Chapter 100: The Battle of Faith
In the first two years, it was an eventful autumn.
In the summer, wars broke out all over the world, and Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, cutting more than 30,000 ranks, worshipping General Fenwu and Jihou. Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and Xu Rong into the plain country and worked hard. Cao Cao and his old friends started a new business in Dong County. The Central Plains Wang Shi raised troops to fight against Yizhou, and started a war in Xianbei in the north of Liangzhou, and Liangzhou was in full swing.
In Liangzhou, the battle at Rongqiu came to an end with Ma Yue's retreat.
On the same day, Guan Yu attacked at night, Song Jianming Jin collected his troops, and Ma Yue took advantage of the situation to seize the opportunity of the enemy's retreat and no one broke off and ordered Yan Xing to lead his troops to attack, and more than 4,000 horsemen ran to kill five miles, and directly taught Song Jian's soldiers and horses to flow into a river of blood.
In that battle, more than 6,000 levels were killed, which can be described as a lot of gains.
But after all, after several days of fighting, Ma Yue did not dare to stay in Rongqiu and wait for death, so he retreated to Jixian at night and scattered the scouts. Then, as if chasing the wind, a steady stream of soldiers and horses from the head of the river was sent. Song Jian's army of more than 10,000 soldiers was divided into two ends, one main force waved Ji County to capture Ma Yue and others, and the other was deployed on the ancient road fifty miles southwest of the country, according to the natural danger to guard the threat from Dong Zhuo's army in Xixian County.
Ji County, Hanyang County, all grass and trees are soldiers.
The soldiers defending the city could not sleep at night, and the scouts rested on the grass and trees several miles away, covered with rotten leaves, and the enemy at the head of the river was too close to them.
If you don't pay attention, you'll have your throat cut by an enemy's dagger.
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"Brothers, the Song brothers are biting my horse and not letting go! A small force of Hetou cavalry engaged our scouts at Zhutu Mountain, and this was the matter of this morning. "Ji County has given Ma Yue as the front of the Han army in Liangzhou, the third watch in the middle of the night Guan Temple is still brightly lit, in addition to the military generals Guan, Gan, Xu, Yan, Li, Guo, Ma and others, Jiang Xu, the local family of Ji County, Jiang Xu is also in this list. Ma Yue paced in the hall wearing clogs, stepping on the unfolded map of Hanyang County under his feet, and said: "Tonight, the main force of Heshou may have rushed to Zhutu Mountain, and after the division of troops, there are roughly 8,000 to 10,000 troops, can you have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”
Eight thousand to ten thousand, this is still double the strength of your own side, out of the city is not victorious will be defeated, defend the city is helpless. It's a challenge for anyone.
Seeing that the generals were silent, Ma Yue said to Jiang Xu: "Brother Jiang, is it okay for the people to hand it over to you?" In a day or two, no matter what method is used, move the people who walk through the countryside into the city, so as not to cause the people to suffer. ”
People-oriented is the only creed of Ma Yue.
Battle, can be defeated again and again, battle, can be lost again and again. As long as he gets back on his feet, he can fight again. But if the person is gone, then it is really defeated.
Jiang Xu raised his head suddenly when he heard this, and said solemnly: "No! ”
"Yanming, Gongming, how many troops do we have left?" Ma Yue needs to have a clear grasp of his entire army, "The art of war is cloudy, and the times are divided, we must find ways to make the enemy army divide the troops again and break them one by one!" ”
Xu Huang arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, more than half of our casualties in this battle are still more than 6,000 warriors and more than 5,000 war horses. ”
More than 5,000 horses...... Ma Yue sighed secretly, when he set out on the expedition, there were more than 10,000 troops, and there were only more than 7,000 war horses, and more than half of the people were killed and injured at this time, but there were still a lot of war horses, which really taught him not to laugh or cry. The previous battle was fought well, although the defeat and retreat had achieved enough results, Song Jian's side was not comfortable, if it were not for the last Guan Yu and others to attack and kill, and the soldiers fought desperately, he would definitely not dare to have the capital to imagine going out of the city at this time. "Gongming, Yan Xing, then the two of you will lead the headquarters light cavalry out of the city, cover each other left and right, and take turns to lure Song Jian to divide the troops, whether it is an ambush or a battle. If the enemy is few, the combined army will attack it, and the enemy will retreat, so that the enemy army will be exhausted! ”
Ma Yue's fingers tapped lightly on his temples, and suddenly he remembered the person under his command, raised his head and asked, "Where is Peng Tuo?" Get him here. ”
This expedition to Ma Yue headquarters can be said to be pouring out, their own family will bring all out, Guan, Gan and others are generals, more like An Mu, Peng Tuo, Peng Shi and others follow Yang Feng to serve as guards around Ma Yue. Basically, except for Sun Yi, who was injured in the earthquake, all of them participated in the war. As soon as Ma Yue asked, Yang Feng, who was standing behind him, came out as promised, and led Peng Tuo into the room after a while, Peng Tuo knelt down and asked, "What is the matter with the lord's call?" ”
After the Yellow Turban, it has been several years, when Peng Tuo was rescued by Ma Yue from the dying place, and the Yellow Turban thief He Man, who was sympathetic to the same disease, was settled in Zhangjiachuan, Longxian County, with Ma's entourage, and received meager land and a few helpers, and had nothing to do all day long, he was the person rescued by Ma Yue, and Ma Yue's name was printed on his body. No one in the river called him, and Ma Yue never summoned him, so he forcibly let an eight-foot man sit idle in the middle of the river for several years. Fortunately, Peng Tuo did not give up on himself, he always thought about how to repay Ma Yue for saving his life, honed his sword and horse all day long, and even asked for some military books and war strategies in Sichuan in his spare time to read, and was always ready to dedicate his strength to the necessary things in the master's house.
A few days ago, along with the news of the army's expedition, he took He Man to join the Ma Yue military camp, and said a lot of good things left and right, so he served as Ma Yue's cronies to protect him. Tonight, he was standing outside the county to guard, and suddenly heard Ma Yue calling, and he was very happy at the moment, and hurriedly ran in to obey the drive.
When Jiang Xu saw that this ordinary-looking man was still wearing a guard-like armor, he couldn't help but feel strange, Ma Envoy Jun was looking for this person to discuss military affairs? Wrapped in a black scarf on his head, his cheekbones were like a Liangzhou man, with frostbite that was difficult to get rid of in summer, and he was wearing a leather armor that only guards had to be respectful to Ma Yue...... Jiang Xu immediately concluded that this person could not be counted by the general who led the troops, even the captain Qu Chang, and could only be a confidant of the envoy.
If this person is instructed in a major matter, I am afraid that the major affairs of the Jiang clan will have to be reconsidered.
"Peng Tuo, if I'm not mistaken, you have cut off General Huangfu's grain for more than a month." Ma Yue's mouth attracted the surprise of people who had never seen Peng Tuo in the hall, there is only one Huangfu general in the world, and that is the existence of a god with soldiers, just this unattractive man in front of him can cut off the military rations of General Huangfu? Isn't he dreaming? But if it's true, it's even more surprising, cut off the food of the Han army, what is the identity of this person? saw Ma Yue squinting his eyes and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”
Peng Tuo didn't know what Ma Yue wanted to do, but he had absolute trust in Ma Yue, and nodded calmly and said, "Back to the lord, it was the seventh year of Guanghe in Yingchuan County......"
Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Ma Yue and said: "If you are given 500 light horsemen at this time, bypassing Zhutu Mountain and cutting off the grain route at the head of the river for me, do you dare to go?" ”
Jiang Xu's mouth was surprised to be able to put down a stone, and the light and the seventh year of Yingchuan County...... Cut off the grain road of General Huangfu...... This person's identity is about to be revealed, who else can there be besides the Yellow Turban Rebellion? At that time, the Yellow Turbans were all over the Eight Prefectures, and the whole world was shaken, and at this time, a Yellow Turban thief appeared under the command of Liangzhou Muma Yue a few years later?
Cutting off the grain road, going deep into the rear of the enemy's army to cut off the grain road, this is a life of nine deaths, Peng Tuo took a deep breath, raised his head and said to Ma Yue's eyes: "Lord, you still need to allocate two local hunters who can ride horses, and then ...... Give two to his subordinates, two inferior horses. ”
Ma Yue pursed his lips and shifted his gaze to Yang Feng Guan Yu, who was the first to follow him.
People's paths are all chosen by themselves, and Peng Tuo, the governor of Liangdi County, resolutely joined the Yellow Turban, righteous! Heroic! To this day, he doesn't even have his own horses, if it weren't for the changes of the year, he would be a character like Ruoma and Dou Liang, and his reputation spread all over Liangzhou!
"Ah Ruo, give Peng Tuo everything he wants, and give him my war horse!" Ma Yue got up and left the table, walked down the hall and helped Peng Tuo, who was kneeling, to his feet, and said: "The past has been many years, don't be bothered by it, this food cut is extremely important, and the rest of the generals have no experience with you, so this nine-life thing can only be done by you." It doesn't take a month, as long as it is enough to cut off its food and grass for ten years, if it can't be done, don't be reckless, come back and talk about it. ”
Peng Tuo nodded heavily, and did not say anything to Ma Yue for giving him his war horse, and immediately retreated, turned around and left the house.
Xu Huang Yan Xing received the order, went back to prepare the soldiers and horses, and left the city in the early morning, Ma Yue and others sent two light horsemen out of the city at the head of the city, one left and one right hidden in the darkness before dawn. The two troops and horses rode nearly 2,000 paces, although it was almost impossible to break the enemy, as long as it could cause some trouble to Song Jianduo, and then attract his attention, so that Peng Tuo's troops could cross the main force and go around to the rear, it would be considered successful. When the time comes, whether it is a grain road or an invasion, he will always divide some troops and horses out, so that he can order the most elite Flying Bear Army and the most hard-trained armored army to pour out of the nest, and strike a fatal blow when necessary, so that the river head barbarians can go back to their hometown!
Ma Yue stayed in the city until it was about to dawn, but he still didn't see Peng Tuo's figure, so he turned to Yang Feng and asked, "What about Peng Tuo, why don't you go out of the city yet?" ”
Yang Feng inquired about the rangers under the city, and then he went to the city and said in Ma Yue's ear: "He and He Man sat in the stable for an hour, and then went to the school field to collect the soldiers and horses. ”
Just as he was speaking, five hundred horsemen lined up on the street from the direction of the schoolyard in the west of the city, and the leading double horsemen carried rusty but very sharp iron knives, with a bronze crossbow straddling their waists, and their foreheads tied with yellow foreheads.
The two of them bowed their hands to Ma Yue and other generals under the city, led the army to reorganize, Peng Tuo rode out of the city alone and looked back at Ma Yue on the city tower to bow to him, waved his hand and ordered the whole army, and rode his horse away.
Yang Feng in the city frowned and muttered in a low voice: "How many years has Zhang Jiao been dead, and he is still wearing a yellow scarf." ”
"Probably hoping for the blessing of the great sage and good teacher in the heavenly spirit. It's just that Zhang Jiao will never bless a certain family's army. Ma Yue looked at the white sky and shook his head, led the generals down the city tower, and suddenly turned around and sighed when he came to the city: "He is fighting for faith, a very pure general." ”
After that, Ma Yue smiled, this was the first time he had a smile on his face after the defeat of Rongqiu, they were all fighting for their beliefs, for themselves, for the people, for Liangzhou, and for the world.
Now, this is just the first step in this war called 'Helping the World'!