Ren Hongxian Zhao Chongguo's army marched on the sixth day, leaving Jiuquan County in early August and arriving in Dunhuang County.Hexi in B.C. was not full of primeval forests and rivers as some people imagined, and it was also different from the Gobi Desert in the 21st century, where you can see desolation and abundance dancing together.The Shule River from the Qilian Snow Mountains moistens the parched land, leaving behind patches of ponds and salt-stained meadows on both banks, and even on the dry tidal flats, dense sagegrasses, red willows and reeds still grow.For Ren Hong, this is the familiar feeling of hometown, Dunhuang is the western world of the Han Dynasty, the light man and the evil boy are the cowboy adventurers riding here, and there are also savage aborigines wielding bows and knives outside the fortress at any time.Far away a line of earthy yellow rammed earth Great Wall shelters this side of the water and soil, every ten miles to stand like a sentry standing guard, staring at the wind and grass outside the plug, every signal sent by the flint, Ren Hong can subconsciously recognize the meaning represented, after all, he has also been a border soldier for half a year."
It's less than two hundred miles away from Hanging Springs and Broken Sui, but it's a pity that the army doesn't go from Yumen Yangguan, and even if you miss the detour, you can't go."
Drinking boiling water by the river, Ren Hong only sighed with emotion, the road they took was completely consistent with the high-speed rail route from Gansu to Xinjiang in later generations, and after passing through Anxi County, they went directly to the north.However, there is a scenery along the way, which cannot be seen in the window of the high-speed rail in later generations.Walking downstream along the Shule River, beyond the Great Wall, a vast lake appears in front of you, which is the reservoir in the middle reaches of the Shule River: Mingze.Looking at the rippling blue waves in front of him, Yang Yun rubbed his eyes, making sure that it was not the mirage that Ren Hong told him: "I thought Dunhuang was dry and barren, and I didn't want to have such a big lake." ”Dunhuang is like this, wet places are wet to death, dry places are dry to death, this Ze is 260 miles from east to west, 60 miles from north to south, almost half of Qinghai Lake is big.Ren Hong looked at the pack horse that had lost weight after sitting down, and then looked at the radish that was reluctant to ride on the side: "It's still a freshwater lake, rich water grass, suitable for animal husbandry, and our horses can eat night grass." ”For humans, horses are really not cost-effective to raise unless they unlock the riding function.The temper is smelly, the fertility is not high, unlike cattle and sheep can regurgitate and serve, the horse will digest the food quickly, so it must be fed at night, otherwise it will be thin and weak for a long time, until it is emaciated to death.But even if the 200,000 people in Hexi were mobilized to cut down the corn, even if the soldiers of the three armies did not eat or drink and saved beans and millet, it would not be enough for tens of thousands of animals to eat.On the way, there can only be a meal in a place where there is water and grass, and the horses are getting thinner and thinner, and when they come to this underworld, they can finally let go of their stomachs and eat a big meal.Seeing that the horses bowed their heads and gnawed on the pasture, the war horses still had to eat grain, leaving a field of fresh horse manure eggs, which was also very acidic and harmful to the soil, and could not be compared with the delicious cow dung that everyone loved.Ren Hong couldn't help but think that most of the savings of the two generations of Jing were chewed up by this group of beasts, for the farming nation, raising cavalry really costs money, it has to be a strong era like the Han and Tang Dynasties, so that they have the determination and capital to send more than 100,000 horses out of the fortress every time.Inside and outside the Great Wall on the south bank of the Anze, there were already two armies of nearly 10,000 people, namely Xin Wuxian, the commander of Jiuquan, who had only taken office a few months earlier, and Kong Zhang, the commander of Yihe in Dunhuang, who was in charge of the logistics of the army.When he went out of the camp with Xin Wuxian to welcome Ren Hong, Kong Zhang was in a complicated mood.Four years ago, he was still serving as the lieutenant of central Dunhuang, and his dignified hall was more than 2,000 stones, and Ren Hong was only a subordinate of his subordinates, a small flint chief, and he had to bow down to the head of the inspector and call him a superior when he met.But now goodbye, Ren Hong is already a world-famous young general, the Marquis of Xi'an, who has 2,000 households.Although the cavalry lieutenant is at the same level as the county lieutenant, it is not an uncommon rule to suppress the magistrate at the head of the official, and after seeing Ren Hong, Kong Zhang inevitably had to bow to him, and his heart was a little sour at the moment when he bowed his head.Who promised that he would be cautious at the border and that he would be able to transfer Kong Zhang back to the inner county, and the old prime minister is no longer there.What surprised Kong Zhang was that Xin Wuxian, the governor of Jiuquan, who had always been arrogant in front of him, was polite to Ren Hong, how could he not be polite, his sons were all working under Ren Hong's account!
Xin Wuxian, a guy who likes to beat friendly troops, "mistakenly killed" 3,000 people in Beiheqiang in Jincheng County, and almost ruined Ren Hong's perfect plan to trap the enemy.Now Huo Guang has given Xin Wuxian another chance and transferred him to Jiuquan to standby, Xin Wuxian has worked hard, this time he must prove who is the number one general in the six counties!
Fortunately, Ren Hong was rampant without his ambition, and when he met, he was very humble, and when the three of them discussed military affairs, he deliberately avoided it, not mentioning that he had proposed to Kong Zhang four years ago, taking advantage of the Xiongnu attack on Zhangye, to send Dunhuang soldiers to attack the plan of the Xiongnu north of Mingze to plough the king's nest.Zhao Chongguo's command was divided into five departments, three of which had been concentrated here before the army, and their tasks were different."
General Pu ordered me to be the vanguard of the Xing army, and to travel two hundred miles in front of the army.""
And Captain Xin Du is the heel army, a hundred miles behind me, and a hundred miles before the army.""
Captain Kong Du is a heavy soldier, waiting for General Zhao to arrive."
To put it bluntly, Kong Zhang is the material brigade, the earliest to come and the last to leave, and follow the army behind the butt to eat ashes.However, Kong Duwei still has a dream, he is tired after staying in Dunhuang for five or six years, and every time he has something to do, he is steady and cautious, but he does not get any meritorious service, but Ren Hong, a little descendant who goes to the Western Regions to adventure, has been made a marquis.So he wanted to seize this once-in-20-year war, so that he could make some military achievements and leave Dunhuang.So Kong Zhang, who has been passive, actually took the initiative to say: "Hu Lu Xia Qiu is stationed in the north of Mingze, and in recent months, he has noticed the frequent movements of the Han army, so he evacuated Mingze early and returned to the southern foot of Horsehair Mountain in Beishan. ”Ren Hong bowed: "Hu Lu must be on guard, by the way, now the person who is stationed in the north mountain of Mingze is no longer the right plough and dirty king, right?"
”Kong Zhang said: "However, four years ago, the Xiongnu Shan Yu ordered the Right Xian King and the Right Plough King to attack Zhangye County, and was defeated by Guo Zhong, the commander of Zhangye's subordinate state, and beheaded 4,000 ranks, and the Right Plough Pollution King also died, and Guo Zhong was named Anhou. ”That is also a person who makes Kong Zhang jealous, if he had listened to Ren Hong's words and tried to attack the north of Mingze, maybe he would not be in Dunhuang now.Kong Zhang walked down, and hurriedly coughed lightly to the point: "The Right Virtuous King Tu Qitang put all the fault on the Plough Pollution King, causing Shan Yu to cancel the title of the Plough Pollution King and give his territory north of Hexi to King Wen Puppet. ”Yang Yun has been reduced to Ren Hong's clerk, and he waved his pen on the side, only shaking his head and sighing: "The kings of these little kings of the Huns, it's really hard to remember." ”Ren Hong agreed, and the word "dirty" made him have a memory point.Kong Zhang glanced at this ugly-looking military Sima and threw out the news that he thought was a great achievement: "Therefore, the old department of the Plough Stain King is quite dissatisfied with this, especially the Plough Stain Prince Gao Yaxu, he is now only a thousand cavalry commanders, and a month ago, he noticed that our army was stationed in Mingze, and there was a movement out of the jam, Gao Yaxu sent someone to ask for surrender!"
”Xin Wuxian was surprised: "Captain Kong, Gaoyaxu, please surrender?"
Why don't I know?
”Because Kong Zhang wanted to swallow the credit of surrender alone, he haha: "Or Gaoyaxu is close to Dunhuang." ”It is a common thing for the Huns to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and it has often happened since the Han Emperor, and the ancestors of the crossbow general Han Zeng were thrown back from the Huns.After Xiaowu, as the Han Dynasty became stronger and the Xiongnu were repeatedly defeated, the surrender of the little king of Biansai was even more commonplace.The most famous is the evil king who cut off the head of the ancestor Hutu and the head of the king and his people surrendered to Huo Huo, and in order to recruit people, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also let people go to the outside of the fortress to build a surrendered city.And the little kings of the Huns who threw over were basically made marquis, at least more than a ten, placed in the five subject countries, and many of them participated in the war as subject countries and made meritorious contributions in the Han-Hun War.The prince lost his throne and his pasture, and the idea of surrendering came up because of internal contradictions, which is normal, and Ren Hong can guess the conditions."
The prince of plough only pleaded, after the deed was completed, he was willing to return to the Han Dynasty, be a king and marquis of Guiyi, and return to him the pastures north of Mingze and south of Beishan occupied by King Wen Duojiao."
Kong Zhang wanted to report directly to General Pu, but who made Ren Hong the vanguard of the Xingjun, this son and Xin Wuxian were old partners in the attack on Xiqiang in Jincheng, and it is said that they were extremely reckless, known as the Tiger of Hehuang, and Xin Wuxian had a reputation for liking to attack potential allies.These two people one after the other, if the Plough Prince and the King Wen Duo were defeated and eliminated together, wouldn't the only skill that he Kong Zhang could mix up be gone?
Therefore, Kong Zhang wanted to promote this matter, and began to try his best to exaggerate the harsh environment north of Mingze, and the Huns hid in the mountains and Gobi, waiting for the Han army to travel far away and wait for fatigue."
Is Captain Kong afraid?"
Xin Wuxian said that there was no plough to pollute the prince, and he and the Marquis of Xi'an, two nearly 10,000 horsemen, defeated the little king of the Huns.Yang Dazui also wanted to express his opinion, but Ren Hong tiptoed a few times on the case, and said: "The art of war, the wise general, can be wise and wise, will be a great success."
The important thing of this army is that the three armies are also moved.In the place where soldiers live and die, it is naturally good for someone to be the inner room, Kong Duwei can send someone to reply to the prince of ploughing, as long as he can help us take the head of King Wen Duo, I will definitely show merit to General Pu and the general" "Give him a silver eagle crown of King Guiyihu!"
”"What are you doing when Daoyuan steps on my feet?"
And when he returned to the camp tent after the discussion, Yang Yun touched the toe that was sore by Ren Hong and complained, but Ren Hong summoned Han Gandang and Zhao Han'er, the two song chiefs, and mentioned this matter, Zhao Han'er, who had always been calm, actually got up."
Junhou, it's a Gao Yaxu, who committed a crime four years ago!""
That's what happened!"
Yang Yun also knew about this festival and was surprised for a while.Ren Hong said with a smile: "Kong Duwei is a high position and forgetful, or maybe he doesn't care about the death of three people in Xiaoxiao Fengsui, and that's right, under the jurisdiction of a Duwei, it is common for dozens of people to die in conflicts with the Huns every year. ”And Na Gao Yaxu forgot all about it."
But of course I remember that the plough prince Gao Yaxu, the little prince of the Huns who killed Song Assistant, was really narrow, and he actually crashed into me."
Although the two sides didn't meet each other back then, and Han Dang was only killed by Han Dang as a flying dragon rider, but Ren Hong could inquire about who the main general behind him was afterwards, and silently remembered it in his heart.Xi'an Hou's smile became cold: "I'm a person, I can hold a grudge!"
”PS: The second chapter is in the evening.