Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 181 Xu Rong Shou Linzi

Outside Linzi City, the horn of siege sounded, and Chang Xi's soldiers rushed towards Linzi City like locusts.

Xu Rong on the city looked at the soldiers besieging the city with disdain, and thought to himself, it's really fantastic that you mobs want to break through me and Xu Rong can defend Linzi City.

After Xu Rong returned to Zhang De, he was sent to Linzi to assist Tai Shici.According to Zhang De's idea, although Tai Shici was brave and good at fighting, he was more than brave and not resourceful, so Zhang De sent Xu Rong to Linzi.Xu Rong is Dong Zhuo's general, although his martial arts are not very good, but his strategy is good, he is a commander in chief, so Zhang De put the two together, one is to hope that Xu Rong can familiarize himself with the Qingzhou Army, and the other is to treat the two Human personality complements each other.

But Xu Rong is relatively low-key and doesn't like publicity.It is precisely because of this that Xu Rong has been under Dong Zhuo for many years. Although he has outstanding skills, he is not a great official.Now that he has just joined Zhang Dejun, Xu Rong is even more cautious, not daring to offend anyone.

When Chang Xi asked Tai Shici for help, Xu Rong felt something was wrong, but Xu Rong didn't say it.Xu Rong felt that Tai Shici was a general of Zhang De's subordinates. He had followed Zhang De for many years and gained Zhang De's trust. As a newcomer, he should not be too troublesome at this time, and Xu Rong was also worried that Tai Shici would not listen to him. advice.

Unexpectedly, Tai Shici was in an ambush and returned in a big defeat. Tai Shici was seriously injured and was unconscious after escaping back to Linzi, so Linzi's defense all fell on Xu Rong alone.

After Chang Xi succeeded in ambushing Taishi Ci, he prepared to attack Linzi.Chang Xi used to be a bandit in Taishan County, so Chang Xi immediately sent people to Yanzhou and other places to recruit a group of desperadoes. These years, wars have continued, people have been displaced, and many people have turned into bandits, so Chang Xi unexpectedly gathered 2 horsemen. , Go straight to Linzi.

Among the 2 horses, 1 were Beihai soldiers who originally guarded Linzi. These people were well-equipped and well-trained.The other [-] horses "voted for their fame." These people were all bandits, rangers, and refugees, and they were veritable mobs.

These mobs are of course incomparable to the regular army, and these mobs have not received formal training at all. After these people gathered in Jinan, vicious incidents such as theft, robbery, and fights happened one after another.But Chang Xi didn't stop him. Chang Xi came from a bandit background, so in Chang Xi's view, these were normal things, no big deal, and he often did these things back then.

The so-called learning from bad is easy to learning from good is difficult. After these mobs joined, even the original elite soldiers were ruined and became full of bandits. Soldiers are not like soldiers, and will not be like generals.The soldiers who were good at first became more and more unseemly.

When Changxi's troops arrived in Linzi City, Xu Rong took over the defense of Linzi. Although Linzi City only had 3000 troops, Xu Rong didn't care. When Xu Rong guarded Xingyang, there were not many people, but he still blocked the coalition forces of the princes. , and Xu Rong has already written a letter to Zhang De, as long as he sticks to it for a while, the reinforcements will definitely return.

But Xu Rong still didn't take it lightly. Xu Rong originally thought that he was going to face [-] Qingzhou elites, but when Xu Rong saw [-] mobs coming, Xu Rong's heart that was still a little hanging immediately let go .The so-called soldiers are more elite than many. In Xu Rong's view, it is much easier to deal with [-] mobs than [-] elite soldiers.

After Changxi ambushed Tai Shici, he thought that Linzi was leaderless, and he could sweep Qingzhou without any effort. As for Xu Rong, Changxi didn't pay attention at all. Isn't he just a general of Dong Zhuo? If Xu Rong really has much ability , Dong Zhuo didn't have to be beaten to give up Luoyang and run to Chang'an.

But when Chang Xi watched his soldiers fall one after another under the city, Chang Xi knew that he had made a mistake, and this Xu Rong was not so easy to deal with.At this time, Chang Xi also discovered that the Qingzhou soldiers under him did not seem to be as powerful as before.In addition, Chang Xi also knows that if he loses too much in Linzi, he will be unable to attack Beihai. Beihai is Zhang De's lair. Zhang De puts most of his money in Beihai. If he can't take Beihai, he won't be able to hurt Zhang Dejun. If there is no muscle, then Zhang De still has a lot of fighting power.

So facing Xu Rong's defense, Chang Xi had to think of other ways.Ever since, Chang Xi chose a very common method - digging tunnels.

The county of Linzi is not far from the Han and Yellow River. There are many tributaries of the Yellow River in the county, so Linzi does not lack water. This means that when the water is abundant, the soil near Linzi City is soft and not suitable for digging tunnels.But now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the water in the river is not as abundant as in summer, so the tunnel can barely support it.

Fearing that the soft soil would cause the tunnel to collapse, Chang Xi dug the tunnel very deep. Although it was a waste of time, it was safer.While digging the tunnel, Chang Xi also sent a large number of soldiers to attack the city to contain Xu Rongjun.

Xu Rong's army has few soldiers, and it is already very difficult to take into account the four walls of the city. It is impossible to allocate more troops to guard against other siege measures.For Xu Rong, he has done everything he can, and he can only hope that Zhang De's reinforcements will come as soon as possible.

In Pengcheng, Chen Deng waited for a whole day, but did not wait for Zhang De's attack. The whole day, Zhang De's camp had been quiet. Chen Deng felt a little puzzled, so he sent people down to the city at night to investigate, but found Zhang Dejun had already withdrawn, and apart from a few straw men, there were only empty tents left in the camp.

Chen Deng immediately realized that Zhang De had evacuated overnight last night.But Zhang De is in such a good situation, why would he retreat? Isn't there some kind of conspiracy in it?Otherwise, Zhang De's backyard caught fire!

At this time, the school came to report that young master Tao Ying had led [-] reinforcements to five miles outside the city.Chen Deng heaved a sigh of relief. With [-] reinforcements, Pengcheng was able to defend.

Tao Ying came to Pengcheng excitedly, but was told that Zhang De had already withdrawn his army. This made Tao Ying feel a little bit of punching and punching, let alone the depression in his heart. Tao Ying had imagined countless times that he Appearing under the precarious city of Pengcheng, fantasizing about Cao Bao and Chen Deng looking at him like the saviors, but now everything is in vain.Originally thought it was an opportunity to make meritorious service, but he didn't expect Zhang De to have left after he came, not even a bowl of soup.

"Master Chen, do you know when Zhang De withdrew his troops?" Tao Ying asked.

"Back to the second son, it should have been evacuated overnight last night!" Chen Deng replied.

Tao Ying bowed his head and thought for a while, then immediately shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, follow me to pursue Zhang De!"

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