Chapter 105: Weeping
"Dong Cheng ran away?" Yan Bei's eyes widened in surprise, he really didn't expect this countryman to be so afraid of him, he turned over and dismounted and rested for a while, then he raised his whip and smiled: "Do you know where he fled to?" β
Because of the relatively friendly exchanges with Yanbei, the relative Fu Wan was once again sent by the emperor to Wen County to do this to lead Yanbei, obviously Fu Wan felt happy because of Dong Cheng's departure, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be full of joy, and he shook his head and said: "I heard that King Zuo Xian meant to run to Guanzhong, if he didn't go west to Ma Teng and Han Sui, he would go south to Zhang Ji." β
Yan Bei thought about it for a while, and then called a team of scout cavalry in the army to track Dong Cheng south, even if it was past a night, the trail could not be broken. It really didn't take any effort to get it, if Dong Cheng didn't leave the emperor's side, it might be more difficult to get rid of him, but if Dong Cheng fled elsewhere, then whoever he Yanbei wanted to kill, there was absolutely nothing he couldn't kill. After sending out the scouts, Yan Bei waved his hand and smiled at Fu Wan: "Guozhang don't worry too much, Ma Teng Han Sui is far away, Dong Cheng ran over, most likely to Nanyang, I'm afraid he will be disappointed this trip, Zhang Ji has been dead for half a month!" β
Dong Cheng completely killed himself, just go, and swept away the utensils that the Taishou paid tribute to the emperor in various places, didn't this give Yanbei an excuse to kill him in a dignified manner? Could it be that he thought that if he escaped from Hanoi, Yanbei would really not be able to find him?
It's a shame that it's a relative who dreams of being in charge of the court, naΓ―ve!
This Anji general did not understand what power was at all.
In fact, at the beginning, Yanbei had a very good impression of Dong Cheng, this national relative was close to Jiao Touch, and planned a major event to let Yanbei lead troops into Luo to drive Li Dao Guo Yan. Yan Bei thought that he really had a good impression of himself, and had heard of his talent and bearing. But he didn't want to, and when he saw the emperor, he realized that Dong Cheng was just restless, and wanted to use him to get rid of Li Dao Guo Yan, so he thought about crossing the river and demolishing the bridge to expel himself.
It's just that Yan someone was demolished so easily? It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God!
"General Zhang is also dead?"
After the end of this 'also' word is so wonderful!
"Bad luck, he was killed by the defenders with arrows when he attacked Nanyang." Yanbei grinned, he had no grievances with Zhang Ji, so naturally he would not fall into the trap in this matter, but said with emotion: "Now it is his nephew who is leading the troops, the descendant of Xizhou called Zhang Xiu, who can control tens of thousands of Xiliang troops at a young age, and is a personal masterpiece." When he was young, Zu Li killed the brother of my subordinate general Lu Yi. β
Yan Bei didn't say much about this matter, he didn't know much about the affairs of the Lu Yi clan, Lu Yi never said it, and he didn't seem to take his dead brother as anything important. From the point of view of Dong Cheng's escape alone, if Dong Chengzhen escaped to Zhang Xiu, it should be negotiable to send a letter asking Zhang Xiu to kill Dong Cheng.
The situation in the world is strange and changeable, if Zhang Xiu doesn't know the truth that he needs powerful friends, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be called a masterpiece.
In any case, knowing the news of Dong Cheng's escape made Yanbei very happy, and even seemed to be better. The ministers of the imperial court were dissatisfied that Yanbei only brought the three dukes and the old people, and they were still worried that Yanbei would be unfavorable to the emperor, so in the end, the emperor asked Yanbei to bring hundreds of civil and military officials to Yecheng first, and their families and entourage could stay in Hanoi and wait until the situation calmed down before moving towards Yecheng.
Yan Bei did not refuse this, which did not go against his willingness to travel lightly.
After receiving the emperor's guard of honor outside Wenxian County, Yan Bei personally led 600 warriors to lead 100 officials, ministers, and concubines from the six palaces to Jishui.
On the way, the emperor asked Yanbei to ride a horse on the left side of Luan, and on the right was Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, who rode a horse. The march was not fast, firstly, because the warriors were worried that the march too fast would hurt Yanbei's body, and secondly, the emperor was also worried that he would be tired of the ministers on foot, so he dragged his feet until the evening before arriving at Jishui.
And on the bank of Jishui, Liu Xie saw such a large and strict army honor guard for the first time in his life.
There are not many soldiers and horses in Yanbei, and there are only more than 1,000 warriors left in Jishui, but if you add Yang Feng's Baibo troops and Jiao's Xiliang soldiers, it is extremely huge, nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses are camped on the bank of the Jishui River, and the torches and bonfires will reflect the entire river for dozens of miles. Under the arrangement of Tai Shici and Dian Wei, both the outer military tents and the hastily built military camps inside have their own rules.
Along the way, there are not a few bright and dark sentinels placed everywhere, although they are slightly scattered due to the uneven combat strength of the Baibo Army and the Xiliang Army, but they are also fully elite under the early arrangement. The emperor had never carefully observed the soldiers and horses, and kept asking Yanbei questions.
In the early years, the experience of being controlled by warlords made Liu Xie very much hope that he could also understand some military affairs, and asked Liu Bao a lot as early as a few days ago, but Liu Bao was a Hun in the end, and he didn't know much about the Han people's tactics.
Yan Bei saw that the emperor was interested, so he guided along the way: "The outermost is the camp tent of the Xiongnu left and right Xianwang, they are mostly cavalry coming and going like the wind, if the war is together, you can ride horses away from the camp and wander outside, waiting for the opportunity to move; The rear and left and right wings of the Hun soldiers are the White Wave Army, although the White Wave departments are fierce and good at fighting, but the armor is not the same, there are few bows and crossbows, not good at fighting for a long time, but there are many soldiers. The front battalion is the Western Liang soldiers under the general Jiao Touch, Liangzhou is brave, and there have been frequent wars in recent decades, although it is only a few thousand, it is the best man to rush into battle. β
"In the event of a war, the Xiliang soldiers can be used as the vanguard to clash head-on, and the Xiongnu of King Zuo Xian can attack or impact the enemy's flank and rear formation, and when the enemy army is in chaos, the Baibo army will take advantage of the situation to cover the past, and if they encounter the same number of enemies on the plain, most of them can win."
Yan Bei said, he had already led the hundred officials to the middle of the camp, left and right are full of heavy armored warriors with a completely different temperament from ordinary soldiers, holding blades to guard the camp, Yan Bei pointed at them and smiled at the emperor: "This is the headquarters of the ministers, with the ministers to calm the secluded Ji, each is a hundred battles, especially good and evil battles, and both have excellent armor and sharp blades, even if the battle situation is unfavorable, they can also protect His Majesty and hundreds of officials and ministers to break through." β
The young emperor looked at the various elite Yan Zhao warriors, his expression was both relieved and worried, and asked Yan Bei: "General Yan, this Cao Yanzhou attacked Hanoi, I heard that the situation is unfavorable, and the road to move the capital to Yecheng may be able to rush through?" β
"Hahaha! Your Majesty, don't worry! Yan Bei laughed loudly, although the smile was happy, but his chest was not very comfortable, and he rested for a few breaths before he had the spirit to say to the emperor: "Meng De dared to attack Hanoi, and Yan also made the captain Xu Huang attack his Chen Liu, and he will not last long before he will retreat." With His Majesty's majesty, does he dare not retreat? Your Majesty, don't worry about these, presumably hundreds of officials and ministers are tired of eating wild dates, yesterday the grain ship docked in Jishui, unloaded Jingliang rice and Jizhou sauce, and drove down more than ten big pigs, and the fish in Jishui are delicious enough! By the way, there is also the wine of Jizhou, Yan invites the public to drink! β
Yan Bei's voice became louder and louder, and although the ragged officials and ministers behind him tried their best to restrain themselves, they still let the Yan Zhao warriors of the guards hear the sound of them swallowing saliva, and dozens of cauldrons in the camp were rising with the heat of the oily fragrance, and stacks of wine jars piled up like a hill!
On this night, hundreds of officials opened meat, and they wept because of the golden millet and fresh fish!