Great Han Empire

Chapter 201
Standing on the mountain, Li Hong watched Zhao Yun take the black panther away from Wu Xiao, feeling pain in his heart.

Beigong Boyu's wealth is quite a lot, but if it is distributed among fifty thousand soldiers, it is not much.In addition to Li Hong specifically asking Tian Zhong to keep a double share of the pension for the fallen soldiers, Li Hong also paid more than 3 soldiers a double share of military pay for two months, and then there was not much money left.

The rest of the money is now in the hands of Tian Zhong and Ji Wei.They took the wounded battalion and stationed together with the Qianghu prisoners in the big camp outside Huaili City.Before leaving, Li Hong told them that the money should be used to improve the food of the wounded soldiers, to purchase a large amount of medicinal materials in Jingzhao Mansion, and to purchase some weapons for the army as appropriate.Tian Zhong was the most willing to buy food for the wounded soldiers, and it is estimated that the money is almost spent now.

It stands to reason that he wiped out [-] rebels, and he still belonged to the Qianghu people. It was no big deal to withhold this property to reward the soldiers when neither the court nor the local government rewarded him.Even if he was stabbed in front of the emperor, he didn't take a single penny, and he was not afraid of being crooked. At most, he violated military discipline and was dismissed.

But now some people openly searched the camp under the pretext of this incident, which obviously has a purpose and is making trouble by making trouble.

Beigong Boyu reported?It was funny to think about it.This property was carried by Beigong Boyu with the army, and when converted into money, it was only more than 1 million yuan at most.The huge property of his own clan is in Jincheng County, much more than this, would he care about this little money to report himself?This is one of the excuses.

Cheng Qiu dared to risk the crime of beheading and searched the barracks without fear. One can imagine the power behind it.Who is this guy?

Geng mean?Geng Bi is just the governor of Liangzhou, he has neither the guts to touch him as a general, nor the strength to support Cheng Qiu, but Cheng Qiu is his subordinate, he must know about this, and it may be him He ordered Cheng Qiu to do it.Dong Zhuo?Dong Zhuo is on the Longxi battlefield, how can he have time to take care of this?What's more, he is just a general of the lowest rank, only two ranks higher than himself, and he doesn't have the strength to dare to provoke himself?
Li Hong suddenly thought of Zhang Wen.Cheng Qiu must get Zhang Wen's tacit approval to do this.Otherwise, with Cheng Qiu's approach, ten lives would not be enough to kill.But Zhang Wen had to end the Xiliang rebellion for his official career and future, so Zhang Wen would never instruct Cheng Qiu to do something that would offend him and shake the morale of the army.In this way, since it is not the Taiwei Lord, but the Taiwei Lord secretly acquiesced due to the other party's forces, who is the backstage, it is ready to be revealed.

What does the person behind Cheng Qiu want to do?Could it be that some people in the court do not want to see the rebellion in Xiliang put down?
Li Hong felt even more sad when he thought of his comrades who had died.

Why are there such despicable and nasty people in the world?Why does this kind of person still hold Chaogang Sheji?

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On the night when he left Yicheng, Fu Xie had a long talk with him all night long, revealing to him many secrets of the court and officials, including the fact that some people in the court did not want to see the Xiliang rebellion put down.

Li Hong was shocked at the time.Don't want to see the Xiliang rebellion put down?What is the reason?
money.Fu Xie spoke very directly.Over the past few decades, Xiliang's governor and prefect have changed one crop after another, sometimes several times a year.Why?money.The more wars, the poorer you are, the more money you can make.Everyone who has money takes turns to make money, and representatives of various forces come to sit in this seat and earn a lot of money, so Xiliang's governor, and the prefects of various states and counties in Xiliang are exchanged like a revolving lantern.But these people only make a little money, and most of the money is given to their old masters.Those dignitaries in Beijing are the ones who are really making big money.

The imperial court allocated money to Xiliang from the national treasury, including military expenses, donations, disaster relief, and so on.Then the big and small officials and military officials in Xiliang moved the money from the small treasury in Xiliang to the dignitaries in Beijing.Officials and military officials in Xiliang would certainly not be able to make a lot of money by plucking wild geese, so they carried various miscellaneous taxes in addition to Xiliang's taxes and kept them as their own income.The extreme corruption of Xiliang officials is directly related to the frequent wars in Xiliang.

In order to suppress the rebellion in Xiliang, the imperial court spent a lot of money. In addition to military expenses, it cost hundreds of millions of dollars just to requisition civilian labor to deliver food.How much money can those civilian husbands get?How many pies can you eat?This money eventually became the private savings of officials at all levels.So Xiliang is a bowl full of money, if you grab it casually, your hands will be full of money.If there is no war in Xiliang, a considerable number of officials, from the capital to the counties and counties in Xiliang, will lose a lot of income.So some people hope that this battle will be fought slowly, preferably endlessly.

Fu Xie repeatedly told Li Hong to be careful, but Li Hong didn't care.He was fighting in Xiliang, thousands of miles away from Luoyang, the capital, so what could this matter have anything to do with him.Looking at it now, Fu Xie must have heard some rumors at that time, so he rushed to Daying and repeatedly warned himself to be careful, but due to the power of the other party, he dared not speak out.Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the barracks, the disaster happened and came to the door.Obviously, Geng Bi and Cheng Qiu had already set their sights on him, and the timing was very good

I became a thorn in the eyes of some people because I won the battle, what kind of world is this.These people are in charge of the government in the Han Kingdom, how can this sky-high building not collapse?These people tried to use Cheng Qiu's black hand to erase me from the land of Xiliang.Li Hong smiled coldly, I want to see who erased whom in the end.

"Who is Cheng Qiu?" Li Hong turned his head and asked Zheng Dao.

Zheng Xin was indignant, swearing and cursing, he was taken aback when he heard the words, and replied: "Liangzhou governor's mansion chief history?"

Li Hong glared at him and scolded, "Don't I know? I asked him what he did in the past."

Zheng Xin roared angrily: "I don't know. This man is so vicious that he dared to beat Mr. Zuo. I must beat him to death."

"Okay." Li Hong said, "Stop scolding, the less people know about this, the better."

"Hey, look, your scouts are back and ready to fight." Li Hong said loudly, pointing at the soldiers rushing from a distance.

"I don't even have the mind to fight now." Zheng Xin waved his hands, and ran down the mountain quickly, shouting loudly, "I'm so mad, so mad..."

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Xu Rong stood on the side of the road at the horse station, seeing the soldiers struggling to move forward one by one, feeling very uncomfortable.

From last night to now, five or six hours have passed, and everyone ran for their lives without even taking a sip of water.Food is gone.Originally, they planned to kill horses to feed their hunger in the past two days, but now that the army was defeated and was closely pursued by the rebels, let alone killing horses, there was not even enough time to escape.

Bian Zhang's random move, sinister and vicious, pushed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers into the abyss of death.If we continue to escape like this, within a few tens of miles, all the infantry will become prisoners of the rebels.But if you don't escape, what should you do?Even if you want to fight to death, you don't have the strength.

Suddenly, the fleeing soldiers in front let out a cheer, and then the cheers became louder and louder, and finally formed a roar that shook the sky.

Xu Rong's complexion changed drastically.

Sun Jian came galloping on horseback, with an excited expression on his face, pointing at the hill in front of him and yelling wildly: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements..."

Xu Rong looked up.

On Maverick Mountain, a huge fiery red black panther battle flag danced wildly in the wind, and under the battle flag, a general immediately shot across, majestic and majestic.

leopard.

Xu Rong was overjoyed, and tears of excitement burst out of his eyes in an instant.

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"General..."

Liang Xing went up to meet Han Sui and said loudly, "Zhou Shen's troops suddenly sped up their escape speed, intending to distance themselves from us."

Han Sui pointed at the front with his horsewhip and smiled, "Zhou Shen is in a hurry. The enemy has not eaten or drank all day, and they are at the end of their strength. If we chase for dozens of miles, this battle will be over."

"The general effortlessly annihilated more than 4 people in Zhou Shen with a single gesture, which is really admirable." Ma joked, "We chased all the way, calmly, without bloodshed, and captured more than 1 prisoners alone. People. This is the main force of the imperial court, something that was unimaginable in the past. The war has reached this point..." Ma Wan kept shaking his head, and the expression of admiration was beyond words.

"Last month, Zhou Shen chased us and chased us to the edge of the Yellow River. This time, we also chased him until he surrendered." Zhang Heng shouted.

"It will be difficult to catch him." Han Sui was in a very good mood. He kept slapping his palms with his horsewhip, and said with a smile, "He was defeated and lost tens of thousands of soldiers. It would be a felony if he went back, and he couldn't get anything done." Immediately He said regretfully: "It's a pity that these soldiers from Xiliang are the ones. Many of them are our friends, and some of them have enlightened us again and again. It's a pity."

"Catch them, we are still friends." Li Kan smiled.

"It's different." Han Sui shook his head and sighed, "It's not the same. Those who escape will probably lose their jobs, be convicted and sent to prison."

Han Sui smiled helplessly, turned his head and shouted to the messenger: "Order the troops to speed up the pursuit."

"Order the central army to throw all the captives to the rear army, Lord Yang and Ling Sima, to speed up and come up, don't get out of touch with the front army."

The drums of war were beating loudly.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan turned their horses' heads and quickly chased the cavalry army ahead.

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Exhausted and without fighting spirit, the officers and soldiers saw that the reinforcements had arrived and they had ambushed in Xiaoniu Mountain, and their morale was boosted immediately. They told each other, and everyone rejoiced. They were all full of strength, all of them were smiling, walking like flying, and the speed of marching suddenly accelerated.

Under the leadership of several soldiers, Zheng Xin found Xu Rong.

Xu Rong grasped Zheng Xin's hand, shook it again and again, and said gratefully: "Thank you, General Zhonglang."

Hua Xiong patted Zheng Xin's shoulder hard, and was speechless for a moment.

Sun Jian asked eagerly, "How many of you are here?"

"Thirty thousand." Zheng Xin said with a smile: "We marched day and night, and even the luggage was left in Pingxiang City. Where is General Zhou? My lord has a plan to wipe out the enemy, and I want to see him immediately."

"He was seriously injured." Sun Jian's complexion darkened, pointing to Xu Rong and saying, "Now Captain Xu is commanding the troops."

Zheng Xin looked at Xu Rong, and immediately said: "On the mountains on both sides, we have deployed 2 infantry, and we have [-] cavalry on standby three miles away from here. We are going to block the enemy's front army. , encircle and wipe them out. Lord General Zhonglang hopes that you can gather your troops quickly and take part in the battle."

Xu Rong, Hua Xiong, and Sun Jian looked at each other with solemn expressions.

Hua Xiong said cautiously: "Master Zheng, the rebel army has 7 to [-] people, chasing them all the way, their morale is high, we..."

Zheng Xin said nonchalantly: "You are tired, and they are even more tired. You have slept for half the night, but the rebels have not slept for at least one day. They are already a tired army, and they have no fighting power at all." Zheng Xin stretched out A finger shook in front of the three of them, poked it forward lightly, and said with a smile, "Just one poke lightly, and they're dead."

Sun Jian gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Fight. If we fight hard, maybe we can turn the defeat into victory. We came back from a big defeat. Although we survived, we can't have another chance to lead the army. If we want to wash away this time The humiliation of defeat, the only chance to atone for the crime."

Xu Rong waved his hand and shouted decisively: "Hit."

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The fleeing soldiers finally saw the Fengyun cavalry lined up in the middle of the road.

Everyone roared excitedly, and many people shed tears of excitement.This life was finally saved.

Wei Zheng led a group of Han cavalry soldiers to surround the Fengyun Cavalry in an arc formation to prevent the fleeing soldiers from rushing into the cavalry array in ecstasy.He led the soldiers shouting non-stop, commanding the fleeing soldiers to evacuate from both sides of the cavalry army's position.

The soldiers on horseback took out their dry rations and distributed them to the deserters one by one.

Xu Rong quickly rushed to the rear of the Fengyun Cavalry Army and beat the assembled drums.After seeing the reinforcements, the soldiers of the officers and soldiers miraculously revived their morale again, and everyone quickly gathered in formation.

Hua Xiong was the first to lead more than 2000 cavalry behind Fengyun cavalry.

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Qu Yi, who led the troops to the back, laughed happily after receiving Xu Rong's order.

"My lord, why are you so happy, there is something to eat?" Gao Geng asked strangely.

"Tongzi, immediately take the cavalry and rush to the back to assemble." Qu Yi waved his horsewhip and said loudly, "Reinforcements have arrived, Zhonglang General Li Hong and Master Li's troops have arrived, we will fight again."

Gao Geng looked at him in surprise, and asked, "Master Li the Leopard? Are you right? They came so fast?"

Qu Yi shouted excitedly: "Hurry up, hurry up. The old man attacked us in an ambush, and we will pay him back, haha... This Lord Leopard is really amazing, haha..."

Gao Geng was ecstatic, whistled again and again, and flew away with his men.

"Order Qu Lu, Yang Chun, speed up, throw all the wounded soldiers to the side of the road, tell them not to follow if they can't run, and surrender with the wounded soldiers."

Several messengers stared wide-eyed, staring blankly at Qu Yi who was looking crazy.

"What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and deliver the order."

"grown ups……"

Qu Yi lashed his horsewhip against the air, and angrily said: "Usually you are too indulgent, but now you don't even listen to orders, you want to die..."

Several messengers scattered in fright.

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Seeing all the frontier cavalry fleeing in a panic, even Qu Yi, who has always loved soldiers like a son and has a good reputation, ordered the wounded soldiers to be discarded. Liang Xing and Ma Wan felt that the enemy was completely finished.In order to survive, the enemy has decided to give up.

Han Sui received the news and ran to the front in person.

He looked at the wounded soldiers Qu Yi left on the side of the road, smiled and shook his head, and said, "Yun Tian will do this kind of thing?"

"Let's chase, the enemy can't hold it anymore. Order the troops, march forward lightly, and pursue with all your strength."

The drums of war sounded loudly.

The soldiers threw away their bags one after another, and some even threw their spare quiver on the side of the road. With swords and spears in their hands, they mustered their last bit of strength and ran as hard as they could.

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Yang Chun is a man in his 20s, not tall, with a strong body and many small red bumps on his dark face.

He kept looking around, looking for signs of reinforcements.

"My lord, the enemy's cavalry has caught up, where are our reinforcements?"

Qu Yi looked back at the enemy cavalry who were chasing after him like lightning, and said with a smile, "Run, run, we'll be out soon."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the earth-shattering sound of war drums from the mountains on both sides, and then saw countless colorful battle flags appearing in the woods, and then heard roars like thunder, and countless soldiers came from both sides. The mountain rushed out.

Holding a shield in one hand and a saber in the other, Li Hong rushed to the front.On his left is Yan Liang, and not far from his right is Gao Lan.

"Kill... kill..." Li Hong yelled hoarsely, running fast.

The soldiers looked excited, and under the personal leadership of the general, they rushed towards the enemy like a flood that burst a bank.

Holding the Han battle flag in one hand and the three-foot short halberd in the other, Xian Yufu roared loudly, and under the protection of his attendants, he led thousands of soldiers and rushed down from the mountain on the left.

"kill……"

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Han Sui hurriedly reined in his horse to stop, turned his horse's head and looked back.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers rushed down from the mountains on both sides. Although there were still more than 150 steps away from the main road, it was so short that their own soldiers had no time to form a defensive formation.What is especially deadly is that the soldiers had just run with all their strength for a period of time. When they were exhausted, everyone's hands and feet were weak, and they were so breathless that they couldn't even lift their weapons. How could they have the strength to resist the enemy who came like a tiger? .

Good timing, good ambush.

He looked at it in surprise, with a look of astonishment on his face, then shook his head and smiled wryly, with a helpless and sad smile.

In a blink of an eye, the outcome was reversed.

The rebel soldiers stopped involuntarily, panting heavily, looking at the officers and soldiers who were killing them all over the mountains and plains like a tide, panicked, and their terrified eyes were filled with helplessness and pain.

Finally, a soldier couldn't bear the double blow both physically and mentally. He staggered and fell down holding his spear.Like a precarious wall being pushed down, the psychology of the rebel soldiers was completely crushed, and more people gave up the idea of ​​resistance and escape. They either knelt down, fell down, or sat on the ground.Whether it is life or death, at this moment, it seems to have lost its meaning.

The killing sound is shocking.

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The ground trembled more and more violently.

Qu Yi's complexion changed drastically, and he roared frantically: "Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, get out of the way..."

"Immediately order everyone to get out of the way, out of the way..."

The messengers reacted immediately, and they galloped along the road, shouting loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way..."

"The cavalry is coming, get out of the way quickly..."

Qu Yi's frontier soldiers were horrified when they heard this, and fled the road one after another.

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The majestic sound of war drums and the passionate sound of ox horns complement each other, stirring on the Maverick Mountain and echoing in the vast sky.

Tens of thousands of cavalry galloped wildly, and the huge roar was deafening.

Holding the spear in his hand, Heng Ji yelled wildly: "Hoo...ho..."

The soldiers of the Hu nationality tried their best and echoed loudly: "Hoo...ho..."

Inspired by this majestic roar, the Xiliang cavalry were all excited, raising their knives and roaring: "Hoo...ho..."

"Hoo... ho... ho... ho..."

The roar pierced the clouds and cracked the rocks, and went straight to the sky, like a hundred spring thunders exploding at the same time, and the sky and the earth changed color.
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"General, let's kill, everyone fights..."

"General, this is the leopard's army. Let's fight to avenge our dead brothers."

Liang Xing and Ma played one left and one right, shouting loudly.

Han Sui didn't answer, he slowly raised his head and looked up to the sky.

Clear blue sky, not a single cloud.The dazzling sunlight was so strong that he immediately closed his eyes.There was darkness in front of his eyes, and the various voices surrounding his ears suddenly and clearly entered his mind.

He seemed to see the enemy beating war drums on the mountain, seeing the violent enemy rushing into the front army, seeing his soldiers screaming helplessly, throwing down their weapons and raising their hands, kneeling on the side of the road and crying Trembling, I saw Fengyun cavalry running wildly, roaring, swords flickering in the sun, spears puffing and bowing in the sun, bows and arrows screaming in the sun, my soldiers were reduced to powder under the trampling of iron hooves, broken branches and broken arms were flying in the air. Flying, suddenly he saw the old side, saw the old side's head rolling and jumping on the ground.

Han Sui was terrified.

He opened his eyes suddenly and let out a loud cry.He saw the white sun in the sky.

Then he couldn't see anything.

The roar of thousands of horses galloping in the distance came head-on, and the enemy had arrived.

"withdraw……"

Liang Xing and Ma Wan turned pale with shock, and shouted at the same time: "General..."

"As soon as we withdraw, we will be defeated like a mountain, and there will be no chance of turning back."

Han Sui tried his best to open his eyes wide, trying to see them clearly, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see them.

He roared angrily: "Withdraw..."

"Before the enemy is encircled and the ground is not stable, kill them immediately, kill them..."

Liang Xing shouted loudly: "General..."

Han Sui opened his eyes again, he finally saw Liang Xing, saw Liang Xing's face flushed with anger, fear and shock.Han Sui aimed at Liang Xing's head with a whip.

"withdraw……"

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(End of this chapter)