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Chapter 63 Famous General Zhang Xutuo (3000 words)
The bitter cold wind hit like a knife scraping the face. After three months of eating the wind and drinking the dew, three thousand Luoyang guards rode neat war horses, their horseshoes flying and dust rolled up, and galloped into the city of Xingyang galloping slowly through the accumulated frost.

Zhu Yougui yawned and ordered the whole army to rectify and rest in the temporary barracks. He only took three of his men to march towards Zhang Xutuo's base camp, intending to join forces first.

Moreover, during the march in the past month, the birds have long faded out after eating and drinking in the wild. This time I went to the city just in time for the Lantern Festival, so I had to eat, drink and have fun.

As soon as Zhu Yougui entered the city, he noticed that the atmosphere in the city was delicate. It was the festive season, and pedestrians, business travelers came here to enjoy the lanterns, showing signs of joy and harmony.

There is absolutely no sign of a storm coming.

Only pedestrians and pawns who just came from outside the city are spreading the news that the rebels in Wagangzhai have been attacking the city and pulling out the village.

Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo, a famous contemporary general of the Sui Dynasty, defended the city. He turned the tide with his own efforts and repeatedly defeated the offensive of the rebels.

Zhu Yougui knew that these people in the city were taking chances.

He believed that as long as Zhang Xutuo was there, Xingyang would be safe and the rebels would not be able to hurt them.

Little do they know that Xingyang is an important channel for water transportation, once it is captured, the water transportation will be cut off.

And once the water transportation is cut off, it is tantamount to killing the Sui Dynasty.

For the same reason, Xingyang City is also a must-take place for Wagang Village!

Therefore, Yang Guang also had the foresight to worry about the loss of Xingyang, so he hurriedly transferred Zhang Xutuo to be the general guard of Xingyang, and was responsible for destroying the Wagang village.

Even Zhu Yougui, a grand master, could not avoid the ending of rushing to the front line, which is enough to show the importance attached.

Zhu Yougui secretly sighed in his heart, but it's a pity that in this sensitive period, Yang Guang, a prodigal son, had already led a large number of imperial troops on parade, and the number of troops assigned to Zhang Xutuo was less than [-].

Because during this period, the world situation changed.It is not just Wagang that the imperial court has to face the anti-king rebels. After years of sending troops everywhere to suppress them, the imperial court has long been overwhelmed and stretched.

From the very beginning, the uprising beacons ignited everywhere, small and small, no less than a hundred of them.

As the war became more and more cruel, three powerful rebel forces gradually formed:
One is the Wagang Army in Henan;

One is the Dou Jiande army in Hebei;
The other is the Du Fuwei army in the Jianghuai area.

Among these three forces, the Wagang Army is the most powerful.

Facing the ferocious coming, the Wagang rebels who came prepared.

This battle is really tough.

Qin Shubao inquired around, and quickly found out the latest information, trotted all the way back to report to Zhu Yougui, and said very appreciatively:

"My lord, this Zhang Xutuo is worthy of being a contemporary famous general. At the beginning of the month, he swept away the entire Henan rebel army with only ten thousand men in his hands. He even fought more than [-] times with the Wagang Village led by the leader Zhai Rang. Every time, the opponent is defeated."

Song Jingang nodded, and suddenly felt discouraged and felt that this trip was a bit in vain.

"Extremely, extremely. I also heard that the Wagang rebels were vulnerable to the Sui army. Even the generals before the battle had been defeated repeatedly. Presumably without our support, Zhang Xutuo alone would have Enough to suppress the rebellion."

Changsun Sheng frowned, feeling that things were far from that simple and said: "Winning went too smoothly."

After Zhu Yougui listened to the three people's thoughts, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and the old god said:
"I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Chang Sun Sheng stood up with great insight, and said, "Could it be that the general has seen something?"

Zhu Yougui thought deeply, and said casually:

"Zhang Xutuo is indeed very capable, but Wagangzhai is the strongest rebel army in the Henan area, and there are many capable people in the rebel army, such as Li Mi and Shen Luoyan. These people are capable of writing and martial arts, but it is difficult to compare them. Moreover, the strength and numbers of the armies of the two sides are even more disparate, and the number of Wagang is several times that of the Sui army, so how could they be so easily defeated?"

The weirder something is, the trickier it is.

Both Qin Shubao and Changsun Sheng had delicate thoughts. After what Zhu Yougui said, they suddenly came to their senses. The imperial army under the leadership of Zhang Xutuo was indeed brave in battle, but the enemy was no ordinary person. How could they be so vulnerable?
If it is intentional, what is it plotting?
Thinking about it this way, both of them said with cold hands and feet in an instant:

"Does the general mean that the Wagang army is cheating?"

"It's not certain, the general still has to see Zhang Xutuo himself first." Zhu Yougui said with an inexplicable expression, leading the horse to gallop, and the speed could not help but increase a bit.

As soon as they entered the Xingyang temporary military camp, Zhu Yougui raised his hand and showed the badge of General Tianbao, and they went all the way without any hindrance, no one dared to stop them.

He and several generals were all respectfully welcomed in by the soldiers.

At this time, the Xingyang City Lord's Mansion had been transformed into a temporary combat base, and the high-ranking generals looked dignified, coming in and out endlessly.

In the gauze tent camp, a huge military battlefield formation map was placed horizontally, with various small red and white flags fluttering on it, which was an extremely detailed simulation map of the battlefield.

Wearing heavy armor, Zhang Xutuo, with a slightly aged face, stood upright in his old age and vigorously explained various military strategies to the generals.

"The Wagang Army now intends to take Xingyang to seize the granary first, so as to further strengthen its strength, and then try to advance. According to the intelligence of the spies, Zhai Rang led the army westward from Wagangzhai, and successively captured Jindi Pass and most of the county towns of Xingyang County. We are now advancing towards Xingyang City."

"However, the strange thing is that they have fought and failed repeatedly in the past few months, but they still haven't given up their plan to attack Xingyang."

One of the generals present said sadly:
"Reporting to Tongshou, even with the soldiers we temporarily recruited, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers at present, but this time Wagang is coming in menacingly, with a conservative force of more than [-]. After a long time, we can't afford it after all, and stick to the city It's really not good for our army."

One person took the lead, and the rest of the people also reported the important information of the military aircraft one after another.

Listening to all kinds of adverse reports, the situation is really urgent.

Zhang Xutuo tugged on his long gray beard, his brows were tightly furrowed, and all the generals were also solemn and did not dare to speak out, obviously the situation was not optimistic.

Looking around, his sunken old eyes were slightly troubled and said:
"Do you generals have a good strategy?"

Immediately, all the generals choked up and fell silent, each with a heavy expression.

This battle is not easy to fight with internal and external troubles.

Although they have been victorious in wars, they almost always won a few small games. The Wagang Army did not suffer any injuries at all.

There are fewer and fewer soldiers in the family, how should we fight this battle?
Zhang Xutuo sighed heavily, and was planning to deploy various plans against the rebels with other officers, when suddenly a voice came from outside the camp.

"General Tianbao came to pay a visit at the emperor's order."

Before the people arrived, there was a rolling sound like thunder, which shocked all the generals present.

Who dares to make such a high-profile noise in the army?

When Zhang Xutuo heard it, his old face slowed down and he laughed immediately. He didn't take it seriously and comforted him with his big hands: "Everyone, don't panic, the imperial court's reinforcements have arrived, and you all will go with the old man to meet the demeanor of General Tianbao."

At this moment, Zhu Yougui, wearing a mask of pain, led three of his subordinates striding forward vigorously.

Everyone looked at Qin Shubao, Changsun Sheng and Song Jingang, all of them were majestic and burly, and they looked like the heroes of the world.

As for Zhu Yougui himself, although he wears a painful mask, his height and imposing manner surpass the three of them, and the three tiger generals follow behind him obediently, obviously willing to serve as a foil for the green leaves.

Only the ability to subdue these three giants to follow, this alone proves that the newly promoted General Tianbao is extraordinary!
Zhu Yougui couldn't help arousing everyone's respect, a group of military officers led the crowd to welcome him, Zhang Xutuo even bowed to him personally, his old eyes brightened and said:
"The great general came here for help from thousands of miles away. Zhang is very grateful."

"Let's stop talking nonsense. This general only brought [-] soldiers this time, but he can't decide the outcome of the battle."

Zhu Yougui nodded slightly, accepting the gift from the other side.

"Is it only three thousand reinforcements?" Zhang Xutuo frowned. There were too few soldiers, not even enough to fill the gap between the opponent's teeth.

Zhu Yougui didn't explain, Gu Zi stepped forward and went into the camp to find a place to sit down, Zhang Xutuo hurriedly ordered his servants to show Zhu Yougui a table of tea, Song Jingang, Qin Shubao and Changsun Sheng stood behind Zhu Yougui with weapons in their hands. See.

"The soldiers are good but not many. What's more, this general has no plans to give up the military power."

Zhu Yougui was sitting with a golden sword on his horse, and when he spoke plainly, the generals present instantly looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

I thought Zhu Yougui came here to fight for power and profit.

After all, an army does not allow two voices, and the coach can only have one.

Zhang Xutuo was also rarely silent.

Zhu Yougui continued:
"This general's army can be used as a surprise soldier, and the soldiers and horses in your hands can be used as horns to echo each other."

"That's the only way to go." Zhang Xutuo saw that Zhu Yougui refused to hand over his military power, and he had a secret order from the emperor, so he couldn't take away his power at all.

Zhu Yougui's army can only be used as a surprise soldier, hoping to stab the Wagang rebels at a critical moment.

"I wonder if the general has any good strategies to defeat the enemy?" Zhang Xutuo asked after talking for a while, with hope in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yougui shook his head in vain, and said bluntly:
"Conspiracy and deceit are nothing but inferiority, and this general will not disdain it."

Zhu Yougui didn't know how to lead troops to fight, so he didn't make a fool of himself, and said directly rebelliously:
"This general is still good at the strategy of beheading and surprise attack. As long as we secretly send someone to drag Zhai Rang, the leader of Wagang, into a dark alley to kill him, wouldn't the war be over?"

After finishing speaking, his waist straightened with confidence, and his narrow, gloomy eyes were full of anticipation, thinking that there should be applause here.

After Zhang Xutuo and other veterans on the battlefield listened, all of them stared wide-eyed, full of disbelief. After a long time, Zhang Xutuo coughed and said in embarrassment:
"The general is not afraid of martial arts, but also brave and courageous. However, the rebels are numerous, the guards are like clouds, and the generals are like rain. Let's think about it in the long run."

The officers secretly looked contemptuously, and immediately underestimated Zhu Yougui a bit.

The confrontation between the two armies, how could it be the same as the assassination by gangsters in the rivers and lakes.

Forget it, why are you so naive?
Even soldiers who don't know how to lead troops to fight think that Zhu Yougui is talking nonsense in the Arabian Nights.If the leader of the enemy army is so easy to assassinate, why do you want them generals and mud legs to come out to fight?All the big guys have changed their jobs to assassins.

(End of this chapter)