Chapter 214: The Torment of Monza
There is a wonder in Jizhou called Gaoshan Lake, which means that it is on top of a high mountain, and it looks like a volcano from a distance, but the mountain is not hot magma, but a turquoise lake.
Gaoshan Lake is on top of Lixiang Mountain, and Lixiang Mountain is a very majestic mountain, which means that the water volume of Gaoshan Lake is very sufficient, and Liu Bei's Plains Army and Han Qiong's Yuan Army are also fighting nearby.
Since Liu Bei's sneak attack last time, he seems to have tasted the sweetness, after all, it is a mountain battle, even if it is discovered, he can run faster, and the morale of the Yuan army led by Han Qiong and Yan Liang is low.
Han Qiong didn't dare to rush into battle, he could only use the time advantage to restore morale, Han Qiong was located in Jizhou, he could afford to drag it, but Liu Bei's plain army couldn't afford it, and Liu Bei didn't even dare to guarantee the problem of grain and grass.
Fortunately, it is dependent on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft the water, because there is a relationship between the mountains and lakes nearby, so the drought in this area is not very serious, nature is the most resistant, and human beings can survive under the drought.
Of course, many plants and animals can also survive, and the Pingyuan Army seems to have inherited Liu Bei's character, they can endure any hardship and fight with Yuan Jun, and they will never abandon Liu Bei.
There are mountains and rivers nearby, which also allowed Liu Bei's plain army to survive, Zhang Xiang has been thinking of a way to make both sides lose out, and the last night attack on Jiang Qi was just to think that Liu Bei would last a little longer.
In the end, Zhang Xiang turned his target to Gaoshan Lake, in such a severe drought situation, the water volume of Gaoshan Lake is also very sufficient, and it can be regarded as raising a side of water and soil, if it were not for the fact that the vicinity of this place has become a battlefield.
You will often see people in the vicinity to fetch water in the mountains, and even large households in many places also use water wheels to transport water, because the neglect of the mountain lake is very sweet, and even in winter it does not freeze, so it is called a wonder.
Zhang Xiang decided to dig up the two armies of the Lixiang Mountain and the water, the water seems harmless, but its fluidity and impact are very large, Zhang Xiang believes that as long as a hole is cut, it will cause the collapse of Gaoshan Lake.
Even if you don't destroy such a spectacle, you will be persecuted by nature, so let yourself destroy it in advance! Digging a mountain is a big project, especially if this opening is not small.
If it is small, it will not be able to cause the effect of flooding the two armies, and Zhang Xiang's spies in Jizhou are also very cautious, but at the same time, they are also very busy working the mountains day and night, and there are water teams to evade the two armies.
After all, Gaoshan Lake is a rare place to have a water source nearby, and the water is still very delicious, whether it is the Pingyuan Army or the Yuan Army, they all draw water here, which also causes a strange phenomenon.
No matter how the two armies fought, the soldiers of the two armies who fetched water were all safe and sound, that is, the river water did not interfere with the river water, and even the soldiers of the two armies would greet each other when they met each other, which was completely different from the battlefield outside.
Zhang Xiang's spies were avoiding these people, but the water consumption of the two armies was too large, and they often came to fetch water at any time, so Zhang Xiang's spies had to change into the clothes of the two armies.
It's like a Tibetan cat, and it took nearly a month to get ready, and now as long as Zhang Xiang gives an order, Gaoshan Lake will collapse, and the war in Youzhou has not stopped in this month.
Although the Yuan army adopted the strategy of defending the center and leading the attack, Ju Yi was not a person who was willing to stop, Gao Ran even tasted defeat and wanted to get back to the field, and Zhang Jaw was the best temper among the Hebei generals.
He has a good personal relationship with Gao Ran, so he naturally wants to help, the three commanders in the army are all in charge, if it weren't for the fact that these three people are from Jizhou and have an old relationship with Tian Feng, they would not have chosen the strategy of focusing on defense at all.
Zhang Xiang once wanted to get Tian Feng back through Xu You's relationship, but this time Xu You didn't agree, Xu You was not confused If Tian Feng left Youzhou, then Youzhou's side would be really dangerous.
The danger in Youzhou means that Yuan Shao suffers, and Xu Yu will not do this kind of thing, so Zhang Xiang's expectations have failed, and the two sides have won and lost each other for a month, and one of them has a decisive battle.
The main reason is that Zhang Xiang is playing with fire, Zhang Xiang deliberately leaked his position, originally chose a terrain that was favorable to his side, and wanted to take advantage of the geographical advantage to bite Yuan Jun.
At the beginning, the Bingzhou army took advantage of a little advantage, but when it was chased to the plain, a dress and a chariot soldier suddenly appeared, and Zhang Xiang didn't understand that this kind of antique army came out there.
Yuan's chariots were different from the simple chariots that Zhang Xiang had made before, and the chariots of Qingyishui opened the way with two horses, and the chariots were indeed a kind of eliminated troops, but its power on the plains was indeed greater than that of the cavalry.
Especially in the frontal collision, and some of the chariots were connected by iron chains, and the state army immediately suffered heavy losses, of course, the most important thing was the foot soldiers, and the formation of the cavalry was also confused.
If it weren't for the fact that there weren't too many chariots like this, Zhang Xiang would have fled with his people a long time ago, and with the blocking of these chariots, the attack speed of the state army had decreased, and the Yuan army did not take the opportunity to evacuate.
Instead, a counteroffensive was carried out, and the reinforcements of the Yuan army also joined the battle, which was also the first time Zhang Xiang saw a strategist sitting on a chariot on the battlefield, and there was no need to guess that Zhang Xiang knew that it was Tian Feng.
Only a person as extravagant as Yuan Shao was willing to let the strategist enter the battlefield, Zhang Xiang also understood who caused him such a big trouble, and suddenly Zhang Xiang's head was hot and said a sentence that made the generals excited, "Capture Tian Feng alive, reward the dog and the sword." ”
This order was communicated to the whole army, maybe the soldiers didn't know what the dog sword was, let alone what the dog sword meant, but the generals in the state army knew the preciousness of the dog sword.
Good martial arts people like weapons, the dog Rong sword is an ancient sword of the previous dynasty is extremely sharp, of course every general wants to get it, not to mention that the dog Rong sword is also Zhang Xiang's personal sword.
Whoever gets the dog Rong sword means that he has received a great honor, and the generals in the army rushed towards Tian Feng like crazy, and Ju Yi is the commander of the army to control the overall situation.
Gao Ran was even more desperate to resist in front, the three generals of the Yuan army were the strongest in Gao Lan's force, and only he could guard the front, and only Zhang Zhanjian went sideways, and actually led his troops to kill Zhang Xiang.
Naturally, someone blocked it, but in the end, Zhang Xiang ordered the generals not to stop it, and ordinary soldiers couldn't stop Zhang Jaw's soldiers at all, but Zhang Xiang didn't look at Zhang Jaw at all.
Zhang Xiang put all his attention on Tian Feng's body, the generals were already very close to Tian Feng, but Zhang Jaw was even closer to Zhang Xiang, only a hundred steps away, and this distance was nothing at all for Zhang Jaw who was riding a war horse.
Zhang Jaw pulled his bow and shot an arrow at Zhang Xiang on the horse, and was finally blocked by Zhou Cang, Zhang Xiang's personal guards also reacted and immediately protected Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang watched Zhang Jaw make a neck wiping action.
On the battlefield, there was only Zhang Xiang who had such idleness, and Zhang Jaw shot a few more arrows to no avail, and finally Zhang Jaw raised his gun to kill Zhang Xiang, and when Zhang Jaw was about to approach Zhang Xiang.
Zhang Xiang sighed, it was not that Zhang Xiang cared about his own safety, but that the crowd was blocked by the first dead man, and Zhang Xiang saw the figure of the halberd soldier behind the first dead man, it seemed that it was impossible to catch Tian Feng.
At this time, Zhang Jaw had been blocked by Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang and Zhang Jaw's martial arts were half a catty, and the fight was very intense, and Zhang Xiang also shifted his attention from Tian Feng's body to Zhang Jaw's body.
It's not bad if you can't catch Tian Feng to catch a jaw, it's better than not being able to catch anything, Zhang Xiang looked at Zhang Jaw with bad intentions, Zhang Jaw couldn't help but have a cold war, he suddenly felt that Zhang Xiang's eyes were terrible.
Zhang Xiang ordered at this time to kill the Zhangjaw War Horse to reward 100 gold for the injured War Horse, and the ordinary soldiers of the Zhangjaw did not dare to provoke, but they dared to provoke the war horse, and they were content to get a gold if they didn't get 100 gold.
Now the war horse with open jaws suffered, and the soldiers of the state all surrounded the war horse with open jaws, one of the soldiers looked inconspicuous, but he didn't know where to take out the stones, and he hit the chrysanthemum of the war horse as soon as he shot it.
The blue and white horse with open jaws stood up completely, and this scene happened to be seen by Zhang Xiang, and he suddenly found that this was also a talent! The chrysanthemum of the war horse is blocked by the horse's tail, and it takes eye and hand strength to play such an effect.
These two are indispensable, and this soldier also happened to glance at Zhang Xiang, which means that the lord will not give money! His eyes were full of longing, and Zhang Xiang was almost amused by his eyes.
Zhang Xiang beckoned to him, and the soldier ran in front of Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang threw him a gold cake, which should be worth ten gold, "From now on, you will follow me!" ”
This soldier seems to be very good at things, and immediately took the reins, if it was somewhere else, Zhang Xiang would not care, after all, leading the horse is also a sign of obedience, but now it is on the battlefield to let others lead the horse can only drag himself down.
Zhang Xiang tapped the soldier's head with his scabbard, "You go and stay behind." This soldier decided to hug Zhang Xiang's thigh, and Zhang Xiang asked him to do whatever he wanted.
Standing right behind Zhang Xiang's mount, I don't know what the war horse felt, and a ponytail hit the soldier's face, maybe this is the shameless retribution of this soldier!
Zhang Xiang didn't pay attention to the situation behind, he kept paying attention to Zhang Jaw, Zhang Jaw's war horse finally couldn't stand it, and was hacked to death by the soldiers, but the soldiers also had chaos because of the competition for the war horses.
Unexpectedly blocked the way of Zhou Cang, Zhang Jaw took advantage of this to have a strong war horse, Zhang Xiang finally understood what it means to be not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and Zhang Jaw saw that the situation was not right and retreated.
Zhang Xiang saw that this was a chicken flying egg beating! Tian Feng's jaw was not caught, Zhang Xiang also lost the interest in fighting again, and if he continued to fight, it would only increase casualties, and there was no need for that at all.
Zhang Xiang is a small family and a small business, but he can't stand the toss, so Zhang Xiang Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the generals also felt a pity, and Yuan Jun didn't dare to fall in love with the war, and Mingjin withdrew his troops.
When Zhang Xiang was bored, the spies in Jizhou finally paid off, Zhang Xiang almost forgot about Gaoshan Lake, and it was not easy to finally wait for a reply after a month.
If Zhang Xiang didn't know that these spies were not easy, Zhang Xiang would have ordered them to be punished heavily, but fortunately Liu Bei did not leave the battlefield, otherwise Zhang Xiang's wait would have been really in vain.
Zhang Xiang had already transferred Monza to Liu Bei a month ago, just to make Liu Bei believe his lies, Liu Bei knew Monza, and Monza would not arouse any suspicion.
This time Monza only brought his own soldiers into Jizhou, Zhang Xiang did not give him a single soldier, Monza this month is even more idle, Zhang Xiang's spies for the safety of Monza.
Monza was not allowed to enter Lixiang Mountain at all, Monza stayed in a hidden courtyard for a month, there were not so many good wine and food in the mountain, but Monza was used to big fish and meat.
This month has starved Monza and lost weight, Monza felt that there was no taste in his mouth, and just when Monza felt tormented, Zhang Xiang's letter finally came, and Monza immediately left.
He didn't want to stay in this small courtyard anymore, when Monza entered Jizhou, he thought it was a beautiful difference, Zhang Xiang also gave him a heavy reward, and also explained that there was no danger.
After I came, I found that the beauty was bad, but that was for ordinary people, for a general like Monza, it was a good thing to turn into a bad thing, and Monza was originally an idle person.
Monza went to see Liu Bei, Liu Bei has been fighting in the mountains for more than a month, and now he is a lot embarrassed.
Monza wanted to exchange with him, "Lord Liu, I am here to support you on the orders of my lord." In fact, after a month, Liu Bei also had a lot of complaints about Zhang Xiang, except for the night attack, he never appeared again.
However, Liu Bei can't show it on his face, Monza is very familiar with Zhang Xiang's henchman, and now he should be Zhang Xiang's diehard, Liu Bei will not say bad things about Zhang Xiang in front of Monza.
Not to mention recruiting Monza, the impossible thing Liu Bei will not do, "General Meng, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I said why hasn't the junior brother moved this month?" It turned out that the general led troops to support! Bei really spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”
Monza: "My lord and you are brothers, but brothers also have to settle accounts, we are a guest this time, yes, but the guest is not with the lord, we have our way of fighting, I hope the adults do not interfere." ”
Liu Bei didn't think that Monza would be obedient, for Liu Bei, he felt flattered that Zhang Xiang could send someone over, and he wouldn't be too forceful, "This is natural, as long as the general doesn't forget our common enemy." ”
Monza: "Of course I won't forget this, I took my brothers to Jizhou this time, and I didn't come to play, I will do my part, otherwise I won't be able to follow the main bus instead." ”
Monza left, but Sun Gan, who was with the army, felt that Monza was very rude, "The lord has no one in Monza's eyes, so you should be careful." Liu Bei didn't care very much.
Liu Bei: "Gongyou don't have to care, this Monza is from a rogue as far as I know, and I don't know why he is valued by Zhang Xiang, it is normal to have such a character, after all, he is also here to help us." (To be continued.) )