Chapter 19 Increasing Troops and Reducing Focus
After the age of thirteen, Wei and Zhao attacked Han, and Han was in a hurry to Qi. Qi made Tian Ji go straight to the beam. When the Wei general Pang Juan heard this, he went to Han and returned, and the Qi army had already passed to the west. Sun Tzu said Tian Ji said: "The soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty are brave and light, and the number is cowardly, and the good fighters are good at guiding them because of their potential." The art of war, a hundred miles and the one who is interested in the general, fifty miles and the one who is interested in the army is half to. Make the Qi army enter Wei for 100,000 stoves, tomorrow for 50,000 stoves, and tomorrow for 30,000 stoves. Pang Juan traveled for three days, was overjoyed, and said: "I know that the Qi army is cowardly, and after three days of entering our land, more than half of the soldiers died." "He forsaken his infantry and drove it away in parallel with its light and sharpness.
"Historical Records: The Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qilie" Western Han Dynasty Sima Qian
Dou Guo never thought that he would conquer Xiqiang by himself, but he was forced to a desperate situation by a Han Chinese. At this time, he had already scolded that Jiang Junshi countless times in his heart, but the most important thing at this time was to find a way to break through, otherwise not only would these two thousand people be buried here, but he might also have to splash blood in the West Sea.
Under the desperate protection of the guards, Dou Guo had just rushed to the end of the team, but found that the Qiang people on the opposite side had also played a wolf tooth flag. At this time, he finally understood that the leader of this team was Pang Tian, and it must be the Han military division who intercepted him in the snowman's nest.
Dou Guan looked back and almost didn't cry. The 2,000 cavalry, which were neat and majestic at the time of departure, were now mixed with the mud, trampling on horses and people, and suffering countless casualties. The guards urged him to break through as soon as possible, and he finally stopped being entangled and rushed towards the way he came. He wants to return to the camp as soon as possible to mobilize men and horses to come to the rescue, and only hopes that there will be a brother alive by then.
However, his thoughts were still too naΓ―ve, and Pang Tian already hated him at this time.
Just when Chen Xun single-handedly killed Fu Wan, Fu Wan's personal soldiers finally caught up breathlessly, and happened to see the scene of Fu Wan falling to the ground and being trampled to death by a horse, and also saw the Han cavalry rushing through Xinyuan City. They didn't dare to approach at all, so they had to quickly flee to Longyi City, and rushed to tell Pang Tian the news before he left the city.
Pang Tian felt his brain buzz at that time, and it took a long time before he asked the first sentence: "Is the second chief really dead?" β
The soldier took out the white stone pendant he wore on his chest and swore: "The white stone is on top, and what the little one says is true." As soon as we chased outside the city gate, we saw a group of cavalry rushing out of the shadows, shouting to the second chief while rushing, and the second chief thought it was us, so he stopped his horse, but was shot through by the Han general, and the body was trampled flat by the cavalry! β
The Qiang people believe in animism and worship more than 30 kinds of gods, but among the many gods, the most believable is Baishi. And all the gods they worshipped, such as the gods of heaven, the gods of the earth, the gods of the mountains, and the gods of the village, did not have fixed idols, and they were all integrated into the sacrificial customs of Shiraishi worship. For example, if you offer a white stone to the top of a mountain, you are a god, and if you offer it to the edge of the field, you are a god again. At this time, the soldiers swore by Baishi, and Pang Tian knew that Fu Wan must have been killed by the Han general.
Shocked by the bad news, Pang Tian's eyes cracked, and he shouted: "Take my spear!" β
Pang Tian, who lost his mind, chased to the snowman's nest, saw that Dou Guo had already been tricked, and he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, and ordered the soldier to shoot the bow and arrow in his hand, and then shouted, like a galloping horse, he rushed over according to the Dou situation that had just broken out, Dou Qian's personal soldiers stepped forward to block, and he struggled to pick up, a personal soldier was directly picked up, Xu was too sad, the corpses of the personal soldiers had already flown out, his spear had not been withdrawn, and he was slashed in the left shoulder by another personal soldier when he passed by, and he suddenly screamed in pain, but he didn't care about the pro-soldiers who had swept by, the horse drew his gun and rushed towards Dou Guo.
Dou Guan had just escaped death, and before he could catch his breath, he saw a big man riding a war horse coming towards him, and hurriedly raised his gun to meet him. The great man's strength sank, the middle door was wide open, his left hand was unreined, both hands grasped the handle of the gun, and Mount Tai smashed down like a top. As soon as the two of them fought, Dou Guo felt that his hands sank, and the spear almost fell off. At this time, his own soldiers have also been surrounded, Dou Guo is difficult to support alone, the war horse under the crotch seems to be unable to support the strength of the big man, the trembling of the four horses' legs is transmitted to Dou Qian, Dou Guan understands that he may have to explain to this place if he carries it again, so he fights hard, separates the opponent's spear, lifts the reins, the war horse quickly swept forward, the trembling right hand touched the waist, took out the crossbow gun, and launched it backwards without looking back, hitting the back of Pang Tian's war horse. Pang Tian was so angry that he yelled, turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed, and chased forward in pain.
Hearing the sound of thunder behind him, Dou Jing rushed to wind the crossbow machine while rushing to the crossbow machine, and in a hurry, he actually dropped the crossbow arrow to the ground. He hurriedly pulled out another crossbow arrow, quickly wound it, and quickly shot another arrow backwards while it was dark, Pang Tian saw him look back and turn around, knowing that he was going to release the cold arrow again, he hurriedly swung the spear in front of his chest, the crossbow arrow was impartial, and it hit Pang Tian's spear, the barrel of the gun was round, and the crossbow arrow went to the side by mistake, and pierced Pang Tian's injured left shoulder again. Pang Tian was almost angry, lifted the reins, ignored the wailing of the war horse, and accelerated towards Dou Qian. Seeing that Pang Tian's arrows did not fall off his horse but chased after him, Dou Guo was even more shocked in his heart, so he simply threw the crossbow arrows he was carrying backwards, and the force of throwing them was as great as the power of the crossbow machine, and those crossbow arrows fell to the ground weakly.
Dou Jing was even more desperate at the moment, and there was only one idea of escaping for his life in his mind. All his own soldiers fell into a bitter battle, and he had to break out of the siege on his own, and he was also wounded. At this moment, I suddenly saw a fire in front of me. Dou was overjoyed, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards the firelight.
The shadowy firelight was none other than the two people who were arranged to pick up Gu Shan Long and You Tan Bo.
But it was said that after the two of them set off with a team of 100 people, Gu Shanlong kept muttering. Although the two of them have already learned Du Wu's methods, but the enemy they faced this time is the Qiang people who have been entrenched in the West Sea for many years, they are aborigines, and the battle is extremely fierce, Gu Shanlong has been uneasy until he saw a fire in the north, and You Tanbo told him that it must be Du Wu's handwriting, so he was relieved.
"Big brother, what should we do next?"
Yu Tan Bo thought about it for a while, and then looked back at the brother beside him. The brothers were all captured and surrendered with him, and he thought that he had to let the brothers survive no matter what. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let the brothers chop some thick wooden strips to make torches, so that each person has two torches, go quickly, whether you can survive depends on this trick." β
When Gu Shanlong heard this, he hurriedly went down and ordered, and after a while, the brothers almost had two torches in their hands, and the Youtan bowl was lit all of them, and everyone began to march again.
Gu Shanlong was a little puzzled, and said in confusion: "Big brother, why do you have two torches, the brothers' knives can only be pinned to their waists, if you run into a thief, I'm afraid it's too late." β
You Tanbo smiled helplessly: "I also have no choice." There were less than 100 of us, and we were all foot soldiers. The Qiang people are all in the city, and even if the general of Zhenbei really lures them out of the city, the number of them is far greater than ours. Our main task was to meet the cavalry. One person and two torches, one is to strengthen the momentum, so that the Qiang people do not know our details, and the other is to let the surnamed Dou know where we are, until we are answering him, so as not to turn around and extinguish us. β
Gu Shanlong nodded, and asked with some schadenfreude: "Big brother, do you think the person surnamed Dou will definitely win?" I don't think he's even as good as that monk, let alone General Du. β
You Tanbo waved his hand and said, "Don't guess, let's just do our own thing." In the future, I will point to General Zhenbei for dinner, so don't make the relationship with Captain Dou too bad. However, Lao Tzu has been in Xiliang for so many years, and it is rare to see Xiliang Iron Cavalry dispatched after the snow, and it is so heavy snow tonight, Captain Dou's cavalry, hehe, it's hard to say. β
The two of them were chatting, when they heard the neighing of someone in front of him on the left, and You Tanbo suddenly became nervous, pulled out his three-foot sword, and asked Gu Shanlong to take the two brothers and put out the fire torch to investigate.
Gu Shan Long couldn't help but be horrified when he saw that Youtan's sword had been pulled out. You Tan Bowl, Hu Ren also, wears a three-foot sword with him, but Gu Shanlong only saw him pull it out twice.
The first time was when he was first captured, he was indignant and wanted to compete with Yutanbo, but Yutanbo was furious, drew his sword and stabbed three of his men to death one after another, and finally put the long sword across his neck, and he could clearly feel the itching of blood left on his neck. That time, he looked at the blue, deep eyes of the bowl, and felt fear in his heart for the first time.
The second time was when a caravan was sacked in the Western Regions, the caravan leader knelt down and begged Youtan to spare his life, and Youtan was going to let them go, but the leader praised Allah after being rescued, and said that the other gods were false gods or something. As a result, Gu Shanlong only felt a burst of white light flash in front of him, and the unlucky leader fell to the ground and convulsed while holding his bloody neck. That was the first time that Gu Shan Long hadn't seen how Yu Tanbo made a move, and the opponent had already fallen to the ground, and it was also the only time so far that he was quick sword. Since then, he has understood that the three-foot sword of Youtanbo must see blood as long as he shoots, and he is definitely a master. Since then, he has followed Youtanbo with all his heart. It's just that Youtanbo himself is not thirsty for killing, and he is also very good to his brothers, even when facing Du Wu, he didn't draw his sword, and he slowly forgot the horror of Youtanbo. At this time, seeing his three-foot sword out, Gu Shanlong subconsciously touched his neck, took two people, and quietly sneaked out.
At this time, the exhausted Dou Qing had basically escaped Pang Tian's pursuit and moved towards the firelight. After many years in the Western Regions, he knew that the Qiang people were not good at night fighting, and they did not like torches, and the large number of torches at this time must be the army of the Han Dynasty. And Pang Tian had to stop after chasing for a few miles. His horse was hit by two arrows, and he galloped hard, and he was already at the end of his crossbow. Pang Tian looked at the distant Dou Qian, and then looked at the war horse that fell to the ground, and could only roar a few times at the sky, and walked back to the snowman's nest.