535. Send troops to rescue

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has flown by, and now it is the eleventh day of the seventh month of Mengqiu in the second year of Anqing, the son of heaven in Chang'an (908), and he will never return. Cheng Fugui, the son of heaven, knew that he had many dreams at night, and he could not leave the palace for a long time. Therefore, he ordered people to continue to inquire about General Ye's news, and he could only move the division back to the court as soon as possible.

The first thing the Son of Heaven did when he came to the capital was to gather hundreds of civil and military officials, three provinces and six ministries to return to the military and national conditions. After three days of court discussions, the Son of Heaven learned that General Yang Neng had guarded Liupan Mountain and went north to garrison the Helan area in Hexi; Nanzhao Kingdom (748~937 years, with the surname Wumanmeng as the king and the Baiman surname as the auxiliary, had close ties with the Tang Dynasty, in the area of present-day Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim. Dispatched a neutral envoy to Beijing, and signed an agreement with Chen Tianzhong, the prime minister of Zuo, to unblock the "Tea and Horse Road", and the two sides sent generals to guard the gates; The Bohai Kingdom (698~925 was a local government established by Sumo Leche. Its tombs follow the Goguryeo tradition. fought with Zhu Wen, king of Liang; Yang Longyan, the king of Hongnong, had a scuffle with Qian Biao of Wu Yueguo.

On this day, it was the 14th day of July in the second year of Anqing in Chang'an (908), the Son of Heaven finished approving a stack of chapters in the imperial study, stretched his waist, and was about to enter the back room to rest, when he saw Huang Chongyang, a guest of the Son of Heaven, hurriedly walked in. Huang Chongyang saw that the Son of Heaven wanted to enter the room to rest, but he stopped talking, and seemed to retreat. Seeing this, the Son of Heaven immediately said, "Huang Aiqing, what do you say?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wechen will wait for you to rest before making a return."

"No need, you can reply now, is there any news of General Ye?"

"Yes, Your Majesty! According to reliable news from the detectives, General Ye has been imprisoned in the ghost gate cave of Taihang Mountain, suffering from the darkness! ”

"What?! General Yay imprisoned? The Son of Heaven was amazed, "How did things get to this point?" Isn't he a husband and wife? What about Ruan Xiaofeng? How could Ruan Nanshan not give the two of them a trace of affection! ”

"Your Majesty, it is said that Ruan Xiaofeng wanted to save Ye harmless, violated their mountain rules and precepts, and was burned and fried by Ruan Nanshan in the cottage!"

"Huh?! ......" The Son of Heaven suddenly felt that his heart was hinged by a knife, and he slowly sat down beside Yu Long's book. After pausing for a long time, he muttered to Huang Chongyang and asked, "I hurt them." Does General Yah know about this? ”

"General Ye is deeply imprisoned in the ghost gate cave, and there is no daylight, how can he know about things outside the world?"

"Alas!" The Son of Heaven couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's okay if I don't know." Thinking about it, the two of them have a deep affection and affection. If General Ruoye had learned that his beloved had been tortured in this way, I could not have imagined what would have happened to him! ”

"Your Majesty, what matters now is how to try to rescue General Ye, if it is too late, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky."

"Hmm!" The Son of Heaven thought for a while and said, "What do you think of sending a few more Ouchi masters to the rescue?" ”

Hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Huang Chongyang quickly reacted and said the pros and cons: "Taihang cottage, heavily guarded, masters like clouds, like Longtan tiger's den, only a few internal masters are bound to eat into the tiger's mouth, and it is difficult to rescue General Ye." ”

"That being the case, I am sending a large army to rescue General Ye from the tiger's mouth."

"Your Majesty, just dying before sending a large army is not a foolproof solution. That Taihang cottage, the peak is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. We send a large army to go, we must trek through mountains and rivers, labor and loss of money, Taihang bandits are naturally waiting for work, which is very disadvantageous to us! ”

Hearing Huang Chongyang's analysis, the Son of Heaven secretly said yes in his heart. However, he thought that Ye Wuwu was trapped in the ghost gate cave and was suffering inhumanly, so he couldn't help but ask Huang Chongyang: "Huang Aiqing, how do you say you should save General Ye?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, the use of troops should be combined with internal and external, surprise and attack unprepared; Tune the tiger away from the mountain, and the sound hits the west. ”

"Hmm!" The Son of Heaven immediately looked at Huang Chongyang with appreciative eyes and said, "It seems that Huang Aiqing has already been in his chest, and I have no worries in my heart. You can tell me in detail, how to combine the inside and outside? ”

"Back to the emperor, to combine inside and outside, that is, to send several masters deep into the Taihang Cottage, and send elite troops to the foot of the Taihang Mountain to lure the Taihang thieves out of the mountain to fight. They were anxious to respond to the war and neglected internal troubles, so they took this opportunity to order people to rescue General Ye with all their might. Moreover, this time the inside and outside should be combined, and the Taihang bandits can also be eradicated in one go. ”

"Good! That's a great plan! Without further ado, I immediately sent elite troops and ten Ouchi masters to Taihang. ”

On the Jingshi East Road, Generalissimo Zhu Weideng has led 8,000 flying horsemen to board the journey quickly. At the same time, Yu Yu had already flown to Jinzhou, and it was specially rumored that the Son of Heaven ordered Hedong Jiedu to order Hu Xuefei to lead 8,000 elite soldiers and the marshal Zhu Weideng to attack Taihang together.

In the Taiji Palace of the Imperial Palace, Situ Yimin, the "Emperor's Secret Envoy", and Qin Tianxia, the "Soul Chaser", were fully armed with eight Ouchi first-class guards and were ordered to carry out the expeditionary mission to rescue General Ye.

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Mengqiu, July 18.

In front of Taihang Mountain, under the Buddha Peak, Marshal Zhu Weideng has led the army to the gate of the cottage. According to the intended (pre-planned) strategy, Zhu Weideng first sent the left and right generals to go forward to fight the enemy and scold the formation. Things are as expected, Taihang Cottage saw that there was a large army pressing the border, so he closed the gate of the village, let you scold and break your mouth, and no one would fight.

When Zhu Shuai was hesitating in the tent, there was a report from Tanma, saying that the envoy of Hedong Jiedu had ordered Hu Xuefei to go to the back mountain, and asked Marshal Zhu to use the flying arrow as the signal to jointly attack the front and back, so that the Taihang cottage would take care of one and lose the other, and then each faction of mountaineers secretly infiltrated the cottage to rescue Ye harmless. Seeing that this plan was feasible, Zhu Weideng ordered 15 shrewd and capable mountaineers from among the 8,000 elite soldiers to deploy a rescue strategy of "attacking the east and attacking the west."

Soon, the arrows slashed through the sky and reached the back mountain. Linghu Xuefei saw that the time had come, and immediately ordered people to cheer on the drums and storm the camp in Houzhai. At the same time, the fifteen mountaineering teams he sent had already secretly infiltrated the Taihang Mountain Forest.

Let's say that the eight guards brought by Situ Yimin and Qin Tianxia have already climbed to the halfway point of the mountain. And at this moment, they suddenly heard the drums in front of the mountain and behind the mountain, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and knew that the army had arrived. This is a good time to obscure, the Taihang bandits only care about fighting in front of the village, neglecting to prevent crimes, they can drive straight into the Buddha Ridge smoothly. Thinking of this, the ten of them sped up their movements again.

It is said that Ruan Nanshan, the head of the village, heard that there was a large army pressing the border, and he was furious, and personally led his three sons Ruan Shanlong, Ruan Shanhu, and Ruan Shanbao down the mountain to supervise the battle. However, when they were halfway there, they came across a suspicious swordsman. With Ruan Nanshan's knowledge, he recognized this person at a glance as Liu Zhentian, who was known as the "Northern God Leg". What is he doing here? Ruan Nanshan politely asked him. However, when Liu Zhentian said that he asked him to let Ye harmless, Ruan Nanshan suddenly became angry and ordered his three sons to start a good killing with Liu Zhentian halfway up the mountain.

In the fierce battle, Ruan Nanshan suddenly felt that the situation was not good, and hurriedly led his men back to Foziling. When he arrived at the camp of the main village, he found that dozens of officers and soldiers were fighting fiercely with his soldiers. What made Ruan Nanshan's blood rush was that his soldiers were already dead and wounded everywhere, and there was not much left; And none of these officers and soldiers were killed or wounded. Seeing this situation, Ruan Nanshan's heart was crossed, Huo Di pulled out the "Earthquake Mountain Divine Whip", roared, and attacked this group of officers and soldiers. In an instant, only loud "horns" could be heard, and these officers and soldiers who infiltrated the main village died one after another. Looking at Ruan Nanshan at this time, the killing intent is strong, and a "mountain whip" is unstoppable! Pathetic, alas! A total of 30 officers and men of the two detachments that infiltrated the cottage in order to rescue Ye Wuwu did not survive under Ruan Nanshan's "mountain whip."

At this time, Ruan Nanshan's three sons came to the general village together and reported Liu Zhentian's escape to the owner of the general village. However, Ruan Nanshan did not dare to take it lightly, he knew that Liu Zhentian must be near the "ghost door cave" where Ye was harmless. Therefore, he immediately ordered his three sons to go down the mountain to help in the battle, and he led his men to hurry to the "Ghost Gate Cave". Sure enough, as Ruan Nanshan expected, the "Ghost Gate Cave" had just finished a tear-up, and there was a Jinyi guard who was turning the "Ghost Gate Cave" jack gate. Seeing this situation, Ruan Nanshan waved his subordinates and killed them with the Da Nei Jinyi Guard.

Besides, Situ Yimin and Qin Tianxia saw that the jack gate had been half opened, but at the moment when the sound of shouting and killing came from above, the jack gate fell violently, and the sound was like thunder, and all previous efforts were wasted. When the two of them raised their heads to look, they saw Ruan Nanshan shouting, jumping off the cliff, and whipping directly at Situ Yimin and Qin Tianxia. Seeing this, the two of them did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly swung their swords in response. However, the short sword is not enough to resist the long whip after all. Situ Yimin and Qin Tianxia can only dodge and retreat, how can they have the power of backhand? After several episodes, both of them received several lashes like knife cuts.

It is said that dozens of soldiers on the "Ghost Gate Cave" besieged several Jinyi guards, and finally because they were outnumbered, several Jinyi guards were all killed and fell straight down the cliff. At this moment, Liu Zhentian, the "North God Leg", finally arrived. When he saw that all the Jinyi guards who opened the gate died heroically, he was immediately furious. I saw him flying up and down, with fast swords and flying legs like the wind. In a moment's effort, these dozens of soldiers were scattered, and he was the only one standing "up to the sky" next to the iron rope of the jack gate.

Let's say that in the depths of the dim "Ghost Gate Cave", Ye Wuwu was meditating and recuperating, and suddenly heard a loud bang at the entrance of the cave, which was the sound of the jack gate falling! Then, he heard a faint shout of killing from above the "mouthful of heaven". Suddenly, Ye Wuwu realized that this must be the Son of Heaven who sent troops to rescue him! He couldn't help but be ecstatic, looking up at the bowl-sized hole above his head, and finally feeling that his "frog at the bottom of the well" was about to see the light of day. So, he secretly used his internal strength, broke free of the shackles and handcuffs, and prepared to get out of the hole and rescue the heavenly soldiers