To the south of Hangu Pass, there is the camp of Emperor Ming Dynasty and the golden-domed tent.
It is now the sixth day after the Yellow Turban Army's defeat at Hangu Pass and the fourth day after Jia Xu's victory at Wuguan Pass. Qin Yang no longer closes the Golden Summit tent to avoid the generals, and the pent-up fighting spirit in the hearts of the generals has been reached.
After reaching a limit, Qin Yang knew that he could no longer suppress him, even if it was just pretending, so he simply summoned the generals to discuss matters under the tent.
"Your Majesty, our army is on the Hongnong battlefield. Lord Pang Sima has sent someone to present the battle report!"
In the big tent, the Yellow Turban generals who had been feeling aggrieved for a long time were making impassioned speeches and offering suggestions. Suddenly, a guard outside the tent made a loud report.
Zhang Yan became anxious when she heard this and muttered: "Mr. Jia won a big victory a few days ago, and this time it will definitely be a big victory for Pang Sima. It's a pity that we..."
"What's the pity? Are you saying that I am incompetent and can't lead you to win the battle?!" Qin Yang glanced at Zhang Yan. After Zhang Yan realized that she had made a mistake, she blushed and hesitated to speak, he then calmly said
Said: "Submit the battle report."
A moment later, a battle report was in Qin Yang's hand. The rest of the generals in the tent immediately focused their attention on the battle report in Qin Yang's hand. After all, the Yellow Turban Army was in the same camp, and Pang Tong led the Houtu Camp this time.
It must be very exciting to fight against the veteran Lian Po with the Shenji Battalion outside Hongpai.
Qin Yang, however, seemed to be deliberately trying to whet everyone's appetite. After he finished reading the battle report in his hand, he looked calm and gently put the battle report on the table and tapped the table with his fingers.
Inside the golden-domed tent, there was silence, and the sound of "Tuk, Tuk" tapping on the table could be clearly heard.
After a long time, everyone finally couldn't bear it anymore. Zhang Yan didn't dare to speak because she just said the wrong thing, so she couldn't help but lightly poked Guan Hai beside her.
Guan Hai understood, with a smile on his face, and said: "Hey, Your Majesty, what on earth did Pang Sima say? Did our army win a great victory in Hongnong? Have they cut off Lian Po's head?"
"Humph!" Qin Yang did not answer Guan Hai's words, but just snorted coldly.
This cold snort immediately raised the hearts of the generals in the tent. Guan Hai and Zhang Yan looked at each other, secretly thinking, could it be that Pang Sima lost this battle? Otherwise, why would His Highness have such an attitude?!
"Okay, I'm in a bad mood today. Let's discuss the matter here first. In addition, send someone to give orders to Pang Sima, telling him to use his troops well and not to let me down." Qin Yang seemed to sigh lightly, and then straightened up.
Body, calmly said to the messenger sent by Pang Tong.
After the messenger bowed his head, the generals immediately became lively. They all communicated with their eyes. Since His Majesty has said so, Pang Sima must have been defeated. Well, although it sounds like a defeat, there is still one more thing left.
The power of war. Otherwise, His Majesty would not have allowed Pang Sima to use his troops. Alas, I never expected that Pang Sima, known as Fengxiao, would also be defeated...
"Okay. Don't make blind guesses. Pang Tong was indeed defeated outside Hongwai. The Houtu camp was defeated and nearly a hundred divine machine crossbows were lost." Qin Yang glanced at the generals and said calmly.
"Nearly, nearly a hundred?!" When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded. You must know that in the entire Ming Empire, there were only two hundred of these magical crossbows. This time, nearly a hundred were lost.
This kind of loss is equivalent to the loss of a hundred thousand troops!
Qin Yang said calmly: "Since I have handed over the Hongnong battlefield to Pang Tong, I will not interfere. Unless he himself asks us to send troops to assist, otherwise, I have complete trust in him. You go down first."
When the generals heard this, they knew that Qin Yang was not feeling well at this time. They immediately said nothing more and bowed to leave.
However, when all the generals retreated and Qin Yang was the only one left in the golden tent, Qin Yang, who had always had a straight face, suddenly laughed. He picked up the battle report on the table and said to himself
: "Pang Tong, Pang Tong, you are very cunning. It seems that I will receive good news from you soon..."
Thirty miles outside Hongpai, Emperor Ming's camp was set up.
From the outside, although the military camps of the Ming Empire are well-organized and well-organized, it always feels like something is missing. But once someone casts their eyes on the faces of the soldiers guarding the military camps, they will immediately discover that there is something in this military camp.
What is missing is the fighting spirit that an elite soldier should have.
A few days ago, there was a fierce battle outside Hongwai. The demon general Lian Po led 20,000 wild goose feather guards, and the 30,000 demon army came out. The 20,000 wild goose feather guards who were good at riding and shooting and moved like the wind, under the command of Lian Po,
They appear and disappear on the battlefield. Even Pang Tong's magical crossbow, known as the "cavalry nemesis", cannot keep up with the speed of the Yanlingwei.
Under the head-on charge of 20,000 Yanling Guards and 30,000 demon troops, Lian Po unexpectedly defeated Pang Tong's 60,000-strong army. In the end, if Houtuying hadn't relied on his heavy armor to break through, I'm afraid Pang Tong would have been defeated.
His head was now hanging on Hong Wei's head.
But even so, Pang Tong's army still paid a heavy price with more than a hundred divine machine crossbows damaged and thousands of soldiers killed. In today's military camp, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army has already fallen to a low that has never been reached. If it were not for the military camp
There is also the deterrence of Houtu camp's elite soldiers and Shenji crossbows. I am afraid that Lian Po has already sent troops to attack the camp.
In the middle of the large tent of the Chinese army, Pang Tong, dressed in long robes, sat in the middle. Apart from him, there were only two generals sitting in the tent with their hands hanging down.
"Pang Sima, according to what you see, what is Lian Po doing right now?" A general in his forties on the left asked with a frown.
Pang Tong looked calm and pondered for a while before saying: "Lian Po is extremely cautious by nature. Hundreds of years ago, during the Battle of Changping, if Zhao had not fallen into Qin's counter-intentional plan, Lian Po was transferred back to Handan. I'm afraid Bai Qi would have tried to trick him.
Killing 400,000 Zhao soldiers is not that simple. Now the demon army's scouting horses have been stationed outside our army camp several times, but there is no movement in the direction of Hongcheng. This shows that Lian Po should still be worried. If it is true
If that's the case, General Bai will have to work hard next."
As he spoke, Pang Tong had already set his sights on a fair-skinned general in his thirties on the right. This man was none other than General Shenji Camp, Bai Rao.
Hearing this, Bai Rao chuckled and said: "I will do my best for the empire. As long as I can defeat the demon army, I, Bai Rao, will work hard. However, our battle report has been sent to His Majesty. I wonder if His Majesty will..."
"I don't think so. Your Majesty has no doubts about his employment. Even if Pang Sima is really defeated, Your Majesty will not punish him at this time." The general on the left shook his head and said.
Pang Tong nodded and said, "General Tao Sheng is right. Your Majesty must be able to see the mystery in my battle report."
"Report——! Report to Lord Sima, the two generals, the envoys who sent the battle report to Your Majesty are back."
While the three of them were talking, the voice of reporting could already be heard outside the tent. After receiving Pang Tong's permission, the envoy delivering the battle report to Qin Yang walked into the tent.
"What did your Majesty say?" Pang Tong looked at the envoy with a smile.
"Your Majesty has something to say, let Lord Sima use his troops well, and don't let your Majesty down." The envoy said truthfully.
"Nothing else?" Bai Rao asked in surprise.
The messenger thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Okay, you go down first. It's been a hard trip." Pang Tong smiled slightly and dismissed the envoy.
After the envoy went down, Bai Rao asked doubtfully: "Pang Sima, after Your Majesty learned that our army was defeated, why did he only say these two words?"
Pang Tong said with a smile: "Don't you understand, General Bai? Your Majesty already knows my intention, so why would you say more in front of all the generals?"
Tao Sheng said: "Could it be said that His Majesty already knows Pang Sima's next plan? No way? The last general also read the battle report. The battle report only said that our army was defeated, and there was no..."
Pang Tong smiled and said: "Both generals are honest people, how can they see the word play in our battle report? Yes, I said in the battle report that our army was defeated. But as long as your majesty has seen the battle damage,
. You should be able to think of something. Just think about it, the two generals, the divine machine crossbow is the great killer weapon of our army. There are only more than 200 of them in the entire empire. Its power is astonishing, no less than a hundred thousand soldiers. Even if it is me
No matter how incompetent Pang Tong was, he would not have suffered so many losses from the divine machine crossbows, while the soldiers in the Tu camp suffered very little losses. And because of this, Your Majesty must have guessed my defeat. It seemed like a big defeat, but it was actually
In order to fake defeat. In addition, before the expedition, I entrusted the Hanzhong Arsenal to build it, which must have been known to your Majesty. In this way, I am afraid that your Majesty already knows our intentions."
"Oh? Your Excellency, you are saying that Your Majesty knows about the arsenal?" Bai Rao said in surprise. Even he was only brought to the army by Pang Tong after he went on the expedition to tell him about this matter. Qin Yang was busy with everything, but how did he know about it?
?
Pang Tong nodded and said: "Don't think that your Majesty seems not to care about trivial matters on weekdays. But as long as there is a slight change in the empire, I am afraid that Your Majesty will know it immediately. Have you forgotten Big Boss Wei?"
The big boss of Wei naturally refers to Wei Yan. Among the princes of the various countries, each force has its own intelligence department. Among them are the "secret department" led by Wei Yan under Qin Yang, and the "secret department" under the command of Wu King Sun Quan.
"Shadow Guard", Wei King Cao Cao's "College Camp", and Han Emperor Liu Bei's "Han Soul".
Although these intelligence departments all collect intelligence, they are good at different things. Sun Quan's shadow guards are the best at assassinations. Under Zhou Yu's training, these shadow guards wander among various forces and are responsible for disrupting local order.
, launched an assassination. Its leader was Jiangdong general Lu Meng.
Cao Cao's Xiaowei Camp is good at digging graves. They collect intelligence everywhere and specialize in excavating large ancient tombs, bringing an almost constant flow of food, wages and supplies to Cao's army. The Xiaowei Camp is directly under the command of Cao Cao, and the deputy commander is under Cao Cao's command.
His confidant, Cao Ren.
The strongest part of Liu Bei's "Han Soul" is propaganda. His propaganda methods can even make a thing that is completely groundless make the city full of uproar. Liu Bei is now able to hold power in the world and is known as a benevolent and righteous king. Most of his reputation is
The contribution of Han Soul. And the leader of Han Soul is Xu Shu, Liu Bei's genius who is as resourceful as Zhuge Liang.
Among these four intelligence departments, only the ANBU under the Qinyang Ming Empire and led by Wei Yan can be regarded as an intelligence department in the true sense. Under Wei Yan's many years of management, the ANBU's intelligence network has spread all over the world, and even
Even the magical capital of Jizhou has Wei Yan's eyes. With Wei Yan's eyes and ears, Qin Yang can know the world's affairs and make the most accurate judgment and analysis.
Now that "Big Boss Wei" was mentioned, Tao Sheng and Bai Rao suddenly realized. Tao Sheng even laughed and said: "If Pang Sima hadn't pointed it out, I would still be worried about whether His Majesty would blame us. Since
Now that His Majesty knows our plan, we should take action boldly."
Bai Rao also smiled and said: "General Tao is right, I lost more than a thousand brothers from the Shenji Battalion in this battle. Although those Shenji Crossbows are all fakes, I feel heartbroken when I see them."
Pang Tong listened to the conversation between the two and smiled without saying a word. Although Pang Tong held the position of Sima in the Ming Empire, he knew in his heart that Qin Yang had always had a grudge against him for having helped Zhuge Liang. So.
Pang Tong did not dare to take risks like Jia Xu did when using his troops. He was afraid that Qin Yang would blame him for this. It was only now that a stone fell in his heart. This time, since Qin Yang allowed him to use his troops well, he should use them well.
!
Thinking of this, Pang Tong's expression suddenly changed. He raised his palm and slammed the table, shouting angrily: "Bai Rao! Don't think that because you are so powerful, I won't dare to punish you! Since His Majesty has already taken all the power of the three armies.
Leave it in my hands. Regardless of victory or defeat, as long as Your Majesty does not remove me as commander-in-chief for one day, you will have to listen to my orders for one day!"
Pang Tong's sudden change of expression made Bai Rao, who was chatting and laughing, startled. After a moment, Bai Rao also changed his face, stood up and shouted: "Pang Tong! Who do you think you are? I followed His Majesty in the past.
When Hanzhong was conquering the South and the North, where were you? Now you use a chicken feather as an arrow, and you will be wild when you succeed, right? OK, OK, OK! Then we will go to His Majesty to comment. It took His Majesty more than ten years to create the Shenji Camp today.
The glory has now caused an incompetent person like you to destroy more than a hundred divine machine crossbows at once. I want to see if you are still so arrogant when you are in front of His Majesty!"
Pang Tong's face was ashen and he said bitterly: "Who do you think is incompetent?!"
Bai Rao's stubborn temper also came up, and he puffed up his chest and said: "I'm talking about you! You're a loser! You only hide behind people and plot tricks! If it weren't for you and that Zhuge Liang, I, the Yellow Turban Army, wouldn't be far away.
Go to southern Xinjiang and leave your hometown! How dare you become a Sima of the empire if you don’t have any ability? Even a dog is better than you sitting there! I just despise you!"
"Hello..." Pang Tong was ridiculed by Bai Yao and was so angry that he was shaking all over. After a while, he shouted loudly: "Come here! Pull this madman out and chop him down!"
The sergeants outside the tent had already heard the loud noise inside the tent. Now they heard Pang Tong's call and rushed in with more than a dozen guards. However, these guards just stood there, staring blankly at the people inside the tent.
In fact, in the hearts of these soldiers, the three of them were more or less resentful because of Pang Tong's failure. Now that Bai Rao was scolding Pang Tong, they felt very relieved.
"This. This... what are you doing!" Tao Sheng saw the guards rushing in and hurriedly stood up to smooth things over.
"Lord Sima, General Bai was just impulsive and spoke without restraint. Please forgive me..." Tao Sheng stopped in front of Bai Rao and said with an apologetic smile to Pang Tong.
"Humph! He's talking so openly? I think he's just a man without authority!" Pang Tong snorted coldly and stopped insisting on letting the guards take Bai Rao down. He seemed to still have some hesitation in his heart.
Bai Rao, however, did not give Pang Tong any face. He pointed at Pang Tong across Tao Sheng and said, "No Lord? You fucking fart! What kind of Lord are you?! I, Bai Rao, stand upright, and there is only one Lord, His Majesty Emperor Ming."
That's all! What I just said is what I think in my heart! If you can, you can kill me!"
"Do you think I don't dare?!" Pang Tong couldn't bear it any longer. He stood up suddenly and yelled at the guards at the door of the tent: "Do you all want to rebel?! Get this guy and pull him out.
Dismember the body with random blades!”
"Wait!" Seeing this, Tao Sheng hurriedly stopped the guards who wanted to take action again. While pushing Bai Luo outside the tent, he begged Pang Tong: "Sir Ma, General Bai made a drunken mistake, please forgive me...
…Bai Rao, get out of here!"
Bai Rao, who was pushed out of the tent by Tao Sheng, still refused to give in. As he walked out, he yelled and cursed: "Pang Tong! Don't think that your majesty listens to your sweet words, so you dare to do whatever you want! Let's wait and see!"
I am the general of the Shenji Battalion appointed by His Majesty. You have no right to kill me! I will go to His Majesty now to explain the matter clearly! ... Come here! All members of the Shenji Battalion gather, break up camp, and we go to Hangu
Let’s ask His Majesty for comment!”
Bai Rao gave an order, and the Shenji Battalion under his command immediately took action. In less than half an hour, the Shenji Battalion was ready. Bai Rao sat on his horse, looking in the direction of the Chinese army's tent and vomiting fiercely.
He spat and said bitterly: "Pang Tong! Let's wait and see! Listen to the order and set off!"
During this period, Pang Tong sat in the tent and did not come out. At the door of the tent, Tao Sheng opened his hands and watched helplessly as the Shenji Camp team left the camp and walked away.
Hongpai, General's Mansion.
After hearing the report from the scouts, Lian Po, whose beard and hair were all white, couldn't help stroking his beard gently and said as if to himself: "Did the Shenji Camp escape? Is this news true?"
The scout hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, this is absolutely true!"
Lian Po pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Okay! Send the order to the whole army to prepare for battle!"
A demon army general on the side heard this and asked: "General, are we taking advantage of the weakness of Pang Tong's camp to attack the camp this time?"
Lian Po glanced at the short general next to him and said calmly: "Attack the camp? Don't you Japanese people use your brains when doing things? Although the departure of Shenji Camp this time is indeed true, it is also likely to be Pang Tong's treacherous plan.
If we go to attack the camp, wouldn't we fall into Pang Tong's treacherous plan?! Our target is naturally the Shenji Battalion leaving the military camp! This time we intercepted and killed him halfway. If the Shenji Battalion does not arrive, it is a treacherous plan. If it arrives, we will
Destroyed the Shenji camp in one fell swoop. What does Pang Tong mean?!"
After hearing Lian Po's words, the little general acted as if he suddenly realized something. He slapped his forehead and said with a smile on his face: "Hey! The general is clever, far-sighted and strategizing..."
"Okay, what a verbose thing! Go and get ready!" Lian Po interrupted the little man's flattery very displeasedly, and muttered: "Yo Xi? You are so big! I know that Jili Gulu talks nonsense all day long. Really?
When it comes to fighting, it's not even a piece of shit..."