I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 233
Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Zhang Yun, Gao Lan... These people are all extremely powerful talents under Liu Jian. With the increase of their experience in battle, their personal combat power and command ability are also getting stronger and stronger. It is also gradually improving.

These generals are still young and have not yet reached the peak level in history, but under Liu Jian's account, there is one person who is currently at the highest level in history, and this person is Xu Rong.

Xu Rong is more than 40 years old. He fought against the Xianbei people in Liaodong County for 20 years.

If it is compared to personal bravery, let alone Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, let alone Zhang He and Gao Lan, even Xia Houlan can't lose to Xu Rong when it comes to heads-up.

But when it comes to commanding soldiers and horses to charge into battle and conquer the enemy, Liu Jian's young generals are still far behind Xu Rong.

Although Liu Bei didn't have much contact with Xu Rong, since he returned to Liu Jian's barracks, he also had contact with the generals under Liu Jian's command, and at the same time he had a general understanding of them.

Liu Bei was born with extremely precise eyesight, and he quickly saw that Xu Rong was not an ordinary person.

This Captain Xu is a master who can surpass him and Liu Jian in terms of military level. He had this feeling when he was attacking the Yellow Turban, and now this feeling is even stronger.

Even Liu Jian would ask Xu Rong for advice on anything he didn't understand about military affairs and formations.

Immediately, Liu Bei, together with Xu Rong, led 1000 troops led by Xu Rong himself, went out from the due west of the camp, and rushed to the enemy's main line behind to kill them.

This army led by Xu Rong himself is indeed very powerful. Although it is only a short-distance charge, it is really not easy to keep the team together in the middle of the night and march quickly to achieve the goal.

Liu Bei followed Xu Rong, watching him command the generals, silently praising and nodding in his heart, and humbly learning.

During night battles, the soldiers in the army usually hold torches in the rear, and those in the front are responsible for charging the army. After all, it is impossible to fight against the opponent with a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other. For soldiers, the difficulty is too high to be realistic.

But also because of this, how many sergeants should be assigned to be responsible for lighting, and how to protect these sergeants holding torches, this is a very difficult task for the generals who command the troops.

But obviously, Xu Rong has done a good job in this regard.

But he has something even more surprising.

Seeing that his former army had already started fighting with the opponent's central army, Xu Rong turned his head and said to Liu Bei: "Lieutenant Liu, Xu will fight with the opponent here later. The captain can now command 300 troops and go west. Go and ambush in the woods ahead, and you will surely catch something later!"

Liu Bei was surprised when he heard the words: "What is the meaning of Brother Meng Tong's move?"

Xu Rongdao: "Actually, there is no deep meaning. It's just that when I look at the opponent's Sanhe soldiers, although they are powerful, they are by no means an opponent of my Jizhou army. The opponent's general is also a person who can use soldiers. I must be able to see this. Now I am leading the army to charge. He is in the army, and he will gain the upper hand later!"

"At that time, in order to ensure his own safety, the opponent's general must go westward and enter the dense forest on the side. Captain Liu's ambush there is exactly what he wants!"

Liu Bei thought about Xu Rong's words carefully, and found that there were several details that were worthy of scrutiny.

First of all, Xu Rong could tell that the troops led by the other party were Sanhe warriors.

This must be observed through combat experience.

Since he is the soldier of Sanhe, if he thinks carefully about the various forces that are currently stationed around Luoyang, the identity of the other party can be revealed.

No wonder Xu Rong said that the opponent's general is a man who knows how to use soldiers.

Liu Bei asked: "Why does Meng Tong definitely think that the other party will leave the dense forest?"

Xu Rongdao: "From the road in the forest, you can turn to the highest hill in the west, where you can supervise the battle and continue to command the soldiers to attack the camp. For the general, it is really the best choice!"

Liu Bei was stunned upon hearing this.

He didn't ask any more questions, and immediately led a group of people to gallop towards the forest in the west according to Xu Rong's instructions.

……

At this time, Jushou and Shenpei accompanied Liu Jian to wait for the news in the commander's tent.

Regarding today's night attack, the two of them didn't have too many worries. After all, as Liu Jian's right-hand men, the two of them knew the strength of Liu Jian's soldiers best.

However, at this time, they were wondering about another thing.

"Who is it that came to attack our army unexpectedly? This matter is really strange!"

Ju Shou frowned and said, "Judging from the current situation, there shouldn't be any army around Luoyang that is our enemy..."

In fact, Liu Jian was also very curious.

But right now, you can't guess just by guessing. You can only defeat the opponent first, and then see what the situation is.

Soon, there were messengers outside the tent bringing the battle report back to Liu Jian and others.

"My lord, Zhang Sima has defeated the enemies in the southern camp."

"My lord, Zhao Sima has retreated from the enemy in the Eastern Camp!"

"My lord, Commander Xu led his troops out of the camp and faced the enemy's central army head-on!"

After listening to the battle reports everyone brought back, Liu Jian didn't make a statement. Obviously, these results were all within his expectations.

Until a scout quickly came to Liu Jian, cupped his hands and said:

"My lord, Captain Liu killed the opponent's general in the southwest forest!"

"The enemy's general is dead, and his power has been defeated. The enemy's soldiers are all walking around, and some of them have already surrendered to our army."

When Liu Jian heard this, he immediately lifted his spirits.

"Very well, let all the Sima go out of the camp, and send as many people back as possible."

"promise!"

Afterwards, I saw Liu Jian standing up slowly, and said coldly, "I want to see whose soldiers and horses are from the dead end."

……

Soon, Liu Bei brought the body of the opposing general to Liu Jian.

The corpses of the enemy, plus the confessions of the soldiers who surrendered.Liu Jian knew that the person who led the troops to attack him was the captain of cavalry, Ding Yuan.

Logically speaking, this person is an old official of the Yuan family. He should be planning to attack Luoyang's Dong Zhuo together with Zhang Yi. Why did he come to attack him?

If Ding Yuan can be captured, he can ask him about the specific situation.

But the problem is that Ding Yuan is also quite brave. After being ambushed by Liu Bei, he resisted desperately and almost led the crowd to escape.

Seeing that Ding Yuan was about to flee, Liu Bei had no choice but to order him to be shot with random arrows.

But even so, Liu Jian probably guessed what was going on in his heart, but he was not completely sure.

After knowing Ding Yuan's identity.The judge hesitated and said, "Could it be that Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji, the two leaders of the Yuan family in Luoyang, saw that the envoy refused to obey their orders to attack Dong Zhuo, so they sent someone to chase and kill the envoy?"

Liu Jian replied: "I don't know exactly what's going on, but since it has happened, we can't hide it. After all, Dingyuan is also an important town. Now that it is dead in my hands, I have to make a decision to the court." Just explain."

Speaking of this, Liu Jian's face turned cold and said: "In addition, I have to send someone to see Yuan Ji. After all, the matter is of great importance. I have to ask him for an explanation for everything!"

(End of this chapter)