Chapter 2729 The most fake declaration
After sending troops from the West Sea, Chang Cheng kept an eye on Gao Shun.
Although the position of military supervisor was developed in the Song Dynasty, it actually existed in the Han Dynasty.
Chang Cheng is not in name a supervisor of the army. He only serves as Gao Shun''s rear army co-supervisor, but his actual role is to supervise the army. Although he couldn''t command Gao Shun beyond his level, nor did he openly oppose Gao Shun, he could keep a close eye on Gao Shun, monitor Gao Shun''s every move, monitor every instruction Gao Shun made, and monitor Gao Shun''s every move. Looking at everyone and everything around Gao Shun...
Some people feel it doesn’t matter if they are stared at.
Some people even find it exciting and like to be stared at.
Gao Shunma was one of those people who didn''t like being stared at. He quickly discovered something was wrong.
Those military academies who used to be able to chat with Gao Shun now avoid Gao Shun, pretending not to see him if they can, saying hello if they can, even if they have to deal with military affairs, they do their best to do so. The time was shortened and I did not dare to stay longer in the Gaoshun tent. On the contrary, Chang Cheng in the logistics department was laughing and laughing every day.
This is a bit like bullying in school. Although Gao Shun is very strong in martial arts, he is like a foreigner. On the surface, he seems to be indifferent, but in fact, he is constantly being stared at, and a group of people are talking behind his back. Chirping. Not everyone participates in bullying, but most people choose to do more rather than do less.
?Gao Shun only had fifty men in his own army, and the rest were soldiers from Xihai City. These Xihai City soldiers will definitely have to live in Xihai City in the future, so when they see the local overlord of Xihai City acting docile and uncooperative with outsiders, how many of them will speak up? Most people, even the keyboard warrior who likes to comment the most, are silent, as if he forgot to bring his keyboard.
Several scouts came galloping and brought a horse thief alive.
After the interrogation, Gao Shun showed a slightly stunned look on his face.
After a while, Gao Shun called Chang Cheng, "I have received news that horse thieves want to conquer the West Sea." 』
"What? ! Chang Cheng was shocked.
?Chang Cheng thought that Gao Shun called him here to explain his surveillance behavior. He had already prepared his rebuttal, and even secretly laughed at Gao Shun for being too suspicious, too nervous, etc., such as a slap, knocking on the door in the middle of the night, etc...
??But what Chang Cheng didn''t expect was that Gao Shun actually said that he was a horse thieves who wanted to attack Xihai City!
How is this possible? ! Chang Cheng felt ridiculous for a moment, "General Gao, don''t joke... This horse thief, haha, how is it possible?" 』
Gao Shun waved his hand and said, "Bring it up!" 』
There was someone escorting a horse thief up from under the tent.
Gao Shun pointed and said, "Chang Sima, ask yourself." 』
The result is of course true.
This is the tongue caught by the scout.
?Chang Cheng confirmed again and again, and then he was so frightened that he almost peed.
『Xihai City must not make any mistakes! This matter must be reported to the general as soon as possible! Chang Cheng was sweating on his head and his face was pale.
Gao Shun glanced at Chang Cheng and said, "I want to lead the troops to attack, but Chang Sima can return on his own." 』
?But what Gao Shun didn''t expect was that after shaking for a while, Chang Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "No!" Now the order of the Great Protector is for the general to defeat the horse thieves in the forward camp. However, the situation has changed. The horse thieves will sweep into Xihai City. This situation is no longer in line with the previous order of the Great Protector! Therefore, we must report back to the Protector-General and wait for the Protector-General to make a decision! 』
Gao Shun shook his head and said, "Since Dadu protector ordered me to fight, is there any reason to retreat without fighting?" Could it be that Chang Sima was too timid to fight? 』
Gao Shun narrowed his eyes and decided that if Chang Cheng dared to stop him, he would be whipped thirty times even if he didn''t kill him.
Unfortunately, Chang Cheng realized the danger and immediately changed his tone, saying that of course he would obey Gao Shun''s military orders and Gao Shun would move on if Gao Shun wanted to move forward. However, as a logistics coordinator, he also had the responsibility to report new situations to the Metropolitan Protector in a timely manner. .
?In this case, of course Gao Shun can''t do anything to Chang Cheng.
? Gao Shun has a steel-like character and is extremely upright. Although he can''t stand it and even hates Chang Cheng, as long as Chang Cheng doesn''t violate the rules, Gao Shun will not go out of his way to make things difficult or make trouble for Chang Cheng.
??A new military order was sent from Xihai City, ordering Gao Shun to lead the front army to set off to investigate the situation, while Chang Cheng, as the rear army, stayed in place and made a decision after the situation became clear.
Gao Shun looked at this military order and felt a little ridiculous.
Gao Shun felt that this did not seem to be Lu Bu’s habit...
He felt that if Lu Bu knew about this, he would definitely be furious and lead the army directly to fight!
A mere thief, actually making trouble on Tai Sui’s head?
So this military order is probably what Wei Xu meant. But Gao Shun didn''t say much, because military orders were military orders. It couldn''t be said that Gao Shun had doubts and refused to carry out the military orders. He is upright and never disdains to give in, but such a character may not be a good thing.
Moreover, Gao Shun felt that even if the horse thieves were powerful, they were still just horse thieves. In addition, Gao Shun did not like some of the military academies in the previous army. They were timid and afraid of getting into trouble, or they were a little in line with others, so the division of troops made Gao Shun happy. More comfortable. Gao Shun also specially selected those military academies who were not following Chang Cheng all day long, and brought his own troops, plus two scout light cavalry brigades, totaling more than 300 people, to lead the army out.
Gao Shun felt that even if there were only three hundred people, he could still defeat those horse thieves. Chang Cheng''s people are more like a supply force to Gao Shun. If they can help, it''s better. If they can''t help, they just need to build up their momentum and provide supplies.
But changes on the battlefield often catch people off guard.
?Just like Matthew in the forward camp, he also felt that things were changing too fast, which somewhat annoyed him.
Forward camp.
Now it has become a paradise for horse thieves.
The black horse thief shouted in the camp, and the people shouted that the horse was so lively, it was like a grand holiday.
?Perhaps this is indeed a festival for horse thieves.
Compared with that of the Han army, the forward camp at this time was full of chaos.
After Ma Xiu had already collected the "loots", the horse thieves who came later, big and small, collected them again and again. In the end, even the wooden boards and even nails originally used by the Han army to build their camps were not included. , have all become "trophies" in a sense for these horse thieves.
『Grandpa was also in the Han army camp, coming and going! Look, these are the items I captured from the Han army! Ha, don’t look at it, it’s just a board. You don’t know, this is the desk | bed | token |...” used by the Han commanders.
For a time, countless horse thieves were wandering around the camp with these thoughts, and then looked for anything that could be used to enhance themselves, even a piece of wood or a stone.
??It''s like not killing a tiger yourself, but being able to get some tiger bones and tiger teeth is something worth bragging about.
?What is a horse thief? If he doesn’t drink or brag, what kind of person can he be called a horse thief?
?Ma Xiu is also a horse thief. Although he has always thought that he is a member of Ma''s army, his essence is still a horse thief.
So he also has the problem of a horse thief...
Drinking and bragging.
Normally, drinking and bragging is not a big problem, but sometimes it can cause big trouble...
?Now, Matthew is in trouble.
He found it for himself.
Matthew stood under the banner of Dao Tian, ??raising his head and watching the flag fluttering in the wind, with countless thoughts.
?In the past two days, his name has indeed been publicized, attracting a lot of horse thieves who are either watching or participating.
Matthew’s original plan was good.
There are too many grievances and hatreds in the Western Regions.
?When Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, he said that there were thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, but was it actually more than thirty-six?
There are mountainous deserts to the north and south of the Western Region. Well, there is also an uninhabited area of ??the Gobi Desert in the middle. Only along the foot of the mountains and irrigated by the melted snow water of the mountains can the conditions for human survival exist. So speaking of it, the relatively closed environment of the Western Region, It''s more like a greedy snake connected head to tail, devouring each other. When many countries in the Western Regions conquered others, their butts were stabbed by others.
?Perhaps the Western Regions themselves have very complex origins and their national habits are quite different, so they have not been able to be unified. Under such endless chaos, the Western Region has never been internally unified for hundreds of thousands of years, which means it is left with the fate of being conquered again and again by powerful external enemies. From the Xiongnu to Anxi, from Kushan to the Han Dynasty, various states in the Western Regions rose up in this cycle, then declined, rose up again, declined again, and the cycle continued.
?In this process, the country has been subjugated, the family has been destroyed, and the clan has been exterminated. The hatred between the country and the family is naturally deep-rooted. Just like the Murong clan in the Eight Tribes of the Sky, and in the Western Regions, there is more than one Murong clan? Over the past hundreds of years, there have been at least dozens, even hundreds, of "Murong clan" of various sizes!
"Hate," Matthew muttered, raising his head, looking at the flag, "Hate is a good thing... He can make people endure pain, double their endurance, sweat and bleed, and do whatever it takes..."
"Our plan is not wrong..." Matthew said with some embarrassment, "It''s just that there is some... well, a little trouble..." Pound stood aside, listening, silently.
A thief is a thief. Sneak attacks and stabbings in the waist are a thief''s specialty. He is very good at it. He can also jump left and right, in and out, and perform all kinds of dazzling tricks. But if he really wants to go into battle, he is very good at it. If soldiers fight positional warfare, thieves will definitely suffer.
?Hence, the longer Matthew stayed in the forward camp, the higher the danger.
Matthew is very aware of this risk worry, but at the same time, he also hopes that his banner of "walking for heaven" will be brighter and more famous...
Sometimes a person’s head and upper body can have the intellectual advantage, and sometimes a person’s **** and lower body dominate a person’s instincts. Now Matthew''s upper and lower bodies are fighting.
Reason tells him that you are getting more and more popular now, and it’s time to take the wind, but desire tells him that if you don’t take a chance now, why wait?
Is it a big hit?
It becomes clear just by looking at the various types of people who have gathered here in the past two days.
The Han Dynasty has not appeared in the Western Regions for so many years. When people like Lu Bu come, can the people in the Western Regions immediately turn around and worship? Even if Lu Bu is tyrannical and can''t be offended for a while, most people will definitely be dissatisfied even if they take it verbally. In addition, Lu Bu didn''t even want to meddle in his own affairs, let alone have any thoughts about the previous grudges and feuds in the Western Regions, and the disputes between large and small families and countries?
??After Lu Bu came to the Western Regions, his hard heart refused to accept it, and his soft heart failed to do well. Matthew took advantage of this opportunity to raise this big banner.
Not to mention, it is indeed quite attractive.
After Matthew put up a banner and said that he would uphold justice for these people with grudges and grudges, which is the so-called "doing justice for heaven", he immediately attracted many people to come, whether they were urgently ill or seeking medical treatment. Or maybe they were dead horses acting as live doctors, they gathered here scattered and bowed to Matthew.
??Eh, I got involved.
No matter what, Matthew also showed his strength and defeated Lu Bu''s army that once ran rampant in the Western Regions!
Even if it is a forward camp, isn''t it also part of Lu Bu''s army?
In addition, these people came not because they really thought that Matthew was a good person or how famous he was, but because of different reasons, and more because they calculated that they got here, even if they couldn''t rely on Matthew. If you have a good reputation, you can also sign up for a group to keep warm. You can find some helpers to further your "big plan" of revenge.
? Did Matthew really want to "do justice for heaven"?
Just kidding, how is that possible?
Matthew''s original purpose was not to overthrow Lu Bu''s "brutal rule", but just to make a name for himself and make some money, because only in this way can he continue to gain a foothold among the horse thieves in the Western Regions, but now...
?Matthew also had hatred, and hatred between hussars.
??If it weren''t for that **** Fei Qian back then, maybe it would be Ma who is dominating the third position in Chang''an now!
?Can this hatred be let go?
Matthew once thought he had let go, but now he realized that he was just hiding. Now it was hooked out, raising dust all over the sky.
“If you want to achieve great things, you still need to work harder...” Matthew sighed.
Pound frowned deeply, "Young Master, what big deal are you talking about?" Could it be...you were drunk..."
"Ha, yes, I was drunk, but..." Matthew''s voice became softer, and then turned around, "But now... oh, this thing..."
Hearing this, Pang De couldn''t help but look up at the flag above his head, "Young Master, I''m not saying anything discouraging. This flag, these people... just take a look, don''t take it seriously!" If something really happens, these people are totally unreliable! No matter how affectionate the brothers are now, these people will definitely be the first to run away when the time comes! 』
Matthew was drunk before. He didn’t know if he had been thinking about it all the time, or just on a whim, but he actually shouted the slogan of marching to Xihai City. Of course, it caused a burst of excitement from the crowd to howl like wolves and ghosts.
After sobering up, Matthew felt a little regretful, but he was embarrassed to say that what I said before was just drunken talk. Can I take what I said at the wine table seriously and wait for him to shirk it? After all, if he shirks it, this big shot will "act for heaven". The flag is no longer standing so firmly.
??But if you really take such a group of people to attack Xihai City, it is true that there are many people, but a rabble...
Matthew was silent for a while, "How about...wait for two more days and I will recruit some more people...This is a good opportunity. The people from Kushan will be here soon..."
The people from Kushan are indeed coming soon.
The Kushan envoys had previously promised to give Matthew some benefits in order to stir up chaos in the Western Regions, but they did not expect that Matthew would be able to win and capture Lu Bu''s forward camp!
This surprised the Kushan envoy.
?After being surprised, there was also some embarrassment, because the things the Kushan envoy promised to give were not completely ready.
After all, Kushan is now in a precarious situation, and it has long lost the majesty of the early years. Otherwise, the Kushan envoys would not have come to Matthew to act as thugs. They would have just come...
But now Matthew doesn''t know this. He just knows that since he has completed the goal, he can naturally get rewards from Kushan. Then Matthew wants to use these rewards to upgrade equipment, recruit some good players, and then there will be Greater fame, greater power, and a better tomorrow.
So no matter what, we have to wait until the Kushan envoy arrives before we can leave.
Pound thought for a moment and nodded, but still persuaded: "Young Master, if you stay one more day now, it will be a day''s risk..."
Matthew nodded, "I know, I know..."
?On the other side, Matthew himself didn’t quite believe the **** he was bragging about, but some people did.
In other words, pretending to believe.
‘Isn’t this Commander-in-Chief Ma? When are you going to attack Xihai City? ! 』
A middle-aged man with a small head shouted loudly when he saw Matthew approaching.
?Matthew smiled, ignored it, and continued to move forward.
“That’s right, Chief Ma, when will we attack Xihai City?” 』
Another person a little further away also shouted.
Matthew''s smile became a little stiff.
?? Bragging is not a good thing, and bragging after drinking is not a good thing, and these are not the worst. The worst thing is that Matthew boasted in front of so many people...
?Horse thieves have never had any concept of superiority and inferiority, only strength and weakness.
Matthew wants to take this opportunity to establish himself as the leader among the horse thieves in the Western Regions, but will the other horse thieves fall at his feet so willingly? Even if Matthew captured the Han forward camp this time, some experienced horse thieves could see that there were some problems.
The Han army did not have a large number of war horses. Whether it was the trophies in the later period or the damage during the battle, it showed that the Han army that Ma Xiu defeated this time was more like a weak one, or the Han army cavalry had been transferred away. ''s camp.
?Hence, in the minds of these horse thieves, Matthew may have "frauded".
?Horse thieves, can’t they have a “free” heart, right?
Therefore, of course there are some people who are not convinced that Matthew takes advantage of the opportunity to make a big splash, and these unconvinced people will not conflict with Matthew in person, but they will grab Matthew''s pigtail and pull it a few times. It''s still something they like to hear and see.
After all, Matthew was younger. After being asked several times along the way, his face became a little confused. When someone from Kushan asked him when he would attack Xihai City, Matthew was completely speechless.
Say he just drank too much and spoke garbled words?
Then the flag he finally erected will collapse immediately. No one will remember all his previous efforts and related contributions. They will only remember that he bragged, but ended up being timid again, and then he could not be said to be in the Western Regions. , there will be legends about him bragging in twenty or thirty years...
"beat! Still have to fight! 』
Matthew gritted his teeth.
?Pound on the side closed his eyes.
"Ling Ming..." Matthew said in an almost pleading voice, "I know, I like to talk nonsense... I will definitely change it!" Must change! But... this time, this time we must fight, otherwise... otherwise, let alone others, our own troops will lose their temper and lose heart! 』
Pound shook his head and said, "To attack Xihai City is to die." 』
Matthew waved his hands repeatedly, "No, I''m not really going to fight... I''m just pretending, just pretending... It''s like this flag, make it louder!" Loudness attracts people! We have just announced...well, we can''t say it will collapse now, right? 』
Pound was speechless for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
(End of this chapter)