Chapter 172: Guan Hai Makes Meritorious Service
Li Meng is very vain, although he is not a general, he likes others to call himself a general, and prefers his subordinates to call himself a general. This means that the army respects itself except for the lord Yang Ding, even if it is the lord Dong Zhuo, he can't interfere at will, and often regards his subordinates as private property, and he is very strict.
Li Meng suddenly whipped it away, and scolded angrily: "I know that I am dead, but I still want to charge, are you and my sons for nothing?" If our army suffers heavy casualties, how should Dong Xiangguo tell him, and how should Yang Zhonglang explain it? It's no wonder that he didn't pluck my skin and cramp me, and cooked it in hot oil. ”
Na Sima cried out in grief: "General, I am unwilling, for many years, our army has never been so humiliated." ”
Li Meng also shouted with unwillingness: "Okay, since you want to take revenge, I'll give you a chance." When an enemy general leads his troops out, he must not be a person who is afraid of things. You can go into battle to challenge, as long as you kill one or two of its generals and frustrate the spirit of their army, our army can take advantage of the situation to surprise and defeat them in one fell swoop. ”
Sima was overjoyed and shouted, "The last general will be ordered." ”
After finishing speaking, he ran to the front of the Beihai Naval Formation, and shouted loudly when he came to a hundred paces away: "I am the general of Xiliang, Du Hu is also, the Beihai rats are plotting to harm my soldiers, who dares to fight with me alone?" ”
Fu Xing smiled slightly, the dense Fangyuan garrison made the Xiliang army run into a bloody battle, so the Xiliang army changed to the form of a military general's heads-up, wanting to cut the generals in front of the battle, hit the morale of our army, and offset the high fighting spirit of our army. How do you know that the lord He Bai has arranged a fierce general in each army to deal with the enemy's possible heads-up and charging formation, and our army is not short of brave generals.
When Guan Hai heard this, he immediately looked at Fu Xing and shouted: "Captain, the enemy general is calling for battle, and I should fight alone." ”
Fu Xing nodded, he has been a general and above in the army, and his bravery and martial arts are far superior to those of all generations, and even Du Lei, whose martial arts have risen sharply in recent years, is far from being Guan Hai's opponent, so it is best to fight by him. Fu Xing replied in a deep voice: "Please also be careful, although this battle is to lure the enemy and delay the enemy, I am afraid that Li Meng's army still has the talent of a fierce general like Hua Xiong." ”
Guan Hai raised his head and laughed: "Even if Huaxiong comes in person, why should I be afraid." Measure the ordinary brave generals of this generation, look at me within the three, and I will take his head and return. After saying that, he took off the brute bull knife on the saddle and the hook of victory, and galloped out of the formation.
When Du Hu was showing off his might in front of the battle, humiliating the timid and cowardly Beihai soldiers, suddenly the soldiers between the front and left formations of the Beihai Navy separated, and a fierce general rushed out. Du Hu's spirits perked up, and he shouted: "Who is coming, Du will not kill an unknown general." ”
Guan Hai replied sharply: "Grandpa is Beihai Guan Hai is also, Du Hu, eat a certain knife." ”
When Du Hu was about to laugh shamefully, Guan Hai had already rushed closer, and a huge broad-bladed broad-bladed knife mixed with a fierce wind rushed towards him, Du Hu was taken aback, and the longitudinal horse moved two steps sideways to the left, and the spear stabbed obliquely, wanting to flash the knife and take the opportunity to counterattack.
Unexpectedly, he rolled up his broadsword, picked it with his backhand, and slashed Du Hu's spear, Du Hu only felt a strong force, and the fishy breath in his chest surged, and before he could react, the spear suddenly broke his arm. Without waiting for Du Hu to scream, Guan Hai slashed with his backhand, and a big head immediately flew up, and blood shot out like a fountain.
The Beihai soldiers, whose morale was slightly lower by Du Hu's scolding, suddenly shouted, "Good, good, good, manage Sima Weiwu." ”
However, the Xiliang army was shocked by the corpse of Du Hu who died suddenly, Li Meng was even more taken aback, took two steps back, and muttered to himself: "This Guan Hai's courage is comparable to my Xiliang fierce general Hua Xiong, this time, who else in our army can stop this thief." ”
Song Guo on the side shouted: "General, the North Sea thieves are fierce, the formation is shrunk, and it is urgent to break it, I think I want to fight me together with Chen Liubing." Our army is all cavalry, and if you want to advance, you will advance, and if you want to retreat, you will retreat, but now you are burdened by the wealth of 8,000 carts, and it is really unwise to fight with the thieves in a strong battle here. General, although the treasure is good, it is not as important as the soldiers and horses. It is better to abandon it and plunder it later when you have time. ”
Li Meng hesitated for a while, and then said painfully: "Okay, when I go back, pick some light and precious things to bring, and the rest...... Just throw it all away. As for those women, they were all killed, and none of them were cheap Kanto thieves. ”
Song Guo responded to the order, and wanted to gather himself and the soldiers of Du Hu's army, who had lost the main general, and prepared to retreat. Guan Hai saw the great urgency, and it seemed that his own brave generals Xiliang Army were frightened, and he hurriedly shouted: "I have heard for a long time that the Xiliang Army is in the world, and the fierce generals are like clouds and are difficult to find in the world. I care about selling my head here today, and the rats in Xiliang dare to come and take it? ”
Song Guo was furious, how could he resist Guan Hai's provocation in front of the battle, forgetting about the retreat for a while, and he didn't have time to tell Li Meng, he immediately jumped out of the horse and galloped out with a spear, shouting violently: "Guan Hai is arrogant, see me help Song Guo to take your head." ”
Guan Hai laughed and exclaimed, "Good to come." With that, he swung his knife and stepped forward to fight with Song Guo.
Song Guo knew from Du Hu's death that Guan Hai was powerful, so he didn't fight with Guan Hai, the spear was as fast as the wind, and Guan Hai's big knife touched slightly, and even used superb equestrian skills to fight guerrilla with Guan Hai. Even Shihe Guan Hai's big knife couldn't touch Song Guo's spear once, and the mount was slightly inferior to Song Guo, so he couldn't help but scream in anger, full of flaws.
Song Guo really saw it, but pretended not to know, until the time of another confrontation, the spear in his hand suddenly shot out like a poisonous snake, looking at Guan Hai's lower abdomen and stabbing fiercely.
Guan Hai was taken aback, but he was bold, his hands were loosened, the big knife suddenly fell to the ground, his body twisted, and he narrowly avoided the spear. Without waiting for Song Guo to withdraw the spear, his left hand stretched forward, and his big hand tightly grasped the handle of the spear. After sending and pulling again, Song Guo's grip on the spear was unstable, and his strength was not as great as Guan Hai's, and the spear was immediately taken away by Guan Hai.
Song Guo was frightened, and when he was about to pull out the horse and escape, Guan Hai, who had already prepared, leaned forward, reached out with his right hand, grabbed Song Guo's cowhide belt, and when Song Guo's war horse was running forward, he suddenly lifted it up and pulled it over, and then shouted loudly, and threw Song Guo to the ground. When Song Guo was dizzy from pain, a spear had already reached his neck.
Guan Hai said proudly: "The rat generation is the rat generation, and you won't be able to do it if I take it seriously." Li Meng, if you want to save Song Guohu, if you want to, you can fight with our army as soon as possible, otherwise, grandpa will kill Song Guo on the spot. ”
Li Mengzheng hesitated, but the only remaining soldier Sima shouted angrily: "General, Du Hu was beheaded, Song Guo was captured, and four hundred Erlang were killed. Even if the lord and Xiangguo heard about it after he returned, it was not a crime of humiliating the army. ”
Li Meng was stunned, yes, the four major Simas under his command, one dead and one captured, and four hundred elite horsemen were killed, but there was no blow to the enemy's Northern Navy, if he went back, it would be a crime of insulting the army.
It is necessary to know that Dong Xiangguo's temperament likes to win and hate defeat, and the top ten lieutenants under his command, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, will be of great use because of their great achievements. And Hua Xiong, who was originally brave in the three armies, was resented by Dong Zhuo because of the small defeat at Bishui Pass, and his status was almost unsafe.
And the remaining few, Zhao Cen and Wang Fang are invincible and undefeated, and there is nothing yet, the two generals under Duan Xuan are far away in Chang'an to guard the back road, and the affairs of Kanto have nothing to do with them. And since he came to Chen Liu, he broke six or seven places in the city, which greatly shocked the Kwantung Coalition Army, which was not a small achievement, and he would definitely be rewarded when he went back.
It's just that when he returned, he was careless and lost, and he broke two horses and 400 cavalry, and in the face of 4,000 Beihai infantry who blocked the way, he actually retreated without a fight. If this situation is transmitted back to the ears of Dong Xiangguo and the lord Yang Ding, I don't know what it will become. And I am afraid that the merit of deterring the Kwantung coalition army will be gone, which is how Li Meng, who has always been profitable, can accept it.
Just looking at the tortoiseshell-like military formation of the Northern Navy, Li Meng hesitated again and said: "The enemy's big yellow crossbow is powerful, and our troops are only afraid of losing too much when they rush into the formation, and it will not be good at that time." ”
The military master glanced at Li Meng strangely and said, "The big yellow crossbow is powerful, but it can only shoot directly, not throw, and our cavalry is not an opponent." But dismount and fight, the front cart is blocked, and the rhubarb crossbow will be useless. Although the enemy has many bows, our soldiers are dressed in fish scale iron armor, and it can be said that they are not afraid of arrows. As long as you cover your face with a riding shield, ignore the remaining arrows, and charge bent on charging, as long as the two armies fight hand-to-hand, how can the North Navy stop our Xiliang warriors. ”
Li Meng clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this, and then shook his head and said self-deprecatingly: "Ben Jiang was also a foot soldier in his early years, and he has been in charge of cavalry for many years, and he has almost forgotten all his foot combat skills. You're absolutely right, although the rhubarb crossbow is strong, there is also a way to crack it. Our soldiers are all in armor, and there are less than half of the miscellaneous soldiers in armor. The order was given to the 500 people of the Chinese army to unload the belongings of 100 carts, and the carriages were covered with cowhide shields and armor to imitate the Wugang chariot and come here to standby. Today, I, Li Meng, will meet He Bai's Northern Navy in a foot battle. ”
Guan Hai couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that Li Mengjun had all dismounted and was preparing for a battle, knocked Song Guo unconscious with a spear, lifted it back to the main formation, and said to Fu Xingyu: "Du Wei, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he will kill Du Hu and capture Song Guo alive." The enemy army has been completely aroused by me, and now that they are going to fight with our army, I hope that the captain will make arrangements as soon as possible. ”
He was overjoyed and praised: "Today can break Li Meng, and Duomeng will also manage Sima's work." Please also ask Sima to return to the army for the time being and prepare for the battle of the army. ”
Fu was sentenced to death in the battle and saw that Li Mengjun's cavalry dismounted and sat on the ground, and did not feed the war horses, but took food for his own use, and he couldn't help but be suspicious. The horsemen did not feed the horses before the war, but they fed themselves, were they so hungry? Yes, Fu Xing woke up violently, the formation of the army was too narrow and dense, and Li Meng's cavalry was difficult to break, so he was ready to fight with the army, so he had to eat and have strength.
Dismount and fight, so much better. At that time, Huang Zhong led the troops to surround him, and you who were not as good as riding horses would have nowhere to escape if they were afraid of escaping. He was overjoyed to pay the sentence, and also ordered the officers and men of the whole army to sit down on the ground and take their own dry food to prepare for food.
According to He Bai's request, the North Navy has three meals a day: morning, noon and dinner. In wartime, when you don't have time to prepare your lunch, you can make a new type of food called meat buns in the morning. It is steamed and boiled with flour wrapped in meat and vegetables, one pound, which is convenient and delicious, and is deeply loved by the soldiers. The Northern Navy then took their own meat buns and prepared for the last food before the war.