Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 339

"Since the founding of the Jin Kingdom, the Jurchens have been like wild dogs, manic and restless. Whenever they see strangers, they bark and grit their teeth. They are aggressive. They have never returned to the simplicity of the past."

These few words, Xu Guanzhong recorded them in the small book that he carried in his arms all the year round with extremely fine plum blossom seal script.

Cao Cao took this very seriously, and this was the most personal feeling they had along the way with Wanyan Lou's army.

The generals of the Jurchen army were very curious about the hundreds of Song people who appeared in their own team, and the way this curiosity was manifested was through brutal provocations again and again.

Every time they camped, groups of Jurchen soldiers would roll up like the wind, and with their rough and ignorant faces up, they would challenge Cao Cao and the Song people in a relatively direct or very direct way, or force them to fight. Pulling armor and weapons, or pushing and shoving, just for fun.

If there were only Ma Zheng and others here, I'm afraid they could only be bullied and take whatever they want, but how can Cao Cao be easily bullied?He didn't care what the person said, just sneered, widened his eyes and said grinningly: "My brother Wanyan Loushi invited me to fight the Liao army, and he said that we are brothers. Could it be that you Jurchens are like that?" Do you treat your brother?"

He had already seen Wanyan Loushi's majesty in the army, so when this big hat was pressed, the only thing the Jurchen general could say was: "Hmph, that's Lou Shimeng'an who cheated you for a while, you Song Humans are always weak, why should we be brothers with our Jurchen heroes?"

What Cao Cao was waiting for was this sentence: "You say we are weak? Okay, heads-up! Where is Lin Chong—"

Fortunately, as the guests invited by Wanyan Loushi, the generals of the Jurchen army did not dare to bully the few with more, and all provocations usually ended in contests in the end.

A group of brothers took turns to go into battle, and the outcome is naturally more victories than defeats - among the Jurchen generals, there are indeed many warriors, apart from Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, Sun An, and Hua Rong, even Luan Tingyu and Sun Li may not dare to claim victory.

But even if there are more victories and fewer losses, it is enough to turn the word "weak" into an empty talk, although the spread of such endings will attract more provocateurs the next day.

After two or three days like this, Cao Cao gradually realized that the source of Jurchen's hostility was the relatively refined and elegant attire and manners of his group!
In fact, if you pay a little attention, you can find that even ordinary soldiers in the Song Army, their clothes and hats, stitches, and even various small objects, even eating and sleeping, compared with these Jurchens, reveal the power of the heavenly kingdom and the country everywhere. The huge difference between the barbarians and the barbarians is the root of the Jurchens' disgust.

Xu Guanzhong was a little puzzled by this. In his opinion, the Jurchens more than ten years ago did not have such obvious vicious mania.

The Jurchens at that time were much poorer than they are today, and most of these Jurchen soldiers now have a lot of gold and silver on their bodies, but in the early Jurchens, even copper and iron were extravagant and rare, and even the fur coats to keep out the cold were mostly sheepskin, Dog fur, which is often passed down from generation to generation, is particularly dirty and smelly.

But in extreme poverty, they appear kind, humble, magnanimous, and even timid.

He talked about the years when he traveled around the northern border with his father: At that time, with Xu's father's superficial medical skills, they were the guests of various Jurchen tribes. When the patients were cured, the Jurchens were grateful. I really can't wait I even offered my heart out.

Sometimes his father and son's journey was blocked by wind, snow, thunderstorm, and when they knocked open a certain shabby room to seek accommodation, those brave men who could beat bears would always show modest and shy smiles, and try their best to get the best food at home. He went out to entertain guests, and expressed his sincere admiration for the behavior of his father and son.

After all, Cao Cao was very transparent. Hearing what Xu Guanzhong said, he immediately smiled and said, "Guanzhong, you don't know. At that time, the Jurchen were bullied by the Liao people for more than a hundred years, and they couldn't help thinking that they were inferior, so they were honest and honest. Now they often The defeat of the Liao Kingdom was at the time of anti-slave masters and arrogance. In my heart, I thought I was the first class in the world, but there were many people who were not as good as us. Naturally, I couldn't help being furious. In fact, looking into the reason carefully, it's just a word of jealousy. Hehe, In the future, if they occupy the entire Liao Kingdom and look at the prosperity in the south, this kind of jealousy will inevitably increase, and they will have the idea of ​​​​destruction."

Xu Guanzhong said worriedly: "If you say that, you must not let him enter the Central Plains."

Cao Cao's smile became colder: "It's okay, what he relies on is only strength. If he knows that strength cannot defeat China in the future, he will naturally return to his kind and honest appearance."

After hearing this, Guan Zhong was deeply impressed.

In order to save trouble, Cao Cao took out gifts to make friends with the generals in the army and some famous warriors. There were only two kinds of gifts: one was good wine, and the other was a erotic palace. Within two days, no one came to provoke him. They all regard Lao Cao as a confidant.

This is actually human nature—a well-dressed person suddenly comes to a dirty, messy place. Naturally, it is easy to be hostile. They are all proud of having a well-dressed friend.

Wanyan Loushi saw him, and nodded secretly: I have always heard that the Han people in the Central Plains are good at planning, and now I see that it is true that few of us Jurchen heroes are good at this kind of hard-handed and soft-handed skills.

In fact, the soldiers will be provoking for days, as the commander, how can he really not know?It's just pretending not to check, secretly observing how Cao Cao and others will respond.But he didn't know, how could Cao Cao pay attention to such little tricks?He didn't even think about it, just treat it like a stray dog: kick him to let him know that he is not easy to bully, and then throw a bone in the past, the dog will naturally shake its head and tail.

The army surrounded Yizhou for several days. It was already December weather. On this day, the sky was full of wind and snow.

Li Taibai has a poem that says: Yanshan snowflakes are as big as a mat.This place is still further north of Yanshan Mountain, and the mountains and rivers will be completely white after the snow falls.

Wanyan Loushi convened all the generals to discuss, frowned and said: "This is a mistake of a certain family! Originally, I wanted to surround Yizhou as bait to catch two big fishes, Yuanjun and Yelu Dashi, but who would have thought that this would happen suddenly? Heavy snow, depending on the situation, it will be difficult to stop for a few days! Now the snow is like a curtain, and it is difficult to see people half a mile away. Moreover, the snow is deep and hoofless, and it is even more difficult to pass the news. If he avoids the eyes and ears of the spies and takes advantage of the snow to attack our army But it’s not for fun, can you wait for everyone to do something?”

The father and son of the Han family and the Jurchen sought to defeat them, they frowned and thought hard when they heard the words, they all felt that there was no good plan, only Cao Cao bowed his head and did not say a word.

Wanyan Loushi observed the words and expressions, and suddenly said: "Wu Jiedu, if you have a good plan, you might as well tell it and everyone can discuss it."

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then smiled slightly: "In my opinion, since the wind and snow are blocking the way, the enemy and I are all the same? Now that the news is gone and the bait is no longer effective, then we just take advantage of the snow to take the city, and so on. , so and so."

The father and son of the Han family gradually showed surprise when they heard this.

After Wanyan Loushi heard Xu Guanzhong's translation, he was overjoyed at first, then frowned and said, "Brother Wu's last plan sounds extraordinary, but the first plan is very problematic, you must know that it is not easy to attack a city, let alone brave the wind and snow? People from the south of you may not have experienced the winter in our northern country, how can you get on the city wall when it snows heavily?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Since I said this plan, I am sure of it. Brother, you only need to follow the plan. I will bring my brother to break the city for you."

Wanyan Loushi stared at him and said: "Brother Wu, although we are brothers, it's not easy to show affection in the army. It's a small thing if you can't win a city, but it's a big deal to dampen my spirit."

Cao Cao laughed: "Then how about accepting the military order?"

Wanyan Loushi slapped the table and said: "Okay! If you can break the city with these few people, half of the money, food and population in the city will be rewarded to you."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "My family is thousands of miles away. What is the use of this money and food? If you reward me, I will give half of it to you, and the other half will be given to Emperor Aguda."

At that moment Cao Cao and Wanyan Loushi were going to come and ask for several horses. When it was late at night, they took a group of Song people without lighting torches, wrapped their horseshoes in soft cloth, and left the camp to look for Yizhou.

Originally, according to Lao Cao's thinking, it was enough to bring only his own brothers, but it was those Dengzhou soldiers who saw Cao Cao and others smashing the father and son of the Han family in Tushan, majestic and majestic. They all pleaded with Sun An and Sun Li for orders, and even Hu Yanqing led a few of his subordinates to accompany him. Except for Jie Bao, who was still injured, only Ma Zheng and a few followers were absent. Dare to follow, stay trembling in the big tent.

Hu Yanqing was quite excited along the way, and said in a low voice: "Ban Chao was envoy to the Western Regions, 36 people crossed the desert, and Han Wei spread far and wide. Unexpectedly, I, Hu Yanqing, also learned from the past sages."

Ever since Hu Yanqing bravely left the station on the earth mountain, Lao Cao's attitude towards him has become much closer. Before that, the Jurchen army would provoke him, and he also played two battles. Although he was defeated, he still won the respect of Lin Chong and others. .Hu Yanqing got along well with these heroes, and the cautious manner he had cultivated in the officialdom over the years is slowly changing, gradually revealing his true qualities as a general.

Braving the snow and groping in the dark, he dived one foot deep and reached the city of Yizhou. As expected, none of the defenders found it. Hu Yanqing said happily: "The Liao army underestimated the enemy so much, it really is a combined defeat."

Cao Cao laughed softly: "Wanyan Loushi and other powerful generals think that such a snowstorm can't attack the city, so the defenders are naturally at ease. And in this cold weather, if they can keep on guard, the Liao army will not be like this I've been defeated many times."

Hu Yanqing chuckled, stretched out his hand to touch the city wall, and immediately put on a sad face: "Wu Jiedu, I said how dare the defenders be careless. They had already poured water on the wall, and now they are all frozen into one piece. How can they be slippery?" have to?"

Cao Cao said disdainfully: "Water turning into ice is something Wu has played with in his previous life, so what's the difficulty in breaking it? Heh heh, brother Shi Qian, I can only teach you this skill!"

What a "flea on the drum"!Hearing this, he cheered up and laughed and said: "Brother, brothers, Commander Hu Yan, let's see what my little brother is capable of!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a pair of gloves from his pocket and put them on: fingers and palms are all short hook blades!He took out two cast iron palms and put them on his feet, like an old ape with steel fingers and iron claws, he just climbed up, why is the wall so hard to stand on?All I could see was a puff of smoke!

In just a few breaths, Shi Qian had already climbed to the top of the city wall. He poked his head out silently, looked left and right, and saw that the guards were nestling at the corner of the stairs, warming themselves by the fire. He smiled and turned over gently. Untied the long rope tied to Beihou and slowly lowered it down from the city wall——Jie Zhen, Sanruan, Jiao Ting, Li Jun, Zhang Shun, one by one, grabbed the rope and climbed up steadily.

Among these people, Xie Zhen is the top hunter, climbing mountains and over walls, she was originally an expert, San Ruan and Li Zhang are all water heroes, they are agile in climbing poles and jumping waves, Jiao Ting is good at everything Kung fu, strong hands and feet, flexible and balanced, so only a rope is needed, and it is effortless to go to this ice city.

Divided into two teams of eight people, with short stature and cat waist, they groped from left to right, and when they met the defenders gathered to warm up, they jumped out with only a few knives, and it took only a stick of incense. On this side of the city wall, dozens of soldiers guarding the night , Killed without a word.

Afterwards, all seven of him came down together, killed more than ten people in the city gate, and opened the gate without making a sound.

Cao Cao laughed: "Brother Huarong, send out the signal!"

Huarong nodded, and took out a loud arrow tied with combustibles that had been prepared earlier, lit it on the fire, and shot it in the sky, but saw a stream of flames, with a sharp whistling sound, it flew up for more than twenty Zhang high and low, even though it is snowing all over the sky, you can see everything in a radius of several miles.

Cao Cao and the others all took out the torches they were protecting in their arms, folded them and lit them, mounted their horses one after another, with torches in their left hands and weapons in their right hands, they roared in unison, and galloped their horses into the city.

There are no more than a thousand defenders in this city, even if they lined up for battle during the day, it would be difficult for Cao Cao and his gang of tigers and wolves, let alone a snowy night, when everyone is dreaming?When Cao Cao and others entered the city, it was like a divine soldier descending from the sky. How could the city have the slightest power to fight back?

After waking up, they rushed out of the camp in a panic, and saw swords and guns coming to kill them face to face. Seeing such ruthlessness, the people behind them all broke their hearts and knelt down and begged to surrender. On Bai Xue, he felt a sense of arrogance, and he couldn't help laughing, even the generals under his command were all excited and howling.

When Wanyan Loushi arrived with the soldiers, Yizhou had been occupied by Cao Cao, and the four gates each sent guards. The city was full of soldiers and civilians, and none of them escaped.

The Jurchen generals touched the cold and slippery city wall, looked at the hanging rope, and were all stunned. Lou Shi also exclaimed: "Brother, how can you climb up such a city wall?"

Shi Qian's gloves and iron feet had already been put away, and Cao Cao said seriously: "There is no one else, but use your heart and ears! Brother Lou, like this city wall, if you think you can't climb it yourself, you will definitely not be able to climb it. Otherwise, you will not be able to climb it." If you believe in yourself and believe that you can climb it, then you will definitely be able to climb it!"

Oh!What a profound truth!Lou Shi couldn't help but nodded: "I understand! When I was 14 years old, I met a tiger in the mountains. There was no way to escape. I thought in my heart, either it will die or I will die, so I focused on fighting hard, and finally stabbed the tiger to death! Want to come here That’s what you mean by heart, brother! The knowledge of the Han people in the Central Plains is truly unfathomable.”

Cao Cao nodded: "That's exactly the reason." He couldn't help but secretly startled: 14 years old is not strong enough in stature and strength, yet you have the power to stab a tiger?In the Central Plains, I am afraid that he has already become famous.

Wanyan Loushi saw that he understood correctly, he was very happy, he couldn't help but look up and down the city wall, as if eager to try.

Cao Cao hurriedly said, "Brother Lou, has the camp been arranged?"

Wanyan Loushi thought about the business, gave up the idea of ​​climbing the wall, nodded excitedly and said: "It's all according to what you said, only a few people are left to guard, and they are told to pretend to be lazy, and then dig a lot of big holes in the inner camp. Covered by snowflakes, if you don’t step on it, you will never be able to tell the truth! Father and son of the Han family lead people to guard the central army.”

Cao Cao frowned and said: "After all, they are newcomers. If the resentful army kills them, they are old friends. What if..."

Lou Shi smiled and waved his hands: "Brother, don't worry, if there is no such snow, I don't know whether it is the resentful army or the Yelu Dashi who arrived first, but at the moment the wind is so strong that no one comes, let alone, if anyone comes, it must be the Yelu Dashi also!"

When he said this, Lao Cao suddenly realized: That's all!After all, the Resenting Army is Han in the north, and their loyalty to the Liao Kingdom is bound to be limited. With such heavy snow, they dare not take risks easily, and only truly loyal ministers are willing to contribute.

He blurted out: "So, this Yelu big stone is Zhongliang of the Liao Kingdom?"

Lou Shi put away his smile and nodded: "This man is young and well-known. Now he is about thirty years old, but he is a talent with both civil and military skills. According to the rules of the Liao Kingdom, Khitan people do not need imperial examinations, but he decided To participate, he won a Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy. The Liao people called the Hanlin Lin Ya, so everyone called him Dashi Lin Ya! A few years ago, he was released as the governor of Xuanzhou, and he fought with our army several times. His martial arts are really extraordinary He is also very smart in battle, and has never suffered a loss, so he was recently appointed as the governor of the Liaoxing Army."

Cao Cao couldn't help being excited when he heard this: "If he is really a general, it's time for a surprise attack in such a heavy snow day. I'm afraid he will not let it go. Brother, stay in this city. When I go back to the camp, I will meet him for a while. !"

There are different teachings: Yizhou City has solid ice, and the fleas on the drum can be climbed by iron fingers.The wind and snow drive soldiers and horses in, and the pits are densely covered with flying eagles.

(End of this chapter)