Chapter 251 Cutting and Rooting
Soldiers and horses cried, and such doomsday appearance appeared in Taiyuan late at night!
Zhang Xiaochun stood on the head of the city, his face was withered and his whole body was tight, and his face was full of tears.
In the past two years, since Tong Guan entered Taiyuan, there has been no moment of peace in this ancient city. The prosperity and tranquility of the past is gone forever. Last year's military disaster almost destroyed this historic ancient city; a year of rest and recuperation now reappears in the doomsday.
"God, what's wrong with the atomic people? You have to reduce the disaster like this!" Zhang Xiaochun looked at the soldiers and civilians who fled in a hurry under the city. He couldn't knelt down by the women's wall and cried bitterly. "Why don't you let Zhang Xiaochun bear it alone!!"
"The governor, the governor--" The left and right generals and soldiers hurried forward to help.
"Zhang should be killed by the nine clans and dig the ancestral graves! - Whoo-hoo!!" Zhang Xiaochun pushed away the people around him and cried bitterly.
"Fujun - The general sent the great leader Xiao Linglong to escort the people to retreat, and the 500 Khitan cavalry have arrived in the city!" There is a general who will report loudly.
Everyone was stunned and looked at Zhang Xiaochun at the same time.
Zhang Xiaochun stopped crying, slowly stood up from the ground, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Let's go! - Wait for me to meet Princess Xiao in person!"
At the south gate of Taiyuan, Yao Gu, the general of the town, led the people and horses to lead the headquarters. One was to escort the grain and fodder, and the other was to Luoyang to make an outpost to pave the way for Chu Tianya's army. The heavy responsibility of escorting the people in Hedong to evacuate completely fell into the hands of Zhang Xiaochun. Although Yao Gu left thousands of soldiers for Zhang Xiaochun, he is a civil official after all, and it is difficult for him to do things like protecting people and long-distance marches.
So Chu Tianya sent Xiao Linglong, Yelu Chongwen and Chongwu brothers as helpers.
Zhang Xiaochun went down to the city and saw Xiao Linglong, rose armor and green mask. Taiyuan people were no longer strangers.
"Zhang Fujun, at the end, take the order of the general to listen to it under the command of the lord!" Xiao Linglong fell off her horse and stood with her fists in her arms.
"How dare, how dare!" Zhang Xiaochun hurriedly replied, "With the help of Princess Xiao, you can protect the people!"
Xiao Linglong hurriedly said, "As early as the beginning of the war, the governor issued a relocation order. Why are there so many people today?"
"Oh... it's hard to say!" Zhang Xiaochun smiled bitterly and said, "In a word, the safety of these people depends on Princess Xiao!" Yao is a sour scholar who doesn't know anything about military affairs. He is willing to hand over thousands of soldiers to Princess Xiao and join the ranks of escorting the people to escape!"
"Good." Xiao Linglong didn't say much. She hugged her fist and said, "The lord has issued a strict order not to leave a commoner or damage the property of a family!" Otherwise, I'm the only one who asks - don't worry, the Hedong Rebel Army will not humiliate!"
"With the words of the princess, I'm relieved." Zhang Xiaochun breathed a sigh of relief, "I just hope that this will cause the people to follow the army, enter Guanzhong all the way, and find another way to live. Don't be dead or injured on the way."
"Xiao understands." Xiao Linglong turned over her horse and waved the Taining pen gun in her hand. "All the soldiers obey the order - I'd rather die than hurt a commoner!" I'd rather die than give up a compatriot!"
"No--"
"Your Majesty, please lead the generals to fly the flag all the way to make the people have some hope. But if there are changes or difficulties, Xiao and his brothers will die at any time!" Xiao Linglong said.
"Good, good!" Zhang Xiaochun breathed another breath in his heart. The Hedong Rebel Army did things decisively and neatly, which was not like the dragging mud of the government and the army, which made him feel relieved a lot.
Taiyuan City and the surrounding small counties and villages turned into no one's land almost overnight.
The soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan and Xishan behind Xiaocang Mountain turned into three groups and retreated one after another. The first group is the people of the headquarters Hedong Xuanfu Division led by the vanguard Yao Gu, the second group is Zhang Xiaochun and Xiao Linglong escorting the people to walk, and the third group is Meng De leading the Xishan people behind the people.
The next night, the few people left in Taihang Qixingzhai were also evacuated. Chu Tianya specially sent Tang Ang, the general of Hu Ben's Guards, to deal with this matter, and specially told him that he would escort a group of people like Yelu Yanchen and others from the gunpowder Bureau.
Although Yelu Yanchen has not made the fludge gun that Chu Tianya wants, Chu Tianya has finally made a breakthrough in the gunpowder that Chu Tianya has painstakingly wanted to study. When the old man heard that he was leaving, he was very reluctant to leave his research results and lived in Qixing Village for a long time. Tang Ang didn't want the good family business of Qixingzhai, so he gave it to the Jin people. So the two conspired to bury explosives on the important tower road of Qixingzhai and destroy it. The matter reached Chu Tianya's ears, and Chu Tianya quickly ordered to stop it - the reason is very simple. We will come back sooner or later! This kind of thing of cooking cranes and burning the piano can't be done!
So Chu Tianya ordered Tang Ang to transport all those explosives to Xiaocang Mountain - to blow it up, it is also to blow up here!
The two of them obeyed the order.
When Tang Ang was about to leave the Tianyu Pass, which he had been stationed for many years, he hugged the big iron gate and cried bitterly, and many people couldn't pull him away.
Chu Tianya ordered Tang Ang to lead a thousand horses to escort the cottage family members of Yelu Yanchen and Qixingzhai to catch up with Xiao Linglong and Meng De. The gunpowder left by Yelu Yanchen was secretly transported to Xiaocang Mountain and handed over to Chu Tianya.
When Chu Tianya saw it for the first time, he was shocked - he didn't expect to see it for a month or two. Yelu Yanchen's gunpowder factory actually made so many efficient explosives, a full of two tons!
"Okay, it's good enough to let Wanyan Zonghan drink a pot." Chu Tianya bit his fierceness and secretly shouted in his heart, "If you are lucky, it is the most cost-effective to blow up several generals or masters of him!"
The rear is almost clean. Chu Tianya can't leave here yet. He must win enough time to retreat for the people behind him. Most of them are people of old and young, and they have a lot of luggage with their families. It is impossible to walk so fast.
Wanyan Zonghan's big camp plate is being built with a flying speed visible to the naked eye. I'm afraid he would rather die than think that Chu Tianya, who is bold and ignorant, will escape. The movement behind Xiaocang Mountain is big, but Wanyan Zonghan does not have high-tech radar equipment. The wolf teeth he sent and scouts several times eat turtles under the Qingwei of the Hedong Rebel Army, so it is difficult to find out what's going on in the rear.
The back is clean. The ordinary soldiers may not know the news, but Chu Tianya often feels a chill behind him. There was only half a month of ration left in Xiaocangshan. Chu Tianya asked Liu Ziyu, the deputy military division, to distribute the grain to the hands of each soldier and let go out the wind, saying that he was preparing for a "short-term battle" raid.
Therefore, there is a fighting spirit in Xiaocang Mountain, waving flags and shouting drums every day.
Shi Li'ai, the mastermind of the Jin Bing stationed at the front, has been transferred back and replaced by the general Wanyan Lou. Seeing the scene of the Rebel Army in Hedong, he was alert to fight, and he did not think at all that the southern army in Xiaocangshan would retreat.
After Wanyan Zonghan and Shi Liai learned the information, they all sneered and felt like a tiger and lion that was about to bite their prey. They saw the rabbit that was chased to the corner and grinned.
"If you don't go to war, you will launch a fatal blow to it when it is exhausted and the food and fodder are cut off!" Wanyan Zonghan ordered, "Chu Tianya, the thief, still has capable people. The camp of Xiaocangshan is stable and stable. He bravely attacks blindly, but only adds casualties to our army. With the lessons learned from last year, we can't trust it anymore. This time - for a steady victory!"
This is exactly what Chu Tianya wants.
In fact, at this time, Chu Tianya was more nervous than anyone else. In case the news leaks or Wanyan Zonghan is in a hurry to launch a blow to break the fish dead net, the main force of the Hedong Volunteer Army stationed in Xiaocang Mountain will really be over!
This is a deadly gamble. Wanyan Zonghan can afford to lose, and Chu Tianya absolutely can't afford to lose!
Every second, like sitting on pins and needles.
At a loss, ten days have passed. Chu Tianya lost a lot of weight, his eyes were deep in the beard, and a few white hairs appeared on his head, and his whole body was much haggard.
Jiao Wentong and Liu Ziyu were secretly shocked. These two military aircraft leaders know everything. Only they can understand how much pressure the lord is now!
At this time, the war situation in Hebei came.
As Chu Tianya expected, 300,000 forbidden troops led by Kang Wang Zhao Gu collapsed without fighting!!!
Collapse without a war - four words came, Chu Tianya could only touch his forehead and grit his teeth and sigh, and then kneaded the war report into a ball and threw it into the brazier.
Hebei's 300,000 Song Forbidden Army just saw the shadow of Wanyan Zongwang's vanguard troops. They threw down thousands of bodies in a hastily battle. After listening to the drums of the golden soldiers all night, they dispersed like birds and beasts.
King Kang was nowhere to be found. Tang Min and Wu Ke, the commanders of the 200,000 northern aid and forbidden army, were nowhere to be found. The golden soldiers almost recovered the three counties such as Hejian, Zhending and Zhongshan. The soldiers and horses gathered in the three towns, collected and built ships to cross the Yellow River in the south, and sent a brigade of tens of thousands of elite cavalry to begin to sweep the south near the three towns. The army wants to open up the key connection with Hedong - Huanglong Valley.
If you don't withdraw, it will be too late.
"Master first, some cushion behind!" Jiao Wentong asked for an order.
"After someone comes, the second brother will escort the master first!" Xue Yu, Liang Xing, Fu Xuan and others asked for an order together.
"Why compete with each other?" Jiao Wentong scolded angrily, "Mr. Jiao's command is like the wind. Is it comparable to the Qingyun infantry under your command? If I break it, I can withdraw the camera. If you break it, you will definitely die!"
Chu Tianya sat in the handsome seat with a tense look. The collapse of 300,000 Song soldiers flashed in his mind like a movie.
300,000!!
How many 300,000 troops can be taken in the south today?
"Please make a decision!!" All the generals will invite you to promise.
"Chu Tianya, break it in person." Chu Tianya stood up and said irrefutablely, "I order Jiao Wentong as the main general, Liu Ziyu as the military division and Xue Yu as the deputy, leading the Xiaoqi and the main Qingyun infantry to beat the drum tonight. After I led the tiger to ride off - the generals don't say much, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"
"Lord! ..." Jiao Wentong, Xue Yu and others widened their eyes and looked at Chu Tianya blankly.
Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "Don't worry, it's not that easy for Wanyan Zonghan to catch me. I have my own plan to save my life. In the future, I will get together with you in Luoyang to drink!"
"Lord!!" Jiao Wentong was the first to shout and knelt down, "100,000 brothers, you can't be without Jiao Wentong, you can't be without the master - or the master should withdraw first!"
"The second brother doesn't have to be like this. I've ordered it, and I don't want to repeat it." Chu Tianya took a deep breath, suddenly raised his volume and roared, "Execute the military order!!"
"No..."
That night, on the camp of Xiaocang Mountain, the sound of drums rumbled and shook the field.
In the golden barracks in the north, the lights were all over the horns, waiting with all the horns.
Tens of thousands of the main forces of the Hedong Rebel Army quietly withdrew in the rumble of drums. Chu Tianya took the tiger cavalry led by Qingwei and Anu and buried one or two tons of explosives left by Yelu Yanchen in the stoves everywhere in the camp, and on the only way to Taiyuan with Xiaocang Mountain.
As long as the golden soldiers step into this camp, they will inevitably rise fire to make food; as long as they rise the fire, a disaster will fall on their heads.
I don't want to blow up many people. What I want is to turn them into frightened birds, thinking that the explosive traps of the Hedong Rebels are everywhere!
Jiao Wentong and others began to evacuate after nightfall. Compared with the dawn, they have gone out of dozens and nearly a hundred miles.
Chu Tianya is still standing in front of his handsome tent, with only He Bo, Zhuque and other Qingwei beside him.
"Young master, it's time for you to start." He Bo looked at the small Cangshan camp that fell in the morning fog and said, "Only at dawn, the golden people can find out the reality of our army."
Chu Tianya was silent for a moment, raised his eyes and looked around, and the vast mountains and tigers were on the dragon plate.
"I will definitely come back again."
Hu Ben and Qingwei, together with Chu Tianya, like a group of ghosts in the morning wind, drift away.
The Jin people quickly found out that Xiao Cangshan was already an empty camp!
Wanyan Zonghan and Shi Liai got up and shouted that it was not good!
"You can't miss the thief Chu Tianya - chase!"
"Wolf master, if you chase him, you may be ambushed." Shi Liai reminded, "The Chu thief is extremely cunning and must be guarded."
"What does the master mean?" Wanyan Zonghan asked.
"Why don't you check his camp first? You can also know whether he is panicked or not when he withdraws, and then make it clear whether he is chasing!" Shi Li loves the way.
"It's good." Wanyan Zonghan frowned and burst out, "The door of Hedong has been lost, and our army can ** destroy the Central Plains and take Tokyo! - Chu Tianya is already a bereaved dog, so there is no need to be in a hurry to destroy him!"
So, Jin Bing sent people and carefully touched into the camp of Xiaocang Mountain. It was found that the weight and other things of the Southern Army were not moved, and the camp, including the big iron pot for cooking, and the military tent camp should be intact. The people of the Southern Army seemed to have left home to visit relatives, leaving Jin Bing with a complete battalion.
In the news, Wanyan Zonghan and Shi Liai were a little stunned.
"In this way, the retreat of the Confederate army is orderly and not panicked." Shi Liai said, "If you are defeated, don't panic or chaos. Wolf Lord, it's not easy to chase such a defeated soldier."
"Then let Chu Tianya escape like this?" Wanyan Zonghan really couldn't swallow this resentment.
Shi Liai thought for a moment and said, "I guess that Chu Tianya's retreat is nothing more than three. One is to go to Tokyo to join the imperial court, the second is to go to Xixia, and the third is to go to Guanzhong in the south to occupy Heluo. The former are not worry-free. Sooner or later, Dajin will fight until Tokyo destroys the Southern Dynasties. Xixia already belongs to me, and only Heluo..."
A sharp light flashed in Wanyan Zonghan's eyes, "You must not let Chu Tianya escape into the customs!" Heluo has had the spirit of an emperor since ancient times. The mountain pass is stable and easy to defend and difficult to attack. The people of Woye are fierce. Chu thieves occupy the customs so much, and the future troubles are endless!"
"I'm afraid that the people of the Southern Dynasty are more reluctant to let Chu thieves occupy Guanzhong than the wolf lord!" Shi Liai said, "The Western Army of the Southern Dynasty was once under the command of Tong Guan, and Chu Tianya and the Western Army had a feud. In addition, Chu Tianya is a bereaved dog who leaves Hedong. Wherever he goes, the court of the Southern Dynasty can take him with a holy order! - As it is said, it is even more difficult for Chu thieves to occupy Guanzhong!"
"I only believe in myself, not the Southern Dynasty." Wanyan Zonghan's eyes narrowed and said, "The wine bag and rice bag of the Southern Dynasty is definitely not the opponent of Chu Tianya! - I'd rather delay the attack of Tokyo, and I must take Chu Tianya first - Ling: Pursue!!"
Shi Liai had to nod slowly, "Well, it's good... cut the grass and get rid of it!"