The rebellion of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun was launched in early October. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info because of the secrets prepared in advance, there was almost no reaction from Jiangxia's Huang Zu's side. Because the Jiangdong army once again showed signs of going east after Liu Biao's southern expedition, Jiangxia became tense again, Huang Zu's soldiers and horses were firmly contained there, which made Jiangxia's rear empty, and Liu Biao in Xiangyang tried to accept Liu Bei, and did not have much energy to pay attention to this side of the matter, so that the entire Jingzhou for a time except for Li Sheng had no troops available for maneuver. Zhang Wu and Chen Sun chose to launch at this time, completely choosing a good time.

"Jiangxia is in danger...... Luo Zhao said when he explained the information to Li Sheng. Because Exian was in the rear south of Jiangxia, the rebellion that occurred at this moment was undoubtedly a major blow to Huang Zu.

"And it does." Li Sheng nodded, he ordered someone to find a map, quickly checked it, and asked Luo Zhao again: "Is the rebel army going north or west?" ”

"It's to the west." Luo Zhao replied, "Their target is Sha Xian. ”

"Occupy the granary of the Huang Zujun?" Li Sheng muttered to himself: "This may be to cooperate with the actions of the Jiangdong Army." This rebellion is likely to be promoted by the Jiangdong side from behind. He thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Bring in some gentlemen, I think we must make some decisions about this rebellion." ”

Soon, everyone came to the hall of the Xiyang County Ya, and sat on the left and right ends of Li Sheng's hand in the order that they had already been familiar with many times. Li Sheng was higher than the superiors, and when he saw that everyone had almost arrived, he asked Luo Zhao to read out the news about the rebellion in Exian, and then asked such a question: "How should we deal with this rebellion?" ”

"How to deal with it?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Although Li Sheng did not ask to send troops, they all heard this meaning from Li Sheng's question. It's a troublesome thing.

After all, Xiyang and Exian, one in the north of Jiangxia and the other in the south of Jiangxia, are quite far apart in the middle, and there is a Yangtze River moat to block them. Xiyang is quite out of reach for that side. Besides, here in Xiyang at the moment, there is no authorization to send troops at all. This is different from attacking the chaotic land of Runan, it is a "foreign war", as long as Xiyang can support it, you can fight as much as you like. And this rebellion is a "civil war", if there is no authorization from Huang Zu or Liu Biao's side, then there will definitely be problems with such a large number of military horses going out, passing through several counties along the way. Those people in the county town are different from Li Sheng's side, they don't have such a quick intelligence notification.

Because they thought about it a lot, they fell silent for a while, and the whole scene was cold.

I couldn't hear a new voice for a long time, which made Li Sheng change color a little. He thought it was because he didn't make the problem clear, so he told everyone what he thought: "I want to send troops!" This fight is an opportunity for us, an opportunity to make a meritorious service. Under the account of Lord Liu Biao, only by making more meritorious deeds can we have a way to seek the position of Taishou. ”

Seeing that Li Sheng had already stated his plan very clearly, it was difficult for the people under his command to be vague any longer. They glanced at each other, and elected Liao Li to express their scruples to Li Sheng: "But my lord, Exian is too far away from us, we don't have a navy, and we don't have an order from Lord Liu Biao." ”

"That's a problem." Li Sheng pondered for a while, and couldn't think of any way for a while, so he asked them, "Do you have any countermeasures for this matter?" ”

Everyone was cold again, half of them were thinking, and half of them were simply unthinkable. After all, among the people under Li Sheng, except for a few generals, only Xu Shu has strong ability in military strategy. Right now, Xu Shu followed Wei Yanzhen to guard Runan, and he was not on the spot. The rest of the strategists, let them think of these plans and the like, they may be able to think of it, but it is very time-consuming.

After waiting for a long time, Li Sheng gradually became anxious. Although he considered himself a very patient person, the current completely inscrutable wait quickly drained his patience. He frowned tightly, and was about to get angry, but saw a person standing up beside him: "Lord, can we do this?" ”

Hearing this, Li Sheng looked at the man. looked at it, but it was Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, do you have any ideas?" Li Sheng looked at him eagerly, and he still had some expectations for Zhao Yun's strategy. Because in the previous legends, Zhao Yun was such a brave and resourceful general.

"If the lord has the heart to send troops, he can send three people to Xiangyang, Jiangling, and Jiangxia respectively." Zhao Yun said so, and then explained in detail: "Those who go to Xiangyang are to report the news of the rebellion in Exian County and the predicament of Jiangxia County to Lord Liu Biao, and explain to Lord Liu Biao that the lord has the intention to beg the thief, and ask Lord Liu Biao to give the lord an official name; Those who go to Jiangling meet with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the governors of the navy, in order to obtain the support of these two in the navy, and be sure to let them send a navy from Jiangling to Huarong Ferry to meet our army; Those who go to Jiangxia are to inform Lord Huang Zu of everything here, first, to reassure him, and second, to ask him to give our army some support in rear affairs. In this way, our army has a certain guarantee in terms of general righteousness, the support of the naval army, and the smooth flow of grain routes in the rear, and it is natural that the main body can carry out this battle with peace of mind. ”

"That makes a lot of sense." Li Sheng nodded with a smile, and then asked the others in the hall, "What do you think?" ”

"It's really good that General Zhao Yun did this. Because it is a single light ride, the time to go back and forth to the three places is naturally greatly shortened. When we send people to the three places, we can prepare our troops and horses for departure. "That's the way it is, once someone says it, then the people around who hear the news, as long as they are not too stupid, can quickly understand it.

Seeing that everyone below agreed with what Zhao Yun said, Li Sheng planned to settle on this. Although he felt a little troubled by not being able to leave immediately, there was no better way to say it at the moment. He could only order: "Ma Liang will go to Xiangyang to see Lord Liu Biao, Cui Hao will go to Jiangling to meet Lord Cai Mao, and Shi Tao will go to Jiangxia to meet Lord Huang Zu, so as to persuade the other party and the other party to agree with our action this time." ”

"Yes!" Ma Liang, Cui Hao, and Shi Tao got up together to receive the order.

"Next, I will assign the entourage for this expedition." After removing the troublesome stone on his way out, Li Sheng finally began to order: "Ordered Luo Zhao to join the army and follow the army counselor for military affairs; ordered Zhao Yun'er to be the vanguard and lead 500 cavalry; ordered Zhao Yun and Zhou Li to be the guards of the Chinese army and set off with the army; Huang Zhong, Zhou Rui, Song De, Peng Ling, and Xu Ding stayed at the headquarters, with Huang Zhong as the commander-in-chief of the left-behind army. ”

Huang Zhong, who was originally preparing to go on the expedition, suddenly heard that he was being asked to be in charge of the task left behind, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He frowned tightly and asked Li Sheng with some annoyance: "What? How so? Why leave us behind? Lord, do you think I'm old? ”

"Master misunderstood." Li Sheng shook his head gently, he glanced at Huang Zhong, who was very dissatisfied, and then at a few who also looked a little unwilling, laughed lightly, and said the purpose of his doing: "In this battle, I have no intention of confronting the other party head-on. I just want to use a surprise attack to directly knock out Zhang Wu and Chen Sun. Since it will take time to reorganize the troops and set off, it is very likely that we will not be able to hide Zhang Wu's eyes from this expedition, so we can only find ways to make them pay as little attention to us as possible, such as using some generals who have no reputation. As far as Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are concerned, Master and you are not to underestimate the tigers, and they are wary of you, so I can't send you up. Tiger, stay at home, this can make some people feel at ease. ”

The crowd was silent. And so it was decided.

On October 20 of the sixth year of Jian'an, on a crisp autumn day, Li Sheng set out with 1,500 soldiers he had carefully selected, and the target was Huarong, where he was going to take a boat to Shaxian. Before that, the three problems that needed to be completed by sending troops had been solved. Everything seems to be going well. In fact, it's impossible not to go well. After all, Liu Biao of Xiangyang and Cai Mao of Jiangling have a deep relationship with Li Sheng, and they are both Li Sheng's relatives in a sense, and as long as Li Sheng's request is not very excessive, they will certainly not object. As for Jiangxia Huangzu, although he doesn't have much friendship with Li Sheng, he still sees the powerful relationship of this matter very clearly. He knew that Li Sheng was actually helping him by doing this, and he needed this kind of help very much. He knew that he could not be harassed in the rear and continue to win the confrontation with Koto. Therefore, when Shi Tao, the envoy sent by Li Sheng, mentioned this matter slightly, he quickly agreed.

The team traveled all the way, from Nanxin to Yunshe, and then to Huarong. It's about hundreds of miles away, and it's a bit difficult to walk with mountains and water. But in order to hurry, Li Sheng still spent three days rushing to Huarong at the speed of a rapid march. Although the people who arrived there were already sleepy and tired, because the sailors who had come from Jiangling had arrived there very early, as soon as Li Sheng's team arrived in Huarong, they were taken to the ship to rest.

From Huarong to Shaxian by water, it was about three to five days' voyage, which was enough for Li Sheng's soldiers to recover their strength and prepare for the battle that began when they disembarked.

The fleet from Gangneung consisted of 50 warships, 3 building ships, 17 fighting ships, and 20 grain carriers, totaling 5,000 troops. These are all men and horses who listened to Hou Li Sheng's dispatch in this battle. In order to allow his junior to survive in the battle and achieve meritorious deeds, Cai Mao has worked very hard to increase the cost this time, it is said that he originally planned to send all the battleships, but was rejected by the letter that Li Sheng gave Cui Hao to bring. Li Sheng demanded that there must be a grain ship in the fleet, because before Zhang Wu and Chen Sun rebelled, every half a month, there would inevitably be a grain fleet to transport the grain and grass from Jiangling to Shaxian. And at the moment, Li Sheng wants to pretend that the other side does not know that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun have rebelled, and continue to send such a grain fleet. It's for nothing else, just because it's a really good cover.

It's been three days since I sailed on the river by boat. The surrounding scenery still has not changed at all, and in the vast expanse, there is still water on the vast river. The river is as wide as the sea, and you can't see the land border. This section of the river is very quiet and quiet, if you don't have the heart to observe carefully, you probably won't be able to find that this river is flowing.

However, Li Sheng had already understood that they had already entered the land. If there is no accident, then by tomorrow morning at the latest, you will be able to see the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"Well, it's time." Li Sheng muttered, and then asked people to find their subordinates and Yang Xu, the vice admiral of the fleet.

"General Yang, can you slow down tomorrow? I want you to quietly send a group of my men to the other side of the bank when it gets dark, so that they can hide first. Everyone gathered in the hall of the building, and as soon as they sat down, Li Sheng made such a request to Yang Xu.

"Naturally, there is no problem. But why did Lord Lee do this? Yang Xu nodded in confusion and asked.

"Because the group that disembarked first were all cavalry, and they were the killer weapon of this battle. Whether we can quickly quell the rebellion of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun depends mainly on the actions of this cavalry team. Li Sheng explained with a smile. Although Yang Xu is not his subordinate, this series of steps really requires his cooperation, so Li Sheng did not shy away from him coming to his meeting. Of course, because he is an outsider after all, Li Sheng did not say much about the explanation of the whole plan.

"Oh?" Yang Xu responded, and immediately stood up: "Since this is the case, then I will go down and arrange it first." As he said this, he made a request to leave.

"Well, then I'll bother you, General." Li Sheng said smoothly - he still has a lot of secret things to arrange with his subordinates.

Yang Xu left, and there were only five people left in the hall: Li Sheng, Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun, Luo Zhao, and Zhou Li. Li Sheng smiled and looked at them with a glance. This made them vaguely nervous, they didn't know what was going on, and they consciously seemed to have some hairs in their hearts.

"It's kind of weird." They chattered, and involuntarily moved back, wondering what was going on, when they saw Li Sheng open his mouth.

"I would like to ask Zilong and Yun'er to switch places, and Zilong will command these five hundred elite horsemen to complete this mission." Li Sheng looked at Zhao Yun with a smile: "Zilong must rush to the area of Shaxian Ferry before noon the day after tomorrow and lurk. This is very important. ”

"I understand." Zhao Yun nodded calmly, and a slightly excited look appeared on his always calm face. Being able to have an independent army so soon and the opportunity to directly participate in the battle was something he himself had never imagined. Although the opportunity to lead the troops this time was "snatched" from his sister's side, although this time he was only able to command a mere 500 horsemen, he was still happy. He is looking forward to being able to go on the battlefield stage again. He thinks this is where he really belongs. As a military general, he usually behaves calmly and indifferently, and he is also very eager to establish his prestige and establish his own martial arts on the battlefield. As for being a guard by Li Sheng's side, that was not something he really wanted, even though it was Li Sheng's trust in him.

"What about the lord and me? My brother went to do my thing, so what am I going to do? Compared to Zhao Yun's excitement, his sister Zhao Yun's face was not very good. Originally, the task at hand flew like this, which clearly showed a distrust of his own ability. Although she also admits that her brother's ability is more suitable for this than herself, but since this is the case, your lord, you should appoint your brother as a pioneer from the beginning. Why didn't you make that appointment then, and do it now? Could it be to save my face? I don't remember where I provoked you. Zhao Yun, whose brain is such a straight line, used her intelligence to think so much at once. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Li Sheng was sorry for herself. She became annoyed and glared at Li Sheng fiercely, If you don't explain things clearly, I will have an endless fight with you.

However, she was slightly disappointed, Li Sheng didn't pay attention to her eyes, nor did he answer her question, but as if he had seen nothing and heard nothing, he explained to himself: "This change is a change of people, not a change of number." In other words, Zilong must use the banner of Yun'er to command these five hundred partial divisions. Whether you Zilong killed Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, or captured Shaxian, to the outside world, for others, it was not your Zilong who did it again, but Yun'er's merits. ”

"Huh? Why? Hearing Li Sheng say this, not only did Zhao Yun feel incomprehensible, but even others, including Zhao Yun, couldn't help but show puzzled and curious looks.

"Because I have a very important task for you to do in a while, Zilong. That's something that takes you to 'disappear' for years, and if you're famous now, it's unlikely you'll be missing. Li Sheng said mysteriously with a smile.

"What's that mission?" Zhao Yun didn't ask. Although he himself was very curious about the task, he could see that Li Sheng did not mean to explain it at the moment.

Zhao Yun didn't ask, so the others naturally couldn't speak, so they could only let Li Sheng push the meeting to the next topic - that was the specific arrangement for Zhao Yun's hidden actions tomorrow. Although the night was already deep and deep, Li Sheng had no intention of ending this meeting at all. He always wanted to discuss everything that could be discussed. This undoubtedly made everyone think that he was a bit of a mother-in-law, but it also made everyone realize the importance of this battle to him. For Li Sheng, this crusade was a very important step on his path to Taishou. He had to go well.

A day later, Li Sheng divided his troops. Zhao Yun landed on a shoal east of Shaxian with five hundred elite horsemen carried by a transport ship. It was a desolate meadow, and judging by the faint glow of the moonlight, it must be a hidden swamp trap. Five hundred men waded across the river with their horses. Most of them don't know what they have to face, maybe they can come back safely, maybe some of them will be left behind in this dark unknown. Who knows? Anyway, they have to pass, it's necessary to win. Bypass Shaxian City and lurk behind enemy ports to prepare for the final attack.

Facing the people who left by boat, Li Sheng was silent. He stood on the top of the boat leaning on the railing, feeling the cool breeze in the autumn night, looking ahead with his eyes, and he didn't know whether to look at the moonlight of the river or the team running into the unknown. The environment of the landing was so harsh, it was something he could not have imagined. Luo Zhao's intelligence organization did not inquire about the situation on Yun Mengze's front line clearly, which caused the current troublesome situation. Li Sheng didn't say anything about all this, his face was very calm, as if these things were not in his consideration. However, standing beside him at this moment, Luo Zhao clearly understood that his lord's heart was not as calm as he saw on the outside, and he clutched the railing in front of him tightly. That hard look illustrates the uneasiness in his heart.

"My lord, I don't worry more than this. It was my fault that I didn't gather the information. But I've heard people talk about some of this Yun Mengze before. Although there are some dangers in this, it is not a lot of killing, but only a little troublesome. I think that with General Zhao Yun's ability, he can naturally overcome these dangers and complete the tasks assigned by the lord. Seeing that Li Sheng was worried about Zhao Yun and them, Luo Zhao couldn't help but persuade him with relief on the side.

"That's all there is to it." Li Sheng nodded helplessly.

The fleet set sail again. Li Sheng has always entrusted the navigation of the entire fleet to Yang Xu to manage. He didn't know anything about the navy, so he didn't want to meddle in this matter. He just told Yang Xu: "We must arrive at the ferry port in Shaxian by noon tomorrow." This is his request, and how Yang Xu meets this requirement is Yang Xu's own business. Li Sheng didn't care what happened, all he wanted to see was the final result.

In this way, there was no word all night.

*****

Zhang Wu has been having a very happy time these days.

Since Huang Zu's "idiot" didn't think that he might rebel again, and didn't inform Sha Xian's side to get ready, it was very easy for Zhang Wu to capture this level. At that time, he took the three or five thousand men and horses to come over leisurely, and lied to Lord Huang Zu under the city that he had a secret order to come over, so he deceived this Sha Xian's county order. The old man of the county magistrate was a scholar who seemed to be quite flattering, and he ran over as if he were flying out of the city, smiling at himself. He thought that he didn't care about him at all, but when he came closer, he shouted: "You are so rude!" Then he slashed him on the spot. That's a lot of fun. Watching his unwilling wide-eyed white flower head roll to the ground, he felt a little excited when he thought about it. Of course, this excitement is just the beginning for me. In the next few days, the excitement on my side grew higher and higher.

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It was the first time to occupy such a bustling city, and I was excited......

For the first time, I saw the mountain of money in the treasury of the county government, and I was excited......

For the first time, I saw the six large granaries in the city full of grain and grass, and I was excited......

The first time I played the girl in the city, I was excited......

Shaxian, as the gathering place of Huangzu's grain and grass, has several facilities in the city and the prosperity of the city itself. Although it is not the seat of the county government, in the eyes of Zhang Wu and others, it is not much worse than the county government. This is mostly due to the county order that was killed by Zhang Wu. Although he was dead, what he left behind, such as the city, such as the money and grain, and the beautiful daughter he left behind, made Zhang Wu very satisfied. For a while, Zhang Wu was dazzled. He pushed everything in his hands to his brother Chen Sun, and he took the poor girl who looked like a pear blossom with rain into the backyard of the county office. This entry is a few days......

Unlike Zhang Wu's happy pleasures, Chen Sun has plans to do big things. When Zhang Wu was relaxed, Chen Sun was unusually busy. He took over the affairs of Zhang Wushuai and quickly handled political affairs. From restraining the army to settle the people, to checking the grain and grass and calculating the gold and silver, to collecting the iron weapons in the city to build weapons, Chen Sun, who knew that the crusading army would soon arrive, was busy in the dark under the deep crisis.

He was a toiler. When he finally sorted out everything a little, he heard a quick report from the people below: "Second General Qiqi, a ship is coming from the west." ”

"West?" Chen Sun didn't feel stunned when he heard this, and immediately reacted: "It may be that the crusading army is coming." While he quickly ordered the city to prepare for the enemy, he quickly ran to the backyard of the county government and called Zhang Wu: "There is a situation, it is likely that the enemy is coming." ”

At that time, Zhang Wu was still in the woman's bed, and he was a little angry about Chen Sun's sudden intrusion. However, "the enemy? When he heard Chen Sun's report, he was stunned for a moment, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he got up from the quilt in a panic and quickly put on his armor: "Is it the enemy in the east?" He asked. Although he is a little ridiculous, he still does not dare to be paralyzed in the slightest about the so-called "big things". He knew that it was a matter of his own survival.

"No, it's from the west! It is the fleet of the navy, and it seems to be Liu Biao's most elite Yangtze River navy. Chen Sun quickly informed his brother-in-law of the situation.

"How many are there?" Zhang Wu asked.

"I don't know! The people below are in a hurry, and there should be a lot of soldiers and horses. Chen Sun shook his head and said.

"Is the army ready?" Zhang Wu asked again.

"I'm just waiting for you to give the order." Chen Sun said, grabbed Zhang Wu's sleeve and took him out.

By this time, their army had already been assembled outside the city.

"Let's go, for our good days!" When he came to the outside of the city, facing the faces that looked at him expectantly, Zhang Wu didn't say much, just broke off with a shout and set off with the people.

Shaxian's ferry port is six miles west of Shaxian City, it is a deep-water ferry, which can dock more than ten grain ships at the same time. When Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were about to rush to the ferry with their men, they found that the defenders of the ferry had already been killed. The defeated soldiers came in twos and threes, and they all said that the enemy was huge.

"Where the hell are the soldiers?" Zhang Wu frowned and said, for these people who were defeated in a battle, he didn't have to give them a good face. Anyway, they weren't their own subordinates - in order to develop themselves, Chen Sunke received Shaxian's original 1,000 guards intact, including the 500 people at the ferry.

"It's the sailor of Gangneung, and there are thousands of people." The defeated soldiers said in a panic that they had already been killed by the other party.

Originally, they were not brave people who were in charge of the transfer of materials at the ferry. Chen Sun recruited them, not because they could increase their combat power for themselves, but because they didn't have many ferry management personnel in their hands that they could use.

"Who is the commander of the army?" Zhang Wu asked them with his nostrils.

"It's Yang Xu. Cai Mao's partial general, who usually runs this line, is the transport chief from Jiangling to Shaxian. The soldier shuddered.

"Yang Xu?" Zhang Wu pondered, and found that he didn't have any impression of this name, and suddenly calmed down, "Maybe it's just such a person who escorts grain and grass." It is really commendable to dare to attack me directly, but courage does not necessarily mean ability. He? I guess I can deal with you guys. He mocked the defeated soldiers mercilessly, and then ordered his men to take them down, and then led his men and horses onward.

He soon approached the location of the ferry. Looking at it from afar, I already saw the thirty grain ships docked next to the ferry. The boats had a deep draft, and they were loaded with supplies. A force of about 2,000 men was building fortifications on the ferry, and they thought that they would hold on to the ferry for a while and then wait for reinforcements from the rear.

It's a good idea. But Zhang Wu thought they would never be able to achieve it. He decided to eat them, and by the way, snatched it again. For these money, food and materials, Zhang Wuke will never be too much.