Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1199 Changes in the Battle of Qishan

In the early morning, a white drizzle shrouded the surrounding fields, permeated among the treetops and shrubs, some small animals poked their heads out from the wet rain leaves and grass, and then quickly seemed to notice something, and quickly Shrunk back.

  I saw a group of cavalry suddenly broke through the rain and fog and appeared at the edge of the forest, led by Gan Feng.

In the Han Dynasty, there was still some vegetation in Xiliang, which was not like the Gobi Desert of later generations. Perhaps it was because of the advent of the Little Ice Age and the southward pressure of the freezing line. On the one hand, the nomads became more aggressive. On the other hand, It also led to the large-scale felling of trees by the settled population in Guanzhong and even the Western Regions of Xiliang for heating, which eventually led to irreversible serious soil erosion and desertification.

  Gan Feng wiped the rainwater off his face, then turned his head to stare at the woods, and waved his head as a gesture.

   After running for such a long distance, I need to repair it. Although I brought two horses, but after all, it is raining. For war horses, it consumes more energy, so timely adjustments are naturally necessary.

   Several Flying Bear soldiers understood, jumped off their horses, carried their sabers into the woods, and returned after a while to report on the safety of the forest.

  Gan Feng nodded, and then signaled his men to go into the woodland to rest. As for the mark of the horseshoe, there is no need to pay too much attention to it. As long as this rainy day continues, the rain will gradually smooth out the mark...

This road has already passed Shangyu and is on the way to Qishan. Of course, to fight Han Sui who is stationed in Qishan, it is certainly not enough to rely on the twenty flying bear troops of Ganfeng. He agrees.

Rainy days are not suitable for horse racing. Basically, anyone who knows a little bit about raising horses will know this. Apart from the fact that the rain will take away the physical strength of the horse, it will also stain the fur of the horse and even stick to it. If the nostrils and eyes of the war horse are not treated in time, the eyes of the war horse will become inflamed and difficult to treat.

   Therefore, when going to the forest for rest, in addition to taking a breather, it is more important to clean up the big guys first, and wipe off the muddy water and eye mucus stuck in the corners of the mouth, nose and eyes...

The Flying Bear Army that followed Gan Feng were all old battle formations, so they didn't need to order anything extra. After entering the woodland, they took out a dry and warm Gebu from their arms, and wiped it for the big partners around them first. The long face rose up.

   "Lieutenant!" A Feixiong soldier on duty at the edge of the forest suddenly warned in a low voice, "Someone is coming! It's Xiliang scouts!"

  In rainy days, whether it is sound detection or sight observation, they are somewhat disturbed, so when the Feixiong army sensed someone coming, they didn't have enough distance to escape.

   "If they don't enter the forest, don't worry about it..." Gan Feng almost didn't think about it, and immediately said, "If they stop, they will be cleaned up! Get three crossbows ready!"

In rainy days, bows and arrows are useless, and even crossbow arrows are not easy to use. Even crossbows with iron strings should not be exposed to the rain for too long. After all, wood will absorb water, just to prevent If not, it is still necessary to use it when it is time to use it.

   Immediately, three flying bear soldiers with good archery skills took the oilcloth bag from the side of the horse, and then took out the crossbow and began to string it. The others, like Gan Feng, drew out their weapons and hid behind the tree sideways.

  The wind and rain are blowing, hitting the leaves and treetops and rattling.

Soon, there were some noisy sounds outside the forest. A group of Xiliang scouts came to the edge of the forest one after another, and a voice rang out: "Damn... the rain is getting heavier, boss, how about we Shall we rest?"

  It seems that Shi Chang said: "This way...it's better...Go to the woods to avoid the rain..."

  The ten Xiliang scouts got off their horses with a clatter, and began to drag the horses into the forest one after another.

  Gan Feng hid behind a tree, and winked at several subordinates around him.

   "How long!" Suddenly, a Xiliang scout pointed to the ground and shouted, "Look! This is..."

   "Do it! No one left!" Before the Xiliang scout finished speaking, Gan Fengfeng, who knew that his whereabouts had been exposed, gave a shout, rushed out first, and stabbed the elder with a knife.

   "Kill!" Several Feixiong soldiers also rushed out, hacking and killing the Xiliang scouts.

  Under the sudden attack, Xiliang Shichang also roared angrily, sideways avoided Gan Feng's stabbing knife, drew out his saber, and slashed towards Gan Feng's side!

   "Crack!"

  Shi Chang's vigorous and heavy knife, not only failed to hit Gan Feng, but because of too much movement, the sword slashed on the tree fork that grew out of the tree, and got stuck.

Gan Feng took a step diagonally, taking advantage of the moment when the long knife was pulled back before it was too late, he slashed across with the knife lightly, and the light of the knife passed between the long neck, and the blood splashed in the rain and mist with a "poof". A hazy red circle was splashed out, and with the cold light, it submerged into the chest and abdomen of another Xiliang scout.

Different moves need to be used in different places. Perhaps on the battlefield, chopping with all your strength is the most effective way to kill the enemy. The way to take death.

   Soon, the Xiliang scouts who stepped into the woodland were beheaded to death, and the two Xiliang scouts who had not yet entered the forest saw that something was wrong, immediately climbed on their horses, turned around and ran away!

   The first task of scouts is intelligence, and then killing the enemy. What's more, even the length is lost here, and it is meaningless to go all out.

  But the fate of these Xiliang scouts was already doomed the moment they stepped into the forest.

   "Boom! Boom!"

  The sharp arrows of the crossbow arrows drew a transparent straight line through the rain, and then sank into the backs of two Xiliang scouts who were fleeing on horseback...

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   Tianshui suburbs.

Cheng Gongying, who fled from defeat, fled all the way here after learning that Tianshui gathered all the tribes in Xiliang. He thought that he could defeat General Zhengxi's Guanzhong reinforcements with the strength of Xiliang tribes, but he didn't expect to meet Tiangong. Unfortunately, it started to rain.

Rain is a normal thing in the first place, and there was no rain for quite a long time before, and some rain now will also help Zhuanghe to grow ears before the autumn harvest, which is a great thing for farmers, but for farmers For Gongying, it was quite a headache.

  God is going to rain, no one can do anything to stop it.

   "Go to battle?" Duan Yan looked at the rain outside the tent with a serious face, and then said, "Could it be that General Cheng is playing with someone? How can we fight with such rain?"

  Duan Yan’s voice fell, and Zhang Heng echoed: “That’s right, in this weather, horses can’t even run, and they still have to fight with a ball... Could it be possible to abandon the horse and fight? Hehe, haha…”

  The other tribes in Xiliang, although they didn't make a clear statement, they also laughed along with Zhang Heng, apparently not very much in favor of playing in the rain now.

Cheng Gongying looked at the crowd and said patiently: "Everyone, everyone, it is precisely because everyone knows that this kind of weather is not conducive to horse battles, so the cavalry in Zhengxi will not be prepared, and we have a large number of people. Surrounded and trapped here, they will definitely be able to win in one battle!"

"Ha!" Liang Xing taunted unceremoniously, then turned his head aside, and said to Cheng Yi, "Brother Cheng, I heard that you went hunting in the mountains when it didn't rain two days ago? The harvest was good, right?" ? Have you found any good stuff?"

  Cheng Yi laughed: "It's just hares and pheasants, and there are no big guys..."

   Liang Xing nodded and said, "Brother Cheng is being modest. Shouldn't you be a seasoned hunter? At least you won't catch a single hair, but you'll lose a lot of people and horses, right?"

  Cheng Yi raised his head and laughed a few times, knowing what Liang Xing meant, but he didn't continue the conversation.

  Yang Qiu stretched out his arms, raised them to both sides, gestured, and said: "General Chenggong also has good intentions, everyone may wish to listen carefully, at least let someone finish speaking..."

   Ma Wan said: "Yes, General Chenggong, you continue to talk..."

Cheng Gongying bowed his hands and thanked Yang Qiu and Ma Wan, and then he did not look at Liang Xing, but continued: "Now that the Zhengxi army is divided into two parts, it is a very good time. If we can work together to wipe out the Zhengxi cavalry , then the Dingguan can be settled in one fell swoop, and then everyone will naturally..."

   "Naturally there is nothing."

  Zhang Heng said with an expressionless interface, "Anyway, the ugly words are in the front. A certain soldier ran through the pass a few times. There is no credit or hard work, but so far he has not gained any benefits. On the contrary, he has lost a lot of soldiers, horses and food..."

   Cheng Yin frowned and said, "Brother Zhang, that's too much to say. We're all brothers. Isn't it interesting to keep talking about this benefit?"

  The candidate also said: "That is, those who are good all day long, it seems that if there is no benefit, you can't live well..."

  Zhang Heng slapped the table: "Who the **** are you talking about?!"

  The candidate also slapped the table: "I just said what happened to you?!"

   As they were talking, the two of them were about to fight, and the other people beside them hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, pulling them outside the big tent while persuading them.

Duan Yan looked at it coldly, and did not dissuade him. After everyone left the big tent, he sighed slowly and said: "I'd better go and have a look, don't make any troubles, the successful general, resign..." After finishing speaking , Arched hands, Shi Shiran also left.

"Hey…"

Just as Cheng Gongying stretched out his arm, wanting to keep Duan Yan, Ma Wan stood up, shook his head and said, "General Cheng, I didn't say that, it's all here, so I hope to use some Beautiful words... well, you better think about it before you say it..."

Yang Qiu also stood up, cupped his hands, but said nothing, and followed Mawan out of the big tent, leaving only Cheng Gongying standing in the middle of the big tent, with his arms raised in vain, but dumb. Mouth speechless.

"Hi!" Cheng Gongying stomped his feet angrily, but turned his eyes to the south helplessly. He didn't know that it would be better to talk about something practical, but the problem is that he is just a general under Han Sui, how big can he be? that power?

   Han Sui did not authorize, what can Cheng Gongying promise?

   "General! General..."

  Cheng Gongying let out a long sigh, then shook his head, looking up at the continuous rain, falling all over the sky.

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"The way to set up a camp is to choose a place first. Those who have a good place have grass on the left, flowing springs on the right, dangerous mountains on the back, easy access to the people, and access to woodcutters. This is called the four preparations of the camp. Gongming built this car camp. It's quite organized..." Li Ru and Fei Qian stood in the camp, looking at Xu Huang in front of him organizing and reinforcing the camp, they couldn't help but praise, "Leave the team in the car, hook up outside the camp, keep horses in the middle, keep horses out, The left and right chamber doors, set up traps, and widely spread antlers... It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful, otherwise the digging of the ground will be a trench, and it will be more solid..."

   "Gongming has the style of a general..." Fei Qian nodded and said, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Wen You, you have lived in Longyou for a long time. I don't know how the soldiers of Xiliang are?"

Li Ru said: "The various tribes in Xiliang seem to be powerful, but they are not. Most of them are mainly recruiting soldiers. Taking Han Wenyu as an example, they can be divided into three tribes, with a total of about 4,000 tribes. They are divided into Han, Chenggong, and Yan. There are three hands, and there is another rear army stationed in Jincheng, most of them are refined, about a thousand people."

  So Han Sui only has 5,000 people?

   No, how could Han Sui have so few people?

Before Fei Qian could raise any questions, Li Ru continued: "...the rest of the soldiers were all recruited... For example, Ma Shoucheng's wife is a Qiang girl. Naturally, most of her tribe follows the Ma family, and Han Wenyue is the same. Qiang Hu Qi, grazing on weekdays, recruited during wars, Han Sui had a friendly relationship with Sijie Qiang and Shaodang Qiang, and recruited many Qiang people from other tribes as soldiers.

"Most of the tribes in Xiliang are like this. There are no more than a thousand people on weekdays. If you recruit relevant Hu cavalry, you can have as many as tens of thousands. If you join forces, you can have as many as 100,000 people..." Li Ru said, "But After all, Xiliang is poor, if there are too many people and horses, the food and grass will not be able to afford it, so..."

   Fei Qian nodded, understood.

Why did the court of the Han Dynasty use troops against Xiliang again and again, but never wiped out the rebellion of the Qiang people, even against warlords like Han Sui? Even if they defeated Han Sui and other tribes of Xiliang, but did not deal a heavy blow to the most important core part, it was like cutting off a part of an earthworm without hurting the most critical essential part. The severed earthworm can still survive, and then come back next time.

   "So..." Fei Qian looked at the front, that is, the direction of Qi Shan, and said thoughtfully, "If it is not defeated in one fell swoop, beheading its leader, this Xiliang..."

Sometimes life is so wonderful. In fact, this structural system of Xiliang tribes, which is mainly composed of refined private soldiers and supplemented by recruited barbarians, was actually used by Li Ru under Fatty Dong at the time. However, it was also used by various departments in Xiliang, but now unexpectedly, it has become an obstacle for Fei Qian in turn.

Li Ru smiled hoarsely, and didn't say anything more about this system, but said: "...Han Wen agreed to choose Qishan to fight, and the general was lucky to arrive...Qishan, although the land is connected in all directions, it is not the case... The general stays for a few days before Han Wenyue dies..."

   "Really?" Fei Qian didn't understand what kind of medicine Li Ru was selling in this gourd.

   "Naturally." Li Ru said, "But at the moment, we need to beware of Hanwen's promises to attack the camp..."

  Fei Qian looked up at the rain, and said, "Wen You means, Korean date to send troops in the rain?"

   "We are camping here. If Han Wenyue has other plans, he will definitely send troops to test..." Li Ru nodded and said, "There will be a battle within three days..."

At this moment, a group of scouts came galloping from outside the camp, came up to Feiqian, took out two tattered leathers from his bosom, and said, "General Qi, according to the general's orders, I have traveled over the mountains to the West Han River." , but unexpectedly found this thing by the water..."

  (end of this chapter)