Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 315
Sargot looked at the cavalry of the Han Chinese cavalry who had killed him. Although he still held the saber tightly in his hand, his body was already shaking.He is the son of Sagan, the leader of the tribe, and the first warrior of the tribe.Since the Xiongnu were beaten to the ground by Huo Qubing, the various tribes have not been as closely connected as before.The current Xiongnu Shanyu Liu Bao just gathered a few big tribes.A small tribe with hundreds of people like Sagan, then he has no interest in managing it.

Sagan's tribe is on the border of the Han people. Every year before the winter, Sargote will lead people to rob those nearby Han villages and towns, and seize supplies for the winter.This time, he had just dispatched troops, but unexpectedly encountered a Han army. Sargot became greedy. Seeing that the other party was guarding grain and grass, they were all infantry, so he led his troops to grab a bunch of them and left.But what I never expected was that the opponent would send so many cavalry to pursue them.

"When did these weak Han barbarians dare to fight the warriors on our grassland?" Sargot cursed secretly.It's all right to scold, but Sargot also knows that he only has a few hundred people under his command. If the other party kills him like this, he may not be able to please him today.But he wasn't very worried, because he knew that even if he couldn't beat the benevolence and morality these Han people talked about all day long, as long as they surrendered and were captured, everything would be fine.But what he didn't expect was that his end came today.

"Kill me!" Ma Dai kicked his horse's butt excitedly, and accelerated to the front.The Huns shot at him one after another with their bows and arrows, but they were all pushed aside by him, and they took the lead and went straight to the most eye-catching Sargot.A trace of disdain flashed in Sargot's heart, and he picked up the saber and slashed at Ma Dai directly.

"铛, 嗤" two times, the first blow of Sagoted's broadsword was blown away, and the second blow was cut on the shoulder blade by Ma Dai, the whole person was split in half obliquely, and then fell off the horse.Before the unconscious Sargot lost his consciousness, a trace of doubt still flashed in his heart: Why is this barbarian so powerful?
The fighting power of two thousand Xiliang iron cavalry is definitely not something that these seven or eight hundred miscellaneous Huns can resist.Although Zhao Feng is a general, but at this time the enemy is less than half of his own, he only stabbed one person to death, and the rest have been divided, surrounded and wiped out.The entire battle lasted less than half an hour. Counting the number of people, 760 and eight people were killed, 430 people were killed, and more than 300 people were captured. Only dozens of people were riding horses. Far escaped.Now, except for those who were killed, all the others were confiscated and bundled together, squatting on the edge of the fence waiting for disposal.

"Zhong Hua, what should we do next?" Zhao Feng looked at this group of people and asked in a somewhat uncertain mood.After all, I am not good at such things as murder and arson, so I'd better ask Ma Dai.

"The next step is to send all these captives back. Next, take back all the cattle, sheep, women, and property of the tribe. If there is any resistance, they will be shot to death; in the end, they will destroy the corpses with fire!" Ma Dai elaborated. He explained, and when the explanation was over, Ma Dai said in a strange way: "My lord, haven't you never done these things?" He remembered that Zhao Feng had always been known for his strict military discipline, and because of this, he was against Cao Cao, why did he want to kill people and set fire to him now? ?

"At this moment, at that moment, it was just a civil war at the beginning, and everyone was a common man, so why kill them all? But these Huns kill and wound our people every year, and rob us of our property. What kind of politeness do you have with them? Zhonghua, You can figure it out! But hurry up, we have to go back to the camp before dawn!" Zhao Feng finally arranged, with this full-time executioner here, he doesn't have to do it himself.

"Okay, lord, just wait and see, brothers can go back to the camp to sleep!" Ma Dai was relieved when he heard that, and immediately went to make arrangements without mentioning it. More than 1000 people rushed into the tribe and searched step by step. For a while, they were jumping around and crying loudly.Zhao Feng was bored, so he could only wait on the sidelines, but he felt a little strange, did he really become evil?
Ma Dai acted very fast, and before midnight, the entire tribe had been searched, and then several carts were filled with property, and there were more than ten thousand cattle and sheep, which were simply brought to the frontline soldiers for a tooth-beating sacrifice. "It's a pity, this tribe is really small, and we didn't get any good things. My lord, do you want to order something?" Ma Dai said with some unsatisfactory intentions.

"I don't need anything, Zhong Hua, you just assign it to the soldiers!" Zhao Feng waved his hands and said, as soon as he said this, everyone burst into cheers, saying that Prince Zhao was sympathetic to the soldiers, and his reputation was indeed well-deserved.At that moment, Ma Dai sent people to send the belongings, captives and women back to Xiliang, and Zhao Feng and himself returned to join the army after setting fire to the tribal base.

"Zhonghua, it seems that someone has run away. They shouldn't ask for reinforcements, right?" Zhao Feng clearly remembered that dozens of people ran away after starting the battle. It's really fun, if the war is going to start now, the army is not ready.

"No, my lord, it's perfectly normal for such a small tribe on the grassland to be exterminated. How could anyone want to take revenge?" Ma Dai was familiar with the affairs of the grassland, and quickly explained.After the two had settled everything, they returned to the army together to join the army and prepare to continue marching.As Ma Dai said, it was only midnight when we returned to Daying, and we still had time to sleep.

"Good guy, if we really want to do this, our army doesn't need to bring luggage!" Zhang Fei said with some surprise when he saw them returning with a full load.The Ma Chao brothers made a bold move, and everyone has a share in the seized materials this time.The crowd made a fuss for a while, then fell asleep and marched to Yanmenguan the next day.

At this time, Yecheng was full of singing and dancing. "Come, come, all my lords, make a toast, and drink this cup for the soldiers in front!" Cao Pi said with a smile. After drinking a lot of wine, he was already a bit tongue-in-cheek.

If it is said that Nanyang was won before, it just made Cao Pi a little excited.So now that Cao Zhang has captured most of Yanzhou in an instant, it simply makes Cao Pi happy.Right now Xu Huang is attacking Xincheng, while Cao Zhang is sticking to Yanzhou. Cao Hong leads an army to stay in Hanoi, supervises the grain and grass, and prepares support to resist Guan Yu's army returning to aid.But in any case, Cao Jun has established a firm foothold south of the Yellow River.

Cao Pi's next head, Jia Xu and others are also listed, but they are not so excited.After a while, Man Chong tentatively said: "Your Majesty, now that Guan Yu's army is returning to aid, we can't wait for a decisive battle with them. We should follow the previous strategy and shrink our troops to stick to Yanzhou and Nanyang for the time being. We will raise troops in the fields for a few years, and then make plans." !"

"It's okay, now Xu Gongming is attacking the land of Shangyong. After taking down Shangyong, breaking through Hanzhong and encircling Guanzhong, the southern expedition is almost done!" Cao Pi said disapprovingly.Man Chong didn't say anything, but Dong Zhao on the side frowned and said, "Although that's the case, the 30 army needs a lot of food and grass, and there are not many left now."

"Huh?" Cao Pi was upset when he heard the words, and then thought about it: "How about this, when this year's new grain is harvested, the tax will be increased by [-]% to provide food and grass for the army!"

"Increase by [-]%?" Dong Zhao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said worriedly: "But the tax is not low now, if it is raised any further, I'm afraid it will spark a civil uprising!"

"What?" Cao Pi immediately became unhappy when he heard this. He slapped the table and shouted: "Nowadays, the Southern Expedition is very important. These ordinary people will die if they eat less. Why don't they know how to sacrifice a little for the great affairs of the country? Taxes are still required. Expropriation, whoever dares to resist, will be wiped out immediately!"

"This?" Dong Zhao didn't dare to say anything more as he looked at Cao Pi who was clearly unhappy.At this moment, I heard the attendant report that there is an urgent military situation ahead.

"It seems that the emperor and the others won the battle again!" Cao Pi said cheerfully, not wanting to open the letter and read it, but suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Why, how could this be?" Cao Pi tremblingly said, his articulate words were already a little unclear.This information was sent by Cheng Wu. In the letter, Cheng Wu told Cao Pi that the iron chains and hidden reefs on the Yellow River were removed by the Han army. Now that the Jingxiang Navy has regained control of the Yellow River waterway, he wants to transport food to Henan. , there is no way at all.At present, the 20 troops of Cao Zhang and others who have crossed the river need a lot of food and grass. It is estimated that the food and grass carried with the army can only last for a month at most. Please make up your mind as soon as possible.

"My lords, take a look, how could this happen?" Cao Pi was a little overwhelmed by the sudden blow.At this time, the singing and dancing in the middle of the hall has not stopped, but Cao Pi is so anxious that he can't listen to it anymore.

"Crack!" An inkstone hit the ground, and the singing and dancing stopped abruptly, so the kabuki and musicians all fell silent and retreated.After passing the letter to everyone to read, the hall was even more silent for a while.

"Now the 20 troops of the second brother, Xu Gongming and others have crossed the Yellow River, but the grain road has been cut off. I am afraid that the morale of the army will soon collapse. What good strategies do you have to solve this urgent need?" What's more, I am in a hurry, if I repeat yesterday's story again, it will be very bad for me.Moreover, today is different from the past, only half of Yanzhou is in his hands, and Guanzhong has been lost. The river section that can be controlled is narrower, and the opponent's interception is more targeted.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. In the past, Liu Bei also wanted to cut off the waterway of the Yellow River with his navy, but Guo Fengxiao used a series of warships to break it. Now that the military situation is urgent, we can quickly summon craftsmen to build a series of warships and open up the Yellow River waterway to support the general. !" At the critical moment, it was finally Liu Ye, an immortal with a good memory, who proposed this life-saving plan.

"Very good, pass the decree to build the chain warship as soon as possible!" Cao Pi also seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly sent an order to collect ships and build a chain chain warship.At the same time, they sent people to sneak across the Yellow River in a small boat, telling Cao Hong and Cao Zhang not to worry, and to find a way by themselves.

A few days later, more and more warships gathered at Mianchi Ferry of Cao Jun.Naturally, such a big move cannot be hidden from careful work. It didn't take long for Liu Bei in Chang'an to learn the news, but what Cao Pi never expected was that Liu Bei actually laughed when he heard the news.

The next day, General Gan Ning, who was waiting in Tongguan, received a carrier pigeon from Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)