Chapter 640 This is a good start.
This time the emperor visited the west, a large number of troops and horses were mobilized. Wang Yue needed to lead the army to patrol the western inspection route, while Ling Buyi was responsible for the emperor's safety. Precisely because of the preparation for the mobilization of troops and horses, Wang Yue Yue didn't have time to keep watch, so he let the three little girls practice by themselves, and he would check from time to time.
Before Emperor Wen's imperial chariot left, Wang Yue led his army to explore the situation ahead. Before departure, he made a special trip to inform his guards, picked up Shao Shang and Qi Qi on time to come to his home to practice martial arts, and also provided several months of medicinal bath materials. What made him very depressed was that just a few days after he set out, the emperor's western tour team had just set off from Kyoto, and he received a letter from the palace. Cheng Shaoshang did not go to the palace to practice martial arts for several days. , and later after investigation by the guards, it was discovered that Cheng Shaoshang had already set off with his third uncle and his party, apparently preparing to go to Hua County.
On this day, Wang Yue's army came to a dangerous mountain road. After passing the mountain road, they walked a hundred miles to Hua County. When they arrived at Hua County, there was a predetermined villa where His Majesty would have a temporary rest. There were soldiers there. Ma Changzhi, he felt that if there was a situation, someone would have informed him long ago, so he began to study the map of the surrounding area that Tanma had detailed.
After studying for a while, Wang Yue found that the location of this mountain road seemed to be very strange. According to the general direction of the emperor's western tour, Hua County was the only way to pass. He thought about it before entering Hua County. It seemed that such a mountain road was easy to ambush. , he sent the vanguard Ji Feng to take 3,000 men and horses to camp in the open area on the other side of the mountain road. He and Ji Yu led the army to camp on the spot, waiting for the car to arrive.
Wang Yue was stationed like this for two days, and went out numerous times to explore the dangerous area. He was relieved when he found no danger.
Wang Yue actually had selfish motives for stationing here. After all, the road he traveled had always been safe, and the Cheng family's carriage was much faster than Emperor Wen's chariot. According to the Cheng family's carriage, it should be fast. Arrived.
But unexpectedly, it has been two days, but the Cheng family's carriage and horses have not been seen. Ji Yu looked at Wang Yue frowning and thinking, and put forward his own opinion, "My lord, although the Cheng family's carriage and horses are faster than your majesty's , but this trip was all about sightseeing, and in the eyes of one family, maybe they took a detour to visit friends, after all, Cheng Zhi is just the magistrate of Hua County, and he is not in a hurry to take office."
Wang Yue slapped his forehead. He had really forgotten the unreliable character of the third son of the Cheng family. He decided not to wait any longer and quickly sent out scouts to look for traces of the Cheng family. He was also ready to move forward, leaving only a few thousand people behind. Soldiers and horses guarded the mountain road immediately.
But as soon as Wang Yue's scouts were sent out, Ji Feng, the pioneer captain on the other side of the mountain road, sent word that there were traces of soldiers and horses near Hua County, so he came to urge Wang Yue's army to go as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Hua County.
When Wang Yue heard the news, he frowned. There was another group of troops in Hua County who made a special trip to place a temporary base for His Majesty. Logically speaking, there were signs of transfer. They should have come to inform him earlier. Why did they come now?
Wang Yue felt that he couldn't wait any longer and had to go with his troops to have a look anyway. Moreover, according to the rhythm of movies and TV shows, conflicts often broke out wherever the male and female protagonists appeared. He thought that Ling Buyi's soldiers and horses on the other side were still there. As he drives with Wang, Cheng Shaoshang is not in danger for the time being.
Wang Yue left Ji Yu with three thousand soldiers and horses to control this side of the valley, and then led his army to the other side to meet Ji Feng to check the situation in Hua County.
Wang Yue's timing was a coincidence. When he arrived, Hua County had just been invaded by the rebels. The city of Hua County was also burning into the sky, spitting out billowing thick black smoke, which dyed the sky faintly bloody.
Wang Yue was very surprised. No matter how small Hua County was, it should not have been conquered so quickly. What did the county magistrate think? Why was it conquered so quickly?
Just when Wang Yue was confused and prepared to lead his troops to rescue immediately, the scouts he sent out reported that the nearby villages and towns were deserted. According to the villagers who luckily escaped, the bandits were raping the people to suppress them. Come to the county seat of Hua County.
Hearing this, Wang Yue couldn't understand that the rebel generals must have looted many people to force Magistrate Cheng Lao of Hua County to open the city gate. Looking at the corpses on the ground outside the city gate, it seemed that they were In front of the entire city, these innocent people were slaughtered one by one. It was so heartless and outrageous.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Magistrate Cheng Lao knew full well what the rebels wanted, the reason why they attacked Hua County was simply to seize the opportunity to ambush Shengshang on his way to the west and start a rebellion.
The old county magistrate knew that this was the case, but he couldn't just watch the people outside the city being killed. In order to protect the safety of the people in the city, the old county magistrate Cheng decided to take the men of the Cheng family and the soldiers who were willing to sacrifice their lives to follow them. He went out of the city to meet the enemy without hesitation, trying to gain an opportunity for the people outside the city to escape.
It's just that the old county magistrate's move played into the rebels' plan. When the old magistrate opened the city gate, the bandit soldiers took advantage of the opportunity and began to rush into the city. They took advantage of the chaos and entered the city.
When Wang Yue arrived with his cavalry, the dilapidated city wall of Hua County had already been broken. After confirming that it was not a trap, Wang Yue still hesitated and led his troops to charge forward as usual.
Those rebels were very tough compared to the defenders of Hua County. In the hands of Wang Yue's troops, they were not of the same level at all. Wang Yue held a spear in front, and his personal guards followed behind, like an arrow. It seemed like he could easily tear open the rebels who were besieging the city.
This is not to blame for the incompetence of the rebels. It is because Wang Yue's troops arrived too suddenly, and the scouts sent by Fan Chang dispersed for fifty miles. After being discovered by Ji Feng, he immediately notified Wang Yue.
According to the normal marching speed and their marching methods, by the time the reinforcements arrived, Fan Chang would have already captured Hua County, and then he could set up a trap for the troops waiting for rescue. However, he did not expect that Wang Yue would not Following common sense, he asked Ji Feng to speed up the march behind with the infantry, and then rushed over with the cavalry, without paying any attention to the traitors and scouts on the road. After Wang Yue led the cavalry to break through the rebel formation, the rebel scouts rushed over, but by this time it was already too late.
The soldiers of Hua County saw the rebels brutally killing the people of Hua County. Among them were their relatives. At this time, they were also full of blood. This was also the time to be brave. Wang Yue's cavalry continued to attack and cut up the rebels. The army's team made it impossible for the thieves to move into formation.
The general of the bandit army was constantly hunted by Wang Yue in the army. If he were not cunning, it seemed that the soldiers and horses were the king's flag. I thought that Wang Yue liked to kill generals and seize the flag in battles. He immediately cunningly He left the handsome flag and hid in the army, but was killed by Wang Yue long ago. It was precisely because of the reaction of the bandit general that the rebel army's defeat was accelerated a lot.
Because the infantry had not yet arrived, although Wang Yue led the cavalry to defeat the rebels, he was unable to gather all the rebels. He could only kill the large groups of rebels who did not surrender first and wait until the infantry arrived. Only then did they begin to slowly gather their troops and defeat them.
Cheng Shaoshang was in dire straits. Her family's motorcade slowly entered Yanzhou territory, but before going to Hua County, which was the valley where Wang Yue was, Cheng Zhi had to detour to Qing County to visit his old friend.
The group of people walked outside Qingxian City and found that at this time in the past, the city gate would have been crowded with an endless stream of caravans, and even nearby people were jostling. However, the city gate was now closed, and not only were there no pedestrians in front of it, but also people. Not a single guard was there, which was really strange.
Cheng Zhi was afraid that something might happen to his old friend, so he decided to take his servants to investigate, while the others left behind to protect their female relatives. But not long after Cheng Zhi left, dozens of thieves and bandits ambush him halfway. Surrounded by deep ditches and dense forests, the sound of killings was loud. Directly in front were a group of maidservants, fighting hand to hand on both sides. After they killed the bandits, they also realized that these bandits were just sentinels.
Cheng Shaoshang remembered hearing from people along the way that Wang Yue's army was stationed in the valley in the direction of Hua County. She also heard from the general in Wang Yue's mansion that the scouting range of Wang Yue's army was more than twice as wide as that of other armies. She So he sent a servant to notify Cheng Zhi, and he quickly took his third aunt, discarded the heavy things, and accelerated toward the valley where Wang Yue's army was.
Their direction of travel was just opposite to that of this group of people, which gave them some time to escape. However, before they could escape a few miles, they heard a large group of people chasing them from a distance.
Cheng Shaoshang asked Fu Deng to take a few people and ride a few horses to continue to the valley to look for Wang Yue's army. He also sent a few maidservants to carry his third aunt Sang to escape from the forest. Fortunately, she had recently She learned martial arts from Wang Yue and was able to move more easily in the mountains and forests than a martial arts maid. She remembered that there was an abandoned village here a few days ago and planned to go there to hide.
The thieves were not there to kill, they were just there to capture some important prisoners and steal some money. When they saw the battle of horses and carriages, they thought they could capture some noble ladies, so they were particularly excited.
When he saw that this group of people had split into two groups, he gave up the idea of catching the female family members and concluded that the person who escaped on horseback must be an important person, so he only sent some of his men to chase Cheng Shaoshang, while the rest of the army went to chase Fu Deng.
Fu Deng and others' equestrian skills were very average. They had only run twenty or thirty miles when they were overtaken by bandits. Just when they were almost surrounded, they happened to encounter the scouts sent by Ji Yu.
It turned out that Ji Yu knew that his lord was fond of Mrs. Cheng, and felt that since there were traces of traitors in Hua County, there would be some fish that slipped through the net and came to Qing County, so he sent his capable subordinate Ji Dong with two hundred men to go to Qing County. I cast a net in the direction of the county to investigate, and happened to encounter the bandits who were chasing them, so I quickly lit the gathering signal.
The bandit soldiers saw that Ji Dong's flag read "王", and thought of Wang Yue's troops in the direction of the canyon. Looking at the gathering signal high in the sky, they didn't know whether it was true or not, so they quickly retreated.
After Ji Dong led his men to rescue Fu Deng, he became excited when he heard that Cheng Shaoshang was in danger. He felt that he had an opportunity to make a contribution. After sending two soldiers back to report the news, he took the 200 people to take a trail. Heading towards the village.
Because the forest was inconvenient for the army to deploy, when Ji Dong arrived, although the village was in danger, it was still not breached. He suddenly rushed out decisively and killed the bandit soldiers by surprise. After killing the bandit soldiers at the gate of the village, this Then I went to call the door.
Cheng Shaoshang often went to Wang Yue's house recently. When he saw the token given by Ji Dong, he felt relieved and let people into the village. With the protection of more than 200 soldiers, Cheng Shaoshang spent the night safely.
The archery, horse riding, and archery she had learned from Wang Yue these days also came in handy, as well as emergency bandaging. She brought the Cheng family's maidservants with her to help treat the injuries by boiling water and applying medicine, which made Ji Dong sigh. The little girl that the lord is interested in is indeed extraordinary.
After Ji Dong sent soldiers back to report to Ji Yu, although Ji Yu wanted to rescue him, he did not dare to act rashly. After all, the valley where he was stationed was particularly important. If there were bandits who took advantage of his absence to ambush, they would suddenly kill His Majesty when he passed by. Come on, even if Your Majesty is not injured, Wang Yue will inevitably be punished.
So Ji Dong gritted his teeth and sent eight hundred soldiers to rescue him, and at the same time sent scouts to find Wang Yue.
Ji Yu and Ji Dong's operations also gave the rebels the illusion that there must be some important person in Cheng Shaoshang's team. Maybe the emperor was here.
Therefore, when they learned that there were 200 reinforcements in the stronghold, another thousand soldiers and horses had already gathered. After the 800 soldiers who were newly reinforced were killed together, they retreated. When the bandits came again, it was indeed Fan Chang, the bandit leader who had escaped among the rebels. He came with nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses who had taken advantage of the chaos to escape from Hua County.
Fan Chang's subordinates were very ruthless. They didn't care about the life and death of their subordinates. They used the tactics of adding firewood and kept sending people forward. They did not give Ji Dong's subordinates a chance to rest. More and more soldiers were killed and injured. Gradually, Ji Dong It is no longer possible to protect the safety of the entire village.
At this critical moment, Wang Yue came with his soldiers. He had not caught Fan Chang. When he was depressed, he suddenly received news from Ji Yu and quickly led his cavalry to rescue him. Unexpectedly, he captured Fan Chang. Chang blocked one.
After a fight, Fan Chang did not escape this time and was captured alive by Wang Yue with a single charge. As for the rebels who surrendered, Wang Yue did not kill them either. His food town in Dongmou really lacked free food. labor.
Wang Yue cleaned up the bandits and inspected the casualties. He happened to see Cheng Shaoshang at the camp of the wounded soldiers. She was busy treating the wounded with her maids.
Wang Yue walked over and looked at the busy Cheng Shaoshang. He felt quite appreciative in his heart. You should know that most little girls would have vomited long ago. She looked at the pale Cheng Shaoshang and asked, "Are you okay?" Mr.
Cheng When Shang's accompanying maid A Miao saw that Wang Yue was coming, she quickly took the linen in Cheng Shaoshang's hand and pushed Cheng Shaoshang out.
Cheng Shaoshang saw that she had nothing to do, so she followed Wang Yue out and wandered around the temporary camp. She looked at the orderly temporary camp and suddenly asked curiously, "Wang Yue, you have been here like this all these years. ?"
Wang Yue didn't know why Cheng Shaoshang asked this. He thought she wanted to know his past and was happy in his heart. This was a good start, so he said patiently, "Yeah, it's been so many years... "
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