Chapter 30 Rouran Invades the Realm and Drives the Expedition

In the clouds, the sound of killing was raised, and tens of thousands of enemies were made in all directions

War horses neighed, armor was bright, flags were swaying, and drums were beating in unison

Corpses are strewn all over the field, rivers of blood are formed, walls are collapsing, houses are collapsing, and the fire is endless

The royal driver personally came to the battlefield to reverse the crisis and solve the crisis

A kingdom cannot be without a king for a day. The emperor was young, only thirty-two years old when he died, and he had not yet made a crown prince. After reigning for 15 years, just in the prime of life, he died suddenly. The court was caught off guard, and after a few days of deliberation, the eldest son Tuoba Tao ascended the throne, and the little emperor was not yet 16 years old. The era name is Taiwu, and it is announced to the world. Amnesty for the whole world, tax exemption for three years.

Just a few days after Dai Xiao was here, the new emperor ascended the throne. All the soldiers took off their filial piety clothes, put on coarse cloth clothes, and continued to work, carrying stones and wood, without a day of delay.

On the side of Rouran State, I heard that the emperor of Wei died, and a child who was less than sixteen years old became the emperor. It feels like this is the time of emptiness in the country. Datan Khan, personally in command, led an army of 60,000 to the south. Unbeknownst to God, he crossed the Yin Mountain, unknowingly, broke through the defense line of the Great Wall and broke into the hinterland of Wei. Directly take the old capital, Shengle.

Sheng Le's guards, and more than 10,000 soldiers, all died in battle. Datan Khan led the crowd and slaughtered for three days. It was really corpses all over the field, tens of thousands of people were innocently killed, the entire Shengle was destroyed, and what was burned was that there was not a single tile left. Then he was like a bamboo, and he killed Cloudsdale.

The defender of Cloud City, climb the tower and take a look, my mother, there are so many people at once. 60,000 enemy troops, the garrison of the city, and the people, were less than 60,000. At the peak of the Wei state, the country had a population of only 35 million, and now the population has plummeted due to years of war, and the population has dropped sharply, and the population is more than 20 million.

How can this battle be fought? Hurry up and gather the people in the city, go up to the city tower to set up defenses, and send 800 li to expedite the capital to report to the capital and move the rescue troops.

When the palace received an urgent report from Yunzhong, Yunzhong had already been besieged for two days. The new emperor immediately went to court and summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.

The ministers were suddenly summoned, and they didn't know what had happened. At this time, the emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, spoke: "Today's enemy of Rouran has broken through our Great Wei and Northern Frontier defense lines, and the clouds are in an emergency. If you go in again, you will hit me at the door of my house. Zhong Aiqing, is there a good way to retreat from the enemy?"

In the court, everyone looked at each other. I didn't dare to speak. If you don't speak, what can you do, the emperor asks. Once Long Yan is displeased, everyone will be unlucky. These princes and ministers, who are pampered on weekdays, can sit in this position, and they are all human spirits. Observing words and feelings, the way of being an official, that is researched, quite thorough.

At this time, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and their eyes were staring at Dazai. Dazai is an old man in his 60s, who follows the old emperor and fights the world together, and he is very strategic. Dazai looked at him out of the corner of his eye, good guy, all the ministers looked at him, and thought: These turtle grandsons, this is for me to explore the way first.

After thinking about it, he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty! It is really hateful to rob my property, and we should send elite soldiers to pay it over; however, our Great Wei State is now embattled on all sides, with the Great Song Dynasty in the south, the Yan Kingdom in the east, the Xiliang Kingdom in the west, and the Western Xia, all of which have many soldiers stationed on the border. Once several countries jointly send troops, our Great Wei State is in danger!

Please think twice!" He bowed and retreated.

What a suggestion, this is clear, a lot of talk. The little emperor scolded in his heart: Old fox.

At this time, Bei Shangshu stepped forward and bowed and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty! This time, Rouran Khan, personally led the troops, broke my ancient capital Shengle, surrounded me in the clouds, and seemed to be in crisis. However, that Rouran, it is really a sneak attack, coming from afar, it must be lightly armed, than not bringing any baggage, forcibly attacking the city, there will be heavy losses. In my clouds, although there are few soldiers, but the city walls are high and thick, and the army and the people are united, presumably, there is no problem in holding it for ten days and a half months.

The three northern towns near my clouds, receiving the war, will definitely send troops to reinforce, close, only 200 miles away from the clouds, and only 300 miles away, and will be able to arrive within three days. Your Majesty is pleased."

After listening to Bei Shangshu's words, the little emperor nodded slightly, thinking: This is still reliable. Although the enemy is coming very fiercely, but the stamina is insufficient, the enemy's food will not be sufficient, and what they carry with them will not be able to support the soldiers.

Southern Shangshu, seeing the words of the northern Shangshu, the emperor agreed a little and hurriedly stepped forward. In the Wei State, the Shangshu system was like this, the Shangshu Academy was divided, the north and the south, the northern Shangshu was mainly to manage the Xianbei department, and there were more ethnic minorities in the north, and the southern Shangshu was mainly to manage the Han people. There are more Han people in the south, divide and rule, a typical one country, two systems.

Nan Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, now the Southern Song Dynasty is along the Yellow River, gathering 200,000 troops, eyeing our Great Wei. After years of war, the population has plummeted, and if it causes a large-scale war, there will be no soldiers available. Right now, I'm going to recuperate, and I'll decide later. Think twice"

The ministers were not in agreement. This matter is a little difficult to do, I am afraid that it will be discussed for a day, and there will be no results, Yunzhou can't afford to wait, rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, and arriving a moment early can reduce casualties. The little emperor saw it, yes, this is no way, discussed it with the ministers, and immediately decided: "Zhong Aiqing, I have decided, tomorrow, I will drive the royal expedition in person, and I will definitely repel Rouran."

The ministers hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty must not do it, as the saying goes: A country cannot be left without an owner for a day." On the battlefield, the wind and clouds are changing, my emperor's dragon body, once there are three longs and two shorts, the country is in danger!"

The little emperor was very angry and immediately said, "I have made up my mind. "Servant is a military attaché, a Xianbei tribe, about 40 years old, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. Stepped forward and said loudly: "The end will be."

The emperor said: "Spread the imperial decree, quickly go to the Chinese army, select 20,000 elite cavalry, order the soldiers to be lightly equipped, prepare enough dry food and water, and set off at dawn tomorrow to support Yunzhong."

"Order" the servant shot and ordered to withdraw.

The emperor gave an order: "retreat from the dynasty" and leave. The ministers sighed and left the court one after another.

Sheng Le broke through, the clouds were in an emergency, this matter has happened for a few days, and there is already a military situation, and it has been reported to various fortresses. Yujia's department is three hundred miles away from the clouds. At this time, the frontier has received a battle report, and the clouds are in an emergency.

The various ministries are stepping up the construction period, transporting materials for the construction of the city, and they have overlooked the report that Yu Jia is going to the Marshal's Mansion to discuss important military affairs. Yu Jia arranged her subordinates, alone, took the lightning, and went straight to the Shuai Mansion.

In front of the gate of the mansion, Yu Jia got off the tiger, put the lightning into the blood, and the doorman arched his hand and said: "The commander, enter the main hall directly, the handsome is in the main hall, waiting for everyone" Yu Jia nodded, and entered the mansion.

Yu Jia arrived not too late, before Yu Jia, there were already a few people, Yu Jia and everyone, after greeting each other, picked up a side seat and sat down.

It didn't take much time for a few more people to arrive. At this time, the old general Yuwen walked out of the inner account, sat on the tiger skin handsome chair, and said: "I just received an internal report that the Rouran army has conquered the old capital of Shengle and is besieging Yunzhong. Now, the clouds have been trapped for three days. This time, Rouran raised 60,000 troops, and the momentum was rapid, if there was no rescue, Yunzhong would be overcome. At that time, tens of thousands of people will be slaughtered. I, Wuchuan, is relatively close to Yunzhong, so I should send troops to support. I don't know who would like to lead the team and go to support Yunzhong. ”

Hearing this, one of the guards stood up and said: "General, this time to lead troops to support, it must be a strong general, but our other departments do not have many troops, and all of them are drawn from within themselves, so the defense force is empty." In case of another attacker, the consequences will be unimaginable. This time, the troops are hundreds of miles away, and they must send cavalry, but the number of cavalry is limited, and I am afraid that we will not be able to draw so many cavalry."

After hearing this, General Yuwen frowned and thought about it, and then said: "In this case, from all departments, a thousand cavalry, and then from the commander's guard, part of the troops, organize a cavalry of five thousand people, set off quickly, I don't know which one, willing to go?"

Everyone listened to General Yuwen, when he said this, they all bowed their heads and thought, and there was no answer. When Yu Jia saw this situation, she didn't want to go. This kind of thing, who wants to take the initiative to go, thankless, and may lose their heads, of course, no one is willing to take the initiative to stand up.

Seeing this scene, don't wait, there must be someone who is bold enough to come out and stand up to the thunder. So Yu Jia hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "General, my subordinates are willing to go!"

Yuwen was very relieved to see Yujia take the initiative to stand up. The old general had a good impression of Yu Jia. Yu Jia is thoughtful, decisive and humble. Yu Jia's handling of affairs still makes the general more reassured.

So, he nodded and smiled: "Haha, okay, Yu Jia is out of the horse, and Ben Shuai is also relieved." All departments immediately returned to the camp, dispatched 1,000 elite soldiers and iron cavalry, and quickly came to the headquarters to assemble at the school ground, ready to stand by at any time. This time, it was led by Jiang Yujia, and the commander went out on behalf of the commander to support Yunzhong, and all actions were commanded by Yujia, and those who violated the order were beheaded. Let's go."

Subsequently, the subordinates went out of the meeting hall one after another and went back to the various departments to gather troops. Several other places, such as Huaishuo and Fuming, also received battle reports and led troops to support Yunzhong.

It is said that the little emperor led the troops, the army of 20,000 tigers and wolves. Hurry up and march into the clouds. This team, each carefully selected, on horseback, dry rations and water bladders, with spears and knives hanging on the victory hook, curved bows on their backs, and quivers on their backs, were all dressed tightly, and in order to reduce their weight, they did not wear armor. Each spirit is mighty. There are poems:

20,000 lions went to the clouds, and the horses were fast and swift as lightning

In the distance, the green hills are in front of the green grass shadow beside the ditch

The neighing of war horses, the sound of horses' hooves, the wind moving, the colorful flags flying, and the joy is playing

The front team has passed the Qingshan Pass, and the rear army is on the side of the bridge

In ancient times, the plank road was not as wide as it is now, and only a few horses could run in parallel, so the team was very long, and all the soldiers were in a hurry. Saving soldiers is like fighting fires, and what we pay attention to is a speed. This side is in a hurry, Rouran Shuai, there has already been a report from the Malay: "Report to the Great Khan, the reinforcements of the Wei State from Pingcheng have arrived a hundred miles away, and in an hour, the enemy's front army will arrive in our defense area."

When the Khan heard this, he asked: "Can you find out, how many men and horses are the enemy coming, and who is the commander?" The spy hurriedly said: "Report to the Great Khan, the enemy is probable, 20,000 cavalry, look at the flag, the royal driver is personally recruited, and there is a Huangluo umbrella cover, it should be the current Wei State, and the new emperor is personally in charge."

When the khan heard this, he immediately straightened up and said, "Quickly call the leaders of all the departments to discuss matters at the commander's department!"

"Order!" A small school went out and notified the ministries to go. The work was not large, and the leaders of the various departments came to the account one after another.

The khan didn't talk nonsense, the military situation was urgent, and he said straight to the point: "There was a report from Tanma just now, the enemy army, a reinforcement team of 20,000, is less than 100 miles away from us, and the commander is today, the little emperor of Wei." What do you think?"

At this time, a middle-aged man with a full beard said: "Since the little emperor of Wei is the emperor and the emperor is personally conscripted, let him have no return, only 20,000 soldiers and horses, there is no need to be afraid, he should set up an ambush and annihilate them all."

Khan smiled and said: "This king has this intention, everyone see" After speaking, he pointed to the march map on the case and said: "Everyone, please see, thirty miles to the south, is an excellent ambush location, here is the enemy, must pass through, this terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the enemy enters, our front and rear flank, so that the enemy can not fly" After that, everyone began to discuss, the specific ambush matters.

Rouran set up an ambush and put it aside for the time being, and the vanguard of the 20,000 Wei army had already reached 80 miles from the enemy. At this time, the little emperor ordered the vanguard to pause, wait for the rear troops to arrive, and then move forward.

The vanguard stopped, fed the horses some water, gave some horse fodder, and the soldiers also ate some dry food and drank some water. I ran for a few hours in a row, and it was quite uncomfortable. A horse convoy of 20,000 people is also very long. In about half an hour, the team was assembled.

The little emperor immediately ordered the team to be divided into four teams, each with 5,000 men and horses, and each team marched five miles apart. In this way, we can prevent being collectively dumpled and be able to support each other, which can be regarded as having rich experience in the battlefield.

The distance between the front and back is twenty miles, and twenty miles for the cavalry, less than a stick of incense, arrives.

From time to time, there were Rouran soldiers, who entered the tent to report the movements of the Wei army.

At this time, a junior general entered the tent and said: "Yu Khan, the Wei army is divided into four teams, each team has 5,000 men and horses, and the first team has entered the ambush circle."

Hearing this, Rouran Khan thought for a while and said: "Pass the order, let go of the first team, pass through the ambush circle, and intercept the Wei army at 10 miles of the ambush point."

When the young general heard this, he said: "Order", withdrew from the tent, turned around and gave the order.

After the young general left, the khan said in a loud voice: "Herald" someone outside the tent shouted: "The last general", and entered the tent. The Khan said: "The king ordered that after the rear team of the enemy army enters the ambush circle, immediately attack the enemy army, and set up an ambush team of men and horses every three miles, and be sure to completely annihilate the enemy army."

"Order" was said, and the herald withdrew from the account.

After the herald left, the khan meditated in the tent and felt that it was not safe enough, after all, the enemy little emperor was personally in command and captured the little emperor, which was not trivial.

So he called out to the outside world: "Commander of the Chinese Army"

After a while, the commander of the Chinese army came to the account: "Report to the Khan, the commander of the Chinese army, from Guli to"

The Khan said, "Come in."

The curtain was lifted by Coulee and entered the tent. This is grown by Gu Li, a tall man, this person can fight a tiger with his bare hands, his arms have the strength of a thousand catties, he is good at making a three-strand support heavenly fork, in the country of Rouran, he is also one of the top famous generals, this person is known as the first warrior of the grassland.

Gu Li has some abilities, Boeing Gong, and a loud roar can make jackals, tigers and leopards violently, not to mention people.

When the Khan saw Yuguli coming in, he hurriedly said: "General You, you quickly gather 5,000 soldiers and horses, and stand by to support the front at any time."

Here, Rouran laid a net of heaven and earth, preparing to wipe out the Wei army. Go back and show the Wei army's side. At this time, the Wei army, the first team, had safely passed through the pocket terrain and walked out of the pocket, and nothing out of phase happened.

The Second Route Army, which has entered the middle of the pocket terrain, is not out of phase. Seeing this, the little emperor immediately sent an order: "Spread my message, the army will advance at full speed and pass through this place quickly"

So the Wei army accelerated its march. Just as the Wei army was in the rear team, and had just entered the pocket terrain, there were suddenly three cannon sounds on the mountain. Then there was a whistling sound on all sides.

The Wei army suddenly formed unstable, the soldiers were nervous, looking around, and suddenly saw a rain of arrows flying in the sky. Some soldiers shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, quickly line up, escort!"

This is exactly what it is:

The sudden change in the birth gate is coming, and thousands of horses and thousands of troops are now in danger

The rain of arrows hit and blocked a few places, and the thunder stones fell and smashed a piece

Survival is in danger, the body is torn, and the body is broken, and he swears to die as if he was going home, bravely blocking the front

This is a killing field, and the corpses are wrapped in the ground, and the good traitor is the first to win