Chapter Seventy-Three: The Army's Hearts Are Shaken
Fufeng County, it's spring, but there is no vitality here, but it is still depressed and lonely. When you go out to play, there are few people outdoors.
Speaking of which, the people in Sanfu are unlucky enough, it has been more than ten years, the rebels in Liangzhou are tossing and turning, many people are choked by the scourge, those who have the ability have long moved away, and those who are not able can only live cautiously.
Finally, it was safe for more than half a year last year, but the Spring Festival has not yet arrived, and the Liangzhou traitors have arrived again. One can imagine how helpless the people are. Fortunately, there is an army stationed here, and Huangfu Song led a large army to support in the back, so as not to make the people despair.
But as a battlefield, you can imagine what kind of atmosphere it is around.
In the camp near Chencang County, the Chinese character banner swayed gently in the wind.
The mood of the entire battalion and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers has been a little restless in the past few days. The news of the great cadres descending from heaven to capture the city of Luoyang in one fell swoop has spread all over the world, and even the great cadres have added fuel to the fire, making the news spread more and more rapidly and widely.
In a place like a military camp, this kind of news that shakes the morale of the army should have been strictly restricted, but after the news surfaced, Huangfu Song did not prohibit the spread of this news except for strictly ordering the rebels not to relax their guard against the rebels in the direction of Chencang, so that all the officers and soldiers had already known about it.
The capital was occupied, and the emperor and his ministers all did not know the life and death, so that the soldiers were naturally worried, after all, the army was fighting abroad, whether it was grain, grass or ordnance, it needed to be supplied by the imperial court, and now that the imperial court was occupied, could this battle still be fought?
What's more, many officers and soldiers are from Luoyang or even San. River people, in this case, how to make them settle down.
Fortunately, Huangfu Song's prestige is high, and he can still control the army and regulate morale, and he repelled the Han Sui rebels who also learned the news once.
Huangfu Song's army is not in the state, Han Sui's rebels are also not in the state, and the great cadres are so brave and even mysterious to capture Luoyang, which is also not good news for Han Sui and others. Therefore, Han Sui and the others were also thinking about how to act, and did not attack Huangfu Song with all their might.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, a middle-aged general with tall figure, slightly gray hair, and a face full of frost marks sat behind the table, his thick eyebrows tightened, and he didn't know what he was thinking. This is the left general Huangfu Song. In the big tent, there were also officers and scribes of all ranks, with different expressions, but they were all a little uneasy.
"It's about time, right?" Huangfu Song suddenly asked.
"My lord, there are still about two pillars of incense." Changshi Liang Yan replied.
"Uncle, do you think what the messenger said is true? Well, I'm referring to the fact that the Qianwang is a celestial man descending to earth, and he has a mysterious immortal technique that can directly teleport the army to various places. Also, the messenger said that King Qianwang would personally come to visit you in the camp, did he want us to surrender? ”
A younger general stood up and said with some hesitation, while the others looked at each other a few times, looking concerned. They're all thinking about these things, too.
It is impossible for people with a little status and insight not to understand about Da Qian and the mysterious Qianwang, but the more they understand, the more they feel the mystery of the clouds and mountains and fog, and all kinds of incredible rumors make them dare not believe it. But they have all seen King Qian's masterpieces, and they all have their own opinions.
Don't talk about the rest, just say that Daqian is so mysterious and powerful, what should they do with these big armies fighting abroad, seeing that the big Han is about to disappear.
The capital was occupied, and the emperor and most of the princes of the court were captured, and this situation was almost extinct. Even if there are still several states belonging to the Han Dynasty, and there are Han clan relatives among them, they don't believe that these Han clan relatives can re-energize the Han Dynasty.
Last year, Zhu Jun, together with Huangfu Song and other famous generals, surrounded and suppressed the great cadres, and at that time, the imperial court had tried its best to support it, and the result was not gloomy. Zhu Jun, the pastor of Yuzhou, and Dong Zhuo, the former general of Hedong Taishou, all fell directly.
Others don't say it, only Huangfu Song, they are very familiar with each other. This general, whom they admired very much, all fell silent, and it can be imagined how powerful the big cadres are, especially when they occasionally see Huangfu Song frowning these days, they know that this boss has no bottom in his heart.
As a result, their subordinates naturally became more and more worried.
"Won't you know in a while!" Huangfu Song's expression was indifferent, his eyes swept over everyone present, and he was in no mood to pay attention to everyone's different thoughts at this time. In fact, at this time, Huangfu Song himself was very hesitant and didn't know how to deal with himself.
In Nanyang County, Jingzhou, Huangfu Song personally fought with the cadres led by Huang Zhong, and was extremely impressed, and it was then that he understood why after seeing Zhu Jun, when the two were alone, their old friends were so haggard and helpless.
At that time, he listened to Zhu Jun tell all kinds of information about Daqian. Zhu Jun even mentioned that now may be the last chance, taking advantage of the fact that the great cadres have not yet completely laid a solid foundation, if they can be exterminated at all costs, then there is still hope, otherwise, the great cadres will surely sweep the world.
He couldn't believe it, but Huangfu Song, who knew Zhu Jun well, knew that everything could be true. This left him confused. Especially after Zhu Jun took a dangerous fight and fell short, the kind of restlessness and helplessness when facing the big cadre army alone was really torturous.
That is, Huangfu Song has a tenacious personality and has always insisted on not giving up, but in fact, he has been deeply affected.
When he received Zhang Hao's letter a few days ago, Huangfu Song was actually a little angry in his heart, he thought that Zhang Hao wanted to persuade him, which was undoubtedly underestimating his loyalty. But after some hesitation, Huangfu Song still read the letter. There is no mention of surrender, but it says that one day he will come here to visit him and solve some problems together, so as not to sacrifice the dishonorable sacrifice of many soldiers who are loyal to the country.
The letter also mentioned that Zhang Hao would come with a large army, and asked Huangfu Song not to misunderstand, he was preparing to directly defeat the rebels in Liangzhou who were capricious and brought great disasters to Liangzhou and even Guanzhong.
Don't misunderstand, but Huangfu Song knows very well that if his reply is not in line with the other party's mind at that time, the other party's army will not only target the Liangzhou rebels.
Huangfu Song hesitated for a while, but finally did not say a word to the envoy to engage directly without contact. He knows the strength of the Great Qian, and the mystery shown by the Great Qian's divine soldiers descending from the sky this time is even more terrifying, no matter how loyal he is to the Great Han, Huangfu Song knows that this time the Great Han may be completely over.
He himself can be loyal to the Han at all costs, but what about the others? What about those soldiers who have faithfully followed them?
If he was just facing a strong enemy, Huangfu Song would not scruple about it, even if the soldiers suffered huge losses, he was still ruthless. But things are different now. The Han Dynasty is about to perish, and without allegiance, even if all the soldiers are sacrificed, what's the point? It will only make fellow relatives sad and even affected.
It was with this problem in mind before that Huangfu Song did not ban all kinds of news in the barracks, his idea was that even if he died, at least let everyone die clearly.
When the Han Dynasty reached this situation, Huangfu Song felt that he could not replace many soldiers as the masters. So he suppressed his mind.
To his surprise, the letter also mentioned that King Qianwang would not only come in person, but also directly visit the barracks, although he would not go to the meeting alone, but he would not bring many guards. This is a clear expression of sincerity and goodwill.
Many people understand the truth that the son of a daughter can't sit down, and Huangfu Song thinks of the legends of this Qianwang, I'm afraid that in addition to sincerity, it is also because this Qianwang has enough confidence to protect himself, right? !
Since receiving the letter that day, in fact, Huangfu Song has been hesitating about one thing, if King Qianwang really came to the barracks alone, then would he have to do something? If the Qianwang can really be captured and killed, then there may still be hope for the Han, but the risk is too great, and the emperor Fu Song, who was decisive in the past, was a little hesitant.
Noticing the apprehension in the eyes of his subordinates, Huangfu Song sighed in his heart,
"Go and invite the messenger, the time is almost up, let's go out of the camp and have a look." Huangfu Song got up and said,
The group got out of the big tent and came directly to the front of the camp, and many soldiers in the camp also felt the strangeness of the situation at this time, and under the orders of their respective officers, they were careful to look at each other and guess in their hearts.
"General Huangfu doesn't have to be so careful, since the king said that he wants to talk to you in person, then the king doesn't have to play any tricks at all. To be honest, there is no need for that. The king is only broad-minded and benevolent, and does not want your brave and loyal soldiers to die in the chaos of the change of dynasty. ”
The slender messenger said with a smile on his face, rather uninhibited. It's just that his style is not very likable to soldiers who pay attention to military orders. He didn't care about the attitude of these people, he just smiled and waited.
"It's three quarters!" Changshi Liang Yan reported the time at this time and said, this is the appointed time brought by the messenger.
As soon as the words fell, everyone saw a huge water wave like a door appear in the distance, and in the faint ripples, several strange steel monsters drove out of it, followed by a large number of cavalry marching out in an orderly manner, quickly forming a huge military formation.
Not to mention the eye-catching steel monster, just the armor of the soldiers behind him and the discipline they showed made Huangfu Li and the others face a little stiff. They knew very well how terrible a well-armed and disciplined army was.
This was the first time they had personally seen the situation of the Daqian army.
The follow-up artillery and other strange ordnance also made these old soldiers look at it intently, many of whom had heard of it before, but this was the first time they had seen it......