The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() In the spring of the third year of Han Zhongping, the Han army regrouped to sweep the rebels, but unexpectedly, the army went unfavorably. Four of the five armies were quickly defeated by the enemy. Only Dong Zhuo's army was able to survive, but they were trapped in Wangyuan Kip. Falling into a desperate situation, food is cut off.

At that time, Taizu Gao, the aide of Dong Zhuo, personally led the troops to escort the food and grass into the camp of the Qiang people, and only then did they relieve the Han army's urgent need for food and grass.Later, Zhuo's army pretended to build dams to catch fish. On the seventh night of the fifth month, they dug the dams and flooded them.

A few years later, someone once asked Yu Taizu, "Is this embankment the king's plan?" However, Taizu shook his head and sighed, "It was not my plan, but Li Wenyou's plan. I was remembered by others." , And I only meet him when I meet him. I admire the talent of literary excellence." When others heard about it, they all praised Taizu for not being greedy for other people's merits, but his merits must also be mentioned.

—— "Book of Jin. Taizu Benji"

After rushing out of Wangyuan Kip, the Han army did not dare to stop at all. They galloped all the way and went straight for half a day. After tens of miles away from the Qiang people over there, the army stopped.However, the faces of all the sergeants did not show the slightest sign of exhaustion after running fast, on the contrary, everyone was excited and radiant.

This is also understandable, because they finally let out a bad breath for many days, and defeated the Qiang army who had trapped them for a long time and almost put them all to death. Naturally, everyone was excited.Even Dong Zhuo, the general of the first army, had a relaxed smile on his face. After ordering the army to station temporarily, he leaned comfortably under a tree to rest.

But when he turned his head and looked around to see if all the generals under his command were there, he unexpectedly found that the faces of two people were not as relaxed as the others, but full of doubts and worries. Confucianism, and Ma Yue, who has been regarded as his confidant.

Seeing the thoughtful looks of these two usually wise staff at the same time, Dong Zhuo, who was originally in a relaxed mood, was a little worried, so he called the two of them to him and asked, "Wen You, Zhong Ling, We have escaped from the siege, and there is no danger at all, but why are you two still so preoccupied? But have you thought of any problems?"

Ma Yue and Li Ru looked at each other, and they understood that the other party also saw the problem.Li Ru nodded at the horse, indicating that he would explain first, which was to give him a chance to perform.Ma Yue didn't make any concessions, and after sorting out his thoughts, he said: "My lord, it's easy to break out this way, which makes me a little doubtful. It's too easy for us to get out this time."

"How do you say this? We broke through the Qiang thief's defenses by relying on water. How can we say it is easy?" Li Que, the general over there, said with some opinions.

"That's right. We borrowed the power of heaven and earth to release water to attack the enemy. However, we are facing tens of thousands of Qiang troops after all. How could it be possible for us to break out so easily? The lord and everyone must have felt it." , When our army rushed forward, the Qiang people's reaction was to preserve their strength and open the way for us to go out, which is really weird." Ma Yue busy gave his own explanation.

After hearing what he said, the faces of Dong Zhuo and others also became serious.Indeed, breaking out of the siege this time was too easy, and they broke out almost without any casualties. Even if there is a flood to clear the way, it is impossible to have such a significant effect.

After pondering for a while, Dong Zhuo asked: "In your opinion, what's the matter? Could it be that the Qiang people set up an ambush on our way of retreat, and they wanted to use this method to lure the snake out of the cave?"

"No, if that's the case, we won't be so peaceful along the way." Ma Yue shook his head: "So, this time, it's true that they were unsustainable and couldn't stop our army from leaving, so they released the way. And this The reason should be that the strength of the Qiang army is actually not superior to our army, so they gave up resistance after suffering heavy losses."

"What!" These words were so unexpected that Dong Zhuo, who has always been prudent, couldn't help but stand up, and said suddenly, "You mean that there are actually not tens of thousands of people in the Qiang army camp. public?"

"Exactly, this is the only reasonable explanation I can think of. It's a pity that it was pitch black when we broke through last night, and the Qiang people were scattered when they were washed by the water, so we didn't notice it for a while." Ma Yue continued inference.

"Wen You, do you think so too?" Dong Zhuo turned his face to Li Ru again, waiting for the answer from himself, the chief adviser.And Li Ru also nodded: "I agree with Zhongling. In fact, judging from the performance of the Qiang people in the past few days and the situation after our breakthrough this time, we can also see some clues."

"How do you say that?" Dong Zhuo asked, suppressing his anger.If the Qiang army really only had 2 or [-] people, then they were completely fooled by being trapped in Wangyuan Kip.With the same force, it is impossible for the Qiang people to stop the Han army from leaving. This is the most unacceptable fact for Dong Zhuo.

"A few days ago, the Qiang army suddenly fought against my army. At that time, we used it to paralyze the enemy army, thus buying time for our army to build embankments and store water. But now that I think about it, this is not Qiang. People are paralyzed by us. Presumably when our army sent generals to fight with him, the Qiang army had quietly withdrawn some of our troops, but we did not pay attention because we had other actions and only focused on fighting in the mouth. .

"In addition, Zhongling also mentioned before that he was worried that there were still Qiang troops stationed around, so that the Lord should not want to fight, but should leave quickly. However, during this journey, not even a single Qiang army appeared. , This is really unreasonable. Moreover, if there are other tribes of the Qiang army on the side, with the bravery of the Qiang people, they should fight me to the death in Xiakou, so as to delay our army's journey and wait for reinforcements. But what about them? , but let go of the way out early, doesn't this just mean that they have no backup?

"What does it mean that there is no backup? It means that the other parts of the Qiang army have gone elsewhere, and their target is obviously other counties in the east. With the current strength of the Qiang army, if we want to drop tens of thousands of troops on our army If we were to besiege, we would not be able to use too many troops to continue eastward. Therefore, the servant thinks that the number of Qiang people in Xiawai is not the [-] to [-] we imagined."

Li Ru's deduction was actually consistent with Ma Yue's meaning, but he said it in more detail, but the effect was more significant, and immediately made everyone accept this fact that made them resentful.It turned out that I was trapped by Qiang people of the same strength, which was really embarrassing.If it wasn't for the food delivered by Ma Yue, I'm afraid they would starve to death in the valley, but they didn't even have the courage to fight to the death. This is really a great shame.

Upon seeing this, Ma Yue put forward his own opinion: "But you don't have to be upset. In my opinion, the Qiang people should transfer their troops within five or six days. Because of the resistance that our army encountered when they entered the camp. It’s still huge, far from what a mere 2 or [-] people can do. And judging from the fact that they suddenly sent generals to fight us, it was at that time that they decided on their strategy.”

After hearing this, everyone calmed down a little, but they were still very upset.In the eyes of the Han people, the Hu people are mostly representatives of brute force and little strategy, but now that I have fallen into their tricks, it is really embarrassing.

Ma Yue also saw this, and comforted him: "Actually, this is also a good thing for us. If the Qiang Army hadn't been mobilized with many troops, how could we break out so easily? Otherwise, I'm afraid that half of the casualties will be on the road to break out."

Thinking about it this way, the atmosphere in everyone's hearts calmed down a little. At least the victory of this battle is irreversible. This is the first victory since the Han army sent troops this year.

"Having said that, our problem is still very serious." Seeing that everyone's mood has calmed down, Li Ru mentioned the most important topic: "That is, the Qiang army has already advanced eastward, and in the past few days, it has already It is enough for them to pose a certain threat to other counties and counties, and at this time, I don’t know what happened to the other four people in the court.”

Dong Zhuo also became serious, although he hoped that the other four roads would be defeated, and only his road would win, so that after the event, he would be the only one to enjoy the credit.But the fact is that once all the four armies are defeated, all the land of Xiliang will probably fall under the control of the Qiang people, and he will have no foundation.Once he lost his foundation, no matter how much he contributed to Dong Zhuo, it would be impossible for him to occupy a place in the imperial court.

"No, we can't just sit back and watch this come true, we should hurry to help!" Dong Zhuo immediately made up his mind.

Hearing what he said, Li Ru and Ma Yue stopped talking, knowing that their intentions had been fully achieved.As for whether things can be restored in the future, everything is out of the control of the two of them.When the two thought of this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then smiled at each other, as if they were happy for the mutual understanding!

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And just when Dong Zhuojun was about to advance eastward at full speed, the Han army in the east had already suffered a great threat.Sure enough, the Qiang people, as Ma Yue and the others said, had mobilized part of the Bianzhang army and Ma Dongjin a few days ago.Then, after recapturing some fortresses, they pointed their finger at Jincheng County, where Zhang Wen's army was stationed at this time.

After resisting the Qiang people's attacks several times in a row, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties, but the most fatal thing was not here, but the shortage of food.After the two deliveries of food arrived, there was no more movement in Lintao. At this time, there was another food shortage in Jincheng County, which made the morale of the Han army drop to the bottom. Can't stand it anymore!