Chapter 23: Bianliang is surrounded
In the early spring of 1357 AD, the Yuan court sent four armies to attack the cities occupied by the northern Red Turban Army. Yidu Province Pingzhang Mao Gui, was killed by his general Zhao Junyong in the defeat. Zhao Jun took Mao Gui's head and surrendered to the Yuan army general Chakhan Timur.
When Liu Futong heard the bad news, he beat his chest and felt heartbroken, Mao Gui has both humanities and martial arts, and he is a powerful general under Liu Futong's account. Now that he has died tragically, how can he not let Liu Futong break his liver and intestines. In addition, the battle situation of the other rebels is not optimistic, and they are all fighting on their own, and they are unable to rescue each other.
The Ludi rebels suffered heavy losses, and Bianliang was already isolated. Chakhan Timur had separated the Ludi Righteous Army from Bianliang in four months, and now gathered 200,000 heavy troops to take Bianliang.
Now Bianliang has gone up to King Xiaoming, down to the civil and military officials, and they are all helpless and discussing.
Above the main hall, Liu Futong said: "Your Majesty King Ming, now that my Jiangbei Red Turban is retreating, Bianliang is already a lonely city. I respectfully ask His Highness to move Anfeng to take refuge for a while, and wait until the situation improves. Han Lin'er, the king of Xiao Ming, couldn't help but be at a loss when he heard this, and the imperial envoy Wang Lang came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty King Ming, what the prime minister said is extremely true. Now there are less than 100,000 troops in Bianliang City, if you wait for the Yuan soldiers to besiege the city, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. ”
Da Kui stood aside a little unconvinced, and stood up and played: "Your Majesty King Ming, if His Majesty King Ming allows me to take 20,000 fine horsemen to meet Nachakhan Timur, the ministers should take his head to make everyone feel relieved!" Liu Futong shook his head and said: "General Zhang doesn't know that in addition to Chahan Timur in Ludi, there are still more than 200,000 yuan of troops of Biluo Timur approaching Bianliang from Shaanxi Province. Bila Timur is the son of Badulu, and you have a grudge against him for killing your father, who will protect Bianliang once the general is gone?"
Da Kui couldn't help but think: 'Yes, Bianliang now has no generals, once he goes out to fight, who will defend this Bianliang City?' Thinking of this, Da Kui retreated again. Da Kui is really not good at giving advice, so he can only obey Prime Minister Liu Futong.
At this moment, a red scarf soldier outside the door rushed into the hall: "Report~!"
Liu Futong turned around in surprise and hurriedly ordered: "What is the military situation, tell me quickly!" The soldiers hugged their fists and said: "His Majesty King Yuming and Prime Minister, Yuan General Chahan Timur personally led 80,000 elite cavalry to Bianliang City, and now Bianliang has been besieged. "Ah?......。 The hall suddenly exploded, Liu Futong couldn't help frowning and groaning: "Chakhan Timur is really powerful, but how is this good?"
King Xiao Ming couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Prime Minister, what is good now?" Liu Futong looked at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and raised his voice: "Although the soldiers are now in the city, there are still a total of 80,000 horse infantry troops in Bianliang. That Chahan Temur can only break through my Bianliang city defense unless he has two wings, everyone should relax!" Liu Futong paused and said: "Today's matter is over, let's disperse!"
Now Liu Futong is the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is above 10,000 people in one person. Liu Futong's words were the words of King Xiao Ming, and when the civil and military officials heard this, they bowed their hands to King Qi of Xiao Ming: "The ministers are retiring!." ”
Da Kui turned around to leave, and Liu Futong called: "General Zhang stays." Hearing this, Da Kui turned around and couldn't help asking, "What else is the matter with the prime minister?" Liu Futong not only said, but also paused: "The old man still has something to discuss with the general." When the court officials came out of the main hall, King Xiao Ming knew that Liu Futong had something to say, so he asked urgently: "What does the prime minister have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Liu Futong struck each other with both hands, and made up his mind: "Your Majesty King Ming, now you can only abandon the car to protect the handsome, and it is the best policy to break through tonight." As soon as these words came out, King Xiao Ming and Da Kui immediately stayed there. King Xiao Ming was already so shocked that he couldn't speak, and Da Kui asked in surprise: "Prime Minister, didn't you say that you want to defend Bianliang?" Liu Futong said helplessly: "The old man is to stabilize the hearts of the officials, how can the general take it seriously?"
Da Kui couldn't help but ask: "If His Majesty King Ming leaves, what should the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager and the thousands of people in the harem do? What about the civil and military officials? What about their families?" Liu Futong looked at King Xiao Ming and said slowly: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and those who are kings should have the determination and courage to break their wrists." ”
King Xiao Ming was furious, pointed at Liu Futong and shouted: "Liu Futong, do you want to put me in a place of disloyalty and unfilial piety?" Liu Futong hurriedly knelt on the ground when he heard this, and leaned over and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is thinking about the Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Society." King Xiao Ming reprimanded angrily: "You want me to abandon my mother and tens of thousands of officials' families, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Bianliang, how can I do such disloyalty and unfilial piety?"
Liu Futong was about to say again, only to hear the shouting and killing outside the city. Liu Futong just stood up, and a soldier rushed into the hall again, and knelt down in the hall and said: "Report~!" Liu Futong hurriedly got up, turned around and asked urgently: "Tell me quickly." The soldier played: "Your Majesty, Marshal Liu." The Yuan army has arrived at the city to meet with the 80,000 cavalry of Chakhan Timu, and is now attacking the city at the four gates. ”
Liu Futong couldn't help frowning: "The Yuan soldiers arrived so soon, they must have abandoned the heavy grain and grass, and came on a light and hurried march!" Da Kui hurriedly asked: "Prime Minister, what should we do?" Liu Futong looked up at King Xiao Ming and said: "Your Majesty, please decide quickly, and follow the old minister to fight out of the encirclement and then plan later." ”
"Shut up! I swear to live and die with Bianliang, you don't need to say more. Stand down!" King Xiao Ming spoke resolutely, and Liu Futong was helpless, so he had to bow down and salute: "The old minister retires!" Seeing this, Da Kui was also at a loss in his heart, so he had to give his hand and bow out of the ...... hall.
Bianliang is the main road between the north and the south, and it has been a battleground for soldiers in all dynasties. Chakhan Timur attacked the city day and night regardless of casualties, and only wanted to take Bianliang in one fell swoop, so as to achieve all the miraculous feats of the world. Helplessly, the red turban soldiers in the city swore to resist to the death by virtue of the strong city defense, but Chahan Timur was helpless for a while, there were nearly 100,000 red turban soldiers in Bianliang City, and there were sufficient reserves of grain and grass, even if it took a year or two, it didn't matter, Chahan Timur couldn't attack for a long time, so he had to besiege Bianliang but no longer attack. For a while, no one could figure out his hole cards, and I didn't know what he would do next.
When Liu Futong heard this, he couldn't help but be secretly worried. The Art of War: Fiction and reality, reality and fiction. Chakhan Timur was like this, presumably to do it when the city defense was lax, but Liu Futong's strictness in governing the army was world-famous, and the two sides were in a stalemate. Three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is the beginning of August. I once heard that Biluo Timur of Shaanxi Province was also rushing to Bianliang with his troops, but now there is no movement, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?