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"It turns out that Da Sima has a clever plan, I don't know if I can tell me?" Fei Yi asked excitedly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, and we will naturally see it at that time, but I will go to Linzi first to comfort and comfort our old General Huang."

"The war on the front line is urgent, isn't Da Sima sitting in charge of the war?" Fei Yi worried.

Fang Shao shook his head: "Peng Cheng and Xiao Pei's front line, it is expected that there must be a stalemate, if the battle situation here is not a miracle strategy, it will not be able to break the deadlock at all, whether I sit or not to supervise the battle, it doesn't matter for the time being." By the way, I must not disclose my trip to Qingzhou to outsiders. ”

Fei Yi nodded and said, "Yi understands." ”

After settling down, Fang Shao turned back to the north on the same day and rushed to Linzi, Qingzhou.

At this moment, because of the defeat of the city of Yanguo in Qingzhou, the Wu army is approaching northward, and the people are already panicking, and all kinds of signs show that the Wu army is very likely to continue to take advantage of the victory to advance northward, using Qingzhou as a breakthrough, in order to gain a foothold in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

When Fang Shao arrived in Linzi, Huang Zhong had been recuperating here for nearly seven days.

"Old general, how are you doing?" Fang Shao walked into the room with a smile, his face was still relaxed and natural, as if he didn't know that the veteran in front of him had just experienced a big defeat.

Huang Zhong, who was lying on the bed, suddenly showed a little shame on his old face when he saw Fang Shao coming, a little embarrassed to see Fang Shao's appearance, but he still struggled to get up.

"The old general is lying down, don't move lightly." Fang Shao took a few steps forward, gently helped Huang Zhong and lay down again.

The more Fang Shao treated Huang Zhong like this, the more unhappy Huang Zhong was in his heart, with a look of shame, and sighed: "Loyalty is useless, resulting in the defeat of the Yan Kingdom, and the prestige of our Han army is damaged. ”

Fang Shao said with relief: "Why did the old general say this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it is not enough to worry about a defeat." ”

Although victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, for a general like Huang Zhong, a big defeat made his later life unsafe, and made the grand strategy of the entire Eastern Front Army passive, and it could not be treated with "what a foot to worry about" in any case.

For Huang Zhong, such a failure is really unaffordable.

"Da Sima, you don't have to comfort me, it seems that I am indeed old, I shouldn't have been self-conscious in the first place, and insisted on asking Da Sima to fight, and in the end, I ended up in such a field, and it was not easy for Da Sima to explain to the court." Huang Zhong is still feeling sorry for himself.

Fang Shao's expression became solemn: "Old general, this is not like your style, isn't it just a defeat, I will transfer your soldiers and horses again, and ask Cao Zhen's family for a big victory, and I will be ashamed before the snow." ”

Huang Zhong coughed a few times, and said weakly: "Even if Zhong has this heart, I'm afraid I won't have this power, you see my current body, don't say that I will lead the troops to take revenge, I'm afraid I won't live long." ”

Huang Zhong's complexion was indeed very bad, but Fang Shao could also see that most of his current illness was caused by qi and blood attacking his heart, not really a terminal illness.

'Well, it seems that you have to use agitation to deal with this old man. ’

Fang Shao pondered for a while, his expression became a little regretful, and he also learned Huang Zhong's tone, and sighed: "Originally, I also pointed to the old general to make a miraculous feat and win back a battle, but I didn't expect the old general to be sick like this, it seems that I have to change the candidate." ”

As soon as Huang Zhong heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he sat up suddenly, and shouted excitedly: "Da Sima, what kind of miracle feats?" Don't you have a clever plan? ”

He suddenly came to such a "carp fight", but Fang Shao was startled, and he was stunned for a moment before he smiled: "Old general, don't be excited, be careful of hurting your body." ”

Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had missed the filling, and smiled embarrassedly: "What's this...... As soon as I heard that I could make up for it, somehow this body seemed to be much better all of a sudden, you see, this is really strange. ”

This old man is really faking his illness. ’

Huang Zhong wanted to save face, so Fang Shao didn't want to demolish him, so he said: "I really don't hide it from the old general, I actually laid a lore to destroy Wu a long time ago." It's just that the implementation of this strategy must rely on a general with extraordinary ability and daring to take risks. I think among the generals, it is none other than the old general. Just looking at the old general's current body, I'm afraid it's ......"

Huang Zhong's spirits were lifted, and he said hurriedly: "I don't need to worry about this physical great Sima, this miracle great Sima can rest assured that it will be handed over to me, even if I fight for my old life, I will definitely live up to the trust of the great Sima." ”

Fang Shaozheng said: "The old general's courage is commendable, but this plan is extremely risky, and a little carelessness may cause a big disaster, and the old general has to think twice." ”

Huang Zhong patted his chest and said angrily: "I, Huang Zhong, have lived for more than 70 years, even if I die, there is no pity." If you can make up for your mistakes and make miraculous contributions to the country, it will be worth fighting for this old life. ”

Huang Zhong is planning to play with his life, now he is now, as long as he can make contributions to the country and save the face he lost in the city of Yanguo, even if he is really allowed to go to the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I am afraid that he will never frown.

Fang Shao had designed so many before, in order to let Huang Zhong implement this plan, listening to his generous statement, he had a foundation in his heart, so he said proudly: "It is worthy of the old general Huang, okay, I will put this burden on the old general." ”

Now that the candidate has been decided, Fang Shao then explained his strategy and plan.

It was only at this time that Huang Zhong suddenly realized and exclaimed: "Da Sima, it turns out that everything is as you expected, even my defeat is no exception, you ...... You're too godly, aren't you? ”

Fang Shao smiled slightly: "It's not a god, I also said that this plan is risky, if something goes wrong in any link, it is possible to lose everything, but until now, it seems that this God is still on our side." ”

Huang Zhong restrained his amazement, his expression became solemn again, and he said proudly: "Since Da Sima trusts me Huang Zhong so much, then I have nothing to say, I can only promise Da Sima that if this battle is not successful, it will be benevolent!" ”

………… After five days, Dongguan City.

A few days earlier, Cao Zhen had already moved his Hussar General's Mansion from Xiapi in the rear to Dongguan. The city was already considered the northernmost city of the Wu State and was also at the forefront of the battle with the Han army.

At this moment, most of the 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Zhenso had rushed to the front line of Dongguan one after another, and launched an attack on the Han army guarding the first line of Zhuxucheng in Beihai State.

In terms of the Han army, although the battle of the Yan State suffered heavy losses, because Ma Tan retained a fresh army of about 10,000 people, plus some soldiers and horses who successfully retreated north, they barely managed to gather less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, although the strength was similar to that of the Wu army, but the morale was very depleted.

Therefore, Guan Xing and Ma Yan, who were ordered to temporarily command the troops and horses, did not dare to act rashly, so they had to lead the armies, defend the army to the death, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements in the rear before making plans.

However, Guan Xing did not wait for reinforcements from the rear, but waited for a bad news that shocked the whole army.

General Wei Huang Zhong died of illness!

Although after this defeat, Huang Zhong's prestige was greatly damaged, but as a veteran of the Han Kingdom, Huang Zhong still has a very high prestige, and it is this prestige that enables the soldiers of the three armies to fight for him with all their hearts, and it is this prestige that makes the soldiers still have the will to fight after the defeat.

But now, Huang Zhong died suddenly, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Han army on the Eastern Front.

A few days later, the negative effects of this blow soon became apparent, and soldiers began to flee one after another in various armies and battalions, and this phenomenon was a harbinger of the collapse of the morale of the army.

The news of Huang Zhong's death also spread to the front line of Dongguan at a rapid speed.

When Cao Zhen heard the news, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and the haze that had accumulated in his heart was finally vented because of Huang Zhong's death.

"As soon as the old thief Huang dies, the morale of the Han army on the front line of Qingzhou will be severely damaged, general, we can wait to take Qingzhou." Xu Gai shouted excitedly. The previous time he was tricked to divert the tiger from the mountain and got rid of Huang Zhong, Xu Gai felt deeply ashamed, and now that he heard the news of Huang Zhong's death, Xu Gai felt a sense of relief.

At this time, Biqiu Jian said cautiously: "General, we can't be gullible in this matter, in case the death of the old thief Huang is just a trick of the Han army to confuse us, so that we can relax our vigilance, and then use the trick?" ”

Cao Zhen put away his smile and frowned slightly: "You have a point, this must be guarded against." ”

Xu Gai said disapprovingly: "General Biqiu is too worried, and it is very clear in the detailed information that the Han army in the Linzi area has mourned for Huang Zhong, and his coffin is also on the way to Chang'an, and Huang Zhong's death can almost be concluded to be true." Besides, even if the old thief faked his death, what tricks could he toss up besides damaging their own morale. As long as we can win more soldiers and horses, it doesn't matter if the old thief dies or not, Qingzhou will definitely be ours. ”

Xu Gai analyzed it quite thoroughly, Cao Zhen thought about it for a long time, analyzed all kinds of possible surnames, and couldn't think of any omissions.

So, Cao Zhen's mood relaxed again, and his eyebrows jumped with excitement: "Now that Huang Zhong is dead, the Han army in Qingzhou is leaderless, and the rest of the Han army is entangled by us. I wrote another letter and sent someone to Jianye overnight, asking His Majesty to send reinforcements to the north as soon as possible. ”

Biqiu Jian worried: "Although we surrendered, Jianye has always been suspicious of us, and the soldiers that the general can command are only the 30,000 soldiers and horses who surrender with the general, I am only afraid that the imperial court will not rest assured that the general will give more military power." ”

Cao Zhen sneered: "When today's son is also a capable person, this time he should be able to see how huge the benefits are, I think he will give me power after weighing the pros and cons!" ”

(To be continued)