Shu Chen

Chapter 120 Farewell

The four divisions of the Han army, the Jufu Division on the east side of the periphery, and the Zhangyi Division on the north side.

As for Huo Yi's Department, they supervised the inner circle of the headquarters, yelling at the soldiers to re-establish a strong crossbow formation.

Only Wang Ping's department, who was a guest army, was used as a standby force.

Therefore, Wang Ping, who heard Zheng Pu's order, couldn't hold back for a long time, and it was too late to perform the military salute, so he drew his blade high and rushed forward, "All soldiers, follow me!"

"You, hurry up and inform Zhang Boqi, and let him retreat to the inner circle immediately to prepare for the battle!"

Grabbing a messenger by his side casually, Zheng Pu spoke again.

"promise!"

After the messenger rushed away, Zheng Pu watched the battle silently for a long time.

Waiting for Wang Ping's department to respond, Ju Fu led the soldiers to fight and retreat before turning around and returning to the inner circle.

Just when his arms were shaking, when he accidentally bumped into Fu Qian who was walking by his side, Xinnian suddenly stopped along with his body, glanced sideways, and then walked again.

Back to the inner circle to defend, although Wei Jun pursued closely, but because of the chaotic and disorderly passage of WISCO vehicles, the formation was torn apart abruptly.

It is no longer possible to fight in an formation, and it is also no longer able to rely on the advantage of having a large number of people.

Furthermore, Huo Yi's department, who stayed in the inner circle, had already found a location for sniping.

Every time the Wei army rushed in along the narrow passage, suddenly, there would be a spear like a long worm spitting out a letter and piercing the throat, or a ring of knives like a horse practicing cutting legs, or a rush so fast that the wind had no time to groan The crossbow bolt sank into his chest.

Wei Jun, who rushed in, was caught off guard, and the screams continued for a long time.

It also made Wei Ping, the general who supervised the battle in the rear, condense his eyebrows into a river.

He had never seen such a mess of traffic.

For a while, there was no way to think about it.

Relying on years of experience in conquests, I asked Dai Ling, the general at his side, to send bow and crossbowmen to the gentle slopes on both sides, occupying the high point of the battlefield to suppress with bows and crossbows.

And an order was issued to the soldiers in front to advance while destroying the WISCO vehicles.

But he made such an order, causing Dai Ling's subordinates to suffer heavy casualties.

The strong crossbowmen of the Han army who had escaped into the inner circle had long since regrouped, and the direction of crossbow defense was the gentle slope on both sides.

When the crossbowmen of the Wei army swarmed up, they also withdrew their hanging knives while being scolded by the general.Hundreds of thumb-thick crossbow bolts burst into the air with a sharp sound, showing the smile of death.

Bloody flowers bloomed among the bow soldiers of the Wei army, and the sound of wailing resounded through the mountain road here.

"Ming Jin!"

"Mingjin!!"

Dai Ling, who was in the rear, stomped his feet and turned his head, roaring like thunder at the golden drum soldiers under his flag.

It's just that when rushing forward, the imposing and unwilling queen will also turn into when retreating, jostling each other and fleeing for their lives.

Stepping on each other is inevitable.

In this regard, Wei Ping grinned with the corner of his mouth tilted, and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

Because the sound of Mingjin sounded, his subordinates also took advantage of the situation to retreat.

It's just that Dai Ling's troops were reinforcements sent to him by Cao Zhen.

There is no distinction between high and low official positions, but there are more soldiers than him, so he will not presumptuously judge others.

Alas, that's all.

Twilight is approaching, and they are chasing all the way again, and the soldiers are also exhausted.

Let's go to the camp to rest and fight again the next day.

Just summed it up, how to break up this mess of cars.

However, after discussing with Dai Ling and his generals in the middle of the night, they came to the conclusion that there is only a strong attack.

Because they attacked lightly, they did not carry thunderbolt chariots and other sharp weapons to break the formation.

Moreover, time is running out: if the Shu army here cannot be defeated within five or six days, Bashu reinforcements will arrive!At that time, there will be no way to get through the Xiao Pass.

However, the strong attack, regardless of casualties, still had an advantage for the Wei army.

Their strength is still more than that of the Shu army.

And fight, and destroy the chariot formation, within three to five days, you will surely have a decisive battle with the Shu army.

It's nothing more than that the soldiers suffered more losses in battle!
In fact, as they expected.

The strong attack for two consecutive days cost more than a thousand casualties, and the Wei army destroyed the chaotic formation set up by Zheng Pu in sevens and eighties.

When the two sides lined up, the soldiers could see each other's oar shields.

In other words, the time of the decisive battle is coming.

The third day of offense and defense.

The morning sun is like fire, and the rays of light are endless.

Zheng Pu, who seldom sleeps recently, has bloodshot eyes, standing under the banner of Xuanwu General, looking into the distance.

The inner and outer perimeters were destroyed, and nearly 700 people were killed or injured under his command; and the strength of the rebellious Wei army was more than twice that of the Han army.

In a field battle without fortifications, only relying on the narrowness of the mountain road, fighting each other bravely and elite soldiers, can our army persist until the prime minister sends troops to help?
He quietly asked himself in his heart.

He also set his sights on the two arrays of Wang Ping and Zhang Yi in the front.

Banyuman's morale was still high, he knocked on his shield and stepped on his feet, and sang loudly; those Nanzhong Liao people were chanting words, praying to some prostitute in Zangcang County.

However, Huo Yi's Department, which was a mobile Chinese army, was silent.

The trilogy left by Huo Jun in the past are now low-ranking generals of Huo Yi's department, teaching the soldiers to inspect the armor, ribbons and ordnance.Faintly, it seems to have the appearance of an elite teacher.

As for the Jufu Department, it guards the general flag and grain fodder in the rear.

When the periphery was broken, four out of ten of the Jufu Department were gone.

And many people are injured.

Even Ju Fu was cut off from the spear and hit his chest with a pestle.Even with armor protecting her body, there are still bruises the size of a bowl.

Until the last moment, Zheng Pu didn't intend to let him join the battle.

Ugh.
Morale is good, you should be able to stick to it for three to five days, right?
Zheng Pu's thoughts were interrupted.

Just as he was about to beat the drums to boost morale and prepare to welcome the Wei army's attack, he felt a slight tremor from the ground.

Beyond the clear sky, there was a muffled thunder from far to near.

cavalry!

Only the gallop of thousands of cavalry can have such power!

Zheng Pu was startled, and quickly turned his head to look north.

On the mountain road stretching to the sky, a black cavalry is rapidly floating up from the ground, covered with the rays of the morning sun, gradually becoming larger and more numerous.

Amidst the cheers of the Wei army, a general flag embroidered with the word "Zhang" fluttered in the wind.

Zhang Yun, who detoured from Anding County to Wuwei and then turned south, led [-] cavalry and arrived at the
Inside the Han army formation, the banyan man's singing stopped abruptly.

The first time I saw thousands of Nanzhong Liao soldiers riding vertically and horizontally, they were tongue-tied and their eyes were glazed over.

Zheng Pu's face was livid.

There was a big gap between the enemy and us, and the camp was destroyed, but the enemy army increased its troops to the end!

Although, no matter how stupid the general is, he would not fight with cavalry and pawns, but this battle is a battle to determine the ownership of Longyou.Zhang He, who has experienced many battles and is known as a skillful change, may not be "wisdom like a fool".

After all, as long as he breaks through the road here, even if he loses two or three thousand riders, there is no reason for Wei Guo to part with it!
Zheng Pu never pinned his hope of victory on the stupidity of the general who opposed Wei.

Especially this general is Zhang He.

Therefore, he also faintly realized in his heart: Xiao Guandao, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep it.

"Zijin, what if I don't take command?"

At some point, Ju Fu had already come to the side, poked his head over, and whispered, "You have been under the influence of the prime minister, and you have the ability to plan and plan, so you shouldn't die here."

He also felt that it was difficult for the war to turn around.

"Heh~~~"

With a chuckle, Zheng Pu stretched out his hand and punched him lightly, "I am the Xuanwu Warlord who was awarded the title by the emperor himself, and I am also the general who seeks captives promoted by the prime minister, how can I abandon the soldiers and escape from evil?" , raised his hand again to stop Goufu who wanted to distinguish again, "Xiaoxing doesn't need to say any more. Let's go and rectify his subordinates. I'm afraid your department will be ready for battle soon."

"Ugh"

Well aware of Zheng Pu's stubborn and stubborn words, he sighed, with a look of sadness on his face, and turned around.

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Just thinking about it, the thunderous sound of drums urging the battle sounded in the Wei army formation.

The Wei army with the horizontal shield in front climbed first, lined up a small square formation, stepped on the small sound of Dubo in the formation, and marched forward step by step with the morale like a rainbow.

"war!"

"war!!"

They tapped their shields with ring-head knives and moved forward step by step.

When they were within an arrow's reach, they gathered in groups of ten, held their shields high to form a circle, and ran up with their feet.

"Raise the crossbow!"

"Raise the crossbow!"

Wang Ping and Zhang Ni, who were leading the formation of the front army, scolded at the same time.

"put!"

Nearly [-] crossbow arrows made a "hum", and they left the strings and broke through the sound of the wind and roared away.

"what!"

Wei Bing, who was pierced into his body by the crossbow arrow, fell to the ground and twitched wailing.

But more Wei Jun rushed up first, and in just a few breaths of winding time, they rushed into more than [-] meters.

"Crossbow!"

"hit!"

Once again, the sharp crossbow arrows galloped away and collided with the fast-running Wei Jun, and another wailing sounded.

It also made them fierce and rushed faster.

Unafraid of death, he only endured the baptism of three crossbow arrows before bumping into the Han army's large oars in the front row.

General Wei Ping, who personally led the army, saw that the Han army's strong crossbow array could no longer be fierce, so he pointed his sword and shouted sharply, "This victory will reward you with a thousand pieces of gold and a hundred pieces of silk!"

"kill!"

Behind him, the soldiers holding only short knives, their eyes turned red instantly, and charged away like a tiger descending the mountain.

They are the main force breaking the formation and the most elite soldiers.

"In front of the shield, squat!"

"Spear, stab!"

Wang Ping's voice without the slightest emotion sounded, accompanied by countless splashes of blood.

"Ah!"

There are spears like a forest, and every time they sing neatly, the tip of the long spear that is braving the cold light will protrude forward once.

Let more soldiers of the Wei army who were lucky enough to escape the crossbow arrows hate the battlefield.

But slowly, more and more soldiers rushed up, broke through the defense of the shield soldiers, squeezed into the spear formation, and the enemy and us fought together.

Let the spearmen drop their spears on the ground, draw out the ring-swords at their waists, and fight with a roar.

"kill!"

Zhang Ni, with left sword and right spear, roared like thunder, and blocked the battle line with his trilogy to break through.

At this moment, there is my battlefield among you, and there is no need for command.

And farther away, two horses pulled the frame of a big cowhide drum, and slowly approached the half-shot place where the two armies were fighting.Dai Ling was standing on the chariot, hammering the drumsticks with both hands desperately, using the rapid sound of the war drum to encourage the soldiers to be more brave and fearless.

With the arrival of Zhang Xi, Wei Ping acted as the general who charged into the battle, while Dai Ling became the commander who applauded the gold.

Zhang He, who had already dismounted from his horse, was standing on the high platform, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.

After more than ten days of rushing, the journey of nearly a thousand miles caused the three thousand cavalry to fall behind frequently.

There are only about [-] riders left who have rushed to this place.

And everyone is tired.

As soon as they were ordered to rest, they snored loudly on the battlefield where the drums were thundering.

Still, it's all worth it.

Looking at the battlefield where the soldiers on both sides were fighting like a raging fire and life was dying, his tired eyes showed a hint of joy.

He already has thoughts about breaking the Shu army.

On the third day of the battle, the fighting continued until night fell before the curtain fell.

Wei Jun once again killed more than a thousand people.

And even the Han army, which was waiting in full battle, had more than six hundred dead and countless seriously injured.

But there are only more than two thousand soldiers left to fight again.

This made the morale of the Han army slightly depressed.

In the face of absolute strength, they see no hope of victory.

Although, all the generals are claiming that the prime minister's reinforcements will arrive soon.However, Wei Jun's crazy offensive made them feel that death was coming sooner.

In the camp of the Han army, countless torches lit up the mountain road.

The soldiers were beside the countless corpses, pawing rice with a sluggish expression.

Zheng Pu didn't patrol the camp, but with a torch in his hand, he walked to the position where they fought during the daytime, and searched for the wounded but surviving Pao Ze with the Jufu soldiers.

"General, general."

While walking slowly, a very faint call came intermittently from the ground.

Zheng Pu followed the sound, and saw on the ground one step away, a burly banyan man lying on its side with its body bent.

All the facial features were squeezed together in pain, and one hand was raised hard to call out to him.

And the other hand was covering his ribs.

A broken spear was inserted obliquely there, and the gushing blood made the colorful cloth lining the armor even more colorful.

Zheng Pu quickly strode forward, touched the ground on one knee, and held his hand tightly.

It also made him grin, revealing his teeth stained red by countless blood foam.

He held Zheng Pu's hand back hard, his eyes were full of anxiety, and he squeezed out words intermittently, "General~~~General, can our army still stop it? Will the Niweihui... Will it reach Brazil County? Kill my wife and children?"

Hearing this, Zheng Pu couldn't help his nose sore.

Ban Chuman is strong and brave by nature, and he is not afraid of death.

But now when he was dying and asked about his wife and children, it was because Zheng Pu had previously advised Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, to let Qiao Zhou travel around the counties and counties of Yizhou, preaching against the Wei Dynasty "slaughtering cities, trapping prisoners, and taking living wives, wives and soldiers" and so on. Brought by cruelty and violence.

"No! I swear, it's absolutely impossible!"

Two lines of clear tears rolled down Zheng Pu's face, followed his lush beard, and tapped on the stumped limbs and broken arms on the ground. His voice was urgent, "The Prime Minister's reinforcements will be here soon! When the time comes, I, a big man, will definitely take those All the traitors against Wei are driven out of Longyou!"

"Heh~~~"

As if relieved from a heavy burden, the facial features of the banyanman who were originally crowded together suddenly stretched out, "Then, then. Okay. My eldest son is about to grow up, and when the time comes, he will kill for me again."

Before the words were finished, the voice stopped abruptly.

The hand that grabbed Zheng Pu fell down powerlessly.

The eyes that were still open, the pupils also began to collapse, causing the spirit to rapidly disappear.

he died.

It became one of the scattered corpses on the battlefield.

Moreover, there are more seriously injured people who are following him, becoming people whose souls cannot return to their hometowns.

Zheng Pu lowered his head.

He hid his face in the low twilight twilight.

No one knew whether he was choking up, but he could faintly see his shoulders trembling slightly.

I do not know how long it has been.

Zheng Pu gently put down his already cold hand, and helped him close his eyelids.He also got up and returned, and wrote a book to the prime minister Zhuge Liang, asking the prime minister to make preparations for Xiao Guandao to be breached as soon as possible.

Of course!

He no longer thinks about guarding Xiao Guandao.

The only thought in my mind is to delay as long as possible.

Even if it is an extra day, an extra hour, or an extra quarter of an hour.

Naturally, there is no extravagance to survive.

Therefore, he summoned Fu Qian, who was with the army, and Li Qiu, who was acting as a fake Sima, to his side.

Bending slightly, holding Fu Qian's shoulders with both hands, there was no sadness on Zheng Pu's face, but a gurgling smile, and he called it softly.

"Gongyuan, I still have some military books at home, but I have not passed them on to you. After you returned, you went to Shifang Mulberry Garden and asked my mother to transfer you. I am always strict with you, not because you are stupid, but because I have high expectations for you. Don’t underestimate yourself, remember it! Well, in the future, you should study hard, don’t be negligent, and strive to be the leader of my great man in the future, conquer the Northern Expedition against Wei, and conquer the Central Plains. If you become a talent in the future, you will have a chance If you are leading the army on this road and attacking key points, if the mountain wind blows into the valley and roars continuously, I will encourage you."

After saying that, he turned his head again, patted Li Qiu's shoulder, and encouraged him with a smile.

"Conquer the Central Plains, you should encourage me!"

That's right, Zheng Pu chose several steps to escort Fu and Li back home.

They are all still young, and the big men who are trapped in the land of Bashu, there are too few rising stars!
In any case, it should not be compromised here.

But Fu Qian, who has always been stubborn, his eyes were slightly wet after hearing this, and he also raised his head and refused, "Sir, I won't go, I want to stay here with sir"

However, before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly.

"Snapped!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound, Zheng Puyang slapped him to the ground, interrupting his argument.

Visible to the naked eye, five red marks quickly appeared on his face.

"You stay here, what's the benefit of fighting!"

"If you die here, what good will it do for the country!"

"Zhuzi! Didn't think that His Majesty placed high hopes on you!"

"If you die, wouldn't it be a waste of time for me to teach you for several years?"

"I have a responsibility, so I cannot avoid death! As a disciple, you don't want to endure humiliation, and you will hate evil for me in the future!"

Zheng Pu's eyes were about to burst, and his saliva flowed for a while, scolding Fu Qian who was lying on the ground until tears flowed down his face.

Even Huo Yi, Ju Fu and the others who were watching silently couldn't bear it, and turned their heads to suppress the loss in their hearts.

They are witnessing the farewell of master and apprentice.

After a long while, Zheng Pu stopped scolding, raised his head and looked at the trilogy beside him, and scolded, "What are you doing in such a daze! Hurry up and leave with this scorpion!"

"promise!"

The five robust members suddenly woke up and hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

Taking a step forward, ignoring Fu Qian's struggle, he grabbed hold of it and strode towards the war horse that had been prepared earlier.

So is Li Qiu.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded.

Fu Qian, who was tightly hugged by the trilogy, looked back hard, and shouted sharply, "Sir, I will study the art of war diligently, and live up to your expectations! I will."

The cries from behind dissipated in the cold wind in late March as the horses receded.

It's night, no more words.

(End of this chapter)