Great Han Empire

Chapter 367

"The Journey to the West"

Author: Scarlet Coral
Chapter 2 Class Super Solid I Wish
Pang Hui sat still, stroking the stubble on his chin with his left hand, and filling the brazier with a piece of firewood with his right hand. There was no sound in the tent, except for the crackling of the firewood.

Pang Hui thought for a while, then suddenly said to Li Xin quietly: "Old Li, when I was studying, I heard the story of Ban Houye (Ban Chao) riding the Huns 36 times. Don't you think the current situation is a Is it a good chance?"

"What a good opportunity?" Li Xin suddenly noticed the astonishing burning in Pang Hui's eyes, "Could it be?"

"That's right!" Pang Hui slapped his thigh and stood up, "This is the right time for a great man to make a contribution! Yiwu is less than a hundred miles away from here. If we ride fast, we can arrive within two hours. Let's set off at Xushi. Arrive at midnight, set fire at night, kick the camp to kill people, wipe out that nest of snakes and rats, and the whole game of chess in the Western Regions will come to life!"

"Ah!" Everyone in the tent was startled speechless by this imaginative idea, Li Xin was the first to react, "Are you crazy? Absolutely not! Our army takes on the heavy responsibility of food protection, how can there be extra problems? Confused by the benefits? If there is a loss of food and grass, how will you and I face the tens of thousands of colleagues in Gaochang?"

"Listen to me, there's no problem at all!" Pang Hui was so excited that he paced up and down the tent, "We have [-] elite cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] civilians. For the time being, there is no need to worry about the safety of my luggage team. I only use [-] fine cavalry to attack at night, and keep the infantry to protect the luggage and continue marching. If I succeed, the chariot division will no longer be able to intercept my luggage. Wusun chariot division The alliance can't be reached; if the opponent's camp is tightly guarded and there is no chance to take advantage of it, I will certainly not confront you head-on! As long as I retreat at night, some useless chariot masters can bite my old black's tail?"

"This matter is absolutely impossible, Pang Botong, as the commander of an army, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, how can you take risks like this?" Li Xin grabbed Pang Hui's shoulder, blushing, and said loudly.Everyone in the tent also came up to persuade, "My lord, this matter is really too dangerous." "I think it's better to hurry up and get the food there as soon as possible." Let the Shangguan decide!" "Why do you need the eldest brother to go out in person, so I took two hundred brothers to level the doghouse." For a while, there was a lot of chatter, only Zhao Guang remained silent, bowed his head thoughtfully.

"Why are you arguing! After all these years of military service, have you never seen the world? Learn from Ziyuan!" Pang Hui looked at Zhao Guang with a half-smile, "Ziyuan, what do you think?"

Zhao Guang took a deep breath, raised his head, and showed the same enthusiasm as Pang Hui in his eyes. He clasped his fists at the crowd and said, "Brothers, my younger brother is new to the battlefield, and his knowledge is not worth mentioning. But in the past, Marquis Dingyuan (Ban Chao) Before the Shanshan State attacked the Huns at night, it was said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get tiger cubs. The current plan is to attack the captives with fire at night, so that they don't know how many I am. It will be a big shock and they will be killed." Brother Yulu, I thought the situation at this time was similar to that at that time!"

"Well said!" Pang Hui clapped his hands together, "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, you won't get a tiger's cub. Of course we can march on our own now, and only send fast horses to report the news to Gaochang. Whether it is a fight or a peace depends entirely on Gaochang. Feng decided. But have you ever thought about it? Gaochang City is close to Wusun on the left and Cheshi on the right. Ever since the Great Han intends to reorganize the Western Regions, it has attracted the attention of all countries in the Western Regions! Even if Gaochang immediately sent troops to mobilize, it would be able to avoid the eyes and ears of Cheshi Wusun Is it?" Pang Hui turned around, walked to the chief general's couch and sat down, looking around at everyone, "Cheshi people are deeply afraid of the might of the Han army, and the key points of their camp's reconnaissance and defense must be concentrated in the Gaochang camp in the west, and for the east. Our defense is insufficient. And our chance is that we are a surprise soldier! Besides, we are running at night, isn’t that what we are doing in the business! Don’t you think so?”

"Not bad!" After hearing this, the atmosphere in the tent became relaxed.Nowadays, most of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty are selected from Xiliang, Hebei, military exploits or sons of good families, and many of them are Hu people who moved inland. In their hearts, Li Hong, the Marquis of Jinyang, exists like the God of War in the Han Dynasty.For his legendary battles, he is even more cherished, and he yearns for it endlessly.Li Hong used troops in his life, he was best at cavalry, and he was good at night raids. He often used this method to win more with less and turn the tide of battle.Therefore, the cavalry soldiers of the Han Dynasty, regardless of the length of their days in the army, are often full of confidence in night raids.Everyone thought in their hearts that the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, the 10,000+ Xianbei, the Qiang Iron Cavalry, the Central Plains Allied Forces, and all kinds of powerful enemies were defeated one by one with iron cavalry.Now the driver in front of me is only from the small country of Quer, so how can he stop my big man cavalry?

Seeing the effect of his words, Pang immediately struck while the iron was hot: "Yamen generals Huang Sheng and Wu Nai, hundreds of generals Zhang Quan, She Hu, Duan Ran... Yu Wenfeng and Zhao Guang listen to orders!"

The officers who heard their names cheered up and replied in unison; "The subordinates are here!"

"I ordered you to gather eight hundred elite cavalry in two hours, and line up outside the camp to stand by!"

"As ordered!"

"Marquis Fang Chao, Xu Jie, and Wang Liang listen to the order! You are ordered to prepare the weapons, horses, torches, and dry food and water for the raid within two hours, and stand by outside the camp!"

"As ordered!"

"Scout Dubo Tuoba received the order! Order your department to set off immediately, take the prisoner, and find out all the sentry posts on the way from here to Yiwu. If there are few enemies, no one will stay; if there are many enemy soldiers , then make a mark, don't worry about him, when you arrive at Che Shi's camp, you must find out the truth and wait for the army to arrive!"

"Follow!"

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After receiving the order, all the generals withdrew from the military account, leaving Li Xin alone. Pang Hui changed his resolute and solemn expression just now, and smiled at Li Xin flatteringly: "Old Li, Bocheng (Li Xin's character), we Brothers, has it been ten years?"

"It's been 13 years since I entered Mengxue at the age of six! Berton, when will you give me less trouble? I have two brothers in the same life, and I have to help you if the sky falls! But what you did this time is too much." It’s outrageous!” Li Xin has calmed down from the excitement just now, but the anger in his heart still cannot be completely dispelled, “It is a military order to escort food to Gaochang, and the military order is like a mountain! The responsibility of the escorting cavalry is to ensure the safety of the luggage, not you Pang Heizi's private soldier! Botong, your military strategy is naturally far superior to mine, but you have to remember that the state owns the country's laws, and the army has military regulations! No matter how prominent your background is, in today's Han army, You can't let your temper go like this!"

Pang Hui still had a smiling face; "I know, if I mess around, my father will be the first to spare me! But Lao Li, to be honest, do you really think that my night attack this time is nothing at all? You I have always been thoughtful, if you say no, I, Old Hei, will put down the face of the general and refuse, and I will definitely not go tonight!"

"Don't be so good here. The military order has been issued. Can the water that was spilled be recycled? What's more..." Li Xin sat down, tapped the ground with his fingers, and said in a low voice, "Ziyuan said That's right, the current situation is indeed similar to that of Ban Hou back then. Che Shi's battalion claims to have over [-] troops, but in fact there are only a few thousand soldiers ready to fight. Under the night attack, at most three out of ten can stand up and resist Fourth, I don’t know the reality of our army, so it is very easy to blow up the camp; our army is all light cavalry, and they come and go like the wind. As long as we can reach the Cheshi camp without being discovered, the calculation will be great! Hey, if you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you After getting a tiger son, although Ziyuan's time in the army was short and his age is young, he still has the spirit of his father's true determination!"

"Let me tell you, this kid has a great future! Lao Li, once I go, I will entrust all the affairs of the team to you. I think you will still call as usual tomorrow. No need to wait, I will naturally follow the original route Catch up. Oh, I’m afraid the marching speed will be even faster. You will have to work hard on this journey! If you come back with your life, when you arrive in Gaochang City, I will treat you to drink and eat roasted whole lamb!”

"En." Li nodded absent-mindedly, thoughtful, but Pang Hui ignored him, took his knife, and went out of the tent to check the camp on his own.

After receiving the military order, Zhao Guang went back and told all his subordinates to rest and prepare, then he went to his camp and recruited some Du Bos and Shi Chang to discuss the matter.As a general with a hundred men, Zhao Guang had 96 cavalrymen under his command, two dubos, eight chiefs, and 16 corps chiefs. Two of them were veterans who had fought for many years. He is in his early forties, with a medium build and a refined face.Born in Changshan Zhending, he is a member of the Zhao clan. In terms of seniority, he is still the uncle of the Zhao Guang clan.Zhao Neng had served Zhao Guang's father for many years, and he was very capable. He was an official in another department.After pacifying the world, he didn't want to be an official, so he retired to be an elder in the Hou's mansion.The reconquest this time is entirely to use his veteran experience to protect the young master; Xiadu Bo Luoan, 28 years old, is a native of the Southern Huns.Ancestors from the Southern Huns, grandparents moved to Bingzhou to live, changed their surnames to Han, and lived half-farming and half-hunting.The Marquis of Jinyang recruited Hu Qi widely back then, so he joined the army relying on his good archery skills. After seven or eight years of fighting, a big bow was useless to kill the enemy, and he got the nickname of "Luo Da Diao".However, due to illiteracy and occasional drinking mistakes, he stayed in the Dubo position for several years and was unable to be promoted.Fortunately, Luo An himself was open-minded, so he felt that being a small military officer down there would be a joy even if he just went to battle and killed the enemy.These two are said to be subordinates, but they are actually good teachers. Zhao Guang has benefited a lot from them along the way.

Everyone sat down, before Zhao Guang opened his mouth, Zhao Neng said first, "My lord, my subordinates are well aware of the matter. This battle is too dangerous, and there is a narrow chance of death. My lord is just a beginner and has little experience. How can I deal with such a battle?" Battle? If there is a mistake, how will the subordinates explain it to Lord Hou? How to explain it to Madam..."

Zhao Guang waved his hand with a smile, and stopped the old uncle's words: "Uncle Neng, since you were young, you have told our brothers the story of your father fighting with the Marquis of Jinyang since he was 17 years old. Why do you persuade me instead? Am I not as good as my father?" Seeing that the old uncle was a little embarrassed, he said in relief, "Since Guang has the help of Uncle Neng, Uncle Luo, and so many brothers, he can go down the mountains of swords and seas of fire, and go to the caves of dragons and tigers! Why do you have to worry about attacking the camp? ?”

Luo An applauded and laughed: "My lord is right. You are so worried, Mr. Zhao. Could it be that you can't trust my big bow like Luo Da Diao? What kind of chariot master and bird master, I am here to keep you safe. Lao Luo and I Do you still expect to make this great achievement and be promoted soon, brothers, don’t you think so?” Everyone laughed and echoed.Zhao Neng also laughed when he heard this, so he didn't mention the precautions for night raids to everyone.

At a quarter of a hour, outside the camp, eight hundred fine cavalry were ready to stop. In the dark field, only the sound of burning firewood in the camp and the excited panting and digging of the horses could be heard.Pang Hui was fully armed, slowly led his horse, and inspected his elite cavalry.He patrolled face by face, and there was no timidity or panic on the faces of the soldiers, only the excitement before the battle and the anticipation of the military exploits. Pang Hui nodded in satisfaction.He told the two generals beside him, "Get up!"

"Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" Short orders were conveyed layer by layer, and the iron cavalry standing like a mountain forest moved like the wind, and they disappeared into the darkness one by one in units of hundreds of cavalry.

Pang Hui turned his head to look at the gate of the camp, and said with a smile: "Why, you are afraid that I will not feel at ease, so come see me off?"

Inside the gate of the camp, dozens of knights urged their horses to gallop out. When the leading knight ran past Pang Hui, he yelled, "All the affairs in the camp are entrusted to Lao Fang, and I am too lazy to take care of you for you!" The front group of people left.Pang Hui laughed loudly and patted his horse to catch up. After a while, the camp was completely quiet. In the world, it seemed that there were only the bonfire in the camp and the endless night.

(End of this chapter)