Volume II, Chapter 43
"Zijun doesn't need to hesitate, His Royal Highness is planning to stop his actions this time, in order to escape from himself and escape with his life." Yang Gu saw that Huang Ting was shocked, so he pointed to the Sima banner raised under the Chinese military tent and said: "Otherwise, how can you disguise yourself as a moth thief, leave this flag in this lonely camp, and provoke the attention of the moth thief." ”
When Huang Ting heard this, he also looked towards the red flag in the camp that was printed with "Han Tianwei Invincible Sima Liu", and after a moment, he couldn't help but sigh.
"There are 700 soldiers in our department, and they have long been the abandoned sons of His Highness." Yang Gu chuckled for a moment, looked back at the corpses of thousands of moth thieves, and said faintly: "It is not unwise to use the seven hundred soldiers of our department to lure the tens of thousands of moth thieves, if I were Your Highness, I should also have this plan." ”
Huang Ting was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head, and asked loudly: "But His Highness and more than ten old soldiers pretend to be moths and thieves, if you meet my Han soldiers on the way, it will be difficult to present your identity in the end, so isn't it a risk?" ”
"What Zijun said is very reasonable." Yang Gu nodded and said: "Your Highness's status is precious, and ordinary Han soldiers naturally don't know his appearance, if it is really as Zijun said, it is really dangerous." ”
"Even if it is a risk, how can Team Yang lead His Highness to escape from himself, and he will run for his life."
Yang Gu looked back at Huang Ting's resolute face, his expression was solemn, he couldn't help laughing, and then took out the dagger left by Liu Wei and shook it in front of Huang Ting's eyes, and said with a smile: "So when His Royal Highness was leaving, he only gave me this dagger, and gave Zhang Liao a pair of silver armor, but all the self-presented seal ribbon artifacts were not left, that is, on the way, they really encountered the obstruction of the Han army. If His Royal Highness really met Lu Fengxian, he would not need these things, and a Tang Zifeng would be enough to prove his identity. ”
Huang Ting was still unconvinced, shook his head again and again and continued: "But there are also three hundred tiger warriors in my department, who are the future tiger and leopard knights proposed by His Highness, and His Highness wants to treat us as outcasts, how can we even abandon such an elite?" ”
"Naturally, the Tiger Ben soldiers cannot be abandoned, and His Royal Highness chose Zhang Liao as the commander of the Tiger Ben soldiers." Yang Gu suddenly changed his expression, and said with a long sigh: "The tiger soldiers are all cavalry, and they are really to the point where they can't resist, and they can run for their lives, but between me and Zhang Liao, His Royal Highness still chose Zhang Liao, this layer of truth, if you don't tell me at this moment, I haven't thought of it." ”
Although there are a large number of Yellow Turban thieves, most of them are foot soldiers, although they can form a great suppressive force on the Han army in terms of numbers, but this is only for the Han army foot soldiers who stick to the camp, as for the Tiger Knights, the tens of thousands of foot soldiers who have not yet formed a siege really can't hinder their free coming, in this regard, Huang Ting, as a member of the Tiger Knights, is naturally clear, but what Yang Gu said about choosing Zhang Liao to choose himself, his people are difficult to understand.
But I heard Yang Gu say to himself again: "But I also blame me and His Royal Highness for admitting that I am just a small native, how can I be compared with the famous Zhang Liao, I expect him to choose my life, and choosing Zhang Liao to die is just a delusion, if I were his person, I would naturally decide like this, since this is the case, why blame him." ”
Huang Ting didn't know why, but after carefully recalling what Yang Gu had said before, he still knew that what he said was true, so he pondered for a long time, and finally asked: "In this case, what are the plans of Yang Team Rate, it doesn't hurt to tell him directly." ”
Yang Gu turned to stare at Huang Ting, and said quietly: "If you can resist, you naturally have to resist, but since you have decided to resist, the bow and crossbow are the most important utensils, just as I said to Zijun at the beginning, I intend to send more than ten henchmen at night to collect crossbow arrows from the secret passage overnight for the purpose of sticking to it." ”
"Team Yang specially came to me to tell me about this matter, these more than ten henchmen have already made a decision, and there are not many tiger soldiers left in this big camp, right?"
Yang Gu immediately nodded yes, and then said: "Such an urgent secret way, you must not inform everyone, even if it is a tiger soldier, it must be a loyal person worthy of entrusting his life, these personal choices, Zijun must carefully consider and select carefully, if his people are not able to be trusted, he would rather have fewer people." ”
"This is natural." Huang Ting bowed slightly, but he couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile: "The Tiger Ben soldiers are all loyal and unparalleled men, and Team Yang knows that these people are available, but they are still on guard, so they are not afraid that they will know about it for the soldiers afterwards, and it will make everyone feel cold?" ”
Yang Gu couldn't help but be embarrassed, but he didn't say anything, and continued to say to himself: "However, only relying on more than 100 bows and crossbows to resist, after all, it is not a long-term solution, although the trenches and deer outside the camp are complicated, but they can only resist for a while, if the moth thieves break through the heavy protection and press the gate of the village, it will be difficult for only 700 soldiers to resist such a large army of moth thieves, it is ...... time." ”
"At that time, Team Yang wants to escape from this secret passage to save his life." Huang Ting interrupted.
Yang Gu froze when he heard this, but he still nodded.
Huang Ting chuckled and said: "But even if you get out of the camp from this secret channel, it is difficult to escape the siege of moths and thieves, whether it is life or death, it is also unpredictable, why does Team Yang need to go to such great lengths to do these tricks." ”
When Yang Gu heard this, he shook his head again and again, and explained: "So after I came up with this secret way, if I can escape from the moth thieves and escape from the ascension, I will flee all the way west back to Xiangcheng." ”
"But what if you can't break through the moth thief?"
Yang Gu paused for a moment, took a breath, lowered his voice and said slowly: "If you can't, then take off your armor and abandon your sword, pretend to be a Han army, and cast a moth thief." ”
Huang Ting naturally couldn't imagine that Yang Gu had such a plan, and he was shocked when he heard it, but when he heard Yang Gu's words, he thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"The big husband can bend and stretch, and the moth thief is only a way to survive, and he can find an opportunity for you and me to leave quietly, and he can't lose your reputation and me." Yang Gu was surprised when he saw Huang Ting, so he continued to explain.
"We have camped according to this, resisted stubbornly for many days, and suddenly surrendered to the moth thief, how can the thief tolerate you and me?"
"Naturally, I had already planned this." Yang Gu smiled when he heard this: "I only need to send down the moth thief a few days in the morning, and talk to the camp about the truth and vinegar, and at the same time inform the thief general of this secret way, and offer a strategy to break the camp, so why be afraid that the thief will blame you and me for resisting these days?" ”
Huang Ting looked down the watchtower, and saw that the soldiers among them were all rejoicing because of the temporary retreat of the Yellow Turban thieves, and a trace of unbearable feelings inevitably rose in his heart, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "But the soldiers in this battalion are all innocent people in the end, not to mention that they are all from the north to the south to join the army, just to survive, it is already my sin that I can't lead them to escape and ascend to heaven, how can I do anything that harms their lives." ”
"Zijun has ever thought that the moth thieves outside the village are just innocent people, and they raise the flag to rebel, why not to survive? After all, they are all big Han people, and Zijun really didn't feel the slightest emotion when he saw the dead and injured among them? Seeing that Huang Ting was in a dilemma, Yang Gu hesitated, looked quite excited, and continued: "Zijun doesn't need to blame himself, you and I, as the chief officers of the battalion, both know that there will be a final battle between the Han army and the moth thieves here, and at that time, these seven hundred soldiers from the north will only die, since they are all going to die, what is the difference between dying early and dying late?" You, Huang Zijun, have benevolence and righteousness, and you can't bear to abandon them, so are you willing to die with them? ”
"But we are Han soldiers, and in order to survive, we can't do anything rebellious and surrender to the moth thief." Huang Ting was already clenching his fists with his teeth, and his face was red.
"What else can't Zijun think of? I have already made it clear to you, surrendering the moth thief is just a temporary way to live, he will find an opportunity one day, you and I should get rid of the moth thief, return to the court, and do the ambition of a husband. Zijun and think about it again, what kind of identity does His Royal Highness have, but he pretends to be a moth thief, and he doesn't see that he has the slightest inappropriate thoughts, so why does Zijun have any bad concerns? ”
Huang Ting looked back at Yang Gu for a long time, and finally had nothing else to say, and when the cheers under the watchtower gradually stopped, he sighed and turned around and walked straight to the bottom of the watchtower.
Yang Gu looked at his figure going downstairs, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he stepped forward and held on to the stairs, and asked in a shout, "What is Zijun's plan?" ”
Huang Ting's figure froze, and his right hand touched the handle of the ring head knife on his waist, but he didn't look back, but replied lightly: "But according to your will." ”
In this way, there was no longer a pause, and in a moment it disappeared into the crowd of soldiers.
Yang Gu felt very comfortable in his heart, and looked at the place where the corpses of more than a thousand moth thieves were found again, the previous haze and frustration had long disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by a heart full of joy, dripping with joy, seeing that he couldn't help but pull out the dagger given by Liu Weixiang, and inserted it on the wooden stake of the watchtower with a little force, and then shouted to the soldiers below the watchtower: "The moth thief died more than 5,000 people, and the whole army was defeated and fled. ”
The battalion commander shouted again and celebrated, claiming long live and continuously.
At the same time, the Yellow Turban thieves who retreated down the slope had not seen the Han soldiers chasing and killing, so they had already gathered their troops and intended to attack again.
Fifty of them were a small team, holding wooden shields, dressed in messy armor, and had the appearance of a strong army.
Before Yang Gu took a closer look, he saw that the black pressure in the air pressed a bow and arrow flew in, the cheers and celebrations in the camp stopped abruptly, the sound of the arrow falling to the ground and wailing was countless, Yang Gu stood at the height of the watchtower, which was an extremely conspicuous position, so it was not an exaggeration to say that there was a sword like rain, fortunately he was wearing silver armor and silver helmets, and the gold thief was shooting against the trend from the bottom up, although these many bows and arrows hit Yang Gu, but they did not cause the slightest damage to it, but even this instant situation, also made his heart tremble, it was unstable to stand, He fell from the top of the watchtower and rolled down.
When the officers and men in the battalion saw this, they were even more shocked, and they called out indiscriminately for a while, saying that the main general had been killed by an arrow, and the order in the camp was even more complicated and difficult to control.
At this moment, I suddenly saw Huang Ting jumping from among these chaotic armies to the general's platform, holding the head of a Han army high in his hand, and shouting: "You are all wearing iron armor, don't be afraid, and look for a dark place to cover up, if there are any more nonsense talkers, they will not be spared."
Seeing this, the chaotic situation immediately eased a little, and heard someone shouting happily, "Team Yang stood up and did not die", the panic decreased a few points, and the generals of various departments worked hard to restrain them, and the Han military camp under the rain of moths, thieves and arrows finally restored order after a short panic.
Yang Gu suddenly shot at this point, he was already furious in shock, and he came to Huang Ting's side in three or two steps, drew his knife and shouted angrily: "The moth thief is looking for death, fight back with all his might!"