20. Fengtian City is safe
Just one tenth before the emperor decided not to interfere with Duan Xiushi's command, Duan Xiushi had actually gone to war and defeated Li Chulin's army in one battle.
First, Wei Gao, who had obtained the 4,000 Xiangfan soldiers of Minghuaiyi, took the initiative to attack from Fengyang City, and captured Wushan and Nanyou on the western boundary of Fengxiang. Later, Wei Gao ordered Minghuaiyi to lead 800 light cavalry to suddenly come out. At Shibilizui on the south side of Fengxiang Prefecture, he invited Li Chulin to rescue Nanyou's more than a thousand Fanyang cavalry. The two sides immediately rushed to each other. The three brothers of Minghuaiyi took the opportunity to kill seven teeth generals of Fanyang soldiers with arrows. The Fanyang cavalry was defeated, and Minghuaiyi took the opportunity to seize Shibilizui.
Then Wei Gao led his subsequent troops to arrive, Dafen plundered the supplies left by Li Chulin here, and ordered the entire army to forcibly march overnight, appeared on the edge of Donghu Lake, cutting the grain roads between Fengxiang Mansion and Duyang Valley.
Li Chulin from Duyang Valley was now attacked by the enemy from both sides and was greatly shaken, and there were endless soldiers and soldiers who fled and surrendered.
Two days later, Duan Xiushi asked Gao Yue if he could attack.
After Gao Yue interrogated several rebel soldiers who surrendered, he said to Duan Xiushi, "Duan Duan, now Li Chulin's troops have been shaken. If he delays, he may find a way to regain his command and attack the thief!"
Duan Xiushi then ordered the entire army to attack.
Jiguan Mountain went to Duyang Valley for several miles, and was burning fireworks. Duan Xiushi immediately stood in front and Wei Gao cut behind. He attacked Li Chulin's rebel camp with two sides. He had two thousand heads and captured five thousand enemies. Li Chulin was chased by Zhang Yufei from Jingyuan camp on the way to escape to Fengxiang Mansion and was killed on his horse.
Soon, the army of politicians entered Fengxiang Mansion. Duan Xiushi was the judge, Gao Yue and Wei Gao were accompanying him, and the murderers who killed the Secretariat, Feng Xiangyin, and Longyou Jiedushi Zhang Yi were found one by one, and were beheaded at the market in Yongcheng.
Later, Gao Yue raised a white flag in Baitongfang outside the city and ordered to hide in Qishan. Li Chulin, a subordinate who was a thief in the mountain of Fengshan, surrendered to this end within three days. Otherwise, he would clear out all Fengxiang's mountains and fields and catch the unlicensed person and chop his head on the spot.
More than a thousand Fan Yang soldiers rushed to Bai Banner to beg for work.
Gao Yue immediately sent an order, not killing a single person, and all of them had the chance to reform themselves.
Another day later, the number of surrenders reached two thousand.
At this time, Duan Xiushi was in charge of Fengxiang and called Gao Yue and Wei Gao: "Now Jingyuan, Fengxiang has been completely pacified, but winter is coming, after this war, the food in the western border and capital is very difficult. Fortunately, Yisong and the Wuyingtiantian City were still able to hold on for two years. I immediately drew out 10,000 troops and rushed to Fengtian City to rescue the emperor."
At this time, when Duan saw Gao Yue’s eyes flashing, he knew what he was thinking, so he persuaded him with a gentle voice:
"Yi Song, when you followed me out of Fengtian City, you didn't enter Baili City. Now I ask you to go to Fengtian immediately. I believe you miss your family very much. But I heard from me that since I didn't enter the previous time, I won't enter this time."
Gao Yue understood the Taiwei's thoughts, so he could only accept it.
Wei Gao laughed and said, "Don't be anxious." I immediately asked Yuxiao to go to Bailicheng for a while and took the children to accompany my brother and sister.
While preparing for luggage, there was a sudden retribution. Cui Hanheng and Weilun, the envoy who went out of the city to envoy Xifan, arrived. Not only did they bring the eight hundred Tang prisoners sent back by Xifan, but they also brought a virtuous minister named Qu Jiazan to the West.
"I'm here to discuss with the emperor about borrowing troops to suppress the rebellion!" Gao Yue stood in the front yard of the military mansion, and immediately understood the purpose of this Qu Jiazan coming here.
He immediately turned his eyes and walked to the corridor, stopped Wei Gao, and said we went to Baitongfang to take a look, and asked the Tang people who were sent back to Xifan.
Wei Gao asked someone to bring a horse and immediately rushed to the inn at Baitongfang, the city with Gao Yue.
The eight hundred people who were returned were temporarily staying there. In order to show their sincerity to the peace of the Tang Dynasty, Zamp from Xifan also sent some prisoners like Li Shi.
Gao Yue and Wei Gao rode into the courtyard of the inn on a red shirt and rode a horse. The postman rushed forward to salute.
After dismounting the horse, Gao Yue saw that the eight hundred Tang people had soldiers, monks, and female crowns, but there were no farmers or craftsmen. He felt something was wrong and frowned.
Some of them sat in the courtyard, some were sitting in the long ridge of the canteen, and some were under the corridor. They stared at them with Gao Yue and Wei Gao's entry.
They all skillfully stood up like postmen and saluted Gao and Wei.
Gao Yue shook his head, turned around and said to Wei Gao, "Xifan is really untrustworthy. These 800 people are definitely not the Tang people who were plundered by Xifan before."
Wei Gao understood that these people were so skilled in the etiquette of the Tang people, and they didn't look like they had been trapped in the hands of Xifan for a long time.
So Wei Gao stepped forward to ask a few people, and after asking, he got the answer.
These 800 soldiers, monks, nuns and Taoists, were all captured by Xifan after the fall of Shouchang County in Shazhou (Dunhuang). They all came from the same place.
"Shouchang County, Shazhou!" Gao Yue exclaimed.
It can be seen that during the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, Xifan pretended to negotiate with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was preparing to obtain benefits through the alliance, but while secretly continuing to attack Shazhou, he did not stop for a moment.
Shouchang County fell in July this year, and then the Xifan troops captured several townships in Dunhuang County below Shazhou. Now, the military and civilians in Shazhou began to defend the Jueyuzhou City under the leadership of Yan Chao.
"There have been such a long time along the road, Cui Hanheng and Weilun didn't ask about these situations!" Wei Gao looked angry.
Gao Yue raised his hand and signaled us not to act rashly for the time being, "Cui Hanheng and others will send this Qu Jiazan to Fengtian City to discuss with His Majesty the matter of borrowing troops."
Then Gao Yue paused and said directly to Wei Gao: "Fengxiang, Jingyuan is temporarily under the command of Taiwei Duan. We went to Fengtian and brought ten thousand elite soldiers. We can explain it clearly to the Holy Lord in front of us."
Wei Gao nodded and said that if you lead the troops there, Your Majesty should be able to understand the loyalty we are waiting for.
So now, after the rebels attacking Fengtian City attacked the tower "Dayunliang" was shot down by a large crossbow created by Master Mingxuan, Li Shi turned around and got the message from the beacon tower in Kuojianling:
"Your Majesty, my Yue, and my Gao are here to rescue you!"
So Li Shi shed tears and almost choked up.
Under the north wall of Fengtian City, the remains of the collapsed Dayunliang were mixed with the thieves' bodies, and were set on fire by the official army, and the stench lasted for several miles. On the snow-covered road outside the city gate, the guards on the tower were filled with tears in their eyes, shouting long live the mountain to welcome the arrival of Gao Yue and Wei Gao's army.
At the same time, on Liangshanyuan, when the reinforcements of the Jingyuan and Fengxiang arrived, the Changwu and Huaining Army were in panic. Li Huaiguang and Li Xilie were so angry that they cursed and drew their swords in their hands:
"Zhu Wei misled me!"
Just when he was about to settle the score with Zhu Li, he learned that this man took advantage of the chaos just now and fled towards Chang'an City with dozens of slaves and soldiers.
The Changwu and Huaining armies are now crowded with people, and there are noise and terror everywhere.
At this moment, several more horse-shop cavalry rushed to Li Huaiguang's eyes and shouted, "Han Yougui, Changwu City, killed the remaining queen of Jieshuai, Zhang Xin, and surrendered to Cui Ning. Now Cui Ning is driving the troops to cut off my retreat."
Chapter completed!