Chapter 563: Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky

In August of the fourth year of Jianwu, Xu Wei and Xu Hong led the troops of the two divisions to Hukou, where the Purple Gold Tiger did not have the leisure to enjoy the spectacular waterfall, and nearly 50,000 horses and horses only carried more than 20 days of rations and traveled in the starry night. Niu Wenquan is on the other side of the Yellow River, which is Cizhou, east of the river, where the Hu'er army once fought, but Xu Wei can't take care of the land of Sanjin now, and he must pacify Shaanxi as soon as possible.

After several days of rapid marching, the soldiers were very tired. Although there is no danger in walking along the river, it is not a road at all, and the soldiers have to carry their own rations in addition to carrying weapons and equipment, and they also have to keep marching non-stop, which can be imagined

But no one dares to complain, and no one wants to complain. They all have a fire in their hearts, this expedition is to recover the whole of Shaanxi, to drive Beiyi out of their homes, no, not to drive out, but to annihilate in Shaanxi Xu Weijun A considerable number of people are children of Lianghe, they know that once they recover Shaanxi, the day of returning to their hometown will not be far away

On the fifth day of the first month of August, the troops of the two divisions finally arrived at the place where the Qingshui River flows into the Yellow River, this section, the people of northern Shaanxi call it "Yanshui", and the people of Fan call it "Maojin Shui", this terrible name does not know how it came from, but the officers and men of the Western Army did experience the pain of being reborn, and traveled more than 80 miles a day, and came with great difficulty.

Here, the generals asked for a day off, but Xu Wei did not agree. He encouraged the soldiers, not far to the northwest, that is, Yanchang County, where the best pears in Shaanxi are produced, the brothers held on, won Yanchang, let you open your stomachs to eat enough soldiers to listen, well, not for the side, for the best pears in Shaanxi, fight

On the eighth day of August, the eastern suburbs of Yanchang County.

This is an orchard covering an area of more than ten acres, at a glance, the forest sea is shengtao, ripe pears, such as a golden ingots hanging on the branches, it is gratifying. At the east end of the garden, seven or eight people, old and young, climbed up the tree and picked pears, and the old one took the basket and carefully put the fruit away, for fear of breaking a little skin. It was autumn in a few days, and it was a good time to sell crisp pears, so I pointed to these pears and sold them at a good price, and paid all the taxes apportioned by the government.

These people, young and old, without exception, are bald and braided, and their clothes are left, and it is easy to see from their ornaments and clothes that this is the Jurchens. Yan'an has been under fall for many years, but unexpectedly, the Jin State also moved the Jurchens here and became fruit farmers.

The monkey girl who picks the fruit on the tree is very dexterous, just like a monkey, swinging from branch to branch, very vigorous. Suddenly, all the pears in his arms were scattered and fell to the ground, and a few of them fell directly to the old man who was distressed under the tree and scolded: "Baby, you have made a good pear to remove a sparse pear, but it's a pity that you are a broken brain doll."

"Grandpa, soldier" The baby was stunned in the tree.

"What ice? Where did the ice come from on this August day? Grandfather said as he picked up pears.

The baby was stupid, and he saw in the tree that outside the orchard, the dense crowd of people was like a long dragon, walking from east to west. A handful of soldiers had left the army and had already entered the garden.

"Hide quickly, go to the army" A man in the prime of life rushed over quickly, and his mother-in-law followed behind, his face was blue with fright.

Walking soldiers? The old man was really startled, and wanted to find a place to hide under the pull of his son, but he was still reluctant to lose the pear in his arms. The son beat him down, and hurriedly greeted his brother and son, but it was still too late

"Stand and run, and if you catch it, you will be killed," the shouts of the military man came from afar.

The strong man caught his son who jumped from the tree, and seeing that it was too late to escape, he turned over a basket of pears, buckled the empty basket on his son, and pressed the old father on top of it.

Men and women, young and old, were so frightened that they were silent, the strong man and his brother stood in the way, and the mothers-in-law and aunts grabbed their belts and hid behind them.

Choking a few times, the soldiers who came over pulled out their knives, and their faces were not good. More than a dozen of them surrounded the family, and one of them looked like a head, coming with a knife, and a pair of eagle eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally landed on the bare-armed man. Grinning and coming over.

"Quack, chick." The officer said something that no ghost could understand, and then stared at the man with scrutinizing eyes.

The strong man didn't understand at all, and shook his head. The officer frowned, and swept over his brother, his head shaking like a drum.

"Are you a Jurchen?" The officer asked again, but it was in an authentic accent.

"It's not." The man shook his head again, looking at the dozen or so bright steel knives uneasily.

Upon hearing this, the officer smiled, and after scanning the family again, he put the knife into the sheath and beckoned: "It's Han." More than a dozen of his comrades all put away the guys, and the murderous intent on their faces disappeared.

"If you want to eat pears, you can take them, and only spare my family." The man said boldly.

The officer leaned over, swept the baskets of crisp pears on the ground, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, brother, we are the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, not the strongmen who rob the house." ”

When the man heard this, he said in his heart that it was your officers and soldiers who were afraid, and immediately asked, "Then can I go home?" ”

"That's not possible, you leave, who do we ask for money?" A military man laughed. As he spoke, he beckoned his comrades to come and move pears.

The little doll is the most real, and the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, seeing the soldier snatching his pears, he can't help but shout in the basket: "Put down this pear to go to the market to sell"

The soldiers looked at each other, who is talking? Why don't you just hear the sound and not see the people? But the men and women of the family were so frightened that their faces changed, and the old man sitting on the basket said to him: "The good man wants to eat pears but take them, let our family go back."

"Old man, don't be afraid, we are the official army, Xu Xuanfu's troops." The officer explained again.

This rural people, how do they know what Xuanfu is, they are all at a loss. Seeing this, the officer said again: "Xu Dashuai? Have you ever heard of it? Purple Tiger? Xu Jiu? ”

As soon as he heard the word "Xu Jiu", the man next to the strong man whispered: "Brother, Xu Jiu's team"

The people of northern Shaanxi don't know what Xuanfu is, so they know Zhang Jingluo, but they have heard of "Xu Jiu". Hey, isn't Xu Jiuguan doing business? Why did you come to Yan'an Mansion? After a long turn in his head, the man finally came to his senses and said in a trembling voice: "What? Xu Jiuguan came to fight the Jurchen? ”

"Nonsense, why don't you hit the Jurchen? Hurry up and help move, a lot of your money, you are really not happy. A military man laughed.

"Great, do you hear that? The official army has come to recover Yan'an, and the Jurchens are about to fall" The man was ecstatic, turned around and shouted to his father.

"Really? Oh, the sky has eyes, the officers and soldiers are finally here," the old man was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.

The second time he touched his bald head, he scolded loudly: "The day is damn good, we are not human, ghosts are not ghosts, and it is finally over."

The old man jumped up, untied his belt on the spot, changed his clothes to the right one, and said excitedly: "These pears are filial piety to Xu Jiuguan, not money."

Most of the clothes worn by the Han people in later generations were placket, and the two plackets were aligned between the chest, and there was almost no crossing. But in ancient times, people wore large plackets, and the front placket of the clothes was particularly wide, with two plackets, one of which covered the other on the left or right.

Don't underestimate the distinction between left and right, Hanfu is always "left to right", called "right Qi", which is also the key to distinguishing Huayi, because Yi people often "wear the left". Confucius said, "Micro Guan Zhong, I am left behind", that is, if there is no Guan Zhong, we will all become Di Yi with loose heads and left clothes.

In their ruling areas, the Jurchens "shaved and decorated, forbade the people to wear Hanfu", and it was easy to shave their heads, and they could shave their bald heads with a few brushes. But it's not easy to ban Hanfu, you can't let Han people wear fur, right? As a result, the Han people were ordered to change their clothing to "Zuoqi", so that they could abandon the traditions and persistence of their ancestors from the image.

When the officer heard this generous words, he teased: "Old man, there are tens of millions of our fellow brothers, and you can't get enough of all the pears, so we are all asked to take them, and you can drink the wind?" ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled and was silent. called his son and daughter-in-law, and released his grandson from the basket, and the family worked together to help. When they carried the pears out of the garden, and saw the officers and soldiers walking on the road, with bright armor and neat troops, they were all overjoyed to see the blue sky through the clouds and mist, which was the feeling

Xu Wu and Xu Jiu's army arrived extended, but after a few drops of saliva, the county lord opened the city to welcome the king's division. There is no way, no one expected that the western army would come from the east, Yanchang County is located in the east of Yan'an Fucheng, counting the yacha to catch fast, there are not hundreds of people in the whole city to catch knives, if you don't surrender, wait for the western army to enter the city and kill it?

"Dashuai, eat pears" Du Feihu put a basket of washed fresh pears on the table.

Xu Wei was really thirsty, picked up one, and went down in one bite, half of it was gone. It really lives up to its name, this pear is fine, juicy, and not slag, the pear flesh is crystal clear, sweet and delicious, and I don't want to eat it.

"The money was given as it was, right? The fathers and elders of northern Shaanxi have suffered disasters for a long time, don't look forward to waiting for the officials and soldiers to come, but they are still a disaster. Xu Wei asked as he gnawed.

"Don't worry, don't worry, you won't miss half a penny." Du Feihu gulped down.

"But all acts that are harmful to the people shall be punished with capital punishment, and there shall be no favoritism at all. Tell the commanders at all levels to remember it for me," Xu Wei said.

While talking, Wu Jue and Zhang Xian came in one after another, and they all ate happily around the basket of pears. After days of asceticism, today I can finally take a break.

"Xianggong, extend it, not far to the west, it is Yan'an Mansion" Wu Jue was overjoyed. Yanchang County is not fortified, which means that the Jin army did not expect our army to appear here at all. If the army goes straight to Fucheng, the Jin army will inevitably be caught off guard

Xu Wei was almost choked after eating, nodded and said: "It's good to tell the whole army to rest for a day, and then the army of Yan'an will successfully take Yan'an, which is gratifying, but I don't know how Yang Yan fought in Danzhou, and I don't know whether Yao Pingzhong took the Pujin pontoon bridge, and even where the Jingyuan army went, there is no way to know. I had agreed with the armies that around the autumn, we would meet Yan'an, but I don't know if all roads can come as scheduled.

But no matter what, when I get to the extension of this way, I must take it by surprise and quickly attack Yan'an.

Just when Xu Wei and Xu Hong's army was about to rush to Yan'an Mansion, Han Chang had already mobilized troops and horses from all sides and gathered in Ganquan. In addition to the original garrison of Ganquan of more than 30,000 people, he sent 10,000 elite soldiers from Fucheng, and then Pegasus transferred Zhang Jun of Yanzhou, so that he left part of the troops to defend the city, and the rest of the fire went north and assembled in Ganquan, trying to defeat the Jingyuan army in one fell swoop.

Wang Yu sensed the danger and that the Jingyuan army might face more than twice as many enemies, so he strictly ordered the whole army to retreat forty miles so that the Jingyuan army would not become a lone division. This time, Xu Cheng didn't restrain him again, because the Xu family was also handsome, and Ganquan was not so easy to attack.

As soon as the Jingyuan army retreated, Zhang Jun led the Jin army of Yanzhou to the north and arrived at Ganquan. He was the commander of the Jin Army in Shaanxi, and at this time he commanded the whole army to follow up and bite the Jingyuan Army.

Wang Yu and Xu Cheng are in a dilemma, fighting, there is no certainty of victory, and if they don't fight, they will lose the deadline. Now that he has retreated to the government, he can only retreat to the security guard.

However, before the war started here, bad luck befell Yan'an......

On August 11, Yan'an Mansion, there is a grass town on the outskirts of the eastern suburbs of the city. The so-called "grass town" is mostly at the intersection of roads, and at first, people gathered here to trade, and gradually gathered the people who lived for a long time, and slowly developed into a "town" in the real sense. This town is called Fengdian Town, and on this day, a group of soldiers is collecting donations in the town.

In order to fight this battle, Han Chang racked his brains, and the normal taxes were no longer enough. Zhang Shen then set up a name, sent all kinds of donations to the people, and asked the soldiers to collect strictly, all those who resist the donation will be beheaded, those who delay and do not pay, draw Ding and arrest the husband, make the local chickens and dogs jump, I don't know how many people secretly curse Zhang Rebellious, cut off children and grandchildren, and must not die well

"Brother of the team, what should I do, just put it away a little." On the stone road of the town, more than a dozen soldiers escorting the car walked slowly. In the car, there were not only strings of copper coins, but also looted objects.

The team of horsemen and mules will say, "The people are about to scrape their bones, and they have no choice but to go." "He's a local, and he can't bear to do too much harm, after all, he's a folk.

"We can't collect it, and we can't pay it when we go back." The soldier reminded.

"Fuck it, I'm in a hurry, Lao Tzu ......" After the words, the team general didn't have time to say it, and then stopped abruptly. Because he heard an unusual noise.

"What sound?" The soldiers looked at each other.

The sound of hooves is the sound of hooves, and the team will tighten their faces, and they can hear the rumbling of hooves from the east. No, to the east is Yanchang County, where are so many horses?

"Quick, go back to the city" The team shouted and urged the mules to run out of town. A dozen soldiers pushed the cart and followed closely, and as soon as they left the town, the sound of hooves roared

Someone risked death to look back, and sure enough, he saw the shining machete of the hundred and ten horses galloping in the wind, shining dazzlingly in the sun

The soldiers couldn't take care of the car anymore, so they all gave up and fled as if they were dead. But how could they outrun the rangers? I could only hear the sharp edge cutting through the air and whistling

The screams were loud, and a dozen people were trampled by iron hooves in an instant, and the team was flying on mules, but was caught up by a knight, who smashed the mule's back with a sword, rolled on the ground a few times, fell to the ground, and bled from the mouth and nose.

Lying on the ground, stretching out his hand to block the sun, through the cracks of his fingers, he saw the cavalry that did not live around him, and many spears were in front of him, as long as he moved slightly, there would immediately be a few more blood holes in his body

"Military status." Someone asked.

"The villain is the fourth commander of the Guangwu Army under Zhang Jingluo." The guy replied honestly.

"Captain?" After the person who said this spat out two words, he drew his gun and planned to stab the other person in the chest. The squad general is not even a junior officer, so it is of little use.

With a "snatch", the spear he stabbed out was swung away by his comrades. "Take it back, Xu Dutong may have something to ask him."

The residents of Fengdian Town are all closed and trembling, because the outside of the town is like a flood, and countless soldiers and men have come to kill in the wilderness, what is the matter? I didn't let people live

Xu Hong galloped wildly, asking where Xuanfu Xianggong was all the way, and when he found his cousin, he pulled the reins over and gasped: "Xianggong, this is only more than ten miles to Fucheng, what is the camp?" ”

Xu Wei looked around, the terrain here was quite open, and it was not too far from the river, so he nodded and said, "Set up camp." ”

Xu Hong received the order and was about to return to the horse, when he suddenly said, "Tabai is back." ”

Xu Wei looked up, and saw a horse army coming in the dust, and when he saw the handsome banner, they all rushed here, and saw that Xu Xuanfu and Xu Dutong were there, and the leading military envoy reported: "The two commanders, who were ordered to go forward to reconnoitre, saw that the city was closed, and there were no troops in the four fields, so they only seized this guy." ”

The two knights jumped off their horses, tore a man from the saddle, and threw him to the ground. Xu Wei glanced at it, ordered the surrounding generals to set up camp, jumped off his horse, sat down on a stone on the side of the road, and beckoned: "You come here." ”

The team knew whether they were dead or alive, and I was afraid that they would just see what this person said, so they crawled over and knelt on the ground upright.

"What are you doing?" Xu Wei took the water bag from his own soldiers, poured a big breath, and asked casually.

The general of the team reported for the military registration again, and explained: "The villain was ordered to go out of the city to collect donations, and he didn't want to ......"

"You're a team general, I'm afraid you don't know secrets like city defense, right?" Xu Wei looked at him and asked.

The team general was anxious, he knew that when the other party said this, it meant that he thought he was useless, and the useless prisoner often ended up with a knife

"Back to the sir, although the villain doesn't know the secret, but two days ago, the upper division of troops from the city went south and heard that it was the Western Army that hit Ganquan" The team general shook out all the most confidential things he knew.

Sweet Spring? It must be the Jingyuan Army, and there is no doubt that Han Chang drew troops from Fucheng to the south, indicating that the battle situation is unfavorable, and of course it may also be that he wants to gather strength to eat Wang Yu and Xu Cheng.

Thinking of this, the Purple Gold Tiger set his eyes on his cousin, Xu Hong made a look, looked at the captive, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, first throw stones and ask for directions." ”