Chapter 361: One Step Late
It was Liu Yingji, who didn't look excited at all after hearing this, but just looked at Zhong Yu calmly: "Letter? What letter? Why didn't Xia Guan know that he had written such a letter? My lord, you can't rely on the identity of the Qin Cha to frame people, this is a big crime of collaborating with the enemy, if there is no evidence, it is impossible for the lower officials to admit it. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Why is there no evidence, then the letter is put in the ......" Zhong Yu was already angry, but now he was robbed by the other party for a while, and he suddenly became even more anxious, and he opened his mouth to tell the whereabouts of the letter. But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly came to his senses, and only stared at Liu Yingji with his eyes: "You want to provoke me to tell the whereabouts of the letter, and then rob it, hmph, don't take this official as a fool." ”
Liu Yingji did have this idea, and when Zhong Yu and the others went to the north, he had sent people to Huayan Temple and Qincha Xingyuan to search carefully, but he did not find the letter. Seeing Zhong Yu exposing this matter just now, and seeing that he was in an impatient mood, he wanted to use the agitation method to inquire about the whereabouts of the letter. didn't think that Zhong Yu's reaction was not slow, and he came back to his senses quickly, making his wishful thinking come to naught.
However, at this juncture, it was impossible for Liu Yingji to admit this, so he still said calmly: "My lord, I think you are frightened and have a conjecture." I, Liu, am also a dignified court official, a governor of a place, how could I do such a thing as a foreign enemy, and I would raid my house and destroy my family? ”
"Yes, yes, our Datong officials and Tartars all have a deep hatred, how can they do such a thing? We can trust Liu Futai, and he will never do such a thing. The officials on the side also hurriedly echoed casually.
Zhong Yu knew that it didn't make the slightest sense to argue with them like this, so he stopped talking, only turned his attention outside, and waited for the army in the city to assemble before setting off to rescue Yang Zhen and them. But this wait, but it was a long time, and I didn't see the deputy chief soldier who went to the point to report the news, it was almost an hour, and the sun was rising.
"What, then General Lu hasn't come back yet? Is the dispatch of soldiers and horses in this Datong City so laborious? Zhong Yu finally couldn't help but ask.
"Please calm down, it's not easy to gather tens of thousands of horses. Moreover, there has been less fighting here in Datong recently, and the soldiers are scattered all over the city, and it is even more difficult to gather them. So it's always a matter of waiting a while. If you think carefully, if you want to lead the troops out of the city, you have to do it after noon. Liu Yingji replied casually, but the corners of his mouth showed a smug smile. This Zhong Yu looked very imposing, but he was a foolish master, and it had been so long before he noticed that the situation was different.
When Zhong Yu heard this, he immediately bounced up from his seat: "What? Do you have to wait until the afternoon to send troops? Then rush to the white mountain to get dark? ”
"It happened suddenly, and there was no corresponding preparation in the city, so it is reasonable to slow down." Liu Yingji said unhurriedly.
"I don't need tens of thousands of horses to save at all, I just need 5,000 or 5,000 elites to rush there. Liu Futai, when can you transfer 5,000 men out! Zhong Yu immediately made his intentions completely clear.
"Is it only five thousand? I think this can be transferred in an hour or two. Liu Yingji also knew that he couldn't shirk it for too long, so he reported a time limit that he felt the other party could accept.
But Zhong Yu's face changed again, he thought he was buying vegetables, and he was bargaining. As the governor of Datong, how could he not know the truth of the speed of soldiers, obviously he was deliberately delaying time, so as to put Yang Zhen and them to death. But even if he knew the other party's malicious intentions, Zhong Yu seemed to have no way to deal with it, although he was a Qincha, he had no right to transfer troops, and it was impossible for those soldiers below to listen to him, what else could he do?
Seeing Zhong Yu's anxious but helpless appearance, Liu Yingji only felt a burst of happiness. Although he failed to remove Zhong Yu this time, it had greatly suppressed his momentum. And as long as Yang Zhen and those people die, Lord Qincha, who has no capable subordinates, will naturally not be able to pose too much threat to himself. The only thing to worry about now is the letter.
"Your Excellency...... Let's go back to Xingyuan and transfer the guards to save the second brother. Cai Yingyang, who finally saw that these officials were stalling for time and didn't want to rescue Yang Zhen, opened his mouth. He didn't care what kind of place this was, and what his identity was, seeing that Zhong Yu had no idea, he hurriedly spoke. He was still in a hurry to fulfill the promise he had made before, once he sent Lord Qincha back to Datong, he had to hurry back to help his second brother.
A word woke up the person in the dream, and after being reminded by him, Zhong Yu remembered that there was still an army under his control, so he glared at Liu Yingji fiercely, and walked out without saying a word. When he went to the north to inspect before, because he felt that it was too ostentatious to bring too many people, Zhong Yu only sent 800 guards to go with him. I didn't expect this hand to play a role today. Of course, if he had listened to Yang Zhen's words and brought more than 2,000 Qin Guards with him, he might not have lost yesterday's battle.
Hearing Cai Yingyang's suggestion, and seeing that Zhong Yu turned his head and left without even saying a word, Liu Yingji's face sank. But then, he squinted and sneered again. According to his calculations, there is a long distance from Bai Mountain's mountain to Datong City, and with the time of delay just now, most of the day's work has passed. He didn't believe that the Chincha Guards could fight the Tartars for so long without foreign aid without being completely annihilated. So at this time, Zhong Yu rushed over just to collect their corpses.
Seeing Zhong Yu leaving, an official said with some concern: "My lord, will he be offended by doing this, he has physical evidence in his hands......"
"Don't worry, this time he didn't die, but even so, he can't hand over these evidences to the imperial court." Liu Yingji smiled very firmly: "And that's okay, at least we don't have to have a headache how to explain to the court how a dignified Qin cha died under our Datong." ”
"In that case, should we send someone to follow him to Baishan Mountain? If the Tartars were still there, and they fought with the Tartars again and were defeated, it would be difficult for us to explain this to so many people. ”
"Well, that's a serious idea. According to the time calculation, by the time we rush to Baishan Mountain, the people there should all be killed in battle, and it is not a problem to send people to follow. Moreover, if Amudai Hongtaiji and they are still there, we can also destroy them with a piggyback, so as to avoid leaking things, right? You go and explain to Lu Cheng, so that he doesn't have to delay any longer. Liu Yingji groaned slightly, and then changed his mind again.
"Xia Guan understands." The official who made this suggestion quickly agreed, and hurried out of the hall.
"Next, it depends on whether the people of the Zhong family can completely subdue him." Liu Yingji thought about it, but there was still a trace of uncertainty in his heart. Don't look at what he said just now, he was full of confidence, it was just to give his subordinates confidence, in fact, he was still worried.
Although Zhong Yu's prestige in the Qincha Guard was still extremely high, and as soon as they heard that their robes were in danger and in danger, they also hurried to move, but it was not easy for these 1,600 or 700 people to move after all, and it took more than half an hour for the men and horses to be reorganized, and the remaining two Qian Zong led them straight towards the north gate.
When they came to the vicinity of the north gate, they saw that another Ming army was already waiting there, led by Lu Cheng, the deputy general who had gone to order troops before. As soon as he saw Zhong Yu, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "My lord, forgive me, I thought there would be a big war just now, so I ordered more people." Later, he learned that there were only a thousand Tartars, so this time he ordered 3,000 fine horsemen, presumably to rescue those trapped comrades. ”
"Thank you for your hard work." At this time, Zhong Yu was no longer even interested in getting angry with them, so he only said with a gloomy face: "Since everyone is all ordered, then let's go." ”
"Let's go!" Lu Cheng did not delay any longer, immediately waved his hand, commanded his cavalry to rush out of the north gate, and then raised the speed of the horse and headed towards Baishan Mountain.
In fact, it stands to reason that Zhong Yu, who is a Qincha, doesn't have to make this trip again, but he feels that he owes Yang Zhen too much, and he just wants to go to save him in person, so even if the inside of his legs has been broken because he has been riding all the way to the horse just now, and now it is even more painful to be rubbed by the saddle, he just gritted his teeth and insisted, and he had to go to Baishan Mountain again with others.
In fact, Zhong Yu at this moment was full of saving people, and he didn't notice the condition of his body at all, he just prayed vigorously in his heart: "God, you must bless Yang Zhen to turn evil into good fortune!" Yang Zhen, you must hold on! ”
But God apparently this time it's not as much as people want. When thousands of cavalry rushed to Baishan Mountain with all their might, it was already unlicensed, and under the slightly hot sun, Zhong Yu only felt that his body had fallen into the ice cellar, which made him tremble.
The scene in front of me was really tragic. At the foot of Baishan Mountain, hundreds of corpses fell, most of them were soldiers of the Ming army. Some were beheaded, some bled to death from severed limbs, and some were trampled by horses and horses to the point of inhuman shape......
Looking at all this, even the Datong soldiers who were accustomed to fighting couldn't help but be moved, such a tragic situation, even they, is rarely seen.
"II...... What about the second brother? At this time, Cai Yingyang suddenly remembered this most important thing, and immediately jumped off his horse and walked to the nearest corpse.
The others finally came to their senses at this time, and dismounted one after another to check on the corpses here. However, judging from the situation here, it seems that they have arrived a step too late, and the battle is already over......