Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

 Chapter 1214 The Deaths of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng

 Chapter 1212: Death of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng

The person who most wanted Bai Qi to leave the four southern counties was naturally Wang Mang, who was hiding in the deep mountains and old forests.

Wang Mang could be said to have lost all his family fortune this time, but he did not escape from Bingzhou like a lost dog, because before leaving, he had to plot against Qin Hao one last time.

Wang Mang now only has a few hundred soldiers in his hands, and it is basically impossible to pose a threat to the rule of the Qin army. His only chance is to wait for Bai Qi to leave with the main force, and instigate the 80,000 in the prisoner-of-war camp to launch a rebellion, thus annexing the four southern states. Only then would the county be in chaos again, and he would be able to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation.

But as long as Bai Qi's hundreds of thousands of Qin troops were stationed in Bingnan, Wang Mang was destined to have no chance, but he also guessed that Bai Qi would lead his army to leave soon.

Now that the war in Hetao is tense, Qin Hao cannot leave hundreds of thousands of elites idle in Bingnan. Once Qin Hao transfers Bai Qi's main army away, Wang Mang's opportunity will come.

 So, Wang Mang and his men evaded the Qin army's search while waiting quietly for Bai Qi to leave and go south.

 Huang Tian lives up to his conscientiousness.

Just after hiding in the mountains for more than half a month, when Wang Mang and others were about to become savages, Bai Qi finally led his army to leave Bingzhou, and Wang Mang launched his final plan. Of course, he himself would definitely not take the risk of participating.

"How about it?"

Wang Mang looked at the returning general and asked expectantly: "Did you succeed?"

"My lord, Su Dingfang seems to have expected that we would return, so he set up an ambush in advance. Not only did he easily suppress the riot in the prisoner of war camp, but we also had very few manpower left."

"What?"

Wang Mang's pupils shrank and he clenched his fists unconsciously. He had tried his best to overestimate Su Lie, but he didn't want to end up underestimating him. Su Lie beat his **** with an army of 10,000 people in Chaoge City early in the morning, and now it is even more destructive. With his final plan, Wang Mang never had any chance.

Looking at the few wounded soldiers left behind General Pian, Wang Mang sent out more than 300 people, but in the end, less than 10 of them came back.

"well…"

Wang Mang sighed and said in a deep voice: "That's all, since there's nothing we can do, we'd better leave Bingzhou. Let's go to Jizhou to join Chen Youliang."

Chen Qingzhi on the other side couldn't help but smile when he saw this: "Mr. Wang Mang has a great talent, and the Lord will definitely use you."

 Chen Qingzhi, Chen Baxian and Ju Wuba did not participate in this operation. After all, Wang Mang also knew the danger of this trip, so naturally he would not let the few remaining talents under his command take the risk.

Chen Youliang's 10,000-strong army to assist Wang Mang was completely thrown away by Chen Qingzhi. This was a huge mistake, but if Chen Qingzhi could bring Wang Mang, a wise man, and Big Mac, a powerful general, back to his home If you join a camp, you can barely make up for it.

 “As a bereaved dog, I dare not ask for anything else, but asking Mr. Chen to give me a place to stay is enough.”

Wang Mang said with a wry smile, but he was extremely disdainful in his heart. It was naturally impossible for him to truly surrender to Chen Youliang. If he really wanted to surrender, he would surrender to Qin Hao. A person of Chen Youliang's level would not be able to catch Wang Mang's eyes at all.

A month later, Wang Mang and others traveled over mountains and rivers, experienced all kinds of hardships, and finally entered the territory of Jizhou. But just when they were about to go to Chen Youliang, they received an extremely shocking bad news... Chen Youliang was dead.

"What? This is absolutely impossible." Chen Baxian grabbed the collar of the soldier who came back to inquire about the news, and shouted in disbelief: "My lord has occupied Qinghe and other two counties, and has more than 60,000 troops. How could it be possible so quickly? Just fail?"

Seeing this, Wang Mang quickly stepped forward and pulled Chen Baxian away, and said: "Brother Baxian, calm down and listen to what he has to say first."

 Chen Baxian couldn't help but regain his composure when he heard the words, and after listening to the soldier's explanation, everyone couldn't help but look shocked.

Since Yuan Shao and Han Fu launched their own armies to attack Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, they have been victorious and unstoppable. Especially Han Xin's side, which obviously did not have much more troops than Zhang Shicheng, crushed Zhang Shicheng almost throughout the process.

Although Yuan Shao's victory was much inferior to that of Han Xin, Chen Youliang did not dare to fight outside the city. The battle was about to come to a stalemate, but at this time the Ming army suddenly sent troops to attack the rear of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.

This time Emperor Ming personally led the army, with Prime Minister Zhang Liang serving as military advisor, and Yue Xi, Li Jin, Yu Ziqi, Zhongli Mei and others as generals. Thirty thousand troops were even transferred back from Longyang in Huguan, for a total of 80,000 troops. The troops were divided into two groups and penetrated directly into the vital points of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.

 Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng also had many old generals from the Yellow Turban period under their command. Many of them were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming army came back, they surrendered without resistance.

With Emperor Ming personally taking action, the main forces of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang were on the front lines to resist Yuan Shao and Han Xin, so that the troops in the rear were weak and unable to stop the Ming invasion.

Soon, the Ming army occupied nearly half of the territory of both sides. On the way back to support, Zhang Shicheng accidentally fell into Zhang Liang's ambush plan. Not only was his entire army wiped out, but he himself also died from thousands of arrows. Under the heart.

 After Wang Shichong, another Yellow Turban traitor, Zhang Shicheng, was executed by the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Shicheng's death, Chen Youliang also fell into a situation of fighting alone. Yuan Shao was in front of him and Ming Dynasty was in the back. Moreover, most of the territory had already fallen, and his defeat was obviously just around the corner.

However, Chen Youliang did not die at the hands of the Ming army, nor did he die from Yuan Shao's calculations. Chen Youliang died from the betrayal of his own people, and the person who betrayed him was Xiao Yan.

Under the attack of Yuan Shao and Emperor Ming, Chen Youliang was destined to be unable to hold on for long, but Chen Youliang was determined to defend and would rather die than surrender again. However, Xiao Yan and other important officials were unwilling to be buried with Chen Youliang.

Late one night, Xiao Yan launched a mutiny, and after seizing the military power, he killed Chen Youliang, and then surrendered to Yuan Shao with tens of thousands of troops and Chen Youliang's head.

After all, Xiao Yan belonged to Chen Youliang's lineage, and Chen Youliang's identity as a Yellow Turban traitor made Xiao Yan destined to be unable to join the Ming Dynasty, so the only choice Xiao Yan could make was Yuan Shao.

After Xiao Yan surrendered, Yuan Shao not only promoted Xiao Yan to an official position, but also ordered him to continue to command his soldiers. It can be said that he treated Xiao Yan extremely favorably.

With the deaths of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, the Qinghe Army and Changshan Army also disappeared. Half of their territory was captured by Han Fu and Yuan Shao, and the other half was captured by the Ming Dynasty in Taihang.

 At this point, the situation in Jizhou has also changed from a melee among the top four to a tripartite confrontation.

Yuan Shao occupied the largest territory among them, owning nearly half of Jizhou.

 Han Fu followed, occupying one-third of Jizhou's territory.

The Ming Dynasty was the weakest, occupying only one-sixth of Jizhou's territory, but the strength of the Ming Dynasty was no weaker than any other.

I’ve been a little busy lately. I’ll update more after this period of busyness has passed.

 (End of this chapter)