Chapter 188: Overshrewd

"Lord Captain, the county guard has an order, let us go back to the county government."

In a cottage that had only been breached not long ago, a messenger from the county came to hand the letter of the county guard to Wang Xiao.

Tear open the envelope and take a quick look. Wang Xiao showed a sudden look.

"The White Wave Army is finally going to fight Taiyuan."

The momentum of the White Wave Army is very large, and it is known as more than 100,000 people. Their combat effectiveness was not weak, and several encirclement and suppression attempts by the officers and troops ended in failure.

Not only that, some of the Xiongnu, who were defeated hundreds of years ago, moved south into the Great Wall, called the Southern Xiongnu.

During the conquest of the Yellow Turbans, the Han Dynasty borrowed troops from the Southern Xiongnu, and Luan Tiyufuluo, the king of Youxian, led the troops to help in the war.

However, after the war, they were always left in Hedong and other places, and were not allowed to return to the tribe.

The resentful Yu Fuluo joined forces with the Baibo army to attack Taiyuan, Hedong and other counties.

In a panic, the Han court urgently ordered nearby soldiers and horses to rescue. Changshan County, not far from Taiyuan County, received an order to send troops.

Xiahou Jie, who got the news, immediately wrote a letter to Wang Xiao, asking him to join the county captain's soldiers and horses to rescue Taiyuan County.

Success or not, it's a qualification and merit.

Wang Xiao put away the letter and waved his hand to beckon a team leader. Pointing to the captives who were digging the pit, he said, "Give you an hour to interrogate and identify the crimes of these bandits." The guilty are all buried. ”

There were hundreds of captives captured this time, and it was impossible to screen and interrogate them in an hour's time.

So the meaning of this sentence is very simple, just look at it and do it.

An hour later, most of the captives were left behind. A fire burned down the cottage, and Wang Xiao led the men and horses to push the seized materials in the direction of the county.

During the looting of cottages that lasted for several months, Wang Xiao broke through dozens of cottages, large and small.

Some of the Haoqiang Dock Forts that were evil and wild were also directly broken by him as bandits.

After the fortress was breached, all the supplies were looted. Personnel identification and interrogation, all the great evils were disposed of, and the rest were supplemented into the army to be wrestlers.

In the beginning, the losses were indeed not small. However, with the improvement of combat experience, more and more cannon fodder has been captured. When you get to the back, it's easier to play.

Usually the cannon fodder rushes first, draining the morale of the troops and the defenders' equipment. After that, he was thrown into the rebel army to break the village and fight.

The rebel army, which had experienced the test of war, rapidly increased its combat effectiveness. And the scale is also snowballing, and the number of soldiers and horses has reached tens of thousands.

There are many cottages that see so many flags besieged by officials and soldiers, and they all surrender directly.

Since they knew each other like this, Wang Xiao was not easy to kill too much, and usually left half of his manpower.

Back in Yuanshi County, Wang Xiao did not go straight to the county guard's mansion, but went to the blacksmith shop first.

The blacksmith shop had been closed for a while now, for the simple reason that there were no ironware to make raw materials.

Most of the iron tools in Changshan County, including those that Wang Xiao bought and seized, have been melted and steelmade. Without raw materials, the furnace can only be stopped.

However, their results are also satisfactory. More than six hundred sets of new armor, as well as a large number of steel weapons. Immediately after equipping the army, it can greatly improve combat effectiveness.

When he came to the county guard's mansion, the first thing Wang Xiao said when he saw Xia Houjie was, "Who is the county lieutenant?" ”

"Defend the people, Cheng Zuozhi, captain and soldier."

The county of a county governs the civil affairs and assists the county. The county lieutenant is in charge of military affairs, and he is in charge of guarding the military ranks, with a rank ratio of 2,000 stones.

Han attaches great importance to military merits, and can be the captain of a county, if you want to say that there is no one in the court, it is absolutely impossible.

Xia Houjie's eyes flickered, "It's the general's person." ”

Wang Xiao shrugged and skipped the topic directly.

"Qingyi has been waiting for you, go see her."

When I came to the courtyard of Xiahou Light Clothes, Xiahou Light Clothes in a moon-white dress were still beautiful. It's just that there is a faint sadness in those bright eyes.

"Something?"

"A few days ago, someone came from Ruoyang. It was someone sent by the Great General. ”

"Oh." Wang Xiao gently patted the girl in his arms. Although the words were light, the smile on his face was a little cold.

The two are now verbally engaged. But Wang Xiao is not a fool, it is impossible not to see anything.

In the past few months, he has roughly understood the plans of the father and daughter.

Push yourself out to be a shield, and then use Xiahou's light clothes to fish yourself.

It is best to resist He Jin, and everyone is happy. If you can't bear it, you won't have much to lose, and then you'll find the next unlucky egg.

Wang Xiao had to admire, the father and daughter were too shrewd.

If he is really a stunned young boy in the countryside, he may have to count the money for others if he is sold.

It's a pity he's not.

Wang Xiao was the Emperor Xuande who had been fighting with many turban-wearing foxes in the court for many years. These small tricks may be able to hide from him for a while, but as long as he can recover after a while.

The simplest thing is that it has been a few months, and the father and daughter have not mentioned anything about it at all, and they are still stuck on the verbal marriage contract.

And Wang Xiao knew very well that once he urged and asked, they would definitely say that the general had persecuted too much, and now a little action would inevitably lead to a thunderous blow.

When he came to the county guard's mansion, Xiahou Jie first said that Du Wei was the general's person. Now when he saw Xiahou Qingyi, he said that the general was coming to persecute him.

"I really appreciate your pure and charming face like a white lotus out of the water, but if you take it for a fool, you are making trouble for yourself."

Wang Xiao knew that if he resisted He Jin and he really had a chance to stand out in the future, then Xiahou Qingyi would most likely choose himself. The reason is very simple, I can be a wife.

The reason why he rejected the general He Jin was as simple as that, he couldn't be a wife.

"I'm not a hairy boy from the countryside, I can't walk when I see a beautiful girl, and I can't walk when I'm poured a few words of ecstasy soup."

Wang Xiao said sweet words in his mouth, but his hands kept going down and down.

Since you're going to play, I'll have to charge some interest.

Xiahou's pretty face was flushed, and he struggled with carelessness.

But instead of letting go, Wang Xiao increased his strength. In the end, it wasn't until Xiahou Qingyi couldn't hold back his tears that he couldn't finish saying comforting words and leaving.

Wang Xiao didn't stay in the county for too long, and three days later, he took 800 registered rebels and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to drive towards Taihang Mountain.

When he left, he took all the blacksmiths with him, of course, with his family.

These people have mastered advanced steelmaking technology, and they can't say anything to stay in Changshan County.

Wang Xiao's approach at this time was somewhat similar to that of the Mongols who swept across Europe and Asia.

When leaving, Xiahou Qingyi sat in the carriage to see him off.

Wang Xiao beckoned with a smile on his face, but as soon as he turned his head, his face turned cold. This made several young people from the same village nearby who were about to make a few jokes were a little stunned.

That's the daughter of the county guard, a well-known beauty in Changshan County.

The march of tens of thousands of people also carried a large amount of grain, grass, baggage, mules, horses, and carts. Naturally, the speed can't be faster.

It took a few days to come to the foot of Taihang Mountain.

There is a team of soldiers and horses stationed in the Taihang Mountains, called the Black Mountain Army.

This army is extremely strong, and the imperial court has been defeated repeatedly, so it can only be Zhao'an as a last resort.

After the White Polish Army uprising, the nearby counties were worried that the Montenegrin Army would respond. Therefore, most of the county soldiers were mobilized nearby to prevent accidents.

Zheng Meng, the governor of Changshan County, received a notice that the rebels in the army came back to support him, and then went to rescue Taiyuan County together.

Zheng Meng doesn't care much about the righteous army, to put it bluntly, he is cannon fodder.

However, he himself has no interest in rescuing Taiyuan County, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under his command, if he really goes to Taiyuan County, what use can he play in the face of tens of thousands of Baibo troops. It's just a waste of death.

So he was happy to follow this excuse and put it off for a little longer. When Taiyuan County is captured, the rescue will naturally be over.

But when Wang Xiao came over with the righteous army, Zheng Meng was very frightened.

said that there were only 800 rebels, but the long line in front of him was more than 8,000.

"Minfu?"

When he saw Wang Xiao, Zheng Meng's first sentence was to ask why there were so many people. And Wang Xiao responded that those were people's husbands.

Zheng Meng looked Wang Xiao up and down, and said in his heart, "You and I are blind."

Whose family of 800 men is equipped with 8,000 people, and all of them are men with sharp swords and armor?

And these so-called rebels looked very different from the cannon fodder in his impression.

The military appearance is neat, with a murderous aura between the eyebrows. Advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and orders and prohibitions.

Not to mention the 2,000 county soldiers under his command, even the border army that survived a hundred battles is not much different.

"Let's set up camp and rest first."

This unimaginable rebel army made Zheng Meng feel very uncomfortable, frowning and waving his hand to let Wang Xiao and them go to camp by themselves.

As for preparing for camp or something, sorry, there is no such thing.

The soldiers of the county will not prepare a camp for the rebels.

Wang Xiao bowed and turned to leave.

Thousands of people worked together, and a huge camp had been set up before dark.

Looking at the orderly so-called rebel army, looking at the carts loaded with countless supplies that were continuously sent into the barracks. Zheng Meng's expression changed, and finally turned into greed.

With such a strong army and so many supplies, grain and grass, he also wanted to include it in his pocket.

In the middle of the night, several light horsemen entered the camp of the county soldiers.

This is a messenger from Luoyang, bringing a secret letter from the general.

Zheng Meng is the man of the great general, it's true.

He Jin sent people to Changshan County to persecute before, which is also true.

It's just that Xiahou Jie made a little move in the middle, and He Jin also knew about Wang Xiao's existence.

For a general, a small lieutenant is not worth mentioning at all.

So tonight there is a secret letter sent into Zheng Meng's hands.

The next day, Zheng Meng sent someone to invite Wang Xiao to the banquet.

Wang Xiao smiled, smiling very brightly. After the people left, he summoned his subordinates to make arrangements.

Wear your armor and equip your blades.

Wang Xiao shook his neck and looked up at the sky.

"It's a really hands-on day."

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