Chapter 12 The Lion Fights the Rabbit
For the just-in-coming Wulian Han army, dispatching more than half of the troops to launch a night sneak attack is of course quite risky. Once the bet is lost, the Wulian Han army is not only destined to be severely damaged, but also destined to be unable to resist the upcoming soldiers of the Jingke County.
However, the greater the risk, the greater the gain. After successfully defeating the main force of the rebels through a surprise attack, the statistics immediately made Zhang Zhi laugh so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth. With only more than 20 soldiers, the Wulian Han army not only beheaded more than 180 pieces, but also captured 572 prisoners, but also seized a large number of combat weapons that the Wulian Han army currently lacked, achieving a refreshing victory.
That's not all. After everyone had eaten a pack of Huafeng Sanxian Noodles distributed by Zhang Zhikaien, none of the more than 500 prisoners were scrambling to join the Han army, and they provided a large number of troops to the Wulian Han army, who had a shortage of people.
Of course, Zhang Zhi was not polite about this. He ordered Zhao Quan, Fu Gong and others to enlist the prisoners and expand the army on the same day. He quickly selected nearly 500 prisoners who met the age requirements to be recruited into the army from the nearly 600 prisoners. He first filled the six garrison teams that had been dissatisfied before, and then formed four new garrison teams that were dissatisfied, selecting veterans from the Wulian Han army as generals and commanding the new recruits, and expanding the Wulian Han army to more than a thousand.
Not only that, Zhang Zhi, who was very visionary, also began to prepare his next action plan that day. At noon, he called Wu Lianji Cao, who was from the Mo family, to his presence, and ordered him: "Mo Ji Cao, please pick up your pen immediately and write a letter to Mo Zhu for me."
Mo Sheng agreed, quickly sat in front of the desk and prepared silk and ink, and then asked, "Ming Court, what's the content?"
"Tell Mo Zhu, just say that I am very angry about his rebellion. I will soon lead the army south to attack the villages of Mojia Village and the He family and Lu family. First, capture the villages of He family and Lu family, cut off his Mozhu's wings, and then attack Mojia Village and find him Mozhu to settle accounts and avenge him."
Zhang Zhi ordered again: "Then let Mo Zhu know clearly that if he wants to survive and want his official to give him a mercy, he must kill him two accomplices He Zhong and Lu Ji quickly, take their heads to apologize in front of him, and then lead the Mo clans to support him in revival and support the Han Dynasty. That official can not only spare his life, but also grant him the Wulian Qu general, and also give him some rewards."
"This..." Mo Sheng was embarrassed, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Ming Court, this is probably unlikely? Mo Zhu's mother is He Zhong's aunt, and Mo Zhu's wife is also Lu Ji's cousin. They are all very close relatives. I am afraid that Mo Zhu will not agree to kill He Zhong and Lu Ji in exchange for surrender."
"I hope he won't agree!" Zhang Zhiyu said astonishingly, and said, "And my letter was not written for Mo Zhu's thief, but for He Zhong and Lu Ji two thiefs!"
"Written for He Zhong and Lu Ji? What does this mean in the Ming court?" Mo Sheng was a little confused.
"Mo Jicao, if you were He Zhong or Lu Ji, what would you think if you saw this letter?" Zhang Zhi asked without answering.
Mo Sheng put himself in his shoes and then said, "Of course I was a little worried. Although I was a relative, after seeing such a letter and seeing our Han army heading south to attack, He Zhong and Lu Ji would be worried that Mo Zhugou would jump over the wall in a hurry and kill them when the situation was critical."
"It's not only that." Zhang Zhi said: "When I saw me openly threatening in the letter, saying that I would attack Hejiazhai and Lujiazhai first, and then turn around and attack Mojiazhai. What would you think? What would you do?"
"Of course I'm afraid that Ming court, you really do this." Mo Sheng replied without thinking: "Then in order to protect their village, He Zhong and Lu Ji will definitely take their tribe members back to their village and guard their own village first."
"Isn't this going to end?" Zhang Zhi spread his hands and said, "I am afraid that I will really go to fight their village first, and I am afraid that there will be dangers in staying in Mojia Village. As long as He Zhong and Lu Ji are not stupid, they will definitely take their people away quickly. In this way, when we go to fight Mojia Village, will it be much easier?"
"Did the Ming court want to divide the rebels? Then defeat the three surnames of rebels?" Mo Sheng suddenly understood what Zhang Zhi meant.
Zhang Zhi smiled and nodded, and then said, "Although the three traitors were seriously injured, they still had some people in their hands. If they unite to defend a village, even if we can take it, the losses will not be small. So the best way is to use the plan to differentiate the three traitors, let them divide the troops and defend the villages. Then, if we want to defeat them one by one, of course it will be much easier and the losses will definitely be much smaller."
"This is called a lion fighting against a rabbit, and you also use all your strength!" Zhang Zhi added: "No matter how weak the enemy is, we must try our best to weaken the enemy first, and then we will not only have a greater grasp of victory, but also pay less for victory!"
"The Ming court is so wise, and my subordinates admire him." Mo Sheng quickly complimented, and then said: "But the Ming court, what if the traitor refuses to be deceived and insists on gathering together to defend Mojia Village?"
"Then the official really attacked Hejiazhai and Lujiazhai first, and confiscated the lairs of the two traitors He Zhong and Lu Ji!" Zhang Zhi said viciously: "At that time, I see if he He Zhong, can Lu Ji still calm down!"
"Class leader, don't blame me. You were the one who committed suicide by provoking us, the cunning and vicious Ming court, and I can't help you even if I want to help you." Mo Sheng murmured in his heart, and then quickly picked up his pen and wrote a coercive and tempting letter to Mo Zhu in Zhang Zhi's tone.
After the letter was prepared, Zhang Zhi immediately issued an order to let the Wulian Han army release all the old and weak prisoners who did not meet the age requirements, and each of them received two packs of Huafeng Sanxian Yi noodles, and asked them to bring their letters to Mo Zhu back to Mawei to deliver the letter that day.
During this period, of course, there were also Wu Lianwen and civil and military opposition, worried that after releasing these old and weak prisoners, they would be re-armed by Wu Lian rebels and threw them into the battlefield again. Zhang Zhize waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. At worst, you can just catch them again. After eating our instant noodles, you will see that we treat the prisoners well like this. As long as these prisoners are not stupid, they will never devote themselves to the lives of those traitors after returning. They will also promote our benevolence and kindness, shake and fight the morale of the traitors' army."
Zhang Zhi soon couldn't continue to worry. During the evening break, Zhang Zhi finally took time to remember to open the space warehouse to receive instant noodles assistance from the system. He also discovered the coldness of the cheating system - because he registered and collected 482 hidden populations, the cheating system issued a part of the help to himself, but it deducted the loss of the population yesterday!
During the battle of the city defense and night attacks, a total of 27 soldiers of the Han army were killed, deducting 216 packs of instant noodles assistance! The registered population of Wulian rebels was killed, deducting 808 packs, and a total of 1,024 packs of instant noodles assistance were deducted!
"The casualties of the traitor army are also counted on me?"
Zhang Zhi screamed like a pig, but the cheating system replied coldly: "As long as the population deaths under the host's rule, no matter what the cause is, all assistance will be deducted! Also, by the way, remind the host that the number of antiques sold must be reduced by 128 pieces!"
"System." Zhang Zhi asked painfully: "Can I ask you Zhou Bapi in the future?"
"No." The system replied directly: "This system does not like this name. If the host calls this system that way, this system will ignore it."
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Let’s take a look at the situation of the rebels. Because their family members were all in Mawei, after being released by the Han soldiers, although they were reluctant to leave the delicious instant noodles in Wulian City, the old and weak rebel prisoners, who were about 90 people, basically chose to go home. They also successfully returned to the Mojia Village nearest to Wulian County around noon the next day. Of course, these prisoners also learned all of them. They either finished the instant noodles on the road early or hid the remaining instant noodles on their bodies, and did not dare to show them out for Mo Zhu and his confidants to snatch them away.
Seeing so many prisoners coming back, Mo Zhu was still in shock, He Zhong, Lu Ji and others came to the scene as soon as possible to understand the situation. Then, it was very normal that the letter Zhang Zhi wrote by Mo Sheng was soon presented to Mo Zhu in public.
Then, when Mo Zhu read the letter, He Zhong and Lu Ji of course also came up to see each other. When they saw Zhang Zhi asking Mo Zhu to kill them in exchange for surrender, He Zhong and Lu Ji also changed their faces and had to complain in their hearts, and they said in their hearts: "Oh no, what if Mo Zhu really wants to kill us in order to survive?"
After all, I have read half of the book "The Art of War" and just finished reading Zhang Zhi's letter, Mo Zhu immediately shouted: "The plan of disagreement! This is Zhang Zhi's plan of disagreement! The purpose is to disagree with us and not to restrain the three major surnames so that we dare not work together to become enemies with him! Brother He, Brother Lu, don't worry, I will never surrender to Zhang Zhi's son, and I will never be fooled by him, and I will be tragic with you brothers and sisters!"
"Don't worry, Brother Mo, we also believe that you will not listen to Zhang Zhi's bewitching."
The smile that was squeezed out in front of He Zhong was full of plastic smell, and then he took the letter and looked at the content and said, "But Brother Mo, Zhang Zhi'er threatened to attack our Hejiazhai and Lujiazhai first, and then attack Mojiazhai. If he really did this, what should we do?"
"It's just a bluffing threat!" Mo Zhu immediately replied: "Hejia Village is in Bafeng, Lujia Village is in Gengliangpo, all located in the south of Mawei. If Zhang Zhi's son wants to attack your village, he must first capture Mojia Village before he can advance. So you don't have to be afraid. As long as you join forces with me to defend Mojia Village, your village will not have to worry about safety!"
"But Brother Mo, what if Zhang Zhi's son bypasses Mojia Village and goes south, and really goes to fight our village first?" Lu Ji raised a question.
"This..." Mo Zhu hesitated, and then hesitated, "It should be unlikely. If Zhang Zhi's son detours south, then his food route will not be guaranteed. Once the food of the followers is finished, he will not be able to hold on."
"But if he captures our village, he doesn't have to worry about food." He Zhong said with a sad face: "Brother, I will raise an army to support you this time, but I will bring all the men in the village. If Zhang Zhi's son really goes to attack Hejia Village first, the old, weak, women and children in my village will be the lambs to be slaughtered in front of the official army."
"I'm the same." Lu Ji quickly echoed: "I have all brought this place to Lujia Village. If the official army really goes to attack Lujia Village first, my village may not be able to defend it for an hour. Once the village is broken, all the food and grass that our Lu family has stockpiled will be borne by Zhang."
"What do you want?" Mo Zhu asked helplessly.
He Zhong and Lu Ji exchanged glances with each other, whispered to each other, and then quickly walked to the remote place next to him. Then He Zhong asked in a low voice: "Brother Lu, what are you planning?"
"I want to leave, but I have to leave." Lu Ji said without thinking: "Not to mention that the government army really may take the opportunity to attack my village, and I dare not rest assured to stay here. If I see the situation critical, with Moji's selfish morality, it may not be impossible to take down our heads and ask Zhang Zhi's son for surrender."
"Then let's go together!" He Zhong also made up his mind and said, "Go back and guard their own villages and let Mo Zhuding block the official army in front. If he can persist in sending troops to suppress the rebellion in the county, of course, it's best. If he really can't stand it, there is a population and the village in his hands, we will also have the opportunity to bargain with Zhang Zhi's son."
Lu Ji nodded, then returned to Mo Zhu with He Zhong, and then Lu Ji said, "Brother Mo, I have discussed it with the second brother He. We all think it is better to go back to guard their own villages. You can hold on here and wait until we settle the affairs in the village and bring people to help you."
"Two brothers, don't be fooled by Zhang Zhi'er!" Mo Zhu panicked and said hurriedly: "He wants to separate us and then defeat us one by one. If you are fooled, we will have no hope of refining the three major surnames. The only way now is to defend Mojia Village with me, and then as long as we persist in sending troops to attack Zhang Zhi'er, we will definitely win!"
"Don't worry!" Mo Zhu quickly added: "I have carried all your food, drink, and flowers here for you, and kept it safe and kept your people eating and eating well every meal. When we persisted in sending troops to the county, I will make up for you even if there is any loss in your village!"
The pleading was useless. For the sake of his own interests and for his distrust of Mo Zhu, He Zhong and Lu Ji insisted on leaving. Before Mo Zhu agreed, they sent someone to send orders to their remaining tribe members and Tian Nu to get out of the village to gather and prepare to go home. Mo Zhu was shocked, angry, afraid, and bowed and bowed repeatedly. However, Lu He and the other two refused to make any concessions. They bowed and left together and went to meet their team.
It's okay, looking at the backs of He Zhong and Lu Ji leaving hurriedly, recalling the conditions for surrender proposed by Zhang Zhi in the letter, Mo Zhu was really a little shaken. He almost wanted to take his relatives and friends to kill Lu He and the others, and ran to Zhang Zhi with their heads to ask for surrender. However, He Zhong and Lu Ji were also guarding against this. Before Mo Zhu made up his mind, they had already quickly returned to their team crowd and carefully stared at Mo Zhu's every move.
Finally, because the teams of Lu and He quickly gathered into groups, Mo Zhu hesitated for a long time and did not dare to take the risk. At the same time, he could only watch He Zhong and Lu Ji even refused to eat the food, and immediately took their tribe members and Tian Nu away quickly. At the same time, the rebel soldiers under Mo Zhu's command suddenly dropped to more than 400 - and there were about 40 of them who were captured who had just been released by the Han army.
"Send the order to guard the village immediately!" This was Mo Zhu's helpless yell, "No matter whether it is a man or a woman or an old man or a baby, they will all pick up weapons for me to guard the village, and they will block the official army for me no matter what!"
After yelling, Mo Zhu prayed to the heavens repeatedly, begging God for blessings, and asked Jingke County to quickly dispatch troops to attack Wu Lian, and surrounded Wei and rescue Zhao to help him overcome this difficulty.
Unfortunately, Mo Zhu knew very well that the capital of Jilan in Guike County was 350 miles away from Wulian, and the roads were almost all narrow and steep mountain roads. Even if Chen Can, the governor of Jike County, immediately decided to send troops after receiving the news, the soldiers of Jike County had to prepare enough food, grass and military supplies, and then traveled a long distance of 350 miles to pose a threat to Wulian Han army.
Chapter completed!