Chapter 158 Scout Battle

Huangfusong understood the importance of Sanfu, and said bluntly, if Sanfu was lost and the emperor's mausoleum was dug up, Emperor Ling would have to skin him alive.

Therefore, Huangfusong ordered the whole army to march quickly and passed Tongguan in one breath. The magnificent Chang'an City suddenly appeared in front of him. This huge city was the political center of the whole world two hundred years ago. It had twelve gates, eight main roads, and a population Nearly 300,000, enough to be worth a county.

But today's Chang'an City can be regarded as safe, Chang'an City is surrounded by Sanfu, and the iron hooves of the Qiang people are stopped in Anding County on the west side of Yongzhou, and they are eyeing Sanfu.

"Riding on the left, Sanfu has a dense population. Instead of passively defending, our army should keep the enemy out of the country. How about a certain army going to Xinping County?"

Huangfu Song was sitting in the middle army, Liu Ye rushed over from the front army on horseback.

"The Qiang thieves are stationed in Anding County and Guangwei County. I'm afraid Xinping County is also eyeing them. You have to be more careful." Huangfusong warned seriously.

Sanfu has a large area, and Xinping County and Fufeng County border Jingzhaoyin, but the area is only about one-fifth of Fufeng County. It is an outpost and a stepping stone to attack Sanfu. After passing here, maybe the army has already been sent to occupy it.

Liu Ye took a thousand or two hundred people under his command to Xinping County. Liu Ye understood that most of the Qiang people were cavalry, so he sent dozens of scouts to inquire about the information within a five-mile radius, but they did not rush forward in a hurry, but slowed down their speed. down.

The two cavalrymen of the Han army rode their horses and galloped. Galloping their horses on this wide field was a very enjoyable thing, but they tensed their nerves tightly. It was very easy to detect their opponents on the endless northwest land. , but it is also very difficult to hide the figure.

"Old Zhang, there seems to be someone in front."

Hearing the reminder from his partner beside him, the pawn Lao Zhang looked up, only to see five horsemen coming towards him, the horseshoes brought up a trail of smoke and dust, each wearing a felt hat, although the facial features could not be seen clearly, but basically they could It's definitely Hu Qi.

"It came so fast, I must report to Sima immediately!"

Lao Zhang’s expression froze, and the Hu Qi on the opposite side was wearing armor and holding a bow. He knew at a glance that it was a scout sent by the Qiang cavalry, not an ordinary herdsman. How could any herdsman wear armor?

Encountering the enemy's detection post generally means that the enemy is within five miles. After all, the scope of investigation is limited.

Lao Zhang shouted to another person: "Go! Report the military situation to Sima."

"Old Zhang, what about you?"

Lao Zhang stretched out his hand and grabbed the longbow, turned around and shouted: "Turn around and report the military situation, and I will buy time for you."

The current situation is very clear, two against five, not to mention winning in one battle, it is not bad to be able to escape.

"No way! One Han should be the five Hus, let the group of Qiang thieves know how powerful Han is."

He gritted his teeth and refused to leave no matter what, Lao Zhang was furious and kept yelling at him, but he stopped soon because Hu Qi came.

"Zhang Gong, get ready to shoot!"

Lao Zhang scolded, and the two of them held the bow together, aiming the arrow at their target.

Seven streams of smoke and dust rose head-on, and the five Hu cavalry and the two Han cavalry were getting closer and closer. The distance between the two sides entered the effective range. There were several swishing sounds of the bowstring, and the arrow shot out head-on.

As soon as the two sides shot an arrow, they immediately dodged sideways, or parried the arrow with their riding bows.

"bingo!"

Lao Zhang was originally from Hebei, and he was skilled in horsemanship. The arrow was shot head-on, and a Hu Qi fell to the ground head-on. He let go of an arrow casually, before he had time to be happy, he felt a pain in his shoulder and was almost shot off the horse by the impact attached to the arrow, his legs clamped tightly on the horse's belly before he stopped.

Old Zhang gritted his teeth and hung the riding bow behind his back, drew out his long and narrow saber, and rushed out with a roar.

A Hu Qi rushed forward, with a broad forehead and a fierce look. He also raised his saber high and yelled some incomprehensible words, probably killing or cursing.

The two riders crossed each other head-on, Lao Zhang swung his saber, and he could clearly feel the blade penetrate into the flesh, cutting the muscle tissue of Hu Qi's body layer by layer, but he was also cut across the lower abdomen by the Hu Qi, fortunately, he entered the body It wasn't deep, but only halfway across, and blood spurted out from the wound.

The war horse rushed for a while, but was stopped by Lao Zhang by pulling the reins, and turned around slowly, only to see another person fell down from the oncoming Hu Qi, his whole body stretched from his right shoulder to a long and narrow wound on his lower left. , split him in half.

Lao Zhang turned around and saw that his companion's saber was covered with blood, his face was full of ferocity, and he had been shot in the leg by an arrow.

"Good boy!"

Hearing Lao Zhang's praise, the young Han Qi laughed foolishly, and held his saber tightly again.

"Listen, charge again later, you turn around and run to report the military situation to Sima, you know?"

"Okay! What about you?"

Hearing Lao Zhang's panting voice, he couldn't help asking.

Lao Zhang grinned: "Didn't General Fu Bo say that today our Lao Zhang will be shrouded in horse leather? If you win the battle, don't forget to send our Lao Zhang back to his hometown. If it's not possible, it will be burnt to ashes." , the fallen leaves must return to their roots.”

"No! I."

Before he could finish speaking, Lao Zhang clamped the horse's belly with his legs, patted the horse and danced his sword and rushed out.

when!

It was another confrontation, but Lao Zhang, who was injured in the lower abdomen, couldn't hold up his strength, so Hu Qi on the opposite side knocked the saber in his hand, and then slashed it down, slashed on his shoulder blade, and was stuck forcibly.

"Walk!"

Hearing Lao Zhang's roar, the young Han Qi couldn't help but look back, and galloped with tears in his eyes.

Hu Qi kept yelling and cursing, he pulled out the saber from Lao Zhang's shoulder blades forcefully, and slashed at his chest again.

The remaining Han cavalry crouched on the horse’s back, running for his life, his comrade had already sacrificed for him, if he didn’t send out the information, it would be tantamount to his death in vain, he had to hold back and turn around for Lao Zhang The urge for revenge, run as fast as you can.

Two Han cavalry faced five Hu cavalry, one Han cavalry and two Hu cavalry were killed, it was a profit, the three Hu cavalry muttered for a while, two cavalry were separated to chase the Han cavalry, and the remaining one went back to report the news .

The three corpses fell on the ground with blank eyes. Several war horses squatted down, stretched out their thick tongues and licked the face of their masters, then raised their heads and let out a mournful cry, and ran away without destination.

This is the scouting war. Before the war officially started, there must be casualties. It is impossible to say that the cavalry of the two sides saw each other and immediately ran back to report the letter tacitly.

Scouts should not only inquire about enemy intelligence, but also intercept enemy scouts to protect their own intelligence.