Chapter 140: Those who know me, serve filial piety
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Zang Ba, who had been avoiding Zhang Liao, saw with his own eyes that Zhang Liao was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse.
At this time, he didn't know that it was Yan Kuan who shot the arrow, but he thought it was a stray arrow that hit Zhang Liao.
As soon as Zhang Liao died, Zang Ba no longer had any scruples. He wielded his sword and slashed violently, shouting loudly: "Zhang Liao is dead, brothers, kill him!"
He headed towards the place where Zhang Liao fell, wanting to confirm with his own eyes whether Zhang Liao was really dead, and even more wanted to behead Zhang Liao with his own hands and truly avenge Sun Guan.
Regardless of whether Zhang Liao is dead or not, he has now fallen from his horse, and the Taishan soldiers have been shouting "Zhang Liao is dead". Zhang Liao's soldiers can't see their general at this moment, and have no intention of fighting anymore, so they retreat one after another.
Li Jia saw clearly from the city. He saw Zhang Liao's arrow hit his horse and he quickly ordered: "Attack."
The military commander next to him received an order and sent it to the two thousand soldiers waiting at the city gate, ordering them to leave the city immediately to pursue and kill the enemy soldiers.
Yan Kuan shot Zhang Liao, but he was not sure whether he was dead or not, so he shouted: "Quick, kill Zhang Liao and behead him."
The military formation protecting him had been blocked by enemy soldiers before and had difficulty advancing, but now it was like entering an uninhabited land and quickly moved forward.
Although Zang Ba was injured, he was extremely excited at the moment and seemed to have the strength to finish the job, slashing all the way to Zhang Liao's side.
Looking at Zhang Liao lying on the ground, an arrow was stuck between his eyebrows.
Zang Ba knew that this feathered arrow must have been shot by Yan Kuan, as only he could shoot so accurately between the eyebrows.
Zhang Liao's soldiers originally wanted to take Zhang Liao's body away, but as Taishan soldiers came in like a wave, many of them had already fled, and dozens of them were still resisting desperately.
Zang Ba slashed a few more people with his sword, jumped off his horse, raised his sword and chopped off Zhang Liao's head, then got back on his horse and hung Zhang Liao's head on the horse's head.
The two thousand reinforcements sent by Li Jia to the city soon arrived. The enemy soldiers had fled across the board. Together with the Taishan soldiers, they were chasing the enemy soldiers.
At this time, those enemy soldiers who ran fast might still survive. Some of them couldn't run. They dropped their weapons and wanted to ask for surrender. However, these Taishan soldiers were unwilling to surrender. They would kill the enemy soldiers when they saw them, regardless of whether they knelt down to ask for surrender or not.
drop.
Zang Ba did not pursue him. He knew that he had won the battle. He rode his horse to the side of Yin Li's body, jumped off the horse, picked up Yin Li and said, "Brother, Zhang Liao is dead. The baby's revenge has been avenged, and so has your revenge."
Got it!"
Taishan's soldiers were a little tired from fighting, but Li Jia's two thousand soldiers were a fresh force, and they pursued them for five or six miles before stopping.
After clearing the battlefield, more than 3,000 enemy soldiers were killed in this battle. Among them, Li Jia's 2,000 soldiers chased and killed many enemy soldiers. Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers suffered heavy losses, losing nearly 2,000 people. It is obvious that
When they came out, Zhang Liao's soldiers were indeed very brave.
Li Jia said to Zang Ba: "General Zang's bravery makes Jia admire him. With this victory, Cao Cao's power will be destroyed. Xiapi will be able to hold it, and my lord will have no worries!"
Although he saw the suspicion that Zang Ba deliberately avoided Zhang Liao, Zang Ba's courage was equally admirable, especially now that he had achieved such an unexpected result.
Zang Ba sighed slightly: "Zhang Liao's bravery is indeed extraordinary. Lu Er died in the battle, and so many brothers were lost. Fortunately, Yan Kuan shot Zhang Liao to death. This is the credit of Yan Kuan and all the brothers!"
"In any case, Zhang Liao is dead and they are defeated. It is a heavy blow to Cao Cao. I predict that he will send a large army to attack Cao Cao. Now we must defend this city and wait for the arrival of the lord's troops."
"Are you saying that Cao Cao will abandon the attack on Xia Pi and attack Lu instead?"
"It's hard to say. It will take more than ten days for the lord's troops to arrive here. Now that we have won a battle, the city of Xiapi is well defended and there is no intention to surrender. It is impossible for Cao Cao to break through Xiapi quickly. He wants to capture it now
In Xuzhou, attacking the city is the next best option, the only option is..."
"What's the only way?" Zang Ba asked hurriedly.
Li Jia smiled and replied: "The city cannot be broken, only the victorious soldiers. Cao Cao is a resourceful man, and he must know that none of the three cities of Pengcheng, Xiapi and Chuli can be easily broken. He can only wait for his lord's troops to return."
After arriving, there will be a big battle with the lord. If he wins, he may be able to capture Xuzhou.
Zang Ba was a little worried after hearing this: "My lord left Guan Yunchang, Taishi Ziyi and others in Jiujiang, and only brought back more than 10,000 troops. If we really fight Cao Cao, it will be difficult to win."
"It is indeed not easy, but I heard that Mr. Wen An went to Jingzhou. As long as we drag Cao Cao here and Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou leads his troops to Xu, Cao Cao will panic and retreat. If we continue to pursue him, he will be defeated. If Liu Jingsheng leads his troops to Xu, he will be defeated.
Jingzhou will move the emperor to Xiangyang, and we in Xuzhou will have no worries from now on!" Li Jia said.
Zang Ba confirmed that the person who shot Zhang Liao to death was Yan Kuan, and immediately rewarded him with a hundred thousand coins and promoted him to the rank of Sima of another department.
The promised hundred gold cannot be given until he returns to Langya, and now Zang Ba does not have so much gold with him.
As for the post of school captain, Liu Bei had to appoint him. Zang Ba could only appoint him to the post of commander of another department, but he said that he would propose to Liu Bei that Yan Kuan be promoted to school captain.
Yan Kuan said: "Commander Zang, when I shot and killed Zhang Liao, all I wanted in my heart was to avenge Captain Sun. I never thought about any reward. Moreover, it was not me alone who shot Zhang Liao. It was all brothers who sacrificed their lives to protect me."
, to shoot Zhang Liao to death. Now Commander Zang has rewarded me with a hundred thousand coins, and promoted me to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of another department. The reward is sufficient. I know what my talents are, but I really can’t hold the post of captain."
Zang Ba soothed and said: "No need to say more, you are willing to follow me because I keep my word and uphold justice. Now that I have spoken out, how can I be the one who breaks my word!"
Yan Kuan had no choice but to refuse any more, but he gave all the reward of 100,000 to the brothers who escorted him forward. He also said that when he returned to Langya and took the gold, he would share it with his brothers. Those brothers who died in the battle also
Have a share.
Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers lost nearly 2,000 men, and now there are less than 3,000 men left. Together with Li Jia's 3,000 men, considering that there are nearly 6,000 men in the city, it is enough to defend the city.
Li Jia sent people to report to Liu Bei quickly, and then sent people to sneak back to Xiapi and inform the city of Xiapi that Zang Ba had killed Zhang Liao, giving them more confidence to defend the city.
At the same time, he also sent scouts to pay attention to Cao Cao's movements. According to his expectation, even if Cao Cao did not personally lead the troops to attack Liu, he would at least send tens of thousands of troops to come.
Zhang Liao's soldiers fled back to Cao Cao's camp outside Xiapi City. They said that Zhang Liao was shot to death by a stray arrow and their troops were defeated.
In the end, less than a thousand soldiers escaped, which surprised Cao Cao.
Of course, in the eyes of Zang Ba and others, Zhang Liao was deliberately shot to death by Yan Kuan, but in the eyes of Cao Cao and others, Zhang Liao was just shot to death by the enemy's stray arrows.
You know, Zhang Liao's bravery was noticed by Cao Cao when he was suppressing the Yellow Turbans in Runan. It was precisely because he knew that he was brave enough that he let him lead five thousand soldiers to resist the obstructing enemy soldiers.
Now there is such a result, which is difficult for Cao Cao to accept for a while.
It's not that the loss of Zhang Liao and thousands of soldiers was hard for him to accept, but such a defeat not only gave Xiapi the confidence to defend the city, but also gave Liu Bei the confidence to defeat the enemy.
It was very disadvantageous for Cao Cao.
"With Zhang Liao's defeat, Xiapi will probably be even more difficult to defeat!" Guo Jia sighed.
"General, let me lead the troops to attack Chuli! I will definitely defeat Chuli.uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com" Xia Houyuan said in invitation.
Cao Cao didn't say anything and paced silently in the tent, walking back and forth dozens of times. He suddenly stopped and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, how do you think I can get Xuzhou?"
Guo Jia thought for a moment and immediately understood the meaning of Cao Cao's question and replied: "By defeating Xia Pi or killing Liu Bei, Ming Gong can get Xuzhou."
"Hahaha... He who knows me is a filial piety!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed, and continued, "Yes, since Xiapi is difficult to defeat, then we will kill Liu Bei. Once Liu Bei dies, Xuzhou will be in my hands."
"The general's intention is..."
Xia Houyuan didn't quite understand. Although others called Cao Cao Ming Gong, Xia Hou Yuan, Cao Ren and others were still called generals, but sometimes they were also called Dukes.
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "Fengxiao, come and tell them."
Guo Jia nodded and replied: "No, General Xiahou, the reason why we want to capture Pi is to defeat Liu Bei's army. Now that the city is strong and difficult to break, and Liu Bei returns from Lujiang to rescue us, we can just
Move your troops to fight him. As long as you defeat Liu Bei and kill him, Xuzhou will no longer be unstoppable."
Xia Houyuan understood immediately and said with great joy: "So that's it, then where are we going to fight Liu Bei?"
"Of course it was before Liu Bei got involved," Cao Cao said calmly.
Yu Jin also understood at this time and asked: "Does Duke Ming want to abandon the attack on Xia Pi and switch to attack instead?"
"Yes, it is useless to attack again at Pi. It will only tie up our troops. It is better to surround them and wait for Liu Bei."
Cao Cao sent an order and the entire army set up camp and moved to attack.
But when he arrived at Cholu, he did not surround the city on all sides. He only surrounded the south of the city and set up camp ten miles away from the city.