At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 345 Xu Maogong Ambush Niujiaoao
Ma Xingkong and Zhuojun Yingjilang Wang Yue are in a bit of a panic at the moment. They left the camp on the [-]th day of June and headed south. They were stopped by prefectures and counties along the way. Although the losses were not large, the blow to morale was heavy. After all, Zhuo County is more than [-] miles away from Liyang, and most of the soldiers in Yingyang Mansion of Zhuo County are natives of Zhuo County. Inevitably, the government soldiers left their hometowns but had no way to go. It is inevitable that some people retreated, so they took advantage of the night to sneak into the side of the road.

Just like domestic violence, if there is the first time, there will be the second time, and the same is true for deserters, if there is the first, there will be the second. The further southward, more and more soldiers choose to flee. In twos and threes, more than 20 people have disappeared almost every day in the past two days. After Wang Yue and Ma Xingkong hunted down a few deserters who tried to desert, they barely stopped the momentum of the soldiers from fleeing. The side effects are also great, and the morale of the entire team is further lowered, and everyone is listless.

Ma Xingkong and Wang Yue saw it in their eyes and were anxious. Such a team, let alone fighting, was afraid that they would collapse when they encountered the enemy. Benefits, describing the bright future after the success of the rebellion, but unfortunately it is not very effective. There are no benefits, only empty promises, which are not very convincing.

Let’s say that Ma Xingkong and Wang Yue continued to lead the team to the south. After two days of silence, the government soldiers began to desert again. When they woke up, there were almost 50 people missing. Until today, there were originally more than a thousand Yingyang soldiers in Zhuo County. There were only about 600 people left, and almost half of them ran away!
At this time, the morale of the whole team is not only low, but it can be described as panic. Now I am afraid that only the [-] best-paid soldiers will follow Lang Jilang and Wang Yue away with all their hearts. However, even Wang Yue I am a little uneasy now, took the opportunity of a break in the middle, pulled Ma Xingkong aside, and asked in a low voice: "Guard Ma, how long will it take to reach Liyang? Has the Duke of Chu already started something? Why doesn't he seem to be What's happening?"

Ma Xingkong was wounded by Gao Bufan that day, and he was on his way these days in a hurry, his injury obviously hasn't healed well, his complexion was as pale as a ghost, his shiny bald head seemed to have turned gray, he glanced at Wang Yue With a glance, he smiled and said with relief: "This is already the boundary of Anyang in Wei County, and it will take a day's journey to reach Liyang at most. Don't worry, General Wang. When I left Zhuojun, I have already notified the lord by flying pigeons. Liyang County has already been taken, and we will send troops to take Dongdu, as long as we take Dongdu, General Wang's contribution to the dragon will be indispensable."

Hearing this, Wang Yue's spirits lifted, and his anxiety calmed down. He urged loudly: "Listen up, everyone, at most there is still one day's journey to Liyang. The Duke of Chu has already captured Liyang City and entered the Eastern Capital. Presumably Everyone has heard about the prosperity of the Eastern Capital. There are gold, silver, jewels, fine wine and beauties. As long as you follow the Duke of Chu to take the Eastern Capital, then you will have to be a high-ranking official, ride a fine horse, and enjoy all the beauties. Why don’t you be happy!”

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Yue's soldiers immediately cheered and geared up, and the other soldiers were also mobilized, and their morale improved a little!

Wang Yue immediately hit the iron while it was hot, put his knife on his horse and shouted loudly: "Brothers, as the saying goes, horses can't get fat without night grass, and people can't get rich without windfalls. Wealth and wealth are sought in danger. Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, dogs travel thousands of miles to eat shit, everyone wants A wolf that eats meat, or a dog that eats shit?"

"Of course I want to be a wolf that eats meat!" All the soldiers got on their horses and roared, and the rest of the government soldiers also got on their horses after seeing this.

Wang Yue waved his waist knife in satisfaction, and shouted: "Then let's go, eat meat!"

So, the team moved in again.

Ma Xingkong blackmailed [-] horses from Yufeng Racecourse, and Yingyang Mansion in Zhuo County also had more than [-] horses. After fleeing hundreds of people, it happened that each of them had one horse and became a whole cavalry force. The speed is much faster.

It is said that there is a Funiu Mountain at the junction of Anyang County and Liyang County. It is named after its shape like a buffalo lying on the ground. The position of the head of Funiu Mountain is facing a river named Wei River. The official road just passes along the river. , the horns of the bull's head surround the official road of the river bend, and the terrain is dangerous, so this location is also called Niujiaoao.

In the afternoon, Ma Xingkong and Wang Yue led more than [-] riders into Niujiaoao. It is estimated that Wang Yue also saw the danger of this place, and was planning to pass through it in one go, but there was a loud noise in front, and countless boulders and rolling logs Rolling down from Niutou Mountain, the way was blocked on the spot.

Wang Yue turned pale with shock, and hurriedly shouted: "There is an ambush, turn around!"

All the government soldiers hurriedly turned their horses' heads, and as a result, countless huge boulders and rolling logs fell from the horns behind them, blocking the back road, and all the government soldiers immediately became a mess.

At this time, a majestic shout came from Niutoushan: "Wagang Dirang is here!"

"Wagang Shan Xiongxin is here!"

"Wagang Bingyuan is really big!"

"Wagang Zhai Hong is here, haha, all the horses are left behind, Master Hong is considering Rao Er to die!"

In an instant, the ambushes were all set up on the mountain, sharp arrows were scattered like raindrops, and the government soldiers suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

I have to say that Niujiaoao is indeed an excellent place to ambush and beat Sap. On the right is Weihe River, on the left is Funiu Mountain, and the front and back are clamped by two protruding "ox horns". After the official road is blocked, The soldiers of the government were like turtles in a urn with nowhere to escape, and there were only [-] cavalry in the sky, and they could only be beaten.

Fortunately, Wagang's current strength is not so good. Both the number of people and the equipment are not satisfactory. To put it bluntly, it is a group of mobs. The lethality is far less than that of the regular army. Soldiers are a bit more difficult.

Wang Yue came to his senses and immediately ordered to fight back. At the same time, he led his own soldiers to break out of the siege. After dozens of lives were paid, the government army finally moved the boulders and rolling logs blocking the road.

"Don't go, the dog officer, Shan Xiongxin is here!" Shan Xiongxin took the lead and went up to meet him first, raised his hand and assassinated one of Wang Yue's personal soldiers under the horse.

"Master Shan is mighty!" Seeing this, all the minions cheered happily, shouting and rushing forward to join the battle group.

At the same time, Zhai Rang also personally led the main force to rush down from the mountain, and launched an attack from the flanks, while Zhai Hong and Bing Yuanzhen moved away from the huge boulders and rolling logs behind, and attacked from behind, killing the remaining government troops. surrounded.

Xu Shiji and Jia Runfu stood on the mountain to watch the battle, the latter looked at Xu Shiji meaningfully and said, "Maogong has no plans left, the overall situation of this battle is settled!"

(End of this chapter)