Chapter 157 Fox Fake Tiger Might (Eighth and Monthly Pass)
Tao Shang was really touched when he heard that Yuan Shao actually worried about him to this extent.
I have to say that Yuan Shao is really very interesting to me. He even thought of the troubles he encountered on the way back in advance, and even gave him a flag with the word "Yuan" in it for him to show off on the way.
No biological father is as close as him.
"General Fanlaoqu replied to Mr. Yuan. Tao thanked him for his kindness, but he was disrespectful."
After Qu Yi said a few more words, he immediately led his troops and said goodbye to the pottery merchant, and both sides rushed to their respective destinations.
Seeing Qu Yi leading his troops away, the pottery merchant secretly smacked his mouth.
Good general, good-bye.
After the soldiers and horses arrived at Yanjin Ferry, they arranged boats to prepare to cross the river.
The pottery merchant's army had more than 100,000 troops. There were too many people. The boats at the ferry were limited and could only transport a few people at a time. The pottery merchant was also afraid that Baibo's army would mutiny during the crossing, so he could only
Let Xu Chu and Mi Fang lead some of the pro-army troops to cross the river first, and then break up with Xu Huang, Xu Rong and others, and use this method to monitor both sides of the ferry.
But just as the Baibo army was crossing the river in batches, unexpected events happened one after another.
A Xuzhou Army scout hurriedly reported to the pottery merchant: "Master Qi, something bad happened. Less than thirty miles away from us, a large group of soldiers and horses are marching towards the ferry. There are many soldiers and few.
It is said that there are more than ten thousand!"
"More than ten thousand soldiers and horses are coming towards the ferry?" The pottery merchant's face tightened.
At this time, soldiers and horses are crossing the river, and most of them need to guard the Baibo army. If these 10,000 people are enemies rather than friends at this time, once the opponent launches an attack and causes a mutiny among the Baibo army, it will be very bad.
"Whose troops are those more than 10,000 people? Have you found out clearly?" Xu Rong, who was beside the pottery merchant, also knew that this unexpected situation was not optimistic and asked hurriedly.
The scout swallowed his saliva and hurriedly replied: "The other party's soldiers and horses are in messy costumes and are definitely not official soldiers. The flags in their army are crudely made, and the subordinates can't see clearly for a while. What they vaguely see seems to be the 'Black Mountain Army'"
-white'!"
"It's the Montenegrin Army!" Everyone's expressions suddenly became very nervous.
There is no doubt that the Black Mountain Army is the largest force among the remaining Yellow Turbans in the world today!
The leader of the army was Zhang Yan, the commander of Quzhou. He led the people and led the troops, and he had millions of people, almost no different from the princes.
Even the imperial court had to admit the existence of the Black Mountain Army and named Zhang Yan the title of General of the Army who would overcome difficulties.
Compared with the Montenegrin Army, the White Wave Army is simply playing a small game, as funny as playing house.
Hu Cai heard that the other party was the Black Mountain Army, and hurriedly said to Tao Shang: "My lord, in addition to Chu Feiyan, the commander of the Black Mountain Army, there are dozens of leaders. One of them is named Bai Rao. The scout said that it is written on the flag.
The Black Mountain Army - Bai, it is impossible to say that this person led the troops here."
Xu Huang waved his big ax and said: "No matter who comes, we don't need to be afraid of him. Please give the order to go to war. Xu Huang is willing to be the vanguard!"
The potter turned his head and looked at the crowd waiting to cross the river in the dark, shook his head and said: "No, we have hundreds of thousands of White Wave troops here. They and the Black Mountain Army are all the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army."
, they can be considered to be on the same page, if they know that the Montenegrin Army is coming, who knows what kind of changes will happen... This battle cannot be fought."
Xu Huang became anxious when he heard this and said, "What if we don't fight?"
Tao Shang thought for a while and said: "We have more than 100,000 people here. Although not many can go into battle, the Montenegro Army does not know the real situation. If they really want to fight, they will not just send more than 10,000 people.
, If I guess correctly, this army of more than 10,000 people should be here to check the reality..."
At this point, the pottery merchant suddenly caught the large banner with the word "Yuan" fluttering in the wind from the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly woke up.
That's right, didn't Leader Yuan leave some self-defense items for me?
The potter stretched out his hand to call Xu Rong over and said in a low voice: "You urge Hu Cai and Bai Bo's army to cross the river quickly. Xu Huang, Han Hao, I, and I will lead a small number of troops and take Yuan Shao's banner to meet the Black Mountain army.
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Xu Rong hesitantly turned his head and glanced at the large flag that Qu Yi left for the pottery merchant. He was silent for a long time and then asked: "Can you keep it hidden?"
"Try it, maybe it will work wonders."
The soldiers and horses in the distance were galloping towards the ferry little by little, accompanied by large plumes of thick smoke.
The pottery merchant had too many Baibo troops to manage. Although he was not afraid of the Black Mountain Army, once someone in the Baibo army rebelled due to this incident, the huge disaster caused would be unbearable for the pottery merchant.
Therefore, this battle cannot be fought, it can only be talked about...or in other words, it can only be postponed.
Fortunately, when Qu Yi parted with the pottery merchant, he received Yuan Shao's order and left a large banner with the word "Yuan" on it for the pottery merchant. He also told the pottery merchant that Yuan Shao allowed him to set up a large banner on the territory north of the Yellow River.
Use the Yuan family's name as a cover.
In view of this, Tao Shang asked Han Hao to gather three thousand Taishan troops, and led Xu Huang back to break up the rear.
At least they must hold off the pursuing Black Mountain Army until most of the Baibo Army has crossed the Yellow River.
After driving for several miles, Han Hao lined up three thousand Taishan soldiers at a critical pass.
Looking at the approaching Montenegrin army in the distance, Xu Huang snorted and said to Tao Shang: "Although there are ten thousand people coming from the other side, Yuan Si's three thousand elite Taishan soldiers, plus Huang
Sitting here, these Montenegrin troops really may not be in our eyes!"
The pottery merchant was noncommittal and said: "These ten thousand troops are nothing... The problem is that the Black Mountain Army led by Zhang Yan is the most powerful yellow scarf bandit, with millions of people under its command. We really want to defeat him."
These 10,000 people and the Taihang lineage are not far from here. I am afraid that there will be a steady stream of people and horses sent by the Black Mountain Army to avenge us, and it will be difficult to deal with them then."
Xu Huang stopped talking after hearing this. Looking at the world, the power of Zhang Yan, the Black Mountain Army, is an extremely huge military force compared with anyone else. No princes dare to despise it. If they are really pissed off, this mess will still be in our own country at the moment.
I really can't handle it.
Seeing the dust raised by the Montenegrin Army soldiers and horses getting closer and closer, the pottery merchant said to Han Hao: "Have someone put up the flag with the word "Yuan" written on it!"
Among the Taishan army, two strong soldiers, after receiving the order, set up the large banner embroidered with the golden word "Yuan" in front of the formation!
I saw the large banner fluttering in the north wind, blowing back and forth, which made the word "Yuan" on it particularly eye-catching.
Not long after, the 10,000 troops of the Montenegrin Army marched to a distance of several hundred steps from the 3,000 Taishan Army.
I don’t know whether it was the large flag embroidered with the word "Yuan" or the Montenegrin Army had another purpose. The 10,000 Montenegrin Army did not rush to attack, but adopted a defensive posture and set up a position when the Taishan Army faced it.
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Tao Shang, Xu Huang, Han Hao and others were each contemplating each other's intentions when they saw the Montenegrin Army's formation on the opposite side opening up. A fairly well-equipped Montenegrin Army general wearing leather armor led a small group of Biao cavalry and headed straight for them.
A group of people, including the pottery merchant, came flying over.
Xu Huanghu was stunned, and he raised his ax and was about to start.
But the pottery merchant raised his hand to stop him and said, "No, do you see the flag on the other side?"
Xu Huang squinted his eyes and saw a row of rebel soldiers in front of the Black Mountain Army's formation, waving their flags desperately at the potters and others.
"Oh, it's the envoy sent by the other party." Han Hao said while touching his chin.
After a while, I saw that ten cavalrymen from the other side had arrived in front of their own formation. The man leading them was tall and somewhat fierce. He glanced around at the Taishan soldiers in front of the formation and shouted loudly:
"Which one is the leader?"
The Taishan Army opened its military formation. Under the protection of Xu Huang and Han Hao, Tao Shang came to the front of the formation. He raised his hands to the big man and said with a smile: "I am the leader. Which member of the Montenegrin Army are you?"
The big man was obviously a little bit jealous. Hearing this, he was quite surprised and said: "Oh! You can actually guess that we are the Montenegrin Army? Sure! How did you do it?"
The potter was speechless. He raised his head and looked at the flags standing in the Montenegrin military formation in the distance. The word "Black Mountain" was written on each flag.
The man didn't seem to feel that he was timid at all. He raised his chest and said proudly: "I am Commander Bai Rao of the Montenegrin Army, and I have come to meet you on the orders of Commander Bai Rao and General Sui Gu."
say!"
Judging from his shaky appearance, he didn't look like he was talking. He was clearly here to cause trouble.
The potter blinked and looked at Sui Gu blankly for a long time before he asked weakly: "You...what's your last name?"
"Sui (sui)! My surname is Sui (sui)! Sui Gu!... What's the matter? Do you have any objections?"
The pottery merchant came back to his senses, smiled and waved his hands, saying: "No, no objection, what a good surname! He lives up to his name...General Sui!"
Sui Gu didn't seem to hear the derogatory connotation in Tao Shang's words. He looked him up and down for a while and suddenly said: "On the order of Commander Bai, I came here to ask where your troops are and where you want to go.
Why are you flying the banner with the word "Yuan"? What is your relationship with Yuan Shao of Yecheng..."
In just a few words, the pottery merchant had already sensed something fishy in Sui Gu's words, and he couldn't help but feel amused.
Sui Gu pretended to be careless with him here, but in fact, his shortcomings were exposed in his words.
When you have nothing to do, why do you ask about your own "Yuan" flag, and what is your relationship with Yuan Shao from Yecheng? It's clear that you still have concerns about Yuan Shao!
But speaking carefully, Yuan Shao is indeed in the limelight recently, especially Jizhou, which has replaced Han Fu in one fell swoop and occupied the world's granary. The Black Mountain Army is definitely not sure about this future overlord of Hebei. I don't know if it should be done.
To provoke, so he hesitated.
Thinking of this, the pottery merchant couldn't help but reveal a strange smile.
Tao Shang has no other advantages. What he is best at is seizing other people's hesitation, and then climbing up the ladder, making others stunned for a while.
"You ask me what my relationship is with Yuan Shao?" The pottery merchant pointed to his nose with a smile and said with a smile: "You don't even know who I am, and you dare to come over and ask questions so carelessly?"
As his name suggests, Sui Gu was indeed a little panicked when he heard this. He looked at the pottery merchant blankly and asked curiously: "Who are you?"
The pottery merchant puffed up his chest and said to Sui Gu word by word: "Listen up, I am Yuan Shao's biological son."
"What?!" Sui Gu was completely stunned when he heard this.