Dayue and Chihu agreed to join forces to attack Yan. According to the secret agreement, the Yunshuo area was bounded by Wuzhou Mountain, Jinggong Mountain and Hun River. The area to the north belonged to Chihu, and the area to the south was originally Han territory and should belong to the Southern Dynasty;
The Yanji area was bounded by Yanshan Mountain, the area to the north belonged to Chihu, and the area to the south also belonged to the Southern Dynasty.
At least before mid-September of the seventh year of Tianxuan, the Chihu people did not make the decision to break the secret agreement. They gathered troops and horses east of Yinshan Mountain to sweep away the remnants of the Khitan and affiliated Tibetan tribes near Wuzhou Mountain and Jingong Mountain.
Resistance forces were the main force, plundering people and livestock.
Therefore, after the Yingzhou garrison fled without a fight, Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou led the victorious army, and the Xuanwu Army occupied Yingzhou City, the Red Husband Cavalry still hesitated north of Wuzhou Mountain, complying with the agreement and did not advance to the city immediately.
Under Datong City, there was no sign of dividing the troops to attack the Cangtou Valley in the north of Shuozhou (to kill Hukou).
After mid-September, the grassland on both sides of the Huihe River is yellow-green, with sparse trees and fallen leaves.
The white birch trees that are unique to the north seem to have a layer of white frost on their bodies.
The south bank of Huihe River, which was once full of cattle and sheep, has now become empty as the Fanlu tribes fled north and west.
More than a hundred cavalrymen were galloping from west to east in the wilderness on the south bank of the Huihe River. There were many Han villages along the way, but they were all closed at this time.
During the first northern expedition to Yan, the Han villages on both sides of the Huihe River welcomed them very warmly. Thousands of people even joined the Tianxiong Army to fight. But who would have thought that the Tianxiong Army would be defeated so easily?
In the same city?
The remnants of Tianxiong's army fled to Shuozhou in embarrassment. Except for the Han people in Shuozhou who were able to move south, the Han people's villages in other areas on both sides of the Huihe River suffered reprisals and liquidation to varying degrees.
Less than a year later, Vietnamese soldiers and horses once again arrived along the Hui River, but the local Han people became cautious and every family closed their villages to defend themselves.
More than a hundred cavalry galloped from west to east to the vicinity of Yinhetan in the south of Huairen County. At this time, there was a large group of cavalry, about three hundred cavalry. They were dressed in the uniforms of the Vietnamese Imperial Army and were wading across the river from the north bank to the south bank. It looked like they were crossing the river from the north bank to the south bank.
Quite embarrassed.
The two cavalry suddenly met on the south bank of Yinhe Beach, and both sides gathered their formations cautiously.
Xu Huai reined in his horse and looked towards the north bank of Yinhe Beach. Three or four miles away, several groups of Hu cavalry were chasing in front of Yinhe Beach. Presumably these seven or eight hundred cavalry were chased and driven by Hu cavalry, and they rushed in front of Yinhe Beach.
Crossing the river.
The opponent quickly rode up and asked about his feet:
"Liu Yan, the first general of the Xiaosheng Army, is leading his troops to cross the river here. Who is coming?"
"Xu Huai, the inspection envoy of Shuozhou and the tenth general of the Tianxiong Army, Du Yuhou, was ordered to go to Yingzhou to participate in the military meeting." Xu Huai also ordered people to gallop out and shout his name.
"Xu Huai, it's me!" Zhu Zhi galloped out from the cavalry team. As a military officer, he followed Liu Yan across the river. At this time, he looked very embarrassed. His official hat had long been missing and his official robe was in tatters.
It was broken in many places, the horse was hit by arrows in many places, and it was stained with blood, but fortunately the man didn't look like he was injured.
Zhu Zhi sent someone to send a letter from his father Zhu Hang to Shuozhou. Of course Xu Huai saw it, but he really didn't know how to reply to Zhu Hang regarding the current situation, but it wasn't that he had any prejudice against Zhu Hang or Zhu Zhi and his son.
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The fact that Tongbaishan soldiers were able to stay in Shuozhou in the first place was all thanks to Zhu Hang's help.
When Zhu Hang led Jie Zhong and other troops to leave Shuozhou, he tried his best to leave as few soldiers, horses and food in Shuozhou.
When Zhu Zhi left Lanzhou, he also changed his previous arrogant and dismissive attitude towards him - he was defeated in Datong City and fled back with difficulty. This was a great shock to a son of an aristocratic family like Zhu Zhi.
As for Wang Fan having a grudge against him and recommending Cao Shixiong to take charge of the military and political power of Lanzhou without telling him, that is Wang Fan's business, and Xu Huai will not blame Zhu Hang.
Xu Huai believed that Zhu Hang had his own opinions at the time, and even Wang Fan couldn't defeat Wang Fan. How could Xu Huai blame Zhu Hang?
Xu Huai later ignored Lu Xiong because he didn't want them to be trapped between Wang Fan and Shuozhou.
Xu Huai did not expect that when Zhu Zhi followed Liu Yan across the river to the north, he would be intercepted by enemy cavalry and flee back in a hurry.
Xu Huai dismounted and went towards Zhu Zhi. He asked in shock: "How did you cross the river with Liu Yan to go north, and how did you encounter Hu Qi and intercepted you? Are those Hu Qi the defenders of Datong?"
"The manager wanted to defeat the enemy without a fight, so I went to Datong with Liu Jun and Liu Langjun, the doctor of the Ministry of War, to submit a letter. Unexpectedly, at the gate of Datong City, the defenders not only did not open the city gate to greet them, but also shot them with random arrows.
"Liu Langjun was hit by several arrows. The accompanying sergeants and I tried our best to escort Liu Langjun to the west. Fortunately, we met General Liu Yan and the others and escaped to the north bank of the river without losing their lives!" Zhu Zhi said in panic.
"Have the Datong defenders eaten the courage of a leopard?" Zheng Tu, who went to Yingzhou with Xu Huai to attend the military meeting, asked in shock.
Although Xu Huai judged early on that Xiao Xinhan, Xiao Qian, Li Chulin and others would probably lead the Datong garrison to surrender to Chi Hu, he did not expect that Xiao Xinhan and others would shoot the envoys sent by Dai Viet to persuade them to surrender.
The Red Husbands have not yet made the final decision to invade the south. Do people like Xiao Xinhan need to be so desperate?
Xu Huai frowned and looked toward the northeast. Xiao Xinhan and others were so determined. On the one hand, they showed their determination to surrender to the Red Husbands. On the other hand, he did not expect that Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou would actually win without a fight.
Childish thinking.
Xiao Xinhan, Xiao Qian, and Li Chulin finally gathered all their direct soldiers and horses back to Datong, even abandoning Huairen, Jincheng and other places, just with the idea of "good birds choose trees to live in", Tianxiong's army was defeated.
As a precedent, Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou did not take advantage of the hesitation of the Chihu people and decisively sent troops to regain the north bank of the river, forcing them to confront each other with swords. However, they tried to persuade the defenders to surrender with a piece of paper. Isn't this what idiots are talking about?
It's no wonder that Xiao Linshi was desperate. In the end, he just wanted to move his family westward and had no intention of joining Dai Viet. He really saw through the Dai Viet court.
Xu Huai had long looked down upon people like Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou, but he did not expect that Liu Yan, the son of Liu Shizhong, would personally lead his troops across the river to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and would also rescue Zhu Zhi and others who were being pursued by the garrison back to the south bank.
"How is Liu Langjun? Is his injury serious?" Xu Huai asked Zhu Zhi.
"I'm afraid it won't work!" Zhu Zhi said in panic and frustration.
Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou wanted to persuade the Datong garrison to surrender. As commander-in-chief and deputy commanders, they would not take action personally, but they had to show enough importance to Xiao Xinhan and others. Among the generals in Yingzhou, only Liu Jun, Guo Zhongxiong, etc.
A handful of people have corresponding status.
As a doctor in the Ministry of War, Liu Jun had the most leisure time during the Northern Expedition. He thought that he could hope to persuade him to surrender, so he volunteered for military service. He took Zhu Zhi and other military officials under the escort of a group of sergeants and arrived at Datong City to submit a letter. However, he did not expect that he would be attacked.
The calamity of death.
Xu Huai and Zhu Zhi went to see Liu Yan.
In the eyes of the generals of Xiaosheng and Xuanwu armies, Xu Huai had no foundation to speak of. Shuozhou's soldiers and horses were also unreliable stragglers. However, Xu Huai was the first-term Marquis of Yu, and his general rank was only lower than that of Liu Yan.
level one.
Although Liu Yan looked cold, he did not stop Xu Huai from going to see Liu Jun, the doctor of the Ministry of War, who was just short of taking his last breath.
Liu Jun was hit by several arrows. At this time, the arrow shafts had been twisted away, but judging from the clusters of arrows left in his body, they were all shot into the chest and shoulders from top to bottom.
As a minister, Liu Jun went to Datong to persuade him to surrender but could not wear armor to protect himself. He was caught off guard and shot while standing in front of Datong City. The sergeants on his left and right had no time to step forward to block him. These arrows were accurate and fierce. Liu Jun
I still have one breath left to return to the south bank of Huihe River. It can be said that I have been stealing a living for a long time.
Liu Yan was no longer in a hurry. The main reason was that he saw Liu Jun jolting on his horse. He would definitely not be able to survive until Yingzhou and would die. He could only rest temporarily on the south bank and send someone to Yingzhou to report the news.
At this time, hundreds of Datong cavalry approached the north bank of Yinhetan. They were more familiar with the water conditions of the Huihe River. At that moment, a dozen cavalrymen galloped directly into the shallow water, obviously not wanting to give up the attack on the south bank.
Xu Huaigang was about to wave to Niu Yashan to bring him a bow and arrows, but he saw that Liu Yan had already taken off his long bow, led a dozen cavalrymen to the water's edge, and shot at the approaching Datong cavalry.
Liu Yan shot dozens of arrows in the blink of an eye, and immediately shot three enemy soldiers who were unable to dodge in the water off their horses, causing a splash of water, causing the remaining ten enemy cavalry to hurriedly retreat to the north bank to join the main force.
We will rendezvous and don't dare to attack the south bank easily again.
The Liu family has also been a general in Yanzhou for generations. Liu Shizhong and his brother Liu Shikun are both at the level of military envoy. Liu Dao, the eldest son of Liu Shizhong, died on the battlefield fighting the party members in his early years. Liu Yan, the second son, was only thirty-six at this time.
Sui is a representative figure of the young generals of the Western Army.
"Marquis Liu Jun is good at archery." Xu Huai praised Liu Yan when he saw Liu Yan returning with his bow.
"It's just a small skill. A general should not show off with force." Liu Yan handed the long bow to his guard and replied calmly.
Not to mention Xu Huai's suspicious life experience, in Liu Yan's view, Xu Huai was always a junior figure. How could he think highly of Xu Huai? It was only that Liu Jun was seriously injured and could not forcefully go on the road again, so he had to fight with Xu Huai
Perfunctory.
"Does Marquis Liu Jun still think that obtaining Datong is as easy as finding something in a bag at this time?" Xu Huai asked, completely unaware of Liu Yan's coldness.
Liu Yan glanced at Xu Huai and then turned to look at Bei'an. It seemed that Xu Huai was not qualified to discuss this issue with him.
Xu Huai sighed secretly in his heart. Dai Viet fought frequently with the Dangxiang people in the northwest, and had maintained a long-term expansion trend in the northwest. The Western Army was indeed much more elite than the Hedong Army and the Hebei Army, which were depleted.
Xu Huai believed that the Western Army must have a group of generals who were more heroic and skilled than Ge Huaicong, Ge Gui, Wen Hengyue and others. However, it was obvious that apart from his unclear life experience and factional struggles, he lived in the capital of Yuhou at such a young age.
This position will definitely make Liu Yan and other generals of the Western Army displeased...
