Chapter 36: Becoming Famous and Imprisoned (6)
"Quick, quick, close the gates." Hu Zhen stood on the tower of the city gate, watching Li Meng lead the army out of the pass, and he also asked the iron cavalry to gather on standby, once the Kwantung coalition army outside the city and Li Meng's former army fought together, then he would lead the iron cavalry to turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.
However, the scene of the collapse of the front army out of the pass, but shocked his eyes almost fell to the ground, just one contact, Li Meng's front army, the whole line was defeated, such a scene, not at all he expected, but what happened next, but frightened no longer care about guarding the pass, led a team of personal soldiers to seize the horse and escaped from the water pass.
"The enemy has entered the pass, and the former army has been defeated...... This is the moment when Hu Zhen ordered the city gate to be closed, the cry in his ears, this exclamation was not from the sergeants outside the pass, but from the city gate inside the pass.
It was when Hu Zhen heard this shout that he realized that the soldiers in the pass had mutinied, and in the face of such a crisis, he had no choice but to run away first to save his life, otherwise once the soldiers in the pass and the coalition forces outside the pass were killed, then what awaited him was only a dead end.
Han Lie, who was riding on a war horse, firmly controlled the soldiers of the middle battalion, and it was not until Xu Huang led the army to occupy the city gate of Bishui that he gave the order to attack.
When Han Lie led the army to the gate, the front camp led by Liu Bei had completely controlled the Bishui Pass, and a group of captured sergeants were being driven into the school field in the pass, waiting for further disposal.
"General Han, Bishui Pass has been taken by our army, according to the prisoners, the defender Hu Zhen only fled with a few hundred cavalry, and at present Xingyang is only 3,000 men and horses stationed, if we take advantage of the situation to attack, we will be able to go down with a drum." Liu Bei, who had a fighting spirit on his face, saw Han Lie's figure from a distance, so he turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and it could be seen that he was obviously in a state of extreme excitement at the moment.
"Captain Liu, this battle is indispensable, I will definitely ask for credit for you with the Lord of the Yuan League, but why did the enemy army rout so quickly, do you have to ask clearly?" Han Lie was still far away from the battlefield in front of him at that time, and he didn't see the specific situation clearly, so when he saw Liu Bei coming, he was also quite curious to ask.
"This matter, it is still related to General Han, a few days ago General Han killed Hua Xiong, Xingyang Taishou Xu Rong was reprimanded by Dong Zhuo, appointed the Liangzhou general Hu Zhen to supervise the battle, this person just arrived in the pass, he deprived Xu Rong of military power, and drove Xu Rong back to Xingyang, and also dismissed a large number of middle-level generals, and at the same time threatened to investigate the responsibility of these generals, as soon as the remarks came out, the army was in an uproar, as a result of today's defenders out of battle, those who were worried about being held accountable under the instigation of the dismissed generals, the defenders directly collapsed in front of the battle, Therefore, the humble position can seize the opportunity and attack the customs in one fell swoop. Liu Bei's eloquence is good, and this statement also gave Han Lie a clear understanding of the beginning and end of the matter.
"Then how does Captain Liu think that we can capture Xingyang in one fell swoop?" Han Lie looked at Liu Bei calmly.
"Xingyang is not a strong city, now the defenders are insufficient, once we know that Bishui Pass is lost, the army will inevitably be discouraged, if we take advantage of the situation to attack, we can fight down." Liu Bei was obviously carried away by today's victory, although his analysis was not unreasonable, but the defense of a city, although there are the number of soldiers, as well as the solid factor of the city defense, but the ability of the same defender cannot be ignored.
Xingyang Taishou Xu Rong is not a civil official, this person is a Zhonglang general appointed by the emperor of the imperial court, and from the fact that he can defeat Sun Jian when his strength is equal to Sun Jian, it is enough to show that this person's command ability is obviously not comparable to Hu Zhen's generation.
Han Lie pondered for a moment, then changed the subject and asked, "Have you counted the food and property in the pass, as well as the candidates for prisoners?" ”
"This matter has not yet been counted, but all the prisoners have now been taken to the school yard to wait for the general to deal with it." Although Liu Bei was emotional about Han Lie's change of topic, he didn't dare to show it on his face, but that expression of wanting to speak was enough to show that he was still quite looking forward to the attack on Xingyang.
"Xuande listens to the order, your troops immediately assemble and rush to Xingyang, if the enemy is strong, take a defensive position, and the general will then send troops to meet you." Han Lie's heart was not as urgent as Liu Bei's attack on Xingyang, in his opinion, Xingyang was just cooked meat on the side of his mouth, which could be eaten at any time for the current coalition forces.
However, Liu Bei's thoughts, Han Lie can also understand, this guy is now unknown, and he has no official position, if he can earn the first credit for breaking through the barrier and capturing the city, then after Dong Shengli, how can he also get an official and a half position, and he can also show his face in front of the world's heroes.
"Whoa!" Liu Bei happily retreated.
"Ziyang, Captain Liu's utilitarian heart is so heavy, can he be used for you?" Xu Huang looked at the back of Liu Bei's Pegasus leaving, and asked thoughtfully.
"This person is a hero in the world, how can he live under others for a long time?" Han Lie smiled faintly and said, "You go and select three hundred elite soldiers among the captives, remember that you have no family members and are willing to follow us away." ”
"Understood." As soon as Xu Huang heard this, he knew that Han Lie wanted to cultivate his own personal trilogy, so he happily left.
"Junyi, Boxin, you two lead the people of the headquarters, collect all the valuable things in the pass for me, including the leather armor and money on the prisoners, remember, don't leave a copper plate." Han Lie's purpose in doing this was naturally because he knew that with his current status, it was impossible to take these prisoners in, and he would not be able to support these people at all, so the wisest thing to do was to hand over the prisoners to the alliance leader to deal with, and he himself, it was the wisest thing to collect all the money and put it in his own pocket.
"Whoa!" Although Zhang He and Gao Ran didn't understand Han Lie's behavior a little, they also wisely chose to implement it at this time.
"Brother Dian, you take a group of people to see if there are any war horses, I heard that there are a lot of war horses in the Xiliang army." Han Lie ordered with a smile, and Dian Wei grinned, "Understood"
After arranging all the generals under his command, Han Lie led a team of soldiers to step on the gate, standing on the top of the ten-zhang tower, and at a glance, the smoke and dust were billowing over the coalition camp, and it was obvious that the coalition army that had received the news was pulling out the camp.
Listening to the neighing of horses faintly in his ears, the corners of Han Lie's mouth couldn't help but show a smile: When the coalition army arrives at the pass, I should go out of the pass and go to Xingyang, and then these 10,000 captives will be regarded as the spoils handed over to you.
The camp of more than 100,000 horses was not a joke, and it took half a day, and when the coalition army arrived at the Bishui Pass, the sky had already darkened.
However, Han Lie was as early as an hour ago, when the forward troops of the coalition army arrived at Bishui Pass, he directly led his subordinates to leave the pass.
Han Lie can be said to have left with a full load this time, because Hu Zhen fled in a hurry, leaving more than 1,700 war horses in the pass, and now these war horses have naturally become Han Lie's trophies, and they were all taken out of the Bishui Pass by him. He only allocated 300 of these war horses to Xu Huang, and these 300 war horses were naturally distributed to the 300 elite soldiers selected by Xu Huang, and these 300 soldiers would be Han Lie's personal troops in the future, that is, his private soldiers, so they naturally had to be cultivated well.
The rest of the horses are holding the money, equipment, cloth, grain and grass and other materials that have been collected, these things are all money, they all belong to Han Lie's personal money, of course, he will not take these money alone, after the war, he will take out a part of it to the soldiers of the former army, although this group of soldiers is not his personal soldiers, but Han Lie is ready to use money to buy these soldiers, so that they can spread their reputation for righteousness and squandering money.
You must know that the thousands of soldiers in the former army can come from all over the country, all over the world, these people return to their hometowns, as long as word of mouth continues, Han Lie will not be able to become famous in the future.
The princes in charge of grain and grass equipment in the Kwantung Coalition Army are Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, this guy relies on his illustrious family background to catch the fat difference of this transport grain and grass equipment in his hands, and there is no less corruption in this period of time, but when he saw the scene of more than 10,000 captives in Bishui Pass, most of them were looted and only a single piece of clothing was left, he opened his mouth and scolded: "What a greedy Han Ziyang, this fucking is just scraping the ground!" ”
Although annoyed, but in the face of more than 10,000 captives, and they were all well-trained soldiers, Yuan Shu opened his mouth and said that the supply of Sun Jian, who had lost his troops, attracted a lot of opposition, and finally after overnight discussions, Sun Jian took away 5,000 people, Yuan Shu took 1,000 people, Yuan Shao took 1,000, Cao Cao Zhang Miao each took 1,000, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Xuan took 1,000, and the rest of the old and weak were dismissed and returned home.
As for Han Lie, who made the first contribution, he was selectively ignored by the princes this time, Han Fu originally wanted to mention it, but Changshi Gengwu's words made him directly silent.
"Lord, Jizhou is just a state, although Han Ziyang is your nephew, but the eldest prince is about to become an adult, isn't the lord worried that Han Ziyang's reputation will one day overpower the eldest prince?" As soon as Geng Wu's words came out, Han Fu couldn't help but be stunned, although Han Lie was his nephew, it was impossible to kiss his son no matter how close he was.