Chapter 56: Cutting the beard and abandoning the robe
Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the mountains and rivers complement each other, the creation of heaven and earth, the delicate spirit of the Zhong gods, four hundred years ago, the Qin State became a hegemon, one thousand two hundred years ago, the king of Zhou achieved the foundation with this.
In the yin of Weishui, Han Sui led a thousand remnants of soldiers and galloped quickly on the open Weiping River.
"Father-in-law, we've been on the run for two days, and it seems that Xu Rong can't catch up with us!" Yan Xing shouted loudly with a slightly excited expression on his face.
Cheng Gongying also had a happy face, and said in a casual voice: "What Yan Ming said is right, we have already passed Weishui, even if Xu Rong notices it, it is not easy to catch up with us!" ”
A thousand remnants of the defeated generals, all of them were happy, and everyone was smiling like flowers.
Several defeats in a row have dealt a great blow to the confidence of the defeated generals of a thousand remnants, and they have been chased and killed by Xu Rong for the past two days, and they are even more panicked like a lost dog, so they are not embarrassed.
All ambitions and ambitions were dashed with the defeat.
At this time, just getting rid of Xu Rong's pursuit is also a happy thing for them. If it was placed half a year ago when they sent troops to attack Sanfu, such a thing would not have been imagined.
Man, that's it, when a person stands on a high place, or has everything, he always wants to have the best, and when he is not satisfied, but when that person loses everything and has nothing, even the simplest thing will make him satisfied.
Han Sui was also in this state at the moment, although he didn't show it obviously, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth undoubtedly revealed his thoughts.
The day before yesterday, Han then ordered dozens of horsemen to flee westward on the north bank of Weishui, used to confuse Xu Rong, but he led a large group of men and horses to avoid Xu Rong's pursuers, and crossed the river in the shallow place of Weishui.
The two-day trek made everyone think that they were out of danger, they ventured across the Weishui, and even several brothers died in the water, Xu Rong could not have imagined that they would take a dead end.
Not only did the 1,000 remnants of the soldiers think so, but Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing also think so.
Even Han Sui thought that Xu Rong would not notice it.
On that day, Cheng Gongying thought that if he fled west, he would be caught up by Xu Rong's pursuers sooner or later, and suggested fleeing north, but Han Sui tried his best to defy public opinion and risk crossing Weishui to the south.
Even if Xu Rong caught those suspicious soldiers of his, it was impossible to know, because Han Sui clearly told those suspicious soldiers that he would lead a large army to flee north.
Therefore, Han Sui decided that Xu Rong would chase them to the west or north, and to take a step back, even if Xu Rong noticed that they had fled south, at this time, Xu Rong would not be able to catch up.
However, God likes to play a little joke on the world.
Just when everyone's minds were relaxed, the crisis crept in.
"Boom~"
Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound from the rear, and the remnants of Han Sui looked back, and they were so frightened that they fell off their horses, and were trampled by the galloping war horses in the chaotic army, and died.
Some people began to scream, others began to turn around, change their direction from the west, and go south.
Han Sui looked back at the exclamation of the remnants of the soldiers, and suddenly his eyes lit up, his heart beat faster, and his brows frowned.
Far on the horizon, a flood of beasts surged in, growing larger and clearer.
It was a cavalry galloping, galloping, and the banner of Xu Zi was also dancing in the wind.
Xu Rong stepped on the stirrup, and his legs kept clamping the big Wanliang horse under his crotch, urging it to keep accelerating.
"Brothers, there is Han Sui's old thief in front, the whole army has accelerated and captured Han Sui, and the lord is rewarded."
Seeing that Han Sui's remnants of the army were defeated, Xu Rong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
That night, on the bank of Weishui Yang, he was full of thoughts, and felt that Han Sui might take the risk of crossing the river and escape back to Liangzhou from the Yin of Weishui to Chencang.
The art of war is cloudy, put it in the place of death and then live, and put it in the place of death and survive.
Han Sui was as cunning as a thousand-year-old fox, and he must have understood that although fleeing west was the best choice, he would also be caught up by the pursuing army. In case he made a desperate bet and crossed the river, it was not impossible.
As soon as this idea was generated, it lingered in Xu Rong's mind, and immediately, Xu Rong decided to divide the troops into two routes, with a military marquis leading 500 iron cavalry to the north to chase and kill Han Sui, and he himself led 500 iron cavalry to cross the Weishui River to pursue Han Sui from the south.
After two consecutive days of pursuit, Rao is Xu Rong, and there was a trace of fatigue in his body.
Fortunately, now that Han Sui is in front of him, he has proved that his previous guess is correct, and now, as long as he catches up with Han Sui and captures him, or kills him, he is done.
Raising his slightly sour right arm, the spear in his hand pointed directly at the remnants of Han Sui in front of him, Xu Rong shouted again: "Brothers, kill!" Caught Han Sui, the lord is rewarded! ”
"Kill~"
"Kill~"
"Kill~"
Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. Xu Rong's words naturally played a role, and the five hundred iron horsemen roared, constantly whipping the horse's buttocks, and the speed of the march increased by more than a notch.
Han Sui's remnants saw that the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and scattered one after another, throwing themselves to the south.
While the two sides were chasing after me, the distance between the two armies had been getting closer, and gradually, Xu Rong had caught up with the remnants of Han Sui who were at the rear.
Xu Rong's eyesight was excellent, and from a distance of 100 steps, he found Han Sui wearing a red cloak and being surrounded by Cheng Gongying, Yan Xing and others in the chaotic crowd.
"All the soldiers obey the order!" Xu Rong's spear pointed at Han Sui, who was just in the crowd in front of him, and shouted: "The one in front of him who is wearing a red robe is Han Sui, capture Han Sui alive for me!" ”
"The general has an order! In front of him is Han Sui in a red robe, capture Han Sui alive! ”
"The general has an order! In front of him is Han Sui in a red robe, capture Han Sui alive! ”
"The general has an order! In front of him is Han Sui in a red robe, capture Han Sui alive! ”
The hundreds of iron horsemen who were riding their horses and chasing after them suddenly shouted like a tsunami, and the shouts shook the heavens and the earth.
"Father-in-law, quickly untie the red robe!" The earth-shattering shouts came from behind him, and Yan Xing hurriedly urged Han Sui to take off his red robe.
Han Sui also heard the shouts of Xu Rong's pursuers piercing the sky, only to find that his red cloak was so conspicuous, and he was suddenly in a hurry, and when he heard Yan Xing's suggestion, he didn't say a word, and directly untied the red cloak he was wearing and threw it into the messy wind.
Xu Rong saw Han Sui's abandonment of his robe from a distance, how could he stop there, looking at Han Sui's fluttering long beard under his chin, Xu Rong suddenly thought about it, and shouted again: "The person with the long beard in front is Han Sui, don't leave Han Sui!" ”
"The general has an order! The person with the long beard in front is Han Sui, don't leave Han Sui! ”
"The general has an order! The person with the long beard in front is Han Sui, don't leave Han Sui! ”
"The general has an order! The person with the long beard in front is Han Sui, don't leave Han Sui! ”
Xu Rong's troops, who were chasing after him quickly, roared like a tsunami again, and the momentum shook the sky.
This time, without waiting for Yan Xing's reminder, Han Sui, who fled in a hurry, directly and decisively pulled out the saber at his waist, and the horizontal sword cut off his three-inch long beard.
The body is skinned, and the parents are accepted, Xu Rong doesn't want Han Sui to cut his long beard and make such an unfilial act, you know, the Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and Han Sui's approach can be described as risking the world's disapproval.
Xu Rong didn't care about Han Sui's rebellious behavior, what he was most concerned about now was how to give the order to let the soldiers continue to shout to arrest Han Sui.
Suddenly, when he was less than fifty steps away from Han Sui, Xu Rong saw the white horse under Han Sui's crotch, and was immediately overjoyed, "The one riding the white horse in front is Han Sui, don't care about others, don't go Han Sui!" ”
"The general has an order! The one riding the white horse in front is Han Sui, don't go Han Sui! ”
"The general has an order! The one riding the white horse in front is Han Sui, don't go Han Sui! ”
"The general has an order! The one riding the white horse in front is Han Sui, don't go Han Sui! ”
Five hundred iron horsemen got Xu Rong's order, and they responded with a tsunami again, with momentum like a rainbow.
"Father-in-law, go away! I'll wait until I stop! Yan Xing saw the chasing soldiers behind him chasing after him, the momentum was monstrous, and he couldn't help but be anxious, Han Sui in front could cut his beard and abandon his robe, but now he couldn't let Han Sui abandon the war horse, so he could only urge Han Sui to go quickly.
"General, your horse is fast, you go first! I'll come later. Cheng Gongying also shouted urgently.
Some of the people beside him echoed and urged Han Sui to leave quickly, they could see that Xu Rong was staring at Han Sui, in Xu Rong's eyes, the heads of their thousands of defeated soldiers were not as good as Han Sui's head, and they would not even make such a big move.
In fact, there is no need for them to say this, Han Sui is already about to whip up, at this critical juncture, he will not stage any bitter love scenes with everyone who live and die together, and frequently urge the night light jade lion horse under his crotch, and Han Sui keeps galloping away.
Xu Rong in the rear had already caught up at this time, and when he saw Han Sui galloping away alone, he immediately ordered a military marquis to lead most of the soldiers and horses to drag Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying, and he led more than 100 horsemen to chase after Han Sui.
Xu Rong broke through Han Sui's remnants of the crowd and approached Han Sui with a gun.
Although Han Sui's mount is a famous horse in Xiliang and a jade lion, it can travel 800 miles a day, but Xu Rong's war horse is not bad, and the Dawan good horse given by the Son of Heaven also travels 800 miles a day.
However, Han Sui's mount did not have a horseshoe on its hooves, and after running for a long time, the speed was naturally slightly inferior to Xu Rong's Dawan horse.
In a moment, the two horses were close to each other, and Xu Rong was about to catch up with Han Sui, who fled in embarrassment.
"Whew!"
Suddenly, a cold arrow broke through the air and shot straight at Xu Rong's heart.
Xu Rong was not frightened, leaned over, and dodged sideways.
"Woohoo!"
Without waiting for Xu Rong to take a breath, a series of feather arrows came rapidly, Xu Rong was helpless, reined in the galloping war horse, danced his spear, and shot down the feather arrows that shot at his vital points one by one.
When Xu Rong wanted to chase after him again, Han Sui had already fled, but he was greeted by thousands of soldiers in Liangzhou rebel uniforms, leading a sturdy bearded man to take the lead.
The enemy's thousands of troops rushed to kill, but Xu Rong was not afraid, and he raised his gun and rode his horse to meet him.