Chapter 169: The Peach Leopard's Sins
Tao Wu immediately took out the map in the tent and placed it on the case in front of Tao Leopard.
Tao Leopard looked carefully at the map for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "The road in the west is intricate and full of forks, and it is indeed the best way for our army to get out of danger, but the Jin army has stationed 20,000 horses here, but I am afraid that our army will not be so easy to get through." β
When the generals heard this, they all bowed their heads and remained silent.
Seeing that all the generals were silent, Peach Leopard sighed and asked, "How many days can our army's grain and grass last?" β
"Back to the general, two or three days at most." After speaking, the general added: "However, our army has 10,000 cavalry, and when necessary, you can kill horses to satisfy hunger." β
"War horses are the lifeblood of cavalry, and horses must not be killed unless absolutely necessary." Peach Leopard's face was a little displeased, and he said in a deep voice: "There is not enough grain and grass, you can go and grab it, and the nearby villages may have some surplus grain." β
After Peach Leopard finished speaking, his eyes lit up, he looked at the map, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth for a while, and he said loudly: "The sound is east and west." β
"Sound to the west." When the generals heard this, they looked at each other a few times, and they all frowned and shook their heads, obviously, they didn't understand what the peach leopard meant.
"General, the last general is stupid, how to use this plan at this time." A subordinate general asked.
Peach Leopard laughed, and told his subordinates in detail about the poisonous plan he thought of, and the generals listened to Peach Leopard's high opinion.
"General, the soldiers and horses have rushed back to the camp." A creep entered the tent and reported.
After a while, several officers of the rear army walked into the big tent of the Chinese army.
As soon as a few people entered the big tent, Peach Leopard asked eagerly: "How is the battle going, has Han Qian chased after him?" β
"Back to the general, our army has just pulled out of the camp, the Jin army's main general Han Qian led 15,000 troops to come from behind, the ambush circle set up by our army seems to have been discovered by Han Qian, the Jin army did not enter our army's ambush circle for a long time, but sent a few scouts to explore the way, the last general had no choice but to kill, a bloody battle, it was a draw, and each lost about 1,000 people." A ministry general said.
"Hmph, Han Qian is really cunning." Peach Leopard scolded and asked, "Did Han Qian chase after him?" β
"The Jin army has always followed the rear of our army for a distance of about ten miles, and at this time, it should not be far away." The general replied.
The corner of Peach Leopard's mouth sneered, and he said loudly: "The rear army stays, sticks to the camp, must block Han Qian, and the other men and horses follow me to the east and kill the villages in the east." β
"Yes, General." The middle of the tent will speak in unison.
Nearly 20,000 troops prepared for half an hour, and under the leadership of Tao Leopard, they marched towards a village in the southeast of Yinling City.
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Han Qian, the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, led an army of 15,000 and set up camp tents fifteen miles outside the south gate of Yinling City and five miles away from the Taobao camp, and sent scouts to investigate the situation ahead.
"General, there is a colonel outside the tent who asks to see him, claiming to be General Wang Yunzhi's confidant." A soldier entered the tent.
"Oh, General Wang Yunzhi sent it, there must be something important, please, please." Han Qian hurriedly invited and walked out of the tent.
Soon, a lieutenant about thirty years old stepped into the big tent, saw Han Qian greeting him, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "The last general will see General Han." β
"Haha! No need to be polite. Han Qian gently helped the little school up.
The little colonel hurriedly took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Han Qian with both hands, and said: "The last general is ordered by General Wang to inform General Han that Yinling City has been recovered by our army, and in addition, General Mao's 20,000 horses have also entered Yinling, and now, our army's 40,000 horses have blocked Taobao's retreat. β
"Great, great, our army of 40,000 horses blocked the retreat of the peach leopard, and now the peach leopard can't escape." The generals in the tent were very excited.
Han Qian read the letter carefully, it turned out that Wang Yunzhi and Mao Bao discussed it, and planned to raise fire at night, and the three-way army would attack the peach leopard, and let the confidant lieutenant ask for his opinion.
"Go back and tell General SΓΉ Wang, raise fire as a trumpet, and encircle and annihilate the enemy army." Han Qian said loudly.
"Yes, General, the last general will retire." The little colonel clenched his fists and turned away from the big tent.
Seeing that all the generals under the tent were excited, Han Qian smiled indifferently, and then, Zhengse said: "The generals immediately go back to prepare, and in a battle tonight, we must completely annihilate the enemy army." β
"Annihilate the enemy." The generals spoke in unison, got up and went back to prepare.
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The enemy's main general, Tao Leopard, led an army of nearly 20,000 and entered a village in the southeast of Yinling City.
The peach leopard looked at the cooking smoke in the village in front of him, a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, drew his sword, and roared loudly: "The pioneer battalion entered the village in front, and there were no men, women, and children, left. β
"Kill ......"
The vanguard battalion of nearly 1,000 men and horses roared and killed the village, and when they entered the village, they killed people, and the old and weak, women and children were not spared.
"Hu Ren is here, everyone run." Innocent people, shouting and fleeing for their lives to the mountains.
But their two legs, how to outrun the enemy's war horses, were caught up in a short time.
"Whoosh ......"
A rush of bows and arrows came, and the innocent people fell to the ground one after another, and all those who had not yet died were shot to death by the enemy soldiers who had caught up.
"Wow Wow Wow ......"
A young woman was killed by an enemy soldier's arrows, and the baby in her arms was so frightened that she burst into tears.
The cruel enemy soldiers, who did not spare the baby, tied the baby's feet to a rope and hung it upside down from a tree, watching the baby struggle and cry.
"Whoosh......"
The captain of the enemy's vanguard battalion shot an arrow fifty paces away, hitting the baby in the chest, and the innocent little life immediately stopped struggling.
At this time, the soldiers of the enemy's vanguard battalion had already snatched all the food that could be grabbed in the village, chickens, ducks, livestock, and grain.
"Set fire to the village and burn it down." The captain of the enemy vanguard battalion gave a loud order.
Suddenly, hundreds of houses in the village were engulfed in flames, and the entire village was enveloped in a sea of fire.
"Hahahaha!" Peach Leopard laughed as he looked at the raging fire in front of him.
Immediately afterwards, Peach Leopard led his army to clean several nearby villages, each of which was destroyed by a fire.
Taobao's cleansing of the village with such fanfare and indiscriminate killing of the people of the Great Jin Dynasty soon reached the ears of Wang Yunzhi and Mao Bao.
In the big tent of Wang Yunzhi in Yinling City, when the generals heard about the atrocities of the peach leopard, they were all extremely angry, and immediately asked to lead the troops to attack the peach leopard to avenge the dead people.
Wang Yunzhi was naturally angry, but the result of the original discussion of the three-way army was to attack the Peach Leopard camp, and now, the Peach Leopard divided his troops and marched eastward, killing the people of the Great Jin Dynasty indiscriminately, as the general of the Great Jin, he naturally couldn't sit idly by, but in this way, the original plan with Mao Bao and Han Qian was disrupted.
The 20,000 troops under his command may not be able to help the peach leopard, and he must do his best to inform Mao Bao and Han Qian of the latest situation, and attack in three ways to defeat the peach leopard.
"General Wang, you are willing to lead your troops with me to fight the enemy." Mao Bao suddenly broke into Wang Yunzhi's big tent.