"Rest on the spot," the terrain here is flat and close to the river. Even if something happens, they will have time to react.
Moreover, in the distant mountains and forests, birds were flying as usual. Based on this, it was judged that there were no soldiers and horses passing by, unless they had been lying in wait in the forest for many days.
But there were no signs of Zhang Han's arrival, and there were no sentinels along the way, so he knew enough that there would be no ambush.
They had just enough time to stop and send cavalry along the way to get information.
On the plains along the river, the field of view is relatively broad. You can see many people climbing over the hills on foot, fleeing eastward for their lives, carrying the only remaining belongings of their families on their backs.
When they saw Zhang Han's cavalry, the common people subconsciously avoided them and refused to approach them even if they were rolling downhill on grass with no roads.
Such scenes are all in sight and make people helpless. There must be many people returning eastward with the emperor. After all, when Dong Zhuo destroyed Luoyang, he also took away hundreds of thousands of local people.
After arriving in Chang'an, some settled down, while others were unable to survive and had to become slaves. Before arriving, thousands of people died on the way.
While the eight hundred people were resting on the spot, they led their horses, ate dry food, and talked casually with each other.
Not long after, the brothers who went to explore the road from afar came back, clasped their fists in front of Zhang Han and said, "Sir, those refugees said that there are fighting troops less than twenty miles away from us."
"A mixed army of infantry and cavalry, with less cavalry, and Li Jue's soldiers on both sides, killing the rebels."
"Mutiny?"
Zhang Han raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I don't know, these common people did not dare to approach and ran far away. Those who could not outrun the soldiers were robbed and killed, and their bodies were exposed in the wilderness."
Everyone fell silent, and even Dian Wei, who had never been surprised by life and death since he was a child, looked uncomfortable.
It's not because of their tyranny in killing and killing the people, but this kind of chaos is enough to show that the soldiers and horses currently fighting in Hongnong can no longer be restrained by military discipline.
They were plundering the people to survive, and then winning the battle. Li Jue and Guo Si were afraid that some of the generals in the army would rebel, and each led his troops to fight for the chance of survival.
"Go and see! Where is the front!?"
"Qingting."
Dian Wei said an unfamiliar name. Among the hundreds of pavilions in the Han Dynasty, this place was probably too small to appear on the strategic map.
"Okay, let's set out from Qingting and find a way to the northwest for twenty miles. The enemy has gained something from the fight, so there should be a place to station!"
Wow, at this time, all the cavalrymen put their dry food in their bags, neatly packed their helmets, stepped on the iron stirrups and climbed on their horses. After sitting down, Zhang Han took the lead in stepping onto the stream and heading towards the hillside.
Traveling northwest for about twenty miles, people along the way constantly pointed out the direction and informed us of the journey.
Zhang Han then ordered them to flee eastward. There was no danger. There might be benevolent and righteous troops near Hangu Pass who could temporarily relocate them.
Every time the words came to this, the people thanked him profusely, and some even kowtowed to show their gratitude.
These people are running for their lives, dragging their families with them, and have nothing on them. The most valuable thing they have is a pair of knees to repay their kindness.
And this kindness, in their words, was more of a "favour not to kill", because Zhang Han only pointed in the direction of escape and did nothing else.
In this process, the achievements of Zhang Han's adoptive father are secretly accumulating.
There was a slight warm feeling in Zhang Han's chest, which became more and more intense. It did not cause discomfort, but instead allowed his body to adjust to its optimal state and warm blood circulated throughout his body.
However, Zhang Han naturally had no intention to understand it at this moment.
About an hour later, the cavalry came out of the mountain road and galloped down the ruined hills. Not far away was a camp near the river bank.
The camp as far as the eye could see was not big, and the military tents were also very dilapidated, but there were piles of fodder and grain in cloth bags piled inside the camp.
In the spacious open space of the forward camp in front, many soldiers were gathered in front of the tent, and many young women with big braids were tied up on both sides.
Zhang Han basically didn't stop when he led his troops out. After seeing the layout of the camp clearly, he directly ordered to charge into the camp.
The fortifications of this camp are insufficient. There are only two high platforms in front of the gate, and a row of horses.
Hearing Zhang Han's order, Gao Shun raised a finger on his right hand while standing on his horse, and the eight hundred riders behind him all picked up their bows and arrows.
Then the cavalry pulled the horses from front to back and turned to both sides, and the battle formation formed a line with two wings.
They are all in the posture of riding and shooting with bows and arrows, and the strong bows are almost as strong as a stone. When eight hundred people draw the bow, the exaggerated sound of the bow is enough to make people's teeth itch.
The officers and soldiers in the camp had already discovered the enemy attack, and they knew the attackers were evil when they saw the cavalry rushing towards them.
When Zhang Han launched his charge early on, the entire battalion of soldiers poured out of their tents, and some even came out bare-chested with guns.
At this time, the sound of breaking strings sounded one after another, and the flying arrows accurately fired at the soldiers who rushed out.
The black-robed guards were Gao Shun's family. Zhang Han and Dian Wei's hard work and money swindled in the past two years were basically used to support this cavalry army.
Therefore, if the military is well-equipped, the soldiers are of excellent quality, and have outstanding martial arts skills, they are all top-notch masters.
Just "being able to fire a stone bow immediately" can force back many generals in the army.
Therefore, these arrows were shot accurately to kill the approaching soldiers and horses.
Instead of mass shooting when a large army is fighting, if you want to shoot arrows at random, look for angles upwards, and pay attention to the wind direction at that time to constantly adjust. Then, immediately after shooting, you can open the bow and set the arrows to form an overwhelming rain of arrows with the number, and use this to win.
But there is no need to shoot on horseback. This is a tactic that has been practiced for a long time.
After the cavalry on both wings finish shooting, they will immediately be replaced by those from the rear. As long as the horses are not tired and the formation is not disordered, they can continue to shoot.
However, after two or three arrows, the thieves who rushed out in front fell down, and the enemy's position was in chaos.
Gao Shun raised his hand in front and shouted: "Knife!"
bass!
The cavalryman put his bow on his back and drew his sword from the left side of his waist. When he finished this action, Zhang Han had already entered.
Jueying knocked away the two people who were rushing forward. Zhang Han's spear penetrated like a dragon, breaking through the surrounding enemies, and then swung his spear to hit the horse. In an instant, more than ten people were killed.
Its momentum is like a rushing flood!
After breaking a bloody path, all he could see were spearmen rushing up again, and cavalry with swords and armor coming from a distance.
Zhang Han pulled the reins with his left hand to the right, and Jueying turned to the right and ran around the side of the soldier.
At this time, Zhang Han hooked his right foot on the stirrup, raised his upper body and leaned to the left. Facing the soldiers who had rushed in front of him, he used left and right sweeps to block the long soldiers, and then stabbed to kill the enemy.
As Jueying ran past, people fell down one after another. They were killed by Zhang Han to the right, causing blood to flow like streams and the bodies toppled over.
Killing all the way, the right side has reached the end. Jueying has his own spirituality and turns left. These war horses are courageous and not afraid of fighting. Since entering the battlefield, Jueying has never had the experience of being blinded by a horse.
After turning left, Jueying stepped hard with his hind hooves, increasing his speed to another level! It was like a black stream of light passing by, heading straight for the general on horseback not far away. The man's eyes suddenly shrank, but he didn't expect that the general would move so fast.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, Jueying raised his hooves slightly and jumped up with all his strength. Zhang Han gave a shout and thrust his right hand forward. When the silver light was handed to the thief general, he saw the gun light and waved his knife to block it. .
This spear came very fast, but he had been on the battlefield for a long time, and his martial arts skills were excellent. He almost instinctively judged the direction of the spear tip, and he would definitely be able to block it and then kill this young general.
Just young people are nothing to worry about.
However, at the critical moment, Zhang Han's shoulder suddenly shook, and another burst of force was transmitted to his hand. In the general's eyes, the tip of the gun seemed to freeze for a moment...
Then he burst in instantly, making his eyes dazzled, and then his heart sank.
Boom!
He heard two extremely dull heartbeats, and at this moment, his vision spun around... and returned to nothingness.
Seeing this, Zhang Han fired back and swept away the sword that was chasing behind him. He pulled the reins and circled behind the corpse. Then he leaned down to the left with a natural and agile body. He quickly cut off the head with the sword with his left hand and raised it with the tip of the spear. Running wildly from the other side.
"The Lord is dead! What will happen if you don't surrender!?"
"Your generals are not the same enemy! Are there any enemies here?"
Zhang Han's wild roar was so majestic that it shocked everyone around him. His momentum was as fast as thunder, and he killed like the wind. His mount was galloping and it was hard to catch him. It made people shocked and frightened, and they didn't dare to chase him.
At this moment, Gao Shun led his men to charge forward, marched into the camp and broke the army, and was fearless in the battle. He had already killed the entire camp, which made the entire camp terrified and had no intention of fighting at all.
Moreover, these cavalrymen were not only brave, but their martial arts were also superb and novel. Many of the fallen companions had their feet cut off and fell off their horses, or they suffered fatal blows to the heart or lifeblood.
The soldiers in the entire camp were tied up and did not dare to fight.
Until Zhang Han rushed around with his head on his head, each of them completely lost their fighting spirit and begged for mercy and surrendered.
Gao Shun led the cavalry to clean the battlefield and take back the arrows they had just fired. This cavalry was so sophisticated that the arrows in the arrow baskets were all finely polished.
It is much sharper than the arrows used for shooting.
There are more than thirty war horses in the camp, some of which are thin and old and can only carry a small amount of food.
"Make a pit and start a stove on the spot!" There was only rice in the camp, so Zhang Han decided to cook a big pot of rice for a full meal, and then wrap the extra rice into balls with vegetable leaves and take it with him.
After the cavalry cleaned the battlefield, they searched the camp for usable armaments, as well as gold, silver, money and food. The valuables were piled into packages for the newly acquired horses to carry.
They had worked with Zhang Liao's elite soldiers and cavalry, so they naturally acquired the habit, and their hands and feet were very agile and not unfamiliar.
After doing this, he began to remove the armor from the soldiers in the camp and put away their weapons.
During this period, Zhang Han sat on a large stone lock, thinking about how to deal with these surrendered soldiers.
They are rangers, they can only plunder to support the war. They can make supplies in the camp, and even make a fortune by plundering. They can also get more than 30 good war horses, but they will definitely not be able to take them away.
Although the surrendered soldiers have temporarily surrendered, it would be too uncomfortable for him to have 800 cavalry and thousands of soldiers to fight.
He didn't trust these soldiers.
"How far is Taigu from here?"
Zhang Han called the deputy general of the camp to kneel in front of him. From his mouth, he should be able to ask for more useful information.
"Mr. Hui, there is a city more than ten miles east of Qingting here, and more than forty miles away from Taigu. You are the cavalry that rescues the Han Emperor. You should be rescued by Yang Feng's soldiers and horses. Just go find them."
"The Yang family of the Hongnong family later supported private soldiers, and Yang Feng rebelled, so there was endless fighting in the army. We were also chasing the rebels, and that's why we led the troops here! This is a military order that we dare not disobey!"
"Fart," Zhang Han glanced at the group of shivering young girls standing in the distance, as well as the scattered belongings and five baht coins piled in the camp. The things were not valuable, but they were plentiful.
"Besides the rebels, why are you robbing homes and houses? I guess you just want to invite me here, right?"
It is not enough to fight and manage the army, but it is not easy to manage the people. The so-called hunting down the rebels is better to say that they are looting the migrating people and making a fortune. The righteous Zhang Han hates this deeply in his heart.
The most hateful thing is that there are so many young girls. Women are skilled in handicrafts, fabrics, and dyeing arts in the future; if they learn dancing, they will see beautiful scenery; if they learn acupoint massage, they will be the technicians that Zhang Han misses the most.
If they can't learn anything...if they volunteer, they can still go to the streets to welcome them and become popular with the soldiers.
You actually dragged me into the camp to commit such cruel and cruel acts. You are simply not human!
"Sir, please spare my life! Please spare your life, sir!"
The deputy general kowtowed quickly, not daring to reply to Zhang Han's words. Then he remembered that the general had been beheaded long ago, and added: "Uncle Li Dayou ordered this! He is a bandit! We are all recruited into the camp. It’s different from them!”
"It's different...it's all Li Dayou."
He waved his hands and kept explaining, but was startled again when he saw Zhang Han's indifferent eyes, and weakly lowered his head.
"Why are there no prisoners of the rebels you are chasing?"
"Kill them all..."
Zhang Han frowned, "Then, during the battle, no one escaped?"
"Oh, I didn't see... Sir, I am extremely mediocre. I used to rely on flattery to get to the position of deputy general. Please let me go. I have never done anything harmful to nature."
Veins suddenly popped up on Zhang Han's forehead, and he couldn't ask anything?
Only then did he realize that this bastard was just perfunctory here because he was young. He also advised me to go find Yang Feng quickly...
Despite the apologetic and bitter expression on his face, his mouth was full of words of mercy, and he was kowtowing quickly... but he absolutely despised Zhang Han in his heart.
"Dian Wei, use the halberd to chop off two of his fingers!"
The deputy general was immediately frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly begged for mercy, crying and crying, which was quite exaggerated. He felt that a handsome young general like Zhang Han was usually the most vain and liked to see people begging for mercy, so crying like this should be enough.
Unexpectedly, the rude man didn't care about his crying at all, and Zhang Han never changed his words.
So Dian Wei walked straight over, took his hand and pulled it to the ground. He pointed the knife at two fingers and chopped them off cleanly. With a pop, the deputy general was sweating profusely and his face turned pale. He curled up on the ground holding his fingers. , Tu Hui turned pale in an instant.
Then there was a scream that was forced out of his throat, causing his face to turn red.
Zhang Han's face was solemn, neither happy nor sad, and he said calmly: "You can continue to deal with me, but every sentence is a finger, and then a toe."
"Tell me the truth. Where is the Holy Master and where is Li Jue's military camp?"
"Holy, holy driver... came out from Hongnong and walked towards Anyi. Yang Feng escorted the driver around and ordered his general Xu Huang to rear."
"Xu Huang is superb in martial arts and has a reputation for being well-disciplined and well-educated. He forced us to retreat in several battles, so we didn't dare to pursue him. We could only rob and steal money in preparation for our escape."
"I received a military report before and walked tens of miles north...Xu Huang occupied an ancient city in Qianguan, and the general was gathering troops to attack it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dian Wei raised his hand to chop off another one.
But Zhang Han blinked in confusion and hurriedly reached out to stop him: "Wait, wait, what are you doing!? Isn't he telling the truth this time?"
Dian Wei frowned: "How can I tell the difference? If it is half true and half false, cut off half first."
The deputy general was so frightened that his body trembled and his nose was sore. Looking at Dian Wei's ferocious and arrogant appearance, he couldn't help but think of the ruthless ferocity of the warriors beyond the Great Wall. For a moment, he burst into tears and said quickly: "The truth, the truth... it's all That’s the truth! Please help me, sir!”
Zhang Han smiled and said: "Oh, I didn't see it. I am too mediocre to control him. He is the fiercest man in the world who defeated Lu Bu."
"I have gold and silver buried in my tent, please save my life!" In desperation, he could only shout like this, treating a dead horse like a living horse.
He didn't think that someone who was brave on the battlefield and could defeat Lu Bu would be greedy for money, but he had no other choice.
"Where?" Zhang Han asked.
"Take me there quickly!" Dian Wei also retracted his hand and squatted in front of him, staring expectantly.
"me……"
The little chubby lieutenant looked left and right at this mustache, and secretly calmed down.
I am a good judge of people...
(End of chapter)
