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Chapter 189 Attack on Ao Cang

Huang Zhong's eyes suddenly opened and he asked, "Where have you been?"

"Emperor Huang Du, it's close to the water." Jiang Qin, who was climbing on the bow of the boat, was watching the situation of the Yellow River waterway, responded softly.

Huang Zhong, who was sitting in the boat, said in a deep voice: "Send the order, put out the torch, lower the sails, and move forward with slurry, and try to move towards the north shore."

Jiang Qin whispered: "I have already given orders, please don't worry, Commander Huang."

Huang Zhong then breathed a sigh of relief. This was his second time to lead troops alone and rush around the enemy's backbone to fight. He still felt uneasy. Huang Zhong learned water wars in Nanyang, but in previous years he often fought under the command of his general. After resigning to He Bai, he led troops independently to fight behind enemy lines twice in less than a year. How could this deep sense of trust not make Huang Zhong cry?

However, Jiang Qin was a thief on the Yangtze River for many years and regarded it as a common occurrence for taking a boat to surround the enemy's backbone. He was not nervous and worried. Everything was arranged very safely, and he was quite like a general.

Because the Yellow River is freezing in winter and the water flows fast, there are mostly no naval troops. Only Mengjin and Xiaopingjin near the capital have some navigators for transportation. Nowadays, east-west wars are warring between east and west, and all grain ships and merchant ships that traveled to Guandong, Luoyang and Chang'an in the past are prohibited from going west, so the Yellow River is very clean and there is no sail.

The Xiliang Army knew nothing about water wars, and did not warn the Yellow River during the war. As long as the Beihai Navy is not blatant, it will not be discovered by the Xiliang Army.

Three boats were reconnaissance in front and opened the way, and fifty Mengchong ships were transporting troops behind. Because they were afraid that the guards at the Sishui Pass would find high sails, the Beihai naval army mostly paddled with manpower. Fortunately, the waves of the Yellow River were rushing and the sound of water was loud, so although the paddling sound was loud, it was hard to hear whether it was waves or mud. The guards at the Sishui Pass were mostly paying attention in front of the Seshui Pass, and it was dark, so the Beihai naval army finally crossed the Sishui Pass without any danger.

More than thirty miles after Sishui Pass, on the banks of the Yellow River, the water diversion mouth of the Honggou, on the Beimang Mountain, and under Ao Peak was the place where the world's grain storage has been stored since the Qin and Han Dynasties. As the location of the national strategic grain storage since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Ao Cang once had hundreds of millions of stones of grain, and built a Tucheng guard, and also set up Ao Cang Order to specialize in managing and guarding.

Because there is Sishui in the east, the two heroic passes of Hulao, the strong city Chenggao stands upright to the west, the Yellow River in the north, and the mountains in the south. The Aocang City in the middle is on the Mang Mountain. The terrain is very high, so it is very safe and usually there is no need to worry about guards. Now, there is Dong Zhuo's army of Dong Zhuo in the west, and Aocang is even more solid. (Different from reality)

Ao Cang originally had countless grains, which could be eaten by millions of people in the capital for decades. However, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ao Cang's grain was mostly spent, and it was not seen in Tibet, and the grain had gradually decreased. After Dong Zhuo moved the capital westward, Ao Cang's grain was once again transported to Chang'an in large quantities. Now Ao Cang only has more than one million stones of grain, which can only provide 100,000 Xiliang troops for three or four months.

Huang Zhong's army arrived at a dangerous shoal on the bank of the Yellow River, where there was a small pier for the fishermen of the Yellow River. Fortunately, the bottom of the three hundred ships was not deep and did not get stuck. After the five thousand troops carefully landed here, it was almost dawn. However, this place was not far from Aocang City, only a few miles of mountain roads. Huang Zhong summoned the four generals of Wu'anguo, Chen Kui, Zong Bao, and Liu Zheng, and the left army's staff Du Xi discussed.

Huang Zhong pointed to the topographic map discovered by the scout sent by the previous period and said, "The original intention of the lord was to attack Sishui Pass after a surprise attack, attacking the siege army forward and backward, and forcibly land at Sishui Pass to defend the enemy. However, now Dong Zhuo brought a large number of troops to Hulao and can support Sishui Pass at any time. After another surprise attack of Sishui Pass, it will be very unfavorable for our army and may not succeed."

"Ao Cang is the place where the Xiliang army is stationed, and now there are only 3,000 people to guard it. As long as our army captures Ao Cang and guards it tightly, the Xiliang soldiers in the two passes of Sishui and Hulao have no food to eat and will be defeated without fighting. Therefore, I decided that our army will attack Ao Cang City at night, seize it, and hold it firmly. I order..."

"Emperor Huang Du. I have doubts, I don't know..." Du Xi, the Left Army's staff officer, bowed and bowed.

Huang Zhong knew that He Bai had set up a staff officer in the army, and his purpose was to help the chief general of the army to make up for the deceased and take charge of the military, and handle the government affairs of the captured land. He was a subordinate of the chief general of the army. Although he was only 300 s of salary at present, he was definitely a low position and heavy position.

He Bai said that in the future, the staff officer will be appointed as the chief general of the first army in literary affairs, and his status will even be more serious than that of the deputy general. Although Du Xi was young, He Bai's intention of training was very clear, so Huang Zhong could not ignore Du Xi's opinions.

"Please tell me, Staff Officer Du." Huang Zhong signaled.

After thanking Du Xigong bowed and said, "Aocang City is built on Beimang Mountain. When I went to Beijing to study in previous years, I once went there. The terrain was steep and difficult to attack. Moreover, there were many soldiers and horses in the thief army, which was even more difficult to get off. Even if our army attacked at night, it was still unknown whether it could be accomplished. So I had a plan to easily destroy the city."

Huang Zhong was overjoyed and bowed and said, "What is the clever plan for Staff Du? Please come quickly."

Du Xi bowed to the generals and said, "I heard that Sima Chen used to work in Luoyang, so I must be familiar with other Simas in Luoyang, right?"

Chen Kui raised his head and recalled it, nodded and said, "Although I have only been in Luoyang for a year, most of the forty Simas in the eight schools in Xiyuan are familiar with each other, and there are more than a dozen Simas in the fifth battalion of the Northern Army and the Southern Army Imperial Guards."

Du Xi smiled and said, "At this time, in Hulao, there were about 100,000 Dong's army on the front line of Sishui. However, the Xiliang army under Dong's army did not occupy much of the troops, and the most were still the Xiyuan and the two north and south armies. Although our Guandong coalition forces were divided into regions, they still belonged to the Han army. Therefore, although the colors on the battle suits were different, the standards were still the same. Since our army escaped behind the enemy, why not pretend to be Xiyuan and the two north and south armies went to Aocang to trick food and take advantage of the city to welcome them and then rushed in?"

Chen Kui nodded and said, "Well, this strategy is good, it can be avoided from the suffering of siege. However, I have never been to Ao Cang to get grain, but I don't know what the documents are like. If I don't see the formal documents, I'm afraid that the guard of Ao Cang will not open the door."

Huang Zhong smiled and said, "Don't pretend to be Xiyuan, the two armies in the north and south. Our army and Fu Duwei destroyed the Xiliang army Li Meng's unit in Chenliu. The documents and letters of the troops obtained were quite different. They directly pretended to be Song Guo Sima to go to Ao Cang to get grain. Now the court is in power, and Ao Cang's general dare not carefully observe the affairs of the Xiliang army headquarters. However, Song Sima's accent is not very good at learning..."

Chen Kui said: "It's okay, I have a close friend of Fufeng under my command, so he can pretend to be Song Sima..."

At the time of the Chen Dynasty, a group of 3,000 infantrymen were coming from the east towards Ao Cang. After seeing the city gate army at the top of the city, they immediately reported Sima and Ao Cangling. Ao Cangling muttered unhappily: "The Prime Minister Dong sent someone to transport 100,000 stones of grain the day before yesterday. How could he come again today?"

However, now Dong Zhuo is in power and the Xiliang army is powerful in the world. The generals who come to transport grain are not very good-tempered. Ao Cangling did not dare to be negligent and hurried to the city to watch. He saw that the three thousand infantry soldiers had arrived at the city. The army was held in a flag, with a rigorous line and a majestic soldiers. At a glance, you will know that it was an elite army. Looking at the military flag, in addition to Huang and Chen, there was also a Sima banner with the Song characters.

Ao Cangling was stunned. Why didn’t there be any carriages and horses transporting grain? Just as he was about to see a horse running to the city and shouting in the accent of the Fufeng area of ​​Jingzhao: “I am Fufeng Song Guo. According to the order of Prime Minister Dong, I went to Dagu with two Simas, Huang and Chen, and came to Ao Cang to get a thousand stones of grain and eat it on the road. I also asked Ao Cangling to open the city and allow me to get the grain in the city."

"Fufeng Song Guo?" Ao Cangling faintly remembered that Dong Zhuo's direct descendants seemed to have a Sima in the Xiliang army. He only took one thousand stones of food, and each of the three thousand soldiers could carry twenty kilograms, and there was no need to carry it with special carriages and horses.

Ao Cangling hurriedly bowed and asked with a smile: "It turns out that it is Sima Song. He has long been famous. He also asked Sima Song to transfer the letter to me to see. I have the responsibility to do so. Please don't be surprised by Sima Song."

Sima Songguo snorted coldly and said, "I only get one thousand stones of grain, and it's still so troublesome. So you have to get ten thousand stones of grain. Haven't you even gone to Hulaoguan to find the Prime Minister Dong in person to inquire?"

"Where is the responsibility, the responsibility is..." Ao Cangling sued repeatedly at the top of the city. Ao Cang had no moat, but was built according to the mountain. Sima Song Guochuang immediately stepped forward until he reached the bottom of the city, took out the letter of the letter and placed it in the hanging basket placed on the top of the city.

After the hanging basket was raised to the top of the city, Ao Cangling took it out and saw that it was a unique style of the Western Liang army's transfer order. Ao Cangling had seen this style several times. It was just a thousand stones of grain, but for Ao Cangling, who could enter and exit millions of stones at a time, it was just a small decimal point. Ao Cangling did not doubt that he had ordered the city to open.

The gate of Aocang City gradually opened. Sima Songguo waved his hand and three thousand infantry walked towards the city. Aocangling turned to the city, came to Song Guoma, and returned the letter. After Sima Songguo took it, he stuffed it into his arms, turned his head and looked at the army under his command anxiously.

Ao Cangling thoughtfully: Judging from Song Guo's appearance, it must be that the military situation in the direction of Dagu is urgent. Humph, Dong Bid is cruel and cruel, and it is not won over the hearts of the world, and it is only a matter of time to lose. At this time, the Kanto Alliance Army is very urgent to attack, and maybe one day it will break through the pass and enter. It seems that I have to hide some food and grass for the use of the coalition forces. Otherwise, I would not have been killed by the remaining members of the coalition forces as Dong Bid.

Seeing that Song Guo's army was approaching, Ao Cangling was suddenly shocked. It was twenty miles from Hulao to Ao Cang, which usually only arrived at Si time. How could it arrive early today at Chen time? Ao Cangling was about to shout, "Enemy attack, close the city." But when he thought about what he had just thought, he immediately stopped. If the Guandong Alliance Army came, wouldn't it be right?

In Ao Cangling's eyes, he saw Song Guo put his hand on the ring knife, fearing that he would kill himself with one knife, so he quickly called out softly: "Sima Song, the villain is willing to surrender."

Sima Song Guo was stunned when she heard this. Ao Cangling cleared his throat and said heavily: "The villain is willing to surrender."
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