Chapter 778
Liang Fu Yellow Turbans is another branch of Qing State Yellow Turbans, led by Xu He.
Xu He is also an Old Huang towel. More than ten years ago, Zhang Jiao, a great virtuous teacher, had worshipped Taiping Road before he got up and was a die-hard. Earlier in the Taiping Road uprising, there were many big and small canals, and he was only a teenager. As for Zhang Jiaoshen's death, the Yellow Turbans collapsed, and Xu Hecai gradually rose.
As Zhao Yu said, among the Yellow Turbans, there are always a few ideals.
How ambitious is it, not necessarily. Compared with Guan Hai, Xu He's background is even lower. The hatred of the dark Imperial Court, the corrupt officials, is even more so. Therefore, he has never had a good idea. At the beginning, Guan Hai vaguely mentioned it, but he was directly vetoed, and the two had a quarrel.
Qing State's Yellow Turbans were divided into two, creating a rift. It was not what Guan Hai wanted to see, but Xu He deliberately did it.
He felt that Guan Hai was no longer on the road.
So the two reside in different places. One is in Bo County in the north, and the other is in Liangfu in the south. Although they are horns and watch each other, they are not of the same mind.
Bao Xin led the army to attack, merely a trifling ten thousand people, where was Xu He in the eyes of?
What's more, the soldiers and horses under Bao Xin were not elite soldiers.
Although Xu He is not a handsome man, he is still very handy in the use of crowd tactics.
He only sent 20,000 soldiers and horses as bait, and led Bao Xin into an ambush, and shot him to death.
if not Cao Chun's steel armored soldiers arrived in time, I'm afraid they will be folded in the ban.
It's not that Yu Jin is not good at fighting, Bao Xin is the one who decides. Bao Xin insisted on fighting, and Yu Jin, as a subordinate, could only brace oneself.
Defeated Bao Xin, although the damaged soldiers and horses were several times more than those of Bao Xin's troops, but victory is victory. Bao Xin even lost his life, isn't Xu He considered a victory?
The victory will be celebrated. At this time, Xu He is drinking with his subordinate leaders in Liangfu City.
When it was lively, a soldier came to report: "Cheng County officials and troops came out in full force, tens of thousands of troops, and rushed to kill."
As soon as the news arrived, the hall immediately absolute silence.
Xu He frowned: "What kind of Xiahou soldiers and horses are they?"
"The banner of Cao character fought by the Chinese army."
Xu He and the public When the leader heard this, he suddenly felt: "It's Cao Mengde, the dog official?"
"It must be him."
Some leader said: "Big leader, Cao Mengde must be the cause. Bao Xin's death, send troops to avenge him."
Xu He nodded: "Cao Mengde is attacking, what do the leaders think?"
"Cao Mengde merely a trifling ten thousand people, big leader An army of 200,000 people, one person can drown him with one mouthful of saliva."
Everyone talking at once, they said heroically, but in fact, everyone's face was a little heavy.
Playing against Cao Mengde is not one or two times. Failing again and again, of course, is not accidental. Cao Mengde was good at fighting, and his soldiers were strong and fierce. They were beaten and retreated. Even if their strength was twenty times, they still had a guilty conscience.
Xu He asked the soldiers who came to report again: "Where has Cao Mengde's army gone? How long is it from Liang Fu?"
"Cao Mengde's army is about 2,000 in front and 8,000 in the middle. The striker is already ten miles away."
"It's coming very fast."
Xu Hefaintly muttered to oneself, and then looked at the leaders and said, "There are only two strategies at the moment, or send troops to attack , or defend according to the city. What do the leaders think?"
"This..."
The leaders looked at each other and were silent.
It took a long time before someone said, "Cao Mengde is good at field warfare. It is better for our army to defend the city. When his provisions are cut off, we will naturally lead troops to leave."
Someone raised his head, Then everyone offered their own advice, and someone said: "Our army has a lot of soldiers, so we will naturally not be afraid of him. But we have to wait for his provisions to cut off, I am afraid that it will not be possible. It is better to send an army out of the city first, and do not attack Cao Mengde, just stare at him. Only then can we make meritorious deeds."
"It makes sense!"
Many leaders agreed.
Xu He nodded: "It's okay, that's it. Who wants to lead an army to rob him of food?"
"Big chief, let me go."
Sima Ju stood up.
"Okay, this matter is important, so I'll leave it to Brother Sima."
When Cao Mengde attacked, everyone lost their interest in celebrating. Good preparation for the fight.
After the leaders left, Xu Heyi looked gloomy.
Actually, Xu He knew very well in his heart that Liang Fu would not last long here. The leaders under his command proposed to rob food, but their own provisions were also almost unable to support it.
Like Guan Hai, Xu He is actually thinking about plundering provisions from elsewhere, but has yet to choose a target.
If Cao Mengde arrived a few days late, Xu He's main force might have left Liang Fu, but now that Cao Mengde's army suddenly arrived, Xu He did not dare to move.
Facing Cao Mengde, Xu He did not dare to fight with him, no matter how powerful he was. If he leads troops out of the city to escape at this time, once he is decorated by Cao Mengde, Xu He can almost predict the ending - a big defeat is inevitable. Can only be brave oneself to hold on.
faintly sighed, Xu He called to the left and right, wearing armor and holding a blade, brought the horses, and went to the city wall.
...
Yu Ban led 2,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, spewed out scouts, and the army rushed forward, seeing Liang Fu in sight.
A scout came to report: "I found a bandit army out of the city and headed north."
Yu Jin reined in the reins and ordered: "The army is temporarily suspended!"
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Then said to the left and right: "Bring the map."
Opening the map, Yu Jin took a closer look, and asked the scout, "How many people are there?"
"About twenty or thirty thousand."
"Twenty or thirty thousand..." Yu Jin frowned.
If he were to fight against these 20,000 to 30,000 thieves, Yu Jin would not be afraid. Although he has 2,000 soldiers and horses, they are all steel armored soldiers, trifling mob, collapsed on the first encounter, and Yu Jin has absolute confidence. It's just that this band of thieves headed north, clearly not here to fight.
He said, "Explore again."
Then he said to the officers on the left and right: "broad daylight, our army has not hidden its whereabouts, Liang Fu's thieves must know about it. He sent out two Thirty thousand soldiers and horses did not come to stop me, but went north into the mountains, what do you think?"
An officer said: "Do you want to set up camp in the mountains and exchange with Liang Fu? For the horns?"
"There is a possibility." Yu Jin nodded: "But I don't think so."
He said: "The thieves are going to set up camp, I'm afraid it's too late at this time. If our army is decorated at this time, it can be defeated without waiting for him to cut wood as a camp."
"Why is that?"
"Positive, or..." Yu Jinxin Xia Shen pondered: "Either use the power to hide in the mountains, threaten my rear or flanks, so that our army does not dare to use its full strength, so we must be distracted to guard against him. Or it is because... There are many thieves, but our army is strong. , he has fought many times before, and he will definitely keep it in his heart, he will definitely hope to encircle it back and defeat our army. He also impossible to ask for help, the Yellow Turbans in Bo County have surrendered. Then there is only one possibility, which is to try to force our army to withdraw.”
So he called Qingqi: "Report to Duke Cao quickly, you must not be missed."
Then said to the left and right: "The thief army entered the mountain, let him enter the mountain, My goal at the front remains unchanged, and my troops will enter Liangfu."
Cao Mengde was in the middle of the army, only seven-eight li in the rear. After receiving the news from Yu Jin, he couldn't help saying to Xiahou Dun: "Yu Wen is really capable. "
said: "The thieves will never dare to go out of the city to fight with me. I have steel armored soldiers, and it is easy to defeat him. It is nothing more than cutting my food supply, or attacking the county, forcing me to withdraw."
Cao Mengde pondered for a moment, counted the geography of this area in his heart, and said to Xiahou Dun: "Yuan Rang, you lead 2,000 men and horses to ambush at Yulai Mountain Pass. Come out here. Although I don't take thieves seriously, 20,000 to 30,000 people are not a small number after all, and if I let them rage, I feel uneasy."
"Here!"
Xiahou Dun took the order, led 2,000 soldiers and horses, separated from the Chinese army, and went to the Yulai Mountain Pass.
If the thieves break out and go north, they will definitely take a detour, come out from the Yulai Mountain Pass, go straight behind the army, and even attack Chengxian, so as to cut off the food route. Cao Mengde has a gully in his heart, and he has long expected it.
After Xiahou Dun split up and left, Cao Mengde's army did not stop, and in the afternoon, they arrived at Liangfu Castle.
At this time, Yu Jin was calling the formation under the city.
"Bo County has been destroyed by Duke Cao, and the three 100,000 yellow turbans all bowed their heads. Duke Cao has the virtue of good life, and he does not kill, but he is lucky to be placed. the city gates, if you abandon your weapons, you will be bound, otherwise, once the army comes and breaks the city, you will be crushed into powder, signed to eternal damnation!"
Cao Mengde heard it vaguely, and couldn't help talking to Dian Wei beside him. : "Yu Wen knows how to use soldiers."
Dian Wei scratched his forehead and smiled naively.
Cao Mengde laughed, knowing to tell a fool like Dian Wei how to use soldiers is to play the lute for a cow, so he said: "Pass my order, the army will set up camp."
Cao Mengde knew The thieves in the city did not dare to come out. At this time, the army was slightly tired after traveling for half a day, so it was time to take a rest.
Seeing that Cao Mengde's army had arrived, Yu Jin withdrew his troops and came to see him.
"Duke Cao, the thieves dare not leave the city."
Cao Mengde looked at the top of the city in the distance, and saw the bustling silhouette above, nodded said: "There have been many battles before, and the yellow scarves are all over the place. If he loses, he is already a bird of fright. My army is attacking, how can he dare to come out?"
Yu Jin said: "But... our army has few soldiers and can't be trapped in the city, so he will leave if he wants to."
Cao Mengde said with a smile: "He is frightened, where does he dare to leave? He dragged his family with him for fear of being adorned by me. He will definitely guard the city. You should send more light cavalry and monitor all around, forgive me. Then Xu He didn't dare to move."
"Gong Cao means..."
Yu Jin looked thoughtful.
"I just need to drag him down and I will win." Cao Mengde said: "Mr. Zhao has surrendered Guanhai in the Northern Sea. Once Guanhai is subdued, this Liangfu Yellow Turban will truly become Lonely army. When the time comes, he will not surrender."
Yu Jin suddenly realized: "Cao Gong is wise."
Cao Mengde shook the head: "It's not that I'm wise, but Mr. Zhao's work. If not, I would have to subdue this dry yellow turban. I don't know how much effort it will take."
So Cao Mengde had only a few thousand people and sent some light cavalry to watch around, so that Xu He in the city dared not dare. move.
Those three days passed without attacking the city.
Xu He was uneasy and approached the leader to discuss.
Someone said: "What does Cao Mengde mean when he fights and doesn't fight, retreats and doesn't retreat?"
"Is it true that Bo County Guanhai has fallen? Wait for the troops in Bo County."
"What should I do? Even if the boss has 200,000 troops, if all of them surrender Cao Mengde as a dog officer, our army will have no advantage."
"In my opinion, it's better to leave Liang Fu early. The longer it takes, the more difficult it will be to get out."
Someone suggested: "Big leader, Cao Mengde came to attack, just because If my army wants to attack Yanzhou, why don't I send someone to him and say: "If you don't attack Yanzhou, go to Xuzhou, ask him to retire temporarily and let me leave. What's the big leader's opinion?"
Xu He Unable to think about it, I had to say: "You can give it a try."