Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1507 Hesitation (Monthly Pass Plus 1)

Yang Qianzhen rushed into Changben Pass in shock.

"Brother." Yang Zhao immediately stepped forward to salute.

"You?!" Yang Qianzhen was astonished and speechless as if he had seen a ghost.

The younger brother obviously withdrew later than him, why did he arrive at Chang Ben Pass first?

But this is obviously not the time to worry about this, and more terrible things are still waiting for them.

"Brother, I have someone cook the rice, let's eat something first, the war horse also needs to be fed." Yang Zhao said.

Whoa, the meal is ready!Yang Qianzhen was speechless.

"Let's eat first." He sighed, walked into the relatively complete office hall, and sat down.

After a while, several people brought food to the table.

"How many people are there in the city?" Yang Qianzhen asked after picking up his rice bowl and taking a few bites.

"More than 2000, I didn't count them in detail." Yang Zhao said after eating quickly.

As an important checkpoint on the post road and a former camp, the left-behind soldiers at Changben Pass were arranged by Yang Qianzhen, with a total of 500 soldiers.

"How much did you bring back?" Yang Qianzhen asked while eating.

"There are more than 400 cavalry pawns," Yang Zhao said.

"I brought back more than 600." Yang Qianzhen sighed.

The brothers ate in silence.

With an army of more than [-], there are only a few people left in front of us. This battle has been fought...

"We can't just leave like this." Yang Qianzhen said suddenly: "It's best to take in the broken soldiers, as many as you can take in. Otherwise, we will not end well."

Yang Zhao took it very seriously.

Neither of them wanted to recall too much about the fiasco outside Yazhou.Forget about those barbarian tribal soldiers, and they don't feel bad when they die, but the 2 people brought out from Huichuan Dudu's Mansion can't be lost, and they must be contained as much as possible.

As for the more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Shanchan Mansion in Tokyo that Piao Xin strengthened for them, they will be taken in if they can be taken in, and they will be taken in if they can't be taken in.No matter how good they are, it is impossible to switch to the Yang family no matter how good they are.That being the case, what does it matter to me if you die in a ravine?

After saying this, the two sat down and ate.

At the same time, Guanbei ran back one after another with some broken cavalry.

Some were scattered cavalry, some were officers who left their troops and fled, and some were leaders of the Li Ya tribe who were afraid of being liquidated, chasing them all the way south with their cronies.

The soldiers who were eating in Guancheng didn't dislike them, and immediately washed rice and cooked.The same is the end of the world, so please help if you can.In the future, maybe we still have to run together, and we should take care of each other.

The defeated soldiers wept with emotion, telling about Xia Bing's cruelty and the difficulty along the way.

And with their arrival, panic spread like a plague in the Guancheng. In just one meal, the news of the defeat in the north was known to everyone, and everyone panicked.

Brothers Yang Qianzhen and Yang Zhao, who had finished eating, quickly noticed the situation in Guancheng, and immediately ordered a ban on talking about the war in Yazhou, but it was too late.

In the afternoon, Yang Zhao sullenly led a few followers along the post road to the north to gather the scattered soldiers.

Yang Qianzhen hesitated.

He planned to stand firm at Chang Ben Pass to stop it. After all, the terrain here is very good. Even if there are only more than 3000 horses, if they really work together, it will be difficult for the Xia people to break through.

But after turning around the city, he almost lost confidence.

The broken soldiers who joined in one after another have completely ruined the morale. Now the whole city is frightened, and it is very unlikely to rely on them to hold Changben Pass.

Of course, if Yang Qianzhen was given a few days, he might be able to rectify and restore a little morale to the soldiers, and it might be possible to fight a trapped beast.But——he wasn't sure whether the Xia people would give him this chance.

At the end of the day, after sending an envoy to inform Zheng Renmin, who was stationed in Rongjing County, Yang Qianzhen fell into deep thought: should he stick to it?

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Yang Zhao led more than a hundred cavalry out of the pass city, and hurried northward, taking in the broken soldiers along the way.

Don't tell me, although the war is not very good, Nanzhao soldiers and horses can still run very fast in this mountainous area.In less than an hour, he accommodated more than a thousand people.

It's too late to identify their identities, so I will take them back to Guancheng first, and then make further calculations.

By 2000:[-] pm, he had accommodated nearly [-] people.Just as they were about to return, more than a hundred rout soldiers poured out from the corner of the mountain road ahead.

Yang Zhao didn't hesitate, and asked several relatives to come forward and take him in.

And at this moment, the sound of horseshoes sounded from the back of the mountain road, occasionally mixed with the sound of arrows piercing the air and continuous screams.

Yang Zhao's complexion changed, Xia thief came so fast!too fast!

"Let's go!" He turned the horse's head directly, and galloped southward with the remaining [-] riders, heading towards Changben Pass.

The cavalry of the Xia Army had turned around the mountain pass, and their voices became clearer.

Yang Zhao turned his head and took a look, only to see dozens of Xia cavalry coming out first, holding bows in their hands, firing arrows continuously, reaping the lives of the rout soldiers with ease.

He cursed secretly, swung his whip repeatedly, and the horse under his crotch neighed in pain a few times, and rushed to the south like a gust of wind.

The distance they went out was not far.Yang Zhao only ran for a quarter of an hour before rushing into the wide open closed door.

"The summer thief is here!" Before he could speak, his followers shouted.

"Boom!" The city suddenly became chaotic, and the sergeants were shocked, not knowing what to do.

"Close the door! Go to the city!" Yang Qianzhen rushed out from nowhere and yelled repeatedly.

His own soldiers and generals also yelled again and again, driving the soldiers to the top of the city, looking at the increasing number of Xia soldiers in the north with trepidation, weeping and making a show of death.

"Heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and a bae!" After Yang Zhao charged into the city, he immediately changed to another horse, and then, under the stunned gaze of everyone, got on his horse and rushed out of the south gate, heading towards Rongjing County.

"Yang Xianfeng ran away!"

"Yang Xianfeng left us and ran south!"

A shrill cry resounded in the city, shocking everyone at once.

In the afternoon, Yang Qianzhen accommodated and rectified more than 2000 people. Counting the original soldiers, there were already [-] cavalry at this time, and their strength was slightly improved.

After seeing so many soldiers and horses, the originally hesitant heart has gradually tended to guard the Changben Pass, and wait and see the situation.But he never expected that his younger brother Yang Zhao would be so greedy for life and afraid of death, after hearing that Xia Bing was chasing him, he didn't even defend the city, and ran for his life.

"Run! Don't risk your life!"

"If you can't beat him, Yang Xianfeng will run away, and if you stay, you will die."

With Yang Zhao taking the lead, the others naturally ignored everything, went directly to the city, turned around and left.

Yang Qianzhen was so angry that she cursed.

But he couldn't stop him at all, Cave Master Man Liao and Tokyo soldiers left him at the top of the city, and fled southward in a swarm.

Dongchuan soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and then they didn't know who would take the lead, and they all rushed up, "surrounding" Yang Qianzhen down the top of the city, and after finding the horses, they also retreated southward in a chaotic manner.

With Yang Qianzhen's departure, there is really no chance of saving the situation.Almost instantly, everyone threw away everything they could and ran wildly.

After a while, more than a hundred Xia army cavalry rushed under the pass city.They killed the Nanzhao rout soldiers gathered outside the city, observed the top of the city, and found that there was no one guarding it, they immediately found someone to cut wood, made a few simple ladders, and then climbed up to the top of the city.

"Squeak!" The city gate opened quickly, and the cavalry of the Xia Army swarmed in, easily seizing the pass.

At sunset, Li Lin and the others also drove the carriage and rushed into Changben Pass panting.

"Hurry up and cook, and rest for an hour after eating, I'm going to chase all night!" He found a hut bed, sat down on the horse, and ordered, panting heavily.

All the soldiers responded with a crash.

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Zheng Renmin just woke up from his sleep.

After hearing the news of the defeat outside the city of Yazhou from the palace population, he lost his voice for a while.

Just when he was in a daze, Zhao Shanzheng, the Qingping official in charge of supervising the transportation of grain and grass, rushed over.

After a while, another Qingping official, Duan Yizong, also came in a hurry.

"Biao Xin..." Zheng Renmin stopped the two of them before they could speak.

"Yang Qianzhen lost?" He looked at the two of them fixedly, and asked through gritted teeth.

"Defeated." Duan Yizong sighed: "The defeat was terrible. The [-] army barely ran out, and the Xia people chased and killed them like sheep. I couldn't bear to watch."

"Boom!" Zheng Renmin slammed his fist on the table, angrily said: "Shameless! Shameless! Thirty thousand troops, even if Xia Bandits came to kill them one by one, it wouldn't be so fast!"

"It's more than 2 troops!" Zhao Shanzheng said sadly from the side: "Li and Ya Cave Masters also brought in [-] people."

"It's not that serious." Duan Yizong said: "Some of them ran away before the battle. After the defeat, they were familiar with the geographical environment and ran very fast. The whole army should not be wiped out."

"What's the use of that?" Zhao Shanzheng sneered and said, "Will these cave masters respond when Piao Xin comes next time? I heard that they were suppressed by the Xia people before and suffered heavy losses. Let's fight again this time. I'm afraid they will be uprooted."

Duan Yizong frowned and ignored Zhao Shanzheng.

This guy is still fanning the flames, which makes him very disappointed.Some things, can't we talk about later?It is important to get over the difficulties in front of us first.

"Piao Xin, it's time to make a decision." Duan Yizong stepped forward and said solemnly.

"What does Bu Xie mean?" Zheng Renmin asked in confusion.

"Whether to fight or go, it's time to make a decision." Duan Yizong said.

Zhao Shanzheng also put away his harsh look and began to think seriously.

"How about fighting? How about walking?" Zheng Renmin asked.

"If there is a battle, Hussin should send orders to the soldiers and horses who stayed in Sizhou and Lizhou to go north to join the main force, and then collect a batch of food, equipment, and tribesmen to find an open place to fight the Xia bandits. "Duan Yizong said: "If we go, we should arrange the order of retreat now, cover alternately, and fight and go. The Xia bandits fought for half a day and chased them all afternoon. At this time, they must rest at Changben Pass. It's only 75 miles, whether it's far or close, Piao Xin will make a quick decision."

Zheng Renmin was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Where are these two shameless things, Yang Qianzhen and Yang Zhao?"

"Yang Zhao went outside the city at night, and after sending someone to inform him, he disappeared into the night. Yang Qianzhen disappeared." Speaking of these two people, Duan Yizong also had some headaches.

It's too bad!If Yazhou is defeated, it will be defeated, but Changben Pass will not defend?What the hell are you doing?
"Piao Xin, the Yang family brothers must have fled back to Huichuan Governor's Mansion, they are afraid they will rebel." Zhao Shanzheng said.

"Nonsense!" Duan Yizong looked at Zhao Shanzheng and scolded angrily: "They lost nearly 2 people in Yazhou. Even if they return to Huichuan Dudu's Mansion, how many soldiers can they gather? How to rebel?"

Zheng Renmin didn't believe that the Yang family brothers still had the strength to rebel. He stopped the quarrel between the two prime ministers, his expressions fluctuated, and he asked after a long while: "Both of you are great talents. During the Mengshi period of Nanzhao, how could there be a north face?" It was so miserable? How did you deal with it at that time?"

"Tang generals Li Sheng and Qu Huan once defeated the allied forces of Fan and Zhao more than a hundred years ago." After thinking for a while, Duan Yizong said: "At that time, Li Sheng led an army of 10 people and traveled south via Yazhou, crossing the Dadu River. Defeated Tubo soldiers and horses in Henan, and beheaded more than a thousand levels. Tubo was afraid, so he retreated. Qu Huan led Fan Yangbing to defeat the Tubo and Zhao coalition forces in Qipan City, regained Weizhou and Maozhou, and then went south. At that time , The Shu soldiers were also encouraged, and divided their troops to the south. The Tang troops from all walks of life crossed the river to Yizhou, defeated the Fan and Zhao coalition forces, and beheaded more than [-] levels. Nearly [-] coalition forces were trapped in the valley, lacking both food and equipment, and were forced to break out. Famine and cold Tens of thousands of people died when they fell off the cliff.”

Zheng Renmin's face turned pale when he heard it, and he couldn't help asking: "10 people are trapped in the valley, and they would rather break through than fight a decisive battle, why?"

Duan Yizong remained silent.

Zhao Shanzheng sneered, and said, "Xin, one hundred thousand may seem like a lot, but his heart is not in the same place. The Tubo people are in a hurry to leave, and they will not fight to the death for Nanzhao. But once the Tubo people broke through, Nanzhao was alone, and their morale was weak." Frustrated, how can we fight alone? We can only follow through."

Jung In Min understood.Although Tubo and Nanzhao joined forces, they didn't trust each other very much, and they were all on guard.The Tubo people came to Jiannan originally to support the northern battlefield, and they would not fight to the end.As soon as they left, people in Nanzhao were panicked, and even beat them!
"Both Bu Xie are seasoned planners. From your point of view, are you fighting at this time? Are you leaving?" Zheng Renmin asked.

"I have been advising Piao Xin to accept it when it is good, and retreat is the best." Duan Yizong sighed, and said: "But at this point in the war situation, it is not the best policy to retreat. Piao Xin is smart, you should know what I mean."

Jung In Min nodded.

"Piao Xin, if you don't leave now, when will you wait?" Zhao Shanzheng sang the opposite tune, and only heard him say: "After the Yang brothers run back to Huichuan, they will definitely gather troops and threaten the army's retreat. Gao Shi and Duan are not good people either, they will definitely abandon Huo Xin and go alone first. If so, we might as well retreat to the south of the Dadu River first, and then make further calculations."

Jung In Min nodded again.

Duan Yizong instinctively wanted to refute something, but after thinking about it, he sighed and said nothing.

Zheng Renmin looked at Duan Yizong, then at Zhao Shanzheng, hesitating.

After a long time, he asked subconsciously: "Why don't you send people to go north first, find a dangerous place and set up a fence. One night, if you hurry up, it is almost enough. Yuan is here to wait until dawn, and then inquire about the news. By then Make another decision?"

Duan Yizong and Zhao Shanzheng frowned almost simultaneously.

(End of this chapter)