Chapter 028 All the generals teach Li Guangcen, the governor of the five states
Chapter 028 All the generals taught Li Guangcen, the envoy of the Five Prefectures to resolve difficulties
On Wangxiang Ridge, Yang Hao turned his head and looked back. The army was coming in droves. Those brave and brave generals were showing a bit of fatigue from the days of marching. However, the vanguard had already deployed a defensive formation, and then set up camp step by step.
, trenches were dug, horses were set up, stove pits were built, sentries were dispatched, and the Huotou Army was ready to light fires for cooking. Everything was done in an orderly manner, and the whole camp was in motion, but there was no noise.
The troops that Yang Hao temporarily brought to the Han Kingdom were made up of rogues, fugitives, bandits and nomads. There was no mention of individual bravery, but they knew nothing about team marches and formation drills. To put it simply, they were just a group of people.
They were a ragtag group of people who could not exert their combined strength when facing the battle. After more than ten days of siege fighting under Jinyang City, coupled with the training of marching all the way back to Yinzhou, they had grown up rapidly.
Compared with Zhe Yuxun and Yang Chongxun's army, Yang Hao's army is still a bit lazy. The neatness of the military appearance and the standard of the military appearance cannot be compared with it. However, the calmness revealed in each of them
The thick chilling aura and their nimble and agile movements gave them a faint air of veterans on the battlefield.
This month of sharing joys and sorrows has begun to bear fruit. After being tempered by blood and fire, they have matured quickly. These rogues, fugitives, bandits, and nomads were originally like a group of wild dogs wandering on the grasslands. Once they were restrained by military discipline, they would
Having become chained hounds, it is conceivable that with a little more training, they will grow into a force of tigers and wolves. Thinking of this, Yang Hao smiled happily.
Zhe Yuxun is looking into the distance. This is a hillside, and further on, there is a flat river. The sky is clear and pure blue, like a huge crystal, and a few white clouds are low on the top of the head. It seems that just one arrow can
It can shoot into the clouds. The green grass in front is like a huge carpet, spreading to the horizon. At the end of the day, there are faint tents, like small mushrooms.
Yang Chongxun walked up to him, pointed to the faint camp on the horizon and said: "It's impossible for Li Guangrui not to set up some spy posts. He should already know the news that we have arrived. But, you see, his camp is still there.
Stand there, unmoving. Hey! This old fox knows how many soldiers and horses we can use, and he doesn't take us seriously at all."
Zhe Yuxun raised his brows slightly and sneered: "For so many years, although we have let him, Li Guangrui, suppress us, hasn't he, Li Guangrui, always been unable to do anything to us? I don't think he is too big, but because of the terrain.
There is no need to worry. From now on, it will be smooth sailing. We have thousands of troops. Even if only one person passes by, he will not be able to hide from his eyes. Why should he act like he is facing a formidable enemy?"
Yang Hao turned back and approached, smiling and said: "Eldest brother has a temper that refuses to admit defeat, but let's talk about it. In fact, second brother is right. Even if we have the same number of troops as him, he still won't take it seriously.
, No matter in terms of the quality of the soldiers, weapons and equipment, or personal combat power, it is impossible for our soldiers to compare with Li Guangrui's elite division. Look at him, he set up his camp in such a big way and did not send troops to stop it. Haha, I see.
He really wants us to come back as soon as possible and fight him to the death on this great plain, so that he can annihilate us in one fell swoop and completely solve the serious problem at his heart."
There is another unfavorable factor that Yang Hao did not mention. Each of their 50,000 troops has a subordinate and three leaders, while the other side not only has an army of 100,000, but also has only one person in the center to give orders. Even if the three of them cooperate, no matter how tacit they are, they will always fail.
It's not as good as the other party's arms and hands, with unified orders.
Yang Hao paused and then said: "However, this situation will not last long. When the news of Xiazhou's fall comes, will Li Guangrui's army still have the heart to fight? Military strength, armament, and training are of course the key to victory, but
The most important thing is military morale!"
He pointed forward with his riding crop and said proudly: "My soldiers and horses are looking forward to going home, but where are his soldiers and horses?"
Yang Hao said it confidently and with great courage. In the past, Yang Hao was reserved and polite. Even if he was 100% sure, he would always maintain a humble and cautious attitude. But now he is like a stick out of nowhere.
The sword in its sheath is sharp and murderous. Although after the three vassals became sworn sworn brothers, he was vaguely regarded as the brains of the three vassals, but he has always maintained the identity of the third brother to the two elder brothers. And now, his tone is often unquestionable,
It was as if he was speaking as the head of the vassals.
Zhe Yuxun and Yang Chongxun didn't know that Yang Hao's inner fire was growing stronger and his loneliness gradually affected his temperament, making him impulsive, fanatical and violent. However, Yang Hao himself couldn't feel this change in temperament.
came out. So the two of them felt a little uncomfortable. However, although the two of them intended to praise Yang Hao and let him take up the banner of defeating Li, at present, Yang Hao risked his own life and survived.
Chess, such courage and courage, they would never be able to achieve it.
The two uncles have passed their forties and are no longer as enterprising as young people. Yang Hao is young, holds a high position, and has powerful people. It is acceptable to be arrogant. Although Zhe Yuxun and Yang Chongxun are not grassland
The leaders of the tribe have lived in the northwest border. They are different from the boastful literati in the Central Plains. They are very realistic. Like the people on the grassland, they believe that strength is king. And Yang Hao has this qualification. If he really
After occupying Xiazhou, he became the unyielding king of the northwest.
Zhe Yuxun nodded and agreed: "Yes, the key now is to wait for news from Xiazhou. Before that, we can only implement containment operations against Li Guangrui to reduce the pressure on Yinzhou City. Let's go back to camp.
, let’s discuss it carefully.”
Yang Chongxun followed for two steps and suddenly became worried. He hesitantly turned his head and glanced at the skyline, which was the direction of Xiazhou. He then looked back at Yang Hao who was striding in front of him. He turned to Yuxun and whispered: "
Shilong, why do I feel that something is wrong with the third child recently? It seems that his temperament has changed drastically."
Zhe Yuxun glanced at Yang Hao's back and said with a smile: "Isn't it good for him to be like this now? To dominate the northwest, you must be heroic and domineering, otherwise how can you suppress those arrogant and powerful generals?"
Yang Chongxun shook his head: "That's not what I'm saying, I just think... Lao San seems to be a little eager for quick success and regardless of the consequences. If something went wrong in Xiazhou and he hadn't taken it down, could we resolve the siege of Yinzhou?
It’s hard to say.”
Zhe Yuxun frowned slightly and said: "Before thinking about victory, consider defeat first, which is not bad. But what's the point of being timid after we have come to this step?"
Yang Chongxun was a step behind, looking at Zhe Yuxun's back with a slightly strange look on his face: "If Yang Hao fails in his attempt to succeed in Xiazhou and loses Yinzhou, Shilong wouldn't want to recruit him into his service, right? If Lao Zhe wins Yang Hao is not at a disadvantage. The more powerful he is, the safer Linzhou will be. But in this way, the Yang family will have to rely on others to live. Although our two families have always had a close friendship, it is not comfortable to rely on others. It's a pity that the third child is actually closer to Shi Long."
Zhe Yuxun walked a few steps but didn't see Yang Chongxun following him. When he looked back, he saw him still standing on the hillside in a daze. He opened his eyes, stroked his beard and called out: "Zhong Wen, don't think too much. In the current situation, if you stick your head out, it's like a knife." Shrinking your head is just a slap in the face. The only thing you can do is to think so much about what to do. Let's go back to the camp to discuss things."
"Oh! Okay, okay!" The pessimist on the hillside agreed quickly, lifted up his skirt, and quickly followed, still worried in his heart: "Xiazhou, can we succeed?"
Xiazhou has fallen into the hands of Mu En, Mu Kui and Ai Yihai.
Tuoba Haofeng followed Nabuyer's advice and held a grand wedding with Li Guangrui's Mrs. Ru in front of Xiazhou civil and military officials and ministers, and then killed many Xiazhou officials in the hall. When such a huge disaster happened, it was difficult for him to pull out the green trees. Even if he wanted to clean himself up, it was impossible. This old man was a character who could afford to let go. Seeing that his escape route had been cut off, he did not hesitate at the moment. Without hesitation, he immediately rushed back to the defense envoy's yamen.
When he arrived at the Yamen, he first convened a group of confidants for a secret discussion, then beat the drums to gather the generals, and beheaded three unreliable battalion commanders in the commander's hall, then mobilized his five thousand soldiers and horses, and took advantage of the fact that the news had not yet reached the city. After the news spread, he immediately divided his troops into three groups, captured the North City along the way, and supported Mu En's army to enter the city. He rushed all the way back to his residence and surrounded it, using the leaders of each group as amulets in case of failure. He led his troops all the way. , and went to the Jiedu envoy's house to kill Li Jipeng in order to control him.
The Jiedushi Mansion was in chaos at this time, and many people in the manor were poisoned, because the onset of Datura flower toxin takes about two hours and is very concealed. Those who ate the food first and drank the tea first They moved freely without any abnormalities, so those who followed would not be alerted. As a result, everyone in the house drank the well water. After an hour, some people began to have dry mouth, headache, and rapid pulse. Although those who had not yet experienced the attack noticed anything strange. , but he did not expect that he would soon have a poisonous attack, so he urgently called a doctor into the mansion for diagnosis and treatment. During the diagnosis and treatment, poisonous attacks began to occur throughout the house.
When Tuoba Cangmu arrived, people in the mansion were drowsy, hallucinating, crying and laughing wildly, falling to the ground and twitching. There were all kinds of situations. The two doctors were sweating profusely, thinking that some terrible acute disease had broken out. The plague did not dare to leave, so Tuoba Cangmu immediately ordered people to control the entire Jiedushi Mansion. As a result, most of the officials in charge of Xiazhou City were controlled by them, and the North City Gate was controlled by them. After the capture, the generals responsible for the defense of the four cities realized that something was going on internally. At this time, it was impossible to find Li Jipeng to take charge of the overall situation.
Mu En and others rushed to the foot of Xiazhou City at lightning speed. The north city gate was already open. Tuoba Haofeng held a flag and personally guided the people at the top of the city. Mu En and others did not hesitate when they saw it. They immediately seized the city and entered, killing Run to the other three city gates.
The generals responsible for the defense of the four cities in Xiazhou were given such an important task by Li Guangrui. In addition to being his confidant generals, they were naturally not easy to compete with in terms of their abilities. While they organized soldiers and horses to resist, they also
They lit up the smoke, opened the city gates, and placed all obstacles inside, waiting for the defenders at the passes outside the city to return to their aid after hearing the police.
At this time, the heavy cavalry and Mo Dao team that Yang Hao asked them to bring with great pains were put to great use. When Mu En, Mu Kui, and Ai Yihai each led a group of troops to attack the three city gates that were still under the control of Li Guangrui's henchmen.
At that time, the heavy cavalry and Mo Dao team did not enter the city, but passed around the North City and directly pulled the cart outside the West City and East City. They first blocked the city gate with the cart to prevent the defenders in the city from rushing out, and then slowly
Wearing armor, he slowly took out his sword, slowly pulled out his war horse, and slowly arranged his formation...
When the reinforcements from the east and west came back like a fire, the two terrifying war machines started at full strength and strangled them. When they were fully prepared and fighting on a flat ground, almost no troops could confront them head-on.
The reinforcements were defeated as quickly as they came, and soon they left behind a pile of bloody corpses and fled. The soldiers who were still holding on in the city saw such a terrible massacre outside the city, and the reinforcements had no hope. In Mu'en, Mu'en
Under Kui's attack, they lost the courage to continue fighting.
By the time the east and west city gates were occupied by Muen Mukui, and Mo Dao Formation and the heavy cavalry rushed to Nancheng, Nancheng had already been captured by the two armies of Ai Yihai and Tuoba Cangmu...
Until the next day, reinforcements from outside kept rushing back to Xiazhou City to keep a lookout. Only a few arrows were fired from the city to prevent them from approaching, and they did not make any move to attack the city. By the third day, there were no more arrows.
The team arrived. Mu En sent people out of the city to investigate, and learned that the military post garrison at Sanchakou, Wanjingkou, Wangting Town and other places had abandoned their camps and defected to You, Jing, Sui and other states that were still under Li Guangrui's control.
The government has gone.
Because the garrisons in Xiazhou's peripheral fortresses rely on military supplies and fodder from Xiazhou City. Xiazhou City is occupied and their supplies are cut off. They cannot stay in the garrison for a long time. It is completely impossible to attack a strong city with their strength.
Perhaps, decisively abandoning the defense is the wisest decision.
News of the fall of Xiazhou spread quickly as they fled.
What is unexpected is that after the news of the fall of Xiazhou spread, the first people to react were the various large and small tribes around Xiazhou. When they heard that their leaders were under house arrest, these tribes, large and small, set up camp and mobilized.
The tribe rushed to Xiazhou. Overnight, felt tents were everywhere outside the city of Xiazhou, boundless in all directions.
Seeing this situation, Mu En and others felt that it was very difficult. They wanted to replace Li Guangrui, but they did not want to offend all the Tuoba tribes. Now, if they want to stop the instigation of various tribes, only the leaders of Lao Lao will come forward.
But how could the leaders express their stance easily? Knowing that their tribesmen were outside the city and had surrounded Xiazhou City, they felt confident and even more unwilling to obey.
Tuoba Cangmu understands their mentality very well. Mu En, Mu Kui and Ai Yihai are just the three generals under Yang Hao. They have no right and cannot decide anything. Without seeing an important person in charge, what should they think of?
Before making a promise, these leaders will only remain silent and will never cooperate rashly. However, apart from Li Guangcen, the only person in charge of this important matter is Yang Hao. Yang Hao is far away in Han Dynasty and Li Guangcen is still in Yinzhou. Who can convince these leaders
Express allegiance? If it is delayed for a long time, the tribes outside the city will become angry. After a big battle, even if Xiazhou is not lost, it will lose its transcendent status of controlling the northwest. If all the tribes in the four directions are enemies, Xiazhou will be lost.
, how to spread grace and power far away?
Tuoba Cangmu lobbied for two days, but the leaders remained unmoved. Tuoba Cangmu was so anxious that he hurriedly came to Mu En, Mu Kui and others for discussion, and arrived at their station.
, but heard that they were all in Dongcheng, Tuoba Cangmu hurriedly arrived again
In the east city, Lao Cangmu climbed up the city tower panting, and saw his son Tuoba Haofeng, Mu En, Mu Kui, and Ai Yihai standing side by side on the city tower, looking up at the outside of the city. Tuoba Cangmu saw
Shocked, he cried out: "Did the fight start? Has the fight finally started?"
Tuoba Cangmu jumped to the city wall in a few short steps, held his hands on the wall stacks and looked outside, and couldn't help but be stunned.
I saw large and small felt tents covering the entire wilderness outside the city. The tents were connected one after another, spreading to the end of the sky. Many men on horseback, holding bows and wearing Qiang robes, stood
Beside the main road of Loess, among those
Between the tents, there are still many armed men on horseback galloping towards here, and on the straight loess road in the middle leading to the sky, there is a huge carriage, guarded by hundreds of knights in front and behind, heading towards Xia.
The city of Zhou came slowly.
The carriage was pulled by sixteen horses, and was surrounded by cowhide curtains painted with ferocious ghosts. The entire carriage shed was wide and high, and it was basically a huge felt tent. There was actually a large bamboo scroll standing in front of the carriage.
On it is a ferocious wolf head, and eight furry flag tails are tied to the copper banner.
The octagonal tent, the wolf's head, and the yak's tail are the symbols of the Lord of the Party. Tuoba Cangmu's face suddenly turned pale and bloodless. If he hadn't been holding on to the city wall, his trembling legs would have let him down.
This defense made the master collapse on the spot. After so many years
He came to grovel in front of Li Guangrui and compromise. Even if the fear was false, he would make it come true. As soon as he saw his mark, Tuoba Cangmu subconsciously felt strong fear, and all thoughts of resistance were thrown away.
Went.
"This is...this is Lord Li Guangrui's car. He...he...he is back."
Tuoba Haofeng took a step forward and supported him: "Dad, please see clearly, that is not Li Guangrui's car, but the car of Mr. Li Guangcen."
"Lord Li Guangcen?"
Tuoba Cangmu tried his best to stand up straight and looked around. The long flag hanging under the wolf's head was blown to an angle by the wind. It became a line when viewed from the top of the city. Suddenly, the wind changed its shape again.
At the position, a line of big characters suddenly appeared on it: "All the generals taught Li Guangcen, the envoy of the Five Prefectures to determine the difficulties."
As if in a dream, Tuoba Cangmu was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "How is this possible! Lord Li Guangcen...isn't he in Yinzhou?"
