Chapter 105 Heroes at dusk

"What is the black phantom just now?" Shi Yong was slightly surprised and found that a figure had quickly retreated from him. Shi Yong didn't even see the other person's appearance clearly, so Adou retreated into the crowd again.

"Who is that person? How did you get here?" Shi Yong's mind flashed, and then suddenly felt a chill in his throat. Shi Yong subconsciously reached out to touch his neck, but he felt that it was sticky on it. Shi Yong lowered his head and looked at his hand, and then he saw that these sticky things turned out to be blood.

The next moment, the pain came from the throat. Then Shi Yong felt that his breathing suddenly became difficult. Shi Yong took a deep breath, but it only brought about the stinging pain in the throat.

"It's over!" Shi Yong felt the power in his body gradually disappear, and then Shi Yong fell down from his horse fiercely.

"It turns out that someone can really take the general's head from the army like taking objects..." The spirit in Shi Yong's eyes gradually disappeared with this idea.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Master!"

As soon as Shi Yong fell down, the surrounding guards immediately surrounded him. Only then did everyone realize that there was a fatal injury at Shi Yong's throat that had penetrated Shi Yong's throat.

Everyone looked at Shi Yong's body in surprise. Just now, Shi Yong led everyone forward to charge, but the next moment Shi Yong died inexplicably, and everyone didn't even know how Shi Yong died.

"The Grand Marshal is dead!" I don't know who shouted first. On the battlefield where the shouting was shocking, the shouting did not attract much attention. Shi Yong's commanding flag was still erected there. If the commanding flag did not fall, the Jie cavalry would continue to charge forward.

Among the crowd, A Dou quickly retreated. Wanjun took the enemy's head coach's head from it, and many special conditions were required to meet them before he could do it. Even if he had martial arts like A Dou, he would not easily take such danger.

If the enemy general was a cautious person like Zhuge Liang, he would definitely stay at the end and would not give A Dou a chance to get close, but Shi Yong led his troops up without knowing his life and death.

Among the chaotic troops, there was a battle ahead, and Zhuge crossbows were constantly suppressing it. On this chaotic battlefield, an advancing rapidly did not attract the attention of the Jie people. The Jie people's light cavalry was still very fast. Although not saying that they were traveling thousands of miles a day, there was no problem walking around six hundred miles a day. When the horses sprinted at full speed, even if the knights sitting on the horse found Adou, they had no time to react.

It’s like Guan Yu killed Yan Liang when he was in chaos. At that time, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang before Yan Liang could react. If Guan Yu had finished his name and rushed over, he would definitely become the target of public criticism. At that time, everyone would pay attention to Guan Yu, and it would become impossible for Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang in seconds.

Now A Dou is the same. A Dou suddenly chose to raid after seeing Shi Yong's flag move forward. On the chaotic battlefield, as long as A Dou is not revealed, he will not become the target of public criticism, attracting the attention of the Jie cavalry, so he can easily sneak to Shi Yong.

Moreover, in history, the head coach of ethnic minority was killed in front of the two armies many times, especially when this ethnic minority was still a nomadic people, the mortality rate of the head coach was even higher.

Nomads mainly roam and fight, so it is impossible to protect the safety of the head coach with a stable formation like infantry. The special combat methods of cavalry have caused many situations to have a lot of soldiers under their command, and the head coach was killed first. During the Warring States Period, Li Mu, Meng Tian during the Qin Dynasty, Zhou Yafu during the Han Dynasty, and Li Guang all had records of killing the head coach of the Huns. Later, when the Northern Wei Dynasty fought against the Turks and Rouran, they also killed their head coach on the battlefield. Later, Nurhaci, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was even killed by cannons on the battlefield.

At this time, although the Jie people's commander Shi Yong was raided by Adou, the Jie people were still crowded and powerful, and the news of Shi Yong's death had not spread yet, so the Jie people were still fighting forward and constantly attacking the positions of the Shu army.

It is obviously unwise to fight with the scoops in close combat. The scoops are three points stronger than ordinary infantry, and they are incompetent, so as long as they have the endurance to fight, they will take advantage of the invincible place.

Naturally, the Jie soldiers would not charge from one side alone. At this time, several teams of Jie people had already gone around the flanks of the Shu army and began to launch a raid on the flanks of the Shu army. However, all the Shu army was full of vine armored soldiers, so there was no need to worry about the damage of arrows. Therefore, the formation of the Shu army has always been relatively dense. Even if the Jie cavalry attacked the flanks, they could not launch a fatal blow to the Shu army. The vine armored soldiers still resisted the attack of the Jie people.

"Shoot the arrow!" The Zhuge crossbow in the middle showed its power again, but what the Jie people did not expect was that the target of the Zhuge crossbow this time was the crowd of people fighting, and it was shooting indiscriminately.

Strong crossbows can indeed cause typhoid fever to the cavalry, but according to the experience of the Jie people, once they enter the range of bows and arrows, the battle will be dominated by the cavalry. Once the two sides are short-handed, whether it is the Jie people's bows and arrows or the Han people's crossbows, it is easy to accidentally hurt their own people, and they will not be able to play a role. What's more, in such battles, the formations of the Han people are more dense, and the arrows fall, and more Han people will be injured. Therefore, since the Jie people fought with the Han people in hand-to-hand combat, they have no precautions that the bows and arrows will fall.

However, this time, the opponent of Jie people was the Du Qi armored soldiers. The Qi armor could avoid arrows. Even if the crossbow arrow was shot down, it would not cause any damage to the soldiers. The seemingly indiscriminate shooting of Zhuge crossbows was actually only able to cause typhoid fever to Jie people.

Although the cavalry during the Three Kingdoms period was far less powerful than later generations, the cavalry still had certain advantages over infantry, but the advantages were not as obvious as later. What's more, there were many soldiers in Jie. Until now, the formation of the Shu army in hand-to-hand combat in front had a trace of chaos. This round of arrow rain fell, which was a timely rain. The Jie army, which was originally fighting in hand-to-hand combat, suddenly fell a large area, and the pressure of the Shu army decreased drastically, and the formation stabilized again.

Seeing that the arrows hit the vine armor and were bounced out one after another, the Jie people understood why the Han army dared to carry out indiscriminate shooting. The Han army's vine armor soldiers were not afraid of arrows at all. When the arrows fell, the only ones injured were the Jie people.

After the Zhuge Lianbiu suppressed the crossbow, the Shu army, which was fighting on the front line, got a breath. Taking advantage of this breath, the Shu army re-adjusted its formation.

The place where the Shu army fought with the Jie people was only more than 100 miles away from Chang'an City, and the Shu army and the Jie people had an army of 80,000. This battle of this scale was immediately detected by Ke Bineng's scouts and reported to Ke Bineng a hundred miles away.

Outside Chang'an City, Hu Jun Joint Camp.

Bu Dugen quickly walked into Kebineng's central army tent. At this time, Liu Bao and Fu Luohan had already arrived.

Ke Bi Neng looked at the latecomer with dissatisfaction, and then spoke, "The spy I sent out just found out that a hundred miles away from Chang'an, the Jie people and the Han people are fighting each other. Now the war is in a hurry, and the outcome is still unpredictable."

"Aren't the Han army all in Chang'an City? How could it appear more than a hundred miles west of Chang'an? Could it be that the Han reinforcements came?" Fu Luohan asked.

Bu Dugen nodded beside him: "Brother, you are right. I want to come from the Han reinforcements! I didn't expect that these Han people were only discovered after reaching a hundred miles from Chang'an City."

Fu Luohan said, "I think these Han people should have come from Ziwu Valley or Xigu, so they bypassed those Jie people and appeared so close to Chang'an."

"Brother said that." Bu Dugen looked at Ke Bineng with some gloating pleasure, and then said, "I remember someone swearing a few days ago that the Han people would never leave Ziwu Valley! Alas... One general is incompetent and kills the three armies!"

What Bu Dugen said is naturally Ke Bineng. Since the entire Fu Luohan army was wiped out, the strength of the Xianbei in the western region has been greatly reduced, and the Xianbei in the central region Ke Bineng has become acquainted with Liu Bao, so he naturally became the commander of the Hu coalition. Bu Dugen was already angry for this. Now that Bu Dugen has been brought to this opportunity to ridicule Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen will naturally not let it go.

"Hmph!" Ke Bi Neng snorted coldly. Ke Bi Neng naturally heard that the "incompetent" general Bu Dugen said was himself. However, this time it was Ke Bi Neng who made a mistake in judgment, so Ke Bi Neng had to swallow this.

The Xianbei in the West and the Xianbei in the Central region have always been at odds. Everyone present knew that Fu Luohan was afraid that the two of them would quarrel again if they were not in harmony, so he hurriedly spoke, and said, "The two Shanyu, the Han people are less than a hundred miles away from here. Should we send troops immediately?"

"Send troops? Why do we need to send troops? Shi Yong has 100,000 people. He will not be able to defeat such a few Han people. We don't need to support them!" Liu Bao said in a deep voice.

The Huns and Jie people are enemies, so Liu Bao hopes that all Jie people will die, so he naturally does not want to send people to support Jie people.

"What Zuo Xianwang said is, don't the Jie people claim to be able to fight well? There is no need for us to support them! Otherwise, they would think we look down on them, the Jie warriors..." Bu Dugen also interjected.

Ke Bieneng shook his head slightly: "I think it's better to send some soldiers over there."

"Kebineng, what do you mean? Do you want to support those Jie people? Have you forgotten that the Jie people used us Xianbei people as two-legged sheep a few days ago? You are still not our Xianbei people!" Bu Dugen was furious when he heard that Kebineng was going to send troops.

A few days ago, Shi Yong realized that the Xianbei people gradually became hostile to the Jie people, so he immediately led his troops to attack Tianshui and avoided the Xianbei people and the Xiongnu people outside Chang'an City. At that time, Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng did not pursue the matter, but the Xianbei people had already recorded this hatred.

"Of course I am a Xianbei!" Ke Bineng's eyes appeared and said, "I only said that he was sending troops, but he did not say that he would support the Jie people!"

"Kebineng, what you mean is..."

"How can those Jie people eat our tribe? How can you not avenge this revenge? However, Shi Yong and his team had 100,000 troops before, which was not easy to deal with. Now Shi Yong came back from Tianshui and encountered a blockade from the Han people. Even if he could win, the losses would be considerable. Now Jie people are at a weak point, and it is just right to take this opportunity to eliminate Jie people!" Ke Bineng said.

After hearing that Ke Bi would destroy the Jie people, Liu Bao was the first to stand up: "Shanyu said it well, we the Huns decided this battle!"

On the other side, Budugen and Fuluhan looked at each other. The place where the Jie people live is close to the Western Xianbei, so it is also a good thing for the Western Xianbei. So Budugen and Fuluhan exchanged glances and agreed to send troops to eliminate the Jie people together.

"Shanyu, just like this, we have lost 100,000 Jie people, and it is probably difficult to capture Chang'an City. Now that we have been besieging Chang'an City for so long, there is not much food and grass stock in Chang'an City, and I'm afraid we won't last long. I'm really a little unwilling to give up now!"

"I'm not willing to give up? What can I do if I'm not willing to give up!" Ke Bi Neng snorted coldly: "Do you think Cao Pi burned Xiaoguan and let us enter Yongzhou? Cao Pi himself couldn't beat Liu Bei, so he burned Xiaoguan and let us come over, wanting us to fight with Liu Bei for a loss. Cao Pi is good at reaping the benefits of a fisherman! But Liu Bei is not stupid, he is unwilling to fight with us, so he huddled into Chang'an City, hoping that when we robbed him and returned to the grassland. Liu Bei should have been waiting for reinforcements from Shu to come and let us retreat!"

"Hmph, the Han people are more cunning than the other! But we just gave up Chang'an City like this? Chang'an City was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and it was extremely rich, with countless gold and silver mountains inside!"

"Have you not taken enough yet? For such a long time, the entire Yongzhou has been looted by us, and many places have no choice. Although we have not been able to take Chang'an City this time, returning to the grassland is enough for us to have no worries for four or five years." Ke Bi Neng said calmly.

"Shanyu, do we still have to go back?" Liu Bao said unwillingly: "We can turn Yongzhou into our pasture, kill all the Han people, and move all our tribesmen here."

"The grassland? Where is there much grass in Yongzhou? The grassland in Yongzhou can compare to our grassland?"

"The Shanyu and Yongzhou have thousands of miles of fertile land. The horses that feed our horses with the grain in the fields can run faster."

"A fertile wilderness? Guanzhong is a fertile wilderness. There is a lot of food, but where did these foods come from? Did they fall from the sky? Those are all Han people. If we kill all the Han people, who will farm? Will our warriors dismount? Will they plant? Even if they give them seeds, can they plant them?" Ke Bi Neng said coldly.

"Uh..." Liu Bao was speechless by Ke Bi Neng. After a long time, Liu Bao continued to ask tentatively: "Then leave some Han people as our slaves to help us farm."

"How many people have to be left behind in Yongzhou? Is there no seventy or eight hundred thousand people who can plant so much land? If there are more Han people than our tribe, or the same number as our tribe, do you think we can rule so many Han people?"

"This..." Liu Bao was speechless again.

"Okay, let's do it, destroy the Jie people first! Let's leave immediately. I heard that the Jie people also robbed a lot of things. After destroying the Jie people, we will rob it a lot and then go back to the grassland. The Han infantry soldiers will not catch up with us. Let Liu Bei and Cao Pi fight for this mess in Yongzhou!"

On that day, Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen and Liu Bao all formed a large army and headed westward.

Inside Chang'an City.

Zhang Fei ran in from outside quickly and immediately spoke when he saw Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan, the Hu people outside the city have withdrawn!"

"Are the Hu people heading west?" Pang Tong asked hurriedly.

"It's going west."

Pang Tong gently shook the feather fan in his hand: "If it was as good as I expected, Kong Ming should have brought reinforcements."

"Really?" Zhang Fei looked happy on his face: "Since that's the case, I will lead the army out immediately and pursue the Hu people!"

"Hahaha... the third general is calm." Pang Tong hurriedly stopped Zhang Fei: "Three generals, those Hu people are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, can you chase them? Let's tell Your Majesty the good news, maybe Your Majesty's illness will be better."

Liu Bei has been in bed for a long time.

However, as the weather gradually warmed up, Liu Bei's body gradually improved, but it was still a long way from recovery.

Liu Bei is already in his sixties, and many people feel that this great monarch who has been a tyrant for 40 years may not last long.

When Zhang Fei and Pang Tong came in, Guan Yu was sitting next to Liu Bei's bed and talking with Liu Bei.

"Brother, good news!" Zhang Fei shouted loudly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Third brother, what good news?" Guan Yu asked.

"Second brother is here too! It's great news. The Hu people retreated."

"His Hu people retreated?" Guan Yu thought for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, and then said, "It must be that the reinforcements from Shu were coming, so he forced the Hu people to retreat."

But there was no smile on Liu Bei's face. On the contrary, a trace of guilt rose on Liu Bei's face. Zhang Fei next to him still had a bitter face when he saw Liu Bei, and said, "Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you unhappy with such good news?"

"Ahem... happy, happy!" Liu Bei coughed a few times, forced his face to smile and nodded, and then said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "Two brothers, I am a little tired, let me rest."

Guan Yu immediately stood up: "Brother, don't be too tired, it's time to rest more. After that, Guan Yu pulled Zhang Fei, who was a little reluctant, and walked out."

"Your Majesty, I have also surrendered." Pang Tong bowed to Liu Bei, then turned around and prepared to leave.

"Shi Yuan, wait a moment, I have something to say to you."

Pang Tong hurriedly turned around, walked to Liu Bei, and spoke, "Your Majesty, please give me instructions."

"Oh..." Liu Bei sighed. After a long time, a sentence popped out of his mouth: "Shi Yuan, I really regret it, I regret it!"

"His Majesty!"

"Shi Yuan, don't interrupt me, let me finish speaking." Liu Bei breathed a few breaths slightly, and then said, "I am incompetent. The Hu army is approaching, but they just huddled in the city and dare not fight. I pity my people in Yongzhou... These are all my great men!"

Liu Bei said here, and sighed with a stern sigh: "Shi Yuan, if I dared to fight the Hu people to the death, the people of Yongzhou might not have suffered such a disaster... But I dare not, really dare... I am over 60 years old and am about to die. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I have been fighting in the world and suffered repeated failures. I have been in chaos for half my life but have no place to settle down. Until I met Kong Ming, I have been living in two rivers for ten years, and now I have occupied the Longxing land of Guanzhong... I have today, which is hard-won. I really don't want to lose it in vain, but my people of Yongzhou... Alas, it's all my fault, it's all my fault!"

Listening to Liu Bei's east and west, it seemed incoherent, but Pang Tong deeply understood what Liu Bei said.
To be continued...