Chapter 148 Artemisia
Lao Tingcheng remembered it and said that Shuiyai on the Yingwen River was delivering a batch of pressed sesame oil and was about to pass the pavilion when the thief came.
What he meant was that you could just tie up mugwort and pour it with sesame oil, then light it on fire and throw it down, which would surely make the thieves scream.
When the pavilion chief heard this, he said, OK, let Lao Tingcheng go and do it quickly.
But Lao Tingcheng whispered:
"Ting chief, that water village is the property of the Hou family in the county, and the oil also belongs to them. If we requisition it, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the Hou soldiers and Chief Cao."
As soon as he said this, the outstretched hand of the pavilion director was frozen there, and his expression changed, uncertain.
The director of the pavilion still didn't understand what the old Ting Cheng was thinking, which was to ask him to take on this responsibility. This old man was waiting here. But what can the pavilion chief do? No matter how stupid he is, he knows that life is the most important thing, so if you offend someone, just offend him.
Looking at Old Tingcheng, the pavilion leader just spit out a sentence from the corner of his mouth:
"Do it, I'm here to tell you this."
Lao Tingcheng was so happy that he immediately went to ask the thieves to come down and collect the cart of sesame oil. Then he asked Zhang Kai to lead a few brave men down to collect some rut, and after a while he lit it and threw it away.
Looking at Zhang Kai's angry back, Lao Tingcheng sighed and secretly thought that he was still too young. What's the use of just being motivated? Sooner or later something bad will happen. He and Zhang Kai are brothers. After Lao Zhang died, he still had to take care of this kid, otherwise the only seedling of Lao Zhang's family would be ruined.
But just as Lao Tingcheng was making up his plan, he remembered the sound of a drum under the wall. The people on the wall were very anxious. Why did the thief attack so quickly?
Over there, with the sound of drums, Wang Han's general Deng Heng personally led the team with fifty soldiers, each wearing armor and holding swords, and rushed towards Taiye Pavilion.
In front of them was Team Li Nong, who was carrying five ladders. They were carrying the ladders and ran all the way to Taiye Pavilion. They directly set up the ladders, and then everyone held the ladders below. The people behind them were holding the ladders. Deng Heng put on his armor and rushed forward.
Deng Heng was so agile that even though he was wearing armor, he was still not slow. He only took four steps before leaping onto the wall, and then directly hit a stupefied strong man.
When Deng Heng got up, the strong man beneath him had been stabbed in the chest and died. But even so, the other strong men on the wall were still in a daze and did not react at all to block Deng Heng.
Deng Heng immediately realized that none of these people had ever encountered this before, and they were already stupid at this moment. But he showed no mercy, instead he took advantage of this situation and slashed with a knife, directly clearing a clearing. More and more Taishan soldiers came up from the ladder behind, and I don’t know who suddenly said:
"The wall is broken! Run for your life!"
Then all the young people on the wall, mixed with the pavilion soldiers, dispersed in a rush. Just like that, with just one charge, Taiyotei fell.
When Li Damu received the previous news, he was still wondering, is this it? The wall fell down before he exerted any force?
No wonder Li Damu couldn't accept it.
To be honest, since he followed his leader Zhang Chong, every battle he has experienced has not been a fierce or dangerous battle. Take the attack on Wangqinfeng Dazhai as an example. One battle followed another, and every battle would result in a huge defeat if you were not careful.
But what Li Damu didn't know was that this was actually the asymmetry of the offensive and defensive situation. When it comes to Zhang Chong and his Taishan side, they are the defending side and a new force. Compared with the difficulties they have to face, they will always be the weaker side. How long have they been developing in the Taishan area? How can you compare with others when you are new?
Therefore, in the beginning of their development, they had to risk their lives at every step, dare to risk their lives, and only by swallowing whales again and again can they even out the disparity of several generations. Otherwise, if you develop step by step, you will always be weaker than others.
But now, the Taishan side has become the strongest side in the vicinity, and now they have the strategic initiative. If you take the current situation as an example, they have squeezed their troops into a fist, and the total strength of Taishan County may be equivalent to that of Taishan soldiers, and then they are distributed in various places, fortified everywhere, and then there are weaknesses everywhere. Faced with Taishan Fang's fist, he couldn't take a single move.
In fact, Li Damu's discomfort is because he has not yet adapted to the fact that he is already a strong one. He has never fought such a rich battle, and never beaten someone who couldn't help but beat him.
The battle was over, and Wang Han was counting the prisoners and seizures.
After Deng Heng fell off the wall, the chief of the pavilion surrendered with five of his officials. The chief said that he wanted to surrender and that he was willing to work with the Taishan bandits. He also asked Taishan to take their family up the mountain together. They My home is nearby, very convenient and hassle-free.
Wang Rao is a bit naughty. He has already become a prisoner, and he still wants to surrender. This group of pavilion officials met Wang Han. If they had met Ding Sheng and his gang, these people would have been strangled by the neck and hanged on the flag.
But who told him that Wang Han was also a general? He knew that if he wanted to do well in Taishan, he not only had to follow Qu Kui's footsteps, but also had a group of colleagues with similar backgrounds to them. The more people in this capitulation faction, the better.
These pavilion officials are very good at behaving well. Even though they are just small officials fighting for food, they are still talents in Mount Tai. For them, Taishan Fang, the more talents, the better.
However, Wang Han could not turn his captivity into surrender, which he did not want to do. Because this involves his credit for this battle. If he does this, how will it be counted if his favorite general Deng Heng takes the credit first? If it was gone, would Deng Heng not blame him? Wang Han naturally understands the importance of these two matters.
Therefore, Wang Han just comforted the pavilion chief and others and told them to behave well in the prison camp. Later, when Wang Han expanded his troops, he was recruited in the first wave.
The pavilion chief and others had no choice but to accept the fate of being captured. Soon they were sent to the prison camp behind them and put under unified management.
But at this moment, Wang Han met an interesting person.
"Your name is Zhang Kai?"
"Back to General, yes."
"Don't call me General, not yet. You said you want to dedicate this car oil to us?"
With that said, Wang Han pointed to a large cart of sesame oil next to him and smiled.
Zhang Kai nodded.
Wang Han was happy and said leisurely:
"Don't you know that this car oil belongs to us? You take my things and give them to me. You are really good at giving them."
Zhang Kai was anxious and said quickly: "My lord, this car oil belongs to the family of the military commander Cao in the county. How could it be yours?
Wang Han was solemn and said arrogantly:
"What we capture is ours. You say it's yours? Didn't you also seize it from others?"
Zhang Kai was speechless at this time.
Looking at the oil in the truck, Wang Han was also happy. The army was most short of oil. With this oil, the people in the supply camp could make fried millet balls when making them. It was so fragrant. Yes, there are also deep-fried biscuits. You can talk to him about it then and improve the food.
Then Wang Han asked casually:
"What do you want this car oil for?"
Zhang Kai thought for a while and finally confessed honestly, telling Wang Han all about the previous conversation on the wall.
Only then did Wang Han know that fortunately they rushed quickly, otherwise his subordinate Deng Heng might have been killed here. It's really cruel to break the mugwort into a torch and pour it with sesame oil. Then I heard that the pawn in front of me was actually in a lonely wall, and he still had the courage to come out and fight against the enemy. He was a good prospect. But it's still too young now.
Then Wang Han became interested in the old Tingcheng and asked Zhang Kai:
"What is your name, Tingcheng?"
"My name is Jiang He."
Wang Han was impressed in his mind, so he sent Zhang Kai away. Before leaving, he asked Zhang Kai to go to the prison camp. Don't make so many mistakes. He should be a prisoner or a prisoner.
After that, Wang Han and others burned Taiye Pavilion and removed the last obstacle to Fenggao.
But when Wang Han returned to the ministry, he heard shocking news.
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"What? No more fighting Fenggao? Are you going to retreat tonight?"
As soon as he returned to the ministry, Wang Han heard from General Li Damu that Qu Kui had given an order to repair the entire army, light fires for cooking, and was about to set off in the middle of the night to return.
Wang Han stroked his forehead and asked:
"Did you tell me where you were going?"
Zhang Nan, another singer sitting on the horse, shook his head.
Wang Han took a deep breath, tried hard to restrain the urge to curse, and then asked:
"What about the captures and prisoners in this battle?"
Li Damu, who was at the top, said calmly:
"All the captives have been released, and those captured who can be used today will be used, and those who cannot be used will be abandoned by the road. In short, if there is an order above, if you understand it, execute it; if you don't understand it, understand it during execution."
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Wang Han immediately understood that this matter was not negotiable, so he accepted the order and immediately ran to the prison camp, because he was afraid that the prison camp would release some of his favorite seedlings.
He originally wanted to wear down that kid Zhang Kai, but now that something like this happened, he had no choice but to quickly pull him into his team.
Sure enough, by the time Wang Han arrived at the prison camp, people were already organizing to distribute millet to the prisoners, in order to release them.
Wang Han searched around and finally found Zhang Kai and others. At this moment, they were whispering to each other happily, and looking ahead from time to time.
Can you not be happy? The head of Taiye Pavilion originally thought that they would only obey the thief this time. Who would have thought that the thief would let them go.
He felt in his heart that there was a conspiracy in this matter, but what did it have to do with them? As long as he could walk, any plan would work, but he suddenly saw the thief general who led his army to break through the wall walking over, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he wanted to hide in the crowd.
But the thief walked past him without even looking at him, and then walked up to Xiao Zhang, not knowing what to say to Xiao Zhang. Then I saw Xiao Zhang standing there for a while, and then followed the thief general away.
When they arrived at Lao Jiang's place, they also said something, but Lao Jiang kept smiling and did not move. Finally, the thief sighed and left with Xiao Zhang.
Seeing that the person was far away, the pavilion chief walked up to Lao Jiang and asked casually:
"What did the thief general say to you?"
Jiang He still greeted him with a smile:
"I didn't say anything. I just said that I would take Xiao Zhang away and say hello."
The director of the pavilion didn’t believe it and asked Chiang Kai-shek:
"Take Xiao Zhang away and say hello to you."
Old Jiang sneered:
"Aren't we half brothers with Lao Zhang? I am also considered Xiao Zhang's elder."
"Elder? Humph."
He didn't believe a word of what Lao Jiang said. He looked at Zhang Kai who had walked away far away, and murmured with some sadness:
"You are determined to be a thief."
(End of chapter)