Chapter 17: Confrontation

Turning his head to look at Liu Dan, whose clothes and armor were torn and his face was tired, Liu Fan had forgotten his brother when he was fighting just now.

Seeing him sighing at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "War is very cruel, and it will be a success, and it is not a lie." Today, you can be regarded as the cruelty you have experienced, and in the future, you must not easily allow people to be allowed by military affairs. ”

"Yui!" Bowing his head, Liu Dan also realized how absurd it was for him to promise Ma Yuli to cooperate with the outside world just because of a few words of conversation.

The way of war is treacherous, and life and death are big.

No longer caring about Liu Dan, Liu Fan rubbed his shoulder blades while walking around to comfort the injured Zhong Langwei. Although Fang Cai was brave in the battle with Li Meng, he was now sore. However, he still endured the pain and calmed the injured soldier first.

After all, for a long time to come, these people will be their confidants.

"General Zhonglang, what should we do with those robes that died in battle?" At that moment, Xu Huang came to Liu Fan's side and asked softly.

Under normal circumstances, the battlefield is that the robes that died in battle are carried back and buried when there are auxiliary soldiers to clean the battlefield, but at present, the situation is tense, and the Xiliang army in Chang'an City can be chased out at any time, so Xu Huang is not sure whether to stay here longer.

Glancing at the people on the battlefield, Liu Fan hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Let the uninjured guards gather the robes that died in battle, the battlefield is dangerous, bury it on the spot, and you can rest in peace." ”

Although Liu Fan ordered the uninjured to clean up, the battlefield was dangerous, and some of the slightly injured would just stay and watch, so with the cooperation of more than 400 people, the sons and daughters who died in the battle were all buried in a centralized manner.

Life and death are big things, and the ancients paid attention to entering the soil for safety. Even if you can't be buried in a grand way, you don't want to be thrown into the wilderness at will, after all, you may die on the battlefield at any time, and everyone wants to be protected. Therefore, after burying the corpse, the sense of belonging of the people under his command has obviously increased a lot.

When they looked at Liu Fan, a light gradually appeared in their eyes, maybe that was faith.

After dealing with the trivial matters, Liu Fan took the lead in turning over and getting on the horse, looked around the left and right, and said with a solemn expression: "Today's robe Ze is sleeping here, I am deeply sad, but since I joined the army, I am destined to be shrouded in horse leather."

The husband sacrificed his life for the country and died a well-deserved death. Now that Li Dao and Guo Yan are rampant, we are weak, and Ma Teng will inevitably be deceived by him, I intend to go back to Yizhou first to gather an army and fight back, are you willing to follow? ”

"We are willing to die with us!" As soon as Liu Fan's words fell, Xu Huang and the others shouted without hesitation.

Not to mention that Liu Fan is a Shangguan, what he wants to take them is also a living road, it is the rigorous training in the past few days and the battle to the death just now that everyone has made everyone understand that Liu Fan is a general who can let them rest assured to follow their orders.

"Good!" With a loud shout, Liu Fan was not verbose, and he was about to gallop towards the west when he turned the horse's head.

However, just when Liu Fan and the others were just about to set off, a large amount of smoke and dust suddenly rose from the west direction, followed by a large number of horses' hooves, and there should be no less than a thousand people in the formation.

The leader of the man had a white horse under his crotch, holding a war knife in his hand, and a fierce courage escaped from a long distance.

Watching them slowly approach, Liu Fan's eyes gradually became solemn. Reinforcements from Marten arrived.

When the general galloped on his horse, and when he was still hundreds of meters away from Liu Fan, he had already opened his mouth to ask: "The opposite side is General Zuo Zhonglang in person, I am a captain under General Zhengxi, and I am specially ordered to come to meet General Zhonglang!" ”

As he spoke, the general just raised his hand to order the cavalry behind him to stop, but he rushed over alone.

Looking at this brave young man, Liu Fan's face was solemn, and when the two faced each other, he responded with his fists clasped his hands, "Below is Zuo Zhonglang General Liu Fan, dare to ask Your Excellency's name and surname?" ”

"Captain Pang De under the command of General Zhengxi!"

In my heart, it was really him. In fact, looking at the momentum when he came just now, Liu Fan guessed that it might be the white horse general Pang De. Now that it's confirmed, it's not much of a surprise.

Glancing at Xu Huang beside him, Liu Fan looked at Pang De and asked, "I don't know what happened when Captain Pang came this time?" ”

Surrendered again, Pang Deli was thoughtful, "General Zuo Zhonglang previously sent someone to General Zhengxi for help, and I was sent by the general to answer General Zhonglang." ”

"With only your more than 1,000 cavalry, we can just defeat the 1,000-person cavalry department of the Xiliang Army." Pound's words fell, but Xu Huang on the side added inexplicably. Perhaps as the number one general under Liu Fan, he felt that he needed to stand up at this time.

Looking up and down, Pang De didn't say anything, but just said: "Seeing that I'm late, since the chasing soldiers have retreated, General Zhonglang will go back with me!" ”

"Are you coercing me?" The tone was flat, Liu Fan looked at Pang De and said coldly.

"Don't dare." Quickly bowed his head, and Pang De responded steadily, "I am also acting under orders, and I will not be embarrassed by Zhonglang." ”

"Heh, Ma Shou's achievements are really amazing, holding soldiers and horses in his hands, is this trying to dominate Guanzhong?"

"Please be cautious to General Zhonglang, General Zhengxi just wants to enter the king of Jingqin and eliminate the rebellion!" Hearing this, Pound hurriedly explained for Ma Teng.

"Bastard! When he entered the king of Jingqin, did he treat the messenger of the Son of Heaven like this? There was a thud, and Pound changed color again.

He looked at Liu Fan in disbelief, it was the first time he had met a nobleman from the palace, he was so old in Liangzhou, and he didn't do a lot of murder, but he didn't know what etiquette to use to deal with nobles.

At that moment, Pound was a little flustered, and after rolling his eyes a few times, he immediately turned over and dismounted. Towards Liu Fan, he arched his hand, "Vulgar people, don't know how to be polite, and ask the messenger of the Son of Heaven to calm his anger." ”

"Humph!" Snorted indifferently, Liu Fan ignored it, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and slowly walked forward. Seeing this, Xu Huang and Liu Dan glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.

Although he was indifferent and calm on the face, he was quite helpless in his heart, and the Lang Guards, who had just experienced a wave of war, were not suitable for conflict with Ma Teng's army at this time. Therefore, he can only pretend to be a tiger first, hoping that there are no smart people in Ma Teng's army.

In the rear, Pound's face was shocked, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he followed with trepidation.

In mid-February of the first year of Xingping, Ma Teng, the general of Zhengxi, and Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, formally confronted the right general Guo Yan and the later general Fan Chou under the Changping view, and the war between the two sides was about to break out.

And the general of Zhengxi, Ma Teng, also ushered in the biggest reliance of this trip, the general of the Forbidden Palace of Heaven, Zuo Zhonglang, the general of the Zuo Zhonglang Army, and his party.

At the door of the spacious Chinese army's big tent, Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Xiliang generals were all included, and the curtain of the camp tent was opened.

At the door, a handsome young man stood tall under the guard of several fierce soldiers, looking at the proud shock in front of him: "Is this how General Zhengxi greets the messenger of the Son of Heaven?" ”