Chapter 31: The Gathering of the Great Armies

The great armies converge

May 6 of the first year of Zhang Wu; Zhang Fei, the general of the Shu Han chariot cavalry, led the army to capture the entire Jianping County, which took 17 days.

Ziguicheng Hall; "General, our army has set out from Langzhong to the present, a total of seventeen days; In the entire Jianping County that our army has occupied, a total of 2,000 people have been wounded and 1,300 have been killed, and now there are more than 17,000 soldiers left who can fight," Zhang Da reported.

"Haha, it was only the seventeenth day that the entire Jianping County was occupied; Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely kill Jiangdong to avenge you; Order the whole army to recuperate, wait for the arrival of the army, and then attack Jingzhou in one fell swoop," Zhang Fei said excitedly.

"General, I think that this time we can attack Zigui, there is a great credit to one person that cannot be ignored," Wu Ban stood up.

"Who said it, how could I not know" Zhang Fei was surprised,

"It's Zhang Bao, the guard in front of the tent, he led the army to climb the city tower first, and killed more than a dozen enemies."

As soon as Zhang Bao heard that someone praised his merits, he immediately opened his eyes wide and came to his senses;

"Disobeying military orders can also be regarded as meritorious, and if I don't punish him, it's okay" Zhang Fei stared at Zhang Bao with a stunned face. Zhang Bao was also 10,000 unhappy in his heart, Zhuge Qiao had merit in disobeying the order to attack the city, and I violated the order to desperately attack the city when nothing had happened.

Zhang Fei saw Zhang Bao's very resentful eyes, "Don't look at me like this, don't look at me like this, give me a good guard in front of the tent now, if there is an opportunity in the future, I will naturally have the opportunity to lead the troops to fight" In fact, Zhang Fei was very happy in his heart, because the first person to climb the Zigui City Tower was his son after all, and the reason why he was still angry was because he was afraid that he would be arrogant because of this.

"Young people, it's inevitable to be rash, don't blame the young general," Wu Ban came out to be a peacemaker and said.

"Okay, let's not talk about it; My eldest brother will come to Zigui City on the same day, and everyone will go down to give me a good rest for a while, and you will have to be busy then."

Zhuge Qiao looked at Zhang Fei, who was now in high spirits, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, if he didn't have his own thousands of miles of rescue, maybe all that was left was a push of white bones;

Jiangdong Jianye City; The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the palace of Wuhou at this moment, because before receiving news from the front line, the front of the Han army had attacked the entire Jianping County, and Jianping County was in danger.

Sun Quan sat on the throne that belonged to him, and looked a little helpless, "Now Liu Bei is driving a personal expedition, and he has devoted the power of the country to 750,000 troops to attack Wu, what do you think?"

"Junhou, I am willing to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to Jingzhou to resist Liu Bei's edge," Sun Heng hurriedly stepped forward and requested.

"Uncle Wu, it's not that I don't believe you, you're only in your twenties; How can Lone put the survival of 50,000 soldiers and Soochow into your hands?"

"Prince, Liu Bei personally claimed to be an army of 750,000, I expected it to be an imaginary number, his real army is probably less than 100,000, and the population of Shuzhong is at most one million, after all, there is Cao Pi to guard against," Zhang Zhao analyzed

"In the past, when Cao Cao went south, there was Zhou Yu alone, and then there were Lu Su and Lu Meng, but now the three of them are gone, and who will be handed over to fight in Jingzhou this time."

"Don't worry about the prince, there are more than a dozen people in Jiangdong who can lead troops to fight, and there are hundreds of generals, so why not be afraid of Liu Bei; Liu Bei is driving in person this time, and our army also needs to send a respected general to resist, and this person must be the old general Han," Zhang Zhao said again

"Zibu has a point; Han Dang listens to orders"

"The Last Will Be"

"Today, you are the governor of the left, the governor of Zhou Tai and the right, Sun Heng is the vanguard of the front, Pan Zhang and Ling Tong are the captains of the Chinese army, Zhu Ran is the captain of the rear army, and He Qi and Luo Tong are the commanders of the army; 50,000 Jiangdong children went to Jingzhou to fight. ”

"Wise Prince"

The people who have just been named as generals are all happy, but there is only one person with a frown and a deep expression; This person is Luo Tong, the word Gongxu, twenty years old is Wu Chengxiang, very successful, the current general, twenty-seven years old.

Then Sun Quan handed Han Dang the 'Tiger Talisman', which symbolized military power, and Han Dang knelt down to accept it;

Zigui to the city; The May sun was still shining hotly on the enemy, Zhang Fei stood in front of the city gate and looked forward, as if he was waiting for someone, the soldiers around him were still wearing white clothes and white armor, sweat flowed from his forehead to the bridge of his nose and then dripped on the ground, he could no longer resist their hearts full of anticipation、、、

The yellow banner has already appeared in the eyes of the soldiers, and the yellow banner can represent the natural Liu Bei, the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty; No wonder the soldiers were so excited and looking forward to it before, the emperor's personal expedition was extraordinary.

The banner of the word 'Liu' was whirring in the wind, and a person under the banner was wearing a golden robe, a black Dawan horse under his crotch, and a double-strand sword at his waist, exuding a royal spirit all over his body. Zhang Fei led the generals to also ride over quickly, including Zhuge Qiao, of course; "Brother Zhang Fei, meet Your Majesty" After saying that, Zhang Fei led the generals to kneel down "My emperor, long live, long live, long live"

Seeing this, Liu Bei immediately helped Zhang Fei up, "Third brother, it is rare for you and my brother to see each other, hurry up and go into the city to celebrate your achievements."

Zhuge Qiao stared at Liu Bei intently, this person who was considered to be the embodiment of 'benevolence and righteousness' in later generations, was finally fortunate to meet him today; he had neither ears that could hang down to his shoulders, nor hands that could reach his knees, but he exuded a temperament from his bones, which belonged to the temperament of a hero in troubled times.

The army also followed Liu Bei into this Zigui city; In the hall: Liu Bei sat at the top, "Today, our army is crusading against Eastern Wu, and Zhang Fei, the general of the chariot and cavalry, took the entire Jianping County within half a month, making the first great contribution to our army、、、

"Big brother, don't give me any attack, originally you ordered my Langzhong army to go to White Emperor City to join the army, and I sent the army privately, as long as the eldest brother doesn't punish the younger brother, I don't want the credit" Zhang Fei lightly cleared his sin of sending troops privately.

"Third brother, you have made meritorious contributions to the defeat of Wu, and you are not guilty; Now our army has 65,000 barbarians without Wuxi, and the reinforcements from the Eastern Wu side should be about to arrive, and it is not good for our army to delay the time, so we must quickly fight a decisive battle with the Wu army."

"Big brother, it's no problem for you to say anything, it's just that you have to leave the vanguard to my old Zhang" Zhang Fei heard that there was going to be a decisive battle, and he was immediately excited to serve as the vanguard.

"Yide, two of the former Five Tiger Generals have died, and you are more than fifty years old, I can't let you be the vanguard anymore, if you make a mistake, it will be a blow to the morale of our army; It's better to stay in the Chinese army, so as to deter the enemy."

"Big brother, my body is fine, you don't have to worry" Zhang Fei still refused to admit defeat.

"Fu Tong is originally from Jingzhou, and he knows Jingzhou better, so he is still in charge, you stay in the Chinese army, don't say much" and Liu Bei also gave an order.

Zhang Fei only returned to his position with a depressed face.

at the feast; Zhang Fei specially prepared a banquet for Liu Bei to receive the wind and wash the dust, and there were as many as fifty people at this banquet, all of whom were generals in the army and officials in the city, "This first glass of wine, we will pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor and personally drive the expedition to defeat Eastern Wu, and win the victory" Chen Zhen picked up the wine glass and went to Liu Bei

"I am willing to join the generals to enter Jianye and capture Dongwu alive" Liu Bei also replied impassionedly

During this period, all the generals let go of their drinks, intending to get drunk; The battlefield is unpredictable, who knows if you can come back alive on the battlefield this time, there is wine today and drunk today. Zhuge Qiao just drank it with his wine glass, and it was impossible for him to get drunk with this alcohol; Zhang Bao suddenly walked in front of him with a wine glass, "Bo Song, how can you drink by yourself, come and I'll have a few drinks with you、、、

"Big brother: The second brother died a miserable death; I can't keep my head、、、" Zhang Fei drank and drank

"Third brother, don't worry, you and I brothers work together, after conquering Jianye, we will let that Sun Quan go to Yu Yunchang as a companion" Liu Bei was naturally angry when he saw Zhang Fei so sad.

"Second brother, 、、、" Zhang Fei drank a few glasses of wine、、、