The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Gongtai, will it succeed?" At night, outside Wan County, Liu Bei and Chen Gong sat opposite each other. Looking at Chen Gong who was calm and composed, Liu Bei did not have much hope for Cui Quan's success. After all, no matter from which angle he looked at it, Cui Quan did not seem like a man who could accomplish anything.

Moreover, Liu Bei also felt that the things Chen Gong told him before he left were a little strange.

"My lord, you can rest assured. The city will be broken in these few days." Chen Gong poured a bowl of water for Liu Bei calmly and smiled.

Liu Bei nodded, but his expression was still unconvinced. Chen Gong was of course trustworthy, but Liu Bei felt that this matter was a little unreliable no matter how he thought about it.

"Let's talk about breaking the city. Does my lord know Zhang Liao?" Chen Gong did not explain much. He used Cui Quan according to human nature. As a member of Cui Geng's clan, Cui Quan might not have the ability, but it would be too easy for him to do bad things to Cui Geng.

"I've heard of some." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "This man and Yunchang are from the same hometown. Yunchang has a lot of praise for this man. He was a general under Lu Bu before, but I don't know what his specific abilities are."

As for Zhang Liao, Liu Bei only knew that this man was not bad, but he was not very clear about how good he was. In his early years, he followed Lu Bu to occupy Nanyang. Lu Bu was too sharp, and his generals seemed a little dim. After Lu Bu left, Zhang Liao took over Nanyang. His main job was to assist the officials sent by Chen Mo to govern Nanyang and maintain Nanyang's public security. Liu Biao and Zhang Liao had been at peace for a long time. Although peace is a good thing, it also prevented Zhang Liao's military ability from being reflected during this period.

Now it is inevitable to fight with Zhang Liao, but they know nothing about Zhang Liao, which is not a good thing.

"Gong had asked Generals Liu Pan and Liu Hu before. There are many strong generals under Lu Bu, but the most powerful one is Zhang Liao. When Lu Bu was in Nanyang, many things were actually controlled by this person. He was quite strategic in leading troops and was quite brave. If it weren't for Lu Bu's great reputation, Zhang Liao's name would have been famous all over the world by now." Chen Gong frowned and thought.

In fact, after the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Liao had begun to gain a reputation. After all, Yingchuan and Runan were both defeated by Zhang Liao. It can be said that Zhang Liao's dispatch of troops to Yingchuan completely laid the foundation for the victory or defeat of the battle between Cao Cao and Chen Mo. It seems that he did not make any great contributions, but if you count carefully, Zhang Liao's contributions are actually not small.

Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and smiled, "Gongtai has something to say, so you might as well speak frankly."

"Gong is just worried that the three generals are not Zhang Liao's opponents." Chen Gong sighed.

Originally, the combat power of the Jingzhou army was inferior to that of the Guanzhong soldiers. Moreover, Liu Bei was just in charge of Jingzhou. This time, he was reluctant to send troops. In addition, Chen Gong was very worried that Zhang Fei would do something bad because of Zhang Fei's attitude towards the enemy.

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this. Zhang Fei did not take the Guanzhong soldiers seriously. He didn't know where his confidence came from. Now that Chen Gong raised this question, he was obviously worried that the battle of Nanyang would have another twist.

"Shuzhi!" After thinking for a while, Liu Bei looked outside the tent and shouted.

"I am here!" Chen Deng strode in and bowed to Liu Bei and Chen Gong.

"You lead your troops to support Yide. Yide will fight with Zhang Liao. If he wins, you don't need to worry about it. But if he loses, Shuzhi will help him in time." Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

Chen Dao is a general under Liu Bei. He has been with Liu Bei for quite a long time. In terms of ability, he is not inferior to Guan and Zhang. The most important thing is that Chen Deng has a tough and steady character. He will not panic when faced with major events. Now that Liu Bei cannot leave, he can send Chen Dao to Zhang Fei, so Liu Bei will feel more at ease.

"Yes!" Chen Dao stepped in and bowed to leave.

"Gongtai, in your opinion, if Cui Quan fails, how many days will it take for us to break through Wancheng?" After arranging Chen Dao to leave, Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and said.

"My lord, although Wancheng is not the capital, it is also a strong city. If there is no extraordinary plan, with the current strength of our army, it will take at least three months to conquer Wancheng." Chen Gong said with a wry smile.

Why did Cao Cao use a Suiyang city to stop Chen Mo when he was defeated and fled and the situation was hopeless? Because Suiyang City is a strong city, it is not surprising that such a city can be defended for a year or two if it is fought in a normal way. It was Chen Mo who found a way to break the situation outside the battlefield, which forced Cao Cao to give up Suiyang.

Although Wancheng is not as strong as Suiyang City now, Cui Geng's situation is much better than Cao Cao's. Not only does he have sufficient troops, but also foreign aid can arrive at any time. In this case, it is not easy to break through Wancheng in a normal way. Generally speaking, it takes ten times the troops, but now their siege troops are probably far from this number, so they can only win by a strange strategy.

Just relying on Cui Quan?

Liu Bei had a headache after hearing this. Can Chen Gong's plan work?

"Don't worry, my lord, with Cui Quan here, there will be results in three to five days, but Zhang Liao must be stopped!" Chen Gong looked at Liu Bei and said seriously.

Nanyang is too important to Liu Bei. As long as he takes Nanyang, he will have room to go deep with Chen Mo and have enough capital to stop Chen Mo. Otherwise, why would they compete with Chen Mo?

At this time, Liu Bei could only choose to believe Chen Gong.

He could only nod and smile to Chen Gong: "That's good."

...

At the same time, in Wancheng, an insignificant incident did not alarm Cui Geng, but it had a great impact on Wancheng.

Cui Quan took several family members to the military camp to investigate, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp: "The military camp is a restricted area, outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

Cui Quan didn't understand why Chen Gong asked him to help Cui Geng seize power. If he could help Cui Geng seize power, then Cui Geng couldn't use his own family, right? When the time comes, why should we seek refuge with Liu Bei again?

Thinking of this, Cui Quan originally wanted to come to the military camp to help Cui Geng win over a few generals he knew, but he was stopped by a small garrison team. This made Cui Quan embarrassed. He looked at the man with a gloomy face and said: " Do you know who I am?"

The team leader did not answer, but looked at him coldly, with no intention of getting out of the way. Cui Quan's face became a little uneasy, and he said coldly: "I am the leader of the Cui clan, and the uncle of Cui Geng, the guard of Wancheng. When Cui Geng sees me, he will respectfully call me uncle. Do you dare to stop me?"

He originally wanted to help Cui Geng win over people, but he was stopped by a few gatekeepers without even seeing anyone, which made Cui Quan feel provoked.

"There are military rules in the army. No matter who it is, anyone who breaks into the military camp without permission will die!" the team leader said coldly.

"You..." Cui Quan was so speechless that he glared at him angrily and said, "Okay, I won't argue with you. You go and inform General Huang Li that I have something to do with him!" "

The team leader glanced at Cui Quan and arranged for one of his subordinates to go and notify Huang Li.

Cui Quan looked at him coldly and said nothing. Not long after, a middle-aged general came out of the camp. When he saw Cui Quan, he was a little surprised. He clasped his fists and said, "It turns out to be Brother Huonian."

Huang Li, whose courtesy name was Bo Geng, was a branch of the Huang family in Jingzhou. After Lu Bu surrendered to the court, he joined Zhang Liao's subordinates. In the past, he and the Cui family were neighbors and had some friendship, but it was hard to say how deep it was. After all, Cui Quan's behavior and Huang Li's Li didn't think too highly of him. The most important thing about making friends with Cui Quan was Cui Geng, who was behind Cui Quan.

"Bo Geng, your soldiers are so rude!" Cui Quan pointed at the team leader and told him what happened just now.

"The army has its own military rules, and this brother also acts according to the rules. I hope that Brother Xu Nian will not be blamed for any offence." Huang Li smiled and explained the matter in one sentence: "Brother Xu Nian is now Come to me, but what’s the matter?”

"We do have something important to discuss." Cui Quan looked around and said.

"Brother Xu Nian, come with me." Huang Li understood and took Cui Quan to a secluded place and asked, "What's the important matter?"

"Brother Huonian, my nephew is now the general of Wancheng, but Wancheng's soldiers and horses all obey Zhu Sheng's orders. This is not a good thing." Cui Quan said bluntly.

"Where do you start talking about this?" Huang Li frowned, looked at Cui Quan and said, "General Cui always consults with us on military matters. General Zhu also respects General Cui, and there is nothing inappropriate?"

But he already understood Cui Quan's intention here, and he felt a little heavy. He didn't know whether Cui Geng meant what Cui Quan said.

"Brother Bo Geng, the war is coming. If Bo Lun can't control everyone, what's the point of being a general? What if we really discuss everything, and when a crisis comes, everyone has different opinions? Although my nephew is not as good as You and Zhu Sheng are older, but you have followed the general in the south and north. In terms of battlefield experience, there is probably no one in this army who is more qualified to command the army!"

"Brother Huonian." Huang Li frowned and looked at Cui Quan, then thought for a moment and said, "But General Cui also said yesterday that he is only responsible for dispatching, and we will continue to lead the troops and will not take away anyone's military power!"

"Brother Bo Geng has also been an official. Yesterday, in order to stabilize the morale of the military, he did so. But now that the morale of the military has been stabilized, it is time to take back the military power. Isn't this the same in official circles?" Cui Quan shook his head and smiled. .

Huang Li's expression remained unchanged, but he felt a little bored in his heart. He didn't think he had much ability in this battle, but he knew a lot about the twists and turns, so he felt a sense of nausea for no reason.

Seeing that he was silent, Cui Quan continued to persuade: "Bo Geng, my nephew is a close confidant of the general. As long as he can help him win this battle, it goes without saying that he will be promoted to a higher position in the future. Brother Bo Geng has already done this." At the age of forty, don’t you want to go further?”

"Let me think about this for a while." Huang Li was silent for a moment and sighed.

"The war is about to begin. Brother Bo Geng, please don't keep my nephew waiting." Cui Quan said in a deep voice.

"Well, I'll take my leave first." Huang Li gave a perfunctory salute with fists in his hands, then turned and left.

Cui Quan watched Huang Li leave and prepared to leave with his men. When he passed by the gate of the military camp, he saw the leader guarding the camp. He glared at him fiercely and strode away with his men.

"Boss, this person is of high status, will he cause trouble?" A soldier frowned and came to the team leader's side and whispered.

The team leader looked at the direction Cui Quan left, then looked back at the direction Huang Li returned, thought for a moment and said, "You guys stay here while I go see the general!"

The general he was talking about was not Cui Geng, but Zhu Sheng. This was a bit strange.

Cui Quan thought that after convincing Huang Li, he took his people to convince several other generals who could get along with him. Although Nanyang belonged to Chen Mo, Zhang Liao was always used as the guard general. The soldiers, horses, and generals of Nanyang, Most likely it was Zhang Liao who promoted him, so he can be regarded as his own group. There were already some complaints about Cui Geng taking power, but it was only after Cui Geng resolved the conflict yesterday that it subsided. Now that Cui Quan is constantly persuading the generals, some I also considered Cui Quan's words, but I still sided with Zhu Sheng more. In one day, Zhu Sheng received several informants here, and Cui Geng was secretly trying to win people's hearts.

"General, what does Cui Geng mean!?" Several Nanyang generals gathered in Zhu Sheng's tent, frowning at Zhu Sheng and said: "This battle hasn't even started yet, why are you trying to seize power?"

Another person frowned and said: "Cui Geng is a different person. Today he dares to seize the power of general. Who knows if someone will replace me tomorrow?"

Another person said: "A defeated general, I don't know where he got this confidence?"

Zhu Sheng waved his hands and said, "Stop talking, everyone. We are all working for the imperial court. Moreover, General Cui is indeed the highest general in the army now. Before General Zhang returns, we should have obeyed his orders!"

"That's true, but he wants military power. He told us directly yesterday. Will we still rebel? Are we using such means to seize power?" A general cursed: "You villain. "

Zhu Sheng was also a little disgusted by this kind of approach, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to endure it for now. He said to everyone: "Let's all disperse and do what we should do. General Zhang will be back soon. Wait for him to come back." , I will just obey General Zhang and ignore him."

"Here!" When the generals heard this, they could only agree and left each other unhappy.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei began to attack the city. With his strength, it was naturally impossible to encircle the city. He chose two sections of the city wall that were relatively easy to capture and launched the offensive. At the same time, he sent troops to harass other city walls and disperse the enemy's forces.

Cui Geng also quickly went to the city and began to command the battle, but what surprised Cui Geng was that the Nanyang army was not easy to use, and even had a faint intention of resisting. It was clear that the Jingzhou army's offensive was not fierce, but dangers frequently appeared. For a whole day, Cui Geng ran around, arranging defenses on all sides, but many times, as soon as he left, there was another crisis on the back foot. After running around for a day, Cui Geng was tired even though the city wall had not been breached. Half dead.

These people are really abominable!

At this time, Cui Geng didn't know that these Nanyang generals were deliberately embarrassing him, which made him unhappy. He had already said that he would not seize power, so why was this still the case?

"Bo Lun, I told you before that these people are unreliable!" Cui Quan looked at Cui Geng and said with regret: "It's better to seize power first. There are several people in this army who I know well. As long as Bo Lun nods, We can take down Zhu Sheng immediately."

"No!" Cui Geng frowned and said, "How can you mess up your position at this time?"

After saying that, he ignored Cui Quan and asked Zhu Sheng and others to come to the hall to discuss matters.

I took my wife home today, so I didn’t have much time to write. I also had a cold and I couldn’t write very well, so I only had one update. Please wait, I will definitely make up for it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Finally, I wish you all a happy National Day, a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and family reunion.