Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 271 Go or stay

  After Guo Pu's defeat, it seemed that those people were not that interested in the infantry, but they retreated without too much pursuit after they were chased away.

   These defeated troops fled desperately for a long time, and found that there were indeed no one chasing them, so they slowly gathered together, and returned to Hangu Pass lacking in food and clothing.

To say that these infantry were also quite unfortunate, first they were chased madly by Guo Pu all the way, and they didn't have much rest, and then the inexplicable Guo Pu suffered a defeat and was chased away like ducks, what kind of luggage, what kind of weapons, etc. Most of the things were abandoned in the process of fleeing. If it weren't for the mountains on both sides, there is really no place to escape, and these rout soldiers might not be willing to return to Hangu Pass.

  Because these defeated soldiers "lost the general".

  But if these broken soldiers escape, they are "dead troops". That is to say, deserters. If it is confirmed, not only will they be registered on the blacklist, but even their family members and wives will be "reported" to the officials...

Fortunately, Guo Pu was killed on the way to the army and was trapped in a field battle. The guilt of "lost general" can be avoided to some extent. Unfortunately, the general died first, and all the personal guards of the general, even if they survived the war, still need to be punished.

  The defeated soldiers entered Hangu Pass, and the news spread quickly like the wind.

   "What? Guo Duwei was defeated? Dead or alive?" Fei Qian asked.

  Huang Cheng shook his head and said: "There is no definite news about this, but these infantry will come, but there is no trace of Xiliang cavalry, I am afraid..."

   Fei Qian was silent, but also frightened.

   Xiliang cavalry, it’s not made of tofu, the whole army was swallowed up like this, without even seeing a scum, the enemy’s combat power is quite terrifying!

   Also said that there are only 1,200 yellow scarf thieves in Xin'an?

Give me a break…

   Not to mention only one or two thousand, even if it is doubled or tripled, if there is no cavalry, there is no way to take Guo Pu's Xiliang cavalry at all.

   Unless Guo Pu himself stepped into a deadly situation, but even if he fell into a trap, Guo Pu could send some people to pass the message. How could he lose so badly?

So either the original information from Xin'an was false. In fact, there are many more Yellow Turban soldiers in Xin'an than imagined, and there may even be a large number of cavalry, which led to the annihilation of Guo Pu's entire army. , and Guo Pu also died in the battlefield.

Either Guo Pu was accidentally attacked by a sniper and fled after being defeated, because under the current circumstances, even if Guo Pu returned to Hangu Pass, he would probably die. Go, but this possibility is not impossible, but relatively small.

  Because Guo Pu led not soldiers he recruited himself, but regular soldiers who had a record in the imperial court. Therefore, in the Han military law, if soldiers suffered heavy casualties in battle, the general should be held accountable. The reasons for the loss of many soldiers are very complicated. Either the enemy is strong or we are weak, or the command is improper, or the solitary escape leads to the final annihilation of the entire army. When it comes to crimes, the last one is the most guilty. As a commoner, he will not be hired again.

Fei Qian felt that the whole thing was a bit strange. The yellow scarf thieves appeared in Xin'an County inexplicably. There were 800 well-trained Xiliang cavalry, and none of them even escaped!

   Fei Qian suddenly seemed to think of something, but it was not very clear for a while, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand to grab twice in the air, which was very uncomfortable.

   At this moment, a postman passed by, interrupted Fei Qian's thoughts, and handed over a famous card, saying that Zheng Guanling was invited.

   Zheng Guanling?

   What are you looking for me at this time?

  Although I don't understand, Fei Qian still went, because Zheng Guanling's information will be more accurate and sufficient.

   Although Zheng Jue still greeted him with a smile on his face, Fei Qian felt that Zheng Jue's smile seemed to have changed slightly compared to before.

   "I heard that Guo Duwei was defeated. I don't know if it's true or not?" After exchanging pleasantries, Fei Qian took a chance to ask.

  Zheng Jue glanced at Fei Qian, nodded slightly, and said, "That's true, Captain Guo Du's army has been defeated..."

   "Then... what is the life and death of Captain Guo? And why did he lose?"

"How can you be undefeated if you don't care about military strength and are greedy for merit?" Zheng Chu said lightly, "Guo Duwei's life and death have not yet been determined... It is said that Guo Duwei had a very happy conversation with Fei Shilang before he left the customs. I don't know what they talked about? "

  Fei jumped in his heart, and carefully recalled what he said to Guo Pu at that time. Although he secretly lured Guo Pu to leave the pass and defeat the enemy, he did not say a single outrageous word on the surface.

So Fei Qian said: "When did Qian and Guo Duwei have a good talk? Oh, Zheng Guanling was also there, why ask?" It's a very common word, but if Guo Pu really committed something, Fei Qian once had a "happy conversation" with Guo Pu, do you know what Guo Pu committed, Fei Qian?

   If you say you don’t know, will anyone believe it?

  So Fei Qian directly pretended to be confused, and dragged Zheng Chu into the water—wasn’t it you who introduced Guo Pu to me in the first place, or else I didn’t even know this person, how could there be such a situation of “happy talk”?

   Zheng Chu laughed, squinted his eyes, and said, "It's not here, but in the public treasury..."

   "Ah, Zheng Guanling didn't mention it, Qian has forgotten about it," Fei Qian clapped his hands, as if he just remembered, and said, "I did meet Captain Guo..."

  Fei Qian selectively talked about the situation at that time, and then said: "...If there is no Zheng Guanling, I still don't know Guo Duwei..."

Seeing that Fei Qian kept pointing his relationship with Guo Pu to him, Zheng Cui knew that he couldn't grasp anything, so he chuckled and stopped continuing the topic, but said: "The situation in Kansai is critical now, and the Yellow Turban is powerful. , Fei Shilang might as well move east for now, what about after the chaos subsides?"

   Oh, let me exit Hangu Pass?

In the current situation, the yellow turban bandits in Xin'an County are really like a stumbling block at the gate of Hangu Pass, blocking the westbound route immediately, and Fei Qian can't single-handedly lead dozens of people to fight a way out .

But the ones who are more anxious right now are definitely not Fei Qian, but Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, so when they know that Hangu Pass is blocked, they will definitely send a large army to attack. How long will it last under the double-sided attack of the Luoyang garrison?

  Then what does Zheng Chu mean, that he doesn't believe that Xin'an can make a rescue? Or are you worried that Xin'an's Yellow Turbans will attack Hangu Pass? Or are you just worrying about me? Or is there any other purpose?

   Then should I leave or stay?

But if I go back and take a detour, not to mention the distance, the few ferry crossings in Hanoi are completely closed due to the Kwantung Allied Forces. , I have to contact the boats crossing the river by myself, and at the same time, I have to guard against that the Kwantung Allied Forces in Hanoi will not arrest me as a scout or something...

  After much deliberation, Fei Qian still felt that it would be better to just wait at Hangu Pass. After all, Hangu Pass was not blown out. Even if the Xin’an Yellow Turbans were really so stupid, it would not be easy to attack...

   The most difficult person to keep—"I gave you a house, money, official position, and BMW. Why can't you stay?" Cao Cao was heartbroken...

  (end of this chapter)