Cai Yanqing, the transshipment envoy of Qinfeng Road, and Zhang Shouyue, the new commander of Xihe Road, led 3,000 soldiers to escort the military supplies to Lintao City.
Gao Zunyu, Wen Jifu, Lu Shengqing, Huang Cha, Xing Shu and others all went out of the city to greet Cai Yanqing and Zhang Shouyue.
There are only two people under the jurisdiction of Xihe Road. One is given to Jing Sili, who has made great contributions to the Weiyuan Fort, and the other is still vacant. Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu both deliberately arranged for people to fight for it, but they did not expect the official Qin
Click Zhang to keep the promise and use his own people.
Zhang Shouyue is now the general secretary, and his three thousand Qinzhou soldiers are all elite and good at fighting, and they have been on the battlefield for a long time.
Cai Yanqing asked as soon as he got off his horse: "Is there any military report from our front?"
Gao Zunyu said: "Reporting to Commander Cao, after our army destroyed Xiangzi City, we reported a few days ago that Hezhou was also captured and Mu Zheng's wife and children were captured alive."
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Cai Yanqing said: "I heard this three days ago, and it's still the same news now. Zhang Jinglue sent a letter to me saying that Xiangzi City is an important place. If something goes wrong, the whole army will be in trouble, and I will lead the army to supervise it.
The Tibetan people built Kangle Fort and used it as Chuan Fort to protect their retreat. I wonder how the senior manager will handle it?"
Gao Zunyu said: "Commander Cao, now is not the time to build a city. Xixia people are gathering again along the Yellow River in Tiandu Mountain. I am uneasy. The two managers, Zhang and Wang, ignore the safety of the rear and are bent on attacking Hezhou. If Xixia takes advantage of the opportunity, they will attack Hezhou."
Come in, how can we stop it with so few soldiers and horses? It is better to quickly summon the two generals, King Zhang, and lead thousands of soldiers and horses to return to the defense. This is a safe strategy."
Upon hearing this, Cai Yanqing knew that Gao Zunyu had not built a single fort. Gao Zunyu was already a habitual offender. Before the government asked him to build Male Fort, he was afraid of the difficulty and could not leave. Now he is like this again.
It's really cowardly.
Cai Yanqing said: "I and Zhang Qianha led the troops here just to prevent any unexpected events."
Gao Zunyu said: "Three thousand troops and horses are too few. We should mobilize more troops and horses from Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road."
Cai Yanqing's face immediately turned ugly.
Gao Zunyu was a relative, and Cai Yanqing did not know him in the same way.
Gao Zunyu looked at Zhang Shouyue and put on airs and said: "The Xixia army has already gathered. Zhang Qian is guarding the city. Do not fight without military orders. Otherwise, I will punish you for not obeying military orders!"
After Zhang Yue and Wang Shao left, Gao Zunyu became the highest military officer in Lintao. He could mobilize troops and horses, and all generals were under his control. Even Cai Yanqing, as the transfer envoy, could not mobilize a single soldier.
The warning given by Gao Zunyu just now is very clear. Zhang Shouyue only has enough troops to defend the city. If you want to go out on your own to fight, he will punish you.
Zhang Shouyue lowered his head and said to Gao Zunyu: "I will obey your orders!"
Cai Yanqing said: "It is better to build Kangle first and be the Second Fortress of Sichuan."
Gao Zunyu turned a deaf ear to Cai Yanqing's words.
After Cai Yanqing and Gao Zunyu entered the city, news spread among the army that night that the Xixia army had crossed the Yellow River. It can be said that the city was shocked overnight.
Cai Yanqing was new and didn't know the truth, so he was panicked. When he wanted to discuss it with Gao Zunyu, he found out that Gao Zunyu had left the city.
It turned out that Gao Zunyu knew the news of the Xixia army's attack, so he stayed overnight outside the city alone. Seeing Gao Zunyu calmly calm down the morale of the army and the people in the city, he was able to feel at ease.
The city gate opened the next day, and Gao Zunyu rode back to the city in high spirits.
Many people were amazed. They thought that Gao Zunyu cherished his life as much as gold, but they didn't expect that at this time, he would dare to camp outside the city alone.
But anyone familiar with the inside story knows that only Gao Zunyu knew about Xixia Dianji, so naturally only Gao Zunyu knew whether the Xixia soldiers and horses really crossed the Yellow River.
I can only say that Gao Zunyu acted really well in this scene.
After that, there were rumors for several days that Xixia soldiers and horses crossed the river. At this time, someone came to report. Some people reported that all news from Xiangzi City was cut off. Some even said that Zhang Yue and Wang Shao's army were completely wiped out in Hezhou.
As soon as the news came out, Lintao City was shaken up and down, and rumors were flying all over the sky.
Cai Yanqing immediately summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.
Before the news was clear, Gao Zunyu said categorically: "What does the fall of Xiangzi City mean? I don't need to say more. You must prepare for the worst at this moment."
Cai Yanqing said: "The senior manager might as well make it clearer."
Gao Zunyu sighed: "The two managers of King Zhang and our army of nearly 20,000 troops must have been completely wiped out."
Lu Shengqing immediately said: "How can Mu Zheng defeat my 18,000 elite soldiers with just a few men and horses? How can we stop this with just a few rumors?"
Gao Zunyu said: "What's wrong with this? Dong Xiang and Dong Xiang are all watching. The two managers Zhang and Wang thought they had won a few battles, so they ignored Hehuang. I talked to them again and again. Lin Taoxinxia,
You have to figure it out slowly and don't do it too hastily."
"That's all, death is the most important thing. The two managers, King Zhang, can be regarded as being loyal to the affairs of the country. No matter what happens now, Gao should not say that the affairs between the two of them are wrong."
Gao Zunyu looked very sympathetic and successfully showed his foresight.
Wen Jifu said: "General Manager Gao, shouldn't we send troops to rescue Xiangzi City now that things have come to this?"
Gao Zunyu said: "It's not that I don't want to save, it's just that Xixia has already reached its peak. If we send out troops at this time and lose Xizhou, who can bear this responsibility? Gao will never risk the lives of a city's soldiers."
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Seeing that Gao Zunyu was determined not to save him, everyone was extremely angry.
Cai Yanqing said to Zhang Shouyue: "The three thousand Qinzhou soldiers brought by Zhang Qian are good at fighting. Please send troops to rescue Xiangzi City and rescue our army from fire and water."
Zhang Shouyue glanced at Gao Zunyu's expression hesitantly, and then said: "King Zhang, the two commanders of nearly 20,000 troops and horses still don't know anything about it. I'm afraid the 3,000 troops and horses I have are not enough to rely on. I need at least 5,000 troops."
After Zhang Shouyue finished speaking, Lu Shengqing said with a smile: "The deputy envoy of Jinglue is surrounded, let alone three thousand, even if it is three hundred, we should go!"
Zhang Shouyue then said: "Then there must be written orders before the general can send out troops."
At this time, Gao Zunyu clapped his hands and said: "Lu Guangou, are you the general manager or am I the general manager? Should you command the soldiers and horses, or should I command the soldiers and horses?"
Lu Shengqing said: "The troops and horses are naturally commanded by the Department of Economic Strategy and Appeasement. I am the Department of Economic Strategy and Appeasement in charge of Gou. If the deputy manager is not here, I will be in charge of the Department of Appeasement!"
Gao Zunyu sneered and said: "Who do you think you are? You dare to speak for the two managers, King Zhang? If I can't help you, I won't be allowed to save you. Not a single soldier is allowed to leave Lintao City."
Even Cai Yanqing was at his wits' end and said in a pleading tone: "How can the senior manager bear to do this? How could he see two managers trapped to death?"
Gao Zunyu still said resolutely: "Commander Cao, if there are two officers who are responsible for planning and mobilizing troops, Gao will not say anything. But now that Gao is controlling his troops and horses, he should take safety as the top priority."
"Okay, if the senior manager wants some paperwork, I'll give it to you!"
As soon as Wen Ji finished speaking, he stood up and said to Cai Yanqing: "When Zhang Jinglue sent troops to Hezhou, he knew that the senior general manager would control his troops and would do anything to save him, so he left a special seal saying that if the battle situation was different from the
If I'm not in a good position, you can ask Lu Guangou, the Secretary of Economic Affairs and Strategy, to draft a temporary document and let me seal it."
After saying this, Ji took the seal from his sleeve.
One person used the seal and the other wrote the documents. It turned out that this was Zhang Yue's back-up plan to deal with Gao Zunyu.
