Chapter 30: Wind and Rain (30)(2/3)
Zhao Ji thought about it for a while, but he couldn't help it. He could only nod: "In this case, the general will definitely catch up with the general as soon as possible."
Yu Jiuluo was stunned and just nodded casually... He had no choice but to participate in the war, and it would be more effective if he, the grandmaster, led the team. He had no reason to refuse.
In this way, before dusk, before the Huaiyou Alliance's pursuers arrived, Yujiuluo led five thousand forbidden troops across the Huan River, and then immediately marched northwest. If he hurried fast, he would probably be able to reach Qiao before dawn tomorrow.
The southern end of the county.
At this time, Tu Wanchanglun had already led his army to the junction of Huaiyang, Ruyin and Qiaojun.
However, just at the intersection of Daguan Road entering Qiao County, he met a man, a young man he had just met not long ago... The latter stopped him on the side of the road.
"Old General." Probably due to geographical reasons, the rain has been very light. Fang Xuanqiao stood by the road with a smile and cupped his hands. "Please don't go forward, otherwise the disaster will be worse."
"What do you mean?" Tu Wan Chang Lun was puzzled for a moment.
"Since Prime Minister Sima broke the contract and went to Qiao County, Chief Zhang will definitely not be able to bear it, and the two sides will inevitably start a war. And if there is a war, although the military strength of the gang is uneven, they are more prepared and the overall strength is stronger; although the Forbidden Army is elite,
, but traveled a long distance and lacked supplies, so the forbidden army will win in a small battle, and the gang will win in a big battle." Fang Xuanqiao said seriously. "Old general, the battle has been going on all day and night. If you enter Qiaojun at this time, you will be too late.
Instead, you will fall into the tiger's mouth."
Tu Wan Chang Lun was a little confused. His message was still at the point where he was helping a few battalions to cross the river. The Forbidden Army won more and lost less. For a possible war, he was needed to support... How could he become a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?
After a pause, he uttered a long talk, looked at the man in front of the horse, and asked seriously: "Boy, do you think so, or does your teacher think so? Where is your teacher Huai Tonggong?"
"I felt so, and then I told my mentor, who was quite satisfied and asked me to go south to dissuade the old general." Fang Xuanqiao spoke sharply. "As for my mentor, when Prime Minister Sima turned around and entered Qiao County, he was on his way to Huaiyang County to govern.
Hurry and prepare to visit Zhao Tuo, the prefect of Huaiyang."
After Tu Wan Chang Lun heard this, he finally stood up and dismounted, and then stepped forward to hold the opponent's hand: "I heard that Zhao Tuo had surrendered to a thief before and was listed on the gang list. Could it be that he has already surrendered to the thief?"
"Zhao Fujun's position is indeed doubtful, but if the old general thought that he would take the initiative to send troops to join the war and trap the imperial army in a trap, then he would have thought too much." Fang Xuanqiao said with a smile. "The collapse of the Wei Dynasty will lead to the collapse of places like Zhao Fujun.
As a member of the Communist Party of China, if you can grasp the situation and don't have too much ambition, you are just waiting and watching to protect yourself. If you are just waiting and watching, how can you take the initiative before the situation is unclear?"
"Then how did you conclude that the front was completely defeated? And how did you convince your teacher?" Tu Wanlong was confused for a moment.
"My conclusion is simple, and it is also very simple to convince my mentor." Fang Xuanqiao said a little seriously. "Because my mentor and I came from Hebei before, we know how to help the weak and the real. On our return trip, we happened to have a glimpse of the real and weak of the Forbidden Army...Old General, I
I agree with my mentor, they both feel that the gang is the tiger and the Imperial Army is the wolf. Originally, the wolves and the hedgehogs were able to gather together calmly, but during the rainy season, the wolves were tired and dispersed on their own, exposing their flaws. At this time, the tigers could not move.
, one move will surely swallow up a wolf."
"Is the gang a tiger?" Tuwanzhang was stunned for a moment and asked seriously.
"yes."
"The Custodes are wolves?"
"yes."
"You and Huai Tong both think so?"
"yes."
After a series of questions and answers, he took a long breath and shook his head slowly: "Of course I can trust Huai Tong, but as a general of an army, I must do my best. I have clearly received military orders to support you.
How can we stop moving forward?"
Fang Xuanqiao did not answer directly, but turned to look behind him, that is, Tu Wan Chang discussed the direction of the army's march. At this time, the marching column of the imperial army was obviously lagging behind, and even had a tendency to stop... This is not Tu Wan.
The long discussion is as follows, but ahead is the Feishui River on the border of Qiaojun, and the bridge above it corresponds to the official road... Because the forward troops were crossing the river on the bridge, it was blocked.
After watching this for a while, making sure that Tu Wan Long Lun was aware of the current situation, Fang Xuanqiao turned back and responded to the other party's question: "Old General, not to mention that the emperor is gone, are there any of the three regicide Sima?
I am not qualified to give orders to the old general, and I have never told the old general not to provide support."
"How do you say that?" He raised his eyebrows slightly as he spoke a lot.
"It's very simple." Fang Xuanqiao turned around and pointed in the direction behind him. "If I think wrongly and there is no big battle ahead, then it doesn't matter for the old general to delay the march for a day; and if there is a big battle ahead, the old general should have gone over to respond.
In this case, why not go around the upper reaches of the Feishui River? The source of the Feishui River is thirty miles north of here, and by passing there, the troops will not be trapped by the Feishui River during the retreat.
If we are trapped, we can capture Qiaocheng first for support and defense, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
After thinking about it for a while, he finally smiled: "That's quite appropriate! It's strange that you literary cultivators can always find this kind of appropriate method of not fighting at both ends but leaving people speechless."
Fang Xuanqiao also laughed: "Literary training is useless, I can only think of ideas, and the decision needs to be made by the old general himself."
Tu Wanchang nodded his argument, and simply called someone to deliver the order. He asked the troops to immediately turn around and go upstream, while the troops that had already crossed the river acted as sentries to the east to inquire about the military situation.
Just as the troops were turning around, Tu Wan Long Lun looked at the rain above his head which had become much lighter, and suddenly asked: "Boy, did you just say regicide?"
"yes."
"However, after you left that day, there was a military uprising in Jiangdu. All the sergeants cheered and I was relieved. I communicated with the imperial guards. Everyone said that Cao Che should have died long ago. Killing Cao Che is the most serious thing in the world." Tu Wanchang.
On Youyou Laiyan. "After marching all the way here, the soldiers, officials, and thieves along the way said that Cao Che's death was as light as a feather... In fact, as far as I know, the reason why the imperial army obeyed these three people was precisely
Because the three of them took the lead in killing Cao Che... If you kill one person and the world cheers, why should you call it regicide?"
"Because these three commanders are Wei ministers, and they were all promoted by Cao Che." Fang Xuanqiao thought for a while and gave the answer. "Therefore, even if Cao Che died unjustly and Jiangdu's army changed his mind, it is understandable.
In the eyes of some stubborn people, they are still suspected of betraying their master... What's more, these three people's reputations before and after the military coup were also a little too harsh. They established a new emperor but killed the King of Qi, were prime ministers, served as ministers, and ostracized them.
It is normal for two old generals to be looked down upon by others. But if they are looked down upon by others and are about to suffer a huge defeat and lose their armor to intimidate others, they will naturally be derided as regicide."
"I didn't expect you to be so 'stubborn' at your age." After hearing the long talk, he couldn't help but sigh. "Forget it, life, death, honor and disgrace are all your young people's business, not even for an old man like me who has no hope.
It doesn’t matter, Meiyu is about to stop. No matter what the result is, just hold on and return to Dongdu..."
At this point, the old general's heart stirred, and he realized something. However, he did not continue the topic, but his interest was waning... The king and his ministers were afraid of each other, father and son were at odds with each other, and they betrayed their allies and betrayed their friends, both internally and externally.
Bixing...he has seen too many of these things in his life, and he has no interest in them at all.
At this thought, General Tuwan just got on his horse and gestured with his lips: "Boy, is this your horse? Follow him quickly."
Fang Xuanqiao was shocked: "Old General, do I want to go with you too?"
"You!" Tu Ten Thousand Comments was speechless. "Since you came up with the strategy, even if I believe you, I also want to prevent you from being caught by thieves. You know my marching route... didn't you say it? Help me."
It's a tiger! Besides, if you don't go north with me, where can you go? Can you still cross the Feishui River to look for thieves to join the gang in the Guoshui River? If so, I will hold on to you even more.
"
Fang Xuanqiao thought for a while and found that he couldn't argue with it, so he found a horse and followed it.
It can only be said that this afternoon, Prime Minister Sima is drinking, General Tuwan is taking a detour, General Yu is speeding up, the remaining people are fighting, and everyone in the Forbidden Army has a bright future.
Moving to the main battlefield, the army that completed the outflanking on the left and right wings was naturally considered to have won a complete victory.
"Of course we can win!"
Li Ding came back from the battlefield ahead and returned to Fanweizi according to the instructions of the messenger. He heard a familiar voice in the distance, and when he turned an intersection inside the Weizi, he saw the owner of the voice standing on the road making a loud noise.
As he said something, there was a crowd on both sides. The wounded and prisoners were crowded inside and outside the house and courtyard. They were listening in a daze and couldn't help but slow down.
"Why can you win?"
Zhang Xing continued to make the announcement loudly. "Because you have strict military discipline! Our army has the strictest military discipline in the world! Look at the Forbidden Army, look at the previous Dongdu Army, and the Jin Army. Which one doesn't plunder the people? Which one doesn't plunder the people?
Don’t kill innocent people indiscriminately? Only we don’t! Not only do we not, the reason for sending troops this time is to protect the people! We are the first-class benevolent and righteous teachers in the world!
"And if we do nothing wrong and rescue the people like this, the people will naturally trust us. If they trust us, they will pass on information to us, provide supplies, and replenish soldiers... With all this, why can't we win?
"To put it bluntly, we are so benevolent and civilized, and the Forbidden Army is so cruel and rude. If we still lose, it means God has no eyes, and the three splendors and four emperors are all clay puppets!"
At this point, Zhang Xing turned around and saw Li Ding, but he hurriedly finished: "Brothers, we have won this battle, so we can rest here and rest in peace, and wait until the Forbidden Army is completely defeated, and they will come to surrender! Then I will talk to you brothers
Calculate merit!"
Zhang Xing stood in the middle of the road, with houses and courtyards on both sides, and wounded gang members on one side. Although some of them knew the rules of "applauding and shouting" during meetings, they were only a minority. In addition, almost everyone was injured, so there were only sporadic injuries.
Shouting; on the other side, there were mostly prisoners and wounded soldiers of the Forbidden Army. At this time, they were completely confused, frightened, confused, and confused.
"You don't really believe this 'the benevolent are invincible' thing, do you?" The two approached, and Li Ding, who had a look on his face, was rude.
"That's nonsense." Zhang Xing waved his hand, but his voice was much lower. "Don't I know the gang's experience? In the beginning, they revolted on their own territory in the East. How could there be any reason to rob their own family? Later, they went to Hebei.
, I wanted to rob it, but when I first went there, Hebei was almost a white land, and there was nothing to rob. I am telling them this now to pave the way for the future, because in the future, the battle will definitely be fierce and see-sawing, and when military discipline is broken
It will be difficult to straighten it out again.”
Li Ding then calmed down, but then sighed: "No matter what the reason is, military discipline is always good if it is not bad. It is indeed not easy."
This time it was Zhang Xing's turn to look at the other party, but he immediately came back to his senses: "You came back suddenly, what's going on?"
"Two things, but also the same thing." Li Ding also came to his senses and replied seriously. "I would like to ask, did you ask Wu Dalang and others to go south to Qiaocheng as soon as they came over?"
"yes."
"Surround Sima Huada?"
"Yes." Zhang Xing asked. "Is there any problem?"
"It can't be said that there is. Originally, we wanted the follow-up troops to supplement the center." Li Ding sighed and said another thing. "Zhai Kuan in front was probably eager to make a contribution and spared the broken troops to intercept, but was defeated by Sima De
A counterattack brought down the entire battalion, and Zhai Kuan himself was seriously injured."
Zhang Xing was startled for a moment, then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
What can he do?
He could only take a breath.
"Wouldn't it delay the advance?" After a long while, Chief Zhang Da finally asked with all his strength.
"If we don't delay now, even if Smadek wins, he will immediately retreat. The general situation will not change."
"Sima Deke...have all three Sima come out now?"
"Sima Huada was in Qiaocheng, and Sima Deke and Sima Jinda were in front of him. However, Sima Jinda's flag was not seen again, and Su Jingfang said that someone under his command saw a group of soldiers heading north. It might be Sima Jin.
To be continued...