Chapter 30: The Real Opponent Is Coming
In the final analysis, Liu Biao's opponent is not qualified to wrestle with Li, as a lord, what Liu Biao should do is to be like Yuan Shu, know people and make good use of them, trust and appoint the best talents under him!
In the early morning, the sky was still bright, and a figure in Deng County walked back and forth anxiously, for him, this action was a gamble, if he won, he could go straight to the top, lose, and his head would fall to the ground!
This person is Zhang Xun, like Qiao Rui, they are all old men in Nanyang County, but when Yuan Shu entered Nanyang County, the two sides had a little unpleasant quarrel, and he and Qiao Rui have also been suppressed by Li; Qiao Rui is a bit clever, but he has more of a straightforward surname, he never thought that that incident was the main reason for Li Kai's suppression, he always thought that his ability was not enough, especially after a large number of talents defected to Master Yuan; So he was very cautious step by step, and completed the things that Li Kai and Young Master Yuan explained one after another, and it was done excellently, Li Kai's prejudice against him was like that of Zhao Xiang and Le at the beginning, and he slowly dispelled it, and this time he arranged Qiao Rui to be Gan Ning's deputy and take care of the problem of the water master, which can be regarded as an affirmation of him; And Zhang Xun is different, this person is a smart person by nature, and it is precisely because of his intelligence that some things are complicated by him, every time he sees Li Kai's eyes, he always feels that his head has left his body, this kind of precarious life is too tormenting him; Under this invisible pressure, Zhang Xun finally chose to take risks and get rid of this life, but it was a pity that Old Man Cheng discovered his abnormality with a discerning eye, and sent someone to investigate his actions in private, and it only took two days to determine that he was going to collaborate with the enemy!
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, these are the biggest types of crimes, and the most serious ones can be cut with a thousand knives, and the family and clan will be wiped out! Therefore, most people will not choose to do this kind of thing, the danger is too big, and if you don't talk about it, it is easy to implicate your family; As soon as dawn broke, the pale cyan sky was still studded with a few sparse stars, Zhang Xun took a deep breath and asked his henchman, "What time is it?" ”
"Three quarters in the hour!" , The henchman guard lowered his head to report, an inexplicable cold light flashed in his eyes, Zhang Xun did not notice his abnormality, and said: "Light three torches, place them in the center of the city, and then plant a white flag!" ”
"No!" The guards nodded yes, and in a short time three torches were lit on the head of the city, and a large flag fluttered in the wind, hanging white flags, which looked very dazzling in the misty sky; Not far from the periphery of Deng County, Liu Jingsheng was waiting leisurely, the herald came to report, Deng County City lit three torches, erected a white flag, Liu Biao high-fived and laughed: "It's done!" Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu! You two are the vanguard! Rush over! Break through Deng County! ”
At the head of Deng County, Zhang Xun heard the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps in the distance, and shouted: "Open the city gate", before the words fell, a long knife was already on his neck, Zhang Xun turned around, a little surprised: "What are you going to do?" ”
It was his confidant guard, but it was a pity that this old man Cheng Yu had already been pulled over to talk a few words, and a few words made him change his position today, and put his former boss against him with a knife, and the guard next to him hurriedly ran over, shouting emotionally, asking this guard to put down the knife; "Bang Bang!" , A burst of applause came, Li Kai walked out of the dark shadows, dressed in a black robe, standing with his hands in his hands, his head raised slightly, and his eyes staring at Zhang Xun: "General Zhang!" Yuan Gong doesn't seem to have a place to treat you slowly, right? Why? ”
"Why are you here? Isn't that why you do it? If it weren't for you, would I be like this? Seeing that the matter was revealed, Zhang Xun rushed towards Li Kai with an emotional roar, and the guards who were holding him with knives were also kicked aside by him, and in the blink of an eye, they were chopped into several pieces by his henchmen; Li looked at him calmly, and said softly: "If you want to make people perish, you must first make people crazy!" Zhongkang! ”
"Knock knock", in the dull footsteps, the humanoid monster-like Xu Chu licked his lips, the nine-eared and eight-ring elephant trunk knife in his hand rattled, and he exerted force under his feet, leaping far away, the big knife drew a sharp arc, and Zhang Xun was split in half!
Huhula ran out hundreds of people to kill all Zhang Xun's henchmen, Li Kai looked at those soldiers who didn't know why, and said: "Zhang Xun collaborates with the enemy!" I've seen through it! Only the head of the thief will not be prosecuted! Those who are obsessed with it - there is no forgiveness for killing! ”
"Follow the orders of the gentleman!" , the soldier shouted, there is more than one person who hates him for collaborating with the enemy and traitor! If he succeeds, then these people will have bad luck, and now, Li has saved their lives!
"Open the gates! Lure the enemy in! Li Kai shouted, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered, the gate was slowly opened, as the vanguard of the Jingzhou Army, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu had also run to the front, and they did not hesitate to enter when they saw this situation; I don't know if it's the general under Uncle Liu's account? The fortified city of Deng County was built after Xiangyang, there was an outer city dedicated to war, and the inside of the city was the place of residence, so the city of Xiangyang was difficult to break, because he had two layers of defensive walls!
"This sounds familiar, huh?" , Chen Sheng muttered, he, Zhang Hu and Zhang Xian, they are all subordinates of the former Jingzhou Mu Wang Rui, the difference is that Zhang Xian is a strategist, and the two of them are generals; After Wang Rui was abruptly killed by Sun Jian, their power went into decline, and Zhang Xian led the two of them to confront Liu Biao in Nanjun, because Wang Rui's death was instigated by Liu Biao, and they all hated Liu Biao; But there was Liu Biao and then Cao Yin, who had not been disposed of by Liu Biao at that time, their force of only more than 10,000 soldiers was disposed of, Zhang Xian chose to flee and defect to Yuan Shu, he thought that Yuan Shu would have to compete with Liu Jingsheng sooner or later, and that time was the best time for him to take revenge; Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu thought that they had fought with Liu Biao for so long, and they could be regarded as having fulfilled the name of loyalty and righteousness, and it would be futile to fight again, but they would take a small life, so it was better to stop there, so they defected to Liu Biao; But they are far from seeing Liu Biao's intentions, and if they surrender them, of course Liu Biao will win a reputation regardless of previous suspicions, what meritocracy and the like are, he is mainly to let people see his generous side, in fact? Otherwise!
Why did he ask these two to come over as pioneers this time? You must know that these two have been vacated by him and have been idle for a long time, and now they are letting them lead their former old departments, so they are Liu Biao's cannon fodder and pathfinders; "The general doesn't dare to be! Captain Chen Sheng is also! Chen Sheng arched his hand and replied to the other side in this hazy weather; It turned out to be General Chen! Hahaha! Look up for a long time, look up for a long time! Hurry up, please enter the little brother Zhang Xun has been looking forward to it for a long time! The gates of the inner city slowly opened, and there were soldiers and horses running over? It seems like a lot!
Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu, who entered Deng County, were silent for a long time, and Liu Biao, who was on the periphery of the city, said: "Deng County's defense is lax, it seems that Zhang Xun's words are true, Deng County does not have many soldiers and horses, and Li Xiaoxian is not here at this time!" ”
Li Mouren and Mr. Cheng Zhongde had already calculated, why did Zhang Xun look so surprised when Li Kai appeared? It was because he got the news that Li Kai took people to Jiangxia to prepare for a raid on Jingzhou, so he agreed that Liu Biao would do it today!
"Rush in! Hahaha! Liu Biao laughed and gave an order, Zhang Ren on the left wing of the Jingzhou Army deliberately slowed down, and Zhang Xiu on the right wing was the same, the two brothers seemed to have a tacit understanding; Seeing that they are very slow, Huang Zu can only set an example first, who calls him Liu Biao's general, if he doesn't set an example, who will? Thirty or forty thousand horses swarmed in the shouting and shouting, and it was a chaotic scene; "Not good! It's Lee Hyo-sien's voice! Zhang Hu Zhaoran thought of the Confucian scholar who was once in the same camp with them, and that was a person who was even more powerful than Zhang Xian!
"Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu? How's it going? You should remember me, right? A soft shout came from above the gate of the inner city, Li Kai supported his chin with a smile and said, "As a punishment for you forgetting me!" Bow & Arrow Preparation - Three Rounds of Shooting! ”
"Whoosh", the walls of the entire city are covered with crossbowmen, ten thousand arrows? Yay (read)-! It's not enough! How many troops did Deng County gather? Not counting the more than 30,000 strong men temporarily requisitioned, there are more than 80,000 who can be called the army!
In order to dig a big pit for Liu Jingsheng, Li Kai even made a dangerous move, gave up the defense of the other three city gates, and arranged an archer army of more than 50,000 people in the south gate city! You can imagine the fierceness of the bow and arrow, it is completely stormy!
"Prepare to throw a gun! Three rounds of shooting-! Li Kai stretched out his arm again, and the soldiers at the head of the city automatically divided into three rows, and then ran away, throwing out the spears and other weapons in their hands, and screamed again and again in an instant!
"Hit the mark! Hit the trick! Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu shouted loudly, and Huang Zu, who had just entered the city gate, also hurriedly shouted: "The rear army has become the front army!" Withdraw! Hurry up, hurry up! ”
Liu Biao scolded: "Zhang Xun, this bastard, old man", but Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu's eyes flashed with a hint of happiness, they escaped a catastrophe, Yuan Jun in Deng County, the firepower is too fierce!
In the woods outside the southern city of Deng County, the old man Cheng Zhongde, holding a willow leaf in his mouth, flashed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said, "General Huang! Ma Mengqi! And Sun Bofu is ready to attack! Attack Liu Biao's Chinese army! Don't bother with the cavalry on both flanks! ”
"No!" , Huang Zhong drank in a deep voice, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, galloped out, personally carrying a big pole in his hand, facing the breeze, the big sword waved aggressively, Huang Zhong howled angrily: "Kill-!" ”
"Knock knock", on the city gate, the nine-sided drums suddenly sounded in unison, the drum beat was fierce like a torrential rain pouring down, the sound of the cavalry was as rapid as the drum beat, Liu Biao Huo Ran turned around and shouted: "It's not good-!" Two General Zhang! Hurry up and meet the enemy! ”
Liu Biao's team stayed at the Jingzhou City Gate for too long, and they did not distance themselves when the soldiers in the city retreated backwards, which doomed them to be caused by the congestion of the space, and their own people would impact their own people! It's a terrible thing!
"Shhhhhhh "Boom!" , The gate of the inner city was opened, and with the rumbling sound, only three hundred people came out, and the five thousand soldiers and horses led by Ji Ling in front separated from the middle to make way for them, and these people were wearing heavy armor - the Tiger Guard Battalion!
"Roar!" , A sound that does not resemble a human roar runs through the entire battlefield, echoing in the tall walls between the cities, which is terrifying, Xu Chu rushed to the front with a big knife in his hand, and the Xu Tiger Guards behind him followed one after another, and the momentum caused by it was extremely terrifying for a while!
Li Kai didn't know when he got down the city gate and said, "The tiger is coming!" Assemble your troops! Put all your forces into it! This time it must hurt them, hurt them! ”
"No!" , Ji Ling responded loudly, the flag in his hand began to shake constantly, from the original member who only knew how to fight and rush fiercely, he was proud of his bravery, after experiencing several blows, Ji Ling began to change!
He didn't participate in the big event of the princes discussing Dong, and he didn't participate in the affairs in the north of Yuzhou, it seems that everything is insulated from him, you must know that he is the first old courtier to follow Yuan Shu, and his status is naturally unusual, but he doesn't care!
He is working hard to improve himself, he is trying to calm his mood, he knows that his martial arts are not unparalleled in the world at all, and he also knows that his mind is not as powerful as a professional strategist, so he combines the two, he wants to be able to be able to write and martial arts!
More than 50,000 soldiers and horses quickly gathered and slowly drove into the city, and for a while, the tide of the black army swept over like a surging wave, crushing the past with the tiger guard camp as the spearhead, and the earth was red in an instant!
"It's a good gift, isn't it?" , I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and Li Mou, in the package of the crowd, shouted loudly, and the villain is as hateful as his ambition; Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu are also smiling bitterly now, they are really afraid of something, what they are most afraid of is the sudden appearance of Li Xiaoxian, but now he not only appeared, but also brought a serial gift package, a gift package that costs people's lives!
Exiting the city gate of Deng County was already full of bones, Huang Zu constantly mobilized soldiers to evacuate, but the Jingzhou army outside also encountered problems, and the cavalry of the Yuan army frantically attacked the Chinese army facing the city gate, resulting in a situation where you can't get in or out; "Ahh , With a terrible roar, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army fell into the moat, and there were more and more bones in the moat, first more and more red, like the legendary river of blood, which was terrifying; Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ren, the two brothers, are both from the disciple of the spear prodigy Yuan, and they are all learning the Hundred Birds and Phoenix Gun, although Zhang Ren is a senior brother, but when it comes to martial arts, he is really not as good as Zhang Xiu, Gan Xingba's wild attack has made him stumbling; Of course, Zhang Xiu is not doing very well, Huang Hansheng's big knife moves are fierce, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will end up missing an arm and a broken leg!
"Kill!" , The so-called enemies saw each other very much, Sun Bofu fell into a violent state at this time, a bully spear dance was impenetrable, and the sharp spear swept all the enemies who were blocked! Behind him are the two generals Han Dang and Huang Gai who are escorting!
Sun Ce set his sights on Liu Biao, he was going to kill him! Only by killing him can Sun Jian be able to look away!
Liu Biao was terrified, the god-killing little overlord was unstoppable! Just as he was about to shout that my life was going to stop, a feather arrow flew over, grazing Sun Bofu's cherry helmet and shooting over, Sun Ce turned his face away, and the hideousness on his face became more and more terrifying: "Death to those who stand in my way!" ”
A general rode a horse, with two short halberds in his hands, a double bow on his back, a crown like jade, and a tiger's back and ape waist, which was Liu Xuan's subordinate generals - Tai Shi Ci, Tai Shi Ziyi! In order to repay his kindness, this filial son switched to Liu Xuan's command, and now he is fighting with Liu Biao; "Humph!" , With a muffled snort, the black light halberd in Tai Shici's hands was flat on his chest with one hand, and the other hand was dragged behind him: "Anyone can say big things!" ”
Sun Ce is full of anger, and whoever dares to provoke him at this time will be the end - death! With a tiger's roar, the overlord spear chased after the moon like a meteor, and the unstoppable appearance was terrifying! Tai Shi Ci is also very strong to greet him, without fear!
"Bump!" , with a loud bang, weapons collided, fireworks appeared, and Sun Ce and Tai Shici shook together!
In the inner city, Li Kai is still strolling leisurely, this war can be said to have won him, Liu Biao is definitely not his opponent! Only if that person is in the driver's seat, then it will be a real war!
Now Li does not have the possession ability of the ace strategist system, he is now in the study, time is spending, he believes that he can become an excellent strategist, a top strategist, relying on his own efforts, not relying on those things that will be sucked away by others at any time; "Ji Ling! Zhou Tai! Change formations! Rush out! Wrap up the enemies of the inner city! Divide it out! They're no longer a threat! ", Li shouted; The so-called defeat is like a mountain, and as soon as the morale is discharged, there is nothing left in the spirit of the entire army, and in the duel of cold weapons, morale is an important factor that occupies a dominant position, and in the duel of cold weapons, there are few deaths on the spot, and many injuries and deaths; These are all slightly different, in the same way, war, in whatever form it exists, must be full of blood, it is a cruel form; "Kill, kill, kill", Yuan's army was full of morale, and they crushed the past with indomitable progress, that is, they were crushed, and the advantage they occupied in the inner city was too great, Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu, while gathering soldiers, retreated backwards;
(To be continued)