Chapter 52 Handcheng withdraws troops
Fuguier, the third brother Chen Cheng, Chu Jun, Chu Yong, the four of them ordered the military horses, and quietly went out of the city in the night, Fuguier was the head of the army, there was no weapon to take advantage of, only a shovel in hand, at this moment he became a general, if he held a shovel again, it would be a bit unusual, so he simply found a war knife to hang on the saddle, whether he took advantage of it or not, at least like that.
Out of the city gate for a while, the sky will be snowflakes, a group of people riding horses and hurrying ten miles before there are spies to report, there are enemy troops assembled two miles away, sure enough, as Fuguier expected, this Liao army is really going to take advantage of the night inside and outside the attack.
"Prepare to meet the enemy...... Fugui'er gave an order in the night, and the cavalry slowly drew their swords, and the reins in their hands were wrapped around twice in their hands.
"Two hundred zhang jogging, one hundred zhang galloping, forty zhang charge, one charge, no love ......" Fugui'er's voice was low, and he looked particularly gloomy and gloomy with the wind and snow.
After listening to Fugui'er's order, Chu Jun and Chu Yong around him were very shocked, it seems that this Huotou army will really lead troops to fight. What was even more shocking was the third brother Zhu Cheng, who had watched Fuguier grow up since he was a child, and his little brother couldn't even understand how to fight a cricket, when did he learn to lead troops to fight? I have been a child since I was a child, and I wanted to make a difference in art, but for the first time today, I was hugged off the horse, and then I was scolded by the general of Zhenbei, how did my foolish fourth brother say that he moved General Chu and got the general charm?
Thinking about their hearts, following Fugui'er closely, everyone rode forward slowly, crossed a slope, and sure enough, they saw the Liao soldiers who were gathering. The Liao soldiers were well-trained at a glance, and in the snowy night, with only the guidance of those torches, the neat team went all the way, lined up neatly in rows, without the slightest clutter and shouting.
"Ready...... Jogging ...... "Approaching the enemy formation 200 zhang away, Fugui'er suddenly felt a little flustered when he saw the enemy formation from a distance, thinking that no matter how careful he was, he was still found by the local scouts.
"Galloping ......" Fugui'er snorted, and at the same time kicked the stirrup with his foot, this horse is General Chu's war horse, and it is also a well-trained horse, sensing Fugui'er's intentions, the frequency of the footsteps also instantly increased.
Two hundred horsemen accelerated at the same time, and the ground trembled, and the Liao army from afar was rapidly arranged, while looking up at the dark night in the distance, only to face the north, at this time, the howling north wind mixed with snowflakes hit head-on, and they were instantly blinded.
"Brothers, rush ah......" With the shout of Fugui'er, two hundred hot-blooded men shouted out hoarsely at the same time, accompanied by the rumbling iron hooves trembling, and for a while, the shocking momentum like the arrival of heavenly soldiers was revealed.
General Chu's two hundred personal soldiers, all veterans dug out of the pile of dead, one by one I don't know how many wars they have experienced, at this time with red eyes, brandishing war knives, without waiting for the Liao soldiers' shields, guns, hooks, and sickles to react, the torrent of destruction and decay swept by.
Everywhere he passed, the heads fell to the ground and the corpses were all over the field, and the Liao soldiers were not the crisp cabbage radishes that could be cut by others, and after being rushed out of a human flesh passage by these two hundred pro-soldiers, there was not much panic, and without waiting for the order of the generals in the army, they consciously gathered in the middle, and instantly filled the gap in the array.
It's just that this time they miscalculated, this team didn't want to fight with them, and after the iron cavalry took a breath and slashed, they drove away, without the slightest stop, which made these Liao soldiers nervous for a while.
"Whose team is this, and what is the name of this leading general?" Yelu Yuanling, the general who led the troops, saw that the enemy army disappeared into the night, and the sound of the horse's hooves gradually faded away, so he couldn't help but ask loudly.
"It looks like Chu Yulin's personal soldiers, but the general who took the lead is too young, not Chu Yulin himself," a captain beside him blurted out without thinking.
"Sister, let me take a few people to explore the truth," at this time it was the female general who was hit by Fugui'er's shovel during the day, this woman's name is Yelu Yuanjia, Yelu Yuanling's cousin, and Fugui'er are all non-registered martial arts practitioners, only because the purpose of this time was to capture the prince of Qi, and he felt that it was fun to go to war with the army on a whim.
I wanted to rely on my own martial arts to run rampant in this army, but I didn't think that I had just fought today but was slapped away by a firehead army and a shovel, and my ass hurt so much that I couldn't ride a horse, but how could I get my lost face back.
"Quietly follow, don't fight......" Yelu Yuanling knew her cousin's ability, so she nodded and answered her request.
Yelu Yuanjia got the military order, beckoned a few capable retinues, and urged the horse to follow the two hundred iron hooves, but the buttocks were hot and painful, so he could only shorten the stirrup butt and completely leave the horse's back, as if standing on the horse's back, fortunately, he had kung fu in his body, and he didn't feel tired.
Besides, the rich man, with two hundred iron horsemen, rushed through a bloody road, did not dare to stop the horse to check the dead and wounded, and galloped all the way for an hour, until he was so tired that the war horse foamed at the mouth, and only stopped in front of the moat of the back city.
Shouted down the drawbridge into the city gate, a group of people simply investigated the casualties, saw that no one was killed, only a few people were slightly injured, hurriedly bandaged it, not as much as the wind and snow were all over the sky, the group stepped on a thin layer of snow on the ground, and rushed to the Houcheng Mansion.
The highest official position in Houcheng is Yin Hou Kangping of Hancheng Prefecture, this person and Chu Yulin are in charge of Handcheng with a text and a martial arts, although they are at the same level as Chu Yulin, but they are sent by the DPRK to monitor Chu Yulin's prison army, how can this Chu Yulin defend the city for more than 20 years, it has already been deep-rooted, and the soldiers and officials here do not care about this prison army at all, so this guy simply retreated to Houcheng with a thousand prison troops in his hand, and became a happy and happy soil emperor.
Two hundred iron rode to the front of the palace yamen, knocking on the door should not be, can only beat the leather drum in front of the house, the drum in this cold night bursts, resounding through half of the back city, and finally disturbed the nest of the mansion Yin Hou Kangping, this official master tonight for the first time to try the double phoenix to serve the dragon, after dinner the pill pill is in full bloom, at this time the dragon and the phoenix are playing high, suddenly listen to the drum in front of the house, then anxious.
"Who the fuck beat the drums in the middle of the night and cut them for me?" Master Hou rode on the jade horse and shouted at the outside of the house, which frightened the little jade horse under his crotch.
The guards in the courtyard were also irritable, drinking a little wine in the wind and snow tonight, listening to the humming in the old man's house that was more enjoyable than the obscene words and songs of the women in the goulan, and was happily going up, but at this time there was a drum to disturb his interest, and this resentment in his heart was secretly born, and he got the master's order, and rushed out with the waist knife in his hand.
"Who? Who's fucking drumming? I want to ......" The guard scolded and rushed out of the side door violently, and when he saw the murderous two hundred iron horsemen in front of the ya, the stinky mouth was instantly closed.
"I am tired of informing Lord Yin of the mansion that the former city is about to be broken, and General Chu ordered the rapid withdrawal of the troops and the people," Seeing that a person finally came out of the mansion, Chu Jun hurriedly explained his intentions.
"The former city wants to break ......" The guard drank some wine tonight to keep out the cold, and when he heard Chu Jun's words, he didn't react for a while, and his mouth babbled and repeated it several times, but he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.
"Sir, sir...... Oh no, sir...... The front city is about to be destroyed......" shouted the guard as he quickly ran towards the backyard.
Listening to the shouts of the guards outside, Hou Kangping finally reluctantly dressed and went to the ground.
"Isn't Chu Yulin very capable? If he really loses this city, I will visit him at the king's ......" After listening to the words of Fuguier and a few people, Master Hou put up an official stand for a while.
"General Chu wants to live and die with Handcheng......" Seeing Hou Kangping like that, Fugui'er couldn't wait to step forward and cut him, so he interrupted him without hesitation.
"Live and die with Hancheng, he should be like this......"
"Lord Hou, are you going to withdraw or not to withdraw when time is pressing? General Chu fought bloodily in the front city, why don't you wait for Lord Hou to defend the back city with a thousand prison troops, and buy some time for me to retreat? ”
"Withdraw...... Remove...... Withdraw immediately...... ......"After listening to Fugui'er's words, this Lord Hou finally understood, if you don't withdraw, you will die, if you die on the battlefield, it is a matter of military generals, and civil officials are to govern the country and secure the world.
With the assistance of the Yin of the Hancheng Mansion, the gongs of the officials patrolling the city sounded everywhere in Handcheng under this snowy night.
"The former city wants to evacuate quickly...... The former city wants to evacuate quickly...... The former city wants to evacuate quickly......"
A shout like a talismanic shouted pierced the silent night, and also pulled the sleeping people out of the warm bed.
"I'm not leaving...... Can't go...... Is it easy for me to create a family business......""What about the goods I have saved? That's silver......"
After confirming the news of the withdrawal of the city, the people in the city were in chaos for a while, there was no agriculture near the city, and the people in the city were businessmen in addition to the officials' families and miscellaneous servants.
Time was pressing, and Fuguier did not have time to persuade them one by one, so they could only gather all the military forces in the city, distribute the grain and grass stored in the city to the poor, and wait for the 2,000 men and horses when the day dawned, plus 3,000 old and weak soldiers who came together, and led the people in the city to evacuate together.
It snowed heavily overnight, and there was no intention of stopping at dawn, waiting for the snow to start at dawn, the snow had already reached the knees, just as Fuguier expected, Lord Yin Hou of Nafu really did not go with him, and insisted on taking the official road with a thousand prison troops.
"Damn, if you want to die, you will die, right?" Fuguier explained to him the stakes of taking the official road, but this person still insisted on his own opinion, and Fuguier had no intention of coercing.
It was not surprising that Lord Fu Yin would not go with him, but he was unwilling to go with him because of the two thousand men and horses, which surprised Fuguier, after all, the third brother is still the deputy commander of the wind chasing battalion, and the third prince is not there, the third brother is the supreme commander of this team, and if he disobeys the military order, he will be killed, and he doesn't know where the courage comes from.
Fuguier couldn't figure it out, and she didn't bother about it anymore, after all, time was pressing, after all, there would be three thousand old soldiers in her hands, and after all, there were still two hundred elites in her hands.