Harue Kagetsu - Chapter 157

That night, Yi Qi set off from Shikou, flew to Yanmen, and dropped a letter from Li Mu. Dao had brought the Princess of Yan, Murong Zhe, unscathed, and demanded to welcome back the eldest princess, mother and son as soon as possible.

Ugan agreed, but attached an additional condition, calling Tianwang to express his sincerity in welcoming the princess back, and also to reassure Li Mu that after three days, he would only send a thousand cavalry. Correspondingly, the number of people who asked Li Mu to welcome the eldest princess should not be more than himself. The army stopped at Shikou, and before the princess Murong arrived at Yanmen safely, they could not advance one step.

Li Mu promises.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

According to the original agreement, each side sent a thousand men and horses to meet in Fangzhen to exchange hostages.

The thousand cavalrymen who accompanied Gao Huan to Fangzhen were all young and strong. Before they set off, they lined up neatly in front of the Yuanmen of the Shikou Camp, with bright armor and full armor. The scorching sun was like fire, reflecting the white light of the armor and sword on their faces, a chill.

Before Li Mu came to the queue, he personally poured wine for the soldiers.

A bowl full of liquor.

His eyes passed over the rows of young and high-spirited faces in front of him, and finally fell on Gao Huan, who was standing in front of the cavalry team, stared at him, and said word by word: “This is the first battle, the last It is very important. If you can achieve a quick victory as I expected, the credit will all lie with you and the thousand soldiers. Before you leave, drink this cup full, and think that you will be strong!”

Gao Huan had a resolute face, bright eyes, and raised the wine bowl with both hands.

The soldiers and soldiers behind him drank the wine of this heroic journey together with his oath.

The high-headed war horses lined up behind them, as if they felt the exciting atmosphere before the battle. They jumped and neighed, and the sound was like a dragon.

After practicing the wine, Gao Huan raised his arms and shouted, turned on his war horse, and led the thousand cavalry towards Fangzhen.

The curtain car that was holding Murong Zhe passed by Li Mu. A woman’s voice full of resentment and hatred came from the car: “Li Mu, I, Murong Zhe, swear that from now on, I will…”

But before the words fell, they were suppressed by the generous singing of the surrounding soldiers in unison, and disappeared without a trace.

Li Mu’s expression was calm, and he watched the silhouette of the galloping team in front of him, and his eyes finally looked into the distance.

In the distance, at the far end of the sight, the Yanmen City Gate stands, which is the goal of this battle.

…

Gao Huan led this thousand cavalry to Fangzhen in half a day. Before the Ugan troops arrived, the town was empty.

The hanging corpses have been buried two days ago, but under the scorching sun, the eyes are full of yellow sand, abandoned city walls, and collapsed walls. From a distance in broad daylight, this place is like a cemetery in the desert. , ghostly.

Gao Huan was not in a hurry, and only led the sergeant to the north of the town and set up a battle on a flat ground several miles away.

The sun was gradually sloping westward.

The soldiers waited under the scorching sun for a long time, but the Ugan men and horses did not show up for a long time. They began to be unable to hold back, and became anxious. The queue was not as neat as it was at the beginning, and gradually loosened. Some people scolded, some loosened their collars to blow air, some took off their boots and shook the sand out of their shoes, and some sergeants in the back row simply put down their lances and sat on the ground to rest their feet. When Gao Huan saw it, he scolded him sharply, and then re-lined up.

Although the queue has returned to its original appearance, the military appearance is slack, and the sergeant’s face can no longer see the thirsty expression on his face.

All of this was caught in the eyes of nearby spies, who reported to Ugan one by one.

In fact, the people from Ugan have already arrived. They got up early in the morning and hid behind a sand dune outside Fangzhen’s book, and they didn’t show up for a long time. Hearing the report at this moment, he laughed, and said to the people next to him: “Li Mu also has a false reputation, but that’s all! He must be self-reliant and look down on me, and that’s why he sent his mouth without even growing hair. My brother-in-law is here! Look at how I will deal with them later! So that Li Mu knows that the king of heaven is not something that Murong can compare with a little white face, and Yanmen is not a place for him to run wild. This time, I will definitely ask him There is no return, and I will be buried here!”

One person echoed: “Two days ago, the spy also reported that this doll general led people to dig pits outside the town and buried the carrion one by one. But I don’t know if he dug a few more holes so that he could dig a hole for himself. Leave a burial place!”

Laughter erupted everywhere, and Ugan’s subordinates were all complacent, as if they had already seen the scene of the opponent’s impending defeat.

“General Zuo, you have been waiting for a day, can you be dispatched?” a lieutenant general asked.

Ugan looked up at the sun and said, “Wait a minute! It’s them who are eager to meet people, not us. Let’s sharpen their morale. And when the sun goes down, it’s good for action.”

The sound of his words, everyone understands. Since you want to deceive the other party by pretending to be a person, the darker the light, the better. So they responded in unison, and waited patiently until the sun went down and the light in the four fields dimmed. Wu Gan gave an order, and then he brought a thousand men and horses. From behind the hill, they ran straight towards Fangzhen. go.

“General Gao, the Huns are here!”

The sentry detected the movement ahead and immediately came back to report.

Gao Huan glanced ahead.

In the twilight, on the horizon, a group of crows and crows appeared, heading in this direction.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, calmly, and ordered someone to convey the order. When Ugan brought the people to the front, without waiting for the other party to stop, he rushed out of the line and shouted sharply: “Ugan! I promised to exchange hostages today, I will come early, why are you late? Tell me to wait in vain. It’s been a day! If you don’t believe what you say, what kind of hero is he?”

Sitting on the horse, Wu Gan squinted his eyes and looked at the opposite side. He saw a white-robed young man with red lips and white teeth rushed out of the other side’s cavalry. He glared at him. He knew that this person was Li Mu’s brother-in-law, a nobleman from the Gao clan in the Southern Dynasties. . Glancing at his back again, the soldiers were also all frowning coldly, obviously waiting impatiently for a long time. He couldn’t help but feel more smug in his heart, secretly laughing at the other party was really too tender, couldn’t hold his breath, his face showed an apology, and asked a follower who knew the language of the Han people to pass the word, saying that he had come out early in the morning on the order of the king of heaven, and he didn’t want to delay halfway. It’s late, tell him not to take offense.

Gao Huan looked impatient and said loudly, “I won’t talk to you! Now that you are here, what about my aunt and my son? Princess Murong, I brought it here!” After speaking, he ordered Murong Zhe to be taken with him. out.

Wu Gan stared at him and saw that behind him, two soldiers pushed a beautiful woman who was bound and walked out, and asked the Beiyan envoy who was following him to identify it carefully, and he was sure that it was Murong Zhe, so he was relieved. Haha laughed and said, “Okay! I admire people like General Gao who are so cheerful! Naturally, I also brought your aunt and the others.” After speaking, he ordered the soldiers to bring them out.

After sunset, not only did the light quickly dim, but the wind also picked up. A gust of wind, wrapped in fine sand, with charming eyes, I saw a woman dressed as a Chinese woman, with unkempt hair and hunched waist, holding a three- or four-year-old child in her hands, being held by several Hun soldiers, Staggering out of the queue, after a pause, in a hoarse voice, he shouted tremblingly, “Rokuro…it’s Aunt…you save me…”

There was fear in her voice. The child beside him was stabbed with a knife by the Hun soldiers behind him, and he was so frightened that he cried out loudly.

Gao Huan was excited and angry again, and with a “jump”, he jumped off the horse and said loudly, “Auntie, don’t be afraid! My nephew is here to save you!” come over.

This woman was found by Liu Jian, and the appearance and figure of the eldest princess were somewhat similar, and she took advantage of this bleak twilight to push people out for exchange.

Gao Huan was so excited that he was obviously deceived.

Wu Gan suppressed the pride in his heart and lost a wink at his entourage. The man understood, and hurriedly stopped him: “General Gao wait. For the sake of safety, it is advisable for you and me to exchange hostages at the same time. What do you think?”

Gao Huan stopped abruptly and urged his subordinates to bring Murong Zhe up.

The other side did the same. After waiting for the hostages on both sides to stand, they gave an order and walked towards the opposite side.

“Come over! What are you still doing!”

Gao Huan shouted at Murong Zhe.

Murong Zhe walked towards the opposite side with his hair disheveled.

She and the oncoming mother and son got closer and closer, glanced at them, suddenly turned around, stared at Gao Huan, a sneer appeared on her lips, then turned back, quickened her pace, and walked forward.

Gao Huan seemed to be impatient. The woman walked slower and slower, her head was always lowered, and when she was approaching, she stopped.

Unable to hold back, he rushed forward to meet him. When he got close, he suddenly stopped and stared at the woman who still didn’t dare to raise his head. His expression suddenly changed, and he shouted at the opposite Wu Gan: “Ugan Fuck! She’s not my aunt! How dare you lie to me!”

Ugan’s men had already put Murong Zhe into the formation, removed the ropes, and immediately sent him to Yanmen without stopping.

He was very proud: “Children of Gao, you are still young. In the words of the Han people, you only got the title of general because of your nepotism with Li Mu, right? Li Mu has a false name, and you are not me. My opponent. I thought there would be some setbacks, but I didn’t expect it to be so easy, so I brought Princess Murong back. It’s too late! You know it too late!”

He couldn’t stop laughing, and the cavalry behind him also laughed. Laughter, full of ridicule, came in waves.

Gao Huan’s eyes shot out with anger, he gritted his teeth, and left the woman who was so frightened that she couldn’t stop kowtowing. .

Ugan deliberately angered the white-robed teenager on the opposite side, and was waiting for this situation. Seeing this, he made a gesture, and the group immediately followed him and hula-la-la retreated like a tide.

Gao Huan chased all the way, chased for dozens of miles in one breath, and chased to the sand dunes where Ugan had been hiding for a day, when he saw the Huns cavalry in front suddenly stopped, accompanied by a sharp sentry, the sand dunes on both sides. After that, countless Xiongnu cavalrymen who had been ambushed in advance came out, all over the mountains and fields, and crows were everywhere.

“Sister Gao, not only did you send back Princess Murong for nothing, you didn’t expect that I still have 5,000 soldiers in ambush, right? Li Mukong has the name of the God of War, so he is not going to be planted in front of my Yanmen Pass in Xiliang today!”

With the sound of Ugan’s laughter, the cavalry behind him turned around and merged into the formation of the ambush. In the deafening sound of killing, they charged towards Gao Huan’s cavalry.

The body odor of the Huns who had not bathed for a long time was mixed with the smell of sheep on their bodies, and rushed with the wind.

Gao Huan’s eyes flickered, and with a whistling sound, the Qianqi behind him got the order, turned around and walked towards Fangzhen.

Ugan saw that the other party turned around and ran away, and was even more proud.

This is a plan set by Liu Jian and him.

First, exchange the fake eldest princess for Murong Zhe. When Gao Huan finds out that he has been fooled, he will be furious. Then he will use words to provoke him and induce him to pursue this place. The cavalry in ambush will be killed. annihilate.

But that’s not the ultimate goal today.

The 5,000 cavalry in ambush here are the cavalry among the cavalry that Liu Jian is proud of, the elite among the elite.

His ultimate goal is to take advantage of today’s opportunity, take advantage of Li Mu’s unpreparedness, use this elite cavalry to surprise the opponent’s camp, burn the baggage and food, and then evacuate with lightning.

This is the tactic that the Xiliang cavalry is best at. When Li Mu reacted, even if the cavalry’s horses were strong enough, before he could catch up with him, he had already retreated safely to Yanmen Pass.

He took back Princess Murong, eliminated Gao Huan’s cavalry, and then made a surprise attack on Li Mu’s camp, killing three birds with one stone.

Once Li Mu’s army ran out of food and forage, Xiliang would be able to win without having to join forces with Murong.

He was ecstatic that this plan went so smoothly.

The opportunity to make great achievements is in front of him, how could he let the cavalry team in front escape? Immediately issued the order, with the 6000 cavalry behind him chasing furiously, gradually closing the distance, when chasing back to Fangzhen, using the remaining sky light, seeing that the other party seemed to have nowhere to go, they all hid in the town, and took advantage of the still not collapsed. Under the cover of the city wall, the arrow array was lined up behind the earth wall, and it seemed that he wanted to fight to the death with himself here.

The other party is only a thousand troops, but he has six thousand elites. How can Ugan care about it? With the soldiers, the enemy heard the terrifying and terrifying whistling sound when he was fighting, drew his sword and waved, and rushed towards the town entrance.

The soldiers stood still, hiding behind the earth wall, staring at the approaching Huns cavalry, ready to go.

Gao Huan had given an order not to shoot a feather arrow out until he received a signal.

The Huns’ cavalry was approaching.

The dim evening light could not hide the hideous faces of the Huns immediately opposite.

Just as they were screaming strangely, brandishing their knives, and rushing towards the town entrance, ready to chop off the heads of the thousand enemies who were hiding inside, they were unaware and were waiting for them not far ahead. Yes, a huge trap.

Ugan only knew that two days ago, Gao Huan had brought people here to dig pits to bury the residents who were slaughtered by them.

He never dreamed that it was just a blindfold.

Li Mu came here to inspect the terrain that day, and after returning, he made a plan.

Under the cover of night, a trap was set up to bury the enemy under the pretense of digging a pit to bury the corpse during the day.

At this moment, Gao Huan and dozens of soldiers, half buried in the sand, were lying on both sides of the town entrance, motionless.

On everyone’s arm, a huge rope as thick as an arm is wrapped around it.

The rope was buried shallowly under the sand and stretched all the way across the town entrance.

One hundred steps, sixty steps, fifty steps…

Gao Huan’s face was calm, but his eyes were fixed on the figure of the Hun cavalry that was getting closer and closer. His arms wrapped around ropes slowly lifted up, as if they were filled with infinite arrogant power, and they were about to explode.

Just as the first row of Hun cavalrymen crossed the rope buried in the ground and continued to run forward, he shouted violently, jumped out of the sand, and led the soldiers beside him to pull. Straighten the rope in his hand. Under the skin of the arm, the blue blood vessels swelled up, and the rope was strained and suddenly stretched straight.

The loud bang of “Boom” was like an earth-shattering shock. Accompanied by the flying yellow sand and dust that was several feet high, I saw a huge opening suddenly cracked on the originally flat ground in front of the town entrance.

Pieces of fences and crossbars quickly exploded with the pulling of the ropes.

On the ground there was a huge pit with a length of 100 meters and a width of 100 feet. It was like a huge mouth opened towards Kai, and the people and horses above were mercilessly swallowed into the belly.

The bottom of the giant pit is densely filled with sharpened wooden stakes. A piece of cavalry in front of them fell, and they were nailed to the stakes on the spot.

Just as the people screamed and neighed, struggling and twisting in vain, the cavalry behind them, due to the huge inertia and the push from behind, and the dim sky, couldn’t see clearly, couldn’t stop at all, and fell one after another.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the bottom of the pit was filled with people and horses.

The walls of the pit were straight, and even if they fell into it later, the cavalrymen who were not pierced on the spot could not get out with the help of the cushions of the corpses of their companions.

Six thousand fine riders were swallowed up in the blink of an eye.

Under the bottom of the pit, there is a dense, squirming piece, and it is impossible to distinguish whether it is a man or a horse, whether it is alive or dead, and the horse and the man are trampling on each other.

The sound of hissing, mixed with shrill screams, was incessant, and it rushed up from the bottom of the pit, as if it came from the **** of Avici.

“Fire arrows!”

Gao Huan’s eyes were red, and as soon as he gave the order, the soldiers behind the earth wall poured out one after another, gathered at the edge of the pit, drew bows and shot arrows.

Feather arrows, like a dense net, shot towards the Huns in the pit mercilessly.

Ugan rushed ahead and fell into the bunker too. Thanks to his quick reaction, he grabbed a soldier who fell along with him and blocked it, and only managed to escape the wooden stake where two cavalrymen had been inserted.

The soldier screamed and was stuck by the stake, but he didn’t die immediately, his hands still clinging tightly to his thigh, struggling and refusing to let go.

Ugan cut off the soldier’s hand with a knife, and he was finally freed.

It wasn’t until this moment that he understood. I thought that Li Mu was in the scheme, but he didn’t expect that the person who was in the scheme would be himself.

He was in a state of hatred and fear, and his heart was torn apart. He was about to look for available horses, and when he tried to jump up on the pile of corpses, suddenly, there was a rain of arrows on his head, and there was nowhere to escape. Shot by a sharp sword like a hedgehog.

He raised his head and looked up, his eyes were bulging, his eyes were full of unbelievable indignation and unwillingness, and he stood upright, still refusing to fall.

A Xiongnu cavalryman who was shot to death suddenly fell from the sky, smashed down, and crushed him below.

The Xiongnu cavalry, who was lucky enough to stay behind, finally stopped in front of the sand pit that was constantly devouring people and horses.

Everyone was stunned by this huge change that suddenly happened in front of them.

Before the other party could react, Gao Huan gave another order, and the cavalry ambush on both sides of the town entrance also rushed out.

Seeing that the main general also fell, it was obvious that he could not survive. There were still ambush on both sides of the town entrance, and the light was weak, so I didn’t know how many enemies there were. The rest of the Xiongnu soldiers, who still had half a point of fighting spirit, turned around and ran away.

How could Gao Huan allow these people to escape, surrounded and surrounded, a fierce battle, when it was dark, Wu Gan and the six thousand elite cavalry he brought out were all wiped out, and Gao Huan won a great victory.

The cheers of victory resounded all around Fang Town. The light of the torches illuminated the blood-stained excited faces.

Gao Huan put the blood-stained long sword in his hand back into the scabbard, wiped the blood splattered on his face, and ordered the soldiers to eat some dry food on the spot and rest for a while.

At the same moment when he attracted the attention of the Huns, his commander-in-chief, brother-in-law Li Mu, took advantage of a road marked by the map that his uncle had conveyed earlier last night to lead the army and avoid it. Liu Jian’s eyes and ears attacked Yanmen overnight.

If all goes well, then at this moment, my brother-in-law should be attacking Yanmen.

According to previous spies’ news, Liu Jian had already arrived at Yanmen in person.

When he was waiting for the good news that Ugan would send him the fire to burn food and grass, he probably never dreamed that Li Mu would be attacking the city at this time.

Gao Huan’s blood boiled when he thought of that scene, and he wanted to fly right away. When the sergeant finished resting, he did not stop and galloped away in the direction of Yanmen.