After being reminded by Liu Qiong'er, Xu Huai realized that Yue Hailou might ambush Ge Boyi and frame him for them, so he immediately secretly returned to Lanzhou with Xu Wuqi and a small group of people.
However, Ge Boyi bit the bait thrown by Yue Hailou too early. He only thought he could get a trick and imprisoned himself in the state prison for only one night before rushing to Daizhou to find Liu Shizhong. Cai Yuanyou "pleaded for mercy".
At the same time, Guo Zhongxiong was nominally the highest military and political officer in Lanzhou and the transfer envoy of the West Route Army. There were Cai clique’s eyes and ears all over Lanzhou.
To avoid Cai's eyes and ears in Lanzhou, and because time was so short, Xu Huai could not make too many arrangements. He could only lead a small team of soldiers and horses to pretend to be a group of refugees, and followed the prison car team into Luliang Mountain.
With such a hasty response, Xu Huai could only protect Ge Boyi and others from being ambushed and killed by Yue Hailou, and did not try to annihilate Yue Hailou and others here.
And the more than fifty cavalry led by Yue Hailou, who were preparing to ambush Ge Boyi and his party halfway, were all elites of the Cai family, just like the elites that Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng brought to Tongbai Mountain to stir up trouble.
Private soldiers have even slightly stronger combat effectiveness.
Before, a dozen people were completely defenseless within twenty steps, and even wearing armor could not withstand the close-range shots of the divine arm crossbow. But now there are forty people left around Yue Hailou, who are fully alert and armored.
, the hard bow, swords, spears and shields are all available, so it is not so easy to chew.
If Xu Huai wanted to rely on the advantage of less than ten people to rush into the valley and kill them forcefully, he would have to pay a considerable price.
Xu Huai currently has too few elites, each of which is more precious than a seed. How could he be willing to waste his elites on such bullshit?
At this time, Xu Huai slowly stood up against the rocks, pointed his halberd into the valley, and shouted:
"That idiot in front of you, who's your name? His mother looks like a short winter melon, how can you have the nerve to pretend to be my wise and powerful fifth uncle? Didn't your mother take a pee on yourself before, or is it Yue Hailou?
His mother-in-law slept with you and made you so confident?"
"Xu Huai, the dog thief, if you have the courage, stop talking and come here to fight with your Master Qiu!" The man shouted angrily, waved his halberd, and invited Xu Huai to fight in the valley.
"You really should take some pictures of yourself, come on, come on, if you have the guts to stand there, take three arrows from me to test the depth!"
Xu Huai said this, but when he saw two people coming forward with shields to cover the man, he didn't even bother to stand up with his bow.
However, it was Xu Xin'an who organized his troops, first formed a shield formation on both wings, and then shot the opponent's horses with a rifle bow, forcing the opponent to not dare to delay in the unobstructed valley and to break out immediately.
Yue Hailou never responded to Xu Huai's insults. Surrounded by everyone, he just stared at the dark valley to the left and right with a gloomy expression.
Even if thirty or forty elites around Xu Huai were exposed, it does not mean that there are no ambush troops among the other refugees, nor does it mean that there must be no ambush troops outside the valley entrance.
However, seeing the war horses being shot one after another, and the fact that they were shooting at each other with bows and crossbows, it was difficult for them to pose a threat to the condescending Xu Huai and others. Yue Hailou gritted his teeth and ordered: "Divide into three teams and prepare to go to the gorge.
Break out at the mouth of the siege, and be careful about the ambushes at the mouth of the gorge! If they break up, everyone will gather at Hulu Ridge, and no one will be allowed to return to Lanzhou or Yanmen privately!"
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.........There is indeed an ambush team outside the gorge mouth, but there are less than twenty people.
The number was also too small, Xu Huai did not want to lose too much, and did not try to forcefully block the mouth of the gorge to stop Yue Hailou and others. In the end, he just stood high at the mouth of the gorge, taking advantage of the fact that he did not have spare bows and crossbows.
The man shot down the horse and then settled the matter hastily, watching as more than thirty riders fled on horseback.
Xu Xin'an arranged for manpower. In addition to tying up the seven wounded prisoners and gathering the corpses of the remaining eleven attackers, he also gathered the injured passers-by who had been innocently killed and could not afford to be injured to bandage and treat them.
Xu Huai looked at the campsite where Ge Boyi and others were, and saw that they were still huddled behind the obstacles surrounded by several prison cars. He smiled coldly in his heart and asked loudly: "The generals don't dare to come out to see us yet."
See, do you still suspect that Xu has any evil intentions at this time?"
Ge Boyi looked at the escorting soldiers and generals around him, who were more than thirty people. Because they were protected by armor and shields, six people were shot and killed. Sixteen people were shot and injured. At this time, they were in urgent need of bandaging and treatment. The remaining six people included
Except for the guilty generals, only fifteen people in total were still intact.
Ge Boyi knew in his heart that the canyon was surrounded by high cliffs on three sides. If Xu Huai hadn't already ambushed here, they would never have been able to escape Yue Hailou's murderous hand.
And if Xu Huai still insists on detaining them at this time, they will have no room to struggle.
Of course, Ge Boyi was still the military commander at this time, but his control over the West Route Army was taken away by Wang Fan. Since Xu Huai set up an ambush here to prevent Yue Hailou from murdering them, there was no need to harm them again.
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Calling them here at this time is not necessarily because you don't want to return empty-handed, but because you want to get some benefits from them.
After thinking through this, Ge Boyi straightened his clothes and met up with Ge Yu and others from the prison car to the campsite on Xu Huai's side.
Walking into the camp, which was not much different from the road trip, he saw Xu Huai squatting on the ground to check the dead body. Ge Boyi cleared his throat, raised his hands and said, "Thank you so much for the rescue, General Xu.
What a misunderstanding!”
Xu Huai glanced back at Ge Boyi, then his eyes fell on Ge Yu and others, and ordered Xu Xin'an: "Tie up all these criminals - let them run around with knives one by one. Where is the law of the King of Dayue?"
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"You!" Ge Yu pointed at Xu Huai's nose and said urgently.
"Tie up Ge Yu and the others." Before Xu Xin'an and his men could come forward to take action, Ge Boyi ordered his disciples to tie up Ge Yu and the others.
He couldn't understand Xu Huai's temperament, but he would never forget the scene at Shuozhou City until his death.
He, Ge Boyi, was a military envoy. He was imprisoned in the state prison just to act for the world to see. Without a court edict, no one could take away his position as an economic envoy. However, Ge Yu and others clearly wanted to be punished.
Body——If Ge Boyi still thought that Xu Huai did not dare to attack Ge Yu and others at this time, his life would have been in vain.
Seeing Ge Yu and others tied up, Xu Huaicai said to Ge Boyi: "Jing Lue Envoy, come over and see if there are any familiar faces?" Then he looked at Ge Boyi and others who were tied up behind Ge Boyi.
The man said, "You guys should come over and admit it! This is related to whether you can reduce your guilt!"
Ge Yu stood there defiantly, gnashing his teeth, but the other generals who served the crime knew very well that if it could be confirmed from these dead bodies and several injured prisoners that it was indeed Yue Hailou who assassinated Ge Boyi today, what would the significance be?
Absolutely no small matter.
"This person is Chen Tai who was with Yue Hailou. He once served as the commander of the Jingsheng Army. He is a well-known figure - these two people don't know their names, but when Yue Hailou went to Shuozhou and Datong, they were all accompanying him...
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Although Xu Huai had gone to Shuozhou and Datong with Yue Hailou before, he did not have the opportunity to meet Yue Hailou several times among the army, and of course he had no chance to recognize the people around him.
However, during the entire raid on Datong, Yue Hailou always followed Ge Huaicong and participated in the plot. Ge Huai, Ge Yu and others could still recognize the faces of the retinue around Yue Hailou.
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Soon two more dead bodies were found, and a wounded prisoner was identified.
"I just listened to the envoy's request to report that I am guilty of collaborating with the enemy. Can I take advantage of the envoy's memorial?" Xu Huai patted his butt and stood up, looked at Ge Boyi and asked, "Or the envoy's
Do you still think Mr. Xu is suspected of collaborating with the enemy at this time?"
Now that he could find a better scapegoat, Ge Boyi went crazy and continued to bite Xu Huai. He immediately took out the memorial from his arms, threw it directly into the bonfire, and said: "Ge was bullied by a traitor and misunderstood that Xu Du was the general of the people.
, it doesn’t matter if you don’t read this memorial, it’s a shame…”
"We heard that Yue Hailou wanted to harm the envoy, so we came to the rescue on the order of Mr. Zhu Hang. This is the order from Mr. Zhu Hang. We also asked the envoy to write a reply and order me to go back.
Good luck!" A person like Ge Boyi has no integrity at all. Xu Huai had to be on guard against the possibility that he might bite him back at any time. He immediately signaled Xu Xin'an to keep his pen and ink ready and asked Ge Boyi to write a receipt on the spot.
"Xu Huai, don't go too far!" Ge Yu saw that Xu Huai was going too far and even threatened his grandfather to write a written statement. He almost went crazy and cursed through gritted teeth.
Xu Huai just glanced at Ge Yu, ignored him, and calmly signaled Xu Xinan to hand the pen and ink to Ge Boyi.
Ge Boyi did not hesitate, took the pen and ink, directly spread the paper on the rock and wrote a reply to Xu Huai.
Of course, the most important thing is to note in the reply that Yue Hailou led a group of people to pretend to be Khitan cavalry to kill passers-by and assassinate him. When Ge Boyi came, he took out the seal of his general envoy and stamped it, saying: "Xu Du sent this
Are you satisfied?"
"Logically speaking, if we drive away the assassins, it will be regarded as the mission that Zhu Lang Langjun explained. But if the manager wants us to escort to Taiyuan, or wait until the Ge family soldiers come to help, then it will be an additional mission, and we will have to add more
Just give it a reward!" Xu Huai took the receipt written by Ge Boyi, waited for the ink to dry slightly, then put it into his arms and said slowly.
"General Xu, please speak." Ge Boyi knew very well that Yue Hailou and his party may not have escaped far, but they may still be coveting one side. Without Xu Huai's protection, they don't know how long they will have to wait for new reinforcements.
Don't even think that you can go directly to Taiyuan safely at this time.
"I just need to trouble the military envoy to sign a transfer order, and ask Tangzhou official Xu Wuqi to lead the Tangzhou Xiang army stranded in Taiyuan to go to Shuozhou to defend against the enemy..." Xu Huai said.
The two battalions of the Xiang army in Tangzhou were stranded in Taiyuan. Logically speaking, they were not included in the Northern Expedition against Yan, nor were they under the jurisdiction of the Hedong Economic Envoy. However, Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi held Ge Boyi's order and were not afraid of the two.
The commander of the Xiang army was still stubborn and refused to obey.
Seeing Ge Boyi's hesitation, Xu Huai said: "Of course the economic envoy can withdraw this transfer order at any time, but I hope that the economic envoy can understand that we, the people in Tongbai Mountain, regard Cai Qing and his like as enemies, but they are loyal to Dai Viet.
, the sun and the moon can serve as a lesson - if we can defend Shuozhou, I believe that it will be beneficial and not harmful to the Ge family for the economic envoy!"
