Chapter Ninety-Three: Xuande is Trapped, the Siege of Lushan (I)

The book said that Liu Qian directly said that he wanted to seek the position of Yizhou assassin. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When Feng Xu heard it, he seemed to be a little clear. You must know that Nayizhou is Chengdu, which has the reputation of the land of abundance, and Yunnan where beautiful jade is produced. If he can serve as the assassin of Yizhou, it can also show that Liu Qian is to satisfy his selfish desires. People like the Ten Permanent Servants, they don't like those gentlemen. But people with selfish desires like them more, because they are more controllable.

"In this way, the general's invitation to fight Sichuan Shu this time is also for the position of Yizhou?" Feng Xu asked.

"Does the father-in-law think that the merit of Qian can't convince Banzai?" Liu Qian asked with a smile, "The reason why Qian asked for war is for the peace of the Han Dynasty and for the peace and contentment of the common people!" ”

"It's true, the general's first effort to eradicate the Yellow Turban Thief is enough to apply for this position for the general." Although Feng Xu was a little arrogant by virtue of his position, he also knew that Liu Qian had a lot of weight in Zhang Rang. Through the banquet, he asked again, "Then I wonder when the general will leave for Sichuan and Shu?" ”

"It's urgent, and my father-in-law is tired. Qian wants to ask her father-in-law to leave for Kyoto tomorrow. Xu Ding, the general of the Qian faction, accompanied his father-in-law into Beijing to face the saint, and also paid homage to the father-in-law. Talk about the heart of the table. Liu Qian pointed to Xu Xiangfeng Xu and then said, "This round trip is about more than ten days, and it will take more than a month to delay a little in Kyoto." Our army also took this opportunity to rest and recuperate. Wait until the saint canonizes it, Qian immediately set off to pacify Sichuan and Shu. ”

Feng Xu listened, and praised Liu Qian again.

It was night, and everyone drank very happily, and they were all drunk and hazy......

The next day, Liu Qian sent Xu Ding to take a battalion of light cavalry to protect Feng Xu and more than ten carts of jewels on the road.

On the second day, Liu Qian sent Liao Hua to take more than 200 people from the intelligence battalion and some jewels to Kyoto.

Putting aside the matter of showing merit for the time being, Liu Qian began to sort out the army under his command.

The first ace army: the wounded of the five battalions of heavy armored iron cavalry are no longer in serious trouble, and they have all started training under the leadership of the battalion commander.

The second ace army: The Jiugong Army has completed twelve battalions, and the newly recruited soldiers can already keep up with the pace of veterans and start training.

The cavalry archery unit was strengthened by more than four battalions, bringing the strength to eight thousand.

The Light Cavalry Assault Battalion was renamed the Volunteer Cavalry Battalion, and the number of 12,000 men, including the newly selected soldiers, totaled 12 battalions. The twelve battalions are also staffed by a battalion commander and four deputy commanders, all of whom are brave veterans of previous battles.

The infantry battalion increased by 86,000 men to 132,000, for a total of 132 battalions. The commanders and deputy commanders of all infantry battalions are equipped with horses. Behind the commander, three command flags were planted upside down, weapons and spears, and bows and arrows hung on the saddle bridge; Behind the deputy commander, two command flags were inserted upside down, weapons and long knives, and bows and arrows were hung on the saddle bridge; Among them, the soldiers' weapons are sword and shield or spear and spear are sword and shield infantry and spear infantry, a total of 100 battalions; The soldiers of the thirty-second battalion carried bows and arrows on their backs, and they wanted to hang their swords, and they were the infantry battalion of archers.

The intelligence battalion reached 1,383 and was divided into thirteen intelligence squads.

So far, Liu Qian's army has reached more than 158,000 people.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the government office of the Changshe, Liu Qian was watching the good news sent by Xu Chu. Pei Yuanshao hurriedly ran in from outside.

"Lord, Xuande Gong's urgent letter." Pei Yuanshao said a little out of breath.

Liu Qian took the letter from Pei Yuanshao's hand and looked at it and was taken aback.

Liu Bei told in the letter:

My brother's holy gesture is inspired:

Brotherhood commands. Since the expedition, first through Songshan to break Yangzhai, 15 days later to capture Lushan. The enemy generals Sun Zhong and Sun Xia escaped. I don't want the enemy commander Zhang Mancheng to besiege Lushan with all the troops of Wancheng. Fortunately, the younger brother gave his brother five soldiers of the intelligence battalion to use, and the younger brother left a book with him. With his skills, he will be able to send books back to the camp soon. The younger brother should defend the city to the death, waiting for his brother's help.

Brother Xuande bowed down

October 29 of the first year of Zhongping

"When is today?" Liu Qian asked.

"Back to my lord, today is the third day of the eleventh month." Pei Yuanshao replied.

"It's good to be in time! The herald came. Liu Qian immediately ordered.

After a while, the open jaw came in from outside.

"What's the big brother looking for me?"

"You immediately order five battalions of cavalry and three battalions of cavalry archers. Starry night rushed to Lushan here. Be sure to rescue Xuande and the others. Liu Qian pointed to Lu Shan on the sand table and said.

"Yes." Zhang Jaw responded, took Liu Qian's codex of raising troops, and went to the barracks outside the city to raise troops.

Let's talk about Liu Bei and others.

Because of the staggering mountain road along the way, Liu Bei and the others walked unfast. Zhang Mancheng didn't have many people stationed in Yangzhai's place. There were less than 2,000 people, and the kid at the head was quite stubborn, and went out of the city to fight with Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang cut off half of his arm with a knife, and took advantage of the situation to cover up the past. By the time the boy retreated into the city, he had less than a thousand men left.

Liu Bei took advantage of the night to attack and break Yang Zhai. There were not many losses in this battle.

When it was time to attack Lushan. Xu Rong and Chen Gun both injured the Sun Zhong brothers and led troops to cover up and enter the city. Sun Zhong and Sun Xia took their brothers directly through the city and fled to Wancheng.

Liu Bei took Zhou Cang and others to settle in Lushan City. Where did I think that the next day when the sky was slightly bright, the city gate guard ran to report: "Report, general." Big things are wrong! The enemy surrounded Lushan. ”

Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Zhou Cang's people to the city wall. Sure enough, the enemy surrounded a small Lushan City. Camped only two miles away from the city, the enemy army seemed to have seventy or eighty thousand people, guarded by four gates, and it seemed that they were going to trap everyone in the city.

Liu Bei instructed the leaders of the Chuanzhong battalion to go to the government to discuss matters, and then returned to the government with Zhou Cang and others.

The commander of the eighth battalion rushed to the palace, and Liu Bei immediately formulated a strategy of strictly guarding and waiting for help, and the eight battalions of volunteers were divided into four gates to guard, one battalion guarded, and one battalion rested. Next, he was ready to send people out of the city to ask for help.

At this time, five people came in from outside. These five people were soldiers in the Liaohua Intelligence Battalion. When Liu Bei set out on the expedition, Liu Qian was afraid that he would lose halfway, so he sent these five people to follow in secret. At this time, seeing that Liu Bei was going to send someone to deliver the letter, they took the initiative to show up.

"General, we are soldiers in the intelligence battalion. Here's our credential. After that, the five people took out a small card from their bodies, and the word "Righteous and Brave" was written on it.

Liu Bei recognized that only Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others knew this small card. Immediately, Liu Bei wrote letters to five people. The five of them didn't say a word, picked up the letter, turned around and left.

This is the scene where Pei Yuanshao sent a letter to Liu Qian.

But how did the Yellow Turbans come so fast?

It turned out that after Yang Zhai was breached, the Yellow Turban soldiers who escaped there fled to Lushan. Sun Zhong immediately sent someone to send the information to Wancheng. Zhang Mancheng almost used Wancheng's troops to kill the Weishui River.

Xu Rong and the others defeated the Sun Zhong brothers, and it was not without the intention of the two to lure the enemy.

Standing on the southwest city wall, Liu Bei looked at the banner fluttering above the big tent of the enemy's Chinese army, and said, "It seems that Zhang Mancheng is here for us this time!" ”

"General, why don't I wait until I go out to fight and fight with him for a while." Zhou Cang and Xu Rong said a little uncontrollably.

"Not yet." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "We must strengthen our defense tonight to prevent the enemy from raiding. ”

Maybe Liu Bei was too worried, but this night, Zhang Mancheng did not come to attack the city.

On the second day, Zhang Mancheng sent his general Han Zhong to take the five tigers of the Han family to challenge. Who are these five tigers? Han Zhong's nephew and son: The eldest nephew Han Xin is holding a mixed yuan iron rod, domineering and invincible, known as the Decepticon; The second nephew, Han Li, had two knives in his hands, and once slashed three tigers in the mountains by himself, known as the Three Tigers; His son Han Xiao has a flower gun in his hand, known as the flower gun smiling tiger; The third nephew, Han Ping, is a one-step general, with a sword in his hand, long in footwork, called Ghost Step, known as Ghost Tiger; The fourth nephew, Han Feng, has a pair of golden hammers in his hand, known as the Golden Chuihu.

Liu Bei didn't want to ignore it, but he couldn't withstand the mushrooms of Zhou Cang and others, and finally allowed Zhou Cang and Xu Rong to go out.

Zhou Cang and Xu Rong ordered the 28th Battalion of volunteers to go out of the city and came to the outside of the city to set up a formation. Zhou Cang pressed the formation in the rear, Xu Rong took his sword and rode his horse to the front of the two armies, and the big knife pointed at Han Zhong and shouted: "Old guy, come over and die." ”

Han Li, the two swords and the three tigers, said to Han Zhong: "Second uncle, use a knife to kill chickens. Wait for the little nephew to take down this person for you. After that, without waiting for Han Zhong to answer, he slapped his horse out of the battle and rushed towards Xu Rong.

Seeing this, Xu Rong swung his back sword and rode his horse to meet him, and when he came to Han Li's approach, he slashed with his knife.

Han Li swung his sword to meet him, and the two fought together. The twin knives in Han Li's hands were not ambiguous, dancing in the wind, one on the one and the other on the right, one on the left and one on the right, one knife as fast as a knife attacking Xu Rong.

Xu Rong did not show weakness, brandished a big knife, knocked left and right, and resisted. The two horses staggered, and the two had already attacked each other more than a dozen times.

The two turned their horses back and fought together again.

This time, Xu Rongke wasn't that close to Han Li. As the saying goes: one inch is long and one inch is strong, and one inch is short and one inch is dangerous. With a long weapon in his hand, Xu Rong naturally knew that closing the distance would not take advantage. Therefore, he opened up the distance between him and Han Li. The big knife slashed towards Han Li as quickly as a knife.

Han Li swung his twin swords and blocked left and right.

For a while, the two were evenly matched.

On the tower of the city, Liu Bei watched the two fight inseparably, and was afraid that Xu Rong would suffer a loss, so he ordered the soldiers to sing gold.

"Boring Lang Lang" sounded golden.

Han Li was busy dealing with Xu Rong's big knife when he heard the sound and slammed away Xu Rong's attack with his double knives and said, "Your people are looking for you to go back!" What do you want to do first? And then it's not too late to fight. ”

It's quite righteous.

Xu Rong turned the horse back to the team. Together with Zhou Cang, he took the soldiers back to the city.

Liu Bei came down to the city and said, "The two generals have ever found that this enemy general seems to be stronger than Brother Sun Zhong. I'm afraid that the general will lose, so Mingjin asks the general back. ”

When Xu Rong heard it, people were doing it for their own good! This man can't be ignorant of what is good or bad. At that moment, he clenched his fists and said: "General Xie cares!" ”

"This battle shows that Zhang Mancheng brought all his elites over." Liu Bei's pink-like face turned a little pale with a smile, "As soon as my brother's reinforcements arrive, Zhang Mancheng's Yellow Turban Army will disappear from now on." ”

What Liu Bei said was true, this time the troops sent by Liu Qian were all raids and other troops, the purpose was to break through the enemy encirclement with Liu Bei and others.

In fact, they don't know that there is another army rushing here. It's just that because that kind of army is relatively close to Lushan, the letter sent to Changshe will arrive later.

When will Open Jaw's troops arrive? Which is that unknown force? Will the siege of Lushan cause Zhang Mancheng's demise? Please don't be in a hurry and look back slowly. The Yellow Turban Rebellion is coming to an end, but the coffee still has some foreshadowing for the next roll.