Chapter 125: Victory in the First Battle
The most important thing to be a man is to have self-knowledge, Liu Xie knows very well what he is, the product of the assembly line education system in later generations, taking advantage of the opportunity of the explosion of knowledge, he knows a lot of things, but how to do it, Liu Xie has to catch blind.
In terms of governing the country, Liu Xie is not as good as Xun Yu; In terms of strategy, Jia Xu can play Liu Xietuan with one hand; In terms of whimsy, Liu Xie can't catch up with Ma Jun, who is known as the inventor of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, and this is only this aspect of the text. As for the aspect of martial arts, in terms of personal martial arts, there are countless people who can surpass Liu Xie, and those fierce men who have accepted the guidance of famous masters since they were young and practiced hard can be compared with Liu Xie, a person who has studied marksmanship with Tong Yuan for several years. As for the arrangement of troops and battlefield command, although Liu Xie has also read several military books after coming here, if he really wants to go to the battlefield, talking about soldiers on paper will kill people.
Fortunately, Liu Xie is self-aware and knows where his shortcomings are. And his only advantage is that he is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, representing the orthodoxy of the Han family. Many people's hopes for realizing their dreams are pinned on him. Although the Han dynasty is now weak, its centuries-old rule has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people do not want to see the Han Dynasty fall. Talents like Xun Yu and Zhao Yun, the elite of the elite, will choose to serve the imperial court not because Liu Xie has the style of a king, and as soon as the spirit of the king is released, they will bow their heads. It's just Liu Xie's luck, his identity represents the orthodoxy of the Han family, if Liu Xie does not represent the orthodoxy of the Han family, if he changes to a cat and a dog, Xun Yu, Zhao Yun and others will choose to serve at first, but if they find that the person they serve is not worthy of service, they will also choose to leave.
In good conscience, Liu Xie did a good job. Because of his self-knowledge, Liu Xie did not choose to monopolize power, but chose to delegate power. In addition to the military power, Liu Xie handed over the other powers to others. From the current point of view, the strength of the imperial court is thriving, and the prestige of the Han is gradually recovering. Even if the worst happens, the imperial court has the ability to quell the resistance of the princes, since this is the case, those people of insight who are interested in the Han Dynasty will naturally rush to Guanzhong, and it is not a bad choice for public or private.
With the continuous efforts of Xun Yu, Zhao Yun and others, Guanzhong, which had a withered population in the past, is gradually regaining its former prosperity, and a stable rear, both now and in the future, is what the imperial court needs. Although the hundred officials in the court still felt inappropriate about the personal conquest of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xie held the military power, and he insisted on it, and the hundred officials could only compromise in the end. Liu Xie has already proved to the hundred officials with the actual actions of the past that he will not act arbitrarily, and with Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, these fierce generals who know the soldiers, they can't come up with any tricks, and what the hundred officials in the DPRK and China need to do is to allocate materials to prepare for the proper resettlement of the Xiqiang people in the future and buy their hearts, and on the other hand, to appease the people who are already in the territory and let them live a stable life as soon as possible.
Liu Xie is not worried about the affairs in the court, with Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, these capable officials are watching for him, even if there is a little mistake, it will be corrected quickly. What Liu Xie needs to solve at this time is Cheriji from Xiqiang.
Liu Xie did not plan to take the initiative to attack as soon as he started, firstly, considering that he had not yet thoroughly understood the iron car formation of Cheriji, it was easy to cause unnecessary losses if he attacked rashly; The second is that both sides are cavalry, but the Han army is good at defending the city, and taking advantage of the city wall can consume more Qiang soldiers in Cheriji's hands. As for whether Cherrigi will divide his troops to attack, Liu Xie is not so worried, his soldiers and horses can all become cavalry, once Cherrigi divides his troops, then he has every chance to concentrate superior forces to solve the various troops and horses that Cherrigi has divided, I believe that Cherrigi will not do that kind of stupid thing.
The western capital of Xiping County is the county governance of Xiping County, since it was incorporated into the rule of the imperial court, Jia Xu ordered people to strengthen it more than once, and the materials used are no longer the rammed earth mixed with various materials such as children's urine in the past, but cement.
Liu Xie's knowledge of the production of this cement is not comprehensive, but he has Ma Jun, the inventor of the Three Kingdoms era is really extraordinary, and many new things used by the Han Dynasty today are all finished products that Ma Jun dictated through Liu Xie, and then pondered by himself, and the birth of this cement, Ma Jun can be said to be indispensable.
With cement as a building material, it is not difficult to strengthen the city walls, as long as there is enough time, it is no problem to build as strong as you want. The only drawback may be that this thing has not yet been accepted by the general public, and the main use now is to build a pass fortress, and there are not many civilian ones.
Cherrigi doesn't have TNT, let alone make explosive packs, and if he wants to break through the Western Capital, he has to fill it with human lives. Looking at the high city walls, Cherrigi couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
"King, let me go and give the Han army a little bit of a taste first." Yueji leaned over and asked Cherrigi for battle.
Cherry Ji glanced at Yue Ji, nodded, and agreed to let Yue Ji try the Han army's skills first. With Cherrigie's nod, Yue Ji couldn't help but get excited, when Cherrigi and Han Sui joined forces last time, he happened to have something to do and didn't come to Liangzhou with Cherrigi. As the so-called ignorant are fearless, Yue Ji, who has not learned Zhao Yun, Pang De and others, is naturally fearless.
With his two powerful generals, Yue Ji came to the western capital to challenge the Han army. Liu Xie, who was standing at the head of the city and was observing Cheriji with clairvoyance, didn't even leave his clairvoyance, but just ordered his subordinates: "Let's not bully people, let's fight alone, and whoever of you goes down to solve the Qiang people who called for the battle, and kill the morale of the Qiang people." ”
As a military general, if you want to be rewarded, you naturally have to rely on killing the enemy to make meritorious contributions. As soon as Liu Xie's voice fell, Ma Chao, Dian Wei and others shouted that they wanted to go out of the city to take the lead. The noise made Liu Xie impatient, and he said loudly: "Don't make any noise." Zilong, Ling Ming, Meng Qi, the three of you fight. Wen Yuan, I bother you to lead your troops to sweep the battle for them. ”
"The last general commands." The four generals who were named agreed and went down to the city to prepare. Dian Wei asked a little depressed: "Lord, why don't you send me to fight?" ”
"I want you to watch the battle with me, can I? Righteousness is in charge of commanding the army, and my safety is in your hands. ”
"Cheng, don't worry, as long as there is my old man, no one will want to hurt you." Dian Wei smiled and reassured.
The words were divided into two ends, Liu Xie and Dian Wei didn't mention it, just said that the four Zhao Yun who went out to fight, Zhang Liao led the troops to sweep the formation, and Zhao Yun and the three of them did not bring more people from the headquarters, and each of them brought more than a dozen personal soldiers, as soon as the city gate opened, the soldiers and horses of the Han army waved at the city gate, and Zhao Yun and the four of them stood in front of Yue Ji first.
Yue Ji didn't seem to expect the Han army to dare to fight, he was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed, and ordered his generals to burn Ge and say: "Burn Ge, go on, kill the Han general, good wine and good meat." ”
"Oh, good wine and good meat." He shouted and urged his horse to come to the front of the two armies. Perhaps stimulated by Yue Ji's reward, Yao Ge looked very excited at this time, raised a pair of coastal iron hammers in his hand and struck them hard in the air, making a loud noise, and then roared angrily at the Han army: "Which Han dog came to send him to death." ”
Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao are both stable temperaments, so naturally they will not be easily angry because of a Qiang person's insults, but Ma Chao and Pang De's tempers are not so good, especially Ma Chao, that temper is simply a cannon battle, just a little bit. There are only a few people in this world who can convince him, except for his father Ma Teng, and only when Ma Chao is afraid today. It's not that the Son of Heaven's martial arts are already higher than Ma Chao, but the Son of Heaven's methods of rectifying people really make Ma Chao feel palpitations when he thinks about it.
Now that he was suddenly scolded by a Qiang barbarian, how could the arrogant Ma Chao hold back, he didn't speak immediately, and rushed forward and stabbed Ge in the throat with a shot. Originally, this stabbing Ma Chao was nine out of ten, but to the surprise of Ma Chao and Zhao Yun and others, the Qiang man actually raised a hammer to block the tip of the spear that stabbed him.
"What a quick response." Zhao Yun praised casually. He is an expert in using guns, and he naturally has a little understanding of Ma Chao's methods of making guns, and there are many exchanges between generals on weekdays, so Zhao Yun thinks about it himself, even if it is himself, if he is suddenly stabbed by Ma Chao with such a shot, he will be a little in a hurry.
"Han dog, is it just a sneak attack? Look at the hammer! Burning Ge was furious, and he raised his hammer and smashed Ma Chao over.
Yue Ji, who was watching the battle, saw that Yao Ge had already started with Ma Chao, so he nodded at the other person beside him. ”
"Hmph, speak wildly." Zhao Yun snorted lightly and urged him to step forward.
Yue Ji came out with two helpers this time, and he only had these two helpers, seeing that the two helpers couldn't win for the time being, so he still had to rely on himself in the end. Thinking of this, Yue Ji moved his body and urged him forward with a long-handled hammer. Before he could open his mouth to call for the formation, Pang De, who saw him coming out, had already smiled and said to Zhang Liao on the side: "Wenyuan, my business is here." ”
"Come and get the common name! This general will not cut the nameless people under the knife. Pound shouted before Yue Ji could speak. Choked Yue Ji scolded in his heart, but since he had been preempted, it was not easy for him to pretend to be deaf and dumb, "I am the marshal under the command of King Cheriji, Yue Ji." That Han general, report your name and surname. ”
"Captain of the Hussar Battalion of the Great Han Emperor's Army, Pound." Speaking of this, Pang De waved the knife in his hand and shouted at Yueji: "Yueji, take your life." ”
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Cherrigi, who was watching the battle in the Chinese army, was very concerned about the outcome of this battle, if Yueji won, then he would not need to use the iron chariot formation for the time being, but if Yueji was defeated, then Cherrigi would have to think about the countermeasures. In fact, the iron car formation has no effect on the siege of the city, unless it is a field battle, and it is also a relatively flat place, the iron car formation can play an effect. But like the siege car, even if the city gate is broken, as long as the defenders find a huge object to block the city gate, the iron car array will not play any role, but will become a burden.
When he promised Yadan to propose to build an iron car, Cherrigi thought of the role of the iron cart array in flat terrain, but with the use of the iron car array, Cherrigi found that the role of this iron car array was limited, but there were a lot of problems. However, even if I have regretted listening to Yadan's words in my heart, I used the strength of the whole country to build an iron car, but now that the car has been built, even if I go back to re-smelt and build armor weapons, I can't catch up with the time.
In order to ensure the number of iron chariots built, Cherrigi naturally had to reduce the creation of armor and weapons, so that most of the 150,000 Qiang soldiers under his command were wearing leather armor, and the styles were varied. As for the weapons in hand, although they can still be used, they definitely have nothing to do with the word sophisticated.
When the Black Mountain Army was defeated, a lot of weapons and armor were captured from the battlefield, but in the end, there were still more monks and less porridge, which was far from enough to equip the 150,000 Qiang soldiers under his command. Cherrigi originally wanted to break several cities in Liangzhou to fight to support the war, but now the cities in Liangzhou are mostly made of cement, and most of the siege methods in the past have failed.
Cherrigi was unwilling to lose too much before the confrontation with the main force of the Han Dynasty, so he could only take the initiative to retreat, and retreated again and again, until he withdrew from Liangzhou, and only then did he get rid of the entanglement of the Han army.
At the head of the city in the western capital, Liu Xie was observing Cherrigie, and Cherrigie was also observing Liu Xie at this time, but Cherrigie did not have clairvoyance in his hands, so even if he opened his eyes wide, he would not be able to see Liu Xie, but Liu Xie could tell Cherrigi to see a rough idea.
Cherrigie couldn't see Liu Xie, but he also knew in his heart that Liu Xie must also be watching the battle in the city at this time. Cherrigi hoped that Yue Ji could win glory for him, and it was best to kill his three generals in one battle, which could not only improve the morale of his own side, but also let those Han people know that they were far inferior to the Qiang people in terms of force.
It's just that reality is always cruel, and most of the time it doesn't happen by human will, Cherrigi hopes that Yueji can win the first battle, but at this time, Yueji is already complaining. Pound's knife is powerful and heavy, and it swings like flowing water, endlessly, a knife is faster than a knife, a knife is heavier than a knife, and Yue Ji can only support it.
And unlike Yue Ji, the burning Ge who fought against Ma Chao has made Ma Chao open a few blood holes in his body, although the wound is not fatal, but the bleeding is not stopped, it looks very scary, although the burning Ge roared again and again, the trapped beast was still fighting, but in the face of Ma Chao, who had exquisite marksmanship, the defeat was decided.
In the end, all that remained was to find Zhao Yun's Oh He. If it is said that Burning Ge is a strength-type general, then Oh He is a technical general, if he can compete with others for a while, but against Zhao Yun, who has both strength and technology, it will be miserable.
Among these fierce generals under Liu Xie, if it is said that there is a martial arts who is high and who is low, it is really not easy to distinguish, but if you say who is the most difficult, it is definitely Zhao Yun. No matter who fought Zhao Yun, he was sweating profusely after stopping. Tired, no matter how much effort you muster, this Zhao Yun will always have a way to resolve it for you, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will make him fight back. In the end, he is often tired and half dead, but the result is still a draw. Over time, no one was willing to talk to Zhao Yun.
"It's too meaty, it's not pleasant at all." This is the evaluation given by many fierce generals after discussing with Zhao Yun.
He may be a fierce general among the Qiang people, but if you compare it with these fierce generals around Liu Xie, it is nothing. Against Zhao Yun, Oh He's suffering began, and many times he even felt that the iron gun he was used to in his hand didn't seem to listen to him.
Oh He was afraid, lest he mess with Zhao Yun's poisonous hands, and after covering up a move, he turned the horse and left, Zhao Yun smiled slightly when he saw this, and urged the horse to chase. And Oh He, who ran towards the formation, saw that Zhao Yun was catching up, but he didn't seem to be too flustered, but let out a sneer in his heart. In addition to marksmanship, Oh He also has a stunt, that is, the meteor hammer. Long before Zhao Yun, Oh He relied on this killer move to turn defeat into victory many times.
Secretly estimating the distance with Zhao Yun in his heart, hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind him getting closer and closer, Oh He reached out and took off the meteor hammer on his waist, and after holding one end and turning it twice, Oh He sat up straight suddenly, turned around and turned around with a hammer, and at the same time shouted in his mouth: "Recruit guy!" ”
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didn't hear the screams coming from behind him, which made Oh He, who had already stationed on the horse and wanted to see the results of the battle, couldn't help but be shocked, and when he looked at it, he saw that Zhao Yun was safe and sound, and was taking a bow and aiming at him. Oh He couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't know how Zhao Yun dodged his killer meteor hammer, he only knew that Zhao Yun was about to release the arrow, and he had to dodge it immediately.
Thinking of dodging the arrow, Oh He hurriedly turned his back to Zhao Yun, bent down and bowed his head on the saddle, and at the same time clamped the horse's belly between his legs, urging the horse to run quickly. Oh Ho did this for a reason, because he carried a large family heirloom shield on his back, which was specially used to protect his back. As long as he is not shot, the rest of his body will not kill him even if he is hit by an arrow, which can be regarded as a move to lose the car and protect the commander. But Oh He didn't expect Zhao Yun to be so lacking in morality, and the arrow he shot did not hit the big shield on his back or his mount, but an arrow shot at his buttocks, between the two strands to be exact.
You can't blame Zhao Yun completely, who let Oh He lie on the back of the horse as much as possible in order to avoid the arrows when he escaped, didn't he just arch his big ass.
"Ah~" The arrow of the arrow Oh He screamed and fell off his horse, but fortunately he was not far from the formation, and someone immediately stepped forward to rescue him back into the formation. And with the defeat of Oh He, Yue Ji, who had already told Pang De to kill and lose his courage, panicked even more.
"Lianshan Knife!" Pound burst into a shout, the knife in his hand turned into a phantom and ran towards Yue Ji and slashed over, Yue Ji saw this and hurriedly raised a hammer to meet him, but Pound's attack this time followed by a knife, and the strength was also stronger than once, and when Pound even split to the thirteenth knife, Yue Ji finally couldn't support it, spit blood in his mouth, and walked away with the saddle.