Great Military Division

Chapter 450 I'm just pretending, I really don't dare to do it!
The Yangtze River is rolling and the waves are surging.

Hundreds of warships docked at Jinkou, one after another following the waves.

On the bank of the river, a man stood facing the wind, his cloak fluttering in the cold wind, he was holding a knife at his waist, staring at the other bank of the river with bright eyes, thinking about something in his heart.

This person is none other than Fan Neng, a general under Liu Yao's account.

It had been three full days since he came to Dantu, but he still hadn't received an order to cross the river until today. You must know that soldiers are precious and fast, so there is no reason to delay the opportunity like this.

On the opposite side of the river bank, they must be ready for battle, and even reinforcements have been called in. If this continues, let alone attacking Guangling, it is still unknown whether they will be able to cross the Yangtze River safely.

Fan Neng couldn't understand it.

Even if my protagonist is mentally handicapped, he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake, right?There are probably some things in it that he doesn't understand for the time being.

Ugh!
That's it.

I don't want to, I have a headache if I think too much.

Fan Neng shook his head, and when he was about to turn around and leave, a voice sounded from behind:
"General Fan."

"kindness?"

It's Gu Yong.

Fan Neng judged it all at once.

He turned his head to look, and couldn't help frowning: "Yuan Tan, why do you come here when you have time? The wind in the river is so strong, be careful not to get caught in the cold, so go back quickly."

"Not urgent."

Gu Yong was wearing winter clothes, covered with a mink velvet cloak, holding a warm hand stove in his hand, and smiled lightly at Fan Neng: "General Fan has stayed here for so long, probably because he is waiting for the order to cross the river?"

"This"

Now that Gu Yong saw through it, Fan Neng had nothing to hide, and nodded affirmatively: "That's right, that's true. If the lord hasn't issued an order for so long, the other side must have been prepared. This battle is really impossible."

"kindness."

Gu Yong gave a very calm grace, without the slightest turmoil on his face, as if he had already seen through everything.

But the more he behaved, the more curious Fan Neng was: "Yuan Tan, what do you mean by doing this? Could it be that you already know the Lord's intention?"

"of course."

Gu Yong nodded affirmatively, and said casually: "Because, the person who prevents you from crossing the river is actually me, not the main attacker."

Fan Neng's eyes were as wide as a bell, and he was surprised. He let out an "ah" and was amazed: "Mr. Yuan Tan, what is your intention? Staying here deliberately for so long, wouldn't it give the enemy time to fully prepare?"

"Yes."

Fan Neng originally thought that Gu Yong would at least feel ashamed, but he never thought that the other party nodded without hesitation, admitted his intention, and didn't even feel ashamed at all.

"I just want to give Guangling Chen Deng time to fully prepare."

This sentence made Fan Neng so angry that he wished for ten thousand Chinese quintessence, and directly hit him in the face, but when he saw the other party's expression as usual and not ashamed, he always felt something was wrong, so he held back , finally exhaled and asked:
"This this."

"Yuan Tan, why are you doing this?"

"It's an eternal opportunity, and you're clearly delaying the opportunity. If I can take the lead, I must chop off your head. Do you know how much your suggestion will affect our attack on Guangling?" ?”

"I"

When Fan Neng kept complaining about Gu Yong, Gu Yong interrupted directly, nodded and said, "Of course I know that once Guangling is ready, the difficulty of our attack on Guangling will definitely double, and the casualties will most likely be doubled."

"You you actually."

Fan Neng couldn't figure it out more and more. He took a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm: "Since you understand, why do you still do this? Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will never forgive you."

"Hahaha!"

Gu Yong looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, as if he didn't take Fan Neng seriously at all: "If you really have something to do with me, will you treat me like this? If I don't give you a reasonable explanation, can you still eat me?"

Forehead.
Fan Neng suddenly became wilted.

Indeed, he has absolutely nothing to do with Gu Yong.

He is a celebrity in front of Liu Yao, the big housekeeper of the entire Jiangdong, even Liu Yao has to give him three points, let alone a person like himself.

"okay."

Seeing that Fan Neng was holding back his anger, Gu Yong stopped joking with him.

When he came here this time, he originally wanted to give Fan Neng a reasonable explanation, otherwise he would not have come here at all: "I can give you a reasonable explanation, do you want to hear it?"

"of course."

Fan Neng turned his head and glanced at Gu Yong, serious.

"Ok."

Gu Yong sighed, too lazy to talk nonsense, tightened his cloak, and went straight to the point: "Actually, the lord ordered you to lead the troops north to Dantu, which was originally a forced move."

"If Yuan Shao hadn't sent someone over, hoping that the lord would lead his troops northward and attack Guangling while Xu Rong left Xuzhou, the lord would never have mobilized a single soldier."

Fan Neng was stunned by these words: "Xu Rong is not here, isn't it a good time to attack? Why is the lord unwilling to attack? Could it be that he is afraid of Guangling Chen Deng?"

"Although this kid was born in the Chen family of Xuzhou, he is too young. He has no experience in the battlefield before, so he has no ability. I, Fan Neng, can't guarantee anything else. It's more than enough to beat him."

Gu Yong smirked, shook his head, and said softly: "It's just Chen Deng, it's nothing to worry about, the soldiers and horses under his command are only a few thousand, and the general only has a chariot harness, how can he stop the general's army."

"But the general."

Before Fan Neng became arrogant, Gu Yong changed the subject: "Although Chen Deng is not worth mentioning, he represents Nanyang after all. My lord is not afraid of Guangling, but he is afraid of Nanyang."

"Although Xu Rong left Xuzhou, Nanyang can still send troops over. We may be able to win three or five cities, but how to defend against Nanyang's counterattack is a question worth discussing."

"This"

Fan Neng frowned, not knowing how to respond.

indeed.

Nanyang Hanting's strength lies here.

Once they attack Guangling, no matter whether they win a big victory, a narrow victory, or even a defeat, it all means becoming an enemy of Nanyang and declaring war with Nanyang.

That being the case, the other party is bound to launch a counterattack against Yangzhou. The fire and thunder are so powerful that everyone knows it. Even if there is a plan to build the city and strengthen it, no one knows how effective it will be.

If they rashly launched an attack in order to cooperate with Yuan Shao, in the future when the Thunder counterattacked, it would not only be as simple as recovering Xuzhou's lost territory, but the opponent would even take Yangzhou in one go.

This is why Liu Yao has been occupying the Lujiang River, but he did not cooperate with Jiangdong's soldiers and horses, forcibly attacked Guangling, and pushed the defense line to the Huaihe River. He had no choice but to bear the consequences of failure.

Although Jiangdong has always had the Yangtze River in its hands, and on the surface, it seems to be invincible, but Cheng Pu in Xuzhou is building a navy, and Sun Jian's navy in Xinye is even in the middle of intensive training.

Their goals are obvious, namely Jingxiang and Yangzhou, especially Cheng Pu, who attacked from the sea, is even more difficult to defend against. They can attack their coastline at any time and launch a full-scale attack on Yangzhou.

The battle can be fought, but at a cost.

If you can't bear it, there is only one ending:
dead!
Therefore, Liu Yao would not attack Guangling unless he had to. When he was about to attack Guangling, he had a certain ability to prevent Nanyang from counterattacking.

Gu Yong sighed, and said softly: "After all, we are allies with Yuan Shao, and what we have to do is to put on a show, but it is impossible to drag us into the water."

"Do you understand this time?"

Immediately, Gu Yong turned his head and glanced at Fan Neng, and said softly.

"Obviously."

Fan Neng nodded, with a confused expression on his face: "It's the general who has thought about the problem simply, and just now he has something to do with Mr., please don't blame him."

"will not."

Gu Yong waved his hand, keeping a calm face all the time: "As a commander, this is something you should consider. The incident happened suddenly, and I didn't explain it clearly. This is my responsibility."

"It's just that even I didn't expect that Nanyang Hanting didn't send troops to support Guangling. This made us seem more passive. Fortunately, the recent strong winds have swept through, which is not conducive to combat. This is a reason."

"But next"

Gu Yong turned his head to look at Fan Neng, and said softly: "It's up to you to delay the time, the lord has one and only one order, no matter at any time, there must be a reason not to send troops, unless you get the lord's personal order, understand? ?”

Fan Neng bowed his body and cupped his hands, and responded sonorously: "Don't worry, sir, this matter can be left to the generals, and I guarantee that they will not find any faults. How do the northerners understand this method of water warfare?"

Gu Yong smiled lightly: "That's very good."

Fan Neng heaved a sigh of relief: "Sir, why don't you go and sit in my camp, the river wind is very strong here, be careful not to catch the wind and cold."

"No."

Gu Yong looked at the rolling Yangtze River from a distance, letting the cold wind blow over his face: "I still have to hurry back. The situation this year is really not optimistic, and I can't let it go to waste for a day."

"This"

As a last resort, Fan Neng had no choice but to nod his head: "Okay, since that's the case, the last general will not stay with Mr. It's not too late for us to get together again during the winter festival."

"kindness."

Gu Yong nodded: "I will take my leave."

Fan Neng watched Gu Yong leave, and immediately returned to the barracks.

******
Qingzhou, Beihai.

The first snow in the second year of ZTE was later than in previous years.

The goose feather-like blizzard covered the land of Qingzhou in an instant. Looking around, it was covered in silver and was extraordinarily enchanting.

Although the heavy snow in the north is beautiful, it is a huge challenge for the march.

Simply Xu Rong was very experienced. When he felt that the weather was not right, he had already ordered to stop the march, set up camp on the spot, and prepared to wait for the blizzard to pass before setting off.

Of course, if the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were not joined by Yuan Shao, Xu Rong would step up his march even in the face of wind and snow. After all, the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people are at stake, and there is absolutely no room for carelessness.

but
Now that Yuan Shao is involved, Xu Rong has to be careful, lest no one is rescued, and food, winter clothes, tents and other supplies are lost, and even the army suffers heavy losses, so the gain outweighs the loss.

For Xu Rong, the current strategy is "stable". Anyway, I have the advantage, and the ones who should be anxious are the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and Yuan Jun Wenwu who participated in it.

now.

Xu Rong camp.

Central Army, big tent.

The crackling of the charcoal brazier makes the whole tent warm like spring.

Xu Rong still stood in front of the map, with his hands behind his back, staring at the road above, thinking about how to proceed next.

Now they have successfully walked out of the Langya Corridor and entered the border of Beihai. A large part of this area is plain terrain, and only the part bordering Xuzhou and Yanzhou is close to the hilly area of ​​central and southern Shandong.

Anqiu!

Chang'an!

Zhu Xu!

Xu Rong quickly located some suspicious counties, because there are stretches of mountains here, which can block the invasion of cold wind, and are the safest hiding places for the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

But at the same time, it is also the place where they are most likely to ambush. Once they enter it, they will be torn to pieces by 50 enemy troops.

Hou Cheng, a general at the side, stepped forward: "General, why don't we send someone to investigate, anyway, these places are not far away, and there will be news soon."

"Let's wait until the snow stops."

Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief, frowning and staring at the map: "What I'm worried about is not that there are Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in these places, but that there are Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in these places, and we don't even know where Yuan Shao's people will be."

"Also, there is no news about which of these Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have been controlled by Yuan Shao and which ones have not. This is really not good for our next actions."

Hou Cheng said softly: "It's a pity that there is no news about the imperial court's Flying Pigeon transmission. Now that the weather is like this again, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a while."

"Don't worry."

Xu Rong kept calm as much as possible: "As long as we are steady and steady, the ones who should be anxious are the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, not us."

Hou Cheng smiled lightly: "It's true."

"Oh, right."

Xu Rong turned his head to look, and asked, "Have you kept up with supplies such as food and grass?"

Hou Cheng shook his head: "When encountering heavy snow, it must have been delayed. Anyway, I haven't arrived in Dongwu County, otherwise the cavalry would have come to report."

"However, please rest assured, General, Zu Mao and Kan Ze are extremely capable in handling affairs. Even if they are delayed for a day or two, they will try to make up for it later. Presumably there should be no delay."

"perhaps."

Hou Cheng smiled: "They are on their way, not necessarily."

Xu Rong said softly, "I hope so."

"Report—!"

At this moment, a long announcement sounded from outside the tent.

Xu Rong and Hou Cheng were stunned for a moment, thinking it was Zu Mao who came over: "Could it be?"

Turned his head to look.

But seeing, He Qi hastily entered the account, bowed his body and cupped his hands and said: "General, there is a situation."

Xu Rong frowned and asked anxiously, "What's the situation?"

He Qi said softly: "Our army's secret sentry found a frozen man who kept calling your name, General, and he had a wound on his left chest, a sword wound."

hiss-!
Xu Rong was surprised: "Calling my name?"

He Qi nodded: "That's right, that's right."

"Where is this person?"

"It has been brought back to the barracks, and it is currently in a coma, and the general will send someone to take care of it."

"Do you know the identity of this person?"

"perhaps."

He Qi frowned, and tentatively replied: "It's the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and it's very likely that the military rank is not low."

"Oh?"

Xu Rong was even more astonished, with an expression of disbelief: "Qingzhou Yellow Turban?"

He Qi nodded: "That's right, this person is wearing talisman paper, which is used by the Taiping Dao to make talisman water, and this kind of talisman paper can only be seen in some high-level people, and ordinary believers should not have it." .”

At this critical moment, the high-level officials of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban appeared here with injuries, and they were still calling their names. The keen Xu Rong suddenly realized something, and immediately ordered:
"General He."

"exist."

"At all costs, this person must be saved, understand?"

"Don't worry, the general, the military doctor is already doing his best to treat him."

"kindness."

Xu Rong nodded: "If this person wakes up, he must inform the general as soon as possible. He is very likely to know the situation inside the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which will be of great use to our next step forward."

He Qi bowed his body and cupped his hands and said, "Here."

After it leaves.

Xu Rong walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, frantically simulating the possibility of such a situation in his mind, even Xu Rong was constantly guessing and deducing the identity of the other party.

Although Yuan Shao could easily take advantage of the institutional system of the imperial court, it has advantages after all. For the small gentry, as well as poor families and ordinary people, it must have it.

What is Qingzhou Yellow Turban?
to be honest.

He is an anti-imperial violence group composed of ordinary people in Qingzhou.

Strictly speaking, they are a group of ordinary people, and the decrees of the Nanyang court are definitely very attractive to them.

The only ones who really made trouble were those high-level officials in the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, because once they surrendered to Nanyang, they would not be competitive at all under Nanyang's survival of the fittest mechanism.

But
This does not mean that the top management of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are all selfish guys.

There are always some people who really think about ordinary people in the yellow scarves, and once there is a disagreement, it is inevitable that there will be a fire, and it is extremely possible that a lucky person will escape from it.

That evening, the night was quiet.

In the big tent, a lamp is like a bean, and the candle is flickering.

Xu Rong is reading at night by candlelight.

suddenly.

There was a long sound from outside the tent:
"Report—!"

Xu Rong put down his military book and looked up.

But seeing, He Qi hastily entered the account, bowed his body and cupped his hands: "General, that man has woken up."

"Oh?"

Surprised, Xu Rong hurriedly got up, spared the long case, and transferred it to the account: "Come on, let's go and have a look."

He Qi nodded, "Here." Then he followed Xu Rong and left the big tent.

Soon.

The two came to the side tent not far away.

At this moment, the military doctor was changing the man's dressing, but when the man saw Xu Rong coming, he was ready to stand up to greet him.

"Don't move, let's rest."

Xu Rong stepped forward quickly, and interrupted the opponent's movement with a wave of his hand: "You are injured and haven't recovered yet, now you need to rest well, just lie down quietly, I just ask you a few questions."

"Dare to ask the general, but Xu Rong from Nanyang Hanting?"

Before Xu Rong could open his mouth to ask, the other party had already made an inquiry first.

"Yes."

Xu Rong nodded affirmatively: "I am Xu Rong from Nanyang Hanting. In the name of His Majesty, I rushed to Qingzhou to collect the yellow scarves. I don't know who you are."

"The villain Guan Hai, Qingzhou Beihai Yellow Turban Qu Shuai."

Guan Hai bowed his body and cupped his hands, two lines of hot tears burst out of his eyes.

"what?"

Xu Rong and He Qi were taken aback: "You are Guan Hai?"

Guan Hai burst into tears: "That's right, it's the villain."

hiss-!
The two gasped in unison, stunned.

Although, they had expected that it would be the senior management of Qingzhou Huangjinqu Shuai, but they couldn't believe it, the person who fell in the ice and snow was none other than Qingzhou Huangjinqu Shuai Guan Hai!
"What the hell is going on here?"

Xu Rong took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm.

"Is such that."

At that moment, Guan Hai didn't hide anything, and told the whole story of that day: "If Guan Cheng knew that my heart is in a different position from ordinary people, maybe the villain would not be able to escape at all."

"Guo Tu, Yan Liang?"

Xu Rong naturally knew the status of these two people in Yuan Shao's army.

Especially Yan Liang, who is known as the head of Hebei's four court pillars, whether it is art of war or martial arts, they are all unique.

Yuan Shao sent these two people to Qingzhou, apparently with the help of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, to fight to the death with Nanyang Hanting, anyway, no matter the victory or defeat, it is all a kind of weakening of Nanyang Hanting, and he is always standing on his own. defeated.

"Yes."

Guan Hai nodded affirmatively: "It's Guo Tu and Yan Liang, and Xu He in Jinan also has Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses. The chief general is Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou."

Xu Rong secretly said something bad, and hurriedly asked: "May I ask the general, how many people are there in these two yellow scarves in Qingzhou? How many ordinary people are there, and how many are good fighters?"

Guan Hai breathed a sigh of relief, and said honestly: "Our two Yellow Turbans are the two largest Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, with a total population of about 120 million."

"The vast majority of them are ordinary people, accounting for about 80 people. There are not many people who can really go to the battlefield, but there are more than 40 people."

"Of course!"

Speaking of this, Guan Hai hurriedly added: "They are all ordinary people, and most of the weapons in their hands are picks, shovels, etc., and there are at most only 5 to [-] people who can hold spears, knives, and swords. "

"Besides, we are all covered in coarse clothes, and we don't even have much leather armor. There are even fewer bows and arrows. There are only two or three thousand handles. On average, each person has less than three arrows."

Guan Hai seemed to be afraid of scaring Xu Rong away, so he deliberately described the power of the Yellow Turban in a relatively miserable way. All in all, although this team has a large number of troops, it is definitely not the opponent of the Nanyang court.

"General."

Speaking of this, Guan Hai hastily cupped his hands and cupped his fists: "The villain implores you to use your troops properly and try to defeat Guo Tu and Yan Liang, but try not to use force against my Yellow Turban people, they are all innocent."

How could Xu Rong not know this, and he let out a long breath: "Don't worry, I will try my best to find out the situation, and then do my best to save the brothers in Qingzhou Huangjin, but you must do your best to cooperate with me."

Guan Hai bowed his body and cupped his hands: "General, don't worry, the villain will do his best for Nanyang."

Xu Rong waved his hand to signal Guan Hai to get up: "Oh, by the way, the person who let you go is called Guan Cheng, right?"

Guan Hai nodded: "That's right, he should have taken over my position now, but the actual power holders should be Guo Tu and Yan Liang. He was forced."

"it is good."

Xu Rong responded: "I will quickly pass on this situation to the imperial court Feige, and let them contact the pawns and Jianfeng inside the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou, and try to contact Guan Cheng."

Guan Hai was astonished: "You...you still have them in Qingzhou."

"kindness."

Xu Rong nodded: "So, we know that you are dead, but we don't know that you can escape from death. This proves that Guan Cheng can fight for it, and the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou can still be saved."

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