After guarding for a few days, Jiang Tao finally saw business coming to the door. Jiang Tao suddenly became energetic and pulled out all the soldiers guarding the gate. They stood in two rows in the city gate. The convoy was too large and Jiang Tao was worried that it would not be able to control it due to the lack of manpower.
Live them.
The convoy moved very quickly and arrived outside the East City Gate in a blink of an eye. Jiang Tao led two soldiers to greet him and said carelessly: "Stop! What are you doing?"
A handsome servant came forward, who was disguised as the cavalry captain Li Wei. After hearing Jiang Tao's pretentious scolding, Li Wei quickly nodded and bowed and said: "Master, please do well. Our master came from Taiyuan to seek refuge.
, those Xianbei people are really making a bit of a fuss. No, they are dragging their families with them..."
Jiang Tao's eyes widened and he shouted angrily: "Nonsense! The Xianbei people are guests invited by the general. If you dare to slander the general's guests, you must be trying to rebel!"
Li Wei stretched out his hand and took a small cloth bag.
Jiang Tao took the cloth bag and weighed it in his hand. It was quite heavy. However, seeing that several carriages in this team were quite luxurious, and even the servants were wearing gorgeous clothes, Jiang Tao moved again.
After thinking about it, his face darkened and he said: "No, I still have to check!"
Li Wei hurriedly said: "Please make it easier for me, sir. There are only female relatives in the car."
Hearing that they were women, Jiang Tao became even more energetic. In the past few days, his brother Jiang Lang took this opportunity to buy a lot of beauties, including ladies from wealthy families. Last night he was at the county government office.
He was jealous when he saw Jiang Lang holding a yellow-flowered girl up and down his hands.
No matter how prestigious you are in the countryside, if you cannot enter the city and fall into the hands of the Xianbei people, it will mean that the sky will not respond and the earth will not work. For the purpose of the order, whoever can enter the city will be considered to have saved his wealth and life. At this time
, the county magistrate who decides who can enter the city, or even an ordinary gatekeeper, is enough to control their power of life and death. Jiang Lang and the others did not take the opportunity to devour these people's property, but only asked for a few girls, which was considered quite "merciful"
"Yes.
Jiang Tao pushed Li Wei away and raised the car curtain. Sure enough, he saw a pair of charming young women sitting inside. His eyes immediately widened and he reached out to pull them down.
Li Wei hurriedly stopped him: "This is my master's concubine..."
Jiang Tao slapped Li Wei with his hand and shouted: "Call your master over, I have fallen in love with these two girls. That is his blessing! If you don't make friends, you can never enter the city!"
At this time, Zhang Liao, dressed as a country squire, came forward, raised his hands and said, "Sir, can you save some face for the common people? Let's go in and discuss it in detail."
Jiang Tao shook his head in disdain and said: "If you keep pushing and blocking like this, I will detain you all!"
Zhang Liao seemed to be frightened by him. He turned around and shouted loudly, "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you get out of the car!"
With this roar, the six women on the carriage all came out of the carriage. They were red, fat, green and thin, which made Jiang Tao dazzled and swallowed his saliva.
Zhang Liao gently poked Jiang Tao, who was still in a daze, and whispered: "Sir, let's go in and talk slowly?"
Jiang Tao had already lost his head at this time. He stared at the women without blinking, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. It was not until the women entered the city gate that he reluctantly chased after them. His men
The soldiers did not dare to move and could only watch helplessly as they disappeared into the city gate.
After a while, Zhang Liao came out dejectedly and made a gesture to the servants. The servants quickly lifted the boxes and cages from the car and moved them to the city gate with difficulty. One servant stumbled and the boxes and cages fell.
On the ground, gold, silver and jewelry rolled all over the place. While a few soldiers were looking at it greedily, the servants hurriedly stuffed the treasure into the box.
Soon, Zhang Liao poked his head out again, waved to the soldiers, and said: "The general is calling you, come in quickly!"
There was money and beauties in the city gate. The beauties probably didn't have a share with them, but the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were definitely indispensable for them. The soldiers rushed in with a roar, and some even threw away the swords and guns in their hands.
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After a stick of incense, the soldiers walked out of the city gate one after another. The one at the front wearing the captain's armor suddenly turned into Li Wei. Half an hour later, a large group of cavalry swarmed in from the east gate of Wu County, and soon
He quickly took control of the four gates and occupied the county government office. If Jiang Lang tried to resist, he was chopped into pieces long ago and went to the underworld to join his brothers, and the beautiful girls he had worked so hard to get were also killed.
No chance to continue enjoying it.
The original plan was to capture Jieshan before dawn, but unexpectedly, they actually captured the two cities of Jiexiu and Wuxian one after another, and advanced to the Zhaoyu Zebank. The speed was so fast that even Zhang Liao himself did not expect it.
The soldiers of the Fourth Army fought long distances all night and captured two cities in a row. Although they did not go through any major battles, they were already extremely tired. Moreover, it was already dark and it was impossible to launch a surprise attack. So Zhang Liao
While urging the follow-up troops, he asked the soldiers to change into Yuan Jun's uniforms and go to the city to guard the city.
Although there are dense cities around Zhaoyuze, due to the trouble caused by the Xianbei army, the gates of these county towns are now ready to be closed at any time, and the police officers do not dare to go to the countryside to inspect. Therefore, Jiexiu and Wu County
There is no need to worry about the news that the city was captured by the Han army leaking out for the time being.
However, many people who had fled from the north asked to enter the city. The Han army guarding the city did not make things difficult and let them all in. However, strict sentries were set up far away from the city gate, not letting anyone in.
Get out of town.
At noon, Gao Shun also came over with his follow-up troops and brought 10,000 engineering soldiers. With the addition of these 10,000 engineering soldiers, the speed of repairing the city wall and constructing fortifications suddenly accelerated a lot.
In the Wuxian county government office, Zhang Liao frowned as he looked at the exquisite sand table in front of him and said: "Your Majesty's will is for us to capture these cities within three days. It is a fluke that we were able to capture two county cities by surprise today. The rest are
How to fight the war? I wonder what General Gao thinks?"
Gao Shun stared at the sand table for a long time and said: "If we attack with great fanfare during the day, it will definitely attract the attention of Yuan Jun, and even attract a large group of Xianbei cavalry. If we choose to attack at night, we can capture at most two cities a day, which is good. Then
No matter what, it is impossible to complete the mission entrusted by His Majesty."
Zhang Liao nodded and said, "So, we have to think of another strategy."
Gao Shun was silent for a long time and suddenly said: "If we can find a way to capture Daling first, set up a line of defense here, and then turn around to attack those cities. As long as the Daling line can withstand the attacks of Yuan Jun and the Xianbei people,
Just buy one day, and we can easily capture those cities!"
Zhang Liao said sadly: "It's a pity that there are no ships. Otherwise, through Zhaoyu Ze, we can reach Daling City directly."
Gao Shun stroked his hand and said, "That's right! If we go through Zhaoyuze, we can avoid Yuan Jun's eyes and ears."
Zhang Liao lamented: "It's just a matter of haste to get these many ships."
At this time, the soldiers outside the door suddenly reported that Hou Qinu was here.
After capturing the Jiexiu city gate, Hou Qinu and his forty special forces soldiers left without saying goodbye. Zhang Liao was quite critical of this. Otherwise, with the help of Hou Qinu and his subordinates,
, Wu County is easier to capture.
Hou Qinu was not under Zhang Liao's command, so after entering the hall, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Liao's expression. He cupped his hands and said: "It turns out that both generals Zhang and Gao are here, so that would be better. The last general just left from
When we come back to Daling, the defense there is lax. We only need to send a light army and we can attack in no time!"
Zhang Liao was moved and said, "Did you go to Daling?"
Hou Qinu grinned and said: "Master has a destiny. If conditions permit, we should take Daling first and then reach other counties. The general will only go to make a forward stand."
Although Liu Xin had already proclaimed himself emperor, in the eyes of Hou Qinu, a barbarian man, the master's status was obviously higher than that of the emperor, so he still called Liu Xin his master.
Gao Shun lost his voice and said: "It turns out that everything was as expected by Your Majesty!"
Zhang Liao glanced at Hou Qinu and said, "A certain person and General Gao are discussing this matter. If we start by land, our tracks will be exposed. We can only choose the water route, passing through Zhaoyu Ze, but there is a lack of ships."
Hou Qinu raised his hands and said: "The last general has prepared the ship for the two generals, and we can set off tonight!"
Out of Wu County, twenty miles to the northwest is Zhaoyu Ze. This is the largest lake in Taiyuan County. It is almost a rectangle long from north to south and wide from east to west, and connects to Fenshui River in the north. At this time, Zhaoyu Ze
The lake is quite large, and it is summer. There are lush reeds growing on the shore of the lake, and the breeze blows and makes a rustling sound.
Hou Qinu stood by the reeds and whistled, and many small boats suddenly emerged from the reeds. There were two types of boats, one was a small fishing boat with a reed shed, and the other was a strange boat, like a
The big barrel is not made of wood, but of cowhide.
Gao Shun looked at the more than two hundred boats in front of him and asked: "How many people can these boats carry?"
Hou Qinu obviously had done enough homework in advance and said calmly: "There are 208 fishing boats, each of which can carry five soldiers, and twenty cowhide rafts, each of which can carry eight soldiers. A total of
One thousand two hundred soldiers."
Zhang Liao muttered: "General Hou, since you have been to Daling, do you know how many defenders there are in Daling?"
Hou Qinu cupped his hands and said: "The defenders of Daling are only a thousand people, and they are all old, weak and remnant soldiers, so there is nothing to worry about."
Gao Shun nodded and said, "In this case, so many people are enough."
Hou Qinu added: "However, the general still needs to prevent Yuan Jun's counterattack, so these 1,200 people must be selected elite soldiers!"
Zhang Liao said proudly: "There are no cowards in my Fourth Army, they are all elite soldiers!"