When retreating, Dong Zhuo's 2,000 rangers and 600 infantry opened a distance, which seemed to be loosely connected. After running for three miles, Dong Zhuo let out a cry, pulled the reins, and the tip of the green spring spear slowly drew out on the yellow sand. A gully, looking back, it's a pity that the big snow dragon cavalry didn't take advantage of the situation to pursue. Dong Zhuo pursed his lips, took off the red-tasseled helmet and put it under his arm, and he didn't mind showing a bitter face on the soldiers under his command, and sighed. A school lieutenant who had dismounted as an infantry followed the cavalry with great strides and came to Dong Zhuo's horse. Sanli pretended to be defeated and ran like a stray dog. That Beiliang's number one cavalry has no guts. Most of the soldiers trained by Dong Fatty are of this kind of virtue. Dong Zhuo put the Green Spring Spear on the shelf, put on his helmet, and said, "Let's go."
The school lieutenant who followed Dong Zhuo one by one rode his buttocks, and asked: "General, are we really leaving like this? Don't we kill a carbine?"
Dong Zhuo didn't answer the subordinate's question, and if he didn't say anything, the captain gave up the idea of asking. This is Dong Jiajun's tacit understanding. Dong Zhuo is not only good at leading a small number of elite cavalry for long-distance raids, but also is very good at returning his carbine. In many fierce battles, he can even retreat for tens or even hundreds of miles at a time when the situation is even at a slight disadvantage, turn around and fight again, and then establish the victory. . It should be known that the carbine tactic is a double-edged sword. It is very effective if it is used well. If it is not used well, it will be misunderstood by cleverness. It is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the morale of one's own army and the resilience of the enemy's combat power. This kind of arithmetic deduction that often costs hundreds of thousands of lives is by no means just talking on paper.
Dong Zhuo said to himself: "Six thousand beat four thousand, and it was a tie. We have almost figured out the combat strength of the Dragon Elephant Army. Wa Zhu Hong Gu'an did not deserve to lose."
The lieutenant let out a hey, and spoke without taboo, "If the elders in the imperial court listen to what the general said, we will have to say that we are shameless."
Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and lifted his butt slightly. The eldest daughter-in-law of the royal family always teased his buttocks for having calluses, groped him, and asked him to ride less. Dong Zhuo is an extremely intelligent man, and it seems to be a whisper of the thrushes in the boudoir, but the implication is to make him, a husband, less likely to get into the battle himself. After all, he is still young and has the status of a relative of the imperial family, so he should take less risks. The military merits earned, as long as you can bear your temper, you can always climb to a high position. It's just that Li Gu Maolong, who is in danger of being reinforced this time, is really worried if he doesn't personally lead the troops. Six thousand soldiers were killed by the Dragon Elephant Army. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel sorry for him, but Dong Zhuo has always been a veritable cold-blooded and ruthless. The elite of the 60,000 soldiers and horses is not the cavalry, but the 12,000 infantry. If the latter lost 6,000, Dong Zhuo would have gone to the generals of Huang Songpu in the Southern Dynasty to block the door and scold their mothers.
After walking a few miles, I saw another five hundred cavalry from Dong's army, and this elite soldier silently blended into the army. Dong Zhuo has always been known for being scheming, and he doesn't like to do business that puts all his wealth on the line. The reason why he doesn't use his carbine many times, but he can succeed every time is that every time he retreats, he will have the total force in advance. At least one-sixth of the hidden cavalry remained full of energy and used it as the tip of their carbine.
In the battle of Hulukou, Dong Zhuo originally thought that since the Dragon Elephant Army dared to set up an ambush to help, ordinary generals who were experienced in transporting troops would be responsible for dispatching troops and would not go all out. Therefore, at first they did not send a positive number of 8,000 cavalry into the battlefield. The fact that the Xiang army had no backup was unexpected, and Dong Zhuo’s other calculations did not show any mistakes. If the unparalleled fierce general who should be Yuan Zuozong, the white bear, turned out, Dong Zhuo would not only be able to eat four thousand dragon elephant troops, but also strangle people and slaughter the second son in one fell swoop. . Of course, Dong Zhuo wasn't afraid of the Snow Dragon Riders. If he really wanted to fight, with the five hundred cavalry behind him, he could completely defeat Yuan Zuozong, but it would be difficult to kill Yuan Zuozong and Xu Longxiang. Dong Zhuo thought he was very good at living. A man, taking care of 60,000 Dong Jiajun is just like a petty man taking care of a small family. If you don't see rabbits, you don't spread eagles. Since Xu Longxiang, the only target of this trip, could not be killed, killing hundreds or even thousands of Beiliang soldiers would not affect the overall situation, but he would also cut off several catties of flesh from himself. Dong Zhuo was in pain and was not willing to do it.
The fat man cried and said helplessly: "When I go back this time, don't even think about going to my father-in-law's house in the name of New Year's greetings. This is more than that, I'm afraid I won't be able to touch my daughter-in-law's hand for a month."
Gong Pu, Ke Qing and Penglai Ding Slaves were all killed in battle. Dong Zhuo had no guilt for watching them die for him, but he was troubled about the future layout. Bingshan is also known for being cruel in the city.
The captain asked cautiously: "General, we don't seem to be going in the direction of Maolong?"
Fatty Dong, who was in a fit of anger, stared and said: "Go and reincarnate in a hurry, didn't you see that the Daxue Dragon Riders of the King of Beiliang's own army have taken the lead? Only 800 riders have come, what about the rest? Didn't you go to Li Gu Maolong? Otherwise, the four thousand Dragon Elephant Army will appear at the mouth of the gourd waiting for us to enter their crotch?!"
The school lieutenant scratched his head, rolled his eyes quietly and said: "My sister said earlier that the general would not be allowed to pick up the hot potato, but the general insisted on not listening."
Dong Zhuo put on a bright smile and waved, "Yelu Chucai, come here."
The captain was terrified, slowed down his running speed, and greeted the general with his left ear and his right ear.
Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "Little brother-in-law!"
The captain stepped forward obediently, and as expected, he got kicked firmly. The fat man who had vented his anger felt refreshed, "You see how beautiful your sister is, and look at you again, you are crooked. I I told you the first time I met you, your kid is definitely not your parents' birth, maybe he picked it up casually."
As the school lieutenant of Dong Zhuo's brother-in-law, he is a real member of the royal family. When he heard such disrespectful words, he didn't dare to refute it, which shows the power of Fatty Dong. Feeling sullen, having such a rascal brother-in-law on the stand, it's really God dozing off.
Dong Zhuo suddenly withdrew his relaxed expression, "Fart quickly."
The school captain, who would only be regarded as a reckless man in battle, ran near Dong Zhuo's war horse and said, "It's not surprising that the 10,000 Dragon Elephant Army defeated the Wa Zhu Army who left the city without permission. Four thousand dragon elephant troops in full force appeared at Hulukou, which is enough to show that there is something wrong with the Gentleman's Pavilion. Although our Beimang Army Town is not as high and steep as the Junzi Town in the Central Plains, the Junziguan is not a dragon. It is ridiculous to use a cavalry that can't keep up with the siege equipment to attack the city, which can be captured by the cavalry army. This can only show that the penetration of the Northern Liang army into the Northern Mang frontier army is far beyond the imagination of the Southern Dynasty. Perhaps Hong Gu'an went out of the city to resist the enemy in a feverish mind, and there were spies behind him."
Dong Zhuo didn't nod or shake his head, and continued to ask: "Then tell me, seeing how the Dragon Elephant Army went deep alone, the remaining 400 people in the gourd mouth, plus the remaining injuries from before, there are less than 10,000 Beiliang elites left." Two thousand, such a big price, what are you trying to do?"
The school captain who was often molested by Fatty Dong as the "golden branch and jade leaf" thought for a while and said: "The four towns of Wazhu Junziguan Ligu Maolong are all easy to defend and easy to attack military towns. Except for the strength, they are not of much value. Unless the Liang army is stupid, they will stay in the garrison and wait for the old generals of the Southern Dynasty to seek revenge. To be honest, I can't figure out what was fought in this battle. Is the king of Beiliang confused? Or is he in a hurry? The second son was sent to the Beiliang Army as a general?"
Dong Zhuo kicked, the brother-in-law dodged quickly, and the fat man who missed the kick laughed angrily: "I haven't got the point after talking for a long time, your sister is right, I have read military books to death, and I don't know how to explore things other than military books gone."
The lieutenant was used to his brother-in-law's beatings, scolding or love, so he said with a cheeky smile: "The general is wise and powerful, help me to explain it to the little one."
Dong Zhuo said with a light smile: "In the past, all the military towns on the sidelines close to Beiliang were quite conceited in terms of combat power, thinking that they could fight one-on-one with Beiliang's iron cavalry in a fair and honest manner, not only the generals like Hong Gu'an thought so , There are even old and young people from the Central Plains who want to return home, want to pay homage to their ancestors, or miss the rich and comfortable water and soil in the south, so they secretly push the flames, and everyone gathers firewood. The contempt for the Northern Liang army, and then the impetuousness of the entire Southern Dynasty temple, will inevitably affect the mentality of the northern royal court and His Majesty the emperor. His Majesty hastily took the Buddhist sword, more or less because he felt that he could take Beiliang in one fell swoop and rule the world."
The captain hesitated for a moment, then said: "Then let's fight, since the Beiliang army has made Longyaozhou go crazy with only one dragon elephant army, it is clear that we can fight to the death, our Nan Chao is so arrogant Yu Ding, if there is a real fight, you will definitely suffer. Why did Beiliang send troops at this time? Is it true that the king of Beiliang is really confused? Now that the battle is over, Longyao Prefecture is almost powerless to fight back , Her Majesty the Empress is so proud of the post road beacon flint Wubao big net that she wove, and it was sieved all at once, and it turned out to be really beaten, only then did I know that I had run into Beiliang, the ancestor who built the post road system Wang, there is no need to play at all. In this way, we in Beimang will be more cautious in deploying our troops. After a few more years, we will really calm down and stop playing fancy things. Instead, we will seriously build a practical beacon post road. How can the Beiliang army Isn't it completely hopeless to go north and shrink south with peace of mind?"
Dong Zhuo slowly spit out two words, "Time."
The captain froze for a moment, then asked in a daze, "What?"
Dong Zhuo stroked the green spring gun body on the side of the saddle, and said softly: "Xu Xiao, the king of Beiliang Mountain who is still a tiger, is waiting for the son of Beiliang to have enough strength to succeed and take over the whole of Beiliang. Army. But in order to prevent the young prince from losing ground in the battle with Chen Zhibao, first, Xu Xiao’s efforts are not to be appreciated, and it is wrong to make any moves. Second, Chen Zhibao has a huge innate advantage accumulated during the Spring and Autumn War, so Xu Xiao must In the past few years, Chen Zhibao must be slowly hidden in order to buy time for his eldest son. If Beimang goes south too quickly, even if he hurriedly raises his eldest son to the top, the army of Beiliang will definitely fall to Chen Zhibao, and I am afraid that in the end it will be the snow dragon The cavalry and Longxiang Weixiong's pro-armies will stay under the banner of King Xu Zi. Having said that, the Dragon Elephant Army led by the second son is almost the only choice for the King of Beiliang to beat Beimang this time. To pave the way for the two sons, you can still be justified on the mountain behind Chen Zhibao. This time when you sent troops to Beimang, you didn't use your direct line to fill in the holes, so you can save face. After all, Xu Xiao's food is very good. There is no reason to criticize internally.”
Dong Zhuo said to himself: "If it were me, I would not hesitate to pay any price. Even if the Dragon Elephant Army was completely wiped out, I wouldn't feel sorry for it. It's different for a general to be handsome and talented. Keep 2,000, and re-form the army afterwards, you can pull out 8,000 cavalry with strong horses and horses at will, and the combat power of the Dragon Elephant Army will not decrease too much. The neutral characters that the King of Beiliang will maintain during the change of generation, and the elite veterans in their hands, in this way, is equivalent to a secret exchange between the King of Liang of New Beiliang and Chen Zhibao. This kind of handwriting cannot be read in military books Yangmou."
The captain was stunned for a moment, and murmured: "That Rentu planned so far."
Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Otherwise, do you think that Beiliang can compete with Beimang and Liyang? I heard that there is a counselor named Li Yishan in Tingchao Pavilion of Beiliang Palace. In terms of commanding troops and temple calculations, even Zhao Changling, a military adviser who has been dead for many years, can’t compare to him. In my opinion, it’s all Li Yishan’s obscurity. This scholar, who is both righteous and strange, is worthy of my Dong Zhuo’s respect. Beiliang The 300,000 cavalry in the army have been able to maintain their combat power for more than ten years, and they have remained strong in a small place. Most of the credit is due to Li Yishan. If he dies, I am curious who is qualified and able to serve as the new Beiliang The king makes plans."
The captain laughed and said, "Can't Zhu Yao assassinate this person?"
Dong Zhuo slapped his brother-in-law's helmet hard with the Bei Mang scabbard, "I just told you about the importance of Yang Conspiracy, and using this kind of crooked thinking is really a stone in a latrine, I can't teach you!"
The captain said aggrievedly: "General, aren't you famous in Beimang for your tricks?"
For the first time, Dong Zhuo didn't say much, and laughed at himself in his heart: I'm doing something for my benefit.
The captain couldn't stand his brother-in-law's silence, and asked curiously: "General, do you think that Rentu's second son will die after being stabbed with a heart-pounding sword? That guy has the title of heart-piercing in Zhu Yao."
Fatty Dong remembered the sword of the chief assassin of Zhu Mo, and regretted: "The style of that sword is terrible, it is terrible, but it is not enough to stab Xu Longxiang to death."
On the Hulukou battlefield, Yuan Zuozong, the white bear, looked at the sword on Xu Longxiang's chest, full of anger. He is a general in the top three in the army of the Liyang Dynasty. He knows the fierceness of this sword. It was stabbed in the heart, but Xu Long slipped to the left chest and pierced in due to his qi movement. Not only is the edge of the sword piercing through the chest, the sharp sword is like a rootless willow branch when it leaves the hand, and it can become a shadow with just a hand. Now, the blood on the chest has a slight tendency to stop bleeding.
Although Yuan Zuozong was extremely angry, he was very good at nourishing Qi, he gritted his teeth lightly, and remembered that this assassin, Zhu Yao's master killer, claimed that a piece of willow branch cut out his heart.
Xu Longxiang asked the second question, "Do I have to go north to find my brother?"
Yuan Zuozong felt slightly sad, shook his head and said with a smile: "Father said that he can go home when he arrives at Hulukou, and His Royal Highness can return to Beiliang soon."
Xu Longxiang snorted, "Then I'll wait here."
Yuan Zuozong said: "No need, the adoptive father has told you that His Highness will not pass through here on his way home."
Yuan Zuozong originally thought that he would not be able to persuade this little prince who was born closed, but he never thought that the boy in black just thought for a moment and then nodded.
Looking at the bloody battlefield, Yuan Zuozong looked forward to the return of the eldest son of the great general for the first time.
Only now did he remember that Xu Fengnian had already traveled three times.
On Beiliang post road, Yangliu Yiyi, a scholar, leads a little girl. There is no horse to ride, let alone pay for a carriage, but the walk is not in a hurry. Can withstand the sun.
One big and one small depend on each other for life, and they have been happily walking for more than a year. They are born in a hard life, and they are not afraid of hardship.
"Brother Chen, are we going to see Mr. Xu?"
"Not necessarily. If I want him or not, I have to travel all over Beiliang. Of course, whether he is willing to see me is up to me. After all, he is the son of Beiliang, a hereditary successor, not an ordinary person."
"Mr. Xu is a good man. He even went to the wishing pool to help me pick up money. The watermelon he gave us later was fried with the skin. Brother Chen, don't you say it's delicious?"
"Good people can do bad things sometimes, and bad people can also do good things. It's hard to say."
The little girl didn't understand either, so she just smiled.
Seeing no one around, the scholar secretly broke off a long willow branch, made a wreath and put it on the little girl's head.
He once said that his posthumous posthumous title is Wenzheng. He once submitted "Six Events" to General Xu Gong. He once became a blockbuster in Qushui Tanwang Bazhong, Baoguo Temple, Jiangnan Dao.
This is Chen Liangxi, a poor scholar who traveled all over the country with a beggar.
Back then, Yangcai Zhao Changling first met Tu Xuxiao, and brought with him six hundred maids and servants.
Yin talent Li Yishan is alone, and he is also in such a state of desperation.