Chapter 162: The Righteous Horned General of War
Wei Yan found the Lu brothers in the scattered army array, and led them to the east smoothly, meeting Huang Zu's army on the march, and Huang Zu was very shocked when he learned that the main army was defeated. But after stabilizing his emotions, the battle-hardened military attache knew he had to fight. Because he has already sided with the Cai family, if the Cai family is defeated, they will not end well.
After rectifying the remnants of the army, Huang Zu went up and down the village on the plain twenty miles east of Dangyang County. Wen Ping led 50,000 people to the north, directly at noon to kill the enemy village, but because the door of the enemy village was open, Wen Ping did not rush in, after holding each other for nearly half an hour, Wen Ping ordered to retreat to Dangyang, and when the road passed through the dense forest area, the surrounding war drums sounded, and the ambush soldiers were everywhere. Knowing that they had been in ambush, the Wenpin army rushed out of the battle, and about 30,000 people were surrounded. Wen Ping wore a horned helmet, held a three-pointed two-edged gun, gritted his teeth and led the troops to the north and west, and the cavalry who fled with him were all cavalry. After he arrived in Dangyang County, he was admitted to the city by Liu Xian, and he told about being ambushed, Liu Xian sighed: "It is a pity that Lord Wen is a meritorious general who conquered the southern barbarians and was defeated by Huang Zu." ”
Taking a deep breath, Wen Ping, who collected his mood, said: "This defeat is my negligence, as long as we don't get out of the wall, there will definitely be a way to overcome the enemy soldiers." ”
He didn't know that the plan to open the gate to meet the enemy and set up an ambush in the forest was not from Huang Zu, but from the state lord Kuailiang.
Wen Ping held on to the city, and Huang Zu, who knew that he had to hurry up, planned to storm the city, but was stopped by the two brothers of the Kuai family. They pointed out that if they attacked strongly, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, they wanted to wait for Huang Zhong's army to enter the city, besiege the city and cut off food, and on the other hand, let the north and east carry out the work of transporting grain and re-hoarding troops, with their strong backup force, Huang Zhong and Wenpin would be trapped and killed in the city. When Huang Zu heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "The siege of Baiqi is nothing more than that. ”
After having a full understanding of the situation, Pang Tong suggested that Huang Zhong lead his troops around the county seat of Dangyang and directly reach the north side of Huang Zu's army, and carry out a surprise attack at night.
In the dark night, Xueyue chased after Pang Tong. Although the woman was silent, she was completely integrated into the bloody atmosphere under the brutal picture of war. After all, there are not many people who have died at her hands. In the face of such a bloody war, she seems to prefer to understand the war from the perspective of Pang Tong. War is righteous, and it is more meaningful than her assassination of people she doesn't know. She recognized this, and fought hard to catch up with the will of Pang Tong. In the war, all she had to do was silently be around Pang Tong. She doesn't want to take the initiative to kill the enemy, what she wants to do is to kill all the potential enemies of Pang Tong. She won't let anyone hurt Pang Tong in any way. In the world of Pang Tong, her identity seems to have changed dramatically from before. From a killer who took the initiative to kill others, he became a defender who took the initiative and completely protected the lives of others. This identity gave warmth to her once cold life, and an indescribable joy took root in the deepest part of her heart.
On the banner that accompanied the advance of the boundless night, Huang Zhong's "yellow" became the only sign that was not visible under this dark curtain. They slowly advanced towards the enemy camp, and then died down. When there were still ten miles from the enemy camp, the spies reported that the enemy camp was very quiet.
Huang Zhong, who was more satisfied with this, said to Pang Tong on the side: "It seems that we haven't noticed that we are waiting for the army, so we should fight quickly." ”
Pang Tong's eyes narrowed into a line in the dark night, shooting a sharp gaze, and he said, "Let me take a look." General Huang led his troops and did not move. ”
"Isn't that a waste of time?"
Pang Tong, who was deeply puzzled about this matter, shook his head firmly and said, "Knowing yourself and knowing that you are invincible in a hundred battles." ”
Although Huang Zhong had doubts, he still nodded. The whole army stopped. Pang Tong and Xueyue galloped over. Xueyue, who was quiet at night, looked at Pang Tong's back. She wanted to speak, but she didn't seem to be able to make a sound at this time, otherwise Pang Tong would be displeased. It made her feel like she would never be able to catch up with that back.
Pang Tong looked at the black and oppressive Dazhai. A few braziers were lit, and what Pang Tong saw in the sky above that big village was clear air, and then up, talking about the white moon hanging high. He took a deep breath and turned around. He rode back to Huang Zhong, stopped and said, "Let's go to the woodland in the northwest and set up a village." ”
Huang Zhong, who had a strong interest and desire to sneak attack the enemy village, frowned and said, "This is a good time, why not fight?" ”
"The enemy camp was too quiet, and there were only a few braziers, which seemed to be a chaotic military village. But isn't that just about for us to sneak attack? The Brothers would not make that kind of low-level mistake. ”
Huang Zhong gasped and said, "I was reckless. ”
After they crossed a wooden bridge to the north, Pang Tong demanded that the bridge be destroyed. Then go west for more than ten miles. This place is about five miles away from the county seat of Dangyang in the southwest, and about fifteen miles away from Huang Zujun in the southeast. They are close to the woodland in the north, and in the south is a large river from southwest to northeast, about ten zhang wide, and there is a large flat bridge with a width of four zhang in the southwest one mile, which was built for Liu Du's people at the beginning.
Interestingly, on the afternoon of the second day, Huang Zu's army had already moved ten miles to the other side of the river. Pang Tong asserted to Huang Zhong: "They are watching the movements of our army, and they are afraid of being attacked by us, so they yearn for it from the other side." Huang Zu must have wanted to wait for the backup to arrive, after all, they had abundant resources. ”
Huang Zhong pondered deeply about this and asked him: "If this is the case, our army must attack first, otherwise it will be useless for a long time." ”
The far-sighted Pang Tong said: "Observe for two more days, I'll think about it." ”
Huang Zhong relied on him.
The next morning, the enemy led thousands of horses to the river to drink water and scrub. Pang Tong personally rode his horse to the river, and Xueyue chased after him.
"What's so nice to see, you can't cross the river."
The calm Pang Tong stared at the river, and then at the soldiers who had scrubbed the horses' bodies. He rolled over and dismounted, walked to the river, bent down and picked up a stone half the size of a fist. He threw his hand up and threw it heavily into the middle of the river. At that moment, his sense of sight and hearing was raised to an unprecedented height, and his brain began to think quickly.
All the images appear in the minds of the people. The smooth fur of the horses of all colors, the shining eyes, the ripples of the water, and the muffled sound. He bent down again and repeated the action of throwing the stone into the water. The enemy soldiers on the other side did not pay attention to such actions at all. After a long time, Pang Tong turned around to leave. Xue Yue grabbed his arm and said, "What's wrong?" Why is it gone again? ”
Pang Tong, who had a plan in his heart, smiled softly at her and said, "Military aircraft must not be leaked. ”
Xue Yue grabbed his arm and said, "This time you have to tell, don't keep making trouble, and don't take me for a fool." I want to know your full plan, tell me everything. ”
Pang Tong suddenly leaned close to her ear, and this sudden movement made her tremble. The gentle Pang Tong's breath blew into her ears, and she shivered.
"Don't ask too much, it's a strategic plan, it's not a child's play. You can disagree with my approach, but you have to read my plan and then criticize me. Now, you don't have the right to know the secret. He knew that Xue Yue would be unhappy if he said this. This girl has been suffering from following her, who can stand it from ordinary girls. And his silent mystery was something only the generals could bear. So he still added: "I have worked hard for you along the way, and your company has made me realize that I am not alone, and let me know that you are an important person to me." So please protect yourself while protecting. ”
When he pulled out, Xue Yue, whose face was flushed, didn't know what to say, but just blinked and watched him turn over and get on the horse.
"Hey, hey! You're so rude! ”
Pang Tong returned to the military village and found Huang Zhong, he said happily: "General Huang, is there a mare in the army?" ”
Huang Zhong, who was sitting on a rattan chair looking at the scroll, said lightly: "Yes, it's relatively rare." ”
Thinking of his plan, Pang Tong couldn't help laughing, and he said, "Then please choose some for me." ”
The confused Huang Zhong didn't know what he wanted to do, but Huang Zhong was convinced of this person, so he agreed to him and ordered the soldiers to choose a mare to come out. A total of more than 600 batches were selected. After noon the next day, the enemy soldiers came to wash their horses again. Pang Tong and some soldiers drove the herd of mares to the river.