Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 262 Arrangements for merging states

"Zhang Manzi? Zhang Wufu?" Guo Jia called twice, but saw no response from Zhang Wu. He walked to the table and snatched the slip from Zhang Wu's hand.

Only then did Zhang Wu come back to his senses.

"What's wrong? Where did you say just now?"

Guo Jia unfolded the slip, glanced through it, and sneered: "Hey, a simple letter asking for help can actually make the famous champion Hou frown, as if he has lost his soul."

After that, the lunch hall read the letter sent by Xun Yu asking for help:
  On July 29th of the third year of Chuping, Hua Xiong, the prefect of Runan, led 12,000 troops to garrison Yuzhang. At Huainan Pass, Zhang raised 20,000 troops to attack, and Jia Wenhe asked generals Cao Shiren and Chun for reinforcements. On the third day of August, the second general led five thousand tigers and leopards to rush to the aid of Yuzhang. However, Yuan Shao's army from Hebei returned to Ye, and he was watching with eager eyes. For a long time, something might happen. Therefore, we asked General Hussar to come back for reinforcements. Yu worships.

In the hall, everyone had different expressions.

There are people with gloomy brows, including Mi Zhu and Zhen Yan.

In war, all you have to fight is money and food. Zhang Wu is the Bingzhou Mu, a high-ranking official in military, political and internal affairs. At this moment, Xuchang is responsible for the supply of food and grass for the battles in Runan and Xuzhou. If Zhang Wu is asked to assist in the battle, he will definitely not allocate more food and grass.

And this heavy burden fell on these two people.

Mi Zhu was Zhang Wu's brother-in-law, so he had nothing to say. Even if he spent his own money, he had to support his brother-in-law's career.

But Zhen Yan was different. Strictly speaking, he was just Zhang Wu's prisoner. Although Zhang Wu was friendly to Zhen Mi, he not only did not make things difficult for him, but also often reused him and ordered him to take care of the internal affairs of Bingzhou.

But who knows if at a critical moment, Zhang Wu will force the Zhen family to make a choice now. If that is the case, it will be uncomfortable for the Zhen family to be caught between Zhang and Yuan.

There are those who want to try.

Most of these people are young people who have achieved success and are eager to make meritorious deeds.

Among them are: Ma Chao, Cao Xiu, Wei Yan.

Young people are not afraid of fighting, and they are not afraid of fighting. Since ancient times, generals have gained fame immediately, and wars are also the achievements of famous generals.

Not to mention young people.

Even Ma Chao and Wei Yan, who were usually on the same side, started whispering to each other.

There are also people with expressionless faces, such as Lu, Huang, Zhao, Xu, and Jiang.

Of course, although these five people were expressionless, the reasons were very different.

This kind of long-distance rescue, who knows how long the battle will take, must not be Lu Bu's share.

Zhang Wu went on an expedition for a long time, and the state needed a general to be in charge.

Several times, Lu Bu has always taken on this important task. This has almost become a convention. Since it has nothing to do with him, Lu Bu naturally has no expression.

Jiang Qi is Lu Bu's deputy general. If the general does not express his position, it is naturally impossible for him to overstep his authority.

However, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have a calm temperament, and expressionless faces are the norm. Unless they are really itchy and unbearable, they will basically not show it at all.

Xu Rong, because he was a new recruit, wanted to fight but felt he was not qualified enough, so he did not dare to invite him.

As mature and prudent as Xun You, as Zhang Wu's old partner, he would not speak rashly before Zhang Wu asked for advice.

If you are happy and smiling, you will be like Pang Tong.

He was the military advisor appointed by Zhang Wu, equivalent to the chief of staff in later generations.

If he wants to fight, he must accompany Zhang Wu.

In this way, Pang Tong finally waited for the day to show his talents.

The chaos in Huainan not only did not make him depressed at all, but he felt that the more chaotic the better, and the more chaotic he was, the more he could show off his abilities.

Zhang Wu was grateful to him for knowing him.

Pang Tong made up his mind to establish his own prestige in the army through this battle, so as to show others that not everyone is qualified to wear the Qingzhi Sword, and he, Pang Tong, has this qualification!
  "Don't worry, sir. Although Huainan is in chaos, we are keeping an eye on it, but it is not a dead end without a solution."

"Oh? Tell me."

Pang Tong stood up, bowed his hands to Zhang Wu, and then replied: "The ones you are worried about are Ma Teng and Han Sui in Guanzhong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Yao in Yangzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and Yuan Shao in Jizhou. However, no matter what the situation in Huainan is, I There must be a battle between the army and Jizhou, and Yuan Shao cannot get around it."

Zhang Wu nodded. Pang Tong continued: "You can mobilize Fubo General Ma Mengqi, lead an army of three thousand, march westward to Hangu Pass, and set up camp on the spot. The horses will not be moved when marching west."

Ma Chao jumped at that time.

Yes, he chose Zhang Wu, but that didn't mean he was willing to cheat his father.

Besides, there are three thousand soldiers guarding tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong. If his father really wants to kill his relatives out of righteousness, he can't stop him.

Unexpectedly, before Ma Chao opened his mouth, Pang Tong took off his waistband and pressed it on the table.

Its meaning is unclear.

Ma Chao suddenly lost his voice.

As a general, military orders come first.

Regardless of whether Pang Tong was young or the military orders he passed were unreasonable, since everyone had taken on the airs of a military advisor and a lieutenant general, he had no choice but to obey.

Zhang Wu glanced at Ma Chao and nodded: "Yes."

"Liu Biao is old and Liu Yao is stupid. There is nothing to worry about. Although Sun Ce is brave, he can only do things like harassing people along the river. If he dares to cross the Yangtze River, he will lose his troops and generals. When you leave, you only need to defeat Liu Bei. All is well."

"That's all, that's all."

Plans never keep up with changes. No matter how good the idea is now, we still don’t know what it will be like when the time comes.

I can only take one step at a time.

Zhang Wu stood up and lifted his robe.

"Everyone will obey the order."

All the generals in the hall stood up and marched out.

"Order, Xun You coordinates the situation in Bingzhou, and Lu Bu is in the middle to provide support."

"promise."

There is nothing to say about this. Even Lu Bu, who is not very smart, guessed that he and Xun You must be the ones staying in Bingzhou again.

"Order, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao lead three thousand wolf cavalry and two thousand flying bears. Head west to Hangu Pass and guard against Ma Teng."

From Zhang Wu's point of view, Ma Chao was still too young. Without a mature and steady general to watch over him, he would easily cause trouble if he led an army alone.

"promise."

"Order, Xu Rong is the leader, Wei Yan is the deputy, lead eight thousand wolf cavalry, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and stationed in Xuchang. If anything happens, you can ask the minister for orders."

"promise."

"Order, Zhao Yun will be the vanguard general of the front army, and Cao Xiu will be his deputy. He will lead two thousand flying bears in front, open a road and build a bridge, and drive to Yuzhang. I will personally lead five thousand flying bears and eight thousand wolf cavalry to press the formation, and Pang Tong will accompany the army."

"promise!"

After the military order was issued, Zhang Wu apologetically bowed his hands to Mi Zhu.

"Bingzhou is barren and unable to afford conquests. Whenever the army mobilizes the food and grass it needs, I hope my wife and brother will take care of it."

Mi Zhu waved his hand: "Zi Qian doesn't need to see anyone outside. The Mi family still has some wealth. Just go out with peace of mind. With me here, the army will never run out of food and grass."

"Okay. I will leave Cao Xiu with you to take care of him. If my brother-in-law has anything to do, you can ask him to do it."

"good."

Zhen Yan in the corner let out a sigh of relief, but felt a little disappointed in his heart.

What he worried about did not happen, but after all, Zhang Wu did not regard him as a confidant.

(End of this chapter)