Chapter 1216 Dilemma
“General, the thieves are coming to kill us again!”
Hearing the faint cry of killing coming from outside the camp, Wang Ping, who slept with his clothes on last night, did not show the slightest panic on his face, but quickly turned over.
"Walk!"
The Han and Wei armies had been fighting for three days and four nights on Dugu Road, the main road from Shangdang to Taiyuan.
Wang Ping had people build some strongholds on the mountains on both sides of the road in the shortest possible time, which caused a lot of trouble to the Wei army.
But again, the Wei army came too quickly, and its strength far exceeded Wang Ping's expectations.
There were two thousand people guarding the top of the mountain. In the past few days, although the soldiers at each stronghold on the top of the mountain tried very tenaciously to hold on to the stronghold.
But the Wei army that kept rushing up from the bottom of the mountain seemed endless, and the Han army was ultimately outnumbered.
After suffering heavy casualties, they had to gradually give up the pass and retreat to the mountain pass.
Wang Ping's base camp was built at the exit of Dagu, blocking the road that the Wei army wanted to enter Taiyuan.
After losing the hills on both sides, this camp became Taiyuan's last barrier.
“Hey!”
“Boom!”
“One, two!”
“Boom!”
Like ants, the Wei army pushed carts and large carts, constantly colliding and destroying the antlers outside the camp.
“General?”
Seeing Wang Ping striding over, the soldiers guarding the outside of the camp seemed to have a backbone.
"How is it going?"
“Go back to the general, there are more thieves than yesterday!”
The battalion captain said in a hurry: "And they made a surprise attack just after dawn."
“Huh?” Wang Ping raised his head and looked to the east. The sun was blocked by the mountains. Behind the mountains, only some golden light could be seen scattered in the sky.
In other words, the sun has not risen yet.
Wang Ping looked at the outside of the camp again. Some antlers had been knocked down, but his face did not change. Instead, he said calmly:
“The thief looks very anxious!”
Looking around at the soldiers with a slightly worried look on their faces, Wang Ping laughed:
"The more anxious the thief is, the more it shows that time is on our side. The longer we defend, the better it will be for the war!"
The general’s words calmed the soldiers’ mood a little:
“General, what should we do?”
“Send my military order, the crossbowmen are ready!”
“General, the crossbowmen are already ready.”
"That's good!"
After raising the telescope and looking at it for a while, Wang Ping put down the telescope and pointed in one direction: "There!"
“Here!”
Wei Jun, who had just knocked over an antler, was excited and wanted to rush in.
Suddenly, I was hit by a violent rain of arrows!
"ah!"
"pain!"
“楯,大楯,hurry!”
A soldier turned his head, waved his weapon, and shouted loudly to the rear.
Unexpectedly, this action revealed his identity, and several heavy arrows flew towards him from different directions!
Even though he was wearing armor, two of the arrows specially made for breaking through the armor still penetrated the armor.
Fortunately, because of the protection of the armor, the arrows could not cause fatal damage.
But before the soldier's feeling of rejoicing had faded away, an arrow with an extremely tricky angle had already gone straight to his unprotected neck.
In an instant, a cloud of blood mist burst out from his neck, and an arrow emerged from the other side of his neck.
Unconsciously, Uncle Zub covered his wound and tried to use his last strength to turn his head, trying to see clearly the direction in which the arrow was flying.
It’s a pity that his body fell softly involuntarily.
The last thing that caught his eye was the half red sun peeking out from the top of the mountain...
Seeing that the Wei thief who was the first to lead people into the antlers was shot down with an arrow, a leader of the Han army patted the crossbowman beside him vigorously:
"Okay!"
The soldiers carrying heavy crossbows in both hands have obvious differences from the Han people in appearance. They have beards all over their faces and they seem to be in their forties.
But the team leader knew that this soldier of Hu people origin was a young man, only twenty-six years old.
The young Hu soldier’s eyes were shining with excitement:
“Team leader, can this be counted as military merit?”
Chinese seems to have a sheepish smell, but it is still fluent.
Hearing this, the team leader smiled softly, then looked at the Wei army that was still pouring in, and his expression became a little solemn:
“Forget it, of course, but we have to defeat the rebel army first. If we cannot defeat the rebel army, we will be considered defeated.”
He looked at the Hu soldiers and the young man again, "How can the defeated army have any military merits? You think so?"
The Hu soldier's young man also cast his eyes on the Wei thief in front, nodded solemnly, gritted his teeth, and reloaded the arrow.
My eldest son is already four and a half years old and almost five years old.
According to the rules of Pingcheng, one can go to school at the age of six.
But for Hu children, if they want to enter a school, it is not just a matter of entering.
Either enter the workshop, and then register through the workshop.
But how easy is it to get registered?
It will take at least five years.
Five years later, you must meet the naturalization requirements before you can apply.
But how long did it take for the Han Dynasty to open a workshop in Pingcheng after regaining Pingcheng?
I can’t wait at all.
Of course, there are ways to shorten the deadline.
It goes without saying that Hu women married Han soldiers on the frontier.
Hu'er joined the Han army and achieved military merit. As long as his military merit was sufficient, he could also be naturalized directly.
Depending on the level of military merit, it is possible to recommend one, two, three or four children to school - if they have made great achievements, there is no problem in five, six, seven or eight.
In troubled times, military merit is the most important, and it is also the fastest shortcut to transcend social classes.
Not only the Hu soldiers thought so, but the Han soldiers also thought so.
"kill!"
After the rain of arrows, the Han army's defenders quickly appeared in front of the Wei army who broke into Lujiao.
The clothes and armor of the Han army defenders had long been stained with blood. Their swords, spears, and halberds were no longer shining, but they were still extremely sharp.
Dahan has been replacing the third-generation standard weapons in the army in recent years, and it has played an extremely important role at this time.
If it had been in the past, the weapons would have started to curl up during the high-intensity fighting in the past few days, and their lethality would have declined.
“The thieves’ morale has not dropped yet!”
Standing on the high **** behind the army, I watched the Wei army who had grabbed the antlers be pushed back by the Han army again.
Sima Yi, a wily and scheming man, couldn't help showing a look of amazement on his face:
“There are so many elite soldiers in the West!”
After being amazed, he frowned again, his expression becoming more solemn.
The more powerful the enemy is, the less good news it is for your side.
After several years of planning, Sima Yi finally found out that Taiyuan was empty of troops.
Therefore, after entering Huguan, he did not lead his troops southward, passed through the eldest son, captured Gaoping Pass, and cut off Wei Yan's retreat.
First, because Wei Yan is a strong general among the Western bandits and has led the army for a long time. If he is forced to defend Gaoping Pass, he may not be able to capture it in a short time.
The second reason is that compared to Gaopingguan, Taiyuan County, which is easily accessible, is far more important.
Taking Taiyuan, and then sending the army south to block Guanjuejin Valley, it will be difficult for the Western thieves to take a step northward.
And the Shangdang has the eldest son as a barrier, so there is nothing to worry about.
This can be said to be abandoning the small and taking the big.
I just didn't expect that Taiyuan, which was obviously empty of troops, would come out of nowhere with such an elite army that it could actually block 30,000 of its own with thousands of troops.
“There are so many thieves and strong generals!”
Sima Yi listened to the sound of gold being thrown and ordered:
“Go, send someone to ask who the other side’s general is.”
Seeing that the Wei thieves retreated again, they did not immediately organize a second wave of attacks. Instead, they sent people to question themselves.
Wang Ping laughed, pretending to be relaxed and said to his left and right:
"The thief and I have been fighting each other for several days. Only now did the thief remember to ask for my name. It seems he has tasted our power!"
Having lost the dangerous hills on both sides of the valley, the bandits cleared the obstacles around the main stronghold.
Now only the last ditch and antlers are left in the main stronghold.
If we can't hold on today, I'm afraid we will have to rely on the fence of the camp tomorrow.
It is certainly impossible to say that the soldiers did not have any fear in their hearts.
But seeing the Lord general being so relaxed and expressive, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Laughter diluted the solemnity in the sky above the camp.
After smiling, Wang Ping looked around and asked:
“Who dares to go to the bandit camp for me?”
“I will go there in the end!”
“The final general is also willing to go!”
"From what we can see, the warriors in the army are all strong!" Wang Ping saw everyone excited and said with a smile, "There may still be a big battle in the next few days. Why don't you guys take the opportunity to rest and make new achievements?"
He casually pointed at a certain guard: "Go and tell Sima Yi that the people standing in front of him are the Han Xianbei Colonel, General Wang Ping of the Dian Army, and all the Han generals!"
“Here!”
After giving the order, Wang Ping took the time to arrange defense.
After the generals received military orders to leave, Wang Ping's face became a little heavy:
It turned out that Sima Yi personally led the army. No wonder the bandit army attacked and plundered so fiercely.
Then he was shocked again: Sima Yi is here, so I have to send someone to report it as soon as possible!
…
“Wang Ping?” Sima Yi was rewarded. He took two steps back and forth while stroking his beard, and then repeated, “Wang Zijun?”
“This person’s name seems familiar, but why can’t I remember it?”
Sima Yi thought to himself that he could think of all the generals who were somewhat famous in the Han army.
Could it be said that Wang Ping has little reputation among the Han army?
That’s not right either!
Otherwise, why would this name sound familiar?
Sima Yi came back and took two more steps.
Sima Yi went through all the generals in the Han army starting from Feng Mingwen and Wei Wenchang in detail.
“Hi!”
Sima Yi seemed to have finally thought of something and slapped his thigh suddenly, "No wonder, no wonder!"
After slapping his thigh, Sima Yi slapped his fist again, with a look of regret on his face:
“No wonder, Fenglinhuoshan is as difficult to understand as the underworld, as difficult to understand as the overcast!”
It is said that Feng Yong had four generals under his command: Feng Linhuo.
The wind general Guansuo, the forest general Zhang Yi, and the fire general Zhao Guang.
Only the one who is as motionless as a mountain has different opinions and his name is unknown.
Unexpectedly, Feng Yong actually arranged him here!
Can't be wrong, can't be wrong, definitely can't be wrong.
At this time, Sima Yi had completely remembered when he had heard of Wang Ping's name.
During the years when he guarded Guanzhong, Longguan, the most important pass from Guanzhong to Longyou, was guarded by Wang Ping.
Sima Yi sent many scouts to inspect various roads in Longshan.
The area around Longguan was well-organized and heavily fortified. From this we can see Wang Ping’s defensive capabilities.
During the Battle of Longyou, the attention of the world was captured by the Battle of Jieting.
But what he ignored was that at the most urgent and critical moment, Feng Yong completely left his escape route in the hands of the unknown Wang Ping.
In other words, starting from the first battle of Longyou, Wang Ping defended Longguan for seven or eight years.
If Wang Ping had not won Feng Mingwen's trust, how could he have guarded Longguan for such a long time without much military exploits?
“No wonder I feel familiar, but I can’t remember who he is.”
Sima Yi sighed:
“It’s so careless, it’s so careless! Feng Mingwen’s foresight is truly well-deserved.”
Feng Mingwen is a famous general in the world. How can he not see that Taiyuan has a lack of troops?
As the central protector of the Han Dynasty, he had the power to oversee the internal and external military affairs. How could he be indifferent to this?
So the most reasonable explanation is that Wang Ping was simply a secret move arranged by Feng Mingwen in Bingzhou.
“Good layout, really good layout!”
Sima Yi thought about this joint and couldn't help but said bitterly.
Placing the unknown Wang Ping in Bingzhou can not only avoid attracting attention, but also achieve the unexpected effect of being prepared for emergencies.
Unexpectedly, I became the effect!
Sima Yi raised his eyes and looked at the Han army camp not far away, with a cold light in his eyes:
"Still as still as a mountain? I want to see how long you can stay still!"
“Come on, beat the drums, march!”
…
Just when Wang Ping, with only 3,000 people left, was in the most dangerous moment, General Guan Suo of Zhendong, who had already crossed the river, was in the Hedong Prefecture, staring at the map in a daze.
“General, Governor Jiang is here.”
“Let him in.”
“Here.”
The governor of Hedong, Jiang Wan's son Jiang Bin, entered the house and saluted General Guan:
“The lower official pays homage to General Zhendong.”
“Jiang Mansion, you don’t need to be polite, please sit down.”
General Zhendong turned around, sat back on his chair, and asked:
“How is the matter of raising grain and grass in Hedong these days?”
Jiang Bin replied:
"Reporting to General Zhendong, since General Zhendong came from Chang'an, all the families in Hedong have been very excited to hear that the Joint Reserve Bureau wants to increase seats."
“In just a few days, the Prefect’s Mansion has recorded a lot of accounts. Does General Zhendong want to review them?”
General Guan shook his head:
"The war in Shangdang is extremely urgent. If raising food and fodder is not related to the actions behind the army, how would I be in the mood to stay here for such a long time?"
"Now that the matter of grain and grass in Hedong has been revealed, naturally I can't stay here any longer. I will set off immediately today to hear the news."
Wenxi found it exactly where the Southern Army led by Zhang Bao was stationed.
Zhang Bao, who had learned early that General Guan had arrived in Hedong, heard that General Guan had arrived and quickly came out from the military camp to greet him:
“The last general is Zhang, cough, Zhang…”
"The military situation is urgent, so General Zhang doesn't need to be polite."
General Zhendong walked into the military camp in a hurry.
Zhang Bao smiled bitterly and quickly followed.
After entering the commander's tent and seeing no one else around, General Zhendong calmed down:
“Brother Zhang family, how is the military situation?”
Zhang Bao shook his head, looking a little sad:
“The bandit army at Zhiguandao was led by Jiang Ji himself and has not retreated, so I dare not relax.”
Sighed, Zhang Bao had a bitter look on his face:
“Although there was an urgent message from the party, I did not dare to divide our troops to go to the rescue.”
"Brother is right." General Zhendong nodded, his eyes falling on the map on the table of the commander's account, "It is better to lose Shangdang than lose Hedong."
She sighed:
"When I set off from Chang'an, I have been thinking about a question. Should I go directly from Hedong to Gaopingguan, or go to Taiyuan from Guanjue Valley?"
Now that most of Shangdang has been lost, if Gaoping is lost again, the entrance to Shangdang from Hedong will be completely blocked.
However, if the thieves learn that the reinforcements have arrived at Gaoping Pass, guard the eldest son, and take the opportunity to move the main force north to capture Taiyuan, Bingzhou will be in danger.
At that time, the reinforcements will have to turn back from Gaoping Pass and head to Taiyuan via Guanjue Valley.
Sima Yi's sudden sneak attack, according to the fact that the party can advance, attack, retreat or defend, it really makes it difficult for the big man to take care of both ends in a hurry!
She looked steadily at Zhang Bao:
“Brother, do you have any suggestions?”
(End of this chapter)