Chapter 14 Walk around and gather star thieves and become famous all over the world (31)
It sounds incredible that Xi Zhicai captured the 16 villages in ten days, but in fact, he did not encounter any decent battles. He was basically on his way. From the beginning, he divided the people and horses into three roads, led by Guo Tai and others, with up to 15,000 Baibo troops and 50,000 soldiers. All the way, led by Xu Huang, Shi A and Guan Hai, led by Zhang Niujiao, Chu Yan's subordinates and 30,000 soldiers. In the end, he was led by Xi Zhicai and Zhang Baiqi, who commanded 100 yellow scarf soldiers, 4,000 bodyguard divisions, and 20,000 elite soldiers.
Each of the three roads has its own advantages. Guo Tai has many people, Xu Huang is fierce, and his talent is talented. No one of them can resist any of them alone. What's more, there are no handsome thieves in these cottages, and some cottages are even fighting for the top of the thief. In this case, Ma Ping, a three-way man of Xi Zhicai, pushed over and did not need to fight at all, and 16 cottages fell in the wind.
After 16 cottages have been pacified, there are only eight cottages left for the thieves in Montenegro, namely, the Niujiao village of Zhang Niujiao, the Feiyan village of Chuyan, the eight villages with the left musty, the Pinghan village of Tao Sheng, the Phoenix village of Yang Feng, the solid white rabbit village, the white flowing river village and the tiger village in the poisonous tiger ridge.
These eight cottages are all handsome, and the location is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xi Zhicai gathered 200,000 people together to discuss countermeasures.
Guo Tai was very proud of winning several battles. His smile had been hanging on his face since he entered the camp. As soon as Xi Zhicai asked about the enemy's strategy, he took the lead and said, "Why does Mr. Zhicai need to ask more questions? How to attack the previous Sixteen Villages, and then how to attack it. At the beginning, I kindly sent a letter to the mage, but they insulted me. This time I want them to look good.
Xi Zhicai saw that Guo Tai was very resentful and deeply persuaded: "General Guo, don't worry. The remaining eight villages are very different from the previous cottages. Not only is there a leader in the town, but the position is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if we can capture it, the loss will certainly not be small, and it is against our original intention. Coupled with the new surrender of soldiers, insufficient training and low morale, if the war is unfavorable, I'm afraid there is a possibility of bombing camp rebellion.
Mrs. Guo nodded and asked, "What should Mr. Yi Zhicai do?"
Xi Zhicai said, "I don't think it's necessary to fight anymore. Most of these soldiers are from the 16 villages, and their families have basically finished taking over. We asked the rest of the family directly from Bazhai, and they didn't dare to pay. Even if they don't wait for me, they will give Zhang Niujiao some face. I will give Zhang Niujiao 30,000 soldiers. It should not be difficult to ask him to help him pay back some old and weak. General Guo was also asked to run on this matter, and only the general could make friends with Zhang Niujiao.
Mrs. Guo calmed down and said, "What you said is very reasonable, and this matter is up to me. In fact, I don't want to kill them all. I'm just angry when I think of their toast and punishment.
Xi Zhicai laughed and said, "General Guo even pulled out several villages to be angry. This time, the general went to Niujiao Village to return the soldiers and asked him to say a few good words in front of General Zhang Niujiao to try to restore the relationship between the two families. In addition, tell General Zhang that the cooperation mentioned by the mage before is still counted.
Guo Tai nodded and said, "I know. Mr. Zhicai will wait for my good news."
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Zhang Niujiao has been unable to get sick since he was injured by bitter flies. He was stabbed into the abdomen by a spear. Although it was not the key that he was not killed at that time, it was difficult to cure with the medical conditions at that time. Unless there was a smart surgeon like Hua Tuo, excessive blood loss and wound infection were enough to kill Zhang Niujiao.
After Chu Yan sent Zhang Niujiao back to Niujiao Village, she did not return to her cottage, but stayed to take care of Zhang Niujiao. His own Feiyanzhai is guarded by Sun Qing, Wang Dang and Du Chang under his command. These three are quite brave and have no problem guarding the fortress.
Chu Yan and Zhang Niujiao have a good relationship. What he was most worried about was that when he left, Zhang Niujiao could not take charge of the chaos of the cottage and be taken advantage of by others. The "others" in Chu Yan's heart are not Nan Ye, but the thief chief of other mountain thieves. Since the bitter corpion can turn against others, other thieves also have this possibility, and Chu Yan has to guard against it. For this reason, he also gave up the opportunity to annex other cottages and dedicated himself to taking care of Zhang Niujiao and helping him guard the cottages.
Zhang Niujiao is sometimes awake, sometimes confused, sleeps for a while, and wakes up for a while. Knowing that Chu Yan was defending his camp, Zhang Niujiao was very grateful. He knew that his life would not be long, so he deliberately gave up the cottage to Chu Yan. However, he mentioned it to Chu Yan several times, but Chu Yan resolutely refused and advised him not to think too much, which made Zhang Niujiao more determined.
More than ten days have passed since the war, and Zhang Niujiao's injury has also deteriorated day by day. In the face of this situation, Chu Yan is hard to swallow. He really regrets that he didn't agree to Master Nanye's proposal at the beginning. If God can let him choose again, he will definitely persuade Zhang Niujiao to promise Master Nanye, which will not only avoid a big war, but also save Zhang Niujiao's life.
On this day, Chu Yan just ordered someone to feed Zhang Niujiao with medicine, and a mountain patrol came to report: "Guo Tai, Yang Feng, Han Siam, Li Le and Hu Cai came to visit..."
When Chu Yan saw that he wanted to speak, he stopped asking, "If you have something to say, why do you hesitate?"
The mountain patrol said, "General Guo brought a lot of horses, at least... 100,000."
"What? Say it again!" Chu Yan suddenly jumped up. He remembered that when Guo Taibai saw Zhang Niujiao, there were only 15,000 people, or four soldiers and horses occupied a seat. How come there were 100,000 people without seeing him in a few days?
The mountain patrol staggered, "Yes... it's more than 100,000 people, and the bottom of the mountain is full of people."
Chu Yan said nervously, "Then how many of the five of them took to the mountain immediately?"
said, "I only took four people up the mountain, and those four people are still... the leaders of the village."
Hearing this, Chu Yan wondered why did Mrs. Guo still carry a man with ox horns? However, strangely, he knew that only nine people went up the mountain, and his heart was put back into his stomach. At least it shows that Mrs. Guo didn't bring people to attack the cottage.
Thinking of this, Chu Yan ordered, "Please ask General Guo to sit in the middle hall for a while, and I'll be there later."
After waiting for him to leave, Chu Yan pondered for a moment and considered whether she should inform Zhang Niujiao of the illness. After thinking about it, he still felt that he should not tell Zhang Niujiao before the situation was clear. In case Zhang Niujiao's stimulating condition was repeated, it would not be good. After made up her mind, Chu Yan tidied up her clothes and went straight to the middle hall.
Guo Tai sat in the hall recalling the words of Xi Zhicai. As soon as he entered the horned village, he found that the cottage was indeed as easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it was a strong attack, he didn't know how many people would be lost.
Zhang Niujiao's cottage is actually a fort built in the mountains. Wubao, also known as Wubi, is a folk defensive building, which formed around the reign of Wang Mang Tianfeng. At that time, the north was hungry and the society was turbulent. In order to protect themselves, the rich family has built a fort wall.
After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty ordered the destruction of the Wubao, but it could not be banned. Because the people of the northwest often suffered from Qiang, the people automatically organized self-defense. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Wubao was stationed with a large number of troops and family soldiers, which became a safe haven for old officials and guests.
Zhang Niujiao's Wubao is quite like a castle, surrounded by deep ditches and high-rises, and the internal houses are adjacent to each other. The castle is like a village, with fields and ponds attached to it. The fort gate is located in the middle of the south ramp, with a courtyard at the entrance, and halls and buildings in the courtyard. There are also kitchens, toilets, pigsty and other auxiliary buildings, and the back door is located at the north end of the east.
Mrs. Guo also broke through several cottages, but she had never seen such a strong dock castle. She immediately sighed that Mr. Zhicai really had foresight. If the remaining eight cottages are like this horned village, I'm afraid I will really suffer a big loss.
As soon as Chu Yan entered the hall, she saw Mrs. Guo frowning and meditating. He coughed and said, "Cchu Yan doesn't know that Brother Guo is here. I'm sorry! Forgive me!"
Guo Tai, Yang Feng and others hurriedly got up to return the salute. Guo Tai said, "General Chu is polite! Why don't you see General Zhang?"
Guo Tai didn't see Zhang Niujiao and thought that Chu Yan took advantage of the chaos and swallowed Zhang Niujiao's cottage. If so, there is still some trouble. Who knows if Chu Yan is willing to cooperate with the mage with Zhang Niujiao?
Chu Yan heard that Mrs. Guo asked about Zhang Niujiao and sighed, "Alas, General Zhang was injured by a villain and was recovering in the back village. He ordered me to temporarily lead the things in the village. Brother Guo will tell me the same if he has something to say.
Mrs. Guo was also not sure whether what Chu Yan said was true or not. Fortunately, Nan Ye returned the people of Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan. Mrs. Guo didn't have to be too embarrassed, so she deliberately returned Master Nan Ye to the people and made friends with Zhang and Chu one by one.