The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() In Jincheng County, the soldiers of the Han army carried the bodies of the Paoze who died in the battle with no expression, and burned them in the northwest corner.And some people rarely show some expressions, but they are also terrified to be put on the top of the wall, waiting to fight the enemy again.All this fell into the eyes of Zhou Shen who hurried back from the granary, which made him more determined in his plan.

Soon, Zhou Shen came to the former county government office, where Zhang Wen is now staying.The guards at the gate didn't know whether it was because they were very familiar with General Zhou, or because they had lost their mind to check the people who entered, so they just let people in casually.However, Zhou Shen had something on his mind at this time, so he didn't pay attention to this detail at all. He came to the inner hall in a few steps, and saw Zhang Wen, who was looking sad, still reading the military newspaper sent by the four cities.

"Hey, within a day, no less than a thousand people were killed in battle. The defense of Jincheng County is really bad, but what should we do?" Zhang Wen was thinking, and when he looked up and saw Zhou Shen coming, he hurriedly asked Said: "How about it, how long can the food in the city last?" Zhou Shen was sent by him to check the granary.

Zhou Shen gave a wry smile: "Commander, there is not much food left in the city, only enough for the [-] to [-] remnants of the army for two or three days. If this continues, we will have to wait until the next day, at the latest, the day after tomorrow. No food!"

"What, the food has been completely sold out?" Zhang Wen stood up in amazement, and his heart was like a fire.

However, Zhou Shen didn't intend to comfort the commander, nodded and said: "Yes, we have lost our minds. Therefore, the last general just wants to say something to the commander. In order to preserve our strength and leave this useful body to serve the court, we Or quickly abandon the city."

"Abandon the city?" Hearing this statement, Zhang Wen's face trembled suddenly: "I have already been defeated once before, and now I have to retreat again and again, but how can I give the court an explanation? , once we abandon the city and leave, the Qiang thieves will definitely chase after us, and without the support of the city wall, how can we protect ourselves?"

"Marshal, if you don't leave now, you and I will all die here. As the saying goes, if we keep the green hills, we don't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as we can go out, as long as the court is willing to send more troops, we still have merit How handsome is the chance of redemption! This is not only for you and me, but also for the remaining [-] to [-] soldiers, we can't let them go to fight the Qiang bandits on an empty stomach?" Zhou Shen hurriedly agitated his three inches Tongue, hurriedly persuaded.

After hearing what he said, Zhang Wen's already made up mind still changed: "Then tell me, how should we protect ourselves when we leave the city?"

Although Zhang Wen didn't ask in detail, Zhou Shen could still hear the two layers of meaning in his words.One is naturally how to escape from the pursuit of status, and the other is how to explain to the court.After all, the crime of abandoning the city and fleeing after a big defeat is not a small one.

"Let General Huangfu lead an army to stop the Qiang thieves. The loyalty and bravery of General Huangfu must be enough to counter the Qiang thieves." Zhou Shen knew that Zhang Wen would have this concern, so he immediately proposed his own method: "Also, Dong Zhongying should be blamed for this defeat. If he hadn't insisted on dividing up our troops to meet the enemy, how could we have been defeated by the Qiang thieves with the strength of our Han army? In addition, the food and grass are also his responsibility. Food, this responsibility will naturally be taken by him.”

Another point, Zhou Shen didn't say it, in his opinion, Dong Zhuo's troops who had been surrounded by the Qiang army and hadn't heard from him for a long time were probably in danger.And with this completely annihilated army as a base, they can retain a certain amount of strength and retreat to the east, obviously they can have an explanation to the court.But this statement is too gloating, and it really doesn't get what it says on the surface.

With these two solutions, Zhang Wen didn't hesitate any longer: "In this case, the commander-in-chief ordered the army to retreat. I hope we can get rid of this useful body and deal with the enemy again in the future!"

"Marshal is wise!" Zhou Shen praised immediately, and then took orders to prepare for the abandonment of the city, and ordered Huangfusong to lead his troops to the rear.

At dusk on the eighth day of May, when the Qiang stopped their siege for a day and began to bury pots and cook food, the Han army who had been guarding the city for several days suddenly abandoned the city and headed east.This was really beyond the expectations of the Qiang people, but they still pursued closely, but they were attacked from the side by the army led by Huangfusong who had already taken orders, thus cutting off their way.

After a bitter battle, Huangfusong was able to escape again after paying nearly half of his troops casualties, but he finally stopped the Qiang people and gave the main force a chance to escape calmly.

Seeing that it would be difficult to catch up, Beigong Boyu ordered the army to station in Jincheng County first, and then continue eastward after a short rest.However, he did not let the Han army go just like that, and Zhu Hanyue led a group to chase and kill them from a distance. He must kill the Han army more, thinking that the next step would be to create better conditions for sweeping Xiliang.

Han Yue, who was chasing after all night, felt very uncomfortable, because since he surrendered to the Qiang people, although he is a leader on the same level as Beigong Boyu and others in name, in fact his status is very low.Whenever there is a victorious battle to fight, he and the [-] Han troops under his command are excluded, and whenever there is hard work, they think of themselves again.For example, the siege in the past few days, and the pursuit in the present day are all dominated by his department.

Riding the horse and galloping on the road, Han Yue's face was so heavy that water dripped out, and Yang Qiu, a trusted general who was walking with him, quickly saw what his general was thinking: "General, bear with me any longer!" Shinobu, as long as Xiliang is taken down, the situation will be different."

"The situation will be different after Xiliang is taken down?" Han Yue repeated, but shook his head: "You think too simply. I'm afraid that we will become their thorn in the side and thorn in the flesh, and finally be killed by these Qiang people." Let a cunning rabbit cook, let the bird do its best to hide!" When Han Yue said this, a sentence from the letter brought back by his confidant and written by Ma Teng flashed across Han Yue's mind. Lai: "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different!"

"To me, Beigong and Bianzhang are all different, but to them, why are these brothers and I different? Now, it is because each has value for use that everyone can help each other, but it has already We have separated you and me. Once Xiliang really falls into my hands, I am afraid that we Han people will be regarded as unstable factors by them, I am afraid..." The more he thought about it, the colder Han Yue's heart became , Immediately pulled the reins, stopped the horse, and at the same time ordered: "Let the army stop advancing, and station here, and go east after dawn tomorrow."

Yang Qiu had guessed what Han Yue was thinking based on the previous exclamations, so he didn't say anything more.As for the other Han soldiers, they didn't want to run around in the middle of the night. Since the general said to rest, everyone was naturally happy and relaxed.Soon, the pursuers were stationed by the side of the road.

Even Ma Yue, who wanted to use alienation at the beginning, could not have imagined that his previous single-handed preparation actually saved the Han army. Otherwise, if Han Yue and the others continued to pursue, the Han army, which had no fighting spirit, would completely collapse. ,

But Beigong Boyu and the others obviously didn't know this. After two days of rectification in Jincheng County, only a thousand people were left to defend the city, and then continued to lead the army eastward. Where will their goal be this time?

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Not long after the main force of the Qiang army left Jincheng, Dong Zhuojun quietly hid near Jincheng County.At this time, through all the signs along the way, and asking the fleeing Xiliang people, they can already be sure that the main force of the Qiang army has indeed moved eastward again.This made Dong Zhuo and the generals greatly admire the judgment of Ma Yue and Li Ru. Unexpectedly, these two people could guess the truth of the matter at once.

After sending troops to investigate the situation in Jincheng County over there, Dong Zhuo recruited his generals to discuss what he should do next.Of course, everyone knew very well that what he mainly wanted to ask was Li Ru and Ma Yue, who had gained the trust of the whole army after their excellent performance last time.

Ma Yue is also not modest, and after pondering for a while, he gave his own opinion: "My lord, in my opinion, no matter whether there are Qiang troops stationed in Jincheng County, we don't need to be alarmed. We will quietly go around and continue. It’s better to advance eastward. Only in this way can we have the effect of surprise soldiers, presumably by now, the Qiang thieves still don’t know the fact that our army has broken through?”

Dong Zhuo didn't express his opinion immediately, but looked at the more trusting Li Ru to see what he had to say.As expected, Li Ru did not keep him waiting, and then said: "What Zhongling said is very safe. Now our army is only more than ten thousand. In terms of combat power, it is really inferior to the two sides in the battle. If we forcefully intervene in the battle, our The loss will be huge. Instead, it is better to make use of our greatest advantage now—neither the enemy nor the enemy know that we are out of trouble—to make a fuss. As long as we can find an appropriate time and attack suddenly at an appropriate place, we will be able to win in the battle situation. Useful."

Both of them think so, and the others have no reason to object.Only Guo Fan raised a very crucial question: "Then from the two gentlemen's point of view, where should we rescue next? Should we go to Long County or return to Lintao?"

"Lintao!" Li Ru replied without hesitation: "There is still food and grass necessary for our army. As long as we keep it there, we will still have a chance to fight the enemy."

Ma Yue didn't make a sound, but he knew that this was Dong Zhuo's real intention.Dong Zhuo had long wanted to see the other four groups defeated, and he was the only one who won all the way.Now is the right time, as long as the grain and grass are in hand, they can plan other plans.As for the current situation in Xiliang, of course Zhang Wen will take the lead.

Ma Yue knew the pros and cons of it, but he didn't speak out against it, because this was also the strategy he had set before.

Who would have thought that a battle that was originally very simple would become a little more complicated because of the different selfishness of the four sides...