Walking on the blood-stained streets and stepping over the corpses of countless Guangling soldiers, Wang Zheng walked into the palace.
When he passed the city gate, he looked up at the sky. Under a feast of killing, even the sunlight seemed to be tinged with blood.
After paying tribute to Ji Ling that day, when everyone was discussing, Wang Zhengli insisted on collecting white clothes first, so that all the three armies would be plain, and even the flags would be replaced with plain colors. After another three or four days,
With the army, which was completely aroused by him, they began to attack the city.
As soon as it got light, the war began. When the sun reached zenith, the four city walls had been completely occupied. After nearly half a day of street fighting, the last few Guangling troops who were still resisting were either dead or surrendered.
Of course, the fly in the ointment was that the Yan people who stabbed Ji Ling to death were finally able to break out of the siege.
However, this would only be a huge disappointment to those Yuan Jun who really wanted to avenge their own county captains.
From Wang Zheng's point of view, he had never thought of killing Zhang Fei at this time.
Let’s not talk about how much it will cost to kill this top general of the Three Kingdoms. The key is that if Zhang Fei really dies here, Liu Xuande and Guan Yunchang will not be able to fight him to the end?
Wang Zheng did not forget that his purpose was to drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou, not really to attack the city and seize territory for Yuan Shu.
The current result is the best for him.
After occupying Tangyi, Liu Bei's army in Xiapi really wanted to intercept his retreat. Wang Zheng would have to go all the way north to capture Guangling first. After that, whether he went to attack the East China Sea, force Guan Yu and others to come back for reinforcements, or go back directly through a detour
Langya has a lot of room to move around.
And Zhang Yide escaped, which is also a good thing. On the one hand, he does not have to form a mortal enemy with Liu Bei at the current stage, and on the other hand...
You can also continue to use the revenge of your good brother Ji Ling as a guise and a banner to continue to encourage Yuan Jun to open the passage behind him.
There is another caveat to the fact that sad soldiers must win, and that is that most of them are miserable victories.
Although they were able to conquer the city in one battle today, Wang Zheng watched with cold eyes. The attackers also suffered many casualties. Of course, most of them were Ji Ling's old troops and Yuan Shu's soldiers.
"Go and ask those surrendered soldiers why Zhang Fei didn't show up at the main gate in the first place?" Wang Zheng, who was in a good mood, remembered something at this time and was very curious:
"Could it be that he was stationed on the other three walls at that time?"
"General..." Not long after, when Gu Jian came to report back, his expression was a little strange: "According to the soldiers who surrendered, Zhang Sima seemed to have drunk too much because of some celebration."
"When our army attacked the city, he seemed to be still drunk."
It's more like the operations that Zhang Sange can play in the early stage...
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he almost laughed out loud.
Thinking back to the original history, it seems that Zhang Fei lost Xuzhou, learned this lesson and became brave, and then he truly broke away from a reckless man and became a strong general who is both rough and fine, and the master is not confused.
He is also a general.
"It can only be attributed to Huang Tian's blessing." Wang Zheng raised his head and looked at the sky, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you very much."
"Even if the thief general is present, there is no difference." Gu Jian on the side said sincerely: "The general's clever calculation completely inspired Yuan Jun's desire for revenge, sadness and anger. In addition, our heavenly army is the strongest army in the world.
How can the two of them not win if they join forces?"
"If Zhang Fei hadn't caused trouble due to drunkenness..." Wang Zheng shook his head: "When I first captured the city, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been so easy."
"What's more, hatred can certainly make people risk their lives, but under the leadership of such a fierce general with ten thousand enemies, the morale of the defenders will also be greatly increased."
"Ten thousand enemies?" Seeing that Wang Zheng's tone was full of joy and his expression didn't seem to be fake, Gu Jian scratched his head in doubt: "Is this person so powerful?"
"Did the general know Zhang Fei before?"
"I know..." Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng's eyes seemed to glow with a strange brilliance, and he said with a touching tone: "Who among the Chinese does not know this fierce general brother?"
A strong body wants to fight hard, but a hundred armies must not be frightened.
The biggest characteristic of this big man in his life is that he is fierce.
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As a city with a long history, although Tangyi is not large, the layout of the city is quite strict, especially the backyard of the government office in the city has a pleasant scenery.
After the hustle and bustle, when Yan Xiang and others came to join them, Wang Zheng was leisurely sitting in a pavilion, watching the faint fragrance of lotus flowers floating by the pool, and the sparse shadows slanting horizontally.
"The governor is quite cheerful." After finally opening Guangling's defense line, Yan Xiang looked very excited and rarely joked.
After looking at Yan Xiang and seeing that his face no longer looked as gloomy as before, Wang Zheng smiled and asked first: "How is the public opinion in the army?"
Yan Xiang knew what Wang Zheng was asking as soon as he heard it, and said bluntly: "Although Tangyi was conquered, Zhang Fei was gone after all, and Ji Ling's great revenge has not been avenged. Therefore, even after a great victory, among the three armies, there will still be
Full of fighting spirit."
"This is a good thing." Wang Zheng nodded: "With the name of righteousness and the morale of the military, the chance of victory in the subsequent battles will be increased by 30%."
Zi Zhi Tong Jian Li said that the king will be the one who has a righteous army, and the one who responds with the army will win. It is also said that if the name is not correct, the words will not be obeyed, and if the words are not obeyed, it will be difficult to achieve things.
It is said that people are hypocritical animals, and this is true, because many things, such as status and morality, although they are false, invisible and intangible, are often more lethal than real swords and guns.
Many people have no morals, but they know the importance of occupying the moral high ground. Many people believe that the strong will win rather than the reasonable. But when the truth is lacking, even if others don't tell them, they will feel a little uneasy in their hearts.
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A politician or leader may disagree with these things in his heart, but he must use them to whitewash his actions.
Only by occupying the commanding heights of fame and righteousness, and being famous as a teacher, can one be powerful and unstoppable. This is why throughout the ages, whenever there is a war, there must be a message. The function of a message is nothing more than to elevate oneself and belittle the other party.
But in the Han Dynasty, sometimes we don’t even need too much moral principles and principles...
Revenge for relatives and friends is enough to make one famous!
It would be unreasonable to say that the original Yuan army's attack on Guangling was just for Yuan Shu's ambition, but now avenging Ji Ling can instantly unite the three armies.
With such military morale, we can talk about war.
"We have captured Tangyi." In fact, when Wang Zheng was chanting the wind and admiring the flowers here, he had already thought about it for a long time and had a final decision in his mind. However, he did not say anything first at this time, but wanted to ask Yan Xiang for his opinion. After all, Ji Ling
After his death, this chief secretary was actually the actual leader of Yuan Jun at this time.
"Sir, what do you think we should do next?"
After Tangyi, once Yu Guo's army is defeated, Guangling City will be right in front of us, so what else can we ask about?
"What the governor means..." Yan Xiang was so smart that he immediately reacted:
"Should we continue to attack Guangling, or should we gather Zhao Xun's remaining troops first so that the two armies can join together to prevent Liu Bei's army from cutting off our retreat?"
Gu Yan
"That's right." Wang Zheng looked at Yan Xiang with admiration, nodded and said: "We camped in the wild before breaking the city. There is no danger on the plain. If we don't break the city and drive Zhang Fei away, no matter where we go.
After that, we are always worried about being attacked from both sides."
"Now that we are stimulating the morale of the military and making a desperate move, we will surely win the battle and finally break this crisis. At this time, the choice and initiative are back in our hands."
"After the news of Zhao Xun's defeat reaches Yangzhou, the lord will send another general to capture Pi." Yan Xiang pondered for a while and said: "We should still focus on Guangling."
"But it's not wrong to worry about losing our way out at this time." Yan Xiang said: "Well, if the general stays here for a few days, our army will suffer a lot in this battle, so we need to rest first.
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"At the same time, I will personally lead people to gather the troops in Xiapi. If the general sent by the lord comes in time, I will give him most of them, and I will bring some to Tangyi."
"If we don't catch up, it's impossible. Let's concentrate our main force to capture Guangling County first, and then go to support."
"Great kindness." Wang Zheng's eyes sparkled, he held his hands and laughed, looking at the green trees outside the hall, the afterglow of the setting sun reflecting on the stone road, and a dark financial scene.
This is how it should be. After Guangling was captured, wasn’t it also named Yuan? You, Yuan’s army, would naturally be the main ones.
Of course, Wang Zheng secretly added something in his heart.
Sooner or later, the surname will still be Wang.
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The next day, Yan Xiang led his troops out of the city.
The days that followed were short but long.
The former is physical time, and the latter is naturally for those Yuan Jun who want to continue fighting.
Of course, some of them were still grateful for Ji Ling's kindness and determined to avenge him. However, most of them were still feeling hot and eager because the battle in Tangyi was fought so smoothly.
Then behead him to achieve military merit.
The main reason... is that Tangyi was transformed into a military area by Zhang Fei and the county guard. There are too few people and no women. In such a city, even looting is not fun.
Words.
Wang Zheng was not idle. While he ordered the Heavenly Army to go to the surrounding villages and towns to collect grain, grass, baggage, and build subsequent siege equipment, he also arranged for the sentries and cavalry of the two armies to merge and take turns to leave the city to collect Liu Bei's army's movements and intelligence.
Several episodes occurred during this period. First, many messengers from Guangling City wanted to break out of the siege and went to Donghai and Xiapi to ask for help. Naturally, Wang Zheng arranged for second-order cavalry to intercept and kill them all. Later, it seemed that all the messengers they sent were like nothing.
, there is another group moving troops from the east, it seems to be the garrison of Guangling City, and has the intention to withdraw to Xiapi and Donghai.
Did Zhang Yide go back to Donghai directly?
Seeing such behavior of voluntarily abandoning Guangling, Wang Zheng felt that it was really not like his style, but he was surprised. Of course, he would not allow the enemy troops to merge.
Immediately, an army was dispatched to intercept them in the middle, forcing the troops to retreat again.
Just when Wang Zheng was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, with his wishful thinking in mind, he returned with only Yan Xiang and his troops, and directly attacked Guangling County to govern the city, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened.
On this day, an urgent military report came from Pengcheng and was sent by Xu Fang.
Holding the letter in his hand, Wang Zheng looked gloomy and stood in a daze for a long time. He just sat down with his hands on the table. On a hot day, he felt as if he had participated in some ice bucket challenge, and a bucket of ice was poured over him in an instant. water.
"What happened? General." Gu Jian asked with concern.
"Lü Bu is here." Wang Zheng rubbed his eyebrows, waved his hand a little irritably, and read the military report again.
"Five thousand troops came galloping from the west of Pengcheng. Among them, there were less than a thousand cavalry, and they were all from Bingzhou... Rumor has it that their leader was General Fenwu, Marquis of Wen Lu Bu... He wanted to use Pengcheng to go to Xiapi. ..”
"The general is afraid that he will follow the false path to attack Guo, and he is also worried that if he takes refuge with Liu Bei, he will later be disadvantageous to the general, so he dare not let him go..."
"It's just that Marquis Wen has a great reputation, and like us, he has a grudge against Cao Cao. Although he won't let him go, he doesn't dare to turn against him without permission, so he keeps his troops stationed in Wu County temporarily, waiting for the general to make a decision."
Wang Zheng came down from the hall and paced back and forth, walking like the wind.
He was shocked at first, because like Xu Fang, he was worried about Lu Bu attacking Pengcheng, and was also deeply afraid that he would go to Xiapi and surrender to Liu Bei. So Yuan Shu and his own family, who were fighting with him at this time, weren't the best candidates to surrender?
However, upon closer reflection, the problem is not that serious.
First, even if he is not proficient in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Wang Zheng probably knows that in the original history, not long after Lu Bu came to Xuzhou, he took away Liu Bei's foundation, leaving Liuzhou Mu, who had not been powerful for long, to be dependent on others again.
It seems...Wang Zheng secretly muttered, is it because of Yuan Shu's estrangement?
(In the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu led his army to attack Xuzhou and had a stalemate with Liu Bei in Xuyi and Huaiyin. The stalemate lasted for a month, with both sides winning or losing. Yuan Shu wrote to Lu Bu, promising to send 200,000 hu of rice to induce him to attack Xiapi , so Lü Bu marched eastward by land and water, and when the army arrived forty miles west of Xiapi, Liu Bei's lieutenant general Xu Dan from Danyang sent Sima Zhangjiao to meet Lü Bu, and revealed to Lü Bu that Zhang Fei was fighting with his father-in-law Cao Bao. There was great chaos in Xiapi City. Danyang soldiers were all waiting for Lu Bu's arrival in Xibaimen City, so Lu Bu marched in large numbers and arrived at the city in the morning. After dawn, Danyang soldiers opened the city gate. Lu Bu sat on the city gate and commanded the army to defeat Zhang Fei. They captured Liu Bei's wives, concubines, children and their families. At this time, Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu and fled to Haixi. Hungry and exhausted, he asked Lu Bu to surrender. Lu Bu was angry that Yuan Shu stopped bringing food, so he prepared chariots and horses to welcome Liu Bei. , appointed Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou and sent him to garrison Xiaopei. Lu Bu called himself Xuzhou Mu)
Secondly, this point is actually more important. There are two talkers in Xuzhou today.
Brother Dian, you can also seek refuge with me. I am also the governor of Xuzhou.
But...this rebel is not part of the system, but I don't dare to keep him.
The key is, how to get him to actively apply to join the team?
Wang Zheng hesitated for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter. Now that he couldn't go back and take charge, in this situation, it would be too early to think of accepting Lu Bu, right?
Although Lu Bu's heroic image is profound, Liu Bei's threat is obviously still greater.
What's more, as long as he is driven out of Xuzhou, the only people Lu Bu can rely on are him or Yuan Shu. The latter cannot control the flying general. Wang Zheng has this confidence.
Sitting on the meeting table, writing and pondering for a long time, Wang Zheng simply said that Xu Fang's current response was actually very good, not to make enemies, not to let things go, and if he really had to choose between the two, Wang Zheng would rather choose the latter.
"Never let it go!" After ordering the messenger to bring the message back, Wang Zheng stood up suddenly, and suddenly another tiger came to his side. He could no longer feel sorry for the loss of his own soldiers, so he made a decision.
"Ancient sword!"
"The end is here!"
"Instruct the three armies to get ready for departure, and at the same time send people to contact Yan Xiang quickly and order him to return within three days."
"Regardless of whether he can be on time or not, whether he brings troops or not, he will set out to support the country in five days..."
"Within ten days..." Wang Zheng stood up and turned around to look around. The shining sunlight shone on the divine sword on the wall, and there was a faint green light coming out of the scabbard.
"This is going to open the gates of Guangling City!"