Chapter 17: Tancheng
In the Tancheng Thorn History Mansion, Chen Deng, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu and others stood in front of Tao Qian's bed, their faces full of earth. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Cao Jun suddenly appeared in Tanxian, directly to Tancheng, although there are 30,000 soldiers in the city, but the preparation is insufficient, the rolling stone and wood used to defend the city, the fire oil bow and crossbow are pitiful, during the day Cao Jun a round of sprint, have been consumed almost, to tomorrow can only rely on the city wall and Cao Jun hand-to-hand combat, but Xuzhou has not been warred for many years, the soldiers and horses are not in order, want to hold Tancheng, undoubtedly a fool's dream, and the most important thing is that the Danyang elite soldiers are not in Tancheng, and Shi Taoqian is unconscious! Maybe tomorrow, Xuzhou will not be surnamed Tao but Cao!
Where should Xuzhou go from here? Or where do we go from here? Chen Deng glanced at Tao Qian, who was shriveled on the bed.
"I think it's better to bring all the men and horses and escort the envoy to Guangling overnight!" Cao Bao sighed helplessly, Cao Cao had too many generals, compared to him, the first general of Xuzhou, he was dwarfed, the last time he met a Dian Wei and was almost killed, this time he met a man named Cao Hong, and he was defeated after a few fights, it seems that Tancheng can't hold it.
"No!" Chen Gong obviously disagreed with the idea of retreating, "It's too late, the elite soldiers of Danyang are all in Pengcheng, even if they retreat, there is no one behind the palace, if Cao Jun takes advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill, I will die and have no place to be buried!" ”
"Pengcheng, Pengcheng! Isn't that Zhang Pengcheng capable? Why didn't you stop Cao Cao in Pengcheng! Cao Bao glared fiercely, "It's only been six or seven days!" Cao Jun killed all the way from there to Tancheng, and he Zhang Pengcheng took the Danyang elite soldiers to eat dung! Could it be that Cao Cao took it down in one day? ”
"It shouldn't be possible, the Cao army must have surrounded Pengcheng first, and then the army bypassed and attacked my Tancheng directly!"
"Regardless of whether Pengcheng is lost or not, when Cao's army attacks the city wall tomorrow, with the bravery of Cao Cao's men, no one can stop it, and the loss of Tancheng is certain! We can't hold it, we can't go and we can't go, can't we surrender? ”
Chen Deng didn't speak, looking at Mi Zhu who was silent next to him, at this time, he had to know what this fat man thought.
Mi Zhu ignored them, kept looking at Tao Qian on the bed, and finally, seeing Tao Qian move, he hurriedly leaned up and whispered: "Fujun, Fujun!" ”
Tao Qian opened his eyes, turned his head, and glanced at Cao Bao twice.
"Since Cao Cao is invincible, tomorrow I will tie my hands and go to Cao Ying, let him slaughter." After Tao Qian finished speaking, he was a little exhausted, coughed slightly, closed his eyes to calm his emotions, and after a long time, he opened his eyes again, "His father was killed by me in the final analysis, if I can exchange one of my lives for the peace of Xuzhou, I can be blind when I die." ”
Mi Zhu used his body to block Cao Bao behind him, and whispered: "Envoy, you have been in Xuzhou for many years, the government is harmonious, and the people are all grateful, how to say these angry words, as long as Tancheng is still there, we still have hope, Zhang Pengcheng in the north should have discovered Cao Jun's movements, presumably he is on the way to come now, as long as we can hold it for three days, he will definitely be able to rush here!" As soon as he comes, we will attack back and forth, and it is not impossible to defeat Cao's army! ”
Tao Qian sighed, knowing that these words were just words of comfort, I don't know if Pengcheng has been lost, and I expect reinforcements to arrive in two days! Tao Qian stretched out his hand and pushed Mi Zhu away, "Tomorrow carry me up the city wall, if Tancheng is lost, let me die there, or have an explanation with Cao Cao, you can leave if you want, and Tao Qian is also very pleased if you are willing to leave me!" ”
Chen Deng, Cao Bao, and Mi Zhuyi leaned over, "I wish to die with the king!" ”
Tao Qian's face had a trace of blood, smiled slightly, closed his eyes again, and soon fell asleep peacefully.
"General Cao, since the envoy has made a decision, you go to the city wall to boost morale, I will go to the city and call the people for help, Zizhong (Mi Zhu), you will be responsible for the grain and grass, no matter what, we will hold it for at least three days!" Three days later. Chen Deng hesitated, "Three days later, if you don't wait for Pengcheng's reinforcements!" We escorted the envoy away. ”…,
Mi Zhu and Cao Bao were together, and the three of them left the Thorn Mansion and went separately.
The Cao army outside the city did not mean to attack the city at night, and marched rapidly for six consecutive days, and the people were sleepy and lacking horses.
"Lord, it seems that Tancheng is really defenseless! After a trial during the day, I almost attacked it, and it seems that it will be a matter of time before I take it! ”
Guo Jia was lying on the carriage, with no image at all, Cao Cao next to him looked at him helplessly, this guy has taken up all the seats, where is his lord sitting!
"Yuan Rang doesn't know what's going on, do you think Zhang Thief can guess the movement of our army?"
"Whatever!" Guo Jia cocked his foot and almost kicked Cao Cao, "Even if he finds out, when he comes over, Tancheng will have already been taken down by the lord, and then he will hang Tao Lao'er's head, hehe!" ”
Cao Cao simply jumped out of the carriage and ignored him.
At the beginning, Zhang Min sent people to Tancheng to ask for money and food, several county officials rode fast horses, for the position of the county leader, ran day and night, three days back and forth, the army walked, according to the normal speed, it took about eight days to arrive, but Cao Jun was stunned to arrive in six days, chasing behind, Zhang Min, who set off three days late, was hurrying with his head stuffy.
"Cao Cheng, at this rate, how long will it take for us to arrive?" Zhang Min ran briskly in small steps, his horse had already been let out to carry the sundries, and Cao Cheng and Chen Yi ran next to him left and right.
"I'll be there tomorrow night!" Cao Cheng gasped and replied, "At first, the general didn't understand why the general asked everyone to run around the city wall every day, but now he understands!" From Pengcheng to Tancheng, a full eight-day journey, we can arrive in four days! ”
"The traces left by Cao Jun have been found in front, it seems that it has not been long ago, and it will be within a day or two, and they have also run fast enough, I hope that when we arrive, Tancheng will still be there!" Chen Yi also gasped slightly.
"Order, rest in place, and after two hours, continue on your way!" Zhang Min himself was a little unable to bear it, it was not possible to go on like this, even if he rushed to Tancheng, he would not have the strength to fight Cao Jun.
It was another full day of trotting, and by sunset the next day, Tancheng was already in sight.
"There is a bright light outside the city, it should be Cao Jun's camp, it seems that Tancheng is still in our hands!" Cao Cheng's face was full of joy.
"Chen Yi, bring a few clever ones, go over and find out the situation!" Zhang Min led people to hide in a mountain col not far from Tancheng.
Chen Yi nodded, picked a few people, and took advantage of the night to cautiously approach Tancheng.
Zhang Min nodded, it's good that he didn't lose! "Leave a few guards, the others rest on the spot, we will kill from the Cao army camp tonight!"
"The last general understands!" Cao Cheng responded.
After a while, Chen Yi came back with someone.
"General, Tancheng is still there! Cao Jun outside the city is eating, and he shouldn't know that we have rushed over! ”
"Got it, go down and rest!"
Zhang Min commanded, find a grass, a little cool, very sleepy but unable to sleep.
"It should be no problem to rush into Tancheng, with this ten thousand Danyang soldiers, as long as Tao Qian is fine, it will be fine for ten days and a half months or even longer." Zhang Min thought in a daze. "Has Mi Zizhong already left Tancheng and asked for help from Qingzhou Assassin Shi Tian Kai and Beihai Taishou Kong Rong? The point is whether Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang will take his two brothers and rush all the way to the rescue? So after Cao Cao is driven away, will Tao Qian give Xuzhou to Liu Bei, and if so, where will he go? ”
Zhang Min turned over, "Could it be like what you thought before, follow Uncle Liu Huang?" ”
"Forget it, let's talk about it when the time comes!" Zhang Min settled down and decided not to think about these things anymore, he is not a pig brother, he can see through the heavens, so let's go there and see there.
"General, it's midnight, you see?" Chen Yi saw that Zhang Min seemed to be awake and called him in a low voice. …,
"Shout everyone up, refresh your spirits, and we'll go!"
"Whoa!"
Zhang Kai stood up, took a hard breath, patted his face with both hands, and lifted his mind a little, and the Danyang soldiers lying nearby also stood up one after another.
"Hold your knives and guns firm!" Zhang Min said in a deep voice: "We are going to rob the camp now, the main purpose is to rush into Tancheng, everyone must not fall in love with the war, take advantage of the chaos of the Cao army, kill him fiercely, and then immediately rush over, before they react, rush to the city wall of Tancheng, form a defense!" ”
"Whoa!"
"Let's go!"
Zhang Min took the lead, and 10,000 people quietly approached Cao Ying.
It seems that the opportunity is good, there are no obstacles and secret sentries behind Cao Jun, and the group has not been discovered even after lurking outside Cao Jun's tent.
"Kill!" Zhang Min jumped up, roared, picked up the brazier next to the camp tent, set the camp on fire, and Cao Cheng, Chen Yi and others behind him learned and set fire everywhere.
In the darkness of the night, Cao Jun woke up, panicked by the sudden attack, and scurried in all directions.
"Lord, enemy attack!" Among Cao's army, Dian Wei, who had been guarding outside Cao Cao's tent, was the first to react, Cao Cao's position was relatively backward, and the enemy was already in front of him! In the firelight, you can vaguely see that it is the Danyang soldiers who are attacking!
"Where's the centaurs?" Cao Cao put on his cloak and ran out.
"It's Pengcheng's Danyang soldiers!"
"Impossible, how could they arrive so quickly!" Cao Cao still didn't believe it.
"Lord, you go first, my palace is behind!" Dian Wei brought a horse and pushed Cao Cao up.
"Go to the front, Zilian is defending in front, and he should be able to stabilize his position!" Cao Cao urged the horse forward, only thinking that the direction of Tancheng might be desperate for a night attack, so he deliberately moved to the back of the camp and arranged for Cao Hong to ambush in front, but he didn't expect to kill a team of men and horses from behind!
Zhang Min didn't care what Cao Cao didn't think, but he saw a person riding a high-headed horse from a distance, and he was running away! Look at it, I rub, it's Cao Cao!
Catch him, and there's nothing left! Tasting the sweetness of catching Cao Cao last time, Zhang Min's brain was hot, and he shouted: "It's Cao Cao who is riding a horse in front, chase me!" ”