Chapter 272: Finding a Way Back
Zhao Ziwei's envoy said goodbye and left, Huangfu Wujin walked out of the big tent, looked up at the starry sky, and the bright starlight shrouded the sky, which actually made Huangfu Wujin give birth to a kind of mind that swallowed heaven and earth, if the instant collapse of the Qi army in Xuchang made him understand that the Qi army had been disheartened, then the surrender of Zhao Ziwei, the henchman of Huangfu Yuan, indicated that Huangfu Qi had reached the point of betraying his relatives.
In fact, Huangfu Wujin still looked down on Huangfu Yuan, he knew that Huangfu Yuan would not give up Luojing, he thought that Huangfu Yuan would divide his troops to attack Dongjun, and on the premise of not giving up Luojing, defeat himself and recapture Qizhou, but Huangfu Wujin did not expect that Huangfu Yuan had lost even this bit of courage, and he suddenly realized that this was not a question of whether Huangfu Yuan was willing to give up Luojing, but that Huangfu Yuan had no courage, and what collapsed was not only the morale of the Qi army, but also the courage of Huangfu Yuan.
It seems that the time is ripe for a final attack on Luojing.
...... Luojing Ziwei Palace, Huangfu Yuan's eyes were full of anger, staring at the handsome Huangfu who was kneeling on the ground, the Chu army did not hurt a single soldier, and the Qi army only killed more than 100 people, the 20,000 troops stationed in Xuchang County were finished, and the whole army was annihilated, how could he accept this?
Huangfu walked into Huangfu Yingjun step by step, "You have 15,000 people, and the other party only has a few thousand, and before the soldiers are handed over, you will collapse on the whole line, how can you explain to Lone?" ”
Huangfu Yingjun trembled all over, and his mouth was dry and explained: "The humble position is to think of completely annihilating the Chu army, but the Chu army has a new weapon, a black pipe, sound, white smoke, the brothers are afraid, and the result is ......."
"Nonsense! It is clear that you are cowardly, you were afraid of being killed by the Chu army in Guangling, you were driven by the Chu army in Pengcheng County, and you were killed by the Chu army so that you had no fighting spirit, so you couldn't command and took the lead in escaping, which caused the army to collapse, isn't it! ”
"It's not!"
Huangfu Yingjun desperately explained, "The lowly duty is to order the attack, but the soldiers' morale is exhausted, the military heart is broken, they want to return to Qizhou, they would rather surrender than fight, this has nothing to do with the lowly position, the lowly duty also wants to lead the five thousand people in the camp into Yingchuan City to resist, but when the lowly post rushed back, the camp was empty, and no one was left to escape, how did His Royal Highness let the lowly post fight?" ”
Huangfu Yuan's eyes narrowed, and the murderous intent flickered, "You mean to say that the defeat of Xuchang is Lone's responsibility, right?" ”
Huangfu Yingjun is also a little annoyed and angry, in the era of Huangfu Xuande, he defeated Guangling, in the era of Huangfu Heng, he defeated Pengcheng, in the era of Huangfu Xuan, he defeated Xuchang, but what do these defeats have to do with him, the general trend has been defeated, is he Huangfu handsome still capable of turning the tide?
Especially this Huangfu Chen, it is clear that he is cowardly and incompetent, and he does not dare to counterattack Qizhou, which leads to the collapse of the army's morale, and he even puts the responsibility on himself, does he want to let himself bear the responsibility of shaking the army's heart?
As soon as Huangfu Yingjun thought of this, he heard Huangfu say coldly: "Your command is not effective, and your superior forces have led to the fiasco of Xuchang, which has shaken the hearts of the entire Qi army, and the crime is unforgivable, come here!" ”
One of the more than a dozen guards agreed, and the emperor pointed at the emperor and the handsome, "Drag this person down, beat him to death with a stick, and give the first order to the three armies!" ”
Huangfu Yingjun was furious, he jumped up and threw himself at Huangfu Chen, Huangfu was too close to him, caught off guard, and was thrown to the ground at once, Huangfu Yingjun reached out to grab the sword at Huangfu Yuan's waist, but was violently pushed away by Huangfu Yuan, and the guards rushed up and pressed him firmly to the ground.
"Huangfu, you despicable and courageless coward! It's you yourself who don't dare to face the Chu army, what do you have to do with me? Huangfu Yuan, you are a turtle with a shrunken head in Luojing! ”
Huangfu was furious, he pulled out his sword and stabbed Huangfu's handsome chest with a sword, and said viciously: "Go to death!" ”
When he saw that Huangfu Yingjun was about to scold again, another sword cut his throat, blood spurted out, and Huangfu Yingjun suddenly died of anger.
Huangfu waved his hand, the guards moved Huangfu's handsome body out, he sat on the dragon couch with his buttocks, only to feel upset, Xuchang County was lost, it will endanger the entire southern Henan, Huangfu Wujin's strategy is obvious, that is, to hit the periphery first, and finally surround Luojing, how should he deal with it?
Huangfu knew that he couldn't get away with it anymore, and at this time, a guard reported, "Your Highness, General Luo asks to see you." ”
He came just in time, and the emperor nodded, "Announce him in!" ”
General Luo Da was Luo Wei who had returned from the defeat of Qizhou, and Huangfu still trusted him and appointed him as the commander of the three armies, commanding the 150,000 troops near Luojing.
Luo Wei does have a little ability, as soon as he took office, he rectified military discipline, set up a military police, stopped the night riot of the chaotic army in Luojing City, and also promised the soldiers that he would return to Qizhou as soon as possible to appease the army's imminent collapse, so that Huangfu was deeply satisfied.
But Luo Wei himself knows that he is only treating the symptoms but not the root cause, it belongs to the method of quenching the thirst of Wangmei, the dissatisfaction of the soldiers is pressed in their hearts, it can be seen from the defeat of Xuchang, although the soldiers do not make trouble in peacetime, but they collapse without a fight at the critical moment of the war, this is the most frightening situation, he knows very well that Xuchang is so, Luo Jing must be the same, if there is no action, Xuchang's defeat is about to repeat.
He hurriedly walked into the main hall and bowed to the emperor, "Your Highness!" ”
"The general doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!"
Huangfu saw that Luo Wei glanced at the blood stains on the ground that had not yet had time to be cleaned, so he said lightly: "Just now Gu personally killed Huangfu Yingjun, he himself was incompetent, and he put the responsibility for the defeat on Gu, Gu reprimanded him a few words, he was going to draw his sword and hurt Gu, with ill intentions, Gu had to kill him." ”
Luo Wei sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that he wanted to kill the emperor handsome, so why use him, let that kind of gentleman lead the important land of Xuchang, how can he be undefeated, but what Luo Wei thought in his heart, he didn't dare to say it clearly, he owed and said: "The minister came today, just to talk to His Highness about Xuchang, Xuchang is lost, southern Henan is in danger, His Royal Highness can't sit idly by." ”
"Lone also knows that this problem is very serious, Lone sees the strategy of Huangfu Wujin, he wants to take southern Henan, then take western Henan, and finally surround Luojing, now Lone is helpless, I don't know how to deal with it?"
"Your Highness, the minister thinks that Xuchang has been lost, and now it is unrealistic to want to attack Dongjun, a Xuchang and a Xingyang are extremely important strategic places for His Highness, but with our current strength, we can only protect one of the two, I don't know if Your Highness wants to attack Xuchang or protect Xingyang?"
Huangfu was slightly stunned, he didn't understand a little, why he could only keep one of the two, Xingyang was still in his hands, what he lost was only Xuchang, Xuchang should be recaptured, what did Xingyang have to do?
"The general's meaning is not understood, what does it have to do with Xingyang?"
Luo Wei sighed and said: "The loss of Xuchang means that Huangfu Wujin has consolidated the rear and began to take a strategic offensive, attacking Xuchang is only his first step, the next step is to fight Xingyang, in order to form an encirclement of Luojing, if His Majesty wants to attack Xuchang, then he must give up Nanyang, mobilize Luojing and Nanyang's army as quickly as possible, in the shortest possible time, before Huangfu Wujin does not make a move on Xingyang, drive the Chu army out of Xuchang, keep the extension of Luojing, if His Majesty decides to give up Xuchang, Then you must immediately concentrate the army and rush to Xingyang to protect the east gate of Luojing, Your Highness, choose one of the two, please make a decision quickly. ”
After speaking, Luo Fu stared at Huangfu with blazing eyes, and waited for his decision, Huangfu Shen pondered for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "Gu decided to give up Xuchang and defend Xingyang." ”
Although this result was expected by Luo Fu, but Huang Fu Yi said it himself, which still made Luo Wei feel extremely lost, Huang Fu chose to give up Xuchang, which means that he has no determination to recapture Qizhou in his heart, which means that he is completely cowardly, and he does not even have the courage to recapture Xuchang, and what to talk about seizing Qizhou, the disappointment on Luo Fu's face can not be hidden.
He said in a trembling voice: "Since His Highness has decided to give up Xuchang, then please ask Your Highness to immediately transfer Zhao Ziwei's army back to Luojing, Xuchang is lost, Henan will not be guaranteed, and Huangfu Wujin will inevitably transfer Xiangyang's army to attack Nanyang, rather than being broken by each one, it is better to concentrate forces to surround Luojing and Xingyang." ”
Huangfu nodded, he was about to give an order, but at this moment, a guard rushed in and reported loudly, "Your Highness, Nanyang urgent news, Zhao Ziwei led the army to surrender Huangfu Wujin, Nanyang is lost!" ”
This news was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, Huangfu and Luo Wei were stunned at the same time, Zhao Ziwei surrendered, and Henan was completely finished.
Luo Wei hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Nanyang has been lost, the Chu army is about to attack Xingyang, and the minister will immediately lead an army of 50,000 to reinforce Xingyang, please agree." ”
Luo Wei is really anxious, Xingyang Shou will be his only son Luo Qiyu, what is his son, he knows better than anyone else, he can't let his son stay in Xingyang, that will cost his son's life.
"Alright! Lone agrees with your suggestion. ”
"Thank you, Your Highness, the minister will leave immediately."
Luo Wei was so anxious that he couldn't wait to fly to Xingyang, he immediately said goodbye, and almost ran out of Ziwei Palace to order troops and set off.
Luo Wei left, Huangfu sat on the dragon couch tiredly, holding his forehead with his hand, his heart was really uncomfortable, he couldn't have imagined that Zhao Ziwei, who had been his personal guard since he was ten years old, actually betrayed him and surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, his most confidants betrayed him, did he really reach the point of betraying his relatives?
Huang Fu Jin felt a trace of deep regret for the first time, in fact, he had a chance, at the beginning, when the news of Huangfu Wujin's first attack on Jinan City came, he should have given up fighting Luojing and killed back to Qizhou, at that time, Huangfu Wujin's foothold was not stable, he and Luo Wei's 100,000 troops attacked on both sides, and he would definitely be able to drive Huangfu Wujin back to the sea, but the ** attack on Luojing was too strong, so that he made a decision that he regretted so far, he really shouldn't be infatuated with Luojing.
At this time, Princess Luo Qifeng stepped forward with a bowl of ginseng tea, put the tea bowl in front of him, and comforted him softly: "Lord, drink tea first!" Get a good night's sleep and wake up tomorrow and everything will be fine. ”
Huangfu Yan held Luo Qifeng's hand and smiled bitterly, is it possible to get better? The general trend has gone, and it is only a matter of time before Luo Jing is lost, he resolutely made an important decision, "Qifeng, you will leave Luo Jing with the children tonight, take all my property, and leave tonight!" ”
Luo Qifeng was taken aback, "Lord Wang, where are you letting me go?" ”
"Go to Shuzhou, find a remote town to hide, if Luojing can't hold it, I will come to you."
In any case, Huang Fu Chen must not let his wife and children be poisoned like Huang Fu Heng's wife and daughter, he has to leave them a way back.
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(To be continued)