Chapter 4 Trickery and Deception XVI
Xuzhou, Donglai County, south of Buqi County.
Under the clouds, Chen Gong and Gao Shun led the trapping camp to follow Zang Ba and his men in a rapid march.
After learning that Zhao Yun had sent people to the Yellow Turban Grain Depot in Xuzhou, they didn't dare to stop for a moment, and they didn't even care if they would be discovered by Liu Bei's people. At this time, the most important thing is to arrive before Zhao Yun's men, as long as he can obtain this batch of baggage, Lu Bu will have the strength to face Liu Bei head-on.
Zang Ba had already told Chen Gong and Gao Shun earlier that at this rate, it would be there in another hour.
But the closer they got, the more uneasy they felt in everyone's hearts, because they hadn't encountered Zhao Yun's men along the way. Although there are many roads from Pengcheng to here, after entering Donglai County, there is only one way to get close to the Yellow Turban Grain Depot and allow the brigade of people to pass.
Then there are only two possibilities: one is that their own soldiers and horses are ahead of them; The second is that the other party has arrived and cleaned up the traces of the march.
No one knows exactly what the outcome will be, but no one wants the second one.
But as always, things in troubled times always seem to go against people's expectations.
When Chen Gong and the others arrived at the grain depot, the answer was revealed.
The 6,000 Yellow Turban Army and the 2,000 Dragon Front Battalion are already in full array.
Chen Gong and the others' hearts suddenly cooled half, and they were still preempted by the other party.
"Zang Ba, Chen Gong, if you don't want to die here, please go back." A young man in his twenties led the horse out of battle and said with contempt on his face.
"Are you...... Incorruptible? "Zang Ba is no stranger to Zhao Yun's division.
"Kou Shuai has a good memory, yes, it is Long Shuai's subordinates who are subordinate to him, and he is incorruptible."
"The people of the Hebei General Hall will gather together in this way. Hehe, that's ironic. Zang Ba smiled bitterly, "It's just that I don't understand a little." Your night handsome Tang Zhou was killed by Zhao Yun, and you were almost slaughtered. Why do you want to ally with them now? ”
"Because this is our Lord Yeshuai, the hope of dying." A person walked out of the Yellow Turban Army, although he was also wrapped in a yellow scarf, but a discerning person could know at a glance that this was a woman.
"Tang Zhou's last division Mi Xuan, it turns out that you are still alive. You say this is what Tang Zhou meant? Even in an antagonistic relationship, Zang Ba is still happy to see that his former companion is still alive.
"Because when the apprentice marshal (Tang Zhou's subordinates called him because he was Zhang Jiao's apprentice) was killed by Long Shuai, he personally told him to let us go. It is precisely because of this that Long Shuai did not drive us to extinction. ”
"So you're going to hand over the Yellow Turban Grain Depot?"
"Although the Hebei General Hall has been defeated, we are the night after all. Rather than letting these grains, grasses and ordnance rot here, it is better to use them to save the common people. ”
"But Liu Bei...... is not a person who can guard Xuzhou. Zang Ba sighed.
"How can Kou Shuai conclude that he can't protect Xuzhou?" Lian Yong asked.
"How can a person who forgets morality and abandons Gongsun Zhan when he sees Gongsun Zhan lose power, how can he give up his life and forget his death for Xuzhou."
"Gongsun Zhan was brutal and unkind, and Liu Bei was unwilling to go with him. What's more, Xuzhou was still coveted by Cao Cao, Tao Qian died of illness, and Liu Bei had no choice but to lead Xuzhou Mu. Lian Yong tried his best to defend himself.
"Heh, you dare to mention this? Others don't know, don't you and I don't know? Let me ask you, why did Tao Qian suddenly become seriously ill? ”
Lian Yong's heart tightened, but he didn't hesitate: "Tao Qian is old, overworked, and occasionally suffers from a serious illness, what questions do you have?" ”
"What a bad occasion! Mi Zizhong has done good things, do you still want to deceive the world? Is there anyone better at slow-acting poison than him? Zang Ba asked with some annoyance.
"Kou Shuai Hugh wants to spew blood, what evidence do you have?"
"This matter was told to me by someone from Xuzhou personally. Everyone in the world knows that I, Zang Xuangao, only attack those who harm Xuzhou, if I don't know the truth, how can I easily become an enemy of Liu Bei? ”
"Honesty and unity, what Kou Shuai said...... But the truth? Mi Xuan's voice trembled and asked Lian Yong.
"Of course not! How could Zhong Shuai do such a thing? ”
"Do you dare to swear?"
"I've already said it, Zhong Shuai will never do this, so why swear!"
The atmosphere suddenly became very strange, and the Yellow Turban Army, which was originally standing on the same front as Long Feng's battalion, gradually hid to the side under Mi Xuan's signal.
"Even if it has been abandoned by the world, even if the virtuous old man and the night handsome have died, I will wait for the night to talk in the end! Kou Shuai, Lian Division, now we just want to fulfill the last wish of the Hebei General Hall. Both of you want to prove that the person you support can be the lord of Xuzhou, so prove it to me with your strength. Mi Xuan said loudly.
"Alas, since the remarks have come to this point, then I don't want to say anything more, Kou Shuai, how about you send two thousand men to fight against me?" Of course, Lian Yong didn't want to fight against all of Zang Ba's people. As soon as he said this, Zang Ba was not easy to refuse as a night handsome.
Zang Ba was about to agree, but was stopped by Chen Gong raising his hand.
"Xuan Gao, since Mi Fentong wants us to prove that Feng Xian has the ability to defend Xuzhou, it is not suitable to use your people. Gao Shun! ”
Following Chen Gong's words, Gao Shun led a trap camp of more than 700 people through Zang Ba's men and horses and came to the front of the team.
"There is no need for Xuan Gao to make a move, let Gao Shun go to meet the Long Feng camp." Chen Gong looked at Gao Shun with a smile.
Gao Shun nodded, and then raised his spear.
Rows of cavalry, wrapped in jet-black armor, waited in neat formations.
Although Lian Yong had heard of this team, he had never seen them fight. However, he didn't care too much about it when he saw it now, because against this kind of armored cavalry, the Longfeng Battalion had a greater mobility advantage and was more agile in terms of agility.
The soldiers of the two thousand dragon front battalions held short guns in both hands, and with Lian Yong's order, they leaned over and rushed up. After all, two thousand against seven hundred, they have an absolute advantage in numbers.
Gao Shun pulled down the face guard with his left hand and ordered in a low voice: "Storage!" ”
All the cavalry trapped in the camp flicked the reins of their horses at the same time, and the horses began to march in small steps. Then, as they tightened their horses' bellies, their speed increased rapidly.
Lian Yong was shocked in his heart, being bound by so much armor, why could these war horses still have such speed?
But the next change made him dumbfounded.
Because the trapping camp still retains its strength! When the distance between the two sides was only twenty paces, Gao Shun gave the order again, and all the cavalry shouted at the same time, and the well-trained war horses increased their speed again!
When the soldiers of the Long Feng battalion suddenly noticed that the frequency of the horse's hooves had increased dramatically, they all knew that they had underestimated the enemy.
So, without any hesitation, everyone threw the first short gun.
Gao Shun saw that the opposite side was attacking, so he ordered loudly: "Zong! ”
Then, the cavalry trapped in the camp showed great horsemanship - all the cavalry were orderly combined into three columns! In other words, the number of targets that can be hit by a throwing gun is reduced in an instant.
Led by Gao Shun, the cavalry at the front of each column brandished their spears and tried to shoot down the spears that flew into the gaps in the armor. As for those inconsequential attacks, with the solid defense of the armor, they were completely ignored.
"Crack!" At the moment of contact with the Long Feng Battalion, Gao Shun issued an order again.
Immediately, the cavalry spread out horizontally again, rushing through like a flood.
The screams immediately resounded in the field, and countless soldiers of the Longfeng Battalion were knocked away by the first row of war horses, and they were immediately trampled into meat after landing.
Some of the quick-reacting men saw the opportunity and rushed to the horses of the trapped cavalry, raising their guns and preparing to assassinate them from behind.
"Whew!" Gao Shun can always give corresponding orders to the changes in the situation.
The cavalry of the trapped camp who was invaded on the war horse immediately tightened the reins, and the war horses all stood up, making the center of gravity of the enemy behind them unstable, desperately holding on to the cavalry in front of them to prevent them from falling.
"Help!"
With this command, more cavalrymen immediately stabbed their spears as they passed by their companions, who were entangled by the enemy.
Every soldier of the Dragon Blade Battalion who jumped onto the enemy's war horse was stabbed with two or three spears at the same time and thrown to the ground.
The battlefield gradually returned to silence, and all the soldiers of the Long Feng battalion had been killed, leaving only the black cavalry standing quietly next to their corpses.
"Honesty is unified, and the winner has been divided." Zang Ba smiled at Lian Yong from afar.
"Changshan Longfeng Battalion, charge!" Although Lian Yong is only a division, his natural arrogance does not lose to anyone. At this time, there were only a dozen people left around him, but he was not afraid and still ordered to attack.
Zang Ba shook his head and sighed lowly.
Gao Shun raised his spear again......
……
The final charge of the Long Feng battalion was also swallowed up by the jet-black tide.
Zang Ba turned over and dismounted, slowly walked to Lian Yong's corpse, and reached out to gently close his eyes for him.
"Hebei General Hall, it seems that it is really cursed by this troubled world, and there is no future?"
"Kou Shuai, as I said beforehand, the weight of the grain depot belongs to Lu Bu." Mi Xuan said without any emotion.
"In fact, I didn't wait for this batch of baggage to come this time." Chen Gong stepped forward and arched his hand.
"Why is that?"
"If we take the grain and grass here, how will the Yellow Turban Army survive?"
"Maybe let's be an ordinary person again."
"Before that, Mi Fentong had said that he wanted to fulfill the last wish of the Hebei General Hall. I also know that you and other people in the night are all thinking about the world, wouldn't it be a pity if you disappeared like this? ”
"Sir is trying to convince me to serve Lu Bu." Mi Xuan smiled bitterly.
"Otherwise," Chen Gong smiled slightly, "it's for the people of Xuzhou." ”
Mi Xuan looked at Chen Gong in surprise, because she didn't believe from the bottom of her heart that there would be people in the princes of the world who would think about the people.
But when he touched Chen Gong's gaze, she changed her mind. In that gaze, in addition to sincerity and confidence, there was also a trace of pity for the common people, this kind of gaze, she had been waiting for too long.
"From today on, we will be General Lu's people, go to the soup and fight the fire, and never give up!"
Chen Gong arched his hand again and said, "Then there will be the Lao Mi division and the brothers." I, Chen Gong, hereby swear that in my lifetime, I will never do anything harmful to the common people, and I will definitely make the people rich and the world peaceful. ”
Gao Shun and Zang Ba walked up to him, pressed their hands on his, and nodded with a smile.
Chen Gong raised his head, and in the sky, the dark clouds gradually dispersed......