Chapter 64: The Cruel War

"At the beginning of this battle, the Tuliao people were still in a decent old way, and they kept sending small groups of scout troops to take small roads deep into the pass, looting everywhere, killing people and setting fire to the grass valley, and by the way to investigate the military situation of our northern camp. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info these scouts gallop back and forth in the pass on horseback, always take a smooth road, and can't hide in the mountains all the time, otherwise where can we get our military information. In response to this, Di Dashuai also quickly responded, sending soldiers and horses to guard the key passes at various intersections in the pass, and when the Tuliao scouts wanted to rush through the pass, they killed the killers. It's a pity that as a result, some villages in the ravines in the Guannai can't be taken care of, and many innocent people were killed and injured before the battle officially began. "Old Doctor Sun slowly recounted the war back then." Hey, it's always us little people who are unlucky. Even if a person as wise and martial as Di Dashuai is, it is difficult to protect us. Li Deyi sighed with emotion.

After saying this, Li Deyi suddenly noticed that the essence in his master's slightly squinted eyes flashed, and the tone of his voice suddenly rose: "That year, the Tuliao people actually paid attention to the grain and grass, and planned to cut off the grain and grass first. At that time, the North Gate Pass was not long after it was newly built, and the inner place was small, which could not accommodate the grain used by the 100,000 people to chew the horses, so Di Dashuai hid most of the stored grain in a place called Mancang County, which was a small county town surrounded by mountains and only a valley road leading to the outside, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although Di Dashuai's grain storage land was kept strictly secret from the outside world, he never expected that it would be discovered by the frenzied powerful ministers of the court and the central government by coercing the Mancang County Order. The dogs who could do anything for money sold the information to the Tuliao people at a high price. When the Great Khan of Tuliao got the news, he pressed the border with a large army in front of him, and drove to the North Gate Pass, pretending to attack the North Gate Pass, but secretly sent the most elite cavalry under his command, the Golden Horde Guard Cavalry 3,000, to bypass the North Gate Pass on the Qingyang Gorge path, in an attempt to sneak attack Mancang County, and burn the military rations of our 100,000 army. ”

"These powerful and tycoons are too unscrupulous, such an important military event, they dare to sell intelligence to the Tuliao people!? It's just a bunch of beasts who only have money in their eyes! When Li De heard this, he couldn't help but scold. Old Doctor Sun sneered for a while, and said: "How can they care about military affairs, in their eyes, the Tuliao people are just a disease of scabies, and Di Dashuai, who controls the trade routes of several large tribes, is the enemy they are eager to get rid of." Li Deyi pursed his lips and sneered: "It's a pity that after they got rid of Di Dashuai, in just twenty years, the scabies disease in their eyes killed all their clansmen, plundered them of the wealth accumulated by their conscience for generations, and snatched back all the money they earned back then, not to mention, and asked for a lot of interest exponentially." ”

"That's right, haha, now the magnates and magnates in the Middle God City, the cabinet ministers, and these local clans in the middle of the northern road, together with the sins they created back then, were killed and burned clean by the Tuliao people." After the old doctor Sun finished speaking, he happily drank the remaining bit of wine, put the wine cup on the table, and raised his hand to fill the cup. "It is said that the famous Taishi Cai of Zhongshen City, this old thief is slippery, and when Zhongshen City was broken, he actually let him escape. He fled south with several cartloads of gold, silver, and jewelry, but he didn't bring any food with him. On the way to flee south, he was hungry and wanted to buy some food, but the people along the way hated him for being greedy and power-grabbing, and brought down the Pingzhou court, no matter how much money he spent, he refused to sell a grain of grain. In the end, this Taishi Cai, who had a huge family fortune, actually guarded several carts of gold, silver and jewelry, and starved to death. This is really retribution, and the sky has not bypassed any of them. After saying this anecdote, the old doctor Sun picked up the wine cup and drank it all happily. Li Deyi interjected: "Is it the Taishi Cai who was besieged by the Liao army at the beginning, but held a hundred chicken banquet in Zhongshen City?" "That's right, it's him!" "This old thief! Well dead! He deserves to starve to death! ”

Li Deyi sat there and waited for the master to pull down, and the old doctor Sun glared at him: "What kind of work is this?" What should you do in the afternoon, I'll tell you the rest. Master, I said that the spittle in my mouth was dry, so I will be here today, and I will talk about the rest tomorrow. "The master has already spoken, and Li Deyi has to go to the iron honestly, and by the way, he asked the old iron head for advice.

Although he only listened to half of the story, Li Deyi still did what he had to do, and the next day he still gave the children literacy lessons, practiced spearmanship assassination, stood in line, and kicked the right step. After taking the children to eat at noon, Li Deyi ran to the master as fast as he could, and hurriedly entered the door, but the old doctor of the master and Sun had not finished eating.

"Sure enough, like your third grandfather Li Youshui, if he was hooked by someone listening to the book back then, he would be the first to arrive the next day, rain or shine, so that he could continue to listen. Just run like this after eating, don't hurt your internal organs, sit there quietly first, and wait for Master to finish eating and then pull with you. Old Doctor Sun said this, but in fact, his old man was quite happy in his heart. Recently, the things that should be busy in the Weibei camp have been busy, and there are three generals in the training to watch, and they don't need him, his old man is actually quite idle, and it just so happens that Li Deyi came to the door at this time to listen to him, and his old man can be regarded as having something to do. "Anyway, if you're idle, it's good to train the little apprentice." The older he gets, the more disrespectful the old doctor Sun thinks in his heart.

Sit there and wait for the master to finish eating, leaving a plate of peanuts and rice, and then pour the scalding wine into the wine cup. Old Medical Officer Sun asked, "Where did you pull it yesterday?" "And that's where it begins.

"Master, yesterday you said that the Tuliao people sent cavalry to burn Marshal Di's military rations." Li Deyi hurriedly answered. Old Doctor Sun nodded and said, "Well, exactly." The Tuliao people spent a lot of money to buy this information, and after confirming it, they immediately took action. At this moment, Di Dashuai knew nothing about the secret operations of the Tuliao people, and he never expected that the powerful people in the court would be so mad that they would kill him with the sword of the Tuliao people. Di Dashuai originally chose this place to store military rations, it was really carefully selected, there is only one valley road to enter and exit here, although it takes a lot of effort to transport grain back and forth, but food security is also guaranteed, only five hundred elite soldiers are required to guard this small intersection, no matter how many people you come, it will be difficult to break through for a while. ”

When the old doctor Sun said this, he suddenly said: "Your third grandfather fought in this battle in the first place, and only then did he get the blue eyes of the handsome. Li Deyi hurriedly urged: "Master, you continue to pull, don't stop, I'm still waiting to listen to that, how did my third grandfather become famous?" ”

Old Medical Officer Sun took a sip of wine: "At that time, although the Tuliao people secretly sent 3,000 people to take the Qingyang Gorge path to bypass the North Gate Pass, but when they came to the valley outside Mancang County with their fine work, they were also dumbfounded. But now, I can only rush in. Although the soldiers guarding inside did not expect the Tuliao people to come around here, they still reacted immediately, blocked this group of elite Golden Horde cavalry of Tuliao, and lit a beacon fire for help. ”

"At that time, the situation was very critical, the 150,000 Tuliao army was about to break out, and the rear granary was attacked by the Tuliao people, and the most terrible thing was that I didn't know how many Tuliao people were attacking Mancang County in the rear at this moment. Di Dashuai was absolutely unable to leave the pass to go to the rescue in person at that time, he had to sit in the pass, otherwise the morale in the pass would be in turmoil, and if the Tuliao people took the opportunity to launch an attack on the city, I am afraid that they would be defeated immediately. If you send someone casually, how many soldiers and horses you bring will become a problem, if you can't save it, the whole army will run out of food, if you bring too much, the strength of the defenders in the pass is afraid of being insufficient. At this critical juncture, your third grandfather relied on his own stunned temperament, a tendon, and actually patted his chest and promised to Di Dashuai: As long as he is given 2,000 cavalry, no matter how many Tuliao people are sneaking up on Mancang County in the rear at the moment, he promises to defeat them and save food, and makes a military order on the spot, if he can't defeat this sneak attack of Tuliao people, he is willing to come to see him. Old Medical Officer Sun recalled slowly.

"Good girl, I didn't expect my third grandfather to be so brave back then." Li Deyi exclaimed, he really couldn't think of the old man in the village who taught him two knife tricks and was lame, it turned out that he was such a brave and unparalleled hero when he was young. "Brave? He is just a tendon, relying on his own courage to dare to fight with the Tuliao people. Old Doctor Sun poured himself a glass of wine and said disdainfully. Although the master said so, Li Deyi could hear from the voice that the master was actually a little sorry for the third grandfather.

Old Medical Officer Sun continued: "Your third grandfather took the two thousand cavalry that the marshal temporarily allocated to him, and rushed over to Mancang County. Hehe, although he has a lot of brains, he likes to apply things from the books made up by storytellers. When he was about to leave the customs, he deliberately asked for a large number of flags, so that each soldier had three or four flags tied to his body, and he also deliberately tied a branch to the horse's tail, so that he made a lot of dust when he walked. Learn to play tricks like in the book, and want the Tuliao people to think that they are a large army coming to the rescue, and scare the Tuliao people first. His routine, if you change to a general who has read a book, you can see through it at a glance, but he is lucky, in the early years, the Tuliao people were all illiterate and blind. Not to mention literacy, the Tuliao people have not yet had their own writing until the founding of the country today. ”

Li Deyi smiled happily: "My third grandfather still has a lot of brains, hehe." Old Doctor Sun took a sip of wine, and then said, "He? He learned two or three tricks from the storyteller, guess why? Li De was stunned and said, "Why did the third grandfather make those two or three moves?" "Because the storyteller said that, and the war was going on, and the storyteller was gone. Your third grandfather didn't listen to the book in the back, so naturally he didn't learn the 'art of war' in the back, hahaha......" Old Medical Officer Sun couldn't help laughing when he said this.

After laughing for a while, Li Deyi, who was laughing straight, couldn't hold back anymore, and then the old doctor Sun straightened his face, and then said: "Your third grandfather rushed all the way to the outside of the valley with the two thousand cavalry allocated to him by the marshal, and saw that the Tuliao people were rushing in there. Li Youshui didn't say much, and directly led the soldiers to pounce from behind. Hearing this, Li Deyi couldn't help but interject: "My third grandfather just rushed up like this?" The Tuliao people are all elite cavalry, and there are 3,000 of them. Half more than my third grandfather's man. ”

Old Medical Officer Sun raised his hand and looked at Li De's head, and reprimanded: "The battle has been fought in vain in the past few years? I'm still talking nonsense. Don't look reckless at your third grandfather, but in that case, it is much better to rush over and fight with the Tuliao people than to attack the Tuliao people in a queue. First of all, you have to know that the soldiers that Di Dashuai gave to his third grandfather are all cavalry, and the side that takes the lead in the charge always has the advantage of horse speed. Secondly, at that time, the Tuliao people were busy rushing into the valley, and they didn't notice that reinforcements had come behind them at the first time, and when they saw Li Youshui's reinforcements, it was already less than a mile, and the time was in a hurry, and it didn't allow your third grandfather to calmly set up the formation. The third point is that the Tuliao people are all elite cavalry, if you give them time to let them assemble their horse team, your third grandfather may not be able to beat them. Li De, who said this, was convinced, and honestly lowered his head to be taught.

After spitting Xingzi, Old Medical Officer Sun took two breaths, and then said: "This battle is extremely tragic, and the Tuliao people know that the food inside is very important, and these elites who come are fighting to the death. Your third grandfather tried his best to defeat this Tuliao people for the sake of the more than 100,000 horses in the valley. The two sides were red-eyed at the beginning of the battle, and after this battle, your third grandfather was hit by seventeen knives, and eight arrows were taken out from the arrows inserted in his body alone. If you want me to say, the human life of a tendon is hard, so he didn't die, and after recovering in a few days, he was alive again. The battle was fought to the end, and the soldiers had no strength in their hands, so they bit their teeth and hit their heads with them. Your third grandfather's brothers are not vegetarians, they fight together in a group, your third grandfather holds a short sword and shield to take the lead, and the other brothers have a spear to pierce people, some hold a short axe to call the Tuliao armor soldiers, and one specializes in cutting off heads. They have many hearts and eyes, and they all listen to the command of your third grandfather. A group of seven people specially caught the lone Tuliao cavalry and bullied them, killed one and then went to find the next one, and in the end, they killed the most. Your third grandfather is the eldest of these seven people, charging at the front, relying on his rough skin and thick flesh, he didn't fall down after being injured so much, this battle was so tragic, he was stunned to protect himself and worship his brothers and not die. When the battle is fought to this point, both sides hold on with their last breath, and whoever breathes this breath first will be defeated immediately. Fortunately, the guards in the valley are not ordinary people, as soon as they saw that the Tuliao people outside were entangled by reinforcements, and the two sides fought for more than an hour, they were exhausted, and they knew that this was a critical moment. The guards in the valley seized the opportunity and took the initiative to kill the team from inside, and under the attack from both sides, the attacking elite cavalry of Tuliao finally couldn't bear it, and immediately broke out and fled. In this way, he defeated the sneak attack of the elite cavalry of Tuliao in one fell swoop, and saved the chewing of 100,000 horses in Mancang County. ”

Li Deyi asked curiously: "Master, who is the guard who dared to lead the team to kill at the last critical moment in this valley?" Not to mention being able to withstand the surprise attack of the Tuliao people, he dared to fight and attack the reinforcements on both sides, he was brave and strategic. When the old doctor Sun heard this, he laughed and slapped his hand on his chest, "That's your master and me, your master respected me as the grain supervisor of Weibei Camp at that time, in charge of all the grain and grass in Mancang County." When the Tuliao people came, I was leading people to check the grain in the warehouse, and I was ready to deliver the grain and grass to the North Gate on time. The teacher knew that this battle was very important, so he did not dare to relax at all times in the inspection of grain and grass. As soon as the group of Tuliao people came, they got the news for the division, and combined with the guards of Mancang County, and divided the soldiers into two groups, one group was led by the division and held the valley mouth with 500 people, and the guards took the remaining 2,500 people to guard the county seat, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the commander. Your third grandfather is fighting hard outside, and your master and I are also very difficult to guard at Taniguchi. ”

"Master, how did you defend Taniguchi at that time? Tell me about it. Li Deyi asked tightly. As a disciple, knowing that the master was boasting about himself, he couldn't tell the truth, so he had to quickly change the topic. Old Medical Officer Sun recalled: "How did you keep it? Your third grandfather, a reckless man who doesn't know a few big words, knows how to use tricks, and of course your master and I are more powerful than him. When the division arrived with the men, the dozens of cavalry led by the Tuliao people had already rushed through the path in the valley, and when the division saw that the situation was critical, he immediately rushed forward with the pikemen in the soldiers, and blocked the intersection first, inserting all the spear butts obliquely into the mud, and the tip of the spear was diagonally facing the intersection, temporarily using the spear as a rejection horse. The Tuliao people are also fierce, as soon as they saw that the intersection was blocked by spears, the war horses could not rush over, and they began to release arrows, fortunately, there were not many of them, and the soldiers were strictly ordered to retreat for the division, fighting for casualties, and they carried several waves of arrow rain, and they were stuck at the intersection. When the junction was blocked, the division beckoned the shieldmen to come forward to shield the pikemen from the arrows and let the archers return fire. That's it, at the intersection of the tug-of-war with the Tuliao people, they can't rush in, and we can't kill them for a while. Later, the Tuliao people were anxious and began to rush up regardless of the dead and wounded, trying to use their lives to open the intersection. ”

"Master, you've been holding on to it all the time?" Li Deyi interjected. Old Medical Officer Sun rolled his eyes and said: "The situation at that time can be said to be dangerous, in the face of the desperate charge of the Tuliao people, the soldiers under the division are also a little unbearable, after all, these soldiers are all food protection teams, not elite soldiers, once there are casualties, they will immediately be a little panicked." At this critical juncture, the division calmly observed the terrain on both sides of the valley, and found that there were high cliffs on both sides, which must be five or six zhang high, so he came up with a solution. Recruit a few local soldiers and ask them to climb the cliff and push large rocks down from the top of the cliff, hitting the Tuliao people in the valley while blocking the valley path with stones. The path was already narrow, and the cavalry of the Tuliao people was blocked by stones, and they were completely unable to rush over. Either they will hold off and dismount and move away from the stones, or the cavalry will turn into infantry and come and fight us. Relying on the rocks to destroy this path, delaying for a while, the division finally temporarily blocked the Tuliao people. After guarding for a while, the soldiers on the cliff shouted that they saw reinforcements coming from outside, and it seemed that there were many people coming, and there were too many flags to count. When Li Deyi heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "My third grandfather's plan didn't scare the Tuliao people, but instead frightened our own soldiers?" ”

"But come, if it weren't for your master, I have always been cautious, and I knew that the grain and grass behind me were very important, maybe I would have rushed out as soon as my mind was hot. The storyteller's nonsense strategy is unreliable, or how can it be called paper. For the division at that time, it was less than two hours since this group of Tuliao people appeared to fight, and in a hurry, how could the marshal have time to send so many reinforcements, I am afraid that things are not quite right, so let the soldiers continue to defend and leave him alone. It wasn't until later that the soldiers reported that the outside was indeed our reinforcements, and they had already fought with the Tuliao people, and waited patiently in the valley for the division, but the Tuliao cavalry outside the valley was exhausted, so he led the five hundred soldiers in his hand to kill them together, and your third grandfather attacked on both sides, killing this Tuliao elite. ”

After the old doctor Sun finished speaking, he drank a glass of wine, and then said: "I, Weishi and your third grandfather are here to fight to the death with the Tuliao people, and Fan Guoshi is not idle when the north gate is closed in front, he actually came over in a big way to persuade Di Dashuai." If you want to say that this Fan Guoshi's mouth and kung fu are quite powerful, he insists on saying that there is no shadow with a nose and eyes. ”