Yuyang County is located between Beiping County and Zhuo County, which is a buffer zone between Luo Yi and Guo Xuan, and most of the county towns here have no garrisons, but only two thousand garrisons sent by Luo Yi in the northern Lulongsai area to prevent the Khitan army from invading south.

Luo Yi's army has already entered Yuyang County, and is currently stationed outside the county of Wuzhong County, in fact, from Guo Xuan led the army to the south, Luo Yi began to act, he sent the general Shi Danai to lead 5,000 troops into Yuyang County, pay attention to Zhuo County's every move, when his son Luo Cheng led the army back, Luo Yi learned that Guo Xuan was dead, he immediately personally led 5,000 troops to Wuzhong County, and Shi Danai's army to join forces.

But just as Zhang Xuan was worried, Luo Yi hesitated at the critical moment, especially when he knew that the 30,000 Bohai Navy appeared, he was even more worried, he had already realized that Gao Lie was going to capture Zhuojun to establish a dynasty, if he captured Jixian, what would be the consequences?

Five years ago, Luo Yi personally wrote a letter of allegiance when he was a military envoy in Beiping, and pressed his fingerprint, for which he was supported by the Bohai Society, not only promised him to be the king of Beiping, but also gave him 10,000 taels of gold and 5,000 hectares of fertile land, and even he married two charming beauties as concubines, so that he could enjoy the blessings of all people.

But the biggest advantage Luo Yi got was that the Bohai Society was active in the imperial court, so that he was finally promoted to the deputy governor of Youzhou, and he was only one step away from the governor of Youzhou.

The benefits were exhausted, but the letter of allegiance became Luo Yi's neckline, so that he had been secretly doing things for the Bohai Society for several years, and he did not dare to disobey at all, and now, that letter of allegiance has become Luo Yi's biggest heart disease.

At the head of the county seat, Luo Yi held the sword in his hand and stared at the direction of Jixian County in the west, his thoughts fluctuated, and his mind was uneasy, he thought that his son had killed Gao Yuanyi, how could Gao Lie spare himself.

Then. Zhang Gongjin walked up to him and said in a low voice: "Can't the big marshal make up his mind?" ”

Luo Yi shook his head, "I only have 10,000 troops, and Gao Lie has 30,000 troops, how can I be his opponent?" ”

Zhang Gongjin knew that this was just Luo Yi's excuse, if he rushed to the city. 10,000 troops can completely hold Jixian County, not to mention that there are thousands of defenders in Jixian County, Luo Yi is actually afraid of Gao Lie, it should be that he has the handle in Gao Lie's hands.

Zhang Gongjin persuaded again: "Dashuai actually doesn't have to worry too much, first of all, Dashuai's wife and children are not in Gao Lie's hands, and secondly, Dashuai is defending the city and keeping Youzhou, even if there are adverse effects elsewhere, but this great achievement is enough to offset everything." It is too late for the Son of Heaven to praise the handsome, and he will never punish the handsome. ”

"That's because you don't know the Son of Heaven!"

Luo Yichang sighed, "Lai Hu'er is my recommender, look at his fate, has it been praised by the Son of Heaven for such a big credit?" When he returned to Luoyang, he was imprisoned, and Yang Yichen, a living lesson, this is the life of the Son of Heaven. You have a thousand great merits, but only one of them is wrong. He will remember, and then find an opportunity to kill you, even if he praises me for defending Youzhou, but sooner or later, I will still die on the charge of being a rebel and a thief. ”

"The big marshal supported the army and stood on his own, although he was a Sui minister. But he will never go to court, he will not leave Youzhou one step, and the army will not be handed over, and it is firmly in his hands, and the Son of Heaven has no way to take the marshal. On the contrary, he will always be kind to appease, after all, the handsome man is Sui Chen, he doesn't dare to turn his face, for fear that as soon as he turns his face, the handsome will hand over Youzhou to the Bohai Society. ”

Luo Yi's eyes lit up, he really hadn't thought about it like this, this was indeed the best way, he hurriedly waved his hand, "Sir, don't worry, let me think about it, I may be able to accept this plan." ”

Zhang Gongjin thought about this plan for a long time, but he never had a chance to say it, but now that Luo Yi is indecisive and has lost the opportunity, Zhang Gongjin can't help it anymore.

Zhang Gongjin knew that Luo Yi needed time to think about it, so he arched his hand and turned around and walked towards the city.

But as soon as he walked to the city, he saw Luo Cheng rushing over, his face was quite anxious, and Zhang Gongjin asked, "Son, what's wrong?" ”

Luo Cheng hurriedly said: "I just got the eagle letter from General Wen, and the Gao Lie army has entered Zhuo County along the Yongji Canal, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Ji County. ”

This news also surprised Zhang Gongjin, he turned around and walked briskly towards the city again, and Luo Cheng also followed behind him.

"Dashuai, the situation is critical!" Zhang Gongjin shouted from afar.

"What's going on?" Luo Yi turned around and asked.

"Gongzi has just received an eagle letter from General Wen, and Gao Lie led a large army into Zhuo County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Ji County."

Luo Yi was also taken aback, "Why did it come so quickly?" ”

Zhang Gongjin smiled bitterly in his heart, where was the other party coming quickly, but Luo Yi was indecisive, and he was delayed for three days in Yuyang County, and he lost the opportunity in vain.

But Zhang Gongjin couldn't say this, Luo Yi would never put the responsibility on himself, and without waiting for Zhang Gongjin to speak, Luo Cheng hurriedly said on the side: "Father, we have to enter Jixian County immediately, we can't hesitate any longer." ”

Luo Yi glared at him fiercely, "It's all your evil obstacle that caused the disaster!" ”

His subtext is that if Luo Cheng doesn't kill Gao Yuanyi, Gao Lie will not enter Zhuo County, but will hand over Zhuo County to him Luo Yi.

Luo Cheng understood what his father meant, he raised his eyebrows, "Father, Gao Lie clearly wants to occupy Zhuojun and establish a dynasty, not because of any revenge for killing his son, besides, rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished."

"Shut up!"

Luo Yi's face turned blue with anger, and he drew his sword and pointed at Luo Cheng, "Get back to Beiping County for me, you don't need to do much here, get out!" ”

Luo Cheng was so angry that he stomped his feet, turned around and ran towards the city, he really didn't want to stay anymore, it was good to go back to Beiping County, out of sight and out of mind.

Seeing his son's figure disappear, Luo Yi snorted heavily, "I spoiled this evil obstacle." ”

"Dashuai, the situation is critical now, let's put the matter of the son aside for the time being!" Zhang Gongjin persuaded.

Luo Yi withdrew his sword and sighed: "Wuzhong County is two hundred miles away from Jixian County, and Gao Lie's army only has a hundred miles left, even if we plug our wings, we can't catch up, I only have 10,000 troops in my hands, and I will be besieged by Gao Lie to help." ”

Zhang Gongjin thought for a while, and then said: "The marshal can march into Lu County and control the Zhuo County warehouse, at least those military grain and grass can't fall into Gao Lie's hands." ”

A sentence reminded Luo Yi that the Sui Dynasty had three expeditions to Goguryeo, and Zhuo County had become a logistics center, and Lu County had built hundreds of huge warehouses, which were guarded by the Xiaoguo Army stationed by 3,000 soldiers, and countless grain and ordnance were piled up inside. Because it was a warehouse directly under the imperial court, Guo Xuan did not dare to act rashly, but now that the situation is critical, it is completely reasonable for him to occupy these warehouses.

Thinking of this, Luo Yi immediately shouted: "The army will set off immediately and go to Lu County!" ”

Lu County is also known as Beijing Tong County in later generations. Because of the close to Lushui and get the name, in the west bank of Lushui built hundreds of huge warehouses, surrounded by a two-zhang high wall, covering an area far more than the county seat of Luxian, guarded by the 3,000 troops directly under the Xiaoguo army, just 30,000 Bohai Navy arrived in Jixian at the same time, Luo Yi's army also arrived in Luxian, quickly established a defense on the east bank of Lushui.

The situation in Jixian County is still very critical, and the Bohai Navy camp is busy. Hundreds of craftsmen were assembling various siege weapons, which was also the reason why the Bohai Society marched a little slowly, and they loaded their ships with a large number of siege weapon parts, which could be used with simple equipment under the city of Jixian County.

There are siege ladders, trebuchets, battering rams, nest cars and other heavy siege weapons, as well as hundreds of siege ladders, Gao Lie has absolute certainty to capture Jixian.

It's just that Gao Lie wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements to annihilate the Luo Yi army that came to seize Jixian County in one fell swoop, so the time has passed the noon deadline. The Bohai Navy has not yet attacked the city.

It was already dusk in the afternoon, and most of the siege weapons had been assembled.

Gao Lie stood on a small hill with his hands in his hands. Looking at the county seat of Jixian coldly, he had already received information that Luo Yi led the army to occupy Lu County, Gao Lie immediately understood that Luo Yi had given up Jixian County, but he wanted to take away the grain, grass and ordnance in the Luxian warehouse.

He couldn't help but sneer. The journey from Lu County to Beiping County is long and difficult, how much grain can Luo Yi transport?

It's okay to occupy Jixian County first, and then clean him up when you go back.

"Pass my orders and prepare for a night siege!"

This is a special feature of the Bohai Navy's special training. It is also an advantage, good at night battles, attacking the city at night, they will take the city in one battle.

At this moment, an entourage rushed over and whispered, "Master, something is wrong!" ”

"What's the matter?"

The attendant whispered a few words to him, Gao Lie's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly got on his horse and ran towards the camp.

After entering the camp, he almost rushed into the big tent, and there was a man about thirty years old in the big tent, who was Mu Huxin's nephew Mu Ning, and Mu Huxin was very worried that his wife and children had fallen into the hands of Zhang Xuan.

When Mu Ning saw Gao Lie, he knelt down and cried: "Master, save people quickly!" ”

Gao Lie no longer had his usual city government and stability, he was so angry that he grabbed Mu Ning's shirt and yelled, "What's the matter? How could Jang Hyun come! ”

"We don't know, he led the cavalry to kill suddenly, everyone was caught, and none escaped."

Gao Lie was so angry that he was going crazy, he was about to capture Jixian, but there was such a thing, Mu Kouxin hurriedly persuaded: "Master, the matter has come to this, there is no way, calm down first, they are not dead, Zhang Xuan is also willing to return them." ”

Gao Lie slowly calmed down, restrained his anger and asked, "What conditions does he have?" ”

"He asked the master to evacuate Zhuo County immediately, and not allow the Bohai Society to get involved in Zhuo County, and there are two other conditions, which are estimated to be related to money and grain, and I don't know yet."

Mu Ning hurriedly took out two letters, "One is Zhang Xuan's letter to the leader, and the other is Uncle Qin's letter." ”

Gao Lie snatched the letter, he didn't read Gao Tan's letter first, there would be nothing in it, he only cared about Zhang Xuan's letter, he opened the letter and read it, it was similar to what Mu Ning said, but there was one more condition, requiring him to immediately withdraw the Bohai Society forces from Qingzhou, and there was another condition that was not clearly stated, it should be a ransom.

There is no problem with the ransom and the evacuation of Qingzhou, the key is to evacuate Zhuojun by yourself, and you are not allowed to get involved in Youzhou, isn't this a failure to make yourself fall short?

Gao Lie couldn't say a word for a long time, and asked Mu Tunnel Xindao: "What should the marshal say?" ”

Mu Xuan's wife and children are all in the hands of Zhang Xuan, what else can he say, more importantly, the backbone of the Bohai Society is in Zhang Xuan's hands, even if he captures Jixian, what can he do? He sighed and said: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, master, retire the army!" ”

Gao Lie finally reluctantly accepted the reality, he wrote a letter, handed it to his entourage and said: "You go to Luxian immediately, give the letter to Luo Yi, and tell him that my son has been stubborn and difficult to teach since he was a child, this time he disobeyed my orders and went to the battlefield without authorization, he is to blame, I will not blame his son, I will hand it over to him in Youzhou." ”

The attendant saluted, took the letter and turned to go out.

Gao Lie walked to the tent again, stared at the city of Jixian for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Pass my order, the whole army retreats!" (To be continued.) )