Chapter 152: Cheeky Ones
After Zhang Xun withdrew his troops, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Thanks to Zhang Hong and Lu Fan, before Zhang Xun led the army to arrive, they sent people to harvest the rice in the fields outside the city in time.
The tuntian system has just been implemented in Lujiang, and the grain harvest is acceptable. Xu Rong led his troops to transport back the grain and grass of the plundered Yuan Shujun, and Wancheng got a total of 30,000 grains.
Han Xuan asked Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others, and Lu Fan said: "My lord, Yuzhang County borders Changsha and Guiyang under the rule of my lord, and our army is mighty, and we can capture Yuzhang in one go." β
Zhang Hong also agreed with Lu Fan's point of view: "The lord, Yuzhang Taishou Zhu Hao was appointed by Li Dao and others. The enmity between the lord and Li Dao is not shared, and the lord must have his intentions? β
Han Xuan didn't expect that Zhang Hong had already seen through his mind and decided to lead his troops to attack Yuzhang, but he was afraid that Yuan Shu would attack his rear.
Zhang Zhao saw Han Xuan's concern and said to him: "Previously, Liu Xuan sent Fan Neng and Zhang Ying to garrison the riverside to defend Yuan Shu, and he was worried that Wu Jing and Sun Ben were Yuan Shu's subordinates, so he expelled them to Liyang, Jiangbei. Yuan Shu set up the history of Yangzhou by himself, and attacked Zhang Ying and Fan Neng with Wu Jing and Sun Ben, and the two sides were inseparable, and the battle situation was stalemate, and Yuan's army failed to capture it for a year. The imperial court also awarded Liu Miao as the general of Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and fought against Yuan Shu. Zhu Hao and Liu Miao had a close relationship, and the lord could send a lobbyist to talk about Yuan Shu, stating the interests and disadvantages, and saying that the lord attacked Zhu Hao and broke Liu Shu's arm in order to help Yuan Shu. β
Han Xuan asked Zhang Zhao to choose a lobbyist to go to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was busy dealing with Liu Shu and ignored him at all. Yuan Shu was jealous of Han Xuan's repeated defeats before, causing him to lose his troops and generals, and he had long wanted to take revenge. Yuan Shu prepared to behead the messenger sent by Han Xuan, and the strategist Yan Xiang persuaded him to annex Liu Xuan first and then deal with Han Xuan, Yuan Shu followed his advice and sent Sun Ce to assist Wu Jing and Sun Ben in attacking Liu Xuan. The lobbyist sent by Han Xuan only picked up a life.
The naval army trained by Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had begun to take shape, and Han Xuan asked them to lead the naval army from Pengze Lake to Pengze County. Han Xuanliu Huang Zhong, LΓΌ Fan, and Zhang Hong guarded the city of Anhui, and personally led the army to collect troops and horses from Songzi County and Xunyang by land, crossed the river to Chaisang, and attacked Liling from Chaisang.
When Yuzhang Taishou Zhu Hao heard the news, he immediately sent Zhou Zhao and Zhu Xun to lead the army to the rescue, and Han Xuan sent Chen Wu to lead the "Wudang" army to block it, while storming Liling.
Chen Wu rode to the front of the battle with a gun, pointed at Zhou Zhao and the others and shouted: "I am Chen Wu, who dares to fight me to the death?" β
Zhou Zhao saw that Chen Wu was young, but he didn't think so, and slapped his horse and danced his knife to meet Chen Wu. Chen Wu stabbed Zhou Zhao in front of the door with a shot, and Zhou Zhao lowered his head to dodge.
Unexpectedly, Chen Wu's spear was suddenly smashed by the thorn, and a shot smashed into Zhou Zhao's chest, and as he grew older, Chen Wu's strength grew particularly terrifying. Chen Wu collected the gun and slashed it around, and attacked Zhou Zhao again, this shot was so powerful that Zhou Zhao was knocked off the horse and vomited blood and died.
The "Wudang" army under Chen Wu shouted and cheered for him, and the morale of General Chen Wu was high, and Chen Wu led the army to rush to Zhu Xun. Zhu Xun saw that Chen Wu was extremely brave, so he turned around and ran away in fright. Chen Wu pursued after him, stabbed Zhu Xun behind him with a shot, Zhu Xun gave the head, Chen Wu killed Zhu Hao's army, and ordered someone to cut off the head of the second general and go back.
Han Xuan asked the second general to stick the head on the spear to show the Liling defenders, shouting that they had defeated the reinforcements sent by Zhu Hao. Han Xuan's army was greatly inspired, and the morale of the Liling defenders was low, and the Liling guards had no choice but to open the city gate and surrender.
Han Xuan ordered the army to rest and recuperate, while waiting for the sailors of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to come. Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai first defeated Zhu Hao's army at Pengze Lake, and then encountered the Yangtze River water thieves, but they dared to have any temper in front of Zhou Tai, so they could only surrender one after another. Zhou Tai gathered the water thieves to land and attack Peng Ze, and Zhou Tai took the lead in climbing the city wall with swords and shields in his hands.
Jiang Qin commanded the army to cover with all his might, and threw bows and arrows into the towers of the city to suppress the enemy archers. Zhou Tai boarded the city and rushed to kill, Jiang Qin's army finally climbed the city wall, Peng Zeling was just a civil official, and although he swore to resist to the death, he was captured by Zhou Tai.
After waiting for several days, Han Xuan and the others finally saw Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's sailors coming from the river. Han Xuan joined forces with them to attack Haidu, and the guards of Haidusk resisted to the death, and Han Xuan's army could not attack it for a long time.
Zhu Hao sent someone to ask Liu Xuan for help, and Liu Xuan sighed and said: "Yuan Shu and I are fighting in front, and if Han Xuan captures Yuzhang, he will threaten me Danyang." There was no room for loss in the rear, and he ordered the Rong Department to go to Yuzhang to rescue Zhu Hao. β
Xu Shao has always had the ability to recognize people, he and his brother Xu Jing like to evaluate contemporary figures, often on the first day of each month, publish a review of the characters at that time, so it is called "Yuedan Commentary". For example, Xu Shao commented that Cao Cao was "a capable minister who rules the world and a traitor in troubled times." β
Xu Shao knew that Zhen Rong was a person, and dissuaded Liu Xiang and said: "Zhen Rong is a person, and he doesn't care about what others talk about; Zhu Hao is loyal, easy to put his heart into his heart, and gullible to outsiders, Lord Liu wants to warn Zhu Hao to strictly guard against Rongrong! β
Liu Miao disagreed: "All the generals under my command have to resist Jiangbei Yuanshu, and no one is available except for Zhenrong." I have never been thin in my treatment, and he will not fail me. β
Under Haidusk City, Han Xuanjun saw a military horse coming to rescue Haidu, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, indicating that the number of people was extremely large, so Han Xuan sent a scout battalion to investigate. Knowing that it was Liu Xuan's subordinate Zhu Rong who led 10,000 horses to come, Han Xuan asked everyone: "Who is Zhu Rong?" β
Han Xuan tried hard to think about it, but he only remembered that he seemed to have a deep connection with Buddhism.
Zhang Zhao went out with Han Xuanjun this time and served as Han Xuan's military division, Zhang Zhao said to Han Xuan: "Di Rong served under Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, and Tao Qian appointed him as the minister of Xiapi State, and was responsible for transporting grain and grass from Guangling County, Xiapi County and Pengcheng County to Tan County. After Zhenrong obtained the grain and grass of the three counties and the tribute items of the feudal state, he did not send them to Tan County, but filled his own pockets for his own use. β
Han Xuan sneered: "It turned out to be a snob, how could Buddhism have such an insatiable person?" β
Zhang Zhao continued: "As the lord said, Zhenrong believes in Buddhism. He used this ill-gotten wealth to rejuvenate Buddhist temples in Xiapi, and ordered the people of Xiapi to recite Buddhist scriptures day and night, and monks and Buddhist believers from neighboring counties moved into Xiapi County, with more than 5,000 households before and after. Every time the Buddha is born, the "Buddha Bathing Party" is held, and the cost of the banquet is hundreds of millions of dollars on the roadside. β
Han Xuan, Chen Wu and the others couldn't help but open their mouths wide, this is too much!
Han Xuan asked, "How did Zhen Rong join Liu Xuan's subordinates, and what is his ability to use troops?" β
Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "Last year, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, the whole territory of Xuzhou panicked, and Di Rong led his subordinates and believers, men and women, totaling more than 10,000 people, to Guangling County. Zhao Yu, the magistrate of Guangling County, treated Zhenrong as a guest, and set up a grand banquet to entertain Zhenrong and his soldiers and subordinates. In a wine banquet, when he toasted, he killed Zhao Yu, and ordered his soldiers to kill, burn and plunder Guangling County, and led his troops and plundered the property of Guangling County to Moling and take refuge in Xue Li. β
Chen Wu couldn't help but scold: "Isn't this just a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised!" So what happened to Xue Li? Same as Zhao Yu? β
Zhang Zhao nodded, and Han Xuan said disdainfully: "I have never seen such a brazen person!" β
Han Xuan ordered the besieging army to stop the siege first, and the whole army met Zhenrong. Seeing Han Xuan leading the army forward, Zhen Rong rolled his eyes, and asked Han Xuan, "Who is coming, why are you blocking my way?" β
Han Xuan saw a person riding a jujube yellow horse, with a pair of triangular eyes and a pointed chin. He was dressed in fine clothes, white and fat, and he seemed to be a well-dressed beast. Han Xuan scolded him with a slap in the face: "You are Zhenrong? I heard that Zhao Yu and Xue Li treated you with courtesy, but you sought their wealth and harmed their lives. Do you think that if you start Buddhism and worship Buddha every day, you will be able to wash away your sins? β
Zhen Rong was shocked: "I don't know you, why do you know everything about me?" β
Han Xuan remembered that Buddhism in later generations was still enshrined in Zhenrong, and such a person with a corrupt character was worshiped by incense, and Han Xuan suddenly felt that Buddhism was very disgusting.
Seeing Han Xuan's soldiers looking at him with murderous expressions, he saw Han Xuan's banner and knew that the person in front of him was the invincible Han Xuan. He was immediately stunned and said to Han Xuan: "General Han, I have no intention of offending you. Why don't you and I join forces to take down the Yuzhang and divide it equally? β
Han Xuan raised his whip and pointed at him and scolded, "Shut up! Shameless horseman, Ande barks here! β
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone! When you eat moon cakes, don't forget to vote for Xiao Leng for a monthly ticket. The Mid-Autumn Festival monthly ticket is doubled, and voting for one is equal to two.
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