Chapter 844: The Eastern Crusade Failed

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Zhao Meng realized that Pang Meng was rebelling, and while he organized the manpower of the county government to prepare to resist Pang Meng's army, he also asked people to rush to the county army camp and quickly mobilize the county army to the county government.

His response was right, but unfortunately, no matter how well he coped now, it was too late.

After Pang Meng's subordinates entered the city, they rushed to the county army camp with lightning speed, and disarmed and captured more than 1,000 of the county soldiers, while Pang Meng himself led the rest of his subordinates to the county government in a grand manner.

Looking at the closed gate of the county government, Pang Meng snorted out laughing, and he shouted loudly at the courtyard of the county government: "Zhao Taishou is here!" I'm Pang Meng, please ask Zhao Taishou to go out of the house and speak! ”

After a short time, a row of people stood up on the courtyard wall of the county government, most of them were soldiers and officials with bows and crossbows, and Zhao Meng was also in the crowd.

He looked at Pang Meng outside and asked loudly: "General Pang suddenly led his army into the city and besieged the county government, what did he mean?" Pang Meng said: "Our army camp has long been short of grain and grass, I have repeatedly asked Zhao Taishou for food and grass, but Zhao Taishou has used various excuses to refuse, since Zhao Taishou refused to give, then, I had to take my brothers into the city and get it myself."

! ”

When Zhao Meng heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he raised his hand to point at Pang Meng angrily, and said, "Pang Meng, you ...... What a brazen man you are! ”

"Haha!" Pang Meng laughed, and after a while, he restrained his smile, his face became gloomy, and he said in a condensed voice: "You are just a Taishou, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, how can my tens of thousands of Pang Meng's brothers be subject to you?" ”

After a pause, he said: "Today, if you are willing to take the initiative to admit your mistakes and surrender to me, I will not blame the past, if not......"

Speaking of this, Pang Meng opened his arms, looked left and right at him, and said, "Zhao Taishou, you have also seen that my hungry and red-eyed brothers can do anything!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion around him, and the soldiers either raised their spears or halberds, glaring at Zhao Meng angrily, and making a posture of being ready to attack at any time.

Zhao Meng gritted his teeth and said, "You...... You brought troops into the city privately and besieged the county government, you are a rebellion! ”

"What about rebellion?" Pang Meng replied loudly: "I, Pang Meng, rebelled, and I was also forced to rebel by you dog officials!" ”

Zhao Meng roared angrily: "Pang Meng, if you want to enter the county government, you must first collapse from the corpse of this official!" ”

Pang Meng smiled angrily, nodded, and said, "Since you are bent on finding death, I will fulfill you today!" As he spoke, he drew his sword from his side, swung it forward, and shouted, "Attack!" ”

With Pang Meng's order, the soldiers present shouted in unison, and then people began to move forward. Seeing this, Zhao Meng didn't hesitate much, and shouted loudly: "Release the arrow!" ”

The soldiers and officials of the county government opened their bows and pulled their crossbows one after another, and launched arrows at the Pang Meng army who rushed over.

Smack, smack, smack! With the sound of the bow and crossbow, in an instant, more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. This not only failed to stop Pang Mengjun's advance, but also stimulated the anger in everyone's body. The people's step-by-step advance turned into a forward charge, and a large number of soldiers poured like a tide to the front of the county government. The courtyard wall of the county government is only three meters high, which can not stop the wolf-like Pang Mengjun at all, and people rushed to the courtyard wall and immediately erected it

Many soldiers took off their armor and climbed the wall on the shoulders of their companions, and a large number of soldiers gathered in front of the gate of the county and hammered the gate with large thick and heavy wooden stakes.

There are less than 100 soldiers in the county government, and there are more than 100 servants, and when they are combined, there are only about 200 people in total.

What's more, Pang Meng's army is not a rabble, Pang Meng is a meritorious general who followed Liu Xiu to fight in Hebei and laid the foundation of Hebei.

There is no need to fight more or less, even if it is a one-on-one head-to-head confrontation, the county army and the government of the county government are not their opponents.

Pang Meng's army did not take much effort to break through the defense line of the county government, and then, a large number of soldiers poured into the county government and surrounded Zhao Meng who was standing in the courtyard of the county government. The soldiers surrounding Zhao Meng automatically and consciously separated to the left and right, making way for a passage. Pang Meng walked along the passage and into the crowd, he carried his saber and came straight to Zhao Meng, raised the sword in his hand, and pressed the tip of the sword against Zhao Meng's throat

, sneered: "The mantis arm is a car, I don't know whether I am dead or alive!" Zhao Meng, I'll give you one last chance now, if you are willing to be loyal to me, you will still be the Taishou of Chu County in the future, you ......" Without waiting for Pang Meng to finish speaking, Zhao Meng straightened his chest and scolded loudly: "Pang Meng, you were originally an official subordinate of Xie Gong, Your Majesty is benevolent, spare you from death, and also take you under your command, entrust you with important responsibilities, treat you Pang Meng, you are as heavy as a mountain, you are now betraying Your Majesty, do you still have the face to speak out in front of me?" Although I, Zhao Meng, am not talented, I am just a mere guard, but I also know how to repay the grace of the emperor, and I also know how to eat the king's Lu and repay the king's kindness! I, Zhao Meng, fell into the hands of you and other rats today, and I will repay the country with death

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Pang Meng smiled, laughing angrily. He nodded and snorted coldly, "It's quite backbone!" I'd like to see how hard your bones really are! As he spoke, he raised the sword in his hand, aimed it at Zhao Meng, and slashed it down.

Sand! The edge of the sword cut through the placket on Zhao Meng's chest, and with it, a large hole more than a foot long was cut on the chest, and blood flowed out instantly, dyeing Zhao Meng's placket red.

Zhao Meng snorted and fell to the ground on his back. Pang Meng's sword did not kill him, but only slashed Zhao Meng.

Looking at Zhao Meng who fell to the ground, he took a step forward, stepped on Zhao Meng's lower abdomen, forced him with the tip of his sword, and asked, "Let me ask you again, do you descend or not?" ”

Zhao Meng was lying on the ground, his face was covered with sweat in pain, and his body was trembling, but he clenched his teeth and refused to scream.

After a while, he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Pang Meng, if you want to kill, give me a good time!" ”

Pang Meng nodded, and another sword slashed down, and Zhao Meng's body immediately had a long opening.

The latter's eyes were bloodshot with pain, his face was red, and his teeth were clucking, but he refused to scream, let alone say a word begging for mercy.

In this situation, even if Pang Meng's subordinates were moved, Zhao Meng, don't look at it as just a civil official, but he is indeed an iron-clad man, loyal and strong, with character and integrity. Pang Meng's subordinates admired Zhao Meng, and Pang Meng himself was not, but the more loyal and fierce Zhao Meng became, the more shameless and despicable he became. Pang Meng was aroused by Zhao Meng, picked up the sword in his hand, and put it on Zhao Meng's body again

Slash four swords in a row.

At this time, Zhao Meng was lying on the ground, the person was already like a blood gourd, covered with blood, and he was almost fainting, but he still gritted his teeth, did not cry out for pain, and did not beg for mercy.

This time, even Pang Meng, who hated Zhao Meng to the core, was convinced by him. It was the first time in his life that he had seen such a strong person.

He shook off the blood stains on his sword, put the sword into the sheath, and then withdrew the foot that stepped on Zhao Meng's lower abdomen, and said to his subordinates: "Bandage him, and then ...... Just let him go! With that, he sighed softly.

Pang Meng is not a vicious person after all, even if he rebels now, betrays the Han family, and betrays Liu Xiu, he also admires Zhao Meng as a person with character and integrity.

What kind of main generals there are, what kind of subordinates there are, Pang Meng's subordinates, like Pang Meng, admire Zhao Meng, who is iron-clad and would rather die.

People made a stretcher out of a spear, put Zhao Meng on it, and carried him down for treatment.

Although Pang Meng did not kill Zhao Meng, his rebellion was a real rebellion.

After the 30,000 army led by Pang Meng captured Pengcheng in one fell swoop, he immediately united with Dong Xian and launched a sneak attack on the Gaiyan Division, which was fighting guerrillas everywhere in Beihai County.

Gai Yan also didn't expect Pang Meng to suddenly rebel, and was caught off guard by the coalition formed by Pang Meng and Dong Xian.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army was completely defeated by the enemy's front and rear forces, and in the end, Gaiyan led only a small number of remnants, crossed Surabaya in a hurry, and fled north.

At this point, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Gaiyan had been completely defeated.

I have to say that Gaiyan's ability to lead troops to fight is undoubted, but in terms of handling interpersonal relationships, it is really not very good.

In the past, Su Mao was his subordinate, because he didn't get along well, Su Mao rebelled, defected to Liu Yong's side, and became a general under Liu Yong.

Similarly, Pang Meng was also Gai Yan's subordinate, and because he didn't get along well with Gai Yan, he chose to rebel, defected to Liu Xuan, Dong Xian, and Zhang Bu's side, and joined forces with Dong Xian to defeat Gai Yan's Eastern Expeditionary Army.

In fact, with Pang Meng's merits to Liu Xiu, as well as Pang Meng's own ability, and even Liu Xiu's appreciation and love for him, it is entirely possible for him to enter the Yuntai and become one of the twenty-eight generals of the Yuntai if he does not betray Liu Xiu. It's a pity that for various reasons, Pang Meng finally betrayed Liu Xiu and chose to stand on the opposite side of Liu Xiu, which also made this general, who was originally the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty and had brilliant achievements, be permanently nailed to the pillar of shame in history

Pang Meng's betrayal led to the complete defeat of the Han army's Eastern Crusade, and also stabilized the situation at once for the precarious forces of Liu Xu, Dong Xian, and Zhang Bu.

When the news came back to Luoyang, the government and the opposition were shocked. People know that Pang Meng is a favorite general, and Pang Meng will rebel, which is too incredible.

How high is Liu Xiu's evaluation of Pang Meng? You can entrust a six-foot orphan, and you can entrust a county.

You must know that when Liu Xiu said this, he was not yet the emperor, and he was still fighting in Hebei, a county, for Liu Xiu at that time, it was extremely important.

Liu Xiu said this, which means that if he unfortunately dies in battle, Pang Meng is worthy of his own trust, he can inherit his legacy, assist his children, restore the Han family, and dominate the world.

A minister who is so highly regarded by the Son of Heaven has rebelled, can the government and the opposition not be shocked? Of course, the most shocking thing was Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu has not experienced betrayal, first Peng Chong, and then Deng Feng, but their betrayal only made Liu Xiu feel angry, and Pang Meng's betrayal really made Liu Xiu heartbroken.

After receiving the report from Chu County and the battle report of Gai Yan's defeat, Liu Xiu sat in the main hall and remained motionless for a long time.

He didn't understand why Pang Meng rebelled. Pang Meng made a mistake, and he was angry with him, but he didn't want to punish him. After so many years of friendship between monarchs and ministers, what can force Pang Mengfei to go to the step of rebellion? Liu Xiu's emotions were first angry, then heartbroken, and then puzzled, for a while, his mood could be described as dull.