When the sky was about to clear, the blizzard stopped again.
I have already chased Le Yanzhen on the bank of the Yellow River, and I can also see a large group of figures slowly moving on the ice and a little light. I can't help but feel very happy. I think that at the beginning, his predecessor Han Jian was also retreating on such a piece of ice. , Suffered a decisive assault from the Tianping Army, so that the entire division was completely lost. Now it is his turn to lead the Wei Bojun to intercept afterwards, but it is really a matter of feng shui.
"The middle way invites to hit, the middle way invites to hit! Let the archers who have already arrived arrange their arrows..."
Immediately, Le Yanzhen gave orders without hesitation:
"The infantry team took the lead with lightly armed swords and axemen, and then concealed them. The horse team wrapped up their hoofs later and prepared to volley in a roundabout way. This time I will want the Tianping Army to come back and forth..."
"I don't want to be the leader,"
An exceptionally sturdy and powerful general with Kong Wu handed his hand over and asked: Le Yanzhen took a closer look, but it was the governor of Bozhou and the left-wing infantry who knew Luo Hongxin. He couldn't help but praised:
"What a generous warrior, I will use you as a pioneer and be sure to win the first battle..."
Afterwards, a large number of open flames, Wei Jun, led by Luo Hongxin, who took the lead, like a dark wave pounding in the wind and snow, rushed down the ice along several temporary paved stairways. Stepping on the hard and smooth ice surface, struggling to culminate the Tianping Army moving in the distance.
And the one that jumped over their heads was the first rocket to shoot out. It stayed with many densely packed stars like this, pouring rain down on the ice of the broad Yellow River, and suddenly dancing those in the dark, cold wind and snow. The Tianping army fleeing in China illuminates one piece after another.
In the residual firelight lit up by the stars, the mules and horses and fully loaded vehicles that were paddling on the ice were also illuminated. Some vehicles ignited without hesitation after arrows were hit, and the nearby ice surface was burned. The more the photos lighted up, it was even more shocking that the soldiers who were dragging the carts and horses rushed to run around.
When these Wei Jun saw this, their morale was boosted and they accelerated forward, regardless of the probability that the fur boots tied to their feet might slip and fall; while the sound of horseshoe stepping on the shore, it was those who were on the horseshoe. The cavalry of Wei Jun, who put on small spikes and pierced the sheath, also rushed down the embankment and chased up in a roundabout way.
At this time, in the second and third rounds, more dense arrows also shot out, covering the sky and the earth in the balance army on the ice. However, apart from the sporadic screams, there was no more noise. The wind and snow on the shore also re-rolled, and the stagnant cold mist on the ice became thin.
And under the faint light of the sky, Le Yanzhen, who stayed on the shore and swept the formation, clearly saw that the Wei army infantry and horse team had already rushed into the Taiping army on the other side of the ice, but somehow there was nothing in his heart. A little bit of joy and relief, but faintly raised and uneasy. Because he found that these Tianping troops reacted the same from beginning to end.
"Pass the order, line up in place, be careful..."
In the next moment, Le Yanzhen, who had a great warning sign in his heart, hurriedly shouted:
"Where do you need to be on guard?"
A general next to him couldn't help but ask: Then his voice was drowned out by the loud shouts of killing from near and far.
With the sound of the golden drums and the shouting to kill, a large swath of snow and dust rolled up behind them, and the dull sound of horseshoes was almost like the snow piled up on the ground, all shaking and flying again. At this time, Wei Jun on the shore also screamed in a flustered manner:
"Enemy attack..."
"There is an ambush..."
"Set up for battle..."
The first to bear the brunt was those Wei Jun archers who lined up on the outer coast while trying to burn their bowstrings in front of the roasting cage. Almost one of them was pierced and overwhelmed by the enemy riders. Only then were the licensed guns hurriedly lined up against the enemy The Wei Jun's pawns flashed through the Wei Jun with a flash of light in an instant, and in the next moment they lit up into a ball of flames, turning them off.
In a blink of an eye, under the surprise attack of these enemy riders, the Wei army's infantry lined up to meet the seven-layer array had already been smashed, and the force of depravity rushed to the vicinity of the Chinese army where Le Yanzhen was located. Only under the guard interception and deterrence of the tooth soldier wearing a large armor and holding a long knife and a large axe, he stopped in a mess.
At this time, Le Yanzhen, who was heavily ringed up, could see clearly the flags and colors of the attackers not far away under the brighter sky. They are wearing a plain white cloak and tunics with a horse and a man, but they are now being filled with various bloodstains, and on the vertical banner held high in the middle, there is a black "Cao" character.
At the rear of the Tianping cavalry who were slowly rushing to and fro in front of the formation, Cao Xiang, who was already covered with a mottled blood, was also looking at the Wei Jun’s "Le" flag on the opposite side. There was also Wei Jun who was constantly gathering like a snowball. . However, he sighed slightly with regret, and almost killed him under the banner of the opponent's army.
The troops left behind by myself are still a bit less, otherwise, taking advantage of the opportunity of the last gloom before dawn and the enemy is unknown, at least it can destroy the enemy line instead of achieving this stalemate. He then ordered without hesitation:
"Blow the trumpet and withdraw along the river bank according to the established plan..."
After seeing the Tianping cavalry behind the palace retreating like a tide, these Wei Bo troops showed no signs of actively pursuing them. Instead, they camped on the spot to gather the ripped soldiers and horses; and waited for the chasing cavalry on the ice to return to their original formation.
After another half day, more support came to join; Le Yanzhen left a team to rebuild the beacons and outposts along the coast, but he retreated to the north and recovered in Linhuang City. When the cavalry sent by the Wei army followed the trail westward and came to a frozen ferry, they discovered the remnants of the temporary passage used to retreat on the ice.
It is a mat made of wheat straw and straw bales, and then it is watered with firewood and sticked on the ice. Then a temporary aisle is laid out of thin air across the banks of the river. When the chasing soldiers arrive, they can only see that they have landed far away. The last point to go to pull the body of the mount. On the other side, a camp has already been set up and is ready to wait.
Later, these chasing soldiers also wanted to try to chase the crime along this sidewalk, and then they slipped and fell on both sides before they got far, or stepped on the spikes hidden in the snow and screamed; During the retreat of these balance forces, they not only re-watered the road, but also inserted foot spikes that delayed the pursuit.
However, in Henan, at the cost of losing a small number of cavalry and most of the mounts, he completely got rid of Cao Xiang, who was finally pursued by the Wei army, and did not care about the joy and regret of his escape. He stopped and supplemented in Yanggu City. , Against the wind and snow again, with the last batch of extra-strength soldiers and horses, embarked on the road of returning to the aid of Yuncheng.
Afterwards, when Cao Xiang passed through Shouchang and Xuchang, he found that the local people were still obeying Cao’s military officials and the people. They each stinks out the training of 700 people and 500 people, and the grain and grass have been accumulated accordingly. Material use. Finally, when he arrived at the foot of Yuncheng in the afternoon of the next day, he found that although the smoke was billowing above the city, the Cao's banner was still planted on the north gate.
Cao Xiang couldn't help but try to get people to call the door, and the result was that he opened it at the first call. Afterwards, the brigade did not hesitate to cover up and enter, chasing and killing the rebels and insurgents who were looting in the neighborhood one by one; the rebels in the city were also shocked and defeated without fighting spirit.
In the end, when Cao Xiang's rebels surrounded the inner city with their front feet, the city gate was opened on the back foot. Then I learned that Zhu Xuan, the former member of the Tianping Army who had set off the rebellion, had already escaped from the East Gate first, while the other defenders who participated in the counter-insurgency were Zhang Xiao, the deputy envoy Du Biao, and Xia Houyan, the general patrolling city. The man, however, was looked at his head by the anti-shui subordinates, and handed in a request for ransom.
It is as if within a day, the anti-turmoil affecting the whole city was so calmed down by the general trend. And Cao Xiang came to his tooth city like an arrow, only to see the smokey door open wide, and his newly married concubine, obviously pregnant, led a group of old and weak women and children to welcome it out. Cao Xiang, who had mixed feelings, couldn't help stepping forward and comforting him warmly:
"It's fine if you wait for nothing, it's fine if it's fine!"
"But thanks to the help and rescue of Shannan Guild Hall..."
The concubine could not help sighing:
"Shannan Hall?"
Only then did Cao Xiang react, and could not help looking at someone who had the dual identity of the Taiping Army Outreach Representative and the Chamber of Commerce Xingdong (Fan Chengzhi) beside the welcoming crowd. The slight nod of the other party disappeared.
Compared to Yuncheng, which is full of the aftermath of the aftermath, in Luoyang City, the eastern capital hundreds of miles away to the east, there is undoubtedly a much more festive atmosphere. With the sound of firecrackers burning sporadically everywhere, lanterns of various shapes also hung high in the streets and alleys where the lanterns were in the first place.
And in the old government office of the East Capital Branch, there are also full of banquets for the upcoming reception, and the aroma of cooking fried dishes with the stove open; an altar of wine and water stacked in the yard of Lao Gao It looks like a hill. On weekdays, canned fruits and vegetables, which are especially rare, were also taken out in bundles and soaked in hot water for heat preservation.
However, in the depths of the mansion, in front of the huge copper standing mirror, Zhu Lao San, who was originally allowed to arrange the clothes and bands of the maid, had driven most of the people out, and then it was rare for him to mumble a little:
"You mean? The governor of the city has been called the king?, Is it the king of Chu?"
"I'm afraid this is true, but it is news that Jing (xiang) who went to Gangneung to congratulate the army joined the army and sent people back quickly..."
Li Zhen, who is in charge of confidential documents, calmly said beside him:
"But it is reasonable, unexpected..."
However, Zhu Lao San suddenly collapsed slightly, and he said this leisurely:
"Central Plains has been troubled again from now on, so where should we go?"
At this time, there was a cry from the outside again:
"Report, stay behind, 100,000 firemen in the customs..." (End of this chapter)