Chapter 203 Backbone

Chen Cheng sat down in the big tent and asked, "Which general's subordinate are you?" ”

A Qiang man had just washed the jug, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and replied, "We are General Chengyi's subordinates." ”

"What's going on? How many Han troops occupied Huangbei Mountain? What is the geometry of each step? Hurry up! ”

It turned out that when Huangfu Song sent troops to Chencang, he had already sent an infantry from Yongcheng, through the Qianyang River Valley, and then doubled the road, went around a big circle, and plunged into the edge of Weishui from the north. After occupying Huangbei Mountain, this Han army did not set up a camp at first, but erected a fence on the road. Two trenches were dug in front of the fence, and soldiers defended it behind the fence with spears and crossbows. Song Jian's base camp was in Jiuquan, the farthest away, and he was the first to retreat and the first to run into the Han army's defensive line.

The Xiliang army was eager to return home, and when they saw that some officers and soldiers were blocking the way, they immediately launched an attack with cavalry. Dozens or hundreds of horsemen who rushed to the front fell into the trench, and then the Han army fired bows and crossbows in unison, and after a few rounds of shooting, the corpses of men and horses were all over the front of the fence, and the horses could not get close to the front.

Song Jian knew what it would mean to be blocked here, and when he saw the defeat of the cavalry, he immediately asked his soldiers to dismount and fight. When attacking the position of the Han army, a group of soldiers and horses was also divided to attack Huangbei Mountain. But he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Han army, and also overestimated the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his own command.

The Xiliang cavalry is indeed very brave on horseback, even if Chen Cheng establishes the Flying Bear Hussar, he needs to win over and divide the princes from all walks of life, but he doesn't want to fight with these strong cavalry on the battlefield. However, the weakness of the Xiliang Army is also obvious, the degree of organization is low, the equipment is inferior, and after getting off the horse, the combat effectiveness has been reduced by more than half.

Although most of the Han troops who came to intercept were light infantry, they were equipped with a lot of bows and crossbows, and all the armor was concentrated on the soldiers in the front row. The Xiliang army stepped on the corpses of their comrades and fought in battle, and was soon defeated in a bloody confrontation.

The Western Liang army that attacked Huangbei Mountain on the back was also easily repulsed, and the Han army on the mountain did not even have hand-to-hand combat, and repelled the attack of the Western Liang army with bows and crossbows and stones alone. Song Jian organized three more attacks in a row, each time becoming more and more powerless. Hundreds of corpses of soldiers and horses were piled up on the road in front of the mountain, and even two trenches were filled.

When Liangzhou was opposed, Jiuquan Taishou Huang Yan also rebelled against the imperial court. But not long after, Song Jian, who was also one of the rebels in Xiliang, launched a surprise attack, beheaded Huang Yan and his generals, and monopolized the entire Jiuquan County. Therefore, Song Jian is not a soft-hearted person, he is helpless against the position of the Han army, not because he cherishes the lives of his soldiers, but because he really can't fight.

By the time Cheng Yin, Cheng Yi and others arrived, the number of the Xiliang army had reached twenty or thirty thousand, and the roads and valleys were blocked tightly. When Cheng Yin and Cheng Yi learned of the situation, they were also shocked, and regardless of the fact that it was already late at night, they immediately ordered their subordinates to light torches and organize soldiers and horses to launch a strong attack.

However, the Han army set up a defensive line on the road, and a rudimentary camp was erected on the mountain. The Xiliang army attacked with all its strength, fought for a long time, and the corpses kept rolling down the mountain until dawn, breaking through the fence of the Han army several times, but they were driven out by the Han army.

After dawn, Xiliangjun looked at the scene of corpses strewn in front of him, and his morale was greatly depressed. There are corpses of Xiliang people everywhere on the mountain and down the mountain, and they can't even find a few places to stay. As for Zhang Heng, his black-armored army was good at fighting tough battles, but he couldn't go up at all, and the road was blocked by the soldiers and horses in front of him.

Just when Cheng Yi sent the heralds, he was discussing with Zhang Heng, Song Jian, and Cheng Yin, preparing to let the soldiers withdraw to the side of the mountain and make way for Zhang Heng's black armor army.

The Qiang man spoke for a long time, and finally said: "It is said that the enemy army has tens of thousands of people, and the entire Huangbei Mountain is occupied. ”

"Yes!" Another Qiang on the side said: "The mountains are full of Han soldiers in red robes!" Their arrows were raining so hard that we couldn't even lift our heads! ”

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "It is impossible to have so many Han troops, how many elites is Huangfu Song?" How could it be possible to send tens of thousands of elites to block the road? Unless .........."

The two Qiang people who were kneeling on the ground asked together, "Unless what?" ”

"Unless Huangfu Song has made up his mind to swallow our 100,000 army in one gulp!"

Speaking of this, Chen Cheng's heart moved, Huangfu Song may not be the idea of fighting. The front blocked the mountain beam, and the back seized the Huangbei Mountain, in fact, the Xiliang army has been blocked in the more than 100 miles long mountain road by the Weishui River, although you can also take the north detour to Longxian, but then you have to go around the mountains for one or two hundred miles, if there are ambushes on the way............

Chen Cheng imagined the scene of Cao Mengde shaking his head and laughing, and then imagined himself pointing to a certain mountain, laughing and saying, "I just laughed at that Ding Yuan has no plan, and Huangfu Song is less wise", and he couldn't help but shudder.

He said to the two Qiang people on the ground: "General Chengyi sent you over, is there anything else to say?" ”

One of them replied: "General Cheng asked Chen Yuanjun to immediately withdraw with the trapped camp first!" ”

Retreat first with the trapped camp? Chen Chengxin said: Cheng Yi knows the details of the trapping camp, and knows that this heavy infantry is good at attacking fortifications, but if Zhang Heng's black armor army is powerless, what is the use of just trapping the camp? Although the Black Armor Army suffered heavy losses, it still had more than 3,000 and close to 4,000 troops left. After a whole day of fighting, there are less than 700 people who can still go into battle.

He said to himself: Most of the time, Cheng Yi is afraid that the princes in front of him are not in harmony, and he wants to let himself go to calm people's hearts, or he wants to use his unparalleled martial arts to lead the trapped camp to kill a bloody way for the army. Hey, if it's really the latter possibility, then as the commander of the army, he is expected to take the lead in the charge, is this character jumping, or standing?

Thinking about it for just a moment, he turned to the two Qiangs: "I know, you go back and report to General Chengyi first, saying that I will rush over later." Let him dissuade General Zhang Heng from postponing the attack, everything will wait until I arrive! ”

"Yes!"

After Chen Cheng and the others left, he immediately said to Zhao Si: "Quickly summon Li Kan, Liang Xing, Ding Yuan, Yang Qiu, Wei Ran, and Bali Bashi and Qubei!" ”

Zhao Si clenched his fists and shouted, "No! ”

In the spare time waiting for the crowd to arrive, Chen Cheng took out Fang Tian's painting halberd, poured some water on it first, and then wiped off the remaining blood stains on it with a silk cloth. Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan's strange soldiers are very beautiful, and they blocked the 100,000 Xiliang troops in a single word, but everything in this world still has to rely on strength to speak in the end.

Whether it is strategy or the art of war, it is essentially to weaken the enemy, so that oneself can have an advantage on the local battlefield, and it is to let oneself have stronger strength at the moment of war. The so-called defeating the strong with the weak is actually fighting the weak with the strong. Therefore, the essence of war is that the strong one wins!

The curtain was lifted, and the generals in armor rushed in. Chen Cheng stood up, carrying Fang Tian's halberd, as if he was talking to the generals who came in, and he seemed to be talking to himself, "No matter how subtle the plan is, how can I fight hard?" ”

He slowly looked from left to right in the big tent, and then said in a deep voice: "There is news from the rear just now, some of you may know, and some of you may not know. The Han army has occupied Huangbei Mountain, blocking our way back to Xiliang. ”

The generals in the tent were all battle-hardened warriors, and when they heard that the back road was cut off, although they were frightened, no one showed a look of fear. The enemy is strong, but we will only be stronger!

Yesterday's battle was very fierce, although the Liangzhou army suffered heavy casualties, but after all, they won the battle, forcing the Han army to take the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield, and even threw away the wounded soldiers. As long as victory can be achieved, the morale of the army can be maintained. In many cases, the generals who led the troops would rather lose some soldiers and horses than break their morale.

Husband war, courage also!

Soldiers, have a backbone!

Chen Cheng looked at the generals in the tent, these people are all brave heroes, and now they can gather here, this is his biggest capital. He secretly said in his heart: Whether it is Ding Yuan or Huangfu Song, if you want to take down the head of a certain family, then it is better to let the horse come. I want to see who will laugh at the end!

"I'll take Wei Ran and eighty guards to Huangbei Mountain later, and all the soldiers and horses here will be under the command of Yang Qiu!" Chen Cheng put down Fang Tian's halberd, took out the tiger talisman, and said, "Yang Shangshu, the talisman is now for you." I will go and persuade Han Sui to let him and Li Xiangru hand over the soldiers and horses to you for the time being. The Han army will definitely attack again today, you must defend it for me, before I return, no one is allowed to retreat, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

Yang Qiu stepped forward, took the tiger talisman, and said loudly: "No! ”

Chen Cheng advised: "Ding Yuan, Lu Bu and others are fine, but Huangfu Song is resourceful, you just need to keep it, don't be greedy for merit." ”

Yang Qiu patted his chest and said: "The lord just rest assured, as long as there is a certain family, the officers and soldiers will never be allowed to succeed!" ”

Chen Cheng patted him on the shoulder, turned his head, and said to Ding Yuan: "The catapult has already assembled two, but the number of stone bullets is not much, you wait to divide some people and go to the mountain behind to continue collecting stones." ”

He didn't wait for Ding Yuan to answer, and said to Liang Xing: "I'll take Yan Xing to Han Sui's camp first, and let him return to the team later." ”

"No!"

After explaining, Chen Cheng turned back. The guards lifted the door curtain, Chen Cheng bowed his head slightly, and walked out of the big tent, he immediately whistled, and the hooves in the camp suddenly rose, and with a loud hiss, a flame rushed over, and then stopped in front of Chen Cheng.

"Get on the horse, come with me!"

The eighty-three horsemen rushed out to the left and quickly headed to the camp of the Han Sui army on the edge of the Liuchuan Plateau.

"Stop coming!"

At the gate of the camp, more than a dozen soldiers blocked the way.

Wei Ran said angrily: "Bastard! Blind your dogs! This is Chen Yuanjun in person, why don't you get out of the way? ”

Looking at the group of ironclad cavalry in front of him, the face of the little colonel guarding the camp gate changed slightly, although he recognized Chen Cheng and the others, he didn't dare to let them enter at will. Not long ago, because he let Chen Zhijun and others enter the camp, General Han cut off the head of the general guarding the gate, he didn't dare to make such a mistake again.

Chen Cheng jumped off his horse, his heavy footsteps stomping on the ground, splashing dust. He said in a deep voice: "Go and report to General Han, and say that I, Chen Cheng, have something important to see him!" ”