When Lao Cao led the army to Sishui, he saw Luo Yanqing standing at the city gate with his mouth curled up and his face drawn, with a disappointed look on his face.
What do you think? It turned out that he led the troops as a vanguard to seize the city, and the man guarding the city was Liu Lin, Liu Yu's son.
Liu Lin stood at the top of the city, pointed at Luo Yanqing and cursed: "How dare you, a madman who betrays your master, come here to die!"
Not to be outdone, Luo Yanqing retorted sarcastically: "You and your son are just like foxes and rats, how can you be my master, Luo? If you are wise enough, come forward and give me the credit in return."
The two scolded me for half an hour, and Liu Lin said fiercely: "You traitor, just wait, I will come down and catch you, and I will cut you into pieces." After hearing this, Luo Yanqing honestly waited in the city. Outside, after waiting for more than an hour, not only did Liu Lin not come out, but even the soldiers on the city disappeared.
Just when he felt strange, a group of people in the city opened the door in a panic, claiming that Liu Lin had already led his troops to escape from the east gate. Only then did Luo Yanqing realize that he had been tricked, so he was very upset.
When Lao Cao heard this, he nodded and said with a smile: "This man is helpless and must have gone to Zhengzhou to seek refuge with Yelu Yanxi."
As soon as Luo Yanqing heard this, he became excited and immediately asked for a battle. He wanted to lead his troops to attack Zhengzhou.
When the Zhang brothers heard this, they immediately became anxious. Zhang Zhongxiong grabbed Luo Yanqing and said, "You will be the vanguard when we attack Si River. How about you when we attack Zhengzhou? It's my brother's turn."
Zhang Bofen simply grabbed Lao Cao and said: "Coach, a man doesn't like the new and hates the old. You have this Ronaldinho, have you forgotten the two Xiao Zhangs?"
Hu Sanniang could not help but nod her head: "Master Zhang is worthy of his famous family, so what he said is reasonable."
During the dispute, Wang Wende strode up, clasped his fists and said: "Commander Wu, the last general is fifty-five this year. If we want to talk about old age, who can be better than the last general? The height of Zhengzhou City is vast, and it is not comparable to the previous county towns. How can we let it go?" Young people are rushing forward? The last general is not talented, but I am willing to be the vanguard of the army."
He is a veteran, Zhang, Luo and other juniors do not dare to fight, they all look at Lao Cao eagerly.
Cao Cao considered for a moment and said with a smile: "The city of Zhengzhou is huge and cannot be defeated without a partial army. Tomorrow, when the whole army moves forward, we will ask Wang Jiedu to open the way first."
Wang Wende was overjoyed and waddled away, leaving Luo Yanqing and Er Zhang complaining about each other.
The next day, when the troops arrived at Xingyang County, they saw that the gates on all sides were open and there were no common people in the city.
Lao Cao had to scout the horse and report back, and said with a smile: "Yelu Yanxi also knows the opportunity. He knows that this city cannot stop me, so he simply concentrates his troops for a decisive battle."
Zhang Jun asked him if he wanted to stay in the city for the night. Lao Cao looked at the empty city, hesitated for a moment and said, "I won't go in. I'll just rest outside the city and go straight to Zhengzhou tomorrow."
Hu Sanniang asked curiously: "If there are no houses to live in in the city or county, why bother the soldiers to set up camp?"
Cao Cao frowned and said, "I have my own concerns, so don't say more."
The crowd did not dare to disobey, so they set up camp three miles outside the west gate.
The camp was just set up when suddenly a gust of wind blew up, whining like a ghost crying, causing the flag in front of the handsome tent to fly vigorously, suddenly tearing off the rope and fluttering to the ground.
Everyone was shocked when they saw it. Shi Wengong frowned and said, "This wind is a bit ominous. Could it be that the battle will be lost tomorrow?"
Lao Cao stepped forward and picked up the commander's flag. He looked at Xingyang for a long time, his expression uncertain, but he called Shi Qian and Dai Zong over: "Brother, you two go pick up 500 elite soldiers and go into the city to search carefully. I expect that if the enemy vacates this city, they may make arrangements to set fire to it at night. If they are really caught, it will be like this, this, and this."
He also called the four generals Zhang Jun, Luo Yanqing, Zhang Bofen, and Zhang Zhongxiong: "When it gets dark, the four of you divide into two groups, each leading two thousand troops, and go to ambush outside the north and south gates of the city. There will be fire at night. Get up, then this and that, this and that.”
Wang Wende said anxiously: "Commander Wu, I am the vanguard today."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I have your use. You and Wen Gong lead five thousand troops, this and that, this and that."
Wang Wende became more and more delighted as he listened, and finally burst out laughing: "I will certainly live up to the commander-in-chief's trust!"
At that moment, everyone left as ordered. Within two hours, Shi Qian ordered fifty or sixty Liao people to come and report in detail: "The Liao people hid a lot of sulfur, flame, salt, and fire starters under the tiles of other people's houses. He also made these people hide in dark places and wait until night to set fires. At that time, our army could only go through the east gate, but he set up an ambush outside the city. When the fire started, he came to intercept and kill them."
After hearing this, all the generals were surprised and admired Cao Cao's ability to know things like a god.
Cao Cao raised his head and laughed: "Isn't it ridiculous to show off such old tricks in front of me?"
As I spoke, I couldn't help but touch the back of my head——
When the fire in Puyang burned down, Old Cao fled on horseback. He met Lu Bu on the road, hit him with a halberd on his back, and asked him, "Where is Cao Cao?"
Shortly thereafter, Lao Cao suffered from head wind, which he suffered from frequently throughout his life. The root cause was probably caused by Lu Fengxian's halberd.
It was the third watch of the night, Shi Qian was in the city, and according to Lao Cao's instructions, he lit the torch.
Not long after, the fire soared into the sky, and the entire county was shrouded in fire, especially at the three gates in the south, north and west, where the fire was the brightest.
Hundreds of people led by Shi Qian and Dai Zong all escaped from the east gate, which was the only one without fire. They did not run far away. They all stood on the same spot and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Burn me to death! Run for your life! My beard!" It’s burning, help, help!”
In the woods a few miles away to the east of the city, countless Liao soldiers slowly walked out, with expressions of cruelty and joy written on their faces. There were more than a thousand horse troops in the middle, and the leader was none other than the former Emperor Tianzuo, who later became the leader of the Liao Dynasty. The king of the state, Yelu Yanxi.
On the left and right of Yelu Yanxi, there were Yelu Xinilie and Liu Lin, the son of Liu Yu.
Looking at the flames soaring into the sky, Yelu Yanxi laughed loudly, patted Liu Lin and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, I didn't expect Brother Liu to be such a badass! Don't worry, I will avenge your father and brothers today, and I will recover in the future." Heshan, I will make you a prince."
Liu Lin clasped his fists, his face full of gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will serve your Majesty to the death and be loyal to the Lord!"
It turned out that after the Jin soldiers left, Yelu Yanxi sat guarding Zhengzhou. Yelu Chun sent troops to attack several times, but he blocked them all. As he comes and goes, thoughts arise——
Yelu Chun, this loser, took advantage of my suffering and claimed to be the emperor, while I became the king of Yunzhou. Isn't this ridiculous? Humph, he was just as afraid of the Jin people as I was, and wanted to plunder the Song Dynasty to establish a country, but I had never thought of this move earlier! Now that the left and right Jin men have gone, I have soldiers and generals at my disposal, and he should be the emperor. Is this upright emperor like me weak to him?
With this in mind, Yelu Yanxi decisively restored the throne and issued three national letters:
The first one was sent to Bianjing to Yelu Chun, to forgive his rebellious behavior, let him return to his family, and still let him be the king of Wei.
The second one was sent to Zhenjiang and sent to the old official's family. We are all brothers and sisters. Now that the old brother has returned to the throne, of course he must be happy too.
The third message was sent to the Kingdom of Jin, telling them that I, the King of Yunzhou, would no longer serve, and that I was still the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty.
Emperor Tianzuo thought about this third certificate of credence and threw it directly into the Yellow River - he was afraid that the Jin people would kill him, so he simply developed the first generation of drift bottles, thinking that the Yellow River leads to hundreds of rivers, as long as he is destined, If so, the golden man will definitely receive it.
In fact, it was his second letter of credence that completely aroused the old official's thoughts of restoration that were already ready to start -
It makes no sense that the deposed emperors of the Liao Kingdom could be restored, but our majestic Song Emperor could not. Otherwise, wouldn’t it prove that the Song Dynasty was inferior to the Liao Dynasty?
Why did the old official's family cut off a piece of land for Yelu Yanxi? It means to encourage.
Yelu Yanxi was restored to the throne, and people were sent to tell Liu Yu to become a prince under his command. However, Liu Yu was the king of Bianliang in Jin Dynasty. How could he be attracted by Yelu Yanxi? So ignore it.
Until Liu Yu's sudden defeat, his son Liu Lin had no choice but to come to Yelu Yanxi. Yanxi accepted him without thinking about his old evil, and listened to his plan. He wanted to burn down Xingyang and kill the Song army in Xijing. The majestic appearance of Emperor Tian Zuo appears!
In order to achieve success in the battle, Emperor Tian Zuo left only 5,000 troops to guard Zhengzhou and led 15,000 troops to fight. In addition to Liu Lin's 5,000 troops, a total of 20,000 troops were ambushed outside Xingyang City.
At this moment, seeing the whole city on fire, Emperor Tian Zuo laughed loudly and decisively led his troops to kill the general from the east.
It’s really——
It's a dark and windy night, and it's a day of murder and arson!
That night, heavy clouds covered the moon, and the wind roared fiercely. Emperor Tianzuo was so ambitious that he personally took the lead in the charge, and his shouts of killing shook the heaven and the earth.
However, dozens of feet away from the city gate, the city was blazing with fire, reflected by the hundreds of people shouting and shouting outside the door. Emperor Tianzuo vaguely saw it, and couldn't help but froze. He quickly reined in his horse and blurted out: "Oh? Could it be that the fire is too strong?" Why, how come only these few hundred Song troops escaped?"
Before he finished speaking, there was a loud killing sound from both sides. On the left was Zhang Kunzhong, and on the right were Zhang Jun and Luo Yanqing. They each led their troops and ran straight into the Liao soldiers' formation, killing each other.
Outside the east gate, Shi Qian's sharp eyes saw the incoming Liao army in chaos. A general in golden armor in front of the formation looked as if he was about to run away. He jumped onto Dai Zong's shoulder and pointed forward: "Brother! That one is here." The one in the golden armor must be Yelu Yanxi, hurry up and ask the gods to lead me to capture him!"
This is exactly——
Ma Lingcai is called Shenjuzi, how can Drumfly ride Dai Zong? Standing at the east gate and shouting, he wants to capture Tian Zuo and perform extraordinary feats!
(End of chapter)
