Cao Thief

Chapter 216 Deng Zhi (13)

The young man's name is Deng Zhi, and his style name is Bo Miao.

He was the brother of the same clan that Deng Ji had mentioned to Cao Peng at first, and he was the helper that Deng Ji invited before he went to Haixi in the second year of Jian'an.

It's just that Deng Zhi has been hesitant and delayed until May of this year, when Cao Cao conquered Rangcheng.

Why did Deng Zhi hesitate?
It's very simple, because he doesn't know what Deng Ji can do.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not simply relying on the friendship of fellow countrymen to invite people to come to help.Of course, the inviter must consider the talents and virtues of the invitee, and the invitee should also consider the level of the inviter.Deng Zhi and Deng Ji are also considered family friends. Although they didn't get in touch very much later, they are no strangers to each other.Deng Zhi doesn't know whether Deng Ji can gain a firm foothold!In his opinion, if a person can't even stand firm on his heels, it may be difficult to achieve a career.Therefore, after receiving Deng Ji's invitation, Deng Zhi was not in a hurry to agree.

As Deng Ji stood firm in Haixi, it was like passing an exam.

After receiving Deng Ji's second letter, Deng Zhi finally made up her mind to give up the idea of ​​going to Brazil to join Pang Xi, and instead came to Haixi.

However, when Deng Zhi came to Haixi, her identity seemed a little awkward.

After all, he didn't participate in the beginning, and it's unlikely that he wanted to become Hai Xi's second in command all at once.

Moreover, when Deng Zhi came to Haixi, he also heard that the real second-in-command in Haixi County was not Puyang Kai, the current Haixi County, nor Zhou Cang, the county captain.The most intimidating person in Haixi is Cao Peng who has already gone to Guangling County and accompanied Xun Yan as an envoy to Jiangdong.In this regard, Cao Peng is in Haixi, not even Deng Ji.Those ordinary people may not be aware of all the mysteries involved, but Puyang Kai, Dai Gan, and even the people including the nine leaders all know that the prosperity of Haixi today comes from Cao Peng.

Deng Zhi couldn't help feeling a strong curiosity about Cao Peng.

Arriving in Haixi in April, Deng Zhi has been secretly observing Haixi's affairs since then.

From the North Market Guild to Duigouji Village, the more Deng Zhi looked at it, the more frightened she felt...

Following Cao Peng's return to Guangling, he served as Hailing lieutenant.Deng Zhi was keenly aware that Cao Peng took over the Hailing Guard in Hailing with a thunderous force, it seemed that it was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.Generally speaking, to control a county should focus on development, increase population, and reclaim land... But after Cao Peng took office, instead of taking these measures, he blindly strengthened military training.As for internal affairs, he didn't put too much energy into it. He just drew resources from the hands of the nine leaders of Haixi County to supplement them.

This is not in line with Cao Peng's style.

"Presumably, Youxue already knew that there was going to be a battle with Lu Bu when he went to Hailing?"

Deng Zhi pulled Deng Ji to sit down, and got a cup of hot water for Deng Ji.

Deng Ji was stunned, and nodded, "Ah Fu sent me a letter asking me to train soldiers secretly. It was just because I was busy with the autumn harvest at that time that I ignored it. Now that I think about it, A Fu should have been aware of it at that time... Mr. God, how could I ignore this?"

Deng Ji slapped his forehead, showing remorse.

Deng Zhi said: "When Youxue was in Haixi, he did not engage in militarism, but regulated the market, measured the land, and checked the population... From this point of view, he attaches great importance to government affairs. But seeing him go to Hailing County Afterwards, what he did was a militaristic act. I have been a little confused before, what is the reason for Youxue to change Ruosi. Now it seems...he did it in advance. So, brother, don’t be nervous, even if I don’t want to No matter what, Youxue will never sit back and watch Haixi suffer."

For some reason, although Deng Zhi didn't say a word about how to retreat from the enemy, Deng Ji's mind suddenly calmed down.

That's right, Hailing still has Ah Fu!
"Bo Miao, do you have an idea?"

Deng Zhi glanced at the map in the middle of the study, and said softly: "Song Xian, a reckless ear, nothing to worry about.

I just ask my brother, have you ever thought about how you will react if you defeat Song Xian and go down to the tiger?Will he sit back and watch Song Xian's defeat? "

Hearing this, Deng Ji gasped.

This point, he really didn't think of it.

"I have a plan, and it will wipe out Song Xian's [-] soldiers without any effort.

But the problem is that when Song Xian is gone, Lu Bu will continue to attack.At that time, Haixi will inevitably suffer from war, and your hard work over the past year, uncle and grandson, will be in vain.I believe that not only you, but Youxue also don't want to see such a situation. "

"Then you mean..."

"Song Xian, must fight; Haixi, must defend."

"How to fight? How to defend?"

Deng Ji was confused.

He is a person who cultivates his criminal name. Although he has greatly improved his knowledge and other aspects in the past year, he is not good at military affairs.

So that after Deng Zhi said these words, Deng Ji couldn't react at all.

Deng Zhi took a sip of water, and pulled Deng Ji to the map, "It's easy to fight, but it's very difficult to defend. So I mean..."

As he spoke, he drew a circle on the map, and then patted hard.

"We are here to guard."

Deng Ji was stunned when he saw the place names on the map clearly.

He pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Deng Zhi and said, "You mean, we take the initiative to attack Quyang County?"

"Exactly."

"But……"

"Once this battle starts, it will take up to ten days, and there must be changes."

Deng Ji stared blankly at the map, gritted his teeth after a long while, and nodded vigorously, "I see... Bo Miao, let's go back to the county office immediately to discuss this matter."

Deng Zhi smiled slightly, "That's it, brother first."

He had been waiting for this day for half a year.

It is not easy to catch up after losing the opportunity.

Deng Zhi knew in his heart that only by defeating Song Xian beautifully and making Haixi overcome this crisis, could he gain a firm foothold under Deng Ji.

From the very beginning, Deng Zhi noticed the biggest flaw in Haixi County: there were no strategists.

Regardless of Puyang Kai or Dai Gan, they have the ability to assist the government, but they have no talent for planning.And such an environment is exactly what Deng Zhi excels at.

Deng Zhi in history belonged to the type of late bloomer, and eventually reached the position of chariot general, which belonged to the category of strategist.

The arrival of Deng Zhi just made up for the last shortcoming of Haixi County.

"Son!"

Seeing Deng Zhi and Deng Ji coming out, Deng Xian hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Deng Zhi said: "Deng Xian, I will go to the government office with my elder brother, you just stay at home and take good care of yourself."

"Here!"

Deng Xian is an old servant who has followed Deng Zhi and his son for two generations, and he can be regarded as watching Deng Zhi grow up since he was a child.From this sentence, he heard the meaning of it.Deng Zhi is determined to stay in Haixi!Yu Dengxian said that he naturally hoped that Deng Zhi would stay.In any case, Deng Ji and Deng Zhi have the friendship of the same clan and are cousins.It is human nature to fight against brothers, father and son soldiers.

The old family looked at Deng Zhi, then at Deng Ji.

Then he smiled slightly with Hu Ban, which made Hu Ban feel relieved.

The night was dark and the temperature was cold.

In the second half of the night, the autumn rain fell in strands, adding another chill to the cold night.

Deng Zhi took a deep breath and urged the horse to follow behind Deng Ji.However, a strange idea suddenly appeared in his heart...

Looking at the various arrangements made before Cao Youxue left, how could he not be aware of Haixi's flaws?

Puyang Kai and Dai Gan were mainly responsible for internal affairs and farming affairs; Zhou Cang was rarely in the city, and together with Pan Zhang, was responsible for inspecting illegal salt.Although the two have the name of county lieutenant, they are not responsible for the county lieutenant.The military in Haixi County is still in the hands of Deng Ji, and Deng Ji has no military talent... In other words, when Cao Peng left Haixi, he deliberately left a vacancy for a strategist. Could it be that he was waiting for him to come over? ?

Thinking of this, Deng Zhi's previous joy was suddenly extinguished.

Instead, it was a kind of shock and horror.

If this is the case, then Cao Peng is a person who knows me...

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On August 28th of the third year of Jian'an, Lu Bu ordered the conquest of Haixi.

Song Xian rode on the horse, watching the mighty army marching along the official road, with a smug smile on his face.In his eyes, the conquest of Haixi this time is simply within reach.At that time, after taking Haixi's million-dollar grain and grass, Lu Buding will value him even more.

and also……

That little thief, Cao Peng, killed Song Xian's war horse on Xiapi Changjie last year.

For this matter, Song Xian could hardly raise his head in the past year.Even his best friends, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng, would make fun of him when they saw him.Although the little thief is not in Haixi now, Haixi Ling is Cao Peng's brother-in-law. When the time comes to see Deng Ji's head, he can also vent his anger in his chest.Thinking of this, Song Xian suddenly became impatient and ordered the soldiers and horses to speed up.

It can be said that the journey from Xiaxiang to Quyang is smooth.

Song Xian ordered his nephew Song Guang, who was the former head of Xuyi, to be the forward army, leading a thousand soldiers to lead the way.

He led an army of [-] himself, and then followed up.Two days after departure, we arrived in Quyang, where we rested for a day and replenished our supplies before heading towards Haixi.

From Quyang to Haixi, it takes about one day.

It was the first day of September, and the weather was getting colder...

After a night of light rain, the road became muddy.The marching speed of the army became much slower, and by noon, it had only marched for more than [-] miles.

Seeing this situation, Song Xian couldn't help feeling a little headache.

"Pass me to the general, and the army will speed up."

"General, how can this kind of road go so fast? Besides, they can't eat up Haixi's millions of grains and grass in a day. It's better to walk slowly, anyway, Haixi can't run away."

Some followers tried to persuade Song Xian to slow down the marching speed.

Unexpectedly, Song Xian was furious upon hearing this, "Don't you know that soldiers are precious and fast?

If I arrive one day earlier, Haixi will have one less day to prepare.The princes and my soldiers and horses don't want me to lose soldiers and generals in Haixi, a tiny place. "

In theory, what Song Xian said was not wrong.

The speed of soldiers is precious, the sooner they arrive, the less resistance Haixi will have.

"But……"

"Needless to say, tell the sons and daughters to break Haixi and let them take it captive for three days. It is said that Haixi County is very rich now."

Xiapi is not far from Haixi County, and it is also in Huaibei.

How could people in Xiapi not be aware of the changes in Haixi in the past year?

Not to mention the millions of dendrobium grain and grass, just opening Yanyin over there has attracted countless businessmen.Its level of wealth may not be inferior to that of Xiapi State back then.With Song Xian's order to plunder, the [-] army immediately rushed towards Haixi, howling all the way, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.When it was dark, the army was far away from Quyang, only thirty miles away from swimming...

If you cross the water, it will be ruled by Haixi!

Youshui originates from Qu Mountain in the East China Sea, runs north-south, flows through Qu County, Yilu County, and Haixi County, and flows into Huai River.

Haixi is located just downstream of Yushui and constitutes a natural barrier to the west of Haixi County.However, the swimming water is not too wide, and the river is not too fast.Coupled with the impact of sediment, the river bed is high and the river water is not deep.Crossing the river on foot can only reach the neck.And the shallowest part, only half waist.Before that, there were still several wooden bridges on the river, but when Song Xian arrived, the bridges had been destroyed.

Looking at the soothing river surface, Song Xian couldn't help laughing.

He said to Song Guang: "Deng Shusun is just an idiot, thinking that tearing down the bridge will prevent us from crossing the river.

But I don't know that the water is not deep, even if the bridge is demolished, there is no way to stop our army from marching... The order was passed on, and the three armies crossed the river overnight and camped on the east bank of Youshui.Cook food at Yin time, and order soldiers at Mao time.After dawn, the three armies attacked and defeated Haixi in one fell swoop. "

"Here!"

Song Guang nodded again and again, and immediately stepped in to respond.

In fact, Song Guang also harbored deep hatred towards Cao Peng.

I think Cao Peng really humiliated him when he went to Guangling and passed through Xuyi.

This also made Song Guang hold a grudge.Originally, he wanted to create rumors, so that Cao Peng could not gain a foothold in Guangling.But who would have thought that this Cao Peng actually made friends with Chen Qun and other people, making the rumors created by Song Guang quickly dissipated and disappeared.

Now, Cao Peng has served as Hailing Captain.

Although he is inferior to Song Guang in terms of rank, his actual power...

If it is said that Song Xian has hatred towards Cao Peng, then Song Guang has mixed feelings towards Cao Peng.

Being able to attack Haixi this time is also a good opportunity for Song Guang to take revenge.So along the way, he also seemed extremely excited.

Following Song Xian's order, the army began to cross the river.

The terrain of Haixi is high in the west and low in the east.After swimming, the east bank is a low river beach.

However, Song Guang still felt a little strange.

Because the swimming water seems to be much shallower than usual.After wading across the river on foot, the river only reached the crotch.You know, the river here is usually at least waist-deep.

"Uncle, the swimming water this year seems to be much shallower than in previous years."

Song Xian stood on a high place on the west bank of the river, and was urging soldiers and horses to cross the river.

This crossing was very smooth.Most of the soldiers and horses had already crossed the river and began to build camps on the river beach on the east bank.On the west bank of the river, most of them are transport vehicles at this time.At first, Song Xian didn't pay much attention, but felt a little strange.But after hearing Song Guang's reminder, Song Xian's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

Yes, the river seems to be too shallow...

It only rained yesterday, logically speaking, the river cannot be so shallow.

After all, he is one of the Eight Great Generals, no matter what his martial arts skills are, Song Xian's eyesight is worth following Lv Bu in the battle...

He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his face turned pale.

"Evacuate the river beach immediately, evacuate the river beach immediately."

The soldiers on the east bank of the river were busy setting up camp.At the same time, the baggage vehicles were also slowly moving towards the other side of the river.Song Xian's frantic shout made the soldiers stunned... Didn't they say that they set up camp on the river beach and attack after dawn?

Why do you want to evacuate from the river beach all of a sudden!

However, the military order fell like a mountain. Since the general had an order, the soldiers naturally obeyed it.

It's just this, the east bank of the river suddenly screamed and screamed, and it became a mess.Many people rushed into action without even understanding what was going on.

At this moment, in the hills on the east bank of the river, a Ming Dy soared into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a series of whistles echoed over the swimming water, one after another, continuously.

Song Xian's face turned pale, and he was busy preparing to order an accelerated evacuation.Suddenly, a loud bang came from the north... The sound was like a huge thunder, echoing endlessly.Song Xian listened attentively to the direction of the loud noise, only to hear the rumbling, like ten thousand horses galloping, and the ground trembled accordingly.The river water soared a lot in an instant, and from the upper reaches of the swimming water, a torrent rushed towards it with the momentum of thunder...

"Water Attack!"

Song Xian hissed and roared: "Run, the whole army evacuates!"

But, can you run?

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There will be three updates today, and this is the first update.

When things are done, start paying off debts.

(End of this chapter)