Chapter 33: The Loop
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Pang De frowned, although Han Sui's troops were already expected, but he didn't expect Han Sui to invest so many troops at one time, according to the news that the scouts heard back, this time, Han Sui dispatched 100,000 soldiers and horses, and there was also a Hun army approaching Mumapo, which was undoubtedly a difficult test for Pang De, who led the army alone for the first time.
Eyes swept over everyone in the camp tent, this time Lu Bu left, almost leaving all the generals who could fight to himself, Ma Chao, Xiong Kuohai, Beigong Li, Ma Dai and another military division, such a lineup can not be described as not strong, but the strength is less than half of the other party, subconsciously, Pang De looked at Li Ru, this military advisor who has not been known so far has proven his value before, and obviously has a high status by Lu Bu's side.
"Strategist, Han Sui is menacing, I don't know what good strategy the strategist has?" Pang De looked at Li Ru with a wry smile, although Lu Bu ordered him to be the commander, but he didn't dare to slack off on Li Ru.
Li Ru touched his beard and muttered: "Han Sui seems to be strong, but in fact he is strong on the outside, 100,000 troops, there are both Qiang people and Huns inside, if Han Sui allows them to play their own role, our army is really difficult to fight in the field, and now that they are concentrated, they will hinder each other, and the general only needs to hold the camp steadily, and within five days, there will inevitably be chaos inside." ”
"Five days?" Pound couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
"Report ~ General Qiqi, Han Sui's army has reached fifty miles away!"
"Report, the vanguard of the Hun army has arrived at Mumapo!"
The scout's battle report came like a stream, and the expressions of Pound and the generals in the tent gradually became solemn.
Pang De took a deep breath, his gaze gradually calmed down, his gaze swept over Xiong Kuohai, Ma Chao and Beigong Li, and muttered: "The two armies are facing each other, morale is extremely important, young general!" ”
Ma Chao stood up and said in a deep voice: "Since the lord has appointed you as the marshal, there is no major general in the army, only the military general Ma Chao." ”
Pang De also knew that this was not the time to be humble with each other, so he immediately said: "Ma Chao listened to the order and ordered you to lead five thousand elite horsemen to fight to frustrate the spirit of the Huns." ”
"The last general commands!" Ma Chao responded and strode away.
"The big war is coming, you guys come with me to Yuanmen to watch the battle, and see what these Huns are capable of!"
In the fourth year of Jian'an, when the eyes of the princes of the world were all attracted by the war that was about to start between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, in the northwest land, a battle that was not inferior in scale to the Battle of Guandu and whose historical significance was not inferior to the Battle of Guandu was also quietly unfolding.
Han then converged with the Qiang people, more than 200,000 horses of the Xiongnu and 40,000 horses of Lu Bu in the area of Mumapo, and with Ma Chao killing the Xiongnu Zuo Daduwei, the battle of Guandu opened earlier than the battle.
Hetao, fertile and beautiful Yueshi Lake, is the home of Xiaoyue, and it is also the barrier of Yue's survival, with the unique geographical advantages of Yueshi Lake, not only protects tens of thousands of Yueshi people, but also provides fertile soil, so that this half-pastoral and half-agricultural nation can survive under the eyes of the Huns.
The Yue clan, if it is said to be inherited, has been multiplied in the Hexi Corridor since the pre-Qin period, the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, once helped the Han people to attack the Xiongnu, when Huo Quai's expedition against the Xiongnu, he also received the help of the Yue people, but later was broken by the Xiongnu, the Yue clan that once controlled the string of 100,000 was divided into two, the main force passed through the Gobi, established the Kushan Empire, and the other branch wandered around the Hetao Western Regions, and finally established the Xiaoyue clan, until the end of the Han Dynasty Three Kingdoms period, the Yue people were regarded as the objects of the Han Dynasty's conscription, and were classified as Qianghu, It was not until after the Three Kingdoms that it gradually merged with the Qiang people, and it can be regarded as a pro-Han minority in the Hetao area.
Sigh law ~
On the endless grassland, herds of cattle and sheep are leisurely drinking by the lake under the care of herdsmen, and white felt bags are dotted on the vast grassland like stars.
Suddenly, the cattle and sheep who were drinking water raised their heads and began to make a sound of anxiety, and on the ground, with a muffled sound of hooves, the whole grassland seemed to be in turmoil at this moment.
The nearby herdsmen have changed color, this is a situation that only happens when ten thousand horses gallop, could it be that those damned Huns are coming again?
A large number of herdsmen hurriedly took off their bows and arrows, quickly assembled, the melodious sound of the horn spread far away in the vast grassland, hundreds of herdsmen looked nervously at the distant horizon, slowly rising a blood-colored flag, the flying flag in the wind, gradually became obvious.
"It's the army of the Han Chinese!" Although the herdsmen did not know the man, they were able to distinguish that the Huns rarely knew how to write on the banner, and they generally used the totem as the banner: "Go and inform the king!" ”
Seeing that it was the army of the Han people, all the herdsmen breathed a sigh of relief, but did not relax their vigilance, although the Yue clan is pro-Han, but it does not mean that the Han people will not attack them, historically, the Han people are not without a shot at the Yue clan, a group of herdsmen vigilantly watched the Han army approaching quickly, and only found that the number of this Han army is not much, but the war horses are scary, one person three horses or even four horses, that is, the Huns, and rarely like this.
The Han army slowly stopped a stone's throw away from the Yueshi herdsmen, and did not directly attack, so that the vigilant minds of these herdsmen relaxed, and then saw that among the Han people on the other side, they galloped out and came to a place not far from the herdsmen, and said in fluent Xiongnu language: "I am a military marquis under the command of the general of the Han Zhengxi, and my lord wants to see your leader." ”
A herdsman, who looked quite mighty, stepped forward and said in a stiff Chinese: "Our men have gone to inform the king, and I ask you to wait for a moment." ”
"Can you give us some food? We can trade it for a war horse. The Han Jun asked.
"No problem, please wait a minute." The mighty herdsman should be the leader of this area, seeing the tired and dusty expression of the Han army, he nodded kindly, and let the Han army rest first, while he and the surrounding herdsmen went to prepare food.
In the distance, Lu Bu dismounted with all the soldiers, and many people fell down directly from exhaustion and lay on the ground.
"Lord, now that Xiliang is in danger, I heard that Han Sui has sent troops to Mumapo, we will turn into the Hetao at this time, and the Xiliang battle situation may be ......" Han De sat beside Lu Bu, his dry lips trembled a few times, and he asked worriedly.
"There's no way, if you continue to fight like this, not only will you not be able to kill the Huns, but our brothers will all be defeated in Wuwei!" Lu Bu shook his head and swallowed dryly: "Now I can only make dangerous moves, encircle Wei to save Zhao, let the Huns retreat by themselves, and the rest can only trust Pang De!" ”
Han De sighed when he heard this, in five days, relying on 5,000 people, he annihilated 40,000 Huns, which was already a miracle in Han De's opinion, but the enemy was injured by 1,000 and 800, even if there was a peerless general like Lu Bu to lead, after the Huns became alert, they began to encircle and suppress Lu Bu, even though these soldiers already had the heart of death, but the three days and three nights of sleepless fighting also brought this army to the brink of collapse, at least in Han De's view, it is already a miracle to be able to fight until now, and there are still more than 2,000 people alive.
"It's just ......" After hesitating, Han De looked at Lu Bu: "Will the Yue Clan people agree?" ”
"Yes!" Lu Bu nodded: "The people of the Yue Clan have been suppressed by the Huns in this Hetao land, this is an opportunity, even if they don't want to replace them, but no one wants to live better, right?" There are Huns for a day, the Yueshi people will be suppressed all the time, and even worry about the attack of the Huns all the time, whether it is for us or for the Yueshi people, this is an opportunity, isn't it? ”
If they don't agree, then they can only use a butcher's knife to force them to agree! A cold murderous intent flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, it was related to the situation in Xiliang and even the entire Guanzhong, and the people of the Yue Clan must agree!
I hope so!
Han De nodded, looking into the distance, some herdsmen had already brought food to this side, Lu Bu asked people to divide the captured war horses into a batch, enough for one person to ride twice, other war horses can be used to barter with the Yue's people, and it can be regarded as a closer relationship with the Yue's people.
After a while, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded on the grassland again, and a Yue's cavalry rushed towards this side, which should be the Yue's troops.
Lu Bu waved his hand, although the Yue clan belonged to the pro-Han Hu people, but the heart of guarding against people was indispensable, and the soldiers under his command quickly became vigilant.
"In the Xia Yue Clan, the king erects the power of the chali, see General Fei." The King of the Yue Clan was tall, and in terms of physique, he did not look much worse than the majestic sea, and he looked at Lu Bu at this moment, and respectfully performed the etiquette of the Yue Clan.
"The king knows General Ben?" Lu Bu stood up, replied to a Han salute, and looked at the Yue Clan King suspiciously.
"Although the prestige of the general on the grassland in the past has been separated by many years now, no one in the entire grassland does not know it." King Yue smiled.
The name of Lu Bu may not be popular in the Central Plains, but on the grassland, even if it is a hostile Xianbei, the Huns, when mentioning the name of Lu Bu, they must call General Fei in awe, of course, this is more than ten years ago, when Lu Bu was still in the state, until now, there are not many people who still remember Lu Bu's name.
Lu Bu was also not polite, took a sip of wine and said: "Don't hide it from the king, this time the general is here to conspire with the king." ”
"Oh?" The King of the Yue Clan looked at Lu Bu: "General, please speak." ”
"Now that the main force of the Huns is going south and invading the Central Plains, this general wants to cooperate with the king and leave these 100,000 Huns in the Central Plains forever!" In the end, Lu Bu said that the murderous intent in his eyes was full of murder, staying in the Central Plains, but he would never let these people stay alive in the Central Plains!
"This ......" The King of the Yue Clan couldn't help but suffocate when he heard this, looked at Lu Bu's gaze, and didn't dare to refuse directly, so he could only smile bitterly: "My Yue Clan, now there are only eight thousand people who can fight, I'm afraid it ......"
"Eight thousand, that's enough!" Lu Bu categorically interrupted the words of the Yue Clan King and said in a deep voice. (To be continued.) )