Chapter 983 Retreat

  The internal strife between the Han and Hu coalition forces lasted for a day and a night.

   Of the 20,000 Xianbei Hu people, nearly 10,000 were killed or injured in this battle, and thousands were missing. Only three or four thousand people were able to escape in the end.

  Knowing that the way back to the north will be cut off, Yu Zhugejian intends to flee south to seek refuge with the Wei people.

   In the end, he was intercepted by the people from the Dark Night Battalion.

  Yu Zhugejian, who was in a state of embarrassment, was escorted in front of Governor Feng. He stared at his blood-red eyes and hissed:

"Why?!"

   It was agreed to go to Guanzhong together, why did it become like this halfway?

  Facing Yu Zhugejian's staring gaze, Governor Feng sighed:

   "Because you want too much."

  Rejuvenating the Han Dynasty and returning it to the old capital is the prime minister's unwavering dream in his life.

  I really wanted to let the barbarians rob Chang'an, and then the prime minister ran over excitedly to take a look, and saw a broken dream.

   When the time comes, the prime minister will be so angry that he probably won't be able to relieve his hatred if he hangs himself on the flagpole of the Chang'an city wall to dry.

   "It's my fault. Over the years, Liangzhou has given you too many things, and it has raised your appetite too much."

  Hu Yi is afraid of power but not virtuous, which really makes sense.

  Yu Zhuge Jian couldn't understand Feng Yong's words.

   Governor Feng thought for a while, and had no choice but to say something that the other party could understand:

   "Actually, I want to borrow some horses from you."

   "Borrow a horse?"

  You call this borrowing a horse?

   Isn't burning, killing and looting?

  At any rate, when we Xianbei people robbed the frontier fortresses, we never thought of calling it a loan.

  You Han people are really shameless!

   Governor Feng waved his hand, he was too lazy to talk to him, so he was detained.

   Then he took another look at the bald head and asked:

   "How many horses did you get?"

  The bald-haired Tianli quickly replied: "About ten thousand horses."

   Governor Feng smacked his lips: "Barely enough..."

   20,000 Hu Qi only got about 10,000 horses. I have to say that this battle was a bit chaotic and failed to preserve the property in time.

   This batch of war horses was stored in another valley by Xianbei Huer, so it was not affected.

   Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even get ten thousand horses.

   "Brother, now that we have fallen out with the barbarians, Kebi will definitely not be reconciled after he finds out. Do you want me to lead the cavalry battalion back to support General Guan?"

  As soon as the war broke out, Zhao Guang raised this question with some anxiety.

  Jiang Wei's mouth twitched, but he didn't speak.

  Li Qiu's lips moved, but he didn't speak.

  Yang Wanwan coughed.

  General Guan still needs support?

  When starting from Jiuyuan, Governor Feng divided the army into two parts.

  General Guan led more than 20,000 people to stay in Wuyuan County, while he personally led 30,000 people to Qiaoshan.

  Now there are only 20,000 Hu Qi that Kebi can take out.

   Just because of him, is he worthy of fighting against General Guan?

   To put it bluntly, when it comes to the duel between the two teams, not to mention Ke Bineng, even the generals of Liangzhou, in front of General Guan, there is no one who can fight!

  Including Jiang Boyue who has not yet fully grown up.

   After all, Inspector Feng not only has the military book and art of war taught by the prime minister, but also the military thought brought over from later generations.

   General Guan and Governor Feng are one and the half daughter of the prime minister's wife.

   There are only things in Feng's house that she doesn't want to know, and there is nothing she can't know. His knowledge and vision have long been unmatched by others.

  As for Jiang Boyue... At most, he just learned part of the prime minister's art of war.

   No matter how powerful the operation is, it can’t compare to the one with krypton gold, and no matter how much krypton gold is, it can’t compare to the one that opens and hangs.

   What's more, General Guan has micro-manipulation, krypton gold, and humanoid hanging...

   It can be seen from this that Governor Feng had planned for a long time to let General Guan personally guard the rear.

  So it can be easily seen that Zhao Erha is not worried about the way out at all, he is simply panicking here and wants to go to the grassland to relax.

   What people didn't expect was that Governor Feng nodded his head:

   "Yiwen thought well, and Kebi had to guard against it, so I plan to lead the army back to the north and wipe out Kebi Neng."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone was taken aback.

   "Your Majesty, this..."

   This time, even Jiang Wei couldn't bear it anymore.

  If the prince intends to destroy Ke Bineng, why not just do it in Yinshan?

  If you really want to use Ke Bineng, why are you so anxious to kill Pu Heyu now?

   Now that Xianbeihu is not allowed to consume Wei thieves, but also wants to return to the north to destroy Hu, how can there be such a toss?

   Isn't the purpose of this trip to go south to Guanzhong?

  Why does it seem that Junhou wants to make trouble with Xianbei?

  Originally he said that Governor Feng killed Puhe, so he had another plan. Now it seems that he really wants to kill Ke Bineng.

  Mie Kebi can need to go back and forth so many things?

  This really doesn't look like a gentleman!

  But seeing Governor Feng, he took it for granted and said:

   "I said before that Ke Bineng must die, so he must keep his word."

  His eyes fell on Jiang Wei:

   "Bo Yue, if I leave the Wudang Camp and Modao Camp to you, can you stop the Wei thief?"

  Jiang Weizheng was puzzled, and when he heard this, he subconsciously stood up.

  Although the Wudang Camp is only half a battalion, with the addition of the Modao Camp and the Tiger Infantry Army led by him, there are nearly 10,000 people.

   "Your Majesty, don't worry, if the Wei thieves dare to come, the general will definitely make them come and go!"

  Although I can't figure out what Junhou's intention is for the time being, since Junhou has orders, he will naturally obey them.

   Governor Feng nodded and looked at Li Qiu:

   "Xinhou, you take Eshun to assist Boyue."

"clear."

   That is to say, this time, brother, he wants to keep all the pawns to stop the Wei thief.

   And he himself returned north with all the cavalry.

  When the troops were divided, General Guan had more than 20,000 troops, but he had three cavalry for one man.

  And at least half of the 30,000 people in the hands of the elder brother are one person and one rider.

  Now that there are more than 10,000 horses, and the infantry has to stay at Qiaoshan, then the cavalry army in the hands of my brother can once again meet the minimum standard of one man and two cavalry in the Liangzhou army.

Um?

Um!

   Li Qiu's eyes widened suddenly.

  So... the brother said to Yu Zhugejian is true?

   Just want to borrow a horse?

  Thinking of this, Li Qiu was a little confused.

   Governor Feng certainly didn't just want to "borrow a horse".

  Become the king of ghosts and sacrifice more than 10,000 Xianbei Hu people.

   Not only can you save food, but you can also borrow a batch of grain and grass from them.

   One decrease and one increase are equivalent to adding a batch of food and grass that 40,000 people consume daily.

   Nanxiang Mathematics, is it a waste of fame?

  After arranging the matter, Governor Feng immediately regrouped the army and left all the grain, grass, cattle and sheep looted from the Xianbei Hu people to Jiang Wei.

  I took all the dry food, turned around and headed north.

   This time, many people within the Liangzhou Army were caught off guard and did not react at all.

   Not to mention Wei Jun who just wants to retreat.

   After receiving the news from the Wei army ahead, Guo Huai immediately rushed to the camp closest to the Han army.

  Although he missed the fire at night, the billowing black smoke during the day was obviously more conspicuous than the fire at night.

   Throughout the day, the shouting and killing on the opposite side never subsided.

   Obviously, the Shu captives are very likely to have civil strife.

  If the opponent changed to someone else, Guo Huai might have already started thinking about taking the initiative and went to test it out.

   It's just that the terrain of Qiaoshan is too complicated.

   More importantly, Guo Huai knew that Feng Thief was extremely cunning, and if he was not careful, he might fall into the other party's schemes.

  So he didn't act rashly, but sent scouts to try his best to find out what happened to the Shu captives.

   Many scouts of the Wei army took advantage of the chaos to witness the brutal fighting in the valley, or half the killing.

  This extremely weird situation made Guo Huai even more suspicious.

  As more and more Hu people fled to the south, some noble Hu people even ran to the mountains under the **** of their personal guards to ask Wei Jun for help.

  Guo Huai was finally sure: the Shu captives had really fallen out with the Hu people.

  The next large-scale abnormal transfer of the Han army, naturally there is no way to hide it from the Wei army who has been paying close attention to the opponent.

   "General, after the civil strife, the Shu captives are afraid that they will not be able to take Qiaoshan again, so they take the initiative to retreat."

   "I think the morale of the Shu prisoners must be low at this time. If we take this opportunity to attack, we will be able to defeat the thieves."

   Someone suggested it right away.

  Guo Huai was greatly moved when he heard the words.

  However, this thought only passed by in a flash, and in the end he rejected the huge temptation in front of him, shaking his head and saying:

   "Even if the Shu captives were fighting with the Hu people, Feng Zei still has nearly 30,000 horses in his hands, so don't be careless."

   "Before I came to Qiaoshan, Da Sima repeatedly told me to stick to it and not take the initiative to attack. How could I disobey Da Sima's order?"

   "It's better to report this matter to Da Sima first, and see how Da Sima arranges it."

  This statement is reasonable, and no one can fault it.

  Because Da Sima did have this order.

   It's just that the two armies are in front of the battle, and the battle situation is changing rapidly.

   As a general, he doesn't think about the opportunity to destroy the thief, but only obeys the order of the superior officer hundreds of miles away. This is not the way to lead the army.

  Some generals in the army who had not fought in Xiaoguan were dissatisfied.

  Ministry General Jia Xu even privately referred to the Sima Guo Mo in the army, saying:

   "This can be said to be afraid of Shu like a tiger?"

   When Feng Shishi led all the troops to withdraw from the Qiaoshan Mountains, Jiang Wei sent someone from behind to send the first military report after the division of troops.

   After reading the military situation, Governor Feng gave a "tsk" and murmured:

   "It seems that Guo Huai has won the patience of Sima Yi, so he is unwilling to attack."

  He took a deep look at Qiaoshan behind him, and ordered:

   "Send the order, the whole army will speed up!"

   "Your Majesty has a life, speed up!"

   Twenty thousand fine riders stepped on billowing smoke and dust and swept away to the north.

  …

   At the same time, in the Jingshui River Valley more than 400 miles west of Qiaoshan Mountain, the news of Wang Ping finally reached Deng Zhi.

  When he learned that Wei's bandits were marching north along the Huizhong Road, Deng Zhi couldn't help but turn pale with shock:

   "I also said that after the first battle of Xiaoguan, the Wei thieves no longer dared to go north from Huizhong Road. I didn't expect the thieves to still have the courage to do so."

  Didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, he quickly ordered Liu Yin to remain on the safe side to prevent Wei's bandits from going up the Jing River.

   Then he and Ma Dai led thousands of people and hurried back to Xiaoguan.

  At this time, Deng Ai had already crossed several water streams at the foot of Longshan Mountain, and quickly headed towards Xiaoguan.

  Deng Ai forced Deng Zhi to return to the army, which not only relieved the pressure in Guanzhong, but even in an emergency, Xian Yufu was able to mobilize part of his troops to Qiaoshan to support Guo Huai.

   The military information sent by Xian Yufu and Guo Huai arrived at Mei City one after the other, and Sima Yi was very excited after reading it.

  He deliberately passed the military report to the generals in the army, and said with a smile:

   "Shu captive soldiers came in three ways, two ways are no longer to be feared, only Zhuge Liang's way is left, how can they last for a long time? I think they will have to retreat soon!"

   Immediately wrote a memorial and sent it to Luoyang.

   Then he sent someone to send a letter to Qiaoshan, praising Guo Huai's prudence, and once again strictly ordered the generals to completely obey Guo Huai's command.

   At the same time, it was authorized to Guo Huai, and anyone who disobeyed his orders could be dealt with by military law.

   Just when the situation in Guanzhong was developing in a favorable direction for Wei, the banks of the big river in Wuyuan County were peaceful and peaceful.

  This is the grazing land bestowed by God.

  The sergeants in charge of grazing either cut the grass for forage, or drove the army horses to places with abundant water and grass.

   "The sky is dark, the wild is vast, the wind is blowing and the grass is low, and cattle and sheep appear..."

  General Guan stood by the river, watching all this, couldn't help but read a few sentences that Governor Feng once read.

   No wonder A Lang always likes to live in seclusion beyond the Great Wall in the chivalrous novels written by A Lang.

   At this time, a rush of horseshoes broke General Guan's leisurely elegance.

   "General, I will report something at the end."

  General Guan glanced at Liu Hun who was blocked by his personal guards, and signaled to let him in.

   Liu Hun hurried over and said in a low voice:

   "General, we intercepted a barbarian's biography."

   "Hu people's biography?" General Guan was taken aback, "Is it to deliver news to Gao Que?"

   "Exactly."

   "It's okay to stop him for what?"

  Liu Hun hesitated for a moment before continuing:

   "General, the last general discovered that the number of Hu Ren cavalry who went to Gaoque suddenly increased in the past two days, and those cavalry are not like before. When they pass by our camp, they will ask for some food."

   "They are avoiding our camp on purpose now. When General Mo saw them twice, they turned around and fled in fright. Therefore General Mo thought that there must be something weird here."

   "Huh?" General Guan's eyes narrowed, "So you intercepted a barbarian Chuanqi on purpose?"

   Liu Hun quickly said:

   "Don't worry, the general, the last general just accidentally shot his horse while hunting, and then brought him to the camp."

  General Guan glanced at him, no wonder Alang has always valued this person.

   When the words are spoken, they are as real as they are.

   "What happened?"

   Liu Hun frowned: "He only said that he was ordered by Yu Zhu to go to Gaoque and inform that the coalition forces had captured two hills from the Wei bandits."

  General Guan said "Oh", "Do you think there is something weird about it?"

   "Yes! If it's really such a good thing, why is the Huren Chuanqi avoiding snakes and scorpions towards our camp? And I see that Huren Chuanqi's words are flashing, as if there is something to hide from us..."

  Seeing Liu Hun being so suspicious, General Guan laughed and said:

   "If something really happens, can Junhou not give us news? Forget it, give him a horse and let him go."

  Seeing General Guan's indifferent appearance, Liu Hun opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything more, and turned around with a sigh.

  Since Junhou divided his troops in Wuyuan County, he found that he could not see through this Guanzhong battle more and more.

   Originally thought that Jun Hou let General Guan guard Wuyuan County in order to surprise Ke Bineng at any time.

  Unexpectedly, it seems that General Guan doesn't seem to have any intentions in this regard.

   But if it wasn't for Ke Bineng, what's the point of the army staying here?

   Liu Hun let out a long sigh, feeling a little depressed.

  He was planning to walk around the camp, but suddenly saw a familiar figure sneaking into a certain tent.

   Liu Hun's heart moved, and he followed.

   "You are not allowed to drink alcohol without authorization in the army. If you have violated the military law, see if I don't tell General Guan!"

  The two people in the tent were taken aback. Seeing the person coming, one of them laughed and said:

   "Brother Polu, if you also want to drink, just say so, why scare people?"

  Another person urged:

   "Quickly put down the tent door, don't be seen by others."

   It turned out that there was no one else in the account, but Liu Hanzi Liu Liang.

  The other one is Ke Bineng's younger brother, Ruoluo Aliu.

   It is true that alcohol is not allowed in the army, but there is an exception in one corner.

   That is the small camp specially set up for the six tribes of Ruoloa.

   Obviously, Liu Liang took advantage of this loophole.

   Seeing Ruo Luo A Liu, Liu Hun's heart moved, so he also sat down and asked:

   "I realized something was wrong with you, how did you get this wine?"

  Liu Liang smiled proudly: "I am not a member of the army, so I have some ways to get wine."

   These words can be used to pretend to be aggressive in front of others, but they can't scare Liu Hun.

   Without the acquiescence of General Guan, you might not even dare to take horse urine.

  Unexpectedly, Ruo Luo A Liu nodded repeatedly and praised:

   "Liu Langjun has always had a lot of friends, even with Feng Langjun, he also has friendship, so he can get good things that others can't get."

   "Since arriving in Yinshan Mountain, not only has Ke Bineng been the honored guest of Lord Ke Bineng, but Qu Shuai of many tribes also likes to deal with Mr. Lang!"

   Liu Hanzi said modestly:

   "Thank you, thank you, it's just that everyone is willing to give a little bit of noodles. Come, come, drink!"

   After drinking a few glasses of wine, Ruo Luo A Liu's face turned red.

  In these days, there is wine to drink and tea to eat, and there is no need to stay by Ke Bineng's side to watch his face.

  In a slight drunkenness, he only felt that this kind of life really couldn't be happier.

  So he became a little outspoken, and began to talk about some tribal rumors.

   But at the end of the drink, Ruo Luo A Liu got drunk and didn't say anything unusual.

  Disappointed, Liu Hun left with an excuse.

  On the second day, on Qin Zhidao in the south, a cavalry of the Han army suddenly appeared with a red flag on his back. He rushed straight to the camp and shouted:

   "Urgent military situation!"

   "General, urgent military situation!"

  After Chuanqi was helped down to rest, the personal guard sent the letter and talisman that Chuanqi carried into the commander's tent as quickly as possible.

  General Guan hurried forward, and after confirming that the talisman was true, he quickly opened the letter.

  The contents of the letter are very simple, and it even uses clear codes instead of the code words commonly used in the military.

   There are two big characters written on it: fast delivery.

   Then it was written in a slightly smaller font below: Be careful.

  Large characters and small characters are two completely different shapes.

  The big characters are written with a brush, crooked, ghost-like, and horrible.

  The small characters are written in charcoal, with a square shape and straight strokes, which can be a model.

  Six characters, all in simplified Chinese.

  In this world, there is no one else except Governor Feng who can write this kind of font that combines various characteristics.

   No wonder they dared to directly invent military codes, because no one can forge them.

  General Guan's mouth curled into a faint smile.

  However, the smile was quickly restrained, and General Guan shouted:

   "Handling orders, beating drums, gathering generals!"

   These six words suddenly broke the peace of the camp for more than a month.

  The cavalry who had been waiting for the battle began to rush out of the camp, their iron hooves roared like thunder, and they swept towards the destination in a dark mass.

  (end of this chapter)