Xue Wei's tactics were undoubtedly very successful.
With Taiyuan City at his back, he could advance and retreat freely, taking all the initiative on the battlefield. He could fight when he wanted to, and withdraw when he didn't want to fight. Moreover, he only led 5,000 people out at a time, so that the other thousand-household battalions of the vanguard army could get
Good rest.
However, even if Xue Wei only led 5,000 men out, the 20,000 Qi troops outside the city would still have to deal with them with all their strength.
After eight or nine days, the Yandu Imperial Army outside Taiyuan City was no longer able to be disturbed.
The leader of this forbidden army is Yi Ling'a, the general of the forbidden army, and the deputy general is Tu Yuan, who has just been released from prison.
However, because Tu Yuan had just been released from prison, and none of the soldiers from the Forbidden Army were brought out by him personally, Tu Yuan had very little say in the army, or even no say at all.
It can only exist as a "staff officer".
This time, after Xue Wei returned to Taiyuan City, General Yi was found in the Chinese army's tent. He was so angry that he slapped the table hard and gritted his teeth: "Treacherous! Treacherous!"
"These Southern thieves are so treacherous!"
General Yi was furious and roared several times before he managed to calm down. He looked at Lieutenant General Tu Yuan who was sitting in the tent. After being silent for a while, he sighed and said, "General Tu, you are the Lieutenant General."
, you always have to come up with an idea at this time, let’s talk about it, right?”
Tu Yuan raised his head, looked at the general, lowered his head and took a sip of wine, then shook his head and said, "What did the general ask the last general to say?"
"When I first arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture, I told the general that Xue Wei was crazy when fighting, and no one could imagine what he could do. At that time, I told the general,
We cannot be too close to Taiyuan, it is best to be a hundred miles away from Taiyuan, and then rely on the superiority of the cavalry to watch Taiyuan from a distance."
"In this way, no matter what Madman Xue does, our cavalry can react immediately..."
"At that time, General, you didn't listen at all. You felt that the Southern Dynasty army was no match for the Imperial Army of Qi. It was even close to Taiyuan thirty miles away. Now, the war has become like this. Not only the soldiers have been injured, but the morale has been extremely low."
"At this time, the general asked the last general to speak again. What else could the last general say?"
Yi Ling'a also knew that during this period, he himself was the biggest fault.
However, as a general, he must not admit his mistakes. The reason why he forced Tu Yuan to speak at this time was simply to push the responsibility onto Tu Yuan so that he would not bear all the responsibility alone.
Hearing what Tu Yuan said, General Yi sighed: "Brother, this is not the time to talk about this. The emperor is very irritable now. If we can't stand the southerners in Taiyuan here, after returning to Yandu,
I don’t know what kind of punishment I will receive. At this time, I have to think of a way."
Tu Yuan glanced at General Yi and said nothing.
Now you know how to call me brother?
Why didn't you take yourself seriously before?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yi Ling'a coughed and said, "Brother, I'm going to ask Yandu for help. The documents asking for help have been written. Can you please sign them together?"
Tu Yuan looked at Yi Ling'a, and after a moment of silence, he let out a long sigh: "General Yi, you are a relative of the emperor, but not the general. The general will join the army with a sinful body. If you provoke him again at this time,
Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will soon be doomed."
"The general will not dare to sign this document."
Yi Ling'a stood up directly, a little annoyed: "What should we do? If we continue to fight like this, in a month or two at most, we will be beaten to pieces by that Xue!"
"When the time comes, it will only be a bigger sin, and neither you nor I can escape it!"
Tu Yuan remained silent, bowing his head and saying nothing.
"Okay, okay!"
Yiling Alian shouted three words of "good" and gritted his teeth: "Okay! I will write this document myself!"
He looked at Tu Yuan and said coldly: "Brother is wise enough to protect himself now, but when he returns to Yandu in the future, he may not be able to protect himself!"
After saying that, he snorted: "Sorry, I won't send you far away!"
Tu Yuan didn't waste any time, stood up directly, hugged Yi Ling'a's fists and said, "General, I'll leave!"
After that, he turned and left.
The former General Tu had just walked to the door of the tent when he suddenly heard a loud noise and faintly heard someone shouting loudly in the distance.
"Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation!"
"The southerners are leaving the city, the southerners are leaving the city!"
As the voice got closer and became clearer, Tu Yuanda frowned, grabbed the messenger who came to report the message, and asked in a low voice: "What happened!"
The man swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Just now, the patrolling scouts suddenly saw the Taiyuan City Gate open, and the Southern Dynasty troops in the city poured out like a tide!"
"Coming towards our camp!"
"At this time, we are only about thirty miles away from our camp!"
Hearing this, Tu Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky.
By now, it was already late at night, almost midnight.
Tu Yuan strode back to the Chinese army's tent, looked directly at Yi Ling'a, and said in a deep voice: "General, the southerners attacked at night!"
At this time, Yi Ling'a naturally heard the noise outside. He looked ugly and said angrily: "It's too much to bully others!"
After saying that, he glared at Tu Yuan and groaned: "Since General Tu is unwilling to take responsibility, I will personally lead the troops and go out to fight these southern thieves!"
"Destroyed the southern bandit in one fell swoop, and saved you troubles!"
After that, he strode out. When he passed by Tu Yuan, General Tu Yuan grabbed him by the sleeve. Tu Yuan exerted a little force and almost pulled him back!
At this time, Tu Yuan's face was extremely gloomy: "General, do you know how many people from the south left the city this time?"
"Do you know where they are now?"
"Do you know when they will arrive at my camp? Do you know if our army is prepared to deal with it?"
Yi Ling'a's face turned red and he said angrily: "The people below haven't reported yet, how can I know!"
"Since you don't know, how dare you rush into battle!"
Tu Yuan loudly said: "In the past ten days, Xue Wei only brought 5,000 people out of the city each time. His vanguard army was said to be at least 30,000 people. In other words, more than 80% of his men were resting every day.
!”
"We just fought during the day, and the ones he brings out now must be the remaining 80% of the soldiers, the Huai'an army who are recharging their strength!"
"And our army is already exhausted!"
"If you don't know the enemy's situation and don't know the depth, you have to rush to fight!"
Tu Yuan's face turned livid: "Why would the imperial court send you here to command an army of tens of thousands of people!"
After being scolded by Tu Yuan, General Yi's face turned extremely ugly. After all, he couldn't bear to lose face. He gritted his teeth and yelled: "You are really resentful of your position as the commander-in-chief!"
"The imperial court appoints me as the commander-in-chief, that's my ability!"
Yi Ling'a broke free from Tu Yuan's hand and said angrily: "Just wait, I will definitely join you when we return to Yandu!"
After that, General Yi left the Chinese army's tent with a dark face and prepared to start commanding the battle.
Tu Yuan strode after him and shouted loudly: "General, let the brothers retreat in an orderly manner!"
"We don't need to go too far. If we retreat ten or twenty miles, our formation can be organized and we can understand the enemy's situation. No matter how many Huai'an troops come out from Taiyuan, we won't be unable to deal with them!"
Yi Ling'a had already mounted his horse. He turned to look at Tuyuan and sneered: "It's because of your cowardice that Da Qi lost such a large area of Shandong!"
"I'm not as cowardly as you!"
After that, he raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Brothers, get in formation as soon as possible! Get in formation as soon as possible!"
"We were worried about the southerners being unable to come out, but now they have come out to compete with them!"
"If Taiyuan is destroyed, everyone will be promoted and rich!"
The nearby Forbidden Army soldiers began to gather little by little, and together with Yi Ling'a, they marched out to meet the enemy.
Tu Yuan looked at Yi Ling'a on the horse, feeling sad in his heart.
He turned his head and looked east, thinking of the appearance of a young man.
"perhaps…"
Tu Yuan clenched his fists and whispered: "I'm going to see Mr. Zhou..."