Chapter 377: Stop it
With Yu Ban's death, the elite of the Jingxiang Legion was no longer able to resist the impact of Yuan Qi and Zhao Hu, and was soon broken in formation, divided into more than a dozen pieces, and fell into the dilemma of fighting separately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Qi Tian led the Flying Dragon Army and completely defeated the remnants of Meng Da, he turned his horse's head and launched an attack on the Jingxiang Legion from another direction, making the situation of the Jingxiang Legion even worse. Under the attack of the three teams of men and horses, the Jingxiang Legion was finally defeated, this collection of Jingzhou, Yizhou two places of young and strong, let Yu Ban spend painstaking efforts, lasted two years to train into an army, was Taishan proud of the elite, after all, it was still surrounded by the Tiangui Army and the Flying Dragon Army, the two more elite troops, disappeared in the long river of history, this is the first time they officially set foot on the battlefield, and it is also the last time. The Jingxiang Army, which spent a lot of financial and material resources on Mount Tai, was just a flash in the pan and withered.
After defeating all the Yizhou army, Yuan Qi did not have time to clear the battlefield, and immediately ordered to take all the wounded and retreat to the rear. Yuan Qi's move made those court officials who had never fought a war puzzled, this was obviously already a victory, why did they retreat? The scattered weapons, armor, and war horses on the battlefield were all money, and besides, there were tens of thousands of prisoners, and they all saw the combat effectiveness of these Yizhou troops, and if they brought these prisoners back and reorganized into an army after a period of education and training, it would be a force that should not be underestimated.
But now Yuan Qi seemed to be unable to see these things, and directly gave the order to retreat, which had to make people wonder. These court officials wanted to go forward and ask why Yuan Qi was in a hurry to evacuate, but they were afraid of Yuan Qi's bloodstains. It was similar to the image of the legendary Nine Ghost Killing Gods, so these ministers had to dispel the idea of asking Yuan Qi, and instead asked Huang Fuchu about the doubts in their hearts.
In this regard, Huang Fuchu explained: "Don't forget, this is Hanzhong, is the territory of Mount Tai, everyone really thinks that Mount Tai is sending troops to suppress bandits, and they happened to meet us." In fact, Taishan has already heard the news of the Holy Emperor's personal conquest, and all of this is Taishan's ......."
Hearing Huang Fuchu's explanation here, how could they not understand that Taishan was going to rebel! Moreover, Taishan's rebellion was very hidden, and he would not be infamous. can also kill Yuan Xie smoothly.
No wonder Yuan Qi was in such a hurry to evacuate. He didn't even care about the large amount of supplies left on the battlefield, it turned out that he was worried that Taishan would break the jar and fall, and led a large army to chase and kill! Thinking about this section clearly, the ministers no longer dared to waste time, and boarded the carriage one after another, or stepped on the war horses, and accelerated their evacuation to the rear. It must be known that now the Yan army plus the sergeants brought by the Son of Heaven are only more than 40,000 people, and Hanzhong is an important town with 200,000 garrisons.
At the urging of Yuan Qi, the Yan army quickly retreated in the direction of Xiegu Pass with wounded soldiers, where there were 10,000 troops led by Zhu Hao garrisoned, as long as they reached Xiegu Pass and integrated men and horses, with the solidity of Xiegu Pass, it was enough to resist the offensive below the scale of 100,000 people.
In the process of retreating, the backward 30,000 Yan troops finally caught up, they were originally set off from Yanjing with Yuan Qi, but because of the war horse, they were left far behind by the Tiangui Army and the Flying Dragon Army, until the battle was over, and then they rushed over under the leadership of Pang Tong, but this is good, with the protection of this new force, Yuan Qi is not so worried about Taishan's pursuit, if Taishan dares to come, then let him know that the Yan army is powerful.
Two hours later, after a rapid journey, Yuan Qi finally took Yuan Xie's corpse, as well as more than 30 court ministers, and arrived safely at Xiegu Pass. At the same time, Yuan Qi ordered the 30,000 Yan army led by Pang Tong to be on guard, cooperate with the 10,000 army led by Zhu Hao, guard the Xiegu Pass, and once they found that the beneficial state army was chasing, they would immediately warn the pass.
As soon as Yuan Qi's order was issued, the soldiers who had been given time to rest had not had time to disperse, when they heard Zhu Hao shouting above the city pass: "King Yuyan, there is dust rolling up ten miles ahead, there should be a large group of men and horses coming!"
Yuan Qi walked up the stairs to the top of the city and looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Hao. Sure enough, the dust on the ground was rolled up all over the sky, forming an earth dragon in mid-air, which can cause this kind of scene, and the running people and horses should not be less than 100,000.
The distance of ten miles is not far, and under the gallop of the horse with all his might, it is here in a blink of an eye. Standing on the head of the Xiegu Pass, all the people can already clearly see that the people and horses chasing after the pass are the Yizhou army, Taishan rode on the small Lu, surrounded by the ministers of civil and military affairs around him, walked out of the center of the brigade, and shouted to the pass: "This king is Taishan, the king of Hanzhong! I heard the report from my subordinates, saying that the saint was held hostage by the mountain bandits, and this king came to the rescue! Please close the guard and open the gate." ”
At this point, Taishan was still so brazen that some court ministers immediately opened their mouths and scolded: "Traitor! Do you still have the face to say what to save the driver? The saint has already been poisoned by your subordinate Yan Yan, and the dragon has returned to heaven! What else do you have to say?"
When Taishan heard that Yuan Xie was dead, his heart suddenly blossomed, but he pretended to be surprised on his face, and said: "No? This king just asked General Yan Yan to go to the rescue, how could he hurt the saint? If this is true, then this king will immediately send Yan Yan's head to the gate to apologize! The adults have to talk about evidence, how can you conclude that it was General Yan Yan, a subordinate of this king, who hurt the saint?"
Yuan Qi sneered, untied the burden on his waist, threw down the wall, and said to Taishan: "Taishan! Don't do it, Yan Yan's head has been cut off by this king, and now I will return it to you!"
Several Yizhou soldiers ran forward, took back the burden thrown by Yuan Qi, and presented it to Taishan. Taishan used the double-strand sword to pick off the burden, and Yan Yan's head jumped into Taishan's eyes!
A civil official of the imperial court shouted at the gate: "Taishan! There are all the human and material evidence, what else do you have to say? You say, did you instruct Yan Yan to murder the saint?"
Taishan shook his head and said, "How could this king do such a despicable and shameless and rebellious thing? ”
Huangfu took a step forward and shouted angrily at Mount Tai: "Thief! Do you really think we are all fools? Let you in, will we still have a way to live? If you have the ability, you will break through the Xiegu Pass and kill the pass! To tell you the truth, it is true that the Holy One died, but the Holy One left an edict and gave the Son of Heaven to King Yan! You will break the dirty thoughts in your heart!"
Hearing Huang Fuchu's words, Taishan's face instantly turned cold! It's Yuan Qi again! It's Yuan Qi again!! why does this annoying Yuan Qi appear at the most critical moment every time and steal all the limelight from him? Taishan thought that after occupying half of the entire territory of Jingzhou and Yizhou, he could break free from Yuan Qi, who would always overpower him, but he didn't expect that even if he was now the king of Hanzhong, he was still robbed of the limelight by Yuan Qi, and it was still the biggest limelight!
Taishan secretly clenched his fists, his heart was rapidly turning his thoughts, he was thinking about whether to order the siege of the city, once this order was issued, if he could kill all the people in the Xiegu Pass, there was no proof of death, he could clear all the obstacles, and smoothly ascend to the position of the Son of Heaven that he dreamed of;
When Mount Tai hesitated, Huang Fu Chu on the city gate suddenly bowed to Yuan Qi and fell to the ground, and said loudly: "Old minister Huang Fu Chu, respectfully ask the Holy Lord to succeed to the throne!" Driven by Huang Fu Chu, Zhong Xuan also reacted, and hurriedly knelt down at Yuan Qi's feet with more than 30 other ministers, and said in unison: "Respectfully please the Holy Succession!"
Their cries spread far away, making the hesitant Taishan angry, eager to immediately step on the slope of the valley pass, and kill all the people inside, leaving no one behind. Previously, under the influence of profit, he designed to kill Yuan Xie, thinking that he could take the opportunity to ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven, but he did not expect Yuan Xie to set up such an edict and pass the throne to Yuan Qi! Not only did he not reap any benefits, but he also lost his troops and generals, not to mention Yu Ban, Yan Yan, Meng Da and other generals in the army, and also lost more than 40,000 men and horses, including the elite Jingxiang army that he had high hopes for and was ready to use to pacify the world in the future! Now, he still has to watch Huang Fu Chu and Zhong Xuan and other veteran ministers, will Yuan rise to the throne of God! All of this has made Taishan close to the critical point of the outbreak, his right hand, slowly raised, with his movements, 100,000 Yizhou soldiers have put their hands on the hilt of the knife on their waists, as long as Taishan waved his arm, they will pull out the war knife, swear to step on the sloping valley pass!
When Taishan's arm was about to be raised to the apex, a thick voice suddenly came from the wall: "Big brother, stop it!"