Chapter 307 The ebb and flow of the tide and the impermanence of fate
Chen Jun's front line is in a stalemate, which makes Cao Pi see hope, whoever can hold on to the end will win the victory. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut at this moment, there was an accident in the direction of the East China Sea. This time crushed Cao Pi's last bit of hope.
After Zhao Yun led the light cavalry to defeat Cao Hong, he handed over the army of Baima and Puyang to Fa Zheng to deal with.
After Fa Zheng consulted with Chen Shu, Liu Huang, and Chen Yi, he replaced several lieutenants and preached the military regulations of the Xinghan Army for a few days, so that all the soldiers could remember it. Then let them go to Qingzhou to listen to Xiang Xiong's dispatch.
Xiang Xiong had 100,000 troops in his hands, plus 20,000 water troops in Ganning, a total of more than 120,000 people, Zhao Yun and others fought lively, but Xiang Xiong did not dare to start the war lightly.
Peng Hu, Gongsun Xu and others even asked for battle.
Liu Ming's personal guards, young generals who have grown up: Deng Ai, Liu Li, the son of Liu Bao of the Huns, Wu Chengyong, Liang Ying, etc., the sons of Mudun, even instigated Liu Ming to ask Xiang Xiong for battle.
But Xiang Xiong has only one word: "Shou".
Xiang Xiong said: "If you can hold the plain and prevent Zhang Liao from crossing the river and disturbing Jizhou, it will be a victory." Don't ruin the king's decision-making out of will. ”
However, he did not have to do nothing, he secretly ordered Gan Ning to transfer 20,000 sailors and 10,000 foot soldiers, and 3,000 light cavalry to Pearl Island, ready to attack Qingzhou and even Weicheng at any time, and give Cao Pi a ruthless blow, making him unbearable.
Zhang Liao was even more unhappy, Dongjun and Chenliu were defeated on all fronts, Cao Cao died of illness, which incident was earth-shattering, but at the moment of the war, Zhang Liao did not dare to go away, he could only guard his defensive place, and he did not dare to take the initiative to attack Xiang Xiong. But he believes that Xiang Xiong must also be preparing for war and attacking Qingzhou at any time.
Since the Dong Table Rebellion, for more than 20 years, the Tibetan tyrant has changed several lords, from Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Lu Bu to Cao Cao, no matter how Xuzhou changes, he is always the overlord of Xuzhou, and these people have to give themselves some face. will reuse himself, but now, he is a little confused, once this battle is over, if Liu Shi wins, there will be no opponent in this world, will he still have time to change the master?
The answer is no!
In just one month, there have been amazing changes that have made it difficult for him to adapt. The Dongjun rebellion and the Jiyin rebellion made a huge gap in the defense of hundreds of miles of rivers, resulting in the attack on the sour dates, the defeat of Chen Liu, the death of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and the succession of the new king Cao Pi.
In his eyes, it is extremely difficult to hold the front line of Chen County, hundreds of thousands of troops gather in Xuzhou, for a long time, the people can hardly bear it, the people collapse, can the army last?
In his thoughts, retreating to Jiangdong and running Jiangdong is the best choice. If Yuzhang is lost, the operation of Jiangdong will also become a bubble in the water, and if he does not retreat, he is quite skeptical that Cai Mao can hold the first line of the river, but he is helpless in the face of Cao Pi to defend the first line of Chen County and Runan, as for whether he can hold Qingzhou, he still has some confidence in Zhang Liao.
Zangba worriedly found Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao and Zangba have both followed Lu Bu, and Zangba's impression of Zhang Liao is that he is brave, calm, rational, proficient in the art of war, knows how to govern the army, is very decisive, and the most important thing is that he is also kind. There are many things that the Tibetan tyrant is willing to discuss with Zhang Liao.
"Brother Wenyuan! What do we do now? Why did Dongjun and Jiyin betray Prime Minister Cao? Zangba looked at Zhang Liao without blinking.
The weather was still extremely cold, and there was a fire in the house, and the light of the fire shone on Zhang Liao's mature, steady, and tough face, without saying a word.
"Brother Wenyuan! You mean! Zangba became a little anxious.
The flames flickered and flickered, and sometimes sparks burst out.
After a while, Zhang Liao said slowly: "Brother Xuan! In fact, with your intelligence, why can't you see the essence of Dongjun and Jiyin's rebellion against Prime Minister Cao? And come and ask me, isn't this deliberately trying to embarrass me? ”
Zangba frowned and said, "Hey! Brother Wen Yuan and I are not others, I will say some things directly, in fact, the Han Dynasty has long since died, but for more than ten years, Prime Minister Cao Cheng has been using this name, I feel tired, and a group of old people in the court, all of them think they are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and they take the salary given by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, but they point fingers at Prime Minister Cao Cheng. If I had driven out this group of old people a long time ago, and directly pacified the world by myself, and saved a lot of elbows, why wait until now, just to crown a king, and make such a big fuss. ”
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "In the name of the Han Dynasty, there are still many advantages at the beginning, but when competing with Yuan Benchu, Yuan Highway, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others, they occupy the name of righteousness, so that these people have to take care of the feelings and discussions of the people in the world, so that they have also been followed by many loyal Han people." This is the time to occupy the sky. ”
Zang Ba said angrily: "Leaving this group of people, this time it has caused a big disaster, if you make a decision early and eliminate all the dissidents, there will be so many things there, and it won't be like this!" ”
He also said: "Even if you want to use a Han name, during the Dong Cheng Rebellion, you don't need to set up another son of heaven, wouldn't it be much easier to become the emperor yourself?" It's going to be another trouble! ”
Zhang Liao said: "At that time, Prime Minister Cao Cheng could not occupy the world of the Han Dynasty, surrounded by strong enemies, and even if a nominal son of heaven was established, everything was under the control of the prime minister, and it was nothing, but it was just that Liu Shi unknowingly got a place in Youzhou, and he also made good relations with Karasuma, leaving a big disaster is true." If the prime minister can control the complete seclusion and Ji, Liu Shi's back will be exposed in front of the prime minister's army, and Liu Shi will not be able to fight with us easily. ”
"Now that the situation has become chaotic, why doesn't King Wei retreat to Jiangdong?" Zangba wondered.
Zhang Liao glanced at Zangba, then looked in the direction of Weicheng, and said leisurely: "Although Jiangdong is good, it is only small and there are few people. Once it has receded, it is impossible to cross the river again. And the more time passes, the greater Liu Shi's advantage over Jiangdong. Therefore, retreating to Jiangdong was just a corner of peace, maintained for a while, and finally still couldn't escape and became Liu Shi's mouth. Do you say that King Wei can endure it? ”
Zangba sighed, stood up and said, "Public opinion! Public opinion. Is public opinion really that important? After speaking, he walked out, looking much lonely.
Zhang Liao didn't get up, just looked at the back of the Tibetan tyrant, silently distracted.
After more than 30 years of fighting, like the Tibetan tyrant, he has changed many lords, and finally there is no danger and he has escaped, and now he is in the position of a third-grade general, which can be regarded as a high position. But just a month ago, the change in Dongjun, seeing that this wealth was about to turn into smoke, the melancholy and helplessness in my heart could not be known to outsiders, and it was still unknown whether I could escape this catastrophe.
He Zhang Liao talked about bravery, and he was also one of the few in the Han Dynasty, except for that Lu Bu, looking at the world of the Han Dynasty, even if Guan Yunchang was confident, it was impossible to take him down within a hundred rounds. In terms of the use of soldiers, he is not bad. But how could fate play tricks on him again and again?
Let him see hope again and again, and lose again and again. Every time with the decline of the lord he followed, he was once again in danger, but he was always able to stand up again. But does he still have a chance this time?