The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 146 Chapter 146

On September [-]th of the first year of Xingping in the Han Dynasty, a thick layer of haze gathered over Dingtao City, and there was a drizzle in the sky, and the entire Dingtao City was immersed in sadness.

Today is not only a day for Lu Bu to be buried, but also a memorial service for the soldiers who died in this war.

In the early morning, the scouts came back to report, and Cao Cao set up his camp overnight and quickly returned to Puyang.

At the same time, as soon as Chen Gui, Zhang Hong, Bao Shao and others received Zhang Yan's order, they hurriedly led reinforcements to support them. After a long journey, they also arrived in Dingtao this morning.

In addition, Wei Xu and Cao Xing also led a thousand troops to come at this time, just in time to attend Lu Bu's funeral.

Gao Shun presided over Lu Bu's funeral, and Zhang Yan personally organized it.Lu Bu was granted the title of Marquis of Wen during his lifetime, so the entire funeral was conducted in accordance with the rituals of the Marquis of the Han Dynasty.Although Lu Bu had never enjoyed the treatment of a marquis before his death, it is not in vain to experience this kind of treatment after his death.

Lu Bu, who was only 39 years old, ended his life like this, which can be described as an untimely death.

After Lu Bu's death, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others under his command all served under Zhang Yan's tent. North-South confrontation.

Today's Cao Cao, only the isolated city of Puyang is left. It is too far-fetched to say that the North and the South are confronting each other.

After Lu Bu's funeral was held, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Cao Xing and others immediately came to Zhang Yan. After the ceremony, Gao Shun said directly: "My lord, now that Cao Cao has retreated back to Puyang, there is only this one." Gucheng, the subordinates thought that our army should send troops to attack Puyang quickly, and we must not give Cao Cao a chance to breathe..."

Gao Shun's words, to the point, did not appear to be persecution, but also analyzed the current situation from another aspect, and very sincerely asked Zhang Yan to send troops.

It happened that Zhang Hong was also in the hall, so Zhang Yan turned to Zhang Hong and said, "Military Master, what do you mean?"

Zhang Hong didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Cao Cao only has Puyang, an isolated city, with less than [-] troops. Judging from the current situation, it is very beneficial to our army. If my lord can gather superior forces, the troops will come to Puyang Under the city, as long as we keep attacking day and night, we will be able to capture Puyang and completely defeat Cao Cao. As the saying goes, if our army can attack quickly without giving Cao Jun any chance to breathe, once Cao Cao is eliminated, Yanzhou will be able to It depends on this. I think that sending troops at this time is the best time."

Zhang Yan heard that Zhang Hong also agreed to send troops, and the analysis of the current situation was also in place. He thought for a while, and then said: "This time, if Cao Cao is not wiped out, I will not give up!"

Later, Zhang Yan issued an order to let Gao Shun be the vanguard, Wei Xu and Cao Xing be the generals, and lead their old troops, each with three days' rations, to head to Puyang first.

Gao Shun, Wei Xu, and Cao Xing took their old troops and left Dingtao that afternoon, and quickly headed towards Puyang with a heart of revenge.

Zhang Liao was kept by Zhang Yan's side, and together with Tai Shici and Xu Chu, he was in charge of commanding only more than 900 cavalry.

The army took a rest in Dingtao City, and found the only siege equipment from the arsenal, and asked Bao Shao to take a team back to Changyi, and asked Bao Xun to send people to Puyang to transport more siege equipment. City equipment and food and grass.

After that, Zhang Yan sent someone to deliver a letter to Yu Jin, asking Yu Jin to lead an army to Puyang and join him in Puyang!

On the other hand, Zhang Yan asked the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to carry out some rectification and set off early tomorrow morning.

That night, Chen Jiao, the prefect of Xiapi, sent an urgent letter. After Zhang Yan opened it, he browsed it carefully, and a ray of sadness welled up in his heart.

This letter was written by Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou. It was a request for help. The letter mentioned that Sun Ce, a general under Yuan Shu's tent, led his troops to attack Qu'a. Liu Yao's generals could not resist and retreated steadily. In desperation, Liu Yao wrote this letter for help, hoping that Zhang Yan could send troops to help.

"It seems that Sun Ce is going to attack Jiangdong..." Zhang Yan closed the letter and said to himself.

Although Zhang Yan also wants to prevent Sun Ce from attacking Jiangdong, he is powerless now. His current focus is entirely on Cao Cao, and it is his strategic plan to aspire to the Central Plains. Although he also wants to collect Jiangdong, he is now split Lack of skills.

When Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou last time, Zhang Yan sent Chen Jiao to Yangzhou to contact Liu Yao. Liu Yao sent troops to attack Yuan Shu's back and indirectly helped Zhang Yan.

Later, Zhang Yan adopted the strategy of long-distance friendship and short-term attack, and even entered into an offensive and defensive alliance agreement with Liu Yao.Because of this, when Zhang Yan saw this request letter, he was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

In desperation, Zhang Yan had no choice but to invite Chen Gui and Zhang Hong over to discuss countermeasures.

After Chen Gui and Zhang Hong arrived at the hall, Zhang Yan immediately explained the reason for their arrival. After hearing this, the two looked at each other with embarrassment.

Zhang Yan had just issued an order to attack Puyang, and all arrangements were made. He wanted to wipe out Cao Cao completely in one go, so as to avoid future troubles.Then Liu Yao's letter of appeal for help was sent, whether it was rescue or not.

Chen Gui took the lead in saying: "Liu Zhengli is a well-known man in the country and a relative of the Han family. During his reign, he practiced benevolent government widely and was loved by the people of Yangzhou. What's more, the last time Yuan Shu attacked me in Xuzhou, Liu Zhengli sent troops to attack at the request of my lord. Yuan Shu's Huainan forced Yuan Shu to retreat. This time he was attacked by Yuan Shu's generals, if our army did not go to help, it would be unjustifiable."

"But I have already issued an order, and I am about to attack Cao Cao with all my strength. At this time, Liu Yao asked for help. I have no resources at my disposal. How can I rescue him?" Zhang Yan asked back.

Zhang Hong hurriedly said: "My lord, Liu Zhengli is in trouble and has to be rescued. If Liu Zhengli's army is defeated, Yuan Shu's army can drive straight in and occupy Yangzhou. Yuan Shu has already occupied Huainan, and if he gains Yangzhou again, he will definitely become our army's confidant However, the lord does not have to go to the rescue in person. Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, is not only resourceful, but also quite talented as a general. As long as he leads the troops across the river to Qu'e to help Liu Yao, this problem will be solved. It's solved!"

Chen Gui also said hastily: "Although Yuan Long is my son, I do not shy away from relatives. This important task belongs to Yuan Long. However, although Yuan Long has resourcefulness, he has no courage. My lord still needs to It is necessary to send a few generals to assist."

Zhang Yan nodded, and said: "Then let's do this, Master Chen, please write an official document and send one to Yuanlong, asking him to lead the troops from Guangling across the river to Qu'e to help Liu Yao. "

After all, Chen Gui was Chen Deng's father, and when the war was involved this time, he was afraid that something would happen to his son, so he asked again: "The matter of dispatching generals..."

"Don't worry about this, I will send two capable generals to Yuanlong." Zhang Yan saw Chen Gui's worry and said comfortingly.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan summoned a scout, and asked the scout to rush to Huai Ling and Dongcheng overnight, and conveyed his order to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and asked them to go to Qu'a and be dispatched by Chen Deng.

In order for Chen Deng to better control his troops, Zhang Yan specially asked Chen Gui to add a few words to the official document, asking Chen Deng to temporarily exercise the power of General Wu.

After the matter was resolved, Chen Gui and Zhang Hong resigned one after another, while Zhang Yan returned to his room, ready to take a good rest and set off for Puyang tomorrow.

However, after returning to the room, Zhang Yan tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. At this time, he was thinking about one person all the time, and that was Diao Chan.

Ever since Zhang Yan took the opportunity to ask Tai Shici to take Diao Chan away and hide him in Changyi, he has never seen Diao Chan again, and he doesn't know whether Diao Chan is satisfied with his arrangement.

If it wasn't for tomorrow's expedition, he would definitely gallop to Changyi city on a black cloud and snow horse tonight, to have a good meeting with Diao Chan.

Zhang Yan tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, all he could think about was Diao Chan, and he couldn't let it go for a long time.

"Hey! Let's talk about everything after Cao Cao is eliminated!"

Zhang Yan forced himself to sleep, and finally fell asleep after half an hour.

After dawn the next day, Zhang Yan led the army out of Dingtao and headed for Puyang mightily.

Gao Shun led more than 1000 people including Wei Xu and Cao Xing, and soon arrived in Puyang. Although they were all anxious to avenge Cao Cao, Gao Shun knew very well that with their strength, they could not defeat Cao Cao at all.

Therefore, Gao Shun decided to find a place to stay first, wait for Zhang Yan's army to arrive, and then confront Cao Cao.

Gao Shun has been to Puyang several times, and every time he arrives at a new place, he always rides around on horseback and inspects the local geographical environment in person.And he knew everything about Puyang, so he chose a place to stay—Xiancheng without hesitation.

Xiancheng is a small city in Puyang. It used to be an important city of the Wei State during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, but it was gradually abandoned later.

Today, although Xiancheng is not very important, it still exists as a military fortress.

Gao Shun first sent scouts to investigate and learned that there were a few Cao soldiers stationed in Xiancheng, so he, Wei Xu and Cao Xing attacked Xiancheng by surprise, and captured all the Cao soldiers without missing a single one.

Xiancheng is only more than 20 miles away from Puyang. Gao Shun worried that Cao Cao would send troops to attack after learning that he occupied Xiancheng, so he led his soldiers to set up many traps outside Xiancheng to prevent accidents.

In the evening, Gao Shun did not wait for Cao's army to come, but instead waited for Yu Jin. Yu Jin led Chen Ying, Mi Fang and [-] soldiers and horses. He was about to attack Xiancheng and occupy this place, but Gao Shun got there first.

Fortunately, Yu Jin knew that Gao Shun and the others had joined Zhang Yan's account, otherwise, Ken would attack him.

When Gao Shun learned that Yu Jin and others had arrived, he went out of the city to greet them in person. The two armies merged into one and waited for Zhang Yan's army to arrive in Xiancheng.

(End of this chapter)