My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 184 An Lushan turns the tide
The bonfire still had sparks, and the smoke drifted up in the evening breeze at dawn.

Green smoke drifted past the patrolling soldiers, the figures curling up around the bonfire, the silhouettes of war horses in the distance, far and near, and shallow conversations between people.

Occasionally, songs with thick accents are sung softly in the silence.This is a temporary military camp stretching for several miles for the Feng Sheng Army of Wei State.

After two days of fighting, many soldiers were exhausted. The camp was quiet and there was no sound. However, in the Chinese army tent, Zhao Guiyan looked at the old fat man standing in the middle with an extremely ugly face.

"... So Chen Quan on the West Road was killed, and his 2 people... Then how did you escape from the Yan army? With your little ability, and a group of soldiers transporting food, you want to escape I don’t believe in chasing him through iron hoofs.”

An Lushan hurriedly clasped his fists and knelt down: "Zhao Langjun, what I said is absolutely true and there is no lie... We were indeed attacked by soldiers and horses from the Yan Kingdom on the way. We... we used our vehicles to repel them. , but... they may have been too tired from attacking General Chen's West Route Army before, so they didn't use all their strength to attack us."

"You guys are really lucky."

Behind the long desk, Zhao Guiyan pressed his hands on the desk. Hearing the words behind him, he finally felt that it was more reasonable and nodded: "Anyway, you intercepted the opponent's attack and exposed their purpose of attacking my rear. It is also a great achievement." , when you return to Luyang, I will take credit from His Majesty for you!"

"Lang Jun, should we still fight now? After all, Chen Quan from the West Road..."

Next to him, Wang Zhiwen, who was supervising the army, had a gloomy face. He knocked on the table: "An Lushan, this matter is decided by General Zhao, how can you interfere.

He glared at An Lushan and turned his head to look at Zhao Guiyan, who was at the top of the list. "The other side will definitely attack our rear. I'm afraid it won't be easy to defeat the Xiliang army in front. General Zhao thinks next, should we advance or not?" retreat?"

"An Lushan, you go down first!" Zhao Guiyan waved his hand to the old fat man below. After all, some words were not suitable for him to listen to.The plump old man smiled flatteringly, bowed his hands to both of them, and slowly exited the tent while maintaining a bowed posture.

The curtain swayed slightly. After the people left, Zhao Guiyan slowly spoke: "The Xiliang army cannot be taken down in a short time. They have been fighting for the past two days. The opponent has indeed lived up to its reputation. It is inseparable from the Feng Sheng army." "Chendu County is still more than 90 miles away from here. It's so close, but we can't get any closer to that side. It's really frustrating!"

Wang Zhiwen stroked his beard and spoke slowly: "Since we can't rescue Chendu County and there are no soldiers and horses covering the west road, we might as well retreat. At least we can save the lives of the current soldiers."

As a general of the clan, Zhao Guiyan still remembered the great ambitions he had in mind when he came. He did not expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly. "Tell the whole army... to break camp immediately, retreat back to Xingwu County, and return to Luyang from there." !”

The same night.

Xia Houyuan, Zhang He, Ma Chao, and Ma Dai received the intelligence from the Western Front. After reading the above content, the four of them were a little stunned. They had been restrained and fought with the Wei elite in front of them, just to make the West The front line has enough time to eat those 2 people, then circle the battlefield and completely annihilate the Feng Holy Army.

However, the battle over there was over now, and what came was a simple sentence: eat the opponent's part, cripple the Holy Army, and let An Lushan reap the military glory.

"Why are you procrastinating when you can obviously annihilate them?" Zhang He slammed the table. Although the two days of fighting were mainly about entanglement, people still died in the end.

"This is strategy, not tactics!"

Xia Houyuan had been in charge of Cao Wei's Western Front and had naturally understood the meaning of the order. "Even if it is annihilated, it will at most mean that the entire Wei court is missing an elite force. It may have an impact, but it will not destroy the Wei state. If this person who is good at flattery is allowed to There is a step to climb up the flattering Anlu Mountain, which is equivalent to controlling many soldiers and horses of the Wei State."

"Haha." Ma Chao said coldly while sitting next to his clan brother holding a spear, taking a sip of wine.

As the words fell, the war continued and blood spread.

As soon as it dawned, a scout reported that the Feng Sheng Army of the Wei State on the opposite side was breaking camp and moving southeast. Xia Houyuan immediately led more than 8000 Xiliang Army soldiers to quickly pursue Zhang He in front. The leader of the Holy Army, Zhao Guiyan, led three battalions of soldiers and horses to ambush him halfway. The two sides fought and fought.The corpses continued to extend along the retreat route of the Feng Sheng Army. Seeing that something was not good, the supervisor Wang Zhiwen led the soldiers and horses in front to turn back to meet the defeated Zhao Guiyan, organized the rout, and then counterattacked back. Ma Chao and Ma Dai's Xiqiang cavalry They also cut into the battlefield at the right time, and Zhao Guiyan's entire two battalions of troops blocked the south side of the battlefield.

What was originally just an ambush battle turned into a large-scale melee in an instant. The flames of war were rekindled and pushed from the wilderness to the boundaries of Xingwu County, which was dozens of miles away. A large number of people fled in panic to avoid the military disaster elsewhere.The fields about to harvest in this land were instantly destroyed by the flames of war. The prosperous official roads were filled with burned carriages and slaughtered businessmen. People fled in groups. From a distance, they saw cavalry attacking or fighting. The crowd rushed towards the mountains, crying and shouting.

Soon, Zhao Yun, who arrived from the west, led five thousand Youyan troops into the battlefield.

Almost all of the Feng Sheng army that originally retreated was pulled in by the whirlpool, and their bodies were shattered into pieces. The soldiers and horses of battalion after battalion were exhausted.Two to three thousand soldiers and horses from Xingwu County wanted to come to the rescue, but seeing the war rising to such a tragic level, the county captain was frightened in his heart. He only guarded the city walls and gates, for fear of drawing the war into the city. .

This is war.

The county lieutenant stood on the city wall, looking at the massive burning fields outside the city, the cavalry rushing back and forth, and the Feng Sheng army killing and retreating, and felt his heart tremble.

Fortunately, not long after, on the fifth day of October, the war situation began to turn around. The remnants of the Feng Sheng Army who had been cut off from their food routes found a group of more than 2000 Wei soldiers who entered the battlefield from the southwest. They first killed several groups of besieged soldiers. After the comrades were rescued and the rations were distributed, the leading veteran led the team to sneak across the battlefield, constantly attacking the Xiliang army, and rescuing the separated comrades. The snowball grew bigger and bigger, and in the end more than 4000 people gathered around him. people.

More than 30 miles away from Xingwu County, Zhao Guiyan, who was covered with scars, was rescued from a mound, and the entire chase and escape finally came to an end.

There were only more than 700 elites of the [-] Holy Army left. Under the embarrassing leadership of Zhao Guiyan, they retreated into Xingwu, then turned south and returned to Luyang, Gyeongsang Province after two days of march. A whip enters the palace.

At this time, the palace was filled with books and pens.

Emperor Wei Zhao Chuanting stood in the study and was furious. Several civil and military officials close to him lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

"What a shame! It has been 70 years since the Feng Sheng Army was established. It is not said that it is invincible, but it is not like this. Where is Zhao Guiyan?! I will beat him hard! Only more than 5000 of my elite soldiers are left behind. , and he still managed to survive by having an old soldier rescue him, what kind of general can he be?"

"Your Majesty!" Yuan Feng, Minister of War, stepped forward and handed over his hand: "Right now, Chendu County is still under siege, but will we continue to increase the number of troops for rescue?"

"Rescue? I lost [-] soldiers and horses. Do you think I am that Bei Gongye of the Yan Kingdom?! I destroyed all my family's assets and lost so much that I couldn't even defend the imperial city?!"

Zhao Chuanting got angry and felt better. He stepped on the ink on the floor and walked back to the desk, "What do you think Yuan Qing should do next?"

"Back to your majesty, I think we can negotiate together. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival now, so they will definitely not be able to fight. The re-sending of troops in Gyeonggi will take some time to prepare. When winter is ready, we may be able to rescue Chendu County through negotiation. In a situation of siege, there is no need to waste a single soldier.”

Yuan Feng spoke softly, and a eunuch came in to report: "Your Majesty, Jianwu General Zhao Guiyan is kneeling outside with a whip in his hand. He wants to see your Majesty."

"Let him kneel down and reflect!"

The emperor's suppressed anger surged up again, he patted the table a few times and waved his hand: "Yuan Qing, you send people to peace talks to test their sincerity and delay the Yan army's siege by the way!"

"In addition!" Zhao Chuanting tapped the table with his fingertips. He said this not to Yuan Feng, but to the eunuch at the door. "Summon An Lushan, the man who turned the tide. I want to see him!"

(End of this chapter)