Great Military Division

Chapter 351 The People's War Succeeds!
"what happened?"

Zang Ba, Li Ru, and Cao Bao outside the city were stunned and stared at the gate of Jiqiu with disbelief.

Cao Bao himself, in particular, stared like a bell, horrified, and opened his mouth to curse: "Are these guys afraid of death? Otherwise, why don't they attack the city? Hurry up and enter the city!"

"Cao Bao, what do you mean?"

Zang Ba was furious when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Cao Bao, and said coldly: "The brothers under my command have more than half of their casualties. If they are really afraid of death, how can they persist until now?"

"That's right!"

Li Ru hurried to help and ease Zang Ba's mood: "Something must have happened ahead, otherwise they would never have withdrawn. I believe that the brothers under General Zang's command are all warriors."

Only then did Cao Bao realize that he had said the wrong thing, and he kept silent, just frowning and staring ahead, trying to find out the reason why these soldiers did not attack the city.

"Report—!"

Just at this time, a messenger galloped forward, bowed his body and cupped his hands: "General, the enemy army has placed a huge knife cart in the gate of Jiqiu, which fits perfectly with the gate of the city. Our people can't get through it at all!"

"Damn!"

Li Ru understood immediately, and cursed secretly: "It's a saber cart!"

Cao Bao was slightly stunned, and couldn't help being curious: "What is a saber cart?"

Li Ru explained: "There are records in "Mozi". In short, it is a kind of defensive equipment used to block the city when the city gate is breached. There are steel knives."

"When in use, push it to the gap in the city gate. It can not only kill the enemy, but also block the enemy's arrows and stone attacks. It is extremely difficult to climb up. It can be called an essential tool for defending the city."

"Damn!"

Zang Ba cursed secretly, his brows furrowed suddenly: "The city gate is so deep that a car can't get in. Could it be blocked by a small knife car?"

"military adviser!"

As a last resort, Zang Ba could only turn to Li Ru for help: "Since you know the source of this object, you should have a way to decipher it. Please give me your advice from the military advisor."

Li Ru frowned, staring at the battlefield for a long time, it seemed a little difficult to say: "There is a way, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you, General Zang, to make up your mind."

"Let's talk and listen!"

"actually."

Li Ru thought for a moment, and he didn't hesitate any more, and said honestly: "The most effective way is to take your life to the top! As long as we push the saber cart out of the city gate, with our strength, why can't we clear it? Qiucheng!"

Take your life and go up?

Enough!

Zang Ba finally understood why Li Ru was embarrassed to speak, because he knew that he loved his brothers and didn't want them to die in vain.

Just when Zang Ba was hesitating, Cao Bao stepped forward suddenly, patted his chest and said: "In this battle, the troops under General Zang's command did sacrifice a lot. I will leave the final difficulty to my Danyang soldiers."

"what!"

Suddenly, Zang Ba was shocked!
Li Ru was even more shocked!

They didn't seem to expect that Cao Bao would stand up at this time.

Sure enough, this kid didn't feel bad at all if it wasn't his soldiers.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Cao Bao responded, rode his horse forward, and said sonorously: "Order the former army, at all costs, to push the saber cart out of the city gate for me, and the rest of the soldiers are ready to enter the city at any time and destroy the enemy!"

The messenger nodded and nodded: "Of order!"

present.

The messenger flew out on horseback, hoarse:

"The general has an order, at all costs, to push the Saimen knife cart out of the city gate!"

"The general has an order."

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Surprisingly.

When the military order was passed down wave after wave.

Sure enough, some Danyang soldiers rushed towards the city gate, stabbing the Huanshou knife in their hands towards the knife cart, screaming, and pushing it away with all their strength, and the follow-up Danyang soldiers continued to follow closely, all of them were like this.

In the beginning, they could still maintain a certain safe distance with their weapons, but even with the strength of a row of soldiers, it was still difficult to shake the knife and cart.

However.
Wave after wave of Danyang soldiers broke in.

They pushed one by one, people were pushing each other, and people were squeezing people, until the Danyang soldiers in the front row who kept a safe distance with knives pierced their flesh and pierced into their bodies.

The weapons on the knife cart are wide and thick, not easy to break, but they are not very long, just enough to penetrate a person's body, at most three or four inches long, but such a length can only hurt people, but Can't kill people.

Only at the cost of sacrificing a row of soldiers, the Danyang soldiers gathered the strength of all the soldiers and pushed the Saimen knife cart out little by little, thus completely smashing the obstruction of the knife cart.

"not good!"

Zu Mao, who was directing the battle at the top of the city, obviously felt something was wrong.

He is very clear.

Once the plug door knife cart is pushed out of the city gate, it will be completely useless.

Not daring to hesitate at all, Zu Mao made a decisive decision and ordered sonorously: "Hurry up! Beat the drum to send the order, and the whole army will turn to street fighting, start a people's war, and fight to the death with the thieves!"

The soldier bowed his body and cupped his hands: "Here."

follow.

The messenger rushed to the big drum, picked up the drumstick, and smashed it down without hesitation.

dong dong!dong dong!dong dong!

Boom, boom, boom!
The beating drums of a certain rhythm sounded.

Then, the big drums on the east and west walls also sounded like this, and then the big drum at the north gate.

This is the signal that the city of Qiu will be broken, turn to street fighting, and start a people's war.

But when such a voice was heard by Zang Ba and others outside the city, it gave another interpretation.

Cao Bao, in particular, was even more amazed, with an expression of disbelief: "They are beating the drum at this time, what are they going to do, are they going to launch a counterattack and break out of the city?"

"impossible!"

Li Ru denied without hesitation: "That Zu Mao is quite proficient in the art of war. They have the advantage of the city, but if they can't hold on, how dare they go out of the city to fight?"

"impossible!"

Li Ru's attitude was extremely clear: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Even though, he watched the soldiers on the top of the city, armed with weapons, descending the city in a hurry, as if they really wanted to fight to the death with the soldiers and horses outside the city.

But reason told him that there must be some meaning behind the opponent's move, which he didn't know yet, but he didn't say it, otherwise it would affect Cao Bao and Zang Ba's determination to attack.

"Why so much?"

Seeing that the victory is just around the corner, how could Cao Bao give up this chance for the final charge.

He wants to gain enough military exploits for himself as Xuzhou Mu, so as to silence some people: "As long as we break through the city gates, no matter whether the thieves are monsters or ghosts, they are definitely not my opponents for Danyang soldiers!"

"That's right!"

Li Ru was even watching the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, so he added fuel to the fire: "In order to conquer Jiqiu County, our army suffered heavy casualties. Now it is only the last step. How can we be scared away by the sound of drums? decisive battle!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Cao Bao immediately drew his sword out of its sheath, and ordered sonorously: "All officers and men obey the order, attack Jiqiu City by force, and kill all the enemies, leaving no one left!"

"kill-!"

All the soldiers roared.

Like a thunderstorm, more like a landslide.

Danyang soldiers broke into the city like a flood breaking a dike, armed with weapons, chasing the soldiers who had routed into the city from the top of the city, sweeping past like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

But unfortunately.
It is different from what they imagined.

When the sound of beating drums all over the city sounded, the people of the whole city seemed to hear a call, and each of them seemed to be wound up, igniting the raging fire in their bodies.

They absolutely do not allow this group of thieves outside the city to return the happy life they have finally won back to their original form. Even if they risk their lives for this, it is worth it.

"Both of you, hide. If thieves dare to come in, I will protect you."

"Father, you must be careful."

"rest assured!"

"Give me the kitchen knife. If you dare to come in with a wooden stick, you can hit him on the head!"

"Don't worry, I guarantee that they will come and go."

"Remember, wear a mask."

"I heard the shouts of killing, and these guys really rushed in."

"According to the plan given by the county magistrate, everything is ready."

"Do not worry."

Although the government distributed some weapons to them, they were not enough for tens of thousands of people to use. Some of them took up kitchen knives, some carried hoes, and some even carried poles.

They were always prepared, even though they were trembling with fear, none of them retreated, because this battle decided their future life, whether they would live in dire straits or live and work in peace and contentment!
When people carrying hoes, kitchen knives, poles and wearing coarse linen clothes joined the queue one after another, Zu Mao felt a strong force in his heart.

What is popular support?

Although he had a vague feeling about this, he never felt how strong people's hearts are, but at this moment, at this moment, Zu Mao really felt what people's hearts can depend on, and how powerful people's hearts are.

Zumao's confidence doubled!

The morale of the defeated army soared!
The sound of the drums lingering throughout the whole process seemed to be beating on their hearts, shattering fear, knocking defeat into the air, encouraging confidence, and sounding victory!
"kill-!"

Thousands of soldiers and horses filed in from outside the city, with a bloodthirsty glint in their eyes, as if the next step was to harvest their lives like chopping melons and vegetables.

But rather.
When Danyang soldiers and Taishan thieves broke into the city, they appeared on the avenue of Jiqiu City.

The windows on both sides of the street were opened, and pots of red dogwood powder and soybeans prepared in advance were splashed on the street.

Danyang Bing inhaled the dogwood powder, and his nasal cavity was irritated and sneezed continuously. When the powder entered his eyes, his eyes became red, swollen and weeping, and he couldn't open his eyes.

At the same time, Hou Cheng, who had retreated into the city in advance, led his troops to ambush on the roof. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he continuously twisted his bow and set his arrows, shooting at the soldiers and horses below with a high intensity.

Then, a large number of people wearing masks poured out from both sides of the street. Led by Zu Mao and others, they used their spears and daggers to crazily stab at Danyang Bing's body!
"what-!"

"Damn, I can't keep my eyes open."

"It's vile, it's just so vile."

"Ah! Get out of here, get out of here, everyone!"

However, the Danyang soldiers on the street, sneezing, sneezing, weeping, wielding knives, running wildly, seemed to be in a mess, killing each other, trampling to death, countless.

Seeing this scene, the ordinary people, who were still a little bit timid, became bold one by one. They wielded poles, long sticks, and kitchen knives, and beat the Danyang soldiers who were fleeing everywhere, and kept cursing in their mouths:
"Damn traitors, let you attack the city!"

"Traitors! They are all traitors! Kill them!"

"Taishan thief, let you taste the strength of us, the people of Jiqiu."

"Haha! Cornel powder smells bad, doesn't it?"

"Hit! Hit hard!"

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Cao Bao, who led his troops into the city, was stunned.

He originally thought that as long as the city gate was broken, it would be the home field of their Danyang soldiers.

But who would have thought that the other party would actually mobilize the common people, and with such indiscriminate means, instantly reversed the initiative on the battlefield, soy bean is nothing, dogwood powder is dead!

Danyang soldiers who have always been brave and good at fighting, at this moment, not to mention fighting with weapons, there is no one who can stand normally.
What's more, simply wielding their knives indiscriminately and killing one or two people will cause even greater panic. Everyone will wield their knives indiscriminately in order to protect themselves, causing secondary damage on a larger scale.

How many people can ordinary people kill?
Danyang soldiers' biggest damages all come from their side!
At this scene, even Li Ru and Zang Ba, who rode their horses into the city, couldn't help being stunned. They stared at the scene of cannibalism in front of them, as if their three views had collapsed.

"How is this possible?"

Li Ru stared like a bell, and was stunned like a thunderbolt: "General Cao, what happened here? How did it become like this in an instant?"

Zang Ba has experienced hundreds of battles and is far more knowledgeable than Cao Bao, but even he still dare not imagine how the scene before him developed.

It was clear that there was an absolute advantage in the first second, but in the next second, not only the situation reversed, but even the possibility of winning was completely lost, as if by the help of a god.

"Yes!"

Zang Ba asked in disbelief, "What's going on?"

How could Cao Bao care so much, he immediately reined in his horse and turned around: "Let's go out first! Get out! Get out!"

Zang Ba also waved violently: "Retreat, all retreat!"

Looking at the retreating soldiers and horses, the people in the city burst into roars of victory in an instant:
Roar!Roar!Roar!
Ho Ho-!
"Haha, I won, I actually won!"

"These guys are too scared to go into town."

"Come again, grandpa has something delicious for you."

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Not to be missed.

At that moment, Zu Mao waved his hand violently and ordered sharply: "Brothers, follow me to counterattack!"

The morale of the generals skyrocketed: "Kill!" Immediately, a swarm of bees rushed up, in the rhythm of beating the dog in the water.

"Report—!"

Just as Zu Mao was fighting wildly, a soldier turned from the direction of the city, with a look of surprise on his face, and before he even had time to salute, he hurriedly said:

"General, our reinforcements may have arrived. Judging from the flags, it is Cao Cao. It may be Cao Cao's cavalry. They surpassed the infantry and came ahead of time!"

"Are you sure it's a cavalry?"

Zu Mao grabbed the soldier who came to report.

After all, besides Cao Cao, the Cao character banner may also be Cao Bao.

And if it is cavalry, it must be Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and if it is infantry, it is likely to be Cao Bao's soldiers and horses.

"It's cavalry!"

Soldiers sure as well as sure.

He simply stretched out his hand, straight to the sky, and vowed: "I can swear!"

Zu Mao was ecstatic, he calculated the time in his heart, if it was Cao Cao's infantry, it might indeed arrive at this time: "Brothers, come out of the city with me, and kill the bandits!"

"kill-!"

One command.

The soldiers and horses who had been suffocated for several days, seemed to be revived with full blood one by one, raised their weapons, rushed forward screaming, aimed at the eyes of Cao Bao and Zang Ba soldiers, and stabbed them frantically go up!
puff!puff!puff!
Swords, lights, swords and shadows, blood flowed into rivers.

What is even more unexpected is that not only Zu Mao's army rushed out, even the people in the city also rushed out. Although it is a fake tiger's might, the momentum is really terrifying.

Cao Chun, who was ordered to come to support, thought that Jiqiu County was in danger.

But he didn't think so.

When he led all the cavalry of the Cao army to come, he saw Zu Mao leading the people of Jiqiu, chasing and killing Cao Bao and Zang Ba like crazy.

The soldiers and horses in front are considered elite, all of them are fierce pawns, all of them are in coarse linen clothes, carrying kitchen knives, hoes, shoulder poles, and all kinds of weapons in their hands.

They roared crazily, holding up their weapons, like a pack of wolves crossing the border, rushing towards the defeated army of Cao Bao and Zang Ba.

hiss-!
Cao Chun was surprised, and gasped: "How did this battle end?"

The general beside him, Cao Xiu, also had an unbelievable expression, and rubbed his eyes: "General, are we here to support, or to take credit? Why do I feel that we are a bit redundant?"

"nonsense!"

Cao Chun retorted without hesitation: "Although I don't know how General Zu Mao won, but he dared to pursue and kill with such a force, he must have known that our army is coming, we are his confidence."

"quick!"

Cao Chun made a decisive decision, and said sonorously: "Rush forward, chase and kill the enemy bandits, and don't let anyone go."

Cao Xiu nodded, "Here!"

"Brothers, the general has an order to pursue and kill them with all their strength."

"kill-!"

Rumble!
The sound of horseshoes shook the heavens and the earth.

Cao Xiu clamped his horse's belly fiercely, sat down and his horse raised its head and neighed, turning into a scarlet lightning, piercing into the rout of Mount Tai, the iron spear dancing in his palm, like snow falling from the sky.

Wherever Cao Xiu passed, it was like waves splitting, limbs and arms were broken, flying wildly in all directions, bright red juice splashed non-stop, it was like a rain of blood.

Cao Jun's iron cavalry is already experienced in hundreds of battles. They are good at shooting bows and arrows, charging into battle, and galloping non-stop in the enemy's rout. They are really invincible and sweep thousands of troops.

puff!
Cao Xiu shot a soldier to death with one arrow, and continued to gallop forward with his horse. While twisting his bow and setting his arrows, he chased after Cao Bao, who was also galloping in front of him: "Don't go, thief, take your life!"

Squeak-!
Cao Xiu put the arrow on the string, clamped the end of the arrow with two fingers, pulled it back vigorously, and at the same time aimed at the fleeing general in front, let go of his hand, and the arrow roared out.

puff!
An arrow hit Cao Bao's back heart.

Cao Bao let out a wail of "ah", and then fell off the horse, and was trampled to a pulp.

Li Ru, who was being defeated, was stunned: "Damn it!"

Even he did not expect that the other side's rush to help would be so quick.

This only proves a point.

In the direction of Xuzhou, Zhang Kai's action failed.

Otherwise, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses should be dealing with Danyang soldiers, and it is impossible to kill them so quickly.

The failure of Zhang Kai's action in Xuzhou proved that Tao Qian was still alive, and while Tao Qian was alive, Cao Bao would never be able to control the Danyang soldiers.

Once Tao Qian led his troops to Langya Kingdom, Cao Bao would surely die. As for Zang Ba, he lost more than half of his troops, and there was no possibility of his recovery.

this means
Even if he took action himself, the battle of Xuzhou was still defeated.

Li Ru looked back at the battlefield, and while no one was paying attention, he rode his horse in despair and fled in the direction of Haiqu.

And Cao Xiu and Cao Chun cooperated with Zu Mao to hunt down the enemy.

The cavalry was fast, and soon cut off the Taishan bandits' retreat. Zang Ba fled in a roundabout way, but he still couldn't escape from the encirclement of Cao Jun. He was exhausted and was finally surrounded.

"Zang Ba, if you don't want to catch him without a fight, when will you wait?"

Zu Mao, who ran wildly all the way, raised his knife and pointed at Zang Badao angrily.

"Humph!"

Zang Ba held an iron gun in his hand and stood in front of him: "Since Nanyang Hanting can't tolerate me, I, Zang Ba, can only turn against me. Now that I have nowhere to go, I can only fight to the death!"

"but."

Zang Ba glanced at Zu Mao, and begged: "If I commit suicide in front of you, can I bypass my brothers?"

Zu Mao said coldly: "Sun Guan, Yin Li and others are impossible, they must die, but if they are ordinary soldiers, they will probably be recruited into the army by the imperial court. If they don't want to join the army, they will return to their hometowns to work in agriculture."

"it is good!"

Zang Ba let out a sigh of relief, and nodded gratefully: "In this way, I, Zang Ba, can feel at ease. Even if my soul immediately enters the nether world, I can still rest in peace."

hum!
Speaking of this, Zang Ba poked the gun against his Adam's apple, and with a puff, the tip of the gun pierced through, and died on the spot.

Zu Mao and others surrendered Taishan Army and Danyang Army before returning to Jiqiu County.

The next morning.

Tao Qian led his troops to Jiqiu.

Above the county government office, Tao Qian slapped the table and jumped up: "What, Li Ru?"

Zu Mao nodded and said with certainty: "That's right! It was this person who controlled Chang Xi, and then Zang Ba, forcing them to take the road of rebellion."

"Where is Li Ru?"

Tao Qian stared and asked, furious.

"Already escaped."

Zu Mao shook his head and said softly.

"Damn!"

Tao Qian chewed to himself, and made a quick decision: "Quick! Immediately issue the arrest warrant at sea. As long as Li Ru can be caught, there will be a lot of rewards. Tao must kill him alive!"

"Reassure you."

Zu Mao cupped his fists and said affirmatively: "The sea arrest document has been issued, and the way out of Langya is strictly controlled. Even if he has three heads and six arms, Li Ru will not be able to escape Langya's many barriers."

"kindness."

Only then did Tao Qian nod his head slowly, and turned to look at Cao Chun: "If Zizi and the general had arrived in time, I'm afraid we won't be able to win this battle so easily."

"I don't know what your plans are going to be? Are you going back to Yuzhou, or are you going to take a rest for two days? Tao can also do his best to treat you as a landlord."

"Thank you Tao Shijun for your kindness."

"but."

As soon as the conversation changed, Cao Chun gave a bow and said softly: "In addition to being ordered to come to support me, I have one more thing to do. I will set off for Haiqu early tomorrow morning to welcome General Cao's father back to his hometown in Qiao County. .”

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