Episode 179: Tiger Prison
"Wang Kuang Lao'er, accept your life!" The blood-stained long stick raised high, Xiao Lan's momentum exploded, and with a sharp and piercing whistling sound of breaking the air, he went straight to Wang Kuang and smashed it down.
As the Taishou of Hanoi, when he was young, Wang Kuang was also a figure with both civil and military skills, but now that he is old, and he is facing a world-famous strongman like Xiao Lan, where can he resist?
"Bang!" There was a dull explosion, and the blood-stained long stick was as heavy as a mountain, and it smashed down with one blow, directly smashing the blade that Wang Kuang was resisting in his hand, and smashed it on his body with a bang, smashing him out alive.
"Wang Kuang is dead, those who descend will not be killed!"
Seeing that his lord was mighty, Yu Wanjun killed Wang Kuang from it, Xu Chu on the side hurriedly shouted, and then, with a knife, cut down Wang Kuang's handsome flag.
"Wang Kuang is dead, those who descend will not be killed, Wang Kuang is dead, those who descend will not be killed......."
Seeing this, the soldiers of the Taiping Army hurriedly shouted in unison, the shouting shook the city, in the dark night, the officers and soldiers could not see how many Taiping soldiers there were, hearing the shouts, they instinctively felt a burst of fear, I don't know which one put down the weapons in their hands first, and soon, the vast majority of the officers and soldiers gave up resistance.
At the time of the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, the closest princes from Tiger Prison Pass, Jizhou Assassin Shi Han Fu soon received the military information from his subordinates, but he laughed disdainfully, he looked at the scouts who came to report the news, and said with a disapproving face: "You said that someone attacked Tiger Prison Pass, it is really ridiculous, Tiger Prison Pass is known as the first male pass in the world, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is also Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang led 30,000 troops to defend it, how can anyone easily attack?" ”
"Lord Thorn Shi, there are really people attacking the Tiger Prison Pass, and besides, they have broken the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass!" The scout who delivered the message was about to cry: "Look at their banner, it should be the Taiping Army that has been in the limelight recently." ”
"What Taiping Army, that's a Taiping thief, the same as the Yellow Turban Thief. It's just a group of people who have eaten the heart of a bear and a leopard, and they don't have anything to fear, and they also want to break the tiger prison. What a joke. Han Fu sneered disapprenorantly, laughing and laughing, but he was suddenly stunned, and said in surprise: "Ah, it's not good! ”
Cheng Huan, the subordinate general next to him, couldn't help but ask out loud: "Lord." How is it not good? ”
Han Fu said in a deep voice: "The Taiping thief rode the alliance of the eighteenth princes to crusade against the national thief Dong Zhuo, swept the five states of Qing, Xu, Yan, Henan, and Yang, and the momentum was huge, and it was not weak at all compared to the original Yellow Turban thief. ”
"Command the three armies. Immediately set off as an army to rescue the Tiger Prison. Thinking that Yuan Shu and the other armies of the Six Route Princes might have been more than lucky, Han Fu was suddenly startled and hurriedly ordered to go down.
Cheng Huan frowned and asked: "Why is the lord so anxious, not to mention that Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang is clearly a person from the Yuan family, now that Yuan Shao is the leader of the alliance of princes, he is already powerful, why not take this opportunity to consume their strength?" Moreover, the Tiger Prison is the first male pass in the world. Wang Kuang has 30,000 troops in hand, no matter how bad it is, it shouldn't be a problem to hold the city, right? ”
"Fool, the Tiger Prison Pass is the barrier of the capital Luoyang. If the Taiping thieves really occupy the Tiger Prison Pass, when the time comes, Sizhou will be flat and there will be no danger to defend, and hundreds of thousands of Taiping thieves will pour into Luoyang, even if it is difficult for the princes to resist. What's more, there is also Chang'an Dong Zhuo eyeing the tiger, and when he brings it, he is afraid that the world of the Han Dynasty will really be over! Han Fu can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, so at this time, he still instinctively thinks about his loyal court, and hurriedly ordered in a deep voice: "Don't talk nonsense, quickly pull out the camp and enter the tiger prison, there must be no mistake!" ”
It's a pity that although Han Fu quickly made a decision after receiving the military information, he never expected that the Taiping Army's combat power was strong, coupled with Xiao Lan's personal action, he used extraordinary strength beyond the ordinary, and broke the gate of the Tiger Prison with the carved dragon gold seal, so that the Tiger Prison was locked in a short period of time, and it completely fell with the death of Wang Kuang.
There were 30,000 officers and troops stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass, all of which were regular troops under Wang Kuang, and there was a dark night battle, about 10,000 people were killed, and the rest surrendered one after another after Wang Kuang's death.
Because Xiao Lan broke the city gate, the Taiping army was able to rush directly into the city, avoiding the casualties of the siege, the Taiping army did not suffer much, only a few hundred people, compared to the casualties of the official army, such a loss can be said to be almost nothing, plus the Tiger Prison Pass has been conquered, it is really an unimaginable victory.
However, Xiao Lan did not slack off at all because of this, because, less than an hour after the Taiping Army took the Tiger Prison, a scout came to report:
"Dashuai, in the direction of Luoyang, the traces of the officers and soldiers of the brigade were found seventy miles away, suspected to be the army of the princes, and they were on the way to the Tiger Pass."
"Huh?" With a deep groan, Xiao Lan frowned slightly, he knew the importance of the Tiger Pass, and the princes of Kwantung were naturally no exception, especially in the current situation where the Taiping army swept the world, they couldn't just send Wang Kuang to garrison here, there must be a backhand, if he expected it was right, this army that came after hearing the news should be their backhand, right?
However, although this army came quickly, it was difficult to imagine that even if they were killed, in a short period of time, the Tiger Prison Pass had been conquered by themselves. Xiao Lan made up his mind in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Contact the rear army, let them enter the Tiger Prison Pass as soon as possible, in addition, there are scouts, I want to know the specific information of this team of officers and soldiers." ”
"No!" The scout took the order and left.
Xiao Lan immediately summoned Xu Chu and Dian Wei, and ordered: "Zhong Kang, you take a thousand people to take good care of the official and military prisoners, you must not let them know that there are officials and soldiers coming to rescue Tiger Prison Pass, even if they do, they must be suppressed, so that they cannot cause any major turmoil." ”
"No!" Knowing that the war was urgent and there could be no mistakes, the belligerent Xu Chu did not compete for the front-line position of the battle this time, and took the order very remarkably.
Immediately, it was Dian Wei's turn, as Xiao Lan's two major personal guard generals, he was now in charge of commanding five hundred personal guards, and was sent by Xiao Lan to organize the Taiping soldiers to rest.
After all, judging from the current situation, the main army in the rear of the Taiping Army may not be able to rush to the Tiger Pass in time, but the official army is not far from the Tiger Pass.
Xiao Lan is not idle, he is responsible for rebuilding and repairing the broken tiger prison gate, in the future, this is his own thing, naturally he can't just be so tattered and lose his share!
The night was long, time passed silently, and when Xiao Lan almost restored the tiger prison gate, the scouts sent out returned:
"Marshal, it has been found that the official army who came to the rescue of the Tiger Prison Pass is Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, with a total of 30,000 troops, coming in the starry night, and it is less than forty miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass!"
"Han Fu?" Hearing this, Xiao Lan couldn't help but chuckle: "Who am I in the world, it turns out to be this unlucky bastard, if it is Gongsun Zhan, Ma Teng or Cao Cao, he can still give me some surprises, it's a pity, it's a pity!" His mind moved, and he immediately had a flash of inspiration, and commanded in a loud voice: "Pass my commander's order, so that the soldiers who have to defend the city change into the clothes and armor of the official army, in addition, the Wang Kuangjun flag at the head of the city should not be removed for the time being, and the commander will give Han Fu a big surprise." ”
The left and right orders went down, the military orders were like a mountain, the Taiping army quickly moved, and the tiger prison soon returned to the appearance before the war.
Therefore, when Han Fu led an army of 30,000 to the Tiger Prison Pass, he saw from a distance that the Han Dynasty flag was still fluttering in the wind on the Tiger Prison Pass, and he breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.
At this time, the sky is dawning, the eastern sky gradually reveals a trace of fish belly white, with the gentle light, reflected in the morning light under the tiger prison pass, bloodstained, full of fishy smell, the ground is full of dead and wounded soldiers, there are Han army, there are Taiping army, even the tall city wall, is also covered with smoke and bloodstains, you can see the tragedy of the war.
"Huh-" Han Fu couldn't help but be glad for a while, fortunately he came early enough, otherwise, depending on the situation, Wang Kuang, the old horseman, may not be able to guard the Tiger Prison Pass, but at the same time, he is also very proud in his heart: "Damn Taiping thief, you dare to beat the attention of the Tiger Prison Pass, now you know that it is powerful......." (To be continued.) )