Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 637 Zhang Liao: There is only death!

Xuzhou.

Guangling.

Hailing Port, Pier.

Soldiers were constantly coming and going on patrol.

The defensive equipment at the dock has already been prepared.

In the commander's tent at the dock.

At this time, only Zhang Liao was looking at the sand table.

He had several dry branches between his teeth and another branch in his mouth.

The branch was placed somewhere on the sand table, and Zhang Liao hesitated.

At this moment, two armored figures hurriedly came outside the general's tent.

One of them was Xu Rong, the commander of the Feixiong Army of 700 heavy cavalry.

The other person is Xu Dan, the General of the Central Army, now the Deputy Commandant of Guangling.

Hearing the footsteps and clanging sounds, Zhang Liao raised his head.

His eyes were dark.

He hasn't slept for two days.

Seeing Xu Rong and Xu Dan coming over, Zhang Liao forced a smile and asked, "Why are you all here?"

Xu Dan threw a bamboo tube to Xu Rong and said, "The pigeon from Lujiang sent us information."

"The governor of Yangzhou said that the enemy will launch a full-scale attack at dusk tomorrow."

"This time the enemy's attack was divided into two groups."

"One group is from Qu'a, led by Sun Quan, the Lord of Jiangdong, who claims to have a hundred thousand navy."

"The other group is from Chaisang, led by Central Guard General Zhou Yu, with at least 20,000 elite soldiers."

"This time, Jiangdong's revenge battle should have been fought with all his strength."

"There are only 6,000 naval forces in Lujiang."

"Yangzhou Mu has to guard two ports."

"The Yangzhou governor wrote in his letter that he was unable to assist in the defense."

"Even in Xiakou, Jingzhou, he couldn't do anything."

“He left it to us to judge for ourselves.”

"If it doesn't work, preserve your strength, give up Guangling, and retreat to Xiapi."

"Xuzhou Mu Tianfeng has already made plans for us to lose Guangling."

Xu Dan said with a chuckle: "Lujiang has six thousand troops while Chaisang has twenty thousand."

"We have 100,000 here!"

"One hundred thousand troops!"

"We only have 6,000!"

"My Lord, are you making things difficult for us?"

Xu Rong said with some displeasure: "Under the current circumstances, if the lord could spare some troops, why would he just watch us do this?"

Xu Dan glanced at Xu Rong, snorted, and didn't argue anymore.

Xu Rong was too lazy to get into a conflict with Xu Dan, and instead looked at Zhang Liao, who had already opened the bamboo tube and was checking the letter inside, and said, "If Captain Zhang really doesn't have the courage, then retreat!"

"I will lead the Flying Bear Army to cover your rear."

"Back then, my lord and I were at Hangu Pass. With only one thousand cavalry and three thousand Black Mountain troops, we faced Cao Cao's army of tens of thousands. My lord still killed Cao Cao's generals Dian Wei and Cai Yang, and frightened Cao Cao so much that he dared not even breathe a word."

"Captain Zhang is not the lord after all."

“It’s normal that we can’t handle this situation.”

"No one will be blamed."

Zhang Liao put the letter away and stuffed it back into the bamboo tube. He then looked at Xu Rong, a flash of anger flashed under his dark blue eyes and said, "Stop talking nonsense to me here."

"My lord chose me, Zhang Liao, to be in charge of Guangling because he was thinking about Jiangdong's revenge."

"Although it's difficult now, how can I retreat?"

"Where will my lord be left if I retreat?"

"During the Three Dynasties, many people wanted to transfer another general to guard here, but the lord insisted on trusting me."

"Now, I want to escape?"

Zhang Liao sneered and said, "To be honest, you all have the right to escape, but I don't."

"I, Zhang Liao, am a close minister to my lord."

"My lord's teacher, Mr. Ding, is my old superior."

"I made mistakes in my early years, but my lord not only did not blame me, but also entrusted me with an important position."

"How can I be so unkind to him?"

"Retreat? That's absolutely impossible."

"Today, there is only death!"

"I have already written to my lord. If I die in battle, you only need to send my remains back to Yanmen."

After hearing what Zhang Liao said, Xu Dan and Xu Rong stopped talking.

After a while, Xu Dan said, "I also understand your difficulty, my lord." "The problem is that the enemy is coming with great force this time."

"There are dozens of generals of all kinds."

"Among them, generals such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Zhi followed Sun Jian to capture Luoyang and defeat Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu."

Looking at Xu Rong, Xu Dan said, "General Xu, you have fought with them before, so you know their strength best."

"In addition, in the past year, Sun Quan has promoted many brave and combat-savvy young generals."

“I’ve heard the names of some of these people.”

"Ling Cao, the head of the powerful Ling family in Yuhang, Wujun."

"Next is Cai Wuchi Zhou Tai."

"Dong Xi, who was born in Kuaiji."

"Chen Wu was born in Lujiang and followed Sun Ce in his campaigns as a vanguard."

Xu Dan sighed and said to Zhang Liao, "Everyone has martial arts skills that are not inferior to ours."

Zhang Liao asked in return: "Does fighting rely on martial arts?"

Xu Dan was choked, but did not refute.

Zhang Liao lowered his head and continued to stare at the sand table.

After a while, he said to Xu Dan and Xu Rong: "I have an idea."

"If we win, we may be able to repel Sun Quan's army."

"If we fail, we may all die."

“Besides, the possibility of failure is very high.”

Xu Dan: “.”

Xu Rong: “.”

Seeing that neither of them responded, Zhang Liao jokingly asked, "Why, are you afraid now?"

Xu Dan cursed and grumbled, "What's there to be afraid of? I just feel sorry for my elite Danyang soldiers. They have followed Lord Tao and I all the way to this day!"

"How many of our comrades have died over the years? Many of them can't even remember where their homes are."

"Now, I have to take them to a foreign land and bury their bones, and become lonely ghosts."

"I'm sorry for them."

Zhang Liao sighed and said, "Who isn't?"

"At the beginning, I followed my lord, Mr. Ding, to go to war from Bingzhou."

"By now, there are only a few soldiers left from that group, and I have kept them all by my side."

"I once promised them that I would help take care of their parents, wives and children when I return home in glory."

"And now, I am going to lead them to die on the battlefield."

Xu Rong sighed.

Zhang Liao saw that Xu Rong and Xu Dan were not in high spirits, so he forced a smile and said, "Let's not talk about this."

"I began to lay out a plan."

"If we die in battle, we will still be brothers in the afterlife."

"If anyone is alive, please help take care of the living brothers."

Xu Dan and Xu Rong forced themselves to cheer up.

Zhang Liao called the two men up, placed the branches in his mouth on the sand table one by one, and said: "You will go to these places later. No matter what happens, don't move out."

"We give up the Hailing Port terminal."

"There's no way. The enemy has 100,000 troops and we only have 6,000."

"Besides, they are more proficient in water warfare than we are."

"We are definitely at a disadvantage in fighting on the river."

"Our advantage lies in land warfare."

Looking at Xu Dan, Zhang Liao said: "Danyang's elite land forces, I would like to call them the strongest infantry."

Xu Dan laughed complacently.

Zhang Liao looked at Xu Rong again and said, "The Feixiong Army is even more heavily cavalry, so it will be no problem for them to fight ten enemies at once on land."

"I have seen Gao Shun's trapped Chen camp."

"Don't say that General Xu's Flying Bear Army is no match for Xianchen Camp."

Xu Rong said coldly: "Nonsense."

Zhang Liao pointed to a few branches on the sand table and said, "We will set up the battlefield in the area from Shatou Town to Beigu Mountain."

"I led eight hundred guards to stop the enemy's vanguard."

Looking at Xu Dan, Zhang Liao said, "When I light the first beacon, General Xu, you will lead the 3,000 navy and all the elite troops of Danyang to block the enemy's rear and cut off the enemy's 20,000 troops."

"First, kill the enemy generals, let go of the front and don't chase them."

"Use all your strength to kill the 20,000 troops behind us."

Then he looked at Xu Rong and said, "When I light the second beacon, General Xu, you will lead 700 Flying Bears to attack the center of the enemy army and attack the front of the enemy army, and attack from the front and back with me."

"The premise is that I will light the beacon fire if I don't die in battle."

"If I die in battle and there is no beacon fire, you will retreat to Xia Pi and cooperate with Lord Mutian of Xuzhou to defend Xuzhou to the death."

(End of this chapter)