Yanweipo Liu Tang army barracks

"Report! My lord, our army broke the enemy's army, and hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops were beaten by our Lingzhou army to the point that only tens of thousands of remnants remained, and fled north. "The army is back on horseback.

"Good! Ok, good, good! In this way, Zhao Jun's vitality was greatly damaged, and there was no need to worry. When Liu Tang heard this, he slapped the table with his big hand and shouted excitedly.

At that moment, a cavalry galloped into the ranks.

"Newspaper—"

"Speak!"

"My lord, a large number of enemy troops have been found around. The flag covers the sun, and there is no end in sight. I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands! The tens of thousands of cavalry in the forward are already less than five miles. The scout said.

"What? Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops? Where are the enemy forces? When Liu Dan heard this, Liu Tang's excited mood instantly fell to the bottom.

"Zhao Jun! It's Zhao Jun! "Explore the riding trail.

"Quick, get out. Evacuate! Liu Dan panicked and urgently ordered the withdrawal of troops.

But it's too late. The forward cavalry of the Zhao army came quickly and had already arrived, and Zhang Cheng led 10,000 cavalry in the back, blocking the only way for Liu Dan to retreat. As soon as Liu Tang withdrew his troops, he met Zhang Cheng.

"Who's coming!" Liu Tang pointed to the general in front of him who looked to be no more than twenty years old and asked.

"Under the expedition to the Southern General, Zhang Cheng! Liu Dan Lao'er, the hundreds of thousands of troops under your command have been killed by my Zhao army, and now I, Zhang Cheng, have been waiting for you here for a long time! Kill me! Capture Liu Tang alive! Zhang Cheng shouted.

Liu Tang was shocked to hear that the Lingzhou army was defeated, and he was shocked, and at the same time, this beheaded general of Zhengnan suddenly stood alive in front of him, which made him suddenly realize that all this was a scam. I'm afraid that my army of more than 100,000 people is really in danger. And at this time, there were more than 100,000 troops surrounding him, and he was like a frightened bird, and he didn't know what to do. "Lord, retreat! Our army is surrounded by enemy forces on all sides, and if we force our way through at this time, we still have a few chances of winning. It's too late, my 50,000 army will be wiped out! Liu Tang's subordinate commander admonished.

"Yes, yes, yes, hurry, hurry, hurry! Retreat, retreat to Blackstone City! Liu Tang hurriedly ordered the whole army to retreat.

But all Liu Dan left behind were infantry, and the cavalry had already been sent out to chase and find it. Infantry vs. cavalry, how to win. Zhang Cheng's 10,000 cavalry army killed Liu Tang's army to flee in all directions, and at this time, the 50,000 army had fallen into the ambush set by Zhang Cheng a long time ago, how could he escape? Zhang Cheng had just fought with Liu Tang's army, killing thousands of enemy soldiers, and the vanguard cavalry arrived, and the two armies surrounded it, killing Liu Tang's army was defeated and fled.

Nearly 200,000 troops joined forces to encircle and kill, Liu Tang's army suffered heavy casualties, more than 20,000 people were killed in battle, more than 20,000 people surrendered, and Liu Tang was beheaded by soldiers in the chaos

As soon as Xue Pingchuan arrived at Yanweipo, he learned that the Zhao army of nearly 200,000 horses would be surrounded and annihilated, and Liu Tang's 50,000 army would be annihilated. Before he could escape in time, he was met by the 50,000 army driven back by Zhao Hui, and thousands of men and horses were annihilated. Xue Pingchuan fought to the death.

The Fuzhou army is 100,000, the Yingzhou army is less than 20,000, the Qingzhou army is 100,000, the Jingzhou army is more than 50,000 people, the army is more than 25,000, and the vast nearly 300,000 horses are approaching the Black Rock City.

Lingzhou is everywhere in the wind, so far Lingzhou is all under the Zhao family

Zhao Hui led the army into the city, and Liu Dan was stubborn, causing nearly 100,000 horses and horses of the Zhao army to die at the hands of Liu Tang, and ordered Liu Tang's wife and children to be slaughtered

All the soldiers in Lingzhou Black Rock City laughed in the hall.

"It's still a great general! Sure enough, as the general expected, our army was deliberately defeated at Yanweipo, and we retreated in an orderly manner town by town, and then gathered together and wrapped Liu Tang's 50,000 army with dumplings! Hahaha! Zhou Bingyan was very happy and applauded.

"Hey, a month ago, you cursed the General. Now it's a sycophant. Hahaha! Lu Bai said jokingly.

Zhou Bingyan's old face was red, and he bowed to Zhang Cheng, who was standing in the first place, and said: "General, the general is superior in martial arts, the last general was really reckless before, and he was offended, so please atone for the general." ”

Zhang Cheng waved his hand, helped Zhou Bingyan up, and said humbly: "It's okay to be a general." The youngster is just a fluke. The truly wise, wise and courageous are still our governors. If it weren't for the fact that the Metropolitan Governor used his body as bait, personally risked the danger, and lured all the enemy troops to the mouth of the fish, we could have made our plan so perfect and killed the enemy army. Hehe, it's the wisdom of the army! After speaking, he bowed to the Metropolitan Governor.

All the generals followed Zhang Cheng and bowed to the Governor of the Metropolitan and saluted with fists.

Zhao Hui nodded when he saw this, and his right hand was weak, signaling everyone to get up. He stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "This time, our army has taken the three states of Ling, Jing, and Ying, and the rewards of each army have been written into the compromises of the imperial court, and I will never treat everyone badly." ”

"Thank you, Grand Duke!" All the generals thanked him.

Zhao Hui continued: "Now, our army has won a new victory, and we should take advantage of the victory to attack. Tell me about our army's next battle plan. ”

Everyone also followed, looking at the map, Zhou Bingyan pointed to Cang and Yan Erzhou on the map and said: "Yanzhou Assassin Shi Zhai Qian is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, arrogant and lascivious. Yi, greedy for pleasure, not enterprising. Although there are 100,000 soldiers in his hands, and there is a danger of terrain to guard, the last general thinks that Yanzhou is at his fingertips. As long as we know the reason and induce it to benefit, Zhai Qian will definitely surrender. As for Cangzhou, then there is nothing to hinder our army. Although Cai Tingkai, the assassin of Cangzhou, is not as incompetent as Zhai Qian, although he has the Lancang River as a moat to defend, after all, my Zhao army is far inferior to my Zhao army in terms of combat effectiveness and quantity. It was only a matter of time before Cangzhou was captured. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Lu Bai pointed to Cangzhou and said, "Yanzhou is surrounded by mountains, and they are all high mountains. There are only three roads out of Yanzhou, one of which needs to cross the Qinchuan Mountains, which are towering into the clouds, and the mountain roads are steep, and there are cliffs on both sides, which is very unfavorable for the passage of the army. The second is to walk the Lancang Canyon, out of Lancang City, and go to Qingzhou. Now Qingzhou is within the scope of our army, and only 10,000 people are needed to hold the Lancang Gorge. Therefore, there is only one road in Yanzhou that can be passed outward, that is, to take Qingshi City and pass through Cangzhou. From a strategic point of view, if we capture Cangzhou first and block Qingshi City, Yanzhou will inevitably become a turtle in an urn, and Zhai Qian will only be able to fight the trapped beast at that time. In this way, it will be more conducive to us to force Zhai Qian down. ”

Zhao Hui nodded and glanced at Lu Bai appreciatively. He asked the generals, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I see that you didn't speak, at this time, Huo Han glanced at Zhang Cheng, saw that Zhang Cheng also looked at himself and nodded, after he figured it out, he stood up and said: "Dadu Governor, there will be a suggestion at the end, I don't know if it is feasible or not?" ”

When Zhao Hui heard this, he nodded and walked back to the position of the main general, and said to Huo Han: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"The last general thinks that Cangzhou has a dangerous terrain, and with the Lancang River, Cai Tingkai can deal with us. Most of our army are northern soldiers and are not good at water warfare. At the same time, there is a lot of water in the south, and the climate is hot and humid, so our army will not adapt to the water and soil. In the previous battle with Liu Tang's army, many soldiers suffered from diseases, and their combat effectiveness decreased a lot. The Cangzhou army has lived here for decades, they occupy the danger of the terrain, and there are 50,000 sailors, and our army is not accustomed to water warfare at all. The combat effectiveness is even weaker. Huo Han said this, pouring a basin of cold water on everyone's excited mood, and couldn't help but be silent.

Zhao Hui knew that what Huo Han said was true, so he asked, "Then what good can you do?" ”

"There is a general under the last general, named Sedum. Although he is the commander of the 10th town of my Gyeongju Army, he has been active in Qingzhou since the Battle of Gyeongju, and his subordinates have been recruited from the original 10,000 horses to 30,000 horses, most of which are homeless people and cottage heroes of the Cangzhou generation in Qingzhou. For more than two years, all the soldiers in his hands can fight habitually, and the last battle with the Runzhou Army was also completed by him with a town of soldiers and horses. The 10,000 naval troops in Sedum's hands have had several contacts with the Cangzhou Army and are familiar with the combat power of the Cangzhou Army's combat methods. Therefore, if the Metropolitan Governor really ordered to attack Cangzhou, the last general would recommend Sedum to be the vanguard this time. Huo Han said to Zhao Hui 1510.

These words surprised Zhao Hui. If nothing else, just because Huo Han actually had a 30,000-strong army under his command, and he only knew that it was 10,000. He knew the tenth town under Sedum, which was composed of defeated troops and disabled people left over from the defeat of the Gyeongju army last time, and Sedum himself was crippled and left hand. At the beginning, he looked down on this army of soldiers and horses, but he didn't expect that now this old, weak, sick and disabled army that he looked down on has become a strong army. What shocked him even more was not just this, but that he didn't know about the expansion of the Tenth Town.

Looking at the uncertain expression on Zhao Hui's face, Zhang Cheng stood up, knelt on the ground, put his head on the ground, and said to Zhao Hui: "Metropolitan Governor, the expansion of the soldiers and horses in the tenth town of Sedum was secretly carried out by me. General Huo didn't know this before. The humble post had expected that the army would move south, and the last time the humble post went south to do business, he had a certain understanding of Cangzhou, in order for the metropolitan governor to be able to go south smoothly in the future and attack Cangzhou, so the humble post secretly notified Sedum and asked him to expand the army, in case the metropolitan governor could send it at any time. ”

When the generals heard this, they were all taken aback. They know very well how big the crime Zhang Cheng committed this time is! A small four- or five-grade county guard actually colluded with the army privately, and also privately collected soldiers and horses, concealing it and not reporting it. If this is small, it is a crime of deception, and if it is big, it is a crime. Therefore, all the generals were silent and did not dare to speak.

On the other hand, Zhao Hui, he stared intently at Zhang Cheng who was prostrate in front of him, expressionless. If there was a different person, he would not hesitate to order him to be killed. But at this moment, prostrate in front of him is Zhang Cheng, this meritorious man who has made great achievements for the Zhao army, this is the general of the southern expedition who has just won Lingzhou for the Zhao army, and this may even become his right-hand man in the future, he can't do it. At present, the situation in the court is complicated, Zhao Jingyu is suspicious of himself, and his father is also quite partial to his eldest brother, so he has to plan more for his future. The general in his hands, Zhou Bingyan is a close confidant of his eldest brother. Lu Bai is a centrist. Huo Han was picked up by himself and was his confidant. Xu Shipeng, the general of the Zezhou Army, has been hovering and wavering between himself and Zhao Jingyu, which has annoyed him all the time. And Zhang Cheng is a rare good general in the world. The talent of a general can lead the world's soldiers and horses. is such a good general, and he must not let the big brother win him over.

But it is still very necessary to knock it, if nothing else, in front of so many generals, this matter must also be dealt with. At the same time, let him know what is important. After thinking about this, Zhao Hui suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Okay, you Zhang Cheng, private placement of soldiers and horses, deceive the superiors and subordinates." Do you still have me in your eyes? I asked you to be the county guard of Beidi in Jizhou, but you secretly connected with Sedum, do you know what kind of big crime you committed? ”

"Yes. fornicating with the army, secretly colluding, privately collecting troops and horses, and deceiving superiors and subordinates. It's a capital offense! Zhang Cheng was still prostrate on the ground, not even raising his head.

"Good! Come on, drag Zhang Cheng down and cut it! Zhao Hui shouted at the door.

When Huo Han heard this, he hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground, and pleaded with Zhao Hui: "Governor, General Zhang is also thinking about my army and my Zhao family's world. It's up to General Zhang to think about my Zhao family and spare her this time. ”

Zhou Bingyan on the side thought for a moment, then stood up and said to Zhao Hui: "Governor, although the general is at fault. But the general has made great contributions to our Zhao army, and the general has just defeated Liu Tang's army, and he has made great contributions to the imperial court, so please think twice. ”

Lu Bai saw that they all knelt down to intercede for Zhang Cheng, and hurriedly knelt down as well, he said: "Governor, although the last general doesn't get along much with the general, but in the eyes of the last general during this time, the general has no second thoughts, and the duke is selfless and completely public. Although it is indeed a little inappropriate for the general to deal with this matter, in the eyes of the last general, the general is definitely doing this for the sake of the metropolitan governor. So please be gracious to the Metropolitan Governor and spare the general this time. ”

Seeing that everyone actually interceded for Zhang Cheng, he also pushed the boat down the river, and said to Zhang Cheng, who was still prostrate on the ground without saying a word: "Hmph, for the sake of all the generals pleading for you, and also remembering that you really don't have two hearts, the governor of Pontus will be lightly dismissed." You defeated Liu Jun before, and you have made great contributions, even if your merits are offset. From now on, depose you from all military positions and go back to Northland County to reflect on the past! ”

Zhang Cheng immediately said: "Thank you, Governor!" Return to Northland County at once! Retire from your duties! Zhang Cheng didn't look back, left the big tent directly, called the three of them, and left the barracks to return to Beidi County.