The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 69 Abandoning the City and Retreating
When the Sanmiao Army moved ten miles away from Pingyang City, the Pingyang defenders discovered the enemy's situation, and the government and the public were shocked.In the dark night, only thirty miles outside Pingyang City, the flames covered the entire mountain, like a long snake, surrounding Pingyang, so far away that the edge could not be seen.Shun was also surprised.The spies came to report that there were at least [-] Sanmiao soldiers outside Pingyang City.Little Xingxing was very surprised by this number.Unexpectedly, only a few years after the Battle of the Five Elements Mountain, the army of the Sanmiao has increased to [-], and the enemy came so quickly and silently, which is very surprising.

It turns out that Sanmiao's morale was boosted after some recuperation and the Danshui was broken again, but half of the Sanmiao soldiers had been planned for Danzhu. Light the torches and form a long snake around Pingyang City to cooperate with the Miao army, so that the spies in Pingyang City mistakenly think that there are 3 Miao troops. This is a suspicious strategy.

That night, Shun sensed the urgency of the situation, and hurriedly summoned the Fifth Division and the nobles in the city to the hall for a meeting.

"Why was Sanmiao able to drive straight in? Didn't he get blocked all the way? Where's the Dan sailor? Where is Dan Zhu? Why didn't Dan Zhu stop the Miao soldier!"

Emperor Hong asked a question, but Shun remained silent.

"Danzhu's soldiers are stationed along the Yellow River to prevent the rainy season from flooding the Yellow River."

Houji answered Emperor Hong's question, but Emperor Hong remained relentless and pointed the finger at Shun.

"Why did you let the Danshui City garrison guard the Yellow River? Don't you know that Danshui City is the southern gate of China? Now that Danshui City is broken, Pingyang is directly exposed to Sanmiao. Such an important military deployment, the regent will not know Bar!"

Seeing Emperor Hong's accusation against Shun, Dongbushi became a little angry. He was different from Houji. Houji was a civil servant in the imperial court. Dongbushi started leading troops to fight at the age of 14, and his temper was not so good.

"It was Danzhu's own application for Danshui City to garrison the Yellow River, and it was also discussed by the Fifth Division. It is not the regent's fault alone."

"After talking for a long time, it's not the regent's fault, so whose fault is it? Isn't the Fifth Division elected by the regent?"

"Now is not the time to blame who is right and who is wrong. Everyone should work together and put the enemy first." Qin Bukong walked out and said to Dihong, "I don't know how many troops Dihong is willing to send. Help us fight off the enemy?"

Qin Bukong's question touched on Emperor Hong's point. He originally used the issue to criticize Shun, and had no idea of ​​sending troops to retreat from the enemy.Hearing Qin Bukong's words, he just hummed and stopped talking.

"Since Emperor Hongshi is unwilling to send troops to help, then stop talking. Is anyone willing to send troops to help retreat the enemy?"

Qin Bukong looked at the dozen or so nobles in Pingyang City, but none of them stood up, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, these people are all cowards.

At this time, the leader of the Shaohao clan standing in the northeast corner of the hall stood out from the crowd.

"My lord, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not..."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Seven years have passed since the Battle of the Five Elements Mountain. After seven years of recuperation, the three seedlings have been resting and recuperating, and their military strength has flourished. However, I, Huaxia, have been revising the law code for the past seven years. It’s raging, and our Huaxia army is empty at this time. Once we fight a tough battle with Sanmiao, I’m afraid we won’t be an opponent. In order to avoid endangering the safety of the regent, it’s better to move the capital to Guirui..."

Before he finished speaking, Dong Buzhi let out a loud shout.

"Bold, why did you say such words about having no father and no mother? You haven't even fought a battle, so how did you get scared?"

"Danshui City has been broken, and Pingyang is exposed to the enemy. Now the city is empty of troops. Even if relying on the city wall, it can still withstand the attack of Sanmiao. Once Beidi and Xirong take advantage of the gap, it will be impossible to escape at that time. Taking advantage of the current three Miao has not yet launched an attack, so why not retreat to Guirui to avoid his attack, wait until the armies of the various tribes in Huaxia are integrated, and then plan to counterattack Pingyang, as for whether to move the capital, we can make plans."

Shun listened to the words of the leader of the Shaohao clan and thought deeply.After all, Shaohao’s words are not unreasonable. Now with the [-] soldiers in the city and Sanmiao recklessly fighting, Shun is sure to hold Pingyang City. Attacking Huaxia from three directions in the south, there is a high probability that Pingyang City will be breached by then.

Shun looked at the nobles and the five ministers in front of him, and everyone remained silent, as if they agreed with Shaohao's words to some extent.

"Everyone, is there any good strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

After a brief silence, Dong Bushi stood up again.

"I think it's not the worst time yet. Whether we can defend Pingyang depends on fighting. Besides, although Danzhu's 7000 red cavalry are stationed along the Yellow River and the Gui River, there are three soldiers and horses, a total of 20. [-] people, only two hundred miles away from Pingyang, can rush to Pingyang within five days, there are Yushan soldiers, Longshan soldiers, Guirui soldiers, and a hundred tribes around, large and small, once everyone works together, gather [-] people The army is not a problem. It will take at least a month for Beidi and Xirong to cooperate with Sanmiao to attack Pingyang. Now that Sanmiao has just captured Danshui City, the morale has been greatly shaken. In field battles, as long as they hold out for five days, the morale of the Miao army will be hit. Once five days later, Danzhu's red cavalry will come to help, and all kinds of soldiers and horses will rush to help Pingyang. !"

Dong Buzhi's explanation put Shun in a good mood.He quickly ordered to transfer the soldiers and horses to the south gate to resist Sanmiao's attack.On the one hand, Danzhu stationed along the Yellow River, Gun from Yushan, Gaotao from Longshan, and Xiang from Guirui were asked to gather troops and horses overnight to help Pingyang.That night, Sanmiao soldiers fired rockets into the city, shooting into a letter.

The letter was written to Shun, and the tone was arrogant and arrogant, asking Shun to surrender quickly, otherwise Shun would be captured alive by Sanmiao, Shun would be divided into five horses, his wife and children would be sold as slaves, and the army would be rewarded.

Shun read the letter and was not angry. He just drew a map of the topography of Wuxing Mountain, put it in the arrow, and shot it to Sanmiao's barracks.

Some Miao family was furious when they read Shun's letter.

"The battle of the Five Elements Mountain was the shame of this old man's life, so that Chonghua kid laughed at me for saying that. Good, good! This old man will capture Pingyang, and he will definitely chop off Chonghua's kid's head, eat his flesh, and sleep Abandoning his wife, stepping down to Pingyang City, a complete shame!"

That night, the Miao family personally led troops to attack the south gate of Pingyang.I saw flames bursting into the sky outside the south gate of Pingyang. In less than a cup of tea, the Sanmiao soldiers fired tens of thousands of rockets outside the south gate.Shun quickly mobilized the people to take water dragons to put out the fire.

The siege battle lasted for one night, with 1000 Sanmiao soldiers killed and wounded, more than 700 Pingyang city defenders killed, and more than 500 people's houses burned down. Although the losses were heavy, the first wave of Sanmiao's attack was finally blocked.

Seeing that the south gate could not be broken through, the Miao family sent [-] soldiers to attack the east gate, but they still received strong resistance.The tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for three days and three nights, each of them suffered casualties, but none of them hurt the main force.At this time, both sides were exhausted, and the Miao family was worried that reinforcements would rush to Pingyang, so they hurriedly retreated [-] miles away from Pingyang and set up camp.Shun was also waiting for reinforcements, but apart from receiving a letter from Feige that [-] Longshan soldiers from Gaotao were rushing to Pingyang, other things either said that there were no soldiers and horses, or they were blocked on the Yellow River waterway.

At this time, there are still [-] defenders in Pingyang City. Although Sanmiao also has [-] soldiers and horses, the defenders in Pingyang are still enough to cope.But the spies came to report that there were soldiers and horses moving in the northwest direction, and a group of troops and horses in the north were also marching south.Shun was shocked when he heard this, because the soldiers and horses coming from the northwest and north might be Xirong and Beidi.It is very difficult to deal with one Sanmiao, not to mention Xirong and Beidi.

That night, Shun again summoned the Fifth Division and the nobles of Pingyang to discuss the matter of withdrawing the army. The four nobles of Pingyang still proposed to retreat or move their capital to Guirui to avoid their edge.But Dong didn't know how to overcome all opinions and insisted on resisting to the end.

"If we continue to defend the city, we will be captured alive once the Xirong soldiers and Beidi soldiers arrive outside Pingyang City in half a month. Now, we can only take the initiative to attack and defeat Sanmiao. Once Xirong and Beidi know that we have defeated Sanmiao , they would not dare to act rashly.”

Shun felt that the plan that Dong didn't know was the only way, so he deployed troops that night, and urgently sent letters to Gun, Danzhu, Gaoyao, and Xiang, asking them to rush to help Pingyang within three days, otherwise they would be severely punished.

However, three days later, only Gaotao's army arrived in Pingyang, only to be attacked by Sanmiao on the bank of the Yellow River, losing more than half of their soldiers and horses, and the remaining half could only cross the river, but when they crossed the river, they were attacked again. More than half of them drowned, and when they arrived in Pingyang, there were less than 4000 people left.Gao Tao hurriedly knelt down in front of Shun, begging for punishment.The nobles of Pingyang believed that Gaotao’s ineffective rescue caused the army to be attacked by Sanmiao, and he should be punished severely. He Shun, the former important minister of Dongyi, believed that Gaotao was innocent and was completely ambushed, and at least he arrived in time.Although only 4000 soldiers and horses came, after all, it was an increase of [-] people, which still gave Shun a lot of confidence.

It turned out that Shun's every move in Pingyang City was under the supervision of Queli. When she learned that Gao Tao rushed to help Pingyang, she told You Miao.The Miao clan immediately sent troops to attack Gaotao, severely injuring Longshan soldiers and horses.

Gao Tao was attacked by the You Miao clan, which made everyone very angry. Shun ordered to immediately send troops to attack the You Miao clan with all his strength.That night, Shun personally led the [-] defenders in Pingyang City and Gaotao's remaining [-] soldiers to attack Sanmiao.

The battle lasted from the evening to the early morning of the next day. Both sides lost 5000 people each, and it was barely a tie.Although he was not defeated, Shun knew that the Sanmiao had not been repelled. As time went by, Xirong and Beidi would invade Pingyang, but the reinforcements had not arrived, and Pingyang would be captured sooner or later.

After ten days of stalemate like this, Shun knew that the situation was getting worse. Xirong and Beidi's soldiers were only 500 miles away from Pingyang, and they might reach Pingyang in ten days, but the reinforcements from Huaxia had not yet arrived.

"Your Majesty, for the current plan, we can only abandon the city and move the capital to Guirui."

The four nobles of Pingyang proposed to move the capital again, and this time even the Fifth Division no longer objected.Shun looked at the expressions of the crowd and felt that they seemed to agree to abandon the city.

"Don't know, what do you think?"

Dong Bushi is the most capable of fighting under Shun, and he basically represents the opinions of all generals.

"We can only retreat, but it is by no means abandoning the city. Since the reinforcements have not arrived, we might as well find reinforcements ourselves. Once the strength of the troops increases, we will fight back to Pingyang. Otherwise, Pingyang will be destroyed by Sanmiao, Xirong and Beidi sooner or later. destroyed."

Listening to what Ting Dong didn't understand, everyone nodded in agreement, while the Pingyang nobles cheered happily.That night, Shun ordered to transfer all the troops in the city to the east, take away everything that could be taken away, and be ready to fight Sanmiao to the death at any time.

(End of this chapter)