Chapter 789 Xu Fengnian entered the capital for the second time, and the great masters gathered in Tai’an
A cavalry that left the jurisdiction of the vassal king without permission without the permission of the imperial court’s Ministry of War, a total of 800 cavalry, went from Youzhou, Beiliang Road to Hezhou, passed Jizhou, and slowly headed to the west of the capital.
As we walked along the way, the local garrisons in various states that should have come forward to stop this light cavalry were all silent, and there was not even a symbolic questioning, which made the eight hundred cavalry on the entire northern border defense area of Liyang, as if they were entering a no-man. Before this, the Jingqi of the Beimang Eastern Front also acted in the northern defense lines of Jihe Prefectures. But the problem was that at that time, Wang Sui was under his command of tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops coming and going like the wind, and the number of this cavalry was only 800.
According to common sense, there are only 800 people, not to mention Liaodong, where the heavy troops of Liyang and Beimang, even if they are thrown into the war-torn Guangling Road, they will not be able to defeat a small waste.
As the eight hundred cavalry traveled eastward far away, the intelligence from the governor of Lianghuai, Cai Nan, the governor of Lianghuai, Han Lin, the commander of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Xiong, and Yang Huchen, deputy general of Jizhou, was transmitted to the capital at a speed of 800 miles.
Finally, an elite army full-time responsible for the safety of the capital appeared in the westernmost marginal area of the capital: it was the three major camps of the Western Auxiliary Army, which were mainly powered by the Xilei Camp, and were dispatched in full swing, with a force of up to 7,000 people and half of each cavalry and infantry. This Western Army should have been commanded by Yuan Tingshan, who was appointed as the General of Pingxi, but this Jizhou General can no longer even maintain his actual position as the General of Jizhou, let alone have some control over the Western Army, which is second only to the Northern Army of the Gyeonggi. Today, the seven thousand Western Army consisted of Zhao Gui, the general of Anxi, who was born in the Zhao family, as the main general, and the Hu Qi Chief, one of the four powerful captains in the capital with the title of General Fenwu, as the deputy general.
The seven thousand people who were raising their energy and gathering their strength faced the eight hundred light cavalry, and it turned out that the former was facing a great enemy.
Yuchi Changgong, who is as famous as young and strong generals such as Yang Huchen and Song Li, is fine. He can still maintain his calmness in the end, but the serious General Anxi Zhao Gui was sweating profusely. He shrank and sat on the horse’s back, complaining in a low voice, whispering that the old people in the sect mansion were not good things. He said that he was ill and was just a fake. Even Tang Tiexhuang, the Ministry of War, turned a blind eye to the end and agreed. Unexpectedly, it was his own family who cheated and harmed his family, and even threatened that if he did not want to lead the troops this time, he would impeach His Majesty with the impeachment of His Majesty in the name of the sect mansion.
Zhao Gui, who was scorching sun above his head, was drinking the northwest wind, and he really wanted to die. If it was one hundred days ago, he would lead a seven thousand army to intercept hundreds of Northern Liang barbarians on his territory, not to mention the use of both soft and hard work by the Ministry of War and the clan mansion, he would not be able to stop him from making contributions. However, as the cavalry left Beiliang, some rumors came from the northwest to the central and central areas of the capital, and then floated out from the cracks of the door of the yamen or some pearl curtains in the palace. After hearing those horrifying news, the fighting skills in the bed are much better than those on the battlefield.Zhao Gui, who was even more outstanding, was completely confused: these Beiliang barbarians really defeated the million-strong army of Beimang. It is said that even the famous Beimang general Yang Yuanzan cut off his head in the ghost place called Hulukou. Some people swear that one after another in Youzhou is one after another, with so many snowmen piled up in our capital in winter. Zhao Gui had a strong fight and turned his head to ask Yuchi Changgong trembledly, “General Yuchi, what if that little barbarian Xu… Oh no, it is King of Beiliang and King of Beiliang refused to stop, would we really want to fight them?”
In his early years, Yuchi Changgong, who was squeezed out of General Anxi by this royal nobleman, said expressionlessly: “General Zhao, the order of the superior is like this, we can’t disobey.”
In the past, when I met the captain Chi Changgong, Zhao Gui who had to deliberately call out a lieutenant, and he squeezed out a smile and said, “The military book says that the soldiers will be defeated without fighting, and that is good, and if the King of Beiliang does not know the general, I have a good relationship with the Southern Army. Otherwise, I would like to tell him and call a few thousand people to come over to teach the King of Beiliang to know the great power of our garrison.”
Yuchi Changgong said calmly: “General Zhao, if the last general remembers correctly, no matter who dares to dispatch the troops from the capital privately, they will be beheaded. Not to mention you and me, even the Minister of War Tang does not have this qualification.”
Zhao Gui smiled dryly: “I am not worried about the young vassal king who has been far away in the northwest for many years. I don’t know the severity of the interests.”
Yuchi Changgong narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance. He had no interest in chatting with the General Anxi, but just waited patiently for the next group of scouts to send back the military information. Compared with the so-called general like Zhao Gui who was raised from the shorts in the royal family, Yuchi Changgong and Guanhou went to the front line of the Liaodong border. He became a border lieutenant down-to-earth and became a border lieutenant, and then returned to Beijing after the family opened up the joints and was promoted step by step to the current position. Yuchi Changgong is naturally not a fool like Zhao Gui who can only rise to power by relying on his surname. The big boss in the capital who knows the situation of the war in Beiliang in detail is definitely not more than a pair of hands. It is the Ministry of War. Now the Minister of the Shangshu is hanging in the air, and the Minister of the Assistant Xu Gong is patrolling the border. Perhaps only the Minister of War Tang Tiexhuang, who is in charge of the power of the Ministry of War in the capital, knows the inside story. Because Yuchi Changgong had experienced in Liaodong and had some precious personal relationships with Tang Shilang, he knew more about the facts in the northwest than Zhao Gui. Not only did he confirm that Beiliang had repelled the millions of troops in the third line of Beimang, but he also had a rough war loss between Liangmang and both sides. In addition, Yuchi Changgong had personally experienced the amazing combat power of the Beimang Cavalry on the border. The more he did this, the more shocked Yuchi Changgong was. Although he was more at ease than Zhao Gui at this time, Yuchi Changgong’s right hand had never left the sword on his waist, and his knuckles were all white.
Perhaps Zhao Gui was just afraid of the young man’s identity as a vassal king, fearing the statement of the 300,000 Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, at most, plus the terrifying title of the martial arts master of Xinliang King, but Yuchi Changgong was truly 7,000 people who had been away from the smoke of gunpowder for many years, and could really withstand the rush of 800 cavalrymenKill once and kill to stabilize the formation. After two or three times, in the battlefield in the official history, the battle between the rioters and the top elites against ordinary soldiers, the advantage of the military strength on the table is always meaningless. Not to mention the distance, it is said that the Spring and Autumn War, which was only twenty or thirty years later, was like a locust, and tens of thousands of bandits killed thousands of imperial troops, and blood was flowing. There was no shortage. On a large-scale battlefield, it is also uncommon for examples of one side breaking the enemy’s formation with thousands of elite troops. In the past, Yuchi Changgong did not despise the Beiliang border army, which was known as the iron cavalry, as the scholars of Liyang, but it was not too serious. He always felt that the Ji Nan infantry of the veteran Yang Shenxing could compete with the Youzhou infantry, but he was always similar. He also believed that the heroic troops of the two Liao defense lines such as the Duoyan Jingqi and the Hei Shui Iron Cavalry were the first-class combat power even if they were placed in the Beiliang border army. But now Yuchi Changgong is not so optimistic.
Yuchi Changgong subconsciously held the hilt tightly, and his mood was extremely complicated. Assuming that the Beiliang cavalry is not tens of thousands, but the real 300,000, can it be directly attacked Beiting in the hinterland of Beimang and help the Central Plains to completely conquer the desert and grassland for the first time, but if Beiliang really has such troops, since it can defeat Beimang, it is even more difficult to capture the Tai’an City behind him, and how difficult it is.
When the scout rushed over and reported that the 800 cavalry was only ten miles away, Zhao Gui asked with a smile: “General Yuchi, I think the King of Beiliang will not really exert force at the foot of the emperor.”
Yuchi Changgong did not feel like he was putting in trouble at Zhao Gui’s back, and frowned and said, “Waiting for them to advance five miles, if Beiliang took the initiative to send scouts to contact our army, it means that the vassal king would follow the rules.”
Before he knew it, Zhao Gui’s helmet was a little crooked. He quickly reached out and trembled and wiped the sweat on his forehead. He asked in a low voice: “If we can’t see the scout of the Beiliang Pioneer, what should we do?”
Yuchi Changgong said in a deep voice: “Just line up to meet the enemy.”
Zhao Gui shivered for a moment, almost fell off the horse’s back on the spot, immediately blew up and concealed his embarrassment, and comforted himself: “It shouldn’t be possible. The King of Beiliang came to Beijing to meet the late emperor last time. Whether it was in the Mawei Posthouse or in the court, he still understood and followed the rules.”
General Anxi had obviously ignored the actions of the prince outside the Imperial College and the storm in the Jiujiu Pavilion, and even put aside his bold ambitions that he threatened to have to make a move if he met the little barbarian.
The two armies confronted each other for only five miles, but there was still no Northern Liang cavalry.
Zhao Gui slapped himself on the face and said angrily: “You crow’s mouth!”
Yuchi Changgong could already feel the suffocating sense of oppression without looking at the cavalry behind him. Looking back to the past, when Hu Cavalry Chief Yuchi Gong first went on battle as the commander of the cavalry in Liaodong, he seemed to be able to clearly hear his own weight.Breathing sound. Because of excessive tension, the new soldiers often become silent in the world before rushing to the formation, and even people cannot hear the sound of war drums.
Only three miles apart, there were still no Beiliang cavalry leaving the team.
Zhao Guiru lost his parents and had no desire to talk to Yuchi Changgong. He looked demented and said to himself on the horse’s back: “King Beiliang, can we speak well? After all, Beiliang and Liyang are still a family. How bad is it for your own family to use swords and guns? You Beiliang killed hundreds of thousands of Beimang barbarians and haven’t killed enough? What a hero… Besides, Prince, you are a master who is standing side by side with Tai Ah Deng. If you fight and kill with people like me, you will lose your value!”
Yuchi Changgong raised one hand high, without turning around and shouting hard, “Get up!”
Four thousand infantrymen were in the middle, layer by layer, resisting horses, shields were like walls, and the archers were ready to pull their bows.
A total of more than 3,000 cavalrymen on the left and right wings began to lift their spears.
According to the spy from Lianghuai and Zhao Gou, the eight hundred Beiliang light cavalry did not carry long spears, and they were all just carrying crossbows and sabers.
Yuchi Changgong, who had already rode his horse to the cavalry formation of the left wing Xilei Camp, sadly found that he seemed to have become the young man of the Liaodong border army who had been trapped in the first battle.
Xilei Camp is the first battalion of the Western Army in the capital. It has always been above the top and firmly believes that one Xilei Camp can defeat the other two battalions.
The camp number is taken from the West Bulletin.
However, for more than 20 years, even Yuchi Changgong himself, he forgot who built the Western Barrier Wall. It seems that only at this moment, when they stand opposite Beiliang and really need to face the Xu family cavalry by themselves, they realize this forgotten truth.