Chapter 378: Into the Valley

When Xian Yuyin led his soldiers to beat the Goguryeo barbarians who broke into the hinterland of Liaodong to the ground, the Liaodong and Western Fronts, which were heavily hoarded, were not quiet, and Xu Huang was gritting his teeth and calculating the Xianbei people of Liaodong who blocked the way to advance.

The city of Fuli, where Xu Huang led his army, is located in the southwest of Yiwulu Mountain, and the Yiwulu Mountain Range is in a north-south direction, about more than 200 miles wide, just between Liaodong County and Liaoxi County.

Yiwu Lu Mountain, known as "Yu Weilu" and "Wuwu Mountain" in ancient times, according to the "Zhou Li? "The Staff" said: "The northeast is called Youzhou, and its mountain town is said to be a medical town. Because the name of the mountain system is very early, there is no clear examination, probably related to the ancient Chinese ancestors' "medicine and witch culture worship". Yiwu Lushan has a long history, according to legend, when Emperor Shun was in charge of China, the country was divided into 12 states, and each state was sealed with a mountain as a state town, Lushan was named the town mountain of Youzhou in the northeast, and Lushan was one of the five mountains and five towns in the Zhou Dynasty.

Looking at the information that his subordinate detectives brought back from the eastern side of Yiwulu Mountain at the risk of their lives, Xu Huang's eyes were firmly fixed on several places where the Xianbei people in Liaodong were active and gathered on the topographic map of the march, his thick eyebrows were tightly twisted together, and several young staff officers from the Jicheng Commander's Office did not dare to speak out, for fear of disturbing Xu Huang's contemplation.

The director of the Zanhua Division was Guo Jia, and his subordinates were originally called Zanhua by the generals and soldiers in the army, but Liu He, the boss of the Command Office, felt awkward when he heard it, and always felt that he was not serious and majestic enough, so he continued to retain the title of Zanhua Division, but renamed dozens of senior bureaucrats and auxiliary ministers who served in it as "staff officers".

The staff officer, referring to the plan, is also, but it is also more appropriate and serious.

After a long time, Xu Huang said to a young staff officer: "Staff Officer Zhang, seeing that the weather is gradually getting warmer, and the general attack time set by the eldest prince is getting closer and closer, in your opinion, how can the Western Front break the current stalemate?" ”

The young man who was called Counselor Zhang by Xu Huang. is named Zhang Jun, the eldest son of the general Zhang He, who is eighteen years old this year. Zhang Hao is not only strong in war, but also has the ability to marry a wife and have children, he is Chinese New Year's Eve this year, he already has three sons, four daughters, in addition to this Zhang Jun, the other two sons Zhang Qun and Zhang Li were sent by him to the army for training, and there is a great momentum of father and son going into battle together.

Zhang Jun was taught by Guo Jia for two years at the Jicheng Command Office. Today's vision and insight are far beyond ordinary people, this time Guo Jia sent him to Liaodong to listen to Xu Huang's tent, which is the time for him to show his ability.

Seeing that Xu Huang turned his inquiring gaze to himself, Zhang Jun replied loudly: "Back to the general's words, my subordinates think that the situation on the Western Front is not stable now, and it is not appropriate to mobilize the main force to cross the Yiwulu Mountain and fight a decisive battle with the Xianbei people of Liaodong. The Xianbei people are best at cruising warfare, once our army crosses the Yiwulu Mountain to the east, it will lose the covering support of the cities on the western front, and not only the flanks of the army will be seriously threatened. Moreover, the Great Liao Water also blocked the continuation of the army to the east. ”

Xu Huang nodded and motioned for Zhang Jun to continue.

With Xu Huang's approval, the pressure in Zhang Jun's heart was slightly reduced, and he continued: "In the opinion of his subordinates. The general may wish to use Fuli City as a bait to lure the Xianbei people of Liaodong who are entrenched in the Wuxian area to come and occupy it, and after they occupy Fuli City, the general can mobilize troops from Changli and Binxi. The 6,000 cavalry directly led by the general surrounded the city of Fuli from three sides, so as to limit the high-speed mobility advantage of the Xianbei cavalry. After dealing with this group of Xianbei people, the general can let the cavalry under his command change into the clothes of the Xianbei people. Ride the war horse captured from the Xianbei people to Wuxi, and then stir up the situation between the hundreds of miles of Daliao Water to Yiwulu Mountain! ”

Xu Huang listened to Zhang Jun's suggestion and showed a knowing smile, although Zhang Jun's suggestion just now was a little superficial, and some places were not considered carefully enough, but the overall idea was basically the same as what he thought in his heart. The reason why Xu Huang wanted to ask Zhang Jun was actually to exercise and test Zhang Jun, after all, there was Zhang He, a veteran with great achievements, in front of him, and for Zhang Jun, who was a son, there was always invisible pressure.

"Staff Officer Zhang, this general ordered you to immediately formulate a plan to lure the enemy, and personally lead the team to induce the Xianbei people to come and capture Fuli City!"

Xu Huang gave an order, Zhang Jun was full of excitement, and immediately took several other staff officers to get busy.

A few days later, Xu Huang, who was stationed in Fuli City, suddenly left the city with a large group of soldiers and horses and hurried north.

On the night of the second day after Xu Huang led the 5,000 cavalry out of Fuli City, he quietly took his troops and hid in a hidden valley in the Yiwulu Mountains. This valley is only forty miles away from Fuli City, and if there is any movement on Fuli's side, Xu Huang can return to Fuli with his troops in half a day.

After a few more days, Zhang Jun led 500 cavalry to quietly touch the east from the low place on the south side of Yiwulu Mountain, and broke into the territory of Wuxian County, which was occupied by the Xianbei people.

At the same time, a force was also dispatched in Yangle City, led by Zhang Nan, all the way to the north, and soon broke into the area actually controlled by the Xianbei people in Liaodong in the north.

After a period of teaching and training, the loyalty of these soldiers has been significantly strengthened, and they have the certainty of completing the general task, so Xu Miao handed over these thousands of soldiers to Zhang Nan and asked Zhang Nan to take the team to Fuli to reinforce Xu Huang.

After Xu Huang received the military report sent by Xu Miao, he did not let Zhang Nan directly lead the team to reinforce Fuli City, but asked him to immediately go north secretly, and after crossing the Yushui, he pretended to be his own army and went to the area controlled by the Xianbei people to make trouble, so as to cover the main cavalry force hidden in the valley.

After a few more days, the small group of cavalry led by Zhang Jun finally stirred up the situation in the Wuxian area. I don't know what this young guy did to make the Xianbei people angry, in short, the nearly 10,000 Xianbei people who were entrenched in the vicinity of Wushu County all overreacted as if they had been stabbed with chrysanthemums, and they chased Zhang Jun to the foot of Fuli City from Wuxian in one breath.

Zhang Jun, who fled into Fuli City, looked at the dense felt tents of Xianbei people outside the city, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered: "This time it is considered to have overfulfilled the task, right?" General Xu asked me to lure about 5,000 Xianbei people to besiege Fuli City, and the Xianbei people outside the city are at least more than 10,000, right? ”

Zhang Jun's breath had not yet evened out, and the Xianbei people who were in hot pursuit launched a siege battle.

Outside Fuli City, in an extraordinarily large domed felt house, Shama Khan, the leader of the Xianbei people in Liaodong, who had come to attack, was shouting angrily at several thousand commanders: "You cowards, immediately lead the warriors in the clan to attack the city!" The defenders in this Fuli City will not exceed 1,000 people at most, as long as we work together, we can take it in half a day! ”

A thousand-commander shrunk his neck and whispered in defense: "My lord, what we Xianbei people are good at is riding war horses on the wide grassland to fight the Han army, even if the Han army in the city is scarce, I am afraid that this siege will bring down the warriors in the clan will lose a lot!" ”

"Bastard! Do you know who the leader of the Han army who fled into Fuli City is? He is the son of the Butcher Zhang who killed countless warriors of our clan in the Battle of White City! No matter what the price is paid this time, we will seize Butcher Zhang's son, and then cut off his son's head, so that people can hang it on the head of Fuli City! Shama's eyes were red with sweat, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became.

At the beginning of the battle of Baicheng, Zhang He led the main cavalry force around a large circle, and finally blocked more than 100 miles northeast of Baicheng, completely blocking the road for Chenglugui and Mica to retreat, and that battle made Liaodong Xianbei more than 20,000 dead and wounded, and the remaining nearly 20,000 tribesmen were also slaves and sent into the mines, and there was no chance to come out alive.

Shamad Khan was the son of the Liaodong Xianbei chieftain Ji Ji, who was one of the three powerful leaders of the Liaodong Xianbei who were of the same rank as Su Li. Although there is a competitive relationship between Cheng Lugui and Shama Khan, all the Xianbei people regard the battle of Baicheng as the greatest shame, and Zhang Jun's adventure to go deep into the Wuxian area this time is to reveal his identity, which provokes the Xianbei people in the Wuwu area to chase and kill him like crazy.

Several commanders were stimulated by Shama Khan's scolding, and they thought that there were various materials and gold and silver treasures hoarded by the Han army in Fuli City, so they went out to win this wealth, so they launched a fierce ant siege on Fuli City with brave warriors in the clan.

In the face of the crazy siege of the Xianbei people, Zhang Jun did not hesitate at all, he took the remaining nearly 1,000 cavalry in the city to escape from the west gate of Fuli City, and went straight to the direction of Changli.

The Xianbei people took Fuli City without much effort, and after Shamad Khan entered the city, he immediately sent 5,000 men to chase Zhang Jun westward, expecting such a good thing as Fuli City to happen again.

Garrisoned in Changli City was Tian Yu, who had 5,000 Wuhuan soldiers recruited from Youbeiping and Yuyang, so he was not nervous at all when facing the Xianbei people who were in hot pursuit. Zhang Jun "fled" into Changli City and immediately came to meet Tian Yu.

"Master Tian, this time the matter is a bit troublesome. General Xu's order to me was to lure about 5,000 Xianbei people to come and capture Fuli City, but after those guys in the east heard that I was Zhang He's son, they didn't know what kind of madness Lu Dao had, and they actually poured out of the nest, and more than 10,000 people came at once! ”

Tian Yu listened to Zhang Jun's report, showed a relieved expression, comforted Zhang Jun and said: "Staff Officer Zhang doesn't have to worry, this time there are many Xianbei people, it's not a good thing!" Although it is really laborious to clean up these more than 10,000 Xianbei people, the strength of the Western Front is not unsure. I have already sent people to Yangle, Binxi, Xihe and other places to spread the news, and when the time comes, all the soldiers and horses will gather in Fuli, and they will always pick up the evil guests who have been sent to the door! ”

"My subordinates are worried about General Xu's side, he only has 5,000 cavalry under his command, in case the Xianbei people find out our intentions and decide to retreat eastward, 5,000 cavalry may not be able to stop it."

"It's okay, the 5,000 cavalry under General Xu plus the 5,000 cavalry led by Zhang Nan is a full 10,000 people, which is enough to solve the Xianbei people."

Tian Yu looked determined, as if he had seen the results of a big battle that had not yet happened. (To be continued......)