Chapter 982 Retreat
The internal strife between the Han and Hu coalition forces lasted for one day and one night.
Of the 20,000 Xianbei Hu people, nearly 10,000 were killed or injured in this battle, and thousands were missing. In the end, only three or four thousand were able to escape.
Knowing that the way back to the north would be cut off, Yu Zhugejian decided to flee south to join the Wei people.
In the end, he was intercepted by people from the Dark Night Camp.
The embarrassed Yuzhu Gejian was escorted in front of Governor Feng. He stared with blood-red eyes and shouted in a hissing voice:
"Why?!"
We agreed to go to Guanzhong together, but why did it end up like this halfway?
Facing Yu Zhu Gejian’s eyes that wanted to devour others, Feng Jishi sighed:
“Because you want too much.”
Reviving the Han Dynasty and returning it to the old capital has been the prime minister’s lifelong dream.
I really wanted to let the barbarians rob Chang'an, and then the prime minister ran over excitedly and saw a broken dream.
At that time, the prime minister was so angry that he probably hung himself on the flagpole of the Chang'an city wall to dry out his anger.
"It's my fault. Over the years, Liangzhou has given you too many things, which has made your appetite too big."
It is indeed reasonable to say that Hu Yi is afraid of power but not virtuous.
Yu Zhugejian couldn’t understand Feng Yong’s words.
Feng Jishi thought for a while and had to say something that the other party could understand:
“Actually, I want to borrow some horses from you.”
“Borrow a horse?”
You call this borrowing a horse?
Not burning, killing and looting?
At any rate, when we Xianbei people plundered the frontier fortress, we never thought of saying that it was a excuse.
You Han people are so shameless!
Governor Feng waved his hand and was too lazy to say anything more to him, so he had people **** him off.
Then he glanced at Bald Khotan again and asked:
“How many horses did you get?”
Bald-faced Khotan Li quickly replied: "About ten thousand horses."
Feng Jishi smacked his lips: "Barely enough..."
Twenty thousand Huqi were able to obtain more than ten thousand horses. It must be said that this battle was a bit chaotic and the property could not be saved in time.
This batch of war horses was stored in another valley by Xianbei Hu'er, so it was not affected.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get ten thousand horses.
“Brother, now that we have fallen out with the barbarians, Kebi will definitely not be reconciled if he finds out about it. Do you want me to lead the cavalry battalion back to support General Guan?”
As soon as the war broke out, Zhao Guang raised this issue with some concern.
Jiang Wei twitched the corners of his mouth and said nothing.
Li Qiu moved his lips but said nothing.
Yang Qianwan coughed.
General Guan still needs support?
When setting off from Jiuyuan, Governor Feng divided the army into two parts: the front and the rear.
General Guan led more than 20,000 people to stay in Wuyuan County, while he personally led 30,000 people to Qiaoshan.
Now Kebi Neng can only produce 20,000 Huqi.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to the duel between the two formations, none of the generals in Liangzhou, not to mention Ke Bineng, can fight in front of General Guan Da!
Including Jiang Boyue who has not yet fully grown up.
After all, in addition to the military books and art of war taught by the prime minister, Governor Feng also had military ideas brought over from later generations.
General Guan and Governor Feng were married to one another, and they were half daughters of the prime minister’s wife.
There are things in Feng's house that she doesn't want to know, and there is nothing she can't know. Her knowledge and vision have long been beyond the comparison of others.
As for Jiang Boyue... at most he only learned part of the prime minister's military skills.
No matter how powerful the operation is, it can’t compare to someone who makes money, and no matter how much money there is, it can’t compare to someone who cheats.
What's more, General Guan has micro management, can earn gold, and has a humanoid...
It can be seen that letting General Guan personally guard the retreat was definitely Feng's premeditated plan.
So it can be easily seen that Zhao Erha is not worried about the way out at all. He is simply panicked here and wants to go to the grassland to relax.
What people didn’t expect was that Governor Feng actually nodded:
"Yiwen thought well, Kebi has to defend, so I plan to lead the army back to the north and wipe out Kebineng."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
“Your Majesty, this…”
This time, even Jiang Wei couldn't help it.
If the monarch wanted to destroy Kebineng, why not just do it in Yinshan Mountain?
If you really want to use Kebineng, why are you so anxious to kill Pu Heyu now?
Now that Xianbei Hu are not allowed to consume the Wei thieves, and they have to return north to destroy Hu, how can it be so troublesome?
Isn’t the purpose of this trip to go south to Guanzhong?
Why does it seem that the monarch is more interested in getting into trouble with Xianbei Hu?
Originally, Governor Feng had other plans to kill Pu He, but now it seems that he really wanted to kill Ke Bineng.
Why does it take so much time to go back and forth to destroy Kebi?
This is really not like the style of a monarch!
But seeing Feng Jishi, he said matter-of-factly:
"I said that Kebineng must die, so he must keep his word."
His eyes fell on Jiang Wei:
“Bo Yue, if I leave Wudang Camp and Modao Camp to you, can you stop the Wei thieves?”
Jiang Weizheng was puzzled. When he heard this, he subconsciously stood up.
Although Wudang Camp only has half a battalion, plus Modao Camp and the Tiger Infantry Army led by himself, there are nearly ten thousand people.
"Don't worry, sir, if the Wei thieves dare to come, the general will definitely make them unable to come back!"
Although I can’t figure out what the prince’s intention is for the moment, since the prince has given orders, he will naturally obey them.
Feng Jishi nodded and looked at Li Qiu:
"Xinhou, take Eshun with you to assist Bethyo."
"clear."
In other words, brother this time, he wants to leave all the infantry behind to stop the Wei thieves.
As for himself, he returned north with all the cavalry.
When the troops were divided, General Guan had more than 20,000 people, but he only had one man and three cavalry.
At least half of the 30,000 men in my brother's hands are man and horse.
Now that there are more than 10,000 more horses and the infantry has to stay at Qiaoshan, the cavalry in the hands of the brother can once again meet the minimum standard of one man and two cavalry for the Liangzhou Army.
Um?
Um!
Li Qiu’s eyes suddenly widened.
So... what the brother said to Yuzhu Gejian is true?
Just want to borrow a horse?
Thinking of this, Li Qiu was a little confused.
Of course, Governor Feng didn’t just want to “borrow a horse”.
He transformed into a ghost king and sacrificed more than 10,000 Xianbei barbarians.
Not only can you save food, but you can also borrow a batch of food and grass from them.
One decrease and one increase is equivalent to an extra batch of grain and grass for the daily consumption of 40,000 people.
Did Nanxiang arithmetic gain a deserved reputation?
After arranging things, Governor Feng immediately organized his army and left all the grain, grass, cattle and sheep he had stolen from the Xianbei barbarians with Jiang Wei.
He took all the dry food and turned around and headed north.
This incident happened, and many people within the Liangzhou Army were caught off guard and did not react at all.
Not to mention the Wei army who only wanted to retreat.
After receiving the news from the Wei army ahead, Guo Huai rushed to the camp closest to the Han army as soon as possible.
Although he missed the firelight at night, the billowing black smoke during the day was obviously more conspicuous than the firelight at night.
Throughout the day, the shouts of killing from the opposite side never subsided.
Obviously, the Shu captives were most likely involved in civil strife.
If the opponent were someone else, Guo Huai would have already begun to think about taking the initiative and go to test it out.
It’s just that the terrain of Qiaoshan is too complex.
More importantly, Guo Huai knew that Feng Thief was extremely cunning, and if he was not careful, he might fall into the opponent's scheme.
So he did not act rashly, but sent out scouts to try his best to find out what happened to the Shu captives.
Many scouts of the Wei army took advantage of the chaos and witnessed with their own eyes the brutal fighting, or semi-massacre, in the valley.
This extremely strange situation made Guo Huai even more confused and confused.
As more and more Hu people fled to the south, some noble Hu people even took the initiative to run to the mountains to ask for help from the Wei army, escorted by their personal guards.
Guo Huai finally confirmed that the Shu captives had completely fallen out with the Hu people.
The subsequent large-scale abnormal mobilization of the Han army naturally had no way of hiding it from the Wei army, which had been paying close attention to its opponents.
“General, after this civil strife, the Shu captives may have realized that they are unable to conquer Qiaoshan again, so they took the initiative to retreat.”
"I think the morale of the Shu captives must be low at this time. If we take this opportunity to attack, we will be able to defeat the thieves."
Someone immediately made suggestions.
Hearing this, Guo Huai was greatly moved.
"Even if the Shu captives are at war with the Hu people, Feng Thief still has nearly 30,000 troops in his hands. Don't be careless."
"When I came to Qiaoshan, Grand Sima repeatedly told me to stay tight and not to attack. How could I disobey Grand Sima's order?"
“It’s better to report this matter to the Grand Sima first and see how the Grand Sima arranges it.”
This statement is reasonable and reasonable, and no one can find fault with it.
Because Da Sima did have this instruction.
Just in front of the two armies, the battle situation was changing rapidly.
As a general, if you don't think about taking advantage of the opportunity to defeat the thieves, but just follow the orders of the superior officer hundreds of miles away, this is not the way to lead an army.
Some military generals who had not experienced the battle at Xiaoguan were dissatisfied.
The general Jia Xu even privately said to the army commander Guo Mo:
“This can be said to be as fearful of Shu as a tiger?”
When Feng Jishi led all the troops to withdraw from the Qiaoshan Mountains, Jiang Wei sent people from behind to deliver the first military information after the division of troops.
After reading the military information, Governor Feng clicked his tongue and murmured:
“It seems that Guo Huai is so good at Sima Yi’s endurance that he is unwilling to attack.”
He took a deep look at Qiaoshan behind him and ordered:
“Send the order, and the whole army will move forward quickly!”
“Your Majesty has your destiny, hurry up and move forward!”
Twenty thousand fine riders set off the billowing smoke and swept towards the north.
…
At the same time, in the Jingshui River Valley more than four hundred miles west of Qiaoshan, news of Wang Ping finally reached Deng Zhi.
When he learned that the Wei thieves had a large army marching north along the Central Road, Deng Zhi couldn't help being shocked:
"I also said that after the battle at Xiaoguan, the Wei thieves no longer dared to go north from the Huizhong Road. I didn't expect that the thieves still had the guts to do this."
At that moment, he did not dare to hesitate, and quickly ordered Liu Yin to stay in peace and prevent the Wei thieves from coming up the Jing River.
Then he and Ma Dai led ten thousand people and hurried back to Xiaoguan.
By this time, Deng Ai had already crossed several streams at the foot of Longshan Mountain and quickly headed towards Xiaoguan.
Deng Ai forced Deng Zhi to return, which not only reduced the pressure on Guanzhong, but also allowed Xian Yufu to dispatch part of his troops to Qiaoshan to support Guo Huai when the situation was urgent.
The military information sent by Xian Yufu and Guo Huai arrived in Yicheng one after another. Sima Yi was greatly inspired after seeing it.
He specially sent the military report to the generals in the army and said with a smile:
"The Shu soldiers came in three groups. Two groups are no longer worthy of fear. Only Zhuge Liang's group is left. How can we hold out for a long time? I think that not long after they arrive, they will have to retreat!"
I immediately wrote a memorial and sent it to Luoyang.
Then he sent someone to deliver a message to Qiaoshan, praising Guo Huai's prudence, and once again strictly ordered the generals to completely obey Guo Huai's command.
At the same time, he was authorized to Guo Huai. Anyone who disobeys the order can be dealt with by military law.
Just when the situation in Guanzhong was developing in Wei's favor, there was peace and tranquility on the banks of the river in Wuyuan County.
This is a grazing land given by God.
The sergeants in charge of herding either cut the grass for fodder, or drove their horses to places with abundant water and grass.
“The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind and cattle and sheep appear…”
General Guan stood on the edge of the river, watching all this, and couldn't help but recite two sentences that Governor Feng had once recited.
No wonder Alang always likes to live in seclusion outside the Great Wall in the end in his chivalrous novels.
At this time, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats broke General Guan's leisurely elegance.
“General, I will report something at the end.”
General Guan glanced at Liu Hun, who was blocked by his guards, and motioned to let him in.
Liu Hun hurried over and whispered:
“General, we intercepted a barbarian’s passing cavalry.”
"A messenger from the barbarians?" General Guan was stunned. "Is he delivering a message to Gao Que?"
“Exactly.”
“Why did you stop him if nothing happened?”
Liu Hun hesitated for a moment before continuing:
“General, I have finally discovered that the number of barbarian cavalry going to Gaoque in the past two days has suddenly increased, and these cavalry are not like before, and they will ask for some food when they pass by our camp.”
"They are deliberately avoiding our camp now. When I saw them twice, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. So I thought there must be something weird here."
"Huh?" General Guan's eyes narrowed, "So you deliberately intercepted a barbarian knight?"
Liu Hun said quickly:
“General, don’t worry, the general only accidentally shot his horse while hunting, and then brought him to the camp.”
General Guan glanced at him. No wonder Alang always valued this person.
These words are spoken as if they were true.
“What’s the question?”
Liu Hun frowned: "He only said that he was ordered by Yuzhu Gejian to go to Gaoque and inform the coalition forces that they had captured two mountains of Wei thieves."
General Guan said "Oh", "Do you think there is something weird in this?"
"Yes! If it is such a good thing, why do the Hu Ren Chuanqi avoid our camp like snakes and scorpions? And I see that the Hu Ren Chuanqi speaks in a flash, as if he is hiding something from us..."
Seeing Liu Hun so suspicious, General Guan laughed and said:
"If something happens, why don't you give us news? Forget it, give him a horse and let him go."
Seeing General Guan's indifferent look, Liu Hun opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything more and turned around with a sigh.
Ever since Junhou divided his troops in Wuyuan County, he found that he could not understand the battle of Guanzhong more and more.
Originally I thought that the king asked General Guan to guard Wuyuan County in order to raid Kebineng at any time.
Unexpectedly, it seems that General Guan has no intention at all in this regard.
But if it weren't for Ke Bineng, what's the point of having the army stay here?
Liu Hun let out a long sigh, feeling a little depressed.
He was about to walk around the camp when he suddenly saw a familiar figure sneaking into a certain tent.
Liu Hun's heart moved and he followed.
"You are not allowed to drink alcohol without authorization in the army. You have violated military law. I wonder if I will tell General Guan!"
The two people in the tent were startled. When they saw the person coming, one of them smiled and said:
“Brother Polu, if you also want to drink, just say so, why do you need to scare people?”
Another person urged:
“Hurry up and put down the tent door so that no one can see you.”
It turns out that the person in the account is none other than Liu Liang, the son of Liu Hanzi.
The other one is Kebineng's younger brother, Ruoluo Aliu.
It is true that alcohol is not allowed in the army, but there is an exception.
That is the small camp specially set up for the six tribes of Ruoloa.
Obviously, Liu Liang took advantage of this loophole.
Liu Hun's heart moved when he saw Ruoluo Aliu, so he also sat down and asked:
“I’ve noticed something was wrong with you. How did you get this wine?”
Liu Liang smiled proudly and said: "I am not a member of the army, so I have some ways of getting wine."
These words can be used to show off in front of others, but they cannot scare Liu Hun.
Without General Guan’s acquiescence, you might not even dare to take horse urine.
Unexpectedly, Ruoluo Aliu nodded repeatedly and praised:
“Liu Langjun has always had a wide circle of friends, and he also has friendship with Feng Langjun, so he can get good things that others can’t get.”
“Ever since we arrived at Yinshan, not only have we been guests of Lord Kebineng, but many tribe commanders also like to deal with Langjun!”
Liu Hanzi said modestly:
“It’s a reward, it’s a reward, it’s just that everyone is willing to give me some thin noodles. Come on, come on, drink!”
After a few glasses of wine, Ruoluo Aliu's face turned red.
These days, I drink wine and eat tea, and there is no need to stay around Kebineng to watch his behavior.
In his slight drunkenness, he felt that this kind of life couldn't be happier.
So he started to talk a little uncontrollably and started to talk about some tribal rumors.
However, at the end of the drinking, Ruoluo Aliu was very drunk and did not say anything unusual.
Liu Hun was disappointed and left with an excuse.
On the second day, a Han army cavalry carrying a red flag suddenly appeared on the Qinzhi Road in the south. He rushed straight to the camp and shouted:
“Emergency military situation!”
“General, urgent military situation!”
After Chuanqi was helped down to rest, the guards carried the letters and talismans carried by Chuanqi as quickly as possible into the commander's tent.
General Guan hurriedly stepped forward, and after confirming that the talisman was genuine, he quickly opened the letter.
The content of the letter is very simple. It even uses clear code instead of the code words commonly used in the military.
There are two big characters written on it: quick hair.
Then it was written in slightly smaller font at the bottom: Be careful with everything.
Large characters and small characters are two completely different shapes.
The large characters were written with a brush, crooked, ghost-like, and horrible to look at.
The small characters are written in charcoal, with a square shape and straight strokes, which can serve as a model.
Six characters, all in simplified Chinese.
In this world, no one else but Feng Jishi can write such a font that combines multiple characteristics.
No wonder he dared to directly invent coded military information, because no one could forge it.
General Guan’s lips curved into a faint smile.
However, this smile was quickly suppressed, and General Guan was heard shouting:
“Send the order, beat the drum, gather the generals!”
Just these six words, suddenly broke the peace that had been in the camp for more than a month.
The cavalry, who had been waiting for danger, began to rush out of the camp, with thunderous roars of their iron hooves, and they swept toward their destination in a black mass.
(End of this chapter)