The Qi army's attack seemed massive, but it mainly used bows and crossbows as a deterrent. The Vietnamese army on the city had to guard against the Qi army's siege and avoid the Qi army's arrow rain, resulting in serious casualties. When the Qi army arrived,
The rain of arrows stopped, and the attacking troops gradually withdrew, leaving only the Vietnamese army on the city wall, with numerous casualties and injuries, and the screams of the wounded. Huangfu Nianfeng was frightened when he heard this.
Huangfu Nianfeng was also a veteran general and had seen many life-and-death scenes. However, the older he got, the more afraid of death he became. In addition, he was extremely dissatisfied with the military order to defend Lin'an, so he felt a little timid when he saw this kind of offensive by the Qi army.
Huangfu Nianfeng waited for the Qi army to retreat, and did not bother to check the city defenses or visit the wounded, so he led several of his close generals back to the commander's mansion in the city.
The generals followed Huangfu Nianfeng back to the commander's tent. Seeing that the marshal's face was not good, they did not dare to speak. Huangfu Nianfeng also noticed that the generals were silent, so he smiled and said, "I came to you just to discuss the military situation with you.
You all don’t need to be restrained, just speak your thoughts boldly.” General Nonuo.
Huangfu Nianfeng continued: "In your opinion, how long can Lin'an City be defended?"
Seeing the marshal's question, the confidant generals under his command quietly moved forward and said in a low voice: "Marshal, from General Yi's point of view, today's Qi army is just testing the city. If they want to attack the city, Lin'an City is not high enough."
Three feet, it was broken with just one breath."
Huangfu Nianfeng nodded. Seeing that the marshal was not angry, the other generals opened their mouths and started talking one after another. They all said that Lin'an City was unsafe, the city was not strong, and there were not enough soldiers. The city could only be broken in a short time.
Then some people said that the withdrawal of Lin'an this time was really a stupid move, and then some people said that someone deliberately wanted to harm the marshal, and they talked about Prince Huo.
Huangfu Nianfeng saw that several of his generals still agreed with him, so he stopped being vague and said: "As the marshal of the Yue Kingdom, I was defeated in Ningcheng and my military power was reduced like this.
, actually have to be manipulated by others. Now let's put everyone together with me in the tiny land of Lin'an, besieged by the Qi army. "Speaking of this, Huangfu Nianfeng stopped talking and let out a long sigh.
The generals also saw that Huangfu Nianfeng was depressed, and they all talked about it, saying that this matter must have been planned by Prince Huo, who first seized the marshal's military power, and then put the marshal to death. The more people talked, the more angry they became, and some of them even jumped.
Start scolding.
Huangfu Nianfeng saw that he had achieved the effect he wanted, so he sneered and said: "It's not that easy for him to kill me." After that, he said softly to the generals: "You will only bring your troops and horses with you tonight, follow me.
Let’s attack the Qi camp together at night. No matter whether we gain the upper hand or not, we just want to repel the Qi army, and then we will just retreat to Hangzhou. If Prince Huo doesn’t accept us, then I will lead you to Fucheng to protect His Majesty’s safety.”
All the generals nodded and said yes. Then they all returned to their respective armies and secretly sent orders to their trusted soldiers to prepare to attack Qi's army at night.
Huangfu Nianfeng also found Han Wei, the Lin'an garrison, and told him that he would take advantage of the Qi army's lax defense after attacking the city and personally be responsible for going out of the city to attack the Qi camp at night. Han Wei was just a general, so he did not doubt his presence, so he told him straight away.
The commander-in-chief cannot take risks personally and must go out to fight on his own. Huangfu Nianfeng said: "The general is the defender, so naturally he has to defend the city. Although I am old, the attack is not a problem."
In this way, Huangfu Nianfeng and Han Wei handed over the distribution of troops and horses for defense and night attack. Huangfu Nianfeng only led 5,000 light cavalry and rushed into the Qi camp at night. After defeating the Qi army, they returned to the city. Han Wei led
The defenders and the remaining infantry brought by Huangfu Nianfeng guarded the city defense and were ready to respond at any time.
It was night, the moon was dim, Huangfu Nianfeng and his generals quietly led five thousand light cavalry, opened the city gate, and rushed towards the Qi army's camp like a gust of wind. The Qi army may have thought that attacking the city in daylight would be too heavy.
Destroying the morale of the defenders, the Vietnamese army would never attack at night, so the defense outside the camp was extremely lax. The soldiers of the Qi army on sentry did not sound the warning gong until the Vietnamese army arrived, and the Qi army camp was in a state of chaos.
In panic, the soldiers fled one after another.
Huangfu Nianfeng did not expect that the sneak attack would go so smoothly, but he did not dare to fight. He led the Vietnamese army and rushed towards the Qi army commander's camp, wondering if he could capture the Qi army commander. If he could capture the Qi prince, then
It just couldn't be better.
The Vietnamese army rushed to the Qi army commander's tent. There was no one in the tent. There were maps and documents all over the floor. There were also a few pieces of armor and weapons. Huangfu Nianfeng rode directly into the tent and looked at the scattered documents on the ground.
But no one was there. He asked the soldiers to search carefully to see if they could find the captain of the Qi army's commander's tent, and asked where the prince had fled to.
The Vietnamese troops dismounted and searched, and they caught a disheveled middle-aged man in a corner. Huangfu Nianfeng had someone bring him over and asked: "Who are you? Do you hold any position in the Qi army?"
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The middle-aged man was not afraid, and snorted coldly without answering. He was punched and kicked by several Vietnamese soldiers, but something happened to fall out. When the Qi military commander saw it, he struggled to get it back.
It was picked up by the Vietnamese army and handed over to Huangfu Nianfeng.
Huangfu Nianfeng held it in his hand and saw that it was a letter. He felt strange in his heart. He didn't know why the captain wanted to take this letter. So he opened it and took a look. Huangfu Nianfeng was scared to death at this sight.
Cold sweat.
It turned out that the letter was written by Prince Huo. In the letter, Prince Huo made an agreement with Prince Qi to trap Huangfu Nianfeng in Lin'an. The Qi army would break through the city defenses and kill Huangfu Nianfeng. Then he would march south to Hangzhou, but Prince Huo pretended to resist.
After a while, he led his army to surrender, and then the Qi army used Prince Huo as a threat to make Huo Yuan's Vietnamese army also surrender. He also listed the strength of the Vietnamese army in Lin'an City.
Huangfu Nianfeng took the letter and cursed bitterly: "Huo Zhishan, you old man, you actually want to betray my Yue country and kill me!"
The generals came forward to read the letter, and they all yelled. Huangfu Nianfeng stopped everyone and asked him to search the middle-aged man's body carefully to see if there was anything else. The soldiers found another small ingot and handed it over.
It was given to Huangfu Nianfeng. Huangfu Nianfeng took it. He didn't take it seriously at first and just looked at it casually. But he was suddenly attracted by a word under the ingot. The character "Li" cast below caught Huangfu Nianfeng's attention. This
The ingot seemed familiar. Huangfu Nianfeng looked around and suddenly remembered that he had seen this kind of ingot in the home of Li Guogong Li Qu. It was awarded to the young members of the clan by Li Guogong every year.
Huangfu Nianfeng asked sternly: "Who are you? Tell the truth. I will spare your life!"
The middle-aged man raised his head high, looked sideways at Huangfu Nianfeng, and said, "No more wordiness. If you want to kill or scrape, please do as you please. I won't say anything."
At this moment, soldiers from outside came in to report: The Qi army had regrouped and was already surrounding them.
Huangfu Nianfeng hurriedly ordered the generals to burn the Qi army commander's tent, then set fire to all the tents, and then took the middle-aged man to evacuate. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man heard this, suddenly broke away, and captured a Vietnamese soldier
With his sword, he rushed forward to assassinate Huangfu Nianfeng. The generals quickly drew their swords and hacked him to death with random blades.
Huangfu Nianfeng looked at the dead middle-aged man without saying a word. He just kept the small ingot and the letter in his arms, and then issued an order to retreat quickly, not going to Hangzhou, but directly to Fucheng.
Zilong led his army to fight back. Seeing that Huangfu Nianfeng had retreated to the south, he sent a team of cavalry to pursue him, but he told the general leading the team not to catch up!
When he saw the middle-aged man who had died under the sword, Zilong sighed deeply and ordered the soldiers to carefully put away the body and bury it in a dignified place tomorrow.
Zilong then ordered the Qi army to extinguish the burning tents, and at the same time selected soldiers to pretend to be Vietnamese troops and retreat in front. He led the soldiers behind, holding torches and shouting in pursuit.
Han Wei in Lin'an City didn't know Huangfu Nianfeng's plan. He just led his soldiers to prepare for the response. When he saw the Qi army camp on fire, he knew that the night attack was successful. Then he saw a group of soldiers coming, vaguely...
The Vietnamese army is dressed in uniform, and behind them is the Qi army, shouting to kill and pursuing them.
At this time, Han Wei secretly admired the old marshal's strategy and admired the old marshal's bravery. Seeing that the Qi army was pursuing closely, he ordered the city gates to be opened, and he personally led people out of the city to respond.
As soon as they made contact with the Vietnamese army, they heard the sound of bows and arrows. Before Han Wei had time to react, he was shot through by random arrows and fell off his horse. The soldiers rushed over and stepped on the corpse of the person who was hit by the arrow.
Rushed into the city. The defenders in the city were ready to let the Vietnamese troops in and close the city gate to guard against the Qi army's attack from behind. However, unexpectedly, these soldiers who came in saw the Vietnamese troops defending the city and stabbed them with swords and spears. For a moment,
The defenders were in chaos and fled in all directions.
Zilong led his army to seize Lin'an City.
The next day, Prince Qi Yi and Zhuge Qingyun led an army to stay in Lin'an City. Zilong then mobilized the army to slowly advance towards Hangzhou City.
Lin'an fell, and the guard Han Wei was killed. Prince Huo in Hang City didn't know about it until the Qi army marched towards Hang City, and Tan Ma came to report it to him. Last night he also found out the news that there was a fire in the Qi army camp besieging Lin'an.
It is speculated that it may be a night attack by Huangfu Nianfeng on the Qi army. However, there is no specific news from Lin'an.
Now Tan Ma's report suddenly changed, saying that Lin'an was lost! Prince Huo almost fell off his chair and couldn't help but sigh. The generals on both sides hurriedly came over to relieve the old prince, and Prince Huo said: "Lin'an City is the left wing of Hang City.
, I originally hoped that Marshal Huangfu could hold on for a while and delay the Qi army's offensive. As long as the war on the far western front was stable, I could recruit more troops and horses from various places. Moreover, the Qi army's original attack was unable to provide enough food and grass.
We can only hold on until the Qi army is exhausted and unable to provide food and grass, and then we will naturally retreat. At that time, we can still fight back, and perhaps win. Now that Lin'an has been lost, our Hangzhou city is wide open, and only You'an city is left.
It’s hard to support it anymore.”
Although the generals didn't see it that far, they only said: "The troops are coming to block it, and the water is coming to store up the soil. We still have 50,000 elites in Hangzhou, and there are hundreds of thousands of civilians in the city. The Qi army only has a few hundred thousand people, so there is no need to worry about it."
Capture Hangzhou. All of us must obey the prince’s military orders and live or die with Hangzhou!”
Prince Huo stood up, circled around the generals, and then gave a deep salute. The generals hurriedly supported Prince Huo, and Prince Huo said: "Generals, the Yue State has many important ministers and fierce generals, and they will not be easily defeated by the Qi people. This Hang