Chapter 269 Man Eats, Horses Eat Grass
Guo Yan and Fan Chou hesitated for a while, silent, not knowing whether they should follow Li Yu or not, after all, there is no impermeable wall, this time to work for Li Yu, it is obviously thankless, at least it will offend Hua Xiong.
"Two generals, is that good? The general will recommend the two generals to the Taishi afterwards and invite the merit for the two generals. ”
Li Yu thought about it, and drew a big pie for Guo Yan and Fan Chou.
Li Yu lowered his face and discussed with Guo Yan and Fan Chou, Guo Yan and Fan Chou didn't dare to hold it, Bishui Guan really had to make a mistake, and the two of them also had to bear the responsibility.
"General Lee, please give the order as well. As the general of Bishui Pass, he should have beaten Sun Jian and done things for the Taishi, and he would have a clear conscience. Fan Chou was more frank than Guo Yan, and he was the first to figure it out, and asked Li Yu to fight, and said.
Fan Chou was able to obey the order, Li Yu let go of half of the burden in his heart, and turned his head to look at Guo Yan again, the corners of his mouth raised, not urging or urging.
Guo Yan felt a chill in his heart, this Li Yan is too bad, take advantage of this time to force Guo Yan to express his position, isn't this taking advantage of people's danger! Who knows if Huaxiong can still be favored? Win Dong Zhuo's favor?
In terms of martial arts alone, among the generals in Xiliang, Hua Xiong is really unbeatable, and no one can compare with Hua Xiong.
And Li Yu is Dong Zhuo's quasi-son-in-law, as long as Dong Zhuo does not fall, then Li Yu's power will not decrease, and it is natural for the Xiliang generals to be ordered, and they can't afford to offend either.
"General Li, General Hua is not here, the thief will attack the city wall soon, naturally General Li will be responsible for the overall command, the general is only the vanguard general, and it is the general's job to kill the enemy and punish the thief, and General Li will directly show it."
Guo Yan would not be stupid like Fan Chou, asking Li Yu to fight, maybe he would stand on the wrong team and worship the wrong mountain gate.
Hua Xiong is the chief general of Bishui Pass, Li Yu is only a deputy general, Guo Yan avoided talking about anything else, only said that he was a pioneer, and he was sent by Dong Zhuo to kill the enemy, and he took himself away.
Regardless of whether it is the order of the chief general or the deputy general, Guo Yan should abide by it, and Guo Yan does not want to be involved in cause and effect.
"Great goodness, the two generals are well aware of the great righteousness, and today's grace will be kept in mind, and he will be rewarded in the future. Without further ado, the two generals obeyed the order! General Fan, you led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the Bishui Pass, divided into three batches, each batch of 10,000 people, taking turns to release arrows, according to the distance of the enemy, first throwing, then flat shooting, then close shooting, and so on. General Guo, you lead another 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, responsible for rolling down boulders on the city wall, dumping tung oil, and destroying Sun Jianjun's ladders, frames, arrow carts and other things. ”
Li Yu has a small belly and chicken intestines, Guo Yan's statement was obscure just now, and Li Yu immediately stumbled Guo Yan.
It is much easier to let Fan Chou be in charge of the archers, Xiliang Tieqi was originally an excellent archer, but now it is equivalent to standing on the ground and picking up arrows on the spot, and it is also in batches according to different techniques, just shoot arrows directly.
But the work assigned to Guo Yan is difficult. Carrying boulders, how many people moved, where to smash them, how hot the tung oil burned, and how to move them so as not to hurt the guards of Bishui Pass, all of these tests of eyesight, brainpower and intelligence.
It can be said that Guo Yan is in trouble, this is a thankless errand, and it is extremely risky.
Once Sun Jianjun really climbed the city wall, the first guards to come into contact with Bishui Pass were naturally those under the leadership of Guo Yan, and it was not a joke to face Sun Jianjun.
Besides, Sun Jianjun held his breath, dodged bows and arrows, rolling stones, and tung oil, and finally climbed the city wall.
It's a pity that the military order has been issued, and everything is a foregone conclusion.
Guo Yan had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it, and he and Fan Chou both clasped their fists and took orders.
Sun Jian was full of enthusiasm, but as soon as he rode his horse to the city wall, waves of arrows were shot out of the Bishui Pass, and in an instant, Sun Jian's soldiers and horses were lost by more than half, and only three or four thousand remained.
Sun Jian was shocked, this Xiliang army guards Bishui Pass, it is too unruly, how can anyone guard the pass and release cold arrows from afar, once the arrows are released, they are still overwhelming, it is simply bullying.
There are so many shooters, why bother not to shoot until Sun Jian is attacking the city? It is completely possible for Huaxiong to pull out the Xiliang Iron Cavalry outside Bishui Pass, and Sun Jian will still have to retreat in a wave of arrow rain, so that Huaxiong can still cover up and expand the results of the battle.
The rain of arrows in Bishui Pass still didn't stop, Sun Jian didn't want to continue to move forward, and if he rushed over again, it was estimated that all the soldiers and horses under his command would have to fight out.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! Sun Jian finally knew his own strength, it was unrealistic to want to take the Bishui Pass, and the soldiers and horses that had been accumulated with great difficulty did not need to fill in all of them for the sake of a Bishui Pass.
After Sun Jian finished shouting, he was disheartened, turned the head of the horse, and galloped directly behind, not daring to look back at the tragic situation behind him.
As soon as Sun Jian retreated, the four generals under his command followed Sun Jian, Cheng Puwei chased Sun Jian closely, while Huang Gai and Han Dang protected Sun Jian's two sides, preventing Sun Jian from being injured by random arrows.
Sun Jian took four tiger generals, returned to the camp, counted them, and found that there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses left, and he was immediately distressed, and the most uncomfortable thing was that the problem of lack of grain and grass was still unsolved, hanging on Sun Jian's head.
This is how the march and the war are, the people have to eat, the horses have to eat grass, two meals a day, three meals in wartime, these are all unsaved, otherwise, there is no physical strength, what to take to fight with the enemy.
"Lord, as the vanguard, our army attacked Bishui Pass, although it did not capture Bishui Pass, but it also rescued Bao Zhong and others, there is no merit and hard work, the lord should quickly go to the front of the candidates, ask for some food and grass, this is a matter of course, and it is not too much." Cheng Pu, as Sun Jian's strategist, was most afraid that Sun Jian would not be able to tear his face at this time, and he would hold on to it.
In front of him, even if Sun Jianjun doesn't get involved in Luoyang, I'm afraid he won't be able to return to Jiangdong, there is no grain and grass, and it is difficult to move an inch.
Sun Jian is known as the Jiangdong Tiger, so he naturally pays attention to face, but Sun Jian knows that the situation is urgent now, so he has to bow his head and admit a little, and first get some grain and grass, even if it is borrowed, so that Sun Jianjun can survive. Otherwise, the soldiers under his command will definitely be cold, and they will not be able to fill their stomachs just by following Sun Jian's belief.
"Demou, I have wronged you. The general went to ask all the people for some food and grass to maintain the army's expenses. Sun Jian nodded, Sun Jian really had to come out in person, but Sun Jian was all the way, maybe someone would appreciate Sun Jian and be willing to donate generously.
Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Mao all hugged their fists and saluted, their faces were ashamed, as generals under Sun Jian, they couldn't even handle grain and grass, and they also got the lord Sun Jian to beg others for rewards in a low voice, begging for food and grass like a beggar, it was really shameless.