Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 315 Gao Shun's Embarrassment

Anyi, Gaoshun's official residence.

"General, Lord Chengying, please see me!"

As soon as Gao Shun returned to the mansion, his own soldiers came to report.

"Chengying?"

Gao Shun was stunned for a while, and ordered: "Please hurry up!"

"As ordered!"

The soldiers led away, and took Chengying in after a while.

Cheng Ying's face was full of dust, and when he entered the hall, he bowed his hands to Gao Shun, "General Gao Shun!"

"Master Cheng Ying!"

Gao Shun returned a salute, asked Cheng Ying to take a seat, and said, "Why did your lord come to Hedong?"

Cheng Ying said: "To tell you the truth, general, I will discuss with General Zhao Yun. If the main force of the Huns can be diverted away, then General Zhao Yun will lead a small cavalry to detour to the side of Meiji. We only need to attack Shan Yuting. , but the Xiongnu can be broken, and Hetao can be settled. However, if General Zhao Yun leads his troops to attack Shan Yuting, there will be no one to lead the troops, so I am here to ask General Gao Shun for help."

Gao Shun changed his face and said: "Privately granting military power is a taboo for ministers, how to do it!"

Cheng Ying hurriedly said: "We are only waiting for business, and we have no selfish intentions. Even if there are occasional arrogance, it is for the sake of the Lord's great cause. It is only because the Lord has gone to the Central Plains and cannot ask for orders in time, so we will take this expedient measure. The Lord is wise and judgmental. , forgive me for not committing crimes!"

Gao Shun said deeply: "This move is very inappropriate, let a good student think about it!"

Cheng Ying said again: "If the lord blames it, I will take it upon myself next time!"

Gao Shun turned pale and said: "A person who is not afraid of things, how can he be afraid of taking responsibility, he just doesn't want to break the law."

Cheng Ying laughed dryly, knowing that he had accidentally said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said: "General Gao Shun is unparalleled in loyalty, and I naturally know what the general is like. But Fa Du is dead, and we should adapt accordingly. My lord has said it more than once. There is an urgent need for authority, as long as you do the right thing, you should not stick to the dead rules, why does General Gao Shun hesitate?"

Gao Shun pondered for a long time before saying, "My lord, please tell me the details first!"

Cheng Ying had no choice but to explain everything in detail, trying to convince Gao Shun.

Gao Shun is in a dilemma, this method is indeed feasible, but privately granting military power is a taboo for a courtier, so he has to be cautious.

Although the lord is wise and decisive, this kind of thing cannot be done lightly.

Even if the lord doesn't blame him afterwards, the other generals and counselors may not be like this.

What others will see will only be that they and Zhao Yun privately grant and receive military power, not the result.This is a matter of principle. Once this is done, wouldn't the generals in charge of the army have to follow suit in the future? This is not a good thing.
After thinking about it again, I still feel that I can't start this head.

However, he couldn't bear Cheng Ying's persuasion, and finally had no choice but to agree.

However, in order to minimize the impact, both of them wrote a self-crime statement and sent the horse to the Central Plains to submit to Luo Zheng. follow suit.

Now that he has made a decision, Gao Shun doesn't hesitate any longer.

After arranging all the things in Hedong, he left Anyi with Chengying and went straight to Shangjun with more than a hundred relatives.

The north gate of Kaifeng, the city gate is open, and Xiliang cavalry are rushing into the city.

Luo Zheng just led the army to the city of Kaifeng, and only ordered five thousand cavalry to walk around the city, shouted a few times, and scared the bureaucratic gentry in Kaifeng city, and Kaesong surrendered.

After the army entered the city, hundreds of soldiers in Kaifeng City were immediately rushed to the barracks for custody.

Under the guard of Xu Chu, Luo Zheng strode up to the top of the city, looking at the magnificent mountains and rivers, he felt a sense of pride.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Jia Xu quickly stepped onto the top of the city, and bowed to Luo Zheng, "My lord!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and asked: "Wen He is exempt from courtesy, where is Cao Ren's army now?"

Jia Xu said, "We've arrived at Junyi!"

Luo Zheng's spirit was lifted, and he said: "Cao Ren is here so fast!"

Jia Xu said: "According to reports from the scouts, although Cao Ren went south in the starry night, he scolded the scouts everywhere in a radius of [-] li, and he was very careful about our army. If my lord wants to lead the army to attack, I'm afraid it will be impossible."

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Wenhe can have a clever strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Jia Xu said loudly: "No matter how cautious Cao Ren is, he is an infantry, and our army is cavalry, and they are taking the initiative. If they can't be defeated, they will have the prestige of the lord. I have a plan to break Cao Ren's army! "

Luo Zheng said happily: "Wenhe, please speak!"

Jia Xuxue knew: "It's very simple. My lord only needs to leave hundreds of soldiers and horses, and then plant banners all over the city of Kaifeng to confuse Cao Jun's scouts. At night, my lord can lead the main force out of Kaifeng and go around to Cao Ren. The army is behind. Cao Ren sent all the scouts to the front, and the rear must guard against the army's weakness. Only when he leads the army south, the lord can take advantage of the situation and fight out!"

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "If our army doesn't move, Cao Ren may not lead his army south."

Jia Xu thought for a while, then said: "This is easy. Cao Jun's army is all infantry. As long as they move, three thousand cavalry are enough to defeat them. My lord can leave two thousand soldiers and horses, and then enclose the soldiers and the people in the city To serve as cavalry, we will leave Kaifeng and head south to Xuchang early tomorrow morning. Our army has the advantage of the horses, so as long as we walk slowly, there will be no mistakes!"

Luo Zheng thought for a moment, and said decisively: "Forget it, just follow Wenhe's opinion!"

The sun went down quickly, the four doors of Kaifeng were closed tightly, and there was smoke rising from the kitchen.

Cao Jun's scouts were divided into several groups, staring at the four gates of Kaifeng, changing groups every half an hour, reporting the latest movements of Luo Zheng's army to Cao Ren's army in time to avoid being attacked by Xiliang cavalry.

When it got dark, torches lit up the city of Kaifeng.

Ten cavalry scouts walked around the four gates of Kaifeng from time to time.

At this moment, the four gates of Kaifeng suddenly opened, and fifty cavalrymen came out each.

"No, soldiers from Xiliang have come out, let's go!"

When Cao Jun scouted the cavalry, they turned around and ran away without saying a word.

This kind of chasing battle happened almost every day. As long as the Xiliang army stopped to rest, they would drive away Cao Jun's scouts. However, Cao Jun's scouts were very clever, hanging from a distance all the time, and would run away as soon as they found something wrong.

The Xiliang army chased him several times, but only killed more than ten scouts of the Cao army.

After chasing and fleeing, Cao Jun's scout quickly fled away.

Soon, the four gates of Kaifeng rushed out more than a hundred riders each again, and launched a carpet-like sweep of the surrounding area.Kaifeng was surrounded by flat plains, and Cao Jun's scouts had nowhere to hide even if they wanted to hide.

After confirming that there was no spy from Cao Jun, Wang Fang immediately reported the news to the city.

Not long after, three thousand Xiliang cavalry rushed out from the south gate, and quickly escaped into the night.

After the Xiliang cavalry chased for ten miles, they gave up the pursuit and went back to the city.

Cao Jun's scout also turned around and followed him reluctantly, and followed far behind.

The torches were still brightly lit at the top of the Kaifeng city, and there was nothing unusual. The soldiers patrolling the night walked back and forth on the top of the city, stretching their necks from time to time, shouting and cursing outside the city, or shooting a few arrows. patient.

"Head, there seems to be no problem!"

Some scouts stared at it for a while, then turned their heads and said to the leader of the team.

Shichang didn't see anything unusual, so he waved his hand and said, "Go, stay away, lest the Xiliang thieves come out again. If you hold on for another hour, it's time to change shifts. You have to fucking watch carefully. Don't let anything go wrong."

"Don't worry, head!"

A scout soldier said: "From the perspective of villains, these Xiliang cavalry are also soft-footed shrimps. They have fought against each other several times, and they can't do anything to us. If it weren't for their large numbers, villains would not be afraid of these Xiliang thieves! "

"that is!"

The rest of the scout soldiers all nodded in agreement, thinking that the Xiliang cavalry was nothing more than that.

"Stop your fucking arrogance!"

Although Shi Chang also felt that the Xiliang cavalry were not as tough and good at fighting as they heard about, but he couldn't see the wings and tails of these turtles under him, so he reprimanded them casually, so as not to suffer a big loss if he was careless.

The scouts didn't think so, but they didn't dare to refute, so they had to keep their mouths shut.

As the night gradually deepened, the Xiliang soldiers on the city's night patrol changed every two hours, which was normal all night.

Cao Jun's scouts saw it clearly, and every hour, they sent fast horses to report the news to Cao Ren's army.

When the sky slowly brightened, the four gates of Kaifeng opened again.

"Come on!"

The scouts of Cao Jun who were wandering outside the city pulled their horses and left without saying a word.

The Xiliang cavalry routinely chased them ten li away, then turned around and headed back to the city.

The scouts of Cao Jun also followed up tacitly. From a long distance, he saw hundreds of cavalry rushing out of the south gate of Kaifeng with a group of war horses, and rolled south. Because they were too far away, they couldn't see clearly How many horses are there.

When the sun rose, teams of Xiliang cavalry came out from the south gate of Kaifeng, and after a little reorganization, they went south along the official road, but the speed was slightly slower than the normal march of cavalry.

Cao Jun's scout immediately retreated several miles away, and never dared to come forward easily.

After following for more than 20 miles, the speed of Xiliang cavalry going south gradually picked up.

In front of the cavalry formation, Wang Fang didn't rush, and let the horse run slowly while looking back from time to time.

A small school looked at Wang Yan's face, and couldn't help complaining, "General, this is too slow, and it's about the same speed as infantry marching. Why did my lord want to arrest so many civilians? They are all burdensome." !"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Wang Fang gave the little principal a hard look, and said angrily: "My lord, there is a reason for my lord to do this. Why are you so talkative, look after those common people, and don't make trouble. It's serious, don't complain here. .”

Xiaoxiao shrank his neck, didn't dare to say any more, and ran to the back in a hurry.

Wang Fang couldn't help looking back again, two thousand cavalry guarded more than two thousand people on horseback. Although there was no problem for the time being, he didn't dare to be careless at all, for fear of showing his feet.

Fortunately, with the help of horse stirrups, although these trapped people cannot charge on horseback, it is not a problem to drive them to sleep at a constant speed, and after a long time on horseback, they gradually mastered a little skill, and the speed reached a certain level. Get up slowly.

Cao Jun's scouts didn't find anything unusual, and still only followed from a distance.

Even if there are hundreds of fewer cavalrymen in five thousand, it is hard to tell.

(End of this chapter)