Chapter Twenty-Four: The Beacon Fire
"Drive! Hurry up for me, don't let those credits be snatched away by others, our 300,000 Xiliang Iron Riders are enough to sweep the world! Dong Zhuo shouted loudly and rushed to Jizhou with his subordinates in the starry night. Dong Zhuo's martial arts are good, his strength is unparalleled, he is good at wearing two pairs of quivers, shooting left and right when riding a horse, the only deficiency is that his resourcefulness is a little weak. At this time, I came to Jizhou, one is to attack the three brothers of Zhang Jiao, and the other is to show off my might and grab supplies!
Just when Dong Zhuo was rushing to Jizhou, Zuo Feng, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, came to Lu Zhi's camp to offer condolences! The military academies of all battalions have come up with money to curry favor with him, hoping that he will be able to say a few kind words in front of Emperor Ling!
"Little Yellow Gate Zuo Feng has seen Master Lu" Zuo Feng arched his hand at Lu Zhi, pretending to say, and at the same time secretly looked at Lu Zhi, seeing that Lu Zhi was tall, not smiling, and giving people a righteous and awe-inspiring look, Zuo Feng sighed in his heart, it seems that he can't get money in Lu Zhi this time!
"I don't know what happened to Lord Huangmen?" Lu Zhi glanced at him and said lukewarmly
"Humph! By His Majesty's will, I have come to inspect it! Zuo Feng sneered
"Oh! Really? In that case, Zou Jing took Lord Zuo Shilang to the barracks for a turn! General Ben is busy with military affairs, so he won't entertain! Lu Zhi said coldly
"Please, Lord Zuo!" Zou Jing also sneered,
"Humph!" Zuo Feng snorted coldly, shook his hand and left, secretly hating Lu Zhi in his heart!
"What's that? If it weren't for Your Majesty's face, I would have beheaded you as a gelding! Lu Zhi said angrily
"Adults don't need to be angry with such people, so as not to hurt their hearts, it is more important to break the Yellow Turban Army!" Liu Bei persuaded
"Hmmm! Xuande's words are reasonable", Lu Zhi nodded, and then beckoned to Liu Bei, "Come on, come on, Xuande take a look, where is it better for us to attack next!" ”
"Yes, my lord," Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "My lord, I think we should deal with it with surprise soldiers, at present, the enemy army is overwhelming, gathered in one place, my two brothers have just taken the city, our morale is in full swing, the soldiers should be fast, my lord can lead the troops to contain Guangzong City, I will take my subordinates to make a detour, cut off the connection of Julu Guangzong, and call Zhang Jiao to become a lone army!" ”
"Hmmm! That's a good plan, just do what you say! Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei with great satisfaction
"Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban Army is at your fingertips, but Lu Zhi stopped moving, I ordered Lu Zhi to march in every possible way, but I was humiliated by him, I hope Your Majesty will make the decision for me!" After returning to Luoyang, Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng cried in front of Emperor Ling,
"Your Majesty, it seems that Lu Zhi has been frightened by the Yellow Turban Army and does not dare to attack, I am afraid that if this continues, it will damage Your Majesty's layout!" Zhang Rang also hurriedly spoke, because Lu Zhi didn't give him a good face, and he touched his nose last time. And Lu Zhi is a contemporary Confucian, and many of his disciples have participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban War, if he is allowed to develop and become a force, it will be too much of a threat to his eunuch group, so he took this opportunity to quickly take the black hand.
"Hmph. What a guts! In that case, send someone who can fight! The Spirit Emperor said angrily
"Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo, Marquis of Xiliang, is taking 300,000 elite soldiers to Jizhou to quell the chaos, and he can be ordered to be the commander and lead the war in Jizhou!" Zhang Rang said,
"Hmmm! Quasi-play! Emperor Ling floated out a few words lightly, as if he would swallow his breath if he said one more word.
Just when a conspiracy was in progress, Xu Shu and Zhang He quietly came to Yingchuan with their troops, after all, this is the place Xu Shu is most familiar with.
"Sir, what shall we do next?" Zhang He asked, after a few days of being alone, he admired this Mr. Xu very much, under his suggestion, day and night, along the way did not move a soldier and quietly killed to Yingchuan, in the middle of the stunned to reintegrate all the soldiers, while marching, while training, originally these elite soldiers are all Chengfeng soldiers, are the most elite troops in Changshan, but in the hands of Mr. Xu, after his integration, the combat effectiveness is even higher!
"Hehe, General Zhang, don't worry, we are marching for many days, let the soldiers rest first, and send more soldiers to investigate the situation in various places, only by clearly understanding the enemy and me, can we have a better layout!" Xu Shu said with a smile
"Haha, I've already sent a hundred scouts, I believe there will be news soon, but we don't have much food and grass anymore, do we have to think of a way to raise food?" Zhang He said
"Hehe, there are many big families in Yingchuan, and some of them are caravans. Besides, the roads here extend in all directions, and the transportation of materials in many places has to go from here, so there is no need to worry about the problem of grain and grass! Xu Shu smiled, thought about it and said, "It's just that I didn't expect that He Jin still had capable people under him, and he actually repelled the Yellow Turban Army and brought us to a buffer zone." Xu Shu is also a little helpless, in his strategy, the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou and Dongjun has been decided, but He Jin is the capital division of the town, the elite soldiers are not easy to move, the Yellow Turban in Yingchuan should be the last Yellow Turban Army, but I didn't expect the result to be the opposite, it is really man-made!
"General Zhang, let's wait for the scouts to come back, and then decide! It's better to get some rest! Although the main reason for this is to train the troops, we can't go home empty-handed! Xu Shu said with a smile
"Well, Mr. has a point!" Zhang He also agrees, after all, several other generals have made a name for themselves, and as a latecomer, they still need to establish their own prestige, besides, this time they will lead their own troops out, Chengfeng is full of expectations for himself, and he can't be ashamed of what he says, Changshan is a place of constant victory, and he has not been defeated, so he can't set a precedent!
"Report, general, there is a team of men and horses on the path ahead, there is no flag, I don't know where the soldiers and horses are!" The herald came out of nowhere to report
"yes, got it!" Zhang He said, "Mr. Xu, let's go and have a look!" ”
A few people looked at the slowly moving people in the distance, and it looked like a defeated army. Zhang He couldn't help but wonder, "Mr. Xu, do you think they are the defeated Han army?" ”
"Doesn't it look like it?" Xu Shu said, "If the defeated Han army is defeated, how can there be no flags?" Besides, you see, they don't take the big road, but the small road, and it's very hidden, and if we hadn't picked a hidden place to walk, we wouldn't have found them at all! ”
"Who is that? Could it be the Han army that secretly dispatched? Zhang He said
"It's possible, don't worry, they haven't found us, and then send someone to investigate, trying to find out who is!" Xu Shu said with a smile
"You guys, get closer and investigate," Zhang He commanded, "Remember, be careful, you can't expose our existence, if you can't do it, withdraw it!" Xu Shu hurriedly said
"Yes!" Watching a few people go away, Xu Shu frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy to investigate, you see that they eat cold rice, and they don't make a fire at all, if it's really the Han Army, it's in Yingchuan now, there's no need to be so careful!" ”
"Let's take a look and talk about it, as long as it's not the Han army, it's really not good, we can't" Speaking of this, Zhang He made a killing gesture!
"Hmm!" Xu Shu smiled and nodded in response
"Zhang Shuai, the people we sent out are estimated to have gone deep into the hinterland, as long as they can cut off the grain route of the Yingchuan Han army, then the situation of Na Bo Shuai and them will be much better" A general said to Zhang Mancheng,
"yes!" A few people next to him chimed in, "It's just that we were just attacked by He Jin, and I'm worried that they will come!" A person next to him said, after all, the lesson last time was too big, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's raid disrupted Zhang Mancheng's plan, and the United Family simply dragged themselves down, if they did it again this time, it would be a big game.
"Hehe, He Jin's heavy troops are stationed at the pass, I'm afraid there are not many spare troops, this time I have already set up sentry posts along the way, and it is impossible to repeat the old tricks!" Zhang Mancheng said with a smile
"It's just that we don't have much food and grass!" Another said
"It doesn't matter, Nanyang is mostly a local army, and the combat effectiveness is about the same as ours, and there are a lot of families here, last time we suffered a dark loss, hum, now is the time for us to take revenge, a few of you will each bring 5,000 people, and give me all the family cities near here, and anyone who resists will be killed! Remember, you have to bring me back food! Zhang Mancheng sneered
"Yes, Zhang Shuai!"
"Also, the gates in various places are going to be shown to me, and people must be sent to keep an eye on any small roads and dark passages, I can't ask him to come again!" In the end, Zhang Mancheng ordered viciously, not to mention, He Jin really came again. This time Cao Cao's persuasion was fruitless, He Jin led his troops to sneak in from the path, but was surrounded by Zhang Mancheng and was almost captured alive.
"I regret that I didn't listen to Meng De's words in the first place! Lost all the way in vain! He Jin sighed to Cao Cao
"The general doesn't need to be like this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! Heroes cannot be judged by temporary success or failure! Cao Cao hurriedly said, and at the same time thought to himself, "Don't make trouble, just like you, it's strange to be undefeated, that Zhang Mancheng is not an ordinary person, how can he be defenseless after suffering a loss!" It's good now, after losing 30,000 elites, even if there is another chance, there will be no way to send troops! ”
"Yes, general, the thieves are scheming, this battle is in the hinterland of the thief army, and it is inevitable that there will be losses, as long as we guard these checkpoints, we can trap them on the way to Sanfu, and when the armies from all over the country arrive, destroy them and capture them!" Yuan Shao also hurriedly said
"Well, take strict precautions, and don't send troops easily!" He Jin left a sentence and went to drink with a black face, leaving only Cao Cao and Yuan Shao with a wry smile
"Kill!" Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and the two of them, suddenly killed from behind, Guangzong's Yellow Turban Army was really unexpected, and was caught off guard, Zhang Bao sent out the troops for help was killed by Liu Bei, and only the two cities of Julu Guangzong were still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army in the entire Jizhou, but they were cut off by Liu Bei from the middle and isolated from each other, just when Zhang Bao was about to forcibly send troops to deal with Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo suddenly led an army of 300,000 to arrive, and the elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry showed off its might, and pressed the Yellow Turban Army from the momentum.
"Bastard, why are there 300,000 more elite soldiers!" Even Zhang Bao was very angry!
"Second brother, this Dong Zhuo is here, it may be a good thing for us!" Zhang Liang is rare and not reckless
"A good thing? Third brother, you're not sick, right?" these words almost made Zhang Bao laugh angrily
"Second brother, do you think, they are not monolithic, they will definitely be suspicious of each other, doesn't this give us a chance, and Dong Zhuo's are all cavalry, which is not conducive to attacking the city, coming from afar, we can sneak attack first!" Zhang Liang said as if offering treasures
"Hmph, isn't the cavalry an infantry when they get off their horses? You can't still attack the city! Zhang Bao said angrily
"Are you willing to use cavalry as infantry?" Zhang Liang rolled his eyes and said
"Hmm" Zhang Bao's eyes lit up, his third brother still made some sense. "Yes, yes, I don't think anyone would want to use cavalry as infantry! Haha, if it weren't for the third brother, I really didn't expect it! ”
"In this way, Dong Zhuo has just arrived, he is not familiar with this, and he has brought so many elite soldiers, he must be arrogant and undefended, and he will not go to attack tonight!" Zhang Liang said
"Oh, the third brother knows how to use the art of war! What a happy event! Zhang Bao laughed
"Second brother, don't laugh, that's what I thought, can you take a look?" Zhang Liang scratched his scalp and said
"Okay, why not, you will take 20,000 elite soldiers to rob the camp tonight, remember, don't fall in love with the war, leave after the fight!" Zhang Bao said
"Report, General Digong, General Rengong, Lu Zhi's military camp has changed, it seems that Lu Zhi has pressed into the prisoner car!" Just as the two were discussing, a soldier suddenly came to report.
"What's the situation?" The two looked at each other, could it be that Dong Zhuo was here to seize power? Zhang Bao wondered in his heart, "Third brother, let's go, go and have a look!" "Looking at this, I understand, it turned out that Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng framed Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi was removed from his post and escorted back to Luoyang.
"Haha, great, God helps, third brother, quickly go to order troops, take advantage of their unstable morale, let's go to the camp together tonight." Zhang Bao was overjoyed
"Okay, I'll go!" Zhang Liang walked out happily.
"I'm so!" Liu Bei's military camp, Zhang Fei has been going back and forth several times, and Guan Yu's head is big when he sees it, "I said third brother, I will be dizzy if you turn around again!" In the end, Guan Yu couldn't help it and said to Zhang Fei
"Second brother, depending on me, let's just rob the prisoner car and let Master Lu go!" This horde of thieves kills talents! Zhang Fei said hatefully
"Third brother, no!" Liu Bei hurriedly said, "Although someone has framed it, this is Your Majesty's will after all!" If we hijack the prisoner's car without permission, then not only will we not be able to save General Lu, but we will kill him! ”
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what the hell is going to be?" Zhang Feihuan's eyes widened, he really looked like a leopard!
"Big brother, if you don't do this, let's go to my General Zhu Jun and the others and see what they can do!" Guan Yu thought for a while and said
"Well, but I'm afraid that as soon as we leave, there will be changes in the war in Jizhou!" Liu Bei frowned
"Hehe, it's okay, Dong Zhuo brought 300,000 Xiliang Iron Horses, it's not so easy to deal with, besides, there are still great gods in Jizhou who haven't moved!" Guan Yu said with a smile
"Great God? What great god? Liu Bei was stunned
"Changshan is too guarded," Guan Yu said with a smile
"Haha, yes, I forgot if the second brother didn't say it!" Zhang Fei laughed, and then urged, "Let's go, big brother, hurry up and think of saving Lord Lu, if you go late, you will be delayed!" ”
"Let's go" Guan Yu also urged, as for Jizhou, the two of them are not worried at all, although Chengfeng has not made a move, but they all know in their hearts that as long as he is there, Jizhou will be fine.
That night, the moon and stars were scarce, the wildflowers on the roadside exuded fragrance, and a team of people and horses quietly walked out of Guangzong City, "Give me a quiet ha, it will be a while, look at my signal, set fire to the arson, rob the camp of the camp, and carry the gongs and drums to give me a beating of life!" In short, in a word, as much movement as possible can be made. And I took everything I could take, and burned everything I couldn't! Zhang Liang commanded
"General Rengong, isn't this robbery camp all quiet?" A pro-soldier was puzzled
"Gua Wazi, pig brains? How many people can we kill? The opposite side is full of cavalry, the bigger we move, the more chaotic they will be, when the time comes, give me long eyes, look at it, don't be trampled to death by the war horse! Zhang Liang said with a smile
"Haha, don't worry, general!" Humane
"Let's go! Hurry up! Don't make a noise on the road! Zhang Liang admonished
Dong Zhuo was drinking wine in the barracks, he just arrived today, Lu Zhi happened to be dismissed, this has not yet gained a firm foothold, he has become the highest military commander of the Jizhou Theater in a blink of an eye, thinking that this is happy, "Hahahaha, as soon as Lu Zhi leaves, no one will be able to control me, Guo Yan Zhang Ji, you go and call Li Ru and Li Dao, accompany me for a few drinks, let's discuss how to gain a foothold in Jizhou!" Dong Zhuo said to the two generals around him
"Yes! Lord! After saying that, the two hurriedly walked out, and after a while, four people came back, several people ate and drank, discussing what would happen after defeating the Yellow Turban Army, but they didn't expect that the people who were bound to be defeated in their eyes had quietly rushed out of the camp.
"It's all drying me up! Kill! Zhang Liang roared, 20,000 elite soldiers silently killed in, as soon as they arrived at the camp, they were immediately noisy with gongs and drums, shouting in unison, it was really a boiling of life in all directions, Xiliangjun had just fallen asleep, and was suddenly awakened, there were shouts and killings everywhere, gongs and drums, plus it was a newcomer, not familiar with the terrain at all, one by one like headless flies, scurrying around.
"What sound" Dong Zhuo and the others woke up in fright, and the camp was broken with a bang, "General, someone has robbed the camp!" As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow swooped in, hitting the back of the herald's head, which startled several people!
"Quick! Come on! Dong Zhuo was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't care about wearing armor, ran out with weapons and a few people, and ran away when he found a horse! The rest of the army was in a mess, Zhang Liang found a place to store grain, and a fire burned to the ground, the fire lit up the entire night sky, and this raging fire could be seen everywhere in Jizhou. Xiliang Tie's men and horses were all in a mess, most of them were trampled to death by their horses in panic, and the entire military camp was filled with wails.
"Kill me, hurry!" Zhang Liang shouted loudly, waving torches and setting fires everywhere as he spoke, "It's so cool! Ha ha. I'll take my brothers and follow me to hunt down Dong Zhuo."
"General, how do you know he's gone?"
"Hmph, we all rushed to the Chinese army, we haven't seen anyone yet, we must have run away. Take advantage of the chaos and tell the soldiers to hurry up and get something. Withdraw in a moment, or by the time they come to their senses, we'll be meat on the chopping block! ”
"Yes! Checkmate! ”
"Kill! Capture Dong Zhuo alive and reward a thousand gold! Everyone shouted while chasing and killing Dong Zhuo, which frightened Dong Zhuo and didn't know what to do.
"Li Ru, what do you think of this?" There is really no way, Dong Zhuo asked like his son-in-law
"The general does not need to panic!" After running for a while, the cool breeze blew, and Li Ru also came to his senses, "The Yellow Turban Army robbed the camp, there won't be too many people!" The main thing is that the army is in disarray, and the war horses are frightened, and they will not be able to lead the army for a while! ”
"I know this, what I want to ask is what now?" Dong Zhuo looked at the pursuers behind him, how is the army, Dong Zhuo hasn't taken it to heart yet, and now the chasing soldiers behind the butt are the key.
"The Yellow Turban Army is mostly ordinary people! I didn't have much training. I'll be able to kill it later! Guo Yan said
"Yes! Checkmate! Let's kill back! Several people persuaded
"Good!" Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and said in the end, mainly because he couldn't escape anymore, "Let our family also meet this general!" Seeing Zhang Liang's banner, Dong Zhuo knew who his opponent was this time!
"Kill it!" The two sides were red-eyed and rushed forward together. After all, these people are generals who have experienced a hundred battles, and the Yellow Turban Army, which kills them as soon as they fight, is losing and retreating!
"Resist me and trap them, even if you take people, you have to pile him to death for me!" Zhang Liang yelled, and at the same time sighed a little in his heart, "These elite soldiers are still not good, they still need training!" ”