The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 539 Accidental Meeting
Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei's puzzled look. He knew that Zhang Fei didn't understand his intention, so he said with a smile, "Does Yide not understand why I deliberately kill half and chase the other half?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes."

"Yide doesn't know something. Now I have begun to besiege Hanzhong. Although I use the siege of three and one, it is impossible to completely empty the east gate. If the enemy breaks through the east gate and does not see any pursuers, they will definitely be suspicious. That's why I deliberately asked you to arrange a 100-man cavalry team to pursue them, so that it will be more realistic and prevent the enemy from guessing our real intention." Zhuge Liang explained patiently.

"Why didn't I think of it!" Zhang Fei suddenly realized, and admired Zhuge Liang even more in his heart.

"It takes about a month to travel from Hanzhong to Shangyong at a normal marching speed. Zhang Lu sent fast horses and then Shangyong sent a large army to Hanzhong. I expect it will take about 23 days. We will start in 20 days. Action." Zhuge Liang calculated the time very accurately and decided to start action in 20 days.

Fifteen days later, Cheng Pu led five thousand soldiers to Shangyong City. When he came to Shangyong, he saw a familiar person, that is Jiang Qin.

"Gongyi, I didn't expect to meet you here?" Cheng Pu was very surprised. He didn't expect that Shangyong's defender would be his former colleague Jiang Qin. They worked together for Sun Ce back then. is dead, and their lord has changed from Sun Ce to Li Yuan, but Jiang Qin took refuge in Li Yuan a few years earlier than Cheng Pu.

"Old General Cheng, why are you here?" Jiang Qin was also very surprised, and he hurriedly invited Cheng Pu into the city.After the two entered the city, they came to the meeting hall, and Cheng Pu asked, "Gongyi, I heard that you have joined General Li a few years ago."

"Old General Cheng, in fact, I didn't want to serve General Li at the time, but Gan Ning came to persuade me many times, and I was finally moved by him, and if I went to the battlefield, I always felt uncomfortable, so I joined Gan Ning a few years ago. Ning, please do not blame me, General Cheng." Jiang Qin respected Cheng Pu very much, and he was worried that Cheng Pu would blame him for "surrendering to the enemy" so quickly.

"You don't need to explain to me. As the saying goes, everyone has their own ambitions. How can I blame you for choosing to join Gan Ning? What's more, I am also General Li's subordinate now, and I have no right to blame you. I didn't want to work for General Li at the beginning. However, his sincerity moved Gong Jin, and Gong Jin joined him and convinced me, so now I am also a general under General Li, and I am very happy that we can become colleagues again."

"By the way, why did General Cheng come to Shangyong? Could it be that the lord sent you here?" Jiang Qin was relieved when he saw that Cheng Pu didn't blame him.

"That's right, my lord felt that Hanzhong would be attacked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so I specially sent me to bring [-] soldiers to guard Shangyong so that we can reinforce Hanzhong at any time." Cheng Pu explained his purpose and asked, "Why did you come, Gongyi?" here?"

"My lord is really clever. Hanzhong was attacked by Zhuge Liang more than ten days ago. Yang Song sent people to Shangyong to ask for help. The local guards did not dare to send troops at will, so they sent people to Xiangyang to ask General Gan. General Gan sent me immediately after learning about it. Came to Shangyong, said he would help Zhang Lu repel Zhuge Liang's army, and he gave me five thousand soldiers, and I came here as soon as I got the order."

"So that's it," Cheng Pu nodded, "Since the matter is urgent, we won't delay, and set off for Hanzhong immediately. It will take about half a month from Shangyong to Hanzhong. We must act quickly to prevent Zhang Lu from being unable to resist. Concerned about Zhuge Liang's attack, before I left, my lord told me that Zhuge Liang is like a god in fighting with soldiers, so you must be careful when fighting him, so that you don't fall for his tricks."

"Follow the orders of old general Cheng!" Jiang Qin took the initiative to hand over the position of chief general. He had always respected Cheng Pu, so he decided to hand over the power of soldiers and horses to Cheng Pu.Cheng Pu was not polite, and immediately led the army to set off. Shangyong originally had 5000 soldiers, plus Cheng Pu's 3000 soldiers from Xiapi and Jiang Qin's [-] soldiers from Xiangyang. Now there are [-] soldiers in total. [-] people, he left [-] people to guard Shangyong, and led the remaining troops to Hanzhong.

Another five days later, Zhang Lu was anxiously waiting for reinforcements to arrive in the city. Although Zhuge Liang's army hadn't attacked the city much in the past 20 days, it still put a lot of pressure on him and made him sleepless.

"Why hasn't Shangyong's reinforcements come for so long? Could it be that the local guards have rejected our request for rescue?" Zhang Lu became more and more anxious as he thought about it, and began to think wildly in his heart.

"Don't worry, my lord. The local guards will definitely send troops to rescue, but it will take some time. I guess they will come in three or four days." Yang Song was also anxious, but knowing that it was useless, they Can only wait patiently.

"My lord, Master Yang is right. It will take six or seven days for us to send fast horses from Hanzhong to Shangyong, and it will take more than half a month for Shangyong's soldiers and horses to arrive, so we need to wait a few more days." Yan Pu Also comforted.

"Zhuge Liang is really hateful. He has offended me in Hanzhong again and again. When Li Yuan's reinforcements come, I must send a large army out of the city to attack him back and forth, so that he cannot return to Chengdu." Zhang Lu gritted his teeth. He hated Zhuge Liang to the bone. It was Zhuge Liang who persuaded him to form an alliance, and it was Zhuge Liang who sent troops to attack him now. Now he really regrets following Zhuge Liang's words and forming an alliance with Liu Zhang, otherwise he would not have fallen into the current passive situation.

"My lord, Zhuge Liang is not a simple person. He was reused by Liu Bei at a young age. Liu Bei's two righteous brothers were dissatisfied with him, but Liu Bei still trusted him. Now he is still letting him lead an army to attack Hanzhong. Even the Fei also has to obey his military orders, which shows that he has extraordinary abilities, and we must not underestimate him." Yan Pu feels that Zhuge Liang is definitely not an easy character to deal with.

"Hmph, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, he was defeated by Yang Song last time. As long as Yang Song is with me, Zhang Lu will not be afraid of him." Zhang Lu disdains Zhuge Liang very much, and thinks that Yang Song is better than Zhuge Liang.

"My lord, Liao Zan." Yang Song said modestly, feeling a little ashamed in his heart. Although he has no skills, he still has self-knowledge. Now he has no clever plan to retreat from the enemy. The only thing he can do is to wait for Li Yuan's reinforcements. As long as the reinforcements come, any problems can be easily solved.

"Master Yang, have you noticed a very strange thing?" Yan Pu noticed something unusual about Zhuge Liang's army.

"whats the matter?"

"Zhuge Liang's soldiers and horses have been besieging the city for many days, but their attacks have always been thunderous and rainy. Every time they attack, they retreat immediately before they get close to the city wall. It is not at all obvious that they really want to capture Hanzhong. Could it be that this is Zhuge Liang? Trick?" Yan Pu couldn't figure it out.

(End of this chapter)