Chapter 188: Attacking the east and attacking the west, five battles and five victories (Part 1)

On the city tower, beads of sweat as big as beans appeared on Gongsun Jiao's forehead. He looked around and shouted loudly: "Who knows Your Majesty and Lord Xiao, come out quickly!"

A soldier from the East Gate Guard came out tremblingly and replied: "General, the villain is fortunate to see Your Majesty twice."

"Quick." Gongsun Jiao turned around without thinking and shouted, "Hanging basket, use the hanging basket to hang him down to distinguish the authenticity."

A soldier from Youzhou took out a hanging basket from the arrow tower and hung the guard soldier down the city tower. The soldier went down the city tower and then jumped across the moat. A "Qingzhou soldier" came forward here and pulled him up from the moat. As soon as the soldier climbed the river bank, he saw the anxious autumn wind.

The soldiers of the guard team had really seen Qiu Fengjin. Although they were far apart at that time, the soldier had a good eye. Naturally, he recognized that the person in front of him was Qiu Fengjin, the emperor of the Mingyue Empire. He was even scared of his farts. He knelt in front of Qiu Fengjin with a thud, and he didn't even dare to lift him up again.

Gongsun Jiao on the top of the city suddenly felt a slump when he saw it. It depends on the situation. His Majesty the Emperor is real!

Qiu Fengjin outside the city was already very anxious and opened his mouth hard, but the voice was clearly from the mouth of the tiger spy who pretended to be a Qingzhou army soldier behind him: "Damn it, listen to the soldiers on the city tower. If you don't open the city gate, I will never forgive you after entering the city!"

Xiao Chengliang next to him was also very anxious, his mouth opened and his expression was crazy.

But what the tiger spy behind Xiao Chengliang said made him feel crazy: "Bastard, are you traitors who dare to stop His Majesty the Emperor's imperial battle? Open the city gate quickly. If you don't open the city gate, if your Majesty makes a mistake, you will be killed in the whole family!"

On the top of the city, the cold sweat on Gongsun Jiao's forehead was already flowing down his cheeks like a river.

The guard soldiers who were hung down from the city could not be spies of the enemy. But for some reason, Gongsun Jiao always felt a little uneasy. He always felt that the situation outside the city was a bit strange, perhaps it was intuition, or perhaps it was the keen perception of danger developed through years of vocational life. He always knew that he smelled a breath of danger from it.

What to do? Open the door or not?

Open the door, what if this is a trap for the Tiger Legion?

If the door is not opened, if His Majesty the Emperor really falls into the tiger's minions again, he, Gongsun Jiao, will definitely not be able to bear the blame. Perhaps the entire Gongsun family in Youzhou will be uprooted by His Royal Highness Yuewang!

In the shadow outside the city.

Three figures almost merged into the surrounding darkness, and these three figures were suddenly Meng Hu, Qi Diaozi and Jia Wudao.

Seeing that the guards on the top of the city were still struggling, Meng Hu couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many talents in the Mingyue Army. We have made our articles so perfect, and it can almost be said to be flawless. But the guards on the top of the city still refused to open the city gate. This matter cannot be delayed anymore. If it is delayed for a long time, let Tuoba Ye come on the stage quickly."

The head of the east gate of Xijing.

While Gongsun Jiao was struggling violently, a sudden sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded under the night sky outside the city. Then, dozens of Qingzhou troops with torches rushed to the moat at the east gate like a whirlwind. The horseman was wearing heavy armor and covered in blood, looking like a general in the Qingzhou army.

Of course, this Qingzhou general is Tuoba Ye.

At this point, Tuoba Ye has no choice. He has already "expressed his feelings" in front of the empire emperor Qiu Fengjin and the empire prime minister Xiao Chengliang. Now, there is no other way to go except to follow Meng Hu all the way to Hei. As for whether he can enter the ancestral tomb and genealogy of the Tuoba clan in Bingzhou after his death, it is no longer within his consideration.

"Hao!"

Tuoba Ye slammed the mount under his crotch and shouted, "Who is the guard at the top of the city? Why don't you open the door yet?"

Gongsun Jiao took a breath, held Duo's place and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the Third Division of Qingzhou Legion Tuoba Ye!" Tuoba Ye shouted sternly, "Why don't you open the city gate and let Your Majesty and the Prime Minister enter the city? Are you intentionally wanting His Majesty and the Prime Minister to be the prisoners of the Tiger Legion? If you open the door and don't open the city gate, I will be welcome!"

Gongsun Jiao had already believed it 90%, but he still asked with concern: "Why does General Tuoba look like this?"

"Nonsense!" Tuoba Ye shouted sternly, "If our Qingzhou army had not fought to the death, how could His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister easily escape? Now Lord Situ is leading the remnants of Qingzhou to fight fiercely with the Tiger Legion. Not only do you refuse to send troops to reinforce, you will actually block His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister from entering the city. What is your intention?"

"call……"

Gongsun Jiao let out a long sigh, without any doubt in his heart, turned around and waved, "Open the door, open the city gate immediately!"

With a command, the hanging suspension bridge finally slowly descended, and the closed city gate slowly opened with a harsh creaking sound. The "Qingzhou Remnants" crowded in front of the moat rushed into the city gate in chaos with Qiu Fengjin and Xiao Chengliang. The gate of Xijing City finally opened to the Tiger Legion again.

Tiger Roar Pass.

Gongsun Xiang's Youzhou army finally reached the foot of Hu Xiao Pass, but what was shocking was that Hu Xiao Pass closed the door, and the Yin wind in the Guanzhong was gustless, and there was not even a figure!

The vanguard general of Youzhou Legion, that is, Gongsun Ao, the eldest son of Gongsun Xiang, was worried that this was the suspicious plan of the Tiger Legion. The army did not dare to get too close to Hu Xiao Pass, but just sent a small team to the Pass to spy. The result was much beyond Gongsun Ao's expectations. There was not even a ghost in the Pass.

At noon, Gongsun Xiang also led the main force of the Youzhou Army to arrive.

When he met Gongsun Ao, Gongsun Xiang asked, "Ao'er, what's the situation?"

Gongsun Aoying said: "Father, when the child led his army to arrive, the closing door of Hu Xiao Pass was always open, and there was no sound in Guanzhong. The child was worried that this was the suspicious plan of the Tiger Legion, so he did not dare to get close. He just sent a small team to the Pass to spy, but found that the Tiger Legion had already abandoned the Pass and left."

"What!?" Gongsun Xiang said in surprise, "The Tiger Legion has abandoned the gate?"

"Yes." Gongsun Ao said with a heavy emphasis, "Father, our army has carefully searched every corner of the pass, but found nothing. The Tiger Legion has indeed abandoned the pass!"

Gongsun Ying shone brightly and pondered: "The scout of our army has never relaxed its search for the entire Zhongzhou Plain, not to mention the scout of the Shuozhou Army. The Tiger Legion is not a small army with only three or five thousand people, but a large army with a hundred thousand troops. It is impossible to escape the spy of our army's scout of our army."

Gongsun Ao said: "But our army has indeed not found the whereabouts of the Tiger Legion when we came all the way east!"

Gongsun Xiang said: "It seems that Meng Hu's Tiger Legion broke through separately. The cavalry division that belonged to him rushed to the west. The purpose was to cover up the eyes and to lead the Shuozhou cavalry of Yan Shisan. The main force of the Tiger Legion abandoned Guandong and went north along the Jitian Mountains."

"Okay, great!"

Gongsun Ao shouted, "Meng Hu, this bastard, didn't know that the main force of the Moon King was heading south along the Jitian Mountains, and he actually came to his door. In this way, the two armies would collide head-on. Haha, when the father led the Youzhou army to crush the north, the main force of the infantry of the Tiger Legion would become a turtle in the jar."

Gongsun Xiang also smiled and said, "This time Meng Hu is also secret. His mistake is that he should not abandon the pass. Even if he only leaves a small number of troops to defend the pass, the Tiger Legion can still leave a little room for strategic transformation. Now, the shame that the Tiger Legion inflicts on the empire can finally be repaid!"

"Father." Gongsun Ao said furiously, "Come on after leaving the customs!"

"Yes." Gongsun Xiang Chong said with a head-on focus, "Tell us the order, the entire army quickly crossed the Huxiao Pass and pursued the Jitian Mountains northward!"

Baisha Bay is located two hundred miles northeast of Xijing.

The Baisha River originates from Nucang Mountain in the northern part of Zhongzhou, and then spreads from north to south across the Zhongzhou Plain. Finally injected into Tongtian River. Compared with the vast and rushing Tongtian River that stretches for thousands of miles, Baisha River is simply a small ditch. But for Ma Sifeng's cavalry division, Baisha River is now an insurmountable natural danger in front of them!

The surface of Baisha River is not too wide, at most, only about a hundred steps or not deep. People and horses can hike across the river. However, in the spring of this year, the weather has been warming up, the snow has melted, and the snow water flows into the river, causing the water level to soar. The river surface is more than twice as wide as in previous years. Originally, people and horses could hike across the river, but now they can't even cross the river on horseback.

“Well…”

The river blocks the road, and the horse can only stop the horse.

Behind Ma Sifeng, the soldiers from the north who had fought for the rest of their lives stopped one after another. The originally quiet Baisha Bay suddenly became noisy, with horse heads everywhere and noisy sounds of neighing people everywhere.

The five cavalry corps captains rode their horses behind Ma Sifeng, and the man gasped and said, "General, we have no way to go!"

"Yes, there is no way to go." Ma Sifeng said sternly, "There is no market town nearby. Now it's too late to look for a boat to cross the river, and the Shuozhou cavalry will not let us cross the river calmly."

"General." Another cavalry captain said with a sad expression, "Our Fourth Division is finished!"

“Bad talk!”

Ma Sifeng changed his mind, "Our Fourth Division is not over yet. If Yan Shisan's Shuozhou Army wants to bite the hard bones of our Fourth Division, they still lack the secondary iron mouth and steel teeth!"

"Yes, I'm fighting against the bastard Shuozhou barbarians!"

"Even if you die, you have to pull a cushion. Fuck his grandma!"

Several cavalry captains shouted.

Only the captain of the cavalry corps who had just shouted "It's over" said angrily: "General, Meng Hu escaped with the main force of the Tiger Legion, but let our Fourth Division stay and die. Husband is unwilling to give up!"

"Shut up!"

Ma Sifeng was furious and said, "Don't forget that we are soldiers, and soldiers are responsible for obeying military orders!"

The captain of the cavalry corps shouted: "But Meng Hu is not our commander, he is not the governor of the North!"

"But he is the third commander of the Western Expedition Army!" Ma Sifeng pulled his sword and put it on the neck of the cavalry captain with a sharp blade. He shouted, "Ma Liu, for your long time, I will make an exception today. I will let me hear such bastards again next time, don't blame me for not remembering the old love!"

The captain of the Cavalry Regiment named Maliu was silent when he heard this, and he dared not say anything more.

At this time, the scout captain galloped to Ma Sifeng and shouted loudly: "General, Shuozhou cavalry are catching up!"

Ma Sifeng and the five cavalry captains turned around after hearing the sound. Sure enough, they saw a faint black line appearing on the eastern wilderness. As time passed, the faint black line was becoming thicker and thicker, and was slowly extending towards the two wings. Although they were still far apart, Ma Sifeng clearly heard the faint sound of horse hooves, as if the muffled thunder from the distant sky.

Looking around, a trace of ferocious murderous intent suddenly flashed through Ma Sifeng's eyes. When he set out from Hu Xiao Pass, the Fourth Division had more than 20,000 cavalry, but after a series of chasing and fighting with the Shuozhou cavalry in the past few days, the troop strength of the Fourth Division had been reduced to more than 8,000 cavalry. However, the Shuozhou cavalry did not get any advantage. The two armies basically exchanged for one life for another!

"Send the order!" Ma Sifeng slowly turned the blood-dropping sword and shouted in a grim voice, "The whole army is in line and ready to face the enemy!"

With the order of Ma Sifeng, the last 8,000 light cavalry left in the Northern Army turned their heads one after another, and quickly formed a neat cavalry formation under the shouts of their respective commanders. In less than a meal, rows of neat cavalry appeared on the empty river beach, and the Shuozhou light cavalry on the horizon in the distance finally flocked to it.

“Well…”

In front of the Shuozhou Light Cavalry Formation, Yan Shisan suddenly raised his right hand and shouted loudly, "Stop moving forward!"

At the command of Yan Shisan, the Shuozhou cavalry that were sweeping forward along the wilderness stopped advancing one after another, then quickly extended to the two wings, and finally formed a fan shape to trap more than 8,000 Northern Army cavalry on Baisha Bay. The Northern Army cavalry obviously had the desire to fight. During this period, they did not rush to break through, but quietly waited for the Shuozhou cavalry to come forward and fight.

The fourteenth throne of Yan came to Yan Shisan and asked loudly: "Father, why don't you drive these brilliant barbarians down the Baisha River in one go?"

"no."

Yan Shisan shook his head coldly and said, "Educated hunters know that injured trapped beasts cannot chase too quickly, otherwise they may be bitten back! The remaining enemy cavalry in front of him are desperate and have become trapped beasts. If we force them too quickly, it may arouse their desperate desire. Even if our army can win, it will inevitably pay a heavy price."

Yan Shisi was revealed at the slightest moment and suddenly said, "Father said, can't you be too hasty to destroy the remaining enemy cavalry that are still fighting?"

"Yes, you can't be too hasty!" Yan Shisan's face looked a little relieved, and he nodded happily, "I ordered the entire army to camp on the spot and prepare for a long-term siege!"

Xijing, the imperial capital of the Mingyue Empire.

Although the Tiger Legion successfully opened the east gate of Xijing City, the war was not going smoothly. Although Gongsun Jiao was young, he was extremely experienced in his actions. He had already warned the defenders in the city to prepare for early defense during the stalemate. When the Tiger Legion entered the city in a large scale, the Youzhou army and Shuozhou cavalry, who were responsible for defending the city, responded quickly.

Gongsun Jiao even organized a fierce counterattack. Before the vanguard of the Tiger Army entering the city had time to gain a foothold, he was almost expelled from the city. Fortunately, Zhang Xingba's guard arrived in time, and the Tiger Legion gained a foothold. Next, Gongsun Jiao organized the Youzhou Army to launch a fierce street battle with the Tiger Legion!

This battle can be said to be the most intense battle that the Tiger Legion has fought since the Western Expedition!

In the Battle of Black Wind, the Tiger Legion suffered a lot of casualties, but the war was not fierce, because the Tiger Legion at that time could almost be said to be a new recruit, and both morale, fighting spirit and morale were incomparable to the present. After experiencing four consecutive victories, the Tiger Legion's morale, morale and fighting spirit have been greatly improved.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Tiger Legion is a group of real tiger and wolf troops!

Qi Diaozi's strategy of attacking Xijing was a strange strategy in the world, but the Tiger Legion's attack on Xijing was not smooth. The Youzhou Army and the Shuozhou Cavalry may not be the most elite army of the Mingyue Empire Army, but their determination to defend the imperial capital was extremely firm. They truly fulfilled their duties as soldiers - to fight to the death without retreating!

The Youzhou Army and the Shuozhou cavalry advanced to a desperate resistance with the streets and alleys in Xijing. It was not until two days later that the Tiger Legion occupied the entire city of Xijing. Almost all 20,000 troops in Youzhou and Shuozhou were killed in battle. Gongsun Jiao killed more than 100 elite troops in the Tiger Legion, and eventually died under Zhang Xingba's iron halberd. Yan Beifei led less than 100 cavalry to escape.
To be continued...