Chapter 37: Hangu Pass
"General, Captain Sun is back. ”
Outside the big tent of Huo Quai's illness, he reported to the guards.
Huo Qubing in the tent hurriedly walked outside, and the day after he caught Jiang Han, he sent Sun Yang to lead five hundred people back to the mountain range to pick up Liu Hai and his party.
But on that day, Sun Yang sent fifty soldiers to escort about 150 soldiers of the Qin army who came out of the mountain range, but there were no bangs, which was later learned from the mouth of the soldiers who came out of the mountain range.
A total of 200 people woke up, and Liu Hai was worried about Huo Qu's safety, so he let the two hundred soldiers go out of the mountain range according to the original plan, while Liu Hai continued to stay in the flat land where they got out of the miasma, because Huo Qu's order to him was 'take care of the 300 soldiers and wait for him to go back.' Liu Hai is still carrying out Huo Quzhi's order, he will not leave a step without a new military order, and Huo Quzhi is angry and scolds him for his wooden head.
Sun Yang learned that Liu Hai was still in place, and led more than 400 soldiers to find the same way and went to the mountains to pick up Liu Hai.
Six days have passed, and according to the time, he should have come back a long time ago, and Huo Quzhi wanted to take someone back in person.
Today, when I heard that Sun Yang was back, the stone in my heart finally landed.
Huo Qubing opened the tent, and saw Sun Yang with a tired face and some soldiers he brought, Huo Quzhi's eyes searched in Sun Yang's crowd, but he didn't see bangs.
A little anxiously asked, "Where is Captain Liu?"
"Will ...... Will...... Army...... , Liu Xiaowei he ...... , let's go!" Sun Yang didn't dare to look at Huo Quai's eyes, and replied with his head down.
Hearing the result that he had never imagined anyway, Huo Quzhi took a step back and said in disbelief: "Impossible, we left enough food and water when we left, how could he die?"
"General, when the general received the general's order, he set out with five hundred soldiers, and met the soldiers who pursued us in the woods where we came out of the mountains, and the last general sent fifty brothers to send them back to the camp, and the general knew it. Since Captain Liu was still in the same place, the last general took the soldiers to find the way back, and walked for two and a half days before arriving at the flat land where we were resting. ”
"The general saw the corpses of many soldiers, lying on the ground densely, and there were as many as a thousand corpses. They just couldn't get out of the miasma area, and it was Captain Liu and thirty soldiers who carried them out of the miasma. Although Liu Xiaowei and others have also taken protective measures, they have been in and out of the miasma land many times, so they ......" Sun Yang replied.
"How did you find out?" Huo Quzhi asked.
The last general found that there were still five soldiers alive, and learned from them that the last general led four hundred soldiers to bury Captain Liu and one thousand of them there, and then came back to report to the general. Sun Yang said.
After listening to Sun Yang's words, Huo Quzhi turned around and walked towards the camp, recalling in his mind the order he gave to Liu Hai at the beginning: "Ben will order you to take care of the three hundred brothers here, and Ben will come back." You can do it. ”
"The last general obeys!"
"General, can we be considered deserters?"
Thinking of this, Huo Quzhi smiled: "Wait for me to come back, wait for me to come back, haha...... Wait until I get back......"
"General, this is Captain Liu's own choice, it has nothing to do with the general, and the general is not like this. Sun Yang, who was behind Huo Quai's illness, said with a fist.
Years ago!
"That centurion, what's it called, oh...... Suddenly...... Huo is sick, I heard that you haven't married a wife yet, how can this work, although marching and fighting is the true nature of men like me, but marrying a wife and having children is a lifelong event, and it should come first. ”
"Commander Qian, my subordinates know, Captain Xie cares. ”
"Haha, you kid, I have your age, my sons are two years old, before enlisting in the army, Neiko was pregnant again, and I don't know if it's a man or a woman. ”
It's been a year!
"The last general bangs, see Captain Huo!"
"Uncle Liu, I'm a little unaccustomed to you like this. ”
Another year passed.
"Congratulations to General Huo for taking charge of the army alone. ”
"That kid in my family doesn't know if he's strong or not, when he's sixteen years old, I'm going to let him be a soldier under General Huo. ”
"I have no ambition, if I want to be under your General Liu, I have to be under you. ”
Liu ...... Liu...... Checkmate...... General Liu, haha, yes, let that kid be a pawn under General Ben. ”
"Haha......" everyone around laughed.
In front of the big tent, when he heard Sun Yang's words, Huo Qubing stopped, looked east, and read:
"Horse leather shroud, we are waiting for the destination, the soldiers go on the expedition, and the relatives are looking forward to the west!"
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Di tribe!
The Di tribe is also composed of many tribes, which vary from place to place, including Baima Di, Qingshui Di, Luoyang Di, Linwei Di, Fushui Di, Di Di, Huang Elk (Mi) Di and so on. It is also named after the color of the costume for the green di, white di, the oyster (one said that is the red di), etc., among which the white horse is the main one.
In the chieftain's tent, the chief sat at the top, and below were the chiefs of various tribes, three days ago they received the news that Qin was attacking the Qiang people, and they had not yet discussed whether to send troops to rescue them, but they never thought that there was news that the Qiang people were submissive to Qin.
There is a saying that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the Qiang people return to Qin, so where should they go to the Di people, at this time there are endless debates in the account.
"I think, don't worry about the Qin State, you must know that between the place where our Di people are located and the Qin State, there are high mountains and mountains, and the roads are dangerous. If they come to attack our Di people, they will probably have enough food for a month to transport them for a year. ”
"Haha......"
When the patriarchs in the tent heard the words of the patriarch, they all laughed. Indeed, if Qin Ruo attacked the Di tribe, he would not have to try.
"Have you forgotten that the land of the Qiang tribe, if you attack from the Qiang land, it will be a smooth road, and there is no natural danger, and my Di tribe only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, how to defend it. The name of Qin's crossbow, the Ruishi of Qin, and the Qiang people have already learned for us, what will happen to us. The patriarchs saw it. Jiang Wu, the general of the Di nationality, said.
"Don't forget, there are still 100,000 Qin troops of Li Bing in the east of my Di clan. After saying that, he added.
"This ......"
The patriarchs of the various clans, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what to do, and finally look at the chief above.
The chieftain was an old man in his fifties, named Di Zhe, and when he saw the patriarchs looking at him, he asked Jiang Wu, "What do you think?"
Jiang Wu thought for a while and said, "Our 50,000 soldiers are vulnerable in front of the Qin State. Chief, how about we return to Qin with the Qiang people!"
"What...... You ......"
"Jiang Wu, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you control the 50,000 army of my Di clan!"
"Ridiculous!"
"General Jiang Wu is right, what's wrong with returning to Qin, our Di people can get grains from Qin to cultivate. ”
"That's right, chief, we return to Qin. ”
"Well, this chief should think carefully about this. Go down, all of you. Chief Di Zhe touched his forehead with a headache and said.
Seeing the patriarchs leaving, Di Zhe fell into deep thought.
The Lantian camp of the Qin State!
In the tent, the generals of the Qin army gathered together, and Bai Qi sat on the position of the first commander. I saw him open his mouth and ask: "Wang Ling, how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized in the Lantian camp?"
Wang Ling got up and replied: "General Yu, the original 250,000 foot soldiers, and then the Military Machine Pavilion transferred back 50,000 from Wuguan, and now there are 300,000 troops. ”
"Okay, the six countries attacked Qin this time, and there were 500,000 troops, and the commander was Wu Qi, the founder of Wei Wushu, and Pang Yuan, the deputy marshal. ”
"What?
"It's him, doesn't he know how to live in seclusion? Why did he come out of the mountains again, and he still served as the commander of the Six Nations!"
"In the battle of Yin and Jin, with 50,000 Wei soldiers, Wu Qi, who defeated my Qin State's 500,000 army. ”
"It turned out to be him, Wu Qi fought dozens of battles in his life, and like General Bai Qi, he never lost a single defeat. ”
"I wonder which of the two of them is better?"
The generals talked a lot, and some good generals secretly looked at Bai Qi.
But Bai Qi still had a calm expression, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking.
"In addition to Wu Qi, the other generals of the Six Kingdoms this time are also capable of recruiting and fighting well, you must not be slack in the slightest, you must go all out to protect the peace of our Qin State. Bai Qi said.
"No, swear to defend the country to the death. The generals replied.
"The armies of the six countries gathered in Wei, and their attack on Qin should be after the beginning of spring, and it is now the twelfth day of the lunar month, so our army must first go to the new city of Taiyuan County to wait for work. Bai Qi said.
"Command all the armies, start tomorrow!" Bai Qi ordered.
"No"
One day later!
After a day's march, the vanguard of Bai Qi's 300,000-strong army arrived at Hangu Pass.
Hangu Guanxi is based on the plateau, east of the river, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River. During the Warring States Period, Qin Xiaogong seized the land of Cuihan from the Wei State and set up the Hangu Pass here. This pass is 7.5 kilometers long from east to west, and the valley road only allows one car to pass, known as "a husband is a pass, ten thousand people do not open".
Hangu Pass does not know how many times it has blocked the danger of destroying the country for the Qin State, and it is the greatest confidence of the Qin State to resist the Six Kingdoms, as long as the Hangu Pass is not lost, the Qin State will be difficult to destroy.
Looking at Hangu Pass, Bai Qi not only recalled that nine years ago, he led the army to attack Korea, occupied Yewang City, and cut off the connection between Shangdang County and the national capital of Korea. Korea wanted to sacrifice Shangdang County to sue for peace with Qin, but Feng Ting, the guard of Shangdang County, was unwilling to surrender to Qin, so he asked Zhao to send troops to take Shangdang County.
This led to the Battle of Qin, which then developed into the Battle of Changping.
From the time he was transferred back to Xianyang by King Zhao, he thought that he would never have the opportunity to command the army again in his life, but he did not expect that after nine years, he would lead the army again.
This opportunity was given to him by the man in the palace, and it was as if it happened yesterday when the two met for the first time.
"You're General Bai Qi?"
"You know me?"
"You know, Bai Qi, who slaughtered 400,000 soldiers of Zhao State!"
"Then you are not afraid of me, many people call me a human slaughter, and the people of Qin also call me in private. ”
"Have you ever heard a phrase?"
"What?"
"Killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero. Slaughter 9 million, that is, the male of the male. ”
"You're really only eight years old?"
"You see, I'm not an eight-year-old child, but a hundred-year-old man. ”
"What's your name?".
"The person who can make you 'slaughter nine million, both a male and a female'!"
After saying that, it gradually faded away!