Seeing that Zhu was frightened by the Chixiao Sword, Cen Peng ignored him. He looked around at the generals and said quietly: "If you can defeat the enemy's army without fighting, why bother to fight with your life?!"
Subduing the enemy's army without fighting? Everyone present looked at Cen Peng in surprise, not understanding what he meant by this.
Cen Peng smiled leisurely and said: "Gaohu, the bandits of the Reunion Army came out in full force to help the Bronze Horse, but they had to do so because of their dead lips and cold teeth. If we can give you a way to survive, the two armies will definitely change."
Ji Zun took a breath and said: "General Cen means that our army can recruit Gao Hu and reconnect the second army?"
Before Cen Peng could speak, Zhu sneered and shouted dissatisfied: "Recruiting? It's just a fool's dream! If the bandit army in Hebei is so easy to recruit, how can there be so many bandit armies here in Hebei?!"
Cen Peng ignored Zhu's dissatisfaction, and the smile on his face actually deepened.
By the time Qi Ran and Zhang Huai led the Zhonglian Army and the Bronze Horse Army to pass through the mountain col, more than two hours had passed and the sky was already dark.
At this time, Cen Peng looked up at the sky, suddenly stood up, and said, "Now, it's our turn to go into battle!"
Hearing this, everyone present cheered up and asked in unison: "Go and get Qingyuan now?"
"Don't worry yet! We need to fight outside Qingyuan!"
Who should we fight with? The reinforcements sent by Qingyuan have already gone to reinforce the remnants of the Bronze Horse, and the remaining rebel troops are all huddled in Qingyuan City. Who can we fight now?
Cen Peng raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Sacrifice to the general!"
"The general is here!" Ji Zun stepped in and saluted.
"General Sacrifice led an army of 20,000 people to serve as the left army." After a pause, Cen Peng said again: "General Fu!"
"The end will be here!" Fu Jun responded with cupped hands.
"General Fu will lead an army of 20,000 people as the right army. The left and right armies can conduct a drill in the south of Qingyuan City. The remaining officers and soldiers will be at my disposal!" Cen Peng continued to issue general orders with confidence.
The generals present, after hearing Cen Peng's arrangement, all had question marks on their foreheads.
What kind of maneuver is this Mahakala doing? Furthermore, now is the most critical moment to eliminate the thieves. If we don’t help the king to eliminate the thieves, what kind of drill are we doing?
Zhu was so angry that he asked loudly: "Cen Peng, what on earth are you going to do? I..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Cen Peng holding the wooden box in his arms, placing his hand on the wooden box, and patted it slowly and gently. Seeing this, Zhu immediately swallowed the next words back into his stomach and glared at Cen Pengqian.
Under Cen Peng's order, 50,000 Han troops appeared in the south of Qingyuan City, seven or eight miles away. The soldiers held torches high, and Ji Zun and Fu Jun each led an army of 20,000 troops, one in the south and one in the north.
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The so-called drill is an exercise, which can be regarded as a compulsory course for the regular army. All officers and soldiers in the army will be pulled out of the camp from time to time to conduct a drill.
When the two armies confront each other, how does one's side arrange its troops, how the formations evolve rapidly, how the formations of the various parties are connected, and how to cooperate, just like in coordinated operations? These experiences cannot be explored on the battlefield, and the enemy will not
It will give you a chance to explore, and you can only rely on daily practice to accumulate experience.
Now, Cen Peng asked the 50,000 soldiers under his command to do this. He sent an order to all the troops to shout at the top of their lungs. Whoever can shout louder than the other party can get three extra days of meals.
After hearing Cen Peng's order, the soldiers below felt dumbfounded, but the three-day extra meal was a real benefit, so the soldiers below naturally tried their best to fight and kill.
The drill, except that the soldiers did not fight with real swords and guns, was almost the same as in actual combat.
Fifty thousand Han troops were conducting drills outside Qingyuan City, and the soldiers were shouting at the top of their lungs. How could such a loud movement not alarm Qingyuan City.
Zhao Gui, who stayed behind in Qingyuan City, was waiting for news in fear. At this time, a soldier ran in in a panic, stepped in and saluted Zhao Gui, and said urgently: "General, something bad is going on. There is someone in the south of the city."
The two armies are at war!"
Zhao Gui was startled, stood up involuntarily, and asked: "Who is fighting?"
"It's too far away to see clearly. I can only hear the shouts of fighting!"
Zhao Gui hurriedly said to his generals: "Send someone to investigate immediately!"
There was a "battle" outside the city, and Zhao Gui could not sit still. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, wandering back and forth in the house impatiently.
He sent many spies to the city, but none of them could actually get close to the drill site.
Cen Peng asked 40,000 soldiers to perform drills. The 10,000 soldiers he left behind did nothing but cast a net. These 10,000 soldiers spread out and wandered around Qingyuan, forming a large invisible net.
Surround Qingyuan City.
The current situation is that the spies sent inside Qingyuan City cannot get out, and the spies outside can't get in either. Only two of the spies sent by Zhao Gui outside the city ran back alive, and one of them was hit in the back shoulder.
An arrow.
When the two spies saw Zhao Gui, they both knelt on their knees and said breathlessly: "General, seven miles south of the city, the main force of the Han army is fighting with our main force!"
In fact, they were not close to the drill site at all. It was already dark now, the lights were dim, the distance was long, and there were Han army cavalry chasing them. They couldn't see what was going on at all. They could only see in the distance.
On the battlefield, lamps, torches, and pitch pines filled the mountains and plains. The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sounds of fighting continued.
No one would have thought that the Han army was playing a one-man show and doing exercises on their own. The two spies made inferences with normal people's thinking. It must be that their own soldiers and horses were fighting with the Han army, and such a large-scale battle was going on.
, it must also be a decisive battle between the main forces of both sides.
After hearing the report from the two spies, Zhao Gui's expression suddenly changed and he asked: "How many soldiers and horses does the Han army have? How many soldiers and horses do we have left?"
The two spies swallowed their saliva and said cautiously: "General, the Han army has cut off our army's return route. The villain can't see our army's soldiers and horses. He only sees the Han army's soldiers and horses. There are huge crowds of people all over the mountains and fields.
Countless!"
When Zhao Gui heard this, his face suddenly changed, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. Just at this moment, a soldier ran in again and said sharply: "Report to the general! A Han army is outside the south city now!"
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Ah? Zhao Gui's expression changed again. Did the Han army attack Qingyuan so quickly? Could it be that the Bronze Horse Army and the Heavy Company Army had all been wiped out by the Han army?! He was stunned for a moment and immediately summoned his subordinates.
Will, go to Nancheng.
Zhao Gui led a group of subordinates and hurriedly climbed to the gate tower of the south city. He raised his eyes and looked outside. He saw a group of soldiers and horses parked a hundred steps away from the city. It was not clear how many troops there were.
, there were probably several thousand people.
Just when Zhao Gui and others stretched their necks to look around, they saw a group of Han soldiers outside the city suddenly riding out and walking straight towards the city gate.
Seeing this, the soldiers inside the city gate tower and on the city wall took up their crossbows and aimed at the people coming outside the city.
Zhao Gui was shocked and waved his hands to the left and right: "No arrows are allowed! No one is allowed to shoot arrows without my order!"
The other party was a man who came over alone. He obviously didn't want to attack the city.
Not long after, the visitor from outside the city had already reached the city gate. When he was only ten steps away from the city gate, an arrow flew down from the top of the city and was nailed to the ground in front of the horse's hooves.
Snapped!
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The man on horseback reined in his horse, which neighed. Zhao Gui held his arrow stack in his hands, stuck out his head, and said loudly: "Who is coming from outside the city? Tell me your name!"
The people outside the city raised their heads, revealing a handsome white face and a pair of piercing tiger eyes. They looked at Zhao Gui inside the city gate tower and said loudly: "I am Cen, the general who was assassinated by King Xiao.
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Zhao Gui breathed in, and it turned out to be Liu Xiu's troops! He didn't feel anything about Cen Peng, but he was sure that the incoming army was Liu Xiu's troops, which made him feel cold. He cleared his throat and said, "I am Zhao Gui!
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"It turns out to be General Zhao of the Gaohu Army!" Cen Peng asked in confusion: "Why is General Zhao still in the city gate tower? Why hasn't he opened the city gate for our army and come out to greet us?"
He asked seriously, which made Zhao Gui dumbfounded. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He was angry and funny in his heart, and said loudly: "General Cen, your and our armies are fighting now. General Cen asked me to open the city gate and open the city gate again."
What does it mean?"
Cen Peng did not answer immediately, but turned his horse's head and stood sideways in front of the city. After a while, he saw that Zhao Gui and others on the top of the city had blank faces, and he patted his saddle slowly.
Zhao Gui and others followed his slaps and looked over, only to discover that there were two disheveled and bloody severed heads hanging on Cen Peng's saddle.
After standing sideways for a while, Cen Peng turned his head back and asked with a half-smile, "General Zhao, can you see clearly? Suddenly, the heads of the two Zhang Huai thieves are here!"
His words were like a bomb that exploded in the city gate tower. When Zhao Gui heard this, his head buzzed, his eyesight turned black, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
It was evening now, and the light was dim. Looking down from the city gate tower, it was difficult to see clearly. In addition, the two severed heads were disheveled and their faces were stained with blood, making it even more difficult to see their true and specific appearance.
But now there is a battle outside the city. As a general under Liu Xiu, Cen Peng dared to come outside Qingyuan City so brazenly. No one, whether it was Zhao Gui or the other Gaohu Army generals, suspected him at this time.
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In fact, Cen Peng didn't know who stayed behind in Qingyuan and who went to reinforce the remnants of the Bronze Horse, but one thing he could be sure of was that whether Zhao Gui stayed behind and Qi Suo went to reinforce, or Qi Su stayed behind and Zhao Gui went to reinforce,
In short, Zhang Huai must go to rescue Dongshan Huangbalu.
Just now he asked Zhao Gui's name and knew that the person staying behind in Qingyuan was Zhao Gui. Therefore, those who went to reinforce must be Qi Ran and Zhang Huai. Only then did he reveal the two severed heads hanging on the saddle.
It is said with certainty that they are the heads of Qi Suo and Zhang Huai.
I don't know how long it took, Zhao Gui wiped the sweat on his forehead, forced himself to calm down, and said: "General Cen, Qi Jiangjun and General Zhang are close friends with me. Now you bring their heads to Qingyuan.
Aren't you afraid that I will kill you to vent my hatred?"
"General Zhao will not kill me!"
Zhao Gui was almost angry. Just as he was about to speak, Cen Peng asked seriously: "I am here to save General Zhao. How can General Zhao kill his savior?"
"What do you mean by General Cen's words?"
"Now, Qi Chuan and Zhang Huai have been killed. General Zhao thinks that Dongshan is barren and Shanghuai Kuang can resist our king. How long can Dongshan Bare and Shanghuai Kuang be defeated and killed by the king? General Zhao thinks that next,
Who will be killed?" Cen Peng spoke in a low voice, but every word was like a heavy punch, hitting Zhao Gui's heart hard.
Qi Suan and Zhang Huai are both dead. Dongshan Huangtu and Shanghuai are afraid that they will not last long. Next, he will definitely be the unlucky one! Zhao Gui held his hand on the arrow stack, sweating like rain, raised his arm,
I wiped the cold sweat with my sleeves.
Cen Peng continued: "Now, if General Zhao can open the city gate and surrender the city, not only will it be faultless, but it will also be a great achievement! With the benevolence and wisdom of our king, not only will he not kill General Zhao, but also Gao Hu
As a brother of the army, I will definitely reward you greatly and put him to good use. General Zhao, tell me, am I showing a clear way to your army when I come here this time? Can I be regarded as your army’s life-saver?”
