Chapter 953: Zhuge Liang's plan to seize Wen County (II)
When Xu Huang arrived at Wen County, it was already dark, seeing that the banner of the Bingzhou Army on the head of the city was still there, Xu Huang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he did not expect that the Bingzhou Army would suffer two losses in the hands of Liu Bei in succession, and the soldiers under his command were also not less damaged in this confrontation, as long as Wen County was still there, he had the background to compete with Liu Bei.
Glancing at the soldiers in the army, Xu Huang felt a little guilty, and stepped forward immediately: "Where is Li Fu?" Don't hurry up and open the gates. ”
However, no one responded to Xu Huang's words, and the city gate slowly opened.
Suddenly, Xu Huang realized that something was wrong, with his understanding of Li Fu, he would definitely wait for the army to come back at the head of the city, and at this time, Li Fu had not yet appeared, which meant that there was something wrong with Wen County.
At this moment, Xu Huang noticed the faint blood stains on the city gate and shouted, "You are not allowed to enter the city!" ”
Zhang Fei appeared in the city and laughed: "Wen County has been occupied by our army, Xu Huang is not ready to dismount." ”
After speaking, the banner on the city was replaced by the banner in Liu Bei's army.
Although Xu Huang didn't understand why Liu Bei's army appeared, he knew that he couldn't delay in Wen County.
"Zhang Fei'er, he will kill you one day." Xu Huang led the soldiers in the direction of Huguan.
After these two incidents, Zhang Fei admired Zhuge Liang even more, and was able to make the elite Bingzhou army suffer two big losses in a row, and Zhuge Liang's strategy played a key role in it.
Let's say that Xu Huang met Li Fu not far from Wen County, and the two of them were together, and the original army of 3,000 elites had lost nearly 1,000 people, and the morale was also a little low.
After Xu Huang listened to Li Fu's statement, he did not blame Li Fu, but took the responsibility this time, if he was more cautious, the state army would not have such a big loss, after this battle, let Xu Huang realize the strength of the princes' coalition army.
The Jingzhou army was not too strong in the eyes of the princes, and Liu Bei was a defeated general under Cao Cao, but Liu Bei captured Wenxian with a weak force, which made the Bingzhou army suffer a lot of losses.
After Liu Bei led the army into the city, he also felt an extraordinary atmosphere, especially those smooth cement roads, which stimulated him a lot, and there was also such a road outside Wenxian County.
"Lord, this is the cement road created by the Marquis of Jin, and this kind of road is very common in the territory of Bingzhou." Zhuge Liang was a little worried in his tone, although he won two games in a row, which greatly boosted the morale of the army, but this time the princes' alliance army attacked and merged with the state, but it was difficult, it can be seen from the previous engagements that Xu Huang has a lot of resourcefulness, from the ambush in Qingfeng Ridge to the raid camp, no matter which one is successful, it is a disaster for the vanguard army.
"Why does Kong Ming need to grow the morale of others, and although the state army is elite, it is not that he fled in embarrassment under Kong Ming's wisdom." Liu Bei said with a smile, being able to capture Wen County made Liu Bei very encouraged, because what the Bingzhou army had always shown in front of the princes was strong.
Zhuge Liang looked at the direction of Bingzhou, but his eyes became more and more firm, from now on, he would use his talent to compete with the princes, he was sure that Lu Bu already knew that he had taken refuge in Liu Bei's account.
Thinking of Lu Bu's two solicitations at the beginning, Zhuge Liang's heart was a little complicated, in all fairness, Lu Bu's sincerity was enough, the most important thing was that Lu Bu's identity was much more respected than Liu Bei, and the only thing Liu Bei could handle at this time was the identity of the Han family.
It's not that Zhuge Liang is unwilling to take refuge in Lu Bu, one is because Lu Bu has a lot of talents, whether it is Jia Xu or Guo Jia, they are not inferior to anyone in terms of wisdom, and the two Lu Bu's concept of governing the place has too many conflicts with the family, otherwise this time the princes will not be easily united.
The strength of the family should not be underestimated, and once they have hostility towards the annexation of the state, even the princes of various places must think about it more.
"My lord, the Marquis of Jin has a lot of talents, and although our army has won two small victories, it should not be taken lightly." Zhuge Liang reminded.
"Kong Ming's words are very true." Liu Bei nodded.
The prosperity in Wen County is indeed out of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's expectations, from the houses in the city can see some clues, before Liu Bei has heard rumors about how prosperous Bingzhou is, and he doesn't believe it in his heart, because Bingzhou is a barren land in people's cognition, even if Lu Bu has great ability, it is impossible to make Bingzhou prosperous in a short time, but after seeing everything in Wenxian County, Liu Bei quietly put away such thoughts.
It's late at night, but Zhuge Liang is difficult to sleep, at this time to fight against the state, once the defeat is to bear a huge price, although the current situation is very beneficial to the princes, but Zhuge Liang thinks that Lu Bu is not as simple as it seems.
In the eyes of the princes and scholars, Lu Bu is a martial artist, but a martial artist can stand among the princes and achieve today's achievements, the hardships are unknown, it can be said that Lu Bu paid several times the price of other princes, and attracted the fear of other princes, and had to join forces to deal with the state.
Such as Jizhou Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, protégés and former officials all over the world, at the starting point Yuan Shao is much higher than Lu Bu, but the Jizhou army has been repeatedly defeated in the face of the state army, and even had to cede Youzhou to Lu Bu to appease the anger of the state army, if this time the princes join forces and cannot break the state, the first unlucky will be Jizhou.
Zhuge Liang didn't understand that Jizhou was full of talents, why would he give the Bingzhou army the opportunity to sweep Chang'an, once Lu Bu occupied Chang'an, it was even more terrifying, there were dangers around Chang'an, which could greatly divide the attention of the princes, for example, this time the princes jointly attacked the state, Chang'an had to be taken into account, otherwise once the state was broken by the princes, Lu Bu would still be able to enter Chang'an for refuge.
"Marquis Jin, Marquis Jin, I want to see how much ability you have." Zhuge Liang muttered.
After occupying Wen County, Liu Bei's mood could not be calm, especially after Wen County walked around carefully, this mood became more obvious, from the eyes of the people, he saw doubt and confusion.
After entering the city, Liu Bei immediately put up a list of people, and the families in the city expressed their willingness to take refuge, but between the words, they unceremoniously proposed to restore their previous assets in Hanoi, Liu Bei also readily agreed, Liu Bei's concept of governing the place is to be closely united with the family.
Liu Bei did not refuse the family's request, in his opinion, it was because of the actions of the Bingzhou army in Hanoi that the family lost everything in front of him, and it was not impossible to return all this to the family.
(End of chapter)