Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 362 An Eventful Winter
The following days passed quickly in a busy manner.

Autumn went to the east, and Doubing returned to Yin. When Wang Zheng returned to Xiapi from outside the county again, he calculated with his fingers that the second year of Xingping had come to an end.

It's only half a month away from New Year's Day,

This is the third Spring Festival since Wang Zheng traveled, but it is the first New Year for the new Xuzhou government. Everyone, regardless of civil or military, proposed to hold a special event.

Wang Zheng also understood the feelings of his subordinates. At the end of last year, the Heavenly Army was coming from Qingzhou to Xuzhou. That time, New Year's Day was spent in Yunting, the northernmost place in Xuzhou.

But now after a year of fighting, Xuzhou has finally been conquered and has its own territory. Even compared to the neighboring states, whether the war is raging so far, or the natural disasters have caused a great famine, it is a rare peace and prosperity, which can be said to be incomparable. More than enough.

Looking back on the past, it is human nature to be proud and satisfied in the heart, so Wang Zheng also readily agreed to everyone's suggestions.

Of course, the territory of the five counties is really not small, especially Taishan County in Yanzhou, which has a lot of trivial things to deal with. While busy with the matter of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, on this day, messengers came from three sides.

News of Mi Fang and Gu Jian came from the north.

The west side comes from Zhang Zhao who is still in Wu County.

As for the south, it is Zhao Hong's letterhead.

After killing Yuan Yin, Li Ren and others will return to Yangzhou. Although Wang Zheng felt that Yuan Shu would probably not mobilize troops in the short term, he still made preparations just in case. Four Wings focused on the south and sent Pan Zhang and The elite stationed, but seeing that Yuan Shu hadn't moved at the end of the year, after thinking about it for a while, taking advantage of the reason of welcoming the new year, and on the surface, the two sides are still allies, he arranged for Zhao Hong to go to give gifts and greetings, and to check the other side's tone.

This time he naturally didn't dare to send Mi Heng again, even though the two countries are at war and they don't want to beheaded, what if there is an emergency?
Although Mi Heng has some shortcomings, after all, he is still the only counselor who has entered the system.

And Zhao Hong sent back a reply letter from Yuan Shu. Looking at it, apart from words such as congratulations on the New Year's Eve, it was his opinion on Yuan Yin's matter. There were many words in it.

Good kill, wonderful kill!More imperial bandits will get rid of the chief culprit for this Marquis!

Along with the letter came several large boxes of gifts, some of which were in return, and the other part was sent to Xudu by Wang Zheng to congratulate the emperor.

This made Wang Zheng startled, and immediately frowned.

Although Yangzhou is far away from Xudu, there is a direct waterway, and there is no need to pass through Xiapi. Yuan Shu's actions are clearly worried that the explanation and return of gifts in the letter will not make Wang Zheng feel at ease, and he still wants to make a statement like a superfluous one, to show that he is taking Wang Zheng as his own. Watch it from your own family.

the skeleton king
Wang Zheng shook his head, and looked at Zhang Zhao again.

Speaking of which, if it wasn't for the reminder from this letter, Wang Zheng would almost have forgotten about it. Picking up the letterhead at this moment, he pondered for a while. Zhang Zhao must have been in Wu County for nearly two months, right?what's the situation?
After reading the contents of the letter, Wang Zheng was stunned for a while.

He thought something was wrong, according to this meaning, it was because the "tiger girl" was in a mood?

Of course, in addition to explaining the reason for the delay in this matter, Zhang Zhaoxin also stated that just a few days ago, the young lady finally nodded in agreement, and now she and Lu Bu's messenger have set foot on the way back to Xiapi.

Finally, there is news from the north.

During this period of time, Mi Fang has arranged for several batches of heavenly troops to go to Beihai. With the help of Nei Ying, most of them have successfully mixed into the Beihai Navy under Kong Rong's command. The latest battle between Yuan Yin and Tian Kai.

Not long ago, Yuan Tan defeated Tian Kai again, and even conquered seven cities in half a month, and completely captured Le'an County. Tian Kai has now retreated to Linzi, Qi County.

How long is this.
After reading the letter, Wang Zheng Fu sighed deeply, the governor of Qingzhou is too useless, according to this situation, if it is not for the severe winter, which is not conducive to attacking the city, I am afraid that the other party will not be able to survive this year.

Naturally, Wang Zheng didn't know, if he hadn't come across, he made trouble in Linzi last year, causing Cao Cao to lose the control of Qi County, which gave Tian Kai a way out. In the original history, Tian Kai was also losing Le'an In the case of the county, because there was no way out, he fled back to Youzhou before the end of this year.

I can only hope that the other party will persist for a while, Wang Zheng thought to himself, even if he wants to send troops to help at this time, it is too late.

As for the ancient sword, this trip to the north is also to make advance preparations for next year's attack on the North Sea.

If it is said that Mi Fang is busy in the temple and is responsible for installing internal support under Kong Rong's command, then the ancient sword of Zhang Rao's direct line is swimming in the rivers and lakes to contact the forces of the people in Beihai.

To put it bluntly, it was the Yellow Turban bandits from Beihai.

Gu Jian also lived up to expectations, the messenger he sent back did not bring back any letterhead, but brought two people instead.

One is Guan Cheng and the other is Sun Xia.

Guan Cheng is a native of Changguang County, Donglai County, Qingzhou. His family has been pirates for generations. His father gathered more than [-] people in Qingzhou to respond to the first Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then followed Zhang Rao to launch the second Qingzhou Uprising. As a result, he died at the hands of Xia Houyuan, a general under Cao Cao's command, and later Guan Cheng mixed with Guan Hai. As a result, the second boss was killed by Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu when he surrounded Kong Rong.

In the original history, Guan Chengsuan was the most tenacious yellow scarf bandit. Until the 11th year of Jian'an, he kept jumping around and making noises in the rear from time to time, which completely angered Cao Cao. He led the army to Chunyu County of Beihai State, and sent three generals Le Jin, Li Dian, and Zhang He to attack at the same time.

Under such circumstances, Guan Cheng had no fear, not only fought fiercely with several good generals in Changguang County, but even if he was defeated, he escaped smoothly, which can be said to be very strong.

As for Sun Xia, he was originally a subordinate of Nanyang Yellow Turban Army Han Zhong. After the death of his old master, Sun Xia succeeded him as Qu Commander and guarded Wancheng. He was defeated by Zhu Jun and fled to Qingzhou.

These two people are also the two leaders of the Yellow Turban bandits scattered around Beihai after Guan Hai's death, one is a bandit and the other is a sea bandit.

"I have seen General Tiangong."

Being brought to the hall by the soldiers, Guan Cheng and Sun Xia immediately gave a big gift in unison, even though the titles of monarchs and ministers have not been determined yet.

Their respectful respect comes from the heart.

Although Wang Zheng is young, his achievements are really great. Not only is the territory large, but also the number of soldiers and horses is unmatched among the Yellow Turbans in the world (Zhang Yan, who was originally the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, was able to overwhelm Wang Zheng in terms of soldiers and horses. He has millions of people under his command, but after being defeated by Yuan Shao, his current momentum has dropped a lot), the most important thing is his brilliant record.

Guan Cheng suffered losses from Cao Cao and Liu Bei successively, and Sun Xia was almost overwhelmed by the regular army of the princes. The two had hatred and fear for the officers and soldiers. The enemy, however, has been defeated by Wang Zheng one after another. If there was a chance of a little luck in conquering Linzi in Qingzhou before, after this year's battle, not only will no one in the world dare to underestimate Wang Zheng, but They are fellow yellow turbans from all walks of life, and they are also convinced of this young man who says "Zhang Jiao is reincarnated".

"Please come up, both of you." Wang Zheng said with a pleasant face, "We are all of the same kind, so there is no need to be so formal."

"Thank you, General."

While ordering refreshments, Wang Zheng signaled the two to sit down, and said solemnly: "Ming people don't talk dark words, I thought you two are straightforward, so I got straight to the point."

"In the past year, thanks to Huang Tian's protection, brother Lai worked bravely, and managed to make a fortune in Xuzhou. However, in recent days, I feel homesick."

As he spoke, Wang Zheng paused, recalling what was said in the letter, he couldn't help but look at Sun Xia first: "According to what Gu Jian said, Shuai Qu is originally from Nanyang?"

"General, please don't call me like that." Sun Xia said with trepidation: "In front of the general, there is no such thing as a handsome man. If the general doesn't dislike him, he can just call me grandson."

"General, I am indeed from Nanyang, Jingzhou, and I came to Beihai to avoid disaster."

"Oh." Wang Zheng nodded: "Brother Sun must be the same as this general. In recent years, he seldom goes back to his hometown. He must have a heart of missing his homeland."

Sun Xia was honest, when he heard this, his eyes turned red, he nodded repeatedly and said: "The wanderer naturally wants to return."

"That's right." Wang Zheng clapped his hands and said in agreement, "You two must also know that this general and his brothers are from Qingzhou. Therefore, I intend to return to Qingzhou next year."

"Of course, I don't plan to go back this time!"

Looking at Sun Xia and Sun Xia, Wang Zheng paused and said: "Will you two help me?"

Qingzhou, Le'an County, and the north bank of Zishui.

Yuan army camp.

"Not to mention that Tian Kai burned several ferry crossings on the Huitong River, but the sentry from the front came to report that the Beizhongju and Dong'anping counties were completely deserted, and the nearby villages were completely burned."

A young general in his 30s and [-]s, with a crown of feathers and a brocade armor, while drawing the maps on the table with a pen, smiled mockingly: "It's clearly a strong wall to clear the country. This is to gather troops in Linzi. Jiancheng wants to stand in a stalemate with our army."

"It's a pity that it's too late to wake up!" The young general sneered again and again: "If he thought of this when he was in Linji City that day, he would really have caused us a lot of trouble."

This remark immediately caused a burst of laughter.

This young general is naturally Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, the most powerful Marquis in the world today, and everyone can understand the meaning of these words as soon as they hear them.

Linji City is the county seat of Le'an County, and it was also Tian Kai's former headquarters. If Tian Kai had made such a decision at that time, it would have cost them a lot of effort.

But this Linzi is different.

Everyone knew that this place was Cao Cao's sphere of influence before. Although Tian Kai was named Qingzhou Inspector, he didn't have much foundation here. It would be a foolish move to rely on Linzi's tenacious resistance.

"Everyone, Tian Kai is completely panicked now." Looking around at the people in the tent, the young man's face was full of vigor and vigor, his consecutive victories had made him extremely confident: "It's time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it!"

As a result, before the expected crowd echoed, someone hastily called out: "No!"

"Using troops at the end of the year is not appropriate at all, let alone a hard battle like siege, the weather is unfavorable, and it is a taboo for military strategists!"

Don't worry, he had some ominous premonitions from the beginning of his career in Simpi, and now he understands it completely. Yuan Tan is thinking of going down in one fell swoop, so he quickly bowed and said, "My lord, don't forget your lord's instructions."

When Yuan Shao joined forces with Xian Yufu to attack Gongsun Zan, he divided his troops into two groups, with Yuan Tan as his commander to conquer Qingzhou. If you can't follow each other, you can fight against each other, and when I pacify the whole territory of Youzhou, and then the army gathers up Qingzhou, I can fight down."

Hearing this, Yuan Tan was displeased, and his expression sank immediately, showing a tough and resolute expression: "George, you are too cautious."

"The so-called soldiers are impermanent, and the water is impermanent. Although the cold winter has all kinds of inconveniences, the enemy also did not expect us to launch at this time, and it was just a surprise. What's more, now that the new defeat, Tian Kaiben's army is in a state of excitement. Linzi It’s a newly attached city again, and people’s hearts are unstable.”

For a young man who is full of vigor and is thinking of making great achievements and establishing prestige, Yuan Tan has long forgotten Yuan Shao's last two sentences.

And with consecutive victories, most of his original fear of his father dissipated.

"If you go straight to the city and spread out your battles, you will be able to crush people's hearts and win in one fell swoop!"

"Tian Kai has been with Gongsun Zan to fight against the Hu Yi for a long time. He is a veteran general. If he stands firm, he will definitely step up his defenses."

Xin Pi said anxiously: "What's more, there are many rivers to go to Linzi from here. If the enemy's sentry cavalry detects it, lay an ambush in advance, and attack it halfway, our army will be defeated."

"Besides, since the other side has burned down villages and ferries, private ships will not be spared. We may not be enough to collect temporarily."

Hearing this, Yuan Tan was startled.

Although he was young, he also had the experience of going out with his father for many years. He was not ignorant of soldiers, so he naturally knew that what Simpi said was reasonable, so he remained silent for a while.

At this moment, one person came out with a long smile, and said in a loud voice: "Although Xin Zuozhi's words are reasonable, he has lost his spirit. I have a plan, which will definitely make Tian Kai collapse and be out of control."

Yuan Tan raised his head when he heard the words, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "Does Guo Jijiu have a good plan?"

It turned out that the speaker's surname was Guo Mingtu, who was in the army at that time offering sacrifices to wine.

"Young Master." Guo Tu walked forward slowly while stroking the thin beard under his lips, cupped his hands and said, "Tian Kai misjudged the strength of our army and lost Le'an in the first battle. Linzi, there must still be lingering fears."

He walked into the case, pointed at the map with slightly squinted eyes, and said: "It must be a rare move in his haste to make a decision and deal with it with a strong wall and clear the country. The number of guards deployed in these rivers must be limited. It's even more frightening."

"A large group of people crossing the river can't hide it, but they can arrange hundreds of light cavalry to flow down the river in batches at night and sneak into Linzi quietly!"

"Guo Jijiu" Yuan Tan's heart moved when he heard the words: "What do you mean?"

Even with a few hundred troops, even an ordinary city might not be able to capture it, let alone such a well-known fortified city as Linzi, one of the five capitals of the Han Dynasty?

"In today's world, who doesn't know that Gongsun Zan is about to die?"

"In Linzi, Tian Kai is also a guest, so he may not know it well in a short time." Guo Tu laughed: "We can pretend to be the prestige of Mu Huhu in the prefecture, first counteract the aristocratic family in the city, and then use their power to first obtain the command of Linzi's city gate. "

"Winter is here, and the weather is getting colder. When the river freezes, it's not far away. It's easy to cross!"

"At that time, it is expected that the time is ripe"

Speaking of this, Guo Tu smiled confidently: "When the eldest son is approaching the city, he can surrender without fighting!"

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Tan clapped his hands and laughed loudly:

"Wonderful."

"It's a plan to sacrifice wine!"

(End of this chapter)