Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 543 Raid on King Xi’s Tooth Tent
It was very calm outside the golden tent, the rain had stopped for a long time, and the wind was not there, so it was very quiet inside, but Ye Luxian was full of anxiety, always feeling that the rain was about to come.
The defeated soldiers with bloodstained faces were crying to him about the disastrous defeat in the West, and the more they talked, the more shocking they became.

It took him more than 20 days to return to King Xi's Yazhang in the west mountains to avoid the capture of the Qin army. More brothers were chased and killed by the Qin army, or got separated in the mountains, and some became prey to wild beasts.

Ye Luxian heard about the soldiers behind the mountain for the first time at this time, and the soldiers cried out that they had an advantage in the beginning, and successfully raided the supply convoy of the Qin army several times, killing many Qin troops.

After several successes, the Qin army was also anxious, and a supply team of several thousand people was assembled near Yanzhou, preparing to deliver grain and grass near Juyongguan.

They also seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, surrounded the Qin army, and saw that they were about to defeat the Qin army's line. Unexpectedly, the Qin army suddenly launched an attack from the mountain, only to know that the cunning Qin army had already ambushed and attacked them with artillery on the mountain. , Brother Yeluxiu was hit by the cannon gang and died right after the fight started. The whole army was in chaos. Many people were killed or captured by the Qin army. Only a few people fled into the mountains, and after going through hardships, few came back.
After hearing the news, Yeluxian was shocked and saddened. Brother Yeluxiu was his most promising general, because he had quelled many tribal rebellions with the Prime Minister of Beifu many years ago, and he was a capable and powerful general.

What made him even more uneasy was that he had vaguely sensed the danger. If the battlefield behind the mountain was almost wiped out nearly a month ago, it meant that no one was in the west to stop the advance of the Qin army.

He forced himself to ask calmly: "Have you seen Qin Jun? Did they follow you?"

The soldier shook his head, "Your Majesty, I dare not walk the avenue, they sent people to hunt them down at first"

Yeluxian nodded, feeling more and more uneasy. He called people to give some rewards to the soldiers as a reward for bringing this important news, and then took him down to rest.

He himself wandered around in the golden tent, becoming more and more uneasy. He lost the battle in the west and almost lost more than 1 people. What about the east?What about the front?
These things made him more uneasy, and he had a vague worry that the west was empty, and whether the Qin army would come from the west.
Thinking about it, he became even more afraid. Yanzhou and Wuzhou are more than 1000 miles away from King Xi's Yazhang behind the mountain. If someone can't stand the torture of Qin Jun and explains their deployment, Qin Jun knows his location
Most of the roads from Yanzhou are mountain roads, with avenues but not wide, so the marching speed will not be too fast, but it has been a month.

When he was in Yongxing Palace, he had heard Xiao Siwen and others talk about the battles of the Qin army. They did have the habit of rushing straight in and attacking the vital points directly for hundreds of thousands of miles.

After eating something casually in the afternoon, he became even more uneasy, and then rode around the camp under the protection of guards on horseback.

At this time, there were only 5000 palace guard cavalry left here, and the rest were all sent to the front line to support Yelusha.

Their camp is on the north bank of the river, where it is convenient to fetch water and feed the horses. This is a large area where the Xi people gather. This was originally the royal court of the Xi people. It is densely populated and is a big city south of Shangjing.

It’s just that it’s different from the strong city in Shangjing, which imitated the Han people and was designed and built by Han craftsmen. There are basically no high walls around here, and the settlements are large, but most of them are wooden fences, and there are some waist-high walls. The army really hit here, it is absolutely difficult to hold on.

Although he kept thinking that it was impossible, this place was far away from Youzhou, and there had been no such thing for hundreds of years when the southerners called here, but he couldn't help but always imagine in his heart, what would happen if they called?
Thinking about it, he couldn't sleep.

He thought of immediately gathering his personal guards in case of emergency, but he was afraid of the adverse effects and the blow to morale. How should he explain to the soldiers? Is it possible for the army to come here?

But if you don't gather and prepare, what if something happens.

In hesitation and worry, thinking about the battle on the front line, Ye Luxian hardly closed his eyes all night. After waking up the next day, he was worried all night, his eye sockets were black, and he was sluggish. His five hundred personal guards.

Although he didn't understand why the monarch was like this, the officer did as he did.

Ye Luxian had a bad premonition. He was in a trance all night. The more he thought about it, the more he felt afraid. There are bad predictions.

He would rather be thinking wildly and guessing wrong, but he has to be prepared.

By noon, five hundred personal guards had assembled near the camp of the Chinese army. The reason Ye Luxian gave was to train their resilience and keep them from leaving their tents all the time.

Sometime in the afternoon, the guard outside the gate announced that an officer wanted to see him. Ye Luxian had just taken a nap and was still a little confused, so he immediately rubbed his eyes to let someone in.

The officer reported in a panic that they found strange soldiers on the road along the river to the west, and they didn't look like Liao troops.

Ye Luxian lost all sleepiness in an instant, the officer didn't know what was going on in the west, but he knew it.

To the west by the river, soldiers.
It made him break out in a cold sweat, and immediately asked them to send scouts to investigate, and send a few more.

Ye Luxian clenched his fists tightly, and at the same time, he made a big tent and asked someone to bring his horse over. Only he knew the seriousness of the situation.

There are mountains and forests everywhere on the west side of the avenue, and there are many mountains in the distance. They can't see further places. They can only wait for the news from the scouts.

But after waiting for less than half an hour, more than 30 scouts sent out have not come back. While everyone was waiting anxiously, someone rode out of the shadow of the woods on the west riverside road and looked over here.

Afterwards, there were more and more people behind that person. From a distance of about a mile, everyone looked over in surprise, but they soon realized that something was wrong. Those people were tightly armored, all black and red armor, and they were definitely not their scouts.

Soon more and more people gathered on the riverside through the shadows of the forest from the west avenue, and their flags gradually appeared, with a black background and red border, a white circle, and a white horse on top.
Many people didn't know it, but some knowledgeable civil servants who accompanied him knew it and exclaimed, "That's the Qin army, Qin's iron cavalry!"

For a while, the people in the camp looked at each other in shock, how did the Qin army get here!

Ye Luxian couldn't speak for a moment, his throat seemed to be blocked, the worst situation he expected last night appeared.
He has heard that the four main forces of the Qin State in the south, "Long Jie, Hu Jie, Kong He, and Iron Cavalry", have also heard from some business travelers from the south that their flags have red borders, black backgrounds, and white flags. Patterns, Long Jie is the Fan Banner of Jiaolong, Hu Jie is the Banner of the Tiger, Controlling the Crane is the Banner of the Immortal Crane, and Iron Cavalry is the Banner of the Iron Armored War Horse of the Qin Army. You know, it is famous far and wide, but I didn’t expect to see it in such a northern place.
Their men and horses are gathering, and the first iron cavalry rushed towards their camp, because they never expected that the place to the north would be raided by the Liao army. kind of stuff.

Qin Jun's cavalry can rush directly into the camp!
A steady stream of Qin troops were still pouring out of the valley behind. Looking back, the settlement of the Xi people in the distance was not like a strong city of the Han people at all, unable to withstand the attack. Ye Luxian was horrified, said nothing, got on his horse and headed north Run in the direction of Shangjing.

The surrounding guards also reacted and mounted their horses one after another to guard.

When he was swallowed by fear and looked back while breathing heavily, he caught a glimpse of his generals organizing more than a thousand riders in the chaos and rushing towards the Qin army in the distance.

They turned a big bend by the river, and before they met the Qin army's vanguard, there were dense rumbles on the high slopes to the west. Only then did he realize that the Qin army had occupied those high grounds long ago, but the trees were dense. Time did not find out.

With the roar, a large number of soldiers by the river bend fell to the ground and fell off their horses, and then the iron cavalry of the Qin army collided with them at the big bend of the river like beasts, and they were smashed to pieces like melons and fruits that had been hit hard Soon, a large number of people were directly pushed into the river by Qin Jun's fierce iron horses, struggling and howling, and the rest began to flee back after a while.
(End of this chapter)