Chapter 248: Xiao Pei captures Hao Meng
With the threat of the Sky Eagle Army, the threat of Nanchang has been lifted a lot. In order to stabilize Nanchang, Tao Ying ordered Xu Sheng to lead the people of his headquarters to Jiujiang City quickly to take office. Then he dispatched the Eagle Army to follow Xu Sheng to Yuzhang to suppress the bandits, and then stabilized the situation in Yuzhang. So He Qi led the Eagle Army along the Yangtze River all the way to Jiujiang, and then landed from Jiujiang to suppress bandits from north to south, and at the same time exterminated the local county forces that were constantly being ordered.
Hearing that the Heavenly Eagle Army went to Yuzhang, Sun Ce was even more difficult to deal with. At this time, Tao Ying sent an envoy to condemn Sun Ce for attacking his territory, if there is a next time, he will definitely raise the power of Xuzhou to crusade against him!
In the new year, when Sun Ce finished training his soldiers and horses, and could not easily move Yuzhang, at this time, after two years of operation, Suzhou was even more difficult to attack, so Sun Ce's spearhead was aimed at Wang Lang, who was stationed in Huiji County.
In April, when the north was still in turmoil, Sun Ce sent troops to attack Huiji County, and Huiji Wang Lang faced Sun Ce. In order to avoid sitting back and watching Sun Ce's family dominate, Tao Ying wrote to Yuan Shu, willing to support grain and grass to recover the land of Danyang.
After Yuan Shu heard the news, Yuan Shu, who was originally going to teach Sun Ce a good lesson, ordered Ji Ling to lead 10,000 troops to attack Danyang Sun Ce. Sun Ce deployed heavy troops on the Yangtze River, and Ji Ling was not accustomed to water warfare, so Tao Ying promised to let him land from Jiujiang, Yuzhang County, and then attack Sun Ce from Jiujiang. Liu Ye persuaded Tao Ying to send troops with Ji Ling, and then let Zhao Yun attack Danyang from Nanchang, let Jiang Qin attack Danyang from Suzhou to the east, and let Gan Ning lead his troops to attack Sun Ce's army from above the Yangtze River.
Then let the Heavenly Eagle Army and Ji Ling attack Danyang from Jiujiang City from the generation to the next generation, so that the five-way army will attack Danyang, no matter how brave Sun Ce is, it is impossible to resist. What's more, Sun Ce's military horses also concentrated on attacking Wang Lang of Huiji. Huiji has never experienced war, and he is very rich, if Sun Ce wins Huiji, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Liu Ye said, but Tao Ying has promised not to carry out offensive warfare for three years, and now is the time for Pengcheng's economy to recover. What's more, now that Cao Cao in the north is attacking Nanyang County, Lu Bu is besieging Xiao Pei and eyeing Pengcheng.
So Tao Ying politely rejected Liu Ye's request, and then asked the Xuzhou Arsenal to hurry up and produce equipment, now a year has passed, and the time can't wait long.
Yu Zhang gradually calmed down, and Xiao Pei came with news again. Lü Bu besieged Xiaopei for several days, but Liu Bei was defeated, so under the cover of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, he went out of the south gate and headed towards Peiguo. When Lu Bu got Xiaopei, he asked Zhang Liao to lead his troops to pursue Liu Bei. Zhang Liao led his troops to chase to Peiguo, which was a fertile field, and General Lu Qian's troops blocked Zhang Liao's road.
Zhang Liao wanted to attack Lu Qian, but the general persuaded him to go back and tell Lu Bu to make plans again. So Zhang Liao led his troops to tell Lu Bu, and Lu Bu personally led his troops to attack Liu Bei and others who hid in Peiguo.
The war was fought from Xiaopei to Peiguo, and the guards were busy telling Pengcheng Tao Ying. Hearing that Lu Bu actually attacked his farmland, Tao Ying declared war against Lu Bu in a fit of anger! I have said around me that I will not attack others, but if others always attack me, how can I tolerate it?
So Tao Ying withdrew from the south of the ban, and ordered Yu Ban to be the marshal, Liu Ye to be the military advisor, Cao Chun to be the vanguard, and Li Dian to be the grain transport officer, and a total of 50,000 troops from Pengcheng came to attack Lü Bu.
After Cao Chun arrived in Guangqi, he sent troops with Lü Qian to pursue Lü Bu. At this time, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao led their troops out of the city to pursue Liu Bei, and they had already chased to Jiyin County, Yanzhou.
So Lü Qian led the army to attack the south gate of Xiaopei, and Cao Chun led the troops to attack the west gate, leaving only the north gate and the east gate for the guards of Xiaopei.
There are less than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Xiaopei City, and the guard will be Hao Meng. After seeing that Xiaopei was surrounded, Hao Meng reprimanded the Xuzhou military horses for their injustice in the city. Liu Ye scolded back under the city: "Your lord attacked my Peiguo, is this benevolence and righteousness?" ”
Hao Meng did not surrender, and he was not far out of the city to face the battle. So Liu Ye set up siege vehicles and stone throwers outside the city, and then the siege vehicles attacked Xiaopei City under the cover of stone throwers.
At this time, most of the ammunition thrown by the catapult was combustible ammunition, and the catapult threw them into the city of Xiao Pei, and Xiao Pei soon caught fire.
Hao Meng sent people to put out the fire, and the stone-throwing truck kept throwing huge stone carvings into the city, and the stone carvings broke down the already broken Xiaopei city wall. After rounds of long-distance strikes, Hao Meng was already dizzy.
It's the first time they've seen such a special weapon! Listening to the sound of the whistling stones, the soldier habitually lay still. And when the stones fell, many people were killed, and with the fire of the city wall, many soldiers were hit by ammunition, and their bodies were on fire, and the soldiers ran around, and even more things were ignited, and the soldiers were burned miserably.
When a trumpet sounded, Cao Chun began to attack the city, and Lü Qian also attacked the city from the south gate. Ladders with hooks hung from the walls. The soldiers in the city tried to push the ladder, but at the top of the ladder was a long steel hook that hooked the city wall and could not be pushed at all.
The soldiers wanted to throw stones down, but a rain of arrows flew up from the city, and the soldiers in the city could not resist at all.
After struggling for less than half a day, Cao Chun took the lead in breaking through Xiaopei Ximen with excellent equipment. Hao Meng couldn't resist it, so he hurriedly led the troops to retreat to the north gate.
Leaving the city gate from the north gate, Hao Meng led five hundred defeated soldiers towards the country of Lu. Just less than ten miles out of the city, just when Hao Meng's people were sleepy and tired, Yu Ban led more than 10,000 troops to block Hao Meng's way.
The 10,000-strong army lined up neatly, and the Cao Chun Hell Demon Army behind him was also killed, and there was no way out before and after, so Hao Meng had to dismount and surrender.
Yu Ban dismounted and picked up Hao Meng, waited for good words, and then persuaded him to return to Xuzhou, and the future is unlimited. Hao Meng is one of Lu Bu's eight strong generals, and now he has reached this step, and he is not a person as strong as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, so he had to surrender to Xuzhou.
Fortunately, he was not the first Lu Bu to surrender to Cao Cao, and Cheng Lian had already been used as an example in front of him. Moreover, Tao Ying did attach great importance to Cheng Lian, and asked him to guard the southern barrier of Pengcheng with Marshal Yu Ban to defend Yuan Shu.
After Hao Meng surrendered, Liu Ye offered another plan, it was better to capture Lu Bu with a plan. So Yu Ban summoned Hao Meng and asked him where he was asking for a big official in Tao Ying, who was far away? Who wouldn't want to have merit? So Hao Meng sold Lu Bu in advance.
Will Lu Bu's fate be rewritten in history? Tao Ying didn't know, but now the generals who had betrayed Lu Bu were now coming towards him one by one!