The moon on fifteen was particularly round, making the earth shine brightly, but people still burst into tears from time to time in the fields to fall to the ground.
Han Tong gritted his teeth, carefully controlled the horse, stared at the road ahead with wide eyes, and walked forward silently.
It is not a comfortable job to walk on both legs and ride a horse. Han Tong only felt that his butt was about to be smashed.
Thinking about it carefully, when he arrived at Dayangdu, Hedong from Shilou County, he had only one horse, and the other two horses were lent to him by the county students.
After crossing the floating bridge, he arrived in Luoyang. After resting for ten days, he headed south again, passed through Nanyang and arrived in Jiangling.
Only then can we really take a rest, take a breath, raise horses, and the court also replenished some horses, but most of them are worthless pack horses.
Then he walked the mountain road, passed Yidu, Jianping, and Badong, and had already passed Nanpu, but he was urgently called back and walked around the mountains and penetrated into the rock canal. He had just rested for two days, and was taken by Captain Huan to a place called Guanghan.
After this trip, I was rushing.
When I left my hometown, the time at the foot of Shilou Mountain was when the horses were fat, but now it was mid-spring in Shu, which made people feel deeply moved.
By the way, three horses became two, and some people were less than two, so they raised money everywhere, borrowed money, and fought the battle to conquer Shu. When they went to the battle, they had more than three thousand horses, and it would be good to have half of them left, which was more than the loss of people.
At the beginning of the journey, the front stopped. After a while, a military academy arrived and ordered everyone to rest for half an hour.
Han Tong felt relieved, but he couldn't rest. As a rare talent in the army who knows mountain Hu language and Mandarin,
He wanted to rush to the side of Captain Huan to obey the order and translate at any time.
Shanhu is a typical mixed Hu community, formed by descendants of Shanrong and Chidi in the pre-Qin period, mixed with the Xiongnu, Qiang and various other tribes.
After the destruction of Liu Han, many five Huns joined in, making their power grow increasingly stronger. Some people call it "Jihu".
Farming, grazing, hunting, fishing, sericulture, and doing everything, in fact, the level of civilization is higher than that of pure nomadic tribes.
Their language is very unique, mixed with vocabulary of different races, but their pronunciations are different.
When Han Tong said goodbye to his sister, his brother-in-law (Feng Bachi) went to Shilou County to be a teacher. At first, he couldn't understand their words, but he was willing to learn and was eager to learn. He also married the daughter of the commander-in-chief of Shanhu. He gradually understood.
During the recruitment of troops, I used my relationship to report my name and used it as a general translator. After I returned, I could be promoted to a county doctor.
He trotted all the way to Huan Wen, and was about to hear the messenger report: "At dusk, the Wanqi Duwei attacked the enemy army and became the enemy army. It seemed that the enemy roared, and many people ran away, and the commander of the rear army Shangguan was killed."
"Who are the rear troops?"
"According to what the prisoners said, they are servants from wealthy families."
"Where is Shangguan Jing?"
"The veterans of the six counties died when they roared."
"Ying Xiaoshi died, why did Wanqike say he was killing the general?"
The messenger had nothing to say.
He Fen was overjoyed and said, "You messenger, are too honest."
"All the rear troops are dispersed?"
"It shouldn't be." The messenger said, "The camp of Li Qi, who pretended to be a royal clan, did not have a camp, and finally sent someone to clean up the mess. The Duwei of Wanqi said that the thief's rear army should have lost more than half of it."
"Where is the central army?" Huan Wen asked again.
"The central army was in a tight defense, and the troops beat drums and drums, set off two fires, and shot more than ten patrol patrols to death. The thieves must have not been able to sleep."
"Didn't harass the front army?"
"General Chen from Feilong Mountain brought more than a thousand people to harass him. The thieves launched a large-scale battle. They fought in the dark, and each suffered heavy casualties." The messenger replied: "In the second half of the night, General Chen joined forces to harass him once or twice."
"The cavalry fought in the night, and even if there was a full moon, it was difficult to tell in a hurry. I didn't know if it was my own people. I was afraid that the casualties would be very serious." Huan Wen said.
"It may not be a bad thing." He Fen said from the side: "The thief cavalry has been wiped out, and the remaining infantry has been tossed for two nights. I don't believe that I still have the strength to move forward. Just die-"
"Enough!" Huan Wen stood up suddenly, looked at He Fen coldly, and said, "Have a quick break, and set off in half an hour."
He Fen shut up, it’s amazing to have the princess support him.
*******
In the mountains and fields, the lights of lights went out one after another, and another round of offensive disappeared.
Li Xiong put down the sword in his hand, gently supported it on the ground, and stabilized his body.
As the emperor, of course he didn't have to fight on the front line, but he also spent a lot of energy. For him at this time, these energy was more like vitality.
The general of Zhenxi, the prefect of Wenshan, and the cavalry governor Li Ba rode his horse back, and his blood stained his clothes.
"Your Majesty." After dismounting, he bowed down, perhaps because he was injured and his expression was extremely painful.
Li Xiong calmed down his mind, stepped forward and helped him up, and said, "What a magnificent thing is my son returning from defeating the enemy."
After Li Ba stood up, he felt his father's thin arms, his eyes were a little red, and he held Li Xiong with his back hand.
He said, "Grandma, go and rest."
Li Xiong shook his head and said, "Grandpa is going to stand here and watch the soldiers return one by one."
Li Ba couldn't persuade him, so he asked someone to bring him to sit down, help his father sit down, and then took another felt blanket and gently covered him on his father's legs.
"How many cavalry are left?" Li Xiong asked.
"There are still thousands of riders left."
"Where is the horse?"
"I collected some Hun horses during the day, and there were more than 900 more horses."
"What do you think of the battle tonight?"
Li Ba was silent for a long time and said, "I think the Liang people mean to fight for my cavalry."
"Is it a new reinforcement?"
"Yes, its name is Feilongshan Town Army." Li Ba said: "There are hundreds of elite cavalry, at least one-third of which have iron armor. They are the first to clash, and the rest of them are closely behind, and they are more brave. However, they are not similar to the military commanded by the Liang State."
"How to say it?"
"There is a small strand of ten riders, a small strand of black flag on the back of the school, a large strand of fifty riders, a large strand of red flag on the back of the school, and a five hundred riders, a general flag on the back of the school, which is different from the Liang Jun I have seen in the past."
"This is a rule." Li Xiong said: "When the incident first started, some troops of the Wang army did not understand the rules, suffered a lot of losses and died many people. Later, they slowly summarized and figured out a set of solutions. After they got it, they asked someone to preach the military books. When they heard the military books and war strategies, they shouted that this was what they did? It turned out that most of the things they learned from the battlefield were secretly in line with the military strategy, even if he had never read the military books."
"I heard that Shao Liang was in a fortress, and there were military towns in the border areas, including generals, chief ministers, Sima, chief clerk, and young governors,
Officials of all levels of record and other officials." Li Xiong said: "The army and law govern the people, farming and pastoralism when they are busy, and practice in their spare time. They are quite familiar with the whole. Even if they have no rules, they have been different over the years. They have raised horses by themselves.
When making equipment and practicing military territory, I asked the Shaoliang court from time to time that I wanted some rewards. What is the difference between this and the military commander?”
"They are waiting for you tonight. They clearly want to use up the cavalry of the king's army and slowly remove the infantry." Li Xiong smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that the army camp roared, and the casualties were no less than 3,000. The central army also lost nearly 2,000 troops since yesterday. It was only two nights."
Li Xiong knew very well that although he could still hold on now, there were not many casualties, but it had been two days and two nights.
If you continue to waste, you will always see the moment when the string collapses. At that time, the number of people who have fled will be determined by the law.
There are two ways to relieve the fatigue of the body and mind of the earth.
First, when you enter Guangshen City, you can recover with the city walls.
The second is to log and dig trenches and build solid camps, which is actually no different from going to the city to rest.
But once you stop, will you attract more cavalry troops?
The first reinforcement army had arrived during the day, and it was conceivable that the Liang people would definitely be rushing here at all without any effort, and they would not be able to leave after stopping.
But everyone understands the truth, what about reality?
The group of people brought over were haunted for two days and two nights, but they were actually frightened. The rear army roared. If they forced themselves to continue, they would not know how many people would be dispersed. The morale would be severely damaged. They would lose their combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and rescued Jiangzhou became empty talk.
A dilemma choice.
"After dawn, I will reward all the troops." Li Xiong hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and said, "My son can go to the camp to choose wealth and goods for his father."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several torches of long dragons coming over in the dark night ahead.
As we approached, the long dragon of torches slowly dispersed, crossing the farmlands, crossing the forests, covering the valleys and hills.
Looking from a high place, in the wilderness covered by night, torches are like stars, and the sound of hooves is like thunder, occasionally mixed with the neighing of horses, echoing in the valley.
Reinforcements arrived.
Li Xiong stood up, looked quietly for a long time, and said, "It smells a bit like a bluff. It seems that there are thousands of riders, maybe only one or two thousand."
Li Ba looked at his father with certificate, not knowing what to say,
"Maybe I can't leave anymore." Li Xiong actually smiled, looked at his son, and said, "I don't know that in a thousand years, some people remember the past when you, my father and son fought side by side of Fushui."
Li Ba suddenly wanted to shed tears, but he didn't know who shed for.
*******
The early morning of the 16th is coming soon.
Three miles north of Guanghan City, another trench was excavated.
This time, the excavated soil was not transported away, but instead, a soil wall was piled up directly on the other side of the trench.
Behind the earth wall, a group of Huns slept on the ground, snoring like thunder.
Next to them, the Shilou Shanhu brought by Huan Wen was wiping the equipment and feeding the horses.
News came from the front: Two thousand people in the remnants of Li Cheng's army had already joined more than 17,000 people in the central army, and they were in a position to move closer to the forward army.
As for the less than 4,000 infantry and cavalry of its front army, they had already begun to retreat to the gentle slopes of the hills.
Many people began to log and dig trenches, build camps, and make persistent positions.
Huan Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news.
After arriving last night, he led his men to rush into the thief army overnight, killing and scattering hundreds of people.
They only marched for a long distance, and their horsepower was not enough, otherwise they would have to kill them all night.
From this we can also tell that the current army seems to be crowded with people, but in fact it is just a group of frightened birds.
At most one night, they will be overwhelmed by the attack and eventually collapse.
Li Xiong seemed to realize the problem.
He did not force his advancement any more, but instead set up camp on the spot and waited for the soldiers to recover and then headed south.
It was at this time that Huan Wen finally understood why the emperor built a city every thirty miles when he was expeditioning Tuoba Xianbei in the north, but it was with a large number of cavalry guards.
Huan Wen is also making progress as he fights and learns as he goes.
Chapter completed!