Chapter 104: Deciding on a Strategy to Seize the Army
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The dusk was dark, and the soldiers on the side lit the torches.
The two hundred horses and horses were also quite magnificent under the dark dusk.
Wang Bing asked Lu Xiong to support him and walked to Xu Huai with Wang Fan.
"Are you armoured, please ask your grandpa Wang Bing, Wang Fanshu Xu Huai to salute you! Are Ge Boyi afraid that we have surrendered to the enemy and dare not open the city gate?" Xu Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at the east gate tower of Shuozhou. Looking at the sparse bonfires there, he called Ge Boyi, Ge Huaicong and others to make it clearer. He asked Wang Bing.
"Xu Huai, then tell me, have you surrendered to the enemy?" Wang Bing asked with his crutch in his hand and raised his head.
Xu Huaila turned his horse's head and ordered: "After my order, all the generals dismounted their horses and put on half of their bodies and armor, and bared their chests. Please ask the king to verify the injury!"
"Huh!"
Yin Peng and Han Qi took off their horses, took off their armor, untied their robe, and exposed their shoulders.
Basically, no one of the generals and soldiers who could fight on horseback were fatal or disabled. However, after evacuating from Datong City to Wuzhou Mountain, Xu Huai had more than 20 deep and shallow arrows on his body. How could anyone not be injured at all?
"Okay, it's not a shame that I am the better man!" Wang Bing walked into the crowd and saw that the generals and soldiers were covered with deep and shallow scars of swords and arrows. He bowed with tears and said, "You are tired, please accept my bow!"
"Xu Huai, has Zhu Han suffered misfortune?" Wang Fan asked anxiously without seeing Zhu Han and Zhu Zhi and his son.
"Go away from the left and right!" Xu Huai sent the left and right and the few old soldiers who escorted Wang Bing, Wang Fan and his son out of the city to the side, turned over and got off the horse, and said, "Mr. Zhu Han is very good. This time we retreated with 10,000 remaining soldiers. At this time, we stopped in Dietouao, thirty miles away from Shuozhou!"
"How is that possible?" Wang Fan asked in surprise.
Xu Huai led three or five hundred troops to break out of Datong City, and found a certain foreign tribe who robbed the horse and fled. He still believed it, but in such a bad situation, Zhu Han, Xu Huai and others could lead 10,000 troops to retreat safely under the siege of tens of thousands of cavalry. How could he believe it?
"Ge Boyi went to the surrounding area of Shuozhou for thirty miles, and sent scouts. If you really have so many people entering Dietouao, it is impossible for Shuozhou to show no warning at all?!" Lu Xiong asked in disbelief, "No, there is a scout who reported that he encountered a small group of Khitan cavalry near Dietouao at dusk..."
Xu Huai smiled faintly and knew that in this situation, he and Zhu Han were really brought back ten thousand soldiers, which was hard to believe.
Ge Boyi, Ge Huaicong and his son, Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, whether they have other ideas or not, will inevitably reject such a large-scale suspicious army and directly approach the city of Shuozhou, let alone enter Shuozhou.
However, as time goes on, when more than 10,000 soldiers and horses broke through from Datong, Ge Boyi, Ge Huaicong and his son may have already come back to the scene. At least until they confirm whether these soldiers will continue to be controlled by his father and son, they will not easily open the city gate.
Cai Ying seized the military power of Jingsheng Army back then, and even if the Ge family was not participants, they must be bystanders.
So Xu Huai came to Shuozhou City first to meet Wang Fan, but he didn't expect that Wang Bing also arrived in Shuozhou at this time.
This also made Xu Huai more sure that they did not bring all the troops here directly. It was correct. Without thinking, with the king's temper, after rushing to Shuozhou, he should have been fighting with Ge Boyi, Ge Huaicong and his son.
"The scouts sent by Shuozhou asked us to deliberately pretend to be Khitan scouts to disperse. We cannot call Ge Boyi at this time. Ge Huaicong and his son realized that there were still 10,000 troops to retreat safely - this was a letter from Zhu Hanlangjun, Wang Bing, Wang Bing, Wang Bing, you will know why we have arranged this way after you have seen it!" Xu Huai took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Bing and Wang Bing, and personally took the torch to light him.
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Zhu Han didn't believe it for a long time, but he simply said that he had temporarily escaped from Wuzhou Mountain after breaking through Datong City. He then took advantage of Xiao Linshi leading the main force to Yingzhou and then retreated from Wuzhou Mountain.
Wang Bin, Wang Fan read the letter, was shocked and excited, and shouted: "The sky opened one eye, otherwise it would be hard to imagine what the situation in Hedong would be like!"
"Since all the troops have been brought back, why should I hide it in Dietouao?" Zheng Shou asked in confusion.
"The prince has been in Shuozhou for a few days. Have you had sex with Ge Boyi and Ge Huaicong? Is Yue Hailou in Shuozhou at this time or has he gone to Yingzhou and met with Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou?"
The four gates of Shuozhou City were closed, and the city walls were always full of guards. Xu Wuji and Zhou Jing could only dive closer to observe Shuozhou, but could not sneak into the city to find Wang Fan to contact him. Xu Huai could not grasp many specific situations in Shuozhou City at this time.
Xu Huai was more or less afraid of Yue Hailou, and suspected that he might have guessed his life experience, so Yue Hailou would definitely be the first to not allow them to lead their troops into Shuozhou City.
"Wang Fan sent me a message saying that Shengdemen was attacked and Tianxiong Army was trapped in Datong City, which was one day late. He urged Guo Zhongxiong to assemble the wing army in Lanzhou and supplement the defense of Ningwu and other places for another day. Then, three days ago, he learned in Ningwu that the entire Tianxiong Army was destroyed, and he rushed to Shuozhou in panic," Wang Bing said excitedly, "I took advantage of Ge Huaicong's unpreparedness and smashed him a crutch, and never had the chance to succeed again!"
"Yue Hailou returned to Shuozhou and stayed for a day before leaving!" Guo Junzong said.
When Xu Huai heard that Yue Hailou was not in Shuozhou, he felt much more relieved and said to Wang Bing and Wang Fan:
"My husband and I led 10,000 troops to break through, Wang Fan's Langjun seemed incredible at first glance. Ge Boyi and Ge Huaicong were even more surprised. He would not allow two hundred cavalry behind me to easily enter the city, and even more impossible to allow 10,000 troops to enter the city. With the strong temperament of Wang Bing, he would never allow the Ge family father and son to harm Hedong. The Ge family father and son would not care before, because they knew that Wang Bing, Wang Bing, except for participating in the report, there was no way to actually suppress him or ask him for guilt. When it comes to participating in the report, there was no shortage of Wang Bing, Wang Bing, Wang Bing, and others, Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others, and they would also do everything possible to push the blame for defeat on them. What they really feared was that Wang Bing, Wang Bing, you have the ability to directly bind him to the crime at this time..."
"Ten thousand soldiers and horses are reorganized and they all follow your orders?" Wang Fan asked in surprise.
"We broke through Datong City, only the soldiers of the military commander, Jie Zhong, Zhu Run and Lei Teng's third battalions were not dispersed, and the others were all scattered soldiers," Xu Huai said. "We stayed in Wuzhou Mountain for two days to reorganize, but when most of the men broke through, the soldiers and armor were abandoned. Finally, Jie Zhong, Zhu Run and Lei Teng's three-box 1,000 soldiers and 800 soldiers of the military commander, and the remaining 6,000 were scattered. However, no matter what, it was still rectified, otherwise it would not be impossible to intimidate Huairen. The defenders in the two cities in Jincheng did not dare to go out of the city to intercept them. Ge Huaicong and other generals abandoned the army and fled. Jie Zhong, Zhu Run, Lei Teng and others were naturally disappointed with them. They were even afraid that they could not get rewards, but were harmed. They did not dare to return to Shuozhou suddenly and return to Ge Boyi and Ge Huaicong's command..."
When Xu Huai said this, everyone in the inner circle could certainly understand what it meant.
Since Wang Bing is here, everyone will look at Wang Bing together.
Wang Bing closed his eyes and thought for a long time before opening his eyes, sighed and said:
"If you indulge the Ge family father and son to control the military and political affairs of Hedong, Hedong may invade the decaying Khitan in the future. Ge Huaicong and other generals did have serious crimes of fleeing the army. In addition to suspected of sheltering, Ge Boyi was also responsible for defeating the military soldiers and killing foreign people. He was also unable to command the Tianxiong Army and the Xiang Army of the provinces. As an army supervisor, Fan'er should temporarily take charge of military affairs and political affairs, waiting for the new order of the court! This is a matter of unshirkable responsibility!"
"What my father said is very good, Wang Fan should do his best!" Wang Fan said.
Lu Xiong, Zheng Shou, and Guo Jun were all excited at this moment.
Guo Junzong rubbed his hands and urged Xu Huai: "You have been back on a long journey and you must have weighed clearly on the way. What should you do next? Tell me directly, don't keep it from hiding with us!"
"There is still a little uncertain now. How does Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili feel about the Ge family father and son?" Xu Huai asked.
Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili did not need to bear much responsibility for defeat. As the newly-accompanied generals of the city, their direct troops were greatly damaged. The court would only reward them more to win over their hearts and could not punish them.
On the way, Xu Huai thought that Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili brothers should remain neutral in the matter of seizing the army, but when acting in Shuozhou City, Shuozhou is the base camp of the Cao brothers, Xu Huai still had to confirm their attitude first before he could rest assured.
"Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili thought that the Ge family was deeply rooted in Hedong and that after they surrendered to the court, they still relied on the Ge family. Therefore, even though the losses were extremely heavy this time, they did not pretend to be good to Ge Boyi, Ge Huaicong and his son, but coldness was inevitable - the generals and soldiers of the Qing Shun Army were also deeply resentful, and some even publicly expressed dissatisfaction with Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili's surrender and forced them to suppress the Cao brothers." Lu Xiong said.
"The matter will be determined," said Xu Huai, "Mr. Lu, you go back to the city to report to Ge Boyi. In addition to our 200 cavalry, there are more than a thousand scattered soldiers and horses led by generals such as Jie Zhong, Ge Congmi, Ge Jie Jie and others. At this time, only ten miles away from Shuozhou, Wang Bing Gong, Wang Fan Langjun went to welcome the scattered soldiers and horses first, and then these 1,200 soldiers and horses will advance later..."
The Ge family was a general in Hedong for several generations. In addition to Ge Huaicong, Ge Huai, Ge Yu and others, there were also a group of middle-level generals such as Ge Congmi and Ge Jie from the Ge clan.
In order to further slack off Ge Boyi and Ge Huaicong's vigilance, Xu Huai specially asked Lu Xiong to rush back to the city to report the letter at this time and mentioned that two Ge generals led their troops to flee...
Chapter completed!