Chapter 45: Pre-Battle Competition
After everything was ready, Zhang Yan's army of 30,000 finally came to the city of Lunu.
They also knew about the eradication of the Zhang family, so they simply didn't divide their troops, and the 30,000 army went straight to Lunu.
After learning that Guo Jia was stationed in Zhangjiawu Fort, Zhang Yan immediately divided his troops into 10,000 troops and sent his subordinate Du Chang to besiege Wuwu Fort. He personally led an army of 20,000 to besiege Lunu.
20,000 people surrounded Lunu City, and Zhang Yanqin led a group of men to the front gate.
Zhang Yan is thin and small, but her muscles and bones are very strong.
He was followed by the eight leaders of the Taihang Mountain bandits, Guo Daxian, Yu Shigen, Zhang Baiqi, and Liu Shi on the left, and Yang Feng, Yu Poison, Bai Huan, and Qi Gu on the right.
These people are all bandits on Taihang Mountain, most of them are thousands, and some are hundreds, among which Zhang Yan's subordinates are the most, so these people are usually headed by Zhang Yan.
This time, Zhang Yan deliberately showed off and put the young men of the 20,000 thieves in front.
"The people in the city listen, Lao Tzu is the general of Feiyan on Taihang Mountain, and now he has come to Zhongshan to borrow grain. The acquaintance handed over 100,000 stone grain and 1,000 cattle and sheep, dared to say half a word, and immediately broke the city without leaving chickens and dogs! ”
What a big breath!
The generals at the head of the city were furious.
"Lord, a certain family will go out and cut off this Zhang Yan's dog head."
"Lord, his subordinates are also willing to go out, and they will not stop if they don't kill this thief!"
"Lord, my subordinates also want to try this Feiyan's catty taels!"
"The subordinates are willing to personally behead this thief and dedicate it to the lord."
Hearing Zhang Yan's arrogant words, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhang He couldn't sit still, and came to Guo Jia to ask for battle.
These four people were all brave generals at that time, and Zhang Yan was not an opponent when they ended up.
But the problem is that Guo Jia doesn't want to kill Zhang Yan now.
"I didn't expect Zhang Yan's men and horses to be so majestic!"
Guo Jia looked at the city wall for a while, and let out such an emotion, and at the same time a wave of eagerness rose in his heart.
If the bandits of Taihang Mountain can be brought under its banner, then Zhongshan will have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is a force that cannot be underestimated.
Guo Jia stopped the generals' invitation to fight and slowly came to the city.
"General Feiyan is right, this official is the county guard of Zhongshan. The official has no grudge against the general, why did the general come to blackmail Zhongshan? ”
Seeing Guo Jia so polite, the thieves became even more arrogant.
"Wu Na Taishou, our General Feiyan is the general leader of the Taihang Mountain Righteous Army, and the north of the Yellow River is our world. General Feiyan can keep your side safe, and as a rule, you naturally have to make offerings. ”
"With the protection of our General Feiyan, you will not be bullied by others."
"Hand over the things happily, otherwise the masters will be welcome."
The thieves shouted, word by word.
Bastard stuff!
The generals at the head of the city were furious, and they wanted to go down and tear these bastards apart, but Guo Jia didn't speak, and they didn't dare to make a mistake.
Guo Jia was not angry, but said with a smile: "What General Feiyan said is true, it's just that Zhongshan County has always had barren land and poor people's lives, where are there so many things to worship?" ”
Ha ha!
Zhang Yan looked up to the sky and smiled.
It took him a while before his face cooled.
"What a reckless Taishou, you just sent troops to eradicate the Zhang family, the Zhang family has been in Zhongshan for decades, and the family property is no less than hundreds of millions of dollars. Lord Taishou is crying poor here, and your appearance is too ugly! ”
Guo Jia was not angry, but just smiled and said: "The Zhang family intends to rebel, and it is also deserved to be killed by this official." The Zhang family's property is naturally very rich, as long as the general has the ability to take it away, the official has nothing to say. ”
The city of Lunu is tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is guarded by thousands of soldiers. Zhang Yan has only 20,000 thieves, and there are no siege equipment, it is simply impossible to defeat Lunu.
Good!
Zhang Yan said angrily: "Since you, an official, don't know how to promote, don't blame our brother for not being emotional." Come on, besiege the city, I don't believe that this city is made of iron. ”
As he spoke, he was going to send his men to attack the city!
Wait!
Guo Jia waved his hand.
"What do you have to say?"
Zhang Yan asked puzzled.
Guo Jia smiled and said: "You also know the current form, the city of Lunu is tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, although General Feiyan is brave, but it is very difficult for 20,000 people to defeat this city." And as soon as the war started, the dead and wounded were all your and my subordinates. God has the virtue of a good life, and this official is unwilling to do some unnecessary damage. Why don't we make a bet? ”
Bet?
Zhang Yan and his subordinates glanced at each other, with a puzzled look on their faces.
Guo Jia is right, the city of Lunu is tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult to defeat it with their troops.
The reason why Zhang Yan attacked the city was just for show, instead of attacking Lunu, it was better to divide his troops and plunder the county below.
"What's the gambling method?"
Zhang Yan asked.
Very simple!
The smile on Guo Jia's face remained unchanged: "I have heard for a long time that General Feiyan and his subordinates are all heroes of the green forests of Taihang Mountain. Since it is a hero in the green forest, there are naturally rules for a hero in the green forest. You and I each sent three people to compete in front of the battle, and we won two out of three games. If the general wins, the officer will immediately offer the grain, grass, cattle and sheep you requested, and give the heroes on Taihang Mountain every year. If the general loses, how about taking people back to Taihang Mountain immediately and not being allowed to enter Kou Zhongshan all year round? ”
Win or lose in the competition!
Everyone was immediately interested.
Zhang Yan and others were born in the green forest, advocating personal force, and they did not reject this kind of reckless behavior, and even had some expectations.
This is also a unique means of the Green Forest Heroes.
"It's not fun to have two wins in three games, why don't we each have nine people, how about five wins in nine games?"
Zhang Yan also has her own little abacus.
This time, he set up troops to enter Kou Zhongshan, except for his own 10,000 soldiers, the rest were the people of the eight leaders of Taihang Mountain.
This Guo Jia is very powerful, and he killed Zhang Yan's Neiying Zhang family with three strikes and five divisions, which made Zhang Yan lose the opportunity.
If you really take 30,000 people to attack the city, some of the gains outweigh the losses.
Winning is also a miserable victory, and defeating is even more humiliating.
Guo Jia's pre-battle martial arts competition is very much in line with his appetite.
In this way, large-scale swordsmanship is avoided.
The reason why he proposed five wins in nine games was also to include the leaders of the roads.
It is their ability to win the battle, and they will not complain if they lose.
Very good!
Guo Jia nodded and said with a smile: "It's five wins in nine games!" ”
Lord!
All the scribes at the head of the city spoke out in unison to dissuade them.
"Where did we get the nine generals?"
Yu Ban Zhao Yun was stationed in Wubao, and the city was full of battles, and only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Gao Landian, Wei and Xu Chu were left.
Hehe!
Guo Jia smiled and said: "It's okay, five wins in nine games, as long as we win five games, the rest don't have to play." ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan suddenly shouted: "It's a waste of time to compete one game at a time, if you want to fight, we will win or lose." ”
As he spoke, he took eight of his men and set up a formation.