The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 178

"My lord, if the Black Mountain Army in Jizhou is defeated, what will happen? Will it be good for our army?"

Zhou Yu smiled and explained directly to Wei Tao.

"Based on the current situation, if the Black Mountain Army in Jizhou is defeated, they will first surrender to Yuan Jun, especially Li Le, the leader of the bandits, how can he care about his reputation? The Black Mountain Army of the state has the same roots and ears. What is the relationship between it and our Bingzhou Army? The master wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, not to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger devour the sheep."

Wei Tao was silent for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was really the case. If he continued to sit and watch, it would really be of no benefit to him.

"Then what if we attack the Black Mountain Army?"

After a little silence, Wei Tao still asked, although it is not that he will not listen to others, but also Wei Tao will not be a partial listener.

"Hehe... My lord should also know that Zilong and I have helped the Black Mountain Army. It's nothing else, but it's normal to put some people in there."

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, and told some of the arrangements he had made in the Black Mountain Army in the past.

"Although some people have been transferred to Youzhou, and some have died, the remaining few people can still be a small boss. Although a small boss can't do big things, but if Jizhou Heishan Once the army is defeated, if they surrender, these people will be able to attract some people. More importantly, Hejian County has now fallen into the hands of the Heishan Army in Jizhou. It will soon be able to gain a firm foothold, but if our army also accepts the Black Mountain Army, it can be a stalemate with it, and the final victory will be decided by soldiers, so we have to do it."

"My lord, what Gong Jin said is very true. As for my lord's concern about breaking the alliance, to be honest, our army has never had any alliance with the Jizhou Black Mountain Army, and there is no such thing as breaking the alliance."

Zhuge Jin understood Wei Tao's worries, and added immediately.

"And if we can get the three counties of Changshan, Zhongshan, and Hejian, then we can get a small half of Jizhou. At that time, even Yuan Shao will be able to compete with Yuan Shao. Since the lord is interested in Jizhou, then this is what I have to do. .”

Wei Tao nodded slightly, a politician is selfless, since Wei Tao is now the leader of one side, it is impossible to be too scrupulous about some things.

To be honest, it is irresponsible for the common people for Wei Tao to sit back and watch Li Le wreak havoc in Jizhou.

"Okay, as the military advisers said, attack the Black Mountain Army."

Wei Tao is also extremely decisive, since he has made a decision in his heart, he will not hesitate at all, and he will give an order when the opportunity arises.

"There is Zhongshan County between Hejian County and Changshan County. Zhongshan Zhen's family is a big family in Jizhou. Gongda had dealt with it before, and this time, Gongda will go there. If you say The Zhen family still had some scruples before, that's normal, but now that Yuan Jun has been defeated, if they don't help each other, then send Miss Zhen's family back for me."

During this period of time, Zhen Mi only rested in the tent and almost never went out. Of course, with Wei Tao's protection, no one bothered her.

If the Zhen family really didn't make a decision this time, then Wei Tao would not make it difficult for the other party, but as long as Wei Tao is around in the future, the Zhen family should not think about it.

So Xun You nodded slightly to acknowledge the matter. He has some friendship with the Zhen family, and this time he went in person.

As for the other matters of dispatching soldiers, they all settled down after discussing with them, and then acted on their own.

"Mr. Gongda, please stay."

Just when Xun You was about to go to Zhen's house again, the maid beside Zhen Mi came and handed Xun You a letter.

"Mr. Gongda, the lady also understands why Mr. Gongda went to the Zhen family this time. The lady said clearly: This is the time when my Zhen family lives and dies, so I wrote a book and asked Mr. Gongda to deliver it on my behalf." Although the young lady is still young, she can still speak a little bit in the Zhen family, I hope this letter can help Mr. Gongda a bit."

Hearing this, Xun You couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

It is not difficult to know that Wei Tao's next goal is Zhongshan County. It can be guessed only from the transfer of troops, but this also requires an extremely caring person to be able to notice it.

Not to mention still being able to have the foresight to know that this is the last chance for the Zhen family, this shows how extraordinary Zhen Mi is, and what shocked Xun You even more is that Zhen Mi has no intention of leaving. her determination.

"It was spread that there was a severe drought in Jizhou, and Miss Zhen's suggestion to open granaries to release grain was popular among the people. The status of the Zhen family has been prosperous for a long time. Now it can be seen that this is indeed the case. Miss Zhen Mi is really sensible!"

Xun You sighed, and then gave instructions to the maid.

"If you are replying to your lady, I, Xun Gongda, will be able to succeed with the help of the lady on this trip. Miss Zhenmi, please take care of me."

"Yes, sir."

This time, when Xun You arrived at Zhen's house, he was immediately greeted by Zhen's house, and he was very politely invited in.

Then Xun You said something about it, and the Zhen family only hesitated and declined, and quickly agreed.

Obviously, the members of the Zhen family can see the situation clearly, at least Wei Tao's side is closer to Zhongshan County now.

Although the Zhen family is a big family in Jizhou and has considerable strength in Yecheng, its foundation is still in Zhongshan, so the Zhen family has to help Wei Tao at this time.

With the help of the Zhen family, several counties in Zhongshan County immediately surrendered. Even if there were those who were loyal to Yuan Shao, they withdrew after a little resistance. In just half a month, the city of Zhongshan County fell into the hands of Wei Tao. .

And within a month, Li Le couldn't hold on anymore.

Although the Jizhou Black Mountain Army still has a large number of people, its logistics can no longer support it.

This time, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang adopted the strategy of sticking to their guard, gradually attrition with the Heishan army in Jizhou. After such a struggle, the opponent could easily lose their support.

"My lord, the Heishan army in Jizhou is already trapped here, so they should attack in one fell swoop."

"Okay! Give me an order, and all the troops will rush to Hejian!"

Wei Tao had already prepared for this, and when he heard what Zhou Yu meant, he understood that now that the Jizhou Black Mountain Army could no longer hold on, Li Le might have already sent someone to talk to Yuan Jun.

After being prepared, Wei Tao directly led an army of [-] to the Hejian city.

However, after Wei Tao made such a move, Yuan Jun didn't dare to continue to defend. He also led an army of [-] again. Only Jizhou Heishan, with an army of nearly [-], did not dare to go out of the city. The left and right sides are attacking.

However, in this way, the situation where either side could directly attack Hejian City seemed to be coerced by one side, so that Hejian City could breathe a sigh of relief.

But it is a pity that Li Le was not able to take a breath, only on the second day, Yuan Shang sent an envoy to arrive.

The purpose of the envoy's arrival is to make Li Le surrender.

To be honest, Li Le really didn't want to surrender, and his dream of surrendering was about to be shattered.

"Leader Li, you also know the strength of my lord, the number one lord in the world. Now the eldest son has been sent back to lead the army, and this time the army is not only ordinary people, but also my Hebei general Yan Liang. It's just that he is arrogant because no one in our army can control him, and he can't show much ability now."

It has to be said that Yuan Shao has many talents under his command, even the little envoys sent by this faction Yuan Shang can talk about it, at least Li Le is tempted.

I'm afraid it's always better to be under Yuan Shao than under Zhang Ning's wife, right?
"Report! Something is wrong!"

Unfortunately, at this moment, a guard ran in hastily.

"Report to the chief, the Bingzhou army is ready to attack the city!"

"what!"

Li Le was immediately startled when he heard this, and he couldn't help standing up straight up, but after all, he was a leader who had fought tough battles before, so he calmed down soon.

"The Bingzhou army only arrived yesterday, and I'm afraid that even the barracks have not been set up. How could it be the leader?"

"Yes! It's true! The leader will know if he goes to the city gate and takes a look!"

Hearing the guard's report, Li Le didn't care about Yuan Shang's envoy, and immediately went to the west gate to climb up the city gate to have a look.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

Countless drums were beating and the sky was ringing, [-] soldiers and horses lined up in a line, and the several gold and silver armored generals in front of them were majestic and majestic. When they saw it, a forceful momentum was coming. Just seeing it from a distance, It's an overwhelming feeling.

"Is it really going to attack the city?"

Li Le immediately took a deep breath, even if he saw this posture, he still felt very similar.

Suddenly the drumming stopped, and then a general rode out, rushed close to the city wall, raised the spear in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Listen, people on the city wall. I am Pan Zhang and Pan Wengui, the vanguard under General Muwei of Jizhou. Now Li Le's atrocities are raging in Jizhou, disturbing the peace of the people under my rule. I swear that I will kill him! But the others are innocent. , if you abandon your weapons and surrender immediately, then your life will still be spared, if you don't listen, don't blame us for being unpredictable!"

"Bastard! Come on, shoot me!"

Li Le's face darkened, and he gave the order immediately. With the order, countless arrows rained down. However, Pan Zhang was well prepared, and when he turned his horse's head, he was out of the range of the arrows.

As soon as Pan Zhang retreated, the rain of arrows stopped.

There are not many such sharp weapons for defending the city as bows and arrows, and even Li Le dare not waste them at will.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this time, another sound was heard one by one, and at the same time, a group of thousands of people came out neatly.

Just looking at that posture, it seems that with every sound of the drum, the team is taking a step forward.

However, just by looking at its slow speed, one can tell that this group of troops is not coming to attack the city, and there is no such attack method for attacking the city.

"What is this doing? Show me the array?"

Li Le muttered to himself.

At this moment, I saw that thousands of people were all shooting with their bows and arrows, and then shot suddenly.

This archery method is a lob shot, but the general lob shot does not have the same reason for archery. Naturally, shooting from the top down is extremely powerful, but shooting from the bottom up, unless you are extremely careless, you will not hit the arrow.

And even if it is hit by an arrow, the strength has already gone, and it can't hurt anyone at all.

In fact, the situation is also the same, but the Bingzhou army just shot this arrow, and immediately retreated one after another, which makes people a little baffling.

"What is this doing?"

Li Le also muttered to himself when he saw that the Bingzhou army was in a stance of putting down their flags and drums.

"Boss, something is wrong!"

But soon someone came to report and said.

"Report to the chief, the arrows are all bound with letters of persuasion, and now the news has spread in the city!"

"what!"

Li Le immediately cursed, and only then did he understand what Wei Tao's intention was.

When Li Le was feeling depressed, Wei Tao smiled at the generals in the tent.

"This move can also be called knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, but I don't know when it will be able to lure the snake out of the hole."

Since Zhou Yu is ambushing someone in the Jizhou Black Mountain Army, they are bound to take advantage of this momentum to cause some troubles, and it happens that Wei Tao can better recruit the Jizhou Black Mountain Army.

"If you think about it, it's too soon. Since the lord has already stated that I will not welcome the Black Mountain Army in Bingzhou, then Li Le can't just wait for the price. He must quickly fall to Yuan Jun."

Xun You said with a slight smile.

But at this time, the other generals didn't quite understand. They looked at each other, Zhao Yun thought for a while and then asked.

"My lord, military adviser, since Li Le already intends to surrender, why can't my lord tolerate him? If my lord is willing, there should still be some chances with the abilities of several military advisers."

"Hehe...Zilong, some things are not that simple. It is true that once Li Le is surrendered, the situation in Hejian County will be certain. Even our army will have to work hard. But Li Le is so good. Was it surrendered?"

At this time, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said to Zhao Yun and other generals.

"Not to mention anything else, just the crimes committed by Li Le in Jizhou during this period of time are enough to make the people of Jizhou hate him. Once he is surrendered, the people of Jizhou who have already lost confidence in the Yuan family will probably turn against him. The hatred of the Yuan family. Even with the reputation of the fourth generation and third father of the Yuan family, it cannot be resisted."

"Speaking of which, among the princes of the world, Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonggong are the two brothers who care the most about this kind of face, just like Li Le, who was born as a gangster, has always been looked down upon by them the most. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shaoqi's son is also so stupid. In order to sweep away the matter of being defeated by the lord, even these faces are ignored."

At this time, Zhuge Jin also shook his head and said.

"Yuan Benchu ​​has a son like this, and it is difficult to achieve any great cause."

(End of this chapter)