Chapter 63: Advance instead of Retreating
After getting Zhu Jun's sword, Pei Qing was very surprised, not only because he gained the power to control the five thousand elite soldiers under Zhu Jun's command, but also because this was a sword used by Zhu Jun himself, with Zhu Jun's genes on it, as long as he extracted it himself, it was equivalent to collecting Zhu Jun's powerful genes, and if he casually encountered the same type of talent surnamed Zhu in the future, it was equivalent to taking a famous Eastern Han Dynasty general like Zhu Jun under his own account!
"Hmph, it's just a fox and a fake tiger, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and showing off his might in front of us, or not, it's just to make you proud for a few days, and when you return to Chang'an and return to the command of the general of the Che Cavalry, we will humiliate him again."
Zhang Chao looked at the proud Pei Qing, and thought silently in his heart, although he belonged to him temporarily, he was always unconvinced in his heart, a general who started with a yellow turban thief, even if he could endure hardships, was two different things when he was fighting, with such an army, he could compare with his own elite in the world, which was simply whimsical.
However, in the following days, Zhang Chao was surprised to find that Pei Qing's five hundred people were indeed a little unusual, because the soldiers of the whole army gave up their baggage and just rushed to Chang'an with rations, most of the five hundred people under Pei Qing's command were infantry, and few knew how to ride horses, but at the end of this day, they were stunned and did not fall behind, and in just one day, they had mastered some ways of riding, and they were no longer embarrassed.
Zhang Chao didn't know what kind of devilish training the five hundred soldiers under Pei Qing usually underwent in ordinary times, although these trainings could not allow them to directly master riding, but they greatly exercised their reaction ability, physical coordination and hard-working quality, and these added up to the reason why they initially mastered riding skills in a short period of time.
In just one day and one night, this army forcibly broke through 400 miles and reached directly outside Luoyang City.
Seeing that the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, and the army was unable to continue to move forward, Pei Qing ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate, in addition to eating, he was given four hours of rest, and after four hours, the soldiers of the whole army set off immediately, and they must arrive at Hongnong before dark the next day.
After hearing Pei Qing's order, whether it was Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers or Zhu Jun's five thousand elites, they were all miserable and complaining, while Pei Qing's five hundred righteous servants were all plain, and even with a look of eagerness, because they had figured out some ways to ride after this day's thinking, and after coming back, they exchanged ideas with each other, which gave them new ideas, and now Pei Qing said that they would set off in four hours, which was just convenient for them to put those ideas into practice. That's why they all looked so excited.
"What a strange army, don't they know tired?" Looking at the vigorous appearance of this army, not only Zhang Chao, but even Xu Xuan couldn't help but be amazed, although they have always looked down on the Yellow Turban Army, but now they have to admit that this army is different from other teams, and the super endurance and high-spirited spirit it shows are enough to shock.
"Hmph, let's go, we didn't go through the rapid march at the beginning, although I am a literati, but I am also the commander in the army, and I still know the truth of being the first soldier." In fact, Zhang Chao is too tired now, but the arrogance in his bones makes him grit his teeth and persevere, and he can't admit defeat no matter what.
So after four hours, the soldiers dragged heavy steps, stepped on the war horse, set off again in the starry night, when hungry on the horseback to gnaw a mouthful of dry food, thirsty to drink the river water along the way, anyway, there are many rivers flowing on the way from Luoyang to Hongnong, in this case it is a lot more convenient to drink water, but when the army came to Mianchi at dawn, Pei Qing's army rushed to the door of a military camp without dying, and saw that the camp was overlapped and tied very tightly, according to its scale, there can be tens of thousands of people.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Chao's face was extremely ugly, he suddenly remembered something, and said with a flustered face: "Oh no, if I'm not mistaken, this should be Dong Zhuo's general Dong Yue's battalion, after moving to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to be stationed in Anyi in order to prevent the Kwantung coalition army, and the general Duan Xuan was stationed in Huayin, this Dong Yue was stationed in Mianchi, I originally remembered this, but in the panic, I forgot that Dong Yue's soldiers are strong and strong, and his command is Xiliang elite, we are definitely not opponents, It's better to take advantage of the fact that the other party hasn't found out yet, so let's run quickly. ”
However, Pei Qing shook his head and said: "The more we get to this time, the more we can't run, because if we don't run, the other party still doesn't know our reality, this run, on the contrary, it will expose the strength of our army, in this case, the other party will definitely take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, they are numerous, and they are tens of thousands of elites, we are now sleepy and lacking, we are not opponents at all, and in the end we can only be wiped out." ”
"So, what should I do?" Zhang Chao can't care about arrogance now, how can he take care of these things when his life is at stake? If it weren't for the fact that it was easier to die if he didn't run for his life, it is estimated that he would have left everyone and ran away by himself.
Pei Qing thought silently for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly said: "At this time, the more afraid of death, the easier it is to die, so at this time, we have to work hard to move forward and directly attack the opponent's camp." ”
"What, what? Not only do we not run, but take the initiative to attack, then wouldn't we die faster? Zhang Chao's face was already earthy at this time, and he was trembling even when he spoke, and the high-spirited spirit he had before had been thrown out of the clouds early in the morning.
"This is the only way to live, think about it, now that Dong Zhuo is dead, even if this Dong Yue has tens of thousands of troops, he must be very afraid of them now, afraid that the Kwantung army will crusade against them, but the more they are like this, the more we have to attack them, of course, we can't do it in our own name, we must do it in the name of the Kwantung Army, aren't they most afraid of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu? Then we will pretend to be their people and launch a fierce attack on the camp, in this case, the frightened Xiliang army should be to flee when they hear that the people they are most afraid of have attacked, and it is absolutely right to listen to me, if you don't listen, then there is only a dead end. ”
"But Yuan Shao has General Yan Liangwen and Chou, we don't have this kind of warrior at all, as long as we fight, we will be exposed immediately." After listening to Pei Qing's words, Zhang Chao hurriedly shook his head, thinking that this matter was inappropriate.
"It's a coincidence, I have three fierce generals under my command, I can let them pretend to be Yan Liangwen and ugly, and as for the other one, I can pretend to be Ji Ling, the general under Yuan Shu, I believe that in this way, the other party will also know our truth."
"But ......"
"Don't be, time is life, we don't have time to make other choices, since I am the commander, you all have to obey, otherwise, if you don't wait for the Xiliang army to make a move, I will kill you first, I will lead my five hundred righteous soldiers to fight at the forefront in this battle, as long as we take half a step back, let you escape, I don't know if Zhang Sima is willing to believe me?"
Pei Qing looked at Zhang Chao with a determined look on his face and said in a deep voice.