Chapter 285: The only way for a Wuchuan man to survive is to fight
In fact, the heroes of Wuchuan had been preparing to attack and kill Wei Kegu from the moment they surrendered.
However, they had just surrendered and were being watched closely by Wei Kegu, so he didn't find any opportunity to attack them.
The one who led the Wuchuan people this time was Heba Duba.
Heba Duba had the highest prestige among the people of Wuchuan, and he received the greatest courtesy after surrendering to Wei Kegu.
On behalf of King Zhen, Wei Kegu appointed Heba Duba as the commander of the camp. He also handed over all the captured Wuchuan people to Heba Duba and let him lead a "Wuchuan Camp" alone.
In addition, Wei Kegu also allocated weapons and war horses, which can be said to be a great courtesy.
But there was no need to be polite. The reason why Wei Kegu treated Heba Duba and other Wuchuan people with such courtesy was to let them take the lead in attacking the government army.
It is a consensus among the six towns that the people of Wuchuan are good at fighting, and Wei Kegu also took a fancy to the fighting power of the people of Wuchuan.
When the time was ripe, Wei Kegu also relaxed his defenses against Wuchuan Camp. Heba Duba immediately summoned all the generals to discuss the plan of attacking and killing Wei Kegu.
Heba Duba looked around. Except for his old friend and old rival Yuwen Gong's family, Heba Duba's three sons, Yuwen Gong's remaining three sons, and the young head of the Dugu family, Dugu Ruyuan, all sat upright and followed his lead.
Heba Duba suddenly felt a surge of pride, and with so many heroes from Wuchuan helping him, there was no need to worry about not being able to accomplish his goal!
Heba Duba first said:
"Wei Kegu's camp has no rules. He just assigned his subordinates to different camps and lived in the middle. He didn't even set up flags or pass tokens. Wei Kegu's trusted followers are not as brave as our Wuchuan people. They can kill him by just breaking into the camp."
Everyone nodded, but Dugu Ruyuan said:
"General Heba, after killing Wei Kegu, what should we do?"
Heba Duba laughed out loud, feeling somewhat contemptuous of Dugu Ruyuan in his heart.
All the men in Wuchuan are brave warriors who kill enemies on the battlefield, except for Dugu Ruyuan, who is an outlier in elegant clothes.
If it weren't for the fact that the Dugu family was also a large and powerful family in Wuchuan, Heba Duba would have been unwilling to bring Dugu Ruyuan to the meeting.
Holding back his displeasure, Heba Duba said patiently:
"This bandit army was gathered together under the leadership of Wei Kegu. As long as we kill him, the bandit army will fall into chaos. We can then return to Wuchuan and recapture Wuchuan City!"
"If it doesn't work, we can withdraw to Pingcheng with Wei Kegu's head. The court will definitely reward us for such a meritorious service."
Everyone present nodded. Seeing this, Dugu Ruyuan also crossed his hands and said:
"Thank you, General Heba, for your guidance."
After discussing the details, the soldiers decided to take action on April 5th. After determining the route to attack and kill Wei Kegu, everyone returned to their respective camps.
However, Yuwen Gong's youngest son Yuwen Tai did not return to the Yuwen family camp, but came to Dugu Ruyuan's residence.
"Dugu Lang, you hesitated to speak today, do you have any ideas?"
Yuwen Tai called Dugu Ruyuan, and Dugu Ruyuan turned around and looked at Yuwen Tai and said:
"It doesn't matter what I think. Now that Wuchuan has reached a consensus, I can only follow everyone."
Yuwen Tai said:
"Does Dugulang think that the plan of old Army Commander Heba is inappropriate?"
Dugu Ruyuan sighed and said:
"What's the point of me feeling inappropriate? The Dugu family and the Yuwen family have decided on the matter, so I can only follow their lead."
Yuwen Tai was somewhat dissatisfied with Dugu Ruyuan's passive attitude. Since the expedition, Dugu Ruyuan had been acting like a defeatist strategist.
This guy always makes pessimistic predictions, and what’s more important is that his predictions always come true. What’s more important is that this guy can always make predictions, but he fights harder than anyone else on the battlefield.
In the eyes of the young Yuwen Tai, Dugu Ruyuan was just a strange guy.
However, Yuwen Tai also admitted that Dugu Ruyuan was a rare person among Wuchuan people who was both civil and military.
Yuwen Tai had a grudge against Wei Kegu for killing his brother, so he wore mourning clothes under his outer clothes to remember the hatred.
So when Heba Duba proposed the plan, the Yuwen family responded immediately.
Facing Yuwen Tai's questioning, Dugu Ruyuan said:
"Just as the old army leader Heba said, there is no other prominent figure among the rebels except Wei Kegu. Once Wei Kegu dies, the rebels will be in chaos!"
"But the hundreds of thousands of rebels outside Wuchuan City are in chaos. How can we break out with such a small number of troops?"
Yuwen Tai heard Dugu Ruyuan's concerns. He lowered his head and thought for a while, but said with some disapproval:
"As the elite troops of Wuchuan, can't we break out as long as we kill Wei Kegu? The rebels are just a large number of people, and they are actually a mob."
Yuwen Tai's personality is different from Dugu Ruyuan's. Although he also thinks, he always starts from a more optimistic perspective, which is completely opposite to Dugu Ruyuan's pessimistic attitude.
After seeing off Yuwen Tai, Dugu Ruyuan sat alone at the table. He straightened his clothes, ordered his men to prepare for battle, and then sat alone in the tent.
For some reason, Yuwen Tai just now reminded him of Su Ze.
Dugu Ruyuan chuckled and shook his head. Su Ze was an optimist who had plans for everything, while Yuwen Tai's optimism was somewhat naive of a young man.
However, Dugu Ruyuan did not have this optimism and innocence since he was a child. He always thought too much. Because he was too precocious, he saw through human nature and the laws of development of things in advance, and developed a sense of depression that he was unable to change the status quo.
Dugu Ruyuan always thought, if he were to become the prime minister of Wei, could he have prevented the Six Garrisons from breaking out? Dugu Ruyuan concluded that it was impossible.
The problem of the Six Garrisons is so deep-rooted that it is difficult to solve it even if you are in power.
Dugu Ruyuan suddenly thought of someone. If Su Ze was in charge of the government, he should be able to solve the problem of the Six Garrisons, right?
He chuckled and shook his head. Su Ze had tried to recruit him to leave Wuchuan, but Dugu Ruyuan did not leave because he couldn't bear to leave his clan.
But now that things have come to this, Dugu has put aside many of his thoughts as he wished.
After all, he is a Wuchuan man.
The men of Wuchuan always solve problems on the battlefield - only fighting!
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The first year of Xiaochang, the fifth day of the fourth month.
Wei Ke Gu, who captured the two towns of Wuchuan and Huaishuo, received an imperial edict to confer the title of king on Po Liu Han Baling.
He stood out from the crowd of True King's military commanders and became the second most important person after the True King.
Wei Kegu ordered the entire army to hold a banquet to celebrate, but the heroes in Wuchuan regarded this as a revelation from heaven and immediately launched a mutiny!
The coup went very smoothly. Heba Duba led the Wuchuan cavalry and quickly attacked Wei Kegu's camp.
Wei Ke Gu did not even set up sentries in the military camp. It was not until the Wuchuan cavalry arrived at the gate of the camp that the officers reacted and drove the soldiers to defend the camp.
However, the messy military camp could not organize an effective defense at all. Heba Duba was still strong and healthy. He held a spear in both hands, killed several people along the way, and charged into Wei Kegu's central military camp!
The father and his sons fought together in the battle, and Heba Duba's three sons also followed behind their father.
The eldest son Heba Yun was good at riding and shooting. He shot arrows from behind Heba Duba with his bows on both sides. As soon as the archers who were ambushing in the distance showed their heads, he would shoot arrows at them.
The second son, Heba Sheng, was not as skilled in riding and shooting as his elder brother, so he was responsible for serving as deputy general to his father, Heba Duba, and covered his father's flank with a carbine.
The third son, Heba Yue, was both wise and brave. He was responsible for leading the Heba family's troops to kill the enemy along the road opened by Heba Duba, and scared away other troops that rushed to support.
The situation was similar for the Yuwen family. Even the young Yuwen Tai put on armor and fought quite well.
On the other side, Dugu Ruyuan led his troops and also rushed into the camp.
He changed from his usual weak appearance and became very proficient in archery, horsemanship, swordsmanship and lance. Seeing this on the battlefield, Yuwen Tai finally understood the demeanor of Dugu Lang who broke out of the Rouran siege alone.
At this time, Wei Kegu finally understood what had happened in the camp. He had a mask on his face and his emotions could not be seen, but from the anger in his eyes and his tone, it could be seen that he was really angry.
"Wuchuan villain! I will punish him to death!"
All the people around him persuaded Wei Kegu to leave first, and then led the army to surround the people of Wuchuan.
But Wei Kegu had just been crowned king, so how could he be willing to run away?
More importantly, Wei Kegu’s own troops were not particularly large.
Wei Kegu's army was essentially a coalition force.
And Wei Kegu, the commander of the coalition forces, was not even as good as Yuan Shao when the eighteen princes were fighting against Dong Zhuo.
After all, Yuan Shao still has the basic support of three generations of officials and the Xiyuan Commandant, but Wei Kegu has no basic support at all.
In the North, personal prestige is a very important thing.
If Wei Ke Gu escaped from his camp, his personal prestige would be damaged, and it would be more difficult for him to lead the coalition forces in the future.
He asked:
“How many Wuchuan people are here?”
The confidant only knew that the situation was chaotic, and could only estimate and say:
"About two to three thousand people."
Hearing that there were only two or three thousand people, Wei Ke Gu gained courage and immediately said:
"There are only two or three thousand people. I will sit here and wait for the soldiers to wipe out the scoundrels in Wuchuan and add to the fun of today's banquet!"
Wei Kegu's words were full of heroic spirit, and his subordinates felt encouraged, so they immediately led their troops to intercept Heba Duba.
It’s a pity that the gap in strength cannot be made up by morale.
Heba Duba killed generals and enemies along the way, and actually made his way to Wei Kegu's central military camp.
At this time Wei Ke Gu was also a little scared. He forced himself to muster up his courage and prepared to run away after making some threats. However, he did not expect that Dugu, who was standing next to him, saw Wei Ke Gu's iconic mask as he wished and actually rushed over to kill him.
Wei Kegu's guards were scattered, and Heba Duba immediately seized the opportunity, rushed into the central army camp on horseback, waving his spear and saying:
"Thief leader! Die!"
Wei Kegu only saw a flash of knife light, and then the head and body were separated, and the spurting blood dyed Heba Duba's armor red.
Heba Duba looked around and Wei Kegu's men scattered like birds and beasts.
After completing the goal of killing Wei Kegu, Heba Duba decisively tied his head behind his horse, set fire to Wei Kegu's camp, and immediately led the Wuchuan heroes to rush out of the camp.
Su Ze looked to the north. The first phase of the Six Towns Rebellion had entered garbage time, and the heroes of the Six Towns had completed their first show after entering the historical stage.
But the person standing in the center of the stage now will soon leave.
(End of this chapter)