The Wuyuan Jiang family is famous not only in Xiangcheng County but also in Xuzhou as a whole. Not only are they related by marriage to the Sun family, a powerful family in Xiapi, but they also have contacts with another large family, the Chen family.
As an official in the city, in Wuyuan, everyone from the county seat to the county captain was a member of the Jiang family. During the Guanghe period, there was still one person in the family who held the position of Taiwen, which shows his extraordinary influence.
The head of the Jiang family was Jiang Zhong, who was already quite old. At this time, he heard that a general of unknown origin had summoned him. He didn't want to go at first, but thinking about the troubled times, he still shook his head and sighed, got up and followed Wu Yuan's order to the county government office.
"Wu Yuan Jiang Zhong has met the general." When Jiang Zhong saw Gao Jin, he was stunned for a moment. Apparently he had never thought that the general was so young. He bowed to Gao Jin in a polite manner to show respect.
Gao Jin tilted his head slightly, with an indifferent expression on his face, and said, "I've heard of you for a long time, please sit down."
Jiang Zhong immediately sensed that the visitor was unkind and felt the murderous intention on Gao Jin's face. He was panicked for a moment, leaned over and sat down and said: "General Ben came to Wuyuan, I'm sorry for not being able to welcome you. I don't know why the general called me here."
thing?"
Gao Jin got straight to the point and said: "The army is short of cotton-padded clothes and food and grass. Please lend me some."
Jiang Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "I wonder how much the general needs?"
"Four hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes and two hundred bushels of grain and grass."
Jiang Zhongsheng said angrily: "Wu originally was a barren land, how could we get so many cotton clothes, food and grass in one time?"
Gao Jin chuckled and said: "I only know about Wuyuan's grain and grass, so I asked you to borrow it. The Jiang family is one of the top wealthy families in Xiangcheng. Could it be that they can't even afford these?"
Jiang Zhong didn't expect that Gao Jin would ask for food and grass on his head. He glanced at Wu Yuanling and saw that his face was calm, as if he was unaware, and he sneered: "Is the general trying to blackmail Yu?"
Gao Jin said calmly: "Whether it's borrowing or extorting, I want you to come up with the military supplies you need within one night, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Four hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes and two hundred bushels of grain and grass were originally not too much for Jiang Zhong, but they were still quite a lot. The Jiang family's money did not fall from the world, so how could they just give it away.
Jiang Zhongdao: "General, what do you mean?"
Gao Jin said indifferently: "Your Excellency, you still don't understand?"
Tian Feng, who was next to Gao Jin, said: "Mr. Jiang, don't get me wrong, it's just that the army is in urgent need of food, grass and cotton clothes, so I asked you to borrow them from me."
Jiang Zhongdao: "If we can't raise enough money, we can provide at most two hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes and fifty bushels of grain and grass."
Gao Jin sneered again and again: "It's only for one night. If I can't get it out tomorrow..." He pulled out half of the long sword at his waist, emitting a hint of cold light, and said in a vicious voice: "Don't blame someone for turning his face and showing no mercy."
"Come! Send Jiang Zhong back, where is Yu Jin?"
Yu Jin quickly said: "The end will be here!"
Gao Jin said: "Deploy a group of troops and horses to surround Jiang's house. No one can escape."
"Here!" Yu Jin saluted Gao Jin, and then said to Jiang Zhong with a stern face: "Mr. Jiang, please!"
After sending Jiang Zhong away, Tian Feng said worriedly: "General, if you torment him like this, the Xuzhou family may have trouble with the general..."
Gao Jin waved his hand and said: "There is no need to say more. It is better to offend a wealthy family than to offend the people of a city. Mr. Tian, please rest early as he will be on his way tomorrow morning."
It was dawn the next day, and the heavy snow finally stopped. As expected, the Jiang family prepared the required military pay. However, Jiang Zhong never showed up. Only a steward led someone to deliver it. Gao Jin ordered the soldiers who did not have cotton-padded clothes to wear them, and then he
Have a hearty meal and then set off.
He summoned all the troops and said: "This attack on the East China Sea can be won or not defeated. I am willing to take the lead and clear the way for the riders. You should also strive to move forward and not take a step back. In life, everyone has parents, wives and children.
You are all afraid of death. I promise you that if we win this battle, I will not take any reward if there is any. I will distribute them all. You should fight to the death just for money."
Of course, he didn't expect one or two inspiring words to boost morale. The war was imminent, so he could only use the most effective method.
He treated the soldiers well and treated them well, and he never deducted military pay. Therefore, everyone was convinced by him. They also heard that all the rewards were distributed in full, and they were all inspired. They all said together: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general."
As the sun shone down, the snow began to melt gradually, the road became muddy, and the weather was also bone-chilling. Gao Jin urged the riders to move quickly, and Yu Jin said: "General, it is so cold and freezing that it may not be good for the battle."
Gao Jin said: "It is not good for us, and it is also bad for Yuan Shujun. In adversity, we can only see who can last longer."
After two days, eight hundred cavalry finally arrived at the East China Sea. What stood in front of Gao Jin was a camp.
The camp was supposed to prevent Xiangcheng from rushing to rescue, but the weather was suddenly cold at this time, and the defenders had already expected that Lu Bu's army would have no troops to rush to rescue. Therefore, although a team of troops and horses were sent to guard here, the camp was built against the mountain.
, but it looked quite messy, which showed that their alertness was not very high.
The name of this mountain is Qiu Shan, which is right between the East China Sea and Xiangcheng. There is only one pass, which happens to be occupied by this battalion of troops and horses.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. On the top of the hill, Gao Zhen stands on the rock like a statue, with eyes like knives. He stands side by side with Yu Jin. Both of them press their sword hilts and look at the camp with a bonfire at the bottom of the mountain, with murderous intent on their faces.
Yu Jin said: "General, if we attack this camp now, we will definitely win!"
Gao Jin and Yu Jin's team came to check the terrain first. The eight hundred cavalry were still forty miles away. Along the way, Gao Jin and Yu Jin didn't see a single scout of Yuan Shu's army. It can be seen that this group of Yuan Shu's army underestimated the enemy. But who
No one could have imagined that Gao Jin could persuade Liu Bei to send troops, and no one could have imagined that the three thousand Lu Bu army guarding Xiang City would hand over Xiang City to Liu Bei and come to the rescue.
Gao Jin shook his head silently, with a flash of coldness in his eyes: "Let the soldiers continue to rest tonight and send out more scouts to prevent Yuan Shujun from sending scouts to discover our traces. We will continue to wait."
"Wait?" Yu Jin couldn't help but be stunned.
Gao Jin sneered and said: "That's right, wait a minute, since there is a battalion of men and horses here, a food team will definitely come over!"
Yu Jin said: "Does the general want to attack Yuan Shu's army's granary?"
Gao Jin smiled strangely: "Perhaps, you and I will stay here to monitor, and I won't worry about letting the other scouts stay here. If Xingzang is exposed, everything will be ruined."
Yu Jin nodded suspiciously.
Gao Jin was like a fox hunting a rabbit. He waited for two days. During these two days, he ordered the cavalry to advance twenty miles and monitored Yuan Shu's army's camp at all times. What reassured him was that Yuan Shu's army did not release the troops.
A scout, the guard is quite lax.
On the third day, I saw a grain team coming from the east. At this time, Yu Jin was completely sleepless. He followed Gao Jin and stood on a protruding cliff, overlooking the movements of Yuan Shujun down the mountain. Although the two of them breathed each other
You can smell it, but you can barely open your eyes to see it. It is the darkest time before dawn.
In the camp at the foot of the mountain, the fire was still burning, and a faint light flashed across Gao Jin's eyes.
Gao Jin said to Jin: "It's time to start. Go back immediately. You must be quick and abandon all food, grass and unnecessary sundries. It is the darkest time now and they are the most tired. We don't need to light the torch.
Attack at full speed!"
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Rumble...Rumble, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard, and in the biting cold wind, the dawn began to appear. In the faint light, eight hundred knights were winding and rushing towards the mountain.
"Kill!" Under the dawn, Gao Jin was like a god of death. Just as he promised, he reined in his horse and rushed to the front. The Emei gun in his hand was dark and shiny, reflecting the deep chill.
"Kill!" the cavalry roared, holding their spears straight, and the sound of countless horse hooves became more rapid, getting closer and closer to the camp.
What's going on? Yuan Shujun was stunned. This happened just as the grain team came to deliver the grain and grass. Lei Bo was woken up and angrily yelled at the soldiers who had shipped the food at the wrong time. He heard this outside the camp like a reminder.
The sound made people startled. At this time, the soldiers on the watchtower shouted a warning and blew their horns. The shrill voice woke up all the soldiers who were still sleeping: "Enemy attack!"