Chapter Seventy-Four: The Decisive Battle in Quyang (2)
Zhang Xiang suddenly felt a little strange, although it is right for Liu Bei to be lenient with others, but is it a little too frequent these days, several times a day, it is the same brother Yes, but it seems that the relationship is not so good!
Could it be that Liu Bei has something to ask him to help, "Senior brother, are you in trouble!" We have known each other for many years, and if there is anything to say, we will definitely help as a junior and a disciple. Liu Bei pondered for a moment.
When Zhang Xiang saw Liu Bei like this, he knew that he really had something, so he said, Liu Bei, how can you be so idle! Liu Bei: "Actually, there are not so many things, there is a little food and grass in our army, can you support the junior brother." ”
"There is no problem with support, but it seems that the senior brother has been on the Julu battlefield for more than half a year! The rationing of grain and grass should be supported by the imperial court! Why did you come to my junior brother to ask for food? Zhang Xiang said it was strange.
Liu Bei: "It's hard to explain this matter, in fact, the grain and grass of the righteous army are indeed distributed by the local government, but they were seriously damaged by the yellow turban thieves in Julu County, and there is no food to send, even if there is food, it will not be our turn to be a rebel, and there was a teacher to help, but now there is nothing to do, but to ask for help." ”
Zhang Xiang: "Senior brother, it's not me to help you, I only know this situation now, I also have difficulties, I thought that the grain and grass were distributed by the imperial court, and I now have 4,000 people under my command, and the consumption of grain and grass is huge, so the grain and grass are not very sufficient." ”
Zhang Xiang politely rejected Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also heard it, but Liu Bei is now also a good woman who is difficult to cook without rice, and now he is the only one who can help, "Brother also knows the difficulties of his junior brother, and he can help a little bit." ”
In this case, Liu Bei can only choose to bow his head, Liu Bei has reached this point Zhang Xiang really can't choose not to give, after all, the two sides have not torn their faces, but Zhang Xiang still doesn't want to give him the grain and grass for nothing, "Since the senior brother said so, the junior brother can only try to help, but the junior brother also wants the senior brother to help?" ”
As soon as Liu Bei heard that there were still conditions, he pondered, he knew that the relationship between the junior brother in front of him and himself seemed to be inseparable, Liu Bei began to weigh the pros and cons, but when he thought of his family background, there was nothing to worry about, "Senior brother, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Zhang Xiang: "It's not a general trend, Senior Brother's righteous brother Guan Yu is a master of using knives as far as I know, and several of my subordinates also use knives but their kung fu is very shallow, I don't know if I can let Brother Yun Chang give me advice." ”
Liu Bei also made a mistake when he heard this, his junior brother was arrogant and domineering, he didn't give face to anyone except himself, and Zhang Xiang was a master who didn't suffer, he was afraid that his second brother would suffer, but the food and grass were really in short supply, so he reluctantly helped Guan Yu agree.
Zhang Xiang saw Liu Bei nodding, so he sent someone to send grain and grass to Liu Bei's camp. found Zhang Xiang, "Third brother, what do you think, let that red-faced man enter our camp, what kind of good person can be a brother who can swear with Ma Kui." ”
"Big brother Ma Kui, you and I are very clear, Guan Yu and I will naturally be on guard, but Guan Yu's knife skills are really powerful, I just learn from each other's strengths, Liu Bei opened his mouth, I can't help but agree, naturally I want to get something back." Hearing Zhang Xiang say this, Zhang Fei was also relieved.
In the afternoon, Guan Yu did come to Zhang Xiang's camp, although Zhang Fei understood Zhang Xiang's approach, but he really didn't like Guan Yu to look at him angrily, and all the soldiers hid far away when they saw Zhang Fei like this.
Deng Mao Baique and Zhou Cang are all knives, so Zhang Xiang handed them all over into Guan Yu's hands, and before Zhang Xiang left, he specially instructed Zhang Fei to let him keep an eye on Guan Yu, of course Zhang Fei was very happy.
Zhang Xiang's move was also to prevent Zhou Cang from being abducted, after all, Zhou Cang in history followed him because he admired Guan Yu, but Zhang Xiang's move was indeed a bit redundant.
Zhou Cang is a dead brain, and the person he admires now is Zhang Fei, how can he pay attention to Guan Yu? With Zhang Fei waiting for Guan Yu by his side, Zhou Cang's impression of Guan Yu was naturally not good.
Although Guan Yu is proud, he is really serious in his work, and there is nothing to hide, and he teaches Guan Yu to make the knife with his heart, and the three of Zhou Cang have also benefited a lot.
Guan Yu only taught for an hour before returning to his camp, and Liu Bei immediately greeted him, "Second brother must be very tired!" My junior brother has nothing to do for you! What about those people you teach? ”
Guan Yu didn't doubt Liu Bei's intentions, and said everything he saw, "It's nothing, the Zhang brothers did resist me because of the relationship between the third brother, especially that Zhang Fei, but he couldn't do anything in broad daylight, but the three people I taught today are remarkable, and they are not weak." ”
In fact, what Liu Bei wanted to hear most was the last sentence, he was now eager to find out about Zhang Xiang's situation, so that he could recruit the Zhang family brothers, but now it seems that this goal is difficult to achieve.
The battle in Xiaquyang has been in full swing, and on the third day of the Xiangfei Army entering Huangfu Song's men, it finally received the task of attacking the city, and the Xiangfei Army was in charge of Xicheng, which was under the command of Guo Dian, the Taishou of Julu.
Zhang Xiang had no choice but to lead his own men and horses to serve in front of Guo Dian's army, although Guo Dian was quite talented, but after all, he was born as a scribe, and he was inevitably a little rusty about command and scheduling, so he attacked the weaker defense of Xicheng.
Huangfu Song transferred Zhang Xiang to Xicheng, but also had his own considerations, one is to take care of this kid, and the other is to see Zhang Xiang's ability, Huang Fu Song is a generation of famous generals, naturally he will not do things according to his preferences.
Although Zhang Xiang didn't know Huangfu Song's thoughts, he also knew that he had to perform well, if this battle was not successful, all the previous efforts would be in vain, and Zhang Xiang still wanted to be promoted by relying on the Yellow Turban Uprising?
Although Guo Dian knew Huangfu Song's attitude towards Zhang Xiang, he did not take more care of Zhang Xiang, the righteous army was the first to attack the city in everything, and what he said was good was to serve the country, and what he said badly was cheap cannon fodder.
This is both a problem and an opportunity for Zhang Xiang's Xiangfei army, if you grasp Zhang Xiang well, you can soar into the sky and accumulate enough political capital, if you don't grasp Zhang Xiang well, you will take the road of eunuchs.
After all, this road is very difficult, Zhang Xiang doesn't want to have a stain on his body in the future, fortunately, Guo Dian has not been in vain in attacking the city in the past few days, at least the trench outside the city has been leveled, saving Zhang Xiang a lot of trouble, Zhang Xiang gave a death order to attack the city at all costs, and the number of yellow turban thieves in the city is large, so the rain of arrows shot is also very dense.
Zhang Xiang's first wave of troops was rushed back by the rain of arrows before they touched the wall, and Zhang Xiang immediately ordered all the shields and planks in the army to be brought up to cover the rain of arrows and protect the soldiers.
Fortunately, the rebels who attacked the city were not only Zhang Xiang's team, otherwise they would have the responsibility of slacking off, but Zhang Xiang did this, which also made the colleagues of the rebels complain, if it weren't for Huangfu Song's attention to Zhang Xiang in the big tent, these people would have spoken up a lot.
The planks and shields were all transported, and the soldiers of the Xiangfei Army successfully arrived at the city and set up a ladder, but the siege was still not smooth, and Zhang Bao had made all the desperate preparations since Zhang Jiao's death.
So there is no shortage of stone rolling wood, Zhang Xiang can only watch one soldier after another fall and there is no way, the only outstanding thing here is Lu Split, where his arrows can be shot.
Shoot some leaders of the people, but a person's contribution is very limited in this kind of big battle, and the Yellow Turban Thief is the most important thing is people, Zhang Fei was also anxious to hand over the cavalry to Long Ben, and rushed to the city wall himself.
In fact, Long Ben also wanted to do this, but Zhang Fei was just one step ahead of him, and Zhang Xiang also saw Zhang Fei rushing up, but he couldn't call back at this time, and all he could do was pray for Zhang Fei.
After Zhang Fei climbed the ladder, just halfway up the climb, a stone fell on his head, fortunately Zhang Fei bravely used his shield to open the stone, and Zhang Fei's performance was also noticed by the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The Yellow Turban soldiers threw stones and giant trees at Zhang Fei one after another, but Zhang Fei blocked them, but at this time, Zhang Fei's arms were numb, and he finally climbed to the top of the city, and dodged the sneak attack of the spear.
Zhang Fei was also the first Han army to climb the city wall since the morning, so he was besieged by the special care of the Yellow Turban thieves, but Zhang Fei still held a hole with his bravery.
The soldiers of the Xiangfei Army also entered the wall with this opening, and there were more and more soldiers of the Xiangfei Army on the city, and the scope of Zhang Fei's activities became larger and larger, and Zhang Fei naturally got the attention of the Yellow Turban generals.
rushed to the direction of Zhang Fei, and now the commander of the Xiangfei Army in charge of the siege is Bai Que, most of his subordinates are recruits, and many of them are inevitably a little timid when they go to the battlefield for the first time, so Zhang Fei was just entangled by the Yellow Turban generals, and they lost that opening.
Zhang Fei saw that the situation was not good, so he had to go down the city wall, and Zhang Fei climbed the city three times in a morning in succession, and finally was driven down by the Yellow Turban Thief.
In the afternoon, there was nothing to do with the rebels, Zhang Xiang could only watch the regular Han army performance, and as long as Zhang Xiang knew that the siege equipment Guo Dian had used, it could really be seen that there was a difference between relatives and relatives.
But Zhang Xiang was not in the mood to be jealous, Zhang Fei attacked too fiercely in the morning, so that he was covered in injuries when he retreated, and Zhang Xiang was not in the mood to watch the Han Army performance, anyway, this kind of opportunity will be seen often in the future, and it will not be bad for this day.
Zhang Xiang heard Zhang Fei's snoring before he arrived at the sick tent, Zhang Xiang was very familiar with this sound, which used to be his lingering nightmare, and now he was relieved to hear this voice, since he could still sleep, it meant that he was fine.
Wait until he wakes up and clean him up! Now let him have a good rest, after all, this morning is enough for him to be tired, so Zhang Xiang did not enter the camp, but just asked the doctor to take good care of Zhang Fei.