Seeing that both of them were opposed, Zhang Wen hesitated.
On one side, there are still some brave men left to pursue the poor bandits and defeat them in one battle; on the other side, they wait for their own defeat and slowly try to defeat them.
Looking at his true intentions, he knew it was better to play it safe. He just thought of the increasingly fierce battles in the court, and his mind was unsettled. If someone slandered Emperor Ling and accused Huangfu Song of being unfavorable in fighting, what would happen to him after all these times?
All the hard work was in vain.
The more I thought about it, the deeper I frowned, and suddenly I thought in my heart: "If God doesn't take it, you will be blamed for it. If God doesn't take it, you will be blamed..."
I kept muttering these horoscopes in my heart, and I made a move in my heart: "If we can't take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Xiqiang, and things happen after a long delay, the imperial court will blame him..."
Zhang Wen now has a bad reputation, and the party's enemies, Shi Changshi, like to attack and annihilate the leading foreign generals. This is how Huangfu Song fell from power.
Sun Jian, who was on the side, saw Zhang Wen's inner hesitation, and deliberately threw away the olive branch, shouting: "Are you afraid of fighting? The rebel Qiang has just been defeated, and the celestial phenomenon is the best time for our army to pursue and defeat the Qiang. Time is against me.
What if we miss this good opportunity and the rebel Qiang take a break and then attack again? If you don’t dare to go, Sun will go alone with his troops.”
Fu Xie and Tao Qian were furious, but they were both scribes. After thinking for a long time, they only said: "Soldiers, you don't know what etiquette is!"
Sun Jian was known as the Tiger of Jiangdong, so naturally he had a fiery temper, and he immediately retorted: "You rotten Confucian people dare to talk about military affairs."
"That's enough, don't argue any more!"
Such a quarrel made Zhang Wen make a decision and said: "The punishment of heavenly fire is a sign of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. We must not miss this opportunity. I have made up my mind to send troops overnight!"
Having made their decision, Fu Xie and Tao Qian couldn't say anything more, so they had to accept the order.
Finally, Zhang Wen divided his troops into three groups and pursued them all night.
The three armies led the cavalry of Zhou Shen and Sun Jian, followed by the infantry led by Zhang Wen and others, and pursued them all the way. At dawn, some of the forwards met the sentry cavalry sent earlier.
In order to retaliate against Han Sui, all the Qiang people in Beigongyu fled to Yuzhong.
Zhang Wen then ordered the troops to speed up their pace. Anyone who slacked off would be punished for "fearing the enemy and refusing to advance."
All the soldiers thought that the rebel Qiang were about to be defeated, so they did not complain about the hasty march, but ran more energetically.
The Xiqiang coalition army fled all day during the day. Before they fell asleep at night, they were awakened by the sky fire. They were frightened all night. Many soldiers were unable to get up early. After all, they are all made by humans. Soldiers are also human beings. They must defend the city.
For many days, they galloped away on horseback without getting a good night's sleep. No matter how strong a person is, they can't bear it.
Han Sui and others were helpless, and at the same time they decided that since they decided to return to Liangzhou, they would let the soldiers sleep a little longer and set off again in the afternoon.
It’s just that scouts are still indispensable.
After a while, the reconnaissance cavalry came to report, and the Han army came in pursuit.
Han Sui, Bei Gongyu and others quickly gathered together again, and Shang fled to deal with it.
"The forward cavalry of the Han army has arrived two hundred miles away. Even if you are eager to go home, you must first defeat the chasing troops in front of you. Otherwise, I am afraid that you will be chased to death before you get home." Han Sui sneered.
road.
He was the one who initiated the quarrel last night. He did not support retreating to Liangzhou. He hoped to use the advantage of the cavalry and familiarity with the terrain of Yongliang and use the Hu tactics to fight thousands of miles, so that the Han army was exhausted and had to fight with him in the wild.
As for food and grass, they can be plundered slowly.
Unfortunately, Bei Gongyu, Li Wenhou and others did not support the idea. Even Ma Teng did not agree to continue fighting the Han army and agreed to withdraw.
"If he doesn't give us a chance to survive, then we'll fight him. He really thinks we're afraid of him, so we just kill him."
Bei Gongyu is a rough and arrogant man, wearing disheveled clothes and currently shouting with red eyes.
These words immediately aroused the agreement of Marquis Li Wen and others, who decided to give the Han army a blow back and wait until the Han army's cavalry forward was broken. Then it would be safer to retreat.
The Qiang people stayed with their horses day and night, and each of them soon found their mounts. Han Sui and others passed on the message that the Han army would not let them go home, and they could only return it if they fought to the death...
Sure enough, Tao Qian, Fu Xie and others said that we were going to die. God wanted us to die, and the Han army also wanted us to die. There was no way to survive, and we had to hold on to someone even if we risked our lives. They all screamed with red eyes.
"Brother Shoucheng, our morale is ready to fight. It seems that the fireballs from the sky helped us last night." Han Sui said to Ma Teng and his son beside him.
"Even so, it's a pity that it's just a temporary morale boost, not a long-term solution."
Han Sui had been friends with him for many years, and it was for this reason that he surrendered. However, he really did not expect to continue to fight against the Han Dynasty. If possible, he still hoped to be rehabilitated. After all, they were not on the same road.
"I know this too, that's all, I won't mention it anymore.
"How old is your eldest son Ma Chao this year?"
"It's fourteen during the Chinese New Year." Ma Teng had a smile on his face when he mentioned his son.
"Three or four years later, there is another young warrior."
Han Sui looked at Ma Chao who was riding back and forth commanding Ruoding and couldn't help but praise: "He will be more handsome than your general Pang De."
Ma Teng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother, you are too praised. I don't expect to be as brave as Lingming. I just hope that I don't fall into the name of my ancestor, General Fubo."
Half an hour later, the various Qiang tribes had completed their deployment and adjustments. After waiting for another two-quarters of an hour, the outpost cavalry came back and reported that the front of the Han army had soon entered an ambush circle.
The Western Qiang allied forces remained calm until the Han army came closer. Han Sui gave an order, and countless Qiang cavalry troops rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the Han army.
Qiang cavalry and Hu cavalry are both good at riding and shooting. Before their horses get close, there is a burst of arrows. After shooting down several Han cavalry, they immediately turn their horses' heads and shoot arrows back and forth.
After reacting, the Han cavalry immediately rushed forward to chase. After a night of wild pursuit, the horses were obviously not as strong as the Qiang cavalry. Some Han cavalry desperately tried to catch up. Unfortunately, because they were too few in number, they were besieged and killed by two pairs of Qiang cavalry. Only a few were able to cause some counterattack.
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The vanguard commanders of the former army's cavalry were Sun Jian, the Polu general, and Zhou Shen, the Dangqi general. A large number of Qiang cavalry rushed out, catching him off guard. If he could not react to the advance of his own light army, he fell into the trap. That was
What a pig, let alone such a fierce general as Sun Jian.
"My dear fellows, the Qiang thieves are right in front of us. Come and charge with me!"
With that said, he hit the sword with his hand, and the four generals closely guarded him, leading the Han cavalry to charge towards the large Qiang army.
The Qiang cavalry in the front row on the other side wanted to fire a few more rounds of mounted shooting, but they didn't want the opponent's general, a golden helmet, to take the lead. He quickly rushed to them, and with dozens of Qiang cavalry companions on the side, they had not yet put away their bamboo bows.
, he had already rushed in front of him, and with a knife in his face, he was torn open and torn apart.
The tiger came out of the cage, and Sun Jian became famous for his bravery. It is no lie. In history, when the eighteen princes gathered with Dong Zhuo, he went deep alone and defeated Hu Zhen. If Yuan Shu had not cut off his food and grass, he might have captured Luoyang, and it would have been his turn.
Until Dong Zhuo burned down Luoyang.
Suddenly there was a commotion among the Qiang army. Bei Gongyu and Li Wenhou were furious when they saw this. After all, the direction Sun Jian was attacking was their troops.
The two men quickly led their own soldiers to surround him.
During the chaotic battle, Marquis Li Wen fired a hidden arrow, but Sun Jian had quick eyesight and quick hands. He stopped it with a knife and stared at the opponent: "Li thief, how dare you fire a cold arrow!"
The horse lost its head and was chased and beaten fiercely.
The two sides had known each other for a long time since they had faced each other more than ten times, but they had never faced off one-on-one. Marquis Li Wen did not know the pros and cons, and the people of Liangzhou had always relied on their bravery. When a confrontation came towards them, they would naturally attack him.
Sun Jian was on the fire, and he couldn't help but lick the three points of his courage. After the two horses faced each other, he waved his hand vigorously and struck out quickly, fast and fiercely.
Li Wenhou was shocked and quickly raised his sword to block it, but Sun Jian slashed him off his horse with his sword. Then he rode past indiscriminately and died just like that.
Han Sui, who was far away, was shocked when he saw it, and he was secretly annoyed. One of his generals had fought against Sun Jian, and they knew the dangers, but they forgot to remind Marquis Li Wen, which resulted in his death.
He shouted to Ma Teng: "Shou Cheng is a wise brother. Sun Jian is very powerful. Only you and Pang De can fight with him. Go and stop him quickly."
Ma Teng was on a blind date with Han Sui, so he naturally knew this person, so without saying much, he called a young general in white with a handsome face, ran sideways, and stopped in front of Sun Jian.
However, Sun Jian's four generals are not mediocre, and with the addition of young Ma Chao, three against five, they can withstand the attack.
"This young man is so powerful, he can be compared with Ce'er." After eight people were fighting each other, Sun Jian suddenly remembered that his eldest son Sun Ce, who was still in his hometown, did not come with him when he went to Liangzhou this time. Otherwise, the two young men would have been able to compete with each other.
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As soon as the family affection arose, Sun Jian's courage gradually declined. When he turned around, he saw that his own cavalry was killing less and less, and their horses fell one by one. When he looked in the distance, he saw that Zhou Shen did not charge with him, but instead charged early in the morning.
So he turned back and broke through, using himself as a shield.