Chapter 53: Xiaoguan's Success or Failure (1)
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Xiaoguan is actually the ancient site of Tongguan that has been abandoned.
The general of the Zhu State and the lieutenant Li Hu are still in the same place as the governor Li Mu. They did not have many troops at this time, just in case they needed it. Guarding the exit of the forbidden valley, he was anxiously waiting for the prime minister Yu Wentai in the valley, the hussar general Zhao Gui, and the chariot general Yu Jin to come out. Hopefully the result is a big win.
However, what Li Hu didn't expect was that it was Situ Hou Jing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who was waiting for him. Unexpectedly, Hou Jing also chased from Luoyang City to Tongguan with the general Gao Cheng.
At that time, during the first battle outside Luoyang City, Li Hu's soldiers were full of strength, and Hou Jing was a tired army, so it was naturally not enough to trouble. But at this moment, Hou Jing came with most of the strength of the Eastern Wei army, and it was not difficult to win by relying on the strength of the people. What's more, Hou Jing is also scheming.
However, what made Li Hu and Li Mu strange was that after Hou Jing's Eastern Wei army was encamped, he had no intention of fighting.
Hou Jing didn't know that Murong Shaozong had already been out of the customs at this time. I didn't know that Gao Yue had already arrived in Guanzhong from Luoyang, not far from his camp.
What Murong Shaozong didn't know was that the Western Wei army from Fenglingdu had crossed the river. Prince Yuanqin, Da Sima Duguxin, and Sikong Li Bi all came for this battle. I didn't know that I thought that there were no soldiers in Guanzhong who could be temporarily recruited, but the tiger and leopard cavalry led by the Yuan Bao Torch was already approaching Tongguan.
There are many rockets in the Forbidden Valley, and Gao Cheng is not safe. The arrows dodged, but their clothes were set on fire. Fortunately, he did not wear the bright light armor, and it was convenient to move under the step, so it was not too heavy and difficult to walk. There were fires everywhere, and there were unbearable corpses of soldiers at every step under his feet, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was the Eastern Wei army or the Western Wei army.
Liu Taozhi saw that the fire on Gao Cheng's body was difficult to extinguish, so he pushed Lord Lang to the ground in a hurry, kicked it over, Gao Cheng rolled out involuntarily, and after a few times, the fire on his body was extinguished.
"Lord Lang, it is not advisable to stay here at this time, it is important to go out of the valley first." Liu Taozhi chased after him and pulled Gao Cheng up from the ground. "In the future, there will be an opportunity to destroy the Yuwen Black Otter." Liu Taozhi has experienced such a thing, and knows that at this time, only by protecting himself first can he talk about the future.
Gao Cheng glanced at the scene in front of him, it was dark, there was fire everywhere, where was the way out? Not only Yu Wentai, Zhao Gui, and Yu Jin are gone, but even Chen Yuankang doesn't know where to go.
Liu Taozhi saw that Lord Lang was still unwilling, and was about to persuade again, but suddenly felt that his face was cold and wet, and he didn't know what it was. He wiped it on his face, and was stunned when he saw it, where did the water stains come from?
Before Liu Taozhi could react, there was a sudden thunderclap. Then there was another "click" sound above Gao Cheng's head, and a huge thing fell down.
Gao Cheng also felt that something was wrong, and tried his best to dodge. Fortunately, a large dry tree trunk grazed his shoulder and fell to the ground. The trunk of the tree was the size of a man, and it was still full of smoke because it had been struck by lightning, and the strong smell of burnt hu was permeating. There was a fire in the charred black part of the trunk.
Then it began to rain heavily. Such heavy rain is really rare, as if someone is holding a copper basin and pouring it all over. Basin after basin, not stopping for a while.
"Rain! General, it's raining! Liu Taozhi was so happy that he almost danced. The winter downpour, which came so timely and rainy, was so heavy, was like a god's help.
The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty bathed in the torrential rain and immediately became in a mood, and their morale was also uplifted. Heaven makes it immortal, what a great psychological support.
"Providence so!" Gao Cheng immediately raised his sword, and he was also excited. At this moment, he was poured by the rain like a chicken in soup, but all the gloom in his heart was swept away, and he was sure that this was the will of heaven.
The fire was all extinguished.
When the soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty encountered this sudden change, they all forgot what they were going to do, and looked at the scene in front of them in amazement.
The general of the cavalry, Yu Jin, was really anxious and angry in his heart. People are not as good as heaven, but I didn't expect God to favor Gao Cheng so much.
Zhao Gui was so angry that he took off the hood on his head, slammed it on the ground, and scolded, "The shaft is so blessed?!" ”
Yuwentai did not hesitate to hurt his body to lure Gao Cheng, just to hurt the killer, who thought that the sudden change of providence, he suddenly became angry, and his chest was like being burned.
However, he was not willful like Zhao Gui, and pressed the wound that had not yet had time to be treated, and then he felt that the pain was unbearable. Knowing that the general trend had gone, he only ordered to withdraw from the forbidden valley, and he was speechless.
The Western Wei army hurriedly collected its troops and left.
The Eastern Wei army was in hot pursuit.
The remnants of the two Wei soldiers went to the valley one after another.
From east to west, at the exit of the Forbidden Valley, the decadent Western Wei army poured out like a fly without a head, and no one knew where to go or what to do. However, in the midst of the panic, Taniguchi was in chaos.
The Western Wei soldiers, who were in a hurry to get out of the valley, were congested at the mouth of the valley for some reason. Then there was a big chaos, and there were swords and soldiers fighting each other, shouting and killing. The Western Wei army was in a panic and rushed to kill, and they had no confidence at all. I don't know why there will be an Eastern Wei army intercepting and killing at Taniguchi.
It turned out that just now in the Forbidden Valley, when the fire was chaotic, Chen Yuankang rushed all the way to kill in order to pursue Yuwentai. At that time, the fire was raging, and there was chaos in the forbidden valley, and he didn't find Yuwentai when he was chasing Yuwentai, but rushed out of the valley first.
Chen Yuankang came out of the Forbidden Valley, and there was neither Yuwentai nor the Western Wei Army outside the Forbidden Valley, nor the Eastern Wei Army, and the general Gao Cheng naturally had not yet been killed. Yuwentai has Yu Jin and Zhao Gui by his side, and Gao Cheng has no one who can be of great use except for Liu Taozhi.
Chen Yuankang was about to return to the valley to find Gao Cheng, when the wind blew fiercely, the thunder shook the sky, the sky changed abruptly, and the pouring rain was like pouring in an instant. It happened suddenly, and the sky was unbelievable. It's happening so fast that it's hard to respond.
Chen Yuankang was overjoyed, and the Eastern Wei army that followed him was also overjoyed, and his morale was suddenly boosted. Those who could follow Chen Yuankang all the way out were all warriors in the Eastern Wei army, originally to capture Yuwentai, but at this time, he felt like he had God's help, so Chen Yuankang gave an order and responded to it.
Just when the Eastern Wei army was about to enter the valley again, the dejected Western Wei army was defeated. Therefore, a major battle between the two Wei armies was launched at Taniguchi. In this battle, the Eastern Wei army descended from the sky like a divine soldier, and killed the Western Wei army to the point that there was nothing left.
Yuwentai reluctantly got out of the valley and headed for Xiaoguan in the escort of Jin, Zhao Gui and others.
Gao Cheng saw the battle at the mouth of the valley and knew that it must be Chen Yuankang, so he joined forces with the outside, and also led the rest to fight each other, corresponding to Chen Yuankang.
The Western Wei army was defeated, and Gao Cheng finally came out of the Forbidden Valley.
Chen Yuankang saw that although Gao Cheng's clothes were burned by the fire, his armor was damaged, and his face was stained with black ash, he was finally unharmed, so he discussed the next countermeasure with Gao Cheng.
The celestial phenomena changed, and although the Eastern Wei army that escaped the catastrophe was not large, it was a great morale boost at this time. It was estimated that a large part of Hou Jing's soldiers should also be outside Xiaoguan, so Gao Cheng ordered to go straight to Xiaoguan to meet Hou Jing.
Gao Cheng didn't trust Hou Jing in his heart, but he thought that he would not be openly angry with Yuwentai at this time. He is not like Gao Zhongmi, who impulsively becomes a traitor. However, according to his cunning behavior, it is quite possible to do it in secret. Therefore, there can be no delay for a moment, lest the success or failure be decided one step later.
Chen Yuankang and Liu Taozhi both have the same mind as Gao Cheng.
Thinking that Murong Shaozong also got the news in Tongguan, if he was attacked inside and outside, this was a great opportunity to annihilate Yuwentai.
It is impossible for Murong Shaozong's news to come so quickly, and it is impossible for Murong Shaozong to come from Tongguan so quickly. The first to get the news was Hou Jing.
Gao Cheng entered the Forbidden Valley, and later saw the smoke rising, and Hou Jing could guess the scene inside. This is similar to what he had guessed. The Forbidden Valley is claustrophobic, if it weren't for the fire attack, why did Yuwentai introduce Gao Cheng into it? Hou Jing didn't act before, precisely because he felt that Gao Cheng would be more than lucky.
But I didn't expect that God would help Gao Cheng like this. In this way, with Murong Shaozong in Tongguan, Gao Cheng should have more chances of winning, and then he gathered the Eastern Wei army without hurry and prepared to call for a battle to the Western Wei army Li Hu.
Li Hu was guarding outside the Forbidden Valley in order to pick up Yuwentai. When the smoke rose in the valley, he knew that according to the plan, the Eastern Wei army had fallen into a fire. The terrain in the Forbidden Valley Li Hu knew very well that the Eastern Wei army had absolutely no hope of escaping. First of all, I didn't expect the scout to come to report that Chen Yuankang had already come out of the valley.
Li Hu is close to Xiaoguan and far away from the Forbidden Valley. Before reaching the mouth of the valley, a sudden rainstorm fell, and the plan of fire attack was completely unsuccessful. This was the auspicious fortune of the Eastern Wei army, but it was a major blow to the Western Wei army. Li Hu's heart was heavy, and when he was about to pick up Prime Minister Yu Wentai, he didn't expect Hou Jing, who had been standing still, to attack at this time.
Hou Jing was a defeated subordinate of Li Hu, and he was not afraid of him. It's just that he has no intention of fighting with him at this time, and it is important to answer Prime Minister Yu Wentai, but Hou Jing is entangled.
Hou Jing at this time was completely different from before.
When Li Hu sent Hangu to Luoyang, Hou Jing was a tired army that had just captured Luoyang City. At that time, Hou Jing was worried in his heart, afraid that Luoyang City, which had just arrived, would be taken again, and the previous achievements would be wiped out. Therefore, he refused to go out of the city to fight Li Hu.
At this time, Li Hu was eager to get out to save people, and the Western Wei soldiers were uncertain. Hou Jing had already made a decision in his heart after weighing the pros and cons, and of course he did his best. At this time, the Eastern Wei Army was very reassured, and everyone was eager to make meritorious contributions. Therefore, under the battle between the two armies, Li Hu could not win for a while, but was about to lose.
At this time, Yuwentai and the others who escaped from the valley did not see Li Hu and Li Mulai to answer, so they came to Xiaoguan. When Hou Jing and Li Hu were fighting, and the two Wei armies were killed in one place, Yu Wentai, Yu Jin, and Zhao Gui rushed over.
Although Yu Wentai knew in his heart that Hou Jing was treacherous, he put profit first. But unexpectedly, Hou Jing saw that his remnants were defeated and went out of the valley, and he tried his best to kill the killer. It's very different from the previous few times of covert support.
It's just that there was no crisis before, but now it is really a time of crisis.
Hou Jing pretended not to know, but of course he knew that Yuwentai was defeated in the Forbidden Valley. Seeing that Yu Wentai, Yu Jin, Zhao Gui and others were in a hurry, embarrassed, and dusty, they knew that Providence was destined to help the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In this big battle, Hou Jing thought that he had already made a lot of contributions. If he destroyed Yuwentai in one fell swoop this time, why would he go back to Yecheng to obey the Gao family?
Guanzhong Woye can achieve Yuwentai, can't he achieve it?
Hou Jingyu hated that he couldn't immediately annihilate the remnants of the Western Wei army, so he killed Yuwentai before the battle.
However, just when Hou Jing was greedy for merit and was delusional about the coming day, things changed again, and all his thoughts were extinguished.
The rain was pouring down, and the crown prince Yuanqin watched the Western Wei soldiers crossing the river on the pontoon bridge on the bank of the Yellow River.
The oil curtain was light and soft, but it couldn't resist the huge force when the heavy rain poured down, and it was already stuck to Yuan Qin's body. Moreover, the rain was so heavy that the oil curtain almost lost its effect at this time, and Yuan Qin was still drenched like a chicken in soup.
It was difficult to see in the rain, and Yuan Qin only saw the unobstructed soldiers coming ashore and heading away. An inexplicable heaviness spread through his heart. Moreover, the closer he got to Xiaoguan, the more timid he became, and he didn't know how to meet Yuwentai. The eagerness to wait for the news before completely became a kind of reluctance at this time, but he couldn't let go, after all, he was the prince of a country.
At this time, the rain began to lighten, and slowly the rain subsided.
Sikong Li Bi has been watching the soldiers cross the river in the heavy rain, and the trivial matters are handled in an orderly manner. Moreover, Li Bi did not leave the prince aside, and ordered his henchmen to protect the prince, and he always kept an eye on it. Li Bi's calm, patient and careful personality made Yuan Qin very comfortable. It's just that I don't know where Da Sima Duguxin went.
The rain stopped for a while, and the soldiers of the Western Wei army had basically crossed the river. This part of the Western Wei army originally belonged to two parts. One of them was originally under the command of the great Sima Dugu Xin, who served as the crown prince Yuan Qin to guard Pu Han. The other is to guard Tongguan under the rule of Taihe Li Bi.
Yuan Qin fell for Murong Shaozong's plan and forced Dugu Xin to save the so-called Yubi urgency. Dugu Xin saw that Yubi was unharmed and turned back, and there was no loss of horses. Therefore, the 10,000 people guarding Kamakuma are not missing.
Li Bi planned to save the prince Yuanqin who went to Tongguan, although the result was that he lost Tongguan, but there was not much loss of men and horses. Murong Shaozong's purpose was to seize the pass, not to annihilate the soldiers. Li Bi's 10,000 people are at least 8,000.
When the rain passed, the clouds dispersed, and in a short time, the sun was revealed. The Yellow River behind Yuan Qin is exceptionally wide and turbulent, and the abundant river water gives people the feeling that they can't control it, which can't help but make people sigh.
Since the turmoil stirred up by Empress Yu Jiulu of Rouran ended completely with her death, the emperor's ingot torch has been completely out of politics. Although Yuan Qin did not succeed to the throne at this time, he was already the de facto son of heaven as the crown prince who held the government of a country.
Although he is only a puppet prince who has not even been named the Son of Heaven, with his enthusiasm, Yuan Qin pays special attention to military affairs. Especially at this time, I felt that the operation of the state affairs and social institutions was difficult.
Having not been in such a big battle that determined the lifeblood of a country, Yuan Qin was inevitably uneasy. When he was looking up, he found that the great Sima Dugu Xin, who had been absent just now, actually appeared. (To be continued.) )