Chapter 576: Family Happiness

This period of time in Dongting Junshan is undoubtedly the most idle time in Liu Ze's life, with three jade-like wives and concubines by his side, and five children on his knees, Liu Ze enjoys the joy of family.

The eldest son Liu Wei is already twelve years old, with the words and deeds of Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, Liu Wei is already an exporter at this time, full of experience, elegant bearing, good conversation, it is difficult for people to associate him with a twelve-year-old child.

Liu Qiong and Liu Yao, the two sisters, are even more slim and elegant, although they are young, they are as colorful as jade, and they will be the only beauty embryos in the future.

The years don't seem to have left any traces on Cai Yan, Gan Ping, and Mi Lan, they are still so amazingly beautiful, and the beauty of the country is peerless, so that Liu Ze, who is bathed in the sun, can't help but feel all kinds of emotion, if God has mercy, how good it would be for him to be so sick for the rest of his life, no fighting, no blood, no fighting, only a faint warmth, ordinary sunshine, and live a life without conflict with the world forever, how comfortable and peaceful it should be.

Contrary to his wishes, under Hua Tuo's careful conditioning, acupuncture and decoction were applied, Liu Ze's body gradually recovered, and the battle reports on all sides flew to Junshan like snowflakes.

First of all, from Hefei and Guangling, Sun Quan since the defeat of the Chibi army, often think about revenge, stopped for two years, but also accumulated two years of strength, heard the news of the main force of the Jing army south to Jiaozhou, thought that the opportunity for revenge had come, and once again brazenly sent troops to Guangling, Huainan.

The attack on Guangling is still Danyang Taishou Sun Yi, and the attack on Guangling by Eastern Wu has not stopped in the past two or three years. Since the defeat of Jian'an in five years, Sun Yi has crossed the river to harass Guangling in the sixth year of Jian'an. However, the attack was tentative, Sun Yi only led thousands of Wu soldiers to the north bank, harassed Guangling Township, and plundered by fire.

This time Sun Yi made a comeback and besieged Guangling for the third time. This time he brought nearly 30,000 men and horses. It is a must to win Guangling City. Sun Quan personally led an army of 100,000 to assemble at the mouth of the water and land, and launched an attack on Hefei City for the second time.

Zhang Liao knew that Liu Ze was ill, so he expressed his determination to fight Sun Quan to the death. It is necessary to protect Huainan without loss.

Zhang Liao said that he would do it. Although it is difficult. Now Zhang Liao has only one corps of the Fourth Army in his hands, and the Seventh Infantry Division has been transferred to Jingzhou and has not yet been established. At present, Zhang Liao's subordinates have only three infantry divisions and one cavalry division of 40,000 horses, but even such a small number of troops must be stationed in the long defense line from Yinling in the east to Lu'an in the west, and only the military headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps and a part of the Sixth Infantry Division and the Fifth Cavalry Division can really stay in Hefei, with a total strength of only more than 16,000 people.

And this time Sun Quan is determined to Hefei, the last time Sun Quan attacked Hefei, but in response to the military action of Chibi, the attack on Hefei is just a feint, although Sun Quan wants to take Hefei, but the last time the troops are limited, and after the defeat of Chibi, the military heart is shaken, Sun Quan had to give up the idea of attacking Hefei, return to the army to build a business. In addition to Sun Yi's attack on Guangling and Zhou Yu's men and horses stationed in Chaisang, Sun Quan mobilized almost all the troops of Eastern Wu, more than 100,000 people of the land and water alliance, desperately, vowed to take Hefei City, and then swallow the entire Huainan in one fell swoop. In terms of generals, Sun Quan mobilized many famous generals such as Cheng Pu, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, etc., and the soldiers were strong and brave, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Zhang Liao knew that Tai Shi Ci of Huaibei and Gao Shun of Xuzhou were in order to guard against Cao Cao's attack, which was completely immovable, once his troops were mobilized to the south for reinforcements, the entire northern line defense would be empty, which may be more dangerous than the attack of Eastern Wu, and the main force of Jingzhou The First Eighth Army Corps was in the south at this time, unable to return to help, and now Zhang Liao could only be forced into a desperate situation, fighting alone, without any way out.

Zhang Liao discussed with Chen Gong, the deputy governor of Gao Lan, and decided that Chen Gong would sit in Hefei, and Gao Ran would lead troops to defend Junyu and Hefei into an angle, while Zhang Liao personally led 800 death squads to attack the camp of the Wu army at night, and took advantage of Sun Quan's unstable foothold to kill him by surprise. In this regard, Gao Ran and Chen Gong were a little worried, but Zhang Liao was full of confidence, he thought that Sun Quan came along the waterway, just landed in Xiaoyaojin, and he relied on the strength of the army, so he was not prepared, and the Wu soldiers were mixed with land and water, and the troops were relaxed, so they could win by surprise.

So Zhang Liao personally selected 800 strong warriors and quietly entered Xiaoyaojin by night. Sun Quan has just landed from Chaohu Lake, is assembling troops, preparing to attack Hefei, he is confident that there are many generals, he does not think that Zhang Liao has the courage to dare to attack Xiaoyaojin at night, at this time the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu, from the boat to the land, there is no order, the soldiers do not see the generals, the soldiers will not see the soldiers, and it is a mess. So Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack, the Dongwu camp was in chaos, Zhang Liao took the lead, put on a halberd, rushed to kill in front, the death squad was not afraid of death, the momentum was like a rainbow, in the chaos of the Eastern Wu army, like a wave of embankment, out of control.

Zhang Liao fought in the battle, unstoppable, looking at Sun Quan's command and rushing straight over, panicked so that Sun Quan's six gods had no master, no one on the left and right could stop Zhang Liao, seeing that Sun Quan was about to be captured, Ling Tong led his troops to kill to escort, and Zhang Liao fought in one place, Sun Quan saw the opportunity to escape back to the warship. Ling Tong and Zhang Liao fought bloodily, and they were wounded in several places on their bodies, and they fought desperately again after bleeding. The battle lasted until dawn, Zhang Liaofang retreated, and the momentum of the Wu soldiers was immediately frustrated.

Sun Quan was unwilling to fail, landed for the second time, gathered troops and horses, and launched a comprehensive general attack on Hefei City. But Hefei in Zhang Liao under several years of painstaking management, the city wall is strong, the garrison is sufficient, after the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu pay a heavy price, they can not advance an inch, even after more than a month of fighting, Sun Quan lamented: "It is hopeless to take Hefei!" Then he led his troops and retreated.

Zhang Liao was unforgiving, when Sun Quan withdrew to Xiaoyaojin, the front soldiers had been on the ship, and the rear team was not organized, Zhang Liao sent a big gift to Sun Quan, and killed Chen Wu, the general of Eastern Wu, in one fell swoop, and the blood stained Xiaoyaojin. Since then, Zhang Liaowei's reputation has shocked Jiangdong, but where there are children crying at night, saying Zhang Liao's name, the cry stops, and its prestige is prominent, which can be seen.

Sun Yi also attacked Guangling and did not resist, and when he heard that Sun Quan was defeated and left Xiaoyaojin, his morale was lost, and he could not get any advantage if he continued to fight, so Sun Yi had to retreat to the south and return to Jianye.

The shape of the southern line is slightly slower, and the shape of the northern line is suddenly more severe. After Cao Cao captured Jizhou, he won Qingzhou and merged with the state, and pursued and beat the Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi brothers who fled in Youzhou.

Traveling to the area of Liucheng in western Liaoning, Yuan Shang's remnants of Yuan Xi's defeated army were raided by a mysterious army, and Yuan's soldiers were caught off guard, unable to make effective resistance at all, and fled one after another, and the Yuan brothers were also killed on the spot, and all the grain and grass were robbed.

It turned out that this mysterious army was led by Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan's son Gongsun Xu. After Gongsun Zhan was defeated and self-immolated, Liu Bei led Zou Guan, Yantian, and the five tiger generals to protect Gongsun Xu from Yijing and fled to Liaoxi County. Liaoxi County was originally the base camp of the Gongsun family, Liu Bei quickly developed, reorganized an army, and took advantage of the defeat of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to set up an ambush in Liucheng, killing the Yuan brothers in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as avenging Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Bei dedicated the head of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and Feng Gongsun continued to be the Taishou of Liaoxi County, Liu Beiping County was the Taishou of the Right Beiping County, and Gongsun continued to inherit the position of Gongsun Zan Yihou, and Liu Bei was also named the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion. At the same time, Tian Chou was the history of Youzhou Thorn, the general of Zhenbei, and the Marquis of Liuting, and he took over the power of Youzhou's soldiers and horses, and the northern border was peaceful, and the army was returned to Xudu.

Liu Bei and Gongsun Xu broke up and went to Youbeiping, and secretly continued: "The young master can temporarily endure it, and he will not forget the trust of Lingzun by swearing to die, and he will repay him with death." Liu Bei left Zou Dantian Kai to help Gongsun Xu, and led Yan Gang Guan Jing to Youbeiping alone, as for Liu Bei secretly recruiting troops and horses in the future, accumulating strength, and preparing to start an incident, that is a later story. (To be continued......)