Chapter 1913: Under the City Gate

In the tide, although Feng Poyu shouted loudly, and even hacked to death a few soldiers who fled, the defeat was like a mountain, and Feng Poyu's knife could not support the collapse of a mountain at all.

"Master Hou, the Northwest Army is catching up!" At this time, several generals followed beside him, and said anxiously: "Stay in Qingshan, don't be afraid of no firewood, Master Hou, let's go back to Yunshan Mansion City first, and fight another day!" ”

Feng Poyu knew in his heart that in today's defeat, where would he have the strength to fight with Chu Huan again.

In the chaos of the army, although Feng Poyu was unwilling, but he had no choice but to flee to the north, the Northwest Army chased out more than ten miles, the cavalry and the infantry distanced, obviously for the sake of safety, the cavalry did not continue to pursue, and waited until the rear infantry followed.

It's just that this chase and killing still caused Feng Poyu to suffer heavy losses, and the corpses were like mountains along the way, and the blood flowed like rivers.

From noon, before it was dark, a great battle came to an end, and the Qin army was defeated on all fronts, with countless casualties.

The barbarians were indeed fierce in the battle, but when they fled, they were also scrambling, Feng Poyu wanted to regroup the rout, but the thousands of barbarian cavalry ignored the sound of the horn on Feng Polu's side, and desperately shook the reins of the horse and fled in the direction of Yunshan Fucheng, even Jochitai was unable to restrain his soldiers at this moment.

Feng Poyu had no choice but to wait until he returned to the city to reorganize.

Although he lost his troops in this battle and experienced Chu Huan's terrifying martial arts, Feng Poyu did not completely despair.

At least there is Yunshan Mansion City in his hands, Zhou Ting led two thousand Hexi Army to defend Yunshan Mansion City, although the Xishan Army defected, An Lei and Fan Persie's two barbarian cavalry also left the team, but there are still thousands of remnants, plus the soldiers and horses in the city, they can also make up five or six thousand men and horses, but they can resist for a while.

It's just that when he thought that An Lei and Van Persie actually withdrew their troops at the most critical time, leading to this fiasco, Feng Poyu was angry and resentful.

He has secretly made up his mind that as long as he has the opportunity, he will lead his soldiers and horses to Mobei, and completely flatten these two tribes, leaving no people and animals, and even if the patriarch of these two tribes is under house arrest in Wuping Mansion City, he will also write a letter to implore Dingwu to be killed, and hang his head at the city gate to show the public.

But he failed miserably this time, but he didn't know what Dingwu would do with him?

This battle was a big gamble, once he won, not only would he become famous, but in the face of such a result, even if he disobeyed the holy order, the emperor would not seriously pursue it.

After all, he still needs someone to fight for him, and in the current situation where the Qin State is surrounded by enemies, winning a battle can greatly boost the morale of the Qin State, and it is naturally impossible for Dingwu to punish the heroes in that situation.

But now the result is a complete failure.

Since it is a big gamble, once you fail, you always have to pay a price.

Feng Poyu's mood was chaotic, unconsciously, the sky had completely darkened, and in order to escape from the pursuit of the Northwest Army behind him, everyone was desperately fleeing, and almost all of them were cavalry, and the foot soldiers were all left behind, and life and death were uncertain, but thinking of the momentum of the Northwest Army when they were chasing and killing, as well as the thousands of brave Northwest cavalry, everyone knew that the soldiers who were left behind must be more than lucky.

Although the sound of the Northwest Army chasing after him could not be heard for a while, everyone still did not dare to stop and rest, and in everyone's hearts, only by returning to the fortified Yunshan Mansion City could they take a breath.

Feng Poyu led the remnants of the defeated army and didn't know how long he walked, and suddenly heard cheers from the front: "It's time for us to come back!" Feng Poyu looked up, and saw a little spark not far ahead, as if floating in mid-air, it was the torch lit at the head of Yunshan Mansion.

Feng Poyu's spirit shook slightly, and he stepped forward, at this time the city gate was already overcrowded, and a large number of cavalry were gathered outside the city gate, although most of them were barbarian cavalry, but there were also many Hexi cavalry, all of whom were leaning their necks and shouting at the city.

"What's going on?" Feng Poyu urged him to come forward immediately, and saw that the city gate was closed, and there was a row of soldiers standing above the city, all holding torches in their hands.

"Master Hou!" A Hexi cavalryman on the side recognized Feng Poyu and hurriedly said, "They don't open the city gate." ”

Feng Poyu frowned, heard a roar all around, and suddenly shouted: "Don't scream." He was full of energy, this sound was like thunder, all the soldiers in the four sides were taken aback, and when they saw that it was Feng Poyu, their voices were lowered, and soon there was no sound, and the city became quiet.

Feng Poyu urged him to step forward, went to the city gate, looked up at the city, and said loudly: "I'm Feng Poyu, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The soldiers at the head of the city looked at each other, and at this moment, they saw a person poking his head out of the city, looking down, and a rough voice said loudly: "Is the Marquis of Beiyong under the city?" ”

Feng Poyu took advantage of the firelight to see that the man was burly and dressed in armor, obviously not Zhou Ting, frowned, and said, "Yes, who are you?" Where is the Marquis of Changling? ”

"The Marquis of Changling will be here soon." The man smiled and said, "Contemptible Yuan Chongshang, I don't know if the Marquis of Beiyong has ever heard of it?" ”

"Yuan Chongshang?" Feng Poyu frowned, lowered his head and thought for a while, immediately remembered, and said, "You are Yuan Chongshang, the governor of Anyi?" ”

"It's despicable." Yuan Chongshang arched his hand and said with a smile: "Marquis of Beiyong, I heard that Chu Huan was marching northward, and the contemptible people were afraid that the troops of Xishan would be insufficient, so he personally led three thousand soldiers and horses to help, but when he arrived in Yunshan City, he heard that the Marquis of Beiyong had led the main force of soldiers and horses to Qiufeng Yuan to fight a decisive battle with Chu Huan. He smiled again: "When the contemptible arrived, the Marquis of Changling had not closed his eyes for several days and was exhausted, so the contemptible man asked the Marquis of Changling to rest first, and the city defense was temporarily in charge of the governor." ”

Feng Poyu heard that Yuan Chongshang had brought 3,000 soldiers and horses to help, and his brows immediately stretched slightly.

"Governor Yuan, open the city gate first." Feng Poyu said in a loud voice: "The Northwest Army is behind, and it will chase after it at any time!" ”

"Chasing?" Yuan Chongshang frowned and said, "Marquis Beiyong, have you already fought with Chu Huan?" Glancing at the black oppressive soldiers and horses under the city, "These are all your subordinates?" ”

"Not bad." Feng Poyu was really worried about the Northwest Army chasing after him at this time, at this time, the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were defeated, the formation was scattered, and after the defeat, he was shocked, and Chu Huan still had thousands of elite horsemen, and he couldn't tell when he would rush over, if so, with the current situation, he couldn't resist at all, "Governor Yuan, now is not the time to speak, open the city gate, and Ben Hou will talk to you in detail." ”

At this moment, there was a commotion above the city tower, and then a voice was heard shouting: "Marquis Beiyong, how is the battle?" Did you repel the North-Western Army? As he spoke, Zhou Ting, Marquis of Changling, had already poked his head out.

Compared with Yuan Chongshang's calm expression, Zhou Ting was worried, lying on the battlements at this time, condescendingly, scanning the city, but found Feng Poyu under the city.

Feng Poyu looked ashamed, but he could only say: "Marquis Changling, there has been an accident, open the city gate first, the Northwest Army will be killed soon, we must defend Yunshan City." ”

"What?" Zhou Ting saw that the soldiers and horses under the city were scattered, and he also knew that things were not good, so he didn't think much about it, and said in a deep voice: "Open the city gate quickly!" ”

"Slow!" Before Zhou Ting's words fell, Yuan Chongshang's deep voice immediately sounded beside him.

Zhou Ting frowned, turned his head to look over, and saw Yuan Chongshang's solemn face, and said hurriedly: "Governor Yuan, the Northwest Army is about to be killed, and the army under the command of the Marquis of Beiyong is now in an unorganized formation, once the enemy army is killed!" ”

"Marquis Changling, what do you mean, Yuan understands." Yuan Chongshang said: "But you have to take a closer look, who are the people in this city?" He lowered his voice: "Those are all barbarian cavalry, when they were in Hexi, the saint never let a single soldier of the barbarian enter the city, can the Marquis of Changling understand the reason?" ”

Zhou Ting was stunned, he was a loyal minister by Dingwu's side, so he naturally knew why Hexi Wuping Mansion didn't let the barbarians enter the city at the beginning.

In the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, the barbarians are like wild beasts, bloodthirsty and easy to kill, not educated, it is a group of brutal people who are difficult to restrain and whenever there is a famine in the north of the desert, there will be a large number of barbarians who go south into the Central Plains, burn and loot, and the people of the Central Plains suffer deeply.

Let the barbarians enter the city, no one can guarantee that these people will be able to keep their own peace, even if these people follow the rules, it will still cause the people in the city to riot and resent.

What's more, at this time, there are thousands of barbarian cavalry outside the city, and if they really want to put them into the city, it is okay to obey the order, once they act arbitrarily, the troops in the city cannot even be suppressed.

Feng Poyu looked south from time to time, anxious, and saw that the city gate was not open for a long time, his heart was angry, and he said angrily: "Marquis Changling, what are you doing? Do you want to wait for the Northwest Army to come and kill you? Ben Hou is the commander of Yunshan, and now he orders you to open the city gate quickly. ”

Zhou Ting hesitated slightly, his expression looked very embarrassed, and soon, he seemed to have made up his mind, turned around and ordered: "Pass the order, open the city gate, and let them in." He also explained to Yuan Chongshang: "Governor Yuan, the enemy is at present, it is important to protect Yunshan, if something really happens, I will bear it alone!" He waved his hand and commanded, "Go and open the gates." ”

The soldier looked at Yuan Chongshang, but saw a flash of the sword, Yuan Chongshang had already pulled out his saber and put it on Zhou Ting's neck, Zhou Ting's face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Yuan Yuan Chongshang, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Marquis Changling, the governor and the barbarians are incompatible, if you want to let the barbarians in, the governor will not agree." Yuan Chongshang smiled coldly and said, "If you let the barbarians enter the city, the governor will cut you down." ”

Under the great changes in Zhou Ting, although he was surprised, he did not panic, stared at Yuan Chongshang, and said coldly: "Yuan Chongshang, are you going to rebel?" ”

"Rebellion?" Yuan Chongshang said with a smile: "Marquis Changling, this governor is only afraid that the barbarians will enter the city, and the people in the city will rebel." He was calm, and his hand holding the knife was unusually steady.

Zhou Ting stared at Yuan Chongshang's eyes, and soon, his pupils contracted, as if he understood something, and sighed: "Ben Hou has been fooled!" ”