So I play chess

Chapter 126 The Bandit's Identity

Ever since Liu Zhu was killed, the anger in Chu Yangguan's chest and abdomen has not subsided, but it has become more and more intense as he got closer to Tongcheng.

However, anger alone is not enough, he still has the life and death of the Chu family and the [-] Dingyi army tied to him, these are all the foundations for him to settle down in the future.In such a situation, a person, a horse, a pair of armor, and a tael of silver cannot be wasted in vain.

On the way here, he has roughly made a decision. Dingyi County is already in his pocket, from the Dingyi County Guard down to the county magistrates, all around him have already been arranged for the Dingyi Army or the side branches of the Chu family. people.If you agree with him, it's fine, otherwise you can replace him at any time.

Although the Chu family was far away from Linchao, his cousins ​​and cousins ​​were not idle people. He had already sent someone to deliver the letter.

Since he wants to achieve great things, of course he has more than Dingyi in his eyes. He wants Dingyi to the north of Tongjun, and he also wants Tongjun to the north of Liangzhou.

Tongjun is Tongcheng, which was originally the territory of Wei State, and it belongs to the same state as Liangzhou.

Since the founding of the Southern Chu, Emperor Gaozu went north to conquer, and with the momentum of thunder, he calmed down the Yi, and wanted to swallow the strong guards, but he didn't want to go to Liangzhou and was defeated.

Therefore, such a small Tongcheng was left behind.

Many methods have been considered for the region, either splitting up or simply merging, but after weighing all parties, it was finally classified as a separate county.

Although it is based on prefectures, the Weiwei state is declining, and the northern Yu is getting stronger. The names of the prefectures, prefectures and counties are different. There was a period when states and counties were called the same.

The name Tongcheng has also survived among the people.

Today, Weiguo Sheji has become Qiuxu, and even the last trace of Liangzhou Army, the former strong guard, has disappeared.However, Emperor Gaozu of Southern Chu's desire to annex Liangzhou's Chonghe County was revived by him at Chuyangguan.

In his plan, the defenders of Tongcheng are naturally out of the question, but Liangzhou may have to spend some energy.

In order to prevent the Beiyu and Huaiyang troops from hearing the news in advance, Chuyangguan planned to take the city without bloodshed, and then avenge their best friend, and then marched from Tongcheng, catching Liangzhou, which had no heavy defense, by surprise.

So he endured his temper and waited for nearly an hour in the still cold night, but he didn't get anything except sleepiness and a deeper cold.

"Why haven't people come back?" Chu Yangguan spread a wolfskin blanket and sat on the ground in front of Tang Mingyi's coffin, his tone a little impatient.

Tang Mingyi's coffin was simple and crude. It was attacked by assassins in Tongcheng, and it was opened twice inside and outside the city. The cloak was put on Tang Mingyi's body, so as not to wrong his best friend too much.

The lieutenant general knew how angry his general was, and hurriedly replied: "Perhaps the situation in the city is complicated. To ensure that there are no other disturbances after the general enters the city, they delayed it. Do you want to send some people to respond?"

Chu Yangguan snorted: "It takes so much effort to get Tongcheng, and when they come back, they will clean my stables for a month."

Seeing that the general didn't stop him, the lieutenant quickly ordered four teams with a total of [-] Qingqi to go to Tongcheng to meet them.

There is nothing to say here, but these 100 people naturally did not come back.

Old Zhao took precautions against them. After capturing the team just now, he first sent someone to send all the captured soldiers, horses, silver, etc. to the eldest lady, and then turned back to identify the traces of the horseshoes before heading south. After nearly ten miles, they lay in ambush again.

The 100 people fell into Lao Zhao's hands again without any accident. After the looting this time, they were not sent west, but sent three or four miles to the northeast.

This direction and distance are calculated. If there is no accident, the captured men and horses of the two teams should meet on the way back.

Apart from procrastinating, he just wanted to save Chu Yang's face.

But it's nothing more than two visits like this. Lao Zhao and the others knew that there would be no third chance, so they took the new order from the eldest lady who had returned from Tongcheng and went back to lurk in the mountains.

However, after sitting in the wilderness south of Tongcheng for more than two hours, full of thoughts on how to obtain Chuyang Pass in Liangzhou, when they saw a group of people in white obscene clothes stumbling towards them from a distance, they were almost shocked. Order to shoot arrows.

Fortunately, the soles of their feet were scratched by stones and branches, and they couldn't walk fast, otherwise they would really die at the hands of their own people.

After seeing the people who came, Chu Yangguan asked them with a serious face how they came to this appearance, only then did they know that in Tongcheng, on the ground where Beiyu and Dachu meet, there are actually a group of bandits who don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth.

After asking the reason clearly, Chuyangguan was not angry, but comforted them: "I thought Tongcheng was too simple. I should have sent scouts to investigate first, but the situation was urgent and there was an accident. Irritability caused you such a loss."

It would be fine if the general scolded them, but this group of soldiers would feel even more ashamed.

"The face of Ding Yi's army is earned on the battlefield. Our battlefield is not in such a small place as Tongcheng, but in Liangzhou. Those horses and weapons that were taken away should be temporarily stored in the hands of these bandits. etc. We took Tongcheng and let them return the capital with interest, maybe we still have to make money."

Chu Yangguan did not have any impassioned tone, but spoke as usual, as if he really didn't take this matter to heart.

Hearing this, those military men in obscene clothes held back their breath, waiting to vent their anger in Liangzhou.

Chuyangguan asked the bandits about the number of soldiers, horses and so on.

Of the nine leaders of the first five teams and the last four teams, except for one who died in the first ambush, the rest returned a total of eight.

These eight team generals were not waiting too long. Under such a situation, they silently made a rough guess and judgment on the situation of the bandits.

However, after all, regular soldiers fell into the hands of bandits. Due to various reasons such as face and psychology, in addition to the 500 people who had broken the way, there were actually only 500 people who fought head-on with these Dingyi troops. But according to the eight generals, there were as many as 2000 to [-] bandits.

Chu Yangguan naturally understood their mentality, but they didn't tell it to their face, they only discounted it silently in their hearts.

However, such a wrong news pushed his judgment to a result that was close to being correct.

These so-called "Bandits" are actually another part of the Liangzhou army that was defeated in Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)