Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 194 The Weird County Town

A memorial from Xuanhua Mansion was urgently delivered to Beijing. The content of the memorandum was that the [-] Xiongnu army who had come to the periphery of Xuanhua Mansion in recent days suddenly wanted to move closer to Datong.

At the same time, the number of Xiongnu cavalry in Weizhou and Lingqiu on the western front of Datong suddenly decreased a lot, which can be seen only from the small groups of rangers they sent to harass every day.

In the past few days, the number of encounters between Dagan's sentry team and the Huns' rangers in the wild has been greatly reduced.

This situation is obviously not normal. Xuanhua Mansion's guarding general speculates that the front line of Yanmen and Ningwu may have been breached by the enemy.

The people in the court who were still happy about the news of the great victory just now suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley.

The cabinet urgently ordered the soldiers to send a letter to Shanxi for inquiry.

But in Shanxi, whether it is the local government office or Beijing Wang Xingying, the answer is that Shanxi Biantou Sanguan is still in the hands of Dagan.

The two memorials from Xuanfu and Shanxi did not match up, which made the ministers in the court a little confused about the context of the battle ahead. Is the change of the Huns a coincidence?Or is the situation in Shanxi really corrupted to that point, but someone has been hiding the truth from the court and deceiving the court?

If it's the latter, then the problem is serious.

Falsely reporting military information and fabricating military achievements, what a big crime this is!
But even if the court asked repeatedly, Shanxi's reply did not change.

Until Wang Ziteng's memorial came from Biantouguan, Yang You and Jia Ying's army lost contact.

The last place where the army led by the two appeared was in Yulin, and no news came back after that.

The change of the Xiongnu army happened just after the two disappeared. The [-] Xiongnu cavalry left behind in Liangcheng went south and entered Datong under the leadership of Agujin.

After Wang Ziteng got the news, he rushed to Pianguan Zuozhe as quickly as possible.
In addition, the reinforcements from Shandong and Henan have also arrived, and now they are dispatched by the commander of Xining Hou Lantianyu to increase troops to Yanmen, Ningwu, and Pianguan.

At the same time, in response to Wang Ziteng's order, the border troops stationed in Xuanhua Mansion are also moving closer to Datong.

Both sides are constantly increasing their troops around Datong, and it seems that they are about to start the next wrestling.

The instigators, Jia Ying and Yang You, knew nothing about all this.

There is no doubt about the outcome of the battle in Weiyuan City.

After the defeat, the disheartened Battelle swung the knife several times, but in the end he didn't cut it across his neck.

So he became the only prisoner left by the Gan army in this battle.

Except for some Huns who escaped from the cracks surrounded by the Gan army, there was no one left alive.

It's not that Jia Ying and Yang You are bloodthirsty, it's that the current situation doesn't allow them to take prisoners with them.

On the west side is the dangerous and straight Daqing Mountains, blocking their way back to Pianguan. There are Hun troops on the north, south and west sides. In this case, the captives are a burden.And Agujin must be searching for them at this moment, if they don't get rid of them, the main force of the tens of thousands of soldiers, Agujin may not be able to sleep well at night.

"Report!"

"My lord, there are Huns roaming about a hundred miles to the north." A scout got off his horse and reported.

"It came so fast? The rangers of the Huns are usually [-] to [-] miles away from the main force. It seems that Agujin doesn't want to let us go." Yang You waved to the soldiers to let him leave, then turned to look at Jia Ying Ask Ao: "Right now, what should we do? Should we continue going south?"

"Aside from going south, we seem to have no other way to go. Inform the army and set off immediately. We can find each other, and the other party will definitely find us. We can't be entangled by Agujin's people. We have a lot of wounded soldiers. If you get entangled by them, you won't be able to get away, and you might be surrounded by them." Jia Ying said to the people beside her.

And at the same time when Jia Ying and his party were heading south, they were inside Ningwu Pass.

"Master Hou, it seems that some soldiers and horses have been mobilized from the Xiongnu camp outside the pass recently, and the siege of the city is not as strong as before. The news from Yanmen is similar." The guard of Ningwu Pass also It was Wang Xiaowu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, who was standing on the top of Ningwu Pass with Lan Tianyu at the moment, looking at the Huns' camp below the city and said.

"What do you want to say?" Lan Tianyu asked lightly.

Wang Xiaowu smiled slightly and said: "Master Hou, a few days ago, I received a message from Governor Wang from Pianguan, asking the general and Yanmen to pay more attention to the movements of the Huns outside the pass. There is still no news from the enemy's hinterland, is the secret mobilization of the enemy outside the city related to this matter?"

"Why, you want to take someone out of customs?" Lan Tianyu turned around and asked.

The reason why Wang Xiaowu said this to Lan Tianyu was because he wanted to see Lan Tianyu's attitude.He was not familiar with Jingyuanwei Wang Xiaowu, but the words "Xiangjunying" were always mentioned in his ears recently, and Jia Ying also sent people to contact Ningwu many times.

To be honest, if the sudden appearance of the Hunan army camp hadn't disrupted the plan of Shuwudu and Battelle to attack Ningwu from north to south, the Ningwuguan would have been unable to hold it long ago.

From a certain point of view, Jia Ying and Xiang Junying are very kind to Wang Xiaowu.

But in Wang Xiaowu's heart, his gratitude to Jia Ying was not so strong.This time the Xiongnu invaded the south on a large scale, and the guards of the two towns in Shanxi completely lost face.There is still no news about Dun Enyudao, Bo Pingcheng who was stationed in Datong, but even if he survived the knife of the Huns, the court would not let him go afterwards.

And as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, he is also inseparable.

Ningwu and Yanmen were successfully defended, but the Pianguan Pass was breached, which also caused the Xiongnu to march hundreds of miles south, burning, killing and looting countless.I just don't know what crime the imperial court will charge him with in the end.

Compared with Wang Ziteng and Jia Ying, who are in the limelight recently, it can be said that one side is high in the clouds, and the other is in purgatory.

Therefore, for Jia Ying, Wang Xiaowu didn't catch a cold.

But he couldn't show it easily, especially in front of Lan Tianyu.Those who are in the army don't know the relationship between the four princes and eight princes' families in the capital.

"The last general still obeys the orders of Lord Hou." Wang Xiaowu said with a slight bow.

Lan Tianyu took a deep look at Wang Xiaowu and asked, "How many people are left under your command?"

Wang Xiaowu replied: "The original defenders in Ningwu Pass were only about [-] people. After several hard battles, there are still about half of them who can fight."

"4000 people"

"With the reinforcement of [-] guards brought by the Marquis, it will be no problem to defend Ningwu. But if you take people out, you can only bring those old soldiers. There are at least some soldiers in the Huns camp outside the city. With nearly ten thousand people, do you think that handing over Ningwu Pass to these guard soldiers can withstand the attack of the Huns?" Lan Tianyu asked.

"What Hou Ye means is..." Wang Xiaowu seemed to understand, but he was still not sure.

"The offensive and defensive stalemate depends on who can persevere to the end. After losing the partial pass, the Huns can only attack Ningwu and Yanmen if they want to go south. To defend Ningwu and Yanmen, we will win the war in the end. Now we have It's mid-September, and they have to return to the grassland by the beginning of November at the latest, and there is not much time left for them." Lan Tianyu said slowly.

"The general understands that the last thing is to defend Ningwu and Yanmen." Wang Xiaowu said with a slight smile.

Lan Tianyu nodded in disbelief.

Jia Ying and Yang You's idea of ​​going south to raid the Huns camp outside Ningwu Pass finally came to nothing. The Huns who found their tracks were like wolves in the grassland, biting them tightly, and they were under [-]/[-] surveillance by land and air. No matter where they go, the Hun rangers behind them can chase them.

The falcons in the sky became their eyes. As long as they heard the crowing of the eagles, there must be another Huns roaming nearby.

It's not the most grim.

According to reports from the scouts, there were Huns rangers in the south and west. They wanted to encircle the coalition forces of Jia Ying and Yang You.

"How to do?"

On a loess slope, the army slowly passed by on the dirt road down the slope. Jia Ying, Yang You, Mu Enci and others gathered together to discuss the countermeasures.

"According to scout reports, there is a [-]-strong army led by Agujin in the north, and Unfathomable in the west. The number is comparable to mine, or even a little less. They should be temporarily drawn from the siege troops to encircle the city. Blocking us. From this point of view, we still have to break through from the west side and Unpredictable."

"But the problem is, we can't get rid of the pursuers behind us. It's like a dog's skin plaster. If you hit him, he will run away. If you leave, he will follow up. What a fool!"

"Where are we now?" Jia Ying looked around and asked.

In the past few days, they have been running around with a large army, and now even Jia Ying is not sure where they are.

"My lord, it's about half a day's journey to the west, and it should be Shanyin County." Ma Mingluan, who is familiar with the terrain of Datong, replied from the side: "Going south, passing Mayi is Yanmen, and going southwest, passing Shuozhou, It's Ningwu, we have deviated from the original direction of travel. To the west should be Ying County, where the Anton Zhongtunwei was stationed before."

"The guards at Yanmen Gate and Ningwu Pass don't know what to eat. We all helped them attract some enemies. Don't you dare to go out of the city to attack the enemy's camp, and counterattack at least once, so you know how to stay in the bastard In the shell, if the border town is handed over to such a general, it will be no wonder that the Xiongnu does not break through!" Yang You complained from the side.

"Regardless of whether Yanmen Ningwu can seize the opportunity and dare to counterattack, our goal is still one of these two gates. But the premise is to get rid of the pursuers behind and clear the obstacles in Nannan."

Jia Ying looked at the crowd and said: "Just now Ma Mingluan said that Shanyin goes south and passes Mayi to Yanmen Pass. It is only 60 miles from Mayi to Yanmen. This is the shortest distance. What I mean is, Let's go to Shanyin first, and then divide into two groups in Shanyin, one part will hold back the pursuers and attract the enemy's attention, while the other part will go southeast by detour to Shanshuo, and rush to the vicinity of Mayi in advance to ambush."

He pointed to the map and said: "Look, we just stayed in Shanyin to deal with the pursuers behind us, or scared them away. The number of pursuers is not too many, but their horses are too fast. , we can't catch up, so we can only fight an ambush.

After solving the problem of chasing soldiers, we rushed to Mayi as quickly as possible. This is the only way to go south to Yanmen. The enemy in the south wanted to block me, but they never dared to approach my army If they are too close, then they will definitely stay here.

At that time, we will attack back and forth, we don't want to eliminate the enemy, we just need to cut a hole as quickly as possible, from Mayi to Yanmen, a distance of [-] li, can arrive in half a day, as long as we reach the foot of Yanmen Pass, we will be considered safe up. "

Hearing this, Yang You looked at Jia Ying and eagerly said, "Leave the surprise raid to me. The ambush is not fun, so I'll leave it to you. Since there are going to be a surprise raid, there shouldn't be too many people. Give me 3000 troops."

"Let's go to Shanyin first." Jia Ying nodded, and rode away to Shanyin County together with the others.

"This is Shanyin, it seems that there are still people?" Outside Shanyin County, Yang You pointed to the fireworks rising in the city.

Obviously, it was also plundered by the Huns, with broken walls, ashes and collapsed beams everywhere.

Occasionally, corpses that have begun to stink and decompose can be seen on the street, and some are lined up in a row.

Before Jia Ying's army arrived, it seemed that someone was disposing of these corpses, burying them or cremating them, and the thick smoke that rose was produced by burning the corpses.

But after they entered the city, the figures on the street disappeared.

"Notify the army to withdraw from the city by the same route. The army retreats three miles and garrisons. The soldiers are prohibited from drinking the nearby water sources. Anyone who violates the order will be beheaded!"

Jia Ying, who was walking in front, suddenly said to the soldiers behind him.

After the soldiers received their orders, they rode their horses and headed towards the back of the team.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Jia Ying's solemn expression, Yang You couldn't help asking.

Jia Ying pointed to the corpses on the ground and said, "Look at these corpses, why are their faces covered? They still have to burn the corpses."

"This place is a bit evil, don't get off your horse, and don't touch anything in the city."

"My lord, my lord!"

Hearing shouts from behind, Jia Ying and the others hurriedly turned around and asked, "What happened?"

"My lord, there are already soldiers drinking water and horses in the small river not far outside the city." The people who came were just a few soldiers who had just delivered the order.

Jia Ying turned around and looked at Mu Enci who was beside him and said, "Cousin, go over there immediately, and restrain the soldiers and horses who have drunk the water. Remember, don't touch anything with your hands."

After Mu Enci left, Jia Ying looked at the commanders of the battalions again and said, "You all return to the battalions, and restrain your subordinates."

"Yes!"

Jia Yingfu said to the guards beside him, "Bring the spear."

After receiving the spear from the soldier, he ordered to everyone: "Everyone, step back twenty steps away."

After speaking, he looked at Yang You, who was not moving, and said, "You too!"

Yang You looked at Jia Ying's solemn expression, curled his lips, and stepped back.

After everyone left, Jia Ying used a long spear to pry open the mask on the corpse.

Immediately afterwards, Jia Ying's body suddenly shivered, goose bumps all over her body, and her hairs were barbed!

At the same time, with a shake of the spear in Jia Ying's hand, he gently picked up the corpse, and took advantage of the opportunity to pick it up into the burning fire.

I was used to seeing the dead Jia Ying, so I couldn't be frightened by a corpse.

But he was really frightened just now.

No wonder the face of the dead is covered with a shroud. Looking at the exposed palms of the corpse on the ground at this moment, it is not a callus left by the peasants' work, nor is it a scab left by the soil.

It is the scabs and scabs that grow after the thick sores have rotted.

The face of the corpse was also densely dotted with red rashes and sores.

Here, Jia Ying opened up a mask, which was exactly the same as the previous one.It was a male corpse, and Jia Ying used the tip of a gun to pry open the shirt of the corpse, exposing the chest, and looking towards the heart, the rash was obviously much less.

The centrifugal distribution is definitely smallpox.

(End of this chapter)