Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 199
Speaking of which, Zhang Miao's strength is by no means ordinary. Originally, Zhang Miao had first-class counselors like Cheng Yu and fierce generals like Dian Wei under his command, plus Man Chong and Mao Jie who were talented in both literature and martial arts.At the end of last year, when Zhang Miao conquered Shanyang County, Bao Xin, the prefect of Shanyang, surrendered, and Bao Xin's general Jin also surrendered to Zhang Miao. Zhang Miao entrusted Ban with a heavy responsibility.

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao's younger brother, the former prefect of Guangling, came to join Zhang Miao. Zhang Chao brought a general named Lu Dai, who was recruited by Zhang Chao when he was in Guangling.

Zhang Chao also brought a lot of soldiers and horses, so this greatly increased Zhang Miao's strength, so in his heart, Zhang Miao was not afraid of Zhang De.

Qingzhou is rich in products, and with Zhang De's management over the years, the people can be regarded as having enough food and clothing, and in addition to the benefits of fishing and salt, so the tax revenue of Qingzhou is much better than that of Yanzhou affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Zhang Miao wanted to attack Qingzhou, but was immediately persuaded by Cheng Yu.Cheng Yu was still quite afraid of Zhang De. After all, it was no accident that Zhang Chao became a prince from a eunuch's son in just a few years.And last year, Zhang De won Donghai and Pengcheng, and his strength has been greatly improved.

But Man Chong felt that he could attack Qingzhou.Zhang Miao has an imperial decree in his hand, so Zhang Miao can justifiably enter Qingzhou, and Zhang De has taken over half of Xuzhou. If Zhang De is given enough time to take down the entire territory of Xuzhou, it will be very difficult for Zhang Miao to attack Qingzhou at that time. Difficult, maybe Zhang De will attack Yanzhou in turn.

It's not that Cheng Yu didn't expect this, but Cheng Yu thought it was not a good time to attack Zhang De, and now that the world's princes are about to start a war, and now it's a matter of affecting the whole body, Yanzhou is no better than other places, and it's not like Qing Xu and other places are backed by the sea, secondly, there is no obstacle like Xiongguan in Sili and Yongzhou, and thirdly, there is no natural barrier like Bashu and Yangzhou.

Yanzhou is surrounded by enemies, if Zhang Miao wants to attack Qingzhou, he needs to use all of Yanzhou's strength, and then Yanzhou's defense will be empty. If Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu come here at that time, then Zhang Miao will not be able to bear it, so Cheng Yu thinks that now Attacking Zhang De is not the best time.

In Beihai City, Zhang De stayed in the mansion obediently. After all, he was pretending to be sick, so naturally he had to pretend, so Zhang De hadn't gone out these days.

When the news of Zhang De's illness first spread, there was an endless stream of people who came to see Zhang De, but they were all turned away.Those Beihai officials naturally knew that Zhang De was pretending to be sick to evade the imperial decree, but the gentry didn't know, so these days, famous gentry came to visit Zhang De every day.

"My lord, according to the news from Mi Zhu in Xiapi City, Tao Qian's condition has improved these days, and he seems to be able to get out of bed, but he still can't manage the government. So now the government in Xiapi City is in the hands of Chen Deng!" Li Rouhuan Said slowly.

"Then how many soldiers and horses are there in Xiapi City now, can you find out?" Zhang De asked.

"There are nearly 5 people!"

Zhang De frowned, and said, "Why are there so many? It's really a centipede that is dead but not stiff!"

"That's right, my lord. I thought that there were at most 3 or 5 people in Xiapi. However, although Tao Qian suffered a lot when we attacked Pengcheng last time, there were still nearly [-] paratroopers who escaped from Pengcheng and returned to Xiapi. Pi, including the original troops in Xiapi City and the newly recruited Xiangyong, the total number is [-]!" Li Rou said calmly.

Zhang De asked Chen Gong next to him again: "Sir, how many troops can we mobilize now?"

"The last time we attacked Pengcheng, we lost a lot. In addition to the Changxi Rebellion, the defenders in Linzi and Jinan were completely lost, and the defenders in Beihai also lost more than half, and that Zhang Miao was named the governor of Qingzhou, so if we send troops , not only to guard against Yuan Shao in Jizhou, but also guard against Zhang Miao in Yanzhou, so we can mobilize at most 1 Qingzhou soldiers and [-] horses from Donghai this time!" Chen Gong replied.

The total is only 5, but there are [-] people in Xiapi City. Although the combat effectiveness and morale are far inferior to Qingzhou soldiers, the Zhan has the advantage of defending the city after all.

Next to Li Ju said: "My lord, I have a plan, I can go to the Pi!"

"The plan will be released?" Zhang De asked hastily.

"Actually, my lord, you don't need to be in a hurry to march to the Pi now. Now it will be the season of abundant rains. At that time, we only need to kill the water of Si, and we can get to the Pi!" Li Rou laughed coquettishly when she said this, just Li Rou's face was covered with scars, and her smile was really scary.

When Zhang De heard it, wasn't this the strategy Cao Cao thought of when he attacked Lu Bu?I remembered that it was Guo Jiaxian's trick at the time, but I didn't expect the little-known Li Rou under my command to know about it, it seems that this Li Rou is not ordinary!

At this time, Chen Gong interjected: "My lord, Mr. Li's plan is very clever, you can try it. In addition, Mi Zhu came to report that the aristocratic families in Xiapi City are now divided into two factions. One is to stick to Xiapi. These people are headed by the Chen family; The second is that persuading Tao Qian to take refuge in the lord can guarantee a temporary wealth, and these people are headed by Cao Bao. It's just that the Chen family is powerful now, although many aristocratic families have the intention to surrender, but it is difficult to determine the overall situation!"

"Cao Bao? When he fought against Pengcheng, didn't he insist on holding on? How could he try to persuade Tao Qian to surrender?" Zhang De asked puzzled.

When Zhang De entered Xuzhou for the first time, Cao Bao was the representative of the main combat faction, how he became a surrender faction now made Zhang De feel a little inconceivable.

At this time, his subordinates came to report that Wang Xiu had returned from Jizhou and had already arrived outside the city. Zhang De wanted to take someone to meet him in person, but thinking that he was pretending to be sick, it was a bit reckless to go out rashly, so he ordered Chen Gong Instead of himself, he went to welcome Wang Xiu back.

Zhang De arranged three tasks for Wang Xiu this time, to contact Gongsun Zan in the north, to buy a horse, and to go to Changshan to find Zhao Yun.According to Zhang De, it should not be difficult to unite Gongsun Zan and buy a horse. As for whether Zhao Yun can find it or not, it depends on his luck.

Zhang De waited anxiously for news from Chen Gong. After a while, Chen Gong brought Wang Xiu in. When Wang Xiu saw Zhang De, he knelt down and said, "Wang Xiu has seen the lord!"

Zhang De hurriedly stepped forward to help Wang Xiudao: "Uncle Zhi, get up quickly, you have really worked hard this time, how are you doing, are you going well?"

"It's going well. Gongsun Zan has agreed to form an alliance with us. In addition, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping are also willing to sell us horses. As for Changshan Zhao Yun..." At this point, Wang Xiu paused.

Zhang De hurriedly asked: "How is Zhao Yun, have you found it?"

Wang Xiu saw that Zhang Dehao really cared about Zhao Yun, so he replied, "Congratulations, my lord, for gaining another general!"

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It's just right for a cold, but it is said that the cold air will come again tomorrow. The gluttonous insect is also a big man of eight feet, but this winter seems to be particularly vulnerable!
(End of this chapter)