The jianjia is green and the white dew is like frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water.
The reeds are reeds, and the time of frost is autumn. In autumn, the reed flowers are in full bloom, but they scatter in the wind. The reed poles are swaying, but they are bent but not broken. The setting sun, white fluffy yellow leaves, is really intoxicating.
However, the beautiful scenery is fleeting. As the afterglow of autumn hides the last light and darkness falls, the common reeds in Hebei become disgusting again... The reed poles look soft, but once broken
, the reeds in it are so sharp and tough that they can easily cut the skin; and underneath the fluffy reed flowers is basically a tidal flat. Only after stepping on the cut foot will you know whether the bottom is a muddy nest or a deep puddle!
But then again, on the North China Plain, for the defeated Yuan Army who had just experienced a rout, is there any better hiding place than the reed swamp? And for the guards who could not capture all the prisoners on the plain
As for the general's cavalry, why do they have to go into the dark and dangerous reeds for one or two prisoners?
not worth it!
"General Lu, there is no one on the river embankment!"
In the dusk, at a small river bend more than ten miles west of Liangqi City, as a sound of relief sounded on the embankment, the reeds below the river embankment suddenly started to pick up threads.
Suddenly, a military general who had lost his armor but still held a ring-headed sword led a total of seventy or eighty Yuan Jun deserters in a panic, and braved the blood and mud from the fork of the Baigong Canal built by the famous Prime Minister of Zhao in the past.
He climbed up the embankment, but carefully looked around, ordered the defeated soldiers to form a rough formation, and then turned around with some warriors who still had weapons, and struggled to help the last few important people onto the river.
embankment.
Under the starlight, if anyone looked closely, they would definitely recognize that the four core people among these people were none other than Yuan Shao, Ju Shou, Xu You, and Guo Tu.
"Ming Gong!" Lu Xiang came closer and saw that Yuan Shao's body was covered with mud. He had no robe, helmet or armor, and the short hair on his head was half soaked in mud. However, he couldn't help but feel extremely ashamed. "This subordinate is incompetent.
I was entrusted by Chen Changshi to cover a few miles, but I couldn't rush through. Instead, I was forced to defeat by the opponent's cavalry..."
"I don't blame you!" Although Yuan Shao looked panicked, he seemed to have regained his consciousness after hearing this. "The army was completely collapsed and everyone was running for their lives. How could we rush through so easily? Even later, I was unwilling to abandon the car at first.
Then I met my own nephew, who in turn caused trouble for you... I never imagined that one day I would be expelled by that guy Yang Xiu in public, to the point where I would abandon my helmet and car and hide in the mud!"
"My lord, there is no need to blame yourself, and there is no need to blame Mr. Yang harshly." Guo Tu, who was standing next to him, supported Yuan Shao and spoke sincerely. "My lord was unwilling to abandon the car before because there was the body of General Wen in the car. Moreover, if the lord had not abandoned the car in the first place,
, how can we all escape danger and gather together with the Lord? Later, when we met Mr. Yang, we were helpless, because not only Mr. Yang recognized the Lord at that time, but also the other white-horse nobles who came from Chang'an around him... Under the general trend,
They had to chase a make-believe story!"
"I actually know." Yuan Shao couldn't help but smile bitterly. "I don't blame him for this. After abandoning his armor, his short hair became more conspicuous, so much so that the guard had to cut off his hair when he pretended to be me driving away. How could he be blamed?
Where is it on my body? And I just felt a little emotional... Fortunately, I escaped this time, otherwise wouldn't it be ridiculous if Gongsun drove Yang's nephew and captured Yuan's uncle? "
"Yuan Cheqi, is this the time to talk about this?" Xu You, who was also embarrassed, took off his boots and poured out the mud and sewage, but couldn't help but sit on the ground and angrily yelled. "There are enough things today.
...We should quickly return to Liangqicheng while there are no pursuing troops nearby!"
Yuan Shao sighed and nodded.
"Why should Ziyuan panic? At this point, one step earlier may not mean that you can escape, and one step too late may not mean that you cannot enter the city." Unexpectedly, his left rib was bruised, and his ribs may have been broken. At this time, he could only hold on to his ribs and managed to speak.
Jushou, however, seemed to be disapproving of it. "And today I saw so many dead figures before the battle. In terms of posthumous matters, what's the harm in sorting it out a little? It should be noted that a gentleman cannot escape his crown until death."
Everyone was silent for a moment... Although Jushou's words were a bit unpleasant and unlucky, they were also the truth. The danger was not really lifted at this time. Once we leave this reed swamp and encounter the enemy again on the plains,
, then no one can say what the outcome will be.
In fact, even Xu You didn't refute even when he was dejected... He was just impatient with Yuan Shao and Guo Tu before and deliberately vented his anger.
In this way, everyone was silently adjusting their clothes. After some time passed, and seeing that there were not many fires on the east road, the souls of Yuan Jun finally stopped hesitating, gathered some remaining soldiers, supported each other and stood up to march towards
The east side hurried away.
But after only a few miles, in the howling autumn wind, the ground suddenly trembled slightly, and then the horses' hooves rushed in the dusk. It was obvious that a group of enemy cavalry deliberately did not bring torches and were waiting for prey in the wilderness... At this time, they noticed movement.
Came straight!
A moment later, in the night wind, the excited words of the enemy general were heard: "I knew I could make a profit here tonight! You didn't believe it before?"
Everyone from Yuan Shao on down lost their countenance, but at this time they had no armor and only a few swords in the chain, so there was nothing they could do.
"Unexpectedly, I, Yuan Shao, was defeated and died!" Yuan Benchu was already in despair as he looked at the cavalry figures that were rumbling in but were not in a hurry and surrounded him on all sides.
"Shut up! Lower your head!" Amidst the noise of horse hooves, Xu Ziyuan suddenly pulled Yuan Shao and lowered his voice. "Don't say anything... It's a coincidence that the person who came here may make it happen! Lu Xiang hides him!"
Yuan Shao was confused and puzzled, but he was still forcibly pressed down by Lu Xiang next to him.
At the same time, Xu You actually stepped out of the formation and moved forward with a loud voice: "In front of me is my old friend Xu Youluo, General Wei Yue?!"
The person on the other side was obviously startled, but couldn't help but laugh, and then dismounted directly: "So it's Mr. Xu? This is a great achievement!"
"Great job!" Xu You continued to move forward and yelled rudely. "What credit do you have for capturing me? It's nothing more than getting someone to talk to Gongsun Wenqi day and night, saying that you are greedy and lustful.
Rude and incompetent, not of much use..."
Wei Yue couldn't help but laugh: "Why is Mr. Xu doing this? And if I take Mr. Xu back, I will never believe you..."
"This is not a matter of whether he believes me or not, but whether you are really not greedy for money and lustful, and does your monarch know that you are greedy for money and lustful?" Xu You had already come to the other party's side as he spoke, but
He stepped forward and held the other person's hand directly, then lowered his voice. "Zidu, take a step to speak..."
Wei Yue didn't take it seriously and directly ordered the troops to be careful and not to move without permission. Then he walked dozens of steps with the opponent to avoid it: "Mr. Ziyuan, please speak."
"Wei Zidu, you must have worked so hard today and returned without success... because I am a spy arranged by the Lord to be by Yuan Shao's side. The Yuan family has not been eliminated, so I cannot return! You will know this when you go back and ask!"
"
Wei Yue was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Ziyuan, could it be that he is deceiving me?"
"So what if I cheated on you?" Xu You asked with a sneer. "So what if I didn't cheat on you?"
Wei Yue became more and more shocked and at a loss.
"Let me ask you, based on my friendship with Gongsun Wenqi, I am not his spy. I will follow you back tonight without a position close to the staff or two thousand dan, right?" Xu You asked calmly and calmly.
"With Sir's intelligence and friendship with our Lord, it is indeed true." Wei Yue thought for a moment and simply admitted. "Otherwise, why would I be so polite to Sir?"
"Then let me ask you again, since letting you go will have a good result, why do I ask you to let me go and let me return to Liangqi?" Xu You continued to ask calmly.
"I don't know about that." Wei Yue laughed dryly for a moment. "I am a martial artist, and the only thing I can use is to perform meritorious service immediately. How can I understand Sir's thoughts?"
"You will definitely understand, because you and I share the same disease." Xu You turned around and glanced at the team behind him, then sneered and said with a twist of his tongue. "This matter is spread out, it is actually simple... Think about it, I have offended you before.
Dong Gongren and others happened to be in Yuan Shao's formation, so no matter whether they were spies or not, after this time, they would only have friendship but no achievements. And if so, how could I gain a foothold by Gongsun Wenqi's side? I'm afraid I would be taken down by then.
People are crowding out..."
Wei Yue suddenly realized: "Sir, what you said is reasonable."
"It's natural and reasonable, because the same is true for you Wei Zidu... I just said that you are greedy for money and lustful, is it a lie? Didn't you say it yourself when we drank together at Yuan's house in Luoyang, saying that you didn't want Lu Ziheng to see you? Your family gentleman
Hou Ye has been particularly unhappy with you all day long. In this case, if you want to gain a foothold by Gongsun Wenqi’s side in the future, you will also need to obtain more military exploits..."
Wei Yue sighed slightly, unable to refute.
"Forget it!" Xu You said sincerely when he saw this. "I won't hide it from you today, Wei Zidu. In fact, there is only a slight tacit understanding between me and General Wei, and there is no real spy agreement... It is precisely because of this that I want to go back.
Come to Yuan Shao and ask for great achievements! And if you can help me today, I will benefit from you in the future..."
"What happens in the future..." Wei Yue couldn't help but lower his head and chuckle.
"No one can say what will happen in the future, but you have actually achieved great military exploits today. What extra reward will you get if you catch me extra?" Xu You asked back. "In the end, I have no worries about my future, but you today
Trying to tie me up is just a futile effort to spite me... Instead, wait until I return to Liang period and take advantage of this defeat to gain Yuan Shao's trust. In the future, the right way is to gain more military exploits with you on the battlefield!"
Wei Yue's heart moved slightly.
"Zidu, you and I are both different. In the future, Gongsun Wenqi will become a big thing. If we want to be by his side, we should take care of each other." At this point, Xu You lowered his voice again. "Actually, I am fine.
Now... the world is peaceful, civil servants like me will always have the opportunity to continue to make meritorious deeds. Instead, I will save you, a mere warrior with all the problems. If you can't take advantage of the chaos in the world to make more contributions and get more rewards, then the world will be in trouble in the future.
Once it is pacified, what do you have to rely on to continue to maintain your current position?"
Wei Yue was stunned and speechless.
"That's it!" Xu You said, holding the opponent's gloved hand with both hands. "Let me go today... Go back and tell General Wei that I want to be his spy. He will definitely not blame you, but will
Maybe you can take this as your credit!"
Wei Yue raised his head and sighed, then lowered his head and took off the pair of fingerless gloves popular in Liaodong from his hands, and directly faced the opponent's palms: "Mr. Ziyuan, we have made an agreement that you must take care of me in the future... don't
Going east, there are still some people like me hunting enemy troops in the wilderness, and most of them are Xu Bojin's subordinates. Sir, I may not be able to talk about it... Go south, to Yecheng, or go around from the south
Just go to Liangqi in the past."
Xu You thanked him repeatedly.
A moment later, Wei Yue also returned to the encirclement, but he directly ordered the more than a hundred cavalry accompanying him to be spared: "Mr. Ziyuan is an old friend of the king, and some of you should know... Today is my business."
I will report it to you when I get back, so don’t ask, just pretend you haven’t seen me before and just follow me back to camp!”
"Zidu Gaoyi!" Xu You had also returned to Yuan Shao's side in the defeated army, but he raised his hands and shouted to each other, and then sternly ordered him to whom he was not sure. "Don't ask, just go south quickly!
"
From Yuan Shao on down, how could they dare to ask, they just bowed their heads.
The cavalrymen under Wei Yue all looked at each other in confusion, but since their superiors had orders on the battlefield, they could only get out of the way. Not to mention that they were just horses and horses, and they just came out to take advantage of the victory to get extra seizures... Since the net
On one side, Yuan's army was defeated and did not dare to hesitate. They took the opportunity to head south in panic.
But just as Guo Tu supported Yuan Shao, hid among the defeated troops, and quickly lowered his head and walked south, someone among Gongsun's cavalry who was preparing to return to camp directly lit a torch, and by the light of the fire, others fell.
, Wei Yue was attracted by the hair crown on Guo Tu's head. He glanced at it, but he was a little surprised.
"Zidu!" Xu Ziyuan ignored everything and spoke loudly, causing the other party to turn his head. "I have a parting word... General Wei has conquered the world, but if there is no war in the future, how can you, a warrior, make any achievements? These days
In the new year, you must work harder now to be able to survive in the long run!”
Maybe he only noticed Guo Tu, and Wei Yue didn't care. In addition, Xu You reminded him again, so he was silent for a while and didn't react. Instead, he simply gave the order after the other party and his group disappeared into the dusk.
The troops held torches and slowly returned north to the Handan camp.
On the other side, Yuan Shao and his party narrowly escaped death and headed south in panic, but they planned to take a detour to Liang Qi... It's not that they can't go to Yecheng, but that if Yuan Shao doesn't go to Liang Qi, then Gongsun will arrive at Liang Qi's city tomorrow and say
Maybe Yuan Jun would lose the city directly in panic. In that case, not to mention the loss of the outer defense line, he would only lose the military provisions, military supplies stored in the city, and most of the defeated troops. For Yuan Shao, it would be a loss.
A fatal blow.
By that time, even if Yuan Benchu had nineteen counties in his possession, he would have no choice but to flee with all his strength lost. It was obvious that Yuan Shao had no intention of completely admitting defeat after the first battle.
However, God's will is clear... About half an hour after traveling south, suddenly, I don't know if Wei Yue regretted it, or someone noticed the movement of this group of people. To the north, there were bright lights and iron hooves, as if there was another small group.
The cavalry came galloping.
Of course, Yuan Shao and others were much more calm this time, because since they turned south, they went south specifically along a tributary of the Fu River, and carefully explored hiding places along the way. When they saw pursuers from the north, they were surprised.
The car was familiar with the road, and he immediately turned around and plunged into a reed swamp under the river embankment... In this terrain, there was really no other place to hide.
Dozens of horsemen came galloping with fire in hand. They were obviously not from Wei Yue. They passed the place where Yuan Shao and others were hiding, then turned back, then turned around again and scattered in the wilderness. Obviously, they should have noticed it from a distance.
After arriving at something, or simply discovering some traces, confirming the existence of such a group of people, but not finding a specific hiding place, they will continue to go back and forth to check the target.
And soon, these cavalrymen, who were obviously not stupid, gathered on the river embankment and took a look at the reed marsh area that was two or three miles long in front of them.
"Why don't you come down to check?" In a reed bush hundreds of steps away, Lu Xiang, who was next to Yuan Shao, had already grasped the handle of the knife, but he couldn't understand the situation for a while.
"Because it's not necessary." On the other side of Yuan Shao, Guo Tu glanced at the surrounding situation and sighed quietly. "They can set fire... let us come out on our own!"
"Then why is Chief Guo still so calm?" Lu Xiang was flustered and felt that the behavior of the surrounding scribes and Yuan Shao was simply unbelievable.
"Why can't you calm down?" Guo Tu said disapprovingly. "Regardless of whether the person coming is a subordinate of the previous 'General Wei Yue', isn't there 'Mr. Ziyuan' here? Let's just hide here."
Lu Xiang was still confused, but Yuan Shao between the two couldn't help but bowed his head in shame.
"Listen to the subordinates of the Yuan thieves in the reeds. My Sima is Xu Xing from Liaodong. He has been with General Wei for a long time. Now he is the Army Sima in charge of military law under General Changqi. He has always been true to his word... The blood stains on the river embankment are like this.
Obviously, we know that some of you must be injured, so if you wait for yourself to come out to the river embankment, whether it is fighting or surrender, the wounded will not be involved! And if you ignore it, after three times, you will have no choice but to set fire to the pond!
This is the first time!" As he spoke, there were indeed knights holding torches and proclaiming as they walked along the river embankment.
Of course, under the river embankment, Xu You sighed helplessly and prepared to stand up to deal with it. He was even mentally prepared to follow him to Gongsun Camp.
At this time, Lu Xiang just woke up... Since he was hiding here, Xu You could go forward and deal with it alone. When the other party saw Xu You, he was so satisfied that he never expected that there were so many important people below, so he discovered it.
, Xu Ziyuan can also lightly say, "Most of his soldiers are innocent in Yanzhou, please be released." At that time, as long as the accompanying soldiers do not jump out to report, Yuan Shao and others can still hide it.
Moreover, considering that these soldiers are all Yuan Shao's tiger guards, and they have never left Yuan Shao today, they would not have reached this point and made such a betrayal again.
However, just as Xu Ziyuan was holding the water and preparing to go out, someone suddenly reached out and grabbed him by his side. Xu You turned around and saw that it was Ju Suo, and he couldn't help but be confused for a moment.
"Wait a moment." Ju Suo, who was holding his ribs and half-immersed in the water, managed to lower his voice. "When I escaped from the main force and entered the reed swamp in the afternoon, there were no injured people. It was no problem to just march..."
When Xu You's heart moved, he couldn't help but nod his head. He leaned over Jushu again and waited quietly for a while.
A moment later, on the river embankment, Xu Xing's subordinates shouted again. Without waiting for Xu You to think more, someone suddenly roared out from the reed marsh in the night: "You Liaodong barbarians are bullying us!"
That's too much! I'm hiding here because I'm worried that there are some wounded among the villagers and it's inconvenient to fight. Do you really think we're afraid of you?"
Immediately, at the other end of the reed swamp, close to the knights, dozens of warriors who did not give up the war poured out. Then after a little preparation, they simply headed towards those knights from the river embankment.
Ten Cavalry launched a charge!
Not to mention how surprised Yuan Shao and others were under the river embankment, above the river embankment, Army Sima Xu Xing, a younger brother of Xu Rong and a Yi Cong of Baima, was also happy instead of angry.
In other words, Xu Xing's trip was related to Wei Yue, but had nothing to do with Yuan Shao and his party... In fact, he had set up an ambush a few miles west of Liangqi City to the east of Wei Yue, and later saw Wei Yue and others to the west.
He raised a fire and returned to camp, knowing that he would definitely frighten the enemy. There might be no more gains to the east of Liangqi City, but he was unwilling to turn back, so he simply headed south to intercept it. First, he vaguely noticed that there might be someone ahead, then he noticed the reed marsh, and finally
Only then did I notice the blood stains on the river embankment.
In short, when this person encountered the enemy at this time, he felt that his trip was worthwhile, so he was naturally excited and ordered to fight.
On one side are the defeated troops who left the battlefield and hid in the reed swamps; on the other side are the pursuers who patrolled the surrounding areas after the victory and tried to clear out the meritorious service; on the other side are the infantry who have abandoned their helmets and armor and only have weapons; on the other side are the infantry who are fully armored and organized.
Complete cavalry; on one side are ordinary troops, on the other side are military judges and attendants... Logically speaking, the outcome should be clear, otherwise how could these cavalry regard this pursuit as hunting?
This seems to be the case. As soon as the two sides joined forces, the horse-powered cavalry instantly took advantage. Many infantrymen on the opposite side fell down the river embankment in embarrassment to avoid the horses. More people were stabbed to death by spears.
.
However, among this group of infantry, there was a giant man with a large shield on his back who stood out. He was standing in the middle of the river embankment. He calmly took off his shield and went to fight. After that, he held a shield in one hand.
Holding an iron halberd as tall as a person in one hand, he charged directly against dozens of cavalry. Then, in the chaos of the battle, he used his shield to block and slow down the momentum of the horses, and swung the iron halberd horizontally to sweep away the people on the horses.
Perhaps these cavalry were too arrogant. After a charge, the infantry were completely defeated, but this giant man actually killed several cavalry with a shield and a halberd, standing alone on the battlefield.
Xu Xing, who was behind him, saw that he was getting close to what his attendants said was the boat capsized in the reed marsh, and he couldn't help but get angry. In addition to today's victory, he felt arrogant and arrogant, and actually slapped the horse forward in person.
Seeing this, the surrounding knights did not dare to neglect. Dozens of cavalry who had already charged immediately used the height advantage of their horses to drive away the remaining enemy infantry, reserve the battlefield, and held up torches to illuminate the battlefield. Two armored guards who had been guarding the area closely followed them.
Follow Xu Xing for support!
But the giant man was still not afraid. He stood on the river bank with a shield in one hand and a halberd in the other. He actually wanted to face the three cavalry head-on again!
This made Xu Xing and the other two people sneer and become even more angry, and they continued to speed up.
As they approached, the two knights suddenly accelerated and came first. They launched their spears from the left and right together in a tacit understanding... One high and one low, the taller one stabbed down from the shield, trying to kill the man with all his strength, while the lower one looked in from the side.
When he came out, he tried to catch the person who crossed the shield for a moment and stabbed the person from the bottom of the shield.
Two killing moves met. It was easy to dodge one of them, but difficult to dodge both, not to mention that behind these two riders there was Xu Xing, who had outstanding martial arts.
However, this giant man was not in a hurry. On the one hand, he dwarfed his body and lowered his center of gravity. On the other hand, he suddenly raised his shield high and faced the two spears directly with his big shield!
Conflicts intertwined, and the horses were galloping with great force. The two cavalrymen felt a huge force coming from the spears. Almost all their wrists were frustrated, as if they were dislocated, but they quickly let go under instinct... In fact, this
It is a common way for cavalry to be injured when charging. In every battle, countless knights will be injured due to this injury.
However, no matter what, the cavalry will certainly break their wrists due to this, but relatively speaking, if they collide head-on, the infantry who can withstand the force instantly will not be far behind, let alone the person who takes the initiative to meet him with his shield.
However, since the two cavalrymen lost control and lost their long soldiers, and each had their wrists bruised, they were shocked to find that the giant man was fighting against two people, and he didn't show any intention of being frustrated! Not only that, after he deflected the two spears, in the blink of an eye, he took advantage of the lightning.
At the moment when the two knights lost their combat effectiveness, he swung his shield to the right and turned around with the iron halberd behind him to strike back to the left... In other words, his body was huge, but he was extremely flexible. He was able to withstand the huge force of the war horse and still follow the trend.
Easily jump up in the air and counterattack from both sides!
On the river embankment, the knight on the right was hit by a big shield from behind, and he, his horse, and his shield all rolled down the embankment. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive. The knight on the left was more direct, and the iron halberd came across, and he was thrown out of the horse.
It was hung on the twig of the iron halberd, as if it was dead and could no longer die.
Xu Xing was furious, and his horse's momentum did not decrease. He charged forward and thrust with all his strength. The giant man had lost his shield, but regardless of the fact that there was still a person hanging on the iron halberd, he held the halberd upside down and blocked it with the halberd handle! However, Xu Xing
He has excellent riding skills. When he was in front of the opponent and his spear was swung away by the opponent with his halberd handle, he actually used his legs to forcefully control the horse.
The white horse that came from outside the wall was restrained for a moment, and could only lift its front hooves with all its strength, and then slammed it down with its whole body weight.
The giant man didn't have time to lift his halberd, so he had no choice but to run away in confusion.
This is exactly what Xu Xing wanted. While the war horse was still galloping in the air, he had already pulled out the ring-headed sword from his waist. However, this giant man seemed to know the importance. Since he was already bare-handed, he was
The opponent was on his side, unable to hide, but he simply made a fist with one hand and smashed it hard into the eyes of the horse in front of him!
The cavalrymen holding torches in the distance were stunned, and Yuan Shao and others who saw the general situation of the battle from a distance were stunned. The northern horse was knocked down by the giant man's punch, and there was no neighing sound.
He seemed to have died on the spot!
Then, the giant man pulled Xu Xing, who had already broken a leg, out from under his horse, but did not do anything. Instead, he yelled at the dozens of cavalrymen on the other side of the river embankment: "I won't hide it from you either.
It is true that many villagers are injured and are hiding in the reeds. Moreover, you have just killed and injured many of my villagers. The battle has reached this point. We should have taken revenge, but you Sima and the man under the river embankment are probably equally seriously injured. If we fight again,
What's the point of going down? Let me tell you, enough people have died today. Don't set a fire. I won't kill this person. Let's exchange injuries for injuries and retreat. How about it?!"
Xu Xing was dragged by his armor, and one of his legs was broken. He could only endure the pain and said: "Our army has strict laws and I am the commander of the army. You have to tell me. What's the use of talking to them?"
Only then did the giant man wake up, but he carefully placed the person in his hand on the white horse corpse, and then continued to ask: "You can make the decision, maybe you can answer me?!"
"No!" Xu Xing replied simply while leaning on the horse corpse, panting. "There is a clear law in the army... If an officer is kidnapped, he is not allowed to respond. He can only attack with all his strength regardless of life or death!"
"What's wrong with you!" The giant man was furious. "You have horses and bows. I'm not afraid of you breaking your promise, but you shouldn't do it?!"
"How can I break the law as a military commander?!" Xu Xing sneered and said. "And my name is Zi Xin... How could I break my promise and cheat you temporarily in order to survive? Although I am not as brave as you, can I?
Are you afraid of death?
At this point, Xu Xingfu tried his best to order his stunned subordinates in the distance: "This man is brave and cannot be fought at close range... With the help of the cavalry, he killed me with a crossbow... But the wounded among the reeds can be spared."
...If you surrender, you can still have a few horses with them..."
Before he finished speaking, Dian Wei, who had woken up, slapped Xu Xing. Finally, Xu Xing couldn't hold on anymore and tilted his head on top of the horse corpse... It was as if he was beaten and the fractured leg was extremely painful before he passed out.
Already.
The giant man became more and more powerless. He picked up the iron halberd and wanted to kill this man. However, he thought that this man had clearly spared the wounded villagers in the reeds and had no intention of doing anything good after killing him. Therefore, he suddenly
Can't take action.
However, he was not the only one who couldn't take action. The other knights who had already defeated the infantry were looking at each other. Now they saw him slap him in the face first and then hold the iron halberd in his hand. However, an officer stepped forward with a spear.
Opposite: "Don't do anything, just follow your words... Just return my Sima, and we will let your countrymen go. While my Sima is still unconscious, we can leave quickly."
Only then did the giant man turn from anger to joy.
"But you must tell me your name. We will meet again in the future so that we can settle today's grudges!" The officer looked at him solemnly again. "I can also explain something to my Sima."
"Why should I be afraid of you?" The giant man immediately became awe-inspiring. "That's Chen Liuji and I am Dianwei!"
"It turns out it's you!" The officer was relieved when he heard the other party's name. "We have heard your name before. In the Battle of Handan, you also rushed into Wengcheng to retrieve the body of your Sima. The name was passed down in the army, and everyone said you were
Number one in Yanzhou...it’s well-deserved!”
The giant man shook his head sadly: "So what if Yanzhou is number one? If it's just a comparison of one person's strength, I don't think I'm afraid of everyone in the world, but there are hundreds of thousands of people, and between victory and defeat, there are casualties all over the place. I have no spare power, but I can't save many people."
, Zhao Sima was like this before, and many people are like this today. Just now, I lost countless familiar villagers... If you have a horse, please take your Sima back to the camp to treat his injuries as soon as possible! I will also take the injured villagers.
It's a long way back to Chenliu, I wonder how many people will survive after returning?"
The officer said no more. He asked people to go down the embankment to find the man who was photographed falling into the river. At the same time, he ordered to clean up the few dead soldiers on the battlefield. Then he suppressed his fear, got off his horse, and personally led the horse to rescue his family.
Sima.
However, Dian Wei did not embarrass the other party. Instead, he helped the other party easily lift Xu Xing onto the horse, then held his halberd and went to gather his fellow countrymen.
After a while, probably because they were also worried that their Sima would make a mistake when he woke up, the group of cavalry took the wounded and hurried away with the bodies. On the other hand, Dian Wei, a seriously wounded man who could not move on his side, had so many corpses that it was just a matter of sorting and counting them.
It all took a long time...and they had too few remaining manpower. Only a dozen of them were still able to move, and almost all of them were injured. Not to mention leaving with corpses like the other party did, many of the injured were a little weak.
It happened that everyone was familiar with the country, and everyone understood that if they left Dianwei, they were destined to be eaten by wild dogs on the roadside, so they all cried and begged, asking Dianwei not to leave them.
Dian Wei worked hard for half a day, but he was unable to deploy his unparalleled courage. In the end, he could only sit on the embankment, becoming more and more depressed... Suddenly, he remembered that if he surrendered at the beginning, he might not have to do it again.
There were so many casualties, but I regretted it even more.
Under the river embankment, Yuan Shao once wanted to get up, but he was stopped by Guo Tu beside him and Xu You not far away.
Sure enough, after a while, several horses left and returned, but it was the officer who led the people back... It was said that Xu Xin woke up and knew the situation. He recalled what he had said before and took the initiative to give the horses to them to hump back the wounded...
...After saying that, half of the knights dismounted, and then they rode together before turning back.
But when these knights left for the second time, Xu Ziyuan helped Ju Shou, who was in pain and could not speak, to stand up, and then dozens of people went up the river embankment together, which naturally attracted the attention of Dian Wei and others.
Yuan Shao couldn't wait and immediately wanted to go forward, but he was stopped by Guo Tu and Lu Xiang. Instead, Xu You alone stepped forward to negotiate with the crowd: "General Dian!"
"I'm just a song leader recommended by the villagers, I can't be a general!" Dian Wei looked at the visitor warily. "Who are you?"
"I am the defeated general who is commanding the left wing of the entire army today. If you are from Chenliu, you should know my name, because you were under my command at that time... I am Xu You from Nanyang!"
"You are the most greedy person in the three states. Your family has embezzled a lot of property in Yanzhou. Everyone in the army knows it. Today, we are defeated so quickly. How could I not know?"
"I'll keep my story short..." Xu You was silent for a rare moment before continuing. "I was hiding in the reed swamp just now and saw with my own eyes that he killed a horse with a single fist. He was extremely brave... He is so brave. Can you escort me into Liangqicheng?
A group? If we get to the city, we will be richly rewarded."
"Now that things have happened, I just want to send the people back home, otherwise I would have retreated to the city long ago... Why do you need money and silk?"
"I know you don't want to..." Xu You pointed behind him and said. "Let's have a fair deal. You escort me into the city, and we will take injured villagers like you back to the city for treatment! How about that?"
"Not only that, after you are cured, you must allow us to return home." Dian Wei thought for a moment, discussed with several villagers, and then put forward another condition. "You and that Yuan Cheqi
I am too incompetent to fight. If I continue to follow you, no matter how many people in our hometown we have, we will not be able to help but die..."
Xu You was silent for a moment, and behind him, Guo Tu, who was about to step forward, was also speechless.
"Promise him!" After a long time, Yuan Shao suddenly spoke. "I only found out about such a brave man in the army today... How can I have the dignity to ask someone to serve me again if I am so ignorant of people?"
Dian Wei looked at the short hair on his opponent's head in astonishment, confused, but as Xu You nodded and promised, and the wounded soldiers behind him kept wailing, the two groups of defeated soldiers hiding in the same reed swamp finally merged into one, and then
He hurried to the Liang period city.
At this time, the night had already darkened, perhaps because the northern knights who had been 'hunting' before had returned one after another, or perhaps because after Dian Wei's arrival, everyone had a sense of peace in their hearts, so even if they brought many wounded people with them, they could do so without any scruples.
, because of the straight-line march... In short, in the middle of the night, Yuan Shao finally returned to the city after hard work.
The remaining troops in the city, as well as the generals and staff who had managed to escape the battle, headed by Xin Ming, all cried to welcome him.
However, Yuan Shao, who usually had a very important appearance, was now covered in blood and mud, sitting in the lobby, wailing in front of the whole hall, but his expression did not change... and soon, these people also carefully stopped expressing sadness.
"How many people have escaped back?" Yuan Shao ignored the minced meat and hot soup served by the attendant and just asked him seriously.
“There are four to five thousand.”
Some of them, maybe within two or three days, some soldiers and horses will be gathered in Yecheng behind them and Wushi City on the flanks. After discussing with the generals, I am afraid that we can finally gather 60,000 to 70,000 troops... After all, this battle only lasts less than half a day.
And the distance is too close, the opponent will kill them with all their strength, and even if they make an emergency landing, it is impossible to kill too many people. Of course, many of the people who escaped are injured. Even if they are not injured, they will not be able to fight again immediately. How many more preparations are needed.
Japan, I can only say that we are lucky to have city defenses and fortified strongholds..."
"I know." Yuan Shao was still so calm that it made people feel uncomfortable. "Is there anything wrong with the city defense and the defense of the camp outside the city?"
"No!"
"Where are the grain, medicinal materials, and military supplies in the city? Have the defeated soldiers and the wounded been properly accommodated?"
"Don't worry, Ming Gong."
"Since this battle is defeated, the surrounding cities will inevitably be in turmoil... Yecheng, Wushi, and Pingyang must all send some capable troops to quickly support and appease Liang Qi to prevent Liang Qi from becoming an isolated city."
"yes!"
At this point, Yuan Shao finally took a long breath, but was silent for a while. After a while, he asked with a slightly trembling voice:
"Is Chen Gongtai back?"
"Someone in the army saw with their own eyes that he was driving north without a hat and face covering! Then someone saw with his own eyes that he was stopped by several cavalry from the other side. He was first shot with arrows and then stabbed to death with a spear." It was still Xin.
Ping carefully replied, but he glanced at Ju Shou who was sitting aside to take a breath, and then added: "Ju Hu, the son of General Ju, was also seen with his own eyes and was beheaded by a white horse general. He also specially cut
Went to the first level."
The whole hall was silent, but Yuan Shao continued to maintain a strange calmness: "This battle was defeated, first of all because of my incompetence... You don't need to say more, and you don't need to say too much... Secondly, Chen Gongtai prepared this battle as the general shogunate.
It was an obvious mistake, but he has now given up his life to forgive... So now is not the time to argue for responsibility, but I want you to tell me, what should I do next?"
"My subordinates think that there is nothing else to say next." Jushou's eyes were red, but he pressed his ribs with his hands and tried to face each other seriously. "It's nothing more than making a camp step by step, connecting the cities and villages, and taking advantage of the densely populated Weijun cities behind him to defend the defense.
Just coming down..."
From Yuan Shao on down, almost everyone nodded in approval.
And Xin Ping continued: "Not only that, I think that after this battle, it would be inappropriate to want to fight Gongsun Wenqi again... In the next few years, before we can catch our breath, we can only fight with Yanzhou
, Qingzhou's wealth, food, and population were used as backup, and many fortresses were built in various parts of Hebei, forming camps step by step! In fact, I have mentioned this strategy before. If it continues like this, although Gongsun's military strength is strong, the logistics will be difficult, and it may not be possible.
It consumes more energy than us!”
This statement was also unrefuted.
Yuan Shao thought about it for a moment, but still responded calmly: "Zhongzhi's words are correct. Anyway, we will have to guard the army for the next half of autumn and winter... Since Gongtai passed away and you were originally left behind, you will be in charge of it."
Let’s coordinate the defense!”
Xin Ping was about to respond, but at this moment, Yanzhou general Lu Xiang, who had worked hard to escort Yuan Shao back, suddenly stepped forward: "Ming Gong, Xin Ping cannot take on this important task!"
Xin Zhongzhi was stunned on the spot.
But Yuan Shao was still neither happy nor angry: "Today you turned around to invite Chen Gongtai. I think it was Chen Gongtai who had his last words. Otherwise, why would this happen?"
"Yes!" Lu Xiang gritted his teeth and said with all his strength. "Chen Changshi made it clear before his death... Major matters can be entrusted to Duke Ju, Xu Ziyuan and others. As for Xin Ping, Guo Tu, Xun Kan and other Yingchuan people, they must not be entrusted with major matters.
!”
Xun Kan was nowhere to be seen at this time, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Xin Ping and Guo Tu both blushed, but they knew the weight of Chen Gong's words before he died, so they didn't dare to refute them.
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On the other hand, Xin Ping's younger brother Xin Pi couldn't help but asked Lu Xiang: "If we Yingchuan people come to take charge of the cavalry general shogunate, you Yanzhou people will rebel?"
"This is what Chen Changshi said in his last words. You have acted forcefully. We are just dissatisfied. How can we talk about rebellion?" The person who replied on Lu Xiang's behalf was Xuefang, a Sima of another department who was born in Yanzhou Dahao. His status has always been low, but this time
When it comes to speaking out, no one can take it lightly.
Sure enough, just as Xin Ping was about to say more, he was kicked directly to the crook of his leg by his brother, and then he knelt down in the hall.
Even if I have the intention of power, the overall situation is here, and I will never reach out again! Only Liang Qi's defense is done by me. The enemy is ahead, so please ask your subordinates to block the guard general for a moment for Ming Gong.
Then gradually hand over to Xu Ziyuan, Ju Gong and the two pillars of talent!"
"Don't worry, everyone in the army knows that I am greedy for money. There is nothing I can do in this shogunate office!" Xu You looked at him coldly.
Yuan Shao thought for a moment, but then looked coldly at Lu Xiang, who kept holding his hands: "General Lu, did Gongtai ever say that Feng Yuantu is not allowed to take power?"
"I didn't mention this, but isn't Fengjun in Anping?" Lu Xiang was panicked for a moment.
"After surviving this winter, let him come back, and now he can take over this position from afar." Yuan Shao was still so calm that it made people uncomfortable. "Zhongzhi, get up too... You also know that the enemy is facing us, do you still want me to help you?
Can’t do it?”
Xin Ping quickly kowtowed and apologized, then hurriedly dragged his brother to stand up together.
The scene fell into silence again for a while, and while Guo Tu was irritated, he remembered something again and hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, there is one more thing to do... This battle was defeated too quickly, even for a man like Dian Wei.
They all had no choice but to run away in embarrassment, not to mention others? If you look at it below, there must be many people on the battlefield who were captured due to exhaustion, and there were also many people who could not return to the team due to the rout of the scattered soldiers... Please also ask the lord to expressly pardon the deserted soldiers.
, while sending envoys to see Gongsun. After all, although he will definitely not return the soldiers, some generals and staff should try their best to rescue some, and there is also the matter of the bodies of our soldiers who died in the battle..."
"You're right, I'll leave this matter to you." Yuan Shao suddenly nodded, but then looked around and asked, "In that case, is there anything else necessary before Gongsun comes to the city tomorrow?"
Everyone looked at each other and became speechless again.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Shao also lowered his head again, and after an unknown amount of time, he picked up the hot soup on the table in front of him, took a few sips, sighed again, and suddenly laughed under the gaze of the embarrassed civil and military officials in the hall.
Yuan Benchu laughed out loud, and his laughter grew louder. The civil and military officials around him were either silent, or looked at him coldly, or were stunned on the spot, or looked carefully...but no one said a word.
After waiting for a long time, Guo Tu suddenly woke up and took the initiative to speak: "My lord has extraordinary courage... In fact, it is true. Although our army was defeated, it was not broken. And my lord was in dangerous situations today and saved the day several times."
, I guess it must be destiny..."
"Fart!" Xu You finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted in public with a dark face.
"Don't make any noise!" Yuan Shao smiled and supported the table. "Don't be angry, Ziyuan. Why should I be so shameless after such a defeat? And Gongze is also working hard. I know you also want to boost morale.
It was a kind intention... And I was just laughing at myself this time! Laughing at my lack of self-awareness and my arrogance... However, this was not the first time that an army was lost because of this! On the other side of Hanoi that day,
I despise Jia Xu and Lu Bu. What is the result? General Yan Liang died, General Chunyu Qiong was defeated, and General Han Juzi was crippled... Gentlemen, you think, if I didn't have these problems from the beginning, and if all the generals are here today, so what?
As for being defeated like this?"
Although everyone had their own thoughts before, now they couldn't help but look sad when they heard the words.
"Forget it, you may have fought a bloody day, or you may still be injured. For example, Lord Ju is still suffering from the loss of his son... In short, Zhongzhi will make arrangements for you to go home first, take a bath, and then use some
Let's warm up the soup and rest early! I don't know what will happen tomorrow!" Yuan Shao laughed for a while, and probably felt that it was too ridiculous to laugh anymore, so he suddenly stopped talking and simply turned away everyone.
In this way, everyone left one after another, and Yuan Shao also came down to the back room with the help of his attendants. There, Mrs. Liu had already brought several concubines, prepared wooden barrels, hot water, and new clothes, and prepared to bathe and change him in person.
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By the way, seeing her husband, who was usually so arrogant, looking like this, Mrs. Liu shed tears while helping him take off his clothes.
"It's just a embarrassment, no injuries." Yuan Shaofu smiled again. "Why is my beloved wife like this? If your subordinates spread the news, it will shake the morale of the army in the city."
Mrs. Liu is the step-mother, much younger than Yuan Shao. She is young and beautiful, has children, and is the wife of the main wife, so she is usually very arrogant. But when she heard this, she actually did not dare to do it again.
Crying, just trying to help each other undress.
However, after untying the outer robe that was full of mud and blood, taking off the waist armor that he had forgotten to remove when he first entered the reed swamp, and then taking off the middle coat that was half full of mud and blood, he looked at
My husband actually still had stains and blood stains on his underwear, especially the obvious blood stain on his right arm, which spread from the cuff to the forearm. He was inevitably frightened again and cried!
"Madam, please don't worry, I'm not hurt, this foolish man must have been stained by someone else's blood." Yuan Shao continued to comfort him with a light smile.
Only then did Mrs. Liu calm down again, and then quickly took off the little clothes herself.
However, for some reason, he untied the tie and reached out to take it off, but he couldn't take it off for a while! When he looked again, he discovered that it was his husband who had stretched out his hand and pressed it tightly on the stained and blood-stained piece of clothing.
On the shoulders of the tight-fitting silk coat, she didn't want to let go.
Mrs. Liu was confused and confused.
At this point, Yuan Shao finally stopped laughing, and slowly said to his wife: "Madam, I just remembered that this is General Wen's blood. He was the first person to die fighting for me today.
Man, but because I wanted to escape for my life, I abandoned the corpse on the battlefield without a trace. How could this last trace of blood be easily removed?!"
After saying this, he could no longer restrain himself. He choked with sobs and cried like rain all night long.
I am the dividing line between crying endlessly and not owing debts at the same time
"After Chou returned, he knew that the surrendered people had returned and could not be used. At that time, the two armies were divided between Handan and Liang Qi. The generals decided to fight, so they did not return to the formation and invited themselves to the army. Taizu sent the cavalry commander Zhao Yun to respond, saying
Yong led the three armies, dozens of them were gathered together, he was thrown under the horse, and the general was beheaded. Both of Chou's legs were destroyed, and he committed suicide with one arm in front of the formation. The three armies were solemn, and because of their fierceness, they returned to the front of the formation without taking the head.
Shao also moved his body to the cart, but the blood gushed out and soaked into his clothes. When things were settled, Shao returned to the city defeated and changed his clothes. As for his small clothes, there were still blood stains. Shao suddenly realized: "Don't remove the blood of the general in this article."
.'After saying this, tears fell like rain, and it was hard to stop crying." "Xin Yan Shu". No. 1 in the family.
ps: First of all, continue to offer sacrifices. You can try the new book "Han Tu" of the Three Kingdoms.
By the way, the reasonable party must not say that it is unreasonable for Wei Yue to let so-and-so go. This foreshadowing has been buried for a long time... and this matter has a historical prototype... When two powerful powers in the north are fighting, one side will win, and a certain general will win.
He was about to capture the opponent's boss. The boss turned around and advised him, if you capture me today, your boss will unify the north, and you will no longer be able to gain military exploits... As a result, the guy directly released a certain Emperor Taizu Wen...
