Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 118 The end of the first battle between East and West

The more urgent the rescue is, the more it is necessary to spread the sentry cavalry. There are too many cases in history for Gao Cheng to refer to.

It was Gao Cheng's prudence that allowed Dou Tai to withdraw northward when he was rewarded by sentry cavalry when he approached Tongguan.

Departing from Luoyang, the raid covered nearly 480 miles in two days. For this reason, Gao Cheng even collected all the mules and donkey-drawn carts around Luoyang for the knights to travel, and the camels carried armor and ordnance, and let the horses run empty. A marching speed of 240 miles.

I don't know how many livestock died of exhaustion along the way.

Yu Wentai's [-] cavalry charged wantonly in the crowd, and the pawns who lost their formation were like wheat ears in a rice field, ready to be harvested.

The situation was chaotic, and the sentry cavalry couldn't see Dou Tai, and didn't even know if Dou Tai was still alive.

Time was running out, Gao Cheng hastily ordered:
"General Gao, you lead two thousand cavalry under your command to enter the battlefield from the north! General Duan and General Yao, you two lead your troops and thousands of cavalry to enter from the south side together! I will pretend to make a movement behind the mountain. If the enemy cavalry flees, Don't chase too deeply."

Gao Aocao, Duan Shao, and Yaoxiong led the knights to outflank the north and the south. Gao Cheng led five hundred bodyguards and five hundred Wuchuan cavalry to drag branches, kick up dust behind the hill, and drive away The remaining mules and donkeys make noise.

Yu Wentai was already very close to Dou Tai, he could even see Dou Tai's desperate expression clearly.

Today, one of the generals of He Liuhun will be damaged.

"General, the Guandong reinforcements are here!"

Of course Yu Wentai noticed the movement of cavalry charging from the north and the south, but he was more worried about the footsteps and noises behind the hill.

Maybe it was a deceptive trick, maybe a large number of soldiers really went to the battlefield.

There were not many cavalry from the north and the south, but they seemed to surround him, which made him believe that these thousands of cavalry were just dragging him here, waiting for the army behind the mountain to rush to the battlefield.

"Blow the horn and order the riders to come closer to me!"

Yu Wentai shouted.

The horns were melodious, and when the six thousand riders gathered around Yu Wentai, the four thousand riders from Gao Aocao, Duan Shao, and Yaoxiong had already gathered around.

Seeing the Kansai cavalry who were about to break out of the siege and the reinforcements fighting hand-to-hand, Dou Tai rode out on horseback, drew his bow to help in the battle, and shot frequently.

Gao Cheng, who climbed up immediately, clenched his fists, watching the two streams of cavalry converge, and countless cavalry fell off their horses, his heart ached to the point of bleeding.

Until Yu Wentai tore open the gap on the south side and took the opportunity to break through, Gao Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he was still terrified in retrospect.

After traveling 480 miles in two days, the five thousand Qingqi were already exhausted.

If you want to rescue Dou Tai, you can only pretend to encircle Yu Wentai.

Force him to believe that if he dares to fight again, he will be made dumplings by the follow-up army.

But four thousand cavalry surround six thousand cavalry, if you really encounter a stunned young man, you don't even know that your arrangement is to drag him on the battlefield, and rush to kill him all at once. This precious cavalry in Gao Cheng's hand may be lost. it's here.

After all, it was Gao Cheng's trust in Yuwentai's military quality that made him take the risk.

Gao Aocao and the others kept in mind Gao Cheng's order not to pursue the enemy, but it was true that they could not pursue the enemy any more. This time the troops were holding their breath to hold on to the charge.

"My son."

The remnant of Dou Tai was brought before Gao Cheng. Unlike the joy of the rest of the life of the soldiers, Dou Tai looked ashamed and was about to speak when Gao Cheng interrupted:
"General Dou followed me to Hongnong for a rest."

Now Gao Cheng was very afraid that Yu Wentai would see through his falsehood, so he turned around to attack, and hurriedly led the cavalry and Dou Tai's remnants eastward.

After walking all the way to the foot of Hongnong City and calling to open the city gate, Gao Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao Cheng arranged the soldiers under his command to be resettled in confiscated temples in various places in the city, and hurriedly ordered people to count the losses.

Gao Aocao only lost dozens of cavalry. He attacked from the north, and Yu Wentai broke through to the south. The casualties were negligible.

As for Duan Shao and Yaoxiong surrounded by the south, not only the commander was injured, but [-] cavalry soldiers lost [-] cavalry.

As for Dou Tai's [-] infantry, only less than a thousand returned to Hongnong at this time.

This result made Gao Cheng silent for a long time.

"Zihui! My uncle is going to commit suicide, but if someone finds out, stop him in time. Follow me to persuade him."

Duan Shao hurried over.

Gao Cheng clenched his gums and choked out a word:

"go!"

When Gao Cheng saw Dou Tai in the camp, his hair was loose and his face was decadent.

"You all go out!"

Drink away everyone.

Only Gao Cheng and Dou Tai were left alone in the tent.

"My son, Ah Hui."

Dou Tai raised his head, Gao Cheng's eyes were shining, he lowered his head again, not daring to meet Gao Cheng's gaze.

Gao Cheng stepped forward quickly and punched Dou Tai in the face.

Under Dou Tai's shocked gaze, Gao Cheng gritted his teeth and said:
"Suicide? Why do you dare to die!"

Dou Tai's suppressed emotions also broke out, and he roared:

"Twenty thousand soldiers followed me to the south. In the future, thousands of people will return to the north. What should I say when I see their families! Tell them the truth, because I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, they were buried in Tongguan in vain? What face do I have to see Gao Wang again!"

Gao Cheng grabbed Dou Tai by the collar and said harshly:
"Do you think this life is your own? I rushed 480 miles to save you, what right do you have to die!

"I lost [-] troops in three battles, but today I lost [-] horses to save you, and now you tell me that you are going to die?

"Without my consent, why would you die!"

After all, leaving Dou Tai alone, Gao Cheng went straight out of the account.

"Sir."

"Captain."

Gyeonggi generals and Dou Tai generals all surrounded them.

"My son, General Dou, is he, is he alright?"

Gao Cheng tried to calm himself down, and said to General Dou Tai:

"General Dou is emotional at the moment, you have to keep an eye on him."

Dou Taibu will promise one after another.

Gao Cheng led the generals of Gyeonggi to leave to inspect the wounded in each battalion.

Before he entered, he heard crying in the camp.

The Gyeonggi army lost [-] horses today, and there were not a few wounded people, but at this moment the camp was crying because of the horses that fell to the ground and were foaming.

The importance of war horses to a cavalry goes without saying. A good cavalry is even an excellent groom. They take good care of their mounts and treat them as family members.

Under Gao Cheng's urging, they traveled 240 miles a day, which was completely overdrafting the health of these horses.

It was another fight when they rushed to Tongguan, and then hurriedly withdrew back to Hongnong. When they finally came to a rest, these precious war horses also let out their last breath and all collapsed.

Gao Cheng can understand this kind of sadness. When Gao Huan sent him off when he was ten years old, after four years with him, the little black horse was also run away because of this raid.

"Xiaoxian, go and gather all the soldiers from the capital."

Standing outside the gate of the camp, Gao Cheng gave instructions to Duan Shao who was slightly injured.

Duan Shao took the order and left.

Gao Cheng and other soldiers were gathered before leading them into the camp.

Looking at the sad faces, Gao Cheng took a deep breath and shouted to everyone:

"Today we lost more than [-] Paozhe brothers. I, Gao Cheng, governor of Gyeonggi, promise you that I will take care of the orphans of the victims.

"Don't keep your heads down, we won today! We ran 480 miles and rescued thousands of Kwantung soldiers! No one can erase your credit. When you return to Luoyang, I will report to the emperor and reward you for your merits.

"You may not understand why there is a rescue, but let me tell you, I am not only your governor of Gyeonggi, but also the son of King Bohai, and I cherish every soldier who died serving the Gao family.

"One day, if you are in danger, as long as I, Gao Cheng, get the news, I will lead the rescue even if you are thousands of miles away!"

After hearing Gao Cheng's promise, all the soldiers suppressed their sadness and shouted:

"Willing to die for the governor!"

Only then did Gao Cheng continue to speak to the crowd with a relaxed expression:
"I know that many of you have lost the war horses that you regard as your partners. I promise you that I will go to Jinyang to ask my father to send a group of war horses. You must be prepared. In the future, you will no longer just take care of a horse. War horses, when the time comes, there will be two or three horses in everyone's hands, you have to take care of them for me!"

Some appeasement finally dilutes the sad atmosphere in the camp. When Gao Cheng returned to the mansion arranged by Hongnong County Sheriff and was about to rest, he received a report that Dou Tai was waiting outside the mansion.

Gao Cheng personally went out to greet him.

Dou Tai's face was still haggard, but the decadent aura was gone.

"The kindness of the son's rescue today, Tai will always remember it in his heart."

Gao Cheng grabbed Dou Tai's hand:
"My uncle followed me into the mansion to talk."

The two sat down, Gao Cheng still refused to let go, he said:
"Uncle, I didn't save you today to get your gratitude, just because you are my uncle.

"Today you lightly talk about life and death, where will you send your family, and where will you send me and my mother and concubine.

"You, Uncle, and Uncle Duan are all my mother and concubine's reliance.

"We are both hurt and we are both prosperous. If you die lightly, you will break my wings. If you regain your strength, you will help me.

"During the camp, Cheng offended my uncle, please forgive me."

Dou Tai was greatly moved when he heard the words:

"In the past, I was mostly in the army and had little contact with the prince. Today I know that Hei Nu has a good nephew."

The two chatted about the past again, Gao Cheng then sent Du Dou Tai out of the house.

Thanks to Gao Huan's personality charm, almost everyone in Gao Shi Yuancong is loyal, brave and trustworthy.

In history, Gao Ao Cao would rather die than surrender, and he boldly asked his head to be exchanged for the duke.

Dou Tai Xiaoguan was defeated and killed himself.

Even Mo Dolou, who has no relatives and no reason with Gao Huan, and who belongs to the Da'an faction of Huaishuo with Dou Tai, will fight to the death with all his strength in the future, but he will not surrender.

As for Duan Shao and Hu Luguang, who successively held the military power in Jinyang, no matter how absurd the Gao family's children were in Yecheng, their loyalty to the Gao family never changed.

After seeing off Dou Tai, Gao Cheng was finally able to rest.

But Yu Wentai, who was far away in Tongguan, couldn't sleep.

The generals counted the results of the battle, the cavalry pursued Dou Tai, and the Tongguan infantry concealed and killed the siege troops abandoned by Dou Tai. In total, there were more than ten thousand prisoners and beheaded. Undoubtedly a big win.

The data is far from the [-] people lost according to Gao Cheng's statistics, and the two coming in and out are naturally the people who broke up and fled.

Yu Wentai looked at the generals celebrating each other, but he could only forcefully smile.

By this time, he already knew that it was Gao Huan's son Gao Cheng who led the rescue of Dou Tai.

He also knew that Gao Cheng only had [-] exhausted pawns in his hands, yet he easily rescued Dou Tai from him, which made Yu Wentai deeply worried.

One He Liuhun is tricky enough, and Gao Cheng is not easy to deal with.

Reminiscent of the strength comparison between himself and Gao Huan, Yu Wentai frowned, as if he was the one who lost the battle.

　Chapter 1 has [-] words, and today is still [-] words short. Let me have a meal first.

　　Since many book friends think that the data is unreasonable, let’s modify it, from [-] to [-].

　　The update is not stable because the exam at the end of the month is getting closer and closer. During the day, I spend almost all of my time in the cram school. I am really in a hurry, but it’s only a few days, just finish the exam.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)