Chapter 285: Meritorious Service (I)

The bald beggar Liren didn't believe his casual Hu Zou, but Chai Yanping already had a plan in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe so-called spring breeze is proud, but he is very sober-minded, and holding the beauty is only his current goal, he came out to march and fight just to glorify his ancestors, earn a name for himself, and let the world know that there is a person like Chai Yanping.

Cui Meng and Xie Sichun also received Yuwen Hu's latest order, asking them to quickly go north to support Han Xiong and flank Gao Bin. After careful deliberation, the two decided to launch a general attack on the central county town in ten days, although such a move seems very risky, but in the current situation, if they do not take action, the battle situation in the entire northwest will go to a situation that is unfavorable to Yuwen Hu, which is also a situation that Xie Sichun does not want to see.

If you want to go north to support Han Xiong to flank Gao Bin, the first thing to do is to deal with Chai Yanping and the bald beggar Liren, otherwise they will not be able to play small moves behind Gao Bin's back in peace. But Chai Yanping thought the same as they thought, Chai Yanping wanted to take the stone fort, and then go south to threaten Chang'an. Make a name for yourself, so that the heroes in Guanzhong know that there is also a fierce general Chai Yanping in northern Shaanxi.

After ten days of preparation, Xie Sichun and Cui Meng left a small number of troops to stay in the stone fort to defend Yuwendao, and the two of them led the army to attack the central part, and the army of nearly 12,000 people came to the city. ”

Xie Sichun was also very jealous of Chai Yanping's treachery and cunning, and then took a closer look, and then said very suspiciously: "I didn't see this grandson, he wouldn't run to hide again, and want to take the opportunity to scold us?" Cui Meng was also a little afraid of his tricks, so he said: "Let's set up camp first, and I'll send someone to investigate later, it's all different from the past, don't be careless about Jingzhou." Xie Sichun nodded and said: "You are right, the current situation is very delicate, and we can't be played by him again and again, which is very embarrassing." ”

So Xie Sichun was responsible for preparing for the next day's attack according to the camp, and Cui Meng took scouts all over the world to find Chai Yanping. It wasn't until the evening that Xie Sichun saw Cui Meng returning to the camp with people, so he asked, "How is it, where did that guy hide?" Cui Meng panted and shook his head, and said very dejectedly: "I have searched all the nearby villages, and I have also scouted all over the place, but I have not found any trace of him." Xie Sichun said puzzledly: "It stands to reason that we came to attack the central part of the country, such a big news, it is impossible for him not to know, could it be that he flew to the sky?" ”

At this time, the two suddenly remembered a place, and they said in unison: "Xian Jiazhuang! Cui Meng said with great annoyance and excitement: "You said that I forgot that there is still this place that I haven't looked for, don't worry, I'll send someone to the vicinity of Xian Jiazhuang to find out the situation." So he called a scout captain and gave a few orders, and the scout captain immediately left, and Cui Meng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It should be no problem now." ”

Soon the scout captain came back with the news to report to Cui Meng and Xie Sichun, Chai Yanping really hid in Xianjiazhuang, not only did he hide in Xianjiazhuang, but his 2,000 men and horses were also stationed there. At this time, Xie Sichun and Cui Meng are in a dilemma, whether to eliminate Chai Yanping first or besiege the city to attack the bald beggar Liren, if they go to Xian Jiazhuang to encircle and suppress Chai Yanping, they are afraid that the bald beggar Liren behind them will come to the rescue, and they are afraid that it will be difficult for Cui Meng to resist these two people. If the city is besieged and the central county is attacked, it is very likely that their back roads and grain routes will be infinitely harassed by Chai Yanping.

Whichever way they choose, they will fall into passivity, but staying in the city is not the way to go. Now you have to make a choice between the two right away. Cui Meng discussed with Xie Sichun for a long time, but no one was allowed to pay attention, just when the two of them were scratching their scalps, Cui Meng suddenly had an idea, and he smiled at Xie Sichun: "Why don't we draw lots, let God show us the way, who will we kill first?" Xie Sichun looked at him a little incredulously and said, "This is a military matter, and it must not be a child's play." ”

Cui Meng then played a scoundrel and said, "Then how do you say we choose?" I listen to you! "This responsibility is too heavy, Xie Sichun is a very safe person, he will definitely not take this risk easily, but this crime, so he can't say one, two, three. Xie Sichun immediately said: "Look, I don't have the right time to pay attention to letting you choose yourself, if you want me to see it, you can draw lots." It's a big deal, and when the time comes, the blame will come down, and we will bear it together. ”

Xie Sichun really didn't have a good way to think about it, so he could only nod and say: "Okay, it's up to you, but this matter must not be said, we are so childish in deciding on national affairs, it is really known that the nine clans will be punished." Cui Meng didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he immediately brought two pieces of paper, one with the word Chai and the other with the word man, kneaded the two pieces of paper into balls respectively, put them in an empty wine jar, and then shook them vigorously a few times, pushed them in front of Xie Sichun and said, "You come to choose, hurry up." ”

Xie Sichun saw that he was not fooled, and immediately excused himself: "It's better for you to come, I've always been unlucky." Cui Meng glanced at him with disdain and whispered, "Coward, I'll come, I'll come." As he spoke, he reached into the wine jar, grabbed a paper ball and brought it up, the two of them put their heads together, the paper was slowly opened and flattened, only to see the words on the paper in sight, he said in unison: "It turned out to be him." ”

The next morning, the bald beggar Liren found that the enemy troops under the city had suddenly retreated. He was wondering what tricks Xie Sichun and Cui Meng were playing, and the herald came to report that the enemy had forgotten Xian Jiazhuang. The bald beggar Liren secretly said badly, these two grandsons are running for Chai Yanping, his little man is not enough for Cui Meng to stuff his teeth, 12,000 to 2,000 people, does this still need tactics? Just crush it. So he immediately ordered to gather people to go to Xian Jiazhuang to rescue Chai Yanping.

Chai Yanping pulled his troops to Xian Jiazhuang because he wanted to protect Xian Ying and Taigong nearby, and he discussed it with the bald beggar Liren, if both of them were stationed in the city, it would be easy to be besieged, if Chai Yanping was outside with men and horses, and the two sides formed a corner that could support each other, then it would be another matter, at least it could be guaranteed that the whole army would not be wiped out.

Although they are less than Xie Sichun and Cui Meng in terms of numbers, their advantage is that they are fighting locally, and the geographical location and people are all biased towards their side, as long as they grasp the time of day, it is not impossible to defeat Xie Sichun and Cui Meng. But Chai Yanping himself didn't expect that these two people would really bring troops to attack him. There it is said that if the bald beggar who was established is defeated first, then he will only have the share of withdrawing the army, which is called self-defeat without a fight.

But Xie Sichun and Cui Meng seem to be planning to pinch a soft persimmon first. There is a relatively deep trench near Xian Jiazhuang, which is a canal used to irrigate the farmland, and it is time to harvest the wheat, and the canal is dry, Chai Yanping feels that if he puts a troop to hide there, it can have the effect of a surprise attack, but he can't find a general who can lead this army. (To be continued.) )