Late Tang

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Meng Zhuze, also known as Wangzhuze, is a hunting resort with a wide lake, lush vegetation, and many animals, birds and fish in the northeast of Yucheng City.

In the autumn of Tianbao's third year, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Gao Shi traveled together to Shanfu, chasing eagles and chasing rabbits in Mengzhu, drinking wine and composing poems on Qintai, leaving many moving poems.But at this time, Meng Zhuze had already become the temporary residence of Wang Xianzhi, the commander of the grass army.

Wang Xianzhi was sitting in the wooden building built beside the reeds, still in shock, secretly glad that he saw the opportunity quickly and left Yucheng ahead of schedule.Glancing at Cao Shixiong, he got up to help the old brother, and patted the dust off his body, "My brother, it's just a small setback for a while, don't blame yourself so much."

Seeing that the leader didn't blame Cao Shixiong anymore, the other generals also breathed a sigh of relief.

The second leader who just arrived from Chuqiu, Shangli Shangjun, who should be called Caojun Marching Sima, frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Old Cao, how many officers and soldiers are there who not only robbed Yucheng, but also captured you all?" The fight was so miserable, not to mention the loss of so many soldiers and horses, but Lao Cai was also included?"

Cao Shixiong got up from the ground, and couldn't help being surprised when he heard this question, how could he forget about Cai Wenqiu.Cai Wenqiu is Shang Er's confidant, and he has been valued by Shang Rang recently. He has been promoted to the military envoy of Duzhi, and like them, he has become the owner of the chamber, with [-] subordinates and [-] cavalry.But now, when Cai Wenqiu was rescuing Yucheng, he was defeated by the government army. Not only did the three thousand soldiers and horses collapse, but even he himself was captured by the government army.This matter was said by the brother who had fled back, and more than one person said so, this matter cannot be wrong.Now that Cai Wenqiu has been folded, Boss Wang has passed the test, I am afraid that the second brother Shang will not pass the test.

"It was all that damned fog. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the fog and directly killed the city, then sneaked into the city and opened the city gate. The brothers were caught off guard, and I don't know how many officers and soldiers killed them. As a result, all the soldiers were in chaos. It's time to charge back against the enemy's own team." Cao Shixiong first found an excuse for his defeat, first it was heavy fog, and then the army was in chaos.The so-called conscripts are those young and strong who follow. They are not considered regular grass army, and they don't have any weapons. They carry long sticks and sticks randomly. How much, they can manage two thin meals a day.

"Let's not talk about that, how many people are there in the army? You won't be beaten so dizzy by the army, you don't even know about this?" Shang Rang said with a gloomy expression. "Which army is it, how many troops are there, and who is in command?"

Seeing Shang Rang's expression, Cao Shixiong froze for a moment, and said awkwardly: "There are about 5000 troops, and they entered the city in the fog. ***] Liu Ya Nei are all very young but very good. But we didn’t let them ask for much benefit. Although we lost a lot of brothers, we also killed at least 2000 of them. Now Yucheng, at most There are still three thousand. Brother, let’s go back and kill these 3000 people directly, capture Li Jing’s apprentice, and let him send Lao Cai back.”

"Nonsense!" Without waiting for Shang Rang to reply, Wang Xianzhi spoke immediately.Now he is very frightened by the officers and soldiers. The opponent's 5000 people took his city, and defeated him in three ways with tens of thousands of horses.Now go to attack the city by yourself, wouldn't that mean death.After more than half a year of fighting, Wang Xianzhi at least knew one thing, that is to avoid the reality of the battle, usually to scavenge and loot, even to attack the city, it is to attack those cities that are not guarded by soldiers.Now that Yucheng has such a powerful army, how dare he go again.

Cai Wenqiu's brother, Cai Wenyan, did not dare to speak, and looked anxiously at Shang Jun's growth. Their brothers were all Shang Jun's elder brothers. At this time, the only way to save their lives was to rely on Shang Jun's growth.Lord Shang couldn't help but recalled that when he went to buy salt in Shamen Town, Li Jing tied him up and sent him to the official without saying a word, almost losing his life.Thinking of how angry he would be at this moment, he couldn't help feeling irritable, and slapped the table, "Why didn't you rescue Lao Cai back on the battlefield? Now what do you think I have?"

Wang Xianzhi saw that everyone's faces were darkened, and he also knew that if he refused to save him now, it would not only chill the hearts of the old brothers, but also might dampen the morale of the army.But once the words are spoken, it is not easy to change them.

Shang Rang stood aside, seeing all this in his eyes, and quickly said: "General, I thought we could attack Yucheng. Now that Lao Cai is still in Yucheng, we must at least rescue Lao Cai."

"Of course I want to save Lao Cai, but the army in Zhen [***] is only a few dozen miles away from Yucheng, and it can be reached in a day. If we fail to rescue Lao Cai, we will be trapped in the end." Go in." Wang Xianzhi's eyes were as big as cow bells, and he expressed his worry.At this time, he couldn't help thinking of Huang Chao. If Huang Chao was here, he might have a way to defeat the official army and rescue Lao Cai.

Cai Wenyan stood over there with a sad face, and Shang Jun looked more and more irritable, "Lao Cai is not dead yet, what are you doing with a mournful face?" After speaking, he turned to Wang Xianzhi, "Brother, Lao Cai is me. My brother, something happened to him, as long as he is not dead, I have to save him. Back then, when I was caught by Li Jing and sent to the officials and almost executed, Lao Cai followed the boss and all the brothers to rob the law I was the only one on the scene, and Lao Cai blocked the knife for me at the time, but now that he has fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers, I can't let him die."

Seeing Shang Junchang's performance, Wang Xianzhi knew that he could not retreat at this time, otherwise, how would he lead the brothers in the future.Immediately glanced at Cai Wenyan and Monk Monarch, "Don't worry, Lao Cai is not only your brother, but also my brother Wang Xianzhi. Now that he has fallen into the hands of the officers and soldiers, I will definitely rescue him." He turned his head to the other brothers, nodded, and said solemnly: "All the hosts and camp owners, go back and organize the team immediately. Those who can carry knives and go to battle will be pulled out of the shack by Lao Tzu, and the hosts will stay here. Let's discuss it." Yu Zhice. Damn, if you dare to catch our brothers, then we will fight them."

Wang Xianzhi pulled out his sword and cut off a corner of the table, "Gather up all the brothers, tonight we will attack Yucheng overnight and rescue Lao Cai."

Seeing that Wang Xianzhi was finally willing to send troops, many old brothers shouted and retreated.After many small bosses had retreated, Wang Xianzhi sighed, and said to the host below: "Lao Cai also fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers for our grass army, we can't leave him alone."

Cao Shixiong also felt a little guilty at this time, and shouted: "Lao Cai fell into the hands of the government and army to save me. The master gives orders, and I will take the lead!" These people had already died when they were selling salt. Friendship, this time with loyalty, even the officers and soldiers are not afraid.

Wang Xianzhi was also forced to the wall at this time, the grass army became more and more powerful, and even defeated the Tianping army and Taining army in a row.But Wang Xianzhi was self-aware. The last time their more than 1 brothers fought against the [-] Tianping army at the foot of Liangfu Mountain, they were defeated by the army before they could resist for a moment.If it weren't for Huang Chao's ambushes and Wang Yanwen's interception behind him, where would we be today.This time, we met Zhen [***], who is well-known in the world and just returned from defeating the Shatuo army in Daibei University. I am afraid that the Cao army will be hard to match.But now that Cai Wenqiu fell into the opponent's hands, if he refused to send troops to rescue, the people below would lose their support, and the team would be taken seriously.

Shang Junchang is also one of the more strategic people among the crowd. At this moment, he calmed down and thought about it, "Actually, it is not that we have no chance of winning. The officer and army are only afraid of 5000 people. It is very likely that we underestimate the enemy. If we can If you seize the opportunity, you will be able to break through Yucheng and rescue Lao Cai before the official army sends reinforcements."

"That's true, since the officers and soldiers look down on us, let's show him some color." In an instant, all the handsome and handsome owners said angrily.In this case, Wang Xianzhi didn't need to mobilize too much. He patted the table hard and stood up. "Aren't the Tianping Army and the Taining Army also defeated, but they were defeated by us? Although Zhen [***] has some reputation, but the mules are horses and have to be taken out for a walk. Who dares to say that we can't defeat Zhen [***]? I heard that in the city of Songzhou, there are countless wealthy households, the amount of food, money and silk is inaccurate, and there are more beautiful women. Let's go out and tell the brothers, if you die, your eggs will turn to the sky, and you will not die. Jiangshan, Jinxiushanhe, a lot of money, a lot of women, if you have a share with me, you can also share with them, and we will never forget each other."

"Gou Fugui, don't forget each other!" Shang Rang followed behind and shouted something that no one could understand, his face full of excitement.

That night, Wang Xianzhi ordered all the soldiers and horses. Except for a few Xiangzhu who were still east of the Bianhe River, they had already gathered [-] grass troops and [-] soldiers.It is impossible to place so many soldiers and horses at once. In the end, Shangjun led [-] grass troops as the forward, Wang Xianzhi led [-] as the central army, and asked Bi Shiduo to lead [-] as the rear army, and Cao Shixiong and others drove them to join the army. keep up.

Facing the congjun army that was dotted along the coast of Daze, Wang Xianzhi only said one sentence: "Go to Songzhou!"

Go to Songzhou, the refugees who were already hungry, their eyes lit up when they heard this.Although every time they attack the city, they are the soldiers who die the most, and in the end they have to be robbed by the grass army before they can enter the city to grab some food and money, but this is their only chance to survive right now.

Lord Shang led Changfeng to drive directly to Yucheng at night, and when he arrived under Yucheng, it was still before dawn, so he immediately surrounded the whole city and ordered to attack the city.But Mr. Shang was very cunning, he did not attack desperately, but made a feint attack in the dark, firstly to exhaust the defenders, secondly to consume the defenders' arrows, rolling stones and trees, etc., and to observe the situation of the defenders.

When it was almost dawn, Lord Shang had almost figured out the strength of the defenders. Sure enough, there were only about 3000 people, and they were not very sophisticated.Having figured out the reality, all we are waiting for now is the arrival of the army from behind, directly flooding this small city with a sea of ​​people.

However, when the sun was setting, the first to arrive was not the grass army but the reinforcements from the government army from the west.

There are not many officers and soldiers, only about 2000 people. Judging from the banner, it is the banner of the town [***].Hearing the arrival of reinforcements from Zhen[***], Commander Shang hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered 5000 troops to fight.

The two sides fought ten miles to the west of Yucheng. At the beginning, Shangjun fought very carefully and tried a little bit, but after a short fight, he finally found that this prestigious town [***] didn't seem to be what he imagined. sharp.With a wave of his hand, a thousand cavalrymen, the most elite troops under Shang Junchang, rushed out from behind the hill and attacked the flank of Zhen[***], the cavalry rushed out, Zhen[***] was vulnerable, and directly After the collapse, the Cao army massacred them, and the Liangqianzhen [***] fled back, lying dead for dozens of miles, and was beheaded by the Cao army for more than a thousand.

Shangjun sent an order to withdraw the troops, and returned after a big victory. At this time, Wang Xianzhi's Chinese army finally arrived.As soon as he arrived at the foot of Yucheng, he was overjoyed to hear that Lord Shang had defeated Zhen [***] with two thousand reinforcements.

In the afternoon, a large number of congregation troops finally arrived and surrounded the small city of Yu. Wang Xianzhi didn't even bother to make siege equipment, so he let the congregation troops attack the city from all directions, storming the city gate, and setting up ladders to attack the city.

The defenders on the city were desperately fighting bloody battles, and when they were about to lose their hold, suddenly another reinforcement from the town [***] came from the west! (To be continued.)