Chapter Eight Huaishuo Falls Two Generals Take Command
Yanluochen's original plan to seize Huaishuo with an absolute advantage and a quick victory came to nothing. He ordered the troops to retreat. The soldiers listened to the order and retreated like the tide. The city defenders shouted and celebrated the temporary victory. Dugu Ruyuan and He Ba
Yue Que was even more worried. They vaguely felt that the new battle would be a greater impact! Dugu Kuzhe's reinforcements had already been forced to retreat to Wuchuan. He was afraid that Rouran would attack from the east and west, and the 4,000 soldiers left behind would easily lose the city.
Lost ground!
He Baduba hurriedly ordered the soldiers to be counted. The number reported was a decrease of nearly 2,000 soldiers. In the commander's tent, they were discussing how to deal with the next round of attacks. A small colonel took an arrow and a piece of sheepskin and rushed to report to the commander.
The accountant said: "Commander, there are many arrows shot outside. Each arrow has a piece of sheepskin with writing on it. The general dare not look at it. Please take a look at it!" After Heba Duba read it, he handed the sheepskin to him.
He Bayun and others looked at He Basheng and sneered several times in turn: "This is a scheming! Why rush to the city and surrender? His tens of thousands can actually be called 300,000!" He Bayue said: "In my opinion,
What he said is true. If we don't get reinforcements from the imperial court, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the city!" The other generals echoed: "What the three generals said is absolutely true! Please make plans in advance, commander-in-chief!" He added to the truth.
The primary school student rushed into the account in disgrace and out of breath, reported to the commander that he had gone to Luoyang to report the news. It turned out that the court officials heard that Rouran had invaded and hurriedly reported to the palace. Empress Dowager Hu asked how the few attendants around her were doing.
The attendant who was dealing with the matter just casually replied: "The local government could have dealt with the small group of bandits, but they insisted on claiming that the enemy bandits were coming in force. What could have been dealt with was just asking for credit and reward!" The foolish Empress Dowager Hu felt that this statement was unreasonable.
The general ordered to send troops to rescue, but he felt at ease that all the generals were heartbroken after hearing this. They argued one after another. Some wanted to abandon the city and flee, but some were determined to fight to the end.
He Baduba hesitated and lamented! He didn't understand what was going on with the court now! Why couldn't the young emperor give orders at this critical moment? Did the courtiers just stay in Luoyang and ignore the affairs of the world?
Dugu Ruyuan quietly looked at the generals in the tent, all of them were waiting for He Baduba's order. He Baduba said coldly: "I have generals who died in Huaishuo, but no generals who surrendered! I will wait for him."
I have been greatly favored by the imperial court, and I shall repay the country with my death today!" The generals made a decision after seeing their leader, and made some arrangements, only to return to the city gates they were guarding. In the camp on the other side of the battlefield, Amuluochen was also actively deploying.
With a new battle plan! Prepare to divide your troops into three groups to attack from three city gates! The north gate will be used as a feint attack, and the other two gates are the main battlefield. Each general will receive an order and go early to order food to be made. The soldiers will have dinner and be refreshed.
Following the plan, both sides cheered up and fought until midnight with the thundering drums. The Rouran soldiers gradually gained the upper hand. They began to board the city one after another, but the defenders inside the city began to be overwhelmed.
Only the South City Gate was still under their control. The soldiers guarding the city began to retreat to the South City Gate. A new barrier was opened at the South City Gate. The soldiers, under the leadership of He Baduba, defeated the enemy again and again.
Attacking He Baduba looked at his soldiers in tears. He and her soldiers had tried their best. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Dugu Ruyu's hand and said: "Young general, regardless of personal life and death, help me."
Huaishuo's soldiers will defend the city. We are grateful. However, the enemy is strong and our army is outnumbered. We have no fear of death. I also ask the young general to send this letter to your Majesty for the sake of our sincere service to the country.
Witness of loyal service to the country." Dugu accepted the letter as he wished, and He Bayue asked someone to lead the war horse. As he wished, Dugu said goodbye to everyone with tears in his eyes, left the city through the south gate, and took a detour back to Wuchuan.
Seeing this, He Basheng said: "We are all loyal people, but the traitors and rebellious ministers in the imperial court are in power, and the emperor cannot personally govern. Why should we make meaningless sacrifices? In my opinion, why not retain our strength, so that we can make a comeback in the future?" Serve the imperial court!" All the generals felt that this was more reasonable. After hearing this, He Badu Ba also felt that it was very reasonable, so he ordered: put a false banner on the top of the city, put more scarecrows, and everyone quietly exited Huaishuo City at night. !The generals received the order and led their troops to quietly exit Huaishuo City!
The soldiers of Rouran, who occupied three city gates on the opposite side, fought for a day and a night. They were exhausted and saw victory in sight, so they all slept in their clothes. In order to recharge themselves at dawn, they wiped out the resistance and left only some soldiers to guard it! Only at dawn did the soldiers of Rouran find out. The enemy opposite him was already deserted. As Luo Chen sent people back to report the battle situation to Anahu Khan, he left five thousand sergeants and disabled soldiers to guard Huaishuo City, while he mobilized his troops to advance.
While the fierce fighting between the two sides was in full swing, Anayu led nearly 100,000 soldiers to capture Rouhua Town in one fell swoop, cutting off the connection between the six towns.
After the news about Yan Luochen was delivered, Anagui showed a proud smile on his face, as if he was trying his hand at a small test, and it actually achieved immediate results. Anagui smiled proudly, as if his previous shame had been wiped away because of today. Chunyu Tan knew that Anayu's smile contained a deep meaning. He took a glass of wine, raised it high and drank it from Anayu, "Go and tell Yan Luochen to let him go and grab it!" "The messenger said "Promise" and mounted his horse. Luochen got the permission of his Khan and began to plunder the surrounding areas crazily. While he was working hard, a war broke out in the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Yuan Cha and the eunuch Liu Tenghe conspired to imprison the Empress Dowager Hu. The court affairs were temporarily handled by the courtiers assisting Emperor Xiaoming. Emperor Xiaoming wanted to get out of the cage with the same bird, so he immediately ordered the 69-year-old Shangshu Ling Li Chong to take command, and Zuo Pushe Yuanzhuan as deputy One of the marshals and the vanguard governor was a veteran of three dynasties, and the other was a prince and aristocrat. He led 100,000 cavalry to fight back. Rouran's holy order made the whole court happy.
After receiving the imperial edict, Yuan Zhuan knelt on the ground and took it in his hand. He could not bow for a long time. The envoy asked strangely: "What's wrong with you, sir?" Zuo Pu shot Yuan Zhuan and just covered it up by saying: "It's hard to repay your kindness!" Waiting for the envoy to leave. Later, his son Yuan Zixian asked: "Father, please get up quickly. Why is this?" Yuan Zuan said: "What do you know, you little kid? That Rouran is said to have 300,000 soldiers, and they conquered two important military towns. Now they marched straight into it. , arrived at Changping! As the vanguard governor, I was bound to fight against them. Although I knew a little bit about the strategy, I was certainly no match for Rouran. The former generals were defeated, defeated by the Empress Dowager’s prerogative, and defeated by the lack of reinforcements. It was an innocent mistake. I am the vanguard this time. Unlike the previous defenders, if I am defeated and my fault is small, the morale of our army will be damaged. Then I will really be a sinner for the ages!" Yuan Zixian said with a little thought: "Father, get up quickly. I will ask you to make great achievements this time!" Yuan Zhuan stood up after hearing this and asked quickly: "Xian'er, tell me quickly." "Have you forgotten that you and Dazai Yuan Mu went to Longxi to meet the governor Yu Ti?" Is your son Yu Jin?" Yuan Zixian explained: "After coming back, my father always complained that his son could not read more classics and history and learn more about the art of war like Yu Jin! I don't think Dazai has ever praised anyone in his life, except Yu Jin. I am an exception, I believe this person is definitely not an ordinary person, so I remember it clearly." This sentence seemed to wake up the dreamer. Yuan Zhuan hurriedly ordered his son to take his name card and go to invite Yu Jin. He must be there when he is invited. Changping comes to help
Li Chong and Yuan Zhuan took command of the expedition, leaving aside the fact that Dugu Xin returned to Wuchuan and handed the letter to his father. After reading it, his father sighed: "What a man!" It turned out that He Baduba and his son knew that the army was in danger and did not want to give up.
Dugu Xin died with him, so he used this method of delivering the message to trick him out of danger. Dugu Ruyu's mother was surprised and happy to see that her son had narrowly escaped from the disaster! Felianova's heart was filled with joy.
; Li Hu and Yu Wentai blamed Dugu for not getting his wish, but they were happy to see their friends come back after narrowly escaping death.
There was a celebration that night, waiting for Li Hu, Yu Wentai, Hou Mo, Chen Chong and others to say goodbye. Dugu Kuzhe and his wife left Dugu's letter behind, and Feilenova's two children took Fei Lianyu's letter out of their arms.
Dugu Ruyu was elated when he took out the copy and handed it to the two of them to look at. Feilenova's face turned red and she was ashamed. It turned out that Fei Lianyu was worried that Anayu's plan would fail and the Northern Wei Dynasty would counterattack. He couldn't bear it.
He took his daughter to go into exile, and knew that his daughter liked Dugu Ruyu, and he also liked the child; so he proposed to his elder sister that he would marry his children. In the past few days, the Dugu Kuzhe couple were getting along with Feilenova.
It turned out that the child was extremely attentive, handsome and caring, and she cared deeply about her son. During the few nights when Dugu left as she wished, she barely slept a wink. She was very satisfied with the couple and agreed to stay with their son and daughter for a few days.
How could Felianova not be shy when she made such a suggestion? She couldn’t even raise her head in her aunt’s arms.
Seeing that the two children were in love, Dugu Ku said goodbye happily. His wife and children went to patrol the city gates. Dugu went back to his tent and fell asleep as he wished. At dawn, Felianova came to see him and saw only a child left on the table.
Letter: Wait for me to come back! Feilenova was anxious and took the letter to her aunt. When her mother saw her son making a few hasty strokes, she guessed that her son might have gone to He Bayue and the others to comfort Feilenova, but she couldn't.
Himself and her worried heart
Dugu Ruyi sneaked out while the city gate was opened. He was indeed going to find Heba Duba and his son. On the way, he saw Rouran soldiers burning, killing and looting, causing chaos everywhere! In order not to alert the snake, Dugu Ruyu tried his best.