Wen Da turned around in embarrassment and saw Liang Zhongshu's almost distorted face.
He pondered slightly, sighed helplessly, raised his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"
Cao Cao laughed in a low voice and couldn't help but stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Tong on the shoulder: "How can Wu be so virtuous? I have such a great talent like you to help me!"
Hua Rong also burst into laughter, waved his hand and loudly ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
Shooting straight and throwing, hundreds of sharp arrows flew out together.
The dense arrow feathers were mixed with sharp whistling, and more ferocious javelins were thrown out at the same time.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun's 500 card players also came with Lu Fang, while the other more than 2,000 infantry troops were taken elsewhere by Xu Guanzhong.
If it was a field battle, based on Wenda's experience, he knew that the opponent was good at shooting, so he would widen the distance between the formations early on.
But at this moment, we are in the city, and the width of the road is limited. Once they charge, people will be crowded together. This maximizes the damage caused by Liangshan Army's attack. Many officers and soldiers were shot into hedgehogs by arrows in an instant, and even more The most terrifying thing is the javelin. Once dropped, it can even penetrate the bodies of two or three people.
Wen Da's subordinates could not reach more than ten feet before they completely collapsed.
On the long street, corpses were piled on the ground, and the blood even merged into a stream, gurgling along the grooves that drained rain on both sides of the street.
The general who was lucky enough to survive fled to the military camp desperately, even killing Pao Ze who was blocking him in front.
Wen Da was stunned and was forcibly taken back to the camp by several loyal generals.
As the gate closed, the injured but not dead officers and soldiers outside let out desperate cries, making the morale of the remaining soldiers in the village even lower.
As for Liang Zhongshu, he disappeared from the wall as early as the first moment Hua Rong ordered the arrow to be released.
Hua Rong raised his hand, and the flying cavalry lowered their bows with excitement on their faces.
Hua Rong looked at Cao Cao and said, "Brother Wu, the enemy's morale has declined. If we want to attack and destroy this stronghold, it will be easy."
Xiang Chong and Li Gun rushed over and said, "Brother, Brother Hua is a cavalryman. If you want to attack the stronghold, you should use our card players."
Li Kui jumped on his feet and said: "Brother, they have made enough contributions. Let me attack this village, and let the big man be my deputy."
Yubao said with great joy: "Brother Tieniu is really extravagant. With two and three axes, I was able to chop him apart in one go."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said in a low voice: "The enemy chieftain is frightened by the sharp front! So far, it is a great victory. This stronghold is so broken. How could he kill all the 20,000 troops outside the city? After all, this famous mansion is still alive. We are responsible for the defense of the Liao Kingdom. Forget it, Brother Hua, you bring a thousand flying cavalry and bluff here. After two hours of support, retreat to the city gate, where I will take care of you. The rest of you will follow me to help the military advisor."
Xu Guanzhong received Cao Cao's order and picked up more than 2,000 people. Where did he go?
Daming Mansion Treasury.
Daming Mansion is the most famous city in Hebei Province. The treasury is full of soldiers and armor, and there are mountains of food and grass. Xu Guanzhong collected more than 300 carts, but they were only half full. When Cao Cao arrived, he was anxious and sent people one after another. Go collect more cars - it's not free, the wealth in the treasury can be used to pay for the car fare.
Cao Cao looked at it and said softly: "You can't do everything in life. These big cars are enough. If there are more, it will become a burden."
Xu Guanzhong suddenly woke up after hearing this, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the advice, brother. Greeding for more than you can get, and not donating too little or too little, will definitely lead to disaster. In this case, I will call the troops back and leave now."
Li Kui looked at the things that couldn't be moved out of the warehouse and said reluctantly: "With so many good things, are there any left for him? They will all be burned."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Burning it will only mean that the court will collect from the people again, so why not leave him alone? In this battle, we have seen the combat power of the frontier army. Haha, this Daming Mansion, even if I don't Zhan, when can't I come and get it? There is no difference between it in his house and in my treasury. I just let him guard it for me first."
After saying these words, everyone laughed and praised: "Brother is so bold."
At that moment, everyone was summoned, and the three hundred or so carts were escorted out of Daming Mansion.
When they arrived at the city gate, Cao Cao summoned several brothers and gave instructions: "Next, brother Guanzhong will take the lead, and brother Zhou Tong will assist him. He will lead the people to escort the valuables and go to Feihu Valley to join Yang Zhi. The captured officers and soldiers are all except Suo Chao must be taken away, and others who are willing to surrender will be taken away. Those who are unwilling to surrender will not be harmed and will be tied up in the camp. Then there is no need to stay, and we will rush back to Liangshan overnight. Valley, go to the northern foot of Liangshan Bo, where I have a fishing village. I asked them to row to Liangshan to report and mobilize ships to carry them. Five hundred flying cavalry brothers were put in charge of Yang Zhi, and they carefully scouted for thirty miles in front and back of the road. There must be no lose."
Xu Guanzhong knew that he was afraid that Guan Shengbing would arrive and bump into someone's mouth. He nodded and asked, "Brother, will you stay here to take care of Hua Rong?"
Cao Cao said: "Hua Rong is only one of them. Our expedition was a complete victory. However, he still has 20,000 strong soldiers in the city. How can we let go? I expected that he would have pursuers. I picked up Hua Rong and him. One thousand flying cavalry, and five hundred card players from Xiang Chong and Li Gun, as well as brothers Shi Wengong, Li Kui, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi, and Han Polong, will be able to defeat him one more time without worries. .”
Xu Guanzhong said: "In this case, it is best to ask my elder brother to leave first and my younger brother to stay here to support us."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Brother, I know your thoughts, but I have to wait for many fierce battles to be fought in the future. Am I going to sit in the middle of the army and only watch my brothers work hard? Relax, I will secretly fight him in this battle." Ming, it’s hard to lose even if you want to.”
Xu Guanzhong had nothing to say after hearing this, so he could only say: "In that case, brothers, please take care of yourself!" He then led the troops and escorted the carriage.
Cao Cao, with a few brothers and a group of poker players, waited at the city gate until it got dark. Hua Rong arrived with a thousand flying cavalry and reported: "Wen Da clashed three times and five times, but they were all shot back by random arrows. They are still here today." In the camp.”
Cao Cao said: "I think his troops and horses in the outer camp will come to help soon. This is not a place to talk, so come with me."
He defeated Li Cheng before, and killed another 500 horse troops along the way, and captured a lot of horses, which were distributed to the players first. Therefore, he had 1,500 people here, everyone had a horse, and they could go at will, very quickly.
Walking until twenty miles away, there were many corpses piled up on the roadside. It was the 500-horse army that was destroyed when they came. Cao Cao looked at the slopes on both sides and said with a smile: "This is where it is, brothers, like this, like this, like this." .”
But in the city, Zhang Xiaoyi and Wang Xiaobing, holding Wenda badges, sneaked out of the barracks from behind, and carefully sneaked out of the city. They didn't have any horses to ride on, so they all relied on their legs to fly. They arrived at a barracks. When I found the guard general and said this, the guard frowned and said: "There is no general seal and no official document. I heard that although the governor is a superior officer, he directly mobilizes the army with his waist card. I'm afraid it is against the rules."
Zhang Xiaoyi and Wang Xiaobing were somewhat clever. Hearing this, they sneered and said: "Since you don't want to go, let's borrow a horse and we will go to another camp to ask for help. It is indeed against the rules to mobilize troops with waist cards. My husband and I will stay behind." The supervisor will definitely praise him greatly, General Dao has the style of a thin willow."
When the general heard the words, he softened half of his words and said with a forced smile: "Although the rules must be observed, it depends on when. Now that the adults are in danger, what nonsense rules are there! You two, go to other camps on horseback. I will order my own troops here first. Set off."
So we ordered some troops for more than an hour... In short, when the four battalions of soldiers and horses arrived at Daming Mansion, it was already night. Liang Zhongshu heard that the treasury was robbed, and he was furious and ordered 10,000 people to stay to guard the city. Wen Da led 3,000 from his headquarters The remaining soldiers and 10,000 fresh troops set out to pursue them overnight.
Wen Da hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, it's not that the general is timid, it's just that our army has suffered a new defeat and its morale has not recovered. If we pursue at night, if we are ambushed, it will be unthinkable. It is better to wait for dawn before pursuing again."
Liang Zhongshu said angrily: "All affairs of the country have been defeated by people like you. Are we going to pursue you again at dawn? At dawn, the hay bandits have gone to the edge of the sky! What about ambush? They beat you several times and you can't get out of the camp. If you are A bandit, would he take such incompetent generals seriously? He is so proud now that he must have figured out that you dare not pursue him. Why do I teach you to chase him? It is because he has understood the thoughts of the bandits. This is the "virtual principle" of the art of war. What is real, what is real is what is imaginary, how do you understand the mystery of it?"
"As for morale, tell the general that if you chop off a thief's head, I will reward you with a hundred guan. I will never withhold it! Half of the looted property will be put into the treasury, and the other half will belong to the general. Do you see if they have morale? ! Trash, you still need me to teach you such simple principles!"
After spitting and talking for a long time, Wen Da wiped his face, sighed silently, clasped his fists and smiled bitterly: "General, I will obey your order!"
There are different teachings: It is ridiculous that the Song army has little combat power, and the Xianggong talks about military affairs on paper. A dog is no better than a gatekeeper, and a pig is no better than a pig in governing the people.
