Vol 2 Chapter 2845: Li Cunxiao defeated Yuan Jiuling, and all five tigers came out to defeat him
Chapter 2841: Li Cunxiao defeated Yuan Jiuling, and the five tigers came out to defeat Xuchang (Part 1)
Logically speaking, after Yuan Jiuling recruited believers to form a rebel army in Chen County and Liang County, he should train the new army in the rear area far away from the battlefield, but why did he appear in Dong County?
This actually has something to do with Le Yi.
Although Yuan Jiuling obeyed Zi Zaitian's will and recruited believers in Chenliang County with five hundred Tianmo Sect disciples as the backbone, forming a 7,000-strong rebel army, the weapons and equipment were seriously insufficient, and nearly 3,000 people had only training. The wooden spears and wooden knives used made it difficult for the new army to form an army.
Although Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties made a lot of money and food by selling weapons and equipment to the Demon Sect Rebels to expand their army, the weapons and equipment of an army of hundreds of thousands could not be taken out at once, and naturally they needed some forging.
With the amount of steel production and the number of craftsmen in the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties, it would not take long to fill the gap without affecting its own supply, but the premise is that the Qin army does not cause sabotage.
But how could Heibingtai, with so many intelligence officers in the Central Plains, watch the rebels form an army?
If nothing else, accidents will still happen.
Under Guo Jia's planning, Daqin Black Ice Platform launched an organized and planned raid on the forging workshops of the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties, and destroyed a large number of small and medium-sized workshops, causing the production capacity of the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties to drop by at least one-third. one.
This also made it impossible for the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties to make up for the gap in the arms trade according to the agreed time.
The Demon Sect paid real money, but when the time came, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming could not come up with weapons and equipment. This naturally made many rebel generals dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do. After all, in addition to the Three Kingdoms Alliance, they also There is no other way to obtain weapons and equipment.
The Three Kingdoms Alliance will definitely not be able to deliver goods in the short term, and the Demon Sect Rebels are short of a large amount of equipment, so they can only work on the priority of equipment supply.
Rebels from the Shura sect such as An Lushan and Shi Siming not only contributed the most money and food, but also had the most troops, so they were naturally given priority in supply.
Followed by Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui and other rebels from the White Lotus Sect.
The Heavenly Demon Sect rebel army like Yuan Jiuling is itself an affiliated force of the Shura Sect, not a direct lineage. In addition, it has not many troops and cannot squeeze out much money and food, so the priority of equipment supply is naturally ranked. at the end.
If you just wait, then Yuan Jiuling will naturally not care. At worst, he will train for a while. Anyway, he does not need to provide military pay and food, and he is not in a hurry to go to the battlefield again so soon.
But the problem is that after the battle in Taishan, everyone in the Demon Sect is in danger, and at this critical moment of life and death, the sooner the army under his command is formed, the more secure he will naturally be.
Yuan Jiuling's troops all came from Chenliang County, and these two counties were the territory of the Song State, so it was natural that the Song State provided him with weapons and equipment.
Although the Song Dynasty was rich, in terms of weapons production capacity, it was not as good as the militaristic Wei and Ming Dynasties.
According to the normal order of priority, if Yuan Jiuling wants to make up for the missing equipment, although he will not be ranked last, he will definitely be at the back.
In addition, most of the rebel armies of the White Lotus Religion are located in the Song Dynasty. Their priority is higher than Chongjiu, so most of the newly forged ordnance is naturally provided to the White Lotus Religion Army.
Yuan Jiuling thought that he would be able to wait for up to half a month for the missing weapons and equipment. Unexpectedly, when the handover date was approaching, he was told by officials from the Ordnance Department of the Song Dynasty that he would have to wait for another ten days.
Yuan Jiuling didn't think much about it at first, but he was told by his subordinates that Zhongjiu had expanded his army beyond the quota, and through some unknown method, he had opened up high-level relations in the Song Dynasty, and the weapons that originally belonged to him were given to Yuan Jiuling first.
After learning this, Yuan Jiuling was instantly furious. He thought that he, the majestic head of the Heavenly Demon Sect, would be treated politely wherever he went, but he thought that he would be treated with such contempt in the Song Dynasty.
Yuan Jiuling came directly to argue with him, but the officials of the Song Dynasty just talked to him in an official tone and did not answer his questions directly. When he went to find Yuan Zhongjiu, he found that he was not in the army, but was talking to Zhao Guangyi of the Song Dynasty. Went to cooperate.
It was at this time that Yuan Jiuling realized that the commanders of the Demon Sect rebels with lower priority were all spontaneously trying their best to find connections to acquire weapons and equipment, and he was the only one who was waiting foolishly.
The production capacity of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming was limited. If Yuan Jiuling did not take the initiative to fight for it, his priority would be automatically lowered to the bottom. And all the major rebel armies were over-recruiting, so that he did not know how long he would have to wait to get the remaining three. Equipment for thousands of people.
Even Yuan Jiuling couldn't sit still at this time. Even if he wanted to further bind with the Song and Ming countries, the two countries did not have excess weapons and equipment to distribute to him, and he did not want to ask Cao Wei for help.
Yuan Jiuling's behavior of sneaking away from Xuchang City because he was afraid of the great masters of hundreds of schools can be said to have really cheated Cao Wei, so he had the nerve to go to Cao Wei for equipment.
Just when Yuan Jiuling was in a dilemma, Le Yi, who was far away in Puyang, somehow learned that he was short of equipment, and then contacted him through the Ming Dynasty Demon Sect and expressed his willingness to provide him with equipment and food, but Yuan Jiuling Ling needs to help him defend Puyang City.
At that time, the offensive and defensive battle of Puyang had just begun, and Le Yi was not absolutely sure that he could hold it. However, with only 3,000 men and weapons and equipment, he could hire a general who was not inferior to Niu Mo Wang. This was definitely a sure thing in Le Yi's opinion. Nothing to lose.
Le Yi knew that Yuan Jiuling's purpose of going down the mountain was to challenge Li Cunxiao. He was worried that weapons and equipment alone might not be able to impress Yuan Jiuling, so he specifically informed Yuan Jiuling that Li Cunxiao was in Puyang.
Le Yi did not kidnap morally like Cao Bin, but offered tangible benefits and gave Yuan Jiuling what he needed most, in order to hire Yuan Jiuling to fight for him.
Yuan Jiuling was short of equipment and wanted to challenge Li Cunxiao. Naturally, he had no reason to refuse, so he took his troops and headed north, preparing to receive weapons and then go to Puyang to help Leyi defend the city.
The weapons and equipment Yuan Jiuling lacked for 3,000 people were nothing in Le Yi's eyes. The ordnance in the Puyang warehouse alone was enough to arm 20,000 people, not to mention that Le Yi took a large number of weapons with him when he evacuated Baima. supplies. But the problem is that Puyang City has been surrounded by the Qin army. No matter how much weapons and equipment they have, it will be useless if they cannot be transported out of the city. So Le Yi can only arrange for Yuan Jiuling to go to Juancheng to collect supplies.
Although Le Yi was only the governor of Dongjun in Cao Wei, he could manage more than just Dongjun. The five counties in the northern part of Jiyin were also under his jurisdiction.
Juancheng, as the city closest to Puyang in the north of Jiyin, was naturally built by Le Yi into a stronghold and a storage place for supplies. Jiyin's resources would be continuously transfused to the Wei army in Dongjun through Juancheng.
Le Yi's methods are still very clever. The trick of hiring Yuan Jiuling is indeed very good. If he can persist until Yuan Jiuling arrives, then there will be two super generals in Puyang City. Unfortunately, no matter how many powerful generals there are, Unable to prevent the collapse of the Puyang City Wall.
After Yuan Jiuling arrived in Juancheng, he received supplies from Zhencheng. Before he could go to Puyang, Puyang was captured due to the collapse of the city wall.
However, before Lan Yu and other generals broke out, Le Yi specially sent a flying pigeon letter to Zhencheng, asking the Zhencheng guard to hand over the command of the cavalry to Yuan Jiuling, and asked Yuan Jiuling to lead the army to support the breakout. of sapphire.
After Yuan Jiuling learned this, he did not refuse. After all, he had taken so many things from Le Yi, so he had to help others. Besides, the army he was responding to was from Cao Wei, and he did not need his soldiers to fight, so he decisively agreed. He led five hundred cavalry to respond.
It has to be said that although Le Yi is dead, he still has a legacy behind him, and traces of him can still be seen everywhere in Yanzhou. This kind of planning and scheming is unique among all famous generals. .
Yuan Jiuling thought he was just there to respond this time, but he didn't expect to meet Li Cunxiao. This naturally made him overjoyed. After all, he came down the mountain mainly to challenge Li Cunxiao, so he immediately led his cavalry straight towards Li Cunxiao.
“Li Cunxiao, what’s the point of bullying an injured person? Do you dare to fight with me, Yuan Jiuling?” Yuan Jiuling shouted to Li Cunxiao with excitement on his face.
Li Cunxiao, who was fighting Niu Mowang, immediately showed a solemn look after hearing Yuan Jiuling's call. After all, he had certainly heard of Yuan Jiuling's name.
The opponent defeated Lu Bu in Xuchang, and coupled with his Grandmaster level cultivation, this was enough for him to take him seriously.
Li Cunxiao prepared to distance himself from Niu Mowang first to prevent being attacked from both sides, but how could Niu Mowang, who had experienced many battles, let him get what he wanted? They quickly fought in close quarters, not giving Li Cunxiao a chance to escape.
Yuan Jiuling's arrival naturally made Niu Mowang overjoyed. After all, the opponent was not weaker than him. With his help, the two of them might be able to defeat Li Cunxiao together.
What Niu Mowang never expected was that Yuan Jiuling neither seized this great opportunity nor had any intention of joining forces with him.
After Yuan Jiuling forcibly intervened in the battle and separated Li Niu and Li Niu, he protected Niu Mo Wang behind him, and what he said next made Niu Mo Wang even more angry.
"Old Niu, you are already injured. Go and rest first. Just leave Li Cunxiao to me." Yuan Jiuling said with full of fighting spirit.
"ha…"
Niu Mowang suddenly had a question mark on his face. After all, instead of joining forces with him at this time, he was planning to challenge Li Cunxiao alone. Is this guy really a tough guy? Still don’t know the value of being number one in the world?
Although Niu Mowang has a violent temper, he is not stupid. In this situation, he definitely cannot tell the truth, so he can only advise tactfully: "Brother Yuan, Li Cunxiao is not the enemy alone, let's join forces."
Yuan Jiuling glanced at Niu Mowang sideways and said confidently: "Don't worry, just because you can't beat Li Cunxiao doesn't mean that I can't win either. Besides, Li Cunxiao has already consumed a lot of energy fighting you, but I still can't." In his prime, I alone can defeat him."
Hearing this, Niu Mowang was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He didn't understand where Yuan Jiuling got the confidence to challenge Li Cunxiao alone. Yuan Jiuling also meant that he was better than him. But when did he become stronger than me?
If it weren't for Li Cunxiao's presence, Niu Mowang would definitely have to compete with Yuan Jiuling to see if his skills were as good as he said. But now that the enemy is facing him, he naturally has to take the overall situation into consideration.
Niu Mo Wang insisted that the two of them join forces, but Yuan Jiuling seemed determined to challenge Li Cunxiao alone, and did not allow Niu Mo Wang to intervene. This made Niu Mo Wang very angry.
Li Cunxiao originally thought that the two of them would join forces, but he didn't expect that they would start to quarrel. There was a hint of joking in his eyes, and he said with a slight smile: "How about you two fight first, and the winner can challenge me?"
Yuan Jiuling: “…”
He was just confident, not really stupid. How could he have a fight with Niu Mowang as soon as Li Cunxiao provoked him?
This made him feel that Li Cunxiao was rubbing his IQ on the ground.
Although Yuan Jiuling was furious in his heart, he still looked like a calm and masterful man, and said with full force: "Li Cunxiao, today I, Yuan Jiuling, will break your invincible golden body."
After saying that, he turned to Niu Mo and said, "Brother Niu, you'd better go and save your precious son first. If you don't go there, he will be captured alive by General Qin."
Hearing what Yuan Jiuling said, Niu Mowang was suddenly shocked. He was so focused on the fight with Li Cunxiao that he didn't even realize that Yu Rongwang had died under Yu Yuan's blood-transforming magic knife.
Without Yu Rongwang, Niu Hong and Jiang Wenhuan alone might not be able to fight Qin Niu alone, let alone Yu Yuan.
Chapter 2 has not been finished yet. It has about 1,500 words and will be posted tomorrow morning.