Chen Cheng said "tsk" to Liu Qian, then turned around and said to Zhang Jie: "Go back and tell Duan Xuan that if he surrenders now, I can spare his life."
Zhang Jie argued hard and said: "My lord still has 60,000 troops in his hands. He doesn't want any other rewards. He just wants to ask for the governor of a county. Doesn't Chen Shijun agree with this?"
In fact, Duan Yan did not have 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. Even if he included those who were withdrawn from the east, it would only be 50,000.
Chen Cheng said: "I gave him a chance. If you had surrendered to me three days ago, our army would not have to spend so much effort building camps. Now that half of the preparations for the siege have been made, the conditions will naturally not be the same as before.
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"Chen Shijun," Zhang Jie pleaded: "It's just one day away, why are you so aggressive?"
"Am I the one who is being aggressive?" Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Okay, let's just say I'm being aggressive. Your lord Duan Xuan just relied on Lu Bu's 100,000 troops behind him, but Lu Bu wanted to divide his troops to resist Dong Zhuo.
He has to leave troops to guard various places in Guanzhong and divide his troops to defend Chang'an. How many people can he bring to Fufeng County? Even if Lu Bu comes, will Duan Xuan dare to let Lu Bu enter the city?"
In the previous battle to pacify Guanzhong, Lu Bu killed a large number of powerful men in Guanzhong, and also did many things such as massacre of surrendered generals. If Duan Yan really dared to surrender to Lu Bu, the more soldiers and horses he had in his hands, the more likely he would die.
The greater the sex. Lu Bu and Duan Xuan should both understand this truth.
Zhang Jie begged in every possible way, but Chen Cheng remained unmoved and ordered the guards to carry him out.
When there was no one else in the tent, Liu Qian asked: "Master, aren't you trying to push Duan Xuan to Lu Bu's side?"
"Well, you guessed it right, I am pushing Duan Yan to Lu Bu's side."
"But why is this?" Liu Qian said in confusion: "Duan Yan has tens of thousands of people in his hands, and he has a strong city like Chencang. If Lu Bu is there for support, it will be even more difficult to deal with. Master, you have always
They all care about the soldiers and the people. Is there any other deep meaning in doing this?"
"When I was discussing tactics with Zhao Yun and the others, weren't you there? Didn't you guess what I wanted to do?"
"this........"
Fighting is a matter of talent and experience. If you want to become a famous general, you must either have amazing talents and possess almost beast-like battlefield intuition. You can skip all the intermediate processes, directly seize the enemy's weak links, and then launch a fatal attack.
A blow.
Or, just keep accumulating experience, and wait until one day, suddenly master it, and be able to handle all situations with ease. But no matter what kind of famous general he is, he has his limits, and I dare not say that he can win every battle.
Liu Qian's martial arts and knowledge are unparalleled among her peers, but she is still young after all. What she learned in Army Primary School was martial arts and small-scale battlefield command. She is not that kind of genius general, so it seems that she
What's the point of their arrangements before they come out?
Chen Cheng said leisurely: "Thinking is also an important step in learning. Use your own eyes to observe more, use your ears to listen more, and then compare it with the facts to get your own answer."
"So troublesome?" Liu Qian curled her lips and said, "Let me tell you, why not send troops to attack Chencang before Lu Bu arrives, and defeat Duan Yan first?"
Chen Cheng said cheerfully: "How can fighting be as simple and easy as you say? If we are not careful, maybe our heads will be hung on the city wall!"
Liu Qian held the sword at her waist and said proudly: "Humph, if you want my head, you must first ask for the steel sword in my hand!"
Duan Yan waited for a result he never wanted, but he didn't even have the energy to get angry. He maintained his apparent calmness and asked: "Chen Shijun said he wants us to surrender unconditionally?"
Zhang Jie said dejectedly: "Yes."
"Are they still preparing to attack the city?"
"yes."
Duan Xuan asked Zhang Jie to go down and rest first, and then sat alone in the room to think. What did Chen Shijun mean? Did he really not want Guanzhong?
He really wanted to let Lu Bu come over, and then the two sides would join forces to fight Chen Cheng. If Huangfu Song was leading the army, Duan Xuan would definitely do this. Unfortunately, the reality is that it will never happen.
As expected, he took advantage of the chaos in Guanzhong to become a prince with tens of thousands of troops, and he had to deal with the troubles that followed.
Just when he was upset, spies came from the east with news.
"Report! Lu Bu has led his troops to Fufeng and captured two cities!"
"What?" Duan Yan could no longer maintain the composure on his face, jumped up, and said angrily: "Now that the enemy is facing us, he is still attacking us. Is he crazy?"
Although he asked this question, he was lamenting in his heart: Who is not crazy these days?
The soldier knelt on the ground, staring at Duan Yan in stunned silence, not knowing how to answer. When Duan Yan saw him, he remembered the teachings of his dead brother Dundun, put away his anger, waved to the soldier, and said: "You go down first.
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"promise."
Lu Bu's move completely broke Duan Xuan's intention to sell at a high price. It is impossible to continue to sit on the wall, although it was not possible before. So, should he fall to Chen Cheng or Lu Bu?
After a painful struggle, Duan Xuan finally made a difficult decision. He ordered his soldiers to open the west gate, and then led the civil and military officials in the city to leave the city and surrender.
"Oh, Duan Xuan actually surrendered?" Chen Cheng was a little surprised by this, but it was not unacceptable. Anyway, he had made two preparations... Well, there were many preparations. Staff
In order to deal with Huangfu Song's powerful army, those who made plans made more than a dozen plans. Although most of them are not used now, they have been able to deal with various situations.
No matter what situation arises, as long as it is not like a meteorite falling from the sky, they can find a plan to deal with it. Now that Duan Yan has surrendered in Kaicheng, they have already prepared a plan to deal with it.
The cavalry quickly took control of the west city gate, and then the cavalry and infantry drove into the city one by one, taking over the city walls, military camps, warehouses, government offices and other places. At this time, Chen Cheng rode forward on his horse and came to the gate of Chencang City, facing the people kneeling on both sides of the road.
The defender asked: "Where is General Duan Xuan?"
Duan Xuan walked forward on his knees, prostrated himself on the ground, and said, "Duan Xuan, the guilty minister, pays homage to Mr. Chen."
His tone was full of desolation, and within a few hours, he seemed to have aged several years. Chen Cheng got off his horse and helped him up, saying: "The general abandoned the dark and turned to the light, avoiding the fearless casualties of the soldiers. Just come
It's a little late, so what's the fault?"
Hearing what Chen Cheng said, Duan Xuan felt relieved. Chen Cheng added: "I heard that Lu Bu has entered Fufeng County. General Duan is now the temporary governor of Fufeng. He has the responsibility of guarding the land and calming the people. So he will lead his troops eastward to conquer the rebels.
Come on, Lu Bu!"
Duan Xuan was stunned. He raised his head and saw Chen Cheng looking at him with a smile. He understood in an instant that Chen Cheng wanted him to fight Lu Bu to the death! Although he had already thought that this would happen beforehand.
The result, but when things came to pass, Duan Xuan still felt very uncomfortable.
It took less than half a day to go from being the prefect of a county with a large number of troops to the current situation where he is relying on others. Things changed so fast that people almost couldn't turn around. Duan Xuan fell on the ground and said bitterly: "Nuo
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After the Xiliang army entered the city, all the original defenders were driven out of the east gate. Chen Cheng did not even give them a chance to station outside the city, and directly ordered Duan Xuan to lead his troops eastward. After eliminating the old and weak, the 40,000-strong army dragged its feet.
La Di marched towards the east, and the wolf-like Xiliang army followed closely behind them.
Duan Xuan gathered some soldiers and horses from Fufeng County along the way, and the number of troops reached about 50,000. Then, they encountered Lu Bu's army, which came in a menacing manner. Both sides marched along the Weishui River. After the encounter, some brief fighting broke out.
And fierce fighting.
The scout cavalry of Lu Bu's army was more elite, but the scouts of Duan Yan's army were larger. The two sides fought for a while, each suffered some casualties, and then retreated to each other, passing back the news of encountering the enemy. Duan Yan's side
While he was still stalling, after receiving the news, Lu Bu had already rushed over with his elite cavalry.
After fighting in Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Guanzhong for so long, Lu Bu's level of military use has also improved a lot. The biggest advantage of cavalry is not its impact power, but its mobility. When Lu Bu appeared in front of him with his cavalry,
Duan Yanjun was not prepared at all.
More than 10,000 Fufeng troops marched along the Wei River, with 5,000 men on each side of the river. Lu Bu concentrated his superior cavalry and attacked Duan Yan's army on the north bank with all his strength. It took less than an hour to completely defeat the 5,000 men.
Duan Yan's army on the south bank was in a hurry and could not cross the river. He could only watch his friendly troops being massacred by Lu Bu's army.
In fact, even if they could cross the river and see the brave cavalry of Lu Bu's army, Duan Yan's army on the south bank would not dare to cross. When the friendly forces were defeated, the only thing they did was to withdraw quickly
go back.
"You...bastard!" Duan Yan kicked the general who was kneeling on the ground and cursed: "The soldiers and horses on the north bank were attacked, why did you retreat? Let alone encounter the enemy on the south bank, even if you met the enemy on the south bank,
If we encounter one, won't we organize a defense on the spot?"
The general got up and said unconvinced: "Who said we didn't encounter the enemy? The spies have obviously seen the enemy's cavalry!"
Duan Xuan said angrily: "Shut up, Ambassador Chen has given an order that you can only move forward and not retreat! Aren't you afraid of military law if you withdraw like this?"
The general whispered: "That is the military law of the Xiliang people, not ours!"
Although Duan Yan has united the soldiers and horses of Fufeng County, he is actually just the leader of a group of powerful people and warlords. Because he has only been in power for a short time, he cannot command enough to move these people, so his generals are not very afraid of him.
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"What's worse, I'll go and plead guilty to Ambassador Chen! I don't believe it, he still dares to kill me!"
The muscles on Duan Yan's face twitched, but he also felt that this was an opportunity to test Chen Cheng. Now Lu Bujun has come to kill us. It's not that we have no resistance, we just can't defeat it. Since we can't defeat it, we still belong to the Xiliang Army.
