Chapter 2714 Dugu Xin, the father-in-law of three dynasties, and Yang Su suspected of defrauding Chengdu
Chapter 2710: Dugu Xin, the father-in-law of three dynasties, and Yang Su suspected of defrauding Chengdu.
Why was Yang Su so anxious to withdraw his troops?
Naturally, if the three mountains and five villages were lost, it would only take one or two days at most for Li Mu's army to reach Daxing City, so it would not make much sense for him to stay in Jincheng.
Reinforcements from various parts of the Sui Kingdom had not yet arrived. Yang Su took away 40,000 troops from Daxing, and Yang Guang sent another 5,000 troops to Heguan. Now there are only 15,000 defenders left in Daxing City.
Since Li Mu's army was able to conquer Heguan and the Three Mountains and Five Villages without being noticed, even if there were surrendered generals like Sima Xin and Cao Jiu to support them, their strength would definitely be large.
Yang Su was worried that if he didn't go back, Yang Guang would be unable to defend Daxing with only 15,000 troops.
In addition, if Yang Su does not withdraw his troops now, once Yuwen Chengdu's army besieges the city, Yang Su will not be able to withdraw even if he wants to.
And once Daxing falls, Yang Su will be completely trapped in Jincheng.
Therefore, Yang Su must withdraw his troops no matter what.
Just after Yang Su ordered the withdrawal of troops, Dugu Xin, as the deputy general, said: "But Grand Governor, if we withdraw our troops at this time, what will happen if Yuwen Chengdu leads his troops to pursue us?"
Dugu Xin's original name was Dugu Ruyuan, but he later changed his name to Xin. His life was just like his name, from his surname to his given name, everything shined with distinction.
Dugu Xin was handsome and well-known as a handsome man, nicknamed "Dugu Lang". All of his seven sons were granted marquis status, but the most famous one was his daughter.
Dugu Xin was born a handsome man with good genetics. Each of his seven daughters were as beautiful as gods, and three of them were queens.
The eldest daughter married Yu Wenyu, Emperor Ming of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but she was only a queen when she was alive. After her death, Yu Wenyu became the emperor and named her Empress Mingjing;
The fourth daughter married Li Hu, who was also from the Bazhu Kingdom, and gave birth to Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, who was posthumously named Queen Yuanzhen.
The seventh daughter, Dugu Jialuo, is the most famous. She married Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and was the Queen of Documents in the Sui Dynasty.
Even though three dynasties changed in a row, the queen was still born from the Dugu family, so Dugu Xin was also known as the "father-in-law of three dynasties" and "the first father-in-law in China".
"Northern History·Biography" writes: "The three generations of Zhou, Sui and imperial families were all relatives, which has never happened since ancient times."
In the five thousand years of Chinese history, apart from the three queens of the Dugu family, only Fu Yanqing's Fu family has this honor.
But of Fu Yanqing's three daughters, two were married to Zhou Shizong Chai Rong as his stepchildren, and the other was married to Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi as his stepmother, and her husband became the emperor after his death and named the queen. In comparison,
Naturally, it is not as legendary as the fact that the three daughters of the Dugu family were queens for three dynasties.
Duguxin himself was a famous general in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, and served as the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Min Yuwenjue of Zhou Dynasty. He was able to lead the army on horseback. He was able to govern the country on horseback, and rarely lost in battles throughout his life. He was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding figures of that era, but because of his daughter
Their fame was so great that it overshadowed his father's demeanor.
Dugu Xin is one of Yuwentai's carriers. After his birth, he was implanted as Dugu Jialuo's father and Yang Guang's grandfather. Along with him, he was born with seven other Eight Pillars.
The Eight Pillar Kingdom of the Western Wei Dynasty is undoubtedly the elite of an era, and the eight people are: Yu Wentai, Yuan Xin, Li Hu (grandfather of Li Yuan), Li Bi (great grandfather of Li Mi), Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Dugu Xin, Hou Mo and Chen Chong
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Among them, Li Hu, Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, and Li Bi were all killed in battle, and the first three died at the hands of Li Cunxiao, and the fourth Li Bi died at the hands of Ling Tong's father, Ling Cao.
Among the four people who are still alive, Yuan Xin, Hou Mo and Chen Chong both serve Yuanmeng, Duguxin serves his grandson Yang Guang, and Yuwentai is dormant under Ji Chang, and it is unknown whether he will rise again.
Dugu Xin was very good in both military command and strategy, so he was able to serve as Yang Su's deputy general. After all, not just anyone can be Yang Su's deputy general, and the other deputy general besides Dugu Xin was the genius Yang Shuang.
The soul torture issued by Dugu Xin stopped everyone except Yang Su.
Yes, if they withdraw at this time, what will happen if Yuwen Chengdu leads his cavalry to chase them?
If that time comes, will they fight? Or will they not fight?
If the army is facing a battle, the army is tired and has fewer troops than the Qin army, so the chance of victory is not high if they fight with less.
But if they don't fight, the Qin army's cavalry will pursue them. Unless they flee into Daxing City, they will have nowhere to hide.
At this point, it seems that retreating is not a good choice, but not retreating will be worse, and it is impossible to retreat but not to retreat.
Because Li Mu secretly broke through Heguan and the three mountains and five villages, and then went straight to Daxing, there was nothing for the time being in Daxing City, but it put Yang Su in Jincheng into a dilemma.
Seeing that all the generals looked ugly, Yang Su walked away in front of the map in silence and said in a deep voice: "I have already thought of what General Dugu said. I have a plan to lure Yuwen Chengdu away and prevent him from interfering with our army.
Retreat, but you need someone to act as bait, and you will have a narrow escape from death."
As soon as this statement came out, all the generals present became even more silent. After all, this was almost a direct statement that anyone who acted as a bait would be tantamount to death.
Although they are not afraid of death, it does not mean that they are willing to die.
Yang Su's eyes passed over Wu Yunzhao, He Ruobi and other generals, but no one dared to look at them. Although he was a little disappointed, it was impossible to force them to perform the task. If they were forced to surrender directly to Qin, that would be terrible.
It was self-defeating.
Just when Yang Su thought that no one was willing to take on this task, Dugu Xin stood up and said in a deep voice: "Grand Governor, I am willing to be this bait."
Yang Su was naturally overjoyed to see someone willing to take on this task, but Dugu Xin was immediately dumbfounded.
Duguxin was Yang Guang's grandfather. He held a high position in the Sui Dynasty. Although he was nominally his deputy general, his status was above him.
If Dugu Xin was really allowed to die, even if he could withdraw to Daxing, life would not be easy.
After thinking this, Yang Su flatly refused: "Sir Dugu, I have decided to personally lead the army to break up the rear. Sir, you will lead the main army back to Daxing..."
Before Yang Su could finish his words, he was interrupted by Dugu Xin: "The Commander-in-Chief is responsible for the survival of the entire army, how can he personally decide the rear? At this time when the survival of the family and the country is at stake, I ask the Commander-in-Chief not to act out of emotion."
After saying this, Dugu Xin knelt down half-kneeling, clasping his fists and saying, "I beg the Commander-in-Chief to grant me permission."
Seeing the firm look on Dugu Xin's face, Yang Su knew that the other party was determined to die. After being silent for a long time, he helped Dugu Xin up and said, "Master Dugu, your eight thousand army is pretending to be the main force. Follow me."
Dao retreated, attracting Yuwen Chengdu's attention, and set up an ambush under Canglang leader."
There are two roads from Jincheng to Daxing. One is the nearby Yunwu Road, and the second is the far Zhiyang Road. The Canglang Territory on Yunwu Road is suitable for setting up an ambush.
Dugu Xin just pondered briefly and understood Yang Su's intention. Yang Su asked him to set up an ambush at Canglang Leader, not really to ambush Yuwen Chengdu. After all, with Hu Luguang beside Yuwen Chengdu, it was impossible for a conventional ambush to ambush Yuwen Chengdu.
Chengdu fell into the trap.
The terrain of Canglang Territory is quite steep. Even if the ambush fails and Yuwen Chengdu is not fooled, he can still rely on the terrain to block the Qin army.
Therefore, the real purpose of Yang Su's plan was actually to hope that Dugu Xin would drag Yuwen Chengdu into the Canglang Territory, so as to buy time for the main army to withdraw to Daxing.
"Master Dugu, you only need to hold Yuwen Chengdu back for one day. Then you can lead your army back to Daxing."
Although Yang Su said this, he also knew in his heart that the possibility of Dugu Xin trying to escape back to Daxing was extremely slim.
Dugu only had 8,000 soldiers and horses, but he had to face the fierce attack of tens of thousands of Qin troops led by Yuwen Chengdu. Moreover, among the Qin troops was the famous general Hu Luguang. Even Yang Su did not have much confidence in the success of these two men.
Escaped from pursuit.
"I will definitely live up to the instructions of the Governor." Dugu Xin said solemnly.
"Take care of yourself"
Yang Su and Dugu Xin acted separately. Yang Su led an army of 35,000 troops, lightly armed and simple, and secretly rushed to Zhiyang Road under the cover of night, while Dugu Xin stayed in Jincheng to make preparations.
Since Yuwen Chengdu had led his army to Jincheng, why not directly besiege the city and instead let Yang Su enter Jincheng?
The reason is actually very simple. Yuwen Chengdu had already ordered a strong attack on Jincheng, but he did not capture Jincheng guarded by Dugu Xin.
After the fall of Yuzhong, Duguxin asked Daxing for help while leading five thousand defenders to actively prepare for war. It was precisely because his men responded extremely quickly, and Wu Yunzhao and other generals came alone to support that they blocked Yuwen Chengdu's offensive.
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Yuwen Chengdu attacked Jincheng for a day and lost nearly 3,000 troops. He also lost 2,000 troops in Jincheng. But just when the city was about to be broken, Yang Su arrived in time with 40,000 reinforcements.
Yuwen Chengdu didn't care about Yang Su's reinforcements, but Hu Luguang considered that the main force from the rear had not arrived yet, and the vanguard army only had 30,000 soldiers. He was worried that the Sui army inside and outside Jincheng would attack at the same time, which would form a pincer attack on the Qin army.
Only then did he advise Yuwen Chengdu not to forcefully retreat temporarily.
After Yuwen Chengdu made a strategic retreat, Yang Su stationed in Jincheng. However, he did not expect that before the defense system was set up, Li Mu would be forced to abandon Jincheng because of Li Mu's direct attack on Daxing.
"Yuwen Chengdu personally attacked the city and failed to capture Jincheng, but now I want to give up Jincheng."
Duguxin stood at the head of Jincheng City, looking at the defensive equipment on the city wall, with a look of reluctance in his eyes, and then sighed softly: "Burn all these equipment and other materials that cannot be taken away, it can't be cheap.
Qin people."
"promise."
"How long have they been gone, Grand Governor?"
"Reporting to the deputy governor, the chief governor has been away for an hour."
"Well, let's continue to implement the exhaustion strategy."
"promise."
The exhaustion strategy mentioned by Dugu Xin was implemented after Yang Su arrived. Now that Yang Su wants to withdraw to Daxing, if he continues to implement the exhaustion strategy, it will attract the attention of the Qin army and cover up the traces of Yang Su's troops.
Under the command of Dugu Xin, the remaining thousand Qingqi in Jincheng brought gongs and drums and wandered around the Qin army. They began to beat gongs and drums and make various noises to disturb the rest of the Qin army's soldiers.
The officers and soldiers of the Qin Army who were standing guard had long been used to this. After all, it was not the first time that this had happened. They should be vigilant when they should be vigilant and sleep when they should be sleeping.
In order to prevent Yang Su's night attack and deal with Yang Su's plan to exhaust his troops, Yuwen Chengdu listened to Hu Luguang's opinions and divided the entire army into three.
One-third of the troops were stationed on guard duty, while the other two-thirds were resting in an alternating manner, so that two-thirds of the entire army could get adequate rest to ensure that the Qin army's combat status did not decline.
The Qingqi soldiers of the Sui army who made the noise saw that no matter how hard they tried, the Qin army ignored them, so they tossed Leran for an hour and then returned automatically.
At this time, Yuwen Chengdu had already rested. The movement outside could not affect him at all, but he was woken up by his bodyguard again.
"General Yuwen, General Hulu have important military information, please go and discuss it."
When Yuwen Chengdu heard this, he quickly put on his clothes and went. However, after Hu Luguang saw Yuwen Chengdu, he handed over an important piece of information without saying a word, which contained the news about Li Mu's direct attack on Daxing.
"Li Mu fought beautifully."
Yuwen Chengdu couldn't help but admired that after all, he secretly captured Heguan and the three mountains and five villages. There was a lot of chance in this, and the operation was really difficult. Li Mu's ability to do it clearly shows his methods.
"Didn't the general see anything else?" Hu Luguang asked.
"What?" Yu Wencheng asked in confusion.
"Li Mu has led his army to attack Daxing. The Sui Dynasty's southwest defense line has been lost. It is meaningless for Yang Su to stay in Jincheng."
Hearing Hu Luguang's words, Yuwen Chengdu immediately reacted and exclaimed: "No, this old boy Yang Su is going to run away, hurry up and stop the army from pursuing him."
"Don't worry, General Yuwen. I've given orders. Yang Su can't escape," Hu Luguang said calmly.