Previously, Lao Cao had gone to Bianliang and ordered Dai Zong to go to Liangshanbo, and asked King Chao Tian to send out a large number of troops. He first wiped out all the Liao troops on the East Road of Hebei, and then went to Youzhou to support them.
Lao Cao killed 90,000 Liao soldiers in two battles in Bianliang and Yingtianfu. Although there were still no less than 100,000 Liao soldiers north of the Yellow River, they were distributed in various states and had no generals to lead them. How could they be regarded as the heroes of Liangshan?
But Dai Zong came in such a hurry, obviously there was a big change, so Lao Cao ordered him to speak first.
Dai Zong swallowed his foam and said hurriedly: "I said goodbye to my elder brother on August 20th, and started practicing magic. I went to Dazhai that day. King Chao Tianwang and others first got the 'Huan Demon Lord' to come with the imperial edict to recruit him. It is known that The war is about to begin, so all the soldiers and horses in the stronghold have been mobilized. The younger brother passed on the general's order to the older brother. The older brother, the King of Heaven, was very happy. He held a banquet and all the brothers had a drink. The next day, he sent 50,000 troops to go north to conquer!"
Cao Cao nodded - when he crossed the sea to conquer Liao last year, Liangshan only had more than 40,000 troops, and he took away 5,000. Now, in more than a year, he has accumulated 50,000 troops, which shows that King Chao Tian is having a feast Apart from that, he never slacked off on village affairs.
Then he asked him: "Who are the brothers who are going to war?"
Dai Zongdao said: "In this expedition, King Chao Tian took command and set up two military advisors, namely Mr. Wu Jialiang, 'Huan Mojun' Qiao Daoqing, deputy commander 'Qifuzi' Fang Qifu, and five generals, namely 'Pohan Wu'. 'Han Shizhong, 'Little Lu Bu' Fang Jie, 'Little Taiwei' Yao Pingzhong, 'Yaksha' Wang De, 'White Faced Qin Qiong' Ma Gongzhi."
Cao Cao laughed after hearing this and said: "Is Wang De willing to surrender? Hahaha, he three Western generals are extravagant in their abilities, and they should be in the top positions of divine generals. It's just that last year they were fighting to the death with the Mingjiao heroes, and now But we must fight side by side and not have any discord with each other.”
Dai Zong smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry! Since the imperial decree came a few days ago, these three people have been willing to surrender. In the past few days, King Chao Tianwang held banquets every day, and Fang Qifu and Fang Jie drank with them for several days, and they all felt relieved. .”
Cao Cao praised: "Wonderful! He is truly worthy of being the 'Pagoda King'. How many people in the world can match his majesty?"
Dai Zong said again: "All Lin Jiao's leaders are gone. Now King Chao Tian has listened to Mr. Jialiang's plan and asked Fang Qifu and Ma Gong to lead the tiger cavalry, Han Wu and Yao Pingzhong to lead the flying cavalry, and Fang Jie and Wang De to lead the leopard cavalry. .”
Cao Cao thought for a moment, nodded and said: "But it's appropriate."
The most elite soldiers and horses in Liangshan are three thousand tiger cavalry, five thousand flying cavalry, eight thousand leopard cavalry, as well as one thousand heavy armored infantry "formation trappers", a thousand swordsmen "formation breakers", and three thousand barbarians The card player is "Dang array warrior", two thousand water and fire soldiers and three hundred magic soldiers.
Last year, Lao Cao crossed the sea to conquer Liao, and brought many elites with him. Therefore, there are still 2,500 tiger cavalry, 3,500 flying cavalry, 6,000 leopard cavalry, and 1,000 trapped soldiers in Liangshan. Five hundred warriors who broke the formation, and two thousand five hundred warriors who broke the formation.
Dai Zong added: "The seven mysterious generals who went out for the expedition are Suo Chao, the "Pioneer", Zhou Ang, the "Giant Spirit God", Yun Zongwu, the "Sword Rebellion", Liang Hongyu, the "Qiao Guan Xing", Sixing Fang, the "Tiger Sword", "Xiao Yang Youji" Pang Wanchun, and "Xuanzhou Tiger" Yu Qing. Among them, Suo Chao and Zhou Ang assisted in commanding the Tiger Cavalry, Liang Hongyu and Pang Wanchun assisted in commanding the Flying Cavalry, and Yun Zongwu and Sixingfang assisted in commanding the Leopard Cavalry."
Cao Cao nodded and said with a smile: "Wonderful! Wu Xuexue is really sophisticated in his use of troops."
Dai Zong also laughed and said: "The remaining generals of the horse army, the brave generals of the infantry, the wolf generals, and the navy generals who are in the mountains will all accompany the army. There are only three thousand soldiers left in this village, and the brothers' fathers, brothers, and sons. Take care of.”
After hearing this, Cao Cao wondered: "With such brothers and such a powerful army, even when the Liao army was at its peak, it would be difficult for them to defeat them. Where did the disaster come from?"
Dai Zong smiled bitterly: "Brother let me tell you carefully - our army set off and sent fast horses to inform Gaotangzhou and Qingzhou. In a few days, it surrounded Daming Mansion. During the attack, there were three heroes who led two or three soldiers. Thousands of righteous people started fighting from within the city, robbed the city gates and offered them as sacrifices, and easily captured the city."
"Brother Chao Gai was overjoyed and hurriedly entertained him with wine. The first of his three leaders was 'Mei Dalang' Mei Zhan, who was in the Tenth Festival of the Song Army. He fell when the Liao Army broke through the city before. He was about to be attacked. During the siege, there were two prison guards in the city, Cai Fu and Cai Qing. It’s been a long time, but now that I see my army here, I take the opportunity to respond.”
Cao Cao frowned even more after hearing this. Isn't this a good thing?
But Dai Zong shook his head and said: "This is a great thing, but unexpectedly, a fast horse came from Qingzhou, and the road was Yuguan of the Great Wall. It was broken by the Jurchens, and Pingzhou, Yingzhou, and Luanzhou were killed. Mountains of corpses were killed." In the sea of blood, Jizhou was also in danger. But it was Meng Kang who came across the sea to ask for help. Unexpectedly, the brothers from various states in Shandong had already fought out, and only Sun Li stayed behind alone. When Sun Li learned about this, he sent someone to the village to report the news, and at the same time led We gathered three or four thousand soldiers and horses and went to rescue him by boat. Zhu Fu, Yang Lin, Pei Xuan, and Hou Jian learned that they were afraid that he was alone and weak, so they went with them to the death and went together."
Cao Cao was surprised when he heard this: "It's okay for Sun Li and Yang Lin to go. Zhu Fu and Pei Xuan are so fat and white, why do they go to the battlefield to be targets? And Hou Jian, his martial arts is worse than Song Jiang brothers. Join in the fun again."
Dai Zong's eyes turned red when he heard this and said: "Brother, although our martial arts skills are not as good as those of us, our loyalty is the same. When things happen, we just live and die together."
Seeing that he was emotional, Cao Cao also sighed with emotion. He put his hand on his back and comforted him: "You are different from them. Your sword skills are even praised by Wu Xuexue. Follow me in the battle, and you can kill as many as you can." , I see it all in my brother’s eyes.”
Dai Zong wiped away his tears and suddenly showed a proud look: "My little brother is naturally more extravagant and generous than those brothers who are doing business, but I am still worse than Teacher Lin, Teacher Shi and others, and I can't do much for my brother."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Your legs have done countless things for my brother. When the Jin people are killed, the four characters 'Shenxing Hou Mansion' will hang high in front of the house."
Dai Zong was overjoyed after hearing this. He couldn't help but look at Zixiong and looked at Ma Ling with his nostrils.
Cao Cao also looked at Ma Ling: "Brother, tell me, what happened to the south?"
When Lao Cao first attacked Yanmen Pass, he sent Ma Ling to the south of the Yangtze River to deliver orders. They had not been together for several months.
Ma Ling said quickly: "Brother, before that Master Fang La and his master Murong were defeated in a decisive battle at Dongting Lake. Murong was defeated and fell into the trap of 'Beautiful Beard Gong' and went to Yuguan to hunt for treasure. The whole army was wiped out in my brother's hands." The leader and others did not know that they were searching the mountains and seas in the south of the Yangtze River. Although they could not find any trace of Murong Bo, they took the opportunity to gather the scattered believers from various places and gathered a few extremely extravagant heroes. When the younger brother went there, he also We have gathered fifty to seventy thousand capable soldiers and horses."
Lao Cao smiled and said: "My old father-in-law was not a mediocre person originally. Now he is standing up after being destroyed. With the help of Senior Brother Lu and others, it will not be difficult to regain his strength in time. Tell me what will happen after you leave."
Ma Ling said: "I went this time and found them all. I first informed Murong Bo of the results. Leader Fang laughed three times and cried three times, but he was also relieved. I also said that my brother swept across Youyun, After the great defeat in the Jin and Liao Dynasties, Senior Brother Lu and others were beating their chests and stamping their feet, wishing they could not be part of it. At this time, the younger brother Fang told his elder brother's plan and asked Leader Fang to re-establish the banner of Mingjiao and set up a rebel flag in the south of the Yangtze River. Leader Fang had no objections. This For several months, I have been contacting various religious congregations and planning to start an event in the autumn, but who would have thought that a few days ago, something bad happened."
When Cao Cao ordered Ma Ling to go to the south of the Yangtze River, the old official had not abdicated the throne and fled. Cao Cao's original intention was to ask Fangla to raise the flag of rebellion again. At that time, he could defeat it with his own hands. Then the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River would be captured by Fangla, and the upper and lower parts of the Yellow River would be captured by Jin and Liao. The name is justifiable.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji abdicated later and fled to Zhenjiang. The Western Xia Alliance and the Jin Dynasty annexed the northwest, so Lao Cao had to focus on his immediate future.
After hearing what Ma Ling said, he quickly asked: "Why is it such a disaster?"
Ma Ling said with an angry look on his face: "The previous official became the Supreme Emperor, and ordered people to control the Yangtze River, and captured all King Qin's food, wages, soldiers and horses. In a short time, one or two hundred thousand officers and soldiers gathered together, so that's it After all, these officers and soldiers are not as good at fighting as the Western Army. Unexpectedly, he made another mistake recently and actually captured the new emperor. He moved to Jinling Mansion and sent Tong Guan, Ma Zheng and others to the sea to envoy Jin. We want to use the Yangtze River as the boundary and divide the world equally with the Jin Kingdom! Brother, isn't this a huge disaster?"
When Cao Cao heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and the brothers around him all yelled together: "This guy is really a bastard who sells his land to the Liao Kingdom. He was so crazy that he cut off a large amount of land to the Liao Kingdom, and now he wants to divert the river for it." In the world, compared to him, isn’t Shi Jingtang considered a hero of the generation?”
Lao Cao's face was ashen, and his brothers scolded him for a long time. He suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, which shocked everyone into silence.
But when Lao Cao laughed, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's it! Wu Mou underestimated him, Zhao Ji! I originally thought that he intercepted King Qin's troops just to compete with his son, but unexpectedly he had such a shameless method! Now! It seems that the loss of Yuguan may not be entirely due to the Jin soldiers being good at fighting!"
After saying that, he looked at Ma Ling: "The information about Tong Guan's envoy Bei is top secret. How could you find out?"
Ma Ling smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Brother, do you remember Huang Shang?"
"Huang Shang?" Lao Cao thought for a while and nodded: "The master who followed Tong Guannan in his expedition!"
Ma Ling nodded and said: "That's exactly the person! This person was deceived by his elder brother and went to Lingnan. He drank dung soup and applied a big spider, but he became seriously ill and almost died. He relied on his deep internal strength to support him and recovered from his illness in the mountains. Only then did he know that the world had changed drastically, so he went to Zhenjiang to meet the officials. Just as Tong Guan and others were returning from their mission, they proudly told about the deep friendship of the Jin Kingdom. Huang Shang was shocked when he heard that the land north of the Yangtze River was to be cut off. I hurriedly tried to remonstrate, but I was poisoned because of it. I finally escaped from Kui Xiangyang. I struggled and found Master Fang La. Only then did I learn about this, so I hurriedly came to sue my brother."
Cao Cao was silent for a moment and then asked him again: "The little emperor is well in Luoyang. How long have I been away? How come he was captured by his father?"
Ma Ling sighed: "It's a long story to say..."
(End of chapter)
