Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 177

Xu Zhen clasped his hands and talked, and then Cao Cao personally sent him on the red rabbit horse. Before leaving, he patted him a few times, admiring the appearance of the famous horse, and sending Xu Zhen on the horse, with a kind smile on his face, sending him away.

Xu Zhen and Dian Wei arrived in Puyang at dawn, and the news of the scout sentry actually arrived around the same time.

Zhang Liao's complexion was iron, and when he saw Xu Zhen, he first knelt down on one knee to greet Xu Zhen as a minister, and then said only one sentence to Dian Wei, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

Dian Wei was stunned on the spot, and his heart was so heavy that he couldn't bear the weight of his nine-foot-long shoulders.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Liao laughed, "The army is ordered to die, and he deserves to die!"

Xu Zhen helped Zhang Liao up, and said solemnly: "My lord said it himself, let all these 1000 people be named loyal, and from now on, you, Gao Shun, and even the [-] surrendered soldiers and their families will enjoy any preferential policies. Get a loyal family, get a good name, get a prestigious name outside Zhenjiang East, Xiaoyaojin, and you may be granted a land for you in the future, you can go and bury them properly!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao opened his lips slightly, and slowly stood up with Xu Zhen's support, his eyes were already a little rosy, "Your Majesty! The last general will follow you to the death, never before! From now on, there will be no two minds!"

Under the city gate in the distance, looking at all this, Xiahou Yuanrang was tall, tall and powerful, and smiled.

"With Bowen's help, we can take advantage of the opportunity."

"I don't know why, when his soldiers came, I didn't have any feelings, but when he came here, I felt more at ease. He will be as strong as iron, and Shi Nai will forget his body."

"Order the soldiers to welcome the wind for the Marquis of Shucheng, order the three armies to recite the battle of Xiaoyaojin, and serve wine to comfort all the dead soldiers," as the commander, this time there are two in the army!There are two fully commanding generals who are extremely strict in leading troops and have great prestige.

This is an excellent opportunity. After tonight, the morale and morale of the entire barracks will definitely reach an unprecedented peak. After tonight, all soldiers should also risk their lives.

This night, anyway, Zhang Liao poured Dian Wei down, slapped him on the shoulders all night, and even patted his head, but there was no response, and Dian Wei just lay on the desk.

When Xu Zhen and Xiahou Dun arrived in the main tent, they sat side by side, drinking a little while the candles flickered.

There must have been a lot of things to say, but suddenly they didn't know what to say, they just looked at each other and smiled, each was speechless, although Xu Zhen had only met this hard-working general a few times.

But in fact, the two of them still had a lot of affection in secret, all done in secret, and no one mentioned it. For example, without Xu Zhen, the general might have lost one eye, because the letter allowed him to Fighting back against Lu Bu, making meritorious deeds, and gaining a lot of prestige in the town of Puyang, the Yuan's soldiers and horses have never dared to make big moves.

As for now, they have already scolded like this, of course they have to fight back severely.

As for Xu Zhen, if Xiahou Dun hadn't recommended him alone, he would have been suppressed by the rest of the clan when he went back to meet the emperor alone, and ordered him to hand over all his military power to go back and do idle work. This, but if this is the case, there will be no feat like the current [-] elite soldiers leaving Jiujiang, and thousands of soldiers and horses living in peace.

They haven't met each other before, but their friendship has been very deep.

"Your Majesty, you are here just to meet Zhang Liao? Do you have any other strategies? How about being my Japanese military advisor for a while? I think your soldiers and horses are all led by generals, and they are quite complete."

"Yes, let's grab Guandu first."

Xu Zhen immediately said firmly that he didn't plan to do anything at first, but Xiahou Dun made the atmosphere here all at once, and not doing anything wasted such good morale, which just happened to let the people in Jizhou know that the pot is made of iron.

As long as Guandu is taken back first, and then Baimadu is taken, once these ferries are completed, they can take a little advantage.

Even if the lord wants to complete all his achievements in one battle, in fact, there are still countless arrangements behind the scenes. How can there be so many defeats in one battle, all of which are snowballed out.

And before the biggest battle, the power accumulated by both sides also needs to be continuously prepared.

Still have to find a way. In the past, Xu Zhen might not have been so familiar with the people he just met, but now thinking about it, there is no need to stick to those words. It is the best choice to concentrate on doing things directly. Friendship was originally cultivated through constant negotiations.

"Okay, since the general also has this intention, I won't stay any longer. Tonight's sacrifice and cleansing have been completed. I will take the soldiers and horses to investigate the surrounding terrain. I will go out to the north from Puyang and find out how many places I can defend." The location, how many places can be used to garrison troops and store food, so that you can march with peace of mind."

"it is good."

Xiahoudun thought for a while, but he didn't know where to start. Xu Zhen probably wanted to find an excuse to leave this embarrassing scene. The main reason was that if it was about age, the difference between the two was nearly twenty; if it was about merit, I don't know how much worse I am compared to Xu Zhen, and in terms of status, I am just a prefect of the East County, Xu Zhen is also the prefect of the three places, and has been named Shucheng Marquis. It would be strange if Xu Zhen should follow his teachings It would be even more strange if he wanted to talk lowly to Xu Zhen again, and it would be better to leave.

But what he didn't know was that Xu Zhen didn't want to continue talking in the tent because of embarrassment, and it was useless to continue talking. It was just a question of whether to do it or not?
Since both of them have the same idea, what else is there to consider?
If you want to do it, you can do it directly, so Xu Zhen really explored the land that night. He brought Zhang Liao and his armored cavalry. The armored cavalry did not wear armor. He didn't follow. After all, it wasn't the time of the war. Xu Zhen had already thought about it. If many things were exposed, they would be exposed. There is no difference, but the real killer must be at the most critical moment. .

As Guo Jia said, one cannot afford to lose, so what can be hidden must be hidden.

At night, Xu Zhen is the only time to go forward with Zhang Liao. At this time, Zhang Liao has not sobered up yet, but after the evening river wind blows, he immediately wakes up a little bit, while Dian Wei goes back to sleep, and He didn't follow, he patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder before leaving, and handed over all the tasks of guarding Xu Zhen to him.

"This place looks like a silver snake hanging with sparkling waves. If you occupy Guandu, you can go down to Baimadu. Wenyuan, how long will it take you to build a bridge to cross the river?"

"Your Majesty, look at the scout post. The narrowest banks across Guandu are at our feet. The scout post on the opposite side is 380 steps away. It is estimated to be [-] steps including the width of the river. The river is extremely turbulent, and the road and bridge have been damaged. If you walk the stone bridge, you will be known."

"If I go straight to the stone bridge, I can make another surprise attack tonight, and things will get worse."

"Then make a big fuss!"

Xu Zhen's eyes froze.

"Then I will go to the camp and let Jiaqi wear iron armor."

"Go, now is the most critical time, go down to Guandu tonight, and take the white horse tomorrow! Take advantage of the opportunity, so as not to suffer too heavy losses when crossing the river in the future!"

Xu Zhen can remember that when they really fought, they had to face Yuan Jun with at least a million arrows, shooting day and night, and when they fell, it would be real arrows raining down.

I don't know how many people will die at that time, but if we occupy Guandu and Baima Ferry now, and if we can hold it, we will truly occupy a high point. Even if the big battlefield in the future is still at Guandu, the river can be cut off. Too many, Xu Zhen now understands why the location is set at Guandu.

Cao Cao's grain transportation is very close, he can store it in Chenliu and Dongjun, and transport it to Puyang at any time, and then transport it to Guandu battlefield. It is not too far to enter Weijun, and Yuan Shao even has five Henan to transport grain, so What a convenience it is to be able to continuously transport food to all the barracks on the entire front within a few days.

This place is a unique battlefield for the two. Both Jizhou and Yanzhou have rivers to transport grain and grass. They do not fight water battles, and it is very convenient. Then this river outside is particularly important.

Tonight, they will not fortify, because Puyang is commemorating the loyalty of Xiaoyaojin, spreading the news of the great battle, and countless people are guessing how Xu Zhen did it, so that Sun Ce's navy was defeated and returned.

"it is good!"

Zhang Liao slapped his thigh, "Just go! It's definitely not as good as a mission!"

"I'll write a poem for you when the time comes. Drunk officials crossing the water, worshiping loyal souls at night!" Xu Zhen saw Zhang Liao's neat appearance, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder and said a few words casually. Unexpectedly, this sentence made Zhang Liao Zhenzhen's eyes were rosy, and his momentum immediately rose. When he got up, his feet almost slipped, and he supported himself on the soil. He took a deep look at Xu Zhen, nodded heavily, and said passionately, "Okay, okay!"

"Drunk at the Guandu water, worshiping the loyal soul at night, good! I will fight with the last general and the heroic souls of the soldiers to capture Guandu and the white horse. It will take a day or two along the way for [-] miles. It must be too late. The last general will take Guandu first!"

Xu Zhen watched him leave with a smile. He couldn't feel comfortable drinking in this breath. Since the fight is going to be fought tomorrow, why bother? You can basically tell at a glance after visiting the camp that Yuan Jun's defense is normal, but the news just arrived In the land of Jizhou, it is estimated that Yuan Shao did not respond.

Then give him more information, more chaos, and let him wait for two news!
Soldiers are very fast.

……

"Soldiers are expensive and fast, why are they useless!"

In the big camp by the Danyang River, Sun Ce's face was ashen. Xu Zhen's huge arrows were covered with kerosene. The iron hooks and locks piled up inside blocked the way forward, making it difficult to retreat.

As soon as he turned around, he was shot by a fire arrow, and then burned more comprehensively. The two buildings suffered and stayed in Xiaoyaojin forever.

The cavalry lost the veteran Han Dang, and Huang Gai rescued him with all his might. The heavy casualties did not boost morale at all. Xu Zhen had already taken precautions.

"Precautions have been taken for a long time! We thought he was tricked by mental calculation, but he has already made a second move! The water at the ferry is full of obstacles, blocking the passage of ships. They don't use the ferry at all. When doing business, they always go elsewhere. This time, it’s all counted,” said the lieutenant general who followed in the army, prostrating on the ground and crying loudly. In this battle, more than 300 brothers died, and some fell into the water to fight. After escaping to his death, he threw away all the luggage and the draft-weight bales of food and grass that were discarded along the way.

In order to return from swimming, they also lost a lot of armor. They only got a few arrows, and the rest sank into the drinking water with the big ship early.

On the shore of the ferry, there were more than a thousand elite cavalry archers, who shot and killed many people on the boats and boats. These soldiers and horses could not escape on the deck. Who knew that Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses were so superb in archery , Such a strong river wind can actually shoot directly at it, the distance is very close, the difference is less than a hundred steps, these soldiers all have the ability to shoot arrows from a hundred steps away.

Many people were killed and injured, and this is just a microcosm of a lieutenant general. The rest of the lieutenants refused to accept it. They rushed forward with their soldiers and horses about a hundred steps away, but they were shot back by several rounds of arrows as soon as they rushed out. The casualties were too great to dare to rush and had to jump into the mouth again. As a result, when they returned to the boat, they were shot at the target again.

It was even worse on the side of the cavalry. They were discovered not long after they went overland. They made preparations early after the scouts went back. Their scouts were thirty miles away. The knife is like a decoration, and everyone's ring-head knife technique is very skillful, slashing like the wind, extremely precise, and the horse and the capital are very fast.

The most important thing is that these cavalry are really fast, they have a certain degree of advance and retreat in combat, and their command is fine. With the help of hand gestures, they can change countless tactics for a long time, making them hard to guard against. If they weren't crazy, they would go to Xiaoyaojin camp. I am afraid that so many people will not die.

But after such a kill, they almost directly entered Jiangdong's territory. If it wasn't for the fact that there were too few people, they might have already entered Danyang. If it can spread in Jiangdong, everyone in Jingzhou will probably laugh at it. Only they know that if Sun Ce led the land army, it might not be like this. This fire will have to be paid back sooner or later.

"Now, what should we do?"

"I don't know how..."

"Garrify the area, stop the caravan traffic, and let Gongjin come back from the Jianye navy to garrison," Sun Ce thumped the copy suddenly, and stroked his forehead in frustration, "Wait, let's see what Xu Zhen does! I can’t go to Hefei for the time being, once the raid fails, their army will step up their garrison, and I…”

After Sun Ce thought about it, he would have to go back and face the accusations of the common people, the soldiers and the people all over the sky. Perhaps there were still countless gentry who doubted him and no longer feared. These things should have disappeared when he captured Hefei. Unprecedented prestige.

Now this is backfired, and the next thing to face may be an undercurrent. Xu Zhen is really ruthless, and this way of coming and going has completely guaranteed the safety of Hefei. Now Jiangdong has no chance to do anything else.

Of course, Sun Ce will not know that he has taken a life, and he will not be assassinated for the time being, because he has stopped attacking Hefei, so Xu Zhen's order will not fall into Xu Gong's hands, and He Tong and the others will not Finding a way to find an opportunity to make a move can make Sun Ce a little more peaceful.

As for whether he will be assassinated by others, I don't know.

(End of this chapter)