Chapter 8: Purgatory
Yang County, Government Office.
When Xu Huang came in, Yang Feng's face was not very good-looking.
"General!" Xu Huang bowed to Yang Feng and said: "That Gao Shun has obviously been testing these days, if our army does not gather forces to expel it, I am afraid that Gao Shun will not only attack the townships." ”
"How many troops do you want to muster?" Yang Feng looked at Xu Huang with a somewhat ugly face and said, "How many soldiers and horses can our army gather now?" ”
Xu Huang was a little speechless for a while, Yang Feng had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command, if it was before, when this situation was encountered, it would never be a problem to gather 5,000 soldiers and horses, but now, Hu Cai and Li Le coveted Yang County, and during this time, they have been secretly buying or co-opting Yang Feng's generals, how much they have bought, I'm afraid only they know.
At this time, if a large number of troops are transferred out, even if Gao Shun can be driven away, this Yang County may have to change hands.
But if he doesn't send troops, Xu Huang is not worried that Gao Shun's troops will come to the city, but those villages outside the city are afraid that they will defect to Chen Mo, and all the key points in Yang County will be occupied by the Hedong Army, and at that time, there will be only one lonely city left in Yang County, and when the grain and grass are cut off, the 30,000 troops in the city may collapse immediately.
Xu Huang suddenly felt that Chen Mo put these two people back, it was a conspiracy, and now Yang County fell into a strange circle, and the three Bai Bo Shuai, who were supposed to be allies, were now wary of each other, and their forces were also used to confront each other, but instead let the Hedong Army attack their prestige step by step without scruples and eat away at their subordinates.
After thinking for a long time, Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "It is better to ask the two generals, Hu Cai and Li Le, to discuss together, send troops together, and recapture Xiangling and Pingyang, so that the crisis can be solved." ”
Yang Feng suddenly looked at Xu Huang and said, "Gongming, I heard that Hu Cai has often been with you these days, but is there such a thing?" ”
Xu Huang took a deep breath and said to Yang Feng in a deep voice: "General, that Hu Cai does have the intention of winning over the last general, but the last general has never turned his back on the general's heart for half a minute, and I hope the general will be clear!" ”
Waving his hand, Yang Feng said: "I don't have this intention, it's just that Hu Cai and Li Le are cunning, I'm worried that Gongming will be deceived by him, so you send someone to inform the two of them, I will set up a banquet here tonight, invite the two of them to come to the banquet, and discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy!" ”
"Whoa!" Xu Huang respectfully agreed, bowed and retreated.
In addition to Yang Feng's mansion, Xu Huang turned his head to look at the direction of the lobby, and suddenly felt a sense of decadence in his heart, although Yang Feng didn't say it, but Xu Huang knew that Yang Feng had already doubted himself.
Of course, this is the result of Hu Cai's entanglement over time, and Yang Feng's suspicions are understandable, but the moment Yang Feng opened his mouth, Xu Huang couldn't help but feel a little cold.
At present, the three major Bai Boshuai are calculating with each other, even if they can retreat Chen Mo this time, what will happen next time? And...... Can you really retire Chen Mo this time?
Originally, Xu Huang had confidence in his heart, but at this moment, he suddenly lost that confidence, that is, no matter how capable he was, after all, he was not the one who was in charge here.
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"Banquet?" Hu Cai looked at the invitation sent by Yang Feng, turned his head to look at the several generals beside him and sneered: "I'm afraid it's not the Hongmen Banquet?" ”
"General, now there is not much grain and grass in the city, Yang Feng naturally doesn't want us to share Yang County with him, if we can get rid of the two generals at this time, we can annex the general and Li Le's troops, expel Chen Mo, and occupy the land of the three counties, then there will be enough grain and grass, and even with male soldiers in hand, we can take advantage of the situation to sweep south and sweep the east of the river, we must not be guarded against!" A general frowned and said, "The last general thinks that it is okay not to go to this banquet." ”
Hu Cai nodded, but his eyes narrowed slightly, turned his head to look at the general and said, "You go to Li Le and see what he means." ”
"The general's meaning is ......" The general looked at Hu Cai when he heard this, and when he saw Hu Cai nodding slightly, he knew it in his heart, and immediately bowed and said, "The last general will do it." ”
Unite with Li Le, kill Yang Feng, and then the two join forces to fight against Chen Mo, which is much stronger than the three of them now.
The general soon came to Li Le's station, and after explaining his intentions, Li Le did not hesitate much, and directly agreed to Hu Cai's request.
"General!" Li Le's subordinate general frowned and said: "I'm afraid this Hu Cai may not be well-intentioned, the last general is worried that if Yang Feng is eliminated, Hu Cai will take advantage of the situation to get rid of the general, and he must not be guarded against!" ”
"This matter needs to be closed after all, now the three families are stationed in Yang County, but they are wary of each other......" Li Le nodded, and said in a deep voice: "In the long run, it will inevitably die here, and now it's okay to do it, let's promise Hu Cai first, and then secretly join forces with Yang Feng, when the time comes, watch him two fight, wouldn't it be better for me to wait and reap the profits!?" ”
"The general is wise!" The generals said with admiration.
"Go, promise Hu Cai, you go and contact Yang Feng, after joining forces to kill Hu Cai tonight, I am willing to respect him!" Li Le sneered and nodded at the two generals.
"Whoa!"
Subsequently, Li Le ordered another general and asked him to gather the elite and prepare to sit and watch the tiger fight with him tonight.
Hu Cai and Li Le each had their own thoughts and began to prepare for tonight's banquet, but on the other hand, Yang Feng received Hu Cai and Li Le's request to join forces at the same time.
"Neither of these men is the Son of Man!" After Yang Feng saw the envoys sent by the two, he gritted his teeth and said: "I kindly let them be stationed here and borrow food from them, but they don't want to be grateful, but want to harm me!?" ”
Xu Huang frowned and stood beside Yang Feng, Chen was silent.
Things will come to this point, in fact, there was already a premonition before, after all, there is only so much grain in the city, 10,000 people are enough, but 30,000 people are not enough to consume, and Hu Cai and Li Le are obviously not serious people, they secretly want to share more, but it is ridiculous that they wanted to counterattack after Chen Mo's grain and grass were cut off, but now they are gradually expanding because of the grain and grass.
"Komeito?" Yang Feng looked at Xu Huang and frowned: "Prepare with the soldiers and horses tonight, I have pretended to cooperate with Hu Cai, you take the men and horses to join forces with Li Le to defeat Hu Cai, if you can kill him, it is the best!" ”
"General!" Xu Huang sighed, saluted Yang Feng and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”
In fact, at this time, no matter who wins in the end, they will lose in the end, not to mention the loss between the fights, that is, they can annex the other two people, and the people are not united for a while, and the troops may not be able to defeat Chen Mo, if you wait a little longer, you will not be able to fight Chen Mo when the food is exhausted.
But now the other two are already determined to do it, even if he persuades Yang Feng, it is useless, he can only bow down and receive the order.
That night, the battle of the three teams with their own ghosts finally broke out near the government office, and the first to do it was Hu Cai, after reaching some kind of agreement with Li Le, he immediately arranged the manpower to cooperate with Li Le and attack the government office together.
It's just that Yang Feng has already taken precautions, and there is no one in the government office, so he followed Xu Huang and led people into Hu Cai's mansion, and the men and horses who were originally going to sneak attack Li Le could only use them to resist Xu Huang, and Li Le's men and horses decisively launched an attack on Hu Cai's men and horses after realizing that Yang Feng was not in the government office, and Hu Cai's men and horses were also similar in mind.
The war was clear from the beginning, but it gradually expanded, Yang Feng led people to kill Li Le and Hu Cai's men who attacked the government office, but Li Le and Hu Cai were not found, and at the same time, Xu Huang's side also made Hu Cai powerless, so he could only sound the horn to summon more men and horses to come over and fight.
Later, the entire inside and outside of Yang County became a battlefield where 30,000 horses and horses fought each other, and at first the three of them tried their best to control the scale of the battle, but after seeing the failure of the elite sneak attack, Li Le and Hu Cai couldn't care so much, and gathered all their men and horses.
In the end, it was from the beginning of the small-scale fighting that expanded to the chaos that affected the entire Yang County, and the people who were killed and scattered did not flee, and they could only go up or run away when they encountered another team.
To say that the most innocent in this fight, I am afraid that it is the people of Yang County, such a large-scale fighting and bloody fight, those who have no power to resist are the most suffering, some soldiers hide in private houses in order to avoid killing, and most of them will kill people directly.
The sky has been lit up, but the fighting is getting more and more intense, some people open the city gate and want to escape from the city, the people or the frightened soldiers, chaos, some want to surrender to Chen Mo's side, and more are fleeing to the direction of Yong'an, which is also the range of the white wave thieves.
"Lord, Yang County is in chaos!" It wasn't until the morning that Chen Mo got the news, and Gao Shun hurriedly came to report Chen Mo.
"Gather all the people and go!" Chen Mo immediately got up and led his men and horses to kill Yang County, and along the way, he encountered many fleeing white wave thieves or people in Yang County, Chen Mo ordered someone to notify Cui Geng to come to appease him.
It's just that when Chen Mo came to Yang County, looking at the city in front of him that was almost in ruins, Chen Mo felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he was also responsible for all this.
There are still sounds of fighting in the city, but most of the people have fled from the city, Chen Mo ordered people to sound the horn and occupy the important places of the city wall, and the white wave thieves who are still fighting in the city are driven out of the city, and some have surrendered directly.
Chen Mo took Dian Wei and the guards to walk on the streets full of corpses, there were white wave thieves, but more of them, they were the corpses of ordinary people, and some women had obviously experienced inhuman torture before their deaths, and even their limbs were distorted.
"What a bunch of brutes!" Dian Wei looked at this scene and couldn't help but scold.
Chen Mo didn't speak, and on the street, a naked-garnished woman was still bleeding from her lower body, rushing towards this side in a frenzy.
"Stop!" Chen Mo's guards immediately raised their spears, but the woman didn't seem to see half of them.
"Don't hurt anyone!" Chen Mo wanted to scold the soldier for putting away his weapon, but the woman had already pounced frantically, and her body was pierced by a spear, and Chen Mo saw relief in her eyes.
"Order all departments, Zhang Bang Anmin!" Chen Mo forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Clean up the corpse, remember, those who are not armed with blades must not be killed!" ”