The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

13 Searching for a thousand horses and entering the deep seclusion (4) The most romantic of the Three Kingdoms (Author: Zhao Ziyue)

Zuoxubu's marching speed was not fast, and it was not until the next afternoon that he reached the river bank in the north of Mafu Mountain. The river surface is not too wide, but it is also several feet, and it is not easy to cross. Fortunately, there were boats on the shore, Zuo Xubu collected twelve or three boats, and in less than half an hour, they all crossed the river with more than a thousand paces.

The river is about five miles away from Mafu Mountain. Liu Deng is the closest to the river, about five or six miles away, and Jiangqin and Chenzhi are farther away, about ten miles apart. Because it was far away from the river, I could not see the situation of Zuo Xubu crossing the river. After receiving an urgent report that Liu Deng sent people to say that Zuo Xu was already crossing the river, Jiang Qin quietly climbed up to a high place and looked at it from afar. , I saw that the long river was like a belt, and the boats were like ants on the river, but I couldn't see it clearly.

After waiting for a long time, Zuo Xubu finally left the river bank, organized the team, and continued to move southeast along the official road.

As they got closer and closer, as the distance narrowed, they could only see some black spots, and gradually they could roughly see their team. Jiang Qin set up a pergola, squinted for a while, and said, "Huh? It doesn't seem quite right."

There were several generals who followed him to the heights, and one of them asked, "Why is it wrong?"

"Xun Jun said that there were only 1,500 thieves. Look, their marching line was so long and dusty that it didn't look like there were only 1,500 people."

The generals took a closer look and nodded yes. They fought with Xun Zhen for half a year. They had seen both small scenes and big scenes. They all knew what it would be like when more than 1,000 people marched. One person said: "Look at this group and the dust, it really doesn't look like there are more than 1,500 people, but there are probably 4,000 or 5,000 people."

"Didn't the thief assassin say that there are only more than 1,500 people in Zuoxubu? Where did the four or five thousand people come from?"

One person guessed and said: "Xicheng sent people to scout the mountains, and got a report that there are many yellow turbans in the valleys of the Qing and Hei mountains, and there are large groups of bandits. Maybe Zuo Xu has united some of them?"

Jiang Qin frowned and said, "If this is the case, it will be difficult to do."

"How do you say that?"

"Our army is only 1,200 people in ambush. If there are more than 1,500 thieves, I can attack them; if the thieves are four or five thousand?"

As soon as he said these words, the few generals who were favored suddenly woke up, and one of them said: "If the thieves are four or five thousand, they are far more than me, four or five times that of my department. It is indeed a bit difficult to handle." He asked Jiang Qin, "I want to If you don’t send someone to tell Xu Jun and Xun Jun, what should you do?”

Jiang Qin hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak when he heard someone retort: ​​"'The disaster of the three armies originated from suspicion'. When attacking the enemy, you should be dedicated and courageous! How can I ask Xu and Xun Erjun again? The thief is only three or four miles away from me, Xu and Xun Erjun are three miles away from me, six miles back and forth, and when they receive Xu and Xun Erjun’s orders, the thief is already gone!”

Jiang Qin looked back and saw that it was Li Xiang who was speaking.

One of the generals was an old man from Xixiang. Seeing Li Xiang's rudeness, he reprimanded him displeasedly: "How can you, a prisoner, intervene when my generation is talking?" Li Xiang was originally a subordinate of the Huangjinqu Shuai Buji in Dongjun. Bu Ji was defeated and failed to surrender, so he surrendered and is now under the command of Xu Zhong. In today's battle, Xu Zhong assigned him to Jiang Qin's department and temporarily assigned him to Jiang Qin.

Li Xiang was furious and said in a loud voice: "The lieutenant tried his best to deceive and lure the thieves, and told Xu Jun: 'Only victory is allowed, not defeat', but now the thief has arrived, the arrow is already on the string, but you are hesitant to attack! Jiang Jun, Chen Shuzhi is Guo Yong, you do not attack, Chen Shuzhi will attack. Jun and Chen Shuzhi set up ambush in the east and west, like our army's two arms, without a prince, it is our army's own arm, Chen Shuzhi Although brave, it is hard to win. The lieutenant asks him like a thief, why should you answer? Although there are many thieves, there is an iron room in the back, Xu Jun in front, and millions of yellow scarves are not afraid, how can I be afraid of this thief?"

"Sit in the iron room", this is talking about Liu Deng. Liu Deng was good at using a pair of short halberds. In the battle of killing Shen Xun, he was called "sitting in the iron room" by the Shen family. Those who "sit in the iron room" are double halberds.

Li Xiang's words were reasonable, Jiang Qin knew that he was wrong, and he was also famous for his bravery in the army, but now he was accused by Li Xiang. I have to win, so I hesitate a little bit."

"'A place where soldiers fight. A place where corpses are erected. If you die, you will live. If you are lucky, you will die. Those who are good generals are like sitting in a leaky boat, lying under a burning house, so that the wise can't make plans, and the brave can't be angry. Also. 'Jiang Jun, thieves are coming, please give your order!" Li Xiang studied the art of war when he was young. He studied for three years, but he did not achieve much. Maybe he could not be called "knowledgeable soldier", but he quoted a few words in the military book. Not difficult.

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When Jiang Qin was in Xixiang, he heard Xun Zhen teach them the art of war. He knew that these sentences, including the previous sentence "The disaster of the three armies arose out of suspicion", were all from Wu Qi's military book, and he thought to himself: "Although Li Xiang is rude, But what he said is good. If you don’t attack today, go back and meet Xunjun facelessly. Forget it, the brave who meet in a narrow way wins!” He quickly adjusted his mentality, made up his mind, drew his sword in hand, and said, “Zhuqu prepares for battle. When the thieves arrive, Li Xiang will lead his troops to strike first, you will follow closely, and I will supervise the battle from behind, if anyone dares to retreat, behead!"

Although there were still people who were dissatisfied with Li Xiang among the generals, Jiang Qin's army had given orders and the **** battle was ahead, but he had no time to bother with Li Xiang. Everyone agreed. Li Xiang took the task of first strike, bowed, turned around and strode to prepare first. Jiang Qin watched him go down the high ground, then turned to the rest of the group and said, "In today's battle, you can't lose to Li Xiang, the captive!"

One sentence boosted everyone's fighting spirit. Xun Zhen thought that Jiang Qin had a scheming, and it was true.

On the left side, go to Jiang Qin and Chen to the ambush.

In front of Chen Daobu, Jiang Qin beat the drums first, and ordered the attack. Li Xiang took the lead, and Wu Leng led the crowd out of the hills. Immediately following, drums were also heard in the opposite forest, but unlike Jiang Qin who was supervising the formation at the back, Chen Dao took the lead and led his followers out from the forest.

From last night until now, Zuo Xubu has only rested for two hours in the morning. Jiang Qin and Chen Daobu had been recharging their energy for a long time, and they used their slack to prepare for an unprepared attack, and only one charge stunned the left beard.

Jiang Qin swept the formation behind him, and he could see clearly, but there were four or five thousand people in the left beard. Three thousand people in the sky. Among these 3,000 people, at least half of them were old and weak women and children—this was the village people who had been kidnapped along the way after Zuoxu left the valley. As for why 3,000 people can make the momentum of 5,000 people? But it was Zuo Xu who used the strategist's strategy and bluffed to deceive Jiang Qin.

Thinking of Li Xiang's previous advice, Jiang Qin was ashamed and bitterly said, "If there are really four or five thousand soldiers in the Zuo Xubu, that's fine, but now that there are more than a thousand people who are capable of fighting, it is exactly what Xun Jun said about them. There are only more than 1,500 people. It's a shame, but I was deceived by them!" Looking forward, he found Li Xiang, who was leading his troops to fight against the Yellow Turbans, and said to himself, "This matter can't be spread today. I'll wait. After the battle, I have to talk to Li Xiang, and tell him not to spread the word about my hesitant to attack the thief today. Otherwise, it will fall into the ears of Xun Jun and damage my name."

Zuo Xu never thought that Xun Zhen was cheating death and fell into an ambush.

There were only more than 1,500 people in his army, so he didn't say whether they were Jiang Qin and Chen Dao's opponents, but only because of the chaos of the more than 1,000 villagers he had captured along the way, he would not be able to fight this battle. There are strong enemies outside, and there are chaotic people inside, and the soldiers are exhausted and in desperation. Under the desperate **** of dozens of personal soldiers, he retreated all the way while fighting, trying to escape the siege. Before they could retreat far, the soldiers in the north were in chaos, and in the distance, they saw a general of Han leading his army to kill from the south.

Zuo Xu exclaimed in shock, "It's a black-faced thief!" He recognized that it would be a warrior under Xun Zhen's command, named Liu Deng.

Knowing Liu Dengzhiyong, he immediately changed his direction and fled south in the chaos of the army. His personal soldiers expelled those who were blocking the road in front of him, and they held him not too far to the south. They saw a group of troops smashed out of the hills to the west in front of him, and a black scarf and masked general commanded in the center. He mournfully said, "It's a scar-faced thief!" There were two people under Xun Zhen's command who knew best, one was Xin Ai, who was beautiful, and the other was Xu Zhong, who always wore a face towel.

Xu Zhong in front and Liu Deng in the back were surrounded on both sides and had no way to escape. At this time, he thought of his military advisor and asked anxiously, "Where is Mr. Sir?" One of the soldiers replied, "Just after the battle with the Han bandit, Mr. was shot to death by a cold arrow."

Zuo Xu's military adviser is quite contrived. If Xun Zhen really died, according to his plan, Zuo Xu would really be able to dominate the state of Zhao. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, and he failed to vote for the master of Ming Dynasty. Under the arrow, he fell into the group of corpses, silently.

Zuo Xu fled from the north to the south under the **** of a group of personal soldiers, which attracted the attention of Li Xiang. Li Xiang's subordinates were all Yellow Turban soldiers, and he gathered more than ten people nearby, pointed to the left beard in the distance, and said generously: "My generation is down, the lieutenant is generous and kind, and even though I treat me equally, but other troops The soldiers and soldiers often despise me! They are men, and I am also a man. How can we be despised? That man in fine armor, with a bushy beard and many followers, must be the thief Qu Shuai Zuo Xu! You dare to follow me Did you kill him?"

Everyone said: "I would like to obey you!"

Li Xiang immediately led the dozen or so people through the chaos army, fighting with lances, killing four or five yellow turban rebels one after another, and approaching Zuo Xu and the others.

In the battle of Dian Weizhen's slaying the Zhangba Zuobao, Liu Deng was on his side and knocked down the Zhangba Zuobao's mount with one punch. Zuo Xu was afraid of Liu Deng's divine power, so although Liu Deng led a small number of people and Xu Zhong led a large number of people, he did not dare to flee to the north, but desperately went to the south to kill. Now that he has fallen into an ambush, the advisor is dead again, and there is nothing he can do. If he does not fight to the death, he will surely die. Zuo Xu is the younger brother of Zhangba Zuobao, and he is also brave. Although he is not as strong as his brother, he has also led his own soldiers to break through several interceptions by Chen Dao and Jiang Qin.

As he was rushing forward, a personal soldier beside him suddenly said in awe: "General, that, that, that person?"

He looked up at ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and saw five or six people standing on a hill not far to the west. The man in the middle was a Confucian scholar and he did not know him. There was a man standing beside the Confucian scholar, with a big shoulders and a round waist, a burly body, and a double iron halberd in his hand. He knew this man, and he was instantly scared. Isn't this man Dian Wei? Dian Wei saw him and glanced down at him.

The scholar was Xun You, and Xun You also saw Zuo Xu, smiled and said to Dian Wei: "This person must have strong armor, and dozens of followers are also fine armor, so it must be Zuo Xu. Awei, the military exploits are in front of you, it's not happy. Go down the hill to kill him?"

Dian Wei was not moved, and said in a loud voice, "Wei can't go."

"Why?"

"The lieutenant's name is Wei Huwei-jun."

Xun You laughed and said to himself, "Dian Wei is loyal and sincere, he is a rare and loyal warrior." Xun Zhen originally used Dian Wei as his bodyguard, but because of the need of the expedition, he used him to command the soldiers, Xun You secretly said, "Yu Lang chases and kills him When Zhang Jiao is defeated, although the voice of Zhen will be very powerful, it will definitely attract the hatred of the rest of the Yellow Turbans. When I return to Handan after the battle today, I should advise Zhen Zhi and Dian Wei should be transferred back to his side as a guard."

Zuo Xu was close at hand and Dian Wei did not kill him. Dian Wei was following Xun Zhen's orders, but Zuo Xu did not know. When he saw Dian Wei, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he was afraid that Dian Wei would come to kill him. , galloping at the dancing lance, to disperse his personal soldiers, and the lance struck him at the head. He couldn't dodge in time, was hit on the forehead, his brain burst immediately, and he fell to the ground without humming, and his corpse was on the spot.