Chapter Twenty-Eight: I Am the Pioneer
Pang He and Qiong Ying chatted together for a long time, from martial arts moves to some emotional topics. Qiong Ying also knew why Pang He was able to get along with Hu Sanniang so well, he was indeed a good man, and in the end, with a little envy, he left.
Three days passed, and Tian Hu received the news that Song Jiang had gathered more than 100,000 troops and attacked Hebei. Pang He was also officially listed as the vanguard to block the Song Jiang army, accompanied by his senior brothers Lin Chong and Hu Sanniang.
According to the intelligence, the vanguard sent by Song Jiang was Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Wang Ying, Han Tao and other five leaders. For Qin Ming, Pang He believed that although he led more troops than himself, he would definitely not be his opponent, and as long as he used a little strategy, he could make his whole army rout. However, Pang He also had some surprises, so he sent Qin Ming, did he underestimate Tian Hu too much. If you know that you are the pioneer, and let Qin Ming be the pioneer and fight with yourself, it is abnormal, or just let Qin Ming be a bait.
Tian Hu was indeed not a very strategic person, and the news of Pang He's being a pioneer soon reached Song Jiang's ears. Wu Yong began to worry and said: "This Tian Hu, it seems that he really wants to use Pang He, with Pang He as a pioneer, we have to be cautious." This person is too good at using soldiers, and he is strong in martial arts, and quite bold. He rescued Shi Wengong last time, it was really our mistake!"
Song Jiang said: "Last time, if it wasn't for Lu Junyi, we could have caught him, but this time we still let Lu Junyi guard Liangshan, so as not to make him emotional!"
Song Jiang said: "Well, then let's let him go back first and guard the cottage well." With our current strength, plus Guan Sheng, it is not a problem to take Tian Hu. However, the most difficult thing to deal with now is Pang He, and how to solve Pang He is the first problem we have to solve now. ”
Song Jiang asked: "Then what should we think of now, to solve Pang He, and if it is a discordant plan, how should we use it?"
Wu Yong thought for a while and said: "The discord plan is very difficult, because the two armies are facing each other, if Pang He is not Fan Da's mistake, it will be difficult to succeed in the discord." And with Pang He's intelligence, it is really difficult for my brother to succeed in separation. We can focus on Pang He, since we are the vanguard, we will go all out to attack Pang He, and see how long he can hold out, I believe that Guan Sheng plus Dong Ping and Zhang Qing, and even we can arrange Suo Chao and Zhu Tong to conduct a wheel war against Pang He, to see how long he can hold out as a vanguard. ”
Song Jiang said: "In this way, if we only talk to Pang He, I'm afraid the loss will be a little big, Pang He's ability, we are not unclear." ”
Wu Yong said: "Brother, there is no way to do it. Brother, now, it's like Chu and Han fighting for hegemony, Pang He is well versed in the way of using soldiers, and it is impossible to fight him and win at the same price. Liu Bang's 700,000 army besieged Pengcheng, but Xiang Yu defeated the whole army with 30,000 cavalry. The same is true in the later battle of Qixia, all of them are more and less, the important thing is that we can win, then it is fine, and it doesn't matter how much we lose the rest. ”
Song Jiang said: "It seems that it can only be like this." If you want to fight Tian Hu, Pang He's nail is the most important thing to be removed, and now, we can only get rid of Pang He at all costs and clean up Tian Hu. ”
Wu Yong said: "Well, I will arrange it and appoint Guan Sheng as the main vanguard, and the other leaders will assist together." I think that after the battle of Zengtou City, Guan Sheng was very unwilling to Pang He, and now, it is just right to ignite his desire to survive. ”
Song Jiang said: "Well, these things will be arranged by you." ”
Pang He, Lin Chong, and Hu Sanniang rushed towards Song Jiang with 10,000 light horses, and on the way, Pang He also got that Song Jiang had changed the vanguard, and Guan Sheng was in charge. When discussing how to attack Song Jiang, Pang He also expressed his opinion: "Now Song Jiang knows that I am a pioneer, so he will change the pioneer and let Guan Sheng be the pioneer." I think Song Jiang's actions are much more than that. In this case, we can only retreat, do a good job of defense, and focus on attracting Song Jiang's main force. ”
Lin Chong said: "You mean, we are going to be used as bait. However, we have 10,000 troops, and they are all light horses, so it is really difficult to defend it. ”
Pang He said: "This, of course I know, we have light horses, so speed is our advantage, we have to use speed to drag Guan Sheng's main force." It's like holding the nose, holding him, as long as a containment is formed, then this effect is even better than defense. Wait a minute, I'll write a letter, give it to Tian Hu, and ask Qiong Ying to send troops to attack Guan Sheng and pursue the rest of our men. In this way, Guan Sheng will be distracted, and once he is distracted, we can turn around and make a surprise attack, and when the time comes, I will see how Guan Sheng will react. ”
Lin Chong praised: "If this strategy is successful, it is indeed a good strategy." But if you want to succeed, it will be very difficult to implement, and if you want to contain Guan Sheng, I feel that it is very difficult to do it. ”
Pang He said: "I know this, Guan Sheng is not an ordinary person. Therefore, I don't plan to contain it for a long time, because once we contain it for a long time, our weaknesses will become bigger and bigger, and when the time comes, Guan Sheng will be able to defeat us easily. We just need to focus Guan Sheng's attention on us at the beginning, and that's it. I hope that Qiong Ying can respond in a timely manner, so that our strategy will be easier to succeed if we think more. ”
Lin Chong said: "Well, but we also need to set up some traps and obstacles on the road to delay them and disrupt their rhythm." ”
Pang He agreed: "Well, that's okay, and besides, it can be done now, dig a trap, delay them, and buy us time." ”
In this way, after discussing with Pang He and Lin Chong, they did not choose to take the initiative to attack, because they knew that if they chose to attack, it would only be an egg hitting a stone. Adopting this method of containment, Tian Hu also agreed with this idea and sent Qiong Ying as an assistant.
In this way, the contest between Pang He and Guan Sheng was staged again, whether Pang He's strategy was successful, or Guan Sheng controlled the situation, it is impossible to determine now. Who killed the deer, no one knows.
Two days later, Pang He's trap had been dug up, and he and Guan Sheng were also close to each other, and the battle began at this time. Sure enough, as Pang He expected, when Pang He saw Guan Sheng leading Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Zhu Tong, Zhang Qing, Suo Chao and other leaders to appear in front of him, Pang He knew that this battle could not be fought hard, and let so many Liangshan leaders deal with him, Pang He felt that he was very successful and could be so valued by Song Jiang!