Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1035 Choices on the battlefield

  Zhang Liao stood quietly at the head of the deserted city in the dry bone pass, holding his beloved big gun.

  The night wind was harsh, the wind was cold and the dew was heavy. Although Zhang Liao had already wrapped his cloak around his body, it was still a bit chilly. In the high-intensity battles these days, the whole body has long been soaked in blood, and it is extremely sticky and uncomfortable. Once it is active, the gap between the armor will drop blood scum...

   As for body odor...

   In fact, I can't smell it anymore.

The corpses on the edge of the remnant wall of the pass would be thrown down at the beginning, but after the subsequent battles, there was no energy to pay attention to them at all, so they had to be piled up at the gate of Shandao City. It has begun to rot, emitting bursts of stench.

  Although the mountain road is no longer as muddy and difficult as it was at the beginning, it is really not easy to overcome this dry bone pass in front of Zhang Liao's spear and under the crossbow.

The power of Zhang Liao's long spear made even the warriors of the royal court of Xianbei a little scared. When the big spear danced, those who blocked it were invincible. Even if they were wearing heavy armor, it was still useless. hole! In Zhang Liao's hands, the long spear was almost like an armor-piercing awl, as long as it was touched, it would either kill or **** it!

   And that strong crossbow, it's simply unreasonable!

   Shooting at close range, whether it is a shield, armor, or even a human body, the result is the same, penetration!

  Although the Han army did not use strong crossbows every time, who is not afraid when attacking upwards? At the back, whenever Han soldiers with crossbows suddenly stood up on the dry bone pass, no matter whether there were arrows or crossbows shot, the Xianbei people were so frightened that they crawled down and fled.

   But the crossbows will eventually be used up. As time goes by, not only the crossbow bolts are consumed, but even these crossbows have suffered a lot of damage, and the situation has gradually become worse.

   Now there are only these people left.

   Waves of Xianbei shocks have also caused many good sons of the Han family to entrust themselves to the green hills and guard the Pingfan of the Han family in the form of souls!

  These unfortunate sons of the Han family, Zhang Liao gathered them together and laid them flat on the ground, just like the array they had lined up when they were alive...

   While Night Breeze was whimpering, everyone was silent, as if they were gathering their last bit of strength. Those in charge stood quietly at their respective guard positions, and those who did not have their turn held their weapons and sat down for a while, waiting for the next Xianbei offensive.

  The Xianbei people are almost exhausted.

It is even worse than Zhang Liao and the others. At least after Zhang Liao town defended this place, he got a small amount of supplies from Xihe and Zhenlin Daying. Not to mention, there is still some drinking water. I started drinking blood three days ago...

   Sheep's blood, horse's blood, even...

   Human blood.

   Zhang Liao saw a slave who accompanied the army dying, and several Xianbei men surrounded him, slashed his neck with a knife, and then fell down on his wound to drink blood like a ghost crawling out of hell.

  Zhang Liao turned his head and looked back, General Zhengxi, where are you now? Do you know that this place has become a real ghost?

   Any reinforcements available?

  When will this reinforcement arrive...

  ……………

  More than a thousand knights of the Han army roared past the yellow land.

  Zhang Ji had been leading these cavalry to guard against the Black Mountain Army before, but he waited left and right without seeing anyone, so he received Fei Qian's order to rush to the Kugu Road to help Zhang Liao!

  Although they experienced a tough battle last time, if General Zhengxi hadn’t just arrived, blood might have been spilled on the battlefield, but Zhang Ji and others didn’t feel any blow to morale at all. When you go to the battlefield, you just put your head on your belt, and if you say it, you will lose it. Since you can survive, it is a gift from heaven!

   What's more, General Zhengxi also avenged his brother. In the future, the Xianbei people who committed crimes in Yinshan Mountain were cleaned up, which made all the knights under Zhang Ji feel high. This time they were ordered to rescue Zhang Liao, a lone army, so everyone picked up their speed and ran fast, wishing they could reach the dry bone pass in one step.

   Fortunately, Zhang Ji is still a seasoned cavalry general. He ordered his son to some extent, controlled his speed, and cared about his horsepower, so that he would not be caught off guard in unexpected situations.

The terrain here is no longer flat, but more or less hilly and gully. Looking forward in the team, one after another banners disappeared under the ridgeline of the hills, and then appeared on the sunny side of the hills in front, bringing a Rolling yellow dust.

Galloping for half a day, it was already thirty or forty miles down, and the dry bone crossing was more than ten miles away, so Zhang Ji ordered that he should not stop to rest, and rushed directly to the dry bone crossing. It's up to you to solve it yourself. Anyway, these are veterans, not to mention eating and drinking on horseback, even urination can be done on horseback...

Zhang Xiu was chewing a piece of dry food. A military marquis passed by him, slowed down his horse, and said to Zhang Xiu: "Lieutenant Zhang, the Xianbei people have suffered a lot this time! What do you think this time?" If these damned Xianbei dogs are cleaned up, will the general give you more rewards?"

Zhang Xiu is young, and he intends to make friends with these low- and middle-level officers in order to better coordinate operations. Therefore, although Junhou said it bluntly, he didn't mind, but smiled and said: "You boy, this battle Are you thinking about the reward before you finish the fight? Don’t worry, you are indispensable! General Zhengxi has always been generous, and this time he will definitely not be less! What’s wrong? Lost the bet again? Let’s talk about other things first. , if you lose the bet, don't ask someone to borrow money!"

  Eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling are all human nature, and these are the same things these soldiers do in their spare time.

  The Marquis called Qu and said, "What's the matter! I stopped gambling a long time ago!"

Another Qu Zhang came over and said with a smile: "Zhang Duwei doesn't know something, this...he is now...hahaha, he is going to get married, that woman, strict, how can he have the guts to play tricks?" Money..."

Zhang Xiu suddenly smiled and bent his eyebrows, and said repeatedly: "Oh, this is a great thing, why didn't you say it earlier! Don't say it, when I go back, I will definitely wrap you with a big congratulatory gift, and I can't lose it The face of our brothers..."

  The military lord was about to say something, when he heard a rapid and sharp whistle coming from the first army!

   Zhang Xiu and the others were taken aback for a moment, they encountered an enemy!

  Everyone's expression tightened, and they heard some faint sounds of fighting coming from the front. Zhang Xiu didn't speak any more, put the dry food in his hand into his mouth in two or three bites, and hit the stirrup as if flying straight forward.

  Accompanied by the low and hasty orders of the middle and low-level officers, those Bingzhou rangers who seemed relaxed at first stopped making a sound, drew out their weapons one after another, unfolded their formation, and swept towards the front like the wind!

  On the hills, the knights of the Han army who stood firm got off their horses one after another, tightened their girths, straightened the saddle bridge, seized the time to recover their horsepower, and waited for the follow-up troops to catch up. Zhang Ji was already standing at the front, and when he saw Zhang Xiu arrived, he nodded and said, "I met the Black Mountain bandit..."

   Black bandit!

   "...It seems to be the group of people who rioted in Yinshan before..." Zhang Ji said.

   "Uncle, what should we do now?" Zhang Xiu asked.

  Zhang Ji frowned.

   Although meeting Montenegro was an accident, it was also a good thing. Although the black mountain bandits have set up camp here, they are crooked and out of shape, and they can't stop them for a while, but the most important thing now is to help Zhang Liao...

   Rescuing soldiers is like fighting a fire. If you are one step late, it will be like a moat in the sky!

  But let these black mountain thieves go in this way, let’s not talk about hidden dangers or not, when we come back to look for them, maybe these black mountain thieves have hidden in that corner again, so what should we do?

   On the one hand, there is a dead bone crossing that is in urgent need of reinforcements, and on the other hand, there is a black bandit that is difficult to track if you miss it. How should we deal with it?

   "...uncle, fight or go?"

  ………………

  Who could have imagined that the Xianbei Huqi, who once traversed the desert and traversed the east and west, would be so miserable today, and would be surrounded by people one day!

To the north of Yinshan Mountain, the coalition forces of Ma Yue and Yu Fuluo blocked the northern crossing, and to the south were most of Feiqian who had rushed over, and there was a bulging piece in the middle, which could be dispatched at any time by the Han Chinese troops from the Yinshan camp. .

  Since yesterday, even the people in the Xianbei tribe, when they looked at Bi Xiao Wang Tuoba Guoluo, there was a little less respect in their eyes and a little more resentment in their eyes.

   It is not that the Xianbei have never fought or lost a battle, but this time they fought against the Han people in the south, and the **** battle was really fierce. Although a little unwilling, the Xianbei people have to admit that the Han people in the Yinshan area are no longer what they used to be. Those Han Chinese cavalry are already quite tyrannical, even more elite than Xianbei's own cavalry...

  The men on the prairie are brave and not afraid of death, yes, but they still feel a little resentful to die in vain. What is this battle about?

   There are not many benefits, but there are a lot of damage to people and horses!

   After such a battle, among other things, how will the sons of the lost tribe survive this winter?

  Without manpower, how to prepare hay? And if there is no hay prepared, when the winter comes, the grass will wither and the ground will be frozen, what will the animals in the family eat? If livestock can't survive the winter, what's the future?

  The mountains and mist roared, blowing past, like crying, and like mocking...

  Tuoba Guoluo sat on a rock with a saber in his hand. Originally, Tuoba Guoluo was a bit obsessed with cleanliness, and even liked to have fun. The thick layer of dust, and the muddy ditches washed out by the sweat, did not look like a dignified Bi Xiaowang at all, and he was not much different from an ordinary Xianbei tribe.

  Looking at the camp of Han soldiers and horses in the distance, Tuoba Guoluo just remained silent. Beside him, the Xianbei guards also looked at the scene in front of them silently.

  A personal guard murmured in a low voice: "... Xiao Wang... Are we... finished..."

  Tuoba Guoluo moved his eyeballs, but he didn't answer immediately.

  There are very few remaining soldiers around, and even Tuoba Guoluo himself always feels that it is difficult to sustain. Yesterday, I was blocked by Ma Yue at the intersection of Yinshan Manyi Valley, and I knew that half of my foot had stepped into the dead zone. Today, even the last hope was turned into flying ash in front of the Feiqian troops who came later...

Tuoba Guoluo looked back at the guard who asked the question just now. After a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "I remember you, you followed me three years ago, right? This year should be twenty-three? Hehe... who said We are finished? We Shiwei people swept across the entire desert, when did the word finish? It was just a small defeat... These Han people, don't look at the arrogance now, think that the world can do nothing... There are still ten people in our royal court. Thousands of warriors, if you send them casually, they will be enough to wipe out the Han people in front of you..."

  Tuoba Guoluo's gaze slowly swept over the faces of every soldier around him. After a few days of hard fighting, these personal guards around them also suffered a lot.

   "Tuyuhun!" Tuoba Guoluo shouted in a deep voice, "You take the lead and distribute all the food evenly, and everyone will share some... Tell everyone, at three o'clock tonight... break out to the north!"

   "Break out tonight?" Tuyuhun asked.

"Yes!" Tuoba Guoluo said, "We still have more than 2,000 riders. Although we can no longer compete with the Han army, but they are gathered in one place, and these damned Han people don't want to stop us! As long as we fight to the death After crossing the Yinshan Road, there is a flat river, even if the Han people want to catch up, it will not be easy!"

   "But..." Tuyuhun hesitated, and said, "...Even I know that the only way out at this moment is to break through..."

  Tuyuhun didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious. Since even he knew that the Xianbei army was desperate and had no other way but to break through, and the Han people were so cunning, how could they be defenseless?

  Tuoba Guoluo took a step forward, held Tuyuhun's arm, and said, "Brother, tell me... how do I treat you?"

  Tuyuhun's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and the corner of his mouth twitched, but he still said: "...Well, Xiao Wang naturally treats me with great kindness..."

Tuoba Guoluo stared at Tuyuhun closely, and said: "The Han people must be prepared, so we need a troop to feint to attack the south to expand the momentum, and then the rest of the troops can have a chance to break through from the north! But now... all I can trust Yes, there is only you alone, besides you, I really don't know who can take on this task..."

   "...Xiao Wang...this...you...I..." Tuyuhun blinked, unable to speak.

Tuoba Guoluo patted Tuyuhun's arm heavily, moved closer, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I've made all the arrangements. Look at the rock wall over there... Actually, there are many cracks. I'll send some good men to follow." You... when the time comes, you will abandon your horse and go up the mountain. Even if the Han people have great abilities, they can't do anything to you..."

   After Tuoba Guoluo finished speaking, he beckoned and called four of his personal guards.

  Tuyuhun lowered his head and said in a low voice: "...well, Yi Xiaowang..."

  (end of this chapter)