super concubine

Chapter 812
In order to save this group of generals of the An army, Xiao Guanyin did not hesitate to enter the enemy camp as a hostage. This naturally moved the soldiers of the An Dynasty very much, and at the same time felt very guilty.

Cao Xiang slumped on the top of the mountain in a daze, as if he had lost all vitality.

Until later, Yang Hong, Liang Zheng, and Zhong Er's three-way army finally arrived here, and then joined Cao Xiang and them.

Hearing that Xiao Guanyin had exchanged herself as a hostage for the safety of these soldiers at a critical moment, Yang Hong screamed anxiously. He immediately led people to chase in the direction where the Liao army was leaving, but there was no Liao army left. shadow?
"What should we do now?" Even Zhong Er, who had always been assertive, had no idea.

After thinking for a while, Liang Zheng said: "Now that the army on the West Road has been defeated, we can only go south to Bazhou to join Master Li's army!"

Cao Xiang also came back to his senses at this time, and then he looked at the generals and said in shame: "Just do what General Liang said, but... this time the princess sacrificed her life to save us, which shows the princess's righteousness. In addition...as the commander, This general made a mistake in command and caused a big defeat, so he will return to Beijing to plead guilty to the emperor!"

This is inevitable. One hundred thousand soldiers were wiped out in the First World War. Even if Cao Xiang didn't go to the capital to confess his guilt in person, Zhao Quan would still hold him accountable.

Along the way, the morale of the Anchao West Army was very low, and on the other hand, the East Army that attacked Nanjing also encountered unprecedented resistance.

Zhang Yuanzhi can be said to be Li Zhun's old opponent. Although the Anjun has artillery in command this time, Zhang Yuanzhi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and... it seems to be a natural relationship. When Zhang Yuanzhi faces Li Zhun, he often has a clever plan There are endless.

For example, this time, Zhang Yuanzhi actually asked the soldiers to build the camp ten miles outside Nanjing.

This is simply meat delivered to the mouth, how can Li Zhun not accept it with a smile?
So Li Zhun ordered the soldiers to attack, and the two armies fought close to each other. Li Zhun withdrew his troops and ordered He Ding to bombard the Liao camp with artillery.

A blast of artillery blasted the Liao camp into ruins, but after the artillery, the Liao army came out again.

Li Zhun was dumbfounded, why are these Liao troops not afraid of artillery?Could it be...

Are they all indestructible?
Obviously, where is the indestructible body of a vajra?
It turned out that Zhang Yuanzhi had asked someone to dig a tunnel under the camp long ago, and when the An army's artillery fired, the Liao army hid in the tunnel, so naturally they couldn't do any harm to them.

The Liao army came out again, this time Li Zhun looked at He Ding again, but He Ding shook his head and said, "The enemy army is too close, I'm afraid of accidental injury!"

So Li Zhun had no choice but to grit his teeth and let Wei Pingzhang lead the soldiers to meet the enemy.
As soon as Zhang Yuanzhi returned, he defeated the An army. Before that, Zhang Yuanzhi killed Xiao Hui's troops in Shangjing to the point of throwing away their helmets and armor. The morale of the Liao army rose rapidly, and Zhang Yuanzhi's reputation was unparalleled for a while.

I didn't expect the great situation to be ruined like this. Fortunately, the loss on Li Zhun's side was not too great, but after losing the battle, Li Zhun's face was naturally dull.

After returning to Bazhou, Di Qing heard that Li Zhun was defeated, so he hurriedly led his soldiers to join him.

After seeing Zhao Guanying, Cao Xiang and others, Cao Xiang told Li Zhun about the defeat of the West Road Army and the almost complete annihilation of the army. Li Zhun almost spit out blood when he heard this!

The old blood was finally stuffed in Li Zhun's stomach, but Li Zhun was also a little weak because of the anger, so he fell seriously ill.

The news spread to the capital, and one stone caused a thousand waves. The people in the capital began to panic, and even the ministers became anxious.

Outside the door of the imperial study room, Ji Ping, who came in a hurry, saw Privy Envoy Cao Gang from a distance, so he shouted: "Master Cao, my Lord Cao, this... what's going on, why is the army suddenly defeated like a mountain?" fall down?"

Cao Gang cried and said, "Who knows? Sigh... It is said that Marshal Cao Xiang of the West Road has come back to Beijing to plead guilty, and now the emperor is losing his temper in the imperial study. No one dares to go in and persuade him!"

Ji Ping said: "The emperor loses his temper? What should we do?"

In the past when Zhao Quan lost his temper, Yun Xue and Zhao Yao were always around, or Zhao He would take care of them, but now Zhao He has been transferred to Fujian, and the two princesses, Yun Xue and Zhao Yao, are fighting against the emperor.

So Ji Ping became worried, and after a while the eunuch came out and said: "The emperor has an order, Ji Aiqing and Cao Aiqing discuss how to deal with the matter of Marshal Cao Xiang on the West Road, and the way to deal with it must be brought out tomorrow morning!"

After hearing this, Ji Ping and Cao Gang had no choice but to accept the job with a bitter face.

One of them is the Chief Assistant, and the other is the Minister of Military and Political Affairs. If it is not they who will handle this matter, who will handle it?
But... Cao Xiang is Xiao Mo's favorite general, so how should he be blamed?
Both of them looked sad. In the office, you sighed and sighed. Then I heard the news that Shi Zhongyuan and Zhou Chang had also come. The four of them discussed together and finally decided...whatever, let’s fool around first. Besides.

So when he went to the court the next day, Zhao Quan asked how to deal with Cao Xiang, then Ji Ping and Cao Gang looked at each other, and Ji Ping took a step forward to salute Zhao Quan: "Qi Zou, the emperor, this matter has been discussed with Mr. Cao." I haven't been able to find a solution for a long time..."

"What?" Zhao Quan's face was very ugly.

Cao Gang hurriedly stood up and said: "Qi Zou the emperor, according to the law to investigate the general, there must be evidence, now that General Cao has arrived in the capital, I also ask the emperor to announce General Cao to the palace, so that the subordinates and others can enforce the law impartially! "

"Sure!" Zhao Quan gritted a word between his teeth.

Then Cao Xiang was proclaimed to the court. Cao Xiang only wore a commoner coat with his shoulders exposed. The swelling on his arms was visible, and there were thorns tied on his back. After seeing Zhao Quan, Cao Xiang He bowed down and said: "Sinner, see my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhao Quan asked in a cold voice: "Cao Xiang, why did the [-] army be destroyed at once?"

Cao Xiangdao: "Reporting to the emperor, the ministers left Shengzhou, sent their generals to attack the Great Wall, and at the same time led the army to approach Nanjing. They wanted to attack Master Li's East Army back and forth. !"

After hearing this, everyone felt that Cao Xiang's division of troops was reasonable. After all, Shi'an's army was strong at that time, while the morale of the Liao army was low. Except for Meng Gongzuo's troops, there was almost no resistance.

Moreover, capturing the Great Wall is equivalent to capturing most of Yanzhou, and Nanjing was besieged, and all the defensive forces of the Liao army were in Nanjing. Cao Xiang's approach cannot be said to be wrong.

(End of this chapter)