Chapter 249 This defeat, life and death are uncertain
Chapter 249: This defeat, life or death is uncertain (On the tenth day, please give me your monthly vote!)
After Huang Xi and Zhang Xiu left one after another, Ma Di stood alone on the high ground of the mountain village with his hands behind his back, looking towards the direction of Guiping City.
This time when he came to attack Jiaozhou, he had another purpose - to train the four generals so that they could all act independently.
Of course, being on one's own does not include blocking opponents of the level of Lu Xun and Sima Yi. This being on one's own refers to being able to advance and retreat freely when facing ordinary opponents.
Therefore, after entering Jiaozhou, Ma Su made up his mind to only sit in the center and have four major generals to deal with all territories and wars. This high-intensity training method was used to improve the military capabilities of the four people as much as possible.
Ma Di took back his thoughts and looked at the two teams that were meandering and gradually disappearing from the field of vision. For some reason, he suddenly felt worried and felt that he had forgotten something.
So he frowned and started thinking.
What exactly was forgotten?
Huang Xi led 400 disguised Wu troops to open the city gates and took the lead; Zhang Xiu led 400 rear troops to support the rear; this was a very stable arrangement that could be advanced or retreated.
While he was deep in thought, a familiar fragrance came from his side. Ma Su turned his head and saw Axiu standing behind him with a sad face, her bright eyes looking absently to the northwest.
Seeing Ma Su looking over with squinted eyes, Axiu leaned over involuntarily and sighed quietly.
Ma Su knew that Axiu's expression was due to his longing for his son, so he patted the latter's waist pretending not to know: "Axiu, what are our army's chances of winning this time in Yulin?"
"My husband is an expert in predicting events. Our army has been victorious with successive attacks, and Guiping will be defeated soon." A Xiu Cui frowned slightly and replied without thinking.
"The predictions are as good as the gods, and they can happen just around the corner..."
"It's like a god to predict things...hiss~"
Oops, I forgot to simulate the battle situation!
Snapped!
Ma Su slapped A Xiu on the thigh, finally realized that he had forgotten something, turned around and returned to the wooden house.
Axiu's pretty face heated up, and she followed closely.
As soon as he entered the room, Ma Su dragged the wooden case to the middle, set up the horse's stance, and then called up the light screen, waiting to simulate the next battle...
But he saw Axiu turning her back to him, squeezing in between him and the wooden case, supporting the table with both hands, stretching her body in an extremely seductive arc, and slowly leaning down.
"..."
Looking at the strange scene in front of me.
Ma Su couldn't even laugh or cry. He was distracted for a moment and threw the simulated war situation in Yulin out of the sky.
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Guiping City, city head,
A slender woman in red, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, stood holding a sword. Her long, straight black hair was blowing in the wind and fell down behind her, reaching her waist to her hips.
Her beautiful eyes showed the perseverance that only a man can have, and she stared straight out of the city. The wealthy gentleman Li Tong was by her side, her calves trembling constantly.
She is Lu Yin's sister, Lu Meng.
Although the name sounds very cute, Lu Meng's character is the same as Sun Shangxiang's. She has many strange ambitions and is an out-and-out heroine. She only likes weapons and does not like red makeup.
Although she has great ambitions, she also understands that women in this era are destined to be just green leaves and not to be on the stage of history.
Ever since she followed her two brothers to Jiaozhou, she could only stay in the boudoir every day, reading military books and strategies, dancing with guns and playing with sticks to pass the time.
Lu Meng has a very high self-esteem and often regards the world's heroes as if they are nothing. She believes that there are very few men in the world who are worthy of her, so she has always been single and unmarried.
Of course, this is not the point.
The point is, after learning that her brother Lu Yin led his troops to chase the "bandit Zhu Ya", she was immediately shocked and realized that there was a fraud. She immediately took over the military command of Guiping City and sent scouts to Yushan to investigate the situation.
, while standing ready.
Obviously, there is something fishy about Zhu Ya entering the city to rob.
Because Yulin County is located in the south of Lingnan, far away from the Central Plains, the city of Guiping City is very low and casual. The city walls only have east and west sides, facing mountains to the south and water to the north. Strictly speaking, it cannot even be called a city.
But this is not the reason why a bandit leader with only three hundred men under his command dares to enter the city to rob.
If this person didn't eat the heart of a bear or the courage of a leopard, he must be relying on someone else.
If it's the latter, then her brother is in danger.
Lu Meng was extremely anxious.
Towards evening, two fast horses galloped back from the north road and reported the news that "the Wu army has been wiped out and the prefect is missing."
After hearing the news, Lu Meng's heart exploded and he could hardly stand. With tears in his eyes and teeth clenched, he raised his hand and stabbed Li Tong to death. He suppressed the worry that his brother's whereabouts were unknown and ordered all the soldiers to prepare for battle.
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On the other side, Huang Xi led four hundred "Wu troops" and was on their way.
In terms of climatic conditions alone, the four seasons in Jingnan are quite suitable for marching. Even though it is already the ninth cold winter in the north with heavy snowfall, the Yulin area is still warm and sunny, with cool breezes, making people feel very comfortable.
The only thing that affected the marching speed was the rugged mountain road.
In order to reach Guiping City in the shortest time, Huang Xi followed Ma Di's instructions and did not choose to travel along the main road that detoured more than ten miles. Instead, he took a shortcut south along the west bank of Guishui River.
Soon, more than two hours after setting off, this unit arrived at Guiping City before dark. Everything went as Ma Su had planned.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they pretended to open the city gate and massacred them, all at once.
Huang Xi didn't know that just because he chose this road, he happened to pass by the scouts sent from the city. If he had chosen to take the high road, the news of Wu's army's defeat and annihilation would not have been known to Lu Meng so quickly.
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He was looking forward to winning his first great achievement after entering Jiaozhou, and he was even a little impatient.
Therefore, when the army arrived at the east gate of Guiping City, Huang Xi did not follow Ma Di's instructions and order the soldiers in the army who were proficient in Wu language to come forward to call the city. Instead, he took advantage of the cover of dusk and night to go out in person and shouted in a thick Sichuan accent.
road:
"People in the city, listen, the army has returned victoriously from suppressing the bandits, please open the city gate quickly!"
When Lu Meng on the tower heard these words, she curled her bright red lips slightly, sneered, and waved to signal the soldiers to pull up the city gate.
That's right, the city gate of Guiping City is a natural square flat stone. After it was polished by craftsmen, it was used by Lu Meng's brother Lu Yin and embedded in the middle of two thick gate walls to make a hanging city gate.
The Shu army entered the city without resistance.
There was no one inside the city gate.
Seeing that more than half of the soldiers and horses had entered, but there was still no movement in the city, Huang Xi looked at the dark and empty street in front of him, stopped, held his chin and muttered.
"That's not right. According to the intelligence, there are clearly five hundred soldiers and horses in the city. How can it be empty?"
"Could it be that there is a fraud in it?!"
"No, I fell into a trap!"
"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Huang Xi turned around and ran out of the city with his knife, shouting at the top of his lungs as he ran.
Lu Meng did not expect that the rebel general's awareness of precautions would be so high, and he would see through her plan of "asking you to put yourself in a urn, and then shutting the door and beating the dog" so quickly.
Seeing that more than half of the thieves who had entered, a third of them escaped in an instant, Lu Meng had no choice but to order people to cut the ropes and lower the nearly 10,000-kilogram city gate, easily blocking nearly two hundred thieves in the city.
When the 10,000-jin stone gate fell down, Huang Xi was so frightened that he almost urinated on the spot. After realizing it, he was overjoyed and quickly led the remaining two hundred people back to fifty steps away from the city gate, hesitating.
At this time, loud cries of killing rang out in the city, mixed with cries of "surrender, let's surrender, don't kill".
The sound lasted only half a stick of incense and then became quiet.
The sky turned completely dark and I couldn't see my fingers.
Huang Xi looked at the dark city gate, cold sweat rolling down his forehead.
Failed.
This time the deception failed.
He didn't even know why he failed, nor how to go back and explain to Ma Su.
Strictly speaking, this was the first defeat that Ma Su's troops had suffered in the past four years, and it was a defeat that almost resulted in the annihilation of the entire army.
The ecstasy of surviving the disaster subsided, and fear and fear surged in. Huang Xi was confused for a moment and didn't know what to do. He had to order the remaining soldiers to stand by in front of the open area in front of the city with their armor on alert, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops before doing anything.
Discuss.
Soon, Zhang Xiu led the following four hundred people and came closer in the dark.
"Old Huang? What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Xiu was surprised to see Huang Xi, who was paralyzed on the ground, and he asked tentatively: "Didn't you cheat to open the city gate?"
"Or were you beaten out?"
Huang Xi shook his head in frustration, with a cry in his voice: "Failed, our army was defeated. Wuwuwu... I lost half of my troops. The general will have to kill me when he finds out about this..."
Seeing Huang Xi crying like a 200-pound child, Zhang Xiu comforted him and said: "Don't panic, if the general blames you and wants to kill you, I..."
"How?" Huang Xi quickly stopped crying and asked.
Zhang Xiu scratched his head honestly: "I will take good care of your wife and children, don't worry."
Huang Xi suddenly cried louder.
Zhang Xiu remained silent and squatted aside to accompany him.
After a long time, Huang Xi raised his head and asked, "Xiu, if I lose such a battle, do you think the general will kill me?"
"Probably not." Zhang Xiu was a little unsure.
The main reason is that the brothers have never been defeated by Ma Su. Who knows whether Ma Su will punish them severely?
Well, never lost a battle?
Then isn’t this the first time we’ve lost a battle?
Zhang Xiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Old Huang, do you have any gold, silver, private money or anything else? Give it to me and I will definitely take it back and give it to your family."
When Huang Xi heard this, he felt it made sense. He quickly stopped his tears and explained: "There are ten good restricted books under the bedside in my room. I will give them to you in the future. By the way, I also have two pieces of gold and five pieces of gold."
A piece of silver, and a bag of money, buried half a foot under the third leg of my wooden bed. And there's more..."
Zhang Xiu held his chin, secretly remembering the hiding places of all the treasures, and comforted Huang Xi a few more words. Then he got up and walked to a remote place, waved to two of his trusted aides, and told them to rush back as soon as possible to report the outcome of the battle.
Carry out secret treasure digging missions.
The army camped outside Guiping City for the night, and at dawn the next day they withdrew in despair and returned to the stronghold.
Ma Su has been waiting in the village for a long time.
Seeing Huang Xi walking over with his head drooped, Ma Su glared at him, waved his hand, and ordered the exhausted troops to come back after a two-hour march after being frightened all night, and to go down and rest.
Then without saying anything, he turned around and returned to the meeting hall, which was a slightly larger wooden house.
The four major generals silently followed in and lined up on the left and right.
Ma Su looked around at everyone with a serious face and remained silent for a long time.
The atmosphere in the room was so dull that it was hard to breathe.
In fact, after applauding Axiu, Ma Su had already predicted the failure through simulated battle situations.
He also understands that there is no general who is always victorious.
In war, there are always winners and losers.
However, Huang Xi's reckless advance must not be ignored.
