Chapter 12 The Siege of Qianxi
As Beihai and Donglai were occupied by Cao's army, the group of civil officials under Gao Ye were naturally dispersed by Gao Ye to various counties to govern the place. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOver the years, Qingzhou has been war-torn for a long time, from the Yellow Turban in the Zhongping period, to the bandits, to the current expedition of Yuan Tan and Gao Ye, the land of Qingzhou has been plagued for fifteen years, and today finally ushered in a short period of peace.
Now, whether it is Yuan Tan, who occupies the three counties of Pingyuan, Jinan and Le'an, or Gao Ye, who has just occupied the two counties of Beihai and Donglai, they are all silent for a while. Although Gao Ye really wanted to take down the whole county of Qingzhou in one go, although Yuan Tan also wanted to defeat Gao Ye and show off in front of his father. However, the times forced the two of them to vacate the land of Qi County as a buffer zone between the two sides. In addition to the fact that the army is still on guard, the focus of the two of them has now shifted to people's livelihood.
For a while, the work of Xu Huang and Yu Ban was only left to strengthen the city defense and recruit and train soldiers. On the contrary, Chen Qun and Xu Shu are anxious every day, after all, the land of the two counties has a lot of affairs, especially now that the army has just occupied these places, there are all kinds of things, where is it so easy to straighten out? Zhang Liao is still fighting against Changfeng in Qianqian now, and naturally there can be no mistake in the weight of military rations. is just a Chang Feng, Gao Ye didn't take him seriously at all. Zhang Liao was the head of the five good generals of Cao Wei, and if he couldn't take it in the face of a bandit, he would be too sorry for his talent, his teaching over the years, and his experience in Cao Cao's army. Therefore, Gao Ye was buried in the matter of how to develop the place for a while, and he didn't care about the war in Qianqian at all.
Cao Ang and others went out with the army, which was a kind of experience, and now that the army has finished attacking, Gao Ye has scattered these little guys to Donglai counties to guard the city and eliminate bandits by the way. Only Cao Ang, who was appointed by Gao Ye as the chief historian, followed Chen Qun. Gao Ye didn't ask him how many plans he could make or how many strategies he could plan, just follow Chen Qun and Xu Shu well, and familiarize himself with government affairs. After all, Cao Ang is Cao Cao's eldest son, and he is much older than Cao Cao's second son Cao Pi, and it is almost an indisputable thing for Cao Ang to succeed him in the future. Now Cao Ang has learned a lot of knowledge from those great Confucians in Yingchuan Academy, and has followed Cao Chun and Yu Ban's two expeditions, and he also understands the way of the military formation. What he lacks most now is the experience in handling political affairs, and it will definitely be beneficial to study hard with this guy Chen Qun.
As for Jia Kui and Cao Zhen, who followed Gan Ning to kill him, now one is helping Gan Ning choose a place for the navy to set up the village, and the other is taking on the important task of escorting all kinds of craftsmen, grain and grass, baggage, and materials. Although Cao Zhen is young, with his identity as Cao Cao's righteous son, he can also suppress these horses under him. What's more, although Cao Zhen is young, he can share weal and woe with the soldiers, so he is also quite prestigious among the soldiers. Although he only carried out a simple escort mission, he was still meticulous and careful along the way, whether it was on the march or camping, he was in good order. Even Gan Ning couldn't help but admire Cao Zhen when he saw it, it was really a family history, and these things really couldn't compare to his own wild way.
As for Jia Kui, Gan Ning was even more admired. Although Jia Kui's martial arts are very poor, this person has a talent in his chest, and even Gan Ning has to admire it. Although Gan Ning has read a lot of books from Zhang Ji and has his own set of theories about fighting, compared with Jia Kui, Gan Ning always has a feeling in his heart that he should throw away the goods. Although Jia Kui's family was poor when he was a teenager and could not afford to study, his grandfather Jia Xi was a scholar. How can a person who can be implicated in the scourge of the party be an uneducated person? Therefore, although Jia Kui couldn't afford to read when he was a teenager, he had his grandfather Jia Xi by his side and taught tens of thousands of words about the art of war, which can be regarded as a family history. Therefore, when Gan Ning and Jia Kui were together, they often asked Jia Kui for advice, and Jia Kui naturally knew everything. After all, Gan Ning is now his top boss, and he is a talented general valued by Gao Ye, but he has no slightest, and he is quite close to himself, so Jia Kui is also happy to tell Gan Ning what he has learned in his chest.
Today's Qingzhou, it seems that everything is developing in a good direction, only Zhang Liao of Qianqian is still besieging Changyi. At first, everyone didn't think about it, but now all the soldiers and horses have sent back the good news, but Zhang Liao is still in a stalemate along the way. Although Zhang Liao has been comforting his subordinates Xiahoulan and Xiahoude, how can he not be anxious? Speaking of which, this is the first time that he has led an army alone and conquered the city. If you can't even take down a thief-born Chang Xuan, let alone your own face, even Gao Ye's face will be lost. Xiahoulan and Xiahoude persuaded Zhang Liao even hard, and they attacked it. After all, the walls of Qiancheng City are not high, and there are only 3,000 people in the city. Moreover, on the first day, Chang Xuan and his own army did not get any benefits from outside the city, and the morale in the city was low, which can be imagined. With such a good situation, why not attack immediately, or in three or two days, Qianqian will definitely arrive!
Zhang Liao looked at the two who were eager to fight, but said with a smile: "What the two said, how can I not know?" But Hengruo and Zhong Cao, do you two still remember, why did General Hou give me the military order? ”
"Well, of course I do." Xiahou Lan was stunned for a moment and said, "The military order that the general ordered us to wait for is to quickly take Qianqian and garrison it on the spot to defend Langya's soldiers and horses. ”
"Yes, this Chang Feng is Zang Ba's Yuancong, and he has followed Zang Ba since he was still in the Taishan Disaster. Now that Chang Feng is besieged here, what do you think Zang Ba will do? ”
"Judging from the future, I'm afraid that I will come to the rescue." Charhoud arched his hand and said.
"Not bad. Although this Zang Ba has now voted for Lu Bu, most of his soldiers and horses are those who were with him in Mount Tai back then. The four generals under him now, Chang Xuan, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li are all his old Taishan ancestors, and now this Chang Xuan is besieged here, can Zang Bayan come to the rescue? ”
"So is it true that the general is besieging Chang Feng now, and is it true that he is preparing to ambush Zang Ba?" When Xia Houlan heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. No wonder Zhang Liao is still standing still, it turns out that he has such a plan.
"Yes, after all, Zang Ba has a lot of soldiers and horses, and if we storm the city, there will definitely be many casualties. When the time comes, if Zang Ba comes with all his might, I am afraid that Qianqian will not be able to defend. It's better to take this opportunity to eat some of its soldiers and horses, and Zang Ba will definitely not dare to attack rashly. ”
"But if Zang Ba brings 30,000 people to attack, and our army is small, wouldn't it be dangerous?" Xiahoude shook his head and said, "Besides, if Chang Xuan and Zang Ba in Qiancheng City should join forces with the outside, I'm afraid that I will wait ......."
"Zhong Cao, that's wrong." Xia Houlan on the side shook her head and said, "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, and now our army is all elite, and General Zhang is even more confident." As long as I ambush in advance and command properly in wartime, then Zang Ba has 50,000 horses, and he is not an opponent of our army. ”
"Not bad." Zhang Liao nodded and said, "Besides, Zang Ba is now stationed in Langya, which is the northern gateway of Xuzhou, how dare he easily come with a large army." So Zhong Cao doesn't have to worry. ”
"But if Zang Ba doesn't come, won't it be in vain for me to wait for all these days?" At this time, Xia Houlan asked another question. Yes, everyone is now speculating that Zang Ba will come, in case he doesn't come, and he and the others can't wait all the time, won't they still have to face the full state of Zang Bajun when the time comes?
"Hengruo, you must know that these thieves can get together and work together all by one righteous word. If we wait for the attack to be urgent, and the Chang Xuan soldiers are defeated and die, then Zang Ba will not come if he does not come. But now that Chang Feng is trapped here, if Zang Ba doesn't come to the rescue, how will he face the people under him? Hey, hey, he's having to come! ”
"But general, I heard General Hou say that Zang Ba is also a person who can fight habitually, and if we want to ambush, I'm afraid it's not easy."
"Well, if Sun Guan and the others come with troops, it will naturally be easy to ambush. But even if Zang Ba came in person, I, Zhang Liao, were not afraid. It's best if he comes, if he can kill Zang Ba this time, it will be easier to march into Xuzhou in the future......"
The facts were just as Zhang Liao expected, Zang Ba heard that Zhang Liao was coming, and his heart sank. When he followed Lu Bu to fight in Yanzhou, he had a deep understanding of the elite of Cao's army. Zhang Liao led 10,000 troops this time, besieging Changfeng, which only had 3,000 soldiers and horses in Qianxi, how could he not worry? Now as Lu Bu's courtier, it is a big accident to send troops without authorization. Moreover, Lu Bu now has Chen Gong as a plan, and he is even more obedient to Chen Gong's words. Now he was sent to Langya by Chen Gong to guard the northern gateway of Xuzhou, if he sent troops without authorization, he would be defeated and lose the Langya portal, and his sin would be great.
Now Liu Bei and Lu Bu can be described as tense, especially Cao Cao's troops out of Qingzhou, which gave Liu Bei and Lu Bu the confidence to fight. Once he didn't hold it, when Cao Cao and Liu Bei attacked from both sides, Chen Gong would have the ability to fight Cao Cao and others, how could he beat Cao Cao and others?
But if you don't go, you will prosper, and if you don't say whether your conscience can pass, even if you can really bear it, how can your old brothers endure it? Everyone can get together because of a righteous word, if you give up the righteousness of your brother now, how should these people under your own view themselves? I'm afraid that when the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult for their Langya to hold on. In this way, I also had to send troops, but I couldn't do my best, so I was afraid that it would be difficult to win.
Zang Ba's idea is also Zhang Liao's idea, so Zhang Liao, who heard that Zang Ba left Sun Guan and Wu Dun, personally took Yin Li and led an army of 10,000 to attack, directly ordered Xiahoude to lead 2,000 troops, pretending that the army was still there, and staying here to continue to besiege Qianxi. He took Xiahoulan and the rest of the soldiers and horses to meet the enemy.