Chapter 63: The Great Battle of Bishui Pass (2)
At dusk, Xiao Yi's Xuanjia army slowly drove to the vicinity of Bishui Pass, because they had a good rest yesterday, and they marched slowly along the way, and the soldiers' physical strength was still very sufficient, as for morale, hehe! The morale of the Xuanjia Army has never been inspired, it is always so high, this is what Xiao Yi has laid for them with countless victories in bloody battles, as long as the 'Chiyou Ghost Face' is still there, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is invincible in the world!
From the battlefield left outside the Bishui Pass, we know that Sun Jian's department suffered heavy casualties, according to the report of the Tanma, the Jiangdong people and horses have retreated fifty miles to the village, it seems that it is difficult to launch a powerful attack in a short time, with such a profound lesson, I think Sun Jian will become more stable in the future!
"Xiao Lang, now that Sun Jian has been defeated, and our five thousand men and horses, if we want to storm Bishui Pass, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties, do you think you will camp in place and wait for Yuan Shao's army to come up?" Ma Liu is alert, and immediately proposed the most secure way, which shows that he has begun to have the quality of becoming a good general, the most important thing in the army is a "stable" word, as for the word "odd", that is a means for famous generals to play!
"Hehe, there is no city in the world that cannot be attacked, but the stupid man hits the city gate with his head, and the smart man will let the enemy open the city gate by himself, and tell the brothers that there is no need to set up camp, at most tomorrow morning, we can have breakfast in Bishui Pass!" As soon as Xiao Yi said this, the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army behind him immediately cheered, no one doubted the words of his commander, believe in Xiao Lang, and get eternal life!
"Come here, you ...... like this" Xiao Yi whispered in a low voice, and then looked at Bishui Pass in the distance with a sinister face, Ma Liu and the others beside him immediately got goosebumps, they knew that someone must be unlucky, fortunately, it was the enemy who was unlucky, fortunately!
In Bishui Pass, Hu Zhen is celebrating with a group of subordinates, winning the battle, naturally want to reward the three armies, a big bowl of wine, a large piece of meat, eating and drinking happily, the Hongling messenger who reported the victory was sent out early in the morning, today's first battle was victorious, killing thousands of enemies, greatly reducing the morale of the Kwantung coalition army, with Dong Zhuo's consistent generosity, I believe that this reward must be very rich, thinking of this Hu Zhen couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, with the enemy's head to pave the way for his promotion and fortune, this is the dream of all generals!
"General Bao, a group of cavalry came to the west of the city, under the banner of our army, saying that it was General Huaxiong's front men, should we open the door and let them in!" In the middle of the celebration banquet, a junior colonel guarding the city gate suddenly ran in.
"Oh? General Huaxiong's reinforcements arrived, so fast? Hu Zhen was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it, it was estimated that he had sent too many messengers for help, and the reinforcements had just arrived in the starry night; I knew that it was Sun Jian who came to attack the city, why should I be in such a hurry to ask for reinforcements, I really miscalculated, I would definitely be laughed at by the group of colleagues in Luoyang, "Let's go, go to the city gate with Ben to have a look, the stakes are very high, it's better to be careful!" ”
Sure enough, there was a clear cavalry team from outside the west of the city, about 2,000 people, and they were lining up to stop there, but the banner was undoubtedly the Xiliang Army, led by a sturdy general, wearing a heavenly king's helmet, wearing iron armor, holding a thick mace in his hand, riding on a war horse, majestic!
Seeing this scene, Hu Zhen's hanging heart was half relieved, you must know that the Kwantung Coalition Army was formed in an extremely hasty manner, and there was a serious shortage of war horses, and the cavalry troops were even less pitiful; What's more, it is not that there are elite cavalry with war horses, and the cultivation of a good rider requires a lot of energy to be trained, and it has to go through countless battles to train a qualified cavalry team; And such a well-organized and murderous elite cavalry seems to be only available in their Xiliang army, and it seems that reinforcements have really arrived.
"We are the vanguard of General Huaxiong, and I have come to the aid of Bishui Pass, please General Hu quickly put down the drawbridge and let me wait in!" The general, with mace in hand, was shouting from under the city, as if he wanted to enter the city.
"In the lower is the general Hu Zhen of Bishui Pass, this general, if it is too late today, he is responsible for guarding the city, he really does not dare to open the door at will, please forgive the general!" Although they are friendly forces, Hu Zhen is cautious by nature and still does not dare to open the door at will.
"I'm waiting for the starry night to gallop to help, people are sleepy and horses are tired, is General Hu so slow to treat friendly troops? You know the temper of my General Jiahua, hurry up and let the brothers go into the city to eat and rest! The general under the city immediately shouted angrily, and then the soldiers behind him also made a drum noise, shouting and scolding in various Xiliang dialects.
"Where the duty is, please forgive me, when General Hua arrives, I will personally apologize for my sins in the next meeting, but this city gate, don't dare to open it!" Hearing the scolding of the Xiliang dialect below, Hu Zhen was more relieved, and now he could be sure that the people below were his own people.
"Okay, in that case, let's camp outside the city first, but the brothers are in a hurry, and ask General Hu to send some grain and grass over, so that the brothers can have a full meal!" Seeing that Hu Zhen refused to open the city gate, the general seemed to no longer insist, but asked for food and grass, and the cavalry galloped to help in the starry night, and indeed he couldn't bring much grain and grass with him, and what he said was also the truth.
"This is natural, please go to the camp outside the city first, and then the grain and grass will be sent to the army, there will be no shortage!" Seeing that the soldiers and horses outside the city really obediently went to camp elsewhere, Hu Zhen nodded and began to calculate, there was a lot of grain and grass in his Bishui Pass, which was enough for tens of thousands of troops to eat for half a year, which was originally prepared for the main army, and now it is nothing to divide a little.
Since it is a delivery, then don't be stingy, Hu Zhen directly ordered to transfer out hundreds of truckloads of grain and grass, as well as some wine and meat, and let a group of auxiliary soldiers send it to the other party! The reason why he is so generous, Hu Zhen has his own thoughts, one is to alleviate the contradiction of refusing to open the city gate just now, after all, it is a friendly army, and he still needs help in the future war, and he still has a little selfishness, a battle during the day, so that his self-confidence bursts, the Kwantung Coalition Army turned out to be nothing more than this, so he doesn't want to give this military merit to Huaxiong, but people have already come to help him, and he can't drive people back to Luoyang; So the best way now is to let Huaxiong's reinforcements all be stationed outside the city, so that when the Taishi Dong Zhuo talks about meritorious deeds, he will defend the Bishui Pass alone, and he should be the first in military merit!
Therefore, the grain and grass he sent was sent according to the demand of Huaxiong's 20,000 horses, as long as the grain and grass were sufficient, Huaxiong would have no excuse to enter the water pass! Thinking of this, Hu Zhen laughed proudly, in this year's war, in addition to courage, the more important thing is to fight wisdom!
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An hour later, the caravan of rations returned, seemingly slowly, but the thought of walking at night, and the possibility of being harassed by the rude soldiers, made no one suspicious; His own horses, without any interrogation, Hu Zhen ordered to lower the drawbridge, let them in, everything went well, but the problem was too smooth, but it made people a little confused, when the team carrying grain came to the city gate, Hu Zhen suddenly felt as if something was wrong there? But I can't say where it is, and in this confusion, the centaurs have come to the city gate.
"It's not good, it's a blade, and the blade in their hand is wrong; The soldiers who are responsible for escorting grain and grass are all auxiliary soldiers in the army, and their status is underground, and they are generally filled by the old, weak, sick and disabled, and most of the weapons used by such a team are naturally dilapidated, but these soldiers who came back are not only burly and strong, but also have complete weapons in their hands, reflecting the slightest cold light in the moonlight, they are all good blades, how can such a team be the auxiliary soldiers they originally sent out?
Since they are not their own people, who are they? What do you want to do?
"Enemy attack, close the city gate quickly!" Finally figured out the details, Hu Zhen let out a heart-rending shout.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and the soldiers at the city gate suddenly shouted, drew their blades, and quickly cut down the unsuspecting defenders, who quickly occupied the city gate while waving torches, giving the signal to attack......
Then out of the night rushed out of the countless soldiers and horses, and all of them were elite cavalry, these people had long been ambushed not far from the city gate, for fear of making a noise, they also wrapped the horse's hooves with sackcloth, and now as soon as the city gate was opened, they rushed to the front with a charge, and quickly solved the guards of the city gate, and thrust into the key points in the city; The person at the head, wearing the 'Claw Pattern Cold Iron Armor', wearing the 'Chiyou Ghost Face', with a phoenix wing gilded boring in his hand, slaughtering those panicked Xiliang soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables, is the famous ghost face Xiao Lang - Xiao Yi!
On the city gate, Hu Zhen, who saw this scene, was full of liver and gall, he knew that it was over, it was all over, he didn't expect the enemy to be cunning to this point, and the tight seams of the ring by the ring made him fall into the trap unconsciously, and now the city is completely defenseless, and many soldiers are still drunk and unconscious, how is it the opponent of the Xuanjia Army under Xiao Yi, the fall of the city is inevitable, how should I be good? Hu Zhen knew that he was dead, even if he ran out, according to the Xiliang military regulations, Dong Taishi would not spare him, so he now has only one way to go to die in battle, at least he can save his family and get some compensation;
"By the way, there is also grain and grass, that is the lifeblood of the army, and it must not be left for them! …… Xiao Yi, let's continue to be enemies in the next life! Thinking of this, Hu Zhen gritted his teeth, no longer cared about the fierce battle in the city, but took a few personal soldiers and went straight to the grain depot in the city......
At dawn, the Xuanjia army finally completely controlled Bishui Pass, half of the defenders in the city were killed, most of them were captured, only a few escaped by luck, the guard Hu Zhen raised fire in the grain depot, the bones were gone, and he fulfilled his last duty as a soldier, for such a loyal and brave general, Xiao Yi just sighed, everyone has different positions, life and death depend on the destiny of heaven!
Xiao Yi sent someone to inform Sun Jian's troops to enter the city, and on the other hand, he quickly reported to Yuan Shao, saying that Bishui Pass had been taken, but when signing his name, he still wrote Sun Jian on it, and ranked before himself, although he won the battle, but he still had to keep a low profile, these so-called military exploits, in Xiao Yi's opinion, are far less important than his promise to let the brothers have breakfast in Bishui Pass!
As the commander of an army, words must be done, deeds must be fruitful!