Chapter 42: Three-way scuffle
For Ma Yue, what happened after leaving Yuyuan Pass was really unlucky.
It was a great blessing to be lucky to withdraw from Yuyuan Pass, after all, the daily consumption of nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses was huge, and Guanzhong spent more than ten days in vain, and was besieged by tens of thousands of Montenegrin troops sooner or later and will be consumed to death in the pass. Therefore, no matter how you look at it, the rainy night of the evacuation was a golden opportunity. The problem was that it rained heavily for two days in a row, and the wooden boxes where the soldiers were carrying to store grain and grass were damp, and a lot of the grain became moldy in the following days.
When the grain and grass are gone, the morale of the army is unstable. Coupled with the tension and difficulty of the continuous march in the rain, hundreds of armored soldiers fell ill, and from the indomitable Liangzhou sergeant to soft feet, not to mention wearing heavy armor, even regular marching became a problem.
All of a sudden, the battleable soldiers of the armored army were gone, and only 3,600 heavily armored knights remained. The wounded soldiers and the sick were carried by improvised carts made of wooden planks as they made their way to their destination, Huayin.
They had to go to Huayin, and the wounds of the wounded soldiers could not be completely healed by simple treatment without medicine, not to mention that the successive heavy rains had inflamed the wounds of many soldiers' robes, which would aggravate the injuries within a few days.
However......
On the official road at the foot of Bears Ears Mountain, the first scout of the horse scout flew back, jumped off the horse cleanly, prostrate in front of Ma Yue, and said: "Report to the general, there are two soldiers and horses facing each other fifteen miles ahead, blocking the way for us to wait!" ”
"Confrontation between the two sides?" Ma Yue frowned and asked, "Can you see whose banner they are shaking?" ”
"Back to the general, look at the side of the banner is the general of the chariot cavalry, and Nanyang guards Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. On the other side is the Qinwang army of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan. ”
"Yuan Shu and Liu Yan? It's not going to end well. Ma Yue's fingers tapped lightly on the saddle, and he frowned and ordered, "Fifteen miles, right?" Let's set up camp for the first five miles and see what they have in mind. ”
Yuan Shu, Liu Yan, and Ma Yue, these three are all old enemies. The road at the foot of Bears Ears Mountain is relatively narrow, and no one can get through the road with those two people blocked on the road. Besides, will Yuan Shu and Liu Yan let their soldiers and horses pass?
Ma Yue thought of this and shook his head silently.
Liu Yan was once attacked by Yuan Shu, speaking of which he has no hatred with Ma Yue, but the geographical proximity of Liangyi Erzhou is close, and Ma Yue has coveted the fertile land of Yizhou for many years, not to mention that he has long been thinking about dividing Liangzhou Hanyang, Sili Sanfu, Yizhou Hanzhong and Yongzhou after Sanfu has gained a firm foothold. In his heart, he had long placed Liu Yan, the Han clan who cut the land as the king, in the position of his old enemy.
Yuan Shu and Ma Yue don't need to say it, the blood and bones left by the two of them several times can dye the river red, and now that they meet on this narrow road, where will they make way for him?
Although they are both the army of King Qin, Ma Yue doesn't believe that these two guys who can confront each other halfway can be so big-minded and have the same hatred.
The road was blocked, and the soldiers could not be properly treated, and the generals under Ma Yue had already jumped out before he could say anything. Just when the armored army was encamped in the village, Ma Chao had already taken off his heavy armor and galloped his horse to lead a few scouts forward, and Ma Yue couldn't stop screaming in the back, so he could only let him run.
Yan Xing stepped forward and said to Ma Yue: "Don't worry, my lord, Meng Qi is not an impulsive person, otherwise he will definitely lead the army forward." His subordinates guessed that he was probably trying to find out the enemy's situation, and he would not be reckless. ”
Ma Yue groaned and nodded, beckoning Ma Dai to lead a light horse to chase after Ma Chao. Then he instructed Xu Huang and the others not to set up camp first, and wait for Ma Chao to come back. He went to the camp of the wounded soldiers to visit the wounded and sick robes.
The camp was so pierced, and Ma Chao galloped back in the evening, and the flying horse jumped down and went straight to Ma Yue's big tent and said loudly: "Uncle, my nephew has gone to see their camp, the two sides are several miles apart, and the soldiers are shouting and dare not attack each other, let's rush over!" ”
Ma Dai also followed into the account and nodded his head.
Ma Yue turned his head and asked, "We are not only soldiers and horses, but also hundreds of wounded robes and a small amount of baggage, what if we run halfway and are caught between the two sides?" ”
Ma Dai said: "Uncle can do this, your commander will ride first, run through the enemy camp and repeatedly throw arrows at his camp. The nephews followed with heavy cavalry and heavily wounded soldiers, and the heavy cavalry guarded the left and right to see which of them dared to attack! ”
"You two think you two can give it a try?" Ma Yue frowned, he deliberately stationed in Ma in order not to conflict with the Qin Wang Army, after all, this expedition was to drive away the Black Mountain Army and relieve the emperor's crisis. They were still needed for the later wars, and he was reluctant to take the lead in war with any prince who led the army of the king until he had to.
To put it more simply, even if there is a war, for Ma Yue, he can only fight after driving away the Montenegrin army and advancing into Luoyang.
The princes compete for power, in the final analysis, for power. If the Montenegrin army were to defeat the coalition of princes, it would mean differently. If the princes of various places can't defeat the rebels, what kind of feelings will they give to the people of the world?
But at this moment, it seems that the method that Ma Chao and Ma Dai said is also feasible.
The long-range shooting of the enemy with the maneuver of the armored light cavalry made it panic, and then the baggage went first, and when Yuan and Liu were excited, they were supplemented by heavy cavalry and trampled past, most of the two of them would not pursue.
At that moment, Ma Yue grabbed the hood and buckled it on his head and said: "Order, the whole army is ready to break through!" ”
The armored light cavalry and heavy cavalry lined up separately, and the wounded soldiers placed on the carts were also issued with bows and short swords to defend the baggage, but in a few moments the entire armored army was ready, and Ma Yue gave an order, and the armored light cavalry followed him and attacked first.
Ma Yue led Wang Shuang and Xu Huang to gallop forward with more than 1,000 armored light horses, Gan Ning supervised 900 foot soldiers and the wounded soldiers of the chariot driver, and Ma's four cavalry followed Yan Xing to supervise more than 1,000 armored heavy horses to guard the chariot and drove forward together.
The light cavalry always pressed the speed, not daring to go too far from the heavy cavalry and the chariot, and when they were about to march for several miles to the enemy, the scouts who had been scattered suddenly reported that the two armies of soldiers and horses in front had already left the camp, and each had thousands of men on guard.
Fuck, this can't get by?
Ma Yue angrily wanted to shake off the hood, and finally glanced back at the battle-spirited cavalry, beckoned a scout and said: "You go to the front and tell both sides that we are just taking the road to move forward, let them get out of the way, and at the same time stop the confrontation and march to Luoyang." ”
Wang Shuang arched his hand and said, "General, let's let my subordinates go down on this matter." ”
As he spoke, Wang Shuang asked for a big flag from behind and grabbed it in his hand, and galloped forward.
Ma Yue then ordered the armored heavy riders behind him to follow, and accelerated his speed towards the front.
Yuan Shu was confronting Liu Yan, and he did not give the order to attack first.
Although Yuan Shu is easily impulsive, he still knows soldiers. This is a rare piece of flat land under the Bears Ears Mountain in the Sizhou boundary, Liu Yan pulled out more than 3,000 people to form two phalanxes outside the camp, one left and one right, all composed of Yizhou knife and axe hands and bamboo archers, there are several arrow towers in the camp, and I don't know how Liu Yan, the old bastard, set up the camp within a few days, not to mention the arrow tower. This is a good thing, the entire camp is within the range of the archers for hundreds of steps, so Yuan Shu should not take the initiative to attack.
What's more, he knew that his soldiers and horses would only arrive in Nanyang for a few months, and most of the soldiers and horses he pulled up were new soldiers and Nanyang defenders. If there is no camp, he can still fight a battle with armaments slightly better than Liu Yan, and at this moment it is not a time to have to do it, Liu Yan is not in a hurry, and he Yuan Highway is not in a hurry, it's a big deal that we are here to consume!
Suddenly, someone came to report that a large number of birds in the eastern forest were startled, and a large group of people and horses came.
Now Yuan Shu is anxious, where will the Montenegrin army attack at this juncture? Not to mention the same hatred of the enemy, as far as the relationship between him and Liu Yan is concerned, it would be good not to stab him in the back. What else, let's withdraw.
Yuan Shu almost did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the scouts to quickly probe the enemy, and if the Montenegrin army exceeded 1,000 people, the whole army immediately retreated.
As soon as the scout took two steps, Yuan Shu jumped to his feet and shouted, "Stop, tell me what is written on that flag!" ”
When asked this, Yuan Highway had a fierce look on his face. Damn, Lao Tzu clearly saw the big words 'Liangzhou Covered Armor' written on the flag.
Then, he saw a horse galloping with a large banner, and behind him more than a thousand cavalrymen in bright armor held bows and crossbows stationed on the hillside, waving their flags, and each arrogantly looked at the two sides of the confrontation under the hillside.
I saw that the man who rode straight into the formation of the two armies, carrying the big banner, shouted: "A certain family is Wang Shuang, a military general under the command of Captain Sili, Marquis of Meiyang, and Ma Yue, an auxiliary general, and he was ordered by the general to order the army of the king of Qin not to kill each other, to make way for us and others, and to lead his troops to Luoyang to rescue the siege of the Son of Heaven!" ”
At the beginning, Yuan Shu also urged the horse to move forward in two steps, bent down and frowned and listened to what Wang Shuang said loudly, how did he know that the more he listened, the worse his face became, and after calling a ride, Yuan Shu stretched out his two fingers and shouted: "You go and tell him loudly, what kind of official is this general, what auxiliary general is only at the same level as Yuan, and he doesn't care if he gets a certain family!" ”
The cavalry laughed when he heard this, and drove his horse out of the line and shouted, "Vulture! The general of my family is the general of the chariot and the Taishou of Nanyang. At the same level as the auxiliary general, I'm afraid he can't command my general, but you can tell the other side that they are not as high as your generals, hahaha! ”
With the arrogant laughter of the cavalry, the Nanyang army burst into laughter, and the soldiers at the front even took a few steps forward with great force, raising swords and guns to attack Wang Shuang.
"If you don't respect the edict, you will be the enemy of the auxiliary generals, and you will be rebelled, and you will be destroyed under the iron hoof!" Wang Shuang, the Nanyang soldier who was showing off his might, just glared at them, didn't say anything, turned his head to look at the Yizhou army belonging to Liu Yan, and asked, "Could it be that Yizhou Mu has the same meaning as the Che Cavalry General?" ”
There was no speech in the Yizhou army, but no one in the military formation took a step back, and no one conveyed the intention of wanting to obey the order.
Liu Yan thought clearly, Ma Yue would not be so arrogant that he would fight against two, so it didn't matter if he didn't answer, but if Yuan Shu didn't respect his own family, wouldn't it be a dwarf in morale?
Wang Shuang laughed angrily, didn't say anything, just turned his horse away, and at the end, he forgot to glance at the Nanyang military formation.
As soon as he walked out of the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, he saw the Liangzhou army on the hillside waving flags in the place where the horses were stationed, and the military music sounded without warning in an instant, and thousands of iron horsemen were like rolling torrents down, and the roaring sound shook the heavens and the earth.
Wang Shuang turned his horse suddenly, waved the battle flag of 'Liangzhou Covered Armor' and shouted: "Fight the world for rebellion!" ”
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