A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 529: Everyone plotted against Liu Cheng to attack the city, but the old general bravely won the three armies

Lu Qiubei returned the greeting to show that he did not dare, and then began to talk eloquently:

"Although our army has a small victory now, it has raised the enemy's vigilance. It is obviously impossible to use his strategy of underestimating the enemy.

Therefore, the next war can be expected to be increasingly difficult.

In addition to Duan Pixi, Jizhou's enemies also include Tuoba Yina. If I predict correctly, Murong's tribe in Liaodong will also take advantage of this to get involved.

Because according to the ability of Murong Hui, the leader of Murong's tribe, it is impossible not to see the importance of the battle in Jizhou.

The battle in Jizhou will determine the next twenty years of Northern Xinjiang. Whoever wins can own the vast Northern Xinjiang.

Therefore, our opponents will be all the Xianbei tribes, namely the Duan tribe, the Tuoba tribe, and the Murong tribe. "

Bai Lin couldn't help but sigh:

"If sir hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought so deeply and learned the lesson."

"Don't dare! I am a member of the army and this is my duty."

Bai Lin stood up suddenly, faced the generals, and said loudly:
"Everyone, you must have heard what Lu Qiu said about joining the army. The importance of this battle is beyond doubt. Please generals, please do your best for Daxia and all Xia."

"Expel the Huru and restore the Central Plains!!!"

After the morale improved, those who stayed in the big tent were all important officials.

Bai Lin turned to look at Yuan An:

"General, this battle is so confidential. Your Majesty is in the period of filial piety and cannot fight in person. I have neglected the military. I hope the general will give me more advice. I will never become a constraint to the general."

Yuan An cupped his fists and said:
"As ordered."

After confirming the specific command authority of the army, Bai Lin looked at the generals and counselors present:
"Do you have any good advice for me about the upcoming war?"

"Your Majesty!" Shi Guogeng, the head of the Dongwu Palace, stood up and said:

"Since this battle is so important now, even though our army has a hundred thousand heavenly troops, it may still be difficult to completely pacify Youzhou with the intervention of the Tuoba tribe and the Murong tribe.

I think that the king can make a statement to the court, explain the pros and cons of this battle in detail, and request the court to send more reinforcements to ensure that nothing goes wrong. "

Bai Lin nodded in agreement, then wrote the letter in his own hand, and sent an express delivery, eight hundred miles away, to Qiyang, the capital.

"The imperial court's reinforcements are just the icing on the cake. After all, we still need our own efforts. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty!"

When Bai Lin heard the news, he turned out to be General Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng was originally a captain of the Hussar Battalion. Later, the Hussar Battalion was abolished and he became the main general of the Xia Cavalry Army. He was promoted to General Polu and had always been brave.

"I have heard that farmers raise chickens and lay eggs that can be used as delicacies. If a person holds them, they can crush them with great force. When the chicks come out from the inside, they can be crushed with very little force. Pecked to pieces.

It can be seen that the force from the outside is heavy and the force from the inside is light.

Now that Jizhou is besieged and cut off from inside and outside, although General Zhengbei is a veteran on the battlefield, the soldiers under his command are ordinary people after all.

Shicai Luqiu joined the army and said that this battle might last for a long time. This is not clear to the soldiers in Jizhou City, and General Tian does not know whether it is clear.

A long-term siege may disappoint the soldiers in the city and cause the city to fall.

The last general requested to lead the fine cavalry to break through the enemy's siege and enter Jizhou to give hope to the soldiers and people of Jizhou. He also brought the decision of the king and the generals into the city to strengthen the determination of the soldiers and people of Jizhou. "

Bai Lin appreciated it very much and said, "General Liu's suggestion is very important." Then he asked Yuan An for his opinion.

Yuan An also nodded and said: "It's feasible."

Bai Lin immediately wrote a handwritten letter, stamped with a talisman, and asked Liu Cheng to choose his best cavalry and rush into Jizhou City.

After Liu Cheng left, Bai Lin listened to the advice of many generals and counselors and thought of all aspects of the war in advance.

April 3rd
Liu Cheng led a hundred knights selected from Xia's army and charged all the way. After losing more than a dozen knights, they successfully arrived at Jizhou City.

"I am Liu Cheng, the general of the imperial court. I have military orders with me. Please ask the general to open the city gate."

Hu Qi behind him wanted to pursue and kill him, but was blocked by the rain of arrows from the top of the city and had no choice but to retreat.

A bamboo basket was slowly put down at the top of Jizhou City, which was full of war smoke. Liu Cheng put the talisman in it, and the bamboo basket was slowly put back.

"Bang!" "Creak!" The thick suspension bridge of the city moat was lowered, causing a cloud of yellow smoke, and the city gate was slowly opened halfway.

Liu Cheng immediately led people into the city.

Soon I saw the generals of the Xia State who were guarding this place, the general of Zhengbei, the governor of Youzhou, and the Duke of Xingguo Tian Zhen.

Tian Tian, ​​who was already in his fifties, had gray hair, was wearing armor over brocade clothes, and had the aura of having been on the battlefield all year round.

As soon as Liu Cheng saw him, he gave a military salute and said, neither humble nor arrogant: "Liu Cheng, the humble general who broke the enemy's captors, has sent a message to the general of Peking on the orders of the governor."

Tian Huang, surrounded by Jizhou generals, came to Liu Cheng and said happily:

"We have been guarding Jizhou for a long time and have been waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court. Today I can see General Liu. I can't hide my excitement. Please forgive me."

Then he took the letter and read it carefully on the spot. He mentioned that the nature of this battle had changed, and his mood became heavier. He felt that the responsibility on his shoulders had increased for nothing.

Putting the letter away, he looked at the generals in Jizhou and said happily:

"The imperial reinforcements are on the other side of the Qingquan River. In the past few days, Duan Pixi and Tuoba Yonna have not attacked the city again because of the imperial reinforcements."

When the generals of Jizhou heard this, they were in a good mood, and their worries in the past were wiped away, and their words were full of relaxation.

Tian Tian turned his head and looked at Liu Cheng:
"General Liu was able to break through the enemy's siege and enter Jizhou. He is obviously braver than the other three armies. I admire him. Unfortunately, the food in the city is tight and we cannot hold a banquet for the general. Please forgive me." Liu Cheng said respectfully:
"The general is joking, everything is focused on war, and the humble general is frightened."

As Liu Cheng entered Jizhou City, the morale of Jizhou soldiers and civilians, who had been worried about the lack of reinforcements, suddenly rose, and they became more optimistic about the future war.

May
With Duan Liao's painstaking persuasion and the favor of Murong Han, Murong Huang decided to send troops to help Duan Pixi and resist the Xia army.

May 25
Murong Huang led more than 50,000 cavalry and arrived at the Jizhou battlefield.

The Jizhou soldiers on Jizhou City saw the enemy's increasing strength, and their usually optimistic attitude was cast into a layer of worry.

At this time, Tian Huang appeared at the top of the city and explained to the soldiers the necessity of this battle. This was no longer a battle for the Xia Kingdom to pacify Duan Pixi, but a battle for the Han people to expel the Hu people.

If this battle fails, the fall of Jizhou City will be trivial, and hundreds of thousands of Han people will continue to struggle under the iron heel of the Hu people in the quiet and peaceful land.

"Soldiers, do you still want to go back to the days a few years ago when our lives were precarious and the barbarians treated us as 'two-legged sheep'?"

"I don't want to!"

Tian Tian raised his fist, as if he had returned to the beginning of his army, and shouted: "Kill Hu!"

"Kill Hu!!!"

The morale of the Jizhou army was determined.

June
The food supply in Jizhou City is becoming more and more compact, and it is about to bottom out.

Tian Tian thought that he could not go on like this, so he approached Liu Cheng:
"General Liu, I have something to ask of you, and I hope the general will grant it."

"The general has given orders, and I will do my best to fulfill them."

"General Liu, the food and grass in the city are about to be exhausted. We only have one month's reserves. Please return, General, and give this letter to the Governor."

Liu Cheng took the letter, put it inside the lining, and said firmly:
"Don't worry, General. I will definitely deliver this letter to the Governor personally."

Liu Cheng was about to leave when he was pulled by Tian Tian. Tian Tian stared at Liu Cheng and said with difficulty:
"This letter is extremely important. It is related to the safety of Jizhou. It must not fall into the hands of the enemy."

Liu Cheng solemnly paid military salute:

“Faith lasts when people live, but when people die, faith also perishes.”

Tian Zhen nodded and patted his shoulder: "Good to go."

"Wait a minute." Liu Cheng turned around again and saw Tian Tian holding his mount and caressing him:
"This horse is a horse made from the blood of the Western Regions. It can travel thousands of miles in a day. In the early years, I led an army of beggars and robbed a barbarian noble. I have always cherished it.

Today's matter is related to the survival of Northern Xinjiang, so I borrowed it from the general. I hope that the general can return it to me after the war is over. "

Liu Cheng's eyes were visibly filled with joy, and he agreed like a chicken pecking at rice. He took the reins of the horse, got on his horse, and left quickly.

June 11

Liu Cheng led the knights who had followed him into the city earlier and set foot on the return route again.

But since the last time Liu Cheng rushed into the city, the Xianbei army had taken targeted precautions, and Liu Cheng and others were trapped in a heavy siege.

In particular, the leading Xianbei general fought so hard with Liu Cheng that fewer and fewer of his own knights were surrounded by enemy cavalry.

Seeing that out of the hundred cavalry that followed him out of the city, only a few were left.

A Xia Army knight shouted sadly:
"General, we can't rush away. Don't take care of us. The mission of the general is more important. Please leave quickly."

"General, leave quickly!"

Under the protection of his brothers who risked their lives, Liu Cheng used all his strength to push away the weapons of the cavalryman on the opposite side, patted his horse and left.

Upon seeing this, Murong Khan immediately led his troops to pursue him, but Liu Cheng's horse was too fast to catch up with him.

Fortunately, another group of Xianbei cavalry appeared in front. Murong Khan was delighted, thinking that the opponent had no way to escape, so he whizzed his men to speed up their horses.

Liu Cheng narrowed his eyes and knew that returning the same way had become a delusion, so he immediately turned his horse's head and headed upstream of Qingquan River.

After galloping for a day and a night, Liu Cheng finally got rid of his pursuers.

Listening to the heavy breathing of the BMW under his crotch, Liu Cheng endured the injuries and fatigue on his body and drank the horse to cross the river.

June 15

Liu Cheng, who kept making detours to avoid the Xianbei cavalry, finally returned to the Xia army camp on the west bank of the Qingquan River.

He was alone, because the horse under him had died of exhaustion on the road, and he was walking unsteadily, like a zombie. He struggled to breathe and collapsed at the camp gate.

The armor and stomach on his body had long been lost, but fortunately, the soldiers guarding the gate recognized him based on the talisman on his waist and sent him to the military medical camp for treatment.

That night, Liu Cheng woke up leisurely, his eyes filled with a handsome face, who else could it be if it wasn't Bai Lin.

"Your Majesty!"

"Don't move. If you have any questions, just say so. You are seriously injured."

Liu Cheng wanted to take out the letter in his arms, but he couldn't lift his arm at all. He could only gesture to his chest with a weak voice and eyes.

Bai Lin quickly groped Liu Cheng's chest and finally found a letter with blood stains on it.

Bai Lin did not look at it immediately, but comforted Liu Cheng and said:
"Your mission has been completed. Have a good rest. I will handle the rest."

After walking out of the wounded barracks, Bai Lin read Tian Tian's autographed letters by the campfire. He put the letters away and faced the moonlight with a sad sigh:
"It's hard! It's hard!"

(End of this chapter)