Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 315

Let alone Lao Cao's journey in the mountains, let's just talk about Tian Hu's army and the officers and soldiers stalemate in Taiyuan.

Tian Hu mobilized an army of and besieged Taiyuan for more than ten days. After continuous fierce battles, the city walls were already mottled everywhere, and the city was in a mess. Half of the ladder was emitting wisps of smoke.

According to Tong Guan's order, Han Cunbao, the Jiedu Envoy of Yanmen in Yunzhong, was in command of the North Route Army, and Xu Jing, the Jiedu Envoy of Shangdang Taiyuan, was in command. A frontier army of was raised to attack from north to south.

When this order was in the hands of Han Cunbao and Xu Jing, they couldn't help but smile bitterly—without him, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!
The so-called "Three sides are unparalleled, and the nine gates respect the first pass". Yanmen Pass has been the key to Shanxi since ancient times. He is a brave fighter, if it were then, not to mention troops, even troops or troops, it would be within easy reach.

However, the two countries have been at peace for a hundred years, and it is not uncommon to fight each other and have some small conflicts, but the real large-scale battles have long since disappeared, and the military equipment at Yanmen Pass has gradually relaxed, and it has been called a half-dozen so far.

According to the military records of the Privy Council, Fenyuan County, where Yanmen Pass is located, should now have frontier troops guarding the pass by rotation, and Taiyuan Prefecture should also have soldiers, who can go north to support at any time. With some spare pay, it's not difficult to draw troops from the two places to go out.

However, because Tong Guan is old, treacherous and cunning, he can't help overestimating the integrity of the officials and generals of the past dynasties.

Fenyuan County can now fight with only soldiers.

Taiyuan Mansion is even worse. Eight of the ten counties under its jurisdiction have been swallowed up by Tian Hu. Only Taiyuan County and Yangqu County to the north belong to the Song Dynasty. Xu Jing has only five thousand soldiers and horses in total, and some of them It was escaped from the eight counties of Tuna.

Han Cunbao didn't dare to abandon Yanmen Pass. After thinking for a long time, he left 5000 people to guard the pass, and sent the remaining troops to the south to join Xu Jing to conquer Tianhu.

From Han and Xu's point of view, soldiers is soldiers, which is only short of the court's requirement. Anyway, there are four expeditions, and there is no serious problem if the North Road is less than ?
Unexpectedly, Tian Hu was going to attack the Song Dynasty from all directions, but he chose to bet on the North Road, betting all his wealth——

On the east and west routes, Tian Bao and Tian Biao were in command, and each only brought 10,000 people. The plan was to join the local defenders and take advantage of the favorable location to resist, only defending but not attacking.As for Liu Yanqing and Cao Cao on the South Road, there were fewer people, and they all hoped that Qiao Daoqing would use shocking methods to defeat the enemy with water.

Only on the North Road, Tian Hu decided to use offense as defense, and came here with all his strength, not only to resist the conquest, but also to take advantage of the situation to go to Taiyuan, seize Fenyuan County, and seize Yanmen Pass.

Tian Hu's strategy is actually good. From his point of view, once he succeeds, his own territory will be bordered by the Liao Kingdom. In this way, there will be room for both sides. If the Song Dynasty is in a hurry to attack, you are not afraid that I will dedicate Yanmen to it. Liao country?
Tian Hu's heavy punch was beyond the expectations of Han and Xu. He originally thought that his family was only one of the "four roads to suppress tigers", but suddenly found that he had borne everything alone—a powerful enemy with five When the soldiers and horses came, the crusade turned into a city defense battle in an instant, and it was a dilemma for a while, but there was no way to retreat, and they could not retreat to the Liao Kingdom, so they had to grit their teeth and fight hard.

The two of them don't know, but Tian Hu also regrets it very much. He regrets that he shouldn't have saved Duan Wu, so that he lost more than soldiers and horses in Henan. This Taiyuan City has been laid down for a long time.

On this day, Fang Xuedu, the false Taiwei, saw that Tian Hu was frowning, and offered advice: "Your Majesty, the weather is getting colder these two days. Seeing that the autumn rain is coming, in my opinion, it is better to send an army and horses to conscript the nearby counties." The common people asked them to carry stones as dams and dig earth to encircle the mountains, and block the Fen River by themselves. When the heavy rain comes, the water will be difficult to drain, and it will inevitably flow back into Taiyuan. In Taiyuan, you can even get Yangqu at your fingertips."

Li Tianxi, the pseudo-shangshu, applauded when he heard it, and quickly helped him stand: "My lord, what Fang Taiwei said, sincerity is a good strategy! Moreover, once this group of officers and soldiers is drowned, the counties in Fenyuan will have soil but no soldiers. There is only one Yanmen pass left, and he was trapped to death."

Hearing that what the two of them said was orderly, Tian Hu immediately threw away all his worries to the Java Kingdom, and said with a big laugh: "I have Aiqing and other capable ministers, why worry about not taking the Zhao family's world? Come to Dabao in the future , you wait for all generations of princes."

After making a wish casually, he ordered Zhang Xiong, the commander of the palace, and both of them to control Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue, and asked him to lead 10,000 people and drive all the people in the surrounding counties to fill the river, and asked Zhang Xiong to tell them in detail. Those people: "Now they are all the people of the widow, and it is the duty of God to contribute to the great cause of the widow. Therefore, they must prepare their own food and grass, and they are not allowed to be lazy in doing things."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiong said with a sinister smile: "Don't worry, my lord, the young general is the strictest person, if there is one who dares to be lazy, the young general will beat him to death with a whip."

Tian Hu said with a chuckle: "Zhang Dianshuai, our Dajin wants to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, but you can't be so cruel. If there are any unruly people who dare to be lazy, beheading them is enough to kill chickens and scare monkeys, so why beat him to death?" Cruel?"

Zhang Xiong said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty is truly the Lord of Benevolence and Righteousness. The young general has been under His Majesty's command for a long time. I'm afraid he will become a living Bodhisattva sooner or later."

Tian Hu laughed, shook his head and said: "I am a hunter in the mountains, so I know the sufferings of the people, so I treat the people kindly."

Seeing Zhang Xiong being so obsequious, Fang Xuedu secretly disdains him, deliberately puts down his face, and smiles: "Zhang Dianshuai read the white characters, it's not black pottery, it's nurturing."

Zhang Xiong blushed, and was about to find some words to cover up, but Tian Hu said in surprise: "What? This black pottery, I have always read black pottery, for example Fang Taiwei is very knowledgeable, I often receive black pottery, could it be that Is Heitao wrong?"

Li Tianxi coughed, and changed the topic: "Your Majesty, although it is a clever plan to pour back into Taiyuan, it must not be noticed by the Taiyuan defenders. These days, I don't need to attack the city, I just send strong generals to challenge the city. They are busy fighting every day. Naturally, there is no doubt."

Tian Hu nodded again and again: "That's right! There are too many dead in the siege, so it's better to take him as a general. The widow's uncle has unstoppable courage. It's good to behead a few of his heads to dampen his morale."

Immediately, imperial forest troops were ordered, and or generals were brought out to battle, and Wu Li, the uncle of the country, went to the city to challenge.

Wu Li was bored in the tent, when he suddenly heard a report from the military academy that Tian Hu had ordered him to fight, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and stood up immediately - but seeing this man, he was eight feet tall, his waist was also eight feet, and he was wearing golden armor with locks , wearing a gold-plated lion helmet on his head, a scarlet cloak, a sword and a carved bow hanging from his waist, he lifted his fifty-jin heavy wind-splashing knife from the tent, got out of the tent, mounted his horse, and came to meet in front of the army.

Tian Hu clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, today you are fighting against the general of the Song army, you must kill him a few ruthlessly, and destroy his prestige once."

Wu Li said: "I will not disappoint the king!"

This man was originally a rich man from Weisheng. He was good at wielding spears and sticks into his bones, and his arms had supernatural power. As a privy secretary, he is known as the "Supernatural Sword King" Uncle Wu!

Wu Guojiu rushed to the bottom of the city with his horse, reined in the horse beyond the arrow, and pointed at the top of the city with a sword: "Hey! The Song army on the city is serious, this general is the privy envoy under the king of Jin. I have heard for a long time that your Han Cunbao, Xu Jing is a majestic general, he has been attacking the city for many days, but he has not been taught, what a pity! Today I will not attack the city, but only rely on my own skills to fight, do you have the courage to fight?"

The two Jiedu envoys in the city laughed loudly when they heard the words, and said: "I haven't sent troops to release horses for a few years, and any kittens and dogs dare to come and scream in front of me, that's all, let's kill him a few ruthlessly today, okay?" Let the world know that although we are old, we are still invincible!"

The two old generals were about to go down to the city to fight. Unexpectedly, behind a white-haired lieutenant, a young man suddenly stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "My lords, that guy is just a rebel, and it's not like Tian Hu came out personally!" How can it be worthy of the lord to go out in person? My junior, Zhang Bold, is the junior of General Zong. He also learned martial arts since he was a child, and he is willing to fight for the two generals."

Xu Jing looked this person up and down with a pair of old eyes, and said unhappily: "Hmph, Lao Han, you teach your own people."

Han Cunbao said with a sullen face, "Zongze, he's not a soldier in our army, how can he be brought out to fight? If the enemy responds internally, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it."

It turned out that Han Cunbao, who was of extraordinary background, was the nephew of the old grand master Han Zhongyan. This Han Zhongyan was no small feat. He was the eldest son of Han Qi, king of Wei County. one.

With this kind of background, Han Cunbao's natural eyes are higher than the top, and his martial arts skills are high. He is called "Iron Hook and Silver Halberd". It is not strict.

Zong Ze was tricked by Lao Cao and transferred to Yanmen Pass as deputy general, who happened to be under Han Cunbao's command, who was Zong Ze?The most important thing is to worry about the country and the people. However, after arriving at Yanmen Pass, seeing that the military equipment of this ancient grand pass is disintegrated, how can it be seen, and after several times of persuasion, he and the general formed a relationship.

Why did Han Cunbao bring Zong Ze to the big battle?It's not that he valued his talent, but he was afraid that he would rectify the customs affairs later while he was away, so he brought it specially, but it meant to take care of him nearby.

Seeing that Han Cunbao took the blame, Zong Ze was not in a hurry, and said calmly: "The good leader will know that he is the grandson-in-law of the last general. If he is the internal response of the bandits, the last general may not be innocent."

Han Cunbao heard that it was this kind of relationship, but it was not easy to bully him, so he just smiled and said: "The generals in our army are not dead yet, but it's not your grandson-in-law's turn to come out!"

He looked at Zhang Boldly again: "Frivolous boy, today I will show you the methods of a real general!"

After all, he ordered a thousand soldiers, and Xu Jing and Xu Jing went down to Guancheng in high spirits.

Zong Ze took a look at Zhang Bold, and seeing that his face was expressionless, he couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking that at his age, if he was humiliated in public without getting angry, he would be a great weapon.He whispered: "Silly boy, I told you earlier that these two Jiedu envoys have been recruiting by force and have always been domineering. Why do you bother to show your face and make people laugh at you?"

Zhang Bold said indifferently: "The general of the Jin thief has a broad body and a heavy sword, so he must be a good player. Although the two of them are domineering, they have also worked hard for me, and they are old. How can I bear to see him lose his reputation? Even life."

Zong Ze nodded secretly, seeing that he had such a heart, the more he cherished him.

There are different teachings: I can't bear to look at the sky sadly, fighting is always miserable for the people.The name folds Jin and soil double festivals, and the sound vibrates Taiyuan is bold.

　Mu la today, I wish you a happy holiday!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)