Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Xiahoudun hated people calling him blind the most. He picked up the saber and slashed suddenly, slashing the guard in two.

Yang Bai was dumbfounded, and the guards beside him rushed forward when they saw their companion was killed, and dozens of people fought together in chaos.

Yang Bai's guards were no match for Xiahou Dun's personal soldiers, and soon turned into a one-sided massacre.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Yang Bai followed the oil on the soles of his feet. He wanted to go to the stables to find a mount, but he was in a panic and bumped into Xu Chu at the corner.

"Which bastard with no eyes?" Yang Bai cursed while being knocked down, covering his forehead.

Xu Chu was looking for the direction to find Xiahou Dun, but he didn't expect to hit Yang Bai flying at the corner with tiger steps.

He took a closer look and found that he was not one of his own, and he was not dressed like an ordinary soldier, so he held the Huoyun knife tightly in his hand.

"Who are you?" Xu Chu asked coldly.

Yang Bai patted the dirt on his body, and shouted sharply: "Blind your dog eyes, you don't even recognize this general?"

"I don't know." Xu Chu's eyes were cold, and he took two steps forward slowly.

"The reckless man still wants to escape? You should know this thing, right? Can you go away after knocking down this general?" Yang Bai drew out his sword and sneered, then raised his sword and stabbed at Xu Chu.

Xu Chu used the Fire Cloud Knife to pick it lightly, and then chopped off the opponent shoulder to shoulder with a backhand. Poor Yang Bai died in the end.

Yang Bai released more than a hundred thousand people during these days. He dreamed that gold and silver piled up in his home, and there were countless beautiful wives and concubines. Unfortunately, he was woken up only halfway through his dream, and now he was stabbed by Xu Chu. Sent to sleep.

The turmoil at Yangping Pass lasted until midnight, and it was not until Cao Cao led an army into the pass that it gradually stabilized. No one thought that such a majestic and difficult pass was due to Xiahou Dun's luck.

After successfully capturing Yangping Pass, even if he completely knocked on the gate of Hanzhong, Cao Cao no longer had to worry about running out of food and retreating, and he also avoided the ridicule of the Yingchuan gentry. His old face was saved.

Although the grain reserves in Yangping Guancheng are not much, Cao Cao has always had a tradition of "borrowing grain" from the people. If the official treasury is not enough, he can directly borrow grain from the people.

Cao Cao rested at Yangping Pass for two days, then left general Zhu Ling in charge of Yangping, and led the army to Nanzheng.

Chapter 4

Cao Cao's soldiers crossed the border in mighty force, all the villages along the road were closed, and even dogs barking and chickens crowing were seldom heard.

Through the scouts who opened the way to find out the news, there were only old people with handicapped legs left in these villages. After hearing this, Cao Cao's expression gradually became dignified. The fertile land in the Hanzhong Plain should not be so fertile. Could it be that Zhang Lu did the wrong thing here?

Zhang Lu originally planned to surrender, but after his brother Zhang Weibing was defeated, the old matter was brought up again.

Zhang Wei still doesn't know how he lost, but in the era of judging heroes by success or failure, he no longer persuaded Zhang Lu to resist to the end.

Gong Cao Yan Pu once again advised: "Even if you surrender, you have to choose a good time. Previously, Gongze (general) held the upper hand outside Yangping. If the timing of surrender was right, but now you are poor and surrender, you will not be valued by Duke Cao." ..."

"What's Zimao's strategy?" Zhang Lu asked.

Yan Pu replied: "It's better to go to Nanshan and enter Bazhong to avoid the war, and then unite with Ba, Yishuai Puhu, Du Wei, Ren Yue, and continue to resist Cao Gong with dangerous mountains and rivers. When Cao Gong returns without success in winter, then More time and more credit will be given.”

Zhang Lu deeply believed that he relied heavily on the opinions of his subordinates in politics, and Yan Pu tried his best to prevent him from becoming a king when he wanted to become king, so he didn't become a bright bird like Yuan Shu.

On the eve of fleeing, Zhang Lu's left and right wanted to burn treasures and granaries, but this time Zhang Lu finally had an independent mind. He felt that since he would surrender to Cao Cao sooner or later, why bother to do such angry things, so he ordered people to do their best to seal the treasury, Granary, showing goodwill to Cao Cao who is about to take over Hanzhong.

When the disaster was imminent, they flew separately, and not all the officials in Hanzhong fled with Zhang Lu. Some of the bolder ones hid in the city, ready to surrender when Cao Cao arrived.

Yang Song, who incited the people to flee to Yizhou, originally planned to go to Yangpingguan to enter Shu with Yang Bai, but Zhang Wei had already fled back to Nanzheng during the preparation period, so he could only mix into the refugee team with his followers.

Yang Song didn't have the ability to instigate hundreds of thousands of households away, but after a long time of hard work, half of them were sent away, and there were many wealthy households like himself.

After the Yangpingguan road was blocked, the only way to escape into Shu was through the Micangshan trail. Yang Song fled forward and buried all his belongings in the backyard, and entered Shu with only a small amount of grain and a dozen servants. He was going to receive the dividends from Song Jiang (Song Chen), and experience the so-called porridge shed for disaster relief by the way.

In mid-August of the 20th year of Jian'an, Cao Jun marched to Nanzheng unimpeded. Although the road was full of desolation, he found order after entering the city.

When he learned that Zhang Lu had sealed the treasury intact, Cao Cao instantly understood the meaning of the other party's gesture of goodwill, so he sent people to reward and condolences.

Cao Cao accompanied the military officials and generals at the Nanzheng banquet, and successfully took Hanzhong without relying on the Yingchuan gentry, which made Cao Cao very excited.

During the banquet, Cao Cao had to ponder: "It is rumored that Hanzhong is a land of prosperity, why are there no people in the villages outside Nanzheng? Could it be that there has been a famine in the past two years? Who wants to solve the problem for the lonely?"

The generals in the hall were so drunk that they didn't hear what Cao Cao said, and the military counselors didn't answer when they first arrived. Only Sima Yi, the head of the prime minister's mansion, made an investigation in advance.

Sima Yi stood up: "My lord, it is rumored that some people spread rumors before, saying that we slaughter every city and every person we meet, so the common people fled to Sichuan with the old and the young..."

"Shu land? This is really cheap for Liu Bei in Yizhou. Let Zhong Da investigate this matter carefully. The details of spreading rumors may still be in Nanzheng, so he must be killed alive." Cao Cao slapped him heavily. On the case table.

"Wei." Sima Yi bowed his hands and accepted the order.

"My lord, it's not too strict to say that this is a rumor. Didn't we slaughter the Hechi Di clan at the beginning of the year? Last year, Miaocai also slaughtered a lot in Longyou." Cao Hong was a little drunk, and said it without holding back.

Xiahoudun at the table glared at him: "Zi Lian, don't talk nonsense when you're drunk."

"Oh good..." Cao Hong mumbled drunk before passing out.

Cao Cao frowned slightly, lamenting that Cao Hong was still worse than Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, and then continued to drink from his glass, disdainful of Tucheng in his heart?How many cities in the ancient name will not be massacred?Bai Qi has it, and so does Xiang Yu.

"Report to Wei Gong, Huainan has just sent an urgent battle report, and Sun Quan personally led an army of [-] to attack Hefei."

The messenger's voice was not too loud, but it was like Huang Zhong Dalu in the noisy hall, quickly quieting the whole scene.

"Meng De, there are only 7000 defenders in Hefei, which is very different from Sun Quan's. If Hefei is really captured by Sun Quan, the Jiangdong warships can enter the Central Plains along the Huaisi River, and the consequences will be disastrous..." Xia Houdun hurriedly reminded.

Xiahoudun has been farming behind Xudu for many years. The Huaisi River is used for water diversion and irrigation in all parts of the Central Plains. These tributaries are densely distributed in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou. There is no fortress like Yangping Pass in those places, so he understands Hefei's strategy better than anyone else. importance.

"My lord..." Jia Xu was about to remonstrate, but saw Cao Cao laughing, because he knew Cao Cao's life and death were unpredictable, so he shut up as soon as he said the words.

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Sun Zhongmou? He is better than Liu Jingsheng's son. There are only generals Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian guarding Hefei. Don't be nervous..."

"Meng De, don't be careless. Although Zhang Lu has not yet surrendered, Hanzhong is basically settled. I would like to lead an army to support Hefei. When autumn and winter come and heavy snow blocks the roads, it will be too late to rescue..." Xiahou Dun Let's fight together.

Cao Cao shook his head lightly, then pointed to Xu Chu at the table and said, "Yuan Rang's courage is commendable, but what is the mere child of Sun Quan? In the past, he was alone in Chaohu Lake and was besieged on a small island. Jiangdong's troops were several times as strong as lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Xu Zhongkang at that time He's right by my side, you can ask him."

"My lord's words are very true." Xu Chu didn't wait for others to ask, he took the initiative to stand up and answer.

"This..." Xiahoudun still wanted to persuade, but in the end he didn't continue to speak.

Cao Cao saw Xiahoudun's worries, and he explained with a smile: "Yuan Rang, but don't worry, it's more important to stabilize Hanzhong and persuade Zhang Lu to surrender. Hefei's results will be sent back within ten months. You can wait and see. Before the expedition, I expected that Sun Quan would go to sneak attack, so I prepared a good plan for Zhang Liao in advance."

After hearing this, Xiahou Dun was finally relieved, and the generals at the banquet continued to drink in their glasses, as if they had forgotten the news of Sun Quan's invasion of Hefei.

At the beginning of August, Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's westward campaign against Zhang Lu and assembled a [-] army out of Ruxukou to cross Chaohu Lake. The Jiangdong warships finally headed straight for Hefei along Shishui.

General Zhang Liao of Hefei summoned the generals of the battalion to discuss matters, but General Polu Li Dian was absent because he said he was sick.

Xue Ti opened Cao Cao's secret letter in front of everyone. The secret letter said: If Sun Quan raises troops to attack, generals Zhang and Li will go out of the city to meet the enemy, and general Le will be in charge of defending the city.

Chapter 4, Chapter [-], Stop Crying, Zhang Babai

Le Jin was very puzzled after reading the secret letter, completely ignorant of the significance of Cao Cao's arrangement.

Zhang Liao is sophisticated, tactful and good at observing words and expressions. Although he fought bravely after surrendering to Cao Cao, he liked to show compliments in front of Cao Cao, especially the battle at Bailangshan.

Cao Cao encountered Wuhuan Tadun's army on the way to conquer Wuhuan. At that time, because the vehicles transporting supplies were behind, many of the vanguards of the front army had no armor, and the disparity in the number of troops made them fearful. Zhang Liao challenged without fear.

Cao Cao climbed up and saw that Tadun's army was disorganized. Knowing that the opponent did not expect to meet him here, he handed the command flag to Zhang Liao and asked him to command the vanguard to charge with Zhang He.

Cao Cao was worried that Zhang Liao and Zhang He would lose, so he sent Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to help. The battle ended with Wuhuan's defeat and surrender.

After Zhang Liao won the victory, he did not flaunt his own achievements. He repeatedly emphasized that Cao Cao used his troops well and commanded them properly. In the end, Cao Cao's boss decided that he was the first to break Wuhuan.

Le Jin followed Cao Cao very early on. He often fought first and risked his life. On the contrary, he was not as fond of Cao Cao as the highly emotional Zhang Liao. Many people in the army have this kind of jealousy and hatred.

Li Dian is refined and elder-like, but the rift between him and Zhang Liao is even greater.

Li Dian was born in the Li family of the Yanzhou gentry, who raised thousands of diners in the Cheng family (place name). Because the Yanzhou gentry rebelled against Cao Cao and took refuge in Lv Bu in the early years, it was doomed that the Yanzhou gentry could not be reused, especially if they had military power, they would be feared by Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu, a counselor in Yanzhou, relinquished his military power and took the initiative to stay with Cao Cao to counsel military affairs. Li Dian, who was also from a noble family in Yanzhou, was in charge of logistics and supply transportation all year round. Although he was resourceful, he was destined to have no chance to be the chief general.

When the Yanzhou gentry welcomed Lu Bu to rebel against Cao Cao, Li Dian's father, Li Gan, was killed for refusing to recruit Lu Bu. Zhang Liao had been a general under Lu Bu's tent.

Not only did Li Dian and Zhang Liao have unsatisfactory jealousy, they also blamed Zhang Liao for his father's family feud.

Zhang Liao pondered for a while after reading the secret letter, then stood up and said to Le Jin, "Since it is the Lord's order, please ask Wen Qian to take up the important task of defending the city, and Xue Hujun and I will go find Mancheng (Li Dian) right now."

"It's better to let Xue Hujun and Mancheng defend the city, and Wen Yuan and I go out of the city to defend against the enemy." Le Jin suggested.

"We must obey the command of the lord." Zhang Liao shook his head firmly, and then went out with Xue Ti to look for Li Dian.

Zhang Liao and Xue Ti walked to Li Dian's room and saw Li Dian reading through the crack of the door. Xue Ti then coughed softly to remind the people in the room.

Li Dian recognized Xue Ti's voice, he quickly turned over and lay down on the couch, and then asked lazily, "Who is outside the house?"

"Mancheng, it's me." Zhang Liao saved enough face for the other party, then pushed the door open and walked in with Xue Ti.

"What's the matter with General Zhang?"

As soon as Li Dian finished speaking, Xue Ti handed over the secret letter, "This is the Lord's general order. Wen Yuan has handed over the city defense to Wen Qian. You should take a look first."

"I'm not feeling well. If I want to leave the city with General Zhang, I'm afraid..." Li Dian hesitated to speak.

"Hefei's survival depends entirely on the two generals. You two need to let go of the past. I won't bother you after the order is over. Let me go..." Xue Ti couldn't help but walk out with fists in his arms.

Originally Zhang Liao planned to take advantage of Sun Quan's unsteady foothold and use the Death Squad to catch him by surprise tomorrow morning. Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian who was pretending to be sick on the bed, and pondered for a while, not knowing what to say.

"In my opinion, General Zhang has a well-thought-out plan, so it is better to tell the deployment of the battle. The battle of Hefei is related to national affairs. If possible, Li Dian will not abolish the public because of personal interests."

Zhang Liao nodded and sat on the side of the couch, and then he said: "Sun Quan has a lot of people coming from far away, and it may not be able to gather tonight. I want to select elite soldiers and dead soldiers tonight, and fight the enemy tomorrow. Then Hefei is in danger."

Li Dian frowned: "Jiangdong has quite a large army, and Hefei only has [-] defenders. I wonder how many people the general will take?"

"The number of people is too small and it is easy for sheep to go to the tiger's mouth. I plan to control it to less than a thousand people." Zhang Liao's eyes were extremely firm.

Li Dian mistakenly thought that the other party was going to bring most of the defenders, so he had already planned his arguments in advance and was ready to refute. When he heard that Zhang Liao would control the number of people within a thousand, Li Dian couldn't help admiring his courage.

Thinking of Zhang Liao abandoning his previous suspicions and focusing on serving the country, he tore off the sackcloth on his forehead, sat up straight and cupped his fists and said, "Li Dian is at the command of General Zhang."

Seeing this, Zhang Liao nodded in satisfaction, and then discussed with Li Dian the specific combat deployment. The main thing was that Zhang Liao was responsible for leading the dead into the battle, and Li Dian was responsible for supporting him to break through.

In the evening, Zhang Liao selected [-] dead soldiers from the [-] defenders, and then slaughtered cattle and sheep, and set wine to strengthen the courage of these dead soldiers.

The next day at Dongfang Gangbai, Zhang Liao put on his armor and mounted his horse to assemble his troops, and led [-] dead men to the Jiangdong Camp.

Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's western expedition to Hanzhong and the emptiness of the Jianghuai River, and decisively decided to attack Hefei. In addition to mobilizing soldiers stationed in various places in the east of the Yangtze River, he also mobilized soldiers from Lukou Lusu and He Qi troops from Poyang to suppress the rebellion against Shanyue (leaving Lu Xun to continue his conquest of Shanyue) ), with a total force of 10.

The generals who accompanied Sun Quan included Lu Meng, Chen Wu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, He Qi, etc., almost Jiangdong's all-star lineup.

Jiangdong adopted a private army system. Although the 10 people were unified under the command of Sun Quan, the specific dispatch had to rely on the private army generals. The soldiers who really obeyed Sun Quan's independent command were only a thousand soldiers under the car of the guard.

The [-] troops arrived in Hefei by boat. After landing from Shishui, they marched for dozens of miles, and finally set up camp and built a fortress [-] miles outside the city.

On the eve of Cao Jun's surprise attack in the morning, Sun Quan's [-] troops had not yet completed their assembly.

Sun Quan was still sleeping soundly in the camp, and the soldiers who got up earlier were preparing to bury the pot for cooking, when suddenly there was a loud shout of killing outside the camp, and Sun Quan jumped up from the bed in a hurry.

Zhang Liao took the lead and rushed into the Wu camp, beheading dozens of Jiangdong soldiers who were in charge of guarding.

"Zhang Liao of the Yanmen is here, and the Jiangdong rats are coming to die." He reported his family name while running, and then led [-] soldiers into the enemy's camp as if they were in no one's land.

Sun Quan put on his cloak and walked out of the big tent. When he met Lu Meng and Jiang Qin who came in a hurry, he asked in a panic, "Who broke into my camp? How many people are there?"

"It's the enemy general Zhang Liao, and the soldiers and horses he leads are unknown." Lu Meng shook his head and replied.

Zhang Liao rushed into the flock, jumping like chickens and dogs everywhere, and ran straight to the position of Sun Quan's coach's flag.

"No, Zhang Liao's intention is to command the flag. If the flag is folded, it will be unfavorable. Who will stand in my way?" Sun Quan shouted.

"My lord, General Chen Wu has gone." The guards outside reported urgently.

Seeing Sun Quan's worried face, Lu Meng quickly comforted him: "Chen Zilie is the general of the Jianghuai tiger, and he will definitely behead Zhang Liao."

Chapter 4 Timid as a chicken, only with vegetables

Chen Wu was a member of the Jianghuai River, and he followed Sun Ce from the very beginning. He was brave in battle and martial arts.

Sun Quan's army was composed of countless private soldiers, each of whom marched at different speeds. Although they gathered and camped in the east of Hefei one after another, not all of the 10 people arrived.

The Lujiang soldiers led by Chen Wu fought resolutely and resolutely. They were regarded as an elite group among the entire Jiangdong private soldiers. When Zhang Liao launched a surprise attack, only the Lujiang soldiers were in better condition, so they immediately threw themselves into the blocking battle.

The [-] dead soldiers led by Zhang Liao borrowed the slogan of his old friend Gao Shun who was trapped in the camp as motivation: "The ambition to fall into the camp is death but not life."

Before the war, these dead soldiers never thought of going back alive. Zhang Liao registered everyone's name in advance and made a book.

Although the Lujiang soldiers were the elite of Jiangdong, but because of the haste of the battle, almost none of them reached the armor, so they couldn't resist the [-] dead soldiers, and Zhang Liao had already killed Sun Quan's commander in a blink of an eye.

"Cut off Sun Quan's commander-in-chief and let him know how powerful I am Zhang Liao." Zhang Liao ordered loudly, the armor on his body was stained with the blood of the enemy general.

At this moment, Chen Wu raised his sword and jumped on his horse. With his bravery, he beheaded several Cao soldiers. When he approached Zhang Liao, he realized the opponent's intention, so he shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhang Liao, come and die quickly."

"Don't pay attention to the people who come, cut off the commander-in-chief flag for me quickly, and I will deal with this rat." Zhang Liao frowned, and told the people around him that he knew that the collapse of the commander-in-chief flag would greatly reduce the morale of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses. The real purpose of the death camp.

Bang bang bang, swords and axes greeted on the flagpole, and Sun Quan's handsome flag soon crumbled.

"Cao thief is shameless." Chen Wu shouted angrily as he ran, and the big blade in his hand was not idle. He ran all the way and chopped left and right, beheading many Cao soldiers in succession.