Chapter 30: An Unexpected Surprise
In the second year of Xingping of the Han Dynasty, in March 195 AD, Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Yanzhou, Yanzhou defender Xue Lan Li Feng went out of the city to plunder due to the lack of food and grass in the city, the city was empty, and Cao Cao led the army to attack the city, Li Feng was beheaded by Xu Chu in front of the battle, Xue Lan wanted to escape back to the city, and was killed by Lu Qian with an arrow. Yanzhou was restored to Cao Cao's ownership.
Cao Cao won Yanzhou, and Cheng Yu invited troops to take Puyang.
When the soldiers arrived in Puyang, Lu Bu did not listen to Chen Gong's dissuasion and led his troops to battle. The two armies scolded against Lu Bu's halberd: "the thief! Kill my beloved generals! Xu Chu came out. Fight 20 together, regardless of victory or defeat. Cao Cao sent Dian Wei out again, and the two generals attacked; Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan on the left, Li Dian and Le Jin on the right, and the six members will be so killed that Lu Bu can't stop them. Seeing that Lu Bu had lost and returned to the city, the castle Tian clan asked people to pull up the suspension bridge. surrendered to Cao Cao, Chen Gong and others opened the east gate to protect Lu Bu and his children as they went out of the city. Lu Bu was defeated and retreated to Dingtao, and was defeated again by Cao Cao with a suspicious strategy
Lü Bu's army suffered heavy losses and abandoned Tao and left. Cao Cao swept the victorious soldiers into the city overnight, and the momentum was like splitting bamboo. Zhang Chao killed himself, and the three clans were wiped out. Zhang Miao went to invest in Yuan Shu, and all the realms of Shandong were obtained by Cao Cao.
Xuzhou, Xiapi, although the training of Gaoping's new army is not progressing fast, but it has allowed Gaoping to harvest a talent, this person is about twenty-three or four years old, born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dignified appearance, every training can exceed the task, and the bow and horse are skillful, a big knife dance in the hand, the individual battle has not tasted defeat, even several battalions in the army are not opponents, a few days immediately attracted Gao Ping's attention.
At the end of the day's training, he asked for the other party's name, and replied casually to Xu Sheng, Gao Ping's mouth opened in shock, and it took a long time to recover from Xu Sheng's confused gaze.
"I don't know Brother Xu's words?" After learning that it might be General Wu Guozhong in front of him, Gao Ping hurriedly asked respectfully.
"A certain table of words to" Xu Sheng was puzzled, but still reluctantly replied.
Now that he picked up the treasure, Gao Ping was ecstatic, as a fan of the Three Kingdoms, of course Gao Ping knew Xu Sheng, although he could not be compared with those first-class famous generals, but he was also a civil and military all-rounder, and the most rare thing was loyalty.
Xu Sheng, the word Wenxiang, the evil man of Lang, the famous general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms. He lived in Jiangdong due to the war, and was used by Sun Quan's "Zhaoxian Pavilion", so he began to assist Sun Quan. In his early years, Xu Sheng fought against Huang Zu and was promoted to Zhonglang General because of his merits. When Liu Bei attacked Wu, Xu Sheng followed Lu Xun to capture many camps of the Shu army; When Cao Xiu attacked Wu, Xu Sheng successfully defended with less resistance and more under the unfavorable situation. Because of his military exploits, Xu Sheng was successively promoted to General Jianwu, General Anton, and served as the Taishou of Lujiang. Later, Cao Pi attacked Wu on a large scale, and Wu Guo built a wall on the periphery of Jianye according to Xu Sheng's suggestion, and Cao Pi was forced to retreat.
It can be said that in several wars of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Xu Shengdu played an important role, and the most famous is that in 221 AD (the second year of the beginning of Wei and Huang), Sun Quan declared himself a vassal to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei sent Xing Zhen to Eastern Wu to worship Sun Quan as the king of Wu.
Sun Quan went out of the capital pavilion to wait for Xing Zhen, and Xing Zhen, who was an envoy to the kingdom, showed an arrogant and domineering look on his face. Wu Chen Zhang Zhao was furious when he saw this, and Xu Sheng was also very angry, and said to his colleagues around him: "We can't go out of our way to annex Xuchang, Luoyang, Ba, and Shu for the country, but let the lord and this Xing Zhen make peace in a low voice, which is really a shame for our courtiers!" As he spoke, he burst into tears. After Xing Zhen heard about it, he said to his entourage: "There is such a general in Jiangdong, I'm afraid he won't live under people for a long time!" ”
After that, Xu Sheng was added as the general of Jianwu, the marquis of Tingdu, the commander of Lujiang (now Qianshan, Anhui) Taishou, and was rewarded by Lincheng County.
In 222 A.D. (the third year of the early Wei and Huang dynasties), Liu Bei led his army to Xiling (now Yiling, Hubei), and Xu Sheng captured many of Liu Bei's camps and made meritorious achievements.
In the autumn of the same year, the Wei general Cao Xiu sent troops to Dongkou (now Hunan), Xu Sheng, Lü Fan, and Quan Cong crossed the river to resist the enemy, encountered strong winds, and the Wu army suffered heavy casualties, Xu Sheng gathered the remnants of the army, and confronted Cao Xiu across the river. Cao Xiu ordered his soldiers to attack Xu Sheng by boat, Xu Sheng was more than less, and the Wei army could not win, so both sides had to retreat. After that, Xu Sheng was added as General Anton and was named Marquis of Wuhu.
Now that such a loyal and brave person has come to Xuzhou, how can Gao Ping let go.
"My Guanwen brother is extraordinary, not an ordinary person, but why did he fall into Cao Bao's army?" Gao Ping hugged his fist.
"Alas!" Xu Sheng sighed: "I Benlang evil man, because I have learned a martial arts since childhood, I want to serve the country, but the traitorous minister is in charge, there is no way to serve the country, fortunately, the Licheng County Order of Donghai County has an old relationship with my father, seeing that my martial arts are good, I was entrusted with the post of county lieutenant, but the day before yesterday, I did not carry the card seal of visiting friends, and was forcibly recruited into the army by Cao Bao's army, and the military division should be clear about the future."
Thank you Cao Bao! Gao Ping smiled in his heart, how could Cao Bao see such a talent. However, Xu Sheng seems to be a person from the Sun clan of Eastern Wu, well, if you want to find a way to trick him into Liu Beijun, no, it's not a lie, it's Xiaozhi who invited him to join Liu Beijun with reason. How can I say that I lie! Gao Ping's eyes kept looking Xu Sheng up and down, thinking secretly in his heart.
Xu Sheng's scalp was numb when he was looked at by Gao Ping, this military advisor doesn't have any special hobbies, why do you have strange eyes.
"I look at the text to show my brother a talent, I want to take you there"
"Ah" Before Gao Ping finished speaking, Xu Sheng exclaimed in surprise and said that he would not be guessed by me, so he hurried to find a way while he didn't say it now.
Xu Sheng rubbed his hands and said: "This, well, that, I said military advisor, in fact, I don't look very good-looking, I have a fellow villager Yan Ru Song Yu, why don't I introduce you to you one day, and I have an eighty-year-old mother who needs to be supported, you can let me go" said and took two steps back in fear.
At first, Gao Ping didn't understand it, but when Xu Sheng finished speaking, he saw that expression again, and suddenly understood that he was too enthusiastic and made Xu Sheng misunderstand that there was something wrong with his sexual orientation.
"Get out! You have the habit of Longyang" Gao Ping said with a smile: "I mean to see that your martial arts are good, I want to take you with me to see my lord Liu Xuande, recommend you to be a general or something, so that you can show what you have learned in your life, since you don't want to, then I haven't said it" said and walked outside the training ground
Yes! Startling me, Xu Sheng touched his chest with his hand and secretly breathed a long sigh of relief.
Then he quickly caught up with Gao Ping and said: "The military advisor stays, stays, Liu makes Jun benevolent and righteous in the four seas, I am afraid that he can't look down on Xu's subtle skills, how can he be unwilling."
"But Brother Wen Xiang still has an eighty-year-old mother who needs to be taken care of, isn't that okay?" Gao Ping was embarrassed.
"Just now, hehe, I just thought that the military advisor was that kind of person, and he deceived the military advisor about you" Xu Sheng sneered.
"Nothing! Isn't it to blame for those who don't know! Gao Ping smiled casually.
"There are a lot of military advisors"
"I lied to you just now," he said, looking at Xu Sheng's stunned appearance on the spot, laughing and walking out, it feels really good to be able to play a celebrity of the Three Kingdoms. And now Xu Sheng is also a fledgling hairy boy, far less stable and powerful than in history.
"If you don't follow me to see the lord, you will go home and serve the eighty-year-old mother" Gao Ping saw that Xu Shengleng was at a loss, and hurriedly shouted loudly.
When Gao Ping introduced Xu Sheng to Liu Bei and said that this person was a general, Liu Bei happily lowered his rank to greet him, and took Xu Sheng's hand and entered the palace hall.
After some conversation, it was found that Xu Sheng could talk eloquently about soldier training, marching formation, siege and fortification, and the army's baggage logistics, and in some places he could also put forward his own opinions.
Liu Bei was overjoyed, and immediately wanted to appoint him as the captain of Fenwei and command a battalion of men. At this time, Gao Ping whispered to Liu Bei for a while.
Liu Bei pondered for a long time before he said: "Beiben wants to reuse the text direction, but Ziqing ......"
"The lord can't listen to the slander of the military advisor, the military advisor is jealous of my talent, in fact, Sheng doesn't have an eighty-year-old mother at all" Xu Sheng thought that Gao Ping had said bad things about himself, and the captain in his hand was going to be taken back by Liu Bei, and hurriedly defended.
Gao Ping couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
However, Liu Bei was confused, and said inexplicably: "What eighty-year-old mother?" ”
"Ah" This time it was Xu Sheng's turn to be surprised.
Immediately, Liu Bei told Xu Sheng about Gao Ping's plan, and promised that he would make a great contribution to completing this task, and maybe he would not be just a lieutenant when he came back.