Chapter 108: Small Talk
Back in the house, I walked all the way to the backyard, found the small pavilion by the lake, leaned on the side, just covered the sun, and there was a breeze blowing on my face, it was very comfortable, Zhang Min didn't want to move when he was lying down. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Mi Zhen and Zhen Luo followed and walked over together.
"Look at the water lilies in this water being ruined by you!" Looking at the scattered lotus leaves in the lake, Zhen Luo glanced at someone angrily, "But your lotus seed porridge is doing well." ”
"Come, sit here, what did Cao Cao do again? Or is Yuan Shao coming to avenge his brother? Zhang Min smiled disappreciatively and pointed to the round chair placed in the pavilion, "Or do you know the whereabouts of Yuan Shu?" ”
"Let's not talk about this for now, I want to know, how did you get mixed up with the eldest lady of the Cao family?" Zhen Luo put the business aside, pulled Mi Zhen to sit down, and faced Zhang Min.
"This ......." Zhang Min felt a little painful, and felt that everything he said had a feeling that there was no silver three hundred taels here.
"Sister, I'm not here to ask about this." Mi Zhen blocked Zhen Luo behind her, so that Zhang Min could put his mind at ease.
"Just sister, you always protect him." Zhen Luo still came out of his head, and said in a loud voice: "Jia Junshi sent someone to report quickly, saying that he had received news from Yuan Shu, he had retreated to Lujiang County, and hundreds of thousands of troops returned with him only 350,000, this is a big injury, even if he has strong capital, he will definitely not be able to find you for revenge within a year or two." ”
"Haha, it's good if I don't go to him." Zhang Min smiled proudly, he was still beating Yuan Shu refreshingly, which was like facing Cao Cao, and he had to remind him from time to time, for fear that something would go wrong but he didn't know it.
"You're good at this battle." Zhen Luo really praised it, before the war, she was still worried, Zhang Min just took the time to go to the beach to play, and as soon as she came back, she was angry and yelled, probably because she was scolded and enlightened, "There is another thing, Sun Bofu returned the three thousand soldiers, I heard that he has completely controlled Wu County, but he didn't mention the jade seal." ”
"I can't help this jade seal if he wants it, who knows where Yuan Shuzang went." Zhang Min scratched his head, Yuan Shu held on to the emperor's dream, the jade seal may have it with him, and Sun Ce couldn't give it to him if he wanted to.
"What are your chances of winning this battle before you fight?" Zhen Luo came over very energetically and asked curiously. Mi Zhen next to her also kept an eye on it, and after getting along for a few years, she always felt that Zhang Min seemed to be able to pinch and calculate in terms of employing people, like Guan Hai and Tai Shici earlier, not to mention, it could be used as a last resort when no one was available. But later, it was a little prominent to find out Jia Xu and Xu Huang directly from hundreds of civil and military ministers, even including the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, no one had ever mentioned it to him, but he knew that these three people were there, and a letter was summoned, which was too mysterious.
Zhang Min touched his head and gestured with one hand, "There is about an eighty percent chance of winning!" ”
"So much! Why? Zhen Luo's curiosity was undiminished.
"No, I just think I can beat him." Zhang Min smiled, with Jia Xu, Chen Deng, Xu Huang and even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, how could they not beat Yuan Shu? Even if he has a large number of soldiers, it is the same.
Zhen Luo was very dissatisfied with this answer, and rolled his eyes slightly, which was very cute.
"The general traveled all over the world in his early years, and most of the princes from all walks of life fought each other, so he must know who is superior and who is inferior." Mi Zhen guessed and explained for Zhang Min, probably only in this way can it barely make sense.
"Exactly." Zhang Min hurriedly picked it up, "When I was making the Yellow Turban, ten years before and after, from north to south, from east to west, I have fought against every powerful figure in the Han Dynasty, and the current princes like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were just captains and generals at that time, and they all had fought in short battles. ”
"Then the reason why you killed Cao Cao's whole family is not because your family was ...... by him back then?" …,
Zhen Luo's words didn't come out, but Zhang Min understood it, so he simply recognized it, "That's right, it was Cao Cao who made me a loner back then, so I killed his whole family." ”
This topic is a bit heavy, Zhen Luo hurriedly changed, "Cao Cao chased Wen Hou and retreated when he was about to arrive in our Xuzhou, leaving only Cao Ren and 30,000 soldiers to guard the city, and the others all withdrew to Xuchang, this is strange, with the hatred between him and you, he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly chase Uncle Liu Huang into our Xuzhou?" Why did you go back? Are you planning to recuperate or do you have other plans, and what do you think about it? ”
"When Wenhe comes back, just ask him." Zhang Min blinked his eyes twice, couldn't think of it, and casually pushed it to Jia Xu.
"I'm afraid that Master Jia won't be able to come back during this time, you can pinch and calculate so well, why don't you think about it yourself?" Zhen Luo doesn't like Jia Xu very much, the middle-aged man who doesn't smile can always make her uncomfortable.
"What do we think of our Luo Junshi?" Zhang Min didn't have a clue, and pretended to be tight and stuffed the question back to her.
"Or you want to create the illusion of retreating, and then secretly attack, just like when you went to Chang'an to pick up the Son of Heaven, he is now secretly ambushing there, just waiting for an opportunity to give us a fatal blow!" Zhen Luo was faintly worried, she had been closely monitoring Cao Jun's movements these days, "I have been letting people follow Cao Cao's army from afar, and so far I haven't found any abnormalities in them, as if they really want to return to Xuchang, but how could Cao Cao retreat so simply?" There must be some conspiracy that we didn't see. ”
Sound east and west! It's really hard to say this, Zhang Min listened to it, and he was also worried, if there was such a thing, and even Peng Cheng was broken inexplicably, wouldn't he be caught by Cao Cao's urn?
"Could it be that like you stole into Shouchun City, Cao Cao also has a ghost in our Pengcheng?" Zhen Luo frowned, Peng Cheng has always been under her nose, the wealthy families who have the ability to pose a threat to the city wall from the inside have all been cleared, and the servants have been scattered and sent to the official field or the official road to contribute, where is there still a shortcoming?
"Impossible, right?" Zhang Min sat up straight, this is how Puyang was taken down by Cao Cao, this brother is an expert in doing this thing, don't really be stabbed by him!
"No, the people near Pengcheng are our eyes, no matter what conspiracy Cao Cao has, there will always be a large army coming, even if they are dressed as our people under our banner, it will cause a lot of movement." Mi Zhen has been doing things to appease the people, and has placed hundreds of thousands of people before and after, all of whom are grateful to her, and they are all the guards of Pengcheng.
"That is, knowing that our general has returned from a great victory, he feels that he can't take advantage of it, so he withdraws." Zhen Luo looked at Zhang Min's concentrated appearance, and couldn't help but squeeze a sentence, "Do you say yes, hussar general?" ”
"It's a big possibility." Zhang Min was a little embarrassed, now the official position is worthless, who likes to be it, as long as he has the strength, he can be self-proclaimed, "Cao Cao is not a brute person, and Yanzhou has just calmed down, and if you fight us again, the outcome is unpredictable." ”
"Then should we strike first?" Zhen Luo suddenly changed his tone, "Now that Lu Wenhou and Uncle Liu Huang have returned, they are fully equipped with civil and military forces, and they are complemented by Anbei General Taishi Ziyi, even if the 50,000 horses in Huainan are not used, plus General Zang Ba is about to rush over, we also have 60,000 soldiers in Pengcheng, why not leave 10,000 to defend the city, and the rest go straight to Qiaocheng?" ”
"In such a hurry, it is difficult to gather grain and grass." Mi Zhen frowned slightly.
"This sister doesn't have to worry, the former defeated Yuan Shu's 100,000 former army, got 200,000 stones of grain and grass, and was personally escorted by General Zang Ba, and he was already on the way to Pengcheng, and he could arrive within three or five days." Zhen Luo also got the news not long ago, so he had the idea of killing to Qiaocheng just now. …,
"Two hundred thousand?" Yi Mizhen's heart couldn't help but be a little surprised, "I have long heard that Huainan is honest, it is true, I want to go over and see it in person next year." ”
"Don't wait until next year, there is still a month or so to harvest in autumn, just this year's wind and rain are smooth, presumably Huainan land is also a bumper harvest, when I came back along the road, all the way to see the wheat ears all over the mountain, a piece of golden, very gratifying! When the time comes, you will have a good count and see how it compares with our Pengcheng. ”
"Hmm." Mi Zhen agreed.
"Hey, you haven't answered me yet, how about going to Qiaocheng and seeing?" Zhen Luo asked again, and secretly muttered to himself, 'The husband sings and the wife follows'.
"There are Cao Ren and 30,000 Cao troops in Qiaocheng to defend it, and it is only an empty run to go, unless it is besieged for a long time, until he runs out of ammunition and food, it is useless to fill in all the 50,000 soldiers we have here." Zhang Min clearly remembers that this Cao Ren is a good guard, meticulous and cautious, and he is not easy to fight.
"Oh, you have the final say." When Zhen Luo heard this, he knew that there was no hope for this.
"What do you think of Yuzhou?" Zhang Min thought of Yuzhou in the other direction by her proposal, "That Ji Ling attacked our Pengcheng and retreated back, and Yuan Shu was defeated in Huainan, presumably the Yuan army was panicked when the people were panicking, we waved our army to go, Runan and other places must be down with a drum!" ”
"It's late." Zhen Luo muttered angrily, "Runan was originally occupied by Cao Cao, and when Ji Ling came, Cao Jun directly let it out without resistance, but later when Ji Ling's troops were defeated and returned, the general of Cao Jun, who was called full of favor, suddenly intercepted and killed Ji Ling halfway and drove Ji Ling directly out of Yuzhou, Runan and other places have long been Cao Cao's." ”
"Huh!" Zhang Min was choked, and actually let Cao Cao pick up the cheap, what a frustration!
"If you don't take advantage of Cao Jun's unstable foothold, we will kill all the way and take the entire Yuzhou into our arms!" Zhen Luo waved her hand fiercely, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth, this Cao Jun general called Manchu was too uncomfortable.
"It's not time to fight Cao Cao yet." Zhang Min frowned, "How's the war in the north?" I only hope that the white horse general Gongsun Zan can resist for a few more years, and don't let Yuan Shao free his hand. ”
"I'm afraid it's no longer possible." Zhen Luo puffed his eyes, "I heard that he was completely defeated by Yuan Shao in the Battle of Baoqiu, and now he is retreating to Yijing, maybe within next year, the entire Youzhou will be General Yuan's." ”
Zhang Min scratched his head, if this is the case, it is not possible to join forces with Cao Cao to deal with the Yuan League Lord who sits in the land of four states, in fact, with Cao Cao's ability, one person is enough, but I am afraid that Yuan Benchu took the wrong medicine, and when the time comes, if he does not fight Cao Cao but comes to beat himself, then it will be difficult to do.