Chapter 404: Rivals Meet
Although it is less than 200 miles from Penn to Guizhou, it is not a plain of Pingchuan after all, but let the army run wildly, Liu Wu's 5,000 men and horses arrived at night, and only arrived at Qintangyi in the northwest of Guizhou, which is still nearly 20 miles away from Guizhou City.
Liu Wu, who is accustomed to galloping in the northwest land, feels always tied up after coming to Lingnan, like a dragon stranding on a beach.
After nightfall, a large stream of flower-winged mosquitoes buzz around people, and a bite can make people feel excited. There are a lot of strange things encountered, a bucket-thick python was lying on the road before, and it was not injured by an arrow, and it was bombarded with a grenade before leaving; There is also a fox, actually dressed in human clothes, fortunately there are many people around, if one person meets, it must be creepy, scared half to death.
Everything was unhappy, which made Liu Wu scold his mother uncontrollably, remembering that Yang Yi had always been open and closed in the northwest, and after coming to Lingnan, he also became cautious and walked on thin ice; Liu Wu's mood was slightly better.
In the vast night, suddenly a horse in front of him galloped with a torch, after all, it was night, and the horse speed was not too fast, Liu Wu couldn't wait, so he caught up.
"General! Checkmate! Su Qingliang led the army to fight a bloody battle for several days, just recaptured Guizhou City, the enemy army at least 20,000 horses and horses came, and now it is less than ten miles away from the city, general, Su Qingliang has lost more than half of his men and horses, and it is just a big battle, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it! ”
The scouts who came back shouted from afar, Liu Wu was shocked when he heard it, this is not a plain area, the advantage of cavalry cannot be brought into play, five thousand against twenty thousand, this night is vast, and the terrain is not familiar, Liu Wu has the slightest certainty of victory.
"Probe again, be sure to grasp the enemy's every move."
"Whoa!"
The sound of horses' hooves went, Liu Wu's heart was full of lightning, this hilly area, fighting with an enemy army several times his own at night, was extremely unfavorable, and if one was not good, the whole army would be wiped out. But if there is no fight, once the enemy army reoccupies the city of Guizhou, it will be even more troublesome. When he came, Yang Yi gave him a death order, no matter what, he must control Guizhou, otherwise it won't be long before the army will run out of food.
Adjutant General Xu Wei also understood the stakes, he thought for a while and said: "General Liu, it's better to do this, let's raise more torches to strengthen our momentum, and then approach Guizhou City, so that the enemy army does not dare to attack the city rashly, let's find a dangerous place to station, and wait for dawn to talk about it." ”
Liu Wu nodded and said: "That's the only way, it's up to you to take people to explore the terrain, be sure to be fast, and choose those terrains that are conducive to defense and not easy to be trapped." ”
Xu Wei clenched his fists and replied, "The last general will take the order." ”
Xu Wei led a hundred or so people, led by the local guide, and Liu Wu turned around and shouted: "Come on, put up more torches, then beat the war drums, speed up the march, and follow the general to Guizhou City." ”
Not to mention how excited Su Qingliang was when he heard that reinforcements had arrived. Ke Changluo came from the southwest along the south of the Yujiang River, seeing that the city of Guizhou was close at hand, and learned from the mouth of the rout army that Su Qingliang had just captured Guizhou, and he had suffered heavy casualties, Ke Changluo was planning to recapture the city in one go, just when he was constantly urging the 20,000 army to speed up the march, the rumbling war drums suddenly came from the northwest.
The scout galloped back and reported: "General Ke, a large number of Song troops have arrived in the direction of Qintangyi, and it is estimated that they are coming from Pennsylvania. ”
Ke Changluo's heart was cold, and he asked loudly: "How many people are coming from the Song army?" ”
"General Hui, the Song army sent a large number of scouts, we can't get too close for the time being, we can't see how many men and horses there are, but we can hear the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, it seems that there are thousands of troops and horses galloping, and there are torches out of ten miles, and the number of people is not less than our army."
"Probe again, probe again, we must find out the detailed information of the Song army, and go immediately!"
Under Ke Changluo's cold roar, the scout galloped away again, Ke Changluo did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing and set up a formation on the spot.
Ke Changluo guessed that it was very likely that Yang Yi's army was afraid that Kunlun Pass would be difficult to attack, and the whole army turned to Guizhou, intending to attack Yongzhou from Guizhou along the Yujiang River. It's not impossible, although it's not easy to walk along the Yujiang River, but at least there's no Kunlun Pass, which is a dangerous pass.
This made Ke Changluo feel very tricky, he came in a hurry this time, he brought very little grain and grass, and Guizhou has been lost, if the opposite side is really Yang Yi's tens of thousands of troops, he has no hope of winning, and he doesn't even have the capital to confront him, otherwise the grain and grass brought will be eaten, and the 20,000 army will definitely collapse without a fight.
Just when Ke Changluo's heart was up and down, a scout soon galloped back and reported loudly: "General Ke, find out, the Song army that came to reinforce is no more than 5,000 cavalry, and in order to increase the momentum, each of them is carrying two or three torches. ”
Ke Changluo asked urgently, "Are you sure there are only five thousand people?" Who is the commander of the Song army? ”
"General Hui, although we haven't been able to find out who the main general of the Song army is, we can guarantee that the other party only has 5,000 people, and I will wait for the potential roadside bushes to take a closer look, and there will definitely be no mistake."
"Well, no wonder the drums are beating from afar, it turns out to be nothing more than a bluff. Hurry, explore again, don't let go of Song Jun's every move. ”
"Yes."
Ruan Ping, the deputy general on the side, immediately asked, "General Ke, what should we do?" ”
Ke Changluo gritted his teeth and said: "Since the other party is bluffing, it is clearly a thief's heart, General Ruan, you immediately lead 10,000 horses to Qintang Station, be sure to block this Song army, this general will lead the rest of the men and horses to Guizhou directly, attack the city overnight, the Song army in the city is exhausted, it must not be able to support for long, as long as General Ruan can block the Song army that comes to aid the Song army overnight, we can decide a big deal." ”
"Please rest assured General Ke, the last general will not be dishonored!"
"Okay, go!"
Ke Changluo was full of ambition and immediately ordered the camp to be withdrawn, his plan was not bad, but unfortunately the fighters often disappeared in a flash.
Ke Changluo originally hesitated and ordered to stop the march, but Liu Wu soon received the news that he risked colliding head-on with Ke Changluo, and ordered the whole army to suddenly accelerate and fly to Guizhou City.
Liu Wu's decisiveness made him seize this fleeting opportunity, 5,000 cavalry gave up their disguise and quickly rushed to the city of Guizhou, Ke Changluo was half a step late, and could only watch Liu Wu enter the city.
War is like this, victory or defeat is often only between the first line, and whoever seizes the opportunity of this line will take the initiative.
When the enemy situation was unknown, Ke Changluo ordered the whole army to deploy on the spot, which is understandable, and anyone else would do it. This really can't be blamed for his incompetence, he can only be blamed for the infantry, and Liu Wu is a cavalry, and his mobility is not as good as Liu Wu.
Ke Changluo had no choice but to order to camp ten miles away from the city, preparing to attack the city again tomorrow.
However, Liu Wu is not easy to deal with, as soon as he is safe, he immediately bit Ke Changluo, Ke Changluo's camp has not yet been set up, Liu Wu has begun to send troops to continue to sneak attack, true and false, tossing back and forth, making the Vietnamese army fearful, all the grass and trees are soldiers, and they can only stay awake all night and wait for the day.
Yang Yi got up early in the morning, the summer in Lingnan is hot, only the morning is cool, the thin mist has not yet dissipated, a longan tree in the courtyard has lush leaves, the fruit is heavy and the branches are lowered, Yang Yi is sitting cross-legged under the tree to practice the art of spitting.
Born less than 100 years old, often with a thousand years of worries. After coming to Guangnan, Yang Yi walked on thin ice step by step, only the early morning was his most leisurely time, he could put everything aside and concentrate on it.
Usually no one comes to disturb him at this time, but today there was some accident, Yang Yi was angry halfway, and he heard a shouting in front of the yamen, which was already small, and the sound was clearly transmitted to the back yamen, Yang Yi was so noisy that he couldn't calm down, but he got up and went to the front of the yamen.
The guard in front of the door was shouting loudly: "Go away, go away, I said that our university scholars are not seeing guests now, and we will be entangled again, so don't blame me for being polite." ”
Two men dressed in Miao clothes, with feathers on their heads, big knives on their waists, and bare feet, pushed and pushed, and shouted angrily in stiff Chinese: "What is it, let our leaders rush to Pennsylvania and not come out to meet guests, what kind of reason is this, do you treat us as monkeys?" ”
The other party was so presumptuous, the guards were also angry, and they pulled out their waist knives and shouted: "Presumptuous! Don't look at what kind of place this is, are we scholars you barbarians who want to see us? If you dare to go wild here, you will cut it all! ”
After the guards roared, more than a dozen Miao people rushed up outside the door, the most eye-catching thing is that they are all barefoot, their feet are full of calluses, it can be seen that they have not worn shoes for many years, they also draw their swords to each other, the two sides are tense, and they are about to explode.
"Stop!" Yang Yi snorted lightly and walked out with his hands in his hands.
"Your Excellency, your Excellency." The guards greeted one after another, but they didn't dare to slack off, and the swords and guns in their hands were still pointing at the Miao people opposite.
"What's going on?"
"Back to my lord, this is the case, these barbarians suddenly said that they wanted to see you, and the little one said that the adults don't have time to meet the guests now, so let them come back in an hour, but they didn't want to, and they insisted on attacking the state government, which is too arrogant."
After the guard finished speaking, a Miao Min on the opposite side immediately shouted: "What an adult! Our head looked at the face of the Great Song Dynasty, and rushed for a few days and nights, and when we arrived in Pennsylvania, you even asked us to wait, which was obviously deliberately making things difficult for us, and we were easy to bully, right? ”
"Put the knife away." Yang Yi waved his hand to the guards, and then asked the shouting Miao Mindao, "I am Yang Yi who led the army to fight against Jiaozhi, what about your leaders?" ”
As soon as Yang Yi's words fell, he heard a string of crisp and pleasant bells, and then a beautiful girl, sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in silver jewelry, flashed out.
I saw her head tied in a high bun on the top, with silver needles, silver hairpins and silver combs, silver rings in her ears, silver jias and collars around her neck, silver bracelets on her wrists, and silver rings on her fingers.
The short-sleeved top is embroidered with unicorn patterns, and she wears a knee-length short skirt underneath, although a pair of ** is not very fair, but it is round and slender, which makes her whole person look very slender; In general, she is dressed in beautiful and chic clothes, with bright and exaggerated colors. And the black cloth upper is embroidered with a big red spider on each side, which is full of mystery.
This beautiful girl is followed by four Miao girls, all of whom are also dressed in "silver makeup".
Yang Yi was greatly surprised, he ordered forty-four states, five counties, and eleven Dongtou people to rush to Pennsylvania, but he didn't expect that the first person to come was a little girl.
"You're their leader?"
"What? You don't believe it? The girl looked Yang Yi up and down without any scruples, Yang Yi was dressed in regular clothes, polite and polite, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a general who led a large army to fight.
Yang Yi coughed lightly and asked, "Where are you from?" ”
"Three mountains are made of silver, and eight caves of jade are the sky."
"Eight holes?"
"I heard that it is the champion of your Great Song Dynasty, it's not bad, you guessed it."
Yang Yi couldn't laugh or cry.......
(To be continued)