Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 179

Generally speaking, the attacking party loses more than the defending party.These losses mainly came from the soldiers running towards the city wall and during the process of climbing the city wall. Once the attacking party climbed to the top of the city and fought hand-to-hand, if the difference between the two and the reverse is not large at this time, then the losses should be similar.And Zhang De just relied on long-distance catapults and ballistas to suppress the soldiers in the city, so that his soldiers would not be attacked by too many bows and arrows in the city when they rushed to the city wall.When climbing the city wall, Zhang De had four Jinglan vehicles to cover it, so Zhang De cleverly avoided these two major links of losing troops.

Outside Pengcheng, Zhang De's camp.

"My lord, the grain harvesting has been finished!" It was Sun Kang who spoke, and Zhang De handed over the task of grain harvesting to Sun Kang this time.Sun Kang is an honest man. He is not as good as his younger brother Sun Guan in leading troops and fighting, but he is good at farming, and Zhang De's generals have to supervise the battle and attack the city. I really can't find anyone to do this kind of job, so I asked Sun Kang.

After listening to Sun Kang's report, Zhang De nodded, and ordered Sun Kang to keep half of the grain as military rations, and transport the rest to Tancheng in Donghai County.

At this moment, Chen Gong rushed in, only to see Chen Gong was sweating profusely, with an anxious expression on his face.Zhang De knew at a glance that he might be in trouble!

So Zhang De asked: "Sir, why are you so panicked!"

Chen Gong took a deep breath and said, "My lord, something is wrong. There is an urgent report from Linzi that Yuan Shao is attacking Jinan!"

Zhang De tremblingly held the urgent report in his hand, his heart was extremely shocked, this was written by Tai Shici to himself, it said that Yuan Shao had attacked Jinan ten days ago, the exact number of people who came was unknown, Chang Xi was defending Jinan, Tai Shici led 8000 troops to aid Jinan.

Yuan Shao is here?At this time, Zhang De couldn't accept it in his head. It was a good time for Yuan Shao to choose this time, but now was the time when his defense was the most empty.An army of 1 was in Pengcheng, and in order to prevent Tao Qian from entering Donghai County from Xiapi and cutting off Zhang De's back, Zhang De also deployed more than 1 troops in Donghai County.Counting, Zhang De now only has [-] horses in Linzi and Jinan in Qingzhou.In other counties, there are only more than a thousand defenders guarding them.

Zhang De thought again, how could Yuan Shao attack Qingzhou at this time?Could it be that Yuan Shao has completely stabilized the situation in Jizhou?This is too fast!And how could Gongsun Zan of Beiping give up so easily!Zhang De felt sensitively that something was wrong, but Zhang De couldn't tell clearly.

After a long time, Zhang De raised his head and asked Chen Gong, "Sir, what do you think about this matter?"

Chen Gong had already made up his mind, and said calmly: "In my opinion, Yuan Shao will definitely not attack Qingzhou at this time. He should not have completely pacified Jizhou so quickly. The mess left by Han Fu is not It's really easy to clean up, and besides, Gongsun Zan of Beiping is not an easy boss, didn't Shuzhi also go to Beiping, so Yuan Shao will not attack Qingzhou at this time!"

"But sir, this letter..."

"My lord, from my point of view, there are two possibilities. The first is that Tao Qian's people forged this letter to force us to retreat. The second possibility is that someone is lying!" Chen Gong said.

Zhang De seemed to have figured something out, so he asked, "Someone is lying? What do you mean, sir?"

"That's right, the letter is written in General Taishi's handwriting, and all the seals are there, so the letter should be true. The only reason is that someone between Taishi Ci and Chang Xi is lying!" Chen Gong continued.

"It's Changxi!" Zhang De said without thinking.

"My lord, why do you think it's not Tai Shici?" Chen Gong asked with a smile.

Zhang De paused suddenly, yes, why didn't he suspect that it was Tai Shici?Although Tai Shici has been with him for a long time, the two of them are like brothers in private.Moreover, it was also recorded in history that Tai Shici was a loyal person, so Zhang De did not doubt Tai Shici at all.

At this time, Chen Gong went on to say: "Ziyi is a very filial person, and now Ziyi's mother is in Beihai, so Ziyi will definitely not betray the lord, but this Changxi is a bandit from Mount Tai. It seems that even Zang Ba The general doesn’t know much about Chang Xi.”

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In the Jinan mansion, Chang Xi looked at the middle-aged scribe in front of him with a gloomy expression, and the middle-aged scribe looked calm, as if everything was calculated.

Finally, Chang Xi said, "Mr. Yuan Tu, if Tai Shici doesn't send troops, then don't blame my brother for taking the head of Mr. Zhang De to make a contribution!"

This middle-aged scribe was Yuan Shao's counselor, Feng Ji Feng Yuan Tu. Feng Ji was very eloquent, so Feng Ji was sent by Yuan Shao to persuade Chang Xi.Chang Xi was born in the Four Bandits of Mount Tai, and he is used to the life of a cottage king. Although he is now the governor of Jinan, Chang Xi is not satisfied. In Chang Xi's view, whoever benefits him the most is the boss.

Fengji came to persuade Changxi to join Yuan Shao, but in Changxi's view, Yuan Shao is now just a Bohai prefect. Although he is sitting in Jizhou, he is on the same level as Zhang De in terms of official position. Such people have always looked down on such bandits as themselves, how can they be looked down upon by others if they take refuge in him.Chang Xi would not do anything without sufficient benefits.

Chang Xi rejected Feng Ji, but Chang Xi did not arrest Feng Ji, which gave Feng Ji a glimmer of hope.So Fengji decided to take the next best thing and persuade Changxi to stand on his own against Zhang De.Chang Xi is not a reckless person, although it is indeed tempting to become a prince on one's own, and now Zhang De is on an expedition to Xuzhou, with all the troops out, even the old nest Beihai is guarded by only a thousand people, it is indeed a good opportunity, but Linzi City There is also Tai Shici's [-] army. Once he rebels, the army in Linzi city can come all day long, but once Zhang De reacts and transfers Xuzhou's army back, he will be finished.

At this time, Feng Ji offered a plan to let Changxi lie about Yuan Shao's attack on Jinan, and let Linzi Taishici come to support him, and ambushed Taishici's troops on the way, and then sent troops to raid Linzi and Beihai, catching Zhang De by surprise.Beihai is Zhang De's lair, and Chang Xi can use this to negotiate with Zhang De and keep the position of one of the princes.

Chang Xi knew that although this plan was risky and had great variables, Chang Xi was born as a bandit and was used to licking blood with knives. Naturally, he knew that the more risky things were, the greater the benefits. After careful consideration, Chang Xi decided to take a gamble. If he succeeded, he would be a vassal. If he lost, Chang Xi was also ready to retreat. At worst, he would go back to Mount Tai and become his own cottage king.

At this moment, one of Chang Xi's old subordinates came in and whispered in Chang Xi's ear: "Boss, Tai Shici has taken the bait!"

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