Chapter 32: The Faqiang Tribe
At this time, it was already night, and the camp of the Di Dao Qin army was sizzling.
Wang Jian held a wine jar and walked towards Huo Quai's tent, and when he came to Huo Quai's tent, Huo Quai's personal guards hurriedly saluted. Huo Quai, who was in the tent, listened to the voice of the sermon, came out to check, and when he opened the tent, he saw Wang Jian holding the altar.
The two smiled at each other, Huo Quzhi looked at it, and said to Wang Qian, "How about going there?"
Wang Jian looked in the direction that Huo Qubing pointed, a burning fire, the place next to it was flat, it was a good place to drink, Wang Jian nodded, Huo Quzhi instructed the guards to prepare a table and something to sit on, and after everything was ready, the two sat down relatively well. Wang Jian opened the wine jar, filled the wine bowl in front of Huo Quai, and poured another bowl for himself. Said: "My Wang Jian was familiar with military books when he was young, and he could shoot a fifty-stone bow at the age of nine. Only you, General Huo, after a few battles, whether it is your ability to lead the army and govern the army, or your grasp of the timing of the war, I am full of admiration, come to my Wang Jian to give you a bowl. ”
Huo Quzhi picked up the wine bowl and said: "General Wang praises in seconds, General Wang is a person with the talent of a general, brave and strategic, and the ability to use soldiers, if he can't get sick, he will definitely become a famous general like General Bai Qi in the future." ”
"Haha...... , borrowing General Huo's auspicious words, if Jian has the general achievements of General Bai Qi, he will be content. Wang Jian said with a smile.
Huo Quzhi just smiled, raised the wine bowl and said, "Drink." ”
"Drink. Wang Jian also picked up the wine bowl and said.
After drinking it twice, Huo Quzhi said: "Good wine, where did General Wang find such a good wine." ”
Wang Jian put down the wine bowl and said: "Jian specially went to heaven and earth to buy it, I heard that it is Du Kang's newly brewed wine, and it is really good." ”
Huo Quzhi said: "General Wang Jian has something to say?"
Wang Qian's face became serious and said: "General Huo captured the Qiang clan Shan Yu this time, and he is going to go deep into the Qiang Clan's refuge, although the Qiang tribe does not have too many troops to stop it, but it is also in a lot of danger, and the general must be careful." ”
"Thank you General Wang for worrying about going to the sick province. Tomorrow we have to march, we will drink a bowl, I will take the rest, I will wait for you in the king's tent alone, and then you and I will not be drunk and will not return. Huo Quzhi stood up, picked up the wine jar from the table, and held it with his left hand.
Wang Jian also stood up and said to Huo Quzhi: "Okay, a word is a certainty, if you don't get drunk, you won't return." ”
The two gave each other a punch and laughed at the same time.
"Haha......"
On the second day, Di Dao's Qin army divided into three routes to attack the Qiang people, and Huo Qubing led the first army towards Longyou Pass.
The Qiang tribe is the same as the Huaxia tribe - with part of the Yandi tribal bloodline, the Qiang people are mostly surnamed Jiang, and their lower tribes do not know how many mortals.
Huo Qubing led the army westward out of Longyou, and ordered the whole army to advance at a rapid pace. His lieutenant Li Ze came to him and asked: "General, the general ordered us to wait for the 15th to capture the Qiang Shan Yu, even if we march day and night, it is impossible not to alarm some tribes of the Qiang tribe, if the Qiang Shan Yu escapes, what should I do, I don't know if the general has a plan?"
Huo Quzhi said confidently: "Ben will have his own plans, you will know when the time comes." ”
Li Ze didn't understand Huo Quzhi's self-confidence, they didn't know how many tribes they had to meet along the way, it was absolutely impossible to conceal Xingzong, the only way he thought of was to slaughter all the tribes he encountered along the way, he didn't agree with this method very much, the killing was too prosperous, but it might not be leaky.
Time flew quickly, and a morning passed quickly, and a scout rode towards Huo Quai.
came to Huo Qubing and said, "General, I found the Qiang tribe a hundred miles away. Judging by its size, it must be a small tribe of 3,000 people. ”
After listening to the scout's words, Huo Qubing was a little surprised, it stands to reason that this place is only half a day's journey away from Longxi County of Qin State, and there should be no Qiang tribe.
However, he still ordered Li Ze: "Li Ze, I order you to lead 10,000 soldiers around the west of this tribe to form an encirclement, I will move the flag and attack immediately, remember not to let go of a single person." ”
"No"
Li Ze took the order and left.
Three hours later, Huo Qubing had already led an army of 15,000 to a kilometer away from this tribe, the sky was getting dark, and the place chosen by the tribe of 3,000 people was a low-lying area, and the army of Huo Qubing could not be found.
These 3,000 tribes are called the Faqiang tribe, which is a small tribe, and its tribal leader is named Daixi. At this time, Dai Xi was still in the tent and said proudly to his subordinates: "Those cowards, what else do you say that this place is too close to the Qin State, if the Qin State comes to attack, the tribe will be completely destroyed." Behold, this chief, they are cowardly, and they make excuses for themselves. It's been our third year and nothing has happened. The water and grass are fertile here, or is this chief prescient, don't you say?"
"I have the leadership of the patriarch, and I will definitely become a tribe with a population of 100,000 in less than ten years. ”
"Yes, it's still the patriarch who is wise and martial!"
"That's right......"
The subordinates below are constantly sycophants.
Hearing this, Dai Xi was overjoyed, and pulled a beautiful woman next to him into his arms, and a pair of big hands roamed over the woman like a spirit snake.
The woman threw a wink at Dai Xi, Dai Xi felt hot, and the subordinates in the tent hurriedly retired when they saw it.
At this time, Huo Quzhi was standing on the top of the slope, looking at the sparse and sparse camp below, with a cold and handsome face. Ordered: "Order, kill!"
The herald quickly passed Huo Quai's order to Li Ze, Li Ze rode on his war horse and said coldly: "The whole army obeys the order and kills." ”
Suddenly, the black-pressed Qin army rushed towards the Qiang tribe, while Huo Quai's side was killed by six thousand people led by two captains.
As for Huo Quai, he was in the rear with 10,000 soldiers in the same place to watch the first war with the Qiang people.
In a tribe of 3,000 people, there are only 500 regular soldiers at most, and there are only about 1,000 young men. In fact, with the current combat strength of the Qin army's soldiers, only four or five hundred people were needed to win, and the reason why 16,000 people were sent was that they were worried that the enemy would take advantage of the night to escape and report the news, and Huo Qubing had to be cautious in this regard.
The shouting of killing resounded in the sky, Dai Xi in the tent heard it, his face was as pale as paper in an instant, he stumbled up, ran towards the outside of the tent, opened the curtain, and saw the black-armored Qin army coming like a tide, he ran forward a few steps and turned to look in the direction of the camp he came out just now, it was also a dense Qin army.
Suddenly, he collapsed to the ground weakly, his face frightened. His subordinates, who came out of the account first, were also stunned and at a loss.
The people of the Faqiang tribe all ran out of the tent, looking at the well-equipped soldiers of the Qin army, some were at a loss, some were looking for weapons in their hands, the children were crying, and the old man looked desperate.
It didn't take long for the Faqiang tribe to be surrounded by the Qin army, and the two sides faced each other at a distance of five hundred meters.
The soldiers of the Qin army were expressionless, with bows and crossbows and long swords facing the Faqiang people, as long as the military order was given, they would not hesitate to shoot arrows and attack, and in the time of a pillar of incense, the tribe in front of them could raze it to the ground.
The Faqiang people are holding all kinds of weapons, trembling, and unconsciously retreating step by step.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded in this tense and silent atmosphere.
The soldiers of the Qin army brushed twice, then gave way to a passage, and Li Ze rode a horse and walked slowly.
Out of the passage, he looked at the panicked and frightened Faqiang people, and said coldly: "Who is the leader of this tribe?"
Hearing Li Ze's words, the Qiang people reacted, and it has been a long time since the Qin army appeared, and their patriarch and leader has not appeared until now, and some young people have shown anger.
Li Ze didn't talk nonsense, and ordered: "The whole army obeys the order, tie up all these people, and those who dare to resist will be killed!"
The "Promise" soldiers will arrive.
"Why are you arresting us?" shouted one of the Faqiang people.
Hearing this, Li Ze threw the long sword in his hand at the man with a "poof", piercing the body, and the corpse smashed down a crowd under the action of inertia.
"Son, you died so miserably. ”
"I'll fight with you!"
A woman who saw her son dead, armed with a club, rushed towards Li Ze, and before she could run a long distance, she was shot by a soldier with a bow and crossbow.
No one dared to speak out anymore, but there was a flame of hatred in their eyes.
With the active cooperation of the Faqiang people, they were all tied up by the Qin army and imprisoned in tents one by one. And the soldiers of the Qin army slaughtered sheep and cattle, so they were not happy.
It didn't take long for the smell of meat to waft from this camp, and the soldiers of the Qin army, who were still indifferent and ruthless just now, looked at the meat in the pot with their eyes, and their saliva flowed.
You must know that from their birth to the present age, the number of people who eat meat is only a handful, and now they can eat meat, how not to be excited, not to crave.
In the big tent where Dai Xi was just now, Huo Quzhi was in the upper position, and below was a cadre of lieutenant generals, and there was a plate of beef in front of everyone, and the generals were staring at the beef in front of them, as if they were afraid that the beef in front of them would run away.
It's just that Huo Qubing didn't do anything, they were hungry, and they didn't dare to do it without permission, so they tried to endure it.
A rough-looking lieutenant could no longer bear the hunger in his belly or the desire for meat, so he got up and said: "General, the beautiful meat is in front, you can see it or not, the last general really can't stand it, the general is offended, the last general is going to do it first, when the last general finishes eating, the general will be punished, and the last general is willing to accept the guilt." ”
After speaking, he desperately picked up the beef and nibbled on it, and the rest of the generals laughed when they saw it, but licked their lips unconsciously.
Huo Quzhi was also full of smiles, and said: "Let's do it, only when you eat and drink enough can you have the strength to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions." ”
"No"
After the generals finished speaking, they didn't care about the three, seven, twenty-one, picked up the beef and stuffed it into their mouths, except for one person. Li Ze didn't look at the beef, and drank the stuffy wine from the left and the right.
After a while, the generals were full of food and drink, and withdrew from the big tent, and those who should be on duty were on duty, and those who should be asleep slept. And Li Ze was still drinking bowl by bowl, and was just about to pick up the wine bowl, but Huo Quzhi pressed the bowl with his hand.
Li Ze looked up and saw Huo Qubing who was already in front of him, stood up staggeringly, and arched his hand: "Will ...... Will...... Checkmate....... ”
"Why, I feel guilty!" Huo Quzhi asked.
"If it is a man with a sword, there will be no waves in the end, but ......"
"Remember, you are the general of the Qin State, and you are doing all this for the Qin State, and it is also for the sake of killing fewer people, and it is better to die two than to die three thousand. After speaking, he patted Li Ze on the shoulder and walked out.