Chapter 57 Drinking Horses and Crossing Autumn Water

It is strange to say that the spring in Jizhou is almost over, the land of Jizhou is full of sunshine, spring is warm everywhere, and Zhang Jiao's rebellion is also in full swing.

And Sizhou is a diametrically opposite scene, although it is only three or five days away from Jizhou, but the sky in Sizhou seems to have leaked a big hole, the spring rain is cold and cold, and the official road is also drenched in mud.

It was only one hundred and twenty miles from Luoyang to Yangcheng, and the army had marched for two days. The miserable wind and rain along the way made the soldiers cry bitterly, and the armor and swords were all cold rain.

Before reaching Yangcheng, I saw a city standing at the foot of the mountain from a distance, built by the mountain, and the momentum was magnificent.

Finally, they didn't have to move forward in this pesky rain, and the soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Report!"

The herald held aloft the command flag and galloped from afar, hooves galloping and sewage splashing. The herald hurriedly marched in front of Wang Li: "Sima, according to the general's order, the army will pause its advance, set up camp on the spot, and ask Sima to go to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters!" ”

Wang Li gently pulled the reins, nodded at Zhao Yun and Yuan Jun and the others, and all the things that were encamped and set up were ready for the army to be dealt with, and with a light shout, the shadow under his crotch pierced the rain curtain like an arrow and disappeared.

After Beizhonglang left the capital, Lu Zhi was convenient for the left and right armies to part ways, and led the army eastward to Jizhou, and Zhu Jun, the general of the right Zhonglang, led the army on the right to gallop to Yangzhai and Changshe, and Huangfu Song mentioned that the left army followed Zhu Jun's footsteps all the way south, passing Dengfeng and piercing Yangcheng to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban on the East Road.

The big tent of the Chinese army is naturally the big tent of the commander of the army on the left, Zuo Zhonglang, the general Huangfu Song, and it is more than ten miles away from the vanguard camp.

"The vanguard of the Left Route Army shoots the battalion army Sima Wang Li to see the marshal!"

Wang Lifei dismounted, handed the reins to the guards on the side, walked into the big tent quickly, and saw Huangfu Song and the five schools of the Northern Army, the Yue cavalry, the infantry, the Sanhe Hedong cavalry, the captain of the fourth battalion of the Henan cavalry and the military Sima were all there, and hurriedly gave a military salute and knelt down.

When Huangfu Song saw Wang Li coming, he knew that Ma Riyan, the captain of the shooting school, was left in the capital by Emperor Ling of Han because of his participation in the compilation of the "Xiping Stone Classic", so he nodded and stood up, took two steps back, patted the map of Yingchuan County hanging in the tent, and pointed to Yang Zhai and said:

"Since my army on the left left left of Beijing, this damn rain has slowed down the speed of our march."

Now Gongwei (Zhu Junzi) has led a total of 15,000 troops of the Northern Army's five schools to cavalry, Changshui and Hanoi of the Three Rivers to approach Yangzhai and reach Yingchuan. However, there were 100,000 soldiers led by the Eastern Road Moth Thief Bocai, Huang Shao and He Man, while Gong Wei only commanded more than 2,000 people from the Five Colonels of the Northern Army and more than 10,000 Knights of the Three Rivers.

Therefore, Ben Shuai decided that our army on the left must speed up its journey, and must rush to Yangzhai at noon tomorrow to help the army on the right. ”

Huangfu Song glanced at the generals under the account, and saw that the generals looked solemn and stood proudly, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed and slashed on the desk, and shouted: "The infantry captain is here?" ”

"The last general!"

"This commander ordered you to command the infantry battalion, transport the grain and grass of the army on the left road, and be sure to rush to Yangzhai within two days, there must be no mistake!"

"No!"

"Captain Yuecai, Sima of the Shooting Army, Captain Hedong, Captain Henan, Captain Tuncai, and Sima Ke of the Guardian Army?"

"The last general!"

"With the Chinese army officers and tun cavalry under the command of this commander as the middle army, Hedong as the rear army, Yue Cai as the right wing, Henan as the left wing, shooting sound for the front army, all the soldiers bring enough dry food for three days, eat at the end of tomorrow, send the soldiers to Yingchuan, and be sure to gather in Yangzhai at three o'clock at noon.

"No!"

Huangfu Song waited for everyone to leave, waved his hand at Wang Li, paced out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and said kindly: "Soldiers, the way of life and death." The soldiers under your command are all brothers with families, the children waiting to be fed at home, the gray-haired parents, and the beautiful wives standing against the door are all counting on them.

Deyu, if you are a general for the first time, you should focus on the soldiers under your command. Whenever you go on an expedition, you must be cautious, do not be arrogant, and do not put your brothers in danger because of your own negligence and arrogance. ”

"What Uncle said is very true, Li is taught!"

"This marshal herded horses in the north, and has been in the army for more than ten years, and the coordination, advantages and disadvantages between various arms such as the art of war, battle formations, infantry, cavalry, and horsemen can be said to be omniscient, and all of them are known." Huangfu Song helped Wang Li up, looked at Wang Li hopefully and said, "But this commander is still trembling and cautious in battle." If you want to become a qualified general, you must not only be proficient in what the commander has to say, but also integrate the art of war.

Sun Tzu once said, 'He who can win because of the change of the enemy is called a god'. Those who are good at being generals are murderous in their hearts, and they are in the imagination. Each self-transport strategy, its method is different, not the opposite is also the opposite, the time is different.

Therefore, the use of the wonderful, in one mind, is faster than the arrow does not attack its arrow, and the sword (xiān) does not carve its boat. If Zhao Kuo reads his father's book and doesn't know what has changed, his army will be captured and he will laugh for the world, which is not unfortunate. ”

Wang Li saluted Huangfu Song, raised his head and said proudly: "Uncle, although rest assured, although Li is not a military master, he is not Zhao Kuo's generation. Uncle's words, Li Zi should be remembered! However, since the uncle is well versed in strategy, he should know himself and know that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, why didn't the uncle bring Tang Zhou to the army? ”

Huangfu Song nodded with satisfaction, but listened to Wang Li continue to ask, his feet were stagnant, this stinky boy, dare to take me into an army? He smiled bitterly and said, "Do you still need to teach you how to behave?" According to the new Henan Yin He Miao, Na Tang died in prison a few days ago......"

Tang Zhou is dead?

Wang Li was stunned, the scheming, civil and military master of the Taiping Sect, Zhang Jiao's eye was a thorn in the flesh, and Tang Zhou, the biggest traitor of the Yellow Turban Uprising, was violently ill in prison? A trace of doubt flashed in Wang Li's eyes, but he saw Huangfu Song waving his hand and drifting away.

……

"Drinking horses and crossing autumn water, the water is cold and the wind is like a knife."

There is no autumn water from Yangcheng to Yangzhai, only a Yingshui goes down the southeast of Yangcheng to Yangzhai.

The drizzle finally stopped, and the sun was gradually rising, but the morning of early April was still cold, and there was no warmth on the banks of the Yingshui River except for the bubbling Yingshui and the dew of ice crystals. The army set off at dawn and rushed all the way along Yingshui, the blades in their hands as cold as ice and snow.

"Report!"

As soon as the shooting battalion approached the Yangzhai range, it was still seven or eight miles away from the county seat of Yangzhai, and they saw the scouts rushing from the direction of Yangzhai, and quickly rolled off their horses in front of Wang Li.

"Yu Sima, the army on the right has arrived in Yangzhai last night, and this morning and the army of Bocai met under the city of Yangzhai, stalemate for two hours, after all, tired and outnumbered, the right Zhonglang general and his soldiers have been routed to the front not far away."

Wang Li looked in the direction pointed by the scout, and about three or five miles ahead, sure enough, there was dust and smoke, and people were neighing.

Defeated? Zhu Jun led more than 15,000 elite soldiers of the Northern Army and the elite soldiers of Sanhe, and they were defeated in two hours? Is it fast here?

"Herald!"

"Here!"

"Hurry back along the road, and let the battle information know to the marshal!" Wang Li saw the herald galloping backwards over the army, scanned the whole army with a rein, and shouted, "Sons, what are we waiting for as a soldier?" ”

"Defend the family and the country!" Thousands shouted in unison.

"Now that my brother Paoze is surrounded by many people, can I save it or not?"

"Save! Save! Save! ”

Thousands of knives were raised above their heads like thunder, causing the birds in the forest to panic and scurry in all directions.

"Good!"

Wang Li patted the horse's back, his eyes were cold: "Ben Sima Ling: The first song and this Sima are the front army, the second song is on the right wing of the formation, the third is on the left wing of the formation, and the fourth song is behind the palace, the whole army is in a conical formation and goes straight into the enemy formation, and gallops to help my army on the right. ”

"No!"

Zhao Yun and Subei, Jiangnan, Yuan Jun and other military candidates clasped their fists and shouted.

The cone-shaped formation, the front is sharp and swift, the wings are strong and powerful, it is a formation that strikes, breaks through and cuts the enemy with the momentum of thunder, and cannot be used by non-brave men and elite soldiers, and this ancient formation has been recorded in the "Art of War".

Wang Li gave an order, Zhao Yun's second song and Jiangnan's third song, and Yuan Jun's fourth song all moved closer to the middle, forming a triangular pyramidal formation, and the first song led by Wang Li and Subei was like a triangular pyramidal cone, and it was like a sharp peak on the tip of a knife.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son! How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the son! How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son! ”

Wang Li's legs were clamped, the Zhongxing sword was unsheathed, pointed straight ahead, and let out a long roar, "Kill!" "The rider has rushed out like thunder and lightning. Ma Ming Xiao Xiao, dust and smoke billowing, more than a thousand shots of elite like surging water straight into the yellow scarf encirclement.

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Seeing the defeated soldiers rushing in the battle, Zhu Jun glared angrily, full of self-blame, and wanted to pick up his sword and fall to chop all these moths and thieves under the horse. Just because he didn't notice it for a while, he fell into the siege of Bocai. From the hour to the afternoon, the fierce battle with it for two hours, after all, the defeat of the moth thief is great, the dignified court right middle general, the elite soldiers of the dynasty Sanhe County were forced to flee in a hurry, abandon the armor and defect.

In the battle array, severed limbs flew sideways, rivers of blood flowed, and wails were repeated.

Countless moth thieves pounced viciously at the Han soldiers with steel knives and spears in their hands, dividing more than 10,000 Sanhe elite soldiers into several encirclements.

A soldier rode his horse into the formation, and with a swing of his sword, the leader of the moth thieves in front of him suddenly separated, blood spurted out, and then several large knives and spears had been inserted into the soldier's vest from behind.

The soldier roared angrily, glared angrily, jumped off the horse with all his might, and shot with a long knife, like a rainbow chasing the moon, several moth thieves flew in the air, and the army waited to fall down from the sky, and the big knife and spear broke out of the chest.

"Get out of here!"

A soldier who had just joined the army was frightened by the dense moth thieves in front of him, his hand was constantly waving, and his mouth was driven away and scolded. Seeing that it was a chick, the moth thieves smiled viciously, blocked Changge, and flew to slash at the soldier's left arm, and the knife fell to the arm. The soldier screamed, looked at the broken arm on the ground, suddenly put down the Changge in his hand, and threw himself on the man, biting the man's neck, blood gushing into his throat, and a chill.

The soldier with the banner in his hand struggled to push away the moth thief, and pounced on the flag, although the flag was already in tatters, but the soldier showed an affectionate smile, and stroked the flag lightly, as if he was so gentle with his lover, and regardless of the swords, guns, swords, and halberds of the moth thief behind him, he struggled to stick the flag tightly on the ground.

The cold wind hunted, the flags fluttered, and the crimson flags were like blood on the chests of soldiers.

Zhu Jun looked back at the Tun Cavalry, Yue Cavalry and his own personal guards behind him, all of them with a solemn expression, and his face was full of determination and anger. These are all good men brought from their hometowns, who have been fighting and killing all the way with themselves for more than ten years, with guns and arrows, and even when Jiaozhou broke the Lianglong, he also blocked the sword and avoided the sword for himself, but unfortunately he did not bring them glory and wealth, but today he will personally send them to the Shura battlefield under Yangzhai City.

Seeing that the situation in the field was as dangerous as eggs, and the situation was becoming more and more urgent, Zhu Jun gritted his teeth and shouted: "Sons, moth thieves are harming the court and causing chaos in the world. Ben will be ordered to eliminate the thief, and today I am willing to live and die with you, there is no life and death! ”

"Live and die together, there is death and no life!"

"Kill!"

Zhu Jun had to stand upside down, split a flying arrow with a knife, and led more than 2,000 people under his command to rush to the enemy formation. It is like a thorn on the bank of the Xiaoxiao Yishui River, and like a moth fighting a fire by the roaring bonfire.

There is no hesitation, tragic and desolate.