Wu Song jumped off his horse and introduced Cao Cao first: "This is my brother Wu Zhi. As for me, my surname is Wu and my name is Song."
The two people were surprised and asked: "Could it be that Wu Kunzhong, Wu Mengde and Huo Dianwei from Yanggu County are facing each other?"
Cao Cao dismounted and helped the two men up, and said with a smile: "It's just friends in the world. I don't know who the two brothers are. Why are they fighting here?"
The man in red said: "The villain's surname is Lu Fang, from Tanzhou. Because he loved Lu Bu as a person, he specially learned how to draw a halberd from Fang Tian. Everyone called him Little Wenhou Lu Fang. He was arrested by Ximen of Yanggu County for selling raw medicine to Shandong. The rich man had defrauded his capital and goods and could not return home, so he occupied the pair of shadow mountains and robbed them to live. A few days ago, he met a group of guests who said that the brother of the Wu family had killed Ximen Qing. The villain was so happy that he drank for three days. Go to Yanggu County to visit..."
As he spoke, he pointed at the man in white and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, this strong man came recently and wanted to capture Lu Fang's mountain stronghold. We negotiated with him to divide the mountain into one mountain for each of us, but he refused, so we fought with him for days."
The man in white clothes said: "The villain Guo Sheng, whose ancestral home is Jialing, Xichuan, loves to use painted halberds. People in the world call him Sai Rengui. He has always sold mercury, but unexpectedly, the wind capsized his boat in the Yellow River and he could not return home. I heard that he was right There is a great king in Yingshan who is good at halberds, so I came here to test the halberd skills. After several days of fighting, I couldn't decide the winner. I didn't expect to meet the two princes today. It's so lucky."
Cao Cao nodded after hearing this and said: "It's rare, it's rare that the eight of us have such a fate."
Wu Song, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng were stunned when they heard this. Cao Cao pointed at the four of them seriously: "Wu Zhi, Wu Song, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Cao Mengde, Dian Wei, Wenhou Lu Bu, and Xue Rengui, aren't they eight people?"
It's a coincidence that the nicknames of these four people are all based on the names of ancient people. Everyone laughed when they saw what he said was interesting. Even the two or three hundred young men couldn't stand their laughter, and they were very close to this famous "Wu Mengde".
Cao Cao thought to himself that although the two men's martial arts skills were mediocre, they were better because they were young. If they were trained by a master, it would not be difficult for them to make further progress. Moreover, they are all businessmen, so they must be able to handle things neatly, so it is better to take them under their command.
He said, "Brother Lu, Brother Guo, and Wu, you two are all dignified and majestic. Although the green forest is at ease, it can't help but annihilate the heroic spirit of the man. It would be better to join the army with Wu to suppress the bandits, with one knife and one shot." , strive to be a wife and a son, and shine the lintel of the family. In this way, you will not let your parents down by giving birth to you, nor will you learn this skill in vain. I wonder what you two brothers think?"
Lu and Guo looked at each other and saw each other's happiness. They both bowed and said, "Brother wants to promote me, how can I refuse? We are young and inexperienced, so I hope that my brother will teach me more."
Lu Fang immediately ordered people to go up the mountain, unload the grain, grass and baggage trucks, set fire to the cottage houses, and then joined Cao Cao's team.
Cao Cao counted the troops, Lu Fang had more than 150 men, and Guo Sheng had more than 110 men. He still let them lead their own troops. That day, he went to the camp by the roadside, while giving instructions to Wu Song, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng on how to set up camp. Pay attention to how soldiers train and perform.
He painted with his fingers and talked eloquently, explaining each question in a simple and profound way. Wu Song had long been accustomed to this, but Lu Fang and Guo Sheng were shocked. They felt that what the other party said casually were all golden rules and contained infinite mysteries. This opened their eyes and made them more convinced.
You must know that Lao Cao is a master of the art of war. During this year, he bought many "later" military books to study, carefully understood the development and progress of military techniques and tactics in the past thousand years, and integrated them all into his own system, just like a golden fairy boss Every word and word of the guidance given during the Qi training period is thought-provoking.
Early the next morning, we packed up our tents and set out. After walking for more than an hour, we saw the horses in front of us and reported back. Forty or fifty people each armed with weapons and surrounded by several carts were approaching again. Among them, more than thirty people were riding horses. , judging from the color of his clothes, he should be a figure in the green forest.
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said to Wu Song and others: "If my prediction is correct, this group of people is the Qingfeng Mountain bandit group that we want to eliminate."
Wu Song didn't believe it: "The bandits have the ability to attack Qingzhou Prefecture, so how can they only have a few dozen people? Besides, if they don't guard Qingfeng Mountain, what are they doing here?"
Cao Cao said: "The group of bandits in Qingfeng Mountain only robbed passers-by before. Suddenly they attacked Qingfeng Village first and then Qingzhou Prefecture. There must be a reason for such a big move. I guess they knew that they were guilty of a serious crime and they also knew that Magistrate Murong had an extraordinary background." , afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the army, so they abandoned Qingfeng Mountain and did not surrender to the stronghold to avoid disaster. As for why there were only a few dozen people, it must be because of the division of troops, or three teams, or five teams, supporting each other from head to tail, and they would not Because there were so many people, the state capital along the way came to suppress them."
After hearing this, Wu Song suddenly understood, clapped his legs and said: "According to my brother's opinion, they are probably going up Liangshan this way."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Although there are mountains everywhere in Shandong, in terms of physical strength, only Liangshan Mountain is enough for the foundation. It is surrounded by water lakes eight hundred miles below the mountain. As long as there is a capable navy, even a hundred thousand men and horses will not be enough to conquer it." Fear. Have you forgotten Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi?"
Wu Song nodded repeatedly: "Brother, what I saw is very true! So what should we do now?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "You and I each have half of the troops. Lu Fang will follow me, Guo Sheng will follow you, and the forty people from Yanggu County will follow you. We will ambush in the woods on both sides. The first team of the opponent will be the vanguard, so it will be inevitable. Elite, let him pass. The second team will pay attention to see if he brings any baggage. If he brings more, then he is only divided into three teams. Let him pass as well. If the third team has baggage, let him go too. If there is no baggage, let him pass. The baggage vehicles are the army that cuts off the rear. We will attack his rear army first. When the time comes, I will rush out first and intercept them to fight. If the opponent's front army comes to help, Erlang will lead Guo Sheng to fight out, intercept his way and kill him first. If his two armies concentrate all their strength on the front army, they will no longer be invincible."
Wu Song, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng were impressed and immediately divided their troops on the spot and acted according to the plan.
After about half an hour, I saw a general in silver armor and a short, fat man with a dark face. The two were riding on horses, leading more than 30 horsemen in front. Behind them were more than 20 minions. There were several large cars surrounding them. There were old people and young people on the big cars. They seemed to be family members of the village.
Wu Song was hiding in the forest on the right. He looked at it and nodded secretly. Since he had brought so many young and old with him, it seemed that he had abandoned the stronghold and left. His brother had indeed seen it accurately.
On the other side of the forest, Cao Cao pointed to Lu Fang in a low voice: "Look at this group of bandits. They are marching in a hurry. They don't even send any scouting horses. They walk around in a big way. This is the biggest taboo in marching." Lu Fang nodded quickly and wrote it down.
This group of people passed by, and not long after, another eighty or ninety horse troops came, escorting a large cart. The carts were full of boxes and rice bags. They must have been the baggage of the stronghold. The two generals at the head were brightly armored, and one had a wolf on his horse. A tooth stick, and a Sangmen Sword on the back.
Cao Cao whispered: "The second team is carrying baggage. It seems that they are only divided into three teams, and the third team is the last one. These two generals don't seem to have any reckless habits. They should be Qin Minghe, the commander of the command department. Military Supervisor Huang Xin! The person in the first team wearing white armor just now is probably Hua Rong, the deputy magistrate of Qingfeng Village."
When Lu Fang saw him casually glance at him and then speak with certainty, he was filled with admiration.
The second team passed by, and after a while, the third team arrived, leading an army of forty or fifty horses, led by three leaders. The man in the middle was wearing a maroon coat, with a red silk handkerchief wrapped around his head, and had a rectangular face. , red hair and yellow beard, eyes gloomy and very vicious;
There is a person on the right, fair and handsome, with a few strands of beard, a red scarf on his head, a piece of grass in his mouth, dressed in green, with a half-smile on his face;
The person on the left is as tall as Wu Dalang. He is short and rude, with wrists thicker than the average person's calves. He has no neck, a big head sitting on his shoulders, and a pair of small eyes.
Lu Fang was secretly amused when he saw it, and thought to himself, no wonder the brother of the Wu family said that Qin Ming and Huang Xin didn't have a rash habit. I also asked him how he could tell. One look at these three people, and he knew what a rash habit was.
While I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard Cao Cao shouting in a deep voice: "Kill!"
