After Kou Loudun led his troops across the Baima Canal, they headed north along the east bank of the Sushui River. The cavalry of the various tribes traveled two hundred miles. Kou Loudun found the pontoon bridge, crossed the Sushui River again, and arrived at the west bank.
Because they were out of food, they were going to Gaoyang County on the other side of the river to ask for supplies. When the cavalry soldiers arrived in Hebei, they needed a lot of grains and beans for food. It was too slow to plunder those villages and they had to disperse their forces. The best way was to find Youyou Officials of the state army asked for food.
The person stationed in Gaoyang County at this time was Liu Mao, the governor of Lelang County, who was an acquaintance of Kou Loudun. During the previous campaign against Gongsun Yuan and Goguryeo, Kou Loudun and Liu Mao had fought side by side and had a good friendship.
Liu Mao did not participate in the war this time. After leading his troops south, he was responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and fodder, and had the authority to use grain and fodder from various places.
A group of cavalry arrived at the gate of Gaoyang County, but found that the city gate was closed. Kou Loudun then sent someone to shout to the city, asking for food and fodder.
At this time, an official came to the city tower and shouted to the people below: "Why did the Karasuma Army appear in Gaoyang County?"
After hearing this, Kou Loudun turned around and said casually: "People here don't know anything yet." The general nodded in agreement.
The Wuwan man who understood Chinese in front raised his head and shouted to the tower: "General Guanqiu has been defeated, and all the armies are retreating. General Guanqiu ordered us to return to Youzhou first. Send the food and grass out of the city quickly!" If you keep it, it will be given to the bandit army."
Kou Loudun was waiting behind him. At this time, he also vaguely recognized the official in the city. He was the magistrate of Gaoyang County who had surrendered before. However, Kou Loudun couldn't remember the name of the man at the moment, but he looked familiar.
The county magistrate asked: "Do you have General Guanqiu's order to regulate grain?"
When Kou Loudun heard this, he said in Karasuma: "Tell him to call Liu Mao!"
There was a lot of shouting and communication going up and down the city tower. After a while, the city gate was indeed opened, and then the suspension bridge on the moat was lowered. Liu Mao led a group of people to personally welcome them out of the city.
Kou Loudun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's better to use acquaintances. People you don't know will always ask you if you want this or that."
Kou Loudun also jumped off his horse. Liu Mao stepped forward and bowed, and Kou Loudun bowed in return. The two exchanged a few words. Liu Mao asked about the situation on the front line, with surprise and loss on his face.
Liu Mao sighed, then came to his senses, and said suddenly: "Please ask the Shanyu's people to repair the city, and I will ask people to prepare food and grass and send them to the army."
Kou Loudun smiled and said, "You don't want General Guanqiu Jian's military orders?"
Liu Mao said calmly: "Your Majesty ordered me to supervise the transportation of grain and fodder. This matter is not against the order. Please."
The two old friends looked at each other and smiled, then Kou Loudun called his men and entered the city together. Kou Loudun and Liu Mao walked in the front with their respective entourages, twice talking and walking with their horses.
Kou Loudun talked about the past conquest of Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong, the victory of Goguryeo, and the joy of slaughtering local people wantonly. Now that he could only retreat in embarrassment, Kou Loudun felt quite emotional for a while.
A group of people crossed the pontoon bridge and entered the city gate while chatting.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a burst of shouting from behind. When Kou Loudun turned around to look, he saw that the suspension bridge was suddenly pulled up! "Hiss..." A horse screamed, and a black ball was still on the bridge. When the bridge tilted, the soldiers and horses lost their balance and slid straight down the bridge.
Kou Loudun was immediately shocked. Just as he was still a little puzzled, the city gate also made a heavy creaking sound. Then the sword-wielding soldiers on both sides of the city gate rushed over and went straight to outflank the city gate!
"General Liu, what do you mean?" Kou Loudun asked, pulling out the knife from his waist.
Liu Mao had already hid behind his entourage, and a group of followers pulled out the Huanshou knife with "shuashua..."
At this time, the magistrate on the city tower, the same official who pretended not to know anything and blocked Kou Loudun from entering the city, also rushed down the slope with his men wearing armor and weapons.
Liu Mao scolded: "Everyone who can find a treacherous person will punish him and kill him!"
Kou Loudun was frightened and angry. He turned around and saw that there were many soldiers on the other side of the city gate. Only Liu Mao in front of him had the fewest people around him. Kou Loudun immediately waved his sword and led his men to kill Liu Mao.
Liu Mao was a local official, but he often led troops in battles. He was good at martial arts, and he was also wearing armor at this time. However, Liu Mao did not fight with Kou Loudun, and only let his followers support him. He hid like this, and even more
Make Koulou Dun furious!
"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding," after a fierce fight, the armored soldiers on the slope of the city wall also rushed over. Kou Loudun chopped down two of them one after another, stared at Liu Mao, and was about to rush over, when suddenly a sharp pain came from his waist!
"Ah!" Kou Loudun shouted, turned around and saw that he was being stabbed in the side by a Youzhou soldier holding a spear. The armor there was weak and the iron armor was also pierced!
The general next to Colodon roared, yelled and rushed forward, slashing the man's helmet with a bang. The armored soldier was shaken to pieces, and his hand gave up the spear shaft.
But General Karasuma quickly waved his single sword and retreated under the attack of several long weapons. The only sound left was the dull sound of the sword hitting the wooden pole.
Kou Loudun held the spear shaft at his waist with his left hand, as if his strength had disappeared from his body, and he couldn't support himself and sat down on the ground. A follower next to him hurriedly supported Kou Loudun and reached out to stabilize the spear at his waist.
Spear.
The number of Karasuma people around them became smaller and smaller as they fought, and a group of Youzhou soldiers surrounded them and stabbed them desperately, while screams kept ringing in their ears.
Then the person who was supporting Kou Loudun was also brutally attacked. One of the soldiers from Youzhou had so much blood on his spear that the shaft was so slippery that he could no longer hold it. However, he did not stop, dropped the spear and continued to pull it out.
The first sword cut out of the ring joined in the chopping of wormwood, and the last Karasuma soldier was completely disfigured before he stopped. The former allies seemed to have a deep hatred at this moment!
Liu Mao then stepped forward and took away Kou Loudun's knife. He also took out the spear stuck on his waist and threw it away. Kou Loudun pressed the wound, and blood immediately flowed from his armor and between his fingers.
Came out.
Kou Loudun pressed his waist, looked up at Liu Mao and said angrily: "I shouldn't have sent troops to help you!"
Liu Mao directly grabbed Kou Loudun's hair, raised the ring-shou knife with his right hand, and slashed off his neck.
After a while, Liu Mao took Kou Loudun's head and climbed onto the city wall. The large group of horse soldiers outside the city were making a lot of noise, running back and forth outside shouting curses.
Liu Mao lifted his head outside the female wall, showed it to the Karasuma people, and said loudly: "Kou Loudun, the Shanyu of Karasuma, has betrayed his trust and has been killed by me as a warning to others!"
There was an uproar in the crowd outside, and the shouts were loud, but I couldn't understand what they said at all. Finally someone shouted in Chinese: "When we conquer Gaoyang County, kill all of you!"
Liu Maodao: "Feel free to send your horses to attack the city!"
The county town is not big, and the walls are not too thick. However, these Karasuma soldiers have not prepared any siege equipment, so it will take a long time to break through the city. There are tens of thousands of officers and soldiers pursuing them in the south, and the Karasuma soldiers will want to break the city for a while.
, obviously unrealistic.
... There is a distance of more than 200 miles from the Julu County battlefield to Baima Canal or the bank of Hutuo River. The two armies totaled more than 100,000 people and were still chasing each other on this plain, but neither side was moving very fast.
Miraculously, the number of troops on the fleeing Youzhou Army's side is still no less than that of the official army.
The officers and soldiers did not seem to be in a hurry, and followed leisurely behind. Sometimes the forwards were too close, and they would assume a defensive posture and build simple fortifications where the camp was set up.
This reminded Wang Qi and others of the situation of fishing and hunting in Liaodong. A big fish may struggle to break through the fishing net, and the fisherman often has to row the boat in the direction in which it escapes. Don't force it too hard as soon as it goes up. .
But there is always a time to close the net, and that is when the Youzhou Army was blocked by Baima Canal and Hutuo River. At that time, there was really nowhere to go! Tens of thousands of people and horses were burned on the pontoon bridge, and there were people on the other side. In the presence of enemy troops, it is almost impossible to cross the river.
Not far from the river bank, Wang Qi even felt that the army would collapse before it could reach the river. Because at this time, brother Guanqiu Jian had already crossed the Hutuo River in a boat at night and left the army. This matter could not be hidden. How long will it take, many soldiers will soon notice it, and then rumors will definitely spread.
So Wang Qi discussed with the generals of the Chinese army and prepared to go to the commander-in-chief of the army to talk about surrender.
Some of them objected, thinking that even if everyone surrendered, they would be charged with rebellion and the three tribes would be killed! Both the left and right would die, so it would be better to gather people and fight against the enemy!
Wang Qi said something, if he could fight, would General Guanqiu leave?
He looked around and said: "When the envoy (Guanqiu Jian) advocated raising the army, I warned him many times. It was not because I wanted to betray the envoy, but because I didn't want to see the brothers of the Youzhou Army lose their lives! Until now, there is nothing I can do We can only do our best to save the soldiers from the fate of massacre."
After hearing this, the generals looked sad, and some raised their heads and sighed.
Then Wang Qi said again: "The victory or defeat has been decided, and it will not help to continue fighting. I will go to the enemy's camp first to talk, and I persuaded you to leave. I will take the blame and try to get you all exempted." "
Some generals hurriedly dissuaded Wang Qi and told him not to die. Many people agreed, thinking that Qin Liang would not let everyone go. Because this time Youzhou raised troops and seized the opportunity of the court's weakness, it really threatened the Qin, Wang and other families. It's very big. Qin Liang finally won with less and more, but he still couldn't express the fear and anger in his heart?
But Wang Qi was determined. Before leaving, he warned his colleagues that if he was killed, everyone should not be impulsive and should continue to fight for the survival of the soldiers.
All the generals were moved, and when Wang Qi left the rear guard camp, many generals came to see him off.
Wang Qi took the seal with him and asked only two of his personal followers to follow him. After bowing to everyone and saying goodbye, the three riders went off along the road without Wang Qi looking back.
The enemy's forward scouts followed closely. Wang Qi and others walked along the road and soon saw the enemy cavalry. The road ahead was uncertain, and Wang Qi secretly sighed.
But this is good, Wang Qi can at least see the enemy general before his death and see what kind of person the person who defeated him is.