Chapter 313: Ears and Eyes
Liu Yanrang and Gao Huaide glared angrily for a long time, couldn't bear it, and said: "Wugong County Wang Dezhao is the son of the first emperor, and he is in the imperial camp. With a snap, he slapped the horizontal knife on his waist, turned his head to look at Pan Mei and Cao Han, and said loudly: "In the past, Emperor Taizu treated you two well, but today the army has no owner, what do you two think?" Hearing him break the deadlock, Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Zhang Mei, Cui Yanjin, Kong Shouzheng, Fu Qian, Wang Chao and others all focused on Pan Mei and Cao Han. Pan Mei was ordered to coordinate the army of the governor to attack Youzhou, and Cao Han and Mi Xin led the iron cavalry and the Hujie army, all of whom had heavy troops and did not suffer much losses.
All the generals held their breath, for five generations, the forbidden army supported the emperor like a marquee, and countless heads fell to the ground every time. The tent was eerily silent, with the occasional beeping sound of the butter candle inserted next to it, and the flickering light of the fire reflected the changing shadows of Pan Mei and Cao Han's faces. However, Pan Mei wrung her hands and hung her head silently, while Cao Han held the hilt of the knife and watched the people in the tent vigilantly. Gao Huaide did not dare to falsely pass on the holy decree, and when he informed the generals, he informed the officials that they were missing, because the generals had brought a lot of guards to the imperial camp to participate in the military meeting, and they had to be on guard at this extraordinary time, so as not to be plotted.
After waiting for a long time, the second general Pan Cao was still silent, Shi Shouxin sighed in disappointment, stood up, and sighed: "That's it, that's it, let's break up and retreat." He didn't care about everyone, he stepped out of the Chinese military tent with his sword, and Liu Yanrang also got up, snorted, and scolded: "A group of bad seeds!" strode out. Gao Huaide exhaled with relief. The generals were suddenly involved in an attempted abolition controversy, and they were all in a strange mood, and they didn't care about being polite, so they got up and went back to the camp.
Wu Yingying hurriedly returned to the barracks, the three hundred tooth soldiers had already been prepared, and when they were about to set off, suddenly a personal soldier came to report that Yang Ye had come to visit, and Wu Yingying ordered Zhang Zhongyao to lead the army to wait for the time being. I saw Yang Ye hurriedly stepping into the camp tent, and as soon as he saw Wu Yingying, he said loudly: "It is rumored that the official family has been lost in the chaotic army, and all departments are preparing to retreat, but is it true?" The army coaxed the rumor, some said that the official family abandoned the army and fled alone, and some said that the official family suddenly disappeared, but it is true that the news is only known to the generals who participated in the discussion of the Chinese army, and no one informed the Hedong series of Xiang Army, Yang Ye knew that the unauthorized withdrawal of the army was a crime of beheading, if all the troops retreated, those who stayed on the battlefield would become a victim, and they went to Wu Yingying in person to confirm the news, and saw that the Anxi army was already in line to go, and he had already understood most of it, looking at Wu Yingying, I saw him nodding and said in a deep voice: "That's right, all departments are vying to retreat." ”
At this time, the imperial camp has been noisy and neighing, all the forbidden troops know that the enemy retreats in front of the army, although they are not as prepared as the Anxi army, but they can discard the heavy grain and grass, and even the ordnance armor, snatch the horses and carts, and retreat to the south at the fastest speed, Zhuozhou is still under the control of the Song army, as long as the Khitan soldiers catch up before retreating to Zhuozhou, with the city to hold on, it will be safe. As a result, almost in an instant, the Song army camps everywhere were like a hornet's nest that had lost the queen bee, and there were routs running in a hurry everywhere. It seems that Pan Mei, Cao Han, Shi Shouxin and other generals can still reluctantly gather the tooth guards and retreat as a whole, while Kong Shouzheng, Fu Qian and other newly promoted generals have lost control of the imperial front Banzhi, and the elite of the Banzhi have fought hard for a day, but what they have waited for is the news that the official family has fled alone. The eunuchs and concubines were left unattended, and they saw that there were camps and chaotic armies on all sides, so they could only wait for dawn in the camp. Tens of thousands of people who followed the army to the city of Youzhou, and the Han officials and Han people of Youzhou who came to vote near the camp saw the disturbance of the camp, and they were even more helpless.
Yang Ye got the news, nodded and hurriedly thanked Wu Yingying, and was about to go back to arrange the retreat, when suddenly another person broke into the outside, his hair was scattered, and he came to Wu Yingying and Yang Ye, without saying a word, he knelt down and bowed, his forehead banged on the solid sand, Wu Yingying and Yang Ye hurriedly turned sideways to avoid this big gift, and looked at it, but it was Wang Yu, only for a while, his forehead had been knocked into a blur of flesh and blood. Wu Yingying frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Wang, please get up, you have something to say, what are you doing?"
Wang Yu just couldn't afford it, looked at Wu Yingying, and said loudly: "I came for the lives of hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders, Youyan's fathers and elders greeted Wang Shi, and the Liao people all knew that as soon as the Northern Expedition retreated, the Liao people would definitely burn and loot, and they were afraid that the lives of the people in the land of Youyan would be ruined." Hearing his high-pitched voice, there was a sense of persecution, Wu Yingying frowned unconsciously, and said in a deep voice: "My soldiers are only three hundred, the army is scattered, and there is no power to return to the sky, what is the use of you finding me?" Wang Yu was stunned when he heard this, was silent for a moment, and sneered: "Wu Yingying, in vain, I am the hero of the world, two thousand elite horsemen have already been stationed on the south bank of the Masanggan River waiting to receive you back to Hexi, the court does not know, do you not know when I do?" Zoroastrianism has many disciples in Youyan, in order to respond to the Northern Expedition, Wang Yu went to Youyun to spy on the military situation as early as possible, and even spread his eyes and ears in Youzhou, with two thousand white feather troops sneaking around Youzhou to wait for Wu Yingying, who could hide it from others, but was discovered by Wang Yu, but he was ashamed of Wu Yingying, and concealed this section and did not report it.
Wu Yingying heard that he had exposed, his heart sank, and he immediately understood, and he felt a trace of gratitude to Wang Yusheng, but it was inconvenient to forcibly drive him away, and said in a deep voice: "The army is defeated like a mountain, and tens of thousands of Liao soldiers and cavalry gather in Youzhou, how can two thousand cavalry troops stop it." The army outside is running in chaos, and the secret power should leave with us first. After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Zhang Zhongyao to lead the troops to set up Wang Yu. Wang Yu still did not give up, and shouted loudly: "The two armies have not won the battle against each other, and tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers have also suffered heavy casualties, not without scruples! Many soldiers in the army are still able to fight and dare to fight, and there is no general to take the lead!" He saw that Wu Yingying ignored him, and turned his head to question Yang Yedao: "General Yang is admired by all the Han people in the north, and An Neng abandons these people just to protect himself? Hundreds of thousands of people in Hedong and Hebei, thousands of Han families in the land of Youyan, how can they bear to sit back and watch them become cattle, horses and livestock!"
Yang Ye was ridiculed by him, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Wu Jiedu, when this is a critical situation, all armies are vying to retreat first, and they should protect themselves, I also know that this is a reluctant request, and I hope that General Wu Haihan." Yang Ye is a person who has a great kindness to Wu Yingying, as soon as he opened his mouth, Wu Yingying's heart sank, and secretly said, this Yang Ye really can't stand Wang Yu's excitement, and this cause and effect between the two is only afraid that it should be at the moment. Sure enough, Yang Ye pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "There is a famous salt ditch between Zhuozhou and Youzhou, and the forest is dense and the road is narrow, which is conducive to blocking the ambush. Ye Dang personally led the army, collected and escorted the people along the way to retreat to the interior. Ask Wu Jiedu to lead the Anxi army to the mouth of the Yangou Valley, clean up the defeated army, arrange suspicious soldiers, and ambush and crossbow to wait for the Liao. ”