Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 411 Stop Crying Zhang Babai

Le Jin was very puzzled after reading the secret letter, completely ignorant of the significance of Cao Cao's arrangement.

Zhang Liao is sophisticated, tactful and good at observing words and expressions. Although he fought bravely after surrendering to Cao Cao, he liked to show compliments in front of Cao Cao, especially the battle at Bailangshan.

Cao Cao encountered Wuhuan Tadun's army on the way to conquer Wuhuan. At that time, because the vehicles transporting supplies were behind, many of the vanguards of the front army had no armor, and the disparity in the number of troops made them fearful. Zhang Liao challenged without fear.

Cao Cao climbed up and saw that Tadun's army was disorganized. Knowing that the opponent did not expect to meet him here, he handed the command flag to Zhang Liao and asked him to command the vanguard to charge with Zhang He.

Cao Cao was worried that Zhang Liao and Zhang He would lose, so he sent Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to help. The battle ended with Wuhuan's defeat and surrender.

After Zhang Liao won the victory, he did not flaunt his own achievements. He repeatedly emphasized that Cao Cao used his troops well and commanded them properly. In the end, Cao Cao's boss decided that he was the first to break Wuhuan.

Le Jin followed Cao Cao very early on. He often fought first and risked his life. On the contrary, he was not as fond of Cao Cao as the highly emotional Zhang Liao. Many people in the army have this kind of jealousy and hatred.

Li Dian is refined and elder-like, but the rift between him and Zhang Liao is even greater.

Li Dian was born in the Li family of the Yanzhou gentry, who raised thousands of diners in the Cheng family (place name). Because the Yanzhou gentry rebelled against Cao Cao and took refuge in Lv Bu in the early years, it was doomed that the Yanzhou gentry could not be reused, especially if they had military power, they would be feared by Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu, a counselor in Yanzhou, relinquished his military power and took the initiative to stay with Cao Cao to counsel military affairs. Li Dian, who was also from a noble family in Yanzhou, was in charge of logistics and supply transportation all year round. Although he was resourceful, he was destined to have no chance to be the chief general.

When the Yanzhou gentry welcomed Lu Bu to rebel against Cao Cao, Li Dian's father, Li Gan, was killed for refusing to recruit Lu Bu. Zhang Liao had been a general under Lu Bu's tent.

Not only did Li Dian and Zhang Liao have unsatisfactory jealousy, they also blamed Zhang Liao for his father's family feud.

Zhang Liao pondered for a while after reading the secret letter, then stood up and said to Le Jin, "Since it is the Lord's order, please ask Wen Qian to take up the important task of defending the city, and Xue Hujun and I will go find Mancheng (Li Dian) right now."

"It's better to let Xue Hujun and Mancheng defend the city, and Wen Yuan and I go out of the city to defend against the enemy." Le Jin suggested.

"We must obey the command of the lord." Zhang Liao shook his head firmly, and then went out with Xue Ti to look for Li Dian.

Zhang Liao and Xue Ti walked to Li Dian's room and saw Li Dian reading through the crack of the door. Xue Ti then coughed softly to remind the people in the room.

Li Dian recognized Xue Ti's voice, he quickly turned over and lay down on the couch, and then asked lazily, "Who is outside the house?"

"Mancheng, it's me." Zhang Liao saved enough face for the other party, then pushed the door open and walked in with Xue Ti.

"What's the matter with General Zhang?"

As soon as Li Dian finished speaking, Xue Ti handed over the secret letter, "This is the Lord's general order. Wen Yuan has handed over the city defense to Wen Qian. You should take a look first."

"I'm not feeling well. If I want to leave the city with General Zhang, I'm afraid." Li Dian hesitated to speak.

"Hefei's survival depends entirely on the two generals. You two need to let go of your previous suspicions. I won't bother you after the order is over. Let me leave."

Originally Zhang Liao planned to take advantage of Sun Quan's unsteady foothold and use the Death Squad to catch him by surprise tomorrow morning. Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian who was pretending to be sick on the bed, and pondered for a while, not knowing what to say.

"In my opinion, General Zhang has a well-thought-out plan, so it is better to tell the deployment of the battle. The battle of Hefei is related to national affairs. If possible, Li Dian will not abolish the public because of personal interests."

Zhang Liao nodded and sat on the side of the couch, and then he said: "Sun Quan has a lot of people coming from far away, and it may not be able to gather tonight. I want to select elite soldiers and dead soldiers tonight, and fight the enemy tomorrow. Then Hefei is in danger."

Li Dian frowned: "Jiangdong has quite a large army, and Hefei only has [-] defenders. I wonder how many people the general will take?"

"The number of people is too small and it is easy for sheep to go to the tiger's mouth. I plan to control it to less than a thousand people." Zhang Liao's eyes were extremely firm.

Li Dian mistakenly thought that the other party was going to bring most of the defenders, so he had already planned his arguments in advance and was ready to refute. When he heard that Zhang Liao would control the number of people within a thousand, Li Dian couldn't help admiring his courage.

Thinking of Zhang Liao abandoning his previous suspicions and focusing on serving the country, he tore off the sackcloth on his forehead, sat up straight and cupped his fists and said, "Li Dian is at the command of General Zhang."

Seeing this, Zhang Liao nodded in satisfaction, and then discussed with Li Dian the specific combat deployment. The main thing was that Zhang Liao was responsible for leading the dead into the battle, and Li Dian was responsible for supporting him to break through.

In the evening, Zhang Liao selected [-] dead soldiers from the [-] defenders, and then slaughtered cattle and sheep, and set wine to strengthen the courage of these dead soldiers.

The next day at Dongfang Gangbai, Zhang Liao put on his armor and mounted his horse to assemble his troops, and led [-] dead men to the Jiangdong Camp.

Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's western expedition to Hanzhong and the emptiness of the Jianghuai River, and decisively decided to attack Hefei. In addition to mobilizing soldiers stationed in various places in the east of the Yangtze River, he also mobilized soldiers from Lukou Lusu and He Qi troops from Poyang to suppress the rebellion against Shanyue (leaving Lu Xun to continue his conquest of Shanyue) ), with a total force of 10.

The generals who accompanied Sun Quan included Lu Meng, Chen Wu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, He Qi, etc., almost Jiangdong's all-star lineup.

Jiangdong adopted a private army system. Although the 10 people were unified under the command of Sun Quan, the specific dispatch had to rely on the private army generals. The soldiers who really obeyed Sun Quan's independent command were only a thousand soldiers under the car of the guard.

The [-] troops arrived in Hefei by boat. After landing from Shishui, they marched for dozens of miles, and finally set up camp and built a fortress [-] miles outside the city.

On the eve of Cao Jun's surprise attack in the morning, Sun Quan's [-] troops had not yet completed their assembly.

Sun Quan was still sleeping soundly in the camp, and the soldiers who got up earlier were preparing to bury the pot for cooking, when suddenly there was a loud shout of killing outside the camp, and Sun Quan jumped up from the bed in a hurry.

Zhang Liao took the lead and rushed into the Wu camp, beheading dozens of Jiangdong soldiers who were in charge of guarding.

"Zhang Liao of the Yanmen is here, and the Jiangdong rats are coming to die." He reported his family name while running, and then led [-] soldiers into the enemy's camp as if they were in no one's land.

Sun Quan put on his cloak and walked out of the big tent. When he met Lu Meng and Jiang Qin who came in a hurry, he asked in a panic, "Who broke into my camp? How many people are there?"

"It's the enemy general Zhang Liao, and the soldiers and horses he leads are unknown." Lu Meng shook his head and replied.

Zhang Liao rushed into the flock, jumping like chickens and dogs everywhere, and ran straight to the position of Sun Quan's coach's flag.

"No, Zhang Liao's intention is to command the flag. If the flag is folded, it will be unfavorable. Who will stand in my way?" Sun Quan shouted.

"My lord, General Chen Wu has gone." The guards outside reported urgently.

Seeing Sun Quan's worried face, Lu Meng quickly comforted him: "Chen Zilie is the general of the Jianghuai tiger, and he will definitely behead Zhang Liao."

(End of this chapter)