Chapter 316: The Great War Is Imminent
PS: I'm sorry everyone
On the west bank of Neishui, Jiang Xu's nearly 20,000 soldiers were advancing rapidly, kicking up a lot of smoke and dust, and the formation of this team marched near a hill, and the formation changed greatly: the troops were divided into two routes, the left road gathered two-thirds of the troops and continued to march along the river, and the other one-third of the troops bypassed the hill.
Jiang Xu learned from the mouth of the scouts of the Shu army that the sword pavilion guard Lei Tong was hunting and stationed in a temple in the valley, and the purpose of their coming was to see if Lei Tong was still there, and if he was still there, they would besiege and kill Lei Tong in this valley, which would have twice the effect on attacking the Sword Pavilion with half the effort. This is tactically inevitable and beyond reproach.
This army quickly crossed the hills, but did not rush to find the traces of the Shu army, but plunged headlong into a ravine, walked several miles close to the bottom of the ditch, and soon came to a temple.
This temple is backed by a rock cliff, the door is facing the Yellow River, the imperial family is quite good, but the wars are frequent, and it has long been dilapidated, leaving only the ruins and broken walls, like the bones of a small beast that has eaten up flesh and blood.
Jiang Xu instructed the soldiers to hide a hundred steps away, and then Jiang Wei and Jiang Wei took a hundred and ten elites to quietly touch along the ruins, and when they got close to the ruins, Jiang Xu cautiously looked into the temple, only to see that on the stone ruins in the courtyard, there was a big man like a black iron tower, who was slowly trimming his nails with a big knife in his hand, and several guards beside him were cooking a goat.
"How long have they been there?" The big man blew the residue from his nails, and Jan looked at it in the daylight and asked nonchalantly.
A guard cut off the dried meat of the goat, respectfully brought it to the big man, and said with a smile: "It is estimated that it has been an hour, come, general, please use it!" ”
The big man sniffed with his nose, took out a dagger, cut off a small piece, and put it in his mouth to chew. After tasting whether it was roasted, he swallowed the small piece of dried meat, then slowly put the big knife beside him, took the goat meat, and tasted the deliciousness with great gusto.
"General, do you think the Xiliang Army will come over?" The guards all cut off the mutton. Sitting in a circle around the big man, one of the guards took a bite of the mutton and said as if asking.
Dahan didn't answer in a hurry, raised his chin and looked at it, and shook the mutton in his hand lightly: "Even if you fight, there is Zhang Lu in front of me to block it, don't forget, since ancient times, there is only one way to enter Shu, if the Xiliang Army wants to hit the Sword Pavilion." Unless they fly over from Jiameng Pass! ”
The guard paused for a moment and said thoughtfully: "It is said that the Xiliang Army has reached Baishui Pass, and below Baishui Pass is Guangyuan, and below Guangyuan is our Sword Pavilion!" ”
The big man tore off a piece of mutton, but he didn't rush to send it to his mouth, but spat and foamed: "The lord made a mistake in this move, and there are eggs under this nest?" If Hanzhong is lost, Xichuan is also in danger. As long as the Xiliang Army clears the Jiameng Pass, this Sword Pavilion will become a key place. Now it's time to burn your brows, and the lord doesn't even increase his troops! ”
This big man seems to be rude, but his words are sharper than a knife, and every sentence cuts into the situation in Xichuan, if the Xiliang army is allowed to defeat Jiameng Pass, the Sword Pavilion will instantly become the target of everyone. It has become a battleground for the Western Liang Army and the Shu Army.
Dahan's words fell on Jiang Xu's ears in the slightest, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel at himself, he couldn't imagine that there were such people in the land of Sichuan and Shu who saw the situation clearly, but it was no wonder that many things were clear to the authorities and bystanders. What Liu Yan can't understand doesn't mean that others may not understand!
"General, there is a saying in a humble position, I don't know whether to say it or not!" When the guard saw that the big man had finished eating the meat, he immediately went to cut a piece of it for him, and after handing it to him, he tried to ask.
The big man forked the mutton and said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter if you have anything to say directly, you have followed me for many years, what can't you say!" ”
The guard's eyes flickered, and he admonished: "General, then Liu Yan sent you over, it is nothing more than borrowing a knife to kill people, why don't we wait for the Xiliang army to attack the Sword Pavilion and take refuge in Lu Bu, leaving us a way back?" ”
As far as he knows, in addition to Yangping Pass, there are two other armies attacking Hanzhong, one of which has entered the hinterland of Hanzhong, Wuxiang City, and the remaining one has crossed the Hanshui and is attacking Chenggu, the purpose of the three-way army has been revealed, that is, to encircle Nanyu and occupy the entire territory of Hanzhong, so many Xishu soldiers know that Liu Yan and Lu Bu will have a battle sooner or later.
According to the competition of combat strength between the two sides, many Shu troops thought that the Xiliang army was much more powerful than them, and many people began to consider the way to retreat after the battle, and the personal guards of the Han were no exception, he had followed the Han for many years, so he bluntly proposed that the Han surrender to Lu Bu.
"Hehe, you kid, when did you have so many flowers, as for what you said about surrendering Lu Bu, let me think about it, you go and get us back first, and we will meet the Sword Pavilion soon!"
Hearing this, the big man smiled kindly, and immediately reached out and patted the guard on the shoulder, telling him to look for the scouts who went hunting.
The guards did not suspect him, and bowed their hands back, turned around and prepared to leave the temple.
The big man glanced at the guard, didn't say a word, lifted the saber in his hand and suddenly struck, and opened the skull of the guard with a knife, and the other guards saw it, and were immediately frightened, staring at the knife in the hand of the big man who was still dripping blood.
Dahan killed the guard, and immediately stared at the remaining guards viciously, and said, "If I hear the words of surrendering Lu Bu in the future, this will be his fate!" ”
"Obey General Lei's orders!"
The remaining guards hurriedly threw away the mutton in their hands and gave their hands to Lei Tong to receive their orders.
"Ah Liu, you go to find someone else to come back, and the rest go back to the Sword Pavilion with me, I will write to the lord again and tell him to increase his troops to the Sword Pavilion, don't put his troops in the middle of the pile!" Lei Tong nodded, and immediately ordered, for these guards, he was still relatively relieved, after all, he had lived and died together for many years, and if it were not for special circumstances, he would not be embarrassed with them.
Lei Tong took a few steps forward, but suddenly stopped, he heard a slight sound, he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and knew that it was the sound of pulling the bowstring, and immediately shouted angrily: "Disperse quickly, find a place to hide!" ”
Before the words fell, a ruthless and steady arrow flew in, hitting Lei Tong's left shoulder, and Jiang Wei, who was in ruins, put down his hard bow and looked at Lei Tong expressionlessly.
Lei Tong's body shook, his eyes were black, he endured the pain in his right arm, but found that there was not even a herald around him, and they all fell in a pool of blood.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from far and near, this footstep was strong and thick, each step was like stepping on a giant drum, making the heart tremble, and it was like this when it was getting closer and closer to death.
Lei Tong looked back suddenly, and suddenly saw a black shadow sweeping in front of him, he hurriedly raised his hand and shouted: "Wait a minute, even if I die, let me know who died in the end!" ”
"Jicheng Jiang Xu!" A cold voice reached his ears
When Lei Tong was still asking, his neck had been pierced by a spear, and the other end of the long robbery was being held tightly by Jiang Xu, and at the moment when Jiang Xu shot the arrow, he rushed to Lei Tong from the chaotic army, and the speed of his shot was amazing.
"You are Lu Bu's general, how did you get into Shu" Lei Tong grabbed the body of the gun and desperately spit out a few words.
"Yonekura Mountain!" The spear in Jiang Xu's hand did not relax at all, one breath penetrated Lei Tong's throat, and twisted it viciously a few times, Lei Tong knelt on the ground and shook a few times, his eyes quickly dimmed, and the whole person fell heavily from the horse.
"Father, why did you kill him?" Zhang Xiu saw Jiang Xu kill Lei Tong with one shot, and hurriedly asked, in all aspects, this Lei Tong is a bit loyal, and his head is also very bright, wouldn't it be a pity to kill him like this?
Jiang Xu pulled out a spear from Lei Tong's corpse, and a stream of blood shot out from the wound, spraying his face full of blood, Jiang Xu didn't wipe it, took out the saber on his waist, cut off Lei Tong's head with a knife, and then leaned over and twisted it in his hand: "Some people are more suitable for fighting to die, but not for survival, Lei Tong is so loyal, he will definitely not surrender, killing him will relieve him, and we are going to attack the Sword Pavilion and use Lei Tong's head to order the enemy, which will reduce our losses!" ”
"The child understands, what if you meet other Shu generals in the future?" Jiang Wei asked again.
Jiang Xu smiled: "You have to get out of the tiger and leopard camp quickly, the tiger and leopard camp is only used when attacking Sichuan and defending Sichuan and Shu, unlike your father-in-law, the commanders are all elite under the command of the lord, and only there can you make contributions, and when this war is over, I will tell the lord and let you go to your father-in-law to be a soldier!" ”
On the bank of the Neishui River, Yang Fu ordered the soldiers to make siege equipment, and at the same time asked the waiters to inquire about the situation of the Sword Pavilion at this time, and when he saw a black line on the hill, Yang Fu hurriedly greeted him.
"How?"
Jiang Xu pointed to the head hanging on the saddle: "This person is Lei Tong, the guard of the Sword Pavilion!" ”
Yang Fu struck with both hands and applauded repeatedly, now that the Sword Pavilion guard is dead, then they won't have so much trouble fighting the Sword Pavilion, and they will achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Jiang Xu moved his gaze to the soldiers who were ready to go on the river beach, raised the head in his hand and shouted: "This person is Lei Tong, the guard of the Sword Pavilion, and now he has died in our hands, the soldiers of the three armies listen to my orders, target the Sword Pavilion, kill me!" ”
"Kill!"
Nearly 20,000 soldiers of the tiger and leopard battalion have pulled out the ring head knife on their waists, neatly aligned, with Jiang Xu waving the flag, 20,000 soldiers began to kill the sword pavilion ten miles away, the people who were farming in the fields were stunned to see all this, and they all ran home with farm tools, shouting while running: "There is a war, there is a war." ”
As soon as the news spread, the people in Jiange County knew that the war was coming, and they immediately packed up their soft money at home and moved towards Zitong, the rear of Jiange, and at the same time, the sky above Jiange County was filled with heart-rending shouts. (To be continued......)