Chapter 49: The Sorrowful Week (2)

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On November 4, 296 A.D., Jin Jianwei's general Zhou, Zhenwei's general Lu Bo, Yongzhou's assassin Shi Xie and others attacked from Haoqi in the southeast of Qianxian County to Liumo in the east of Qianxian.

In Huluyu, Liangshan, Qi Wannian, who had already gotten the news, led his army to ambush in the forest. Not long after, a military colonel stepped forward to report the military situation, "Your Majesty, Zhou Shi has led five thousand infantry into the valley. ”

Qi Wannian smiled and said to Hao Duyuan beside him: "Have you seen it?" This is the virtue of the Han prince, who disregards the interests of the country for his own selfishness. How can such a commander stop the cavalry of our Di people? Hum! Sooner or later, I will break through Luoyang, and then you will be my general! ”

Hao Duyuan said modestly: "The minister does not dare to take credit, but Your Majesty, there are 10,000 enemies around, and he is good at using soldiers, our army is in a quick battle, and we should send more soldiers and horses at the bottom of the slope, so as to break it in one fell swoop." Otherwise, once enemy reinforcements arrive, the outcome will be unpredictable. ”

Qi Wannian replied with a smile: "Zhou Ziyin has both civil and military skills, if he comes arbitrarily, I should retreat and deal with him." Now that he is controlled by King Liang and is not autonomous, he can be captured in one battle. This is King Liang's plan to kill people with a knife, where will there be any reinforcements? and then they will surround him and shoot him with arrows. ”

"In addition, pass on my edict and order each battalion and one cadre to colonel, and without my military order, you must not act rashly."

The generals replied, "No! By Your Majesty's will! ”

In the gourd valley, the tired figure around the army marched, constantly looking at the surrounding mountains, and his expression was grim. One of his partial generals couldn't help but complain: "General, this is obviously King Liang's deliberate attempt to make things difficult for the general." The enemy has 100,000 people, but we only have 5,000 infantry, how can we go into battle to meet the enemy? ”

When the others heard this, they also began to clamore, "Yes, there are only 5,000 infantry, but they want to go on a long-distance attack, which is a taboo for soldiers." ”

Zhou Shi glared at him and reprimanded: "You don't want to be verbose, the terrain here is treacherous, if the traitor Qi Wannian sets up an ambush here, our army will be in danger." Tell the front team to speed up! ”

One of the heralds shouted, "The front team hastened," and rode away.

Zhou looked at the dense jungle around him, and muttered to himself: "King Liang ordered me to pass through this mountain, and his heart can be known!" ”

Who knew that the words did not fall, only to hear a gong and drum on the mountain, and the ambush soldiers came out in all directions. In the drums of war, there was a shout of "capture the surroundings alive" everywhere. Hearing this, Zhou's subordinates turned pale and shouted, "Not good! There are ambushes here! ”

At this moment, a herald soldier rode to gallop over, turned over and dismounted, "Report! Shogun! The mountain pass ahead has been blocked by enemy forces! ”

At this time, there was a drum on the mountain, and at the opening of the flag gate, Qi Wannian appeared in a military uniform with a large number of subordinates. Qi Wannian's expression was serious: "General Zhou, you have been surrounded by my 70,000 army, I pity you for being a hero, I can't bear to do harm, you can quickly dismount and surrender, so as not to suffer humiliation." ”

"Dare to rebel! I am the general of the Heavenly Empire, how can I bring down such a bandit as you! Although Zhou Chu knew that he was under siege, he did not have the slightest idea of surrendering. In the face of the powerful rebels, Zhou was not afraid, and calmly ordered the military academy under his tent to set up a position and prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy.

At this time, the general of the Zhou Department couldn't help but persuade: "General! The enemy is strong, let's retreat quickly! ”

Zhou Chu smiled suddenly: "Do you think that Ben Jiang still has a way out?" Since Gu Liang was ordered, he would rather dig out the door in distress than have no reason to retreat and flee. Command the whole army, advance while fighting, and only by rushing out of this valley is to survive. Those who retreat are killed! ”

"Obey!" Everyone drew their swords and galloped wildly.

Zhou looked at the rebels and smiled contemptuously: "Qi Wannian! As a general of the Celestial Empire, I was ordered to come and capture you today, if you have the guts, you can fight with horses, why hide in the mountains and be a turtle with a shrunken head! ”

Qi Wannian laughed: "Hahaha, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, it is clear that you have become the eighth king in the jar, but you want to scold me for being a turtle with a shrunken head, it seems that you will not surrender." Maybe I'll kill you for King Liang's old Wang Ba first! Shoot the arrows! ”

Ten thousand arrows were fired on the mountain. The Jin army was hit by arrows one after another. Swords were drawn everywhere, and war horses jumped and neighed. The sound of killing in the valley was moving. The armies of both sides met here and a fierce battle ensued.

The battle was quite tragic, the 70,000 Qiang Hun cavalry and infantry roared down from the high northwest plateau, the dust rolled up by the cavalry filled the entire valley, and the army of Qi Wannian poured down like the tide of the embankment.

At this time, the troops around the region had not yet eaten breakfast, and they were strictly ordered to march by Sima Wei, the king of Liang, and the soldiers were about to face the fate of death in the severe cold of November!

But none of them chose to back down!

Zhou, when he set out from Luoyang, he foresaw the fate he might encounter; Many relics of Wu who sympathized with him also persuaded themselves. However, a strong spirit of dedication to the country made him not think so much, perhaps, he pinned his hopes on King Liang to be able to share the same hatred in the face of the great enemy.

However, he was wrong......

Faced with the encirclement of the enemy and close at hand, Sima Wei's cronies and subordinates Lu Bo and the Yongzhou assassin Shi Xie who failed to fight with Sima Lun supported the troops and did not save them!

Zhou knew that this battle would be lost.

He looked at the overwhelming enemy, and behind him was the dusk of the morning light, and the general wrote a poem:

To the death of the dead,

Riding horses and watching Xijon.

quinoa and sorghum,

The end of the period.

The general groaned, waved his sword and pointed westward, and the whole army did a desperate battle!

The hungry and cold Zhou led 5,000 soldiers and 100,000 barbarian Hu people to start a bloody battle of life and death. The battle can hardly be described as a battle, it was a terrible bite and fight! From the early hours of the morning, from noon to noon, from noon to the afternoon, from the afternoon, until dusk!

5,000 mortal warriors can kill as many as 10,000 enemies alone!

In the fierce battle that lasted all day, Sima Wei, Xiahou Jun, Lu Bo, and Xie were watching from afar, watching......

Looking at the soldiers around one by one, one by one fell......

In the end, not only were all the bowstrings of the soldiers under the command of Zhou Zhi broken, but all the arrows were shot!

At the critical juncture, the soldiers around him persuaded Zhou to retreat, but the general pressed his sword and sighed: "Today is the day when I will be loyal to the country everywhere, where else will I retreat!" And from ancient times to the present, when good generals are ordered, they all lead troops out of the fierce gate, that is, the soldiers have advanced and retreated. Today, the treachery of other armies has led to the loss of the prestige of our army. As a minister of the court, I am surrounded by myself, and I can't do it with my body! ”

The general led the last of his guards to rush towards the enemy, and by this time Zhou had been fighting with the enemy for a day, and night had already fallen, and it was by taking advantage of this advantageous situation that he repelled the enemy's attack again.

Qi Wannian, the leader of the rebel army, didn't expect this group of Jin troops to be so strong, and more than 70,000 of them fought around for a day, but they were stunned that they were not wiped out. After receiving the news of his defeat again, Qi Wannian was furious, "Come on, drag all these wrecks out to me and behead them!" ”

"Your Majesty, wait!" In the face of the angry Qi Wannian, everyone trembled, and the few guys who lost the battle were even more pale like dirt, and Hao Duyuan stood up at the critical moment.

"Your Majesty, let go of the wrath of thunder!" Hao Duyuan stubbornly persuaded, "These generals can't be blamed for the defeat of our army, Your Majesty can't solve the problem even if you kill them, why not let them make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Don't blame them, who do you blame? It's just 5,000 infantry, what about them? Tens of thousands of troops fought around the perimeter for a day, not to mention the tens of thousands of soldiers, but they have not been caught until now. What are they not waste? "Qi Wannian is still angry, if he can't even clean up the surrounding area, what else is he talking about entering Luoyang to change the dynasty!

"Your Majesty, the reason why we can't take Zhou Di is because this person in Zhou Di does have something extraordinary, coupled with the courage of the soldiers under his command, which has led to heavy losses for us. However, Your Majesty, we cannot but ignore the geographical factor, the terrain of the entire Hulu Valley is narrow, which is very unfavorable to the charge of our cavalry. ”

"On this kind of terrain, on the contrary, the infantry in the surrounding area can take advantage of the favorable terrain to exert the maximum effect, which is why our cavalry rushed for a long time and could not break through the enemy's position." Hao Duyuan is worthy of being a person who has experienced the war, and he has to see it more accurately than Qi Wannian.

"So what do you think we should do? Now it's dark again, if we can't solve the surrounding area before dawn, if the Jin army suddenly comes to help, won't we fall short. After Hao Duyuan's persuasion, Qi Wannian had calmed down.

"Your Majesty only needs to temporarily withdraw the cavalry, let the infantry go up and continue to consume the living force of the Jin army, it won't be long before the troops in the hands of Zhou are not enough to defend the entire front, and at that time, Your Majesty only needs to send a cavalry, interspersed through the gaps in the Jin army's position, and you can conquer the enemy's position in one fell swoop."

"Good! Just do as you say, come on, light the torches, and we'll wipe out the periphery overnight! ”

Just as the enemy was in full swing and ready to launch the final blow, Sima Tong, the king of Liang, who was far away in the camp of Haoqi, was drinking and playing with his subordinates, and ignored all the messengers sent by Zhou to ask for help several times, leaving Zhou to fend for himself in the gourd valley.

"King, this revenge has been avenged, it is really gratifying!" Sun Xiu deliberately greeted King Liang, he knew that his life and death were all in King Liang's thoughts, so he tried his best to help the other party kill Zhou.

"Hahaha, this time Mr. Quan will help, come to Mr. Widow for a drink! Sir please! ”

"The prince is polite, the prince please!"

"Lord Wang, there is no need to worry about the surroundings now, but there is a bigger threat coming, but I don't know how the Lord plans to deal with it?"

"Alas! Sir, why do you say that the life of a widow is so weak? King Liang sighed, with a sad face, and spit bitter water towards Sun Xiu, "The widow and King Zhao are the sons of Emperor Xuan, but look at King Zhao, first supervised the town of Guanzhong, and now he has gone to the capital to enjoy happiness." Look at the widow again, nested in the small Liangzhou for several years, and now it is not easy to get a good errand in the town guarding the pass, and there is a great-grandchild guy who fights for power and profit with the widow, do you say that the widow is declining? ”

"The prince is drunk, how can the prince say that he is also your junior, what do you tell him how dare he disobey? What is there to worry about! Although Sun Xiu wanted to kill the prince early, he also knew that the time was not ripe at the moment, so he could only continue to provoke King Liang's hatred for the prince.

"Humph! Junior? The widow recognizes him as a junior, but he is afraid that others will not recognize the widow as an elder! Forget it, let's not talk about it, come and drink with us! ”