Chapter 1348: Let them into the city
The Han army came out of the forest and suddenly launched an attack, but the barbarians could not resist the enemy, and retreated for several miles before stopping, confronting the Han soldiers from afar.
Zhuge Jun did not give the order to immediately go forward and pursue.
Although the barbarians were defeated, in this battle, the losses were not very large, and there was still a big gap between the two sides in terms of numbers.
In the face of a large number of barbarians, it was impossible for Zhuge Jun to send troops forward without any preparation.
He had to wait for the opportunity, and Mrs. Zhurong, who led the barbarian army to intercept her, also had to wait for the best time to attack.
Neither side would attack lightly, and the two armies faced each other with their backs to the jungle.
Suddenly came out of the forest, shouted the army to repel the barbarians, and at the same time obtained a lot of barbarian rations, and confronted this barbarian for ten days and a half months, which was nothing.
For a war, ten days and a half months is not a long time at all, the grain and grass captured by the soldiers of the Han army can not be supported for much time, and Zhuge can only find a breakthrough in this short period of time to win this battle.
Zhuge knew the key to the battle, and Mrs. Zhurong knew it very well.
There were only a few battles with the Han army, but Mrs. Zhu Rong knew that the Han army was highly disciplined and it was absolutely impossible to coax the enemy's supplies.
But when she was repelled by the Han army, she found that the Han army, who was busy cleaning the battlefield, collected the grain and grass that the barbarians carried with them.
The Han army is short of food!
This thought instantly arose in Mrs. Zhurong's mind.
"Pass the order to go down, confront the Han people, and don't attack lightly!" Riding on horseback, staring in the direction where the Han army was stationed, Mrs. Zhu Rong shouted to the barbarian army: "The Han people are short of food, and when they run out of food and grass and the morale of the army is broken, we will attack again!" ”
As soon as they came into contact, they were defeated, and the hundreds of thousands of barbarians were all depressed, and when they heard Mrs. Zhurong's order not to fight with the Han army, the barbarians were relieved in their hearts, and many people even felt happy.
Zhuge Jun led the army into the barbarian realm, and three hundred Han soldiers who were ordered to escort the monster skin rushed to Luoyang all the way to Luoyang.
As the army marched through the woods, it had already carved out a fairly wide road.
Three hundred Han troops galloped along the path, but it only took a day for them to rush out of the forest.
Returning to Luoyang, they were to pass through Yizhou and go east from the Sanmenxia Belt and Road.
The territory of Yizhou is vast, and these three hundred Han soldiers didn't even dare to rest for a moment along the way, but only looked forward to returning to Luoyang earlier and handed over the monster skin they were carrying to Liu Wei.
Riding horses and galloping, within a day, 300 Han troops appeared outside the gate of Luoyang City.
The Han army guarding the city gate saw that a piece of armor appeared outside the city, and it could be seen at a glance that it was a Han soldier who had been killed, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
The city gate was blocked by a group of Han troops, and the three hundred Han soldiers who were galloping towards the city gate hurriedly grabbed their horses, and the leading officer shouted: "Get out of the way quickly, we are on the orders of General Zhuge to offer important things to Your Majesty!" ”
"What's the matter?" The Han army officer who blocked the city gate did not immediately get out of the way, but asked a question.
"It's what we got on the way when we were crusading against the Southern Barbarians!" Knowing that if they didn't explain it clearly, the Han army guarding the city gate would definitely not let them go, and the Han army officer who led the people to the city gate said: "I don't know the name of this thing, and I am about to hand it over to His Majesty, and His Majesty will give it a name!" ”
"Take it out and see!" After exchanging glances with a few Han soldiers behind him, the officer guarding the city gate said: "We are ordered to guard the city gate, and my brother also knows the rules......
"Less!" After running for many days, the three hundred Han troops were already physically and mentally exhausted, and the officers who led them did not wait for the officers defending the city to finish speaking, and then shouted: "Lao Tzu, this thing is to be dedicated to His Majesty, what are you waiting for?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just that you won't be allowed in, so what's the matter?" After all, the soldiers of the Han army are all bloody, and they were scolded by a shout, and the officers at the gate of the city also glared at them, first replied, and then shouted to a group of Han soldiers behind them: "Brothers, listen well, don't let them advance half a step further!" ”
The Han soldiers guarding the city gate behind responded in unison, stepped forward one after another, and pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords one by one, putting on a posture of killing and not giving way.
Riding on horseback, he frowned and looked at the Han army blocking their way, and the officer who led the three hundred people back to Luoyang asked angrily, "But you really don't want to make way for me?" ”
Looking up at the officer on horseback, the officer who blocked their way did not give an inch, and said with a cold face: "If you have the ability, step on us!" ”
Riding on horseback, looking down at the officer who was blocking their way, the officer who led the three hundred people back from the battlefield twitched violently in his cheek muscles a few times, waved behind him and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" ”
As soon as the officer gave the order, the three hundred cavalrymen were all tense, and they looked like they were about to break through the city gate.
"Who made the mistake?" The cavalry was about to break through the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate hurriedly drew their long swords.
Hearing the shouts of questions coming from the top of the city, the officers on their horses and the officers guarding the gates of the city looked up.
What appeared in their sight was a slightly bronzed, angular and resolute face.
Looking down at the two groups of people outside the city gate, the man shouted: "Luoyang is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, what are you waiting for?" ”
After being asked by the man, the officer on horseback hurriedly turned over and jumped down, clasped his fists and raised his face to him and shouted: "General Qiyu Gan, we are on the orders of General Zhuge to escort things back from Nanban." This thing has never even been seen by General Zhuge , the general ordered me to wait for the sacrifice of His Majesty, identified by His Majesty, I didn't want to go outside the city gate, but I was stopped by this guy, and I didn't want to wait to enter the city! ”
"But so?" Hearing that it was the soldiers guarding the city gate who did not allow the Han army who escorted the goods back to Luoyang to enter the city, Gan Ning, who was at the head of the city, widened his eyes and asked the officers who blocked the Han army: "Why don't you let them enter the city?" ”
"Return to the general!" Gan Ning asked, and the officer hurriedly said: "I have always been guarding the city gate, and I have always wanted to check the correspondents, etc., and they said that they sent ...... to His Majesty."
"Don't talk about it!" Before the officer finished speaking, Gan Ning already knew what he was going to say, waved his hand and said: "You don't need to check the things that are offered to your majesty, you don't need to check it, you have the guards around you to check it." Release! ”
The officers guarding the city gate did not dare to disobey Gan Ning's intentions, so he had to respond, waved his hand at the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”
When the soldiers received the order, they put their swords in their scabbards and retreated aside.
Seeing that the gatekeepers who were blocking the way got out of the way, the officer who led the people back from Nanban clenched his fists and said to Gan Ning at the head of the city: "Thank you, General Gan!" ”
After thanking Gan Ning, the officer turned over on his war horse and was about to ride his horse into the city, when Gan Ning at the head of the city shouted to him again: "Wait, can you tell this general, what are you waiting to send to Your Majesty?" ”
Gan Ning asked, and the officer's face was suddenly full of embarrassment, and he looked up at him and said: "General Gan, it's not a villain who doesn't say it, it's just that this thing is peeled off from the Nanban monster, and I really don't know how to say it." ”
Hearing that it was something that was stripped from the Nanban monster, Gan Ning didn't ask much, grabbed the battlements with one hand, and waved at him with the other hand and shouted: "Enter the city!" ”
Again saluting Ganning, the officer clamped his legs towards the horse's belly and rode into the city.
When he entered the gate hole, he didn't forget to glare viciously at the officer standing on the side.
was glared at by him, and the officers guarding the city gate could only glare back at him, but they had no choice but to watch him lead three hundred Han troops in tattered armor into the city.
In Luoyang City, the people are accustomed to seeing the Han army with bright clothes and armor, and when this Han army, which exudes a bad smell and is ragged like beggars, enters the city, the people in the street market have turned their eyes to them, and their faces are full of Nahan.
Although the armor of this group of Han soldiers was torn, and the people looked at them with wonder in their eyes, the people in the city knew that they must have just returned from the battlefield, and when they looked at them, their eyes were not only puzzled, but also filled with admiration.
Being looked at by the people in the city with such eyes, the more than 300 Han soldiers who suffered a lot along the way all stood up one by one.
Although the officer who led the team didn't say anything, the soldiers knew that at this time, they must not show their cowardice in front of the people in the city!
Crossing two streets, three hundred Han soldiers walked onto a relatively deserted street.
After years of careful governance by Liu Wei, Luoyang City has already recovered the hustle and bustle of the year, and the street they walked on was just a little deserted compared to other streets, and if it was in other cities, it was already a bustling neighborhood.
In his early years, Liu Wei had issued an order that no matter who entered the city and walked in the market, he must slow down the speed of the march of war horses, and if it was a merchant or a civilian, he must also dismount and walk.
The more than 300 Han soldiers were neither merchants nor civilians, and they had the privilege of riding horses through the streets.
Along the way, the 300 cavalry staggered past two patrolling Han troops.
When they passed by the two groups of Han soldiers, the soldiers all found that Tong Ze, who had no chance to go to the battlefield while patrolling the city, looked at the torn clothes and armor on their bodies, and their expressions actually showed envy.
After fighting and experiencing all kinds of hardships in the rainforest, the 300 Han soldiers who returned to Luoyang, seeing Tong Ze's envious look, all felt like they didn't know how to speak.
If those Tongze, who looked at them with envy, personally experienced what they had experienced, I wonder if they would still be envious of their opportunity to go out to kill the enemy!