Chasing King

Zhuoletai was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, he ordered manghua'er, the general of zhuoletai, with a group of Sheng Army prisoners, to come to Guangning city wall to burn alive. Every soldier who was guarding the city saw and heard his dying struggle and scream. Then he hung up the blackened bodies with a wooden pestle and stuck them in the snow one by one. Finally, he led all the soldiers to shout "if you fall, you won't kill them.".

If you don't pay attention to it behind closed doors, you will have to shout for two or three hours. If you go out of the city to pursue it, manghua will go fast and can't catch you at all.

For three days, the soldiers who witnessed the atrocity began to lose their morale, and they were full of fear of the Jin people. Even rumors began to appear that Han Zhaoxing wanted to surrender to zhuoletai.

Yuan Mao ordered his soldiers to pour water on the wall day and night to strengthen it by freezing. But he knew that the strongest wall could not withstand the collapse from the inside. Although he kept stabilizing the morale of the army, he could clearly feel the impetuousness of the people around him. Zhuo Letai is worthy of being a famous general of the state of Jin. It's vicious to attack the heart before attacking the city.

Han Zhaoxing discussed with them several plans to ambush manghua'er. They all felt that manghua'er was too risky. Manghua'er must have come prepared. If he rashly went out of the city, there would be another ambush outside, and it would be in his heart.

This night, Yuan Sikong found yuan Mao in a hurry: "Dad."

Yuan Mao had no time to talk to him: "you don't want to come again. Please don't worry about your mother."

"No, Dad." Yuansi ran up to stop Yuanmao, "it may snow tonight."

"What?"

"Guangning has cleared up for three days. The snow has melted, but it may snow tonight. It's just the right time to set up an ambush."

"How do you know it's going to snow tonight?"

Yuan Sikong pointed to the clouds in the sky: "it is said in the book that the clouds are low and thick, and they are scaly, so it rains in summer and snows in winter. Kong Er has observed them for many years, and seven out of ten of them do."

Yuan Mao looked up at the clouds in the sky and doubted: "are you serious?"

Yuan Sikong nodded: "if you spread stumbling nails on manghua'er's way now, after a night of snow, there is no trace, and then make the soldiers ambush when he retreats, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

"Good thinking! Dad will try. If it really works, it will kill the gold thief. "

Yuan Sikong was very happy: "Dad, the wounded soldiers have been properly settled. What else can he do in his spare time?"

Yuan Mao pressed his shoulder: "if you take good care of your mother, your elder sister and your younger brother, you will share your worries for your father."

"Of course I will take care of them, but..." Yuan Sikong took a look at the towering wall behind yuan Mao, "Dad, I can do more."

"Well, you go back first."

Yuan Sikong goes further. In the clear eyes of his youth, there is a bright light of determination: "Dad, if it snows tonight and the flowers fall tomorrow, it will prove that kong'er is useful. Can you let kong'er follow you?"

Yuan Mao was shocked by Yuan Sikong's bright eyes: "kong'er, Dad certainly knows that you are a useful person, but the war is too fierce, and you are still young. I don't want you to be involved in it. Do you understand dad's painstakingness?"

"Kong'er knows, but everyone in Guangning has already been involved in it. The city lies in the presence of people. The city is broken and people die." Yuan Sikong knelt on the ground with a plop, "Dad, take kong'er with you. Kong'er will help you!"

Yuan Mao sighed, his face full of helplessness. No matter how much he wants to isolate yuan Sikong from danger and cruelty, Yuan Sikong pours on him again and again. He knows that the child's future is limitless. Since he is a dragon, he is destined to ride the thunder clouds and stir up the wind and rain. How long can he stop him.

That's all.

Yuan Mao pulled yuan Sikong up from the ground: "OK, Dad promised you."

Yuan Sikong's face brightened: "thank you, Dad!"

"Where does Xie come from? What else do you think is good? " Yuan Mao said solemnly, "I have three rules with you."

"Dad, just say it."

"First, obey my orders absolutely and don't make your own decisions; second, don't let you talk; third, take good care of your family so that you can come to me."

"Yes! I will do it in time Yuan Sikong's heart thumped a few times. At home, he was always thinking about the military situation. He couldn't sleep and eat well. No matter how dangerous it was, he wanted to stay by Yuan Mao's side and guard Guangning together.

"Come on, I'll let them set up an ambush."

The horse trip nail is also called Tribulus terrestris. It is made of several iron nails. When it is thrown on the ground, there are always iron nails facing up to pierce the horse's paw. It is said that it was invented by Marquis Wu. At that time, marquis Wu died of illness in wuzhangyuan. The army of Shu retreated and Sima Yi pursued it. Yang Yi, a long historian, had a wonderful effect on cavalry by "spreading more thistles to block the way.".

During the night, the soldiers spread stumbling nails, and Yuanmao ordered Hu Baicheng to lead five hundred soldiers to ambush on manghua'er's retreat in the middle of the night.

Mang Hua'er usually comes for provocation in the early morning. In the middle of the day, the snow is just right. Thin snow can't cover the stumbling nails. Thick snow can make the enemy suspicious.

Everything is ready, just wait for the snow.

They stood at the head of the city waiting for the snow. They did not see any change in the sky until late at night.

One of the soldiers rubbed his hands with cold: "Lord yuan, when can the snow come down?"

"Wait patiently." Yuan Mao stood with his hands down and his face was serious.Yuansi is also anxious. If it doesn't snow tonight, he will be driven home.

After a while, yuan Shaoxu was also a little suspicious: "Dad Mr. Yuan, why do you think there will be snow tonight? " He took a look at Yuan Sikong beside him and suddenly thought of something: "it can't be said by Kong er."

Yuanmao remained silent.

Yuan Shaoxu said hastily, "Lord yuan, do you really think he can see the astronomical phenomena? How can such joking words be used as the basis for the deployment of the army? "

Yuan Sikong pursed his lips to retort, but he was silent when he remembered that Yuan Mao didn't let him talk casually.

Yuan Shaoxu still had something to say. Yuan Sikong suddenly saw a little soft white floating in front of him. He suddenly raised his head, but when he saw nine days of silver, he said excitedly: "it's snowing, it's snowing!"

They all looked up, and Yuanmao was finally relieved: "good!"

Only yuan Shaoxu frowned and his face changed.

Yuan Mao went down from the castle and said, "send scouts to survey the retreating terrain of manghua'er again."

"Yes

"This matter must be kept secret, and the officers on duty tomorrow must not divulge it."

"Yes

Just then, Han Zhaoxing came up to him. He was still a few feet away. He had already asked, "Yuanmao, but you sent Hu Baicheng out of the city?"

Yuan Mao hugged his fist and said, "chief Hui, it's the last general who ordered Hu Baicheng to ambush manghua'er."

Han Zhaoxing said in a deep voice: "you and I only discussed a few days ago that we should not leave the city without authorization. Why don't I know when you give the order?"

Yuan Mao replied humbly: "before Mr. Li left Guangning garrison, he handed over the military talisman of the garrison to the last general. As a garrison officer of Guangning garrison, the last general can dispatch soldiers at will."

Han Zhaoxing raised his voice: "I'm the commander in chief of Liaodong. I'm appointed by Tianzi to guard the border. Liaodong army is at my disposal, but you don't pay attention to Han?"

Yuan Mao knelt down: "the end will not dare." His face is calm and calm, and his tone is calm. "If you don't ask for instructions from the chief, you will lose the last general. But the military situation is urgent, and the military orders are not given. At last, you will be more familiar with the length of Guangning's officers and men, and you will be more skillful than the chief."

"You..." Han Zhaoxing's face was so black that he couldn't speak.

In fact, since Han Zhaoxing returned to Guangning, the fight for military power between them has been turbulent. In fact, he lost Qingzhou first and then Huangshui. Yuanmao had great prestige in Guangning. Han Zhaoxing could not command Yuanmao's men at all. The Liaodong army brought back by Chen Yulong was disabled in large numbers. He became a decoration in Guangning, which was hard to swallow.

Yuan Mao also knew that he would give up when he saw the good, and he put his tone more humbly: "fighters often pass in a hurry, and it's hard to find them if they miss them. It's because the last general neglected in his hurry. Please punish him."

After kneeling all over the ground, Liaodong soldiers pleaded for Yuanmao.

Han Zhaoxing certainly did not dare to punish Yuanmao, as long as Yuanmao still held the talisman in his hand. Seeing that Yuanmao had given him steps, he went down: "the punishment is serious. Mr. Yuan doesn't have to be like this. Please get up."

Yuan Mao just stood up.

Han Zhaoxing coughed softly: "but any future trend of Guangning garrison must be discussed with me first."

"I will understand."

Yuan Sikong applauded yuan Mao in his heart, worthy of being his most adored father. At the same time, he gave up Han Zhaoxing.

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all the people were completely awake. At dawn, the news came from the front.

After a thin night's snow, mang Hua'er was ambushed. He led his cavalry to the horse and fell into a mess. On the way back, he was ambushed by Hu Baicheng and was cut off. In this battle, he killed nearly 100 enemies and rescued more than a dozen soldiers. Mang Hua'er was killed on the spot.

As soon as the news of the victory spread, there was a lot of joy in Guangning.

The first battle was very important to the morale of the army's taxis. They were very few, isolated and weak. The threat of 70000 troops was conceivable. So although this battle was only a small ambush, it was only a small part of the enemy that was killed and retreated. It was still exciting. Unexpectedly, zhuoletai did not dare to send any more people to provoke.

Of course, they are also very clear that if drollette does not send any more provocations, he will really attack the city in the next step.

They want him to come and they don't want him to.

In the battle of besieging the city, our Lord and his guest, of course, Sheng Jun would like to postpone it if he could. But with 70000 troops, he could not afford to postpone it. Since he could not postpone it, it would be better to fight!

As no one expected, seeing that threats were useless and persuasion was ineffective, zhuoletai took a firecracker to attack guangningwei.