Chapter 295: Confrontation

At this time, the disparity between the crowd and the back road was cut off, Zhang Zhongyao said: "For today's plan, only I lead the infantry to intercept the enemy, and the adult leads the cavalry to break through to the south, without further ado, please make a decision!" The centurion and all the generals bowed down together and said: "Please make a decision!" Wu Yingying looked around at the generals with hopeful faces, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "How can I abandon my comrades and survive alone!" He jumped off the war horse, untied the Mo knife hanging next to the saddle, handed the reins to Zhang Zhongyao next to him, and shouted: " Today's death, death is the battle, after Cai Ran led the fat cavalry to break, I took the Mo swordsman, the sword and shield hand, and the crossbowman to respond in the center, Zhong Yao led the heavy cavalry as the vanguard, and the whole army rushed south!" After speaking, he closed the mask on his helmet and strode towards the Mo swordsman in the Ya barracks. Among the 150 foot soldiers, there were 50 crossbowmen, 50 pikemen, 30 shield men, 20 Mo swordsmen, and among the 150 cavalry, there were 70 hussars, 50 rangers, and 30 heavy horsemen. Wu Yingying's military order, the whole army quickly changed formation, with heavy cavalry as the arrow, Mo sword hand and sword and shield hand followed, and Cai Ran led the hussar at the end of the whole army.

Cao Han saw Wu Yingying turn his army to the south, the corners of his mouth were raised, revealing a mocking smile, and he ordered the Hujie army to maintain a dense formation in the front formation and advance slowly, so as not to be charged by the hussars. He had already arranged for nearly 2,000 Hujie troops to surround him in the south, and the so-called one force to reduce ten skillful, only with the combined force of the regular soldiers, no matter how Wu Yingying changed the formation, how good the Anxi army was, it would also be pressed into powder.

Zhang Zhongyao led thirty heavy horsemen and lined up in a sharp array. Ahead, the Tiger Jie Army came in dense layers, endlessly pouring from the streets to the south. However, Zhang Zhongyao did not hesitate at all, picked up the horse lance, and shouted: "Ya military camp, rush forward with me, penetrate the enemy formation!" The leg clamped the horse's belly, and the Hexi war horse seemed to also feel the master's intention to regard death as home, and ran with his hooves and rushed forward.

At this moment, the Daming city gate in the south slowly opened, and the people who helped the old and the young did not have time to pour into the city for refuge, so nearly a thousand cavalry galloped out of the city, and Yang Yanzhao of the Jianxiong Army led the cavalry to gallop north along the street, and it only took a moment to run to the front of the Hujie army's formation, and saw the Anxi banner in the distance, Yang Yanzhao shouted: "Follow me to break through the enemy formation!" He lightly stretched his ape arm, a big white tasseled spear like a spirit snake spit out a letter, the giant python turned over, and before the words fell, a Hujie soldier who had no time to react was picked up in the air by the tip of the gun, and the scream was only half of it, and then it slammed into the thick earthen wall next to the street and was silent.

"The imperial army newly broke the Liao division in Shiling Pass, and took Taiyuan, won both battles, took advantage of this breaking bamboo, and attacked Youzhou, nineteen can go down. As soon as Cui Han, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, finished speaking, and before Zhao Jiong could speak, a eunuch came in and handed over the three copies to Zhao Jiong. Zhao Jiong flipped through the folding, frowned and read it, then put the fold on the table in front of him, and scolded: "Bastard." Seeing that the Son of Heaven was angry, Cui Han hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is angry, take care of the dragon's body!" Zhao Jiong handed him the folded piece, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Jiye's Jianxiong army was reluctant to surrender to Daming City in the south of the city, and Cao Han was originally going to escort the dependents of the Jianxiong army to the front of the two armies. ”

Cao Han impeached Wu Yingying for colluding with Taiyuan and conspiring to cause chaos, while Wu Yingying impeached Cao Han for Dasuo people and abducting women. Although the Hujie army is numerous, but the Anxi army is backed by Liu Jiye's Daming City, although it has not entered the city, but there are strong reinforcements, between the Anxi army and Daming City, there are nearly 10,000 people who fled here to avoid disaster because of the turmoil in the city, hoping to escape the Taiyuan people with the help of Yang Jiawei's name.

When Pan Mei learned the news, he immediately ordered nearly 10,000 control crane troops to rush to the bomb pressure, and wrote a note to Zhao Jiong, explaining what he had heard. Although Pan Mei originally had a grudge against Wu Yingying, the battle of Jinling Massacre was a ruthless arrangement for Cao Bin, so he had a deeper knot for Cao's family. It was also pointed out that if Cao Han forcibly attacked Wu Yingying and Liu Jiye, injuring nearly 10,000 people who gathered in the north of Daming City to avoid disaster, this would be very different from the nature of the chaotic army scattered in the city to plague the people, and spreading it would damage the reputation of the official family of benevolence and virtue.

Cui Han read the folds at a glance. He is a general in the army, because of the excellent practice formation, Zhao Jiong reused him after he ascended the throne, and the official was the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, and now he is leading the northern expedition to the imperial camp. Cui Han is self-sufficient, he is different from Cao Han, Pan Mei and other old Taizu generals, and also different from Gao Qiong, Wang Chao and other old people promoted by Zhao Jiong from the Jin Mansion. After reading the recital, he pondered it for a while, and then slowly said: "General Cao is sympathetic to the casualties of the soldiers and drove the enemy's dependents to the front of the battle to make a forced landing, which is understandable. Moreover, according to the old practice in the army, the soldiers did not hesitate to take the city with their lives, and there were also some women who were presumptuous. The people of Taiyuan are fierce, and they have repeatedly resisted the imperial army, and they should also be punished for being a good student. ”

When Cui Han said this, he saw that Zhao Jiong's face was sinking like water, and he was noncommittal, so he changed the conversation and said: "It's just that the matter of Youyan is very important, and at the moment Liu Jiye is still guarding the southern city and not surrendering, and there are still more than 30,000 remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty. Speaking of this, seeing Zhao Jiong nodding slowly, Cui Han saw that he was quite sacred, so he continued: "At present, the Liao State is not afraid that our dynasty has the heart to recover Youyan, and the main force of the important town of Youzhou to defend the city is only 18,000 Han soldiers. ”

"As the saying goes, the imperial army is the time when the momentum is like a rainbow, if the soldiers are allowed to wander in the city, I am afraid it will not be long before the morale is discharged, and the soldiers have the resources to plunder, and they always want to return to Beijing to live a good life, so they refuse to fight. It is possible to take advantage of this incident to tell all departments to strictly organize their subordinates and prepare to wield Youyan. Cui Han said, Zhao Jiong nodded, and said with a smile: "The general of the DPRK and the middle of the country is not as good as Cui Qing." ”

After Cui Han retreated, Zhao Jiong's face changed slightly, he reached out and picked up the fold on the table, and read the paragraph described by Pan Mei that nearly 10,000 Taiyuan people gathered outside the southern city guarded by Liu Jiye to avoid trouble, and said in a deep voice: "The Yang family has a deep foundation in Daibei, and there are many generals, and the dead are used. Liu Jiye said he was invincible. It's all that, but it's still so popular. He pondered for a long time, and said to a person standing respectfully next to him: "Liu Jiyuan has fallen, but Liu Jiye still does not descend, and he has made a friendship with Anxi Jiedu to make Wu Yingying." Hou Qing, what do you think?"

The Zuo Bandian standing next to him was surnamed Hou Mowu, and his name was used, and he was originally a Taoist priest in Bianliang City, who claimed to be able to turn stones into gold, and was recommended by Wu Congxin, who was privy to the decree, and was taken by Zhao Jiong. The official family thought that it was too troublesome to call his surname Hou Mowu, so they only called the first word, and Hou Mowu used it as the official family's special favor for him, and he was quite complacent. The ministers are looking at the air during the day, and there are black clouds gathering in the south of Taiyuan City, like a big snake lurking, faintly there seems to be a dragon shape, which should be on this Liu Jiye. ”

Zhao Jiong originally had some ideas, but when he heard Hou Mowu say this in a matter-of-fact manner, he cheered up and asked: "Is this really the case? Isn't this the royal spirit of Taiyuan City Liu Jiyuan?" He has believed in magic since before he ascended the throne, and has made friends with a lot of monks, this Hou Mowu uses a lot of illusions, Zhao Jiong thinks that he is a Taoist with real skills after trying it, and listens to him specializing in the art of looking at qi.