Episode 154: Entering Xuzhou
Huang Xu's illness is serious, and it is indeed not light, after Xiao Lan's diagnosis and the scan of Brilliant No. 1, he was born weak due to dystocia, coupled with a mistake in the cultivation of battle qi, so that the wind and cold entered the body, and accumulated into a scabies for a long time.
Xiao Lan helped him regulate his body with internal strength, coupled with dragon blood wine to recuperate, Huang Xu fully recovered in just three days!
Three days later, Xiao Lan led Xu He, Yu Xuan, Geng Ling, Bai Rao, and Pei Yuanshao to guard the border fortresses of Jizhou and Gunzhou, ordered 100,000 troops, and ordered Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua to attack Xuzhou with all their might.
Because Xuzhou Mu Taoqian took a large number of people to the Sour Jujube Alliance to conquer Dong Zhuo, and now Xuzhou is empty, so Xiao Lan's army was able to drive straight in, and the people of the counties along the way, hearing that Xiao Dashuai of Qingzhou had arrived, greeted each other with great enthusiasm.
But it turned out that although Xiao Lan's fight against local tyrants and division of land in Qingzhou has not yet spread all over the world, where will the nearby states and counties not know?
The Shi clan gate valve was naturally frightened and worried, but the people had been looking forward to it for a long time, and now that they saw that Xiao Lan really called, where would they not be surprised, in contrast, the Shi clan gate valve was busy organizing the clan to flee with their belongings.
Under the surprise, Xiao Lan immediately divided his troops, and Huang Zhong and Wei Yan each led 30,000 troops to capture other places in Xuzhou, while he led his troops to take Xiapi, the capital of Xuzhou!
"Don't go thief, brothers, kill!" Halfway through the march, just when everyone was camping and resting, they suddenly heard a shout of killing in the distance, Xiao Lan's ears moved, his tiger's eyes widened, and he said to the guards beside him: "Go and see, what's going on ahead?" Who shouted? β
"No!" The guard respectfully returned the salute to Xiao Lan, hurriedly opened his legs, and rushed away in the direction where the voice came. After a short while, he rushed back, panting, and replied to Xiao Lan: "Back to the big handsome, in the jungle ahead, there is a group of officers and soldiers who are chasing and killing a young man. β
"Officers and soldiers?" Xiao Lan repeated, his face instantly became cold: "How many people do they have?" β
The guards quietly calculated. He immediately replied, "About 300 people." β
"More than 300 people, I really ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, gather people, follow me over and take a look." Although it was a rapid march. drove straight into the hinterland of Xuzhou, and it was difficult for the Xuzhou officials and soldiers to react for a while, but there were actually officials and soldiers chasing the thieves to the vicinity, which was really unexpected by Xiao Lan, and even if he ordered some personal guards. Pegasus headed straight for the jungle ahead.
"Xu Sheng, today is your death!" In the jungle, an officer on a tall horse pointed to the big man surrounded by his men and shouted.
The big man was tall and burly, holding a long knife in his hand, up and down his body, scarred and bloodstained, and was gasping for breath.
Though it hurts, but. Xu Sheng was extremely brave and murderous, beside him, there were twenty or thirty corpses of officers and soldiers lying on his side, and the choking smell of blood blew with the wind and spread far away, so that Xiao Lan and the others who rushed to hear the sound couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
"Xu Sheng?" Xiao Lan heard the name shouted from the officer's mouth. I was very surprised in my heart: Could it be that this person is the later general of Eastern Wu? Not only is the force extraordinary, but the key is also proficient in the art of war, if it is really him, then he can pick up the treasure. After all, what he lacks now is a general who can lead troops to fight.
"Haha, if you want my life, I'm afraid you don't have the ability yet, if you're not afraid of death, just let the horse come over and see which of us wants whose life!" Xu Sheng laughed. Immediately dragged the long knife into the crowd of officials and soldiers again, and between the swings, the cold glow shimmered, and the officers and soldiers were killed by him for a while.
"Brothers, don't be afraid, he is already injured, no matter how brave he is, he is just one person, everyone go up together and slaughter him for me." When the general saw Xu Sheng rushing towards him, his face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly urged all his subordinates to step forward to meet the enemy.
"Come if you're not afraid of death!" Xu Shengyi was not afraid, with a long roar in his mouth, and between the swings of the long knife, he saw that it was extremely powerful, and it bloomed in an instant:
"The generals attacked, swept away thousands of troops!"
Breaking out strongly and breaking the enemy with one sword, Xu Sheng at this moment showed extraordinary bravery, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of officers and soldiers fell under his long knife, and the power was terrifying.
Xu Sheng in history, originally a native of Xuzhou, later moved to Jiangdong because of the war, until the death of Sun Ce, Marquis of Wu, his younger brother Sun Quan inherited his throne, and recruited Eastern Wu talents, so he was appointed as Sima of other departments, led an army of 500 people to guard Chaisang, and served as the commander of Chaisang County to resist the invasion of Huang Zu.
Huang Zu once sent his son Huang Jie to lead thousands of people to attack Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng resisted with less than 200 troops, killing and wounding more than 1,000 of Huang Shot's troops. After that, he opened the door and took the initiative to fight, and was defeated by Huang Zhan, who never dared to invade after being repulsed.
In 217 AD, Cao Cao sent troops to the mouth of the Xukou, and Xu Sheng followed Sun Quan to meet them. At that time, the Wei army had a large-scale attack on the Hengjiang River, Xu Sheng led the generals to meet the battle, but suddenly encountered a strong wind, the Wu army's Mengchong warship was blown to the enemy's shore, the generals were afraid in their hearts, did not dare to fight, only Xu Sheng alone led the soldiers ashore to kill the enemy, the enemy had to retreat. After the wind stopped, Xu Sheng led his army back, and Sun Quan praised him.
In 222 AD, Liu Bei led his army to Xiling, and Xu Sheng captured many of Liu Bei's camps and made meritorious achievements. In the autumn of the same year, the Wei general Cao Xiu sent troops to the entrance of the cave, Xu Sheng, LΓΌ Fan and Quan Cong crossed the river to resist the enemy, encountered strong winds, and the Wu army suffered heavy casualties. Cao Xiu ordered his soldiers to attack Xu Sheng by boat, Xu Sheng was more than less, and the Wei army could not win, so both sides had to retreat. After that, Xu Sheng was added as General Anton and was named Marquis of Wuhu
In 224 AD, Emperor Cao Pi of Wei led a large army to the south in an attempt to cross the Yangtze River. Xu Shengxian planned to build a fence around Jianye, make a fence, set up a fake building on the fence, and prepare a floating boat in the river. The generals didn't think it made much sense to do this, but Xu Sheng insisted on his opinion and completed a series of settings. When Cao Pi's army arrived at Guangling, he saw the fence that stretched for hundreds of miles, and he was suspicious, and saw that the Yangtze River was rising, so he led the army to retreat. Only then did the generals understand that Xu Sheng was prescient, and they all bowed down.
Strong martial arts, loyal and brave, and proficient in the art of war and strategy, such a character, how can Xiao Lan, who is lacking talents, not to mention that now he has formed the Taiping Army to carry out a peasant uprising, and he is doing things of killing officials and rebelling, recruiting good ministers and fierce generals is already full of thorns and difficulties, and only Xu Sheng, who has no background, no family, and has enemies with the official army, can defect to himself.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lan didn't hesitate, waved his hand behind him, and said indifferently: "Don't leave any of them, slaughter all the officers and soldiers for me." β
"No!" The Taiping army and the imperial court officials and troops were on the same page, and the two sides met, and if there was no accident, it was indispensable to fight.
In addition, now that Xiao Lan wants to directly attack Xiapi and take the entire territory of Xuzhou, he can't leak the slightest rumor, these unexpectedly arrived officers and soldiers are naturally alive and can't be left, no need for Xiao Lan to say anything, everyone agreed in unison, each drew his blade, and urged the horse to cover up the past.
The accompanying guards are carefully selected warriors in the army, each of whom has more than a thousand jun combat power, if you have talent, you can be a captain in the army, but unfortunately, although the Taiping Army has formulated many strategies, but in a short period of time, it is still difficult to create talents, most of these people are reckless, and they can only be a personal guard or something.
The leading Zhou Cang, is one of the representatives, he has a combat power of 9,000 jun, but he does not know the art of war at all, leading the troops to fight is really not suitable for him, being a fierce general before the battle, is also barely qualified, at least, rushing to kill these officers and soldiers, but it is like chopping melons and vegetables, so unhappy.
"Ah, it's not good, it may be that Xu Sheng's fellow party of the dog thief is here, Cao Junhou, what should we do?"
Hearing this, Cao Junhou snorted coldly: "What else can I do?" It's just a few dozen thieves, and it's ...... to kill them all."
Before the words fell, he saw Zhou Cang driving his horse like a violent wind, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the Cao Junhou, and shouted violently: "Dog officer, your grandfather Zhou Cang has come to take your dog's life, and he will die soon!" β
"Huh?!" Zhou Cang, like Zhang Fei, was a loud voice, and this sudden loud shout was amazing, like a thunderbolt, and suddenly shook Cao Junhou's startled body, and almost fell off the horse, before he could sit firmly, Zhou Cang slashed out with a flash of lightning.
The combat power of up to nine thousand jun is fierce, and the power seems to be still above Xu Sheng, a knife breaks through the air, rolling a piercing sound, and a sentence comes out of his mouth, and the last word "death" has not been finished, and the long knife has already slashed at the body of the Cao Junhou, even the people and horses, directly split in half............ (To be continued.) )