Chapter Forty-Seven: Give Me Two Thousand Cavalry (Four Watches)

(The fourth update, no, the old wolf is dying of exhaustion!) Guan Yu only saw the panic after Meng Ge commanded the troops, but the military master Cao Ying saw more things, after the master was cut off the horse, the Xiliang soldiers unbelievably counterattacked, Meng Ge raised his arms and single-handedly killed into the enemy formation, what a courage this is, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as full of guts, it is under the leadership of Meng Ge that the Xiliang army actually broke through the military formation.

At that time, Cao Ying saw very clearly outside the big tent, under the leadership of that person, the Xiliang soldiers formed a huge arrow, and easily broke through the military formation, no one expected that it would be such a result, this approach is not a lack of strategy, but a performance of courage and resourcefulness.

To sum up, there are a few points, first, no one would have thought that at this juncture, the Xiliang soldiers rushed out instead, which was called a surprise; Second, dare to fight into the enemy formation alone, this is brave, it is really the three armies of the brave crown; Third, after breaking through the enemy's formation, he did not love to fight at all, and when he saw the enemy reacting, he immediately flew away, which was incredibly fast; Fourth, when fleeing for his life, he is not in a hurry, giving people the feeling that he is not running for his life at all, but luring the enemy, and finally dares to attack and kill in the end.

If it weren't for Cao Ying's own eyes, he almost didn't believe that anyone could do this, although the Xiliang army was a little flustered at first, but the young general killed left and right, quickly stabilized the army's heart, and then fled without delay, all of this happened between the lightning and flint, at first even Cao Ying was frightened by him, until he thought about it later, he didn't understand.

If it weren't for the blind cat running into a dead mouse, but thinking so much between the lightning and flint, Cao Ying didn't dare to imagine how powerful this person was, of course Meng Ge didn't think so much, he only thought of two points: first, if you flee at the beginning, you can't escape far, once you escape at this time, the whole army will be in chaos, and when the enemy pursues it, it will definitely be a big defeat, only to stabilize the morale of the army, and then plan later, so he led people to kill the enemy formation, and by the way, he also wanted to kill Guan Yu; Second, the reverse attack was because Wang Kuang broke away from the army, otherwise he would not dare to attack and kill in the opposite direction, as for the other Meng Ge, he didn't think much about it.

Maybe this kind of decision is not the most wise, but Meng Ge doesn't think that there is a better way to stabilize the morale of the army than to kill the first army, so he gambled, and he bet right, the bet is that the Xiliang army is not too pustuce, and the bet is the blood surname of the Xiliang army, fortunately Huaxiong is good to the officers and soldiers under him, almost as soon as Meng Ge shouted to avenge the general, the pro-soldiers behind him rushed forward with a roar.

With the first one, there is the second, even if there are only two or three hundred people, Mungo is sure enough to break through the enemy formation, because his opposite side is all foot soldiers, or a group of weak soldiers, just look at the armor and weapons, if even a group of weak soldiers can't kill Mongo, there is no need to mix, no matter how bad it is, even if he is the only one to rush into the enemy formation, Mungo is sure to retreat.

So Meng Ge returned to the Tiger Prison Pass with a large army at a very small price, and killed Wang Kuang of the other party, of course, Meng Ge didn't know that he killed Wang Kuang, and the losses on both sides were only known to them.

The news of Hua Xiong's death was quickly told to Xu Rong, fortunately the army had almost no losses, as the governor of the capital, Xu Rong sighed at the moment, he was too careless, where would he guess that Hua Xiong would lead the troops out of the pass, with the tiger prison pass, as long as he relied on the benefits of Xiongguan and slowly grinded with the coalition army, the Kwantung coalition army could not break the tiger prison pass without paying three to four times the price.

In addition, Xu Rong has been operating in the Tiger Prison Pass for more than half a year, Xingyang and the Tiger Prison Pass have already hoarded a large number of military food and weapons, and there are countless defense materials such as rolling wood and fire oil, and the materials are very sufficient, and the location of the coalition army is cleared by Xu Rong's early strong wall, and there is no grain of grain to the east for two hundred miles, in order to resist the Kwantung princes, Xu Rong is even more ruthless, and even the people within two hundred miles have been forcibly driven to Xingyang and the area west of the Tiger Prison Pass, and there are basically no people within two hundred miles.

In this way, the supply line of the coalition army is two or three hundred miles long, and if the military rations are to be allocated, they will have to go to Chenliu recently, and even further away, how to protect the supply line of these two or three hundred miles will be the key to determining the victory or defeat, Xu Rong seems to have seen the rout of the coalition army.

Two or three hundred miles of supply lines, as long as a light cavalry is sent to make trouble for them, the coalition army will not be able to stand it, the coalition army has nearly 300,000 troops, and the daily consumption of grain and grass must be very scary, plus it is not long before the beginning of spring, the military rations brought by the coalition army can be eaten for a month, after all, no one can take a large amount of military rations on the road, when fighting, the military rations mainly rely on transportation and supplies, which was originally planned by Xu Rong a long time ago.

According to Xu Rong's plan, even if the coalition army pays a heavy price, it may not be able to break through the tiger prison, and it may be cut off at any time, but Hua Xiong ran out to fight with the coalition army in the field, and almost suffered heavy losses, Xu Rong was of course angry in his heart, but when he heard that Hua Xiong was dead, it was not a taste in his heart, and he no longer held Hua Xiong responsible, as for Hua Xiong's disregard for military orders, it was left to Dong Zhuo to deal with.

On the night of the incident, Xu Rong arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass from Xingyang, checked the military situation, and announced the new general guarding the pass, at this moment Xu Rong had thought of the most secure candidate, the arrival of Meng Ge gave him the best choice, originally Xu Rong wanted to stay in Xingyang to preside over the overall situation, but Hua Xiong's matter made him vigilant, sometimes some people can not be trusted, Meng Ge is not trustworthy or not, he needs to investigate slowly, Xu Rong had to come over in person.

In Xu Rong's view, presiding over the transfer of troops and horses and the recruitment of soldiers in the rear is the most important thing, as long as there is a general guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, as long as you are cautious, the coalition forces are difficult to break, but he didn't expect that something almost went wrong, so Xu Rong attached more and more importance to the Tiger Prison guards, and did not dare to have the slightest carelessness.

At night, Meng Ge stayed outside the big tent alone, with a pot of wine in front of him, but he didn't drink it himself, he drank it for Hua Xiong, and when Xu Rong came, Meng Ge was staring at the starry sky blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xu Rong's arrival Meng Ge was frightened, Yang Min was a little worried, so he reminded him: "Captain Meng, the Metropolitan Governor is here!" ”

At this time, Meng Ge reacted, hurriedly stood up, and said: "Meng Ge has seen the Grand Duke, and his subordinates were thinking about things just now, and his subordinates were rude!" ”

Xu Rong, who had already entered middle age, smiled disapprovingly, and said kindly: "Captain Meng doesn't have to be like this, I know that you are very sad about General Hua's death, how can you blame it, but I have something I want to ask here, and I hope General Meng will give advice." ”

This was said with great sincerity, Meng Ge didn't even dare to say, and bluntly said that although it was okay for Xu Rong to ask, Xu Rong was not polite, so he inspected Meng Ge outside the tent, if Meng Ge came, how to defend the Tiger Prison Pass, Xu Rong's question has always revolved around this theme, and soon Meng Ge noticed Xu Rong's intentions, in fact, Xu Rong was not asking for advice, but trying Meng Ge to see if he had the ability to become a Tiger Prison guard.

Since Xu Rong wanted to inspect Meng Ge, Meng Ge was also happy to pretend to be confused, and answered Xu Rong's questions one by one, although Meng Ge had just arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, and he didn't know much about the situation here, but most of the methods of guarding the pass were the same, nothing more than hoarding materials and fighting a war of attrition, and what Meng Ge learned in Qi Tian's battle strategy was more than enough to deal with this.

Sometimes Mongo also put forward some suggestions for building surnames, such as the segmented shooting of the crossbow, which is the most powerful way of defense, and the best way to deal with the ladder is to push it away, and when it climbs to the waist halfway, a piece of wood is enough to push the ladder, and the enemy will definitely have to pay a heavy price if he wants to attack the Tiger Prison.

Meng Ge's various thoughts made Xu Rong's eyes light up when he heard it, and he felt amazing, and he thought more and more that Meng Ge was the best guard in this tiger prison, but at this time, Meng Ge said something else, which had to make Xu Rong think deeply.

"The Grand Governor, in fact, Meng Ge understands what the Governor means, but Meng Ge has only arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass today, and he doesn't know much about the defense of the Tiger Prison Pass, taking over the Tiger Prison Pass is definitely not the best choice, and it will definitely take a little time to adapt, which will give the coalition forces an opportunity to take advantage of, Meng Ge thinks that Meng Ge should not guard the Tiger Prison Pass at this time! I think it's better to leave the matter to someone else! ”

Since Meng Ge said this, Xu Rong also had to think carefully, Meng Ge finally proposed a person, Xu Rong was very interested in this, he didn't know who else could be qualified for this position at the moment, and Xu Rong was suddenly interested in Meng Ge's recommendation.

Immediately, Xu Rong asked, "Then tell me, who is the most suitable?" ”

"Naturally, it's the Metropolitan Governor of you!" Meng Ge said it without thinking, the reason why he said that Xu Rong is the most suitable naturally has his reason, it is definitely not untargeted, Xu Rong has been operating in the Tiger Prison for almost half a year, not who is the most suitable for him.

"Tell me the reason, and what should I do over there in Xingyang?" Xu Rong had to think more carefully, of course the Tiger Prison Pass is very important, but Xingyang is not far behind, in the end, it is a large number of materials hoarded by Xingyang, if Xingyang loses, the Tiger Prison Pass will become a lonely pass, and I am afraid that there will be no need to defend it at that time.

Of course, Meng Ge also has Meng Ge's big considerations, he naturally knows the important surname of Xingyang, even if he doesn't mention the strategic significance of Xingyang, Meng Ge also understands tightly, losing Xingyang is equivalent to giving up the tiger prison, Meng Ge naturally knows very well.

Meng Ge stood up, took two steps back and forth, and said: "Why is the Metropolitan Governor the most suitable candidate, this point is very simple, the Metropolitan Governor has been operating in the Tiger Prison Pass for half a year, and no one knows this Tiger Prison Pass better than the Metropolitan Governor, and the Metropolitan Governor is naturally the most suitable guard, and he is just a newcomer, and he is definitely far inferior to the Metropolitan Governor, this is one of them; Second, the Metropolitan Governor said that the problem of Xingyang, this is very easy to do, the Metropolitan Governor moved the governance office to the Tiger Prison Pass, so that Zhao Cen Tun soldiers in the upper reaches of the river, the enemy dares to go upstream, the northern sergeant is not good at water warfare, and the half-crossing attack will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, I think the general has also trained the naval army in the past half a year, it doesn't matter if there is any, by the way, you can also sneak attack it with the naval army, the only thing to be afraid of is Sun Wentai, the Changsha soldiers he brought must know how to fight water warfare, but at the moment he is losing his troops and generals, it has no effect, if it is when the time comes, it is someone else who dares to come, General Zhao Cen, who beat the water dog, naturally understood that if he sent another guard to defend Xingyang, Li Su should be competent, so that the momentum of the horns would be achieved, and he could support at any time once there was a change! ”

The defense line outlined by Meng Ge Xu Rong understood as soon as he heard it, and he was also moved, this defense line is almost unbreakable, not to mention that the coalition forces have no ships at the moment, even if there are ships, Xu Rong is not afraid of Sun Wentai alone, the water is not wide enough, and the warship can be sunk on the shore, Xu Rong is not afraid of the other party doing this, but it is different if he garrisons in the upper reaches of the river, if the other party dares to stay in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, when the time comes, find a place to block the water, this water will become a knife on the head of the coalition army, and when the time comes, the embankment will be broken and the water will be released, although the amount of water is not large, But it's enough for the coalition to drink a pot.

The east of Xingyang is full of mountains and hills, the terrain is complicated, to attack Xingyang from the east, the coalition army has to go around a big circle, and has to pass through the dense jungle, just to explore the road and open the way is enough for the coalition army to suffer enough, the most lacking thing for the coalition army is time, they have time to do that thing is called a strange thing, not to mention that the terrain of Xingyang is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, although it is not as good as the Tiger Pass, it is not much worse.

Bishui is the only waterway that can pass through Xingyang and Tiger Prison Pass, as long as this waterway is held, the coalition forces will not be able to rush through this checkpoint at all, Bishui is not a place where large-scale water battles can be carried out, no matter how ruthless it is, simply block the channel with boulders, and come to an iron lock across the river, don't think of using Bianshui to pass through the gap between Tiger Prison Pass and Xingyang, so that Xingyang will not be in much danger, Xu Rong thought about it and felt that it was so feasible.

But after thinking about it, how could Meng Ge forget about himself, Xu Rong asked again: "Then what are you going to do, so that you have nothing to do?" ”

Meng Ge immediately fell to one knee on the ground and said sincerely: "Of course, I have something to do, and the last general begs the Governor to give me 2,000 cavalry!" ”

In an instant, Xu Rong sensed Meng Ge's intentions, and said with a face full of disbelief: "Two thousand cavalry, you have to bypass the coalition camp and go to the rear of the enemy army!" ”

Meng Ge's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said faintly: "Wrong, Grand Governor, I want to step through the enemy camp!" They would never have imagined that I would dare to do this, all I want is to surprise them by surprise! What do you think, Grand Duro? ”

Xu Rong was suddenly frightened by Meng Ge's boldness, and he couldn't make a sound, although this method was dangerous, but who wanted to face an army of 300,000 people, and there were still people who dared to trample on the enemy camp, and had to admit that Meng Ge's idea was very feasible.

Xu Rong immediately bowed and said: "Captain Meng is really bold, Xu Rong admires!" ”

"Can the Governor agree to the request below?" Mungo clenched his fists again and begged for his life.

Xu Rong, who was already quite old, suddenly said arrogantly: "If you dare to go, I will dare to give it, even if I give you all the eight thousand cavalry, I am afraid that you will not dare to go!" ”

Meng Ge was overjoyed and immediately said, "Thank you, Grand Duke, please give me a day, I need to get acquainted with my subordinates." ”

The most difficult task was finally completed, of course Xu Rong was happy in his heart, there were not many people who dared to detour behind enemy lines with a small group of cavalry alone, because such a task, if he was not careful, he would be finished, and now someone dared to go, how could he not be happy, Xu Rong kept laughing loudly under the joy.

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