Looking at the united bandit army that had fled like a chicken, a dog, Huo Guang had already ordered all units to stop the pursuit.

There is a saying in the art of war, don't chase after the poor!

First, chasing the enemy will make your formation scattered, and second, the enemy will set up an ambush, and if you are hit, it may be a doom.

As a stable man, he would never put himself in this situation.

"Count the casualties of the soldiers, and prepare to continue the march and enter the county town of Dunhuang later." Huo Guang instructed his subordinates.

"No."

His subordinates relayed their words to the rest of the soldiers.

Soon.

A soldier reported to him: "Report to the general of the chariot cavalry, Captain Lin is seriously injured. ”

The moment I heard this.

Huo Guang's first reaction was to believe it.

Whoever is injured, it shouldn't be Lin Yaoqing who is injured!

This guy often fights with the Huns in Mobei, and he has never been injured, why is he seriously injured in this fight with the combined bandit army of Tuji and Wagou?

"Where's Captain Lin? Let's go, take me to see it. Huo Guang frowned.

"No."

Then, under the guidance of the soldiers, he walked through the battlefield and soon walked to Lin Yaoqing, who was lying on the front battlefield.

The remaining blood stains on the armor and the corners of his mouth can be seen that Lin Yaoqing's injuries are not light.

His left eye, already congested, is completely black-red.

Seeing Huo Guang coming, this Lin Yaoqing was still ready to stand up with his body bracing up, and said, "General, my subordinates are incompetent."

Huo Guang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said, "Okay, okay, the injury is like this, if you lie down comfortably, lie down." ”

The words fell.

He turned his head and said to the soldiers around him: "That, you go, take a stretcher I got in the barracks before, and carry Captain Lin away." ”

"No."

The soldier who was shouted by Huo Guang hurriedly went to get the stretcher.

The stretcher is a very simple thing and completely devoid of technology. However, when transporting the wounded, the effect is not bad.

At this time, Huo Guang looked at Lin Yaoqing, who was seriously injured, and said suspiciously: "Captain Lin, why are you so seriously injured." ”

"Most of the bandits we fought were local farmers or homeless people."

"With your skills, you shouldn't!"

Lin Yaoqing's face was ashamed at this time, and he said: "I was injured by a black-faced man, I was careless at first, I didn't dodge the opponent's attack, and I used my saber to block the opponent's stick." ”

"Who knew that guy had amazing strength."

"With a single stick, he knocked me to the ground, and the weapon in my hand fell off my hand, and I was completely powerless."

"Without weapons, I stood up in the back and had to fight with a hook."

But the hook inlay couldn't stop the opponent's strength, and it was directly smashed into two. Fortunately, the bandit army was defeated quickly, and he ran away and didn't want my life. ”

Hearing what Lin Yaoqing said, Huo Guang's eyes noticed the hook set that was broken in two on the ground.

It's not that the middle shield is broken.

The hook is inlaid with upper and lower hooks, and the connection between the upper hook and the middle shield is broken.

But.

It's scary, too.

Huo Guang looked at the broken hook inlay, with a slight curiosity in his eyes.

But he didn't care too much, he gently patted Lin Yaoqing's shoulder, and said, "You may have met a ranger master, I heard that among these bandits, there are many rangers in it." ”

Between words.

The soldiers who had been arranged by Huo Guang earlier took the stretcher, and Huo Guang asked him to lift Lin Yaoqing on the stretcher, and then the troops continued to march forward.

When he arrived at Dunhuang County, Huo Guang ordered: "Go and fetch the Rong car and prepare to attack the city." ”

"No."

When the soldiers heard this, they went to fetch the wagons.

In the formation of the infantry army of the Han Dynasty, there is a saying about chariots. Most people know this.

But not many people know the types of chariots!

It is generally divided into three types.

One is called a light chariot, which belongs to the real sense of the chariot, driven by two horses, and can rampage on the battlefield.

One is called Rong Chariot, also known as Cocoon Chariot, which is like a ladder and is specially responsible for siege equipment.

One is called a baggage truck, which is responsible for carrying goods and transporting grain, grass, weapons and equipment.

Now what Huo Guang took out is Rongche.

Dunhuang County is the most remote location in Liangzhou, and the Western Regions Protectorate at this time has not yet been attached to the Han Dynasty, so Dunhuang County is a county town close to the border of the Han Dynasty.

In such a remote county town, its city walls are not much better.

Rong car for use.

The soldiers climbed the city wall one after another, and in a short time, they slaughtered the combined bandits who remained in the city.

In fact.

There weren't many bandits left in the city.

Since they were defeated by the five thousand foot soldiers led by Huo Guang, they knew how powerful the army sent by the imperial court was.

I have long dared not fight.

Dunhuang County is not an easy city to defend and difficult to attack, where do these rabble, united by the Eighteen Road bandits, know how to reorganize their forces and confront the imperial army in Dunhuang County?

After the defeat of the battle, they fled back to their respective nests.

After capturing the county seat of Dunhuang, Huo Guang ordered the soldiers to rest in the city.

The continuous light rain, coupled with the march and fighting, many soldiers were wounded, and it was time to stop.

Huo Guang happened to take advantage of the rest time to start writing a letter of information about the war, which was sent back to the imperial court overnight, informing Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that Dunhuang had been recovered.

Meantime.

also said that he was going to go to Yangguan and Yumen Pass in the future, and pulled out the surviving bandit dens one by one.

Otherwise, as soon as the imperial army leaves, these bandits are afraid that they will not be swept back.

As for marching and fighting, why do you have to write letters to inform the imperial court every day?

In fact, as the main general, in addition to formulating battle plans, he has to write a battle situation every day to let people pass it back to Chang'an.

At the beginning, this kind of thing was done by the general Wei Qing.

Now that Huo Guang is leading the army, naturally Huo Guang can only do it.

Of course, there was also a general who would never do such a thing, let alone report his march route and position to the imperial court.

This person, there has only been one in the entire Han Dynasty!

Naturally, his brother, the hussar general Da Sima Huo, fell ill.

Finish doing these.

What Huo Guang had to do later was to post a poster post, saying that the imperial court was willing to surrender those bandits, that is, Zhao'an.

This is the most hassle-free method.

Especially in this situation of achieving a big advantage, the enemy is one-sided, and there is naturally the idea of surrender.

Zhao'an Bang said.

The court is willing to accept the rebels who surrendered, as long as they sincerely repent and do not blame the past.

But actually.

After the war is settled, most of these people who have been recruited will still be settled by the autumn queen.

But.

Then it's none of Huo Guang's business.

A few days later.

The Zhao'an list was published, but with little effect. Fortunately, Huo Guang had already collected information about the whereabouts of the Eighteenth Route bandit army, and he was ready to clean them up one by one.

First of all, it is necessary to play the most famous three-way.

All the way, led by Zhu Qian, a villain, his den rebels were in Yumen Pass.

It's a coincidence or not.

Through understanding, Huo Guang knew that this Zhu Qian still had a little relationship with himself.

At the beginning, he and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che proposed to cultivate cotton, and one of them was to transport it back to the soil of the Western Regions.

Because Yumen Pass is the road to the Western Regions.

This transportation of soil is the official road to Yumen Pass. Who would have thought that a few truckloads of dirt were also robbed by Zhu Qian, who didn't understand the situation.

It's not a loss to be a man with the title of "bandit".

The bandits here are the joking names given to him by the other Seventeenth Road bandits, ridiculing the brilliant record of robbing a few carts of soil.

That's why.

Huo Guang planned to pull out his den first, and then go down to Yang Pass from Yumen Pass.

There are two bandits in Yangguan.

One way is Luo Sande, all the way is Jiang Long, these two people are not easy to deal with, so they are placed in the back.

After fighting these three roads, the rest of the bandits are the last stream, so there is no need to worry about it.

Huo Guang called all the captains except Lin Yaoqing, and after a discussion, the army marched again from Dunhuang County to Yumen Pass.

Lin Yaoqing did not recover from his injuries, so he stayed in Dunhuang County.

Now.

The bandits led by Zhu Qian in Yumen Pass are doing the business of the population.

On a hill, they robbed women in exchange for food and money from the people.

Of course.

Without exception, all the bad-looking women were sold, and the good-looking ones were kept to enjoy.

Zhu Qian sat on the chair at this time, looked at the business that was going on at the moment, immediately took a sip of wine, and said in a bad mood: "Tamad, why does Lao Tzu want to do business with these birdmen, just rob them directly?" ”

However, Fang Qing, who looked like a dog-headed military advisor on the side, explained to him: "Leader, this is not a robbery. ”

"In a battle with the imperial army, our people were defeated, and we have lost such good places as Dunhuang, so we can only nest in Yumen Pass."

"This business has to sit up for a long time."

"To rob them now, it's nothing more than killing people and setting them on fire, it's a one-time business, and there will be no robbery after it's done."

"We sell the women we robbed to them, they have women, give birth to children, and then they are responsible for growing food, and we will collect it, what a good deal."

"Otherwise, we will kill people and set fire to us all here, who will we rob?"

"Is it possible, do you have to go to other places to grab territory with those bandits?"

Hearing this, Zhu Qian immediately laughed, patted Fang Qing's head rudely, and said, "It's still you kid who is smart, this wine is rewarded for you." ”

Fang Qing took the drink and said beautifully, "Thank you, Chief." ”

However.

When Fang Qing was drinking, Zhu Qian stretched out his hand and flicked it up from the bottom of the bowl, not only knocking over the wine, but also splashing the other party's face.

At this time.

The bandit leader Zhu Qian said very angrily: "You still have the face to drink, if you didn't say that you followed Naluo Sande to fight Dunhuang, there was meat to eat, Lao Tzu would take someone to fight?" ”

"I didn't eat the meat, but it attracted the imperial army."

"If it weren't for Lao Tzu's cleverness, he would have run fast with his subordinates."

"I don't know how many people are in it."

Fang Qing hurriedly said: "Head, I said that I can't fight hard with the army of the imperial court." They are better equipped than us, we people, it's okay to fight Dunhuang, how can we fight with the army of the imperial court to conquer the Huns. ”

"At that time, you were completely carried away by the victory of the occupation of Dunhuang."

"I can't persuade you. Oops, head, head, it hurts. ”

Fang Qingzheng was talking, and suddenly his voice became high-pitched.

There is no other reason.

I saw Zhu Qian pulling his ears and scolding: "You kid still dare to say, besides, let's say that Lao Tzu cut off your ears and drank wine." ”

Fang Qing immediately shouted: "Don't say it, don't say it." ”

When Zhu Qian heard this, he let go of his hand, and then asked: "After parting ways with Luo Sande and Jiang Long, the two kings and eight lambs, I asked you to ask them about the situation, what did they say?" ”

Fang Qing glanced at Zhu Qian, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak.

However, Zhu Qian saw that Fang Qing didn't speak, so he immediately kicked him over and scolded: "Speak, dumb?" ”

Fang Qing took a kick, and then he reluctantly said, "Head, I'm afraid that I will make you angry if I say it." ”

"If you don't say it, Lao Tzu is still angry, don't you say it?" Zhu Qian glared at Fang Qing and continued to scold: "If I tell you to say it, you can say it, how can there be so much nonsense, look for a fight!" ”

said.

Zhu Qian was about to slap him.

Seeing this, Fang Qing was frightened, and immediately stretched out his arm to block it, and at the same time closed his eyes and said loudly: "Head, I said I'll say." The people of Naluo Sande deserve to be 'bandits' when they call us! ”

"As soon as we fight, we know how to run, and one rolls away ten, and people all roll away for us."

"Say we're all rice buckets."

Hear the words.

Zhu Qian was immediately furious, and directly kicked Fang Qing to the ground, stomping on the other party fiercely.

It was as if the person who scolded him for being a bandit was not Luo Sande's people, but his own subordinates.

Zhu Qian kicked and scolded: "I'll let you say, I'll let you say!" ”

"If you hadn't told Lao Tzu that there was grain to grab on the official road, I would have robbed a few carts of soil and come back, and I have been laughed at by those robbers for so many years?"

"You!"

Fang Qing curled up, lay on the ground, desperately protecting his head, and said painfully: "Wrong, wrong, I know it's wrong." Boss, stop hitting me. ”

However.

Zhu Qian continued to make up for it, and scolded: "It's wrong, you know it's wrong." ”

The words fell.

He looked up at the crowd and shouted, "From today onwards, I will not allow anyone to put the word 'bandit' in front of me. Whoever mentions it again, I'll be done with him! ”

His subordinates, seeing the leader's brutal methods, naturally did not dare to speak.

However, under the reprimand of the leader, the trade continued.

A farmer, dissatisfied that the blind box he had opened in the sack was an old woman, immediately complained, and was beaten by the younger brothers.

After a commotion.

The farmer was still aggrieved and left with the old woman he had bought.

As the leader, Zhu Qian watched the transaction indifferently.

Most of these women sold out are not good-looking, old and decrepit.

Naturally, he will not be reluctant.

Sitting here by himself, he just suppressed the end of the field, and a younger brother in the province was greedy for his money and food.

All men want is money, food, and women.

However, all three were present.

If Zhu Qian is not there, he is really afraid that the younger brothers will not be able to suppress the field, or directly turn against him.

The beating of Fang Qing just now was also deliberate.

In order to deter those restless subordinates.

I don't know how long later, suddenly a group of people walked up, dressed in the clothes of local farmers, but the look in their eyes was completely different.

At this time.

They didn't come and line up to buy women like other farmers, but shouted, "Bandit Zhu Qian, which one is it?" ”

The words fell.

Zhu Qian's subordinates threw strange glances one after another.

Zhu Qian, who was sitting on a chair and drinking, suddenly heard that someone called him a bandit in front of him, and immediately flew into a rage, and he was about to cut down these farmers who didn't know what to do.

"Who was looking for death just now and shouted Lao Tzu bandit?" Zhu Qian pointed a knife at the farmers in line.

The person who spoke immediately stood up, did not admit that he shouted, but asked, "You are Zhu Qian, the leader of these people?" ”

"That's right, it's me, you kid called me a bandit just now?" Zhu Qian scolded.

However.

The farmer shook his head, took out a large amount of money from his pocket, some of which included good things like horseshoe gold, and threw them directly on the ground.

Subsequently.

The farmer said, "I didn't come to buy women, I have other things to buy." ”

Zhu Qian stuck the big knife on the ground, picked up the yellow horseshoe gold, looked at it curiously, and said, "Is this the legendary horseshoe gold?" You are a farmer, how can you have so much money? Well, for its sake, I'll listen, what are you going to buy? ”

The farmer, however, grinned at him and said, "Buy your life!" (End of chapter)