Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 614 Good nephew, uncle is coming

Facts have proved that Yan Jin underestimated the power of Zhangshui a little bit, but guessed one thing correctly, that is, Huang Yingda's presence will cause Guo Wei to release the blocked Zhangshui.

On the night when Huang Ying arrived at Dagukou, they didn't even find a place to camp, so Guo Wei led his confidant guards and sneaked from Fuyang to Taniguchi overnight.

With an order, the water of the Zhang River, which was blocked for more than two months, rushed out along the entire valley!

Zhangshui first rushed to the vicinity of the fort where Li Rong was, and the rushing water directly destroyed all the buildings at the entrance of the valley, leaving only the three forts built on the highest point.

After leaving the mouth of the valley, the river outside the mouth was wide, and the flood quickly covered the entire plain outside the mouth of the valley.

The vast current of water swept Huang Yingda's troops camped at a low place in an instant, turning the sky upside down.

Yan Jin's estimate was not accurate enough to reach the knee at most. Many places have already flooded the crotch, but the impact of the water flow is indeed not very strong.

Therefore, the loss of Huang Yingda's men and horses was not great, but because at night, they could only take care of their people, a large amount of luggage, food and grass were all soaked in water.

Even Huang Yingda's tent was soaked in the flood. Fortunately, he was calm enough. Even if he was suddenly attacked by the flood, he could still take the risk of setting up a torch in the tent and let the sergeant loudly clamor for the general who was scared by the water. pointing direction.

The whole army shouted and gathered at the commander's tent, and waited until dawn to see, good guy, there are only 500 people gathered around the 800 Uighur Yicong.

The rest of the people were scattered all over the place, and many of them were pale from the cold and were only shivering.

However, the effect of the Zhangshui pouring down should have exceeded Guo Wei's expectations.

Because Guo Wei placed Li Chongjin's 5000 people in Taniguchi, although they had already evacuated early, they were still affected by Zhangshui, and they seemed a little confused.

According to Guo Wei's pre-plan, Shi Hongzhao's [-] elite soldiers and Wang Jingchong's thousands who stayed behind in Hezhang should simultaneously take sheepskin rafts down the river to attack Zhang Zhaojun's troops.

Li Rong, who was at the highest point and was not affected by the flood, was in a hurry when he saw the flood in Haotang in the distance, but Zhang Quan beside him was much calmer.

Zhang Quanming with good eyesight climbed to the highest place to observe. Seeing that the flood only hit Huang Yingda and did not affect Zhang Zhaojun's troops, he immediately felt relieved. He turned to look at Li Rong and said.

"Soldier and Horse Envoy, now there is flooding everywhere, even if the Duke of Zhangye comes to rescue, it will not come in a short time. We only have one day left to store food, and a certain person wants to fight to the death, what does the Soldier and Horse Envoy think?"

While speaking, Zhang Quan's Wuwei Town Forbidden Army quietly separated Li Rong from the soldiers of the Yicheng Army.

The tooth soldiers of the Yicheng Army noticed that something was wrong. They had long seen that these Hexi people who were paid several times better than them were dissatisfied, so they quickly ran over.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, Li Rong looked at Zhang Quan fiercely, the expression on his face changed twice, and finally he spoke bitterly.

"Zhang Quan! Do you think Yeye is the kind of person who betrays the master and seeks glory? If Yeye were, he wouldn't take the risk of fighting back against the Khitans in Yanshi City.

Yeye is an envoy of soldiers and horses, who was received and comforted by the sage himself, isn't it better that you all know loyalty? "

When Zhang Quan heard what Li Rong said, his face softened. He waved his hand to let the imperial guards of Wuwei Town disperse behind him, and bowed his hands to Li Rong.

"A certain was originally a shepherd slave on the high mountain of Shanzhou. Fortunately, the Great Merciful Dharma King rescued him. Even if he died in battle today, his soul would still be able to go to the Ninth Heaven of Ultimate Bliss and enjoy the blessings of eternal life. He must fight to the death.

The soldiers and horses wish to be with a certain person. If they are lucky enough to survive, there will be a sea of ​​swords and fires in the future.

But if the soldiers and horses don't want to fight to the death, then kill someone and go to join the Hedong bandits! "

Li Rong pulled out his horsewhip and slapped it all over Zhang's body, "Do you dare to be a farmer! After you go back, you must kowtow to make amends, but today, I will show you the loyalty and bravery of our righteous army."

Zhang Quan was whipped, and instead of being angry, he was happy. He was afraid that Li Rong would bend his knees, which would make him disgraceful even if he died in battle.

"As long as you kill the Hedong thief, it's not a big deal for the saint, so what's the point of kowtowing to make amends?
Then invite soldiers and horse envoys to a certain way to rush to the thief's place in the river east. Even if you die in battle, you will still be a hero! "

Li Rong looked at Zhang Cheng who seemed to have a flash of fire in his eyes, and suddenly threw away the whip in his hand, respecting him, he knew what this Wuwei town from Hexi was thinking about.

According to Zhou Jun's usual rules, no matter how difficult the situation is, you can't abandon your comrades, but at this time, the flood is flooding, and you don't know how much you have to pay to save the 500 people.

But if they take the initiative to die in battle, don't they need to be rescued!He wanted to die to relieve the army outside Taniguchi.

"I have heard for a long time that He Xi has many loyal ministers and righteous men, now I know it is true!" Li Rong cupped his hands and said, "But rushing down at this time is tantamount to death in vain.

Look around, the bandits from the river east are preparing a sheepskin raft at the foot of the mountain, and they must go down the river.

Let's wait for 2000 people to go away, and then I will rush down again, kill all the thieves down the mountain and snatch the remaining sheepskin rafts, and then go down the river to join the Duke of Zhangye. "

Zhang Quan nodded, but then shook his head again, "I heard that the commander of the bandits at the foot of the mountain is Shi Hongzhao, the commander of the Wujie Army of the Beijing government. Outnumbered?

It's not as good as rushing down unexpectedly at this time, maybe there is still the power to fight. "

Li Rong smiled after hearing this, pointed to his nose and said, "A certain family is from Taiyuan, Hedong!

King Beiping of Hebei has a fellowship with a certain family. If a certain family can bind several Hexi soldiers to go to see Shi Hongzhao and express their intention to surrender at this moment, he will definitely believe it. "

Zhang Quan looked at Li Rong, and after a long time, he let go of his hand and threw the horizontal knife at his waist to the ground, "Then ask Fu, the soldier and horse envoy, to see Shi Hongzhao."

Li Rong quickly picked up Zhang Quan's horizontal saber, took his hand and said, "How can you really go see him with the head tied? But a certain needs five warriors, wearing the armor of a general, who wants to go? "

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of warriors from Wuwei Town behind Zhang Quanquan all stepped forward, without the slightest hesitation, they shouted loudly first: "Please send soldiers and horse envoys to bind us to the Hedong bandit barracks."

Li Rong sighed deeply, "With such a brave man, sooner or later this world will belong to our Great Zhou."

After choosing warriors and changing into officers' clothes, Li Rong sent someone to meet Shi Hongzhao with white clothes, and waited for Zhang Quan to walk away, then looked at his nephew Li Shousi and said, "Do you know why XX didn't go to seek refuge with the King of Peking?"

Li Shousi nodded heavily, "Don't mention that the king of Beiping is old, just look at the more than a hundred soldiers in Wuwei town. Under the king of Beiping, there are very few warriors who know that they are going to die, but can still compete for the first place.

The world should belong to the saints, and we should get great wealth from it. "

. . . .

At the foot of the Erzhai Fort, Shi Hongzhao, who surrounded Li Rong, was also suffering from a headache.

He has 5000 people, and according to Guo Wei's instructions, at least 4000 people should be sent down the river to fight the flooded Hexi soldiers.

But unfortunately, when he broke the two villages a few days ago, Li Rong, the Zhou army soldier on the hillside, was very alert. Although he took the two villages, his strength was not damaged.

Now there are 500 people on the mountain. If he takes 4000 people away, the remaining 1000 people may not be able to defeat the Hexi soldiers.

While he was having a headache, there was loud cheers outside, Shi Hongzhao lifted the curtain and walked out with a cold face.

This man is very strict in running the army, and he treats them equally, from soldiers to senior officials like commanders, whoever dares to violate his military orders will directly kill them.

The former Deputy Envoy of the Wu Jie Army refused to obey the military order and was beaten to death by Shi Hongzhao himself with a short stick. Therefore, the loud cheers of the Wu Jie Army at this time are definitely not normal.

As soon as Shi Hongzhao walked out of the door, he saw his younger brother Shi Wen coming up to him overjoyed.

Shi Wen knew his brother's temper, so he hurriedly said before he was held accountable: "The Hexi bandit envoy on the mountain, Li Rong, ordered people to tie up several Hexi Forbidden Army generals, and they came down the mountain to seek refuge."

Shi Hongzhao raised his eyebrows, not surprised at all, because Li Rong's choice was exactly in line with the choice of warriors in this era.

In Chinese culture, especially in the age of emperors, the two most important qualities are loyalty and filial piety.

The emphasis on filial piety can be traced back to the ancient times. Emperor Shun’s small stick was carried away by the big stick, which is the embodiment of filial piety. In the Han Dynasty, filial piety was used to rule the world, and it was highly praised to the extreme.

The character Zhong, in fact, finally stabilized its position in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Before this, although loyalty was also a quality that was advocated, it did not reach the point where loyalty and filial piety could not be fulfilled after the Song Dynasty, and one could only be loyal but not filial.

Not to mention that in this era, it is common for warriors of the Five Dynasties to defect.

However, Shi Hongzhao was still very cautious, because he knew in his heart that Liu Zhiyuan's odds of winning, even with the addition of the Khitan people, were not too high.

In this case, there should be quite a few of the Hedong Army who took refuge in the Hexi Army.However, it is impossible for many Hexi soldiers to invest in Hedong.

But after the trapped Hexi soldiers and the envoys sent by Li Rong, Shi Hongzhao believed in his heart.

Because these Hexi soldiers were not only wearing the cloth-faced iron armor that Hexi junior officers often wear, but they were also beaten very badly.

Several were beaten into blood, and the lighter ones had swollen faces and dusty bodies, obviously after intense firefights.

"A certain family, Li Shousi, met Commander Shi. Our military envoy has already tied up the Hexi soldiers in the army. If you want to go and seek refuge, please ask the command envoy to take him in."

Shi Hongzhao snorted coldly with a stern face. He looked at the short and strong man named Li Shousi and shouted loudly: "Since we are seeking refuge, why didn't Li Rong come down by himself and send you a pawn?"

Li Shousi twisted his neck, "The commander's words are so unreasonable, and the price has not been negotiated, how can there be a general who disarms and surrenders? This is the nephew of Li Bingma envoy, what is he called a pawn?"

Right!Quite familiar, the taste of how expensive the five generations of warriors rushed to Shi Hongzhao's nose.

He knew that even if Hexi soldiers were pretending, they would rarely be able to put on such an appearance.

Because they hadn't been in the Central Plains for decades, and that Emperor Shao was too particular about loyalty, so the soldiers in Hexi, in the eyes of the warriors in the world at this time, were a bit stupid.

However, it is impossible to convince Shi Hongzhao, a ruthless general who has climbed from the bottom to his current position, just by locking up a few Hexi generals.

"What is Commander Shi still hesitating about? You might as well say it clearly.

A soldier and horse envoy from a certain family is actually from Taiyuan, and he has a fellowship with the King of Beiping.

However, the emperor of the state of Zhou only valued Hexi soldiers and despised the Central Plains warriors. He had already promised soldiers and horses to become the military Jiedushi, but because he wanted to cut down the power of the Jiedushi, he never fulfilled it.

Therefore, I have been in the army for a long time, and I have long wanted to follow the king of Peking to be rich and prosperous. "

Matt, that makes sense!Shi Hongzhao couldn't help but not believe it.

Son of Heaven Shao came from Hexi, so it is certain that he would put more emphasis on soldiers in Hexi than on warriors from the Central Plains, and it is well known that Emperor Shao's move to cut the power of Jiedu envoys is well known.

"Find a few people from Taiyuan. If you match, I will believe you. If you don't, you will be chopped into meat!"

Shi Hongzhao gritted his teeth, but Li Shousi didn't panic at all, because they were indeed from Taiyuan.

Li Rong was originally the entourage of Li Congrong, the second son of Li Siyuan of Emperor Mingzong, King Qin. When Li Congrong rebelled, Li Rong shot and killed dozens of people with his bow, and fled after seeing the facts.

In fact, it can be seen from here that it is impossible for Li Rong to seek refuge with Liu Zhiyuan, because everyone in Henan knows how well Zhang Ting treats Li Siyuan's children.

The eldest son, Murong Xinchang, is Li Siyuan's son-in-law, and Li Siyuan's fifteenth daughter, Princess Yongle, can enter the palace at any time, and is called a good daughter-in-law by Zhang Tie.

Li Siyuan's only bloodline, Li Congyi, was Zhang Ting's adoptive son, who often accompanied him. Zhang Ting's adopted eldest daughter married Li Siyuan's grandson, Zhao Kuangzan.

Forehead!It's messy enough.

But when chaos returns to chaos, the link between Zhang Tie's acceptance of Daibei and Hedong warriors lies in this somewhat messy relationship.

So Shi Hongzhao called a few generals from Taiyuan, and Li Shousi not only answered him fluently from the local dialect to the situation in Taiyuan, but several of them even recognized who Li Shousi was.

After all, although Li Rong didn't become a general in the field, he also served as the commander of the inner palace and the crane in the later Tang Dynasty.

The native places and resumes of the two parties were reported, but it was Shi Hongzhao, a native of Xingze, Zhengzhou, who was no match for Li Shousigen Hongmiaozheng.

Now that there was no doubt, Shi Hongzhao rewarded Li Shousi with two pieces of brocade and asked him to carry the brocade up the mountain to report to Li Rong.Li Rong immediately dropped more than a hundred pieces of weapons and armor from the mountain to express his sincerity.

Shi Hongzhao was more relieved, seeing that the speed of the Zhang River had begun to slow down, he ordered his younger brother Shi Wen to keep 500 people to guard the fort, and he personally led the remaining 500 people to go down the Zhang River to attack the trapped people. Hexi soldiers in shallow water.

Shi Hongzhao also told Shi Wen that he only needs to guard the fort tightly and not open the gate, and he still has to keep a certain amount of vigilance against Li Rong.

However, Li Rong was even more clever. He trapped dozens of soldiers hand and foot, ordered them to kneel on the hillside, and expressed his sincerity again.

When Shi Wen saw that Li Rong sent the hostages first, then threw the weapons and armor, and finally tied up the Hexi soldiers for him to see, Shi Wen lost his vigilance a long time ago, only thinking that his brother was too worried.

. . . .

It was only April at this time, and the weather was still very cold. Huang Yingda's more than a thousand Uyghur Yicong had been soaked in the water all night, and they could not hold on anymore.

However, the terrain in the hill where Zhang Zhaojun camped was limited, and it was impossible to put everyone ashore. Even in order to resist the attack of the Hedong Army, people still needed to line up in the water.

Guo Wei realized this before releasing the water in the middle of the night. In his estimation, Huang Yingda's 500 people were washed by the water all night, and it was already the limit to last until dawn, and he could not form an array in the water at all.

So he only needs to kill these more than a thousand people, and he can easily trap Zhang Zhaojun, and then Zhou Jun has to wade into the water to break through.

But when Guo Wei personally led Bai Zairong, Shi Hongzhao, Li Chongjin, Wang Jingchong and other generals with [-] men wading across the water to attack, he had to sigh when he saw the situation.

It turned out that opposite him, it was not Huang Yingda's Uighur Yicong who stepped into the water, but Zhang Zhaojun's more than a thousand Zuo Jinwu guards.

In Guo Wei's mind, these should be Zhou Guo's pro-army who is extremely proud of himself. Not only did he not shrink back, but he gave up the clean land to Huang Yingda's department. , Boiling medicine for the Uighur followers.

Looking at the banner of the Hedong Army in the distance, Zhang Zhaojun was furious. This was the first time he had suffered such a big loss.

The fierce general of the Yuan Cong faction stood in the water with a hard bow in his hand, and shouted angrily, "Hedong bandits think that we can't do it on horseback, so we can easily defeat me on foot.

snort!How can summer insects be cold, let them see, I am a hero in Hexi. "

All the soldiers of the Zuo Jinwu Guards will promise with a bang, and their morale will be high.

Huang Yingda, who was recuperating at a high place, listened to the movement outside, and shouted to the deployment who was drinking medicine very calmly.

"I was originally here to support Zuo Jinwuwei, but now it drags them down, this is our shame!
I suffered such great shame today, and only blood can wash it away. This is me, Huang Yingda, I am sorry for you. After resting, I will fight to the death first, and see you in Huangquan. "

There are more than a thousand people in the Uighur Yicong blushing with shame. They Ganzhou Uighurs are the life and death enemies of the Guiyi Army Han'er. The risk of benevolence, but insist on keeping it down.

Now that they haven't achieved an inch of merit, and they are still dragging down the friendly army, everyone wants to rush out immediately to avenge their shame.

On the mountain fortress, Li Rong sent Li Shousi down again to inform Shi Wen, saying that Li Rong would personally bring dozens of Hexi soldiers captives to visit him, and would like to send ten cloth-masked and armored collars to Shi Wen as a meeting gift. reject.

As soon as Li Shousi left, Li Rong summoned the officers above the squadron.

"Five out of five thieves from the east of the river went to four of them. We have few enemies. Although they are as strong as a fortress, they are not enough to defend them. This is a god-sent opportunity!

If you can capture the enemy in one fell swoop, and seize their boats and rafts to attack the backside of the thief along the river, it will be a great contribution.

Can my Yicheng Army become Yicheng Town or even Yichengwei?Can you bless your descendants?Just look at this blow!

A certain Li Rong, only heroes and warriors.Those who are timid and cowardly can stay here! "

All the officers of the Yicheng Army gathered around Li Rong when they heard the words, and replied in a low voice: "I wish to follow the soldiers and horses and win the wealth and honor forever!"

. . . .

Although Zhang Teng in Yecheng didn't know that Guo Wei had released Zhangshui to make Huang Yingda into a mess, he had quickly adopted Murong Nobunaga's opinion.

Just before dawn, Zhang Tie immediately ordered Yan Jin to march [-] troops westward to Hezhanggukou, repel Guo Wei's army, and rescue Zhang Zhaojun, Huang Yingda and others.

Zhang Tie even left his confidant, Yu Shandu, Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojiu, and Yu Shandu's seven hundred infantry soldiers, to Yan Jin.

Moreover, Zhang Yu also asked Yan Jin to display his full guard of honor, including the yellow Luo cover umbrella, the big banner, the Sanchen flag, etc., making Guo Wei think that he personally led the army to rescue the siege.Yecheng was temporarily guarded by He Fujin.

While still in Xiangzhou's army, Zhang Wei ordered Feng Hui and Luo Shande to lead [-] troops to station in Yecheng immediately, and Fenjindu also stayed here. After Guo Wei returned to Fuyang, he immediately blasted Fuyang city.

He then ordered Fanquan to lead an army of [-] horsemen to take the [-] whirlwind cannons from Shenji Battalion, and leave Weizhou to go to Beizhou along the Yongji Canal. He thought he was suspicious and pretended to support Fu Yanqing.

After arranging these, Zhang Tie personally selected the left and right Yulin Guards, the left and right Longxiang Guards, the Right Jinwu Guards, the Right Qianniu Guards, and [-] good riders and shooters from the Imperial Army, and [-] elite Yi Congs, a total of [-] thousand.

21 generals including Murong Xinchang, Li Cunhui, Bai Congxin, Zhang Zhaojie, Fanshun, Wang Tongtong, Zhang Cheng, Zhao Yanjin, Zhao Kuangyin, Murong Yanzhao, Wang Shenqi, Wang Quanbin, Feng Jiye, He Jiyun, Hou Renbao, Zhang Xibao, etc. .

He, the emperor, would go into battle in person, before Liu Zhiyuan besieged Beizhou, sneak through the battlefield, and go to surprise his good nephew and uncle Yeluruan first.

(End of this chapter)