Chapter 28: Hao Zhao
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The princes of the world, whether it is Chen Lin, the king of Qin, Sun Jian, the king of Wu, or the king of Wei, Cao * Yuan Shao, the king of Qi, or Liu Bei of the Great Zhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After more than ten or twenty years of turmoil and strife, each of these people has begun to digest the internal problems of the old base area and formed a unified regime. However, they are not enough for each of them to afford a serious defeat. Because an enemy of equal strength will definitely take advantage of the opportunity, and you will not be allowed to have a chance to relax.
Now, in this chaotic land, there are two princes facing such a situation almost at the same time. Yuan Shao, the king of Qi, was almost completely defeated in the battle of Guandu, and only less than 20,000 troops of 100,000 soldiers and horses fled back to Hebei. Now Cao * took the opportunity to divide the troops into a three-way army to storm onslaught, all the way to Qingzhou Zangba, which is bound to swallow the entire territory of Qingzhou, Henan. One route was led by Cao * himself, and he went straight to Dongjun to attack Liyang. On the other hand, the general Cao Ren and Xu Du recruits wanted to cross the river from the Yanjin line, and the border of the Qi Kingdom was frequently urgent.
The other person is the civil strife, led the troops to pacify Liu Bei, the king of Zhou in Xiliang, and the battle of Changli Sichuan, Ma Chao killed Liu Bei to cut off his beard and abandon his robe and lose the banner, and the main army of 50,000 was less than eleven, if it weren't for the fierce generals Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to the death, Liu Bei might have been captured by Ma Chao, who hated him to the bone. Liu Bei ran back to Fufeng in one breath and sorted out the soldiers and horses, but only 14,500 people were needed, and the armor was incomplete.
These have not yet reached Longxi, a place that the outside world has also not paid attention to, especially Ji County. Chen Ze, the second general of the Qin State, led the wolf to ride 10,000, and the general Zhang Xiu rushed straight to Ji County, hoping to take the opportunity to take Ji County and cut off the return of Cheng Gongying in the upper valley of Longxi.
The iron hooves of the army surged, and the county seat of Ji County was almost destroyed. Ji County is now less than a thousand defenders in the city, what's going on, it turns out that a day ago, Chen Ze and Zhang Xiu just arrived in Ji County, Chen Ze: "General Zhang, Ji County has a unique geographical location, guarding Longxi left and right, and dividing Longxi into two. My brother ordered me to take Ji County, and the stakes are very high. And our troops are all cavalry, if it is a hard attack, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate, it is better for us to steal Ji County. ”
Since Zhang Xiu left Nanyang, the whole person feels much more relaxed, and has told his subordinates more than once, but now he is relaxed, without a lot of thinking, just take the order to kill the enemy.
Hearing Chen Ze say this, Zhang Xiu nodded, Zhang Xiu had considerable reverence for Chen Ze, a person born in Yuzhou, who didn't know the soldiers and horses, but now Chen Ze trained a cavalry comparable to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was not much hard. Zhang Xiu: "Can the second general have a calculation? ”
Chen Ze: "Now Liu Bei and Ma Chao are fighting each other, and the world knows it. Although there is Di Dao in the north of Longxi County to guard the official road, it is still inevitable that there will be omissions, and there are still one or two thousand old departments of Xiliang under the command of the general. Otherwise, the general selected one or two hundred people from among them, disguised themselves as Ma Jiasanjun again, and appeared in the north of Ji County to lure the defenders of Ji County out of the city. As long as the defenders go out of the city, Ji County is not yet captured. ”
When Zhang Xiu heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed, so in less than half an hour, one hundred and eighty wolf cavalry soldiers took off their steel armor and became a pair of knights with a cloak and a heroic horse. Led by Hu Che'er, the deputy general of the wolf cavalry, he whistled towards the north. And Chen Ze's army secretly watched from afar, just waiting for the defenders of Ji County to leave the city, they were annihilated in one fell swoop, and then took Ji County.
It is said that Hu Che'er's 100 or so people killed a team of more than 20 business travelers less than five miles north of Ji County, but they deliberately ran away to Ji County in despair. At this time, the guard general of Ji County is Li Qiao's wife and uncle, and he is also a good hand, but he is not a serious good hand, but a good hand at abduction and stealing on the street.
This Li Qiao's brother-in-law is called Xu Lang, although Xu Lang has a bad record, but he often rolls and beats, but he also has three points of strength. After Xu Lang became an officer and soldier, his identity changed, and he also thought about changing his image, so that Xu Lang became a person who was greedy for merit, and always wanted to use the credit at hand to change everyone's image of him. Not to mention, within a radius of Ji County, as soon as the bandits heard about Xu Lang's name, they all fled in the wilderness, but they also accumulated some reputation for Xu Lang.
Today, Xu Lang went to the city gate to inspect the four gates normally, and when he walked to the north gate, he happened to meet the two merchants who fled back covered in blood. The people who entered and exited the city gate were frightened and scattered around, and the officers and soldiers were also facing the enemy, pointing their guns at the two men. The two of them were frightened today, and hurriedly knelt down and cried loudly: "Official, wronged-"
Xu Langzheng heard this, here, wronged? Ben was specially for the people, and hurriedly took the guards over: "What is the matter?" As soon as the two of them said, Xu Lang was suddenly furious: "Ridiculous, within a radius of fifty miles, you still dare to appear thieves, nonsense, this will see that you are deliberately playing with this general." ”
The two were shocked, and one shouted: "General, wronged, Xiaomin knows that the general is a blue sky in Ji County, and has done a lot of good things for the people, and the thieves are either dead or grateful for the general's grace and good." But Xiaomin's words are true, the group came from the north gate, about 180 people, all on horseback, all of them were cloaked, and the one headed by the one shouted what Ma Jiajun or something, yes, it was Ma Jiajun. ”
Xu Lang's cronies were shocked, stepped forward, and secretly said to Xu Lang: "General, I'm afraid that Ma Chao's stragglers have stolen it from Di Dao." "General, although it is impossible for these stragglers to attack the city, they are specially targeting the people outside the city, killing and looting, and burning the grange in order to create unrest within our army. This kind of thing is rarely used in the general war in the Central Plains, but Xiliang Doma comes and goes like the wind, and it is much better to use this trick. ”
Xu Lang was startled, turned back, and shouted: "Gatekeeper, appease these two people well, don't be embarrassed, I will go out of the city to destroy this group of people, hum, I don't care about other places, but Ji County, it can't be like this." When the surrounding people heard this, they all knelt down and shouted how good the general was, and Xu Lang was even more brain-hot.
In the county government, Xu Lang walked back quickly and shouted: "The county order, there will be 300 war horses, you may lend the war horses collected in the county the day before yesterday to the general, and return them to you tomorrow?" But it was said that the county order of Ji County was a person named Hao Zhao. Hao Zhao has strong arms and eyes, but he looks like a martial artist, but he just made the county order of Ji County.
Hao Zhao was shocked and said: "General, these five hundred war horses are all going to be sent to King Zhou, and they are the tasks of my Longxi County this year, how can the general use them, but what does the general want to do with war horses?" At this time, an insider behind Hao Zhao secretly stepped forward and whispered in his ear about the city gate.
Hao Zhao was shocked, and did not wait for Xu Lang to be angry, but first said loudly: "General, my lord will comfort Ji County and the general, and he deserted and returned a few days ago, saying that Mumen Pass was lost, and it is expected that the Qin army is coming, this time the Qin army may be wandering outside the city, how can the general go out of the city at this time and ignore the comfort of Ji County?" Besides, this horse thief will not come sooner or later, but coming at this time, it is the trick of the Qin army, the general is so unwise, isn't it a disaster for Ji County. ”
Hao Zhao is straightforward and fast-talking, at this time, he is not a mouthful, and he is unwise or something. Originally, Hao Zhao didn't give the war horse just now, and Xu Lang had to be braided, but at this time, he was even more furious, and a cronie behind him pointed at Hao Zhao: "Okay, you Hao Bodao, you are obviously jealous of the popularity of my general's in Ji County, you are embarrassing my general everywhere, do you want to suppress my general?" ”
One sentence made Xu Lang preconceived, and his mind was full of Hao Zhao's villain, and he said coldly: "Lord County Order, you have said it, Taishou handed over the comfort of Ji County to the general, and now the horse thief kills the merchant and messes with my Ji County, is this the comfort of my Ji County?" Hmph, you have to give the war horse, you have to give it if you don't give it, anyway, it's in the barracks now, let's go. ”
After speaking, he led the crowd out angrily, and his cronies: "General, this Hao Bodao doesn't take the general seriously, and he often spoils the general's good deeds in the past." "Although Xu Lang is an official, he doesn't do small bad things, and he is bent on gaining popularity, but sometimes his methods are frightening, Hao Zhao is upright, and he has sabotaged Xu Lang a few times.
Xu Lang was even more determined to destroy this group of horse thieves at this time, drag a bunch of heads back, and then tell Hao Zhao fiercely, it is best to let him get out completely.
Who is Xu Lang, Hao Zhao knows in his heart, but Xiao Yong and Xiao Homo sapiens have no great talent. After Hao Zhao rushed out from Xu Lang, his heart was in turmoil, this military was in charge of Xu Lang, and Hao Zhao could hardly control it. But now Hao Zhao always has a sense of danger, what to do, what to do? Suddenly, Hao Zhao felt a chord in his heart, the county soldiers, the eight hundred county soldiers still listened to their own words.
Hao Zhao shouted and turned around: "Come on, move out all the soldiers and armor in the treasury, pass on the official's order, all the county soldiers come to the county government to gather, and those who do not arrive in half an hour will be killed." ”
The cronies were shocked, Hao Zhao hadn't had such momentum for a long time, so he hurriedly rushed out. Eight hundred people, county soldiers, on weekdays to maintain law and order in the city, collect rent, deal with civil affairs or something, and occasionally catch a thief. But when Hao Zhao saw the eight hundred strong men in front of him, the northwest man, he was a natural warrior, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Ladies and gentlemen, Ma Chao is treasonous, and Lord Taishou is on an expedition against thieves, and now he hears that the Qin army is coming to invade. As a man in Ji County, I have the responsibility to protect the villagers, and now General Xu Lang is going out to kill the enemy, Ji County is empty, and the official will lead you to the wall to defend the city, if there is an enemy army coming, the officer will definitely kill the enemy in front and never retreat. Now, in military armor. ”
That night, Xu Lang did not return, and the premonition in Hao Zhao's heart became stronger and stronger. As soon as it was dark, Hao Zhao issued a temporary order not to open the city gate today, unless he agreed. "Come, send an order, let all the men in the city be requisitioned, and all the planks that can be moved will be carried up the city wall." And he nailed a horizontal board on the city wall, which was only a head higher than a man, and it was on his head.
Cronies: "What are you doing here, my lord?" Hao Zhao: "Use to block arrows." When they came, they blocked the remaining three gates with stones and huge logs, leaving only the west gate, and emptied all the houses on both sides of the west gate, so that the people were not allowed to stay there. Set up a wooden ladder at the back of the house and climb to the roof at any time. ”
The cronies frowned: "My lord, now-this--there is no enemy, just make such a big move, if there is no enemy army coming, in the end, the people will not be able to spill their anger on your head, Lord Taishou will come back and I am afraid that I will punish you." ”
Hao Zhao was stunned for a moment, froze for a moment, and said firmly: "The official is responsible for something, but the enemy army is coming, it's too late, work, over there, over there, be careful, come, a few of you will lift up with the official-"
The cronies looked at Hao Zhao, shook their heads, and hurriedly ordered to leave. One morning, for two whole hours, the whole city was tossed by Hao Zhao and complained, if it wasn't for Hao Zhao's good to the people in the past, they all rebelled at this time.
At noon, at the north gate of Ji County, three miles outside, there was a burst of smoke and dust, and I saw seven or eight horses returning in embarrassment, and immediately people kept roaring loudly and whipping the war horses, and kept looking back in a panic, as if something terrible was chasing them behind them. The officers and soldiers in the city were vigilant, and they all stood up with guns and bows, and the colonel shouted: "Queue, archers prepare, report to the lord, go quickly." ”
"Stop coming, or you will release the arrows."
"Put your mother's bullshit, Lao Tzu is the defender of Ji County, which bastard is on duty, open the door, the Qin army is coming."
The little school was shocked: "Is it Liu Que Day?" I'm Songtou, where is General Xu Lang? ”
The war horses under the city were not allowed to approach, and they kept spinning, and Liu He was shocked: "Songtou? Open the door, the Qin army is here, then the is not a horse thief, that's the Qin army, the general is dead, and the others are gone, that's all there is to come back, open the door, you want to watch me die? "The city is in a hurry, and I don't dare to scold at this time, for fear of annoying the city.
Songtou was shocked and shouted: "Go to the West Gate, the West Gate, it can't be opened here, Lord Hao Zhao has an order, no one is allowed to open it, this city gate is also blocked, if you don't want to die, go to the West Gate." ”
Liu Que was startled, and scolded secretly: "Damn" hurriedly shouted, whipped away, and ran along the city wall to the west gate, and the officers and soldiers on the wall all looked at the seven or eight people racing horses under the city, pointing and pointing.
Hao Zhao was at the west gate, and when he got a report from the little school, he was shocked, and it happened that the seven or eight people came by detouring to the west gate and shouted to the city. Hao Zhao looked at it, looked into the distance, and shouted, "Open the door." And he let it in.
Hao Zhaohu stepped down the city: "What about your general, what's the matter, you're in a mess?" ”
"My lord, we went out of the city yesterday, and we have been chasing the old horse thief, and we spent the night in the alley, and when we woke up this morning, we found that it was not a horse thief at all, so we surrounded it, it was the Qin army, at least tens of thousands of cavalry. The general died, a knife was cut by a man with a scar on his face, everything else was gone, and a few of us ran fast and came back. ”
Hao Zhao was shocked, Xu Lang died, and the Ji County army was unstable. But Hao Zhao is also a little lucky, fortunately he is dead, if Xu Lang comes back, he may add some blockage.
Hao Zhao: "Are you sure it's the Qin army, cavalry?" "Yes, my lord, all of them are cavalry, thousands of them, and Kuroko said that there are at least 10,000 iron cavalry, and there is a wolf's banner on them."
Hao Zhao was shocked: "The wolf rides, the Qin country wolves ride." "Come, give the order, quickly put all the men in the city who are under fifty and fifteen above, all the armor into the city, and those who violate the order, kill them."
The cronies grabbed Hao Zhao: "My lord, what about the old Li in the city?" "The representative of the Shi clan, a big family surnamed Li. Hao Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "In addition to their own family, no one is missing. The cronies breathed a sigh of relief, I was really afraid that this upright adult would come hard.