Chapter 158: Fighting the Barbarian General
The Xianbei and Huns who came in a hurry left in a hurry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After they left, Ma Teng's barracks exploded. Some people say that let's follow the iron hooves of the Xianbei people and trample on the Han people; Some people also say that the Xianbei people are white-eyed wolves that cannot be fed, and when they come, they will not only spoil the Han people, but also our people; Others said that we would simply go back to our hometown to protect our finances, and then we would take advantage of the fire to rob after the Han and Xianbei people were defeated.
At this critical moment, how did Ma Teng choose, and whether Ma Teng would covet temporary wealth. Ma Teng's soldiers did not know, because Ma Teng had not yet appeared. Because Ma Teng was waiting, waiting for Han Sui's news.
If Han Sui died, then Ma Teng could do whatever he wanted, and if Han Sui did not die, then the Qiang people under his command would definitely become the knives of the Xianbei people under the temptation of Han Sui.
So, Ma Teng is waiting.
While Ma Teng was waiting for the horses to play, several of Han Sui's defeated armies returned. Ma Teng hurriedly asked them about Han Sui's whereabouts, but none of them knew about it.
Half a day later, a large number of Qiang cavalry returned, and after careful questioning, Ma Teng learned that they had been scattered near Shangbang City.
When they were scattered, they found a random place to hide. After three or five days, when they heard that the officers and troops had left, they came out to find the location of the army.
However, at the beginning, more than 20,000 cavalry scattered and fled, and now only seven or eight thousand have returned to the camp. As for the rest, I am afraid that they have become horse bandits who are the troublemakers.
Two days later, the horse play finally returned. Ma Play did bring back a corpse, but it didn't have a head. Judging from the appearance of the body and the armor he was wearing, this was indeed Han Sui's corpse.
Ma Teng had no choice but to wait any longer. Wait for the Xianbei people to come to the door.
Ma Teng summoned all the centurion and above officers in the army and told them about the choice he had made for the Xianbei people.
After everyone arrived, Ma Teng knocked on the table in front of him, and the big tent suddenly fell silent.
"As you all know, the Xianbei people came here a few days ago. The Xianbei and Xiongnu gathered an army of nearly 200,000 to attack Luoyang and Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, and also made me their puppet.
I've heard a lot of gossip in the camp these days, and you're definitely speculating on my choice.
Today, I will tell you that I choose to fight to the death with the Xianbei people.
The Xianbei people are white-eyed wolves who can't be fed, who can be sure that they will not plunder our wealth, and who can be sure that the Xianbei people will not raise their butcher knives against us after dealing with the Han Dynasty. ”
"The general is right, but relying on us alone, how can we fight a decisive battle with the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people have an army of 200,000! An officer who has always opposed the Xianbei people said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why we rebelled against the Han in the first place was because the officials of the Han Dynasty were too oppressive to us. As long as we help the Han defeat the Xianbei people, the Han people will treat us Qiang people as equals. In this way, we not only accomplished the purpose of our rebellion, but also became the hero of the Great Han. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”
"The general is right!"
"Yes, we listen to the general!"
"But the General. Will the Han people believe us? ”
"Don't worry, General Anxi of Dahan is my friend for many years, and with his help, it will be done at this time!"
"The general is so strategic!"
"That's right, the general is clever!"
"Hmph," the few centurions who had been following Han Sui and survived by luck quit, "Could it be that General Ma colluded with the official army in advance to cause my general's fiasco?" ”
"Yes, the general doesn't want to avenge my general at the moment, but he is seeking a way out for himself, it's too chilling!"
"How do you speak, what is the face of the defeated army to make a big statement here!"
"Yes, your General Han and the official army have been defeated many times in these battles, and they are even embarrassed to let my general avenge you, and you have the ability to go by yourself!"
Uh, it's infighting!
Ma Teng saw it, and if he didn't stop it, he might be going to fight!
Ma Teng slapped the table and stood up suddenly.
"My concern is not you and me. It's for the sake of our entire Qiang tribe. In the past, the rebellion was to give our tribe a better living space, and now we are working with the officials and soldiers to deal with the Xianbei people so that our tribe can live a better life. Since our goals are the same, it is more dignified whether we die as officers or rebels. ”
"Yes, the general is right. Who wants to die in the name of a traitor? We had to do it as a last resort. ”
"Yes, we are willing to follow the general, and if we don't want to go, we have to ask if the sword in my hand is willing."
This is definitely the rhythm of verbal attacks that don't work, and personal attacks.
Ma Teng saw that everyone basically agreed with his opinion. Isn't that nonsense? The hundreds of people who came today are all Ma Teng's people, can you disapprove?
After that, Ma Teng wrote a letter to the faithful, handed it to Ma Wan, and instructed: "You personally send it to General Anxi, the official army battalion, and with him to help us, we will get twice the result with half the effort!" Moreover, you told General Anxi that I would lead the army to forty miles from the official army camp and wait for the officers and soldiers to come and collect them. ”
Let's say that after receiving the battle report sent by Dong Zhuo, Huangfu Song and others in the official army camp discussed Dong Zhuo's good luck and Han Sui's sorrow.
It's really better to come than to come. It's a pity that Dong Zhuo's battle report did not clearly say whether Han Sui was dead or alive. It is only mentioned that after the battle, the sentinels found a man in bright armor who was surrounded and protected by a dozen rebels, but unfortunately when a group of cavalry chased after him, it was only discovered that it was only a stand-in.
Cao De also arrived very sorry, and now he can only expect Ma Teng to surprise himself.
Three days later, Cao De was watching the training of the Zi Rat Cavalry on the martial arts arena, when suddenly a personal guard came to report that an old man who claimed to be surnamed Ma had come to pay a visit outside the camp.
The most dangerous place is the safest place, and Ma Play did not deliberately hide his identity, anyway, he came to surrender.
Cao De met Ma Play on the training ground. After Ma Wan saw Cao De, he handed Ma Teng's handwritten letter to Cao De.
Cao De looked at it for a while, then rolled up Ma Teng's letter, "You found Han Sui's body?" ”
Ma Yu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "General Hui, it is the last general." ”
"That's a fake, just a stand-in." Cao De said and stood up.
"Fake? Scapegoat! ”
"The stand-in is the stand-in, you are the general under Brother Shoucheng, and you must be very interested in cavalry, you look at how my cavalry is, to be honest. This is related to the fact that we will kill the Xianbei people together in the future. Cao De asked the horse, pointing to the cavalry on the training ground.
"General Hui, this cavalry is very elite, but it is a little immature."
"Well, a very pertinent evaluation, you come with me." Then Cao De said to Guo Jia behind him: "Fengxiao, go and bring us the bamboo slips that we have prepared for a long time, it's time to see how we perform." ”
Soon after, Cao De came to Huangfu Song's big tent with three bamboo slips.
"The last general meets the general."
"Anbang doesn't need to be polite, seat."
"General Xie!"
"Where did Anbang come from!"
"The last time the general came to let the general see the three bamboo slips, this is the first one!"
Cao De handed the bamboo slips that Ma Yu had just sent to Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song took the bamboo slip, and slapped the bamboo slip on the table halfway through it: "Wishful thinking!" ”
Cao De smiled apologetically, "The general finished reading?" The general looked at the two bamboo slips again. ”
Huangfu Song didn't want to save Cao De's face, so he took the bamboo slip angrily.
After reading it, Huangfu Song picked up the bamboo slip sent by Ma Teng again and read it carefully.
After reading it, Huangfu Song took a sip of hot tea and said to Cao De: "Anbang, can you be sure that Ma Teng's mind has not changed?" ”
Cao De smiled, "General, I'm afraid we don't have a choice." ”
Huangfu Song raised his eyebrows, "How do you say this?" ”
Saying that, Cao De got up and said, "Please also invite General Zhu to come, so that General Zhu can also take a look." ”
Soon Zhu Jun also came to the big tent, and as soon as Zhu Jun entered the tent, he asked, "Why is there a soldier wearing rebel clothes outside the tent?" ”
After Cao De saluted Zhu Jun, he said, "General, let's take a look at these three bamboo slips first!" ”
Soon Zhu Jun also finished reading it, and when Zhu Jun was about to express his opinion, Cao De took out another bamboo slip and said: "Actually, the letter sent by Ma Teng was split in half by me, and this half is the reason why we can't refuse." ”
Cao De said and handed the bamboo slip to Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song opened the bamboo slip and said: "According to Ma Teng, the Xianbei and Xiongnu have gathered an army of 200,000 and are not far from Liangzhou!" If we want to drive out the Xianbei, we have to rely on Ma Teng's 60,000 cavalry. That's why we have to accept it. ”
Zhu Jun didn't look at the lower half of the bamboo slips, so he asked, "How can you believe what Ma Teng said." ”
Cao De glanced at Zhu Jun, "It's not a secret, I also learned the news of the Xianbei people from Ma Teng a few days ago. And in the early years, Ma Teng and I were already married brothers of the opposite sex. So, I believe him. And, as the letter said, the collusion between Ma Teng and Han Sui is exactly what I meant.
My original intention was to let Ma Teng wait for the opportunity to kill Han Sui and reduce the killing for the Han. It's a pity that things didn't go as planned. ”
At the beginning, Ma Teng wanted Cao De to wait for an opportunity to capture Si Li. But Cao De forged a letter from Ma Teng, roughly asking Cao De, Han invited me to rebel together, Cao De, what should you do.
Then Cao De sent a letter back to Ma Teng, so follow Han Sui. If things go well, then kill Liu Hong. If it doesn't go well, you'll kill Han Sui. At that time, I will say that you Ma Teng pretended to rebel in order to get close to Han Sui, and I am an undercover agent! As long as you kill Han Sui, you Ma Teng will be the hero.
Of course, Cao De's reply to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun did not contain the first situation that Cao De said.
But things have developed so far, Han Sui may be dead, but he is missing! Anyway, Han Sui can't come to confront him. Besides, although things have gone off the rails, but there is an unexpected enemy of the Xianbei people, Ma Teng still has a chance to correct his name again.
Cao De continued: "Now that Han Sui doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, Ma Teng has no reason to continue to be a rebel. But the Xianbei people came at this time, can we rely on our manpower alone to keep the enemy out of the country? ”
Zhu Jun said unwillingly: "But Ma Teng drove out the 2,000 troops of our army crossing the river. ”
Cao De laughed, "At this time, I have already asked Ma Teng, it was not his order at that time. The one who gives the order is the one who is outside the tent. If General Zhu wants to, I will personally behead him to avenge my 2,000 soldiers. ”
Cao De pulled out the ring hand knife at his waist, and Huangfu Song raised his hand to stop Cao De, "No need, even if he is broken into ten thousand pieces, I can't bring my two thousand warriors back from the dead." He will still be used in the next war, so let him make meritorious contributions! ”
As soon as Cao De heard that Huangfu Song was relieved, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "The general understands the righteousness, thank you for believing it." ”
Huangfu Song waved his hand and said, "The old man knows that Anbang is a man who is loyal to the monarch and protects the country. The old man believes that Anbang will not look at the wrong person. The old man also believes in his own vision. ”
"Thank you, General, for your trust."
Huangfu Song suddenly straightened his face and said: "Since Ma Teng has the heart to kill the enemy for the country, let Ma Teng make meritorious contributions." Since Ma Teng was brokered by Anbang to surrender to Cheng, it was up to Anbang to take over the soldiers. However, in order to encourage Ma Teng to fight bravely to kill the enemy, General Ben pardoned Ma Teng as a general to fight against the barbarians. The rest of the things will be said after the big break of the Xianbei people. ”
Cao De was overjoyed, Ma Teng was not only not punished, but also promoted. "Thank you, General! At the end, I'm going to arrange the surrender of the company! ”
After Cao De left, Zhu Jun asked puzzledly: "The general obviously knows that there must be something wrong with this matter, why is the general so indulgent." ”
Huangfu Song sighed and said, "This Cao Anbang, the old man really likes it." A young hero, there are rules and laws, and he also has a special charm, you see that Zhang Fei, Xu Shu and others under his command are not the world's first-class talents. Moreover, if Cao Anbang really has a heart of disobedience. Once he unites with Ma Teng, Luoyang is really not guaranteed! However, since the contact with Anbang, I really haven't found any disobedience on the part of Anbang. ”
Cao De returned to his camp with Huangfu Song's military order, and Ma Wan and Guo Jia walked in with Cao De.
"It's done, go back and tell Brother Shoucheng to get ready for incorporation." Cao De said with excitement on his face.
Ma Yu bent down and saluted, "Thank you, general, my general asked the last general to inform the general, and he is already waiting for the general's arrival forty miles away from here." ”
"Okay, this is worthy of my brother-in-law. Feng Xiao, go and pass on my military order. The whole army was ready to move out and take over Ma Teng's department. ”
"General, no!" Guo Jia stepped forward and said.
"Oh? What does it mean to be filial piety? Cao De asked puzzled.
"Ma Teng is a rebel after all." Guo Jia pulled the clothes that he was playing with and continued: "Now, General Ma is being matched by the general to surrender. Moreover, General Ma's army is not far from the camp, and if the whole army is dispatched, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings! ”
Cao De thought for a moment, "Oh, I'm just happy." Yes, yes, yes. Then let Zilong take Zi Rat to ride and Feng Xiao to walk with me! ”
On the second day, Cao De stood outside the gate of the camp on a war horse coquettishly in purple armor, and behind him was Guo Jia, who was dressed as a Confucian scholar, and Zhao Yun, who was even more handsome and dashing in a bright silver armor.
In front of the three of them was a neat line of rat riders.
Ma Teng was not far from Huangfu Song's camp. What a spectacle it was for more than 60,000 cavalry to stay together. In front of them was a fiery red mighty cavalry.
They formed a long formation of snakes and marched slowly but neatly, though they were only six thousand men. But they have the momentum of overwhelming the sea.
Soon Cao De came to Ma Teng, who pulled out the scimitar at his waist and threw it on the ground. This means that I have truly surrendered.
Then, the rebels began to unpack their weapons and throw them on the ground.
But at this moment, the anomaly suddenly changed.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd of rebels shouted: "Ma Teng is playing with us, let's go find General Han!" ”
After Cao De heard it, he glanced at Ma Teng helplessly, and Ma Teng also replied with an indifferent expression.
"Ma Teng listened to the order, and those who surrendered abandoned the army and dismounted."
"Zhao Yun listens to the order, all horseback riders will be killed!"
"No!"
"The general has an order, and all those who descend dismount. Whoever rides a horse will be killed. Rats ride, kill! ”
"Kill!"
This scene has a sense of déjà vu again!
It was Han Sui's men and horses who fled, and it was also Han Sui's men and horses who were killed. Han Sui fled back from Longxi with a pitiful number of less than 3,000 people, which was not enough to stuff his teeth.
After that, Ma Teng's more than 60,000 cavalry quickly changed into red Han uniforms. It's just that their weapon is still the scimitar they've always been accustomed to.
Cao De didn't ask for this, regardless of whether the scimitar or a straight knife can kill the enemy, it is a good knife!
It's just that Ma Teng, the barbarian general, has a bit of a lot of troops! More than 60,000 people!
Cao De selected a group of elites from these more than 60,000 people, and more than 4,000 people joined his sub-rat ride.
In this way, Ma Teng's army has gathered a full 60,000 people, and these 60,000 people are also the foundation of Cao De's formation of the Zodiac Horse.
Although Ma Teng's 60,000 men had changed into battle clothes and changed their banners, Huangfu Song still did not dare to let them enter his camp. But fortunately, I didn't let them in, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble when I got out!
Just when Cao De was busy collecting Ma Teng's army, Dong Zhuo returned.
And Dong Zhuo didn't come back empty-handed, he also brought back a head, Han Sui's head. This finally reassured Cao De.
You're finally dead.
If you think about it, this is also the case. You Han Sui actually played peek-a-boo with Dong Zhuo in Dong Zhuo's hometown, which is really overwhelming. And Dong Zhuo is also very single, for fear that Han Sui will run away again, he chops it with a knife, and it's over. Dead people don't run, and I only need your head.
Poor Han Sui was still majestic in Cao De's previous life, but this life was just a flash in the pan!
However, the catastrophe of the Great Han did not end with Han Sui's death. On the contrary, after the establishment of the new Han Dynasty, many people believed that the turmoil of the Han Dynasty only really began after Han Sui's death! (To be continued.) )