Shi Qian reported: "His third route army mobilized troops and horses from Daming Prefecture to defend against the Liao Kingdom. The leader was Li Cheng, the Supervisor of the Military and Horse Command, the 'King of Heaven'. He led an army of five thousand and had two talented generals under his command, Suo Chao and Wang Dingdang. Pioneer and deputy."
After hearing what he said, Cao Cao chuckled and said, "It seems that the imperial court has been cruel this time. If he is defeated again, he will be able to live in peace for a long time. Brother Lu, how about walking with me to Liangshan?"
Lu Zhishen waved his hand and said, "There is no need to discuss it with the Sa family. You make your own decision. If everyone discusses it, why are we fighting?"
Cao Cao jumped up and praised: "Brother, be happy! In this case, let's leave brother Huang Xin to guard Erlong Mountain. The other brothers will mobilize all the troops. I will go to Liangshan together. Brother Meng Kang does not have to go with him. You only have to go up. Zhou Xun Song Gongming asked him to place you in the navy. If you can build a good ship that can travel on long seas, it will be your great achievement."
Everyone stood up and said: "I will obey my brother's orders!"
At that moment, except for Huang Xin who led 300 people to look after the house and Meng Kang who went to Dengzhou alone, the other generals ordered their troops and horses and set off for Liangshan with Cao Cao.
The day he arrived at Liangshan happened to be the Shangyuan Festival. Chao Gai couldn't help but be overjoyed to see so many old and new brothers coming with him. He hurriedly took them to the mountain, ordered pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and held a big banquet, during which he introduced all the leaders to get to know each other. , in addition to the original people on Liangshan Mountain, a new "live flash woman" Wang Dingliu was added, but it was Tang Bin and others from Jinling who invited the "miraculous doctor" An Daoquan to make friends with him. They shared the same righteousness and invited him to join the mountain.
As for An Daoquan, Shi Yong and Song Qing accompanied him. They went to Dengzhou and have not returned yet.
When he heard that Gao Qiu wanted to send the Third Route Army to attack Liangshan, Chao Gai couldn't help but became furious: "I can't wait to kill this old thief. He's addicted to attacking me! Brother Wu, how do you think this battle should be fought?" "
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Guanzhong, Mr. Jialiang, you two are very resourceful. You should share our worries for the King of Heaven and me."
Xu Guanzhong and Wu Yong looked at each other, Xu Guanzhong stretched out his hand in greeting, Wu Yong nodded, stood up and said: "These days, Xiaosheng was in Erlong Mountain, watching Coach Lin and others train soldiers and horses. Although they were not successful, they were better than the officials. There are countless armies. With such strength, are you afraid of three or six routes? If the soldiers come to block it, and the water comes and the earth covers it, it will naturally be no problem."
Xu Guanzhong continued: "What Brother Wu said is true. However, I have a humble opinion. He has three groups of soldiers coming, each one in different directions. We might as well seize the right opportunity and attack one group first, and the other two groups. We will be frightened first, and then be too slow." It’s never too late to manipulate him.”
Wu Yong clapped his hands and said: "Brother Xu, what you see is extraordinary. If you put it this way, then Guan Sheng has a large number of people, Gao Lian also has many soldiers and generals, but Li Chengyi's army from Daming Prefecture is the closest, with the smallest number, and also has a great reputation. The border troops are here to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "There are two people who are planning and planning. Those officers and soldiers, I regard them as nothing."
He stood up and said: "King of Heaven, come and sit in Liangshan to resist the armies of the two armies. Wu will lead thousands of people to defeat the Daming Mansion army first and steal his spirit!"
Chao Gai said: "Liangshan has favorable terrain and natural dangers, so we are not afraid of him coming to attack. But when Brother Wu goes on an expedition, he must bring more capable brothers with him!"
Cao Cao looked around: "I'm waiting for this trip to be a surprise attack. Heavy cavalry and heavy armor are hard to use, so I'll ask Yang Zhishi and General Hua to take the thousands of trained flying cavalry out into battle. Then I'll ask Xiang Chong, Two brothers, Li Gun, accompanied them with 500 card players. In addition, they brought 3,000 foot soldiers who were good at walking and capable of fighting. Five brothers, Xu Guanzhong, Shi Wengong, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and Zhou Tong, assisted. Yang Gu also took a few more brothers to help. , it will be enough to fight the enemy."
He had previously asked Xiang and Li to practice 1,500 poker players, but now it had only been more than two months, and the two of them had only trained 500 players.
Lu Junyi shouted: "My dear brother, how can I leave my little brother behind?"
Cao Cao comforted him: "You are a member of the Daming Palace, so you may not really have given up your property? Otherwise, how could you meet the generals of the Daming Palace? Don't worry, Brother Yu will be gone for half a month or ten days. There are countless heroes on Liangshan." , they are all cheerful people with a bold heart, and my dear brother just happens to get close to everyone."
When Lu Junyi saw this, he gave up.
Cao Cao's troops were very fast and he led his troops down Liangshan the next day. He ordered Lu Fang to go ahead on Pegasus and go to Yanggu to meet up with Li Kui, Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi and Han Polong.
After two days of marching, Li Kui and others arrived. Cao Cao said: "Guanzhong, you are from Daming Prefecture, and Yang Zhishi also lived here. You two will lead a team of troops to scout out the movements of his troops and horses. I will go all the way." Walk slowly and wait for the reward."
At that moment, Xu Guanzhong and Yang Zhi led a hundred people.
Cao Cao walked slowly for two days. Xu and Yang returned and said with a smile: "Brother Haojiao learned that the five thousand troops of Daming Prefecture only went down to the stronghold at Feihu Valley, thirty-five miles outside the city. They said it was because of the cold weather. In February, we will go on another expedition."
After hearing this, Cao Cao sneered and said: "This guy is rude. February is still ten days away. Do you want me to wait for him? Well, the Daming Mansion is already in front of you, so I just broke the city and shocked everyone."
At that moment, Xu Guanzhong was asked to draw the surrounding terrain in detail, observe it for a long time, and decide on a plan to defeat the enemy. He ordered his troops to go out of Feihu Valley to defeat the "King of Heaven" Li Cheng first, and then attack Daming Mansion.
But Li Cheng was drinking and watching a dance in his tent that day when he suddenly heard a report from the primary school, saying that there were more than a thousand bandits from Liangshan who were coming to Daming Mansion to kill them, and they were only ten miles away from the Feihuyu camp.
After hearing this, Li Cheng was so angry that he threw the cup down and said angrily: "No, these guys are so rude. I was just about to send troops to beat him, but he came to the door first? Don't you know the name of my 'Heavenly King' Li Cheng?"
Suo Chao in the tent said with a smile: "General, why should I be angry? I just killed the culprit here and reported it to the capital. I saved myself from traveling back and forth. Isn't it a credit to having him delivered to my door?"
When Li Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "What Pioneer said is indeed reasonable!"
So while he sent people back to the city to inform Liang Zhongshu, the remaining prime minister of Daming Mansion, he ordered all five thousand troops and horses to march out of the city to destroy the grass bandits.
The army marched forward for seven or eight miles and collided with the Liangshan Army. Both sides were startled and formed their respective formations. Li Cheng stepped out to observe the formation. After a few glances, he couldn't help laughing.
Suo Chao asked: "Why is the general laughing?"
Li Cheng pointed at the Liangshan formation and said: "Look at the hay bandits, they are so famous! They attacked Jiangzhou and then Xuzhou. Hu Yanzhuo, a descendant of the Huyan family, went to suppress them and was defeated by him. I think they have After seeing the earth-shattering methods, I realize now that the soldiers from the two states are useless, the Huyan family has no successors, and the formation is not neat, yet they dare to come to my Daming Mansion to ask for wildfire!"
The judge heard that Li Cheng was so arrogant, not because he was ignorant, but because Damingfu was the most famous city in Hebei, just like Beijing. If the Liao people went south, it would have to resist the attack, so the generals in the city were brave. Soldiers are also good at fighting. The so-called arrogant and powerful generals are naturally arrogant.
Another thing is that Li Cheng was just a military supervisor. As mentioned in the previous article, the position of military supervisor in the Song Dynasty had a very wide range of ranks. Li Cheng was the military supervisor of the Beijing camp, a serious and high-ranking official. Military generals are not the same thing as the governors of state capitals such as Shi Xiu and Mu Hong.
Seeing Li Cheng despising Liangshan, Suo Chao couldn't help but laugh and said: "Not to mention the general, even I was wondering after looking at these people. Look at these people, they are wearing all kinds of clothes and standing crookedly. Could it be that they have eaten mad dog meat and become hairy?" Are you crazy? How else would you dare to come here to seek death?"
When the two of them said this, the generals around them burst into laughter.
While he was laughing, he saw a general rushing out of the army formation on the opposite side.
How do you know he is a general?
But seeing this person:
Under the crotch is a green-maned thousand-mile horse, with a two-foot-long green sunken spear in its palm. It is wearing black lacquer armor with mountain patterns along the water, a black iron helmet with red tassels and phoenix wings on its head, a war robe lined with Tuanhua palace brocade, and a gold swallowing mouthpiece. The sword was born with a majestic and unparalleled body, and grew into a majestic overlord's face. His eyes were like lightning, and his command was like thunder. He shouted loudly——
"Hey! Do you, these unknown generals, recognize the 'Pretty Man' of Shandong and the 'Little Overlord' of Liangshan, Mr. Zhou Tongzhou? If you don't recognize them, you are ignorant. If you do, please kneel down and accept your surrender. You still need to learn from me." Uncle Zhou’s magic gun?”
"Heavenly King" Li Cheng took a breath of cold air and whispered to the generals: "There may not be experts in the wilderness. This man named Zhou has a majestic figure and amazing words. I am afraid he is a ruthless person. We cannot underestimate him."
There is a branch of teaching: the first move is strong, and the second is disaster, the overlord's pressure is the king's madness. A handsome man from Shandong has a three-inch tongue as long as two spears.
