stubborn thief

Chapter 116 Cao Cao Luo Rucai

On the day Liu Chengzong got the news, he ordered Wushao to withdraw the horses and food from Xingzihe Wangzhuang.

The decisiveness of the order stunned Lin Wei who was waiting to be taken away.

It wasn't until the team sounded the gong that Lin Wei was convinced that Liu Chengzong didn't intend to take him at all, so he let go of his reserve and trotted up all the way, and said angrily, "You don't take me?"

Thinking that you came here just to tie me up and talk, right?
He was stunned by Liu Chengzong's question, he had never seen this kind of aggressiveness: "I'm going to fight with Li Bei, what are you, Wangzhuang steward, doing to join in the fun?"

He thought to himself, this is a life-and-death battle that determines fate, why should I bring you a stranger, and ask you to report to Li Beifeng?

"No, then will you accept me or not?"

Lin Wei also couldn't figure out what the leader was thinking. The elite troops occupied the Wangzhuang, and a news came from the south, and the gongs and gongs were knocked to gather the troops to leave. Apart from taking some food, is this not in vain?
The team had already led the mule and moved forward. Liu Chengzong stopped and reined in his horse and walked up the small slope in front of the official road.

"receive."

He smiled and answered the next sentence, leaned on the saddle for a while, nodded and said: "You just stay here, in a few days someone will collect the broomcorns in the field, and you can plant whatever you want. Xiubaozi Xiubaozi, remember to hide the leftover food in the mountains, don’t let people rob it, it will be enough for you to survive until next spring.”

He always remembered what Yang Yao said when he took the Han brothers to join him. When it was time to run, he was greedy for money, and when it was time to fight, he was in a panic. He would make those who followed him pay the price with their lives.

If he has not received any news, he will stay in this castle for a few days to learn more about the terrain.

But now that he has received the news, he must prepare for the battle wholeheartedly, and everything he wins is his.

"Didn't you say you wanted to stay here? Since you accepted me, shouldn't you change someone to manage Zhuangzi and take me away?" Lin Wei clapped the backs of his hands, looking anxious: "What if the palace wants to send someone to arrest me?"

"Fuck you, if there are few people in the palace, you will beat them. If there are too many people, they won't be able to make it through. Just stay here and take good care of Zhuangzi. I trust you."

Liu Chengzong didn't believe in Lin Wei, he didn't believe in Lin Wei, and said nonsense: "But you also said that this is a dead place, and there is no place to run if you lose, so you can't fight here."

After robbing Prince Qin Zhuangzi, his father locked him in the ancestral hall and read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and asked him what he had learned, and he only remembered two.

Be able to listen to what is said, and guard against everyone.

But Lin Wei really regarded him as a life-saving straw, and raised his arms to point to the valley: "Pick people, as many as you want to take with you if you are strong, it can be used for digging trenches and building villages, even if you are a mule!"

The middle-aged Yibin of Prince Qing's Mansion clenched his fists tightly: "You have stolen all the rent money. If you lose, the Palace will arrest me and go to Liaodong. You must not lose."

Liu Chengzong laughed when he heard the words, nodded heavily, and beat Ma Dong to go.

Under Marshal Sifang's banner, men wearing border army armor came out everywhere, and each picked a strong man to keep by his side as auxiliary soldiers.

The brigade was about to walk out of the river valley and fields on the eastward journey. Liu Chengzong reined in his horse and turned back. Lin Wei was still standing on the slope, waving his hands and shouting: "We must win!"

The desire to survive is very strong.

In the early morning of August [-]th, the Five Sentinel Brigade returned to Dawang Mountain. Liu Chengzong slept for half the night, and took Cao Yao and Chengyun to Zhuantianmao early in the morning.

Many people came up the mao, tall and strong horses ran all over the mountain, and there were men with swords and bows and arrows everywhere.

Mr. Liu built a gathering hall in Zhuantianmao, which used to be the house of a rich family in Shangmao. The layout of the main hall is similar to that of the old house in Heilongshan.

The main and guest seats facing the front yard are one on the left and one on the right, and there are two sets of unified monument chairs with low backs on each side, and each set has two chairs and a few chairs.

There were more than two dozen round stools behind them, filling the entire front hall.

When Liu Chengzong arrived, the hall was almost full. Mr. Liu sat in the main seat on the right, and there was an empty seat on the left.

The four chairs on the left are lined up, the first is Liu Chengzu, followed by Tianxing Zhang Tianlin, Shetatian Li Wanqing, and Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng one by one.

There are four chairs on the right, the first seat is vacant, followed by Gao Ying'en, Wang and Shang Wang, the stars of Zhongdou, for their own use.

On the last chair, a short and thick man was wearing an open silk satin robe, with a lot of jewelry on his body, a big horse with a golden sword sitting, four rings on his ten fingers, and a clean cloth on his head that looked wounded. Looking at Liu Chengzong who crossed the threshold with curious eyes.

All the leaders who can be called by name near Fucheng have come.

Except for the last person, they were all old acquaintances. Liu Chengzong clasped his fists one by one to salute, and Cao Yao had already squeezed to Guotianxing, patting his own armor proudly.

As soon as Liu Chengzong entered the hall, Liu Guoneng got up, but he was probably a little embarrassed and didn't move forward, just looked at Liu Chengzong.

After all, they were supposed to be a real group, but they separated because of Liu Guoneng's insistence on reporting to the police, and finally Liu Guoneng was left behind.

If it weren't for this Li Bei campaign, all the leaders would be like headless chickens, Liu Guoneng might have been hiding from Liu Chengzong.

But the matter has come to this point, Liu Chengzong didn't bother with him, he cupped his hands and smiled, and said: "Brother Gu Neng, don't come here without any harm."

"Oh, I'm not unharmed."

Liu Chengzong took the initiative to greet him, which made Liu Guoneng very happy. After bowing his hands in return, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I regret that I didn't listen to you, I regret to death!"

The two didn't say anything more, because Li Wanqing also got up, just smiled, and then stepped forward and pulled the last person to introduce: "Leader, this is Luo Rucai, named Cao Cao, the leader of Fucheng Dongguan."

"Boss Luo, you are polite. I have heard Brother Tianxing Zhang mentioned your name."

Liu Chengzong smiled, he had heard a lot about Cao Cao recently.

This is a particularly high-purity desperado, addicted to robbing the landlord's fence, every day is either robbing the landlord's fence, or on the way to grab the landlord's fence.

But this time he heard the name Luo Rucai, and he had a little impression in his heart. In another memory, it seemed that the leader died in the hands of Brother Huang Wa in the end.

"General Liu has heard of me?" Luo Rucai was very surprised by this, and even cupped his fists at Zhang Tianlin, then waved his hands and said, "The things I did are nothing compared to General Yanshuiguan killing Lu Cheng. , is not worth mentioning."

After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Chengzong stepped forward to salute his father. The eldest brother Liu Chengzu stretched out his hand and said to the first person on the right: "Lion, Cao Guan, sit down."

Chengyun sat behind Liu and Cao with Han brothers and Zhong brothers.

The brothers of the Zhong family were named Zhonghu Zhongbao, they beat Liu Chengzong on the day Ding Bingxun performed martial arts, so they were selected as the front guards to follow.

Once you sit down, the atmosphere becomes more serious.

Not long after, Yang Dingrui brought the two farmers in from the back hall, hung a map on the wall of the main hall, and sat in guest seats.

Only then did Master Liu speak: "The leaders all know that the enemy is in front of me. I am not good at military strategy. I invite you to come here for one thing. We are waiting to fight or defend or go. Everyone should come up with a decision. If the hearts of the people are not in harmony , I will die without a burial place."

After Liu Xiangyu finished speaking, Yang Dingrui got up and picked up a three-foot whip, pointed to the location of Yanchuan on the map on the wall and said: "At noon on August [-]th, General Li Bei of Yan'an defeated King Huntian of Yanchuan, and fled to Yanchuan on the [-]th. At the office of King Chuang, at the same time, King Chuang sent people to Yan'an Mansion to report, and Dou Xing arrived at Fucheng in the middle of the [-]th."

After finishing speaking, Yang Dingrui turned around and said to the leaders: "Up to this point, we only know that Li Bei's tribe did not pursue into Yanchang, and they are still stationed in Yanchuan, other than that, we don't know anything."

It would be outrageous not to know.

Liu Chengzong asked: "Mr. Yang, Hun Tianwang's troops were defeated, and they didn't know the strength of Li Bei's troops?"

Yang Dingrui sighed, showing a look of helplessness.

Gao Yingen, the star of the middle battle, coughed lightly, and explained: "They disperse in the village to eat, and they were attacked in a hurry, and all the ministries fled in a hurry. Hun Tianwang even heard of the attack, so he left his men and fled. He fled to Yanchang and didn't see Li Bei. .”

"The ones who escaped later turned out to be someone who had fought with the officers and soldiers, but they said it was [-] million. What kind of bullshit is it that the three battalions suppressed chaos everywhere and fired artillery on all sides? There is no certain number."

Liu Chengzong nodded slowly, knowing in his heart that the so-called fighting was nothing more than being chased and killed by the officers and soldiers.

Can't count on the defeated peasants, robbers and bandits to bring more information, Liu Chengzong turned his head to look at his brother: "Combined attack?"

Liu Chengzu nodded.

The status of split post combined attack in the Ming army is like the three-three system of the People's Liberation Army. It is also a formation method and a combat method, and it is a common basic tactic.

Specifically, an army is divided into five divisions, and the five sentries can not only cooperate with each other, but also be a tactical individual, and can continue to be divided into five divisions to cooperate with each other.

Dealing with thieves who have not received much training, they will feel that there are enemies everywhere when they are beaten.

Guo Tianxing said: "I talked with your brother last night, Li Bei should have only one battalion, at most three thousand commanders, but at least there will be no less than three general commanders, one thousand to three thousand."

Liu Chengzu continued, "If there were more, for example, there were three battalions of officers and troops, then they should have defeated King Gao Chuang by now and continued to march westward...they will definitely not station troops in Yanchuan, and the food and grass will not support so many people. The soldiers are waiting."

Gao Yingen raised his thumb and nodded and said: "My brother said the same thing, so he set up camp and trenches in the mountains, but he didn't plan to defend to the death, he just wanted to stop the officers and soldiers, and try to delay for you all to come up with a strategy to defeat the enemy. , because the army from Qingyang is coming soon."

As soon as this remark came out, all the leaders looked sideways, and the leader Yang Dingrui said: "Last night, Shangtian Monkey in Kunzhou sent someone to send a message that Liu Wu, Liu Daojiang, Liu Liu, and Liu Daohai, the prime ministers of Qingyang Han Dynasty, fought a battle with the officers and soldiers in Huanxian County. battle."

Yang Dingrui turned his head to look at Liu Chengzong: "Shangtian Monkey sent someone to look for you. He said he got a lot of food and grass and wanted to retreat and join forces with you."

Gao Yingen looked sideways and smiled: "This dirty monkey is two hundred miles away from Qingyang Prefecture in Huan County, and five hundred miles away from Yunzhou. This scares him."

Mr. Liu is a serious person. Seeing the atmosphere in the hall relaxed, he coughed lightly and asked, "Is it fighting, is it defending, is it going?"

"Can't walk and can't keep."

Ancestor Liu Chengzu replied: "We can only run to the northwest. Once we start running, we will always be overtaken by Li Bei; we can't defend the same. Although the city is strong, there is no food for so many of us. We will be trapped in one winter." death, not to mention the encirclement of the two ministries, if reinforcements are sent from various places... there is no way out."

"Yes!" Guo Tianxing Zhang Tianlin slammed the table twice, and raised her arms to point to the sky: "It's nothing more than discussing how to fight."

"beat!"

Liu Chengzong sat upright at the bottom, nodded and said: "Li Bei's troops are not many, the leaders dispatched elite troops to support King Gao Chuang, although we are not equipped with weapons, but we have a little more troops, give it a go, the outcome may be between five and five. "

The three ex-soldiers called one after another. Li Wanqing and Liu Guoneng looked at each other, their hearts pounding, and they didn't speak.

Monk Wang gritted his teeth, looked around and said: "All the leaders with the strongest troops think that they can fight, that is, they can fight, but I think it is not a way to go from Ansai to Yanchuan by taking the Qingjian River and detour. Jump out of the siege of the officers and soldiers?"

This is indeed the way, and if their team is well-organized, they will appear behind Li Bei like a heavenly soldier.

But for them, it would just give up all the initiative.

Liu Chengzu retorted: "Fleeing for a long distance, the soldiers are tired, the soldiers and civilians gather together, and suddenly attacked, who can form a team?"

They can try another officer and general, but Li Bei's desperate way of marching is very restrained to the peasant army.

Troops are the worst organized during the march, as long as they decide to run, they will fall into the situation of being chased.

Long-distance pursuit, you have no physical strength and I have no physical strength, so I will bite you and chase you. If you catch up, you will not be given a chance to organize. Just fight with the organized and unorganized.

This tactic is called rash advance in regular army operations.

To put it simply, it is bullying. Bullying you is a peasant army. You dare not fight tough battles with me, nor do you have the ability to fight me head-on.

Unless Monk Wang led the team away, they blocked Li Bei from behind.

Liu Chengzong reached a consensus with Liu Chengzu and Zhang Tianlin, and the situation was very clear to them.

No intrigue or trickery will be used.

If you walk, you can't escape; if you keep, you can't keep it.

It is to force people to fight head-to-head, and the majestic battle against the banner of righteousness, either win or die.

Suddenly, someone in the hall applauded.

It was Luo Rucai who sat at the end, the short and thick man clapped and laughed, pointed at the crowd and burst into tears, slapped his thigh and said: "You guys, I love you so much! Everyone lives like a human being, I am different, I You are beasts, the government is really wrong to call you thieves, you are neither thieves nor thieves, this is a bunch of officers and soldiers."

All the leaders looked sideways at him, Zhang Tianlin frowned and glared at Luo Rucai, but Liu Chengzong raised his eyebrows with a smile and said, "Can Chief Luo deal with Li Bei?"

"I can't handle it!"

Luo Rucai said it very lightly: "If I can deal with it myself, I will go directly to deal with Li Bei. Why do I come here to play with you, but I can help you deal with it. If I say it, you may not use it, but Second Master Liu has to agree. my business."

"Huh?" Liu Chengzong turned his head and stretched out his hand and said, "Leader Luo, please tell me."

"Second Lord has the highest prestige in the hall. If I use my strategy to defeat Li Bei, as long as I am still alive, no matter how much I win, I will share [-] armor, [-] mules and horses, and discuss next time... "

Luo Rucai stood up while speaking, looked around in the hall, and finally fixed his eyes on the faces of Monk Wang and Cao Yao: "My seat, I have to mention it first, I sit next to you."

Cao Yao raised his head and laughed loudly, then turned to Liu Chengzong and said, "I think it will work. If Cao Cao has a plan to defeat Li Bei, he can sit here, and I will stand behind."

Liu Chengzong nodded and said: "I agree, what's the strategy of Chief Luo?"

"The second master just said that all the ministries must gather elite soldiers to support King Gao Chuang. If they can win, the price will be too great. All the ministries will fight Li Bei with all their elite troops and lose both sides. Who will deal with Qingyang's army? dead?"

Luo Rucai walked up to Liu Chengzong, raised his hand and patted the tea table twice: "We are afraid of the officers and soldiers, but we are afraid of their guns. We recruited 1 to [-] refugees and hungry people. The troops were divided into five formations and surrounded by each leader. Whoever, let him be defeated, wait for five casualties, exhaust the officers and soldiers, don't say I hurt them, I will die with them."

There was no sound in the hall.

Luo Rucai turned his head and looked around the crowd, then paused and said, "What kind of bullshit is the imperial court, I am! When the officers and soldiers run out of gunpowder and lead, the sergeants have already exhausted their armor, and Liu Erye will send out elite soldiers and break the formation with one drum!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)