Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 600

In Qu'a city.

It was just the rising of the sun, and the sun was shining on the clouds, and the sky showed a bright agate red color, which dazzled the entire city and the mountains and rivers far and near.

The cool morning breeze carries the breath of the wild, rolling up the city and rushing towards the nostrils.In ordinary times, this must make people feel relaxed and happy, and they will not feel refreshed.But at this time, looking down at the city, most of the guards on the city are ashen-faced, and some of them are even timid.

But yesterday it was still empty outside the city, but tonight, countless camps have sprung up on the flat ground, with banners like forests, endlessly.From time to time, scouts and scouts come in or out, galloping like flying.

Quan Rou also stayed up all night like Wang Zheng.

It's just that the status of the two of them is different, the situation is also different, and the things they worry about are quite different.One is that the situation is very good, the passion is surging, and he has already set his sights elsewhere, and the other is worried about the city defense, tossing and turning.

Leading a hundred guards to inspect the top of the city, Quan Rou turned into the shed, followed by five or six people, and sat down separately, Quan Rou asked: "Is there any reply from the messenger sent last night?"

Last night, not long after Wei Yan and Gu Jian retreated, Quan Rou sent three or four messengers to Wu County to ask Cheng Pu for help, but without exception, no one has heard back.

"General, the thieves have set up an army of horses behind our city."

A person on the left replied: "The reason why the messenger sent by our army out of the city did not respond is probably because he failed to break through the blockade. The last general came from the west of the city. The yellow turban bandit who sent the messenger held up a banner high up. The last general sent a scout to look at it, but he saw the word "ancient" written on it."

"An officer with the surname Gu?"

Quan Rou frowned. This surname has always been extremely rare, and it is definitely not from a noble family. After thinking for a while, she had no impression, and asked, "Among the Yellow Turban bandit army, is there any general whose surname is Gu?"

Another person replied: "It should be the Qingzhou thief's ancient sword."

"Ancient sword?"

"This person was originally the direct descendant of Zhang Rao, commander of the Yellow Turban Qu. During the Zhongping period, Zhang Rao led his people to surrender to the king, and the ancient sword was also attached to him. This person is not very old, and he is not a general of Zhao County, so he is not as good as Wu in the early stage. Sheng, Xu Fang and others are famous, but in fact they are also very brave. Not long after joining the army, they were appreciated by the king and entrusted with a heavy responsibility to guard the north of Ying County. , known to the world."

The speaker's name is Wang Xiu, who is from Beihai, Qingzhou. He was originally the master book under Kong Rong's account. After conquering Beihai, even though he was from the same village and had the same surname, Wang Xiu despised him very much. Therefore, he did not choose to join the king's government, nor did he seek refuge with Yuan Tan. Instead, he went south by boat and became Sun Ce.

It was also because of this that Wang Xiu was very familiar with Wang Zheng and the generals under his command, so he added a sentence: "In addition, the ax-wielding general yesterday is vaguely familiar to me, it seems to be Jiang Qi, a famous general in Hebei."

"Jiang Qi? Yuan Shao's general?" Hearing this, Quan Rou was startled: "You mean, the enemy's attack on the city this time was the joint effort of Wang Zheng and the Jizhou Army?"

If the Jizhou people also participate, then the opponent's soldiers and horses must be sufficient, and it will be more difficult to break through.

Wang Xiu nodded slightly: "It should be so."

"The king thief is really treacherous!"

Quan Rou was filled with anger, couldn't help but blurted out and scolded: "Not to mention the important matter of my family's marriage, it's really abominable to collude with Yuan Shao's troops and send troops to attack the West!"

Before launching the offensive, Wang Zheng arranged in advance for Mi Fang to lead the Ben Ming Division to set up a detailed operation in Qu'a City. He can do the first grade of junior high school, and others can do the fifteenth grade. Cheng Pu had already arranged a secret job in Shouchun, and a general like Quan Rou knew about some major events during this period.

It was precisely because of this that when Dan Tu was attacked, Quan Rou just mistrusted people's words and really thought it was just a group of thieves. If it was normal, he would have suspected that Xuzhou Iron Cavalry had come to the west for the first time.

"The king's thief is treacherous, and the world knows it. If it weren't for this, how could this fellow be able to get what he is today with a humble body?" A general on the right side of the seat said: "However, our army was not prepared, and this time it was finally caught by other tricks. Now that the army of thieves is pressing down on the border, and has cut off our army's foreign aid, general, do you plan to send out?"

The person who asked the question was Xu Sheng, originally from Langya, when Wang Zheng invaded Xuzhou, he fled to Wu County to avoid war, so he also hated him very much.

Quan Rou pondered for a while, then slowly said: "The Yellow Turban bandits have cut off the road, and it is the beginning of the new year, and there are many trivial matters. General Cheng may not notice the abnormality in a short time, but the Yellow Turban Bandit bandits are coming, and they are very powerful. The invitation of hundreds of miles away, you will know sooner or later, it can be as short as three days, and as long as seven days, if you are aware of it, maybe you will send reinforcements."

"The current situation is like this, there is no other way. To ask the general's countermeasure, there is only one word."

All the generals said together: "Dare to ask the general, which word is it?"

"Shou!"

"Shou?"

"Stick to the city and wait for reinforcements. There is a lot of food in my city, enough to supply the three armies with food for several months. Besides, Qu'a city is strong, although there are many yellow turban bandits, our army is also large in number. It is expected that it will be difficult to quickly Ke. As long as we can hold on for ten and a half months, reinforcements from General Cheng will surely arrive!"

Looking at the crowd, Quan Rou said solemnly: "When the reinforcements arrive, the defenders and reinforcements in our city will respond at the same time, and it will become a pincer attack!"

Although Quan Rou was very annoyed at being duped by Wang Zheng, she still showed a confident look towards the city defenders.

It's a pity whether he really thought so, or pretending to be calm, it was hard for the generals to judge for a while. After looking at each other for a while, Wang Xiu coughed dryly and said slowly: "The general's plan is indeed a clever plan."

"But since the thieves can think of joining forces with the Jizhou army and intercepting our army's messengers, then the riverside ferry will not be missed, right? If so, the reinforcements from Wu County can be ready in three or two days, and if they want to cross the river, they may not be able to cross the river." Quite doubtful."

The reason why Qu'a is important is that there is the Yangtze River in the front and Taihu Lake in the back. Only by taking Qu'a and its ferry outside the city can it be possible to attack Wu County, the seat of Wu County. The successful crossing of the river not only overcomes the natural danger of the Yangtze River and encircles Qu'e, but also preemptively occupies the ferry outside the city at this time. Then when reinforcements are coming, the river diverted from Taihu Lake will become their dangerous obstacle.

"Why did Wang Sima say that?" Quan Rou said in displeasure, "I admit that Wang Thief's army is different from other yellow scarves, it is indeed quite brave, but how can I compete with my Wu land man in the water battle?"

"So what if we occupy the ferry? Can it stop General Cheng Pu's reinforcements?"

Seeing that Quan Rou was angry, Xu Sheng, Wang Xiu and the others dared not argue with him anymore, they all said: "What the general said is true."

Wang Xiu is different from other people in the field, he is a Confucian scholar, he has served as the chief secretary, meritorious service officer, and even the county magistrate, he can be called both civil and military, after everyone answered in unison, after careful consideration, he still opened his mouth and said: " General, the number of enemies who have attacked us today is roughly estimated to be nearly ten thousand, and Jiang Qi and Gu Jian are both brave generals in the world, so they should not be underestimated."

"Wu County's reinforcements, as the general said, may be as short as ten days, or as long as half a month, but our army has to have back-ups in case of accidents."

"Any eventuality?"

"If General Cheng Pu learns of the siege of our army later, and if other places are also attacked by the enemy, Wu County needs to consider the severity and rush to help separately, resulting in a slow response, what should we do?"

"It's just the saying that a gentleman seeks for himself, and a villain seeks for others. If the Yellow Turban bandits are powerful, our army will be hard to support. From my point of view, our city also needs to be prepared."

Quan Rou frowned slightly, as if she had guessed what the other party was going to say next, looked at Wang Xiu with a half-smile, pressed her hand on the hilt of the sword, and asked in a deep voice: "What are you going to do?"

Wang Xiu's heart skipped a beat, but his face didn't move, he just continued: "The last general thinks that the general should set the direction for our army to break through as soon as possible."

"The direction to break through?" Quan Rou snorted, "The implication is that Wang Sima wants to abandon the city?"

"The last general is daring, but those who use the army must not ignore the future. This matter must be prepared in advance."

"Bold!"

Quan Rou stood up against the counter, and changed color: "You are really bold, you retreated before the battle, such nonsense, disturbed our army's morale and morale, according to military law, it is a crime of fearing the enemy!"

As he spoke, he heard a "crack", and the waist sword was unsheathed.

"General, calm down."

Seeing the murderous look in Quanrou's eyes, the expressions of all the generals changed, they all stood up and bowed down, pleading for Wang Xiu, Wang Xiu hesitated a little, but also took the initiative to subdue, "It's my mouth."

"For the sake of the generals, let's just let it go this time, and spare your life. If you dare to say such words again, you will definitely be executed!"

Quan Rou also knew that what Wang Xiu said was not completely unreasonable, her tone softened slightly, she looked around and said, "Everyone, if the thieves are powerful and invincible in other cities, in order to preserve their strength, Wang Sima's words are not unreasonable, but here It's Qu'a!"

"Qu'a is important to our Wu County. I don't need to say more. You all know very well. Why did the general send me to guard this place, and why did you send you to help me? It is such a place of the door, so it is impossible to say." If we fail, even if we persevere for one more day, it will also give Wu County more preparation time."

"Scholars die for their confidants. Since you and I have the trust of the general, how can we not do our best to share his worries?"

All the generals said: "Yes!"

Quan Rou held the sword in one hand, and issued a general order: "From now on, comrades of the three armies, stick to the city! If anyone dares to say anything, no matter whether it is a general or a soldier, behead it!"

The sun is rising high, and there is noise outside the city.All of a sudden, horns and drums were beeping, and the crowd shouted to kill, but it was the Xuzhou Army who officially started the offensive.

At the same time, in Shouchun City.

Not long after discussing with Xu Fang about the battle on the front line, the next day, the guards in the palace came to report again, and the envoy of Liu Biao from Jingzhou asked to see him.

When Liu Biao's envoy came to see Wang Zheng, his expression was quite eager. After the meeting, he didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point: "Wangzhou Mu is a hero who is well-known in the Central Plains. My lord has always admired him very much. It can be said that he has been friends for a long time, so Zhou Mu sent an envoy to Jingzhou. Borrowing food, my lord immediately agreed, not only donating money, but also allowing the two states to connect the city, how generous is it?"

This is correct, Wang Zheng nodded slightly: "What the envoy said is very true, Mr. Liu is anxious and righteous, and he helped the danger and rescued the poor. I am very grateful."

"Then what's going on with the rumors in the alley?"

"Rumor?" Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "What rumor?"

"I heard that Zhou Mu has made an alliance with Yuan Shao, Ji Zhou Mu. Yuan Benchu ​​is ambitious and has a heart of arrogance. Zhou Mu is also a Han subject. How can he be with this beast?"

The envoy said indignantly: "I didn't believe what I heard, but it's related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries. It's not insignificant. Therefore, I don't dare to neglect. I came here specially to ask the state shepherd to give me a hand. A quasi letter. Is there any such thing?"

"Where did you start talking about this?" Wang Zheng was startled, how did this story spread, he couldn't help asking the envoy pretending to be stunned, "I don't know where the envoy heard about it?"

"I was in Dongfang Restaurant, and I heard from the diners upstairs that there are several gangs of bandits entrenched on the right side of the river recently. They acted recklessly and even attacked Dantu. Some people recognized him as the Jizhou army." Speaking of this, the emissary glanced at him. After looking at Wang Zheng, he stopped talking, but the meaning was obvious.

Why did the Jizhou army appear in Danyang? It can't be for the benefit of Yuan Shao and his son, right?At that time, no matter Jizhou or Linzi, Danyang was beyond their reach, and it was useless to take it. They could only come to help the king.

And why is it possible to cross most of Xuzhou, even cross the Yangtze River, and come to Danyang without any sound?It can only be released under the order of Wang Zheng, the state shepherd.

"How can the merchant's words be relied upon?" Wang Zheng flicked his robe sleeves and laughed loudly: "Rumors and rumors are even more unbelievable."

"Of course I know." The envoy of Jingzhou stared at Wang Zheng and said, "So today I am asking Zhou Mu to give me an answer." If Wang Zheng really formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, then his borrowing of food from Jingzhou is really true. It is a problem of raising tigers.

"Your envoy, please think about it." Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Since Gongsun Bogui has been defeated, the Jizhou Army's next attack will be either west or south."

"Yanzhou Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are friends of the general, and they have a very close friendship, but they are strangers to this general, and have no friendship, and where they are more likely to attack. The world knows that this generation is eyeing me in Xuzhou, don't say The two sides are enemies, not friends, and it is difficult to form an alliance, even if he sends people to show his favor, it is a trick to deceive the enemy, trying to make the general take it lightly and neglect precautions."

"As for why the Jizhou army appeared in the land of Danyang, it is even more nonsense. If there is such a thing, how secret is such a military operation, and how can it be discovered by merchants and circulated everywhere?"

The analysis of his words was quite reasonable, and the envoy of Jingzhou was a little relieved. In fact, he didn't necessarily believe in this matter. Just like what Wang Zheng said, if Xuzhou really formed an alliance with Jizhou, then the possibility of using troops against Jingzhou in the future Sex will be greatly increased, not to mention that I just borrowed food. On the one hand, Liu Biao really lent only 10,000+ dendrobium, most of which were for business. On the other hand, what if he really did a big favor?
As the so-called Spring and Autumn Wars without Righteousness, what if you can win the world, be ungrateful, and repay virtue with resentment?

And if Xuzhou really intended to go south to Jingzhou, how could he have leaked such news so early, so that Jingzhou was on guard in advance?

So such rumors are more likely to be pretentious, but he has the responsibility of a messenger, so he cannot ignore it.

Especially one more thing.

Previously, Zhou Yu performed extremely well in the battle against Confucian scholars in Xiangyang. After he left, Liu Biao would often sigh, expressing his appreciation for his rare talent.

The envoy wants to follow Zhou Yu's example when he is on the mission this time. First, he can make a name for himself in Xuzhou. Second, if Wang Zheng really intends to form an alliance with Yuan Shao, if he can use his means to make Wang Zheng give up this idea, he can also ask for credit from Liu Biao after returning. , naturally very positive.

(End of this chapter)