Chapter 190: The right time and place
The Three Kingdoms are unparalleled, and one ride is a thousand.
This must be an exaggerated rhetorical statement, if it is really a thousand, if there is no Nan Wu Gatling Bodhisattva, then it must be a cultivator.
However, in this era, the martial arts of generals do have a very strong impact on the morale of soldiers.
Wang Xiao rushed into the chaotic battlefield with a spear without a tip.
The spear in his hand is smashing left and right, and it doesn't matter who it is, he will knock it down first.
He has a lot of strength and a lot of staying power. rushed to a crowded place, and more than 100 people were overturned in a short period of effort.
The people around them were frightened and took refuge. However, after a moment's effort, like a ripple, gradually quieted down the barracks.
"Have you had enough?"
Wang Xiao looked around with a calm face, "If you like to fight so much, then you will enter the wrestler camp and follow me to fight the Baibo Army." Let's have a good time. ”
The officers above Sima were all killed by Wang Xiao in the big tent, and these county soldiers outside were very confused. They still don't know what happened.
Wang Xiao dragged Zheng Meng's corpse to a high platform, "The county lieutenant Zheng Meng colluded with the Yellow Turban thieves to rebel. Now that you have subdued the Fa, you will follow me from now on. ”
This kind of thing is normal in troubled times, and whoever has the big fist will be justified when he speaks.
Now the rebel army led by Wang Xiao has an overwhelming advantage, and the county soldiers don't even have an officer who can speak. At this time, no matter what Wang Xiao said, they could only agree.
As long as you can distribute money and food, it will be the same for everyone.
Wang Xiao was not ambiguous, and directly distributed all the wine and meat that had been stored before. At the same time, the arrears of food and wages in the county were repaid.
After the yellow scarf, all parts of Hebei were in tatters. Local taxes have also dropped dramatically.
On the side of the imperial court, Emperor Ling even did the matter of selling his official beard for money, and of course he had no spare strength to support the local counties.
As a result, the payment of wages was in arrears.
Gold and silver in the Han Dynasty were not circulated among the people, and the main use was five-baht coins. The distribution of grain and wages is also mainly based on corn, cloth, and salt.
Therefore, the most important thing in fighting a war during the Three Kingdoms period was food, not only to eat, but more importantly, to pay for the army.
For people in troubled times, it is a matter of course that whoever pays the salary will do it with whomever he wants.
The 2,000 soldiers of Changshan County were soon annexed by Wang Xiao.
However, after removing the number of people who were killed and wounded in battle, sick and fled, only fourteen or five hundred remained.
Wang Xiao left a small group of men and horses and returned to the county with the wounded and sick. And he himself led the soldiers and horses directly across the Taihang Mountain to Taiyuan County.
Everyone on the road was worried about the Black Mountain Army on the mountain, but Wang Xiao knew that they were not involved in this move.
Halfway through the trip, the Montenegrin Army's Drug Station Department also spied around. However, I saw that they were all officers and soldiers, and the army was neat and neat, and the march was rigorous. In the end, no conflict broke out.
Further on, it is Jinyang, the seat of Taiyuan County.
"So many people."
On a small hillside more than 20 miles outside Jinyang City, Wang Xiao on horseback looked at the continuous military camp under Jinyang City, and he was still a little surprised in his heart.
Jinyang City, located on the east bank of Fenshui, has been surrounded on three sides, and the Baibo army outside the city has as many as 40,000 or 50,000 people.
The White Wave Army has been dormant in the White Wave Valley for several years, and basic training is still available.
The soldiers and horses besieging Jinyang City were not only numerous, but also not weak in combat.
If Wang Xiao just led his soldiers and horses to fight over, the outcome would be unpredictable.
This is his capital to save the Han, but it can't be folded here.
"Are there any officers and soldiers from other ministries nearby?"
Everyone around him shook their heads: "I haven't seen any reinforcements coming." ”
Wang Xiao smiled: "They are all little clever ghosts." ”
The Baibo army was strong, and although the nearby counties and counties received rescue orders, only Wang Xiao's troops and horses really arrived on the battlefield at this time.
"General, how can we defeat the enemy?"
The defenders of Jinyang City can survive a few thousand, or add the requisitioned people's husbands and prisoners or something.
There were no other reinforcements around, and relying on their less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it didn't look like they could win the battle if they wanted to defeat the Baibo army of 40,000 or 50,000 people.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is too exaggerated, and the enemy army will collapse by killing the main general in front of the battle.
Not to mention how many people are willing to fight alone, any army has a complete organizational structure. Even the Yellow Turban Thieves are generous and small, and they are handsome or something. Even if you can kill the main general, there will be other generals who will come out to take over the command.
Even during the Battle of the White Horse, Guan Yu stabbed Yan Liang in the army and beheaded him. Yuan Shao's army was not dispersed, and it was still led by other generals. It was only because of the defeat of the general that he gradually withdrew and relieved the siege of the White Horse.
And what kind of elite army can cover up and kill, and you can crush the enemy or something. These are too one-sided, and it is the norm to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 in a head-to-head battle. Unless you're all in the Trap Camp.
Wang Xiao knew very well that it would be difficult for him to relieve the siege of Jinyang City with his soldiers and horses alone.
The raindrops fell, hitting the armor with a crisp crackling sound.
"It's raining." Wang Xiao stretched out his hand to catch the raindrops, but his eyes fell on the Fen River in the distance.
Sun Tzu's Art of War has clouds, one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law.
The Tao does not talk about it, the sky is the time of the day, and the earth is the right place.
When fighting, we must mobilize all favorable forces, and we must use them when the time and place are right.
The White Wave Army also knew that an army of officers and soldiers had arrived, but they didn't care too much. A detachment of soldiers and horses came over to confront each other, and most of them were still stationed under Jinyang City.
The defenders of the city were agitated for a few days, but seeing that there was no movement from the reinforcements in the distance, the morale that had just been boosted was low again.
"Chief Gao, why didn't you say the reinforcements came to our rescue?"
A group of sergeants on duty on the city wall gathered together and whispered.
Gao Shichang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and there were faint outlines of some camps on the distant hills. He sighed, "There are too few reinforcements to defeat the thieves." In fact, if they can come, it is already good. ”
The people who said this were silent.
Even the Bingzhou Thorn Shi Ding Yuan failed to come to the rescue, and the reinforcements from the surrounding counties were nowhere to be found. It's really good to have a team of soldiers and horses come over.
Forcibly let people come to relieve the siege, that is difficult for strong people.
After sighing for a while, everyone began to change the topic and talk about other things.
"It's strange to say, it's obviously raining these days, but when I was stationed at the Water Gate yesterday, I saw that the water of the Fen River was much lower, and the lower edge of the Water Gate was exposed."
Gao Shichang's heart moved slightly: "There is such a thing? ”
"yes, that's why it feels weird. When it rains, isn't the water in the Fen River supposed to rise? Eh, what are you looking at? ”
"Water, water, so much water!"
Everyone's eyes followed their fingers, and a silver dragon in the upper reaches of the Fen River rushed towards the city with a roar.
The Water Dragon King is here.
The raging river surged in, directly engulfing everything near Jinyang City. Countless white wave troops carried up and floated in the muddy river, like schools of dead fish.
The walls of Jinyang City are tall and thick, and the city gate has also been blocked. It didn't affect it much.
But the Baibo army outside the city was really flooded.
"Over there! The soldiers and horses over there have moved! ”
Someone shouted at the top of the city.
Everyone's eyes looked over, and a soldier and horse glittering silver in the sun on the hill in the distance began to descend!
The terrain around Jinyang is a river valley plain. Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain are separated on both sides, in the clouds, and the two mountains of the boat are hugged together. Such terrain was washed by heavy water, coupled with rain. Wang Xiao's soldiers and horses did not really come to the city until three days later.
In fact, there was no fighting along the way, it was all about collecting prisoners and burying the soaked and white corpses.
The main reason is that the ground is muddy and difficult to walk, and the twenty-mile journey is forced to walk for three days.
This siege battle of Jinyang City can be called thrilling, and when the big water comes, it can be called earth-shattering.
However, there were not many real battles, and most of the forty or fifty thousand Baibo troops were fed fish and shrimp. The few who escaped by luck were already lost in despair, and when they saw the officers and soldiers killed, they either surrendered on their knees or fled in all directions.
"It's a pity." Wang Xiao, who was on horseback, looked at the mess of the Baibo Army camp, "The grain and grass are all soaked in water." The tents, armor, weapons, flags, and so on are all over in the water. This battle did not benefit anything but the capture of prisoners. ”
The people on the side didn't know how to pick it up when they heard this.
That's an army of tens of thousands, and you wiped them all out with a single flood, what a great feat. Still here sighing that there is no useful seizure?
Wang Xiao shook his head, and his gaze turned back to Jinyang City, "I have to recover some losses here." ”
The gate of Jinyang City, which had been blocked for many days, slowly opened, and many officials from the county guard and below all came out to greet them.
These people are really grateful to Wang Xiao.
Because once the city is broken, the common people and defenders may still have a way to live, but these officials and their families are never lucky.
As for escaping from the Fen River by boat or something, even if you escape, can the court spare you?
For them, Wang Xiao is the real life-saver.
Wang Xiao, who had a warm smile on his face, chatted cordially with everyone, and the words were just right. did not mention his own merits at all, but praised everyone for sticking to Jinyang City.
This is what he learned from many old foxes.
At this time, Confucianism had not yet reached the level of dominating the world. Compared with the fox spirits of later generations, the officials of Jinyang City are all elementary school students who have just started.
was fooled by Wang Xiao, and immediately patted his chest to say that he needed anything.
Wang Xiao temporarily settled in Jinyang City.
The order he received was to come to the rescue of Taiyuan County, and now that the crisis in Taiyuan County has been resolved, it is theoretically time to leave.
Of course, Wang Xiao will not leave, this is a great opportunity for him to expand his strength, and he can't give up no matter what.
Temporarily stationed here in Jinyang City, he is waiting for the news from here to be delivered to Ding Yuan.
Ding Yuan is the new governor of Bingzhou, and at this moment he is facing great pressure from the main force of the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo in Hedong County. I think it won't be long before an order comes over.
The reputation of this Ding Thorn may not be so loud, but his command is full of famous generals.
The main Bo is Baotou Lu Bu, and Wu Meng is engaged in Shuozhou Zhang Liao. In addition, Zhang Yang, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others are all Ding Yuan's subordinates.
He didn't start with a dog, but with a golden finger at the beginning.
Wang Xiao's idea hit Ding Yuan's body.
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