Chapter 164: Crooked Strikes
"Pedant, I've just come out of the cage and don't know much about the situation outside, so what's next? When I just left the city, I watched Ding Wei and they were surrounded by Geng Chengwu's troops, and I am afraid that they will not be able to resist for long."
Under the recommendation of Wu Yong, after some greetings, Du Yong and others introduced Chao Gai into the city, and after arranging a place to live, Du Yong, Wang Yue and others all left, Chao Gai asked Wu Yong for advice.
When he entered the city just now, Chao Gai also took a clear look at the situation in Jiuzhi Town. Among these faces, only Wu Yong was a member of his Liangshan army, and the rest of Wang Yue, Du Yong and others were all from the southern king Sima Yu, and the entire Jiuzhi Town could be said to be completely in their hands.
Looking at Du Yong's disrespectful appearance towards him just now, it can be seen that Sima Yu must be determined to win Liangshan Army this time.
Therefore, it may not be easy to regain freedom from Du Yong's hands.
Chao Gai didn't want to think about him too much, the only thing he wanted to think about now was to get out as soon as possible, escape with his life, and then gather his subordinates to take revenge on Xue Ju, the ungrateful father and son, as for whether Liang Shanjun could get out of the tiger's mouth from Sima Yu's hands, it was no longer in Chao Gai's consideration.
"Heavenly King, in the more than one month that you have been trapped, the situation in the entire Bailu County has been completely controlled by the Xue family and his son. With the 40,000 new troops in their hands, and in the name of the Heavenly King, they vigorously hunted down and suppressed those who did not obey, and more than 30 town guards and captains were killed in various places, and all of them were replaced by their henchmen. In the army, only Huo Jun led 20,000 troops to protect himself from Yangshi County on the grounds of resisting Kong Youde's army. A few days ago, I passed the news of the Heavenly King's imprisonment to the three Ruan brothers, and they raised the banner of rebellion in Xiaxi Town, and broke through the three towns all the way up the river, forcing Xue Ju to raise troops to go, which gave us an opportunity to rescue the Heavenly King."
Wu Yong paused and said briefly to Chao Gai.
Chao Gai was silent when he heard this, and he couldn't escape the blame for the situation that Liang Shanjun had fallen into today's situation.
"The King of Heaven can get out today thanks to Du Jiaotou and their full help, the reason why Captain Ding Wei and these nine towns are on our side is all due to Du Jiaotou" Seeing that Chao Gai fell silent, as if he was still thinking about how to take charge of the Liangshan Army again, Wu Yong couldn't help but nodded softly.
This is his last kind of gesture to Chao Gai, through this period of contact with Du Yong and others, Wu Yong has deeply understood the depth of the penetration of the Southern King's forces into the Liangshan Army, far beyond their imagination.
Ding Wei, the captain of the north gate of Bailu City of the Liangshan Army, and Guo Tao, the guard of Jiuzhi Town, both of whom were already among the high-level forces of the Liangshan Army, were easily rebelled by Du Yong, and even did not hesitate to put their lives on the line.
This has only been exposed, and there is no way to know how many people have secretly defected to the southern king.
As for the merchant spies all over the territory of the Liangshan Army, they don't know how many, and Sima Yu, the king of the south, has already laid a secret net while constantly waging wars, firmly enveloping the entire Liangshan Army.
Under such circumstances, if the Liangshan army were to engage the army under the command of the king of the south, the outcome could be imagined.
"What do you mean by being pedant?"
Chao Gai's face changed slightly, slightly ugly.
Although he was mentally prepared, he was pointed out by Wu Yong in person, and Chao Gai's heart was still a little difficult to accept.
When a person has tasted the taste of power, it is not easy to get him to give up.
And Wu Yong's statement of persuading him to give up made Chao Gai feel a sense of sadness that everyone betrayed his relatives.
"The king of heaven, Sima Yu, the king of the south, is in Yongzhou, stable and prosperous under his rule, with millions of people, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. In the battle of Pinggang City last year, Sima Yu personally led a large army down the river, rushed thousands of miles, and annihilated tens of thousands of Kong Youde troops in one fell swoop. And after this rebellion, even if the Heavenly King can finally put the chaos out of the chaos in the end, it will be a big drop in strength, how can the broken army withstand the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under Sima Yu's command. What's more, Sima Yu will not give us time to set things right, and his general Li Mu has led 50,000 troops to cross the Jiangnan expedition, and we have no time! ”
Wu Yong's voice was low, he wanted to use these words to completely dispel the last thoughts in Chao Gai's heart, so as not to make a mistake.
That night, after listening to Wu Yong's analysis, Chao Gai couldn't sleep all night, constantly turning and thinking in bed, until it was almost dawn before he fell asleep in a trance.
Not to mention Chao Gai and others in Jiuzhi Town, in the middle of the night, on the official road leading to Bailu City in Hekou Town, in the darkness of the night, a fire dragon appeared on the road, and the dense firelight was several miles long.
Under the light of the fire, thousands of soldiers of the Liang Son Army dressed in leather armor rushed forward under the leadership of the three Nguyen brothers.
All of them looked tired, and some of them even had wounds on their bodies.
In the sneak attack on Hekou Town at night, the three Ruan brothers seized the opportunity of Xue Ju to leave with his troops just now, and took advantage of the night to sneak attack the camp of Xue Ju's army outside the city, almost annihilating Zhao Hong's troops, and only a few people escaped by scattering at night.
After the siege of Hekou Town was relieved in the First World War, the three brothers summed up, and in order to find out the true intention of Xue Ju to leave with his troops, the three of them led more than 3,000 elites to the direction of Bailu City overnight, regardless of the fatigue of the army.
More than 3,000 people did not say a word, but hurried away.
"Hey, hey! Father's prediction was really good, and these thieves finally gave up! ”
In the mountains and forests on the left side of the road, Xue Rengao, who was hidden in the grass, looked at the long fire dragon below, his eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, and he was ready to go.
The three Ruan brothers relied on the benefits of the city wall to lead the Liangshan army, but they did not let their father and son suffer less, and the hard work of tens of thousands of troops was fruitless, and Xue Rengao's heart was already full of anger. Now seeing that the three Ruan brothers and they personally led troops to kill, they couldn't wait to go down and kill the three of them immediately.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Woo Woo Woo ~ "
"Ahh~"
It wasn't until the three Ruan brothers below led most of the army through the ambush site that Xue Rengao, who couldn't wait, got up and ordered.
At the sound of an order, hundreds of archers who had been on standby for a long time on the side quickly got up, bent their bows and shot at the Liangshan army below, and the arrows and screams rang out.
"Kill!"
Suddenly attacked, there were enemy troops in front, there was no way to retreat, Ruan Xiaoer and the three people, who were not good at commanding the infantry army, immediately took the lead and led the army to kill the slope where Xue Rengao's army was located.
"Death to the thief!"
On the slope, Xue Rengao, who had already led the army to kill, waved the long halberd in his hand, and rushed into the military formation of the Liangshan army first, rampage, there was no enemy under the halberd, and the army behind him also followed.
On the battlefield, the already exhausted Liangshan army, in the face of the fierce attack of the elite army led by Xue Rengao, was slashed and killed by Xue Rengao's troops, with countless casualties.
"The child is rampant!"
Xue Rengao led the troops directly to kill in the direction of the Chinese army, and the three Ruan brothers also showed weakness when they saw this, and joined forces to meet them.
The two teams fought in the dark night, although Xue Rengao was entangled by the three Ruan brothers, but the army under his command occupied the advantage of physical strength and numbers, and under the continuous strangulation, the Liangshan army brought by the three Ruan brothers was soon at a disadvantage.
"Don't panic, the three commanders, Xue Ju has already bowed his head, Ding Wei came to support you on the order of the Heavenly King, kill!"
Just when the losses of the three Ruan brothers were getting heavier and heavier, and they were about to collapse, a team of men and horses suddenly came out from the rear of Xue Rengao's army, and the leading captain of the North Gate shouted while leading the army to rush and kill.
It turned out that after confirming that Wang Yue and others had rescued Chao Gai, Ding Wei did not hesitate, and led his troops to escape from Bailu City at night, and wanted to fight and retreat all the way to Jiuzhi Town.
In order to avoid leading Xue Ju's army to attack Jiuzhi Town, he deliberately bypassed Xue Ju's army and prepared to go to Hekou Town's three Ruan brothers.
Xue Rengao's army, which was fighting with the three Ruan brothers, was already taken aback in the face of Ding Wei, who suddenly killed, and when he heard his words, the army's heart was even more shocked, and the soldiers were shocked one by one, looking at Ding Wei, who was already stained with blood, and became hesitant.
However, the army of the three Ruan brothers, who were struggling to resist Xue Rengao's army, was greatly motivated, and they resisted bravely one by one as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
The whole war lasted until the end of the Shen period, and Xue Rengao, who had lost 2,000 men, saw that he could not achieve victory, so he had to retreat from the army.
"The enemy is back! Banzai! Banzai! ”
With the retreat of Xue Rengao's army, the remnants of the 1,000 troops of the three Ruan brothers, who were not easy to save their lives, cried with joy one by one.