Just half a day after General Zhou Min of the Northern First Army saw through the Korean army's attempt and persuaded King Huan Zhao Hongxuan to retreat and surrender Gaolang to the Korean army, Zhao Hongrun finally made up his mind and led his army to Gaolang to see
See what happens.
After all, it involves his younger brother who he grew up playing with. Even if Zhao Hongrun suspects that Han Jun is trying to make money for him this time, he cannot let go of his concern for his younger brother's safety and must make sure that Zhao Hongxuan is safe.
Therefore, he left four thousand soldiers to guard Wei Qiu, and personally led about ten thousand generals to support Gao Lang.
The reason why Zhao Hongrun set out in the middle of the night was because Zhao Hongrun considered whether the Korean army might launch a counterattack, ostensibly to attack Gaolang. However, when he led his army to Gaolang for rescue, the Korean army suddenly came back.
Therefore, he waited for half a day.
Anyway, as far as he knew, there were nearly 10,000 Northern First Army troops stationed in Gaolang, and there shouldn't be any problems if they stayed there for a day, unless his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan was greedy for power and wanted to lead a surprise attack.
But if you think about it carefully, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan was also the former deputy commander of the First Army of the North who had experienced the last battle in Northern Xinjiang. He knew the strength of the Korean army well, so when facing the attack of 40,000 to 50,000 Korean troops, he should not
May launch an attack.
And when he led more than 10,000 soldiers across the unknown river and arrived near the ruins of the Korean military camp during the Battle of Weiqiu a few days ago, the members of the Black Crows who were sent to Gaolang one step ahead were unexpectedly
News came that surprised him greatly.
"Report!...The Korean army has captured Gaolang and Gaolang has fallen."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was startled subconsciously at first. His hands involuntarily tightened the reins, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Beside them, Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other Zongwei also had their eyes widened, with expressions of inexplicable horror on their faces.
What's going on?
Didn't Gaolang have an army of more than ten thousand people? Why did it fall so quickly?
"Are you sure Gaolang has been lost?" Zhao Hongrun asked the Black Crow member tightly.
The Black Crow might have been responsible for transmitting information for the first time, and he seemed a little unconfident. He stammered: "Reporting to Your Highness, I... I should have read the message from the brothers in front correctly..."
"What is should?!"
Zhao Hongrun gritted his teeth and asked in a deep voice: "Recall carefully, what is the situation?"
The black crow member thought about it for a long time, but finally insisted on his original point of view.
This made Zhao Hongrun's heart skip a beat, and he secretly said in his heart: Could it be that Xiao Xuan really... wouldn't he take the initiative to attack with tens of thousands of soldiers?
When the matter involved Zhao Hongxuan, his younger brother who he had played with since childhood, even Zhao Hongrun could not be as calm and decisive as usual.
Although Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan are half-brothers, Zhao Hongrun's mother and concubine died young, and he was adopted by his adoptive mother Shen Shufei. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan, who grew up together, have a relationship that is worse than that of real brothers.
and.
If something unexpected happened to Zhao Hongxuan, as the elder brother, Zhao Hongrun would not be able to absolve himself of the blame.
What's more important is that he doesn't know how to explain to his adoptive mother Shen Shufei in the future.
But when I thought about it again, Zhao Hongrun felt something was wrong.
Because at the moment, his brother Zhao Hongxuan has Zhou Min, a strategist, as a military general. Based on his secret observation of Zhou Min a while ago, 90% of Zhou Min has sincerely defected to Zhao Hongxuan. Although Zhou Min's
Sincerity was based on the fact that he had offended King Yong and his aide Zhang Qigong, and believed that his official career was hopeless.
But having said that, regardless of the reason for defecting to Zhao Hongxuan, Zhou Min now regards the latter as the object of allegiance. Logically speaking, it is impossible to sit back and watch Zhao Hongxuan do something stupid.
Furthermore, Zhao Hongrun did not believe that his younger brother would be so arrogant and reckless, daring to attack in the face of 40,000 to 50,000 Korean troops.
Thinking this way, there is only one possibility for Gaolang to fall so quickly, and that is that the First Army of the North took the initiative to abandon Gaolang and handed over Gaolang to the Korean army.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun thought about it for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct.
Because only in this way can we explain why his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan allowed the Korean army to capture Gaolang so quickly when he was assisted by counselor Zhou Min and had more than ten thousand Northern troops under his command to garrison Gaolang.
"This trick is amazing..." Under the surprised gazes of the clan guards, Zhao Hongrun changed his attitude and started laughing. He kept praising Zhou Min: "Brilliant, brilliant, worthy of being regarded by Luo Yao."
A wise strategist of a powerful enemy."
After that, he ordered the Black Crow: "Go and find out the movements of the First Army of the North."
"Yes!" The black crow clasped his fists and left.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun made a decisive decision, waved his hand and shouted: "All troops, listen to the order and return to Wei Qiu!"
Immediately, more than ten thousand Wei soldiers returned to Wei Qiu again.
On the way back to Weiqiu, the army led by Zhao Hongrun ran into a Korean cavalry force with more than ten thousand riders.
"As expected, the target is me..."
After learning about this, Zhao Hongrun sneered secretly.
He did not panic, because when he learned that Gaolang had been lost, he had clearly understood the message contained in this incident, and immediately ordered a withdrawal to Wei Qiu, so that he was only one or two miles away from Wei Qiu at this moment.
What's there to be afraid of?
As Zhao Hongrun expected, when he learned that the Han cavalry was coming to attack, the Qianben army in the military camp at the foot of Weiqiu Mountain immediately attacked and laid down heavy defenses on the plains to cover the withdrawal of the 10,000 soldiers led by Zhao Hongrun back to the camp.
The more than 10,000 Korean cavalry tried to charge, but to no avail, because the Qian Ben army suppressed the Korean cavalry with their bows and crossbows. Although it was only a short moment, it was enough for Zhao Hongrun to lead the more than 10,000 infantrymen.
Withdrew to the Weiqiu camp.
After waiting for the more than 10,000 infantrymen led by Zhao Hongrun to join Qian Ben's army and retreat together to the Weiqiu camp, even though there were more than 10,000 Korean cavalry stationed outside, they still hesitated and did not dare to attack the Wei army's camp rashly.
In the end, the more than 10,000 cavalry retreated. After all, the Korean cavalry was light cavalry, not heavy cavalry like Shangshui Youma. It was still difficult for those cavalry to forcefully attack the camp at the foot of Wei Qiu Mountain against the crossbow arrows of the Wei soldiers.
Extremely stressful.
In this regard, the Zongwei felt deeply that they were in danger, and suffered a fright in vain.
About two hours later, the Black Crows came back with news that Yanbei's army had voluntarily abandoned Gaolang and had not started a real fight with the Korean army. Only then did Zhao Hongrun feel relieved.
It's no wonder that although he had already guessed the reason why Gao Lang fell so quickly, in the final analysis, he was still a little worried, fearing that his guess was wrong. After all, it involved the safety of his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, which made him unable to
Make judgments calmly and decisively as usual.
But now that the Black Crows have made it clear that the First Army of the North is retreating on its own initiative, Zhao Hongrun can rest assured.
Feeling reassured, he praised Zhou Min again without hesitation. After all, Zhou Min's move was indeed brilliant, and it could be said that he saved him in disguise.
Otherwise, if he had not retreated at that time and was blocked by more than 10,000 Korean cavalry in the wilderness far away from the Weiqiu military camp, the situation would have been extremely bad.
"Sure enough, it's [Surrounding the Point to Call for Reinforcements] who wants to make money from me. Hey, now it's time to have some fun..."
Zhao Hongrun smiled maliciously and was curious about how Han Jun would end this farce.
At the same time, when King Huan Zhao Hongxuan led more than ten thousand soldiers from the north to withdraw from the narrow valley southwest of Gaolang, he and Zhou Min were also joking about this matter.
Zhao Hongxuan was not stupid. When he discovered that his Northern First Army had taken the initiative to evacuate Gaolang, the Korean army, which had been so aggressive and seemed to be forcibly attacking Gaolang, actually stopped for a moment outside the Gaolang barracks, feeling vaguely "at a loss".
, he realized at that time that Zhou Min's judgment was correct.
That group of Korean troops did not come to capture Gaolang at all, but to lure his brother Zhao Hongrun.
"I don't know what the expression of the Han general who led the army here is at the moment."
As expected of a brother, Zhao Hongxuan also had a wicked smile on his face when he mentioned this matter.
Zhou Min smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "Looking at the stunned actions of the Korean army at that time, it is not difficult to know the mood of the Korean general at the moment..."
Zhou Min's guess was correct. At this moment, Han general Jin Bo, who was leading his army to pretend to attack Gaolang, was extremely confused in his heart.
He never expected that Beiyi Army would give up Gao Lang so decisively.
"This... how can we lure Wei Gongzi Run's reinforcements?"
Jin Mao suddenly felt a strong sense of frustration in his heart.
It doesn't really matter if the enemy sees through your plan. What's embarrassing is that after the enemy sees through your intentions, they ignore you at all.
At this moment, Jin Mao felt extremely embarrassed.
It has to be said that when he learned that Beiyi Army had taken the initiative to abandon Gaolang, he was completely stunned.
After being stunned for a while, he finally came to his senses and led his army to pursue the Northern First Army. Unfortunately, it was too late to pursue the Northern First Army at this time. The military advisor and general of the Northern First Army left two groups of soldiers behind to support each other and slowly retreated.
, so that Jin Mao can't catch any loopholes.
Jin Mao was really embarrassed.
Gaolang won, which is good, but the question is, what's the point of winning Gaolang now?
After two days, when King Su's army in the area of Xuushi City moves south, the retreating Northern Army will return to Gaolang. The 40,000 to 50,000 troops in Gaolang will be like being made into dumplings, and they will not even be able to escape.
There is no place to escape.
After thinking about it, Jin Mao finally had no choice but to vent his anger and burn down the Gaolang Camp of the First Bei Army, and led the army back to Tianmen Pass in a depressed manner - he did not dare to divide his troops to garrison at Gaolang, because he knew that whoever was left behind would die.
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On the way to withdraw, Jin Mao still hoped that Wei Gongzi Run from Wei Qiu would attack him. As a result, he did see many Wei soldiers in the Wei Qiu area, but these Wei soldiers only looked at them.
They, the Korean soldiers, laughed loudly, with a strong sense of ridicule in their laughter.
"How could you take the initiative to abandon Gaolang?"
Jin Miao really couldn't figure it out.
In fact, the reason is very simple, because he looks at the current Beiyi Army with the same perspective as the former Beiyi Army, but he does not know that the Beiyi Army now has an additional military advisor and general, Zhou Min.
At this time, Bao Yuan, who was responsible for leading the cavalry to attack Wei Qiu, was also on the way to withdraw his troops.
It is undeniable that Feng Ting was very reasonable when designing. Unfortunately, the result was so different from what he described that Feng Ting didn't know how to evaluate it.
After learning that his plan failed, Feng Ting also sighed sadly.
He knew that neither the Gaolang Wei Army nor the Wei Qiu Wei Army gave him the only chance for the Korean Army at Tianmen Pass to make a comeback.