King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 929

In mid-April of the sixth year of Chengye, generals Zhang He and Zhu Lingfeng used troops against Nanyang Wancheng in the name of Li Lin. The siege took only a few days, and the defenders of Wancheng had already surrendered secretly under the instructions of Kuai Yue and Cai Mao. More than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the city Now that Wancheng has been captured, Zhang He sent people to deliver the victory report to Luoyang, while thinking that General Zhu Ling would lead an army of [-] troops into Jingzhou first, while he himself would lead the army to take care of him.However, at this moment, Zhang Yun suddenly got a report from his deputy, saying that Xinye Liu Bei was recruiting soldiers, training soldiers, and accumulating grass to store grain.

Even if Zhang Ying invites Zhu Ling and the supervising army Xu Shu to come to discuss, after all, even if he is the commander of the army, he can't make a decision alone, let alone Xu Shu in the camp, Liu Bei is Xu Shu's old master, of course what will happen different perspectives.

Hearing Zhang Yun's words, Xu Shudang frowned and said, "Liu Bei is a great man, my lord always thinks it's a big problem, so you must plan it early!"

As soon as Zhang He heard this, he immediately ordered that Zhu Ling lead an army of [-] troops to divide into three groups to take Jiaxia, Anzhong, and Anle, and join them in Xinye.

In less than ten days, the three cities were conquered one after another.

At the end of April in the sixth year of Chengye, Zhu Ling's [-] troops rushed to Xinye first, and the crowds were crowded, standing outside a small city in Xinye, and there were only three to five thousand soldiers in Xinye City...

"Alas!" Looking at the [-] Liao troops below, Liu Bei sighed sadly: "Li Lin's going south is the disaster of Jingzhou, the disaster of the world!"

As soon as the words fell, a literati beside Liu Bei shook the feather fan in his hand a few times, followed by the hem of the kerchief on his head twice, bent down and looked at the Liao army outside the city casually, and said lightly: "Look at the Liao army. , but that's all." Yes, this person is Zhuge Liang.

"Could it be that the military commander has a plan to defeat the enemy?" Liu Bei asked immediately.

"Don't worry, my lord, Liang has his own strategy to defeat Liao!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile, shaking his feather fan.

"Pretentious!" The big man not far away curled his lips in disdain and muttered in a low voice.

"Yuan Chang!" A young man beside Zhong Yao scolded softly, but frowned and glanced at Zhuge Liang.

Yes, these two people are Cao Pi and Zhong Yao, who have already taken refuge in Liu Bei's command. They escaped from the tunnel in Wancheng with more than a thousand troops that day. Liu Bei also led the army to meet Cao Pi halfway, so he was able to survive. Now, Cao Pi is once again facing tens of thousands of soldiers under Li Lin's command in this city. The leading general is Zhu Ling, Zhu Ling, that is even more Cao Pi's soldiers and horses fought with them, and of course Cao Pi and Zhong Yao knew what kind of combat power they were. This is also the reason why Zhong Yao made a nonchalant sound when he saw Zhuge Liang's relaxed appearance.

"The one who defeated Li Lin is the only one? Huh! Let me show you how you can deal with the Liao army!" Cao Pi had heard Liu Bei say this to him long ago, but for Zhuge Liang who was six years older than himself , Cao Pi really disagrees, or maybe he has never seen Zhuge Liang's magic, so Cao Pi still doesn't believe it in his heart, but facing the tens of thousands of Liao troops ahead, Cao Pi and Zhong Yao have no fear, After all, they all ran out of such a scene, so what are they afraid of?

As if feeling Cao Pi's gaze, Zhuge Liang turned around and nodded with a chuckle as a salute, but Cao Pi looked at him indifferently.Look away.

"Huh? Is there any movement from the Liao army?" Seeing the surge of the Liao army outside the city, Liu Bei's expression became tense, and he said anxiously, "Could it be that the Liao army wants to attack the city here?"

"No and no!" Zhuge Liang shook his head with a smile, looked coldly at the Liao army outside the city and said indifferently: "The Liao army came all the way, and first conquered Wancheng. Without resting, they divided into three groups, taking Jiaxia, Anzhong, and Anle , hurrying to this point, I heard that, at the end of the crossbow, those who cannot penetrate the Lu, the Liao army has already lost its strength, how can it fight?"

"Then Zhu Ling is..." Liu Bei was a little confused.

"There is no other, demonstrator!" Zhuge Liang said indifferently.

"Demonstration?" Liu Bei realized in his heart, looking at what he was thinking outside the city.

"What Kong Ming said is very true!" Looking down at the Liao army with one hand on the city wall, Cao Pi suddenly said a little unruly: "Zhu Ling came here to disturb our army's morale. Besides, maybe Zhu Ling still intends to persuade the lord to surrender. Let's go!" The meaning of these words, of course, was to test Liu Bei, and it also carried a vague sense of irony.

"I have different ideas from Li Lin, and we cannot coexist. How can I surrender?" Bie Bei shook his head and sighed. Cao Pi nodded slightly after hearing Liu Bei's words. Your mother, if you don't want to surrender for the better, I can bring you With so few people under your command, help you fight Li Lin!

As soon as the words fell, someone outside the city suddenly shouted: "Liu Xuande come out and answer!"

Liu Bei looked far away and saw Zhu Ling straddling his horse.He went out to shout in person, then stood on the wall and shouted: "Liu Bei is here, I don't know why the general called me!"

Zhu Ling reined in his horse, looked up at Liu Bei in the city, and shouted: "I heard that Liu Jingzhou died of illness. The King of Liao was afraid that people would take the opportunity to make trouble in Jingzhou. That's why he sent me here. Today I led an army of 20 people here. Uncle Liu Huang died. As the uncle of the Great Han Emperor, why do you close the gates of the city and keep the heavenly army out?"

"Hehe!" Zhuge Liang chuckled, shaking his feather fan and sneered loudly: "Li Yuanjie hides his ears and steals the bell, fearing that the world will not know? If I were you, I would lead the army back early. If I am stubborn, I will definitely die in Jingzhou!"

"Bold!" Zhuge Liang hadn't finished speaking.Outside the city, Zhu Ling was furious and was eager to attack the city. The lieutenant beside him, Han Hao, tried to persuade him: "General! You forgot the order of the military commander! Our army has come all the way, and the soldiers are exhausted. How can we resume the battle? If you don't wait for everyone The generals are all here, let’s map the new land together!”

"Ridiculous!" Zhu Ling scolded.He said angrily, "Little Yi Xinye, a tiny place. How can I stop my [-] soldiers?"

"General!" Han Hao tried his best to persuade: "Although the manpower is exhausted and the horsepower is exhausted, even if you conquer Xinye, you will not be able to punish Liu Bei. Both the lord and the military adviser say that Liu Bei is an outstanding man. You must plan early. The general is not as good as a little bit." Let’s retire the army and rest for a whole night, and wait until tomorrow to win Xinye with all our strength and cut off Liu Bei’s way of life. Wouldn’t it be the best policy? I hope the general thinks twice! Besides... Isn’t the general’s intention to come to Xinye to demonstrate and damage the morale of the enemy army? "

"Huh?" Zhu Ling nodded after hearing this, and said, "After being told by the people at the top of the city, I almost forgot the purpose of my trip, no matter!" He shouted, "My [-] troops are all warriors of hundreds of battles. How can you be a mere thousand remnant soldiers? Liu Xuande, since you don't surrender, don't blame me for being ruthless when the army breaks through the city tomorrow. Hehe! It's too late to regret it!" Finally, Zhu Ling laughed strangely a few times, and with that momentum, he was extra cautious at that time...

With a loud shout, the soldiers in the city were even more panicked. Liu Bei took a step forward and shouted solemnly: "What Li Lin has done runs counter to Bei's ideals, and he cannot coexist in the world. For the people of Jingzhou, Liu Bei seeks benevolence and obtains benevolence. Although he dies, he has no regrets." !"

"Hmph!" Zhu Ling sneered, turned the horse's head, and shouted coldly: "Then you wait for the city to be destroyed tomorrow! There is no place to die! Go!"

"Drink!" The [-] Liao soldiers shouted, retreating slowly with a murderous look.

Watching the Liao army gradually receding outside the city, Cao Pi cupped his hands and smiled at Liu Bei: "Uncle Liu Huang is so imposing!"

"Hehehe!" Liu Bei shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Although I said so, I don't know how to resist the Liao army, let alone [-] Liao troops, alas! I don't know that Zhu Ling will lead [-] Liao troops to attack the city tomorrow. We will wait How to deal with it!" Immediately, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang.

"My lord is wrong!" As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhuge Liang said flatly, "It's not tomorrow, but tonight! According to Liang, the Liao army will attack the city tonight!"

"Tonight?" Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously, lowered his head to think carefully, and suddenly his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "The non-military teacher almost fell into his trick!"

Liu Bei turned around and asked Zhuge Liang, "But I don't know what plan the military master has to defeat Zhu Ling's [-] soldiers?" It looked like he was begging Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and said confidently, "The Master said, a friend came from afar, it's not unreasonable, I've done my duty as a master, just treat me generously!"

"Oh?" Liu Bei nodded hesitantly, and Zhong Yao sneered not far away.

Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang expected, it is said that after Zhu Ling retreated five or six miles, even if he ordered the army to rest on the spot, he did not order the soldiers to set up camp. The deputy general Han Hao asked suspiciously: "Why didn't the general order to set up camp?"

But Zhu Ling laughed three times, curled his lips and said: "I'm going to take Xinye tonight, what's the use of the camp?"

"Tonight?" Han Hao's complexion changed drastically, and he urged urgently: "The soldiers have been running around for several days, how can we resume the battle? I hope the general thinks twice!"

"It's really stupid!" Zhu Ling frowned and scolded: "Although our soldiers are exhausted, they are not strong enough to fight? No! This general just deliberately told Liu Bei that I want to take the city tomorrow, how can he do it? Unexpectedly, I said this on purpose, tonight, the general wants to take Xinye! Liu Bei must think that our army is tired from the distance, so he was negligent in guarding against it! It is just as the art of war says, it is a good strategy to cover up by surprise. !"

"Great advice, general!" Han Hao bowed happily, but suddenly a little worry appeared on his face, hesitantly said: "I heard what the military adviser said, there is a military adviser under Liu Bei's tent, named Zhuge Liang, who has the talents of the world! I am ashamed, so I have been telling the general to be careful, and when he and General Zhang Yun come, the general is like this... If the general's plan is seen through by him, then what should I do?"

"Zhuge Liang?" Zhu Ling curled his lips and said with a smile: "This general has been with the lord for many years, and the lord has repeatedly used this trick to cover up his surprise by surprise, but no one has seen through it! Then what happened to Zhuge Liang? Can he still compare to the lord?" Zhuge Liang Ling has followed Li Lin for a long time, and I have to say that like many Li Lin veterans, he has a lot of Li Lin's aura on his body, and the marching formation is even more like Li Lin's, which also reflects the overall combat method of the Liao Army .

"General, it's better to be careful!" Li Lin's status is like a god in the hearts of every Liao army soldier. What else can Han Hao say?After a little hesitation, Han Hao said in a low voice: "The general is the vanguard. If you lose your spirit, the lord will definitely blame it. Even the military adviser and General Zhang He may not be able to justify it!"

Zhu Ling's face became a little serious, he got up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and suddenly said in a concentrated voice: "Such a good opportunity must not be missed! If this is the case, then. At midnight tonight, I will lead five thousand soldiers and horses in front. Attack Xinye at night , you lead the army behind, if you see the fire in the city, you will cover it up and kill it. Help me take Xinye; otherwise, you lead the army back ten miles and set up camp on the spot!"

"How can you call the general into danger?" Han Hao frowned when he heard this, and said, "Why don't you ask the last general to go and test it out. The general leads the army behind!"

"Hey!" Zhu Ling listened.Laughing loudly, he patted Han Hao on the shoulder and said, "Haha, it's good to lead the army behind, wait for the general's signal!"

Han Hao hesitated for a moment. He also knew Zhu Ling's temper, so he clasped his fists and said, "No!"

It was night, and as soon as midnight arrived, Zhu Ling led five thousand Liao soldiers to attack Xinye. When he arrived at the northern city of Xinye, he saw that the defense of the city was weak. After only half a stick of incense had arrived, Zhu Ling heard several screams from Xinye City, piercing the silence of the night.

"Damn it!" Zhu Ling cursed secretly, his expression unmoved, and suddenly he saw the city gate slowly open, and several people came out of it, holding torches and waving back and forth.

"Successful!" Zhu Ling was ecstatic in his heart, and shouted in a low voice: "Kill in!" Drink it.With a clip in the belly of the horse, he rushed forward, followed by five thousand Liao troops.

Looking at the city gate getting closer and closer, Zhu Ling felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. However, just as Zhu Ling was thinking to himself, the five thousand Liao troops under his command had already entered Xinye and set the Xinye city county government on fire... …

Immediately under the city gate, looking at the raging fire that was gradually igniting, Zhu Ling looked deeply at the quiet streets in the city, and watched those Liu Jun who had heard the news and tried to resist were beaten back and defeated, and felt in their hearts Secretly a little suspicious.Seems...too easy, right?
"It's been tricked!" Zhu Ling, who had led the army for many years, came to his senses, his heart trembled, he looked around, and calmly shouted: "Soldiers, don't disturb the people, gather here!" After drinking, he whispered Said to the guard beside him: "Send the order and tell the soldiers to withdraw from Xinye slowly!" The guard beside him was stunned, puzzled, but looking at Zhu Ling's piercing eyes, he still went to pass the order as Zhu Ling said.

"Assembly?" The [-] Liao soldiers who had received Zhu Ling's order were all dumbfounded. Shouldn't they fight to defeat Liu Bei's troops and occupy Xinye?At this moment, in a private house in Xinye City, Cao Pi peeked out secretly, and said with a frown, "Assembling soldiers and horses at this moment... It seems that Zhu Ling has seen through it!"

"Hmm!" Zhuge Liangliang behind Cao Pi nodded.He echoed and said: "Zhu Ling is a general under Li Lin's command. He has followed Li Lin for many years and resisted Liu Biao's army and Runan. Liang is not surprised by this!"

"The strategist's strategy..." Cao Pi's appearance was obviously a little suspicious.

"It's okay, everything is within Liang's expectations!" Zhuge Liang said lightly, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked to the table, took the feather fan, and secretly pinched a few fingerprints.

"This is..." Cao Pi's eyes were startled, and he almost screamed out. It has to be said that Cao Pi, who is almost 20 years old, has shown a lot of wisdom and agility beyond his peers. Of course, the reputation is well-deserved, not to mention that Cao Pi's experience is a thousand times more painful than him in history, and the training has naturally increased a thousand times. This has created Cao Pi today, who is cautious, sharp, intelligent, and martial arts. It's not bad, but there is no chance, and you still have to live under someone else, and he is still under the little-known Liu Bei...

"Hehe!" After a while, Zhuge Liang chuckled, turned to Cao Pi and said, "Ziheng, it's time to order!"

"Okay!" Looking at Zhuge Liang's appearance, Cao Pi didn't know why he agreed so readily.

At the same time, Zhu Ling was a little confused about the situation. He said it was a trick, but Liu Bei's soldiers and horses had not yet come, not to mention Liu Bei, even the soldiers and horses in this city had never seen it, but he said that he hadn't. Come on, the scene in front of you is too weird.Is it possible to win Xinye almost effortlessly?
At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise of killing in the city, Zhu Ling was startled, turned his horse's head hastily, and shouted loudly, "Withdraw the army! Withdraw the army!" The Liao army didn't know why, so they followed Zhu Ling out of the city gate inexplicably.

"Didn't Liu Beijun come after him?" A general beside him said in surprise.

Reining in his horse not far from Xinye City, Zhu Ling looked back at Xinye with a suspicious expression. Sure enough, Liu Beijun never came after him.

"Liu Bei! What exactly do you want to do?" Zhu Ling was surprised, a little confused.Looking at Xinye hesitantly, seeing that the fire in the city had not been extinguished, he was even more suspicious in his heart.

At this time, a Liao soldier not far away asked doubtfully, "Is it foggy?"

"Fog?" Zhu Ling looked around, sure enough.Just as the Liao soldiers said, the fog is rising.In just a few breaths, the fog rose up, Zhu Ling looked intently, and saw the surrounding whiteness, and suddenly screamed in his heart that it was not good, where did the fog come from in Jingzhou in April!However, before he could recover, suddenly there was a shout of killing outside the city...

"Zhong Yuan is here!"

"Guan Yunchang is here!"

"Guan Yu! Zhong Yao!" Zhu Ling was startled, and looked around, only to see the white mist, but Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were not seen, let alone Guan Yu and Zhong Yao, Liu Bei only had a few thousand soldiers and horses, let alone my twenty thousand With a five thousand army behind, even the five thousand soldiers under his command at this moment are only stronger than Liu Bei, not weaker!
After secretly calculating in his heart, Zhu Ling immediately shouted loudly: "Don't panic! Liu Bei doesn't have many troops under his tent, so I'm waiting for his opponent? Kill!"

"Kill!" Seeing Zhu Ling's order, the Liao soldiers immediately rushed towards the place where the shout of killing sounded. After killing for more than an hour, Zhu Ling gradually felt something was wrong.

"Where did Liu Bei get so many soldiers?"

Suddenly, Zhu Ling felt a cold light flash in front of him, and immediately turned sideways to avoid it.He stabbed out with a gun in his hand, and only heard a "poof!", as if he had stabbed the opponent's body, but there was a muffled groan from the man.But Zhu Ling's complexion changed drastically.

"Han Hao?"

"General... General?" Han Hao, who was stabbed and was about to slash with a knife, also saw Zhu Ling's appearance clearly and was greatly surprised.

"Oops!" Zhu Ling was so startled that a cold sweat broke out behind his back, could it be that he just killed him...

"Stop! Stop!" Zhu Ling and Han Hao, who came to their senses, shouted in all directions, but the red-eyed Liao soldiers could not hear their shouts.

After more than half an hour, the fog had just receded. Zhu Ling looked at the ground carefully and counted carefully, except for four or five hundred Liu Bei's soldiers, they were all on the ground.They were all Liao troops, nearly [-] Liao troops, and they killed each other to the point where only a few thousand people remained...

Seeing the surviving Liao soldiers staring at Tongze on the opposite side in astonishment, Zhu Ling was furious, and at this moment, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhong Yao, who were only waving the flag and shouting, came out again However, Zhu Ling's troops were all exhausted soldiers who had already killed their own brothers. Of course, they were powerless to resist, and were defeated by Liu Bei's army. Zhu Ling was so desperate that he had to lead the remnants to vote for Zhang Yun.

Liu Bei refused to chase after him, and ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, and retreated back to Xinye. Seeing Liu Bei's army's morale boosted, Cao Pi glanced at Zhuge Liang, who was pale, and couldn't bear to say, "Is Kong Ming not in the way?" Although he didn't understand what Zhuge Liang was doing. What, but Cao Pi still admires it very much. The first time he saw Zhuge Liang's superhuman ability, Cao Pi has not fully reacted yet.

"No problem!" Zhuge Liang shook his head and said lightly,

After a while, Liu Bei came over with blood all over his body. After the fight just now, although Liu Bei didn't kill anyone, he was full of murderous aura. He glanced at Zhuge Liang and blamed himself, saying, "It seems that I waited to underestimate you." That Zhu Ling originally wanted to show his weakness to the enemy, lured Zhu Ling into the city, surrounded and killed him, and cut off Li Lin's arm, but he saw through it! But fortunately, the army master's ingenious plan repelled Zhu Ling! "Liu Bei was excited after blaming himself. Obviously, how refreshing it was for Liu Bei, who had been bullied by Li Lin several times, to repel the Liao army!
"My lord!" Zhuge Liang smiled miserably, looked into Liu Bei's eyes, held a feather fan in his hand and said in a concentrated voice: "Zhu Ling is the vanguard, only this one defeat, the next time the Liao army will definitely attack Xinye, and Xinye may not be able to protect it. It seems that we must hurry up." Quickly move the people here to Xiangyang!"

"Xiangyang?" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and frowned and said, "Liu Jingzhou died of illness, and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were in power in Xiangyang. These two people have always been at odds with Bei, and even repeatedly harmed them. I am afraid that if they go to Xiangyang... ..." Obviously, Li Lin's explanation to Kuai Yue and Cai Mao is useful. Liu Bei has suffered from Cai Mao and Kuai Yue in recent years. Fortunately, Liu Biao, the dead ghost, loves Liu Bei very much. Otherwise, Liu Bei would have been killed by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue. It's getting worse, but now that Liu Biao is dead, Liu Bei went to Xiangyang, that is, he broke into the tiger's mouth......

"If that's the case..." Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, glanced to the south, and said with a slight sigh, "I have to vote for Mr. Liu Yi of Jiangling!"

Liu Bei nodded, Mr. Liu Qi is his best friend, and he is very benevolent, if he doesn't go there, Liu Bei really has no place to go, so he nodded helplessly, and said: "Okay! Just follow the advice of the military advisor! Go to Gangneung!"

(End of this chapter)