Fu Song

Chapter 526

Sitting in the military tent, Zhang Cheng calmly held a knife, and sliced ​​a leg of lamb in front of him finely, savoring it slowly.

Eat a few bites of meat and drink a sip of wine.

Gan Quan walked in and sat opposite him.

"It's all set up." Gan Quan said: "Except for a very few trustworthy people, others don't know that this time we are just bait, and the real blow will come from the Western Army."

"How did those people react?" Zhang Cheng cut a piece of mutton and handed it to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng took it and gnawed it dripping with juice.

"Very few think that in the current situation, even if we use the favorable terrain in the Huazhou area to fight the enemy, it will not be of much benefit, because morale is too low, so they suggest that we retreat directly to Tongguan."

Zhang Cheng chuckled: "Didn't you say that Tongguan Zheqian would welcome us?"

"Of course I said it, but everyone also said that there are only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled in Zheqian's hands, so what if there are natural dangers?" Gan Quan sneered: "The scouts are back today, and Gao Yao has increased his troops. The soldiers from the east of the river joined the battle sequence, and Yeluzhen also sent [-] tribal cavalry to cooperate with him."

"What a big appetite, does this mean that you want to annex Guanzhong in one go?" Zhang Cheng stuffed the meat from the tip of the knife into his mouth.

"Taiwei, I'm afraid someone will escape!" Gan Quan said in a low voice, "Especially those local forbidden troops and Xiang troops we recruited from Yongzhong!"

"Don't you think this is a good thing?" Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "They are not just fleeing, they are preparing to surrender to the enemy. Most of the river has already fallen. They don't want to follow us to the Guanzhong area. I feel that with our current strength, we can't hold the whole of Shaanxi at all, and sooner or later we have to surrender, and surrendering that night is better than surrendering early, and we can still take the lead against Gaoyao and the Liao people, right?"

"I'm afraid of destabilizing the entire army!" Gan Quan said worriedly.

"Don't worry! The troops in the pass still want to go back. Because that's their hometown. Maybe they won't be able to fight well, or they'll be defeated at the first touch, but, even if they escape, they will flee in the direction of home."

"This battle?"

Zhang Cheng smiled: "In this battle, our main task is actually to escape. The so-called luring the enemy is just to put it nicely. It is Xiao Ding's face for me."

Gan Quan is silent.

"Ganquan, this battle is over, you should go back too. With your prestige and ability in the army, Xiao will definitely use you again. He still has a heart. In order to integrate the Shaanxi Forbidden Army, he must not be stingy with his high position." to you."

"I'll go up the mountain with the Taiwei!" Gan Quan said without any hesitation, "Without the Taiwei to support me, what am I?"

Glancing at Gan Quan, Zhang Cheng chuckled, but didn't say anything else: "Tomorrow, I'm going to set off, you can arrange it, and separate the most loyal troops bit by bit, and the number should not be too many. , into the mountains, there are too many people, we can’t afford to support them.”

"Understood!"

"Those who have already escaped, or are about to escape, will bring news from our side to Gao Yao. The situation here is so bad, Gao Yao will definitely hurry up and march."

"We can't keep the secret of the Western Army's dispatch of troops for long!"

"Of course it won't be long, but the fact that people like Lu Zhong and Zheqian have already surrendered is still a top secret!" Zhang Cheng said, "That's why Gao Yao is in a hurry. He wants to race against time until the Western Army really occupies these places." Place, and what does he want? King Qin? Isn't that a joke? Hahahaha!"

Gan Quan also laughed along with him, but when he smiled, he found the corners of Zhang Cheng's eyes, and tears fell.

His laughter stopped abruptly.

Zhang Cheng's laughter became louder and louder, but his tears also grew more and more, and the skirt of his clothes was wet in an instant.

No one is more complicated than Zhang Cheng at the moment.

Xiao Ding is his father-killing enemy,
He dreamed of cutting off his head to avenge his father.

But he couldn't.

Not only can't he do it, he now has to rely on the power of this enemy to defeat the enemy.And in order to achieve this goal, he has to be willing to be the supporting role of the other party, and try his best to be the supporting green leaf of Xiao Ding, the big red flower.

Although he also knew that Shaanxi Road falling into the hands of this person was hundreds of times stronger than falling into the hands of Gao Yao and the Liao people.
But he is still not reconciled!

Why can't I do it myself?
Why is he worse than the other party?

This is not my problem,

Time also!

Potential too!

life too!

Hangu Pass was Zhang Cheng's first stop to attack the enemy.

Behind Hangu Pass to Tongguan, the sixty-mile canyon will be the last guard line in the Guanzhong area.

Gao Yao is full of energy, even if he only rests for two hours a day, he is still radiant and full of energy.

He is already the king of Qin.

The imperial decree bearing the great seal of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom is now carried by him with him. As soon as he sets up camp, the first thing he does is to respectfully enshrine this sacred fee in the center of the big tent.

In the past few decades, although he lived a very prominent life, it still couldn't satisfy him.

Because he is just a tool of the Liu family.

Now, he, a tool man, has finally ushered in the pinnacle of his life.

If he takes down the entire Shaanxi Road, he will be the real King of Qin.

But right now, he can be regarded as a strong soldier.

The [-] army from Hedong plus the [-] Liao Army West Route Army Commander Yeluzhen supported his tribal cavalry.

Over the years, the Liu family has been secretly accumulating their own strength in Hedong, and calmly evacuated the officials of the court. Finally, this year, they took advantage of the great feats of the previous appeasement envoy to overthrow the appeasement envoy and Du Qianzhi all at once, and then The rhythm of the entire Hedong is completely controlled by Liu Shi.

Colluding with Zhang Yunsheng, General Zhang Yunsheng of the Left Wing of the Western Army, forced the imperial court to hand over the control of Hedong to the Liu family, and this was something that the imperial court had been avoiding for countless years.

Liu's support for Gao's going to win Shaanxi Road is real.

If the bones are broken and the tendons are connected, even if Gao Yao is anxious to stand on his own feet, he is still the son-in-law of the Liu family. If he becomes the King of Qin, the two families can naturally support each other and become each other's horns. This is better than Cui Ang's King Zhao. If it is more practical, it will naturally carry much more weight in front of the emperor of Liao in the future.

The [-] well-equipped Hedong Army, even if the family property accumulated by the Hedong Liu family for thousands of years was taken out at one time, it almost emptied the family.

But in Liu Quanyi's view, this is the most important investment before Liu's prosperity.

And these investments will inevitably return ten times and a hundred times in the next few years.

Moreover, in the future, is there no possibility for the Liu family to turn their family into a country?

Who can tell what will happen in the future?
"General Yeluxi, Zhang Cheng is just putting up a last stand!" Gao Yao happily said to Yeluxi, "Today, two battalions of thousands of soldiers came back from him to join me. "

"His Royal Highness, then we need to speed up even more, quickly annihilate Zhang Cheng, and take Shaanxi completely." Yeluxi said: "I hope that I can catch up with the battle in Tokyo next time!"

"We will definitely catch up!" Gao Yao laughed loudly: "The soldiers in Zhang Cheng's hands are already the last soldiers on the Shaanxi Road, and the rest are just old, weak, sick and disabled. General Yelu, You may not know that the Lu family in Lantian, Shaanxi, quietly sent me a letter, as long as my soldiers and horses enter Tongguan, they will respond with troops in Lantian!"

"Who is the Lantian Lu family?" Yeluxi didn't know the specific situation in Shaanxi.

"That is a big family that is not inferior to the Hedong Liu family!" Gao Yao said, "With their support, I can become the veritable King of Qin in the fastest time."

"That needs to be wooed well!" Yeluxi said repeatedly.Yeluxi has seen the power of the Liu family in Hedong.

The importance of Hangu Pass has long since lost its past glory with the passage of time.

Back then, the Qin Empire resisted the six kingdoms by rejecting Hangu Pass, causing the six kingdoms to lay down millions of corpses and bleed, but now it is abandoned for various reasons and replaced by Tongguan.

But Hangu Pass is still an important node to enter the pass.

The purpose of Zhang Cheng's formation here is to make Gao Yao feel that Zhang Cheng is trying his best to mobilize soldiers and horses to guard Tongguan.

Tongguan is the real key point.It's just that Zhang Cheng currently has a serious shortage of soldiers and horses, so he wants to delay the time.

Then, quickly defeating Zhang Cheng, who worked in Hangu at any cost, became Gao Yao's first choice.

Strict military laws, high rewards, and the presence of Gao Yao Yeluxi and others to supervise the battle in person all made this battle no suspense at all.

In fact, Zhang Cheng's troops did not have much combat power.

Because before that, the troops had been fleeing and dispersing.

Even Zhang Cheng's most elite troops were found to be decreasing day by day.

This hurts morale even more.

It may seem too easy to describe it with a drumbeat, but Zhang Cheng, who was setting up a battle on the dilapidated Hangu, did not persist for more than a day. On a northerly windy afternoon, he was captured by the Hedong rebels. Guancheng, and then entered the escape mode.

It took almost a day and a night for the deserters and pursuers to enter the sixty-mile Grand Canyon between Hangu Pass and Tongguan.

How could Gao Yao let Zhang Cheng escape to Tongguan to kill him?
After chasing Zhang Cheng in the sixty-mile Grand Canyon and capturing or killing him alive, half of the task of taking Shaanxi Road was completed.

Therefore, Yeluxi's five thousand tribal cavalry were chasing at the forefront.

If you were ambushed in a place like the Wuli Secret Gate, let alone a human being, even a god, you would have to be pressed to the ground and rubbed.

Yeluxi's cavalry troop pursued wildly, biting Zhang Cheng's tail and relentlessly.

Along the way, Zhang Cheng's last team was indeed constantly fleeing, and his followers were decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, which gave Yeluxi and Gao Yao infinite confidence and courage.

Then, they encountered a devastating blow on the most precipitous section of the sixty-mile-long canyon.

The narrowest part of the five-mile secret door is only a little over ten feet wide, which makes the soldiers and horses of the brigade stuck here, unable to advance or retreat.

When the rain of crossbow arrows shot down like locusts, and when the stones covering the sky and the sun fell from the sky, one can imagine the mood of the Liao cavalry and the Hedong rebels crowding here.

Yeluxi led the vanguard forward bravely.

At this moment, the only way to blaze a trail of blood is to move forward.

So, he met the iron kite.

Seeing the familiar attire and the familiar enemy, Yang Fugui's eyes immediately turned red, and the murderous aura emanating from his body made the soldiers around him feel chills involuntarily.

A few months ago, in Xuanlei Village, in the fierce battle with the Jurchen Battalion of the Pishi Army led by Wanyan Starling, less than [-] people from the Seventh Battalion led by Yang Fugui returned alive.

But they made great contributions in that battle.

After the war, the Seventh Battalion was rebuilt.

With the special approval of Xiao Ding, the best cavalry were directly drawn from the various tribal armies to re-form the seventh battalion.

This time, they appeared here again as the arrows of the whole army.

"Kill!" Yang Fugui galloped forward.

The [-] heavy cavalry of the Seventh Battalion charged towards the Liao cavalry like a whirlwind.

Yeluxi's Liao cavalry might be regarded as elite in front of the Hedong army, but the seventh battalion in front of them is a unit that can fight head-on with the Jurchen battalion of the Pishi army without falling behind. How can they resist?

The two sides had only had a little contact, and this army composed of several tribal cavalry was killed in pieces.

This battle lasted for a whole day.

None of the [-] Liao cavalry and the vanguard of the over [-] Hedong rebels who entered this gorge could withdraw from this gorge.

They have only two paths.

Either be annihilated, or surrender on the spot.

During the battle with Yang Fugui, Yeluxi was beheaded by Yang Fugui on the spot.

And Gao Yao, who had just become the King of Qin for a few days, died in the chaos of the army.

He was squeezed off his horse on the way to escape, and then trampled to death by rout soldiers.

In the end, when the Western Army cleaned up the battlefield, if it weren't for the private seal that could prove Gao Yao's identity and the dirty and bloody Qin Wangmang robe among the pile of flesh and blood, Gao Yao's whereabouts would have been a mystery.

The rest of the Hedong rebels who were still at Hangu Pass and had not had time to enter the canyon saw that something was wrong, so they immediately turned around and ran back frantically.

Xin Jian saw Zhang Cheng again.

The last time I saw Zhang Cheng, Xin Jian was still an unsatisfactory cavalry leader in Bianliang City. It was Zhang Cheng who found Xin Jian on the recommendation of others and made him lead the team to fight against Xiao Ding.

To some extent, Zhang Cheng was Xin Jian's bole.

If it hadn't been for that battle, Xiao Ding would never have known Xin Jian, let alone appreciate him because of this, and would not have gone out of his way to find him.

From that moment on, Xin Jian's life path embarked on another path that he never thought of.

Now that Xin Jian has become famous,

But Zhang Cheng ushered in the darkest moment of his life.

This battle was won in the end, but it was not Zhang Cheng who won.

Even at this moment, there are less than five hundred troops left by his side.

"Taiwei Zhang, you really don't want to wait for the manager to come over?" Xin Jian asked while standing beside Zhang Cheng's horse, clasping his fists.

"No!" Zhang Cheng shook his head: "Tell Xiao Ding that the revenge of killing his father should not be forgotten for a moment, but as long as Xiao Ding resists Liao for one day, Zhang will not trouble him."

(End of this chapter)