Chapter 40: Defeat and Stupidity

(Yesterday there was something to code the word.,Two chapters were coded overnight.,Brothers, vote for the red vote.,I'm going to sleep)

The Yellow River, thousands of miles of ice, in the hinterland of the Yanji Plain, along the south embankment of the Yellow River, the camp tent of the East Captives stretches for more than ten miles, the city of Jinan in the distance is vivid, the black smoke rises in the city, covering the sky at dusk. The sky was dark, the sound of soldiers fighting each other and the roaring of war horses was still heard in the wilderness, and the city was full of soldiers and civilians who fled from the city in panic, and the Donghu cavalry wearing brown armor waved the snow machete in their hands, and frantically harvested their lives.

Yezir Khan, who was standing on horseback on a high place, looked at the entire battlefield, felt that the night wind was blowing a little chill, gathered his lonely fur, and saw that there was still a defender among the fleeing people who had not been defeated to advance to the east, and the resistance to the surrounding cavalry was also very strong, and asked left and right: "Which part does that foot soldier belong to?" ”

"The soldiers of the king of Dongmin Qin, the leader seems to be Lu Jingyan, one of the five tigers under Li Zhuo, we were guarding against them breaking through from the north gate, but we didn't expect that they would break through from the city and break through directly from the east gate, and they couldn't dispatch for a while, so they rushed out......" replied a veteran with gray hair next to Yezir Khan.

Yezir Khan looked up at the sky, it was gloomy, and the Eastern Fujian army had held on until now and broke through to the east while it was dark, which was indeed somewhat unexpected. After they captured Jinan, the army would take advantage of the situation to move eastward, and any defenders who broke through to the east would find it difficult to get rid of the entanglement of the pursuers. For ordinary defender generals, it is never a good choice to break through to the east, and it is right for the defenders to break through to the southern mountains, in addition to blocking the north gate, they also set up ambushes in the south of the city, but they did not expect such a deployment to fall into the void, as soon as it is dark, it is not conducive to annihilation in the wilderness, and even to avoid night battles in the field.

"Send someone to persuade you to surrender!" Yezir Khan said, "Send someone to tell Lu Jingyan that if he surrenders to me, I will not lose him, and he will be glorious and rich, and he will be a high-ranking official, and he will not be inferior to the Southern Dynasty...... In addition, sending a cavalry to return to Jihe County, Lu Jingyan may have led his troops to break through to Yangxin, where he could ambush them - it is really strange that Lu Jingyan betrayed the Zhejiang soldiers, and even believed that the Jiangdong army would go to defend Yangxin after receiving the news...... It seems that although this Lin Tie position is low, it is also highly valued within the Southern Dynasty. ”

"What about Yangxin's side?" The frost-haired veteran asked.

"It's a headache," Yezir Khan said with a frown, "I thought it was an inconsequential little role, but I didn't expect the sharp edge to stab people's necks and necks...... Send more outposts to keep an eye on Yangxin, and you will have to wait for Jinan to clean up before you can consider this thorny issue. ”

"King Khan, King Khan," Azig rode to Azir Khan, "that fool of Xiongqi tied himself up and knelt in front of the king's tent and waited for the king of Khan to come and ask for his guilt......"

Although Na He Xiongqi was his cousin, Azig did not like Na He Xiongqi's appearance of pretending to be a deep lecture, Xiaobotou Zhai and Jinhai were defeated in both battles, and less than 1,500 people were left with 5,000 cavalry to come back alive, forcing the eldest prince Yeji Luorong to draw 5,000 cavalry from the shortage of soldiers and horses on the northern front to monitor Jinhai, and also caused Timur, the deputy commander of the king's account, to capture the Jiangdong army, which was a humiliating defeat for the clansmen since they broke the border than the Cangnan defeat.

Azig thought to himself that the Khan would probably not put Nakhxiongqi's head on his head again this time.

"Ah......" Yezir Khan sighed softly, and galloped in the direction of the king's tent, and hundreds of horsemen and guards marched in clusters, which was very spectacular.

In front of the king's tent, Na Hexiong was kneeling in the cold mud with his chest exposed, his body was scarred with blood, and his lips were frozen bloody, but others did not sympathize with him because of this. The guards of the royal tent and the generals who entered and exited the royal tent looked at him with disdain, and this side won another great victory in Jinan, but Nahe Xiongqi led 5,000 cavalry to kill the Jiangdong Left Army with 3,000 soldiers.

He can afford to lose this face, but Donghu can't afford to lose it.

Playing this bitter trick, phew, it's strange that King Khan spared him?

Azir Khan rode his horse to the tent, reined in his horse and looked at Nahe Xiongqi, who was kneeling in the mud and pleading guilty, and asked: "Give you another 5,000 cavalry, are you sure that you will wipe out the Jiangdong Left Army?" ”

Na Hexiong Qi was shivering from the cold, looked at Azir Khan in confusion, slowly turned his frozen brain, and was silent for a while, before he opened his lips that were frozen and bleeding, shook his head and said: "Give the minions 5,000 cavalry to fight the Jiangdong Left Army, and the minions will still lose the battle." ”

If he didn't care about the following crimes, Azig would like to whip him, and even said such unambitious words, and the generals on the left and right would also look at each other angrily when they heard it.

Azir Khan's face sank like water, and he couldn't see what he was thinking, and he asked, "Then how many soldiers do you need to be sure?" ”

"In addition to 5,000 cavalry as the main force, 3,000 partial divisions are also needed to respond to the field battle; If the Jiangdong Left Army avoids entering the walled city, except for besieging the city, do not have to do it, and do not storm it......" Nahe Xiongqi said.

Azir almost couldn't hold back, and the third prince next to him, Ye Ji Duodi, whipped it with a horsewhip, and said: "What bastard, you are a live dog at your age, and only eight thousand elite horsemen dare to defeat the Jiangdong Left Army, and the faces of the Donghu people have been lost to you......" The whip was fast and ruthless, adding another bloody scar to Na Hexiongqi's scarred body, and scolded, "Timur, the brave general who was given the sword by the King of Khan, also told you to throw it in Jinhai, and you still have the face to come back alive?" He turned over and dismounted, drew his knife and wanted to slash Na He Xiongqi to death.

"That's enough." Yezir Khan's voice was not loud, but he had enough prestige to stop the furious Yezidodi, he turned over, took off the pure fox fur on his body, draped it on Nahe Xiongqi's body, and said, "I can tolerate you losing the battle, but I can't tolerate you fighting stupid battles." Since the breaking of the border, we have won again and again, and the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty are also vulnerable, but you have no one in your eyes since then, that is a complete fool! When he said the last sentence, his eyes were already staring sternly at the generals around him, "Is that He Xiongqi fighting a defeated battle or a stupid battle in Jinhai, and then we will discuss it after I go back, I arrange it like this, what is your opinion?" ”

"It's all up to the Khan's orders......" Ye Jiduodi did not dare to offend the majesty of the second brother, and all the generals obeyed.

Na Hexiong Qi burst into tears, grabbed the fox fur draped on his back, and wanted to kowtow to thank him, but as soon as his head hung down, he fainted directly.

The military doctor ran over and tried Nahe Xiongqi's snort and said, "I've fainted." ”

"Good life treatment, before the collegiate discussion, if Na He Xiongqi dies, you don't want to live." Yezir Khan said coldly, and the two guards came out and carefully sent Nakh Xiongqi to the tent for treatment.

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After dark, it suddenly snowed, which made the long trek more difficult, but also made it easier to stand out from the encirclement.

According to the rules, the first merit of breaking the city and the troops participating in the siege of the city must enter the city to plunder for three days, and the cavalry that the Donglu can send out to pursue is also very limited, as long as they escape the Jihe River at night, they can take a little rest.

Lu Jingyan thought in his heart, several wounds on his body were painful, but they were not fatal injuries, and they could bear it, he sat on a knee-high stone and chewed dry food to rest for a while. I don't know how many people have followed, how many have strayed, gone in the wrong direction, and will only fall into the death trap again.

"Captain, will the Jiangdong Army really be in Yangxin?" Lu Jingyan's personal guard Buren followed him step by step, afraid that he would be separated from Lu Jingyan in the dark night.

Many people couldn't see the road at all, so Lu Jingyan thought of a way, tied a spear into a long stick that was seven or eight feet long in front and back, and let everyone lead each other, humming the Jiangxi poll in a low voice. Even if someone falls behind, they can listen to the sound and keep up, I heard that before the Jiangdong Left Army won the victory in Cangnan, it had forcibly traveled a hundred miles in a snowy night, and I don't know what they did to keep people separated......

"Even if the Jiangdong Left Army is not in Yangxin, it is still active in the area north of Yangxin," Lu Jingyan said with certainty, "After joining up with the Jiangdong Left Army, you can return to Eastern Fujian......

Bu Ren looked at the dark night in front of him, most of the people around him were the Eastern Fujian soldiers who escaped from Jinan together, and there were also other defeated and fleeing people who could barely keep up after escaping from the East City Gate with the Eastern Fujian soldiers.

At this time, someone was groping in the back, and kept asking passers-by: "Is General Lu Jingyan here, is General Lu Jingyan not there?" ”

"I'm here, what's the matter?" Lu Jingyan responded openly.

Someone stumbled from the back to the front, and got very close, only to see the appearance of the person who came, white and fat, beardless under the chin, is an internal servant, Lu Jingyan has some impressions, it seems to be the steward eunuch of the Lu Wangfu, and only the Lu Wangfu has eunuchs in Jinan.

Lu Jingyan asked, "General Zhenguo asked you to come to me?" ”

"The small Zuo Guitang is the steward of the Lu Wangfu, the prince was killed by the Dongyu, and the Lu Wang's family is left with the general of Zhenguo and the little county lord to escape," Zuo Guitang said with a crying voice, "Can General Lu send a cavalry to escort the general of Zhenguo and the little county lord to Linzi?" At this time, you still need General Lu to save the danger, as long as General Zhenguo and the little county lord are fine, the old slave is willing to give General Lu you a cow and a horse......"

"These left and right are people who finally escaped from Jinan, do you think Steward Zuo still has the ability to mobilize them?" Lu Jingyan said coldly.

After Zhao Jinlong abandoned the south gate, Lu Jingyan led his troops to rush to the south gate of the city, so he wanted to withdraw a part of the Eastern Fujian army into the inner city to hold on. At that time, the Eastern Fujian soldiers had not suffered much damage, and there were no captives between the northern city and the inner city, so there was enough time to withdraw into the inner city to ensure that it was not lost. Who would have thought that he led his troops from Nankuo City to the south gate of the inner city, the four gates of the inner city were already closed, and Lu Wang Yuan Jiancheng even ordered them to shoot arrows at these guest soldiers, Lu Jing was cold and couldn't prevent an arrow from being hit in the shoulder blade, and one of his deputies was directly shot to death on the spot.

Even so, the inner city still failed to hold for a day, Lu Wang Yuan Yicheng failed to escape, Lu Wang Di, Zhenguo general Yuan Jianhai and Yuan Yicheng's youngest daughter escaped from the north gate of the inner city to join Lu Jingyan. The inner city has been lost, and Lu Jingyan did not have the significance of sticking to the north city gate, guarding until dusk, breaking through from the city to the east city, and then breaking out of the city from the east city gate.

Lu Jingyan naturally has no good impression of the people in King Lu's mansion, but Yuan Jianhai is a child of the royal family, especially Yuan Jiancheng is dead, leaving only a little daughter, and Yuan Jianhai is left in the male line of King Lu, if he can escape, he will naturally inherit King Lu.

Yuan Jianhai wanted to let this side send cavalry to escort him to Linzi, Lu Jingyan refused without thinking about it, he wanted to join Lin Jian now, and the two soldiers cooperated together, maybe they could restrict the eastward advance of the eastern captives, and a small number of valuable cavalry could be wasted to escort Yuan Jianhai?

At this time, the sky was white, and the Jihe County in the distance appeared in front of him, it turned out that he had run to Jihe County overnight, Lu Jingyan stood up and found a high ground, and looked at the remnants of the soldiers who fled eastward, and the elite who stayed in Jinan with him, there were less than 2,000 people left here, thinking about the blood dripping in his heart, maybe it was the right choice to move west into Jinzhong with Yue Lengqiu before the war......

Lu Jingyan was also confused about his choice for the first time, but he didn't have time to be confused, the sound of horses' hooves was the thunder that was faintly rolling in the sky, first dozens of horses appeared between heaven and earth, and occasionally hundreds of horses, thousands of horses galloped from the direction of Jihe County. He never expected that Yezir Khan, the chief of the Eastern Captives, expected that he would lead his troops to flee to Yangxin, so he did not send troops to pursue him in the dark night, but sent a cavalry to quickly return to Jihe County to wait for work, and wait for Lu Jingyan's troops to pass through Jihe.