Chapter 349 Being old and strong (1)
Updated: 2013-05-23
It was almost dusk, and the wind was endless in Hebei, sandstorms were everywhere, and war was even more intense!
More than a thousand Hu soldiers were barely defeated, and the Han general Cao Zhi led three thousand Han troops to chase him, but sent scouts to investigate everywhere, but found nothing.
"Well? Although the old general Liu has few troops, he is an elite cavalry. How can he not be here?" After hearing the news from scouts from all sides, Cao Zhi couldn't help but ask questions.
This time, when he went north, he had an appointment with Liu Yin, and Liu Yin was eager to join the war and set off half a day in advance. Cao Zhi had to rectify the supplies of the soldiers and soldiers in the rear. As soon as he landed, he was harassed by a small group of foreign soldiers. Cao Zhi immediately rushed his troops to kill him. At this moment, he could not find Liu Yin's traces and could not help but feel doubtful.
At this moment, the Han general Li Zuo led all the troops to land and gathered with Cao Zhi and said, "It's too late, the Hu people will come again. You and I will divide our troops to find them."
"Okay, General Liu is your chief general, and he is also a pillar of the country. He must not make any mistakes. In this way, I will lead 5,000 troops to search everywhere, and then I will leave this place to the general." Cao Zhi is over 60 years old and is also a veteran. His father is Cao Zhi, the famous King of Chenliu of Wei. Cao Zhi inherited his father's literary talent and was also very skillful in riding and shooting. After surrendering to the Han Dynasty, he was attracted by Liu Yin as an arm helper. He is quite famous in the army.
Li Zuo paused slightly and said, "I was not familiar with the roads when I first arrived in Hebei. I was so interested in searching everywhere. It would be better for the old general to stick here. I will go and inquire about the situation."
When the Han army entered Hebei, they were mostly unfamiliar with the terrain of Hebei. Even if there was a map guide, it was not easy to find the whereabouts of more than 2,000 cavalrymen in Liu Yin in the dark night. It is reported that various alien troops held troops along the Yellow River, and this search was inevitable that fierce battles would be inevitable.
With Cao Zhi's age and physical strength, he may have made some mistakes in such a dramatic battle. Li Zuo was worried about this in his prime, so he suggested that he go there himself.
Cao Zhi shook his head and said, "I am well aware of the situation here, so the general can take care of this place!" He believed that he was familiar with Hebei's geography, so Cao Zhi was able to lead 5,000 Han troops to leave the brigade.
"Well..." Li Zuo knew that the reason why Cao Zhi was attracted by Liu Yin was that in addition to being a civil and military talent, he was as unwilling as Liu Yin. Although he had good intentions just now, it touched the other party's self-esteem that was unwilling to be old.
"Report! Thousands of Hu people in front of him are coming!" Before Li Zuo could breathe, a spy came to report in a hurry. Needless to say, Li Zuo could also see the fire dragons along the coast moving quickly into two sections. It was obvious that the cavalry and infantry of the alien race came in batches!
"Hmph! Arrange the enemy and quickly ask the navy to contact nearby troops to gather together for battle!" Li Zuo was in a state of chaos and commanded the Han army here to prepare for the battle. On the one hand, it was based on the smooth travel of the navy in the Yellow River to contact the Han army upstream and downstream forces to help.
The entire Hebei is a territory of foreign races. The Han army rashly came and knew very little about the arrangement of foreign races. As soon as the Han army landed, they wanted to gain a foothold and even wanted to rescue the Han envoys and soldiers who surrendered from Jin State. However, at this moment, Lu Ji, the Qing Xu soldiers of Lu Yun brothers, were not in a state of movement, and the vanguard Liu Yin was also missing. Although Li Zuo was unclear, he knew that he had to guard this place and was unshakable.
The Hu cavalry immediately saw the Han army waiting for the battle, and they were all surprised. The foreign soldiers and horses were responsible for patrolling the coast. Nearly two hours ago, the place was still calm, but now there were large Han troops gathered. Even though the people outside the border were brave, they were still a little shaken at this moment.
"Han people? Kill!" Still disbelieving in the Han army's actions, the Hun general Li Xi shouted loudly and led more than 2,000 cavalry to rush forward without stopping.
The sound of killing went away, Cao Zhi was full of energy and his eyes were like a torch, constantly examining the surrounding terrain, his thoughts were already locked in the direction of the plain.
As night fell, five thousand Han troops marched in a hurry and defeated several alien troops along the way. Cao Zhi concluded in his heart: "There are more and more enemy troops, and there will be a big battle in the plains. Unfortunately, the words are not clear and the military information cannot be found!" The Han army not only marched very fast, but also had a very strong attack power. The captives of defeated alien soldiers and generals asked for information, but the soldiers and generals did not speak the words of the Han people, so they could only beheaded.
Looking close to the plain, countless fires were shining, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky! Han army generals Liu Yin, Gu Shen, Luo Xiu and other Shu troops were divided and surrounded by foreign soldiers and horses, and they were fighting hard. The alien infantry and cavalry were endless, but the Han army was dominated by infantry and had few cavalry, which obviously suffered a great loss.
"Cao Zhi is here!" Cao Zhi was strong enough to slap the horse-wheel sword into the siege. The huge head of a foreign general soared into the sky at the beginning of the sword, bringing a bunch of blood mist!
The alien race did not want Han soldiers to come in the West. The troops on this side were relatively weak, and they were actually killed by Cao Zhi and killed the Han army!
"The Han people are so arrogant, come and take their lives!" Seeing that the Han army was unstoppable, the general of the Northern Camp Liu Ba patted Ma Shuo and rushed to intercept him!
Cao Zhi's eyes lit up and shouted angrily, "Are you not a Han person?" After saying that, the two horses intertwined, and the big sword had already picked up Changshuo, and the back of the knife was slashed heavily in front of Liu Ba's chest. Unfortunately, Liu Ba's sternum was shattered and blood was blown away and he fell to his horse and died.
The Han army suffered heavy losses in half a day of fighting. At this moment, the morale of reinforcements was greatly boosted and they tried to gather together again. The Han army general Liu Yin swayed like catkins in the strong wind, which seemed to move with the wind, but in fact he was murderous! The sword rose and fell rapidly!
However, the battle with them was Cao Yi and Wang Mi, the three famous generals of the Northern Camp. Cao Yi was a brave man in the army, and Wang Mi was even more unfathomable. The two fought side by side with Liu Yin, and they were equally good and bad!
Cao Yi's iron spear is powerful and powerful, but its moves are simple but sharp. Each strike has a thousand pounds of force that makes it difficult to underestimate. Wang Mi's crescent halberd is both hard and soft, and can be used as a gun or a knife. Its many changes and strange moves can also be the best!
In other words, Liu Yin's sword technique is sometimes gentle and sometimes strong, and he can fight with the two of them with both hard and soft power. If it were others, they would have been defeated at this moment. Even so, Liu Yin is almost a hundred years old, and his arms are still waving, but the sound of tyranny in his mouth has long been gone.
"The oil is gone and the lamp is gone. Old General, do you still want to escape?" Wang Mi had seen that Liu Yin was exhausted and frequently provoked with words, trying to make Liu Yin open his mouth to disperse his energy and spirit. You must know that even though Liu Yin was so old, the fierce battle in half a day was still as powerful as he fought against Cao Yi and Wang Mibei Camp, but did not lose his grudge. Such long qi veins were enough to shock everyone.
But at this moment, Liu Yin was fully focused on fighting. If he was distracted and even opened his mouth, his energy that he had struggled to support would be dissipated and he would be accelerated. At this moment, the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty arrived. How could Liu Yin not know Wang Mi's sinister intentions? Therefore, he ignored his words, ignored them, and fought hard to fight!
Wang Mi was not discouraged when he saw this. His long halberd was still strong. He still joked: "Even the Huns are outside the border, they are still rich. If the old general is willing to surrender, he will be rich and prosperous. His reputation will be kept in history. Why don't you submit to my Huns?"
After several teasings, Liu Yin's explanations were not answered, but Wang Mi smiled even more and looked at Cao Yi. At this moment, Liu Yin's attack was about to kill Wang Mi, and he was obviously angry. Even though he had not spoken, such anger was enough to gradually affect the breath that Liu Yin maintained.
What Wang Mi wanted was Cao Yi's cooperation!
Unexpectedly, Cao Li had a serious face and was fighting intently. He had no idea that Wang Mi had a serious look and was only interested in fighting. Wang Mi couldn't help but feel angry when he saw this, secretly scolding Cao Li for being stubborn! It was indeed a rare opportunity to fight with a general like Liu Yin, but the Han Dynasty launched a full-scale offensive, and the Huns had not yet grasped all the situation.
Instead of separating Liu Yin from one shot at this place, it is probably delaying the overall military strategy!
But Cao Yi was a stubborn person and was disdainful to tease Liu Yin to help Wang Mi with his help. Wang Mi secretly said in his heart: "If you don't open your mouth, will I not continue!? Humph!"
Thinking of this, Wang Mi continued to smile and said, "If the old general is willing to surrender, he can also taste the taste of the beautiful Huns!"
When he said this, Liu Yin's face turned trembling and became even more angry. Wang Mi was overjoyed when he saw it! Suddenly, he roared behind him and said, "You can taste the taste of a sword for me, a vulgar rat!!"
The roar of thunder and lightning was accompanied by a fierce and extremely fierce sword! Wang Mi's heart was beaten and he could not help but slow down. He turned around and resisted the sword. He saw that the Han general Cao Zhi was also full of silver hair and looked at him fiercely, but he felt that his arm was almost unable to withstand this fatal sword.
"Drink!" Wang Mi leaned his body sideways and tried his best to give up the irresistible force of the irresistible force. The opponent's big sword pressed against the hilt of his knife, and it actually pressed into his chest!
Seeing this, Liu Yin shouted mercilessly and slashed his sword down with great mercy, swearing to kill Wang Mi, a slutty martial artist!
With a loud bang, Cao Yi pulled out his horse and stepped forward to hold Liu Yinhan's angrily knife. The tiger's mouth was cracked and blood was oozing out. However, Cao Yi's face remained unchanged, and the iron spear swept to kill Liu Yin!
Liu Yin secretly applauded, knowing that Wang Mi has been keeping his efforts waiting for the opportunity, but he doesn't expect that Cao Yi seems to have tried his best, but at this moment he is more than before!
Wang Mi secretly took a chance. Seeing Cao Zhi, a veteran Han army general on the opposite side, gritted his teeth, knowing that this old man was also a difficult person. At that moment, he slipped his body and fell to the ground with his legs, and drew his sword and flew into the crowd!
When Cao Zhi saw this, he couldn't help but feel angry. He never thought that Wang Mi had just turned into such a situation and actually abandoned his horse and fled! His big sword slashed on the war horse. The war horse whined as if crying about his master's abandonment. At this time, he had no choice but to accept this unbearable fate...
"Wang Mi, you!!!" Cao Yi was furious when he saw this, and he stood up and rubbed oil on his feet. At this moment, facing Liu Yin and Cao Zhi, two veterans, dared not try it easily even if he was brave.
"Hmph!" Cao Yi snorted angrily. Facing Liu Yin, Cao Zhi attacked from front and back and did not dare to stay for a long time and retreated.
"Are you okay?" Seeing that the difficult enemy general retreated temporarily, Cao Zhi rode his horse and killed Liu Yin and said.
Liu Yin's face was rosy and laughed loudly: "Yun Gong is here at the right time, and follow me to break through the siege!"
The two leading generals of the Northern Camp retreated, and the soldiers under their command were rarely forward. The soldiers and horses of the foreign tribes present bravely rushed forward to intercept them. However, Liu Yin and Cao Zhi were invincible with two big swords, killing dozens of generals of the foreign tribes, rescued Gu Shen, and Luo Xiu and his two teams broke through the siege and headed west.
"Wang Mi, why did you give up the battle and flee!" Cao Yi ignored the movements of the Han army and slapped his horse into the formation to question Wang Mi.
Wang Mi had just changed to a horse to ride. Seeing Cao Yi's angry face, he couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "The white-headed veteran general is not known to him. His sword skills are not inferior to Liu Yin. How can he miss the opportunity?"
Cao Yi became even more angry when he heard this, but he was a martial artist and a famous general in the army. Could it be that in front of many deployments that he would be killed by two old men after Wang Mi left?
"What good opportunity? Killing Liu Yin is not a minor achievement!" Cao Yi shouted with anger in his heart.
Liu Yin was the second only to Jiang Wei when he was an officer of the Han Dynasty. Killing such a person was only a minor achievement, which was obviously unacceptable.
Seeing that Cao Yi's reaction was as expected, Wang Mi laughed and said, "Although the Han army is young, they are brave. The troops of all races gather here. Not to mention whether there is a chance to kill Liu Yin, even if you succeed by chance, how can you and I escape unscathed? Then the credit is not evenly divided by everyone?"
"I have sent someone to find out clearly. Zhang Bin, Diao Ying, Zhang Jing and others are leading troops to confront the Han army. The Han army on this route is Qingxu's troops, and the remaining navy of our army has been controlled by me at a nearby ferry. Even if such contributions are not as good as those on Liu Xiuran's neck, wouldn't you and I live alone be better?"
When Cao Yi thought about it carefully, his anger was reduced a lot, and replaced by ambition! Wang Mi said correctly, Liu Yin was so old that he fought with him and others for half a day without any chance of winning or losing. Although he knew that Liu Yin was about to reach the limit, it was not surprising that his qi was long and unexpected.
I disdain Wang Mi's dirty tricks and do not bother to use all my strength to fight side by side with others, but this does not mean that Liu Yin is weak. Although there are few moves to save Wang Mi's life, the opponent's deepness is even unfathomable.
Wang Mi retreated and he was sure that he would not compete with Liu Yin and Cao Zhi, two veterans with overbearing sword skills. The generals of all races were probably not comparable to them. Wang Mi, who had stood by and watched the Huns here, had a chance that the Huns could stop the Han army.
As Wang Mi said, even if Liu Yin is killed, whoever is lucky enough to get the credit will be who will be. The chances of this skill can be seized are also different. The remaining credits of each tribe and the North Camp are really not worth mentioning, at least they are not as good as their own magic eyes.
But Wang Mi's next proposal was tempting. The entire alien coalition was fighting against the Han army in Hebei, but he and Wang Mi sneaked into the Central Plains to fight. This not only caused the Han army's backyard to catch fire, but maybe there was still a chance to attack the city and siege. Isn't this a wonderful achievement?
"How many ships are there?" Cao Yi turned around and asked, which was much more relaxed than his murderous look.
Wang Mi looked at the troops chasing the Han army and smiled and said, "It's enough to accommodate the 6,000 soldiers in the Beiying area here. How about it? You have to go to the Central Plains to make a big fuss?"
Cao Yi naturally had no objection to this. At that time, more than 6,000 soldiers in the Northern Camp left behind severely injured people. The rest followed Wang Mi and Cao Yi to the nearby ferry.
At the ferry, the Xiongnu naval army defeated by the Han army was dejectedly held hostage by hundreds of soldiers in the Northern Camp. These so-called Xiongnu naval army were just Han people who could ride ships. Seeing that there were a large group of people boarding the ship, they did not dare to do things as they were told, but they complained in their hearts.
I thought that I could at least go back to my hometown to work hard with my family and make a living. Unfortunately, as soon as the boat was stopped at this ferry, the soldiers of the Beizhang who had been waiting had rushed up to seize the ship. And the weapons forced each other to intercept the subsequent retreating naval forces.
Originally, the alien soldiers on the ship were either dizzy and coma or were shot with arrows or fell into the Yellow River. The Han people riding the ship applauded. It can be seen that the alien soldiers coming were all Han people, and they couldn't help but know that this was the Beiying Han army, which was famous in the Xiongnu!
Liu Yuan had the idea of establishing a country in the name of Han, so he called himself a descendant of the Han Dynasty and even valued the Beiying troops. Although the soldiers and civilians in Hebei did not know much about this, they all knew that the other party was a powerful person who could not be attacked. These navy troops were not opponents at all when fighting against the Han Dynasty naval forces, but they were more than enough to transport troops.
Wang Mi is a brave guy, but he didn't dare to let the ships go to the waters of Qingzhou at this time. Since the Han army set out from Qingzhou, there must be a naval force in the nearby waters. The elite soldiers of the Beiying were fighting on land, and they knew almost nothing about water wars. It was difficult to save their lives when they encountered it on the water surface.
Therefore, Wang Mi chose the junction of Beihai and Puyang. He believed that while the Han Dynasty was fully committed to the north, the remaining troops could only protect important places, which would inevitably be negligent about the junction of the two places. As long as the Beiying troops log in, they could choose to attack Puyang or Beihai. Are these two empty strategic areas easy to capture?
The soldiers of various tribes who were pursuing Liu Yin and others saw that the soldiers of the Northern Camp were behind, so they thought that these Han people were afraid, so they couldn't help but feel excited and strive to seize the merit! Liu Yin's identity had long been spread in the army. Who wouldn't want to get a share of such a great contribution?
But the Han army, who did not want to be pursued, chose a favorable terrain and turned to counterattack. Liu Yin and Cao Zhi had killed countless alien generals. At this moment, the two elders led the way and rushed out so hard that the aliens could not resist. They retreated in fear and stopped at a distance.
Although not many troops were lost, many generals and warriors in the clan were killed. This result made the alien lords look at each other, and they didn't know whether to continue pursuing or admit their bad luck and ignore them.
The retreating pursuers Liu Yin, Cao Zhi, Luo Xiu, Gu Shen and others led the remaining soldiers of the Han army to join Li Zuo. Lu Ji, Lu Yun's Qingzhou soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers were blocked by foreign generals and could not advance, and Liu Yin and others could not go to support by land. For the sake of the present, the only way was to use the navy of Li Zuo to go to support the Lu brothers by water to open up the situation. There was no other way.
Chapter completed!