Chapter Fifty-Six: The Aftermath
At night, Ma Yue stood in the southwest corner of the city in the wind surrounded by everyone, tonight's evening wind was a little cold, and the air was filled with a bloody atmosphere.
The arrow that was shot into the city came from the monk of the White Horse Temple, and Zhenrong said in the letter that he wanted to repay his vow, and if the general of the auxiliary country wanted to accept his help, he stood in the south of the city at ten o'clock in the middle of the night and raised a fire.
Seeing that it is about to reach the appointed time.
"General, give the torch to so-and-so, if the thief shoots him with an arrow, lest he be hurt."
Guan Yu said as he took a rattan plaque from the hand of the night guard, his face was full of distrust, he didn't believe those monks of the White Horse Temple.
Ma Yue waved his hand, his eyes fixed on the opposite side of the silence, the big camp like a beast was extraordinarily quiet tonight, there was no banquet, no song exchange...... For him, the letters meant a hope, a hope of escape.
He suffered too many grievances in this battle, and he rashly met the enemy, but he could not have predicted that so many princes in the world would raise troops to attack him...... What surprised him the most was that he was not Dong Zhuo, and he asked himself if he had done anything wrong, and these local Taishou would even raise troops to crusade against him...... I think so, but he is no longer the innocent child he used to be.
Ma Yue can transfer them to guard the history of assassination, but he will not give them General Jiuqing, their interests are not on him, for these, it is enough to raise troops to fight him.
The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The king of a thousand times, the prince of ten thousand families, and the king of a hundred rooms, are still poor, and the morality of relatives and friends is lost due to wealth, and the feelings of father and son are for Lixiu. Shrink your hand sharply, and tap your head, so as not to make your body and mind sad; Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so don't worry about your children and grandchildren. -- As early as 300 years ago, Sima Qian wrote such a passage in the "Records of the Historians", and after reading books all these years, he better understood what interests were.
Everything in this world can be attributed to interests...... What kind of prince is too guarded, but he is just an obscene person who clings to petty profits.
If he can return to Luoyang, he will definitely make a comeback and open up a battle with the rebels, and fight hard, and never die!
He shivered in the wind of the summer night, but his face was more resolute, his eyes looked at the endless night, and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"General, it's almost time for the rooster to crow." Zhao Jin looked up at the moon, the moonlight was hazy tonight, and he saw that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching but there was a hairy moon, and there was not much moonlight even on the earth. For Lao Ge, tonight is a good day, suitable for leading the troops to break through.
The rooster crows at night, which is equivalent to 1 to 3 o'clock in the morning, which is the quiet time.
Ma Yue took a deep breath, I was afraid that something had gone wrong with the fierce monk of the White Horse Temple, and he couldn't give it up, turned around, and he met the gazes of several generals and captains: "Gentlemen, you still can't put hope in the body of others, haha." ”
Although he was laughing, the light of the torch reflected on his face with a bit of bitterness.
If it weren't for helplessness, how could Ma Yue, who was above the top, put his hope above others.
"General, let's kill it, Sun Jian is at the south gate, let's rush out directly from the north gate, don't care about his ambush, kill him!" Hua Xiong inherited the fine tradition of the Kansai Hanzi, indifferent to life and death and brave and fearless, squinting his eyes with his neck squinted, a murderous aura permeated, and the appearance of patting his chest was just like Dong Zhuo, "The general can rest assured, he can escort the general back to Luoyang!" ”
Ma Yue patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder, did not speak, and walked towards the city gate tower in a daze, and heard a shout just two steps.
"General, General!"
With a bang, an arrow was shot from afar on the tower of the city gate, and was fixed on the wooden pillar, and Ma Yue turned around and saw that the arrow was tied with a letter, and immediately ordered the soldiers on the left and right to take the arrow down.
Looking back at the city, it was empty.
"General, please see." Guan Yu, who ambushed the valley and sent troops without authorization to disrupt Ma Yue's entire strategy but did not receive a little punishment, now has less of that rebellious spirit, at least in front of Ma Yue, he always has a little guilt, if this letter was in the past, he would definitely open it and watch it with Ma Yue, after all, he is a veritable number two person under Ma Yue, but now the situation is different, Guan Yu respectfully removed the letter and handed it out with both hands.
Ma Yue didn't think about it so much, he just kept Guan Yu's small action in his heart, and wondered why Guan Yu had become so different from himself.
Unfolding the letter, it was just ten big characters scribbled on it, but it made Ma Yue's heart ecstatic.
"At the end of the day, the west of the city was on fire, and the east of the city was killed."
Ma Yue narrowed his eyes, handed the letter back to Guan Yu with a cruel smile on his face, waved his hand and took the lead in walking towards the city, and the generals did not have time to circulate the letter and hurriedly lined up in two columns to follow Ma Yue down the city.
"Convene all the generals and discuss the county governance!"
"The whole army is ready, collect supplies, sort out the baggage, and prepare for the camp."
……
With a letter from Zhen Rong, Ma Yue swept away his previous despondency, and the soldiers who gathered in the city got up from their tents, and the news of the night attack spread throughout the army like a plague.
The county in the city.
The bronze lamp of the beast's head is bright, the general of the auxiliary country, Ma Yue, kneels on the head of the golden sword, the generals of the five armies sit in two columns, and a large map of the sheepskin sewing is laid on the ground, among which the mountains and rivers, the county and township pavilions are all marked, and it looks very fine.
This is the handwriting of General Fuguo.
"The 30,000 troops outside the city have besieged the city for more than ten days, and the troops have been fighting hard for a long time...... We are trapped here, and we are alone. Ma Yue got up and stepped on the map, and said loudly, "At present, there are righteous soldiers outside the city to help the war, and they will set fire to the west of the city, and when the fire starts, we will lead the troops to kill from the east of the city, and the defenders in the east of the city are more than 8,000 troops of Liu Dai of Yanzhou Assassin Shi and Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, although there are many thieves, most of them are new recruits, and they have no combat experience. ”
There was a brief silence, Ma Yue could understand his low morale, and after more than a month of expedition, the attackers were not overcome, but the city was besieged, and no one would have any morale.
"General, this trip is a bit risky." Guan Yu pondered for a moment, Danfeng's eyes reflected the flames of the copper lamp, and he arched his hand and said: "It is better for the subordinate general to sit in the middle army, the general will lead hundreds of elite cavalry, and the two captains of Gan and Hua should take care of the detour from the north, if there is no change in the east, it will be convenient for us to converge with Yanshi City, if this is the plan of the rebels...... The general could escape into the forest in order to make a comeback. ”
Ma Yue nodded and paced, Guan Yu's words sounded good, and the two sentences were just worried that this was a ploy of the rebels, and Guan Yu could fight for his life and die.
"Yunchang's route is good, penetrate the enemy camp from the east, go all the way east to Yanshi City, go north to cross the valley water, and return to Luo in a roundabout way. Not bad. Ma Yue smiled on his face, waved his hand and said: "But teach me to give up the corporals and leave you to run away by yourself, Ma can't do it, no need to say more." ”
Guan Yu heard Ma Yue's praise before, and there was still a smile on his face, but when he suddenly heard the words behind him, the smile on his face also froze in an instant, and his red face turned purple, and he said eagerly: "General, Guan Yunchang swore first, and he will protect you with all his life's strength." At present, I don't know anything about the situation outside the city, and the general is responsible for assisting the country, so how can I ...... again?"
"No more." Guan Yu wanted to say something more to change Ma Yue's mind, but Ma Yue turned his head suddenly, took two steps and shouted: "Tiger Ben Zhonglang General!" This is a matter of more than 4,000 lives in the whole army, and Ma can escape as the main general An Neng? ”
"General!"
Ma Yue's words were intense, Guan Yu didn't say more, but Ma Yue could only hang his head and sigh, how could he not know Guan Yu's heart of protector?
"You Guan Yunchang are affectionate and righteous, and you can die for my horse. Ma Yue Minggan is five. Ma Yue lightly hammered his chest with his left hand, and the iron fist and armor made a muffled voice, looking around at the generals, Ma Yue gritted his teeth and said: "Rong Ma has been fighting for several years, and I dare not say that I will live for the rest of my life. This battle is an opportunity for us to make a comeback, and Ma cannot guarantee that all the monarchs will return to the imperial capital alive, or even whether he will survive. ”
Speaking of which, all the generals are solemn, the following generals are famous all over the world, and the hostile is also the fierce general Sun Jian, who has the name of the Jiangdong Tiger, this battle is the first time that many people have encountered a big battle in their lives, a big battle of tens of thousands of people, no one here has experienced it except Ma Yue and Guan Yu, even if it is Zhao Jin, the captain of the military academy, it is just a small joke of thousands of people, if even Ma Yue, the main general, is so not optimistic about the current situation, it is not difficult to understand that Hu Ben Zhonglang asked Ma Yue to lead the strange soldiers to evacuate.
They all know that Guan Yu's Tiger Ben Zhonglang will not be an empty name, and he can fight out from the scene of hundreds of thousands of blood flowing rivers for the Yellow Turban, who would think that he is an incompetent straw bag?
"Ma can only guarantee that all the gentlemen will not abandon me in difficult times, and I will not let you down!" Ma Yue said, raised his foot and stepped on the map to mark the location of Yanshi City, and shouted: "Life, I live with you, die, I will be buried with you!" ”
Ma Yue didn't say any superfluous nonsense, nor did he have Dong Zhuo's set of glorious and wealthy cakes, but simply lived and died together with the body of ten thousand gold, but this time it was in line with the mentality of most of the fierce generals who were born in a reckless manner, which aroused their pride.
Gan Ning's hearty laughter carried a little evil on his face, and he immediately bowed down and said: "Xingba is willing to die for the general, please be the vanguard, and destroy the enemy's formation!" ”
At this moment, Huaxiong Zhao Jin and the injured Xu Huang also bowed down together, and shouted: "I am willing to die for the general!" ”
"Since that's the case......" Ma Yue was about to arrange personnel, but saw that everyone bowed down, but Guan Yu lowered his head and pondered silently, he paused and looked at Guan Yu in confusion.
Feeling Ma Yue's gaze, Guan Yu raised his head, got up with a calm face and said, "General Yu, attacking the city and rejuvenating the fortress is a good player, and the vanguard is enough. After the subordinates asked for the command to lead the troops, they asked the general for permission. ”
"Smack!" Ma Yue clapped his hands suddenly, Guan Yu could say this sentence, which made Ma Yue very happy, anyone can do the vanguard, the main general will indicate where the enemy army is, the vanguard only needs to cover up the past, and be brave enough to be a vanguard. "What a Guan Yunchang!"
The vanguard will be brave and radiant.
The division of the broken queen, the thoughtful and the hero behind the scenes.
On the road to commanding the army, Guan Yu is on the road!