Ji Sang and Lu Yao, the leader of Hebei bandits, simply ignored that he was the culprit of this surprise attack on Yecheng.
Perhaps because of the influence of later historical records, Lu Yao really didn't take Ji Sang seriously before.
Out of thinking inertia, Lu Yao always felt that this person was just the deputy of the old general of the King of Chengdu, Gong Shili, and the bandit leader known for his fierce and cruel personality. He was just a passerby who left several words in history books. Even though Ji Sang's subordinate Huang Guo almost forced Li Yun and others into a dead end, even if it was rumored that Ji Sang had killed Sima Teng, the King of Xincai, with his own hands, Lu Yao still lacked enough attention to him.
But as Lu Zhi said, how could a thief who once rampant in the north and south of the Great Henan and stir up the situation in the world be an ordinary thief who is simple-minded and only knows how to plunder wealth?
Ding Miao stood beside Lu Yao and looked at the direction of Jian'anyi.
After looking at it for a while, he suddenly said a little annoyed: "The beggars frequently mobilize, and it seems that they are going to have a big fight with the thief army. But why do they leave us here? When it comes to fighting, shouldn't we ask for our opinions?"
Lu Yao glanced at Ding Miao, shook his head and said, "The only one in the Qihuo Army who is equal to you and me is General Yangwu Li Yun. Could Brother Wenhao plan to go to Mao Sui to serve as the deputy commander of the Qihuo Army and squeeze all the five lieutenants aside?"
Since being ordered to take the city platform south of Jianchun Gate, Lu Yao and others came to Bingzhou, he had never received any news about the generals and escorts of the Qihuo Army. Obviously, the Qihuo Army did not want to give Lu Yao and others a chance to show off in the coming war. In the eyes of the Qihuo Army soldiers, it was already a shame for the warriors to flee to Wei County because of fear of the Xiongnu. As a result, Liu Kun's Jinyang army defeated the Xiongnu and had a great reputation; but his family did not even defend Yecheng, and they actually sat down and watched Sima Teng, the Xincai King, be killed by the bandits!
Under such a huge contrast, the only idea of ​​the senior officers of the Qihuo Army, probably from Li Yun, was to defeat the enemy, seize Yecheng, and kill Ji Sang, a bold and arrogant thief... What's important is that they must not intervene when Lu Yao and others do not intervene. Therefore, Ding Miao, the general of the Wuwei, Ding Miao, and General Yamen of the Yamen, who are currently the highest military rank in Yecheng, could only take 300 people to guard the city platform and continue to confront Shi Le's subordinates.
This situation naturally made Ding Miao very unhappy. He grinded his teeth and stared at Jianchun Gate with his eyes, then looked at Jian'an Station in the distance, and finally felt relieved. He sat down with a thud and muttered, "Li Yun is a perfect match for military use. Maybe, this trip is really only the only way to watch the show."
"Not necessarily!" Lu Yao seemed to have finally made up his mind. He looked at Ding Miao and raised his hand to pull Ding Miao up.
"Huh?" Ding Miao stared at Lu Yao: "Brother Daoming said..."
At the same time, in the queue of the beggars, Li Yun rode his horse with a gloomy face.
It has been nearly six hours since the loss of the Third Station last night.
During these six hours, the soldiers of the Qihuo Army gathered urgently, mobilized, and entered the battle, occupying important places everywhere, and no one could get a rest. Thinking that most of the entire Ye City was occupied by the thief army, everyone knew that after dawn, there would inevitably be a fierce battle.
Just one blockade near Jianchun Gate led by Tian Zhen to kill and wounded more than 400 people to the Qihuo Army. Many bodies and injured were carried out one after another and placed in the Jian'an Post and later in Hongxiuzhao. Li Yun was in a very complicated mood when he saw the children of the township party in Bingzhou suffered such losses.
He rode his horse toward Jianchun Gate, and in just a few miles, he had to make way for the troops sent to the city several times along the way. When he finally found a slope where the base camp was located next to the official road and was responsible for specific military command, it took half an hour to pass and the sky was bright.
"Old Tian," Li Yun pondered, trying to speak more gently, without obvious commanding tone: "The soldiers have not rested all night and are already very tired. Look, are they ordering everyone to rest?"
Li Yun did not tell Lu Yao that although he was appointed as General Yangwu and was the commander of the Qihuo Army. However, because the Qihuo Army originated from the refugees in Bingzhou, the clan power in the army was strong. As the captain Tian Zhen and Tian Lan brothers actually had at least no less than his real power. Li Yun could only discuss with them many matters.
At this moment, when Li Yun was initially trapped in the city and his capable deputy Bo Sheng was seriously injured, the military command had almost completely fallen into the hands of the Tian brothers.
Tian Zhen used a long sword column dyed with reddish-brown blood to watch the soldiers lined up in silence, looking murderous. In the battle just now, he forced his retreat from the attacks of Shile's generals Hu Yanmo and Guo Heiluo with huge casualties. When the battle was the most intense, he personally took the sword into battle and killed several bandits. His left shoulder and left leg were also seriously injured.
After hearing Li Yun's words, Tian Zhen did not even move his sight. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Ten thousand Bingzhou children all followed King Xincai to leave their hometowns and came to Wei County. Now there are rumors everywhere that King Xincai died at the hands of bandits. If we cannot avenge your highness, we will tear these thieves into pieces... what are their faces standing between heaven and earth!"
"This..." As soon as he spoke, Li Yun was stunned.
There is no need to say much about how King Cai is. A few days ago, when everyone was drinking and scolding her, they didn’t see any taboos in Tian Zhen, so why is he so loyal and brave at this moment?
He was also a person who had been in the officialdom for a long time. With a glance at his eyes, he saw Yang Heng standing not far away with his face full of fatigue. Li Yun thought he understood it. He stepped forward and whispered: "Lao Tian, ​​stop when you can, stop when you can..."
Unexpectedly, these words made Tian Zhen angry. He waved his arms and pushed Li Yun away, and loudly ordered the soldiers: "Listen to everyone, hurry up! Keep moving forward!"
After all, Li Yun was a long-time general in the court, a general with a rank of 2,000 stones, and a genuine boss of Tian Zhen. He was kind-hearted to discuss, but he didn't expect to be pushed back so hard. He couldn't help but feel a little angry: "Lao Tian, ​​what do you mean? The soldiers are already tired. Look at their faces and their footsteps. How can you fight in this way?"
When the enemy was in front of him, he could not understand the thoughts of his subordinates. Li Yun suddenly had an unknown premonition. He was too lazy to have a quarrel with Tian Zhen again. He called his own captain loudly and asked them to intercept the team coming from Jian'an Post and arrange the camp as soon as possible, so that the soldiers would have a temporary rest in any case.
He had just given a few instructions, and before Li Yun could breathe, he suddenly felt the ground under his feet tremble violently.
"What's going on?" Li Yun's expression changed suddenly.
"Kill--!" The next moment, the earth-shaking roar seemed to sound thousands of rolling thunders. The killing sound was deafening, and even the air trembled. From the east of Jian'an Post, a strong wind aroused from the direction of the sound, sweeping across the queue of the beggars!
Li Yun turned around and looked at it quickly, but his eyes were facing the rising sun, and was dazzled by the strong light. He rubbed his eyes suddenly, perhaps because he used too much force, so that his eyes hurt. But how could he care about this?
And when he finally saw the situation in the east clearly, great shock and fear immediately grabbed his heart, making it almost impossible for him to hold on.
There, thousands of cavalrymen were appearing from the forests that stretched far away. Even when they were running rapidly, they could even line up into several horizontal lines, each of which was close to or more than two miles in width. One by one, the horizontal lines were like huge waves generated from the deep sea, rushing towards the exhausted and unsuspecting beggars!
Needless to say, Li Yun already knows who the visitor is.
That was Ji Sang. Li Yun clenched his fists and hit his chest, making a thud.
Li Yun was a general when King Xincai was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. He also experienced countless bloody battles with the Huns. He was definitely not an inexperienced general. While mobilizing the troops, he did not forget to send many scouts to the north and south directions. On the one hand, he grasped the situation of the troops' flanks, and at the same time monitored the movements of the bandits in the other gates of Yecheng.
But Li Yun did not pay special attention to the situation in the east. After all, there was the opposite direction to Yecheng. He could not imagine that Ji Sang, who was rumored to be busy plundering the wealth of Yecheng and had no intention of fighting, was actually no longer in Yecheng. After breaking through the palace city and killing King Xincai, he immediately pieced together a considerable cavalry based on the capture of Yecheng, and then led a team to attack from Guangde Gate. After a night of running, this elite unit led by Ji Sang finally encircled the east of Yecheng and the rear of the Qihuo Army!
Li Yun moaned in pain. In the midst of lightning, he already understood: Perhaps, Ji Sang was originally fighting the idea of ​​attacking the inside and outside, and seizing the Jianchun Gate; but at this moment, because the Qihuo Army was eager to enter the city, Ji Sang gave Ji Sang a better opportunity and a chance to completely defeat the Qihuo Army!
No matter how powerful a soldier is, he will inevitably fall into chaos when he is unprepared to be attacked by the enemy.
Looking out from the city platform where Lu Yao is, you can clearly see the tragic situation of the beggar army.
The first thing that collapsed was the troops gathered near Jian'an Post. Many of these soldiers arrived overnight from camps dozens of miles away. They did not form a combat queue at all, but were led by several officers to form a long snake formation suitable for marching. Under the impact of the cavalry of Jisang's troops, they suffered heavy casualties and then collapsed as expected.
Their collapse was like the ripples caused by throwing stones into the water, which immediately spread the panic to the entire Qihuo Army's team. Under the conscious drive of Jisang cavalry, more and more soldiers began to flee to the west. These fleeing soldiers dispersed the other soldiers who were trying to line up to fight the enemy. From a distance, the Qihuo Army was like a soft snow pile that began to collapse from the top, slowly but irreversibly falling to the ground.
Such a situation is also an irreversible defeat.
Ding Miao's face changed drastically: "I'm sure Lu Zidao said it..."
Xue Tong's face also changed: "Do you really want..."
Shen Jin was finally woken up from his sleep. He walked up to the wall three or two, but was startled by the scene and couldn't help but scold: "He...fuck...what is going on? What should I do?"
Ding Miao and Xue Tong looked at Lu Yao together.
*******
Chapter completed!