After a few spring rains, the Hedong area in March was full of spring, with green grass and flowers waiting to bloom. If it weren't for the stripped bark of the trees along the road, it would not have been obvious that there was a drought and locust plague here last year.

East of the Dahe River, Hanyuan, is located in the suburb of Hancheng, 25 miles away from Dahe River in the west and 100 miles away from Xinjiang River in the east. happens here.

In 645 BC, Duke Mu of Qin personally led his division to attack Jin, won all three battles, and crossed the Yellow River east to Hancheng. On September 14, the Qin and Jin armies fought in Hanyuan. Although the Jin army fought bravely, they failed because Duke Hui of Jin left the army and was captured by the Qin army. It was a period of hundreds of years in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the few Qin states were able to suppress the Jin state.

Today, as if history repeats itself, the Qin people once again hit the east of the river, but unfortunately they can't stay long.

On the vast wilderness of Handi, the wind is bright and the sun is shining, and a huge army that stretches for several miles is hurriedly marching along this road.

This army of more than 10,000 people can be described as mixed with flags. The front of the army is the Qin army of 2,000 marching lightly, with hundreds of chariots and a few cavalry circling around. He was followed by the Wei clan soldiers who were wearing heavy armor, and the ordinary Wei soldiers who were a little downhearted, looking back at the homeland that was gradually drifting away as they walked. But none of them had the opportunity to desert, because Wei Bing's family members were sent to Hexi and Qin countries as early as the early spring, and the Qin soldiers who broke up were also mixed with chariots and horses.

It feels very strange that an enemy who has always been yours has suddenly become your comrade. The two armies of Qin and Wei can't talk about harmony, but they did not meet each other. However, at the critical juncture of the retreat of the army, mutual vigilance is still not small. .

In addition, they also left more than a thousand Wei troops stationed in Hancheng to prevent the rear from chasing troops.

For ordinary people, when the enemy army is in front and the strong city is behind, because they are afraid of being attacked by the front and rear, they will definitely not dare to pursue them. Who would have expected them to encounter someone who is not afraid of death today.

As the time approached noon, General Qin Guoyu and Wei's Lu Xing received a report from a scout, saying that an enemy army was chasing after a few miles behind the army...

"How many people?" Wei Jiang and Lu Xing asked at the same time.

"Two or three thousand."

"cavalry?"

"There are more than a hundred light cavalry, and the rest are infantry."

"Isn't this here to die?"

General Qin Guoyu laughed, but Lu Xing, who was very familiar with Zhao Jun's generals, did not.

"The generals of the Zhao clan, like Mu Xia, all used their troops cautiously. They just crossed Hanyi like this, and the ones who came to pursue them alone were 80% Tian Ben."

General Qin Guoyu couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that it was Tian Ben who crossed the river to seize the Dragon Gate, and then descended into the new river in the snowy night?"

"Exactly! This person fought desperately, as if he was dying, and this time he pursued him regardless of safety. It must be because the Zhao army is not far away."

Qin Guoyu put away his plan to cooperate with Hancheng's defenders to eat this Zhao army, nodded and said, "In that case, let's ignore him and speed up."

"What about the Wei's soldiers who stayed in Hancheng?" Lu Xing was a little dissatisfied. In this war, Wei's sacrifice was too great.

General Qin Guoyu didn't care about the lives of those people, and said, "You also know that the Zhao army is behind, so you can't delay. At this time, you can only cut off the tail of the gecko and abandon the people who are cut off. You will be there in two hours. By the river, although the Dragon Gate was burned, there are still many boats on the east bank of the river, and we have also brought some leather bags, so we should be able to cross the river smoothly.”

Thanks to Zhao's demonstration to the Qin people this method of making the army quickly cross the river, Qin Guoyu will feel that he can escape this time.

However, after all, the Qin and Wei coalition forces were numerous, and there were also some Wei family members who had not had time to leave, and there were a lot of luggage.

General Xu kept sending people to the rear to look out. The enemy army had already entered three miles away, but there was still no sign of stopping.

He came to Lu Xing again, and asked rather unconfidently: "That Tian Ben should not dare to attack rashly, you know, our army is five times his strength!"

Lu Xing looked back anxiously, remembering that man Xue Ye's dashing spirit, and murmured, "Who knows..."

...

At the same time, three thousand Zhao soldiers had caught up with them a few miles east of the Qin and Wei forces.

Because they wanted to pursue the enemy, this Zhao army had no baggage, and the armament was as light as possible: dark red leather armor, knives or swords, which were almost all their equipment. Their composition is also very complicated, because Tian Ben's official position is extremely unstable, so when he was demoted, the "tough pawn" also changed the commander several times, but the establishment has been retained.

After Tian Benxueye made a surprise attack on Xinjiang and made a great contribution, Zhao Wuxi reinstated him as an officer. This valiant army was reorganized together with the soldiers who marched with him in the snowy night, and a new light army was established, called "Falling Array" , specially used for assault and attack in the field.

The so-called fate trick people, nothing more than this. Even Tian Ben himself would never have imagined that his official fortune would be so tortuous. Ten years ago, he was already a division commander, and ten years later he was still a division commander. He was praised several times and reprimanded several times, but no matter what, the old brothers who followed Tian Ben gradually disappeared, but the army returned to the army. In his hands, he also became a famous "Xiao General" in the Central Plains.

He looked at the billowing smoke and dust, and then looked back at the Hancheng Wei army who followed him for miles behind him. Not only was he not worried, but he was in high spirits. He rode up to the front of the army and spoke to them aloud.

"I have something to say! Two or three sons, listen to it!"

Zhao Jun Qianfeng had been on the road for a day since he set off from Xinjiang. Except for resting and eating in Xuncheng, he hardly stopped. He was a little tired at the moment, so he stopped a little and listened to what Tian Ben had to say.

Tian Ben passed the first half of the sentence, and after holding it for a long time, he coughed again: "I, Lao Tian, ​​is a rough person, I don't know much about words, and I don't understand the big truth. I can't say anything like those pre-war oaths. You said that if you win by beheading the opposite side, you will have land points, money and silk, and even if you are injured and disabled, you will be taken care of when you return to your hometown.

These words were very down-to-earth, and the soldiers who were familiar with his style laughed, but they heard Tian Ben say again: "However, you should not look down on me, although I am a common man, I have been ordered by Shang Qing'er, and I am a bit of a jerk. The dignity of a warrior!"

Hearing Tian Ben mentioning Zhao Wuxi, the soldiers became awe-inspiring and quieted down. Tian Ben also became serious and said to everyone, "When Shangqing was in the military, he told us a story."

"Shangqing said that the state of Jin has always had three shames, that is, in the battle of Han, Duke Hui was unable to support his brigade; in the battle of Qi, Xianzhen did not rebel against his orders; in the battle of Ji, Xun Bo did not follow his orders, all of which were the shame of Jin... The person who said this went so far as to attack the Chu formation in the Battle of Yanling, retaining a bit of dignity for the Jin people, but this shame has not been completely washed away today."

He pointed to the ground under his feet and said, "Here is Han Yuan, where the Battle of Han took place. Here, the confused Duke Hui of Jin was captured by the Qin people and brought back to the capital to almost sacrifice to ghosts and gods. How can we, as warriors of the Jin state and soldiers raised by the ministers of the Jin state, be in the same place and let the people of the Qin state and the traitor of the Wei clan who led them into Hedong be humiliated for the second time?"

The tough pawns were a little angry: "No."

"Knowing this, can we still let them go?"

"cannot!"

"good!"

Tian Ben glanced at the three thousand Jin children in front of him, and said, "But you must know that the enemy is five times larger than us." Faced with these old men who followed him to the north and south, Tian Ben did not lie, and directly Tell them honestly about the enemy's situation.

For a time, the soldiers who had shouted that they could no longer be humiliated were silent.

"But they, like us, have been marching in a hurry for a day and a night. At this moment, they must be extremely tired, and they have already begun to retreat. The courage has long been thrown into the river!"

"As long as the enemy is held back for a while, the army behind will be able to come~lightnovelpub.net~ Keep Qin and Wei here, and completely wash away the shame of the battle of Hanyuan! At the same time, establish the unparalleled merits. , to be rewarded by the superior!"

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Tian Ben no longer solicited the echoes of the soldiers this time, and directly said to his flag bearer: "Raise the flag!"

The flag officer rode forward, holding his head high and holding a battle flag painted with the pattern of a brown horse and chicken: this is the flag of this army. This bird has the same origin as the chicken, but it has a violent temperament, even when facing a tiger The leopard also erects its crown and pecks the opponent's eyes. It means that if they don't fight, they will die, and if they fight, they will never die.

"Be loyal to the lord and wash away the old humiliation. Just today, the second or third sons, if they have eggs, the men of the Jin state, just follow me!"

"We! Let's meet at Yuntai!" After he finished speaking, he rushed out of his horse and rushed towards the rear formation of the vast enemy army opposite.

"Meet at Yuntai!" The courage of the soldiers was completely inspired by Tian Ben, and followed closely behind.

Jiujiu Wufu, the dry city of the country. On the ancient battlefield of Hanyuan, the three thousand Zhao clan's light soldiers, after shouting three times, launched a fearless charge against the Qin and Wei coalition forces five times their size...

(To be continued.)