Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 499: Straight Talk
"spread!!!"

Nian Jiala let out a loud roar, and the soldiers around him evaded in fear, "Swoosh!" Seeing feather arrows shooting towards them like raindrops, many of them were directly pierced through their bodies. Under the protection of his personal guards, Nian Jiala saved his life just now. In such a snowstorm, the power of bows and arrows is actually not great, and it is very difficult to hit or injure him.

However, his enemies, that is, the extremely cunning Han army, didn't want to shoot too accurately and hurt many of them. They just kept harassing from the flanks, galloped over, rode and shot together, and shot at them. After a few rounds, see if they pursue. If they pursue, flee immediately. If they don't pursue, then continue to bend their bows and shoot arrows.

Having lived for more than forty years, Nian Jiala has never seen such an army. Such an army is simply a disgrace. He never fights head-on. Ambush, I want to ambush them, but they are more timid than rabbits, if there is a slight mistake, they will run away immediately, and they will never be greedy for military achievements.

He even thought of a way to feign surrender, let the soldiers tie him up, threw away the bows and arrows in their hands, and went to surrender. The general on the opposite side, without even getting off his horse, shot a round of feathered arrows at him, and then ran away gone
And this damn weather is also against them. This general Gianjala and most of the soldiers under his command are soldiers of the original king of Malacanda. After the king of Malacanda was captured, in order to survive, They can only escape from Malacanda and Guishuang, and some people stick to Malacanda. If they think about it, they can't last long.

Fleeing from Guishuang, there is only one direction they can escape, and they flee towards the east. In the northeast of them is the Kangju country. Kangju is one of the most powerful vassal states of the Han in the Western Regions. The Duhufu often uses their soldiers To maintain things in the Western Regions, General Nian Jiala fled to the Western Regions with only more than 2 people. Naturally, he did not want to provoke Kangju. I heard that everyone in Kangju is a soldier, and the people can ride horses and shoot.

And in the east, that is the Congling area, where there is the Liule Kingdom, compared to Kangju, Liule is easier to deal with, so, in order to survive, he fled into the Congling Mountain, originally intending to conquer Liule , but did not expect that the people here are tough and not afraid of death. When the Liule people saw the Guishuang people coming, not only were they not afraid, but they even fought against Nian Jiala head-on.

Ni Jiala used 2 elite soldiers to fight against the 3000 men of the Liule Kingdom.

This battle has completely changed Nian Jiala's view of the Han people. He has seen Han merchants and arrested many of them. Not fierce, the Han people here are different. The Han people here are not only different from those in the business trip, but also in character. When the battle broke out, they brandished machetes, roared and launched a charge.

Nian Jiala was almost killed by the formation. Fortunately, although these people are fierce, they don't know much about battle formations. They just kept charging. Nian Jiala dispatched troops to complete the siege of them and fought for nearly three hours. Nian Jiala had just won the victory, but it was also a tragic victory. Once the gate of Liule was closed, he would have no way to attack the city, and there were still people in the city defending the city.

He could only cut off Liu Le's connection with the interior of the Western Regions, as well as Kangju and other countries, and started looting in the Congling area. The first looting targets were naturally those foreign trade merchants.

Unexpectedly, the gods did not help them this time, and suddenly there was heavy snowfall. Malacanda would snow, but this generation of Malacanda King was originally a cousin of King Guishuang, and the territory was originally in Wu Heyan. That, because of dissatisfaction with King Guishuang, the territory was seized and sealed to Malacanda. Therefore, these soldiers who followed him to Malacanda have never seen a snowstorm.

They came wearing short clothes and cloth armor. As a result, they were helpless in such a blizzard. They had never suffered such cold. Nearly a hundred people had been frozen to death. However, the Han army was able to ride horses and run wildly in such a snowstorm, and the Guishuang soldiers were shivering from the cold, and could no longer lift their swords.

Coupled with the pursuit of those Han troops in the rear.

These people, at the very beginning, just made Jiala feel a little bored, and their harassment didn't have much effect, but after a little bit of time passed, they brought more and more blows to Jiala. Heavy, the soldiers marched tremblingly in this icy and snowy field, and they had to face their endless harassment and attacks.

As long as there are soldiers who are alone and fall to the rear, they will be besieged and killed immediately.

They also often harassed from the flanks, trying to cut off their formation and tear them apart, and they did. After the Guishuang soldiers tore apart the formation, the entire army became four or five, and the front and rear could not be connected. The order was thus interrupted and could no longer be passed on to the entire army.

Under such a difficult situation, the people of Guishan slowly set off towards Malacanda, and Gianjala was also annoyed by his rash decision. How could he have imagined that the environment here was so bad. Previously, When they chased the merchant traveler and arrived in the desert, they were taken aback and fled quickly. They had no intention of crossing the desert and marching into the northern regions of the Western Regions.

And the snowstorm made it impossible for them to stay in the south.

I don't know how long I have been walking, seeing the number of soldiers around me gradually decreasing and their condition getting worse and worse, Nian Jiala became more and more anxious. According to this speed, they did not escape from the Western Regions at all, and they had no chance of winning. If they continue driving like this, Sooner or later, he will die on the road and cannot continue to march, so he must find a way.
Nian Jiala turned her head and looked to the rear.

In the distance, in the snowstorm, I can vaguely see a group of people, holding horses, looking at them, staring at them, I have already reached such a situation, they are still waiting, are they still not ready to attack?

Girarda groaned, and he called, "Stop!"

His roar could not be spread in the wind and snow. The soldiers reminded one by one and informed them one by one. Then he stopped. Nian Jiala looked at the soldiers around him. He rushed to the Western Regions with more than 2 brothers. , I still have the dream of a king in my heart, and now I'm fine, hehe, at a glance, I don't know if there are 5000 people under my command.

He looked at the army in the distance, knelt down slowly, knelt down in the wind and snow, took off the long sword from his waist, and threw it in front of him. Seeing him like this, the soldiers of Guishuang knelt down one after another , no one questioned why Jara wanted to surrender, and no one was unyielding.

In the distance, Gongsun Zan looked at them and saw that they were all motionless. He was puzzled and moved a little closer. Only then did he see that all the soldiers were kneeling on the ground, facing him. At every turn, Gongsun Zan stared at them, laughed, and said, "They surrendered!"

"Lieutenant! They may be pretending to surrender, let's take another look!"

"Alright."

Nian Jiala fell to his knees on the ground, both knees were numb. He raised his head and looked at the army in the distance with grief and indignation. Surrender is not allowed? ? !
When Ni Jiala couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to ask the surrounding soldiers to help him up, the general of the Han army who was riding a horse walked up to them. The general lowered his head and looked down at him. Nian Jiala didn't speak a word, he didn't understand their language, all he could do was slowly lower his head, no longer resisting, Gongsun Zan waved his hand, let the soldiers tie them up, and headed back towards the original road.

When Dong Zhuo's army had just walked out of the desert and was in a panic, he saw Gongsun Zan head-on.

Gongsun Zan led a dozen soldiers and rode fine horses, waiting in front of them.

Huang Zhong was the first to see Gongsun Zan. Huang Zhong led him to meet Dong Zhuo. When Gongsun Zan arrived at the Central Army, he saw Dong Zhuo with a tired face. Dong Zhuo was reprimanding the two school lieutenants. Offended him, Gongsun Zan came and bowed, "My subordinates pay respects to Dong Gong!"

Dong Zhuo was startled and turned his head away.

"Bogui?" Dong Zhuo was overjoyed. He quickly dismounted from his horse and ordered the whole army to recuperate. He pulled Gongsun Zan and sat down. Another soldier handed him spirits. Dong Zhuo took a sip and felt that his body was getting warmer. After giving it to Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan also ate a mouthful, and Dong Zhuo asked quickly, "The gang of thieves haven't escaped from the Western Regions yet?"

"Dong Gong, I have led my troops to defeat them and captured nearly 7000 people alive. None of them escaped. Now I have imprisoned their generals in Liule Kingdom." Gongsun Zan said with a smile.

For some reason, Dong Zhuo was not overjoyed when he heard the good news of the great victory. He was surprised at first, then frowned, and remained silent for a long time. The soldiers around him were also like this. Their faces were a little depressed, and Gongsun Zan didn't react. , asked with some doubts: "Dong Gong, what's the matter?"

"Hey, what else can you do? You stole Dong Gong's military merits. He can't be a captain. You are a scout army, and if you don't check for news, what kind of battle are you fighting?"

"Shut up!" Dong Zhuo turned his head abruptly, Hua Xiong quickly closed his mouth, coughed, his eyes wandered.

Dong Zhuo looked at Gongsun Zan in front of him, and said with a smile, "Bogui, this guy has such a temper, don't blame him." Gongsun Zan shook his head and said, "Dong Gong, I know the ambition in your heart. General, the victory of the victory will belong to Dong Gong, and he will be among the three lords, so there is no need to worry about it!"

A trace of hesitation appeared on Dong Zhuo's face, but after only a moment, he laughed out loud and said, "You can capture the enemy general, that's your skill, so what's the matter with me, I want to be a captain, but I also want to be a captain." Disdain and plunder the military merits of his subordinates! Let's go to Liule!" Dong Zhuo raised his army again and set off towards Liule. Gongsun Zan followed Dong Zhuo, and the two chatted cordially.

"Where are the merchants? Have you found them all?"

"No, there are more than 4000 people in total. Now, I only found more than 2000 people. The rest of them, as well as the goods, are missing. I think they should still be in Guishuang. The business traveler has not yet left Guishuang, and suffered When the attack came, half of the people fled and fled to the Western Regions."

"Well, if they are in Guishuang, we can't say, we have to go to war, but it depends on the emperor. If I rashly go to war with Guishuang for some merchants, which affects the business, maybe the emperor will blame it. My Taiwei is gone!" Dong Zhuo said with a smile, and Gongsun Zan nodded and said, "However, according to the character of the emperor, it is very likely that he will send us to ask for merchants."

"En" Dong Zhuo nodded and narrowed his eyes.

"That's good, when we receive the emperor's order, we will go to Guishuang. At that time, no matter whether he surrenders to the merchants or not, we will directly beat him and bring back thousands of prisoners. Don't you have your military exploits, Mr. Dong? ?”

"Come here!! Pull this guy down and cut him off!!!"

(End of this chapter)