Chapter 378: Don't be forced to be greedy

Outside Zhishu County, Lujiang County, the smoke of gunpowder filled the sky, and in all kinds of noisy and unclear momentum, the rebels formed a scene of rout and retreat with the order of the commander.

Retreat is always the most important thing in war, especially in the era of cold weapons, in the case of inconvenient communication, once it is not grasped well, it will evolve into a partial defeat or even a large-scale retreat. Obviously, these uprisings under Huang Sui were not long ago, they did not undergo strict military training, and the military discipline could be described as a mess, and it was impossible for the rebels to retreat safely under the pursuit of the imposing Han army, and they inevitably turned the retreat into a large-scale rout.

Looking down from the sky, I saw a small black torrent of steel of the Han army, like a sharp arrow, chasing the main force of the rebels all the way to the south, they didn't care about the rebels retreating in other directions, only pursued most of the rebels in the south, because in this large army of the Han army, there was a big flag with the word "yellow" fluttering, and there was the head of Huang Sui that the Han army was very eager for.

"Don't be forced to be poor, give orders, blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops!" In the rear of the Han army, he had been sitting in the rear and watching the soldiers under his command pursue the rebels, and noticed that Yan Yan and others seemed to be eager to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Fu Quan, who knew the thoughts of the soldiers under his command, didn't think that these arrogant soldiers under his command would give up their fat meat without anyone reminding him. After all, even if they were to use more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to defeat hundreds of thousands of rebels, as long as they had the opportunity to behead the rebel thief Huang Sui. Fu Quan believes that there will be no shortage of generals who will choose to recklessly attack the rebels who are several times their own, after all, for them, as long as they can get the head of the thief, even if they lose all the soldiers and horses in their hands, it will be worth it.

There is a wise saying in "Sun Tzu: Military Struggle", "Don't force the poor", although there are only four words, but it is very clear that the enemy who does not chase and has no way out, so as not to rush back and cause his own losses. And now, Huang Sui's rebel army is not nowhere to go, Fu Quan believes that if he pursues deeply and encounters other rebels, he can't say that the pursuit battle of his soldiers and horses will become an encirclement war, the difference is that the Han army has changed from the pursuing side to the surrounded side, then the gain will outweigh the loss.

"Woo! Woo! Woo......"

The rhythmic sound of the horn sounded in a low voice, with the unique retreat rhythm of the Han army, and slowly spread to the ears of dozens of horsemen led by Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Yan Yan and others who were constantly increasing their horsepower in front of the rebels. After hearing this, the three of them glanced at each other, all of them were unwilling, the fat meat of "Huang Sui" was in front of them, but at this moment, they wanted to let them Mingjin withdraw their troops, who could simply put it down?

"Yun Chang, Heber, the prince has an order, let's withdraw." In the end, Huang Zhong, who was the oldest and had the most seniority under Fuquan, spoke, and Huang Zhong also said "Yu" after speaking, turned his horse's head and left.

"Hey, you can't use this fang today, hateful! It's hateful! ”

"Don't worry, one day, you will be able to behead this fang."

Guan Yu and Yan Yan finally hated it, and then turned the horse's head and led people to evacuate. In fact, the three of them also understood what Fuquan meant, and the main thing was to protect them. They are all battle-hardened generals now, and they naturally know that if they can't catch up with Huang Sui in a short time, they are likely to be led into the trap of the rebels. And at this moment, the formation of their army has been out of touch a lot, after all, they are on horseback, no matter what, the speed is faster than the foot soldiers behind, with their less than 100 horses to pursue Huang Sui, it is obviously no match for those rebels who took the initiative to stay, in order to buy time for Huang Sui to escape, and did not hesitate to fight with the Han army hand-to-hand with their lives.

The smoke on the horizon gradually dissipated, no longer as dense as just now, outside Shu County, the pursuing Han army gradually converged, and slowly turned around and marched towards Shu County. Along the road, they continued to search for the wounded and wounded soldiers of the Han army and collected the corpses of the dead of the Han army, and soon, they gathered in front of Fuquan and approached the south gate of Shu County with Fuquanqi.

"Dahanba County is too guarded here, open the city gate quickly!"

As Fu Quan signaled, a knight rode into the city gate to call the door, and most of the soldiers should be tired at this time, and they need to rest and recuperate.

"In Xia Lujun, I also asked Fuba County to lead the army to move to the north gate, and Shu County except for the north gate, the other three gates were sealed."

Faintly, Fuquan seemed to see a middle-aged scribe-looking figure at the head of the city saluting and apologizing to the Han army outside the city, as if apologizing for their inability to open the south gate. Fu Quan is not dissatisfied with this, when defending the city, if the enemy is strong, it is also a good way to block the city gates everywhere, after all, in this case, no matter how the enemy storms the city gate, even if the city gate is smashed and broken, it cannot immediately attack the city, if the enemy wants to break the city, then it is only from the city to rely on the number of people to continue to eat, which is also the reason why there are so many corpses under Shuxian County. Moreover, if the city gate is sealed, it will undoubtedly be a disguised incentive for the soldiers defending the city, so that they can understand the truth that the city is in the people, and the city is dead.

With the more than 2,000 Han soldiers, Fu Quan covered his nose and slowly walked towards the north gate of Shu County, and from time to time there was a disgusting stench coming from his nose, he knew that it was because of the rotting smell of these corpses that had been dead for a long time. Everywhere he went, Fuquan saw that the corpses in the place seemed to be a thick stack, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but more afraid.

It's not that Fuquan is afraid of rotting corpses, but he is afraid that these corpses will lead to plague if they are not cleaned up for a long time. Now is the time of the scorching heat of midsummer, once the corpse decays, it decays very quickly, which will also lead to the spread of bacteria, when something really happens, it is too late to regret it, Fu Quan does not want to see that the nearly 3,000 soldiers under his command did not die on the battlefield, but completely died on the plague, so it is imperative to clean up the corpse.

On the way, I also encountered a small group of rebel soldiers, caught a few live mouths, and after a little questioning, I knew that they were all rebel soldiers who were guarding dozens of miles away from the north gate under Huang Sui's order, ready to wait for the rabbit. However, after they saw the camp on fire, most of the soldiers also fled without authorization, and in the end, only more than 1,000 loyal people remained behind, until they knew that Huang Sui was completely defeated by the Han army, then they gave up the ambush and prepared to return to the camp.

Soon, nearly 3,000 soldiers arrived at the north gate of Shu County, and entered the city gate under the welcome of more than 100 soldiers guarding the north gate......

In the third year of Guanghe, at the end of May, Bajun Taishou Fuquan led thousands of miles to aid Yangzhou, met an ambush at the foot of Dabie Mountain, counterattacked his army, and won. Later, he led the army to pretend to be a group of thieves, lurked in the rear, burned the thieves' grain and grass, and after resting in Zongyang, he reorganized the army to help Shu. First broke its camp, and then defeated its army, the thief leader Huang Sui fled south in a hurry, and won a big victory.