First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 183 Chapter 181: The golden cicada escapes its shell

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Dengzhou, Champion City.

More than ten thousand Tang troops lined up below the city, and above the top of the city, the big Chu character flag fluttered in the wind. Zhu Can was wearing a golden armor and holding a big knife. Looking at the Tang troops below the city, his eyes were full of viciousness.

"Can you find out who the guard of Niuwei Mountain is?" Zhu Can asked through gritted teeth.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a Tang army hidden in Niuwei Mountain, first to rob food, and then to restrain them from attacking the mountain, Zhu Can thought it would be impossible to be defeated. Zhu Can can be said to hate the defender of Niuwei Mountain.

The general at the side was a little hesitant when he heard the words, and seeing Zhu Can's eyes glaring, the general hurriedly said: "My name is Gao Chong, and I worship General Hussars."

"A little hussars general is so capable." Zhu Can frowned, "Your surname is Gao?"

The general nodded, "He is the son of Gao Junya, the chief general of the Tang Army a few months ago."

Zhu Can's face was cloudy when he heard this.

At this moment, a young general holding a horse lance rushed out of the city. He was tall and straight, and he was very heroic.

Zhu Can looked down the city, and the general beside him hurriedly said, "He is Gao Chong."

Zhu Can was furious when he heard the words, "Left and right relatives, follow me out of the city."Immediately gather four thousand pro-army and go to battle in Kaesong.

Gao Chong was a little stunned, he looked back at the formation, and couldn't help but bewildered.

This Zhu Can clearly put on a posture of guarding against death, how come the enemy army opened the city to meet the battle the first time he called for battle, this is too much face.

As thousands of Chu troops left the city, Rong Zheng also led thousands of Tang troops forward, closely following behind Gao Chong.

"Little thief Gao Chong?" Zhu Can held a big knife and shouted angrily at Gao Chong.

Gao Chong felt baffled, and asked with a stern voice, "Zhu Can is a villain?"

Zhu Can was furious when he heard the words, "Who is going to take down this thief? Enter the title of General".

As soon as the voice fell, a tall and strong general behind him slapped his horse with a spear, "Little thief, return my fourth brother's life."

"A lance does not kill unknown pawns", Gao Chong stopped Rong Zheng, and said with a shake of the lance.

"Huang San of a certain family, the little thief was killed." The general's name was actually Huang San, and it turned out that he was the brother of Huang Si who was killed by Gao Chong when he robbed grain.

Gao Chong laughed loudly, "Send your brother to meet in Huangquan", as soon as he said the words, a cold light pierced out from the horse lance that was originally under his armpit, as swift as a shooting star.

That Huang San's pupils dilated, and it was too late to close the gun, so he could only helplessly see the spear passing through his chest.

With a vigorous shake, Gao Chong threw Huang San to the ground, reined in his horse and raised his hooves, holding the horse's spear high in his hand, saying "Wan Sheng in the Tang Dynasty", and then went straight to Zhu Can.

"Datang Wansheng".Behind him, Tang Jun also shouted with all his strength, and for a while, his morale soared, and everyone took the lead bravely and went straight to Zhu Can.

Gao Chong saw Zhu Can from a distance, but Zhu Can saw the morale of the Tang army was like a rainbow, so he made a decisive decision and retreated. The four thousand relatives around him had to resist hard.

After fighting for a while, Zhu Can retreated into the city, closed the city gate, and forcibly abandoned more than a thousand relatives outside the city. Gao Chong immediately shouted: "Surrender and avoid death." The words are to kneel down and ask for surrender.

Champion County won the first battle, and Gao Chong showed his skills. Among the Tang army, everyone knew the name of Gao Hussar.

"Zhu Can's abandonment of his pro-military actions today must have chilled the hearts of the rebels, but if you followed your father's example and accepted prisoners, it would surely break the morale of the army," Zheng Yuanxuan said with a smile.

The rest of the generals also smiled when they saw the dawn of victory. The Tang Dynasty was established at the beginning, and it was the most important military achievement. If they wiped out Zhu Can, it would be a great achievement.

The next day, the Tang army had to besiege rather than attack because of the lack of troops. Zhu Can still had tens of thousands of soldiers in the city.

For two consecutive days, Zhu Can did not show up, thousands of soldiers were still stationed on the top of the city, Gao Chong was bored in the camp, so he had to lead his own army out to explore.

After leaving the camp and coming to the north of the city, there was a large river flowing eastward. Seeing Gao Chong standing by the river, Rong Zheng said straightforwardly: "This river is called Tuan Shui, and it flows through Champion County."

"Turbulent water?" Gao Chong was quite surprised, "This water is not turbulent, why is it called turbulent water?"

Rong Zheng is from Shangjin, not far from here, and he is familiar with the landform here. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "This river originates from Jutan. , but when entering Champion County, the terrain is flat, so it is no longer rushing.”

Gao Chong nodded, suddenly staring at the river, he was stunned, and then hurried up the river, seeing the river flowing out of Champion City, he immediately asked in surprise: "This river runs through Champion City?"

Seeing Rong Zheng nod his head, Gao Chong couldn't help being startled, "The big thing is not good, Zhu Can may have run away", then he hurried back to the camp and went straight to the main tent of the Chinese army.

"Yuzhi, why are you so panicked?" Seeing that Gao Chong, who had always been calm, was in such a hurry, Zheng Yuanxuan couldn't help asking in surprise.

"Zheng Siqing, it is very likely that Zhu Can has fled north along the turbulent water." Gao Chong said angrily. No matter how much you scold and fight, Zhu Can never shows up, so he must have run away along the waterway."

"Waterway?" Zheng Yuanxuan was shocked, and hurriedly spread out the map, then yelled, and slapped the table heavily, "The golden cicada has escaped its shell, Zhu Can is so treacherous."

The generals were also angry when they heard the words, Zheng Yuanxuan immediately said: "Regardless of whether Zhu Can really fled north or not, You Zhi, you immediately lead five thousand troops, pursue northward, and take Jutan directly, carefully ambush.

Another order was sent to Yang Shilin in Xianzhou to speed up his march, Xianzhou soldiers and horses must be in place tomorrow, and when Xianzhou soldiers and horses arrive, they will attack Champion City."

Gao Chong took the order to go, and immediately gathered the 5000 soldiers of the Hussar Mansion in Shangjin, and then combined the two army mansions, a total of [-] people, and headed north along the Turbulent River.

Jutan, this is an elegant place, located at the foot of Chrysanthemum Mountain. Here, among the chrysanthemum mountains, there are gurgling springs. Every mid-autumn, there is a pool of chrysanthemums reflecting the fragrance of chrysanthemums.

The original name of this place is Lixian County, which belongs to Nanyang County (Dengzhou). During Kaihuang's reign, it was renamed Jutan County because of the beautiful scenery of Jutan.

As soon as he entered the territory of Jutan, he saw many Chu troops routed. He was shocked and hurriedly arrested a few people. After some interrogation, everyone was shocked.

It turned out that after Zhu Can fled to Jutan by water, he did not escape into Juhua Mountain, but was in ambush. Zhu Can was defeated again and disappeared, so he asked one by one. The flag is the word Yang.

"Yang Shilin?" Gao Chong was a little startled, "He didn't come from the east, how did he come to the north of Champion City?"

Rong Zheng was also puzzled.

Gao Chong immediately ordered the whole army to move forward quickly and take the Chrysanthemum Mountain. Zhu Can fled here because he valued the precipitousness of the Chrysanthemum Mountain. , There are countless bandits hidden in the vast mountains thousands of miles away, and if you want to capture them, it will be extremely difficult.

(End of this chapter)