Chapter 55: The People Are Suffering
Dong Zhuo muttered in his mouth: "A little kid who doesn't have any hair can be a general of the expedition to the west, and a certain family is also dizzy when they see this emperor!" ”
Zhang Huan squeezed his eyebrows and warned Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo didn't listen at all, he stared at Xiang Qing fiercely, his momentum was very violent, Xiang Qing felt like he was being stared at by a lion, as if he was a prey in his eyes.
However, Xiang Qing has experienced the past few months, and has already developed a natural momentum, Dong Zhuo feels that he is facing this young general, as if he is facing the abyss, as if he is from Biluo Yellow Spring, as soon as the young man raises his eyes, a sea of corpses and blood gushes out of his pupils, and the monstrous bloody murderous aura goes straight to himself, and the two sides have a preliminary judgment in their hearts.
This Dong Zhuo is a beast, a madman! No wonder he was able to do such crazy things after entering Luoyang, Xiang Qing thought to himself.
There is a kind of natural domineering in this person, a certain family can't see through him, he is really a hero and a young man, Dong Zhuo is also muttering in his heart.
As soon as Zhang Huan saw that the atmosphere was tense, he came out to play a round: "General Xiang, a big battle, it must be very tiring, go back to the city to rest, and fight the rebels to the death in the next day!" What does the general think? ”
Xiang Qing also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, nodded, and Zhang Huan immediately gave the order, the rear team became the front team, and the whole army returned to the city.
Back in the city, the people of Jincheng heard that the battle had been won, and they went out of their homes one after another to welcome them, but in this cheer, there was also a slight sobbing sound.
Because the intensity of the rebels' attack was very high, and the number of defenders was seriously insufficient, Zhang Huan could only recruit local militia in Jincheng to help defend the city, and there would always be casualties in war.
The defenders sent back the corpses of the dead militiamen, and the family members rushed up, some of the corpses were blurred and could not distinguish their appearance, but the relatives still clearly felt that the corpse lying on the cart was their relatives, or their own son, or their husband, or their father......
Dong Zhuo was enjoying the cheers of the people, but Xiang Qing frowned, and his eyes stayed on the people who were crying.
Zhang Huan also followed Xiang Qing's gaze, shook his head and said: "I don't know how many years ago, when I first became a soldier, the first time I went on an expedition, our battalion had seven hundred and six people, and in the end, I came back to one, I was like you when I saw this scene for the first time, and I felt panicked." ”
Xiang Qing's ears seemed to ignore those happy cheers, only those heart-rending shouts remained, he sighed, looked at Zhang Huan's calm face and said: "Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, I finally understand this sentence." ”
The world's major events, divided for a long time must be combined for a long time, the dynasty will always rise and fall, in a high position, in the struggle for power and profit, for their own family to maximize the benefits, Li Shu people, but under the war and natural disasters, survive, they only want the war to be pacified, they can live in peace, live in peace.
When Zhang Huan heard Xiang Qing's words, a huge sadness suddenly surged in his heart, as a general who guards the border all the year round, no one can understand this sentence more deeply than him.
Zhang Huan said with a smile: "Actually, at the beginning, I was worried that you were just a young man and a reckless son, but if you can say this, I Zhang Ranming admires you, this rebellion is hopeful." ”
Xiang Qing replied with a wry smile: "Zhang Zhonglang trusts me so much, how can I live up to it, but the situation is not optimistic, even I don't have full confidence in myself." ”
"Although you are indeed slightly deficient in command, but this is not a big problem, I fought with the kingdom Yan Zhong, their command is even more unbearable than yours, if it weren't for the traitors in the army, I would be able to pacify them with just the soldiers of Liangzhou County, you are a general who fights for the people, you will definitely have a lot to do in the future, my vision will not be wrong." Zhang Huan said.
Xiang Qing didn't know if Zhang Huan was praising him or hurting him, probably meaning, you are not very good, but you don't have to worry, Wang Guoyan Zhong's goods are even worse, if someone hadn't dragged him back, I would have destroyed them a long time ago.
It's very strange that others will get angry when they hear this kind of thing, but Xiang Qing won't, he was a street fighter in his last life, and he was immune after being scolded too much, he didn't care about face.
This kind of words pretending to be X came to Zhang Huan's mouth, as if it had become a matter of course, because Zhang Huan's name was too loud in Liangzhou, and the Hun Zhonglang would not be in vain, it was real material, a knife and a gun, and it was fought out in the sea of corpses and blood.
After arriving at the military camp in Jincheng, Xiang Qing asked Liu Hu to arrange for the soldiers to take off their armor and rest, and then the group rushed to Zhang Huan without stopping, where the soldiers could rest, because they only needed to obey the general's command, but the commanders could not rest, and they needed to formulate the next battle plan.
Xiang Qingmian sat in the first place in embarrassment, and the subordinates were Zhang Huan, the general of the Huns, Dong Zhuo, Xiang Xu, and two unknown captains.
Zhang Huan introduced: "These two are also brave and good warriors, this is Infantry Captain Hua Xiong. ”
is another "celebrity", although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not an official history, but that section of warm wine and beheading Huaxiong is really wonderful, word of mouth has become a good story, and Huaxiong has also become the background board of Guan Erye, which is too miserable.
However, this fierce man who is as tall as Dong Zhuo, with a body of more than two meters like an iron tower, and his exaggerated muscles are simply a monster, but in appearance, he is a typical Liangzhou person, with handsome lines, thick eyebrows and big eyes, which can be described as handsome.
"This one is Qin Yi, the commander of the thousand."
Compared with Hua Xiong, Qin Yi seems much more normal, but he is not a general, and he can see his unruliness from his eyes.
The two saluted at the same time: "Hua Xiong (Qin Yi), see the general." ”
After the greetings, everyone gathered in front of Zhang Huan's battle map, from this detailed map, Xiang Qing saw the gap between himself and Zhang Huan, the key roads, the baggage and grain roads, one by one, and even some of the enemy's troops were deployed, this map is clear.
Xiang Qing asked: "Zhang Zhonglang, we have just arrived, and please introduce the detailed situation of the Yongliang battlefield." ”
Zhang Huan was not polite, so he pointed to the map with his sword and began to explain to everyone.
"Liangzhou has fallen in the whole territory, these rebels don't know how to manage the city, burning, killing and looting are all evil, Liangzhou is already a fierce people, so there are righteous armies organized by the people in many places, and the rebels can only be suppressed by dividing their troops, so the number of rebels in Yongzhou is not much."
"They also know that Yungo and Jincheng in Jincheng County are the most important, so the rebels gathered all their forces and surrounded my Jincheng and Yunwu, there are about five thousand rebels outside Jincheng, and the pressure in Yunwu's direction is a little less, about three or four thousand."
Xiang Qing asked: "I heard that there are 10,000 county soldiers you withdrew from Liangzhou, even if you fight 9,000 rebels head-on, you won't suffer, why are you shrinking in the city?" ”
Zhang Huan explained: "At the beginning of the rebels, it was a multi-line harassment, and all the counties under the jurisdiction of Jincheng County were troubled, so we could only divide our troops, Lord Assassin Shi led the troops to defend Yunwu, and I led the troops to defend Jincheng, intending to be horns for each other, and strictly defend to the death, but I didn't expect the rebels to suddenly concentrate their forces, cut off the contact between the two cities, and besiege us, our news could not be spread at all, so we could only be trapped in the lonely city, fortunately, the general was able to receive the military information of Jincheng and rescue in time, if the general came one step late, I am afraid that Jincheng will also fall." ”
Xiang Qing waved his hand: "Well, fortunately you reminded me, otherwise I would have been ambushed, but why are those two teams of cavalry different?" ”
"Those who carry longbows and use scimitars are Qianghu people, I don't know how much benefit the rebels have used to make these mercenary foreigners obey their orders, and they are not ordinary Qiang cavalry, they are the elite of the Qiang cavalry, called Qiang hunting cavalry."
Xiang Qing nodded: "I also want to ask a question, since there are tens of thousands of county soldiers in Liangzhou, why haven't I seen the county soldiers in Yongzhou?" ”
Zhang Huan shook his head. It's as if it's hard to talk about.
Dong Zhuo said indifferently: "This has to wait for you to go back and ask your majesty which emperor he wants, what palace he wants to build, he will revoke all the military system in Yongzhou, and all the military expenses will be used to repair the palace for him, and most of the military expenses in Liangzhou have been deducted, and on the way back, there are countless deserters, and there are no 10,000 people at all, it would be good to have 6,000." ”
In other words, Dong Zhuo and Huaxiong Qin Yi are all full of righteous indignation, and they don't seem to have a good impression of the corrupt and decrepit court in Luoyang, and they don't even have any sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty.
Xiang Qing calculated in his heart that the Luoyang army he brought was 5,000, Zhang Huan's side had 2,000, and Yunwu Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng was about 3,000, and the military strength could barely reach 10,000 people, and the rebels, not counting those scattered all over Liangzhou, just invaded Yongzhou, there were 9,000, including the elite Qianghu hunting cavalry of Qianghu, this battle was very tricky.
At this time, Liu Hu pressed the rebel general captured by Xiang Xu to come in, and it was Xiang Qing who instructed Liu Hu to let Zhang Huan and them identify whether this person was a big fish.
Liu Hu ripped off the strip of cloth that the man was blindfolded on, and Xiang Qing pointed to the rebel general who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Zhang Zhonglang, do you think this person is a general in the rebel army or something?" ”
Zhang Huan took a closer look and replied: "I am familiar with the rebel generals, this person is similar to the kingdom in appearance, but I have fought with the kingdom many times before the battle, and I will not admit my mistake, this person is just a stand-in for the kingdom." ”
Xiang Qing sneered and said: "Huzi, push it out and behead it, hang it on the city gate, find a few brothers with loud voices, and say that we have captured and killed the rebel generals Kingdom, the voice must be loud, and the two groups of people will be exchanged, and the rebels outside the city must be heard." ”
"No!" Liu Hu went out with the kingdom stand-in, and soon heard the sound of people's heads falling to the ground.
Zhang Huan pinched his chin and said: "Increasing the morale of our army and fighting the arrogance of the rebels is a clever trick." ”
"Zhang Zhonglang won the award, this is just some tricks, you still have to fight a real sword, you can't go down the wrong path." Xiang Qing continued to ask: "Since this person is just a stand-in, why did the rebels rout when I captured him?" ”