My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 372: The soldiers gathered together, the mighty power of heaven

As the leader of the Sogdian tribe rolled over Mount Xun, that is, Mount Anlu suddenly raised the banner of the Qing emperor in the northeast of Liang to punish the traitorous ministers around the emperor. The people in Liang who were already nervous about killing became even more tense.

They even sent out gathered soldiers from various tribes to send the Qing emperor back to their respective tribes. Even if no one responded, they could still create the illusion that the Liang Kingdom was in turmoil and the building was about to collapse.

The first to receive the news were Xia Houyuan, Qin Qiong, Li Xuanba and other troops who were attacking Gudang Mountain. They were not very clear about the specific situation there in Anlu Mountain. When they suddenly heard the news, they first sent people to investigate there. , and later received supporting evidence, as well as letters written by An Lushan himself.

Everyone immediately gathered in the big tent to discuss.

"Why are you hesitating? My father-in-law, you have given the order. We will not fight here at Gudang Mountain. We will directly bypass it, join Anlu Mountain, and attack the capital of Liang Kingdom. We will take off the emperor's throne and behead him."

Zhang Fei was sitting on the left side. He was still hot-tempered, but after coming here, he stopped whipping the soldiers.

Firstly, he treated the soldiers too harshly in his previous life and suffered the consequences; secondly, Guan Yu and Liu Bei also imposed forced restraints in this regard, which gradually changed his bad habits.

"General Zhang is right. Take advantage of this opportunity to bypass Gudang Mountain. This place is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The opponent controls the mountain pass and cannot get through. It is especially inappropriate to waste food and soldiers' lives here."

Xu Huang intervened at the right moment and expressed his opinion.

Li Xuanba opposite him also nodded: "Let's go around Gudang Mountain. The Liang soldiers and horses here will definitely not let us go easily. Why don't I set up an ambush halfway and wait for them to chase them and attack them halfway!"

Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong looked at each other with joy on their faces. Their observation of Li Xuanba during this period indeed revealed that he had made a lot of progress in the past two years. He no longer only knew how to charge into battle.

"What Xuan Ba ​​said is wonderful, and we both agree!"

"What do you agree to?"

At this time, a sound like a bell came from outside the tent. Everyone stood up quickly and saw the curtain opened. Guan Yu, in green robe and gold armor, strode in, followed by his eldest son Guan Ping.

As soon as he came in, everyone bowed their hands in greeting. Zhang Fei rushed forward, grabbed Guan Yu's arms and looked up and down: "Second brother, I heard that you used [-] cavalry to kill [-] barbarians to a rout. Are you injured?" "

"Haha, Yide thinks your brother will be hurt? You are a bunch of chickens and dogs!"

Guan Yu also held Zhang Fei's arm and laughed, and then returned the salute to everyone in the tent. Guan Ping behind him also saluted. After all, he was a junior. Although there were generals from later dynasties in the tent, he was still young. In charge here, you should respect Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong.

When looking at Zhang Bao, the two raised their eyebrows and greeted each other in a way that belonged to young people.

Over there, Xia Houyuan also stood up from the first place and gave up the main seat behind the long table to Guan Yu. Guan Yu naturally sat down without hesitation.

But after the battle at Jimai City, he grabbed Xia Houyuan's wrist with a smile, and asked Guan Ping to take the top spot, and the two of them sat at the top.

"Wonderful talent, you and I are both dead. Although we have to work hard, we don't have to worry about the complicated etiquette."

Guan Yu looked at Xia Houyuan who had a wry smile on his face, patted the back of his hand, smiled and looked at the generals in the tent while stroking his beard.

"There is one thing that Guan forgot to tell you. The Yasun Mountain is actually Anlu Mountain. The more than [-] people under his command were actually captured by Guan and secretly found an opportunity for him to rescue them, in order to let him rescue them. Complete your majesty's plan well and do anything to disrupt Liang Guo's morale."

"Junhou, we have known this for a long time!"

As an old friend for many years, Xu Huang burst out laughing. He also pulled out the letter sent by An Lushan from the information in the long case and showed it to the stunned Guan Yu.

"This... I said it would surprise you."

After Guan Yu read the contents of the letter, he chuckled, causing all the generals in the tent to laugh as well.

The atmosphere in the big tent was lively. After everyone was joking and joking, Guan Yu stopped his smile. He stood up amidst the sound of metal armor rubbing against each other, and his phoenix eyes sternly scanned one of the generals in the tent.

"An Lushan has already incited the troops of the Liang Kingdom, so let's add more firepower, bypass Gudang Mountain, and go straight to the capital of the Liang Kingdom!"

"The whole army marches out——"

Murder spread.

Woo! !

The rallying horn sounded, and the entire military camp was filled with the sound of human footsteps and the clash of weapons. The generals from the tent came out in twos and threes and went to their respective teams.

Soon after, together with the [-] Xirong cavalry of the Tiefo tribe of the Luotang tribe, a total of [-] people bypassed Gudang Mountain and left from the southwest.

The [-] Liang troops stationed at Gudang Mountain, as Li Xuanba expected, wanted to take advantage of the situation to pursue and catch Guan Yu's troops off guard from the rear. However, they were ambushed halfway by Li Xuanba, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong, causing [-] taels of casualties. More than a thousand people fled in all directions.

Anlu Mountain in the southeast and the Xia Kingdom's West Route Army in the southwest, these two armies were like floods, bypassing the Gudang Mountain standing in the middle and rushing south.

The roads and grassy beaches going south were full of galloping horses carrying messages heading further south. Behind these commanding horses was a huge army with the will to destroy the country.

The entire Liang Kingdom was still in the whirlpool of the Yaoshan rebellion. When the Xia Kingdom's Western Route Army bypassed the Gudang Mountains and rushed left and right with the rebels from the Yaishan Mountains towards the capital of the Liang Kingdom, it hit the Liang Kingdom like a huge wave. on the body.

There were explosions all over the palace and the capital, both inside and outside the city.

The rebels in the name of the Qing emperor actually went south together with the Xia army. As long as a normal person understands, the leader of the Sogdian tribe called Gaoshan simply wears the same pants as the Xia people.

In other words, he had already taken refuge with the Xia Emperor.

It was already late at night in the palace. Emperor Tuoba Kui looked at the concubine who had finished with him, cursed "get out" and drove her away.

The survival of the country was at stake, so he put on his unlined clothes and sat down in the pavilion. Unexpectedly, his mother, Zhao Xifeng, came over with a cane.

"I heard that His Majesty kicked people out?" The old woman came and sat down next to her son.

The eunuchs, maids, and guards all around stood at a distance. Tuoba Kui looked at the pond outside the pavilion and nodded dullly. Then he looked at his mother and forced a smile: "She went to the queen mother to complain? Haha, let's see how I deal with her next time."

"You look like a man, but... you don't look like the king of a country." Zhao Xifeng looked at her son who was smiling bitterly in front of her. As a mother, she felt heartbroken.

"It's because of your mother that you were burdened. If you weren't encouraged to avenge your uncle... maybe there wouldn't be such a thing."

"Whatever the Queen Mother says, you are my mother. I should listen to whatever you say. Besides, even if you don't avenge your uncle, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom will still come to kill you."

"Yes, but at least it won't be this early. If it's later, you will have more soldiers and horses in your hands, and they will be more elite."

Zhao Xifeng looked at her son in front of her and reached out to touch his face.

"Now, why don't you write a letter and declare yourself to the Emperor of Xia Kingdom? Don't rush to veto it, just listen to what I have to say."

The old woman interrupted Tuoba Kui, who was about to speak, and continued: "...Tolerate temporary humiliation is what the emperor should learn. When you have a strong army, you can get back what you lost!"

Tuoba Kui looked at the old woman in front of him quietly, as if he had returned to his childhood, when he was nestling next to his mother and listening to her talk about the knowledge and allusions of the Central Plains.

After a while, he nodded.

Soon after he sent his mother back to the palace to rest, he summoned the officials of Zhongshu Province and asked them to write a letter of credence, and sent eloquent ministers to see the Emperor of Xia.

In the northwest, civil servants were equally skilled with bows and horses. The envoy took the letter of credence and quickly left the Western Capital with a dozen cavalrymen. They rode south along the official road and rushed to Zunwang Prefecture, which was more than [-] miles away.

Along the way, the further south we go, the more people from the Liang Kingdom are fleeing on the road. Most of them are running towards the mountains. They are not stupid. If the opponent knocks on the door, they must be heading towards the capital. At this time, they are going to the western capital of the Liang Kingdom. , that would be equivalent to risking your life to help defend the city.

Fortunately, the Xia army advancing from the south was not as scary as the rumors said. It did not embarrass the people too much and allowed them to leave their homes and move elsewhere.

Even the people of Liang who were too late to leave or unwilling to leave tried their best to do nothing when the army came. There were even brave people who stood at the entrance of the village and watched the huge army passing by on the paths and fields outside their village. Even the cavalry will not trample the crops in the fields.

It is difficult for the people of the Liang Kingdom to understand this point, but among the Xia Kingdom's armies, it is common sense not to trample crops or harm the non-hostile people. This is all thanks to the supervision Su Chen sent to the camp. Political riding meritorious service.

Moreover, what is even more incomparable between the armies of various countries is that even if the leader of the army dies in battle, the soldiers below will not flee. If a general dies in battle, his deputy will be on top, and if a deputy general dies in battle, his lieutenant will be on top. ...until the last person stands.

Such a layer-by-layer military system is completely beyond all armies in this world.

Some soldiers even joked that he would be able to become a general after all the people above him were killed!
  The soldier was then punished to shout this sentence a hundred times in the school grounds.

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After several days of traveling under the stars and the moon, the fast horse from the Western Capital finally arrived at Zunwang Prefecture. The group of surrendered soldiers and generals from Qi State who were intensively attacking the prefecture were now in full swing.

When they were in the Qi State, all of them were old soldiers, and they were completely incompetent in fighting. After surrendering to the Xia State, as a vanguard, they were like chicken blood. After several smooth battles, they felt that they were also elite soldiers in a hundred battles.

When the envoy arrived, he was quickly intercepted by the cavalry patrolling the field. After being confiscated of valuables, he threw the envoy in front of Xu Mao and other generals, and informed the other party that he was an envoy from the Liang State. They wanted to see the Emperor of Xia, so they just let him go and sent a team of personal guards to escort him to the emperor's camp fifty miles behind.

At this time, Su Chen was having a meeting with the Chinese generals. He was a little surprised when he heard that envoys from Liang State were coming.

"Let him in."

Su Chen waved to Wu Zixun to cover the hanging map with a cloth, and then sat back on the big tiger-skin chair behind the long desk. Surrounded by Lu Bu, Xiang Yu, Zhao Yun and others, Ma Chao, after helping Qi to surrender its generals, Also returned here, Ma Dai and Pang De were naturally among them.

The envoys who were waiting outside carefully entered the tent, and their hearts trembled when they saw so many generals.

"The foreign minister pays homage to the Emperor of Xia!"

He knelt on the ground, bowed, and tremblingly took out a wooden box from his arms, holding the credential inside with both hands over his head.

Wu Zixun stepped forward to take the box, opened it, took out the credentials written on silk, and handed it to Su Chen.

"Ha ha……"

Su Chen, who was at the head of the table, held a piece of silk and roughly scanned the writing on it, "Is your emperor starting to talk softly now?"

He handed the credential to Wu Zixun and asked him to burn it.

This startled the envoy: "Your Majesty, what are you..."

"I have not received my credentials."

Su Chen leaned back on his chair and asked the generals in the tent with a smile: "Have you seen me accept my credentials?"

"No!" All the generals laughed and replied in unison.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

The Liang envoy looked at this scene in stunned silence. He did not expect that the Xia Emperor would act like this.

Behind the long desk opposite him, Su Chen's smile faded and his eyes gradually turned cold. He stood up and came to the Liang envoy, grabbed his shoulders and lifted him up.

"Go back and tell your emperor not to waste your efforts. I will not stop the army just because he surrenders and surrenders, let alone give him time to breathe!"

The envoy swallowed his saliva and backed away in fear. When he was about to leave the tent, Su Chen said something again.

"By the way, I will only consider it if he surrenders the whole country."

(End of this chapter)