Volume XV, Chapter 11
Although Xie Zhenguo's family has declined, he himself is unknown, but he is gifted and intelligent, full of wealth, well versed in the key to marching, and the ancestral Moyun marksmanship and cloud fighting spirit, is also quite hot, although he has already shown his head a little, but there is no chance to come out, the time has not come, he can not show his ambitions, Xie Zhenguo is worried about this, heroes are useless, this situation is unbearable for anyone. However, this time, the king drove the expedition in person, and Xie Zhenguo felt that his opportunity was finally coming. Xie Zhenguo was just a small light cavalry lieutenant at that time, although a lieutenant could bring a thousand people, but he could only bring three hundred people with a small light cavalry lieutenant, and he was restrained by the captain, however, this is for a young man, especially for an unknown person, relying on his own hard work, to be promoted to the position of lieutenant of light cavalry, among his peers, it is already a precious thing, of course, this is in addition to some prominent families who can enjoy the blessings of their ancestors.
The king of Miyun country personally went out to fight, which raised the morale of the troops to a certain extent, for a time, Miyun country carried out a full counterattack, however, the battle situation was unexpected, although Miyun country went all out to counterattack, but in the end it was still a loss of troops, not only did not recover the lost territory, but lost the lives of many soldiers, and the war fell into a stalemate.
The new king is young and vigorous, of course, it is impossible to allow this to happen, he decided to organize the troops to attack again, be sure to drive all the enemies out of the Miyun country, the king has given the order to fight to the death, the generals of the Miyun country also attacked with all their might, the battle went on extremely fiercely, although later under the desperate attack of the generals of the Miyun country. The city of Luzhou, which was occupied by Anyunguo, was recovered at the cost of a huge number of manpower, and the king was reminded by the generals. I am also aware of this problem, if this battle continues like this. It won't be long before the entire Miyun Kingdom will be occupied by An Yunguo, and he will also become the king of the fallen country, because, tens of thousands of soldiers have been sacrificed, and the ratio of deaths is one to ten. On his side, however, his morale was severely damaged, and for a time the king's ambition to conquer himself was lost in the brutal battle.
The war didn't stop there, An Yunguo knew that the king of Miyun Kingdom was personally conscripted, so he immediately transmitted the news to An Yunguo, and under the will of the king of An Yunguo, An Yunguo sent tens of thousands of troops, and their intentions couldn't be more obvious. As long as the king of Miyun Kingdom can be captured alive, this battle will be won without a fight, and the crisis has been approaching step by step, but Wu Zhujun is not aware of this at all. Despite the heavy casualties, he still wants to regain lost ground tomorrow with a boost of morale.
Although Xie Zhenguo was a light cavalry captain, he did not participate in the battle. Because his brigade is in charge of logistics and supply, it is not their turn to go into battle to kill the enemy. Despite this, Xie Zhenguo was always keeping an eye on the movements of the war.
The next day. Although Wu Zhujun was a little wary of the soldiers, as the new king of Miyun Kingdom, if this battle stopped, then he, the king, would not need to go down again. So he ordered to continue the attack on Yanzhou City, under the personal leadership of the king, the morale was not weak, the defenders of An Yunguo seemed to have no power to parry, after stubbornly resisting, they retreated to the next city, Gongzhou City, Wu Zhujun did not expect that today's battle was smoother than yesterday's, although some soldiers were killed and wounded, but he had enough confidence to recover all the lost territory tomorrow.
An Yunguo's frequent retreat made Xie Zhenguo worried, this is not a good sign, An Yunguo captured three cities with such a rapid attack speed, why are their defense capabilities so weak, under the attack of Miyun Kingdom, it is impossible to give the city so quickly with both hands, if the city can really be obtained so smoothly, then there is only one reason, An Yunguo is brewing a huge conspiracy.
However, Xie Zhenguo was a light-hearted person at that time, but he was loyal and patriotic, although he also knew what he couldn't do, but he had to do his best, even if he did his best to obey the destiny of heaven. At that time, he was ordered by the captain to transport the food and equipment with another light cavalry captain, and before leaving, Xie Zhenguo directly bypassed his boss and gave a letter to King Wu Zhujun, stating the stakes, saying that An Yunguo was a wolf ambition, and asked His Majesty the King not to take the enemy lightly. However, the king had to deal with hundreds of affairs every day, and with his small light cavalry captain, his recitals did not reach Wu Zhujun's hands at all, but were suppressed.
It's a pity that Xie Zhenguo's hard work was ignored, just after Xie Zhenguo left, An Yunguo suddenly attacked, Wu Zhujun hurriedly faced the battle, I don't want to, the momentum has been suppressed by An Yunguo, and what's more serious is that An Yunguo actually copied Wu Zhujun's back road, it can also be said that An Yunguo has been planning for a long time, ambushing the soldiers behind Miyun Guo, and setting up an enchantment, so that the people in Yanzhou City can't escape for help at all. All in all, Wu Zhujun is now surrounded by people in a lonely city, in a dilemma, not only that, An Yunguo frequently launched attacks, so that Wu Zhujun was tired and exhausted, and there was not much food, because the king was eager to make meritorious contributions, he was too aggressive, he did not wait for the reinforcements to keep up, and the logistics supply could not keep up, the enemy's attack was very fierce, and if it continued, it would not take a day of effort, and the entire army would be self-defeating and eaten by An Yunguo's troops.
Xie Zhenguo didn't set off for long at this time, along the way, he always felt that something was wrong, and he was flustered, so simply, after walking to the outskirts of Luzhou City, he asked the troops to stop and sent people back to Yanzhou City to see what was going on.
The news soon came back, the entire army had been completely besieged in Yanzhou City by An Yunguo's troops, and it was against the enemy, especially the enemy behind it, and he didn't know where it came from, there was probably the strength of an army, but it was true, there was indeed a force that blocked the back road of Yanzhou City.
An Yunguo really had a conspiracy, and he actually left an ambush army, a force of 40,000 people. The retreat of Yanzhou City was blocked, while on the other side, An Yunguo was stepping up his onslaught with a huge offensive. So that the king can't do it all the way, it seems. An Yunguo's purpose is already obvious, they want to capture the current king alive.
The matter was urgent, Xie Zhenguo discussed the matter with another foreign light cavalry captain, and he didn't want this captain to be submissive, especially when he heard that An Yunguo had a military force, his face turned white with fright, he was just a small light cavalry captain, only three hundred subordinates, such a huge disparity in strength. It's not imaginable at all, it's just hitting a stone with an egg, there is no chance of winning, after listening to Xie Zhenguo's words, he shook his head frequently, thinking that Xie Zhenguo's words were simply a fool's dream.
Xie Zhenguo persuaded hard for a long time, but it was useless, and in the end, in desperation, Xie Zhenguo had to propose a compromise solution. asked him to hand over the troops to himself, so that he reluctantly agreed to give 100 people to Xie Zhenguo. And he himself took the rest of the people and rushed back to ask for reinforcements, but the reinforcements were still hundreds of miles away. I'm afraid it's too late to rush back and forth like this.
Four hundred men went to attack forty thousand. When the soldiers heard Xie Zhenguo's order, they were all dumbfounded. He hurriedly shook his head and said that he was unwilling to die in vain.
"Brothers, the eldest husband stands in the world, when loyalty and filial piety come first, everyone is a hot-blooded man, throwing his head, spilling blood, what is this on the battlefield! Now His Majesty the King is trapped in Yanzhou City, the enemy is in front and back, and we are waiting for our rescue, our task is very simple, as long as we disturb the enemy's camp, and then break the enemy's barrier, so that His Majesty the King can withdraw from Yanzhou City in time. There are not many soldiers, but in the fine, as long as we work together, we will be able to complete this task, besides, the purpose of everyone to be a soldier, not to ask for an official and a half-position, now is the best opportunity, there is no free lunch in the world, if you want to be on top, you must fight desperately, otherwise, you can only be like now, as a small soldier, look at people's faces, listen to people's reprimands, and always come out, brothers, if you want to do something, follow me to thank someone, otherwise, you can take care of yourself. โ
"Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!Okay, I'm willing to follow the captain!" Li Yu is the child of a subordinate in Xie Mansion, and he and Xie Zhenguo have grown up together since childhood, he naturally knows that now is the time when Xie Zhenguo needs help the most, besides, if no one responds to his call, then what Xie Zhenguo just said will have no effect.
Sure enough, everyone is a bloody man, Xie Zhenguo's words made everyone excited, especially the response of Li Yu and others, everyone's courage was also stimulated, on the battlefield, if you are afraid of bloodshed, then what kind of battle will you fight, but this time the enemy is really huge, so everyone hesitated, now listen to Xie Zhenguo said so beautifully, so incitative, they are all children of poor families, there is no back, if you want to improve normally, I don't know how many years to wait, fame depends on God, now I see that I have the opportunity to fight, even if I know that the road ahead is full of dangers, I want to tryใ
Four hundred people followed Xie Zhenguo all the way to sneak, slowly approaching Yanzhou City, seeing that it was still early, Xie Zhenguo ordered everyone to lurk, ready to wait for late at night, and then carry out a surprise attack, everyone knows that the disparity in strength, if it is directly impacted, it is certain death, if you wait until late at night to act, at least the chance of victory is a few percent.
Xie Zhenguo divided the four hundred people into four groups, after late at night, sneaked into the enemy's camp tent, each performing its own duties, the first group was responsible for setting fire to the enemy's camp tent, the second group was responsible for touching the guards, and responded to the first group, the third group was responsible for finding a place to set the barrier, the first group and the second group set fire, taking advantage of the chaos to destroy the barrier, the fourth group was led by Xie Zhenguo himself, went straight to the enemy's general tent, if there was a chance to kill the enemy's general, if it didn't go well, cover the retreat of the remaining three groups, this is an extremely dangerous task, a little careless, will lead to the annihilation of the whole armyใ
Heaven seems to take good care of Xie Zhenguo, at midnight, seeing that the enemy army has been asleep, he immediately took action, the other three groups of tasks are carried out smoothly, and finally the other three groups at the same time in the camp everywhere, and Xie Zhenguo's group, also smoothly touched into the enemy's big tent, Xie Zhenguo did not know whether the person lying on the bed in front of him was the general of the enemy army, and he didn't care about 3721, so he personally led people to pounce on it, and even brought people with quilts to tie up the people on the bed like tying zongzi. Xie Zhenguo's luck is good, he is indeed a general in bed, and he is the commander of the enemy army, and more importantly, the opponent is a prince, Prince Thunder of An Yunguo. However, Xie Zhenguo did not know that he was the army commander at that time. And it's still a prince, so I didn't have time to ask in detail. And he had him carried out of the tent.
Unexpectedly, the outside of the big tent was already full of enemies. He has been surrounded by groups, and it seems that it is impossible to escape, but after seeing the flames everywhere, and the signal has been sent from the air that the barrier has been destroyed, Xie Zhenguo knows that he has succeeded, as long as the king can break through safely, even if it is his own sacrifice, it doesn't matter.
There was no big chaos now, and the four hundred people brought by Xie Zhenguo were all surrounded by enemy legions. Although there were tens of thousands of people around, but no one made a sound, and no one dared to do anything, everyone stared at each other, and the sound of burning camp tents around them crackled loudly, but no one went to put out the fire, everyone stared at Xie Zhenguo, and the situation was stalemate for a while.
"What's going on, what do they want to do?" Li Yu muttered softly behind Xie Zhenguo.
"You don't have to care if I live or die. I command you to do it at once and destroy them all. The man who was wrapped like a big dumpling suddenly shouted.
"But the commander, you ......" Xie Zhenguo, a general-like person, said in a squeak, as if he was quite scruples about Xie Zhenguo's hand listening to the hostages.
"It turned out that he was a military commander. It's really good luck, whether we can save our lives today or not is up to these people. Xie Zhenguo was secretly happy in his heart, and then he carefully looked at the prisoner in his hand. The other party is also a young man, and he seems to be a year or two younger than Xie Zhenguo. became a military commander at such a young age, and this person's background is definitely not simple. This is his best bargaining chip, Xie Zhenguo whispered to Li Yu: "Shut his mouth so that he doesn't talk nonsense." โ
Li Yu also understood the importance of the person in his hands, this was their life-saving medicine, and according to Xie Zhenguo's order, he blocked his mouth tightly, and put the knife on the hostage's neck.
"If you want to save the life of your commander, gather all of them at once, and then lay down your weapons, otherwise, we will only have jade and stones burned, we are already nobodies, afraid of death, we will not come." Hurry up, we don't have much time. Xie Zhenguo scolded sharply.
"Yes, our lives are cheap, and they are not as valuable as yours, if you don't do it immediately, then we will be welcome!" Li Yu also threatened loudly on the side.
"Okay, don't hurt our commander, we listen to you. The general who had just spoken immediately turned to the people behind him and ordered, "Everyone do what they say at once, quickly!"
The troops of an army were all captured by Xie Zhenguo, Xie Zhenguo did not have time to pay attention to these surrendered troops, and immediately ordered someone to send a message to the king, telling them that they had relieved the siege of Yanzhou City, Wu Zhujun heard the news, he couldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect that there were such capable people under his command, and all 40,000 people were captured with 400 people, after listening to the news, Wu Zhujun asked three times in a row to confirm whether the news was true, and after getting an accurate answer, Wu Zhujun personally took the generals out of the city to meet Xie Zhenguo.
Wu Zhujun talked with Xie Zhenguo all night, and felt that this person was really a general, but he didn't expect to be condescended to the position of a small light cavalry captain, which was really condescending, Wu Zhujun decided to immediately promote Xie Zhenguo to a general, and together with four hundred warriors, he was promoted to a reward.
The next battle became smoother, Xie Zhenguo himself was well versed in the march, controlled the troops well, and carried out several large battles with An Yunguo, although there was no victory or defeat, but they all had the upper hand, and in the end, An Yunguo finally didn't want to fight anymore, so he sent people to sue for peace, and exchanged Gongzhou City for the military commander captured by Xie Zhenguo.
After Wu Zhujun heard the news, he felt that his goal had been achieved, and it would not make much sense to continue this war, so he agreed to An Yunguo's request, and after the exchange between the two sides, An Yunguo withdrew from the border with his troops, Wu Zhujun also proved his ability, established his authority, and returned to the capital with a part of the troops, and Xie Zhenguo was also promoted to the general of the border and was responsible for the safety of the entire border of An Yunguo.
However, Wu Zhujun and Xie Zhenguo both ignored one person, that is, the military commander who was captured by him, the nephew of the king of An Yunguo - Prince Lei Ming, who has always governed the army strictly, and led the troops well, and he was already a military commander at a young age, this time it was just because of a moment of carelessness, and Xie Zhenguo's way, this is a great shame in his life, how can he not repay this hatred, An Yunguo and Miyun Kingdom have fallen into a protracted and bitter battle after this, all of which is caused by this.
In order to resist the invasion of An Yunguo, Xie Zhenguo was trapped at the border and had no time to go home, this stay was ten years, not only let his wife and daughter stay alone, but also did not give birth to a man and a half girl, as he grew older, this has become Xie Zhenguo's heart, the general stationed in the border must detain all his family in the capital, the law of the country is so, Xie Zhenguo is helpless, although sometimes he can take the time to go back, but he comes and goes in a hurry, and there is no time to do this thing of inheritance. (To be continued......)