Chapter 87 Calculation
Having made up his mind, Kou Zhizhang moved his position towards the inner wall as if nothing had happened: he could not only listen closely to the conversation between the two, but also not let them notice him, so as not to be unable to escape for a while and make a mistake. event.
Just listen to Qi Xiaoguang continue to say: "General Sun heard the police and led the thousand-year-old guard to welcome the thieves. This is a great act of justice. He has repeatedly defeated powerful enemies and is unparalleled in his loyalty and bravery. This officer is truly impressed and grateful. Therefore, I would like to say a few personal words to the general. General. Are you willing to listen?"
Sun Fugui didn't understand Wen Zou Zou's "generous" and "admiration", but Qi Xiaoguang still understood the general meaning. He blinked and clasped his fists and said: "I will all obey your orders."
Qi Xiaoguang smiled and spoke in plain language: "Let's not talk about whether the thieves are cheating or not. Let's just ignore it. If we counterattack, what does the general think about the outcome?"
Sun Fugui glanced at the outside of the wall and said proudly: "What a complete victory! The thieves have been exhausted for so long after attacking for so long, and now they are wasting away at work without any effort. Later, the thieves will take the last few hundred All the personal guards came over to kill a few unlucky ghosts to supervise the battle. We only had to hold on for this round, which only took one or two sticks of incense, and then suddenly launched. The cavalry refused to fight, went straight to Xin'an, closed the city gate, and abandoned their horses to die against the wall. Hold on for a while, cut off the thieves' retreat, and leave the rest to the infantry who follow. The thieves will never have the energy to go back and climb the Xin'an city wall again. The thieves may get on the boat and run to the other side to escape for a few days with their lives. , the other thieves will probably not be able to escape!"
Qi Xiaoguang asked in confusion: "No one can escape? There is a river in the south, but the thieves can run north to the mountains?"
Sun Fugui laughed loudly: "Sir, think about it, after being hungry and tired for most of the day, can the thieves outrun our son who retreated and rested for nearly two hours? Moreover, if he is focused on escaping, as long as he sees the army counterattack, , The thief must have been running as fast as he could. I dare say that many people would have their lungs blown out without even being able to get up the mountain. All they had to do was go over and cut off their heads. I have never seen this kind of situation with my own eyes before."
Qi Xiaoguang suddenly realized: "Haha, General Sun still knows the enemy!" Then, with a serious look on his face, he said softly, "That's why I want to stop the general."
Hearing this, from the corner of his eye, he saw Sun Fugui's eyes widening as he waited for Qi Xiaoguang's next words. Kou Zhizhang let out a disdainful "hum" in his heart: Stupid pig and bull, don't you give any credit to others? Such an idiot can actually act as a commander!
Sure enough, Qi Xiaoguang patiently lowered his voice and said: "The provincial capital and various prefectures have sent reinforcements. Our first achievement is to defend Hangu Pass. Such a great achievement is firmly in the hands of Qiantose Prefecture and this prefecture. Everyone can grab it." I won’t go. However, I came all the way and worked so hard for nothing, and it makes everyone feel uncomfortable, right? That’s not the most important thing!” At this point, he lowered his voice even more. He lowered his head and almost whispered to Sun Fugui: "You think, we killed all the thieves in just three days. The Holy Lord is certainly happy, but... it will also make other friendly forces look a bit... well, it won't help, right? ? The Holy One may not say it, but he can't guarantee that other friendly troops and the adults in various governments will not think about it in their hearts! Then, this dispute will be formed for no reason! Don't say that if there is any trouble in the future, everyone may not be willing to come and help. We, maybe there will be a little stumbling block for us at some point...General Sun, do you think this is the case?"
Sun Fugui slapped his head: "Oh my God! Your Excellency is so right! I am a rough man, and I have never thought about all these twists and turns! It is often said in our camp that if you eat meat for yourself, you must also give it to your brothers. It’s the same reason why we should leave some soup to drink.”
Qi Xiaoguang smiled and nodded: "That's what I mean."
Kou Zhizhang was impatient and continued to listen. He kept in mind what Sun Fugui said about the strategy of taking Xin'an directly. He walked a few steps further away pretending to be nonchalant and secretly observed the movement below the city. He waited for Guan Shengyun to mobilize his guards to come forward. Supervise the battle and launch a counterattack. I thought happily: Haha, this is so good! Why didn't I expect just now that this attack would not only gain credit for the great victory, but also all the governments would put their accounts on the heads of King Shou and Qi Xiaoguang - we are just Luoyang lieutenants now, so we were ordered to go out... This great victory From now on, it’s time for me to open a town, right? Well, Commander-in-Chief! The Ming Dynasty only has a total of twenty generals and commanders, and we are one of them! Let’s see who dares to look down on Kou in the future, oh, no, Commander Kou! Hahaha... I thought to myself and couldn't help grinning.
Smiling and laughing, he suddenly remembered something. He walked over to the flag and drum team again and took a sneak peek at Qi Xiaoguang and Sun Fugui. Seeing that they were still chatting and not paying attention to him, he reached out and pointed at a few people holding gongs. Soldier: "You, you, you guys, get off the wall and wait for the general's orders at the gate of the city!"
Now that the two guys have decided that they will get nothing, they will definitely withdraw their troops at the expense of money when they find out that they are leading a counterattack! Hum, let's take all these soldiers away. When we win a big victory, and with my brother-in-law protecting us, who can do anything to us? The smart Vice General Kou thought of all this... However, his feet were far away from the two of them, and the smart Vice General He also missed the conversation between the two.
Sun Fugui observed carefully for a while and said hesitantly to Qi Xiaoguang: "Sir, why does the general feel that something is wrong?"
Qi Xiaoguang was shocked when he heard this and said hurriedly: "What should I say? What's wrong?"
Sun Fugui pointed to a dozen small boats in the river and said, "Sir, look at those boats, and you will feel something is wrong!"
Qi Xiaoguang looked at it for a while and found nothing unusual. Just as he was about to ask a question, Sun Fugui said: "The general just discovered it. At first, the general thought those ships should be carrying gold and silver stolen by thieves from various states and counties. There will also be some female relatives, and a few soldiers will be sent to each ship to control them, and they will leave with the main force of the thieves when the barrier is broken."
Qi Xiaoguang continued: "I think so too. Why, through the ship's planks and awnings, can General Sun see what's wrong?"
Sun Fugui said: "Sir, it was because we couldn't see anything through the canopy that the general discovered it! Sir, think about it, we can't see the people on the boat, and the people on the boat can't see us! We have been fighting for so long. , Logically speaking, there should be someone on the boat who is poking around to see the battlefield, right? The general looked at it for a long time, and there were more than a dozen ships, but not one of them had his head exposed! This doesn’t make sense! The general couldn’t say anything, but something must be wrong!”
When Sun Fugui said this, Qi Xiaoguang suddenly realized something, but he couldn't say it in his eagerness. There seemed to be a layer of fog in front of his eyes. He knew clearly what danger was hidden behind the fog, but he couldn't see through it or catch it!
At this moment, a long trumpet sounded from the opposite side, followed by a loud drumbeat, and the hundreds of thieves in front of the general's flag shouted in unison and stepped forward to join the battlefield!
Qi Xiaoguang stared intently at the hundreds of thieves who had just come up, and his scholarly eyes also noticed the problem: the thieves came so quickly - their legs were wearing cloth trousers, no armor skirts, and they were only wearing half-breastplate armor. !
The fog covering my eyes suddenly dispersed!
Until now, we have not seen a few thieves wearing armor at all, and the proportion of thieves holding shields is a bit too large - how could such thieves defeat Lingbao and Shaanzhou like the Bamboo Divine Soldier descending from the sky? , Mianchi, and Xin'an, and blocked the information so tightly at the same time, that he was almost kept in the dark?
The only answer can only be: these are not the main force of thieves!
So - where is the main force of thieves? !
"Sir, there is a fraud!" Sun Fugui also discovered the problem!
However, it's too late...
Seeing Guan Shengyun sending the "guards" up for the "final struggle," Kou Zhizhang did not hesitate, walked quickly off the horse track, came to the counterattack team sitting under the inner wall and was waiting to go, and loudly ordered: "Drive away the ox carts." ! Everyone prepares for war! Counterattack!"
In normal times, Cai Wenying, the magistrate of Xin'an County who is responsible for organizing Dingzhuang, would not pay attention to this guy who doesn't want to see anyone. But a script has already entered the gate of hell, and was pulled back by Qi Xiaoguang. After two lifetimes, a large group of warriors, including this guy, came aggressively on their own territory (although the defense of Xinhangu Pass is directly under the jurisdiction of Luo Mansion, But it can indeed be regarded as the Xin'an District) who sweated and sweated to assist the defense. At this time, he did not dare to talk nonsense about the different paths of civil and military affairs - he had delayed the military flight, and the life he had just saved was lost again! So he hurriedly responded and directed the young men to work together to fetch the cows.
Guan Peizhong belonged to the Royal Guards and only recognized his immediate superiors. He didn't pay much attention to the local military attaches. He asked, "Where is the commander?"
Kou Zhizhang responded casually: "General Zhu is selecting elite troops for backup in the city. Let's charge first, and he will lead others to follow."
Guan Peizhong clasped his fists and bowed, "I dare you to show me your command of arrows in my humble position."
Kou Zhizhang didn't expect that there were such rules in the king's camp, so he bluffed and defended himself: "Time is urgent. General Zhu may have forgotten to give it, and I didn't have time to ask for it. Hurry up and get on your horse, otherwise you will delay the important matter." You’re asking!”
The bullock cart dragged the huge stone blocking the gate away, and the banging sound at the city gate changed from dull to loud.
Guan Peizhong opened his mouth and wanted to say something else. Yuan Wu, a senior military officer from Luofu who came with Kou Zhizhang to help, hurriedly said: "Mr. Guan Qian, none of us can afford to be blamed for delaying the war! My deputy commander, Can I still lie to you? Humph, if Mr. Guan Qian is afraid of the thief, then please get out of the way and watch us kill the thief and make a contribution!"
"What are you talking about! I'm afraid, afraid, afraid of these thieves?! I, I..." Guan Peizhong, whose leg was burning and aching, was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.
Kou Zhizhang sneered and shouted: "Well said! If you are afraid of the thieves, get out of the way and watch us make meritorious deeds! Listen to the order: the cavalry and soldiers will follow me directly to Xin'an and block the thieves' escape. Don't be greedy for first-level merit." , anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! After the battle, everyone will be at the first level! The infantry will follow and chase down the thieves! Open the city gate and kill the thieves!"
Half of the palace guards were guarding behind closed doors, and the other half were taking turns to rest. The gatekeepers were all guardsmen from Luo Mansion and Xin'an Dingzhuang. After hearing Kou Zhizhang's order, they opened the city gate without hesitation!
There was a loud bang, and the moment the city gate latch was lifted, the city gate was suddenly knocked open, and the large crash car covered in bruises rushed in! The few soldiers who worked together to push the door closed could not withstand the huge momentum and were knocked out. Originally, according to normal practice, when the door latch was removed, the soldiers would work together to hold the city gate, and then take advantage of the hammer to swing back. In an instant, they all let go and jumped away. But the people in the Luo Mansion were all new recruits, and their cooperation was far from a tacit understanding. The moment the door latch was raised, the battering ram hit them head-on.
The cart took only two or three steps forward due to its inertia and then stopped. Unexpectedly, the thieves pushing the cart suddenly opened the city gate from the inner hole, and fled in all directions, shouting in terror. Kou Zhizhang didn't even look at a few city gate soldiers rolling on the ground and wailing, and hurriedly ordered: "Push it away and kill the thief!"
Everyone was shocked the moment he entered the car. However, no large group of thieves came over. After calming down for a while, everyone looked out through the city gate hole. In their field of vision, the thieves were all scurrying away - hey, it was not just the dozen thieves who pushed the car that escaped, but the thieves who were attacking the city also began to flee! Obviously, seeing the city gate open, the exhausted thieves knew that the large army of officers and soldiers were going to launch a decisive counterattack, so they just wanted to escape!
"Kill the thief!" Seeing this, Yuan Wu, who was a little scared at first, suddenly felt a surge of pride in his chest. In order to show his face again in front of Deputy Commander Kou, he shouted loudly and rode his horse past Guan Peizhong. , and at the same time sneered, "Hahahahaha..."
The extremely angry Guan Peizhong got on his horse, picked up the gun from the saddle ring, and cursed incoherently: "XXX! Let's see which one is the scared bitch and which one is the grandson!" He also forgot about the pain, With a sudden squeeze of his legs, he galloped his horse into the battlefield!
Qi and Sun, who were standing on the wall, were secretly rejoicing that they finally saw through the thief's trick and did not attack rashly. They never expected that at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened, and a large group of people rushed out with shouts. They were stunned like five thunders!
