Taking advantage of the spring breeze to go to Jiangnan

Cao Cao slept in the tent, always thinking about Niu Gao. He couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he simply put on his clothes, carried a short ax, and patrolled the village at night.

When he arrived in front of the stronghold, he suddenly saw fire in the direction of Changzhou. He knew something was going to happen, so he quickly sent someone to wake up the brothers and sent an order: "If there is a fire in Changzhou, it must be something done by that guy Niu Gao. Brother Ma Ling,

You should use Shen Xingfa to visit the four brothers Han Wu, Bian Xiang, Shan Shiqi, and Tang Bin. You can lead the cavalry to follow them. The other brothers will follow you as brothers. You will lead the whole army and then kill them.

to!"

After the military order was given, everyone followed it. Ma Ling took out the hot wheel first, used the magic method, and flew away.

His method can travel thousands of miles in a day, and it only takes a stick of incense to reach a distance of only ten miles.

When they arrived at the city gate, they saw the city gate open from a distance. Niu Gao and an unknown general dismounted from their horses, wielding their maces and swords, and stood guard in the city gate hole.

Inside and outside the gate, hundreds of thieves, led by a few small military leaders, attacked repeatedly like a tide, killing Niu Gao and Niu Gao so much that they were about to be driven out of the city. The situation was very critical.

Ma Ling shouted: "Brother Niugao, don't panic, Ma Ling is here!"

What a magic horse, he pushed the fire wheel, two flames rolled up to the ground, and with a "buzz" sound, he jumped into the crowd.

But when I saw the evil eye on his forehead opened, its light was bright, and wherever he looked, the arrows avoided him. A piece of gold brick was lifted up and flew around him, knocking over the thieves. The square-shaped halberd in his hand

He slashed horizontally and slashed, killing in all directions, and went straight out of the doorway, as if entering a deserted place.

Jin Jie was stunned and exclaimed: "I didn't expect there to be such an expert among the officers and soldiers!"

Niu Gao was also shocked, but he didn't show it on his face. He took the opportunity to boast: "In our army, there are like a cloud of fierce generals, just like my brother Ma, who has a lot of strength in his carriage."

Ma Ling knew that he always liked to talk nonsense, so he was not angry. He laughed and said: "Xiao Niu'er, if your martial arts are as good as this talker, why do you need me to rescue you?"

He kept making fun of them, and kept his hands on them. The thieves who came to snatch the door were all elite thieves, but he killed them all by himself. There were more than a hundred corpses on the ground, and most of them had their heads damaged. They were all beaten to death by gold bricks.

The rest were so frightened that their souls were lost, they shouted "The monster is coming, the monster is coming" and ran for their lives in all directions.

If we talk about Ma Ling's abilities, he is best at conflict and chaos.

Probably because he has the Demonic Eye Technique, which is hard to be hurt by arrows, and the Fire Wheel, which retreats like lightning. He also has a square halberd in his hand, and the Golden Brick Technique is even more difficult to defend against ghosts and gods! If there is no first-class brave general, they can attack together.

Otherwise, a Taoist master could defeat his technique, making him almost invulnerable, and he could truly be called the "King of Lawn Mowers".

At this time, four generals, Han Shizhong, arrived with five or six hundred cavalry. Seeing that the city gate had been captured, they did not wait for the rear troops to arrive. They each led more than a hundred people and rushed into the city separately.

The poor soldiers in the city were all awakened from their dreams. They were all dizzy, and before they could form a formation, they were rushed by his cavalry. They were immediately defeated, crying for their fathers and mothers, and scrambling to escape for their lives.

Those who were more alert opened other city gates and fled, while most of the others scurried around like ants in a hot pot, and in the end either died or surrendered.

By the time Cao Cao arrived, Changzhou had already fallen into the hands of the Song army. The brothers each reported their merits, and Niu Gao was also filled with disgrace and attracted Jin Jie to see him.

Cao Cao was very happy when he saw that Niu Gao was fine. He stopped laughing and said, "Brother Niu Gao is indeed a lucky general! I will count you as the first to win Changzhou today!"

After saying that, he looked at Jin Jie: "Who is this brother?"

Niu Gao stepped forward quickly, introduced the origin of Jin Jie, and explained in detail how Jin Jie saved him, how the two planned to kill Qian Zhenpeng, and how they fought for the door and defended him, and then told all the brothers.

Introduction and understanding of Golden Festival.

Jin Jie bowed his head and bowed: "Jin Jie, the guilty general, pays homage to all the generals!"

Cao Cao quickly stretched out his hand to hold him, and laughed and said: "How can we accept the general's gift? If the general hadn't rescued him today, my brother Niugao would have been poisoned. You saved my brother's life, and beheaded the general to seize the gate and sacrifice the city.

Afterwards, it’s my turn to pay homage to the general!”

Jin Jie saw that Lao Cao was extremely polite to his family. He was grateful and frightened at the same time. He repeatedly said: "Don't dare. How can the Jin family be willing to be a thief since they have been living on Song Dynasty salary for a long time? They have been looking forward to it all these days. They just wait for the army to go south so that they can put things right.

, in order to atone for one’s sins.”

Cao Cao smiled and said: "The general's loyalty and righteousness are really admirable. We are the vanguard soldiers and horses. We will not stay here for long. We will only rest for a day tomorrow and will set off to attack Wuxi and Suzhou the day after. Changzhou is just right here.

General Jin will lead the surrender troops to guard it, and I will report the general's merits. When the army arrives from behind, Privy Tong will be rewarded heavily."

Jin Jie was actually a little confused - everyone had just known their names. Logically speaking, this vanguard army should be led by Wu Song, the military commander of Gaotang Prefecture, Lu Junyi, the defense envoy of Laizhou, and Du Bo, the training envoy of the Qingzhou regiment. However, these three people were honest and honest.

Standing aside, he completely let his deputy, Li Dunzi, make the decision.

Especially after the deputy general talked to him, he asked people to find paper and pen, and the pen was used to write a letter reporting the victory. He ordered the three generals to name each of them and use their seals, and sent them to Runzhou on Pegasus.

, couldn’t help but become more shocked——

He was also a lieutenant general himself, and he had never heard of any lieutenant general in the world being so honorable. He thought to himself that this Li Dunzi could really be called the glory of a lieutenant general.

However, Jin Jie was the most aware of current affairs. Since it was Deputy General Dunzi who made the decision, he treated him as the commander-in-chief and said respectfully: "Thank you, General Li, for the recommendation. However, there is one more thing that I want the general to do. I want this general to make the decision."

General Niu Gao has made a marriage contract with the last general’s wife and sister, I wonder if I can fix it tomorrow so that they can get married?”

After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Niu Gao. Seeing that his face was twisted and his fat body was twisted like a quail, he asked what the reason was for Jin Jie.

Jin Jie told the story of three people in the family dreaming about the black tiger. Cao Cao was surprised and praised: "Such a good relationship must be fulfilled."

So the next day, Cao Cao personally performed the wedding for him. The government office was decorated with lights and decorations to serve as a new house. He selected a few eloquent men among his brothers to be the groomsmen, prepared several boxes of gifts, and married Qin Yulian.

After leaving heaven and earth, he was sent back to the bridal chamber, accomplishing two good things.

Since it was a great day, each of the five thousand soldiers under his command gave him a pot of wine and a pound of meat. The meat was cooked in large chunks, wrapped in red paper, and distributed to the troops. There was a sudden roar of joy.

Another day, the army marched out.

Cao Cao took pity on Niu Gao's newlywed Yan'er, and wanted to keep him here to help Jin Jie defend the city, but Niu Gao refused to die, and Jin Jie also came to persuade him, so he had no choice but to comply with his wishes and set off with the army.

After walking for more than half a day, we reached the border of Wuxi County. We scouted the horses ahead and reported that they were a group of soldiers and horses coming from the east with green and white flags.

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Needless to say, Qian Zhenpeng must have asked for reinforcements before. Fang Mao sent reinforcements. Seeing that they didn't even send a horse to explore, they must not know that Changzhou has been lost."

Lao Cao also had a general view, nodded and said: "What the academic said is true, haha, if God doesn't take it, you will be blamed for it. Brothers, there is a big killing today, don't let him return it."

As he spoke, he took a look at the surrounding terrain, pointed and said with a smile: "I'll wait for this and this, this and this."

At that moment, the troops were divided. Lao Cao personally led four generals, Liu Tang, Li Kui, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng, and led a thousand troops to stop them. The remaining four thousand troops took a detour and prepared to act according to the plan.

However, he said that the group of bandit soldiers were indeed the reinforcements sent by Fang Maang to Changzhou. The leader was Wei Zhong, the commander of the Sixth Army of the bandits. He led more than ten tooth generals and more than 10,000 troops under his command.

This group of thieves were very aggressive, and when they got to the front, they saw Cao Cao and others blocking the way.

The thief general Wei Zhong was a steady man and was suddenly shocked: "Ah! How did the officers and soldiers get here? Could it be that Feizhou has been lost? If so, there is no use waiting for me to go. I will quickly return to Wuxi County to guard and report to the three kings. See him

How to arrange it later.”

He was not seeking merit, but seeking a solution without any faults. Logically speaking, it was the safest. However, he had a general who always prided himself on being a wise general. Seeing such a situation, he couldn't help but make some grand remarks.

He grabbed Wei Zhong and said: "Commander, wait a minute, this is definitely a scam!"

Wei Zhong asked curiously: "How can this be a fraud?"

The tooth general smiled, pointed at the Song army and said: "Don't the commander see that he only has a thousand troops? If we really go to Changzhou and the army comes in large numbers, how can we only have a thousand troops?"

Wei Zhong's eyes lit up and he thought thoughtfully: "You mean-"

The general said proudly: "It must be that his officers and soldiers surrounded Changzhou and failed to conquer it. He was afraid that our army would send troops to help, so he specially separated this small group of troops and bluffed on the road. We didn't check anyone, thinking that Changzhou had been captured."

What he places, he plans to sell and gain a lot of time.”

Wei Zhong looked astonished. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt. He immediately slapped his thigh and said angrily: "How dare you lie to me, the dog officers and soldiers? Sons and gentlemen, let me kill the officers and soldiers!"

The more than 10,000 people shouted in unison and did not form any formations. They just followed the general and killed them in a chaotic manner. The attack was based on the idea of ​​using force to overcome skill. They deliberately took advantage of the strength of their numbers to devour this group of officers and soldiers.

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When Cao Cao saw the thieves coming, he smiled lightly and ordered to fire arrows.

It turned out that Cao Cao had left a thousand soldiers, all of whom were archers. In an instant, they fired their bows and crossbows, and they had already shot down all the rebels.

This kind of fighting style would not be enough to win against the Liao Army, Jin Army, or even the more elite Song Army. However, although these thieves were numerous in number, their armor was scarce.

When Fang La first started his army, he only used the color of his turban to indicate his rank. There were no armors, bows and arrows in the army. It was not until he raided the Song army in several states that he captured a lot of ordnance.

However, the garrison in the south was originally small and the weapons were mostly outdated. Therefore, to this day, less than 30% of the troops wear armor, and most of them are leather armor, paper armor, and cloth armor. As for the few iron armors, only generals can wear them.

Dress well.

Therefore, one shot of the bow and crossbow caused great damage. Cao Cao ordered a thousand people to be divided into three rows in front and back, and fired them one after another. The arrows continued in an endless stream. Thousands of thieves rushed to half of them and killed more than a thousand people.

The person was so frightened that he slowed down his steps, wanting others to rush ahead. However, people with the same intention actually stopped midway.

Cao Cao laughed when he saw this, drew his sword and shouted: "All the troops obeyed the order, shot every three steps, and rolled forward!"

These thousand archers were all trained in Qingzhou. After hearing the words, they all moved forward and walked three steps. The first row shot an arrow. Then they stopped to bend their bows and set their arrows. The second two rows went straight across and walked three steps.

The second row shoots another arrow, the third row crosses the second row, takes three steps, and shoots another arrow. This is when the first row catches up, crosses the third row and moves forward... This goes around and over, shooting and advancing.

, how could the rebel soldiers stop them? They retreated step by step. Some of the traitor soldiers panicked and staggered down, becoming more and more confused.

Wei Zhong was shocked. He never expected that these officers and soldiers were so elite. When his own shooters were trying to fight back, the shooters were scattered, either in front or behind. How could they be organized at the moment? They had to keep retreating, and the more they retreated, the more chaotic they became.

Wei Zhong had no choice but to summon a few of his trusted generals and gallop out with seven or eight horses. He wanted to rely on his bravery to disrupt the opponent's formation and then use his army to cover up the enemy.

Cao Cao was already on guard, and with one move of his hand, the four generals Liu Tang, Li Kui, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng all shouted loudly. Two of them stood on horseback, two of them stepped down, and went straight to meet him.

Liu Tang and Li Kui were both masters of foot combat. They had a simple sword and two large axes. They could chop their men with the upper hand and their horses with the lower hand. They could kill several of their opponent's generals when they met each other. Lu Fang and Guo Sheng fought against Wei Zhong and Liu Tang.

, Li Kui looked at each other, took a big step, and rushed straight into the bandits' formation, immediately creating two bloody alleys.

Seeing this situation, Wei Zhong knew that there was no hope of victory. When he was about to leave, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng used their strength at the same time, using two square halberds to suppress Wei Zhong's five-pronged sky-dragging fork.

Go, the moves are fast and fierce. Although Wei Zhong prides himself on his extraordinary martial arts, he can only block and parry at this moment, and has no power to fight back.
To be continued...