At the beginning, it was Tu Wan Chang Lun and Zhao Tuo. The former had 10,000 forbidden troops and the latter had 10,000 Huaiyang County soldiers... It was the arrival of the latter that made people realize that Sima Zheng was coming... because of Zhao Tuo.
The thousand-year-old wallflower and his Huaiyang County should have been the fruits of victory in this battle, but now they are acting like this. Unless there is an army of the Eastern Capital behind them, it is really unimaginable.
And sure enough, before targeted reconnaissance activities could be launched on a large scale, the Dongdu Army's sequence appeared in sight.
This caused the generals who had just moved to Qiaocheng to become obviously commotion.
"There are very few forwards, only 2,000 people, and they have already arrived at Guyang City. There are a lot of troops in the middle, at least 30,000, and we can't detect them at the moment. I don't know if there are any troops in the rear, and where they are... We have sent patrols to go around from the rear.
Investigation started..."
"The Chinese army is led by Sima Zheng himself?"
"At least it's a big flag with the word "Sima" on it, and looking at the flag, it's a square flag with embroidery at the level of a general."
"Sure enough, it's here!"
"It came so quickly!"
"More than 30,000 people are logarithmic. Even if he leaves behind defensive troops, it will be enough to bring the people Wang Dai accumulated."
"There is indeed a King's flag."
"Let me tell you, the prisoners said that they went to the west and didn't see Wang Daiji before they turned back... and it turned out that they should be here."
"We just had a big war, is it going to be another big war? This time it's our turn to be attacked by Yiyi, right?"
"The losses were indeed considerable. Several battalions were crippled. The three battalions of Shang Er, Zhai Da and Xiao Jia were basically lost."
"There were Zhang Qianda and Li Anyuan behind them. They had won the battle and retreated on their own..."
"We have already asked Shan Longtou to lead eight battalions. If it still doesn't work, then it really won't work."
"Where is Yu Jiuluo? Does he also have ten thousand people? Or has he been defeated?"
"It's hard to say where Yujiluo is..."
"What do you mean it's not good?"
"The Huaiyou League said they had a great victory, but in the end, Yu Jiuluo was not seen throughout the whole process... The current theory is that Yu Jiuluo and his deputy general separated their forces, and it was the deputy general who won, and Yu Jiuluo disappeared out of thin air."
"Disappeared? Is he really a fish swimming into the Huai River?"
"It's also a trouble. What if a grandmaster suddenly appears behind us with five thousand soldiers?"
"Four battalions were sent to assist the Huaiyou Alliance."
"Then if you think about it, we can still have thirty battalions here? That's pretty good!"
"What a waste! There are tens of thousands of prisoners, how many people should be left to guard them? And don't forget, we have lost a lot."
"I estimate that there are about 20 battalions here against 50,000 or 60,000 of them. Overall, there are 356 battalions against 89,000 of them..."
"We finally won a great victory, but why did we become disadvantaged in the blink of an eye?"
"This is the fundamental reason why the chief was unwilling to fight this battle before... Fighting may not have obvious benefits, nor will there be any obvious change in the situation. Instead, it will waste troops and horses and increase casualties..."
"If it's to destroy Xue Changxiong, it's worth dying no matter how many times you die..."
"Guyang City...isn't Guyang City on the east bank of the Whirlpool River?"
"It should be said that it is the north bank. The Guohe River turns upstream here and runs east-west... Therefore, although Guyang City is on the other bank, it is still under the cover of Tuwan Changlun and Zhao Tuo."
"It's a wonderful move, but what's the use of two thousand people? It would be a fool's errand to try to cut off our retreat or threaten the rear, right?"
"It should be a fulcrum. If we really want to do something, we will definitely add more troops, but it is said that there is a grandmaster inside..."
"Grandmaster?! Who?!"
"A notice was posted saying that Wang Huaitong, Wei Gong's half-way teacher, was there..."
"This is really..."
"Wang Huaitong personally led the troops?"
"No, the leader is Li Qingchen, a black man born in Jing'an. He is currently the commander of Jing'an, but he was transferred to the captaincy of Huaiyang County in the middle..."
"That makes sense."
"Why does Li Qingchen sound familiar?"
"We have captured him before... Cao Lin was still in charge at that time, and Han Yingong was brought over by him and Leader Lu."
"I remembered……"
There was a lot of discussion outside, and across a high-grade curtain with cloud patterns in the imperial army of the Wei Dynasty, Li Ding and Xu Shiying were facing each other. They listened together, but their eyes were slanted on Zhang Xing who was sitting in the small tent after a few cases.
On the body, the latter is writing a letter.
This guy has written too many letters these days.
After waiting for a while, seeing Zhang Xing finish writing the letter, fold it carefully, call for a clerk, and send the letter away in the ordinary way of internal communication, Li Ding finally spoke slowly: "Huai Tong Gong followed Sima Zheng.
, the old friend is a trouble at the moment, but in the long run, it may not be a bad thing."
Zhang Xing nodded absently.
Xu Shiying also nodded in approval.
The reason is very simple. Wang Huaitong is a master, or he comes from a top family in Jin Dynasty, and he is very famous as the direct descendant of Jin Gefuzi. Even with Jin Gefuzi's physical condition, it can be said that Wang Huaitong's status as an orthodox cultivator in the world is short.
No one can shake it for a long time... But it is a pity that such a person whose mere existence is extremely valuable is unlikely to be a "thief". If he is not a thief, he is nothing more than Bai or Sima...
...And judging from the foreseeable world situation in the future, of course the gang still hopes that he will resign from Sima Zheng.
After all, Bai Hengqiu's strength and development path are even more alarming.
"Compared with Wang Huaitong, I care more about Li Qingchen..." Zhang Xing looked at Qin Bao behind him. "Erlang, isn't Li Qingchen useless? Why did Sima Zheng come back to life after he left?"
"I don't know either." Qin Bao shook his head. "But it's hard to say. I almost died that day, but I'm still alive now..."
"Are you feeling depressed?" Zhang Xing thought thoughtfully. "Now that Sima Zheng has gone and Dongdu has been saved, is there hope?"
Qin Bao just shook his head.
"Erlang, don't think too much." Zhang Xing comforted him in turn. "The Qingdiguan Taoist who sells medicine said it's okay. Xu Dalang didn't find anything when he used the Immortality Qi to probe you. I don't think it's just Cao Lin who suffered like that.
Use your own methods, and then rely on Dongdu’s local energy, so after Cao Lin is dead and you have crossed the river, there is no need to worry about it anymore.”
Qin Bao nodded casually at first, but in the end he couldn't help but sigh: "It would be really amazing if Li Twelve Lang really came through with such a condition."
"What do you say?" Zhang Xing had already stood up and left several cases. He was gathering the information on the cases and preparing to take them out, so he just asked casually.
"Before I got sick that time, I was in good health. I had never thought of suffering such a hardship when I got injured." Qin Bao said seriously. "Including those people in history books and novels who said that so and so were heroic, but suddenly fell ill, and everything happened.
The heroic spirit has disappeared, or simply withdrawn from the book, which feels incredible. Occasionally, I see someone who is disabled or injured, but can still do things. The book praises him for his physical disability and strong will. It is true, but I feel
What a fuss... Even when I saw Li Qingchen's devilish look, I thought he was a bit pretentious... It wasn't until I suffered a crime that I realized how amazing it is to be physically disabled but mentally strong."
Several people in the room had some surprised reactions. It was obvious that they realized that this was a rare expression of Qin Bao's true feelings and he spoke from the bottom of his heart.
After a pause, Li Ding smiled faintly: "If Li Twelve really came here because of illness, I don't know whether he is more powerful or Sima Erlang is more powerful?"
Several people nodded, sighed, and walked out.
It seems that although the situation outside is worrying, the military command core of the gang is still quite relaxed.
When they came outside, many leaders below Xiong Bonan were talking about each other. When they saw these three people coming, they all stopped talking... Zhang Xing took a few people to sit down, and he was as straightforward as ever:
"A few things, please remember them."
Everyone was in awe, and in addition to the peripheral clerks and soldiers, there were even many military leaders who inexplicably took out small notebooks and took charcoal pens to make notes.
"The first thing is the rewards and punishments from the previous battle... It's not specific rewards and punishments. It's impossible to calculate the merits properly, but I still have a good idea of the leader level. With Tian Wang, Li Longtou, Deputy Commander Xu, including Shan Longtou, Chai
The leaders also said before they left... To be specific, they were four people. Bai Youbin acted righteously and persuaded the imperial army to defect before the battle, which directly contributed to the victory of this battle. I intend to act as the leader and let him stand in Fanwei.
Zi was there to guard the prisoners and at the same time reorganize a battalion of troops. The organization asked him to replace the sacrificed leader Shang Huai'en. Yu Changnan took the opportunity to defect and informed the imperial army of the true and false numbers, as well as the march plan and distribution. It was also a great success. I also appointed a temporary leader.
Still in charge of the paperwork..."
Bai Youbin was guarding the prisoners, but Yu Changnan was standing by. He quickly stood up, but before he could speak, Zhang Xing waved him back and sat down.
"There is also leader Zhuge Dewei, who has done a wonderful job this time. He wanted to transfer to the leader of the troops. It happened that Zhai Kuan did not obey the military orders before the battle, causing serious losses to the troops. He was transferred from the front line and sent back to Jiyin.
After the war, he transferred his troops and handed over his troops to leader Zhuge... Do you have any objections?" Zhang Xing finished his last words and looked around.
The generals looked at each other in shock, and the leaders who originally wanted to record it did not write down a few words.
It's very simple. On the one hand, they really didn't expect that Chief Zhang, who had so much free time, would discuss the last battle first when the Eastern Capital Army was pressing down on the border; secondly, after talking about the last person, Zhai Kuan,
It doesn't seem like it's easy to interrupt.
Zhai Kuan himself was not around. After the battle, he claimed to be injured and stayed in the wounded barracks at the back. In this case, his second brother Zhai Qian, who was also the senior leader of the gang, naturally became the target of public criticism.
Zhai Qian's face turned red and he didn't say anything for a long time. Seeing that Zhang Xing seemed to be going on, he forced himself to speak: "Chief, I have something to say!"
"Say." Zhang Xing perked up.
"My eldest brother is both greedy for merit and incompetent. This time he failed to fight the war and ruined so many brothers. This is reality and deserves punishment!" Zhai Qian said in a loud voice. "But after all, he was following you in the rebellion in Jishui, the chief.
The first group of leaders... You know, it was not like this when the uprising occurred. When Chief Zhang came to Wang Wulang Zhuangzi with Zhou Xingfan alone, the fundamental reason for the uprising was that we all in Jishui all used our family property and population.
I sent it out... I don't want to ask for some iron book from the chief, but at least I have to give an explanation to those of us leaders who were there when the uprising occurred. Can I just take the credit? It saves us people some waste.
You fell down and couldn’t get up?”
I don't know if this resentment is towards his elder brother or Chief Zhang, but the expressions of the people around him naturally become subtle.
Zhang Xing had some free time, nodded, and was about to speak. Just as Xiong Bonan was about to speak, the two of them were stuck for a moment, but suddenly they heard Xu Shiying sneer, and then interrupted: "Zhai Er, you want to do this,
My contribution alone is many times that of your brothers, can you add a few more credits to me? But why am I just the big boss like you from the beginning to the end?"
When Zhai Qian heard Xu Shiying's words, he knew something was wrong. He didn't refute for a while, but he didn't give in either. He just stood there.
Seeing this, Xu Shiying became more and more impatient and wanted to talk again.
"Okay." Zhang Xing waved his hand. "Xu Dalang doesn't need to be aggressive, and Zhai Erlang doesn't need to be so worried... Things need to be looked at separately. First of all, we have the Dongdu army ahead of us, so we shouldn't waste time here, so Chief Zhai
Even if there are any conflicting ideas, we should wait until after the meeting or after this battle to discuss them; secondly, since Chief Zhai has spoken, I don’t have to cover up. I really count the qualifications and contributions of you leaders at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.
A credit to it.”
There was obviously some commotion around, and many people's eyes changed.
"The reason for this is not to favor Yuan Cong, but to leave a way for those who come behind." Zhang Xing sighed. "Our gang must have fair rewards and punishments, be able to move up and down, and work hard to get rid of personal dependence... That's why
Named the Gang... But, ever since the Black Emperor and the Red Emperor began to merge and compete for hegemony, this kind of layer-by-layer personnel has been used to it for many years. If you want to get rid of it, you must first admit it, and
The advantage of Yuancong in the gang is never the amount of family property and Dingkou he has contributed, but the fact that those Dingkou consider themselves to be subordinates of Yuancong. Even if they go to other places to become captains, county magistrates, or even leaders, they will still be the big bosses.
Thinking of yourself as a subordinate is troublesome. Therefore, concretizing these things and taking them as a credit is a way to solve this problem. Zhai Qian? "
"Yes." Zhai Qian finally stood up this time.
"I didn't take away your eldest brother's position as leader, I just asked him to transfer to another place." Zhang Xing reminded calmly. "We just don't let him lead the troops."
Zhai Qian nodded... It's not that he was immediately understood, but that he was a powerful county official. He was educated, but not much. He knew the truth, but his vision was narrow. It was only after he joined a gang that he broadened his horizons.
He was usually most afraid of people like Chief Zhang saying nonsense, but everyone else nodded, as if they understood. Coupled with Xu Shiying's previous attack, this made him panic, so he could only nod.
Of course, after nodding, Chief Zhai remembered something before he sat down, and quickly responded: "It's my fault this time, I shouldn't have said this at this time."
Zhang Xing nodded again and again, and waited for the other party to sit down before speaking again: "Everyone, since we have finished talking here, I will say a few more words. There is a war now, and there have been wars for hundreds of years before. Of course you think that the people in charge of the troops are in charge.
, only those who have a battalion of soldiers in their hands are considered serious. Even if they are to be governors, the general manager must also see whether they have soldiers in their hands before they are counted... I know all the words passed down below about "the general manager is not as good as the current manager"...
...But times are changing, things in the world are not static, and the gang does not only fight wars. One day, I, Zhang San, will use your majesty to conquer even Dongyi and become a god. But I don’t know that the world will still be there at that time.
How many soldiers can be left behind? Can a general be as good as a prefect?"
This time, everyone agreed, but most of them felt that Chief Zhang was farting. If the day comes, it would be bad luck for him to still be a general until then.
That is to say, Xiong Bonan and others firmly believe it.
Zhang Xing naturally knew what this group of soldiers with mixed backgrounds thought, so he ignored them and continued the meeting: "Set up a seat for Leader Yu, and let's move on to the next thing... which is the matter of building a bridge over the Guohe River. The previous battles required
Crossing over, now we need to ensure logistics, so we need to vigorously build the bridge to ensure logistics, but there is no need to freeze the river... This matter is left to Chai Xiao and Longtou. The four battalions sent from the south of Guohe River will immediately start from Xingyang
Several military law camps going south, the government offices, warehouses, and civilians in the two offices in Henan were also handed over to Chai Longtou, and the Huaiyou League's marching instructions were also handed over to him... Chai Longtou is connected to Deputy Commander Xu here."
Except for Xu Shiying's nod, the tent was very calm. After the previous turbulence, these things seemed to be calm.
"The third thing is to set up a fort." Zhang Xing continued. "Just set up a fort under the city... Li Longtou will be the commander-in-chief, and Deputy Commander Xu will be the deputy. Build an impeccable fort!"
As soon as this statement came out, the generals finally started talking:
"Is it just setting up a base?" someone asked in surprise. "Is this a long-term confrontation and a dumb war? Can we afford it? Hebei should react soon!"
"We still need to divide our troops into horns. The next thing is this." Zhang Xing answered immediately. "The affairs in Hebei are indeed troublesome, but we must take care of this side first."
"Instead of setting up a fortress, why not capture Qiao City?" Xiong Bonan also asked. "I see that the morale in the city is low, especially since we put in many wounded soldiers of the imperial army yesterday... Regardless of whether the internal forces should respond or not, I will take action.
yes."
"Qiaocheng will leave as soon as we say it." Zhang Xing said seriously. "But now that Sima Zheng has arrived, the two brothers in the city are a means to negotiate with Sima Zheng... This is the last thing I want to say,
For this battle, be prepared, set up a solid base, divide your troops, attack and defend with ease, and then try your best to negotiate a peace with the Dongdu Army... This battle is too early for both sides. We are too tired and have too many troops to fight.
A major battle will inevitably increase the number of casualties; and Sima Zheng is here just to support the Imperial Army, and has no reason to fight us to the end."
Many people were relieved.
Frankly speaking, although the previous battle with Fan Weizi was a wonderful one, the mixed combat power of the army did cause a lot of losses when it encountered the imperial army that was still a little bit weak. And this time, the timing of Sima Zheng's arrival seems to be about to be good.
It's the army's turn to be at the end of its battle, and it will be difficult to continue the fight.
But some people have other ideas: "While the Dongdu Army's central army is still dozens of miles away, how about a surprise attack on the opponent's front army tonight?"
"I think it's a bait." Unexpectedly, the person who answered this question was Yu Changnan. "Sima Zheng originally wanted to come to the rescue and had to march as quickly as possible, but now his procrastination is abnormal. All I can think of is that he knows
After the war ended, we temporarily changed our plans and deliberately fell behind, hoping to use the former troops as bait."
Many people, including Li Ding, nodded in approval.
Zhang Xing also nodded: "Once this situation is frustrated, it will become difficult."
"How to divide the troops?" When the suggestion was rejected, Niu Da quickly returned to the original plan and asked.
"The tip of the needle is facing the wheat awn, divide one of the troops and horses, cross the river, and go around to Guyang between the front army and the middle army of the Dongdu Army." Li Ding said. "The troops must be sufficient and strong, and they can be taken at any time.
Li Qingchen and Wang Huaitong."
Niuda remained silent.
"Then...shall I go?" Xiong Bonan frowned.
"No need." After fighting the first big battle after joining the gang, Li Ding was obviously much more relaxed. "If we really want to fight, King Xiongtian can easily go to support..."
"Let Wang Wulang go and lead five battalions." Zhang Xing gave the predetermined plan. "Ma Wei (Mawei) has gone south, and several military law battalions directly under the King of Heaven will also come, along with several Vajras, ten
If the Three Vajras are present, there will be no panic."
Wang Shuyong perked up and immediately agreed. This was his advantage. He dared to fight and was happy to hear the battle.
Correspondingly, Xiong Bonan breathed a sigh of relief.
Frankly speaking, he is still quite anxious about the current situation. On the one hand, there are roughly four grandmasters on the opposite side. As the only grandmaster of the gang, the pressure is doubled, especially with the Fulong Seal broken; on the other hand, as the former responsible for investigating and guarding Dong Dong
Although the Du army and Tu Wan Chang Lun were actually only conducting a short-term reconnaissance on the day of the war, Tu Wan Chang Lun joined forces with the Dong Du army, especially since Sima Zheng gathered Wang Daiji and came with him, so he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"If we negotiate for peace, do you have anything to say?" Someone asked again.
"No." Zhang Xing blurted out. "Let's make contact first and take it one step at a time... Although we don't want to fight anymore, and I think the other party doesn't want to fight either, but everything is not what we want it to be. We can never accept it.
The other party's excessive blackmail cannot let so many brothers who died in this battle die in vain... But at the same time, we have to take care of the situation between Xue Changxiong and Hebei. If there is really bad news, we really have to take care of it clearly."
No one had anything to say.
The gang was already a mature force. After the meeting, it was immediately carried out, building bridges, erecting forts, dividing troops, sending documents and joining the army to serve as envoys everywhere. Everything was in order.
I don’t know whether it was expected or unexpected, but the Dongdu Army’s reaction was obviously half a beat too slow. Moreover, when the messenger entered Qiaocheng, Tu Wanchang Lun, Zhao Tuo’s camp, and Guyang City were all attacked. Can’t read back.
response.
But it didn't matter. After procrastinating for a whole day, Sima Zheng finally led the Chinese army to the wilderness on the south side of the Guohe River north of Qiaocheng. Then he joined forces with the front army to set up camp on the spot, but then laid out the camp forward, so that
The number of the front camp at the distance from the opponent reached 50,000.
Of course, a troop of soldiers and horses was also dispatched to support Gu Yang.
At this time, there were about 20 battalions in the fortress built by the Gang below Qiao City. Including the five separate battalions, the number was about 40,000. The confrontation between the two sides officially began.
However, this time Zhang Xing did not take the initiative to send messengers to Sima Zheng. He still sent messengers to Sima Huada, Li Qingchen, Wang Huaitong, Tu Wan Chang Lun, Zhao Tuo, including Wang Daiji and Qu Tuda who had just arrived, and even those who had just arrived in Xuzhou.
People like Fan Chao, Wei Zhong, and even Sima Zheng's main horseman Wang Tong who had fought in the battle had to send letters all the time, and they not only sent them themselves, but also asked everyone who could have a relationship with the opponent's general to send them.
Xu Shiren once complained that he had never written so many letters to inquire about the situation and explain the situation in half his life.
However, he just refused to send a letter to Sima Zheng.
In this way, after about two days of confrontation, as the rain fell and the weather cleared up, in the morning, a large amount of smoke floated from the Dongdu Army, Army, and Army Branch Villages one after another. It was obvious that, although I did not know, it was the rapid increase in the number of pontoons.
, the division of troops was like a stick in the throat, or there were so many boring letters, including the possibility that some intelligence had been discovered, or even a simple demonstration, the Dongdu Army finally decided to go out.
In the morning, the camps of both sides began to commotion, the camp gates were opened wide, and all the ministries began to send out troops in an orderly manner, and they began to arrange their troops in the open space between the two camps.
On the top of Qiaocheng City, Sima Jinda looked at this scene under the summer sunshine for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "We did not lose unfairly!"
Feng Chang next to him clasped his hands and nodded seriously: "Indeed, when we walked to Xuzhou...no, when we walked to Yingshui, even though we encountered more than a dozen battalions along the way, we still felt that the gang was just a big one.
That's right, some bandits under the system have never brought them up to the level of the Forbidden Army... As a result, they don't know how many troops they have, and they don't know what their combat power is. They made a contract and then broke the contract in a daze, and it was delivered to their mouths.
What is undefeated?"
At this point, Feng Chang frowned even more: "Think about it, I had some interactions with Hejian Camp a few years ago, what kind of evil did we fall into at that time?!"
Sima Jinda neither nodded nor shook his head, but looked to the north, where a general-level standard embroidered yellow cloud pattern military flag slowly came out, with the slightly flatter word Sima in the middle.
It gradually became clear.
Feng Chang also looked there, but could only see a faint big flag.
"Seven generals want to help?" Feng Chang's heart moved slightly.
Sima Jinda shook his head slowly.
"Seven generals, listen to my advice." Feng Chang hesitated for a moment and then spoke slowly. "There should be at least two grandmasters in the army camp below. There may be another Thirteen King Kong who can defeat the great grandmaster.
There may be Fulong Seal, coupled with the seven or eight famous masters of Cheng Dan and dozens of Dan Ning, our city has no ability to resist... If you want to survive, just look at the results of General Sima, you
There is actually no use in staying here."
"I know." Sima Jinda raised his head and looked at the dazzling sunshine. "But there is no way, the eldest brother is still here, he is also the key."
Feng Chang nodded, feeling quite regretful, but he could only squint his eyes and look at the battlefield in the distance.
After a while, around noon, they were in the center of the battlefield. As the two sides completed their formation, Zhang Xing and Sima Zheng finally met again. Also meeting them were Qin Bao, Li Ding, Wang Daiji and so on.
An old friend.
"It's a pity that Sisi is not here, Li Qingchen is not here, and Qian Tang is not here either, otherwise we could have held a banquet on the spot." Zhang Xing rode a bad horse and laughed at Yan Yan.
As soon as this statement came out, the only one who laughed was Wang Daiji on the opposite side... but he immediately became awe-inspiring because no one else laughed.
Sima Zheng looked at the other party, then looked up at the sun, lowered his head again and sighed: "Military affairs are important, life and death are at stake, but Zhang Sanlang is as frivolous as ever."
"I've been serious." Zhang Xing answered seriously. "I've been quite serious in the past few years, but I don't know why, but now that you're here, I've become frivolous."
Sima Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Are you mocking me?"
"No." Zhang Xing shook his head and replied sincerely. "I feel that I would not be willing to lose to anyone else. If I lose to you, I will lose."
This reversal was somewhat unexpected. Not only Sima Zheng, but also the seven or eight people in front of both sides were somewhat silent.
"The two armies are fighting..." Sima Zheng became solemn again, but he still said the same thing. "Does Chief Zhang only know how to joke?"
"Then let's talk seriously." Zhang Xing also became solemn. "Your Excellency is from Dongdu. That place is among the best in the world. You should know a lot of news... Did Xue Changxiong in Hebei raise troops to attack our gang while we were away?
"
Sima Zheng originally felt that he was being completely bypassed by the opponent, but since he mentioned this, he was happy to accompany him: "I don't know if General Xue has taken the initiative to attack you, but when I gathered my troops and prepared to charge up a blow,
I have already sent a message to Hebei, and the agreement is that we must send troops southward in late May."
Zhang Xing nodded, without comment, and continued to ask: "What about the west? What is the situation in Guanxi? Has the Wu tribe retreated?"
"Where did the retreat come from?" It was Sima Zheng's turn to laugh. "Two of the three tribes of the Wu clan came almost in full force and were determined to seize Guanzhong. How could they retreat at the first thought? Just because Bai Hengqiu belongs to Mr. Bai.
Descendants?"
Zhang Xing did not comment, but seriously reminded: "He is the Prime Minister, how can you call him by his first name? Prime Minister Bai has the merits of supporting him."
Sima's expression did not change on the front, but almost all the Dongdu generals behind him changed their expressions... Zhao Tuo couldn't wait any longer, and immediately responded: "Bai Hengqiu acted on his own, established the emperor without permission, and was no different from a traitor."
Well, you have become a loyal minister of Wei Dynasty.
When Sima Zheng heard this, his heart couldn't help but tremble, but he had no position or reason to stop this local snake who had just joined his camp.
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, many people behind Zhang Xing laughed.
Li Ding was the first to remind: "Master Zhao, when Bai Hengqiu established the emperor, General Sima's biological father and uncle first killed the emperor, and also killed King Qi, and also established a new emperor. The Bai family only established
, but the Sima family has been abolished, and the royal family is also going to be slaughtered."
Zhao Tuo's face turned red, but he still defended: "How could the white traitor know about the affairs of Jiangdu when he established the emperor? He was a treason! And when the Sima brothers dethroned the emperor, how could the general know about the affairs there in Dongdu? It's true.
innocent!"
This is to separate Sima Zheng and Sima Huada.
The generals laughed more and more, and even people like Xiong Bonan, who had no great interest in politics, found it ridiculous... It wasn't that there was something wrong with the cutting, but that it was too quibbling, and if it was really going to be cut, where would it be his turn to speak?
Correspondingly, not only Zhao Tuo, but also several generals behind Sima Zheng looked a little ugly. Wang Daiji also turned pale early after glancing around... After all, these people all knew that Sima Zheng left Xuzhou that day.
The most direct cause of the military coup in Jiangdu.
Sima Zheng himself knew this well, otherwise why would his expression remain unchanged while the reins he held with both hands became tense?
"I don't think so." At this moment, unexpectedly, Zhang Xing stopped the laughter. "There's nothing funny about this...Cao Wei is cruel and cruel. Cao Che's death is not a pity. Killing Cao Che is right, even if
Therefore, it is right for me to kill the king, but I should not kill the King of Qi for no reason; and the establishment of a new king is an act that no one in the Wei court can do after Cao Che is dead, and it is the right way... As for Bai Hengqiu, he must
Ask him if he knows what happened in the Eastern Capital when he established the new king. If the date is a little off or if he doesn't know, then he is considered a traitor. Sima Erlang, on the other hand, is truly innocent."
Can it still be calculated like this?
People on both sides were speechless, but the next moment, Chief Zhang's words brought everyone back.
"But this has passed." Zhang Xing looked at the master of Dongdu in front of him and continued. "Sima Erlang, now Jiang Duli's new emperor has also been captured by me. I have also issued a proclamation to inform the world that the Wei Dynasty
has already died. If you want to be a loyal minister of the Wei Dynasty, I am afraid you will have to establish an emperor in the Eastern Capital; and if you want to compete for hegemony, I am afraid you will have to imitate Bai Hengqiu and establish an emperor before usurping the throne.
You have to do this... and you have to do it quickly, otherwise everyone in the Eastern Capital will abandon you."
Sima Zheng laughed dryly and couldn't help it anymore: "I will not be a treacherous person."
"How about we help you with your righteous cause?" Zhang Xing suddenly made a construction suggestion, which seemed to be a very sincere suggestion.
But it was this sincere suggestion that made everyone present feel confused.
"Since the time of Cao and his sons, they have been harsh on people's hearts and abused their power, causing the world to collapse. The world was in chaos. The Wei Dynasty collapsed and there was no way to save it. But we started in Jishui, and in just four years, we swept dozens of rivers in Hebei, the east, and the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers.
The county is loved by the people and admired by all quarters for its virtues. It is definitely not won by mere power and weapons. It is actually loved by the people of the world, and the hearts of the people are both destiny and worthy of destiny!"
Zhang Xing's words became more and more sincere, but his words were fluent. I wonder if he had stored up such words for a long time.
"Now that you, Sima Zheng, are both capable and arrogant, why do you insist on going against the will of heaven and doing things against the will of the people? Don't you know that those who obey nature will prosper, and those who go against nature will perish. If you are willing to help me all over the east, there will always be a way.
When the time comes, we will unify the four seas and build the world, so that the people will no longer have to suffer from harsh government. Wouldn't it be beautiful to be killed in war?"
Sima Zheng listened for a long time and sneered in response: "Zhang Sanlang, have you said this to others? How come it sounds so familiar to me?"
"I told Qian Tang, and I also told him." Zhang Xing pointed to Li Ding, who was looking at him with squinted eyes. "I also wrote to Xue Changxiong, and I also wrote to Governor Zhao behind you, Qu
General Tu just sent a letter yesterday and General Wang said it countless times. Even to you, he said it more than once or twice... But with all due respect, the current situation of these people can better illustrate my feelings.
Sincerely, I sincerely want to work with you on great things and create a better future."
Sima Zheng sighed: "I also believe in your sincerity, Zhang Sanlang. It's just that the world is falling apart, and everyone has his own ambitions. You, Zhang Sanlang, are extremely talented and I have always admired you. Why don't you condescend a little and help me restore the world?"
This seemed to be an all-purpose reason for rejecting sincerity... except that Li Ding was inexplicably embarrassed.
"It's different." Zhang Xing shook his head in reply. "I not only want to redefine the world, but also..."
"That's a pity." Sima Zheng replied proudly. "As early as ten years ago, everyone in the world knew that I, Sima Zheng, was going to become a dragon."
"Do we have to fight?" Zhang Xing was extremely helpless.
"It's not against you." Sima Zheng declared calmly. "Since heaven has given me a great responsibility, I will use it as a foundation to redefine the world. This is the case for Zhang Xing and the same for Bai Hengqiu."
Zhang Xing fell silent.
He never expected Sima Zheng to bow down to him. In fact, the strength and political influence of the Eastern Capital, coupled with Sima Zheng's family background, talent, and moral character, almost made him one of the three most powerful people in the world after the collapse of the Wei Dynasty.
One of the forces.
That's right, in Zhang Xing's eyes, the biggest opponent to achieve a certain victory is Bai Hengqiu, and the biggest obstacle is the person in front of him. The final symbol is Dongyi, and what about Liang Gong, Huaiyou League, Youzhou, and Hejian?
, Nanling, it’s not that he doesn’t pay attention to it, but he really can’t carry it to the front.
The only obstacle is an obstacle. Zhang Xing did not expect that the other party would really surrender with courtesy. He only returned to the battle itself. Again... there is no need for the two sides to fight, because the outcome of the fight can be negotiated...
...But the other party is still so stubborn, which is a pity.
Zhang Xing vaguely realized that the other party might be trying to get into trouble because of the changes this year and the past war experiences between the two sides.
After thinking about this, after hesitating for a while, Chief Zhang Da did not argue with the other party about this, but changed the topic: "Sima Erlang, you still have to pay attention to Guanxi... It's not about how powerful Bai Hengqiu himself is, but if he can cooperate
With the power of Guanzhong, Jin, and Shu, there is no way that the Wu Clan can be his opponent... Not to mention, the Wu Clan seems to be very powerful, but in fact it is difficult to match it. Once they enjoy the wealth and honor in Guanzhong, their momentum will be gone. What's more,
They are a mixture of many tribes and cannot last long."
"This is good advice." Sima Zheng replied calmly. "But it doesn't matter. As far as I know, Bai Hengqiu is still gathering troops to mobilize the leaders of the Wu clan. It is estimated that he will wait until the end of summer before taking action in order to prepare for the autumn harvest in Weibei.
, we have plenty of time.”
"I see." Zhang Xing nodded. "In that case, there is nothing to argue about... Let's go back and start the war."
After saying that, the gang leader had already reined in his horse and headed back to his own formation.
At this time, not to mention Sima Zheng, but also Li Ding, Xiong Bonan, Qin Bao and others who were following were all surprised. However, they had to respect the authority of the chief before the battle, so they could only suppress their confusion and follow their chief back to the battle.
.
Sima Zheng, on the other hand, stared at the opponent's back in a daze for a long time. He almost waited until the opponent returned to the banner before slowly leading a few people back to the formation.
When he came under his banner, he just laughed in embarrassment and had a long discussion with those who stayed here. Teacher Shang and his students explained: "I wanted to continue hanging out until the sun turned around at noon. I didn't want Zhang San to fall into the trap. I will wait for him later."
In battle, the sun is facing us, and we are going to miss a point."
Naturally, he was speechless here because of his talkative mentality. However, teachers and students who had been locked up in Dragon Prison for many years disagreed: "What did the general say? How could such a large army fail because of Hinata?"
It's Hinata's disadvantage. If you ask me to switch to a BMW as the vanguard, I can win back the victory!"
Sima Zheng thought for a moment and was about to use this man's ambition, so he nodded: "In this case, it depends on General Shang's majesty!"
On the other side, Zhang Xing returned to the commander's banner and naturally deployed his troops to prepare for the battle... The army used the conservative tactics they were good at in this battle. The main force lined up behind the camp, and the second half had actually penetrated into the camp, and then concentrated the elite
Go to the front and defeat the invading enemy from the front. It is said that fighting is used to promote peace and attack is used to defend.
However, seeing that the troops were properly dispatched and Xu Shiying and others were in their respective positions, Li Ding couldn't help but ask one thing: "Why didn't you even talk about Qiaocheng?"
"Qiaocheng is behind you, visible to the naked eye. Sima Erlong pretended not to know the whole process, and his attitude is already obvious." Zhang Xing rode on the bad horse and faced him slowly. "We know what he means, and he also knows what we want to do.
What to do... After all, they are father and son, why bother to say it and deliberately embarrass others?"
Xiong Bonan woke up beside him and couldn't help but sigh.
Li Ding, on the other hand, stared at the person in front of him dumbfounded, not knowing for a moment whether to laugh or admire... In any case, he, Li Si, would never have thought of such a small thing. He always felt that this kind of cleverness was of great benefit to the overall situation.
It was useless, but after experiencing so much, he gradually realized that it might be this kind of small thing that made Zhang San in front of him "win people".
Qin Bao on the side was thinking more. Of course he knew that this was his third brother's method, and for this matter alone, he was not just showing mercy and throwing his father out to care about this matter. Although Sima Zheng was evading,
But I guess I was mentally prepared for it, it was just embarrassing. But correspondingly, the third brother deliberately avoided saying anything, which may not make the other party get entangled in the matter again, and the message was conveyed.
It's hard to say which one works better.
Just as he was thinking about it, Qin Bao suddenly felt something strange on the yellow gelding under his crotch. He also felt something strange, but he raised his head and looked ahead. There, there was a gap in the Dongdu Army's formation, and a group of men and horses came out first.
They were arrayed in front, causing the ground to rumble, and the leader rode a majestic tall horse with a visor and silk. The banner above his head was embroidered with the word "Shang", shining in the summer noon sun.
Shine.
Qin Bao put aside his unnecessary thoughts, tilted his head and glanced twice, then turned around and asked Li Ding: "Li Longtou, if I can defeat this vanguard within a quarter of an hour without preparing generals, can this battle be defended?"
?”
Li Ding looked at the three thousand elite cavalrymen opposite him with bright uniforms and armor, and then at Qin Bao, who had always been honest. He felt that everyone was going to make a challenge today, but he, Li Si, was the idiot.
Look.
Of course, he still nodded: "Nine to eight out of ten! How are you going to fight?"
"We are facing the enemy from the front as usual. We will use Xiao Su's two hundred cavalry at the front of the left wing. I will hide among them and attack and behead him from the flank." Qin Bao sincerely gave the strategy. "If you can't kill this teacher and student, you can still injure him or force him back."
, and then capture the flag again!”
"How confident are you?" Zhang Xing was also a little confused.
"Nine to eight out of ten." Qin Bao was still honest.
Zhang San and Li Si looked at each other and knew that Qin Bao was not one to exaggerate, so they each nodded. Qin Bao was overjoyed when he saw this, just nodded, turned around, reined in his horse and drove away.
After the people left, Zhang Xing seemed to remember something and turned to Yu Changnan and told Yu Changnan: "Write a letter to Sima Jinda who is watching the battle at the top of the city and tell him that I told Sima Zheng to withdraw his troops, otherwise he will cook Sima Huada in public. Sima Zheng said,
If so, give him a piece of the pie...write it more vividly and send it over as soon as this battle is over."
Yu Changnan took a deep breath, but couldn't wait to get off the horse, then squatted in the middle and lay on the horse's back to write.
Li Ding did nothing but didn't hear anything.
But at this moment, there was a loud bang in front. It was Wu Changzai's troops fighting face to face with the Dongdu Army, which attracted everyone in the Chinese army to take a look.
At the same time, far away on the other side of the Guoyang River, in Guyang City, Li Qingchen, wrapped in brocade fur, looked at the gray patch of summer green on the other side of the river, and listened to the faint movement that shook the wilderness, but he revealed his following.
The boss of the city, Ma Jinda, had the same worried expression.