Chapter 506: Admiring Zhang Wenyuan, enough is enough
Quan Cong looked at the sunset in the distance and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Hey, I also admire General Zhang Wenyuan very much, even though he once defeated my Majesty's army of one hundred thousand for Cao Wei.
My Majesty's Northern Expedition has been thwarted many times, but he is still very admirable. It's a pity that I can't personally lead the troops to fight with him. I deeply regret it.
It’s really not easy for Zhang Wenyuan to do this as a general who changed hands many times, but it’s really rare for Cao Mengde and his son to be so broad-minded!”
Dong Fang stood next to the female wall, nodded and said: "What the great Sima said is that the servants think that generals like Zhang Wenyuan and masters like Cao Mengde are rare. As the saying goes, a thousand-mile horse often exists, but Bole does not.
Yes, I have!"
In the 21st year of Jian'an (216 years), Cao Cao once again attacked Sun Quan and went to Hefei to observe the battle site between Zhang Liao and Sun Quan. He sighed for a long time and increased Zhang Liao's soldiers. After that, Zhang Liao went to Juchao (today's Chaohu, Anhui) to defend.
In November of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu besieged Cao Ren who was stationed in Fancheng (today's Xiangfan, Hubei Province). At that time, Sun Quan claimed to be a vassal to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao summoned Zhang Liao and others to lead an army to aid Cao Ren.
Before Zhang Liao arrived, Xu Huang had already defeated Guan Yu and lifted the siege of Fancheng. Zhang Liao and Cao Cao (today's Jiaxian County, Henan Province) met in Mopei. When Zhang Liao arrived, Cao Cao personally drove to express condolences to him, and Zhang Liao led his army back
Stationed in Chenjun.
When Cao Pi ascended the throne as Queen of Wei, Zhang Liao was named a former general and was rewarded with thousands of pieces of silk and ten thousand hu of grain. His brother Zhang Fan and one of his sons were named marquises.
After Sun Quan's rebellion, Cao Pi promoted Zhang Liao to the title of Duxiang Marquis and sent him to station in Hefei. He gave Zhang Liao's mother a chariot and sent soldiers and horses to escort Zhang Liao's family to Hefei.
When Zhang's mother arrived, she sent envoys to greet her and ordered her generals and officials to bow down on both sides of the road. Everyone thought this was a glorious thing.
After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Liao was granted the title of Marquis of Jinyang and an additional 1,000 households were added. At this time, Zhang Liao had a total of 2,600 households.
In the second year of Huangchu (221), Zhang Liao went to Luoyang Palace to pay homage. Cao Pi met with Zhang Liao at the Jianshi Palace and asked him about his victory over Wu.
After hearing this, Emperor Wen compared Zhang Liao to Zhao Hu in the Zhou Dynasty.
In the third year of Huangchu (222 years), Sun Quan once again claimed vassal status from Wei State, and Zhang Liao was ordered to garrison in Yongqiu (now Qixian County, Henan Province).
When Zhang Liao got sick in Yongqiu, Cao Pi sent his attendant Liu Ye to diagnose and treat him. After that, he gave Zhang Liao royal clothes and food. After his condition improved slightly, Zhang Liao returned to Yongqiu (today's Qixian County, Henan Province) again.
When Sun Quan rebelled, Cao Pi and Zhang Liao took a boat to Hailing (now Taizhou, Jiangsu).
Sun Quan was very afraid of this and told his subordinates that although Zhang Liao was ill, he was still unstoppable and it was better to be cautious.
In the same year, Zhang Liao led his army to defeat Sun Quan's general Lu Fan. After that, Zhang Liao's condition worsened and he died in Jiangdu County (today's Jiangdu County).
Cao Pi wept bitterly for him, and gave him the posthumous title of Marquis Gang, and let his son Zhang Hu inherit his title. Such a surrendered general had never appeared in Jiangdong.
Most of the generals who surrendered to Jiangdong before were Mi Fang, Fu Shiren and others. Quan Cong thought in his heart that this was Jiangdong's tragedy, which made him very heartbroken, but he had no way to change it.
Dong Fang reluctantly flattered him and said: "My Majesty can fight with people like Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande for a lifetime without losing. It is quite remarkable. However, the capacity of the people is still far behind. However, he can still maintain his position in such a situation."
The power of standing upright shows the great talent and sagacity of our Majesty!"
Quan Cong knew that Dong Fang was complaining that his majesty was suspicious and did not have much tolerance for others. He thought so in his heart, but it was not easy to discuss it rashly.
He could only smile and comfort him: "Don't worry, General Dong. I still have the trust of your majesty. I believe that your majesty will still pay more attention to the people recommended by me."
Quan Cong asked his soldiers to take out a banquet from the tower, and found a place that had just been cleaned to spread it out. Quan Cong handed his sword to the guard beside him, then sat down on the banquet, closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the other three
door news,
After another cup of tea, it was already the You hour, and some soldiers rushed to the city to report: "Report, Captain Qin Dan of the Grand Sima has breached the North Gate!"
After half a cup of tea, another soldier came to report: "Da Sima, General Quanxu has captured the west gate, and General Tian Jiang has also captured the south gate!"
Quan Cong nodded and said: "What was the result of the battle? How much was the damage?"
The soldier said without hesitation: "Da Sima, in addition to the three thousand Wei soldiers who died, a total of three thousand prisoners, there are one thousand war horses in the city, one thousand five hundred of our soldiers died in the battle, and five hundred were wounded."
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Quan Cong thought for a moment and said: "The wounded in our army should be treated well. The soldiers who died in the battle should be registered in a register first, and they will be compensated when they return to Jiangdong. The prisoners of the Wei army should not be treated harshly. They should be scattered among various teams, villages, villages and tribes first."
In the process, you will get used to it, and after some time you will be able to gain some fighting strength."
Both left and right clasped their fists and said, "Da Sima Yingming!"
Dong Fang, who was on the side, saw that Quan Cong had finished his work and the sun had slowly set over the mountain, so he smiled flatteringly and said: "Da Sima, you see it's getting late and the weather is getting cold, so why not go to the prefect's mansion to rest first?
Let someone make some hot wine and food."
Quan Cong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, General Dong will lead the way."
Dong Fang nodded, got off the city wall, got on a horse, and led Quan Cong and others behind him to the prefect's mansion.
The flag with the word Wei on the tower had been replaced just now, and was thrown off the tower casually by Wu's soldiers. Instead, the flag of Wu was fluttering in the wind.
After waiting for an hour in the lobby of the Prefect's Mansion, Quan Cong and the generals finally had hot meals and scalding hot wine. Quan Cong smiled and raised his wine bowl and said, "Come on, general, I respect you all!"
Qin Dan, Tian Jiang, Quan Xu and other generals filled up their wine bowls, stood up and said: "I will pay homage to Grand Sima!"
Military generals usually drink heavily. After a while, everyone in the hall drank four or five bowls of hot wine, and a lot of food was used. Dong Fang, who was sitting at the end of the table, saw that the food was not enough, so he asked the kitchen to order more.
Dong Fang also stood up and raised his wine bowl and said: "The last general will also give you a bowl of wine!"
The generals in the hall shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, everyone, finish this bowl!"...
It was cold at night, so Quan Cong ordered his personal guards to take some wine from the city's restaurants, boil it, and send it to the city wall for the brothers on duty to keep warm from the cold. However, he issued a military order that each person could only drink two bowls, and not drink more to avoid drinking too much.
I missed the big night patrol,
As for the generals in the lobby of the Grand Administrator's Mansion, Quan Cong personally restrained them. After half a month of drinking, Quan Cong put down his wine bowl and said in a disappointed tone: "Everyone, the battle in Liaodong is not over yet, so today's drinking is enough."