Chapter 573: Secret Mission
When Tian Fan rushed back to the camp, it was already five days later. Seeing that the camp was in tatters, and there were traces of the fire, Tian Fan's heart suddenly tightened. But the faces of the soldiers who came and went were very normal, and there was no panic, so Tian Fan quietly hid the doubts in his heart and greeted the soldiers.
Although the soldiers wondered why the Governor had returned from outside the camp, they were not qualified to ask, nor were they interested in asking, they only knew that they had just won a battle.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Tian Fangao sat on the main seat and glanced at the generals and strategists.
Lu Bu hung his arms, suffered a small injury, and his face was full of unhappiness, as if someone had borrowed his money and did not pay it back. Gao Shun is still a dead man's face, Zhang Liao is quite happy, probably he has gained a lot of credit for this war. Pang De, Hao Meng, and Cheng Lian have not changed, but Cao Xing is excited as if he has eaten bee feces. Among the Wenchen, everyone was full of joy, except for Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, Yang Wei and Fa Zheng. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are actually very happy, but good cultivation makes them seem very reserved. This was the first time that they had served as military advisors and in the army during the war, and their intelligence played a great role, and they were also duly respected in the army, and the five of them were naturally happy. Judging by the slight lifting of their heads, they became more confident.
In addition to them, there were two more people in the hall, one was Du Fu and the other was Ling Chong.
When he watched the people, they watched him. They found that on this trip, Tian Fan's face became much better, and he seemed to be in good health. couldn't help but make everyone happy, and even Lu Bu, who was unhappy, showed the most sincere smile.
Tian Fan, the governor of the capital, is not qualified, he will never be late, he will only leave his post, not to mention real military talent, even a minimum sense of responsibility is lacking. However, everyone in the White Tiger Legion understands that the backbone of the entire legion's more than 30,000 people is this irresponsible Tian Fan. Without him, the White Tiger Legion can't twist a rope!
Although he has all kinds of problems, in the eyes of Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Liyi and others, this person is too weak, too benevolent, and the family occupies too important a position in his heart, and he is not a person who does great things at all. In the eyes of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, Yang Wei and others, he is very unqualified as a major governor who has left his post and escaped from his post. However, they had to admit that Tian Fan had a charm that others did not have, and this charm was the fundamental reason why dozens of generals and ministers with different personalities in the White Tiger Legion could work together.
When they looked at each other, everyone forgot to speak.
Tian Fan smiled and said, "What's wrong?" Tian is back, why don't you speak? β
Gao Shun broke the silence, he stood up, held the seal of the Metropolitan Governor of the White Tiger Legion and the Tiger Talisman with both hands, handed it to Tian Fan, and said: "Metropolitan Governor, Shun was ordered to temporarily take the position of Metropolitan Governor of the White Tiger Legion and command the whole army. Please accept the Metropolitan Governor! β
Tian Fan nodded, took the box, checked it carefully, and said to Gao Shun with a smile: "The inspection is correct, this governor takes back the seal letter and the tiger talisman." Zhengqing, hard work! β
Gao Shun hugged his fists and saluted, turned around and returned to his position.
Tian Fan looked at Lu Bu's arm with interest, and said with a smile: "Fengxian, hang the lottery?" What's going on? β
Lu Bu said indignantly: "Isn't it that Jiang Yiqu's secret arrow hurts people? β
Tian Fan nodded, glanced at everyone, and said, "As soon as the governor of Pontus returned to the camp, he knew that we had won, but how he won, the governor of Pontus didn't know. Kong Ming, tell me about it! β
Zhuge Liang stood up and gave a salute, and said: "The governor of the capital has an order, and Liang will go beyond the command to tell Wang Gongcao about the war, if there is anything that cannot be said, please add." Governor, this is how the battle went......"
After Tian Fan went to Mount Tai, the generals made various preparations in an orderly manner according to the ideas discussed in advance.
With Tian Fan's instructions, generals such as Lu Bu, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao also attached more importance to the opinions of Zhuge Liang and others, and these people quickly won their respect from the bottom of their hearts with their extraordinary resourcefulness. It didn't take long for a tacit understanding to be formed between them. Zhuge Liang's five people are the brains, formulating strategies and deriving tactics. When the five people disagreed, they would debate fiercely, and after the results of their debate came out, they would be handed over to Lu Bu, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao for final review. Several of them were extremely experienced generals, and they could often ask questions that Zhuge Liang and others could not think of, so they re-discussed them. In this way, the whole plan was refined and improved again and again, and finally everyone was satisfied and thought feasible.
The course of the battle was very simple, and the troops led by Yuan Tan and Jiang Yiqu rushed over and ordered Du Fu to probe the movements of the White Tiger Legion's camp. His return made the two of them excited, and the White Tiger Legion camp was full of shouts and killings, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the soldiers were wrapped in white cloths. The two of them naturally understood easily that the reason why the soldier's head was wrapped in a white cloth was because Tian Fan was dead, which was in line with the message that Du Fu had given them earlier. After that, the generals within the White Tiger Legion had different opinions on the way out in the future, some advocated returning to Xuzhou, and some were afraid of Liu Bei's punishment and advocated betraying Xuzhou.
So, the two of them rushed forward with their soldiers in a hurry. Outcome...... Naturally, there is nothing more to say.
Yuan Tan didn't know that Ling Chong was a member of the Shadow in Liu Bei's hands. After Tian Fan withdrew from Shadow and Night, Cao Yong became the supreme leader of these two organizations, and Ling Chong was promoted at that time. On this expedition, Tian Fan brought a team of Shadow members and a team of Night members. The leader of the shadow is Ling Chong, and he directly obeys Li Tao in the dark night. Li Tao disappeared a few days after following Tian Fan on the expedition, only telling Tian Fan that he had a secret mission to complete, but he handed over the rest of his men to Tian Fan. During Yuan Tan's march, there were constantly lurking Shadow members watching and passing their information to Gao Shun and the others in the camp.
Ling Chong is indeed a Pingshou person, but his mother has fallen into the dust, and he doesn't even know who Ling Chong's father is. After discovering that she was pregnant with a child, the woman resolutely withdrew all her savings and redeemed herself. Originally, she was old and not worth a few dollars, and the old bustard took pity on her, so she struggled to live in Pingshou with a big belly. If it weren't for the support of the sisters who were good friends in the past, I'm afraid that the mother and son would have starved to death. With such a life experience, you can imagine Ling Chong's childhood experience, for him, Pingshou brought him only humiliation, and he hated Pingshou.
And the reason why Du Fu stayed was because of Tian Fan's few words. In fact, it's not complicated, Tian Fan imagined the glorious history of the Mo family politicians in the Spring and Autumn Period for a while, and Du Fu couldn't help it......
Among the two, Du Fu is strong in martial arts, and Ling Chong is well versed in the art of concealment. When Yuan Tan led the army only more than three miles away from the White Tiger camp, he realized that something was wrong, because there were shouts of killing and fire in the middle of the camp, but there were no soldiers rushing left and right. But by that time, Du Fu and Ling Chong had already fled. They jumped into the bushes by the side of the road, and in a few moments they were gone.
Yuan Tan hurriedly ordered a retreat, but it was too late.
LΓΌ Bu led the cavalry out of the camp and defeated Yuan Tan. Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others came immediately after, preparing to leave them behind.
But at this moment, Zhang He, who was in charge of the palace, led his cavalry to kill, and the unsuspecting Gao Shun and Zhang Liao suffered a small loss, but fortunately, the loss was not large, and they were busy ordering the soldiers to sort out the array, but at that time, Zhang He went to Lu Bu. Seeing Zhang He's bravery, Lu Bu killed his corporal again and again, so he left Jiang Yiqu to face Zhang He. Zhang He shook his spirits and fought with Lu Bu. At this time, Jiang Yiqu, who was escorting Yuan Tan away, turned around and wounded Lu Bu with an arrow, and Zhang He escaped.
After that, the whole battlefield was in chaos, the front was lifeless to flee, the back was lifeless to chase, Yuan Tan had already led the frightened headquarters soldiers to escape, and Jiang Yiqu, who was a little behind, led more than 10,000 soldiers in the headquarters and 4,000 cavalry led by Zhang He, to give way to the road, and after Yuan Tan withdrew, blocked the road pursued by Lu Bu at a narrow intersection. I have to say that Jiang Yiqu is not simple, and Lu Bu ordered Pang De and others to attack his big array, but they were unsuccessful. And Zhang He's cavalry on the side also gave them a great deterrent.
When Zhang Liao and Gao Shun rushed over, Jiang Yiqu knew that he was not an opponent, so he ordered the soldiers to take cover and slowly retreat. Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun discussed for a while, believing that Zhang He and Jiang Yiqu were each other's horns and should not be underestimated. Fortunately, they had an advantage in strength, and the three decided that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun would lead all the infantry to surround Jiang Yiqu, and LΓΌ Bu would lead all the cavalry to deal with Zhang He first.
The cavalry led by Zhang He is very powerful, but there is still a certain gap compared to Lu Bu's wolf cavalry. After a big battle, Zhang He was defeated and had to lead the remaining more than 1,000 knights to escape. As for Jiang Yiqu, he can only ask for more blessings.
On this side, when Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Jiang Yiqu were in a stalemate, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Lu Xun led the ballista battalion to support. Mi Fang gave an order, dozens of oil canisters broke Jiang Yiqu's formation, and Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers to rush up, rushing Jiang Yiqu's formation into chaos. Jiang Yiqu saw that he had no skills to return to heaven, so he had to lead a few guards to escape, and Lu Bu, who had just solved Zhang He and was ready to ask for Jiang Yiqu's life, was so angry that he screamed.
In this battle, nearly 20,000 enemies were annihilated, and the blow to Yuan Tan was heavy.
When Tian Fan rushed back, the soldiers were tidying up the camp and preparing to advance to Dong'anping.
Tian Fan nodded and said, "Okay, you have done a good job, after this battle, it is estimated that Yuan Xiansi's courage will be broken, and the morale of the army will be greatly damaged, which will be very beneficial to our next siege." Fengxian, it's nothing if you can't kill Jiang Yiqu, we will meet again in a few days, and you will be asked to fight the first battle at that time. Zhengqing and Wenyuan have done a good job, and Ling Ming and several people also have their own merits, filial piety is very good, you can think of using a ballista camp to break the formation, count your merits. As for Yuanren, Shiyuan, Kong Ming and Bo Yan, they also have their own merits, very good, you are all very good, you did not disappoint me. β
He praised everyone one by one and said, "Uncle Zhi, in the merit book, the merits of all the soldiers have been remembered, right?" β
Wang Xiu nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's all right." β
Tian Fan bowed slightly, and said: "Okay, Yuanren, Shiyuan, Xiaozhi, Kong Ming, Boyan, the five of you still serve as military advisors and join the army, Yien helps Gongsun Hao to run the position of military Sima, and the rest of the people are in their own positions, and the generals are in charge of the headquarters. β
The generals should be in unison.
Tian Fan nodded and said, "Okay, you guys retreat!" Du Fu and Ling Chong stayed for a while. β
Seeing the generals come out of the big tent, Tian Fan looked at Du Fu and said, "Du Fu, when are you going to leave?" β
Du Fu put on a ladyboy look, and said delicately with his orchid fingers: "Dadu Governor, just after using up people, can't you drive people away?" It's not good for you to do this! β
Tian Fan rolled his eyes and said, "Get out, don't fix those disgusting looks!" Hehe, when I saw your master, his old man scolded you for being a fool, and encouraged you to work for me when I said a few words, you are a fool and unworthy of being his apprentice. He said that he would clean you up when you returned. β
Du Fu was frightened, and hurriedly got serious, and said, "Boguang, I see that you also need manpower here, why don't I stay for the time being?" β
Tian Fan thought about it, such a helper is very good, but no, Peng Xi said, Du Fu is still useful.
Tian Fan shook his head and said, "I can't help it, your master is an immortal, I don't dare to disobey him." I advise you to go back early, listen to your master's wishes, and he will arrange some things for you when you go back. β
Duff thought about it, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Okay! Hey, the little junior sister walked the world alone at a young age, when will it be my turn? "Master is an eccentric, and he is far better than him for the little junior sister.
Tian Fan smiled and said, "Okay, it won't take a few years, go back, when you have nothing to do in the future, you can come to Xuzhou to find me, and I will invite you to drink." β
Duf's depressed mood instantly adjusted, and he smiled: "Well, that's what you said!" Hehe, Boguang, since the master wants to recruit, the husband will leave. This farewell, I don't know what year and month we can meet, Boguang take care. β
After saying that, he got up and went out in style.
As soon as he left, Ling Chong said, "Grand Dudu, I need an army of five hundred people!" β
Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and said, "Why?" Ling Chong, it's not that I'm stingy, the soldiers of the White Tiger Legion are all my heart, you borrowed five hundred people, you can't help but give me a reasonable explanation. β
Ling Chong nodded and said, "At this moment, it's time to tell the Governor." Governor, a few days ago, the leader of Li Tao went on a secret mission, you must know. His task is the same as that of the villain, which is to pick up the lord's family! β
Tian Fan was stunned for a moment and said, "The lord's family? β
Ling Chong said expressionlessly: "Not bad! After the lord entered Xuzhou, especially after the governor defeated Yuan Xiansi for the first time, Yuan Shao began to hunt down the lord's family. In order to avoid Yuan Shao's pursuit, they knew that the lord was prosperous in Xuzhou, but they didn't dare to rush to defect, so they had to flee into the mountains. Three years ago, the lord sent us to look for it, but there was no news, and it was not until half a year ago that we finally found a clue. Now, the lord's family, escorted by the Zhongshan magnates Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, has crossed the river, and the leader of Li Tao left the governor a few days ago to assist them in crossing the river. Please ask the Metropolitan to send someone to help us escort them back safely! β
Tian Fan nodded and said, "The lord's family is too important, although Yuan Shao's strength on the ground in Qingzhou is not strong now, but he can't be careless." In this case, I order Ming to lead a thousand soldiers to assist you in your mission. β