Chapter 38: The Battle of Zhongli Section 4 A Critical Moment

"Three months? The emperor also underestimated me Wei Huaiwen, in just ten days, I can force Yuan Ying and them to retreat a hundred miles. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Wei Rui said with confidence.

"It seems that the father-in-law has a way to retire. Fan Jun was also extremely excited after hearing this, of course he wanted to end the war as soon as possible, return home as soon as possible, and return to his parents.

"Jun'er, there is a way, that is, I want you to enter Zhongli City today, meet General Changyizhi, inform him of my troop arrangement, and ask him to make all preparations on time. Wei Rui took out the letter that had already been written and handed it to Fan Jun.

"Father-in-law, after sending the letter, I will stay in Zhongli and return to you immediately?" Fan Jun knew at this time that the defenders in Zhongli City were most looking forward to the men and horses that the Liang army could send to support, and he still remembered the kindness of General Changyi's knowledge, and if he really wanted to launch a counterattack, he was very willing to stay by General Nachang's side.

Wei Rui hesitated, he couldn't imagine that Fan Jun was so nostalgic, and he still wanted to stay by Chang Yizhi's side at a critical moment. In his heart, he was a little moved by General Chang who recommended Fan Jun, but Fan Jun was too important in his eyes, and he needed Fan Jun to do too much, so it was impossible to keep him in Zhongli City.

"You ---- to rush to Nanliang immediately after delivering the letter, hand over the letter to Feng Taishou, and strictly order him to send troops at the time mentioned in the letter. Wei Rui then sent another letter to Fan Jun's hands.

Fan Jun raised his head and looked at the Pingbei general in front of him who had arranged with him one after another, and he saw a trace of reluctance in Wei Rui's eyes. The two of them have been getting along like father and son for several years, and they have already guessed what they think in each other's hearts, so Wei Rui's dependence on him has become stronger and stronger during this time, Fan Jun can naturally understand that Wei Rui is unwilling to leave him by himself.

Wei Rui didn't want his nostalgia to be seen through by Fan Jun, so he hurriedly turned his head to the side: "Now that the situation is urgent, you have to go and come back quickly." ”

"Yes, father-in-law!" Fan Jun's mood suddenly became heavy for no reason, he had roughly guessed the complicated mood of this father-in-law at this time: if the war ends soon, then they will immediately face the separation of father and son, and they have been in the same heart for several years, regardless of each other, and the biggest difficulty in front of him is not to defeat the Northern Wei Dynasty, but how to return to Kyoto as a living Fan Jun.

"Be sure to return on time in three days, I have more important things for you to do. As soon as Wei Rui thought of the coming bloody storm, he began to be calm, "It was only in wartime that I realized that no matter how many people were available, it would not be enough. ”

"The father-in-law must have been confident, and our army will be victorious at that time. Fan Jun comforted him.

"Alas---- now there is only a wait. Wei Rui was also uneasy in his heart, and his worries were only willing to be expressed in front of Fan Jun.

"Father-in-law, then I'll go and deliver the letter first----" Fan Jun said.

"Go, go. Wei Rui woke up from his contemplation and hurriedly urged him to rush to Zhongli.

"But father-in-law---- if you don't let go, how can I go?" Fan Jun looked at Wei Rui and held his hands tightly, wanting to break free but not daring to use force, looking extremely embarrassed.

Wei Rui realized that he had just grabbed Fan Jun's hands tightly and didn't let go, and he hurriedly let go of Fan Jun's hands: "Go quickly, sooner rather than later." ”

"Yes!" Fan Jun saluted and stepped back.

Li Zhong also seemed to see something famous on the side, he quietly approached Wei Rui's side, and looked at Wei Rui with a smile: "General Wei, you are reluctant to give up with Fan Jun, how can I look like the two of you." ”

Wei Rui glared at him: "Of course he is my son, what's the matter, can't I have more than one son of Wei Huaiwen?"

"No matter how much you like him, he can't be your son, but if the general has a daughter in the boudoir, he can recruit him as a son-in-law---- hey, this is a good way, general, you ----"

"If I had a daughter, I would have spoken up a long time ago, the problem is that I only gave birth to three sons, where can I find a daughter to come out?" Wei Rui had thought about this for a long time, but no matter how much he liked this child, it was impossible for him to become his own family, and it was a great pity to think about it.

"General Li, what I arranged for you to do, but it has already been done?" Wei Rui then remembered that this Li Zhong had a task on him.

"If the general didn't mention it, I really almost forgot just now, when I was reconnoitring the situation outside the Wei military camp yesterday, I saw that Xiao Baoyin walked out of Yuanying's station in an extremely embarrassed manner, I am afraid that Xiao Baoyin was reprimanded by Yuanying. Li Zhong told what he knew.

"Is that all?" Wei Rui asked with a frown.

"There is also a group of men and horses going north, it seems to be in the direction of Heicheng. ”

"Pingcheng, could it be that Yuan Ying went to urge grain and grass? But Yuan Ying had enough grain and grass at this time, and there was no need to urge grain and grass. After Wei Ruiwei thought for a while, he hurriedly said to Li Zhong: "You immediately take people to Hefei and bring the defenders in Hefei City to the north of Shaoyang City." ”

Li Zhong was stunned when he heard this: "But why is this?"

"You just listen to what I do. ”

"Obey!" Li Zhong left Wei Rui with many questions.

At this time, Wei Rui's worst fear still happened, he expected that Yuan Ying had already felt the urgency of the matter at this time, and sent people back to Pingcheng to find two people, one was the emperor Yuan Ke, and the other was Daxingtai Xingluan. If he went to find Yuan Ke, Wei Rui didn't have too much to worry about at this time, but ---- if Yuanying sent someone to Xing Luan, he was afraid that this war would become complicated again.

Wei Rui's guess was not wrong, at this time, the messenger sent by Yuan Ying to Pingcheng had already handed over Yuan Ying's handwritten letter to Xing Luan. Xing Luan was very anxious after seeing it, this Zhongshan King Yuanying has always been arrogant, never easy to show weakness, today sent someone to send a letter to himself, the letter was full of anxiety about the battle of Zhongli, especially a few days ago the Southern Liang sent soldiers to steal the corn grain that was about to be harvested, which made him very angry. After the loss of this grain and grass, Yuan Ying suddenly woke up, at this time he was greatly shaken by his tactics of besieging Zhongli, he didn't know if it was possible to give up Zhongli at this time and make a detour to the south. He had to write a letter to Xing Luan, read his opinion and implore Xing Luan to send troops immediately.

After Xing Luan put down Yuan Ying's letter in his hand, he rushed to the palace as fast as he could, and saw that Yuan Ke told what happened to Zhongli in the city.

Yuan Ke was also shocked when he heard this, at this time he had no choice at all, so he had to ask Xing Luan: "Lord Xing, what should I do now that General Yuan is there?"

"Back to the emperor, there is no other way at this time, the old minister has to put on a battle and go to help General Yuan. Xing Luan gritted his teeth, he felt remorse in his heart, he knew that this would be the situation today, and it was better to go to Zhongli by himself.

"I can't think of it---- I can't think of that Wei Rui, it is really as Lord Xing said, not to be underestimated. Alas, it is also strange that the Union despised him too much in the first place, so that he is in this crisis today. At this time, Yuan Ke remembered that Xing Luan was Li Chen detoured to Zhongli, but neither he nor Na Yuanying saw the urgency of the matter clearly, and always thought that with the iron cavalry of his own cavalry, was there a city that could not be taken? But now the cruel reality is in front of him, although Na Yuanying and Yang Dayan have conquered dozens of cities in Nanliang, large and small, they have suffered a big loss on top of the Huaishui natural danger, and now he can only rely on Xing Luan to remedy it.

"Your Majesty, please give me 300,000 troops, and I will immediately go to relieve General Yuan's danger. Xing Luan pleaded.

"Okay, Lord Xing, the situation in the south is critical now, thanks to Lord Xing who went to help them. Yuan Ke sighed secretly in his heart, after years of fighting, he was now only left with a gorgeous empty shell, and there was really nothing else.

"Emperor Xie!" After Xing Luan took the tiger talisman, he hurried back to Xingtai Mansion and ordered someone to find Yuan Xiang and Chabu.

Yuan Xiang heard that he had a big brother in a critical situation, and he jumped up in a hurry, Xing Luan ordered her to calm down first and listen to herself talk about how to go to support Yuan Ying.

"Although General Yuan did not mention any danger in his letter, it is just that when we go, we must deploy all our troops in advance---- Yuanxiang, you take 50,000 horses, or go to attack Shaoyang City. Xing Luan thought about Liangyi before speaking.

"Shaoyang, Lord Xing, now that my eldest brother is in danger under Zhongli City, why do you want to go so far to attack Shaoyang?" Yuan Xiang was in a hurry, and after Xing Luan finished speaking, she didn't understand why she wanted to fight Shaoyang.

"Yuan Xiang, do you remember the last battle of Shaocheng, why did I ask you to attack Shaoyang at that time?" Xing Luan asked her rhetorically.

"At that time, Shaoyang was the only place where the soldiers of Zhongli City were supplied with grain and grass, and they took Shaoyang over, and Zhongli City was defeated---- but Lord Xing, now Shaoyang City is not the only supply place for Zhongli. Yuan Xiang still didn't understand what Xing Luan meant.

"Of course, Shaoyang is not the only supply place in Zhongli City now, but the strategic location of Shaoyang City is far higher than that Zhongli City. ”

"Lord Xing, Yuan Xiang really doesn't understand, can you explain it more clearly?" Yuan Xiang became more confused the more he listened.