Outside Woye Town.
The sound of war drums filled the sky.
Liu Yong gave an order, and the Yongfeng elite who had traveled a long distance launched an attack.
There were seven or eight thousand of them. When they formed a formation, they were overwhelming. Almost everywhere they could see were filled with their knights. And when they launched an attack, they were like a torrent, sweeping across the sky.
down, submerging everything in their path.
The sound of Zhou people's war drums was even duller.
They used a big drum, and the sound was heavier, and every beat seemed to hit everyone's heart.
Liu Yong sat in the middle position and led the knights to charge.
Liu Taozi's army remained motionless. He looked at the distance between the opponent and his own home, and then began to slowly separate the army, one group at the front and one at the front. The knights in the front row prepared a defense with the cooperation of the sword and shield players.
preparation.
He learned this from Yang Zhong.
When facing the charging knights, as long as the front row can slightly reduce the enemy's speed and resist the first attack, the back row can be used to launch an attack, causing huge casualties.
The heavy cavalry gathered around Liu Taozi, and the steel monsters were ready to counterattack.
At the moment when the two sides encountered each other, the neighing of the war horses surpassed the sound of the war drums.
The horses collided with each other, and the knights screamed. This was the time for Liu Taozi to attack. At this moment, he led the heavy cavalry to charge, and the enemy's charging speed suddenly slowed down.
At this time, the enemy's formation is the most chaotic, and the distance between the front and rear troops is difficult to control. At this time, the front row separates the distance, and the heavy cavalry slams into it, directly driving into the enemy's formation.
What was originally a short-term chaos was prolonged because of this head-on attack. Liu Taozi's purpose was also very clear, to directly capture the enemy's general.
Liu Yong's operation was extremely rough, but he was not afraid. The moment the enemy attacked, he changed his position and kept moving back.
He had long heard of Liu Taozi's reputation for bravery.
And whether it is the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Puppet Qi Dynasty, there is no shortage of such fierce generals.
Especially in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yang Zhong could lead fifty men to charge into battle, and Hou Mo and Chen Zong dared to lead a few cavalry to attack the city.
They all relied on their own bravery and beheaded directly to win.
Liu Yong thinks he is not such a ruthless opponent, but the soldiers under his command are many and fierce. These are elites, they are large in number, and they have the advantage of fighting in the local area. How can they be afraid of you?
As long as I stand far enough back, wouldn't it be fine if I don't let you hit me?
But when the general stood behind the scenes, his observation of the situation and the issuance of orders were not so clear.
Liu Taozi repeatedly charged into the formation, tearing apart the enemy's defense line again and again. When the enemy's offensive began to weaken and even began to retreat, Kou Liu led more than a hundred elite cavalry from the rear army to attack the opponent from the left wing and began to cut through the formation.
Although there were many Zhou people, the enemy could not be seen in front or behind, and the inside of the formation was beaten into a mess by the bandits. They collided with each other. Liu Yong himself did not even react. The Zhou people on the front line had already begun to collapse.
Liu Yong was shocked. Instead of trying to distance himself and fight again, he sent the rear army forward and urged them to urge the front army to continue charging and not to retreat!
At this time, the Zhou soldiers were completely in chaos. After the chaos, there was a great rout.
Liu Yong himself didn't even understand what was going on. As he was fighting, his family members suddenly began to run away. Liu Taozi led the troops to kill, and the people of the Zhou Dynasty fled in all directions. Liu Yong immediately joined the fleeing ranks, and he stared at
He rounded his eyes and cursed angrily: "It was Hou Mochen's old general who harmed me!!!"
After the defeat, the war did not end. The Qi people were chasing and killing everywhere. The killings started, and the Zhou people wailed everywhere.
It wasn't until the sky turned dark that the Qi people stopped their pursuit. The entire land was once again covered with corpses from both sides, with Zhou people having the most corpses.
These most elite troops, under chaotic and incompetent command, suffered another disastrous defeat.
Liu Taozi took the opportunity to gather his troops and quickly attacked Yongfeng.
The pigeon flew over the jungle in front of it, waved its wings slightly, and raised its position again. It passed through the city wall and arrived exactly outside the school grounds. The speed became slower and slower, and finally it
fell into the hands of the samurai.
The warriors untied the letter from the pigeon's feet and hurriedly sent it to the clerk.
Jade City.
Although it has not yet entered the cold winter, the official office looks a bit desolate.
Wei Xiaokuan was wrapped in thick clothes and sat in front of several civil servants.
The officials took out letters and explained the situation in various places one by one.
At this moment, someone suddenly walked in, walking in a hurry. The scribe saluted Wei Xiaokuan, then quickly took out the document and said tremblingly: "General, it's not good, Liu Taozi defeated Liu Yong in the fertile field."
, Liu Yong had already captured Yongfeng Town and escaped, and several garrison towns around Yongfeng began to evacuate."
At this moment, Wei Xiaokuan's face suddenly turned red. With quick hands and quick eyes, he almost snatched the letter from the other party's hand.
He looked down for a moment, his lips turned white, and the hand holding the document began to shake.
He slowly put away the documents and slowly looked at his confidant in front of him.
"Since ancient times, wars in the world have not depended on the generals, but on the kings."
"If the king is wise, the war will go smoothly; if the king is stupid, the war will be defeated."
"As soon as Liang Guogong died, the destruction of puppet Qi died with him."
"To destroy the puppet Qi, we must divide our troops into two groups, entangle the opponent's northern troops all the way, and take one directly to Luozhou, so that the enemy cannot be connected in series. Sui Guogong can attack from the north, but without Liang Guogong in the south, who can
What’s the role?!”
Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to answer.
Wei Xiaokuan raised his head sadly and sighed again.
"It's a pity that I couldn't kill Liu Taozi at the beginning, but now I have no chance anymore. The situation has become a success. In the other dynasty, Gao Jun is in charge, Liu Taozi is in the north, and now he has obtained Yongfeng. From now on,
He will definitely take Yongfeng as his base, send troops everywhere, and continuously expand the territory he occupies. When the time comes, it will not be us attacking on two fronts, but the enemy will attack us on two fronts."
Wei Xiaokuan forced himself to calm down again.
"Bring me a pen and paper."
"We must defeat Liu Taozi. Yongfeng cannot fall into Liu Taozi's hands, otherwise we will all become his prisoners sooner or later!!"
"Even if it costs 100,000 people, we have to get Yongfeng back. We have to get it back."
Wei Xiaokuan immediately buried his head and began to write. The clerk looked at him quietly. Wei Xiaokuan's hand holding the pen was shaking as he wrote, his expression became more and more sad, and he wrote faster and faster.
When Yang Zhong besieged Jinyang, he was really happy, but in a moment, the situation changed drastically. Gao Jun took Gao Zhan hostage, and Liu Taozi captured Yongfeng.
Over and over again, it turned out to be a massive hemorrhage.
Of course, this time the enemy's north suffered great destruction and its economic capacity was greatly weakened, but this cannot make up for the loss of Yongfeng!
Wei Xiaokuan buried his head and wrote out a few strategies that should be implemented at the moment.
The first is to recapture Yongfeng with all our strength at all costs. At present, the enemy has no strength to counterattack. The only ones who can control Yongfeng are Liu Taozi and those under his command. As long as he sends a general who can lead an army to attack, Liu Taozi will have to eat them.
spit it out.
The second is to focus on Yongfeng and change the previous offensive style. We must focus on Liu Taozi and suppress Liu Taozi's development with all our strength. We must send troops from time to time to plunder his territory and destroy his farmland. We must not
Let him develop the rear with peace of mind.
The third item is to stop the plan to attack the puppet Qi with a large army next year, rest and recuperate, and first focus on the south to hoard food and troops.
Wei Xiaokuan finished writing this, and then wrote his name sadly, even in a pleading tone.
He then handed the letter to the scribe beside him and said, "Send it to Chang'an for me."
The scribe left quickly.
Wei Xiaokuan just looked at everyone, "Gao Jun will probably support the young master to control the government. I need a helper from Yecheng."
"Send all the people from all over the Qing capital to Yecheng and let them do their best to find out the current situation of the enemy. Gao Jun must not be allowed to control the puppet Qi government."
"Gao Jun. Liu Taozi."
"If these two people join forces, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be in danger."
Chang'an.
The Duke's Mansion of Jin State.
Yu Wenhu sat in the upper position, and his confidants sat below. They all lowered their heads at this moment and did not dare to speak.
When the news of the defeat on the front line came, those people who were still clamoring for the destruction of the Puppet Qi suddenly became calm.
Yu Wenhu frowned, his expression quite ugly.
"Liu Yong is a veteran general, and he is the commander of Yongfeng's elite. How could he lose to Liu Taozi so easily?"
Yu Wenyuan said at this moment: "The Duke of Jin lost this battle because Liu Yong underestimated the enemy and was not worthy of his great responsibility. I told you before that he could not go to the frontier, but you didn't listen."
"Now there can be no further delay. Yongfeng cannot fall into the hands of the enemy! I am willing to lead the troops to attack!"
"Please give the order quickly!"
Hearing Yu Wenyuan's words, Chief Protector Yu Wen sighed, "I should have listened to you from the beginning. The loss of Yongfeng is indeed my fault."
The ministers hurriedly apologized, but Yuwenhu shook his head and asked: "Then how can we recapture Yongfeng?"
At this moment, Li Bing, the general of the Zhu Kingdom, stood up in a hurry and said, "My lord, the enemy general is occupying Yongfeng. We have money and food. Unless we use a large army to besiege, there is no other way."
"Please summon a large army immediately, attack with a large army, and take back Yongfeng while the enemy is on an unstable footing."
Yu Wenhu glanced at the other party, his eyes becoming cold again.
Immediately, a minister stood up and said, "Yongfeng can't fall into the hands of the enemy, but we can't attack it with a large army. We summoned a large army not to recapture a small Yongfeng, but to capture the entire Puppet Qi!"
"I don't think there's any need to worry. This battle has shown the weakness of the puppet Qi. The enemy has already deteriorated to this point, so what's there to worry about? Let's gather the army now, and after the autumn, we'll attack them in one fell swoop.
When the Puppet Qi is destroyed, will the gain or loss of a city still be considered an important matter at that time??"
Hearing this person's rebuttal, Li Bing was about to speak, but Yu Wenyuan shook his head slightly at him.
Yu Wenyuan then spoke: "My lord, although the Puppet Qi is in a state of unbearable condition, it is not yet ready to perish. Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, Liu Taozi and other generals are still there, and there is even Gao Jun in the court.
With the assistance of Gao Rui, Zhao Yanshen and others, if we call for a large army to destroy the puppet Qi, it would be great if we can destroy it. But if we fail to achieve our goal and Yongfeng falls into the hands of the enemy, what should we do?"
"Why, does Anhua County Duke think that we can't destroy the puppet Qi with an army of 200,000?!"
Yu Wenhu's cronies once again jumped out to object.
Yu Wenyuan shook his head, "It's just that there are not many people who can command such a large army to fight, and the Puppet Qi has not completely lost its combat effectiveness."
Yu Wenhu, who was still smiling at first, was a little angry now.
In recent days, some people always say that he forced Hou Mo and Chen Zong to kill, which led to such a defeat. They say that once he dies, the destruction of the Puppet Qi next year will become completely impossible.
Yu Wenhu was also very angry. If I didn't kill him, would I wait for him to kill me?
He hung out with the emperor all day long, and even instigated the emperor to take action against me. It was already very merciful of me to spare the lives of his people.
What do you mean now when you say that there is no one who can command an army?
Are you also talking about Hou Mo and Chen Zong?
Yuwen Hu said coldly: "I am going to summon the army of the twenty-four prefectures, with a strength of 200,000, to personally attack the puppet Qi."
Hearing these words, Yu Wenyuan's mind buzzed, and he almost jumped out to object.
Do you want to take command personally??
Not only him, but also several surrounding ministers were stunned at this moment.
Absolutely no way!!!
Don’t think of yourself as Yang Zhonghou and Mo Chen Chong!!
But Yu Wenhu's expression was quite serious. Yang Zhong's military exploits this time allowed him to know the reality of the enemy. What else could Qi have to fear in such a terrible state?
If he can destroy Qi this time, then no one can shake his position.
Even after Dugu Xin came back to life, he couldn't show his teeth to him.
Yu Wenhu thought about his elite soldiers and generals, his eyes sparkled and he was full of confidence.
Everyone wanted to give advice, but at this time, persuading Yuwenhu not to personally lead the troops to attack the puppet Qi was linked to other things. Why don't you want the Duke of Jin to contribute to the destruction of the country?
Could it be that she was disloyal to him?!
For a moment, the hall was quiet.
Yu Wenhu looked at the ministers around him and was quite satisfied when he saw that none of them spoke to object.
He smiled and said: "Let Liu Taozi be proud for now. Next year, I will command the army, destroy the puppet Qi, and personally cut off Liu Taozi's head!!"
Yongfeng Town.
Liu Taozi was sitting in the official office, not very proud.
Kou Liu was quite proud.
He never expected that the war would go so smoothly. He shook his head and sighed repeatedly: "Brother, this is really a match!"
"Gao Zhan wants to kill his own generals, and Yu Wenhu is no exception. Looking at the people they have arranged, he is also a piece of shit. The success or failure of this war has nothing to do with the generals. It all depends on the king of the two families.
More normal."
"Brother, after taking Yongfeng this time, can we block Yang Zhong's retreat?"
Just when Kou Liu was thinking about expanding his victory, there were chaotic footsteps outside the door.
Kou Liu hurriedly went out to greet him. Soon, Kou Liu laughed and led someone into the house.
The people brought by Kou Liu were none other than Chu Jiande.
There was another person beside Chu Jiande. That person was much younger than Chu Jiande. His face was pale at the moment and he was trembling with fear.
"Lord!!"
When Liu Taozi saw him, her expression became much gentler.
"Chu Gong."
He motioned for Chu Jiande to sit next to him, and Chu Jiande sat down with a smile, then looked at the helpless scribe standing in front of Liu Taozi.
"My lord, this man is called Xu Zhicai. He used to serve as a minister in the court and was a well-known great doctor in the world. Not long ago, Tian Zili sent someone to bring him to me. When I come here this time, I will bring him to me.
Up."
Liu Taozi looked at him and looked him up and down, "Xu Zhicai? That famous doctor in Yecheng?"
"How did you get here?"
Xu Zhicai trembled and hurriedly paid homage to Liu Taozi, "General, please spare your life!"
"I never said I wanted to kill you, what's going on?"
"I don't know either. A few months ago, His Majesty was going to Jinyang. I had something to do at home, so I brewed enough medicine and left it with Your Majesty. I took three days off to prepare to settle the family matters before going to Jinyang.
"
"Then I was arrested and sent to Shuozhou, and then to the frontier fortress."
"General, I really don't know anything! General, please spare my life!"
When Xu Zhicai said this, Liu Taozi looked at Chu Jiande hesitantly, and Chu Jiande whispered: "Zu Jue stole this."
"Zu Jue went to Jinyang and used some strategies to keep him. Then he led people to tie him up and asked He Bajun to take him back to Shuozhou."
Liu Taozi's lips trembled again for a moment.
Has Zu Jue's condition progressed to the point where he started stealing people?
Chu Jiande continued: "Zu Jue told Tian Zili: Gao Zhan is alive entirely because of this man's contribution. As long as he is not here, Gao Zhan will definitely die, and this man is very capable. Zu Jue cannot bear to kill him.
He sent him to the frontier and told us to keep an eye on him and never let him return to Yecheng."
Liu Taozi nodded and looked at the frightened Xu Zhicai again.
"Don't be afraid. Just stay with me for now. I won't kill you."
"Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"
Liu Taozi looked at Chu Jiande, "How is the situation over there in Yecheng?"
"Everything went well. The messenger from the temple is waiting for you in Wuchuan now."
"I have talked with that angel. It is said that he is the general of the guards and the governor of the six states. By the way, the most important thing is that he is canonized as the governor of Hengshuo."
Liu Taozi was a little confused, "What is the great governor of Hengshuo?"
"That is, serving as the governor of Hengzhou and Shuozhou simultaneously."
"At present, King Pengcheng has become the prime minister and is in charge of the government. Gao Rui and others have also submitted. No one resists him. The temple is dismissing officials from various places and replacing them with talented people. This is the emperor's matter. Zu Jue originally said
The crown prince is of little virtue and should let the emperor's second son Gao Yan take the throne."
"But for some reason, after Zu Jue entered the palace to talk to them, he immediately changed his mind and said that the crown prince must ascend the throne. He also said that Gao Yan could not take on such a big responsibility."
Chapter completed!