"You are afraid of losing troops and are unwilling to attack the fortified city. You have come to me to lend troops to the Red Husband. Have you ever thought that my Red Husband generals are also made of flesh and blood? After years of fighting, they are even more exhausted than the generals of Dai Viet? Even if they are.
In this way, King Khan still believed in his oath to uphold the alliance and gladly sent troops to help you attack Datong. We insisted that the victors plundered their city and fought bloody battles for me. The generals and soldiers of the Red Guards received what they had as a reward for their bravery in killing the enemy. Yesterday and night, there were
Hundreds of our warriors died in battle inside and outside Beicheng, did any of us frown? We didn't. We thought, since we made a covenant with us, our skin and flesh would be torn, even if our bones were rotten and our intestines were pierced.
We swear to keep the covenant to the end; even if we die in front of the city, we can take the enemy's blood and head and plunder his wife and children so that the soul can return to the embrace of the eternal heaven safely. But why didn't we think that you people in the Southern Dynasties were like this?
, despicable, privately accepted the traitor, openly tore up the alliance, marched into the city in large numbers, and robbed the rewards that my Chihu people deserved. Guo Zhongxiong asked himself, if it weren’t for my Chihu warriors fighting with blood, or if it wasn’t for my Chihu warriors, I would be as powerful as a broken bamboo.
After entering the city, will Li Chulin surrender to you or let you get this advantage? Why did you agree in advance to attack the city separately and the time is available? Do you still need to explain now? If you come here now and ask me to appease my anger, then you can go away.
Someone outside the tent asked if they would be willing to appease Chihu Jian'er, who was fighting with my head tied to my waist."
Yan Muchi's voice was hoarse, as if he were an old and cruel wolf, and he howled at Guo Zhongxiong.
"Guo Langjun, I respect you. You are a brave man. I will never make things difficult for you. I, the Red Husband, don't bother to kill the envoy before the two armies fight. Please go back and ask Liu Shizhong to prepare for the war between the two armies. It will only wait for the order of the King of Khan."
As soon as you come down, I will send someone to deliver the letter of war. Don’t blame me for going to war without declaring it!"
"..." Guo Zhongxiong saw many red generals and officers in the commander's tent staring at them with gritted teeth. He intuitively felt that his eyes were turning black, their faces were pale, and their backs were covered in sweat.
Before he arrived at Chihu Commander's tent, he thought that even if the Chihu people were angry about the Yan army's early entry into the city, they should talk about it. If there was no room for improvement, they ordered to withdraw all the soldiers and horses who had entered the city earlier.
However, he never expected that the Chihu people would not give up the situation at all, and would have room to prepare for a direct war against the Yan army?!
"Guo Langjun, please come out!" Yan Muchi gave an order and several five big and three rough men came in. The red guard armored soldiers came in rudely, grabbed Guo Zhongxiong, dragged him out of the commander's tent by his arms, or threw him directly.
Outside, in the snow.
"Guo Langjun, what's going on?" Zhu Xiaotong and others are not qualified to enter the commander's tent as guards to see Mu Chi and other red guards. At this time, they saw Guo Zhongxiong being pushed out and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
I got up and asked in panic.
"Chi Hu is going to declare war!" Guo Zhongxiong said in despair.
"How is that possible?" Zhu Xiaotong screamed in disbelief.
"Woooooooo..."
Suddenly, a cow horn was blown outside the commander's tent, and waves of calls came up and down from where the horn sounded.
At this time, Yan Muchi and others walked out of the commander's tent and said happily, "The Zong King is here!"
Guo Zhongxiong was pushed by the red armored soldiers and retreated to the left wing of the commander's tent. At this moment, he saw more than a hundred armored cavalrymen galloping towards this side, surrounded by a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man had no direct reaction after meeting Yan Muchi.
After entering the commander's tent, he looked at Guo Zhongxiong for a few times and ignored them. Instead, he asked thousands of Red Hu generals and soldiers near the commander's tent to gather in front of him and told them something in the Red Hu's language in a fierce tone.
Even if there was no interpreter, one could guess what Qihan Ulullie was talking about from the excitement, expression and anger of the Red Guards soldiers who stared at them. Guo Zhongxiong looked in his eyes.
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After the afternoon of the afternoon, the Chihu people made many abnormal movements. Liu Shizhong sent people over for negotiation many times, but they were all driven back. He and Cai Yuanyou could no longer sit in the Chinese army's tent and climbed up to better view the overall situation. The gate tower of the south city remained there until noon.
It wasn't until Guo Zhongxiong returned from his mission to the Red Guards Commander that they couldn't wait to take Guo Zhongxiong to the tower and asked.
"What kind of wrong medicine did the Chihu people take? Why did the troops from the right army camp gather at Dongqipo? What do they want to do!"
Guo Zhongxiong was still under the control of the Red Guards. He entered the city through the North City Gate and then passed through Datong City to the South City Gate to meet Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and the others. They still did not know the situation of the Red Guards' troop mobilization.
After hearing what Liu Shizhong said, he looked toward the southeast of Datong City.
About eleven or twelve miles away in the southeast direction, there is a tower about thirty to forty feet high and stretching for about two or three miles. There is a hill lying quietly on the north bank of Huihe River and in the valley.
Compared with the high mountains outside Datong City, this hillock is nothing special. But more than 40 miles from Datong City to the direction of Huihe, Dongqipo is the only uplifted terrain in the valley terrain.
Dongqipo was occupied by thousands of red cavalry at this time. It seemed like a gloomy place, with black clouds covering the land. There is no doubt that if the Yan army tried to abandon Datong at this time, they would retreat to the south bank of Huihe River.
This red cavalry will definitely be merciless and launch an iron-blooded charge from the flank.
"What's going on? Guo Langjun, why don't you say something?" Tian Zhizhen saw Guo Zhongxiong's pale face, stood there in shock, pushed him, and asked anxiously with a hand on his shoulder.
"The Red Husband said that we broke our word and wanted to tear up the alliance or declare war on us!" Guo Zhongxiong looked at Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou said.
"How is that possible?" Cai Yuanyou asked with a trembling voice as he felt dizzy.
"Did the Chi Hu people put forward harsher conditions? Guo Langjun thought it was difficult to satisfy and started arguing with them? Are they trying to scare us?" Liu Shizhong still held on to his last illusion and anxiously grabbed Guo Zhongxiong by the shoulder.
asked.
"Can't you still see that Liu Linggong has a young minister at this moment? Some people in the Red Army plundered too much after occupying Linhuang, Dading, and Liaoyang. They were satisfied with their property, livestock, and slaves, but they did not want to do anything to them anymore.
We went to war, but there were also a lot of Red Husbands. People were not satisfied with this, so they needed an excuse to convince them. King Khan had something to say, and the Red Husbands all raised their arms and came towards us - Liu Linggong, Shao
Now that there is no room for change, please give the order to prepare for battle!" Guo Zhongxiong only regretted that he had woken up too late, and he only hoped that it was too late to make amends.
"It's impossible. If we send people to see Yan Shuchi again, there will be room for change!" Cai Yuanyou murmured.
Although Liu Shizhong was out of his wits at this moment, he asked someone to help him and sat down in front of the gate of the city tower. After taking a breath on the stone steps, he could barely calm down and said to Liu Yan, Chen Yuan and others, "Quickly call the right army, the rear army."
Be prepared, and be prepared to resist the horses on the right wing, and have deer and horses in case the Red Husband Cavalry breaks the covenant and rushes over at any time..."
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The Chihu people initially gathered at the eastern foot of Daqing Mountain (Yinshan). There were only a little more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, including Liu Shizhong. Cai Yuanyou borrowed troops from Chihu to attack Datong City. There were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the south of Chihu Town.
Yan Shuchi led his men from the northeastern foot of Wuzhou Mountain, and from the gap southward they attacked and camped at the foot of Datong City.
Xu Huai and others initially thought that the Red Husbands would take advantage of Liu Shizhong, and Cai Yuanyou and others were not prepared to use 20,000 elite soldiers and horses to enter the north bank of Huihe River, and the main force of the Yan army launched a surprise attack. However, the facts were not exactly as they predicted.
After the Yan army accepted the surrender of Li Chulin, the commander of the capital of Xijing, two groups of soldiers and horses entered the city early from the south city gate. Some of the red soldiers were furious. After several small-scale conflicts in the city, they withdrew all the attacking troops and horses to the north city.
There were 10,000 cavalrymen near Bingmen and then gathered on the southeast wing of Datong. There were people on Dongqipo who watched the main force of the Yan army retreat southward. On the flanks, Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others did not dare to withdraw southward in a hurry. They also hoped to fight with the Red Husbands.
There is room for mediation.
Even though the newly enthroned King Qihan Ululie of the Southern Guards of the Red Guards had already entered the north of Datong City at this time, the camp did not immediately launch an attack with 20,000 elite cavalry. Instead, one by one, the Red Guards soldiers and horses were launched.
From Yinshan Mountain to the east to Dading Prefecture, areas gathered towards Datong.
From Yinshan Mountain to the east of Dading Mansion, there is King Qihan Uluru Lie of Chihuzong. The fiefdom has nearly 30,000 cavalry newly gathered in Datong in just four or five days, which is enough to prove that Uluru Lie has great
We are fully prepared for the southern invasion.
However, Xu Huai was not sure whether Uluru Lie was mobilizing in order to increase the supply of other clan kings, or whether there was a dispute within the Chihu King's tent over the southern invasion. After Uluru Lie's 50,000 elite soldiers and horses were gathered near Datong,
It could be said that they had firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, but they did not immediately launch an attack on the main force of the Yan army on the north bank of the Huihe River.
This is not what Xu Huai wants to see. On the one hand, Chihu is undergoing a larger-scale internal mobilization. The Vietnamese are mobilizing, but they are hoping for peaceful mediation. The defensive deployment is also extremely clumsy. They have to sit back and watch the main force of the Yan army evacuate towards Shuozhou.
Crossing the Huihe River and retreating to Yingzhou, the passage was blocked by the Red Husband cavalry and he did not dare to take any active actions; on the other hand, Xu Huai also knew deeply that the more fully prepared the Red Husbands were on the Datong battlefield, it also meant that the war would be
If there is an outbreak, the Yan army will be completely annihilated.
His previous hope that Xuanwu could defeat the two armies in large numbers and that the fleeing soldiers fled into the surrounding areas after being defeated would most likely be in vain.
Xu Huai was even forced to evacuate more people to Xishan in advance for fear that one night thousands of Chi Huans would be attacked.
The cavalry will surround Shuozhou without even realizing it.
On the one hand, Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou did not dare to take the initiative to start a military provocation and did not dare to decisively send troops to attack the North City Gate; on the other hand, they did not dare to be threatened on the flanks, so they decisively led their troops to retreat south.
Seeing that they had no way to mediate, they not only deployed the main force of the conquering Yan army in the inner city of Datong, the south city gate and the four camps outside the city for defense, but also ordered troops from Xinzhou, Taiyuan, Lanzhou and other places to go to Yanmen.
Gathering in the direction of Yingzhou is to prevent the worst situation from happening.
At this time, not to mention that Cao Shixiong stood still and wanted to surrender to the Cai faction in the past. Wen Hengyue and Yin Chao were looking to the north. The situation became increasingly tense and they only dared to send a small number of troops to strengthen Yanmen's defense...