Chen Cheng galloped on his horse and finally arrived at the Liuchuan River before sunset. The mountain road was guarded by infantry sent by Yang Qiu to prevent soldiers from escaping privately. When the guard saw Chen Cheng galloping forward, he killed him early. Recognizing it, he quickly ordered: "Move away from the horse and make way for the Lord!"
Gulu's figure is too tall, and his appearance is too eye-catching. Even if he can't see his face clearly from a distance, he can still recognize this extraordinary horse. Chen Cheng faced the defenders beside him. He nodded and raced his horse across the mountain road. He ran all the way and rushed directly to the commander's flag.
Yang Qiu was sitting on the horse under the commander's banner. When he heard the sound of horse hooves from behind, he thought it was another military report coming over. He turned his head and looked back, but what he saw was Chen Cheng's calm and confident face. He was stunned. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up, cupped his hands and said: "See you, my lord!"
The soldiers and generals on the side bowed their heads and saluted together, and said in unison: "See you, my lord!"
Chen Cheng reined in the war horse, Gulu's hooves kicked on the ground, and stopped under the commander's flag. He did not dismount, and said directly: "Zhao Si, take the bodyguards and follow me forward."
Zhao Si shouted: "Nuo!"
Gulu turned half a circle on the ground. Chen Cheng turned sideways and said to Yang Qiu: "The way back has been opened. You should have received the news."
"Tanma arrived half an hour ago," Yang Qiu said respectfully, "My lord is so brave, I would like to congratulate you first!"
"You did a good job. Now the way back has been opened. Once the enemy retreats, we can go home!"
While talking, Zhao Si had already gathered more than a hundred guards and soldiers, and then formed an array behind Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng said to Yang Qiu, Li Kan and others: "I will talk to you in detail later. Now I will go around for a while." lock up."
After that, he trotted to the front of the formation of the two armies on his horse. He didn't need to do anything or say anything. Just appearing in front of the formation had already aroused warm cheers from the soldiers of the three armies. Soldiers worship the strong. Yes, as long as you can continue to lead them to win battles, you will naturally gain the support of the army. If you can continue to "reward for meritorious deeds and punish for delinquency", you will be able to control the army like an arm.
Not counting other things, he had already fought twice on the banks of the Wei River and the Liuchuan River, so the soldiers cheered loudly when they saw him. During the battle of Chencang, Chen Cheng also lamented Huangfu Songguang Just appearing on the battlefield completely changed the situation between the two warring parties, but now he also has this kind of prestige.
He led his bodyguards to circle in front of the formations of the two armies, and the morale of both sides was declining. When he saw the Han army withdrawing their troops with gold, he did not pursue them, but returned to the formation with his bodyguards. Waiting for him to enter When they arrived at the Chinese army's tent, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Ding Yuan and other generals were already waiting there. Not only that, but Tian Le, Yang Kui and other generals from Han Sui's army and Li Xiangru's troops also arrived.
Chen Cheng walked to the top and sat down, and then said straight to the point: "The back road has been opened, and now the Han army has retreated, we have to continue to retreat. The order of retreat is as follows, the lightly wounded will leave now, and the seriously injured will leave now. The wounded will spend the night in the camp and leave tomorrow morning."
"Then why are we retreating?" Tian Le straightened up and asked, "Why don't we retreat at night?"
Chen Cheng said: "Tomorrow morning, when the seriously wounded leave first, General Han Sui's troops will withdraw, then General Li Xiangru's men, then Yang Qiu's, Ding Yuan's, Li Kan's, and Liang Xing's flying bear hussars will join me.
Finally retreat. Which of you has any objection? If not, then go down and prepare."
Every time he fought, he charged forward and retreated. What else could others say? Gongshengmingming, Lianxinshengwei, that was it. Tian Le, Yang Kui, Yang Qiu, Li Kan and other generals all bowed to the ground.
, said: "Respectfully accept the order!"
Now that the order to retreat has been issued, several camps have begun to move. The lightly wounded people left along the back door of the camp, then walked up the mountain road, and evacuated along the Weishui River towards their hometown in Liangzhou. The mountain ridge was still occupied by the Han army
Occupied, the sentry saw the retreat of the Xiliang army from above, and soon spread the news to the Han army camp under the mountain ridge.
"The Xiliang army has begun to retreat?" Ding Yuan was overjoyed and stood up from his seat, but then he saw that Huangfu Song still looked calm, so he slowly sat back down and asked:
"General Zuo thinks you can't pursue him?"
Huangfu Song said calmly: "The opportunity to advance has been lost. Attacking now will only increase the casualties on both sides. Although Jing Zhaoyin sent tens of thousands of men to come up, it is okay for those people to guard the camp. Let them attack.
There will be trouble. We have to attack Bingzhou Dong Zhuo next, so there is no need to kill more soldiers."
Ding Yuan thought for a while and said unwillingly: "Then let's just forget about it?"
Huangfu Song was silent for a while and said, "I will send someone to deliver a message to Chen Cheng later."
"Oh," Ding Yuan asked curiously, "I wonder what General Zuo wants to say to Chen Cheng?"
"...Exchange of prisoners of war."
Ding Yuan was stunned and suspected that he heard wrongly, "General Zuo wants to exchange captured soldiers with the thieves?"
Huangfu Song said calmly: "Not bad."
"How can this be done?" Ding Yuan asked anxiously: "The Han and the traitors are not at odds with each other! If General Zuo does this, and it is reported to the general, trouble will inevitably arise! Besides, most of the enemy troops we captured have been killed, and
Where else can anyone change it?"
"We captured dozens more people today. Since the Xiliang army has retreated, let's release these prisoners of war." Huangfu Song said: "Chen Wenzheng treated the captured soldiers of our army well and arranged for doctors to treat their illnesses. Poetry
It goes like this: Give him a peach and repay him with a plum. If you put these dozens of prisoners of war back, I think the other side will also put back our soldiers."
Ding thought he understood and said with a smile: "So that's it. It is said that there are still hundreds of our troops in the Xiliang Army's camp. If I trade dozens of people for hundreds, General Zuo would like to go ahead of me."
He was a little disapproving in his heart. It would be good to bring back more soldiers. But in this way, it would leave people with a clue. There has never been a precedent for a court general to make peace with the rebels. If the defendant is sent to the court
In the middle, there is a possibility that he will be jerked off to the end. If one day Huangfu Song is at odds with him...
Thinking of this, the smile on Ding Yuan's face became a little brighter, but a little more disdain was added in his heart: How decisive was Huangfu Yi when he broke the Yellow Turban? Why is he becoming more benevolent to a woman now? Could it be that?
Is it because you are getting older and your heart has become softer?
When Huangfusong saw the smile on Ding Yuan's face, he seemed to understand what the other party was thinking, or perhaps not so clearly, but the expression on his face remained calm, "I am responsible for this matter, please ask General Zhengxi to do it."
It’s convenient, just pretend you don’t know.”
Ding Yuan smiled and said: "There are also some Xiliang thieves in our army, and they will be handed over to General Zuo."
In the main camp at the foot of the Changpo Plain, Chen Cheng had just walked around the wounded barracks. At this time, he was taking the engineer battalion to dismantle the recyclable prefabricated components when he heard Zhao Silai reporting, "Lord, the officers and soldiers will capture me."
The soldiers put him back."
Chen Cheng stopped what he was doing, straightened up, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, why don't you look unhappy?"
Zhao Si suppressed his anger and said: "Some of the soldiers who were released had their ears cut off."
Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, then remained silent for a while, and then sighed softly. He found that he had been sighing more and more recently.
"First bandage the wounds of those people, and then bring a few of the returned soldiers to the Chinese army's tent," Chen Cheng said to Zhao Si, "Choose a few of those who have had their ears cut off and those who have no ears. If you want to speak clearly,
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After a while, Chen Cheng sat in the tent and figured out the whole story.
He said to the soldiers with bandages on their heads: "You were all captured by Ding Yuan's army."
He also said to the soldiers who had wounds on their bodies but whose ears were still intact: "You were captured by Huangfu's army."
The soldiers kneeling on the ground shouted, "Yes!" "That's it!"
A soldier with a bandage on his head said angrily: "The enemy general calls himself Lu Bu and says that even if he lets us go, he will teach us a lesson!"
"What does that person look like?"
"She is very tall, even taller than my lord. I have never seen anyone so tall!"
Another man with a white cloth on his head shouted: "He was still laughing when he cut off our ears. Lord, if you catch the Lu Bu who killed that day, please give him to us!"
He said with a ferocious smile: "When the time comes, we will cut off his flesh piece by piece and roast it with wine!"
Chen Cheng was silent, about to sigh, but he remembered that he had sighed too much recently. He stepped forward and patted several people on the shoulders, and said warmly: "Thank you for your hard work, go down and have something to eat first, and we will follow the wounded at dawn tomorrow morning."
Retreat."
Several soldiers kowtowed to him, and one of the Qiang people said: "Although we are not soldiers under Master Chen, we all admire you. If you hadn't let those officers and soldiers go, we would have died. My home is right here.
At the foot of Maqi Mountain, if there is any order in the future, just give a shout to the branch, even if I die, there are still brothers in the clan, and I still have a son, and they will come to serve you!"
Others nearby also said: "My home is in Yeque Bay!"
"We are from Shishan!"
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For some reason, Chen Cheng suddenly felt sour in his heart and his eyes were a little red. He forced a smile and said: "Okay, if such a day comes, I will definitely come to you and invite you to drink when the time comes!"
The crowd came and went and left with cheers. Chen Cheng sat in the big tent blankly. After a while, he suddenly said: "Actually, I didn't do anything. If it weren't for us generals, they wouldn't have left their hometown.
, to come hundreds of miles away to shed blood and sacrifice. But even so, they are still grateful to me, why is this?"
Zhao Si, who was standing quietly by the side, heard the words and replied: "My lord is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, so the soldiers return to their hearts."
Chen Cheng thought about how he forced his soldiers to fight to the death half a day ago and even killed many defeated soldiers. He shook his head and laughed at himself: "I led the soldiers to kill countless people, and my hands were covered with blood, not only from the enemy, but also from the enemy.
How can such a butcher talk about benevolence and righteousness when he has his own people?"
