Xiaoqi

Teng Xiao coldly looked down at Hu Cai, the leader of Baibo in the city, with a look of disdain on his face.Seeing that Wang Fang took the initiative to ask for a fight, he grinned calmly, waved his hands and said, "General Wang Fang, don't get angry, don't be impatient, the little thief Sun Ce is full of arrogance, and he is leading the army to fight with the momentum of a big victory. It's just right. , it's still early, and the autumn wind is good, let them blow the north wind and clear their minds. The Lord's military order that I will receive is to keep the princes and allies outside Dongyuan City for half a month, and now ten days have passed. We must ensure that the city is not lost within five days. Therefore, we will defend the city, have enough time, and don't rush to fight. Hehehe!"

"But the thief will be so unscrupulous in yelling and cursing in front of the gate, do I have to endure it?" Wang Fang asked with an expression of displeasure.

Standing beside Wang Fang, Guo Meng nodded in agreement and said, "General Wang Fang's words are correct. They are nothing more than white wave thieves. I didn't bother to send troops to wipe them out before. I didn't expect them to become elites now. They dare to do this in front of us." Arrogant! Now that I think about it, my lord is really too kind. If I had allowed me to send troops to suppress the thieves earlier, let alone tens of thousands of Baibo thieves, even if there were twice as many, my army in Anyi could wipe them out. Sending troops, is there anything today?"

"General Guo Meng, be careful! Are you complaining about the lord? If that's the case, don't blame the general for being ungrateful!" Teng Xiao reprimanded with a displeased expression.

"Uh! The last general dare not, and absolutely has no intention of complaining about the lord, please guide me!" Guo Meng was shocked when he heard the sound, and he knew that he was impulsive, and he made a false comment on the lord's right and wrong, which is a crime of disrespect.After waking up, he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Regardless of the fact that Guo Meng is Li Li's younger brother and Guo Si's own nephew, but in front of Teng Xiao, these ties are nothing at all.Even if Guo Bang stood in front of him, Teng Xiao still punished Guo Meng, and Guo Bang absolutely didn't dare to say a word.

At present, the Xiliang Army has five generals in command. Zhou Yu is the latecomer and ranks first, followed by Teng Xiao and Xu Rong, followed by Bo Cai, and last is Guo Si.Even Zhou Yu, who had gained a lot of fame, had to salute Teng Xiao and call him "General" when he saw Teng Xiao, let alone Guo Si, Guo Meng's uncle and nephew?

"Hmph! My lord regards you as a brother. I hope you will cherish this honor. If I hear you talking about my lord again, I will definitely punish you severely!" Teng Xiao said solemnly.

Guo Meng bowed his head in response and said: "The final general will follow the instruction of the commander, and he must keep it in mind!"

Immediately, seeing Teng Xiao waving his hands to signal to get up, Guo Meng stood up slowly with a look of fear on his face, and said in a low voice: "The last general was angry for a while, and his words were inappropriate. Please forgive me. However, what General Wang Fang said is not unreasonable. Sun Ce's army We have been attacking cities and villages for several days, and captured ten of my cities in ten days, but we have never sent troops to fight. If Sun Ce's army is allowed to continue to be arrogant, but our army avoids fighting, it will inevitably affect the Morale is not good for the battle. Therefore, the last general still advocates going out of the city to fight. In the first battle, Sun Ce's arrogance will be destroyed and his vanguard army will be wiped out. Right now they only have less than 5 horses, while I have [-] in Dongyuan City The large army, including [-] Wuwei Battalion cavalry, can easily destroy Sun Ce's former army!"

Chapter 626

"Has the general ever said that he will defend himself and not fight?"

Teng Xiao groaned, turned his head to look at Hu Cai who was shouting loudly in the city, with a sneer on his face, and then said to Wang Fang: "One hour later, that is, after lunch in our army, you will be allowed to go out of the city to fight. At that time, I will personally To beat the drums for you, to help you win the battle, to beat the generals and make meritorious deeds!"

"Thank you Commander, the last general will take orders!" Wang Fang saluted happily.

Teng Xiao nodded lightly, looked down at Sun Ce's army under the city, and said in a deep voice: "This Sun Ce is really showing off this time, marching hundreds of miles in ten days, capturing ten fortified cities of our army in one go, and becoming famous.

The lord once said that the reason why this person led his troops to the alliance was to make a name for himself. Now it seems that what the lord said is right.In recent days, let this guy stand out and earn a lot of fame, but he is not satisfied, and wants to take advantage of the victory to attack my Dongyuan City, he is really overconfident! "

Teng Xiao's words made all the generals standing beside him secretly surprised. The deputy commander Tie Xiao said in surprise: "The commander's implication is that the Lord intends to make Sun Ce famous. How is this possible? Our army has shrunk its troops, so naturally we have to give up some cities. He Yingzhai, in this way, even if Sun Ce does not take it, it will be taken by other generals in the allied armies of the princes. But the last general has never been able to understand why the commander left some county soldiers in the abandoned city to stay behind. Is it just to make Sun Ce famous and powerful? If so, the general will think that this move is really inappropriate, and it is not worthwhile to lose thousands of soldiers in the county."

The general of Anyi, Teng Xiao, the commander of Wuwei Battalion, is very dignified, and he is often unsmiling in front of his generals, but he holds Tie Xiao in high regard and often treats him differently.

This moment is no exception. After Tie Xiao finished speaking, Teng Xiao smiled and said: "General Tie Xiao is very knowledgeable, and he explained the mystery with one word. Ten days ago, the Allied forces were in full swing. We naturally have to avoid their edge and give up some Irrelevant fortresses, this is what the lord said to take back the fist that was stretched out. Most of the people in these abandoned fortresses were transferred to safe counties and counties for temporary settlement. No matter who among the allied forces will serve as the vanguard general, These fortresses and meritorious service are readily available. However, it is precisely because of Sun Ce's leadership that I deliberately left some stragglers with loose military discipline to stay in the fortresses, and then left them for Sun Ce to build military exploits.

The ten walled cities, this credit is not small, it can be said to be a great military exploit.The record is brilliant, enough for Sun Ce to become famous!It's a pity that he doesn't seem to appreciate it. He is greedy and wants to take advantage of the victory to capture my Dongyuan City. Maybe he really regards our Xiliang Army as a muddy display, thinking that we are weak and can be bullied!The war has been going on till now.There is no way I can retreat, and when I can't bear it, I don't need to bear it anymore.It's time to give Sun Ce a blow in the head.Let him see how powerful my Xiliang army is! "

"Ah!" The generals were shocked when they heard the words, and Tie Xiao asked with a puzzled face: "It turns out that this was really done on purpose by the commander, but why? We have never met Sun Ce before, and we are neither friends nor enemies. Why should you give him such a big favor? Could it be that the lord wants to recruit Sun Ce?"

"Surrender Sun Ce? Hehehe!" Teng Xiao murmured, and said with a smile: "No. My lord never thought of recruiting Sun Ce. The reason why I gave him such a valuable gift was actually for another purpose. Anyway, the city and camp we abandoned It’s better to give it to someone, and use it a little bit. It would be better to give it to Sun Ce as a favor! But this favor will have to be returned sooner or later, and it doesn’t matter if Sun Ce doesn’t appreciate it, someone will take it. , and the real intention of the lord lies in this."

Speaking of this, Teng Xiao put away his smile, and said in a solemn voice: "I tell you this today because you are all trusted generals under the lord's command. Remember, just hear about this matter, and you must keep your mouth shut in the future. Don't reveal a word to anyone, or don't blame Teng for being ruthless!"

"No!" All the generals responded in unison.

"Well, that's good. Gongming will stay and continue to guard the city, and the others will follow me back to the mansion to rest. After lunch, I will compete with Sun Ce!" After finishing speaking, Teng Xiao strode away The gate tower, followed by a group of generals walked down the gate tower quickly, and went straight to the city guard's mansion.

"Listen to Teng Xiao, the thief general, and quickly open the city to beg for surrender, otherwise you will die without burial..."

Seeing the Xiliang generals on the top of the city rushing down the city, Hu Cai, who was scolding before the pass, suddenly fell silent, swallowed the words, blushed from choking, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.At this moment, he thought that Teng Xiao was unbearable to be insulted, and he was going to fight in the city!

In an instant, Hu Cai broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and his spine felt chilly, it was almost frightening.Maybe Sun Ce and others don't know how powerful Teng Xiao is, but whoever the Baibo thief doesn't know the prestige of Teng Yunlong.Ever since Teng Xiao led the Wuwei Battalion to enter Hedong County, the Baibo thieves hardly dared to set foot in Hedong County, because all the Baibo thieves who entered Hedong to plunder died, and there was no one alive!Therefore, in the past two years, the Baibo bandits dared to rob Zhangyang in Hanoi, and they also dared to plunder Zhaojun, Changshan and other counties in Jizhou with the Heishan bandits.

At the same time, the Baibo thieves all know that Teng Xiao is the number one general under Li Li's command in Xiliang. Xiao's dispatch.Therefore, the leader of the Xiliang Army stationed at Sili was actually Teng Xiao. Including the guards at Hangu Pass, he had [-] soldiers in his hands, which frightened the princes of the Central Plains so much that they did not dare to attack him, and no one dared to harass the border of Sili.

In the past, Hu Cai would not have dared to abuse Teng Xiao even if he had ten guts, let alone have the opportunity to shout and curse in front of the Xiliang army, but this time he has hundreds of thousands of allied troops behind him, so he dared to be strong Take the courage to go out and fight.

However, seeing Teng Xiao leading a group of generals downstairs at this moment, Hu Cai was really frightened. His tongue, which was quite sharp just now, suddenly lost his voice, the corners of his mouth twitched, his teeth trembled, and he kept choking and spitting.When he was inexplicably terrified, he turned his head to look at the vanguard general Sun Ce behind him in front of the army formation, hoping that Sun Ce would show mercy and call him back to the army formation.

Three hundred steps away from the city, Sun Cele looked up at the Xiliang defenders on the top of the city with a calm expression in front of the horse formation, frowning from time to time, as if thinking.

"My lord, it seems that what you said last night was correct. The guards stationed in Dongyuan City are by no means comparable to the county soldiers we met before. They are all big-armed and strong-bodied. You can tell at a glance that these soldiers are all sturdy. You are a brave man with good fighting power." Cheng Pule stopped on Sun Ce's left, looked at the situation on the tower, and said in a low voice.

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Pu suddenly saw a Xiliang general wearing general armor waving his hands away from the tower, and immediately said anxiously: "This,,, is it that the Xiliang army is going to open the city to fight?"

Sun Ce shook his head slightly when he heard the sound, and said in a deep voice, "No, the Xiliang army is not going to fight, but to go back to the city to rest."

In fact, Sun Ce knew what Cheng Pu was worried about. If the Xiliang army in the city went out to fight, the nearly [-] soldiers in his hands might not be able to win the Dongyuan defenders. The outcome was unpredictable, and he might even lose.

According to the scouting report of the sentry cavalry, there are [-] to [-] Xiliang troops stationed in Dongyuan City, of which there are [-] war cavalry, and they are Wuwei camp war cavalry, which are quite powerful in the Xiliang army.In contrast, among the [-] soldiers and horses under Sun Ce's tent, there are less than [-] war cavalry in total, while in his headquarters there are only [-] war cavalry, and the remaining thousands of war cavalry are all white wave bandit cavalry.The Baibo war cavalry is also made up of patchwork. It is said that it is a cavalry, but in fact it is just a horse. The equipment is extremely poor, lacks training, let alone cooperation, and its combat power is limited. It is far inferior to the Xiliang iron cavalry. .

In fact, this is not only the case with the cavalry of the Baibo bandit, but the cavalry of the princes in various towns are poorly equipped, as is the Xiliang army.Today the world is chaotic, and the territory occupied by the princes of each town is very limited. Even the princes with sufficient money and food are not as wealthy as imagined compared to the princes who are short of food and grass.A small territory means that resources are limited, and there is simply not enough financial and material resources to build a large number of sophisticated ordnance.Right now, the most urgent thing for the princes from all walks of life is to wantonly expand the number of soldiers and horses, expand the territory crazily, and there is a huge gap in money and food, so how can they have spare money to build equipment.

What's more, the current situation in the whole world is one out of ten, which means that there is one soldier out of ten people; in other words, no matter men, women, old or young, nine people support one soldier.This can be regarded as a prince who is sympathetic to the people. The number of soldiers and horses under some princes is not directly proportional to the total population under their jurisdiction. It is far from reaching the level of one out of ten.Such wanton recruitment of soldiers and horses is not an isolated case, but a common phenomenon, and it is the same for all princes in the world.Therefore, like Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou with a large population, the princes occupying these counties did not expand their troops to the extreme. Relatively speaking, they appeared to be very wealthy, with sufficient money and food, and great potential.

At this moment, although the vanguard army led by Sun Ce surpassed the Dongyuan defenders in strength, if the two armies were to face off head-on, it was still unknown who would win and who would lose.

"Young master, Hu Cai seems to be a little timid. He looks back from time to time, as if he intends to return to the army." Just as Sun Ce was in a daze, Huang Gai on the right reminded him in a low voice.

"Oh? He wants to retreat to the army formation?" Sun Ce was stunned when he heard the sound, and then looked coldly at Hu Cai in front of the formation. Sure enough, he saw Hu Cai's face was praying, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Seeing this, Sun Ce raised his thick eyebrows and said angrily: "Teng Xiao just went downstairs, so he was scared like this, a waste, as cowardly as a mouse! He is afraid of Teng Xiao, and wants to retreat to the formation, go dreaming! Send the order , Let him continue shouting, when the Xiliang army goes out of the city to fight, he can come back, otherwise, keep shouting and cursing!"

"Is this wrong? After all, Hu Cai is the number four of the Baibo thief, and he has thousands of people under him. What if he is forced to jump over the wall?" Cheng Pu reminded hesitantly.

Sun Ce opened his eyes slightly, and said with a sneer, "Don't worry, I'm sure he won't dare to resist orders. If he dares to run back to the front without permission, he will immediately enforce the military law and shoot him on the spot!"

Chapter 627 Guandong Wind and Cloud Battle in the East ([-])

At noon, the sun finally showed a smiling face and sprinkled warmth into the world.

It's a pity that this bit of light and heat is still lost to the north wind, the cold is still there, and the cold wind is still the master of the earth.

tom tom tom!

Teng Xiao and others, who were full of wine and food, climbed to the top of the city without any haste, and once again stood on the tower overlooking Sun Ce's army below the city.

I saw that Hu Cai, who was shouting in front of the gate, was hoarse, but he still stayed in front of the battle and shouted weakly, but the expression on his face and the tone of shouting were no longer as arrogant as before, like a dead leaf beaten by frost, his expression was sluggish and listless .

"This fellow is very stubborn. He has been yelling and scolding for two hours, but he still has the strength to fight. It seems that the princes and allies are not monolithic. Sun Ce's actions like this are a bit unreasonable and aggressive!" Teng Xiaoruo He pondered thoughtfully.

"It's exactly as the commander said." The "Gongming" general in charge of guarding the city reported: "Hu Cai wanted to return to the front line before, but he didn't want to be reprimanded by Sun Ce instead of getting Sun Ce's approval, so Hu Cai couldn't do it. Do not continue to stay in front of the pass and call for battle."

"Yeah." Teng Xiao nodded slightly, and said with a sneer, "Sun Ce is young and energetic, and has an outstanding record of defeating ten cities in a row. Naturally, he doesn't take the leader of the white wave bandits seriously, and even we are not in his eyes. What is it. After drying them out all morning, they must be so hungry that their chests stick to their backs."

The tone paused, Teng Xiaohu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "For the past few days, we have been avoiding fighting and defending the city to the death. This is not cowardice or cowardice, but a tactical strategy! My lord According to the military order, we must defend Dongyuan City for five days. It can only be more or less, otherwise we are incompetent. Therefore, it is possible to go out of the city to fight, but we cannot dispatch the whole army. We must leave enough troops to defend the city. The slightest mistake is allowed. Where is Wang Fang?"

Obviously, Teng Xiao has decided to fight, and is going to send Wang Fang to fight against the enemy general who was scolding before the battle.

"Here, Commander, after lunch, General Wang Fang will go to the city gate to wait for the general to fight!" Guo Meng hesitated for a while, then respectfully replied.

"Uh!" Teng Xiao was stunned when he heard the words, then he frowned slightly, nodded and said: "General Wang Fang is impatient, and he won't delay for a moment. But the general has his words first, and he is allowed to fight. In this case, let him lead three thousand soldiers Let's go out of the city to fight, and test the strength of the enemy's generals."

"No, the general will send the order immediately!" Guo Meng happily responded.Immediately leave the city tower and walk more than ten steps quickly.Standing at the top of the city, he waved his hand to signal Wang Fang, who had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time, to fight.

Just when Guo Meng sent the order.A trace of worry flashed across Teng Xiao's eyes, and he frowned slightly, as if he was a little worried.