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Meng Zhuze is also known as Zhuze, in the northeast of Yucheng, it is a hunting resort with a wide surface of about 50 miles, abundant vegetation and many animals, birds and fish.

In the autumn of the third year of Tianbao, Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi traveled together with their single father, calling eagles and rabbits to Meng Jun, drinking and writing poems on the qintai, leaving many moving poems. However, at this time, Meng Zhuze had already become the temporary residence of Wang Xianzhi, the commander of the grass army.

Wang Xianzhi sat in the wooden building built on the edge of the reeds, and was still a little frightened, secretly glad that he saw the opportunity quickly and left Yucheng in advance. Glancing at Cao Shixiong, he got up to help the old brother and patted the dust on his body, "My own brother, it's just a small setback, you don't have to blame yourself so much." ”

Seeing that the big boss didn't blame Cao Shixiong, the other ticket commanders were also relieved.

Shang Li Shangjun, who had just arrived from Chuqiu, who should now be called the Sima of the Grass Army, frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Lao Cao, how many officers and soldiers not only robbed Yucheng, but also beat you so badly, not to mention the loss of so many soldiers and horses, and also folded Lao Cai in?" ”

Cao Shixiong got up from the ground, and when he heard this question, he couldn't help but be shocked, how could he forget this Cai Wenqiu. Cai Wenqiu is Shang Er's henchman, and he has been valued by Shang Rang recently, and has been promoted to the commander of the Duzhi soldiers and horses, and has become the owner of the chamber like them, with 3,000 subordinates and 200 cavalry. But now, when Cai Wenqiu was rescuing Yucheng, he was defeated by the official army, not only all the 3,000 soldiers and horses were scattered, but even he himself was captured by the official army. The fact that this was told by the brothers who had fled and that more than one person had said so could not be wrong. Now fold the Cai Wen ball. Boss Wang has passed the level. I'm afraid that Second Brother Shang will not have a good time at this level.

"It's all that damn fog. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the fog to kill directly under the city, and then sneaked into the city and opened the city gate, the brothers were killed by surprise, and I don't know how many officers and soldiers were killed, and as a result, those soldiers were all in chaos, and they counterattacked their own ranks. Cao Shixiong first found a reason for his defeat, first the fog, and then the army was in chaos. The so-called military service. It is those young men who follow, they are not considered regular grass troops, and they have no weapons, they hold long sticks and sticks indiscriminately, follow behind when they fight, and they have no rewards and food, they can grab as much as they can, and they can manage two thin meals a day.

"Let's not talk about these things first, how many people are there in the official army? You won't be beaten by the official army and turn around, and you don't even know what to do, right? Shang Rang said with a gloomy face. Which way is the official army? How many men and horses are there, and who commands the troops? ”

Cao Shixiong saw Shang Rang's face like this. His face also stiffened, and he said: "There are about 5,000 people and horses, they took advantage of the fog to kill into the city, and I found out that the six disciples of Li Jing, known as the six Yamen of the Zhenguo Army, are all very young but very good." However, we didn't let them ask for much benefit, although we lost a lot of brothers, but we also killed at least 2,000 of them, and now in Yucheng, there are at most 3,000. Big brother, let's kill back again, directly destroy these 3,000 people, capture Li Jing's apprentice, and ask him to send Lao Cai back. ”

"Nonsense!" Without waiting for Shang Rang to answer, Wang Xianzhi immediately spoke. Now he was very frightened of the official army, and the other side took his city with 5,000 men, and defeated him with tens of thousands of horses in three ways. Now go and attack the city yourself, this is not a death. After more than half a year of fighting, Wang Xianzhi at least knows one thing, that is, to avoid the actual combat and loot, usually wandering and looting, that is, attacking cities, and attacking those cities that are not guarded by soldiers. Now that Yucheng has such a powerful army, how dare he go again.

Cai Wenqiu's brother Cai Wenyan didn't dare to speak, he looked at Shang Jun with a blank eye, their brothers are Shang Jun's elder brothers, and the only way to save his brother's life at this time is Shang Jun's growth. Shang Junchang couldn't help but remember that he went to Shamen Town to buy salt, but Li Jing kidnapped him and sent him to the official without saying a word, and almost lost his life. Thinking that he was angry at this time, he couldn't help but be annoyed, and slapped the table, "Why didn't you save Lao Cai back on the battlefield?" Now what do you look at me? ”

Wang Xianzhi saw that everyone's faces were black, and he also knew that if he didn't save him if he saw death now, it would not only chill the hearts of the old brothers, but also might dampen the morale of the army. But when the words are spoken, it is difficult to change the words.

Shang Rang stood aside, saw all this in his eyes, and hurriedly said: "General, I thought we could fight Yucheng, now that Lao Cai is still in Yucheng, we must at least rescue Lao Cai." ”

"Of course Lao Tzu also wants to save Lao Cai, but the army of the Zhenguo Army is only a few dozen miles away from Yucheng, and it can be reached in one day. Wang Xianzhi's eyes were as big as cowbells, and he expressed his worries. At this time, he couldn't help but think of Huang Chao, if Huang Chao was here, he was afraid that there would be a way to defeat the official army and rescue Lao Cai.

Cai Wenyan stood there with a sad face, and Shang Junchang looked more and more annoyed, "Lao Cai is not dead yet, what are you doing with a sad face?" After speaking, he turned to Wang Xianzhi and said, "Big brother, Lao Cai is my brother, something happened to him, as long as he is not dead, I have to save him." I think that at the beginning, when I was caught by Li Jing and sent to the official and almost beheaded, Lao Cai followed the boss and the brothers to rob the law field to me, and Lao Cai also blocked a knife for me at that time, and now he has fallen into the hands of the official army, I can't see death without help. ”

Seeing Shang Junchang's performance, Wang Xianzhi knew that he couldn't retreat at this time, otherwise, how would he lead the brothers in the future. At that moment, he glanced at Cai Wenyan and Shang Junchang, "You are in a hurry, Lao Cai is not only your brother, but also my Wang Xianzhi's brother, now that he has fallen into the hands of the official army, I will definitely save him back." Then he turned his head to the other brothers, nodded, and said: "All the chamber owners and camp owners immediately go back to sort out the team, and those who can carry knives into battle will all be pulled out of the shack by Lao Tzu, and the chamber owners will stay, and we will discuss more than 10,000 strategies." Damn, if you dare to catch our brothers, then we'll fight with them. ”

Wang Xianzhi pulled out his sword and cut off a corner of the table, "Gather all the brothers, tonight we will attack Yucheng overnight and rescue Lao Cai." ”

When many old brothers saw that Wang Xianzhi was finally willing to send troops, they all shouted and ordered them to retreat. When many of the little bosses retreated, Wang Xianzhi sighed. said to the owner below: "Lao Cai is also in the hands of the official army for our grass army." We can't leave him alone. ”

Cao Shixiong also felt a little guilty when he heard it at this time. shouted: "Lao Cai is here to save me from falling into the hands of the official army, the big boss gives an order, I will take the lead!" "These people were already lifelong friends when they were selling salt, and at this time, they were righteous and angry, and even the officials and soldiers were not afraid.

Wang Xianzhi was also forced to the wall at this time, and the grass army became more and more powerful, and even defeated the Tianping Army and the Taining Army in a row. But Wang Xianzhi has self-knowledge in his heart, last time more than 10,000 of their brothers fought against the 7,000 Tianping Army at the foot of Liangfu Mountain. As a result, he was defeated by the officers and troops before he could resist for a moment. If it weren't for the ambush of Huangchao and Wang Yanwen's interception behind, where would there be today. This time, I met the Zhenguo Army, which was famous in the world and had just returned from the defeat of the Shatuo Army in Daibei, and I am afraid that the grass army would be difficult to match. But now that Cai Wenqiu is in the hands of the enemy, if he refuses to send troops to save it, the hearts of the people below will be scattered, and this team will really be led.

Shang Junchang was also a more strategic person among the crowd, so he calmed down and thought about it, "Actually, it's not that we don't have no chance of winning, the officers and soldiers are only afraid of 5,000 people." It is very likely that it is conceited to underestimate the enemy, if we can seize the opportunity. He was able to break Yucheng and rescue Lao Cai before the official army sent reinforcements. ”

"Bai is true, since the officials and soldiers look down on us, then let's give him a color." In an instant, all the ticket owners shouted angrily. In this case, Wang Xianzhi didn't need to mobilize too much, slapped the table hard, and stood up. "Aren't the Tianping Army and the Taining Army also defeated, but haven't they been beaten by us? Although the Zhenguo Army has some reputation, the mule is a horse and has to be pulled out for a walk. Who dares to say that we can't defeat the Zhenguo Army? I heard that in the city of Songzhou, there are countless rich families, the amount of food and money is not clear, and there are even more beautiful girls. Let's order troops to attack and tell the brothers that if they are dead, they will not die, this flowery country, splendid mountains and rivers, a lot of money, a lot of women, if you have a share of Lao Tzu, you can also share their share, and you will never forget each other. ”

"Gou Fugui, don't forget!" Shang Rang followed behind and shouted something that no one could understand, his face full of excitement.

That night, Wang Xianzhi ordered all the soldiers and horses, except for a few owners who were still east of the Bianhe River, 20,000 grass troops and 50,000 soldiers had gathered here. It is impossible to put so many soldiers and horses on the line at one time, the most Hou Shang Junchang led 8,000 grass troops as the vanguard, Wang Xianzhi led 8,000 as the middle army, and let Bi Shiduo lead 4,000 as the rear army, and then Cao Shixiong and a few others drove the army to follow.

Facing the soldiers who were all over the coast of Daze, Wang Xianzhi only said one sentence: "Grab Songzhou!" ”

Robbing Songzhou, the homeless people who were already hungry immediately lit up their eyes when they heard this. Although every time they attacked the city, they had the most people killed in the army, and they had to let the grass army rob them before they could enter the city to grab a little food and money, but this was also their only chance to survive at the moment.

Shang Junchang took Changfeng to drive directly to Yucheng at night, and when he arrived at the bottom of Yucheng, it was not yet dawn, he immediately surrounded the whole city and ordered the siege of the city. However, Shang Junchang was very cunning, and did not attack desperately, but took advantage of the darkness to carry out a feint, first, to exhaust the defenders, and secondly, to consume the defenders' arrows, rolling stones, wood, etc., and to observe the reality of the defenders.

By the time dawn was approaching, Shang Junchang had almost figured out the strength of the defenders, and sure enough, there were only about 3,000 people, and they were not very sophisticated. After figuring out the truth and reality, all he is waiting for now is the arrival of the army behind, and directly flooding this small city with a sea of people.

However, when the morning sun fell, the first to arrive was not the grass army, but the official army reinforcements from the west.

There are not many officers, soldiers, and horses, only about 2,000 people, and looking at the flag, it is the flag of the Zhenguo Army. Hearing that the reinforcements of the Zhenguo Army had arrived, Shang Junchang hesitated slightly, and finally ordered 5,000 men and horses to be dispatched to meet the battle.

The two sides fought ten miles west of Yucheng, and at first Shang Junchang fought very carefully, a little bit of temptation, but not long after the fight, he finally found that this famous Zhenguo army did not seem to be as powerful as he imagined. With a wave of his hand, Shang Junchang's most elite Jiading troops, a thousand cavalry suddenly killed from behind the hill, flanking the flank of the Zhenguo army, the cavalry rolled out, the Zhenguo army was vulnerable, and collapsed directly, the grass army covered up and killed, and the two thousand Zhenguo troops fled and returned, ambushing the corpses for dozens of miles, and were killed by the grass army more than a thousand.

Shang Junchang ordered the troops to be withdrawn and returned victorious, and at this time Wang Xianzhi's Chinese army finally arrived. As soon as he arrived at Yucheng, he heard that Shang Jun had defeated the Zhenguo army with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the original fear of the Zhenguo army in his heart couldn't help but turn into contempt again.

In the afternoon, a large number of soldiers finally arrived, and surrounded the small Yucheng City, Wang Xianzhi didn't even bother to make siege equipment, and directly let the army attack the city in all directions, rush to the city gate, and set up a ladder to attack the city.

The defenders of the city fought desperately and bloodily, and when they saw that they could not hold it, suddenly another reinforcement of the Zhenguo army came from the west! (To be continued......)