Chapter 22: Yan's Wu Fort
He Bai bowed and said: "Anova is already my wife, I have a very good relationship with her, and I have been pregnant recently, so I don't want to separate, and I hope that my father-in-law will forgive me." ”
Qiu Liju shouted: "If you don't return Anova, don't blame me for being polite." ”
He Bai said helplessly: "Why should Lord Yuezhang turn against He Bai, everyone has different ideas, but the family affection is still there, why do you have to make trouble to meet each other?" ”
Qiu Liju sneered and said, "Since the old man has rebelled against the Han family, it is inevitable that he will become your enemy one day. Rather than wait until then, I will break with you when I don't. ”
He Bai said: "Lord Yue, please rest assured, He Bai will never be an enemy of Lord Yuezhang." Wherever there is a father-in-law, He Bai retreats and never dares to raise troops against him. ”
Fu Xing was afraid that Qiu Liju's mind was unclear and He Bai would have some accidents, so he led the troops to step forward. Qiu Liju saw that the color behind him was uncertain, and finally put away the knife and sighed, and said: "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions, and the old man will not embarrass you." I hope you will be kind to Anova for the sake of the old man's kindness to you. ”
He Bai said: "Thank you Lord Yuezhang for your forgiveness, He Bai will definitely live up to Anova." ”
After saying goodbye to each other, He Bai repeatedly said goodbye to Qiu Liju and went all the way to the west. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Gatun to lead two thousand cavalry and chase after him viciously. He Bai had few soldiers and was unwilling to fight with him, so he lost his soldiers and horses in vain, so he had to flee to the south with the strength of one man and three horses.
After escaping for more than 100 miles, it was already about six or seven o'clock in the evening. As soon as the sun went down, seeing that he was in Tuyin County, He Bai patted his feet and shouted: "It's a pity that this Yan Gang and Yan Ji must be with the army, otherwise, I would have gone to Tuyin City today to find trouble for them." ”
After thinking about it, Fu Xing said, "Yan Ji, as the deputy commander of the White Horse Yicong, did not follow behind Gongsun Zan today. Maybe he's not in the army, but in the city. ”
He Bai was stunned, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's possible." This Tuyin City has always been guarded by Gongsun Yue, I wonder how he will treat us? Let's go, go and call the door. ”
Under the vigilant gaze of the defenders of Tuyin City, Gongsun Yue was late. Without waiting for He Bai to say hello, Gongsun Yue scolded loudly at the head of the city: "Bold traitor He Bai, you dare to come back to see me." If you don't retreat with me quickly, or else you will blame me for sending troops to kill you and hang the city gate to warn the world. ”
He Bai shouted: "Lord Gongsun, He Bai has been wronged...... It was Yan Ji, the traitor, who shot He Bai with a cold arrow in the back. He Bai came here to find Yan Gang and Yan Ji for revenge, and asked Lord Gongsun to send these two out, and He Bai wanted to fight with the two of them on a single horse to decide life and death. ”
After listening to He Bai's explanation, Gongsun Yue shook his head and shouted, "He Bai, even if my brother forgives your sins." But my grandson's family has married the Yan family, and I will not agree to your revenge. You're still dead to this heart, aren't you? ”
He Bai was taken aback, these two families got married? So how can this revenge be avenged? Turning his head to look at Fu Xing, Fu Xing shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. He Bai asked, "Dare to ask Lord Gongsun, when did your two families get married?" Who and whom? And why did you get married? ”
Gongsun Yue shouted: "The Yan family is the right Beiping clan, the famous family of Tuyin County, my family and the Yan family are married, in order to better govern the right Beiping County." This time it is my little sister, married to Yan's youngest son Yan Ding's wife. As for when, it was exactly half a month ago. My little sister came from Lingzhi County, Liaoxi yesterday, and I was sent to Yan's Wubao early this morning, and I am afraid that she is getting married at this moment. ”
He Bai was unwilling and shouted: "The Yan family is despicable and shameless, and the Gongsun family is a famous family in western Liaoning, why did you marry the Yan family?" Where is Yan's Wu Fort? I will slaughter him today and recapture Gongsun Xiaomei for Lord Gongsun. ”
Gongsun Yue laughed in the city, with a hint of sadness in his voice, and said: "Anything that is beneficial to my Gongsun clan, my Gongsun clan doesn't care if he is despicable or shameless." Yan's Wu Fort is thirty miles away from the west of the city, its fort wall is high and deep, and there is a lot of grain and grass. Even the 100,000 rebels in Yuyang can't defeat it, and you want to slaughter the Yan clan with just 200 people, this idea is tantamount to a pipe dream. There are my Gongsun clan and Yan clan in this Youzhou, and there is no place for you He Bai for a long time, so retreat quickly. ”
He Bai led the people back indignantly, leaving Youbeiping County this time, and when would he come back from time to time. Although he knew that Yan Gang would be killed in the Battle of Jieqiao a few years later, the Yan clan was also defeated by Gongsun Zhan's defeat. But He Bai couldn't swallow this breath after all. After discussing with Fu Xing, he decided to go to Yan's Wu Fort to have a look.
Thirty miles, one man and three horses, ran in an hour, and it happened to be half past eight in the evening. He Bai spread the sentry horses all around, and quietly touched Fu Xing, standing in the Yan Clan's Wu Fort in the south of the river.
Yan's Wu Fort is built in the shape of an isosceles triangle in a different shape from ordinary castles. According to the direction of the river, it built a Wu fort in a triangular pointed area of the river. Its three sharp corners face east, southwest, and northwest respectively, and the fort wall facing the northeast and west is surrounded by river water, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only the southeast fort wall can be attacked.
However, the southeast fort wall is fifteen meters and five stories high, and the fort wall is six or seven hundred meters long. There is a city gate tower in the center, and there are wooden arrow towers six meters high every 100 meters on both sides. It seems that it is indeed difficult to attack.
When He Bai came, he captured several villagers from nearby villages, and heard that there were more than 500 people in the Yan clan, and about 150 young and strong men. Everyone practices martial arts, and they are no less elite than elite county soldiers. If a rebel enemy invades the vicinity, the Yan clan can also gather nearly 1,000 villagers nearby to resist. It's just that He Bai came too quickly, and the person who reported it was captured by He Bai before he entered the fort.
He Bai deceived the trust of the villagers with wine and meat, and lied that he was a close confidant of Gongsun Zhan, and these Wuhuan people took refuge in Gongsun Zhan's Wuhuan Tuqi. Because he heard that some rebels would come to attack Yan's Wu Fort, he sent 200 men to reinforce and protect his sister and brother-in-law. After they go back, they should make it clear to the elders in the village that He Bai's army is not an enemy.
He Bai looked at the thirty Yan clansmen patrolling back and forth on the wall, as well as the large brazier used for lighting one hundred and fifty meters outside the city. wanted to sneak attack, but he was afraid that it would not work, He Bai turned his head to look at Fu Xing again, to see if he had any way to come.
Fu Xing closed his mouth tightly and said nothing. It was almost an hour before he said softly: "It seems that it won't work, the Yan clan is very vigilant, there are no loopholes to find, and the number of troops is not less than too much of us." Unless all your 1,000 slave soldiers are here, now, it's better to retreat first. Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. ”
He Bai hated to punch the ground, and when he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered the villagers from before. As the saying goes, a small amount is not a gentleman, and a non-toxic husband is not a husband. Since they had joined forces with the Yan clan to fight against the enemy, they had thought about reporting the news before, so they couldn't be considered the Yan clan's gang. I can't deal with the Yan clan today, so I can only use them to lure the enemy.
He Bai told Fu Xingyi about the plan in his heart, Fu Xing was stunned, but he didn't say anything, but He Bai couldn't bear it, and said: "How about just burning the house and not killing people?" ”
Fu Xing smiled: "You, after experiencing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, you won't say this." In this day and age, human lives are not worth anything, you just need to treat them as NPCs. When you used the Eight Disciplines of the Three Doctrines to restrain the slave soldiers, I thought you were pedantic. But you're the boss, and you're in charge. Today, when I just felt that your kid was eclectic in his use of soldiers, I didn't expect you to be pedantic again. ”
He Bai was taken aback, but he didn't expect Fu Xing, who has always been polite and polite, to think like this, could it be that when he was on Taihang Mountain, Fu Xing and they had experienced a lot, and their temperament had changed greatly.
Fu Xing's voice turned low and said, "Don't look at me like this, as long as you live in this era for a few more years and experience more things, you will also change." In fact, I also know a little about the history of Wuhu Chaohua in the two Jin Dynasty after the Three Kingdoms. It was because of the civil strife of the Han people that Hu Lu had the opportunity to develop. It is still very beneficial for this country that we can end the war in the country as soon as possible, prevent the Three Kingdoms era from coming, and establish a new country in advance. ”
He Bai didn't know for a while, so he could only watch Fu Xing lead the hundred blood horses away. Soon after, a raging fire broke out five or six miles to the southwest, and a small village of dozens of families was attacked. The panicked exclamations and shouts of killing, even though they were miles away, were clearly heard.
The guards on the Yan Clan's Wu Fort hurriedly rang the golden sound of the alarm, and the sound spread for ten miles in the silent night. Soon after, the war drums of the dispatched troops also sounded, and a hundred Yan clan horsemen poured out of the Wu fort and slammed into the burning village. Behind him, there were dozens of village tycoons riding horses, thinking that in order to participate in the wedding of the Yan family and the Gongsun family, the dinner party was not over yet.
He Bai clapped his hands and said secretly: "Okay, I'm afraid I won't come out, since I came out, tonight is the time when your Yan clan will be destroyed." With that, he led a hundred martial arts and blood horsemen hidden in the darkness and hurried to the east.
Yan Ji looked at the fire in the small village in front of him and the villagers who were angry and cursing the raiders all over the ground, the anger in his chest was rising, and he asked in a deep voice, "How many people have been killed and injured?" ”
Immediately, an old village elder came over and responded: "Back to Yan Jiaerlang, the invading Hu Qi only set fire, did not blindly kill people, and did not specialize in looting, and only about a dozen people were injured in the village. But the houses were destroyed, and the money and food were gone. ”
Yan Ji touched his beard and said to himself: "Don't rob, don't kill, and have such a strange beard?" ”
Suddenly, the villager pointed to the northeast and exclaimed: "Yan Erlang, it's not good, Yu Zhuang has also been robbed." ”