Chapter 244 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])

So Zhang Liao recruited 800 elite soldiers who dared to go out of the city to fight that night, and stripped cattle to feed the soldiers and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At dawn, Zhang Liao was armed with a halberd, and he climbed up to the enemy's line first, tearing the defense line of the Soochow army.

Before he led his army into the Chinese camp of Soochow, Zhang Liao had personally beheaded dozens of Soochow soldiers and two Soochow generals.

While shouting his name loudly, he fought and rushed into the camp of the Chinese army in Soochow. After that, Zhang Liao led the army to continue the onslaught, all the way to Sun Quan's commander-in-chief's banner.

Sun Quan was shocked when he saw this, and the soldiers around Sun Quan were also panicked and didn't know how to deal with it. So Sun Quan and others fled to a higher mountain mound and used their long halberds to defend themselves.

When Zhang Liao saw that the enemy commander retreated, he scolded Sun Quan and provoked him to come down to fight, but Sun Quan did not act rashly. Later, Sun Quan found that Zhang Liao's soldiers were very few, so he gathered the Soochow army and surrounded Zhang Liao's troops.

Zhang Liao rushed left and right in the Wu army formation, finally opened the encirclement and led his subordinates to break through.

In 216 AD, Cao Cao conscripted Sun Quan again. After arriving in Hefei, Cao Cao inspected the place where Zhang Liao fought in the past and admired it for a long time.

In 217 AD, Cao Cao attacked Ruxukou, and Sun Quan asked to surrender, leaving Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao and others to live in the nest.

In 219 A.D., Guan Yu besieged Cao Ren in Fancheng, and at that time Sun Quan proclaimed himself a vassal in Wei. In order to let Sun Quan attack Jingzhou with peace of mind, Cao Cao called Zhang Liao and all the troops back to rescue Cao Ren.

Zhang Liao had always been aware of Cao Cao's intentions. Although he received the edict late, he marched towards Fancheng very quickly.

Before Zhang Liao arrived, Xu Huang had already defeated Guan Yu. Zhang Liao joined forces with Cao Cao at Mopi. Cao Cao drove out to comfort him and sent him to Chenjun.

In 220 A.D., Cao Cao passed away, and Cao Pi became the king of Wei. Zhang Liao was transferred from the rank of General Zhengdong to the former general, and his brother Zhang Xun and his son Liehou were entrusted. Ten thousand dendrobium.

Not long after Sun Quan rebelled again, Zhang Liao returned to Hefei and entered the township of Juedu. Cao Pi gave his mother a car to show his honor and favor, and sent soldiers and horses to take his family to the place where he was stationed, and announced in advance that Zhang Liao's family was coming. , All the defenders were ordered to go out to meet Zhang Liao's family.

"Gongsun Zan is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

Yang Zaixing hung Gongsun Zan's body high on the Suying reed leaf spear. All the soldiers and horses who were fighting in the corner, seeing that the situation was over, rolled off their saddles one after another and threw away the weapons in their hands.

"General Flying Tiger, you not only captured Zhao Yun and Tian Yu alive, but also shot and killed Gongsun Zan and his son, you deserve the first credit!"

At the hour of the second day, the army began to bury pots and cook food, crossed the Qinghe River from Jieqiao at a moment, and marched towards Linxi County, which was twenty miles away from Qinghe River.

Linxi County is the same as Jiecheng, the two cities are [-] miles away from Jieqiao, and they are the strategic points of Qinghe Kingdom and Anping County. If Linxi City is lost, Qinghe Kingdom will have no danger to defend.

There is also a big city Guangzong a hundred miles behind Jiecheng, which is one of the three strategically important places in Julu County. The other two strategically important places are Junzhi Guangtao and Dacheng Julu.

When attacking Linxi County here, Gongsun Zan almost went out in full force, dispatching [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, leaving only [-] infantry and thousands of cavalry to defend the city. The three brothers Liu Guanzhang, Gongsun Fan, and Zhao Yun also participated in the attack. .

"Xuande, the first battle was completed by the three of you brothers, and you took [-] infantry to conduct a tentative attack!"

"Yes, General!"

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei took orders to go, and the three of them led 1000 infantry and began to attack the city. Unfortunately, they lost more than [-] people without even touching the wall.

"General, there are arrows raining down on the city wall. The brothers have lost more than [-]% of the brothers in just one attack. It is not an option to continue attacking like this!"

Gongsun Zan, who was observing with the help of a telescope, naturally saw clearly the battle situation under Linxi City. The defenders of Linxi City did not count the arrow attacks, and had to spend their soldiers to capture it.

"Xuande, the defenders of Linxi City did not hesitate to shoot arrows, which shows that they have no confidence, continue to attack, and maintain pressure on Linxi City!

Second brother, bring out your god-arm crossbows and three-bow bed crossbows, as well as your dozens of trebuchets, to cover Xuande and the others from attacking the city! "

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was determined to gnaw away the hard bone of Linxi City, Gongsun Yue couldn't say much, and sent the first army of Youwu pawns up.

"General Han, don't be stingy with the arrows. Let Yuan Shao experience the power of my soldiers. The tiger and leopard cavalry are ready to respond to prevent the defenders from leaving the city to destroy the crossbows and trebuchets!"

Seeing that Gongsun Zan had come up with such a bad idea, the third and fourth armies of Youwu soldiers who had incorporated him were improper people. If he really did this, the impact would be extremely bad.

"Brother, the integration of the third army and the fourth army of Youwu soldiers is still short, and they have not yet formed an effective combat force. Sending them to attack the city now is pure death.

Now that they have already surrendered, they should be treated equally now. If the words of the elder brother just spread to their ears, there may be troubles again, so we must be cautious about this matter! "

"Second brother, we have an agreement. The Black Mountain Army and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army will share equally. Now, you have [-] secluded soldiers, and you have [-] for my brother. Is there any objection?"

Hearing Gongsun Zan's words, Gongsun Yue's face gradually became gloomy, and it took a long time before he regained his composure.

"Brother, this is our agreement. Brother naturally has no objection. I will bring the fourth army of Youwu pawns tomorrow, and you will continue to organize the siege!"

After Gongsun Yue finished speaking, Dama led the Wushuang battalion towards Jiecheng, and went straight to the camp set up outside the city.

"Yuan Kai, you have seen what happened today. Thinking of sending them to die tomorrow, I feel ashamed to see Zaixing and Guan Hai!"

"General, you don't need to come forward to this matter, the lower officials will tell them that they will be willing to attack the city tomorrow!"

Seeing that Du Yu could solve this headache for himself, Gongsun Yue finally felt better, and didn't ask much about the specific process.

At si o'clock on the second day, Guan Hai brought the Fourth Army of Youwu soldiers to Linxi City, and Gongsun Zan's army was ready.

"Xuande, your three brothers will attack the city today. General Guan will cooperate with you. We must capture Linxi City today!"

"Yes, General!"

The three of Liu Bei didn't hesitate, Guan Hai took a look at Du Yu and followed Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with five thousand soldiers.

This day's siege battle started at Si time and continued until [-]:[-] noon. Five thousand soldiers were lost again, but the good news is that they finally made it to the top of the city.

Although they were finally beaten back by the defenders in the city, the morale of the whole army was high. After all, if there is a first time, there will be a second time. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Linxi City is taken.

"Second brother, have you seen it? If you continue like this, you may be able to capture Linxi City this afternoon. The combat effectiveness of your fourth army of Youwu soldiers is not weak at all!"

Yang Zaixing attributed the credit to Li Cunxiao, but what he said was true. After all, Gongsun Zan and his son were hit by Li Cunxiao's armor-piercing arrow.

"Zaixing, Gongsun Bogui is also considered a hero of the first generation, and he is also the lord's cousin. Don't insult his corpse, and bring it back to Yuyang with his son's corpse, and hand it over to the lord for disposal!"

"General Flying Tiger, the last general obeys!"

Seeing that the two tasks have been successfully completed, Yang Zaixing heaved a long sigh of relief, finally fulfilling his mission.

"General Feihu, what about this flattering villain?"

Yang Zaixing pointed at Guan Jing, at this time Guan Jing was already trembling with fright, without any literati's strength and demeanor.

"Two generals, as long as you let me go, I will give you two thousand gold. This two thousand gold was bribed by Yuan Shao's counselor Feng Ji. I am willing to give it all now, just to survive."

"Greedy and selfish, eating inside and outside, what's the use of keeping you!"

Li Cunxiao didn't wait for Guan Jing to finish speaking, Yu Wangzhang had already stabbed him to death, and then led the army away on horseback, leaving his corpse exposed in the wilderness, and let jackdaws and vultures eat it up.

Under Yuyang City.

After the one-sided massacre lasted for two hours, it finally calmed down. Groups of disarmed prisoners were escorted back to the barracks, waiting for the next trial.

After making simple arrangements for the affairs outside the city, Gongsun rushed to Yuyang City as fast as he could. All he saw along the way was post-war wounds. Most of the houses in the city were destroyed.

"The last general's rescue came late, which shocked Da Sima. Fortunately, Mr. Zigan came out to help this time, otherwise hundreds of thousands of people in Yuyang would be in danger!"

In Yuyang Governor's Mansion, Gongsun Yue saw Liu Yu and Lu Zhi. After all, they were over half a hundred years old. After a few days of hard work, they had to relax. Now after relaxing, their faces were full of tiredness.

"Ziqing, the old man has finally fulfilled his mission. Now that the overall situation has been settled, it's time to go back to the academy and have a good rest. There are complicated things after the war, so there is no need to send him off."

"Mr. Zigan, go slowly, I will see you off after the end of school"

Lu Zhi got up and left his seat, Gongsun Yue hurriedly followed him, and sent him to the outside of the prefect's mansion, and sent several personal guards to escort him. After Lu Zhi's figure disappeared around the corner of the street, he turned and returned to the prefect's mansion.

Seeing that Gongsun couldn't wait more, Yang Zaixing knew that he had made a great contribution this time, so he walked out of the tent quickly, and took Zhao Yun and Tian Yu who were tightly bound back to the army tent after a while.

"Oh! Zaixing, hurry up and untie the two generals. Forget it, I'll do it myself!"

After pretending to blame Yang Zaixing, Gongsun stepped forward quickly and untied Zhao Yun first, followed by Tian Yu.

Compared with Zhao Yun, who shined so brightly, Tian Yu didn't have many opportunities to perform on the wonderful stage of the Three Kingdoms, and his popularity was far less than other well-known famous players.

But this is only because Tian Yu has been guarding the northern border of Cao Wei all year round. In terms of quality in all aspects, Tian Yu is not inferior to other famous generals at all, and even more comprehensive than many famous generals.

At this time, Tian Yu is not yet 22 years old, and he lacks the opportunity to play his own role. As long as he is given enough stages, his future achievements will be limitless, and he will live a long life, which is enough to entrust him with important responsibilities.

To a certain extent, Gongsun Yue attaches more importance to Tian Yu than Zhao Yun. Although his strategy is not as good as Di Renjie, Chen Ping, and Du Yu, and his bravery is far behind Li Cunxiao, Yang Zaixing, Yue Yun, etc., he is better than others. Wen Neng Wu, after all, it is really hard to find a counselor-type general who can play his own role.

"Zilong's bravery is rare in the world, and the country's ability is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Now the world is in chaos and the Han Dynasty is in ruins. The two generals are willing to help me to end this chaotic situation as soon as possible!"

Tian Yu didn't express his opinion immediately, but looked at Zhao Yun, waiting for his decision, as if Zhao Yun was the leader.

"General Gongsun, I don't know where General Bogui is now. If you catch General Bogui, what are you going to do?"

"Zilong, brother, when he fled, he was hit by brother Feihu's piercing arrow, and died on the spot with Xu'er. I have ordered my personal guards to send them back to their hometown in western Liaoning for burial.

People's death is like a lamp going out, and future generations will comment on the merits and demerits. Now that Jixian City has been destroyed, Youzhou and Jizhou are waiting to be rebuilt. I hope Zilong can put the people first. "

After listening to Gongsun Yue's words, Zhao Yun's complexion was a little ugly. Although he did not approve of Gongsun Zan's massacre of Jixian County, he could not stop it, so he had no choice but to not participate in it.

"Thanks to the general for not giving up, Yun Yuan will follow the general and end the troubled times as soon as possible!"

Therefore, Cao Pi ordered to build a house for Zhang Liao and build a palace for his mother. All the infantry who had followed Zhang Liao to break through the Wu army's line and went straight to Sun Quan's banner were all sealed off.

Cao Pi sent his attendant Liu Ye to take the imperial physician to examine his illness, and ordered the Huben guards to communicate Zhang Liao's condition. The envoys who asked Zhang Liao often met each other on the road.

It can be seen how much Cao Pi attaches importance to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao's illness has not recovered for a long time. Cao Pi ordered people to take him to his camp, but he himself drove to him, held his hand, and gave him imperial clothes. The eunuchs came to deliver imperial meals every day.

After his condition improved slightly, Zhang Liao returned to his station to garrison and was loyal to his duty. At the right time, Sun Quan betrayed Cao Wei again, and Cao Pi sent Zhang Liao to take a boat with Cao Xiu to garrison Linjiang in Hailing.

Knowing that Zhang Liao was here, Sun Quan was very afraid, and ordered the generals to say:

"Although Zhang Liao is sick, he is still unstoppable, so be careful!"

In the same year, Zhang Liao, Wang Ling and others marched to Guangling. One night, the Eastern Wu navy led by Lu Fan and others drifted to the north bank.

Zhang Liao fought with Wang Ling and others, defeated Wu general Lu Fan and others, and captured a large number of boats, but Zhang Liao's condition became more and more serious, and finally passed away in Jiangdu. He was called Marquis Gang, and his son Zhang Hu was his heir.

"General Wenyuan, once my lord arrived in Dangyin City, he didn't take a break and came to see you without stopping."

Xin Qiji yelled as he walked into the big tent, Zhang Liao hurried out to greet him.

"General Gongsun wants to see the last general, so let someone come and call me. The general is tired from the journey, so he dare not bother to come here in person!"

Seeing that Gongsun Yue really came to the big tent in person, Zhang Liao couldn't help feeling terrified. After all, he was just a young general with little reputation, and Gongsun Yue was already a big prince occupying two prefectures.

"General Wen Yuan, as long as it is gold, it will always shine, as long as it is a sharp cone, it will always come out of the bag, the general just lacks a big platform.

If the generals hadn't come, Hanchen and the others wouldn't have won so easily. According to reports from Yanzhou Tanmalai, General Lu, with the support of Yanzhou scholars, all the counties have abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. Now Cao Cao only has three counties in Dong'a, Wen Yuanyi Quickly lead the troops to help General Lu! "

After learning of the situation in Yanzhou, Zhang Liao immediately ordered his soldiers to make preparations. That night, Gongsun Yue and Zhang Liao had a long talk all night, and they didn't say goodbye until dawn.

(End of this chapter)

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