Chapter 179: Hauge's Guest
Shangzhou faces the sea in the east, and the shipping is very developed, and because Shangzhou is the foundation of Wei's family, Shangzhou is the richest state in Dayan.
But it was such a rich state, and Hauge had already captured half of the state's cities, but he was not in a happy mood at all. Because he had already received the news that Zhilu Dao Modahan had been defeated, and that the army of more than 200,000 had been captured and 130,000 had been captured, and the rest had all been killed, and that the Dao Meng Buge and the Hakesu brothers had withdrawn from the northern capital and were assembling under the Yanmen Pass in Liaozhou.
This time, he led an army of 60,000 into Shangzhou, not wanting Meng Buge and Hakesu to be so smooth in the north, and encountered the obstacles of two Great Yan cavalry, the first was Mengli's 100,000 Shangzhou elite cavalry, and the second was Cao Yukun's bandit army. For Mengli's army of 100,000, it was a rabble, a new army formed by a group of young and strong, and it did not cause much damage to his army. But Cao Yukun's 40,000 bandit army made him suffer enough. Because this bandit army is not only strong in combat, but also ruthless characters who are not afraid of death, and they often fight for their lives on the battlefield.
Therefore, even if he occupied half of the city in Shangzhou and had enough money and food, his 60,000-strong army was now only 40,000 horses.
"It's time to retreat!" Hauge whispered.
"General, there is a person outside the door who asks to see him, and he says that he is the envoy of the Wei clan of Shangzhou." As Hauge whispered, a guard shouted outside the door.
The messenger of Shangzhou Wei? Hauge asked, a little dismissive. At the beginning, when Beirong had not yet attacked Dayan, Shangzhou Weishi was the largest supplier of ironware, salt, and tea to Beirong. But since Haoge entered Shangzhou, they immediately turned their faces and denied people, not only helped Ji Qingchen form two cavalry to deal with him, but also let their nephew Ji Zhao make military merits on his head.
This made Hauge a little disgusted with Shangzhou Wei.
However, when he was at a disadvantage, Shangzhou Wei was still able to send an envoy to see him in the face of the world's disapproval, and he felt that the other party must have something to ask him, so he said, "Let him in!" ”
"Yes." The guards commanded Lika.
In the middle of the ring, I saw a middle-aged man walk into the main hall. He walked into the main hall and saw Haoge on the chair in the center of the hall, so he smiled heartily, "General, do you still recognize Wei Huang?" ”
"Wei Huang?" Haoge casually glanced at Wei Huang in front of him, and sneered, "I don't see many of you Wei people, but there are also a lot, this is the first time you have seen it, let's say, what do you want to see General Ben." ”
Seeing that Haoge didn't give him face, he didn't want to think that he had a relationship with him at all, Wei Huang just smiled and said, "The Great Khan of Beirong was captured alive and returned to King's Landing City, and General Meng Buge was forced out of the northern capital by Ji Qingchen's 230,000 army and is retreating to Liaozhou, I don't know what General Lu Dao's plan is?" ”
"Shangzhou Wei's family has a goods transaction with our Beirong, and the friendship between the two sides is not bad, but Mr. Wei Huang, don't forget who you are talking to, and besides, this is not Dayan's court, and you can't ask what General Ben wants to do." Hauge rebuked coldly.
Wei Huang disagreed with Haoge's reprimand, and continued with a faint smile, "Actually, the general doesn't say that I also know that the general is ready to withdraw from Shangzhou, and wants to make peace with Meng Buge and Hakesu, and then break through the Yanmen Pass and return to Beirong together." ”
Haoge sneered, but said in an aggravated tone, "Since you already know the Dao, why don't you go and inform your Meng Li and Cao Yukun, or your nephew Ji Zhao, what are you still talking to General Ben here?" ”
"The general is so confident that he can withdraw from Shangzhou?" Wei Huang asked unmoved.
"Now the 70,000 straw bale army in Meng Li's hands and Cao Yukun's 30,000 bandit army, they want to trap General Ben and 40,000 elite horsemen in Shangzhou, and they are still a bit of an idiot." Haoge was full of confidence and said domineeringly, "Unless Ji Qingchen leads the army to come in person, it's a pity that he is still in the northern capital, and when he leads the army to Liaozhou, I'm afraid that the general has already returned to Liaozhou, broken through the Yanmen Pass and returned to Beirong." ”
"Hahaha-" Wei Huang laughed wildly after listening to Hauge's words.
"What are you laughing at?" Haug asked, puzzled, his face a little ugly.
"General Xiao is too underestimating Ji Qingchen." Wei Huang replied unhurriedly, not afraid of Haoge's cold eyes at all.
"What do you mean? Dare to underestimate General Ben-" Hauge suddenly said angrily, and was about to draw his sword and kill Wei Huang.
"Does the general know how many tens of thousands of troops Ji Qingchen sent to Yanmen Pass?" Wei Huang asked, "How many guards are there now?" ”
"That's just 60,000 foot soldiers." Hauge said disdainfully, "It's not worth mentioning! ”
"The general is wrong." Wei Huang shook his head and said.
"How many people are there?" Hauge said coldly.
"It's 60,000 elite soldiers." Wei Huang said in a low voice.
"Isn't it the same? It's just 60,000 horses, or a foot pawn, can it compare to our Beirong elite cavalry? Hauge said disdainfully.
"General, don't underestimate these 60,000 horses, although the 60,000 foot soldiers are few, there are 30,000 heavy infantry in them, these 30,000 people were under the city of Caozhou, but the elite of the 100,000 iron horsemen of the Great Khan of Modahan has suffered enough!" Wei Huang said, "This is a heavy infantry formed by Ji Qingchen, they are wrapped in iron armor, and they are armed with strong shields and sharp lances, as long as they put on a solid formation during the battle between the two armies, it is the light cavalry that uses their war horses to charge them, I am afraid they will not be able to break through their defensive line, please think about it, if the guards of Yanmen Pass will stand such a large army on the tower of Yanmen Pass, can you still capture Yanmen Pass?" ”
"Moreover, I forgot to tell the general that the current guard of Yanmen Pass is no longer Wei Quanxing, and Fang Wanqi and Xiang Ziyu." Wei Huang said slowly.
Hauge was silent.
He knew how much that Mo Dahan was besieged under Caozhou City because there were two elites in Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Army, the heavy infantry elite battalion and the heavy cavalry devil cavalry, and it was because these two elites were blocked on the route of Mo Dahan's breakthrough that Mo Dahan's breakthrough would fall short.
Now if Ji Qingchen really transfers this elite to Yanmen Pass, this matter will be troublesome, even if he joins forces with Meng Buge, he may not be able to attack Yanmen Pass in a short time.
"This is a secret of the Yan Army, what are your intentions when you tell General Ben?" Hauge's eyes were full of murder, and he stared at Wei Huang tightly and asked.
"It's just that we will make a deal with the general, and in order to show our sincerity, we will reveal these contents to the general." Wei Huang said.
"What deal?" Hauge asked coldly.
"We, Shangzhou Wei, sent the general back to Beirong, and the general killed someone for us." Wei Huang said his request, and when he saw that Hao Ge didn't speak, he continued, "Actually, the general knows in his heart that if you join forces with Meng Buge, there are less than 100,000 people and horses, and Ji Qingchen has 230,000 Northern Liao troops, plus the 100,000 troops of Meng Li and Cao Yukun, he can gather in Liaozhou with 300,000 iron cavalry, and if the general can't break through the Yanmen Pass with Meng Buge, and let Ji Qingchen's 300,000 army besiege him, I'm afraid that the general will be possessed by a god and it will be difficult to figure out the siege!" ”
"The guards of the royal court are very empty, as long as Ji Qingchen annihilates the army of the general and Meng Buge, he can go out of the customs and drive straight into the royal court, and then Beirong will face the danger of extermination." Wei Huang continued to agitate, "Please also ask the general to consider it carefully." ”
Hauge was not left silent.
Because he knew that the Shangzhou Wei clan dared to risk the disapproval of the world to send his 40,000 elite horsemen to Beirong, and the person he killed was definitely not an ordinary person, who might let him make a move?
Thinking that the person he was trading with in front of him was Shangzhou Wei, he thought about this person carefully, and he knew who this person was.
Clearly knowing that Wei Huang wanted him to kill someone, Haoge's body trembled, his body exuded a cold murderous aura, his eyes stared at Wei Huang sharply, he thought clearly about why Wei Huang wanted to kill this person, so he asked, "You Shangzhou Wei paid such a big price to kill him, for what?" ”
"For your own safety." Wei Huang said, seeing that Hao Ge was a little puzzled, he explained, "Because he knows too many secrets of the Wei family, if he is known by His Majesty the Emperor, it will be unfavorable to our Wei family." ”
"What are you talking about, so sure I can kill him?" Hauge asked.
"Because he can not trust others, but he can't distrust the general, so naturally he will not guard against the people you send, the general." Wei Huang replied without thinking.
Hauge didn't speak, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded and said, "General Ben promised you!" ”
"The general is refreshing!" Wei Huang smiled and said, "In that case, can Wei Huang go to the secret room with the general to talk?" ”
"Please!" Haoge got up and walked in front of Wei Huang and said, and the two left the hall together.
……
Shangzhou, the Dayan military camp twenty miles away from the Haoge military camp, the two people in the big tent are discussing military affairs, these two people are none other than Meng Li and Cao Yukun.
The two were sent to Shangzhou by Ji Qingchen, and Meng Li used the money and youth provided by Wei to form a cavalry of 100,000 people, but the cavalry combat effectiveness was low, which made him lose several encounters with Haoge, and the army suffered heavy losses, 100,000 people are now only 70,000, and Cao Yukun used the power of the four states controlled by Ji Qingchen after arriving in Shangzhou, and used the prisoners in the prison in the four states to form a 40,000-person bandit army. Fought with Haoge's Beirong elite cavalry three times, and both sides were tied, even if their own side lost more than 10,000 people, but it also made Haoge pay the price of 8,000 casualties, which was the most elite cavalry in Shangzhou.
Now the two of them are gathered in the big tent, mainly to discuss what to do once Hauge retires.
Because in addition to the Northern Liao Army that belongs to Ji Qingchen, they also have a boss at their heads, that is, Ji Zhao, the king of Huaide County, the chief manager of the Shangzhou marching camp. Just now, Ji Zhao issued a military order to the two, saying that Haoge was going to withdraw from Shangzhou, and asked the two to stop Haoge from withdrawing and trap Haoge in Shangzhou.
If it was in normal times, the two of them might have listened to Ji Zhao's orders.
But now the situation is different, because the Northern Liao army is driving Meng Buge and Hakesu to Liaozhou, and the strategic intention is very clear, that is, to annihilate Meng Buge in Liaozhou. Since the Northern Liao army was ready to drive Meng Buge to Liaozhou to besiege and annihilate him, it happened that Haoge also wanted to retreat to Liaozhou to make peace with Meng Buge, why did he besiege Haoge in Shangzhou? Wouldn't it be better to drive him out of Shangzhou and besiege him in Liaozhou with Meng Buge, and then annihilate him?
"Seeing that the peaches on the tree are ripe, King Huaide wants to pick a few peaches, which is normal." Cao Yukun said, "It's just that he only thinks about his own military exploits and doesn't care about how many people will be affected by the war in Shangzhou, it's too selfish to do so, and I won't follow his orders." ”
"Look at what you said, when have you followed his orders in the past few months?" Meng Li smiled.
has been fighting side by side with Cao Yukun for a long time, and the two have more interactions, deeper understanding, and closer relationships, so Meng Li will joke like this.
"Then let Haoge quit Shangzhou!" Cao Yukun said.
"Well, let Haoge withdraw from Liaozhou, and then we will go to Liaozhou to make peace with the Metropolitan Governor." Meng Li said. The two of them glanced at each other at the same time and smiled at each other.
However, the two of them didn't know what to do at all, Wang Jizhao of Huaide County and Wei of Shangzhou had already planted a trap and let the two of them jump.