Huang Gai led 20,000 horses and horses to quietly leave Wu County as soon as it was dark, and went in a roundabout way to the northeast, bypassing the patrol posts that the Han army might deploy, and stopped in a forest with a radius of nearly 100 miles, which was only eight miles away from the canal.

Huang Gai ordered several spies to go and inquire about information, and he led the army to wait patiently in the forest, and after about half an hour, several sentries rushed back and reported to Huang Gaiyu: "General Qiyu, the Han army is heavily defended in the south, but there is little defense in the north, especially in the northeast, there are no patrol posts. ”

Huang Gai was overjoyed and asked again: "What is the situation of the Han army now?" ”

"About 10,000 men are digging the canal, which is about to be cleared, and the rest of the army is stationed in the camp to rest, but the big ships along the river are heavily guarded on both sides, and they cannot be approached."

At this time, Song Yaojian, the general next to him, said: "General, it is better to divide the troops to attack the enemy, half of them will deal with the big battalion, and half of them will burn the warships." ”

Huang Gai is a very cautious person, he wants to succeed in the sneak attack and defeat the Han army in one fell swoop, but he does not dare to be careless, afraid that the army will be ambushed, he pondered for a moment, and said to several generals: "I will lead 5,000 troops to steal the camp first, if the camp is successful, you will divide the troops and raid at the same time, and burn the warship at the same time." ”

Huang Gai made a decision, and he immediately left the forest with five thousand soldiers and sneaked out of the Han army camp from the northeast.

As the scout said, there was indeed no patrol in the northeast direction, they slowly approached the camp, only to see that the lights in the camp were bright and dim, and there were figures shaking, it should be the soldiers patrolling, the whole camp was very quiet, and now it was almost three watches, and it was the time when the soldiers were sleeping the deepest.

At this time, Huang Gai felt that something was wrong, but they had already touched the front of the Han army camp, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, so Huang Gai had to grit his teeth and shouted: "Brothers, follow me in!" ”

Jiangdong soldiers burst out with a shouting of killing, followed Huang Gai to kill dozens of steps away from the Han army camp, Huang Gai took the lead, crashed open the camp gate, and rushed into the Han army camp, but the Han army camp was empty, there was not a single soldier in the tent, and those shaking figures were just hundreds of straw men.

"Oh no, I've been tricked!"

Huang Gai shouted: "Retreat quickly!" ”

Five thousand Jiangdong soldiers turned around and ran outside the camp, at this time, the drums outside the camp were like thunder, countless figures were killed in all directions, and dense arrows shot at the Jiangdong soldiers who broke through, and the screams continued, and the Jiangdong soldiers were shot down by random arrows.

Huang Gai was anxious, he saw that there didn't seem to be many Han troops in the southeast, so he shouted: "Follow me to break through!" ”

He urged the horse to rush to the southeast, but just rushed out of less than a mile, the fire in the woods in front of him was blazing, and an ambush was killed in the oblique stab, led by the general with a long white beard, and the old man was strong, it was the veteran Huang Zhong, the cold light of the big knife in his hand flickered, and he pointed to the yellow cover, "Huang Gongfu can quickly dismount and surrender!" ”

Huang Zhong and Huang Gai are both surnamed Huang, each serving their own master, but strictly speaking, there is still a little blood relationship between them, Huang Gai is from Lingling County, Huang Zhong is from Nanyang County, and the Huang family of Lingling County was also the first to move from Xiangyang, which can be regarded as a partial branch of the Huang family.

It's just that Huang Gai has never been in contact with the Huang family in Nanyang, the two sides have long forgotten, and Huang Gai doesn't think that they are the same clan, at this time, each is its master, but you are dead and alive, Huang Gai was furious, and he slashed his knife to meet him, Huang Zhong waved his knife to meet each other, the two horses intersected, and the two Huang fought fiercely in one place.

Huang Gai is far from being Huang Zhong's opponent, only five or six rounds of fighting, Huang Gai is in danger, at this time, Huang Gai's personal soldiers saw that the master was in danger, they drank together, besieged up, Huang Zhong's soldiers also raised spears, and the two sides were in a scuffle.

Huang Gai saw that there were more and more Han troops, and he was really worried about the situation of the Jiangdong Army in the woods, so he finally found a glimmer of opportunity from the melee, and fled out of the battle circle and fled to the southeast.

Huang Zhong did not pursue, and ordered the soldiers to surround the Jiangdong army to escape, in the dark, thousands of Jiangdong soldiers only followed Huang Gai to escape more than a thousand people, and the rest of the soldiers had no way to escape, and they surrendered on their knees.

Huang Gai ran all the way, only a few miles, but he met the fleeing Jiangdong soldiers all over the sky, which shocked him, and he hurriedly grabbed a military marquis and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The military marquis recognized Huang Gai, and then he trembled and said: "General Song took us to burn the enemy's warships, but on the way, we encountered countless surprise attacks by the Han cavalry, General Song was beheaded by the enemy general, and the soldiers could not resist the impact of the cavalry, and they were defeated all the way. ”

Huang Gai sighed, his own sneak attack on the empty camp had already been planned, since Liu Jing was prepared, how could he let go of the other Jiangdong troops? And it is also the cavalry he is most worried about, which is due to the number of days in Jiangdong.

Huang Gai was gloomy, turned around and fled to Wu County in panic, escaped more than 20 miles, the Han army no longer pursued, Huang Gai collected the defeated troops, 20,000 troops when he went out, and now there are only more than 4,000 people left, of course, not annihilated by the Han army, but most of the soldiers took the opportunity to flee.

Huang Gai pondered for a moment, and now he can only lead the Wu County army to withdraw to Wucheng County, and there are more than 10,000 people, if he is lucky, he may be able to withdraw to Xindu County.

When the sky was bright, Huang Gai finally led the remnants of the army back to Wu County, the gate of Wu County was closed, and Huang Gai urged him to step forward and shouted: "Open the city!" ”

Countless soldiers at the head of the city looked at him, but they did not open the city immediately, Huang Gai became more and more annoyed, and shouted again: "Open the city quickly!" ”

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the banner at the head of the city and shouted: "General, look! ”

Huang Gai noticed the big flag at the head of the city, and immediately made his heart cool for the most part, only to see that the big flag at the head of the city turned into a battle flag of the Han army with a red background and yellow edge, and the flag was embroidered with a big golden character 'Liu'.

Huang Gai was stunned, Wu County was actually occupied by the Han army. What's going on?

At this time, Zhu Heng appeared at the head of the city and said in a loud voice: "Old general, Jiangdong Tian is angry, and his anger is exhausted, Shao Gongzi persuaded me to conform to the will of the people and surrender to the Han Kingdom, I have decided to participate in the revival of the Han Dynasty, old general, I'm sorry!" ”

Huang Gai was furious, pointed at Zhu Heng and scolded: "Wu Hou doesn't remember the old evils and treats you well, but you are ungrateful and betrays the Lord for glory....."

Zhu Heng didn't want to listen to him scold, turned around and left, Huang Gai was angry and ordered the army to attack the city, but at this moment, the drums behind him were loud, and when Huang Gai turned around, he saw the yellow dust rolling behind him, the dust was overwhelming, the earth was trembling slightly, and there was a muffled thunderous roar in the distance.

This was the Han cavalry killed, Huang Gai was helpless, so he had to urge the horse to run west along the moat, and thousands of soldiers were also frightened and ran desperately with Huang Gai.

After fleeing from Wu County for more than 30 miles, Huang Gai and the soldiers were sleepy and tired, and the pursuers did not know where they went? Huang Gai looked back at the soldiers, and there were less than 2,000 soldiers following him.

Obviously there was no Han army chasing and killing, but the soldiers were less than half, needless to say, they took the opportunity to flee again, Huang Gai saw that there was a post house two miles in front of him, so he said to the soldiers: "Go to the post house to rest!" “

When everyone came to the inn, the post man hurriedly greeted him, and Huang Gai asked him, "Is there any food in the hall?" ”

Yi Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "There is no grain, there is only one liter of black beans left, and I will cook it for the general." ”

"Forget it, feed my horse some water!"

Huang Gai rejected the black beans, the soldiers had no food, and he would not eat alone, the soldiers found the well, drew water and drank it bitterly, and the room and courtyard were full of tired soldiers.

Huang Gai ordered someone to find the post man and asked him, "Are there any houses around?" ”

Yi Cheng shook his head, "General, there is not a single family within a hundred miles. ”

"Why?" Huang Gai was really puzzled, this place is not far from Wu County, how could it be so desolate.

Yi Cheng sighed and said: "It's long gone, the government taxes are like mountains, even go to the forest to pick wild fruits have to pay fruit tax, go to the river to fish, you have to pay fish tax, who can still live, the prophet has already gone to Huiji County, and those who stay are unbearable, either they are caught digging canals, or they flee overnight, this way to the south, there is almost no one on the Wucheng County side." ”

Huang Gai sighed secretly in his heart, he also felt that Wu Hou oppressed the people too hard, and he fell to this point, and he was also to blame for himself, and he couldn't complain about others.

"Then why don't you leave?" Huang Gai asked Yi Cheng again.

Yi Cheng shook his head, "I have no children and no daughters, and my old wife has also passed away, where can I go?" I've been here for thirty years and don't want to leave. ”

Speaking of this, Yi Cheng said again: "To put it mildly, the current Wu Hou is not as good as Yan Baihu back then, although Yan Baihu is brutal, but at least it will not make people starve to death, but the current Wu Hou, in addition to conscription, is asking for food and taxes, and does not give people a way to live at all!" ”

Huang Gai was silent, and at this time, a soldier stumbled in and shouted: "General, it's not good, countless Han troops have surrounded the post station." ”

Huang Gai stood up, the pursuers still came, the soldiers in the courtyard were in a mess, and Huang Gai shouted: "Don't be chaotic, calm down!" ”

The soldiers quieted down and looked at Huang Gai blankly, Huang Gai took a deep breath, walked quickly to the door, looked out of the door, and in the hazy morning light, I saw that the Han soldiers surrounded the small post station with three layers and three outer layers.

In the ranks of the Han army, I saw a big banner of the Han army in Phnom Penh, and Huang Gai sighed in his heart, this is the arrival of Liu Jing, the king of the Han Dynasty.

The Jiangdong soldiers had climbed up to the eaves and walls, stretched their bows and arrows, and waited for Huang Gai's order, when a scribe walked up to the gate and said in a loud voice: "I am the military division of the Han King to engage in Liao Li, and I have come to see General Huang on the order of His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”

All the soldiers in the door looked at Huang Gai, Huang Gai recognized Liao Li, he was a little surprised in his heart, King Han was not afraid that he would take Liao Li hostage, but as soon as he thought about it, Huang Gai understood that Liu Jing could wipe himself out with a raise of his hand, he was giving himself a chance.

Thinking of this, the hostility in Huang Gai's heart disappeared a little, and he ordered: "Please come in, Mr. Liao!" ”

Chen Yan, the general next to him, said in a low voice: "It's better to use Liao Li as a hostage to force the Han army to retreat." ”

Huang Gai glared at him, "King Han asked Liao Li to come in to negotiate, how can I act like a villain?" ”

Chen Yan touched a nail, gritted his teeth secretly, and didn't dare to say more, and after a while, Liao Li walked into the post house and bowed to Huang Gai and said, "Uncle Huang has always been good?" ”

Liao Li and Huang Gai are fellow villagers, both families are Lingling County clans, there are many contacts, Liao Li has known Huang Gai since he was a child, Huang Gai also knows Liao Li, Liao Li has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, and is very famous in Lingling County, and later Liao Li went to Jiangdong to study, and lived in Huang Gai's mansion, and the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

"It turned out to be Liao Xian's nephew, but you are a lobbyist for King Han?"

"The nephew is indeed here for his uncle, Jiangdong is gone, why doesn't my uncle return to Jingzhou and do his part for his father and fellow villagers?"

Huang Gai sighed, "I understand the kindness of the virtuous nephew, but the three generations of the Sun family treat me well, how can I betray them, please go back!" I will not surrender to the king of Han, even if the eldest husband dies on the battlefield, he will die as he deserves. ”

"Uncle is reluctant to surrender, but these soldiers, they all have families, old mothers to support, and young children to raise, how can uncle bear to let them be buried?"

Huang Gai looked back at the soldiers, only to see more than a thousand soldiers in a panic, their eyes were full of fear, Huang Gai has always been sympathetic to the soldiers, at this time his heart was even more unbearable, and he had no idea for a while.

Liao Li saw his hesitation, so he said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han doesn't want to damage the population of Jiangdong anymore, and he also admires his uncle's integrity in being loyal to Jiangdong. ”

Huang Gai pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what are you going to do with them?" ”

"Just like the Jingkou soldiers, they will be given food and travel expenses and let them go home to farm."

Huang Gai didn't want these soldiers to follow him anymore, letting them go home was the best destination, so he accepted Liao Li's plan, nodded and said: "Since this is the case, please ask the virtuous nephew to thank His Royal Highness the King of Han for his kindness for me!" ”

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