The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun defeated Chen Mai and captured him. Chen Mai's Qingzhou soldiers were defeated, Tian Kai of Pingyuan County, and Xiahou Yuan of Liaocheng County, after hearing the news, naturally they all turned pale. , knowing that Lone Tree was difficult to support, so he stopped leading his troops to Licheng, and simply turned back and hurriedly reported the army to Cao Cao.

Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun were divided into two divisions, one led by Xun Cheng, guarding Licheng County, and the other led by Zhao Yun, taking the opportunity to capture Jinan County.

Not to mention this.

If Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun's military report gave Xun Zhen great joy; Xun You and Le Jin's military report turned Xun Zhen's joy into worry, and expressed concern for the deaths of Gao Su and Feng Gong, and the three thousand The loss of Yingchuan's disciples is very painful.

However, the reinforcements from all the ministries had not yet reached Tan County, so Xun Zhen could only write back to Xun You and Le Jin, instructing them that they could temporarily abandon the two counties of Linghu and Jiyin, and defend Shanyang County with all their might, and ordered him to: Changyi There is absolutely no room for loss in the county; tell them that the reinforcements can leave in about ten days, and they can arrive outside Changyi County within half a month at most.

On the day that Xun You and Le Jin were ordered to be sent to Changyi in a hurry, Sun Jian from Yuzhou sent another order.

In the letter, Sun Jian said that he had personally raised more than 10,000 elite troops and rushed to Yingchuan. He also said that Wuyang, Dingling and Yunxian counties in the southeast of Yingchuan were currently under attack by Lu Bu's army. Wuyang County had been captured by Zhang Liao; With the concerted efforts of the defenders and the magistrate of Yan County, relying on the terrain, they managed to defend the city well, and Lü Bu was unable to attack Wei Yueshu; as for Dingling County, which was attacked by Lü Bu himself, the reinforcements from the Yingchuan commander, Hongzi, were already available. It is estimated that there should be no risk of falling in a short period of time, and it is enough to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Sun Jian's troops.

In the letter, Sun Jian mentioned Liang Guo's battle situation by the way.

Under the leadership of Zhao Chong, the partial division of Chen Liubing sent by Zhang Miao has not made any great progress since entering Liang. It was difficult to move forward, and he was currently facing off against Sun Ce's department between Ningling and Suiyang. - Suiyang is the capital of Liang State, Ningling is in the west of Suiyang, bordering Chenliu County. Both counties are on the north bank of Suisui. Further north from Ningling and Suiyang, less than a hundred miles away, are Mengxian and Yuxian County in Liang State, and further north from Yuxian County is Jishi County in Jiyin County.

The reason why Sun Jian mentioned the situation of Liang Guo's war in the military newspaper was not only so that Xun Zhen could clearly understand the overall situation of the two battlefields in the south and west of Yuzhou, but also to tell Xun Zhen that he could rest assured. However, Chen Liu's Zhao Chong's troops would definitely not be able to pass through the territory of Liang State and attack Ji's and other places in Jiyin County to cooperate with Zhang Miao and Cao Cao's troops.

Of course, Xun Zhen could see the meaning implied in Sun Jian's words.

Xun Zhen was still very relieved about Sun Ce's ability. Although Zhao Chong is not a nameless junior, Sun Ce is still young and may still lack military experience, but the two are facing each other. In the context of the similar number of soldiers and horses of the enemy and the enemy, Xun Zhen believes that Zhao Chong is not Sun Ce's enemy. . That is to say, with Sun Ce in Liang State, at least Zhao Chong's Chen Liubing would not be able to join the battle to attack Changyi for the time being - Ji's family headed north and passed through Jiyin County. Shanfu and Chengwu, with a total trip of 100 miles, is Changyi County. That is to say, Ji's, Shanfu, and Chengwu, the three county towns in the southeast of Jiyin County, are located in the south of Changyi County. .

But Xun Zhen was a little worried about Sun Jian personally leading his troops to fight against Lu Bu.

The "flying general" Lu Bu was unparalleled in strength. All the generals under his account were also cool and fierce. Not to mention, there were only two generals, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. One was famous for his "smartness" in later generations. After he surrendered to Cao Cao, he was ranked One of the "five good generals"; a brave and daring one who is running rampant today with his "falling camp". Although there are only more than 700 soldiers in the camp, they can face the enemy and fight against each other. , whether it is Lu Bu's own bravery or the ability of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals, they are by no means an enemy that can be underestimated.

Can Sun Jian withstand this massive attack by Lu Bu?

The worries about Sun Jian and the safety of the elders and friends of Yingchuan County were deeply shrouded in Xun Zhen's heart.

The last time Xun Zhen received a report from Sun Jian's army, Xun Zhen sent a Dao military order to Li Tong and Xun Min, who were stationed in Ruyin County in Runan, and told them to go south to the north bank of Rushui, look for fighters, and harass the south bank. Waiting for the county's Lv Buzhi to stay behind the troops and horses to echo Sun Jian's troops. Li Tong and Xun Tu probably just received the military order from Xun Zhen, and since they hadn't sent the reply, Xun Zhen asked Xi Zhicai to draft it in person, and wrote a military order for them, which was sent on the same day. Send them on a fast horse again. ——Yingshui not only runs through Yingchuan, but also runs through Runan, and merges into the Huaishui River section in the southeast of Runan and in Yangzhou. Ruyin County is on the south bank of the southeast section of Yingshui in Runan, and it goes down nearly two miles to the south. A hundred miles away is Rushui, which corresponds to the south bank of Rushui and Baoxin County, where Lv Bu was stationed.

Allies, allies, is to help the other party when they need their own help.

This assistance is not only for the benefit of the other party, but also for the benefit of oneself.

Sun Jian and Xun Zhen both did not forget to help each other when their own territory was being attacked by the enemy, and they were a model of allies.

...

But it is said that the southeastern part of Yingchuan is outside the city of Yanxian.

Compared with Wuyang and Dingling, the county seat of Yanxian is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The county is located between two rivers, surrounded by water on three sides to the north, east and south. Only the west side has a narrow plain that is less than forty miles wide. In the face of such a "water city", it is understandable that Wei Yueshu, the general under Lu Bu's account, could not conquer it.

After all, the city can put all the defensive power on the west city wall, and no matter how many soldiers and horses he has, he can only attack the west city wall, and the length of the west city wall determines that he can invest every time. can't have too many troops.

It is equivalent to saying that even if he has 100,000 soldiers and only 5,000 guards in the city, he can only attack the city with 5,000 or even less than 5,000 soldiers to attack the 5,000 soldiers in the city. When the garrison has a city wall to fight, his troops will inevitably be at a disadvantage. What's more, the magistrate of Yan County is small and talented, and is more capable than the magistrates of Wuyang and Dingling counties. The tyrants asked them to send their children, clansmen, and disciples to assist the guards in defending the city. With the help of this person, the city of Yan County was still invincible after several days of continuous battles.

However, Wei Yue was not in any hurry.

Outside the city, in the Wei Yue camp.

At this time, Wei Yue was still thinking about drinking.

While drinking the deer **** plundered from the tyrannical manor in the countryside outside the city of Yan County, he sipped wine while carefully examining the military document he had just received.

The military text was just reported by the scouts.

After arriving outside the city of Yan County, while Wei Yue was attacking the city, he dispatched thirty or twenty scouts to the territory of Runan County, east of Yan County. dynamic.

It can even be said that his enthusiasm for inquiring about Sun Jian's troops in Pingyu County was much higher than that of attacking Yan County.

This was the order that Lu Bu gave him.

But it turned out that Lü Bu did not tell him to immediately capture the city of Yan County, but before sending him to lead his troops to the city of Yan County, he privately explained: "When you reach the outside of the city of Yan County, you don't have to rush to conquer the city, you can surround the city. It's just waiting for Sun Wentai's reinforcements."

Wei Yue didn't understand the purpose of Lv Bu's order at first, and he asked, "Why is this?"

Lü Bu pointed to the topography of Yan County on the map, and focused on the two rivers that flowed from the north and the south of Yan County to the east of Yan County. The west is the first place of your clan, and the Tathagata of Sun Wentai’s clan can only cross the river from the north, the east, or the south, and at that time, you will ‘half-cross and strike’, won’t it be easy to win!”

Wei Yue said hesitantly: "Duke Ming, the last commander has only a thousand soldiers and horses, Sun Wentai's reinforcements must be more than 10,000 people, and he crossed the river with 10,000 people, and neither of the two rivers is a big river, and the river is not very wide. With only a thousand people in this area, why would he dare to attack while he is half-crossing? He is so numerous and powerful, and at that time, the guards will definitely go out of the city to meet up, I am afraid that in the end, they will steal chickens and not lose rice, and they will attack while they are half-crossed. If you don’t win, let’s bury the thousand people in the headquarters first!”

Lu Bu stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Sun Wentai's reinforcements must be more than 10,000 people. You are right, but these 10,000 people are all his reinforcements. Yan County is only a small county in Yingchuan. Well, I led the main force of my army in Dingling, or even at that time, I had already captured Dingling and marched into Xiangcheng, Yingyang, and directly threatened Yangzhai. Then, how could Sun Wentai suppress the main force of the reinforcements to the point where it was not enough? Yanxian? He will lead most of his troops to come to find me for a decisive battle, and if he goes to aid Yanxian, it can only be one of his divisions, at most a thousand. It is the guards who go out of the city to meet up, why should you be afraid? How can you bury the words?"

Only then did Wei Yue wake up, overjoyed, and said, "What Duke Ming said is that it's the last thing you want to do!"

Lü Bu ordered him: "After you go to Yanxian and trap the city, first of all, as I said earlier, you don't have to rush to attack the city, and secondly, you can send scouts to closely monitor the movements of Sun Wentai's department in Pingyu County. And immediately report to me the information that has been discovered.”

Wuyang, Dingling and Yanxian counties, Yanxian is the closest to Pingyu, and from Wuyang and Dingling to Pingyu, they all have to pass through Yanxian, so Lü Bu entrusted Wei Yue with the task of inquiring about Pingyu's movements.

As a result, there was a result that Wei Yue was slack in attacking the city and actively inquired about the public information.

After reading the military documents reported by the scouts, Wei Yue said to the generals in the tent: "Sun Wentai's department is approaching Dingying, which is only 60 miles away from our county. He arrived at Dingying and traveled 120 to 30 li in just over a day, although it is not very rushed, and the speed is not too slow, it is estimated that the reinforcements from Yuzhou he led will probably be able to enter the Yingchuan border tomorrow."

"Yesterday morning." Wei Yue received the information that Sun Jian led his troops out yesterday morning, and Wei Yue received it yesterday afternoon. According to the information, because it was viewed from a distance, the number of reinforcements from Sun Jian's troops could not be determined in detail, but looking at the dust, flags, and length of the troops, it was estimated that there should be 14,000 to 5,000 troops. This is basically consistent with the predictions made by Lu Bu and others before the war. Sun Jian's troops are now stationed in Hanoi, Henan Yin, the north bank of Rushui in Runan County, and Liangguo.

"It took more than a day to walk 120 to 30 miles." According to the common marching habits, most of them start at dawn, stop around noon, and the troops start to build camps. When night falls, the camps are built and rest for a while. At night, and then set off at dawn the next day, that is to say, in a day, only half a day can be used to march, at most 60 miles, and the less may be only 30 to 40 miles. First, because Sun Jian is currently under his own control, he does not need to worry about the enemy's sneak attack, so he does not need to garrison the army and build a camp after noon. Second, he has heard the news of the fall of Wuyang, and he is worried that Dingling and Yanxian will not be able to stop him. In order to survive the onslaught of the Lu army, it was necessary to speed up the march. Therefore, after more than a day, they traveled a distance that would normally take two or three days to complete.

Wei Yue continued: "Ming Gong expects that Sun Wentai will not use all the reinforcements to rescue Yanxian County, let's wait and see. If he just sends a thousand sons as Ming Gong expects, then we will take advantage of it. Strike, fight a beautiful victory, or let Zhang Wenyuan be proud of the front..."

Speaking of Zhang Liao, Wei Yue couldn't help but utter a foul language and scolded "Damn", with jealousy and envy in his tone, and said, "I just arrived in Wuyang, so I took down Wuyang County! I also took all the defenders of Wuyang. Defeat! Zhang Wenyuan has caught it this time, and he has won a lot of battle. Humph! If it wasn't for Duke Ming's explanation to me before the war, wouldn't I be able to take down this small town of Yan County?"

In the tent, Sima, the Marquis of Qu Jun, and the generals of the Ministry of Wei and Yue's cronies, all said: "He Yong, the captain of the army, goes into battle in person, and even me, etc., can easily capture the county town of Yan!"

Zhang Liao is not a direct descendant of Lu Bu. He has a semi-independent position in Lu Bu's army. His official position, qualifications and fame are second only to Lu Bu, but he is not very old. He is only in his twenties this year. It is said that in their twenties, there are also many people who are the two thousand stone prefects, not to mention that Zhang Liao was a cavalry captain before, but now he is a general with a miscellaneous number, but Zhang Liao and others are not scholars, and they are all cool. Military people, such as Zhang Liao, are very rare, and this will inevitably lead to the jealousy of Wei Yue and other generals.

Thinking of Wei Yue and other generals who have been fighting with Lu Bu for a long time, especially Wei Yue, who was Lu Bu's trusted generals for a long time. Whenever Lu Bu charged into battle, he would accompany him. Taking off his clothes, his body is covered with trauma, but now he just got a captain, how can he not be jealous if he compares himself with Zhang Liao?

But jealousy is useless, and no one has to admit that Zhang Liao, although young, is not only brave, but also smart, skilled in the art of warfare, and knows how to fight. Speaking of which, he is really a good general with clever strategies and outstanding ingenuity. Wei Yue asked himself, and he was indeed inferior to him. This caused Wei Yue and others to form a complex mentality towards him. On the one hand, he is jealous and envious of his young success, on the other hand, he is secretly convinced of his ability.

Hearing the flattering words of the generals, Wei Yue's mood was a little calmer, but he continued what he just said and continued, "If Sun Wentai actually ignores the overall situation and turns his head upside down, and actually leads the reinforcements to rescue Yan County, then we will I abandoned Yan County and rushed to Dingling to meet the Duke of Ming, and in Dingling County, we will fight him decisively!" He snorted twice, and said, "With me, the warriors of the state, and the decisive battle with him in the field, you will surely win! "

Saying that, he picked up the wine bowl and signaled the generals to drink together.

Everyone in the tent raised their bowls and drank it with Wei Yue, but it meant that it was an early celebration.

Wei Yue remembered Lu Bu's order, and sent Sun Jian's troops to Dingying, only 60 miles away from Yan County, and immediately sent people to Lu Bu.

...

Outside Dingling City, before the information sent by Wei Yue arrived, another information was sent to Lu Bu.

However, Hongzi led the reinforcements from Yingchuan County, about 5,000 people, from Yangzhai, and had arrived in the north of Dingling County.

Lu Bu looked at this information again and again, and asked in confusion: "The reinforcements brought by Hongzi are as many as 5,000?"

This was a bit beyond Lu Bu's expectations. No matter what, it was impossible for Hongzi to have so many soldiers and horses available.

The first general said: "It is expected that many of the soldiers he leads must be gentry in Yangzhai and other counties, children of powerful families, and disciples. Duke Ming, Yingchuan, is the hometown of the generals of Zhendong, and Yingchuan soldiers. People, many of them are currently under Zhendong's account, and Sun Wentai and Zhendong are allies, so there should be some gentry and tyrants who want to come to Yingchuan, and they are more supportive of Sun Wentai, then when Duke Ming's army comes to attack, Perhaps there will be some gentry and tyrannical people who will take out the disciples in their own family, lead them with their children, help Hongzi, and strengthen their reputation."

The person who spoke was Zhang Liao.

After Zhang Liao captured Wuyang County, he did not stop at Wuyang, leaving three hundred soldiers and horses to defend the city, and he led the rest of the troops to Dingling.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable." Zhang Liao's words reminded him of something, so he asked around, "Sun Wentai stole Yingchuan, Runan and other Yuzhou counties without an edict, and invaded Hanoi and Henan. Yin, his wolf ambitions are so obvious that people and gods are indignant, we came back to Yingchuan this time to respond to Zhang Mengzhuo's retribution and to settle the people of Yingchuan, has this matter been publicized?"

Left and right replied: "It's been announced!"

Lu Bu said, "It's been publicized, so why haven't the gentry and tycoons in Yingchuan surrendered to me, turned against Zhou, and turned against me?" Thinking of the time since Chang'an escaped and entered the Kanto region, Yuan Shao didn't feel sorry for it until now. He wanted to kill him because of his great help, and then Yuan Shu refused to treat him with sincerity. Now the scholars in Yingchuan, even if he played Zhang Miao's banner, still did not accept him. Feeling of grievance welled up in his chest, he pressed his saber and said angrily, "If there is no me, how could Dong Zhuo be the leader? I used to work with Wang Yun to kill Dong's thieves and help the Han family; , is the royal family of the heart. Although I, Lu Bu, are a warrior, in terms of loyalty to the Han family, I don’t know how much stronger it is than that of Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonggong, and Xun Zhenzhi! My Lv Bu’s loyalty can be learned from the sun! But this Yingchuan Why don't gentry and tyrants distinguish between good and bad, but are they determined to be submissive?"

Zhang Liao was more open to him, and said: "Ming Gong, I wait for the people from Bingzhou, and I don't care about Shandong scholars. Didn't Ming Gong say it before? They just treated us as eagle dogs~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now Ying The gentry and tyrants in Sichuan do not discriminate between loyal and treacherous, and they are willing to obey, and there is nothing they can do. As long as Yingchuan is conquered, Duke Ming will treat them with leniency and kindness. With time, they may be able to change their minds.

Compared with ordinary warriors, Lv Bu has a certain political savvy. If he betrayed Ding Yuan only for profit, then he later betrayed Dong Zhuo because he saw a little general trend and knew that without the support of scholars, Dong Zhuo's power It could not last long. Later, he went to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu one after another. He believed that he killed Dong Zhuo and was the benefactor of the Yuan family. After Dong Zhuo took power, he killed a lot of Yuan family members in Beijing, but there were also Yuan family members. The fourth and third princes of the clan are indeed the leaders of the scholars today, because after listening to Zhang Liao's persuasion, Lu Bu's anger did not subside, but he could only say bitterly, "That's the way it is!"

A few thoughts came to him, and he expressed his sincerity, sighing and saying, "Wenyuan, it's really hard for your husband to do something in life!"

If Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others, even Zhang Miao and Chen Gong heard this, they would find it ridiculous, but Zhang Liao and others did not laugh, not because Lu Bu was serious when he said this, but It was because of these words that they all knew that it was really Lu Bu's heartfelt words.

An official outside the tent came in and reported, "After Hongzi led his troops to the outside of Dingling City, they did not build a camp, but lined up in the field."

Lu Bu was stunned and asked, "What? Arrayed in the wild?"

"Yes, look at the battle, there are many flags and drums, it seems like, seems like..."

"Like what?"

"It seems to be demonstrating against our army."

Lu Bu listened carefully, and sure enough he heard the sound of war drums coming from the north of the city. He couldn't help laughing. Gu and Zhang Liao said, "Sun Wentai is a war general, but his son-in-law is not a fool?"