A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 460: Loyalty to the Emperor is committed to death, Zhang Wenyuan moves to Baili to fight
Spring Valley, the main camp of the Han army was surrounded.

Zhang Liao listened to the sound of fighting outside and discussed the future direction with his generals.

"General, our army is now trapped in a tight siege. The front is densely packed with Wu troops, and the rear is the rolling river. Even if the overlord is still alive, there is no choice but to kill himself.

Since ancient times, those who have been trapped in the army of death have either surrendered or died, but there is a high probability that they will surrender.

Moreover, this battle was not our defeat, but actually the defeat of the DPRK. If the spies in the DPRK had not disclosed the military situation of our army, how could we have fallen into such a situation.

Since the imperial court doesn't care about our lives, why do we need to sacrifice our lives? "

Zhang Liao looked at the general who was speaking. This man had been with him for more than twenty years and his hair was already gray. If it weren't for the extreme disappointment in his heart, he would never say such a thing.

"Confused, not only our whereabouts were leaked in this battle, the whereabouts of the Prime Minister and even the governor of Yizhou were also leaked, which shows that it is not just against us, but against the entire southern expedition army.

That is to say, it is aimed at the Prime Minister and His Majesty.

Moreover, we have received the country's favor in this life, and the kindness of the late emperor is comparable to the mountains and seas. How can we surrender easily? Isn't it just the plan of some people in the DPRK?

Huh, they want our entire army to be wiped out in order to seize the power of the prime minister. I, Zhang Liao, will never fulfill their wish. "

Zhang Liao looked around at the generals. Among them were veterans who had followed him for many years, as well as nephews and nephews of his former brothers, and said loudly:

"With your trust, I, Zhang Liao, was able to rely on your strength to guard Jianghuai for more than 20 years, and Sun Quan's 100,000 troops were not allowed to invade.

At Hefei, I had 5,000 men and Sun Quan had 100,000 men, but we still beat him to the point where he threw away his helmet and armor and ran towards the river.

Today we have an army of 20,000 to 30,000, but we cannot defeat 70,000. Is it more difficult than in Hefei back then?
Although I, Zhang Wenyuan, am over 50 years old and have gray hair on my temples, I still retain the same spirit as before.

If you brothers believe me and listen to my orders, I will take you home! "

The generals were excited and shouted: "Go home!!!"

Zhang Liao asked his generals to go down and prepare, ready to attack the enemy's encirclement at any time.

Then he looked at the deputy general Guan Xing and said: "Our army is trapped in a tight siege and cannot cross the river. Your brother led the troops from Guangling to attack Dantu. The situation must be similar.

Guan Pingshen's teachings on loyalty and righteousness are 45% similar to what he has learned. It is impossible for Wu people to defeat them and surrender them. They must be like us, trapped in Dan Tu, waiting for reinforcements.

Now our two armies are separated in two places and cannot take care of each other, which is why we have fallen into this dangerous situation. General Ben decided to lead the army eastward, all the way to Jianye, disrupting the deployment of the Wu people.

Then it passes through the south of Jianye and meets Guanpingbu.

I believe that the Prime Minister will find a way to rescue us, as long as we are not defeated by the Wu army.

When the time comes, Guan Ping's troops will be guarding Dantu and our troops will be stationed in Qu'a. The distance between the two is only ten miles. They are like horns to each other and may be able to hold on until the Prime Minister rescues them. "

Guan Xing was a little worried and said: "But what about our army's baggage and rations? Jing County is occupied, and our army's rations are running low. If we want to break out of the enemy's position, we must abandon all our baggage."

Although the distance here is only more than 200 miles, it still takes several days or even ten days. The military rations carried with you can only last for two days at most.

If there is no food, the army may collapse before reaching Qu'a. "

Zhang Liao was silent for a moment and replied: "Just eat in the enemy's territory."

Guan Xing sighed, nodded and said: "The general knows."

"These Japanese generals have already detected the direction of Sun Quan's main camp. I have decided to lead 500 elite troops tonight to attack Sun Quan's general camp. By then, the enemy's army will be in turmoil and the defense line will be exposed.

You see the right opportunity, lead all the troops to quickly attack northeast, rush out and surround them, and don't stop. "

Zhang Liao told Guan Xing what he was thinking and asked him to lead the army out.

"What about you? The general is the soul of the army. If something happens to the general, even if the general rushes out with his men, the army will not be able to reach Qu'a because of fear of collapse."

Zhang Liao smiled so confidently: "Maybe there is someone in this world who can kill me, Zhang Wenyuan, but it will definitely not be Sun Zhongmou!"

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That night
Zhang Liao led 500 well-fed elites and quietly approached the outside of Sun Quan's camp. He estimated that time was almost up and immediately led his troops to attack.

Then he attacked in the direction of Sun Quan's great banner and set fire to the surrounding areas.

Soon, the entire Spring Valley battlefield could see the fire in the direction of Sun Quan's commander's camp. There were cautious generals who led their troops to defend the camp in preparation for an attack. There were generals who were eager to perform meritorious services or to protect their master, leaving only a part of their troops to guard the camp and lead others forward. Go escort.

Sun Quan saw the man again. The man he had killed in Hefei had to fly across the river. The man was in such a state of embarrassment. Could it be that God wanted to take revenge on him?

"My order is to keep Zhang Liao and not let him go!"

Following Sun Quan's order, Wu troops densely surrounded Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao burst out laughing when he saw this: "My son, Sun Quan, is this all you have? I, Zhang Wenyuan, am your natural enemy, Sun Zhongmou."

After saying this, he nocked his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Sun Quan.

Sun Quan quickly ducked to the side and fell off his horse.

Zhang Liao took the opportunity and shouted: "Master Wu was shot by me, brothers rush out with me!!!"

"Master Wu is dead!"

Zhang Liao's subordinates also shouted in unison.

The officers and soldiers of the Wu army looked in the direction of Sun Quan's banner. They did not see Sun Quan sitting on the horse just now. They were shocked and their morale was greatly shaken.

Zhang Liao took the lead, led his men to kill through the enemy formation, and walked away.

When Sun Quan mounted his horse again, Zhang Liao was nowhere to be seen.

"Trash, they are all a bunch of trash. With thousands of people, can't Zhang Liao's hundreds of people be spared?" Just when Sun Quan was furious and the other generals bowed their heads in silence, Zhuge Jin hurriedly came over to report: "Your Majesty, Zhang Liao's army took the opportunity to break through our defense line. ,Ran!"

"What? What are you looking at? If you don't chase him quickly, let Zhang Liao run away. I will kill all of you."

Driven by Sun Quan, the Wu army hurriedly pursued Zhang Liao and Guan Xing.

July 9
Dan Tu and Bu Zhao are leading 30,000 troops to surround Guan Pingbu for more than ten days. In order to capture it as soon as possible and support the Chungu and Jiangling battlefields, the Wu army has been attacking continuously for more than ten days.

The corpses piled up one meter high below Dantu City, and the original color of the city head was no longer visible. The Guanping tribe originally had 20,000 people. After being ambushed, surrounded, and then breaking out of the siege, after more than ten days of defense, only 20,000 people were left. More than five thousand people left.

Bu Zhao sat on the horse, looked at the crumbling Dantu, breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled: "Dantu can take it today."

"Prime Minister, your Majesty has sent news to our Zhang Liao tribe. Now that all the troops have been put into attacking the city, there are only four thousand people in our headquarters, which is a bit small."

A general said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, Zhang Liao is just a withered bone tomorrow, and he will be left in Jiangdong sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Didn't we have to attack Jianye in the past two days?
As a result, thousands of Jianye's defenders were beaten back steadily. Tens of thousands of our troops were here. How could he dare to stroke my tiger's beard? "

"Come on!..."

Just as Bu Zhi finished speaking, a large group of savage-like troops dressed in rags and disheveled hair came towards Bu Zhi's headquarters.

The man in the lead, riding a thin horse that had lost a lot of fat, went straight to the stallion.

"Where did the Yue people come from?" Bu Zhi said in disbelief.

Due to the sudden arrival, the Wu army was defeated. Upon seeing this, Guan Ping led more than a thousand people to fight out of the city. The infantry army scattered and fled, and the siege of Dan Tu was lifted.

Guan Ping came to the disheveled Zhang Liao and saluted: "General!"

Zhang Liao nodded and then ordered:

"I will leave you three thousand men to garrison Dantu. I will take people to fetch Qu'a. You and I will keep watch and help each other until the Prime Minister rescues us."

Guan Ping didn't say much, he just followed orders.

Due to their own dangerous situation and scarcity of food, the Han army did not leave any prisoners in this battle and beheaded more than 10,000 people.

After resting for two hours, Zhang Liao captured Qu'a and began to consolidate the city's defenses.

July 11

Sun Quan led Bu Zhao and other 60,000 people to gather the defeated army, and surrounded the two cities of Dantu and Qu'a.

Since Jiangling had been besieged for more than three months, Sun Quan was really worried that Zhu Ran could not hold on, and he did not dare to transfer Quan Cong, who was stationed in the public security department, to support him.

Yang Hu, who was afraid of being kidnapped, knew that the Soochow navy had withdrawn to Yangzhou and the police were empty, so he attacked Jiangling's back, making Zhu Ran worse.

Seeing that there was no success here for many days, he left Bu Zhi and led 30,000 people to besiege and not attack. He also sent clan generals Sun Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Yang Can to lead 10,000 people to Jiangling to rescue them.

He personally led 20,000 people to attack Lujiang County, which was empty of troops.

August
Sun Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Yang Can tried many times to break through the siege of Jiang Wei, Zhang Bao, and Ma Dai, but they all failed.

In order to completely capture Jiangling, Zhuge Liang even sent all the remaining 30,000 people in Xiangyang to Jiangling, leaving only a few thousand people in Xiangyang to guard against the Wu army's surprise attack on the granary.

However, Sun Quan successfully captured Lujiang, but once again ran into a wall in Hefei. He was blocked by Hefei guard Deng Ai and was unable to advance for more than a month.

In the end, they had no choice but to consolidate the gains they had made and withdraw their troops back to Jianye.

September
Jiang Ling still persisted, even though Zhu Ran's 20,000 people now only had 5,000 left.

Zhuge Liang also learned that Zhang Liao and Guan Ping were besieged in Dantu and Qu'a in the south of the Yangtze River.

Knowing that the southern expedition failed, he sent envoys to Jianye to discuss an armistice.

Sun Quan readily agreed, and the two sides began to send envoys to each other many times.

September

Zhuge Liang agreed to withdraw from the siege of Jiangling and retreat to Xiangyang. Sun Quanli sent Zhang Liao, Guan Ping and more than 10,000 people out of the country to Guangling.

September 23
Zhang Liao and others successfully arrived at Guangling, and both sides withdrew their respective defense lines, except for Lujiang, which was the same as before.

October 15th

Zhuge Liang led Zhang Liao, Jiang Wei and others back to the court.

He publicly apologized to Liu Chan in court.

It can be seen that many ministers jumped out on the spot to accuse Zhuge Liang of being responsible for the defeat of the army, and that he should take the blame and resign to calm the dissatisfaction between the army and the people.

But in the end, Liu Chan personally defended Zhuge Liang, but he only fined and confiscated the food of a thousand households. As punishment, his position and title remained the same.

After returning to the court, Zhuge Liang began to thoroughly investigate the leak of military information.

November 30
The Prime Minister's Office issued an order requiring Yushitai and Tingwei's Office to continuously arrest some officials involved in collaborating with the enemy. The entire court began to panic.

As the salary of the captured officials began to exceed two thousand dan, and one of them was even one of the Nine Qings, the mystery in Zhuge Liang's mind gradually began to be solved.

Just when Zhuge Liang was about to find out who was behind the scenes, an unexpected person appeared and personally asked him to stop.

(End of this chapter)