Four hundred and ninetieth chapters the situation is treacherous
Liu Pan's spirit of self-sacrifice moved his soldiers.
"General!"
"General! We are willing to live and die with you!"
"Yes, General, we have already put life and death at risk!" The officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou Army began to share their hatred for the enemy, and their morale was visibly improved.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun suddenly laughed and comforted: "Don't worry, General Liu, you won't die, and your brothers won't have to die either.
We have said that our army will never harm prisoners. Even the soldiers who were under Yuan Shao's command at the time, those who are willing to stay in the army can continue to stay, and those who are unwilling to stay will be given houses and fields to live and work in peace and contentment under Cao Gong's rule."
With the endorsement of a prominent figure like Zhao Yun, Liu Pan and the Jingzhou soldiers naturally believed a lot.
Who would really be willing to give it up if they could save their lives?
In fact, the lord Liu Pan identified in his heart was Liu Biao, not the weak-tempered Liu Qi, nor the Pang Tong who risked the fate of everyone in Jingzhou.
After knowing that there was no hope of escape and that he and everyone else could be saved after surrendering, Liu Pan was finally shaken.
After exchanging opinions with Huo Jun and several lieutenant generals, he finally chose to throw away his weapons, dismounted, knelt on one knee and asked for surrender, saying: "The guilty general Liu Pan (Huo Jun) is willing to surrender to General Zhao!"
Seeing that Liu Pan and Huo Jun were willing to surrender, Zhao Yun was overjoyed and jumped off his horse and came to them and said: "General Liu, General Huo, please rise. I, Zhao Yun, can promise you with my head on my neck that you will not regret the choice you made today!"
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More than 6,000 Jingzhou troops led by Liu Pan and Huo Jun surrendered to Zhao Yun, and Runan County returned to peace.
Regarding Jingzhou, Liu Pan and Huo Jun clearly expressed their unwillingness to fight with Jingzhou, and Zhao Yun naturally would not force them.
Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Man Chong and Liu Pan and Huo Jun returned to Pingyu City.
Just when we entered Pingyu City, a messenger from Shouchun suddenly came out to report: "Former General! Lord Manfu! General Xiahou sent me to report that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu's army have retreated from Chaohu, and the siege of Hefei has been lifted!"
"Scoff!" Before Zhao Yunmanchong and others could speak, Liu Pan took the lead and sneered: "You really ran away thoroughly!"
Zhao Yun and others smiled knowingly and asked the messenger: "Do you know why Jiangdong Army evacuated in a hurry?"
"Well... I don't know yet. But General Xiahou has sent out many agents. We will know the reason in a few days."
At this time, Liu Pan interjected again: "Zhou Yu said that Prime Minister Cao's navy cut off their retreat, so they had to retreat."
"Sure enough!" Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Man Chong looked at each other and showed a knowing smile.
This was just as they had expected. It was Lu Yan's navy that had cut off Jiangdong's army's retreat.
"Now that the Jiangdong Army has evacuated, Runan County is safe. Ziheng, Yijian, and Zhongmiao, let's go back to Xudu first, and we will introduce you to Prime Minister Cao." Zhao Yun said to Xia Houlan and Liu Pan,
Huo Jun and the others said.
Is it time to meet the new boss? Liu Pan and Huo Jun couldn't help feeling a little nervous. They clasped their fists and replied to Zhao Yun: "Yes, let General Zhao arrange it!"
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"Nine Bends of the Yellow River" Han Sui betrayed Ma Teng and killed Ma Teng's family. He also raided and crippled Ma Teng's army.
Han Sui did this in order to dominate one place and dominate it.
As long as Ma Teng is wiped out by him, there will really be no princes in Xiliang who can compete with Han Sui, and dominating Xiliang and even marching into Sili will be just around the corner.
"Ma Teng's son Ma Chao is back... and has brought reinforcements from Cao's army of 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry."
"The commander of the 30,000 infantrymen is a scholar whom I have never heard of. His name seems to be Xu Shu."
"He is a master of war who has outstanding resourcefulness and knows how to use troops. We suffered several losses at his hands."
Han Sui was in a high position, listening to the reports of Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying with a solemn face.
In the end, their information was connected in one sentence: "Cao Cao intervened. He released Ma Chao and provided 40,000 reinforcements."
Han Sui changed several thoughts in an instant, and finally he said to Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying,
"Cao Cao hopes to use Ma Teng's hand to drag us down... If Ma Teng is not eliminated as soon as possible, we will be in danger when Cao Cao frees up his hand."
Even Han Sui said this, and Yan Xing asked even more worriedly: "Then what should we do next?"
After Han Sui thought for a while, he finally said: "Ma Teng is just relying on the support of Zhang Lu and Cao Cao... We can send people to Yizhou to present the pros and cons to Liu Zhang and offer gold and silver to invite him to send troops to attack Zhang Lu. In this way,
Zhang Lu’s reinforcements are ready to go!”
"Congratulations, father-in-law!"
"Secondly, Ma Teng and Cao Cao's reinforcements only have 50,000 troops. And our army now has 150,000 troops including the reorganized surrendered troops. As long as we are careful, it is not difficult to defeat Ma Teng."
Han Sui now has an army of 150,000. Facing Ma Teng and Xu Shu's combined army of only 50,000, his advantage is undoubtedly very obvious.
After making a small plan to ask Liu Zhang to send troops to drive away Zhang Lu's reinforcements, Han Sui launched an active attack on Ma Teng and Xu Shu.
Ma Teng and Xu Shu were unable to challenge Han Sui's army head-on, so they could only fight and retreat, and finally retreated to Long County, relying on fortified cities to resist Han Sui's pressing attack.
In mid-July of the ninth year of Jian'an, that is, on the third day after arriving in Longxian County, Han Sui completed the siege of the entire city.
Moreover, they also rushed overnight to make the first batch of siege equipment, including the most primitive siege ladders, oars and rams.
During the period when he was preparing to attack the city, Han Sui had been sending people outside the city to yell for battle and even humiliated Ma Teng's dead wife and daughter, just to force Ma Teng to leave the city and fight in the field. If not for Ma Chao
With Xu Shu's advice, Ma Teng might actually lead his troops out to fight Han Sui to the death.
The situation in Xiliang is not very optimistic, and the withdrawal of Zhang Lu's army undoubtedly makes it worse.
Xu Shu knew that he and others could no longer sit still and wait for death, so he decided to use the shadow guards around him to go to Chang'an to seek help from Zhong Yao.
The shadow guards were originally sent by Lu Yan to protect Xu Shu, but at critical moments, these shadow guards can serve as more than just guards.
A shadow guard named Wuliu came to Chang'an on the orders of Xu Shu's army and reported the current situation of Ma Teng and Xu Shu to Zhong Yao.
After learning about the serious situation inside Xiliang, Zhong Yao decided to send Zhang Xiu and Zhang Xiu's 50,000-strong headquarters troops to Long County to assist Ma Teng and Xu Shu.
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[In August of the ninth year of Jian'an, our army defeated the Jiangdong Navy!]
[I have only one thing to say about this battle: "Water warfare will definitely be redefined by our army! How magnificent are my cannons!"]
[I have to say that it feels really good to be crushed by technology and beat up primitive people!]
[Tsk tsk! I really want to see the expressions of Lao Cao and those guys who look down on my navy when they heard that our army almost completely defeated Jiangdong’s elite navy... Their jaws must have dropped to the floor. If there is someone
Just take it with the camera.】
[It’s just that if you want to maintain this kind of money-burning activity for a long time in the future, your ability to make money needs to be improved a bit.]
[I remember seeing somewhere that there were a lot of silver mountains in that island country, right? How about secretly opening a few mines first and getting some pocket money back to make up for the increasingly hollowed-out body? 】