Chapter 257: Westward Expansion (3)
Cao Xing had built a simple camp at the front before this, which was equivalent to a temporary defense, in order to prevent this kind of emergency, Cao Xing thought at first that if he was unlucky, he encountered a large tribe of the Qiang people, and he could temporarily resist one or two if he raised troops, but what Cao Xing did not expect was that he was facing a team led by a Han people, and the team was very large, integrating the Han Qiang people and the Xianbei people.
Although their costumes and weapons have some different feelings, they add up to more or less a full 60,000 people.
Facing the mighty army, Cao Xing's expression was more or less nervous, and he had no choice but to raise the long sword in his hand and shout loudly when he saw these people raise troops to invade Cao Xing.
"The well is ready, the trebuchet is loaded with stones, and the bed is a ballista with arrows!"
"Zhou Cang, immediately take your car to get off the tiger warrior and equip the giant shield to meet the enemy in front!"
"Hu Che'er, take your light cavalry and outflank them from the left and right to attack the enemy army, but be careful not to go too deep when attacking the enemy army, just harass them on the edge and distract them!"
Cao Xing's series of orders were issued quickly, and the soldiers around him were all ready for battle, so a big battle began, Cao Xing personally took the archers, and kept shooting at the head of the city.
And Zhou Cang is waiting below the car under the tiger soldiers, using the previous training, the phalanx that has been trained, first let the giant shield hold the giant shield in front to resist the charge of the enemy cavalry and infantry, and then another row of car under the tiger soldiers in the back to prepare the scimitar, just when Zhou Cang gave an order, the giant shield soldiers in front of them automatically got out of the way, and then the people behind directly took the scimitar up for a while, only need to cut two or three breaths of time, under Zhou Cang's order, those who attacked must all retreat, and the defenders put the giant shield in front.
If the enemy is eyeing Hu Cheer and others, they are ready to gather a large army to recruit Hu Cheer and others, Hu Cheer sees that the momentum is not right, and he runs away, anyway, they belong to the light cavalry, and the war horse under the crotch runs fast, and there is no trace of him.
And Cao Xing, who was standing on the head of the city, organized his archers and shot desperately, even Cao Xing raised his bow and arrows and shot in person, but Cao Xing's shooting was not indiscriminate, his eyes scanned around the battlefield, and every time he was on the bow and arrow, he added an arrow, and found a sharp sword in the air, and an officer who was directing the attack fell.
He has also had a lot of dealings with the Qiang people and Xianbei people, Cao Xing can still judge from their clothing, which people are officers and which people are soldiers, Cao Xing is not aimed at soldiers, but only for those who are commanding on the front line, see one and kill another.
This battle was fought very fiercely, but fortunately, Cao Xing had prepared before, and the siege and defense equipment were readily available, coupled with the desperate battle of the generals, the enemy army was finally beaten back, and the two armies were Ming Jin at night.
Cao Xuan immediately asked Jia Xu to count the casualties, and the result was that today's casualties were still within the acceptable range, but there were too many enemy troops, and if it continued like this, it would probably be difficult to hold it.
Hearing this, Cao Xuan fell into deep thought, and the next day, Han Sui did not send people to continue the attack, but he could see hundreds of horsemen coming out of their military camp, led by a young general with silver armor and silver spear, the young general strode on the war horse, and then rode the horse slowly to Cao Xing's camp.
He cleared his throat, pointed his spear, and shouted directly to the soldiers above, asking Cao Xuan to come out, Cao Xuan and Jia Xu glanced at each other after learning the news, and both of them came to the top of the city.
"Cao Xing, listen to me, I'm coming to Liangzhou to assassinate Yan Xing, the partial general under Han Sui!"
When Cao Xing heard this guy's self-exposed name, he couldn't help frowning, isn't Yan Xing in history Han Sui's son-in-law?
"Cao Xing, I have no other purpose for coming here today, just to bring you a word for my lord, your hand is stretched too long, now give you a chance, immediately take your people, dismantle all the facilities you have built, and then go back to your state, my lord can not blame the past, otherwise, it will be the day when the army will crush the border, and then you don't come to beg me again!"
This Yan Xing spoke very arrogantly, and after letting go of these words, he snorted coldly and left with people.
Watching Yan Xing gradually walk away, Cao Xing stood at the head of the city, his arms clasped in front of his chest, and finally sighed.
And Jia Xu next to him, seeing this scene, looked at Cao Xing with a smile and said: "Lord, don't hide it, although I don't know this Han Sui, we are both Wuwei people, me and he are also half of the countrymen, Su asked him to have the name of the Yellow River Jiuqu, and now he is leading a whole army of 60,000 to attack, it can be seen that he has been prepared, and others are also people who know how to strategize, so it is very difficult to deal with!" ”
After Cao Xuan heard what Jia Xu meant, he then asked nonchalantly: "What do you mean is to let me leave here!" ”
And Jia Xu touched his eight-character nonsense and smiled: "Although you have not been here for a long time, my lord, you have spent so much effort, taught so many people, and spread such a wide range of technology, if you suddenly withdraw your troops now, these things will be handed over to others, I think this is not your character!" ”
"Hehe, now with the strength of my side, in Mr. Wenhe's opinion, how should I deal with it!"
Jia Xu raised a finger and said a word, then looked at Cao Xuan with burning eyes and said: "Lord, I only have this point of certainty, and the rest is only to see your ability!" ”
Early the next morning, Lieutenant General Han Sui was anxious to discuss matters in the army, but at this moment, a sentry suddenly came to report outside the door, and a person who claimed to be Han Sui's fellow villager asked to meet. And this man also admitted that he was from the Cao Xing military camp.
Hearing that it was Cao Xing's person, Yan Xing immediately took the case, and then arched his hand to Han Sui and said: "Lord, I have already conveyed your meaning to Cao Xuan very clearly yesterday, but Cao Xing also sent someone today, I think he clearly wants to use people as lobbyists, why don't we arrest this person and kill him quickly, in this way, it will definitely make Cao Xing even more frightened!" ”
Yan Xing's impulse was echoed by many of the people in the tent, and at first glance most of the generals here were dressed in clothes, and it was clear that they were tribal people, not Han Chinese.
What Yan Xing said made sense, but after Han Sui pondered for a moment with his brows on his face, he still shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I really don't remember, there are people in Cao Xing's military camp who are fellow villagers with me, I want to meet who it is today, if he can't say a single ugly man, it's not too late to kill him!" ”
A gleam flashed in Han Sui's eyes, and it was obvious that he was thinking more than his future son-in-law.
After a short time, Jia Xu was led into Han Sui's military tent, Han Sui squinted at Jia Xu, looked at Jia Xu for a moment, then smiled, pointed to a seat next to him and said, "Hehe, it's a guest from afar, this gentleman, please sit down!" ”
This Han Sui seemed to be very polite, but Jia Xu followed Han Sui's gesture and glanced at the position next to him, only to find that this was a low mat, and even it was covered with dust, and it was still the last in the camp.
For this reason, he has concluded that Jia Xu is definitely Cao Xu's lobbyist, and since he is a lobbyist, it is necessary for Han Sui to give Jia Xu a dismissal, so he naturally wants to humiliate Jia Xu at this moment.
Jia Xu also saw Han Sui's posture in his eyes, but he didn't sit down immediately, but stood up straight, straightened his waist, and then said: "I have heard that Han Sui of Liangzhou is a celebrity of our martial arts!" has always treated people with courtesy, corporal courtesy, but when I saw it today, I was in vain! ”
"Bold! Where did the dog thief come from? It's not that I don't want to live anymore, don't I! Yan Xing heard that Jia Xu dared to scold Han Sui, and the whole person was even more angry, immediately stood up, and suddenly pulled out the sword, he took two steps forward directly, and the sword was already against Jia Xu's neck, but even in the face of this situation, the look on Jia Xu's face was still unwavering, and when Yan Xing was about to make a move, suddenly Han Sui shouted and stopped Yan Xing's actions.
Yan Xing looked at Han Sui with some puzzlement, but Han Sui smiled and waved his hand at Yan Xing: "Okay, you go back first!" ”
Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, Yan Xing couldn't help it, Han Sui's relationship with him was not only the relationship between the monarch and the minister, maybe it would be further in the future, so in the face of Han Sui's words, Yan Xing had to listen, so he had to put the long sword back into its sheath and return to his position.
And Han Sui also looked at Jia Xu again, he looked Jia Xu up and down, in his heart, he couldn't help but have some questions, he always felt that the breath on this Jia Xu's body was a little wrong, anyway, he was a little inaccurate.
However, since he was a little uncertain, Han Sui said directly to the point: "I remember that before you came, it seemed that you reported your name, your name is Jia Xu, right?" ”
"Exactly!"
"Hehe, in that case, Mr. Jia Xu, why did you come to be Cao Xing's lobbyist today, although I, Han Sui, have always loved talents, but for that kind of treacherous and cunning person, the knife in my hand will not be merciful!"
Han Sui glanced at the people under him, Yan Xing and the others immediately understood, although they were not dancing with a sword at Jia Xu, but they all threw their fierce eyes at Jia Xu, and their hands unconsciously stopped their weapons, as if Jia Xu didn't say a good word in the next sentence, they would collectively riot and split Jia Xu's corpse.