Chapter 93
After the Chu army captured Yucheng and Wuxian, it took another three days to capture Huaxian.
But the Chu army's offensive ended here. Yuchixiong made timely adjustments in his deployment and blocked the Chu army's offensive.
At this time, the two armies were confronting each other outside Huai City, the governor's office of Huai County. Once Huai City was breached, Huai County would fall into the hands of the Chu State.
Once Huai County falls into the hands of the Chu State, if the Chu State wants to attack the hinterland of the Tang State, it will be a flat road, and the Tang State will have almost no danger to defend it.
"Bang!"
Du Tao kicked over the desk in front of him, his gloomy face full of anger.
"Party struggle! It's a fucking party struggle again! Now Huai County is in danger and tens of thousands of people have been displaced, but they are still busy fighting for power and profit. It is simply shameless! Shameless!"
It's no wonder that Du Tao is so hysterical. The partisanship in the court seriously affects the situation on the front line.
Even the fall of Huaxian County was related to this incident, which had to make Du Tao feel angry.
What is even more infuriating is that Yu Chixiong, now the commander-in-chief, actually chose to take sides, and because he did not take sides, he began to weaken his rights in the army.
Du Tao couldn't understand why the emperor let these ministers in the court be so indulgent.
Now that the Chu State is attacking the Tang State, the Tang State is no match for the Chu State. It is not easy to resist it. Why should those ministers be allowed to disrupt the imperial court and affect the overall situation?
Just when Du Tao was sitting on the ground dejectedly, sighing helplessly, there was indeed laughter and laughter in the Chinese army camp.
"General Yuchi, come! Lin Yi proposes a toast to you!" An official in civil service uniform held up a wine cup and looked at Yuchixiong who was sitting on the throne with a smile on his face.
Yu Chixiong looked at Lin Yi expressionlessly, and then raised the wine baron on the table.
"Mr. Lin, you're too polite. It should be me, Yuchixiong, who proposes a toast to you."
"Hahaha! General Yuchi is too polite, please!"
After the two drank the glass of wine with different moods, Lin Yi smiled and said: "General Yuchi, as long as His Highness the Third Young Master wins the throne, you will be a great hero!"
Yu Chixiong stared at Lin Yi and asked: "Your Majesty, has it really been..."
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then pretended to sigh.
"Alas! According to the news from the palace, Your Majesty may not be able to survive. Now even the Third Young Master and the Crown Prince cannot see Your Majesty. The only people who come in and out of Your Majesty's palace every day are the Imperial Physician and His Royal Highness Concubine Zhao."
Yuchixiong silently raised the empty wine cup and pretended to drink to hide his expression.
After stabilizing his mood, Yuchixiong put down his wine cup and continued: "Master Lin, now the Chu army is approaching Huaicheng. Once Huaicheng is lost, we will have no chance of defending."
"General Yuchi can rest assured. The Third Young Master has promised that he will do his best to help General Yuchi resist the Chu army."
"As long as General Yuchi can repel the Chu army and the third son ascends to the throne, General Yuchi will be the second general of the Tang Dynasty!"
Yuchi Xiong trembled suddenly and looked at Lin Yi with a surprised look on his face, "What about General Qin Zhen, the general who governs the country?"
Lin Yi sneered, "General Qin is already old after all, and is no longer strong enough to control the country of Tang Dynasty."
The coldness in Yuchixiong's eyes flashed away, but he still said with a smile: "That's it, then please ask Mr. Lin to thank the third young master for Yuchixiong after he returns to the capital."
"It's easy to talk about."
"Come, Mr. Lin, Yuchixiong proposes a toast to you!"
"General Yuchi, please!"
Just as the two of them were bringing the wine to their lips, a soldier rushed into the camp.
"General! There is a situation in the Chu army camp!"
Yu Chixiong stood up suddenly and asked in a deep voice: "What's the situation!"
"General Yuchi, are the Chu troops coming?" Lin Yi no longer had the smile on his face at this time, but instead had a look of fear on his face.
"Master Lin, don't panic. Even if the Chu army comes, I, the general, can hold them back." After Yu Chixiong comforted Lin Yi, he walked out of the camp directly.
Seeing this, Lin Yi hurriedly stood up and walked out, saying, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. I want to return to the capital overnight!"
When Yuchixiong came to the tower in front of the camp, he saw flames blazing in the Chu army camp in the distance, and there was a chaos in the camp.
Du Tao also ran up in a hurry. After seeing this scene, he was very happy.
He hurriedly raised his hands to Yuchi Xiong and said: "General, there is turmoil in the Chu army's camp. Why not immediately send troops to surprise the Chu army's camp."
Yuchixiong glanced at Du Tao and then looked in the direction of the Chu army's camp.
After a long time, he said: "Although the Chu army's camp is in chaos, the chaos is too small. I'm afraid it's a trick by the Chu army to lure the enemy."
"The whole army is ordered to be under martial law. No one is allowed to act without authorization. Anyone who disobeys the order will be dealt with according to the military law!"
After Yuchixiong gave the order, he turned around and went down from the tower, leaving a dark-faced Du Tao standing on the tower, looking at the Chu army camp in the distance and sighing.
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An hour ago, Qin Yu led his thousand cavalry to the vicinity of the Chu army's camp.
Gongsun Qi and Qin Yuan were both shocked by Qin Yu's boldness. They only had a thousand men and horses, but they wanted to attack the Chu army's camp with hundreds of thousands of troops.
How is this different from throwing pebbles into the sea?
"Sir, are we about to attack the Chu army's camp? But with our small number of troops, I'm afraid we can't make much of a storm!" Qin Yuan said, holding Qin Yu's arm.
Qin Yu slapped Qin Yuan's hand away, looked at the Chu army camp and said with a smile: "It's true that it won't cause much trouble, but if you want to disgust people, our few people are enough."
"What do you mean, sir, to disrupt their deployment?" Gongsun Qi somewhat understood what Qin Yu meant.
Qin Yu waved his hand and drove away the mosquitoes that kept buzzing in his ears.
"Although we have a small number of people, we are just like these mosquitoes. They are small but very annoying." Qin Yu said with a smile.
"Gongsun Qi, take out the flag of the Qi army and hang it up. Today we will stage a surprise attack on the Chu army's camp by the Qi army's cavalry!" Qin Yu looked at Gongsun Qi and ordered.
"promise!"
Gongsun Qi immediately asked people to take out the flags of the Qi army and replace them with those of the Tang army.
Qin Yu didn't want to expose his strength, otherwise the wolves in the court would strip him down to the skin and bones!
"Click!" Qin Yu took the lead to fasten the mask, and a murderous aura erupted from the inside out.
"The whole army obeys the order! Follow me and don't fall behind! Don't be greedy for war! Don't lose equipment in the Chu army camp!"
"promise!"
Qin Yu waved the spear in his hand, "The whole army obeys the order! Charge!"
Suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the ground, and stones on the ground kept flying up and down.
At this time, no one in the Chu army camp thought that anyone would dare to attack the camp at night.
Even the soldiers on duty were very relaxed, and even several generals had fallen asleep at this time, and their snoring was comparable to thunder.
