Chapter 8 Lack of Speed

Xu Shiji and Cheng Yanjin both knew Wang Junkuo, and he was also one of their generals in Wagang, how could he run to Song Jingang as a general?

Xu Shiji had a thought in his heart, can he recruit Wang Junkuo? If he can, he will surrender his troops without a fight and seize Jiyuan County.

Cheng Yanjin also had an idea, there are only more than 1,000 people in Wangwu County, all of them are some rabble, he doesn't want to be stupid for this head, thinking of this, he hurriedly scratched his head and smiled: "Lao Xu, why don't we divide the army into two ways, you go to take Jiyuan County, I will go to take Wangwu County, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shiji looked at his smiling face, and he couldn't wait to give him a slap in the face, he had to take advantage of everything, why didn't he say that he would go to Jiyuan County? Xu Shiji said hatefully: "There are only more than 1,000 defenders in Wangwu County, and I will only give you 1,000 people, and there is no more, so it's up to you whether you go or not." ”

Cheng Biting Jin grinned, there were only 1,000 people, a little too little, but as soon as he thought about it, the other party was only more than a thousand guards, and the equipment was backward, I heard that the city was dilapidated and short, and his own 1,000 troops demonstrated and walked around, and the other party had to pee his pants and surrender.

"Huh! A thousand is a thousand! I set off early in the morning. ”

Xu Shiji shook his head, there was no way to take him, so he had to agree, "Okay!" I'll let you go and take Wangwu County. ”

Early the next morning, the two armies parted ways, Cheng Yanjin led a thousand cavalry triumphantly to Wangwu County, more than ten miles away, and walked less than a mile, and a soldier chased after him, "General Cheng!" ”

As soon as Cheng Yanjin turned around, he saw that it was one of Xu Shiji's personal soldiers, and he couldn't help frowning, "What's the matter?" ”

"General Xu wants you to be careful, don't fall for the enemy's tricks and ambushes, and send scouts to explore the way in front first."

"That's it! Come on! ”

Cheng Yanjin waved his hand extremely impatiently, "When I used the trick, he didn't know where it was?" Tell him to watch out for himself. ”

The soldiers had no choice but to turn around and leave, and Sun Dezhi, the general of Yingyanglang, who led the troops with Cheng Yanjin, whispered: "General Cheng, in fact, General Xu's worries are reasonable, and he is most afraid of an ambush on the mountain road." ”

"I'm afraid of a fart!"

Cheng Yanjin scolded and scolded: "They ambushed and attacked us with more than 1,000 people, who will defend the city?" I'm afraid they won't come to ambush! ”

Having said that, Cheng Yanjin still shouted loudly: "Brothers, be careful, the shield is tied on the side of Ji Jia, so that the lady in the family becomes a widow, and the old lady has no one to take care of, not even a son, and the money is cheaper to others in the end." ”

Many officers covered their mouths and snickered, isn't this what he Cheng bites Jin's own heart?

Sun Dezhi was still not at ease, and secretly sent a few scouts to explore the way, and walked five or six miles, there was a fork in the road, there were two roads, and everyone didn't know where to go, and the scouts who went to explore the road had not returned, at this time, Cheng Yanjin saw a woodcutter, and asked loudly: "Hey! For those who chop wood, which way to go to Wangwu County? ”

The woodcutter glanced at him and said lazily, "You can go both ways." ”

"Which way is close?"

The woodcutter pointed to the north, "Of course it's closer to the north, but you all have horses, I'm afraid the mountain road will be difficult to catch up, so it is recommended to go to the south!" ”

"Thank you for the poison!"

Cheng bit the golden arch and waved his hand, "Go south!" ”

Lang General Sun Dezhi stepped forward and said worriedly: "General, let's wait for the scouts!" Grasp it a little bigger. ”

"Don't be verbose, who knows if the scout went into the city to visit the kiln, hurry up!"

Cheng Yanjin led the group of men and horses to turn to the south, and when the woodcutter saw them go away, a grim smile appeared on his face, and he took out a horse from the woods, beat the horse and headed north.

Cheng Yanjin led the army all the way for more than 20 miles, the road was easy to walk, but the road ahead was getting longer and longer, and the shadow of the county town was invisible, Cheng Yanjin also knew that he had been fooled, and scolded in a low voice: "Damn woodcutter, you have to skin him if you catch him, and there are damn scouts, Lao Tzu walked more than 20 miles, and he didn't come to stop him!" ”

Lang General Sun Dezhi smiled bitterly in his heart, this General Cheng is a person who wants to save face, and he really can't mock him, so as not to make him angry, so he smiled and said: "General Cheng, I guess the woodcutter heard it wrong, thinking that we were going to Wangwu Mountain, so the direction was reversed." ”

Cheng Yanjin perked up, "It should be like this, I said with a Qingzhou accent, this is Bingzhou, it's completely different, I must have heard it wrong." ”

He shouted, "Turn around and go back!" ”

The soldiers walked more than 20 miles in vain, and there were still more than 20 miles to go back, one by one complaining, so they had to follow Cheng Yanjin to walk in the right direction, Cheng Yanjin heard the soldiers' complaints, his face became more and more gloomy, and he planned to treat the soldiers with a meal of wine and meat after capturing the city, but now he is exempt.

Although there is only more than one rabble garrison in Wangwu County, but now the main general is Wang Junkuo, he is here to inspect the defense of Wangwu County, Jiyuan County has made full defensive preparations, he is not worried, he is worried about Wangwu County, Wangwu County has few troops, the county is broken, if this side surrenders, it will seriously affect the morale of the defenders of Jiyuan County.

Wang Junkuo is a native of Shiai County, Taiyuan County, about 30 years old, looks like a heavy jujube, beautiful hair and hanging chest, is six feet five tall, and leads the horse skillfully, making a green dragon Yanyue knife, the knife is superb, known as Xiao Guan Yu, because he likes to wear a green robe, so he is also called the green robe handsome.

He gathered thousands of bandits from the year before last to rob houses in Changping and Shangdang, and was the leader of the green forest in the southern counties of Hedong Province, Li Yuan also admired his name when he raised his army, and sent people to win him over, Wang Junkuo was extremely disgusted because Li Yuan colluded with the Turks, so he categorically rejected Li Yuan's wooing, he also knew that it was difficult to gain a foothold in Hedong again, so he simply went to Liyang City and surrendered Li Jiu, but Wang Junkuo looted and burned Erxian Village when he was a bandit in Shangdang County, and killed many Shan Xiongxin's domestic servants, so he offended Shan Xiongxin, and Li Mi has not reused him for this reason, After Li Mihuo and Zhai Rang, he reorganized the army and promoted a large number of officers, but there was no name of Wang Junkuo, Wang Junkuo left the Wagang Army in a rage, returned to Hedong, and happened to meet Song Jingang, so he defected to Song Jingang and became his general.

At this time, Wang Junkuo's brows were tightened, and a spy was reporting to him the situation of the Sui army, and this spy was the woodcutter who deceived Cheng Yanjin into walking an extra fifty miles back and forth.

"General, the other side does not have about a thousand cavalry, well-equipped, and the horses are very strong, but their main general is very stupid, I told him to go south, he really went south, his lieutenant said to wait for scouts, but he refused to listen."

Wang Junkuo was also a little curious, so he asked, "What is the name of this person, do you know?" ”

"I don't know his name, but I see that there is a Cheng character written on his banner, Cheng of the King of Hekou."

"Cheng?.

Wang Junkuo pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What does he look like and what kind of weapon does he take?" ”

"This person has eyebrows as thick as a brush, a black face like the bottom of a pot, a burly figure, holding a Xuanhua axe, an accent in Qingzhou, and is rude."

Wang Junkuo couldn't help laughing, sure enough, it was him, no one in the Wagang army knew him, even a person like himself who was not reused, he also came to call him a brother, as if he was ...... He still owes himself twenty dollars that he hasn't repaid.

Wang Junkuo pondered for a moment, and then had a plan to deal with it, so he called a partial general, whispered a few words in his ear, and the partial general was stunned, "General, if this person doesn't buy it, won't we be wiped out?" ”

Wang Junkuo shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry! I know this man, he values his life more than anything else, and he will never do anything to sacrifice his life for righteousness. ”

The general nodded and walked away quickly, Wang Junkuo looked out of the window again, the smile on his face disappeared, and there was a trace of deep worry in his eyes.

More than ten miles away, Cheng Biting Jin walked for a day, in the evening, he led the army to arrive at Wangwu County, from a distance to see that the city wall of Wangwu County is very low, only more than one zhang high, Cheng Biting Jin is secretly proud in his heart, his guess is not wrong, Wangwu County is not a strategic place, the population is not large, the city wall cannot be built tall and strong.

But Cheng Yanjin knew that the merit book only looked at the order, not the height of the city wall, and he won Wangwu County and won the first credit, hehe! The first merit award of two thousand taels of silver is in hand, this money can no longer be taken away by the lady, it has to be hidden as private money, the more Cheng Yanjin thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes, and his eyes are smiling into a slit.

At this time, a scout rushed to report urgently, "Report to General Cheng, the general of Wangwu County is invited to surrender." ”

Cheng Yanjin laughed, "Sure enough, I expected it, quasi-landing!" ”

"Wait!" Lang General Sun Dezhi shouted anxiously.

Cheng Yanjin glanced at him a little unhappily, "General Sun, do you still have any questions?" ”

"I am afraid that they will do it, so I must ask clearly."

Sun Dezhi asked again: "Who is the opponent's guard, and how are you going to surrender?" ”

"General Qiqi Sun, the other party's guard is surnamed Ma, but he is just a partial general, they are willing to go out of the city and lay down their arms and surrender."

Cheng Yanjin stretched his voice, "It's come to this point, do you still have any questions?" ”

Sun Dezhi couldn't think of any other tricks, so he had to sneer: "I think it's always right to be careful." ”

Cheng Yanjin snorted heavily, "I have been to Wagang, I know their feelings, if there is a way out, no one wants to be a bandit." ”

He whipped his horse violently and galloped towards Wangwu County.

Outside Wangwu County, there was already a large row of soldiers kneeling, weapons were placed on the ground, and a partial general kneeled at the head, with his upper body exposed, holding the county order seal, and a sergeant next to him was holding a plate of gold. ”

Cheng Yanjin saw a plate of gold, he laughed happily, he was anxious to see how much gold there was, so he turned over and dismounted and approached, stretched out his hand to untie his robe, and wanted to help the general and put it on him.

"General Ma, please get up quickly, if you surrender sincerely, I will definitely report to the governor, and I will not treat you badly."

Just as he was approaching the general, his feet suddenly emptied, and he suddenly fell into the trap, and the lime rose into the air, and suddenly filled the entire pit.

The sudden change surprised the Sui soldiers, and many people wanted to rush up to the rescue, but Wang Junkuo had already prepared, he led fifty archers to rush up, and surrounded the pit with bows and arrows, Wang Junkuo shouted to the Sui army: "Whoever dares to come up, I will shoot him!" ”

The surrender of the enemy troops outside the city, and the lack of weapons in their hands, is indeed a good opportunity to annihilate them, in this case, the generals in the pit generally shout: "Leave me alone, take the city and avenge me!" ”

The righteousness is awe-inspiring, sacrificing his life for righteousness, but Cheng Biting Jin, who was trapped in the pit, was so anxious that he shouted: "Sun Dezhi, quickly retreat to Lao Tzu and retreat to three miles away!" This is Lao Tzu's order, go quickly! ”

In fact, this is also the cunning of Cheng Biting Jin, what if the enemy army wants them to put down their weapons? simply withdraw, save your strength and save yourself.

Sun Dezhi was helpless, and waved his hand in hatred, "Retreat!" ”

The cavalry of the Sui army turned their horses and retreated back, and Wang Junkuo saw that the Sui army had withdrawn, and couldn't help but smile proudly: "Cheng Yanjin, you owe me twenty yuan, it's time to pay it back!" ”

, the monthly pass is not powerful! I implore the brothers to support Lao Gao again"