Chapter 111: The Northland (11)

As if knowing what Chen Cheng was thinking, Cheng Yi continued: "If Juluhou becomes the Liangzhou Mu, even if there are only two of us to support it, it is equivalent to Wuwei County and Beidi County being combined, and the two counties can pull out no less than 80,000 combatable soldiers!" If you were Han Sui, would you attack us first, or would you go and fight Ma Teng Chengyin and them? ”

Yang Qiu suddenly brightened, and then his heart pounded. If this is really the case, it will also be a good thing for him, someone in the north has helped him block the Huns, and Chengyi in the west has become a reliable ally, and he himself sits on the rich city of Fuping, wouldn't it be a great advantage?

Moreover, he is sure that this small alliance will be completed, and Ma Teng in the east, Cheng Yin and Zhang Heng in the west will be added. In this way, their side has half of Liangzhou, and even if Song Jian and Han Sui join forces, it will be a tie at most.

So the question is, will Song Jian join forces with Han Sui?

Hey, if anyone believes in the "Yellow River Nine Songs" Korean covenant, they will die in the end. How could Song Jian not understand?

His mind turned sharply, and he said in his heart: Cheng Yi is so eager to push Chen Cheng to be the state pastor, if it really becomes a state pastor in the future, can Chen Cheng not miss him? In that case, I am not in a good situation. No, I have to be one step ahead of him!

Thinking of this, Yang Qiu no longer hesitated, and said loudly: "General Cheng Yi is a little wrong!" ”

Cheng Yi asked, "Where did I say something wrong?" ”

Yang Qiu said: "Why wait until the Huns are defeated before electing Julu Hou as the state pastor?" We are rebels in the mouth of the imperial court, what do you want to do, just do it! ”

He took a step to the side, and then pushed the golden mountain to bow down to the jade pillar, and said loudly: "Minister, the northern land is too guarded by Yang Qiu, meet Liangzhou Mu!" ”

Yang Qiu has only been in charge of Fuping for a few years, so he can't completely suppress Lingzhou's Haoqiang. On the one hand, he now admits that Chen Cheng is Liangzhou, and on the other hand, he claims to be the Taishou of the Northland, which makes it clear that the chariots and horses are to be exchanged. If you, Chen Cheng, support me as the Taishou of the Northland, then I will support you as the pastor of Liangzhou.

In troubled times, people who don't have enough eyes often die quickly. Yang Qiu can rise quickly after the death of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, and then become a prince, even if he doesn't have great wisdom, he still has little cleverness.

Cheng Yi was shocked by Yang Qiu's commotion, but quickly reacted. While spitting on Yang Qiu's villain behavior in his heart, he bowed to the ground and said loudly: "Minister, Wuwei is too guarded to become appropriate, please meet Liangzhou Mu!" ”

Chen Cheng had long heard Yan Zhong say that the princes of Liangzhou were all goods with grass falling in the wind. At that time, he didn't think about it, in the troubled times, people who pay attention to loyalty and keep promises are rarer than giant pandas, from Lu Bu, who is a slave with three surnames, to Feng Yuxiang, a Christian general, which one is not upside down?

But it is only now that he has a new understanding of "wall grass". You said I came to take refuge, why did I suddenly become a Liangzhou pastor? In an instant, he missed poetry.

Chen Cheng also understood what Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi meant by their words, which was to force him to admit their official positions. But so what? Being generous to others is the easiest thing to do, and it's not something he has in his hands anyway, so what's wrong with giving it to others? The two thought they would put him in the air, and only reserved a place for him.

Sometimes, however, as long as the majority of people agree, the righteous name is a better thing to use than the military. Just like when he was in Luoyang....... Thinking of the experience in Luoyang, Chen Cheng's mood was a little bad, he stepped forward to help the two of them up, and said with a smile: "The two generals please get up, thank you for not giving up, the two Taishou elected me as the lord of Liangzhou, if you resign again, it will be hypocritical." ”

He held the two of them up with both hands, and after Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu stood up, they glanced at each other, and a thought invariably rose in their hearts: Chen Cheng has so much strength!

Cheng Yi came back to his senses and immediately said, "We should announce this news to the soldiers immediately!" ”

Yang Qiu agreed: "Yes, this can greatly boost morale!" ”

The two have never dealt with each other, but at this time an agreement was reached, and the pace began to coincide again. Chen Cheng had no opinion on this proposal, but before the two of them returned to the camp to announce, he said: "In today's battle, our army has killed a total of seven people and wounded twenty-two, so it is better to leave the wounded soldiers here first, and then go back after they are injured, how about it?" ”

There are only two dozen people, how can they put it on the hearts of Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu? The two agreed without thinking, and then outside Chen Cheng's Chinese army tent, in front of all the soldiers and soldiers, announced the election of Chen Cheng as the pastor of Liangzhou.

The soldiers and officers were stunned and then overjoyed. First hundreds of people shouted, and then thousands of people shouted "Hurray" together. Whether it was Bali Bashi and Yao Qiong and others who followed Chen Cheng to the north before, or the local Haoqiang in Lingzhou who later took refuge, they all fell into ecstasy. They took refuge in the dragon and the phoenix, and now that Chen Cheng has won the support of the two princes in one fell swoop, they will naturally rise in the future!

When Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi returned to their camp and announced the matter, although the soldiers under their command were not in ecstasy like Chen Cheng's soldiers and horses, they also felt refreshed. Liangzhou Pastoral ..... The thought of this name makes people's blood boil.

The Liangzhou rebels fought with the central court for many years, and they were also fighting with each other internally, although the princes could rely on looting and expropriation to maintain a luxurious life, but the middle and lower level soldiers and the people had long been miserable. If there is really a Liangzhou pastor, everyone's life should be better, right?

Even if it doesn't get better, it never gets worse, and it's the worst case scenario now.

Tens of thousands of people shouted "Long live" together, and the sound shook the four wilds, startling the animals in the wetlands along the Yellow River, and many toads crawled out and made a "cooing" sound at the moon.

Chen Cheng led the Liangzhou pastoral, which was tantamount to an earthquake for the entire Liangzhou. The tremors have not yet reached the outside, but they have caused a huge change. Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu originally had their own ghosts, and the soldiers and horses under Chen Cheng's command were also complex, and such a messy army was put together, and the internal friction alone could drag the combat effectiveness to a very low level.

But after that, the internal friction cannot be said to be completely eliminated, and it can still be reduced somewhat.

The next day, the people and miscellaneous soldiers stayed in the camp, and the infantry went out ten miles to the village. Chen Cheng, Cheng Yi, and Yang Qiu led their cavalry to the north along the river and fought with the Huns.

On the side of the Huns, after the news of the cavalry of the Han brigade in the south came back. It immediately attracted the attention of the Xiongnu princes and nobles. They didn't know much about the internal affairs of Liangzhou, and they only thought that Yang Qiu had mobilized more soldiers and horses after the defeat. Calculating the time, it was almost time for Yang Qiu to lick his wounds and come out again.

So the Huns left their miscellaneous troops behind and continued to attack those stubborn villages and Wu forts, while the main cavalry quickly moved south, preparing to defeat the main forces in the north once again. Both sides were almost light cavalry, moving very quickly and soon colliding together.

The movement of the cavalry group could not be hidden, and Chen Cheng's side discovered each other almost at the same time as the Huns on the opposite side.

Since this sortie was not a decisive battle, Chen Cheng, Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu's soldiers and horses did not act together, but divided into three ways to advance together. When Chen Cheng encountered the enemy on his side, the other two roads also encountered the enemy.

"Enemy! Start the attack queue now! Chen Cheng said loudly: "Xu Rong goes to the left wing, Zhao Yun goes to the right wing, and the rest of the people come with me!" ”

In the midst of the chanting, the pro-soldiers had already sounded the horn of encountering the enemy. Chen Cheng shot three arrows in succession at the opposite side, the bowstring shook, and the arrows quickly pierced into the cavalry queue on the opposite side, and the opposite side also shot a round of arrows. He didn't have time to see what the bow and arrow were doing, so he switched to a shield and a spear. As soon as the weapons were switched, the Huns had already rushed in.

The cavalry hedges, and the power of the spear is doubled. At the same time as the shield in his left hand shook violently, the sharp tip of the spear easily tore through the thick leather armor on the opposite side, poking a huge hole in the flesh inside. There were screams on the side, not only the Huns, but also their side.

They were located on a long and narrow plain west of the Yellow River. On the left is Helan Mountain, which is the Helan Mountain where Yue Wumu wants to "break through the lack of Helan Mountain". On the right is the rolling Yellow River, plus a large area of tidal flats and wetlands along the Yellow River. In this plain, there are countless woods and large fields of crops, dotted with many villages and bunkers. There weren't many places for cavalry to gallop back and forth.

The 2,000 cavalry formed a two-kilometre front, covering the road, and many of them stepped into farmland and villages. Except for a few cavalrymen who were able to penetrate the battle formation on the opposite side, the rest of the men fell into a melee after the first assault.

Chen Cheng took sixty of his own soldiers and several hundred other cavalrymen and rushed directly from the avenue. He rushed to kill, and the spear picked down the enemy one after another and dismounted, and after killing more than a dozen people in a row, his eyes suddenly emptied, but it was the cavalry that had already broken through the Huns. The war horse rushed out of one or two hundred meters before the horse's impact was completely exhausted.

He turned his horse's head and shouted, "Turn your head, whole team!" ”

When he was in the whole team, Chen Cheng looked left and right, but it was just a round of impact, and more than a dozen of the pro-soldiers who rushed to the front with him disappeared. I don't know if he was killed in battle, or if he was separated by horses in the crowd, the message in the lower left corner kept flashing, green means that an enemy has been killed, yellow means that your own soldiers have been stunned, and red means that your own soldiers have been killed.

He didn't have time to distinguish them one by one, and after hurriedly forming a team, he turned around and killed them back. The scuffle on the road and in the fields on both sides continued, and Chen Cheng had already led his men to rush through again, expelling all the Huns near the road and the road to a more marginal place.

Many of the Hun cavalry were thrown off by their horses after stepping into the field, and then these people drew their blades and continued to fight in the field. When they fall to the downwind, their minds are full of only thinking about retreating. But when it came to gaining the upper hand, the Huns were extremely difficult opponents.