The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109 Sima Wang

Sima Wang

"The beacon fire shines on Xijing, and I feel uneasy. Yazhang resigns from the phoenix tower, and iron horses circle the dragon city. The snow is dark and the flags and paintings are withered, and the wind is full of drums. It is better to be a centurion than a scholar." In Zhangwu, Yizhou In the second year, a poem suddenly appeared, which was praised by people all over the state, and even children aged seven or eight could babble a few words.

The old men who could read were telling the praises to the young people under their knees, and there seemed to be some regret in their brows, but their faces revealed the ambition like a young man.

"Xiang, have you thought about it yet?" An old man said to the young man next to him meaningfully.The young man knelt in front of the old man tremblingly, as if begging for something.

"Think it over! I plan to go to the Chengdu military camp tomorrow." The young man didn't dare to look at the old man, but lowered his head and said slowly.

"That's good! That's good! Your elder brother has not returned from his military service, and you have to leave now; my Pan family's generation can be regarded as being loyal to the big man." The old man sighed expressionlessly, walked back and forth for a few steps, and then turned to the old man. walk in the house.

Only then did he dare to raise his head when he was called Pan Xiang, and watched the gradually aging back disappear from his eyes. There was an unspeakable grief in his heart, but he could only swallow it into his stomach and let him slowly melt away.

This simple dialogue is not only being staged in Pan Xiang's home, it is happening in every county and county in Yizhou at this moment; those who have participated in the military parade in the county and county will start to publicize what they have seen and heard when they return home, fearing that someone will Who doesn't know that in general, exaggerated elements are not rare; they have not been publicized for a few days, but a poem "March with the Army" has won the headlines.

The phrase "Being a centurion is better than being a scholar" boiled all Yizhou soldiers and civilians at this moment.Chengdu Road, which had just been suspended for a while, began to fill up with pedestrians again at this moment.It's just that the previous people are visitors, and they are performers.

It was also in August of the third year of Wei and Huangchu that year, when the grains in Yongzhou were ripe; the cavalry of Qianghu, led by Midang, began to attack Yongzhou, intending to plunder the grain and grass for this winter. The organizations under the leadership rushed towards the city one after another, waiting for the imperial court's reinforcements.

Zhang Ji, the governor of Yongzhou, immediately dispatched Guo Huai, who guarded Xichangshi and the Qiang guard army, to go north to stop the enemy;
Guo Huai, whose name is Boji, was born in Yangqu, Taiyuan. His father, Guo Yu, was the prefect of Yanmen County in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Then he bestowed Guo Huaiguan Neihou, and then turned into the chief history of Zhenxi and the guard army of Qiang.

Because the state of Wei had just fought with the state of Wu, and it hadn't gained any benefits after the loss of soldiers and generals; Midang seized this opportunity and mobilized [-] Qiang and Hu troops to approach Yongzhou. Midang was cautious and divided the whole army into three echelons in order Drive in.

The [-] troops from the front were used as the vanguard to find out the enemy's real situation; the [-] troops from the second echelon were used as the support of the front army to prevent any accidents; direction of entry.

In August, the north wind of the desert has begun to blow in the north, and the summer temperature has been gradually eroded by this time; but this year, the autumn wind in the north of the desert brought not yellow sand, but [-] cavalry from Qianghu.

Chaona County, Anding County; after Qianghu's former army looted the villages and pavilions they passed, they turned their spearheads on Chaona County with a low city wall. After joining the second echelon, Qianghu surrounded To that city, ready to launch a siege.Chaona County was originally a remote county seat in Anding County, but due to the border, there were [-] defenders guarding the city, and with the assistance of the people in the city, it temporarily formed an insurmountable line of defense for cavalry.

Ten thousand Qiang Hu cavalry will besiege the city and cut off the water source in the city. Every day, several groups of rangers harass the tower by riding and shooting. Everything they do seems to be waiting for the arrival of the army.

On the third day after the siege, Midang's army finally gathered under the city of Chaona, but it was different from the lineup but different from the previous army; because among the [-] Qiang and Hu cavalry led by Midang, there were nearly [-] infantry. The army is not Qianghu people, but Qianghu slaves, composed of foreigners and Han people on the border of Wei State.

There are even old people, women and even some children among them. Their helpless faces form the biggest contrast with Midang's majestic posture surrounded by the army at this time. Once the horn blows, they will carry the The simple ladder ran towards the city wall, and his life seemed to no longer belong to him at this moment, perhaps it no longer belonged to him at the moment he was caught by Qianghu.

The horn that can pierce people's hearts still sounded, and with simple weapons and a few simple ladders, the slaves began to charge towards the city, leaving only the smug Midang still smiling, raising his eyebrows, a little Crazy, he was imagining the scene after the city was broken.

"Master Qu, do we want to shoot arrows?" A man on the tower said to a young man wearing an officer's armor beside him.

Qu Chang looked at the fascinated Wang Banner, and there was indescribable indignation in his eyes, but he had no choice but to whisper, "Shoot the arrow!"

"Mr. Qu, among them are old people, women, children, and people from our country of Wei. Let's withdraw." The man clenched his teeth, feeling his eyes tighten, and felt the urge to cry.

"You can't bear to shoot them. After the city is broken, who will protect the people in the city? We have weapons and horses to escape. Can the people in the city escape? The only people facing them are massacres or slaves! Shoot arrows!!!" Qu Chang pushed the man away angrily, took out the bow and arrow behind his back, stretched his bow and set up the arrow, and shot towards the people attacking the city, followed by all the bows on the tower were fully drawn, and the arrows pointed towards the city. fly away,,,

They were ordinary people, with young and old among them, and they began to hesitate in the face of the death in front of them; at this moment, the gate of the city opened, and the young Qu Chang held a long halberd and led two hundred Yu cavalry came out.

The people had already been terrified by the arrows on the tower, but facing the sudden cavalry, they were completely confused at this moment and began to retreat crazily.Seeing that the city gate opened, Midang led the cavalry towards the city gate without hesitation, but was thrown into disarray by the panicked slaves and blocked the way.

When he gave the order to kill the slaves, more than two hundred people who had just left the city poured into the city again. It seemed that all of this was designed to make Midang kill each other.

"That Han general on the tower! I have never seen Midang before, but there is such a cruel and ruthless person as you among the Han people. Report your name." Midang shouted angrily to the tower.

"Remember, my name is Sima Wang! The reinforcements from Wei State are on their way. If you don't retreat, you will have to stay under the Chao that city forever," Qu Chang Sima Wang replied.

[Guo Huai and Sima Wang are both important generals in the middle period of the Wei Kingdom, but their achievements have been covered up;]

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