Chapter 717: The Toothless Tiger
The most Ning Mansion, Niu Ren after half a month of fierce attack finally captured, but according to Yue Shao'an's meaning, he did not hold on to the time, but left a part of the defenders, then turned back towards Shicheng County, the army hurried by, like a strong wind sweeping the leaves, and soon Badian, Milu, Shizong, Luo Xiong and other departments were captured one by one, at this moment has been to Wupulong, from Shicheng County is also far away, and soon can make a flanking attack with Zhang Heng.
And Yue Shao'an, who followed closely behind him, divided 10,000 troops into the Jining Mansion, and he only brought less than 10,000 elite soldiers to quietly walk the camp that seemed to be the talent of a hero in the green forest, day and night, discrediting and advancing. Along the way, he marched in a secluded place, the military flag was put away, the battle armor was pressed into the box, from the soldiers to the generals, and then to him, the commander, all dressed in tatters, just like a homeless person who had not eaten for dozens of days, begging to come over.
Fortunately, now Dali is already panicked, the rich have moved away, and the poor can escape one by one, and those who can't escape are similar to their dress, all hungry with green eyes, fighting for food.
Yue Shao'an walked all the way, and when he met the person who bumped into their tracks, he arrested them, and at first these poor people who were arrested were scared and urinated, and only shouted that the king spared his life, and then he was much more stable. In fact, there is no other reason, just because Yue Shaoan is a good boss, although he was arrested and not allowed to go home, and he was also allowed to do some miscellaneous livelihoods, but after all, he was in charge of food. In this situation where you have the strength to find a job and can't beg for food, there are really not many employers who can find an employer who doesn't beat or scold, does work, and takes care of food. As a result, the people he captured settled down after the first two days of the "probationary period". I actually think that this life is very comfortable, and now I drive them away, and they don't leave.
Yue Shao'an felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw this situation at first, because his team had grown from less than 10,000 to 15,000 in just half a month. He had never imagined that such a recruitment could go so smoothly behind enemy lines.
But the good times didn't last long, and I don't know when the news of his move leaked, of course, it was not his secret march that was revealed, but the fact that he was in charge of food here. In this way, many people are looking forward to being touched by him and caught by him. Some people waited for him to arrive, so they took the initiative to inquire around, and then stopped on the mountain road in groups, holding their heads high, their hands on their waists, and almost didn't shout, "Lao Tzu wants to come to work here, hurry up and arrest Lao Tzu".
Such a spectacular scene is rare, and the generals under Yue Shao'an are also overjoyed, because most of these people are strong men, and the place where they march is already rugged and difficult, and those old and weak women and children are also difficult to find. However, these strong men are trained to fight, which is beneficial to the development and growth of the team.
However, as more and more people came to defect, Yue Shaoan and his generals felt that this was not the case. First of all, the number has grown from 15,000 to 20,000, and the number is still growing by tens to hundreds every day. The number of his own descendants and the people of Dali is developing towards an unbalanced situation. In case of turmoil, it is very troublesome.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is that when Yue Shao'an was secretly marching, in order to better hide his traces, he brought very few rations, and he only prepared them for his own 10,000 people. Now suddenly there were ten thousand more mouths, and these mouths were bigger than the ones they brought, and they were all hungry madmen, except for three of them when they came, and it was not long before the rations they brought were somewhat insufficient. Now, they have eaten their January rations, and there are only five days left.
The so-called emperor is not a hungry soldier, although Yue Shaoan has never been an emperor, but he deeply understands this truth, he is now their commander, he is the emperor, if there is really no food, then people will starve to death at that time, then the rest of the people don't care what kind of bullshit emperor you are. When the famine came, it was not surprising that the people were given food from one child to another. Yue Shaoan has always put his attitude very upright, he is just a leader, not someone else's father, or someone else's father for you, but when it's time to gnaw your thigh, I don't feel like I'm going to bite you a finger to finish the job.
On the night of the gloomy galaxy, the stars were shining, and the slightest cool breeze was blowing, Yue Shaoan shook the messy hair on his head that had the temperament of an artist, his face was very calm, but his crotch hurt, he gritted his teeth, straightened his chest, stalemate for a moment, and sat down weakly. A long sigh still couldn't hold back from the roar. At this moment, Yue Shaoan only felt bored, but the melancholy in his heart did not make him anything. After going through so much, he has already seen that there are some things, you just want to think of something that you can't see even if you break your head, and when you don't think about it, you can't tell when a result will pop up.
In his previous life, he was often called "Xiang Gong", of course, the Xiang Gong here is definitely not the Ruan sisters called him the Xiang Gong, but when he played mahjong, he always quietly became fifteen cards or more, he is the kind of goods that just eat and do not vomit, for which he has a good name "Good Wealth Boy". In the meantime, I was confused again, and I did "Xianggong" again, but this time, it was not mahjong, but people. There are so many people at once, Yue Shaoan still hasn't thought about throwing it out, these days, he has sent a few "clerks" who do ideological work to brainwash the newcomers, although it can't guarantee that each of them will follow him wholeheartedly, at least it can also ensure that they won't rebel when they have food.
In fact, the people's demands are very simple: whoever gives them food to eat, they will remember whose good is good. In particular, Dali obviously did not start education from the baby, most of the people are illiterate, and some people even grow up from childhood to adulthood, only know the village chief of their village, and they don't even know what the emperor is, where there will be any great sentiments of loyalty and patriotism.
Compared with these, Da Song did a very good job. Since the young gold people attacked, they had to shout: "Give me back the ......rivers and mountains" Of course, the beaten farts are rolling and urinating, hugging the head and running around, that is another thing, but the attitude is correct. However, Dali even lacked a lot of this attitude, and several patriots in the court were also very disappointed in Duan Yiming, such as the prime minister who once persuaded Duan Yiming not to break the contract with Yue Shao'an, and then persuaded Duan Yiming not to agree to Yue Shao'an's request for food.
Yue Shao'an sighed, feeling that his long sigh was a bit exaggerated, so he closed his mouth, and was about to climb on the back of the red horse and continue to move forward, when Liu Tong, who was beside him, suddenly said softly: "The emperor is worried about the grain and grass in the army? ”
"What's there to worry about?" Yue Shaoan asked lightly.
"Ugh!" This made Liu Tong blush, and he didn't know whether to refute it.
Yue Shaoan stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "My own brother, what can't you say to others, there is no one else here, just say anything." ”
"There is no food in the army!" Liu Tong's face was a little ugly.
"How many more days?" Yue Shaoan was thoughtful.
"The influx of displaced people is continuous, and it will be available for three days at most." Liu Tong said hesitantly: "The journey here in the first three days was all wilderness, and now that the autumn harvest is over, there is nowhere to go even if you want to get some grain." If this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, the subordinates are worried that it will cause a mutiny......"
Yue Shaoan nodded slightly, raised his finger and flicked the dust on his sleeve slightly, and asked after a while, "Are there many people in the army who know this news?" ”
"The subordinates have already ordered the news to be passed on, so the only people who know the news at this moment are the subordinates and the quartermaster." Liu Tong said, still worried: "However, this matter can't be hidden for long, three days later, once the army runs out of food, then it will be impossible to hide it if you want to." ”
Yue Shaoan waved his hand and said, "I know, there is no need to worry about this matter, I have my own way." ”
Liu Tong was stunned and bowed back.
Yue Shaoan slapped his forehead and exhaled, he was really worried in his heart, in fact, he really had a headache about this matter. There are some ideas in my heart, such as Cao Cao's trick, after sharing the surplus food and causing a commotion, he will then shift the responsibility to innocent subordinates. This trick is very useful, and it is also very simple and practical, but Yue Shao'an thought about it and felt that he couldn't do such a thing. After all, he is still not as ambitious as Cao Cao, and he can play with his conscience as a toy. Then the only way left was to march as soon as possible and borrow food from a nearby city.
Yue Shao'an has now traveled to Weichu Mansion, and then he has crossed the Ailao Mountain, which is the Wuliang Mountain, and he still imagined that he could also find a fairy mansion under the Wuliang Mountain, and he could also see a fairy sister in it, so he kowtowed vigorously and broke half of his braincase, as long as he could learn that peerless martial arts, it was also good. It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and people can do what they want there. What's more, now he has already abandoned the illusion, and his perception of reality is much clearer than before.
It's just that not far from this immeasurable mountain, he has encountered a predicament, but he never thought of it anyway. After thinking about it again and again, Yue Shaoan decided to go straight down the mountain, divided the team into two groups, one by land, the other by cutting down trees, making some rafts and going down the Lijiang River by water, only to enter the first barrier of Dali City to open the south city. Originally, he planned to bypass Kainan City and attack Dali City directly. But now, this plan is clearly unusable. In desperation, I only changed my plan and took this place first.
It was much faster to take the water route than the land route, and it only took one day for Yue Shao'an's army to come to Kainan City.
The city wall of Kainan City is not very high, and here is close to the Lijiang River, there is a water village in front of the city, because this is deep in the territory of Dali on weekdays, so there is not too much garrison, and the defenders, most of them are water villages.
After Yue Shao'an decided to attack Kainan, he asked Yueye to collect all the existing information of the Supervision Department, and learned that the navy was strong here, and the army Ruo decided to go ashore not far away.
There is only one army guard here, named Zhang Quanzhong, who has not been reused because he is lame on one foot, and has been nesting here, sixty years old, but has not done anything. When Yue Shao'an heard the news, his heart was relieved, such a guard general was the best for him, if he encountered a difficult bone, it would be impossible for him to support him to capture the city with his current military rations.
When he was a little relieved, he ordered his soldiers to rest for half a day, eat a full meal, and when the sun was set to the west, he ordered the city to call for battle, and planned to attack the city before dark.
Kainan's guard, this Zhang Quanzhong Zhang old general said that he was old and lame, but he was not easy to mess with, and the soldiers who called for war only began to greet his old man's mother, and before he greeted his great-grandmother, the old general screamed "wow, yes", and rushed out with a broad-backed broadsword with a thick brick.
In front of the two armies, Yue Shaoan looked up and down, and saw that this veteran had white hair, slightly erected eyebrows, wide mouth and wide eyes, but he was born with a majestic style, like a big white worm. Looking at the veteran in front of him, Yue Shaoan couldn't help but gasp, this old guy looks good and is heroic, if he is young, he is probably also a good person who drinks Dangyangqiao. I couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Who is going to take him?" ”
On Yue Shao'an's side, when Qingshan and Wanyan successfully fought a battle, Lin Li, who was in charge of guarding the mountain crossing, urged his horse forward and shouted loudly: "Emperor, the last general will capture the old man and sacrifice it in front of the horse." ”
Yue Shaoan looked at Lin Li, this little general, because of his military merits, is now an official to a deputy commander, and he also has a few small beards on his lips, and it seems that he has broken away from the ranks of "no hair on his mouth and no good work".
Looking at his confident appearance, Yue Shao'an, a hairless guy with a hairless mouth, frowned slightly, and said: "Lin Li, I think this veteran is not simple, he should be a tiger general, and he must not be an enemy." ”
Lin Li glanced at Zhang Quanzhong contemptuously and said, "Don't worry, Emperor, he is a tiger, and a tiger without teeth." What's more, it's still lame, you wait a while, and you'll go back at the end. ”
Seeing Lin Li like this, Yue Shaoan couldn't say anything more. The family members have patted their heads to ensure how hard their scalps are, and the leaders insist that they can't break the bricks in front of them, which is also too shocking. There should be a reminder, Yue Shaoan has already said it, and now that the matter is over, he has to follow his wishes. Therefore, Yue Shaoan no longer planned to say anything, but just told again: "Be more careful." ”
Lin Li stood up with the spear in his hand, threw it forward, inserted it into the open space not far ahead, saluted with both hands, and replied loudly: "I will not dishonor!" With that, his legs were clamped, his heels lightly hit the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed and galloped towards Zhang Quanzhong. Passing by the spear, Lin Li's figure was oblique, one foot was kicking the stirrup, the other foot was hooking the saddle, the whole person was across the horse's body, leaned forward with one hand, and grabbed his spear in his hand impartially, his wrist shook slightly, the tip of the spear flashed, and in the palm of his hand it was like a thousand plum blossoms, and his body shrank again, but he had sat back firmly on the horse's back.
The kung fu of this hand was really good, and it immediately attracted the soldiers in the entire battalion of his side to cheer in unison, and Yue Shaoan couldn't help but lightly high-five and cheer.
Lin Li's face was proud, he sat down and the war horse did not stop, still galloping away, rushing forward, the gun was like a silver thread, and went straight to Zhang Quanzhong.
Zhang Quanzhong looked at Lin Li's fierce and fierce and did not have any fear, his face showed a little arrogance, the big knife pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you can play a few kung fu with fists and legs, is there no one in your eyes like this?" Report your name, so that the old man knows who he is going to behead under the knife. ”
Lin Li shouted loudly: "The young master's name is Lin Li, and you old horseman actually dare to speak wildly." If you don't follow it, it will not kill you because you are old, and you will definitely let your old boy's other leg be lame, and you can only live on a war horse in this life......"
"Young man, don't breathe too much, be careful that the wind sweeps away your tongue."
"The lazy toad yawns, the old man has a big breath!" As he spoke, Lin Li had already rushed in front of Zhang Quanzhong, with a flick of his wrist, the spear stabbed straight at Zhang Quanzhong's lower abdomen.
Zhang Quanzhong's face remained unchanged, he put the knife away, the knife surface was close to the lower abdomen, and the "Ding ......" spear was pierced on the knife surface, and in the sound of metal collision, sparks splashed up. Lin Li's shot was not the only one, seeing that the spear was not stabbed, he immediately collected the gun and stabbed again, stabbing out more than ten shots in a row, one shot was as fast as a shot, and it kept flashing in front of Zhang Quanzhong.
Zhang Quanzhong was a little careless at first, but seeing that Lin Li was not just as simple as embroidering his legs, he couldn't help but get serious, and the big knife in his hand blocked and knocked down, and he was in a hurry.
The tip ......of the gun cut through Zhang Quanzhong's robe, and if Zhang Quanzhong was half a minute slower, this shot would have pierced his left rib. Seeing this, Lin Li laughed and said, "Can the old horseman still succeed?" Hurry up and get off the horse and surrender, the master will spare your life! In his smugness, the spear in his hand slowed down a little.
Liu Tong looked at the two people who were fighting, nodded lightly, and said, "Lin Li's marksmanship is getting better and better, it seems that the outcome of this battle is about to be decided." ”
Yue Shaoan shook his head lightly and said, "I can't see it." Didn't you notice that the veteran was just a fearful defender, and he hadn't made a single shot yet? ”
"Oh?" Liu Tong frowned, in his opinion, Zhang Quanzhong didn't make a move because he was forced by Lin Li to take care of himself and couldn't make a move, but in the face of He Yue Shao'an, it was not easy for him to argue with him. Therefore, he kept silent and set his eyes on the battlefield again.
In the field, Zhang Quanzhong's face turned cold, and he sneered: "The young man is so arrogant, let you see the true ability of the old man." With the words, the big knife in Zhang Quanzhong's tent swung violently, and went straight to the top of Lin Li's head and slashed down.
At this moment, the tip of Lin Li's spear was stabbing at Zhang Quanzhong's thigh, seeing that Zhang Quanzhong was going to fight with a lose-lose fight, Lin Li was willing to do the same with him. He is willing to be a leg, but he is willing to be a head, this kind of change, a fool only exchanges with him.
Therefore, Lin Li put away the spear sideways, and urged the war horse under his feet, and the two horses quickly displaced, which was able to avoid this split. However, just when the two horses were misaligned, Zhang Quanzhong's knife did not stop, "Whew! In the process of splitting, it suddenly turned sideways.
Lin Li was shocked, stood up and blocked the gun, "Click-" The barrel of the gun broke, the blade slashed past his back, and Lin Li's whole person was taken off the horse, blood gushed out of his waist, but he didn't know what happened to life and death......