Chapter 36: The Bitter Meat Scheme
General Ridge.
"Report——! Liangchun's barracks suddenly doubled, and the number of sheng flags in the camp increased. ”
"Oh?" Hearing the scout's report, Cao Boyi was a little surprised, and turned his head to look to the left, "Mr. You, we are preparing to use Liang Chun's soldiers and horses as a breakthrough, and the other party suddenly increases troops, could it be that you see through your strategy?"
"Strange ......," Yoda thought with his head down, "The soldiers and horses of the other three counties have not moved, where did the reinforcements come from?"
Perhaps, before Liang Chun arrived, another army arrived. Cao Boyi showed a tangled expression, "What is the right thing now?"
"Since the enemy army has increased its troops, we must not move!" Yoda thought for a moment, "First stick to the mountains, and send someone to find out the news of the soldiers and horses of the four counties." ”
"Well, what Mr. You said is very true!"
The strategy of the suspicious soldiers played a role, although Cao Boyi secretly transferred to Lingdong, and the morale of the army was high, but he did not dare to go down the mountain easily.
In the next few days, he stuck to the mountains, constantly sent people to inquire about the news, and frequently mobilized troops and horses.
A total of 50,000 thieves have gathered on the Lingdong side, and flags are all over the mountains, causing great pressure on the officers and soldiers.
Liang Chun sent people to ask for help from the three county guards, but Li Tong, the chief guard of Tong County, said that he could not divide his troops in the face of the enemy's main force. Wuduo County Taishou Zhao Ping, and Danjun Taishou Sun Lang have the same reason, only saying that there is no spare strength to divide the troops.
said that it was an alliance to unite to suppress thieves, and I really thought that the other three counties were too close to you, and they were purely thinking too much.
Liang Chun's health improved after a few days of recuperation, although the arrow wound made it inconvenient for him to move his left arm.
Every day, people were sent to inquire about the news, and the main force of the thief army had indeed moved to the Lingdong side, and the strength was far above their own, and the situation was not very good.
Therefore, in the tent, discuss with the civil and military officials how to deal with it.
"Lord, Li Tong, Sun Lang, and Zhao Ping refuse to rescue, it's too much!" Liang Jun said, "The main force of the thief army can fight fiercely with the soldiers and horses of Tongjun for a long time, which is not ordinary. There are only 30,000 of us on our side, and the lord has been wounded by arrows, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat him. ”
"The soldiers and horses of the three counties have been fighting hard for days, and they may not be better than us. Liang Chun pondered for a moment, "What's more, Li Tong can block the main force of the thief army, why can't our army? This official is injured, and there is also the post supervisor to lead the troops, there is no need to be afraid!"
"Fuzun, it's better to send someone to repair a book and ask the soldiers and horses of the three counties to storm the General's Ridge. Liang Zhi proposed, "The main force of the thief army should be disregarded by the troops of the three counties and dispersed again. ”
"That makes sense!" Liang Chun nodded, "Then it's up to you to fix the book." ”
"Whoa!"
Liang Zhi was ordered to repair three letters and send them to Lingnan, Lingxi, and Lingbei respectively.
Unexpectedly, one of them was intercepted and killed by the thief scouts, and the letter was captured and sent to Cao Boyi.
Cao Boyi read the letter and handed it to Yoda: "Mr. You, this is a letter sent by Liang Chun's subordinates, what do you think?"
Yoda read the letter carefully, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "I already know the content of this letter, but Liang Chun is afraid of our army, so he asks the soldiers and horses of the other three counties to strengthen the offensive and relieve his pressure!"
"Oh, Liang Chun doubled his troops, how could there be pressure?" Cao Boyi didn't believe it.
Yoda threw the cloth to the side: "This shows that Liang Chun did not increase his troops! Zengzao is just a suspicious tactic to scare us! It is still very powerful to think of Zengzao bluffing people!"
"Oh, so what are we going to do?"
"Immediately send troops to attack Liang Chun, and break the iron bucket formation from this side before the other three county soldiers and horses react!" the corners of Yoda's mouth curled.
"Killing ——!!" Cao Boyi led the main force of the thief army to rush down the mountain, and the momentum was violent.
Liang Teng led his troops to attack and clashed with the thief army, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.
【Military General】Cao Boyi, male, 39 years old
【Affiliation】Liang Yi Heavenly Kingdom【Loyalty】79【Official Position】General Huwei
[Stamina] 80 [Brawn] 82
[Intelligence] 41 [Politics] 3
[Command] 55 [Rende] 60
Class: Cavalry A, Archer B, Infantry B
[Stunt] Majestic Lv8
Liang Teng's side has only 30,000 troops, and the morale has fallen to 30, and the thief army has 50,000 and 100 morale.
The thief army in turn surrounded the Huajun soldier and horse camp and attacked it repeatedly.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, Huajun lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the thief army lost 5,000 people.
In desperation, Liang Chun could only send people to break through at night and urgently ask for help from the three counties again.
No matter how powerful Liang Teng is, it is difficult to defeat the thief army with high morale when the morale of the army is low, not to mention that the enemy has a complete advantage in numbers.
In the next two days, Cao Boyi led his troops to attack continuously, and the losses of Huajun's soldiers and horses were even greater, so they could only barely hold the camp.
The thieves attacked and continued to shoot rockets, burning a large amount of military rations, which reduced the morale of Huajun's soldiers and horses to single digits.
If this continues, it is estimated that the camp will be forcibly broken before the soldiers and horses of the three counties can rush to help.
Liang Chun summoned civil and military officials to discuss urgently, and there was really nothing he could do in the face of such a situation.
After the meeting ended, Liang Teng found that the civil and military officials were panicking, but Ning Ze had not changed much.
remembered that he had offered advice to get rid of Liu Bao and exterminate the bandits in Pang Lishan, and there were still suspicious plans to bluff the thief army, so he came to his camp with the idea of giving it a try.
"Supervising the post!" found Liang Teng coming, and Ning Ze bowed his hand.
"Arsenal Order, now that the thieves are in a difficult position, I am afraid that our army will be difficult to support. Liang Teng asked solemnly, "Everyone has spoken at today's meeting, why haven't you participated?"
"Does the superintendent think my words are effective?" Ning Ze looked at him with a smile.
Seeing that he could still laugh in this situation, Liang Teng asked in a low voice: "You say that, do you really have a plan?"
"Maybe!" Ning Ze shrugged.
"If the camp is breached, no one will be spared!" Liang Teng said solemnly, "You have a plan, you should put it forward in time." ”
"The government never accepts the advice offered by the subordinates......."
"In this situation, how can we worry too much, and what is the strategy of the Arsenal Order to solve this siege?"
"Since the superintendent asked, the subordinate will offer a clumsy plan! ”
Liang Teng lowered his head and approached Ning Ze, and heard him whisper in his ear, and after listening to it, he showed a surprised expression: "Can this plan be successful?"
"There's no other option anyway. Ning Ze said with a smile.
"Okay! If it can be successful, the arsenal order should be a great achievement!"
On the same day, a military general named Chu Liang was hung up and beaten violently because of his collision with Liang Teng, and if it weren't for the pleading of several other generals, he was almost killed on the spot.
In the middle of the night, someone secretly shot an arrow into the camp of the thief army, and the arrow helped with a letter of surrender.
Cao Boyi received the letter of surrender and hurriedly convened his subordinates to discuss, including Yoda, naturally.
The book was written by Chu Liang, he was not from the Liang family, and this time he accidentally collided with Liang Teng and was almost killed. was already under great pressure because of the war situation, but at this moment he was even more disheartened and decided to rebel.
The letter asked Liang Yi Tianguo to make him a great official and be able to command the army. He asked his henchmen to replace the guards, and while everyone was asleep, he let Cao Boyi's army enter the camp and annihilate the Huajun soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, and at the same time demanded that Liang Teng must be handed over to him for disposal.
His subordinates all felt that this was a godsend, and Cao Boyi turned to Yoda: "What does Mr. You think?"
Yoda pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "This person knows that he will be defeated, and he is disheartened by the Liang family, so he took refuge in us." Rewarding is not a problem, I, Liang Yi Heavenly Kingdom, obey the will of Heaven and welcome all like-minded people!"
"The Liang family is nepotistic, which has long been heard. Cao Boyi laughed, "Even if it is a God-given opportunity, how can we let it go? Although the enemy's camp will be captured sooner or later, it will be easier for someone to cooperate with the outside world! Today, we will break through Liang Chun's army and then go to clean up the other three roads!"
"If the other three roads are with Liang Chun, it won't be as simple as this!" Yoda narrowed his eyes, "It's just that they all have ambitions, and they want their allies to be wiped out, and they want to annex their territories later." ”
"Hahaha......" Cao Boyi and the thieves raised their heads and laughed.
In the middle of the night, Cao Boyi personally led his troops close to the camp.
Sure enough, someone inside the camp raised a torch to launch a signal, and then secretly opened the gate to greet him.
Seeing this scene, the thief army was overjoyed.
Under the leadership of Cao Boyi, the army quickly entered the camp.
It's just very strange that after entering the camp, I found that there was no one inside, and there were no Huajun soldiers and horses everywhere, and it was silent.
"Oops, it's a trick!" Yoda quickly reacted, "It's a sham, retreat!"
As soon as the words fell, I saw rockets rising in all directions, densely falling from the sky.
The camp was full of flammable materials, and in an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and countless thieves fled in the flames.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Cao Boyi immediately made a decision, turned his horse's head and ordered loudly.
The thieves turned around and fled in the darkness.
In the darkness of "Knock Knock Knock ......", the war drums around the camp sounded, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
The horn sounded, and a large number of soldiers and horses were killed in all directions.
During the evacuation ......of the thief army, countless tripping ropes suddenly appeared on the road, which made the panicked evacuation thief army trample on itself, killing and injuring countless people.
A large amount of tung oil fell from the sky, as if it was thrown by a catapult, and with the instant burning of the rocket, the large army of thieves fell into a sea of fire.
In this case, where did Cao Boyi dare to stay, and together with Yoda, under the protection of the generals, he ran desperately and fled desperately to his own camp.
Unexpectedly, just arrived at the camp, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared on the side, and Liang Teng roared at the front: "The thief will die!"
"General, let's go!" Cao Boyi's subordinate generals hurriedly rushed over to break off, and the protector general fled.
Cao Boyi took Yoda and led the defeated deserters to abandon their own camps, and fled back to General Ridge in a hurry at night, embarrassed.
The battle was a complete victory, capturing more than 8,000 thieves, annihilating 5,000, and 3,000 or 4,000 fleeing in the night.
Liang Chun's troops lost 700 men in the battle, occupied the camp of the thieves, and captured a large amount of military rations, which just solved the dilemma of the shortage of military rations.
At the same time, break through the encirclement of the thief army and resolve its own crisis.
Of course, the original camp was burned to the ground, and it was simply transferred to the thief army camp to recuperate.
Cao Boyi retreated to Jiangjunling, and found that his side was seriously damaged, only half of the soldiers were brought back, and a large amount of military rations were lost, which was very sad.
Yoda also blamed himself for not being able to see this bitter trick, which led to this defeat.
In short, Liang Chun's troops failed to break through the target, and they could only think of other countermeasures in the mountains.