Chapter VII: Advance and Retreat

The Han army appeared here so quickly, which obviously made the Xianbei army on the other side of the water seem a little flustered, and this made the reality of their troops more clearly exposed.

However, in the face of this scene, Gongsun Xun, who was immediately on a hillside on the south side of the river, was pale.

"Wen Qi, all the officers above the county squadron have arrived." For a long time, Lu Fan was really helpless, so he could only remind him softly behind him.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Gongsun Xun asked, turning his horse's head and in a confused tone mixed with a bit of anger and ruin. "You are all handsome people, can anyone tell me, where is the elite headquarters of Tanshi Huai to suppress the Wanli Grassland?"

LΓΌ Fan, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Mo Huqi, Lou Gui, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Gao Heng, and many other military figures...... At this moment, all of them are behind Gongsun Xun, but no one can speak!

It's not that there are no ideas, but that you don't dare to have ideas!

In this case, God knows how serious the consequences of a mistake in judgment will be?

"Shaojun." In the end, it was Lou Gui who couldn't help but give up his hand on the horse.

"You say." Gongsun Xun immediately raised his horsewhip and pointed at the other party.

"Shaojun, you said before that there are some things that should be said in private, in case there is a possibility of shaking the morale of the army." Lou Gui is as annoying as ever.

"You're really ......" Gongsun Xun laughed, but found that he had relieved a lot of tension. That's it! Don't have any scruples this time, the military situation is dangerous, and the situation in front of us can only mean that our situation is critical, and more than 1,500 people are hanging here alone for 300 miles, what can we do? ”

The crowd was silent.

"Time is of the essence." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Where is the royal army of Tanshi Huai at this time? How should we behave? It's important for everyone to speak up. ”

"Perhaps, Tanshi Huai bypassed our front and took advantage of the lack of troops in Xia Gong's place, and rushed over directly?" It was Gao Heng who spoke, that is, the head of Xia Yu's personal guard, and it was understandable that he would think so.

"That's not right." Lou Gui immediately shook his head and said. "If you want to eat the army on Xia Gong's side, Tanshi Huai must do its best to exert the main force of the royal court, and now that the huge army is coming, how can we not find any clues? As for the detour...... We have only 2,000 people, so why do we need to take a detour and swallow it directly in front of us? ”

"That's right." The cavalry commander next to him, who was born as a veteran of Xihe, also nodded again and again. "And don't forget, we have only been separated from the main force for less than two days, although we are coming quickly, but the main force is also coming here lightly, and the distance between them is not as far as imagined...... I won't talk about it yesterday, even now, I estimate that Xia Gong is only seventy or eighty miles away. Just imagine, tens of thousands of people are fighting, and there is no shortage of assault cavalry in our army, and the grassland is even more endless, how can it not be discovered? ”

This Bohai Gao Xuanqing immediately kept silent.

"You can't just give up on the royal court and run away, right?" Wei Yue couldn't help but laugh dryly, but as everyone stared coldly, and Cheng Lian poked him around the waist with a horse whip, this guy immediately put away his smile and lowered his head.

"Wai Wei to save Zhao?" Someone asked tentatively. "Now the three counties of Yanmen, Daijun, and Shanggu are all empty......"

"No, at least not yet." Gongsun Xun also began to regain his clarity at this time, and thought about it seriously. "Although the three counties are empty, after all, there are fortresses, Great Wall, and side walls, and the assassins and taishou in the fortress are also outstanding people, and they will not be defeated quickly. And once it can't be quickly lowered and the Great Wall beacon is ignited, the Xianbei people will be turned around and directly caught by the army out of the fortress...... It's not that Tanshihuai won't go to Koubian, but if he doesn't eat the Han army outside the fortress, where will he have the courage to attack these three counties? ”

"Then you have to go to the west road to find Tanaka Lang or go to the middle road to find Zang Zhong Lang general." Someone replied dryly at this point. "Otherwise, is there a third way?"

Gongsun Xun's face changed slightly when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he waved his hand violently: "Wait and go down to take care of your subordinates, Ziheng, Zibo, Yigong, and Demou will stay." ”

Others didn't care, but Gao Heng's face changed abruptly, but looking at the guards and servants around Gongsun Xun, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction and followed the rest of the officers down the hill.

Gao Heng's dissatisfaction with Gongsun Xun naturally saw it clearly, but this is really not the time to care about this...... Because just now, between the lightning and flint, he had a conjecture and a few bold decisions, and he needed the support of his own henchmen.

"Listen to me." After the people left, Gongsun Xun directly stepped forward and talked to several henchmen. "If Tan Shihuai goes to the West Road, it doesn't matter to us...... Because the west road is in the clouds, more than 700 miles away from here, it is too far! There is also an army of Zang Gong all the way in the middle. We just need to report to Xia Gong quickly, and wait for his order immediately! ”

Everyone bowed their heads.

"What I am worried about is also the worst situation, and it is also the most likely situation, that is, this Tanshi Huai used the royal court as half a bait to hang our army at the beginning, and then he spread his net in the north of Yanmen, in order to quickly eat the road of Yanmen Zang Gong!" Gongsun Xun lowered his voice and said. "And as I expected, at this time, the middle route army is already afraid that it will be exhausted! Then, the sandalwood acacia was driving the army of great victories from the west side and rushed towards Xia Gong! ”

The crowd changed color.

"Is the middle road Yanmen so weak?" The other three were fine, but Lou Gui's color change was a little unbelievable. "Is that Zang Gong a vain person?"

"It's not that Zang Gong is incompetent." Lu Fan explained in a low voice. "It's that there are too few Han troops in the middle route army, and there may even be only a thousand people in Zang Gong's headquarters plus a few hundred righteous followers, and the rest are all Huns...... Not to mention that the combat strength of the Huns is inferior to the Han army after all, it is just one, if eighty or ninety percent of the whole army is a foreign subordinate, how many of them have the determination to fight to the death? And once it collapses, where will Zang Gong be restrained? ”

"That's right." Cheng Pu is also very serious. "If I am Tanshi Huai, I naturally want to lead the elite of the royal court to the middle of the two roads of Xia Gong and Zang Gong at the beginning, and then let the eastern and central Xianbei fight against each other to find out the truth, and when I realize that Zang Gong is the weakest, I will immediately make a decision, pounce directly, and decide a battle! Then lead the army eastward to eat another group of men......"

"So to speak." Lou Gui's face became more and more pale. "Aren't we already dead?"

Han Dang and the others looked at each other, but this time no one answered.

"Definitely." Gongsun Xun suddenly pinched the bridle and said. "Have you ever thought about it, why did we encounter the desperate interception of Xianbei in the east on the way to Danhan Mountain? And here, there are also four or five thousand defenders left? ”

"Because Tanshi Huai doesn't want to lose the royal court after all." Han Dang said suddenly. Although it was a bait, he never thought of losing the royal court, and Dongfang Xianbei didn't dare to lose the royal court in his own hands...... Xia Gong and our advance speed was missed by him! ”

"But what's the use of that?" Lou Gui had a bitter face. "Isn't it just that we are going deeper into the dead ground? There are four or five thousand people facing each other across the river in front, and there is an army of Tanshi Huai's headquarters pushing over in the back, it is better to walk slowly, and then you can turn back! ”

"As far as I know, the stupidest thing in the world is to turn back when facing Hu Qi on the grassland." Gongsun Xun sneered. "At this time, the only way to survive is to meet it...... Don't hide it from you, I just figured it out at once, our way of life is not behind, but in front, and even the way of life of Xia Gong's army may be in front. ”

After hearing this, they almost raised their heads to look at the other side of the river, and then they all changed color.

"In this battle, we may not think highly of ourselves, but we underestimated the sandalwood locust, but the sandalwood also underestimated me!" Gongsun Xun turned his back to Qiu Shui, as if he was talking to a few of his henchmen, and he seemed to be talking to himself. "In the world, no matter how complete the plan is, in the end it is just a kick in the door...... In today's situation, if the Han army says that it will win again, it will be self-deception, and it should try to preserve it as much as possible. ”

"What does Wen Qi mean?" Lu Fan was the first to retract his gaze and asked.

"I've made up my mind," Gongsun Xun said awe-inspiringly. "Tonight's three watches, force the river to cross! Burn the Xianbei Royal Court! In this way, there is a little possibility that Tanshi Huai will abandon Princess Xia's power and come here instead...... Of course, I also want the whole world to know that my Gongsun Xun is by no means a fish on anyone's chopping board! ”

"You are a righteous servant under the command of Duke Zang?" At the same moment, sixty miles away, at the main force of the Han Army's East Road, which had just set up camp, Xia Yuzheng, the commander of the East Route Army, was standing at the door of the Chinese army's big tent, looking at several people in front of him with a shocked face. "What evidence is there?"

"Return to the general!" The one who was the first of the few people below quickly looked up and replied, only to see that this person was wearing a red veil and had an extraordinary appearance, although he was covered in blood, he still looked full of energy. "I am Sun Jian, the former official of Zang Gong when he was in Yangzhou, and the former county of Pi County...... General, now in this grassland, this Xu Yang's accent can't be fake! ”

"Yes!" Xia Yu immediately suddenly, and then hurriedly sat down on a maza. "It's not a fake...... Looking at your appearance, could it be that you were unlucky on the road and encountered the obstruction of the Xianbei people? ”

"General!" Sun Jian leaned over and bowed again. "It's not that we met Xianbei people on the road, but we Zang Gong in the middle of the road encountered a hard battle, and we are desperate to break through......"

Xia Yu's face immediately changed greatly, and as soon as he waved his hand, there were immediately henchmen and soldiers who drove away irrelevant people, and that Sun Jian was also quite eye-catching, and he immediately kept silent, waiting for the other party's instructions.

"You go on." After the surrounding idlers were driven away, Xia Yu couldn't help but signal the other party to speak with a pale face. "How is Gong Zang's condition, but you want my support?"

"It's not!" Sun Jian hurriedly explained. "When I came, our army couldn't stop the rout, Zang Gong was ready to withdraw the army, let me come to let Xia Gong also withdraw the army quickly!"

Xia Yu was shocked and angry, and the Chinese military officials on the side were also bloodless.

"Do you want me to withdraw now?" Xia Yu waved his horsewhip and pointed angrily to the north and said. "I'm only seventy miles away from Danhan Mountain, so I'll repair it tonight, eat a full meal tomorrow morning, and maybe I'll be able to arrive in the evening! The day before yesterday, you still had a military envoy come to our army to report that it was just Xianbei harassment in the central part of the country, and if you forcibly march for five or seven days, you can join us at Danhan Mountain, why did you collapse after two days? ”

"Xia Gong!" Sun Jian's face turned red and explained helplessly. "The enemy army is the main force of the Xianbei Royal Court, and with the original central Xianbei, our army is really at a disadvantage......"

"Then it won't collapse in two days, and why are you only sending a letter to me in two days......

"It's not two days, it's half a day!" Sun Jian also looked helpless. "Yesterday at noon, just engaged in the battle, the Huns' Tu Teruo what Shan Yu was directly hit by an arrow in the chest, at that time he fell unconscious and fell off the horse, and Shan Yu fell, the Hun army immediately collapsed. There were only more than 1,000 Han troops in Zang Gong's place, and they couldn't restrain the Hun army at all, so the whole army collapsed at once, and they could only retreat while fighting with heavy casualties ......"

From Xia Yu down, everyone around him gasped, but the slightest accusation was gone.

"And in the evening, Zang Gong found that the enemy's offensive was slightly weaker, and guessed that the sandalwood acacia should let the central Xianbei continue to kill us, and he brought the main force of the royal court here to cut off Xia Gong's back road. So, he and I galloped to report the news...... Don't hesitate to go quickly! I expect that as soon as tonight, the main force of the Xianbei Royal Court will be able to insert behind you! ”

Xia Yu opened his mouth to speak, but found that he was speechless.

He was certainly full of arrogance before, and he was ready to block the main force of the Xianbei people's royal court at the foot of Danhan Mountain...... But the premise of all this is that there is an elite Einsatzgruppen in front of the enemy first, and then a cavalry unit of nearly 10,000 people in the back will quickly rush to support.

And what is this now?

Tian Yan's kid is too far away from here, and Zang Min's road collapsed in half a day, wouldn't he be alone? And the baggage and everything else were thrown behind by themselves...... This one is even worse!

And besides, retreating is not in line with his character, and he will inevitably be punished if he is not in a good position, but if the whole army is annihilated, then not only will he be punished, but even Duan Gong will probably be implicated, right?

"The whole army is out of camp...... Remove! Finally, after a moment of silence, Xia Yu almost shouted the order.

With these words, the surrounding military officials immediately rushed into a mess.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a person suddenly emerged from the spur, and before he had time to salute, he spoke directly: "General, can you send a few horse scouts to inform my brother to return quickly?" ”

Hearing Gongsun Zhan's words, everyone was stunned, but immediately continued to get busy.

"Bo Gui......" Xia Yu swallowed reluctantly. I'm not used to lying to my subordinates, and if your brother can continue to stay at the foot of Danhan Mountain at this time, then the people of Xianbei in the east will be distracted to deal with him, which is a good thing for the main force of the army! ”

"But ......"

"Break one finger and get whole." Xia Yu is coloring. "This is what the army should do...... If, if he can survive this battle, he will be the vanguard first, and then he will be the first to break the back, and he will be the first in the whole division! ”

"General!" Gongsun Zhan leaned over and bowed to Sun Jian's side, but when he looked up again, his face was already flushed with anxiety. "Then you have to be able to survive, huh? In such a situation, if our army leaves, won't he be blocked by Tanshi Huai on the south bank of the revenge water, and he will die without a hundred lives? ”

"This is the truth in the army!" Xia Yu was expressionless and said frankly. "Needless to say, there are always people in the army who want to be outcasts."

"General!" Gongsun Chan was furious. "You must know that my brother is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Ju and the protΓ©gΓ© of the Taiwei, and my aunt is rich and billion-worthy, but he is the only son...... If you act like this, if he makes a mistake, I'm afraid that Duan Gong will also be involved by you! ”

Xia Yu glanced at Gongsun Zhan, but no longer paid attention to the other party, but beckoned a few guards and indifferently ordered: "Good student look at Bogui, don't let him do stupid things, if he dares to go north, don't report me, he will be punished as a deserter immediately...... The whole army pulled out the camp and quickly retreated south! ”

Gongsun Chan was dumbfounded, and even Sun Jian, Sun Wentai, who heard a little bit of the doorway, couldn't help but shake his head...... Among them, the former is angry and helpless, but the latter is the same as most people in the army think, helpless with a little pity.

Thanks to Sun Jian's desperate breakthrough report, Xia Yu's army had already made the most correct and rational judgment when Gongsun Xun's messenger had just set off, and then fled overnight.

But even so, the main force of the Xianbei royal court, which won quickly because the Xiongnu fell from the horse with a single arrow, still touched the tail of the main force of the Han army at night. In fact, from the end of the second watch, the two sides have been in small contact at night, and then the scale has grown...... However, fortunately, the physical strength of both sides has reached a limit, and the intensity of the battle is not so suffocating.

And at the time of the third watch, on the south bank of the revenge water, in the night, Gongsun Xun and his remaining more than 1,500 troops were also lined up.

"Are all the wounded soldiers arranged?" Gongsun Xun sat on a horse on a small slope, touched the short knife in his arms and asked softly.

"It's arranged." Lu Fan replied in a low voice. "Do as you command, give them a knife and a horse, and when the war is over, let them go southeast along the water of revenge......"

"You're scolding me, aren't you?" Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his head and smiled.

Lu Fan really didn't expect the other party to laugh at this time, and he was stunned for a moment before reacting: "There is indeed scolding, but many people are still very grateful, and in such a situation, they can still think of leaving them a way to live." ”

"You should be scolded...... Gongsun Xun sighed faintly. They are all good men raised by their parents for decades to grow up, they are all people in the spring boudoir dream, just follow me to eat, I should have brought them all back alive, now in this situation, why don't you scold me? ”

"We can't help it." Lu Fan reluctantly persuaded.

"Ziheng didn't say that the day before yesterday." Gongsun Xun continued to laugh. "You said at the time that the surname of the eldest husband could not be manipulated by human hands? However, how many men in the world are not in the hands of others? ”

Lu Fan was immediately speechless.

"Well, let's not talk about that." Gongsun Xun narrowed his eyes and looked at the other side of the river. "If you really want to talk about life, if you can't succeed tonight, the two armies will be lost, I'm afraid that Tanshi Huai will sweep through the three counties, and the number of people who will die at that time will not be a few thousand people!"

"That's exactly what happened." Lu Fan hurriedly replied. "As Wen Qi said before, crossing the revenge water at night and burning the Xianbei royal court will have a little chance of causing the Xianbei army to divert and give the army behind him a chance to survive......"

"Gao Heng, did you hear that?" Gongsun Xun suddenly asked softly without changing his face. "Since you want to fight to save Xia Gong, I will order your department to take the lead and fight hard first, but is there a problem?"

Gao Heng's figure immediately turned out on the side: "Sima said it so thoroughly, what can I do?" Besides, it's just a matter of crossing first and then crossing...... I just hope that Sima won't leave me on the other side of the river. ”

"How could it be." Gongsun Xun sneered. "If you don't cross the river, where is the way to live? Let's go! Fight to the death with me on that pontoon bridge! ”

"Whoa!" Gao Heng bowed and left.

More than 200 carefully selected elite armor soldiers of the Chinese army, under the leadership of Gao Xuanqing of the Bohai Sea, went out in unison and went straight to the wide pontoon bridge that was heavily guarded by the Xianbei people. At the same time, Han Dang also began to order the second team formed by Yicong to prepare.

This is a night attack of open flames, so almost the moment Gao Heng stepped on the pontoon bridge, the entire north bank of the water was boiling, and the south bank of the water suddenly lit an unknown number of torches to make a suspicious soldier......

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β€œβ€¦β€¦ Yu Xu Zhi, Taizu that is, pull out the headquarters of 1,500 people, two days to a hundred miles, until the revenge underwater, Xianbei Wang Court 5,000 soldiers, see the shock, waiting for the army to help, will be completed in a battle. However, the middle road made the Xiongnu Zhonglang defeat Zang Min suddenly, so that his subordinate Sun Jian broke through the siege and told him, and when he heard about it, he was also lost, and he left his baggage and abandoned Taizu and left. When Taizu heard it late at night, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Although Xia Yu is evil, the sergeants and soldiers of the army are all innocent, and if it is eaten by the tail of Tanshi Huai, then there will be no soldiers in the land of the Yan Dynasty, and the people of several counties will be poisoned." 'It is determined to cross the enemy water at night, burn the bullet sweat, and lure the sandalwood to return to the army! β€”The Book of Old Swallows. Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

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