Chapter 601: The Battle of the Western Regions (1)
"Governor, something is wrong!"
Early in the morning, as soon as Lu Bu stepped out of the military tent, Chen Gong walked over with a frown.
"What's wrong?" Lu Bu was stunned, and he didn't seem to have fully sobered up.
"Someone seems to be chasing after us?"
Hearing this, Lu Bu was stunned again, and immediately wondered: "Could it be that His Majesty sent someone to follow?" ”
"Impossible!"
Chen Gong shook his head without hesitation and said, "Your Majesty has mobilized a total of nearly 200,000 troops in this expedition to the Western Regions. Among them, the deputy governor of the Northern Army, Kebineng, has led 50,000 troops to attack the Che Division; And Zhao Yun, the governor of the Western Army, also led 50,000 troops to the hinterland of the Western Regions according to the plan; Coupled with the governor's journey, only the 30,000 Chinese troops under the account of the deputy governor of Wenchou were responsible for protecting His Majesty in Yiwu. ”
"Although there are guards with swords, Dian Wei has led thousands of internal guards to accompany him, but whether it is the guard or Guo You's supervision of the imperial history, it is impossible for the deputy governor of Wen Chou to move lightly."
Lu Bu's expression was relieved, and he said, "So, is there someone else?" ”
"That's right!"
"Is that what we're looking for?"
"Unlikely!" Chen Gong looked sorry and said, "Wusun, like the Xiongnu and other tribes, is a nomadic people, although these people are highly vigilant, they will never escape the eyes of our detectives, and there is no chance to appear from behind us at all. ”
"Well, then the departure time will be delayed today, and we will talk about it when the new news comes back, if it is the enemy, it will be destroyed directly!" Lu Bu made a decision immediately.
Chen Gong nodded in response, and then the two went to breakfast hand in hand.
After the meal, all the soldiers began to pack their bags. After packing up, I thought I would set off immediately, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't get my wish.
"Why don't you leave yet?"
"Yes! However, since you can rest more, what's so bad? It's tiring enough to travel in the past few days, and ah......"
"Alright, Lao Xu, stop your chatter!"
"How can this be a chatterbox, let's tell you, this is ......"
"Wow, this old Xu!"
"What? Be quiet! ”
Suddenly, an immature, but serious voice sounded, and everyone looked at it, and Naitun Chang Astragalus quickly closed his mouth.
Astragalus is only fifteen years old, but his martial arts are very high, and he has always been quite strict with his subordinates, so everyone is afraid of him.
"There is something important to do when I come out this time, since the governor has suspended the army, there must be a discovery, and there is likely to be a big war, so everyone should talk less nonsense, and keep their spirits up, once an order comes, if anyone drags back the head of Bentun, you must be careful when training."
After speaking, Astragalus left, but no one dared to chat anymore, either closing their eyes and resting their minds, or moving their hands and feet slightly, bending over, and pulling their hips......
What no one knows is that Astragalus didn't really leave here, after all, he was just a tun chief, with only fifty people under him, and he couldn't just walk around in the barracks. Looking at the movements of his subordinates, Huang Qi smiled with satisfaction, and at the same time felt glad for his decision to quietly enter the army without hiding from his family.
Astragalus's idea is very good, but the identity card really can't deceive people, and his family has already known his traces, just because his grandfather Huang Xu pressed these down, so he didn't learn a lesson.
At the same time, Astragalus's actions also opened up a new path for these generals, such as Astragalus's cousin Huang Jian, Yan Liangwenchou and other grandsons, who also followed suit. Only those under the age of fifteen were all driven back, and only those over fifteen were successfully entered the army. It's not that Huang Xu and others have said hello, but the standard for recruiting soldiers is over fifteen years old. Gongsun Du also planned to raise the age of conscription to sixteen or seventeen, but the ministers did not agree, and even suggested lowering it further, so in the end it had to be maintained at the age of fifteen. (I remember when I was in junior high school, some of my classmates went to the army, so fifteen is really not small.) )
"Astragalus~"
Astragalus was excited, and subconsciously responded: "Here!" ”
"Assemble the army, immediately set off with the captain of this school!"
"Yes!" At this time, Huang Qi found out that it was Sima Xu Gai who called him.
The army is organized as the Wushitun Qu Army, and Sima Nai is the deputy of the lieutenant, usually in charge of one or two Qu people. But because of Xu Gai's strong martial arts, although he is only Sima, he is in charge of a department, and when the time comes, he will become a school captain. However, now Xu Gai will personally inform him of a tun chief, and the meaning of this is worth recalling.
Astragalus didn't think much about it, but admired this Sima Duo. As the great-grandson of Huang Zhong and the grandson of Huang Xu, he can be said to have a family history, and his martial arts are much higher than his peers, even if Zhao Guang, who is much older than him, he can also draw with the battle. However, just like this, when he wanted to become the chief of the qu, he was taught a hard lesson by Xu Gai, and then he could only continue to be the chief of the tun.
"Everyone, prepare!"
Astragalus shouted to his subordinates, and in an instant, they were assembled.
"Let's go!"
Seeing this, Astragalus shouted, and immediately took the lead and ran towards Xu Gai.
Xu Gai's department completed the assembly in just half an hour after the arrival of Astragalus.
Xu Gai glanced at everyone solemnly, turned on his horse, and shouted: "Let's go~"
Everyone mounted their horses and followed, and ran out of the barracks.
Somewhere in the barracks, two men watched their departing backs until everyone was out of sight.
"Gongtai, do you think they can do it?"
Chen Gong and Lu Bu seem to have fate, and the two can now be said to have a bad relationship. Hearing this, Chen Gong smiled faintly and said, "Du Du thinks that with the two of them, he can't kill the remnants of less than a thousand people?" ”
Lu Bu was silent for a moment and said, "Astragalus's words, I can't say for sure, but Xu Gai is definitely fine." ”
Chen Gong nodded and did not speak again.
On the other side, Xu Gai led the troops to a certain valley under the guidance of the Tancai, and after understanding the specific situation, he summoned Astragalus and said: "This mission is very simple, the enemy has less than a thousand people, what do you think?" ”
Huang Qi was stunned for a moment, and then understood that this was testing him, so he said: "A little thief, just pounce on it." But if you want to surround and kill it, and don't let one of them escape, you can divide the army into three ways, one way to meet the enemy head-on, and the other two roads take the opportunity to go around to the side, and under the attack on three sides, there must be few people intact, and the rest only need to chase and kill on horseback. ”
Lure the enemy, raid, encircle three missing one! It's really amazing, it deserves to be after General Huang!
"Okay, that's it!"
Xu Gai responded, and then ordered: "The task of engaging the enemy head-on will be handed over to you." ”
Without waiting for Huang Qi to say more, Xu Gai had already given orders to the others. The 2,000 cavalry immediately divided into three routes, Xu Gai led 700 troops to the left side, and the other road led 900 men and horses to the right, leaving 400 people in the same place, and the whole two groups of people.
Huang Qi looked at the two Qu Chang who were not good-looking, there was not much, but he said: "Since Sima has a word, then we will naturally obey our fate." Then he turned pale and shouted, "Now, everyone, go now!" ”
I don't know why, the two Qu Chiefs couldn't resist Astragalus's words, or they had strict military discipline, or they were suppressed by Astragalus?
Astragalus rushed to the front with a horse chopping knife in hand, followed by four hundred people. Astragalus's family heirloom is a phoenix tail knife, and he is naturally no exception, and he has been refined, but in order to hide his identity, he did not use the phoenix tail knife as a blade, but used a horse chopping knife with an appropriate weight.
Turning out of the valley, without the guidance of the probe horseman, the astragalus had already discovered the enemy and rushed directly over.
The other party also discovered the astragalus, but did not avoid it, perhaps to judge the friend or foe, or to think that there is no danger when there are few people, or maybe it is ......
“……”
There was a lot of chatter, but Astragalus didn't understand what they were talking about, and he wasn't interested in understanding, so he raised his knife and killed him. The other side sensed that something was wrong, and they picked up their blades to engage in battle. But although Astragalus did not use the phoenix tail knife that he had practiced for many years, the impact of his strength was really not great, and the Jiuyang Flame Phoenix Knife was also made by him. As soon as they made contact, they killed both of them, and then plunged headlong into them.
Without waiting for the enemy to resist more, Xu Gai and others killed from the left and right, and the enemy army was in chaos in an instant, and the casualties doubled.
After a while, most of the enemy was left behind, and only fifty or sixty men were left on horseback, and some people took cover, and rushed out.
Xu Gai and the others didn't allow him to escape, and chased after him. chased more than 30 miles before finally killing and capturing everyone alive.
returned to the barracks, handed over the captives to Lu Bu, and after interrogation, they learned that they were King Cheshi and his party, and King Cheshi had been killed by Astragalus and his head had moved.
"Very well, you have done a good job, and the credit goes to you both, now go down and rest for a while, and after a quarter of an hour, move on." After Lu Bu finished speaking, he asked Chen Gong to record the exploits of the two.
"Thank you, Governor!"
The two stepped back.
Walking outside Lu Bu's tent, Xu Gai and Astragalus walked side by side.
"Officially get to know Xu Gai, the word Fengning, my father, General Xu Huang!"
"You are the son of General Xu Gongming?" Astragalus's eyes widened and he exclaimed.
Xu Gai said embarrassedly: "Do you need to be so surprised?" ”
"Why not! General Xu Huang is not only strong in martial arts, but also good at leading troops to fight, and even His Majesty has personally praised him. "Astragalus said with a look like you were teasing me.
Xu Gai said angrily: "Even so, can it be compared to you?" General Huang, the Governor of the Chinese Army, General Huang, the Deputy Governor of the Western Army, and General Huang Xiao of Pingxi? ”
Astragalus suddenly opened his mouth wide, and said, "How do you know?" ”
Xu Gai didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned around and left directly. Astragalus said unrelentingly: "Say, how do you know? Does everyone know about it? Does my father know about that? Oops, miserable, miserable......"
Seeing his panicked appearance, Xu Gai couldn't help but feel funny, and said, "Okay, don't shout, otherwise everyone will really know." ”
"Ah...... What do you mean......"