Chapter 115: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat

Seeing the strange smile on Gao Shun's face, Xu Huang suddenly asked strangely, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Hearing this, Gao Shun turned his head, but shook his head slightly and said, "Gongming, in fact, you don't need to mind too much, and you are not in a hurry to repay your kindness." In the future, after you go back and arrange things at home, you will not settle for your hometown, and you will naturally find an opportunity to serve your lord in the future! ”

When Xu Huang heard Gao Shun's words, he also felt a little better, and couldn't help but nod in agreement. But then he woke up to Gao Shun's title just now, and immediately said strangely: "Lord? ”

"Huh!" Gao Shun smiled heartily, looked at Xu Huang, but said, "Gongming, who in your heart and I don't have this intention?" Putting aside General Wang's kindness to the two of us, it is only his literary and martial arts strategy that is also a person worth following in his moral character. It's just that you are concerned about the filial piety of your parents at home, and I feel that now is not the time. Although the general is currently the general of the unified army, but it is not the actual job of leading the troops, in the future, the Yellow Turban will be pacified, all the soldiers will return to their original subordinates according to their military status, and the imperial court will inevitably have special appointments for the general, so the general is not suitable for a general! ”

Hearing Gao Shun's words, Xu Huang suddenly glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't help but admire: "Gao Shun, I didn't expect you to be so careful, I might as well too!" ”

But when Gao Shun heard this, he shook his head again and again: "Gongming's words are bad, you and I just have our own strengths, and there are many places where I am not as good as you!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Huang suddenly smiled heartily: "Gao Shun, why are you so modest, why do you and I have to be so polite?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Shun immediately became anxious. "It's not modesty, what I said is true, if you and I play against each other, I really have no bottom in my heart!"

"Huh! How can I say this, if you and I are brothers, how can we play against the field? Say something unlucky and go! General Wang, they all walked away. As he spoke, Xu Huang smiled and pulled Gao Shun, who was still about to speak, and quickly chased after Wang Xu in front of him......

Wang Xu, Zhou Zhi, and Han Meng were talking and laughing, and as soon as they walked through the courtyard of the outer mansion, they heard a hearty laugh. "Hahahaha...... General Wang, the sect members are late to greet you, and you hope to forgive your sins! ”

Following the words, I suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a majestic face and a straight-sleeved blue shirt walking briskly from the courtyard.

After a quick look, Wang Xu also stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "General Zong said that you were only on duty yesterday, so I should have disturbed Your Excellency's rest." ”

"Where the words! Hearing that the general has returned, the big stone in my heart finally landed, where is I still in the mood to sleep! With that, the sect member had already walked in front of Wang Xu. After bowing his hand, he turned sideways slightly, stretched out his hand and signaled: "General, please, I got your news before, and I have sent someone to notify all departments as soon as possible, but I didn't expect Mrs. Xu and them to be so fast, and I believe that others will also rush to the council hall soon." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu smiled and nodded, and also politely stretched out his hand and said, "Well, that's really hard, General Zong, please!" ”

The two politely greeted each other and made their way to the council chamber. But Wang Xu had just knelt on the handsome seat directly above, but the sect member was suddenly stunned and stood in place with some embarrassment.

Seeing the sect member standing in front of him hesitating, Wang Xu couldn't help but wonder: "Why doesn't General Zong sit down?" ”

"This ......" But the sect member was stumbling, and he didn't know how to answer.

Xu Shu, who was on the side, was the first to react, immediately bowed, and said with a slight smile: "General Zong should be sitting in the position of deputy marshal, why hesitate?" My husband has arrived, and now I am dressed in women's clothes, so I should retreat from him, or leave this hall! ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Xu also understood. There is a table set diagonally on the left and right sides of the table, which is obviously one step higher than the table set up on the left and right below. On weekdays, the left side should be the place where the deputy of the county magistrate sits, and the right side is the main book in charge of records. Come to think of it, when he didn't arrive, the sect member was sitting in the handsome position, and Xu Shu sat in the position of the deputy on the left as his representative because of his special status. But it was a little troublesome as soon as he came, according to the rules, the sect member should sit in the deputy, but Xu Shu didn't know where to sit.

However, Xu Shu's response was quite decent, and when the sect member heard her words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but then he also smiled and shook his head and said, "How can Madam stand behind the general at this moment, isn't that alongside the guards?" As for quitting, it's not good, the name of the lady is already known to the world, and she is a scheming and warlike person, and the generals are also convinced, so they should work together. From the point of view below, it is better to sit in the position of the main book, which is neither harmful nor damaging the prestige of the general! I wonder what General Wang thinks? ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu also immediately nodded and said, "Hmm! That's fine. ”

Finally solved this embarrassing problem, several people breathed a sigh of relief, and the sect member calmly knelt down to the deputy marshal seat. As the three of them sat down, Zhou Zhi also quickly stood behind Wang Xu, while Han Meng stood quietly behind Xu Shu under Wang Xu's signal. However, Gao Shun and Xu Huang actually sat at the front of the row of seats on the right.

Seeing this, Wang Xu suddenly became curious, and there was also a seat for the position of the two military horses? Just as he was about to ask, Xu Shu, who had already noticed his strange eyes, had already explained with a smile: "After the victory of Liang Qi and Handan, General Zong has already shown his merits to General Huangfu, and now Gao Shun and Xu Huang have been promoted to lieutenants!" ”

"Oh!" Answered, Wang Xu was also extremely happy in his heart. However, as his attention finally turned to this aspect, he suddenly found that there were two people missing, and his face immediately changed, and he asked eagerly: "By the way, what about the second brother?" And what about Zhang Jing? Why haven't you seen it all the time? ”

Wang Xu's slightly panicked appearance at the moment made everyone in the hall laugh, or Zhou Zhi behind him couldn't help but rush to explain: "Boss, don't worry, they are all back safely!" Second brother Wang should still be on duty on the city wall, Zhang Jing's kid has been busy communicating with the surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers in the past two days, and he is also very busy! ”

"Oh! That's it! Hearing this, Wang Xu also breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally landed in the center of the earth.

When the sect member on the side heard this, he suddenly interjected: "By the way, General Wang! Speaking of Zhang Jing, I still have something to discuss with you. ”

"Huh? What's up? Wang Xu asked suspiciously.

The sect member smiled, did not hesitate, and immediately said: "That's the case, Zhang Jing has made meritorious contributions to the Yellow Turban Soldiers, and some time ago he rebelled against many Yellow Turban troops, I think it is good to promote them, one is to reward meritorious deeds, and the other is to appease the hearts of those Yellow Turban generals." But because you've been missing, and he's your personal guard, I don't dare to make my own decisions, I don't know what you think? ”

"Hmmm! Yes, of course, merit should be rewarded! In fact, Wang Xu was very happy at this moment, but after all, the sect member was present, and Zhang Jing was his confidant, so he still had to avoid suspicion at this time. Instead, he asked quietly: "Then I don't know how General Zong thinks it should be appointed?" ”

"I think it's better to be promoted to the military Sima and let him lead the three thousand yellow turbans first?"

"So many?" The sect member's words really surprised Wang Xu a little.

Hearing this, the sect member also smiled bitterly and said, "This is also no way!" Since Dong Zhuo led the army, our army has suffered great losses, especially in the last fiasco, and many generals and officers in the army have been killed, so there is a shortage of generals. Nearly 50,000 of the Yellow Turbans were recruited this time, and more than 10,000 of them are now strong and strong after the old, weak, young, and young have been dismissed and arranged to live in various places. Now that the enemy is present, it is a pity that this group of combat forces has been abandoned, but if they stay, it will become a big problem if there is no commander. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu also frowned with a headache, not that he didn't want Zhang Jing to lead the troops, but that he had just arrived in the army, and it was very likely that other generals would be suspicious because of this. So he hesitated for a long time before he said slowly: "General Zong, let's do it, I think it's better to discuss this matter later!" ”

"Hmmm! That's good! Seeing Wang Xu say this, the sect member nodded and stopped talking.

As the sect member smiled and fell silent, Wang Xu also put aside this matter for the time being, and turned back to ask, "Zhou Zhi, you can tell me about the specific battle situation some time ago!" I'm also familiar with it to avoid any mistakes in a while! ”

"Hmmm! Good. Seeing Wang Xu let himself speak, Zhou Zhi immediately became excited. He immediately spoke: "Boss, you don't know! Several of us evaded the pursuit one after another, and after returning to Wei County one after another, we couldn't hear from you for a long time, and everyone was so anxious that we jumped to our feet. More than a month ago, my sister-in-law couldn't wait any longer. Because you are obviously still on the run, otherwise whether you are killed or captured, the yellow turban will definitely inform the world to boost morale, so the sister-in-law is on fire. You also know that the consequences of the sister-in-law's anger are very strict, and she immediately killed the sky and the earth, the sun and the moon were dark, and the sun and moon were dark, so that Zhang Liang's guy hugged his head and ran away! ”

Everyone was amused by Zhou Zhi's dancing nonsense, even the sect members were no exception, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Young people are still energetic!

But Wang Xu was depressed, and he didn't hear a reason after listening for a long time. Immediately, he couldn't help frowning and said: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about, what I asked is how to break the enemy!" ”

"Oh! You ask this! This one is complicated. How so? At that time, the sister-in-law was angry, anxious and sad, so after thinking about it, she finally decided to defeat the Yellow Turban, at least to distract him and give you a chance to escape. So, the sister-in-law just thought, thought! Finally came up with ......"

However, before Zhou Zhi finished speaking, Wang Xu, who had already heard it, couldn't help it, and interrupted helplessly in the laughter of everyone: "Please! Can you kid get to the point? Is your head not clear, and you need me to treat you with your hands? ”

"Boss, I'm healthy and don't need treatment!" Seeing that Wang Xu had almost reached the limit of patience, Zhou Zhi suddenly waved his hand again and again, and took a step back slightly with a smile as he spoke. didn't make any more trouble, and said succinctly: "At that time, my sister-in-law decided to break the enemy's rear, thinking that since our soldiers had lost their morale, they had to find a way to force them, so she used a trick to break the boat. First of all, when the enemy thought that it was impossible for us to attack, he unexpectedly sent 10,000 horse infantry to bypass Pingyang, Cheng'an and other places on the right, avoiding the main force of the Yellow Turbans stationed in the county town of Liangqi to recuperate, and directly attacked Handan. Then he secretly sent another 5,000 people to make a detour from Wushicheng on the left, and also lurked in the direction of Handan. ”

"By the time Zhang Liang found 10,000 horses on the right, our army was already not far from Handan. Although Zhang Liang had always been dismissive of our defeated army, he immediately sent 5,000 troops from Liangqi County to reinforce Handan. But this happened to be a plan, and the sister-in-law's original intention was to surround the point and send reinforcements. So the support army got into the ambush circle and was completely routed, and our morale quickly recovered as a result. ”

However, this was not a particularly big loss for Zhang Liang's army, so he quickly sent another 10,000 reinforcements. At this time, this army began to fight, not fighting a decisive battle with the other side, ambushing if it could, withdrawing if it could not, and even dividing into several units to act, just trying to delay the other side for three days. The 5,000 people on the left took this opportunity to quietly lurk in the mountains and forests west of Handan, and used local materials to quietly make simple siege equipment. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhi paused slightly, swallowed his saliva and continued: "But the real highlight is still to come, after the soldiers and horses on both sides have successfully realized the predetermined plan, our remaining 30,000 troops will pour out of the nest and go straight to the Liang period." And Zhang Liang also led a large army to camp twenty miles away from Liang City to meet the battle. But it's not thrilling! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but glance at Xu Shu with some fear, and then spoke: "The thrilling thing is that the sister-in-law's plan turned out to be to make the army camp with their backs to the water, and after a full meal that night, before dawn, all the grain and grass carried by the army and the boats crossing the river caught fire 'accidentally'. Not only was the retreat cut off, but only the last batch of dry food left for the whole army to eat eight layers of fullness! At this time, General Zong stood up and said that there was everything in Liang Qi City, so that everyone could unite to defeat the enemy army and grab food. As a result, everyone went crazy! ”

Although Zhou Zhi always likes to use some strange adjectives when he speaks, Wang Xu can't care about these this time, and secretly exclaims in his heart: What a powerful layout, so resolute! Too ruthless, too dangerous......

But after listening to it wonderfully, he sighed in his heart, but he immediately couldn't help asking, "Then what next?" ”