Chapter 903 Report
In the mist, Gao Rou led three hundred tiger and leopard riders to carefully explore along the river bank.
Everyone’s eyes widened, and they carefully reminded each other of the dirt on the road.
This unexpected rise of mist brought great trouble to Gao Rou and their actions.
At this moment they could only walk along the river bank to avoid getting lost.
The three hundred tiger and leopard riders were all majestic warriors. They rode horses one after another and walked slowly.
Gao Rou looked at the blurry figures in front of him, and inevitably thought of his brother Gao Gan again.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but today is his brother’s birthday. Of course, it may also be called Mingshou.
The elder brother is ambitious. Although in Gao Rou's opinion, he is somewhat ambitious and lacks talent, the existence of the elder brother provides him and the entire family with a safe harbor to shelter from wind and rain.
But in the end, my brother died in Yiluo fighting with Yuan Shao. In fact, the family did not get accurate news of his death, and the Taishan Army did not kill him or captured him. List.
In fact, Gao Rou believed that his brother had most likely died in the battle. After all, the battlefield was fierce and dangerous. Once he was killed or fell off his horse, it would not be surprising that he would be reduced to a pulp.
But Gao Rou still hopes that his brother can survive. Maybe he, like himself, misses his relatives somewhere in the world.
I just don’t know if my brother still remembers that today is his birthday.
Gao Rou is now Cao Cao's tiger and leopard general. He is good at bow and horse riding and shooting, and the Gao family has a good relationship with Cao Cao, so after the defeat of Yuan family Yiluo, Gao Rou He defected to Cao Cao and was reused.
At this moment, he is going to pursue a Taishan Army Cavalry. The number is not large, only one-third of his own, so he is not too worried.
After all, no matter how good the enemy is in cavalry fighting, these tiger and leopard cavalry are not a bunch of cowards. Not to mention that their number is tripled, even if they are only doubled, they can still fight back and forth.
At this moment, their group of people staggered all the way to the slope they saw before.
Here, a tiger and leopard general in front jumped off his horse, touched the fresh horse dung on the ground, nodded and walked to Gao Rou.
He raised his head and whispered to Gao Ju:
"Colonel, the enemy should have left not long ago, about half an hour."
The tiger and leopard general in front of him used to be a horseman, so Gao Rou believed in his judgment and asked with a frown:
"Can you tell which direction the enemy army is walking from?"
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“This is not difficult, you can catch those people just by biting the horse hoof prints and horse dung.”
Gao Rou nodded and was about to give the order to continue the pursuit, but saw that the tiger and leopard were about to He hesitated and asked:
"Why, are there any other questions?"
The tiger and leopard general said honestly:
"The number of enemy troops should be small, but the general is a little worried. Because the feces and urine stains on the ground could tell that this was a group of first-class horses. The general felt that no matter how many horses the enemy had, they could equip a sentry with such a number. What a good horse, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
At this time, Gao Rou fell into thinking. After thinking for a while, he gave the order to the tiger and leopard general:
"Let the whole team bite the bit. , the horse is also bitten by me, no one in the team is allowed to make a sound, and whoever dares to make a sound will be killed. Then you continue to lead the way, and we continue to pursue.”
The tiger and leopard generals took orders and then ran back to their own team.
At this moment, Gao Rou was extremely excited, but she remained silent.
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Cao Hong, who came up from the lower reaches, was in a different state of mind than Gao Rou. He was quite dissatisfied with Cao Cao for asking him to do this task.
After all, Cao Hong is also a well-known general in the army. You must know that his brother Cao Ren is already a general with tens of thousands of troops. He will bring three hundred cavalry to capture some prisoners.
What's this?
But Cao Hong did not dare to show it, because he knew that his lord Cao Cao did have a problem with him.
Nothing else, just because Cao Hong had embezzled a batch of military pay and resold a batch of supplies distributed by the army to a businessman.
Cao Hong must have understood how displeased Cao Cao was by his actions, but his brother was still too unworldly.
What can you do if you don’t have money in this world?
If you have to spend money on matters big or small in the clan later, why don't you come to him, Cao Honglai, to deal with it? Even when Cao Cao was in urgent need of money and didn't want to be blamed by Xun Yu, he would ask Cao Hong to lend it to him.
It’s just that Cao Cao never paid it back.
So Cao Hong doesn't think it's a big deal if he is greedy. After all, he is not greedy. Cao Cao doesn't care about the size of the clan. He doesn't have any salary during the holidays, so how should he live?
Besides this problem, Cao Hong has no other problems.
But Cao Hong still received a beating from Cao Cao because of this incident.
Not only was his former general position taken away, he was also given fifteen military whips.
But compared to being slapped with fifteen military sticks, Cao Hong was more heartbroken when he was beaten to the end.
After all, without the power in his hands, how can he do business with those people in the future? How can he make a lot of money?
When he thought that he might have lost hundreds of gold this time, Cao Hong grimaced in pain.
His behavior made his general think too much, thinking that his military leader still hurt the fifteenth army stick.
So the tooth general took the initiative to slow down the march, not wanting his military commander to have to suffer from the pain of marching anymore.
But Cao Hong soon discovered this. He raised his whip and whipped his teeth. While whipping, he cursed:
"Why, the dog slave dares to overstep his authority? I will let the team Slow down? ? Give you another chance, Dog Slave, and lead the way. If you dare to disobey me again, I won’t skin you!” Rushing towards the head.
As Cao Hong said in his self-evaluation, he has no other problems except greed.
As for the tasks assigned to him by Cao Cao, even though Cao Hong felt a hundred dissatisfaction in his heart, he must be meticulous in executing them without any confusion.
And Cao Hong is also very smart. He is different from Gao Rou. That person has never stayed in Qingzhou, so of course he is not familiar with the road.
But Cao Hong is very familiar with this place, because he doesn't know how many fertile fields and farms there are nearby.
Back then, Cao Cao planned to move his seat of government from Dongpingling to Linzi. Cao Hong, who received the news in advance, came to the enclosure outside Linzi city early.
And he did not do it by hand, but came by himself. At that time, he was walking back and forth along the Zishui area. When he saw a good piece of land, he circled it and let people buy it.
In short, by the time Cao Cao and the others really moved to Linzi, he, Cao Hong, had already traveled all over the city and bought a large piece of good land.
After that, Cao Ren's farm outside the city made a lot of money just by providing vegetables to the dignitaries in the city.
It can be said that if Cao Ren had been a businessman, he would have been quite successful.
So when Cao Cao asked him to go to the other side to capture the sentries of the Taishan Army, Cao Hong chose his destination very wisely.
He didn’t want to walk along the river bank stupidly, not to mention that if they changed paths midway, they would be in vain. More importantly, if he, Cao Hong, did the same thing as Gao Rou, then Doesn't it seem that Cao Hong has lost his status?
So, after Cao Hong led his team across the river, they went straight to a gap, which was the only way to Linzi. No matter how far the sentries ran, they would eventually return.
After Cao Hong rode for about three or four miles with three hundred tigers and leopards, he finally reached this gap and prepared to ambush here.
In fact, the only way to Linzi is not just this gap. There are actually several gaps further down the road, and they are more suitable for ambushes.
But Cao Hong is not willing to take this risk, because it is actually less than fifteen miles away from Linzi. Although under normal circumstances, sentries and cavalry are placed five miles away, but if the enemy is farther away, it may be possible. Discover them.
So, Cao Hongqiuwen chose this place. Until then, just wait.
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As the sun rose higher and higher, the mist began to dissipate.
At this time, Ding Sheng and his party discovered that Dong Fang and Tao An were missing. It was obvious that they had just walked in the fog and had gone the wrong way.
But fortunately, Ding Sheng has been to this area before. Because it is close to the Mengshan Mountains, there are many slopes. In addition, it is close to Zishui River and there is a large dense forest on the other side. It is very convenient to light a fire and cook, making it an ideal place to camp.
But later, because all the cavalry were handed over to Taishi Ci, and there was no cavalry to protect the communication lines, it seemed inappropriate to set up the base camp more than 20 miles away from Linzi at this time.
So in the end, Ding Sheng chose to set up his base camp directly outside Linzi City so that he could directly be responsible for planning the siege strategy.
For this reason, Ding Sheng took a quick look at the surrounding scenery and knew that he should be walking diagonally to the north.
So he was optimistic about the direction this time, so he took the twenty or so tooth soldiers around him and rushed towards Linzi.
Ding Sheng was very fast this time, perhaps because he had developed intuition after being in the war for a long time, or because there were too few tooth soldiers around him and he felt insecure. Anyway, Ding Sheng felt very uneasy.
He thought something might be going on.
So, he did not send people out to find Dong and visit them again, but wanted to return to the camp as quickly as possible.
A group of more than 20 riders were very fast, and by chance, they rushed through the gap before Cao Hong and others rushed to the gap, otherwise they would have fallen into the ambush circle.
Judging from this incident, Zhang Chong was right when he often said that Ding Sheng was a lucky general.
This Ding Sheng is really lucky and he is a blessed person.
But Dong Fang and Tao An were not so lucky.
The reason why they were a step slow had something to do with Ding Sheng.
During the foggy time, Dong Fan noticed that Ding Sheng and others were missing from the team. At that time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was lagging behind.
At that time, the team happened to reach an abandoned farmhouse, and planned to take a rest here, just in time to wait for Ding Sheng and others to come over.
But they waited until the sun came out and the fog dissipated, but Ding Sheng and others still did not arrive.
Only then did Dong Fang confirm that Ding Sheng and the others were probably separated.
At this time, Tao An suggested that everyone go back first. After all, it’s not that far away from the camp. If Ding Sheng and the others couldn’t find him and others, they would definitely go back to the camp first.
But there are a few of Ding Sheng's tooth soldiers in the crowd. They are thinking of looking for Ding Sheng. No matter what the reason is, if they don't go to find Ding Sheng and go back to the camp directly, then their tooth soldiers will This is the end.
But at this moment, there was a heavy sound of horse hooves coming from outside the farmhouse, and the sound was coming directly towards them.
Dong Fang was very alert and shouted:
"Get on the horse."
After all, this farmyard is not in the safe zone, so Dong Fang and the others did not put down their saddles even after they docked for a rest.
At this moment Dong Fan shouted, and everyone rushed to the war horses.
At this time, the tooth soldier who had been guarding the watchtower was sweating profusely and shouted below:
"Hundreds of cavalry are running towards us."
After saying that, the man had already slid down the watchtower three times and rushed towards the war horse resting on the grass.
At this time, Dong Quan turned his horse around and said to Tao An, who was being helped to mount his horse:
"Mr. Tao, this must be the enemy. Our army's military structure means that this distance must not be far away. There will be a large-scale cavalry dispatch, and I and. How can we mobilize troops on this scale when Ding Sheng is not in the camp?"
Tao An also realized the seriousness and said directly to Dong Fang:
"Commander Dong, everything is up to you. Opportunity.”
Dong Fang did not reply, but said to the riders:
"We don't have much horsepower, so we must have an advantage. Let's run for a while first to see what route the sudden riders chasing us will take. When we arrive. When the time comes, let's fight back. I want to see who took advantage of the leopard's guts and dared to attack me."
Tao An nodded repeatedly after saying this. He is indeed the famous commander of our Taishan Army. He has such a charming demeanor. It's really commendable.
So, as Dong Fan finished speaking, the farm gate fell to the ground, and then Dong Fan galloped out of the dock with more than 80 tooth soldiers.
Without looking back, they galloped towards Linzi.
Behind them, Gao Rou led three hundred tiger and leopard cavalry in hot pursuit, causing smoke and dust to rise everywhere.
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At this time, the Taishan Army was at the Linzi camp.
More than a dozen generals in the army gathered in the big tent, dumbfounded as they listened to Chief Shi Chen Qin tell the news of the explosion.
Just as a group of sentry riders rushed back to the camp, they met a woodcutter father and son on the road. When the father and son saw the Taishan Army's sentry riders, they said they had important information to give them. Commander.
The sentry asked the father and son what the news was, but the father and son gritted their teeth and refused to tell them, saying that they would only tell them if they met a big shot in the Taishan Army.
The sentry knight had no choice but to take the father and son back to the camp.
The two commanders in the camp were not there at that time, and the two chief strategists, Chen Qin and Zhao Da, were in charge of military affairs.
Zhao Dagang went to the craftsman camp to check the preparations for tomorrow's siege equipment. Chen Qin was the only one in the camp at this time.
So the woodcutter and his son met Chen Qin. After learning that this person was the biggest figure in the camp, the two brought big news to Chen Qin.
It turned out that the father and son had gone to the other side of the Zi River to collect firewood and burn charcoal the day before yesterday, and planned to come back today and sell it to those in the Logistics Department of the Taishan Army.
But it rained heavily yesterday, and all their miserable nests were soaked by the rain. Just when they were dejected and ready to return empty-handed, they saw groups of Cao Jun lurking in the dense forest.
At that time, Cao Jun was hit by a heavy rain, and almost all of them hid in their tents to avoid the rain. No one noticed the father and son at all.
The father and son who accidentally discovered the traces of Cao Jun ran out carefully, and then went straight to Linzi. They wanted to report the news to the Taishan Army.
Logically speaking, both father and son are from Linzi. This should be regarded as Cao Jun’s camp, but why did both father and son not hesitate to report to Taishan Army?
It turned out that these two people were not woodcutter before. They originally owned land in this area, but then Cao Hong came, and the land they relied on for a living became Cao Hong's in the blink of an eye.
The father and son were unwilling to work as tenants for Cao Ren, so they made a living by collecting firewood.
This is what Cao Cao brought to their father and son after he came to Linzi.
And what happens after the Taishan Army arrives?
The army is not only indifferent to autumn, but also has a human touch.
The logistics officer who was responsible for purchasing charcoal at that time once encountered the father and his son lying on the side of the road tired from carrying charcoal. Not only did they give them a full meal, but they also asked them to carry the charcoal to the camp to sell in the future.
As much charcoal as their father and son had, Taishan Army asked for it, and it was the same as the market price.
When the two sides competed, the father and son did not hesitate to come to help the Taishan Army.
Because some people really treat these bugs as human beings!
Big people have their own principles, and small people also have their own principles.
They may not have acquired moral feelings, but they express it simply:
“Whoever treats us well is a good person!”
(End of this chapter)
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