Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 The Mountain Rain Is Coming

That night, two groups of people rushed out of the city first, it was Pan Zhang and Chang Xi's two groups of people.

A day later, there was a message from the west that Liangcheng County, where Xiapi was stationed, did not have many garrisons, and Pan Zhang almost fell without a fight.

However, according to what he learned from the soldiers in the city, this city is now the third time it has changed hands in a short period of time.

Not long ago, a group of Yuan Jun's troops broke through the city, and when the general led his men to chase the remnants, they were captured by Liu Bei's army in an instant, but they didn't stay for long afterward. , Then the two armies converged, and the army marched towards Xiapi again.

In just a few words, a picture was sketched in Wang Zheng's mind. Presumably, the good city was actually a trap at that time. When the Yuan soldiers and horses went to chase the so-called defeated soldiers, it was already a disaster.

However, when he learned from the sentinels that the commander of the Yuan army seemed to be named Yan, Wang Zheng was taken aback, Yan?Could it be Yan?
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he faintly realized that it was not bad, and immediately sighed deeply.

Although Yan Xiang is not loyal to him, and he is indeed not his expert in military affairs, he is a rare and upright counselor who has an overall view.

What Wang Zheng sighed was that without a minister who advised him, would Yuan Shu be more inflated than in history?
On the second day, good news came from the east. After seeing the messenger, Wang Zheng immediately ordered the three armies to break out of camp and set off that night.

Under the starry night, I arrived at Liangcheng at noon the next day. When I went forward, I could often see sentry cavalry spying in the distance. It seems that the call to action has now spread all over Xuzhou, and Liu Bei learned about it at the same time. The fall of Tancheng, and the news that Wang Zheng sent out his army with great fanfare, and the news from the Mi family, is also that in the past few days, there have been wars all over Xuzhou. Recovery in a short time.

But when Wang Zheng was less than a hundred miles away from Xiapi City, the latest news was that not long ago, when the main force of Yuan's army was attacking Xiapi, it encountered a surprise attack from Liu Bei's army. After pulling out the camp, they retreated for more than forty miles in a row!

Hearing this, Wang Zheng and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they were all speechless, it was really unfortunate that Yuan Jun was defeated before his family arrived.

Wang Zheng glared at Wu Sheng immediately: "Are you sure that the sentry cavalry's report is correct, he has delivered my letter to Yuan Jun's chief general?"

"I'm sure, I handed it in by myself!" Wu Sheng was so cold that he stared at him, and said hastily: "If the general doesn't believe it, I'll call that person right now!"

Then why is Yuan Shujun still defenseless?

Wang Zheng waved his hands irritably, but he couldn't figure it out, so he had to blame Qiao Rui for being too incompetent, and he could make people sneak attack with a reminder!
Skeleton King is also a waste!

What kind of cats and dogs are these subordinates!

Another day of galloping, when it was less than forty miles away from Xiapi City, the whole army had just set up camp, and the guards came to the commander's account to report.

"General, there are about a thousand soldiers in front of the sentry cavalry. Judging by the armor and banners, it seems to be Yuan Shujun."

"Oh?" Wang Zheng was taken aback. He was in the north of Xiapi. If he met Liu Beijun, he would pay attention. If he met Yuan Shujun, there could only be one possibility.

"How's the morale of the army?" He asked sideways.

"The flags are chaotic, quite embarrassing."

Sure enough, it was a group of remnants and defeated generals who were in a panic. Wang Zheng shook his head secretly, and asked, "Do you know who is the leader of this group of troops?"

"The general's flag is not very clear in the night." The soldier recalled, and said; "According to the sentry cavalry, it seems to be a Li character."

No matter if there is someone in the know, Wang Zheng waved his hand: "Arrange people to prepare some food and fodder, send people to meet this friendly army, and then invite the general in."

"Here!"

After the soldiers left, Wang Zheng glanced at Wu Sheng, pondered for a moment and said, "After a while, you and the bodyguards should retreat first, and you go to restrain the soldiers and supervise the construction of fortifications. Liu Bei has just won a big victory. Then I will take advantage of the victory and pursue, my camp has not yet been established, and there are enemy sentry cavalry watching, so I need to prevent him from sending troops to sneak attack at night."

The defeated general is already sensitive, so it's better to talk alone.

After Wu Sheng withdrew, not long after, a man covered in blood and dejectedly walked into the handsome tent. Wang Zheng took a closer look, he was an acquaintance.

He hurriedly stood up and greeted him hurriedly, shouting: "Brother Li?"

Geng immediately shouted: "Change the medical officer immediately and treat my best friend."

The person who came was Li Ren, Yuan Shu's general. Speaking of which, although the two had only met each other a few times in Yangzhou, they had a good relationship. After all, they drank flower wine together in the Red Sleeve Building.

Didn't it mean that men are four big irons, they have carried guns together, passed through windows together, shared stolen goods together, and coughed together.

Seeing his sincerity, Li Ren was quite moved, and just smiled wryly: "The governor doesn't have to worry, I don't have any injuries."

Wang Zheng personally helped him to sit down, first comforted him a few words, and after Li Ren's expression eased, he asked, "Although victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, why did the state's army of tens of thousands fall so suddenly?"

"Hey." At this time, Li Ren was sitting restrained, with his legs close together, his hands straight on his knees, like a student in front of a teacher, without the heroic attitude he had in Yangzhou back then.

He let out a long sigh: "Liu Xuande is both wise and brave, and his two brothers are even more undeservedly brave. Although this battle was defeated by a sneak attack, the soldiers are cunning, and I, Li Ren, are still convinced."

Looking at Wang Zheng again, he said with an uplifted expression, "Although there was a big defeat, and General Qiao was not in the battle, Governor Wang arrived in time. Although the situation is critical, there is still a chance to turn it around."

Even Qiao Rui is dead?

Wang Zheng was completely speechless, and now he didn't need to ask about Yuan Jun's death or injury. After thinking for a while, he looked at Li Ren, frowned and asked, "This is also what the government doesn't understand."

"The soldiers of your army are far more powerful than Liu Bei's army. I have written to remind you to beware of Liu Bei's temptation and surprise attack. No matter how heroic Liu Bei is, how mighty Guan Zhang is, how can he be defeated like this? speed?"

"Letter?" Unexpectedly, Li Ren was also taken aback when he heard these words: "Inspector Wang, did you send a letter to Qiao Rui?"

"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded, "After I captured Tancheng, I learned from the civil and military officials in the city that Liu Bei ordered his younger brother Guan Yu to feign defeat in the previous battle of Huailing, in order to lure the noble army to go deep and make a surprise attack in Xiapi! "

"Zheng and Yuan Zhoumu have been in an alliance for a long time, and they have their own meaning to help. Immediately after hearing about it, they ordered their horses to gallop overnight, in order to make your army and General Qiao vigilant and guard against surprise attacks."

"But I've never heard of a letter from Inspector Wang passing in the battle." Li Ren's eyes widened. "Inspector Wang, who did your people give the letter to? Qiao Rui?"

"Isn't that so?" Seeing Li Ren's reaction, Wang Zheng's heart moved, "If it is passed directly from Tancheng, I'm afraid Liu Bei sentry cavalry will intercept it. Wasn't the prime minister stationed at that time with noble soldiers and horses stationed? This way."

"Prime Minister? Yuan Yin?" Li Ren frowned more and more: "Yuan Yin was in charge of logistics at the time, and the Prime Minister and our army had frequent exchanges of letters in the camp that day, so it was easy to pass letters. It is reasonable for the governor's letter to be passed on to Qiao Rui. In your hands, nothing will go wrong."

"But why have you never heard of Qiao Rui talking about it?"

When he was surprised and puzzled, Wang Zheng changed his mind, smiled and asked him to sit down, greeted the guards to serve tea, and said casually: "The victory and defeat have been decided, and it would be unintentional to advance the matter."

As he spoke, he asked casually: "Speaking of which, although I had never met Qiao Gong in Yangzhou that day, I heard from Ji Junwei that General Qiao was very dignified and brave. The talent, Zheng admired him very much, I thought I could see him this time, but unexpectedly.”

Before he finished speaking, Li Ren laughed dumbfoundedly: "Did Ji Ling drink too much, why did he talk so nonsense in front of the governor?"

"Sharp? Bravery?" Li Ren shook his head again and again: "This kind of evaluation can't be compared with that of Qiao Rui. If you say that you are good at commanding the army and have rich experience, it is not bad. But in our Yangzhou army, people Everyone knows that Qiao Rui's greatest strength is stability, and her greatest weakness is cautiousness!"

"Is that so?" Wang Zheng smiled, waved his hands and said, "Maybe Zheng made a mistake in his memory."

While speaking, his eyes turned cold for an instant.

Cautious?Then it is impossible to make up your own mind and make arbitrary decisions. Even if Qiao Rui doesn't believe Liu Bei's fraudulent defeat, according to his character, he will call the generals to discuss it.

"By the way, Inspector." At this time, Li Ren recalled what he saw when he entered the camp, and asked hesitantly: "Your army came to help, and my subordinates are deeply impressed, but I don't know how many troops?"

"Twenty thousand tigers." Wang Zheng replied casually. Seeing that Li Ren hesitated to speak, and his face showed disbelief, he understood after a little thought, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Li is from my own family, so how could he speak nonsense in front of you?" bully?"

"This battalion is only [-], but before the general pulls out Tancheng, he has already ordered Langya and Pengcheng to go out together, all the way straight to Xiapi, and attack the nearby cities on the first line, as a logistical turnaround."

"So that's how it is." Hearing this explanation, Li Ren suddenly realized, and his expression cheered up: "Under the governor's command, there are all elites of hundreds of battles, [-] elites. Together with our army, we will surely be able to revenge!"

"But I don't know how many steps and how many rides are there?"

"Twenty-five thousand steps, five thousand rides." Seeing that Li Ren wanted to ask again, Wang Zheng didn't want to continue talking about his own falsehood, so he cut it off directly: "Brother Li, how many troops are left in your army?"

How do I know?

Li Ren opened his mouth, he couldn't just say that he was only focused on running for his life before, and he didn't care about anything else. After thinking about it, he said uncertainly, "I still have [-]."

"That's very good." Wang Zheng clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Li just said something very true. Zheng came here to attack Liu. Before that, he wanted to help each other. Now he still wants to attack Liu! Why?"

"The hatred of General Qiao's death, the vengeance of Brother Jiangdong's burial, and even the shame of your defeat, Brother Li, how can the government not help Xuezhi?"

"General Gao Yi!" Hearing this, Li Ren burst into tears of gratitude.

"It's just..." Wang Zheng didn't blink his eyelids, and the topic of conversation changed abruptly, and he gave a top hat first: "Jiang Dongerlang is so brave, and he was defeated by Liu Bei. It can be seen that this person should not be underestimated, and Zheng is also afraid of relying on himself. With 2 horses, it is difficult to be sure of victory."

"Ah..." Li Ren was stunned, and said, "What does the governor mean?"

"The enemy is at present, we still need you and me to work together." Wang Zheng stared at Li Ren, and said seriously: "Brother Li, what Zheng means is that I will continue to advance to Xiapi, and you will be responsible for gathering our scattered Yuan Jun brothers." How about defeating the enemy in one fell swoop when the three armies are gathered and all the generals arrive?"

"This"

Gathering up the remnants, isn't it necessary to return to Xiapi and other evil places by the same route?
Li Ren wanted to refuse, but when he looked up, he saw that although Wang Zheng was laughing at Yan Yan at this time, his eyes were staring at him with an indescribable meaning, and he never dared to blurt out the following words.

Seeing that he was silent, Wang Zheng didn't urge him, but just watched him quietly, Li Ren felt the chill in the tent became heavier every moment, and his face became more and more defeated. After a long while, he finally couldn't bear it, and secretly After scolding Lizi for turning his face too quickly, he finally spoke again: "It should be like this."

"Okay." Wang Zheng clapped his hands and laughed, and immediately called for his guards loudly: "Go and invite all the generals to come!"

After all the generals had assembled, Wang Zheng looked around them with his sword and said, "Clean up the fortifications, no longer dig trenches, no longer build camp walls, mobilize the whole army, make meals at the third watch tonight, eat at the fourth watch, and pull out the camp at the fifth watch!" "

"Exit camp at the fifth watch?" Wu Sheng was startled when he heard the words: "Where are you going?"

"I just learned that the allied forces outside Xiapi City are being slaughtered by Liu Bei's army. When there is no time to go, our army immediately rushed to the front line, vowing to fight the bandits to the death!" Wang Zheng looked around and looked at Li Ren: "Here, It is Yuan Zhoumu's general, General Li Ren,"

After everyone was courteous, Wang Zheng asked again: "Brother Li, I will arrive outside Xiapi city before sunset tomorrow. After you gather the team, when will you arrive?"

Li Rennuo said for a long while, "In four or five days."

Wang Zheng frowned, and suddenly looked at Wu Sheng, following his heart, the system immediately sent a message.

Then Wu Sheng said again: "Think twice, general. Liu Bei's army has just won a big victory and occupies a favorable location. If our army rushes to the territory, there will be no fortifications, unfamiliar terrain, and fatigued vehicles. If the enemy Taking advantage of my unstable foothold, I took the initiative to attack before setting up a camp, and our army may be in danger under the field battle between the two sides."

"Absurd!" Wang Zheng sneered, "Since the general's rebellion, he has crossed Qingzhou, conquered Langya, conquered Pengcheng, and tried his best to pull Mount Tai. Has there ever been a defeat?"

"A mere Liu Bei is like a chicken and a dog, how can he be hit by a single blow?" As he said, the blue light suddenly appeared, and the case was already cut with a sword, "If there is anyone who persuades again, this is the thing!"

The charm was fully activated again, and the power of the sword made all the generals shudder, and Li Ren's face turned pale from the cold murderous aura.

Unexpectedly, that Wu Sheng had no eyesight, and he slammed into the muzzle of the gun again: "General, our army is in a hurry, and the follow-up supplies and food are moving slowly. If they are far away, I am afraid that the enemy will cut off our logistics."

"presumptuous!"

Wang Zheng stared at him with a fierce look in his eyes, and gave orders directly without talking nonsense.

"Drag it out, chop it up!"

This is about to kill?When Li Ren was startled, he saw the rustling of armor, and all the generals in the tent fell to their knees, begging for mercy.

"General calm down, Major Wu's rebuttal is really rude, but quite reasonable."

"Major Wu has made many military exploits, not to mention he has a friendship with the general. The general should spare him this time."

Faced with the earnestness of the crowd, Wang Zheng ignored it and just urged his soldiers to pull Wu Sheng out.Li Ren muttered, and kept cursing secretly in his heart, is this person still the chief executive of Wangzheng?

This Zhuzi is also so ruthless, he really has the nature of a tiger and a wolf!

Deliberately persuading, afraid that Wang Zheng's anger would be transferred to his own head, he hesitated, and finally shut up.

When Wu Sheng was about to be pulled out of the tent in front of him, he seemed to be frightened at last, and quickly gave in: "General, the general is finally convicted, please see that I have worked hard for you before, and give me a chance to make meritorious service?"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng's expression finally relaxed, he hesitated for a while, and finally put his sword back into its sheath, and said in a deep voice, "Forget it, let me spare you this time!"

Turning to look at Li Ren again, he asked, "Brother Li, how long did you say it would take?"

"Four days!" Li Ren hurriedly responded instinctively: "I will set off tonight. Within four days, I will gather all the soldiers and horses in the vicinity and go to Xiapi to meet the general!"

"Okay!" Wang Zheng said with a smile, "Then Zheng will be waiting for you at Xiapi!"

When Li Ren's figure completely left, all the generals in the tent laughed at the same time. They were all members of the system, so they naturally knew that they were acting together.

Wu Sheng touched his neck even more, and muttered: "This guy really has no eggs, but he never asks for mercy."

"Forcing me to yell by myself, I almost couldn't get off the stage."

Wang Zheng also shook his head again and again: "Yuan Shu's tent is full of such idiots, no wonder. Hey."

"The general made this move to show off his prestige, and I'm afraid that this guy will be scared out of his wits," one of the guards joked, "I just slipped away."

"Where are you going?" Wang Zheng said disdainfully: "The nearby cities are not in my hands, but in Liu Bei's. If this Li Ren gathers up the remnants, comes to fight with me, defeats Liu Bei, and can return to Yangzhou to continue enjoying the blessings for a few more years." .”

"If he really left, let him escape from the hands of this general, Liu Bei. When Yuan Shu learns about this in the future, can he let him go?"

"Scaring him is nothing more than letting this guy be more careful, so that there will be no more things that will delay the fighter."

"That's right." Wu Sheng nodded, and asked again: "Should we really break out of camp tonight and go straight to Xiapi?"

Wang Zheng smiled and didn't answer, but only told his left and right: "Spread the news first, so that all the brothers in the various ministries know about it, and get ready for battle."

"The infantry on the left and right flanks advance five li first, unfurl the banner, and enter Xiapi within three days."

"The scouts are scattered, first find out the terrain and the reality of the enemy."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)