Chapter 137: Calling the Kitchen Spring

Liu Qian did not take over the beautifully made, soft and delicious food as usual, but raised her little face and said, "Master, I can eat the food in the army like you and other soldiers." ”

Chen Cheng shook his head, stuffed the rice balls and pastries into her arms, and said, "Since there are conditions, you might as well make yourself more comfortable." ”

"But .........."

"For generals, you need to know the hard work of the soldiers, but you are not a general with the troops now, you just act with the army." Chen Cheng looked at Liu Qian, thought for a while, and said, "It's better to add riding skills to you first, if something really happens, you can run faster." ”

What the hell is plus riding? Liu Qian opened her mouth and decided to skip the question, asking, "Will something happen?" ”

"Maybe, maybe not. Of course, it is best that nothing happens, but we should not let our guard down because of this. You must know that imperialism has never broken off its desire to destroy itself. ”

Liu Qian took a bite of the rice ball and said with a smile: "Master is saying strange things again." ”

"Hey, you think it's weird, it's just because you're too young."

The soldiers brought dinner, and Chen Cheng's food was the same as that of the soldiers, but the portions were a little larger. He finished the food in three or two bites, then stood up and said to Liu Qian, who was still slowly eating the pastry: "After eating, go feed your horse and go to bed early." ”

After saying that, he lifted the curtain, walked out, and began today's routine patrol. By the time he had finished walking around the camp and returned to the Chinese army's tent, it was already completely dark. Many fires were lit inside and outside the camp, but there was no one in the camp except for a small number of soldiers who were keeping vigil. Except for the occasional neighing in the stables, nothing could be heard.

Qubei and several of his subordinates were huddled in a tent, and he peeked out through the gap in the curtain, only to see that the fighting was fierce, and there seemed to be a murderous aura in the barracks, which made him secretly frightened. When you look closely, where is the murderous aura? But it was the rising fog that shrouded the barracks, making it impossible to see what was three feet away.

He peeked as he pricked up his ears to listen to the noises outside. After a long time, he returned to his bed. The bed was very soft, and it was not uncomfortable to lie on it, which was worse than the tent in which I had been in the past, but much better than the herdsmen's quarters in the tribe.

I tossed and turned on the bed, and it was difficult to fall asleep for a while. He did not go south with the Marquis of Xubu Gudu to attack the north, nor did he participate in the bloody battles between the Xiongnu and the Liangzhou coalition forces. Before today, he was still very puzzled, why did the hundreds of thousands of people of the dignified Huns be defeated when they said they were defeated? And he was defeated so completely that even Da Shan Yu was cut off by someone?

But after seeing the elite cavalry under Chen Cheng's command, he understood how powerful the other party was. The military system of Chen Cheng's department is basically copied from the Northern Army, and the Wushi team is in charge of the first level, and the officers and soldiers know what they want to do. Although there are many people, it is like a brain commanding arm, and everything is in order. Qubei believes that if Chen Cheng brought not a thousand people, but ten thousand, tens of thousands, it would also be like what he saw, without the slightest mess.

This is the real army, just like the Northern Army I once saw in Luoyang. Compared to such an army, the tribal soldiers of the Huns were simply a rabble. If you take into account the difference in equipment, it will take at least three times as many troops to win a head-on battle with such an enemy.

Worried about the future, he thought about it on the bed for a long time, and it was not until midnight that he fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, he suddenly woke up from his sleep, and heard people outside neighing on their horses, so it was not lively. Qubei hurriedly jumped up from the bed and ran out to see that Chen Chengjun was already packing up his tent and other items and preparing to march. His face was slightly red, and he found Chen Cheng, who had already put away his things and was teaching Liu Qian to read and write by the fire.

"Chen Yuanjun, I'll go to Lord Huchuquan first, so that I can bring him to see you."

Chen Cheng handed the branch to Liu Qian, then raised his head and said to Qubei: "Messenger, please take care of yourself." ”

He bowed to Chen Cheng and then retreated. When he found his horse, he mounted his horse and quickly ran east. He is now young and strong, and he did not hesitate to run a hundred miles in half a day and rushed to the Huchuquan army.

He rushed to the Chinese army, he jumped off the horse, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said, "My lord, I'm back!" ”

Hu Chuquan is also a typical northern Hu people, with a large round face and hoop legs formed after a long time of horseback riding. He was about the same age as Qubei, and immediately asked, "Chen Cheng has already brought troops over?" ”

Qubei raised his head and said, "Chen Yuanjun said that he would wait for the adults to meet thirty or forty miles away from here. ”

"Chen Yuanjun?" Hu Chuquan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Have you seen that Chen Cheng with your own eyes?" ”

Go to Beidao: "The villain did see General Fei with his own eyes. ”

"Hmph, what General Fei? It's just those ignorant and incompetent people who shout casually, how can they be taken seriously? Hu Chuquan's eyes flashed, "Now the surnamed Chen is in front of me with a small number of soldiers and horses, this is a great opportunity given by God to us Huns, how can we miss it?" ”

Qubei's heart jumped, he stepped forward and grabbed the reins of Hu Chuquan's mount, and said hurriedly: "Although there are only 1,000 cavalry under Chen Yuanjun, they are well-equipped and the soldiers are well-trained. If Chen Yuanjun returned to Linrong, how could he not send troops to attack Yunzhong? The war is together, and the Wuhuan people and Dong Zhuo of the state are afraid that they will also take the opportunity to attack us, this is the situation of being attacked on three sides! ”

Hu Chuquan frowned, thought for a while, and said, "The opportunity given by the Immortal Heaven, did you just let it go?" ”

Go to humble said: "Although Chen Yuanjun was elected as the pastor of Liangzhou, but there are not many soldiers and horses in his hands, even if he wants to seize the land from the outside, he will not let Liangzhou Guanzhong and come to seize Yunzhong." My lord, now that the court is about to be in chaos, why should we find another enemy for ourselves at this time? ”

Hu Chuquan's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he knocked his head with a horsewhip and said, "What you said is very reasonable. ”

He was overjoyed when he heard this, but unexpectedly, Hu Chuquan said: "So I decided, I have to kill that Chen Cheng in a battle!" ”

Ignoring the humble persuasion, he straightened up on horseback and shouted: "The enemy is thirty miles to the west, whoever cuts off Chen Cheng's head, I will reward him with a hundred horses and a thousand sheep!" And make him a big man! ”

The surrounding Hun cavalry was stunned for a moment, and then the breathing shop became heavy. Not to mention the big household, a hundred horses, a thousand sheep, what a huge fortune!

There are more than 5,000 of these Hun cavalry, many of them went south with the Yufu Luo Huchuquan brothers to help the court exterminate the rebels, and they were just driven out of Bingzhou by Dong Zhuo, and most of their previous wealth was lost.

However, although the Huns were very concerned about the huge reward, there was a whispering voice in the procession.

"You can't win, can you?"

"How can you win? More than 100,000 people have been defeated, how many of us are there? ”

Many of this army have never fought against the Liangzhou army, but half of them know how powerful they are. The Huns' military discipline was not very strict, and those who had escaped from the Liangzhou army a month or two earlier casually told their companions about Chen Cheng's cruelty.

What "one foot tall, eight feet waistline", "green face and fangs, like a ghost", "ten Huns every day as snacks" and so on, for a while, the army was full of all kinds of strange rumors.

Hu Chuquan's face was ugly, he raised his right hand, pointed to the sun in the sky and said loudly: "As a descendant of the Luan Dai clan and a younger brother of Da Danyu, I order you to set off one by one, and there must be no mistake!" ”

The nobles whipped their soldiers to stop talking. The cavalry marched west in several directions, gradually increasing in speed. The army roared by, leaving behind a messy man in the wind, Qubei and his friends.

"Go to Lord Bei, do we follow, or do we ......."

He stomped his feet, gritted his teeth, and said, "Keep up, of course you have to follow, I want to see how Lord Hu Chuquan killed Chen Yuanjun!" ”

He jumped on his horse, stepped on one stirrup, and shouted, "Come with me!" ”

Chen Cheng had already led his army forty miles east, and when he arrived at the intended location, he asked the soldiers to stop and rest. The place where they stopped was on an east-west road in the Yinshan Mountains, with rolling mountains on the left, and some flat places on the right, but also many uneven hills.

Chen Cheng silently watched a large red point of light rushing from the movement to the west, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Should it be said that the people of this era are too simple, and they will go on when they have the opportunity? Or are there more people doing it than using their brains this year? It is obviously a matter of combining to benefit both sides, and dividing to do two harms; Obviously, there is Yangguan Avenue to walk, why does Huchuquan want to take the single-plank bridge?

Perhaps, because I don't know enough about this era? Fortunately, Liu Yuan's soldiers and horses did not appear in the rear, maybe Liu Yuan was completely unaware of this, or he was hesitant in his heart, and he was unwilling to fall into the handle. In any case, the back road was not cut off, otherwise, Chen Cheng would have to find a way to escape to Xu Rong now.

Of course, for Liu Yuan and Hu Chuquan, the best way was to suddenly send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to block him in Jiuyuan City. In that case, unless he abandons his soldiers and horses and flees alone, there is only one way to fight and die.

He reflected for ten seconds, then stood up from the mazar and shouted to the left and right: "Blow the trumpet at once, three long and two short!" ”

The majestic and desolate trumpet sounded, repeating itself in a rhythm of three long and two short. By the time the second horn was over, the cavalrymen had tightened their bags on their horses' bellies, checked their armor and weapons, and formed a not-so-neat queue according to their formation.

Lu Fang and Xu Rong have both been promoted and released, and now the oldest and most meritorious general under Chen Cheng is Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun rode a horse to check in front of the army, then galloped to Chen Cheng's side, and said in a loud voice: "Lord, the soldiers are ready for battle!" ”

"Good!" Chen Cheng was very satisfied with the speed of the soldiers' reactions, but his face was impassive, he pointed to the wide road in front of him, and said, "The enemy will kill from this direction, and the strength is estimated to be several times that of us." I commanded:"

Li Kan took a hundred cavalry to the hill on the left, told the soldiers to dismount, erected blankets, and prepared to meet the enemy with bows and crossbows. No matter how the situation on the battlefield changes, no pursuit is allowed. ”

Li Kan clenched his fists on horseback and said loudly: "No! ”

Chen Cheng turned his head and said to Liu Qian: "Now that there is going to be a war, you should also go with General Li, stay on the mound well, and don't run around." ”

Liu Qian tightened her little face, nodded vigorously, and said, "I know!" ”

She raised the hunting bow in her hand and said, "I can shoot arrows!" ”

Chen Cheng touched her bun and continued to order, "Liang Xing go and hide in the mound behind Li Kanbu, wait for the Huns to come, and then kill with the camera." Zhao Yun led seven hundred cavalry out of the two-mile array, and when the Huns came, they killed them directly from the avenue! ”

He looked left and right on the horse's back and asked aloud, "Do you understand?" ”

"No!"