Chapter 461: The son of a tiger and a leopard can eat cattle
Qin Ke saw that Cai Yan was getting better, and gradually put his mind at ease, and raised his head and asked, "Abu, do you think it's okay to keep those people and not kill them?"
"Nothing can't be done. Abu said: "In this case, no matter what you do, it will not be the most suitable choice, and even if I make up my mind, it will not be much different from you." ”
Qin Ke nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's good." I'm afraid I'm going to kill at least those generals......"
"When did I become such a brutal person in your eyes?" Abu smiled, raised his hand and punched Qin Ke hard, looking at his bared teeth and grinning, and said, "I can't kill a group of unarmed people." Besides, if I really do this, I'm afraid even Brother Changgong will look down on me, teacher, he ...... I guess you'll blame me too. ”
"Gao Changgong will oppose my letter. But Zhuge Wanling will blame you for this...... I don't believe it. Qin Ke shrugged his shoulders.
Abu looked at Qin Ke and hesitated for a while, he knew that Qin Ke had a lot of complaints about Zhuge Wanling's style of doing things, but he didn't know how to persuade and explain for a while, so he could only murmur: "Sir, he ...... In fact, he is a very lonely person. ”
Qin Ke was silent and did not answer, he remembered the first time he saw the Prime Minister Jing Wu, at that time the hall was dark, there was only a little candlelight by his side, when the breeze blew into the hall, the fire swayed, as if it would be extinguished at any time.
Obviously sitting on the whole Jing Wu, but he looks like a lonely prisoner, he seems to have been holding on to something, but because it is too obscure, it is elusive.
Is he alive? It's probably boring to live in such a high place, right?
Qin Ke thought so in his heart, but he didn't know if he was qualified to have mercy on him.
After solving the problem of the Tang army, the Mo cavalry will continue to move forward. Although Wang Xuanwei's whereabouts are unknown, Qin Ke still hasn't forgotten the last place he explained to himself - Daming Mountain.
In fact, there is no way to do it, he is not a general of the Mo family, and he has never been on the battlefield, but from the current situation, if the Mo family is completely defeated in the northeast war, the consequences will be unimaginable. Cai Yan has already run out of Jinzhou, but Gao Yishui is still in Jinzhou City.
There are also people he knows well, such as Yinxue, Yinyu, etc., if he wants to die, he will not be saved...... He couldn't.
On the road, Qin Ke and Abu were at the front of the queue side by side, talking while controlling their horses.
"You say, will the Tang army really stop attacking Jinzhou as Wang Xuanwei expected?" Qin Ke asked: "Can Xiang Chu really endure the loss of so many people in vain, but he can't even take a city that is not a major town?"
Abu was slightly distracted: "I can't say this well, for Xiang Chu, I don't think I'm qualified to evaluate." But since General Wang said so, he was naturally eighty percent sure that the Tang army would let Jinzhou go and attack Xingzhou instead. I can only speculate on this. ”
"Which two?"
"First, no matter how Xiang Chu is, he is also a commander, so he will not be arrogant. Jinzhou is obviously not something that can be attacked in a short period of time, and even if it is defeated, the role of this city is far less important than that of Xingzhou. Taking Xiazhou can also completely cut off Jinzhou's support, and when Jinzhou becomes an isolated city, I am not afraid that I will not be able to take it. And this second ......"
Abu lowered his head and pondered, "Sir once said that any battle is not only the gains and losses on the battlefield, but also the gains and losses of a country's court. Even if Xiang Chu wanted to continue to attack Jinzhou on his own way, he had to weigh what the consequences of this matter being transmitted back to the Tang Congress. obviously has a chance to seize the state and occupy a large area of the Mo family for the Tang Kingdom, if he lets it go, those doctors in the court will have to scold him for blood. ”
Qin Ke nodded, since Jinzhou must be safe, he was a little relaxed now, he smiled and patted Abu's shoulder: "Okay, Abu, you really have the demeanor of a general now, Mr. Gao said that you are stupid, I think he is the stupidest one, as far as you just said, I can't even think about it." ”
"I'm really stupid. Suddenly praised by Qin Ke, Abu was also a little uncomfortable, and smiled a little shyly: "If Mr. Gao is here, he will definitely be able to speak more thoroughly than me." ”
Qin Ke squinted: "In front of me, you don't have to be so modest." In fact, you have always been very powerful, you know how to govern the country, and you know the art of war, and your cultivation has always been steady. I think you'll be able to be a general in the future!"
"Let's hope...... Who knows what the future holds......" Abu looked into the distance, his eyes a little dazed.
"Still. From this point of view, it is more dangerous for us to go to Xingzhou this time than to stay in Jinzhou. Qin Ke was a little worried, "Wang Xuanwei has a total of soldiers and horses in his hands, and the Tang army, in addition to Xiang Chu, there are also 100,000 elites under the command of the man named Long Ju, and the Tang army on the Jinzhou side will also move closer to the Xingzhou side, and when the time comes, the 200,000 troops will be piled together, and they can drown us with spit." ”
"Are you scared?"
Qin Ke shrugged his shoulders and didn't hide anything: "Nonsense." 200,000 troops, who is not afraid, just the 100,000 troops outside Jinzhou City are enough for me to pee my pants. I'm not Wang Xuanwei, no one's ability to collapse Mount Tai before and not change color. ”
Abu grinned: "Actually, I'm afraid too. ”
Of course, if things gradually come to a point where they are out of their control, and even threaten their own lives, they will not be stupid enough to stay and fight to the death, and they can always find a way to escape and take refuge with them.
On the contrary, the Mo family's cavalry now has a drastic change in their attitude towards the two of them.
The public loser is well-known in Jinzhou, and Qin Ke, the fake uncle on the surface, is the object of their convincing, so Wang Xuanwei handed over this burden to him, and there are Yinxue, Cai Yan, Gao Yishui and others in Jinzhou City, unless it is really the general trend has gone, I am not afraid that he will escape alone.
Seeing the overly young Qin Ke and Abu before, the Mo cavalry seemed to obey him on the surface, but in fact they were still a little suspicious of him.
In the army, everyone will only obey the strong, and no trust and respect comes out of thin air, and they all need to rely on blood and fire to shine.
It wasn't until today that they witnessed Qin Ke's series of tactics to lure the enemy, disguise, break the formation, and surround them that everyone was convinced and was willing to follow these two young people.
There is a saying: The son of the tiger and leopard, although it has not been written, has the gas of eating cattle.
Qin Ke grew up under the teaching of Zhuge Wolong since he was a child, and he listened to the stories of the conquests of the world, not a thousand but eight hundred, plus months of grinding and washing in the Taixue Hall, and Gao Changgong patrolled all the way to the lower reaches of the river, went to the Tang Kingdom, and so on...... He may not have noticed it himself, but in fact he has made great progress in all aspects.
And Abu has been one of the outstanding students in the Taixue Hall from the beginning, this school is a place specially used by Zhuge Wanling to cultivate the elite of Jingwu in the future, and the teaching is the way to govern the country and use the army.
Such two people are not comparable to ordinary generals, like the previous generals of the Tang State and people like Tie Dongnan, who may have been in the army for many years, and can be regarded as knowing some military tactics, but they did not study in depth after all, General Ding was even more unable to hold his breath at a critical moment, his utilitarianism was too heavy, and his defeat was also a matter of course.
It is foreseeable that after this big victory, the Mo cavalry, who were still worried about where to go tomorrow, suddenly cheered up, and there was a smell of vigorous self-confidence in the entire army.
Just because they believe that with Qin Ke and Abu with them, maybe they won't be able to break through the 100,000 army again, but there is absolutely no problem going all the way to Daming Mountain to meet Wang Xuanwei.
After a little rest, the army embarked on the journey, and this time, almost all of the 2,500 cavalry changed into the armor of the Tang army, and completely turned into a "Tang army".
At the same time, the whole army was divided into two teams under Abu's arrangement, one at the front and the other at the rear, echoing each other.
In the middle of these two columns, wagons carrying grain and grass or carrying wounded soldiers followed one after another.
Although Qin Ke and others rushed into the grain team and set a fire at the beginning, burning a lot of grain and grass, the purpose of this was just to create chaos in the Tang army's array.
Abu looked at the grain carts behind him, and there was a little joy in his eyes: "Half of the grain and grass have been burned, and there are so many after this count, it should be enough for us to eat for half a month." If you save a little, maybe you can stick to it for a month. ”
"No matter how slow it is, it's time to reach your destination in a month. Qin Ke nodded.
In fact, the most important thing in this batch of grain and grass is horse grass.
There are only more than 2,500 cavalry of the Mo family, but there are nearly 9,000 war horses, these war horses gallop every day, naturally they have to eat, if they are hungry all the time, not to mention whether they can go into battle to fight, I am afraid that they will be tired and paralyzed on the way.
But in order to break through the defense of the 100,000-strong army, what kind of food and grass and what baggage, their army can be said to have brought half of it, that is, a few bags of dry food, a few water bladders, and some spirits for cleaning wounds.
For a long time, these war horses can only eat some weeds on the road temporarily, although they have not shown a sluggish color for the time being, but if they continue to be fed with concentrate, these war horses will soon lose weight, and then they will charge, and it is difficult to maintain the fierceness of the "four hooves like thunder" now.
After Qin Ke and Abu discussed, they probably guessed that from the beginning, Wang Xuanwei didn't regard this as a problem, in his eyes, these war horses were just consumables, once they couldn't run, they could simply be killed on the spot, and they could also be used as rations to support them for a long time.
"I'm thinking...... Isn't it a bit against General Wang's original intention to pull so much grain and grass now......" Speaking of this, Abu sat on his horse and smiled bitterly, "In this way, our speed will be much slower, and it will probably take more time to go to Daming Mountain." ”
"That's no wonder we do. Qin Ke comforted: "The others are gone, how can we know what he thinks in his heart." If there is really no food, how long can we hold out by killing horses? When the time comes, our cavalry will be like beggars and wanderers, let alone face to face with people, and I am afraid that we will be defeated in front of each other. ”
He is a person who has been hungry, so he knows very well that when a person has been hungry for more than five days, the whole person seems to float, and the heavy loess under his feet is like being in the clouds, shaking three times in one step.
"That's right. Abu shook his head helplessly, "Before I came to the Mo family, I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. You say, if we go back to Jingwu and others ask, what should we say? What have we been doing during this time? You, the general is not a general, and a small soldier is not a small soldier. As for me, I don't have an official position, not even the Mo family. As a result, the two of us had to take more than 2,000 people over the mountains and mountains, and we had to fight with the Tang army......"
Qin Ke burst out laughing: "I guess people will think we're bragging." ”
Suddenly, the two of them looked up to the sky and laughed.
Because it took a lot of time to fight and reorganize the array, Abu did not dare to let the army stop, but marched overnight, and everyone could only lie on their horses and squint for a short time, which was very uncomfortable.
However, everyone had no complaints, although it was very uncomfortable to not be able to sleep, but compared to being caught by the Tang Army's pursuers and cutting off their heads, it was already much better.
They spared the more than 1,000 captives, but Xiang Chu might not be willing to let them go.
The killing of the 5,000 captives outside Jinzhou is still vivid in my mind.
In the early morning, a cavalryman leaned over on a horse and said to Qin Ke: "General, Miss Cai is awake." ”
Cai Yan woke up?
Qin Ke was slightly happy in his heart, said hello to Abu, and immediately leaned towards the middle of the carriage, and then his body jumped up lightly and landed on top of the carriage at once.
Cai Yan opened her eyes, she looked lazy after sleeping for a day and a night, and yawned: "Where are we?"
The carriage was moving at a high speed, so both men in the carriage were a little shaky. Qin Ke touched her forehead, it was still slightly hot, but it should have improved a lot, and the herbs didn't have time to boil, so they could only be crushed and applied externally, and I don't know if it had any effect.
He pulled the blanket on Cai Yan's body and said, "It should have just passed Changju Mountain......
Cai Yan blinked: "Changju Mountain, so it's only more than three hundred miles away from Daming Mountain?"