Chapter 21: The End of the Road

The general went to war, and the day was dark.

Three-sided gold armor, just to break the guts.

"From the Army" Tang Wang Changling

The time is September, and the order belongs to the third autumn. The water is exhausted and the cold pool is clear, and the smoke is condensed and the twilight is purple.

This is the scenery of Lanzhu Mountain in Shaoxing, which is described in Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface". The cold pool is quiet, the twilight is heavy, and the gorgeous and layered autumn scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful. Thousands of miles away, in the bitter cold land of the northwest, Du Wu was greeted only by the howling north wind and the falling snow that was swept up by the wind, which hurt his face.

Dou Guo is a person who is very good at catching fighters. With the help of Du Wu, Pang Tian was quickly surrounded. At this time, Pang Tian also understood that the general trend had gone, so he had no choice but to retreat to Longyi City after the cover of his own soldiers. Of course, without exception, Jiang Banxia was asked to break off again.

At this time, the fire in Jiang Banxia's heart was about to burn to the inside. I was the one who came up with the idea, and I was the one who was personally involved in the danger, and now I am ready to escape, and it is still me who is broken, it seems that today is really going to die without a place to be buried?

As the saying goes: there will be a heart of death, and there will be no greed for life. Now Jiang Banxia is really hesitating. To be honest, he wanted to surrender, especially when the Han army sang "Song of the Great Wind", he had already moved the idea of surrendering. He was so homesick.

But now, thousands of Han troops are besieged by him, and nearly a thousand are killed, even if he really surrenders, will the Han army generals on the opposite side let him go?

After thinking about it, there is no way, let's fight. After all, he is not the hollow Zhang Qian of the past, he only has sins in his hands now, and has no merits.

Dou ran away, and his military spirit was also dissipated when he ran. Du Wu could see clearly, although the wolf's tooth flag was still dancing in the wind under the glow of the firelight, it had already been carried on the shoulder of the flag bearer, and it was very funny to look at it obliquely.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Let's say that Chen Xun was ordered by Du Wu to lead the cavalry to the vicinity of Longyi City. He originally wanted to repeat his old tricks and stage a brilliant record of Xiuyuan City again, but when he arrived outside the city, he was dumbfounded.

Longyi City is a big city, and in the past few days in Xihai County, Chen Xun has only glanced at it from a distance, and has not paid attention to the nearby terrain and landforms at all. Only now did he find out, not to mention how large the scale of Longyi City was, how thick the city walls were, and how deep the moat was, just the unobstructed terrain outside the urn city gave him a headache. Bare on all sides, without a single tree, where are his five hundred cavalry hiding? Just when he was at a loss, he heard a commotion on the city wall, and then the torches were lit one after another, and a big man stood on the city wall and shouted: "Oh, the Han people over there, do you still want to sneak attack my Longyi?" You have fallen for my Jiang Junshi's scheme, hahaha! Shoot the arrows!

As soon as the words fell, a rain of arrows sparsely sprinkled over, and even a few swishing sounds were heard in the middle, and several crossbow arrows were shot in front of Chen Xun's horse, which startled the war horse and snorted again and again. Chen Xun was shocked and hurriedly beckoned everyone to retreat.

When it came to evacuation, Chen Xun was a little anxious. Who is this Jiang Junshi? Why have you never heard of Dou Qian? Now that he can't take Longyi City, once Pang Tian sends people back to the city to ask for help, it will inevitably turn the tide of the war. What to do?

When the cavalry saw that the commander was pondering, they did not dare to disturb him. Although this cavalry was temporarily commanded by Chen Xun, Chen Xun's courage and good fighting along the way and the resourcefulness of General Zhenbei made everyone choose to trust unreservedly. After all, those who can become cavalry in these years are not ordinary people, but good families. Although the Han Dynasty no longer followed the Qin Dynasty's Shang monarch's system of awarding knighthoods, the military merit knighthood system was still practiced since the founding of Gaozu. In the first month of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Gaozu named Zhang Liang, Xiao He and more than 20 other people as marquis. During his lifetime, 143 meritorious heroes, relatives and princes were made marquises, and this military merit system also greatly affected the lower-level officer group. Like them, the cavalry who have already made meritorious contributions in the battle of Xiuyuan are now at least a small lord, and they can get one and a half to four hectares of field houses, if Pang Tian is captured or killed again this time, each of them can be promoted to at least half a knight, and less than 50 can be exempted from all servitude. Such things related to one's own well-being cannot be sloppy.

Chen Xun was struggling to recall the various war stories that Du Wu had taught him along the way, and suddenly grinned. No wonder the great monk always laughs at himself for being stupid, he didn't expect such a simple way, how can he be embarrassed to worship the general as a teacher!

He waved his hand, held his helmet, and led everyone out of Longyi City.

Not to mention that Pang Tian, who escaped from the snowman's nest, panted and ran back with dozens of remnants of the defeated soldiers, everyone's lungs were like the tattered bellows, and the rapid panting made everyone's hearts and lungs hurt for a while. Seeing that he had already seen the fire on Longyi City, Pang Tian shouted: "Run, we'll be home soon!" ”

Everyone also began to sprint at this time, and at this moment, suddenly there was a neighing of people and horses at the corner in front, and a group of cavalry came out, Pang Tian's old eyes were dark, and he almost fell off the horse!

I'm Nima! It's all at the doorstep, where is there another team of men? Aren't the armies of the Great Han all in the Yeti Nest?

What do you care about at this time, let's fight hard, I hope to return to Longyi City alive. It's only been less than two hours since he left the city, and he's already starting to miss those delicious roasted whole lambs.

What made Pang Tian a little strange was that this group of cavalry didn't seem to intend to kill him, so they flicked a shot, allowing him to break out of the encirclement, but stopped all his men. Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the remnants no longer spared their lives, and rushed up with a strange scream, but unfortunately, they were harvested by one shot, and blood spattered in the cold night.

Pang Tian didn't dare to stay, while patting the horse and galloping, he shouted loudly at the city, at this time a cavalry was killed again in the dark, Wu Yang couldn't see how many people, and rushed towards him with a shout, each cavalry only fought with him once or twice and immediately ran away, and the next rider came in again, and the sound of Ding Ding Dangdang seemed so crisp in the night sky.

said that the adjutant general at the head of the city had already seen Pang Tian. Pang Tian is five big and three thick, and the weapon in his hand is a unique spear, coupled with the valuable heavy armor, it can shine brightly in the dark night.

Seeing that Pang Tian was surrounded, the deputy general panicked all of a sudden, if the boss was gone, where could he last for a long time, and he didn't talk nonsense at the moment, ordered the soldiers and horses, and instructed Luo Jianqiu to guard the city gate to respond, so he shouted to open the city gate of the urn city and led people to rush out.

Seeing the deputy general going downstairs, Luo Jianqiu took a few steps and beckoned to an elderly soldier in the dark, the old soldier walked quickly to meet him, the two muttered a few words, and the old soldier hurried downstairs.

Chen Xun, who was hiding in the shadows, saw someone rushing out of the city, and was happy: "I have been hit by my plan to encircle and help!" There was no nonsense at the moment, and he rushed out and shouted: "Where is the Qiang thief!" The deputy general was in a hurry, Pang Tian, and he didn't want a general to flash out in the dark, but he felt a pain in his neck, and his hand covered the bubbling blood, and his body fell off the horse. The cavalry behind didn't have time to stop, so they stepped directly over the body of the lieutenant general.

Pang Tian, who was already exhausted, couldn't hold on, but when he saw the city gate open and a cavalry rushed out, his heart suddenly froze, and he tried to swing a few outstretched spears, break through the encirclement and converge, but he didn't expect to run far before he saw that the leading cavalry was solved by a young general who rushed out of an oblique thorn, and the hope in his heart suddenly dimmed a little.

Attacking back and forth, is my Pang Tian really going to die here?

Yes.

That's God's answer.

Solved the deputy general, Chen Xun didn't talk nonsense, jumped into the crowd with a spear, and for a while, people turned on their backs, and their own cavalry also surrounded them, trapping a big man Pang Tian in the middle, and a little cold light reflected the torches on the city wall, which made Pang Tian's heart furious.

"Dismount and be bound, you will not be killed!" Chen Xun shouted in Qiang.

It's dawn.

Chen Xun stood on the city wall and watched the people and horses in the distance march slowly.

When the day dawned, the snow was heavy again, but the wind stopped. When Pang Tian was captured alive last night, Chen Xun originally planned to use the living Pang Tian to earn the city gate, but he didn't want to just get to the gate, the drawbridge was lowered, and the Han woman with a bulging belly walked out of the city gate with the support of an old sergeant, came to him, slapped Pang Tian twice, and then knelt on the ground, claiming to be Luo Jianqiu, who was killed when Cheng Yong abandoned the city, and was also the wife of the military advisor Jiang Banxia, who wanted to use the work of dedicating the city in exchange for the lives of the two. Chen Xun was a little confused, and was afraid that there would be an ambush behind the city gate, so he left her hostage, sent an advance team into the city to find out the situation, and only entered Longyi City after everything was safe, and detained all the Qiang people, and he stood on the city wall and waited for the arrival of Du Wu's army.

It's finally over.

These days are like in a dream, Chen Xun thought.