Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 322

Langya County, that is, Qiucheng.

The fire in July is raging and hot, slowly covering the mountains and rivers, covering the rivers, and even every inch of land under the feet, and every shade of green trees in sight.

Even the blowing wind carried the breathless summer heat, which made people upset.

Above the top of the city, Pan Zhang looked towards the south from his height, but the two cities were separated by hundreds of miles, but he couldn't even see the outline of the political center of Xuzhou.

Even so, Pan Zhang stared at it for a while, looking around: "Is there still no movement today?"

"No!" Dubo on the side hurriedly said: "Lieutenant Colonel, I got your order, the brothers have twelve hours a day, and they dare not be negligent for a moment, and they are always watching."

"If there is any change, I will report it to you and the general immediately!"

"It's because I was a little impatient." Pan Zhang nodded, but asked in the next sentence: "Where are the sentry cavalry who have scattered, but can they come back?"

". Lieutenant Colonel, the one who went to the manor to report this morning is the brother who went to visit the horse yesterday."

"Send some more men." Pan Zhang touched the handle of the knife at his waist, feeling that he was too nervous, so he ordered casually, and then glanced at the soldiers lined up at the top of the city, and many of them were eager to join him. Looking forward to the inevitable, he turned around and went down the stone ladder, walking towards the city.

In fact, it’s no wonder that he was worried about gains and losses. Wang Zheng came to Jiqiu suddenly a few days ago, and Pan Zhang had a faint feeling that something big had happened. Later, when Chang Xi brought Zang Ba in disguise to meet here, because Pan Zhang also entered the system, Wang Zheng fell. They didn't try to hide it from him either. When the two sides chatted, they laughed and talked about Yan Yan. When the host and guest were having a good time, Pan Zhang who was beside him was calm on the surface, but a turbulent sea had already set off in his heart.

Great job, General!
Not long after I came back from Yangzhou, I was thinking about Tancheng again!
And this time, I want to subdue others without fighting!
In a complicated mood, Pan Zhang rode his horse and whipped his whip, and galloped on the road with all his strength, and soon arrived at the county government office.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he saw Wu Sheng who looked a little bored on the veranda in the distance.

Pan Zhang approached quickly, wiped off the profuse sweat, and asked in a low voice, "Where's the general?"

"Drinking in the lobby?" Wu Sheng waved his hand, glanced at Pan Zhang, and teased, "Old Pan, you will enjoy it. The fun you found will fascinate the general."

"Colonel, don't make fun of me." Pan Zhang laughed a few times, and cursed secretly in his heart, if Wu Sheng didn't talk nonsense as soon as he came, how could he dare to present his extravagant side in front of Wang Zheng?
Pan Zhang is a smart man, and he has followed Wang Zheng for a while. It can be seen that this Tiangong General is now mostly focused on how to realize his ambitions, and does not pay attention to personal enjoyment. He originally planned to stay here in Jiqiu For a period of time, I accompanied him to be a courtier who tried his best and advocated simplicity.

As a result, Wu Sheng exposed his face as soon as he came, and now Pan Zhang couldn't pretend, so he simply took out all his family assets.

It's just that I was a little uneasy after all, and it happened that he and Wu Sheng were there at this time, so I asked directly: "Colonel, you are the general's leader, and you understand his thoughts. The general knows what happened to me."

"Is there any dissatisfaction?"

"Dissatisfied? What's the dissatisfaction?" Wu Sheng glanced at Pan Zhang, patted him on the shoulder twice, and said with a smile, "As long as you remain loyal to the general, fight for the first place in the battle, kill the enemy and make meritorious service, what dissatisfaction can he have? "

"That's good, that's good." Seeing what Wu Sheng said, Pan Zhang let out a long breath.

"But speaking of it." Wu Sheng turned his head to look at the sight, watching the far and near scenery, seeing the high terraces, pavilions, pavilions, lakes and forests, all of which are missing, and muttered: "A county lord's house is so beautiful."

"Hey, Pan Zhang, to be honest, did you have this before you came to Jiqiu, or after you came?"

After smelling the lotus fragrance lingering around his nose, Wu Sheng asked a question casually.

"Eh." Pan Zhang laughed a few times, pretended not to hear, chatted a few more words, and then walked towards the lobby.

When entering the lobby, the atmosphere was warm and the sound of silk and bamboo was playing.

At this time, Wang Zheng was lazily reclining on the soft couch, with a few beautiful maidservants in left and right clothes, and behind them were dozens of elite guards, half of whom stood guard on the screen behind Wang Zheng, and the other half stood behind a few desks. Space.

Seeing Pan Zhang come in, Wang Zheng just nodded slightly, and immediately motioned him to find a seat to sit down, then turned his gaze to the center again.

A group of pretty Le Ji, with dovetail-shaped hair hanging down and various long gowns made of translucent light materials, sang and danced gracefully, making all kinds of graceful gestures, which fascinated people and aroused people's attention from time to time. The high-fives of the guests added to the fun, and Wang Zheng was also all smiles, toasting again and again to signal for everyone to drink up.

These people were either descendants of local aristocratic families in Jiqiu, or some literati recruited by Pan Zhang during this period.

Seeing that his lord seemed to be in high spirits, Pan Zhang didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only hint at others with his eyes.

Seeing the restless expression on the face of this "current manager", he knew that he must have something to report to Wang Zheng, and not long after, everyone took the initiative to leave.

Before you know it, the seats are empty.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng, who was in sole possession of the throne, glanced at Pan Zhang, smiled and said, "The rest of you should step back."

"Yes."

After the sparse sounds, until the singers, musicians, and even the maidservants had all left the hall, Wang Zheng looked proud, and his eyes fell on Pan Zhang, and he laughed loudly: "Wen Gui, the little Jiqiu can also let you search It is rare to have so many women who are both excellent in color and art."

"It's good that the general is satisfied." Pan Zhang hurriedly walked to the front of the table, first raised his head and glanced at Wang Zheng, seeing that he didn't seem to be talking ironically, he was sure, and then bowed and said: "After the general gets down from Tancheng, it's just a short distance away. Not far away, the general will send them all over there to chat with you to entertain you."

"The so-called sages don't show off their strengths, and gentlemen don't take what others like." Wang Zheng smiled slightly and waved his hands: "You were in a hurry to chase away guests just now, but did Tancheng respond?"

"That's not true." Pan Zhang raised his head and said seriously, "It's just that the last general is thinking about it. If Zang Ba has no more than 1000 troops, he has instigated the rebellion of the Xuzhou family in the city. It would be fine if he only captured the city gate, but he must completely occupy it." Tancheng, I am afraid it will not be easy."

"Hmm." Wang Zheng said indifferently, "Then in your opinion?"

"Since Zang Ba has the confidence to instigate against the school captain Xu Dan and several families in the city, with such internal support, the gates of Tancheng are useless!"

"The scout horse sent by the last general also reported that Liu Bei had led an army out a few days ago and rushed to Xiapi!" Pan Zhang talked eloquently, "Yuan Shu is a strong enemy. Since Liu Bei went out in person, he must have been aware of it." The army, the remaining troops in the city must not be many, plus we have internal support, the last general suggested that we send [-] tigers to support Zang Ba and others, and we will surely defeat Tancheng in one battle!"

As he spoke, Pan Zhang knelt down on one knee amidst the sound of clattering metal, clapping his hands and shaking his voice:

"Last general, willing to be a forward!"

"Great kindness." In the silence where the needle could be heard, Wang Zheng's sharp eyes cast on Pan Zhang for a long time, then suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, and stood up.

With clear laughter, Wang Zheng filled a glass of wine himself, left the table, and walked towards Pan Zhang.

When he came close, he helped Pan Zhang himself up, looked at it carefully for a moment, and stretched out his arms to push the lamp.

"Thank you, General." Pan Zhang was overjoyed. Did the General agree with him to be the vanguard?

It seems that the general still trusts me!
Thinking of this, Pan Zhang took the wine and thanked him, drank it all in one gulp, and immediately said excitedly: "The last general will live up to his expectations on this trip."

As he spoke, he was about to turn around and leave when Wang Zheng called him again:
"Wen Gui, the kindness that the general said is that you have been stationed in Jiqiu for half a year, and there has been no war for a long time, but you have not lost your comfort and lost your fighting spirit because of this, so you are very happy in your heart."

Forehead.
Pan Zhang was taken aback, and immediately looked disappointed: "Who does the general want to send as the vanguard? Major Wu?"

"No." Wang Zheng shook his head, and said seriously: "This general has always wanted to take Tancheng, but he never intended to use troops."

"We don't need troops, just relying on Zang Ba's troops," Pan Zhang said worriedly, "It may not be possible to take Tancheng."

"If there are enough troops, who can't defeat the city?" Wang Zheng said with a smile: "If it's easy, how can he show his ability and ability as Zangba?"

"If Zang Ba doesn't even have this kind of ability and ability"

Speaking of this, Wang Zheng's smile disappeared little by little, and his face was as calm as water, without joy or anger: "Then what use is this person to this general?"

As soon as these words fell into his ears, Pan Zhang felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

He wanted to say more, but Wang Zheng didn't want to explain anymore, he just asked him to continue to pay attention to the changes in the situation.

Until Pan Zhang's back completely disappeared, Wang Zheng also fell into deep thought.

The thoughts in his mind turned sharply, speculating on the current trends of Tancheng, the possibility of success of Zang Ba and his party, the consequences of failure, and even analyzing the pros and cons and considering countermeasures.

But what he just said is indeed his real consideration.

From the very beginning, Wang Zheng never considered mobilizing a single soldier in Tancheng, the capital of Xuzhou and the heart of Donghai.

Of course, this is not simply to verify Zang Ba's ability, nor is it because his own military strength is really so stretched.

Instead, Wang Zheng considered Yuan Shu's reaction.

In any case, just like the Sun Liu alliance resisting Cao Cao, Yuan Cao has not yet parted ways, and his identity as a yellow scarf bandit has not been cleared, so the alliance with Yuan Shu will take a while.

That being the case, between allies, superficial efforts still need to be done.

Just like in the future after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei already has the five counties of Jingzhou, and the remaining solitary South County is also in his pocket. Sun Quan can't keep it at all, but Liu Bei still wants to "borrow Jingzhou".

Without him, it is nothing more than a reasonable general. In the Battle of Chibi, Soochow contributed more and suffered greater losses. In order to maintain this alliance, face is not given, but face is still given.

In the matter of Tancheng, Wang Zheng has considered the issue of "getting famous" since he moved his mind.

How to get it can be explained to Yuan Shu in terms of face.

Because even if Sun Ce said to cede the East China Sea before, the reason why Tancheng's defense is empty now is not because Liu Bei was forced by Yuan Shu to lead his army to the front line?
And in the final analysis, Yuan Shu's manpower, material resources and even energy for this battle in Xuzhou were indeed far superior to him.

So when Wang Zheng met with Zang Ba that day, he had already hinted at this meaning.

Tancheng can only be offered by others, and his king will naturally accept it, but he cannot take the initiative to take it away.

And Zang Ba also understood the meaning of "acceptable but incapable" and gave a confident response.

Zang Baben was not an unknown person, since that was the case, Wang Zheng could just wait with peace of mind.

Not long after, Wang Zheng's trust was rewarded.

The next day, Pan Zhang came to report that Tancheng was on fire last night, and the screams of killing were soaring to the sky. It seemed that something happened.

Another three days later, a group of hundreds of riders who set off from Tancheng had arrived at the foot of Jiqiu city.

It was the envoy sent by Zang Ba, and it was Chang Xi who took the lead.

Let the other envoys go down to rest first, and Wang Zheng immediately summoned Wu Sheng, Pan Zhang and others.

After the crowd had finished, Wang Zheng got up with his sword and shouted, "Map!"

After the personal guards took out the map and hung it on the wall, everyone followed Wang Zheng to the vicinity. Wang Zheng took off the scabbard and pointed out: "Once Tancheng is acquired, the cities to the west of it are the only barriers between our Kaiyang and Pengcheng counties. Already!"

He said one by one: "These places must be firmly controlled!"

Turning to the east again, after thinking for a while, he directly ordered: "Send the sentry and cavalry to report immediately, and go to Kaiyang and Pengcheng as soon as possible!"

"Order Yujin to send troops to the southwest to conquer the remaining Xiangben, Nanling, and Chengxian cities in Donghai County!"

"Let Xu Fang send troops to the east to help Yuan Shu's army attack Xiapi!"

"Here!"

"Wu Sheng, Pan Zhang!"

"The end is here!"

"Let the two of you each lead two thousand elite soldiers, and within seven days, capture Ganyu and Qu counties along the coast of Donghai County!"

"Here!"

Wang Zheng nodded, and then looked at Chang Xi behind him: "It's hot summer, and it's hard work to go back and forth, but brother Chang, it's an urgent matter now, so I have to trouble you again." '

"You take a break, then take people back to Tancheng first, and tell Zang Ba that I will arrive at noon the next day, and I have to ask him to prepare his troops and make preparations. In five days, our army will turn west and head for Xiapi!"

"Here."

Chang Xi came out in response.

At this moment, at that moment, Wang Zheng did not expect Tancheng to be won so easily and so quickly, so at this moment, the thoughts of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight were completely put aside, and the rest of the expansion was too fast, and the soldiers were all war-weary. open.

In Wang Zheng's mind at this time, the next most important thing is to quickly cut off all Liu Bei's thoughts and drive him out of Xuzhou!

Similarly, since he sent troops, under such circumstances, Yuan Shu would not be able to accuse him of not working hard, because the benefits were in vain.

That night, Wang Zheng issued an emergency assembly order.

Divide the troops into three groups.

The first route is the left wing, the coach Wu Sheng led 2000 people directly through Licheng to take Ganyu, the second route was the right wing, the coach Pan Zhang took Qu County directly from Jiqiu.

The third route was naturally led by Wang Zheng himself, with 2000 troops from Kaiyang, plus the remaining soldiers of Jiqiu, except for 500 people, all of them were led by him, and they rushed straight towards Tancheng.

The red sun was in the sky, the flags were torn, and after some haste, on the morning of the third day, they had arrived not far from the heart of the East China Sea.

Before people arrive, the majestic city has opened its doors enthusiastically and opened its arms.

Not long after, Zang Ba took the lead, and a group of people rode their horses and roared, and greeted Wang Zheng in a mighty manner.

(End of this chapter)