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Chapter 454 The Revenge of the "Sacrificial"
In the Gao Huan army camp outside Wancheng, there was a gloomy cloud.Gao Yue looked at Dou Tai, who had a gray face, and Gao Cheng, who lowered his head and said nothing, sighed helplessly in his heart, but he couldn't express it on his face.

Of these two people, one is Gao Huan's brother-in-law, and the other is Gao Huan's eldest son, what else can he say?

Everyone knew that the so-called Gao Huan's people were not close to Gao Huan. These people, including Gao Yue, only attached themselves to Gao Huan when he was about to raise an army.

In other words, where were all these people before Gao Huan made a fortune?It's just a boring relative watching Gao Huan suffer in Six Towns.

No one cares about the poor in the busy city, and the rich has distant relatives in the mountain village, that's all.So it is conceivable that in Gao Huan's mind, these clans are just tool people with blood ties.If you really want to say how deep the relationship between these people and Gao Huan is, you can only answer with "hehe".

On the contrary, when Lou Zhaojun and Gao Huan met at the end of Wei Dynasty, when Sun Teng, Sima Ziru and others attached themselves to him, it was the trough period of Gao Huan's career.On the contrary, these people have some feelings for Gao Huan and are closer.

Gao Yue is a sensible person, so he naturally knows that he is called "clan", but in fact he is just an ordinary general under Gao Huan's command, he will not show off in front of Dou Tai and Gao Cheng at all.

However, military orders are like mountains, which can be strict but must not be relaxed.Dou Tai gave up the task of patrolling the surrounding area this time, and rushed to Nanxiang for hundreds of miles, but finally returned without success and suffered heavy losses.

Such a big matter is a typical dereliction of duty and disobedience to orders.In any case, there must be an explanation, otherwise the other generals in the camp will follow suit, and this battle will not be able to continue.

"According to your words, you were deceived by Zu Ting, right?"

Gao Yue asked in a deep voice.This statement is questionable on the surface, but it is actually justified.

"Going back to Governor Gao, that's true. Zu Ting fled in fear of crime and headed towards Deng County."

Dou Tai said calmly, he believed that Gao Yue could understand what he meant.

Sure enough, Gao Yue sighed bitterly: "Zu Teng is the son's confidant, and his future is limitless. It's a pity that he was blinded by power, and he would rather betray the son than serve He Bayue and his gang, alas! What a pity! How could this person be so treacherous!"

When Gao Cheng heard this, his face became hot.Zu Ting's personal virtues are indeed not good, especially lustful.But Zu Ting really didn't do anything to offend Gao Cheng.If others don't know the inside story, how can he not know the inside story?

"Uncle Clan, I don't know people well, which caused the army to suffer defeat. After returning to Ye City, I will explain this matter to my father, it has nothing to do with Uncle Clan."

Gao Cheng said with a low eyebrow.Gao Yue put on airs here for a long time, wasn't he just waiting for this sentence?
"Hey, the sword has no eyes in the battle, and it is extremely dangerous. This time, the prince personally ran with the army. Although he has no credit, he also has hard work. I think Gao Wang is happy to see it. But... well, let's not mention it!"

Gao Yue could only pick up good words and say, indeed, this raid was ambushed, and although it failed miserably, it was Gao Cheng's first time participating in a major military operation, and he went into battle himself.

After Gao Huan found out, he might be proud of his son's courage in his heart. As for the victory or defeat, those things have already been determined and will not change. Gao Huan can still afford the "tuition fee" of more than 1000 Jingqi.

The so-called "the past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be pursued" is the truth, the past is always the past.One must look forward.

"Since the son has already participated in military affairs, let's stay in the camp." Gao Yue understood that Gao Cheng owed himself a big favor in this wave, so he could just let him stay in the camp as he wished. up.

"Hey! If we can really burn the food and grass of those people in Guanzhong this time, this battle will be easy."

Gao Yue sighed, feeling regretful in his heart, and did not blame Dou Tai and the others for being impulsive.No one could have imagined that the enemy could be so insidious to such an extent.

Suddenly, he remembered a terrible thing.

"This Zu Ting, has he participated in military aircraft before?"

Gao Yue's complexion suddenly sank, and he asked worriedly, frowning slightly, and looked at Gao Cheng intently.

Seen by such awe-inspiring eyes, Gao Cheng thought for a while, he and Zu Ting didn't seem to pay attention to the military situation ahead, and they were aiming at military merits, it seems that there is probably...no problem, right?

"No, no, he doesn't know anything. In fact, this time he was..."

Gao Cheng almost slipped his mouth, but when he saw Dou Tai's cannibalistic eyes, he quickly shut up.Gao Yue understood and probably knew why Zu Ting wanted to "escape".Who wants to die if they can live?It's just human nature.

It is even more likely that Gao Cheng made Zu Ting escape, and he bore all the crimes alone!
"That's good. Although we lost this time, it doesn't prevent us from conquering Wancheng. Let's go down and rectify the troops."

Gao Yue waved his hand wearily, now is the critical moment to attack Wancheng, nothing can go wrong!
……

In a courtyard in Dengxian County, Wei Xiaokuan crossed his arms and looked at Zu Ting lying on the bed in leisure time, as if he was looking forward to some wonderful performance from the other party.

"Mr. Zu is free to speak, no matter what you say, I won't mind."

Wei Xiaokuan doesn't mind giving him the utmost respect for those who may bring him military merit.

"Luoyang is a land of four fortresses, with Mang Mountain and the Yellow River in the north, Hulao in the east, Tongguan in the west, and the foothills in the south. In the Han Dynasty, it was the emperor's palace and hunting ground.

After crossing the foothills in the south, there is the Bai River (White River) flowing here. The hills and rivers are full of bends, dense forests and plains intersect. converging river bends.

This bend is called Yahekou. "

After Zu Ting finished speaking, Wei Xiaokuan's complexion changed slightly. Although he has a calm personality and his emotions are invisible, but after all, he is young and lacks experience, and his mind is far inferior to the top old coin in his later years.

Obviously, Zu Ting's words can be described as looking at the flowers in the fog. You can get a general idea, but you don't understand what he wants to say.

"and then?"

Wei Xiaokuan asked calmly.

"Gao Yue set up the granary somewhere at the mouth of the Yahe River. If I didn't lead the way, you wouldn't be able to find that place. But..."

Zu Ting immediately stopped talking.

The terrain of Yahe Estuary is complicated, with criss-crossing river bends. Wei Xiaokuan sent scouts to investigate, but there was no place to store grain.Gaoyue's men and horses were replenished by boats on the Baihe River. The grain and grass in the granary were transported onto the boat at a certain ferry at the mouth of the Yahe River, and then went all the way south to the vicinity of Wancheng to unload the boat and hand it over to Gaoyue's camp for storage.

So Gao Yue was not afraid of Cui Shiqian going out of the city to set fire to the big camp to store food, they had a steady stream of supplies.

What's worse is that Beiju County has never been under the jurisdiction of Cui Shiqian, and has always been run by Gao Huan's people.Neither Cui Shiqian and the others, nor Daxi Wu Wei Xiaokuan from Guanzhong and his ilk, knew where grain was stored in Beiqiao County, or where a suitable place to store grain was.

As soon as Zu Ting said this, Wei Xiaokuan's heart was pounding.Although this batch of grain and grass can't be transported out of Nanyang at all, if it can be burned, then eating half of Nanyang County is basically a matter of iron and steel.

If Liu Yishou's response is unfavorable, they can even eat the entire Nanyang County!
As long as the granary at Yahekou is burned, Gao Yue will have to retreat even if he has [-] elite soldiers.Thinking of this, Wei Xiaokuan began to really pay attention to that unlucky guy lying on the bed.

However, as a qualified and even excellent coin, Wei Xiaokuan usually likes to play tricks on his opponents, so how could he not prevent others from playing tricks on him?

"Who are you? Why do you know this?"

Wei Xiaokuan asked.

"I am Zu Teng from Fan Yang's ancestral family. I used to be Gao Cheng's confidant. Gao Cheng was also in the army and wanted to use me as a scapegoat for the disastrous attack on Nanxiang. After I learned about it, I ran out in advance to defeat the enemy. The strategy is to go to the general."

Zu Ting lay on the bed, clasped his fists in embarrassment and saluted.

It turned out that it was Gao Cheng who dug the pit.

Wei Xiaokuan nodded silently, probably understood the cause and effect, and secretly wondered whether Zu Ting's words could be trusted.

"Originally, I wanted to make contributions, and Gao Cheng didn't pay attention to military affairs, but I have been inquiring about news in the name of the eldest son Gao Cheng in the army. I accidentally saw the location of the granary at the beginning. Don't hesitate, general. Maybe the granary is still there now. There, but it’s hard to say in the future.”

Wei Xiaokuan disagreed with Da Xiwu's confrontation with Gao Huan's troops this time, because he was worried that the opponent's troops would be difficult to deal with, and burning the food and grass was just what he wanted, and it was a strategy for the weak to defeat the strong.

Zu Ting is inconvenient to move around now, so it is easy to control it.After thinking about it again and again, Wei Xiaokuan felt that the possibility of Zu Ting lying was very small.As Gao Cheng's confidant, it would be hard for him to understand if he was a "dead man" and tricked others into killing himself.

Wei Xiaokuan has seen many people, some are loyal and some are cunning, the Zu Ting in front of him doesn't look like an honest person.He predicted that this person would never "sacrifice his life for righteousness".

"If we want to take Feishui, we have to go to Xinye first, and then go upstream from Xinye to the mouth of the Yahe River. Do you think that such a long distance can avoid the eyes and ears of Gao Yue's army?"

Wei Xiaokuan is humbly asking for advice.

"Gao Yue's army's grain transport ships all have white sails, and special-colored flags on the bow and stern. According to the five elements of gold, white, wood, green, water, black, fire, red, and yellow, they are replaced every time grain is transported.

Flags are hung during the day and fishing fires are lit at night.I know what flag to hang, what fire to light, and where to put it.There are many songs in the middle of Gao Yue's army, which is convenient for fishing in troubled waters.General Wei might as well pretend to be a grain ship, and I'll take you all to the grain storage point, and then... don't I need to teach you what to do? "

Zu Ting was proud and arrogant, although he followed Gao Cheng, he didn't think highly of him.Gao Cheng came to the front line to be gilded, but Zu Ting never imagined that he could be gilded with gold.
He has always believed that he has real talents and learning, and that he is the most powerful!

Zu Ting is as meticulous as silk, good at observing and summarizing, and has a quick mind.Those things in Gao Yue's army had already been figured out by him calmly.It's just that he never expected that when he played a role, it was not helping Gao Cheng command the three armies, but how to defeat the old master as an opponent.

This can be regarded as good luck tricking people, and it is a mulberry elm that is lost in the east.

If this is dug a hole, then it is really the best in digging a hole. Wei Xiaokuan felt that if he fell in this wave, he would be convinced to lose.

"Mr. Zu is righteous, please accept the next obeisance."

Wei Xiaokuan cupped his fists, respectfully saluted Zu Ting who was lying on the bed.Of course, he will send scouts to confirm whether what Zu Ting said is true.It is easy to confirm what flag is hung on the ship carrying grain.

"General Wei needs to make a quick decision. Military orders can be changed at any time."

Zu Ting couldn't help reminding that he didn't want to be misunderstood by Wei Xiaokuan and others because of some details, and then be aggrieved and executed.

"You can rest easy and recuperate."

Wei Xiaokuan nodded slightly, already made a decision in his heart.

……

Obtained by Liu Yishou's military order, Duguxin led his troops to attack Qixing County (Yun County) from Shiping County (Wudang) to the west. .

Speaking of difficulty, it is definitely not as good as the Shu Road.But in terms of complexity, Shu Road is not as good as here.There are many lakes, river bends, canals, and dense forests in Shiping County, but there are few land routes.

In view of the fact that the terrain of this place exceeded the original estimate, and there were no generals who were familiar with the local area to serve as the army's staff, Dugu wrote to Liu Yishou, requesting that the army be stationed here temporarily, and recruit locals who are familiar with the terrain to join the army, and specially set up a "guide battalion" to lead the way. ".Only in this way can the urgent need be solved.

Seeing that nothing could be done, Liu Yishou followed Duguxin's advice and agreed not to march west for the time being.Hou Mo and Chen Chong left by boat at the beginning, but Liu Yishou told Dugu Xin to go west, not for pursuit, but for Wei Xiaokuan and Jiankang's imperial court to show that he was actively regaining lost ground.

Therefore, occupying the territory, controlling the local government, clearing up and recruiting the local bandits and water bandits became the primary tasks Liu Yishou entrusted to Duguxin and others.

On the other side of Wancheng, the siege battle was also in extreme anxiety.

Cui Shiqian and others came from Hebei. When Ge Rongjun was raging, they stuck to Wubao. They had rich experience in defending the city, especially good at organizing ordinary residents in the city to defend the city.

Most of the people Gao Yuejun led this time were from the mountains in the Six Towns trilogy. Most of these people came from the grasslands and were proficient in field warfare, but not good at siege.

The attacker who was not good at attacking the city, and the defender who was good at defending the city, after the two sides fought, the situation that should have been one-sided began to show the tragic anxiety like a grinding wheel of flesh and blood.

The moat of Wancheng, which is drawn from the Baishui (White River), has been filled long ago.But Cui Shiqian did a great job. He found some huge stones and simply blocked all the gates of Wancheng.

In this way, even if the city gate is destroyed, the attacking party will not be able to enter easily.

Why did Cui Shiqian and others stick to Wancheng?Because they had an agreement with Da Xiwu, Wei Xiaokuan and others, the other party would definitely come to the rescue.

In the Gao Yue army camp outside Wancheng, Gao Yue anxiously walked around in the commander's tent. Gao Huan's autographed letter was also delivered. The stamina is insufficient, and he has already retreated to Jinyang. He has regained all the occupied land, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Jinyang.

Gao Huan encouraged Gao Yue not to be impatient, but to fight steadily. Hebei is full of food and grass.As long as the energy consumption lasts until this year's autumn harvest, even if the soldiers retreat at that time, it will be enough for the Cui brothers to drink a pot.

However, as a mature "beating worker", Gao Yue knew it very well.Even if Gao Huan said it very relaxedly, he didn't make demands on Gao Yue, and he couldn't take it seriously.

It's a very simple truth, Gao Huan said "it doesn't matter", can Gao Yue really not relax?

Gao Huan is progressing smoothly in Jinzhou, but Gao Yue has made no achievements with the support of Lou Zhaojun, and even suffered a disastrous defeat because of Dou Tai's incident.How would Gao Huan view Gao Yue after this battle?
This is an easy thing to judge.

"Starting today, attack the city with all our strength, regardless of casualties, at all costs!"

Gao Yue said to the generals including Dou Tai with a serious face.

"Withdraw all the soldiers and horses on the periphery, replace the previous part of the siege, and use all your strength!"

Hearing what Gao Yue said, everyone in the handsome tent looked slightly relaxed.

(End of this chapter)