Chapter Eighty-Four: The Huns Go South
Jumping off the war horse and throwing the reins to the soldiers on the side, Dong Zhuo grabbed the bamboo slip in the hands of the messenger, and walked straight to his Chinese army tent with the generals and the messenger.
Lifting the curtain of the tent, Dong Zhuo walked to the back of the handsome case and sat down, opened the bamboo slip, and read it carefully, the more he read, Dong Zhuo's face became darker and darker.
There was a depressing atmosphere in the tent, and all the generals on both sides were silent, just staring at Dong Zhuo, who was pale.
"Bump!"
After reading it, Dong Zhuo smashed his fist on the handsome case, and actually smashed the one-inch-thick handsome case into two.
"My lord! What happened? ”
Seeing that Dong Zhuo was so angry, anyone knew that something big had happened, Hua Xiong stepped forward and asked.
Dong Zhuo calmed down a little, put the bamboo slips aside, and said expressionlessly: "The military advisor sent a message, that the Xiongnu right virtuous king Hu Chuquan led 50,000 troops, sent troops from Hetao, bypassed the north, and intended to plunder Wuwei, Jincheng Hanyang and other counties, Wuwei guarded Huang Jun and wanted to resist the enemy in Xuanwei, but the soldiers were defeated and died, and now the Hun cavalry has slaughtered the city. ”
"What?"
"This group of Hun dogs, what a big courage, lord, the last general asked Qiu Qiu to lead the troops to destroy these grandsons!"
"That's it, if you don't clean up these grandchildren, it's hard to vent the hatred in your heart!"
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The tent suddenly exploded, and everyone shouted one after another, asking for orders to go to resist the invasion of the Huns, and to kill them all.
"Don't make a noise yet!"
After they quieted down, Dong Zhuo looked at the messenger and asked slowly, "Do you know what the specific situation is now?" ”
The messenger thought hard for a while, and said: "The military division has ordered the two generals, Zhao Ang and Yin Feng, to lead 3,000 troops each, and rush to the two cities of Zuli and Warrior to set up defenses to prevent the Huns from entering Kou Hanyang, and ordered people to send letters to General Gai Xun and General Xu Rong in Jincheng respectively to remind them to prepare in advance. ”
Dong Zhuo nodded slowly, and let the messenger go down to rest first, and then discuss with the generals.
Hua Xiong took a step forward and arched his hand: "Lord, although the Xiongnu have declined and are no longer as strong as they used to be, but now our army is scattered in various counties, and with the soldiers and horses of those counties and counties in Wuwei County alone, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the cavalry of the Huns." These Hun paparazzi, if left unchecked, will definitely make the lives of the people miserable, and the West Cool will turn into thousands of miles of red land! The last general is willing to lead the headquarters of the Wind Battalion to Wuwei and kill all these dogs. ”
Dong Zhuo immediately vetoed: "You only have 5,000 cavalry under your command, and these horses alone can't entangle with 50,000 Hun cavalry." ”
Although Zhang Xiu was young, he was more cautious, only to see him step forward and say: "Lord, the Hun cavalry is known to the world, ordinary foot soldiers, can not resist the Hun cavalry at all, can only use cavalry to deal with cavalry, but there are not many cavalry in our army, and they are scattered everywhere, General Gai Xun and Han Sui are facing each other in Jincheng, and the soldiers and horses in his hands cannot be transferred; General Huangfu Jianshou is far away in Longxi, and the whip is beyond his reach; General Xu Rong defeated the kingdom in Anding, but he can draw the cavalry in his hands, plus with the five thousand iron cavalry we have here, we should be able to deal with the Hun cavalry! ”
Dong Zhuo shook his head slowly, and vetoed: "The kingdom is stable and has many generals, even if he is defeated again and again, it is deeper than ours, and only by completely destroying the kingdom can the cavalry in Xu Rong's hands not move." ”
Gao Shun strode forward with his head held high, and said sonorously: "Although the Hun cavalry is fierce, my Han infantry army is not weak, and it may not be impossible to fight, the last general is brave, and is willing to lead 10,000 foot soldiers to resist the footsteps of the Hun cavalry. ”
Dong Zhuo nodded secretly, since ancient times, basically all the generals have paid attention to chariots and cavalry, and basically no one cares about the infantry, that is, the Wei Wushu created by the famous general Wu Qi of the Warring States Period, the 800 trapping camp of Gao Shun at the end of the Han Dynasty, Ju Yi's Xiandeng camp can be called the elite of the foot soldiers, and the Wei State became the first country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States to rise to be the king with 50,000 Wei soldiers, dominating the world, occupying all the land west of the Qin River, and almost destroying the Qin State; Ju Yi's first camp was wiped out by one of the most elite cavalrymen in the world, Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong, during the Battle of the Boundary Monument; As for Gao Shun's trap camp, there are only 800 people, invincible, invincible, and the most elite infantry in the world, Dong Zhuo is looking forward to the trap camp created by Gao Shun in the future.
However, Dong Zhuo did not deny Gao Shun's request, but he did not affirm it, and directly ordered: "Huaxiong and Zhang Xiu listen to the order!" ”
Huaxiong Zhang Xiu was shocked when he heard this, stepped forward, and said sonorously: "The end will be!" ”
"Order the two of you to lead the five thousand iron horsemen of the Wind Battalion, and immediately set off to Hutu, and must arrive within three days, there must be no mistake!"
"Now?"
Hua Xiong looked at Dong Zhuo with a bitter face, but when he saw Dong Zhuo Tieqing's face, he hurriedly hugged his fist with Zhang Xiu and said, "The last general will take orders!" ”
Dong Zhuo looked at Gao Shun and the others again, and shouted, "Gao Shun, Li Dao, and Jiang Xu listen to the order!" ”
The three of them hurriedly stepped forward, "The last general!" ”
"Order the three of you to lead 10,000 infantry, set off immediately, rush to Guzang to set up defenses, you must rush to Guzang within ten days, there must be no mistake!"
The three generals replied sonorously: "The last general will take the order!" ”
"My lord, are you planning to retire? As soon as our army retreats, if Li Renxiao takes advantage of the situation to pursue, our army will not be dispersed. Gao Shun thought about it and asked a question.
"Okay, a certain family leads five hundred cavalry and stares at Li Renxiao's every move!" Dong Zhuo said lightly.
"My lord! It has been several months since our army entered the north, and now the army is under the city of Fuping, and it is about to completely hold the northland in its hands, so it is withdrawn, isn't it halfway, if it comes again next time, Li Renxiao must be prepared, and it is not as simple as today to capture it. What's more, didn't you say you would wait for Li Renxiao's reply? Isn't it waiting? ”
Hua Xiong may be a little unable to let go of Li Renxiao's brothers and sisters, and his face is full of unwillingness at this time.
Dong Zhuo looked at Hua Xiong seriously and said, "Xuanba, the two powers are lighter!" Now that the Xiongnu are going south, if they can't be stopped as soon as possible, let them enter Xiliang, and then the Xiongnu cavalry will run rampant for thousands of miles, and the entire Xiliang land will suffer, and we must annihilate it as soon as possible. As for Li Renxiao, a certain family can only wait for him for a day, and if he does not give me an answer tomorrow, a certain family can only withdraw from the army, and come back after cleaning up the Huns. ”
Hua Xiong was solemn and said, "The last general understands!" But my lord, there is one more request from the general! ”
Dong Zhuo frowned, he felt that Hua Xiong had changed a little recently, Hua Xiong was not such a mother-in-law in the past, Dong Zhuo was sure that this change must be his concern, but who could this person be? Lee In-hyo seems to be but doesn't seem to be. Shaking his head, the Huns were coming, Dong Zhuo didn't care about paying attention to Hua Xiong's personal questions, and asked directly: "What request?" ”
Hua Xiong's face was slightly red, and he said righteously: "The last general asks to exchange with the lord, and the last general will lead five hundred soldiers and horses. Early tomorrow morning, the last general will enter Fuping City to persuade Li Renxiao to surrender, if not, the last general will immediately lead the troops to Wuwei. ”
Dong Zhuo glanced at Hua Xiong in surprise, this Hua Xiong is obviously a ghost, but he didn't bother to care about Hua Xiong, not to mention that Hua Xiong was more secure than him after he broke off, so he agreed.
"Good! Since you ask for your own life, it's up to you to cut it off! A certain family led Zhang Xiu and the wind battalion to Hutu, you see the opportunity to act, pay attention to cover the retreat of the army. ”
Everything was arranged, Dong Zhuo waved his hand, and said loudly: "Okay, let's go back and prepare, this time we must let the Huns know the strength of my Xiliang army!" ”
"Yes!"
All the generals responded with their fists clenched, and then stepped back to prepare.
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An hour later, the fifteen-thousand-strong army slowly marched out, Dong Zhuo and Zhang Xiu led the wind battalion to set off first, and finally glanced at Fuping City in the distance, Dong Zhuo whipped and left.
Gao Shun and Li Dao Jiang Xu led 10,000 foot soldiers and slowly retreated.
Only Huaxiong's 500 soldiers and horses and an empty camp waited lonely in the howling wind.