With the backing of powerful cavalry, Liu Wuzhou's army could run rampant in Taiyuan County, and the scouts even appeared in the southern suburbs of Taigu County, which was a small county south of Taiyuan City, adjacent to Xihe County and Shangdang County, and there were only 500 local troops in the town adapted from the original government soldiers

Although the local army is stationed in the local area, they belong to the army sequence, and there is no mutual subordination relationship between the county guard and the county order, because the local army is adapted from the government soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is not high, but their commander is the retired regular army, the local army commander and the five centurions stationed in Taigu County are all the original commanders of the regular army, as the saying goes, will be the courage of the soldiers, although seeing Liu Wuzhou's scout cavalry galloping outside the city, the local army soldiers are inevitably a little timid, but those few thousand commanders who have experienced a big scene, The centurion was not worried about ordering the gates to be closed and the city defenses to be laid out step by step

Of course, with their xìng grid, they actually wanted to be able to rush out of the city and fight the scout cavalry, but unfortunately they were all infantry, even if they were superior in numbers, they could not catch up with the enemy

Taigu County Ling Cui Hao is the son of the Qinghe Cui family, although the Boling Cui family and the Fanyang Lu family showed a full expression to Liu Ziqiu, but the Qinghe Cui family still remained silent, so Cui Hao also continued to abide by his duties, closed the city gate early, mobilized Ding Zhuang to assist the local army to defend the city, and organized the government to maintain order in the city, Taigu City was quite calm

However, Liu Wuzhou's scout cavalry was very arrogant, and when they saw the city gate closed, the city was crowded, as if they were facing a great enemy, they openly dismounted outside the city, made all kinds of mocking gestures to the city, and wantonly insulted

Zheng Yong, the commander of the local army of Taigu County, was Zhang Liang's personal soldier in the past, and he also followed Zhang Liang in the southern and northern wars, and was known for his bravery, and when he saw that there were only forty or fifty scout cavalry outside the city, he abandoned his horse and left the saddle, where can he still hold it, and immediately ordered: "The first team, the second team, the third team, the fourth team, and the fifth team went out of the city to capture the thief."

Cui Hao hurriedly persuaded: "General Zheng, your duty is to defend the county seat, and you can't move lightly."

Zheng Yong waved his hand without thinking and said loudly: "It is also Zheng's duty to arrest thieves, how can you see them being a turtle with a shrunken head when they are wild outside the city?"

Cui Hao arched his hand and said: "This outside the city is not an ordinary thief, but Liu Wuzhou's scouts."

Zheng Yong waved his hand and said impatiently: "What scouts are just clowns in Zheng's eyes, Lord Cui, you and I perform our own duties, and we don't belong to each other, you just do your part, and you have to take care of it."

Hearing this, Cui Hao was inconvenient to persuade again, so he had to watch Zheng Yong lead three hundred soldiers out of the city gate, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to send some more people to the city to fill the vacancy left in the city after Zheng Yong left

The local army of Taigu did not have war horses, only Zheng Yong and a few centurions had mounts, after leaving the city, Zheng Yong took the lead and brandished his sabre and went straight to the fifty scouts, and rushed over, the scouts saw this, and they got on their horses and fled, Zheng Yong couldn't help laughing, and waved his knife and shouted: "Sons and daughters chase a certain one"

Liu Wuzhou's scout cavalry had just dismounted and removed the saddle when they were resting, so they fled very badly, Zheng Yong ran with three hundred infantry, and he could keep up, and suddenly he heard a horn sound, and a group of cavalry came out of the valley outside the city, and the cavalry came quickly, and rushed into Zheng Yong's team at once

Although Zheng Yong's martial arts are good, his subordinates are all infantry, and they are not well-trained local armies, and many people are even on the battlefield for the first time, and they have long vomited when they see the scene of flesh and blood

Cui Hao saw that the soldiers of the local army in this county were wantonly slaughtered like pigs and sheep at the head of the city, and he couldn't help but scream, but it was to no avail, don't look at the small number of local troops, but they are the main force defending the city after all, with these local troops in the people, the courage of the people can also be slightly stronger, and the three hundred troops were eaten all at once, which was a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city

Zheng Yong also found himself at this moment that he had made a fatal mistake and fell into someone else's plan to lure the enemy, seeing his men die one by one under the enemy's knife, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, desperately waving the saber in his hand, from time to time the enemy was chopped off his horse by him, but the brothers around him were getting fewer and fewer

At this moment, there was a rush of horse hooves in the distance, and another group of cavalry rushed over, although the cavalry did not show the flag, but the black clothes and black armor all showed the identity of their Han army, this is a hundred scouts of the Han army, even if it was marching on its own territory, the regular army of the Han army still strictly abided by the combat regulations, and sent scouts as usual, this Han army scouts found the battle here, and immediately divided a few soldiers to turn back, and the rest rushed to the battlefield

The enemy who surrounded Zheng Yong rode about 3,000 people, and soon Zheng Yong's troops were slaughtered, and naturally they refused to give up the fat meat in their mouths, not to mention that this group of reinforcements was only a hundred people, which just made them add another piece of military merit, and it was only when this group of 100 reinforcements rushed into the formation that they realized that they had underestimated the strength of the Han army

Scouts must not only react smartly, but also have martial arts, they are all warriors selected by jīng's heart, such a team of 100 people actually beat the 3,000 people by surprise, but no matter how brave they are, after all, there are only a hundred people, and only a few people can continue to fight after the soft charge, and only more than 20 people remain

Just when the situation was precarious, rushing from the south of Taigu County, the brigade of men and horses with banners and banners covered with war drums, Liu Wuzhou's ambush soldiers did not dare to fight when they saw this, and finally withdrew from the siege, and hundreds of corpses lay on the battlefield, Zheng Yong himself was stabbed six times, fortunately he was not injured to the point and could still support it, but none of the three hundred local soldiers he brought out of the city, including the three centurions, survived, if it wasn't for the hundred-man scout team that arrived in time, he would have already died, and the hundred-man scout team also suffered heavy losses, but Cui Hao, who was standing at the head of the city, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered to open the city gate to welcome the army outside the city

The army that arrived in time did not enter the city, but only set up camp in the north of the city, and then ordered someone to summon the commander of the Taigu County and the local army to meet the commander of the military camp

Although Cui Hao, who was born in a big family, can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, but when he heard that the young general with a kind face in front of him was the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, he still couldn't hold back his excitement, and quickly knelt on the ground and bowed three times and bowed nine times

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come up, I don't want to talk about it, tell me about today."

Cui Hao got up from the ground and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty is all General Zheng who did not listen to the advice of his ministers and fell into the plan to lure the enemy."

Liu Ziqiu turned around and Zheng Yong asked in a deep voice: "Is there such a thing?"

Zheng Yong's wounds had been bandaged, but there was still a trace of blood oozing from Bai Sè's bandage, and he also knew that it was because of his recklessness that he had harmed the three hundred brothers, so he couldn't help but sigh and bow his head and say, "The last general is willing to be punished."

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and asked, "According to the discipline of the Han Army, what crime should he be guilty of?"

Liu Yu bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the person who risked his merit and advanced lightly to lose the army and the teacher should be killed, but if it does not make a big mistake, he can avoid death."

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said: "Although Taigu County is safe and sound, but three hundred lives have disappeared, how many parents have lost their sons, how many children have lost their fathers, how many wives have lost their husbands, the mistakes he made are not lighter than losing the city, and people have dragged him out and beheaded him to show the public."

Zhang Liang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry, Zheng Yongxi has followed Weichen in dozens of battles, and has made great contributions, and I also ask Your Majesty to allow him to make meritorious contributions."

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said lightly: "The merits he made in the past should have already been rewarded, so how can he redeem his merits?"

Because Zhang Liang was a general under his command and Wen Hao, Liu Ziqiu also had to seriously consider Zhang Liang's intercession for Zheng Yong, so he didn't say anything to death, Zhang Liang knew that there was still a chance when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is willing to lower the title to atone for Zheng Yong's sins."

People who practice martial arts have multiple righteousness, Zhang Liang is no exception, Zheng Yong followed him before and after the saddle for many years, not to mention that he also blocked the knife for him on the battlefield, Zhang Liang had to save his life no matter what

Seeing this, Zheng Yong also knelt down and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general is not afraid of death, but please allow Your Majesty to allow the last general to make meritorious service to avenge his dead brother."

Liu Ziqiu pondered for a long time before he said: "If you wear the crime and make meritorious service, you will be exempted from Zheng Yong's heavy responsibility and expelled from the army."

Expulsion from the military is a very serious punishment, even if Zheng Yong saves his life, it will inevitably leave a stain, and even his children will be difficult to raise their heads in front of outsiders in the future, Zhang Liang wants to persuade again, only to listen to the left and right guards agree, and Zheng Yong has already been forked out

"Okay, let's get down to business, Liu Wuzhou's forward has actually attacked Taigu, it seems that our actions will be faster, what do you think" Liu Ziqiu has always been lenient to his subordinates, but in the long run, the soldiers of the army will inevitably develop some arrogance, if they are not corrected in time, I am afraid that it will cause a catastrophe in the future, although Zhang Liang interceded for Zheng Yong, Liu Ziqiu was still unwilling to spare him, you must know that Zheng Yong was injured in many places, and it is difficult to say whether he can survive the twenty military sticks

Zhang Liang sighed and said: "Your Majesty is willing to rush to Liu Wuzhou's Dazhai for the vanguard."

Liu Ziqiu's face sank and said: "Zhang Liang and Zheng Yong were originally your own soldiers, and there are too many of them today, which is caused by your lax restraint of your subordinates, and I will not punish you, you have returned to Luoyang to think about the past behind closed doors, and you are not needed in this Taiyuan battle."