Three Kingdoms

"General Han really has extraordinary insights!" Jia Xu was seen standing on the mountain, standing under a three-color flag, laughing loudly, and then waving his hand, "Come here, give me the gift!"

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, many soldiers threw wooden and rolling stones from the hillside. Some even lit some large grass balls that were half a man high and then pushed them down violently!

Rolling stones and trees are jumping on the black mountain of Tietang Gorge, roaring down!

Han Sui and others, who were meandering through the Tietang Gorge, had no time to react. Suddenly, many soldiers were hit by rolling stones and trees, causing their bones to be broken, tendons to be broken, and their flesh and blood to be blurred.

The bouncing grass balls turned into huge fireballs in mid-air, leaping down with blazing flames. Some of them may have become loose due to collisions between the mountains, or the flames may have burned the hemp ropes used to bind them. Burning branches scattered in the air, covering Han Sui's soldiers like rain of fire!

"Quickly retreat!"

Han Sui immediately turned around and ran away, even pushing a soldier blocking his way away with his hand! The soldier's steps were unsteady and he suddenly lost his footing and fell down the path. He fell into the mountain stream and saw that he would not survive.

Han Sui was the fastest runner, while Ma Chao was even faster. Just when Jia Xu started laughing and before he finished speaking, Ma Chao raised his head, took a look, and immediately turned around and ran away without saying a word...

Whoever continues to move forward is a fool.

Since Jia Xu appeared here, and the terrain of Tietang Gorge was very clear to Han Sui and Ma Chao, there was a mountain drop ahead, and they needed to climb over the rock formations to continue moving forward. The soldiers of the Western Expedition must be among the rock formations. If you stand ready, if you turn around and run, there is still a chance of survival, but if you continue to move forward, it is a dead end!

But Jia Xu obviously knew this, and the key point was to use grass balls to ignite the blocked escape route for Han Sui and Ma Chao. This was just because the Tietang Gorge Road was not an ordinary dry and waterless mountain road, but had mountain streams flowing in the valley. And passing by, so it is not easy to block the road with fire.

But the burning grass balls that retreated one after another still achieved a certain effect. Although most of the grass balls would jump and fall into the mountain stream, the scattered flames still ignited some shrubs and grass on the trail. In front of the flames, , even though they knew that there might be a way to survive if they rushed over, most people stopped subconsciously, unwilling to endure the pain of the flames.

For a moment, the originally congested trail suddenly came to a standstill, and the soldiers were squeezed into one place.

"Charge! Rush over!" Ma Chao was shouting at the top of his lungs, urging the soldiers to run and not get stuck in the road. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a burning grass ball crashing down the mountain and flying towards him. !

At the critical moment of life and death, Ma Chao's many years of skill finally broke out. With one thrust and one thrust, he actually flew the fireball, avoiding immediate death, but his robe was ignited by the falling flames.

Ma Chao, who had just crawled out of the gate of hell, tore off his ignited outer robe, and without caring about anything else, roared "Those who stand in the way will die", then swung his spear and killed all the soldiers who were blocking the escape route. Hit the mountain stream.

Accompanied by the screams of the soldiers falling, Han Sui's soldiers, who were afraid of the flames in front, finally shouted, then waved their swords and guns regardless, trying to use this action to cut away the flames, and rushed forward. rush!

"Fire the arrow!"

Jia Xu raised his voice and ordered.

Like Han Sui and Ma Chao, Jia Xu naturally knew the terrain of Longxi very well.

In Jia Xu's view, since Meng agreed to send troops and Gan Feng led the cavalry, Han Sui and others would definitely be defeated under a three-party attack. The only escape route for Han Sui and others was that it was not convenient for the cavalry. Walking on the Tietang Gorge Road.

Very simple reasoning, although Mumen Road can lead to cavalry, most of the Zhengxi cavalry led by Gan Feng also descended from here. How can Han Sui and others compete with the Zhengxi cavalry after they were defeated?

Therefore, Jia Xu was here with two hundred soldiers, and he really waited for Han Sui and Ma Chao's defeated troops.

Although most of the soldiers who conquered the West brought cavalry bows, which were not as powerful as the long bows of the infantry, the range and lethality did not decrease much when they were high up. In addition, due to the flames blocking the back road, the congestion was Han Sui's soldiers who were with him were simply the best targets. Many people were shot immediately, screaming and died on the spot, or fell into the stream.

It has to be said that the young man's physical strength and reaction ability are at their peak. Ma Chao rotates his spear, jumps forward and back, and sometimes even lends you a spear, stepping diagonally on the sloping mountain and tumbling forward, causing many The arrows all missed, and even the rolling stones and trees that fell down were dodged one by one. Just when he was about to escape, he suddenly heard a scream from behind, "Meng Qi! Nephew! Save me, save me!"

After all, Han Sui was old. After so many years of ups and downs in Xiliang, his physical strength and endurance were not as good as those of young people. In addition, the soldiers who conquered the west were paying close attention to him. Even though his bodyguards risked their lives to protect him, But it's still difficult.

As the personal guards fell one by one, the protective net covering Han Sui finally showed its flaws!

An arrow penetrated the gap in the human wall and pierced Han Sui's thigh. Although the arrow shaft was stuck in the muscles, not much blood spurted out. The arrow shaft was stuck in the thigh, and every time he took a step, It hurt so much that my whole body seemed to be going into convulsions!

Seeing that there were not many personal guards left and he was wounded by an arrow, Han Sui naturally loudly asked Ma Chao for help...

Hearing Han Sui's cry for help, Ma Chao subconsciously stopped for a moment and looked back.

"Good nephew! Good nephew! Save me!"

Han Sui shouted while jumping forward with the support of his guards.

A rolling stone roared down and hit the head of a fleeing soldier between Ma Chao and Han Sui!

The soldier's head was like a watermelon dropped on the concrete floor. It quickly flattened and then exploded. Brains and blood were mixed together and spewed out!

The rolling stone that took away the life fell into the mountain stream contentedly, while the headless corpse shook unwillingly twice before rolling down.

Ma Chao couldn't help but pause in his steps.

"Good nephew! Save, save me!"

Han Sui stretched out his hand and shouted.

Ma Chao turned his head. At first his pace was small, but he quickly picked up the speed. He never looked at Han Sui again, and even used his spear to call the soldiers blocking the road, and ran away...

Han Sui watched Ma Chao disappear on the mountain road in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart. Looking at the fewer and fewer personal guards around him, he sighed and said with difficulty: "... Surrender, surrender... shout to the mountain, We...surrender..."

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Fei Qian and his party finished cleaning the battlefield and meandered north, pointing directly at Han Sui's old stronghold in Qishan Mountain. Originally, Han Sui had set up a camp at Qishan Mountain and on the north bank of the West Han River, and arranged some left-behind personnel. However, when he learned that Han Sui was defeated, Fei Qian came with his troops and horses, and did not dare to stay to resist, so they fled one after another.

Fei Qian led his troops to this place and occupied Han Sui's original camp. After deploying defenses, it was finally over. The baggage left behind will naturally be brought slowly, but the soldiers walking in front also need to eat. At the moment, there is naturally nothing else, only a few sheep that the Qiang people did not have time to take away, and a large number of The war horse died on the battlefield...

A piece of raw horse meat without salt is used to roast, and the remaining bones and so on are directly put into the earthen pot or cauldron for cooking. Suddenly, many bonfires were lit on the north bank of the West Han River, and the soldiers were busy.

To be honest, even if later generations have carefully selected varieties and artificially cultivated pigs, beef and mutton, if there is no seasoning at all, it will be red meat boiled in white water, and even some salt will be pitiful. When it is caught in the meat fibers, When the blood foam floats on the surface together with the boiling water bubbles, the thick bloody smell dissipates with the steam. Such a barbaric and crude way of eating is enough to put most people away.

Fortunately, here in Feiqian, you can at least ask the soldiers to skim off the blood foam when cooking, and then add some cinnamon twigs and pepper. Guizhi is common, but Zanthoxylum bungeanum was collected from Zhang Lu's government office after Fei Qian captured Hanzhong. "It has the fragrance of Xiang, the light of the country. The sweetness of pepper, the tranquility of Hu Kao." , worth a lot of money, even comparable to gold.

Of course, putting some cinnamon twigs and Sichuan peppercorns is naturally reserved for Fei Qian and the generals of the army. As for the rest of the soldiers, it is good to have meat to eat and hot soup to drink. These days, it is impossible to have The saying that everyone is equal should be made special. Fei Qian and the big soldiers eat the same food. One or two meals is no problem. If they eat like this every day, let alone the other generals, I am afraid that the soldiers will start to panic...

Does General Zhengxi have no financial resources? You actually eat the same thing as us every day? Furthermore, if Fei Qian eats the same as a big-headed soldier every day, what will happen to his generals and counselors?

However, during the march, due to environmental constraints, it was impossible to have many special places. Therefore, adding some extra seasonings when stewing became a way for generals in the Han Dynasty to show their identity and status. Not only in the Han Dynasty, but also in the Qin Dynasty, soldiers with noble titles could share more sauces with their meals...

In this way, in the current military, there is a balance point like seasoning, which can reflect the class gap without causing ordinary soldiers to think that Fei Qian and others are too extravagant. As for those soldiers who were accustomed to poverty, they ate rat meat with great pleasure, let alone horse meat.

Mengshi brought 300 people, and lost 30 to 40 people during the destruction of the formation, leaving 20 people behind to clean up the aftermath, so now there are only more than 200 people, following Meng Shu, they were also at the Western Han River at this time. Next, a bonfire was lit, roasting meat and making soup.

Although Meng Shu and Fei Qian met, on the one hand, it was not convenient to say anything on the battlefield, and on the other hand, Meng Shu did not represent only him personally, and he would not be able to explain everything clearly in a short while. Therefore, Both Meng Shu and Fei Qian were waiting to find a time to meet again for a detailed discussion, so Meng Shu didn't talk much.

In addition to the Meng clan, the leader of the five inner clans, Mou, also brought some Di people to Qishan with Fei Qian. Although this document was about thanking Fei Qian for his gift of horses and coming here to help out, in fact, in Fei Qian's view, it was more like picking up bargains. Anyway, although those Di people did not go into battle together, they still picked up those dropped by Han Sui's soldiers. They were not polite about their weapons and armor, and each of them carried a big bundle...

Even Zhen himself had changed into a piece of armor that had been peeled off from that corpse, with some damage and blood stains. But it seems that he doesn't care, and is even a little happy. Sometimes he can't help but reach out and touch it.

Meng Shu, on the other hand, wore a two-level armor, took off his shirt, and did not wear a helmet or leather cap. He exposed his bun tied with a hairpin, rolled up his sleeves, held the sword in his left hand, and held the sword in his right hand. He picked up a bloody thigh bone and chewed it.

Everyone was sitting around, hungry, and for the moment they were not interested in talking at all. They all lowered their heads and chewed on the meat.

The fiber of horse meat is very hard, harder than beef, and has less fat. It becomes even tougher after roasting. If you don't have good teeth, it's really not that easy to eat.

Compared to the tough roasted horse meat, the broth with some condiments was more popular. Lord Naiwu had already drank two bowls in succession and was still signaling for more soup...

Fei Qian sat on the horse and twisted his butt, feeling a little nervous. Because I am still wearing a military uniform, with a war skirt under my buttocks, and an iron plate covering my diaphragm. Naturally, sitting is not very comfortable, but at least it is much better than sitting on my knees.

There was also some wine, but not much. There was only one jar, and each person got two or three bowls, which was just what it meant.

After drinking a round of wine and filling up some meat, I finally thought about eating. After all, the Lord of the Neiwu Clan, Zhang Mian, was still a Di man, and his personality was a bit straighter. He looked at Fei Qian and asked, "This … May I ask the general whether he will march to Liangzhou?”

After the words fell, everyone silently put down the food in their hands and focused their attention on Fei Qian.

This question is really rough.

But no wonder, they are Di people after all.

"This is not about someone entering Liangzhou, but Liangzhou forcing someone." Fei Qian smiled calmly and said, "...people must insult themselves, and then others will insult them. This battle is really not what someone wants."

Lord Changmo of the Neiwu clan nodded, perhaps because he didn't understand, or perhaps because he felt that Fei Qian's attitude was not clear, so he added: "Then, the general's next step...is he going to fight with the tribes of Xiliang?"

Fei Qian said: "If someone is domineering and unruly and brings harm to the local people, he will be responsible for the emperor's favor. He will conquer the rebels and bring peace to the place. However, the tribes of Xiliang are guarding the land and Jingjiang. There has been no change, so naturally he cannot Just out of selfish desire, you slaughtered your colleagues... and the leaders of the five clans, but you want to sue the Xiliang tribes for their crimes?"

Fei Qian said with a smile, picking up some words from a high position, but they were all nonsense anyway, and no one could find any problems.

Although Li Ru didn't show his face, his movements of slowly stroking his beard clearly showed some approval for Fei Qian's words.

Seeing that the leader of the Neiwu clan couldn't ask anything, he might have realized the problem, so he couldn't help but smile awkwardly, caressing his chest and said: "No, no, I'm just curious...I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Fei Qian smiled and did not continue to say anything. The Xiliang tribes will naturally want to fight, but defeating them one by one is the right way. That idiot will make it clear that he will openly say that he will annihilate all the Xiliang tribes, and then stimulate the Xiliang tribes to join forces to fight?

Naturally, the best strategy is to put yourself on a high pedestal and then slowly find some flaws. How can the soldiers withstand the exhaustion if they can only fight and kill?

"Everyone! There are many mistakes in the military! When I get to the top, I will entertain you well and reward you according to your merits! I will be drunk until then!" Fei Qian raised his wine bowl and gave a toast to everyone present.

Everyone also raised their bowls in response.

The atmosphere was warm for a while.

Fei Qian put down the empty bowl only when he saw a soldier running from outside and prostrated in front of him: "Report! General Qi! Jia Xu and Jia Shijun have captured Han Sui and Han Wenyue at Tietang Gorge Road!"