CHAPTER XXI
Han Xuan said angrily: "I intend to drag this thief out of Yuanmen and behead him and send him to the Xiqiang Kingdom." If it comes, our army will let it go for the time being. If we don't surrender, our army will drive straight in, attack the capital of the country, and kill its king! β
"Never! In the past, Longzhong countermeasures, I had spoken to His Majesty, West and Zhurong. His Majesty has also made it a national policy, and the marshal wants to go against the national policy now! Zhuge Liang retorted.
Jiang Wei also said: "What the prime minister said is extremely true. And now the heavy snow is closing the road, and it is difficult for our army to march. It is better to withdraw the army back to Hanzhong, wait for the spring of the next year, and fight a decisive battle with Sima Yi. β
"The Art of War: Surprise, unpreparedness. Now the Qiang people are defeated, but our army has built sleds and snowmobiles to attack the Xiqiang country, and it will definitely be decided in a battle. Han Xuan felt that he and Zhuge Liang and the others were getting more and more different.
"The marshal's plan is too risky, and if it fails, our army will be killed." Yang Yi also strongly opposed Han Xuan.
"War is an adventure, if there is no miracle plan, how can we win a big victory?" Han Xuan was arguing with them hoarsely.
At this time, someone finally stood up to support Han Xuan, it was Pang De, Pang De snorted coldly and said, "I agree with the marshal's words. β
"Pound, you ......" Yang Yi and Jiang Wei pointed the finger at Pound again.
Pound said: "If the former marshal is here, he will definitely accept the conspiracy of the Meridian Valley!" When you meet the marshal today, you are really Pound's confidant! β
Han Xuan was also shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that there was no Wei Yan, and there was also Pang De who proposed the Meridian Valley plot.
While everyone was arguing, they suddenly saw Guan Xing and Ma Dai leading a foreign soldier to come. Han Xuan saw the man's face and exclaimed, "What a foreigner!" WhatβsyournameοΌ β
"Marshal! I speak Chinese. The Gentile soldier replied in a broken Chinese dialect.
Han Xuan scratched his head in embarrassment and asked, "Which country's army are you, and why are you here?" β
It turned out that the man's name was Olusola, a Roman, and he told them who they were.
In 53 B.C., one of the strongest Roman armies, the Crassus Legion, was defeated after coming into contact with a Sabbatarian army several times its size on the Iranian plateau, but the remaining 6,000 troops disappeared as if they had disappeared in an instant, and disappeared without a trace in history.
In 36 B.C., the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty protected Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang, the deputy lieutenant, and led 40,000 soldiers to conquer the Northern Xiongnu Zhizhi Shan Yu. When the army of the Han Dynasty arrived at Zhizhi City, they suddenly found a special army.
The number of this army is not large, only more than 100 people, but it uses the "Sandwich Gate Fish Scale Array", and there is a heavy wooden city outside the earth city. Obviously, the only people who used the Fish Scale Array Art of War and the Earth City Heavy Wood City were the Roman legions.
This special force guarding the city gate for the Xiongnu was known as the Great Qin people at that time. Later, the Han army won a great victory in the war with the Xiongnu, and the troops guarding the city gate were also captured immediately, and they were placed in Lijing.
Later, these Roman soldiers intermarried with Qiang and Xiongnu women, and their army has grown to more than 20,000 today.
But not long ago, another Roman army, defeated by the Arabs, fled to the Silk Road, came here to escape the pursuit of the Rest Empire, defeated their general Syvius, and seized the command of this Roman legion.
Han Xuan was amazed when he heard this, and said to Olusora, "Where is your general now?" I want to meet him! β
"General Sevios is fighting against the Qiang people, and he specially ordered me to come and ask for help." Olusaura pleaded.
Han Xuan nodded and said, "The enemy of the enemy is our friend, you saved my generals Guan Xing and Guan Ping, of course I want to help you." β
Han Xuan ordered Guan Xing and Guan Ping to lead the army to wait for the snow to stop, and then lead an elite army to save Sevieus, and the two were willing to repay the favor.
Sevios and his 3,000 Roman soldiers were surrounded by the Qiang general Mi Woma and his 30,000 Qiang regiments, and could not rush out. Michawoma ordered the Qiang soldiers to fire arrows at them, and Sevius had to order his men to form a formation with round shields to resist the rain of arrows.
The approaching Qiang cavalry was stabbed out of the formation by the spears of the Roman soldiers. The two armies have been facing each other for a long time, although the Roman soldiers fought bravely, the formation was not scattered, and the advance and retreat were orderly, but the Qiang people won because there were many people, not to mention the cold weather, the Roman soldiers lacked food and clothing, and their combat strength was greatly reduced.
Sevius led his troops back to a valley and held the mouth of the valley, where the Qiang cavalry could not play to their advantage. The Roman soldiers fought tenaciously, and suddenly there was a great chaos in the rear of the Qiang soldiers, and a Han army came over, and the Qiang soldiers were in chaos.
"General, it's Aulusola who has returned! He came to our rescue with the army of the Han Chinese! A Roman soldier pointed to Sevius, who was rushing ahead, and shouted at Sevius.
"Great! Warriors, rush with me for glory! Sevios raised his sword and beckoned to the Roman soldier behind him.
With a sword in one hand and a round shield in the other, Savius burst into the Qiang army, and no one could do it. Guan Ping rode the horse to kill with a knife, and the Qiang general Riwo Buji came to the enemy with a mace, and the battle was less than fifteen times, and he was cut down by Guan Ping with a knife.
Riwobuji was the first warrior of the Qiang people, but he was beheaded by Guan Ping, and the Qiang soldiers were defeated for a while. Guan Ping rescued Saivius, and the eighteen Qiang generals in front of him blocked the way, and the two fought side by side and fought hard.
But seeing that the Qiang general Mi captured Walma and led thousands of cavalry to block the road, Guan Ping and Sevios were covered in blood, back to back, vigilant against the Qiang soldiers who rushed back and forth.
In the midst of the danger, a group of Xia soldiers stood still with muskets and fired alternately with crossbowmen to defeat the Qiang cavalry. Guan Xing shouted: "Brother, General Sevious, don't panic, Guan Xing is here!" β
Guan Xing came to fight against Mi Capture Woma, but he couldn't fight Wuhe, and Mi Capture Woma was defeated and fled. Guan Xing suddenly chased after the horse, cut the rice and captured the arm of Woma, and the Qiang soldiers were defeated and fled back to the Western Qiang country.
Guan Ping and Guan Xing came back with Sevio and a group of Roman soldiers to see Han Xuan, and Han Xuan said to Sevious: "You are all warriors, are you willing to stay and serve my Great Xia Empire?" β
Sevius said: "The great Roman Empire has lost its former glory, and we only want to go back and revitalize our motherland." When the Emperor of the Han Dynasty took us in, we are very grateful. Now the general has saved us and others, we are friends who have died, and in the future, if our friends are in trouble, we will definitely come to help. β
"Well, everyone has their own ambitions. I can assure you that the Great Xia Empire will soon reopen the Silk Road, and you will be able to return to China. Han Xuan also wanted to know more about Rome, but Liu Du sent people to urge him to increase the offensive of Yongliang, and Han Xuan had to withdraw his troops and go back.
After this defeat, the king of Xiqiang, Cheriji, was deeply afraid of Great Xia, and sent people to Luoyang with letters of state and tribute to Liu Du to claim his vassals.
Liu Du ordered Chen Wu to lead an army to attack Hongnong, and defeated the Wei general Cao Zun in Huayin and beheaded Zhu Xuan. In March, Chen Wu's army went to Feng Xu, and the soldiers pointed directly at Chang'an. Chen Wu sent Deng Zhi to attack Yang Fu in the north, and ordered Zhong Hui to lead an army to Jingzhao to block Deng Ai.
Liu Du sent people to urge Han Xuan to send troops, but Han Xuan only led his soldiers to plant sweet potatoes in Hanzhong. Jiang Wei, Yang Yi and others sneered: "The marshal ordered the army to plant sweet potatoes, but planting sweet potatoes can retreat the enemy!" β
"The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Previously, the army of Shuzhong went out of Qishan five times, and did not do miraculous feats, all because of the lack of food and grass. The land in Hanzhong is barren and only suitable for growing sweet potatoes. Han Xuan explained, secretly complaining in his heart, if Zhuge Liang hadn't used sweet potatoes before, why would he be so troublesome.