Chapter 737 Jinfan
Zhang Chong didn't know how in another dimension, Zhang Liao led 800 riders to achieve a record of sweeping 100,000 in Xiaoyaojin.
But in this unknown riverbank, he destroyed the morale of the enemy's two thousand cavalry with only fifty armored cavalry.
This is not a myth, because this narrow river beach cannot accommodate many knights side by side, so there are only three or five knights in front of Zhang Chong every time.
For Zhang Chong, this was something he could easily brush aside.
At this time, with Hua Xiong's death in battle, the enemy army began to become chaotic. The front is retreating, the rear is hesitant and dare not move forward, and only the troops at the rear are still pushing forward.
But even these people quickly discovered something was wrong, and without much hesitation, they turned the horse's head and ran back.
These people fell behind and turned around, but the Liangzhou knights in other positions suffered. They saw the space getting narrower and narrower, and even at this time, more than a hundred armored knights rushed down from the side platform.
When the two sides clashed, the morale of these Liangzhou knights suddenly collapsed.
Many people had no choice but to jump off their horses because of the blockage behind them, and then tried to ford the river from the other side.
But except for a few good swimmers who were lucky enough to swim to the other side, most of them were swallowed up by the rushing water.
What made these Liangzhou people even worse was that on the platform above them, the sound of horse hooves sounded more and more intensively. This was definitely not their own friendly forces.
And sure enough, with the appearance of countless "Xu", "Li", "Xi", "Horse" and other flags, more and more Taishan troops rushed down the slope.
Two moments later, the remaining Liangzhou Army collapsed. Except for those who died in the initial battle and drowned, the remaining two thousand riders surrendered to the Taishan Army.
An unexpected river beach riding battle ended like this.
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Zhang Chong sat on a dead horse, quietly enjoying the river breeze.
Cai Que came over with Zhang Liao. He was startled when he saw that the king was still sitting there and did not hide behind the curtain.
He immediately reprimanded the surrounding generals:
"What are you doing for food? I went to call someone and you are just slacking off like this? The king has just fought, how can you let him get some wind?"
With that said, Cai Que was about to pull the curtain on Zhang Chong, but was stopped by Zhang Chong. He knew his situation well. The armor-removing wind would kill without blood for ordinary warriors, but for him, it was nothing more. Ordinary.
The fight just now consumed Zhang Chong's physical energy, and he would blow some river breeze to cool down his hot skin.
At this time, Zhang Chong saw what Zhang Liao was about to say, shook his head and said:
"I like this feeling. The relationship between people is quite complicated. It's not that they don't want to get along with each other. Sometimes you doubt them and they doubt you, which leads to confusion and suspicion. But the battlefield is very good. What kind of relationship is there? Everything disappears in this bloody field, because here, everything is the most fatal friendship and the most complete trust."
So Zhang Liao nodded silently, saying nothing.
At this time, Li Hu, Xu Huang, and Xi Sheng, who had finished cleaning the battlefield, came over. Several other cavalry generals were organizing new formations to leave this narrow river beach as soon as possible.
Li Hu approached and said to Zhang Chong:
"Your Majesty, we have just interrogated the intelligence. This Guanxi soldier is from Duan Yan's tribe in Huayin. This is just the front assault cavalry. It is said that there is a main force of 10,000 infantry cavalry behind."
Xu Huang took the opportunity and asked:
"Your Majesty, do you want to fight or not?"
Here, Xi Shen was twirling his garlic hair with his hands, and said in deep thought:
"Maybe we can't fight even if we want to. This time, many of the enemy's cavalry broke out, so it won't take long for Duan Sui to know. Will he not retreat to Huayin by then?"
Li Hu frowned and said:
"How about we go directly to Huayin? Huayin is the gateway to Chang'an. Once we take it, it will be easy for us to destroy Kansai in the future."
Xu Huang also nodded when Li Hu said this, but he also thought about it, so he worriedly said:
"If the enemy's tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry retreat into Huayin, it may not be easy for us to capture it. Besides, don't we have to go back to the east? Zhao Yun's crane-controlling army has to withstand an army ten times our own. The enemy is not without difficulty.”
Xu Huang's words made Li Hu stop talking, because he knew that if compared with Hua Yin, Zhao Yun was obviously more important.
But at this time Xi Shen added:
"There is one thing we have to consider, that is, what if I don't retreat after a long period of time? Instead, I rush here. Once we move eastward, Shaanxi County will not be saved. And once Shaanxi County cannot be saved, Next time we want to attack, we will have to fight a bad battle on the Weihan Passage.”
Xi Shen's words made Li Hu very dissatisfied, and he cursed:
"Why do you say good things and bad things, so what do you think we should do? Should we stay here and wait for a while, or should we go eastward directly?"
Xi Shen kept silent.
Zhang Chong was also thinking here.
After seeing that all the generals had expressed their opinions, he stood up and said:
"Don't worry about this or that, don't forget what our goal is. The focus now is on the east, on Yuan Shao. All tactics must serve this core purpose. Once we break away from this, no matter how big the battle is, , no matter how big the territory is, it is still empty.”
Then Zhang Chong said something else:
"The two thousand cavalry captured in this battle are a troublesome thing. Each of your ministries should absorb a group of those who are willing to leave. Let those who are unwilling to follow us go."
Li Hu hesitated for a moment, then tried hard and said:
"Your Majesty, this group of Liangzhou soldiers has high combat prowess, and a group of Cangtou soldiers among them are even more skilled in combat. Let's just let them go. Next time they fight against us, it will be another hard battle."
Zhang Chong glanced at Li Hu, but still said softly:
"Then it depends on your ability. You can pull as much as you can, and let go of what you can't pull."
But Xi Shen added:
"Your Majesty, if these rebels are released, I'm afraid they will cause chaos in the place."
Zhang Chong sneered:
"Are you still messing with the place? A warrior without a weapon is just the prey of a farmer."
After hearing this, Xi Shen was thoughtful, and then said no more.
Soon, various ministries began to count the prisoners according to Zhang Chong's instructions, and finally 538 people were taken.
The reason why there are not many people is not that all the prisoners are fond of Kansai, but that the Taishan Army does not take everyone.
Most of them were rejected because other people reported that they had local murders on their hands.
Fortunately, these people are stationed in Huayin, otherwise the number would be even smaller.
After that, each department digested a little bit, and then followed the military leaders towards Shaanxian County in the east.
There, Taishan's 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 war horses received another batch of grain and fodder. After that, they did not enter the city and galloped eastward with the banner.
In Shaanxi County, Yang Zhong was a little dumbfounded and felt like he was being held up there.
But the ship has jumped, so we can't jump back again, otherwise it will definitely capsize. So he could only pray that the Taishan Army would be victorious, otherwise he would be in misery.
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Zhang Chong led eight thousand cavalry, plus the more than two thousand captured war horses, a total of ten thousand cavalry galloping in the Jianshui River Valley east of Shaanxian County.
Such a huge march could not be blocked at all. The wealthy dock walls in the nearby valleys and plateaus shivered when they saw such an unprecedented cavalry army from a distance.
They don't need to confirm who this cavalry army belongs to. Even if it belongs to Kansai, the soldiers will plunder them at will.
So when they closed the wall tightly, shivering, praying that these people could let go of their own wall, this large cavalry army rushed towards Mianchi to the east without even looking at these walls. The entire road from Shaanxian County to Mianchi is about 120 miles, but the road is rugged. Although there is a straight road, it still made the Taishan Army run for a day and a night.
By the time Zhang Chong and the others saw the city of Mianchi, it was already the morning of May 18th.
Zhang Chong and others arrived at Dayang on the other side of Shaanxian County on May 13th. On the 16th, they crossed the river and defeated Hua Xiong's troops. They then rested in Shaanxian County, set off on the 17th, and arrived at Mianchi on the 18th.
And what about this time? The armies of Guo Si and Liu Bei have already broken through the Iron Gate garrison.
At this time, Mianchi only had 3,000 soldiers left by Liu Bei to guard the city, led by Gan Ning.
When the defenders on the city sounded the alarm, Gan Ning happened to be training a group of officials in the military camp.
After hearing the alarm bell, Gan Ning immediately rushed to the top of the city with his soldiers, but when he looked outside, Gan Ning took a breath of cold air.
In the thick morning mist, countless people and horses could be seen, and coupled with the erected spears, it was as if a forest had grown outside Mianchi City overnight.
Because of the thick fog, Gan Ning was not sure whether he was an enemy or a friend outside.
If it were one of our own, there would be too many people and horses. Could it be that Grand Master Dong dispatched all the cavalry in Kansai here? But there was no military report delivered.
If it were an enemy, he would have Guo Si and Duan Xuan's armies behind him. How did the enemy appear?
But suddenly, Gan Ning thought of a possibility. His heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm on his face.
He said to Shen Midi who was guarding the west city:
"Has anyone gone out to check which one it is?"
Shen Mi shook his head and said worriedly:
"What else are you looking at? This is the Taishan Army."
This time, Gan Ning was surprised. He said doubtfully:
"Old Shen, how did you determine this?"
Then, Gan Ning saw Shen Mi holding up a piece of yellow satin and handing it to him worriedly.
Gan Ning quickly took it and unfolded it. There was only one word on it, which was:
"Surrender!"
At this moment, Gan Ning gave up all illusions and remained silent with Shen Mi.
After half a day, Gan Ning sighed:
"Assemble all the battalions here. I will lead people out of the city later to invite a battle."
Shen Mi did not ask Gan Ning the reason for this, because it was already very clear. If they did not contain these Taishan riders under Mianchi City, Liu Bei in the east would be doomed.
As for Guo Si? This person has never been considered by Gan Ning and others.
But just when Gan Ning was about to leave the city, Shen Mi still stopped Gan Ning. He wanted to go out to fight on Gan Ning's behalf.
But looking at Gan Ning's eyes, Shen Mi finally understood what he meant, so he could only pause and finally said:
"Lao Gan, wait for you to come back and drink."
Gan Ning smiled, then turned around and left the city.
When he arrived at the Xicheng corridor, a thousand-man battalion in the city was already ready to go.
Liu Bei did a lot of things in Yizhou. One of them was to have a good relationship with Zhang Lu, the Tianshi Taoist in Hanzhong at that time. So Zhang Lu used his influence in Badi to recruit about 3,000 Ba and Di people for Liu Bei. , board frame.
These people are warriors trained in difficult environments, and they are impressed by Liu Bei's broadmindedness and charm, so they often run for Liu Bei and relieve him of his troubles.
At this moment, Gan Ning looked at these barefoot Ba warriors and said in the Ba language:
"My lord is now in the east, and now there are a large number of enemy cavalry outside the city. These people don't know that the main force of our army has gone east, so we must pretend to be the main force and go out of the city to invite a fight, otherwise lord and the others will inevitably Dangerous. So this mission is very dangerous. If any of you don’t want to leave the city, you can tell me. I won’t embarrass you.”
After listening to Gan Ning's words, everyone's reaction was as Gan Ning expected, that is, there was no reaction.
Nodding silently, Gan Ning walked to the front, took a bell from his Jinfanying hand, and then tied it on his sword ring.
The five hundred Jinfan soldiers behind him also followed Gan Ning's example and tied bells to their sword rings. So, for a while, the entire corridor was filled with the sound of tinkling copper bells.
And the sound of these copper bells seems to dilute the tragedy of dying, but there is an inexplicable joy.
Then, the door wall in front slowly opened, and looking at the increasingly bright outside of the city, Gan Ning sang a song movingly:
"At three o'clock in the morning, leave home."
"Carry a knife and hang a bell, cut off your brain."
"Jinfan and white waves, share the gold and silver."
"The Ba people are good men, and they share their kindness and righteousness."
"Don't run away, turtle grandson. I won't kill you."
"The sun is setting in the west, hugging my aunt."
After saying that, Gan Ning laughed heartily, followed by the old man Wubai Jinfan who also laughed happily.
This song was sung by them when they were roaring together on the Han River. Whenever they saw the brocade sails, heard the copper bells, and heard this song on the river, they all lowered their sails and begged for a living.
As the song goes, I won't kill you if you are honest, but anyone who dares to resist will be cut into pieces.
So, when Gan Ning and other Jinfan people sang this song, they all went back to the past in a trance. It was so joyful.
The doorway opened faster and faster, and Gan Ning's steps also became faster and faster. When the city gate was completely opened, he had already rushed out of the city with the ring-headed knife on his shoulder.
But at this moment, the fog outside the city dissipated, and the rows of trees turned out to be tree branches, not spears at all.
And looking at the wilderness, there was nowhere to see any cavalry. Except for the countless piles of horse manure, everything else was just like a dream.
So, Gan Ning put down his ring-headed sword weakly, and the copper bells clashed crisply. He looked back to the east and murmured:
"Lord, what should Gan Ning do?"
But no one can answer.
At this moment, in the Iron Gate garrison thirty miles away from Mianchi, Liu Bei received the fourth military report from Guo Si on the front line.
Different from the previous continuous showing off of martial arts, this time Guo Bang was extremely humble. He implored Liu Bei to help his brother for the sake of the emperor.
It turned out that Guo Si was in trouble.