Chapter 228: Heroes in Crisis
That night, Xu Shu, who knew that something was wrong, considered that he only had more than 30,000 troops left on his hands, and he had to defend the huge Chang'an City, and he really had no troops to send. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
So, knowing that the matter was urgent, although he understood that it was a very dangerous thing for carrier pigeons to fly at night, he still hurriedly wrote a letter, so that the guards with him could release the carrier pigeons as quickly as possible.
In order to notify Yan Yan and Yan Pu in Hanzhong in the shortest possible time, I hope that they can quickly notify Hua Fei after getting the information, and quickly respond to solve this danger.
On the other hand, he urgently ordered Gan Ning, Zhang Ren and other four generals to quickly select good horsemen in the army and use the newly captured war horses to form a temporary cavalry. Preparing for the starry night, led by Zhang Rentong, he hurried to the southwest.
Xu Shu gave this order, and countless warriors in the army bravely signed up, making Chang'an City, which had just calmed down, once again full of voices.
Even those who survived the battle, the Primordial Riders, struggled to push away the medics who were helping them treat their injuries. One after another, they rushed to their war horses in a loud shout, asking to go out of the city with Zhang Ren to fight.
But it turned out that after Xu Shu entered the city, he heard the soldiers talk about the battle of Chang'an, and knew in his heart that there must be capable people among the enemy army, and before he set off, Hua Fei had specially instructed him to be careful of a person.
Through the above reasons, Xu Shu guessed that nine out of ten capable people in the enemy army were Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, who were deeply feared by Hua Fei.
The reason why Xu Shu was frightened was because he only had time to look at the towering Taibai Mountain in Taibai County in order to rush to Chang'an City, and issued a sentence that was really "Taibai snow in June!" Exclamation.
There was no time to make more arrangements, leaving only 3,000 brothers and 2,000 soldiers, so that Zhang Wei and Pu Hu led the people who arrived first.
After leaving some dry food to support the people who arrived first, he led the rest of the army and hurriedly marched towards Chang'an City. Along the way, he saw countless fleeing people, who were slowly walking towards the west in the mountains.
At this time, although the enemy army had already left Chang'an City, Xu Shu knew that these enemy soldiers were not only without food, but also unscrupulous! Xu Shu expected that with Jia Xu's viciousness and ability, it would never be impossible not to attack the people.
And although the people went ahead, the enemy army was mostly cavalry and moved quickly, and if they were to chase after them on horseback, the people who were afraid of their slow movements would not be spared.
And if the people encounter great disasters and suffer heavy casualties, then even if Hua Fei's army can successfully occupy this vast and fertile land in Guanzhong.
However, because there are not enough manpower, they will be engaged in farming, production, and trading...... As a result, it will seriously slow down the development speed of Guanzhong.
What's more, in order to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong, Hua Fei is bound to have a large number of additional troops to defend the Quartet after taking Guanzhong. But if there are no people, what will we do with these things?
Although Xu Shu could think of the importance of this matter, he was helpless because the troops in his hands were too small to make support, so he could only turn in circles with his hands behind his back in Chang'an City!
He was not mistaken, after Jia Xu and others withdrew from Chang'an City due to too few troops and unfavorable warfare, they did lead the army to the west as Xu Shu expected.
It's just that the scheming Jia Xu didn't just suggest that Li Wei lead the army westward to grab the fleeing people first; He even suggested that Levi send fast horses to the east.
And on this unpeaceful night, in the west of Chang'an, there are more than 3,000 elite cavalry of Yuan Tai Shi Ci secretly lurking on the main road, used to intercept the enemy's news, and the captains are leading tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry with Li Huan, and they are fighting to the death on this thousand-mile plain.
This battle was a life-and-death duel between the cavalry, until dawn, after a strong battle.
After killing thousands of enemies, the more than 3,000 elite cavalry of the Huafei Army finally suffered most of the damage from their own army, and they no longer had the strength to stop the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Li Huan, and were finally broken through the defensive line by the remnants of the enemy army.
At this time, Hua Fei, who was not clear about the situation in Chang'an City at the Dasan Pass, had been entertaining it with good food and drink for several days, leading more than 100,000 people and horses, and stationed Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others outside the pass.
In order to firmly attract the main forces of these enemy forces, Hua Fei can be said to have exhausted all his efforts. He not only carefully entertained more than 100,000 enemy soldiers, but also provided enough military tents outside the city for the enemy soldiers to live in.
Then he personally lived in the castle tower north of Dasanguan, and every once in a while, he would have the guards pretend to be messengers and die on the northern wall of Dasanguan, and report loudly.
"Report to the Lord! Don't drive Lu Su to report that our army's grain brigade has set off from Chengdu, and the grain transported this time is as high as 13,740,000 catties......"
"Report to the Lord! Our army's grain brigade has entered the Zitong territory......"
"Report to the Lord! The grain transport team has passed the dangerous road of the Sword Pavilion and is expected to arrive at the Dasanguan in a few days......"
acted like this, although he took the excuse for knowing the matter, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Yang Ren and others who were with him would cover their mouths with laughter.
But it also made Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, who didn't know the mystery, swallow saliva wildly and wait for the arrival of a large amount of food.
And in the northeast direction of Taibai County, which is less than 100 miles away from the east of Sanguan, a touching scene is being staged.
Zhang Ren and Pu Hu, the leader of the people, were leading the soldiers and warriors to light countless fires beside the river between the two mountains.
The warriors were good at walking in the mountains, and they lit torches and spent the night on the cold cliffs, looking for as many wild vegetables and young leaves as they could eat.
After Zhang Wei sent thousands of soldiers to the front to help and lead the refugees to move here, he led the remaining soldiers to catch as many fish and shrimp as possible in the already cold river water.
The refugees who arrived here first, after eating some dry food and recovering a little strength, also consciously helped, boiling the dried meat, dried fish and other dry food left by Xu Shu, as well as wild vegetables and young leaves.
In order to let people who come one after another, as poor as them, be able to drink a bowl of "hot and hot" life-saving hot soup in time; It can be baked in time to warm the fire, so that this night of escape will not be too cold.
However, this heartwarming scene was soon met with a burst of words: "General Zhang! The people in front of them were attacked, and a large number of enemy horsemen were galloping here, and the brothers in front had already moved forward spontaneously, ready to form a formation to resist the enemy, please quickly protect the people to retreat......" The shout was broken.
As soon as they heard that the enemy cavalry was chasing, they finally escaped from Chang'an, and the refugees, who had been quiet, instantly rioted in fear due to fear.
"Ah...... Oh no, what should I do if the bad guys are chasing me, how can I ......"
"Mother! Mother! Where are you? The bad guy is coming, go with my son......"
"Three babies, dogs! Where did you go? Come to my baby...... Daddy."
The panicked cries of mothers and children, mixed with screams and helpless inquiries, suddenly echoed in the valley, causing countless night birds to fly and wild beasts to roar.
Although Zhang Wei was a little flustered when he heard that a large number of enemy horsemen were killed, he was once the commander of the Hanzhong soldiers after all, and his many years of military career made him quickly calm down.
He knew that although there were about 30,000 or 40,000 people gathered here, the people behind him who had not yet had time to reach here would only be more numerous.
If they did not immediately bring in troops to rescue them, they were afraid that none of them would survive the enemy's iron cavalry charge. Therefore, he made a decision in an instant.
"Someone!" Zhang Wei did not care about the crowd fleeing, but quickly ordered the guards around him, "Immediately go and inform the leader of Puhu, and ask him to lead the brothers to set up obstacles in these two mountain passes, so that it is difficult for the enemy cavalry to pass and try to appease the refugees." ā
"Whoa!" In response, the guards turned around and opened their mouths to shout as they ran to the shouts ......of the refugees, "Leader Puhu, Leader Puhu"
"The rest of the brothers obey the order!" Zhang Wei drew his sword "sonorously", and shouted loudly in the chorus of the soldiers, "Everyone and others follow the line, and those who carry more torches will go with me, and we will go to meet the people and the brothers who are fighting to the death!" ā
"Let's go! Grab the torches......"
"Take your weapons and go to the ...... with General Zhang"
"His ancestors! The brothers are all killing the enemy, but there is no ...... when it is late."
Amid the heroic shouts of the troops, the blades of the torches rushed forward with Zhang Wei. (To be continued.) )