Chen Cheng pointed to Yan Xing beside him and said, "This is General Han's son-in-law Chenglong Kuai. Why don't we let him go and let him know first?"
Hearing what Chen Cheng said, the general guarding the gate quickly said: "No, no, please wait a moment, I will go and report to General Han."
Han Sui was already a veteran Xiliang rebel. Although he had many conflicts with various princes, he also had many connections. When Chen Cheng got the news that his retreat was cut off, Han Sui naturally got it too. Han Sui also got the news.
Although the Han army occupied Huangbei Mountain, there was only one road to the west. The Han army was weak in strength, and they still had tens of thousands of people. If they broke through with all their strength, it is expected that the officers and soldiers would not be able to stop them.
He was discussing with Li Xiangru, Tian Le, Yang Kui and others in the big tent how to deal with it, when he received a notice saying that "Chen Shijun has arrived outside the camp."
"He got here quickly!"
In the big tent, Han Sui was not wearing heavy armor, but was dressed as a scholar. He smiled and said calmly: "Then let's go meet the Liangzhou Mu."
After a while, Han Sui led his soldiers to the gate of the camp. When he saw Chen Cheng, he smiled and said, "I didn't know that Chen Chengjun is here, so I missed the welcome from afar. I apologize for my sin."
Turning around and seeing Yan Xing, Han Sui smiled and went up to hold Yan Xing's hand and said, "Xian Xing, you are here too. What, could it be that you have figured out what happened before?"
After saying that, he didn't wait for Yan Xing's answer and shouted to the soldiers at the door: "Why are you still blocking the door? Why don't you invite Chen Shijun to come in?"
Chen Cheng secretly shook his head in his heart. He did not talk nonsense, but said directly: "General Han, I just received news that the Han army has occupied Huangbei Mountain and cut off our retreat. I wonder if you have heard about it?
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The smile on Han Sui's face became a little stiff, "Of course I got the news. Is this why you came here?"
"Not bad!" Chen Cheng said: "Cheng Yi asked me to take a small number of elites to open up a retreat. General Han, you can come with me."
Han Sui was stunned, "What should I do?"
Chen Cheng raised his thick eyebrows and raised his voice a bit, "Now that the retreat is cut off, it is the time when we Liangzhou people need to work together. General Han holds the land of four counties, shouldn't he step forward without hesitation?"
"This..." Han Sui cursed in his heart, with a troubled look on his face, "Of course I should step forward, but if I follow, what if Huangfusong and Ding Yuan are on the opposite side?
If you bring officers and soldiers to attack, how can you resist?"
Chen Cheng said: "General Han is overly worried. What I want is for each of us to take a small number of elites to Huangbei Mountain. Naturally, the army will still have to stay here to break up the rear."
Han Sui blurted out, "How can this be done?"
Then he felt something was wrong and changed his words: "If there is no general in charge, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be low, which will not be conducive to resisting the enemy."
The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth curved upward, as if he was smiling, but there was no smile at all on his face. "General Han's troops and horses can be handed over to General Li Xiangru, and they will be under the control of Yang Qiu and Yang Shangshu for the time being."
"It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate." Han Sui just shook his head and said: "It's still not appropriate. You have to be careful when fighting. If you go up mountains, you will eventually encounter tigers. You like to take risks, which is a taboo for military strategists!"
Li Xiangru also said: "If Wen Yue is not here, I am afraid that the generals will not obey me."
The smile on Chen Cheng's face became colder, but his tone became calmer, "Then leave the troops and horses to the two generals Tian Le and Yang Kui. General Han and General Li will each take a thousand men and rush to Huangbei Mountain with me.
alright."
He put his hand on the handle of the horizontal knife at his waist and said in a friendly manner: "You two are unwilling to go to Huangbei Mountain with me. Could it be that you have the idea of leading the army to retreat north to Longxian? So that you can win the battle."
I know that the Han army has also cut off the road leading to Long County from the north, and now many officers and soldiers are rushing north."
Han Sui was shocked, with an unnatural look on his face, and blurted out, "How do you know?"
"I won't tell you how I know it. General Han, please make a decision quickly. If the two of you are unwilling to come with me, then when the Han army comes over, Yang Qiu will be unable to support himself, so he will have to leave the camp and go west. He just doesn't know the Han army.
After killing them, will they avoid the two of them alone?"
Han Sui's expression changed slightly. He used himself to save others. If he were in a situation like Chen Cheng's, he would definitely not be able to block the pursuers from behind. If both of them withdrew, the officers and soldiers would definitely not miss the opportunity.
, they will definitely send troops to pursue them on a large scale, and the loss of more than 10,000 people will be ordinary.
Chen Cheng's headquarters does not have many troops, and the main force is only three to four thousand people. Will the Han army abandon its more than 30,000 people and go after those more than 3,000 people? Probably... No, definitely
It's impossible.
But he was unwilling to let Han Sui obey Chen Cheng's order. No matter whether Chen Cheng's order was reasonable or not, he did not want to obey it. This was not a question of whether it was reasonable or not, but that he could not tolerate Han Sui doing anything to him.
Giving orders and dominating one party for so long has made him unable to stand being subordinate to others, not to mention that Chen Cheng is so much younger than him.
It was already a huge humiliation in life to proclaim one's vassal status before, but to be suppressed and forced to withdraw troops at a military meeting was once again. As the saying goes, "Three things can't be done". Did he have to be humiliated three times at the hands of a boy named Chen?
Just as he was weighing it over and over in his mind, the spy came and reported: "The Han army has left the camp in large numbers and is approaching us!"
Chen Cheng's eyes widened when he heard this, and he shouted: "Since General Han can't make up his mind, I'll take my leave!"
After saying that, he turned around and grabbed the reins, preparing to ride away. Han Sui hurriedly said, "Chen, please wait!"
Chen Cheng turned around and saw Han Sui's old face elongated, and said with a wry smile: "Then as Chen Shijun said, we will go to Huangbei Mountain with you, and the defense here will be left to Yang Qiu."
He is one of the few smart people in the Xiliang army. He knows the elegant meaning of a string when he hears it. He has already figured it out just now. Chen Cheng is afraid that he will cause harm if he stays, so he wants to transfer himself too. But the conscience of heaven and earth, he Han Sui is now
I really don’t want to cause trouble. When the enemy is at hand, if you make trouble, aren’t you looking for death?
"Young Qing Zi Jin, you care about my heart." Chen Shijun is obviously a hero with a broad mind. Why, like Song Jian, Ma Teng and others, does he always think that he will cheat his allies?
Han Sui slandered and said to the two generals Tian Le and Yang Kui: "Tian Le is the chief general, commanding the troops and horses under my command. Yang Kui is the deputy general, commanding the troops and horses under General Li. You two will temporarily belong to Yang Qiu."
Commander, when we open up the retreat route, you can retreat according to the previous plan."
Tian Le and Yang Kui both looked like powerful warriors. They looked at each other and said in unison: "No!"
Han Sui and Li Xiangru each ordered a thousand soldiers and horses, and followed Chen Cheng's eighty-two men. The reason for missing one horse was that Yan Xing had already returned to the camp at the foot of Changpo Plain after leaving him.
More than 2,000 people, without any baggage, moved quickly westward along the Wei River.
Li Xiangru whipped the horse's butt several times, ran to Han Sui's side, and whispered: "Wen Yue, there are less than a hundred people around him now, do you want..."
The sound of horse hoofbeats nearby was so loud that Han Sui didn't hear it clearly for a while, but he still understood Li Xiangru's action of putting his five fingers together and slashing down. He was quite moved when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "We'll talk about it later.
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The Xiliang troops he met on the road already knew what was happening ahead and the situation they were currently blocked in the mountains. Everyone had a look of nervousness and fear on their faces. Seeing this situation, Chen Cheng ordered his guards to
The pro-army troops waved their own flags and shouted loudly: "Liangzhou Mu Chen led the troops to attack the thieves, everyone should make way!"
The soldiers of the Xiliang Army were in a state of panic. After seeing Chen Cheng's banner and the legendary divine horse, they felt a little at ease. The cavalry advanced rapidly, and soon dozens of soldiers rushed out.
inside.
Li Xiangru's body was a little fat, and he felt very sore when riding on horseback. He felt uncomfortable physically, and even more uncomfortable in his heart. He said to Han Sui: "It sounds like he can defeat the enemy by himself. Fighting back against the thieves? I
Bah, you can’t even figure out who are the officers and soldiers and who are the thieves?”
Han Sui looked at Li Xiangru who was sweating profusely and comforted him: "Work hard first and wait until you get back to Hanyang."
He felt a little hesitant in his heart. Li Xiangru was addicted to wine and sex, which was easier to control, but wasn't he too incompetent?
On the other hand, Chen Cheng's subordinates, Yan Zhong, let alone Han Sui, were polite to Han Sui. Among the generals, other people were not familiar with them, but Li Kan and Liang Xing were very good in the battles in the past few days.
Outstanding, no worse than Tian Le and Yang Kui. Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and Ma Teng threw Li Xiangru far away.
He counted the civil servants and generals under his command, and then compared them with Zuo Yi, the civil and military general under Chen Cheng, and couldn't help but feel depressed.
Naturally, it was impossible for Chen Cheng to know what Han Sui was thinking behind him. After running for dozens of miles, he looked at the sun in the sky, then looked at the long cavalry queue behind him, and turned to face the man who had fallen one position behind.
Wei Ran said: "I'll take the first step, you guys follow me!"
After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly, and Gulu excitedly kicked off his four hooves and galloped with all his strength. It always felt that it was not very energetic, and it could obviously run faster, but its owner often asked it to hold back its hooves.
Being unable to go up or down makes the Ma family very uncomfortable.
Now that it was fine, it ran excitedly. When it saw the mound, it no longer detoured, but rushed up directly, and then roared down from the mound. After receiving the order, some Xiliang soldiers moved their horses
They were led to the mound to clear the road. After dozens of people let the horses drink enough water, they were resting on the edge of the mound when they heard the rapid sound of horses' hooves and a ball of flame appeared on the top of the mound.
Then it quickly grows larger in the field of vision.
"There's a monster!"
"stupid.........."
Before they finished speaking, the flames, accompanied by the whistling wind, passed over their heads.
"...Gua, that's Mr. Zhou Mu!"
The fiery red war horse leaped over everyone's heads, and just before its front hooves fell, it had already run more than ten meters before its hind hooves hit the ground. A group of Qiang people drove Chen Cheng Juechen behind, all looking dumbfounded.
After a long while, a Qiang man wearing a felt hat hesitated and said: "I heard people say that Mr. Chen is not a mortal..."
Before he finished speaking, a companion next to him answered: "Have you heard about it too? It has been spread among us that Master Chen is the horse god in charge of fertility and war, and specializes in blessing powerful warriors!"
"Nonsense, I clearly heard that Mr. Chen is a red bull demon..."
Several pairs of palms nearby covered it together, and someone shouted loudly: "What are you talking about, monster? You have to call me Red Bull God!"
Someone asked Ai Ai: "Then is Mr. Chen a horse god or a cow god?"
The leader-like man thought for a while and said: "Whether it's the horse god or the cow god, it's just a god! Come, let's pray to Mr. Chen together and ask him to bless the mother-in-law in our family to have more children and bless us every day."
You can win every battle!"
Everyone looked at each other, then knelt down together and kowtowed in the direction where Chen Cheng was walking away.
