Vol 2 Chapter 2814: Lecheng VS Hao Zhao, Fu Youde returns home

 Chapter 2810: Lecheng VS Hao Zhao, Fu Youde returns home

At this time, Minghe was on his way to Dongjun, and he was not aware of Fan Li and Ying Hao's plot yet.

The fact that Styx was able to join the demon path and reach the top shows that he is quite intelligent. However, even if he had experienced hundreds of battles and was used to conspiracies and tricks, he would never have thought that the two sides fighting for life and death on the battlefield would actually understand each other tacitly. Put aside your prejudices and plot against this old man together.

Political struggles in the court are a hundred times more complicated than vendettas, and even more unreasonable.

Styx has wisdom, but is not good at politics. Faced with such a complex situation of multi-party forces competing, it is naturally difficult to realize the weirdness, so he is stepping into the trap that Fan Li has woven for him step by step.

Ming He was a semi-mysterious expert and Ming Iron Fan was also a master. Naturally, they were traveling extremely fast. In addition, Fan Li gave them the green light and there were no obstacles along the way, so it only took the father and daughter less than a day. He rushed from Taishan to Dongjun in a short time.

This is enough to show the anxiety in the hearts of the two people. It is obvious that they are afraid that something will happen to Niu Hong if they are delayed for a long time, so they are rushing so hard.

Little did they know that every time they passed a checkpoint, the captain who guarded the checkpoint would send messages via flying pigeons, passing the news to Fan Li in Chenliu and Le Yi in Dongjun.

It is precisely because Fan Li and Le Yi know the whereabouts of Styx and Styx Iron Fan that the follow-up plan can be implemented smoothly.

The father and daughter Minghe and Mingtieshan arrived at Dongjun and learned that not long after the army under Lecheng and Niu Hong set off, their traces were leaked, putting the Qin army on guard.

With the Qin army on guard, the plan to surprise the Qin army's food road was naturally difficult to succeed. However, the whole army was unwilling to return to Puyang like this.

At this moment, Niu Hong took the initiative and suggested that the army could turn to Dao Dunqiu and cut off the food road of Li Cunxiao's army.

As soon as Niu Hong said this, both the Wei generals and the Ming generals agreed, and Le Cheng even bluntly said that this was a genius idea, so the Qin army pointed directly at the Dunqiu grain road.

 When he learned that Niu Hong had taken the initiative to propose this plan, Styx was so angry that his beard became crooked. He even thought that Lecheng was a waste. Otherwise, how could he think that this bad idea was a genius?

You must know that although the Qin army at Dunqiu did not have many troops, it gathered many fierce generals such as Li Cunxiao, Qin Niu, and Yu Yuan. The fierceness of the battle was even three points inferior to the previous Battle of White Horse.

In the Battle of Baima City, the Qin army was able to break the city so easily, mainly because Bai Qi used his plan to deliberately reveal flaws and lured most of the Wei army in Yan County to Yanjin.

Without the constraints and obstacles of Yin Shou in Yan County, Bai Qi, who had returned, gathered his best troops and generals and attacked Baima with all his strength for ten days. Only then did he capture the important city of Baima, but he also paid nearly 100,000 battle losses for it. The cost of five thousand troops.

Before the Baima City was broken, Le Yi made preparations, broke through in advance, and led the remaining army to retreat into Puyang, using Puyang as a base to continue to struggle with Bai Qi.

In addition, Le Yi fled from Baima, not only forcibly confiscated the people's rations, but also burned the entire treasury, leaving only an empty city for Bai Qi and tens of thousands of people waiting for food, in order to provide The Qin army increased logistical pressure.

It was precisely because of Le Yi's move that Bai Qi did not immediately march to Puyang after defeating Baima, but waited for the grain road from behind to catch up. This prudent move also gave Le Yi a way to breathe.

This is why, when Le Yi proposed a surprise attack on the Qin army's food road, Minghe did not feel the slightest reason. After all, after the Qin army's front line was lengthened and the logistics pressure increased, a surprise attack on the food road was indeed an extremely useful countermeasure.

Even if a certain price is paid, as long as the grain road can be destroyed several times, it will be beneficial to the overall war situation. However, there are a large number of Qin troops in the direction of Baima City, so the difficulty of surprise attack on the grain road is obviously very high.

Ming He originally thought that after the whereabouts of the surprise army were revealed, Le Cheng would retreat and return to Puyang. However, he did not expect that he, who was known as the Ming General, would listen to the advice of the kid Niu Hong and lead the army to the more dangerous Dunqiu. , and even tried to cut off Li Cunxiao's food supply.

How many troops do you have under your command? Can you cut off Li Cunxiao's food route?

Furthermore, if Li Cunxiao's grain road was really so easy to cut off, would Niu Mowang in Dunqiu be indifferent?

Regardless of whether Li Cunxiao's food route can succeed, even if it does succeed, he will definitely be counterattacked by Li Cunxiao. How can you stop it with just two or three thousand troops?

 In short, Styx is becoming more and more disappointed with Niu Hong, his grandson.

Qi Minghe wanted to choose a successor among his two grandsons before, but compared with Ye Dingzhi, Niu Hong was not very good in terms of ability, temperament, vision, etc.

If the Demon Sect is really handed over to Niu Hong, I am afraid that Niu Hong will take over from the front, and the Demon Sect will directly become a subordinate agency of the Ming Dynasty.

Styx made up his mind. After rescuing Niu Hong this time, he would let him stay in confinement in Mount Tai for a few years. After the war in the Central Plains, he would be released, and then he would never care about him again.

“Father, what’s wrong, Hong’er encountered 5,000 Qin troops in Dunqiu, and they only had 3,000 troops.”

Ming Iron Fan ran over and said anxiously.

Ming He was startled and asked quickly: "Based on their marching speed, they should have arrived at Dunqiu not long ago. How could they encounter the Qin army so quickly? Where are the Niokui people? He just watched Li Cunxiao send troops. Indifferent?"

"My daughter doesn't know why they met the Qin army so quickly. As for her husband, he was restrained by Li Cunxiao and could not lead his army to support them."

“Niu Kui was restrained by Li Cunxiao? So Hong’er didn’t meet Li Cunxiao?”

“That’s right, the leading generals of the Qin army this time are named Hao Zhao and Yu Hua, and the traitorous general Fu Youde is also among them.”

 When he heard that the leader of the army was not Li Cunxiao, but an unknown person, Minghe became even more worried.

After all, Li Cunxiao and his son-in-law Niu Kui are brothers. Even if his grandson is defeated by him, at least his life will not be in danger. As for being captured by the Qin army as a prisoner, this is actually a good thing in Minghe's eyes and can be sharpened. Check his temper.

 But the person leading the army now is not Li Cunxiao, but a young general named Hao Zhao.

Such young and energetic young generals with military power must also be eager to make contributions, so Minghe didn't know whether Hao Zhao would show mercy to Niu Hong.

"Lecheng's troops only have three thousand troops. The Qin army not only has five thousand, but also has two powerful generals, Yu Hua and Fu Youde. They are also waiting for work. Hong'er is definitely no match."

“Then what should we do? There’s already a war over there at Hong’er, and the distance from us to Dunqiu is only two hours at the fastest.”

"It doesn't take two hours. If I go all out for my father, I can reach the battlefield in less than an hour."

 He didn't use full speed when rushing to the Styx River before. After all, his daughter couldn't keep up with his speed. Moreover, he has a relatively aloof personality, and he didn't want to get too close to his biological daughter.

Now that the fighting has begun on the grandson's side, Styx naturally can't take care of that much. He picks up his daughter and rushes to Dunqiu at full speed. . At the same time, twenty miles west of Dunqiu City, three thousand Wei and Ming allied troops led by Le Cheng were fighting against five thousand Qin troops led by Hao Zhao.

Not only did the Qin army have the advantage in strength, but they also waited for work, so they easily suppressed the Wei Ming army. It was only a matter of time before they completely defeated the opponent.

Seeing this, Niu Hong wanted to rely on his own bravery to reverse the situation. However, the Qin army not only had more than enough strength, but also had Fu Youde who was not weaker than him. Niu Hong alone was naturally unable to do it.

Looking at Yu Hua, who was protecting Hao Zhao in the middle army, Niu Hong didn't understand why he and Fu Youde took action together, but if the two of them took action together, he might be really in danger this time.

"Fu Youde, you traitor, it was in vain that I still interceded with Governor Lan Yu for you after you were captured alive. I didn't expect you to betray the country and surrender to the enemy so easily. I really misjudged you."

Niu Hong's eyes were red and he stared at Fu Youde, his eyes full of anger.

Niu Hong did not believe Fu Youde's betrayal at first, but in many subsequent battles, Fu Youde fought with Li Cunxiao many times.

On the battlefield, Fu Youde had many opportunities to return to the country, but not only did he not return to the coalition forces, he also killed many people from the Wei and Ming coalition forces on the battlefield, which made Niu Hong have to believe that Fu Youde had rebelled.

"Brother Niu, Fu Youde did not betray the Ming Dynasty. He was an enemy of the leader before, just to make Li Cunxiao relax his vigilance. He did it as a last resort."

 Fu Youde lowered his voice and explained with an aggrieved look.

 When he went to war with Li Cunxiao before, there was indeed a chance to return, but every time he had the idea of ​​leaving, he would subconsciously look at Li Cunxiao not far away, and Li Cunxiao looked at him with a playful face every time.

Fu Youde knew that this was Li Cunxiao's test for him. It was a sign that Li Cunxiao was still on guard against him. Once he really ran away, his life would be at stake, so he could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and had to fight with his former comrades.

But this time is different. Li Cunxiao is not here. There is only one Yu Hua on the Qin army. If he wants to leave, Yu Hua alone will obviously not be able to retain him.

 But this made Fu Youde extremely puzzled. Li Cunxiao obviously didn't trust him at all, but why did he dare to let him go to fight with Hao Zhao? It wasn't until he went to the battlefield that he fully understood.

 Fu Youde was originally planning to return and join forces with Niu Hong to atone for his crimes, but because he had too much blood on his hands, the coalition forces no longer trusted him at all.

 “It’s a last resort, do you think I will believe it?”

Niu Hong immediately sneered when he heard this and said: "As long as you throw away the weapon, I believe you did it as a last resort."

Hearing Niu Hong's words, Fu Youde fell silent immediately. He just looked at Niu Hong whose eyes were full of murderous intent. Coupled with the ruthless performance of Niu Hong's killing move just now, he had no doubt that as long as he threw away his weapon, Niu Hong would be killed. Hong will immediately stab himself to death with a gun.

If it were anyone else, Fu Youde would throw away his weapons without hesitation, but Niu Hong, a spoiled big boy, has such an extreme personality that he only believes in what he believes, not the facts.

Fu Youde is not afraid of death. He also wants to prove his innocence, but he does not want to die worthless.

Looking at the silent Fu Youde, Niu Hong sneered even more, and then cursed: "Despicable and shameless traitor, you still want to deceive me with this little trick, you should die."

Niu Hong swung his spear and attacked Fu Youde, and the moves he used were extremely vicious. Every move and every move was intended to kill Fu Youde.

Fu Youde didn't want to fight Niu Hong, but Niu Hong was aggressive and he couldn't wait to be killed, so he had no choice but to fight, but he had no murderous intention, so he quickly fell into a disadvantage in the battle with Niu Hong.

After ten rounds of fighting between the two, Fu Youde already had a lot of gunshot wounds on his body. If the quality of Da Qin's armor hadn't been good enough, he might have been killed by Niu Hong's gun.

"ah…"

Fu Youde obviously didn't want to die, so he let out an aggrieved roar and shot Niu Hong away with all his strength, and then fled back to the Qin army without looking back. He couldn't afford to offend Niu Hong, so he couldn't afford to hide.

Looking at Fu Youde's embarrassed escape, Niu Hong wanted to pursue him, but rationally chose to give up and roared at him: "Fu Youde, I will spare your life this time. Next time I meet you, I will kill you." Dog head.”

When Fu Youde heard this, his heart felt like a knife. Now he understood why Li Cunxiao dared to let him fight alone, because he had lost trust and could no longer return to the Ming Dynasty.

Hao Zhao and Yu Hua saw Fu Youde escaping back. A sneer flashed across Yu Hua's lips and he mocked, "Hey, isn't this General Fu Youde who pretended to surrender? Why did he come back to our Qin army if he didn't escape back to the coalition forces?"

Fu Youde didn't know what to say when he heard this. It seemed that there was a consensus among the Qin army that he had falsely surrendered. Everyone in the Qin army seemed to know about it, but they didn't criticize it. They all watched what he would do as if they were watching a play.

Now the Qin army does not trust him, and the coalition forces also want to kill him. What evil has he done?

Hao Zhao knew that Li Cunxiao wanted to subdue Fu Youde, and was afraid that something bad would happen if Yu Hua continued to ridicule him like this, so he stood up to smooth things over and said, "General Yu Hua, don't talk nonsense. Fu Youde is sincerely surrendering, and this is not a false surrender."

After finishing speaking, Hao Zhao looked at Fu Youde and asked with a smile: "Isn't that right, General Fu?"

Looking at Hao Zhao's meaningful eyes, Fu Youde knew that this was Hao Zhao's test and the last chance to surrender to Qin. If he remained the same as before, there would be only death waiting for him.

 Fu Youde did not want to surrender, but he was on the road of no return and could not go back at all, so he seemed to have no other choice except surrendering to Qin.

 “That’s all.”

Fu Youde sighed in his heart, then knelt down on one knee and said seriously: "Fu Youde naturally surrenders sincerely."

Hao Zhao was startled, but he couldn't tell whether he was sincere or fake, so he smiled and said: "As long as you are sincere, come, please take General Fu Youde down for treatment."

"No need, it's just a minor injury. This battle is not over yet. How can a general retreat from the battle?"

Since he has decided to surrender to Qin, Fu Youde will naturally prove it with actions. Let him completely separate from the past from this battle.