Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 942 Is it offensive or defensive

I only heard Huangfusong's promise in the big tent, and all the officers and generals in the tent rushed out of the big tent, some rushed forward, and some greeted a few of the same missions to walk together. While discussing the specific arrangements, in short, each face is full of joy and excitement.

  In any case, the Battle of Chang'an seems to have revealed the dawn of victory!

The sound of the golden drum in the camp vibrated, and the flags changed and fluttered. On the high sentry stand in the middle of the camp, a strong soldier was trying his best to beat the battle drum, the dull drum sound , like the heart in the human body was beating, and the blood in the whole body began to boil little by little.

   All the peasants who were still busy near Daying raised their heads in awe and looked at the scene in front of them. Since the fall of Tongguan, in just a few days, under Yang Biao's dispatch, they gathered from the surrounding areas of Hongnong's various forts, large and small, and were drawn from remote fields, and then organized into groups. Becoming a team of peasants, besides pack horses, there are also ox carts and mule carts, transporting materials like hills here, and following Zhao Wen to provide supplies to Huangfusong.

Amidst the sound of the horn, there were the sharp fighters who were the first to win the battle in Tongguan. After they experienced that **** battle, their expressions were naturally completely different from those of the troops replenished by the civilians. But the faint smell of blood still radiated out, making the peasants near the camp seem to have been stabbed by something, and quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at it.

  Behind them were the soldiers and horses of Huangfusong's remaining battalions. Now that a lot of new supplies have been obtained, Huangfusong's soldiers are not only full in number, but also have more armor and equipment than before. More importantly, a thousand cavalry have been added, which is different from the original thousand cavalry. Together, when the hula-la drove out, there was a sense of a galloping horse, which was already considered astonishing enough.

   This light cavalry formation is basically full of pride and complacency. You must know that these Hongnong cavalry were originally good players in various docks, otherwise they would not have had the opportunity to practice any riding skills. Now that Tongguan has been captured, the so-called elites in these docks have gradually become more and more powerful. Collected one by one, well-equipped, together with Huangfusong's original Hu cavalry, when they drove out, there were really nearly two thousand Qing cavalry sweeping through Guanzhong, naturally they were indescribably proud!

Huangfusong was still wearing the same old armor, the color on the armor was quite dark, but the cloak was still bright blood red, combined together, a huge banner fluttered above his head, showing a majestic demeanor rise.

   Behind him, Zhao Wen looked so inconspicuous.

  Huangfusong stood on his horse and looked back at Zhao Wen who sent him out. The expression on Huangfu Song's face was composed, and Zhao Wen also looked respectful and humble. They seemed to be in harmony with each other without any contradictions.

Huangfu Song arched his hands towards Zhao Wen and said: "The camp here is troublesome for Zirou... The Xiliang thieves are stubborn and cruel. Although they have been defeated, if they are not eradicated, they may come back again...Zirou And stay in this camp for a while, waiting for a good news!"

   Zhao Wen didn't seem to understand what Huangfu Song meant, he chuckled, lowered his head and bowed his hands to salute: "Respectfully send off General Huangfu! I wish the general an early triumph!"

  Huangfu Song nodded, then lightly knocked on the horse, the blood-red cloak rolled up in the wind, and galloped towards the west.

  Zhao Wen still lowered his head, his eyes were cold where no one could notice.

  Huangfusong didn't care about Zhao Wen at all, so he didn't even hand over logistics to Zhao Wen. Although Zhao Wen was said to guard the camp, in fact, since Zheng County had surrendered, wouldn't it be possible to store food, grass and military equipment in the open air? Naturally, all of them were transported to Zheng County, under the jurisdiction of the military academy that was previously sent to Zheng County to receive defense, and Huangfu Li, the nephew left by Huangfu Song, was stationed in Zheng County. Empty camp!

   How can this not make Zhao Wen's anger rise?

  However, what can Zhao Wen do?

  Leaving aside Zhao Wen who was distressed behind, Huangfu's army had already stopped all the way, heading west. The mixed formation of the Hongnong cavalry and the Southern Huns cavalry has already surpassed the slow-moving infantry and ran to the front of the army. At the same time, it also serves as a scout, passing information along the way to the infantry behind.

Huangfusong walked all the way forward, turned his head, and shouted to the nearby generals and soldiers: "Boys! Chang'an is just around the corner! You only need to take Xinfeng, and you will be in Chang'an! So that you will know, take Chang'an Needless to say, the reward is that the merits of Qin Wang are enough for everyone to seal their wives and children, and compete for the next huge family business!"

Chang'an is just around the corner, and the keywords of reward and family business are things that make every soldier think about it. As soon as Huangfusong said this, there were bursts of cheers from the left and right. less...

  Huangfusong sat on the horseback, looking into the distance, for money and so on, in fact, at Huangfusong's age, he no longer values ​​it. What he wants is actually the continuation of the real family, the reputation of the entire Huangfu family. At present, the big man is about to fall, but how many people can hold up the sky? What I have done now, I am afraid that in the future, there will be a rich and colorful stroke in the history. Thinking of this, Huangfusong couldn't help showing some smiles.

   Along the way, the Xiliang thieves seemed to have disappeared, and even the scouts did not see a few. Huangfusong didn't care too much, because from Zheng County to Xinfeng, and even to Chang'an, it was all flat land, so naturally there were no valleys and other suspicious Tibetan soldiers. .

When I set off from Zheng County, some worries gradually disappeared in the bottom of my heart with the vastness of sight on the road and the stability of the march, but another thought gradually rose up and expanded to other things. I can't bear it anymore.

  Chang'an!

   Capture Xinfeng and go straight to Chang'an!

  In the early years of Zhongping, he fought against Quyang, beheaded Zhang Bao, and gained the titles of Jizhou Mu, Huailihou, Shihuaili, and Meiyang counties, and as many as 8,000 households could belong to his own food town!

what a pity…

   At the beginning, it was also a year difference.

  Huangfusong couldn't help but look back to the northeast.

  Loyal minister of the great man, loyal minister of the great man...

  How much did I pay for these four words? From Huaili to Duxiang, is there a difference between two words? Didn't Emperor Han Ling know how ridiculous the so-called reason of Zhongchang Shi Zhang Rang is? Lien Zhan without success, wasting money and food?

   Hehe, hehe...

  However, everything in front of him seemed to be staged again. The entire Han dynasty seemed to have opened its arms to him, waiting for him to pick it up easily!

Now that he has 20,000 horses in hand, as long as he can enter Chang'an, Huangfusong will immediately absorb all the military power, and then rely on the reputation he has cultivated over the years to firmly hold it in his hands. I didn't need to bow my knees to anyone when I lived like that before!

  Although the weather is gradually getting warmer now, the sun is not too long. As we walk, the sun has already begun to slant westward.

  Marching against the enemy at night has always been a taboo for military strategists.

Therefore, under the order of the general in charge of commanding the former army, teams of scouts stretched out to detect the front, while the rest of the infantry gradually stopped. Under Huangfusong's order, the whole army camped and rested on the spot. .

  Amid the sound of the golden drum order, groups of soldiers and horses marched along the road, the front parted to the two sides of the road, and made way for the road in the middle, so that the baggage vehicles behind could follow up. The scout rangers at the forefront extended farther and farther to the front and the two wings at the same time, scouting the situation in a radius of thirty or forty miles.

  Passing through Zheng County, it is already Yimapingchuan in Guanzhong, so you don’t have to think too much about choosing the terrain to camp.

  When the two wings spread far enough, the order to camp has reached every pawn. Huangfusong's main force set up a huge camp about 120 miles away from Xinfeng, divided by Huangfusong's front, back, left, and middle, and taking the army commanded by each camp general in the army as a unit. , set up a huge camp respectively. The front battalion is used as a police post, and the two wings are mainly cavalry camps. The huge Chinese army camp is located in the center, and the weak rear camp is hidden behind the Chinese military camp.

Although it is not the kind of majestic camp surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is already a better deployment on flat ground. This arrangement not only ensures that the rear camp's luggage, food and grass are not exposed to the sight of the Xiliang army in the west. Inside, it also meets the standards of a camp above the wilderness. There are enough passages between the camps. If you look down from the air, the entire camp of Huangfusong is like a blooming flower, also known as five flowers. big camp.

  Huangfusong's troops were still divided into three levels according to the practice of the Han Dynasty, including soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian husbands. Nearly 20,000 people were busy in this area, and the scene was extremely spectacular. Now the cavalry on both wings spread out a huge fan to conduct a detailed investigation within forty miles, while the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who followed behind had already caught up, and quickly started camping under the guard of the main soldiers. Working, digging ditches, plugging fences, and felling trees for horse and deer stockades, was too busy.

   These things, of course, the soldiers don’t need to do it, they are more of a guard and guard, and they just need to wait for the auxiliary soldiers and civilians to prepare everything. Pity these auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, they are exhausted from walking, and they have to do these drudgery tasks. Naturally, it is impossible to be happy, but the military order is like this, so what can I do, I can only bury my head and do it like cattle and horses. Get those chores done before sunset.

When the sun was gradually hanging on the far side of the mountain, and it seemed that it was about to set, a personal guard of Huangfusong came up and reported: "General, the tent of the Chinese army has been set up, please move forward... "

Huangfusong looked around and saw that most of the military tents had been set up, only a small part was left, so he didn't follow the dead rules of military wells not being dug and military stoves being opened, adding age After all, he was a little older, and his body was no longer the same as when he was young. After a day of marching, he was extremely sore, so he nodded slightly, and followed the guards to the big tent...

  As the night gradually descended, Xinfeng City was gradually shrouded in darkness.

Whether it is Li Jue's army barracks, or the outer city wall of Xinfeng on its side, they all look extremely gloomy in the night, as if covered with a layer of black veil, even the light of the torches above the city can't shine. How far. The flags on the edge of the city wall were beeping non-stop when blown by the night wind.

  In Li Jue's camp, the torches were also flickering in the wind, just like the ray of hope in Li Jue's heart at this moment. In the big tent of the Chinese army, inside and outside the tent, there were full of Xiliang generals standing, and of course some of them were Qiang people. Everyone wore helmets and armor. Under the swaying brilliance of the torches, their faces It also seemed a little cloudy and uncertain.

  At this moment, Li Jue stood upright, with his hands behind his back, and his eyes slowly looked around at the generals around him. In his eyes, the **** murderous intent that had been concealed in Chang'an for many years in Xiliang finally burst out!

  Everyone in the tent was silent, as if waiting for something.

  Until the silence outside the tent was broken, both the Xiliang people and the Qiang people started whispering one after another, each with only two words: "Come, come!"

  Amid such low whispers that were almost "buzzing", several scouts, led by a scout military lord, rushed directly into Li Jue's tent from the outside, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

  The Marquis of the Scout led his subordinates to prostrate before Li Jue's table. Li Jue took a deep breath, stared at the leader with piercing eyes, and said in a deep voice, "What's the situation, please report as soon as possible!"

  Junhou clasped his fists and said, "I have contacted the scouts of the army from Zheng County! After we lost more than 20 people, we finally found out that Huangfu's army is 120 miles to the east!"

  Li Jue did not move, paused for a while, and continued to ask: "How is the situation in the north?"

  The scout Marquis replied: "As the general expected, they are still gathering at Baishuigou, and there is no movement!"

   Li Jue's voice suddenly became sharper, and he reconfirmed: "The cavalry, infantry, flags, etc. are all there?"

The scout also raised his voice, and replied loudly: "You guys have repeatedly confirmed that the banners of Baishuigou are all there, and there is nothing missing! The infantry and cavalry are all in the camp, and the number of counting stoves has not decreased! "

   "Okay!" Li Jue still didn't relax, and continued to ask, "How is General Ma?"

  The Scout Marquis almost shouted: "General Ma has hidden behind the wild forest in the southwest of Xinfeng! Now we can attack when the general gives the order!"

  Li Jue closed his eyes abruptly, took a long breath, and when he opened it again, he had already exhaled and shouted loudly: "Okay! Great! Come here! Bring the wine!"

Li Jue's personal guards had already prepared to stop. Hearing Li Jue's order, they immediately distributed stacks of wine bowls to the hands of every general inside and outside the big tent, and some others held wine jars and poured wine bowl by bowl The bowl is filled.

Li Jue copied the wine bowl into his hands and held it up high: "Everyone accompanied me to fight out step by step from the wind and sand in Xiliang, and now I have finally won a good future, and some people are so jealous , Stretch out your claws! Where the **** is this place? It’s Guanzhong! This has belonged to us West Qin people since ancient times! Why do you let those Guandong monkeys torment you! Today, I will say one more thing!”

   "Guanzhong is our Guanzhong, whoever stretches out his paws randomly, chops up one, and chops up a pair of ****! Let these Guandong monkeys know that our Xiliang man's knife is not vegetarian!"

   After finishing speaking, Li Jue raised the wine bowl to everyone: "Everyone, win the drink! After drinking this bowl, chop off the **** Kanto monkey!"

  Xiliang generals inside and outside the big tent, everyone's expressions were excited, blood rushed, and they all opened their necks and shouted: "We must win! We must win! Hack those Kanto monkeys!"

Amidst the cheers of everyone inside and outside the crowd, Li Jue raised the wine bowl, respected it from a distance, then raised his head and drank it down, and then threw the wine bowl heavily on the ground, and the rough pottery bowl was smashed into pieces and scattered in all directions . Everyone at the scene also imitated Li Jue, drank the wine in the bowl, and then smashed the wine bowl heavily. For a while, there was a chaotic sound of table tennis inside and outside the tent, as if playing the first tens of accented notes of war music. …

  (end of this chapter)