevent me from doing my best? ”
Hou Jing knew that it was no longer effective to say these words to stop him at this time, so he stopped saying more and ordered Xikou not to enter the city. Yuwentai also ordered the invasion of Ha Yin. Hou Jing's mind at this time was for the future, and he worked hard to stop Yuwentai. This made Yu Wentai think that there was no fraud in the city, and he was a little more eager to enter the city.
The city of Heyin was already full of Western Wei troops, and the three generals Li Mu, Zhao Gui, and Yu Jin walked through the streets in the torrential rain, and the chaotic Western Wei army hugged the three main generals and crowded towards the Ya of Heyin County. Who doesn't know that the commander of the Eastern Wei Army, the general Gao Cheng, who has a great face and a great face, is dead? Who wouldn't want to find his coffin and open it to see this person with their own eyes? This inexplicable sense of excitement spread in the hearts of the Western Wei army, and it seemed that they had forgotten their ambition to attack Heyin, seize the river bridge, and go straight to the tiger's prison.
At this time, the prime minister Yuwentai's department finally entered Heyin City and went straight to the county office. Is Gao Cheng really dead? This is also a very attractive mystery in Yuwentai's heart. This attraction was even more important than anything else at some point, and he had even just discovered that Gao Cheng had such an important place in his heart.
Yu Wentai almost involuntarily walked into the Heyin County Ya.
The refusal and crying of the servants, the powerlessness of the soldiers, and the powerlessness of the soldiers, there is no strength to stop Yu Wentai and Yu Jin, Zhao Gui, Li Mu and others from entering the hall. Who would have thought that Gao Cheng would be so sad behind him, without a great funeral, but it was possible that his body would fall into the hands of his old enemy and be humiliated.
The hall was in disarray. The hanging white curtain was torn off and thrown to the ground, and the mud was trampled on because of the crowd. The tablet of the "Late General Gao Gong" also fell to the ground and was thrown in front of the coffin so casually. The lamps and candles were long gone, and the things used to mourn were scattered everywhere. There is also a less obvious but very strange smell that fills the air and makes people want to gause.
The most striking thing is the huge coffin. The black coffin must be found temporarily, and it is not easy to find it temporarily, Heyin City is a garrison city, and it will not be possible to find the secret weapon of the East Garden that is attached to Gao Cheng's identity, this coffin is really a little rough. The quiet and cold coffin is right in front of you, is Gao Cheng really lying here?
Yu Wentai stared at the coffin motionless for a long time. The surrounding noise faded away. Yu Wentai slowly stepped forward step by step, he squatted down and picked up the tablet on the ground. His body was slightly stiff, and he stood up with some difficulty, holding the tablet as if it was too heavy, and subconsciously stroked the word "Cheng" repeatedly with his fingers.
Yu Jin looked around with some vigilance.
Zhao Gui looked outside a little impatiently.
Only Li Mu quietly waited for the prime minister's orders.
"Open the coffin!" Yu Wentai suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly. His lacquer-like eyes stared coldly at the coffin.
Too quiet. Not even a single opposition was heard, and there was no resistance. It seems that the Eastern Wei defenders and even the servants in this courtyard have all disappeared. Several strong and well-behaved people in the Western Wei army took the initiative to step forward, rudely pried open the outer coffin, and abandoned the heavy black coffin cover to the ground, making a loud sound like gold and stone.
All eyes were on the outer coffin. Sure enough, there is a red inner coffin inside, and there are gold paintings on the coffin lid, golden dragons and flying phoenixes, feasting and shooting, fairy figures, is this the world after death? When he saw the red inner coffin, Yu Wentai's heart sank, and his eyes fell. He felt as if he had been immersed in ice water in an instant. If it's a fraud, there's no need to be so meticulous. Has his "Brother Cheng" really arrived in the afterlife and had fun with the immortals?
I couldn't help but tremble a little, but I couldn't speak, and I saw that the red coffin lid was pried open again, and it was abandoned to the ground and made a loud noise again. He was ready to see him one last time.
Everyone craned their necks and looked up into the coffin. Can that beautiful general still have that posture after his death?
"Yikes!" Suddenly, I heard an exclamation.
Yu Wentai was in a cold sweat, and finally mustered up the courage to stop escaping and looked into the coffin.
The inner coffin is empty!
At this moment, Yuwentai couldn't move as if he had been immobilized. Empty! Empty! He didn't die! His heart hurt so much that it seemed to be cracked, and he couldn't help but subconsciously reach out and touch his chest, and his breath became short.
"Prime Minister, you've been tricked!" It was Zhao Gui who reflected first, and an arrow stepped up and grabbed Yu Wentai, then turned around and walked out of the hall.
It's late.
It's late.
With a "whoosh", an arrow with flames came in, and a large area of fire immediately erupted from the place where it hit.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Countless rockets were fired in, whether in curtains or coffins...... As soon as it fell anywhere in the hall, it would immediately catch fire, and the sparks would burn together, and soon the hall would be on fire.
The Western Wei army crowded in the hall was innumerable in terms of arrows, with nowhere to hide, nowhere to escape, and was anxious to find a way to survive, and the crowding and stampede killed and injured countless people. By this time, everyone understood that it was the Eastern Wei army that was ambushed, and a sense of frustration that fell into miscalculation and was bound to defeat spread rapidly among the Western Wei army.
The so-called ambition has long been lost at this time, and the only way to escape is to take care of the immediate escape. When everyone wants to get out, they can't find a way.
At this time, the deepest regret in my heart was the general Yu Jin. Fortunately, I saw that the hussar general Zhao Gui reacted very quickly, and he had already escorted Prime Minister Yu Wentai out of the door. In the chaos, Yu Jing blocked the rocket, looking for a way out, and was quite calm, but he regretted that he was eager to win, so he didn't see Gao Cheng's plan to deceive death and lure the attack, which led to today's catastrophe.
The Western Wei troops who were able to escape all poured into the courtyard of the county government. The heavy rain was pouring down, and the fire naturally could not be burned, so as to avoid being caught in the sea of fire, the Western Wei army thought that it had escaped, and tried its best to rush out. Killing out of Heyin City is the only purpose, where does it matter who wins and who loses. The ambition was gone.
However, the Western Wei army miscalculated again. I heard someone shouting "release the arrows". In an instant, arrows flew like rain, and countless Eastern Wei troops on the wall opened their bows and arrows and rushed into the courtyard of the county government earlier, lest they could not see the lively Western Wei army, and shot sharp arrows one after another. The courtyard is small and there are many people, and the wall is full of archers, and the Western Wei army has no escape, and more than half of the dead and wounded have been killed by arrows.
The governors Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Li Mu and others couldn't care about anything else, and they rushed to the outside of the county government with Prime Minister Yu Wentai in front and back, and the only thought was that they must not let the prime minister lose in Heyin City.
At this time, Yuwentai seemed to have relieved the burden of his heart, and he had already heard the shouting and killing sound in his ears as if he hadn't heard it, and even his body was completely weak, and there was only one thought lingering in his heart. "Gao Cheng is not dead." It was all up to Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Li Mu and others to rescue him desperately.
Hou He, the general of Wuwei who commanded the Eastern Wei army to release arrows at the head of the wall, had good eyesight, and had already seen Yuwentai and several generals around him in the rain curtain, but in the end Yuwentai was not forced into a desperate position.
If the place where the coffin is set up is a small trap, then the Heyin County Ya is a big trap. And the biggest trap is the entire Heyin City. At this time, the city gate of Heyin City was closed, and most of the Western Wei troops who wanted to rush out of the city poured into the urn city inside the city gate, and it was too late to know that the city gate was closed and could not get out.
Chen Yuankang, the general of the auxiliary state, waited here for the rabbit, and finally waited for this opportunity to naturally refuse to let go, the bow and crossbow were fired together, and the Western Wei army was almost wiped out under the flying of thousands of arrows. Chen Yuankang at the head of the city stood in the pouring rain and was unaware, his eyes were like falcons searching for the shadows of Zhao Gui, Yuwentai and others in the urn city. I can't even wait to go into the urn city now to find out in person whether Zhao Gui and Yuwentai have been buried under the mountains of corpses of the Western Wei army.
But Chen Yuankang vaguely felt in his heart that the result was not like this, he hated Zhao Gui and Yuwentai to the core, and was afraid that Zhao Gui and Yuwentai would have a gap to escape from Heyin City. I am afraid that such an opportunity will not be available again in the future.
In Heyin City, the corpses of the Western Wei army were everywhere, and the rest fled like rats crossing the street to find a way out. The Eastern Wei army showed its bravery, and the anger that had been held back for many days and the spirit that had been raised were all vented at this time, and the Western Wei army was vividly exerted.
Zhao Gui was already covered in blood, and he couldn't even tell whether it was Dongkou or his own people, as long as someone blocked him, he immediately swung his sword forward, and desperately protected Yuwentai to find a way to survive in Heyin City. Yu Jin and Li Mu are also the same as Zhao Gui.
At this time, Yu Jin's cronies saw that the situation was not right from outside the urn city and turned back, and returned the news that most of the Western Wei army had been besieged in the urn city and had lost most of it. Knowing that the general trend had gone, several governors found that they were not clear about the layout and terrain of Heyin City, and they couldn't find a way out if they wanted to escape, which was really regrettable.
"Capture the thief Zhao Gui alive!"
"Capture the Yuwen Black Otter alive!"
Just when several governors were thinking about countermeasures, such a shout was heard clearly, and slowly from far to near.
Zhao Gui listened attentively, turned around and looked at Heyin City, which was making a pot of porridge in the heavy rain, and then settled down. He turned around, wiped the blood on his face, and looked at Yu Wentai with a calm expression, "The lord must not be obsessed anymore, since Dongkou wants my life, Yuangui is willing to lure Dongkou away, as long as Brother Sijing and others can escort the lord out of the city, there will be a time of shame in the future." Zhao Gui has already made up his mind in his heart, Gao Cheng's plan to deceive his death is all up to him, and most of Dongkou's hatred is also him, if he separates from Yuwentai at this time, it must be able to attract the attention of the Eastern Wei army, and make Prime Minister Yuwentai have a chance to escape.
At this time, Yuwentai seemed to wake up from a dream. His eyes swept around, and then stared back at Zhao Gui, "Yuangui must not think about it again." If the heavens make me exist, why sacrifice the yuangui? If the heavens destroy me, what is the use of sacrificing the nobles? His tone was unquestionable, and he did not allow his governor to die in his place at this time. If there are really no these generals who can be regarded as pillars, where will his Great Wei still have a future?