Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 516: Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao’s letters and Tai Yangshi!

Zhang Sui saw that Xu Rong was not in a good mood and didn't know what to say to comfort him.

After all, this cavalry of a thousand men was not just Zhang Sui's cavalry.

In the past few years, this cavalry of a thousand people has been managed by Xu Rong.

Xu Rong had no family of his own. He lived and ate with this cavalry unit. It would be no exaggeration to say that he treated this cavalry unit as his own family.

Now, using only one thousand men against an army of fifty thousand is clearly a suicide mission, just to make the enemy withdraw out of "suspicion".

If the enemy does not retreat, these thousand people will die in battle.

Moreover, it was a death in vain.

The others also clearly felt Xu Rong's depressed mood and remained silent.

Just when Zhang Sui was thinking about how to boost morale, a rapid clanging sound was heard outside, like the sound of armor plates colliding with each other.

Zhang Sui looked outside suspiciously.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

It turned out to be Zhang Liao!
Led by a cavalryman, Zhang Liao walked quickly over and kept looking around.

He also held a bamboo tube in his hand.

Zhang Sui hurriedly stood up and went out to greet him, saying, "Wenyuan!"

Wenyuan is Zhang Liao's courtesy name.

The other people in the commander's tent all looked over.

They had also seen Zhang Liao during the battle at Xia Pi before, and knew that Zhang Liao was a subordinate of Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou.

After Zhang Liao surrendered to Zhang Sui, he addressed Zhang Sui differently from everyone else.

Others call him Lord.

Only Zhang Liao kept calling him "Young Master".

Everyone looked at each other.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Liao should be in Xia Pi, with Chen Gong, Li Ru and others.

The situation in Xuzhou is not optimistic either.

In addition to facing pressure from Sun Ce of Jiangdong on the other side of the river, Xuzhou also had a big problem of having too small a population, which led to a lack of food and fodder.

Xuzhou experienced three major events that caused population decline: the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao's massacre in Xuzhou, and Sun Ce's massacre in Guangling.

The last time Zhang Sui captured Lujiang, he could only lead the Xianchen Camp north to Yecheng without taking anyone else. The biggest reason was this.

Now, what is Zhang Liao doing here?
When Zhang Liao heard Zhang Sui's shout, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Zhang Sui, and quickened his pace.

The cavalry that brought Zhang Liao retreated.

Zhang Liao quickly came to Zhang Sui, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully: "Zhang Liao greets the young master!"

Zhang Sui stood up, helped Zhang Liao up, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Liao said, "Mr. Tian said that it would be too difficult for the young master to lead his troops on horseback to fight Cao Cao."

Looking at Xu Rong, Zhang Liao said, "So, ten days after General Xu led his men to Liyang Port, Lord Tian appointed Chen Gong as the commander-in-chief and asked me to be the main general, and I also rushed here with 3,000 elite Danyang troops."

"We didn't come from Xiaopei, but traveled all the way from Mount Tai at night."

"Firstly, Chen Gong and I once followed Lü Bu from Yanzhou to Xiapi, so we are familiar with the road."

"Secondly, Zang Ba is here too."

"Zang Ba is from Taishan County, and he has good relations with the aristocratic families in this area."

"After we passed through Mount Tai, we lay low in Cangting Harbor."

Glancing around, Zhang Liao smiled and said, "While the young master was fighting with the other gentlemen, Chen Gong, Zang Ba and I were watching from the hill on the east side."

"Although I can't see their faces clearly, I can see the fighting style of the young master and the gentlemen."

"Very brave!"

After hearing what Zhang Liao said, Xu Rong smiled.

At this point, Zhang Liao hurriedly handed the bamboo tube to Zhang Sui and said, "Young Master, I came here for three things."

Zhang Sui took the bamboo tube in confusion.

Zhang Liao pointed at the bamboo tube and said, "First, when I came here, Madam Qiao and my sister wrote a letter to you and asked me to help deliver it to the young master."

Zhang Sui did not open it directly. Madam Qiao, that is Da Qiao.

After all, Da Qiao has already publicly revealed her identity as a woman.

As for Xiao Qiao.

Zhang Sui was a little confused.

Although he had met Xiao Qiao, he had never spoken to his sister-in-law.

What kind of letter could she give herself?
However, now is not the time to talk about this.

Take a break later, then open it and read it again.

Zhang Sui asked, "Two other things?"

Zhang Liao said: "The second thing is that we passed by Taishan County this time and met Mrs. Cai's sister."

Zhang Sui nodded.

Zhang Liao said, "Mrs. Cai's sister married into the Yang family, a prominent family in Taishan County."

"When the Yang family heard that the young master was fighting Cao Cao near Liyang Port, they mobilized almost all of the Yang family's troops, about 3,000 people, and 30,000 hu of grain and fodder, and sent them here."

"Mrs. Cai's sister and her husband Yang Xun, the young master of the Yang family, personally escorted the food and troops here."

"Chen Gong predicted that the lord would fight Cao Cao again in the next two days, so he asked me to sneak over and take you there."

"First, I want to meet with Madam Cai's sister and the young master of the Yang family to express my gratitude."

"Secondly, that's the third thing."

"Discuss with you, young master, how to adjust the strategy against Cao Cao's 50,000-man army."

"Chen Gong said, my lord, you and your troops are so brave, and we have nearly 6,000 men this time, so we may have a plan to defeat Cao."

Zhang Sui: “.”

Zhang Sui knew that Cai Wenji had a younger sister who married Yang Shi of Taishan.

He didn't expect that his sister and Taiyang Yang would come to him.

Zhang Sui looked at Xu Rong, Huang Han, Zhen Hao and others and said, "I'll be back soon, you guys guard this place."

Xu Rong looked much better.

With nearly 6,000 more people, although far less than Cao Cao's 50,000-strong army, it still made people feel much more at ease.

Zhang Sui bid farewell to Xu Rong, Zhen Hao, Huang Han and others, and followed Zhang Liao all the way to Cangting Port.

Sure enough, there were many people camping near a forest.

As soon as Zhang Sui and Zhang Liao approached, people surrounded them.

When they saw it was Zhang Liao, everyone pulled away.

Zhang Liao led Zhang Sui deeper into the woods, pointing around and saying, "Here are the three thousand Danyang soldiers."

"The deputy general is Xu Dan. Xu Dan, does the young master know him?"

"He was the one who let Lu Bu and I into Xia Pi City and drove Liu Xuande away."

Zhang Sui nodded.

Zhang Liao pointed to the right and said, "Over there, those who look a little sparse are the three thousand followers of the Taishan Yang clan."

Zhang Liao said with emotion: "This time, Taishan Yang clan has almost withdrawn all his troops to support Young Master. Young Master, this friendship is very precious."

Zhang Sui laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart.

He thought of a person: Liu Bei.

At the beginning, when Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu in Guangling, the Mi family spent all their wealth and even sent more than 2,000 troops to help Liu Bei as a dowry in advance.

Unfortunately, Liu Bei squandered all the advance dowry from the Mi family and did not achieve any results.

Thinking of the angry look of the Mi family in Xia Pi City, Zhang Sui shook his head.

He used to envy Liu Bei.

Now, I am also enjoying this wave of benefits.

Taiyang Yang actually sent so many parts!

Mount Tai now belongs to Yanzhou under the rule of Cao Cao.

I wonder if Cao Cao would be so angry that he would vomit blood if he knew about this?
(End of this chapter)