In the second year of Xuanhe, October 18th.
Cao Cao took the name of Xifeng Army and occupied Youzhou. With Hua Rong as the main general, he led four generals, Tang Bin, Shan Shiqi, Xu Ning and Niu Wenzhong, to capture Shunzhou from the north and conquered it in half a day.
On the same day, Miyun County under Tanzhou was invaded by a group of unknown origins. Several county officials with quick feet escaped from the city and rushed to Tanzhou to report the news.
According to county officials, the group of strongmen first sent agents to disguise themselves as common people and sneaked into the city, seizing the east gate in one fell swoop. Then two to three thousand people stormed in, all with yellow cloth wrapped around their heads and flying chrysanthemum banners. They were very fierce.
The official guarding Tanzhou City was Mr. Bo Jin, the minister of Dongxian of the Liao Kingdom. He was shocked when he heard the report. He hurriedly summoned his three generals to discuss: "I am right next to the Great Wall. How important is my position? King Wei is marching south. At that time, I never teased my soldiers and horses. If something goes wrong, how can I have the face to see the King of Wei?"
After hearing this, the three generals burst out laughing, patting their chests and saying, "Mr. Bo Jin, just don't worry, he must be some bandit or bandit. When he heard that King Wei's army was heading south, he got mad and gathered together to charge. The state collided with the government. But he didn't agree to come to our Tanzhou to fight against wildfires. If the three of us were left here, even ten thousand thieves would kill him."
The judge not only has to ask: Who are these three guys? What a harsh word?
The first one was from Fan, named Yao'er Weikang, and the other two were Han'er. One was Chu Mingyu and the other was Cao Mingji. They were both famous brave generals in the Liao Kingdom. They sent troops and horses and won many victories.
Originally, there was a most extravagant general here, named Aliqi. A year ago, Xi Wang Xiao Qian led his troops to Baoyi Prefecture. When he passed by here, he admired Aliqi's bravery and recruited him to serve in the army. Unexpectedly, he was defeated. , Aliqi fought bravely and saved Xiao Qian's life, but there was no news from his family - according to Xiao Qian's words, he must have died at the hands of the Jurchens.
Seeing that the three of them were confident, Dongxian Shilang opened his arms slightly and nodded repeatedly: "It all depends on your hard work."
Chu Mingyu was left to guard Tanzhou, and two generals, Yaoer Weikang and Cao Mingji, led 10,000 troops to recover Miyun County.
After receiving the order, the second general excitedly ordered his troops and horses, and went to Miyun County to fight - the city of Tanzhou was only more than thirty miles away. The second general destroyed the army and rushed forward, arriving at Miyun City at dusk.
Cao Mingji looked at the dark sky and suggested setting up camp outside the city and attacking again at dawn. Jie'er Weikang smiled and said, "Brother, you are so stupid. When those thieves saw my army coming, how could they not escape at night? It's okay for him to escape. If the stolen gold and silver also escapes, our hard work will be in vain. If, as I say, we attack in one fell swoop and seize the stolen goods, you and I will be able to make five of them, so you can wait for the beauty, my good brother!"
When Cao Mingji heard what he said, he was immediately moved. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother is still thoughtful."
The two immediately ordered to attack the city, but the city wall here was not high. The soldiers set up ladders, climbed to the top of the wall and opened the city gate from the inside.
Seeing that everything went smoothly, Jie'er Weikang snatched the door without any enemy blocking him. He was shocked and said: "No, the thief must have escaped!"
He quickly ordered his horse to investigate and soon reported that thousands of yellow turban thieves had fled from the east gate not long ago.
When the two heard about it, they quickly ordered the pursuit. Ten thousand Liao soldiers passed through the city and rushed out of the east gate to pursue them.
To the east of Miyun City, there is a river called the Chaohe River. During the flood season, the flood sounds like a huge tide, hence its name.
Across this river, there is a large area of mountains with dense forests. There is a road in the middle that leads to Jizhou.
The Liao army crossed the Chaohe River and pursued along this road. However, they saw that the road was rutted and deeply sunk in the soil. From time to time, there were overturned carts, copper coins, and cloth scattered on the roadside. The Liao soldiers were fighting for it. , the two Liao generals said happily: "This gang of thieves has really gained a lot, doesn't it deserve that we and I will get rich?"
At that moment, he whipped his horsewhip wildly and urged the troops to pursue him. They chased him for more than ten miles in a row. The night became darker and darker, and the mountains on both sides looked like countless grave mounds.
Autumn was deep at this time, and the night wind was still cool among the mountains. Cao Mingji shivered when the wind blew him while sitting on his horse.
He took a look at the soldiers. They were in a long and sparse formation. Each one had a tired look on his face. He suddenly felt something in his heart. He stopped his bite and said, "Brother, we have been traveling for most of the day and haven't even had a few sips of water. We are all exhausted." , if you continue chasing like this, don’t fall into his trap.”
When Jie'er Weikang heard this, he also hesitated and said hesitantly: "No way? How can a mere bandit have such means?"
While he was talking, the sentry horse came galloping back and reported urgently: "Two generals, there is a fork in the road five miles ahead. The thieves are having an internal fight. The money is overturned on the ground, and the blood is flowing like a river..."
Jie'er Weikang was overjoyed and shouted: "But isn't God helping me to wait? Brother Cao, don't hesitate, this blessing of wealth is destined to be enjoyed by you and me."
Cao Mingji thought that he had caught up to here, and he was not far behind within five or seven miles. He immediately sent an order to a group of generals to drive the soldiers to move faster. The Liao soldiers were hungry and tired, and were driven forward at a trot, and they complained for a while.
Jie'er Weikang and Cao Mingji just ignored it and led hundreds of cavalry to pursue them. Soon they saw a fire in front of them, and the sound of fighting and fighting blew in the wind.
The second general was overjoyed and rode hard. Sure enough, at a fork in the road, there were countless carts piled up. More than a thousand thieves wearing yellow scarves were killing and cursing each other. One of them with sharp eyes saw the Liao soldiers and shouted: "Officers and soldiers Come, the officers and soldiers are coming, the wind is blowing hard."
When they heard that there were officers and soldiers, the thieves shouted in unison and fled to the two forked roads. Dozens of them gritted their teeth and shouted: "I am busy making wedding dresses for others, so I might as well burn them all." "
The torches in their hands were thrown out one after another and fell on the carts. After a while, the fire shot into the sky. Jie'er Weikang said angrily: "It's disgusting how easy it is to have a thief's bones! Come on, follow me to put out the fire."
He led the cavalry to the scene of the fire, dismounted and took a look, there was no money or goods in those carts? It was full of straw. Jie'er Weikang and Cao Mingji exclaimed at the same time: "No, I fell into his trap!"
Before he finished speaking, crossbow arrows and stones were thrown down from the mountains and forests on both sides.
His group of Liao soldiers were all standing in the firelight, extremely conspicuous, taking out their bows and arrows to fight back. Where could one see anyone in the darkness on both sides?
The two Liao generals fired arrows while shouting urgently: "Mount your horses, retreat, retreat!"
The Liao soldiers scrambled for horses, and suddenly they started shouting for kill. The thieves who had fled into the two forked roads turned around and killed them, either shooting them with bows and arrows, or throwing stones at them. The Liao soldiers became more and more frightened and hurriedly Escape from the road.
After running for several miles and meeting up with their own infantry, Jiaoer Weikang and Cao Mingji felt at ease. They counted their troops and followed hundreds of Liao cavalry, but only fifty or sixty of them escaped.
The two Liao generals swore at the sky, and the infantry gradually gathered behind them. Jie'er Weikang said fiercely: "These thieves will definitely eat their bones. I have no choice but to chase them. They jumped over the wall in a hurry and came up with this plan! Although we will eat They lost money, but they burned the cart. How could they take away all the valuables? I don’t think he can move fast, so why not kill one of them to take revenge!"
Cao Mingji nodded and said: "Yes, yes, he must have hidden all his belongings in the woods just now. How can he escape far away now when he is carrying them over his shoulder?"
The two had the same idea, and they led the troops back with great momentum. When they saw that the large carts had put out the fire and were pushed down on both sides of the road, they both said happily: "But we guessed it right."
Just as he was about to divide his troops to pursue them, he suddenly felt the earth shaking, and his complexion suddenly changed. In a moment, a group of cavalry rushed out from the two branches of the road, headed by two generals. One wielded a broadsword and the other wielded a halberd, which were like two sharp blades. He went straight into the Liao soldiers' formation.
Pity this group of Liao soldiers. They set off before noon and walked until midnight. Their legs and feet were twitching. How could they defeat this group of wolf-tiger cavalry? In an instant, they were killed and they were crying for their father and mother, and they became a mess.
In the chaos, I heard the leader of the thieves wielding the halberd shouting before killing him: "Grandpa is the 'Chrysanthemum Tai Sui' Zhou Bawang. If you know the wise, kneel down and surrender, otherwise we will all die."
Jie'er Weikang was shocked and said: "When did this 'Chrysanthemum Tai Sui' appear in our world? Look at his group of elite riders, they are definitely not ordinary gangsters. How come you have never heard of his name?"
Cao Mingji shouted: "No matter what his background is, there are only a few hundred people on his left and right. I have ten thousand soldiers and horses here, and I will drown him. I will kill them all. Whoever dares to retreat will be killed by my general first!"
It turns out that this road, after all, is opened in the mountains, but it is not like the plains where cavalry can be deployed.
Cao Mingji had been in battle for a long time, and he could see the clues at a few glances. He immediately led his soldiers to supervise the battle with swords, and used their lives to consume the opponent. Once he withstood the cavalry attack, he would turn defeat into victory.
The man who claimed to be the Overlord of Zhou was the first to charge, his big halberd flying, and he killed twenty or thirty people in a row. However, there were so many Liao soldiers that the road was blocked. When his horse gradually stopped, the Liao soldiers surrounded him. Wandering in place, a painted halberd danced so hard that water couldn't get into it, but he became anxious in his heart and shouted: "Xie Zhen... no! It's Jie Dacha! Jie Dacha, Jie Ercha, what are you waiting for? I want it here It’s a song of embarrassment from all sides!”
Before he finished speaking, there were loud shouts of killing in the mountains and forests on both sides, countless torches were lit, and they rushed down the mountain like a tide. .
But I saw about 2,000 people on the left. The two leaders each used a thick iron fork, just like two life-threatening yakshas, to knock down more than ten people.
More than 2,000 people were also killed on the right. The first two were a man and a woman. The man held a single whip and the woman wielded two steel knives. They were also extremely fierce.
Although there were many Liao troops, they were exhausted and were ambushed. It was extremely difficult to withstand the cavalry attack. Now, when these two groups of troops were launched, they were surrounded by enemies on three sides. How could they resist?
Those Liao soldiers only wanted to survive and did not care about the soldiers behind them who were supervising the battle. If they dared to block the way, they would chop them with their swords. They killed more than ten soldiers in an instant and fled away after breaking the way out.
When the ambush soldiers saw the Liao soldiers fleeing, they cheered in unison. The crowd hoisted flags one after another. In the center of the flag was a huge golden chrysanthemum embroidered with fine gold thread. The torches went out all around, shining on the chrysanthemum. Seeing the radiance, it becomes more and more vivid.
By this point in writing, the readers must have already understood that the soldiers and horses attacking Miyun were the Chrysanthemum Army under Li Jun.
The person who calls himself the "Chrysanthemum Tai Sui" King of Zhou is Zhou Tong, and the knight who wields the sword is Wen Da. The next four generals were killed, namely Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Sun Xin and Gu Dasao.
It turned out that Li Jun changed his name to "Haohai Shenlong" Li Wudi according to Cao Cao's wishes, and let loose and caused trouble in Jizhou. .
He locked the city gates tightly and used money and food as bait to instigate various ethnic groups to confront each other. In a few days, he killed more than 100,000 Khitans and wiped out the Khitans in Jizhou.
Although Li Jun has never killed a single person, his reputation for evil is already raging. All the Han people in the city and all the tribes in the Bohai Sea are following him. They secretly call him the "Blood Sea Demonic Dragon". With three words, Li Wudi, he can stop him. Children cry at night.
Li Jun also picked up those strong men who had killed many people and recruited them into the army. He counted more than 30,000 men and dispersed all the original navy soldiers into them as captains. He trained them for a month and left Duxing and Lehe to guard Jizhou. , the troops were divided into two groups and officially set off for the expedition.
Two armies of soldiers and horses, one led by Zhang Shun, Li Ying, Duan Sanniang, Zou Yuan and Zou Run, went east to seize the small states of Ping, Jing, Ying, and Luan, waiting for an opportunity to seize the Great Wall pass. They personally led the way and led With Wenda, Zhou Tong, Xie Zhen Jie Bao, Sun Xin and Gu Dasao, they attacked Tanzhou and waited for an opportunity to seize Huangya Pass.
Because he found out that Tanzhou's soldiers and horses had not been mobilized, and his own Chrysanthemum Army was just formed, he did not dare to confront him head-on, so he took Miyun first, lured him to pursue him, and used the mountain and forest terrain to ambush him, and now he succeeded.
Seeing that there was nothing they could do, Yao'er Weikang and Cao Mingji turned their horses around and ran away wrapped in the broken army. Thousands of Chrysanthemum Army soldiers chased them all the way. When they escaped from the mountains, only three or four thousand of the 10,000 Liao army were left. , the rest were either killed or escaped into the mountains and forests at night.
The two Liao generals hurriedly came to the bank of the Chaohe River, took a quick look, and cried out in unison: It was a bridge over the river. The stone slabs had been removed at some point, leaving only two rows of bare bridge piers.
While I was in a hurry, a small boat slowly floated upstream. A fisherman was sitting on the side of the boat, fetching water with his bare feet, holding a wine gourd and singing loudly. His tone was drunk, and he was clearly full. Old wine.
What I heard him singing was: "If you don't become an official, you won't farm. I just sleep in the water. If I'm greedy, I'll buy a pot of wine. The emperor will envy my leisure."
Cao Mingji saw it and waved quickly: "That fisherman, come to the shore, come to the shore."
The fisherman looked up drunkenly, and let out a low cry of "Oo", as if he was frightened. He slapped his feet into the water, and the boat suddenly moved farther away. Then he laughed silly and sang: "Before the official called me to the shore, After grabbing fish and shrimps and grabbing money, I didn't fall for the trick. You and I have no chance today."
It was quite strange that a fisherman appeared in the middle of the night. Jie'er Weikang was a little suspicious at first, but now he saw that he was trying to escape, but he felt relieved. He took a look in his arms and took out an ingot of gold ingot, holding it in his hand and shouting Said: "That fisherman, look at what this is!"
The fisherman squinted his drunken eyes, then stared, straightened his back, and said in a trembling voice: "Could this be a nugget of gold?"
"It's just a nugget of gold!" Yaoer Weikang said kindly, "Bring the boat over and ferry us two to the other side. The gold is yours!"
The fisherman was dumbfounded, and suddenly a cunning look appeared on his drunken face. He turned over and touched the oar. The boat roared and jumped ten feet away from the shore. The fisherman rolled his eyes and said: "You throw the gold into the boat and see if it is true. If it is true, I will ferry you to the shore."
When Jie'er Weikang saw that he was cheating, he became more and more relieved. He deliberately said with a straight face: "Do you think I'm stupid? You took the gold and ran away in the rowing boat. Where should I go to find you?"
The fisherman struggled for a moment and muttered: "You come on the boat, kill me, and rob my boat. Where can I find you?"
Jie'er Weikang coaxed him: "I am a general of the Liao Dynasty, how can I bully my own people? You are doing me a great favor by coming to ferry me. How can I hurt you before I can thank you? This ship of yours, I It’s useless to ask for it, and I won’t rob you.”
Cao Mingji was afraid that the pursuers from behind would catch up, so he helped: "Exactly, you crossed the two of us, and this piece of gold is your reward. With this gold, you don't have to fish, and it is enough to drink wine for a lifetime."
The two chatted, and the fisherman seemed to be persuaded by him, and slowly approached the shore: "You are all generals, don't lie to me, a poor man."
Jie'er Weikang nodded repeatedly. The boat was not big, and he didn't even need a horse. He jumped on board hurriedly, but told the generals below: "You wait for the formation to be guarded. We will go back and send the troops immediately." The civilians come to build the bridge, but if the enemy comes, they just use their bows and arrows to block it."
All the soldiers were angry, but they didn't dare to say anything. They all nodded in agreement. .
Then he saw the fisherman cocking the oar, and the boat went to the middle of the river like an arrow. He pointed at the Liao soldiers on the bank and said with a smile: "You dry Liao dog, all the wise men should put down their swords and guns. Otherwise, when the Chrysanthemum Army surrounds us, our family will be destroyed." Father, mother, and wife, if we never see each other again, if you don’t believe me, let me see you first!”
He spoke very quickly, and before he finished speaking, the oar rolled up and hit Cao Mingji.
Cao Mingji knew something was wrong when he heard what he said, and quickly caught the oar. When he was about to snatch it away, the fisherman let go first——
It turned out that he had hidden a short knife. He had just closed the oar and held it, but he had never seen it. At this moment, it was clearly exposed. With a puff, the knife pierced Cao Mingji's neck. When he pushed it out, the blood spurted out like an arrow. Cao Mingji looked stunned and stretched out his hand to cover the wound. The fisherman kicked it away and fell into the water.
Jiaoer Weikang was shocked when he saw it. He drew his sword and rushed towards him and stabbed the fisherman. The fisherman laughed and somersaulted into the Chaohe River. Jiaoer Weikang hurriedly went to pick up the oars, but unexpectedly the boat swayed. , and flipped over on the river with a roar.
The three or four thousand remnant soldiers on the bank were all dumbfounded. They all stared blankly at the river. After half a day of burning incense, they saw a wave in the river. The fisherman, holding the biting son in both hands, slithered out of the waves. He walked out and stepped firmly on the tidal river. The water only undulated around his calves.
The Liao soldiers were stunned and shouted: "Water ghost, water ghost!"
The fisherman laughed loudly and shouted: "Your real father is a water ghost! As a man, I will not change my surname in my profession. I am Li Wudi, the commander of the Chrysanthemum Army. I am known as the 'Haohai Shenlong' by people in the world! You!" These guys have all fallen into my master’s scheme, if you don’t surrender, I’ll show you again!”
After saying that, he held the hair of Jia'er Weikang with one hand and the knife in his left hand, and pierced Jia'er Weikang's neck with the knife. Jia'er Weikang was unconscious after being submerged in the water, but now he woke up from pain and struggled violently. He ignored him and slowly cut off his head in front of thousands of Liao soldiers.
The headless body fell into the water and drifted away with the waves, leaving a frightened head in the hands of the fisherman. He laughed evilly, raised the head and shouted: "I ask you for the last time, will you surrender when you wait?" ?”
The Liao soldiers looked at each other, not knowing which one would kneel first. After a while, everyone on the shore knelt down. Only Li Jun stood proudly on the water, holding a human head in his hand, like a god or a devil.
The real thing is: the sky is full of stars and the moon is full of lapels, and the clouds know the noble nature and the wine know the heart. The west wind is strong and the chrysanthemums dance, trying to dye the mountains and rivers with gold.
(End of chapter)
