Chapter 146: The Enemy Meets Again
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Lu Bu's wife Yan died of illness, and although Diao Chan's concubine was not promoted, everyone in Lu Bu's army had long regarded her as her main mother.
When Fang Jincheng fell, Zhang Liao was ordered by Lu Bu to protect the main mother car and escape, even if he fought for his life, Zhang Liao had to protect Diao Chan thoroughly.
It's a pity that he was just a little bit close to being able to reach the south gate, but he was suddenly killed by the army of potters and intercepted him behind.
Seeing that Lu Bu had fought out of the encirclement, Zhang Liao fought desperately, and hoped that Lu Bu would turn around and kill him and rescue Diao Chan.
Zhang Liao's hopes were dashed.
After struggling to support for a long time, not only did he not see Lu Bu come back to help, but he saw Lu Bu from a distance and did not turn back, he had already gone away and went straight to the south gate.
Zhang Liao felt a pain in his heart, he knew that at this moment of life and death, his lord could no longer take care of him, abandoned his subordinates, abandoned his woman, and chose to flee alone, leaving them to fend for themselves.
Although Zhang Liao knew that Lu Bu had a forced reason to abandon them, he was still disappointed in his heart.
What to do?
Zhang Liao, who was disheartened and mentally devastated, only had this thought left in his mind.
Changing to a general of Wei Xu's level, when the battle reaches this point, I am afraid there are only two choices in my mind:
Surrender or die in battle.
Zhang Liao's resourcefulness of more than 70 made him see the third way.
Looking around, Zhang Liao soon found that although the Tao army was numerous, its forces were mainly concentrated in the three directions of the west and southeast, while the number of troops in the north was not large.
This is also normal, according to the pottery merchant's pre-speculation, once Lu Bu is defeated, the greatest possibility is to break through from the south and go to Yuan Shu, and it is normal for the encirclement forces to be concentrated on the southern line.
As for the north, Lu Bu broke through from the north, who can he go to, should he go to Liu Bei?
You must know that not long ago, he Lu Bu teamed up with potters to seize Liu Bei's Xuzhou, and now Liu Bei is nominally Cao Cao's subordinate, and Cao Cao has a big enmity with him Lu Bu, no matter what, Lu Bu will never go to Liu Bei.
Therefore, the potters naturally did not deploy too many troops in the north.
Lu Bu can't, but that doesn't mean Zhang Liao can't either.
Looking around at the surrounding situation, Zhang Liao knew that the south could not break out, and he was neither willing to die in battle nor surrender, so he simply gritted his teeth and went to the north instead.
"Wenyuan, the husband said to break through to the south, why do we go to the north?" Diao Chan noticed it and poked her head out of the carriage to ask.
Zhang Liao sighed and said helplessly: "Wen Hou has abandoned us and fled to the south alone, the enemy army in the north is weak, we can only break through from there and go to Liu Xuande to find a way out, and follow Wen Hou to the south to break through, there is only a dead end." β
What the enemy army in the north is weak, what is a dead end, Diao Chan can't understand all of them, she only understands one sentence.
LΓΌ Bu abandoned them.
Suddenly, Diao Chan's face that was overwhelming the country and the city swelled with deep shock, and that shocked expression made it seem that Lu Bu would abandon him.
Immediately, she suddenly remembered Lu Lingji.
She remembered what Lu Bu had said, what about sacrificing a daughter for the sake of the great cause.
Her own flesh and blood can be discarded, let alone a concubine like her.
"Wen Hou, in your eyes, am I really the same as Lingji, a person who can be sacrificed......
Diao Chan muttered to himself, his teeth bit his lips tightly, and he had faintly bitten out the bloodstains, and the shock on that stunning face had gradually been replaced by sadness and loss.
Zhang Liao couldn't care about the emotional changes of the main mother, so he only fought desperately, led hundreds of remnants, and really fought a bloody way out of the north gate.
After escaping from the north gate, Zhang Liao did not dare to stop for a moment, escorted Diao Chan, and fled north in the direction of Pengcheng with hundreds of remnants.
At sunrise, the shouting of killing finally faded away, and except for a few unembered beacon smokes, the entire Xiapi City had returned to calm.
The potter stood at the head of the city, looking down at the city that already belonged to him, and a smile of relief appeared on his blood-stained face.
"Tick...... The system scans, and the host wins the offensive and defensive battle of Xiapi, and obtains a charm value of 5, and the host's existing charm value is 53. β
Finally, the charm value has recovered slightly, and last time, in order to obtain the lucky attribute of Ganmei, he consumed more than a dozen charm points, which made the potter's flesh hurt for a long time.
This time to take Xiapi, this battle is really not easy, fortunately, the system did not cheat, generously gave him 5 charm points, has not been so generous for a long time, all made the potter moved a little want to cry.
His heart was even happier, and his young eyes looked down on Picheng, the Xuzhou Governor's Office, and was finally trampled under his feet.
Today's battle means that he has finally secured the position of Xuzhou Mu, and there is no one in Xuzhou who can threaten him, and the only enemy to deal with next is the external enemy.
"Subordinate Chen Deng, meet the lord." Chen Deng's voice came from behind him, extremely respectful.
The potter looked back and looked at this young man who seemed to be loyal, but what he saw was a wise man who was extremely intelligent and powerful.
"This battle can win Xiapi, Yuanlong, you have made great contributions, with the help of geniuses like Yuanlong, why should I worry about the great cause." The potter helped Chen Deng up with a smile, and praised Chen Deng without hesitation, in front of everyone.
He naturally knew that Chen Deng was not really loyal to him, and he needed to be more vigilant against him, but now that Pi Xinpo was broken, Chen Deng was the first to make a contribution, so of course he had to give priority to comfort in order to win people's hearts.
"It's a pity to let Lu Bu break through from the south, I heard that Zhang Liao also escorted Lu Bu's concubine Diao Chan to break through from the north, it's a pity." Fan Hao shouted regret.
The potter could only shake his head and smile, this was also something that could not be helped.
His own troops are limited, and it is not easy to break the city, with Lu Bu's remaining soldiers and horses, as well as his world's first martial arts, it is expected to be enough to fight his way out of the siege, and there is nothing to regret.
To the surprise of the potter, Lu Bu would abandon his beloved Diao Chan, forcing Zhang Liao to part ways with him and be forced to break through from the north.
"Zhang Liao, this person, can actually see that my troops in the north are weak, and it is not easy to make a decision at a critical juncture......
The potter nodded slightly, secretly admired it, and immediately ordered to leave Li Guang and Chen Ping to guard Xiapi, and the potter led Lian Po, Fan Xu, and his wife Hua Mulan to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to the north to chase Zhang Liao.
When Hua Mulan heard this order, she couldn't help but look suspicious, and sneered: "I said husband, you let Lu Bu not chase after you, but instead chased Zhang Liao, an insignificant enemy, you won't go for that Diao Chan, but I heard that Diao Chan is the first beauty in the world, could it be your flower intestines again, don't forget, you just took a concubine, and the bowl was still eaten, why did you look at the pot again." β
Hua Mulan was jealous, she had a straightforward temperament, and in front of the generals, she arranged a potter.
The generals on the left and right all bowed their heads and laughed secretly, not easy to express any opinions.
The potter was slightly embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Madam, don't be sarcastic, Chen Yuanlong, tell me, why should I chase Zhang Liao?" β
The potter changed the topic in time, and also wanted to take advantage of the meeting to investigate Chen Deng's insight again.
"Naden will take the liberty of speculating on the judgment of the lord."
Chen Deng coughed dryly a few times, with a humble face, "Lu Bu has already been encircled, it is impossible for us to catch up with him again, he will not dare to stay in Xuzhou, he can only go south to Huainan and go to Yuan Shu, which will not pose a threat to Xuzhou in a short time." β
As soon as the words turned, Chen Deng raised his hand and pointed to the north, "On the other hand, looking at the north, I recently heard that Liu Bei has entangled 5,000 soldiers and horses to re-enter Xuzhou, and the forward has entered the territory of Pengcheng, and Pengcheng is the northern gateway of Xuzhou, where the danger is. Therefore, Deng guessed that the lord's pursuit of Zhang Liao was only a secondary purpose, and the main purpose must be to seize Pengcheng and drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou before Liu Bei. β
Hearing Chen Deng's words, the potter only said six words: "It is worthy of Chen Yuanlong." β
Including Mrs. Hua Mulan, Lian Po and other generals understood the true intentions of the potter, and they were all impressed by the potter's overall view.
"Then I misunderstood my husband......" Mulan blushed slightly and smiled apologetically.
The potter only laughed at it, but in his heart he secretly admired Chen Deng's insight, and secretly thought that this person was indeed a genius, if he used it well, he would be a Chen Ping, if he didn't use it well, he would have endless troubles.
But this is all later, the most important thing now is to take advantage of the momentum of the big victory, the morale of the whole army is strong, and immediately enter Pengcheng, drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou, and completely sit in Xuzhou.
At that moment, the potter led 5,000 elite foot riders to go north along the Surabaya road, and pursued Zhang Liao and his party relentlessly.
A few days later, the 5,000-strong army reached the southwest of Pengcheng.
Zhang Liao passed through Pengcheng and did not dare to enter, so he went straight around the city and continued to look north.
Just when the potters were planning to send troops into the city and seize this important town with empty troops, on the Northwest Avenue, the dust and fog covered the sky, and in the rolling dust, a big banner with the word "Liu" entered the field of vision.
Almost at the same time, Liu Bei also rushed to Pengcheng.