Chapter 428 After being defeated, Cao Xiu returned to Dongping, except for the thieves Ma Liang Andong County

In the spring of the twelfth year of Hongwu, the Han Dynasty merged with the state, Yanzhou, Qinzhou and other places, as well as the Wei State's Qingzhou, Jizhou and other places successively snowed heavily, and everything was cold. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The common people of Wei were living in dire straits under the tyrannical and violent rule of the government. The people of Qingzhou and Jizhou in Wei State are unbearable and suffer from the cold, and there are many people who have migrated.

Government officials even connected with the army, set up checkpoints everywhere, captured desperate civilians, and pressed them to do their labor.

For a time, thieves in Qingzhou and Jizhou rose up. Especially in Qingzhou Xu Qingyang and Jizhou Mu Baidu are the most rampant.

Under the leadership of Mu Baidu, the Jizhou thieves operated in the Huanghuai River Valley, using Fancheng as a stronghold, looting the people, robbing and killing the rich officials, and ingesting a large amount of property and food. For a time, many of the desperate people turned to him in order to get a mouthful of food rations.

Dongjun had just been captured by Xue Li, the protector of Yanzhou, and Cao Xiu retreated to Dongping with a large army, and the remaining thousands of remnants hid in the mountains and forests around Dongjun.

After the words, Xue Li made Ma Liang drag Cao Xiu, divided his troops to seize Dongjun, and captured Cao Lin, the king of giant deer, and Cao Jun, the king of Chenliu; He also set a trap to induce Cao Xiu to send a general to lead troops to attack Jiyin, and surrendered Cao Xiu's general Tang Shi.

Xue Li used a series of stratagems on Cao Xiu, which was a key to this battle.

He subdued the enemy general Tang Zhi with great righteousness, and then sent Tang Zhi to lead his 2,000 defeated soldiers to retreat to Cao Xiu's camp.

Tang Shi also saw that Xue Li needed him to come up with the intention of surrendering, so he did not hesitate, and directly selected two thousand personal guard soldiers, pretending to be defeated and retreating.

Returning to the Wei army camp outside the city, Tang Zhi reported the past battle situation to Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu was shocked, you must know that the soldiers and horses under his command have an advantage against Ma Liang's subordinates. If the enemy army escorted Xue Li to lead forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses, he would immediately be at a disadvantage.

However, he was unwilling to show weakness to the enemy, so he said to the generals: "The enemy's reinforcements are only 40,000 or 50,000, and Ma Liang's troops are only 60 million soldiers and horses. Our army also has 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses, but the two sides are drawn. It is difficult to determine who will win or lose this battle until the end! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! As long as we have resolute faith in our hearts and bravely face the enemy, why should we be afraid? ”

"What the general said is very true. Will we still be deterred by the enemy? Overseer Shi Bao said in a suppressed voice on the side.

The generals in the tent are also full of fighting spirit, and they are ready to fight.

Tang Zhi already had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to say more. Just because of the reason for the defeat, he hid aside and kept silent, which made it very suitable for the atmosphere at the time.

It's just that those generals looked at him coldly from the corners of their eyes while asking for battle, and their expressions were full of disdain.

Xue Li's army soon arrived here, and did not enter the city, but camped on the other side of Cao's camp.

Xue Li did not rush into the city, but only sent Ying Yang to explore the horse to the city to meet Ma Liang; He did not immediately arrange for troops to attack Cao Xiu, but arranged for the soldiers to repair.

Cao Xiu was very puzzled by Xue Li's arrangements, and discussed with the generals below for a long time but could not reach a conclusion.

In fact, Xue Li was waiting for Tang Zhi's vote.

He didn't tell Tang Zhi how to do it, nor did he ask Tang Zhi to do it to what extent. Just let Tang Shi return to Cao Xiu and assist him in defeating Cao Xiu. The only requirement was to reduce the losses of the soldiers.

Tang Shi was a smart man, and he understood Xue Li's intentions on the way back.

Seeing Xue Li'an camping, he arranged for his soldiers to prepare for arson in the camp at night. To be on the safe side, he sent a soldier to sneak out of the camp and go to meet Xue Li to inform Xue Li of his actions at night.

That night, Cao Xiu arranged for the generals to patrol the night, and went back to sleep.

Just as he was beginning to sleep, suddenly the soldiers outside the camp were in chaos, and the noise suddenly rose. He hurriedly went out of the tent to take a look, but saw that his camp was on fire, and the soldiers were scurrying around in a panic. For a time, there was chaos in the camp.

He also wanted to call the guards to inform the generals to bring people to put out the fire, but he was dragged by the deputy general Hu Fen from the side.

"General, something is wrong! There were spies in our army, and Tang Zhi opened the gate and let the Han army enter the camp. Please retreat from the general! Hu Fen said hurriedly.

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Cao Xiu was shocked, hurriedly dragged the war horse, turned over the horse, and went out of the camp in the direction of Dongjun under the escort of Hu Fen.

Along the way, his sons Cao Yu and Cao Zhao, and the deputy generals Hu Yu, Hu Zhao, Wang Qi, and Wang Zhen successively joined them with some soldiers and horses, and retreated together in the direction of Dongjun.

Xue Li didn't intend to wipe them all out, so he just chased and killed them behind Cao Xiu and the others with Ma Liang and Tang Zhi's department.

At this time, Cao Xiu, just like the frightened bird, looked left and right while galloping on the horse, for fear that an ambush army would appear somewhere and stop him, then he would really die!

However, just as he was about to relax his attention, a slight troop came up the road ahead.

"Quick, hide on the side of the road, don't make a sound!" Before he could see who was coming from the other side, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers under his command to prepare for defense.

But I heard the person in front of me shouting: "Is it General Cao on the other side?" It was the last general Zhang Jian. ”

What the? Zhang Jian?

"Okay, it turned out to be General Zhang. Own! Cao Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

When the two armies met, Cao Xiu inquired about Zhang Jian's Shanyang.

Zhang Jian said: "When the last general was about to capture Shanyang, a Han army of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses appeared in the rear of our army. Fortunately, my father reminded me in time, and we were able to lead our troops to retreat in time. Otherwise, our army will suffer heavy losses! ”

After listening, Cao Xiu talked and said, "Hey! It seems that I was tricked by Xue Li! Now it's time to break the soldiers and horses and lose the city! ”

After the two armies met, Cao Xiu wanted to take them back to Dongjun.

Zhang Cheng stopped him and said, "General, Dongjun can't go back." Xue Li sent his general Chen Zhi to capture Dongjun. In the city, King Chenliu, King Julu, and the 20,000 soldiers defending the city were all captured. ”

Yes?!

As soon as Cao Xiu heard the news, his two eyes rolled upward, he leaned back, fell off his horse and fainted.

Zhang Cheng and others took a lot of treatment before they woke him up.

But I heard him say leisurely: "Let's go back to Dongping." With that, he slowly closed his eyes again.

However, how could the road back to Dongping be so smooth?

Chen Zhi made the three teams lie down halfway, forcing Shi Bao to send his deputy general Wang Yu to lead the troops to break off.

Although Shi Bao and the others successfully returned to Dongping County, they left thousands of soldiers and horses such as Wang Yi in Dongping County.

Wang Yi looked at the dead soldiers, his heart was quite desolate, so he led his troops into the mountains and forests, hiding in the junction between Dongjun and Dongping County, and did not lead the troops back to Dongping, but did the business of green forests in the mountains and forests.

Xue Li won Dongjun, Shanyang and other places, and Tang Shi led his troops to surrender, and the number of soldiers under his command increased by tens of thousands at once.

He then asked Ma Liang to co-opt those soldiers, and sent the old and thin soldiers who were beyond the establishment to return to their hometowns, and organized four teams.

At this moment, Ma Liang's department was suddenly promoted to the establishment of Xiao Jockey.

Xue Li submitted a report to the imperial court and the marshal's office.

Emperor Hongwu, the Son of Heaven, issued an edict saying: "The guard of the eastern county can arrange the establishment of Xiao jockeys." The general Ma Liang of the Jincai was removed as the general of the Xiaocai, Li Xuewas removed as the general of the staff officer, Dong Kui was removed as the guerrilla general, and the general Tang was removed from the assault general, and he enjoyed the position of general. ”

As a result, Dongjun became the first city garrisoned by the Xiao Cavalry Division after the Han Dynasty divided the border area.

Ma Liang's troops were stationed in Dong County.

He dispersed the Wei troops into various battalions, and promoted the regimental deputy generals and regimental staff generals of the original two teams to regimental training generals.

Tang Shi was not upset by the fact that his original subordinates were eaten. Because after following Ma Liang and others to check the training of each battalion, he completely understood the reason why the Han army fought bravely and cooperated on the battlefield. At the same time, he also strengthened his determination to join the Han Dynasty.

However, the good days are not very long.

The days when the soldiers and horses moved into Dongjun had just passed for more than a month, and a large group of people surrounded in front of Ma Liang's mansion, kneeling on the ground and shouting grievances.

Ma Liang hurriedly went out of the house to inquire.

Only then did I know that the people were often attacked by robbers these days.

Ma Liang has heard that these days in the mountains and forests on the border with Dongping County, there is a group of robbers who have been haunting for a long time, robbing and intercepting the property of ordinary people and merchants.

He once sent cavalry to check on them, but found that these robbers were very cunning, and once the officers and soldiers appeared, they would have fled long ago.

He persuaded the people to go back, promised to get rid of the thieves as soon as possible, and told them not to go out again.

After the people dispersed, Tang Shi hurried to his mansion.

"General, robbers are very rampant, if they are not eliminated, it will be difficult for the people to be peaceful!" Tang Shi said to Ma Liang.

Ma Liang was at a loss for what to do, and said helplessly: "In the past few days, I have arranged for Li Xue to command the cavalry to pursue those thieves. Unfortunately, these people are so cunning that even Eagle Yang and Horse don't know where they live. There is no fixed place to live! ”

Tang Shi said: "General, I got a message from a merchant who was robbed. He said the robbers looked like officers and soldiers. ”

What the? Soldiers!

When Ma Liang heard this, he stood up in shock and asked eagerly, "What?" Soldiers! How is this possible? ”

Tang Shi hurriedly stood up, took out a cloth belt from his arms, and said, "General, please see, this is the strap used to bind the sleeves of the soldiers of the Wei State. If I'm not mistaken, these robbers should be the remaining soldiers in my county under Cao Wenlie of Wei. ”

"When you say that, you have some eyebrows. Do you have a solution? Ma Liang asked.

"Since it's Wei Jun, it's easy to do." Tang Shi put down the strip of cloth and said, "Our soldiers who surrendered from Wei are still in the clothes and armor that were paid into the warehouse. I took a thousand of them and sent a thousand guards around me to disguise themselves and go out of the city at night, circling in the places where they were active. ”

"Good plan! Coup! Then the robber will come into contact with our people, and when the time comes, he will be able to destroy them in one fell swoop! Ma Liang immediately understood Tang Zhi's intentions.