Chapter Tongguan

"Are you alright, general?" Just when Tie Qiu's eyes were blackened and he was half-asleep, he vaguely heard a voice next to him.

"I'm fine." Tie Qi beat his spirit, answered, his eyes closed, and turned away. The person beside him, Tie Qiu actually didn't know, this person's clothes were not the clothes of officers and soldiers, but a relatively peculiar costume, which should be a minority somewhere. "Who are you?" Iron Qiu asked in a loud voice, raising his vigilance.

"We are white pole soldiers, and my Qin Tusi came to Taihang Mountain to gather troops on the order of Marshal Yue. Because I saw that there was a fire in this place, I came to investigate. At the mouth of the narrow valley behind, someone set fire, and there were many people trapped in it. Because the fire was too big, the clothes of the people inside were not out, and my toast was worried about fraud, so he did not act rashly, and happened to see the general here, so he specially ordered me to come to help, and by the way, I asked the general to assist in confirmation. ”

As soon as he heard that this person Yue Dashuai was trapped in the valley, Tie Qiu's eyes immediately opened and shouted loudly: "Where is it, I'll take me there." ”

"General, please come with me." This person immediately led the way and led Tie Qi to the valley mouth to meet Qin Liangyu.

At this moment, the battle was over, and most of the convicted bandits were killed, and their middle was seriously wounded and captured. The leader of the White Pole Soldiers is directing the clearing of the battlefield and tying up the captives. There were still 100 officers and men, most of them wounded, and they were exhausted, and all of them sat down on the ground to rest, and some of them simply fell asleep.

Tie Qiu quickly ran to the valley mouth, he was wearing the clothes of a guerrilla general, Qin Liangyu naturally knew, she politely greeted Tie Qiu, but Tie Qiu was worried about Yue Su, and he didn't care about it, so he just shouted at Taniguchi: "Can the big handsome be inside?" I'm Iron Fat! ”

As soon as the general inside heard Tie Qiu's voice, he hurriedly shouted: "General Tie, I'm Cao Laoqi, the big marshal is inside, but he was injured and is now fainting." General Jiang and Master Li were all there, and the horses came from inside. General, please put out the fire quickly, if it drags on for a long time, I am afraid that the marshal will be worried about his life. ”

Hearing that Yue Su was injured, Tie Qiu was in a hurry, this guy was a rough man, and he didn't be polite to Qin Liangyu, so he shouted directly at Qin Liangyu: "What are you still stunned about, quickly extinguish the fire and save people!" ”

Qin Liangyu is a woman among women, and she will not be as knowledgeable as Tie Qiu, and Tie Qi is sincerely anxious, how could she not come out. Immediately ordered his subordinates to hurry up and extinguish the fire. At this time, she also understood why the people inside were different, it turned out that the handsome man was injured and didn't dare to leak it easily. And rightly so.

It is not easy to extinguish such a large fire in a short period of time without water. The white pole soldiers can only dig and pour the fire. After a while, the fire gradually grew, and a voice came from the valley again, "Is it General Tie?" I'm Jiang Jie. ”

"Mr. Jiang, it's me!" Tie Qiu's voice is so good that people can basically remember it if they hear it. "We're trying our best to extinguish the fire outside, I wonder how Dashuai is doing now?"

"Dashuai is fine now, thank you Qin Tusi for coming in time to save my life. Jiang went first here. ”

Jiang Jie was not as impatient as Tie Qiu, he had heard that someone claiming to be Qin Liangyu had come to ask for a meeting, and it must have been Qin Liangyu who saved them. Otherwise, those who had iron at hand alone would never have been able to defeat the rebels so quickly.

"How dare Liangyu, it is too late to answer, and the handsome man is injured, which is really a crime of death. Wait for the big marshal to come out, and Liangyu will personally ask for guilt. Qin Liangyu said humbly.

After some busyness, the fire finally stopped, Jiang Jie and Wang Yuanhua opened the way in front, and Li Haoquan walked out with Yue Su on his back. When Tie Qiu saw that Yue Su was unconscious on Li Haoquan's back, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly rushed over to visit, and called out loudly, "Handsome...... Handsome ......"

The handsome man was injured and needed to recuperate, and others dared to shout. That is, he is known to everyone, and he is the No. 1 hardcore and confidant by Yue Su's side. So he shouted loudly, but no one dared to reprimand, only Jiang Jie said in a loud voice: "General Tie, now that the commander needs to recuperate, don't be so loud." ”

"Yes, yes......" As soon as he heard this, Tie Qiu hurriedly gagged his mouth.

On the one hand, he is genuine, and on the other hand, his antics, which are simply laughable.

Of course, Qin Liangyu also had to come forward to visit, and when he arrived at Yue Su's face, he couldn't help but secretly praise himself, "People say that Lord Yue is not very old, I didn't believe it before, but I saw it with my own eyes today, and I am worthy of that sentence, I am not old when I am ambitious." "Qin Liangyu also has some medical skills, and from Yue Su's qi, it can be concluded that although Yue Su's injuries are serious, there is no worry about his life, as long as he recuperates with peace of mind for a period of time, he can heal.

Next, the horses were stationed on the spot. Qin Liangyu's people went to transport the supplies of Yuesu's camp, and Jiang Jie sent someone to inform Jin Chan to come and respond. At the same time, he tortured the captured rebels and asked them about the secrets of the Dragon Slaying Gang and the whereabouts of the 1 million taels of military salaries.

Not all of the gangs in the Dragon Slaying Gang are not afraid of death, and since they can be captured alive, it shows that they still take their lives seriously. After a heavy sentence, he quickly asked about the whereabouts of the military salary and some secrets of the Dragon Slaying Gang.

The military salary was buried under the Niujiao Peak, but the only people who knew it were some official members of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and they were still responsible for burying the military salary that day. During the torture, although the people who knew also wanted to be cunning and get away with it, how could an accomplice betray you and identify you as going to bury your military salary that day, you can't admit it or not.

As for the secrets of the Dragon Slaying Gang, they don't know a lot, and there are even many gangs, and they only recently learned that their hall master is a good person, and as for the high-level affairs, they don't know at all.

But these are no longer important, it is enough to recover the military salary and destroy the rebels who lost the mountain, and the secret of the Dragon Slaying Gang, when it is fought in Shaanxi, it will naturally be able to know.

To regain the military salary and exterminate the rebels, it is necessary to report to the imperial court.

Feihukou is close to Beijing, and it will be there in one day. Although Carpenter Zhu was busy working on the model of the Old Summer Palace in the Heart Cultivation Hall every day, he was also worried about the war in his heart. The result of this is the country passed down from the ancestors, and no matter how it is, it must not be destroyed in your own hands.

When the fold was delivered, Carpenter Zhu even read it himself, and he was overjoyed when he was the first half, recovering the military salary, and purging the rebels. But in the second half, after the news that Yue Su was injured due to the suppression of bandits, he was in a hurry and hurriedly passed on the decree, one was to reward the three armies, and the other was to let the imperial doctor immediately rush to the Flying Fox Mouth to treat Yue Su.

The eunuch and the eunuch kept kicking to the mouth of the flying fox, and now Yue Su has woken up, but his injuries are too serious to get up to receive the order. The eunuch will not let him get up, the emperor has already ordered him, and Lord Yue is injured, so he can avoid kneeling and bowing.

The content of the decree is to reward Yue Su and all the meritorious soldiers, and let Yue Su report the list of meritorious soldiers. Then it is to comfort Yue Su's injuries and let him recuperate.

After the will was recited, the imperial doctor came to check Yue Su's pulse, Yue Su's external injuries were very serious, how could the imperial doctor not come out. First of all, he opened a few pairs for Yue Su, and the ones used to treat external injuries were all carried by him from Da Nei. He also stared at Yue Su and told him not to move and rest well, so as not to crack the wound.

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent.

The "handsome ......" followed closely, and saw Tuesday running into the big tent in a fierce and dusty manner.

"Out of ...... What's the matter......" Yue Su asked in a faint voice.

"Yes...... The emergency military intelligence ...... from Shaanxi "Tuesday Meng also knew that Yue Su was not in good health, and his voice was very heartfelt, so he didn't dare to shout at the top of his throat.

"The military situation over there in Shaanxi, come and listen to me." Hearing that it was an urgent military situation, Yue Su struggled to get up. Seeing this, the imperial doctor on the side hurriedly held Yue Su down, and said heartily: "Dashuai, don't be impatient, you are injured, you should not be in a hurry." ”

"Thank you, sir." Yue Su bowed slightly, and said calmly: "Ermeng, what is the emergency military situation?" ”

"Yes...... Be...... Tongguan is lost......" said fiercely on Tuesday.

"What!" As soon as he heard that Tongguan was lost, Yue Su immediately sat up anxiously, and this force was too strong, which happened to affect the wound on his left rib, and he screamed in pain "Ah", and his head fell back to the pillow.

"Dashuai!" "Dashuai!" ……

The generals in the tent hurriedly gathered around, and all their faces were anxious and worried. Yue Su's face turned blue in pain, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his teeth were clenched, and after a long time, he reluctantly said, "Do you know how you lost it?" ”

"The person who reported the news from Shaanxi was outside...... He should know ......," snapped Tuesday.

"Biography!" Yue Su gritted his teeth and said.

Soon, Tuesday brought a grizzled soldier into the big tent, and after the soldier came in, he immediately knelt on the ground, "Qiyu Dashuai, Tongguan is lost, and now the rebels are storming Xianyang, and Keri is going to defeat Chang'an." The general of the governor of Feng came to move troops here, and I hope that the commander will send troops to help quickly, otherwise Chang'an ......will be in danger."

"How could Tongguan be lost............ What's going on...... When did you lose ......" Yue Su barely finished this sentence, panting in pain.

"According to Tongguan, there have already been undercover rebels hiding in it, the main force of the rebels attacked late at night, the rebels in the city opened the city gate, let the rebels in, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the Tongguan was captured. This is what happened six days ago, and after Governor Sun learned about it, he was unable to take it back, so he had to ask the adults to send reinforcements quickly. ”

"...... six days ago" Yue Su heard this answer and said angrily: "Where has the Rongma in Shanxi arrived now, it has been so long, why haven't they rushed to Shaanxi yet?" ”

"I heard that there was a son in Taiyuan, and there were rebels who set fire to make trouble, and Governor Liu may be worried about the loss of his land, so he did not send troops for a long time. The governor of my house has urged him repeatedly, but his horses have only been slow to ...... further."

"Bastard!" Yue Su let out a loud shout, and was about to grit his teeth and stand up again. This time, Jin Chan and Jiang Jie hurriedly held him down and persuaded him in a low voice: "The big handsome is angry, the big handsome is angry......"

Yue Su suppressed his anger and said: "Tongguan is lost, and the road to reinforce Shaanxi will be cut off, and it must be recaptured as soon as possible." Pass on my generals, the whole army gathered, and immediately sent troops to Tongguan. ”

"This ......" Jiang Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "Your body is really not suitable for galloping." ”

"yes." The imperial doctor also followed: "Lord Yue's external injuries are very serious, and he can only recuperate, and he is most afraid to gallop around. If the wound bursts, it is really not good for the body. ”

Yue Su's injuries are indeed the most taboo, since he came out of the narrow valley, he has not even moved the premises, but camped at the mouth of the valley and recuperated from his injuries. After listening to their persuasion, Yue Su just shook his head slightly, and said: "What you said is indeed good, but at present, Tongguan is lost, the northwest is in danger, and Yue Su's life is alone, how can it be compared with the imperial court." If Xianyang and Chang'an are lost, they will definitely be ruined, isn't their life their life? Once Chang'an is lost, we are sinners through the ages, the so-called food of the king, bear the worries of the king, even if Yue still has a certain breath, he will bow to the emperor and die! This commander has made up his mind, and passed my general order, pulled out the camp, and went straight to Tongguan. ”

Seeing that Yue Su was determined and could not be violated, Jiang Jie exchanged a glance at Jin Chan and the others, and Jin Chan shook his head, implying that he couldn't stop the adults. So, Jiang Jie had no choice but to say to the imperial doctor: "This lord, our handsome body, you have also arrived, it is really not suitable to travel tirelessly and fluctuate too much." But now that Tongguan is lost, the marshal is dedicated to the country, vowing to go to reinforcements and share worries for the emperor, and we can't dissuade them. So here, I want to implore the adults to stay and take care of one or two, I don't know if the adults are willing. ”

"This is natural, Lord Yue's loyalty to the country, and the lower officials have always admired it. Since the adults are dedicated to killing the enemy for the country, the subordinate officials should serve with them. "The emperor sent him to serve Yue Su, and now Yue Su wants to fight for the country with injuries, he naturally can't stop this kind of thing, but serving with the army, it is necessary, otherwise he will return to Beijing, how to explain to the emperor.

Since the matter had been decided, the three armies immediately pulled out the camp and set up the village, and it was difficult to walk on the mountain road, but under the urging of Yue Su, the speed of the horse descending the mountain was very fast. Yue Su was lying on the soft couch, and it was also fluctuating badly, and the wound was painful from time to time, but in order not to affect the speed of the march, he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

Rushing all the way, a few days later, it was a flying fox. Every night, the imperial doctor examined Yue Su's injuries, and he found that Yue Su's wounds had been not good, and because they were always cracked, they had already suppurated at the moment. That's it, Yue Su didn't let him publicize it to the outside world, just heart. In the eyes of the imperial doctor, he has great respect for Yue Su, and the 'King of Yue Yan' in Beijing City turned out to be such a person.

After resting for only one night under the mouth of the flying fox, Yue Su ordered a hurried trip to Shanxi, all the way to Taiyuan, only to hear that the governor Liu Ce had led the army to Tongguan, where only the Taiyuan prefect led a small number of men and horses to guard.

It turned out that he also knew that Tongguan was seriously lost, and if he didn't make up for it at this moment, when the rebels captured Chang'an, the emperor was furious, and he would be the first to investigate his guilt. Therefore, Liu Ce was also in a hurry, and personally led his troops to attack Tongguan, wanting to recapture Tongguan as soon as possible.

But Tongguan is one of the dangerous passes in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is said that it is difficult to conquer from the outside, it is simply difficult to climb to the sky, it is more dangerous than the mountain pass, if it is not for the internal and external attack, even if there are ten thousand male soldiers, they can only look at the pass and sigh.

Liu Ce led 50,000 troops to attack Tongguan, but after only two days, he lost thousands of troops and did not dare to continue the attack. Hearing that Lord Yue was coming with an army, he camped under the pass and waited for Yue Su to arrive.

After Yue Su heard from the Taiyuan prefect, he immediately led his army to Tongguan, and a few days later, rushed to Tongguan and joined Liu Ce. Liu Ce personally greeted him, and when he saw Yue Su lying on his wounds, he had to offer condolences first, and then tell him about his distress that he did not arrive in Shaanxi in time.

Now that the wood is in the boat, even if Liu Ce is lost, it will be useless, and Liu Ce is the governor of Shanxi, and Yue Su can only suspend him from his post at most. But looking at the current situation, once Liu Ce is put in place, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not sway the army's morale, which will make the generals in Shanxi panic. Therefore, Yue Su did not send Liu Ce down, but only hinted that it was understandable that the top priority now was to conquer Tongguan in the shortest possible time and rush to the aid of Chang'an.

Tongguan is located in the valley road between the mountains and mountains, only one place can be attacked, and the city is high and the wall is thick. For attacking Tongguan, Yue Su didn't have any good methods, so he could only rely on the red-clothed cannon.

After Yue Su entered the camp, he did not rest, but directly ascended to the military tent in the middle of the city, ordered all the troops to go out of the city to line up, put the red-clothed cannons, and began to attack the city.

The army received the order, went out of the camp to prepare, everything was ready, Yue Su was wounded, came to the front of the battle in person, and ordered the artillery to attack the city.

"Boom!" ……

At the sound of an order, the two red-clothed cannons fired at the same time, blasting towards the Tongguan city wall. The roar was deafening, and Yue Su sat on the horse, because he was seriously injured, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and the wound was painful one by one. But even so, he still expressed great composure, he understood that if he fell, the army's heart would be.

The two red-coated cannons continued to fire for nearly an hour before they stopped. Looking at the city again, Tongguan City was not damaged at all, and not even a stone was smashed down. When this happens, Yue Su is a little anxious, such a high city wall, if the red-clothed cannon can't break it, just pointing at the cloud ladder to attack, there are a few more people who can't die.

Tie Qiu, Jin Chan and others were all around Yue Su, they seemed to be in a hurry with Yue Su, Tie Qiu was the first to say: "Dashuai, it's nothing if you can't break the city wall with cannons, please give the last general 3,000 men and horses, and the last general is willing to lead troops to attack the city." ”

Attacking it, isn't that nonsense, Yue Su reluctantly raised his hand, shook it gently, and said, "Such a high city wall, how to attack it." In this way, for the time being, we will collect our troops and return to the camp to discuss countermeasures. ”

It was also at this time that Yue Su suddenly heard one of the gunners muttering: "Yes, this means that Lord Sun is not here, if he is here, he will definitely be able to break the city gate." ”

Lord Sun? Yue Su wondered in his heart, but he also understood what this soldier meant, it seemed that if that Lord Sun was present, there would be a way to break the city. Next to the artillery in front, there were burning and loading, and there were a large number of people, Yue Su really didn't know who was speaking, so he said to Jin Chan: "Help me ask who was talking to them just now." I heard them mention a grandson. ”

Jin Chan took the order to inquire before he was asked, and quickly found the person, and he took the gunner to Yue Suma. The gunner knelt directly on one knee and said, "Meet the commander." ”

"Excuse me, hurry up."

"Thank you, Sir." The gunner wondered what the marshal was looking for him.

After he stood up, Yue Su asked in a gentle tone, "Ben Shuai is only able to listen to you, if there is a Lord Sun, he will definitely be able to break the city." I don't know what the name of this Lord Sun is, and what position he is holding now? As long as you can produce these, Ben Shuai can transfer him. ”

"Lord Sun's name is Sun Yuanhua, and he was originally a secretary in the Ministry of War, specializing in artillery, and we followed Lord Sun to manage the red-coated artillery. Now listen, Master Sun followed Xiong Jingluo to Shandong to suppress bandits. The gunner replied truthfully.

Sun Yuanhua!

As soon as he heard the name Sun Yuanhua, Yue Su thought about it for a while and remembered it. When he first placed the Shandong officials, he once brought this Sun Yuanhua with him, and he still remembered that he was a man with a personal background, specializing in artillery in the military department, and he thought that Xiong Tingbi would go to Shandong to suppress bandits, and he might be able to use it, so he added his name.

At this moment, I learned from the gunner that this Sun Yuanhua may really have some skills, and he can't break the city at the moment, so he has to be a dead horse and a live horse doctor.

Yue Su is the governor of the five provinces, and the governor is just a thief in Shandong, so it is naturally under his control, and it is not a dish to transfer a person over. Moreover, based on the personal relationship between the two alone, Xiong Tingbi didn't have to send people over.

He collected his troops first, and then sent people to Shandong with an expedited 600 li, and sent Sun Yuanhua to Tongguan to help.

On the Shandong side, Xiong Tingbi had already trained the horses, and at this moment it was the day of the encirclement and suppression that he had made an agreement with Yuan Ke, the governor of Dengzhou, and the two horses went out separately and went straight to Jinan. Zhao Yan, the governor of Shandong, saw the arrival of reinforcements and led the crowd out of the city to attack.

The bandits are not all fools, and the skill of the second Xu sect leader's rebirth from the fire has brought none of the dead bandits back to life, so naturally some people will be suspicious. If there is a good wind, these rabble can certainly resist, but under the three-way encirclement, the bandits suffered heavy casualties, and finally collapsed and fled in embarrassment.

Xu Hongru led his troops to flee to Yanzhou, wanting to gather the city to defend and look forward to reinforcements. As a result, on Xiong Tingbi's side, Sun Yuanhua mobilized artillery to blast the city gate open, and the officers and soldiers entered the city, once again making Xu Hongru a lost dog and fled.

Xiong Tingbi, nicknamed Xiong Manzi, is of course quite unreasonable, how can he let go of the matter of beating the water dogs, gather the horses, and chase and beat Xu Hongru fiercely. After Keri, Xu Hongru was betrayed by his subordinates and leaked his whereabouts, Xiong Tingbi sent a partial division to raid, and under the cooperation of the inside and outside, Xu Hongru was captured.

Xu Hongru was captured, the bandits did not fight, and the rebels in the rest of the states and counties either surrendered or disappeared. The White Lotus Sect, which had been in turmoil for several months, was finally pacified a year ago. Xiong Tingbi sent someone into Beijing to report the victory, just in time for Yue Su to send someone to send a text, and transferred Sun Yuanhua to Tongguan, how could Lord Xiong forbid, the horse was released, because the road was far away, for fear of accidents, and specially sent a hundred soldiers to escort it.