When Lao Cao was in Fusang, he broadened his horizons a lot. He knew the Chinese theory of "military luck" and was deeply believed by the warriors of the other country.
From the perspective of the Fuso warriors, life and death on the battlefield all depend on personal martial luck. For example, when defeating an opponent they respect, they often lament: It is a pity that their martial luck is not good.
In Lao Cao's view, Wang De and Yao Pingzhong, with such high martial arts skills and the great advantage of the officers and soldiers, could still be captured under such circumstances, which can be regarded as examples of poor military luck.
However, the two powerful men were so stupid that they ignored the escape route and determined to make a contribution to save their respect. As a result, they were captured for the second time. Wang De was beaten violently by Lu Zhishen and was beaten to the ground. Yao Pingzhong dragged his gun in a black whirlwind and cried out in shame——
The so-called failure to regain respect will lead to humiliation.
Lao Cao originally wanted to persuade him to surrender, but when he saw these two men in such distress, he considered the other's state of mind and swallowed his words to persuade him to surrender. He waited until he calmed down before considering it, so he sent Liu Tang to personally guard the two men. , don't let him escape, and don't let Yao Pingzhong find an opportunity to kill himself.
He asked him to take off all the remaining prisoners' clothes and armor, tie them into a group of twenty, and guard them separately, and then they were removed from the prison before being disposed of.
After finishing the preparations quickly, he led everyone back. He first arranged for the seriously injured people to be treated as before and entrusted An Daoquan to treat them. Then he went to the main cave and asked Madam Shao, Queen of Yongle Dynasty, to come forward and take charge of the situation at hand.
After hearing this, Mrs. Shao shed tears and shook her head repeatedly: "The current situation is like this, how can we talk about emperors and queens? You can't make people laugh. Besides, people are in panic at the moment. How can an ignorant woman control the situation? I can only I will accompany Jin Zhi and her father, and my nephew will make the final decision for the rest."
Although Lao Cao kept calling him Taishan and his mother-in-law, after all, he never really paid a visit to Fang Jinzhi. Could it be that Mrs. Shao called him son-in-law? Therefore, he is referred to as a good nephew for the time being.
When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said, "What my mother-in-law said is wrong. After all, I am an outsider. How can I overstep my authority? I still need my mother-in-law to come forward and be honest."
Mrs. Shao said sadly: "My son is destined to be in an unexpected situation. My husband Fang La's life and death are unknown. I am already very confused. Besides, I have never interfered with these matters. If I act hastily, I am afraid it will affect everyone."
After choking for a moment, the lady looked at Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and others: "Everyone, you are all my trustworthy brothers. Now I have a plan, and I am asking you to make a decision——"
As he spoke, he pointed at Lao Cao: "The situation is in dire straits now. How can we turn the tide without a great talent? Therefore, I would like to let Wu Zhi take charge of the current affairs! First, his reputation is not inferior to that of my husband, and his ability is naturally extraordinary; second, he He brought many heroes thousands of miles to help, and his loyalty is really deep; third... thirdly, he and Jin Zhi have been in love for a long time. Jin Zhi thought she would not marry him, and I only have a daughter. Is it not possible to fulfill her wish? Therefore, he treats him There is nothing wrong with being the son-in-law of our Fang family. It is also his duty for a son-in-law to take care of his father-in-law's affairs. It just depends on what your brothers want."
Fang La's men, if they talk about their knowledge, first of all recommend the left and right envoys of light and the left and right prime ministers. Now the two envoys are not in front of them, the left prime minister Lou Minzhong has been killed by Tong Guan, and there is only one ancestor left here. Therefore, Deng Yuanjue and others listened to Mrs. Shao As he spoke, he subconsciously looked at him.
Zu Shiyuan, however, had a plan in mind, and immediately said: "Tong Guan sent more than 100,000 troops to fight. Zu went to Wulong Ridge to ask for help. He was worried that Brother Wu was afraid of his power. Unexpectedly, Brother Wu heard about it and came all the way without hesitation. .Brothers, if Brother Wu hadn’t fought to the death, there would be no one alive in the cave now! If Brother Wu were to take charge of the overall situation, Zu would be the first to agree.”
As soon as he said this, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and other heroes all smiled.
Deng Yuanjue and others relaxed after hearing this, and Shi Bao said: "Outside Hangzhou City, if Brother Wu hadn't taken action, Shi would have become a withered skeleton. He will make the decision, and Shi will be convinced."
Deng Yuanjue, Zheng Biao, and Li Tianrun said in unison: "That's exactly it."
Pang Wanchun sighed and said in a low voice: "Let me just say this in hindsight. In terms of fighting ability, even Qifuzi is not as good as Brother Wu. If he had made the decision early, it is impossible to say that Tong Guan would have been defeated." Everyone was stunned. No nod.
Cao Cao saw that he spoke sincerely and nodded secretly: I'm done with my plan.
His face was neither sad nor happy, he hugged each other and said, "Well, since my mother-in-law likes her and my brothers can trust me, Wu has no choice but to do his duty and take charge of the situation temporarily. After the Shenggong recovers from his injury, he can resume his authority as before." Return it."
After saying that, he bowed again and straightened up, with a serious expression on his face: "As soon as you have the power, you will give orders. Since everyone recommends Wu to be in charge, then wherever I give orders, all of you will follow them." You must obey, Shi Dalang and Shi Bao listen to your orders!"
For Lao Cao, it was only ordinary to command thousands of troops. Now that he showed his former style, everyone was awed. Seeing his momentum, they felt that obeying this man's orders should be a matter of course.
Shi Jin and Shi Bao straightened their backs and clasped their fists together: "My little brother is here!"
Cao Cao said solemnly with a straight face: "I order you two to serve as military judges. Regardless of the Liangshan brothers or the Mingjiao heroes, any disrespect to military orders, disobedience, or failure to advance in battle will be dealt with by you two according to military law."
Shi and Shi looked at each other and nodded solemnly: "Little brother, obey the order!"
After Shi Bao said this, he raised his chin and looked at everyone through his nostrils. That meant: Shi is staring at you, everyone, please be careful!
That behavior made Deng Yuanjue, Zheng Biao and others roll their eyes.
Cao Cao said again: "Ma Ling and Xia Houcheng obey the order!"
The two stood up straight quickly: "My little brother is here!"
Cao Cao then said: "Brothers Xiahou are familiar with walking on mountain roads, and they took Ma Ling out of the small road to avoid Tong Guan's army. Brother Ma Ling went to meet Fang Qifu and told all the affairs in the cave, so that the three Ruan and four heroes could temporarily listen to his orders. , if Tong Guan comes to fight, like this, like this... I will tell Miss Jinzhi that her parents are fine, and ask her not to worry about them, and they will be reunited in a few days."
The two immediately took the order and left.
Cao Cao also called six generals, Li Kui, Yang Chun, Chen Da, Tang Fengshi, Bei Yingkui, and Wei Heng. They formed a team of two, each leading 800 troops, and searched the cave carefully for Wang Gong Laofu, Chen Houtong, and Zhu. With the same three whereabouts, if you encounter any officers and soldiers who have fallen behind on the way, take them all and imprison them, and then count and bury the bodies of those who were killed.
As for the defense of the cave entrance, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Qin Ming, and Suo Chao were responsible for it.
The next day, General Li Kui worked all night and hurriedly came to report that Wang Gong Laofu, Chen Houtong and Zhu Tong were all missing. All the corpses had been identified by others, and three of them were not among them.
Lao Cao couldn't help but wonder, thinking that according to what Shi Bao and others said, although Wang Gong, Lao Fo and Chen Houtong were old, they were rare masters in the world. These two people were familiar with the roads in the cave and saw that something was not going well and they were alone. If he fled, the officers and soldiers would probably not be able to stop him, but why was there no trace of Zhu Dian?
He also asked Lu Zhishen and others about the circumstances of the killings. Lu Zhishen and others could not explain the reason. They were all very anxious and divided their teams into the cave to search again. Shi Bao and others couldn't help but admire them secretly when they saw how affectionate their brothers were.
Another day later, there were tens of thousands of corpses in the cave, a few were buried, most were burned, and the remaining soldiers and horses were sorted out, totaling more than 14,000 people, of which 5,000 were brought by Lao Cao from Wulong Ridge, and the rest were Tong Guan. Kill the rest.
However, the other generation can survive in such a battle. Although Lao Cao rescued them in time, their own abilities are also extraordinary. They can be regarded as the real elites of the Ming Cult. Although most of them are injured now, given time, they can be reorganized. Fan, immediately became a capable elite soldier.
The next day, Ma Ling reported back. As expected, Tong Guan sent troops to fight against Lao Cao's naval forces. Fang Qifu had already received Lao Cao's instructions not to fight, but led San Ruan directly to retreat to Lianjiang. They discussed a hiding place and left Ma Ling in charge. convey information back and forth.
Fang Jinzhi asked Ma Ling to send a message, asking Lao Cao to comfort her mother. Lao Cao could only smile bitterly after hearing this -
Fang La is now as motionless as a living dead. Mrs. Shao is wearing plain clothes and washing her face with tears, looking like a delicate widow. She is guarding her husband. Her own will is not very strong in this regard, so she avoids her at a distance. How can she have the thought to comfort her? ?
Especially after experiencing the tragic past of losing three generals with one shot, with Lao Cao's wisdom, how could he be willing to repeat the same mistake? He immediately shook his head and said: "This girl is ignorant. If his father asked me to comfort him, there is no trouble among men that cannot be solved by a bottle of wine. His mother is a woman, how can I bring a bottle of wine? Forget it, Tong Guan retreats, It’s only for a day or two, so let’s wait for her to comfort me.”
Ma Lingqi said: "Why did my brother say that Tong Guan was going to retreat? Could it be that he already had a strategy to defeat the enemy?"
When Lu Zhishen and others heard this, they all gathered around and looked at Lao Cao hopefully.
Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "How can such a good thing happen? Now that we have left Wulong Ridge, Yang Keshi and Wang Yuan's troops will naturally come to join Tong Guan. Now our troops are probably ten times different." More than that, you must know that the way to use troops is to achieve a surprise victory. Now the morale of the officers and soldiers is high. I have more than 10,000 troops here, most of them are remnants and defeated generals. It is not easy to hold this cave. How can we defeat the enemy in a hurry."
Ma Ling asked in confusion: "In this case, why is my brother so sure that he will retreat?"
Cao Cao smiled and said, "Have you forgotten where my Erlang went when you left Xuanzhou?"
Ma Ling exclaimed, "Ah, so that's it!"
Lu Zhishen and others didn't know the reason, and were about to ask, when suddenly Zheng Biao ran over in anger and said loudly: "Brother Wu, I taught a group of troops to come straight in from outside the valley, but they were surrounded by children. If you don't save me, He is afraid that his entire army will be annihilated."
"Shezhou soldiers and horses are coming!" Lao Cao frowned and looked at Ma Ling: "I asked Qifuzi to lead the sailors to retreat, firstly to avoid Tong Guan's sharp edge, and secondly to let him meet the Shezhou soldiers and horses. , Could it be that they never walked by water?"
As mentioned before, between the two states of Shemu, there are mountains like a screen. The most convenient way is to enter Xin'an River from Lianjiang River. Otherwise, you have to climb over mountains and ridges, which is a lot of trouble.
After Lao Cao came to Bangyuan Cave, he listened to Lu Zhishen and others recounting Fangla's previous arrangements. He knew that he had mobilized soldiers and horses from Shezhou to return reinforcements. He expected that his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would have to go by water, so he arranged for Fang Qifu. Answer.
Cao Cao's original intention was that since the overall situation was settled, it would be useless to cause more casualties if the two sides fought again. He could only wait for Tong Guan to retreat and use his own skills to subdue them. Who would have expected that things would not go as he wished? The soldiers and horses came suddenly, as if they had never met the Seven Buddhas in the same direction.
Shi Bao smacked his lips and said, "Wang Yin has always been a bit conceited and likes to do tricks. From my point of view, he probably thinks that everyone can expect it if he takes the water route, so he wants to surprise him and come over the mountain with his troops." .”
Zheng Biao nodded repeatedly: "You are right, Wang Yin is just like this."
Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly. Crossing mountains and ridges, the physical exertion of the soldiers was much greater than that of the waterway. The number and combat power of the soldiers were far inferior to those of the Western Army. If there was a decline, it was because they were afraid of dying fast enough.
Everyone also saw that something was wrong with this army, and everyone looked at Cao Cao to see how he would respond.
Cao Cao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't have much to worry about. Do I just have to watch him be killed? The defeated soldiers in the cave are temporarily useless, so Quan allowed Shi Bao, Monk Deng, and Ma Ling to guard the gate. The others who were not injured, They all fought with me to save them from the siege."
Shi Bao and others were amazed and said: "Brother is really loyal."
Lao Cao smiled bitterly, not to mention whether he was loyal or not, if more than 20,000 people in Shezhou were killed by Tong Guan, the morale of Bangyuandong would definitely plummet. After Tong Guan's victory, he might have the desire to fight again. If he fights with all his strength, He had no choice but to break out. Wouldn't it be that many of the arrangements would be destroyed in one fell swoop. How many of these brothers could be taken away?
Needless to say these words, he immediately rallied the 5,000 people he had brought, led the generals himself, opened the cave door, and sure enough, he saw countless officers and soldiers surrounding a group of southern soldiers seven or eight miles away and killing them fiercely. Cao Cao immediately ordered : "Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Li Kui, Yang Chun, Chen Da, and Xia Houcheng will lead the infantry to follow. The rest of the brothers will lead the cavalry with me and charge in!"
He had no more than a thousand cavalry, with Qin Ming, Suo Chao, Shi Jin, and Cao Cao in the lead, and Fan Rui, Zheng Biao, Tang Fenshi, Bei Yingkui, and Wei Heng in the middle, and they all killed them.
According to Tong Guan's idea, there were only a few soldiers in Bangyuan Cave and most of them would not dare to leave without authorization. However, for the sake of safety, five thousand people were arranged in formation along the road to prevent him from coming out to meet him.
Lao Tong did not expect that although Cao Cao's army was weak, his generals were insignificant. The cavalry army rushed towards him, and all the generals showed off their power and rushed into the formation in an instant. The leader here was Yang Kesheng, Yang Keshi's brother, who was in a hurry. Commanding, Qin Ming collided head-on with the future, swung the mace and smashed it. Yang Kesheng did not let him down, and immediately drew his gun to fight. The two fought for five or six times, and Lao Cao rushed towards him with a diagonal stab -
Because he was going to charge into the big formation, he didn't use the Dragon Transformation Sword. Instead, he found an iron spear and stabbed it randomly. How could Yang Kesheng be worthy of the two of them? He swung his big spear to draw away the weapons, snatched the way and ran away, and his troops were immediately routed.
Qin Ming was still about to chase, but Lao Cao shouted: "Don't be obsessed with fighting, saving people is more important!"
Charged first and led the people straight into the encirclement. However, they saw a general in the lead of the Southern Army. He rode a good kicking horse and danced an elusive steel spear. He was fighting alone against the mighty General Magong of the Western Army. Zhi and Ji Jing seemed not to be left behind.
Lao Cao took a look and couldn't help but praise: "What a tiger general!"
Wei Heng followed from behind and pointed: "Brother Wu, the one wielding the spear is Wang Yin, the right envoy of Guangming. He is a minister of the imperial court. He is a man of both civil and military talents!"
Lao Cao nodded and said: "It turns out that this person is Wang Yin. I have heard of his name for a long time, and it is true!"
He immediately spurred his horse forward and shouted, "Your Majesty, I'm here to help you!"
Wang Yin turned around and saw that the two of them looked at each other, both stunned.
What Wang Yin was thinking was: Hey, what does this guy mean when he goes into battle wearing a colorful mask? Could it be that he looks ugly?
What Cao Cao was thinking was: Hey, why does Wang Yin look so much like my master between his eyebrows? Isn’t that strange?
Youfenjiao: The power is in my hands for a while, and the flag points to the heroes. Guangming's right envoy saw Wang Yin's appearance in the formation and surprised Lao Cao.
(End of chapter)
