Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 521
Let's take a look at the situation on Li Zuoche's side. As mentioned earlier, when Zang Tu decided to raise troops, he received a spy report that although Li Zuoche, the coach of the northern border of the Han army, happened to be in Daijun, he was patrolling the Han army Dai County's Great Wall defense line is not very far from Zang Tu's old lair, Guangyang Jicheng, but Li Zuoche did not bring too many troops from Yanmen County. The mobile unit of the Han army in Daijun.

Zang Tu’s information was correct. Due to various reasons, Li Zuoche really only brought three thousand cavalry to guard the Great Wall this time, and Xiang Guan was the only general of the Han army who accompanied him on the patrol. Xiang Zhuang continued to stay behind. In Yanmen County, the Xiongnu, who like to fight in winter, suddenly invaded the Central Plains. At the same time, due to the difficulty of supplies, the Han army's garrison in Daijun was not very large. The original Daijun army only had more than [-] people, and they were stationed in In all parts of the northern border of Dai County, it is difficult to complete the assembly task within a short period of time, and they dare not go out with all their strength before the spring snow melts, regardless of the safety of Dai County, and march into Yandi with all their strength.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Zang Tu needs to guard against the Daijun Han army. In fact, only the Han army Gongsuntong sent by Xiang Kang to the Daijun in the autumn, and Gongsuntong does not have many troops. There are only more than [-] people, and some of them are stationed in Yiyu (now directly north of Huai'an), as the reserve team for the Great Wall defense in the northeast of Daijun. It takes time to assemble and prepare for the battle before driving to Yandi to suppress the rebellion, so that Zang Tu's rebellion can gain a lot of time difference.

Not only that, but Li Zuoche was obviously insufficiently guarded against the Yan army. In the middle and late first month, he spent more than half a month walking and inspecting the passes of the Great Wall in Daijun. Li Zuoche only paid attention to the guard against the Xiongnu. , did not pay attention to the actions of the Yan army at all. On the 29th of the first month, after quickly arriving at the border with Yandi, Li Zuoche was not even interested in going to Yandi to see the situation, so he directly went south by way of Yiyu Dai County, came to join the Han army stationed in Dai County, and arrived in Yiyu the next day, and stopped by to inspect the reserve team in the northeast of Dai County where the Han army was stationed here.

It was only after arriving in Yiyu that Li Zuoche's inspection trip had some twists and turns. The bumpy journey made Li Zuoche, who is quite healthy, even catch the wind and cold by chance, so he had to decide to stay in Yiyu for an extra day or two. The sky goes south again.Xiang Guan, who accompanied Li Zuoche on inspection, had no objection to this, and because he was too busy, he led a group of soldiers to play around Yiyu on the afternoon of the second day of February when the dragon raised its head, and continued to Enjoy the magnificent scenery of the frozen Northland.

Xiang Guan was really just for fun. After walking around Yiyu, under the instigation of the soldiers, Xiang Guan led the soldiers to the Yuyanshui River in the winter of Yiyu, and dug open the thick hole on the river. Fishing in thick ice, I plan to get some fish back and mix it with mutton to cook a pot of fresh soup, and invite a few friends in the army to have a drink.

Winter is actually a very suitable season for fishing. After the ice was dug out, the river fish that had been wandering in the dark water for a long time saw the light. Due to the phototaxis of creatures, they flocked to the dug out ice hole to enjoy the winter sunshine. Xiang Guan and his soldiers took the opportunity to catch a lot of fresh fish, including some rare big fish weighing [-] to [-] jin. Everyone was elated and cheered constantly.

"Clang clang clang clang!"

The sudden sound of a gong alarm interrupted the laughter of Xiang Guan and others. When Xiang Guan and his soldiers hurriedly followed the sound, they saw that the person who gave the alarm turned out to be a companion standing on the top of the mountain in the north. Guan was a little startled, and blurted out, "How is that possible? Could it be that the Huns came? Why did the Huns come here suddenly? Could it be that our Great Wall has already been breached?"

After the shock, Xiang Guan and the others hurriedly threw away the fresh fish that they had finally caught, and together they mounted their horses and rushed to the top of the mountain where the alarm was issued to check the situation. After reaching the top of the hill, Xiang Guan was dumbfounded again, and blurted out again: "My eyes didn't look at the flowers, did I? Why is it Yan's army?"

After rubbing his eyes quickly, Xiang Guan immediately realized that his eyes were indeed not looking at the flowers. In the ice and snow in the northeast, there were indeed about 300 riders galloping towards the direction of Yiyu. The color army flag is not the red flag of the Han army, so Xiang Guan was even more strange and confused, and said: "This is not close to the land of Yan? Why did the cavalry of the state of Yan come to Yiyu for no reason? They thought What are you doing?"

Out of caution, after a little calculation, Xiang Guan not only immediately sent someone to warn Li Zuoche and the Han army garrison in Yiyu, but also hurriedly led his personal soldiers down the mountain, stood in the way, and stopped the Yan army cavalry from passing. The road to Yiyu, in order to avoid surprise attacks on the unprepared Yiyu garrison of the Han army and Li Zuoche, and prepare to personally understand the purpose of this mysterious Yan army cavalry, and have already made preparations to start a fight——Princes It is no small matter for the army to cross the border without any reason.

Fortunately, the team of Yan Army cavalry didn't seem to have any malicious intentions. After seeing Xiang Guan and others blocking the road holding the flag of the Han Army, the team of Yan Army cavalry not only took the initiative to slow down their progress, but also sent a cavalry to take the lead Going forward, holding a Han army badge, he rushed to Xiang Guan and the others, and said loudly: "Don't get me wrong, we are our own people. We were ordered by General Wu Yang to cross the border on business. After finishing our errands, we came back to the team. This is my responsibility." Waist badge, you can see clearly."

After carefully looking at the waist badge in the hands of the Yan Army cavalry, it was indeed the identity badge of a Han Army soldier, and I heard that this team of Yan Army cavalry who claimed to be from the Han Army was actually ordered by Wu Yang, the chief general of the Yiyu Garrison of the Han Army. Crossing the border for business, Xiang Guan was of course even more confused and confused, but at the same time extremely vigilant. He hurriedly asked, "Since you are soldiers of our Han army, why are you wearing Yan army uniforms? Flying the flag of Yan State?"

"This general, this is not what you should ask." The Han soldier who came to contact did not know Xiang Guan who accompanied Li Zuoche to the army on inspection yesterday, and said directly: "If you have any questions, you can ask Wu General, if he is willing to tell you, he will tell you. Make way, we are very tired and have to go back to rest. Also, I have to contact General Wu first, and ask him to send someone to send clothes and flags to change our clothes, Don't waste our time."

"Wu Yang arranged for the fake Yan army?!" Xiang Guan quickly came to this conclusion, and immediately became more suspicious, and hurriedly shouted: "Call your leader, I want to ask him personally!"

"Who are you? How dare you speak to us like that?" The Yan Army cavalry who came to contact Xiang Guan finally realized that something was wrong.

"Bold man, you dare to talk to our general like that." A soldier of Xiang Guan said angrily: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is Daliang Hou of our big man, General Xiang Guanxiang, our emperor of the Han Dynasty My dear cousin!"

"Ah?!" The Yan Army cavalry widened its eyes in surprise, and saw that Xiang Guan coldly showed his identity seal, the Yan Army cavalry had no choice but to dismount and apologize, and said: "General Xiang Forgive me, the villain has eyes but doesn’t know Mount Tai, I don’t know that you came here in person, what an offense. But please rest assured, General Xiang, we are really soldiers of the Han army, and we really acted on the orders of General Wu .”

"Why?" Xiang Guan asked: "Why did Wu Yang ask you to change into Yan Jun? What did you ask you to do?"

After hesitating for a while, the Yan Army cavalryman who claimed to be a soldier of the Han Army replied helplessly: "I still have to ask the general for forgiveness. This question cannot be answered by a villain, and I dare not answer it without authorization."

"Then call your leader, and I will ask him personally!" Xiang Guan ordered.

The Yan Army cavalry clasped their fists helplessly and chanted promises, and then hurried back to contact the rear team. The Yan Army cavalry that had stopped advancing also rushed out quickly, and rode their horses in front of Xiang Guan and got off their horses. He prostrated himself on the ground, and said in a sharp voice: "Under General Wu Yang's command, Ding Li, the five hundred cavalry commander, has seen General Xiang Guan."

It was only after he voluntarily reported his identity that Ding Li, who claimed to be the five hundred cavalry commander of the Han army, raised his head and showed his badge to prove his identity. What surprised Xiang Guan again was that the man who claimed to be the five hundred cavalry commander of the Han army Although the long Ding Li is strong and tall, he is very young. He looks about fifteen or sixteen years old at most. Not only the childishness on his face has not completely faded, but his voice is still sharp and sharp. He vaguely felt that this Ding Li looked familiar, either he had seen it before, or he had seen someone who looked similar to him.

"Are you the five hundred commander of our Han army? How old are you this year?" Xiang Guan asked suspiciously.

"Reporting to General Xiang, the final general is 16 years old (false age)." Ding Li replied truthfully.

"16 years old? Became our cavalry commander at such a young age?"

Xiang Guan became more and more surprised when he heard that, Ding Li immediately nodded to confirm again, with a somewhat proud look on his face, and then Xiang Guan hurriedly asked: "Since you are the five hundred commanders of our Han army, why did you bring yours?" The cavalry under your command changed into the Yan army? What did you do while pretending to be the Yan army?"

"Forgive me, General Xiang. It's about the secrets of our army. I will not be able to answer this question." Ding Li replied neither humble nor overbearing, and then said: "But general, you can send someone to ask General Wu Yang. He can prove the identity of the late general. Whether he will answer your question can only be decided by him."

"I'm going to ask you now!" Xiang Guan said loudly: "This general needs to know now, why did you do this? What did you go to do?"

"Forgive me, General, but I will not be able to answer this question. I can only ask you to ask General Wu Yang directly!" Ding Li answered very resolutely, with a determined expression on his childish face, which was not at all in Xiang Guan's way. I have seen many famous generals of the Han army before.

"Why can't you answer?" Xiang Guan asked curiously.

"The general can't answer this point. General Xiang, you just need to know that the general is following orders." Ding Li replied.

Seeing that Ding Li insisted on refusing to answer, Xiang Guan had no other choice, so he changed his words and said: "Well, the general has already sent someone to contact General Wu and the others, you wait here for a while, I think he will have news in a while .Also, tell your people to put down their weapons and wait in place."

"Forgive me, General, but this General cannot carry out your order." Ding Li refused again, saying, "The General does not belong to you, and you have no right to order the General and his subordinates to lay down their weapons. Also, the General has explained Now that I have lost my identity, it is time to return to the team and wait for orders, please do not stop the general."

After saying that, the young Han general Ding Li got on his horse, turned around and walked back. Xiang Guan was furious when he saw it, and shouted: "Stop! You stay as a hostage!"

"General Xiang, the same sentence, you have no right to order the last general to do this." Ding Li's voice also became a little cold, and said: "The last general will return to the team first, and General Wu will come later, proving the identity of the last general." , if he has an order, the last general will allow you to commit the crime of disrespect against you."

As he said that, Ding Li didn't care that Xiang Guan had already pressed his sword, and Xiang Guan's soldiers had already shown their weapons, and trotted back to the team. Fortunately, after several years of re-experience, Xiang Guan has become more mature, calm and rational, and immediately shook his head and said: "Don't mess around, they have more people than us, and we are the only ones who suffer Be careful, wait until the reinforcements from Lord Guangwu and Wu Yang arrive."

After restraining the impulse of his subordinates, looking at Ding Li's leaving back, Xiang Guan was suspicious again, and thought to himself: "What's going on? This little Zhuzi, why does the more I look at it, the more I feel like I've seen it there before?"

Fortunately, after Ding Li returned to the team, although the cavalry of the Yan Army who claimed to be the Han Army under his command also maintained strict vigilance, there was no sign of fleeing or attacking suddenly. Xiang Guan was also relieved, and then after a while Later, the sound of horseshoes came from behind Xiang Guan and the others. When Xiang Guan and the others hurriedly looked back, they saw not only Wu Yang, the chief general of the Han army stationed in Yiyu, leading a group of cavalry in a hurry, but also rushed over. Even Li Zuoche, the commander of the Han army on the northern front, was among them. Li Zuoche shouted from a distance: "General Xiang, don't get me wrong, don't do anything, it's our own!"

Shouting, Li Zuoche and Wu Yang led the Han army cavalry to rush forward quickly. Seeing that there was no blood or corpses on the ground, Li Zuoche was relieved first, and then Xiang Guan who came up to salute said with a wry smile: "What a coincidence! , I didn’t expect to be met by you, General. Don’t misunderstand, General Xiang, they are really our own people, and they also acted on the secret orders of General Wu and me. You must keep this matter secret, and you must not leak the slightest word. "

"Really one of us?" Xiang Guan was completely confused, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Guangwu, why did you and General Wu do this?"

"Don't ask too many questions." Li Zuoche actually refused to answer Xiang Guan's question, and said, "If you are worried about this matter, you can report it to the emperor secretly. If your majesty is willing to let you know the truth, it will naturally let you You know. But I have to remind you that you must not get involved in this matter. The reason why His Majesty sent you and General Xiang Zhuang to the northern border is that you don’t want you brothers in charge of the Xiang family to get involved in these things. .”

"Your Majesty also knows about this?"

Xiang Guan heard Li Zuoche's overtones, and was shocked again, but Li Zuoche only nodded in recognition, but did not continue to explain.This time, the previous Ding Li also rushed to Wu Yang, got off his horse and saluted and said, "The last general, Ding Li, has met General Wu."

"No courtesy." Wu Yang hurriedly waved his hand, pointed to Li Zuoche and said to Ding Li: "General Ding, quickly greet Lord Guangwu. He is Lord Guangwu, the chief of the three counties in northern Xinjiang appointed by His Majesty."

"The final general has seen Lord Guangwu." Ding Li hastily saluted Li Zuoche again.

"Excuse me." Li Zuoche nodded with a smile, and asked again: "How was the result?"

"Reporting to Mr. Guangwu, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life." Ding Li replied excitedly, clasping his hands, "Seven heads of 260 soldiers were beheaded, and more than 380 heads of others were killed. Thousands of cattle and sheep were killed, and countless luggage were burned. The last general Of the 350 fine cavalry we brought back, [-] came back, including more than [-] wounded, and we can guarantee that none of them will be left alive."

"Good job, you didn't embarrass your elder brother Liyanghou, we have successors in the Han army." Li Zuoche nodded in satisfaction, praised him vigorously, and then ordered: "Quick, General Wu has brought the clothes and armor, go Change your clothes, and then go back to the camp to rest, good wine and food are already being prepared for you, please keep it secret!"

Ding Li agreed loudly, and hurried back to his team to change clothes on the spot with the armored banner brought by Wu Yang, while Li Zuoche turned to Xiang Guan and said, "General Xiang, you have to keep this matter a secret from your people, just treat it as This incident has never happened before, and if there is even a little bit of news leaked out, the military law will deal with it."

"Promise." Xiang Guan clasped his fists inexplicably and sang promises, and said even more strangely: "Mr. Guangwu, didn't you accidentally catch a cold and rest in bed? Why did you come here in person for this matter?"

"I accidentally caught the wind and cold?" Li Zuoche's reaction made Xiang Guan even more surprised, and after he came back to his senses, Li Zuoche smiled awkwardly: "Okay, I was so scared by you that I broke out in a sweat. My illness is cured. Alright, don't say any more, go back to the camp quickly, you don't have to worry about things here, General."

Seeing Li Zuoche's order, Xiang Guan had no choice but to lead his own soldiers away first, and after walking far away, Xiang Guan suddenly remembered something important, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers: " Does anyone of you remember who is the Marquis of Liyang in our court?"

"Reporting to General, it is General Ding Ji Ding." A soldier replied immediately.

"Ding Ji?!" Xiang Guan was stunned for a moment, and when he hurriedly turned his head to look at Ding Li in the distance, a smile appeared on Xiang Guan's face, and he said, "No wonder I always feel familiar, and it's no wonder that such a young man can be our daughter. Strictly speaking, considering his family background, it is really wronged to only let him be the five hundred commander. But where did the little Zhuzi get the harvest he mentioned just now?"

Xiang Guan's question was quickly answered. A few days later, when Xiang Guan arrived in Dai County with Li Zuoche, the news of Yan's rebellion suddenly came, and then Xiang Guan heard the wind again. It is said that an unknown number of cavalrymen from the Kingdom of Yan lost their minds when their heads got flooded. They even ran a long distance to the Zaoyang area at the northernmost tip of Shanggu County before rebelling. The Xiongnu soldiers and tribes were old and weak, and slaughtered countless cattle, sheep and livestock that the Huns regarded as their lives, which caused the surrounding Huns to be furious, and they joined hands to launch a retaliatory attack on the frontier army of Yan State.

Hearing this unreliable rumor, Xiang Guan, who is still a little bit smart, besides suddenly realized, also faintly heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him chasing him quickly, so Xiang Guan had to sigh, "Cross-dressing!" Yi Zhi went deep into the enemy's territory for more than [-] miles, retreated immediately after the attack was successful, and brought back all the wounded soldiers, the young generation is awesome, the young generation is awesome! If I don't step up my efforts, I will be overtaken by the younger generation of our big men."

(End of this chapter)