On September 24, Cao Cao personally led the army and fought out from the Taiyue Mountains, just like a tiger emerging from the cage. In one day, he attacked Pingyao and Qixian cities, shaking the middle of Shanxi Province.
Cao Cao asked the Qi County garrison to examine him carefully. He learned that Tian Hu led an army of 100,000 men and was about to besiege Taiyuan. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Since he has not gone to Taiyuan, he will be defeated by me."
At that moment, he summoned all the generals and said, "Soldiers need to be quick. Don't wait until Tian Hu knows that our army has arrived. Tomorrow, the army will march directly to Taigu County, and then go north to block Tian Hu's return. We just have to prevent him from escaping by the Fen River. We need to send another partial force to the northwest to attack Qingyuan County. Which brother are you waiting for who is willing to go?"
When all the generals heard this, they all scrambled to be the first. Li Kui was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and shouted: "Don't fight. How many achievements have you made by following your brother in the north and south? Niu Gao and I are the only ones here. This achievement can't be achieved." It has to be both of us.”
Niu Gao helped: "Yes, we and I will lead the army and attack this bird city to dedicate it to my brother."
Cao Cao hesitated slightly after hearing this, and thought to himself: These two are a bit reckless, and they don't know the way. If they can't succeed in time, they will inevitably miss my big event.
At this time, Niu Wenzhong saw his worries and stood up quickly and said attentively: "Brother, are you worried that the two brothers don't know geography? If so, you might as well let Yu Yulin be a deputy general. He is a local ghost here. He can help you." , it must be foolproof.”
This was what Cao Cao wanted. After hearing this, Cao Cao nodded repeatedly and said happily: "Brother Wenzhong's plan will solve my worries! That's all, I will let Brother Yu go with him." He immediately ordered three thousand people and handed them over to the three commanders. .
The next day, both armies came out. As expected, "General Xiong Wei" Yu Yulin was familiar with the road. After walking on the road for a while, he led Li Kui and Niu Gao into the forest and took a shortcut. There were dense trees in the forest and the road But he was quite good at it. When the sun set at dusk, he had arrived in the Qingyuan territory. He could only hear the sound of rumbling water, like bursts of muffled thunder. Li Kui screamed strangely: "What a loud sound of water, it must be the sound of water." What kind of bird is Fenshui?"
Why was Cao Cao eager to attack this city? It is precisely because the Fen River flows from north to south, passes through Taiyuan, reaches Qingyuan, and then flows south again. You must know that the Fen River is the largest water system in Shanxi, and its flow is quite turbulent. If it cannot be controlled first, Tian Hu can easily escape from the water and meet up with Tian Bao, and then there will inevitably be complications.
Li Kui looked out of the forest and saw that there was indeed a huge stream of water. Although it was not as majestic as the Yangtze River, nor as turbulent as the Yellow River, it still had its own extraordinary atmosphere as the white waves rushed out and rushed bravely through the high and low mountains and forests.
But what surprised him even more than the water was that there was a long team by the water, slowly heading north along the Fen River. If he looked closely, he saw many fierce generals, escorting tens of thousands of men and women. They marched in series with long ropes. Anyone who walked slower would be beaten hard with guns and whips. If anyone resisted, they would be killed immediately. As the team marched, the people's cries shook the ground.
When Li Kui saw this, he was furious and said, "Ah, I have heard my mother talk about it since I was a child. Only now do I really see it. It turns out that a dog from Liao Dynasty is looking like a bird when it hits grass and grain."
Niu Gao also got angry and said: "Is the Liao dog coming? It's time for me to use my mace to make a profit."
Yu Yulin was shocked when he heard this. He immediately stopped the team and rushed to the front to take a look. When he saw the unfamiliar uniforms of the generals, he couldn't laugh or cry. He quickly explained: "Two eldest brothers, wait a minute. We are still three hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass. Where can we go?" Liao dogs coming? These are Tian Hu’s subordinates."
Li Kui asked curiously: "But he is a bird monster. Although Tian Hu rebels, he is usually a Han. What is the use of arresting these common people now?"
Niu Gao guessed: "Is it because Taiyuan is difficult to defeat, so he captured these people and rushed to the city to use them to consume the strength of the defenders?"
When Li Kui heard this, his strange eyes widened and he screamed strangely: "This Tian Hu behaves like this, so vicious. If I don't chop off his bird's head, I won't be sorry for these two bird axes!"
He was about to rush out to fight, but was grabbed by Yu Yulin: "Brother Tieniu, we only have three thousand people. He can only see six or seven thousand people. There must be more in front and behind. If we were defeated, it would be okay if we lost our lives, but wouldn’t it be bad if we missed my brother’s big event?”
Niu Gao took the opportunity and joked: "Brother Yu's words are true. Brother Tieniu is also reckless. At this time, we can't just rely on bravery, but also use a strategy to show that our brothers are both civil and military."
Li Kui frowned and said: "Logically speaking, you and I can both write good poems, so we can be said to be both civil and military experts, but when it comes to strategy, I am still inferior. Do you have any clever ideas now?"
Niu Gao said proudly: "I have followed Brother Wu to fight many times, but I have gained nothing. Now the only thing I fear is that we are outnumbered and outnumbered. If I am outnumbered and outnumbered, what else is there to fear?"
Li Kui laughed after hearing this and said: "What a clever plan. I am outnumbered, so they are the ones to be afraid of!"
The two of them sang in harmony, and Yu Yulin was dumbfounded. What a clever plan? Brother Niu finally arranged for me to come here because he wanted me to make some contributions so that I could establish myself under Wu Mengde's command, but he didn't ask me to die.
He couldn't help but cough, and Dong asked: "Two elder brothers, please forgive my younger brother's stupidity. I can't wait for these three thousand people, how can I become the enemy with the enemy outnumbered?"
Niu Gao said with a lively voice: "I don't blame you for not knowing. After all, not everyone has the talent of me and Brother Tieniu. Otherwise, how could Immortal Bao only accept the two of me as his disciples? Listen to me, I will be equally divided For the third team, they fought like this, shouted like this, and supported like this..."
He told the whole story about his plan, and Yu Yulin became more and more shocked as he listened - it sounded like a decent plan! I just thought to myself, Wu Mengde's men are really hiding dragons and crouching tigers. These two reckless men can actually come up with such a plan. If they are other powerful ones, why can't they fly into the sky and escape?
Let us also say that these bandit troops in the middle of Jin are all under the command of the puppet commander Zhang Xiong. They are under the command of General Tian Hu and plunder the nearby people to build dams and mountains in order to force the Fen River to flow back into Taiyuan.
His army set out early, and they didn't even know Tian Hu was defeated. They worked hard to capture the people in the city, and were about to take them to Gaobu, which they had been promising earlier, to start construction.
The large group of people were walking when suddenly a big black man rushed out of the forest path nearby. This big man didn't care about the cool autumn. He had already stripped naked from top to bottom. He only wore a pair of armor to cover his heart and a pair of cheeks that were as good as a steel needle and an iron broom. Bearded, holding a huge ax in each hand, he shouted: "How dare the bandits under Tian Hu bully the people? Brothers of the scout team, follow me!"
While roaring, he ran away wildly. Behind him, more than a hundred elite soldiers shot out from the forest, shouting in unison: "Brothers of the scout team, kill the thieves and save the people."
While he was talking, Li Kui rushed forward and slashed horizontally and vertically with two big axes, causing a bloody storm.
Several bandit soldiers in Jinzhong, including Dutou and Yajiang, saw that Li Kui had few people, so they immediately ordered their troops to surround him.
Li Kui was overjoyed when he saw it. He grinned and said: "Good men, good men, should fight like this. Whoever escapes first will lose his asshole." He shouted and rolled up his axes in his hands. In the strong wind, the price at the head of the queue was cut off, and more than a hundred Song troops behind him followed him closely to fight, rushing left and right, killing several groups of thieves in an instant.
One of the thieves, the commander named Xiang Zhong, received word from his subordinates and hurriedly led dozens of soldiers to fly over. They saw Li Kui killing the thieves like he was chopping melons and vegetables. How could he be allowed to be so arrogant? He immediately shouted: "You black guy, stop being so crazy. Do you recognize General Xiang Zhong?"
After saying this, he grabbed the horse's belly, and the war horse Herod rushed forward. Xiang Zhong straightened his back on the horse, holding the snake spear and getting ready to go.
When fighting on foot against a horse, what matters is dodge, maneuver, and skill. Li Kui has rich experience in this area, so he is naturally not afraid of him. However, at this time, Niu Gao's previous warning rang in his ears: "Brother Tieniu, the key to this battle is As for you, you are the first one to go up and fight, and you must show off your power and strike fear into the hearts of others. Only then will this plan succeed."
That’s it! Let's see Tieniu show his majesty!
Li Kui set his heart straight, stood firmly on the ground with his feet, slightly bent his legs, arched his waist, and his eight-foot-long body was like an old bear standing upright. He did not hide or give way, his eyes were tight. Staring closely at the incoming general, an evil aura was rising from his body.
Xiang Zhong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that he didn't dodge. He thought to himself where did this stuff come from? Even if you are an iron-clad King Kong, you can't even think of stopping a galloping horse! When he saw someone approaching, he gave a sharp shout, and with the strength of his galloping horse, he thrust out the snake spear in his hand.
What a black whirlwind! Seeing him stabbing with the snake spear, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, his left leg suddenly took half a step away, and the ax in his left hand was raised, but with a loud clang, his snake spear had been knocked away long ago, and the big ax in his right hand was carried by the crook of his right leg. Then he walked, rolled down just one step, and with a puff, he cut off half of the horse's left front leg!
At this time, if he gave way, the horse would fall down, and the enemy would be knocked unconscious if not dead. However, Li Kui was determined to "show his majesty", and Mu Ran let out a tiger roar, stamped his feet fiercely, and twisted his waist. Turning the wrists - He was originally in a half-crouched position beside the horse, with half of his body under the horse's belly. This time he stretched his legs and twisted his waist. He lifted his strength from the ground, flipped the two axes, and lifted them wildly from the bottom up. When he came up, the horse followed his axe, but saw a burst of blood. The galloping horse was actually split into three pieces in the air, and the hot horse blood exploded in all directions.
His move was so wonderful that if he were even half a step slower, his body would be carried by the horse's hind legs, and injuries would be inevitable. If he had less strength or a smaller axe, it would be impossible to cut a war horse into three pieces. cut.
The ax in his left hand struck from the base of the front leg and struck out from the horse's back. The ax in his right hand struck from the edge of the hind leg and struck out from the buttocks. The horse's body in the middle was lifted half a foot high by his huge force, and a person sitting on it was intact. The unharmed Xiang Zhong was dumbfounded, as if he were a fool.
Plop!
The horse's body landed on the ground, and Xiang Zhong sat on the saddle blankly, looking at Li Kui, his body trembling as if he had seen a ghost.
Even with Li Kui's strange strength, he felt that all the energy in his body was gone when he used this axe. Fortunately, all the enemy soldiers and generals were shocked and stared at him blankly.
Li Kui took a few quick breaths, then calmed his breathing a little, then swung the ax lightly, and with a click, he cut off Xiang Zhong's head.
From the beginning to the end, Xiang Zhong showed no intention of resisting, dodging or struggling. He was like a lamb under the claws of a tiger, just waiting to die.
Li Kui's ax killed not only a horse, but also the soul of Xiang Zhong and the courage of more than a thousand enemy troops around him.
Li Kui beheaded Xiang Zhong. He felt his arms were bulging and sore. He had to resist the urge to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Xiang Zhong. He looked across with a pair of fierce eyes. Wherever he glanced, the thieves fell to their knees.
At this time, the palace commander Zhang Xiong was in front, and the other commander-in-chief Xu Yue was behind. They each heard the report. They heard that a group of Song army scouts came out and killed Xiang Zhong. More than a thousand people surrendered. They were all shocked, regardless of the bound The common people each led the troops in front and behind to kill the coming troops from both sides.
When Li Kui saw the troops and horses arriving from behind and behind him, his arms were tired and unable to move, and he couldn't help but groan secretly. At this time, Yu Yulin's horse came out of the forest, followed by nearly two thousand people, and shouted in unison: "The vanguard army has arrived. The Chinese army brigade will arrive shortly!"
Li Kui took the opportunity to shout: "Those who surrender will be spared the death penalty and throw away their weapons. Those who refuse to surrender will suffer the consequences of Grandpa's ten thousand axes!" Those soldiers and people who surrendered all fled to the river to hide. When Zhang Xiong saw his troops After the battle, Jiang Jun remained obedient, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
However, there was no hesitation at this time. He and Xu Yue were fighting from both sides. In the middle, Yu Yulin gritted his teeth and fought to the death with his gun. Zhang Xiong shouted: "General Xiong Wei, you actually surrendered to the dog court. You are a traitor. I will kill you." Kill him."
Yu Yulin replied: "My master, General Wu Jiedu, came with 80,000 soldiers and horses to kill him. You are already a ghost waiting to die. Why are you so boastful?"
Having said that, he raised his gun to fight Zhang Xiong. He was one of the four mighty generals under Iron Dragonfly. Although he was no match for masters such as Lu Junyi and Du Bo, he was not timid at all against Zhang Xiong. The two guns went back and forth. , but it is also true that he has met his opponent.
After fighting for a while, the Song army was outnumbered and gradually lost. Li Kui was so anxious that he looked back and saw that the surrendering troops were secretly winking at each other. It was obvious that if the battle situation was unfavorable, they would raise their knives and blend into the battle group, and no surrender would occur.
Li Kui secretly complained: Although I made a powerful killing, it seems that I killed a little too early. The enemy's troops did not see my powerful force. Should I kill another powerful person?
At this moment, there was a loud shout in the forest, and the trees shook one after another. It seemed that there were thousands of troops and horses in it, but more than a thousand people inside were heard shouting in unison: "Brothers, vanguard, don't panic, the main force of the Chinese army has arrived. .”
The bandits in Jinzhong were shocked when they heard this. Zhang Xiong shouted: "The officers and soldiers have arrived, I'll leave as soon as possible!" He waved his gun and swung Yu Yulin's sword away, then rode away.
At this time, Niu Gao led thousands of people to fight out and shouted: "Thieves, don't leave. A certain family is the leader of the five tiger generals in front of the emperor. Black Wind Tiger Niu Gao is the one. Quickly take your dog's head and exchange it for him." It’s all thanks to the master.”
When Zhang Xiong heard the title "First of the Five Tiger Generals", he was even more frightened and walked faster and faster. Unexpectedly, Li Kui carrying an ax sneaked up near him. Seeing that he was about to run away, he gritted his teeth to hold back the soreness. With a weak arm, he threw the ax away, and the ax flew out with a whine, but it was short of force and only cut into the horse's butt. The horse jumped in pain. Zhang Xiong was caught off guard and was thrown off the horse. Just as he got up, Niu Gao Yima arrived early, picked up a mace, and beat his head into a rotten persimmon.
Niu Gao saw Zhang Xiong's bright armor and recognized that he must be a general. He chuckled and said, "This feat is due to the joint efforts of me and Brother Tieniu. Without your axe, it would have taken at least two or three combinations for me to defeat this man." .”
Seeing that Xu Yue had defeated his general, he was frightened and was about to leave. Yu Yulin urged his horse to stop him and waved a spear vigorously to block it. Niu Gao swung his mace and killed several thieves. When he saw Xu Yue, he said, "Ha" With a sound, he pounced on his horse: "Brother Yu, this thief general is not bad at martial arts. Let's wait for Niu to kill him together!"
Xu Yue's martial arts skills were only ordinary. When he heard this, he panicked and Yu Yulin took the opportunity to stab him in the lower abdomen. Niu Gao came up from behind and took the opportunity to hit the armor on his back to pieces. He spurted blood from his mouth and fell off his horse to death. .
Niu Gao smacked his lips and said with intention, "Brother Yu and I share half of the credit for this," but after all, he was not familiar with the other party and could not afford to be shameless for the time being. He opened his mouth and finally said bitterly: "I don't count it this time. The credit for this guy still belongs to you, brother Yu."
Although Yu Yulin was nicknamed "General Xiong Wei", he was not stupid in his mind. He quickly smiled and said: "What did Brother Niu say? If it weren't for your trick, this guy would have escaped with injuries. Bao Qingtian would have been reborn to solve the case. You will also want to cut off half of the credit from me and my family."
Niu Gao was overjoyed and joined forces with Yu Yulin. They killed and dispersed the Jin army and captured more than 3,000 enemy soldiers, while most of the rest fled.
After the battle, Li Kui ordered the people to be released. The people helped the old and the young and knelt down to thank them. How could Li Kui endure this? Like a bee in his arms, he jumped up in shock and moved his hands wildly: "Get up, you have an old man here, aren't you trying to break my longevity grass? You are not allowed to kneel."
Immediately, everyone gathered up and asked the people and the surrendered troops respectively. Only then did they learn that Tian Hu actually wanted to flood Taiyuan City. Niu Gao was shocked and said: "This traitor has a vicious plan, which is even more powerful than the plan I have today. But I have to go quickly to repay my brother."
Yu Yulin wondered: "Brother, didn't you ask us to guard Fenshui? The water here is the narrowest and easiest to guard."
The three of them were in trouble, and the common people suddenly said: "Three generals, we have all suffered from being tricked by Tian Hu recently, and we were rescued by the generals, so naturally we should do our best. If we are afraid of that guy escaping, we will cut down the wood." Block the river, and then seal the river channel tightly with iron ropes and nails. No matter how many boats he comes, they can't cross."
Li Kui was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately called out the surrender troops to help, and the common people helped with all their strength. They drove all night. When dawn came, they found that the river had been blocked for three or four miles.
Li Kui laughed and said: "Since the river is sealed, I will quickly go to Taiyuan City to meet my brother. Maybe I will arrive first."
There are different teachings: Niu Gao makes great achievements by planning, and Li Kui kills to show his majesty. The Qingyuan father was so grateful that he sealed the Fen River overnight.
The two in one are issued together.
(End of chapter)
