The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 573 572 The Burning Yangtze River (12)

Gong'an County, formerly known as Chanling, was renamed as Gong'an County because Liu Qi, who succeeded Jingzhou Mu, felt that the word Chanling was not pleasant, and also had the meaning of weakness.

Gong'an County is under the rule of Wuling County. When Zhang Fei occupied Wuling County, he did not get the entire territory of Wuling County. Because Gong'an is connected to Nanjun, it is an extremely important strategic position. Therefore, after Huo Jun became the prefect of Nanjun, due to Wuling The troops were weak, so they sent heavy troops to garrison here. In fact, Gong'an County has become a part of Nanjun.

Due to the danger of facing the natural moat of the Yangtze River, the county is also the hub of the Huanghua Post Road from the north to the south.It connects Han and Shanghai in the east, connects Ba and Shu in the west, controls Hunan and Guangdong in the south, and connects Shaanxi and Henan in the north. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, so Huo Jun also attaches great importance to this place. Gong'an County has been occupied by Huo Jun's army, so we can only let it go.

Because Zhang Fei is well aware of the geographical advantages and strategic location of Gong'an County, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as he captures this place, it will open the passage to Nanjun.

But at this moment, Zhang Xiu led [-] soldiers and horses to station here, which not only increased the defense force of Gong'an County, but also greatly threatened the safety of Wuling County.In addition, Zhang Xiu was the culprit who killed Liu Bei. For this reason, Zhang Fei was unwilling to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Guangzhou, and wanted to send troops as soon as possible to kill Zhang Xiu.

Fazheng gave Zhang Fei a plan, and Zhang Fei followed the plan. As for whether Zhang's embroidery would be hooked, that's another matter.

In March of Yangchun, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the grass is growing and the warbler is flying. Zhang Xiu is actively training his subordinates in an open space outside Gong'an County. He has been here for almost ten days, and he is training the army almost every day, because He knew that Zhang Yan sent him to such a dangerous position, it was not as simple as simply stationing him.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu also sensed a little bit of war. It has to be said that Zhang Xiu's sensitive sense of war is still outstanding.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu began to actively train troops, striving to appear on the battlefield with a better posture and achieve better results when the war came.

That afternoon, Zhang Xiu was training soldiers on the school grounds, when his confidant Hu Che'er came to him and said to Zhang Xiu, "General, there is an envoy who claims to be the Wuxi barbarian king Samoke and wants to see the general. .”

Zhang Xiu frowned and asked, "Samoke, the barbarian king of Wuxi? Didn't he surrender to Zhang Fei? Where is Samoke's emissary now?"

"I've already taken him to the city, waiting for the general in the hall!" Hu Che'er said.

"Okay, I'll go see him and see what Shamoke sent him to do. However, there are no shortage of people here, so you can watch this place for me." Zhang Xiu said.

"Here!"

Zhang Xiu returned to the city and came to the hall of the county government office. Before entering the hall, he saw a man wearing a minority costume sitting in the hall from a distance, with a very anxious face.

"Are you the envoy sent by the Barbarian King Shamoke?" Zhang Xiu stepped into the hall of the county government office, swaggered to the top seat, and asked directly.

The man dressed as a barbarian saw Zhang Xiu came back and sat down on the upper seat. He guessed that this person should be Zhang Xiu, so he stood up, performed a barbarian etiquette respectfully to Zhang Xiu, and asked : "For the small ones, see General Zhang."

"How do you know that I must be the General Zhang you are looking for?" Zhang Xiu asked.

The barbarian emissary replied: "General Zhang has the highest rank here. If you are not the General Zhang I am looking for, how can you sit in this position?"

"Hehe, I didn't expect that there were smart people like you among the barbarians. Tell me, what did Shamoke send you here?" Zhang Xiu said.

The name of the barbarian king Sha Moke is known to everyone in Jingzhou. This man is the leader of the Wuxi barbarians. He claims to be a great king. He has tens of thousands of barbarians in his hands. There have been rebellions in Jingzhou many times, and Jingzhou has sent troops to encircle and suppress many times. Shamoke always surrendered immediately when he saw that the situation was not good. However, after a while, he would rebel again and again and again.Zhang Xiu has also been in Jingzhou for a long time. He also helped Liu Biao in the crusade against Sha Mo Ke, and he had a relationship with Sha Mo Ke once.

"My king sent me here to surrender to the general." The barbarian envoy said straight to the point.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Samoke wants to surrender to me?"

"Yes, that's why my king sent me here." The barbarian envoy said.

"Hasn't Sha Moke already surrendered to Zhang Fei, why would he surrender to me again?" Zhang Xiu asked suspiciously.

"The general doesn't know. The reason why my king surrendered to Zhang Fei was because he had no choice but to be forced, not out of sincerity. My king heard that General Zhang led the army here, and the general is now under Yan Wang Zhang Yan. My king wants to surrender to the general when his subordinates are doing things. My king said that the world today is ruled by King Yan. King Yan represents the imperial court. Sooner or later His Highness King Yan will rule the world. Therefore, my king wants to If you belong to the King of Yan, maybe in the future when His Royal Highness King Yan unifies the world, you will be able to become a hero for the founding of the country." The barbarian envoy said.

Zhang Xiu listened carefully to the words of the barbarian messenger, savored them carefully, and felt that saying such words was very in line with Samoko's character.He once had a relationship with Sha Moke. At that time, Liu Bei had not come to Jingzhou, and Zhang Xiu had just arrived in Jingzhou. Soon after, Wuling broke out in war. The barbarian king Shamoke led Wuxi Man to attack Wuling City. The army is retreating steadily.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was sent to Wuling by Liu Biao, led his troops under Cai Mao, and began to attack Shamoke.

Zhang Xiu is brave and good at fighting, and he is also good at using tactics. Although Sha Moke is brave, but lacks in wisdom, he is always defeated by Zhang Xiu.In the end, he was captured by Zhang Xiu in a battle.

After Zhang Xiu captured Sha Moke, he suggested that Cai Mao kill Sha Moke to get rid of this scourge, and then support the new barbarian king to rule the Manzhong area.However, Cai Mao let Sha Moke live because Sha Moke offered gold, silver and jewelry, and blamed Zhang Xiu for being too murderous, which is not conducive to uniting the barbarians.

Since then, Zhang Xiu has disliked Cai Mao, and Shamoke has been reborn.

Later, when Zhang Xiu returned to Xiangyang, he immediately presented a memorial to Liu Biao, saying that although Shamoke surrendered, he would definitely rebel again in the future. Served as the prefect of Wuling.

However, Zhang Xiu's memorial was intercepted by Cai Mao halfway. Under Cai Mao's interference, Zhang Xiu was only granted the title of magistrate of Wan County.Half a year later, Shamoke really rebelled again and attacked Wuling County. Liu Biao had a headache, and unintentionally, he found Zhang Xiu's previous memorial. , otherwise there would be no such result today.

Liu Biao vaguely understood what was going on, and he could probably guess that it was Cai Mao who was acting as a hindrance, and Liu Biao also sensed Cai Mao's dark forces. After thinking hard, he finally made a decision to promote Zhang Xiu as Nanyang Taishou, responsible for the military and political power in Nanyang area, is directly responsible to him.In this way, Cai Hao has no right to interfere with some matters in Nanyang area, and Zhang Xiu will not be controlled by others.

Zhang Xiu sat there, but his thoughts had already flown to the sky, recalling the situation when he first arrived in Jingzhou.It has to be said that Shamoke, the barbarian king, brought back some memories of Zhang Xiu, but in Zhang Xiu's view, Shamoke, the barbarian king, is a treacherous and repeated villain. You can't believe everything he says, but you have to believe it.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu said to the barbarian envoy: "I already know what your king means. If he really wants to surrender, I welcome him very much, and I am willing to introduce him to His Highness King Yan. However, since you want to To surrender, one should show a little sincerity of surrender, right?"

The barbarian envoy hurriedly said: "Don't worry, general, my great king has already arranged these things. Zhang Fei used Sun Quan's army to occupy Wuling, and openly made an enemy of His Royal Highness King Yan. This is treason. My great king said that he has One strategy can catch Zhang Fei in one go. However, because Zhang Fei is so powerful, my king is not an opponent at all, and even the barbarians are very afraid of them. Moreover, Zhang Fei has a group of people under his command. There is a Shanyue army with very strong combat effectiveness. Normally, my king can't get close to them. But if he can join forces with the general to fight against Zhang Fei, he will definitely be able to catch Zhang Fei. As long as Zhang Fei dies, Wuling will not The battle is down."

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he couldn't help nodding, and said to the barbarian messenger: "Well, your king is a careful person, and I didn't expect to come up with such a plan. How about it, you go back and tell your king, I am willing." Accept his surrender, and as for the plan to attack Zhang Fei from both inside and outside, we need to think about it in the long run."

The barbarian messenger said: "Okay, then I will go back and tell my king."

Zhang Xiu personally sent the barbarian envoy out of the city, showing great enthusiasm.Not long after the barbarian envoy left, Zhang Xiu called his confidant Hu Che'er, wrote a letter himself, and then asked Hu Che'er to go to Dongting Lake as quickly as possible to deliver the letter to Yang Xiu.

The barbarian king Shamoke came to surrender for no reason, and Zhang Xiu couldn't figure out whether it was true or not, so he thought of Yang Xiu, thinking that Yang Xiu was very resourceful, enough to see through the truth of Shamoke.

Hu Che'er took the letter, took a boat, went down the river, and rushed to Dongting Lake in a hurry.From Gong'an to Dongting Lake, the waterway was very fast, and it went down the river. The next day, Hu Che'er arrived at Dongting Lake, and then found Yang Xiu, and dedicated Zhang Xiu's letter to Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu opened the letter, read it once, then sneered, then wrote a letter with ease, and handed it over to Hu Che'er to take it back to the police.

(End of this chapter)