Chapter 896 Cao Ge
Zang Ba solved the minor incident, so he ordered General Zhang Bu to lead 5,000 infantry out of the city first, and then Yang Fu, Ma Tao, and Peng Yu led the fifth battalion of troops. Take a boat along Mu Shui.
In the end, he took 500 cavalry and the fifth battalion of the Chinese Army as the follow-up echelon, and headed towards Guan Yu's tribe in the east.
However, on the night when the team first set off, the situation changed.
The spies who went out brought news that to the west of them, in the direction of the Wulian soldiers, the number of enemy troops was only a few hundred, and the defense was very weak.
In addition, the spies also reported news that the local Xuzhou wealthy families had long been prepared to assist our army. Once our army marched westward to attack the thieves, they would act as internal agents to jointly attack the thieves.
The area where the Wulian soldiers were stationed at this time was a place called Daokou on the edge of Mu Shui. It was here that they established a military stronghold to guard Mu Shui.
Zang Ba was confused at this time, because from the intelligence point of view, this must be a huge fighter plane.
The enemy is lightly armed and well-prepared. This is the best opportunity for him to break out of the encirclement.
The enemy has hundreds of troops in the area, and he has more than ten thousand troops. Isn't this a defeat with one blow?
But Zang Ba was worried about whether there might be a plan involved.
But as soon as he thought about it, he felt that life and death were important and he didn't think about it so much, so he just did it.
So he immediately ordered the entire army to change its direction and directly turned around to attack Daokou Village.
So, at dawn that day, Zang Ba led an army of 13,000 troops and marched along Mu Shui toward Daokou Village.
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As for Guan Yu, he did have the idea of letting his son enter the city to persuade Zang Ba to surrender.
It was not that he had a love for Zang Ba's talent, but that after judging the situation at hand, he was worried about Cao Cao's back-up plan, so he had to seize a time gap.
If he lingers in Ju County for a long time, once Cao Cao starts to take action, he will become passive.
But when his son agreed without hesitation, Guan Yu fell silent again.
Because he couldn't bear it.
He was very aware of the dangers his son would encounter when he entered the city to persuade him to surrender. At first, Guan Yu seemed to think that he could bear it, but when he really looked at his son's determined eyes, Guan Yu finally softened his heart.
He hesitated for a moment, but chose to continue the siege of Ju County, and then sent more sentinels to Qingzhou to keep an eye on Cao Cao's movements.
But before he could wait for Cao Cao to take action, he unexpectedly waited for the Xuzhou Army in Ju County to dispatch.
Of course Guan Yu didn't know about Zang Ba's predicament. He originally thought that Zang Ba and others wanted to occupy Ju County and defend it. Now that the Xuzhou Army took the initiative, he was overjoyed.
But when the direction of the Xuzhou Army was to the west, Guan Yu realized that the Xuzhou Army was going to retreat west, so without any hesitation, he took his two thousand assault cavalry and directly attacked the Xuzhou Army. Launch a pursuit.
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The sun rises, and the gentle sunshine shines on people, making them sleepy.
At this time, Daokou Village on the edge of Mushui had been surrounded by the Xuzhou Army. Thick smoke and haze floated over the military village, and the walls made of giant trees were full of traces of smoke.
The wilderness outside the stronghold was full of people. Thousands of Xuzhou troops gathered on both sides of the strait. Led by military flags, they began to form formations in the wild.
Yang Mu stood on the military stronghold, relying on many years of experience to judge that the number of Xuzhou soldiers outside was no less than 10,000.
But he didn't panic much.
At this time, behind the military stronghold, behind Yang Mu, there was also a dense crowd. Volunteers from several nearby counties and the capital of Guizhou were busy in the back, carrying supplies.
In the military stronghold, about three thousand Wulian soldiers were fully armed and ready to fight at any time.
These are Yang Mu’s confidence.
In fact, after leaving Wulian Mountain and moving to Langya and Donghai areas, Yang Mu and the others found that the mass base here was very good.
It turns out that the Taishan Army has long been deeply recognized in these places. Ever since the Wulian Mountain Soldiers took up the banner of the Taishan Army, people from nearby areas have been coming to join them.
At this moment, these old men, women, and children are all transporting supplies in the rear, while the young and strong men are serving as auxiliary troops for the Wulian Mountain Soldiers in the village. It can be said that the whole family is really joining the Taishan Army together.
Actually, Yang Mu didn't know that the reason why the Taishan Army had such a reputation here was closely related to the fact that the Langya thieves had harmed Rilie in the local area.
This place has actually become a pile of dry firewood long ago. It waited until the spark of Wulian Mountain Soldiers, and then began to burn with raging fire.
After Yang Mu expanded his strength here, he continued to attack the local tyrants. After breaking through the wall of a certain local tyrant's dock, they captured a batch of letters to be sent to Zang Ba in Ju County.
It was this incident that inspired Yang Mu to come up with this strategy.
What he wants is to attract the Langya soldiers to attack, and then let Commander Guan from the north lead the army to attack from the rear. At that time, he, Yang Mu, can avenge the dead Wulian Mountain people.
Yes, Yang Mu wants people like Zang Ba to die!
At this time, Yang Mu continued to observe the status of the Langya soldiers. Seeing that although there were many of them, they still distributed the troops according to the principle of the commander-in-chief. He knew that the organization of the Langya soldiers was still not good enough.
The Langya people indeed dispatched their troops according to which commander led them, instead of organizing and training the army according to the Shiwu system like the general divisions.
Therefore, in Yang Mu's eyes, there was a situation where there were more troops here and fewer troops there.
This is of course good news for Yang Mu. The organization level is not high, and it will be difficult for the general to enforce orders and prohibitions. In this case, it will be difficult to organize an effective siege.
The situation is indeed as Yang Mu judged.
The Xuzhou Army outside the stronghold has actually been mobilized for a long time, but so far no team has been seen coming out to attack the stronghold.
However, although no one from the enemy army took the initiative to attack the stronghold, there were still a large number of enemy archers shooting arrows at the Taishan Army outside the stronghold.
However, under such a rain of arrows, Yang Mu did not dare to look out, so he could only spend less time observing the enemy.
I don’t know how long it took, but it seemed that the enemy forces had finally reached an agreement. The first batch of Langya soldiers began to rush toward the military camp with more than ten bamboo ladders waving a few big flags. Come.
At this time, the village elders from several nearby villages hurriedly ran up the wall. They were about to report something to Yang Mu when they suddenly saw the scene of turbulent waves crashing on the shore below, making them dizzy.
Yang Mu saw the pale faces of these old people, frowned and asked:
"What do you want to do with these elders?"
One of the old men took the lead and steadied himself, and replied tremblingly:
"Go back to this general, the black oil you asked the boys in the clan to prepare before is ready. We have spent a hundred times making it. More barrels, I don’t know if it’s enough.”< br>
Yang Mu was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands happily:
“Okay, if you have more, just keep on enduring, the more, the better.”
Several old men nodded quickly, and then hurriedly walked out from the wall Up and down.
After these people came down, they were obviously uneasy. It was obvious that the sight of thousands of troops outside the wall had frightened them.
One of the old men couldn't help but said:
"There are so many Langya soldiers outside, do you think the Taishan Army can stop them? If they can't, we will suffer too. ?”
But another old man retorted:
“They are the Taishan Army. Now the world belongs to the Taishan Army. Can they lose?”
But the first old man immediately retorted:
"Although they are from the Taishan Army, they are from the Wulian Mountain side. They are similar to the rural soldiers of the Xuzhou Army. How strong can their combat effectiveness be?"
The old man who was refuted did not give up and continued to argue.
But they were refuted by the old man who was talking to Yang Mu. The old man made everyone speechless with one sentence. "Why are we still thinking so much now? If we don't join the Taishan Army, we will be doomed by the Langya bandits."
Yes, everyone was arguing so much that it seemed like they had a choice.
In fact, this is because the Langya people have exploited the local area too much. Otherwise, these three rural elders, who are at least in the local area, would not join the Taishan Army so simply.
These Langya people are no different from bandits, no, they are bandits!
The old men sighed for a while, and then continued to follow Yang Mu's instructions, preparing to continue to refine some more black oil.
Although they don't know what the use of these things is, it is just a waste of firewood and strength. It is better than standing on the wall and fighting.
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On the wall, Yang Mu had already raised his bow and arrow, preparing to shoot at the Langya soldiers running down the city, when he suddenly saw these people stopped after marching for a certain distance.
While Yang Mu and the others were wondering, a Langya soldier on horseback ran out from the opposite team, carrying a small flag behind him and wearing a Han army hood on his head, and shouted to Yang Mu and the others:
"My general has the virtue of a good life. He ordered you to open the wall and kneel down and surrender without killing any of them."
It turned out that he was the one who wanted to surrender.
Yang Mu spit on the ground, and then motioned to the brother with a loud voice next to him to shout.
This little brother looked at the arrogant Langya thieves below and was filled with anger. Now he dared to shout at them, so he yelled at the top of his voice:
"Let your mother go" "What the hell!"
Before he could finish his words, General Langya, who was riding a horse at the foot of the wall, suddenly rushed over with his horse. Then he drew his bow and arrow from his back and fired an arrow at the barrier.
This man is a master of archery, and he shot this little brother in the throat with one arrow.
Looking at his brother who fell while clutching his throat, Yang Mu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he shouted angrily:
"Shoot, shoot these beasts to death."
After that, the barrier There was a lot of cursing, and arrows shot at that person like raindrops, but General Langya was well prepared. A huge card frame behind his back blocked the arrows, and he escaped from the shooting range on horseback.
The Langya general rode his horse all the way to a slope. There was a huge flag on the slope. The chief general of the Langya army, Zang Ba, was here.
Zang Ba had been waiting for the news. When he saw Langya coming, he stood up in a hurry and asked:
"De Zhao, what is the result?"
This Langya general is called Zhao Zhe, also known as De Zhao. He is the first-class shooting general in the Langya army. He is being appointed by Zang Ba as the best candidate to behead enemy generals. .
Zhao Zhe got down on one knee and replied:
“It was shot, but the general feels that it is not the enemy’s main general, otherwise the enemy’s barrier would not be so calm.”
Zang Ba had a look of annoyance on his face, but he did not accuse Zhao Zhe, but comforted him and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, Dezhao. I didn't have much hope for this method. You can rest on the slope first and watch the brothers break the stronghold with me!"
Zhao Zhe accepted the order with clasped fists, followed by one The Ya soldiers brought a small horse and asked Zhao Zhe to sit under Zang Ba.
Over there, following Zang Ba's order, the drummers behind the slope began to beat the drum heads, and the heavy drum sound spread to the entire battlefield.
It was also under the urging of the drums that the Langya soldiers at the front moved slowly.
But they did not directly choose to attack. Instead, they suddenly pulled out a group of people from the back of the team. These people were in shabby spirits and had dull expressions. Their hands were tied with hemp ropes and they were held up by the swordsmen behind them. Pushed to the forefront.
Yang Mu on the barrier saw that the other side had come up with a new trick, asking everyone to calm down and not waste arrows or falling rocks.
Then at this moment, the Langya soldiers on the opposite side kicked these people to the ground one by one, and then shouted at Yang Mu with loud voices:
"This That’s the consequences of betraying our army!”
After that, these people drew their swords and chopped off the heads of more than a hundred people.
Yang Mu was angry inside, but more inexplicable because he knew those people were not from their Taishan Army.
But suddenly, a burst of shrill cries erupted from the other side of the wall.
It was those villagers who were howling and crying. It turned out that although they understood the truth, in the end they couldn't help but insisted on going up to the wall to watch.
And at this glance, it was clear that something was wrong.
Those who were beheaded by the Langya soldiers on the front line were none of the others. They were their nephews and nephews who stayed at home.
At this moment, they were all slaughtered by the Langya people.
An old man fainted on the spot, but the one who was still conscious shouted in the direction of Yang Mu:
"General, they all died for the Taishan Army, they must avenge us!" ”
When Yang Mu heard this, he tightened his bow and arrow, and took advantage of the situation to shout:
“Kill these Langya soldiers and take revenge!”
So, the Wulian Mountain soldiers on the barrier started to attack one after another. He was scolded and the crowd was furious.
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Obviously, at this time, the Langya Army already understood that they had fallen into the tricks of these village elders.
Zang Ba is really not stupid. When he rushed to Daokou Village, he knew that he must have been deceived.
The size of Daokou Village, the number of flags, and the strictness of the flags, how could it be that the troops were weak and the defenses were negligent.
He immediately ordered his horsemen to go to the countryside to catch those natives.
Soon they caught the tribesmen who were hidden by these village elders, and then learned everything from these people's mouths.
But what if we understand the truth?
At this moment, they were far away from the safety of Ju County, and more than ten thousand troops were lingering in the wild. It is conceivable that Guan Yu must be on the road behind them.
So Zang Ba came up with a small method of beheading, but he didn't expect it to succeed in the end.
Time can no longer be delayed, he must fight hard!
As the traitors were beheaded one by one, Zang Ba's hidden anger finally exploded. He raised his sword and shouted:
"My sons, kill all the Taishan troops, leaving no one behind!"
The fifth battalion of Zang Ba down the slope, holding their iron soldiers high, roared:
"Leave no one behind!"
The crowd roared, and the sky and the earth were eclipsed for a moment.
Two teams with the same origin but already deep hatred will settle their old and new grudges together in one day.
Everything will be settled today.