The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 402 Stop the enemy and fight Langya again

It was windy at night, and the clouds in the sky moved faster than usual.Under the bright moon and starry sky, Liu Bian and Song Ran stood at the top of the hillside.There were two people kneeling beside them, they were the spies from the Niandengfang who sent him a letter yesterday.

The two came here this time under Jiang Xin's order. Jiang Xin had already mobilized all available forces in Qingzhou to intercept the rebels.They assassinated the officers of the rebel army and destroyed the food and supplies. At this time, many rebels in Nanqing County had been killed.

The leader of the vanguard was Xu Meng. Ever since he defeated Shi Xinghe's army, he was dazzled by the victory.Thinking that there was no armed force capable of resisting them in Qingzhou, they chose to stay overnight in the city even after marching for days.Only fifty miles a day, Shi Yuansi sent people several times to urge him to speed up the march, but he refused on the grounds that the road was muddy.

He is also Wang Fan's mother's cousin, and previously served as a captain in the Qingzhou New Army.Although he is proud of his talent, he does have some talent.He was the one who led the troops to destroy the Xinghe left-wing camp, and captured Tao Kuan, the political commissar of Shi Xinghe. Although Tao Kuan committed suicide in the end, his achievements cannot be denied.

"Mother, where are there so many thieves! Scatter your hands and search the whole city, and none of them can be let go." Hearing the sound of explosions coming from all directions, Xu Meng came out of the house and slapped his lieutenant in the face A curse.

"People have been sent to hunt down these saboteurs, but they seem to have disappeared in the city." The deputy general said helplessly.

Xu Meng didn't listen to him, pointed to the sky and said: "Can the thief go to the sky? Send more people, if you can't catch the thief before dawn, I will kill you!"

"Yes!" The lieutenant general could only take people away, he knew that Xu Meng was hugging Mei Jiao Niang in the house at this time, the explosion sound from the city annoyed him, if he touched his brow, he could really cut himself off.

The plan for now is to send additional manpower to search and arrest those who cause sabotage.Then let his men go to the city to catch a few women from official families and give them to Wang Meng. He looks down on people with humble backgrounds, and only women from official families will take them seriously.As long as the woman he finds is beautiful enough and his family background is prominent enough, he can save his life.

As for those thieves, hundreds of my subordinates hunted down a dozen of them, but all of them were killed instead.He really didn't want to confront them head-on.With a bright future ahead of him, it was really not worth losing his life in Nanqing County.

So Jiang Xin's subordinates wrecked everywhere, and the rebels only chased them symbolically. Even when the spies in the lamphouse went to a dead end and wanted to fight them desperately, the rebels knelt down and surrendered, respectfully sending them off. They leave.

The city of Nanqing County was in chaos, Xu Meng couldn't get drunk, the lieutenant general led his men not to hunt down the sabotage spies, but went to the gentry's house to pick out beautiful women, and the spies only paid a dozen casualties, Most of the rebels' luggage was destroyed, and then they walked away.

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Jiang Xin couldn't believe it.He had already prepared for all the spies to fold in.Unexpectedly, there were only a dozen casualties, which was really insignificant compared to the gains made.

"Go outside the city to destroy the road, and then ambush people on the hillsides on both sides of the road. Tomorrow, I will teach Xu Meng, a fool, a big lesson!" Jiang Xin patted his deputy and said.

"Yes, this subordinate will arrange it now!"

On the hillside of Xitun, Liu Bian urged Du Yu to lead people to extend the trench another 100 meters to the west, and he wanted to connect the entire hillside.Only in this way can we exert the power of the new firearms in our hands and allow our side to gain an advantage in tomorrow's blocking battle.

Looking at the soldiers struggling to dig the trenches, Song Ran said: "General, the adults from the three provinces and six ministries have jointly signed a letter requesting you to return to Chang'an and not to stay in the enemy's hinterland. His Royal Highness requests you to return to Chang'an to take charge of the overall situation, and the women in the harem also I am very worried about Your Majesty."

"Hmph! I won't go back to Chang'an unless I kill Wang's father and son. These days, Hao'er has done a good job, cooperating very well with the officials of the three provinces and six ministries. Just let him supervise the country well." A stone kicked away and said slowly.

"Is there anything else important?" Liu Bian continued to ask.

Song Ran hesitantly took out a letter from his arms and said: "The army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions has been transferred to the interior, resulting in an empty force, and sporadic rebel forces have appeared."

"Normal. After all, they haven't occupied the Western Regions for a long time. Their cultural beliefs and living habits are different from ours. That's why I haven't transferred the frontier army for a long time. How did the prince deal with it?" Liu Bian was quite confused. asked with interest.

He predicted in advance that there would be a rebellion in the Western Regions. This was also a test he left for Liu Hao, and he wanted to see how he would deal with it.

Song Ran cupped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness has transferred 1 people from the Huben Army to the Western Regions, and has begun to pacify the rebels in Gaochang and other places. Then, a large number of grassroots officials will be transferred from Liangzhou to appease the people and select sites for construction of workshops."

Hearing his words, Liu Bian nodded: "Let the common people work in workshops to increase their income. Then sell the goods locally to increase the satisfaction of the common people. It is indeed a way for the court to increase income."

"General! There is a man who calls himself Jiang Xin asking to see him." A soldier ran over from the hillside and said.

"Call him over!"

After a while, Jiang Xin came.Seeing Liu Bian on the hillside, he was about to bow down, but Liu Bian stopped him with his eyes.He cupped his hands and bowed again: "My lord!"

"What's the matter?" Liu Bian asked.

Jiang Xin straightened up and said: "Most of the rebels' luggage in Nanqing County was destroyed. I have had people destroy the roads several times, and I will lead people to stop them tomorrow. However, there are not enough manpower, so I want to ask adults to send troops to help."

"Yes, I will give you 1000 people."

"Thank you sir!"

Liu Bian said with a smile: "There are also ambush points we set up along the way. Don't be too eager to fight. If the situation is not right, retreat immediately."

"Yes, as ordered." Jiang Xin said, cupping his hands.

When Jiang Xin left, Liu Bian said to Song Ran: "Ask Di Cang to lead people to ambush in Shishangou. Once the fighting starts on our side, let him lead people to attack the enemy's formation. Fighting positional warfare will consume too much and let the rebels A chaotic formation will be very beneficial to us."

Song Ran agreed, turned and left to look for Di Cang.

After conveying Liu Bian's order, Song Ran took a knife to cut Pang Teng's flesh.

Teng Xing'an ran over and said to Liu Bian, "My lord, report according to the scouts. Langya has a cavalry force of 2 men rushing towards Xitun."

"Oh? 2 people? It's still within the acceptable range, and the original plan remains unchanged. But let Du Yu reserve a reserve team and be ready to stop them in the wild at any time!" Liu Bian said.

(End of this chapter)