three kings

Chapter 175

Compared with Cao Cao, Sun Can has an advantage that Cao Cao will never be able to match, and that is his understanding of talents.

Chen Deng's performance in history can indeed be described as a great talent.

In the first year of Jian'an, Lu Bu expelled Liu Bei, attacked Xuzhou at night, and took the post of Xuzhou pastor himself.At this time, Chen Deng was transferred to Lu Bu's command.

Although Chen Deng was Lu Bu's subordinate in name, he hated Lu Bu deeply.In the second year of Jian'an, Chen Deng planned to dissolve the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu in Huainan, weakening Lu Bu's power.Later, he went to Xudu as an envoy to present to Cao Cao his plan to defeat Lv Bu, which won Cao Cao's approval and was appointed as the prefect of Guangling.

During his tenure again, he clearly rewarded and punished, and emphasized prestige, which encouraged the loose government of Guangling. He also prepared an elite army for Cao Cao.

Later, Sun Ce spied on Guangling and sent Sun Quan to Guangling.At that time, things happened suddenly, Sun Quan's army was more than ten times that of Chen Deng, and everyone persuaded Chen Deng to abandon the city and flee.

However, Chen Deng was calm and composed. Under the circumstances of the few major generals, he defeated the enemy more than ten times twice, and killed Sun Quan, who had many soldiers and generals, to the ground.

After Chen Deng died, Cao Cao also felt sorry for him.

Even Liu Bei later called him a hero who was well prepared in both civil and martial arts and had great courage.

It's just that Chen Deng is not famous at the moment.Therefore, Cao Cao did not do much to Chen Deng.But Sun Can was different. When sending Chen Qun here, Liu Hua told Sun Can about Chen Deng's abilities, and said that he was a state herdsman, and he was more than enough to guard a state.

Not only can the territory not be lost, but the territory can also be managed in an orderly manner, and the people have enough food and clothing.

Since Liu Hua valued it so much, Sun Can naturally did not dare to neglect it.

A personal letter, every sentence revealed the idea of ​​admiration, seeking talent, and loving talent, which made Chen Deng feel very lucky to meet a famous master.Because Cao Cao was killing in his hometown.

He didn't have a good impression of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was indeed the master who could make the people of Xuzhou live a happy life. Therefore, he did not object to Cao Cao's entry into Xuzhou.

But now that Sun Can values ​​him so much, he is also a rare virtuous lord. In this troubled world where virtuous lords are hard to find, Chen Dengna, who is so talented, has a reason not to grasp it well.

Putting the letter in his arms, he bowed to Chen Gui and said, "Father, my son has found the Ming Lord today, and he is willing to follow the Ming Lord to shine in the door in the future. As for the matter of Xuzhou, I ask my father to make his own decision. However, Cao Cao's power, reputation, Benevolence and morality are not as good as Sun Can, and if Xuzhou people can live a better life, Sun Can is definitely better than Cao Cao." Now that he has decided to join Sun Can, Chen Deng will naturally speak well for Sun Can.

Seeing that his child had found the master in his heart, Chen Gui was also happy for him. After thinking for a while, he said: "The old man has promised Man Chong, and when Cao Cao's army arrives, he will open the city and surrender. The words are out of the mouth , there is no possibility of recovery.”

Chen Qun was secretly anxious when he heard this, but before he could change his words, he heard Chen Gui say: "However, since Master Sun also intends to take Xuzhou and benefit the people of Xuzhou, then I can't refuse. How about it, if Sun Can's army is approaching Under Pengcheng, the old man also promised you to open the city and surrender. In other words, whoever arrives first will be the master of Pengcheng."

Chen Qun heaved a sigh of relief, and left immediately, letting Sun Can know the moment earlier would give him more hope of taking control of Pengcheng.

In the second year of Jian'an (AD [-]), January [-]th.

Chen Qun brought Chen Deng to Wujiang port. After one night's discussion, Sun Can recognized Chen Deng's ability, named him a general with the army, and advised him.

At noon that day, Sun Can launched a fierce attack on the Lu Bu barracks on the north bank of the Huaihe River, but the attack was unfavorable, and hundreds of soldiers were lost in vain.When dispatching troops to find other crossing ports, Chen Gong saw through the weakness of the scattered troops. Lu Bu rushed out suddenly according to Chen Gong's plan, and rushed into Sun Can's army.

Small victory.

In this battle, Lu Bu's army beheaded more than [-] people, and the main general Sun Can was also caught in the chaos and was almost captured by Lu Bu.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and Hua Xiong were all by Sun Can's side, and Gao Shun's camp also arrived in time, withstood Lu Bu's offensive and rescued Sun Can together.

January sixteenth.

Sun Can was eager to fight, and seeing that Lü Bu's army was stationed north of the Huaihe River, he led a surprise army secretly from Yingshang to the east, trying to occupy Xiacai and Si counties, and cut off the retreat of Lv Bu's army.

Unexpectedly, Chen Gong, a counselor of Lu Bu's army, saw through this plan in advance, and led his army to lay an ambush in the middle of the road, and Sun Can's army was defeated again.

January eighteenth.

Sun Can used a large number of banners as suspicious soldiers, abandoned Wujiang Port, and secretly led his army eastward, trying to cross Hongze Lake and detour to the rear of Lu Bu's army.This move was found out by Tibetan tyrants exploring horses.

Chen Gong once again made a plan to deliberately challenge Sun Can's camp of suspects during the day, but took advantage of the night to move [-] elite soldiers to ambush in the grass on the north bank of Hongze Lake.Halfway through Sun Can's army crossing the river, Lu Bu suddenly rushed out. Sun Can's army was in a state of chaos, squeezing each other, and countless people fell into the water.

It can be described as "heavy casualties."

On January 22, 26, and [-], they played successively and lost.

Sun Canjun, who seldom loses, lost six games in a row in January.The world was shaken, and Lu Bu's counselor Chen Gong became famous all over the world because of the Sixth War.

Lu Bu's army was in the limelight for a while, and its morale was unstoppable.

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Tangyi.

Tangyi was recorded in the Shang Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, made a great hero. A man named Chen Ying was named Tangyi Hou, led Tangyi County, and ate [-] households, becoming the first Tangyi. Hou Guo.

The third Marquis of Tangyi was Chen Wu, the father-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Ajiao, the heroine in Jinwu Cangjiao, was Chen Wu's daughter.The Marquis of Tangyi also flourished for a while because of this.

According to the ancient system, the scope of the "City of the Son of Heaven" is "nine miles on the square, and three gates on the side", while the cities of the vassal states are divided into seven-mile cities, five-mile cities, etc. according to the size of the level.

But Tangyi City has a scope of thirteen miles. It is one of the largest cities in the Western Han Dynasty, and its scale even exceeds that of the City of Emperors.It shows the prosperity of Tangyi.

The vicissitudes of life have changed, and time has passed, but today's Tangyi City is just a small county town.

To the north of Tangyi City, at the foot of Tangshan Mountain, in a relatively secluded village, a large group of people gathered together, surrounded by ruins, broken bricks and tiles.

It can be seen that it has been vacant for several years.

A big man said, "General Zhao, what should we do now?"

General Zhao in that population is exactly Zhao Yun. He has a dusty face, only his eyes are still shining. Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "I never thought that a simple surprise attack would be so difficult. Be careful along the way, as if you were like a mouse. Hide and hide.” After a pause, he continued: “It’s impossible to go on like this, sooner or later the other party will find out. Since the lord believes in Yun, I entrust this important task to me. No matter what, we must take down Guangling. What do you guys think? "

Zhang Xiu on the side was the same as Zhao Yun, only a little tired, and said sternly: "It's better to lead the cavalry to go directly to Guangling. I don't believe that I, Xiliang Erlang, are not as good as Guangling kittens."

The surrounding soldiers echoed in unison. They are all tough guys from Xiliang, and they always go straight in battle. When did they become so useless now?
Zhao Yun frowned and said: "We are a lone army going deep outside without reinforcements. If we attack rashly, we will only scare the enemy. Although the enemy is not strong, there are [-] foreign reinforcements. And if we lose a brother, we lose a fighting force. Death is small, ten thousand If we fail to complete the task and lead to the setback of the master's overall plan, then we will be fully responsible."

Deputy General Li Tong looked at the fire in front of him and said calmly: "There is only one problem before us now, and that is Tangyi. Although Tangyi is not beautiful, it is still a strong city. If our army breaks through Tangyi, Guangling County must be convulsed. Immediately seek help from Liu Yao. Although our army is brave, it is difficult to defeat a hundred thousand troops.

If our army surprises and attacks Guangling County, then our army must not be able to carry much food, and the food and grass support in the rear will also be cut off by Tangyi.At that time, there will be a dilemma, and the whole army may be wiped out at any time. "

What Li Tong said was exactly what Zhao Yun was worried about.Tangyi and Guangling can't move any of the cities, and what's worse is that they can't move themselves.

Li Tong continued: "Is there any way to capture Tangyi without alarming Guangling?"

Everyone fell into deep thought, Hu Che'er scratched his head vigorously, his underdeveloped head felt more and more headache the more he thought about it, he simply took the wine bag from his waist and thought: "My old Hu can kill people, but he can't use his brains. I'll take a sip first, and I'll do it when they think it over."

He pulled out the stopper and took a gulp.kindness?Why only a little?
It turned out that the alcoholic took a sip every three times along the way, and a bag of wine had already arrived.After shaking it three times, only two or three drops came out.

It's fine if you don't drink it, but once you drink it, the taste gets stuck in your throat and makes you extremely sad.

Even the gods can't stop the alcohol addiction.Hu Che'er became more and more sad, and unintentionally glanced at his colleague Lei Xu, smiled sinisterly, snatched his wine bag, and took two big gulps.

Lei Xu was anxious, and said: "Old Hu, you can be a robber, why are you robbing me of wine again?"

He does not mean that.

Zhao Yun suddenly had an idea, and there was.He threw the wine pouch in his waist to Hu Che'er, and said with a smile, "Old Hu, I will reward you. I will reward you after taking down Guangling."

As he said that, he said to everyone: "It's not impossible to think twice. Xue Li and Ruo Rong in Guangling County are afraid of my lord Shenwei. As soon as they hear about our army, they will immediately ask Liu Yao for help. If it weren't for me What about the army?" Zhao Yun was afraid that he didn't understand, so he said in detail: "I mean, if Xue Li and Ruo Rong heard that Tangyi was occupied by a group of rogues, what would their reaction be?"

Li Tong was enlightened and said: "The rogues are mobs. Xue Li and Ruo Rong will never ask Liu Yao for help for this matter. At most, they will send generals to rescue them. As long as we attack in the future, they will be captured alive. Breaking Guangling is as easy as flipping the palm of our hand. When Liu Yao After discovering it, our army has already made sufficient preparations. Even if he comes, we don’t have to be afraid.”

Soon the key battle between Lu Bu and Sun Can will start soon.

(End of this chapter)