Four days later, Pang Tongzheng was discussing with the civil and military in the tent, and suddenly reported that Zhang Yang's envoy had arrived. Pang Tong said to everyone: "This is the way to seek peace. ”

He ordered the messenger to come in, and when he saw that it was Wei Xu. After Zhang Liao was expelled from the state, he took refuge in Zhang Yang. Pang Tong sneered: "Why is Lord Wei, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Wei Xu arched his hand and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, Shiyuan has become the state pastor, it's really different." ”

Pang Tong smiled: "Why do you want to lift me up, say it quickly." ”

Wei continued: "I was ordered by Lord Zhang to come here to talk about reconciliation. Now that you have seized Hyun County, it is convenient for me to cede it. But please withdraw from the army, the two families will not attack each other in the future, and it is also for the sake of the people and soldiers. ”

Pang Tong pondered for a long time and said, "Why is Zhang Yang like this, we are about to attack the city and don't want to retreat." ”

Wei Xu said angrily: "I haven't sent troops for several days, and my lord should also take care of it, why don't you retreat and plot against Yongzhou, instead of gnawing on the hard bone of my annexation to the state?" ”

On one side, Lu Su said to Pang Tong: "Our army is tired, and we should really go back to rest for a while." ”

Deputy Pang Tongyi's uncertain expression was uncertain, and he frowned: "You will go back and tell Zhang Yang that the county seat of the Hyun clan was captured by our side, how can it be called a cession?" I wait to leave now, but that doesn't mean I won't come in the future! ”

Wei Xu nodded hurriedly and said, "Since this is the case, it is also a blessing!" And he withdrew from the tent. Lu Bu couldn't help but say to Lu Su: "Zhang Yang's guy is right in front of you, why don't you fight?" I can lead the army and attack his city! ”

Pang Tong and Lu Su glanced at each other, smiled but did not speak. Chen Gong, Cheng Xu, and Jia Xu also smiled. The next morning, Pang Tong's army pulled out the village and left. Zhang Yang looked at the city and breathed a sigh of relief. He set out three days later and led 50,000 troops to Liangping City, where Yuan Shao was besieging the city.

Two days later, at night, Pang Tong's men and horses quietly bypassed the hill again, and arrived at the west of Pingyang County, where a team of good men under the leadership of Lu Bu had thrown ropes and hooks onto the northwest corner of the wall battlement, and quietly climbed the wall. The guards did not notice them, and it was not until they descended the walls that someone exclaimed, "Enemy! There are enemies! ”

Enemies from all sides poured in. Pang Tong saw the torches fluttering on the wall, and immediately waved his hand to order, and the army galloped out from five miles away, like an earth dragon under the night, coming from the ground.

Hearing the earth-shattering march of Pang Tong's army, the defenders were even more panicked. Lu Bu led people down the stairs, and those who blocked the way were as fragile as rotten wood, and some even fell down the stairs. Lu Bu ran to the city gate to open, only to see a group of cavalry rushing over under the leadership of Zhang Shou. Lu Bu didn't care about 3721, ordered someone to block it, and when he got to the back of the door, he actually used his own strength to resist the three heavy wooden bolts to the ground and open the door. Outside, their own people had already climbed up the ladder against the wall, and when the cavalry saw the gate of the city, they rushed in like long snakes. It was dark for a while, and Lu Bu waited at the door for Dian Wei to come over. Dian Wei flew in and threw Fang Tian's halberd at him. Lu Bu actually entered directly with the infantry, walked quickly in the city, and fought with the enemy in the streets.

Pang Tong slowly entered the city, and by the time he arrived in the city, the defenders had been suppressed to the east, and the roads were full of corpses, and rivers of blood flowed in a terrible way. Pang Tong raised his gaze, and there was still a fight in the distance. He slapped his horse forward, drew his two swords, and passed his own horse, and the two swords were held horizontally, and the blood splashed all over the ground, and the enemy infantry lay down five or six people. The seven-star sword in his right hand was really a treasure, and the sword was completely broken, and the armor and the like were like nothing.

Suddenly, Zhang Shou came on his horse and shouted: "That's the enemy commander, behead him!" ”

Everyone hurriedly wanted to surround it, only to see a cavalry rushing from the path, directly cutting off Zhang Shou's men and horses, and another horse was separated, holding a halberd, a group of giant horses under the seat, and shouted: "Lu Bu is here!" ”

Almost no one knew Lu Bu's name, and those close to him were stunned, and the heavy soldiers swept over, and the two fell to the ground. He rode towards Zhang Shou and said, "Thief, the time of death has come!" ”

Zhang Shou held a sword in his hand, his whole body was shaking, he had never felt that death was so close, Lu Bu in front of him was like a god of death, coming with an incomparable murderous aura, and no one around dared to approach. He was just about to raise his sword to block it, but unexpectedly, the red rabbit was so fast, and the edge of the halberd was directly cut into two sections. Lübler stopped fighting his horse and shouted again: "Zhang Shou is dead!" ”

All the people around were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, and most of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, not daring to fight again. Half an hour later, the whole city was annihilated, and Pang Tong collected more than 20,000 people who surrendered and killed nearly 10,000 defenders. He dismounted and walked along the blood-stained road, whether it was the corpses lying beside him or the blood that flowed from the streets, all of them became a quiet part of the night.

Pang Tong walked past a corpse and saw the wide open pupils, and not far away, the soldiers carried their own people to be healed. It wasn't the first time he had seen such a scene, but after Huang Wei's death, this kind of death was even more impressive. It's not that he's scared, it's that he's better able to grasp the meaning of death.

He said indifferently to the void under the darkness: "Everyone's way back is death. No matter how much you desire, you will not escape the punishment of heaven in the end. One has to look down on some things until one can feel the most basic satisfaction in one's heart. The people in front of me who died for the sake of war, I call it righteousness, but it is unjust. Because this is my righteousness, not what you are waiting for, and perhaps some of you and others understand my righteousness, but not all. What I'm going to do is ......" He picked up the sword of one of his own soldiers, who had been slashed in the throat and chest. He raised his sword high and said loudly, "What I want to do is to make your death meaningful, you to die for my great cause, the great cause that will make all nations equal." Even if you are those enemies, you are also dying because of this righteousness. Please forgive me for my conquests, and please be kind to these who have died in battle, and will not distinguish between me and the enemy. ”

After Pang Tong occupied Pingyang County, Liangping County, far to the east, was soon captured by Yuan Shao. Zhang Yang fled to the northwest and led the remnants of his troops to the county seat of Jingling.

Pang Tong's army has arrived at the city of Jingling County, and the defender of the city is Hou Cheng, who knows that Pang Tong's army has attacked two cities in a row, and its edge cannot be shaken. He insisted on not coming out according to Zhang Yang's orders. ”

At the same time, Xihe County and Wuyuan County on the west side were unexpectedly attacked by Yu Fuluo, and the military situation was urgent. Pang Tong read the documents under the account, and when he learned about it, he was very nervous and called everyone to enter the account. He hurriedly said: "Wuyuan County is my hometown, and now it is attacked by the Huns, how can it be good?" ”

Lu Bu was also anxious when he heard this, and said, "I have to abandon this city and go to take Xihe County and Wuyuan County." ”

Lu Su shouted: "Don't be anxious, if you can't take Jingling County, we will be cut off by Zhang Yang at any time, and it will be really dangerous at that time." ”

Jia Xujin said: "The grain road is a major event, and now it is the season to harvest wheat, so we can harvest some rice and wheat to replenish military rations." But after a long time, I'm afraid it won't work, after all, the battle line has been stretched. ”

Pang Tong said: "This Yu Fuluo failed to return to his hometown, and even attacked my Han territory in turn, and it is reported that he still united with the remnants of the Yellow Turban 'Baibo Army' who fled to the outside of the Saiwai. He clenched his fists to his mouth, and the picture of the battlefield seemed to flicker in his pupils, and he said with a straight face: "Storm Jingling County!" ”

As soon as this resolution was made, a person came to report: "Zhang Yang was defeated by Yuan Shao and is fleeing here!" ”

After Pang Tong heard this, he said to Lu Su and the others: "Is there a plan?" ”

Lu Su and Jia Xu actually coincided and said, "My lord, please speak." ”

Pang Tong smiled and nodded.

Zhang Yangjun arrived at the foot of the mountain southeast of Jingling County along the mountain road, and when he was about to drive into the plain, the ambushes on both sides rushed out of the grass, and Zhang Yangjun was in chaos. Not only that, but at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the mountain, a cavalry came around, led by a general Nai Lu Buye, followed by Pang Tong and Dian Wei. The infantry in ambush on both sides had already surrounded Zhang Yang's army, and the cavalry entered the enemy formation from the front. Zhang Yang's 40,000 remnants were defeated by Pang Tong's 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.

Lu Bu and the others entered the Chinese army, and when they saw Zhang Yang in the formation, they immediately waved their halberds and shouted: "Zhang Yang, take your life!" ”

Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and left, and the people around him helped him block Lu Bu, but which was Lu Bu's opponent, he was killed to the point of flesh and blood. Lu Bu thought of Huang Wei's kindness, and he hated this Yang openly, regardless of the surrounding situation, and rushed to kill violently. Zhang Yang was also brave, and he rushed to kill the enemy encirclement on the east side and fled east to the mountain. Lu Bu chased all the way up, turned from the forest to the hillside, chased for several miles, and lost the person. Lu Bu had no choice but to return to the foot of the mountain and continue to fight. After more than an hour, most of the enemy soldiers were broken, and the rest of the people surrendered.

Pang Tong did not stop and led the victorious army to the east gate of Jingling County. At night, he ordered those who surrendered to call for the city gate to be opened, but an arrow came down from the wall, and more than a hundred were shot, and the army was busy retreating. I saw Zhang Yang standing on the wall, and said loudly: "Pang Tongxiaoer, I missed for a while, don't come to lie to my city." It turned out that after he escaped, he found a path down the mountain and returned to the county seat.

Pang Tong ordered the three armies to withdraw to Dazhai in the south. When Pang Tong learned the news about the south, Sun Ce's army was overwhelmed, defeated Yan Baihu, and after capturing Wu County, he began to march towards Huiji County again. Many righteous men of the Jiangnan generation joined Sun Ce's army, and with the return of some of Sun Jian's former generals, Sun Ce's power gradually expanded. In Xuzhou, Cao Cao's army reached Pengcheng County, and Tao Qian and Yuan Shu joined forces to defend against the invasion.

Pang Tong told the generals about the situation, and Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "The huge people are very cautious and serious about the collection of news, and they are all over the country, and I have never seen anyone who will play this work to such a degree." ”

Pang Tong said: "News should be the foundation of decision." The scout unit I assembled was indeed large and well-disciplined. Remember, half of the credit for our victory came from them. Without this army, we would be blind. ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "Yuan Shu has two counties of Xuzhou Xiapi and Yangzhou Jiujiang, which are trans-state forces. This person has a lot of military qualifications, and if he joins forces with Tao Qian, then Cao Cao should stop. Yuan Shu is Yuan Shao's cousin, if the two attack Cao Cao, it will really be enough for Cao Mengde to drink a pot. ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "This is Tao Qian's old spicy, called Invite Yuan Shu, in fact, it makes Cao Cao worry about Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian. It's a pity that Yuan Shao defended Gongsun Zan in the north, and Zhang Yang attacked and merged with the state in the west, so how could he have time to care about their affairs. ”

Chen Gong hurriedly said: "At present, Yuan Shao has captured the entire Yanmen County and is advancing towards Dingxiang County. ”

Pang Tong's doubts turned in his heart, and he said: "Yuan Shao should have a lot of elite soldiers and strong generals, and there are many strategists, this person is really a dangerous character." Our side must not be lazy, and immediately capture the county seat of Jingling. ”