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On the ninth day of March, when Cui Yong, Wei's envoy to Song County, was in Changyi, arguing with Chang Xi and other prominent families in Song County over the issue of "Song County autonomy," Wei general Pang Huan led more than 40,000 people. To suppress the rebel army, we set up battle formations in Ningling County, Song County, and prepared to launch the first tentative attack on Suiyang.
On the way to Suiyang, Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo sat astride his war horse and recalled the information about Huan Hu in his mind.
As far as he knew, Huan Hu was of Korean origin. It was rumored that he was once a cavalryman stationed in the "Mayi" area and a powerful general who fought against the Huns in the western border of Korea. Later, it was said that he had offended someone, so he simply took him with him. The soldiers became cavalry bandits.
It is said that South Korea's Yanmen Shou Li Mu once made this comment about this man: This is a very dangerous man!
The danger mentioned here probably refers to Huan Hu's attack on South Korea's arms transport team and seizing a batch of military equipment shipped from South Korea to Yanmen.
Of course, it was precisely because of this that Huan Hu was expelled by the Yanmen Army and was driven to the territory of the original Taiyuan Shou Lian Po. He was then driven away by Lian Po and fled all the way. Finally, he fled to Hexi at that time and became a rogue bandit in the Hexi area.
During the "Chenggao Joint Hunting", Huan Hu led hundreds of cavalry bandits to attack the camp of the King of Wei. Therefore, he was accused by the Wei State of being an "evil party" and was hunted down by the whole country.
However, Huan Hu later fled to Sanchuan, and then sneaked into Yingshui County of Wei State from Sanchuan. After some lawless rebellion, he finally fled to Song County and defected to Nangong Yao, who was still alive at the time.
It was not until after the "Battle of Yongqiu in Wei and Chu" that Huan Hu took advantage of Nangong Yao's defeat to usurp power. Not only did he kill Nangong Yao, but he also stole all of the latter's foundations, including the Suiyang army.
It is no exaggeration to say that at least most of the wealth Nangong Yao collected in Song County over the years and the Suiyang Army he painstakingly built fell into the hands of the bandit Huan Hu.
"Interesting guy."
Zhao Yuanzuo, the Marquis of Nanliang, snorted lightly.
To be fair, he didn't pay much attention to Huan Hu at first. It wasn't until he read the information about Huan Hu and learned that this guy had dealt with Li Mu, Lian Po, and Prince Zhao Run successively that he gradually became interested.
You must know that Li Mu and Lian Po are the top ten tycoons in North Korea, and Prince Zhao Run is the most adept commander in the Wei Kingdom. Huan Hu was able to lead his men to escape from the encirclement net set by these three people. To be honest, this is amazing.
Not to mention that Huan Hu once made a fool of Cheng Gao's army.
Of course, he was interested if he was interested, but in the final analysis, Huan Hu was just an average-level opponent in his mind - except for King Yu Zhao Yuandai, the others, even the prince Zhao Run and the Marquis of Nanliang Zhao Yuanzuo, couldn't arouse much interest.
It has nothing to do with victory or defeat, it's just a lack of motivation.
Regrettably, during the civil war in Daliang some time ago, the King of Yu, Zhao Yuanke, did not personally take charge of the army. This made the Marquis of Nanliang, Zhao Yuanzuo, very disappointed.
"...I wonder if Lao Wu will lead the Wei Wu army to fight against Hetao in the middle of the year."
As he thought about it, Zhao Yuanzuo, Marquis of Nanliang, couldn't help but turn his mind to Wei's plan to launch a war against Hetao a few months later.
In his opinion, if this war is not unexpected, it will be Wei's largest foreign war in the past two years. The number of elite troops invested makes him vaguely excited to try it. After all, the huge Hetao area, The territory is very vast, almost as large as the Wei State nine years ago (excluding Shangdang and Sanchuan).
Zhao Yuanzuo, the Marquis of Nanliang, was thinking about this when the voice of General Pang Huan suddenly came to his ears: "Master Marquis, we will reach Suiyang in ten miles... Do you have any instructions?"
Stopping his random thoughts, Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Suiyang. Unfortunately, he could not see the outline of Suiyang County ten miles away.
"You are the coach now, you give the orders."
Zhao Yuanzuo, Marquis of Nanliang, said calmly.
Because at this moment, he only holds the position of "joining the army and joining the general" in the anti-rebellion army.
Of course, the more important reason is that he does not think that a mere Huan Hu requires him to take action personally - with Pang Huan's talents, he is enough to defeat that cavalry bandit.
Pang Huan clasped his fists respectfully, and then ordered his left and right: "Let Mengluo be the vanguard and go to Suiyang City first to challenge!"
"Follow the order!"
The messenger quickly left on horseback.
At the same time in Suiyang County, several thieves dressed in black hurried into the city.
After a while, Jin Gou, the former leader of the Fuqiu people, came to Huan Hu's residence, or to put it simply, it was the original Nangong Yao's residence with a solemn look on his face.
When Jin Gou pushed open the door and walked into the inner hall, Huan Hu was still naked and playing with several women.
It has to be said that Huan Hu is indeed a completely evil party. He not only usurped power and killed Nangong Yao, but also stole the latter's wealth and military power. He also took possession of Nangong Yao's wives and concubines.
Even in order to anger the only survivor of the Nangong family, Nangong Yao's eldest son Nangong Chen, Huan Hu even wrote a letter to the latter, comparing him with Hua - Nangong Yao's first wife, Nangong Chen's
The biological mother's bed affairs were vividly written in the letter.
It's a pity that Nangong Chen was not fooled and became so angry that he led his troops to attack Suiyang.
This made Huan Hu feel very sorry.
"Huan Hu."
Just when Huan Hu stretched his neck to take away the dried fruit from a woman's hand, Jin Gou coughed and gave a reminder.
He and Huan Hu only have a mutual assistance relationship, so there is no need to use honorifics towards Huan Hu.
Huan Hu glanced sideways at Jin Gou and frowned slightly, as if blaming Jin Gou for showing up at such an inopportune time and disturbing his good deeds.
As if he had read Huan Hu's mind, Jin Gou said in a deep voice: "Stop playing around. The Wei State has sent an army to conquer. This time it is not the rabble under Chengling King Zhao Shen."
Hearing this, Huan Hu raised his eyebrows and asked with a strange expression: "The new prince...has he personally conquered?"
Jin Gou lost his temper when he heard this, shook his head and said, "That's not true..."
"Then what's there to worry about?" Huan Hu licked his lips, and then put his right hand around Fahrenheit. Looking at the shameful and angry look with a hint of fear in the eyes of this old lady, he laughed strangely.
He made a sound and deliberately scratched the latter's plump chest a few times.
Seeing this, Jin Gou frowned and said solemnly: "Although the person who came this time is not the prince Zhao Run, in terms of using troops to fight, he is not far away..." As he said that, he said the name of the commander-in-chief of the Wei army with a solemn expression.
: "Zhao Zuo, King of Nanliang!"
Hearing this name, Huan Hu's face showed a somewhat solemn look. He sat up and asked with a frown: "Did you defeat South Korea's Nanliang King Zhao Zuo during the "Five Parties Attack on Wei"?"
"Exactly!" Jin Gou affirmed.
"..." Huan Hu stretched out his hand and scratched his chin, a thoughtful look on his face.
Although he had already rebelled against South Korea, he had paid more or less attention to the war between South Korea and Wei.
Therefore, when he heard that South Korea was finally set up by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and had no choice but to sue for peace, he was extremely shocked.
You must know that in that war, South Korea dispatched several generals at the level of the top ten tycoons of Beiyuan. Even famous Korean generals such as "Yanmen Shou Li Mu" and "Beiyan Shou Leyi" were also dispatched. Huan Hu really couldn't imagine that.
Such a powerful general lineup was eventually tricked by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
However, after pondering for a while, Huan Hu showed a smile again and said with a smile: "Well, there is nothing to worry about. Our wealth has almost been transferred to another place. If we really can't defeat it, we will retreat to Lu.
, some people have money, but are they afraid that they can’t make a comeback?”
"Huan Hu!" Jin Gou reminded in a low voice. At the same time, he glanced at the women with uneasy expressions in the room with distrustful eyes, and secretly blamed him: How could such a big matter be done in front of these women?
Say what?
Noticing that Jin Gou kept winking at him, Huan Hu shrugged helplessly, then clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, everyone, please step aside. Lord Jin Gou and I have important matters to discuss."
After hearing this, the women lowered their heads and left one after another. Among them, Hua Shi asked with a bit of fear: "Huan, Master Huanhu, you...are you going to abandon Suiyang?"
"Is this what you should ask?!" Jin Gou shouted with an unhappy expression.
Huan Hu waved his hand, gently hooked Fahrenheit's chin with his right hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will take you with me when we withdraw... How can I let you go?" Go ahead, he patted him gently.
He patted Fahrenheit's buttocks and said, "Good boy, go down first."
Fahrenheit forced a smile, lowered his head and left in a hurry.
Looking at Hua Shi's leaving figure, Jin Gou frowned and said to Huan Hu: "I really don't understand, what do you like about her?"
To be honest, Jin Gou really didn't understand. After Huan Hu captured Suiyang, young and beautiful women were readily available, but he fell in love with Nangong Yao's first wife Hua Shi, an old woman who had given birth to two sons.
Thinking of this, Jin Gou revealed expressionlessly: "This woman is just expecting that her son will come to save her in the future, so she is just giving in."
"Of course I know." Huan Hu sniffed the right hand that had just touched Hua Shi's buttocks, and sneered: "I'm just having some fun... Every time I look at her, I'm obviously reluctant, but I have to force a smile to serve her.
old
Son, I feel very happy in my heart... Sometimes I wonder, if one day I catch that little brat Nangong Chen in front of her, will she try even harder to pander to me in order to plead for her son? Hehehehehe
…”
Jin Gou's eyelids twitched, and he was speechless at Huan Hu's bad taste.
However, considering that Hua Shi was just an inconsequential little character, Jin Gou didn't bother to care about Huan Hu's nonsense, and changed the topic and said: "There is another matter, the Beibo Army. There is no need to count on Song Yun's assistance this time.
…”
"Huh?" Huan Hu frowned, a little confused.
Seeing this, Jin Gou then explained: "The Wei court threw out a bait of "Song County autonomy", and the Beibo Army was reluctant to give up. Currently, the famous families in Song County are negotiating with the court, and it should be impossible to send troops to assist.
I'll wait." At this point, he snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Those people are also stupid, can't you see that this is a trick of the Wei court?"
"So I ask you to read more books on weekdays. This is called conspiracy. Even if you see through the conspiracy, you have to obey..." Huan Hu said lazily.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps approaching from far away. Then, an old member of Huan Hu's army hurried to the inner hall, cupped his fists and reported: "Chief, there is a Wei army approaching outside the city."
"It came so fast..." Jin Gou said slightly surprised.
At this time, Huan Hu had stood up, pulled off his coat and put it on his body, licked his lips and said, "Let's go and see the Wei army of King Nanliang that defeated South Korea!"
It took about one stick of incense to wait. When Huan Hu arrived at the west gate, he was very surprised to find that Chen Shou was not there.
Based on his understanding of Chen Shou, Chen Shou should have shown up long ago.
"Where's Chen Shou?"
As soon as he finished asking, he saw many soldiers of the Suiyang Army on the city wall, looking down at the city with their heads raised, and he made some guesses in his mind.
When he stepped forward, he pushed aside a few soldiers and took a look outside the city. Sure enough, he saw Chen Shou fighting with a Wei general under the city.
"General Wei's strength is pretty good. He can actually fight on par with that guy Chen Shou..."
Huan Hu muttered a bit in surprise, frowned and asked: "Then what is General Wei's background?"
As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers with knowledge on the left and right replied: "It's the vanguard general of the Wei army, Meng Luo."
Huan Hu tilted his head and thought about it, but he didn't have much impression of this Meng Luo.
However, he was not surprised by this. After all, the world is so big that those who are famous may not be worthy of their name, and those who are unknown may not be true heroes.
For example, Chen Shou was initially just an uncle of Zhongyang's "Yang Wujun", but in fact, his martial arts were even better than Huan Hu's.
Seeing Chen Shou and Meng Luo fighting each other single-handedly in the city, Huan Hu scratched his head and felt a little anxious in his heart.
Huan Hu attaches great importance to Chen Shou. After all, Chen Shou's military force and ability to kill generals and capture the flag on the battlefield are definitely no less than those of the ten North Korean tycoons in South Korea. If such a strong general unexpectedly
If he died in battle, he would almost die of regret.
However, he also understood that Chen Shou, like Jin Gou, was on the same side as Huan Hu for a certain purpose. He and Chen Shou were not in a superior-subordinate relationship. Therefore, even if he ordered Chen Shou to retreat into the city at this moment,
Chen Shou, who fought under the city until he got up, may not obey his instructions.
Fortunately, Chen Shou indeed had talents that Huan Hu valued. Gradually, Meng Luo, who was fighting against him, gradually slowed down the speed of his attacks and the strength of his attacks. So after a while, Chen Shou gradually gained the upper hand.
.
But think about it, although Meng Luo is known as the most powerful general under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, this guy is already over fifty years old after all. How can he compare to Chen Shou's youth and vigour?
No, not long after, Chen Shou caught the flaw and shot him on the shoulder, almost knocking him off his horse.
"Oh!" The morale of the Suiyang army on the city tower was greatly boosted, and they all cheered for Chen Shou.
However, the vanguard of the Wei army outside the city panicked, and a group of guard cavalry rushed up, trying to force Chen Shou back and rescue Meng Luo back.
"These are shameless people." Huan Hu curled his lips in the city and cursed disdainfully.
On the other hand, Chen Shou was very calm. He waved his hand to stop his subordinates who were about to rush up to rescue him, and took the initiative to ride back on his horse, thus avoiding a melee with the Wei army.
When the Wei army rescued Meng Luo, he also ordered the soldiers in the city to open the city gate and return to the city.
When Chen Shou returned to the city gate tower, he was surprised to see Huan Hu, wearing only a thin coat and with his chest and abdomen bare, leaning against the wall with his back, his hands and elbows supported on the wall, as if
She looked at him with a smile, and said, "Congratulations to General Chen for returning victoriously."
Chen Shou raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "There is nothing to congratulate for defeating an old man who is over fifty years old... That Meng Luo is very impressive. If he were twenty years younger, I might not be able to hurt him."
After that, he glanced at the Wei army outside the city and murmured: "I have never heard of such a fierce general."
After hearing this, Jin Gou explained: "Meng Luo is the most powerful general under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang. However, like his master, he was exiled by the king of Wei when he was in his prime. Exiled
For seventeen years..."
"No wonder." Chen Shou suddenly realized.
At this time, Huan Hu had turned around, looked at the Wei army outside the city, touched his chin and chuckled: "Wei Jun just arrived, and you disrupted his position..."
As he was speaking, suddenly a dignified look flashed in his eyes.
Because he suddenly saw a line of gray faintly appearing on the horizon in the distance. Immediately, this line of gray quickly expanded into a gray area. Then, he gradually became able to see clearly that countless Wei troops were rapidly approaching.
Coming towards Suiyang.
In this army, a flag of "Wei, Nanliang Marquis" can be vaguely seen.
"Isn't he the King of Nanliang?" Huan Hu muttered strangely.
Jin Gou explained calmly: "Because he was involved in the rebellion of the three kings, he was deprived of the title of king by the prince Zhao Run."
"Damn it!" Huan Hu cursed quite depressedly. Except for Jin Gou and Chen Shou, almost no one understood where Huan Hu's anger came from.
The reason is that Huan Hu originally wanted to "abandon darkness and join the light" and become an official in Wei State by killing Nangong Yao, but the Wei State court refused to forgive him because he had attacked the camp of Wei King Zhao Yuansi. But now, the Wei State court has
He forgave "Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang who was involved in the rebellion of the three kings", which made Huan Hu feel very angry.
At the same time, Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo and General Pang Huan had led the Chinese army to arrive outside Suiyang City.
Suddenly, they heard that Meng Luo was injured in the shoulder by a thief general under Huan Hu during the battle in front of the battle. Both Zhao Yuanzuo and Pang Huan, the Marquis of Nanliang, were very surprised.
You must know that although Meng Luo is already over fifty and his strength is far inferior to that of before, ordinary people are still no match for him.
Thinking back on the "Wei-Korean Northern Border Battles", more than twenty young Korean generals were killed by Meng Luo. They can be regarded as a model of old age and strength. Unexpectedly, they would be killed by a young general in Suiyang.
The thief will be wounded.
"If the vanguard loses, this battle will be difficult to win..."
Pang Huan squinted his eyes slightly and frowned slightly.
When he saw the towering city walls of Suiyang County, his frown deepened.
You must know that Suiyang is not an ordinary city and county. It was once the royal capital of the Song Dynasty. The city wall was originally much higher than other counties. In addition, Nangongyao was later increased in height and reinforced over the years. To capture such a strong city, it was difficult to conquer it.
It's not easy to tell the truth.
After thinking about it, Pang Huan decided to wait for the secret weapons from the army to arrive before attacking the city.
Seeing that the Wei army outside the city had not taken action, Huan Hu, Chen Shou and Jin Gou were all very puzzled.
They hoped that the Wei army would immediately order an attack on Suiyang County, so that they could use this strong city to severely defeat the vigor of this elite Wei army. In Huan Hu's view, this was also an excellent opportunity to defeat those who had once conquered him.
Those blind-eyed Wei court officials who took the initiative to surrender and refused to enter the country, take a look at what Huan Hu is capable of.
Unexpectedly, the Wei army outside the city was unusually calm.
"What are they waiting for?" Huan Hu murmured.
It didn't take long for a large number of carriages to arrive in the distance. Immediately, war weapons that looked like trebuchets were quickly assembled among the Wei army outside the city.
"It turned out to be waiting for siege weapons."
Seeing this, Huan Hu crossed his hands and grinned: "Trebuchet? Hey!"
Even if Huan Hu was not from the Lu country, he would definitely be familiar with long-range siege weapons such as trebuchets and catapults, because these are siege weapons that all countries in the Central Plains would build.
But to be honest, the role that this type of siege weapon can play in siege warfare is actually very small. The reason is that the hit rate is extremely low.
Therefore, once trebuchets or trebuchets appear on the battlefield, hundreds of them are often dispatched, using sheer numbers to pile up the possibility of hitting, while the Wei army outside the city only has a dozen or so.
The threat to the city wall is almost minimal.
Just as Huan Hu was secretly laughing, a roar suddenly came from his ears.
"Boom——!"
"..."
Opening his mouth, Huan Hu, who had folded his arms and was about to watch the Wei army busy outside the city, slowly turned his head mechanically and stared at the city wall on the right side of the city gate tower with his mouth open.
I saw that at the city wall thirty feet away, a stone as big as a millstone smashed into the wall stacks, and the two Suiyang soldiers who could not escape were smashed into the inner city wall.
"What's going on?"
"Hit the first time?"
Including Huan Hu, almost everyone on the city wall was stunned.
"Boom——!"
There was another loud noise, as if the entire city wall was shaking.
Huan Hu immediately poked his head out and saw another boulder as big as a millstone. After smashing a spiderweb-like crack into the outer wall of the city wall, it fell to the ground below the city with a loud bang.
"Hey, hey, hey..."
Looking up at the trebuchets in the Wei army, Huan Hu's eyelids twitched, and he had a vague premonition.
But at this moment, there was only a roar, and most of the city gate tower collapsed, burying more than a dozen Suiyang soldiers who could not dodge in the rubble.
Even Huan Hu was left behind by those rubbles and was in such a sorry state.
"Three bullets hit..."
Wiping the dust from his face, Huan Hu said angrily: "This is not a fucking trebuchet at all!"
His guess was correct. The weapons used by the anti-rebel forces were of course not trebuchets, but the latest siege weapons developed by the Smelting Bureau - ballistae.
At the same time, Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo and General Pang Huan also looked at Suiyang City in the distance with solemn expressions, secretly shocked in their hearts.
"It's unbelievable." Witnessing soldiers with no operational experience, three cannons destroyed the city gate tower in Suiyang County, even General Pang Huan couldn't help but exclaimed: "If you get this artifact, you will be the best in the world."
The city walls and fortresses have all become decorations..."
"..." Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo moved his lips slightly, but said nothing.
But in the bottom of his heart, something that Prince Zhao Run once said to him suddenly came to mind.
He must admit that His Highness the Prince is true and there is no need to fear him at all.