Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 596 The Unreliable Jizhou Army
The next day, Wang Zheng walked out of the new house refreshed, and an internal official came forward to report, and Guo Jia, Xu Fang, Wang Xiong and others asked to see him outside the hall, and they have been waiting until now.

Knowing that something must have happened, Wang Zheng's heart moved, and he ordered the internal officials to summon the three of them to the study.

When he came to the study just now, when he saw the Lord appeared, Xu Fang didn't care as much as the other two, so he rushed forward and said anxiously: "Master."

Wang Zheng stopped him with a wave of his hand, then turned around and said to the guards: "I just forgot for a moment, you go to the back kitchen to prepare it, and send some supplements to the two ladies."

"Here!"

Martial law was ordered outside the study room, and no one was allowed to approach within a hundred steps. Wang Zheng stepped into the study room and asked, "How is the frontline battle going?"

"The ministers are here for this." Wang Xiong said hurriedly: "Just now, the front sent three military reports, one from Xiang'an. General Wu Sheng led the three armies in person. , beheaded over a thousand!"

"What about the other two letters?" This is a good news, but the good news will not make the three of them so eager to see him right now, so Wang Zheng guessed that the focus should be on the other two letters.

Xu Fang, who was beside him, said, "A letter from the ancient sword of Jiangdu. According to the plan set by the lord, the Jizhou army was supposed to pretend to be water thieves to invade Dantu and the nearby villages and towns first, and lure Cheng Pu's army from Qu'a city out of the city. Indeed, Danyang sent out a team, with seven to eight hundred cavalry and more than a thousand infantry, a total of 2000 people."

"However, after taking back Dantu, Cheng Pu's army didn't seem to have any intention of staying for long. Today, there were signs of mobilization of troops and horses. It seemed that he wanted to withdraw from Qu'a and not leave a garrison in Dantu."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng stopped suddenly, then turned around and stared at Mi Heng, raised his sword eyebrows and said, "Isn't this a waste of all previous efforts? Did Cheng Pu see a flaw in the Jizhou Army?"

At the beginning of the fierce battle with Sun Ce in Lujiang, the price Wang Zheng paid was not small, but the harvest was also very rich, because he not only besieged and killed Sun Ce, the little overlord, but also captured the future Sun Quan, the great emperor of the Eastern Wu, and even the emperors such as Huang Zhong, Han Dang, Zhou Tai and others all either died or surrendered.

But the only fly in the ointment is that the No.1 Cheng Pu in Jiangdong Huchen has escaped.

Of course, this is not all a bad thing, because if Cheng Pu hadn't escaped, and Yuan Shu was deeply afraid of his ability, how could Wang Zheng use the excuse of "suppressing the remnants of the rebels" to keep the Xuzhou army in Lujiang?

But that time was an excuse. This time, in order to quickly pacify Jiangyou and seize Danyang and Wujun as soon as possible, Cheng Pu, like Shanyue in Danyang, became an enemy that must be eradicated.

But Cheng Pu is not an ordinary person after all, and Wu Jun is the stronghold of the Sun family's power. If he wants to complete Suke, even with the [-] Jizhou army lent by Yuan Tan, Gu Jian's troops are still insufficient, so Wang Zheng made a strategy of "luting the enemy to divide his troops and taking Qu'a first".

Under normal circumstances, he had just suffered a disastrous defeat, not to mention the heavy losses, and Sun Jun in Wu County was even more panicked and demoralized. Cheng Pu should be in desperate need of a victory.

And at this time of the year, a wave of bold and reckless "bandits" reasonably emerges, isn't it the most suitable target?
It was precisely because of this consideration and the need for a reasonable excuse to send the jade seal that Wang Zheng proposed to borrow troops from Yuan Tan, because Sun Jun had fought against the Xuzhou Army for several months before, and it was inevitable that the middle-level generals would know each other. A group of fresh faces just solves this hidden danger.

It's a pity that people are counting, and I don't know why Cheng Pu is so cautious. If this group of troops can be withdrawn smoothly, there will be no shortage of troops in Qu'a. If you want to conquer such an important town, it will be very difficult. It's difficult.

"Please don't worry, my lord. There are two military newspapers from Jiangdu, one written by the front-line battalion and one written by Gu Jian. He said in the military newspaper that he was going to lead his troops to intercept and kill this All the way to Pujun."

Wang Xiong took out the military report from his bosom, and presented it with both hands, Wang Zheng caught it, and while walking towards the main seat, he unfolded it and looked at it. The one on top was the military report sent by Gu Jian.

He glanced at ten lines, glanced roughly, his eyes stayed on the last few sentences, and read softly: "Guan Cheng Pujun seems to have the intention of fleeing back to Qu'a, the final general has led his headquarters to Dantu, and will definitely spare no effort to do so. Cheng Pu's army is obstructing the way back to the city, but our army does not have many troops on this route, and victory is easy, but encirclement and annihilation are difficult, so we have sent letters to Jiangdu General Zang's headquarters and Jizhou army respectively, saying that they will rush to help."

Wang Zheng frowned, and went to look at the next military newspaper. This one was sent back by Zang Ba. It didn't have a lot of content. It only wrote five or six lines. Therefore, it is currently impossible to mobilize too many troops to support the front line, but it will definitely cooperate with Wang Zheng's strategy. Don't worry, Zang Ba has decided to send hundreds of cavalry troops to the front where Gu Jian and Cheng Pu's army are fighting, thinking that it should be echoed.

"Zang Ba's side is not the main force on the front line this time. Although hundreds of people are better than nothing, they are rare, but what about the Jizhou people on the other side?"

Wang Zheng looked sideways at Xu Fang, frowned and asked: "The Jizhou Army sent more than a thousand people to pretend to be bandits. Gu Jian saw that Cheng Pu's army wanted to return to the nest. Couldn't they see that there are other soldiers at this time?" Where is it, why did Jiang Qi not report back from the army?"

Jiang Qi is the chief general of the Jizhou Army going south this time.

"The Jizhou Army does not have any military reports at present."

Xu Fang replied in a deep voice: "I think it's because of the guest army. Unlike our army headquarters, the communication with the intelligence personnel of the Benming Division and the front-line sentinels is very smooth, but although there is no intelligence, it does not mean that the Jizhou Army has no action. After all, Jiangdu is here. The military report from the side will be passed to Xiapi first, and then to Shouchun, and no matter how urgent it is, it will take about a day, and estimated time, Gu Xiaowei may have launched an offensive against Cheng Pu's army at this time."

"What General Xu said is right," Wang Xiong interjected, "Compared to Dantu, Spring Valley is closer to Shouchun. General Wu launched an offensive at sunrise yesterday, and he conquered the city at midnight. It was already sunrise when the report was sent back to Shouchun, and it took nearly six hours, so it will be slower for Jiangdu to send back the news, maybe the Jizhou army has also joined the battle at this time."

Wang Zheng was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly. He also understood that the borrowed soldiers and horses were not his own soldiers and horses after all, and it was impossible to obey his own orders in everything after all. However, this feeling of being out of control did make him a little uncomfortable.

The distance between Shouchun and Qu'a is actually not very far, only more than 1000 miles, but the transmission of information still takes such a long time, and it is impossible to know the situation on the front line in real time.

In the end, as Xu Fang and Wang Xiong guessed, the war has already started?Or is Gu Jian ready to gallop to plagiarize, but Zang Ba and Jizhou Army failed to rush to rescue in time?
And if this raid was unsuccessful and Cheng Pujun was allowed to escape back to Qu'e smoothly, what should he do next?

Wang Zheng took a deep breath and suppressed the irritability in his heart: "You are right. It is hard for us to guess what the situation on the front line is now. But no matter whether the plagiarism is successful or not, at least some of Cheng Pujun's troops have already left Qu'a City. The sword has reacted accordingly and made the correct response."

"We can't control that much anymore." He said, pretending to be calm and smiled: "Since you are here, let's go to Zhongyuan and have a drink together."

His state shepherd's big wedding is naturally a great joyous event, it has already been decided to the outside world, and then the ministers will gather for a long time to drink and set up extra banquets, which will be lively and jubilant.

As soon as this remark came out, Guo Jia's eyes showed admiration, but Xu Fang and Wang Xiong looked at each other in amazement: "The frontline battle has changed, my lord, will the banquet continue?"

"Why not continue?"

Wang Zheng laughed loudly, and said loudly: "Did you guys forget the battle of Feishui?" Halfway through the sentence, he quickly changed his words and said: "The so-called employing people is not suspicious, and suspecting people are not used. I would have believed in ancient swords. Zang Ba is one of the great generals. If you are talented, you should be able to adapt to the situation, and if that is the case, you should let go of your mind."

He originally wanted to say that during the battle between the Western Jin Dynasty and the Feishui of the former Qin Dynasty, Xie An's nephew was the leader of the frontline army at that time. After the Jin victory, the victory report reported that Xie An was playing chess with a guest.The guest asked: "How is the war going?" Xie An said calmly: "The younger generation has already defeated the enemy." "

This is a well-known allusion from ancient times in the Celestial Dynasty. It is very suitable to be used as an example. A person should be calm and calm, but it happened after the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Of course, "Employing people should not be suspicious, and doubting people should not be used" was a clear statement of Bai Juyi in Tang Dynasty. The Han people at this time were also unaware, but they were easy to listen to and understand. Xu Fang and others couldn't help showing their admiration, and Guo Jia laughed loudly. : "It's good to employ someone without suspicion, but not to suspect one!"

"It is not only the blessing of the two generals Zang and Gu to be able to serve as the master of the Ming Dynasty, but also our luck."

Wang Zheng smiled slightly, motioned for everyone to get up, and walked out with him.

At the same time, thousands of miles away, Gu Jian was leading his troops into Dantu and intercepting Cheng Pu's army.

Wujun, Dantu.

Gu Jian galloped his horse and led a hundred horsemen to rush in from the main gate of the county seat.

It was just after noon, the sun was hot, the horseshoes galloped, and dust and smoke were set off. The county town was full of flames, and thick smoke billowed straight into the sky.

The smog was blown by the cold wind, and diffused in all directions, covering the whole city, breathing in the nostrils, it was a choking smell, Gu Jian didn't notice it, he just raised his sword and shouted: "Niu Er, come to the left; Go to the west of Ma San! Brother Yu, follow me to kill the enemy!"

More than ten riders echoed in unison: "Kill! Kill!"

Although the number of people is small, it is like a landslide, and the sound of hooves is like thunder, which is really terrifying.

Just an hour ago, Gu Jian had just approached Dantu, just as Cheng Pujun was about to leave the city.

Although there were about [-] people on Gu Jian's route, they were not all cavalry, so he led a vanguard of hundreds of cavalry and set off first. The main force of Cheng Pu's army went out of the city, and it was impossible to stop him with his hundreds of people. He immediately ordered his subordinates to disperse, put up their bows together, and the arrows rained down. They are prepared on the road, mostly rockets.

The arrows were everywhere, and suddenly caught fire. Under the sudden attack, Cheng Pu's soldiers were stunned.I don't know if they were beaten, or they don't know how many troops the enemy has. Many people shouted, and the banner in the city gate shrank back with a sound of "shua".

There are few people in the Gujian Department, and there are many Chengpu soldiers in the city. Naturally, it is impossible to attack the city, but if you want to successfully complete the interception and keep them, the best way is to block the city gate and prevent them from coming out.

But the pawns behind did not arrive, and it was also unrealistic to fight head-on, so when Gu Jian saw that the enemy general hadn't fought, he retreated to the city first, his heart moved, and he immediately came up with a plan.

He separated his subordinates and divided them into two teams. One team was led by him personally, blocking the main entrance, showing off his might, shouting and cursing loudly, as if he wanted to provoke the enemy, and wished they would go out of the city to pursue them; Under the leadership of Uncle, there were about forty riders, with the tails of the horses pulling the branches, causing dust to rise.

Sure enough, when he saw this scene, the guard suspected that there was an ambush, fearing that the enemy would try to lure him out of the city, he was so intimidated, he kept hiding in the city, and did not move. At the same time, he sent troops to Qu'a to ask for help .

As a result, not long after, the defenders failed to break through, but Gu Jian's reinforcements arrived first.

Once the difference in the number of people is not too big, Gu Jian doesn't care about it anymore, he doesn't think about the art of war and the five ways to attack, he immediately raised his arms and shouted, and ordered to attack the city.

This is actually not a big deal, because the troops led by Gu Jian also have many systematic soldiers, all of them are very brave, and Dantu is a small county, the geographical advantage is not too big, even if the troops are the same, it is not without The odds of winning are indeed the same, but after half a day of fighting, the Xuzhou army had the upper hand, and finally broke through the city gate after the third wave of offensive.

But after breaking through the city gate, Gu Jian was not dazzled by the victory, because he never forgot that the strategic goal this time is not just to win, let alone capture Dantu, but to eliminate Cheng Pujun as much as possible, reduce the The difficulty of attacking Qu'a in the future.

Therefore, he did not immediately order the entire army to enter the city, but instead ordered the entire army to surround the city gate and not let any enemy go. In this way, the direction of the second half of this tough battle was not a chasing after victory, but turned into a battle around the city. The melee between the two armies occurred at the city gate.

As for the ancient sword, he personally led more than a hundred elite cavalry straight into the city.

However, even though he entered the city, he still didn't focus on charging and killing, but ordered his horses to gallop, continue to set fires everywhere, and shoot rockets indiscriminately, obviously with the intention of directly burning the city to surround and annihilate the enemy.

There is no way, he has been a yellow scarf thief with Zhang Rao since he was young, although he is young, his heart is ruthless, and Dantu is not yet the city of Wangzheng, so the people here do not belong to "" Within the scope of not disturbing the people", he naturally has no scruples, let alone any compassion.

He didn't care, but the generals of Cheng Pu's army couldn't do it. In this way, they had to divide their troops like an ancient sword, not only to break out of the encirclement, but also to be responsible for fighting the fire.

Gu Jian is not fond of fighting, he charges once every two quarters of an hour, and every time he charges, he will not rush forward, and turn back when he is a little far from the city gate, never letting the enemy put out the fire at ease. , the fire is getting bigger and bigger.

Of course, there is a price to be paid for doing so. Even the elite soldiers of the second and third ranks can't stand the repeated charge in broad daylight. After more than forty rides, by the fifth deep dive, there were only a dozen or so people left.

This made Gu Jian extremely heartbroken. No matter how much Wang Zheng valued him, the "elite soldiers" allocated to him were actually not too many, and the cavalry was even rarer. Nearly half of them were lost in the first battle. What happened to the subsequent battles? good
What about the barbarians?

Why haven't you come yet?

Anxious and annoyed in his heart, Gu Jian's face remained unchanged, and he once again led everyone to rush into the city, setting fire to it while laughing loudly: "Listen, general, Nai Gong is here to give you gifts again!"

As he spoke, he drew the bow and shot.The people behind him also rode and shot at the same time, setting fire to the city.

(End of this chapter)