Chapter Seventy-Three: The End of the Counterinsurgency
In the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient times, Pang Juan, the general of Wei, attacked Zhao, and Sun Bin had a whimsical idea to attack the capital of Wei and Liang to relieve the siege of Zhao, and the history is known as besieging Wei to save Zhao. And now Shan Fu's sub-plan of only a few words has the same effect, and it suddenly woke up the military bigwigs who were obsessed with the authorities.
The burden of the surprise attack was undisputedly handed over to Sun Jian, because it was a surprise attack, so Sun Jian did not bring too many soldiers and horses, but immediately contacted Cheng Pu, who was outside, and led 300 Red Silk troops with him. It's not that the strength of the Red Banner Army is better than that of the Danyang Soldiers, just because the Red Ribbon Army is a family of children composed of the Sun and Xu clans of Wu County, firstly, they are more obedient than the Danyang Soldiers, and secondly, Sun Jian is more inclined to bring his relatives.
It is worth mentioning that the black feather crows were also fortunate to be selected by Sun Jian and temporarily seconded to Sun Jian's leadership to go to Huiji together.
Two days later, the scouts sent to Hailing received news that the rebels had captured Hailing and Yandu counties and were attacking Sheyang County. When the old man Zang heard this information, he immediately sent his son Zang Hong to Sheyang to serve as a garrison, and it was necessary to delay the offensive of the rebel army that had landed in Guangling County in a roundabout way. At the same time, he sent someone to contact Xuzhou Prefecture and asked Xuzhou Prefecture to send elite troops to help him, after all, the current Guangling County is no longer enough to defeat the rebels alone.
As for the veteran of Danyang Taishou Xu Kun, he took over the Danyang soldiers again and shouldered the heavy responsibility of fighting the five military tuns.
After leaving Zhujia Town, Sun Jian took his nephew Xu Kun and led the Black Feather Crows to quickly join the Red Silk Army led by Cheng Pu, and this elite team of only 300 people marched quickly to Huiji. Two hundred miles a day and one hundred and twenty miles at night, this kind of high-intensity rapid march made the black feather crows miserable. However, the Red Silk Army under Sun Jian's command insisted on holding their teeth silently, and the Black Feather Crows naturally didn't bother to put forward the words of wanting to rest halfway.
After several days of rapid marching day and night, Sun Jian, Zhang Huang and others also passed through Wu County at unimaginable speed and arrived at Huiji County.
In fact, the rebel forces in Huiji County were very weak at this time, because most of the rebels had been sent to Guangling County by Xu Zhao. So much so that when the fierce general Sun Jian led more than 300 people into Huiji, he was already destined to flee the head of the rebel army, Emperor Yangming Xu Zhaonan.
The same feeling as when he was in Taishan City, as soon as he set foot in Huiji City, Zhang Huang felt an indescribable powerful oppressive force, and the city wall made of Buzhou stone was very effective in suppressing the qi in his body. When asked Li Tong, Zang Ba and others, Zhang Huang knew that their feelings were similar to his own. It wasn't until this time that Zhang Huang understood why Sun Jian didn't bring a large number of soldiers, but only brought a small elite army of the Red Silk Army. It is because the city wall of Huiji has a strong suppression of qi, not to mention Zhang Huang, even Xu Kun and Cheng Pu are difficult to exert their full strength in the city. Therefore. The only way to conquer Huiji is to use the strategy of surprise attack, and the large team of men and horses to attack the city is really difficult to overcome unless the opponent is far superior in strength.
It can be seen from this that although the old man Zang Min's previous transfer of elites from other counties in Guangling County seems reasonable, in fact, he really fell for the rebels' tricks and made the rebels take a big advantage. Because if it weren't for the 'cooperation' of the old man Zang Min, the rebels would never have been able to conquer Yandu, Hailing and other county towns so easily.
The rest is much simpler. Because Sun Jian led an elite team of more than 300 people to march day and night, Xu Zhao could not accurately grasp the news, so that when Sun Jian led people to suddenly enter the city lord's mansion, Xu Zhao had no time to mobilize his troops to resist. Without doing anything, he was besieged in the city lord's mansion.
Zhang Huang finally met the Yangming Emperor Xu Zhao, who had been fascinated for many days, and he was surprised to find that Xu Zhao was not the rugged appearance of the "thick beard" he imagined, but more like a Confucian scholar who read poetry and books. It doesn't matter whether there is an imperial spirit or not, but that elegant temperament is no less than Zang Hong, the son of the old man Zang that Zhang Huang and others have seen.
[Such a person.] Could it be the leader of seventy or eighty thousand rebels? ]
Zhang Huang and the black feather crows looked at each other, and secretly sighed that the sky was so big.
I have to say that although Xu Zhao is dressed as a scribe, his courage is really not small, even if the Red Banner Army has surrounded him and his own soldiers, he still tries his best to recruit Sun Jian.
"Han Jun has no virtue, does not think about the society, only wants to enjoy himself: selling the official porridge, putting the dynasty in nothing, putting the society in nothing, and putting the people in nothing, although the rich people can steal the high position of the three princes, it is really a chaotic government. The inner court was amused, as the emperor personally operated the four donkey carts to play in the palace, and there were eunuchs and villains on the side, dogs were clothed, and all the courts became 'dog officials'. Wangshuhe Museum is obscene, although the business is ignorant and unreasonable, the Son of Heaven walks naked in the museum, which is indeed a big joke in the world! How can such a promiscuous and immoral king be worthy to be the lord of the world? ”
Listening to Xu Zhaoyang casually enumerate the crimes of Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, although Zhang Huang and the others had not been to Luoyang and did not understand what it meant, Sun Jian's face had completely sank.
Faced with Xu Zhao's questioning, Sun Jian was speechless. After all, Liu Hong, the son of the Han Dynasty, did a lot of ridiculous things that were incomprehensible and unacceptable.
"Brother Xu, what is 'Wangshuhe Pavilion'?" Li Tong asked Xu Kun in a low voice.
Xu Kun, who was still young, suddenly blushed when he heard this, and he only shirked and didn't know, in fact, even if he hadn't been to Luoyang, he had also learned something from Cheng Pu's mouth, but he was just ashamed to say it. How so? Could it be that when today's son was absurd, he asked a group of bare-bottomed palace maids to swim in the hall, and the Son of Heaven himself stripped naked and frolicked with the palace maids?
"Han Jun does not want to forge ahead, it can be seen that the Han court is exhausted, General Sun has to ignore the long-cherished wishes of the people, and also want to prevent Xu from overthrowing the tyrant's government?" Saying that, Xu Zhao stretched out his hand and solicited, "General Sun is an immortal hero, helping the Han is a pearl of abuse, although Xu is not talented, I hope the rebel army will overthrow the tyrant, and I hope General Sun will help him!" …… If General Sun helps me overthrow the Han Dynasty, Xu Zhao is willing to respect General Sun as the king in the future! ”
As soon as these words came out, the palace was in an uproar, and everyone couldn't help but put down the fight. After all, if Sun Jian chose to stand with Xu Zhao, they would have no intention of fighting anymore.
Even Cheng Pu stopped what he was doing and looked at Sun Jian without saying anything.
[This Xu Zhao ......]
Zhang Huang looked at Xu Zhao who was exclaiming in surprise. Beside him, Li Tong, who clearly saw Cheng Pu's actions, widened his eyes and showed an incredible look.
"Wouldn't it? Uncle Cheng didn't want to ......"
"Silence!" Zang Ba hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Li Tong's mouth. The Black Feather Crows knew that they might have come across an event that could affect the direction of the situation in the world.
[Wentai ......]
Cheng Pu turned his head to look at Sun Jian. To put it mildly, this second-in-command of the Red Silk Army and the future veteran of the Jiangdong Imperial Court. There was no good impression of the Han Dynasty at this time. As long as Sun Jian nods and is willing to join Xu Zhao's camp, I'm afraid Cheng Pu will be the first to choose to defect.
But unfortunately, Sun Jian is an unwavering supporter of the Han Court, although Xu Zhao's promise is secretly moved even by Cheng Pu, but Sun Jian's face has become more and more gloomy.
"The matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king, my Sun Jianning is a Hanchen, not a rebellious minister and a thief!"
As soon as these words came out, it meant that there was nothing to talk about between Xu Zhao and Sun Jian, and when Xu Zhao shook his head and regretted it, the soldiers who protected him had rushed forward. It's incredible. When the powerful Red Silk Army encountered Xu Zhao's personal guards, they couldn't bargain at all.
[This is ......]
Rao is strength is stronger than the elite soldier Zhang Huang also looked shocked, he thought that with the power of the divine soldier Wu Hook, he could easily kill the Xu Zhao guards who rushed forward, however, the sword he swung was dodged by the other party one after another.
[Twist step?] ]
Zhang Huang was shocked because he found that the way Xu Zhao's personal soldiers dodged was very similar to the zigzag steps he had created.
And on this. The black-feathered crows were also dumbfounded.
[Isn't this the twisted steps of the leader (the boss)?] ]
In fact, it was not Zhang Huang's self-created zigzag, but the 'cloud body' that had been circulated in Waiyi in the early years, a kind of combat technique that seemed to be as ethereal as a cloud to dodge the opponent's attack, and the reason why it did not flow into the Han Dynasty. It's just because the Great Han warriors pay attention to battle spirit, and don't pay attention to this kind of purely technical martial arts. After all, although the rigid body is constrained by the amount of battle qi, once the cloud qi fails to dodge the opponent's attack, it will be seriously injured or even killed, as long as it is a martial artist with a little brain. will go to choose a rigid body.
As for mastering both the rigid body and the cloud body, firstly, the cloud body belongs to the skill of the outer Yi, which is only spread outside the Han Dynasty. It is not easy to learn, and secondly, there is a certain conflict between the two in the scope of use, and it is really not necessary to learn and master at the same time. Of course, Zhang Huang is an exception, after all, the curved steps similar to the cloud body are his own skills.
It is hard to imagine that in the face of Xu Zhao's personal soldiers, the Red Banner Army was defeated and retreated, and before a single person was killed, they had already lost more than ten people.
Later, Zhang Huang and the Black Feather Crows learned that Xu Zhao's personal guards were not ordinary goods, they were all Min warriors with the title of 'Great Warrior', and they had a protective martial art that was completely different from the 'Rigid Body', that is, the 'Cloud Body' with the same trick as the Qubu, which was not mastered by people who were not experienced in combat. Although the Red Banner Army is strong, not everyone has mastered the rigid body, and even if it has mastered the rigid body, it will be greatly reduced if it is used in the city where there is no stone to suppress the fighting spirit. Therefore, it was not surprising that the Red Silk Army was defeated by this group of great warriors of Minshan.
[It's not good to go on like this......]
Seeing that his more than 300 people seemed to be about to be suppressed by more than 100 Min warriors on the other side, Zhang Huang couldn't help but become anxious in his heart.
And at this moment, he suddenly heard a sudden tiger roar, and Zhang Huang was stunned to see Sun Jian swinging the bronze war knife in his hand, swinging a golden sword qi slash, and cutting off more than ten Min warriors at once.
"What is this?!" Li Tong exclaimed, after all, Sun Jian's knife completely subverted the Black Feather Crow's concept of the strength of the strong.
Looking at Sun Jian again at this time, everyone found that a hideous black-veined gray tiger seemed to appear in the hall, looming and enveloping Sun Jian's whole body. When Sun Jian waved the war knife in his hand, the gray tiger that seemed to be like a phantom also raised its front paws and swept it.
"Guess what I saw?"
“…… A gray tiger. ”
Li Tong asked Zang Badao beside him with a shocked face, and after getting Zang Ba's affirmation, the two were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zhao's face also changed greatly, but Sun Jian didn't give him a chance to react, and slashed at Xu Zhao in a few steps.
And at this moment, a puddle of mud suddenly gushed out from the mud tablet in front of Xu Zhao, and this mud quickly gathered into a human figure, which was the mysterious cloaked man that Zhang Huang and others saw in Shen Xingshuai's tent a few days ago.
"Poof—"
After a strange sound, the war knife in Sun Jian's hand slashed heavily on the wrist of the mysterious cloaked man, but the illusion that the knife seemed to be stuck in the mud made Sun Jian realize that the other party was unharmed at all.
"Jie Jian is worthy of Sun Jian and Sun Wentai! …… There is a 'soul' in the body, and it is such a powerful 'soul'! The cloaked man smirked.
"Who are you? …… Sneaky, what's the intention? Sun Jian frowned and asked, his intuition told him that the cloak man who suddenly appeared in front of him was probably not under him.
"I really want to have a good fight with Your Excellency. But right now, it's not time to ......" The cloaked man smiled, ignoring Sun Jian's questioning, grabbed Xu Zhao's shoulder, and then, something unthinkable happened, the two turned into mud together, and slowly melted into the ground.
[Hex?] ]
Sun Jian frowned and shouted, "Where is the demon going?!" With that, the war knife in his hand swung out a slash again, slashing straight at the cloaked man and Xu Zhao, but unfortunately, there was no gain except for stirring up the mud on the beach.
The mysterious cloaked man finally escaped with Xu Zhao with a magical Dao Gate Escape Technique.
"Damn it!" fell short, how could Sun Jian not be angry, when the sword fell, those Min warriors who were still left in the palace suffered from it, obviously the strength was still above the soldiers of the Red Silk Army, and it was on par with the black feather crows, but in front of the fierce tiger Sun Jian, it seemed that he had no power to resist at all, and he was killed one after another.
During this period, some Min warriors saw that Xu Zhao had been rescued, and threw down their weapons and surrendered, hoping to exchange for their lives.
However, Sun Jian, who was furious at this time, turned their expectations into despair.
"Kill! …… Not a single one to stay! ”
Cheng Pu originally wanted to persuade one or two, but Sun Jian's attitude was very resolute, which made Cheng Pu have no choice but to comply. As a result, the Red Soldiers killed all this group of Min warriors.
At this time, Sun Jian did not realize that his actions would be hated by the mountain people of the Min nationality. What he didn't expect was that in the future, his eldest son Sun Ce, once again escalated this hatred, causing the Sun family and the Min clan to fall into a vendetta that lasted for decades. (To be continued......)