Chapter 119: The Great War Caused by Grain and Grass
Not far from Meiyang County, the army has been marching slowly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThere are also a large number of grain trucks in the middle of this army, and the crunching sound comes from the wheels.
There were about 5,000 Qiang soldiers in this group, escorting the grain and grass of the 100,000 army. Head in the direction of Duyang County.
The captain of the Qiang soldiers who escorted the soldiers said to another Qiang soldier: "It's really annoying, we were sent to escort grain and grass. Lao Tzu heard that the Han army was very timid, and he really wanted to go to the battlefield to fight. ā
"Brother, don't complain, before I set off, General Beigong said that as long as we can safely transport grain and grass to the army, we will be a great achievement." The older Qiang soldiers.
"Hmph, it's not a trivial matter to escort grain and grass, Lao Tzu still wants to go to the battlefield, let the generals see how good I am, and the generals will promote me." Captain Qiang said.
"Beware of enemy troops coming to steal food." A Qiang soldier beside him reminded.
The captain of the Qiang army waved the steel knife in his hand and said very contemptuously: "If the Han army dares to come to rob the camp, Lao Tzu will take the steel knife in his hand and cut it...... Yes. ā
Whoosh.
A long arrow pierced his throat, and his face was still in disbelief, and he still fantasized about his heroism on the battlefield, but it was......
"Kill!"
"Kill all the traitors."
"Seize the grain and grass, and kill."
Ho~Ho~, kill, kill......
With the sound of shouting and killing, the Qiang soldiers who were escorting the grain and grass were shocked to find that many Han troops rushed out from both sides, densely packed and large, and the sound alone was enough to overwhelm their voices.
"Oh no, there's an ambush."
"Block it for me, block it!"
"Kill them, kill!"
More than 10,000 Han soldiers came out and fought with 5,000 Qiang soldiers who escorted grain and grass. The sounds of fighting, the temporary wails of the armies on both sides, filled the battlefield.
Among them, the two generals of the Han army, Hu Zhen and Fan Chou, led tens of thousands of Han troops with the advantage of ambush, and suddenly killed the Qiang soldiers.
In fact, Fan Chou had already explored the route of the Qiang soldiers' escort of grain and grass, and laid an ambush on the road in advance. As soon as the Qiang soldiers entered the ambush, they immediately bent their bows and arrows, secretly released cold arrows, and shot the commander of the Qiang soldiers with one arrow.
For a while, the Qiang soldiers lost their command, and the army was in chaos. The Han army immediately gained the upper hand, killing the Qiang soldiers and retreating one after another.
What's more, the strength of the Han army was twice that of the Qiang soldiers.
The Qiang soldiers also had to protect the grain and grass carts, and they couldn't stop the surprise attack of the Han army at all, under the leadership of Hu Zhen and Fan Chou. The Qiang soldiers were defeated, unable to resist, and scattered and fled.
"Captain Hu, don't chase after you, don't chase it." Fan Chou rode a black horse, dressed roughly, and the blood on the long knife in his hand flowed, shouting to Hu Zhen, who was still frantically chasing and killing the Qiang soldiers.
"Kill." Hu Zhen stabbed a Qiang soldier to death with one shot, and when he heard Fan Chou's words, he turned to look at him and laughed: "Great opportunity, how can you let it go, kill quickly, don't let these Qiang soldiers escape." ā
Fan Chou was a little anxious, waved his long knife, pulled up the horse rope and shouted: "General Dong only asked me to wait to rob the grain and grass, and did not let us chase and kill the remnants of the enemy army. Come back quickly, don't disobey General Dong's orders. ā
Hu Zhen was suddenly shocked, yes, General Dong just asked them to rob the grain and grass and cut off the enemy's grain route. He also told the two of them not to pursue the enemy, if they disobeyed General Dong's orders, if there was nothing to do. General Dong will not let himself go, as Dong Zhuo's confidant, he naturally knows what kind of person his lord is. If he dared not obey the order, Dong Zhuo was furious and had to swallow him alive. Hurriedly reined in the horse rope and ordered: "The whole army obeys the order not to chase and retreat." ā
Fan Chou and Hu Zhen were very happy, walked to the grain cart, and stabbed it with a shot, but a lot of grain and grass leaked out of the hole. The two glanced at each other.
Hu Zhen smiled: "What should we do with this grain and grass, should we pull it back or burn it?" ā
Fan Chou looked at the many grain trucks and said very happily: "Of course we pulled it back, so much grain and grass is enough for us to eat a lot." Come on, brothers, pull away, pull away. ā
Hu Zhen shouted: "Hurry up, pull back and get the reward with the general, haha." ā
"Reward, reward!"
"Yo ho."
Because the Han army won the battle and defeated the Qiang soldiers, they all happily went to pull the grain and grass back.
Unexpectedly, just after walking less than half a mile, the situation suddenly changed greatly.
"Kill, grab back the grain and grass!"
"Kill those Han soldiers!"
"Kill, kill!"
Hu Zhen and Fan Chou were shocked to see an army coming from the rear and from the right, although they didn't know how many there were. But from the neighing of the war horses, and the sound of the war horses galloping to the earth, it was louder than the violent thunder in a thunderstorm, and louder than the winter thunder. On the horse, the size was definitely not less than twenty or thirty thousand people.
And all cavalry.
Hu Fan and the others had solemn faces, and they were also a little strange in their hearts. The two of them came out to lead the light cavalry raid, but they didn't know that General Dong suddenly asked them to lead the foot soldiers. But now the two don't have that much time to think. Now I only think about how to deal with the enemy, after all, the other party is cavalry, and they are foot soldiers. Captains and captains have horses, but pawns don't have horses, and two-legged people can't outrun four-legged horses.
Fan Chou was the first to react and yelled: "Hurry up, surround the grain cart in a circle." We relied on grain trucks to resist the thief army and form a circle to resist the enemy. ā
Hu Zhen also hurriedly shouted: "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy, hurry, hurry!" ā
Nearly 10,000 Han army foot soldiers rely on grain and grass to form a circle, but the grain and grass carts are also limited, how can they form such a large circle, but it is better than nothing. The Han army confronted the enemy in a circular formation, with pikemen on the periphery and a small number of crossbowmen in the middle.
Although the Han army was a little panicked, under the command of Hu Fan and the others, they still formed a defensive formation. Solemnly waiting for the arrival of the enemy army. It was the Qiang soldiers who killed them, led by the two generals.
It was Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou.
At Han Sui's suggestion, the two men each commanded 15,000 cavalry, a total of 30,000 cavalry secretly followed in the distance. Just in case, it is also intended to use grain and grass as bait to lure the Han army to rob grain.
Originally, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou didn't take Han Sui's words to heart, thinking that Han Sui was too worried. The Han army was so cowardly, how dare they come and attack their grain and grass carts. I just took a trip just in case. But they didn't expect that there was really a Han army to rob the camp, and the two were overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry to speed up their horses and chase after the Han army.
Sometimes this is the case, the 5,000 Qiang soldiers who escorted the grain and grass before were the prey, and they were killed and scattered by the 10,000 foot soldiers led by Fan Chou and Hu Zhen. Now it was the other way around, and the Han army of Hu Zhen and Fan Chou was charged and killed by the 30,000 cavalry of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, turning from hunters to prey.
The 30,000 cavalry was like a thunderbolt, and with a strong impact force, they quickly rushed into the circle of the Han army. Although the Han army was using grain and grass as a barrier, with the defense of spears and spearmen, it was able to stab some of the Qiang cavalry who rushed to the forefront at first. But after all, the number of Qiang soldiers was three times that of the Han army, and they were all cavalry.
The Han army and the Qiang soldiers fought together, and along with the fighting, more and more people let out death-defying screams. Many horses were also stabbed to death, and on the battlefield, human heads and horse heads were everywhere, and flesh and blood were flying.
Hu Zhen and Fan Chou could only fight desperately with the Qiang soldiers, seeing that the Han soldiers were getting fewer and fewer, and the Qiang soldiers were gaining the upper hand more and more. The two of them could only shout anxiously, spears and spears fighting bravely. In his heart, he fought with the enemy army with the mentality of killing one and earning one, and of course, he also held in his heart that Dong Zhuo could lead the troops to the rescue. Before the Qiang soldiers rushed over, the two of them ordered more than a dozen fast horses to quickly go back to rescue the soldiers.
But I don't know if they can wait for reinforcements, the Qiang soldiers shouted that this killed the Han army, the situation of the Han army is very critical, and there is a danger of annihilation.