Exile opening: I won with the Universal Maker

The southern and northern armies led by Xiao Beiheng joined together to form an army of 17 people, which became stronger than ever before and marched towards Xiliang in mighty strength.

Unlike the Northern Army general who was played around by Xiao Zhuo before, Xiao Beiheng was much smarter.While marching, he dispatched [-] cavalry to harass Xiao Zhuo's allied army continuously to delay the retreat of Xiao Zhuo's army.

Xiao Beiheng's cavalry specially chose to attack when Xiao Zhuo's allied forces pulled out their camps, firing arrows from afar.The soldiers of Xiao Zhuo's allied army were forced to avoid the rain of arrows and could not pack their bags.When the crossbowmen lined up to shoot, the cavalry who made trouble ran away and disappeared.

If the Xiliang cavalry went out to fight, Xiao Beiheng's cavalry would immediately retreat to the team.The Xiliang cavalry did not dare to pursue alone, so they could only turn around.Xiao Beiheng's cavalry immediately posted up again.Repeatedly, like a disturbing hornet, it just doesn't fight head-on, which makes the Xiliang cavalry exhausted.

This strategy is very effective, even with Xiao Zhuo's talent, he is helpless in the face of this tactic.If it stops, the coalition forces will immediately face the attack of 17 enemy troops.Xiao Zhuo could only continue to forcibly retreat westward, and receive soldiers from Xiliang to supplement his own strength.

The distance between the two armies kept shortening, and by the beginning of December, Xiao Beiheng's army was only one day away from Xiao Zhuo's coalition army.

As long as he catches up with Xiao Zhuo, even if Xiao Zhuo doesn't want to fight, it will be impossible. 17 against [-], Xiao Beiheng is sure of victory.In a happy mood, he personally took Su Mo to patrol the front of the formation, followed by a group of generals.

"Your Majesty, this place is called Leye Plain, and beyond that is Leshan County," a guide pointed to the open wilderness ahead, "Xiao Zhuo once led nine thousand Xiliang cavalry to fight [-] Xirong cavalry here. Victory, the siege of Leshan was resolved."

Su Mo looked around and saw snow everywhere on the barren plain, black and white, as if scabies had grown on the ground.Two crows croaked across the desolate sky, circled a few times, and stopped on a dry crooked-neck tree. A rag like a flag was hung on the bare branch, and it was straightened by the howling cold wind. .

"In summer, the sky is full of vultures. They are very large birds that eat carrion." The guide looked at the sky. "Now it's cold in winter, and there are no more. Otherwise, we can catch a few and show them to His Majesty and the Empress." look."

"It's only 17 barbarians," Xiao Beiheng smiled. "Now it's [-] versus [-]. I want to see what tricks he can use."

Su Mo silently looked towards the west, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart.

She has no possibility of intervening in this impending war.The only thing he could do was to follow Xiao Beiheng and helplessly watch what happened before him.

"Preach the will of the widow," Xiao Beiheng gave instructions to the generals following behind, "The whole army should speed up, and the widow must catch up with Xiao Zhuo's army before it reaches Leshan County."

The general took the order to leave, Xiao Beiheng asked again: "Where are the reinforcements from Anzhou and Yuzhou?"

A deputy general came out of the crowd and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, Yuzhou prefect Guo Xinyuan's army stopped in Zhongzhou due to heavy snow. Only Anzhou prefect's army is marching here as planned and will arrive in half a month."

"Sure enough, the father of the widow is reliable," Xiao Beiheng smiled and stretched his arms around Su Mo's waist, "That Guo Xinyuan, who fought against the emperor when he was attacking Emperor Yongde, now pretends to be loyal to the widow, but he uses the excuse of heavy snow Closing the road and stopping in the middle, could it be that he wants to see the result of the battle between the widow and Xiao Zhuo to decide which side to fall on."

Su Mo forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty has 17 troops here, and the [-] Yuzhou Army is far away, so we really can't count on it."

"That's true," Xiao Beiheng said, "By the time the Master arrives here, the widow should have completely wiped out Xiao Zhuo."

The generals behind did not lose the opportunity, and began to praise Xiao Beiheng in different ways. A general of the Dingbei Army said: "Your Majesty has a lot of tricks, and he is unparalleled in the world. Even the general should be willing to bow down."

"General?"

Xiao Beiheng let go of Su Mo, and patted his head lightly: "The widows have forgotten about this matter. Has Zhao Mu been escorted to the capital? It has been more than ten days, why has there been no reply?"

He sleeps very poorly, is always awakened by nightmares, and his spirit is also depressed, and he has been relying on the medicine to nourish Qi and blood to support his spirit.If it wasn't for the fact that someone mentioned the general this time, he would have forgotten about Zhao Mu.

All the generals couldn't answer, and finally a clever general said: "Your Majesty, it snowed heavily for two days and two nights a while ago, it must have been delayed on the road. Now that the snow has melted, there should be rewards soon. "

Xiao Beiheng nodded vaguely, but felt a little uneasy.

He sent two confidantes to escort Zhao Mu to the capital in order to let them kill Zhao Mu halfway to avoid future troubles.But it has been more than ten days, and the two of them haven't come back to report, so they won't really escort Zhao Mu to the capital, right?
After returning to the camp, a Yan general stepped forward to greet him and said, "Your Majesty, an envoy just arrived from the capital and is waiting in the imperial tent."

Xiao Beiheng entered the imperial tent and saw that the person who came was actually Lin Kui disguised as an envoy, he couldn't help being surprised, turned around and said to the attendants in the tent: "Let's avoid it for now."

Only him and the envoy were left in the tent, Xiao Beiheng sat down and said, "Lin Kui, why are you here?"

Lin Kui had been waiting impatiently for a long time. Seeing no one around, he fell to his knees and cried, "Your Majesty, I have let you down because of my incompetence."

Seeing Lin Kui crying bitterly, Xiao Beiheng knew it was definitely not a good thing, and said angrily: "Don't just talk nonsense, tell me what happened."

Lin Kui cried: "I deserve death for my crimes, Beijing... the capital has fallen into the hands of others."

Xiao Beiheng's complexion changed drastically, but he couldn't believe what he heard. He stood up and grabbed Lin Kui by the collar and lifted him up: "What did you just say? Say it again."

Lin Kui felt that the collar was so tight that his chest felt tight, and he said reluctantly, "It's Zhao... Zhao Mu, he has occupied the capital."

"How come, he... didn't I tell you to close the four doors tightly, and... what are all the defenders doing in the capital? How could he occupy the capital by himself?"

Xiao Beiheng asked questions like a cannonball, making Lin Kui dizzy, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, calm down, listen to my minister's explanation!" Xiao Beiheng let go of his collar, pushed him back, and said, "Speak quickly!"

It turned out that Xiao Beiheng's troops had won the capital, and Lin Kui was left to guard the capital, and he was in charge of the capital's defenders.Lin Kui did follow Xiao Beiheng's instructions to watch carefully, and nothing happened.

Late at night after a snowfall, Zhao Mu and dozens of Xirong soldiers climbed the city wall and entered the city. They were spotted by soldiers patrolling the city and immediately notified Lin Kui.Lin Kui thought that he had thousands of defenders on hand, and it would be easy to deal with dozens of enemies, so he mobilized the defenders to encircle and suppress.

What he never expected was that when Zhao Mu raised his arms and shouted, the defenders turned back in half.When the two armies confronted each other, the prime minister and the officials from the six ministries who heard the news not only did not help him, but instead made trouble, stating Xiao Beiheng's crime of murdering his father and usurping the throne on the spot, causing the remaining defenders to fall to Zhao Mu as well.

Seeing that the situation was over, Lin Kui fought his way out under the guard of his cronies, and rushed all the way to report to Xiao Beiheng.

After listening to Lin Kui's statement, Xiao Beiheng felt dizzy, took two steps back and sat down in the chair, supported his forehead and said, "After all, I still underestimated this old fellow Zhao Mu."

Lin Kui knelt on the ground and took a few steps, hugged Xiao Beiheng's leg with both hands and cried: "Your Majesty, I know that I have made a big mistake, and ten thousand deaths are not enough to apologise, but I am afraid that your majesty will not know about it, so I just stole my life to repay your majesty." ..."

Xiao Beiheng shook his head, and put his hand on Lin Kui's shoulder: "It's not your fault, it's my fault. I underestimated Zhao Mu. It's just that you...know all about that?"

Lin Kui was stunned for a moment, then shook his head violently and said, "Your Majesty, those people are all traitors. They and Zhao Mu are all against Xiao Zhuo. I never believe that Your Majesty would do such a thing. They are all talking nonsense. .”

Xiao Beiheng said word by word: "What if I tell you it's true?"

Lin Kui shook his body violently, looked up at Xiao Beiheng, first showed a terrified look, then lowered his head, his forehead touched the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I have been following you for so many years, I was born as your Majesty's man, Death is also His Majesty's ghost. If there is even the slightest falsehood, Your Majesty can behead me right now."

Seeing Lin Kui's loyalty, Xiao Beiheng was also a little moved.

Lin Kui was his subordinate who had been with him for the longest time. Back then, his father Xiao Ming sent Lin Kui to him mainly because Lin Kui was a doctor with excellent medical skills and could prescribe medicine to relieve his insomnia symptoms at any time.

After a long time, he began to discuss some military strategies with Lin Kui.Although Lin Kui is not bright enough and likes to make decisions without authorization, he is as loyal as a dog, and he can trust Lin Kui with important matters.

A loyal man, however stupid, is better than a brilliant man who is half-hearted.

He nodded slightly and said: "Don't swear, you are my most trusted subordinate, just stay by my side, just give me some prescriptions. It doesn't matter if the capital is lost, it's just a group of civil servants and a few thousand defenders." It won't be too late to return to the army to take care of Xiao Zhuo after they are wiped out. But the defenders at the border gate are a bit worrying."

The [-] defenders at the border are Zhao Mu's troops.Before sending troops, he specially asked Zhao Mu to issue a general's order, and his confidant general would take the order and imperial decree to the border to replace Wei Liang.But now that Zhao Mu survived, he couldn't help worrying.

Lin Kui wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and said, "Didn't Your Majesty send generals to replace the border guards before dispatching troops? They are all generals who are loyal to His Majesty, so Your Majesty need not worry."

"The two people I sent to escort Zhao Mu were also loyal." Xiao Beiheng said disappointedly, "But since Zhao Mu survived, it should be those Xirong people who rescued him... Who is the leader?"

Lin Kui said: "It was night and I couldn't see the face clearly, but I seemed to hear Zhao Mu shouting the words 'Qiang Lin Wang'..."

Xiao Beiheng frowned, and was about to reply when a messenger scrambled into the tent and shouted:
"Your Majesty! Something is wrong. The border guard general Wei Liang and the defected Anguo general Qi Shengjue conspired to rebel and beheaded the generals sent by His Majesty. Now led by Zhao Mu, a hundred thousand border troops are coming here. The vanguard army is far away from our army. Only three days away."

Lin Kui almost collapsed when he heard the words, and scolded: "What's wrong, how long ago did His Majesty send a general to the border. Why did you come to tell Your Majesty now!"

Xiao Beiheng couldn't believe it either. He got up and said, "One hundred thousand troops marched into Xirong's territory. With such a huge target, didn't the Xirong army stop them? And what are our scouts doing? Why didn't anyone report this?"

Compared to losing the capital, this news was what really shocked him.He has always been wary of an army supporting Xiao Zhuo coming to help Xiao Zhuo, so he specially sent multiple scouts to investigate, and the scouts reported nothing every day.Unexpectedly, [-] troops will arrive as soon as they talk about it.

"After they beheaded His Majesty's generals, they kept suppressing the news. Zhao Mu and Xirong King Qianglin Qingqi set off from the capital and joined Wei Liang and others. Qianglin King was the vanguard and persuaded the Xirong kings...mainly our scouts No one is investigating in the territory of Xirong..."

"Enough!" Xiao Beiheng slapped the table case, causing things on the table table to jump up one after another.

The Messenger babbled, but he understood.After Qi Shengjue escaped from the capital, he went directly to the border gate, and together with Wei Liang, the guard of the border gate, beheaded the general he sent.While concealing the news, he directly sent troops westward.After Zhao Mu and Qiang Lin occupied the capital, Xingye Jiancheng joined the border army and attacked Shengjing.

The border army is going to the Xirong territory, and the scouts on their side are not there at all, so naturally they have no way of knowing.And Qiang Lin, as one of the kings of Xirong, opened the way ahead, and the people of Xirong would of course agree to let them come.

One hundred thousand troops came over so quietly.

"Report-!" Another drawn-out voice came from outside the tent, almost shrill.A scout rushed into the account, cupping his fists and saluting:

"Your Majesty, Xiao Zhuo's army did not retreat but advanced to meet our army. The commander Xiao Zhuo sent a letter of war, and the two armies will fight in Leye."

Xiao Beiheng laughed back in anger, drew out the Yanque sword, cut off the corner of the table with one sword, and said proudly:
"You really know how to seize the opportunity, Xiao Zhuo. That widow took advantage of your wishes! Reply to the other party, and we will have a showdown in Leye tomorrow."