Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 339

Pan Zhang's proposal sounds reasonable.

The physique of Wang Zheng's heavenly army is better than that of ordinary people, which leads to many times, whether it is the weather or even the terrain, although the unfavorable factors still exist, but the impact is not great. There is no need to stick to a lot of common sense in the art of war.

When attacking Linzi, on the day Wang Zheng chose to attack with all his might, heavy rain fell from the sky, which was not only beyond the expectations of Li Jiayuan, the county lieutenant, but also surprised Xu He and Chen Jiao. Duiliu Bandit seized the opportunity. According to this theory, the negative impact of heavy fog is not as good as that of heavy rain, and the same can be said for attacking Xiapi.

But the problem is
Today's opponents can't always be theoretical.

Just like when attacking Linzi, Wang Zheng dared to be the first to conquer the city, but now Xiapi, Wang Zheng dare not do this.

Just kidding, if he was surrounded by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei during the fierce battle, it would be his turn to get numb.

Of course, even though I thought this way in my heart, such words should not be uttered out of my mouth, lest I grow the enemy's anger and lose my prestige. Wang Zheng just smiled and asked: "Wen Gui, if you are Liu Bei, the enemy Now that all the strongholds around you have been taken out, Xiapi has become an isolated city, and soldiers are approaching the city, what will you do?"

"How will we deal with it?"

When encountering an enemy, he often thinks differently. This method has been advocated by Wang Zheng several times and has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Before Pan Zhang made the suggestion, he also considered the consequences. Do everything possible, first try to hold fast, then seek reinforcements from outside, and at the same time look for opportunities to defeat the enemy."

"It's a prudent way." Wang Zheng nodded, "But now we're not just going all the way, but surrounded by all sides?"

"Surrounded on all sides, the isolated city is difficult to defend. This is a situation that must die!" Pan Zhang pondered for a while, and said, "Of course we can't just stick to it!"

"If it's the last general." At this point, Pan Zhang looked at the crowd first, and finally at Wang Zheng. After hesitating for a long time, he coughed dryly and said, "I can only choose the right time to take the initiative and look for the chance of survival."

Take the initiative?

Wang Zheng shook his head lightly when he heard the words, and first denied Pan Zhang's opinion tactically.

He could even tell that this might not be Pan Zhang's sincere words.

Of course, if it was Wu Sheng and Xu Fang, maybe he would really make such a choice, but neither Wang Zheng nor Liu Bei should have made this choice.

This is not only a matter of vision, but also caused by differences in status.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety, and the mainstream values ​​of society valued fame and despised death, especially those who joined the army. Even if they lost the enemy, they would fight to the death.

Under such circumstances, courtiers sometimes "do what they know they can't do".

Only those in positions of power can really put aside the shackles of morality and loyalty, truly consider the overall situation, general trend, and interests, and not care too much about temporary gains and losses for the sake of fame.

Looking around at the crowd, Wang Zhenglang said in a loud voice: "If I am a general, facing this situation, I have only one choice!"

He paused every word and said: "Passive defense is not advisable, the only way is to take the initiative to break through!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar. Even if Wang Zheng was the coach, it was still a little hard to accept such words that were contrary to the three views of the generals.

"Of course, breaking out is a better way of saying it." Wang Zheng dismissed it, waved his hands and said with a smile, "To be honest, that's evacuation."

He glanced at Yu Jin, and suddenly asked, "Wen Ze, do you still remember that Xu He?"

"Of course I remember." Yu Jin was startled when he heard the words: "Why did the general suddenly mention this defeated bandit?"

Wang Zheng shook his head, knowing that although Yu Jin had been in the army for a long time and had been locked in for loyalty by the system, he had always looked down on the Yellow Turban bandits other than the Heavenly Army.

But this matter has nothing to do with right or wrong, the Tian Army is a cheat product, and it is not suitable to be compared with other Yellow Turban Army, so it is inconvenient for Wang Zheng to correct it.

But he has always had self-knowledge in his heart, step by step from the beginning to today, defeated one after another powerful enemy, but most of them relied on external things, and won the opponent by cheating. It's not good to be complacent.

Therefore, Wang Zheng has never had the idea of ​​"what's the point of being defeated".

As for Xu He, in Wang Zheng's view, although he has been defeated, he is a rare and outstanding figure among a group of mediocre yellow scarves. In terms of talent, he may be even higher than Zhang Rao.

"The victory or defeat is determined by God, and the defeated bandits may not be incompetent." He said solemnly: "Back then in Guangxian County, Linzi County Captain led a large army to invade. Xu He wanted to persuade this general to withdraw voluntarily. What I said that day is still fresh in my memory, and I think it makes sense."

Then, looking around at the crowd, Wang Zheng said loudly: "There is a saying in the art of war, if the enemy is completely victorious, if I can't fight, there are only three things: I must surrender; I must make peace; I must leave."

"If you surrender, you will lose all, if you draw, you will lose half, and if you leave, you will not be defeated. Those who are not defeated will have a turning point in victory."

"This is the true meaning of taking the best plan."

"So." Gu Pan left and right, Wang Zheng said: "If you know you are invincible, instead of fighting to the death, strategically retreat, preserve your strength, and save it for later plans, it is actually an extremely correct choice."

"The general thinks that Liu Bei will find an opportunity to break through." Yu Jin asked, "Can you guess which way the other party will choose? Let's make arrangements in advance, and we must not let this person go!"

"I wouldn't guess it." Wang Zheng shook his head: "But Liu Bei naturally wouldn't choose to break out from the front. The rest are either northeast, northwest, or southeast."

"Then, let's disperse our forces and prepare to intercept them?"

Where can we continue to divide the troops? Wang Zheng waved his hand and said: "Divide the troops again, even if we have intercepted them, how can we stop Liu Bei's advance when he breaks out? Dogs will jump over the wall if they are in a hurry, and rabbits will bite if they are in a hurry. Not to mention Liu Beijun's three tigers?"

From the very beginning, Wang Zheng only wanted to settle Xuzhou in one battle, but he didn't try to destroy Liu Bei in one fell swoop.

Just kidding, the old Liu family has more than tens of millions of descendants for hundreds of years, but in Liu Bei, you can see the resilience and bachelor spirit of his ancestor Liu Bang. The most terrifying thing about this kind of people is that the more frustrated they become, the more brave , if it can be removed, the sooner the better.

But on the other hand, before you have the certainty of killing with one blow, you can be an enemy, but you can't be a deadly enemy!
He and Liu Bei are still in a conflict of interests. Liu Bei lost Xuzhou, and his first consideration was definitely not revenge, but to quickly find a place to grow slowly, recover his vitality, and then seek revenge.

But if he is pushed into a hurry, for example, if Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, or even other Liu Bei's cronies are killed at this time, it will force Liu Da'er to stop caring about his grand ambition of "not to be the next", and will only Red-eyed and chose to fight him to the death.

Now is not the time for a decisive battle with Liu Bei. Thinking of this, Wang Zheng said indifferently: "If Liu Bei wants to break through, he can block it if he can, and let him go if he can't."

"You can't do it, general." Yu Jin was very anxious when he heard the words, and he couldn't help saying, "Let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be endless troubles!"

"Wen Ze, Liu Bei is not the only enemy we have!" Wang Zheng shook his head, "The price of killing Liu Bei will be very high. If we do this, there will be no future troubles, but what about now?"

He sighed: "Focus on the future, we must first preserve the present. If we can't make it through today, what about the Ming Dynasty?"

"This..." Yu Jin looked around and saw that everyone was also full of doubts. His eyes fell on Pan Zhang, motioning for him to speak out to warn him, but Pan Zhang shook his head.

Don't let Liu Bei go!

Yu Jin thought, his own words are still not important, so he has to find someone to talk to that is useful!

correct!Yu Jin's eyes lit up, and he asked that kid Xu Fang to persuade the general to give up the idea of ​​letting Liu Bei go!
Just thinking like this, Yu Jin looked around, but found that he didn't see Xu Fang's figure, and was startled again, didn't Xu Fang come with him?

After discovering this fact, Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. Did Xu Fang see something earlier?
Could it be that from the very beginning, when the general asked Wu Sheng to gather Yuan Jun to capture the prime minister, his idea was not to take down Xiapi, or in other words, it was not mainly for the city?
Are you trying to force Liu Bei to take the initiative to withdraw his troops?Voluntarily give up Xuzhou?

But at this time, seeing that everyone in the hall was silent for a while, and a needle could be heard, Wang Zheng didn't take it seriously, took a sip of the tea soup, and casually glanced at the map hanging on the wall.

He is also thinking at this time, which way will Liu Bei go to break through?

Although he has the ultimate realization to let the other party go, what if he has the chance to kill him?
Besides, even if the other party runs away, you can't let him get away too easily!
Twilight deepens, night falls.

Outside the city of Xiapi, the hazy mist enveloped the dense darkness.

In the silence of all sounds, thousands of armies and horses confront each other.

Liu Bei woke up from his dream in the master's bedroom.

He just had a dream.

The same is Xiapi in the night, and the same is in the thick fog. The sky-shattering screams tore up the long night, and the fog covered the blood.Countless densely packed arrows pierced through the thick fog and shot from unknown places.Between the quiet fog and the boiling night, the hesitant soldiers seemed to be floating in the sea of ​​clouds, throwing away their torches and picking them up again, falling into invisible traps at any time.

The sound of the horn makes the fog rise; the sound of the drum shakes the long night.

Fortunately, it was just a dream, Liu Bei smiled wryly according to the case, and remained silent for a long time, when a strange idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

The old ancestor went to Hongmen that day, after defeating Pengcheng, and dreamed back in the middle of the night, would he be the same as he is now, with nothing but discouragement and disappointment in his chest?

"Hey."

He laughed dumbly, shook his head and stood up, pushed the door open, walked to the window of the outer hall with his hands behind his back, looked at the night in front of him, stared blankly, and said nothing.

I don't know when, Zhang Fei also came to Liu Bei's side. It is rare that this black-faced evil star is quite quiet today, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

a long time.

Liu Bei let out a long breath, watching the faint turbid air rise in front of him, swirl, and finally dissipate, and suddenly said: "Third brother, the matter is now, and Xiapi can't be kept."

"Xuzhou, I can't keep it anymore!"

"Brother." Zhang Fei looked sideways at Liu Bei, and seeing that he looked sad, he didn't know what to say for a moment, but he comforted him: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs!"

"Do you think that being a brother means the gains and losses of this battle?" Liu Bei shook his head: "No, no, no matter who lives for a lifetime, regardless of princes, generals, traffickers or pawns, who doesn't suffer more than happiness?"

When he said this, Liu Bei didn't look at Zhang Fei, but murmured to himself: "Our brothers are now embarking on the great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty and fighting for the glory of the war. How can we not encounter danger?"

"Failure is not something to be feared, but I am terrified by such ordinary things, and I want to retreat, hey, I am really not a husband!"

"Third Brother." Liu Bei looked out of the window coldly, looked into the distance for a long time, and then said calmly: If that Li Zi knows, why don't you laugh out loud because you are so unprepared? "

"Zhuzi." Hearing Liu Bei mentioned Wang Zheng, Zhang Fei's eyes also shot out a cold killing intent, and he said every word: "Don't worry, brother!"

"The humiliation of this battle, I will wash it with the blood of the bandits!"

"If you hold hatred, you will still fail next time you meet Wang Zheng!" Liu Bei took a deep look at Zhang Fei, and said earnestly: "After this battle, I already know that this son must never be treated as a thief. One game, we lost because we underestimated him!"

"But it's okay!" Liu Bei closed his eyes, raised his head, took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions slightly, and opened his eyes again.With a flick of his robe sleeves, his eyes were sharp like knives, and his voice was sharp: "The future will be long!"

Looking at Zhang Fei from the side, he saw that his eldest brother was suddenly full of energy, exuding a familiar aura again, covering the entire corridor.

It was a lofty, invincible, and breathtaking momentum.

When I saw him that day, no matter if he was as arrogant as Zhang Fei, or as arrogant as Guan Yu, he was heartbroken because of this, and after hearing about his ambition, he swore to Taoyuan.

"Brother is right!" Zhang Fei said in a deep voice, "The future will be long! This time, let's just write it down!"

"Not bad!"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei's stubborn face, raised his eyebrows, patted his shoulder, looked into the distance again, and sang suddenly, cracking gold and stone:
"What is going on!"

"The temple is dead!"

"The soul is dead!"

"Which party does it belong to!"

This is a famous saying in "Tian Dan Jiang Di", which comes from the "Warring States Policy" written by Liu Xiang, a great master of the Western Han Dynasty. It probably means:
"Go to the battlefield bravely. The ancestral temple we worship will be lost, and the souls of our ancestors will be lost. Where else can we go back!"

Tian Dan, a native of Linzi, Qi County, Qi State, and Wang Zheng are half fellows.

The most proud achievement of this famous general of the Qi State is that he led the remnants of the defeated general with a city of five miles and a country of seven miles, and defeated the Yan State, which was known as the country of Wancheng at that time, by relying on the fire bull formation, and recovered the lost land of Qi State. .

Zhuo County, where Liu Bei was born, was the homeland of the former Yan State.

When he was cornered by another Qijun man, he sang the poem of Tian Dan who defeated another group of Yan people hundreds of years ago, Liu Bei just wanted to remember the failure at this moment!

Of course, regardless of the standpoint, the meaning of this poem is simple, but it is generous and sorrowful, and it is more in line with the wisdom of military strategists.

Only the heart that dares to die can have the spirit of life.

Zhang Fei was also moved when he heard it, and sang along:

"It's time to go! The ancestral temple is dead, the soul is dead, and what party will it belong to!"

"Bring your sword!"

He recalled the past, since he entered Xuzhou, he fought against Yuan Shu first, and then he was trapped in Wangzheng, there were more than dozens of battles.Up to now, most of the old Pingyuan soldiers who followed that day have withered away, and the blood of thousands of soldiers, in exchange for the blood of thousands of soldiers, was that he was once again forced to flee in a hurry

I, Liu Bei, have nowhere to go again!
He is not angry, and even more unwilling!
Amidst the sound of footsteps, Liu Bei drew his sword and danced, and the green light passed by, bringing the shadow of a candle to shake red.

"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!"

In the passionate and clear voice, Zhang Fei looked at the icy sword light in front of him, as if resounding the previous battles he participated in. The victories and defeats, the gains and losses were overturned, vividly remembered, and he couldn't help singing along:

"Vega is back home!"

At this time, Liu Bei was already pacing in the courtyard, and as soon as he finished speaking, he slashed and chopped open a stone table:
"kill!"

When he put his sword back into its sheath, he blushed furiously, and slowly said the last sentence: "Andre the Warrior"

"Guard the Quartet!"

I have become a unparalleled warrior, but I will once again fall into a situation where there is no place to defend.
All this is because of the royal government!
a long time.

Liu Bei suddenly called out: "Third brother, make preparations early."

"But." Zhang Fei nodded upon hearing the words, "When will our army take action?"

"You and I both know the ability of Yunchang." Liu Bei raised his scabbard and pointed to the northwest: "Since he said it was five days, Wuyuan must be defeated in those five days!"

"Let's not be too early, nor too late."

"Then leave in six days!"

(End of this chapter)