Tiantang Splendid

4228 - Defeated and Captured
Among the ministers of Zhenguan, Yu Chigong ranks at the top, and people like Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong all rank behind him.The Xuanwumen Incident ended, and His Majesty Li Er seized the military and political power and rewarded him for meritorious service. Yuchi Gong had one thousand three, Changsun Shunde one thousand two, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, and Liu Shili one thousand, Qin Shubao, Cheng Bite gold and eat seven hundred dollars.

Later, Lingyan Pavilion was established to enshrine Zhenguan Xunchen, which was basically used as a rationale.

In front of Yuchigong are Guanlong leader Changsun Wuji, clan marshal Li Xiaogong, and civil servants such as Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Gao Shilian. It can be said that Yuchigong is the head of martial arts in Lingyan Pavilion.

The reason why Yu Chigong's status is so high lies in his super strong personal force, and also in saving the life of His Majesty Li Er in the chaos.

But it would be a big mistake to belittle Yu Chigong's way of using troops because of this.

It is true that You Houwei's meritorious service is not obvious, that's just because as the most trusted confidant of His Majesty Li Er, he always guards Chang'an and will not be sent out to fight easily.

But now the respected Wei Chigong was completely moved by Jin Wang Li Zhi's promise of "feudalism and passed on to all descendants". He is willing to stand on the Jin side to fight against the central government. He will go all out. Who dares to underestimate it?
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Standing in the heavy rain, Cheng Chubi tightened his hand holding the waist knife, suppressing the tension in his heart, but it didn't show on his face, and his voice was calm and low: "The whole army is arrayed to resist the enemy. Whoever dares to retreat will be determined." No mercy!"

"Here!"

The soldiers under his command abruptly took orders, each rushed to his own troops, and quickly formed an array to meet the enemy.

After the Guanlong Mutiny, Donggong Six Rate, who participated in several battles and won the final victory, has long been reborn. It is never an exaggeration to say that a strong army in this world is not an exaggeration. Although the troops who followed Cheng Chubi and Li Siwen to station on both sides of Guangtong Canal The East Palace Liu rate is elite, but its combat power is not low and its morale is strong.

Even if the attacking enemy was Yu Chigong, the famous general of the dynasty, he was not afraid at all.

But Cheng Chubi knew in his heart that morale on the battlefield can indeed determine victory or defeat, but relying solely on morale is not enough. Since Yu Chigong went into battle in person this time, leading an army of more than ten thousand people, it can be seen that the determination of this battle...

Looking back at the soldiers behind him, he said in a low voice: "Rush back to Chang'an as quickly as possible to report the military situation to Duke Wei, no matter what, there must be no delay!"

"Here!"

The soldiers around him responded, and looked up to see that Cheng Chubi had no other orders, so he turned around and flew on the horse, turned the horse's head, and lashed the horse's buttocks with a whip, the horse neighed, and trampled on the muddy water, heading towards Chang'an Running on all fours in the direction.

Cheng Chubi took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and looked at the vast expanse of wind and rain in the distance, his mind slowly stabilized, and he eliminated all the fear of a powerful enemy attacking, leaving only the perseverance of being a soldier who would never retreat .

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In the wind and rain, thousands of light cavalry rushed along the official road beside the Guangtong Canal. Every time the horseshoes fell, the muddy and trampled road was scattered and splashed. A horse's hoof stepped into the shallow pit and fell to the ground, but Paoze beside him ignored it, just spurred the horse under his crotch, and charged forward quickly.

They are all elite fighters who have experienced hundreds of battles. They understand that the more daring and desperate charge quickly breaks through the enemy's defense line when confronting the enemy, the less damage and casualties they will suffer. The more time you have to react, the more damage you will suffer.

In the midst of thousands of armies, the fear of death brought by individuals will often be infected and diluted by the soaring morale around them, especially as a whole group, the more willing they are to resist arrows and charge forward for the robe, the less likely they will be. easy to die.

The dark clouds gathered in the sky, it was dark and dark, the sound of horseshoes was like thunder, shaking the world, arrows and raindrops were mixed together, and they attacked head-on. The soldiers pressed their bodies tightly against the horses' backs to minimize the exposed area. After hitting the target, he gritted his teeth and kept silent, holding on to the rein, and his charging speed remained unabated.

Under full-speed galloping, the land of an arrow is fleeting.

These thousands of cavalry went straight forward like sharp swords, and when they reached the enemy's rigorously arranged formation, they charged straight at the spears standing in front of the enemy's formation without the slightest hesitation.

The spear tip pierced the horse's body with ease. The horse's heavy body and running speed formed a huge force of inertia, allowing the spear to pierce through the body and slam into the spearman's body.While the war horse neighed, the spearman screamed and was knocked backwards, disrupting the original neat formation behind him.

The cavalry flew up from the horses before the horses fell down, brandishing the horizontal knives and spears in their hands, and rushed into the chaotic formation without fear of death.

The blood of men and war horses splashed in the heavy rain, and almost instantly stained the muddy land under their feet, flowing wantonly.

Without the slightest buffer, it was an extremely tragic fight from the very beginning.

The Sixth Army of the Eastern Palace had fewer troops. Although the official road on the side of Guangtongqu was narrow and easy to defend, the impact of the enemy's light cavalry was too strong, and the formation was quickly broken down. Another light cavalry broke away from the brigade and went down the official road. The farmland made a circle and rushed to the rear at full speed.

Cheng Chubi put on the pocket guard, flew on the horse, drew out the horizontal knife, and said heavily: "Follow me to kill the enemy!"

With his legs clamped in the belly of the horse, he led his personal soldiers and reserve team towards the enemy army coming from the farmland. Even though the enemy army was several times larger than his own, he had no fear on his face.

In the farmland, the two sides fought in a scuffle. The horses neighed and fell, and the soldiers screamed and died.

Yuchi Gong put on his helmet and armor, and led the rear cavalry to follow closely. When he arrived at the camp, the army of the Sixth Army of the Eastern Palace was dead and wounded, and more than a thousand prisoners were disarmed and knelt in the mud of the farmland.

A school lieutenant came with a few soldiers and escorted one person, and reported: "Commander, the enemy camp has been broken, and the striker is crossing the river to attack the enemy's rear on the north bank. Now the enemy's chief general, Cheng Chubi, is captured. How dare you ask the commander?" How to deal with it?"

Yu Chigong held the reins in his hand, and after hearing the report, he said to the soldiers beside him: "Send the order backwards, the whole army must speed up, and must completely annihilate Li Siwen's troops before dark, so as to clear the obstacles for the army to advance."

"Here!"

The soldiers got the order, turned the horse's head, beat the horse and hurried back and forth, and went to deliver the order.

Yu Chigong leaned slightly on the horse's back, looked at Cheng Chubi who was being restrained with disheveled hair and still had a stubborn face, and got off the horse.

Looking at this young man who was still unyielding in the prison, half of the armor on his body was broken, and half of his body was almost stained red with blood from several wounds, Yu Chigong had a pleasant expression on his face: "The defeated general, what can I say?"

"Pooh!"

Cheng Chubi spit thick phlegm at Yu Chigong, but his arms were clipped and he was pressed to the ground so it was difficult to exert force, this phlegm did not spit on Yu Chigong, he gritted his teeth and looked red, and said: "If you want to kill, you have to cut Whatever you want, you wait for the rebellious officials and thieves, and sooner or later the whole family, old and young, will be buried with me!"

"Shut up!" Seeing him insulting the commander-in-chief, the soldiers at the side slapped Cheng Chubi's face fiercely, and cursed, "I cut off your tongue, believe it or not!"

Yuchi Gonghun didn't care, he waved his hand to stop the beating of the soldiers, and looked up at the barracks on the side of the official road, many soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, countless corpses were piled up in one place, and more wounded soldiers were wailing and waiting in the heavy rain cure.

Being seriously injured on the battlefield is often the same as dying in battle, because sword wounds are too difficult to treat, even if you don't die at the time, you will die of pain and torture later, which is not as happy as dying in battle.

In addition to this heavy rain, the wounds were drenched by the rain, and few of the wounded soldiers in front of them could survive.

Yuchi looked at it intently for a while, wiped off the rain on his face, turned around and looked down at Cheng Chubi who was kneeling in the muddy water, bent slightly and stretched out his big hand to pat the other person's head, seeing the " You can kill him, you can't be humiliated." The anger stuck around his neck to avoid, then he grinned and said: "Not bad, I didn't embarrass your father!"

Uncles and uncles have always yelled, although it is now a battle of life and death on the battlefield, but when the victory and defeat are already divided, how can there be any desire to kill?
The struggle for imperial power does not carry personal hatred.

Thinking of those stupid sons in my own family... Sigh.

Straightening up, he smiled and said, "Who is Zhengshuo and who is the traitor? With the outcome still in the balance, it's really uncertain. You're still young, you don't understand the reason for this, and I don't have the heart to argue with you."

After saying that, he stopped talking to Cheng Chubi and told the captain, "Send him back to Tongguan and lock him up. Find a good doctor from the doctor and treat him. Don't let him die. It's a pity."

"Here."

The captain escorted Cheng Chubi away.

Yu Chigong raised his eyes and looked at the boats and wooden rafts coming from the lower reaches of the river. There was a line of archers standing on them shooting rounds at Li Siwen's camp on the north bank. Then he got on his horse and said loudly: "Command Go down, don't care about casualties, quickly annihilate this enemy army, clear the obstacles, and go straight to Chang'an!"

(End of this chapter)