Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 691

When Lu Sulin left Yidu, he took a few homing pigeons with him.Now that an alliance agreement has been reached with Liu Zhang, all these pigeons will be released that night.

However, although the Han Dynasty had already raised pigeons, most of them were still used in the grass, green forests, and among merchants.For example, Mi's family's business houses spread all over the states and counties, and this is basically the way to communicate with each other.

Due to many objective reasons, "Flying Pigeon Passing Letters" was not used in the army on a large scale at this time, so in order to be sure, Lu Su also borrowed from Liu Zhang's post station and waterway in Chengdu to send letters, and selected two or three followers. First go out of the Shu road from the post station, and then go down the river and turn to Yuzhang.

The carrier pigeon and the post station were in charge, and the news was quickly sent to Nanchang.

It's a pity that Lu Su didn't expect that his lord did not sit in Nanchang at this time, but went to the front line in person.

Outside Jiangling City, beside the Hudu River.

In the camp of the Heavenly Army, a large army came at night, and the leader was Wang Xiong, who led his army across the river not long ago. In order to cover up his voice, and this was mainly to inform Wang Zheng of the current battle situation in Wuling County on the other side, so the number of people was relatively small. not much.

Entering the handsome tent, after saluting, the first sentence Wang Zheng said was that he did not ask about the military situation first, but looked at Wang Xiong carefully for a few times, not only did he have a dusty face, his eyes were covered with blood, and he was even thinner. After walking around, compared to the previous strong and strong, it seemed like a different person, and he couldn't help but said with concern: "But I haven't seen you in ten months, and I see that you have lost a lot. This Wenpin is really not easy, and it is hard work for you."

Wang Xiong's heart warmed up, and he quickly replied: "I'm sorry, General, but our army's ability to refuse the employment mainly depends on the bravery of General Huang Zhong. , the final general did not contribute much, and he really dare not take credit for it."

Although the relationship between Wu Sheng and Huang Zhong is not harmonious, Wang Xiong is not a person who is greedy for merit and self-satisfaction. Of course, the most important thing is that he is a person who is clumsy on the outside and beautiful on the inside. He is quite self-aware and knows that General Tiangong likes him. What kind of person, so in front of Wang Zheng, he always behaved as simple and honest as before.

"In any battle, if you can defeat the strong with the weak and defeat the enemy, you must rely on the joint efforts of the soldiers of the three armies. Huang Zhong has made contributions, and you too." Wang Zheng smiled slightly when he heard this, and finally returned to the topic: "How is the situation in the Tang Dynasty now? "

"General, after the First Battle of Ni Shuiqiao, and before the last general left, the Wenpin army launched two sieges against Zuo Tang." Wang Xiong replied, "The first siege was quite threatening. Snatched the southern city wall of Zuotang, but was later snatched back by the brothers who led the Tianzhu Camp by the last general and drove the enemy out of the city."

"The second time was in the morning three days ago. Wenpin integrated the battalions and launched another attack on the city. This time, General Huang Zhong assembled a thousand cavalry and walked out from behind the city to raid the large formation of the Chinese army. The battle continued until the afternoon. After several generals in Lien Zhan, the morale of the enemy army was shattered. In desperation, Wenpin couldn't resist, and the whole army was defeated and retreated another [-] li."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiong said to Wang Zheng, "The last general and General Huang Zhong both thought that, after repeated defeats, Wenpin is good at running the army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to inspire the army in a short time and attack the city again."

Just as Guan Yu had expected, although the Wenpin Army hadn't been able to break through Huang Zhong's line of defense, they hadn't suffered any serious injuries. They were still looking for an opportunity to break through Huang Zhong's line of defense, and the two sides were still at a stalemate.

Under such circumstances, no matter how confident Wang Zheng is, it is absolutely impossible for Huang Zhong to voluntarily give up being a Tang Dynasty and cut off his family's back road. In fact, there are not too many people crossing the river.

"Great kindness." Wang Zheng nodded, stroked the short beard under his chin, walked around the room, thinking, and said, "Since this is the case, I can go all out to deal with Guan Yu."

Hearing the name Guan Yu, Wang Xiong's eyes showed hatred: "General, Brother Niu, Captain Wu, is he still awake?"

Wang Zheng shook his head, sighed and said, "I've been in a coma for half a month, hey, I was really worried that this idiot would turn into a vegetable."

"Veterinous?"

Wang Xiong was startled when he heard the words, but he has followed Wang Zheng for a long time, he has long been used to his general's "shocking words" from time to time, as the name implies, he quickly realized it, and said through gritted teeth: "How can a man be bedridden for a long time? Wouldn't life be better than death?"

Wang Zheng was silent, walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back, looked up at the night sky, and said after a long while, "Wu Niu should be thinking the same way, if after this battle, he hasn't woken up yet."

After a pause, Wang Zheng said indifferently: "Then let Ben give him a happy time in person."

Wang Xiong wanted to say something, but seeing Wang Zheng's face sinking like water, he dared not speak. He hesitated for a moment, and finally asked boldly, "Since the general wants to avenge Captain Wu, why has he not moved?"

"The last general heard that Guan Yu's army has already entered the city. As long as we capture Jiangling, this man will not be defeated."

Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Wang Zheng with a wave of his hand, "Jiangling is surrounded by plains and the terrain is open. Don't say that we have only a few thousand troops, even tens of thousands of horses. If this is how to capture the city, how can we guarantee that Guan Yu will not be let go?"

"This..." After several years of experience in the battlefield, Wang Xiong can be regarded as a man who knows soldiers, knowing what Wang Zheng said is true, so he remained silent for a while.

"Furthermore." Wang Zheng said, "At present, Guan Yu has entered Jiangling, hey, it is still unknown."

"The general said."

"Those who are proud and conceited are bound to be overjoyed!" Wang Zheng glanced at Wang Xiong, and said in a deep voice, "In the eyes of people like Guan Yu, how can the achievement of defending a city be compared with cutting generals and breaking formations?"

"I would have guessed that the part that entered the city before was nothing more than a plot of suspicion. Guan Yu is still outside the city!"

"Still outside the city?" Wang Xiong was puzzled: "General, why?"

"Naturally, it is time to wait for the opportunity. Waiting for us to attack the city at the right time, and press it hard, so that we can attack inside and outside, and make a great achievement in one fell swoop!"

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows, "However, there has been a change at the moment. The general asked you to cross the river with great fanfare, and ordered Gan Ning and Liang Rui to lead the troops together. Originally, he wanted to force Guan Yu into the city to help defend the city. Looking for an opportunity to create a trap in the city, lure him into the game, and kill him, but unexpectedly this guy is very patient and still does not move, which is a bit troublesome."

The more Wang Xiong listened, the more confused he became: "What does the general mean by trouble?"

Wang Zheng said indifferently: "Jiangling's flat terrain is a great disadvantage for the defenders, but it is the opposite for the attackers. Guan Yu wants to "clamp internally and externally" because with our previous strength, if we want to conquer Jiangling, it will take a lot of time. Concentrate your forces, now that you have more troops, you can divide them into operations, so although you can defeat them one by one, it is difficult to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, complete a big victory or even wipe them out."

Hearing this, Wang Xiong finally came to a realization: "So the general thinks that Guan Yu is not only waiting for us to attack the city aggressively and give him a chance to make a surprise attack from the rear, but also waiting for the follow-up part. Cause the greatest damage and blow to our army?"

"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded slightly: "When the enemy's reinforcements arrive, it is also the time when the general will follow his plan and kill Guan Yu!"

Wang Xiong was about to ask Wang Zheng how to plan, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent.

Not long after, a sentry entered the account and reported: "Report to the general, a cavalry of about a thousand soldiers appeared in the north of Jiangling City, and it seems to be the vanguard of Xiangyang's reinforcements!"

Wang Xiong's expression changed when he heard the words, and he immediately asked sideways, "General, the reinforcements from Jingzhou have arrived, what should we do next?"

Wang Zheng didn't answer right away, but stood tall, looked into the distance, through the deep forest, looked at the vast mountains near and far, the rocks and ravines were slender and round under the slanting moonlight.

After a long while, he said calmly: "Call all the generals and discuss matters in the tent!"

"Send a quick horse to the west camp immediately to inform Gan Ning and Liang Rui that they must quickly organize the army and attack Jiangling before dawn, and tell them that they can let go of their hands and feet this time."

"Here!"

After the sentry cavalry got out of the tent, Wang Zheng looked at Wang Xiong, smiled and said, "Aren't you complaining about the general standing still so far, well, let's bury the pot and make food now, how about attacking the city in two hours? "

How dare I criticize you, General?

Wang Xiong laughed dryly, and was about to explain, but Wang Zheng pointed at him the next moment: "This time you are the general."

What?
The smile on Wang Xiong's face froze immediately.

An hour later, outside the camp gate.

"General, the Heavenly Punishment Battalion and the first part of the Heavenly Army have all assembled, with a total of [-] horses."

Wang Zheng reined in his horse and looked back, asking, "Where's the supply camp?"

"It's already waiting three miles ahead, carrying all kinds of siege equipment."

"The order was sent to tell the first part of the Heavenly Army to go first, with the heavy camp in the middle, and 500 troops from the Tianzhu Camp, divided into left and right, to guard the two wings, and rushed to Dangyang overnight."

After learning that Wu Niu was injured by Guan Yu, Wang Zheng's biggest target changed from Jiangling to Guan Yu. This cannot be said to be entirely due to new and old grudges. The most important thing is that he has always been jealous of Liu Bei, and it is rare to encounter a good opportunity. , it would be best if he could cut off the opponent's arm first.

From that moment on, what Wang Zheng had been thinking about was not how to defeat Guan Yu, but to make him have nowhere to escape!
In order to accomplish this goal, he not only suppressed his own fighting spirit, forbearance, even retreated for the first time, hung up the avoidance card, and put on a posture that there were no generals in the formation, and he was afraid of Guan Yu like a tiger, in order to make Guan Yu take it lightly. Make it misjudge, so as to ensure the suddenness of the ultimate move in the future.

After all, Guan Yu witnessed the battle between Xiapi and Zhang Fei with his own eyes. Although he is proud, he is not stupid. If he let the opponent know that there is an existence in the enemy's formation that is not inferior to his own, then he may not rush forward so easily. Even deep into the enemy's line.

This hard work was not in vain after all. Seeing that Guan Yu was not only caught in the trick, but even Xiangyang sent reinforcements because of the crisis in Jiangling, Wang Zheng made a decisive decision and immediately implemented the first part of the plan.

Copy the way!
With one order, people were given titles, horses plucked bells, and more than a thousand people marched northward in the dark. Very fast.

That night, they quietly bypassed Guan Yu and Guo Yongbu's sentry horses outside the city. At dawn, they almost arrived at the west side of Dangyang County. It was at the time when Xiguang first appeared, Wang Zheng ordered to attack the city.

If the Divine Soldiers from Heaven really existed, it would be the appearance of this celestial army appearing under Dangyang City.

"What's this called?"

Seeing the soldiers and horses suddenly appearing outside the city, the magistrate of Dangyang was dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and asked the county lieutenant beside him, "Which route are these soldiers and horses from?"

"Wu is written on the big flag." The county lieutenant said calmly: "I heard that there is a man named Wu Niu in the Yangzhou army who invaded our southern county this time, maybe this is him."

"Yangzhou army?" The county magistrate became more and more puzzled: "Isn't Jiangling still falling? How did they bypass Jiangling and run to my city of Dangyang?"

You ask me who am I asking?The county lieutenant shook his head, expressing that he was also puzzled.

At this moment, a young general with a plume crown and brocade armor galloped outside the city, shooting arrows with a bow, the arrows were like lightning, and the general would pass by the ear of Dangyang county magistrate, and hit the earth wall at the top of the city, with great force , went several feet deep, and dust rustled out, which frightened the county magistrate half to death.

When the county magistrate was still in shock, he saw the young general shouting loudly: "I am Wu Niu, the lieutenant under Xuzhou Mu's command, and now I have thousands of people here to seek disobedience. Weak pawns, let alone my enemies, think that God has the virtue of loving life, why don't you surrender quickly? Those who surrender will not be killed."

"Jiangling has fallen?"

Hearing this, the county magistrate's face became even more ugly, and he asked the county lieutenant beside him, "There are more than ten thousand enemies in the city?"

"how is this possible?"

Although Wang Zhengzao ordered the Tianzhu camp to run like lightning outside the city, the dust was flying, and there was a lot of noise in the mountains and plains, but the school lieutenant had been in the army for more than ten years, so he still had some insight: "The thief is just bluffing, the county lord can rest assured." From my point of view, there are no more than two or three thousand soldiers and horses under the city."

"That is not bad."

The county lord was relieved when he heard the words. Although Dangyang is not a fortified city, and the defenders are only a few hundred, it is impossible for two to three thousand people to conquer it in a short time, right?Does it say in the art of war that five out of ten encircle and attack?
In the view of the county lord, they only need to last for a few hours, because this is enough for them to ask for help from the surrounding cities and wait for reinforcements.

But at this moment, with a sound of "clang", the young general drew out the long sword in his waist, under the flickering green light, the three armies raised their spears almost at the same time, and all shouted in unison: "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!" !"

The sound of shouting came to the mountains and valleys, mixed with war drums to shake the sky, horns shook the ground, and the sound suppressed the clouds, the city walls trembled, and the weak trembled and fell.

"This..." the county magistrate panicked again, "Can 2000 people make such a big noise?"

The county lieutenant hadn't had time to answer, the next moment, there was a shout of killing, the sound of horseshoes, and a black torrent was rolling in, killing it in an instant!
In less than half an hour, Dangyang County north of Jiangling had fallen.

(End of this chapter)