The internal strife between the Han and Hu coalition forces lasted for one day and one night.
Twenty thousand Xianbei Hu people suffered countless casualties in this battle, nearly ten thousand dead and wounded, thousands missing, and only three or four thousand were able to escape in the end.
Knowing that the way back to the north would be cut off, Yu Zhugejian decided to flee south to join the Wei people.
In the end, he was intercepted by people from the Dark Night Camp.
The embarrassed Yu Zhu Gejian was escorted in front of Governor Feng. He stared with blood-red eyes and shouted in a hissing voice:
"Why?!"
We agreed to go to Guanzhong together, but why did it end up like this halfway?
Facing Yu Zhugejian’s eyes that wanted to choose and devour others, Governor Feng sighed:
“Because you want too much.”
Reviving the Han Dynasty and returning it to the old capital has been the prime minister’s lifelong dream.
I really wanted to let the barbarians rob Chang'an, and then the prime minister ran over excitedly and saw a broken dream.
At that time, he was so angry that he might even hang himself on the flagpole of the Chang'an city wall to dry out his anger.
"This is my fault. Liangzhou has given you too many things over the years and has fed your appetite too much."
It is indeed reasonable to say that Hu Yi is afraid of power but not virtuous.
Feng Jishi thought for a while and had to say something that could be understood by the other party:
“Actually, I want to borrow some horses from you.”
“Borrow a horse?”
You call this borrowing a horse?
Not burning, killing and looting?
At any rate, when we Xianbei people plundered the frontier fortress, we never thought of saying it was a pretext.
You Han people are so shameless!
Governor Feng waved his hand and was too lazy to say anything more to him, so he had someone escort him off.
Then he looked at Bald Khotan again and asked:
“How many horses were obtained?”
Bald-haired Tianli quickly replied: "About ten thousand horses."
Feng Jishi smacked his lips: "Barely enough..."
Twenty thousand horsemen only got ten thousand horses. It must be said that this battle was a bit chaotic and the property could not be saved in time.
This batch of war horses was stored in another valley by Xianbei Hu'er, so it was not affected.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get ten thousand horses.
“Brother, now that we have fallen out with the barbarians, Kebi will definitely not be willing to accept it after knowing about it. Do you want me to lead the cavalry battalion back to support General Guan?”
As soon as the war broke out, Zhao Guang raised this issue with some concern.
Jiang Wei twitched the corner of his mouth and said nothing.
Li Qiu moved his lips but said nothing.
Yang Qianwan coughed.
General Guan still needs support?
When setting off from Jiuyuan, Governor Feng divided the army into two parts: the front and the back.
General Guan led more than 20,000 people to stay in Wuyuan County, while he personally led 30,000 people to Qiaoshan.
Kebi Neng can only produce 20,000 fine cavalry now.
Is he worthy enough to compete with General Guan?
To put it bluntly, not to mention Ke Bineng, even the generals in Liangzhou, if they were to fight General Guan between the two formations, none of them would be able to defeat him!
Including Jiang Boyue who has not yet fully grown up.
After all, in addition to the military books and art of war taught by the prime minister, Governor Feng also had military ideas brought over from later generations.
General Guan and Governor Feng were one and the same husband and wife, and they were also half daughters of the prime minister’s wife.
There is nothing in Feng's house that she does not want to know, and there is nothing she cannot know. Her knowledge and vision are far beyond what others can compare with.
As for Jiang Boyue...at most he only learned part of the prime minister's military skills.
No matter how powerful the operation is, it can’t compare to someone who makes money, and no matter how much money there is, it can’t compare to someone who cheats.
What's more, General Guan has micro management, can make gold, and has humanoid tricks...
It can be seen that letting General Guan personally guard the retreat was definitely Feng's premeditated plan.
Hence, it can be easily seen that Zhao Erha is not worried about his future at all. He is simply panicking here and wants to go to the grassland to have fun.
What people didn’t expect was that Governor Feng actually nodded:
“Yiwen thought well, Kebi has to defend, so I plan to lead the army back to the north and wipe out Kebi Neng.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
“Your Majesty, this...”
This time, even Jiang Wei couldn't help it.
If the ruler wanted to destroy Kebineng, why not just do it in Yinshan Mountain?
If you really want to use Kebineng, why are you so anxious to kill Pu Heyu now?
Since Xianbei Hu has not been allowed to consume the Wei thieves now, if he returns north to destroy Hu, I don’t know how much more time it will take.
Isn’t the purpose of this trip to go south to Guanzhong?
Why does it seem that Junhou is more interested in getting into trouble with Xianbei Hu?
Originally, Governor Feng had other plans to kill Pu He, but now it seems that he really wanted to kill Ke Bineng.
Why does it take so much time to go back and forth to destroy Kebi?
This is really not like the style of a king!
But seeing Feng Jishi, he said matter-of-factly:
"I said that Kebineng must die, so he must keep his word."
His eyes fell on Jiang Wei:
“Bo Yue, if I leave Wudang Camp and Modao Camp to you, can you stop the Wei thieves?”
Jiang Weizheng was puzzled. When he heard this, he subconsciously stood up.
Although Wudang Camp only has half a battalion, plus Mo Dao Camp and the Tiger Infantry Army led by himself, there are nearly ten thousand people.
"Don't worry, sir, if the Wei thieves dare to come, the general will definitely make them unable to come back!"
Although I can’t figure out what the prince’s intention is for the moment, since the prince has given orders, he will naturally obey them.
Feng Jishi nodded and looked at Li Qiu:
“Sincerity is high, you take Eshun with you to assist Bethio.”
"clear."
In other words, my brother wants to leave all the infantry behind this time to stop the Wei thieves.
And he himself returned north with all the cavalry.
Li Qiu seemed to understand a little bit why his brother attacked the Xianbei barbarians.
When the troops were divided, General Guan had more than 20,000 people, but he only had one man and three cavalry.
And among the 30,000 men in my brother's hands, at least half are man and horse.
Now that there are more than 10,000 more horses and the infantry has to stay at Qiaoshan, the cavalry in the hands of the brother can once again meet the minimum standard of the Liangzhou Army's one man and two cavalry.
Um?
Um!
So... what your brother said to Yu Zhu Ge Jian is true?
Just want to borrow a horse?
Thinking of this, Li Qiu was a little confused.
Of course, Governor Feng actually didn’t just want to “borrow a horse”.
He transformed into a ghost king and sacrificed 20,000 Xianbei barbarians. Not only could he save food, but he could also borrow a batch of food and grass from them.
One decrease and one increase is equivalent to an extra batch of grain and grass for the daily consumption of 40,000 people.
After arranging the matter, Governor Feng immediately organized his army and left all the grain, grass, cattle and sheep he had stolen from the Xianbei barbarians with Jiang Wei.
He took all the dry food and turned around and headed north.
This incident happened, and many people within the Liangzhou Army were caught off guard and did not react at all.
Not to mention the Wei army who only wanted to retreat.
After receiving the news from the Wei army ahead, Guo Huai rushed to the camp closest to the Han army as soon as possible.
Although he missed the firelight at night, the billowing black smoke during the day was obviously more conspicuous than the firelight at night.
When he arrived, the shouts of killing from the opposite side were still faintly heard and never subsided.
Obviously, the Shu captives were most likely involved in civil strife.
If the opponent were someone else, Guo Huai would have already begun to think about taking the initiative and go to test it out.
It’s just that the terrain of Qiaoshan is too complex.
More importantly, Guo Huai knew that Feng Thief was extremely cunning, and if he was not careful, he might fall into the opponent's plan.
So he did not act rashly, but sent out scouts to try his best to find out what happened to the Shu captives.
Many scouts of the Wei army took advantage of the chaos and witnessed with their own eyes the brutal fighting, or rather a semi-massacre, in the valley.
This extremely strange situation made Guo Huai even more confused and confused.
As more and more Hu people fled to the south, some noble Hu people even took the initiative to run to the mountains under the escort of their personal guards to ask for help from the Wei army.
The Wei army finally determined that the Shu captives had really fallen out with the Hu people.
Coupled with the subsequent large-scale mobilization of the Han army, there was naturally no way to hide this from the Wei army, which had been paying close attention to its opponents.
“General, after this civil strife, the Shu captives feared that they would realize that they were unable to attack Qiaoshan again, so they took the initiative to retreat.”
"I think the morale of the Shu captives must be low at this time. If we take this opportunity to attack, we will be able to defeat the thieves."
Someone made suggestions immediately.
Hearing this, Guo Huai was greatly moved.
However, this thought flashed past him in the end. In the end, he rejected the huge temptation in front of him, shook his head and said:
"Even if the Shu captives are at war with the Hu people, Feng Thief still has nearly 30,000 troops, so don't be careless."
"When I came to Qiaoshan, Grand Sima repeatedly told me that I could only stay tight and not attack. How could I disobey Grand Sima's order?"
“It’s better to report this matter to the Grand Sima first and see how the Grand Sima arranges it.”
This statement is reasonable and reasonable, and no one can find fault with it.
Because Da Sima did have this instruction.
It's just that in front of the two armies, the battle situation is changing rapidly. The general does not think about taking advantage of the opportunity to defeat the thieves, but only obeys the orders of the superior officers hundreds of miles away. This is not the way to lead an army.
Most of the generals in the army were dissatisfied if they had not fought at Xiaoguan.
One of the generals, Jia Xu, even privately said to the military commander Guo Mo:
“This can be said to be as fearful of Shu as a tiger?”
When Feng Jishi led his army to withdraw from the Qiaoshan Mountains, Jiang Wei sent people from behind to deliver the first military information after the division of troops.
After reading the military information, Governor Feng clicked his tongue and murmured:
“It seems that Guo Huai is so good at Sima Yi’s endurance skills that he is unwilling to attack.”
He took a deep look at Qiaoshan behind him and ordered:
“Send the order, and the whole army will move forward quickly!”
“The king has your destiny, hurry up and move forward!”
Twenty thousand elite riders set off the billowing smoke and swept towards the north.
…
At the same time, in the Jingshui River Valley more than four hundred miles west of Qiaoshan, news about Wang Ping finally reached Deng Zhi.
When he learned that the Wei thieves had a large army heading north along the Central Road, Deng Zhi couldn't help being shocked:
“After the battle at Xiaoguan, the Wei thieves no longer dared to return to the middle road to go north. I didn’t expect that the Wei thieves still had the guts to do this.”
At that moment, he did not dare to hesitate, and quickly ordered Liu Yin to stay in peace and prevent the Wei thieves from coming up the Jing River.
Then he and Ma Dai led ten thousand people and hurried back to Xiaoguan.
By this time, Deng Ai had already crossed several streams at the foot of Longshan Mountain and quickly headed towards Xiaoguan.
Deng Ai forced Deng Zhi to return, which not only reduced the pressure on Guanzhong, but also allowed Xian Yufu to dispatch part of his troops to Qiaoshan to support Guo Huai when the situation was urgent.
When the military information sent by Xian Yufu and Guo Huai arrived in Yicheng one after another, Sima Yi was greatly inspired.
He sent the military report to the generals in the army and said with a smile:
"The Shu soldiers came in three groups. Two groups are no longer worthy of fear. Only Zhuge Liang's group is left. How can they hold out for a long time? I think they will have to retreat not long after they arrive!"
I immediately wrote a memorial and sent it to Luoyang.
Then he sent someone to deliver a message to Qiaoshan, praising Guo Huai's prudence, and once again strictly ordered the generals to completely obey Guo Huai's command.
At the same time, he was authorized to Guo Huai. Anyone who disobeys the order can be dealt with by military law.
Just when Guanzhong was completely at a deadlock, the banks of the river in Wuyuan County were peaceful and peaceful.
This is a grazing land given by God.
The sergeants in charge of herding either cut the grass for fodder or drove their horses to areas with abundant water and grass.
“The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind and cattle and sheep appear...”
General Guan stood on the edge of the river, watching all this, and couldn't help but read two sentences that Governor Feng had once read.
No wonder Alang always likes to live in seclusion outside the Great Wall in the end in his chivalrous novels.
At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind.
“General, I will report something at the end.”
General Guan glanced at Liu Hun, who was blocked by his guards, and motioned to let him in.
Liu Hun hurried over and whispered:
“General, we intercepted a barbarian’s passing cavalry.”
"A messenger from the barbarians?" General Guan was stunned, "Is he delivering a message to Gao Que?"
“Exactly.”
“Why did you stop him if nothing happened?”
Liu Hun hesitated for a moment before continuing:
“General, I have discovered that the number of barbarian messengers going to Gaoque in the past two days has suddenly increased, and these messengers do not approach our camp to ask for food as before.”
"Instead, they deliberately avoided our camp. When I saw them twice, they turned around and ran away in fear. Therefore, I thought there must be something strange here."
"Huh?" General Guan's eyes narrowed, "So you deliberately intercepted a barbarian knight?"
Liu Hun said quickly:
“General, don’t worry, the general only accidentally shot his horse while hunting, and then brought him to the camp.”
General Guan glanced at him. No wonder Alang always valued this person.
These words are spoken as if they were true.
“What’s the question?”
Liu Hun frowned: "He only said that he was ordered by Yu Zhugejian to go to Gaoque and inform the coalition forces that they had captured two mountains of Wei thieves."
General Guan said "Oh", "Do you think there is something weird in this?"
"Yes! If it is such a good thing, why do the Hu Ren Chuanqi avoid our camp like a snake and a scorpion? And I see that the Hu Ren Chuanqi speaks in a flash, as if he is hiding something from us..."
Seeing Liu Hun so suspicious, General Guan laughed and said:
"If something happens, why don't you give us news? Forget it, give him a horse and let him go."
Seeing General Guan Hun's indifferent expression, Liu Hun opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything more. After agreeing, he turned around and went down to make arrangements.
Ever since Junhou led the army to leave, Liu Hun found that he could not understand the battle of Guanzhong more and more.
He also thought that the king asked General Guan to guard Wuyuan County in order to raid Kebineng at any time.
Unexpectedly, it seems that General Guan doesn't care about Ke Bineng at all.
But if it weren't for Ke Bineng, it would be completely meaningless for the army to stay here.
Liu Hun let out a long sigh, feeling a little depressed.
He was about to walk around the camp when he suddenly saw a familiar figure sneaking into a certain tent.
Liu Hun's heart moved and he followed.
"You are not allowed to drink alcohol without permission in the army. You have violated military law. I wonder if I won't tell General Guan!"
The two people in the tent were startled. When they saw the person coming, one of them smiled and said:
“Brother Polu, if you also want to drink, just say so, why do you need to scare people?”
Another person urged:
“Hurry up and put down the tent door so that no one can see you.”
It turns out that the person in the account is none other than Liu Liang, the son of Liu Hanzi.
The other one is Kebineng’s younger brother, Ruoloa Liu.
It is indeed forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, but there is an exception.
That was the camp where the Xianbei Hu people were, and there was no such rule.
Obviously, Liu Liang took advantage of this loophole.
Seeing Ruoluo Aliu, Liu Hun's heart moved, so he also sat down and asked:
“I’ve noticed something was wrong with you. How did you get this wine?”
Liu Liang smiled proudly and said: "I am not a member of the army, so I have some ways of getting wine."
These words can be used to show off in front of others, but they cannot scare Liu Hun.
Without General Guan’s acquiescence, you might not even dare to take horse urine.
Unexpectedly, Ruoluo Aliu nodded repeatedly and praised:
“Liu Langjun has always made a lot of friends, and he also has friendship with Feng Langjun, so he can get good things that others can’t get.”
“Since arriving in Yinshan, not only have I been the honored guest of Lord Kebineng, but many tribe commanders also like to deal with Langjun!”
Liu Hanzi said modestly:
“It’s a prize, it’s a prize, it’s just a favor given by everyone.”
After a few glasses of wine, Ruoluo Aliu's face turned red and he began to talk a little uncontrollably, sputtering about some tribal rumors.
These days, I have been drinking wine and tea, and there is no need to stay around Kebineng to watch his face.
In the slight drunkenness, Ruoluo Aliu felt that this kind of life was really extremely happy.
At the end of the drinking, Ruoluo Aliu was very drunk, but in the end he didn't say anything unusual.
Liu Hun then left with some excuse.
On the second day, a Han army cavalry carrying a red flag suddenly appeared on the Qinzhi Road in the south. He rushed straight to the camp and shouted:
“Emergency military situation!”
“General, urgent military situation!”
After Chuanqi was helped down to rest, the personal guards carried Chuanqi's letter and talismans as quickly as possible to the commander's tent.
General Guan hurriedly stepped forward, and after confirming that the talisman was genuine, he quickly opened the letter.
The content of the letter is very simple, and it even uses clear code instead of the code words commonly used in the military.
There are two big characters written on it: quick hair.
Then it was written in slightly smaller font at the bottom: Be careful.
Large characters and small characters are two completely different shapes.
The large characters were written with a brush, crooked, ghost-like, and horrible to look at.
The small characters are written in charcoal, with a square shape and straight strokes, which can serve as a model.
Six characters, all in simplified Chinese.
In this world, except for Feng Jishi, no one else can write such a font that combines multiple characteristics.
General Guan’s lips curved into a faint smile.
But soon, she suppressed her smile and shouted:
“Send the order, beat the drum!”
Just these six words suddenly broke the peace that had been in the camp for more than a month.
Countless cavalry began to rush out of the camp, their iron hooves making thunderous roars, and they swept toward their destination in a black mass.