The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Wu Xiaowei's soldiers and horses did not leave the city in the end, because his cavalry had not been assembled yet, and Liu Deng and Pan Zhang had already arrived with the main force of the vanguard.

Arriving outside Huailing City, Liu Deng sent two hundred soldiers to guard, so that Chen Jibu's knights did not have to mount, but also scattered around to guard and guard, and then ordered the rest of the troops to station on the spot, rest temporarily, and tell the cook to start cooking. , and then ordered the field soldiers who accompanied the army to transport the siege equipment to unload and load the ordnance. After arranging these military affairs, he took Pan Zhang and Chen Ji out to the front of the battle to see Huailing from a distance.

Although Huailing is located on the south bank of the Huai River, its strategic position is more important in terms of Xiapi, but in the entire Xuzhou, and even in the east of the entire empire, its strategic position is far inferior to that of Pengcheng and other places, so the city wall is not the same. It is not very high, and the moat outside the city is not very wide. A few years ago, when the Yellow Turbans broke out, this place has also been attacked. Since Zherong took charge of the prefecture, it has revered Buddhism and did nothing to recuperate. Even the people did not care about it, let alone repair the city wall Therefore, the incomplete parts of the city walls around the county that were broken by the Yellow Turbans in those days still exist today.

Liu Deng's mind was not on the height of the city wall or the width of the moat. He carefully looked at Huailing for a while, then turned to Pan Zhang and Chen Ji and said, "Before leaving the camp, Colonel Xun said to me: 'Huailing'. In the first battle, Ke Ze raised his spirits, and he should work hard to build up the power of conquering the prisoners.' Do you know what this sentence means?"

Pan Zhang replied: "The meaning of this sentence should be: Fighting Huailing is the first battle to take down Pi. If you win, you will be able to boost morale, so you should fight the enemy bravely, so that you can put down the bandits and captives. merit."

Liu Deng shook his head and said, "I thought that was what I meant at first, but it wasn't."

Pan Zhang and Chen Ji looked at each other, both of them thought to themselves, "What do you mean if you don't mean this?"

Chen Ji asked: "I don't know what you mean by joining the army? Dare to ask the captain to show you."

"Join the army" said Xun You. Xun You's current job title is to join the army captain, so Liu Deng called him captain, and Chen called him to join the army.

Liu Deng said: "Xun Xianwei was talking to me, and Xiao Xu Sima was there. Xun Xianwei left after he finished speaking. Xiao Xu Sima didn't leave immediately. ', not just to appease the thieves."

Both Pan Zhang and Chen Ji knew that the "Little Xu Sima" in Liu Deng's mouth was referring to Xu Ji. Xu Zhong and Xu Ji are two brothers, Xu Zhong is a general in the line, Xu Ji is his younger brother, and his current rank is a Sima who is lower than that of the general, so he is often called "Little Xu Sima" in the army. .

Pan Zhang asked, "What does that mean?"

"Do you two know that Emperor Shizu raised the army, revived the Han family, and there was a hero named Wang Ba?"

Wang Ba is one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, a native of Yingyang, Yingchuan, along with Liu Deng, Xun Zhen, Xun You, and Xu Ji, all fellows. Pan Zhang and Chen knew this person, and both nodded.

"Then do you know that Wang Ba used to be a general for a captive, and was later named Marquis of Huailing by Emperor Shizu?"

Pan Zhang and Chen Ji suddenly realized.

Chen Ji said: "So that's what it means!"

Pan Zhang said: "'To build the merits of conquering captives' does not mean the merits of pacifying the captives and thieves, but the merits of conferring lords!"

Liu Deng said: "Exactly! Xiao Xu Sima said to me: There is turmoil at home and abroad, the Han Dynasty is late, and the emperor has moved to Chang'an. The heroes of the world will join forces to the west, defeat the Dong thief, welcome the emperor to return to Luoyang, and re-establish the Han Dynasty, until then, the title of marquis is not an extravagant request!"

After reciting Xu Ji's words, Liu Deng took a closer look at Huailing County, and thought to himself: "Xiapi is not as rich as Yingchuan, and this city is a bit run down. I think there will not be too much taxation in the county. If I can get the title, I will never want to be here."

On that day, Xun Zhen promoted Liu Deng and asked him to be a school captain, but he refused. That was because he was brave in nature, so he had no choice but to defeat the enemy. He was not interested in training new soldiers. It's another story. As the highest honor of a courtier, what man is not a man who does not aspire to be able to make meritorious deeds, to be admired by the world, and respected by future generations?

After watching Huailing County, after talking about this episode, Liu Deng adjusted his mind and focused on the immediate capture of Huailing.

He pointed to the county seat and said, "The river outside the city is narrow, the city wall is not high, and the county has internal support, so it is easy to take this city! ... Chen Junhou, it is easy to take the city, but it is not easy to destroy the escaped thieves. Have you chosen the ambush location? ?"

If things go well, the city should be broken in the middle of the night, and the garrison in the city will flee out of the city in the middle of the night. In the middle of the night, you may not be able to see the road clearly. Of course, this will not be good for the enemy to escape, but it will also be bad for Chen Jiqu. Cavalry pursued.

This is the first battle. Xu Zhong, Le Jin, and Xun You hope that Liu Deng also hopes to fight a total annihilation battle, which not only looks beautiful, but also shows the combat effectiveness of the Guangling soldiers, thus giving the Xiapi soldiers a great deal. Deterrence.

Chen Ji had sent people to investigate the terrain just now, he had already chosen a location, and replied: "The guards can only escape from the north gate or the west gate. I have less than 200 knights, and it is difficult to set up an ambush outside both gates, so I choose to ambush outside the North Gate."

"Why did you choose outside the North Gate?"

"There are many hills outside the west gate, which is not conducive to my cavalry galloping, this is one of them; the west of Huailing is the border of Pei, and when thieves want to escape, they should not run to Pei, but most of them will run to the north, and the other is also ."

Liu Deng nodded and said: "It's a good choice. After the war starts, you can take your soldiers from this song to rest in the back, take the time to rest, and build up your manpower and horsepower. When it's night, you can take them there. There is a bar outside the north gate."

Chen Yi replied, "No."

Liu Deng asked Pan Zhang again: "Que Xuan's party members will respond at the South Gate. Can you choose the soldiers who will board first from you tonight?"

"It's already been chosen!"

"Is there enough soldiers? Would you like to select some more from our department to help the army?"

"The soldiers I have chosen are all warriors in my department. There are a total of 121 people, and there are more than 100 people, which is enough!"

When Liu Deng spoke before, he had always been kind and cheerful, but at this time he stood up with his sword and said with a serious face: "Wen Gui, although you and I have a short relationship, and you are quite ambitious, but now you are fighting, but you can't talk about personal feelings. If you lose tonight, make the I can't conquer the city, the military law is ruthless!"

Pan Zhang also replied solemnly, "Don't worry, Captain, if I can't log into the city first tonight, I'm willing to accept military law!"

"Okay!"

Liu Deng looked at the sky and saw that noon was over and the sun was heading westward, so he said to Pan Zhang and Chen Ji, "The army's food and ingredients are ready, let's go back to eat first, Shen Shi will attack the city!"

Pan Zhang and Chen Ji agreed in unison.

The three of them drove their horses back to the army, and went to eat without mentioning it.

However, it is said that the county defender Wu Xiaowei, since Chen Ji led his knights to the tower, has not gone down until now. He saw the arrival of Liu Deng and Pan Zhang with his own eyes, and he also saw the behavior of Liu Deng and Pan Zhang's troops with his own eyes. trend.

He estimated that this Guangling army had at most two or three thousand people, but he counted the soldiers of Liu Deng, Pan Zhang, and Chen Ji, as well as the field soldiers who transported grain and siege equipment. Together, but then again, even if it is counted together, two or three thousand men and horses are not worth his fear and worry, he laughed and said to the left and right: "First, the Guangling rides around the city and shouts, saying that Xu Zhong and Le Jin rate There are 30,000 soldiers, and the vanguard troops in front of them are at most 2,000 people. Xu and Le Ruzhen have 30,000 soldiers and horses, so how can they only send 2,000 pioneers? , is just boasting and exaggerating!"

Among the officers on the left and right, there are those who agree and are confident, and there are those who are worried and worried.

Then a worried person said: "Xiaowei, having said that, even if there were not 30,000 soldiers in Guangling who invaded the territory and invaded the territory, Xu, Le, Liu and Deng were all fierce generals under Xunhou's tent. They attacked the Yellow Turbans, broke the Black Mountains, and fought against Dong Zhuo. They mostly followed under the tent of Xunhou, and they fought in the north and south. Zhang Jiao was killed by his hands. They have already driven more than a hundred miles in between, and the soldiers are at the foot of our Huailing City, it can be seen that they must have already prepared for this battle, it is really not to be underestimated."

These words resonated with many officers, and another person said worriedly: "Guangling soldiers are like gods descending from the sky, they suddenly came to my realm from Dongyang, and I don't know what the situation of Xutai and Gaoshan counties are, but they have already fallen. Are you still being surrounded?" After a pause, he continued, "I received a military report half a month ago, saying that Sun Wentai sent thousands of troops from Han Dang to settle in Hongxian County, and I don't know if Han Dang would join forces with Xu and Le. Attack our county together? In case his two armies attack from east to west, our county, our county,… Captain, our county is in danger!”

How could Colonel Wu not know what the two officers were talking about?

He was also worried about Xutai and Gaoshan counties, and also worried that Han Dang would come to join forces with Xu and Le to join forces to attack Huailing.

It's just that he is the main general of the defending army in the county, but he can't express these concerns.

Seeing that among the officers on the left and right, there were many confident officers, and the majority were worried. Captain Wu felt annoyed and thought: "It's a shame that Liu Deng came so fast! If he can defeat the Guangling cavalry that came first, In the future, the morale of our troops and horses will not be as low as it is now!"

Although Wu Xiaowei is impatient, he can be regarded as a commander by Tao Qian, and he can be entrusted with the important task of guarding Huailing by Zhe Rong. He has his ability. He wanted to attack Chen Ji first, but his intention was right It's to boost morale.

Just imagine, the soldiers of Guangling suddenly arrived at the city, and the guards were caught off guard, and they were inevitably panicked. If you want to defend the city, the first thing you need to do is to appease the emotions of the soldiers and the people. How to appease? Taking the initiative and winning the battle would obviously be a good idea~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It's a pity that Liu Deng and Pan Zhang came too fast, so they didn't give Wu Xiaowei this chance at all.

Wu Xiaowei was annoyed in his heart, his face was hidden, he laughed, and said: "Sun Wentai has to respond to the edict and live in Yuzhou. He is a soldier from Yuzhou, how dare he attack Xuzhou for no reason? Although the situation of Xutai and Gaoshan is still unknown, but according to my expectation, at most they will be surrounded. If they fall, the news will definitely reach my county long ago! ... Although the soldiers from Guangling came quickly, there are more than a thousand guards in our county, and thousands of troops and horses are stationed in Huaibei. After hearing the arrival of the soldiers from Guangling, they will definitely rush to our county. Don't forget, Huaibei has strong soldiers from Danyang. Yes. As long as I stick to the county seat for two or three days, I will be able to wait for the troops from Danyang to rush to rescue. When that time comes, my troops and the troops from Danyang should work together inside and outside, so why is it difficult to win?"

His remarks are very reasonable, and stabilize the hearts of the officers left and right.

Seeing that the morale of the officers on the left and right had settled down, Colonel Wu immediately ordered: "Guangling soldiers will prepare their ordnance as soon as they arrive at the city. It's still early, maybe before night falls, they will attack the first battle. You can all go to this song, Urge the soldiers to take precautions, and if they really come to attack, give them some color to see!"

The officers agreed and dispersed to the song.