Gao Lan held his breath, and even recalling everything that happened in Yecheng that day, he couldn't help but feel the raging anger rising in his heart.
To the southwest of Ye City, there is a city named Anyang, which is the gateway to the south of Ye City. There is a water to the south of Anyang, with mountains like gates standing between the water. Although the mountains are not high, they are extremely steep. The mountains are full of chaos.
There are rocks and trees, and the river flows at the foot of the mountain. It is the spring flood season, and the water flow is very fast. The ferry crossing is very small, only a piece of river beach is exposed. It is more or less possible to cross the river, but it is not very convenient.
Originally, there was a small village in the mountains and forests on the north side of the river. The exact name is unknown. It was home to dozens of families. They opened some wasteland in the valley, planted some crops, herded sheep, and then went into the mountains to do some wild work.
He went to the river to catch some fish, and his life was hard but comfortable. In this turbulent era, this place was almost a paradise.
However, there are no common people in this village now, only the Yuan Army soldiers. They gathered here at starry night. They were also soldiers mobilized from the counties around Yecheng under urgent orders. They came here just to contain them.
The troops of General Zhengxi.
The original county magistrate of Anyang neglected his duty and failed to report the incoming Zhengxi attack in time, so he was arrested and sent to Yecheng. However, it was actually a bit unjust. After all, no one expected that the Zhengxi cavalry would be so bold and pretend to be Yuan's army.
Passing by slowly...
Anyway, at the moment of the Han Dynasty, there is actually no distinction between uniforms and clothing, only the flags are slightly different, so it is very confusing for Taishi Ci to use the banner of Yuan Jun.
Yuan Shang, Guo Tu and others felt that it was unlikely that the Zhengxi cavalry would return to Yecheng, but Gao Lan did not think so, because Gao Lan felt that this Zhengxi general who dared to lead an army alone to go deep must not use common sense to make inferences!
However, now that Gao Lan has received the message asking for help from Dang Yin, he can't help but hesitate...
Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong?
If we follow the safest method and seek no merit but no fault, then we only need to continue to stay here. But the problem is that Gao Lan has no merit now, only fault. If he cannot make up for his fault, what will happen in the next days can be expected.
Not easy.
Are the Zhengxi Cavalry really preparing to retreat?
Under the clouds, he could either go to Chaoge and go to Yanjin, or go to Liyang and go to Baimajin. If that was the case, he would indeed be safe here, but it would mean that he wouldn't get any credit.
So what should be done?
Continue to wait here, or should you lead the army to Dangyin and look for opportunities to encircle and annihilate the Western Cavalry?
Everyone knows that from Yanjin to Baimajin, there are many suitable places to cross the river for a hundred miles or so. If this really allows the Zhengxi Cavalry to cross the river smoothly...
Gao Lan lowered his head, looked at the document from Dangyin again, and sighed slightly: "Here comes! Send the order, form the team, and set off for Dangyin!"
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Chun Yuqiong didn't have so many ideas. After all, General Zhengxi's partial army just slipped under his nose. This fact made Chun Yuqiong not in the mood to drink some wine in the past two days.
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It's not that Chun Yuqiong is addicted to alcohol, but that he has lived in the military for a long time, and at this age, he has various physical problems. The aches and numbness are sometimes unbearable. Drinking some wine can relieve it to some extent, but Chun Yuqiong is so
At this moment, I really am not in the mood to drink at all.
Although Chunyu Qiong had also received news from Cao Cao in Dongjun before, saying that he would cooperate with Chunyu Qiong in the encirclement and suppression, he also deployed troops at Yanjin, Baimajin and other ferries, waiting for this detachment of General Zhengxi.
The partial army was overrun. But Chunyu Qiong still did not dare to take it lightly. He had to intercept the Zhengxi army and then destroy it in order to save some face.
Leaving aside Cao Pingdong's side, Chunyu Qiong was stationed in Hanoi in order to completely block the route of the Zhengxi partial army back to Hedong. But now that the soldiers in the Zhengxi army will not take the Hanoi route, then Chunyu Qiong is squatting in Wen County.
It was meaningless, so Chunyu Qiong immediately led his troops eastward, approaching the Dangyinyanjin area in a hurry.
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A hundred miles north of Yanjin.
Taishi Ci raised his hand, and the flag-bearer immediately waved the flag. The horn sounded a dull sound, and the advancing cavalry slowly stopped.
When the army is marching, some traces cannot be covered up. The only thing that can be used is the space difference and time difference on the battlefield.
Chen Hao, who was in command of the front army, urged his horses and trotted over. "General, what are your orders?"
"Set up camp and rest on the spot, and send out scouts to Dangyin in the north and Yanjin in the south." Taishi Ci ordered.
"Wei!" Chen Hao looked up at the sky and said hesitantly: "General, is it too early to rest now?" In the past, Taishi Ci moved quickly and walked more than a hundred miles a day, but now he walked slowly.
It is inevitable that there will be some discomfort.
Taishi Ci shook his head, glanced at Chen Hao and said, "Don't be impatient... We are all working very hard, so there is no harm in taking a rest early..."
Chen Hao, like Taishi Ci, both worked under Gongsun Zan for a while, so they had some friendship. Taishi Ci knew that Chen Hao's words just now may not mean to disobey the order, but just a subconscious reaction, so he explained it specially.
, told Chen Hao not to be impatient.
Chen Hao nodded and didn't ask again. He knew that Tai Shici had a deeper meaning and it was not as simple as asking the soldiers to rest more. However, he did not ask further questions and turned around to make arrangements. After hearing the order to rest, the soldiers turned over and dismounted one after another.
, some led their horses to a water source to drink, while others walked upstream to fetch water, unloaded their food bags, and prepared to pick some wild vegetables and make vegetable porridge. Although they carried a lot of compressed dry food,
Soldiers still like to eat and drink hot food when conditions permit.
After arranging everything, Chen Hao returned to Taishi Ci and saw Taishi Ci looking into the distance, seemingly thinking about something.
"General, everything has been arranged..." Chen Hao also turned to look in the south direction and said, "General, are you thinking about how to cross the river?"
"No, we won't cross the river..." Taishi Ci chuckled twice and said, "It is convenient for the Yanjin White Horse Army to cross the river. We know it, but don't our opponents know it? After being slapped by us in Yecheng, if we are slapped again,
If we cross the river easily, General Yuan's face will be really disgraced..."
"So...why haven't you sent out soldiers to search for us after two or three days?" Taishi Ci chuckled, looked at Chen Hao, and gestured around, "Do you think these guys will do nothing?
?Is it possible?”
"I can't keep up...Fighting from behind, the infantry still has some advantages. If they follow us...hehe..." Chen Hao also smiled and said, "However, looking at the current situation, Yuan Jun should be
Garrison at key points and wait for us to crash into them... But we didn't see many soldiers and horses in Yanjin, so why not take the opportunity to cross over?"
"It is precisely because Yanjin does not have many troops..." Taishi Ci glanced south and said, "This is a problem..."
"Let's go to Dangyin again..." Taishi Ci turned around and said, "Then we will definitely know where Yuan Jun has deployed his troops..."
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The arrogant county magistrate is going crazy.
Not only did the soldiers outside the city think they were crazy, but even the neighboring big family Tian who was coordinating the defense of the city on the city gate tower was also crazy!
"Tian Wenhao!" Magistrate Dangyin scolded in a low voice, "How dare you speak out against such an enemy-friendly behavior!"
"What else?!" Tian responded with a louder voice, pointing to the plowed fields outside the city and said, "If we don't give you some food and grass, Zhengxi will have to rush into the fields! This year's harvest will be completely destroyed.
!Will you be responsible for this year’s autumn gifts alone?!”
"You!" Magistrate Dangyin rolled up his sleeves, "This is simply unreasonable! I have sent more soldiers to ask for help, and General Chunyu will arrive soon! We only need to hold on for three more days, and the siege will naturally be broken! Furthermore, if this is the case,
If Zhuang He is damaged, the general is unparalleled in benevolence and must be tolerant and reduce taxes."
"Three days! Aha!" Mr. Tian did not give in. This was not the first time he met an official. He didn't know that all officials had the same virtues. What he said at this time was more pleasant than anything else. When he received the Autumn Fu
If you fall out at the time, where will you go to cry again? You can't spend all your money to fill this hole! So he glared at the Dangyin County Magistrate and said, "If this is the case, please make a written statement! If all the young crops are destroyed and the people's food and clothing are destroyed,
This autumn taxes are all paid by your Majesty! Come here and get your pen and ink!"
"How brave!" Magistrate Dangyin suddenly turned his face and pointed at Tian's nose and said, "You actually threatened Shangguan, what crime should you be punished for!"
"As a parent of a locality, you don't care about the life and death of the people. What crime do you deserve!" If it was General Yuan's accusation, Tian would still be afraid, but the county magistrate of a small town was naturally not afraid at all. In addition, the previous
The recruitment was somewhat unpleasant, so it did not save the county magistrate any face.
The two couldn't stop arguing, but Chen Hao, who was at the foot of the city, didn't have much patience, so he waved his hand. His soldiers cheered, then drove their horses into the plowed fields, released their bits, and let the horses eat the green seedlings.
Rice was not spread on a large scale until the great masters of later generations improved it. In the Han Dynasty, Jizhou was still basically dominated by millet and wheat. Therefore, after the war horses entered the fields, they nibbled on the juice-rich wheat seedlings.
As happy as a piece of joy.
"Stop! No, no, shut up!" Mr. Tian on the top of the city was anxious. After all, the fields close to the city had sufficient irrigation and easy access, so they were the first choice of large households. However, those corners of the mountains, forests and rocks were the first choice.
This is the territory of ordinary people. How can Mr. Tian not feel distressed when he sees his village being ruined?
"Your Majesty!" Tian turned around and glared at the Dangyin County Magistrate, with fire coming out of his eyes, "You are neither capable of going out to fight to protect the territory, nor are you allowed to delay the attack to pacify the people! I want to impeach you!"
"Huh? A delaying tactic?" The Dangyin County magistrate did not get angry this time. Instead, he stroked his beard and said, "A delaying tactic... In this case, we can try it..." Previously, the Dangyin County magistrate vetoed Tian's proposal.
Expeditions to General Xi's supplies outside the city were nothing more than a suspicion of scheming with the enemy, and now that he had a reputation as a delaying strategy, it obviously sounded much better. After all, the Tian family was originally a wealthy family in Jizhou, and the Dangyin County magistrate did not want to fight with the Tian family.
The relationship is too rigid.
As for why Magistrate Danyin and Mrs. Tian did not agree on the same opinion just now and said these words, it is just because not everyone has a God's perspective and can always be clear-headed.
After their differences were resolved, the two people took action quickly. After hanging some millet and wheat grain from the city wall, of course it was impossible to give them all. They found an excuse to say that they still needed time to prepare or something, and slowly dragged Chen.
Hao didn't care, so he ordered all the soldiers and horses who were running wild in the cultivated land to withdraw. When he left, he didn't forget to laugh a few times. Why did he know this earlier? Why did he do it in the first place? The Tian family on the city wall was trembling with anger.
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What?
Food mixed with poison?
Haha, not to mention that Chen Hao still knows how to identify it when he goes back. Let a few people try it first. Just say that in the Han Dynasty, people had little knowledge of biochemistry and the like. Poisons such as arsenic, which are extremely easy to identify, can be identified.
It has lasted for thousands of years, and Braid Chao is still the first choice for poisoning, so we can know how many skill points we have on the poison technology tree.
"Come here!" Magistrate Danyin looked at Tian who was trembling with anger. "While the Zhengxi soldiers are unprepared, quickly report to General Chunyu! He said that a certain person has set up a delaying strategy to hold back the Zhengxi soldiers. Please tell Chunyu
General, help quickly!"
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"Are the soldiers and horses of the Expedition to the West stationed in Dangyin?" Chun Yuqiong stared closely at the messenger in Dangyin and couldn't help but smile with joy. Is it true that the soldiers and horses of the Expedition to the West are stationed in Dangyin because of a lack of food and grass? What if?
If this is true, that is simply good news from heaven!
"It's true!" The ordering soldier nodded repeatedly and almost said with his chest. He saw with his own eyes the battle flag of Zhengxi, and also saw the Zhengxi cavalry drinking their horses, seeing them fetching water, making fire, and even smelling
The smell of cooking smoke, and even the food provided by Dangyin, made the ordering soldiers uncertain?
"Just make sure! Just make sure!" Chun Yuqiong slowly rubbed his hands and paced back and forth, with an irresistible smile at the corners of his eyes and mouth. Although Zhengxi's cavalry ran fast, they still needed to rest after all.
He may run like this forever, and what he was most worried about originally was not being able to catch and block these Zhengxi cavalry, but now the Zhengxi German cavalry gathered near Dangyin, which undoubtedly gave Chunyu Qiong an excellent opportunity!
A distance of more than a hundred miles would take about two to three days. Forced marching was not impossible, but in order to have sufficient combat effectiveness, Chun Yuqiong still felt that it was necessary to be cautious. After all, Gao Lan was pressing from north to south, so it was really difficult.
It is very possible that together with Cao Pingdong, they can encircle the entire Yanjin area and completely eliminate them!
When he was satisfied, Chun Yuqiong almost laughed out loud. He endured it again and again, but he couldn't hold it back anymore, so he laughed loudly: "The expedition to the west is seeking death, who can blame you! Come, contact General Gao, order
He quickly goes south to coordinate the encirclement! In addition, send more scouts to find out the movements of the troops marching to the west! We must kill him at the foot of Dangyin City!"
