Chapter 491 Storm (31)

The battle on the south side of Qiaocheng took place between the two battalions of soldiers and horses led by Niuda and Zhang Daoxian and Sima Jinda's troops.

As the force closest to Qiaocheng, Niu Da received the military order and left only the Su Mu battalion, which he was unfamiliar with, to guard Chengfu City, which actually had a small garrison. He took Zhang Daoxian and rushed to Qiaocheng as quickly as possible.

Frankly speaking, after receiving the military order, Niu Da was only grateful to Zhang Sange, Chief Zhang.

Of course grateful!

Brother Zhang and Niu Da were said to be brothers. In fact, it was an encounter in Dongdu that year. It was Zhang Sange and Qin Bao who unilaterally rescued Niu Da, who was still new to the world. Later, when Zhang Sange came to the East,

Pull the lever, four or five years have passed, and now, there are dozens of states and counties, and the world is noisy. In the troubled times of the previous few hundred years, he would have been king and emperor... So what is the actual relationship between Niuda and others?

Even between a king and a minister, the worst thing is that the relationship between the boss and the minions in a gang is the same.

And under this kind of relationship, the other party can ignore his various strange repeated defeats and always insist on the appointment, and it is obvious that he has always insisted on the appointment as a general, which is really grateful.

This time, I had nothing to say. On the one hand, I gave the command power to a group, and then directly gave the leader of the Forbidden Army such a huge opportunity to make a contribution. Everyone should be grateful.

However, who would have thought that a Forbidden Army force would abandon the central group so decisively, cleverly and timely bypass the army's outflanking force, and follow them to the gates of Qiaocheng City?

Both sides were caught off guard. Niu Da, who was attacked from behind, had already cursed his mother with hatred in his heart, but how could Sima Jinda do any better? The latter's troops had been working hard all day and were already exhausted.

The two armies immediately fell into a melee and a bitter battle.

In the city, Prime Minister Sima, who was attending the evening show, was obviously drunk, but he was not drunk yet. Naturally, he could hear the noise at this time... Feng Chang, the resident of Zhongshushe, and Zhuge Dewei, the former city lord, didn't know why, but they came here in a special way.

Quickly, he arrived in the hall almost immediately.

Sima Huada was obviously flustered and his head was obviously dizzy. He could only try to ask: "Where is the fighting? Who is fighting?"

The two of them looked at each other, but Feng Chang stepped forward and first screened away everyone around him, especially the few sycophantic civil servants and officers who were drinking with them. Even a few of Sima's personal guards were asked to stand in front of the hall, and then

Just then he reluctantly handed over his hand and told: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, there are two groups of soldiers and horses fighting in the south of the city. As for who it is...it is nothing more than the imperial army and thieves. If we have to say a third group, it can only be General Sima who came from the east capital."

This answer is watertight.

However, Prime Minister Sima thought for a moment and was frightened: "Erlang wants to kill me?"

What is this nonsense?!

Feng Chang was sweating profusely and could only speak cautiously: "Report to the Prime Minister, I don't think so."

"You don't understand." Sima Huada said quietly, as if he had seen through everything. "You don't understand. Even if Erlang himself behaves badly, there are people like Wang Daiji who do it for him. You have to be on guard."

I don’t understand shit!

Feng Chang was speechless to the extreme. He could only lower his head and speak cautiously: "Prime Minister, it's like this. My subordinates came here not because they knew about the fighting outside the city, but because they knew about the military situation in the south. I happened to bump into this movement on the road..."

After Feng Chang said this, he shut up and waited for the other party to take the initiative to ask. After waiting for a while, there was no movement. He looked up and found that the prime minister was just sitting there in a daze. He didn't know if he was scared.

Yes, it’s really hard to get over the drunkenness.

In desperation, Feng Chang could only bite the bullet and tell the other party: "Prime Minister, the main force of our army... Zuo Pushe, Youpushe, General Cui, General He, the four generals, I don't know how many troops and horses, are together in Chengfu.

The southwest area was defeated. It is only known that Youpushe led thousands of people to escape. The rest of them were not known to be alive or dead. It is said that they were all surrounded... In other words, most of the remaining soldiers outside the city were the remnants of Youpushe who had just arrived, and those who followed

Anyone who shoots and fights with you should also be a thief."

"Is that so?" Sima Huada panicked when he heard it halfway. He waited for the other party to finish speaking and then asked quickly. "If so, what can be done?"

Feng Chang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly answered: "The overall situation is difficult. Now we should send out troops quickly, go out from the west gate and make a detour, and then form a pincer attack with You Pu She. Defeat the enemy in front of you, and then send You Pu She into the city before returning.

Discuss the overall situation.”

Zhuge Dewei glanced at Feng Chang and remained silent.

"That's all we can do." Sima Huada nodded, looking past Zhuge Dewei beside Feng Chang, and directly issued an order to the private guard at the door. "Please come, General Linghu."

That's right, Linghu Xing must have led the troops, and the Prime Minister must have been strategizing from behind.

After a moment, Linghu Xing came to the hall in full armor. However, the only leading general beside the prime minister was obviously hesitant after listening to the narrative.

"General Linghu." At this time, Feng Chang couldn't wait any longer. "The military situation is so strong, why hesitate?"

Linghu Xing glanced at the man and understood, but did not respond. Instead, he frowned and handed over to Sima Huada: "Prime Minister, your servant has entrusted the Prime Minister's safety to me. I dare not say anything... Zhuge De

Since Wei and you came up with this idea of ​​going out of the city to attack in a pincer attack, the person must be the thief's internal agent and can be beheaded immediately!"

The other three people in the hall were all smart people in a certain sense, but they were all stunned.

After coming back to his senses, Zhuge Dewei glanced at Ling Huxing's back, then glanced at Feng Chang who was shocked and angry, lowered his head and crossed his hands, but still did not say a word.

Feng Chang wanted to speak for the second time, but this time he was stopped by Sima Huada. The latter raised his hand to signal, squinted his eyes and looked at Linghu Xing with a smell of alcohol: "What do you say, General Linghu? Zhuge said

The prefect’s suggestion is obviously fair and upright!”

"It looks just and aboveboard, but in reality it contains evil intentions." Linghu Xing raised his head and raised his knife, saying with disdain. "Normally speaking, the thieves should be fighting with our people outside, and they can go out of the city to attack, but in fact, the fighting outside is a matter of heaven and earth.

The battle started after dark. No one knows who the two sides are, what the situation is, and the specific positions and strength of both sides... Not to mention that it is possible that the thieves are playing tricks on themselves to deceive the city. It is really that Youpu She and the thieves are fighting. We are now

When Kaicheng opens, soldiers and horses who may be ambushed by thieves may enter the city! By then the city will be empty, and those subordinates dare to ask the Prime Minister, who is responsible for the Prime Minister's safety? As for Zhuge Dewei, he is the prefect of this county, and he is the governor of this city.

Lord, it is more convenient to meet the rebels, so wouldn’t it seem suspicious for him to suggest this to the prime minister at this time?"

The rain outside has stopped, but there is still a trickle of water dripping from the eaves. As for the people in the hall, Sima Huada tilted his head and looked thoughtfully at the desk; Linghu Xing held his head high, and in the independent hall,

It seemed that everything was under control; Zhuge Dewei lowered his head half-way like a fool; Feng Chang also lowered his head, but raised his head several times and lowered his head several times, as if he was planning something... Everyone seemed to be speechless for a moment, so that

There was silence in the hall.

After a long time, the Prime Minister, who was still sitting at the table, sighed and broke the silence: "General Linghu is overthinking it. Prefect Zhuge probably doesn't know much about military affairs. He didn't think so much... I just said that the situation is critical now. What if we don't send troops?"

"

Linghu Xing thought for a while and came to a serious conclusion: "Actually, if we calculate it based on the distance to the battlefield and the strength of both sides, the thieves will have a great victory. It is unlikely that their main force will leave the battlefield and come to the city so quickly. So why not do it now, Prime Minister

Throw away all the baggage and go straight out of the city overnight to the northwest? The reason for considering the route and supplies before was because we had to consider the whole army of the Forbidden Army. Now that the overall situation has deteriorated and the main force has been lost, we set off on our own, so there is no need to worry so much."

Sima Huada was at a loss, and then nodded in confusion.

However, Feng Chang suddenly stepped forward and said sincerely: "Prime Minister, you can't do that!"

"What do you mean?" Sima Huada was really confused.

"Prime Minister, the reason is very simple." Feng Chang answered calmly under Linghu Xing's squinting gaze. "I dare to ask the Prime Minister, if you go out of the city to attack, you must be careful of thieves taking the opportunity to rob the city. If you leave the city at night and escape, you will not be afraid of being caught up by thieves.

The main force of the thieves is not there, but the northern front is under the city, and we have no response from the front. They only need to divide a small group of troops to keep up! Then at dawn, the thieves' few cavalry battalions can calmly pursue them.

Come on, surround us!"

"Indeed." Sima Huada suddenly realized. "It's too dangerous to go out of the city overnight!"

"But Prime Minister." Linghu Xing hurriedly came to persuade. "If you don't leave, you will only be trapped in the isolated city... Even if the main force of the thieves arrives, there are two or three masters, and twenty or thirty people who have made elixirs and condensed elixirs. The city will be useless, and it will still be a dead end.

...I estimate that the thieves will have reinforcements arriving in the middle of the night, and the main force will arrive tomorrow morning."

"There is one more thing." Feng Chang also said earnestly. "The biggest reliance on escaping at night is not the strength of troops but the reliability of combat power. General Seven is the prime minister's brother and a master of Chengdan. Without him, we would only be attacked by a few thieves on the way.

If a master catches up, there will be no results... Although General Linghu is loyal and brave, I am afraid it will be useless."

Linghu Xing finally glared at Feng Chang, but the latter didn't look at the former at all. He bowed his head to the drunken man behind the case. However, the private soldiers of the Sima family at the door obviously understood what he said and couldn't help it.

Looking back.

"Yes, yes." The difference of opinion became public, and Sima Huada hesitated. He could only lie on the case and look around in confusion. "But...but this...what can I do?"

At this time, the other person in the hall, Zhuge Dewei, who had remained silent, had already understood... The reason for the current situation was mainly because Linghu Xing and Feng Chang had their own agendas.

First of all, both of them were shaken by the situation and both disapproved of Sima Huada, but the degree of shakenness was different.

This can be seen from the process of the two people testing themselves before.

Linghuxing had soldiers at his disposal and his family was high up. At worst, he would go to Bai Hengqiu to find someone to rely on, so he was condescending, his posture was calm, and he would not hesitate to test him when he came up. In comparison, Feng Chang was much more flustered, and

He didn't look for me until the news of the previous defeat came. He seemed to be alone and weak, so it was more interesting to wait and see where the situation was heading before acting.

Secondly, even if these two people wavered, it was only because they were worried about the situation and did not really want to surrender. They did not regard the surrender gang as their first choice... Feng Chang saw the fighting outside and knew that Sima Jinda might have returned.

The first reaction was to send troops to respond; while Linghu Xing wanted to protect Sima Huada and take the opportunity to escape.

Finally, the two men obviously had conflicts.

Feng Chang's plan was the most reasonable, but if he risked his existing troops to welcome Sima Jinda into the city, what would he do with Linghu Xing? He simply pretended to be confused and stepped on Feng Chang's suggestion of leaving Sima Jinda and running away.

This plan actually catered to Sima Huada's greed for life and fear of death, but he didn't expect that Sima Huada was so greedy for life that he was not even willing to take the risk of escaping at night... As a result, Feng Chang naturally responded.

Just as I was thinking about it, someone from above suddenly came up and asked, "Prefect Zhuge, what do you think we should do?"

Zhuge Dewei raised his head and saw that it was Sima Huada who was asking, but without hesitation, he knelt down with a plop.

Not only Sima Huada, but the other two were also stunned.

"Prime Minister, if I surrender, no matter what I say, I will be framed and accused!" Zhuge Dewei knelt on the ground and immediately burst into tears. "He agreed to go out of the city to attack, so he said that I was communicating with the thieves and took the opportunity to lure him.

The soldiers entered the city. If they agreed to escape, they would say that I harbored evil intentions and deliberately put the Prime Minister in danger. They even said that they had laid a trap in advance to lure the Prime Minister into the trap. Even if they asked the Prime Minister to stay in the city and defend it, they would also say that I was delaying time.

The thieves came to surround me...what can I do?"

Sima Huada sighed and looked at the other two people, but neither of them said a word. They had no choice but to comfort the descendant on their own.

As a result, at this moment, Zhuge Dewei raised his head, with tears streaming down his face, he suddenly bit his finger under the light, and then raised his bloody finger to the sky: "Prime Minister, I really have no choice but to point at Sanhui here.

The Fourth Emperor makes an oath to you! If we want to send troops to attack the thieves, I am willing to be the vanguard! If we want to go north, I am willing to carry the Prime Minister on my back! If the Prime Minister wants to stay in the city, I am willing to hold the sword and guard the door for the Prime Minister! That’s it!
To be continued...