One of them was in charge of the army and the other was in charge of the navy, and after receiving the order, they hurried to the palace to discuss matters, and soon after, they left in a hurry.

Soochow began an operation to clean up the bandits. The two generals each brought 50,000 soldiers and horses to the coastal area under the order to start patrolling, but the bandit murder incidents one after another, did not stop, but also had the intention of advancing to the inland of Jiangdong, but the two generals were busy for a long time, and indeed did not even catch a ghost shadow, but the grain and grass in the rear were burned.

"Bastard, what are you all doing to eat, you didn't send heavy troops for such an important thing as food and grass, but only sent a thousand people to guard it, and you did this kind of stupid thing." Hearing that his subordinates came to report that the grain and grass had been burned, General Cheng Pu was very angry and angrily reprimanded his generals in the big tent.

Cheng Pu was so angry that the generals below all bowed their heads and didn't say anything. Of course, they knew the importance of grain and grass in their hearts, but Cheng Pu urged him tightly, and he couldn't find the whereabouts of the bandits, so he sent all the manpower out.

When Cheng Pu's anger was still very great, suddenly the big tent was lifted, and a herald entered outside the door and knelt on the ground and said: "General Bao, the scout found the figure of the bandit in Chenjia Village, thirty miles away. ”

"What? How many people are there? As soon as he heard the news of the bandits, Cheng Pu was overjoyed, and asked excitedly when he stood up.

"About a thousand or so." The herald replied again.

"A thousand? It's not much, but destroying them will take a sip of my heart. Cheng Pu had a smile on his face after hearing this. Someone, 5,000 soldiers, set off with me. ”

Cheng Pu has been really angry with these bandits for a while, and now that he suddenly got the news, he wanted to go in person.

"General, it's just a thousand bandits, so I'd better wait." An adjutant general tried to stop General Cheng Pu.

"No, you also said it, there are only a thousand pirates, what can I do? Only 5,000 cavalry is needed to solve the problem, so you should go and raise food and grass first. Cheng Pu waved his hand indifferently, and then strode out of the camp in his battle armor.

Cheng Pu took 5,000 horsemen to Chenjia Village, which was thirty miles away, but he really didn't know that in the woods outside Chenjia Village, there were indeed nearly 10,000 pirates focused, and they were waiting for someone to enter the trap.

Among the 10,000 pirates, the leader was a handsome man with a red turban. If Cheng Pu was here at the moment, he would definitely be able to recognize that this person was Yu Ban, the once famous general of the Wei State. At the same time, he is also one of the famous five good generals in history.

Because of the appearance of Zhang Chao, the so-called five good generals disappeared in the long river of history before they could emerge, and Yu Ban naturally did not have much room to exert his ability, until Cao Cao died, and he left with the eldest son Cao Ang, which was completely reused, and now he is one of the so-called bandit leaders.

It is said that it is one because there is also an important part of the composition of the pirates, which is the soldiers of Yamato.

The so-called Yamato Kingdom is the small Japanese country in Zhang Chao's eyes, they live on several inland islands, multiply, and begin to build their own country.

It's just that at that time, due to the backwardness of civilization, the Yamato Kingdom was still inconspicuous, and at the moment they were experiencing a transition period from the late Yayoi culture to the early Kofun period.

Because they are located in a different place, although their development is slow, the possibility of war is also extremely low, so they have some population after years of development. And this time, after Cao Ang was forced to leave the Central Plains, he went to Yamato and the country, and with the five thousand elite families he brought with him, he got in touch with the five kings of the tribe there, and finally the two reached a so-called alliance.

After the alliance was established, Cao Ang suggested that the five kings of the Japanese could send troops to Jiangdong from Haidao, and said how rich it was.

In this way, the five kings of the Japanese were moved, and there was the current theory of pirates. And Yu Ban was ordered by Cao Ang to lead the army to deal with the Eastern Wu army.

He had long known from the secret agents who left behind that the Eastern Wu army was jointly waging war against Shu with the Celestial Empire, so Yu Ban was ordered by Cao Ang to bring 50,000 soldiers to the land of China with 50,000 soldiers with the general Kimura Baitian under the Five Kings of Wa.

Returning here this time, Yu Ban was naturally full of feelings. And in his bones, he didn't want to deal with his brother with other races, but Cao Ang Gongzi said that Eastern Wu was united with the Celestial Empire, and he should be punished for this, so he took 10,000 soldiers to burn the grain and grass of Cheng Pu's army first, and then set up an ambush here.

just sent a thousand soldiers to appear in Chenjia Village, which was originally a fool's own, in order to lure the Eastern Wu army to come, but he didn't expect that it was Cheng Pu, a veteran of Eastern Wu, who came, and this person only brought 5,000 cavalry.

This is definitely an opportunity for Ban, if he can kill Cheng Pu, it will definitely cause a sensation, so that his reputation will be spread, and it can also disturb the military morale of the Eastern Wu army.

"Tell the soldiers, be ready, and once the target enters the encirclement, fight quickly." Yu Ban immediately said decisively, and then began to wipe the spear in his hand.

How did Cheng Pu know that this was a trap for himself?

Relying on the fact that there were 5,000 cavalry behind him, relying on the fact that this was the territory of Dongwu, he came all the way, and he didn't even send a scout, but he just wanted to rush to Chenjia Village as soon as possible and kill all the bandits here, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Because of the rash advance of the light troops, the encirclement set up by Yu Ban was not noticed at all, and after he came to Chenjia Village with the cavalry army, suddenly a huge flame began to burn around here, trapping the cavalry in the village.

Of the 5,000 cavalry, not all entered the village, and 3,000 men remained outside to target the pirates. I never thought that they were indeed the ones who were surrounded.

Seeing the fire in the village, everyone was anxious, so they wanted to enter and save it, but the big flame flame was not something that human beings could break into. At this moment, there was also the sound of bows and arrows attacking outside, and Yu Ban began to attack with rockets with his soldiers.

The three thousand cavalry, without the command of the general, were immediately in chaos, so that they did not fight with Yu Ban at all, and fled one after another, leaving only corpses in one place.

In the battle of Chenjia Village, Yu Ban easily succeeded, killing more than 2,000 Eastern Wu soldiers, including General Cheng Pu, who was besieged in the village and burned alive.

The veteran Cheng Pu was burned to death like this, and when the news came back, Sun Jian, the king of Wu, almost fainted.

"Quick, Doctor Chuan, and Master Zhang Zhao will enter the mansion immediately." Mrs. Sun saw that her husband was pale and weak, and she was anxious, so she hurriedly commanded.

It didn't take long for the doctor to enter the palace, and Sun Jian was just angry and angry, which was no big deal, but for a while, he could only be bedridden and couldn't preside over any major military and political affairs. Fortunately, Zhang Zhao also entered the mansion and met Mrs. Sun.

"Master Zhang, how is this good. Now Ce'er and Quan Er are fighting against Shu in front, and such a thing has indeed happened in the rear, and the king is lying on the hospital bed again, please give me an idea. As soon as Mrs. Sun saw Zhang Zhao, she said anxiously, in her opinion, the old minister Zhang Zhao has a calm heart, and now he should be of great use.

"Madame don't need to worry, this matter is not difficult to solve, but I just don't know if the king agrees with the old minister's approach." Zhang Zhao said with an unhurried look.

"Master Zhang has a way to come as soon as possible, as for the king, I will talk about anything there." Mrs. Sun was still anxious.

"Okay, that's the case, we just need to report the matter to the Celestial Empire and ask them to send troops to help, so that the trouble can be eliminated. But..."Zhang Zhao didn't say what he said next, after all, this was a plan to drive the wolf and lead the tiger.

"But what, Lord Zhang, please say, forgive you for your innocence." Mrs. Sun has been by Sun Jian's side for many years, and she also has some understanding of political affairs, but she also shows a certain courage and ability at critical times.

"Yes. Mrs. Xie forgives her sins. We can invite the army of the Celestial Empire, but in this way, I am afraid that their army will have a legitimate reason to enter the Eastern Wu, and I am afraid that it will be very difficult to let them leave in the future. Zhang Zhao expressed the worry in his heart. Although he accepted the gift from Zhang Chao, he was the minister of Dongwu after all, and he still had to put Dongwu first in case of trouble.

Hearing Zhang Zhao's words, Mrs. Sun first took a long breath, and after a while, she exhaled and said, "Even if the army of the Celestial Empire can solve the problem, just invite them to come." Hehe, when it comes to whether they will go out in the future, even if we even gave our daughter to the First Emperor, it must be theirs sooner or later. ”

Mrs. Sun said this, which was tantamount to acquiescing to the fact that Eastern Wu was going to be annexed by the Celestial Empire, Zhang Zhao heard it, and knew how to do it, and immediately replied: "Even if Mrs. has an order, Zhao will do it immediately." ”

Zhang Zhao left, and soon after, a letter asking for help was sent to Shuangxu of the Fifth Army, which was closer to Soochow.

After seeing the letter, the corps commander Xu Huang and the military advisor Xu Shu both thought that this was a suitable opportunity to enter the Eastern Wu, and immediately ordered someone to report the matter to the top, and began to make preparations for the army.

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Jinyang City.

On the Zhengyang Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhang Chao was looking at the letter of help from Dongwu that was sent by the Fifth Army Corps.

Regarding the appearance of bandits in the land of Dongwu, Zhang Chao naturally knew from Tianyan's mouth that he did not face it at first, after all, as soon as bandits are said to be everywhere, they also exist in the Celestial Empire, and it takes a certain amount of energy to solve these locks every year.

And now that Soochow is asking for help because of this, he should look at it separately.

"It seems that these bandits are not simple, they can burn the old general Cheng Pu, how can they be idle." Looking at the letter sent by Dongwu, Zhang Chao snorted coldly.