Chapter 160 [The War Begins]

Gao Cheng's lust is innate, he has been interested in women since he was a child, and he also soaked his father's favorite Zheng Dache, and almost didn't cause a big accident. Gao Zhongmi was forced to run away by Gao Cheng, and Hou Jing was also provoked by Gao Cheng on the quite Cheng dΓΉ.

So, Yuwentai took Li Yuan as the secretary of the line, took the lead in driving the east to meet Gao Zhongmi, and personally led more than 60,000 elites of the Western Wei Dynasty to Henan.

Considering that the tiger prison is located in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and a general who is professional enough to defend the city can be safe, Wang Sizheng Shouyubi gave Yuwentai too many surprises, so at this moment he thinks that only Wang Sizheng is the best candidate.

Those who can work hard, Wang Sizheng is duty-bound, but Yubi's defense is also very important, so he has to arrange the affairs of Yubi before he can go to the Tiger Prison to take up his post, so he was delayed for a while, who expected that the plan was not as fast as the change, and the changes that happened later made him not succeed.

Yuwentai once again set foot on the land of Henan, and along the way, Quan Zhongzun, Yang Yi, Chen Xin and others led their troops to join the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Kaifu Yi and the three divisions Yu Jin were ordered to lead Quan Zhongzun and Yang Yi to capture Baigu City, and opened the road to Northern Yuzhou, Yu Jin left Yang Yi to guard, and Quan Zhongzun followed Yuwentai to attack Luoyang. Li Yuan secretly welcomed Gao Zhongmi to the army, Gao Zhongmi saw Yuwentai, and Yuwentai naturally comforted him.

Yuwentai personally led a large army to surround the southern city of Heqiao, and he planned to take the river bridge first to cut off the road for the rescue of Gao Huan's Hebei army, and then try to recover Henan. When the news reached Jinyang, Gao Huan's nose was crooked, last year's loss of troops in Yubi was broken, and a mouthful of breath had not yet come out, Yuwentai actually sent it to the door in person, okay. The new accounts and the old accounts were counted together, so they gathered 100,000 troops and hurried to Luoyang.

For Gao Huan, Yuwentai is still quite jealous. The southern city of Heqiao could not be attacked for a while. After hearing the news that Gao Huan rushed to Hebei, Yuwentai retreated to the west. In order to prevent Gao Huan from crossing the river, he sent people to release fire boats in the upper reaches of the river with the intention of burning the river bridge.

The river bridge is the traffic artery of Hebei and Henan, the Eastern Wei Dynasty set up three bridgeheads on the river bridge to defend, which shows the importance of its status, the three cities of the river bridge are heavily defended, Yuwentai changes the strategy to attack with fire, which is equivalent to bypassing the three cities to deal with the bridge. The river bridge is a wooden bridge, so it is naturally most afraid of fire.

The fireboat drifted east towards the river bridge, and the bridge was difficult to protect. Hu Lujin, the general of Heyang of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who was guarding the north bank of the river bridge, had already discovered that the Western Army was going to burn the bridge. Zhang Liang was sent to the river with a small boat for more than 100 years, and the fireboat floated over and was dragged to the shore with a long rope, the river bridge was unharmed, and Gao Huan's army calmly crossed the river.

Han Xiong, who had been fighting guerrillas near Luoyang, was familiar with the terrain near Luoyang, and he volunteered to go to Pishan Pass to set up an ambush, and if Gao Huan advanced south, he could be caught off guard. Yu Wentai agreed, but he just asked Han Xiong to bring his own troops there.

Gao Huan really fell into ambush, but. Gao Huan was fierce and abnormal, he ordered the three armies to fight back fiercely, Han Xiong's combat effectiveness was weaker, how could he withstand the attack of the elite of the Eastern Wei Dynasty? Han Xiong struggled to break through. The trilogy is almost lost.

When the soldiers of the Western Army heard that Han Xiong had been defeated, they were all shocked. Gao Huan led the army to the mountain, which belonged to the remnants of the mountain. The mountain is gentle, and the altitude is only two or three hundred meters above sea level. It's just a hill.

Gao Huan camped in the mountains, and the two peerless masters were only forty or fifty miles apart. Everyone knows that a big war is inevitable. However, the Eastern Wei army did not take any action for several days, and the Buddha Gao Huan was just here to make soy sauce.

The silence before the war made the Western Wei army feel uneasy, and everyone couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Gao Huan's gourd, and people's feelings became impatient. Yu Wentai finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and he decided to take advantage of Gao Huan's unpreparedness to sneak attack the Eastern Army camp with elite light horses.

That night, Yuwentai ordered the army to have a full meal, leaving the burden in the Qianqu, and the camp of the Chinese army was handed over to the five kings such as the governor of Lintao, Wang Yuankhmer, and he personally led the light cavalry to attack the eastern army. Yuwentai left, and Yuan Cambodia and the others quietly waited for the news of the victory.

However, when the day dawned, Yuwentai's good news did not wait, and a brigade of elite cavalry of the Eastern Army suddenly appeared in front of the Western Army camp.

However, when the day dawned, Yuwentai's good news did not wait, and a brigade of elite cavalry of the Eastern Army suddenly appeared in front of the Western Army camp.

Yuan Cambodia and others were caught off guard and rushed to the battle, and the Western Wei camp was rushed by the Eastern Army, and 48 people, including the five princes, were taken prisoner.

Among these captives, there is also Zhao Gui's own brother Zhao Shan, Zhao Shan's qualifications are very old, and when Pingliang was the lord, he supported Yuwentai with Zhao Gui, and when he beat Cao Ni, he was the head of the North Road, and he was the prince Zhan Shi.

The leader of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who made a windfall was Peng Le. It turned out that as soon as Yuwentai's side moved, Gao Huan's scouts found out, and when they heard that the Western Army had eaten dry food and was going to attack him, Gao Huan laughed: When thirst dies of Western thieves.

The Eastern Army set up a formation on the commanding heights of Pishan and quietly waited for the arrival of the Western Army. The road at night is not easy to walk, and the terrain is not familiar, the forty-mile journey Yuwentai walked all night, until ten o'clock at dawn before climbing the mountain, looking at the soft morning light, the soldiers of the Western Army were dumbfounded, and the eyes were dazzling golden.

The flag of the Eastern Army was red, but the 100,000 troops brought by Gao Huan were replaced with yellow flags, it turned out that the famous inventor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who had the patent of the Su Iron Knife was Huai Wenjing Channel, he saw that the two armies were black and red, so he persuaded Gao Huan to say: Red, is the color of fire, black, the five elements of the main water, water can extinguish fire, and red is not good for our army. Tukeshui, the flag of our army should be changed to yellow.

Gao Huan listened to what Qi's mother Huaiwen said, so he changed the flag to ochre yellow. The Eastern Wei army was in full array, and the attack could not be fought, so attack or retreat? That's a problem. There was no turning back from the bow, Yuwentai chose to attack, since he had already come, there was no reason not to fight.

However, from our hindsight point of view, this was indeed a wrong decision, because from the attack to the field battle, the psychological contrast of the Western Wei cavalry was too great, in other words, there was a feeling of being unprepared and rushing into battle.

War! "Huang Cheng is young" Pei Guo was the first to urge the horse to rush into the Eastern Army formation, the Eastern Wei Governor He Lou Yan Luolan waved his spear to meet each other, the two horses were wrong, Pei Guo opened his spear, and the light Shu ape arm captured Yan Luolan on the horse, and then returned to the horse, and the Western Army applauded. Encouraged by Pei Guo, the soldiers of the Western Army shouted and urged their horses to enter the battle, and Yang Zhong and Quan Zhongzun rushed ahead. The two sides are in a scuffle.

Peng Le, the commander of the right army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, led thousands of cavalry to the flank of the Western Army. Everywhere they went, the Western army was defeated and retreated. The Western Wei army formation was torn open, and some of the cavalry turned their horses and fled. Peng Le chased after him and accidentally hit the camp of the Chinese army of the Western Wei Dynasty, and in this way, Peng Le easily took out the headquarters of the Western Wei Dynasty and returned to the main battlefield of Bishan with the prisoners on his toes.

At the beginning of the war, someone reported that Peng Le ran away, and Gao Huan was so angry that he scolded: Repeated villains, abandoned Hanlou and Erzhu to follow me, and now they have turned their backs on me to the West. A villain is not a good idea, but he hates the villain's capriciousness.

Unexpectedly, Peng Le came back and brought a bunch of surprises. Gao Huan's heart blossomed, he wanted to make good use of these noble-born captives, so Peng Le led the troops to escort the captives to the periphery of the battlefield, and took a roll call one by one, boasting of the fruits of victory. Yuwentai never dreamed that such a situation would happen. When he heard Peng Legao shouting about the official titles of the captives, his heart couldn't help but tremble, "It's over!" ”。

Sure enough, the Western Wei army was depressed when they heard the news that the old nest was ended. It was already very difficult to fight, but now I see that the princes who accompanied the army have been taken prisoner one by one, and I think that I have been cut off. When the fighting spirit is gone, the fighting spirit is gone. On the contrary, the morale of Gao Huan's army was high. The more he killed, the more courageous he became, beheading more than 30,000 people of the Western Wei army. The Western Army was defeated.

As the saying goes, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and at the critical moment, Yuwentai had an accident again, and Yuwentai and the left and right riders were scattered in the fight, and they happened to be targeted by Peng Le, who handed in shit luck.

Peng Le recognized Yuwentai, this was the biggest fish, so he hurriedly let the horse go straight to Yuwentai, Yuwentai resisted but turned the horse's head and fled, Peng Le chased after him, and chased after only two people and two horses left in the field. Seeing that he couldn't hide today, Yu Wentai stopped the horse, and then turned the horse's head.

The two were separated by a distance, Peng Le was chasing Huan, and suddenly saw Yuwentai stop running away and turn his horse's head to stare at him, he was startled, because he couldn't figure out what Yuwentai was going to do, he couldn't help but stop in a panic.

The two were close at hand. Yu Wentai suddenly shouted. "Isn't it General Peng Le?" In fact, everyone has been in Erzhu Rongjun**, although they have no deep friendship, they still know each other. "It's Peng, the black otter, who should take Er's life today."

&Oh, idiot man, if I'm done today, will I have a good day for you tomorrow? "Although Peng Le is a brave man, he still understands the truth of the cunning rabbit and the dead lackey. Seeing Peng Le's hesitation, Yu Wentai said again: "Peng Le, I will give you a piece of gold belt as a token, which can be regarded as a great merit for you." For your sake, why don't you go back and grab some treasure beads to play and make some money. ”

Peng Le saw that what Yu Wentai said was not unreasonable, he was a reckless man, and at the moment he was confused by Yu Wentai's words, and his mind was full of how Gao Huan cleaned himself up after the death of the black otter, and he let go of the black otter in a trance.

Peng Le has been confused all his life, more than ten years ago he surrendered to the rebels inexplicably with Yu Hui to fight Han Lou, and more than ten years later, he even died in a daze because of the so-called rebellion. Peng Leti slipped Yuwentai's jade belt to see Gao Huan, and he didn't want to think about Yuwentai's purpose in giving him a gold belt.

It turned out that Yuwentai knew that the golden belt could speak, and he just wanted to use the golden belt to send a letter to Gao Huan: Isn't Peng Le your confidant He Liuhun's confidant, he can still betray you at a critical moment, how to deal with it, you can watch it. Peng Le shouted: "I almost caught the black otter, and the black otter's courage was broken.

&Faith? Look, look, the black otter's belt is in my hand! He also wanted to take credit. With Gao Huan's shrewdness, when he saw the golden belt, he guessed that the reckless man in front of him was deceived by the black otter.

Peng Le was coarse after all, and Gao Huan found out the truth in a few words, and the conversation between the two was brought together, but he did not admit that he deliberately let go of the black otter, but emphasized that he was not confused by what Yuwentai said, but Yuwentai escaped with a big life, and he was willing to take five thousand elite horses to catch the black otter back.

Gao Huan was simply stunned by the reckless man in front of him, it was a pity to give away such a good opportunity in vain! He drew his saber and slashed at Peng Le, but like Er Zhurong back then, he was just as reluctant to Peng Le's bravery, and the happiest laugh at the general before the battle was naturally the black otter, and the black otter's conspiracy must not be allowed to succeed.

The big knife dangled on Peng Le's head for a long time and did not fall after all, and finally ordered someone to take 3,000 pieces of cloth and press it on Peng Le's body, which was also regarded as a reward and punishment. Yuwentai, who escaped death, defeated the retreating soldiers in the Xixi Battalion, and Peng Le came and went like the wind and electricity, except for people. The loss of heavy grain and grass was not large, and the western army gradually gathered.

Everyone saw that Yuwentai was safe and sound. Everyone is a little determined, and the people are counted. Although the losses were not small after a day of fierce fighting, the main force of the cavalry of the Western Army still existed, and they were defeated like this, Yuwentai was not reconciled, and he decided to gamble again.

Yuwentai took the mixed infantry and cavalry army composed of various miscellaneous armies led by Zhao Gui as the left army, led a number of Hui Ling cavalry as the right army, personally led the middle army, arranged the stop, and prepared to fight again the next day.

By coincidence. Gao Huan put him in the camp to prepare for the end of the war and then deal with it after returning to Jinyang, this guy ordered the Mahayana to escape and ran to the western military camp to report the location of Gao Huan's Chinese army. Yu Wentai immediately formulated a battle plan to directly penetrate the enemy's Chinese army overnight, and under the leadership of the donkey killing sergeant, the armies from all walks of life quietly set off and approached the camp of Gao Huan's Chinese army.

As soon as the day was just dawning, the Western Wei army launched a general attack again, and Yuwentai personally led the Chinese army and led the leading several Hui to lead the right army to jointly attack the central army of the Eastern Army. Zhao Gui pinned down the rest of the Eastern Wei army on the flank.

The victorious Eastern Army was a little slack, they never dreamed that the Western Army would come back so soon, and they rushed to the battle in a panic. Yuwentai stole chickens and rice yesterday, but today he fought a beautiful attack battle.

What is it called? Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom. Unintentionally planted willows and willows. Under the onslaught of the Western Wei cavalry, the Eastern Wei army was defeated, especially the infantry suffered heavy losses. Everyone threw away their weapons and surrendered. The officers and men of the Western Army are very outstanding.

The Southern Yingzhou Thorn Shi Geng Linggui, who was dyed with blood gourd in the Shayuan War, said to the people before the battle: The big husband must hold a knife in his right hand and a spear in his left hand when he sees a thief. Stab and slash, don't frown and be afraid of death.

Word. Geng Linggui shouted and rushed into the enemy formation first, the Eastern Saber and Gun were fired, everyone thought that Geng Linggui was finished, but he didn't expect Geng Linggui's big knife to turn over and come back, so three or four times, the Eastern Wei soldiers were killed and injured countless times, Geng Linggui shouted while killing: How can I be a person who likes to kill, and strong men have to kill thieves. You can't kill a thief, and you don't want to be hurt, so go home and be a pen and knife officer.

Comparable to Geng Linggui is the general Wang Huren, his three hundred daredevils all hold short knives in their hands, shouting slogans to rush in, as the saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal is afraid of not dying, in the face of this group of outlaws who do not care about their lives, the psychological defense line of the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Army collapsed in an instant, and they were defeated and retreated.

Cai You was wearing a bright light Baokai, shining dazzlingly in the sun, he rode his horse and rode up, rampage, and the Eastern Wei soldiers exclaimed, "The iron beast is coming", turned around and ran. Yuwentai's so-called "10,000 enemies" Wang Wenda also won a lot.

The fighting became more and more fierce, the soldiers on both sides fought separately, everyone was red-eyed, and when they saw the wrong color of their clothes and armor, they rushed up and cut and slashed, and the hillside was littered with corpses with severed heads and discarded weapons and flags.

God is fair, yesterday the commander of the Western Army, Yu Wentai, was left alone in distress, and today it is the turn of the commander of the Eastern Army, Gao Huan, who is unlucky.

A stray arrow hit Gao Huan's war horse, at the moment of crisis, the Eastern Wei Governor Helian Yangshun hurriedly rushed over to give his war horse to Gao Huan, the Western Army swarmed up, at this time Gao Huan only left six or seven steps left and right to ride with him, his cronies Governor Xingqing persuaded Gao Huan to flee quickly, he still had a hundred arrows in his pocket, and he wished that the palace would desperately cover everyone.

What a brave and loyal man! Gao Huan was moved to a mess, and immediately promised that if everyone escaped this catastrophe, Wei Xingqing would be the assassin of Huaizhou, and if Xingqing died in battle, he would be transferred to his son. Wei Xingqing looked at the Western Army pressing up like a dark cloud, knowing that he would inevitably die, how could his son be able to take the task of assassinating history at a young age, and immediately said loudly: "The child is young, Xingqing, please take my brother as the assassin." Gao Huan promised, Wei Xingqing stopped and held a bow and arrow, glared at the Western Army, and rode left and right to protect Gao Huan and escape.

Wei Xingqing's arrow was not in vain, and it hit several Western Wei soldiers in a row, and the soldiers of the Western Army who ran in front saw that Wei Xingqing's archery was powerful, and hesitated slightly, and the attack of the Western Army was temporarily blocked, and Gao Huan and others beat the horse and flew away.

But soon, more soldiers of the Western Army rushed over, and Wei Xingqing was hacked to death with a knife after running out of arrows. After the war, Gao Huan found his body and buried it, and set up a pagoda in the place where he died in battle, in order to commemorate this good soldier who sacrificed his life and forgot to die.

Later generations called this tower the tower of the high king. Someone reported Gao Huan's whereabouts to Yuwentai, at this time Gao Huan was separated from the Eastern Army, and there were only five or six riders left and right, which was really a godsend, and it seemed that He Liuhun was really going to finish the game now. Yu Wentai looked left and right, and decided to give this once-in-a-lifetime meritorious opportunity to He Batsheng, and ordered the left and right to gather three thousand warriors armed with short knives to follow He Batsheng to chase Gao Huan.

He Batsheng and Gao Huan can be described as national enemies and family hatred, both brothers died in the hands of Gao Huan, and they were repeatedly calculated by Gao Huan, several sons who stayed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty were placed under house arrest for Gao Huan, if you want to say who hates Gao Huan the most in this world, He Batsheng must be one of them.

The herald took 3,000 short swordsmen to the army of He Batsheng to give the order, and He Batsheng fought repeatedly, and the men and horses were scarce, and he was resting in a secluded place, with a large lance, bow and arrow beside him, and the left and right thirteen rode on horses and stood on guard.

Hearing the news of Gao Huan's loneliness, He Batsheng was overjoyed, and immediately turned over his horse, and didn't care about the three thousand short knife warriors, urging Ma Ti to chase all the way along the direction of Gao Huan's escape, and the left and right thirteen horsemen followed. Because he was so anxious to walk, He Batsheng forgot to bring his bow and arrows, which was a mistake that he regretted for the rest of his life. Soon, they found Gao Huan's traces. (To be continued......)