Chapter 1 Counterattack on Yuezhou

In the government office of Yuezhou, Pu Hui shouted that he wanted to lead troops to suppress the Dongting Lake Rebel Army and find Chang Hong and Wang Mei to repay the revenge of the last hook. Wu Yanhong came forward, carefully inspected Pu Hui's injury and asked, "General Pu, how is the wound recovering?"

Pu Hui straightened his chest and replied, "After these days of recuperation, the wound has healed, but it is a little swollen and numb when sleeping at night. I guess there are still three or five days to wave the axe to kill the thief."

"That's good, that's good. You all go down and have a rest. I'm tired today, and I have to go to bed early. Remember, as a soldier, no matter when and where you encounter any situation, you must face it bravely and firmly. In an army, morale is very important. As soon as morale is released, it will be over. When fighting a war, it is morale and heavy work. Whoever is strong in this field can win the war. The thieves in Dongting Lake are not terrible. What is terrible is that the morale of our Tang army is demoralized and has repeatedly suffered repeated defeats. Well, it's not clear about tactics for a moment. You should use your brains more on weekdays and can't fight and kill single-mindedly. That's the courage of a man and can't do big things. Wu Yanhong enlightened his general.

Hu Zhen, Gu Yanlang, Pu Hui and others stood up and said with one voice, "General Wu is right. We should use our brains more in the future!"

The next morning, Wu Yanhong walked to his small study after breakfast as usual. Today, he specially chose the book Sun Zi's Art of War and studied it carefully. Seeing that "the service is no longer registered, the grain is not three years, and it is used for the country. Because the grain is in the enemy, the military food is enough. Wu Yanhong fell into meditation when the poor of the country is far from the teacher, and the people are poor.

A personal soldier came in and reported: "General Wu, it's not a big deal!"

Wu Yanhong looked up at his soldiers and asked, "What happened?"

"General Wu, 500 people sent by Yuezhou to pick up the Ezhou grain transportation team were robbed by the thief Xu Tangju's troops in Puyi. The person who took the lead in robbing the grain was still a woman. The soldier who escaped said that the woman was quite powerful, so that 20 or 30 people could not get close to her body. She was beaten all over the ground by her. Ezhou grain transportation team All the food was robbed by this group of thieves!"

As soon as Wu Yanhong heard this, he put down Sun Zi's Art of War, jumped up from his chair and said to his own soldiers, "Come on, go and inform Gao Zhouyi to come to the meeting. Just drive here. Go!"

"Order!" The soldiers ran out quickly.

After a while, Gao Zhouyi, Pu Yi, Hu Zhen, Gu Yanlang and others walked into the small study.

Gao Zhouyi is Wu Yanhong's most reliable general. He once saved his life in a battle, so Wu Yanhong has always attached great importance to Gao Zhouyi. In every meeting, Gao Zhouyi often speaks the most. In this intensive meeting, Gao Zhou Yi first asked, "Brother Wu, why is there an emergency concentration in the early morning? What's the important matter?"

Wu Yanhong nodded, glanced at the Tang generals, sighed gently, and said, "Guys, on the way to Yuezhou, the Ezhou grain transportation team was suddenly attacked by the thief Xu Tangju in Puyi, causing heavy losses, and all the grain trucks were robbed. The 500 soldiers we sent to respond were also surrounded by the bandits. A few people escaped back. Yuezhou only has less than ten days of military food. If we can't restore the grain road as soon as possible, our army will be in danger!"

Hu Zhen is the most scheming among the generals under Wu Yanhong. He marched with great vigilance and rarely defeated the war, so he was nicknamed "Sai Fox" in the army. Hu Zhen held his pointed chin and squinted his mouse eyes and said, "I feel that the movement of the thieves in Dongting Lake this time is unusual. I estimate that the main forces of Wang Chongyin and Xu Tangju have completed the reorganization in Langzhou area and moved east by several routes. Near Yuezhou, especially the grain road from Ezhou to Yuezhou, the thief has sent heavy troops to garrison. The intention is obvious that it is to let Yuezhou cut off grain and trap our army to death. Our army has nearly 20,000 horses in Yuezhou. Once there is a shortage of food, the army will be confused and the consequences will be unimaginable. The strategy of encircling but not attacking and cutting off my food is very powerful. There are likely to be a master to help in the Dongting Lake bandit army. Otherwise, based on the previous combat level of the thief bandits, it is difficult to come up with such a high move. They dare to pull out their teeth this time, which is obviously pointed by a master.

The generals have been discussing for a while, and most of them are in favor of Hu Zhen's views.

Wu Yanhong pressed down second-hand and said, "General Hu is worthy of being a 'match fox'. Considering the problem is thoughtful and the prediction level is high, which is worth learning. I just read Sun Tzu's Art of War. In this military book, there is a wonderful description of the food and fodder problem in the battle of the Second Army. Sun Tzu wrote that because of the enemy's food, military food is enough. It means to try to seize food from the enemy, so that the army can have enough food and fodder. This time, Dongting Lake thieves came to seize our military food. We should change our thinking, not just to open up the food channel, but to go out decisively and attack the thieves' grain storage place, so as to change the current passive situation. But to complete such a heavy task, the generals must work together and operate with both wisdom and courage. After saying that, Wu Yanhong turned his eyes to Hu Zhen.

Hu is really a person. He thought about what Wu Yanhong said while listening to it. After Wu Yanhong finished speaking, he also basically thought about it. At this time, I saw Wu Yanhong staring at him, which made his heart feel cold. Hu Zhen knew that it was impossible to make an improper statement today. He slowly stood up with a sad face: "Yuezhou is in danger. As a general of the Tang Dynasty, I have the responsibility to turn the tide and work together with you to help General Wu to eliminate the thieves. Hu Zhen is not talented and is willing to lead a man and horse to raid the place where the thief store grain. But--

"But what?" The generals asked anxiously.

Hu Zhen scratched his hair with his hand, looked at the generals, and said slowly, "However, there can't be only one set of plans for everything, and you can't think in a good way. In case of the loss of grain, what should we do next? Therefore, I think it is necessary to formulate an emergency plan. Once the grain is robbed and fails, our army can never stay in Yuezhou, but decisively break through the siege in several directions, so that the thieves can't figure out our main position. These two movements should be compact, otherwise our army will be in danger of the destruction of the whole army!"

The generals will sigh and feel depressed in the small study. Wu Yanhong said, "Guys, now that the enemy is facing you, the thief is going to attack Yuezhou. Everyone must have heard General Hu's words just now. On the one hand, we have to raid the thief's food and fodder, and on the other hand, we have to prepare to break through. Once the raid is failed, it will break through the way. The soldiers are fast, and I'm issuing orders now. Hu Zhen and Pu Hui led 5,000 troops and raided the grain storage place of the thief Puyi. They should act quickly and quickly retreated to Yuezhou to hold on. If they failed, they would break through by themselves. Gu Yanlang led 3,000 soldiers to attack the front line of Yuqi Mountain and maintain contact with Hu Zhenbu at any time. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. You can make a decision at the opportunity. Hu Zhen is always responsible for your second route. Gao Zhou Yi and I led the remaining nearly 10,000 horses to defend Yuezhou and make arrangements according to the war situation. But you should remember that don't expect much support for this attack. If you want to win, you have to fight hard. If we seize the thief's grain and grass, we will continue to stick to Yuezhou; if we can't seize it, we will give up Yuezhou and choose the best way to break through the second road, and the army will kill us out of this road. Hu Zhen's way, the direction of the breakthrough is Ezhou. Gu Yanlang's breakthrough direction is Tanzhou. Well, I've said everything I have to say. Let's start acting separately!"

Hu Zhen allocated 2,000 people to Pu Hui to be the pioneer. Pu Hui was full of revenge and revenge on Chang Hong, so he took the crescent moon to open the mountain axe and quickly took these 2,000 horses to Puyi. The next evening, Pu Hui led his army to Puyi. He chose a dense forest, where he ordered Tang Bing to bury the pot to make rice and go to the nearby river to drink water. The dusk was vast and uninhabited, and occasionally a few crows flashed across the sky, making a trembling sound.

After dinner, Pu Hui sent more than a dozen horses to search for the whereabouts of the "thieves". After a long time, the inquirers came back, and two of them reported to Pu Hui: "About ten miles to the northeast, two "thief" camps were found, in which there were a lot of grain hoards, which seemed to be a place for the "thief" to store grain. Close to the grain hoarding is the water. Far from the southeast of the grain hoarding, there is a bridge leading to Ezhou, which spans the water.

Pu Hui suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and he immediately issued an order: "Brothers, the opportunity for national merit has arrived! Defeat the Dongting Lake thieves to get rid of the shame. I ordered to move forward at full speed, capture the two camps of the thief bandits, and occupy the Junshui Bridge!"

The deputy general said to Pu Hui, "General Pu, General Hu Zhen hasn't come up yet. If you go so deep into the dangerous place, aren't you afraid of being made dumplings by the thieves?"

Pu Hui stared and roared: "When Hu Zhen comes up, the credit for suppressing the thief will be his. He is the main general of the second-way horse. Don't let him take advantage of this advantage. Don't say too much. Move forward!"

Pu Hui was self-indulgent and urged people and horses to rush to these two camps. From afar, he could see it in the moonlight. There were only dozens of "thief soldiers" guards in the two camps. Pu Hui was overjoyed. He took the lead, waved the crescent axe and shouted, "Brothers, rush inside and seize the food and grass of the bandits!"

Two thousand Tang soldiers rushed to the direction of grain hoarding like the water that broke the dike. When the volunteers saw the Tang army killing, they shouted, "The enemy is coming to rob grain!" After saying that, he ran away in groups in the direction of Junshui.

Pu Hui went to the front of the grain hoard and ordered Tang soldiers to check the grain. After a while, several Tang soldiers came to report: "General Pu, we have been fooled. There is not a grain in the grain hoard!"

Pu Hui heard it and knew the plan. He turned the horse's head and ordered him to retreat quickly. At this time, I saw countless lanterns and torches everywhere, with a female general, ** jade horse, hand-in-handed embroidered knives, heroic and not angry and self-righteous. This was Liu Ying, who taught her two fences, and asked her to install two fences, do some empty food hoard, ambushed around the soldiers, and attract the enemy to the hook. Liu Ying saw that Pu Hui was really tricked and secretly thought that Mr. Fei was the first to plot against the enemy, which was really smart. Liu Ying immediately crossed the knife and shouted harshly, "Pu Hui, you were defeated by Chang Hong last time and narrowly escaped. Today, you came to sneak up on the righteous teacher's grain hoardment. I will definitely not forgive you!"

Pu Hui sneered: "Thief, do you know the power of this big axe in Pu Hui's hand? I don't know how many strong thieves in the green forest died under my axe. Measure a stinky woman in your area and dare to stop Uncle Pu. Today, I will definitely ask you to kill you with an axe! Brothers, don't be afraid. With my Pu Huiyue, just rush to kill me!" After saying that, Pu Hui patted the horse and swang an axe and took Liu Ying straight.

Liu Ying heard Pu Hui's left voice of the thief's mother-in-law and the right voice of the stinky woman, and she was furious. She saw her phoenix eyes wide open, her willow eyebrows upside down, waved the embroidered knife, Pegasus forward, and killed Pu Hui. The volunteers gathered around from all sides and shouted to kill. Liu Ying and Pu Hui fought for more than a dozen rounds in the melee. Pu Hui saw that Liu Ying's knife was not far from him, and the knife came to his point, which made Pu Hui confused and sweat coldly. Looking at the fewer and fewer soldiers around, only three or four hundred of the 2,000 horses brought are still fighting bitterly, and the rest are either killed or kneel down and begging for surrender.

Pu Hui had no intention of fighting. He shook his axe and grabbed the way and left. Liu Ying roared, "Pu Hui, take your life!" After saying that, he used his unique unique stunt to "shoot the sky", and the embroidered knife flashed a cold light in mid-air and slanted towards Pu Hui, as fast as lightning, just like the old Huangzhong's knife to split Xia Houyuan, and the knife method was like a god. Pu Hui couldn't dodge and was cut into two sections by Liu Ying.

Tang Bing was shocked and stopped one after another. He looked at Liu Ying and her subordinates in a daze. Liu Ying raised his knife and shouted, "Pu Hui is a role model! Tang soldiers, you are all children of the peasant family. You are forced to fight on the battlefield with knives and guns. Liu Ying's troops do not kill prisoners, but give preferential treatment to prisoners. As long as you give up resistance, you will eat whatever we eat, and you will never treat you badly!"

Three or four hundred Tang soldiers who had just resisted saw Pu Hui's body across the water, surrounded by volunteers. After listening to Liu Ying's words, they all knelt down and begged for mercy: "Let's listen to Liu Niang, Liu Niangniang, from now on, we will follow you." After saying that, he abandoned his armor and surrendered collectively to the rebels.

Hu Zhen led his troops forward, and suddenly heard the sound of killing in front of him. He quickly ordered his subordinates to stop marching and prepare to send a detective horse to scout the situation in front of him. At this time, dozens of Tang soldiers who were lucky enough to rush out of the encirclement rolled and crawled to Hu Zhen's horse, crying about the news that Pu Hui was cut by Liu Ying's knife. Hu Zhen was shocked and sighed: "Pu Hui, a young man, is reckless and looks down on others. Today, he finally fell down and has no chance to turn things around."

Just when Hu Zhen hesitated, he saw a strong brigade shouting to kill him not far ahead. At the head, he was wearing a black gold helmet, wearing purple gold armor, ** golden eyes and red horse, shouting with a square sky painting halberd. This is Xu Tangju. Seeing Liu Ying successfully surrounded and annihilated Pu Hui, Hu Zhen stammed and knew that the fighter plane was about to be lost. Because Hu Zhen is nicknamed "Sai Fox", he has always been known for being agile and good at escape on the battlefield. Xu Tangju thought that this time he must catch the fox and devour it alive to get rid of future trouble. Xu Tangju jumped to support the halberd and shouted, "Hu Zhen, do you know Xu Tangju, the halberd?"

Hu Zhen knew that Xu Tangju had always been brave and good at fighting, and there was no one in the halberd. He was definitely not Xu Tangju's opponent. He waved the eight-treasure camel dragon yin wind gun and gritted his teeth and ordered: "The crossbowman is ready to shoot arrows!" Tang Bing's bow and crossbowman quickly loaded and fired arrows. After three rounds, the rebels were killed and injured. Xu Tangju was furious and was about to organize another attack. Hu Zhen took advantage of the weakening of the attack of the righteous army and ordered the rear army to withdraw first, and then ordered the front army to change the rear army and run away to the southwest. Xu Tangju was not willing to give up. He commanded the rebels to chase and fight fiercely, killing and injuring hundreds of Tang soldiers, but Hu Zhen's main force survived and escaped again. Xu Tangju looked at the direction of Hu Zhenyuan and said hatefully, "Hu Zhen, you are a racing fox, more slippery than a loach. One day it will fall into my hands and break your muscles!"

Gu Yanlang led 3,000 Tang soldiers to the direction of Yuqi Mountain. On the way, he met 10,000 horses led by Wang Chongyin. Wang Chongyin waved double hammers and killed them directly. Tang soldiers could not resist the enemy and fled one after another. He smirthed Gu Yanlang and launched an escape competition with his soldiers. He fled to the city of Yuezhou in one breath and shouted for the Tang army to open the door. I saw a man standing on the tower and said coldly, "Gu Yanlang, I have been collecting Yuezhou for a long time, and you have nowhere to escape. Take off your horse and surrender!"