Chapter Thirty-Eight: Soldiers Relieve Plains City and Capture Pei Yuanshao Alive
In Pingyuan City, Pei Yuanshao, a gangster who has been a robber for several years, has always been a man who sees the wind and steers. When the www.biquge.info of the pen and fun pavilion raised the banner of anti-Han in Taiping Road, he joined the Yellow Turban rebels, and with his sleek way of life, he was even more popular among the rebels.
However, in terms of governing the army, Pei Yuanshao is indeed more knowledgeable than ordinary Qu Shuai. He knew that there were Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao and others in the north of the plain, so he sent people to inquire about the news many times. Not long ago, Tan Malai reported that Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao and others were all killed in battle, and 50,000 or 60,000 horses of Youzhou Yellow Turbans were either killed in battle, fled to the countryside or were captured. After receiving this news, he immediately arranged for people to guard the city gate and set up a deer antler camp fifty zhang outside the city. He knew that Cheng Yuanzhi's martial arts and Deng Mao's strategy were stronger than him. These two people have joined forces to destroy people, so he should be careful.
At the beginning of May, thirty miles north of Pingyuan County, a five-mile joint venture was established overnight. After Pei Yuanshao learned the news, he even retreated the antler camp in front of the city by 20 zhang, and even began to control the entry and exit of the people, limiting it to one hour at noon every day. It can be seen how cautious it is.
In the big tent of the Chinese army in this joint camp, seven or eight generals and three Confucian scholars were discussing and arguing around a sand table full of flags. On the chair behind them sat a general, dressed in a lilac silk shirt, a silk silk tie of soaphorn, and a crown of purple and gold with his hair tied on his head. Who? is not someone else, it is Liu Qian and Liu Shengju of Hou Zhonglang.
Seeing that everyone was arguing, but Xu Shu was the only one who smiled and didn't speak, Liu Qian asked, "Why didn't Mr. give me some advice, how should we enter the army?" ”
Xu Shu saw Liu Qian speak, brushed his beard, and said with a smile: "I want to ask the lord a question, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
"Sir, but it doesn't hurt to say!" Liu Qian didn't know what Xu Shu was going to say, so he was naturally curious.
"If our army sends the Nine Palace Warriors to attack the city, what does the lord think has a chance of winning?"
"What's this? About six or seven percent! But death and injury are inevitable. The Nine Palace Warriors are my trump card army, and it is impossible for this force to be sent to attack the city. "As soon as Liu Qian heard it, good guy, if you get it, you will get out of my family background that I have trained for many years! Don't let me live!
"In that case, we can't take the city!" Xu Shu waved his hands and said, "You can't attack the city!" Then the enemy will have to get out of the city, and our army can take the plain! ”
"I said sour, that's your idea! This doesn't work, that doesn't work, you talked about it for a long time, which one is okay? "Zhang Fei, the cannon barrel, didn't see Xu Shu's tactics of guiding Guan Yu in the Saibei battlefield, so he has always been very unpleasant to Xu Shu, a guy who only talks and is regarded as a VIP by his eldest brother.
"Fifth general, I want to make a bet with the general, I don't know if the general dare?" Xu Shu has long wanted to play tricks on this reckless man. Usually you will look at yourself like air.
Liu Qian naturally won't stop it, and if he doesn't teach Zhang Fei a lesson now, he doesn't know that the most powerful people in this period are these literati! If they move their mouths, you will have to fight to the death on the battlefield. If they move their minds, we will let the enemy bleed rivers and we will lose a little in our forces; Otherwise, even if they win, they will kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 themselves.
"How to bet? Sour Confucian, you draw out the Dao, and I Lao Zhang will follow! "Zhang Fei, a reckless man, doesn't know that people have dug a pit waiting for him to jump.
"Good! Everyone knows that the fifth general is a straightforward person, and no matter how hypocritical he is, he can't talk about it. This gamble is that if Shu can open the city gate and take Pei Yuanshao lightly after three days, I wonder if the five generals can believe it? ”
This time, Zhang Fei was not the only one who was stunned, Liu Qian and the others were all stunned with their mouths open. This joke has gone too far! Do you think you are Pei Yuanshao's father?
I only heard Xu Shu continue: "But this time I still need the help of the five generals!" As for how to help, let's buy a pass here first. Now let's talk about our bet first, if three days later, Shu captures Pei Yuanshao alive and obtains the plain, the five generals must personally give tea to their own military divisions, and it is not allowed to call Shu a sour Confucian. If, after three days, Pei Yuanshao is not captured alive, or the plain is not obtained, Shu is willing to give the five generals a horse-drawn stool for a month. ”
"Sir, no!" When Liu Qian heard this, he hurriedly stopped him. Once this bet contract is not completed, isn't Xu Shu going to be a horse boy for Zhang Fei for a month? This is unacceptable!
"The lord doesn't have to stop him. You have your own calculations in mind. Xu Shu saw Liu Qian blocking him, and waved his hand to signal, don't worry.
"This?" Liu Qian was still a little hesitant.
"Okay, I'm Lao Zhang and you bet. This time, for the sake of fairness, let you lose obediently and be a horse boy for me for a month. I will do whatever you ask me to do when the time comes, and I will not complain. Zhang Fei didn't know that he had been sold, and he was still counting the money.
Liu Qian and the others saw that the two had already negotiated, and it was useless to say anything more. None of them are talking.
Two days later, Xu Shu came to Liu Qian's big tent and said, "My lord, I have something to report to you. ”
Liu Qian began to be a little unbearable for the literati of this era at this time, and the strength of this literary crepe was goosebumps. You said, "It's been two days since the three-day appointment." You still have something to repay you. What's the matter? But he was embarrassed to force people to say it quickly, after all, is he a literati? You want to save face!
"Sir, please tell me something." After saying this, Liu Qian felt a little like vomiting. However, I can't help it, I don't know if I will feel like vomiting when I become like this in the future.
"Two days ago, under the cover of the lord, he sent a hundred sword and axe men to disguise themselves and have infiltrated Plains City." Xu Shu said unhurriedly.
As soon as he heard this, Liu Qian, who had just taken a sip of tea, spit out the tea again with a "poof", and vomited Xu Shu all over his body. He didn't care about the tea on Xu Shu's body, grabbed Xu Shu's shoulders with both hands, and asked, "What?" Did you send someone into the city? ”
"This, this, my lord, your strength is too great." Although Xu Shu is said to be stronger than ordinary scholars, Liu Qian, a military general comparable to Xu Chu and Zhang Fei, still can't stand it when he imposes his strength on his body.
"I'm sorry to hurt my husband." Liu Qian only discovered his gaffe at this time.
"Don't worry, my lord, I arranged for Xu Rong and a hundred sword and axe men to enter Plains City two days ago. According to the report of Tanma's return, although he was interrogated in the process of entering the city, he had already entered smoothly. Now wait until it gets dark, and they will light torches in the city, and they will use them as torches. Our cavalry will be able to drive in from the north gate. Now that the enemy has more than 10,000 men and horses, our army only needs to send a light cavalry raid battalion to the south gate to intercept the enemy's retreat in the south, and send two battalions of crossbow shooters to guard the east and west gates to intercept the enemy's retreat in the east and west directions, so that General Yide can use five battalions of heavy armored iron cavalry to take the plain directly when the signal is transmitted. ”
"Papa......" Liu Qian clapped his hands happily, "Mr. is really a god!" It's so hard to hide such a scheme! ”
"Thank you for your kindness!" Xu Shu bowed and saluted.
"Alright, you go down and make arrangements! This time I have obtained the plains, and I will give you a feast to celebrate! "Liu Qian is overjoyed now, that's called proud!
After nightfall, it was said that more than 100 sword and axe men such as Xu Rong disguised themselves as all kinds of hawkers, hunters or beggars and mixed into the city, and when they saw that the time was almost up, they all approached the north gate. Pei Yuanshao was really careful enough, and he also issued a night ban order, and he was not allowed to enter and leave the street after turning on the lights at night. In addition, more than 20 teams of patrol soldiers were also dispatched, with 10 people as a team, to carry out patrols. It did add a lot of difficulties to Xu Rong and others.
In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Xu Rong successively organized an ambush of four teams of patrols, changed their clothes, and covered each other before everyone came to the north gate.
The guard of the north gate is a guy named Pei Si, this person was originally Pei Yuanshao's brother, and he has been following Pei Yuanshao's tricks, he was Pei Yuanshao's little brother when he was a gangster, and he was Pei Yuanshao's minion when he was a robber, in short, where Pei Yuanshao was, he followed there. And this kid loves to drink, and is a drunkard, so to speak, he will drink wherever he goes.
Tonight was even more the same as usual, Pei Si, this kid was very drunk, not only himself, but also the soldiers in his team, except for the five standing guard who didn't drink, all the others were drunk.
Xu Rong and the others easily occupied the city gate, lit torches, and after releasing three signals, Xu Rong arranged for the soldiers to open the city gate. At the moment when the city gate opened, a group of yellow turban thieves patrolling the city happened to walk here, saw the city gate slowly opening, and shouted: "Defenders of the city, what's the matter with you?" What do you do when you open the gates? ”
Nonsense, opening the city gate must be to let people in?
Seeing that the other party did not answer, the team of yellow turban thieves hurriedly ran forward, and when there were still more than fifty zhang, a sharp-eyed man saw that a piece of black pressure outside the city was pressing towards the city, and immediately understood, this is an enemy attack! I heard this person let go of the broken gong and shouted: "It's amazing, the official cavalry is here!" ”
This was followed by the sound of gongs. At this time, Pei Yuanshao had just fallen asleep, and when he heard the sound of the gong, he felt a thrill in his heart! , what's going on? Isn't it okay during the day? And now the enemy is on the offensive?
At this time, he couldn't help but think about it more. Pei Yuanshao does have the talent to be a robber, and the first thought after getting up at this time is to take a weapon and prepare to escape. The armor robe must not be worn, and it will be too late to run away if you put it on.
The boy mounted his horse and took his spear in his hand, and ran by the south gate.
Besides, Zhang Fei got Xu Shu's order, and after seeing the torches on the city gate turn three times, he took five thousand heavily armored iron horsemen into the city. Zhang Fei was originally a belligerent, and when he saw the signal, he left and led his five thousand heavily armored iron horsemen into Pingyuan City at a gallop. Those Yellow Turban thieves are the opponents of these people! I saw Zhang Fei taking the lead, followed by five commanders, and then five deputy commanders...... The ironclad cavalry is still the disciplined clan, whether it is the one-word long snake array, the two-dragon water formation or the four-elephant gossip array. As long as the commander gives an order, whether it is Mercedes Benz or slow progress, the formation will remain the same. The neat team, the long knife drew a neat cold light, one by one flickering in the night light, and one by one the yellow turban thieves fell unwillingly. This one-sided massacre was staged again.
It is said that Pei Yuanshao rushed out of the south gate under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, and before he could run a hundred zhang away, a team of thousands of horsemen surrounded him.
The burly general at the head held an iron halberd and shouted, "Ah! The anti-country and traitor Pei Yuanshao, you don't want to get off the horse and admit surrender quickly! ”
Pei Yuanshao was originally a sleek person, and when he saw that the other party's brother Nan was big, he was much stronger than himself! Look at the soldiers and horses under the hands of others, thousands of cavalry! It is estimated that these dozens of people are not even enough for others, and bean sprouts are not counted!
This kid rolled off the horse very blisteringly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Master General, I Pei Yuanshao don't want this yellow turban thief!" It was that corner that had to let me participate, and the villain had no choice but to participate! The villain hasn't done anything bad, don't believe you ask these brothers! ...... "This kid is afraid of being cut with a knife......
Who is this burly general? Dian Wei Dianzi is full. Xu Shu repeatedly explained that Pei Yuanshao must be captured alive. Therefore, Dian Wei did not embarrass Pei Yuanshao.