Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 538 Attacking Wu County
Chapter 539: Attacking Wu County
After Xiang Quan and Guan Ling successfully persuaded Li Fang, Dong Ning, and Fan Yang to submit to Deng Guo, they began to count the family property in the Crouching Tiger Mountain Village. After counting, the entire Crouching Tiger Mountain had three thousand soldiers and fifty thousand stones of grain. The weapons and armor are not complete, and some people are still wearing civilian clothes and holding wooden weapons, which are very simple. Not to mention comparing with the well-equipped Zhao Jun and Deng Jun, even the soldiers in some local county government offices are much better than them. However, Xiang Quan and Guan Ling also knew that it was not easy for them. Under Zhao Jun's repeated encirclement and suppression, they were able to retreat and occupy Crouching Tiger Mountain. This is not something ordinary people can do.

After counting the warehouses, everyone came to the hall again to discuss what to do next.

"General Xiang, General Guan, what do you think we should do next?" Li Fang asked.

Xiang Quan glanced at Guan Ling, Guan Ling nodded understandingly, Guan Ling was very conscious, he came this time mainly to assist Xiang Quan, and people here only trust Xiang Quan, so Guan Ling consciously let him go. Xiang Quan came to host.

Xiang Quan thought for a while and said, "There are 500 soldiers and horses in Crouching Tiger Mountain, plus the [-] elites we brought, there are a total of [-] people. This number is far inferior to that of Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun is now in the south. Confronting our army, the hinterland is basically in a very empty state, I think the most urgent task is to solve the problem of food, grass and supplies, and at the same time raise the banner of rebelling against the Zhao army, and call on the old and young of the nearby Chu State."

Fan Yang on the side nodded and echoed, "What General Xiang said is true. Ever since Pengcheng was captured by Zhao Jun, Zhao State has always been very wary of Chu people. Ordinary people are better, but those gentry and nobles have always Being oppressed by the State of Zhao, the reason why Crouching Tiger Mountain can continue to exist is because those gentry and nobles have contributed a lot behind the scenes. If we can succeed in one blow and at the same time withstand Zhao Jun's counterattack, they will definitely join us."

"Why don't we go and fight Pengcheng! Pengcheng was the capital of Chu State in the past, and the people in the city have the deepest affection for Chu State. As long as we fight it down, we can get a lot of soldiers, and Pengcheng has a lot of food, grass and military resources, which is very beneficial to us. "Dong Ning suggested.

"No!" But this proposal was rejected by Fan Yang. Fan Yang said: "Although Zhao Jun's elite army from the Central Plains is now going south, there are still no less than five thousand defenders in Pengcheng, plus Pengcheng City Gaochi Shen, with our strength, we can't beat it at all, and Pengcheng is an important town in the Central Plains, if Pengcheng is threatened, Zhao Jun will definitely fight back with all his strength."

"Then what advice does Fan Junshi have?" Xiang Quan also knew that it was unrealistic to attack Pengcheng, but he had to find a place to strike.

Fan Yang thought for a while and said, "With our current strength, I suggest going to attack Wu County. As far as we know, Wu County has only one thousand defenders, but the city has plenty of food, grass and supplies. As long as we attack Wu County, we will You can expand your troops, as long as you can withstand Zhao Jun's counterattack and get the support of the gentry and nobles, you can accomplish great things."

Xiang Quan carefully analyzed the feasibility of attacking Wu County. Wu County is the closest city to Crouching Tiger Mountain, and its importance is far less than that of important towns like Pengcheng and Xiangxian. Quan asked Guan Ling, "I wonder what General Guan thinks?"

Guan Ling smiled and said: "This general is here to assist General Xiang, and I'm not familiar with Pengcheng County, so General Xiang can decide everything. Since General Xiang thinks it's feasible, I will When supporting."

"In this case, our first target is Wu County!" Seeing that Guan Ling had no objection, Xiang Quan immediately decided to attack Wu County.

But how to fight?At this time, Fan Yang, who was a military adviser, said: "Although Wu County is not valued by the Zhao army, there are still a thousand defenders. A strong attack will definitely not work. The only way to break the city is to send people to sneak into the city to act as internal support. Hushan's brothers may be easily recognized by Zhao Jun, so we can only send some unfamiliar people."

The person facing the stranger naturally refers to the five hundred elites that Guan Ling brought from Guangling, but these are all the elites of the Deng Kingdom. Although the general is Xiang Quan, without Guan Ling's consent, they are also one soldier. It couldn't be mobilized, so everyone looked at Guan Ling.

Feeling the gazes of everyone, Guan Ling weighed it in and said, "Fan Junshi is right. I am afraid that no one else can do this except for the brothers under this general. If this is the case, let the general lead a group of brothers to sneak in. Wu County."

Guan Ling was a little worried about asking other people to lead the troops, so she went there by herself.

"In that case, I will leave it to General Guan." With Guan Ling's consent, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"This trip to Wu County, the number of people should not be too many, just keep it within 100 people, what's wrong with General Guan?" It is definitely impossible to go to Wu County. After all, there are only 500 defenders in Wu County. Unless the general of Wu County is stupid, it is impossible to let 500 people enter the city, so only 100 people can be brought.

"No problem!" Guan Ling nodded and said.

"That's good!" Fan Yang said with a sigh of relief: "Tomorrow, General Guan will lead a hundred elites to disguise themselves as a caravan and enter Wu County. All you need to do is attack the city gate guards, open the city gate, and put our army inside the city."

"Okay, no problem!" Guan Ling said.

The next day, Guan Ling took 100 people down Crouching Tiger Mountain, and pushed the goods to Wuxian County. When he arrived outside Wuxian County, he found that there was a lot of people in Wuxian County, and there was a constant stream of people at the gate of the city. Not being affected by the Deng-Zhao battle in the south, Guan Ling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Such a scene is the most beneficial for them.

When entering the city, the soldiers guarding the city wanted to check the goods brought by Guan Ling, but Guan Ling sent an ingot of gold in time. The soldiers guarding the city only saw some coins on weekdays. The big ingot of gold immediately let Guan Ling into the city with a smile, and even hooked up with Guan Ling, calling them brothers.

After Guan Ling entered the city, she found a place to live. After she settled down, she sent someone to secretly contact Ming Jing's residence in Wu County. With the help of Ming Jing, Guan Ling's actions in Wu County became much easier.

One day later, in the 27th year of Qianyuan, in the middle of the night on August 25th, Xiang Quan and others led the troops from Crouching Tiger Mountain to slightly touch the foot of the city of Wu County. At the same time as the people came to the city gate, Guan Ling also led a group of people to the city gate.

Suddenly a rocket shot up into the sky outside the city, and Guan Ling knew that Xiang Quan had brought people there, so he ordered to kill them. The guards who were in charge of guarding the city gate were killed without warning, and the city gate was also destroyed. opened.

"Enemy attack!" At this time, the defenders on the city woke up like a dream and shouted enemy attack, but it was too late, the gate of the city was wide open, and thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city had already entered the city. More than a hundred defenders at the gate were all beheaded and killed.

"General Guan has worked hard!" Xiang Quan came to Guan Ling immediately after entering the city.

"It doesn't matter, General Xiang, since the army has already entered the city, please occupy the warehouse and county office immediately, so that Zhao Jun cannot react." Guan Ling shook her head and said.

"That's natural!" Xiang Quan nodded, and then said to Li Fang and Dong Ning behind him: "Li Fang, I ordered you to lead a thousand soldiers to surround the county government, and Dong Ning led five hundred soldiers to go there." Take over the warehouse, and the rest will go to attack Zhao Jun's camp with me!"

"Here!" Li Fang and Dong Ning said in command.

After a night of fighting, Xiang Quan and others successfully controlled the city. Of the thousand Zhao troops, only more than 200 people were killed, and the rest were captured. After counting, of the remaining 700 people, only 300 were from Zhao Guo. Those who came came, and the rest were local people in Wu County. After discussion, Xiang Quan and others left the local people, and Zhao Guolai's soldiers beheaded them all.

After doing all this, Xiang Quan wanted to unleash Deng Jun's banner directly, but was stopped by Fan Yang, because if Deng Jun's banner was unleashed at this time, for the stability of the rear, Zhao Jun would definitely fight back at all costs On the contrary, if he and others still considered themselves bandits, Zhao Jun's reaction would not be too strong. In the end, Xiang Quan dismissed this idea and just called himself the Rebel Army. The deputy general, Fan Yang, is the military adviser, but Guan Ling is still hidden. After all, as the general of the Yongping Guard, Guan Ling still has a certain reputation in the Zhao army.

The next day, after dawn, although the people in Wu County didn't know what happened last night, they knew that something serious must have happened, so they didn't go out as usual, but stayed at home to wait and see, and Xiang Quan also sent People invited the gentry and nobles in Wu County to the county government.

In the county government office, all the famous people in Wu county were invited. Xiang Quan said in front of everyone: "Everyone, my name is Xiang Quan. I'm afraid many people have never heard of my name. Please allow me to be here." Let me introduce myself, I am the former general of the Chu clan, the former Chu royal family, because I saw Zhao Jun living in our country and enslaving the people of Chu, I was very sad and indignant, so I led the uprising, aiming at resisting the violence of Zhao, Save the people of my Chu land."

Everyone was surprised when they heard Xiang Quan's identity. They all knew what happened to the former Chu royal family. Except for some who went to Deng, almost all died in Pengcheng. Now there is another Chu royal family. What's the matter again?
In fact, it’s not surprising that these people didn’t listen to Xiang Quan’s name. After all, although Xiang Quan was a general of the clan of Chu, he had always been stationed in the royal city, and his reputation was not obvious, let alone ordinary people. Even the Chu army back then Inside, there are also a large number of people who don't know him.

At this embarrassing moment, Fan Yang stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, my name is Fan Yang. Although you may not have heard of my name, you must have heard of my brother and father. My father, Fan Can , Brother Fan Ting!"

Although Fan Yang is not well-known, the names of Fan Can and Fan Ting are well-known in Chu, and as descendants of the Fan family, some people have actually heard of Fan Yang's name, and now a descendant of the Fan family has come forward. Quan's identity as the former royal family of Chu should be true. At this time, the doubts in everyone's hearts gradually diminished.

(End of this chapter)