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Volume 7: Laughing and Talking about Drinking the Blood of the Huns Chapter 33: Marching

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    Update time: 2010-05-12

    On June 21, the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign, Chen De led the Anxi Army and the accompanying three thousand knights to camp south of Qigou Pass.  The mountains here are steep and worthy of the name of Dukang "Tiankeng" since ancient times. Prince Dan of Yan used the map of this place as bait and asked Jing Ke to present a map to assassinate Qin.  Chen De wanted to carefully observe the mountains and rivers here and set up a camp, dragging down the three thousand knights commanded by Lin Zhong and becoming the only army camping south of Qigou Pass.  Even if the other imperial troops arrived at Qigou Pass in the evening, they would camp in the north of the city to show their determination to rush on their way and protect the safety of the officials.

    After Zhang Zhongyao settled his soldiers, he came to camp with Chen De. He saw that Chen De had taken off his armor and changed into a short shirt. He was sweating profusely. He was leaning on the bed and carefully looking at the map of Youzhou, while constantly fanning the folding fan.  Zhang Zhongyao said: "Cui Han sent someone to pass the order. The army will prepare food at the third watch and set off at the fourth watch. They must catch up with the official commander in front of the palace in time to defend His Majesty." Chen De looked up at him. Zhang Zhongyao always paid attention to Fengyi.  Now, his face was covered with black and yellow streaks of dust and he couldn't even wash it off. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Zhong Yao. How is the sergeants' physical strength preserved?" Zhang Zhong Yao sighed: "I have been traveling day and night these days.  After walking hundreds of miles a day, the sergeants were very tired and the horses were losing some weight." The Anxi Army originally required that after setting up camp, they must build walls around the camp, lay out antlers, dig trenches, and set up battles in the camp, but the march was carried out in these days.  Too fast, Zhang Zhongyao asked Chen De for instructions, and omitted all these. The most important thing for the sergeants after setting up camp was to ensure that they could sleep for two hours a day, otherwise they would not be able to fight for a long time.

    Chen De shook his head and sighed: "My Anxi Army is accustomed to trekking and has a large number of horses. Even so, the other forbidden armies are even more unbearable. The imperial court urged troops to seize Yan in order to achieve a sudden attack. However, if such a rapid march cannot be won quickly,  Youzhou is probably facing a devastating defeat. By the way, where is the position of the White Feather Army?" Zhang Zhongyao said: "The latest news is that Yu Furengui and his White Feather Army have left Shuozhou and detoured to the mountains behind the mountains.  Prefecture, marching along the south bank of the Sangqian River, the Khitans are now concentrating all the elite troops that can be mobilized in the Yanyun area to Youzhou. The four gates of the prefecture are closed along the way. The Baiyu Army disguises itself as the Khitan tribal army and marches without any obstacles along the way.  ." Chen De nodded, and Zhang Zhongyao asked again: "The imperial court is advancing so fast. If we are defeated before the Baiyu Army arrives, should we retreat westward along the Sanggan River in the hope of joining the Baiyu Army, or should we follow along?  Retreat southward to the dangerous Qigou Pass with the imperial army?" Chen De thought for a while and said: "It is better to go west along the Sanggan River. The cavalry will prepare horses for the infantry to ride on, and go west with all their strength. The Liao people  Tracking the main force of the Forbidden Army, there won¡¯t be many soldiers and horses to control us." Zhang Zhongyao nodded in agreement.

    While the two were discussing, soldiers came to report that Liu Yu, the former envoy of Qigou Pass in the Liao Kingdom, brought valuable gifts to ask for an audience. Chen De couldn't help being surprised, and thought to himself: "Is it possible that the reputation of our Anxi Army has spread to Youyou?"  The land of Yan will not be successful.¡±

    Zhang Zhongyao went out to talk to Liu Yu for a while on behalf of Chen De. When he returned, he smiled and said: "Liu Yu, who sacrificed Qigou Pass, took two thousand Yizhou soldiers to camp in the south of Guannan. He waited for no one to take over the resettlement, so the imperial generals set up camp.  Most of them are in the north of Qigou Pass. The Japanese cavalry squad guarding Qigou Pass are currently afraid that Liu Yu and others are newly surrendered people, and they are unwilling to let them go to the north of Qigou Pass to make friends with other garrisons. Liu Yu is seeing our troops  Stationed in Guannan, he became seriously ill and sought medical treatment, and wanted to come over to see the Lord."

    Chen De also said with a smile: "What a fool, he actually became the envoy of Qigou Pass. The imperial court allowed these two thousand surrendered troops to be stationed in front of the pass without driving them away or reorganizing them, but it is really ridiculous."  Thinking that it was Han Derang's messenger sent to contact him, who would have thought that it was such a headless fly? Chen De felt relieved. He flipped through the gift list presented by Liu Yu. There were fifty taels of gold, five hundred taels of silver, and twenty luminous pearls.  With ten tiger skins, Chen De smiled again and said: "This envoy of Qigou Pass is really a good job. Since he gave you a gift, I will see him."

    Zhang Zhongyao brought Liu Yu forward, and Chen De held hands with him and said, "General Liu, please sit down." After Liu Yu sat down, he took a sip of tea and sighed: "Since the Pass to Nantou, Yu has stopped at the gate.  Look at the one sitting here, just here at Chen Jiedu." He asked to see Pan Mei, Cao Han, and even the military commanders below and other generals of the Forbidden Army, but either there was no chance to meet at all, or they accepted the gifts and just treated them with such indifference.  In a word, it's completely irrelevant.  Rumors gradually spread that all the surrendered generals and demoted officials in Yanyun were sent to serve in the south, and they were not allowed to bring subordinates with them. Liu Yu couldn't sit still. He was appointed as the envoy of Qigou Pass as a Han Chinese, which made him unique.  Although his heart was towards the Southern Dynasty, he was unwilling to be left idle in obscurity, so he made up his mind. When he heard that a senior official of the Jiedushi Dynasty was stationed in Guannan, he prepared a heavy gift to ask for an audience. Not for himself, what could he say?  We also want to find a good background for the two thousand Yizhou children.

    Chen De couldn't help laughing when he heard him explain his purpose of coming, and said: "General Liu knows that my title of Anxi Jiedu Envoy is not an empty title. The places where my subordinates are stationed are the northwest frontier villages such as Shuofang, Hexi, and Anxi in the former Tang Dynasty.The Imperial Imperial Army is not a system.  He emphasized the word "system" very strongly. Liu Yu was not a fool. Naturally, he understood the meaning of his words and couldn't help but hesitate. When Chen De saw that he was in trouble, he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Yi."  The state's athletes are vigorous and vigorous. Although the imperial court is in a hurry to march into Youzhou and has no time to pay attention to it, when the war situation is understood, it should be able to rely on General Liu. I will serve tea instead of wine here to pay tribute to the general first.  "After saying that, he picked up the tea cup, Liu Yu drank the tea with a sad face, stood up and left.

    When he was about to leave the camp, Zhang Zhongyao chased him out from inside and said with a smile: "My master will not receive any reward for his merits. The general is the one who leads the troops. There will be many places to spend money in the future, so please take back these gifts.  "Liu Yu was quite embarrassed. Before he could refuse, Zhang Zhongyao ordered Yajun to return the gift to Liu Yu's men and turned to leave.  On the way back, the secretary Qian Qing suddenly woke up and said: "This Anxi Jiedushi Master Chen, could it be Chen De, the Tuhun Army Jiedushi of the Northern Han Dynasty who ran into danger and redeemed tens of thousands of Han households?" Liu Yu heard this.  , looking back at Chen De Camp, the lantern hanging high in the sky had the word Anxi written in black lacquer. He nodded and said: "With such magnanimity, he must be this person." Suddenly he muttered: "Qian Qing, on the left and right are soldiers eating food.  If I lead the army to Anxi, will my brothers agree?" Seeing his sudden question, Qian Qing did not dare to answer hastily. After a moment of silence, Liu Yu sighed and urged his horse forward. It was still at this time, and the sky was covered with dark clouds.  The road was pitch black, which was similar to his state of mind at this moment.

    In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was still dark, the imperial troops in the villages on the north and south sides of Qigou Pass lit fires and cooked rice. As soon as it became light in the east, the army set off.  It was already summer, and all the troops were suffering miserably while marching under the sun. However, the military discipline was strict, and Pan Mei, Cao Han and other generals still had considerable prestige among the Forbidden Army. They tried their best to maintain it and were able to keep marching hundreds of miles a day.  Rush forward at a fast speed.  Many soldiers simply piled all their robes, armor, and weapons on their mules and horses, and hurried off with their arms bare.  Due to the huge loss of horsepower in recent days, the cavalry no longer dared to ride war horses. They took off their armor and marched with the horses. The Anxi Army even fed eggs, soybean meal and other concentrated feed to the war horses. Zhang Zhongyao joked that if he does this again  If this goes on, Anxi Army will become a beggar.

    In the evening of June 21, Kong Shouzheng urged the cavalry troops of the East and West Squadron in front of the palace to rush to the foot of Zhuozhou City and merge with the East and West Squadron in front of the palace led by Fu Qian. At this time, Zhao Jiong was among Fu Qian's army and saw Kong Shouzheng rushing to the city.  Zhao Jiong came, and immediately ordered the second general to lead the elite Banzhi cavalry to challenge Zhuozhou City. Zhao Jiong, wearing armor, personally boarded the viewing platform built in the imperial camp to supervise the battle.  The Khitan army bullied the Song army and sent 5,000 cavalry into the battle. Unexpectedly, the elite Banzhi cavalry led by Generals Kong and Fu actually defeated the Liao cavalry with their cavalry. They defeated the Liao cavalry on both wings, encircled and surrounded them in the middle, and forced the landing of 500 cavalry.  The Khitan soldiers and cavalry were defeated. When they wanted to return to Zhuozhou, Liu Houde, the judge of Zhuozhou who stayed behind, refused to accept them. The Khitan soldiers had to circle the city and rush back north.

    After capturing Zhuozhou, the gates of Youzhou were wide open. The imperial camp led by Zhao Jiong truly fought against the Khitan soldiers and won a complete victory. Fu Qian, the commander of the east and west squadron in front of the palace, built a fortress after killing the Khitan soldiers.  In the capital, flags and armor were lined up on both sides, and five hundred surrendered Khitan soldiers were ordered to line up and surrender. Zhao Jiong was overjoyed and praised Fu Qian endlessly.

    After the Battle of Zhuozhou, the imperial camp generals Kong Shouzheng, Gao Huaide, and Liu Tinghan led their troops to chase the defeated Liao soldiers all the way to the gates of Youzhou City. Zhao Jiong followed behind under the protection of Fu Qian and the guards from the east and west classes in front of the palace, passing by the Sanggan River.  Time to wade through the water again.  This time, Zhao Jiong's imperial commander personally marched troops day and night. Until dawn on June 23, in only four days and nights, Zhao Jiong's imperial camp marched from the border of Song and Liao to the south of Youzhou City and stationed at Baoguang, south of the city.  temple.

    In the evening of June 23, the Anxi Army followed the main force of the Imperial Camp to the foot of Youzhou City. Looking at the tall and thick Youzhou City Wall, Chen De couldn't help but feel a little heavy. The hundred thousand Imperial Guards who had been working hard these days all invariably  He breathed a sigh of relief. Just as the armies were preparing to set up camp according to the divided areas, they suddenly heard the sound of golden drums and the faint sound of thousands of troops shouting to kill from the north of Youzhou City.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  The camp that had just settled down seemed like a mess.  "The Liao soldiers are coming, everyone is holding fast to the camp!" "General Kong encountered the Khitan army in the north of the city, go to the rescue quickly!" "Don't act rashly!" "Protect His Majesty Baoguang Temple's imperial camp!" Officers from various ministries sent contradictory messages to their subordinates  The military order made the already chaotic Forbidden Army even more chaotic.

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