Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 213
Chapter 208

In March of the third year of Chuping, when the beacon fire in Liangzhou re-emerged, the princes of the world also raised troops to serve the king one after another.

Immediately after Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai raised his troops, Jingzhou Mu Liubiao condemned the general Huang Zu to lead [-] troops, detoured at the southern foot of Jingshan Mountain, crossed Danshui to attack Wuguan, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan personally led an army of [-] out of Langzhong, and went north to the sword. Production, ready to march into Guanzhong.

Perseveringly arrived in Hanzhong, but was blocked by Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu cut Hanzhong to stand on his own, and he was always afraid that Liu Yan would raise his troops to attack.

This time Liu Yan's army left Langzhong and wanted to pass through Hanzhong, how could Zhang Lu be unprepared, once Liu Yan's army set foot in Hanzhong, if he didn't leave, wouldn't it be to open the door to arrest robbers and lure wolves into the house, I'm afraid it would be too late to cry .

Zhang Lu didn't care about agreeing to Luo Zheng to hold Ma Teng back, and mobilized [-] troops to station in Baocheng to guard against Liu Yan.

Liu Yan couldn't make excuses, so he temporarily stationed [-] troops in Jiange to confront Zhang Lu.

Perhaps, this is also the most ideal result.

Since Liu Yan arrived in Xichuan, he has managed Yizhou into an independent kingdom, and he has long refused to follow the imperial court's order.

However, as a clan, Dong Zhuo would usurp the Han and stand on his own, and if he couldn't serve the king, he would be scolded by the world.

Now being blocked by the prefect of Hanzhong Zhang Lu in the Jiange, he didn't have to fight desperately with the Xiliang army, which was a good result.

At the same time, Qiao Rui, the general of Mu Yuanshu of Yuzhou, also led [-] troops to Wuguan, and fought Wuguan with Liu Biao.

Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao and Youzhou Inspector Gongsun Zan each led [-] troops and marched south.

All of a sudden, the land of Central Plains was full of smoke and clouds of war, and the situation suddenly became extremely tense.

At this time, Luo Zheng had personally led [-] Qiang Hu cavalry soldiers to the south, and the soldiers were approaching Xiangwu.

Xiangwu is located in the east of Longxi County in the Han Dynasty, and it is the main throat from Ji County to Longxi.As long as Xiangwu can be captured, they can directly attack the hinterland of Hanyang County from Longxi, waiting for a sharp sword to hang over Ma Teng's head.

But it is obvious that Ma Teng is also important to Bai Xiangwu, and two thousand infantry were sent to guard Xiangwu.

Luo Zheng's troops were all cavalry, and he didn't bring any siege supplies, so he couldn't drive the cavalry to attack the city. Therefore, when he went south to Xiangwu, he didn't take the road, but disappeared. He passed through the south of Baishi Mountain from Shouyang and entered Hanyang. within the county.

After that, he traveled two hundred miles a day and arrived at the territory of Yuandao.

In the middle of the night, Luo Zheng's big camp, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Jia Xu opened the tent and entered, bowed to Luo Zheng and said: "I have seen the general!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand and paced back and forth: "How is Xiangwu's defense, is there a chance?"

Jia Xu said: "According to the news from the elaboration, as early as when our army first dispatched troops, Xiangwu completely closed the city gate, and sentry sentries were everywhere within a radius of tens of miles. It's no longer possible."

Luo Zheng frowned and said: "Our army is all cavalry, if we can't make a surprise attack, how can we break Xiangwu?"

Jia Xu pondered for a while, then said: "It's not impossible. Our military scouts have just found out that there is not much food in Xiangwu City. Every ten days or so, Ma Teng will mobilize military food from various counties and transport it to Xiangwu. And five days have passed since the last time fifty carts of military rations from Xixian County were delivered to Xiangwu. That is to say, there will be a batch of military rations escorted to Xiangwu in about five days at most. As long as our army finds this The food batch team may try to attack Xiangwu!"

Luo Zheng's spirit was lifted, and he thought of Jia Xu's plan in an instant, and immediately said decisively: "Shan, according to Wenhe's words, quickly reprimand the Houying to closely monitor the surrounding hundred miles of Xiangwu, and be sure to catch up with this batch of grain transport teams." Find it before going to Xiangwu."

"I obey."

Jia Xu agreed, and immediately walked out of the tent.

Jizhou, ten miles south of Yecheng.

Guo Jia reined in his horse, and said to Xun Chen who came to see him off: "It takes a farewell to send you off for thousands of miles. If you are friends, please stay!"

Xun Chen sighed, although he knew Guo Jia's decision to go, he still couldn't help persuading him: "Why is Fengxiao like this, Yuan Benchu ​​is a hero in the world, Fengxiao thinks that besides Yuan Benchu, who else in the world can achieve great things?"

Guo Jia smiled and said: "If you don't need to persuade me any more, it's because my mother is old and wants to be filial to my ears!"

Xun Chen couldn't help but said: "Nonsense, my respected mother is less than fifty years old, and her bones are strong. How can you say that she is already old? Even if you don't say it, I can see that Fengxiao must think that Yuan Benchu ​​is not good enough to achieve great things. So leave it alone, right?"

Guo Jia remained silent, it was indeed the truth.

After working under Yuan Shao for a few months, it has long been seen that Yuan Shao, who came with him, is very happy with his achievements, and he is always scheming, and it is difficult to achieve great things.

Although he has the reputation of the fourth generation and the third prince, and his ability is not bad, he is not a hero in the end, and he can only gain power for a while.

Although Guo Jia came from a poor family, he was known for his great ambitions.

The only ideal is to assist the Ming Lord to end the disputes in this chaotic world and achieve a great cause of immortality.

Since Yuan Shao is not a man of success, why continue wasting his time in Jizhou.

Xun Chen asked again, "Why doesn't Fengxiao say anything?"

Guo Jia sighed: "If you know what I mean, why bother to ask what you know?"

Xun Chen said disapprovingly: "Although Yuan Benchu ​​was a little overjoyed, it was also due to his success at a young age. After a few years, he may not be able to become a wise emperor. Why doesn't Fengxiao stay longer?"

Guo Jia said calmly: "The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change!"

Xun Chen was silent for a while, then sighed: "Since that's the case, I won't say much. I don't know what Fengxiao's plan is in the future?"

Guo Jia said: "Go to Yangdi to serve my mother first, and then decide where to go!"

Xun Chen cupped his hands and said, "Since that's the case, Feng Xiao will go all the way."

Guo Jia also cupped his hands and said: "The world is in chaos, we don't know if we will see each other again after this time, friends are cherished."

"treasure!"

Xun Chen bowed his hands and watched Guo Jia go away, he couldn't help but sighed again.

Didao, Dongmen.

With a bang, the suspension bridge fell and hit the pier hard.

Immediately, with a click sound, the city gate was quickly pushed open.

Groups of infantry surged out of the city, and quickly lined up on the spot under the city.

In less than a stick of incense, the six thousand Qiang soldiers had all left the east gate and formed their formation outside Chengwai.

Wearing iron armor and carrying a big knife, Pound rode his horse to the front of the battle, and said sharply: "Brothers, that butcher Luo Zheng wants to trap us to death in Didao. This general doesn't want to sit and wait for death. Brothers, what should I do?"

"Kill kill kill!"

"Fight with Luo Zheng Gou Thief."

The six thousand Qiang soldiers roared in unison, with fierce murderous intent flickering in their eyes.

"Okay, fight with Luo Zhenggou thief."

Pang De pointed forward with his knife, and said loudly: "Gao Shun is going to dig a trap outside the city to trap us to death. If you are not afraid of death, you can follow this general and rush forward to kill these bloody thieves and blaze a trail. "

"Kill kill kill..."

All six thousand Qiang soldiers roared, and the crowd was furious.

Pang De shouted loudly, swung his horse's head, and rushed over with six thousand Qiang soldiers.

Two hundred paces away, across the ditch.

Gao Shun had already arrived at the front of the formation, and the [-] pawns had already been lined up.

When digging the trench, Gao Shun ordered to pile all the excavated earth and stones to the outside of the trench, and used the excavated earth and stones to build a ten-meter-high earth wall. However, due to time constraints, the trench had just been dug and had not yet With sharpened antlers inserted inside, Pound led his army to break through.

If the fortifications are fully built, Pound will definitely be unable to fly.

"Want to break through, how can it be so easy!"

A stern smile appeared on Gao Shun's iron face, and a cold murderous intent flickered in his eyes. Seeing Pang De leading six thousand Qiang soldiers rushing over, he swung his raised right arm heavily, and said in a deep voice: " Archers, go out!"

"Order."

An orderly had already yelled, "The general has an order, and the archers will go out."

Soon, a row of heavy infantry that had originally lined up on the earthen wall withdrew immediately, and a row of baffles nailed with planks was lifted onto the earthen wall. Wide, fixed into an L shape.

Although it is very simple, it just protects the archer standing behind the baffle.

The ten baffles were spread out in a row and connected into one piece. A one-foot-long window was left on the front, and a two-foot-long horizontal plate on the top protected the archer's upper part. Below, there were a few simple wooden legs. The baffle is supported so as not to topple over.

It takes very little trouble to make such a crude baffle.It only takes half a day to make dozens of such baffles by sawing the wood into planks and then splicing them together with gum and iron nails.

"The first team of archers, step forward!"

As soon as the baffle was opened, the captain standing beside him roared.

Soon, the first team of [-] archers rushed up the earthen wall, stood behind the baffle, and drew the bowstring. The black and sharp arrows had long been stuck on the string, and aimed at the arrow from the one-foot-high window. The Pang Dejun who came over.

The remaining [-] bows and arrows were divided into three teams, and they lined up under the earth wall, ready to step forward and replace them at any time.

"Fire arrows!"

Seeing that Pound's army had rushed within fifty steps, the Commander Colonel immediately let out a loud roar.

In an instant, there was a shocking sound of war drums rising into the sky.

Ten feet away, a thousand hoplites erected huge shields on the ground, forming a shield wall to protect the front line.

Gao Shun was wearing iron armor, and the moment the drum sounded, he dodged and retreated behind the heavy infantry.

Under the baffle, the five hundred archers who had been waiting for a long time immediately let go of the fully drawn bows and arrows, and the five hundred sharp arrows shot out from the window left by the baffle with a piercing sound, ruthlessly It pierced fiercely into the rushing Pang De army.

Almost at the same time, a wave of black rain of arrows rose from the rear of Pang De's army and fell hard.

ah ah ah...

Amidst the miserable howls, nearly 300 Pang Dejun fell down.

Although there were sword and shield soldiers in the front row holding their shields and forming a shield formation to protect the front of the formation, the light shields of the sword and shield soldiers could barely cover half of their bodies. Block the rain of arrows.

Moreover, the archers of the Gaoshun Army occupied the high ground and shot from top to bottom. The sword and shield soldiers in front of Pang De's army could not protect the sword and ax soldiers and archers carrying sandbags behind them. The sword-axe soldiers and archers behind the shield soldiers fell down like a piece of sliced ​​pieces in an instant.

On the other hand, the archers on Gao Shun's side had much fewer casualties.

If Pound wants to charge forward, the archers cannot be in the front of the formation, otherwise the archers without any protection ability will be a group of easy targets. You can't shoot flat, you can only shoot upwards. In this way, it is impossible to cause actual damage to Gao Shun's archers hiding under the baffle.

Only a few arrows pierced through the window and wounded several archers of the Gaoshun Army.

"Damn!"

Pound tried his best to fly the powerful arrow that was coming quickly, glanced at it hastily, and almost vomited blood in anger.

The archers couldn't pose a threat to Gao Shun's army, wouldn't he be a living target?

But right now, the arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched.

Pound yelled sharply: "Don't stop, rush over!"

The sword and shield soldiers in the front row roared in unison, and immediately rushed forward with their shields and sandbags on their shoulders.

At this moment, the archers of the Gaoshun Army behind the baffle drew their bows again, and another wave of fast and ruthless locust-like arrows shot towards them, knocking down nearly 300 Pang Dejun soldiers again.

"Rush up and fill the pit!"

Pound's eyes were about to split open, he roared sharply, and rushed his horse forward with a single strike.

The [-] Qiang soldiers were fearless of death, and the [-]-sword shield soldiers in the front row rushed forward with their shields and sandbags on their shoulders.

At the same time, the archers in the rear line rushed forward while continuously shooting arrows, hoping to kill and injure Gao Shun's army hiding behind the earthen walls and baffles as much as possible, but it was difficult to gain anything and could only waste arrows .

The black rain of arrows kept pouring down. In just a short distance of dozens of steps, it caused huge casualties to the Pang De army who was about to break through. Although not many died on the spot, more than two thousand people were injured by bows and arrows. .

(End of this chapter)