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But six of them choked to death on the spot.
"I ask you, where is King Wei?" Tang Kuo asked.
"The King of Wei has disappeared."
Missing?
So how to judge whether this battle is a small defeat or a big defeat?
Since they are missing, it may be a big defeat, or it may be a small defeat, a temporary tactical retreat.
"How is the battle in Hebei?"
"We... are all... dead!" One of them suddenly started to shout, his voice was sharp and full of horror, as if he had seen a ghost.
"They're all dead! So many dead! Dead people are everywhere!"
"We didn't mean to eat them! We just wanted to survive!" The other man roared angrily, his eyes were wide and bloodshot, like a mummy whose whole body was about to be drained, he let out a hoarse cry strange call.
"..."
These people are more or less delirious, and it may be difficult to obtain detailed and accurate information from them.
But judging from their state, the keen Tang Kuobian still deduced that the battle situation in Hebei may not be optimistic.
"Take them all."
Tang Kuo debated for a while before arriving at Wan Yanliang's car, he was thinking about how to tell Wan Yanliang.
If the king of Wei was really defeated, and he said that the king of Wei was not defeated, Wan Yanliang would make trouble for him afterwards.
If the king of Wei was not completely defeated, but he said that the king of Wei was completely defeated, Wan Yanliang would make trouble for him afterwards.
It is difficult to be a courtier, especially the emperor's close courtiers.
The hardest thing to be was the confidant of the moody, murderous emperor.
Wan Yanliang is that kind of artistic personality, somewhat similar to Yang Guang, an idealist living in his own world.
After thinking for a moment, Tang Kuo argued, "Your Majesty."
"What happened, I heard some noise just now?"
"It's a deserter from Yanjing."
"deserter?"
"It is said that King Wei's battle in Hebei is not going well."
Hearing these words, Wan Yanliang's eyes immediately shone with a light that could make the sun eclipse.
OK!
"How is it not going well?"
"It is said that they suffered some defeats."
"This does not match what Jinzhou has said."
"So it may just be that the local battle situation is not going well, and the overall situation should still be dominated by King Wei."
"No, since there is a talk of defeat, it means that Wushu is still struggling."
When he said this, the smile on Wan Yanliang's face gradually became presumptuous, which was exactly what he wanted most.
It is impossible for either party to collapse in advance, and it is best to consume each other.
"By the way, Your Majesty is in front of Yuguan. Should the army temporarily stop and send people to search the surrounding mountains?"
"Hahaha, there is no need. Now that Wushu and the Song Army are fighting fiercely, how can we have time to set up an ambush at such a long-abandoned pass, pass on my order, and hurry on the road at full speed. I will sit down in half a month. In Yanjing, overlooking the Central Plains!"
Hu Yantong was lying on the stone snoring and sleeping, when he was suddenly awakened by the person next to him.
"Dutong, the information is here!"
"What information is not information, go tell Han Shuai! Don't disturb my sleep!"
"The golden man is here!"
"Here he is, he's here, what's the fuss, this is Yu..." Hu Yantong muttered, then suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up, "Where is the golden man?"
"Beyond Yu Pass, there is still one hour to enter the valley ahead!"
"How many soldiers and horses?"
"There are tens of thousands!"
Hu Yantong took a deep breath and hurriedly asked, "Is the gold master among them?"
"I don't know if it's there."
Hu Yantong turned around, picked up the ax on one side, and quickly began to put on his armor, shouting towards the other side while putting on his armor: "Why are you still standing there! You haven't ordered the whole army to put on armor! Ambush!"
"Yes!"
"Also, hurry up and report to Han Shuai! Hurry up!"
"Order!"
A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the Jin Army began to enter Yuguan.
Yuguan is surrounded by mountains in the north and the sea in the south. This is a typical terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It was also in the Liao and Jin Dynasties that Yuguan lost its strategic position when Yanyun was not in the hands of the Central Plains Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, we are about to enter the customs."
"Understood." Wan Yanliang opened the curtains of the car, looked up, and saw the tall and straight mountains to the north, and the flat land with a wide view to the south, and the end of that side was the sea.
He observed carefully, and said: "This kind of terrain, without a pass, is already impossible to defend, and there is no ambush."
Tang Kuobian also said: "Yes, the former Central Plains Dynasty built an important town here, but now there is no more, but..."
"But what?"
Chapter 1493 Unlucky Brother Liang (Part [-])
Tang Kuo argued: "However, it is possible to ambush thousands of people in the mountains to the north."
Wan Yanliang looked in the direction Tang Kuobian pointed, pondered for a while and said: "That mountainous area can indeed ambush soldiers and horses. Tens of thousands of our troops have passed through here. If an ambush appears behind the army, the consequences will be disastrous, but You worry too much."
Tang Kuobian did not dare to answer this question.
Wan Yanliang continued: "If the Song army can ambush there, Wushu will be completely defeated, and it will be defeated at least a month ago, and the Song army will still have information about our march."
Yes!
Tang Kuobian's doubts were also dispelled.
If the Song army really appeared there, it must be that the king of Wei had been completely defeated, and the Song army had no predictions.
The probability of King Wei's total defeat is already very small, and it is almost impossible to satisfy the Song Army to know their whereabouts in advance at the same time.
But Tang Kuobian suddenly said: "It seems that Xiao Yu hasn't sent any news back for a while."
"According to this time calculation, it should have arrived in Yanjing."
Wan Yanliang didn't want to discuss these meaningless things to him anymore, he closed the car curtain and said, "March faster."
The army continued to march forward mightily, and it was considered to have officially entered the pass.
"Han Shuai, all the Jin troops have entered the customs."
"Where's Hu Yantong?"
"In Beishan."
"Let him do it."
"now?"
"Right now!"
It was about noon, and the spring sun made people warm all over.
It was almost lunch time, and Jin Jun was already tired and exhausted.
The messengers rode horses and carried order flags, ordering battalions one by one to stop to rest and eat.
When the messenger rushed to the back, he was about to shout, but suddenly he saw the rear of the rear army, and at some point there were many more people.
The messenger thought he had read it wrong, rubbed his eyes, and looked over again. Those people were all in armor and sharpened, coming fiercely.
The messenger was a little confused on the spot, especially his brain was buzzing.
He couldn't help but yelled loudly: "Ene... enemy... enemy attack..."
Everything is too late.
First, a cavalry from Huyantong rushed over quickly, tearing a hole in the unprepared rear army, causing chaos.
Then the infantrymen followed, raising their axes and shouting towards the head, one by one, like a woodcutter chopping wood, splashing blood all over the iron armor.
The screams and fighting sounds from behind caused panic in the front, and the news quickly spread to the Chinese army.
Tang Kuobian was shocked, and immediately ordered: "The Chinese army escorts His Majesty to evacuate immediately! Go forward! Immediately!"
Teams of messengers, holding command flags, opened the way ahead.
The cavalry in the middle formed a mighty team, and inside were the elite infantry of Hezha Meng'an, tightly protecting Wan Yanliang's imperial chariot.
Tang Kuobian glanced at the back, and ordered to the people next to him: "Go and find out, which army dared to attack our army!"
"Order!"
Under Tang Kuobian's unhurried order, the Chinese army escorted Wan Yanliang very well.
After confirming again and again that the Chinese army had not been attacked, Tang Kuobian rode up to Wan Yanliang's imperial chariot: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
There were faint chirping sounds and some pleasant shouts from inside.
After a while, Wan Yanliang's voice came: "What's the matter?"
"An enemy has attacked our rear."
Wan Yanliang lifted the curtain of the car. He had already heard the voice behind him, but he didn't have time to answer it. Now that he had recovered, he said in a cold voice, "How's the situation?"
"The central army is in good condition, and has already lined up to escort His Majesty forward. From the current point of view, there are not many enemies, otherwise the central army may have encountered opponents on the flank."
"Have you found out where the enemy came from?"
"I can't be sure for the time being. It's probably a small army stationed by the King of Wei in Yuguan, but some scouts said that the armor looks like the Song army."
Tang Kuobian suddenly had a headache. The armor form of the Yanyun Jin Army was too similar to that of the Song Army.
Hu Yantong was also very thieves, deliberately concealing some of the most conspicuous signs of Song Jun.
It's not impossible to recognize, it's just that in the chaos, it takes time to recognize and determine.
Wan Yanliang's complexion was livid, and he encountered an ambush just after entering the customs, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his heart.
But without waiting for Wan Yanliang to say anything, Tang Kuobian immediately said: "I don't know the number of enemies right now, so it is not suitable to fight in formation."
"Didn't you just say that there are not many enemies?"
"The enemy may have other ambushes, waiting for a surprise attack when our central army changes."
Wan Yanliang was silent for a moment, then asked: "What should we do now?"
"Go forward and leave this place quickly. Yingzhou is fifty miles ahead. It is best to go to Guangning City right now. One is to stabilize the morale of the army, and the other is to have time to spy on the surrounding enemies."
"Let's go!" Wan Yanliang said impatiently.
"Yes!"
At this time, Hu Yantong's [-] soldiers and horses killed the [-] soldiers and horses of the Jin army's rear army.
The rear army seemed to be abandoned by the main force.
After half an hour, the forward and the central army had already thrown off the rear army.
Tang Kuobian repeatedly confirmed that the enemy did not come after him, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
But looking at the terrain ahead again, he frowned again.
"Why is it a mountain!"
To be precise, it is a hill, and the central part of Yuguan is a hilly area.