Chapter 63: Chen Deng
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"As soon as the army arrived in the East China Sea, I heard that the county guard had run away, and the last general immediately accelerated the march and entered Tancheng to control the situation, but the treasury had been looted, and there was no money or rice and grain left. It is believed that his diners wore armor and pretended to be military generals, and gave false orders to open the treasury, and after carrying away the money and food, they disappeared. So I chased them out. Guan Hai was a little helpless, "The lord came at the right time, there are many brothers, and now there is only some porridge to drink every day, I don't know what to do." β
"He even took away the grain and grass, does he want to occupy the mountain as the king, and hide in the mountains for 800 years without coming out?" Zhang Min was speechless, no one could conjure up rice grain empty-handed, the eating and drinking of the 50,000 army was a problem, girl, what the hell is this Rong doing, the robbery hit his head!
"The rice grain is heavy, and I didn't see any marks along the way, so I should have been hidden by them." Guan Hai continued: "The last general has already found out clearly, Zhen Taishou was originally a strong person, in the early years, he gathered three or five hundred guests, defected to the Tao Thorn History, and was well-known in Xiapi County, and the last general chased here and cut off the trace, and it is estimated that a group of people ran into the mountains. β
"Gather all the rice and grain from the nearby counties together, and respond to emergencies first." Zhang Min looked back at the mountains and forests behind him, and suddenly had some suspicions, could it be that the gang of bandits who had just robbed him were the people of this Rongrong? Otherwise, it would not be so coincidental to be in this mountain forest, and in the early years, when I was cleaning up the five counties of Xuzhou, I didn't hear that there was a group of bandits gathered here.
I hope that Chen Zhi can catch up with their foothold, and I also hope that they are the people of this Rongrong, otherwise the army of 50,000 will only starve.
Before the teacher succeeded, this grain and grass were robbed first, which does not seem to be a good sign.
"In addition, send someone back to Pengcheng to inform Zhen Taishou and ask her to prepare some Niang grass to transport over." Advancing some distance, looking at the continuous military camps outside the mountain, Zhang Min had a headache, the county town has little grain, even if the grain and grass from several county towns around Tancheng are gathered, it is estimated that it will not be able to resist ten days and a half months.
"Lord, the last general left 10,000 people to guard Pengcheng, and everyone else is here." Guan Hai's face was a little ugly, the first time he led the army outside, something went wrong, although it had little to do with him, but it was also difficult to be at ease, "The last general chased to the mountains and forests here, and did not dare to trespass, and only arranged for some brothers who were familiar with this mountain and forest to catch up and inquire about the news. β
"It's my fault, and it has nothing to do with you." Zhang Min pulled him up, seeing that the barracks were urgently assembled, it seemed that he was planning to welcome his arrival, a little embarrassed, the officials who were casually appointed by impression did not expect to cause the current situation. "Okay, everyone's hungry, so there's no need to assemble. There were definitely not many people who followed Zhenrong, leaving three thousand people and half of the grain and grass, and the others scattered under the leadership of their respective commanders, went to the surrounding county towns to eat, and gathered outside Tancheng after ten days. β
"The last general commands." Guan Hai went down and arranged it.
"Uncle, why do you think this Rong should abandon it and be too guarded?" Zhang Min looked at the Danyang soldiers behind him, he was an old man in Xuzhou, and he knew a little bit about everything, "Could it be that the salary is low and he fled with money?" β
"Fu Jun, he is a rich man, and he doesn't care about this money." Danyang Bing shook his head and guessed: "In my opinion, it was you who inexplicably copied Mi Taishou's house, so that this part of the remaining wealthy family members was uneasy, and he was also considered a strong party, as soon as your army was dispatched, he must have gotten the news, and thought that you came to raid the house again, taking advantage of Mi Taishou's whereabouts, he controlled Tancheng alone, and simply made two wrong steps, and came to strike first." β
Zhang Min was a little depressed, if this is the case, then Chen Deng of Guangling and Chen Qi of Xiapi, one of the two Chen families, as well as Zhao Yu of the Zhao family, are not cold in their hearts, with their ability to be much more powerful than this so-called strong and powerful, if there is also a change, the two counties of Pi and Guangling will go out independently, and even Yuan Shu, who directly defects to the south, is possible, thinking about it, people can't help but break into a cold sweat. β¦,
"Fujun, do you think you should let the army march in a hurry, collect rice and grain in various counties along the road, and then directly enter Guangling and Xiapi?" Danyang Bing saw that Zhang Min's face was wrong, and obviously thought of going together, and gave a suggestion.
"No, if they do, it's too late to rush over, and it's easy to be calculated." Zhang Min thought about it, shook his head, and suddenly smiled, "Guangling's Chen Taishou is a smart person, I haven't been able to figure out what he thinks in his heart, and I don't dare to believe him easily, let's take a look this time, I hope he can stay." β
There are two people in Xuzhou during the Three Kingdoms who can be remembered by Zhang Min, one is Mi Zhu. The ancestors of the Mi family have been operating reclamation for generations, raising servants and diners of nearly 10,000 people, with assets of hundreds of millions, Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, and was expelled by Lu Bu, he knew the hero, when Liu Bei was down, he gave all his family wealth and married his sister to Liu Bei, and followed Liu Bei, who had nothing, wandered around, after the establishment of Shu, his status was still above Brother Pig.
The other is Chen Deng, the assertion that smart people don't live long is a bit unreliable, but it is applicable to Chen Deng, he has been unruly all his life, knowledgeable, resourceful, but he has not lived more than forty, has calculated Liu Bei, counted Lu Bu to death, and finally from Cao Cao, and just swept Jiangdong, Sun Ce, who was in his prime, was defeated, and he was a talent, but unfortunately this person always seems to focus on the family, giving people a feeling of two sides and three knives, Zhang Min thinks that the charm is not enough, not enough to control this person, so he dare not use it, Otherwise, the position of sacrificing wine for this military advisor would have been given to this Chen Yuanlong a long time ago.
Zhang Min is not worried about Guangling and Xiapi breaking away, after all, his roots are in Pengcheng, and the army is also in his hands, no matter how bad it is, he will only abandon those two counties, and Pengcheng and Tancheng are one south and one north, as long as they hold on, no one will die.
"Camp here tonight." Zhang Min calmed down, the above is just speculation, the possibility of happening is not great, and the important thing now is to arrest this defected Zhenrong.
At this time in Guangling County, Chen Deng was sitting on official business.
"Letter from the master." A servant hurriedly walked in, put a letter on the case, looked left and right, and whispered: "The master asked: 'The Mi family was copied, and Du Wei came to the south, how is the Chen family?'" ββ
"Do what you have to do." Chen Deng replied unhurriedly, didn't even read the letter, and directly put it on the lamp and lit it and burned it to ashes, "Let his old man feel at ease." β
"Yes!" The servant withdrew again.
Chen Deng sat alone in place, and after a long time, he raised his head and chuckled at the corner of his mouth, "What does Lord Thorn Shi want to do this time?" The Mi brothers didn't know where to go, and drove the army to Tancheng, could it be the same as Tao Fujun, who felt that Pengcheng was too close to Yanzhou and was not safe, and planned to move the state to Tancheng? β
"It doesn't make sense! If you plan to settle in Tancheng and command in the center, you will not return to Pengcheng when you repel Cao's army, and the so-called Uncle Liu Huang has already entered Yanzhou with 10,000 troops and horses, and he should not lead the army to the south at this time. He flicked his fingers on the table, shook his head and stood up again, walked to the window and looked at the somewhat gloomy sky outside, and said to himself, "The last time the army drove to Yanzhou, I thought he was going to war with Cao Cao. β
"If so, where would it go?" Chen Deng glanced at the south and north side by side, suddenly touched, turned to the south thoughtfully, a gust of wind blew in from the window, he covered his coat, coughed twice, and reached out to close the window.
The night was thick, and there was a commotion outside the camp, Zhang Min didn't fall asleep much, got up and walked out.
"Fujun, someone said that it was your guard, trespassing on the camp." A soldier came running quickly.
It should be that Chen Zhi is back, Zhang Kai perked up, "Go over and take a look." β
Chen Zhizheng confronted a group of soldiers, the Danyang soldiers were sleeping around Zhang Min, and the 3,000 soldiers guarding the periphery did not know the new guard, so they stopped him outside the camp and did not allow him to enter. β¦,
"The big guys are all scattered, it's my own soldiers." Zhang Min patted Chen Zhi's shoulder, "Why is it so fast, where did you follow?" Did you get a place for the guy? β
"Of course!" Chen nodded, and then pointed to the soldiers patrolling around, obviously a little dissatisfied with them blocking him, "Some of those people are dressed the same, I'm afraid there is still a connection." β
"Dressed the same?" Zhang Min was overjoyed, the costumes of the Xuzhou army were uniform, and since this group of people were wearing military uniforms, it was likely to be Zhenrong and his diners and servants who had absconded from Tancheng, "Uncle Zhi, how far are they from here?" β
"It's very close, over the four mountains, it was not far, they have been detouring, around for a long time before sneaking back to the hiding place, that place is really hidden, if I hadn't smelled their scent and followed in, I couldn't have found it hanging from the tree." Chen Zhi sniffled.
"Do you see clearly? How many of them are there? Zhang Min was a little speechless again, looked at Chen Zhi's nose, and followed up with a smell, could it be a dog's nose?
"If you count the women, children, the old and the weak, it adds up to almost 800 people."
The Danyang soldiers all gathered at this time.
"Uncle, beckon two thousand men and horses to get ready to go." Zhang Min didn't care that it was night and the mountain road was difficult to walk, "Uncle Zhi, you go again, lead the way in front, turn around and take them, and I will personally make you a table of meat to eat!" β
"I don't want you to do it, you can invite me to the restaurant to eat a table." Chen Zhi looked at Zhang Min suspiciously, obviously not believing his cooking skills.
Zhang Min smiled awkwardly, "No problem, you can do whatever you say!" β
After a while, Guan Hai sorted out two thousand men and horses in front.
"Lord, you stay here, with this uncle and brother leading the way, I just go, and I will ensure that when dawn comes, I will catch you without missing anything." Guan Hai grinned, murderous, he had been a thief for ten years, and then he became an official, and as soon as he showed up, he was robbed of everything in front of his eyes, and he couldn't get by on his face!
"Fujun, General Guan is right, you better go back to the military tent and stay." Danyang Bing saw that Zhang Min also wanted to join in the fun, so he grabbed him, "Master Luo has repeatedly explained that he can't let you get into danger, otherwise he will make me look good." β