Cao Cao slept in the tent, always thinking about Niu Gao. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he simply put on his clothes, carried a short ax, and patrolled the village at night.
When he arrived in front of the stronghold, he suddenly saw fire in the direction of Changzhou. He knew that something must have happened, so he quickly sent someone to wake up the brothers and sent an order: "If there is a fire in Changzhou, it must be something done by that guy Niu Gao. Brother Ma Ling, You should ask Shen Xingfa to go and visit the four brothers Han Wu, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, and Tang Bin. You can lead the cavalry to follow them. The other brothers will follow you as brothers. Lead the whole army and then kill them. to!"
After the military order was given, everyone followed it. Ma Ling took out the hot wheel first, carried out the magic method, and flew away.
His method can travel thousands of miles in a day, and it only takes a stick of incense to reach a distance of only ten miles.
When they arrived at the city gate, they saw the city gate open from a distance. Niu Gao and an unknown general dismounted their horses, waved their maces and swords, and stood guard in the city gate hole.
Inside and outside the gate, hundreds of thieves, led by a few small army leaders, attacked repeatedly like a tide, killing Niu Gao and Niu Gao so much that they were about to be driven out of the city. The situation was very critical.
Ma Ling shouted: "Brother Niugao, don't panic, Ma Ling is here!"
What a magic horse, he pushed the fire wheel, and two flames rolled up close to the ground. With a "buzz", he jumped into the crowd.
But when I saw the demonic eye on his forehead opened, its light was bright, and wherever he looked, the arrows avoided him. A piece of gold brick was lifted up and flew around him, knocking over the thieves. The square-shaped painted halberd in his hand He slashed horizontally and slashed, killing in all directions, and went straight out of the doorway, as if entering a deserted place.
Jin Jie was stunned and exclaimed: "I didn't expect there to be such an expert among the officers and soldiers!"
Niu Gao was also shocked, but he didn't show it on his face. He took the opportunity to boast: "In our army, there are like clouds of fierce generals, just like my brother Ma, who has a lot of strength in his carriage."
Ma Ling knew that he always liked to talk nonsense, so he was not angry. He laughed and said, "Xiao Niu'er, if your martial arts are as good as this talker, why do you need me to rescue you?"
He kept making fun of them and kept his hands on them. The thieves who came to snatch the door were all elite thieves, but he killed them all by himself. There were more than a hundred corpses on the ground, and most of them had their heads damaged. They were all beaten to death by gold bricks.
The rest were so frightened that they lost their souls, shouting "The demon is coming, the demon is coming" and ran for their lives.
If we talk about Ma Ling's abilities, he is best at conflict and chaos.
Probably because he has the Demonic Eye Technique, which is hard to be hurt by arrows, and the Fire Wheel, which retreats like lightning. He also has a square halberd in his hand, and the Golden Brick Technique is even more difficult to defend against ghosts and gods! If there are no first-class brave generals to attack him together, or if a master of Taoism can break his technique, he will be almost invulnerable, and he can really be called the "King of Mowing Grass".
At this time, the four generals Han Shizhong arrived with five or six hundred cavalry. Seeing that the city gate had been captured, they did not wait for the rear troops to arrive. They each led more than a hundred people and went into the city separately.
Poor the thieves in the city, they all woke up from their dreams. They were all dizzy, and before they could form a formation, they were rushed by his cavalry and immediately collapsed. They cried for their fathers and mothers and rushed to escape first.
Those who were more alert opened other city gates and fled, while most of the others ran around like ants on a hot pot, and in the end either died or surrendered.
By the time Cao Cao arrived, Changzhou had already fallen into the hands of the Song army. The brothers each reported their merits, and Niu Gao also looked pleased with himself and attracted Jin Jie to see him.
Cao Cao was very happy when he saw that Niu Gao was fine. He stopped laughing and said, "Brother Niu Gao is indeed a lucky general! I will count you as the first to capture Changzhou today!"
After saying that, he looked at Jin Jie: "Who is this brother?"
Niu Gao hurriedly stepped forward and introduced the origin of Jin Jie, and explained in detail how Jin Jie saved him, how the two planned to kill Qian Zhenpeng, and how they fought for the door to defend him, and then told all the brothers. Introduce and get to know Jinjie.
Jin Jie bowed his head and said, "Jin Jie, the guilty general, pays homage to all the generals!"
Cao Cao quickly stretched out his hand to hold him, and laughed and said: "How can we accept the general's gift? If the general hadn't rescued him today, my brother Niugao would have been killed. You saved my brother's life, and beheaded the general to seize the gate and sacrifice the city. Afterwards, it’s my turn to pay homage to the general!”
Jin Jie saw that Lao Cao was extremely polite to his family. He was grateful and frightened at the same time. He kept saying, "Don't you dare? How can the Jin family be willing to be a thief since they have been living on Song Dynasty's salary for a long time? These days, they can only wait for the army to go south to put things right." , in order to atone for one’s sins.”
Cao Cao smiled and said: "The general's loyalty and righteousness are really admirable. We are the vanguard soldiers and horses. We will not stay here for long. We will only rest for one day tomorrow, and we will set off to attack Wuxi and Suzhou the day after. Changzhou is just right here. General Jin will lead the surrender troops to guard it, and I will report the general's merits. When the army arrives from behind, Privy Tong will be rewarded heavily."
Jin Jie was actually a little confused - everyone had just known their names. Logically speaking, this vanguard army should be led by Wu Song, the military commander of Gaotang Prefecture, Lu Junyi, the defense envoy of Laizhou, and Du Bo, the training envoy of the Qingzhou regiment. However, these three people honestly Standing aside, he completely let his deputy Li Dunzi make the decision.
Especially after the deputy general talked to him, he asked people to find paper and pen, and the pen was used to write a letter reporting the victory. He ordered the three generals to name each of them and use their seals, and sent them to Runzhou on Pegasus. , couldn’t help but become more shocked——
He was also a lieutenant general himself, and he had never heard of any lieutenant general in the world being so honorable. He thought to himself that this Li Dunzi could really be called the glory of a lieutenant general.
However, Jin Jie is the most aware of current affairs. Since it was Vice General Dunzi who made the decision, he treated him as the commander-in-chief and said respectfully: "Thank you General Li for the recommendation, but there is one more thing that I want the general to do. I want the general to make the decision. General Niu Gao has made an engagement with the last general’s wife and sister, I wonder if I can fix it tomorrow so that they can get married?”
After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Niu Gao, but when he saw his face twisted and his fat body twisted like a quail, he asked what the reason was for Jin Jie.
Jin Jie told the story of three people in the family dreaming about the black tiger. Cao Cao was surprised and praised: "Such a good relationship must be fulfilled."
So the next day, Cao Cao personally officiated the wedding for him. The government office was decorated with lights and decorations to serve as a new house. He selected a few eloquent men among his brothers to be the groomsmen, prepared several boxes of gifts, and married Qin Yulian. After leaving heaven and earth, he was sent back to the bridal chamber, achieving two good things.
Because it was a happy day, each of the five thousand soldiers under his command gave him a pot of wine and a pound of meat. The meat was cooked in large chunks, wrapped in red paper, and distributed to the troops. There was a sudden roar of joy.
Another day, the army set off.
Cao Cao took pity on Niu Gao's newlywed Yan Er, and wanted to keep him here to help Jin Jie defend the city, but Niu Gao refused to die, and Jin Jie also came to persuade him, so he had to comply with his wishes and set off with the army.
After walking for more than half a day, when we reached the border of Wuxi County, we scouted the horses ahead to report that they were a group of soldiers and horses coming from the east with green and white flags.
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Needless to say, Qian Zhenpeng must have asked for reinforcements before. The reinforcements sent by Fang Mao's fellow saw that they didn't even send a horse to explore. They must not have known that Changzhou was lost."
Lao Cao also had a general view, nodded and said: "What the scholar said is true, haha, if God doesn't take it, you will be blamed for it. Brothers, there is a big killing today, don't let him return it."
As he spoke, he took a look at the surrounding terrain, pointed and said with a smile: "I'll wait for this and this, this and this."
At that moment, they divided their forces. Lao Cao personally led four generals, Liu Tang, Li Kui, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng, and led a thousand troops to stop them. The remaining four thousand troops took a detour and prepared to act according to the plan.
But he said that the bandit soldiers were indeed the reinforcements sent by Fangmaang to Changzhou. The leader was Wei Zhong, the commander of the Sixth Army of the bandits. He led more than ten tooth generals and more than 10,000 troops under his command.
This group of thieves were very aggressive. They didn't see Cao Cao and others blocking the way until they got in front of them.
The thief general Wei Zhong was a steady man, and he was suddenly shocked: "Ah! How did the officers and soldiers get here? Could it be that Feizhou has been lost? If so, there is no use waiting for me to go. We will quickly return to Wuxi County to guard and report to the three kings. See him How to arrange it later.”
His strategy was to seek no merit first and seek no faults first. Logically speaking, it was the safest. However, he had a general who always prided himself on being a wise general. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but make a grand statement. He grabbed Wei Zhong and said, "Commander, wait a minute, this is definitely a scam!"
Wei Zhong asked curiously: "How can this be a fraud?"
The tooth general smiled, pointed at the Song army and said: "Don't the commander see that he only has a thousand troops? If we really go to Changzhou and the army comes in large numbers, how can we only have a thousand troops?"
Wei Zhong's eyes lit up and he said thoughtfully: "You mean-"
The general said proudly: "It must be that his officers and soldiers surrounded Changzhou and failed to conquer it. He was afraid that our army would send troops to help, so he specially separated this small group of troops and bluffed on the road. We didn't check anyone, thinking that Changzhou had been captured." What he places, he plans to sell, and he gets a lot of time.”
Wei Zhong looked astonished. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt. He immediately slapped his thigh and said angrily: "How dare you lie to me, the dog officers and soldiers? Sons and gentlemen, let me kill the officers and soldiers!"
The more than 10,000 people shouted in unison and did not form any formations. They just followed the general and killed them in a chaotic manner. The attack was based on the idea of using strength to overcome skill. They deliberately took advantage of the strength of their numbers to devour this group of officers and soldiers. .
When Cao Cao saw the thieves coming, he smiled lightly and ordered to fire arrows.
It turned out that Cao Cao had left a thousand soldiers, all of whom were archers. In an instant, they fired their bows and crossbows, and they had already shot down all the rebels.
This kind of fighting style would not be enough to win against the Liao Army, Jin Army, or even the more elite Song Army. However, although these thieves were large in number, their armor was scarce.
When Fang La first started his army, he only used the color of his turban to indicate his rank. There were no armors, bows and arrows in the army. It was not until he raided the Song army in several states that he captured a lot of ordnance.
However, the garrison in the south was originally small and the weapons were mostly outdated. Therefore, to this day, less than 30% of the troops wear armor, and most of them are leather armor, paper armor, and cloth armor. As for the few iron armors, only generals can wear them. Dress well.
Therefore, one shot of the crossbow caused great damage. Cao Cao ordered a thousand people to be divided into three rows in front and back, and fired them one after another. The arrows were continuous, and tens of thousands of thieves rushed to half of them. They had already shot down more than a thousand people, and the rest The person was so frightened that he slowed down his pace, wanting others to rush ahead. However, everyone had the same intention and actually stopped midway.
Cao Cao laughed when he saw this, drew his sword and shouted: "All the troops obeyed the order, shot every three steps, and rolled forward!"
These thousand archers were all trained in Qingzhou. After hearing the words, they all moved forward and walked three steps. The first row shot an arrow. Then they stopped to bend their bows and set their arrows. The next two rows went straight across and walked three steps. The second row shoots another arrow, the third row crosses the second row, takes three steps, and shoots another arrow. This is when the first row catches up, crosses the third row and moves forward... This goes around and over, shooting and advancing. , how can the thieves stop them? As they retreated step by step, some of the thieves panicked and staggered down, becoming more and more confused.
Wei Zhong was shocked. He never expected that these officers and soldiers were so elite. When his own shooters wanted to fight back, the shooters were scattered in front or behind. How could they be organized at that time? They had to keep retreating, and the further they retreated, the more chaotic they became.
Wei Zhong had no choice but to summon a few of his trusted generals and gallop out with seven or eight horses. He wanted to rely on his bravery to disrupt the opponent's formation and then use his army to cover it up.
Cao Cao was on guard for a long time, and with a move of his hand, the four generals Liu Tang, Li Kui, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng all shouted loudly, two on horseback, two on foot, and went straight to meet him.
Liu Tang and Li Kui were both masters of foot combat. They had a simple sword and two large axes. They could chop their men with the top and their horses with the bottom. They could kill several of the opponent's generals when they met each other. Lu Fang and Guo Sheng fought against Wei Zhong. Liu Tang , Li Kui looked at each other, took long strides, and rushed straight into the bandits' formation, immediately creating two bloody alleys.
Seeing this situation, Wei Zhong knew that there was no hope of victory. When he was about to leave, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng used their strength at the same time, using two square halberds to tightly suppress Wei Zhong's five-pronged sky-dragging fork. Go, the moves are fast and fierce. Although Wei Zhong prides himself on his extraordinary martial arts, he can only block and parry at this moment, and has no power to fight back.
Cao Cao couldn't help but feel pleased when he saw this.
Lu Fang and Guo Sheng followed him very early. In the beginning, the two of them accompanied him in everything. However, as Cao Cao's business became bigger and bigger, the enemies he provoked became more and more powerful. At the same time, the number of powerful brothers around him also increased day by day. The two Lu and Guo Gradually I can't keep up, and it inevitably seems a bit useless.
Fortunately, the two of them were self-aware, so they calmed down and polished their martial arts skills. Cao Cao also missed his old friendship and never gave him any duties so that he could focus on practicing martial arts. Now after several years of hard work, he has indeed made great progress. If he goes to Liangshan at this time, although he cannot compete with those god generals, he can still compete with some Some mysterious generals are fighting.
This Wei Zhong served under Fang La as the military governor of the Sixth Army, and his martial arts skills were truly extraordinary. However, two generals, Lu and Guo, could equalize on their own. At this moment, two of them were fighting each other. The two of them cooperated and had a tacit understanding. Wei Zhong struggled to block it. After more than ten seconds, Lu Fang swung his halberd against the fork. Guo Shengsheng shouted and pierced Wei Zhong's throat with his halberd.
Seeing that their leader was dead in battle, the bandits turned around and tried to flee. However, they couldn't get more than a few dozen steps in the chaos. Hundreds of cavalry swept in, followed by two or three thousand infantry who spread out to cover them.
When the rebels saw the uproar, Han Shizhong and others shouted in unison, "Whoever surrenders will be spared death." Some rebels wanted to escape, and the cavalry were in groups. When they caught up, they killed them fiercely. After killing two to three hundred people in a row, , no one dared to run, they all knelt down and asked to surrender.
Wu Yong planned to surrender his troops, about 7,000 of them. They all unbuckled their belts and escorted them to Wuxi County.
At the same time, Du Fu and Bian Xiang led a thousand men and horses, all dressed in bandit uniforms, and rushed to the gate of Wuxi City in a chaotic manner, shouting: "Open the door, open the door, let me wait and enter the city!"
A captain's head poked out from the top of the city: "Who are you waiting for?"
Bian Xiang roared like thunder: "It's all from my own family. It's useless to ask them over and over again! We were sent by the three kings to aid Changzhou. Unexpectedly, Changzhou was already captured while we were on the way. We didn't know this, and we were on the way." We were ambushed by officers and soldiers, and only a few of us out of the tens of thousands of troops were able to escape. Now that the enemy is chasing us, why not hurry up and let the grandpas in? We all have to work together to defend this city!"
After hearing this, the captain guarding the gate changed his mind and opened the city gate. Bian Xiang Jiejie smiled strangely, rushed in on Pegasus, raised an ax in his hand, and killed the captain first.
Du Bo led all the troops to swarm in and massacre. The defenders of Wuxi County were only a few hundred. The ice and snow suddenly melted, and the city was restored.
There are different teachings: elm pods and catkins rise all over the sky, and Yang Run and Changxi collect them one after another. Fortunately, the spring breeze blows through the green water, and I feel sad after seeing each other for several years.
(End of chapter)
