Chapter 32: Difficult Choices
The dark night seemed so long, and after being busy for most of the night, there was still no trace of white in the sky.
Chen Kefu stood in the camp and did not wait for the Goguryeo people, but waited for a team of cavalry with arrows stuck in their bodies, and when they rushed to the front of the camp, several people were exhausted, and as soon as they stopped, they fell to the ground, and the horses on the side were also foaming at the mouth.
When Chen Kefu arrived, those soldiers had already sobered up with the help of the military doctor, and when they saw Chen Kefu hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly, "General, Lord Yuwen and General Gao are trapped in a valley twenty miles ahead, please help the general quickly!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Kefu was also a little stunned, "Lord Yuwen? Which Ubun-sama? Could it be Lord Xu Guo Gongyu Wenshu? ”
"General, it's not Lord Yuwenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, it's the Shaoqing Yu Culture and Lord of Taifu Temple, and Lord Gao Liang of Ying Yanglang." The soldier was busy.
"Aren't Yu Wenhua and Lord Gao Liang in my camp? How could you be trapped in a valley twenty miles away? Are you kidding? Chen Kefu said with some surprise.
The soldier hurriedly said, "General, since Lord Yuwen and General Gao knew that there were 3,000 Goguryeo men and horses hidden in the valley twenty miles away, they secretly took us out of the camp two hours ago, and then we took advantage of their unpreparedness to raid the camp in the Goguryeo valley. It's just that we have just annihilated the 3,000 enemy cavalry, and somehow, the army of the Goguryeo people suddenly arrived, and when I was ordered by Lord Yuwen to break through, Lord Yuwen and General Gao had all retreated to the valley, and now according to what I saw, there were no less than 80,000 Goguryeo people, all of whom were cavalry. My lord, send troops to the rescue, it will be too late. ”
When Chen Kefu heard this, he really understood everything at once. This damn Yu Wenhua not only ran away secretly, but was so bold that he dared to take a thousand people to attack a battalion of 3,000 people when the enemy situation was unknown. Now, he ate 3,000 people, but he trapped himself in it. One thousand against eighty thousand, it's too dangerous.
After groaning for a while, Chen Kefu said to the few people on the ground, "You have also been injured all the way through, so go down to recuperate first." The next thing is that I'll go and save Lord Yuwen and General Gao. ”
After several soldiers were taken down, Luo Lin walked over and said, "My lord, Nayu Wenhua and Gao Liang and their more than 1,000 horses and horses really left the camp two hours ago. They went out through the gate of the East Camp, which belonged to the soldiers of the highlight, and they gave it to the guards of the people as they went, and they did not let them inform us. My lord, this is my dereliction of duty, I have patrolled the camp several times and I have not found out about this matter. ”
Chen Kefu glared at Luo Lin, more than 1,000 people had been out of the camp for two hours, and they didn't even know that if the Goguryeo people attacked just now, the Dongying that was not defended by elite soldiers was very likely to be broken through by the enemy. This damn U culture, why didn't he be pierced by the arrows of the Goguryeo people. Now trapped there, it would be good if he didn't know, now that he already knows, he can't escape no matter what.
Old Man Li Benlei sighed and said, "My lord, do you really want to save it?" Now we only have these 3,000 soldiers and horses, and if we defend the city, there will be no problem. But if we go out of the camp, then the Goguryeo people have 10,000 cavalry, and we can't please them anyway. If you're not careful, I'll wait for these 3,000 broken barracks to capsize here. My lord, think again. Presumably, even if His Majesty the Emperor knew about this matter, he would not blame us for not saving it. ”
Lu Shishen spat on the ground and said, "I feel uncomfortable when I look at that little white face, what a thing." Lack of success, more than failure. General, it is not a pity for such a person to die, so why should we risk our lives for such a person. In my opinion, it is better for me to stick to this camp and not come out, and then the little white-faced 1,000 men and horses will definitely be killed by the Goguryeo people. At that time, it was said that they did not obey the orders of the adults, secretly went out of the camp, and were surrounded by Goguryeo, and we are not to blame for this. If the adults still don't worry about those people who reported the news, this matter will be handed over to me Lao Lu, and the bag will be clean. ”
There were only the generals in the camp tent left, and the butter candles in the tent illuminated the entire tent extremely brightly, and the fire light clearly reflected Chen Kefu's hesitation at this time. According to what everyone has discussed before, it is the best policy to stick to it at this time. If you go out of the city to save Yu Wenhua, even if you are really rescued by then, the price you have to pay for breaking the barracks is too great.
There are 80,000 Goguryeo people, and he only has 3,000, and he must stay in the camp, and the number is less. So he can only take a thousand cavalry out at most, one thousand against eighty thousand, even if he is Sun Bin resurrected, this does not necessarily have a chance of winning.
But does it really matter? To say, Yu Wenhua and others are to blame, and he doesn't save the past. However, if the trapped person was just an ordinary person, Chen Kefu might give up to save him in the end, but that person was Yu Wenhua. Not to mention that he is now relying on Yuwen's family in the eyes of outsiders, just thinking about Yu Wenhua and his father Yuwenshu is enough to make Chen Kefu think twice.
Yu Wenshu is a person with great power in the court, if you want to know how powerful he is, in fact, it can be summed up in a few sentences. Chen Kefu has a lot of knowledge about the politics of the Sui Dynasty based on his previous understanding of this history, and the special inquiry and understanding he made after coming to this dynasty. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the most powerful people in the court can actually be divided into four stages. The first stage is the pre-trident era when the Sui Dynasty was founded, which is the pre-trident era composed of Gao Gong, the first hero of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Jian's second strategists, Li Delin and Su Wei, who completed the reign of the emperor and Yang Jian, and were also the most powerful people in the court. Later, there was the post-trident era composed of Gao Xi, Su Wei, and Yang Su, who was also the most powerful person. Finally, there is the era of the twin giants composed of Yang Su and Gao Xi. In Yang Jian's time, several of them were the most powerful figures in the Sui Dynasty except for the emperor.
And after Yang Guang came to power, he slowly became a son of heaven and a courtier, and he changed to many newcomers. Yu Wenshu is such a person, he helped Yang Guang to seize the crown prince, seize the throne, it can be said that he has the merit of the dragon, he and the other three guys, Pei Shiju, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and called the Gang of Four. Among them, Fei Yun is the imperial historian, which is equivalent to managing the political and legal work of the whole country, Fei Shiju and Yu Shiji are the emperor's advisers, and Yu Wenshu is the general of the imperial guard around the emperor, managing the military power of the capital. It can be said that Yuwenshu is the best in these four-person gangs, and Chen Kefu is now at odds with Pei Valve, relying on Yuwenshu. If he didn't save Yu Wenhua this time, and let Yu Wenshu's beloved eldest son die here, then Chen Kefu wouldn't dare to imagine that he offended three of the four favorite ministers of the Sui Dynasty, so where would he have a foothold in the Sui Dynasty.
He could even think that as soon as he returned to Liaodong City, Yuwenshu would let his men and horses participate in the attack of Liaodong City, facing the strong city that hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong City were difficult to capture, and their three thousand people would go up, which was not enough for the meat grinder to consume in a day. He Chen Kefu didn't want his journey to end like this, as for what Lu Shishen's reckless man said, it didn't make any sense at all. With so many people in this large camp seeing those cavalrymen who reported the news entering the camp, could he still kill everyone, which is more than 100,000 people.
Closing his eyes in pain, Chen Kefu gritted his teeth and said, "Needless to say, General Yuwen is in danger, and we must save it as colleagues." Although the messenger said that there were 80,000 Goguryeo people, what they saw in their panic was not necessarily accurate, and even if there were so many people, we would not necessarily fail. As long as we do not attack the Goguryeo people head-on, but continue to attack the Goguryeo people on the flank with cavalry, harassing their attacks on the valley, then as long as we hold out for one night, reinforcements from Xincheng and Dongseong will arrive. ”
Hu Hai is also a veteran of the battlefield, how can he not know the helplessness of Chen Kefu to make such a decision, "My lord, let me go, I will take two groups of people to go, and I will try my best to deal with the Goguryeo people." If Yu Wenhua and the adults can't wait for reinforcements to arrive, then we will do our best. ”
Two regiments of men are only 400 people, what can this person do in the past. It is estimated that Hu Hai only plans to take people to wander around the periphery of the battlefield, and then he will have an explanation for the imperial court. However, Chen Kefu estimated that if Hu Hai was really allowed to go, it was estimated that this old fritter might hide near the battlefield with someone by then, and he would not show a single face.
"Needless to say, I have already decided on this matter, and this time I will personally bring a thousand soldiers and horses to the rescue. Mao Yi, Lu Shishen, Hu Hai, Chen Fu, Chen Gui, Luo Lin, you all go with me. The camp will be left to the old man Li Benlei to be responsible for guarding, and Zhang He and Chen Qing are responsible for coordinating the guards. You must remember that no matter what happens, you can no longer divide your troops out of the camp, this is an order. ”
The old man shook his head, "My lord, let my old man go, anyway, I am also a lot old, how can I die in bed, if I die at the hands of the Goguryeo people this time, I will return the body of the horse leather on the battlefield, and it will not be in vain to fight for a lifetime." I have a common enmity with the dog thieves of Goguryeo, this time killing one is enough, killing a pair and earning one. I don't have any other requirements, I just hope that in the future, I will take the soldiers who broke the barracks to kill a few more Goguryeo barbarians and avenge my sons and daughters in the Central Plains. ”
Since the war is unavoidable, everyone is not willing to Chen Kefu personally lead the troops to attack. Especially the nine Chen family members who came out with Chen Kefu at the beginning, how could they let him go in such a dangerous situation.
Lu Shishen said loudly, "Young Master, you are the master of an army, how can you go to this charge, not to mention, now that the young master of the Chen family is so alone, do you want to be a disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial person?" Let me Lao Lu lead the troops, and I don't need to let a few generals go together, I'll pick a thousand people to go. Anyway, although my old Lu doesn't have any skills, my mother-in-law has also given birth to several children for me. My old Ruben is the slave of the Chen family, so this kind of thing will naturally be left to me. I don't have anything to worry about, anyway, if I go, the mother-in-law and dolls at home also have the young master to help take care of them, and when they grow up, the young master remembers to tell them, they are also a well-known man, and when they are older, let them come to Liaodong to avenge their old son. ”