Chapter 19: Trapping and Killing the Enemy

The horses neighed, and the cold wind blew. The sky over the grassland was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was disgusting. Geng Gong led the crowd to kill through the encirclement, non-stop, galloping on the endless meadow, his scattered hair raised high, and rushed straight to the sea of pus.

Pu Shihai sat there leisurely, the lake was claustrophobic, and he opened his arms, as if quietly waiting for the arrival of the Han army. Geng Gong jumped off his horse and ordered his subordinates to wash away the blood on their faces and coil their hair up. Then he rode to the open ground in front of the sea of Pu, abandoned his sword and unsaddled his saddle, and laid down or sat on his clothes, as if nothing had happened. The Han soldiers were puzzled, and they all thought: "At the moment of the great enemy, our army has few soldiers, we don't run away, but we sit here, isn't that waiting for death?" Their faces were full of fear. But seeing Geng Gong bearing the brunt of the attack, sitting at the front, calm, and having the chance to win, the military spirit slowly stabilized.

The Han soldiers came and went like the wind, and they were extremely fast. King Huyan was like in a dream, if it weren't for the corpse of the Huns who were thrown to the ground, if it weren't for the sabre that was knocked down and fell into the grass, and his arm was still faintly sore, he couldn't believe it at all. "Is it a ghost or a god here?" King Huyan summoned the accompanying wizard and asked.

The fat wizard jumped up and down on the grass with a big drum in his hand and bare feet, reciting words and tormenting for a long time, and suddenly threw the drum into the sky, fainted and fell to the ground, unconscious. After a while, he woke up slowly, foamed at the mouth, and said: "The great Kunlun God told the king that the king went out this time, stepped on the dew, angered the ghosts and gods, and the red-faced person was retribution." When King Huyan heard this, he was skeptical and frightened, and said, "Then suspend the march and wait until the sun rises in the east, when the dew dries up, and the mist clears, and then pursues." ”

The Han soldiers sat and lay down for a long time, and the sun slowly rose and shone warmly on the Han soldiers. Geng Gong squinted, half-asleep, very vigilant in his heart, knowing that success or failure was here. At noon, after the Han soldiers finished eating their dry food, they suddenly saw a crowd of people in front of them, and countless horses were rushing towards this side like the water of the Yellow River. When have the two hundred Han soldiers ever seen such a posture? The heart hung again, and one by one they were terrified. Geng Gong smiled and said: "Brothers, we have been surrounded by the Huns, and we will die if we panic, and we will die if we don't panic, but King Huyan has always been suspicious and decisive, and if he sees us calmly, he will not dare to attack." Fan Qiang has gone to look for General Dou, they are rushing to this side, we will drag the Huns, and then they will be flanked back and forth, and they will be killed and reborn! When everyone heard this, their hearts were a little calmer, and they saw that Geng Gong was not afraid at all, and they all thought: "Geng Gong is the queen of the gate, and he will not spare his life, we are grass people, what are we afraid of death?" So, they all obeyed their orders, and regarded death as home.

King Huyan galloped to the front of the Pu Sea, and saw that the Han soldiers threw aside their weapons and horses, lazily lying or lying, without putting the 100,000 Huns in their eyes, looking at ease and contentment, but a little hesitant, not knowing whether to advance or retreat, busy stopping the people first. King Zuo Li was puzzled and said: "King, there are only a few hundred Han soldiers, it is not worth sweeping, why not rush up and hack to death with a knife, just to avenge the prince of Zuo Gudu, and then return to the army as soon as possible." ”

King Huyan shook his head and said, "You think too simply, the Han soldiers are weak and have always been timid, if they are not fearless, how dare they do the stupid thing of blocking the car with their mantis arms now?" After speaking, King Huyan raised his eyes and looked around, suddenly taken aback, pointed to the mountain not far away, and said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, it is not what I expected!" You see, there are so many flags between the white mountains! The mountain is dusty, and there is a faint shout, and there will be ambushes, and there are not a few. The Han army is like this, it must be a trick to lure the enemy, when I attack, they should be combined inside and outside, and attack before and after, how can we be fooled? ”

The generals took a look, and sure enough, on the white mountain, there were faintly many flags, and a thin layer of dust and mist rose in the sky, and they often invaded the border of the Han Dynasty, and the Han soldiers and civilians were as docile as lambs, how could they be so bold? In addition, he was troubled by the "ghosts and gods" in the early morning, and they were all timid, and their faces were embarrassed, and they said: "King, what should I do?" ”

King Huyan pondered for a moment and said: "Today's plan, it is advisable to brake with quiet, and respond to all changes with no change, we will closely surround the Han soldiers and see what medicine they buy in the gourd!" Behind them is the sea of pus, and they are not afraid of them running away! The generals sighed: "The king's clever plan, I might as well wait!" King Huyan jumped off his horse, carried his sword, stared at the two bronze bells with big eyes, and walked back and forth in front of the army.

Geng Gong saw that the dense Huns suddenly stopped, and then dispersed, surrounded by groups, and couldn't help but feel mixed joy, he knew that the fish had taken the bait. However, can Fan Qiang find Dou Gu? When will their army arrive? If it is too late, the fish will lose patience and the Huns will attack. At that time, how could 200 Han soldiers be the enemy? The icy sea of cattails is the place of burial!

Fan Qiang is worthy of being born as an Orion, with a keen sense of smell and direction, he quickly rode his horse, crossed the grassland, crossed the snow, and found the Han army walking slowly in a short time.

Dou Gu listened to it and said happily: "Geng Gong is a young hero, he is bold, he is worthy of being the queen of the gate, and he has made such a great contribution, well, in the merit book, I personally note him as the first merit!" When Liu Zhang heard this, he was very uncomfortable, and said: "General Dou, Geng Gong violated the military order and was guilty of no merit, how can it be recorded in the merit book?" Dou Gu was annoyed, raised his eyes, and glared at Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was not in a hurry, slowly stroked his white beard, and said: "General Dou, I remember that you only ordered Geng Gong to look for the main force of the Huns, why do you want him to attack?" What's more, the main force of the Huns was not found, but Geng Gong killed the prince of the Huns by himself, startled the snakes, and exposed the movements of our Han army. ”

Dou Gu was stunned for a moment, but he hesitated a little, and asked: "General Geng, does General Liu's words make sense?" Geng Bing pondered for a moment and said: "General Liu's words are very reasonable, Geng Gong did not listen to the general's orders, and killed him on his own, which is guilty and fruitless." But Geng Gong has always been as bold as a mountain, and he is more strategic, I expect that his move will have deep meaning, whether it is meritorious or not, it remains to be discussed in the future. ”

Fan Qiang couldn't bear it, and said loudly: "Brother Geng is worried about the vast grassland and the Huns are difficult to find, so he attacked and killed the Xiongnu prince to attract the main force of the Xiongnu. What's there to worry about? Brother Geng was loyal and brave, regardless of his personal safety, with 300 troops, to compete with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops, what is the crime? How can it be useless? ”

Liu Zhang suddenly remembered that twenty years ago, on the thick snow, Geng Guang held a gun, led dozens of horsemen, and fought a bloody battle with thousands of Huns. Liu Zhang was a little stunned and said, "Who are you?" How can you have room to speak? Dou Gu quickly cut through the mess and said: "Don't fight, Fan Qiang will lead the way, and hurry to the Pu Sea!" ”

Li Dang sat in the dusty trees, pinched his nose, was annoyed, and muttered: "Damn, my brothers have gone to kill the enemy, but I am sitting here, drinking this bird ash, planting flags, driving horses, and shouting, like a king and eight lambs, it is really unlucky!" There is no use for fart! He raised his eyes and looked at dozens of Hun soldiers, very disgusted, angry again, stood up, rushed forward, raised the horse whip, endlessly whipped at them, scolded: "Give me a hurry to drive the horse, I missed Lao Tzu's business, Lao Tzu chopped you with a knife!" The Huns lowered their heads, obeyed, and drove their horses vigorously, and in the encirclement of the Han soldiers, they galloped and raised dust in the air. After leaving Geng Gong, Li Dang humiliated the Xiongnu in every way, they had long lost their unruly wildness, like tigers with their teeth, just living numbly.

After a few days, there was a sudden earth-shaking shouting and killing sound at the bottom of the mountain, Li Dang hurriedly dropped the whip, climbed high and looked into the distance, only to see the two armies attacking the Huns, the sword was shining, and the murderous spirit was soaring, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Haha, General Dou has arrived, wait for me to kill down the mountain and meet my brother!" After speaking, he ordered a hundred Han soldiers, held dozens of Xiongnu soldiers, and cut off their heads one by one.

Li Dang smiled and said: "For the sake of driving horses in the past few days, I will give you a happy death!" Borrow your head first, sacrifice flags, hot knives, on the Huangquan Road, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless, just blame you for doing too much evil! Then he raised his voice again: "The blood of the Huns is a good thing, don't waste it." Hurry up, do what Brother Geng said, wipe the blood of the Huns on your face, no, wipe more, wipe your whole body, wipe your hair too, move quickly! ”

The Han soldiers hated the Huns to the core, and when they heard Li Dare to say this, they applauded one after another, and rushed up to take blood and smear their bodies, and after a while, they all became "blood people", and even the horses turned red. Li Dang was very satisfied, got on his horse, raised his saber, and shouted: "Brothers, rush, kill all the Huns, and take revenge!" The Han soldiers followed Li Dang's horse down the mountain, like a whirlwind, blowing straight to the Pu Sea.

Dou Gu led the army to hurry over, and saw that the sky was full of Hun soldiers from a distance, and he hurriedly stopped his subordinates, and said happily: "Geng Gong really lived up to me and attracted the main force of the Huns!" Liu Zhang's face was full of fear, and he said in a trembling voice: "General Dou, you see that the Huns are dense, no less than 100,000, we only have 10,000, and we can fight with one enemy of ten, this, how can we fight this?" Geng Bing responded: "General Liu is right, I am outnumbered, if I fight hard, it will definitely not work." I see that the Huns are standing still, and they must be restrained by Geng Gong. It is better to divide the army, take advantage of its unpreparedness, one left and one right, and rush back and forth to kill. As soon as our army moves, Geng Gong will inevitably fight from the inside, attacking from three sides, not afraid of the Huns being undefeated. ”

Dou Gu was excited, and suddenly gave birth to a lot of pride, and said: "The eldest husband has made meritorious contributions and won fame, at this time!" General Geng, you lead 5,000 troops to attack from the left, and General Liu and I lead 5,000 troops to the right. The offensive must be fierce, the speed must be fast, and the self-confidence of the Huns must be crossed in an instant! Geng Bing responded proudly. Liu Zhang's face was difficult, the bloody scene twenty years ago had already penetrated into his soul, which made Liu Zhang very timid, but in front of Dou Gu and Geng Bing, he had to bite the bullet.

The Han army divided its troops, like a tiger descending the mountain, and pounced on the Xiongnu. King Huyan froze the crowd and looked at Geng Gong dumbfounded, wanting to see what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds. However, the two hundred Han soldiers were calm and did not move, and King Huyan slowly lost his patience, and in anger, he was about to kill. Suddenly, a horse galloped from the rear army, and hurriedly said: "King, it's not good, the Han and Han armies have attacked from behind!" King Huyan rolled his eyes and shouted, "Da, don't worry! What is there to be afraid of in the Han army? Wait until the king goes and sees. ”

Geng Gong was naturally aware of the change in the battle situation, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Meng, General Dou has arrived, but it is still far from the Xiongnu, we suddenly rushed in, dragged the front army, so that King Huyan could not care about each other, and managed to attract the Xiongnu to the Pu Sea. At that time, we put it to death and survived, fought out of the siege of the Xiongnu, joined forces with General Dou, drove the Xiongnu from behind, and forced the Xiongnu into the sea of Pu. Although the number of the Huns is large, the terrain here is not conducive to their deployment of troops, and when they trample on each other, they are not afraid that the Huns will not be defeated! Wu Meng clenched his fists and waved, and said, "Brother, this move is really wonderful, give the order, I'm impatient to wait!" Geng Gong picked up his sword, suddenly jumped up, and shouted: "Warriors of the Han Dynasty, get up quickly, pick up your sabers, like a raging storm, and kill the Huns, and pour out your resentment on the Huns!" ”

The blood of the two hundred soldiers was boiling, sweeping away the decadence, prancing horses and dancing knives, and rushing towards the king of Huyan like crazy. King Huyan wanted to go to the rear army to have a look, but suddenly saw Geng Gong's two hundred Han soldiers coming violently, he was startled, and hurriedly commanded his troops to resist. How could Geng Gong and other two hundred Han soldiers gather together, extremely fierce, like a sharp blade inserted into the hinterland of the Huns. The Huns, who had been watching for a long time, were caught off guard, panicked, and it was difficult to resist, and with an "ah" sound, they retreated backwards and became a mess. However, Geng Gong had few people after all, and King Huyan came to his senses and commanded the Huns to surround Geng Gong, with three layers inside and three layers outside. The two hundred Han soldiers were also red-eyed, back to back, waving their weapons, desperately resisting.

King Huyan was anxious, he didn't know how the rear army was, he wanted to fight quickly, sweep away the two hundred Han soldiers as soon as possible, and then withdraw back to the rear army, which governor backfired, these two hundred Han soldiers were extremely tenacious, although the flesh and blood were flying, but they were not afraid at all, covering the left and the right, and retreating to the Pu Sea. At this time, Geng Gong reflexively killed, raised his arms and shouted: "The warriors of the Han Dynasty, there is a sea of Pu in the future, there is no way to retreat, now retreat and die, if you don't retreat, you will die, it is better to survive in death, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and kill a bloody road!" Wu Meng's blood boiled, and he shouted loudly: "Kill a bloody road!" Fight your way out! Then he turned over and killed the Huns. The rest of the Han soldiers also followed, one by one more fierce than before, with one as ten, with ten as a hundred, the knife is fatal, only attacking but not defending, it is completely a way of fighting to the death, where have the Huns seen such a person? Unable to stop the edge, they retreated one after another.

At this time, Dou Gu and Geng Bing each led 5,000 troops, one left and one right, from the rear army of the Huns. The Xiongnu rear army did not get the general's order, the formation was not expanded, and they hurriedly responded to the battle, a plate of scattered sand, no formation, and the Han army was invincible. The Xiongnu rear army retreated one after another, affecting the whole army, squeezing each other in front and back, and the chaos became a mess, and some people in the Xiongnu front army were squeezed into the Pu Sea. The sea was deep and cold, and the Huns were not accustomed to water, so they struggled in the sea a few times, then sank and went to the dragon king to drink tea.

After killing for a while, Geng Gong's 200 Han soldiers only had dozens of horsemen left. King Huyan was dragged by Geng Gong, unable to free up his hands to return to the rear army, and hated Geng Gong to the core, so the siege became more and more urgent. Suddenly, a group of "bloody men" rushed from the side of Baishan with great speed, killed every person, and penetrated directly into the Xiongnu army. King Huyan saw that the "bloody man" was red all over his body, the wind blew, the bloody atmosphere was compelling, and it was disgusting, he remembered the "ghosts and gods" in the early morning and the words of the wizard, and he couldn't help but be afraid, he didn't dare to face the enemy, for fear of blaspheming the gods, and hurriedly said to the generals: "There is an enemy attack in the rear army, you resist these strange people, this king will go to the army year to see!" After speaking, he hurriedly turned his horse's head, took a few personal soldiers, and galloped to the rear army. Those generals were also afraid of these "bloody people", and when they saw King Huyan walking away, they couldn't care about much, so they dispersed in a hurry.

Geng Gong was overjoyed and said, "Brother Dare is here, let's hurry up and take advantage of the situation to fight our way out of the encirclement." "Dancing the long sword, the sword light is ten thousand points, the surrounding Huns are shrouded one by one, and there are countless Huns who have fallen off the horse, and the Han soldiers are like entering a no-man's land. When the king of Zuoli saw it, he was furious, and personally led several Hun captains, patted horses and danced knives, and came to besiege him.

It happened that Li Dang and Geng Gong and Wu Meng killed together, so they split up to resist, Li Dang intercepted Zuo Li Wang, and said with a cruel smile: "It's just right, look at your Grandpa Li's saber." "When the head was split, the Hun Zuoli King caught it, the two of them came and went, fought together, and couldn't tell the winner for a while.

Geng Gong and Wu Meng were surrounded by several other Hun lieutenants, the two were not afraid at all, a few horses turned like lanterns, spinning in place, and from time to time there were Hun soldiers who came to sneak attack. Geng Gong inserted his sword into its sheath and danced his ancestral spear. It turned out that the Geng family was good at guns and swords, and it was passed on to Geng Gong's generation, and it had reached the point of perfection. The gun can be fought from afar, the sword can be attacked at close range, and the combination of far and near is infinitely powerful. It's just that Geng Gong prefers to use a sword, and now he saw seven or eight Hun lieutenants, and he knew that there was a fierce battle, so he abandoned the sword and used a gun. Before and after, one after another, such as pear blossoms ten thousand points, extremely fierce, after a while, only to hear the sound of "ah", a Hun lieutenant fell off the horse, and then fought for a while, and several lieutenants were shot one after another, wounded and fled. Wu Meng also killed several lieutenants. When he looked back at Li Kang, Li Kang had been killed by King Zuoli and was sweating profusely, covering left and right, panting. Geng Gong and Wu Meng stepped forward immediately, and the three of them surrounded King Zuoli, raised their guns and knives together, and killed him immediately.

(End of chapter)