Since the Battle of Hongshui, Song Xianggong became the laughingstock of the ages, and there has been no talk of benevolence and righteousness on the battlefield.
The defeated and captured army must either surrender or die. There is no other choice.
But Pang Hui, who was trapped on a low hill by the Han army, thought he had another choice, either out of fantasy or out of imagination.
After Jia Xu's body disappeared from sight, he raised his head and stepped forward in front of the crowd, slightly cupping his hands and saying, "I am General Pang Hui of Wei Liyi. I wonder if the Queen of Han Shouting Hou Guan Yunchang is among the ranks now!"
Zheng Pu, who was just about to order his soldiers to fight, swallowed his words and turned his head to look at Guan Xing.
right!
Zheng Pu already had thoughts of killing him in his heart.
Because just asking Jia Xu's personal guards to surrender was also giving Pang Hui a chance to make a choice. Since he was indifferent and asked to surrender, then just kill him! Jia Xu was the governor of Wei State's Hexi Province, so Zheng Pu had the patience to come over and join forces.
words, and Pang Hui is just a general, which is not enough to make him waste his words.
However, since Pang Hua is directly targeting Guan Xing, it would be better to wait and see if Guan Xing reacts.
After all, he mentioned Guan Hou.
Guan Xing, who was in the rear, was also a little surprised when he heard this.
Then he took a few steps forward, rubbed his beard and glanced sideways, without returning the courtesy. His voice was light and he said, "I am Guan Xing, what do you want to say?"
Perhaps it was Guan Xing's unabashed contempt that made Pang Hui feel insulted.
His face was red, his eyes were cracked, and he was roaring angrily, "In the past, there was no plan in the battle of Xiangfan. The soldiers were humiliated and the country was humiliated. My father was killed as a result. As a son of man, I can still avenge myself for ten generations!"
Although I have no weapons, I have never been afraid of death! Now I want to decide the outcome with my own body, to rectify my father's name, and Guan Anguo dares to fight!"
Well.
It turned out that he wanted to invite Guan Xing to fight alone.
The actions of fighting generals are not without stories to follow.
In the past, when Li Jue, Guo Si and other remnants of Dong Zhuo's tribes united to attack Chang'an, Lu Bu opened the city gates and marched his troops to Guo Si's army. He invited the army to fight and said: "Let's stop the troops, but we will decide the outcome in person." Wu Na Guo Bin was
Born as a horse thief, he was brave enough to fight alone. He was stabbed by Lu Bu with a spear, but Lai Bu Qu galloped to save him and was spared.
However, even if Lu Bu won, Chang'an City was still captured.
Fighting generals is nothing more than showing off their bravery, and it is not something that determines the outcome of the battle.
In other words, Lu Bu and the horse thief Guo Si were both born in border areas, and their actions were influenced by the barbarian style, so they were ready to fight against generals.
However, what the Han governor admired was the achievement of driving tens of thousands of armored soldiers to conquer thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, not this kind of reckless behavior.
For example, Xiang Ji, the overlord of Western Chu who was extremely powerful and powerful, relied on bravery and no plan, and had no concern for conquering the world. His country perished in five years, which is still warned by people today. Even Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, in the fifth year of Jianxing,
When he was stationed in Hanzhong in the north, Xiang Ji was also mentioned, saying that he was "laughing for thousands of years" and was ineffective.
Therefore, Guan Xing smiled brightly after hearing this.
How can one person's courage help anything?
Although his father Guan Yu also killed Yan Liang in Baima Jin, it was the courage of "taking the enemy general's head among the thousands of troops" rather than the recklessness of showing off his strength. If he is determined to continue his father's meritorious service, he has always been regarded as the governor by the prime minister.
Naturally, he had no desire to fight as a general since he was trained by the commander. Otherwise, in the future, he would be listed with Lu Bu, Guo Si and others, fearing that both his father and brother would feel that their family was being humiliated under Jiuyou.
"snort!"
Guan Xing sneered directly, "The defeated general dared to speak bravely! I am"
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.
"Raise the crossbow! Strike!"
Following Zheng Pu's order, dozens of powerful crossbows fired at close range, killing Pang Hui and the four or five personal guards to the ground.
And when they died, there was still a trace of shock on their faces and eyes.
Perhaps they hadn't arrived either because Zheng Pu's order to kill him came so suddenly.
Those present, such as Guan Xing, Zhang Yi, Zhuge Qiao and others, were also speechless.
Especially Zhang Bao, who was stroking his beard, unknowingly broke several beards in his shock.
He, who is the most brave among his generation, had just imagined himself as Guan Xing in his mind, and was a little eager to try it!
Who would have expected that Zheng Pu would be so decisive?
And not even consciously.
When the soldier put away his crossbow, he saw that everyone was dumbfounded, so he raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Why do you all look at me so much? Could it be that my appearance is not neat?"
"cough!"
"Cough~cough~~"
Suddenly, everyone burst into dry coughs.
They looked sideways, waved their hands and said nothing happened, and then dispersed. The governors and their subordinates were busy treating the wounded soldiers, collecting weapons and armor, and taking in prisoners, among other things.
Zheng Pu, who didn't know why, saw the crowd dispersed and had no other thoughts. He whispered to Zhuge Qiao, "Mr. Ge, I seemed to have heard before that after the imperial court recaptured Longyou, the Pang family also divided into households and returned to Hanyang.
Got it?"
What he was asking about was Pang De's elder brother, Pang Rou, who had followed Ma Chao to Shu and became an assistant to the Han Dynasty.
"It's true."
When Zhuge Qiao heard this, he realized something and asked, "Does Mr. Zheng want this person to be buried?"
"Ha, the one who knows me is Mr. Ge!"
Zheng Pu raised his palms and smiled, and said, "If he is defeated and refuses to surrender, he will be killed if he can. However, if the person dies, the matter will be over. Since some members of the Pang family are serving as officials in the court, we should not let their bones be exposed in the wild."
"Okay, I'll handle this matter."
Nodding lightly, Zhuge Qiao arranged for his troops to collect the corpse and bury it.
After the small interlude, each department performed its duties. When it was time to prepare food at dusk, Ma Dai finally arrived with two thousand Xiliang cavalry.
The war on his side is also over.
Previously, Jia Xu sent 6,000 cavalrymen to Yunjie County to prevent Madai's troops from coming to rescue Guan Xing.
Ma Dai privately asked Zhiwudai, the leader of the Xiongnu branch, and Baihu Wenjin to gather the tribesmen and join forces with nearly 6,000 cavalry. After the Guanxing camp was besieged, they launched an attack.
The army had no legitimate leader and the Hexi cavalrymen, who were negligent in martial arts, collapsed at the first touch. More than 600 cavalrymen were killed before the battle and fled in panic.
When they fled to Ling Jusai, they saw that the Hexi Allied Forces had been defeated and the camp was occupied by the Han Army. With no choice but to dismount and surrender to Ma Dai, who was pursuing him. Ma Dai collected the prisoners and ordered his deputy Yang Ji to lead thousands of soldiers.
Qiu Zhi did not wear any clothes, and Bai Huwen took care of them on the spot. He himself, with one man and two horses, came to meet Zheng Pu.
Because he knew that as the only cavalry here and the vanguard to march into Hexi, the Xiliang cavalry would do their job.
In fact, this is also true.
As soon as he arrived, he found that Zheng Pu had been waiting for him for a long time.
He didn't use any polite manners. After seeing the courtesy, he invited him into the Chinese army's tent and spoke directly.
"Although the Hexi coalition army was defeated, many remnants of the army fled back. If our army did not enter Hexi as soon as possible, I am afraid that these remnants of the defeated troops would plunder Li Shu along the way and poison the cities, making it difficult for the court to appease the people. I
I know that the general and his subordinates are tired of their saddles and horses, but they are not qualified for the Xiliang cavalry! I also ask the general to spare no effort and do his best. The general will be the vanguard, and I will supervise the infantry of all ministries to transport the food and baggage behind. It will take ten days at most.
Meet the general in Guzang."
"Why is it difficult to conquer the country?"
After listening to this, Ma Dai, who was nearly sixty years old, smiled gurglingly, "Besides, our cavalry is accustomed to bumping around day and night. We can also sleep on the back of a horse, so Zijin can have no worries."