Han Shizu

Chapter 248 Zhao Da is already in the army
The envoy who came to the imperial camp to report was Wang Yu, a military officer under Zhao Hui's command, who was in charge of the soldiers and horses of Shanzhou.The stubble on the face of a horse is very eye-catching, and the style of the army is very strong. Facing Liu Chengyou's inquiries, he ably reported the battle situation in Hezhong, which was almost the same as the battle report.

The things written in the military newspaper, the description is concise, the result is emphasized, and the process is omitted.Basically, Zhou Hui led the Xiaodi army to advance Hedong City, but they couldn't attack the city, and launched a sudden counterattack for the defenders in the city.The officers and soldiers were unable to hold back for a while, and the commanders of the Second and Fifth Armies on the right side of Xiaodi led He Hui and Fan Aineng to flee timidly, causing chaos and the entire army was defeated.Xiaodi's army lost more than [-] soldiers.

In the battle report, there are many places, especially about the antecedents, which are vague. It seems that all the blame has been placed on He Hui, the commander of the army.

Liu Chengyou noticed something wrong with the military report at a glance, stared directly at Wang Yu, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and asked, "Who sent the Xiaodi army, the only division, to attack the city?"

Unknowingly, Liu Chengyou's aura was strong enough, Wang Yu lowered his head subconsciously, and replied in a loud voice: "The rebel army retreated from Fenglingjin to the north, and our army went north. After the military discussion beforehand, Baidu deployed and decided to take a short rest. At that time, the commander of Zhoudu decided to take advantage of the situation and rush to attack the city, leading his own division to go."

Hearing what he said, Liu Chengyou didn't understand what was going on, and suddenly became angry.However, he restrained him from venting in front of a messenger, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation on the front line now?"

"The Xiaodi army withdrew to the Fenglingjin camp, regrouped, and deployed at Baidu to prepare for morale recovery before heading north."

"Your name is Wang Yu?" Liu Chengyou asked after thinking about it for a while, with his usual expression.

"Yes." Wang Yu couldn't help showing a little joy on his face.

Nodding his head, Liu Chengyou waved his hand and said: "It's been a hard journey all the way, let's go down and rest first!"

As a result, Liu Chengyou's originally happy mood dissipated immediately.After that, there were reports about the battle in the river one after another, especially the details of the defeat.Zhou Hui pleaded guilty and impeached Bai Wenke for his inaction at the same time. He supported his troops with self-respect, sat and watched his defeat, and even stood still when he was defeated.

In addition, it was the secret report that Liu Chengyou placed in Xiaodi Army and the supervisory army in Zhuzhou, which supplemented the details before and after the revelation.Then, Liu Chengyou was really angry!

"This Zhou Hui, I entrusted him with a heavy responsibility with his old general from the east of the river Dong, the Great Han Yuan Cong, and the small army. On the battlefield, he was so entrusted with such a big responsibility. He was rebellious and self-willed. Bai Wenke was personally appointed by me to deploy the camp. How dare you ignore his military order and enter the army privately, and you will be defeated!" In the imperial tent, Liu Chengyou thumped the commander's case fiercely, and angrily reprimanded.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. General Zhou is also eager to fight, and wants to take down the rebellious city and offer it to Your Majesty." Feng Dao comforted him.

"You don't have to speak for him!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand directly: "Hedong City is strong, what did he use to fight, why did he break the city, and smashed his head into the city gate? Marching for hundreds of miles, the veterans are tired, and there is no time to rest. When he came to the door, he violated all the taboos of military strategists, and dared to show up, speak forcefully and quibble, and blame others, can I be deceived?"

Considering the difficulty of siege, Liu Chengyou's side is of course well prepared, with a large number of craftsmen in the camp.Heavy equipment such as cannon carts and cloud carts have been localized and made from local materials, but other ordnance such as heavy crossbows, rockets, fireballs and other weapons need to be transported by water and land.

Zhou Hui rushed to Hedong City with a few ladders and wanted to take it down. It was wishful thinking.

"The arrogance of Chang Dao Fanzhen is difficult to control, I think." After a half sentence with emotion, Liu Chengyou said obliquely to the few military ministers standing in front of the imperial court, and swallowed the second half of the sentence himself.The second half of the sentence cannot be uttered, and if it is spread, the influence will be bad.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Chengyou changed his focus again: "Bai Wenke is deployed in the battalion, Zhou Hui disobeyed the command and entered the army privately, why didn't he do anything?"

Hearing this, Fan Zhi came out, raised his hand and said, "This time the imperial army is under His Majesty's personal jurisdiction. Although Bai Gong is deployed by all the armies, he has no clear command and jurisdiction over the Xiaodi army."

In a word, Liu Chengyou was a little embarrassed, looked at Fan Zhi respectfully, raised his hand, put it down again, held back for a while, and finally said: "Then I made a wrong arrangement?"

"I don't mean that. It's just that I feel that the matter has come to this point, and the remedy should be taken as soon as possible. As for the frontline generals, how to deal with them, whether they are punished or demoted, His Majesty still needs to come and deal with them." Fan Zhijin said.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Chengyou turned his head and spoke very quickly: "Chuan Zhao, the army will speed up tomorrow and enter the river west!"

"Yes!"

Regarding Bai Wenke, Liu Chengyou felt a little pissed, but it wasn't because he didn't suppress Zhou Hui;

What really made Liu Chengyou dissatisfied was Bai Wenke's follow-up treatment.

The withdrawal of the rebels back to Hedong City was an obvious move to shrink their troops. Zhou Hui was arrogant and underestimated the enemy. Even if he couldn't control it, why didn't he report it, why didn't he make second-hand preparations.His back and forth actions seemed a bit deliberate, he firmly established the Fenglingjin camp and sat back and watched his defeat.

Fenglingjin was only fifty miles away from Dongcheng, and when they learned of the previous defeat, they still stood still and did not send troops to rescue them.If Yang Ye hadn't led hundreds of cavalrymen under his command to go northward to fight against Wang Jixun, block the bandits' counterattack, and give the Xiaodi army a chance to breathe, the final loss would have been more than that!

Of course, Zhou Hui's self-assertion and arrogance are the root of the failure.As for He Hui and Fan Aineng, they seem to have heard of it somewhere, and they already have murderous intentions in their hearts.

"Defeat is not necessarily a bad thing. The arrogance in the army is growing, but it can be calmed down a little bit," Liu Chengyou murmured with a heavy breath of gloom.

Pretentiously calm, but the tone, the meaning of self-comfort is too obvious.As far as Liu Chengyou is concerned, it would be the best if he could destroy Li Shouzhen and show the strength of the imperial court.

However, after Zhou Hui's defeat, even if the efforts made by the former army to suppress the rebellion did not turn into water, the effect was greatly reduced.The originally precarious situation of the rebel army was immediately stabilized, at least for a short period of time.

If Li Shouzhen and his rebels had the confidence to survive, relying on the fortified city, they could really cause big trouble for the counter-insurgency army.From the very beginning, Liu Chengyou had expected in his heart that breaking the city would be the biggest test for defeating Li Rebellion.

He, the emperor, had to clean up the stall in the river himself.

In the evening, to the west of the imperial camp, the Dongxiban stationed.

The Eastern and Western Squads are the bugles left over from the later Jin Dynasty. During this westward expedition, soldiers from the two armies and the four battalions commanded it.

"Father, you are back!" Zhao Hongyin returned to his tent with his helmet between his hands, and a young man with a handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing immediately greeted him.

The young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a bit of stubble, his face looks dusty, his eyes are extraordinarily bright, he is dressed in armor, with a long knife on his waist.

It was Zhao Kuangyin!
"My son still looks presentable in this outfit." Zhao Kuangyin glanced up and down, and Zhao Hongyin's rough face showed a satisfied expression.

Zhao Kuangyin's life trajectory has not changed much. He travels around the states and observes the world in order to seek his ambition.It has been more than a year since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and I have traveled to many places, and I am used to the turmoil of current events and the suffering of the people.This time, he returned north from Dong Zongben, the governor of Suizhou. It happened that Li Shouzhen rebelled, and his father followed Zheng, so he simply came to vote.After chasing all the way west, I didn't catch up until I reached Mianchi.

When I saw Zhao Kuangyin for the first time that day, Zhao Hongyin almost didn't recognize his embarrassed appearance.

"Come in and talk." Patting Zhao Kuangyin on the shoulder, Zhao Hongyin pulled him inside.

"Marquis Yu of Li Du summoned you, did something happen?" Zhao Kuangyin asked after offering Zhao Hongyin a glass of water.

"It's nothing, it's just an order from the emperor, set off tomorrow and speed up to the river!" Zhao Hongyin said casually.

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin became concerned, and pondered: "The middle of the river is close at hand, why did this order come so suddenly? Could it be that something happened to the front line?"

Seeing the eldest son's troubled appearance, Zhao Hongyin nodded secretly, and suddenly said: "Sooner or later you will know. This time the imperial court mobilizes soldiers to suppress the rebellion, Li Shouzhen will definitely lose. It is a good time for you to vote and see if you have a chance to make meritorious service. Seek a birth."

Zhao Kuangyin obviously didn't care about this. He came to join the army, naturally he had the ambition to make contributions.The dark eyes rolled around twice, and said: "The imperial court mobilized this army, and the Son of Heaven personally conquered it. It is easy to destroy Li Shouzhen, but it will take some effort to get rid of it quickly."

(End of this chapter)