Early the next morning, the army set out, and Tian Jing's Hu Qi Lieutenant Battalion and Zhang Quan's Hu Ben Lieutenant Battalion took the lead in opening the way. Although the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info faced the white wave thieves and the rabble, the two did not dare to be careless, and released the scouts for thirty miles to spy on the military situation in advance.

On this day, the two people arrived at the city of Puban, and the white wave thieves in the city seemed to have known the news that the Han army was coming, and they all retreated into the city and fortified the city. I heard that the scouts reported that there were about 5,000 white wave thieves in the city.

Zhang Quan frowned after seeing it, and said to Tian Jing, "It's troublesome for this thief to hide in the city, and we, as the vanguard, have not prepared siege equipment such as ladders. If the attack is strong, there will be heavy casualties, and if there is a stalemate, I am afraid that the two of us will be disgraced by the time the army arrives. ”

Tian Jing looked at it and said, "Why bother attacking, I have my own countermeasures." After that, he turned around and whispered to Zang Shun, and Zang Shun led a hundred men and horses to the city to call for battle. Zang Shun shouted, and the soldiers behind him followed and shouted, "Listen to the white wave thieves in the city, now His Majesty the Emperor has sent 100,000 elite soldiers to recover Hedong, if the city is fatal, come out and surrender early?" The pioneer of my family has the virtue of a good life, and I know that you and others are all good, and they are just coerced by the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and if Kaesong surrenders, they will not be investigated; If you resist stubbornly, the army will definitely be burned by the time. ”

Zhang Quan frowned when he saw it, "Is this okay?" If you can break the city by shouting like this, then what kind of battle will you fight? ”

Tian Jing smiled, "Do you know why the hussar general asked the two of us to only lead a few hundred men and horses as the vanguard, if we really fight one city by one, not to mention that seven hundred men and horses are not enough even seven thousand." ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Quan asked.

"Because the purpose of the Lord is not for us to annihilate the enemy, but for us to drive the White Wave Thieves to Anyi. Now the entire Hedong is also a strong city, which can garrison tens of thousands of horses, and many other cities are unusable. Although there are many white wave thieves, most of them are untrained, and it is easy to fight a good fight, but if it is a hard battle, it will never be able to fight. They have always fought if they can fight, and if they can't fight, they will run, and we just want to hurt them, so that they dare not fight again, and have to run. When the time comes, all the responsibilities of Bai Bo will be gathered in Anyi, and we will gather again and annihilate it. Tian Jing said.

"Bai Bo's responsibility is claimed to be 100,000, and our Northern Army has only five or six thousand men in total. Even if you get to Anyi, how will you play when the time comes? Zhang Quan wondered.

Tian Jing said, "If you are like an elite soldier like us, your natural strength will increase greatly, and you will be like a rogue like the Yellow Turban and White Wave, but the more you are, the worse your combat power will be." This white wave thief is known as 100,000, but I am afraid that there are less than 20,000 people who can fight, and most of these people are rabble, they do not belong to each other on weekdays, and they will definitely have many contradictions when they get together. Even if the thieves want to defend the city and refuse to defend it, they are afraid that these 100,000 people will eat up the grain and grass in the city in a few days, and they will have to abandon the city and flee when the time comes. ”

Zhang Quan understood a little after hearing this, "It turned out that I thought I was just worse than you in marksmanship, but I didn't expect that I was not as good as you in terms of resourcefulness." But there is one more thing I can't figure out, even if you are right, how can you break the city by calling people to shout. ”

Tian Jing laughed when he heard this, "What would happen if I only put a hundred soldiers and horses under your city to call for formation?" ”

"How can I stand that bird's breath and go out of the city naturally to fight." Zhang Quan said.

Tian Jing pointed to the city, "That's right, isn't this white wave thief here?" ”

As he was talking, he saw that the gate of Pusaka City was wide open, and a black-faced man led a thousand men and horses out of the city to line up. The black-faced man took the lead, rushed to the front of the battle and shouted, "Han dog, listen, your grandfather is the black whirlwind Liu Meng, if you don't want to die, come forward and take your dog's head to sacrifice grandpa's treasure knife." ”

Zang Shun stepped forward and pointed at the silver gun in his hand, "Black is blacker, I'm afraid that your whirlwind is not worthy of the name." Your master, Zang Shun, the deputy general of the battalion of the Hu Cavalry Captain Battalion of the Han Army, will take you down today and ask for credit.

Liu Meng saw that the other party was just a teenager, and he despised it in his heart, so he slapped his horse and raised his knife to slash. Zang Shun had already prepared, unfolded the silver spear in his hand, and in less than ten faces, he picked the black-faced man off the horse with one shot, and there were already knives and axes on the left and right to tie up the black-faced man.

Zhang Quan saw that Zang Shun's marksmanship was familiar to him, "Speaking of which, this person's marksmanship is not bad, it could be that you taught him." ”

Tian Jing said with a smile, "I forgot to introduce to you before, this is my third uncle and your third uncle's second son, Zang Shun." I'll introduce you to this victory, and it's not too late for the three of us brothers to have a good drink. ”

The white wave thieves in the city saw that the young generals in the city had tied up one of their generals in less than ten rounds, and they were not convinced, and sent two more people to fight. One of these two men made a strong axe, and the other made a spear of mixed iron. How do you know that Zang Shun is not afraid, with one against two, but does not fall behind, in about forty rounds, Zang Shun coldly fell out of his arms with a halberd, right in the face of the axe general, seeing that he could not live; The other person was taken aback, Zang Shun saw the opportunity and used a move Su Qin's back sword, and the enemy general knocked off the back of the horse with the barrel of the gun, and immediately another knife and axe hand grabbed the comer.

The thief leader in the city is in a hurry, and then sending others to fight is not the opponent of the young general under the city after all, but it is not possible to fight in the hands of the other party, and he stomped his feet ruthlessly, and ordered his subordinates to lead the three thousand soldiers and horses in the city out of the city, hoping to achieve victory through numbers.

Knowing that the Han army under the city was not chaotic at all, Zang Shun dismounted and led a hundred soldiers to form a circle, like a nail in the middle of his men and horses, standing still. The two armies of the Han army, which were originally in the distance, quickly attacked on the left and right and attacked the golden army.

Don't look at the number of white wave thieves with 4,000, which is almost three times that of the Han army, but where are the more than 1,000 people of Tian Jing and Zhang Quan who are vegetarians, and in less than a stick of incense, they killed the white wave thieves and threw off their armor. Where have the white wave thieves fought such a tough battle, the battle loss is less than two percent, and there is no fighting spirit, I don't know which one ran first, and the rest of the people scattered and fled.

Tian Jing saw that the enemy was defeated, and led the soldiers and horses behind him to go straight to the city gate, as long as the enemy could not close the city gate, then the battle was decided.

The defenders of the city hurriedly ordered the soldiers guarding the city to close the gate, but after all, the outside of the city were their own brothers, and as soon as the soldiers guarding the city gate hesitated, the Han army had already killed the front. This time it was even more chaotic, before the Han army entered the city, there were already a large number of soldiers and horses that trampled to death. When the city guards saw that the gates were not secured, they knew that the great thing had gone. With his own 1,000 men and horses, he did not engage the Han army, and quickly opened the north gate and fled.

Tian Jing and Zhang Quan's soldiers and horses won a great victory, and they counted the battlefield and found that 800 enemies had been killed, and most of the rest had fled. Zhang Quan was unwilling, but Tian Jing said, "It's just right to run, I want these people to go back to publicize the strength of the Han army, and when the enemy is afraid, they will naturally withdraw to Anyi." ”

Tian Jing and Zhang Quan led the men and horses into the city, and after arranging the defense matters, they asked their own soldiers to bring today's two prisoners to trial. The two of them were tied up by the big flowers, one was a black-faced man, and the other was a thin man with yellow and white skin. The big tent was quiet, the steel knives in the hands of the knife and axe men standing around were shining coldly, Tian Jing stared at the two with his eyes, and did not speak. After staring at it for a long time, the thin man felt frightened, and his legs trembled a little. This is the black-faced man who suddenly shouted, "Wu Na Dog Official, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect, you don't want me to surrender." ”

Tian Jing glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "When did General Ben say that he wanted you to surrender, I want to arrest a white wave thief like you, you are not worthy of Zhao'an, come on, push me left and right to behead." After that, there were two knives and axes who pulled up the big man and pushed it out, Tian Jing secretly made a look, and the two of them understood. After a while, I only heard the big man shouting not far from the tent, "I will be a good man again after killing my grandfather for twenty years", and then the sound of the knife and axe hand kicking the big man, and then I only heard the sound of blood splashing with a knife falling in his hand. In the blink of an eye, the knife and axe hand was covered in blood, and came back with a ghost-headed knife.

The thin man was a little shaken just now, and now he was scared, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, the little Mao An is willing to surrender, if the general has anything to ask me, I will tell the truth, if the general asks me to go back to do the internal and external cooperation, I am also willing." As long as the general doesn't kill me, let me do whatever I want."

Tian Jing looked at him and asked coldly, "You are willing to surrender, but I don't plan to surrender to you, because you are worthless to the captain of this school." ”

Mao An hurriedly begged for mercy, "General, general, today you attacked Puban City, and our little minions were captured, but Hu Cai, the commander of Sanqu, led the troops and ran away." Sanqu Shuai's status in the Baibo army is second only to Han Xian and Li Le, compared to our small fish and shrimp, he is the real big fish, if the general wants to catch this person, the small one is willing to guide the way, and for the internal response. ”

Tian Jing asked, "I have always only known Han Xian and Li Le, but I don't know what Hu Cai is, could it be that you are crazy about me?" ”

Mao An hurriedly said: "The general doesn't know, this Hu only came to the Baibo Army half a year ago, but as soon as he came, he was valued by Han Xian and Li Le, the two commanders, and was soon promoted to the third marshal, and he was also the military advisor of the Baibo Army, known as the 'Demon Fox'." ”

Zhang Quan listened, "What 'demon fox', if you really have the ability, why don't you run away without a fight?" ”

Mao An said: "The general doesn't know, in fact, this Puban City is undefended, and Hu Cai suddenly said that he wanted to prevent the Han army from sending troops to Hedong, so he led me and others to come." It's just that we didn't have time to reinforce the defense not long after we arrived, so the two generals rushed to take Kasaka, and if we had arrived a few days earlier to strengthen the city defense, we would not have been so defeated in collecting grain and grass. ”

Tian Jing listened and said: "I said why the defenders in the city gave up the favorable terrain and went out of the city for a decisive battle, it turned out that there was a shortage of food and grass. As soon as Hu Cai saw that we had gained an advantage, he did not delay, and immediately abandoned the city and left, which can be regarded as an early opportunity. If this man returns to Anyi, it will be a problem for us. Your name is Mao An, right, just now you said that you know where to find Hu Cai, you can tell me where this person will go. ”

"Returning to the general, when Hu Cai came, he ambushed a man and horse in the valley north of here, and left a lot of baggage, if the villain thinks well, Hu Cai will definitely go back to arrange it at this time, but wait for the general to pursue." Mao An said.

When Tian Jing heard this, he felt that this Hu Cai was really unusual, if he took advantage of the victory, he was afraid that he would have been ambushed. Nodding to Mao Dark, he said, "You are very good, tomorrow I will lead the troops to the north, if as you said, break Hu Cai's ambush, I will save you from death, and you can also ask the court for your credit." ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." That Mao An kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Tian Jing motioned for him to go down, and after Mao An retreated, Zang Shun came over and whispered next to Tian Jing: "What to do with that black-faced man?" ”

Tian Jing smiled, "It's funny just now to let the knife and axe hand kill a sheep and scare that Mao An like that, but this black-faced man is a good man, so let's take it first, and then persuade this person to surrender after we break the beard." ”

Zhang Quan heard it next to him and realized that Tian Jing had played a trick just now, and said in his heart, this guy should be called a "demon fox".