Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 218

Xiangwu, county government office.

Jia Xu stepped straight into the side hall, bowed his hands to Luo Zheng and said: "I have seen the general."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said: "Wen He doesn't need to be polite, but where did Lu Bu reply?"

Jia Xu replied, "Exactly, but Lu Bu refused to join forces with the general."

Luo Zheng was surprised, and said: "How come, is Lu Bu not interested in Guanzhong?"

Jia Xu said: "It's not that Lü Bu is not interested in Guanzhong. Lü Bu was already moved. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao, one of Lv Bu's subordinates, saw through our army's strategy. Lü Bu gave up his delusional thoughts and dared not plot any more in Guanzhong."

Luo Zheng was even more surprised, Su Rong said: "Wenhe and talk carefully."

Jia Xu said: "Guanzhong is the strategic buffer zone for Sili. Once Dong Zhuo can't hold back the momentum of Guandong Kingqin, Guanzhong is the only retreat. Zhang Liao took a fancy to this point and reminded Lu Bu, breaking our military strategy."

Luo Zheng frowned, and said: "I don't want Zhang Liao to have such a big picture, such a good general will follow Lu Bu. It's a pity that Lu Bu has ambitions, but he doesn't have the talent to match his ambitions. Even though Zhang Liao is a Real gold doesn't have many chances to shine under Lu Bu, it can only be dusted, it would be great if it can be used by this general."

Jia Xu took it very seriously and said: "What the general said is true, Lu Bu is really not a wise man, he has good generals to use, but he only favors Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng and other people who are welcome by Ayu, even if he gains power for a while, It’s not going to last long either.”

Luo Zheng nodded, and frowned again: "Since Lu Bu doesn't join forces with this general, it will be troublesome."

Jia Xu condensedly said: "There is no other way at the moment. The only way is to calm down Didao as soon as possible before Duan Yao breaks through Long County, and then fight Duan Yan to the death. Otherwise, if Duan Yan breaks through Long County, then think again." It’s hard to figure it out.”

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound and said, "Is there any news from Li Meng and Yan Xing?"

Jia Xu said: "Longxi Eleven Jingguan, except for Di Dao, the other ten counties have been owned by our army. The two generals Li Meng and Yan Xing are leading the army to Xiangwu to gather. They will arrive tomorrow at the most. Only Gao Shun The general captures Didao, and then he can enter Long County."

Luo Zheng got up and took a few steps, and asked: "Where is Di Dao, is there any news?"

Just as Jia Xu was about to speak, he heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and a schoolboy rushed in.

"My lord, Di Dao urgently reports!"

The little school rushed to the hall, clasped his hands and shouted loudly.

Luo Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Talk."

The little school excitedly said: "General Gao Shun ordered the horse to report that Di Dao has gone down, and now he has led the army to the south."

"Is this true?"

When Luo Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but show joy.

If Di Dao goes down, Longxi can be settled, and he can move his army eastward, approaching Longxian.

It has been ten days since Duan Yao stormed Long County, and it is unknown how long Ma Teng can hold on.Right now, for Luo Zheng, the most lacking thing is time. If he doesn't kill Long County before Duan Yan breaks through Long County, the trouble will be big.

At that time, there will be a strong city in Long County to defend, and it will not be so easy to drive it out of Liangzhou.

It is indeed the greatest good news that Gao Shun will defeat Didao soon.

Luo Zheng said fiercely: "Okay, Gao Shun did not disappoint the general's high expectations. However, although Pound failed to break through, Didao still has thousands of soldiers and horses. How did Gao Shun attack Didao? Also, Pound Where is it, have you ever captured it?"

The little school hurriedly told the story, and then said: "Pang De has committed suicide."

Luo Zheng sighed, not without regret: "It's a pity that a tiger general can't be used by this general."

Jia Xu also had a look of pity, and said again and again: "He is really a brave general with both loyalty and righteousness. If he can be used by the general, he will not be defeated. He draws his sword and kills himself when he has nowhere to go. It's a pity, it's a pity!"

Luo Zheng regretted a few times, then cheered up again, and asked: "How many soldiers and horses did Gao Shun leave to defend the city?"

The Xiaoxiao replied: "General Gao Shun left two thousand troops to guard Di Dao."

"Two thousand soldiers and horses are enough."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said loudly: "Quickly order the horse to go to the counties of Lintao to find Li Meng's army, and tell Li Meng not to come to Xiangwu to assemble, but to lead [-] cavalry to guard the army's food road, so there must be no loss."

"Order."

The little school responded quickly and ran out immediately.

The next day, Yan Xing led [-] cavalry to Xiangwu to rest and wait for orders.

Two days later, Gao Shun personally led an army of [-] troops to Xiangwu.

Luo Zheng didn't wait for the army to rest, so he personally led an army of [-] cavalry out of Xiangwu, abandoned all the cities along the way, drove for more than [-] miles in five days, directly killed Long County, and set up camp five miles west of Long County .

Duan Yan was taken aback when he heard the news, and he didn't care about attacking Long County, so he immediately retreated ten li and set up camp.

Long County, Ma Teng's official residence.

"My lord, it's not good."

A small school rushed to the hall, clasped his hands to Ma Teng with a pale face, and said, "Luo Zheng personally led an army of [-] to kill him, and he has set up camp five miles west of Long County. Didao has already fallen?"

Ma Teng was taken aback, stood up suddenly, and asked sharply: "Di Dao has fallen, what is the order?"

The little principal wept sadly: "General Pang De refused to surrender, he committed suicide!"

"what!"

Ma Teng yelled, his face turned from blue to white, and then from white to blue.

After a long while, he spat out a mouthful of old blood with a 'wow' and fell back.

"Lord!"

All the generals under the tent cried out in surprise, rushed forward and stroked Ma Teng.

General Ye shouted: "Lang Zhong, hurry up and pass on Lang Zhong, where the fuck did Lang Zhong go?"

Not long after, the doctor arrived in a hurry, and Ma Teng woke up leisurely after some manipulations.

"Ugh!"

Ma Teng sighed leisurely, and said sadly: "Since Ling Ming followed this general, he has been loyal and loyal, and he has never had any second thoughts. If he didn't want to, he was killed by Didao. Mr. Luo Zheng, this general will never die with you!"

The latter sentence came out through gritted teeth.

Ma Chao said solemnly: "Don't worry, father, the child will definitely kill Luo Zheng with his own hands and avenge General Pound!"

Ma Teng waved his hands, sat up, and sighed: "I don't want Longxi to be captured by Luo Zheng so quickly, this thief really had a plan in advance! No wonder Duan Wei suddenly retreated ten miles, it turned out that Luo Zheng was here to fight It's Long County."

"Father, what should we do now?"

Ma Chao said in a condensed voice: "Luo Zheng and Duan Yan add up to no less than [-] troops, and Long County may not be able to defend it."

A ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Ma Teng's mouth, and he said decisively: "No, my son, don't you hear the truth that tigers and wolves fight each other, and the fisherman wins? If Luo Zheng doesn't come, it won't be more than ten days. You can break through Long County. However, now that Luo Zheng leads an army to kill Long County, Duan Yan will definitely not dare to attack the city again, and Long County will be safe for the time being!"

Ma Chao thought for a while, and said: "Father, you mean that Luo Zheng and Duan Yan are afraid of each other, and won't raise troops to attack the city at the same time?"

Ma Teng said: "That's right, the gain or loss of Long County is of great importance. Before the opponent is dealt with, Luo Zhengpifu and Duan Yan will definitely not raise troops to attack the city in order to prevent being taken advantage of by the opponent. In this way, being a father can Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and let them go dog-eat-dog."

"That's right, let Luo Zheng and Duan Yao go to the dog to bite the dog!"

All the generals immediately lifted their spirits, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. It is really stressful these days.

Since Duan Yan raised his troops to storm Long County, he has never had a good night's sleep or eaten a good meal when he went up to Ma Teng and down to the ordinary soldiers. Fuzhong sleeps on a warm kang.

Right now, Luo Zheng leads the army to kill, and Duan Yan is scrupulous about each other, and dare not send troops to attack Long County.

After listening to Ma Teng's analysis, the generals finally breathed a sigh of relief and could sleep well.

Ma Teng said categorically, "I ordered the army to take the time to rest and rebuild the city defenses. There must be no mistakes."

"As ordered."

All the generals agreed with a loud bang, and filed out.

Ten miles to the east of Longxi, Duan Yao's big camp, the commander of the Chinese army.

Duan Yan's face was ugly, and he sighed again and again: "Hey, I don't want Luo Zheng to pacify Longxi so quickly. I really didn't expect it. I didn't expect it. Now that this guy is stationed by the side, how can this general attack Long County?"

Some generals said excitedly: "General, why not fight Luo Zheng to the death."

Duan Yan shook his head and said: "No, if our army is in a decisive battle with Luo Zheng, even if we can defeat Luo Zheng's [-] troops, don't forget that there is Ma Teng and Hu watching. If Ma Teng takes advantage of the situation to attack, I am afraid that he will fight If the tiger fails, it will be bitten by the dog."

"This……"

The general choked and was speechless for a while.

At present, the three parties are afraid of each other, and the situation is complicated, which is indeed a problem.

If you fight Luo Zheng decisively, you have to beware of Ma Teng's sneak attack.

A general said: "How about joining forces with Lu Bu?"

Duan Yan's spirit lifted, and he pondered: "It's possible that I can't give it a try. Hurry up and go to Linjing, and ask Lu Bu to send troops to help. If Luo Zheng can be repelled, then this general will only take Hanyang, Longxi, Wudu and Jincheng. , Wuwei belongs to Lu Bu."

"As ordered."

An accompanying counselor quickly took orders, got up and ran out.

At this moment, another small school rushed in and said: "General, Luo Zheng wants to have a meeting with the general."

"Ok?"

Duan Yan's eyes were fixed, and he immediately shouted: "Send me the general's order, blow the trumpet and order the troops."

"Order!"

All the generals responded with a bang, got up and strode out of the tent.

An hour later, ten miles north of Long County, in the endless wilderness.

Amidst the continuous sound of horns, two cavalry came galloping from the east and west sides and approached quickly.

It wasn't until they were two hundred steps apart that they each stopped their horses, and the two wings stretched out as far as possible, spreading out in a fan shape.

Luo Zheng urged his horse out of the formation, and the two generals Xu Chu and Yan Xing also rode out of the formation together.

Xu Chu was on the left, glaring at him with a murderous look.

Yan Xing is on the right, holding his gun and reining in his horse, looking majestic.

"Where is Duan Yao?"

Luo Zheng strangled the sweaty BMW under his crotch and shouted loudly.

"This general is here!"

Dou heard a loud shout from the cavalry on the opposite side, and three cavalry flew out of the formation on horseback.

Luo Zheng took a closer look, and he saw that the rider in the middle was Duan Yan, and there were two generals on the left and right.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but the general's demeanor is still the same!"

Luo Zheng carefully looked at Duan Yao for a few eyes, and then said loudly.

Duan Yan also said loudly: "I am really honored to have Lao Shengping in my heart! However, Shengping is an old general from Xiliang, and now I am here to take Long County. For the sake of old love, I really don't want to fight with Shengping. How about going back to Jincheng temporarily?"

Luo Zheng smiled and said: "I also intend to take Long County, how about returning to Chang'an temporarily, General?"

Duan Yan said: "This is His Majesty's imperial order, how dare I disobey it?"

Luo Zheng couldn't help but sneer, and even the words of face were fierce, and said: "Is it Dong Zhuo? That traitor openly usurped the Han, and dared to take the crown of the monkey, calling him a widow, it is ridiculous. In vain The Duan family is also an honorable man of the great Han Dynasty, who has received the favor of the emperor, not only does he not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but he is also a traitor and a traitor, don't you feel ashamed?"

"you……"

Duan Yan said displeased: "You also served His Majesty, why don't you know loyalty?"

Luo Zheng said loudly: "What is loyalty? As a Han minister, I serve for the great man, not for the traitor Dong Zhuo who deceived me and treason. Today, the princes are raising troops to serve the king, and Dong Zhuo's traitor is dying. This general sees For the sake of cherishing the day, I came here to persuade you to return to Chang'an quickly, otherwise the general will not take it lightly if he breaks the camp."

"Humph!"

Duan Yan said: "Luo Zheng, don't be crazy, I'm going to see how you can defeat this general's camp."

"Then just wait!"

Luo Zheng sneered, seeing that there was nothing left, he didn't bother to say anything, he patted the horse's head, and urged the horse to go back to the formation.

The three thousand cavalrymen quickly turned their horses and went away like a storm.

Luo Zheng only brought [-] old troops here, but Duan Yan was not at ease with him at all, and brought the army here. Hundreds of steps away, thousands of archers in front of the formation have already drawn their bowstrings, even if It is difficult to kill Duan Yan even in a surprise attack.

Watching the three thousand cavalry go away, Duan Yao's face was gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, he also led the army back to the camp.

(End of this chapter)