Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 957 Changes on the battlefield

  As the Xiliang scout team on the small mound fled, the danger was temporarily lifted, but it still caused a lot of chaos and casualties.

There is a huge difference between armored and unarmored soldiers when facing arrows. At a distance of more than a hundred steps, if they have armor, they may be able to directly shoot bows and arrows. The angle of the arrow is not good, and it may not be able to shoot through the armor, but without armor, basically no matter what the angle of incidence of the arrow is, it will cause serious damage.

Fei Qian organized the soldiers to help the people on the south bank to cross the river as soon as possible, and at the same time asked the soldiers to treat the injured people. In such a short time, because the people stood densely at the beginning and were illuminated by the light of the torches, resulting in The arrows fired by the Xiliang scouts basically didn't miss much. More than a dozen people were killed, a dozen were seriously injured, and a few were slightly injured, directly injuring more than 30 people...

Looking at those rough-handed veterans who were helping to treat them, Fei Qian felt that the forgotten problem had come to mind again. Regarding the matter of battlefield rescue, he had to prepare it after arriving in Pingyang anyway. It needs to be equipped, not only for the rescue of soldiers when they are fighting, but also for normal times.

Some time ago, because of establishing a good image, a lot of people came here. I don’t know if any of them are medical students. However, in the Han Dynasty, the title of doctor was still absent. Only doctors or alchemists, or According to the specialty of his diagnosis, he is called food doctor, disease doctor, or gold sore doctor, etc. Even the titles of doctor and doctor are only available in later generations.

  So in the army, most of them are gold sore doctors. From this aspect, Chinese people didn't pay much attention to doctors in the beginning. Doctors and craftsmen are tied...

   While Fei Qian was thinking about it, Zhang Liao came back empty-handed with a somewhat ashamed face.

Although he failed to capture anyone alive, Zhang Liao immediately dispatched many soldiers, and even searched northward for a certain distance, until he found no more lurking Xiliang troops, and returned to Feiqian after making sure the surrounding area was safe. plead guilty.

If it is said that there is guilt, it cannot be said that there is no guilt at all. After all, Zhang Liao was the one who arrived on the north bank first. It is also a problem that he did not find the Xiliang scouts lurking in. But if Zhang Liao must be guilty, it is hard to say. The sound of water flowing and the sound of people and horses crossing the river is enough to give this small group of Xiliang scouts enough cover...

   Therefore, Fei Qian did not entangle in this issue, but just said to postpone the discussion, and let Zhang Liao gather and organize the soldiers. What Fei Qian is most worried about now is whether Li Jue's position is on the south bank or the north bank, but now, after learning about Zhang Liao's return, he feels a little more at ease.

  As time passed, the answer to this question was finally revealed, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the night...

At this time, there is no need to guess anymore, because the sound of so many galloping horses is enough to prove that Li Jue's large army is still following Fei Qian, and the one who just appeared here is just Li Jue's faction Come out to be responsible for patrolling Juqishui small scout troops.

Fei Qian's correct decision at that time finally paid off. Although Li Jue saw the rocket guidance from his scouts and rushed here non-stop, he was still a step too late. Zhao Yun and others had just crossed Juqishui. Jue's vanguard cavalry appeared in Fei Qian's field of vision.

  The Xiliang cavalry held up the burning torches, which seemed to cover the entire area within sight...

Fei Qian was suddenly a little fortunate. If he had been a little timid when he was attacked just now, no matter if he retreated to the south bank or delayed the order to continue crossing the river, he might be blocked by Li Jue in the middle of the crossing. , or even his own life may not be guaranteed.

   "Damn! Damn!"

  A moment later, Li Jue led a large army to the south bank of Juqishui. Seeing the Feiqian troops gradually disappearing from sight, he couldn't help waving his horsewhip angrily, cursing...

   But what can I do?

   This has always been the case on the battlefield, and a moment's difference is the difference between heaven and earth.

If Li Jue had been an hour earlier, or Fei Qian had been delayed by an hour, the situation might have changed dramatically, but now the problem has shifted from Fei Qian to Li Jue. On the south bank, then Fei Qian can naturally embark on the journey to the north, and Li Jue has to face the problems that Fei Qian faced before. , or go a little way east to the stone bridge in Wannian County?

If you want to cross the Juqishui, you have to take off your battle armor as Fei Qian did, and separate your armor to swim across. Otherwise, the water-soaked battle armor will drag all the soldiers down like carrying a heavy stone. Go to the bottom of the water; or rely on a large number of people, go to the surrounding area to cut down trees, drag them over to build a simple pontoon bridge, and then cross the river directly without removing the armor, but no matter which method is adopted, the time spent will be longer than that of Fei Qian. It should be longer. After all, the number of Li Jue's men and horses is here, and the swimming time will naturally be longer. Even if you choose to build a pontoon bridge, it will also take a certain amount of time.

It may be relatively convenient to detour to Wannian County, but that would be equivalent to searching for the traces of Feiqian again. Lost the best opportunity to surround and strangle Fei Qian, how can this be acceptable to Li Jue?

what to do?

  Li Jue weighed left and right, and it was a bit difficult to make a decision for a while.

   It seemed that he felt Li Jue's emotions, and the war horse under his crotch was also a little uneasy on the river beach on the south bank of Juqishui, snorting, kicking the sand under his feet back and forth...

"Come on! Go to the surrounding area to cut down trees, build a pontoon bridge, and continue to pursue!" Li Jue gritted his teeth and said fiercely. Under the current situation, since a large number of people have come to encircle and suppress Feiqian, is it so easy to let him break through? And can't go?

If this is the case, let’s not talk about the impact on morale, just in the Xiliang faction, then it will be a slap in the face, and my prestige may be affected. How can I stand before Ma Teng and Han Sui? ?

   "Huh? Oh...well..."

  After Li Jue's order, many Xiliang soldiers inevitably muttered.

After all, people are not made of iron. They set off in a hurry early in the morning, and then chased all the way. Although it was one person and two horses, it was still exhausting. At night, I saw the scout's emergency report, so I chased here without resting. Come, but it was a step away at the last moment. The Xiliang soldiers held their breath all the way, and their suffocated spirit relaxed after seeing Shi Shiran, the Feiqian army, leave. Exhausted, and now I can't rest, and I have to continue cutting logs to build a pontoon bridge...

   It is inevitable that some complaints will come out.

"...Japanese mud and two leather kidneys, Maha's before, followed Dongtaisi and had meat to eat, but now...all four eat soil..." An old Xiliang soldier walked slowly to find trees, while sending out whining.

   "Zuan is mud... Tired ball..." Such words immediately resonated with many people, and some people immediately agreed.

A small military officer with the appearance of a Xiliang song shouted after hearing the words: "Take! Er bastard! Black dog! What are you talking about?" Well, a lump of mud will heal your health!"

Seeing Qu Zhang yelling, many people fell silent. The old Xiliang soldier was still a little annoyed, and muttered in a low voice: "Every melon skin! When I used a knife to play with the ground, Ni Shi still held Baba to irrigate the soil. Dili..."

Seeing how much he was stunned, Qu Chang ignored the low-pitched complaints, pretended not to hear, and directly assigned the task. In fact, he also knew that the soldiers were indeed tired now, but the military order had come down, so even if Even if you are tired, you still have to do it. Complaints are inevitable, just keep them within a certain range.

  So, under the actions of Xiliang soldiers who had no power, the pontoon bridge began to be built slowly...

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   But in Baishuigou, Ma Teng was facing another small problem. It wasn't about whether he could attack the camp, but because he didn't expect to meet someone from the same clan here. Would he still be able to fight this battle?

   It turned out that Ma Teng didn't believe it either, but after seeing Ma Yan, he couldn't help but not believe it.

  Because the shape of the spear used by Ma Teng is exactly the same as the type of spear used by Ma Yan, and even the two of them compared their martial arts before the battle, and found that the moves are similar...

  This makes people feel a little bit surprised, but also has to lament the coincidence of life.

  The two generals were fighting in front of the battle, and then stopped, dismounted each other and sat together, laughing, talking about their family changes, and after talking about their emotions, both of them sighed endlessly.

  It turned out that both Ma Teng and Ma Yan were separated from an old Ma's family. In terms of seniority, they are quite close, and they are both descendants of Ma Yuan.

  Ma Yuan is a legendary figure, he was quite famous when he was young, and he has good skills.

Later, during Wang Mang's period, when the world was in turmoil, he first served as General Suide of Kui Xiao, then betrayed Kui Xiao, defected to Liu Xiu, and then used his status and prestige among Kai Xiao's forces, which later led to Kui Xiao's subordinates Thirteen generals and more than 100,000 of his followers surrendered without a fight, and Kai Xiao fled to Xicheng, becoming Liu Xiu's important hero in pacifying Xiliang.

Ma Yuan also made a strategic and tactical move of gathering rice for the mountain, promoting the Zhou Zhang of five baht coins to restore the economy, not only pacifying the Qiang people, but also leading troops south to pacify the Lingnan area. He was named General Fubo, but such feats still couldn't resist the emperor's suspicion. Later, after Ma Yuan died of illness at the front line, he didn't even have a decent burial place.

  Although there were still some talents in the Ma family later, none of them were as brilliant as the ancestor Ma Yuan, so they spread out and spread out, becoming the source of many Ma surnames in the Northwest.

Obviously, both Ma Teng and Ma Yan had inherited Ma Yuan's martial arts, so even the weapons they used were somewhat similar. Therefore, when Xu Shu saw Ma Teng on the wall of the village, he speculated, and later sent soldiers After asking, there was the result of the meeting between Ma Teng and Ma Yan before the battle.

  However, such a result also caused Ma Teng's subordinates to look at the situation in front of them, and most of the original tense atmosphere dissipated at once. The generals of the two armies sat down to chat. Is this still a fight?

   What are you doing when you can’t fight?

   Naturally, what to do, so the huge momentum created by Ma Teng was withdrawn at once...

In fact, Ma Teng didn't bring many people here at all. The huge scale he created was just a tactic of suspicion. Now it has been exposed. Although it is a bit embarrassing, anyway, the original agreement with Li Jue was just to delay Fei's potential in Baishuigou The cavalry and infantry here are just enough pressure on Feiqian's camp to prevent them from dividing their troops.

  So now Ma Teng is also very difficult to deal with. He can't fight anymore. After all, he didn't plan to attack hard at the beginning, but it's a bit difficult to retreat or stay here...

  Xu Shu in the Baishuigou camp also saw this, so he sent someone to send some cattle and wine. After Ma Teng accepted it with a smile, he led his troops back to Xinfeng.

   As for how Li Jue explained, Ma Teng said, who is Li Jue?

  Ma Teng is a big man in Xiliang at any rate, and he can cooperate with Li Jue to do some actions. It’s okay, but he must completely obey Li Jue’s orders and follow orders. This, hehe…

  Above the Baishuigou camp, Xu Shu watched Ma Teng lead his soldiers gradually to the southwest, but there was not much relaxed expression on his face.

Ma Yan was a little puzzled, he just paid some insignificant cattle, wine, food and grass to avoid the battle, and let Ma Teng withdraw his troops by himself, so there is nothing dissatisfied about it, is it really going to be a fight, see some **** death A little talent to be thankful for?

  Xu Shu saw Ma Yan's doubts, and said: "Although this place is safe, there is danger there. Although it is good to know Ma Shoucheng, I am afraid that there are many dangers in the place of the king..."

  Ma Yan nodded silently when he heard the words.

  For the Han Dynasty now, there is no wireless communication tool on the battlefield, and there is no positioning system. It is really an impossible task to receive the current information of Feiqian in a timely manner...

  However, Xu Shu suddenly turned his head, stared at Ma Yan for a few times, then pinched his beard and smiled, which made Ma Yan suddenly feel a little fuzzy in his heart, "Yuan Zhi, if you have something to say, just say it..."

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Ma Yan put on a leather robe, looked back at the Qiang cavalry behind him, then looked at the battle flag with a different color on the top of his head, shook his head and gave a wry smile, then whistled, and took Riding five hundred Qiang horses headed northwest...

  (end of this chapter)