"What? More than three thousand Xuanjia troops appeared outside the city?"
After a bad start, Cui Quan was driven back as soon as he walked out of the city gate. Cui Quan ran to the governor's house in disgrace and reported to Pan Zhenyue.
Pan Zhenyue, Cui Junchuo, Zheng Shuwu, and Cui Wenji were drinking tea and discussing matters in the front hall of the Governor's Mansion. Although the four forces were now aligned, follow-up plans still needed to be discussed. At this time, they were shocked to hear the bad news. These people in the front hall one by one Everyone can't sit still!
"What? There are three thousand Xuanjia troops outside the city? How is that possible? Why did the Xuanjia army come to Zhengzhou? Could it be that Chang'an knew that we had raised an army?"
The old man next to Cui Junchuo, Zheng Shuwu, the old lady of the Zheng family, said with surprise when he heard this.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Guancheng County has blocked the city gate for more than a month. Not to mention people, not even a bird has flown out. How could Chang'an City receive the news?"
Cui Junchuo's face was as white as a piece of paper at the moment, and he said tremblingly.
"Since Chang'an City didn't know that we were raising troops, why would Li Shimin send the Xuanjia Army to Zhengzhou? Jun Chuo, when you persuaded our Zheng family to join the army, you promised me that you could capture Luoyang before the court reacted. !What now?"
Zheng Shuwu looked unkind.
Cui Junchuo was suddenly choked and speechless.
Cui Wenji, who was next to him, couldn't stand it anymore, so he said: "Okay, okay! Now that things have happened, what's the point of arguing about this? Now our three families are on the same boat. Once caught by the court, , no one can be alone, instead of having meaningless arguments here, it is better to think about strategies to retreat from the enemy!"
Cui Junchuo nodded, looked at Zheng Shuwu and said: "Wen Ji is right, Shuwu, I did not think carefully about this matter, but the top priority is that we should work together to defeat the enemy!"
Zheng Shuwu looked dissatisfied and said: "Of course we must have a strategy to retreat from the enemy, but the Xuanjia Army's combat power is unparalleled in the world. How can we resist it with just the newly recruited soldiers? Even if we can win by luck, Then we will definitely suffer heavy casualties! With these remaining soldiers and defeated generals, what will we use to attack Luoyang~?"
A trace of anger flashed in Cui Junchuo's eyes, and he said: "The top priority is to solve the difficulties instead of blaming each other. If the Cui family loses, your Zheng family will not be able to please you! Shuwu, if you really want to retreat from the enemy, you will kill your Cui family." Thirty thousand secret guards have also been sent out. Our three families together have a total of 80,000 secret guards. Only these are the elites who can fight against the imperial court!"
"Cui Junchuo, what do you mean? Are you blaming me, the Zheng family, for not doing our best? Aren't the provisions and soldiers of the 300,000-strong army fully supported by our Zheng family? Are you thinking about the secret guards of my Zheng family? Then you Cui Why are the secret guards of the family hiding behind and not daring to touch you this time? Everyone knows what your plans are, so stop pretending to be selfless here!"
Hearing the truth in Cui Junchuo's words, Zheng Shuwu was immediately furious. He thought that the Zheng family used to live a good life in Guancheng, but after Cui Junchuo returned to Zhengzhou, he involved the Zheng family in right and wrong. Now no one can solve it. Well, the whole Zheng family is going to end up being destroyed. How can Zheng Shuwu not be annoyed by this?
"Three Grand Dukes, we can't get through the south gate. Can we go to other gates?"
Pan Zhenyue interrupted at this time.
"Well! Then go to the east city gate! They only have three thousand cavalry, so there can't be an ambush at every city gate!"
Cui Junchuo suppressed his anger and ordered.
When the other two old guys heard this, they did not express any objection. Upon seeing this, Cui Quan bowed and said: "Yes! Taigong! The general will lead his army out of the east city gate now, take a detour, and attack Luoyang directly!"
After that, he clasped his fists and turned to leave. He was really convinced by the three old men in the house who were fighting each other. At this time, he had such a trace of regret for his choice to rebel with Pan Zhenyue. Now the family is rotten. Yes!
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Two quarters of an hour later, Cui Quan reorganized his army and marched out from the east gate of Guancheng County. However, as soon as he left the city gate, he was a little confused. He saw flags fluttering outside the city and at least tens of thousands of troops waiting in formation.
"Where is Cui Quan? Why don't you get off your horse and surrender?"
At this moment, in the army camp outside the city, a veteran general came out on horseback and shouted towards the army at the city gate.
"It turns out you are the pacifier! You are so fast!"
Cui Quan rode out. When he saw the person, he was shocked. The person opposite turned out to be Ren Can, the pacifier of Henan Province. His heart sank and he secretly screamed that something was wrong.
Ren Can chuckled and said: "Haha, Cui Quan, Cui Quan, the Holy One has already known that you and others are planning to rebel, and has specially ordered me to lead soldiers and horses from ten states to encircle and suppress you. At this point, if you can lay down your weapons and abandon the dark side, maybe the Holy One will return the favor. I can spare your life! If you follow the Cui family and commit treasonous acts, you will only die! I hope you will think clearly!"
As soon as these words came out, the troops in Zhengzhou were in chaos. The soldiers were all panicked. Since ancient times, the people have been naturally afraid of the imperial court. Now they heard that the imperial court knew that they were going to rebel and had sent a large army to encircle and suppress them. They, these people, especially the new recruits, immediately wanted to kneel down and surrender!
"Everyone be silent!"
Cui Quan saw that the morale of the army was about to be in chaos, so he shouted loudly and said: "Since you have joined the Zhechongfu camp, you have betrayed the imperial court and fallen into the hands of the imperial court. You will only die, and you will also be implicated in the nine tribes! Can you now What we do is to fight with the Cui family to the end!"
After saying that, he looked at Ren Can and said angrily: "The pacifier is really good at talking. He can mess up the morale of our army with just a few words. If you dare, let's fight head-on!"
Ren Can waved his hand and said: "Haha, I am old, and I am not good at fighting and killing. If Captain Cui, you want to lead an army to the battle, I will welcome you to the hundred thousand troops under my command!"
"Drink! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the 100,000 soldiers behind Ren Can shouted "kill" in unison. The sound was loud and the momentum was like a rainbow!
Cui Cong's expression changed and he was silent for a long time. He waved his hand and said, "Retreat! Go back to the city! Huang Canjun, lead 50,000 soldiers and guard the east city gate strictly!"
"yes!"
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Cui Quan did not dare to take risks. The soldiers led by Ren Can were all veterans. If they were to fight head-on, his 300,000 troops might not be able to get a good deal. He decided to send someone to the Governor's Mansion to report the situation here first. At the same time, he plans to lead the army directly to the west gate!
There are people at the South City Gate and East City Gate, but there can’t be people at the West City Gate, right?
The city gate opened and Cui Quan led his army out, but the oncoming black army made him feel despair!
"Where is Cui Quan? Come out and answer the question!"
An old general shouted loudly towards Cui Quan.
"Who are you?"
Cui Quan rode out and said coldly.
"Hmph! I am Wang Yu, the governor of Suizhou, and I have come here with the imperial edict to encircle you and other rebels! Cui Quan, you are deeply favored by the emperor and serve as the captain of a state, but you don't want to serve the imperial court. Instead, you go to sit with those rebellious officials and traitors. , I advise you to abandon the secret and turn to the light as soon as possible, before it is too late to regret it!"
Wang Yu shouted loudly.
"Wang Yu?"
Cui Quan's heart sank. Suizhou was not far from Zhengzhou, but it was definitely not close. If he had to march in a hurry, it would take at least four or five days. However, Wang Yu was able to lead his army here now, which showed that the imperial court had already mobilized troops to guard against Cui Quan. The family is in rebellion!
At this moment, Cui Quan's heart sank completely!
"Hmph! Wang Yu, do your Taiyuan Wang family really want to go against our three families?"
Cui Quan said unwillingly.
He couldn't figure out why the Wang family would be willing to be a dog of the imperial court when they were clearly all members of the Five Surnames and Qi Wang!
Wang Yu said calmly: "Going against me? All my honor and disgrace are given by the Holy Spirit. Since you want to rebel, you are going to have trouble with me, Wang Yu. There is nothing to say!"
Cui Quan said angrily: "Do you really think you can stop me with your tens of thousands of troops?"
"Hmph! Then Captain Cui can give it a try!"
Wang Yu waved his hand and hit the long sword with a murderous look.
Even though he seems calm now, he is actually quite panicked, because there are only about 20,000 troops behind him, and he is no match for Cui Quan and others in a real fight.
Cui Quan frowned, wondering where Wang Yu's confidence lay. He stretched out his hand and said: "The whole army attacks! Kill one person, and you will be rewarded with five swords! If you are afraid of fighting, you will not be the first, and you will be killed without mercy!"
"Charge! Kill!"
When he was at the east city gate, Cui Quan left 50,000 new troops to defend the city. Now, the 250,000 troops under his command are mostly veterans, and their military quality is still very good. As soon as Cui Quan finished speaking, all the soldiers of the three armies gathered together. Come out and rush towards Wang Yu's army!
"Kill! Although the rebels are outnumbered, our reinforcements will be coming soon!"
Wang Yu bit the bullet and shouted loudly.
The two armies soon fought together. Wang Yu, as the governor of a state and the current head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, naturally would not charge into the battle himself. He held the battle from behind. After seeing the situation on the battlefield, his face suddenly sank.
In the current situation, if reinforcements do not come within two quarters of an hour, the 20,000 troops he brought will soon be exhausted!
"Bang bang bang!"
"President Wang, Zhao is here to help you!"
Just when Wang Yu was anxious, there was a sudden burst of dust in the south, and then he saw a black army running out of the dust, and a veteran general at the head shouted loudly.
"Assassin Zhao?"
Wang Yu took a closer look and was immediately overjoyed. He hurriedly shouted: "The governor of Bianzhou has led his army to help. All the soldiers obey the order and attack Guancheng County to capture the rebels!"
"kill!"
The morale of Wang Yu's army suddenly surged, but Cui Quan's army was a little panicked at this moment!
"Retreat! Withdraw into the city and defend the city gate!"
Cui Quan looked east and roughly estimated that the opponent's reinforcements were at least 70,000 to 80,000, and he quickly shouted.
At this point, the only three city gates in Guancheng County were besieged by the imperial army. Cui Junchuo's plan to attack Luoyang quickly was officially declared "bankrupt"!
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