Han ride

Chapter 377 Betrayal
But soon, the two put this tempting trick behind them.On the one hand, Li Xin is still the Marquis of Zhengbei of the imperial court for the time being, what is more important is that Li Xin still has soldiers and horses in his hands, and they are all cavalry.Jiannu is not afraid of Li Xin, because Jiannu are elite soldiers, and most of them are cavalry, and what is the imperial army? Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses can't even resist Jiannu, let alone the imperial army.Therefore, it is almost impossible to block Li Xin at the entrance of Xifeng right now.

"Eunuch Gao, do you think that tired soldiers like us can withstand the attack of Li Xin's iron cavalry?" Qin Liangyu said with some disdain: "Li Xin's soldiers and horses have been on the battlefield for a long time, even if they are exhausted at this moment, if they want to destroy It's still very easy without us." Qin Liangyu pointed at the soldiers and horses beside him with his whip, still shaking his head.

"Hey, if you want to destroy Li Xin, sometimes you don't need to use a single soldier at all." Gao Qi secretly hated, but soon thought of something, and said, "Our family has a plan, which can easily kill Li Xin." Li Xin cleaned up. I just don’t know what the generals think?”

"Elder-in-law, please speak clearly." Hong Chengchou rolled his eyes, cupped his hands towards Gao Qiqian and said.He is also a treacherous person. In his words, he did not express his approval or disapproval. He was just waiting for Gao Qian's plan.

"Zunhua City, how about it?" Gao Qiqian showed a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth, glanced at everyone, and said: "There are not only a lot of gold and silver treasures in Zunhua City, but also grain and grass. I looked at Xifeng The fire at the entrance will not be extinguished in a short time, that is to say, Li Xin will not be able to break through the Xifeng Pass and return to the grassland in a short time. Occupying Zunhua City, he would not have enough food and grass, and then ordered martial law on the nine sides, and the imperial court dispatched troops to keep Li Xin in the Central Plains. This is also a very simple matter. What do you generals think?"

"Marquis Zhengbei has worked so hard and made great contributions to the court. Isn't it too much to trap him in the Central Plains like this?" Qin Liangyu asked a bit embarrassed.Lu Xiangsheng also showed hesitation on his face.After all, Li Xin's sudden departure was not because he was worried that the imperial army would be wiped out by Jiannu.It's really unethical to spread the news that someone just saved himself with his front foot, and then he stabbed someone else with his back foot.Lu Xiangsheng is a scholar, Qin Liangyu is a heroine, they really can't do this kind of thing!So all eyes were on Hong Chengchou for a while, waiting for Hong Chengchou's decision.

"The battle of Xifengkou has come to an end. Although Jiannu occupied Xifengkou, they will soon return to Liaodong. Maybe they have withdrawn now. We should go back, Zunhua. Wait The imperial decree of the emperor." Hong Chengchou looked at the entrance of Xifeng where the smoke was billowing in the distance, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Liangyu beside him felt cold.Undoubtedly, Hong Chengchou had already made his choice. Although he didn't say anything, the two still knew that Hong Chengchou decided to accept Gao Qiqian's ghostly idea and trapped Li Xin between Zunhua City and Xifengkou.Just as Gao Qiqian said, the fire at Xifengkou really does not know when it will be extinguished. Before the fire is extinguished, it is impossible for Li Xin to return to the grassland through Xifengkou.

Everyone also understood the truth, that is, Li Xin didn't have any food around him. After fighting late at night, Li Xin and his guards were already exhausted. They should have a full meal at this time, but Without food and grass, this is enough to make the army's morale confused. If it is due to Xifengkou, Li Xin can be said to have no bright future, and there will be pursuers in the future, which is almost a certain death situation.

The raging fire at Xifeng's mouth finally ignited. Even though Li Xinyun had left a lot in the place where Jiannu hoarded grain and grass, there are still a lot of grain hoarded here.In order to stop Li Xin's pursuit, Huang Taiji burned all the food and grass in one go, and the entire Xifeng Pass was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, no matter whether it was the second pass or the third pass, they were all burned. clean.Even Li Xin was aching all over from the flames. In desperation, he had no choice but to lead the army out of Xifengkou.

"My lord, my lord." As soon as the army exited the entrance of Xifeng, a spy galloped towards him, jumped off, and said loudly, "My lord, Hong Chengchou didn't follow the lord's order to come to support, but walked halfway , and returned to Zunhua, and now it is kept according to Zunhua.”

"No, Hong Chengchou is harming us." As soon as the spies finished speaking, Shi Yuan slapped his thigh and said loudly: "It's really abominable, Hong Chengchou is going to put tens of thousands of my troops to death! My lord, you must not Let Hong Chengchou occupy Zunhua."

"I'm afraid we are too late now." Li Xin also realized at this time that Hong Chengchou's occupation of Zunhua at this time is to cut off his own food and grass and let his army disband.

"My lord, why don't you go over the mountain now and make a detour, and you can still walk through Xifengkou." Zhao Guang suggested from the side: "Or look for some food nearby, wait for the fire at Xifengkou to go out, and then go back That's the grassland."

"I'm afraid it's too late." Shi Yuan shook his head and said, "The soldiers have been fighting all night, and it's time to be exhausted. At this time, it's time to recuperate. Let’s get on the horse. And looking at the fire at Xifengkou, I’m afraid it won’t take a day or two, and it’s hard to extinguish it.”

"Wait for a day or two, I'm afraid the soldiers will have no energy to fight. Even I, Li Xin, can only wait for Hong Chengchou to arrest me." Not only did he lose a general, but he was also in trouble.

"Mother, my lord, the general will go to Hong Chengchou to ask for food and grass. If he doesn't give it, we will kill Zunhua and skin him alive." Gao Meng roared loudly.

"That's right, Gao Meng, what you said is right. Since there is no Xifengkou, let's go to Zunhua and ask Hong Chengchou for it. My soldiers have been fighting all night. We can't let them go hungry. They should eat at this time." Serve fresh mutton." Li Xin nodded immediately after hearing this.Said loudly.

"My lord, Zunhua City is also a dangerous place. I'm afraid I won't be able to attack it in a hurry! It's useless to lose soldiers and horses." Shi Yuanzhi was afraid that Li Xin would do something wrong in his anger, so he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Sir, it's fine if Hong Chengchou gives it, but if he doesn't, I will naturally have a way to get food and grass." Li Xin seemed to have thought of something, and said proudly: "There is no Zunhua City, and there are always some in the barracks of the imperial army." Come on! I don't believe that Hong Chengchou is still thinking about moving all the food and grass in the military camp outside the city to Zunhua City at this time. You must know that the countless gold and silver treasures left by Jiannu are all inside. Those generals are probably discussing how to distribute these gold and silver treasures!"

"Master Shengming." Shi Yuan patted himself on the head fiercely, why didn't he think of this?Hong Chengchou and the others must have known about the situation in Zunhua City. I am afraid that they are not in the mood to do other things at this time. Most of these generals closed the city gates and discussed how to divide the money.

"Let's go to Zunhua." With a gloomy face, Li Xin tapped the dark cloud and stepped on the snow, took Fang Tian's painted halberd, and killed Zunhua. Although he solved the problem of food and grass, he couldn't quell the anger in his heart .It was because of my carelessness that Xifengkou fell, and even Jutu was killed.There is also Hong Chengchou, these court troops, not only did not appreciate their rescue, but took the opportunity to occupy Zunhua City, blocking their own retreat, and depriving themselves of food and grass.It can be said that if he doesn't get any benefits, he will lose a lot this time.

The last thing he can tolerate is betrayal, so he wants to teach Hong Chengchou a lesson.The army roared and rushed towards Zunhua at high speed.What they didn't know was that just as the forefoot left Xifengkou, the Jiannu army also withdrew from Xifengkou on the back foot.

On a small soil bag outside the customs, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy and uncertain. He also suffered a big loss this time. A hundred thousand iron horses stepped into the Central Plains. Originally, they planned to capture many people, but they didn't expect that this was Li Xin's one. The scam, if Li Xin hadn't been careless at the last moment, I'm afraid he might not be able to escape Huang Taiji.

"Your Majesty, it's time to leave." Fan Wencheng and others also rode horses, standing beside Huang Taiji, looking at Huang Taiji's appearance, how could Fan Wencheng not understand Huang Taiji's mood.

"Now there are only more than 7 people left in the [-] army. These are the elite of my people!" Huang Taiji was in a very bad mood. The [-] army broke through the Xifengkou and fought all the way to the city of Beijing, and the loss was only more than a thousand. It's just people, but when they returned to the army, Yue Tuo and [-] elites were thrown under the city of Zunhua in order to survive with a broken arm. Trust, when we got to Xifengkou, in order to recapture Xifengkou, we lost thousands of troops. Adding the two white bannermen who were burned to death, we lost nearly [-] elite troops. This can be said that Huang Taiji became the emperor. Biggest loss ever.

"I'm afraid Li Xin is not feeling well at this time." Fan Wencheng hurriedly persuaded him: "He is still outside Xifeng's entrance at this moment! Waiting for the fire at Xifeng's entrance to be extinguished, if the subordinate guessed correctly, Hong Chengchou and others It’s because of selfishness and neglect of righteousness, and it’s unknown that Zunhua has already been occupied at this moment. In this way, Li Xin will have a big fire in front of him, and a strong enemy behind him. I’m afraid the taste will not be good!”

"Report, report to the emperor, there is a large army coming from ten miles away." At this moment, a flying horse in the distance charged directly at the Chinese army.The frightened Huang Taiji's complexion changed drastically, and even Fan Wencheng showed panic on his face.At this time, a large army came to attack, and Huang Taiji, who had become a tired soldier, really didn't know if he could resist it!

"Quick, quick, get the army ready for war." Huang Taiji finally calmed down. With a serious face, he drew out his sword and said to Hong Chengchou and others on the side: "Now the only thing left is to fight to the death. Longevity and Heaven will definitely bless me!" Gold. Let's fight!"

"Fight, fight." Under the leadership of Huang Taiji, these Jiannu soldiers who had survived a hundred battles shouted loudly.These people had just escaped from the cage, and before they could react, another enemy came from the opposite side.The way home is ahead, even if there is a mountain in front of them, I am afraid that these people will try their best to level the mountain.At this time, the Jiannu soldiers were fierce tigers just out of the cage, extremely fierce, and extremely sharp like swords just out of the box.The morale was like a rainbow, waiting for Huang Taiji's order to kill the enemy.

"Report, Your Majesty, it is Fourteen Baylor. The army led by Fourteen Baylor is here." However, another cavalry came on galloping horses, and their mouths were full of joy. There were bursts of cheers.

Different from these soldiers, Huang Taiji's expression was gloomy, he looked into the distance coldly, and finally his eyes fell on Fan Wencheng, showing a little puzzlement.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter may not be what we imagined." Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "Fourteen Baylor may not be what Li Xin said, maybe the leader came to rescue us."

After hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded, but he didn't make any gestures, but still asked Haoge and others to enforce the martial law, but he himself went up to meet them.Looking from a distance, I saw countless smoke and dust rising into the sky, and murderous aura swept across the sky, obviously they are elite soldiers in all battles.These elite soldiers wear armors of various colors, some are yellow, some are yellow, some are white, and so on. They are all elite soldiers of the Eight Banners.Huang Taiji could see clearly that the leader was not Dorgon, but who else.

"Your brother Dorgon led the army to rescue the late, please forgive me." When Huang Taiji was about to speak, he saw Dorgon, who was leading the army, saw Huang Taiji from afar, and quickly rolled off his horse. He fell to the ground respectfully.

"Welcome to the emperor." Behind Dorgon, countless cavalry rolled off their horses and knelt on both sides of the road.For a moment, even Huang Taiji couldn't help being shocked.

"Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng hurriedly reminded him from the side.

"Fourteenth brother, please get up." Huang Taiji took a serious look at Dorgon, seeing that he was really kneeling on the ground, he was extremely excited, it really is another village!Huang Taiji originally thought that Dorgon had rebelled, but he did not expect that Dorgon did not rebel at all, but led the army to rescue.Immediately, he got off his horse and helped Dorgon up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Dorgon quickly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your brother is incompetent, and your Majesty has been wronged."

"It's all due to my lack of consideration." Huang Taiji glanced at the soldiers and horses behind Dorgon, and said, "Fourteenth brother, how did you get so many soldiers and horses?" He counted the days carefully, even if No matter how powerful Dorgon was, it was impossible for him to reach Shengjing and bring so many soldiers and horses.

"Returning to the emperor, my brother did not go back to Shengjing, but went to Dalinghe, and got 5000 people from Dabeile." Dorgon lowered his head and smiled forcefully: "My brother is incompetent and cannot dissuade them." Li Xin made way to open a way. He could only lead these soldiers and prepare to attack Li Xin forcibly. Even if he couldn't make a way out, he would rather die here. Fortunately, the emperor is the son of destiny. , I haven't reached the entrance of Xifeng, but I can meet the emperor here. It is my great fortune that the emperor returned safely."

"Hey, I'm ashamed to say that, if Li Xin hadn't been arrogant, maybe I really wouldn't be able to return to Shengjing." Huang Taiji couldn't help but sigh when he recalled it.Everything last night was so thrilling, as long as Li Xin noticed it a little bit, he could feel that there was a problem. If Li Xin didn't care about the life and death of the Ming army, Huang Taiji would never be able to get out of Xifengkou, even if Dorgon was on both sides today. The same goes for flanking.Sitting at the mouth of Xifeng is enough to block Huang Taiji to death.It also has to be said that Huang Taiji is fate after all.

"Your Majesty, since Fourteen Baylor is leading the army, then we will be safe. Your Majesty, let's hurry up and teach!" Fan Wencheng persuaded quickly.

"It's a pity. If I knew that the fourteenth brother was leading the army, I wouldn't have to burn down the Xifengkou. Instead, I would sit at the Xifengkou and trap Li Xin to death. If not, I can unite with the Ming army. Let's eliminate Li Xin together?" Huang Taiji thought of Fan Wencheng's plan again.It's a pity that it was destroyed by Li Xin before it was implemented.

"Your Majesty, there is still a chance next time, just deal with Li Xin." Dorgon also showed a trace of regret, but soon thought of something, and said, "Your Majesty, there are only 5000 people in Dabeile to monitor Zu Dashou. I invite the emperor to return to Liaodong first to deal with Zu Dashou."

"It doesn't matter where Zu Dashou is, he doesn't have the guts to attack us." Huang Taiji said disdainfully: "I'm afraid he will also enter Jingqin King soon."

"Go to the capital to serve the king? Could it be that those rebels have already reached the capital?" Dorgon asked in surprise. The only thing that could make Zu Dashou send troops to serve the king is that the city of Beijing is under threat. Gao Yingxiang and those rebels.

"The emperor is talking about Li Xin." Fan Wencheng showed a smug look on his face, and he told the story of Huang Taiji putting Li Xin together, and a gleam of joy appeared on his face.This was Li Xin's first victory since he fought against Jiannu.

"Kill one thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred." Huang Taiji didn't feel complacent, he could only sigh: "This time we lost a lot of troops, what Li Xin lost was only some food and grass and a few thousand elites. It's nothing. It can't hurt your muscles or bones. However, if Hong Chengchou really doesn't handle it properly, it may really anger Li Xin, and it is also possible to let Li Xin break into Beijing."

"The generals of the Ming Dynasty forgot their righteousness for profit. The grain, grass, gold and silver treasures left by the emperor in Zunhua will definitely be useful. Li Xin has lost his grain and grass, and he can't go back to the grassland through Xifengkou. He can only find Hong Chengchou. They went to ask for it, so the possibility of falling out between the two is very high." Fan Wencheng explained.

(End of this chapter)