"Zhuge Juncheng, I wonder what you think about this matter?"
The generals on the field heard this and sneered. Zhuge was a civilian official. What should he think? Is his opinion important? How can a rotten scholar talk about military affairs?
But who knew that our Zhuge Juncheng did have something to say:
"Junjun, the Taishan thieves are attacking Mou County in the middle of the night. They must be rescued. Otherwise, once Mou County is defeated, our Yingxian and Fenggao triangle formations in Mou County on the Laiwu Valley will be broken. By then, the enemy will occupy Mou County.
, there is a mountain pass in and out of Yishan, and it is up to him to advance or retreat. Therefore, this army must be sent."
Pang Zun, the leader of the thief Cao, did not expect that Zhuge Gui had hit the point. Zhuge Gui also discovered the key points of Mou County. If Mou County was in the hands of the imperial court, then these Taishan thieves would run away no matter what. In the end,
They will be trapped and die in this triangular city defense. Once Mou County falls into the hands of the bandits, they can use it as a stronghold to attack whenever they want and retreat whenever they want. In other words, the bandits occupy Mou County and occupy the starting point of the war.
Initiative.
Pang Zun had always heard that Zhuge Gui was the kind of rotten person who talked about benevolence and morality but couldn't do anything with his hands. Looking at it now, at least he still had this knowledge. Pang Zun naturally supported sending troops, so after Zhuge Gui finished speaking, he
He immediately agreed:
"What Jun Cheng said is very right. Not only that, the Taishan bandit's original attack on Fenggao was just a false shot. In fact, his intention was Mou County. He went to attack at night in the middle of the night. It was a little smart, but they didn't expect that we were going to attack Fenggao.
On Gao's side, after receiving this news, he no longer sat in the city in vain, but also sent troops to pursue him."
At this moment, Pang Zunyue said, the more he felt that his thoughts were clearer:
"My lord, if you think about it, if the Taishan bandits attack in the middle of the night and capture the city, it is also the time when we are most relaxed. We will send troops to attack at this moment, go straight to the city, and defeat the bandits in one fell swoop. And if we are lucky, the Taishan bandits will not capture Mou County in the night attack, and we will stop our troops.
Below the city, that's better. We rush to Mou County and respond to the situation in the city. We will definitely annihilate the thieves. So no matter what, it is a good idea to send troops to rescue Mou County at this moment."
Liu Yin, the camp commander on the side, saw that Pang Zun was getting better and better at speaking. He was afraid that the prefect would be persuaded, so he hurriedly interrupted:
"Pang Jun really turned his hand to make clouds and rain. I still remember that day when Pang Jun said that he would stick to Fenggao and order Yingxian soldiers to attack the tail of Taishan soldiers? It only took one day, but he changed his strategy?"
Pang Zun looked down upon this stupid man and sneered:
"Don't General Liu Ying know one moment and the other? The Xiangshi Taishan thieves are still attacking Fenggao, so yesterday's strategy can naturally be used. But now that the Taishan thieves have changed, then naturally we must also change. Is the principle of carving a boat to seek a sword still valid?
Do you want me to talk to General Liu Ying again?"
Liu Yin was stunned:
"What kind of sword should I carve? A certain family has a sword. Why should they carve a boat?"
As soon as he said this, the whole hall laughed. This Liu Yin was indeed a reckless man who knew nothing and was nothing.
Liu Yin immediately realized that what he said might have made a fool of himself, and his whole face turned red. He slapped the desk and stood up to leave.
These Fenggao people are so bullying. They are even fighting a bullshit fight. Don't let Nai Gong send an army.
Seeing that Liu Yin was really angry, Zhang Jugang, who was sitting at the head of the hall, hurriedly winked at County Lieutenant Li Xiang and signaled him to stop Liu Yin.
Li Xiang understood and quickly stood up, dragging Liu Yin with him while laughing:
"Old Liu, don't be as knowledgeable as Xiao Pang. Sit down first, sit down first, sit down and listen to what our prefect has to say."
In fact, Liu Yin didn't dare to leave. Not only did he walk away in front of a man with two thousand stones, but Zhang Ju still had the entire camp's food and wages in his hands, he didn't dare to really break up with Zhang Ju.
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So when he saw Li Xiang holding him, he took advantage of the situation and sat down, but he was also smart and immediately said to Zhang Ju:
"Junjun, you have seen thousands of miles, but now I still need you to come out and give me the right words. No matter what Junjun means, we support it. It's just the military salary. Junjun should bother more. It's not that I, Old Liu, don't know the general situation, but
It's the brothers in the camp who are really anxious, and everyone at home is waiting for the grain to fall into the pot."
Seeing Liu Yin's eyes turning red as he spoke, Zhang Ju quickly waved his hand to stop what he was going to say, fearing that he would make him cry in court, and then said righteously:
"As a herdsman officer in this county, the country trusts me and entrusts hundreds of thousands of people in Mount Tai to me. This county will protect the peace of Mount Tai even if its bones are shattered. Therefore, Mou County must be saved, and it must be saved now.
, help immediately.
As for the food and salary mentioned by Old Liu, you also need to understand the difficulties in the county. During this period of time, the county was hit by disasters, so there was no money or food collected. So, Old Liu, you can have a good talk with the camp soldiers when you go back, and wait until later.
After a while, we defeated the Taishan bandits, and we will reward them together. Old Liu, if you go back and work harder, you must inspire the conscience of all the officers in the battalion. If you suffer again, I will take the blame. You and the camp soldiers
Say, this is what the prefect said."
Hearing that Zhang Ju was using this high-sounding thing again and was still shirking his duties and not paying him, Liu Yin secretly resented:
"I talk all day long about stimulating conscience and encouraging the loyalty of all the generals in the battalion. I see that the most unscrupulous and unloyal people are you guys. Loyalty, loyalty, what's the use of just talking about loyalty? Can it fill your stomach?"
But the dissatisfaction that kept swirling in Liu's heart did not dare to show on his face, and in the end he could only remain silent.
In this way, Zhang Ju made the final decision and appointed the thief Cao Pang Zun and the camp general Liu Yin as generals. They led a total of 2,000 troops and immediately mobilized troops to assist Mou County. In addition, Zhang Ju sent a message to Ying County Magistrate, ordering
He raised a thousand troops and attacked Mou County from the right.
Fenggao City originally had 1,000 county soldiers and 500 battalions. Later, when the Taishan bandits came out, Zhang Ju recruited another 2,000 soldiers in the city, making the total force 3,500.
This is the system of this dynasty. Since Guangwu implemented a soft government and made peace with the people, he has dismissed all the soldiers of the prefectures and states. For example, in the seventh year of Jianwu, "Stop all the chariots, knights, officials, buildings, ships, and military officials, and return them all to the people."
Wu, only more practice remains the same", and the military service since the previous generation was cancelled.
But soon after the Ming Dynasty, the state and county soldiers were restored. Because there were no soldiers in the prefectures and countries, once something happened, they were often unprepared. When the incident happened, they only increased the number of troops and sent the central army to fight. This response was not timely, and secondly,
Most of the soldiers who came were recruited, which was not the case. So gradually, local counties and counties developed their own military characteristics. On weekdays, there were only a few county soldiers, and the county soldiers maintained the local area. Once something happened, they would use these as the backbone to recruit brave men to form an army. Or use them to form an army.
Recruitment was based on money and grain, or on the condition of being exempted from corvee service.
This military system that combines formal work with temporary work is also a characteristic of this dynasty.
This time, Pang Zun and Liu Yin commanded 2,000 soldiers, of which 500 were former county soldiers and 1,500 were newly recruited soldiers in the city. As for the original 500 elite battalion soldiers and 500 old county soldiers with the newly recruited soldiers,
Five hundred soldiers were left behind in Fenggao City by Zhang Ju.
Zhang Ju is really a shrewd man with two thousand stones. Even now, he can still distinguish priorities. Compared with aiding Mou County, he knows that Fenggao's safety is the top priority. If Mou County is lost, he will also
Even if he is ordered by the superiors to ravage the prefectures and counties with thieves and soldiers, the superiors will generally let him take the punishment and perform meritorious service. But if Feng Gao is lost, not only will his career be ruined, but his life will also be lost. Therefore, Zhang Ju will be the most elite in the county.
The veterans were all handed over to Lieutenant Li Xiang, and protecting Feng Gao was the top priority.
As for whether this would dilute the reinforcements to aid Mou County, why didn't he order Ying County Magistrate to send troops to rescue him? There were already two thousand soldiers, and one thousand more, for a total of three thousand, which was not enough.
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On that day, Fenggao's reinforcements, which had only three days of food, left the city. They did not know that Guan Yu's ambush was waiting for them ahead.
Guan Yu's three troops have already moved to this ambush point and small depression since they received Zhang Chong's military order last night.
This place is located at the throat of the three cities of Mou County, Ying County, and Fenggao. To the south is the prominent hilly area where Yishan Mountain protrudes from the Laiwu Valley. The mountains are steep, inaccessible, and the water source is far away. It can be said that it is a natural left side
Barrier. Then in the middle is Mouwen River, which can lead directly to Mou County. From here, eight miles north can reach Ying Mou River, which can directly reach Ying County. Then forty miles to the west is Fenggao. It can be said that Fenggao
If we were to save Mou County by taking the official road between two places, this place would be the most ideal place for an ambush.
There was originally a dock wall here in the small depression, but it had been pulled out by Guan Yu in the morning, and then Chen Huan was left with his generals Zhao Jian and Duan Xiu to garrison and be responsible for guarding the north of the road.
Guan Yu told Chen Huan to always watch for the wolf smoke on the high ground on the south slope. Once three wolf smoke rose, Chen Huan would move all his troops out of the wall to attack the rear of the Fenggao soldiers and cut off the Fenggao soldiers' return to the west.
Later, on the east road of the small depression, Guan Yu ordered Ding Sheng to lead Jinquan and Zhao Rong Erqu, who also had 400 people, to set up a fence and build a stronghold to directly block Fenggao's troops from attacking Mou County from the east.
Guan Yu gave Ding Sheng an order:
"Hold the camp tightly, and no retreat is allowed under any circumstances without orders."
Ding Sheng obviously knew how difficult the task Guan Yu had given him. He took four hundred soldiers to set up a stronghold on the road, so Feng Gao's soldiers couldn't attack him to death? He expected that reinforcements from Feng Gao's direction would inevitably
It won't be less. When the time comes, he will have to rely on his 400 troops to defend. He can defend, but why let him do this hard work? His side was just going to fight hard with his troops yesterday, and was about to repair it.
by rejection.
Over there, Guan Yu said to Ding Sheng:
"This battle has been won, and I will give you the first credit."
As soon as these words came out, Ding Sheng showed his face. What else can I say, Shou!
Finally, on several small slopes two miles south of the dock wall in the small depression, Guan Yu himself and Wang Zhang's Deng Chong and Shi Lang's four hundred soldiers served as backup.
Guan Yu's plan was like this: Ding Sheng's troops set up a stronghold on the road to snipe the enemy's eastward attack. When the enemy's attack on the wall was in full swing, he raised three smokes to let Chen Huan intercept the enemy's retreat. Finally, he commanded the entire army to suppress it.
Go up and launch a general attack on the enemy's middle section.
But now, it's just waiting for Feng Gaobing to fall into a trap.
Here, Guan Yu had prepared everything, and the entire army had ceased its flags and drums for repairs. But until noon, no movement was seen on the road. Just when Guan Yu was about to release his sentry horse again, bursts of exclamations came from behind, and Guan Yu hurriedly turned around.
I was shocked when I saw it.
I saw two miles behind me on the Mouwen River, boats and boats connected with each other, carrying troops to set up tents, and went down the river.
It was bad this time. I never expected that the reinforcements from Fenggao would take the waterway.