Chapter 452: Chen Deng's Proposal, Qin Xu's Breakthrough (Part II)

Danyang soldiers' bravery and poor discipline are well-known throughout the Han Dynasty. Qin Xu didn't dare to guarantee how strict the Danyang soldiers who occupied Guangling would be in terms of military discipline out of their hatred of Xuzhou Prefecture.

Moreover, in the letter of help sent by Guo Jia, he said that he could only hold on for a month, and if it was overdue, it would be no wonder that he Guo Fengxiao had to obey the mandate of heaven to do his best. Counting the time back and forth, nearly twenty days have passed now. Although Qin Xu believed that Guo Jia would be able to do what he said, saying that it would never be discounted in a month, he still didn't dare to delay the slightest time, and he hurried up along the way, changing horses without changing people, and didn't even get off the horse when he passed by the door, just because if he lost Guangling this time, if Guo Jia had three long and two short, then Qin Xu would not have to cry to death.

Qin Xu, who had something in his heart, greeted Xuzhou Wenwu, briefly talked to Zhang Zhao about Xuzhou affairs, and immediately rejected the dinner invitation of his brother-in-law Mi Zhu and Lu Bu's cheap old man Cao Bao's family, and lived directly in the Qingzhou barracks.

Although Qin Xu was the commander of the Qingzhou Barracks appointed by Lu Bu, the daily affairs of the Qingzhou Barracks were presided over by the deputy commander Cao Xing because Qin Xu was not in Xuzhou. Although Qin Xu's impression of Cao Xuan only comes from Xiahou Xuan's single eye, it is undeniable that he can be selected by Lu Bu as the military commander who is actually the commander of a battalion, at least Cao Xuan still has a few brushes in commanding the army.

The Qingzhou barracks are in the southeast of Xiapi, and they are selected on the edge of the martial arts field that originally belonged to the Danyang soldiers of the former Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian's lineage, and the blue tents of Yishui are neatly arranged. According to the art of war, they are arranged in formation, which is quite lawful.

When Qin Xu came, it was already dark, and there was an open space in front of the camp. Torches were burning, and the formation of troops could feel a solemn atmosphere from afar. The hardcover soldiers in dark clothes, standing as tall as javelins, all declare the majesty of this army, where is there still half a shadow of the yellow turban thieves who ravaged Qingzhou back then.

The main weapon of these soldiers was a spear, a nearly four-meter ash pole against a spear head with inverted teeth, which was hideous and powerful; There are about 200 people on the backs of the front row. He also carried a long giant bow and a cluster of white feathered arrows peeking out of the quiver that straddled diagonally. Qin Xu knew that Cao Xing was extremely good at bows and arrows, and when it came to his kung fu on this, even Lu Bu was full of praise. Presumably, these soldiers also got the true inheritance of Cao Xing.

As Qin Xu and the others got off the horse and approached, they were concerned by tens of thousands of pairs of eyes with reverence and faith, which made Qin Xu, who has always pursued a low-key fortune, feel a sense of pride in the world.

"Brothers, it's been a long time!" Before, because of Lu Bu's deliberate "god-making movement". Supplemented the lack of faith of the Yellow Turban soldiers. In addition, Qin Xu used all kinds of methods beyond the reach of man when he pacified the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, although they had not seen each other for a long time, it did not prevent the Qingzhou soldiers from respecting Qin Xu to an extremely high level.

"Qin Shuai is mighty!" As if it had been trained, as soon as Qin Xu's words fell, a loud roar suddenly erupted in unison throughout the camp. The shouts of tens of thousands of people in unison made the soldiers of the first battalion who came with Qin Xu couldn't help but change their faces, and they had to hold the restless war horse beside them, and their faces were also flushed. "Qin Shuai" is a title with a strong yellow turban color. It is the second time that it has appeared in the mouth of Qingzhou soldiers, and it is almost a unique title of Qingzhou soldiers for Qin Xu, a spiritual leader. At this moment, tens of thousands of people shouted that they would come out, and there was also a kind of invincible momentum of Zhang Jiao ascending to the heights and shouting Wanfu Jingcong.

Cao Xuan finally saw Qin Xu's position in the hearts of this group of Qingzhou soldiers, even if Lu Bu was very popular with soldiers, he had never seen such a scene of these ten thousand people together. In the past two years of commanding the Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Xing knows how unruly these people are, if it weren't for the fact that he still has a few unique skills in the bow and arrow to suppress, he doesn't know how many times he has been despised by this group of people. But as for Qin Xu, Cao Xuan knows that Qin Xu was born very well, although he has not seen each other for all these years, Qin Xu is obviously much stronger than before, and the tempering of several battle formations has almost eliminated the weakness in his body, but if Qin Xu is not Lu Bu's son-in-law, and there is no big black man by his side who will not leave all day, Cao Xu is still sure that he will put Qin Xu down in a few breaths. But who knew that it was such a kid who couldn't pick up his shoulders and hands two years ago to win the hearts of so many brave soldiers, which was really amazingly tight.

At the beginning, I just heard that the Qingzhou soldiers were almost equal to Qin Xu's private soldiers, and Lu Bu actually acquiesced in the existence of such a strange military situation in the army, and heard that Qin Xu accepted the "deeds" of the Yellow Turban Cao Xing, and thought that at most, Qin Xu had some small favors and favors on these people, after all, the initiator of Qingzhou's exile policy, most of the high-level leaders of Lu Bujun knew that it was from Qin Xu's hands. In Cao Xing's opinion, even if these soldiers are stubborn and don't obey discipline very much, even if they listen to Qin Xu's words again, they are just a desire to repay their kindness. It wasn't until he saw such a scene that Cao Xuan realized how different he was from what he thought before and how different it was from the facts. It is no exaggeration to say that the heart of this group of Qingzhou soldiers has been fully captured by Qin Xu, although it still nominally belongs to the second-line battle sequence of the Lu Bu army, but as long as Qin Xu gives an order, saying that he wants to be the enemy of the Lu Bu army, Cao Xuan has no doubt that this group of ruthless people who are not weaker than the trapped camp in terms of individual combat strength or battle array attack will immediately rush forward head-on. Cao Xing was worried, but he was inevitably a little lucky, but his own lord had a long-term vision and accepted such a demon as his son-in-law.

"Brothers, this time the Danyang soldiers rebelled, caused chaos in Xuzhou, poisoned Guangling, today Qin needs to rely on the power of the monarchs to quell the rebels, are the monarchs willing to borrow their strength?" Qin Xu, who had been stared at for a long time by these innocent eyes and had not yet adapted to it, also forgot all the words he had thought of along the way when he came here, and the look of Cao Xuan beside him was also ignored, and asked loudly.

"I am willing to die for Qin Shuai!"

"I am willing to die for Qin Shuai!"

The role of the leader is great. If the previous Qingzhou soldiers were a group of arrogant and undisciplined soldiers, now this proud army has a military soul that is enough to restrain and stimulate its higher-stage combat power. Qin Xu can now understand why the Qingzhou soldiers in history were under Cao Cao's command, and after Cao Cao's death. However, it was a collective disarmament and return to the field, and since then it has disappeared in the long river of history. This is a heart that thinks in one place and makes efforts in one place. Nearly 20,000 men are one man, and there is a force of faith, and the strength of such an army when it bursts out is enough to make any army tremble.

The shouting like a tide seemed to be contagious, which made the soldiers of the first battalion behind Qin Xu also excited, in addition to Cao Xing, who was worried, even Dian Wei beside Qin Xu. The eye circles are also a little red, and the breathing is noticeably shorter.

"Herald! All the armies go back to their base camp to rest! Tomorrow's fourth watch will make rice, and the fifth watch will start! Soldiers are sent to Guangling! "Seeing that the atmosphere is going to be so lively again. I can't say that the whole Xiapi City will be alarmed. Although this kind of momentum is needed to give a signal to the people who are snooping on all sides in Xiapi City, it is too much, and if you scare people again, it will be more than worth the loss.

"General Cao is well organized! Archers of more than 200 men. Presumably it was a great gift from General Cao to Qin, right? It was easy to appease the high morale of the Qingzhou soldiers. Qin Xu lived in the big tent of the Chinese army surrounded by the tents of the Qingzhou barracks, and saw Cao Xuan on the side, looking preoccupied, Qin Xu thought that Cao Xuan was worried about the war in Guangling, after all, although the Qingzhou soldiers did not need to say much in terms of combat strength, after all, they had experienced very few wars since they became an army, so he asked with a joke.

"Ugh! Be! General Qin's good eyesight! Cao Xuan was taken aback by Qin Xu's sudden questioning, and then remembered that the Qingzhou barracks had changed commanders now. And he is a commander who has the heart of the soldiers, Cao Xuan hurriedly straightened his face. With a solemn look, he said to Qin Xu: "When the last general was training the soldiers, he learned that many of them used to be hunters in the mountains before, and they had to commit themselves to being thieves because of their livelihoods. It just so happened that the last general had some achievements and some experience in the bow and arrow, so he ......"

"Huh...... General Cao! Qin Xu waved his hand and said with a smile to Cao Xing, who had a straight face: "General Cao doesn't have to be so solemn. When General Cao fought and killed the enemy from the lord, Xu Bi was just a haired boy, and if he talked about it with Ling'er, he couldn't say that Qin still had to call General Cao an uncle. ”

"The last will be terrified! I would never dare to be General Qin so loving! "Cao Xing has long heard that Qin Xu is very popular among the senior generals of Lu Bu's army, although most of it is due to the fact that Lu Bu only has such an only daughter as Lu Lingqi, but I have to say that Qin Xu's friendly aura out of "awe" of historical figures also has a considerable proportion. So that although Cao Xing was worried about Lu Bu's prestige in the army and had deep scruples about Qin Xu, he had to say that when he intersected with Qin Xu, he only felt equality and respect, and did not have the slightest sense of condescending and domineering.

"General Cao doesn't have to be so polite! This time to attack Guangling, it is impossible to say that it is necessary to borrow the archers and soldiers trained by the general. When the time comes, I hope General Cao will not hide his secrets! Qin Xu smiled and waved his hand and said.

"This ...... Promise! Qin Xu has the heart to have a good relationship with this archer general who is one of the eight strong generals in history, but is only like a meteor and is unheard of in history. The posture is very low, which makes Cao Xing feel flattered.

Nothing was said all night. When the sky was just dark, Qin Xu was woken up by a sound of drums and trumpets in the army and footsteps on the ground, he hadn't slept well in the past few days, and it was easy to reach his destination. Walked out of the military tent and took advantage of the morning breeze to stretch out his tired body, completed the "homework" assigned by his little wife Lu Lingqi, filled a few mouthfuls of food indiscriminately, and did not alarm Zhang Zhao and a series of Xuzhou officials, only ordered someone to leave a letter, and then left Xiapi City under the eager urging eyes of the Qingzhou soldiers.

Xiapi is more than 100 miles away from the border of Guangling, and then there are more than 100 miles to Guangling County, since there is not much time left for him, Qin Xu ordered the princes to hurry up the march, and when they reach the territory of Guangling, they will concentrate on resting. It's not that Qin Xu doesn't cherish the generals. Although the Qingzhou soldiers were infantry soldiers, when the former Xuzhou Mu Taoqian besieged the city because of the yellow turbans and asked for help from Lu Bu, the Qingzhou soldiers once showed their strong endurance and recovery ability. From Linzi to Xiapi, a distance of more than 700 miles, the physical strength to arrive after three days, and the time to rest for only a little incense, they broke through the Danyang soldiers under Tao Qian's command to defend the city, and it was also quite difficult to attack the coalition army of Kan Xuan and the rest of the Yellow Turban in Xuzhou. Now Kan Xuantong and the rest of the Yellow Turban thieves have become the clouds of the past, but the strength of the Qingzhou soldiers has left a strong impression on the world = people. At the moment, this is only a little more than a hundred miles away. For Qingzhou soldiers, it's really not a problem.

Qingzhou soldiers are also worthy of the title of soldiers. Especially when Qin Xu is in the army, except for staying in the camp. In addition to the soldiers who planned to transport grain and grass for the follow-up auxiliaries, the marching speed of the 15,000 Qingzhou soldiers who went out this time was not weaker than the fifty veterans of the Xiandeng battalion who were riding on horses to protect Qin Xu. This made the soldiers who were originally Qin Xu's private soldiers also have the desire to be competitive. It's nothing else, but he is also following General Qin, and he is one of the elite of the world who has followed Qin Xu's old reputation, and he is also riding a horse. How can this gang be in the army for two years, and they haven't fought a big battle once, and they were just a group of mud-legged people before. Have you ever been a thief from the recruit eggs to give down? was robbed of the limelight in this kind of small matter, how to explain to his brothers and comrades after going back in the future, he can't say that he can't lead his own family, and he will definitely not have a good face!

With the mind of this competition. Naturally, the Qingzhou soldiers will not be left behind. Compared with the Danyang soldiers, the army is full of old folks, but in terms of military discipline, I don't know how many times better than the Danyang soldiers. So much so that Qin Xu thought that he could only reach Guangling after dark, but just after noon, he had already penetrated twenty miles into Guangling.

Whether it is the Qingzhou soldiers or the fifty veterans who first ascended to the camp. It is all Qin Xu's heart, and it is the capital to settle down in front of the Danyang elite soldiers who are already rebels. Normal competition, Qin Xu is naturally optimistic. But if he hurts his temperament, damages his body, and loses his morale because of this, it is not the ending that Qin Xu wants. Seeing that although they were all exhausted, and even the horses couldn't stand it, they still went to the camp with the Qingzhou soldiers in order to fight for a breath, Qin Xu could only give orders with a wry smile, camp on the spot to rest, recover their strength, and strengthen vigilance at the same time to prevent the Danyang rebels from taking advantage of it.

However, it turns out that Qin Xu may have been overly worried. Until the evening, the Qingzhou soldiers of Wu County who were sent had been replaced to bring back Guo Jia's reply letter, and the horses that were scattered out did not see any trace of the Danyang rebels.

Guo Jia's reply was very simple. Reading between the lines, as Qin Xu expected, he didn't take Guangling's Danyang rebels too seriously at all, but just used a private tone to urge Qin Xu to quickly lead his troops across the river, but also vaguely revealed some worries about the situation in Jiangdong and full confidence.

For Guo Jia, a ghostly talent, Qin Xu is completely relieved! Just like in Guo Jia's letter asking for help, he said that he could hold on for a month and keep Wu County and Huiji County from losing, then Qin Xu believed that the two counties would definitely be worry-free within a month. The previous urgency was mainly about his friend who was not in good health, and the Jiangdong Mei Zhoulang in Yuzhang really made Qin Xu unable to put his mind at ease, and after Guo Jia's reply without fireworks, Qin Xu saw the reply, but finally put his mind at ease.

The army had eaten and rested for half a day, only seventy miles away, and according to the news sent back by the Tanma, the Danyang rebels who were entrenched in Guangling County still cared about some of the original homologous feelings, and did not wreak havoc on the people of Guangling, and the whole army retreated into the city, it seemed that they were really moved by the persuasion of the Yan father and son who occupied Danyang County to return to their hometown, and planned to go to the Yan father and son. And at this time, Tao Gan, the leader of the Danyang rebels, did not look like a battle-hardened figure, and after not finding the news of Guangling Taishou Chen Deng, he actually opened and closed the county seat of Guangling, and would rather send troops to monitor the people's entry and exit to transport grain into the city, and did not release even a horse sentinel and other circumstantial investigations, I really don't know what Tao Gan is thinking in his heart.

However, this is excellent news for Qin Xu. The secret passage that I talked about in a joke with Chen Deng before, after hearing that it could only accommodate a few people in and out, I had already given up the idea of using this to enter the city and destroy the enemy, after all, there are tens of thousands of Danyang soldiers entrenched in Guangling County, even if you can take advantage of the other side's carelessness and put hundreds or thousands of people in, but in the face of tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, this point is obviously not enough. But now that he got the news from Guangling, it turned out to be in such a state, Qin Xu almost felt that if this Tao Qian was not mentally retarded, then he had another trick to deal with the Xuzhou soldiers who would definitely come to quell the rebellion, of course, it was undeniable that Tao Yan might also be too serious about someone who planned all this behind the scenes.

Qin Xu had a plan. Immediately called Cao Xing, ordered him to lead two hundred archers selected by him, take the lead, to Qin Xu ear to inform the place to make a move, and Qin Xu continued to lead the army, only ten miles away from Guangling County, did not see the Danyang soldiers rebels out of the city to fight, sighed that a group of wolf-like Danyang soldiers this time with what kind of character rebelled, but also crying and laughing and ordered the accompanying soldiers to accompany the first battalion soldiers, played their full Xuzhou assassin history of the honor guard, to Guangling City in the Danyang rebels to remind the Danyang rebels, he this special into the guard, General Zhengdong led Xuzhou Thorn Shi and Wuting Hou Qin Xu to "find faults"! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the support of the two monthly passes of the "dog called Wangcai" brother! Wei Hurt is simply in tears!