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"What did Meng Rang say?" Zuo Yunshan asked. ◇↓ Three ◇ ↓ Jiang ◇ ↓ Pavilion ◇ ↓ Novel. ￥f

Zuo Xiaoyou sighed, "He hopes that I can abide by the alliance agreement, attack Beihai County and Qi County, and solve the crisis in Gaomi County!" ”

"Crisis?"

Zuo Yunshan asked puzzledly, "Could it be that Zhang Xutuo has already begun to attack Gaomi County?" ”

"I don't have any information about this yet, so I'm a little nervous and don't know what to do?" Zuo Xiaoyou looked at Zuo Yunshan expectantly.

Zuo Yunshan sneered and said, "Meng Rang is bullying us and squatting on Dog Mountain!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's very simple, Zhang Xutuo exterminated Xu Yuanlang, who is going to target next, not only the king is worried, Meng Rang is also worried, now there is no news from Gaomi, Meng Rang will let us attack Beihai County and Qi County, what does the king mean by this?"

Zuo Xiaoyou reacted, "Second Uncle is saying that Meng Rang will lead to trouble?" ”

Zuo Yunshan nodded, "That's what he meant, Meng Rang is very cunning, last year he betrayed Wang Bo and fled with his troops, but Wang Bo was wiped out, so it can be seen that this person has no credibility at all, and he can't be trusted." ”

"But it was the second uncle who persuaded me to sign an offensive and defensive alliance with him!"

"This time and that time!"

Zuo Yunshan's mentality had changed at this time, he shook his head and said: "At the beginning, our strength was too weak, if we didn't sign an offensive and defensive alliance with Meng Rang, he would eat us, so I persuaded the king to form an alliance with him, and now we are strong enough to protect ourselves, why should we be dragged down by Meng Rang?" ”

Zuo Yunshan saw that Zuo Xiaoyou was still a little hesitant, so he persuaded him again: "Meng Rang's intentions are too insidious, let us go to consume the Sui army, and finally defeat both sides, and then he swallow us in the name of fulfilling the alliance, at that time his power grew stronger, occupied Gaomi and Beihai counties, and the Sui army retreated back to Qi County." but we have become his wedding garments. ”

Zuo Xiaoyou nodded, "The second uncle is right, but I'm afraid that the world will laugh at me and say that I have no faith in Zuo Xiaoyou." Not subject to the covenant. ”

"This worry is superfluous, who will laugh at the king, if the king really wants this face, then it can be like this, we will say that it was attacked by the Sui army. Do you want him to abide by the covenant and attack Qi County, and see if he is willing to send troops? ”

"Second Uncle is right, this is a good way to test him!"

Zuo Xiaoyou immediately smiled and said: "I'll go to Meng Rang's envoy and ask him to convey my meaning to Meng Rang." ”

Gaomi County is about two hundred miles away from Zhucheng County, located on the east bank of the upper reaches of the glue, while Mengrang Laochao Jiaoxi County is located on the west bank of the glue, the two counties are less than five miles apart, and they are facing each other across a glue.

Both counties are due to the hilly terrain of the Shandong Peninsula. The mountains are undulating, the rivers are criss-crossed, and due to the terrain of the west and the east, the terrain of Gaomi County is slightly higher than that of Jiaoxi County, making it the outpost gateway of Mengrang's army.

Meng Rang garrisoned about 10,000 troops in Gaomi County, commanded by his henchman Zheng Ting, once Gaomi County was lost, the Sui army had a base to attack Jiaoxi County, and Meng Rang's army would become very passive.

Although Meng Rang stationed 10,000 heavy troops in Gaomi County, it was not a large county seat. It could not accommodate 10,000 troops, so most of the army was stationed outside the city, and there were only 3,000 garrisons inside the city.

To attack Jiaoxi County, we must first take Gaomi County. Therefore, attacking Gaomi County is also the top priority of the Sui army.

At this time, Meng Rang had already received the news that Xu Yuanlang was exterminated by Zhang Xutuo, which made him feel a little vigilant, without Xu Yuanlang's danger in Lu County, there was another Sui army in Qinghe County, Zhang Xutuo would have no worries, would he free up his hands to attack himself. Or Zuo Xiaoyou of Dongnae County?

The more he thought about it, the more likely this became, and Meng Rang immediately sent someone to Donglai County to contact Zuo Xiaoyou, reminding him of the offensive and defensive alliance signed by the two sides, and if Zhang Xutuo attacked Donglai County, he would lead his army to attack Qi County.

But if Zhang Xutuo is attacking Gaomi County, he also hopes that Zuo Xiaoyou will send troops to Qi County, and the two sides will echo each other and protect each other.

At the same time, Meng Rang sent someone to inform Zheng Ting and asked him to be vigilant to prevent a sneak attack by the Sui army.

It should be said that Meng Rang was indeed very thoughtful, and he did everything that should be done, but the development of the situation often did not go his way, especially the hearts of the people

In the room, Meng Rang listened to the envoy's report with a gloomy face, he slammed his fist on the table with hatred, and Zuo Xiaoyou actually asked him to send troops to Qi County first, which was clearly an excuse for him not to fulfill the alliance.

Meng Rang also realized that Zuo Xiaoyou didn't have so many thoughts, this must be the instigation of his uncle Zuo Yunshan, Meng Rang was upset for a while, Zuo Xiaoyou was no longer reliable, what should I do?

Meng Rang is different from other rebel leaders, he has neither a burly figure, nor a fierce appearance, he looks like a well-mannered scholar, but he is very scheming, in fact, Zuo Yunshan did not guess his intentions, he wanted to lead the trouble to the east, let Zuo Xiaoyou strike first, so that Zhang Xutuo's target focused on Zuo Xiaoyou, he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and when they fought and lost, he sat back to reap the profits, but it was a pity that Zuo Yunshan saw through his mind, he couldn't help sighing annoyed.

Zhou Wei, his henchman, next to him, said in a low voice: "Maybe Zhang Xutuo will fight Zuo Xiaoyou first, and he won't be able to take care of us for the time being." ”

"Of course I hope so, but I have to guard against it!"

After pondering for a long time, Meng Rang immediately wrote a letter and explained to a personal soldier: "You go to Langya County quickly, give this letter to Sun Xuanya, remember, it must be given to Sun Xuanya himself, and it cannot fall into the hands of Wang Bo." ”

"Humble duty understands!" The soldier took the letter and hurried away.

Zhou Wei asked in a low voice, "Is the gentleman looking for a way back?" ”

Meng Rang glanced at him and said coldly: "This matter can only be known to you and me, and no third party can know about it." ”

"Yes! The lowly knows it. ”

At noon, the north city of Gaomi County is deserted, seeing that the New Year is coming, if it is a peaceful situation, the county will be crowded with people, people from seven miles and eight towns to buy New Year's goods will definitely crowd the county, but unfortunately after several years of war, the population of Shandong has decreased sharply, even if it is the New Year, it is difficult to see a lively and busy scene.

At this time, a caravan came from a distance, driving dozens of horses, carrying large and small bags of goods at once, and a deer cart with four or five boxes on it, and dozens of men. All of them walked vigorously, wearing the short black clothes peculiar to merchants, waving merchant flags, and the thieves guarding the city saw this caravan from a distance. They were all quite strange, and immediately ran to report to the captain of the city.

The captain who defended the city immediately led a dozen soldiers to rush out and stop the caravan, "Stand! ”

The caravan slowly stopped, and an old man at the head stepped forward and said, "We are from Dongjun. Come to Gaomi County to do some small business. ”

"Doing business?"

The captain sneered, it had been a long time since he had seen a caravan, and there were still people who came to do business, "What are you doing business?" ”

"We're here to buy cloth, general, it's our proof."

He wanted to open the box in the back, but perhaps because of too much force, the deer cart overturned, and a few boxes were 'whoop!' They fell to the ground, and countless copper coins poured out of several chests. Everyone was stunned, and more than a dozen thieves and soldiers stared at the money on the ground, and they didn't know who shouted, 'Rob!' More than a dozen thieves rushed up and grabbed the copper coins on the ground.

The lieutenant was furious, and whipped at the soldiers, "All of them! ”

At this moment, a guy stabbed the lieutenant in the back of the heart, and the thief lieutenant screamed and was killed instantly, and the sudden change immediately stunned all the soldiers. Dozens of men had a sudden seizure, lifted off the goods on their horses, exposed their saddles, and they mounted their horses one after another. He drew his sword and spear and rushed towards the city gate.

Wei Chigong took the lead, jumped onto the drawbridge, and struck hard with an iron rod, beating more than a dozen thieves who had just run out of the city to their bones and tendons, their brains burst, and they all died tragically on the ground.

There was a great chaos at the gates of the city. The nearly 100 thieves behind saw that they were extremely fierce, so frightened that they rolled and crawled towards the city gate to flee, and Wei Chigong brandished an iron rod and killed the enemy.

Dozens of cavalry horses behind him rushed into the city cave in an instant, mercilessly slashing the thief army in the chaos.

At the same time, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the woods five miles away, and their horses galloped towards the city gate, and behind them, thousands of Sui soldiers came like a tide, and the general was Zhang Xuan.

This is the key to assault warfare, it is necessary to enter the city as quickly as possible, so that the opponent cannot pull up the drawbridge and close the city gates, and only the speed of the cavalry can do it.

At the head of the city, the alarm bell rang, and hundreds of thief soldiers desperately closed the city gate and pulled up the drawbridge, but the city gate had been stuck by the Sui soldiers with heavy objects and could not be closed, but the drawbridge was slowly pulled up.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Wei Chigong jumped from his horse onto the suspension bridge, ran to the edge of the suspension bridge in a few steps, and slammed into the wedge of the suspension bridge held by the iron chain, 'Bang! With a loud bang, the wood broke, splintered and scattered, and a chain of wood flew up from the drawbridge and slammed into the wall like a snake.

The drawbridge suddenly tilted to the left, Wei Chigong lay on the bridge, not overturned, he saw that the iron chain on the right side was still continuing to pull up, he jumped up, roared, the iron rod fell high, and there was a loud bang, the wood in the upper right corner was shattered, the iron chain on the right also flew up, the suspension bridge fell heavily, and fell on the moat.

This was just an instantaneous thing, and before the soldiers at the head of the city could react, Wei Chigong turned around and rushed into the city cave again.

At this time, hundreds of thieves rushed out of the barracks next to the city gate, and the general headed by Zheng Ting, the chief general of Gaomi County, saw that the cavalry of the Sui army had broken into the city, and was fighting fiercely with dozens of defenders, seeing that his soldiers could not resist.

Zheng Ting was anxious, and he didn't care about the thieves not withdrawing, so he waved his mace and ordered: "Release the arrow!" ”

Hundreds of thief crossbowmen rushed forward, together with a crossbow to shoot at the city gate cavalry, a hundred arrows whistling away, more than a dozen Sui cavalry and dozens of thieves could not dodge, one after another fell to the ground with arrows, the screams rang out, five or six Sui cavalry also unfortunately fell off their horses.

Wei Chigong was furious, grabbed the corpse of a thief soldier as a shield, turned over his horse, and galloped towards the crossbowmen dozens of paces away with an iron rod.

"Follow me!" Wei Chigong shouted, and more than a dozen cavalrymen followed him to charge.

Another burst of crossbow arrows came intensively, Yu Chigong waved the corpse to resist the arrows, and countless arrows were shot on the corpse, despite this, Yu Chigong was still hit by two arrows in the leg, but Yu Chigong was unconscious, urging the horse to rush into the hands of more than a hundred crossbows, and the dozen or so cavalry that followed also rushed into the enemy group.

Wei Chigong threw away the corpse, picked up the iron rod and flew and beat it like a fierce tiger into a flock of sheep, beating the enemy's bones to pieces, blood and water splashed everywhere, crying, stumbling and fleeing for his life.

At this moment, Wei Chigong suddenly felt a cold wind sweeping towards the back of his head. (To be continued.) )