Chapter 406 Against the wind, Yuan Shao, has two strokes!
"Lord!"
General Yan Liang took a step forward, knelt on the ground with one knee, clasped his fists and raised his hands, with strong regret on his face: "I know my mistake, and I hope my lord will forgive me."
Then, another general, Wen Choushan, came forward. He also knelt on one knee, cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "My lord, I also know my mistake. I hope my lord will forgive me for my ignorance."
With Yan Liang and Wen Chou taking the lead, Wen and Wu in the tent took a step forward one after another, imitating Yan Liang and Wen Chou's appearance, kneeling on the ground and cupping their fists:
"Ask your lord for forgiveness!"
"Please forgive me, my lord!"
"..."
Seeing this scene, Yuan Shao was completely worried. He quickly got up, walked around the long eucalyptus, moved into the tent, and helped Yan Liang and Wen Chou up in front of him:
"Everyone, get up. This is not because you are ignorant, but because King Hongnong is too cunning. You don't know the truth and are easily led by this statement. That's why I, Yuan Shao, can't blame you."
"Get up quickly!"
After helping two or three people up one after another, all the civil and military officials stood up.
Taking this opportunity, Yuan Shao turned back to his superiors, scanned the crowd with his bright eyes, and said loudly: "Everyone, since everyone's knots have been resolved, we should get back to business."
"At this moment, Jicheng has reached its most critical moment. We have spent most of the day without attacking. The opponent must be preparing defense equipment."
"This time!"
Yuan Shao's voice was like a bell, resounding like thunder, and he said sonorously: "We must go all out to capture Liu Yu's Jicheng as quickly as possible and completely eliminate this hidden danger."
All the soldiers raised their hands in unison: "No."
"Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan!"
"The end will be here."
"Each of you will be in charge of a branch and attack Jicheng. You must capture it at all costs."
"promise."
"Lu Kuang, where is Lu Xiang?"
"The end will be here."
"You are responsible for guarding Gongsun Zan and preventing him from sneak attacks."
"promise."
"..."
Make military arrangements quickly.
Yuan Shao could feel that the morale of the army had been restored this time, and it was even more confident than before.
Without the slightest hesitation, he gave a sonorous order: "Everyone returns to camp and prepares. In half an hour, we will rush to Jicheng and try to capture it before dark. We will hold a banquet in Jicheng to celebrate your victory."
All the soldiers handed over their hands again: "No."
After the soldiers left, Yuan Shao let out a long sigh and relaxed completely.
What others don't know is that Yuan Shao's back is completely soaked at this moment.
After all, all the contents in "The Message to the Thieves" are true. If I had not had sufficient reasons to summon the generals from all directions to the capital, I might not have been able to pass this test today.
Once there is a mutiny in the army, let alone annihilating Liu Yu and staking the north, whether we can save our lives and keep this team is another matter!
Too dangerous!
Even Yuan Shao himself admired his handling of this crisis.
Just as he was secretly taking a breath, Guo Tu came from outside the tent: "Gongze, is something okay?"
Guo Tu stepped forward and bowed his head: "My lord, Tian Feng and Ju Shu have left, what are you going to do with them?"
After learning about the "Anti-Thieves Message", Tian Feng and Jushou really couldn't accept this fact, so they left the army in the night and disappeared.
It was precisely because of this that Yuan Shao truly realized the power of this "Call for Thieves", so early the next morning, he stabilized the army as quickly as possible and convened a meeting of civil and military officials, barely causing a mutiny.
"They..."
Although Yuan Shao hates Tian Feng and Ju Suo in his heart, he really can't let go at the moment: "Ignore them for now, let them reflect on themselves for a while, maybe they will come back in two days."
"Even if they don't come back, when the truth comes out, I, Yuan Shao, will invite them out again to assist Zuo in accomplishing great things. But for now, that's all we can do."
Guo Tu wished that Tian Feng and Ju Shu were not in the team. These two Jizhou factions made him very unhappy and often robbed their Yingchuan faction of the limelight.
"My lord is wise."
Guo Tu bowed his head and said softly: "We will definitely win this battle. If the doubtful points in the statement are made public to the world at that time, these two people will probably be so ashamed that they dare not see the lord again."
"But this is good. There is no shortage of wise men in my lord's account. Even if there is no Ju Shou, Tian Feng can still rush to support Guanzhong and fight against Nanyang."
Yuan Shao exhaled and frowned: "Now that Nanyang has issued a message, it will definitely attack Guanzhong as quickly as possible. It would be great if Wang Yun of Bingzhou can help."
"but......"
Yuan Shao was worried and said softly: "If Wang Yun is as stupid as ordinary people, I'm afraid they will directly seek refuge with Zhang Liao. In this case, we will really be passive."
Guo Tu pondered for a moment: "My lord, how about you write a personal letter to Wang Yun and inform him of all the doubts in it. This will also make Wang Yun hesitate and delay time."
"kindness."
Yuan Shao nodded slowly: "It should be so."
Immediately.
Yuan Shao took out paper and pen, immediately wrote a letter, dried the ink, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Guo Tu: "Gongze, this letter is entrusted to you. Send it to Taiyuan quickly without any mistakes."
.”
Guo Tu handed over his hand and said solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will arrange messengers to send this letter to Wang Yun's house in Taiyuan as quickly as possible."
"good."
Yuan Shao waved his hand: "Go."
Guo Tu nodded: "No."
As soon as Guo Tu left, a scout came to the tent: "Lord! Something bad is going to happen."
Yuan Shao frowned, and the anger that had calmed down suddenly rushed into his throat: "What exactly happened? Tell me!"
The scout's throat rolled and he swallowed hard: "My lord, Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army suddenly sent troops and began to harass Zhongshan, Changshan and other county towns. Our grain team was attacked and killed, and we lost 30,000 stones of grain and grass."
"What?"
Yuan Shaoteng stood up with a look of disbelief on his face: "Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army showed up again?"
The scout nodded affirmatively: "Yes, exactly! Moreover, the other party's attack on our food road was very precise, and it was obviously supported by intelligence. This is definitely not the work of the ordinary Montenegrin Army."
"Damn it!"
Yuan Shao suddenly realized something, frowned and said: "Isn't King Hongnong united with the Black Mountain Army?"
The scout said softly: "The county magistrate also said the same, and we are currently investigating."
Yuan Shao exhaled: "The Black Mountain Army's front line is more than 400 miles long. It is simply impossible to completely defend them. Besides, I don't have that many troops to fight against these guys."
The Taihang Mountains are really too long. Starting from Hanoi County, you can see all the way to Youzhou, which runs through the entire Jizhou. Moreover, the opponent can attack from more points, which is very convenient.
If it were simply the Black Mountain Army Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao would not be particularly concerned about it, but if the Black Mountain Army cooperated with the Nanyang court and cooperated with the other party's intelligence system, its power would be truly astonishing. Even Yuan Shao would not dare to underestimate it.
The scout asked tentatively: "Lord, what should we do?"
call-
Yuan Shao let out a long sigh and thought for a long time: "Recruit Han Meng and Chunyu Qiong quickly."
The scout handed over his hand: "No."
Not long after.
The two men rushed to the Chinese army's tent and raised their hands in unison: "General Chunyu Qiong (Han Meng), the last general, pays homage to the lord."
Yuan Shao waved his hand and went straight to the point: "I came to you this time because there is something extremely important that you need to handle."
Chunyu Qiong said sonorously: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter what you say, we will do our best."
Yuan Shao nodded and walked to the map: "Two generals, this section is the Taihang Mountains, which is about four hundred miles long, starting from Wei County and ending with Zhongshan Kingdom."
"Now, the Black Mountain Army is suddenly restless, harassing the grain roads of Changshan, Zhongshan, and Wei County, threatening our army's rear. We must be on strict guard."
"I mean..."
Yuan Shao said sonorously: "General Chunyu Qiong will be stationed in Wei County, General Han Meng will be stationed in Changshan Kingdom, and I will personally send people to station in Zhongshan. We will jointly defend the Taihang Mountains to ensure the safety of the rear."
Chunyu Qiong naturally understood the danger of the Heishan Army rioting at this time, so he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord, just leave it to the last general. We will definitely defend Wei County and prevent the thieves from succeeding."
Han Meng then expressed his stance: "The final general will definitely live up to my lord's high expectations."
"good."
Yuan Shao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "In that case, it's up to the two generals to work hard. After sorting out the army, rush to Jizhou. Jizhou can't miss a moment, otherwise there will be serious trouble."
The two of them raised their hands in unison: "No."
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Long County.
Ma Teng Military Camp.
Central army, big tent.
Xun You stood in front of the cowhide map, thinking carefully about the plan to attack Chencang: "How long does it take for Ma Dai to gather all his troops?"
Ma Teng beside him pondered for a moment and gave his answer: "All Xiaoguan's troops and horses should be transferred to Long County before noon tomorrow. I think it won't delay our affairs."
"Tomorrow noon?"
Xun You frowned and nodded slowly: "That's very good. Then General Ma Dai will be responsible for escorting the grain and fodder. Early tomorrow morning, we will set up troops and go straight to Chencang to try to join forces with General Han Sui as soon as possible."
"Can."
Ma Teng nodded: "Anyway, the troops and horses are ready, we can set off at any time."
"But the military advisor..."
Ma Teng is very confident in mobilizing troops and horses. He is currently worried about the attack: "We are all cavalry, so we are naturally strong in field battles, but if Huangfu Song insists on not fighting, it may not be that easy to capture this strong city.
"
"Don't worry."
Xun You glanced at Ma Teng and smiled faintly: "I'm afraid Huangfu Song doesn't have a chance to hold on to Chencang. If my guess is correct, Yuan Wei will not hand over his army to Huangfu Song easily."
"oh?"
Ma Teng frowned: "What does this mean, military advisor?"
Xun You said softly: "Huangfu Song is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Now that the "Call for Thieves" comes out, his loyalty to Chang'an will definitely be shaken. Yuan Wei is vicious and vicious. How can he hand over his troops to Huangfu Song at this juncture?"
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"and!"
Speaking of this, Xun You emphasized: "Don't forget that the troops and horses Huangfu Song led were originally gathered by Yuan Wei for him. His prestige in the army is definitely not as powerful as Yuan Wei's."
"If Yuan Wei wants to attack Huangfu Song, Huangfu Song may not even know how he died. Let's just wait for the news quietly."
hiss-!
Ma Teng couldn't help but be surprised: "What do you mean by the military advisor, Huangfu Song will be killed by Yuan Wei?"
Xun You frowned and pondered for a moment: "Not necessarily, but it is very possible. Huangfu Song is really good at fighting, but in politics he is really bad and his judgment is inaccurate, which often makes big mistakes."
Ma Teng shook his head with regret: "What a pity. If I were Huangfu Song, I would have led my troops to Long County to surrender as soon as possible. At least I could have saved one life."
"kindness."
Xun Youdan smiled: "This is indeed the best. However, if I were Huangfu Song, I would send someone to deliver a message to Long County, and then pretend to agree to Yuan Wei, lead troops back to Chang'an, wait until they enter Chang'an, and then capture the thieves. This way
It’s the simplest and can get the most credit.”
Ma Teng turned his head and glanced at Xun You, admiring him: "High! Really high!"
Xun You said softly: "Okay, let's wait for the news. As soon as there is any movement in Chen Cang, we will receive the news immediately."
"Report—!"
At this moment, a long announcement sounded outside the tent.
The two turned to look.
But when he saw Gao Feng hurriedly put his money into the account, he leaned over and cupped his hands and said: "Gongda, the flying pigeon is passing the message."
Xun You waved his hand: "Quick, bring it up!"
Gao Feng stepped forward: "No."
After receiving the letter from Fei Ge, Xun You started browsing and exclaimed: "Sure enough, Chen Cang's troops have come out and are heading towards Chang'an. They are marching at a faster speed and are obviously more anxious."
"Just right!"
Ma Teng was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "If we chase them like crazy, we should be able to catch up and catch them off guard."
Xun You shook his head and directly denied: "Absolutely not."
Ma Teng suddenly wilts: "Ah? Military advisor, why are you doing this?"
Xun You explained: "Since Yuan Wei has killed Huangfu Song, he will definitely be wary of our pursuit. He will definitely set up an ambush along the way and wait for us to take the bait. If you pursue him like this, you will fall into Yuan Wei's ambush."
"That makes sense."
Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief and was so impressed: "But military advisor, are we just going to watch them return to defend Chang'an? Once they enter Chang'an, it will be difficult to fight."
"rest assured."
Xun You was extremely confident and said loudly: "I have been studying the strategy for several days. How can we not have countermeasures? Our horses are fast. Even if we take a detour, we should be able to catch up with them."
"So, we are not chasing troops, but we want to intercept and kill Yuan Wei's troops. Even if we cannot destroy them all, we will at least kill thousands of his soldiers, so as to consume the opponent's troops."
"Interception?"
Ma Teng frowned, and a light suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Oh—! Could this be the intention of the military advisor who sent Pang De to lead troops to occupy Du Yang some time ago?"
"That's right!"
Xun You nodded affirmatively and immediately ordered: "Shiju, you quickly send a message to General Lingming Feige, ordering him to lead troops to intercept and kill the traitors. I will lead the army to follow."
Gao Feng bowed and held his hands in his hands, saying loudly: "Promise."
Immediately.
Turn around and leave the tent.
Xun You turned to look at Ma Teng: "General, it's time for us to set off. We can only approach slowly and don't chase him easily. We will attack again after Ling Ming is successful."
Ma Teng cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, just leave it to me."
******
Outside Wuguan City.
Wuyangyang's soldiers and horses were arranged neatly.
Although almost all the generals around Liu Bian had been arranged, and Nanyang was relatively empty, Liu Bian still summoned some soldiers, horses, and personal guards to fight outside Wuguan City.
even......
Sun Jian asked for war several times, wanting to follow His Majesty the Emperor and kill him in Chang'an, but Liu Bian rejected them all.
After all, Sun Jian had already turned to the navy, and his target was directly at Jingxiang.
If Sun Jian followed him to attack Chang'an, but it would not have much effect, and he just surrendered, then it would really leave Nanyang empty and give the nobles of Jing and Xiang an opportunity to take advantage of, which would be more than worth the gain.
Liu Bian was sitting on his horse, holding a telescope and staring at Wuguan in front of him, with flags flying and soldiers armored. The opponent was obviously ready.
At this moment, Guo Jiace stepped forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, the news has just been sent back that the Black Mountain Army has agreed to cooperate with us. Under Dong Zhao's mobilization, it has successfully raided Yuan Shao's grain road and intercepted 30,000 shi of grain and grass."
"Are there any excessive conditions?"
Liu Bian didn't care at all about the performance of the Montenegrin Army.
For this kind of raiding force, the size of its performance is actually not important. As long as it can contain some of the troops and share Liu Yu's pressure, it doesn't matter how many people are killed or how much food is burned.
Liu Bian was more concerned about whether Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army had put forward excessive conditions, and Dong Zhao had agreed to it. After all, what he had to finally fulfill at this time, if he couldn't achieve it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?
"Your Majesty, don't worry."
Guo Jiadan smiled calmly and said with certainty: "There are no excessive conditions. Dong Zhao just agreed to the Black Mountain Army. After Jizhou is stabilized, each family will have to build a house for them in addition to fifty acres of farmland."
"People's livelihood issues naturally need to be solved. This is no problem."
The common people's basic necessities of life, food, clothing, housing and transportation must all be taken care of.
Even if Dong Zhao didn't agree, Liu Bian still had to do it. For him, these were the most basic things. If he couldn't even solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation, how could he talk about reviving the Han Dynasty and conquering the world?
"But Your Majesty..."
Guo Jia reminded: "We are afraid that we can only win Guanzhong this year, and it is impossible to win Jizhou. As a result, the brothers of the Black Mountain Army will still have to endure hunger."
"this......"
"You really reminded me."
Liu Bian put down the telescope and pondered for a moment: "Let's do this. Send someone to tell Wen Ruo and ask him to consider this part in advance. Even if they can't build a house this year, each member of the Montenegrin Army must prepare a set of cotton clothes."
Guo Jia nodded: "Promise, I will remember it and will send someone to notify Wen Ruo immediately."
"very good!"
Liu Bian agreed, then turned to look at Dian Wei: "Where is Dian Wei?"
Dian Wei hurriedly stepped out: "The end will be here."
"I order you to protect the blasting team and install the fire and thunder package in the Wuguan City Gate without any mistakes."
"promise."
At that moment, Dian Wei took a shield, waved his hand, and shouted sternly: "Brothers, follow me."
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "No."
Hula.
Hundreds of elite infantrymen, each armed with a shield, formed a steel-like defensive formation, escorting the soldiers of the two demolition groups, slowly approaching Wuguan.
The installation of explosives is naturally relatively simple, but whether they can kill them is not certain. After all, Chang'an has begun to be wary of such things. Watching them install the fire and thunder packs is indeed a bit impossible.
now.
On top of Wuguan City, a burly man stared at the slowly approaching infantry shield formation, frowned, and said softly: "It seems that the other party is coming to install the Fire Thunder."
"General!"
The deputy general on the side asked tentatively: "What should we do? I heard that the battle at Baibo Valley in the east of Hedong caused half of the mountain to collapse. Although our city walls have been reinforced, they cannot withstand the power of such things."
The burly man was Yuan Kuai's confidant and was called Ji Yang.
Ji Yang turned to glance at the deputy general and said coldly: "What do you mean? Do you want to surrender?"
The deputy general quickly handed over his hand: "How dare you, general? I just don't know how to deal with it."
Ji Yang raised his eyes and looked outside the city: "First use the bow and arrow to shoot. If it fails, then send the cavalry to charge. In short, we must not let them install the fire and thunder in the city gate."
The deputy general responded sonorously: "No."
Immediately.
The two of them stared closely at the soldiers and horses outside the city.
Three hundred steps!
Two hundred steps!
...
Fifty steps!
Thirty steps!
...
Ji Yang did not hesitate and ordered loudly: "Fire the arrow!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In an instant, a wave of arrows roared into the sky, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky, and then overwhelmingly covered Dian Wei and others.
Unfortunately, Dian Wei and others were all wearing aluminum alloy armor. Not only were they fully armed, they even carried shields in their hands. A wave of arrows hit them, but surprisingly not even a hair on them was hurt.
The demolition team following behind him was even more tightly protected. There was a clanging sound of impact, and the dense arrows that were directed at them missed and all hit the shield array.
Then!
They continued to move forward slowly, completely unaffected.
Ji Yang stared at the scene in front of him and was so angry that he punched the city wall: "Damn it! Their equipment is so good that our missing arrows can't hurt them at all."
"Cavalry ready."
Not daring to hesitate at all, Ji Yang shouted at the top of his lungs.
Since the arrows could not hurt these guys, he could only use the most powerful charge to try to knock the infantry camp away, and then destroy the Fuhuo Thunder, in this way to protect the martial pass.
But alas...
They met Dian Wei.
A man who can ride at pace.
When the Wuguan City Gate opened, Dian Wei had already anticipated the opponent's thoughts, so he hurriedly ordered: "Set up a formation to meet the enemy!"
All the soldiers responded sonorously: "Promise."
Immediately.
They lined up on the left and right sides with Dianwei in the center, and their shields formed a shield wall, protecting all the soldiers behind without any gaps.
Hundreds of spears sprang out from the shields, all pointing at the horses galloping out, without any flinch or fear, as if they were ready to fight.
Dian Wei stood in the middle, his eyes as wide as bells. He took out a small golden halberd from the cloth bag on the left side, pointed at the roaring cavalry, swished, and the small halberd flew out like a star.
Several cavalrymen who were running towards them fell down and fell to the ground. Only a few dozen cavalrymen reached the front of the formation. Dianwei gave an order:
"prick!"
Phew! Phew! Phew!
The sound of war spears piercing flesh was heard one after another, followed by a large number of cavalrymen who fell to the ground like cutting wheat, and the sound of screaming horses sounded one after another, resounding throughout the heaven and earth.
At the same time, Dian Wei in the front row attacked boldly, took out his iron halberd, aimed at the opponent's cavalry, and dunked the opponent's cavalry's head like a watermelon.