Chapter 377: Capture the thief and capture the king first
Under the city wall, Dongfang Ping, Murong Hu, and a group of rebel generals were dumbfounded when they heard this, how could they still do this?
Isn't this a fucking war letter from you?
What does it mean to not be able to get up?
This is the battlefield, not your kangtou, hey!
It's the commander who leads the troops to fight, so it's good to have a face!
Just when the crowd was agitated and Dongfang Ping clenched his fists and was about to give the order to attack the city, a figure hurriedly ran to the city, holding a strange thing like a horn and shouting: "The rebels and the barbarians of Northern Liang on the opposite side!" ”
More than 20 people from the left and right soldiers also immediately slapped away on both sides, and they all took out the same thing, repeating Xia Yunfei's words, "The rebels on the opposite side and the barbarians of Northern Liang!" ”
The sound was like rolling thunder, and it clearly entered the military formation a mile away.
"The general Xia Yunfei is the commander of this reinforcement army!"
"Ben Jiang ate too much wine last night, so I won't fight with you today, but Your Majesty has a few words, let Ben bring it to you!"
"First, the barbarians of Northern Liang invaded my territory, and all my people in Daxia should be eliminated as soon as possible! Why are you seeking skin with the tiger! ”
"Second, the traitor Dongfang has disregarded Gu Junen and colluded with foreign clans, and he should be abandoned by his ancestors and scolded by future generations!"
"Third, I think of the helplessness of being coerced, waiting for your parents, the court has not been killed, and your survival is all in your thoughts!"
Dongfang Ping, who originally listened to these words, just frowned and was displeased, his face changed dramatically in an instant.
He immediately called a group of personal soldiers and repeated his words aloud as well.
"Hugh wants to confuse the people and shake the hearts of the army here! Lone just believed the words of a treacherous villain like you, which made tens of thousands of soldiers suffer the cold wind in vain! If you are a man, you will open the city and fight to the death with the lone army! ”
Although the sound is not blessed by the trumpet, it is better than the large number of people, and it is also clearly transmitted to the city, and more importantly, to the ears of the people around it.
And he was really not simple, so he identified Xia Yunfei's weakness at this moment, and directly said these convincing words.
On the city wall, Zhang Hutou scolded angrily in a low voice, "This dog thing is really cunning!" ”
Xiao Fengshan wore a mask and chuckled: "To be able to seize such a good opportunity, and to coerce so many border army generals, and sweep the entire Swift Prefecture within a few days, how can it be a mediocre talent." ”
Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, "Isn't General Xia's discord useless?" ”
"This kind of thing is a conspiracy, and the other party can't escape when he hears it, and there will always be a nail in his heart."
Xiao Fengshan looked at Xia Yunfei's back and said with emotion: "The Xia family is really blessed!" ”
On the city wall, Xia Yunfei led his own soldiers and continued to argue, "Ben will bring the words, you can judge for yourself!" Is it to follow this collusion with foreign thieves, and the anti-thieves who are lucky enough to get a state and not have a long time to have a future, or follow the court to have a future, the court has already said that after returning to obedience, the past is not to blame! ”
Dongfang Ping snorted coldly, "Since you have appeared, if you are really a trustworthy man, you will lead the troops out of the city to fight as promised." If you are a repeated villain, you will close your dog's mouth and dare to disturb the hearts of our army! ”
Xia Yunfei glanced at the sky, "It's going to be dark now, and it's not fun to fight, so let's wait for Ben to rest for a day, and tomorrow at noon, the battle will be decided!" ”
Only then did Dongfang Ping react to another idea of this man who had no military arrogance at all to fight in the future.
But no matter what, there are two more thousand fresh troops in the other party's city, and even if he attacks overnight, he will not be able to please him, if he can lure the other party out of the city and annihilate him in a battle, that is what he wants to see the most.
"Collect the troops, go back to the camp!"
He almost popped the words out between his teeth.
Then, he quietly ordered the soldiers beside him to pay attention to the formation when collecting the troops, in case the enemy suddenly killed.
If Xia Yunfei dared to hold this thought, he would just be decided!
But it's a pity, Xia Yunfei seems to be really cowardly, watching the whole army go back to the barracks, and still hasn't made any moves.
"The general is clever and has successfully dragged on for a day!"
Zhang Hu stepped forward and couldn't help but exclaim, today is really the most relaxed day he has ever had in recent days!
How can you not be overjoyed to be able to use a sword for a day.
Xia Yunfei shook his head slightly, "The other party is not a fool, our real problem hasn't started yet!" ”
He turned his head to look at the south behind him, "Now it's up to us to see if our reinforcements can catch up." ”
In the camp of the rebels, Murong Hu walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, retreated left and right, and said directly to Dongfang Ping: "According to my will, if you are not a hardcore henchman, kill all of them to prevent future troubles." ”
Of course, Dongfang Ping understood Murong Hu's purpose, the fewer people he had around him who could be used and trusted, the more conducive it would be for Beiliang to control him, but was he so stupid that he cut his wings?
He shook his head, "At this moment, the two armies are facing each other, if they are really killed, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny, at least after the confrontation is over here." ”
After saying that, he immediately changed the subject and said, "According to yesterday's scout report, only a few thousand reinforcements have arrived in the city, and we can't let them increase their troops. General Murong, your cavalry is going to block the reinforcements. ”
After seeing Dongfang Ping's occasional appearance last night, Murong Hu also restrained his posture a little, nodded and said: "This general will go and order soldiers and horses, and cruise behind the Changshan County City, and will not let any reinforcements enter the city." ”
In the military tent not far away, several generals at the rank of deputy general gathered together, looking at each other, all silent.
No one dared to be the first to say the words that might lose their heads, but their eyes and expressions betrayed the tangled in their hearts.
thought that there was no possibility of turning back on the road, and they could only go all the way to the dark, but today's Xia Yunfei's words made their originally firm hearts hesitate.
If what he said is true, is his behavior equivalent to sending his parents and relatives to Huangquan Road with his own hands?
The most important thing is, this pain, which I had tasted once a few days ago, is it going to happen again?
I didn't have a choice before, but now I have a choice!
In the atmosphere of silence to death, the curtain was suddenly lifted, and a personal soldier walked in, "Generals, Your Highness is invited!" ”
Everyone's hearts jumped suddenly, and they subconsciously looked at each other.
In the midst of hesitation and entanglement, he still walked into the big tent of the Chinese army.
Sitting in the tent, they subconsciously glanced behind them.
"Don't look at it, there are no axe hands, and there are no cups in Lone's hands."
As soon as Dongfang Ping spoke, he accurately hit the worries of his incomparably familiar henchmen.
"Fang Cai, Murong Hu came to find Gu, what he meant was that no matter what Xia Yunfei said was true or false, but since the words had already been spoken, you had all heard them. In order to prevent you from having two minds, I simply killed you all to prevent future troubles. ”
Everyone's faces changed, and Dongfang Ping smiled and said, "What? That's how you start to be suspicious and defensive about Lone? When has our friendship been so fragile again? ”
He looked at the people with shocked faces, got up directly, walked in front of them one by one, and looked directly at each other with calm eyes.
"Brother Lone, it's not the emperor who sits on the dragon chair in Zhongjing City, it's you! Lonely has been guarded and exiled since childhood, and it is with you that I have slowly found the joy and meaning of life. Lone wants to become a great cause, you will never give up, willing to take risks, and now just by virtue of a little suspicion, is Lone going to do it to you? Don't say that you haven't been so commander-in-chief, you really have to do this, is Lone still a person? ”
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!"
A few men were moved, got up and wanted to speak, but Dongfang Ping stretched out his hand to hold it, he slowly swept everyone's faces, and said angrily: "I trust you, unconditionally!" Even if one of you really betrays me and makes all my plans fail, I will not regret it, because we are brothers! Good brother who was born and died! Our parents gave us life, but our brothers are our own lives! ”
"I am willing to die for His Highness!"
The neat and hoarse roar, accompanied by the red eyes, made everyone's hearts unite again.
And as the Northern Liang cavalry dispersed from the camp, the balance of victory seemed to revert to the rebels.
Outside the city of Changshan County, the cavalry that was supposed to rest in the city scattered hundreds of people at this moment, divided into dozens of squads. Wandering all over the south, weaving a scout net to keep out small groups of enemy scouts.
A few miles outside the south gate, a huge team was moving at a desperate pace.
Because of the rapid running, bursts of white gas rose from everyone's heads, converging into a magical smoke.
"Hurry up, the general has an order, be sure to arrive in Changshan County before Shen Shi! Violators of military law are engaged! ”
"Brothers, keep persevering! In the city ahead, there is hot water to bathe, good wine and food, and a little song waiting for us! ”
"The Northern Liang barbarian may appear in front of us in the next moment! We only have 2,000 cavalry, and if we can't resist it, it will be death, and we will only be safe if we enter the city! Hurry up, hurry up! ”
On a dirt slope, three cavalry sergeants from Yulinwei looked at the camp in the distance together, and saw that the camp tent was crowded, and many sergeants in Beiliang costumes put on light armor and had already begun to arrange their horses, turned their heads and whispered: "What should I do?" It seems that the people of Beiliang are coming out. ”
Next to him, two veterans of the Wudang Army guarding the bamboo forest held their guns and stood against the big tree with their eyes closed, without raising their eyelids when they heard the words.
"What else can I do? The general's signal to retreat has not come, so let's fight with them! ”
"But, that's all we have!"
"The military order is here, even if everyone is killed, there is no reason to retreat on their own."
The three Yulin Guards looked shocked, looked at the two of them who were understated, and finally understood why the Wudang Army could be called a strong army in the world, and where the gap between themselves and them was.
After looking at it for a while, I saw a large force of cavalry rushing out of the camp like flowing water gushing out of a hole in a water bladder, and the faces of the three changed again, "It's really here." ”
The two Wudang cavalrymen suddenly opened their eyes and stood up, glanced over there, and then looked at the three people in front of them with a smile, "Don't stand stupidly, get on your horse and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”
The smile was calm and calm, as if what was about to appear in front of him was not the Beiliang Iron Horse that made many people in Daxia smell it, but just some local chickens and tile dogs that sold their heads.
Infected by this smile, the other three seemed to relax a lot, turning over and getting on their horses, but watching each other get closer and closer, the throats rolling up and down and the hands holding the blades still betrayed the tension in their hearts.
The same scene was played out almost simultaneously in various parts of the mountain forest.
And just when these hundreds of people were ready to meet the enemy, a terrible scream suddenly sounded from the city wall.
Everyone was overjoyed, and a cavalryman of the Wudang Army scolded with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry back to the city! I want to die here! ”
"What about you?"
"We're going to break off!"
A large force of the Northern Liang cavalry was also skillfully divided into many squads, and sprinkled to all parts of the city outside Changshan County, especially in the direction where reinforcements from the south of the city came.
Bang bang bang!
The slight sound of the bowstring pulling made the faces of the several squads running in the front change, and sharp arrows whistled from all over the forest, instantly knocking over several Northern Liang cavalry.
I didn't expect the defenders to dare to send people out of the Northern Liang cavalry, and a few laughs rang out in the woods.
"I haven't seen you for a few years, you're still such a waste!"
When the ruthless Northern Liang cavalry chased into the forest, they only saw a messy horse's hoof mark and the backs of the Wudang cavalry.
Chased all the way to the south gate of Changshan County, Xia Yunfei personally rode a horse and stood at the gate of the city, and when the last of his own people entered the city, he looked at the group of Beiliang cavalry, and laughed, "You have to send it all the way, this arrow, reward you!" ”
After finishing speaking, he opened his bow and arrows, and an arrow hit a cavalry face, and the momentum of the rest of the Northern Liang cavalry was stunned.
One man, one horse and one bow frightened hundreds of cavalry.
Xia Yunfei smiled contemptuously, turned around and entered the city leisurely, leaving the unsuspecting city gate wide open, as if inviting the Northern Liang cavalry to come in as guests.
But the originally vigorous people of Beiliang, looking at the wide open doorway, looking at the city that they couldn't enter at the cost of countless lives, they didn't dare to enter.
It wasn't until the city gate was closed amid the onlookers and laughter of the soldiers at the head of the city that the Northern Liang cavalry turned their horses and left.
The next day, the rebel camp was again active.
Dongfang Ping raised his tent in the big tent of the Chinese army, looked at the deputy generals sitting neatly below, and said in a deep voice: "Today, no matter what tricks the other party plays, you must break the city in one battle!" It was decreed that after the city was broken, each of them was rewarded with ten taels of silver, and they were allowed to plunder the city for three days, and all that they got was their own! ”
Everyone agreed, and then they each led their soldiers and began to line up the whole army.
On the city wall of Changshan County, Xia Yunfei, Xiao Fengshan, Zhang Hutou and others looked at it from a distance and took in the movements on the opposite side.
Zhang Hutou swallowed his saliva, "I'm afraid I won't be able to be good today." ”
Xiao Fengshan smiled faintly, "We rested for one more day and one night, and we waited for reinforcements, which is already very good." ”
Xia Yunfei sighed, "It's a pity that there are only six thousand people." ”
After the meeting last night, he sent messengers back overnight, and selected six thousand elite from the rear army, including a thousand cavalry escorts, and marched all the way here.
"There's no way, the rapid march has high requirements for soldiers, so you can only pick some elites." Xiao Fengshan opened his mouth and said: "But it's good that the city is full of elites at this moment, and this battle is not unfought." ”
Xia Yunfei nodded, looked at the two, and said seriously: "There will be two workers in a while." ”
According to Xia Yunfei's plan, after the rebels attacked, the only ones who could defend the city were the defenders in Changshan County.
The reinforcements brought by Xia Yunfei will have more important tasks.
It's brutal, but it can't be helped.
There is only one such person, and in order to win, he must make some very cruel decisions.
Xiao Fengshan nodded silently, and Zhang Hutou grinned even more, "Don't worry, general, we are all familiar with this work." ”
Xia Yunfei's nose was sour, and he silently clenched his fists.
Chen Fugui and Lu Yi, who were beside him, also clasped their fists and saluted the two, paying high respect to the two real soldiers.
Under the city wall, the rebels once again set up a position, and seeing that there was still no movement outside Changshan County, Dongfang Ping snorted coldly, and was about to order the siege of the city, and on the city wall, there was an annoying shout.
"Dongfang Ping, don't worry, Ben is already rectifying his troops. You wash your neck, and when Ben will gather the soldiers and horses, when noon comes, I will come to take your head! ”
Dongfang Ping was not angry, glanced at the sky, the hour was already halfway through, if the other party really went out of the city to fight, his own losses could be much smaller, if the other party still played any tricks, as soon as noon arrived, he ordered to attack the city, and there would not be many problems horizontally and vertically.
So, after some consideration, he did not order an immediate siege.
The huge army array waited quietly, like a fierce beast with a cat body, ready to wait for an opportunity to strike.
But for the sergeants in the formation, the taste was not so pleasant.
There are people in front of you, left and right, and you can only see the helmets of the people in front of you at a glance, and it is close to noon, and the sultry heat around is gradually rising, and the military formation that has been standing gradually begins to be a little restless, and some of the bold ones even sit on the ground secretly and begin to rest.
Xia Yunfei on the city wall looked at this scene and sighed, "If there are enough soldiers, it may be possible to have a miraculous effect by leading the elite cavalry to rush and kill for a while at this moment." ”
He punched the city wall angrily, there were too few chips to bet!
It was close to noon, and sure enough, there was still no movement, Xia Yunfei also ordered someone to shout on the city wall to wait for me for half an hour or something, but Dongfang Ping would not listen to half a word anymore.
But one can be two can not be three, he believed it twice, and now he has left all his illusions, the big war damage is the big war loss, now Changshan County has become a symbol, as long as this hard bone is gnawed, the overall situation of the Wolf Tooth State will be calm!
As soon as he thought of this, he commanded in a deep voice: "Pass the order of the lonely general!" According to the original plan, the city will be attacked from all sides, and it is necessary to take Changshan County today! ”
The herald took the order, and in a short time the army dispersed, and three groups of men and horses, each led by an adjutant general, went to the various city gates.
Looking at the scattered formation of the enemy army on the march in front of him, Xia Yunfei once again suppressed the urge to lead the troops to rush to kill at this moment.
Xiao Fengshan and Zhang Hutou had already gone to work separately, Xia Yunfei turned around and walked down the city wall with Chen Fugui and Lu Yi, "Let's go, we should go and do our business." ”
There were 7,000 people in the middle of the city, holding food and water bladders in their hands, and they sat quietly.
The sudden shouting of killing outside the city made their faces change suddenly.
Then, they watched Xia Yunfei stride over and pick up a horn.
"I'm all seated!"
Xia Yunfei's words were repeated in the loud voice of several guards, and they reached the ears of everyone in the field.
"You all hear it! The rebels have arrived! ”
"On the city wall, the defenders of Changshan County have used their lives to win this precious rest time for you!"
"The enemy is outnumbered, and between every breath, there may be a heroic death of our people!"
"But they didn't complain, they didn't run away, they went to their deaths calmly, why?"
"Because they hope that you can defeat the Northern Liang barbarians who killed that day, and defeat the rebellious ministers and thieves of that dog day! They have pinned all their hopes of victory on you! I hope you will keep your home for them! ”
"Now, tell me if you can do it!"
"Yes!"
People with red eyes roared out the most turbulent emotions and gave the firmest promises.
"Good! Eat what you have in your hands, and then, get ready, and fight with Ben! ”
Wang Zongheng is a small cavalryman of Yu Linwei, he thinks that his martial arts are good, and he also has a dream of making contributions when he is young, and he also has a bit of pretentiousness unique to young people.
But this time, following Xing'anbo to quell the rebellion, he found that everything he was once proud of was so shallow.
The veterans who did not serve in the army gave him "lessons" almost all the time, and used their own actions to tell him that young people are not fighting like this.
From disdain at the beginning, by now, he has been completely convinced, and began to seriously imitate the words and deeds of the other party.
At this moment, he was surging with fighting spirit, but he saw a few veterans who had no army, but they took off their outer armor and helped each other check their backs.
"Dude, what is this doing?"
"Check the name!"
"Name?"
A veteran of the Wudang Army looked at him with a smile, "When you go to the battlefield, your head is cut off, or you are trampled by horses' hooves so that your parents can't recognize it, so you rely on this to identify the corpse, including the old military god and the son, and the name will be embroidered on the back." ”
Looking at the other party's indifferent smile, Wang Zongheng felt that his heart was slammed again.
He said, "Can you embroider one for me too?" ”
Several people on the other side laughed, and the veteran patted him lightly on the shoulder, "Don't worry, you can't die!" ”
After a while, the team gathered in silence.
A total of 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, lined up neatly, listening to the screams of the city, gritting their teeth, and brewing stronger and stronger fighting spirit in silence.
Xia Yunfei personally climbed the city wall, walked around the four city walls, and finally stood in the west, looking at the army with the most chaotic military discipline, his eyes showed a fine light.
That's you!
Hu Yijin was born and raised in Swift Prefecture, he had no other skills, and he couldn't find any good livelihood, so he joined the army, and lived in the Swift Army, mixed with the border army and rebelled, and he passively became a member of the rebel army.
But he doesn't care, who he is messing with, just give money and food.
A few days ago, he mixed in the team, pretending to help shout and cheer to move the ladder, and fortunately survived one death after another.
Seeing the familiar people around him turn into cold corpses one by one, he strengthened his determination to continue to "fish" again and again.
"Damn, we do the dead man's work like siege, why didn't you think of us for a good thing!"
Hu Yijin took a sip, reached out and scooped up a handful of his comrades' blood, wiped it on his body and face, and was about to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, when he suddenly found that the city gate had been opened.
A cavalry, like an arrow from the string that was gathering momentum, rushed out of the doorway, wrapped in the momentum of wind and thunder.
"Dear mother!"
He rolled over and rolled and rushed backwards.
In the cavalry ranks, Wang Zongheng swept past him and slashed with a knife.
The huge impact blessed the sharpness of the blade, and Hu Yijin felt that he suddenly flew up.
In the air, he saw a headless corpse on the ground, gushing bright red blood.
After all, I still haven't gotten past it!
Hu Yijin's escape also brought the people around him.
One belt two, two belt four, soon, this battalion of the Swift Army, which had already killed and wounded nearly thirty percent, only resisted slightly, and under the impact of the cavalry that suddenly rushed out of the city, the formation collapsed and completely retreated.
The cavalry, with the veterans of the Wudang Army as the backbone, skillfully used the most effective driving tactics of the Wudang Army.
The 3,000 cavalry divided into a thousand men, made a large circle, sealed the rest of the directions, and drove the rout to the rebel camp to the north.
The remaining 2,000 people, led by Xia Yunfei, rushed through the rout and bravely rushed towards the rebels' Chinese army.
Xia Yunfei's gaze was fixed on the banner of the rebels.
Capture the thief and capture the king first! (End of chapter)