The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Even if Zhou Xin and Wang Lang didn't intend to surrender at this moment, with the morale and unstable morale of their soldiers and horses, they couldn't fight Liu Zheng. Once Liu Zheng decided to attack the city with all his strength, his strength wouldn't last long.

Although they still have 3 soldiers and horses in this Poyang County at this time, once Liu Zheng's [-] people and horses launch a siege, they will persist for a few days at most, and they will follow the careful and lax The state was gradually broken by Liu Zheng, and it would be a dead word by then.

They are dead anyway, so they might as well choose to surrender.

This was exactly what Wang Lang thought.

After deciding to surrender, the next thing for both sides became easier.

Liu Zheng didn't move a single soldier, but just surrounded Poyang City and waited while Wang Lang and Zhou Xin opened the city gate.Then Liu Zheng led his troops into Poyang City, and the [-] soldiers under Wang Lang and Zhou Xin were disarmed and imprisoned by Liu Zheng's men.

As for Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, Liu Zheng let them meet with his family, and held a banquet in the city that night for the two of them.

Although these two people are not very capable figures in history, they are also quite famous people in history, especially Wang Lang, who is a master of Confucian classics.Liu Zheng still had some respect for him.

Liu Zheng, who has always disliked killings, did not have much resentment when facing these Han people.

What he really resents is Yan Baihu. Wang Lang and Zhou Xin can spare their lives, but the instigator of Yan Baihu's incident must die. That's why Liu Zheng is willing to accept their surrender. He doesn't want to waste manpower here until he finishes cleaning up. Afterwards, Wang Lang and Zhou Xin will lead their troops to attack Wu Jun directly, and have a head-on confrontation with Yan Baihu.

On the banquet that night.Liu Zheng's generals sat at the same table, Liu Zheng invited Zhou Xin to a banquet, and Wang Lang and Wang Lang sat at the same table.It's just that both Zhou Xin and Wang Lang had serious expressions on their faces, and they couldn't see any joy.With a bitter face, he seemed to be thinking in his heart, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Chapter 474 Attack

"My lords, don't frown. It should be a happy thing that you are still alive. Let me offer you a toast first!"

Liu Zheng raised his glass and drank a glass of wine with Wang Lang and Zhou Xin first.

Wang Lang and Zhou Xin, not daring to be negligent, also raised their glasses and started to drink with Liu Zheng.

After Liu Zheng let them meet with his family this time, they realized that Liu Zheng really didn't embarrass their family too much.

This made Wang Lang and Zhou Xin feel less disgusted with Liu Zheng.

But also the same, they knew how Liu Zheng fought all the way from Poyang County to Wanling City in Danyang County in just a few days, and occupied most of the counties in Danyang County. Even if Liu Zheng attacked the current Poyang County with all his strength, he would be able to easily defeat Poyang City.

Thinking of this, Wang Lang and Zhou Xin couldn't help but feel a little bit lucky. Fortunately, they surrendered, otherwise they would start a fierce battle with Liu Zheng, and I'm afraid they would lose ugly.

"Lord Liu Zheng, I have offended you so much before, but I still look to Haihan."

Wang Lang smiled wryly and toasted Liu Zheng to apologize.

"It's okay, I, Liu Zheng, have always been a person who doesn't hold grudges. Because if there is a grudge, I usually report it on the spot. I can sit down and drink with you, which shows that I don't take it to heart."

"Actually, I have a good impression of you, Brother Wang. What I said before is considered sincere. How about, think about it, go to Jiaozhou and create a great cause with me?"

Liu Zheng is still short of civil servants now, and there are not enough people who write books for many things, and people who understand the rules and regulations. Liu Zheng really hopes that he can go to Jiaozhou and start a business with him.

At least, with Wang Lang's help, he can worry less about the calendar and discipline the barbarians.

Of course, this has to be Wang Lang's willingness. If Wang Lang is forced to go to Jiaozhou to help him, Liu Zheng also feels that it is unnecessary.

When Wang Lang heard that Liu Zheng mentioned again that he was asked to go to Jiaozhou to create a great cause together, he just raised his wine glass and stopped in mid-air, his face was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

The main reason was that Wang Lang didn't quite understand whether Liu Zheng's words came from his heart, or whether he just wanted to force him to go to Jiaozhou.

Wang Lang did not reject going to Jiaozhou, but because of Liu Zheng's status, Liu Zheng was a traitor after all. If he and Liu Zheng walked together, it would be difficult for him to become an imperial official again in the future.

In history, after Wang Lang surrendered to Sun Ce, he also lived in seclusion in Jiaozhou for several years, and later became an official again because of Cao Cao's recruitment.

Wang Lang was actually a little interested in Jiaozhou, but because of Liu Zheng's status, he didn't directly agree to Liu Zheng.

Seeing that Wang Lang's face was slightly gloomy, Liu Zheng didn't answer him, but he was not in a hurry, but continued to touch Wang Lang with his wine glass.

"Brother Wang can think about this matter carefully. It is not necessary to agree to me now, but what I want to tell Brother Wang is that I sincerely want you to build a great cause together, and I hope you will consider it carefully."

Liu Zheng deliberately said the word "cautious" in a somewhat emphatic tone, which frightened Wang Lang for a moment, and his whole body trembled.

"I will definitely think about it."

Wang Lang immediately replied to Liu Zheng. His eyes were a little erratic, and he didn't dare to look directly at Liu Zheng. In fact, from Wang Lang's eyes, Liu Zheng realized that he probably didn't want to follow Liu Zheng to Jiaozhou. But when he thought of Liu Zheng's words of caution, Wang Lang didn't dare to refuse.

I can only drink with a wry smile, and wait for a while before talking.

After Liu Zheng finished talking about Wang Lang, he looked at the Zhou brothers around him again. There were only two Zhou brothers here, Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang. The youngest Zhou Yu was not in Wanling City at that time, so Liu Zheng didn't see Zhou Yu either, but these two brothers and sisters, to be honest, are of average level, more than enough than the next.

They are not people that Liu Zheng valued particularly. Although Liu Zheng still asked the two of them if they wanted to follow him, Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang faltered and didn't seem to agree, so Liu Zheng didn't bother to say anything. up.

However, Liu Zheng will not let them go for the time being, at least, they will be imprisoned here by Liu Zheng for a period of time.

After the meal was over, Liu Zheng didn't have time to accompany them, so he took a good rest here for a day.

The next day, Liu Zheng began to arrange the subsequent deployment.

If he wants to deal with Yan Baihu, he must mobilize soldiers and horses to leave here, but Poyang and Danyang cannot be stationed without soldiers and horses. After all, Danyang also borders Huainan. If the situation in Huainan changes, Zhang Miao or Cao Cao will People fought down from Huainan, and the Yangzhou area that Liu Zheng had just beaten down was in danger again.

So even if Liu Zheng wanted to deal with Yan Baihu, he had to do a good job of defending Poyang and Danyang.

It is impossible for the navy to take it away. After all, there is a navy in the Yangtze River Basin, which can better protect Yangzhou.

Neither Cao Cao nor Zhang Miao had naval forces. If they wanted to fight from Huainan, crossing the river would be a problem. As long as there were naval forces to restrain them, it would be difficult for them to directly attack Danyang and Poyang.

The [-] navy led by Zu Lang cannot be transferred away, but must stay here and take charge of defense.

At the same time, there are people on the water, and there must be people in this county. Liu Zheng's men, now that Zu Lang's [-]-strong navy has been removed, there are not many soldiers left.

Huang Zhong had 9000 men, Wen Pin had 6000 men, and Zhou Cang had 8000 men.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Zheng still let Huang Zhong station in Poyang County, and let Huang Zhong divide his troops. Tai Shici led 5000 troops to station in Poyang, and Huang Zhong led [-] troops to station in Danyang.

At the same time, they were ordered to train the [-] surrendered troops recruited by Yuzhang prefect Zhou Shu when he surrendered, and use them as a reserve army. When the manpower is insufficient, the [-] soldiers and horses can be used.

As for the [-] Danyang soldiers originally under Zhou Xin's subordinates, Liu Zheng took them away directly, and were escorted to Jiaozhou by Wenpin and Zhou Cang's [-] soldiers.

These 2 people, Liu Zheng took a fancy to, these are the most basic Danyang soldiers, Liu Zheng needs to brainwash them, and then select and recruit them into the fifth battalion.

After all, in this battle, the elite five battalions under his command suffered many casualties.Thousands of soldiers and horses died here alone, and these people need to be replenished.

After Liu Zheng arranged things, he took Huang Zhong's men and horses directly to Danyang County. After a two-day delay in Danyang County, he led Wenpin and Zhou Cang's troops to attack Wu County.

In Wu County, Yan Baihu's soldiers and horses are stationed, and it is destined to be a fierce battle here.

Chapter 475 The Inflated Zhang Miao

End of July 187.

Liu Zheng led 4000 troops from Danyang County to Wu County.

The news that happened in Danyang County, when Liu Zheng returned to Poyang a few days ago, the spies here had passed the news back to Yan Baihu.

After Yan Baihu received the news, he retracted his defensive line. He had just finished the battle with Gan Ning in Kuaiji County. He lost some soldiers and horses. He did not take down Nanhai County. He returned to Wu County by boat along the coastline.

At this time, in Wucheng County, Wujun County, in Yan Baihu's lair.

"Trash! They are all trash! Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, these two trash, actually surrendered! The tens of thousands of soldiers under him are all free!"

The news that Zhou Xin and Wang Lang had directly surrendered to Liu Zheng had already reached here, and the news that Liu Zheng was leading troops and horses approaching Wu County gradually spread here.

Originally, after his defeat by Gan Ning in the Kuaiji battlefield, Yan Baihu had a vague feeling of something bad, but now he is even more disturbed by these news, and he can't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart. I knew this before. He shouldn't have betrayed Liu Zheng.

But there are not so many people in the world who knew earlier, and the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it.

"Brother, what should we do now? Liu Zheng led more than ten thousand elite soldiers to attack from Danyang, and there are still thousands of soldiers from Gan Ning advancing to the south. If we don't make up our minds now, we will have to face both Defending the enemy."

Yan Xing was a little anxious. After losing to Liu Zheng last time, the always arrogant Yan Xing had some fear of Liu Zheng in his heart.

Therefore, when Yan Xing learned that Liu Zheng led the army to attack this time, Yan Xing already had some fear in his heart. In fact, this time Yan Baihu was going to rebel against Liu Zheng and stabbed Liu Zheng in the back. Yan Xing also refused at first, because Yan Xing clearly knew that Liu Zheng was powerful.

But his eldest brother who can't stand him is too ambitious, and Yan Baihu has the final say here, even if Yan Xing is unwilling to do this, Yan Baihu has already made up his mind, and he can't say anything. Now that this situation has arisen, Yan Xing The most embarrassing in my heart.

"What are you afraid of? That guy Liu Zheng fought one after another, and his troops must have suffered serious casualties. Even if he could lead his troops to Wu County, it was only at the end of his battle. We still have [-] elite soldiers in Wu County. Why should we be afraid of him?"

Although Yan Baihu was worried, but at this moment, he couldn't admit defeat, so he could only force himself to muster up the courage to confront Liu Zheng. In his impression, although Liu Zheng still had some troops, his subordinates The people have not been completely gathered in one place, and Yan Baihu is not helpless.

As long as he seizes the opportunity, with his current strength, he can still fight Liu Zheng.

"Brother, what can you do to deal with that Liu Zheng now?"

"Of course there is a way. Before Gan Ning and those people come over, we preemptively lead our troops to set up an ambush on the way Liu Zheng came. As long as Liu Zheng is killed, those followers of Liu Zheng will not be too big. Threatened, they will just disperse. After all, Liu Zheng is their backbone."

Yan Baihu also knew how powerful Liu Zheng was.He clearly knew that if he just kept defending, with his current manpower, he would not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack for a long time, and he would definitely be besieged by Liu Zheng in the isolated city by then.

It might as well be pre-emptive and lead his troops to set up an ambush on Liu Zheng's way to Wujun.Such a surprise may still have the possibility of winning.

The opportunity to do this is that although Liu Zheng currently has many soldiers and horses under his command, these soldiers and horses are scattered all over the place and have not yet gathered in one place. fight.

Yan Baihu told Yan Xing his thoughts, and Yan Xing immediately showed a deep expression after listening.

Although Yan Baihu's method seems to be feasible, the chance of success is still not high. After all, when Yan Xing attacked Liu Zheng's water boat for the first time, he had a strict plan without any mistakes, but in the end it still failed and was instead Liu Zheng was captured alive.

This time Yan Xing was not too optimistic about Yan Baihu, but Yan Baihu was his elder brother after all, so he could only do what his elder brother wanted.

"Brother, now that Liu Zheng's people have entered the border of Wu County, where are we going to trap him?"

"Don't go anywhere else, it's in Wucheng County. Go now. I remember that there is a road in Wucheng County that must be passed. It shouldn't be a problem to set up an ambush there."

"Okay, since the elder brother has already made his decision, as a younger brother, I don't have much to say. Everything will be according to the elder brother's arrangement."

According to Yan Baihu's words, Yan Xing started to prepare, and wanted to cooperate with his elder brother and continue to deal with Liu Zheng.

While Yan Baihu and Yan Xing were thinking about how to deal with Liu Zheng, what happened in Huainan had spread throughout the Han Dynasty after this period of time.

The news of Liu Dai and Liu Yao's death and Zhang Miao's occupation of Yanzhou has spread throughout the country.

The first is Zhang Miao. After killing Liu Dai, Zhang Miao went back to Chenliu overnight. He wanted to stabilize the situation first. He was the prefect of Chenliu.Although this time he led troops to go out on an expedition, but as his base camp, Chen Liu still had more than [-] troops.

The reason why Zhang Miao returned to Chenliu overnight was mainly because Cao Cao left at night. Zhang Miao was also afraid that Cao Cao would reap the benefits of being a fisherman. After all, Liu Dai did not kill him. Cao Cao only needed to make a noise in Yanzhou that Liu Dai died in Zhang Miao At that time, Liu Dai's remnants were likely to join Cao Cao and deal with Zhang Miao together.

Although Cao Cao and Zhang Miao are friends, and Zhang Miao also knows Cao Cao, he should not do such a thing, but nothing is absolute, and Zhang Miao is a suspicious person by nature. After seeing Cao Cao return to Yanzhou, there is always something in his heart Restless, so he followed Cao Cao and returned to Yanzhou overnight.

And after returning to Yanzhou, he directly let his own troops take over the territory and soldiers of Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai. take over.

In an instant, Zhang Miao's strength swelled up a lot. Seeing that Cao Cao didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and only retreated in a small county town in Chenliu without any movement, Zhang Miao relaxed his guard against Cao Cao.

Then Zhang Miao recruited soldiers with great fanfare. In just one month, his strength expanded rapidly. Zhang Miao, who originally had only more than 3 people, after annexing Liu Dai, had nearly 8 soldiers and horses. Among them, his younger brother Zhang Chao He led 2 people and occupied Huainan County, which originally belonged to Yuan Shu.

Chapter 476 The Last Glory

Lu Zhi, who was fighting Yuan Shao's army in Jizhou, was furious when he heard about the changes in Yanzhou.

If Lu Zhi was not fighting Yuan Shao's soldiers at this time, Lu Zhi would have gone directly to Zhang Miaoxing's teacher in anger.

But even though he couldn't leave, Lu Zhi still sent people to question Zhang Miao.

Of course, Zhang Miao answered Lu Zhi's question easily. Now that Zhang Miao is stronger and has men in his hands, he doesn't value Lu Zhi so much. When questioning, Zhang Miao directly pushed Liu Dai's death onto Liu Zheng.

It is said that Liu Dai died in the battle with Liu Zheng, and he only temporarily replaced Liu Dai in managing Yanzhou, and on his own initiative, he directly submitted a petition to the Luoyang court, requesting that he be the shepherd of Yanzhou.

This result made Lu Zhi even more annoyed. On the one hand, he secretly scolded Zhang Miao for not being flattering, and on the other hand, he didn't believe what Zhang Miao said at all. To learn more detailed information from Cao Cao.

After all, Cao Cao had worked under Lu Zhi for a while back then, and he was familiar with Lu Zhi.

Today's Hussar General Lu Zhi is also someone Cao Cao respects, so Cao Cao did not hide anything from Lu Zhi, but directly sent someone to tell Lu Zhi what happened that day.

After Lu Zhi knew what had happened, he was startled by the shock of the news. He became angry on the spot and ordered his three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang to lead [-] troops to attack Zhang Miao.

Of course, knowing that Zhang Miao was much stronger, Lu Zhi did not attack Zhang Miao so blatantly, but secretly sent Liu Guanzhang to Yanzhou. Anyway, Jizhou and Yanzhou are not far away.

At the same time, after confirming that Cao Cao was not involved in Zhang Miao's matter, he directly wooed Cao Cao, let Cao Cao take refuge in the court, and eliminated the ambitious Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao just didn't know how to get rid of Zhang Miao, and after getting lured by Lu Zhi, he resolutely decided to join Lu Zhi's side and help Lu Zhi fight against Zhang Miao.

In just this month, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang led 2 elite troops under Lu Zhi to the border between Yanzhou and Jizhou. Although it was a secret march, how could the military mobilization of [-] horses be hidden from Zhang Miao? Woolen cloth.

So Zhang Miao still knew that Lu Zhi sent soldiers and horses, but Zhang Miao was not afraid. He now had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was not afraid of a mere 2 people. He had a total of 8 people, except his brother Zhang. The 6 troops led by Chao were stationed outside Huainan, and almost all of the remaining [-] troops were in Yanzhou.

He mobilized two-thirds of the troops to deal with the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang. He only left 1 soldiers and horses to defend the various counties in batches.

Originally there were [-] troops, and it was a defensive battle. In fact, Zhang Miao had a good chance of winning, but Cao Cao, the traitor, existed. After Zhang Miao sent a large number of troops, Cao Cao directly lobbied the previous Liu Dai Generals.

Among the soldiers recruited by Zhang Miao, a large part of them were Liu Dai's people before. Liu Dai's death, these people all knew that Zhang Miao did it. After all, Cheng Yu and others came from the siege at that time. The one who escaped, Cheng Yu had already spread the news.

However, those generals who originally belonged to Liu Dai did not have a high status in Zhang Miao's army, and they never found a suitable opportunity to rebel.

Now that the war is imminent, those generals who originally belonged to Liu Dai also got the opportunity to be reused, which allowed them to find an opportunity. Soldiers and horses entered the city.

The soldiers and horses in the city that originally belonged to Liu Dai attacked first and made a noise of rebellion, and then let Liu Guanzhang and Cao Cao's troops enter the city, and easily suppressed Zhang Miao's troops.

In just two days, Zhang Miao's [-] troops were completely lost, some of them directly defected to Cao Cao, and others were beheaded by Liu Guanzhang's men. The junction of Yanzhou and Jizhou was also opened up by Liu Guanzhang.

When this news reached Zhang Miao's ears, Zhang Miao was dumbfounded.

He had only been in control of Yanzhou for a few days, and as a result, there was a huge defeat and the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. This made Zhang Miao, who still had some ambitions and had never had time to display his ambitions, was completely dumbfounded.