The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xihua was originally a vassal state, and Emperor Guangwu named his brother-in-law Deng Chen the lord of Xihua. )

Speaking of Xihua, there is a person who has to be mentioned. This person is named Dai Feng, a native of Jibei Gang, a native of the current dynasty and the emperor's time. This man was really a "sincere gentleman". When he was not out of office, he encountered thieves on the road. All the property was stolen, but only seven were left. The thieves did not find it, so Dai Feng chased after them and said, "I know that there are few lords, so Give it to you." The thief said in surprise, "This wise man." After returning all his utensils, he later became an official, and his countermeasures were the first. In Huajie, the governor of Runan arrived at the post office, and the locusts followed him. This may have made the post governor very embarrassed. When there is a plague of locusts, there is usually a severe drought. This year is no exception. When there is a severe drought, I wear a seal and pray for nothing, so I accumulate salary and sit on it. He is a virtuous man.

Dai Feng's story, Xun Zhen listened to Xun Qu, and was amazed after hearing it. He couldn't figure out why there was no locust in Xihua, but he was sure that the rainstorm came by coincidence. What if it didn't come by coincidence? At that time, he wanted to ask Xun Qu: "If Dai Feng was burned to death, would he still be 'impressed'?" Because of Emperor Guangwu, the study of prophecy and latitude prevailed in this dynasty, and the theory of the induction of heaven and man was believed by the vast majority of Confucian scholars, so Xun Zhen did not ask this question in the end.

At the base of Xihua City, Xun Zhen unconsciously recalled this little story that happened when he was studying. For two days in a row, he accompanied Huangfu Song out of the camp and climbed the heights, watching the movement of Xihua City Defense and the barracks outside the city. Five days later, Zhu Jun and Sun Jian led the troops, and Zhao Qian, the prefect of Runan, arrived with the army. Zhao Qian was in his 40s, and he had been losing consecutive battles for a while, hiding in the east, and all the soldiers under his command were dead and wounded. When Xun Zhen met him, he saluted with the etiquette of his sons and nephews, and offered Xun Shuang's greetings.

Hearing Xun Shuang's greetings, Zhao Qian felt shameless, sighed, tugged at his beard, and said with a wry smile, "We lost in consecutive battles, the whole county fell into the hands of thieves, and life was ruined. Qian is a native of Shu County with a heavy accent. His family has been wearing hairpins from generation to generation. His ancestor Zhao Jieli was the five emperors of Shi'an, Shun, Chong, Zhi and Heng, Sikong, Situ and Taiwei. His father, Zhao Dian, and Li Ying, Xun Yu, etc. ” He served as two thousand stone, nine years of Yanxi, and Xun Shuang was extremely filial. His younger brother, Zhao Wen, had great ambitions. He was the first king of Jingzhao County. He was humble, so he gave up his office and returned home.

Huangfu Song comforted him and said: "Victory and defeat are common affairs in military affairs. There are 200,000 thieves in Runan, and it is very difficult for the public to support it with a few army soldiers. I am not familiar with the terrain of Runan, and the public has a clear name and a deep Fu. Runan is popular with the people, and it takes a lot of help from the Duke to break the bandit and settle the chaos.”

Zhao Qian said: "Everything is based on the general's order."

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When Zhu Jun arrived, the two armies reunited. Huangfu Song had tried the combat effectiveness of the Runan Yellow Turbans a few days ago, and in the past few days, he had seen the defensive layout of the Yellow Turbans inside and outside the city, and he was ready to attack the city.

Let Zhu Jun's team rest for a day, and then, with Huangfu Song's team as the main force, Zhu Jun's team as the flank, they dispatched more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack.

If you want to break the city, you must first destroy the Yellow Turban barracks outside the city, otherwise you will be attacked by the enemy. The main general of the barracks outside the Yellow Turban army was Liu Pi, and the deputy general was Wu Ba. In the face of the Han army's attack, the two led troops out of the camp and fought with them. At the head of Xihua City, the generals Peng Tuo, Gong Du, and He Yi arrived to watch the battle. In order to prevent them from attacking from the city, Fu Xie took 5,000 people to guard outside the city, waiting in a serious line.

As Huangfu Song and Chen Dao said, Liu Pi and Wu Ba were really brave. In the face of the attack of more than 10,000 Han troops, they were not afraid at all. Liu Pi personally led his troops to meet the enemy head-on. Fighting, shouting constantly. Wu Ba led 500 cavalry troops from the outside to respond, thinking that when Liu Pi's troops were attacked by the Han army, he would attack and repel them. The odd harmony is very difficult to deal with. From the afternoon battle to the evening, the Han army did not get any advantage, and the Yellow Turbans did not win, so they all retreated to their camps. The next time they fought again, just like yesterday, the Han army attacked many times and could not break the formation. Instead, Liu Pi and Wu Ba looked at the empty counterattack twice.

After the war was over, the generals gathered in Huangfu's tent to discuss the war.

Fu Xie frowned and said: "The thieves are strong, Liu Pi and Wu Ba are both brave generals, our army is in a hurry and it is difficult to overcome, it is better to take it slowly."

One sentence annoyed a person in the tent. The man raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "The battle is fast, why is Xutu?"

Everyone saw that it was Sun Jian. Sun Jian led his troops from the South Road. Like Xun Zhen, he was the vanguard of Zhu Jun's army. He was invincible in attacking all the way. He conquered Wufang, Xianyang, Shangcai and other counties one after another, and received Zhao Qian, the prefect of Runan. He joined forces with Zhu Jun to conquer Pingyu, and his military exploits far surpassed that of Xun Zhen. He believes that he is always winning, how can he back down?

Fu Xie frowned and said, "Sun Sima's words are true, but the thieves are so numerous and the thieves are brave, how to win?"

Sun Jian held his sword proudly, and said to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, "Ming, please use Jian as the striker, and you will definitely break the bandit camp!" In the two days of fighting against Liu Pi and Wu Ba, Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were not in battle. Huangfu Song strengthened his courage and knew that he was the first brave general under Zhu Jun's command, so he immediately agreed.

The next day, Sun Jian's entire army left the camp, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun dispatched 10,000 soldiers behind him to support him.

Huangfu Song and others climbed the watchtower to watch him attack. Xun Zhen didn't go up to the watchtower, but took the initiative to ask for orders to stop outside the camp gate with his troops, so that Sun Jian and other generals would be swept away, so that in case of danger, he would immediately rescue him.

Xun You, Xi Zhicai and other scribes did not leave the camp, and there were no guns and swords on the battlefield. Xun Zhen worried that they would have an accident and left them in the camp. Xu Zhong, Liu Deng, Xun Cheng, Jiang Qin, etc. led the infantry Zhu Qu to stand on the left, Xin Ai led the cavalry to stand on the right, Xun Zhen was surrounded by Dian Wei, Chen Da, Yuan Zhongqing, Zuo Bohou, etc. He got down, stood in the midst of walking and riding, and watched from afar, watching Sun Jian fight.

At this time in the afternoon, the sun was shining, there were no clouds, and the green fields were far and near, and a river flowed from the north of Xihua.

The barracks of the Han army and the Yellow Turbans were about seven or eight miles apart. From the position of Xunzhen, because the sky was just right, one could see the high watchtower in the enemy camp, and the flags fluttering in the wind like a long dragon also seemed to be out of the camp to face the battle. The Yellow Turban Soldiers. The drums of war continued in the battalions on both sides.

He retracted his distant gaze and looked forward.

I saw that Sun Jian's troops stopped after a mile out of the camp. Under the command of the military marshals, the colonel chief and other officers, more than a thousand people formed a phalanx, with shields in front, bows and crossbows in the middle, and spears and halberds in the back. Formed a formation, and with the sound of the war drums, they slowly marched towards the enemy soldiers.

Sun Jian rode a Qingcong horse, wore armor and held a spear, and led the generals Zu Mao, Wu Jing, Han Dang, and Cheng Pu at the forefront.

Afterwards, there were ten thousand Rui sent by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. These ten thousand Rui followed Sun Jian's troops out of the camp. When Sun Jian's troops were ready, they continued to move forward, but they only traveled two miles. He stopped and did not go any further, but set up an array and waited. If Sun Jian defeated the enemy, they would cover up and attack the camp while they were victorious. If Sun Jian lost, then they would support Sun Jian and return to the camp.

The battle was about to start, and the sound of drums, horns, and the movement of soldiers from the Yellow Turban barracks in the distance made the atmosphere a little depressing. Yuan Zhongqing looked up at his head, wiped his forehead, and said, "It's only April, and the sky is so hot?" He couldn't help but ask Xun Zhen, "Xun Jun, can Sun Sima break the thief today? ?"

Xun Zhen thought to herself, "How do I know the way?"

He didn't participate in the battle two days ago. He was watching from the watchtower. He was deeply impressed by the fighting power of the Runan Yellow Turbans. It was indeed much stronger than the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans. When the soldiers attacked, wherever they were, the Han army was all torn apart. More than ten thousand Han troops were not only unable to break his formation, but were almost broken by him. Wu Ba came and went like wind, invaded like fire, took his five hundred cavalry, and galloped freely on the battlefield. The army's offensive was repelled, turning the situation back. Xun Zhen roughly calculated that Liu Pi and Wu Ba were killed by Liu Pi and Wu Ba in the past two days, and the number of Han soldiers who died under their command was no less than 50~www.wuxiaspot.com~ including one military officer, two colony chiefs, and well-deserved tiger generals two.

The drums in the Yellow Turbans barracks were dull, and soldiers continued to leave the camp and line up in front of the camp. It may be that they saw that the Han army wanted to start the battle with a small number of sharp fighters this time. Liu Pi and Wu Ba also divided the soldiers who were out of the camp into two parts. It was obviously sharp, and later became the main force. Based on the length and thickness of the military flag and the array, Xun Zhen roughly calculated that there were about 10,000 people.

There were hundreds of cavalry in the rear of the front team, and its leader was a knight in black armor with a spear. This person was Wu Ba.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Wu Ba seems to be good at raiding. Judging from his position in the formation, it should be the same as the previous two days. If Wentai benefits, then he will attack from the flank again." Because the distance is too far, Liu Pi's flag was not found. Maybe he has not left the camp yet, maybe he is in the rear.

After the formation of the two armies, they raised their guns and moved forward. The drums were rumbling, and they were getting closer and closer to each other. When they were still about a hundred paces away, the drums in the Han army camp suddenly burst into flames. Xun Zhen listened to the rhythm of the drum sound in silence, but it was Huangfu Song who ordered Sun Jian to charge.

In the sound of the drums, Xun Zhen saw that Sun Jian turned his face and shouted something, and then mounted his horse and raised his spear, charging towards the enemy.