Chapter 58 Zhao Botao's troops go out to Shangyong, and Sima Yi disturbs Yecheng
"I intend to send troops immediately, go straight to Xingyang, and rescue the lord!" As soon as the resounding words came out, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In any case, Zhao Feng finally made a decision.
It was not a whim, Zhao Feng decided that he would rescue Lao Liu. Although, these old Liu have been wary of himself, and even suspicious. But after decades of dating, I still have more friendship with him than suspicion. Now Guan Yu is pinning the last shred of hope on himself, so that Guan Er Ye can see himself as a savior, and Zhao Feng doesn't want to be that kind of ungrateful person. Moreover, if he didn't save Liu Bei, then Zhao Yun in Hanzhong and even Zhuge Liang in Xichuan would have to turn against him. In this situation, it's messy enough. I'm in Xichuan, but I don't want it to be more chaotic here. Let's focus on Lao Cao's enemy.
"But general, right now, after the previous battle in Xichuan, plus General Zilong in Hanzhong, and Zhang Taishou in the three eastern counties, there are only 1120,000 horses that can be dispatched. Moreover, General Zilong has just returned to the army, and his military strength is very tired. And now Cao Ying's soldiers are trapped in the lord and Xingyang, with no less than 200,000 troops. And once the general's army goes out to fight, what should Xichuan do here? How to rescue the lord, you still need to sum it up! Ma Tan was the first to admonish.
"Although the troops are insufficient, if you can communicate with the lord in advance, concentrate your forces to attack and fight hard in one place, and the main kilometer should be combined, you will definitely be able to rescue the lord!" Lu Xun explained. After all, Ma Jian was inexperienced, and after listening to Lu Xun's words at this time, he understood a little.
"General, are you going to go in person?" After explaining, Lu Xun also stared at Zhao Feng and asked. The latter nodded as a matter of course, but sighed, and then said: "This battle is too dangerous, especially when I entered Xuzhou City alone. Therefore, we are afraid that we will have to take out all the money we have. There is no forward flying army, and the rest of the altar mines, I will bring them. Kong Ming, I'll go to the Savior, and I'll leave the matter of Xichuan to you! Bo Yan, General Zhao will inevitably go with me. In the meantime, it's up to you to sit in Hanzhong. I estimate that after we send troops, Cao Ying will take the opportunity to use troops against Hanzhong. You need to keep the gates everywhere, you know? ”
"I know, don't worry, general!" Lu Xun also knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly agreed solemnly. Looking at Zhao Feng with a calm face in front of him, Lu Xun suddenly felt a lot more confident in his heart.
Lu Xun has known Zhao Feng for more than ten years. At that time, he was still a teenager under the age of twenty, and Zhao Feng was only over twenty years old. At that time, Zhao Feng did everything possible to get his father and son from Wu County to Xuzhou, in order to set up a water army. Over the years, he has also promoted himself a lot, from a casual lieutenant to a senior member. Lu Xun naturally knew all this. But Lu Xun also knew that Zhao Feng had changed.
Compared with Zhao Feng, who was high-spirited and used soldiers like a god to beat Sun Quan to the heavens and the earth, he is now sitting in Xichuan, although he also went out of Qishan and captured Guanlong, but even if his performance is not a nest, compared with him before, it is indeed mediocre.
Now I see that he is in high spirits again, and he is ready to lead the army to rescue Liu Bei. Lu Xun knew that this tiger, which had been dormant in Xichuan for many years, was going down the mountain again. When he goes, it will inevitably be another bloody storm, and Cao Ying's words will definitely be difficult. Of course, sitting in Hanzhong by himself, the responsibility is definitely not light. Thinking of this, Lu Xun also felt the weight on his shoulders.
"Besides, General, everywhere is now ready to move. But Shi Guangyuan of Jiaozhou was a subordinate of the general in the past. When he married, the general hired him. In addition, there are many people who are old friends of the generals. The general can be a book to the people, so that they do not follow Shi Yuan to plot to usurp the throne. Even if you can't let everyone stop from the precipice, you have to let everyone have some scruples. Otherwise, if General Guan and Zhang Zibu start a war with Jing Xiangshi, then it will be troublesome! Zhuge Liang suddenly spoke. Zhao Feng noticed that when it came to Pang Tong's usurpation, a trace of regret quickly flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes.
"That's fine, that's what I should do!" Zhao Feng nodded. Because of his foresight, he can always discover talents, and many people have some friendship with him. Originally, some of these were to attract suspicion for themselves, but now, they can mess up the foundation of Pang Tong.
"This matter is sooner rather than later, I will wait for the night to straighten out the army and horses, and then send troops as soon as possible!" Zhao Feng nodded. The sooner this kind of thing happens, the better, as long as Liu Bei is rescued as soon as possible, he can quickly sort out the messy situation by virtue of his personal prestige. Otherwise, once something happens to either side, Cao Ying can only be cheapened for nothing. At the urging of Zhao Feng, the Sichuan army quickly assembled, and at the same time sent someone to inform Zhao Yun to march with him. As for the people and horses in Longxi, because they are too far apart, they are really not energetic.
Just when Zhao Feng was busy rescuing Lao Liu, in Xuchang City, the newly appointed Taifu Pang Tong was facing Liu Yong, the four-year-old king of Chu, and talked endlessly about his statecraft. Beside him was General Liu Pan. Little children can understand anything, just look at them stupidly.
"Shi Yuan, as you expected, Shi Thorn Shi, Li Zhengfang, and they are already attached to us. And the old department of Jingnan, I have almost incorporated it. It's just that now Zhao Botao's wife and children have fled, and what is even more hateful is that Liu Qi actually took Jing Xiangshui away and went to help Guan Yu. Otherwise, Guan Yu would have looked good a long time ago! After the discussion was over, Liu Pan hated it.
"It's okay, General Shuye, right now you and I are in charge of the land of Sizhou, and Guan Yu's base is just Jingbei. After Cao Ying is retreated, it's not too late to clean up slowly! Pang Tong smiled and comforted. Xuchang and Xingyang are only hundreds of miles apart, Pang Tong is now in Xuchang, but he has no intention of sending troops to Xingyang, and he clearly wants to watch Liu Bei be killed by Cao Ying. He assisted his youngest son to succeed to the throne, and then let the Jingxiang scholars completely overwhelm the Xuzhou scholars.
"Moreover, Cao Ying may now lead his army south at any time. We only need to hold Xuchang to keep this half of the country. Moreover, you can also borrow Cao Ying's hand to get rid of Guan Yu, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone! Pang Tong continued. When Liu Pan heard this, he also nodded again and again.
Compared with Pang Tong and Liu Pan's spring breeze, Shouchun at this time was already extremely depressed. Zhang Zhao and Mi Zhu and others, who came in a hurry, were a little relieved after seeing Lu Su.
"Zijing, at this time, you have to make an idea." As soon as he saw Lu Su, Mi Zhu suddenly cried and said with a sad face. Although Zhang Zhao didn't speak, his face was not very good-looking. Now Pang Tong and Liu Pan support Liu Yong as their heirs, not to mention, but also Chen Bing, Xuzhou and Yangzhou and other places. Guan Yu is in Jingzhou and it is difficult to protect himself, so now he can only rely on Lu Su, the backbone, to get some ideas.
"Zizhong, Zibu, don't be impatient. The second general has just sent a letter to tell us that he has asked General Zhao to send troops to rescue the lord! Now that General Zhao is out of Qinchuan, he is almost mediocre! Lu Su gave the two of them a reassuring pill first. After reading the flying pigeon biography handed over by Lu Su, the faces of the two of them looked slightly better.
"With General Zhao here, the lord will be rescued!" Mi Zhu didn't know whether to encourage himself or Zhang Zhao and Lu Su. After a pause, Mi Zhu said again: "But now that Liao Gongyuan, Liu Shuye and others are at the border of Chen Bing, which is menacing, what should we do?" ”
"Don't be impatient, let's wait for General Zhao to rescue the lord and then make plans. Until then, just hold on to the city and avoid a fight! Speaking of this, Lu Su also snorted coldly and said, "Uncle Liu, it's just a puppet." If it weren't for the fear that the infighting would hurt their morale too much, I, Lu Zijing, would have wanted them to be crushed in an instant! As long as the lord returns to Jingbei, it is enough to make it go up in smoke! ”
"I see!" Mi Zhu looked at Lu Su, who had always been elegant, and was so angry, and nodded hurriedly. Lu Su looked at the two people in front of him, and finally spoke: "Now General Wei Yan of Qingzhou is the first line to resist Cao Ying, and before General Zhao rescues the lord, Qingzhou must not be lost." Zhang Gong, now that the troops in Qingxu and Yang Sanzhou are insufficient, he also asked Zhang Gong to come forward on his behalf to recruit a group of new soldiers and go to the front line to replenish the military! ”
"This matter is wrapped up in the old man, Zijing rest assured!" Zhang Zhao nodded hurriedly. Recruiting new recruits, this kind of thing requires an internal politician like Zhang Zhao to play a role. At this time, Chen Qun was in Xuzhou, and he also quickly recruited some young people to prepare to supplement the army. Fortunately, in the past few years of recuperation, Xuzhou and Jiangdong are considered rich, and they have not experienced any major wars, so the recruitment problem is not big. Of course, the combat effectiveness of the newly recruited soldiers is really not very good. But Lu Su can only hope that when they defend the city, they will save some more elite soldiers and use all these good steels on the blade in the future.
"Big brother, drink a bowl of water!" On the head of Xingyang City, Liu Bei, who was spontaneously stunned, came back to his senses when he heard Zhang Fei's words. After taking the bowl in his brother's hand and taking a few sips, Liu Bei took a long breath and said, "Third brother, how is it today?" ”
More than 1,000 people were killed or wounded. Cao Ying's attack is going to kill us. Wen Yuan and General Huang Lao were cleaning up the city, and Jing Zhong was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but fortunately the injury was not serious. Zhang Fei replied succinctly.
"Third brother, hold on for another ten days. Today, the second brother Feige passed a book, saying that Bo Tao had already left Qinchuan and was ready to save us! Liu Bei comforted. Zhang Fei nodded when he heard this, and was silent for a long time, but finally he couldn't hold back and scolded: "These Jingzhou people are really ungrateful, and they actually do such a restrictive thing. If you can escape this time, you will kill them all! ”
"The third brother is calm and impatient, this matter was done by Pang Shiyuan and Liu Shuye, not all Jingzhou people are like this. Not to mention anything else, isn't General Huang loyal, and Wen Zhongye is also reining in the precipice. Although he was also very angry, Liu Bei still comforted his brother.
"I see, big brother." Zhang Fei said honestly. Although he is in his forties, in front of Liu Bei, Zhang Fei will always be the young man from Zhuo County, and his tone of voice has never changed in the past twenty years. However, Liu Bei didn't expect that it was another person who made a great effort to relieve him this time.
In Yecheng in the middle of the night, a person knocked on the door of the mansion of Cao Pi, the captain of Changshui. When the sleepy-eyed doorman slowly opened the door, he found that the person in front of him was actually injured, and it was Wang Bi, the lieutenant in charge of the Yecheng guard.
"Lord Wang, who are you?" Seeing that Wang Bi was covered in injuries, the doorman was almost stupid. The king was out of breath, but he still hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly inform the prince, someone is going to make trouble!" ”
(To be continued)