The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 478

Chapter 470 Six Young Generals Rescue Mother Gao
Jibei, Dong'e County
"General Qi, according to the news from our army's spies stationed in Yanggu City."

"The Liangshan army has withdrawn from Yanggu in a large scale, and hastened back to the south in an emergency."

In the county government, the sentry cavalry immediately inquired about the latest news to Zhang Xian.

Hearing this, Zhang Xian couldn't help thinking hard, secretly meditating on why the Liangshan Army would withdraw.

"Hey, that's not right, now the Liang Shanshui army is here to help."

"It stands to reason that you are not at a disadvantage in the battle against our army. How could you suddenly return for no reason?"

Just as Zhang Xian was thinking hard, the sentry cavalry suddenly explained: "General, according to the scouts, the scouts followed Liang Shanjun's back to investigate."

"It turned out that the Liangshan Army withdrew in a hurry because its old nest, Shuibo, Liangshan was attacked."

Just when the sentry cavalry reported, Yuwen Shiji walked in in real time, his face gradually showing joy, and said: "General, but Liangshan has withdrawn the army?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xian immediately realized that Liang Shan's withdrawal had been expected by Yuwen Shiji.

At that time, due to the aging of Liang Shanshui's army, Zhang Xian led the army to retreat.

Originally, Zhang Xian planned to evacuate directly to Lu County, and joined Gao Qi after the handover of Jibei was completed.

It's just that Yuwen Shiji resisted all opinions and confidently let Zhang Xian station his army in Dong'a City, which is adjacent to Yanggu, to wait for the opportunity.

At that time, Yuwen Shiji mentioned that Liangshan would withdraw troops in a hurry in a few days!

At that time, Zhang Xian didn't take it too seriously, he was stationed in Dong'e City only out of his newcomer.

However, it was unexpected that Yuwen Shiji's words came true.

The rear of the Liangshan grass bandits was attacked unexpectedly, and Song Jiang really hurried back to lead the army.

Immediately, Yuwen Shiji was not arrogant, and said slowly: "General, since this is the case, then the opportunity to defeat the grassroots bandits has come."

"Brother Shiji, what do you say?"

"General, if my prediction is correct, it must be Cao Jun who took the opportunity to raid Liangshan this time."

Hearing this, the general He Yuanqing at the side couldn't help showing a puzzled look, and asked, "How can you see that?"

Seeing this, Yuwen Shiji was not impatient, and still patiently explained: "Because of Jibei County."

"Think about it, generals, our army is now exchanging with Cao's army."

"In other words, it means that this Jibei County will belong to Cao Cao in the future."

"If our army suddenly couldn't withstand Liangshan's offensive and caused Jibei to fall, wouldn't Cao Cao's work be in vain?"

"Therefore, when Cao Cao dispatched the receiving army out of the city, he must have informed the general."

"Once there is an uncontrollable situation, we must keep Jibei County."

"That's why you are so confident, Liangshan is nothing to worry about!"

I have to say that Yuwen Shiji's remarks are indeed very tenable.

After the words fell, Zhang Xian thought for a while, his expression became solemn, and he quickly ordered.

"Since Cao Jun has already made a move, our army can't just sit idle and let him underestimate it."

"Zi Shou, He Yuanqing listens to the order, and the two of you are the pioneers, galloping towards Xuchang,"

"Put directly into the Liangshan Army's flanks, and be sure to wipe them out."

After the military order was issued, the generals began to act, while Zhang Xian continued to lead the main force and went straight south.

The purpose of dividing the troops into two groups is to suppress the living space of the Liangshan Army.

It should be noted that with the addition of Cao Jun, the two armies are far higher than Liangshan in terms of their numbers and military strength.

At that time, after Cao Jun destroyed Liangshan's lair, he would definitely come straight to attack the main force of Liangshan army.

In this way, if the Qi army outflanks from the flanks and rear, is it afraid that they will not be able to wipe them all out?

Originally, Zhang Xian didn't want to kill them all, but what he saw and heard in Yanggu City at that time made Zhang Xian make a must-kill order in his heart!
When the two armies are at war, casualties are inevitable. This is common sense, and there is nothing to say.

However, unarmed people have nothing to do with war, so what about wanton massacres?

It can be said that the reputation of "walking the way for the sky" that Song Jun wanted to erect was destroyed in one fell swoop.

It was personally destroyed by Li Kui's extremely crazy order.

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A few days later, the main force led by Song Jiang was ambushed by Cao's army at the foot of Liangshan. After a hasty fight, Liangshan's army was defeated and suffered heavy losses!
As for his Liangshan general Lei Heng, he also encountered Xin Wenli in the rebellious army and was beheaded by one of his lances.

Immediately, if it weren't for the sudden defeat of Zhu Dian who arrived in time, Song Jiang was rescued.

I am afraid that in this battle, Liang Shan has already been taken over by Qiu Rui.

However, just after escaping from the wolf's den, he met a tiger and leopard again.

With the double-bread copying of the Qi army's war cavalry, Liangshan's main force was finally lost, and its military strength was less than one in ten.

In desperation, Song Jiang had no choice but to lead the remnants eastward and defect to Huangchao.

As a result, the Battle of Jibei has come to an end!
Later, Zhang Xian and Qiu Rui met, and after discussing the handover of Jibei County, they went straight south.

At this time, Gao Qi had also taken the prestige of destroying the Xu country and led the army straight south.

Afterwards, Zhang Xian formally joined forces with Gao Qi in Huaiyang City, Xiapi County.

After the two parties met, Gao Qi said with joy on his face: "Zhang Xian, I didn't expect you to be so secretive!"

"This time in the battle of Jinbei, your performance is not below the standard."

"In the past, Gu gave you back as Dingfang's lieutenant. It was really Gu's fault."

Hearing this, Zhang Xian hastily declined, cupped his hands and said, "No, no."

"King Qi's vision is not wrong, the last general still has self-knowledge."

"General Su Lie's commanding ability is far superior to that of the junior general. The latter also learned a lot of experience in the process of following General Su to the north to suppress the rebellion."

In this way, although part of Zhang Xian is taking care of Gao Qi's face, the other side is also his sincere words.

Indeed, in all fairness, Zhang Xian could still feel the gap between himself and Su Lie.

Just talking about the idea of ​​capturing Yelu Abaoji alone in the rebellious army is what Zhang Xian lacks.

To be a general, in addition to arranging troops and being good at mobilizing soldiers, he also needs courage in battle.

It is necessary to come up with a unique plan to save your own army even if you are deeply disadvantaged.

After the cooperation between Zhang Xian and Su Lie, Zhang Xian knew that he was inferior to himself in terms of adaptability before the battle.

The reason why this Jibei campaign achieved such good results is inseparable from Yuwen Shiji's assistance and reminders.

Immediately, Zhang Xian slowly cupped his hands and explained: "King Qi, the reason why the last general has such a victory this time."

"Shiji has made outstanding contributions, please reward him from King Qi."

For a moment, following Zhang Xian's words, Gao Qi couldn't help turning his eyes around, and squinted at Yuwen Shiji beside him.

Immediately, he laughed twice and said, "Haha, don't worry, there will be rewards this time!"

Immediately afterwards, all the generals guarded Gao Qi on both sides, and entered the military mansion together to discuss.

Huaiyang, located in the southernmost part of Xiapi County, is the only place to pass through Huainan.

Similarly, Gao Qi's hometown Zhongli County is on his way.

The purpose of Gao Qi's journey southward this time is to rescue his mother, and Gao Qi will never forget this point.

Finally, after deliberation, according to Bai Qi's suggestion, the Qi army went straight from Huaiyang across Surabaya to Xucheng.

Then he went all the way south, arriving at Zhongli first, and then stormed Zhu Yuanzhang from Huaixi, forcing him to negotiate with the Qi army.

One or two days later, the Qi army cavalry crossed Surabaya quickly and orderly, and then galloped to Xucheng.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi took his elder brother Gao Siji as the vanguard, and led an army deep into the Huainan area, looking for his mother's whereabouts.

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Liyang County was originally an ordinary county in the Huaixi area.

It's just that after Zhu Yuanzhang took power, he took Liyang as the rear of his hinterland.

The reason why Liyang was chosen was because Liyang's geographical location happened to be in the middle, and it was not threatened by the outside world.

In the south is the stretching Yangtze River, in the east is Jiangdu, and in the west there is half of Lujiang County as a buffer.

Quting Mountain is the necessary place to go south to Liyang, but at this time, there are hundreds of Huaixi soldiers who can only be seen looming.

An old woman was imprisoned in one of the prison cars, and upon closer inspection, it was Gao Mu.

As for the chief general he escorted was Chang Yuchun sent by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since then, Lan Yu offered a plan to use Gao Qi's mother as a hostage to force the Qi army to abandon Lujiang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Chang Yuchun, who was bloodthirsty, as his general, and led the crowd to Zhongli to look for Gaomu and arrest him.

However, Gao Qi's hometown is still extremely hidden, and Chang Yuchun was almost half a month away before looking for it.

Therefore, it took nearly so long before Chang Yuchun escorted Gao Mu to Quting Mountain and headed towards Liyang!

However, what Chang Yuchun didn't know was that near Qingliu City, a team dressed in grass bandit costumes was lurking.

His generals stood on the spot wearing purple-gold helmets, fiery red battle robes, and long spears in their hands.

If you take a closer look, you can see that this general is very familiar. It is Wu Deng who was let go by Gao Qi during the Nanyang War.

At that time, after leaving, Wooden happened to meet a Taoist dressed in fairy style, who told Wooden's family background.

After learning of his family background, Wu Deng learned about the brotherhood between Zhu Can and Wu Yunzhao.

He also learned that Wu Yunzhao was his own father, and knew that Gao Qi was not arbitrarily fabricated lies to recruit him.

Although, at that time Wooden also wanted to return to join Gao Qi, but he was young and energetic and couldn't save face.

On the other hand, Wu Deng also went to Huaixi in disguise to meet his father Wu Yunzhao.

One is to prove the authenticity of all this, if Wu Yunzhao is really Wu Deng's father.

Wooden also hoped to persuade him to turn his back on Zhu Yuanzhang and return to Qi State westward.

However, the final result was that the father and son recognized each other, but he severely reprimanded Wooden for betraying Zhu Yuanzhang and switching to Qi.

In desperation, Wooden became angry frequently, and left in a fit of anger. Because of his meritorious deeds, it was not easy for Wooden to return to Qi.

But by coincidence, he relied on his bravery to defeat the bandits, and then he was invited by the bandit leader to become the king of the mountain in Zhongli territory.

When he thought that his whole body would be ruined like this, the news of Gao's mother being arrested made him see a turning point.

Wooden immediately realized that this was not only an opportunity to repay his favor, but also an opportunity to dedicate his military exploits and return to the Qi army.

After all, there are generally people who are brave and brave, and there are a few people who are unwilling to fight the enemy and make meritorious deeds by killing the enemy.

What about living as a bandit in the mountains and forests?

Therefore, Wooden summoned the minions in the village to explain his desire to join the army.

Immediately, two options were given to the many minions.

Either follow yourself, or pay the travel expenses, disband the cottage, and each make a living!

However, in the end, there were more than [-] minions who were willing to follow Wooden.

In fact, everyone has the heart of meritorious service. Now that Wooden can lead them out of the identity of thieves, why not do it?

To put it bluntly, no one is born wanting to be a thief.

Therefore, now, Wooden summoned his men to lurk on Chang Yuchun's return journey.

Its goal is very clear, that is to save Gaomu and serve Qi.

At this time, in the dense forest, Wooden was cleaning his spear.

He murmured: "How long has it been since you saw blood, this time you must be covered with villain blood!"

To be honest, ever since Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Gao's mother to be taken as a hostage, Wooden immediately hated him.

The two armies are fighting, which one wins and which loses, each depends on its ability!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang acted like a villain, wantonly threatening his hostages, what is this?
In the eyes of Wooden, who is still young, Zhu Yuanzhang is a shameless villain.

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A few days later, Chang Yuchun finally escorted Gao's mother in the prison car to the outside of Qingliu City.

Seeing this, Chang Yuchun, who was full of beard and beard, clapped his horse and wielded his sword, and said slowly: "Soldiers, Qingliu City is just ahead."

"As soon as we reach the city, we can rest and let the brothers cheer up."

Hearing the order, the hundreds of soldiers escorted immediately braced themselves and continued to move forward.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

It's just that when there were tens of miles away from Qingliu City, suddenly, more than a hundred arrows fell from the sky in the dense forest.

Suddenly, the unsuspecting Huaixi soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.

For a while, the Huaixi army was in chaos, and they got up in a hurry!
Seeing this, Chang Yuchun was fearless and regained his proper ability to command troops.

Roaring; "There is an ambush ahead, all ministries should not panic, form an formation to meet the enemy."

Following an order, suddenly, the somewhat flustered Huaixi soldiers lined up in an orderly manner.

At this time, Wu Deng in the dense forest saw that the Huaixi Army was not in a panic, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed: "Oh, it seems that the enemy's general is a veteran of hundreds of battles!"

However, now the arrow is on the string and has to be launched.

Wu Deng had a white horse on his lap, holding a long gun, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill!"

"Rescue the old woman, seek refuge with King Qi, and make great achievements."

In an instant, Wooden took the lead and galloped out, and the rest of the minions were also affected by fame and wealth, and they all clamored to kill.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the two armies collided with each other, and then a chaotic battle broke out.

As for Wooden, he also took the lead in fighting with Chang Yuchun. Since the two were equally armed, the outcome was not decided for a while.

It's just that, as time went by, Wooden's minions were gradually unable to support themselves, and they were in a worrying situation.

After all, the Huaixi soldiers were veterans of the battlefield, and they were usually led by Chang Yuchun.

How can its combat power be able to compete with the bandit minions led by Wooden?

"Ha ha!"

"Little brat, you are so overconfident that you dare to ambush me."

"go to hell!"

For a moment, Chang Yuchun saw that the situation was getting more and more favorable to him, so he couldn't help laughing.

Immediately afterwards, the attack with the big knife in his palm became more and more fierce, and he went straight to Wooden.

Due to being at a disadvantage, Wooden's mood was naturally affected, and his attack could not help but drop a bit.

For a while, Wooden's side was completely at a disadvantage. At this moment, Gao's mother's situation is extremely worrying.

(End of this chapter)