Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 32 Imminent

Early in the morning, I stretched out in bed, reminiscing about yesterday's dream-like scene, and slowly got up and dressed. When I got out of the tent, I found Yuan Tan wandering anxiously at the tent, and when he saw me coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a panic: "Lord Liu, did the sentry come back yesterday?" What is the military situation? Are we pulling out camp today? ”

I tilted my head, thought for a while, and replied unhurriedly: "Yuan Gongzi, let's go to the camp first and ask about the military situation." ”

Leading Yuan Tan, I entered the military tent, and Fu Zhi was busy in it, I pretended to be very anxious and asked, "Fu Gong, has the sentinel who searched in the direction of Leling come back?" ”

Frustrated gave Yuan Tan a casual look, shook his head, and remained silent obediently.

Yuan Tan was anxious, and asked in a hurry, "Could it be that he has encountered an enemy and cannot return to report the news?" ”

As if he hadn't heard, he got up and gave me a seat. Yuan Tan asked with a bare face: "Hey, I'm asking you, why don't you answer?" ”

Frustrated and said coldly: "The child is rude, he doesn't even have a title, who are you asking?" ”

Yuan Tan's face turned red, and he was about to get angry, but I immediately stopped him and said apologetically: "Fu Gong, it's me who is wrong, I didn't introduce you, this is Yuan Benchu's eldest son, Yuan Tan Yuan Xiansi's son." ”

Fu Zhu let out a snort from his nose and said to me simply, "Last night, Yun Chang told me everything. ”

I nodded my understanding, stretched out my hand to signal Yuan Tan to sit down, and then solemnly introduced to Yuan Tan: "This is the famous scholar of Jizhou, and now he is the middle and right army division of our army. With that, I sat down in my seat and shook my head to signal not to bother with this gentleman. In the eyes of these people, the world's celebrities are all their pawns, and their respectful expressions are all for outsiders to see, how can they be taken seriously.

Outside the tent, the sound of knocking footsteps sounded, Zhang Fei's loud voice got closer and closer, the curtain was lifted, Zhang Yide jumped in, I suddenly sweated, this big mouth with no intention, if I missed something, what should I do? I didn't wait for him to speak, and hurriedly said to him with a smile: "Third brother, I went to Bohai City yesterday, and Taishou gave me a little gift in order to thank us for sending troops to rescue Bohai, all of which are in my tent, you can go and pick a few." ”

It just so happened that Guan Yu's face was revealed in the gap in the door curtain, I hinted at Guan Yu with my eyes, and then said eagerly: "There are still a few bottles of good wine, I specially left them for the third brother, Yun Chang, you and the third brother go to pick a few things, you can take all the wine, but you must not drink more." ”

Hearing that there was wine, Zhang Fei immediately forgot what he wanted to say, and said excitedly: "Brother eats the banquet and thinks about me, the eldest brother is so good to me, I will go to the eldest brother's tent." After saying that, he happily ran out of the tent. Then, Guan Yu appeared in the tent and motioned for me to pay attention to Yuan Tan, and I nodded in understanding. Immediately, he turned around and walked out of the tent and followed Zhang Fei.

I turned my head and said to Fu Zhu with a smile: "I came back yesterday, the night was already late, I didn't dare to disturb the Fu Gong's rest, and when the Fu Gong also came to my tent, I picked some things at will. ”

Fu Zhu smiled and nodded in agreement, then spread out the map and said inquiringly: "How to plan the march today, does the lord have a plan?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and said in a consultative tone: "It's better to let Guan Hai lead the front team to escort Yuan Gongzi first, and I will wait for the Chinese army to follow." ”

Without waiting for frustration to express his position, Yuan Tan preemptively said: "Lord Liu, the little nephew is not in a hurry, when the front sentry comes back, I will go with the adult Chinese army, and I want to learn the art of war by the side of the adult." ”

Fu Zhu was expressionless, looked down at the map, and said to me in deep thought: "According to the lord's opinion, when is it appropriate for Guan Bingyuan to leave?" ”

"Well, you can move after the morning eclipse, let him stand in position at noon, and report back to the Chinese army. How is it? I replied after a moment's deliberation.

"Okay, according to what the lord said, let Yun Chang take Fu Hao back later, and our front army will pull out the camp and attack to the east." Frustrated, he threw his pen, got up and gave an order loudly: "Someone, inform General Guan to come to the big tent to listen to the order." ”

Suddenly, the curtain of the door was lifted, and a soldier ran in with a crawl, frowning, and was about to shout loudly, when the soldier shouted in a panic: "Enemy attack-"

Hearing this, everyone in the tent was shocked. Yuan Tan jumped up like an electric shock, and shouted angrily: "I said to let you leave yesterday, you want to drink with that Taishou, now that the enemy army is imminent, how to go?" Without waiting for me to answer, he immediately jumped to the door of the big tent and hurriedly shouted at the housekeeper: "Come on, prepare the carriage and horses." ”

Looking at the baby's embarrassed appearance, he sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Hey, tiger father and dog." ”

Yuan Tan was still shouting at the top of his voice: "Where are the people? Where is the death, go and prepare the carriage and horses. ”

I couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at Yuan Tan: "Yuan Tan, shut up, you come back for me." ”

Yuan Tan was stunned by my roar, and the guards outside the tent drew their swords and forced Yuan Tan into the big tent. I pointed to a few cases and whispered, "You sit down for me." ”

Yuan Tan immediately sat down in a chair with a cower, I listened to the surrounding movements, and turned my head to interrogate the soldier who reported the news: "Has the enemy army attacked the village, why can't I hear the sound of battle in the front camp?" ”

The soldier stabilized his mood and replied: "The enemy army is still about 15 miles away from us, and has not yet entered the village. ”

Bastard, I can't report the news, I said that the enemy attacked 15 miles away from us, and I was scared that I thought there was another bull-horn attack, and I owe you.

I and everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately suggested: "Guan Bingyuan is not in the tent, he must be training soldiers outside, his team has been organized, and the order is given to him, let him lead people to the wall to guard." ”

I then added: "Summons Zou Jing and asks him to gather archers to prepare for battle, and Yun Changyide and tells them to gather their troops and prepare for a surprise attack." ”

Fu Zhu nodded in agreement, groaned slightly, and then said: "I also want to order Jian Yong to dismantle the military tent and prevent the other party from setting fire." ”

"Okay, that's it, let's give the order." I tried to say in a gentle tone, hoping to infect Yuan Tan and calm him down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I looked at the pale Yuan Tan and said softly: "Yuan Gongzi, I shouted a little louder just now, I'm sorry." The most important discipline in the army, you run out of the big tent, shouting in a panic, the soldiers do not know the situation, if there is a panic because of this, the camp is in chaos, without the impact of the enemy, our army will be scattered. For the way of the general, it is necessary to collapse in front of Mount Tai without chaos, if Yuan Gongzi leads the army in the future, please remember this. ”

Yuan Tan's eyes were glazed, his face was sad, and he didn't answer my words.

I sighed in my heart and asked the soldier who reported the message again: "How many people are there on the other side?" What military flag is flying? Cavalry or infantry? How high is the dust? ”

The soldier slowly came to his senses, realized his mistake, and replied guiltily, "I was too far away to see clearly." ”

I do, you dare to shout "enemy attack" in this situation, you are really ignorant and fearless.

I looked at the soldier with displeasure. Shaking his head, he thoughtfully got up and greeted Yuan Tan: "Two, let's go to the wall and have a look, how about it?" ”

Frustrated Professor immediately got up and agreed, Yuan Tan was still in a daze, I reached out and dragged Yuan Tan up, and pulled him to the front camp in fear. On the way, when Gao Gan saw this, he immediately followed behind. It seems that the courage of this high-ranking cadre is better than Yuan Tanzu.

Standing on the wall, I saw the smoke and dust raised by the incoming army soaring into the sky, the dust from the distant horizon rapidly approaching, expanding, reflecting a little light in the sun, it was the tip of the enemy's spear glittering.

"Well, the smoke moves so fast, it's all cavalry, about 1,500 horsemen, so ferocious speed." I said to myself. When Yuan Tan heard this, his soul immediately flew away, and his face was colorless. Cavalry, at such a speed, if he escaped first, away from the protection of the wall, it is estimated that he will not be able to escape far before he will be chased and killed.

"What about the military flag, the smoke and dust are too big, the military flag can't be seen clearly", I muttered: "Order, let Zou Jing transfer the archers as soon as possible, see their speed, and they will come to our village later."

The earth trembled slightly, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves came from far and near, and the sound of horses' hooves struck everyone's heart like a hammer! Everyone was staring ahead with fierce eyes, and the enemy was rapidly advancing in this direction. Faintly, it could be seen that the incoming army was in a row of five, the formation was square, and the knights on the horses were straight, and even in this fast run, the ranks were not chaotic at all, showing good training and discipline. The iron flow pressed over like a mountain and a sea, and the momentum was breathless.

As it got closer, gradually the other party's military flag flickered, and the sergeants' outfits were also vaguely seen.

I let out a sigh of relief, and said to Frustrated, "The alarm has been lifted, and the soldiers are busy." ”

Frustrated and stared at me in disbelief with wide eyes, and before he could ask, Guan Hai's cheers next to him answered everything: "Izumo Iron Rider, brothers, our reinforcements are here." ”

Suddenly, there were bursts of cheers around him, Yuan Tan's body weakened, I quickly reached out and grabbed him, and said with a shameless compliment: "When I first saw the majesty of this army, I couldn't breathe." Seeing that Yuan Gongzi is calm and calm, he really deserves to be the eldest son of the Yuan family. ”

Yuan Tan's face was red, and he immediately raised his head and replied with empty eyes: "Lord Liu is a hero in the world, will he be afraid when he sees such a small army?" ”

Small army, is this army still small? It's really unbelievable. I just saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei coming, so I pretended to greet Guan and Zhang and left Yuan Tan alone.

Soon, the opposing army was getting closer and closer, the front row of iron cavalry slowed down, the rear row of iron cavalry quickly plugged in, and in the blink of an eye, they put on a horizontal attack formation of 50 people, and the cavalry reached out and took off their bows, and the arrows were wound. Immediately, the whole team suddenly stopped.

"Good" Guan Yu let out a heartfelt exclamation: "Moving like the wind, quiet like a mountain." The order is executed, such an iron horse, how did the eldest brother train? ”

The smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the team was gradually revealed. In everyone's eyes, this team is so weird. I saw that they were wearing a ridiculous bear flag, and they were all wearing hooded unicorn armor, and in order to prevent the iron armor from wearing out their skin, the unicorn armor was also lined with leather armor. On his chest, he wore a half-cut iron cuirass tied like a belly pocket. There are two brass stirrups hanging on both sides of the saddle, behind the saddle, there is an upright spear on the left side, and a long red cloth is tied to the head of the spear, and a gust of wind blows fiercely, on the right side of the saddle, there is a bow bag and three pots of arrows, in addition, there is an erected pillar on the right side of the saddle, which can be used as a handrail when getting on the horse in order to exert force, and now, there is a helmet with a visor on it, and the mask is put down, and the whole face is in the shape of a wolf's head, which is extremely hideous.

Seeing the knights in an attacking formation, he was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Lord, are you sure that this is our reinforcements, why did the other party put up such a formation." ”

I replied proudly: "Yes, it is our reinforcements who have been separated for too long, and they don't know my current military flag, so according to my teaching, first put on an attack posture, and then send someone to contact." Ordered Guan Hai to go out of the camp to meet him, these soldiers he had trained, and he must still know him. ”

The other party's military horn sounded and asked us where we came from, Guan Hai excitedly slapped his horse out of the camp, and shouted while running: "Bastard boy, what kind of trumpet is blowing, it's me, we don't have a military horn now." ”

The flag door flashed open, Tai Shici was dressed in red armor, holding a halberd, and came out of the formation, shouting energetically: "Is it Guan Bingyuan?" Where is the lord? ”

Guan Hai shouted comfortably: "Haha, isn't it me?" Finally looking forward to you? After speaking, he patted the horse and ran towards Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci raised his halberd and shouted: "Bingyuan, Hugh has to collide with my formation." ”

Guan Hai immediately said: "Understand, understand, I'll dodge." After saying that, he urged the horse to come to the side of the formation, turned over and dismounted.

Tai Shici raised his halberd and shouted, "All pay attention, close your bow." ”

When I heard this, I immediately gave the order: "Come, raise the military flag behind me." When the soldier heard this, he raised a banner behind me.

Tai Shi Ci once again issued a sonorous order: "All pay attention, raise your gun." The soldiers drew their spears from behind them and held them on their chests.

I looked at it with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Open the camp gate, the camp gate guards are lined up on both sides." ”

Behind him, the soldiers hurriedly got down the wall and ran towards the camp gate. Tai Shi Ci raised his arms and shouted: "All pay attention, salute." ”

All the sergeants shouted in unison: "Wolves——, wolves——, wolves-".

After shouting, all the sergeants lowered the tip of their guns in unison, the tip of the gun hung on the ground, pointed diagonally to the right front, held the reins in one hand, and puffed up their chests.

I stood on the wall, the big flag behind me waving in the wind, I was in high spirits, my right hand clenched my fist and struck the breastplate, and returned a military salute. Seeing this scene, he immediately dodged sideways, and Guan Zhang and the two of them also reacted, dodged sideways, and signaled that they could not receive this military salute with me. On the wall, only Gao Gan and Yuan Tan were still beside me, swaggering with me to accept the army's salute. Seeing this, Guan Zhang and the two were furious, jumped up one by one, grabbed them by the neck, and lifted them down.

Alas, this is a great offense to the two wastes, I sighed secretly. Refocus your attention on the Wolf Army.

Tai Shi Ci patted his horse forward, and said in a radiant voice: "Izumo Iron Cavalry Left Wing General Tai Shi Ci, with 500 soldiers, was ordered to come to help in the battle, please review." ”

I looked at the Izumo Iron Rider with excitement and replied in a loud voice, "After reading, the whole army will enter the camp." ”

Tai Shici took back the halberd and ordered in a loud voice: "After the salute, collect the gun and enter the camp." With a neat sound, all the wolf troops collected their guns and sent them into a marching team again, with a row of five people, slowly entering the camp.

With the arrival of the wolf army, a team with many horses and few horses gradually appeared in the rear of the unsheltered brigade, and this army immediately carried a heavy package under the banner of Pegasus painted with wings all the time.

When I saw them, I was stunned at first, the Pegasus tribe actually came, but why is there only this one tribe? What about the other tribes who were ordered to go to war? How did the Tianma tribe come to such a small number of people, what the hell did Liu Hun do?

After waiting for a while, Liu Hun stepped forward and cautiously reported: "The Tianma tribe sent military and horse supplies by fate. Come here to fight. ”

I waved him into the camp. While secretly counting his men and horses, 98 people, about 900 horses, oh, the wolf rode one man and two horses, except for the 500 horses that the wolf rode, and about 100 horses for the camel to send supplies, he brought about 300 horses himself. Three hundred horses, 98 people, looking at this number is running without permission. Hmph, I'll see if I'll clean him up later.

I walked towards Yuan Tan, reassured him and said, "Yuan Gongzi, our reinforcements are coming from the north, and the enemy army in the north must have been broken up by us. ”

Yuan Tan's face was red, and he didn't know if it was because of shame or anger. I didn't have time to coax this kid, I called Jian Yong, and secretly told him to watch Yuan Tan, ostensibly to help him organize the team, but in fact, to prevent him from running to the big tent and eavesdropping on our discussions.

After the explanation, I led everyone to hurriedly enter the big tent and asked for the details of Taishi Ziyi.

It turned out that Liu Hun did run out without permission. He had been to Zhuo County in the past on the occasion of giving gifts during the Spring Festival, but after arriving in Zhuo County, he had no idea how to go down the road. Chen Qun, who stayed in Zhuo County, didn't know him and was cold to him. It wasn't until Tai Shici arrived that Chen Qun confirmed that this alien kid was one of our people.

Chen Qun had seen Tai Shici before, and when he came to seek medical treatment for his mother, Chen Qun happened to join my disciple and returned to Zhuo County with me from Yingchuan. Through Tai Shici's introduction, everyone got acquainted. Liu Hun immediately encouraged Chen Qun to go with everyone. Considering Liu Hun's identity as the righteous son, Chen Qun, who didn't know the depths, immediately agreed to go along, and as a result, he became Liu Hun's shield. If I punish Liu Hun for disrespecting military orders and running to the battlefield without permission, now, there is still a Chen Qun in the tent who disrespects military orders.

Considering Chen Qun's identity, I hesitated for a long time and decided to endure this breath. If you have an opportunity in the future, you must remind Chen Qun, don't let Liu Hun sell it, count the banknotes for him, and say that it is cheap. Hmph, this Chen Qun, not stupid, how could this be.

Beckoning to Yun Chang, I instructed him to go to the city to pick up Tian Feng, and give the head of the thief soldiers that Tai Shici swept along the way to Taishou, saying that this was Taishou fighting with us and defeating the enemy army attacking from the north.

When Guan Yu heard my words, his eyes widened in bewilderment. I hurriedly explained to him: "Taishou provided us with grain and grass, naturally hoping that we could save him from the predicament, if there is no predicament, there will be no grain and grass, I use the art of war in the "out of nothing" strategy, forced him to take out the grain and grass, now, the grain and grass in hand, we have to relieve him from the predicament, by the way, send him some credit, thank him for his grain and grass." ”

Looking at Tai Shi Ci, I went on to explain, "Ziyi fought all the way, and Izumo City will remember your military exploits. Ziyi's merits, the reward is not in the Bohai Sea, these heads will be given to Taishou, let him get a little light, one head and two military merits, and there is no harm to Ziyi, and the water is favorable. What do you think of compensating me for my intimidation of him yesterday? ”

Fu Zhu immediately praised loudly: "The lord is benevolent and righteous, although he earns food and grass with the way of the art of war, he does not forget to compensate the Taishou." If the lord is so deceitful, I am willing to go up like this. This is really the way of the king to compete for the hearts and minds of the world. ”

Seeing that Fu Zhu agreed, Yun Chang immediately accepted the order. I told him again: "Yun Chang, remember to tell Taishou that these reinforcements are from Gongsun Bogui of Yuyang County, and they will go to Qingzhou at my request. In addition, the army of Yu Poison in the west has retreated, and we will march up with all our troops and attack and advance to the east. ”

After Guan Yu came out of the tent, I sighed, glared at Liu Hun, and warned with deep meaning: "Hun'er, I forgive you this time." Be careful next time, you won't always be lucky enough to get away with it. ”

Hearing me say this, most of the people in the tent don't know the ins and outs, and they can't understand it, but Taishi Ciyi will take a deep look at Liu Hun in his heart. But he fell into deep thought......

Busy and busy, we didn't bother to eat breakfast, just when the reinforcements arrived, bringing the war rations of Izumo City, we beckoned Zou Jing, opened the two war rations, and ate them in the big tent. The war ration consisted of two portions of smoked horse meat, two portions of smoked fish, two portions of green beans wrapped in tin foil (derived from the metal tin found in inferior copper coins), and two portions of dehydrated and dried peanut cakes.

The green beans were boiled in water, chopped bacon was sprinkled on top, and Zhang Fei applauded for a fragrant breakfast.

After breakfast, I hurriedly took Fu Zhi and ran to greet Yuan Tan and inform him of the latest war situation we had compiled. After listening to what we said, Yuan Tan groaned and said, "Now that the enemy in the north and west of the Bohai Sea has been repulsed, as Lord Liu sees, is Bohai City safe now?" ”

What do you mean? Boy, now you don't want to go? Hmph, this can't work, now let go, this guy only has hatred for me and no gratitude. I'm going to drag him to Leling.

I made a concerned expression and said, "Oh, Yuan Gongzi, I'm afraid that the enemy troops from the north and west will retreat and come—especially after hearing the news that we are leading our troops eastward, what if they come to attack the Bohai Sea again." It's better to do this, Yuan Gongzi will move east with my whole army, and Leling will face the sea, if something happens, our boat crossing the river can pick up Gongzi to cross the river. If we encounter a small strand of yellow turbans on the road, we will win the battle, and Yuan Gongzi will fight with the army, and he can also get a military merit, what do you think? ”

Yuan Tan's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked hesitantly: "Lord Liu, I heard you say that there are 60,000 yellow turbans in the west, are you sure to defeat them?" ”

I smiled proudly and said, "The general of the defeated army, my courage has been broken by me, what is there to fear? Now that the enemy forces on both sides of the northwest have retreated, does this lone army still have the will to fight? I came here to ask Yuan Gongzi to win his military exploits, and Yuan Gongzi is willing to become famous in a fight. ”

Hearing that there was no danger and that there was still great merit, Yuan Tan's chest immediately straightened up, and he said with high spirits: "The little nephew is trying to fight with Lord Liu." ”

I nodded slightly and asked, "How many families are there around Yuan Gongzi?" ”

Yuan Tan replied proudly: "There are 2,000 families." ”

2,000 people, the Yuan family's study tour is so exaggerated? Thinking of my study tour, 5555, I really want to cry. It is said that when Mi Zhu married his sister to Liu Bei, the dowry was 3000 armed families, which really made me speechless.

"Okay, how about you let these family guards by your side, and I'll send two more battalions to guard you?" I said generously. Yuan Tan was overjoyed and asked greedily: "The soldiers of the two battalions are the people who came to help today, I see that these people are extraordinary, and I really want to talk more with the leading generals." ”

I sneered in my heart, I guarded my strongest soldiers by your side, and you really wanted to think of it. Shaking my head, I explained: "These soldiers belong to Yuyang Gongsun Bogui, and they are the most elite Baima Yi army of Brother Bogui. I see, Yuan Gongzi still transfers my soldiers and horses to escort me, so that it is easier for me to command, what do you say? ”

Yuan Tan nodded helplessly in agreement.

After a while, Guan Yu took Tian Feng back to the camp, and by the way, he brought a little thank you gift from Taishou.

Looking at that little gift, I couldn't cry or laugh, I gave Taishou a great military merit for nothing, only in exchange for this little thing, what a failure. Alas, it would be nice if Tian Chou were here, with his finesse, I don't have to worry about the internal supplies in the camp anymore. When it was time to blackmail someone, the tacit understanding between him and me always satisfied me. And now, everyone in the camp is a bit of a pedantic, and they have to take care of their image and face everywhere, which is a real headache.

After a period of confusion, we pulled out the camp and opened the way.

Now that the reinforcements have arrived, I have no scruples and order the whole army to speed up the pace and rush to Leling. Liu Hun sent 300 horses, plus I successfully extorted 500 horses, under Zhang Fei's shouting, I counted some of the spare horses ridden by wolves, and let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all replace them with cavalry.