Han Xuan interrupted Xu Rong and said, "I also know that Cao Cao cannot be bypassed from Liaodong by land, so I want to send the navy from the southeast coast to the northeast to the land of Sanhan." After swallowing the land of Sanhan, he will surrender Goguryeo and compete with Gongsun Du of Liaodong! ”

Xu Rong was surprised and delighted when he heard this, he looked to the northeast and said: "I think that I thought of the friendship of my fellow villagers back then, so I recommended Gongsun Du as the Taishou of Liaodong. The world was in turmoil, and Gongsun Du took the opportunity to establish himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou. Now he does not obey the edict of the imperial court, as if he is the king of Liaodong, and he is the lord of the sword, and he should be the lord of the lord! ”

Han Xuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, Xu Rong." I immediately ordered you to be the main general, Xu Sheng and Zhou Tai as deputy generals, and lead 20,000 navies to Liaodong. ”

"The last will be ordered." Xu Rong bowed to the general's seal, and Han Xuan said again: "Zhou Tai once served as a general of the navy, and he once went to Yizhou with Chen Wu, so he is familiar with the sea situation. Xu Sheng is cautious and has the style of a general, and these two can help you. ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Xu Rong thanked him, Han Xuan remembered something again, and asked Yan Xuan to come in quickly.

I saw a young scribe with a loyal face come in and bowed, "Yan Jian pays a visit to the Marquis of Chu." ”

Han Xuan nodded and said to him, "Yan Mancai, I heard that you have written "The Legend of the Tide" and have studied the tide. Today, I order you to be the captain of the cavalry, to join the military, and to plan the sailing route for my expeditionary navy. ”

Yan Zhen received the order, Han Xuan's expeditionary force went by sea, and supply was a problem. Therefore, Han Xuan wanted to get supplies from the land along the Xuzhou coast, and then rest from the Jiaodong Peninsula before arriving at the land of Sanhan. This is just the route that Han Xuan has preliminarily planned, and the specific feasibility will be discussed by Yan Zhen and Xu Rong according to the actual situation.

After the relevant matters were arranged, Han Xuan and Chen Wu went to Dantu Port to see off Xu Rong and 20,000 naval officers. The sea breeze set off waves, and Xu Rong bowed to Han Xuan: "Take care of the lord, Rong will live up to the trust of the lord and step on the three Hans and Liaodong!" ”

"General Xu, take care!" Han Xuan and Chen Wumu sent Xu Rong to board the ship. The officers and men of the navy lifted their masts, raised their huge sails, and sailed north through the wind and waves.

After sending Xu Rong away, Chen Wu and Han Xuan left the port, and Chen Wu asked, "You said that Sanhan is a small country, which one is the ancestor of the stick country?" ”

"The three Koreas are Mahan, Jinhan, and Benhan........ Whatever, after Liaodong is pacified, even the Wa Kingdom will be cleaned up! Han Xuan said in high spirits, and Chen Wu praised repeatedly. As later generations of Chinese people, they have hatred for the Wa Kingdom in their bones.

Let's say that Xu Rong led the navy to dock all the way along the coast to get supplies, and arrived at the Jiaodong Peninsula in less than a month. On this day, Xu Rong's army arrived at a small place called Chunyu in Beihai County, and Xu Sheng went out to search for fleet supplies. After a long time, Xu Sheng sent someone to report that a pirate named Guan Cheng had attacked neighboring Muping County, and the county order asked them to rescue Muping County. ”

Xu Rong led his army to Muping County, and he drove his horse to a high ground and looked towards Muping County. I saw that five miles away, a group of pirates of about five or six thousand was attacking the county seat of Muping. These pirates don't have any siege weapons in their hands, such as battering rams, rammers and other siege weapons.

Although the county commander and county lieutenant of Muping County are not talents, they are not wine bags and rice bags. Pei Xuan, the county commander, heard that Xu Sheng and others had come to the city to exchange materials, so he brought a group of officials and county soldiers to surround Xu Sheng, and it happened that Guan Cheng came to attack the county seat at this time. Pei Xuan and the county lieutenant sent people to ask Taishou for help, and on the other hand, they asked Xu Sheng and his soldiers to help them come to defend the city.

Although Guan Cheng has five or six thousand people, his own strength is not strong, and because of the desperate resistance of the men and horses led by Xu Sheng and the county commander Pei Xuan and the county lieutenant. Muping County has held out until now, has not been breached, and is waiting for reinforcements.

After Xu Rong observed carefully, he found that Muping County had fewer soldiers after all, and the pirates had been attacking for a long time, if there were no reinforcements, Muping County might be broken in half an hour.

Xu Rong drove his horse and came down from a high place and said to everyone: "I see that the pirates are crowded. However, he had been attacking Muping County for a long time and was already tired. You don't need to bring in a large army, you only need our front army to attack to defeat the pirates! ”

"Zhou Tai is willing to fight with the general, and he will be caught off guard by killing the pirates!" Zhou Tai asked for battle.

At the head of the city wall of Muping County, the county commander Pei Xuan and the county lieutenant were holding spears to assassinate those pirates who climbed up to the city. The two of them panted and fought to the death, and as soon as they saw a pirate coming up, they rushed forward. It is also because of the leadership of the county order and the county lieutenant that other county soldiers can always hold on.

"Pei County Order, when will the reinforcements arrive? We don't have many soldiers and horses left, and I'm afraid we won't be able to stop these pirates. The county lieutenant asked with a worried expression.

The county commander frowned and commanded the others in the city to resist the pirates, and by the way, he looked at the dense pirates under the city, and comforted: "Don't worry, I have already asked the Taishou for help, calculate the time, the reinforcements sent by the Taishou should arrive." I'm waiting to hold on! When reinforcements arrive, the pirates will be defeated. ”

Although the county order said so, the county lieutenant was still very worried, fearing that they would die in battle if they could not hold on to the reinforcements of the Taishou. But there is no way, he and the county commander are both from Muping County, and behind this city wall are their fathers and villagers, and their families, children and clans are all in the county seat. They can only fight to the death, and if they are killed in the city, then their own lives and property will not be guaranteed.

Xu Sheng and his soldiers were silent, and only used bows and arrows to help the county order Pei Xuan and them retreat from the enemy. Their trip must be kept secret and their identities must not be revealed, so none of them have the banner of Han Xuan on their ship.

Guan Cheng waved the long knife in his hand under the city and threatened: "Pei County Order, don't you open the city gate quickly and surrender to me." If you wait for me to break through the city, there will be no chickens and dogs left in the city. ”

"Phew, the dog thief. You are a pirate, and I am a court officer, how can I surrender to you? Pei Xuan scolded Guan Chengdao.

"Guan Cheng, I advise you to withdraw quickly! If you wait for the Taishou army to arrive, you will die without a place to be buried! The county lieutenant also threatened.

Guan Cheng was furious, and when he thought that there might be county soldiers coming to the rescue, he immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill me!" Invade the city, choose food and goods, and women can grab and kill at will! ”

At the urging of Guan Cheng, the pirates frantically rushed up the wooden ladder to the top of the city. Guan Cheng carried the big knife and drove it under the city, which pirate dared not rush up, as long as he took a step back, the big knife in Guan Cheng's hand would be bloody.

"County order, we can't stop it, we can't stop it." While fighting bravely, the county lieutenant shouted to the county commander Pei Xuan.

"Everyone, for the sake of my wife and children behind me, kill me! Kill. The county commander Pei Xuan yelled, rushing to fight with a sturdy pirate.

"Haha, kill it, the city is going to be broken. The money and the treasures are ours. A pirate shouted excitedly.

"Woman, haha, I want a beauty, kill!" A lewd pirate laughed wildly.

More and more pirates climbed up the ladder to the head of Muping County like ants. The county soldiers at the head of the city were slaughtered one after another by the swarming pirates. And those county soldiers can only let out a scream before they die, or they can give the pirates a final knife.

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Xu Rong, who was five miles away, was always paying attention to the battle situation in Muping County, and saw that Muping County was about to be unable to resist the attack of the pirates, and the pirates were getting more and more crazy. Han Xuanjun was almost rested, full of energy and full of fighting spirit.

Xu Rong turned around and glanced at the soldiers behind him who were eager to try, and shouted: "Soldiers, there is Muping County ahead." The soldiers of Muping County have resisted the pirates for a long time and are waiting for our army. General Xu Sheng is now looking forward to our rescue, what should we do? ”

"Kill the pirates, kill the pirates, kill the pirates!" Fifteen hundred soldiers shouted loudly under the leadership of Xu Rong and Zhou Tai, and their fighting spirit soared to the sky.

"Good! Zhou Tai and Wang Lie each led 500 elite soldiers to rush and kill from the left and right. The rest of the people will follow me out of the middle lane and exterminate the pirates! Xu Rong yelled on his horse.

"Drive, brothers, rush me!" Zhou Tai patted the horse's legs, sat down and sat down like an arrow from the string, and went straight to Muping County to kill. Seeing that Zhou Tai was so heroic, the five hundred elite soldiers behind him also hurriedly followed the charge.

"Brothers, kill the pirates and rescue General Xu Sheng. Come on! "Wang Lie is only a hundred commanders, this is the time for him to make military achievements, how can he be left behind. With a loud shout, he led five hundred soldiers to the left flank.

Han Xuan's army attacked the pirates who had just climbed the city in three ways, like a tiger descending the mountain, and soon rushed into the pirate formation, and the soldiers shouted to kill those pirates who were still under the city and did not climb the city. The pirates were attacking the county seat, and they didn't expect the reinforcements to come so quickly, and by the time they reacted, the pirates had no time to form a formation to meet the enemy.

(End of chapter)