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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the Eastern Capital Chapter 405: Making a Sound in the East and Attacking in the West

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.    "General, the sentinel has come to report that Cao Cao's general Cao Ren has led a heavy army to attack Luoyang. com Update" Inside Sishui Pass, Deputy General Gao Lan whispered beside him: "The situation in Luoyang is critical, but the prefect has not sent anyone to ask for help.  "

    Gao Lan said a careless "hmm" and waved his men to leave. He sat alone in the big tent, his eyebrows still unable to smooth out.  As early as half a month ago, a message came from Li Li of Jianye, telling him to be on guard against the Cao family's troops.  Later, Tian Feng also sent a message, telling him that he must defend Sishui and not easily deploy troops.

    But now there is a smooth road outside Sishui Pass, and not even a shadow of the enemy soldiers can be seen. On the contrary, after the reinforcement of 5,000 soldiers from Sishui, Luoyang, whose military strength has suddenly decreased, is surrounded by dangers.  Cao Ren led a large army from Nanyang to invade. Although most of them were new soldiers, their numbers were still huge. Can Tian Feng alone defend the city?

    As the closest military station to Luoyang, Gao Lan was confident that as long as he led his troops to Luoyang, Cao Ren would not be able to break the city even if he doubled his troops.  But can he escape?  Gao Lan couldn't help but think of the letters from Li Li and Tian Feng. Their words were very similar. They were both sure that Cao Cao's goal was Sishui and they should be careful.

    Feeling depressed at the bottom of his heart, Gao Lan could only take off the sword from the weapon rack, walked out of the tent, and waved it fiercely to vent his anger.  He has never been known for his intelligence. He cannot lead the army like Zhang Jia or Xu Huang, and he is not as powerful as Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

    Since he was placed in a dangerous position in Sishui by Zhen Yao, Gao Lan has been conscientious and did not dare to be lazy at all. However, when the war came, he still found that it was difficult to stand alone with his own strategy.  Just like the current war, I am completely passive.

    He wanted to lead troops to help Luoyang, but he was afraid that something might go wrong at Sishui Pass, and if he ignored it, it would be undesirable.  A dilemma, nothing more than that.  However, Gao Lan still chose to believe in Old Man Tian, ??because he had worked with him before and knew his resourcefulness. Since the old man said to guard Sishui and not worry about Luoyang, let's just listen to him for the time being.

    "How is it? Is there any change at Sishui Pass today?" Gao Lan was watching the battle in Luoyang. Outside Luoyang City, inside the Cao family camp, Cao Ren was also extremely concerned about Sishui Pass.  After all, his group of troops are suspected soldiers. The best military purpose is to mobilize the troops and horses from Sishui Pass, and then cooperate with the surprise attack of Xia Houyuan's troops to capture half of the Sili.

    Liu Ye shook his head helplessly after hearing this: "We underestimated Gao Lan. Even if he deliberately released the news that Luoyang City was in danger, he was indifferent and didn't even make the slightest move to send troops."

    Although Liu Ye's status under Cao Cao was not prominent, his strategy and wisdom were no less than those of Xun and Cheng Yu.  However, under the deliberate reminders of Li Li and Tian Feng, they failed to lure Gao Lan out. It has to be said that predicting the enemy first is a great weapon on the battlefield.

    Le Jin on the side wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a deep voice: "If we fight harder tomorrow, I don't believe that Mr. Tian Feng will not call for reinforcements!"

    "It won't be that easy." Liu Ye thought with his eyes, and after slowly uttering a sentence, he turned around and left. After a day of fighting, even if he didn't use all his strength, there would still be casualties. He had to deal with these things.

    As Liu Ye said, it is almost impossible to use a forceful attack to get Tian Feng to ask for help from Sishui Pass.  But with only eight thousand soldiers and horses, it was difficult for old man Tian Feng to defend Luoyang for long, so he did ask for help, and on the night when Cao Reng arrived, he sent fast horses, but not to the east of Si River.  Just go.

    The original war has been ignited, and the situation in Sichuan will not remain unchanged. After two days and one night of running around, Zhao Yun finally met his second senior brother in the Zhangxiu Camp in the northeast of Yanting.

    "Senior brother!" Zhao Yun is a person who respects teachers and values ??etiquette. After meeting Zhang Xiu, he first saluted and said hello.

    "Are you Zilong?" Zhang Xiu hadn't seen Zhao Yun for some years. When he heard his subordinates coming to report that someone from Wuji was asking for an audience, he thought it was Wuji who had sent him a lobbyist. He didn't expect it to be his junior brother.

    Zhao Yun smiled slightly and nodded. Seeing that there was another person in the tent, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Is this Zhang Ji, General Zhang?"

    "General Zhao is polite." Zhang Ji replied politely when he saw that he was his nephew's fellow disciple.

    "Zilong is not in the military camp, why are you here?" Zhang Xiu gestured for Zhao Yun to sit down, and then asked: "Could he be a lobbyist for your master?"

    Zhao Yun did not have much to hide. He nodded and said, "Yes, but not for my lord, but for my senior brother. Now that Zhang Lu has been defeated, my senior brother cannot fight for a long time with the troops in his hands. I hope my senior brother will think twice."

    As soon as Zhao Yung finished speaking, Zhang Xiu's expression changed. He should have been the most proud of the three brothers from Tong Yuan's sect. They had indeed been prestigious under Dong Zhuo for some time.  But now, Hanzhong, which he relied on, had been destroyed. Senior brother Zhang Ren had cut off tens of thousands of his troops with a simple strategy, and his junior brother wanted to recruit him.

    Zhang Xiu¡¯s right handAlthough he didn't want to think about it as he clung to the hem of his armor, the fact was that among the three brothers, he became the most useless one.  Originally, he had thought that if he could capture Shuzhong, he would use his military exploits to protect his senior brother without any hindrance.  It's ridiculous, now it's hard to even protect yourself.

    But it is impossible for Zhang Xiu to agree to Zhao Yun's solicitation, even if his uncle Zhang Ji has his thoughts.  Seeing that Zhang Xiu was silent, Zhao Yun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Yun was originally serving as an official of Baima Gongsun, and was later captured by his lord. He had no intention of surrendering, but the master went to Wuji in person to talk to him. On that day, Yun and the master talked  A lot."

    "I remember that when Yun Gang went up to the mountain to study martial arts, his senior brother left. Six years later, his second senior brother also left. At that time, senior brother once asked what would happen if he met his senior brother on the battlefield one day."

    "'If you wait until we meet on the battlefield, you should do your best and don't take it into account. Wrapped in horse leather, this is your fate on the battlefield!'" Zhang Xiu slowly said what Tong Yuan said to him that day. Although more than twenty years have passed, he still remains the same.  I remember it very clearly.

    Zhao Yun nodded and continued: "But that day when I reunited with my master after a long absence, my master said a lot, including this. Perhaps it was because my master was in his twilight years, and he didn't think that our brothers and I would have to die in battle to earn our share.  Competing with others. Speaking of which, if one day Yun is captured by two senior brothers, or if Yun defeats senior brothers, I hope that the senior brothers can gather together."

    "Junior brother, do you think that you have defeated me now?" Zhang Xiu was touched in his heart, but he didn't look good on his face.  After all, Zhao Yun was his junior brother. When he came down the mountain, Zhao Yun was only as high as his shoulders.

    "That's not what Yun meant. Senior brothers and I can enjoy everything from the master's pocket. There is no difference at all." Zhao Yun is Zhao Yun. It is obvious that he is better than Zhang Xiu in terms of martial arts, combat skills, military tactics, and strategies, but he still said humbly.  He said: "It's just that senior brother has never met a heroic master. How much can he use his abilities? Now the general trend is that senior brother will no longer be able to gain power here."

    Zhao Yun took Zhang Xiu's feelings into consideration and did not say anything to death, so Zhang Xiu felt better on the surface and his determination to refuse to surrender became much less intense.  Anyway, he is now a man without an owner, and has no hope of seizing Shuzhong to stand on his own. The only way he can take is to join someone else. The only difference lies in who the new owner is.

    "My lord has also talked with Yun in private, and he admires senior brother's bravery very much." Seeing that Zhang Xiu was a little moved by what he said, Zhao Yun immediately added another insult: "Furthermore, senior brother has been in Liangzhou for many years, and he is known as the spear king of the North."  His head makes people change their expressions even more. In the future, my lord will definitely fight for Liangzhou. If senior brother can surrender to my lord, who else will be qualified to lead the army besides senior brother?"

    First use his brother's feelings to dispel Zhang Xiu's resistance, and then give the appropriate sweetness and conditions. In this way, although Zhang Xiu did not immediately express his statement. His uncle Zhang Ji kept making a wink for his nephew.

    "Let me think about it, let me think about it!" Zhang Xiu still did not agree immediately, but just stroked his head and whispered repeatedly.

    "If senior brother is willing to surrender, Yun Yuan will take the credit for the attack on Chengdu." At this time, it was time to give strong medicine, Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Senior brother, this is a great gift to our lord, why worry about not being able to reuse it? Don't talk about tens of thousands of soldiers by then.  It is not necessarily impossible for a horse to guard a place like a virtue."

    "Are you serious?" Zhao Yun's words completely convinced Zhang Xiu. The reason why he was wavering was that Zhen Yao had too many generals, and all of them were excellent. Whether he could be reused?  It¡¯s not known yet.  But since Zhao Yun said so and was willing to help in this way, there was no reason for him to hesitate any longer.

    "When has Yun ever told a lie?" Zhao Yun smiled confidently and gave the answer.

    "Okay, after this battle, Xiu will go to Wuji with his junior brother." Zhang Xiu was determined in his heart. As long as Zhen Yao is willing to use him, then he has nothing to worry about.  And if the credit is in hand, there is no need to worry about Zhen Yao not waiting to see him.

    The matter was resolved satisfactorily, and the two brothers laughed in unison, but a strange thought flashed through Zhao Yun's mind: 'I actually don't understand my senior brother before the military advisor. Without the military advisor's final instructions, I'm afraid this trip would not have been so smooth.  'Obviously, the promise of military exploits was not Zhao Yun's idea, but another bargaining chip given by Fazheng.

    Since Zhang Xiu was willing to surrender, Zhao Yun told what the military advisor had told him before leaving, and asked Zhang Xiu to select 3,000 soldiers with good footwork and high combat effectiveness from his troops to leave Yanting with him.  The camp here is left to Zhang Ji's command, and he will continue to be anxious with Zhang Ren. There is no need to take the initiative, as long as he is contained.

    Without further ado, on the second day after General Zhang Xiu had finished entrusting his camp affairs, he took the soldiers and horses he selected and went north with Zhao Yun, over the mountains in central Sichuan, and that night they met in the valley south of Zitong, where they had already arrived.  The waiting Zhang Jaw and two thousand Wuji soldiers.

    Three strong generals of the time, leading five thousand soldiers and horses, began to climb the mountain again, circumnavigating Zitong in the north, then passing through Li County, crossing Mianzhu, and marched quickly for two days.??It is now northeast of Chengdu City in Shu County.  When the three of them could see the top of the Chengdu city, people inside the city, including Liu Zhang, Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others, were still secretly distressed by the news brought by Li Yan.

    In the hall of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, Zhang Song said with a troubled face: "My lord, Zhen Yao's move is just because he is thinking about the rich people of Yizhou. If not, give them some money and food and let them withdraw their troops." It's really difficult.  This ugly ghost, who was already ugly, had to make a grimace, which made Liu Zhang, who was facing him in the hall, feel horrible when he looked at him. How could a person be so ugly?

    Zhang Song said this, but in fact he was already happy in his heart. He understood that as long as Xu Huang and others were allowed to lead the troops into the country, they would be able to find reasons not to withdraw their troops.  But I didn't expect that Fazheng would actually be involved in taxation. This was definitely a clever move.  While laughing secretly, Zhang Song thought, with his own temperament, no matter how weak he is, he will still get sick from anger.

    Zhang Song was certainly right. Liu Zhang, who was sitting in the first seat, looked so gloomy that it was like thunder and rain. The news Li Yan brought back almost told Liu Zhang that there was no possibility for the Zhen family generals to withdraw their troops.  Moreover, not only did he not send troops, he also had to be branded as unworthy of his descendants. Who makes him a serious member of the Liu family?

    Regarding Zhang Song's words, Liu Zhang almost pretended that he had not heard them and did not give any expression at all.  Seeing this, the others understood what their lord was thinking. Wang Lei and Huang Quan looked at each other, and the latter stepped out and said: "My lord, from Quan's point of view, these things are just excuses for Wuji's soldiers and horses to refuse to withdraw. There is no need to  Take it too seriously.¡±

    "The lord can even use this as an excuse to send envoys to negotiate with him and contain the Zhen family's troops. Then he sent an order to Zhang Ren, telling him to get rid of Zhang Xiu as soon as possible. As long as Zhang Xiu is gone, with the help of Guanghan important land, Zhang  The general will definitely make the Zhen family's troops return without success."

    "This plan is very clever, and I think it is feasible!" Wang Lei naturally expressed his support for Huang Quan. With the current situation in Sichuan, this is the only way to go.

    "Zhengfang." Liu Zhang was unwilling to give him money or food, but he was afraid that if he didn't give it, Wu Ji's troops and horses would be strong enough to kill him directly.  Hearing what Huang Quan said, it seemed that there was still some room for maneuver, so he immediately said: "Zhang ordered you to go as an envoy again, and you must drag the Zhen family soldiers and horses to Xichong. Don't let me down again this time!"

    "No!" Just a day or two after returning, he had to make another trip. Li Yan smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still had to take the order.  He clenched his fists and agreed, waiting for the discussion to be over before going to his boss Dong He to make plans.  As for Zhang Song, who had been kind to him with the recommendation, it would be nice if Li Yan didn't hate him. It was this guy who made him unhappy.

    No one in Chengdu knew that a group of ferocious wolves had arrived beside them.  Even Li Yan, who had lunch at Dong He's house and discussed it all afternoon, and was preparing to leave the city, did not expect that he would not be able to leave Chengdu at all.

    Without any precautions, Li Yan saw that he was surrounded only two miles away from Chengdu. Hundreds of soldiers surrounded him and more than ten soldiers, and they knocked them down one by one without even giving them a chance to escape.  , carry it away and leave.

    "Li Zhengfang, we meet again." In the mountain col in the northeast of Chengdu, Li Yan looked at Li Yan whose hands and feet were bound with an open jaw and a smile. He looked directly into the other person's unbelievable eyes and said with satisfaction: "Why?  Like this, but you¡¯re not satisfied that my subordinates tied him up? No problem, I¡¯ll let you go!¡±

    The soldiers standing next to him cut the rope, and Li Yan was able to move his hands and feet. Looking around, he saw that there were enemy soldiers all around him, and there were enough generals here that he had seen in the Zhen family camp.  There are two people, Zhang Jia and Zhao Yun.

    "Let me introduce you," Zhang Jia pointed at Zhang Xiu next to Zhao Yun, and said, "This is General Zhang Xiu who captured several lands in Yizhou. I wonder why Zheng Fang left the city this time? But?  And do you want to tell me which side has troops?"

    "Zhang Xiu?" Li Yan's heart sank when he heard the name. His first reaction was that Zhang Xiu and the generals of the Zhen family had combined their efforts to defeat General Zhang Ren.  But then I thought about it and overturned this idea. If Zhang Ren was defeated, what would appear here would not be such a small number of troops, but tens of thousands of siege troops.

    "That's the general." Zhang Xiu spat out four words coldly. According to his original idea, he would go directly to Chengdu when he arrived, so why stay outside the city.  But this is related to his qualifications for promotion, so he has to consider it calmly.

    Li Yan didn¡¯t think about whether Zhang Xiu was telling the truth or lies. At this point, the truth or lies didn¡¯t matter.  What's important is how did this soldier appear now?  How long have you been here?  Is there any defense in the city?

    Such questions kept flashing through Li Yan's heart. The answer was already known, but he would rather believe that his answer was wrong, so that Yizhou might be saved.  However, this possibility is slim.

    He opened his jaw, shook the battle robe on his shoulders, and asked in a low voice: "May I ask, sir, how many soldiers and horses are left in the city now? And who is the commander?"

    Li YanAlthough he wouldn't tell Zhang Jia this, but just because he didn't say it didn't mean that the soldiers who followed him out of the city wouldn't.  A few people who were afraid of death had the idea of ????rebellion and survival. Seeing that Li Yan was silent, they immediately rushed to reveal all the conditions in Chengdu.

    "Since you don't want to speak, and Zha doesn't force you, please invite him down first." Zhang Zha only needs to get the exact information, and it doesn't matter who said it to him.  He waved his hands to signal several soldiers to drag Li Yan away, and then looked at the two brothers Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu with a smile.

    "It's up to us to do some meritorious service this time. We will send people into the city later to get information from Zhang Song first. It is said that Wu Yi, who is in charge of the army, has some affection for him. If we can persuade him to join him, the city can save troops.  Take it. If Zhang Song is not sure, you can also let him know that I am coming, and there will be internal arrangements for a surprise attack tomorrow."

    With that said, Zhang Jia looked at Zhang Xiu, because it was agreed that the merits of this battle would be given to Zhang Xiu, so he was the nominal commander of this battle.  Zhang Xiu had no objection to this. He didn't know the inside story of Chengdu very well, and he also knew that he had no say. Anyway, the credit was enough.

    The soldiers sent to contact Zhang Song went out in the morning and came back in the evening before the city was closed, and brought Zhang Song's original words: "You only need to lead the troops into the city. Once forced into Liu Zhang's mansion, with your nature,  No thought of resisting."

    In fact, Zhang Song was quite surprised that Zhao Yun and others arrived outside Chengdu without any notice. Only then did he realize that he and others, including himself, had fallen into the general's plan of "building a plank road in the open and crossing Chencang secretly".  After getting Zhang Song's affirmative reply, Zhang Xiu couldn't wait any longer. When the sky dawned the next day and the city gate was slowly pushed open by the guards, he rode forward and led the soldiers and horses behind him to fight in.

    When the cries of killing in Chengdu were overwhelming, Liu Zhang woke up from his sleep and learned that enemy soldiers were entering the city. He couldn't help but exclaimed sadly: "God, God will destroy my Yizhou!"
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