864. Missed opportunity

In the early morning of the second day, that is, on September 27, in Dazhai, the Central Plains military camp, a soldier came to report, saying that two Khitan soldiers came to see him with the head of the Khitan generalissimo Yelu Aba. For this reason, the deputy generals Zhu Tianxiang, Liang Zhengyi and others were suspicious, so they went out of the camp to investigate.

When they came to the gate of the camp, they saw two Khitan soldiers with bloody faces sitting on the saddle and waiting. Although these two people were unrecognizable, Zhu Tianxiang still saw that one of them was very familiar, as if he was the "Wuji Guard" who had been martyred in Xuanwu Gate, and he was like Ye Tianyun, the missing champion of liberal arts. Before he could start asking, the man took out a letter and handed it to Zhu Tianxiang. Zhu Tianxiang took a look and knew that this was a warrant from the Son of Heaven, and he ordered the Dunhuang guard to lead the army to Helan for reinforcements. This person is Murong Tianshui, who came to take over the position of marshal by the order of the Son of Heaven. Zhu Tianxiang and the generals were overjoyed, and hurriedly took Murong Tianshui and Li Mingchao into the camp.

After talking, Zhu Tianxiang and the generals finally learned that the new marshal Murong Tianshui was the martial champion they had admired for a long time, "Wuji Guard", Ye Wuwu, but he was envious of the water of the Tianshan Mountains, so he took this name. Soon, the news of this applauded spread throughout the army. And because Ye Wuwu had eliminated the Khitan marshal Yelu Aba, and hung his head in the military camp. All of a sudden, the morale of the Central Plains army was greatly increased, and they all admired the harmless brilliant results of the new marshal. Don't look at the fact that Marshal Ye only took a head of Yelu Aba, but in this way, the Khitan army is bound to be leaderless and its morale will be greatly weakened. In contrast, when the new commander of the Central Plains army takes office, he will be able to drive the Khitan soldiers to the north of Helan Mountain in one go.

On the same day, the "Wuji Guard" Ye Wuwu convened all the military generals to discuss the plan to attack the Khitan camp. In the end, Ye Wuwu decided not to have a chance to breathe with the Khitan, and took advantage of the death of his boss to sneak attack the Khitan overnight and defeat its main force in one go. The generals of the whole army unanimously agreed to this decision, and immediately made full preparations for the night attack on the Khitan.

At dusk, the "Wuji Guard" and "Three Cats" were sitting in the tent thinking about tonight's military operation. Suddenly, a military academy came to report that the Son of Heaven had driven his personal expedition less than fifty miles away from the camp. When he heard this, he was immediately surprised and delighted. Although he was happy that the lord of a country would arrive at the military front on the same day as him, he was surprised that in this way, as the new commander-in-chief, he would have to wait for the Son of Heaven with all the soldiers of the army, which would inevitably cancel tonight's plan of action. Thinking about it, he only hoped that the Son of Heaven could arrive as soon as possible. As long as he has enough time, he can still lead his army to move as originally planned.

However, it backfired. The Son of Heaven drove the troops halfway through, because it was already dark, the road was difficult to walk, not to mention that they were only thirty miles away from the front camp, so the Son of Heaven ordered the troops to camp on the spot, intending to march to the front army camp again early tomorrow morning. However, the Son of Heaven did not expect that the new marshal Murong Tianshui, that is, the "Wuji Guard" Ye was harmless, but he waited all night with the soldiers of the whole army to wait for the Son of Heaven, and lost a great opportunity to attack the Khitan. The so-called "opportunity must not be lost, the time will never come", once the opportunity is missed, it will eventually lead to a big mistake of a lifetime.