Chapter Seventy-Four: Waiting for the Army
Tong Guan was actually curious in his heart, he had never fought with Pang He, this time, he decided to use his 50,000 horses plus Song Jiang's Liangshan army to fight Pang He. Cai Jing saw that he didn't need to make much effort, so why not let Pang He suffer some blows? In fact, Cai Jing didn't expect Tong Guan to ask to meet Pang He for a while, he felt that if he wanted to fight Pang He, it was not so easy, he had strong martial arts and a good strategy, even if he wanted to fight, he had to think about it. Now that Tong Guan wants to fight, let him give it a try, whether it succeeds or not, at least it can make Pang He lose a little.
After Tong Guan arrived in Liangshan, he ordered Song Jiang's soldiers and horses on the hour, which made Song Jiang a little unhappy, Liangshan's soldiers and horses originally belonged to his own management, that is, Cai Jing, and only sent people to assist him, and now as soon as Tong Guan came, he took his rights over, how can this make people happy? It must be unpleasant, but there is no way, who called Tong Guan's official bigger than himself, the official was crushed to death, Song Jiang also had to swallow his anger and accept Tong Guan's dispatch.
Tong Guan, he just heard that Pang He has some ability, and he has never fought against him, so he is a little underestimated, thinking that Huaiyin is just a small city, and he will be able to defeat him by personally commanding the army.
As for Song Jiang, he was already a little resentful and unhappy because he was deprived of his rights, so naturally he wouldn't have any opinions, wishing that you would lose, and then keep your own Liangshan people, even if you came back in a gray way, it was better than defeating under your Tong Guan's command.
An army, if it can't be a general, the battle will definitely not be good, so the moment Tong Guan's army set off from Liangshan, it is destined to be defeated, but how it will be defeated, I don't know.
Tong Guan happily drove towards Huaiyin City with his army, and Pang He also received the news. In addition, Song Jiang passed on the news of his dissatisfaction with Tong Guan to Chai Jin, wanting Chai Jin to cooperate with his men and horses to get a chance to escape. However, he didn't expect that at the moment when Song Jiang set off, Chai Jin was no longer willing, and he had to follow Pang He's order to set off from Huaiyin and go to Liangshan.
Of course, Chai Jin and Yan Qing did not go to Liangshan, but only stayed on the way to Liangshan, which did not hinder Pang He's strategy, the reason was very simple, Pang He did not expect the two of them to be able to rescue his senior brother Lu Junyi from Liangshan. He just let them go, nothing more than giving the two of them the wrong order and taking away the wrong news, so that they could deal with Song Jiang with confidence. Not only that, but when Pang He knew that Song Jiang was dissatisfied with Tong Guan, he was also very happy in his heart, which can be used. Since they are not in unison, it is relatively easy to fight them.
Song Jiang received the news that Pang He would compete with them outside Huaiyin City, and Tong Guan seemed very confident in the case of the superiority in numbers. Think about the generals under your command: Ma Zhi, Liu Yanqing, Wang Yu, Wang Lian, plus Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Hua Rong, etc. under Song Jiang just now, they are all brave and good at fighting, and winning, it is a matter of course, and there is no possibility of losing at all. He didn't think at all that Pang He didn't pay attention to the troops he led. If you want to talk about opponents, maybe Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, and Hu Yanzhuo are still a little worried, and for the rest, Pang He doesn't feel any threat.
The two armies are in battle, self-confidence is very important, the commanders of the two sides feel that their armies can completely suppress each other, before they fight, Tong Guan is even more proud, he can't figure out why Song Jiang won so embarrassed before.
On the way to the march, Tong Guan can be said to be calling Song Jiang back and forth, the reason is very simple, he looks down on Song Jiang at all, in the final analysis, Song Jiang is just a thief, and now he is Cai Jing's person, but so what. He and Cai Jing are on an equal footing, his subordinates are his subordinates, and his subordinates have done such things, so they naturally look down on them, not to mention that Song Jiang is black and dark, and his figure is not burly, so he is naturally unlikeable.
Therefore, Song Jiang was also full of complaints, and he couldn't wait to go back as soon as possible, so as not to be angry with Tong Guan. In the camp, Song Jiang complained: "This Tong Guan is too much of a nobody, and he doesn't look at it, if there is no us, what ability does he have to fight Huaiyin, I don't believe he can beat it." ”
Wu Yong said: "He really looks down on us, looking at his attitude, I also feel very unhappy, you say that just like him, can you win?"
Song Jiang sneered: "He, how is it possible, you see now, you don't even know how to fight." Is it really to go to the gate of Huaiyin City, attack the city, and then take the city? What he thought was too simple, what kind of person was Pang He, he could easily defeat him, and he was not defeated by Pang He, even if he was lucky. ”
Wu Yong said: "If you lose, you will definitely lose." Judging from our fight with Pang He, Tong Guan will definitely not be Pang He's opponent. If we want to take advantage, we just took advantage of it when attacking Yun'an, but at that time, it was not Pang He as the commander, if it wasn't for Wang Qing's subordinates who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and did our internal response, we would not have been able to take advantage of Pang He. This time, Pang He, as the commander, was even more difficult to fight than when Tian Hu and Zeng made it. ”
Song Jiang sneered: "Who said no, I said Tong Guan, it is completely not brainy." If you think you can, you should bring your own soldiers and horses, why take us and pull us as backs. ”
Wu Yong said: "In this battle, we must try to retain our own strength, if we lose too much, it may be a catastrophe for us." ”
Song Jiang said: "This, of course I know, I also told them, when the time comes, we can withdraw if we can, and see how he Tong Guan cleans up!"
Wu Yong reminded: "But it can't be too obvious, I'm afraid that Lord Cai Jing will know, and we won't be able to clean it up!"
Song Jiang said: "What are you afraid of, as long as we still have the strength, Cai Jing will not do anything to us." ”
Wu Yong nodded and said, "Well, that's the same! Then we'll find a way to evacuate and not do this loss-making deal!"
Song Jiang said: "Losing money, it must be a loss, it depends on how much you lose!"
Song Jiang and Wu Yong had already decided not to cooperate with Tong Guan, the commander, and Fang La also wrote to Pang He, because he also received news that Tong Guan's army and Song Jiang's Liangshan men and horses had a total of more than 100,000 to attack Huaiyin, where Pang He was located, worried about the situation in Huaiyin, and asked Pang He if he wanted support. Pang He looked very confident in his reply, and bluntly said that in fact, Tong Guan's little bit of people was not enough to stuff his teeth, so he asked the master not to worry, as long as he waited for the good news of his victory.