Chapter 2: Like the Abyss, Section 27: December of the Second Year of the First Peace of the Han Kingdom (191 AD).

At the beginning of December, Jizhou, Ganling State. The north wind was howling and the rain was continuous. The officers and men of the forward battalion of the Northern Xinjiang Army stepped on the muddy avenue and braved the rain to move quickly.

Xu Huang stood on a slope, looked at the small forest shrouded in rain and mist in the distance, turned around and asked, "What river is ahead?" Jun Sima Deng Jin glanced down at the cowhide map in his hand, wiped a handful of water droplets on it with his hand, and shook his head in disappointment,

"My lord, there is no mark on this."

"How many ways are you from the Iwa?" Xu Huang frowned, rubbed his frozen hands, and then asked.

"There should be fifty miles left." Jun Sima Deng Jin replied,

"Your Excellency, wait a minute, I'll send someone nearby to ask at once."

"Forget it." Xu Huang waved his hand,

"The Yellow Turban Army has been fighting for a long time in the area of Ganling Country, and the people here have either run out or died, where can they still find people? Command the steps and speed up the march. Elder Shi saw Xu Huang trotting all the way with dozens of personal guards from a distance, and couldn't help grinning: "Brothers, Lord Captain is here." Oops...... Hold up your breasts for me, and don't disgrace me. Isn't it just a little rain, what are you doing with your neck bent? ”

"Cold, my lord......" Elder Wu Song wiped his snot and exclaimed dissatisfiedly,

"On such a cold day, why don't you send cotton clothes?"

"You're looking for a draw." The crooked old man stretched out his hand and slapped him on the head,

"When I was in Taihang Mountain, the snow fell very heavily. But we survived naked, barefoot. I see that you have had too many good days in the past two years, give me a run, and it won't be cold if you run too much. After speaking, he raised his leg and kicked Lao Song,

"Run faster......" Lao Song was caught off guard and almost fell down,

"Old crooked, our brother for many years, how can you ...... like this" followed by a series of ugly curses, but the feet were much faster.

Xu Huang was panting, and the breath exhaled from his mouth and nose immediately turned into a thin layer of white mist.

"Old crooked, I remember that you are from Ganling, are you familiar with this place?"

"My lord's memory is so good, I even remember that I am from Ganling." The old crooked said excitedly,

"My lord, before joining the Yellow Turban Army, I was from here." He pointed to the distance and said,

"Four years ago, the Yellow River burst its banks, and the flood poured down, and the land of 300 miles suddenly became an ocean. My family, the people in the village, and the people in the surrounding area for dozens of miles are all dead. I survived with a sorghum. ”

"Does the Yellow River here often burst its banks?"

"As long as there is a big flood, we will definitely burst the levee here." The old crooked said sadly,

"I heard the old man say that the embankment will be broken once in ten years. I have lived for more than 20 years, and I have encountered five bursts of the Yellow River. Look at ...... sir," said the old man, pointing to the sloping valleys everywhere,

"Within a few hundred miles of us, there are hills, slopes, depressions, and river ravines, and it is difficult to see the endless plains like other states and counties in Jizhou." This kind of terrain that is conducive to infantry resistance and cavalry impact has been noticed by Xu Huang.

When General Koji asked his troops to go to the Panhe area to block the westward advance of Gongsun Zhan's army, many generals raised objections to General Koyi's deployment.

Gongsun Chan was strong, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was insufficient, so the army should rely on tall cities such as Ganling and Dongwu to block it, rather than fighting with Gongsun Chan on the Great Plains.

At that time, he had the same idea, but now it seems that he was wrong, and General Koji seems to be very familiar with the terrain here, and he has already been confident.

"How far is the Iwawa River from here? How wide is the river? What is the direction of the river? Xu Huang looked around, nodded sympathetically, and then asked,

"You know what?"

"We're going to the Iwa?" The old man asked in surprise.

"yes." Xu Huang patted the crooked shoulder,

"We are going to stop Gongsun Zhan's army at Panhe and attack Ganling Kingdom and Wei County."

"My lord, the Pan River is not a river."

"What did you say?" Xu Huang was shocked,

"The Pan River is not a river? What is that? ”

"Yes, my lord, the Pan River is not a river, it is a panway." The old crooked explained,

"When the Yellow River bursts, the flood water flows through here, from the southwest to the northeast, and finally into the Qing River. This place is generally inhabited. Four years ago, we were hit by a flood that washed away the Zhuangzi near Fandao. ”

"My lord, the place where we are standing now is the Panhe." The old crooked stomped the muddy ground under his feet.

Xu Huang's heart suddenly tightened, and his expression suddenly became solemn,

"This is Iwa?"

"Yes, it's called Panhe for more than a hundred miles around here." The old man smiled crookedly,

"There are dozens of large rivers that flow from southwest to northeast, the largest of which are the Tuxiao River and the Horse Cheek River. The closest to us is the Horse Cheek River, about thirty miles away, and we will be there in the afternoon. Xu Huang waved the horsewhip in his hand vigorously and scolded with extreme annoyance: "A bunch of useless scouts. Someone ...... coming," a few heralds hurried over.

"Quick, order the scout Tun, don't look for any Panhe, immediately go to the direction of the Maji River to inquire about the military situation, quick, hurry ......"

"Urgently report to General Kojiyi, the Pan River is not a river, but the Yellow River. I immediately led my army to the Maji River, and asked the general to come and meet him quickly. ”

"Urgently order the army to wait for Ma Ping, take the people and horses of Benqu, and quickly seize the Maji River." Lao Song is in his thirties, with a sturdy body and a dark and thin face.

He ran out of breath, complaining about the old crooked while running,

"Are you...... What's going on...... What did you say to the Captain? You...... Did you offend the captain? This...... Isn't it a punishment? The old man glared at him crookedly, and shouted angrily: "I told you not to be lazy in your training, you don't listen, and now you are suffering, right?" ”

"You're tall...... Big...... and to eat, like a cow, of course...... I was able to run. Saying that, Lao Song took the quiver off his back,

"Hey, give me ...... Recite it. "The scouts galloped at a gallop,

"Lord Ma, the enemy has crossed the river, five miles to the southeast." The soldier Ma wiped the sweat from his head and asked calmly, "How many people?" ”

"There are about a group of people, nearly a thousand people." The scout said anxiously,

"They're crossing the river."

"It's still too late." Ma Ping waved his hand,

"Ask the captain for help immediately, quickly."

"Command the brethren, to march haste, and prepare for a bloody battle." After crossing the river, the Youzhou army immediately occupied three slopes near the river bank and a hill two hundred paces away.

Dou Ying, the military candidate, was still a Yellow Turban Army more than ten days ago, and when he was frightened, he became the Youzhou Army in a daze, but as long as he had food and clothes to wear, he didn't care.

The rebellious general Gongsun Zan treated the soldiers well, not only gave the soldiers a military salary of 100 yuan each, but also promised that as long as they conquered Wei County and Yecheng, each person's military salary would be doubled, and an additional 30 acres of land would be rewarded.

This was like a dream for the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and Gongsun Chan suddenly became a god in their minds to save the suffering.

Everyone happily marched westward with their weapons, and who knew that as soon as they left the boundary of Bohai County, they received the news that the Jizhou army was coming quickly.

The scout's face was colorless, and Dou Ying also looked flustered,

"Do you see clearly?" The scout nodded again and again, and stammered: "See clearly, it must be the official army." Dou Ying scolded a few words and sighed that he was unlucky.

It is still more than 300 miles away from Wei County, and it is also the Yellow Flood Area, the safest place, how can there be officials and soldiers?

It's really unlucky, it seems that the money on his body can't be saved, and the dozens of acres of land promised by the rebellious general have also been lost.

But Dou Ying was reluctant to exchange his life for these things, and he also wanted to save some money to bring his mother's remains back to his hometown for burial.

My mother starved to death in a valley in Mount Tai, and when she died, she had only one wish, that is, to go home.

Dou Ying thought for a while, waved his hand and said,

"Withdraw...... The ...... of withdrawing across the Mache River "The more than 400 soldiers who crossed the river in advance were inexplicable. Why did you cross the river and go back?

It was windy and rainy on this day, and everyone was frozen, deliberately making us poor. When everyone was scolding, the military Sima on the other side replied, not allowed to withdraw, speed up the river, and the reinforcements would arrive immediately.

Dou Ying is in a hurry, let us have a few hundred people to block the Jizhou army? A flurry of arrows was gone. Do you want people to live?

Isn't this a bent on us to die? He glanced at the guard behind him, and the guard understood, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers are coming, run......" The Youzhou sergeant was taken aback and couldn't help but look back.

On the hill in the distance, the Northern Xinjiang Army was roaring with its battle flag held high.

More than 400 people ...... bombed the camp and scattered and fled. Dou Ying didn't expect the enemy to come so quickly, and he couldn't help but shudder,

"Drumming...... Drum ...... Hold the embankment, hold the embankment......" The old crooked man was running wildly, beads of sweat dripping down his cheeks, splashing muddy water flying in front of him, and the sound of his breathing was so loud that he could barely hear the roaring arrows.

The enemy troops on the embankment were dressed in rags, some carried rudimentary spears, some carried notched swords, and some even carried a wooden stick.

Those with bows had no arrows, and those with arrows were running back and forth to deliver arrows, and many people were under the command of several superiors, who were facing themselves to kill.

This group of people is too familiar, they are not the Youzhou Army, they are the Yellow Turban Army. The old crooked hesitated, he quickly looked at his left and right, the soldiers were the same as himself, although they were still running and shouting with all their might, but the expressions on their faces were very puzzled.

Are we here to kill the Yellow Turbans?

"Spread out...... Disperse...... Kill the past......" the soldier Ma Ping shouted hysterically, shouting,

Although the enemy's arrow array of "occupying the ...... of the river embankment" was very sparse, there were still soldiers who fell one after another.

A galloping soldier was pierced by an arrow, screamed and flew upside down, then fell heavily into the muddy water.

The old crooked man couldn't dodge, and stepped on the soldier's head, and the screams stopped abruptly. The old crooked heart trembled, and the kick that followed suddenly lost his strength, and his tall body suddenly fell out and rushed into the mud.

"Old crooked...... Old crooked ......" Lao Song, who was more than a dozen steps away, roared frantically,

"Are you dead...... "The old crooked monster cried out, and crawled to his feet,

"Go, go, go......"

"Ah......" With a terrible howl, the first few soldiers who met the enemy were immediately cut down by a group of strong enemies, and a bloody corpse was raised high by three spears, and smashed into the approaching northern Xinjiang soldiers.

The old crooked roared and raised his shield to block the oncoming corpse, but the force of the impact still smashed him back a few steps, fell to the ground on his back, and then rolled straight down the muddy embankment.

A few soldiers who rushed to him couldn't dodge, some stepped on his body and rushed up, and some were knocked down by the old crooked and planted together.

The old crooked man was in a hurry, and roared again and again,

"Kill, kill......" bloody shields fell from the sky. The old crooked shield that rose into the air smashed open the enemy's head, and the sword in his hand plunged into the chest of another enemy, and the steaming blood shot him head and face like an arrow.

The old crooked man was covered in mud and blood, terrifying and terrifying,

"Kill, kill everyone, kill me all, kill all ......" Lao Song led people to kill seven people all the way, and rushed into the river with great momentum.

The five Youzhou sergeants of the small raft were chopped off and shot through the chest and abdomen, and the red blood instantly stained the water of the horse's cheeks.

Under the desperate protection of several guards, Dou Ying jumped on a raft, and before he could sit down, Lao Wei led someone to kill him.

The crossbow roared, and three sharp crossbow arrows pierced the raft in an instant. One of Dou Ying's personal guards called out, but the old crooked didn't have time to dodge, roared wildly, raised his shield and crashed into it.

The guard was hit hard, opening his mouth and spurting out a mouthful of blood. The old crooked gritted his teeth, kicked him over, raised his crossbow and aimed it at his head and smashed it,

"Die......", the crossbow shattered, and brains and blood shot out. Dou Ying staggered towards the middle of the river, but the old crooked struggled to catch up, grabbed one of his feet and dragged him to the shore.

A soldier picked up a spear and pierced him alive in Dou Ying's terrible howl. Dou Ying tried his best to hold the spear that penetrated his chest and abdomen with both hands, and screamed with the last bit of strength,

"Mother...... Mother...... "......The soldier was so frightened that he let go of the hilt of his spear with both hands, turned and ran.

The old man sat in the river and looked at Dou Ying dumbfounded, at this moment, his heart was as cold as the river.

Within more than 100 steps of the river embankment and the riverside, the soldiers of both sides were entangled and killed.

The strong strength of the officers and men of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the tacit cooperation, and the sophisticated weapons are simply not something that these Yellow Turban soldiers who have just surrendered to the Youzhou Army can resist.

It didn't take long for the embankment to be full of their corpses. The Youzhou soldiers on the opposite bank did not dare to force themselves across the river again, and under the command of Shangguan, they quickly gathered together to shoot arrows intensively, regardless of whether they were enemies or enemies, and shot them together.

Jun Hou Ma Ping held a shield in one hand and a bloody war knife in the other, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Withdraw, withdraw......" The old man stretched out his hand and dragged down the spear inserted in Dou Ying's body, and finally glanced at Dou Ying, who was already out of breath,

"Brother, don't blame me, we're all pathetic." After Xu Huang received Ma Ping's request for help, he immediately ordered the soldiers of all tribes to abandon all heavy objects, only carry spears and knives, and rush to help.

By the time they reached the Horse Cheek River, the bloody battle was over. Xu Huang ordered all the troops to occupy the hills and slopes, set up horses and antlers, and prepare to block the Youzhou army from crossing the river.

Almost at the same time, the three thousand Youzhou troops, under the leadership of Captain Yan Gang, also rushed to the Mache River, but the opportunity to cross the river had been missed.

The army Hou Ma Ping led a group of soldiers to seize the Mache River at the cost of losing 110 men. Xu Huang rewarded them and personally led people to bury the remains of the fallen soldiers.

He saw that the old crooked was depressed, so he stepped forward to comfort him. The old crooked martial arts are good, and he used to be Xu Huang's personal guard, because he repeatedly violated military discipline, Xu Huang had to punish him below as a soldier.

"You've made a contribution this time." Xu Huang asked,

"Are you going to come back, or are you going to stay down?" The old crooked shook his head,

"My lord, they're the Yellow Turbans."

"It's not." Xu Huang said,

"They are the Youzhou army, the army of Gongsun Zhan...... the old man shook his head again, and asked puzzledly: "My lord, the general and Gongsun Chan used to be fierce generals in Youzhou, one of them is a black panther, the other is a white horse, and they are good brothers. Later, when we went to Youzhou to fight, Gongsun Chan also followed the general to fight, how could they turn against each other now? How can there be a fight? Why, exactly? Why did they turn their faces, but it was our Yellow Turban Army who killed each other? ”

"Old crooked ......," Xu Huang said sternly,

"If you don't want to cause trouble, don't talk about the Yellow Turbans. Yellow Turbans, Yellow Turbans, are you still a Yellow Turban? You are the border army of the Han Dynasty, and you are the soldier of the hussar general. The old crooked glanced at Xu Huang fearfully, lowered his head and said, "My lord, I really don't understand." ”

"Today I killed a person, and that person desperately shouted for his mother when he was dying, and I regret it. I shouldn't have killed him, I should have let him swim across the river. We have been fighting wars for many years, why are we fighting more and more now? Why do the brothers of the past have to fight to the death now? My lord......" Xu Huang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Old crooked, I don't understand." "The next day, Koji Yoshishi led a large army into the Iwagawa.

In the northwest direction of the Maji River, there are still three tributaries, namely the Duma River, the Songjia River and the Laozhaoniu River.

In order to delay Gongsun Zhan's attack on Wei County, Lu Yi relied on these four rivers and set up one within a range of thirty miles

"Pin" zigzag defensive formation. Ko Yi ordered Wu Lie Zhonglang to garrison Wen Chou Chen at the Maji River, and Xiao Cai Zhonglang to garrison Wang Dang at the Duma River.

Qiang crossbow Zhonglang sent his grandson and Bohai County captain Han Qiongtun troops to Lao Zhao Niuhe, and personally led the army to be stationed in Songjiahe.

The 27,000-strong army completed the entire defensive deployment on the third day. Under the command of Yang Feng, the Bing Cao battalion organized 150,000 horsemen to transport grain, grass and baggage from Handan and Yecheng to Panhe day and night.

On the avenue of more than 600 miles, the flow of people is like a shuttle, and the cars and horses are like clouds. On the same day, the rebellious general Gongsun Zan led an army of 100,000 troops into the east bank of the Mache River.

The two sides are tense, and the big war is about to begin. Song Jiahe, the camp of the general of the town army. Koji Yi summoned sixteen senior officials of the Northern Xinjiang Army at the rank of commander and above to gather in the camp to discuss strategies to meet the enemy.

Yang Feng arranged the offensive and defensive strategies of each department in detail, and finally said: "The story of Gongsun Zhan's defeat of the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou in Dongguang has recently spread among the soldiers. It seems that overnight, he has become the number one warrior in the world. When you go back, tell the soldiers that Gongsun Chan did not kill the Yellow Turban Army, but the displaced people, innocent people. Gongsun Zhan is ambitious, wants to occupy Jizhou, wants to plot the world, he is a rebellious Han and his crime is unforgivable. Wang Dang hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, this matter came from the mouths of the displaced people who fled everywhere, and the soldiers did not know much, and they believed little, so there is no need to worry about this matter, what worries is ......"

"What is it?" Koji asked immediately.

"Is Gongsun Chan a Han rebel?" Wang Dang frowned and asked,

"We say that he is plotting to occupy Jizhou and bring disaster to the world. But so far, he doesn't seem to have done anything other than go south to defeat the Yellow Turbans? If you really want to say that occupying Jizhou and causing disaster to the world, it should be Yuan Shao, not Gongsun Zhan. Koji Yi's face froze and he didn't speak.

Yang Feng's eyes widened,

"Kuroko, what do you mean? Did you say this, or did those officers from Youzhou under your command say it? Wang Dang smiled,

"I'm also confused, I don't understand why things are like this? We are living well in Changshan, Zhongshan and other places, why did we suddenly go south to help Yuan Shao fight? Gongsun Zhan and the general, as well as General Xian Yu and General Yan Rou are all brothers, why do we suddenly want to beat him? Why did the general order us to fight him? Is it to avenge the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army? Sun Qin also interjected at this time: "We understand very well that Dong Zhuo is beaten, because Dong Zhuo has held the Son of Heaven and the court hostage and done many things that have caused trouble to the country. But what is the reason for beating Gongsun Chan? Why did he suddenly become a big man** pigtail? Lu Yi and Yang Feng glanced at each other, and they both felt that the problem was very serious.

"Who else thinks Gongsun Chan shouldn't be beaten?" Koji asked. He Feng, Li Yao and others laughed,

"What do you want to do? Wherever the general tells us to fight, we will fight. Zhang Xiao also said: "Doesn't the imperial court have a holy decree? The court said that Gongsun Chan is a great Han **, then it will definitely not be wrong. We are in a humble position, and we cannot know many things in the court. If we know everything clearly, then we are not also important ministers of the court. ”

"Haha......" Yang Zhen, Peng Lie and others laughed,

"Bochou wants to enter the court, haha......"

"And me." Xu Huang slowly stood up amid the laughter of everyone,

"Now that the society is in danger and the lives are in misery, the imperial court should try its best to quell the civil strife, ask King Dong Qin, and revive the power of my Han Dynasty, instead of taking the initiative to provoke a war, let my Han fall into the abyss of overturning, and let my Han Zuo be in danger of extinction." There was silence in the tent for a moment.

Xu Huang's words sounded dissatisfied with the imperial court, but the implication was to accuse the hussar general. Ko Yi's face sank, he slapped the case suddenly, stood up and shouted: "Lord Xu, you are openly resisting the decree." Yang Feng grabbed the excited Lu Yi and whispered, "Brother Yuntian, don't forget the general's instructions. Koji Yi gritted his teeth in anger, stared at Xu Huang with both eyes, and swallowed back the ugly words behind him.

"Komeito, sit down too." Yang Feng beckoned to him,

"It's complicated." Yang Feng walked back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, hesitating.

Can you say anything about the DPRK? Needless to say, it will be very dangerous to continue this battle.

"Brother Yuntian, look ......" Yang Feng walked up to Lu Yi and asked in a low voice,

"Would you like to explain?" Koji shook his head angrily. Many things involve major decisions of the imperial court, and once the secret is leaked, no matter which side of Jizhou and Luoyang goes wrong, the losses are very staggering, and the harm to northern Xinjiang and Sheji is obvious.

"It's too complicated to explain. No matter how we explain it, in the end, it will involve national politics, and we cannot bear this responsibility. Koji Yi glanced at everyone and said solemnly,

"Your Excellency followed the general to conquer the world, you should know very well who the general is. What is Gongsun Chan? Can he be compared to a general? Do you believe in the Great General, or do you believe in Gongsun Zhan? Lu Yi pointed at Xu Huang and asked loudly, "Let me ask you, who do you believe?" You don't believe in the imperial court, you don't believe in the holy decree, you can, I understand, but you can't not believe the general. Xu Huang stood up suddenly: "Gongsun Chan is really nothing?" His army of 100,000 is nothing? The general wants me to kill the Horse Cheek River now, and I will never frown, but compared with the great general and the big man, which is more important? If the general wants to cause chaos in the society, will we also follow him to overthrow the Han? ”

"You ......" Koji Yi smoked seven holes, and he didn't know what to say.

"Komeito said it well." Wang Dang raised his hand and said,

"On the opposite side is an army of 100,000, and this is a battle to the death. We can die, we can die for the general, we can die for the Han, but we must die with the understanding that we don't want to die, and we will be charged with a traitor. ”

"Kuroko, what's wrong with you today?" Yang Feng held down the pretentious Ko Yi, turned his back to the generals and shook his hand at him.

"On the other side is the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army, what do you tell me to do?" Wang Dang's black face turned red,

"Bai Huan is dead, Yuan Shao is fighting poison and fighting in the Black Mountain area, not only do we not save when we see death, but we attack and kill the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army here, what did you tell me to do?" Yang Feng thought about it for a long time, and resolutely said: "Let's talk about it briefly, we have to explain." Tomorrow, Lord Fu and Lord Feng Ji of Jizhou Mansion will come, if something happens......"

"Talk about military affairs, don't talk about political affairs." Koji nodded helplessly. The number of patrols around the tent has increased several times, layer upon layer.

A huge map was spread out inside the tent. Yang Feng stood on the map and explained in detail the specific strategies of the Northern Xinjiang Army for fighting on two fronts in the next few months.

The battlefield centered on Luoyang was a decoy, the purpose was to contain the forces of Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and various prefectures and counties, and its ultimate goal was only one, that is, to raise enough food and grass for the army.

The Northern Xinjiang army needed so much grain and grass just to fight Jizhou. This time, the general mobilized 120,000 troops in the two battlefields, while the Jizhou battlefield had 90,000 troops.

Although Jizhou, Jing and Henan promised to provide us with grain and grass, the amount was not large. Because they didn't know that the general had already requisitioned 70,000 cavalry troops from outside the Saiwai and went south.

In addition, our relations with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and other prefectures and counties will break down at any time, and if they suddenly cut off the supply of grain and grass to the army, our attempt to capture Jizhou may fail, and all the achievements we have made will be wasted.

Therefore, northern Xinjiang needs sufficient grain and grass reserves, and needs enough grain and grass to supply the 120,000 army for half a year.

Although Yang Feng tried his best to talk about military affairs, through complex military planning, what the purpose of the imperial court was also about to come out.

The imperial court put the foundation of the revitalization of Sheji in Hebei. The imperial court now has northern Xinjiang, and if Jizhou is conquered again, there will be a Youzhou left north of the Yellow River.

Youzhou Mu is Liu Yu, Liu Yu was forced to leave the court because of the last imperial turmoil. But because of Liu Yu

The identity of the "true son of heaven", coupled with Gongsun Zhan's army of 30,000, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan pose a huge threat to the safety of today's son and Sheji.

If Liu Yu doesn't die for a day, this threat will exist for a day, so ...... Yang Feng looked at the generals gathered around, and then stepped on the Pan River with a heavy foot,

"This man will be killed." Jump to