Chapter 15 Tempting the Enemy with Beauty
The next day, Liu Bei prepared to take Guan Zhang and the others to lead the five hundred soldiers of his headquarters to Guangzong.
Soon after Liu Bei left, someone came to report to Liu Yan, and Gong Jing, the Taishou of Qingzhou, sent a messenger, saying that he was besieged by the Yellow Turban thieves and that the city was about to fall, so he came to ask for reinforcements to come to the rescue.
Liu Yan immediately summoned Liu Meng to tell Liu Meng about the matter.
"The virtuous nephew just went through a big war yesterday, and he shouldn't have to work anymore, but Qingzhou can't help it, and the old man's subordinates are incompetent, so he has to ask the virtuous nephew with a cheeky face."
"Uncle doesn't need to be like this, I will wait for the Han Dynasty to personally share the country's worries, and Liu Meng is willing to lead troops to save him." Liu Meng is in urgent need of merit at this time, of course he will not refuse, yesterday he said that he wanted to recuperate, but he didn't want to go to Guangzong with Liu Bei, as long as he had killing intent value, he could replenish the soldiers and horses, and he needed to recuperate in battle.
Liu Yan was overjoyed and sent Zou Jing to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to follow, and told him that this time Liu Meng was the leader.
Liu Meng replenished the lost generals with killing intent value, then set off with his troops, and when he reached a distance of twenty miles from the city, Liu Meng ordered to set up camp and gather everyone to discuss countermeasures.
"Since the thieves dare to besiege the city, it is bound to be powerful, we have fewer soldiers and horses, and it is not appropriate to be hard, we should outwit it, I don't know what countermeasures you have." Liu Meng asked, now Dian Wei and Xu Chu's skills can't be used for the time being, Liu Meng will not be stupid to lead the troops to rush over and fight hard, and the Yellow Turban pikemen among the thieves last time also gave Liu Meng a wake-up call, the last big victory was just a surprise to Cheng Yuanzhi, even so he lost more than 40 people, he understood that although the Yellow Turban Army is a rabble, but not all with farm tools in hand, now most of Liu Meng's command is cavalry, if there are pikemen on the opposite side this time and are prepared, he will raid in this one, I don't know how much I will survive.
"Second brother, the enemy is outnumbered, and I must surprise to have any hope of winning, I don't know if there is any good place for ambush nearby." Ren Xiu'er said.
"There is a mountain road not far from here, and there are wooded mountains on the left and right, which can be used as an ambush." Zou Jing said.
Liu Meng thought for a moment and then ordered: "Tomorrow, Big Brother will lead your headquarters and 2,000 infantry to ambush on the left, and Zhongkang will lead your headquarters and 2,000 infantry to ambush on the right." The rest of the men and I went to lure the enemy, and when the thieves entered the mountain pass, the ambush was killed, and then we turned back and attacked. The people promised.
The next day, Liu Meng led the crowd forward, and when they reached five miles of the city, they were discovered, and Liu Meng ordered to wait in formation. When the thieves saw the arrival of reinforcements from the official army, they sent a part of their men to meet the enemy.
After Liu Meng checked, he learned that there were 15,000 thieves who came, only 1,000 pikemen and 1,000 knife soldiers, and the rest were ordinary yellow turban thieves with farm tools, and the leader was still a thief with a force value of only 43.
Liu Meng just wanted to go out to call for battle, and wanted to kill the thief head so that the thief army would collapse without a fight, so there was no need to use ambushes, and it could reduce the casualties of the own army. The importance of the commander to his corporal in this era is self-evident, and the loss of the commander is devastating to the troops, and Liu Meng also tasted the sweetness, so he wanted to do this trick again.
But I don't know if the thief on the other side is self-aware or whatever, he didn't answer Liu Meng, and killed him directly.
Liu Meng couldn't help but scold the Yellow Turban thief again in his heart for not playing cards according to the routine, and didn't even give him a chance to perform, but scolded and scolded, and when he saw that the thief army was attacking, Liu Meng ordered the troops to retreat and lure the enemy according to the original plan.
The thieves saw that the official army was retreating and pursued bravely, the two armies chased me and fled, until the mountain road was close to Liu Meng suddenly found that the thief army was not pursuing, could it be that the thief saw that there was an ambush and did not pursue? A nameless thief shouldn't have such skills.
Liu Meng turned around and looked around, and found that the Yellow Turban thieves were wheezing in place one by one with their weapons, and even lay down to rest in large characters. It turned out that he was tired of chasing, Liu Meng didn't want to think about it, the two armies but you chased me and fled for more than ten miles, most of the cavalry he led were cavalry, so he naturally didn't feel tired, the infantry army only had a thousand people led by Zou Jing and the Meiji Guard, although the official army was rotten, but the five thousand soldiers were the elite of Liu Yan's subordinates, plus the people of Youzhou were fierce, the recruited soldiers were different from those officers and soldiers, and they could naturally bear it, not to mention the Meiji Guard, although it was a woman, it was no worse than a man. Pity those yellow turban thieves, they are poor people, and their physical fitness is not good for long-term lack of food, even the sturdy ones among them can't be compared with Liu Meng's subordinates, so they are naturally tired.
The mountain road is in front of him, and he can't give up all his efforts, Liu Meng couldn't help but be a little anxious, and suddenly he saw the Meiji guards behind him. Because the Meiji guards are afraid of long-range strikes, and Liu Meng has always been reluctant to let Ren Xiu'er get into danger, he ranks Ren Xiu'er and her Meiji guards at the back of the array every time he arrays to meet the enemy. So when they just fled, the Meiji Guards changed from the rear army to the front army, and in the process of escaping, only the cavalry overtook the past, and the remaining 1,000 soldiers were always running at the rear, so the thieves did not find out about the existence of the Meiji Guards from beginning to end.
"Xiu'er, let's continue to run later, you take the charm guards to pretend to be physically exhausted and rest on the spot, and then pretend to be panicked and continue to run away when the thieves pursue." Liu Meng is planning to lure the enemy with the United States.
Although Ren Xiu'er didn't understand what Liu Meng planned to do, she also knew that she wouldn't harm her, so she naturally complied.
So Liu Meng led the people to continue to escape, and soon the 1,000 soldiers crossed the Meiji guards, and at this time these women were all exposed to the vision of the Yellow Turban thieves.
"Look, there's a woman."
"It's really fake, how can there be a woman on the battlefield, I'll see." As soon as he lay down, the thief forcibly stood up and looked over.
"Really, there are really women, I didn't expect the official army to be so corrupt, and the army actually fought with the singer."
The thief leader naturally discovered the existence of the Meiji Guards at this time, what are these Yellow Turban thieves following Zhang Jiao for? Although there is an element of being forced to live anymore, it is more to gain power, money, and beauty. Who is not greedy for beauty today? The thief also felt that his tired body seemed to be instantly rejuvenated, and shouted: "Brothers, get up, those singers can't run, everyone work hard, catch up, they are ours." ”
So the thieves continued to chase after the thief leader under the leadership of the thief. Ren Xiu'er saw that the enemy army began to pursue again, so she continued to run away with the Meiji guards, and let them scream while fleeing, this panicked appearance made the thieves even more excited, and they desperately chased forward one by one.