Volume II: Chapter 45: Retreat
The Yellow Turban Front Team, which was slowly advancing towards the third trench, suddenly saw that the Han army camp was fully open, and nearly 20 Han soldiers wearing iron armor and holding iron shields poured out from it, guarding a red general flag and hurriedly lined up on the flat ground in front of the camp.
However, after a while, the dense Yellow Turban army on the slope suddenly surged, and the already crowded uphill narrow road was extremely difficult to give way to a one-person wide road, and a sturdy man with a dark face and long hair and chest came out of it and came to the side of the main general of the Yellow Turban front team.
The former captain immediately bowed down and called himself a general.
The so-called general is naturally Peng Tuo, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal in Runan County.
At noon, the scorching sun was high, the yellow turban array was in a low place, the sun was more dazzling than the Han army, Peng Tuo stretched out his hands on his forehead to shield himself from the sun, and looked at the front of the Han military camp and said to himself: "Han Tianwei is invincible Sima Liu of other departments? ”
Everyone didn't dare to answer, Peng Tuo sneered, and asked a tall and thin old man behind him without looking back: "I've seen three Sima banners all the way, Yu Xiancheng, how big is this other Sima?" ”
"Returning to Qu Shuai, Sima of the other department is a big man...... The weak Han military position, the commander of the army is a thousand people, and the rank is a thousand stones. The old man surnamed Yu hurriedly echoed: "If you want to talk about the size of the rank, Sima is still a lieutenant and a lieutenant, and then he is a lieutenant, but in the end, it is also a green ribbon and silver seal, and it is not small to say that it is small." ”
Peng Tuo sneered again, frowned and said, "Such a little official, what kind of Tianwei is invincible?" I am the great sage and good teacher of the Taiping Dao, General Tiangong, but I am only following the way of the heavens, but I have never had such a paradoxical theory, the weak man is ignorant and conceited, the days are over, I wait for the Yellow Heaven Divine Soldiers to descend from the sky, it is in accordance with the time of the sky, and I will be able to destroy the sky! ”
The surrounding yellow turban thieves heard the coach's words, naturally they were overjoyed and cheered, although the old man surnamed Yu had an embarrassed look on his face, but he also nodded yes again and again.
"This Sima surnamed Liu of the other department may be some distant relative of the thief Tianzi in Luoyang." Peng Tuo took off the long sword on his side, stuck it on the ground, and asked the old man surnamed Yu with the hilt of the sword with both hands: "Just a Sima from another department, a team of 1,000 people, this one can damage more than 1,000 of my soldiers in the morning, Yu Qian, you were a county magistrate in Cai County, do you know what is the name of this person?" ”
When Yu Qianyan heard this, his expression was nervous, and he said, "Since it is...... Since it is His Majesty, no, it is a distant relative of the people of Luozhong...... With such an identity as the old decay, it is naturally impossible to get acquainted. ”
Peng Tuo waved his hand again and again, as if he said to himself: "That's it, I heard what the messenger said, but this time the Han army sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to capture Nanton, and the Sima team of the other departments surnamed Sun and Cheng Er was the precious son of the thief Tianzi, so Xingshi mobilized the crowd to trek these hundreds of miles to get here, but if you don't say that it is the son of the thief Tianzi, you haven't even seen a decent official." These days, there may be a report from the sentinel, but there is a Han army garrison camped here, and I also said that the son of the thief is set here, and I don't want to know it now, and it is just a Sima Xiaoguan, and it is a pity that such a small official has injured more than 1,000 of my soldiers. ”
"Qu Shuai, since this Han army Sima is surnamed Liu, it is naturally possible that he is the son of the thief Tianzi? I waited for the news of Yingchuan Qushuai, and knew that the son of the thief was in the nest of Sun and Cheng, and he should be here. Still holding the shield in front, the commander of the Yellow Turban Front Team, which was used to protect the crossbowmen of the Han army, immediately said.
"Is this possible?" Peng Tuo frowned, and then turned to ask Yu Qian: "Yu Xiancheng, what do you think?" ”
Yu Qian shook his head again and again, pointed at the person who looked like the main general under the banner of the Han army, and said: "Qu Shuai and look at it, the main general under his command is clearly armored, and the soldiers on his side are not ordinary Han army clothes, there is no doubt that they are the elite of the Han army." ”
Peng Tuo squinted, his jaw was not stopped, and he sighed: "Such a sophisticated armament, if it can be used on my Taiping Dao soldiers, there is no need to be afraid of the strong bows and crossbows of the Han army." ”
"These elite Han soldiers took the iron shield and surrounded the main general in the center, only half of their bodies were exposed, if they were not Sima in the camp, how could they have such protection." Yu Qian continued.
"Yes, the person under his command must be the main general, and there must be some news about the camp." The more Peng Tuo thought about it, the more he realized that what Yu Qian said was reasonable, and then explained to the head of the Golden Front Team: "I heard that the unlucky son of the thief Tianzi is just a little doll less than ten years old, and he is definitely not the person in front of him, so you shout and ask him, where is the unlucky doll!" ”
The master general immediately responded to the promise, then took the wooden shield, and shouted to Huang Ting: "Listen, General Han, Qu Shuai asks you, where is the unlucky doll now?" ”
More than a hundred steps away, coupled with the noisy grass and trees around the soldiers, although Huang Ting knew that the moth thief was shouting and questioning, he really couldn't hear one or two clearly, so he ordered the whole team of tiger soldiers to shout loudly: "Speak loudly!" ”
The unison shouts of less than twenty people were much louder in terms of volume, and Peng Tuo immediately ordered: "Wait for the example, everyone shouts together, don't say anything about the unlucky doll, where is the prince of the Han Dynasty." ”
Everyone immediately followed suit, and they all riveted their strength, and shouted in unison: "Listen, General Han, where is the prince of Han Ting?" ”
Huang Ting heard the shouting, didn't know how to reply, and looked at Yang Gu on the camp wall behind him, Yang Gu saw this, and also shouted loudly: "I am the prince Liu Wei, and I am here, waiting for you to surrender your head!" ”
However, with such words, only Yang Gu dared to shout like this, but Huang Ting and a group of tiger soldiers did not dare to learn from it at all.
"You don't need to hesitate, this is the voice of His Highness Zhuang, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Yang Gu saw it in his eyes, so he said with a chuckle.
Seeing this, Huang Ting breathed a sigh of relief, and finally shouted in the same way, and when the tiger soldiers saw this, they also held their strength and echoed loudly.
"The Han general is cunning, and he deceived me that I don't know that the prince of thieves is only a ten-year-old child." Peng Tuo heard the shouts of the Han army, snorted coldly, and no longer had any previous concerns about the identity of Sima in the Han camp, turned around and asked Yu Qian: "Yu Xiancheng, in your opinion, should I attack or not attack this camp of Liu Sima?" ”
Yu Qian hurriedly bowed and excused himself: "The old decay is just a small person, more than half a hundred years old but still shallow in knowledge, how dare you talk nonsense in front of Qu Shuai and make such a decision?" ”
When Peng Tuo heard this, he shook his head again and again, grabbed Yu Qian's wrist, stared at him with both eyes, Yu Qian couldn't help but look up, and was facing Peng Tuo's four eyes, seeing his eyes cold, his expression was gloomy, and he was horrified in his heart, but he couldn't bear Peng Qian's strong sink, Yu Qian's wrist couldn't break free, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
But I heard Peng Tuo laugh and said: "Yu County Cheng is a member of the Yingchuan Yu clan, if you want to talk about knowledge and knowledge, which of the tens of thousands of people under my command can be compared with Yu County Cheng, isn't it Yu County Cheng that I Peng Tuo is vulgar and unwise, and I am not enough to conspire?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Yang Gu in the Han camp did not get the moth thief to reply for a long time, and saw that the shield soldiers of the moth thief front team were negligent in their defense, and immediately ordered the crossbowmen to release the arrows, and more than 100 tough crossbow arrows were shot out in unison, and the Yellow Turban front team did not have time to react, and dozens of people fell to the ground with arrows.
The former team leader was so frightened that he hurriedly commanded the soldiers to cover with shields, but Peng Tuo didn't seem to care about this situation, and still just grabbed Yu Qian's wrist and stared at Yu Qian with a stern expression.
Yu Qian didn't know whether it was for the Han army's crossbow arrows or because of Peng Tuo's previous words, but his face was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say it, and then sighed and said: "According to the foolish opinion, the Han army is camped here, carefully protected, as if there is a long-term hold, plus the ramp here is narrow, our army is difficult, if you blindly force the attack, the casualties will be huge, our army tens of thousands of people, since Runan the grain road stretches for hundreds of miles, if you can't hold each other here, I am afraid that in the future, the Han army will know where my grain road is, intercept my army grain, It must be that the soldiers are discouraged and have no fighting spirit, which is really not the work of a wise man. ”
"Can the Han army really find out where my grain road is and intercept my grain road?" Peng Tuo's eyebrows furrowed, obviously Yu Qian's words were quite confused.
Yu Qian pointed to the Han camp again and said: "Qu Shuai and look, this is only a hundred steps away from the Han camp, but there are many deer and ditches, and there are no Han soldiers in this camp." ”
Peng Tuo nodded again and again, quite agreeing.
"In this case, in the past few days, the Han army sentry cavalry who often rode horses outside my camp to investigate should not be the Han army here." Yu Qian continued to analyze: "I want to come here The Han army is definitely not such a battalion, if the rest of the Han army is formed by cavalry, how can it not gallop through the rear of our army and check the truth of my grain road?" ”
Peng Tuo nodded when he heard this, and was silent for a long time before he said: "In this case, in your opinion, I really don't need to attack this camp and delay?" ”
"Qu Shuai is a brave person, and Sun Jian and Cheng Pu don't fight with each other, but because of the merit of killing Sima, it's really insignificant, right?" Seeing that Peng Tuo's expression was softened, Yu Qian was a little bolder, and immediately asked.
Peng Tuo still nodded again and again, and said with a laugh: "Runan Zhao Qian, the official worships Taishou, and he is not my opponent, since I have traveled hundreds of miles to come here, naturally I am not here for a few Simas in this area." ”
Speaking of this, Peng Tuo finally let go of Yu Qian's wrist, patted his shoulder gently, and said with a smile: "Yu County Cheng is really clever and insightful. Since it is not the prince of the Han court in the Han military camp, I led the people to level here, what is the use. ”
After a while, the Yellow Turban Array ordered the army to retreat, and the Yellow Turban Front Team, which had arrived at the third trench with great difficulty, naturally obeyed all the orders, and no longer cared about the Han military camp in front of them, they all competed for the first place and went down the mountain.
Yu Qian waited until all the Yellow Turban thieves around him retreated, then he breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to the Han army camp, and then turned to leave.