Chapter 455
Jundu Pass has two cliffs on both sides, with a huge stream in the middle. Moreover, there are Great Walls built on the mountains on both sides. If you want to pass, you can't even cross the mountains if you want to pass.
Xue Dingguo's five uncles and nephews were originally because Chen Kefu said he would lead troops into the grassland, attack the Turks' nests, and surrounded Wei to save Zhao, so they followed his army and prepared to be guides. Unexpectedly, although they marched immediately along the way, they knew that they had been fooled by Chen Kefu. This was not because he went to Shiwei. He went to Turks, but obviously he fled into Xi from western Liaoning. Although he went west, he was close to the border of Sui.
When they stepped onto the Guangou Gorge, they finally understood everything. Xue Shixiong was the general of the left imperial guard, but also served as the prefect of Zhuo County. Although the garrison of this army was Luo Yi, the subordinate of the General of the Right Wu Guard, Li Jing, the subordinate of the right Wu Guard, was also within their Zhuo County. How could their uncle and nephew feel strange about the army's gate that leads to the Great Pass outside the Zhuo County.
When they saw that Beikou Pass had already replaced the Chen-word banner, the five uncles and nephews felt a burst of anger. They understood that they were completely fooled by Chen Kefu, and even Xue Shixiong and the 150,000 Hebei soldiers that day were fooled. Chen Kefu did not accept the court's pleading at all, and his target was still the Central Plains.
Although Xue Dingguo's fifth uncle and nephew wanted to peel Chen Kefu's skin at this time, they were only five bare generals, and even dozens of guards were standing by their side, and there was no chance at all.
"Chen Kefu, since you are already the Prince of Beichen in the court, why do you attack the imperial soldiers and rob the imperial guards and cities?" Xue Dingguo glared at him and shouted angrily.
Chen Kefu smiled and turned around. "General Xue doesn't understand the facts of the truth. He just talks nonsense. This is wrong. Since I accepted the court's pleading that day, I am already a general of the court. And you have also seen that after receiving the imperial edict, I did not stop for a day and immediately led 70,000 Liaodong troops to advance westward, intending to really capture the starting lineup."
Xue Wanche looked at Chen Kefu coldly, "I remember what you and my father-in-chief said before was that they came from Shi Wei to the Turks. They attacked the Turks' nests and forced the Turks to return north? But why are we moving west from Xi State and now we are actually in front of the military pass?"
Chen Kefu laughed a few times, "General Xue, from Liaoxi to Shiwei and then into the Turks, that is a long way. But from Liaoxi to Xi and then into the grassland, that is a short way. Since he is going to rescue His Majesty the Emperor, there is a reason to go far. As for why I am here now, this is actually very simple. Just ask Deputy General Wang and understand."
Wang Renxue shook his white beard and smiled slightly, and stroked his beard. "It's actually very simple. This deputy commander received the order from the commander Feiying Commander a few days ago. He said that Liaodong had already received the court's pleading. The commander ordered me to lead troops to attack Shibi Khan's Turkic army to rescue the court. After receiving the order, the deputy commander immediately followed the commander of the commander, and the three armies fought bravely, fighting with Shibi's army several times. Finally, he wiped out the Turkic army and captured Shibi's great Khan, Jie Li Khan, Tuli Khan, Chuluo Khan and other nobles."
"Hahaha!" Xue Dingguo on the other side couldn't help laughing, as if he had heard the funny things in the world. After laughing for a while, he stopped and said, "General Wang, I heard it right? You said you received the order from Chen Pojun, then you attacked Shibi Khan, and then you wiped out all the Turkic cavalry? You even captured all the nobles of the Turkic soldiers going south? Are you sure you were saying it was true. Instead of playing with us as children?"
Wang Rengong disobeyed and smiled generously, saying, "General Xue, you can't believe me, but you can't erase the credit that my tens of thousands of soldiers have built with blood."
Xue Dingguo looked at Wang Rengong's serious look and also put away his smile, "Okay, I will ask you, you said that you received the general order from Chen Pojun a few days ago and immediately attacked the Turks. Then I ask you, where were you leading the troops at that time? Why can you attack the Turks immediately?"
"It's okay to tell you. At that time, I was carrying 30,000 troops with the Prince of Abaoku of the Khitan and the Young Master of the Mogo of the Dahe clan, guarding our caravans in Liaodong and making transactions with the grassland people in Xi State. When we received the order, we were not too far from the border of Hedong, so I will immediately lead our troops south."
Xue Wanche and others did not believe what Wang Rengong said about taking 30,000 troops and escorting the caravan to go to the grassland to do business. The exit said, "Even if you are on the grassland border, the Turks are in Yanmen, which are more than ten days away from Hedong and the grassland border, not to mention the distant Xi State border. If you want to make a compilation, you have to make it look like something."
"Who said the Turks were in Yanmen?" Wang Rengong chuckled, "Earlier, the imperial army of the imperial court had arrived. The Turks lost their troops and lost their generals, leaving only more than 70,000 people to retreat north. When I intercepted them, they were already on the border between Hedong and the grassland. I was defeated by the 70,000 troops at the Jikou General Shibi and captured them."
Although the uncle and nephew of the Xue family did not believe what Wang Rengong said, when they heard the Yanmen siege to be resolved, they still said in surprise, "What did you say? The Yanmen siege to be resolved? Then your Majesty is good now?"
"Okay, everything is fine. Your Majesty is preparing to lead a large army into the grassland, but unfortunately Shibi was captured by me."
The most thoughtful Kung Wanche said, "What do you have to prove?"
Wang Rengong waved his hand, and Wang Runian, the personal guard behind him, had already come over.
"Person Wang, go and bring Shibi Khan here."
"Yes!" Wang Runian bowed and said his leave. After a while, he brought several soldiers, including Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan, Jie Li Khan, Tuli Khan and other four khans. The five uncles and nephews of the Xue family have been in the border for a long time, but they have also been to the Turkic tooth tent once. The five Turkic men with disheveled hair and dull eyes in front of them were Shibi Khan and others they had seen in the past.
Unable to hide the surprise in his heart, Xue Dingguo walked forward, "Are you really Shibi Khan?"
Shibi Khan raised his head and looked at the Sui general in front of him, then turned his head again, "Sui Dog, kill him, and cut him whenever he wants to cut him. Shibi is never afraid of anything, but even as a prisoner now, Ben Khan is also a descendant of the noblest wolf on the grassland. How can you to insult like this!"
As soon as Shibi spoke, Xue Dingguo had already determined it. The man in front of him was indeed Shibi Khan. Of course, the familiar look. The familiar voice and the unruly expression were a little good. But he still couldn't believe that Shibi Khan, who led the 300,000 army south, would actually become a prisoner of the Liaodong Army.
Seeing their inexplicable surprise, Chen Kefu felt a little proud. He left Wang Rengong behind, but he was just trying to assassinate Shibi, and he was not sure. His purpose was just to worry that after the Turks returned to the grassland, they would come to revenge Liaodong in the future. So he wanted to make the Turks have no leader and start a mess. But he really didn't expect that Wang Rengong would give him such a big surprise, not only would he destroy the Turks' soldiers who returned from defeat in the south, but even the nobles in the army south were in a slaughter. You can imagine that I had no nobles of the Turks, and the attacks and invasions of the tribes around the Turks in front of me. The powerful grassland Turks in the past have never returned, and the Eastern Turks will not be able to make a comeback within at least twenty years.
Waving his hand, a group of soldiers took Shibi Khan and others down again. Shibi's name was too big, and Chen Kefu had already thought about it. These people were destined to be in the prison in Liaodong. As long as they did not die, these people would be the nominal supreme leader of the Turks. A group of alive Khan nobles, big and small, better than a group of dead nobles. But now they can't be allowed to stay here again. If they stay, maybe the brothers of the Xue family would have to ask about Yanmen, the court and the emperor again. He didn't want them to know about the situation.
Chen Kefu asked the soldiers to take Shibi and others and pretended to be very angry. "On that day, our Liaodong soldiers fought for the court and His Majesty, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed in battle, so they completely annihilated the Turks and captured Shibi and others. After receiving the letter from General Wang that day, in order to prevent the situation, our general was worried that the Turks would come to steal Shibi Khan and other prisoners. Therefore, they were asked to return to the territory of Xi and sent troops to help."
"Originally, after receiving Deputy General Wang, I planned to immediately bring Turkish prisoners such as Shibi Khan, join the army and enter the pass, and then enter Hebei from Feihu Pass. Go to Yanmen. On the one hand, I hand over Shibi and other prisoners with Your Majesty. On the other hand, I also responded to Your Majesty's order, led troops to join the imperial army, preparing to enter the grassland, and reported the humiliation of the Yanmen Turks' besieging our emperor that day. Unexpectedly, when Deputy General Wang was waiting for the general here, the defenders of this army and the defenders of the army and attacked our Liaodong troops. General Wang suspected that the defenders within the pass had colluded with the Turks and planned to rescue the Turkic nobles such as Shibi Khan."
Xue Dingguo and others were a little overwhelmed after listening for a long time. They couldn't figure out what was going on. They wanted to say that the Liaodong army wanted to attack Junduguan, but they had sent troops into the grassland before, robbed and killed Shibi Khan's Turkic army, and captured many Turkic nobles. The Liaodong army and the Turkic army do not have a border now. If the Liaodong army still had a rebellious intention, then according to common sense, the enemy of the enemy was a friend. Then the enemy of the court was a Turkic people, and the Turkic people should be friends of the Liaodong army. But now, they traveled thousands of miles to annihilate the Turkic people who besieged the emperor.
This chaotic situation made Xue Dingguo a little confused.
"Prince, the last general, must be misunderstandings. The last general who is in the army knows that it has always been Luo Yi's guard. Luo Yi is currently in Linyu Pass, and the people who stay at this pass are Luo Cheng, the youngest son of the Luo family and Luo Yi's old subordinate Luo Wu. They may not have recognized the general's troops for a while, so there was a misunderstanding for a while. Please forgive me."
Chen Kefu was unyielding and sneered, "I am now the three ministers, the Minister of the Shangshu, the head of all officials. He is also the son-in-law of His Majesty, and a minister of a party. He is a prince with 300,000 soldiers. If a small general of Yingyanglang dares to come to Taisui to get to the head of the Taisui, will an infantry captain dare to come to the head of the prince in the future? If you have any reason, you will travel all over the world. Today, I am the general, just for the sake of General Xue, give this Luo family a chance. Now I am still rushing to do so.
I took Shibi and other Turkic prisoners to Hedong. As long as the Luo family boy came out of seclusion and kowtowed to apologize and admit his mistakes, I will be able to keep my past resignation. But if he doesn't know the truth, don't blame me for being rude. Don't say that he is a little boy from the Luo family who has not grown all over. Even if he is a man, Luo Yi, I will transfer him to my Liaodong Army from His Majesty. At that time, I will not be difficult for them. I just need to pour a toilet for this prince for a year."
Hearing Chen Kefu's arrogant words, the uncle and nephew of the Xue family were all sweating. But thinking about it, Chen Kefu was arrogant, but he had such qualifications. Today, Chen Pojun is the strongest minister of the Sui Dynasty. He holds the land of Liaodong and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. He is under the emperor and above all the people in the world. Even the prince and the prince does not have the capital to be as arrogant as him.
The Xue family and the Luo family were originally fellow townsmen in Hebei, and with Youjiu Town, the two families had long been family friends. Seeing that the Luo family boy was ignorant and caused such a big trouble, he hurried forward and said, "Prince, Luo Cheng is just an ignorant young man of 18 years old. The general can hold a boat in his stomach, and there are many adults. Don't be as knowledgeable as such a boy. If the general is willing to give our Xue family a little face, I, Xue, will be willing to close the Luo family boy for you in person, and let him kowtow to the prince to accompany him and toast and apologize."
Xue Wanche was helping Luo Cheng save Qing and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes. Prince, it is the most important thing to rush to Hedong. Don't delay major events just because of small matters."
At this time, Wang Renxue and other generals of the Liaodong Army also pretended to persuade each other. Chen Kefu took it for a while and felt that the performance was almost done. Then he put away his black face and nodded and said, "Since all the generals have pleaded for his Luo family, the prince cannot show too much favor. Well, according to the generals, I will give him another chance. As long as he immediately opens the city gate, offers wine and meat to reward the three armies, and kowtows to the prince to give him a toast, the prince will no longer pursue this matter. If he still toast but does not eat the punishment, then the general only needs to give an order. When the small army is broken, the Luo family will not be useful even if they plead. Even if they go to the Emperor's Golden Palace to file a complaint, the prince will not be afraid of him."
While pretending to be speaking there, Chen Kefu was smiling proudly. In this era, the transmission of information was too underdeveloped. The Liaodong Army had special communication channels in various places, sending messages through flying eagles and flying pigeons. In the Sui Dynasty, except for the emperor's black-clothed iron guards, they basically sent messages through post stations. Even if it was an emergency military situation, they could only be accelerated by changing horses for eight hundred miles. No matter how fast the four tui ran, they could not fly fast with two wings. This kind of information asymmetric war made Chen Kefu feel like the Americans were fighting stupid and big wood.
If it weren't for this advantage, Chen Kefu wouldn't have thought of using this method of stealing the military gates. When he thought that the military gates were almost in danger, he could take them down without spending one soldier. Chen Kefu felt even happier in his heart...
Chapter completed!