Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Just after midday, the soldiers ate some dry food before they had time to rest. Suddenly seeing the gate of the south city open, two light cavalrymen galloped in, and the gate of the city closed hastily. Not long after, I heard the drum "Boom..." from the tower, and the soldiers around Guo Shao stood up and looked up. But in the city, only Sergeant Zhou could be seen on the wall, but I don't know what happened.

A general in the army said: "I'll go to the North City to take a look. You guys will take care of the soldiers and horses, and wait for the lord to return."

"Here!" Several other generals responded.

When it was, the drums sounded loudly and it seemed that there was military sentiment, and the city continued to send teams of soldiers to the city, and the atmosphere suddenly became urgent. But everyone was still calm, and did not panic, but the army gradually began to talk and talk.

"Isn't it rumored that the Khitan soldiers only came with thousands of horses? They will never attack the city!" I don't know who said the mystery. No wonder everyone in the city seems calm.

I heard another person say: "Don't talk about thousands of riders, even tens of thousands of riders won't necessarily be able to capture Xinzhou City any time."

This person was right. Rumor has it that the Liao people are not good at attacking cities, and they can't even defend the city.

After entering Hebei, the Khitans can no longer be regarded as pure nomads, but in a state of half-grazing and half-plowing, and even animal husbandry is very popular. They have learned a lot about farming countries. However, the Han people are good at operating and playing the military role of the city, and the Liao State does not seem to pay much attention to this aspect.

But this time the Liao army wanted to save Jinyang. If they didn't pull out Xinzhou, how could the road to Jinyang be peaceful?

Since the Five Dynasties, the Liao Kingdom has not given up its attempt to expand southward and encroach on the territory of the Central Plains dynasty, and they have done well. The sixteen prefectures of Zhanyouyun opened the door to the core area of ​​Han people from Hebei on the east line. The western line supported the northern Han Dynasty to occupy Jinyang. The high-rise buildings here overlook the entire Hedong area, and the Yellow River can be drunk from the south to the hinterland of the Central Plains. In the situation, the Liao Kingdom is equal to both feet crossing the threshold of the Central Plains, and occupying a strategic position, advancing and retreating can be defended.

Therefore, Jinyang was very important to the Liao Kingdom, and even if it was the time of civil strife, they would have to gather elite soldiers to rescue.

The Zhou dynasty sent heavy troops to Xinzhou, with the purpose of blocking this Liao State reinforcements and avoiding them threatening Jinyang's siege troops.

... Until the afternoon, the general who had gone to see the situation in Beicheng came back, and everyone was waiting for him to feed back the news. Because Xiang Xun Department did not obtain the military order of the city defense, the soldiers did not dare to move, staying inside the city wall and seeing nothing.

After the generals talked, Guo Shao knew that the returning general's name was Zhang Jianxiong. This person left a deep impression on Guo Shao, not because of his appearance, but because he was the first person Guo Shao talked with after coming to the Northern Han Dynasty. In Jinyang, he asked "Where did the infantry come with so many horses?" It was him who saw Shi Yanchao indiscriminately killing innocents and almost went out to theorize.

Zhang Jianxiong said concisely: "A group of Liao army cavalry came here, maybe more than a thousand horses, and the rangers wandered around outside the city. King Wei ordered the forward Shi Yanchao to lead the horsemen out of the north gate to fight. It didn't take long for the Khitan people. He couldn't resist it and fled to the north. Shi Yanchao got the order of Wei Wang and followed him."

A general standing beside listened and sighed: "Shi Yanchao is really brave!"

Zhang Jianxiong lowered his face when he heard it: "I think it's mostly the Khitan soldiers deliberately retreating to lure the enemy, so that Shi Yanchao underestimated the enemy's advance and let this fight in the game!"

The general murmured, "Isn't Shi Yanchao only chasing after Wei Wang Ling?"

Zhang Jianxiong blurted out: "Wang Wei is old."

After hearing this, the audience was silent, and it was inconvenient to discuss King Wei in the public. Wei Wang Fu Yanqing is after all the commander-in-chief of all the troops in Xinzhou, and with such a high status and prestige, a group of middle and lower-level generals said that he was not, and indeed should not be.

At this moment, I saw Xiang Xun and Shu Qi riding horses from the north central axis road. When Xiang Xun returned to the army, he turned over from his horse vigorously and threw the rein in his hand to his entourage. The generals also gathered one after another.

Xiang Xun first looked back to the north before he said: "Shi Yan went beyond the battle, chased Xinkou, and ran into the Liao army brigade. Wang Wei was worried about his lack of strength. He asked me to lead his team to respond. Everyone Ready to prepare."

Guo Shao, Yang Biao, and others are not familiar with Xiang Xun's subordinates, and they didn't speak much all the way, but they came and went in Xinzhou City and understood what the military situation was about. At this time, Guo Shao was very puzzled.

Wei Wang Fu Yanqing's mission goal is very clear, that is, stationed in Xinzhou and other places, blocking the Liao State reinforcements to rescue Jinyang; usually it seems that doing this kind of thing is the most obvious, passive defense is enough. Even if they can't defeat the Liao army, as long as they work hard to manage defense, the Liao army should not think of a way to take Xinzhou. Anyway, the Liao army wanted to pass from here. Not only was it frightening, but also the dogs and the dogs were restless. That was right... Under such circumstances, what was Fu Yanqing asking Shi Yanchao to take the initiative to attack?

Was it because Wang Wei wanted to take the opportunity to capture Xinkou after seeing Shi Yanchao's first victory? Along the way, Xiang Xun kept asking local officials and people about the terrain and topography of Xinzhou. Guo Shao also learned a lot. This Xin and Dai basin is the main way to enter Jinyang from the north, and there are ridges between Xin and Dai that are difficult to cross. ; There are only two traffic tunnels in front of Xinkou Town, and the dangerous tunnels are just like the nostrils for ventilation in Xinzhou area.

If the Zhou army occupied Xinkou and sent troops to block the two nearby tunnels, the Liao army would have to change the bird to fly over the mountains if it wanted to go south. If so, what is Fu Yanqing's main force still doing in Xinzhou? It’s long time for Shi Yanchao to rush forward, and the whole army will keep up, and drive the Liao army out of Xinkou at any cost... But at present, only Xiang Xun is called to respond. I really don’t understand what the mystery is. .

The number of soldiers and horses Xiang Xun brought was 2,000, but the only ones who could really fight hard were more than 300 light cavalry. Such reinforcements made Shi Yanchao striker a decisive battle with the main force of the Liao army? Or should Shi Yanchao run back quickly... Then what did Shi Yanchao do?

For a while, Guo Shao felt that Wei Wang's front and back tactics simply lacked a basic logical relationship. But it’s not easy to say that Fu Yanqing’s family is a warlord of three generations. Such high-ranking people should always have very human wisdom. Maybe people have foresight, which is not something that Guo Shao can guess at the age of eighteen or nineteen.

However, it was about the lives of himself and his twenty brothers who had walked a long distance. At this time, Guo Shao couldn't take much care of it. Once he changed his previous style of knowing the rules and not talking, he looked at the opportunity and asked: "General Xiang , Shall we go to save the Shi Qianfeng back, or continue to fight with him?"

Xiang Xun turned his head and glanced at Guo Shao who was talking, and calmly responded, "Wang Wei did not say."

Guo Shao then asked without a word.

At this moment, Zhang Jianxiong yelled: "Mother|It's! Shi Yanchao doesn't leave any face to the lord, so he gets angry when he thinks of it! Tell us to save him? If he is so capable, let him alone The Liao people can fight back!"

When Guo Shao heard this, he also thought of the half-way village side of the matter. In Zhang Jianxiong's words, "don't give face" might be the same thing.

At that time, Shi Yanchao killed the innocent women who had been looted, and Zhang Jianxiong almost came forward and was later stopped by the general. At that time, Guo Shao thought Zhang Jianxiong was a good young man with compassion and a sense of justice, but now that he only scolded Shi Yanchao for not giving Xiangxun face, he suddenly realized that Zhang Jianxiong’s dissatisfaction was not because he sympathized with those innocent women. , But was angry at Shi Yanchao's attitude in front of the lord, and attacked the lord.

The Wufu gang in the Five Dynasties probably didn't take the slaughtered women seriously.

At that time, when Xiang Xungang saw Shi Yanchao, he used official orders to teach Shi Yanchao a lesson. Reasonable reason may be difficult for Shi Yanchao to refute...but Shi Yanchao should be unhappy in his heart. He was taught by a general who he looked down on. Why?

So Shi Yanchao doesn't reason with you verbally. Don’t you want to ask what to do? According to Xiang Xun, it should be to free innocent women and punish unruly soldiers. But Shi Yanchao was very simple and killed them all. What can you do to me?

He was not killing people, but deliberately wanted to make Xiang Xun's life in public, slap Xiang Xun's face, and sullen.

It's just that the few innocent women who were pitiful, did nothing wrong, and were chopped off like a prop to vent their anger. Guo Shao is still somewhat of the mainstream values ​​of modern people. Of course he disagrees with this kind of disregard for life... But he also didn't think it would be wise to stand up for right and wrong in the world of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms~www .readwn.com~ So I also became an indifferent bystander; the key is that Shi Yanchao didn't know who you were at all at the time, and he was so angry that when he saw you a young general, he drew his sword and cut it over if he didn't agree with him. Do you want to split the life and death with the first fierce general of the Zhou Dynasty internally, or wait for someone to seek justice for yourself after being killed? Besides, there are more than this kind of tragedies in places where there is a turbulent situation. It is not something a mortal can manage.

...Everyone was very dissatisfied with Shi Yanchao, and babbled a few words in front of Xiang Xun.

At this moment, Xiang Xun raised his hand to stop the generals' discussion, and said unhurriedly: "Shi Yanchao is a little arrogant, but did he kill us or did something unrighteous? No! So what are you doing with him? Both are Da Zhou's generals. Don't have to worry about the length for a little thing."

Zhang Jianxiong said angrily: "I'm afraid we will save him. He still doesn't appreciate him, and blames us for being troublesome."

Xiang Xun said: "History forwards are not people with unknown grievances. We must focus on the overall situation, and don't use arrogance to ruin the battle. You have to say it again, and order all troops and horses to go out of the city lightly!"

The generals stopped and took their orders.

Guo Shao also greeted his people to lead their horses and put on weapons and set off. Luo Mengzi asked, "My things are left here? Will they be picked up by others..."

Before Guo Shao could answer, Yang Biao cursed, "It sounds like you have a lot of money. You can search carefully, except that the things on the horse are worth a few coins!"

Luo Mengzi gave up and then muttered: "I don't have any good opinion of Shi Yanchao. For those women, it's better to wait for the soldiers to take them away. Maybe they can live better if they are snatched back by the sergeant."

Yang Biao also said coldly: "Shi Yanchao is not a thing."