Lord of the House - v12 Chapter 85

At the end of the day, Zhou Pulema stopped at Kou Shou Mountain at the west end of Xinziying, holding the reins and looking at the wilderness in front of the mountain.

In the chaos of last night, the morale of the captive soldiers was lost, their will almost collapsed, and their physical strength almost collapsed. In the face of the Huaidong cavalry who came to intercept the road, they had no heart to resist, and only wanted to escape from this desperate purgatory. A battlefield like a meat grinder.

However, from Xinziying to the west is the Wei River, and to the south is the Guoshui River. There are a limited number of bridge crossings. Tens of thousands of disabled riders swarmed to fight. Countless people trampled each other and pushed them into the water in the chaos. Powerless to stop Huaidong’s elite cavalry from rushing into its formation from the flanks, wielding long and narrow war knives, frantically harvesting the lives of the fallen soldiers.

Zhou Pu looked at the **** battlefield, his heart was as hard as iron.

A dozen or so cavalrymen came, followed by an empty horse, and only before they saw a corpse hunched on the horse’s back, all clothes and armor, but arrows hanging from the body, stained with blood, as if the body inside the body was red. The blood had drained, and the limbs hung down stiffly.

This was one of the few enemy generals who had the courage to counter-charge after the first jockey appeared from the flank. Maybe it’s death? Zhou Pu looked at the battlefield, noticed his existence, and specially ordered someone to find his body.

“Hey, Hugouzi also has hard bones,” the jockey commander He Zhifeng, who joined the army, got off the horse and showed the corpse on the horse’s back to Zhou Pu, “Commander, you probably didn’t expect this to be a big fish, right? The identity has been confirmed. It is indeed Tong Huacheng, the supervisor of Yanhuxi Temple, who is listed as a first-class war criminal by the military, but it is a pity that he did not catch the living; I didn’t expect him to have some backbone, and he wanted to die…”

Tong Huacheng, who is in charge of the West Temple Supervisor, has always been a headache for Jiang Ning, but he never thought that he would appear on the Fenghe battlefield. But after thinking about it, I am relieved. After the sea defense line was torn apart, the West Temple Supervisor stationed in Dengzhou had actually lost its function. Tong Huacheng, who was quite familiar with Jiangning’s situation, did not follow He Xiongqi to Linzi, and it was with the early morning. It is not difficult to understand that Fan Wenlan who captured the prisoner and Ye Jiduodi recalled Yanjing together…

At this time, a number of swift horses came and came to dismount: “The army ordered the first jockey to flee to the west of the Fenghe River to escape the enemy’s rear, and after the enemy was defeated, join the Chu Zheng’s troops to advance westward along the Chaobai River and attack the enemy at Weihui Bridge in the west. , peep into Chaoyangmen…”

He Zhifeng said: “Maybe Hugouzi has abandoned Yanjing and fled west. We don’t chase after horses, why do we attack Weihe Bridge slowly?”

“Chasing, how to chase?” Zhou Pu waved his whip to slap He Zhifeng, telling him not to open his mouth and talk nonsense.

The jockey moved the fastest, but the workers’ battalion and the navy were behind, and the other brigades were also behind. Xinzi’s battalion crossed the Wei River to the west, and there was no way to cross it quickly.

If the jockey wanted to get close to Yanjing City as quickly as possible, he would take Weihui Bridge and cross the Wei River.

Although it can be expected that the Hulu in Yanjing will most likely abandon the city and flee to the west after learning that his left flank has been completely wiped out in Fenghe, it must be taken into account that the Hulu in Yanjing City and the right wing still have 30,000 horses. Infantry, jockeys charged quickly to Yanjing, in fact, can not be too careless.

On the other hand, the military prefers that the Hulu in Yanjing will withdraw to the southwest and flee to Taiyuan, rather than pressing all the way, intercepting the road in the middle and forcing them to escape in the direction of Datong – if the Hulu in Yanjing flees in the direction of Datong However, in the direction of fleeing southwest to Taiyuan, the Huaidong Army wanted to chase the remaining enemies behind, and they were ambushing Wei Zhonglong’s Taihang Mountain Independent Commander.

Zhou Pu looked at the battlefield. The battle was coming to an end. In addition to leaving two battalions of cavalry to sort out the battlefield, he ordered the other troops to immediately gather and rest in the direction of Xinzi Camp on the north wing, preparing to continue westward in the afternoon…

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Concubine Yu sat down in front of the bed, staring blankly at the Emperor of Heaven who didn’t know whether to live or die.

Yezier poured ginseng soup every day and died. Although he did not wake up and his face was as pale as before, the situation did not seem to get worse.

The palace has been in chaos since noon. It is rumored that the Huaidong Army has recently arrived thirty miles east of the city.

The elites of the 60,000 Beijing battalions, including nearly 20,000 children of Donghu Guiqi who were just out of calves and were not afraid of tigers, actually called the Huaidong Army such a devastating annihilation. Only hundreds of remnants and defeated generals fled into Yanjing City one after another by noon. This is called The generals and defenders who were still in Yanjing City completely lost their will to resist, and prepared in a hurry to flee to the west.

The city of Yanjing was also in chaos. When Concubine Yu was in the palace, she saw several black smoke billowing into the sky around her. It was thought that someone was taking advantage of the chaos and robbery.

In the outer hall, the inner servant and the maid hurriedly moved out the most important things in the palace—but what else could be important at this time? Yu Fei thought in confusion.

At this time, there was the sound of a cluster of nails, and no one was walking in. He heard Ye Jiduo ask the imperial doctor waiting in the outer hall in a hoarse voice: “There is not necessarily a large road when you leave the city, and the chariot can’t go. Change the car, can the emperor’s body support the bumps on the road? What additional preparations are needed on the side of the Imperial Medical Bureau, you all think seriously, if there is a basket in the middle of the road, be careful of the heads on your necks.”

Concubine Yu stood up with her hands on the ground, and she did not sleep or eat for more than ten consecutive days. Her body was also extremely weak, her face was as white as snow, she could not see blood, and she became more and more clear and bright. Qu Mengye, Zhang Xie and other princes and ministers came in.

Zhang Xie was flustered, walked in and stumbled on the high threshold, and almost fell to the ground with a dog eating shit. Ten steps laughing at a hundred steps, only hoping to move faster, to escape from Yanjing City before the Huaidong army came to encircle it.

Ye Jiduo’s cheeks were sunken, his eyes were bloodshot, and he instructed the maid to move the unconscious Emperor of Heaven to the soft couch and carry it out; Concubine Yu couldn’t help, so she could only help lift the hanging yarn sheet, Walk out behind.

There was a lot of cries outside the hall, begging bitterly to go with the army, but the jailer ruthlessly stopped him on the periphery.

The Huaidong Army was only thirty or fifty miles away from the city of Yanjing, and the cavalry quickly arrived in half a day. The 60,000 cavalry was also called the annihilation of the Huaidong Army, and no one expected that the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Wei Huiqiao would be able to hold the Huaidong Army for a long time.

In such a hurry, most of the people in this palace will be abandoned, unable to flee west with the army.

The Huaidong Army’s marching speed was extremely fast, and they could only buy half a day at most. If the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, women and children eunuchs, all abandoned the city and fled to the west, the final result would be that no one could escape.

Those palace maids, guards, old and weak, no children and even concubines who had been put into the cold palace before, were also discarded together. These individuals are full of great fears about the future, thinking that although fleeing to the west is hard, there is always something to rely on.

There was a carriage in front of the hall, and hundreds of guards and guards were also ready to go. The palace maids sent the Emperor of Heaven with the soft couch into the carriage. Concubine Yu had no intention of packing her personal luggage, and then got into the carriage, raising the curtain and looking at Ye Ji. Too bad, I hope to take all these personal envoys away.

Only at this time did Concubine Yu know that the Empress Dowager had already set out on the road, but due to the blow of Fenghe’s fiasco, the Empress Dowager completely entrusted the affairs of state affairs to Ye Jiduodi before noon – but at this time, everyone fled for their lives in a hurry, how could there be any state affairs? Word? The so-called state affairs are nothing but a mess that can no longer be rotten. Unless there is a miracle, it is impossible for anyone to change the situation to make the situation look better.

Ye Jiduo’s face was ashen. Seeing Yu Fei’s sad eyes, Yu couldn’t bear it. He waved his hand and told these maids to get into the car, and looked at the east side worriedly – no one knew about Wei Huiqiao’s How long can the soldiers and horses defend, Weihui Bridge came over, and it was only 30 miles away from Chaoyang Gate, and they did not have any more soldiers sent to defend in these 30 miles, delaying the pace of the Huaidong Army’s westward advance.

Nominally, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in hand, but the 60,000 elites have completely wiped out the Huaidong Army in more than two days. What great use can these 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers be worth? Ye Jiduo only delusionally imagined that when the Huaidong Army came after him, the 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers would be able to escape without falling.

Even if they could only slightly delay the pursuit of the Huaidong Army, Ye Jiduo did not dare to consume them all at once. From Yanjing to Taiyuan, there was still a journey of nearly a thousand miles. He needed to throw these soldiers in batches. Block on the road behind.

After all, in the battle of Fenghe, the casualties were too tragic.

Not only the 30,000 elite cavalry he brought back from Jinan were all buried, but also the children of noble families who were able to fight on horseback, as well as the wrapped slaves of various families.

Not only the people in the palace could not be taken away, but also the old and weak women and children in the city of Yanjing by all the generals and officials.

Ye Jiduo hated in his heart: Why did he wait until this time to see the reality clearly, if he would resolutely give up Yanjing when the Dengzhou Navy was destroyed… Even after the fall of Jinhai, he decided to give up Yanjing West Withdrawal, it will not be so embarrassing.

In the battle of Fenghe, it was not the issue of 60,000 soldiers and horses being killed or injured, but the entire backbone of Dayan was interrupted! It’s all the spirits that have been wiped out!

Ye Jiduodi only felt a throbbing pain in his heart. He forced himself not to faint, and waved the car to call the jailer to **** the emperor’s car to go out of the city. At this time, he couldn’t even send enough troops to protect the emperor’s car. , I had to deceive the queen mother to go first. In fact, I have the idea of ​​​​taking the queen mother to explore the way. Who knows that those bandits in the Taihang Mountains will suddenly jump out and intercept the road?

“Three kings, the old minister thought it was time to go to Datong!” Zhang Xie said through gritted teeth while pinching his unkempt white beard~www.mtlnovel.com~.

“…” Ye Jiduo shook his head. Although it seemed safer to flee to Datong at this time, the troops in Datong had already given time. There is respite. Only by going south, maybe there is a chance to go to Taiyuan, they will have a chance to retreat to Guanzhong after joining forces with Henan and Shandong, and Dayan will have a chance to retain the last line of vitality…

Even if the Taihang bandits will intercept the road, they may not be able to go directly to Taiyuan, but they can also pass through Hebi, take a detour through the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains and flee to southern Jin, where they will join forces from Shandong and Henan to go to Guanzhong.

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With the jailer clearing the way, the carriage and horses quickly passed through the chaotic Yanjing City, exited the city from Taiqi Gate, and walked onto the road to Zhending Mansion.

Concubine Yu was also haggard. After she left the city, she fell asleep in the car in a daze. She didn’t know how long it took. When she woke up, a clear light appeared in the gap of the car curtain. She didn’t expect to fall asleep in the car. Dawn the next day.

Concubine Yu lifted the curtain of the car to let the bright morning light shine through. She didn’t know where she was going. She thought that she should spend the night away from Yanjing and go out a hundred miles away. She didn’t know if the Huaidong Army had any Yanjing City, I don’t know what fate awaits those who have no chance to escape in Yanjing City – Yu Fei was thinking wildly, only to feel that her ankle was caught by a thin thing like dry claws, she was startled, Then I thought that the emperor was awake, and said happily: “The emperor is awake!”

Seeing the clear morning light, Yezier opened her eyes weakly, as if she woke up when she was distracted.

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