Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1209 Chapter 1210 It's easy to laugh at things

   "General Han really has extraordinary insights!" I saw Jia Xu showing his figure on the mountain, standing under a three-color flag, laughing loudly, and then waved his hand, "Come here, give me a good gift!"

   As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, many soldiers threw some wood and rolling stones down from the top of the mountain, and some even lit some big grass **** as tall as half a person, and then violently pushed them down!

  Rolling stone and tree bouncing on the black mountain of Tietang Gorge, roaring down!

   Han Sui and the others, who were meandering in the Tietang Gorge, had no time to react. Immediately, many soldiers were hit by rolling stones and trees, and their bones were broken and their muscles were broken.

The bouncing grass ball turned into a huge fireball in mid-air, jumping down with raging flames. Some of them may have collided with the mountains and loosened, or the flames had burned the hemp ropes used to bind them. The burning branches scattered in the air, covering Han Sui's soldiers like a rain of fire!

   "Quick retreat!"

  Han Sui turned around and ran away at the first time, and even pushed a soldier blocking his way away with his hands! The soldier's footsteps were unsteady, he stumbled and fell down the narrow path, and fell into the mountain stream, seeing that he was dying.

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

   Whoever continues to rush forward is a fool.

Since Jia Xu appeared here, Han Sui and Ma Chao knew very well about the topography of Tietang Gorge. There was just a mountain drop ahead, and they needed to climb over the rock formations before they could move forward. Go up and wait, turn around and run, there is still a glimmer of life, continue to move forward is a dead word!

But Jia Xu obviously knew this too, and the key point was to use grass **** to ignite the escape route that blocked Han Sui and Ma Chao, but because the Tietang Gorge Road is not an ordinary dry and waterless mountain road, but a mountain stream in the valley However, it is not easy to congest the road with fire.

But the burning big grass **** retreating one after another still achieved a certain effect after all. Although most of the grass **** would bounce and fall into the mountain stream, the scattered flames still ignited some shrubs and bushes on the narrow path. Even though they knew that there might be a way out if they rushed over, most people stopped subconsciously, unwilling to endure the pain of the flames.

   For a while, the trail that was already congested suddenly came to a standstill, and the soldiers squeezed together.

"Rush! Rush over!" Ma Chao was yelling at the top of his lungs, urging his soldiers to run and not get stuck on the road, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a burning grass ball rushing down the mountain and hitting him in the air. !

   At the moment of life and death, Ma Chao’s many years of skill finally exploded. With a spear, a stab and a pick, he actually flew the fireball, avoiding immediate death on the spot, but the falling fine flames ignited his robe.

Ma Chao, who had just climbed out of the gate of hell, tore off his ignited robe, and roared, "Whoever gets in the way will die!" Then he swung his spear and killed all the soldiers who were crowded on the escape route. Hit down the mountain stream.

Accompanied by the screams of soldiers falling, Han Sui's soldiers, who were afraid of the flames in front of them, finally uttered a cry, and then waved their knives and guns recklessly, trying to cut the flames with such movements, and moved forward violently. rush!

   "Shoot the arrow!"

   Jia Xu raised his voice to order.

  Like Han Sui and Ma Chao, Jia Xu naturally knew the terrain of Longxi like the palm of his hand.

In Jia Xu's view, since Mengshi agreed to send troops, and Gan Feng led the cavalry, Han Sui and others were bound to be defeated under the attack of the three parties, and the only escape route for Han Sui and others was that it was not convenient for the cavalry. Walking Tietang Gorge Road.

  It is a very simple reasoning. Although the wooden doorway can lead to the cavalry, most of the Zhengxi cavalry led by Gan Feng also came down from here. After Han Sui and others were defeated, how could they compete with the Zhengxi cavalry?

   Therefore, Jia Xu was here, leading two hundred soldiers, and really waited for the retreating troops of Han Sui and Ma Chao.

Although most of the soldiers who conquered the west brought cavalry bows, which were not as powerful as the infantry's longbows, but the range and lethality did not decrease much due to the high position. Han Sui's soldiers together were simply the best targets, and many people were shot immediately, screaming and dying on the spot, or fell into the stream.

It has to be said that the physical strength and reaction ability of young people are at their peak. Ma Chao will turn his spear, jump forward and backward, and sometimes even borrow you with a spear, stepping on the inclined mountain obliquely and tossing forward, making many The arrows were shot in the air, and even the rolling stones and trees that fell were dodged one by one, and when they were about to escape, they suddenly heard a scream from behind, "Meng Qi! Nephew! Save me, save me!"

After all, Han Sui is old. After so many years of ups and downs in Xiliang, no matter in terms of physical strength or endurance, he is not as good as young people. In addition, the soldiers who conquered the west pay more attention. Even if there are guards who sacrifice their lives to protect him, But still struggling.

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

An arrow pierced through the gap in the human wall and stuck on Han Sui's thigh. Although the shaft of the arrow was stuck by the muscle, not much blood gushed out. An arrow shaft was stuck on the thigh, and every step he took It hurts so much that my whole body seems to be convulsed!

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

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

   "Nephew! Nephew! Help me!"

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

  A rolling stone whizzed down, jumped and hit a fleeing soldier between Ma Chao and Han Sui!

  The head of this soldier, like a watermelon that fell on the concrete floor, quickly flattened, and then exploded, and the brain and blood mixed together and sprayed out!

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

  Ma Chao could not help but pause.

   "Nephew! Help, save me!"

  Han Sui stretched out his hand and shouted.

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

Han Sui watched Ma Chao disappear on the mountain road in a blink of an eye, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart. Looking at the fewer and fewer guards around him, he sighed and said with difficulty: "...Surrender, surrender... Shout out to the mountain, we... surrender…"

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   After cleaning the battlefield, Fei Qian and his party meandered northward, pointing directly at Han Sui's old village in Qishan. Originally, Han Sui was at Qishan Mountain, on the north bank of the Western Han River, where he had a camp and arranged for some left-behind personnel. But when he learned that Han Sui was defeated, Fei Qian came with troops and horses.

  Fei Qian led the troops here, occupied Han Sui's original camp, and after assigning defenses, it was considered an end. The luggage falling behind will naturally be delivered slowly, but the soldiers walking in front also have to eat, and 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 A horse that died on the battlefield...

   A piece of raw horse meat without salt is used for roasting, and the remaining bones are directly put into a crock or kettle for cooking. For a while, many bonfires were lit on the north bank of the Western Han River, and the soldiers became busy.

To be honest, even if the breeds of pork, beef, and mutton that have been carefully selected and artificially cultivated in later generations are not seasoned at all, it is boiled red meat in plain water, and even some salt is pitiful. When the blood froth floated on the surface along with the boiling water bubbles, the strong smell of blood dissipated along with the steam. Such a brutal way of eating is enough to discourage most people.

   Fortunately, here at Feiqian, at least the soldiers can be asked to skim off the blood foam when cooking, and then put some cinnamon twig pepper. Guizhi is common, but Zanthoxylum bungeanum is collected from Zhang Lu’s government office after Fei Qian captured Hanzhong. , is worth a lot, even comparable to gold.

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

  Has General Zhengxi lost his family? Actually eat the same as us every day? Furthermore, if Fei Qian ate the same food as the head soldiers every day, then where would his generals and counselors go?

  However, during the march, due to the limited environment, it is impossible to have many special places. Therefore, adding some extra condiments when stewing has become a way for the generals of the Han Dynasty to show their identity and status. Not only in the Han Dynasty, but even in the Qin Dynasty, soldiers with titles could share more sauces for their meals...

  In this way, in the current army, there is just such a balance point as seasoning, which can reflect the gap between classes, and will not cause ordinary soldiers to feel that Fei Qian and others are too extravagant. As for those soldiers who are accustomed to poverty, let alone horse meat, even rat meat is a sweet treat.

Mengshi brought 300 people, lost 30 to 40 people in the battle, and left 20 people behind to clean up the aftermath, so now there are only more than 200 people, following Mengshu, who are also in the Western Han River at this time By the side, a bonfire was raised, and the meat was roasted and stewed.

Although Meng Shu and Fei Qian met, but one is on the battlefield, and it is not convenient to talk about it, and the other is that Meng Shu represents not only his own person, and it is inevitable that they will not be able to explain everything clearly in a short while, so Both Meng Shu and Fei Qian are waiting to find a time to meet again for a detailed discussion, so Meng Shu doesn't talk much.

  In addition to the Meng clan, the head of the Neiwu clan, 牼, also brought some Di people to Qishan with Fei Qian. Although this is talking about thanking Xie Feiqian for donating horses and coming here to help, in fact, in Feiqian's view, it is more like picking up cheap. Anyway, although those Di people did not go into battle together, they picked up those Han Sui soldiers and dropped them. I was not polite about the weapons and armor, and one person hugged a large bundle...

  Even himself, he changed into a piece of armor that he didn't know was stripped from the corpse, with some damage and blood stains. But it seems that he doesn't care, and even a little happy, sometimes he can't help but reach out and touch it.

On the other hand, Meng Shu wore a two-tiered armor, took off his shoulders, did not wear a helmet or a leather cap, and exposed a bun tied with hairpins, with his sleeves rolled up, his left hand holding the long sword, and his right hand Grabbing a piece of **** thigh bone and munching on it.

  Everyone was also sitting in a circle, their stomachs were rumbling, and they had no interest in saying anything for a while, and each of them lowered their heads and pulled their meat.

  The fiber of horse meat is very hard, harder than beef, and has less fat. It is tougher after roasting. If you don’t have a good mouth, it’s really not so easy to eat.

   Compared with the hard roasted horse meat, the broth with some condiments is more popular. Mr. Uigoshi has already drank two bowls in a row, and he is still signaling to add soup...

   Fei Qian sat on the Maza, twisted his buttocks, a little panicked. Because he is still wearing a military uniform, with a battle skirt under his buttocks, and the iron plate fits well, naturally sitting is not very comfortable, but at least it is much better than kneeling.

   Some wine was also served, but the amount was not large, there was only one jar, and each person got two or three bowls, which meant nothing more.

After drinking a round of wine, he stuffed some meat for the bottom, and only then did he think about eating outside. After all, Jun Changmao of the Neiwu Clan is still from Di, and his personality is still a bit straight. Looking at Fei Qian, he asked: "This ...Dare to ask the general, whether to march to take Liangzhou?"

  After the voice fell, everyone silently put down the food in their hands, and all turned their eyes to Fei Qian.

   This question is really rough.

   But no wonder, after all, is it a Di person?

   "It's not that someone entered Liangzhou here, but Liangzhou forced someone to do so." Fei Qian smiled lightly and said, "...People must insult themselves, and then others insult them. This battle is really not what someone wants."

  Nei Wu Clan Chief Chief nodded, maybe he didn't understand, or maybe he felt that Fei Qian's attitude was not clear, so he said again: "Then, the next step... is the general... going to fight the tribes of Xiliang?"

Fei Qian said: "If the generation is domineering and rebellious, and harms the local area, a certain person bears the emperor's grace, and he should be responsible for conquering rebels and thieves, and calming down the local area. However, the tribes in Xiliang, guarding the land and stabilizing the border, have not changed, so a certain person can't do it." Just relying on selfish desires, slaughtering colleagues... the five rulers of the inner five clans, but want to sue the Xiliang tribes for their crimes?"

   Feiqian said with a smile, picking up some words from a high place, anyway, they are all nonsense, and no one can find any problems.

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

  Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, the head of the Neiwu Clan might have realized the problem, so he couldn't help but smiled awkwardly, stroked his chest and said, "No, no, I'm just curious... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

   Feiqian smiled, but didn't continue to say anything. The tribes of Xiliang are naturally going to do it, but defeating each is the right way. That idiot will make it clear that the chariots and horses will openly say that they want to wipe out the tribes of Xiliang, and then stimulate the tribes of Xiliang to fight together?

  Naturally, the best policy is to put yourself high, and then slowly find some flaws in it. How can the soldiers withstand the consumption if they only fight blindly?

   "Everyone! In the army, there are many people who are not well-rounded! When you are at the top, I will entertain you well and reward you for your merits! You will not be drunk until then!" Fei Qian raised his wine bowl and saluted, toasting everyone present.

  Everyone also raised their bowls in response.

   The atmosphere was warm for a while.

  Fei Qiancai put down the empty bowl, but saw a soldier rushing from outside, prostrated himself in front of him: "Report! General! Jia Xu, Mr. Jia, has captured Han Sui and Han Wenyue in Tietang Gorge!"

  (end of this chapter)