Chapter 373: The two armies face off
As long as anyone who has heard of Gu Qing in Chang'an knows that Gu Qing's courage is really not small.
No one believed that he dared to rob the prison, but he did.
No one believed that he dared to kill the assassin, he killed him.
At this moment, Wang Sili couldn't believe that he dared to provoke a conflict between the two military towns, but the 20,000 Anxi troops came all the way from Qiuzi to Yangguan, with long halberds and murderous spirits.
Wang Sili's face changed, he looked at Gu Qing's expression hesitantly, and said, "Gu Houye, do you really dare to ......?"
Gu Qing smiled and said, "Do you think I don't dare?" ”
Wang Sili gritted his teeth and said: "Gu Hou Ye, Anxi and Hexi are both important towns in the Tang Dynasty, if the two towns are good at sword soldiers, please also ask Gu Hou Ye to consider the consequences." ”
Gu Qing squinted his eyes and smiled: "I only want to ask you one thing, my five thousand war horses, Ge Shuhan still hasn't returned them?" ”
Wang Sili said with a stiff expression: "The last general doesn't understand what the Hou Ye said, and the last general doesn't know anything about the five thousand war horses." ”
Gu Qing sighed and said, "Your Hexi Army's cheekiness is really ...... It's very thick from top to bottom, and I don't admit what I've just done in a blink of an eye, General Wang, maybe you haven't heard of me, but I'm telling you, no one can snatch things from my hands, not a stitch or a thread, whoever dares to rob, I will chop off someone's hand, and today I led the army to come just to chop the hands of your Hexi army. ”
Wang Sili held back his anger and said: "The last general asks Hou Ye to think twice, if the two armies raise swords, the consequences will be very serious." His Majesty will definitely condemn him, and the soldiers under the command of Hou Ye will not be able to escape the punishment of Chang'an. ”
Gu Qing said with a smile: "Knowing the consequences, why did Ge Shuhan rob my war horse?" General Wang, if Your Majesty pursues this matter, your Geshu Jie Shuai seems to be the culprit, your Hexi Army is the first to provoke, and our Anxi Army is forced to fight back, and I will also take advantage of the lawsuit in front of Your Majesty. ”
Wang Sili was silent for a long time, then hugged his fists and said: "Master Hou, please ask Rong Mo to go back to Liangzhou to report to the festival commander, this matter is too much to do, and the last general can't be the master." ”
Gu Qing snorted? "Go, right?" The Anxi army is still marching towards Liangzhou as originally planned, before our Anxi army reaches the city of Liangzhou? If you haven't seen Ge Shuhan return the war horse? Then we will meet each other in arms, anyway, the disaster has already fallen? I don't mind making the trouble even bigger, if the Son of Heaven condemns it? I share it with Geshu Jieshuai? Someone shared the charges with me, and I had a balance in my heart. ”
Wang Sili's face changed several times, and he looked at Gu Qing seriously.
This legendary young marquis, is it really as rumored to say? It's really lawless.
Ge Shu Jieshuai's greed for a while finally caused trouble? No one dared to believe that the commander of the Anxi Army was such a person who would repay him, and the five thousand war horses did not dare to intercept them.
After Wang Sili hugged his fists and left, Pei Zhounan walked into the handsome tent and said worriedly: "Master Hou? At this time, it is still too late to withdraw the army, and withdraw to Qiuzi before the catastrophe is not broken? It's just a waste of some grain and grass, and the lower official's recital can still turn around for the Hou Ye? If Hou Ye really clashed with the Hexi Army, Xia Guan really didn't know what to say......"
Gu Qing said coldly: "Tell me the truth? Do you want to return these 5,000 war horses? The Anxi army vowed not to withdraw its troops. ”
Pei Zhounan fixed his eyes on Gu Qing? Sigh secretly.
After getting along for many days, he has gradually understood Gu Qing's character, this Hou Ye's character is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, firm-willed, and decisive, and his mind will never change, in his heart, there is such a commander in the Anxi Army, which is really a blessing for tens of thousands of soldiers, but there is such a courtier in Datang, but it is an unstable variable.
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Two days later, the army marched to Yumen Pass.
Scout Pegasus rushed back to report, ten miles ahead, the Hexi army lined up outside the Yumen Pass, the number of soldiers was about 10,000, waiting for the arrival of the Anxi army in an attack formation, and the leader was Ge Shuhan, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu.
Gu Qing smiled when he heard this.
Are you finally going to meet this legendary general?
I didn't expect the first meeting with a famous general to be such a scene, which is a pity.
However, the famous generals who robbed me of my things are no longer famous generals, but enemies.
"Where is Li Siye?" Gu Qing rode on his horse and shouted.
Li Siye rode his horse and galloped, hugged his fists and said: "The end will be!" ”
"You lead the three thousand Mo swordsmen under your command to move forward and line up the front army."
"Yes!"
"Liu Hongbo, where is Gao Lang?"
"The last general!"
"You two will each lead 5,000 cavalry, and outflank the left and right to ten miles away from the flank of the Hexi army."
"Yes!"
"Where is Chang Zhong?"
"The last general!"
"You lead five thousand archers to line up in the middle of the army, and take them behind the Modao battalion."
"Yes!"
A series of orders were issued, and the Anxi army was suddenly fierce and murderous.
The team marched, while slowly forming a formation, when there were still ten miles away from the Hexi army, the Anxi army had completed the formation, and the forward scouts of the two sides had met, the Anxi army scouts took the lead in shooting cold arrows at the Hexi army scouts, the Hexi army scouts did not expect that the other party really dared to take the lead, and immediately shot arrows to return fire, a battle, both sides were killed and wounded.
At the same time, the forward Modao battalion has arrived outside the Yumen Pass, and the Hexi Army is far away, the two armies are only three miles apart, and only two black clouds are seen outside the Yumen Pass facing each other, and the battle clouds are dense above.
Hexi Jiedu made Ge Shuhan wear a helmet, stand on horseback in the middle army, and look at the Anxi army soldiers and horses in the distance have been lined up, Ge Shuhan's eyes narrowed, and his eyes were shining.
Gu Qing, the erection, really led the army to kill, the scouts on both sides had already fought and caused casualties, for the sake of five thousand war horses, did he really dare to start a war against the Hexi army?
Then Ge Shuhan squinted his eyes and looked at the forward array of the Anxi Army again, and then he looked startled, and couldn't help but ride his horse to the front and carefully observe the forward of the Anxi Army.
After observing for a long time, the pupils in Ge Shuhan's eyes contracted suddenly, and his expression became more and more shocked.
He saw clearly the types of troops in the forward of the Anxi Army.
It turned out to be a strange knife hand!
There are a full 3,000 Mo knife hands, each holding a Mo knife more than two feet long, and the distance between people is one zhang away, which looks empty, but Ge Shuhan knows that this loose array is to leave enough space for Mo Dao to wield it, once the enemy's war horses and soldiers break into the Mo Dao array, they will be crushed by Mo Dao in the blink of an eye, and become a pile of minced meat that can't be put together.
Ge Shuhan took a deep breath, still unable to calm the shock in his heart.
Three thousand Mo swordsmen, how can Gu Qing afford it? This costs a lot of money and materials, but once they are used on the battlefield, as long as they occupy the favorable terrain, three thousand Mo swords and feet can block thousands of troops and horses.
What a big deal! What a lot of money! At this moment, looking at the Anxi army in the distance, where is the murderous aura emanating from them, it is clearly a strong aura of wealth and wealth.
Ge Shuhan was simply envious and jealous of these three thousand Mo swordsmen.
The generals of the Tang Dynasty who don't want to have an invincible Mo knife battalion in the world, but they were done by this kid who didn't have any hair, how much money did this guy make, and he had the confidence to afford three thousand Mo knife hands, does his family have a mine?
Sighed secretly, Ge Shuhan's mood at the moment was very complicated, it was obviously the juncture of the battle between the two armies, but he just had an illusion of powerlessness, just like two young people fighting each other for wealth, unfortunately, Ge Shuhan was still crushed.
Compared with the wealthy Anxi Army, the Hexi Army is simply a group of people called Huazi, where is it worthy of being called the Hexi Army, and it is called the Beggar Gang.
Soon, a man and a horse galloped out of the array on the opposite side, holding a small black flag and galloping in front of the Hexi army.
The man on the horse was a young and burly man, holding a banner and saying loudly: "According to the military order of Gu Houye, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, after half an hour, if the envoy of Hexi Jiedu does not return the five thousand war horses, the Anxi army will attack!" ”
Ge Shuhan's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The kid is arrogant! ”
There was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and a middle-aged civil official stepped forward and stopped beside Ge Shuhan.
Like the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, the Hexi Jiedu Embassy also had a supervising army. This civil official is the supervisor of Hexi Jiefu, named Li Wenyi, and Li Longji will not trust anyone easily.
At this moment, Li Wenyi was sweating profusely, his face was pale, and he leaned into Ge Shuhan's ear and persuaded hard: "Marshal, there is still time to collect troops at this time, if the Anxi army really launches an attack, there will be casualties on both sides, and Your Majesty will definitely ask for the guilt, although Gu Qing can't escape the responsibility, you will also be punished heavily, even the lower officials will ......."
Ge Shuhan said coldly: "If this marshal is easily frightened by Gu Qing, a hairy boy, wouldn't he be majestic in front of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and how could he lead the Hexi Army in the future?" ”
Li Wenyi sighed: "Jie Shuai, the lower official told the truth, Gu Qing once inquired about his colleagues in Chang'an, this son had a lot of troubles when he was in Chang'an, Shangzhou Assassin History, dignified four officials, he said that he would kill without hesitation, with this violent nature, he said that he would attack in half an hour, then he would definitely do what he said, Jie Shuai, if the two armies move, no matter who is reasonable and who is unreasonable, our future is over!" ”
Ge Shuhan's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and didn't say anything for a long time.
Li Wenyi said again: "Don't blame the commander for being outspoken, the root cause of this matter is actually the fault of you, if the commander does not detain the five thousand horses of the Anxi army, it is impossible for the two armies to confront each other to the point now, if the Son of Heaven knows the reason in the future, I am afraid that the crime of the commander is even worse than Gu Qing, please think twice, the two armies must not conflict!" ”
Ge Shuhan said with a gloomy face: "The imperial court gave Anxi 10,000 war horses, but did not give me the Hexi army, not only the war horses, but even the grain and grass in this spring have not been allocated by the imperial court, and the Hexi army has been difficult to maintain, and the commander is especially angry, so he detained five thousand war horses, I didn't expect the commander of the Anxi army to be so irritable......
Li Wenyi smiled bitterly: "Each has its own creation, each has its own opportunity, the lower officials heard that Gu Qing had a good relationship with Yang Guozhong, the right minister, when he was in Chang'an......"
Before he finished speaking, the Anxi army on the opposite side suddenly moved, and as the white flag in the hands of the generals who pressed the formation on the flanks fell, the three thousand Mo swordsmen slowly advanced forward together, and only stopped after advancing for a mile, and then shouted violently: "Kill!" ”
The sonic boom shook the sky, the heaven and the earth were low, the yellow sand suddenly took off, and the murderous aura permeated the air for a long time.
One man and one rider galloped out of the array again, galloped to the front of the Hexi Army array, and shouted: "Half an hour has come!" ”
Ge Shuhan and Li Wenyi's hearts tightened, and they looked around, behind the Mo Dao hand, thousands of archers were slowly stepping on the sand, stopping at the back of the Mo Dao camp thirty steps away from the formation, and then the arrow was wound, and the bow was full of the moon.
A general rode back and forth in the Anxi army array, waving a command flag in his hand, and shouted: "Bow and arrow ready-"
"Kill ——!" Thousands of archers shouted in unison.
Ge Shuhan was shocked, and the array of the Hexi Army also began to be turbulent, and there was a small commotion in the crowd of soldiers.
At this time, Ge Shuhan finally determined that Gu Qing really dared to make a move against the Hexi Army.
He's a madman!