Liangshan blacksmiths are not inefficient.
On the third day, the blacksmith made ten masks and placed them on a large wooden tray in the lobby.
This blacksmith obviously put a lot of thought into it. Cao Cao originally wanted to just cover up his appearance, but at this moment, when you look at it, you can see that it is all carefully crafted into the shape of a yaksha evil ghost.
I found my own one and put it on my face. It was the right size. Since there was no hole in the mouth, it sounded muffled when I spoke it, but even my voice changed.
I also visited Liangshan troops with Chao Gai and others. There were more than a thousand horse troops, and the rest were infantry. They were considered usable in practice.
Another day later, at dusk, the scouts came to report that Hu Yanzhuo's army was camping fifty miles away and would reach Liangshan the next day.
In the Juyi Hall, Chao Gai looked around, stood up and said, "The imperial troops are approaching. I leave it to Brother Wu to decide how to use the troops."
If it were anyone else, such a ostentatious matter would inevitably lead to humility over and over again.
However, Cao Cao did his duty and stood up and said in a deep voice: "This time the imperial court's 8,000 powerful troops are coming to conquer. This is the first battle since Liangshan established the stronghold. Therefore, the inside story of the stronghold is beyond the enemy's expectation."
After saying that, he smiled and said, "He doesn't know me, but I know him. That general Hu Yanzhuo, since he is the son of generations of generals and has never experienced a war, now he is commanding elite troops to conquer the grass bandits, he must be arrogant! If you use this method, the enemy general will be I guess we don’t dare to fight in the field and want to use water to protect ourselves. After all, how can we, the grassroots bandits, not be afraid when we see the imperial army?"
Everyone laughed after hearing this, and Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "It's so, so, so bad. I was so scared that I ate two more bowls of rice when I came to beat us."
Song Jiang shouted: "Don't joke, just listen to Brother Wu's plans!"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "It's just to catch him by surprise and put him in a dilemma. Our troops are divided into three groups. For the first group, we will choose a thousand men who are agile and dare to fight. They will all bring fire starters. We will walk through the mountains and forests all night to avoid them. His scouts went around five miles in front of his camp to explore the horses. However, they hid far away in the forest and did not come out. He only sent his brothers with smart legs to act as spies to get closer. When he marches tomorrow, the horse army will definitely go out first, and the elite infantry will go out first. The army followed, and the baggage followed. When my spies here saw the infantry passing by, they went to ask the brigade to move forward to cover the attack. When the baggage passed by, they rushed out in one fell swoop, burned their food and grass, and destroyed their baggage. When the front army saw a fire in the rear, it was inevitable Back up!"
Song Jiang nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and suddenly realized: "Ah, wasn't that exactly how he beat me in Duiying Mountain? So much so that he lost Yan Shun, Zheng Tianshou, Qin Ming, and Huang Xin..."
Cao Cao didn't know that Song Jiang had such a good memory, and was afraid that these people would be careless, so he spoke in great detail, and everyone listened attentively. He only listened to what he said: "For the second route army, select a thousand men who are good at shooting and a thousand men who are strong." , also take a small road to bypass the scouts, and set up an ambush ten miles outside his camp, usually hidden deep in the forest, and send a few spies to peek in front. After all the horse and infantry troops have passed, they will hide by the roadside and ambush him. When he returns to rescue and retreat, , shoot them with random arrows first, the morale of the army will be confused, and another thousand people will take the opportunity to kill."
Song Jiang thought to himself, and it turned out to be the same old routine. It seemed that this person's use of troops was nothing more than this.
Cao Cao didn't know that he was being underestimated, so he said to himself: "The third route army is all horse troops. We will lead them with brave generals. We will send out troops early tomorrow morning and line up twenty miles outside his camp. One of them will attract his scouts to spy on the horses." Secondly, when he sees my troops in front, he will rush to fight, and the cavalry army will separate from the infantry. When something happens in his rear and the troops returning to rescue are blocked, the cavalry army will take advantage of the situation to attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
After hearing this, Song Jiang couldn't help but said: "He has three thousand cavalry troops, and I only have more than a thousand. What if his cavalry army does not go back to rescue, but comes to fight me decisively?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "The leader of the army must be able to adapt to changes. If a decisive battle comes, I will lead him in circles. If the infantry are scattered, the baggage is burned, and the thousands of horse troops have no forage, they will fight with him." In a few days, you can break it with a backhand.”
Wu Yong applauded and said: "Wonderful, wonderful! Show the incompetent when you can, show the incompetent when you use it, show the distance when you are close, show the closeness when you are far! This is the perfect way to use troops!"
Chao Gai was also overjoyed and said: "How can the generals be mobilized?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "The leader of the mountain, of course Brother Chao knows what he is good at, so he will be dispatched by Brother Chao, and I will arrange for my brothers here to help."
Chao Gai thought, he will mobilize the troops, and I will mobilize the generals. The two of us will defeat the enemy together! Brother Wu really knows my abilities!
He deliberately frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "The first group of soldiers needs to know the terrain well, so let Liu Tang lead it! We have to fight in close quarters, eh, eh, two brothers, Wang Daoren and Bao Xu, are going to help."
"As for the second team!" Chao Gai looked around: "Brother Hua Rong is indispensable, so I asked the three brothers Wang Ying, Du Qian and Song Wan to help."
"As for the horse army, I will personally lead it, and I will ask Coach Lin and brothers Tang Bin to help. The rest will follow my wise brother Gong Ming to guard the stronghold. Brother Wu, do you think this can be done?"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "How can we not do it? Let Shi Xiu and Xue Yong go to help Liu Tang, and Niu Gao, Luan Tingyu, and Mu Hong go to help Hua Rong. Fan Rui, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, and Shi Qian and I will watch the king of heaven kill the enemy. ,how?"
Chao Gai became more and more relieved after hearing this, nodded repeatedly and said: "If this is the case, nothing will go wrong."
After hearing this, Song Jiang said anxiously: "Brother, you are the master of the stronghold. If you can't leave lightly, let me lead the cavalry army."
Chao Gai shook his head repeatedly and said: "Brother, didn't you tell Brother Wu? The leader of the cavalry army must adapt to changes. Brother, you are loyal and loyal, so it is better to sit in the stronghold."
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The next day.
The sky was dimming, the patrolling horses returned, and the voices of people gradually began to appear in the Song Army camp.
Soon, wisps of green smoke floated up, and the sergeants lazily walked out of the tent one by one, put on their clothes and armor, and each had his war meal.
It was already daylight, and the sergeants followed their respective team officers and drove out of the camp in groups. The sergeants and civilians in charge of the baggage began to quickly dismantle the tents, and even the wooden stakes needed to build the camp were trapped on the carts. , when they were done, all the elite cavalry and infantry troops were gone, and then they drove the carts and slowly started on the road carrying their burdens.
After walking four or five miles, I suddenly heard a whistle in the forest, and countless bandits rushed out with shouts. They were all wearing leather armor and holding long spears and short knives in their hands. Within a moment, they rushed into the Song army's formation.
A team officer suddenly said in shock: "Are all the people in front blind? Can't you see the bandits lying on the roadside?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw a big man with a ferocious look on his face, striding forward and slashing with his sword. The officer raised his sword to meet him. Unexpectedly, the opponent's sword was very agile. He turned around and slashed with his sword. Then he chopped off the heads of the team officers and sprayed blood into the sky!
The big man chopped down two more soldiers with his backhand and shouted: "Only kill the officers and soldiers, not the civilians!" Another man wearing a mask came with a gun and shouted, "Brother, I'm here to help."
Wang Daoren rushed out of the forest, shook his head and muttered: "If you don't kill the common people, how can you pretend to be a good person? I prefer to kill!" As he spoke, a pair of swords were unsheathed, and the sword light exploded like a green rainbow, killing several people in a row, all of them. officers and soldiers.
Liu Tang said: "This brother is a chivalrous man, just listen to him." With a wave of Pu's sword, he killed several officers and soldiers who wanted to form an array and scattered them.
Bao Xu remained silent and used the heavy Sangmen Sword to chop at the strong officers and soldiers.
When those civilians saw such a vicious person, they all bit their fingers and trembled, crouched down and trembled. Because Shi Xiu kept reminding them, it was difficult for the Liangshan thieves to attack.
The officers and soldiers were killed in a moment, and many of the minions took out fire starters. After a while, many large carts were set alight, and thick smoke shot straight into the sky and could be seen more than ten miles away.
At the front, Hu Yanzhuo had just received the reward of the horse exploration, and saw more than a thousand horse troops arrayed in front. He couldn't help but feel angry and happy.
He was angry that the Shuibo grass bandits dared to form an array in front of him. He was happy that these horse soldiers must be the elite among thieves. If they were killed, the remaining grass bandits would be difficult to break out of the waves, so he led the team and walked forward quickly. , suddenly heard someone coming on horseback, shouting in horror: "The general is in trouble!"
Hu Yanzhuo looked back and saw green smoke rising high from behind. Judging from the location, the baggage must have been burned.
This surprise was really no small matter. The two pioneers, Han Tao and Peng Qi, exclaimed in unison, shouting: "General, if we lose our food and grass, how can we fight against thieves? We have to retreat first!"
Hu Yanzhuo was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but shook his head and said: "No! I Dao Cao An dared to fight in formation. It turned out that he divided his troops and attacked my retreat. If we retreat, his cavalry will rush forward, how can we do it?" Invincible? How dare you show off such a bad plan in front of me - you two lead half of the cavalry back to rescue quickly, save the baggage, and I lead the other half of the cavalry forward, which is enough to break through the enemy's formation and kill the leader! "
After saying that, he ordered half of the troops and horses, and rushed forward with murderous intent.
Han Tao and Peng Qi looked at each other, and Peng Qi said: "I think he is a grass bandit, who can defeat the general? I will go to save the food and grass as soon as possible."
There is a branch of teaching: the reality and reality are constantly changing to cover up the edge, and soldiers always hide their secrets in deceit. Make plans to divide the troops to promote Wuhan University, and plan to transfer generals to see the king!
