Chapter 43: The Situation Is Calm
"General~~~"
Huang Zhong, who was struggling to find the whereabouts of the eight hundred Liukou, suddenly perked up, finally had news? As early as the early hours of the morning, Huang Zhong led a large army to Suixian, but found that the 800 Liukou had already fled away, and the entire Suixian had already become an empty city.
But soon, Huang Zhong realized that something was wrong.
This ride came from the north, and it wasn't a probe horse sent by him, so take a closer look, isn't this Lord Qin's brother-in-law Wen Ping? Why did you make such a mess!? His hair was unkempt, his clothes were in tatters, and his body was stained with blood, as if he had just come out of the chaos.
(ps: Some readers suggested that Li Yan and Wen Ping's appearance time was too early, hoping to provide the exact year of birth and death, and there doesn't seem to be any record in Romance and Three Kingdoms, anyway, the swordsman didn't find it)
Wen Ping rushed to Huang Zhong with his horse, and pulled the reins of the horse with both hands, and the war horse suddenly stood up, and his hind legs kicked the ground twice in a row before he suddenly retracted the momentum of the forward rush. Huang Zhong's eyes were glazed, he didn't want to be hired at a young age, his strength was not small, and his riding skills were even more exquisite, and he was a material that could be made.
"Wen Ping, you are not in Fuyang to protect Lord Qin, how can you come to Suixian?"
Wen Ping's expression was miserable, and he said with a crying voice: "General, the big thing is over!" ”
"Hugh should panic, take your time."
Huang Zhong's expression was awe-inspiring, and Wei He and Cai Mao also heard the news and came over.
Wen Ping sighed and told the scene that happened last night, and Huang Zhong and the three of them immediately gasped when they heard it, and they all looked frightened! This Ma Yue, Duan's cunning is abnormal, everyone thought that after he attacked Suixian, he would inevitably go south to Jiangxia, but he never thought that he would kill Fuyang with a false shot.
Wei He said, "What happened to Lord Qin and Lord Zou?" ”
Wen Ping said gloomily: "My brother-in-law is seriously ill and trapped in the county government and cannot move...... It's already unfortunate. ”
"Alas!"
Cai Mao stomped her foot heavily, her face full of chagrin.
Wei He turned to Huang Zhong and said, "General, please give the order to return to Fuyang as soon as possible!" ”
Cai Mao hurriedly dissuaded: "Wait, if I really go back to the north, I know that this is not another trick of Ma Yue?" If the Eight Hundred Liukou turned around and attacked Jiangxia again, what would it be? ”
Wei He snorted and said, "That's the Jiangxia people's business, and it has nothing to do with us Nanyang people!" ”
Cai Mao's color changed and he roared: "Wei He! Don't forget that I'm also from Jiangxia. ”
Huang Zhong's facial muscles twitched, he almost crushed his mouth full of steel teeth, and roared: "Order, the rear team will change to the forward, and the whole army will return to Fuyang!" ”
Cai Mao said: "I want to go back to you, Lao Tzu will not accompany you." ”
Huang Zhong said coldly: "The lord does not deceive guests, and he invites himself to leave, drive." ”
A moment later, Huang Zhong and Wei He led 2,000 Nanyang soldiers back to the north, while Cai Mao led 1,000 Jiangxia soldiers to continue southward and went to the Lu area to join Li Tong and Zhao Ci's troops.
It was another whole night of rapid marching, and in the early morning of the next day, when Huang Zhong led two thousand exhausted Nanyang soldiers to return to Yang, what awaited them was an undefended empty city! The four gates of the whole Fuyang City are wide open, the birds are silent, the pedestrians in the market are extinct, and the chickens and dogs do not smell.
"What's going on? Could it be that there is fraud in it? Wei He's expression was grim, and he said in a deep voice, "It's better to send a squad of soldiers into the city to investigate." ”
"Hmm!" Huang Zhong responded and ordered, "The army is resting outside the city, the soldiers of the three armies will not untie their clothes, and the swords will not leave their hands!" Civilian Hearing. ”
Wen Ping rode forward and said in a deep voice: "The end will be." ”
"Lead 200 troops, go to the city to investigate, there can be an ambush of rogues."
Wen Ping clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general will obey the order." ”
Wen Ping received the military order, and ordered 200 soldiers to enter the city from the south gate of Fuyang, and at this time, the 800 Liukou who were as good as they could have rushed to the east of Wancheng City.
In the intervening days, Fuyang repeatedly changed hands between the official army and the Liukou, although the people in the city had not suffered from the Liukou tea poison, but they had been cold, although they knew that the imperial army was killed, but no one dared to open the door to greet them. Now that the officials and troops have arrived, Ning Zhi Liukou will not follow closely and fight into the city? The imperial army's army has been defeated twice, how do you know that there will not be a third?
Wen Ping searched the whole city and found nothing, so he ordered the forcible arrest of more than a dozen innocent people, and under torture, he knew that the 800 Liukou had already left for a long time, as for where they went, the whereabouts of Qin Jie, Zou Jing and others in the city, but they did not know anything. Poor Shengdou Xiaomin, how can he know such a major event of a military aircraft?
Huang Zhong had no choice but to give up, but the army did not dare to enter the city to station, only set up camp outside the city, while strengthening the vigilance while sending more scouts to reconnoitre, to the second day at noon, the scouts began to send back a shocking news - Wancheng has fallen! This news really surprised Huang Zhong and Wei He.
Wancheng is not comparable to Fuyang, Fuyang is just a small county seat, Wancheng is the county seat of the city high and deep, there are a full 1,000 elite Nanyang soldiers stationed, and the captain Zhang Xun is in charge, even if it is besieged by hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves, it is enough to support for several months, Ma Yue's 800 Liukou is not a heavenly soldier, how can he capture Wancheng overnight?
Huang Zhong, Wei He's first reaction was that there was fraud in it? After the remnants of the soldiers who fled from Wancheng brought them another bad news, Huang Zhong and Wei He believed it! It can really be described as a bolt from the blue, Lord Qin Jie has actually passed away, but the hateful Ma Yue thief, he actually used Lord Qin's coffin to deceive the city, such a thing of bullying the undead, only a shameless thief like Ma Yue did it.
Wei He's face was worried, and he said: "Brother Han Sheng, Wancheng has fallen, the adults are dead, and nothing can be done. Only the counties of Jianyang are empty of defense, and they may be attacked by rogues at any time. Why don't you lead the army back to Tun and hold on, wait for the court to send a new Taishou, and then make a plan? ”
Huang Zhong nodded silently and sighed: "That's it, that's it." ”
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The situation in Wancheng gradually calmed down, and the figures of Guan Hai and Pei Yuanshao appeared outside the Taishou Mansion at the same time.
"Birzi, you're looking for us?"
Ma Yue nodded and said, "Lao Pei, you take Brother One Hundred and Ten and collect all the eliminated weapons, surplus equipment, and iron tools confiscated from the rich family's house. ”
"Collecting ironware? Is this what it's about? Brethren, the weapons of the brethren are good enough to be crafted. ”
"Shut up and do what you are told to do."
"Yes."
Pei Yuanshao closed his mouth, although he was scolded by Ma Yue, he didn't care at all.
"Old man, you also brought more than 100 brothers to arrest all the blacksmiths and carpenters within a hundred miles of Wancheng."
"Yes."
"Also, in the next few days, the brothers will be assigned to learn horsemanship, and within ten days, everyone must learn to ride horses, otherwise, when the army is transferred, don't blame me for throwing him in Wancheng and waiting to die."
Ma Yue's voice fell, and Pei Yuanshao wondered: "What, do we still want to transfer?" How good it is to stay in Wancheng, this is a big city, it was so easy to fight, what a pity to abandon? In fact, even if it is Fuyang, I think it should be left behind to garrison, and it will be a way out at that time. ”
Ma Yue said coldly, "There are more than 1,000 people in total, divide the troops here, garrison there, how many people can be left in the end?" Can it be kept? ”
"There are not enough people to recruit soldiers, there are many people nearby, as long as they burn their houses and rob their food, they have to go with us if they want to survive, and tens of thousands of people can be gathered within a few days, hehe, Zhang Dashuai and Liu Dushuai didn't do this before."
Ma Yue glared at Pei Yuanshao fiercely, and said, "So, Zhang Mancheng and Liu Pi are all dead!" ”
Pei Yuanshao's head drooped down, his mouth flattened, and he had nothing to say.
Ma Yue frowned and patiently explained, "I'll tell you, why can't you do that!" Zhang Mancheng and Liu Pi were indeed able to gather tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people in a short period of time, but it was not an army that could fight well, it was just a group of rabble. What else can they do but waste food and shout a few mighty sounds? Let's just say that Zhang Mancheng, hundreds of thousands of people besieged Wancheng, which was garrisoned by thousands of officers and soldiers, fought for several months, and tens of thousands of people died before they were defeated, so it can also be called an army!? ”
"Moreover, once the scale of the team is huge, the imperial court will pay attention to it, and when the time comes, the elite Han army from all over the world will come to suppress it, what can we resist? Just by those rabble? How did Yingchuan's wave be defeated? How did Zhang Mancheng of Nanyang die, and Zhang Jiao of Jizhou was half dead when he thought about it. ”
"Therefore, there is no way to live by learning Zhang Jiao, Zhang Mancheng, and Bocai, and now, our only way to live is to be a rogue! As long as the team is not too large, the imperial court will not pay attention to it, and it will not send all the elite soldiers to suppress it, so that we can survive. ”
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