Ten miles northeast of the Khitan military stronghold.
Xiao Siwen was a little anxious, but more regretful.
What are you running for?
There are only three thousand people on the other side.
Xiao Siwen himself felt a little embarrassed, and his face felt hot.
But he really didn't think much of it at that time. He looked at the mighty momentum of thousands of horses charging into the formation in the distance, listened to the deafening sound of war drums opposite Waqiao Pass, and listened to the shouts of death from the rear camp.
At that moment, Xiao Siwen, who had not experienced the baptism of the battlefield, was completely panicked and could not calmly judge how many enemies there were.
Since the other party can touch the back, who dares to guarantee the quantity?
What should I do if I run late and can't run?
The term "fight to the death" does not exist in the dictionary of prairie people. If you can't beat someone, just run away without any shame.
It would be a shame to leave one's life on the battlefield.
Therefore, Xiao Siwen ran without any psychological burden.
But then news came that there were only three thousand soldiers from the Central Plains who attacked the camp, and Xiao Siwen blushed instantly.
Excluding the 5,000 cavalry that Yelv Xiezhen took with him, he had more than 20,000 people in his hands.
There were more than 20,000 people, and 3,000 people were scared away?
Xiao Siwen was furious and asked Mulang Xi, the commander of the bodyguard and horse army, to lead five thousand cavalry from the rear to attack and kill the Central Plains soldiers who appeared out of thin air.
Even though he knew the number of enemies, Xiao Siwen still didn't dare to let him regain face in person.
I can only wait for the news about Mu Langxi with mixed feelings.
"Report!"
A scout came galloping on Qingqi and said: "I reported to Xiao to stay behind, and the general commander has returned with his troops."
Xiao Siwen's heart sank. It was not good news for Mu Langxi to come back at this time.
really!
Mulangxi led five thousand cavalry back the same way. He dismounted with lingering fear, knelt down in front of Xiao Siwen, and said as soon as he opened his mouth: "Liu Bei is a master of calculation. We are stupid and foolish, and we actually question Liu Bei's wisdom. Please forgive me for my sins."
Xiao Siwen was puzzled. He helped Mu Langxi up and said, "Tell me, what happened?"
Mu Lang ridiculed: "The last general was ordered to attack the people of the Central Plains. On the way, he met a fleeing soldier. He was a soldier of Young Master Xiao Kuiyin. He said that Yao Neibin, the envoy of the Waqiao Pass Army, had defected to the Central Plains and defeated the Young Master.
When we arrived at Waqiao Pass, the Central Plains soldiers had already entered the military stronghold behind Waqiao Pass and occupied our military stronghold. The last general had few soldiers and did not dare to go further."
Clan soldiers means personal soldiers. The Khitan military system generally includes the palace army, the chief tribal army, the tribal army, the Wujing Xiangding and the vassal army.
The Xiao family has a distinguished position in the Khitan and is very powerful, with tens of thousands of tribal troops in hand.
The direct troops of Xiao Siwen and Xiao Weiyin were all tribal armies.
Mu Lang looked at Xiao Siwen with admiration. When Xiao Siwen ran away, he didn't think too much. The coach had already run away, so why did he keep him?
Later, when he learned that the enemy numbered only three thousand, Mulang Xi secretly laughed in his heart. As expected, he knew nothing about military matters as rumored.
It turned out that if Xiao Siwen hadn't run so fast, Zhongyuan would have been bitten by him by now.
The feeling of admiration came up all of a sudden.
The blush on Xiao Siwen's face turned to blush, and he cleared his throat and said: "I know how cunning and deceitful the people in the Central Plains are, and they won't send three thousand people to die. There must be a back-up plan. It's just as I expected. It's just that I didn't expect it."
It's abominable that Yao's military envoy would surrender to the enemy."
After a pause, he finally thought of his poor son and hurriedly asked: "Where are the clan soldiers? Is Wei Yin dead or alive?"
Mulang Xi waved his hands and asked people to bring the clan soldiers, and said: "I asked my subordinates on the way, the young master was knocked unconscious, and he should not die. However, the battlefield was too turbulent, and they combined their efforts with the rebels and the siege troops.
It’s not clear whether he is dead or alive when he is being chased.”
Xiao Siwen wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly heard the harsh sound of a bone flute in his ears.
This was their way of providing early warning. They must have encountered a large-scale pursuit, otherwise they would not have blown such a shrill news.
But the sound of the bone flute stopped abruptly after a while.
"Run!"
Xiao Siwen screamed in shock. When the sound of the bone flute stopped, it was most likely that the scout had shot him.
Xiao Siwen hurriedly took over the mount, mounted the horse and looked back, and sure enough, a dark figure appeared to their southwest.
Xiao Siwen did not dare to fight and said directly: "Mu Langxi, you and I will run separately. Let's gather in the direction of Youzhou..."
The enemy pursued him so closely that he did not even dare to go to Zhuozhou and only wanted to return to Youzhou.
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Waqiao Pass.
Luo Youdu took Yao Neibin to meet Guo Rong who arrived from the Chinese Army.
The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty strode over with Zhao Kuangyin and a group of personal guards in front of the palace.
"I have met His Majesty!"
Luo Youdu's eyes swept over Zhao Kuangyin's body, and he bent down to bow, feeling a little strange in his heart.
Zhao Kuangyin was Guo Rong's most trusted and strongest general. In this battle with the Khitan, he was actually benched as a bodyguard by Guo Rong?
Is it possible that Zhao Pu, his "inspection emperor", had a huge impact on the other party due to the poisoned chicken incident?
Luo Youdu didn't know that Zhao Pu was responsible for the poisoned chicken incident at first.
But he believed that with Zhao Kuangyin's intelligence, it was impossible to do such a thing. He just thought it was some stupid subordinate of his who had a secret idea for Wang Yansheng.
Until one time when I was chatting with Dou Yi, I talked about the famous Kou Xiang, and accidentally revealed that they drank at Kou Xiang's house that night.
Only then did Luo Youdu realize that others did not understand Zhao Pu's hatred for the Zhao brothers.
As the instigator, how could Luo Youdu not know?
Immediately, the idea came to mind that it was Zhao Pu who did it. Recalling that the two of them were in a happy mood during that time, I guessed 80% of the time.
However, Luo Youdu did not ask for confirmation, nor did he ask any more questions, pretending that he did not know anything.
Zhao Pu framed Zhao Kuangyin, what does it have to do with Luo Youdu?
Zhao Kuangyin looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him with a bitter taste in his mouth. It was another great victory.
He originally wanted to use this opportunity to perform well and close the gap between the two.
result……
No matter what, Zhao Kuangyin never imagined that Guo Rong would not use him.
Have you fallen out of favor?
Zhao Kuangyin felt a little aggrieved in his heart.
Yao Neibin was a little nervous and said loudly: "I have met Emperor Guo."
He didn't realize it himself, his voice was trembling.
He had been a soldier in Khitan for ten years and fought in wars for ten years. Not to mention the emperor of Khitan, he had never even met the king of Nanbeiyuan.
As a result, as soon as he returned to the Central Plains, he met the Emperor of the Central Plains, and his treatment was completely different.
Guo Rong said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, just call me your majesty. Guo Tianzi is called by outsiders, not general. You have made great contributions to the customs and helped Mr. Luo defeat the enemy. I will grant you the position of governor of Ruzhou. Return temporarily."
Mr. Luo listens..."
These two simple sentences made Yao Neibin feel like crying. He knelt down directly on the ground and said loudly: "I am willing to die for your majesty."
Guo Rong stepped forward and helped Yao Neibin up, saying: "I want you to kill the enemy for me and protect the country and the people, but I don't want your life."
As he said that, he looked at Luo Youdu and said, "How is the plan going?"
Luo Youdu said: "Whether we can win Youzhou depends on Lin Renzhao."