On December 18 of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Xiangyang City was a busy scene, after many days of hard waiting, the grain, grass and ordnance in the rear of Yongzhou were finally escorted to Xiangyang by Ma Dai, Dong Zhuojun was full of joy, and the generals of Dong Zhuojun who stayed in Jingzhou, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao and others could not wait, and immediately went to Lusu and Pang Tong to ask for battle, and asked to send them to attack the four counties of Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling, and completely occupy Jingzhou to present a gift for Kang Peng's enthronement ceremony - by the way, add a bargaining chip for their promotion to the rank of lord.

"Governor, you can rest assured that you will leave all the tasks of pacifying the four counties to me." Ma Chao patted his chest and said: "The last general will guarantee that before the first day of the first month, all the four counties will be breached, and if there is a delay, the last general will be willing to accept military law!" Ma Chao is very sure of this, the four counties of Lingling and Changsha have no more than 10,000 soldiers, and the morale of the army is low, and the defense of the city is not perfect, and in front of Dong Zhuojun's iron cavalry, there is no power to fight back.

"General Ma's words are wrong." Zhang Xiu retorted: "Since our army entered Jingzhou, General Ma has beheaded Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and Deng Long and other generals, and the hard work is high, but I was transferred to Hanyang to block Zhou Yu'er from reinforcing Jingzhou, I didn't even see a single hair of the Jingzhou general, this time General Ma will rest in Xiangyang, and leave the small task of pacifying the four counties to General Mo to do." ”

Before Zhang Xiu's words fell, Wei Yan jumped out and shouted, "No! This time the task of Pingsi County should be handed over to me, I was the one who seduced the Nanban last time, and I am the one who collected the dung this time, and the dirty work is all mine, this time, I think which of you is embarrassed to rob me? ”

"Without a gorgeous navy, you can't even cross the Yangtze River." Gan Ning said with a smile: "Beautiful Wen Chang, in the Central Plains in the future, your infantry and cavalry will have a chance, and the battle in the Jiangnan Water Town will be handed over to our gorgeous naval army." ”

Wei Yan was furious and said loudly: "The four counties are all on land, and your navy is only a great achievement in transporting the army, grain, grass and ordnance, are you embarrassed to rob our army of credit?" The four first-class generals competed for credit there, but they didn't start fighting, Wu Ban and Ma Dai and other second- and third-rate generals could only swallow saliva next to them, and they didn't even dare to fight, only Hu Che'er was stealing the beef jerky in his arms, and he was the only one who was not moved.

"Don't fight." Zhang Xiu suggested: "Now it happens that we are four people, let's go to take a county and each take a merit, otherwise we will fight again, and when Zilong and the trap camp come, let's not talk about eating meat, we can't even drink a sip of soup." ”

"Think beautifully!" Before Zhang Xiu's voice fell, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun shouted in unison outside the hall, and with a series of hurried footsteps, the dusty generals such as Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Wu Yi, Li Yan and Yan Yan rushed in, ran straight to Lu Su and Pang Tong and bowed down, and said in unison: "The governor of the capital, the military division, the last general is willing to go to pacify the four counties." ”

Lu Su and Pang Tong, who had been smiling and silent, got up and saluted and let Zhao Yun and the other generals sit at the table, and Lu Su said: "Lu Su understands the thoughts of the gentlemen, indeed, the four counties are not strong, no matter who you go, you are sure to break them one by one, but think about it, how much credit can it take to break the four counties in a time-consuming and laborious way?" Can you show the strength of our army? How much brilliance can be added to the Taishi's carrying ceremony? ”

Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu and other generals glanced at each other and nodded secretly, they all felt that Lu Su was reasonable, Dong Zhuojun broke the four counties easily, even if the four counties were broken by a general, the real credit is far from catching up with the merits of the Sword Pavilion, Chengdu and Xiangyang battles.

Seeing that the generals were thoughtful, Pang Tong said: "So I suggest to the Governor of Dadu, suggesting that our army divide into four routes, attack the four counties at the same time on the 28th of December, start the siege at the right time, end the battle before the time, and occupy the four counties at the same time within two hours, so that we can play the prestige of our army, which is the real great achievement!" ”

After Lu Su's words were finished, all the generals of Dong Zhuo's army opened their mouths wide, and it was too difficult to occupy the four counties at the same time in two hours? Ke Lu Su said with a smile: "Mr. Feng Yan's idea is indeed a bit too difficult for a strong man, but the governor of Pontus feels that if he can really break through the four counties in two hours, it will undoubtedly be a great news for the Taishi, and for the enemies of our army, it will be a nightmare, a nightmare that will make them frightened!" If you don't have faith, forget it. ”

Dong Zhuojun's generals, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly shouted at the same time: "Why don't you dare? I'm willing to make a military order! ”

"Good." Lu Su smiled and nodded: "Go and attack the four counties, just go to one general in each county, go more and others will say that we bully more and less, as for the candidates, I heard that you are determined by guessing boxing in front of the battle, just follow the old rules." Lu Su turned to Gan Ning again and said: "Xingba don't participate, the navy needs to transport soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and you can't do without it." ”

In Gan Ning's sigh, Dong Zhuojun's group of fierce generals shouted five and six, after a far better than the battlefield of the tense comparison, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu and Gao Shun became the last lucky ones, Lu Su immediately assigned the task, Ma Chao was responsible for Lingling, Zhao Yun was responsible for Guiyang, Zhang Xiu was responsible for the task of attacking Wuling, Gao Shun picked the last Changsha, the four generals were overjoyed, immediately made a military order, each led 3,000 soldiers and horses, scheduled to attack the city at the same time on the 28th, only Gao Shun resolutely did not want more soldiers, only took the headquarters of 700 camps to fight Changsha, Lu Su knew that the trapped camp after replenishment needed to be drilled, and he did not object, after the allocation, the four generals each ordered troops and horses, prepared enough food and grass and military supplies, Gan Ning led the naval army to transport the troops across the river, and the four generals went separately.

Three days later, the troops led by Ma Chao were the first to arrive at the nearest Lingling, there had already been a report from Ma Fei to report that Lingling was too guarded by Liu Du, Liu Du did not dare to slack off, and was busy recruiting his son Liu Xian and the general Xing Daorong to come to discuss, according to Liu Du's meaning, Lingling soldiers were only more than 15,000 people, although the Ma Chao army had a military advantage, but Dong Zhuojun's combat effectiveness was far superior to the Lingling army, and he could not take any advantage in the battle, it was better to surrender as soon as possible, and he could also save his life and glory, but Liu Xian and Xing Daorong resolutely opposed it, expressing their willingness to fight to the death with Dong Zhuojun.

Liu Xian admonished: "Father, that horse is no more than a Xiliang horseman, and the general of our army, Xing Daorong, has the courage to be unstoppable, and he can be beheaded under the horse." Xing Daorong also patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Ma Chao'er is just a nobody, if Lu Bu comes in person, or the last general will be a little afraid of him, just Ma Chao, the last general can deal with it." Liu Du was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Liu Xian and Xing Daorong to lead an army of 10,000 out of the city to meet the enemy, and the two took the order to go.

Because the arrival of Kang Peng changed history, Ma Chao was not as famous as in the original history, and the brilliance was completely covered up by Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, even in Dong Zhuojun, many people were dissatisfied with the young Ma Chao as the general of Dong Zhuojun, but Dong Boss's prestige was there, and no one dared to accuse him in person. Liu Xian and Liu Du are even more young and vigorous, sitting in the well and watching the sky, they are not stationed outside the city, and they form horns with Lingling City, but directly meet the thirty miles, leaning on the mountain and the underwater village.

The news was sent to Ma Chao, Ma Chao was overjoyed, although there were still seven days before the time of attacking the city at the same time, but Ma Chao decided to defeat the prestige of the Lingling Army first, so he led an army to fight first, just as Xing Dao Rong led an army to challenge before the village, the two armies met in a circle, Xing Dao Rong resisted the big axe and shouted: "Anti-thief Ma Chao, dare to invade my border?" ”

Ma Chao was furious, slapped his horse and came out with a gun, and shouted: "Traitor, suffer death." Xing Daorong hurriedly caught it, the two rushed back and forth to kill a number of combinations, Xing Daorong gradually ran out of strength, bought a flaw and ran back to the horse, Ma Chao took the opportunity to cover the army to chase and kill, the Lingling Army was defeated and dispersed, Ma Chao chased after Xing Daorong more than once, until the front of the Lingling Army camp, Liu Xian heard the news and went out of the camp to respond, Xing Daorong returned to Ma and Liu Xian to attack Ma Chao, Ma Chao sneered, the silver spear danced tiger and tiger, and the two generals were defeated and retreated, during the battle, Ma Chao suddenly shouted, the gun fell, and the heart of Xing Daorong was pierced, Liu Xian was so frightened that he didn't dare to fight against Ma Chao again, and under the cover of the defeated army, he fled back to Lingling on a single horse, most of the soldiers of the Lingling Army were local people, and they were recruited by Liu Du as pawns, and the training equipment was far from being Dong Zhuojun's opponent, and they put down their weapons and surrendered when the battle was not long, because Kang Peng had a rule that they were not allowed to kill and surrender soldiers, Ma Chao thought that these soldiers had no combat effectiveness, so he sent the captured military rations to the Lingling soldiers, and ordered them to return to their hometowns to farm, and the Lingling soldiers cried and thanked them.

That night, Ma Chao rewarded the three armies in the camp of the Lingling Army, and had a hearty drink with the generals, Ma Chao was drinking, and the herald suddenly came to report, "Tell the general, Lingling is too guarded by Liu Du, with his son Liu Xian and more than a dozen Lingling officials, with a white belt to tie his body, hang a Lingling Taishi seal letter around his neck, and ask to see the general outside the village." ”

Ma Chao was stunned, the wine glass in his hand stayed in the air, and only after a while did he ask inexplicably: "What are they doing here?" ”

"Congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general." A member of the tooth will come over and pat the fart, "Liu Du's appearance, he must have been frightened by the general, and he came to surrender first, lest after the city was broken, the general cut them all, our army's flag was victorious, the enemy looked at the wind and surrendered, the general is really a god and a man, and the villain's admiration for the general is like a surging river, endless, and like ......." ”

Before the tooth general finished speaking, Ma Chao had already scolded, "Fuck Liu Du, Lao Tzu has made a military order, to break the city on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, it will not work an hour earlier or an hour later, and now it is only the twenty-first day of the lunar month, and he Liu Du came to surrender, this, isn't this a pit for me?" Ma Chao only remembered when he said this, and the military order he set up only said that he was willing to be dealt with by military law if he did not break the city on time, but he won the battle in advance, and that military law did not stipulate how to deal with it?

After a long time, Ma Chao waved his hand impatiently: "No, no, go back and tell him that he wants to surrender, and he will not surrender until the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is over!" ”

The herald went according to his words, but it didn't take long for him to come back crying and laughing, and he knelt down on one knee and said: "Tell the general, the villain brought the words, but Liu Du and the others refused to believe it, and cried in front of the village, saying that the general refused to accept their surrender, that is, he was going to kill their whole family, Liu Du also wanted to commit suicide by hitting his head against the village, and only begged the general to let go of his son Liu Xian and the officials of Lingling." ”

Ma Chao had a headache, if Liu Du really committed suicide, then even if he broke through Lingling in advance, he would have disobeyed the military order and would be dealt with by military law. In desperation, Ma Chao had to personally welcome out of the village, help the crying Liu Du to the village, comfort him with good words, and toast Liu Du to suppress the shock, and tell the truth, Liu Du believed in Ma Chao's sincerity in accepting his surrender, and agreed to surrender immediately after the 28th day of the lunar month, so he said goodbye to Ma Chao with tears.

Dong Zhuojun's second branch belonged to Gao Shun's trapping camp in place, but unfortunately Changsha Taishou Han Xuan didn't take this team of only 700 people in his eyes at all, and even went out of the city to face the battle.

Zhao Yun's troops are all Xiliang Iron Cavalry, although Guiyang is the farthest away, but Xiliang Iron Riding is like the wind, and Zhao Yun's troops have become the third team deployed in place. Coincidentally, the 28th day of the lunar month happened to be the day of Guiyang's marriage of Zhao Ye, Zhao Yunjun suddenly arrived, Zhao Ye's wedding date will inevitably be affected, and when Zhao Yunjun set up camp thirty miles outside Guiyang City, Zhao Ye had to put down his preparations for the wedding, and recruited his younger brother Zhao Fan and his generals Chen Ying and Bao Long to discuss countermeasures.

Zhao Ye's brother Zhao Fan admonished: "Brother, I heard that Dong Taishi has broken through Jingyi Erzhou, and the princes can't stop it, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, who came this time, are the second fierce generals under Dong Taishi, and they have not been defeated in several states, and everyone in Xiliang Iron Cavalry can be one as ten, how many soldiers and horses does our army have?" It is the best policy not to be the enemy, and to surrender immediately. ”

"The general's words are wrong." Another Chen Ying who sat in shock said: "Guiyang is far away from the Central Plains, Dong Zhuo's whip is beyond reach, our army only needs to resist Dong Zhuo's attack, the Central Plains is constantly in dispute, Dong Zhuo will definitely have no gaps in the south, our army can sit and watch its changes, although the last general is not talented, he is also willing to fight Zhao Yun with a flying fork, if the war is unfavorable, it is not too late to make plans." ”

"That's right." Bao Long also admonished: "The villain has also tried his best to kill the two tigers, and he is willing to go to war with General Chen to meet that Zhao Yun." ”

"Two generals, I'm here for your good." Zhao Fan said sincerely: "You grew up in Guiyang since you were a child, and you have never seen the characters of the Central Plains, so Zhao Yunneng has made a name for himself in the Central Plains, and the strength of martial arts can be imagined, so you should not waste your life." Zhao Fan added in his heart, it's nothing for you to give up, but don't involve me and my eldest brother.

Zhao Fan, Bao Long, and Chen Ying were arguing about the battle and whether to surrender, and Guiyang Taishou Zhao Ye was also hesitant in his heart, if he had a heart to fight, he was worried about the defeat and defeat, and he gave his life, not to mention, even his fiancée, who was like a flower, would fall into the hands of the enemy; Just surrendered like this and handed over the power to others, Zhao Ye was naturally unwilling. Zhao Yezheng was unable to choose, and a girl suddenly walked out from behind the screen, and asked softly: "Dare to ask the generals, the Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong you are talking about, but the Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong of Changshan Zhending?" ”

Zhao Ye, Zhao Fan and others looked and saw that the girl was born with willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, black hair hanging down her waist, and white and tender skin, it was Zhao Fan's fiancée - Fan Juan, Fan Juan's usually gentle face was full of expectation, and her voice was nervous, and she asked: "Is he twenty-two years old, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, who are good at making a steel gun?" ”