Xu Huai initially thought that Pan Chenghu, who seemed to be more qualified based on seniority and had outstanding military achievements on the surface, would serve as the Marquis of Yu, the tenth wing of the Tianxiong Army.
This did not affect his control over the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain at all, but when the Tianxiong Army was finally established, he was forcibly promoted to the position of Duyuhou and Shuozhou Inspection Envoy.
Of course Xu Huai knew that when Tianxiong's army was established, Cao Shixiong had no intention of directly poking the hornet's nest of Tongbaishan soldiers. These were arrangements made by Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others.
And the actions taken by Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others were definitely not well intentioned.
Liu Shizhong and others not only wanted to see him show off in the forest and become the target of public criticism, but more importantly, they did not want to see Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and his son successfully break away from him.
It seems that in the eyes of people like Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou, he is a disaster.
They stopped Wang Zhen and Wang Fan from getting rid of him, so that one day he would commit something and drag Wang Zhen and Wang Fan into a pit of fire that would kill them.
All of this was obviously an arrangement made by Liu Shizhong with ulterior motives. Xu Huai himself felt unhappy. At this time, seeing the cold look on Liu Shizhong's son Liu Yan's eye, he just smiled coldly in his heart.
He didn't believe that Liu Yan, who was his father Liu Shizhong's first assistant in holding military power, would not understand what was going on here.
Liu Yan looked cold and indifferent, so Xu Huai had no intention of forcing himself on him. He walked back to the entourage, sat on the saddle and calmly looked at the Khitan cavalry gathered on the north bank.
Although he wanted to ask Zhu Zhi to further inquire about the details of their encounter under Datong City, Zhu Zhi, as the director of the Ministry of War, obviously could not leave his boss who was seriously injured and dying soon at this time.
"Datong's reaction is unusual. Do you want me or Zhou Jingqian to go to Datong?" Seeing Xu Huai frowning and looking in the direction of Datong, Xu Wuqi asked in a deep voice.
Xu Huai shook his head and said: "It's not necessary, let's wait and see what happens!"
Cao Shixiong donated money to repair Mayinghai Temple in Guanchuan Mountain and recruited Tibetan monks to live in Xi. He has been going to Guanchuan Mountain every now and then for the past six months.
In the eyes of outsiders, Cao Shixiong was advocating Buddhism, but how could the people in Tongbai Mountain, who had determined that Cao Shixiong had evil intentions from the beginning, not see through the trick?
After all, Cao Shixiong was completely disappointed with Dai Viet after the Tianxiong army was defeated in Datong City. He wanted to join the new master, but he couldn't figure out the Red Husband's determination to invade south, and at the same time he didn't want to take the initiative to surrender to the underdog.
You are the only one who plays this kind of trick where the willing one takes the bait?
Yue Yulou even arranged for an informant to go to Mayinghai Temple to keep an eye on every move in Guan Chuan Mountain. He knew for sure that Yue Hailou, who had disappeared for several months, had secretly met Cao Shixiong at Mayinghai Temple a few days ago.
The spy placed by Yue Yulou was just a chef at Mayinghai Temple. Although there was no chance to get close to Cao Shixiong, and it was impossible to find out what Cao Shixiong and Yue Hailou talked about when they met in secret, Yue Hailou disappeared from Lanzhou for a few days.
When he reappeared a month later, it is not difficult to imagine that he had taken refuge with the Red Hu people. When he returned to Lanzhou, he was actually working for the Red Hu people.
"After Yue Hailou met Cao Shixiong secretly, is it possible that he is in Datong City at this time?"
Although Xu Huai said there was no need to send people to sneak into Datong City to find out what happened, Zhou Jingyou couldn't help but want to speculate on what exactly happened in Datong City.
It is not unimaginable that Xiao Xinhan, Xiao Qian, Li Chulin and others intend to lead the Khitan's remnant army in Datong to surrender to the Chihu people. However, under normal circumstances, Dai Viet and the Chihu people have not yet broken up, and the two sides are still allies.
Xiao Xinhan and others want to surrender to the Red Husbands. Is it necessary to kill the envoys sent by Dai Viet to persuade them to surrender?
Taking a step back, if the Chihu people had accepted the surrender of the Datong garrison and intended to break the secret agreement with Dai Viet, they could have made Xiao Xinhan and others pretend to surrender to Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou, so as to defeat the Xiao Sheng army.
The main force of the Xuanwu Army was lured into the encirclement on the north bank of the Huihe River for annihilation. Why was it necessary to alert the enemy at this moment?
Zhou Jing and Xu Wuqi have the same idea, that is, they feel that something is brewing in Datong City, and they need to sneak into Datong to get a glimpse of it.
"I really want to find out why Xiao Xinhan and the others chose to kill the Dai Viet envoy at this time. I would rather send someone to find Xiao Linshi and owe them a favor than to take this risk with you, Fifth Uncle," Xu Huai said, "
Xiao Linshi is in Datong, and there should be spies around Xiao Xinhan and others; there must be someone around Xiao Xinhan and others who is unwilling to surrender and can be used by Xiao Linshi... We don't have to worry about whether Yue Hailou is in Datong at this time.
Let’s first see how Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others will react when they learn that Liu Jun has been killed!”
"How will they react? Anyone who is normal should raise his troops to cross the Hui River and prepare to attack Datong!" Tang Pan grabbed the reins and said angrily from the side.
No matter what, it was the Dai Viet generals who were so brutally and brutally killed under the walls of Datong for the remnants of the Khitan clan. Tang Pan and the others were also filled with anger.
If it weren't for the large number of enemy cavalry on the other side, their main mission on this trip was to escort Xu Huai to Yingzhou to attend the military meeting. He would have wanted to find an opportunity to lead his troops across the river to the north bank for a fight to vent his anger.
Xu Wuqi frowned and said to Xu Huai: "If all this is a plan to provoke the generals, it may be more effective to target generals like Liu Yan. You see Liu Yan is still somewhat bloody, but when dealing with Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou is cautious
A person who goes too far may be self-defeating. He may scare Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou from leading his troops across the river. If Yue Hailou is indeed in Datong at this time, I suspect that this may be their real purpose..."
"Your guesses should all be correct,"
Xu Huai said,
"Whether it is Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou who are too timid to cross the river, or Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou who are furious and lead his troops across the river to attack Datong City, the end result is actually the same. That is, the Vietnamese soldiers and horses cannot rely on their own strength.
With the strength to capture Datong City, the Datong defenders also cut off the possibility of surrendering to Dai Viet. This is not inconsistent with our reconnaissance during this period - the Chihu King's tent should not have made the final decision to invade the south at this time, and his king
There were differences within the army, which caused the soldiers and horses gathered at the eastern foot of Yinshan Mountain to mainly plunder the population and livestock of the remaining Khitan tribes nearby. There was no sign of the soldiers and horses going to Datong and Shuozhou. However, it is obvious that the troops inside the Chihu Army
There must be quite a few princes and ministers who have a strong intention to send troops south. Therefore, whether the Dai Viet soldiers and horses are timid or for other reasons, as long as they cannot capture Datong City with their own strength, Xiao Xinhan and others first cut off the possibility of surrendering to Dai Viet.
Possibly, this will not only further expose the weakness of Dai Viet troops and horses, but also inevitably give the troops gathered at the eastern foot of Yinshan Mountain an excuse to go south to attack Datong City..."
In the past, Xu Huai could have seen through the mystery of the internal disagreements among the Red Husbands about raising troops to go south, and might have struggled a bit, but at this time he already understood that Dai Viet was a lamb, while the Red Husbands were tigers and wolves. This essential situation
Without change, any attempt and effort to stop the Chihu people from going south will be in vain.
And every step that follows will be shocking. Xu Huaihui tries to lead the Tongbai Mountain soldiers to engage in combat with the Red Husband Cavalry. However, his main purpose is just to lead the people in Tongbai Mountain to become familiar with the Red Husband’s combat mode, rather than trying to defeat the Red Husband.
Both sides of the Huihe River have completely reversed the direction of history.
If Xiao victorious, the Xuanwu Army would be destined to be destroyed in the Huihe River Valley, but as long as it was not easily besieged in Datong City like the Tianxiong Army, there would certainly not be a few generals who fled into the surrounding mountains.
After the main force of the Chihu people continues to move south, it is possible that these fleeing generals can regroup.
The Xiaosheng Army and the Xuanwu Army are the Western armies from Yanyan, Jingfeng and other places. As long as they are not captured on the battlefield and there is a chance to regroup, the possibility of directly surrendering to the Chihu people is very low.
Xu Huai never thought about the possibility of recruiting the remnants of the Western Army for his own use, but by helping them escape to Fuyan and other places via the Western Mountains, the subsequent battlefield of King Qin would undoubtedly strengthen the resistance here, and there would be no chance of encountering them again.
This is why Xu Huaiming knew that the generals of the Western Army looked down upon him and could not urinate with each other. People like Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou even had bad intentions towards him, so he decided to go to Yingzhou in person to participate in the military conference this time.
Even if it is a dangerous and evil situation, if he is not involved, he will always be on the outside.
Xu Huai, Liu Yan and others did not wait long on the south bank of Yinhetan. However, it was not Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others who came quickly from Yingzhou. It was Liu Jun who failed to survive half the time on the south bank of Yinhetan.
Time passed away.
At this time, more and more enemy cavalry gathered on the north bank. There was no need for Xu Huai and Liu Yan to continue to stay on the south bank of Yinhe Beach. They each led their troops to Yingzhou with the body of Liu Jun, the doctor of the Ministry of War...
