Among the ministers of Zhenguan, Yu Chigong ranked at the forefront, and people such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong were all ranked behind him. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, His Majesty Li Er seized the military and political power and judged his merits. As a reward, Yuchi Gong could live in one thousand and three cities, Changsun Shunde could live in one thousand and two cities, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili could live in one thousand cities, Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin could live in seven hundred cities.
Later, Lingyan Pavilion was established to worship the honorable ministers of Zhenguan, which was basically used as the rationale.
In front of Yuchi Gong were the leader of Guanlong, Sun Wuji, the famous clan marshal Li Xiaogong, and civil servants such as Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Gao Shilian. It can be said that Yuchi Gong was the leader in martial arts in Lingyan Pavilion.
The reason why Yu Chigong's status is so high lies in his super personal force, and also in saving the life of His Majesty Li Er from the rebel army.
But it would be a big mistake to underestimate and belittle Yu Chigong's military skills.
It is true that You Houwei's achievements are not outstanding, but that is just because as His Majesty Li Er's most trusted confidant, he always guards Chang'an and will not be easily sent to fight abroad.
But now Wei Chigong, who has a high status, is completely moved by the promise of Jin King Li Zhi to "be on the feudal side and pass it on to the descendants". He is willing to stand on the Jin King's side against the center of the imperial court and will go all out. Who dares to despise it?
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Cheng Chubi stood in the heavy rain, holding the sword tightly in his hand, suppressing the tension in his heart, but his face did not show it at all, and his voice was calm and low: "The whole army is arrayed to resist the enemy. Whoever dares to retreat will be killed." Kill without mercy!"
"Here!"
The officers and soldiers under his command suddenly received the order, each rushed to his own unit, and quickly formed a formation to meet the enemy.
After the Guanlong Mutiny, Donggong Liuliu, who participated in several wars and won the final victory, has long been reborn. It is never an exaggeration to say that the army is strong in the world. Following Cheng Chubi and Li Siwen, the troops stationed on both sides of Guangtong Canal are not The Sixth Army of the East Palace is an elite group, but their combat power is not low and their morale is high.
Even though the attacking enemy was Wei Chigong, a famous general of the dynasty, he was not afraid at all.
But Cheng Chubi knew in his heart that morale on the battlefield can indeed determine victory or defeat, but relying solely on morale is not enough. Since Wei Chigong personally went into battle this time and led an army of more than 10,000 people, it shows his determination in this battle...
Looking back at the soldiers behind him, he whispered: "Rush back to Chang'an as quickly as possible to report the military situation to Duke Wei. No matter what, there must be no delay!"
"Here!"
The soldier beside him responded, looked up and saw Cheng Chubi had no other instructions, so he turned around, jumped on his horse, turned the horse's head, and whipped the horse's butt hard. The horse neighed, stampeded on the mud and water, and headed towards Chang'an. Running wildly on all fours.
Cheng Chubi took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and looked at the vast white wind and rain in the distance. His mind slowly stabilized, and he eliminated all the fear of the powerful enemy's attack. What was left was only the perseverance of a soldier who would fight to the death. .
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In the wind and rain, thousands of light cavalry charged wildly along the official road along the Guangtong Canal. Every time the horse's hooves fell, the mud on the road was scattered. The bodies of the war horses and the soldiers on the horse were all covered with mud and water, like clay figures. From time to time, A war horse's hooves stepped into a shallow pit and fell to the ground, but Bao Ze beside him didn't care at all. He only spurred the war horse under his crotch and charged forward quickly.
They are all elite warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles. They understand that when facing the enemy, the more unrelenting and desperate the charge is to quickly break down the enemy's defense line, the less damage and casualties they will suffer. On the contrary, the more they cherish their lives, the more they hesitate to move forward, leaving nothing to the enemy. The more time it takes to react, the greater the damage suffered.
In the midst of an army, an individual's fear of death is often infected and diluted by the soaring morale around him, especially as a group, the more willing he is to defend himself from arrows and charge forward, the less likely he is to do so.
Die easily.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and there was no light. The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the world. Arrows and raindrops were mixed together, attacking head on. The soldiers pressed their bodies tightly against the horses' backs to minimize the exposed area, even if they were unlucky to be hit by arrows.
Even when he was shot, he gritted his teeth and said nothing, holding on to the reins tightly, and his charging speed did not slow down.
Running at full speed, the place where you can shoot is fleeting.
These thousands of cavalrymen moved forward like sharp swords. When they reached the enemy's rigorous formation, they charged straight into the spears standing in front of the enemy's formation without any hesitation.
The tip of the spear easily penetrated the body of the war horse. The heavy body of the war horse and the speed of running formed a huge inertial force, allowing the spear to pierce the body and hit the spearman's body hard. As the war horse neighed, the spear
His hand screamed and was knocked backwards, disrupting the originally neat array behind him.
The cavalrymen flew up from their horses before the horses fell, waving their swords and spears in their hands, and rushed into the chaotic array fearlessly.
The blood of men and horses splashed up in the heavy rain, almost instantly dyeing the muddy land under their feet red, flowing freely.
There was no buffer at all, and it was a brutal fight right from the start.
Donggong Liu led less troops. Although the official road on one side of Guangtong Canal was narrow and easy to defend, the impact of the enemy's light cavalry was too strong and the formation was quickly overwhelmed. Another light cavalry broke away from the group and marched along the official road.
They made a circle around the farmland and attacked the rear formation at full speed.
Cheng Chubi put on his bag, flew up on his horse, drew out his sword, and shouted: "Follow me and kill the enemy!"
With his legs tucked under the horse's belly, he led his soldiers and reserves to charge towards the enemy troops coming from the farmland. Even though the enemy troops were several times larger than his own, he showed no fear on his face.
In the farmland, there was a melee between the two sides. The horses neighed and fell, and the soldiers screamed and died in battle. The heavy rain could not wash away the brutal killing, and corpses were scattered all over the field.
Yuchi Gong put on his helmet and flailed his armor, and followed closely with the rear cavalry. When they arrived at the camp, the army led by Donggong Liu had all been killed and wounded, and more than a thousand prisoners were disarmed and kept kneeling in the mud of the farmland.
A school lieutenant came over with several soldiers and escorted one person, and reported: "Reporting to the commander, the enemy camp has been destroyed. The forwards are crossing the river to attack the enemy's rear formation on the north bank. The enemy's general Cheng Chubi has been captured. May I ask the commander
How to deal with it?”
Yuchi Gong held the reins in his hand. After listening to the report, he said to the soldiers around him: "Send an order to the back and the whole army should speed up. Li Siwen's department must be completely annihilated before dark and clear the obstacles for the army to advance."
"Here!"
When the soldiers received the order, they turned their horses' heads and hurried along the road to deliver the order.
Yuchi Gong leaned slightly on the horse, looked at Cheng Chubi who was being escorted with disheveled hair and still had a stubborn look on his face, and got off the horse.
Looking at this young man who was still unyielding even after being imprisoned, with the armor on his body almost half broken and the blood from several wounds almost staining half of his body red, Yu Chigong looked kindly and said: "What can you say to the defeated general?"
"Pooh!"
Cheng Chubi spit a thick phlegm at Yuchi Gong, but his arms were cut off and pressed to the ground, making it difficult to exert force. The phlegm did not hit Yuchi Gong. He gritted his teeth and said with red eyes, "If you want to kill me, I'll chop him up."
No matter what, you and other rebellious officials and traitors will be buried with me sooner or later!"
"Shut up!" When the soldiers on the side saw that he was rudely insulting the commander, they slapped Cheng Chubi hard on the face and cursed: "Believe it or not, I'll chop off your tongue!"
Yuchi Gonghun didn't care. He waved his hand to stop the soldiers from beating him. He looked up at the military camp on the side of the official road. Many soldiers were cleaning the battlefield. Countless corpses were piled up in one place. More wounded soldiers were waiting wailing in the heavy rain.
Treatment.
Being seriously injured on the battlefield is often the same as death in battle, because sword wounds are too difficult to treat. Even if you don't die at the time, you will have to die in pain and torture later, which is not as happy as dying on the battlefield.
Coupled with the heavy rain and the wounds being soaked by the rain, not many of these wounded soldiers could survive.
Yuchi Gong looked at it intently for a while, wiped the rainwater from his face, turned around and looked down at Cheng Chubi who was kneeling in the muddy water. He bent slightly and stretched out his big hand to pat the other person's head. When he saw the other person's face, "
He held his neck with anger and tried to avoid it, then he grinned and said, "It's not bad, I didn't embarrass your father!"
Uncle Sudu always shouted, "Although we are now divided into enemies and ourselves, and we are fighting for life and death on the battlefield, when the victory or defeat has been decided, how can we still have murderous intentions?"
The battle for imperial power does not involve personal hatred.
Thinking again of those silly sons in my family...sigh.
He straightened up and said with a smile: "Who is Zhengshuo and who is the traitor? It's really hard to tell when the outcome is undecided. You are still young and don't understand the truth, and I have no intention of arguing with you."
After saying this, he stopped talking to Cheng Chubi and ordered the captain: "Send him back to Tongguan and imprison him. Find a doctor and treat him well. Don't kill him. It's a pity."
"Here."
The school captain escorted Cheng Chubi away.
Yuchi Gong raised his eyes and looked at the boats and wooden rafts coming from the lower reaches of the river. There were archers standing on them, shooting one after another at Li Siwen's camp on the north bank. Then he got on his horse and said loudly: "Send the order."
Go down, don't worry about casualties, quickly annihilate this enemy force, clear the obstacles, and go straight to Chang'an!"