Chapter 459

The battle between the coaches

At the head of Zezhou City, Dan Gui, who had been extremely charming in the past, is now sitting unshaven on the highest point of the city tower, like a skinny dog ​​with a broken bone. He threw the empty wine jars on the ground, and kept rolling. Perhaps because of his anxious drinking, Dan Gui coughed violently, and blood foam sprayed out of his mouth. He subconsciously covered his left rib that was vaguely painful, but what made him feel the most painful was not his body, but his record.

The two battles were defeated, which was simply unbelievable for Dan Gui. Moreover, the two armies were almost evenly matched, even if Dan Gui wanted to make some excuses, he had no shame to say it. Although the other party had some tricks, who was Dan Gui, the number one general under Li Yun, who was victorious in every battle, and a leading wolf in the north! But now, even his personal soldiers were a little discouraged. Could he become a lonely wolf?

Dan Gui slapped the last jar of wine beside him and smiled bitterly, and was about to pour it into his mouth when he suddenly heard the creaking sound of the building door being opened.

Dan Gui said impatiently: "Aren't you not letting you disturb me? Why are you so useless?!"

The other party did not speak, but continued to walk forward. Dan Gui said angrily: "Does I say that I just lost two battles and what I said is not good? If you come forward again, my Dan Gui's gun is not a decoration!"

The other party stopped and sighed quietly. Dan Gui felt that the sound was very familiar, and he couldn't help but turn around, and was shocked. He suddenly tried hard to jump up and salute, but he drank too much wine and couldn't stand firmly. He just got up and fell to the ground, and even the wine jar in his hand was thrown to the ground by him. The wine jar was solid and it was not broken, but it was just rumbled with fine wine.

Dan Gui asked hesitantly: "Big...Big...Master, why are you here?"

Li Yun ignored him and just walked up, picked up the wine jar, and said with a smile: "This excellent wine cannot be ruined like this."

"Masterman..., I..." Dan Gui blushed and lowered his head and whispered: "I disappointed you..."

Li Yun looked at Dan Gui, stared at him for the first time, frowned and asked, "Do you know why I was disappointed?"

"I lost the battle, and my image of winning every battle was shattered, causing the morale of the soldiers to plummet..." Dan Gui said the more he spoke, the lower his voice.

Li Yun shook his head, "It's a trivial matter to lose. Who has never lost? Since I joined the army, I have never frowned for dozens of defeats, nor have I hid and dared not see anyone! After losing, as long as I summarize it carefully, I will always have a chance to win back. But if you give up with depressedness, then you can only live in the shadow of failure for the rest of your life!"

"Master..."

"I bring 30,000 troops this time. You are my vanguard. Think about it carefully and treat the injury as soon as possible, so as to go to the battlefield as soon as possible!" Li Yun patted Dangui's shoulder and shook the fine wine in his hand: "I will keep this wine for you. After winning the battle, I will celebrate the merits for you!"

Dangui's eyes were a little wet, especially when he saw Li Yun's body was dusty. It was obvious that he came to comfort himself immediately after arriving in Zezhou. Looking at Li Yun's slightly old figure, Dangui clenched his fists: Master Zheng, I will definitely not disappoint you...

Just as Li Yun cheered Dan Gui, Dong Zunhui also led his troops to advance westward on a boat and personally led the army to attack Li Yun. Anyway, Fan Zhi and others were in charge in Kaifeng Prefecture, and even if Dong Zunhui left, it would not affect the overall situation of the court. In order to deal with the military situation in various places more quickly, Dong Zunhui also specially nominated Wu Yanzuo to temporarily serve as the Privy Councilor, stayed in Kaifeng Prefecture, and dealt with military and political affairs with Lu Yuqing, who was Quanzhi of Kaifeng Prefecture. Of course, when it comes to core issues, there were naturally Dong Zongben, Wang Zhengzhong and others to negotiate and resolve it, but they were hidden in the dark and not known to outsiders.

On May 21, Dong Zunhui led his troops to leave Kaifeng Prefecture; on May 24, Dong Zunhui's troops arrived in Xingyang! Dong Zunhui specially rested here for a long time, and at the same time secretly ordered Zhang Yi and Zhao Pu to stay here to build fortifications, and stationed in Xingyang with Han Lingkun, who was about to arrive here.

Although news of victory has been heard from the front line, according to the latest information, Li Chongjin is rectifying his troops and rebellion may break out in the south at any time. If Li Chongjin raises up before the court quells Li Yun's rebellion, it will be difficult for the court army to support the fight against rebellion in both directions at the same time, and the quelling of Li Yun's rebellion will be delayed. Li Yun has an unmatched veteran experience. Once he has formed a climate, local governors will take the initiative to move closer to him, and the entire Later Zhou Dynasty will fall into turmoil. Dong Zunhui quietly instructed that once the court's troops were defeated in Taihang Mountains, Dong Zunhui would immediately collect his troops and retreat from Xiangzhou. Zhao Pu immediately controlled the local troops and defended Xingyang, and would never allow Li Yun's power to spread downstream.

After arranging Zhao Pu and Zhang Yi, Dong Zunhui led his army to the Taihang Mountains and took the shortcut toward Zezhou. On the way, he received the news that Murong Yanzhao had seized the Grand Tour Village, but at the same time he received information from Li Yun leading a 30,000 army south to Zezhou.

Dong Zunhui sighed inwardly: Although he guarded Tianjing Pass and took down the Dahui Village, it would be impossible for Li Yun's troops to go south, if Li Yun led his army to defend Zezhou, it would be very unfavorable to the court army if he continued to stalemate. Moreover, Li Yun's troops are now superior. If he was willing to sacrifice his life and fight back to the death, Murong Yanzhao, Shi Shouxin and others would suffer heavy losses and would even be forced to evacuate. In this way, the situation would become worse again.

So Dong Zunhui immediately wrote several letters, one was to spread the news of guarding Tianjing Pass and seizing the Dahui Village to Kaifeng Prefecture, and let the left-behind personnel in the rear quickly spread the news to stabilize the morale and public opinion; the second was to send orders to Murong Yanzhao and others, so that they could immediately renovate the fortifications of Dahui Village and firmly block the attack of Li Yun's troops; the third was to send orders to Wang Quanbin, asking him to lead troops to reinforce Murong Yanzhao immediately. At the same time, Dong Zunhui also informed the entire army of the victory and ordered the soldiers of his troops to speed up immediately and arrive in Zezhou as soon as possible.

The roads in Taihang Mountains are rugged and difficult to walk, with rocks everywhere, and some places have been washed away by heavy rain. The troops can only move forward while building roads.

Dong Zunhui thought about the scenes of later film and television dramas, and jumped off the horse and handed his horse over to the injured and sick to ride. He was the highest-ranking general in the army. He didn't ride a horse, and all the generals followed suit and jumped off the horse and transported the injured and sick.

Dong Zunhui was not special throughout the journey. He was like an ordinary soldier, wearing straw sandals, piercing the blood bubbles from the soles of his feet with his ponytails, and helping to strengthen the road and clear the rocks. Under his personal demonstration and guidance, the army's marching speed suddenly increased by three points, and Dong Zunhui's prestige in the army also increased day by day! Finally, the Dacheng Village arrived!


Chapter completed!