Chapter 261: Defeat before fighting
A crescent moon hung high in the sky, casting a glimmer of hazy light on the bizarre land.
The mountains are undulating, and the ravines are criss-crossed, and Liangzhou looks like a giant beast hibernating.
Torches snaked like dragons over the dark mountains.
Except for the rustling footsteps of people and the occasional sneeze of war horses, there was no more movement.
The cool breeze poured in, and the torches shook for a while.
"Lord, after crossing this ridge, we will be able to see Longguan."
Cheng Gongying personally led Han Sui's war horse and said when the army rested for a while and recovered its strength.
Han Sui bowed his head and said, "Prepare your sharp blade, let's go and cut off Huangfu Lao'er." ”
"Whoa!"
Longguan, also known as the Great Earthquake Pass.
Just place names.
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led a hundred officials to parade through Kongtong, and when he crossed the Longguan, the thunder shocked the horse, which gave him the nickname of the Great Earthquake Pass. This place has some history, but it is also a dangerous place.
Turning over the mountain range in front of him, Han Sui saw the imperial army camp that was like a chessboard under the Longguan.
Condescendingly, everything in the camp is almost clearly visible.
In this dark night, where you can barely see your fingers, the camp with countless bonfires lit in the dark mountains is as dazzling as a guiding light, and you can see it at a glance without effortless searching.
"We went out from north to south, and the campfires in the south were sparse, presumably where the baggage was." Han Sui pointed.
Cheng Gongying replied and said, "I've been here a few times before, and there is a big road to the north. Huangfu Song stationed the army in the north, obviously to guard against the enemy from the north, and there was a ditch in the west, although there was water, but it was barely enough to drink horses. ”
"The night is dark, you charge by my side, don't go too far." Han Sui nodded, "We'll tear it in from the north and kill it with me!" ”
"Whoa!" Cheng Gongying replied in a deep voice.
Military orders were passed down in layers.
It was difficult to walk at night, and the soldiers who led the war horses slowly all the way got on their horses one after another and tightened their grips on the weapons in their hands.
There were no war drums and no horns.
The soldiers followed closely behind Han Sui in the cold night breeze, pressed the speed of the war horse, and slowly rushed out.
They couldn't see clearly at night, and even with torches, they didn't dare to rush too fast.
"Kill!"
"Behead one person, bounty ten!"
Until he approached the camp of Huangfu Song, Han Sui suddenly increased his speed and roared violently.
"Kill!"
Suddenly, the sound of killing was like thunder, and the Liangzhou army was like a swarm of bees out of the nest, rushing into the camp.
The soldiers of the Chang'an Army were awakened in their sleep, and they were in a mess in an instant.
Someone has already rushed out with a knife, and someone is hurrying to armor.
Someone else shouted, "Where's my knife?" Where's my knife? None of you fucking took my knife away! ”
But more people are running for their lives in a panic, while spreading panic.
And so on and so forth, in the various tents.
Huangfu Song rushed out of the Chinese army's tent with a spear in his hand, "Liang Yan, pacify and suppress the soldiers." ”
"The rest of the people, wait for me, kill the enemy with me!"
As soon as there was a riot in the camp, Shi Sun Rui had already rushed out, but Liang Yan was still waiting outside the Chinese army's tent.
Huangfu Song rode his horse and rushed to the northern camp where the chaos was most serious, and shouted loudly as he rushed, "I, Huangfu Song, are here, and all the armies are guarding their positions, so there is no need to panic." ”
He shouted as he ran, comforting the soldiers who were like headless flies.
His riveting shout was not only heard by the soldiers of the Chang'an Army, but also by Han Sui.
"The old dog of the emperor is in front, sons, kill the king of thieves!"
Han Sui shouted violently and slammed into the direction where the voice came from.
The fire raged, and countless military tents were caught in flames.
The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of gold and iron clashing, and the heart-rending screams filled together.
This large camp, which stretched for nearly two miles, instantly seemed to become an Asura hell.
In the chaos, Huangfu Song and Han Sui collided together.
"Huangfu old dog, I want your old life!" Han Sui shouted violently, rode forward, raised his gun and stabbed.
Han Sui suddenly came out of the slash and scared Huangfu Song.
He suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, and the front hooves of the war horse hung in the air, circled half a circle in place, and staggered past Han Sui.
"You're not dead yet." Huangfu Song shouted.
Han Sui laughed twice, "Just with your waste son, do you think you can kill me?" ”
"Come, now kneel down and salute me, and I will spare the life of your only son!"
Looking at Han Sui's rampant and smug appearance, Huangfu Song pointed his spear to the ground, his eyes were like guns, and he said in a deep voice: "If my son can't be killed, then he will kill him personally!" ”
"Old dogs and puppies are so arrogant!" Han Sui snorted coldly and rode his horse again.
Both of them are spears, and the moves of pointing, stabbing, teasing, and splitting look similar.
But Huangfu Song is obviously a little more calm, his moves are wide open and closed, as steady as Mount Tai.
In contrast, Han Sui is more like a monkey jumping up and down.
He frequently changed his tactics, provoked, and tested Huangfu Song's flaws.
"Get Ben off the horse!" Huangfu Song, who has been dealing with it steadily, suddenly has a sharp move.
Like a storm, he stabbed a dozen times in succession, and then the spear slammed upwards and smashed down with ferocity.
After all, Han Sui was also an old veteran on the battlefield, although he was a little embarrassed, he still dodged it, and used his spear to block Huangfu Song's fierce blow with all his strength.
It's just that his arms trembled violently, and there was a sharp pain in his bones as if they were broken.
Sitting down, the war horse couldn't bear the sudden force, and its front legs suddenly bent and knelt down directly.
"The old thing has a lot of strength." Han Sui's face was purple, but the sharpness on his mouth did not decrease at all.
Huangfu Song thought of his son, whose life and death were uncertain, and his eyes, which were already red, instantly turned completely red.
He suddenly drew his gun, and the right pistol turned into a left pistol, and a tricky angle pierced Han Sui's abdomen.
But Han Sui, who felt a strong life-and-death crisis, suddenly lifted the reins of the war horse at the moment when Huang Fu Song drew his gun, and even the people and the horse moved back two steps, and also avoided Huang Fu Song's sudden killing move.
The blow failed, and the spear was transferred to the right hand again in Huangfu Song's hand.
He almost jumped up from his horse, picked up his spear, and shot Han Sui's head.
Han Sui instantly burst into a daze, and hurriedly raised his gun again to parry.
Click!
This voice was very crisp, and Han Sui heard it very clearly.
His left arm, which he had little strength, was broken.
He gritted his teeth and held on, watching the tip of Huangfu Song's cold and glittering spear gradually approach his head.
It was only at this time that he noticed that Huangfu Song's spear was suddenly one, and it was a solid iron spear.
"Your son is still in my hands, do you really want to kill me?" Han Sui stretched his strength and persevered, shouting in a deep voice.
He knew very well that Huangfu Song was completely capable of killing him now, and the reason why he didn't change his tricks was to tease him.
"As long as you die, my son will naturally come back." Huangfu Song raised his hand sharply and pulled down again.
Han Sui screamed and rolled off his horse.
"Tie up!" Huangfu Song shouted.
It is very easy to kill Han Sui now, as long as he swings the spear in his hand slightly, this thief chief who crisscrosses Liangzhou will die.
But Huangfu Song thought about it and gave up.
Han Sui who is alive is more useful than someone who is dead.
But at this moment, suddenly several cavalry horses rushed out from the side.
More than a dozen Xiliang soldiers surrounded him, blocking Huangfu Song's spears and knives and slashing indiscriminately.
Several other people quickly stepped forward to rescue Han Sui, who had fallen off the horse, and immediately fled away after carrying the horse.
Saving people under his nose made Huangfu Song instantly furious.
The spear was like a nimble snake in his hand, and in an instant it pierced several enemy soldiers under their horses.
After tearing open a gap, Huangfu Song hurriedly chased out.
But the surrounding flames were soaring, and the sound of killing was wild, and Han Sui's figure had long disappeared.
The thief who got his hands just fled, adding another matter to the already depressed Huangfu Song.
Anger and unwillingness mixed together, and he almost went berserk.
He rode his horse through the camp, and one warband after another slashed through the camp.
In just half an hour or so, more than 100 enemy soldiers died in his hands.
……
The enemy retreated.
Only the messy Chang'an army camp was left.
The one that ran from north to south, tearing the entire camp longitudinally, was extremely distinct.
Like a grinning mouth, mocking Huangfu Song presumptuously.
"Count the losses, appease the soldiers, I'll go and rest."
Huangfu Song rode his horse, threw the spear to Liang Yan, and returned to the Chinese army's tent.
Wei Jie, the commander of the enemy, and Du Kai, the captain of Weiyu, came together.
Liang Yan stopped them, "Tell me something, Taiwei has a little bit on his mind today." ”
Wei Jie looked at the chaotic camp and couldn't help but feel depressed.
It's all like this, and the captain is still worried?
Isn't it more important at this moment to gather troops and horses and appease the morale of the army?
He couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, since this time the army was dispatched, the captain has been a little reluctant to forge ahead, and he can't figure out the priorities.
"I want to see the captain!" Wei Jie said in a deep voice.
"I am the chief of the army, and what happened tonight, you told me the same thing as you told the captain." Liang Yan said patiently.
"The soldiers and horses of all departments have suffered heavy losses, and the last general wants to ask the captain whether he should build a high camp and collect the soldiers and horses? The thieves are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind and lightning, and it is inevitable that they will attack the camp twice! Wei Jie said displeasedly.
"Han Sui was seriously injured by the lieutenant, and they will not attack the camp again. The two generals still gathered their troops and horses as soon as possible and counted the losses. Liang Yan said.
When he said this, he actually didn't know the bottom of his heart.
Tonight's battle was chaotic, and it is not yet known how much the enemy will lose money.
"Is that what the Captain means?" Wei Jie asked in a deep voice.
Liang Yan glanced at the direction of the Chinese army's big tent, "This is what the captain means, go and do it." ”
Du Kai pulled Wei Jie, Wei Jie arched his hand with an unhappy face, and said angrily: "Okay, I know." ”
In the chaos of the camp, the flames were gradually extinguished.
The corpses of the dead soldiers and the rebels in Liangzhou were carried in an open field, and a very terrifying piece was laid out.
Shi Sun Rui was holding a wine jar in his right hand, like those noble sons who were wandering in the female lu, and his steps were a little vain, and he raised the wine jar to signal Liang Yan.
Liang Yan waved his hand, "No need, I need to stay awake at the moment." ”
"More than 7,000 people have been lost, and this is just going out." Shi Sunrui sat down on the bloodstained grass, lifted his sleeves, and sprayed a mouthful of wine in his mouth on the hideous wound, "I was accidentally bitten." ”
"The most hateful thing is that the medical workers in the army were burned by the thieves, and none of them were left for the laborers. The wound will indeed heal much faster if it is stitched up a little. ”
Liang Yan sat down beside Shi Sun Rui, "If you don't mind, I can help you sew it." ”
"Get out!" Shi Sun Rui scolded.
"Ming Gong was careless and let Han Sui go." Liang Yan snatched the wine jar from Shi Sun Rui's hand, held it high and washed Shi Sun Rui's wound with a thin wine thread, and said, "Wei Jie and Du Kai seem to have some resentment about this. ”
Shisun Rui glanced at Liang Yan, "You old thing is suitable for housekeepers, not for managing the army." Before the two armies clashed, they lost more than 7,000 soldiers, and they couldn't make everyone have some thoughts? As the backbone of the three armies, the captain should stand among the soldiers at this moment, instead of imprisoning himself in the big tent of the Chinese army. ”
"It doesn't matter if I can ignore it or not, the key is whether the soldiers can understand it!"
"Look at Du Kai, Wei Jie, obviously, they can't understand!"
"Actually, I don't understand ...... very well."
Liang Yan tore off his shirt and wrapped it around Shi Sun Rui's arm very carefully, "There aren't too many reasons, the Taiwei just blamed himself for letting Han Sui go." But a person who is already preoccupied and can't sleep at all, and suddenly encounters such a thing, it will make matters worse. ”
Shi Sun Rui nodded a little helplessly, "Okay, if you want to say that, I can understand that your skills in bandaging wounds have improved." ”
Liang Yan slapped Shi Sun Rui's wound, "If you are injured in the future, come to me as soon as possible, and if you have more opportunities, my skills will definitely be better, and I should be able to learn even to sew wounds." ”
Shisun Rui grinned in pain, "Old thing, be careful that labor and management let you charge ahead." ”
Liang Yan laughed at all, "Tell the captain earlier, I don't want to do this errand for a long time." ”
"Especially when I'm like a lieutenant, I'm even more tired."
"Old Pitch." Shi Sunrui scolded in a low voice, picked up the wine jar and poured a sip, "After the war, I felt as if I was still alive after a sip of wine." Don't sit stupidly here, hurry up and persuade Taiwei, Wei Jie and Du Kai I will talk. ”
"After dawn, if the captain has no more orders, I can only report to His Majesty and change the commander of the army."
"I'm not targeting anyone, but the appearance of the captain is no longer suitable for leading troops to fight, I must be responsible for the life and death of the 30,000 soldiers of the Chang'an Army, no, now it is the life and death of 23,000 soldiers."
Liang Yan smiled bitterly and nodded, "I will." ”