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Chapter 377 Your Uncle Is Your Uncle After All III

Disgraced and tied up, Dou Tai and Modolou Loanwen sat on the ground in the lobby of the government office without any image, their faces were ashen and defeated, and they did not excuse the disastrous defeat of the troops.

Backed by Wu Ze, Qi County is rich in products, and it is an extremely important node in the Taiyuan Basin.Gao Huan looked at Shu in Long, and saw that Jinzhou was already in his pocket (only Yuan Tianmu was trapped in Huguan City), so he took a large army to Zhaqi County and watched Jinyang as a tiger.

He also sent Duan Rong, Duan Shao and his son to lead the army to besiege Jinyang.

In addition to this elite army, the Yuci City and Gengyang City around Jinyang all have soldiers and horses from the Gao Huan Army garrisoned to provide food and grass for military supplies.All in all, although Gao Huan's army was concentrated around Jinyang, they did not just gather together and wait for Er Zhurong to attack.

Each army was assigned different tasks, some were in charge of besieging the city, some were in charge of reinforcements, forming a dense network, waiting for Er Zhurong, a ferocious shark, to come.

Gao Huan had learned from previous experiences and deployed his troops reasonably this time. He didn't think he would lose, and there was no possibility that Er Zhurong could completely win back the chips he lost before in a decisive battle.

Unexpectedly, Dou Tai went out to test Yangqu, and the whole army was wiped out, which completely disrupted Gao Huan's plan.

"So far, what else do you two have to say?"

Gao Huan sat on the front seat in the lobby of the government office, and asked with a sad face.

"Er Zhurong's army pretended to attack the camp, and diverted the tiger away from the mountain. We failed to see through his treachery, so that most of the whole army was lost, and we were willing to be punished."

Dou Tai sighed and said, how can a defeated general speak bravely, now he can only talk softly.Anyway, he knew very well that it was impossible for Gao Huan to kill him. After all, he was brother-in-law. If he killed him, who would dare to get close to Gao Huan in the future?

Although it is impossible for Gao Huan to have more brothers-in-law, his children are also growing up slowly, gradually reaching the age of marrying and marrying.

In the next stage, Gao Huan will probably put the matter of marrying children and in-laws on the agenda. How could he kill himself at this juncture!Dou Tai thought very clearly.

"Back then, Zhuge beheaded Ma Di to enforce the law of the army. Although you and I were brother-in-law, but... alas, come, I dragged the two of them out and beheaded, in order to enforce the army's discipline. The command and prohibition of the army has its own laws. If the general is guilty, he must be punished severely. loan."

Gao Huan turned his head away from looking at Dou Tai, and waved his hand feebly, as if tears were falling.

"Prime Minister! This time, we are in a fierce battle with Er Zhurong. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. How can the army kill the general at the slightest defeat? It is better to write down the previous crimes and order the two of them to pay for their merits. Everything is waiting for Er Zhu to be wiped out." Empress Rong, it's not too late to make a decision!"

Sun Teng rushed over to snatch the command arrow that Gao Huan wanted to throw out, and pulled the opponent's sleeve and begged.

"Prime Minister, it's not too late to make meritorious deeds!"

All the generals stood up to intercede for Dou Tai, not to say how much they liked Dou Tai, but a general emotion of sorrow for the death of a rabbit.Maybe in the future, it will be my turn to lose my teacher and humiliate the country, and I will have to ask others to intercede for me.It doesn't make any sense to add insult to injury at this time.

"Oh, what do you call me?"

Gao Huan sighed persistently, shook his head in disappointment, and remained silent for a long time.

"Prime Minister, let the two of them be the governors and lead the remnants as the vanguard. This matter is temporarily suppressed. It's not like it didn't happen. It's just that they will be liquidated after returning to Yecheng. This does not violate military law.

Furthermore, legal principles are nothing more than human feelings. The two generals have worked hard without credit. If the battle is not good in the future, it is not too late to settle the old and new scores together. "

Sun Teng persuaded calmly.

Both Dou Tai and Modolo looked at him with grateful eyes. Although they knew it was a play, it was a great favor for Sun Teng to intercede twice.

"Then let's do this. Capital crimes can be avoided and life crimes can't be escaped, and twenty army sticks will be used as an example. Now, the two of you will quickly explain the details of this battle, and there must be no omissions!"

Sure enough, Gao Huan's board was raised high, and then gently lowered.

In front of everyone, the two set up camp by the Fen River, built a pontoon bridge, divided the troops at night, and were finally transferred from the mountain to defeat them one by one. Everyone in the lobby looked strange.

Speaking of it, Dou Tai really lost quite unjustly.

It seems that their marching strategy is not a big problem, that is, they suffered from unfamiliarity with the geography. They did not expect that Erzhu's army would forcefully cross the Fenshui River late at night from the shallower river, but this is not the winner of the battle.

To be honest, the enemy's feigned attack on the camp, which caused the troops guarding the pontoon bridge to return to the camp, was the root cause of the failure of this battle.The army of the Tou Erzhu family here also took advantage of some luck, otherwise, Dou Tai might lose, but he would be able to take the remnant soldiers back to the camp outside Jinyang City.

Anyway, one thing is certain, that is, Er Zhurong not only has the strength to fight, but even has a lot of strength.It is far from the "sunset" and "betrayal of relatives" as imagined before.

"King Gao, the last general is willing to lead his troops to Yangqu!"

Gao Aocao stood up and said, asking Gao Huan to fight.The current situation is very obvious. It is impossible for Dou Tai and Modolo Loanwen to send out to attack Yangqu again. This is not only for their own good, but also for the sake of winning the battle.

"Well, General Gao is fine. By the way, Lou Zhao, you can go with General Gao."

Gao Huan said to his brother-in-law.

Eh?
Lou Zhao, who had always watched the nose with the eyes and the heart with the nose, often fished and paddled during the war, raised his head and looked at Gao Huan in bewilderment.

"Have trouble?"

Gao Huan asked calmly.

"Brother-in-law... King Gao, I'm not familiar with General Gao's moves, I don't know who is stronger and who is weaker, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."

Lou Zhao said with some embarrassment.Although he is not familiar with Gao Aocao's trilogy, but this trip is only as a "supervisor" role, so as to prevent Gao Aocao from rebelling (although this possibility is extremely low).

Lou Zhao refused to go because of another reason.

He believes that Dou Tai is skilled in bowing horses and became famous very early, otherwise he would not have become the son-in-law of the Lou family.As a result, Dou Tai suffered a defeat in Yangqu, obviously there are dragons and tigers in front of him!Lou Zhao didn't want to go to the front to die. He had his sister, Lou Zhaojun, who could blow the pillow wind. Anyway, wealth is guaranteed, so why go to the front line and risk your life for the future?
"King Gao, the last general is willing to go with General Gao."

At this time, someone appeared in the lobby, an unfamiliar face. The name of this person was Yao Xiong and Gao Huan, who had not been around for a long time.His hometown is near the eldest son, so Gao Huan brought him with him this time.

Yaoxiong is brave in battle and obeys orders. He executes tactics thoroughly and never compromises, so he is highly respected by Gao Huan.Now that the other party has offered to invite Ying, it is difficult for Gao Huan to refuse.

"That's fine, Gao Aocao and Yaoxiong will be the main generals and deputy generals, and let the troops from the headquarters go. Remember, don't cross the river easily!"

Gao Huan was also a little scared by Er Zhurong.

How about Er Zhurong, you can think that this person has no political sense, his thinking is naive and indecisive; you can also think that he is unable to govern the world, and his methods are rough and unpopular.

However, you absolutely cannot deny the other side's military talent.This person is basically the master who knows nothing but fighting.One trick is eaten all over the world, and it is Er Zhurong who is talking about it.

……

A few days later, Gao Aocao and Yaoxiong led troops to the Fenshui Ferry south of Diyangqu. Similarly, they encountered the elite cavalry led by Er Zhuzhao.

Gao Aocao followed Yaoxiong's suggestion. Yaoxiong first led some troops to cross Fenshui by force, and then was "defeated" after encountering Erzhuzhao's army, and fled, pretending to be defeated.

This move was to lure Er Zhuzhao to lead the cavalry across Fenshui to pursue them. In the end, Gao Aocao's ambush soldiers came out and defeated Er Zhuzhao's cavalry in one fell swoop.

While the idea was good, problems arose at the very first step.

As soon as Yaoxiong led his men across the pontoon bridge, he was defeated by Er Zhuzhao who came to meet the enemy. After the army fled, Er Zhuzhao stopped pursuing and refused to cross Fenshui anyway, using the pontoon bridge as a display.

Gao Aocao learned from Dou Tai's lesson and did not dare to camp along Fenshui, so he had to retreat to a safer area, some distance away from Fenshui.Every day, Gao Aocao called back and forth to make a surprise attack across the river and in the middle of the night.

As a result, Er Zhuzhao acted strictly according to Er Zhurong's military order, that is, he made a fuss on both sides of the Fenshui River, and never ran far!As long as you cross the river, you will be beaten hard, but if you don't cross the river, both sides will live in peace.

Seeing that nothing could be done, Gao Aocao sent someone to send a letter to Gao Huan, telling Gao Huan: The enemy of Yangqu only defends but does not attack, and there seems to be a conspiracy.

When Gao Huan got the news, he immediately understood: Erzhu's elite soldiers are here, and the large army was still under mobilization and not yet in place.Therefore, the enemy troops in Yangqu are implementing "dynamic defense" to buy time for Er Zhurong to mobilize troops.

And Dou Tai's disastrous defeat made him lose the opportunity. Now Er Zhurong's army should have been mobilized almost, and he went to attack Yangqu, which was exactly the opponent's plan.

Within two days, heavy news came from the front line. Er Zhurong arrived with a large army, joined forces with Er Zhu Zhao, and divided the troops into multiple groups to forcefully cross the Fenshui River!It seems that Mount Tai is overwhelmed!
Surrounded by the enemy army with absolute superiority, Gao Aocao was naturally defeated. He was defeated and retreated to Yuci City, closing the city gate and refusing to fight!
Then Er Zhurong sent Er Zhu Zhao to lead [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to break the siege of Jinyang.At the same time, five thousand troops were divided, led by Erzhu Tianguang, to attack Yuci City.Gao Aocao was tired of coping, seeing that the situation was not right, he could not move in Yuci City.

The general scout spread the news to the camp outside Jinyang City.

Duan Shao saw that something was wrong, his own armies were almost divided naturally, and the northern and southern ministries could not support each other.So he left his luggage and fled back to Qi County with the army in embarrassment. Most of the front-line food and grass were lost.

Throwing away food and grass is a small thing, but gathering troops is a big thing.If there is no main force of tens of thousands, Duan Shao feels that Gao Huan doesn't have to face Er Zhurong directly, and it is better to continue to retreat and stretch the supply line of Er Zhurong's army.

Er Zhurong, who relieved the siege of Jinyang, made some calculations with Murong Shao in the city, and then asked Ke Zhu Huntian to guard Jinyang (before, Ke Zhu Huntian and Gao Huan had already proved their worth to Er Zhurong Loyalty), Murong Shaozong led the main force of the Jinyang defenders to attack Jiyang.

Immediately, Jiangyang changed hands again and was occupied by Murong Shaozong.The strongholds of Gao Huan's army around Jinyang then fell one after another. The big and small cities had just betrayed Er Zhurong to join Gao Huan, and now they had to change their gates to betray and return, which once again showed what it means to fall on both sides.

According to Duan Shao's warning, except for Gao Aocao who was guarding Yuci City and intending to retreat to Jingxing Road, Gao Huan's army has basically retreated to the vicinity of Qi County, and its strength is no less than that of Zhu Rong.

This time Gao Huan was only trying to attack Jinzhou, and only after seeing that the battle was going well did he decide to attack Jinyang.Seeing that nothing could be done, he made a decisive decision and ordered to withdraw to Xiangyuan for a "strategic transfer".

Gao Huan's coquettish operation was stopped by Sun Teng and others.

Sun Teng said to Gao Huan: "Er Zhurong's army has arrived in Qi County, and it is already far away from Bei Xiurong. This is not where Er Zhurong's foundation is, and he is not popular here, let alone a hundred years of business. King Gao led the army Arriving in Jinyang is in accordance with God's will, how can we retreat to Jinzhou without fighting a single battle?"

Gao Huan thought about it too, he was probably frightened by Er Zhurong, so he faced Er Zhurong's army across the Wuma River in the north of Qi County!

The Wuma River is very shallow during the dry season, and the shallowest place is just below the knees.This river is not like the Fen River that can block the two armies.The current situation is that as long as there is a fight, both sides can cross the river at any time.

Gao Huan placed Duan Shao in the central army, Dou Tai's remnants on the right, and Gao Huan himself on the left.It's easy to guess why such a deployment was made, because Gao Huan judged others by himself, and Er Zhurong would definitely hit the Chinese army directly in this battle.

Once the war is unfavorable, it will collapse completely.

He placed himself on the left wing, hoping that after the war, She Digan would be the vanguard and tear a hole from the right wing of Er Zhurong's army!After much deliberation, the success rate will be higher this way.

Sure enough, as soon as the battle started, Er Zhurong sent Er Zhuzhao to lead the cavalry to charge forward without hesitation. The horses splashed water in the Wuma River, and the dry river did not hinder the passage of the cavalry at all.

Almost instantly, Er Zhuzhao's cavalry tore a big hole in the former army where Modolo Loanwen was.

However, Duan Shao resolutely dispatched the elite of the Chinese army to quickly fill the hole. Er Zhuzhao led the cavalry through the infantry battle without finding a breakthrough.

On the left wing, the infantry led by She Digan was also unable to break through Erzhu Tianguang's right wing. The assault battle on both sides resulted in a positional battle that stretched along the Wuma River. The soldiers on both sides fought against each other. Soon the river was dyed red.

The battle started at dawn and continued until the afternoon. Seeing that Er Zhurong could not gain any advantage, he quietly retreated, and the two armies broke off contact.

Gao Huan sat on the ground without any image. He hadn't fought in person for a long time, and he felt like his body was about to fall apart.

Today's battle can be said to be a "death draw" with piles of heads, but Jinyang is still in the hands of Murong Shaozong, as long as this person does not rebel, Er Zhurong actually still has a lot of energy to spare.

On the contrary, on my side, it has been a long time since I set out from Yecheng, and I need to rest and recuperate urgently.But the question is whether the team will be repaired in Jinzhou, or will it be pulled back to Yecheng for repairs?
The army is resting in Jinzhou, I am afraid that Er Zhurong will come at any time, it will be like a gangrene.If you go back to Ye City to rest, although you don't have to worry about Er Zhurong causing trouble, but all your efforts this time will be in vain, what can you do?

Just when Gao Huan was hesitating, Duan Shao lured a scout dressed as a herdsman to Gao Huan.

"King Gao, I'm scouting under the tent of the supervisor of Hulu Jindu. Our army has captured Xiurong City and is plundering the Xiurong River. My family's governor will tell Gao Wang that Er Zhurong will return to the north when he learns that Bei Xiurong has fallen. , The army has no fighting spirit.

Gao Wang can abandon his luggage and pursue lightly. If the two armies attack, Er Zhurong will be defeated. "

Ok?A pie fell from the sky, knocking Gao Huan unconscious.

He stood up abruptly, grabbed the scout's cuff and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Returning to King Gao, it is absolutely true. The bow behind Xia's back is commonly used by the governor of Hulu, and it is considered a token, and King Gao can verify it by himself."

The scout said calmly.

"Good! Good! Good! That's great!"

Gao Huan was as excited as a child who got his favorite toy.

"This king wants to see how Er Zhurong dies this time!" Gao Huan said through gritted teeth, feeling extremely happy!
(End of this chapter)