After Zheng Tai surrounded Shoushan Academy and Cai Yong was killed, even Guanqiu Xing felt a little troubled. This was the same as Cao Cao's unwillingness to kill Ni Heng.
Cao Cao could kill Bian Rang, but he was unwilling to kill Ni Heng. Although both men had reputations, they were actually completely different in nature. Bian Rang was the vanguard of the Yanzhou gentry's resistance to Cao Cao at that time, and he was the pathfinder. Cao Cao killed Bian Rang. Rang himself had the intention of intimidating the Yanzhou nobles, but it had the opposite effect.
But the time Mi Heng appeared was after Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian, and officially transformed from a local prince to a powerful official of the Han Dynasty. It was the time when it was most necessary to maintain the image. Therefore, even though Mi Heng was even worse than Bian Yiang, he scolded Cao Cao. Just like scolding his son, causing Cao Cao to burst into flames, Cao Cao still has to endure it and find a way to get off.
The same is true for Yang Biao.
Yang Biao is now at the critical moment when he wants to establish a positive image of helping the country and attract talents from all over the country to join Heluo under his command. How could he allow such a thing to happen?
Although people do not do it by themselves, it is somehow inseparable, and Guanqiu Xing is also extremely troubled.
Of course, swords and guns have no eyesight, and Cai Yong hit it by himself. Normally, such an accident would be Cai Yong's own fault...
If you rush forward even though you know the danger, you are becoming more and more confused as you live, right?
Normally, Cai Yong should not be in the academy, so how could he appear on the mountain road?
What's wrong with the bow and arrow? Even if it hits an limb, it's fine, but it hits the chest and abdomen?
When Guanqiu Xing heard Zheng Tai's return, he almost couldn't help but want to curse.
But the problem is that even in later generations where cameras are everywhere, helping an ordinary old man who has fallen would risk ruining his family's fortune. What's more, this was in the Han Dynasty, and the person who died was a famous and prestigious literary figure...
The behavior of a reckless man who never stops doing anything is just like a bandit. Guanqiu Xing would never make such a mistake. Just like he was just stealing and ended up bumping into the hostess, people who like to keep doing things often tend to He will turn from stealing to robbery, and when he sees the beauty of the mistress, he will further and completely become a beastly beast, and finally kill and silence him...
When a mistake occurs, you can only try your best to make up for it. If it is allowed to develop uncontrollably without rational control, it will often evolve into an uncontrollable situation.
The question is, how to make up for this mistake now?
It suddenly became a problem.
After the two discussed for a long time, they came to a relatively unanimous decision. No matter what, they must insist that Cai Yan and Zheng Xi had something personal. Then Cai Yong was so ashamed and angry that he rushed towards the swords, guns and arrows, seeking suicide. …
It doesn't matter whether others believe it or not, the important thing is that you believe it yourself.
Although Taoshan was surrounded, the students in the academy were so angry that they couldn't make any big moves to avoid worsening the situation. They could only let it go first. Guanqiu Xing and Zheng Tai also discussed to deal with it coldly for the time being, but that didn't work. If you want to go to school, you can starve to the palace students for a few days, and then look for opportunities to divide. After all, not everyone is so courageous...
Anyway, this stage must not be intensified. If the time is prolonged, the impact will gradually become smaller. After the enthusiasm of the students of the academy has cooled down, as long as some of the students of the academy can be bribed, they can stick to their own opinions, and then Let's just let it go. Anyway, Zheng Xi is dead. Who can reverse the case on Cai Yong's behalf?
After the discussion was decided, Guanqiu Xing and Zheng Tai temporarily focused their attention on Pingyang City. The original plan was to besiege the city, so an extra day or two would not have a big impact on Guanqiu Xing and Zheng Tai's original plan. .
Anyway, haven't we already surrounded Taoshan? Tomorrow we can declare to Pingyang City that we have the posthumous son of General Zhengxi in our hands. Will the guards in Pingyang City panic now?
The current camp in Guanqiu Xing has almost forced Pingyang City to set up camp. Most of them are Yang's infantry in Hongnong. The emphasis is on formation and then fighting. After all, the mobility is far behind that of cavalry. The result is A camp like plum blossoms was built.
With a large number of people, a lot of materials are needed and consumed. A large army fighting in the field needs to transport a lot of baggage. Not only food and grass, but also things like pots and cauldrons need to be prepared one by one, not to mention the steps. The camp is mainly composed of soldiers, and even the deer camp needs to be blocked, the four-corner nails of the wooden stakes, the knife cart to plug the door, the hooking iron chain, as well as various wood tools, lighting supplies, etc., these things are natural Fortunately, it was the civilians and auxiliary soldiers who pushed and pulled them over by carloads.
At first, Guanqiu Xing was a little worried that his scouts had suffered heavy damage and would be harassed by Zhang Lie's two to three hundred cavalry. Therefore, he not only sent his only cavalry to scout around, but also sent infantry to patrol the camp. They laid an ambush under the river bank on the other side, waiting to see if they could block Zhang Lie's cavalry. Unfortunately, for two or three days in a row, no trace of Zhang Lie's cavalry was seen.
Zheng Tai immediately took over the errand of the front camp. Although Guanqiu Xing did not blame him for Cai Yong's incident, he still broke out in sweats when he thought about it. However, people cannot be resurrected after death, so Zheng Tai just The only thing we can do is to collect our energy and manage our affairs carefully, in order to obtain some meritorious service in the battle of Pingyang and show our abilities, so that we will not be easily thrown out by Yang Biao and others to take the blame when the liquidation comes in the future.
Tomorrow is the third day of the agreement with Xun Chen in the city, which is also the time for the official showdown. Although Pingyang has not sent troops in the past two days, and even Taoshan has been besieged and has not taken any action, Zheng Tai knows that Pingyang is also preparing Something, but he didn't know it.
Therefore, as the commander-in-chief of the front camp, Zheng Taiduo was not too showy on weekdays, and he was quite friendly when meeting the soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers in the front camp did not reject him overtly or covertly, and were relatively cooperative. , but even so, the complicated affairs have made Zheng Tai, a half-bucket of water in the art of war, exhausted...
According to the military rules of the Han Dynasty, the general in charge of the camp should patrol the camp every other hour if he is not out in battle. Of course, sometimes the general can be lazy, but Zheng Tai is in an extraordinary period, so how can he dare to give people any excuses? Naturally, I work hard, but after a whole day like this, I have to work hard and feel stressed. Naturally, I don’t get any good rest and am exhausted mentally.
In the middle of the night, Zheng Tai struggled to get up and walked around the camp again. Everything was normal.
Seeing the faint light on the horizon, Zheng Tai yawned nonstop. After a hard day's work and having to get up to patrol the camp again at night, he felt that his legs were weak and he wanted to go back to his tent and take a nap again.
Calm down the spirit.
Damn it, if I had known it was so hard, I shouldn't have followed and headed north!
I originally thought that Yang Biao supported the emperor in Heluo and would definitely be in a high position in the future, so I took advantage of the opportunity to accumulate more merits, but I didn't expect to encounter such a mess!
If Pingyang was taken and moved to the Academy, Cai's death would gradually be ignored. It would be somewhat better, but it would still be a hidden danger...
The sky in the distance began to glow gray. At this time, the soldiers who had been on duty all night were the most sleepy. For some reason, Zheng Tai, who had just opened the tent curtain, suddenly felt some vibrations on the ground. At first, he felt that he was
I was so tired that I couldn't stand steady. I leaned on the wooden pole of the tent and looked down. I saw that under the light of the torch, the pebbles and sand under my feet were trembling gently.
This is definitely not my imagination!
In the vaguely discernible sky, the figures of groups of cavalry suddenly appeared in the distance. It was not until this moment that the faint sound of horse hooves was heard. Apparently, the cavalry of this group were all covered with horseshoes.
The people were silent and the horses were wearing cloth. I don’t know if they were waiting calmly in the darkness for this most tiring moment, and then suddenly launched a surprise attack when the sky was about to get dark!
Not only Zheng Tai's front camp, but also the other camps extending north and south along the river bank, and the soldiers on duty at the sentry towers also discovered the sudden appearance of the cavalry! These cavalry were as if they suddenly descended on the world, and the cavalry on horseback
The cavalry, with spears under their arms and long knives in their mouths, are rushing towards here like a sea tide!
No one could see clearly how many cavalry appeared. They could only see that they completely covered the originally faint line of light in the sky into darkness, surging in layer by layer. As they got closer, the sound of horse hooves finally sounded.
It sounded like muffled thunder, resounding throughout the entire wilderness, shrouding the three camps on the left, middle and right of Guanqiu Xing's army!
The soldiers in Guanqiu Xing shouted shrilly: "The enemy is attacking! The enemy is attacking!!" More shrill shouts followed, and the sound of golden drums on the watchtower tower was beating in panic to warn.
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The soldiers and generals who were resting in the camp were all alerted, either from the tent, from the den, or simply jumped out of the field. Those looking for weapons looked for weapons, and those looking for armor looked for armor. The regular soldiers were more or less adaptable.
, picked up the weapons and rushed forward immediately, while the other auxiliary soldiers and civilians were much behind.
Although Guanqiu Xing and Zheng Tai had been prepared before, as time went by and the incident in Taoshan, it was inevitable that some of his attention would be distracted. There had been no movement in Pingyang City, so inertia was unavoidable.
I thought that tomorrow would be the critical beginning, but I didn’t expect that when morning was approaching, I would encounter a cavalry raid!
Zheng Tai finally came to his senses at this time, ran out of the camp, pulled his neck and shouted loudly: "Watch the camp! Don't panic! Quickly mobilize people and horses to watch the civilians and prevent them from causing chaos! Supervise the battle, where is the supervising team?
?! Pass a certain military order! Anyone who disturbs the morale of the army will be beheaded! Everyone is in their respective positions, and a certain person is in the middle to supervise the battle. We have a camp! They can't break through! As long as they persist for a long time, their spirit will lose! We guard the camp and shoot
Shoot them to death too! Notify each team that I, the general, have ordered that anyone who steps back will be killed by the entire team!"
Although the speech was somewhat incoherent, at least Zheng Tai came forward to gather the soldiers, explain the matters, and stabilize the soldiers in the front camp. The soldiers who followed Zheng Tai immediately responded loudly, and then ran to deliver the order, while Zheng Tai was protected by the remaining guards.
Then, he began to raise the general's recognition flag, trying to gather more soldiers and horses to meet the sudden cavalry attack!
At this moment, Zheng Taicai suddenly realized how wishful thinking Pingyang would surrender was. Zhengxi's subordinates were really tough people, and there was no sign of losing their fighting spirit. All the previous performances were just a sign of a slow army.
It's just a ploy, hiding so many cavalry soldiers and horses just for the assault at this moment!
But Zheng Tai also firmly believes that he will be able to defend this camp!
Behind the Zhengtai camp, about 300 steps away, the Chinese army camp in Guanqiu Xing was among the Meihua camp. The news that the two camps in front and on the left and right were attacked also reached Guanqiu Xing immediately.
The camp is here.
After two days of running around and working hard, Guanqiu Xing was already quite old and somewhat unable to hold on. He had already fallen asleep in a tent covered with thick felt. As for whether there were soldiers in the camp who had no place to rest, assisting
Guanqiu Xing didn't care much whether the soldiers and civilians were still huddled in their dens, and he didn't care too much.
Anyway, in this kind of weather, although there is gradually some autumn dew, it is not so cold that we can't survive in the wild. What's more, we need to step up the construction of defense systems such as camp walls in the past two days. Where can we get the excess?
What kind of comfortable residences can we build for ordinary soldiers and civilians?
Therefore, the more than 5,000 regular soldiers are nothing more than the auxiliary soldiers and civilians. The journey is no less difficult than that of the regular soldiers, but they have to do much more work. When the regular soldiers go to sleep, not only do they have no place to rest, but they also need to be on duty at night, so
To ensure adequate rest for the regular soldiers, on average, each auxiliary soldier only had two hours of rest at most at night, while the civilian soldiers had even less. They were extremely overworked and naturally complained a lot, and there were not a few who cursed behind their backs.
Guanqiu Xing, who was in the middle of the army and surrounded by guards and soldiers, would naturally not know about such a trend surging in the army. Even if he knew about it, he would probably be too lazy to pay attention to it. He had been worrying about the Taoshan incident all day long.
, I finally fell asleep at night, and I slept soundly.
In the midst of a sweet dream, Guan Qiu Xing was suddenly awakened by the noise outside the tent. He opened his eyes to calm down, and suddenly there was an unknown fire in his heart. He was very angry. After all, Guan Qiu Xing was already an old man.
Yes, it’s not easy to fall asleep on weekdays, and it’s even harder to get a good night’s sleep. If you finally fall asleep, you’ll be woken up halfway, and you won’t get angry!
The soldiers serving closely in the camp couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat when they saw Guanqiu's livid complexion, and immediately roared: "What's the fuss about?! What's the crime for surprising the general?!"
At this time, I heard an earth-shattering shout from the outer tent. It was the military commander who was on duty today in the Chinese army: "General, general! The Fenshui rear camp suddenly caught fire! A group of cavalry from nowhere is attacking our rear." camp!"
