Chapter 160: The Mysterious Man
The combat effectiveness of Donglai soldiers and horses is not strong, but it is not so weak as this. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The main reason is that Cai Qi is convinced of the judgment of the strategists around him, and mistakenly thinks that Tai Shi Ci has betrayed Yan Shao, so he will rush to gnaw on the meat of Beihai City, and march eagerly, making his three thousand soldiers and horses trek through mountains and rivers, day and night, ten percent of the combat effectiveness went to seventy percent, leaving only about thirty percent, on the other hand, Tai Shi Ci's soldiers and horses are waiting for work, and they themselves are experienced in a hundred battles.
In addition, Zhou Cang and Wu Anguoer have been holding back the fire in their stomachs these days, and they need a place to vent, which can be said to be unstoppable. It only took 500 soldiers and horses to easily defeat Cai Qi's 3,000 soldiers and horses...
Looking at the defeated Donglai soldiers and horses, Tai Shici sighed slightly in his heart.
It is a gratifying thing to be able to defeat the soldiers and horses in front of him, but after all, he was born in Donglai County, and he used to serve as an official in Donglai County, and there are even a few old friends of his in the soldiers and horses opposite, and now he has used stratagem to deal with these people, which makes him have mixed feelings...
"Congratulations to the general, he defeated Cai Qi's troops and horses, cleared the barrier for the lord to enter Donglai, and when the lord comes back from Jingzhou, he must be very happy to get this news!"
The generals next to him didn't understand his thoughts, and they gathered around one after another to congratulate him.
It's not surprising that no matter how you look at it, defeating Cai Qi is a great achievement. This Cai Qi has been at odds with Yan Shao in the past, and it is impossible to say that Yan Shao is not annoying him, just because the majesty of the Han family was still there at that time, even Yan Shao himself had to take care of it more. Later, when the Wuhuan people went south to make trouble with Dong Zhuo, Yan Shao couldn't take care of this person.
However, this time, because of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the Son of Heaven and the relocation of the capital, the Han family has been swept away, and the princes are even more fratricidal, and when Yan Shao comes back, the first one to use it must be Donglai County.
It's just that...
This Cai Qi may not be a cause for concern, Donglai County also has more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, which cannot be underestimated. If the walls along the way are clear, the deep ditches are high, and the fortified city is firmly held, even if Yan Shao wants to take it down, it will take a certain price.
Now it's different, Cai Qi has lost a lot of soldiers and generals, and his soldiers and horses have lost a lot...
If you want to solve Cai Qi, now is undoubtedly the best time, without the troops responsible for guarding the city, Donglai County is more like a woman without clothes in front of Yan Shao...
All right...
Maybe there are three or two fig leafs, but it is just a breeze for Yan Shao to drag them away.
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The pursuit of Cai Qi's soldiers and horses did not last long, and the soldiers of this era did not have the habit of preferring to die unyieldingly, at least for the vast majority of soldiers and horses.
After Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo rushed and killed for a while, the Donglai soldiers and horses had already begun to scatter and flee, and later many soldiers simply stood in place and surrendered, so that they had no military spirit at all.
If there is no deep hatred in these years, few people will kill the pawns.
If you ruin your reputation, and if you kill them now, how can anyone be willing to surrender in the future? At that time, if the enemy soldiers fought to the death, it would be a great troubleββββββ of course, not all of them were like this, at least when encountering a fortified city, it was still very common to slaughter the city, and it was not just to vent anger.
Before encountering a fortified city, the besieging soldiers and horses would usually advise the other side to surrender the city. If there are many casualties in the process of attacking the city, then in order to warn the other cities, it is imperative to slaughter the city, on the one hand, to reward the soldiers, and on the other hand, to warn the people of the other cities, what will be the fate of refusing to surrender...
However, it does not have to be so for those who win and surrender in this kind of field battle...
Handing over the soldiers and horses to the deputy, Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo galloped back on their horses, and the armor on their bodies was stained with blood, but most of them were from the enemy, and only a small part was on their own.
When the two of them got off the horse, a lot of blood was shaken off their bodies, and even when the two of them were walking, the soles of their feet were one step at a time, and the footprints under their feet were shallow after walking more than ten steps.
"How, is it a pleasure to kill..."
Looking at his two old buddies, Tai Shici finally had a smile on his face.
"Happy, it's a pity that Cai Qi's old boy ran away, and that crepe guy, I obviously saw him standing next to Cai Qi's guy, but unfortunately there were too many chaotic soldiers along the way, and Cai Qi's personal guards blocked it, I couldn't take off the heads of those two guys, it's a pity..."Throwing the helmet to a pawn standing next to him, Zhou Cang wiped the blood on his face and shouted loudly.
Wu Anguo next to him was much quieter, just put the two hammers in his hand on the ground, and then sorted out the clothes and armor on his bodyββββββ no way, the two hammers in his hand are quite heavy, but ordinary soldiers are difficult to parry, if they are thrown out like Zhou Cang, I am afraid that they will be stoned to death...
"Let Cai Qi, that old boy, run away?" Tai Shi Ci frowned.
That Cai Qi is the Taishou of Donglai County, which is the main target this time, and the reason why Tai Shici let Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo go together is to take down Cai Qi's head.
Just like the former Qi State often opposed Beihai County, it was purely because Jiao He, the controller of Qi State, had a serious disagreement with Yan Shao. When Jiao He died, the Qi country was in chaos, some wanted to stand on their own, some wanted to wait for the will of the imperial court, but some were courting Beihai, which was originally the largest county in Qingzhou, but it was divided in a blink of an eye.
The same is true for Cai Qi, now Donglai County may be able to reluctantly oppose Yan Shao, but as long as Cai Qi is killed, Donglai County will also be torn apart. And there is no arrogance like Qi State, I am afraid that there will be many more people who are willing to surrender than Qi State.
But now...
"Alas, forget it, but it's also providential, indeed, it was not easy for five hundred people to catch Cai Qi's guy..."Tai Shici slapped his hands very regretfully, but he didn't blame the two.
After all, this kind of thing is inherently very accidental, and it is excellent to succeed, but if it fails, it is impossible to complain about the two of them.
"If there were five hundred more soldiers and horses at that time, I would definitely be able to capture that Cai Qisheng back..."Wu Anguo said next to him, his tone was full of regret.
After all, seeing a great achievement slip away in front of him, even a taciturn person like him felt regretful.
However, after hearing his words, Tai Shici shook his head.
"If there are five hundred more people, I'm afraid that Cai Qi will be suspicious, and there will be more casualties at that time, not to mention, then Cai Qi may run away more likely..."
Considering that Cai Qi also brought a total of 3,000 soldiers, it was reasonable for Tai Shici to send 500 people over to greet him. But if you bring a thousand people over, I'm afraid it's some...
That Cai Qi is not stupid, and if he is stupid, the people around him may not be stupid, if Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo each bring five hundred people over, how can they not be suspicious.
This time he can win so easily, there are also reasons for the surprising victory, but if Cai Qi is given the opportunity to prepare, even if he is not Tai Shi Ci's opponent, in the end, it is three thousand soldiers and horses, it is by no means so easy to solve, if it really allows Tai Shi Ci to form a formation, whether it is a phalanx, a circle array, a fish scale array or a Xuan Bao array, it will eventually bring large casualties to the Beihai soldiers and horses.
Although Tai Shici wanted Cai Qi's head, he also had to think about his own casualties.
What's more, after being prepared, Cai Qi can also decide whether to retreat depending on the situation, and with more time, it will be more convenient to run, so it may be more difficult to catch...
So in the end, there are difficulties in all aspects, and it is useful if you don't really send more soldiers...
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In any case, this is always a big victory, plus this time Cai got up, in order to be able to get more trophies, he brought a lot of carts over, the carts not only contained a lot of grain and grass, but also came with some camels and horses pulling cartsββββββ those grains and grasses are counted, horses are valuable things, so calculated, Tai Shi Ci and they have made a lot of money this time...
"But then again, Ziyi..."Touching his beard, which was almost dyed blood, Zhou Cang laughed. At that time, I was half scared to death by you in the tent, and I really thought you were going to betray your lordship..."
"Yes, if you hadn't told me later, I would have fought to the death with you..."
He is not afraid of death, although Wu Anguo is silent, he is an extremely loyal warrior. Yan Shao has always treated him with the courtesy of a countryman, and he is also willing to die for Yan Shaoββββββ in order to repay Kong Rong's favor in history, knowing that he is not Lu Bu's opponent, he is still willing to step forward to challenge, which in itself also shows his character.
However, not being afraid of death does not mean that he is willing to die without any value.
In fact, many people in this world are like this, you can say that they don't know death, but there are indeed many people who are really not afraid of death, what are they afraid of? What I'm afraid of is that death is worthless, and it just dies inexplicably, not as they think it is more meaningful...
Wu Anguo is the same, if it is for Yan Shao or something else, it doesn't matter if he dies, but if he dies in a farce, it will inevitably be too embarrassing...
Speaking of the events of that day, Tai Shici also smiled bitterly. "I am deeply favored by the lord, how could I turn my back on the lord, but I couldn't do it that day, and it was not good to take the initiative to send someone to contact you at that time, so I had to appease that person first, but then again, if you hadn't come to the door later to cooperate with me to put on a good show, that person might not have really believed me, and I would like to thank you..."
It's talking about the night before...
When I heard the scribe's words that day, I was filled with great rage. He never thought that someone would come over and let him do what Lu Bu had done at the beginning. Okay, maybe he can't do it, after all, Yan Shao is not here now, not to mention that the reason why Ding Yuan died in the first place was because he trusted Lu Bu too much, and on the other hand, because there was no second general under his command who could compete with Lu Bu.
But Yan Shao is different, not to mention the original Zhao Yun, even if it is the newly invested Gan Ning or Huang Zhong, they are definitely not inferior to Tai Shi Ci's fierce generals, if Tai Shi Ci really imagines Lu Bu, it is not so easy...
If it weren't for Yan Shao, Tai Shi Ci would still be a fugitive now, dying in Liaodong, and he couldn't go back to his home, let alone the old mother at home, how could this be endured by the filial Tai Shi Ci?
Not to mention that after defecting to Yan Shao, Yan Shao has great trust in him, and now he is the commander of the Beihai soldiers and horses, leading all the soldiers and horses in the Beihai on his behalf. In Beihai, it can be said that he is under one person, above 10,000 people, and even the highest status among the Beihai generals, Yan Shao treats him even more politely on weekdays, almost like a brother, how could Tai Shici betray him.
When the scribe's words just spoke, Tai Shi Ci couldn't help but want to stab this person to death with a sword, where could he care about the two armies fighting without cutting ββββββ anyway, the scribe was not coming, but just a villain who bewitched others...
But just as he was about to do it, an idea came to his mind...
Why not take this opportunity to solve the problem of Donglai?
For Yan Shao, there are two big obstacles to the reunification of Qingzhou. One is Jiao He of Qi State, and the other is Cai Qi of Donglai County. As for the other three counties, Jinan is the weakest, and it maintains a neutral attitude, which is not difficult to deal with. Le'an had received a lot of favor from Yan Shao before, and he had always been inclined to Yan Shao, as well as the Plains Country, before the Wuhuan people went south, if Yan Shao hadn't led the Qingzhou soldiers and horses to meet the enemy, I was afraid that the entire Plains Country had turned into a sea of fire. Compared with Jiao He's attitude at that time, even if the current officials of Pingyuan Country have changed by half, the rest of the people are also grateful to Yan Shao.
Especially those people from the family, the disputes between the counties have nothing to do with them in the first place. In the troubled times, a powerful figure is needed to help, compared with Jiao He or others, Yan Shao is definitely the best candidate, and he is also a Qingzhou person, who does he support if he doesn't support Yan Shao?
Now that Jiao He is dead, Qi Guo is scattered, which means that one of the two troubles has been solved, and there is still one Cai Qi left, and the three thousand soldiers and horses are not in the eyes of Tai Shici, but if it is a strong wall and a clear field, it is also a trouble, if you can take this opportunity to lure all Cai Qi's soldiers and horses out of Donglai...
Tai Shici is indeed a Donglai person, but he really doesn't have much eye on Donglai soldiers and horses.
He knew very well how rotten the Donglai soldiers and horses were, and it was not a troublesome thing to solve the other party, and the only difficulty was those fortified cities.
But if he can lure the other party out of Donglai, in the field battle, Tai Shici has at least a hundred ways to give the other party a death.
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It was before such an idea that Tai Shi Ci and the scribe were false and wronged, just to make the other party take the bait.
But he didn't want to put down the banquet just now, and wanted to have a good chat with the other party, so Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo came to the door. I have to say that when he first saw Zhou Cang, Tai Shici was really taken aback, and he had a feeling of being a thief.
However, this also just strengthened the authenticity of the whole drama, whether it was Tai Shici's weak heart, or Zhou Cang's unadorned and completely unfaked hatred, which made the scribe believe it.
In addition, there was another Wu Anguo in the back, and the three of them fought fiercely in it, almost a duel to the death, and the scribe was sure to take people back to Donglai County.
As for Tai Shi Ci? But on the way to the duel, he told the two of them his decision...
Zhou Cang and Wu Anguo didn't really believe that Tai Shici's personality would betray Yan Shao, and it was precisely because of this that Zhou Cang hated him so much when he saw him talking and laughing with the lobbyist in Donglai County, and Tai Shici even helped the lobbyist stop him.
After listening to Tai Shi Ci's words, the two instinctively chose to believe in Tai Shi Ci, and after that, they practiced with Tai Shi Ci throughout the whole processββββββ fortunately, the scribe had already gone out of the tent at that time, otherwise he would have been suspicious when he saw the expressions of the two.
After all, both of them are the kind of reckless men who can't hide any thoughts on their faces.
They acted so real before, because they originally believed that Tai Shi Ci betrayed Yan Shao, and now that they know that Tai Shi Ci is just acting, where can they continue acting?
In any case, if you succeed in deceiving the scribe, everything is like a good start.
The scribe, who thought he was the truth, rode back to Donglai on horseback all night, and led his troops into Beihai to get a piece of the pie.
Cai Qi also trusted this scribe very much, and what the scribe said was very reasonable, so he finally took all his soldiers and horses into the fire pit.
"Next, we just need to wait for the lord to come back, and that's fine..."
Looking at the city gate that was slowly opening in the distance, Tai Shici said deeply.
At the same time, on the city wall in the distance, looking at the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and neatly lined up soldiers and horses, a young scribe shook the feather fan in his hand and smiled.
"As Mr. expected, Mr. is really clever..."
In the corner of the city wall, looking at the appearance of the scribe, an official said with a smile on his face.
"A little thing, how can an adult praise it so muchβ" The scribe smiled, not paying much attention, but his attitude was extremely modest. Taishi Ziyi is the first fierce general under the command of Yan Zhijun, and he is very trusted, and Yan Zhijun has shown more favors in Beihai, and the people of Beihai feel his grace. Even if someone betrays Yan Envoy, no one will listen? After a little calculation, it seems that it is not difficult to guess what is going on, not to mention that although the city gate has been closed for the past few days, it is not in a hurry, saying that there is no cat in it, do you believe it? β
When the official heard this, he laughed, but he did not answer the question.
However, in many cases, this is already an answer...
Ignoring the official and looking at the soldiers and horses below, the scribe was even more looking forward to meeting Yan Shao... (To be continued.) )