Hanbo

Chapter 245 Before the war (for subscription)

"The last general is waiting to meet the governor!"

Outside Huqiang City, the dusty Huo Shan rode on his horse, looked at the saluting generals and nodded:

"Well, don't be too polite, let's go into the city!"

After finishing speaking, Huo Shan rode his horse and walked towards the city, and the others also got on their horses and hurriedly followed!

Huo Shan seemed to have thought of something, turned around and scanned the crowd:
"Where's Lubold?"

Shangguan Jie cupped his hands on the horse:

"My lord, Marquis Fu Li is on the west wall to deal with the attack of the Qiang people."

Huo Shan looked around again, sure enough, except for Zhong Gan and others, the rest were cavalry generals, but Liu Ju didn't come.

Huo Shan looked at the sun that was about to set again:
"You go about your business, don't worry about me, come to the captain's mansion to discuss matters after dinner in the evening."

"promise."

After everyone left, Huo Shan looked at Shangguan Jie, glanced at him and asked:

"I'm afraid you're going to grow hair if you're idle these days?"

Shangguan Jie nodded expectantly:

"My lord, when will my heavy cavalry come in handy? Not only my idle long hair, but also the soldiers below can't wait!"

Huo Shan smiled and comforted:

"Don't worry, it's only two days."

Shangguan Jie was overjoyed when he heard Huo Shan's words:
"My lord, is the war about to start?"

Huo Shan nodded:
"It's about to start. It has been delayed for so long. Today is already the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. After the battle, there are still many things to do. We can't delay any longer.

It's almost winter, and the Qiang people have been unable to attack for a long time these days. I believe they have calmed down, and they will probably retreat in a few days. It's about time. "

Shangguan Jie clapped his hands happily:

"Okay, it's finally time. When these Qiang people are wiped out, we can have a good rest. Like these days, I can't sleep well every day!"

Huo Shan glanced at him and said with a smile:

"Are you a fool and bold enough to be afraid of the Qiang people? Are you afraid that you can't sleep because of your daughter-in-law?"

When the people around heard Huo Shan's words, they also smiled and began to tease.

Zhang Anshi: "I think he just wants a wife."

Sun Shang had a wretched smile on his face:

"Yes, yes, how do you say that sentence?"

Little Lizi on the side added in a low voice:
"I can't sleep alone."

"Yes, that's the word, I can't sleep alone!"

"Hahahaha!"

.........

Looking at the teasing crowd, Shangguan Jie blushed a little, pouted and pouted his neck and shouted:

"Isn't it normal to think about a wife? I'm still thinking about giving birth to a few big fat boys, and I will follow the master to fight the Huns in the future."

When Huo Shan heard this, he raised his eyebrows:

"Then I'm afraid you won't be able to wait. When your son grows up, the Huns will be destroyed by me long ago!"

A shrewdness flashed in Shangguan Jie's eyes, he waved his hands and said nonchalantly:

"It's okay, my son won't be able to see it, so I still have a chance as a father!"

Huo Shan couldn't laugh or cry in his heart:

"Whether you have a chance or not is up to me, maybe you have, maybe you don't."

"okay!"

Seeing that Shangguan Jie was in a hurry, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak again, Huo Shan quickly interrupted him, and there would be no end to it, and the others probably would have to participate in a few sentences.

"Has the company of tigers I sent out come back?"

"My lord, I'm back."

"Well, the four thousand armor, I let you train and train, how are you doing?"

"My lord, it's impossible for them to compare with Huben, but with the help of those family's children, there is no problem keeping up with Huben on the battlefield.

There is no problem with simple cooperation in some battle formations, and with the addition of those family children, they are already five thousand, and the family children all bring their own armor of veterans at home. "

Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction:

"Five thousand? Not bad, okay, that's good!"

Huo Shan stuffed all the family children sent by the Li family in Longxi into the four thousand iron armor, and he didn't ask how many there were.

However, Zhong Gan recorded everything, including the various resources sent by the big clans. After the war, the rewards are still settled. Naturally, there is a standard.

After chatting along the way, several people came to Xiaowei's mansion unknowingly.

"Busy things that should be busy, rest that should be rested, I will go to the city to have a look."

"promise!"

Several people stopped, and Huo Shan led Sun Shang to the west on horseback. After Huo Shan left, the few people entered Xiaowei's mansion.

After a while, Huo Shan brought Sun Shang to the west city wall. Compared with other places in the city, which are quieter, the west city wall is a bit more lively.

As soon as he walked to this area, a chilling atmosphere came over his face.

Ever since he came near Huqiang city, Huo Shan felt that the whole Huqiang city was very quiet. Huo Shan guessed that it should be because the Qiang people's attack has ended today.

Otherwise, even if protecting the Qiang city is not the main direction of the Qiang people's attack, it must be in full swing.

Huo Shan climbed up to the top of the city to meet the adoring eyes of the soldiers. He came to the edge of the city wall and looked around. The whole city wall was basically intact and there was not much blood.

"The last general pays his respects to the lord!"

Huo Shan glanced back at Lu Bode, nodded and then observed the situation under the city:
"How are the results and losses in the past few days?"

"Returning to my lord, our army is defending, and the battle loss is about 400 people."

Huo Shan turned his head and frowned:

"about?"

Lu Bode heard the displeasure in Huo Shan's tone, and quickly explained:
"Returning to my lord, the Qiang people have just retreated, and today's battle losses and results have not yet been recorded."

Only then did Huo Shan nod his head, as if he agreed with this statement.

Lu Bode looked at Huo Shan from time to time to look at the city, and quickly explained:

"My lord, the Qiang people are cavalry, and they don't have siege equipment, so on the Qiang city side, except for a tentative attack two days ago, their main attack direction has always been on the plains on both sides.

The defense of plains is more difficult than that of cities, so the casualties of our army have only exceeded a thousand. "

Huo Shan patted the dust on the city wall on his hands, turned around and asked again:
"What about the results?"

"Five thousand and seven, after today's calculation, it should be more than six thousand."

Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction, smiled and praised:
"The result is good."

Lu Bode also showed a smile, and he was relieved in his heart.

"Old Zhao has also encountered the enemy twice, and achieved more than 300 battle results, but you have no chance here, and his opportunity has just begun. I also asked him to pick a big tribe to fight. I don't know if he can catch up. you?"

Lu Bode was taken aback after hearing this, and asked quickly:

"My lord, are you ready to start?"

"Of course, we can't delay any longer!"

Lu Bode nodded approvingly, and really couldn't delay any longer.

"How do these six thousand ministries belong?"

"My lord, the two thousand are some small tribes, mainly the results of the previous few days, and they have basically never fought in the battle.

The remaining [-] are almost all large tribes, among which the Xianling Qiang is about [-]. "

Huo Shan breathed a sigh of relief, frowned and began to count:
"A total of about [-] Qiang people came to attack the enemy, [-] of the first zero Qiang, [-] of the various small tribes mixed, and the remaining [-] belonged to the big tribes.

The [-] people who stayed in the frontier military fort belonged to the first zero Qiang, and those who entered the mountainous area and blocked the main roads of the mountainous plain were all big tribes, and [-] people had already been wiped out.

In other words, among the [-] and four major armies under the city, there are [-] Xianling Qiang, [-] small tribes, and [-] large tribes. "

Lu Bode next to him nodded in agreement:

"exactly."

In order to facilitate Huo Shan's next actions, not all of the 7 Qiang army will be wiped out.

Now there are [-] left in the [-] army, and this [-] army must be targeted to attack, so that it will be more convenient for Huo Shan's next plan.

It is impossible for the Qiang soldiers and horses to be taken to the Western Regions to be selected from the large tribes. The army formed by combining many small tribes is more in line with Huo Shan's own plan.

So the remaining [-] small tribes will not move if they can. Even if they want to move, they cannot be completely wiped out, and some of them must be returned.

Otherwise, how would the Qiang army be assembled?

You give orders, even if the benefits are huge, but you just wiped out an army of [-], no one dares to come at this juncture!
The remaining soldiers and horses, the [-] soldiers and horses of Xianling Qiang, must all stay here.

This time the incident was mainly focused on the Xianling Qiang, so they couldn't be spared just because of this, not only the [-] troops, but also their tribe, Huo Shan felt that there was no need for them to exist.

As for the big tribes, they will definitely be wiped out. Even if they can't be wiped out, they will have to be weakened on a large scale, so that they will fall from the big tribes to the small tribes.

In order to avoid the disappearance of Lingqiang first, let these large tribes develop.

Therefore, there are still some troubles in this battle, and we have to attack in a targeted manner.

.........

"What's the mood and attitude of the Qiang people?"

Speaking of this, Lu Bode's face became more serious:
"The attitude of the Qiang people has changed a lot. In the past few days, the number of attacking troops was more than [-]. In the past few days, they have already dropped [-]. Especially today, they are less than [-].

The general estimated that either they had internal conflicts, or they were already planning to retreat. "

When Huo Shan heard this, he immediately said firmly:

"The Qiang people are about to withdraw. It's only been two days. They should have received the news that the soldiers and horses were lost in the mountainous area. There is no other possibility."

Huo Shan rubbed his hands and walked around. After thinking for a while, Huo Shan said:
"After dealing with your affairs, we will discuss matters at the Colonel's Mansion at night. The Qiang people have beaten us for so many days, it's time for us to fight back!
Huangzhong and the Huqi Department intercepted some Qiang patrolling cavalry. It should be the news of Lao Zhao. Xu Ziwei, Zhao Chongguo and the others were also waiting a little anxiously. "

Speaking of this, Huo Shan moved his wrist, touched the Snake Sword at his waist, and said lightly:
"it's time!"

.........

At two o'clock in the evening, the main hall of the Colonel's Mansion was brightly lit, and all the generals and schools gathered together at this time, waiting for Huo Shan's arrival.

Without waiting for a while, Huo Shan, who had rested for a while and washed up, walked in.

"The last general will wait to see the governor."

Huo Shan raised his hand:
"No courtesy, sit down!"

After everyone sat down, Huo Shan looked around, seeing the expectant eyes of the generals, he couldn't help being a little happy, the morale was very high!
"You should know something in your heart. You are called today to discuss the big battle in two days."

All the generals took a breath. They thought that the final battle would come soon. After all, everything was prepared, but they didn't expect it to be so soon!
Immediately afterwards, everyone became excited. After all, it is better to be quicker. After the battle is over, you have to be busy with other things. The sooner you finish the fight, the sooner you have a good year!

This is still a change to the calendar. According to the usual, when the armies set off some time ago, it happened to be Chinese New Year.

At that time, the soldiers didn't adjust for a while, and they were still a little sluggish, but they got better after the new calendar was promoted.

"As for why after two days, one is that we have already prepared, and the other is that the Qiang people have the idea of ​​retreating, so we can't delay any longer.

As for this last point, the old general has waited long enough, and the old general cannot be made to wait any longer. "

The generals nodded again and again, and Lu Bode got up and saluted:
"Please give orders from the Commander-in-Chief!"

The generals also stood up:

"Please give orders from the Commander-in-Chief!"

Huo Shan stood up and walked to the side of the sand table, all the generals gathered there very naturally, Tian Qianqiu and the others also prepared their pens and ink, waiting for Huo Shan's order.

"Let's talk about Huqiang City and Huqiang Five Forts first."

Lu Bode immediately perked up and pricked up his ears.

"Lingju No. [-] and Lingju No. [-] are still under the command of Deputy General Lu Bode. We must defend this barrier of my big man, so as to prevent the Qiang people from jumping over the wall and rushing into my big man."

After Tian Qianqiu wrote the military order, Huo Shan took it in his hand and handed it to Lu Bode. After taking it, Lu Bode half-knelt on the ground:
"The commander will take orders!"

"Well, the heavy responsibility of defense will be handed over to you!"

"My lord, don't worry!"

Huo Shan nodded and looked at Zhong Gan again:
"I won't talk about the logistics. I'm assured of you. You can watch the arrangements."

"promise!"

After looking at the sand table for a while, Huo Shan continued:

"Order: Tomorrow at four o'clock at Yin time, Captain Changshui will lead two thousand cavalry to attack the Qiang army, and they will retreat at the first touch."

"The commander will take orders!"

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Huo Shan explained:
"Tell the Qiang people that my big man is about to leave the city to fight in the field, so that they don't have the heart to retreat, and then send scouts to check the retreat route and investigate the two parts of Huangzhong."

Everyone suddenly nodded.

"Order: Xu Ziwei leads the [-] Lieutenant Colonel Huang's Department, and Captain Hu Qi leads the [-] Hu Qi Captain's Department to rise together tomorrow, stationed in the main escape route, and wait for orders."

Tian Qianqiu wrote the warrant and handed it to Huo Shan. Huo Shan put it in his hand and said:
"Order: Captain Yueqi will lead [-] soldiers and horses, wipe out [-] Qiang people in the mountainous area before the [-]th, and arrive at the second defense of the Qiang Second Fort fifty miles away in the early morning of the [-]th, waiting for orders!"

……

"Ling: Lieutenant Ling Ju leads the three frontier forts and the three divisions of Lingju's [-] troops, prepare for battle in the fort, and wait for orders!"

……

"Order: Zhao Ponu leads Tiger Ben Qingqi to attack Zhong Qiang, Bai Lang Qiang, Feng Yang Qiang, Lao Jie Qiang and other big tribes, execute immediately!"

.........

"Order: Shangguan Jie leads a thousand tiger and ben heavy cavalry, five thousand iron armor, prepares for war, and waits for orders!"

"The commander will take orders!"

A series of orders have been issued, and Xiao Hei is busy tonight.

"Okay, let's leave it at that. Captain Changshui's raid at night, remember to retreat as soon as you touch it, and you must not love to fight. Watch the old road."

"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Shan nodded:
"Okay, then let's go, watch the rest while fighting, everyone have a good rest, fight together, I'm afraid there will be no time to sleep."

After everyone left, Huo Shan finished arranging for Xiao Hei, and seeing Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai flying away, Huo Shan couldn't help sighing:

"It's still thanks to Xiao Hei, otherwise, how could it be so handy when controlling it!"

It was true, two days later there was going to be a big battle, Huo Shan issued a series of waiting orders, and it was because Xiao Hei was there that he could adjust the orders at any time according to the situation.

Otherwise, this order will cause big trouble. If there is no follow-up order, they will have to wait forever!

(End of this chapter)