Since Tang Jinhu had surrendered to Qi, Zilong said goodbye to Prince Duan and everyone and returned to Fucheng.
The soldiers in Yicheng naturally saw the soldiers led by General Tang being surrounded by Dali soldiers on the city tower, and were instantly submerged in the formation. Everyone knew that General Tang was in serious danger.
Tang Jinhu took his two generals and came to the city gate with Prince Duan. Tang Jinhu shouted to the soldiers on the city: "Brothers, the King of Shu is unethical and the country's power has declined. I have surrendered to Qi. If you are willing
If you surrender with me, then open the city gate and welcome Prince Duan of Dali and all the troops into the city. We are still good brothers! If you refuse to surrender, then we are enemies and we will have to fight with each other."
Most of the soldiers in the city were trained by Tang Jinhu, and most of the generals were Tang Jinhu's confidants. Naturally, everyone was willing to open the door and surrender. Someone had quietly told Eunuch Huang about everything outside the city. When Eunuch Huang heard it, he was immediately frightened.
He was so stunned that he quickly ordered someone to change his clothes, ran out of the post house secretly, and found a place to hide.
Tang Jinhu and Prince Duan entered the city, and Dali soldiers took over the defense of Yicheng. There were Shu troops in the city, and they moved to an open area in the city to reorganize. Prince Duan and Tang Jinhu went to the inn to pick up King Wuyou and bring him to the general's mansion. King Wuyou was also good
He expressed relief and asked Tang Jinhu to just take his old troops with peace of mind and fight side by side with Prince Duan.
After the Dali army entered the city, they first posted notices to calm the people. Tang Jinhu also sent soldiers to the post house to capture Eunuch Huang, but the soldiers reported that there was no trace of Eunuch Huang in the post house. After hearing this, King Wuyou waved his hand to Tang Jinhu and said: "
Don't worry about him, he has great uses!"
Then he explained to Tang Jinhu.
Eunuch Huang was hiding in the city and was worried when he was captured by a group of soldiers. The soldiers brought Eunuch Huang to a general. Eunuch Huang also knew the general and was a general in the Shu army. Eunuch Huang
When he saw it, he hurriedly begged the general for mercy. Unexpectedly, the general ordered the soldiers to retreat and personally untied Eunuch Huang. Then he asked Eunuch Huang to sit down, bowed his hands and saluted Eunuch Huang, and said to Eunuch Huang: "The last general, Li Dian, is here to see the imperial envoy.
It frightened the adults."
Eunuch Huang was stunned by what Li Dian said. Li Dian went on to say: "The imperial envoy doesn't know something. That thief Tang Jinhu actually wants to submit to the Qi State. Now that the Dali Army has entered the city, I don't dare to talk to them openly."
I am an enemy. But I am a general of the Shu Kingdom. Why do I surrender to the enemy like this? I was thinking of sneaking out of the city and returning to the Shu military camp. But I didn’t expect it but I met you."
After hearing what Li Dian said, Eunuch Huang understood that it turned out that Li Dian was not really surrendering, but wanted to sneak out of the city and return to the Shu army. Eunuch Huang felt hot in his heart and shook his head and said: "
General Li is really loyal. The King of Shu is really lucky to have such a loyal minister as General Li. Since the general wants to return to our Shu army, what do you think the general should do?"
Li Dian said softly: "My subordinates are all my confidants, and there are three to two thousand people. If I take them away, they will definitely follow me. But now Tang Jinhu has thousands of people, plus Dali
We have tens of thousands of troops. If we leave the city and return to the Shu camp, we will be chased and killed within a short distance!"
Eunuch Huang thought for a while and said, "How far is this place from Lucheng?"
Li Dian said: "It's about two hundred miles away. We can arrive there in two or three hours by riding fast. Sir, do you want to go to Lucheng first? If we go there like this, the Lucheng defenders may not accept us, not to mention I'm afraid
We were overtaken before we even reached Lucheng!"
Eunuch Huang nodded and said: "I am here in Yicheng, and I know the imperial envoy from Lucheng. I will send him a message and ask him to send troops out of the city to meet us. Then we will not be afraid of the traitor Tang Jinhu.
"
When Li Dian heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Master, hurry up and write your book and contact Lu City so that we can get out of this dangerous place as soon as possible!"
They were discussing, and soldiers came from outside the tent to report that General Tang had invited the generals to convene the generals to discuss matters in the commander's tent. Li Dian said he understood, and signaled Eunuch Huang to stay in the tent, then turned around and left the tent.
He ordered his soldiers that while he was away, no one was allowed to enter the camp at will.
Eunuch Huang was in the tent in shock and confusion, and was suffering from fear and anxiety. As soon as he heard footsteps approaching from outside the tent, his heart rose to his throat. After an hour of this, he heard the soldiers outside the tent speak: "Li
General, what’s wrong with you?!”
With that said, the tent curtain opened and Li Dian was helped into the tent. Seeing that Li Dian was covered in blood after being beaten, Eunuch Huang hurriedly came up and asked, "General Li, what's going on?"
Li Dian waved his hands to the soldiers beside him, then lay down on the bed, sighed, and said: "Oh, I didn't expect Tang Jinhu, a thief, to miss the past so much. He was just a school captain at the beginning, and he was still under my command.
, it’s just that he got lucky and became a general. He wanted us all to join the Dali Army today. Naturally, I refused, and neither did everyone. It’s just that no one came forward. I just said a few words, this thief actually
You want to push me out and behead me.”
Eunuch Huang stood by the bed, sighing, and when he heard this he said with hatred: "This Tang Jinhu really deserves to be killed. He wants to kill him as a warning to others, and to use the general as an example!"
Li Dian gritted his teeth and said: "If it hadn't been for the intercession of my brothers, I would have never seen the imperial envoy again today. The Tang thief beat me with twenty military sticks and said that he wanted to take away my military position. I can't sit still and wait for death. I
Now take the people and kill them out of the city."
After hearing this, Eunuch Huang hurriedly offered words of comfort and said, "General, don't be anxious. We'd better make sure we make sure we escape from Yicheng before it's too late. I'll write a letter to the military camp in Lucheng right now, and General Li will find a way to send someone to deliver it!"
"
Li Dian nodded hurriedly and said, "Huang Qinchao is still thoughtful. I, Li Dian, only obey your orders!"
Eunuch Huang hurriedly wrote a letter, used his secret seal, and handed it to Li Dian. Li Dian called in a soldier and told him to rush to Lucheng immediately and hand the letter to the imperial envoy in Lucheng.
After the soldiers left, Li Dian talked to Eunuch Huang about the situation just now, and heard Eunuch Huang sigh repeatedly.
Ximen Li, the guard of Lu City, was originally a veteran of the Shu Kingdom. He was jealous of talents and liked yellow and white things. At first, he saw that Tang Jinhu was quite talented, but he only allowed him to charge into battle and work for himself, but did not promote him.
Tang Jinhu gave Tang Jinhu a cart of gold and silver, and he immediately regarded him as a confidant. Taking advantage of the fact that he was the king of Qi, he urged Tang Jinhu to become the general of Yicheng. It was not that Ximen Li was very fond of Tang Jinhu, but that he was afraid that Tang Jinhu would steal it from him in the end.
Location. The location of Lucheng where Ximen Li is now is extremely important. He can rush to support Yicheng in the south and support Zheng'an Pass in the east. He has stored a large amount of grain and grass in the city as a turnover for these two places.
Eunuch Deng, who came to Lucheng to supervise the army, was an old eunuch. He had put a lot of thought into coming to Lucheng in the first place. He knew that Yicheng, Zheng'an and other places would bear the brunt, so he could not go there. Lucheng was located in the hinterland and was an important area for grain and grass.
, very rich. He was mature enough, so he asked the King of Shu for an order. He wanted to go to the most important place, so he chose Lucheng.
The war in Yicheng was stalemate, and Ximen Li only defended Lu City and never sent a single soldier to help. Now he suddenly received a call from Eunuch Deng and hurried to the post house.
Eunuch Deng showed the letter he received to Ximen Li and said: "This Tang Jinhu has betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. He deserves death. Fortunately, the loyal and courageous general refused to betray him. Eunuch Huang is also in a critical situation now. We should do whatever we can."
We need to bring him back and add General Lee's troops to expand our military strength."
Eunuch Deng's words were true, but in fact he had other plans in mind. He guessed that since the Dali army had captured Yicheng, they would immediately send troops to attack Lucheng. He had been in Lucheng for more than ten days, and Ximenli gave him a lot of money in private.
, he didn’t want to stay here and die in vain. Just as Eunuch Huang received a letter, he planned to let Eunuch Huang take over for him. He brought the gold and silver back to Chengcheng, repaying the rescue effort and escaping the siege.
.So I found Ximen Li and asked him to arrange for the soldiers to make an appointment with Huang Gong as soon as possible and go to meet him.
Ximenli originally stayed in Lucheng, secretly selling some grain and grass to line his own pockets. When Eunuch Deng came, he was frightened at first. However, after being offered two bribes, Eunuch Deng accepted them with a smile, so he knew that Deng
My father-in-law was on the same road, so I felt more confident and bold. Now I listened to Eunuch Deng and wanted to meet the defeated army in Yicheng and the imperial envoy Huang Eunuch. However, Eunuch Deng wanted to return to the court and resume his duties. He was even more happy. In this way, he was in Lucheng.
What he did, then Eunuch Huang would not know about it when he first arrived.
Eunuch Deng and Ximen Li hit it off immediately. Eunuch Deng wrote a reply and gave it to Li Dian's army to hide it secretly. He quickly returned to Yicheng to inform Eunuch Huang and General Li Dian. They also made arrangements for their support.
After Eunuch Huang received the letter, he hurriedly watched with Li Dian. They saw that troops had been arranged in Lucheng and would meet them fifty miles away from Lucheng. Li Dian said to Eunuch Huang: "My subordinates are all light cavalry. We
It will take less than two hours to get to Lucheng. Even if the Tang thieves get the news and chase us, we won't be afraid when we get to the place where they are being met!"
The two discussed it some more, and Li Dian quietly sent an order to his troops, saying that he was going to leave the city to attack Lu City. He took his two thousand light cavalry and left the city. When the Dali army guarding the gate asked, Li Dian still said yes.
Under the orders of General Tang, he went to Lucheng to surprise the Shu army. The Dali army did not know Tang Jinhu's arrangements and did not want to ask them in detail, so they let them out of the city.
As soon as Li Dian left the city, he ordered the soldiers to hurry up and head towards Lucheng.
Not long after they walked, they saw that the dust behind them was not waiting to fall, and the flying dust was rising higher. Knowing that the pursuers were catching up from behind, Eunuch Huang was so frightened that he fell on his horse, regardless of the bumps, closed his eyes, and kept moving.
He whipped his horse with a whip.
After running for more than an hour, he saw an army at the foot of the mountain in front of him, with Shu embroidered on the big flag. Eunuch Huang knew that there must be reinforcements from Lu City in front of him, and Li Dian had already rushed forward to communicate with the general.
They were named. It was the troops and horses sent by Ximen Li, the guard of Lu City, to meet him. The two armies met and headed for Lu City together.
The Dali soldiers who were chasing after them saw that the Lucheng reinforcements and Li Dian's cavalry combined had four to five thousand men and horses, and their own pursuers were only three thousand. Moreover, the Dali army was pursuing them, and their horses were tired, which was no better than the Lucheng reinforcements.
, waiting for work in leisure. So the pursuers followed him from a distance and headed towards Lucheng.
Li Dian wanted to fight back with the Luzhou reinforcements and drive back the pursuers. But Eunuch Huang kept shaking his head. He just wanted to enter Lucheng as soon as possible, that would be safe. Li Dian had no choice, and the Lucheng reinforcements generals did not want to
Eventful. Just like that, in front were Li Dian and Lu Cheng's light cavalry; behind were the Dali cavalry chasing after Yicheng.
After walking for more than half an hour, Luzhou City could be seen in front of him, and Eunuch Huang's heart dropped to his stomach. However, the pursuing troops behind him just stayed far away and did not follow up any further.