Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Xu Sheng didn't take pleasure in Zhang Cheng's misfortune, but frowned and asked suspiciously: "Who is that fellow shouting in the city? When did Neighbor Sun raise such a vicious dog?"

"It's probably a son of the clan, let's go down to meet him quickly, otherwise... oh..." Zhang Cheng sighed.

The two turned around and were about to leave, when suddenly the soldier next to them panicked and shouted: "Fire... big fire..."

Zhang Cheng and Xu Sheng turned their heads and saw that the fire in Pengli Water Village was blazing into the sky, and the brightness of the flames burning in the water village soon surpassed the brightness of the torches under the city.

Xu Sheng frowned, "Why did the fire start for no reason?"

"Who is guarding the water village today?" Zhang Cheng asked in a panic.

Xu Sheng replied: "Brother Jiang."

Zhang Cheng swallowed his saliva: "This raging fire should not be a natural disaster. There are not many troops in the water village, so we have to send troops to rescue immediately."

"I'm going to gather troops and horses now." After Xu Sheng finished speaking, he took a step ahead.

Zhang Cheng nodded and followed closely behind. He guessed that the fire in Shuizhai was man-made, worried that Lu Fan and others had been fully exposed, and Gan Ning led his troops to attack Chaisang to encircle Wei and save Zhao. The army is holding back.

Gan Ning has won many battles against Jiangdong, and Zhang Cheng has no confidence in defeating his opponent, but his neighbors in the city are ready-made, thinking about going out of the city to pay for it, he should be able to persuade the other party to help, after all, it is for Soochow The hegemony of the Sun family.

The gate of Chaisang City was wide open, and Zhang Cheng, surrounded by his followers, urged his horse out of the city to meet his neighbor Sun, but he still stayed where he was, not noticing the fire in the water village.

"Excuse me, Sun Taishou, please forgive Zhang Cheng for being late."

Neighbor Sun just nodded and did not answer. Zhang Cheng saw that the other party did not respond, and many of the arguments he had prepared in his mind were useless. He was worried about the water village, so he cut to the chase and said, "The general doesn't know why Sun Taishou is angry, but at this moment Pengli water village suddenly caught fire, I am worried that Gan Ning came to attack at night, please general put aside the suspicion and go to put out the fire with me first, and wait for the rest to be done after the fire is over, okay?"

"Shuizhai is General Zhang's defense area. What does it have to do with Prefect Sun? Save yourself from the fire." Before Neighbor Sun could speak, he heard Chu Qing teasing.

Zhang Cheng was furious when he heard the words: "Who are you? You have repeatedly despised me, how can you have the right to speak here? In front of the public today, this general will teach you a madman."

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he raised his whip and whipped it at Chu Qing. He thought that it was reasonable and legal for him to teach his subordinates. Although Sun Neighbor is a child of the Sun clan, he himself is not a rootless duckweed. So I am sure that the madman in front of me will not fight back.

Seeing that the whip was about to hit Chu Qing, the corners of Chu Qing's mouth rose slightly, he waved his hand and grabbed the tail of the whip like a thunderbolt, and then pulled it forward vigorously. The soldiers rushed forward.

Zhang Cheng was struggling to get up, when suddenly he felt the cool wind hit his ears, and several long spears had already touched his throat, chest and other places.

How is this going?Am I dreaming?Neighbor Sun actually killed himself for the sake of a follower?Zhang Cheng didn't know what happened for a while.

Zhang Cheng's bodyguards were caught off guard, raised their weapons in a hurry and came forward to snatch the man. As a result, all eight bodyguards were in a pool of blood after a flash of swords and swords.

The breath of blood and death brought Zhang Cheng back to his senses, he shouted in panic and anger: "Sun Gongda, your followers are crazy, are you crazy too?"

Immediately the boy still didn't speak, and Zhang Cheng was tied up in front of Lan Yuan in despair, only then did he realize that Neighbor Sun was just a puppet.

"Neighbor Sun, you are the Sun family, and you actually join forces with outsiders to make money?" Zhang Cheng already knew that he was tricked. He didn't hate his opponent for being cunning, but only hated his own people for being spineless.

"Do you think I have a choice?" Sun Lin said bitterly.

At this time, the scouts had already cleared up the corpses before the formation, and Chu Qing returned to the formation and asked puzzledly: "Young general, why didn't you wait for Xu Sheng to leave the city before doing it?"

"Our task is to stop the defenders in the city. We just need to wait until General Gan completely takes down the water fortress. General Chaisang can capture every one of them. Not all good things can be captured. You must know how much you can chew." Lan Yuan said He told Chu Qing exactly what his father taught him.

Chu Qing nodded, "The Major General is right, we have to save our energy for big things, Sun Lin can help us earn Zhang Cheng, General Zhang should be able to help persuade Xu Sheng to surrender, right?"

"Bah, who do you think I am?" Zhang Cheng acted righteously, and suddenly he remembered that something was wrong. Pengli Water Village was very strict in interrogation, and it was impossible for Gan Ning's boat to pass by. Since the person in front of him controlled Sun Neighbor, it meant that Nanchang was already in control. Lost, where did this group of people come from now?Fall from the sky?

Looking at the handsome enemy general immediately, Zhang Cheng couldn't help asking: "Who are you guys? Where did you come from?"

"My surname is Lan, and I'm from Jiaozhou..."

Lan Yuan smiled mysteriously and did not explain in detail. Xu Sheng had led his troops out of the city in the distance, and he immediately ordered all the ministries to form an array to meet the enemy, and Sun Neighbor was also guarded by Chu Qing's people in front of the array.

Before Xu Sheng left the city, the city wall guards had informed the people under the city that neighbor Sun's men not only detained Zhang Cheng, but also beheaded his accompanying guards.

"Neighbor Sun, do you want to rebel when you kill people and detain generals?" Xu Sheng held his ground and leaped forward with a gun to angrily reprimand.

Chu Qing reminded Sun Neighbor in a low voice: "Think of a way to lure him over, you don't want the family in Nanchang to suffer, do you?"

Sun Lin gritted his teeth tightly, and was forced to answer: "Zhang Cheng defected to the enemy and treasoned the country. This general was ordered by the king to arrest him. General Xu will go to the water village to fight the fire first, and then we will enter the city for interrogation together..."

"Well said." Chu Qing encouraged in a low voice.

"Treason? How can it be..." Xu Sheng's eyes were wide open, and suddenly he found that Sun Neighbor was frowning and acting very frightened. Xu Sheng suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he pointed his spear forward: "They are fake Yes, follow me to rescue General Zhang."

The Jiangdong soldiers marched forward bravely with shouts. Although Lan Yuan didn't know that the opponent would suddenly see through, he believed in the field fighting strength of the trapped army.

Chapter 848 How Do You Feel About Cocooning Yourself?

The number of torches at night can clearly see the size of the team, which is also the confidence for Xu Sheng to launch an attack brazenly.

When fighting together, the sword has no eyes.

Whether Sun Lin or Zhang Cheng died because of this, Xu Sheng had enough reasons to shirk it. At that time, he became a hero after defeating the rebels, and he was the veritable general of Chai Sang.

If Zhang Cheng survived by chance, he might not have the face to stay any longer. How could the main general be captured as soon as he went out?On the other hand, how sharp-eyed are you?It is his loss that King Wu does not reuse it.

Xu Sheng thought a lot at that moment. He even dreamed of succeeding Lu Xun and becoming the governor of Soochow, thinking how majestic and heroic that would be?However, reality gave him a slap in the face.

The chaisang defenders seemed to be kicked on an iron plate, and fell in front of the enemy's formation after several charges. The trapped army was like a steel meat grinder, not only wiped out the Wu army who rushed forward, but also started to counterattack with neat steps .

In the dark night, the flag was invisible, and the sound of fighting broke the silent wilderness. The soldiers in the formation carried out their orders through special long and short whistles, and pressed back neatly like an iron pagoda. The poor vision at night did not make the fighting army chaotic at all. .

"how is this possible?"

Xu Sheng was still immersed in a sweet dream just now, but only a moment later, the front army began to retreat, and he quickly restrained the troops to resist the fallen army.

After fighting for about half an hour in front of the city, Xu Sheng's side was getting more and more defeated. Seeing that the situation was not right, he made a decisive decision and took the lead in shouting to retreat into the city. Bar?

"Major General, do you want the reconnaissance battalion to chase in? Maybe we can control the city gate." Seeing Xu Sheng retreating, Chu Qing quickly clasped his fists to Lan Yuan to relax.

Lan Yuan shook his head lightly: "Forget it, let them go, as long as you block them from rescuing the water fortress, the reconnaissance battalion is the elite of our army, don't compromise for the sake of siege, don't forget that our important task is not in the firewood camp. Sang, hurry up and take advantage of Xu Sheng's retreat, gather the army to count the battle damage, set up a camp to rest, and send a medical battalion to treat the wounded soldiers, anyway, General Gan's warship has arrived, we just wait outside the city."

"Wei." Chu Qing cupped his fists and left.

Taking advantage of the rest, Lan Yuan had someone bring Zhang Cheng and Neighbor Sun to him again, and asked meaningfully, "General Sun, did you see clearly? We didn't use any tricks just now, did we? Do you still think the Sun family can keep Jiangdong?"

"General Xu must have had some scruples, otherwise, how could Chaisang's elite soldiers be defeated? You will only use conspiracy..." Neighbor Sun was still not convinced.

"Hahaha, don't you hear that soldiers are tricky?" Lan Yuan's words directly made Sun Lin speechless.

Zhang Cheng already knew the whole story at this time. He just saw Xu Sheng being killed and retreated, and his mood has dropped to freezing point. He doesn't know what will happen in Jiangdong's future, but Lu Fan's tens of thousands of troops in Pingxiang will soon starve because of lack of food. He said in his heart that the black owl really lived up to his reputation, and he used himself and the city of Guangzhou as bait to attract all Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

Everyone knew that Gan Ning had to be guarded against, but no one thought that the entrapment army would appear in Luling. Chaisang's current encounter was not due to the incompetence of Sun Lin and Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was much calmer than the young and vigorous neighbor Sun. He knew that as a prisoner, he was not qualified to argue with the victor, so he stared at the fire in the east in a daze.

"What is General Zhang thinking?" Lan Yuan asked meaningfully.

"I don't understand why the water village is on fire. Half of Chaisang's garrison lives in the water village. It is impossible for your secret work to get in and set fire to it." Zhang Cheng frowned.

Lan Yuan smiled and said: "It's okay to tell you the truth. In the past, Lv Meng led his warships upstream from Yushui to attack Bushan County, which was then the governor of Jiaozhou Lai. As a result, he was attacked by fire boats at the upstream bend. In the end, the warship was at risk in the chaos, and it was also this season.”

"Could it be a water village built with fire boats?" Zhang Cheng looked at Lan Yuan in surprise, and immediately asked incredulously, "But where did these boats come from?"

"General Zhang is really smart. There are hundreds of warships parked at the Xingan Wharf, all of which you have prepared yourself. We will be disrespectful when we pass by." Lan Yuan raised his lips slightly, thinking that all this is really a coincidence, and Jiangdong should be destroyed.

"It turns out that Zi Qiao (Sun Song), Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) and the others brought the warships. I knew they should leave the ships in Chaisang..." Zhang Cheng was heartbroken, and then continued to ask: "The... Too……"

Lan Yuan smiled slightly and did not speak. The dejected Sun Neighbor next to him said with a wry smile, "I brought them from Nanchang. I didn't know what they were going to do at the beginning..."

After Zhang Cheng heard this, his face was full of bitterness. The feeling of being defeated by his own "weapon" was so uncomfortable. He suddenly thought that it was the rebel general Ding Feng who commanded the warship. Zhang's subordinates joined the army. If the strategies, soldiers, warships, and firelights all came from Jiangdong, he didn't know how Sun Quan would feel if he was trapped in a cocoon.

"This plan of attacking with fire will not be Ding Feng..." Zhang Cheng hesitated to speak.

"This fire boat plan was used by my father for the first time. This time, Sima's old plan under my account is repeated. However, Peng Lize's situation is different. Because the lake is wide and the current is not too fast, the driving force of Ganshui cannot make the fire boat go accurately. Entering the water stronghold depends entirely on the sailors under General Ding's tent to steer the boat."

Although Ding Feng did not come up with the fire boat plan, the other side also helped a lot in this battle. Lan Yuan said it at this time, and it would also make Zhang Cheng and Sun Lin 'happy'.

Zhang Cheng saw that Sun Lin bowed his head and remained silent, and he himself felt his face was very hot, so he stood silently by the side and waited.

Chu Qing counted the previous battle damage, and finally counted more than [-] wounded soldiers, and none of the soldiers were killed. After hearing this, Lan Yuan nodded with satisfaction, lamenting that the newly enlisted soldiers have been trained.

During the encampment of the fallen army, the fires in Pengli Water Village gradually went out, and the scouts came back to report first, but they were wiped out because of the stubborn resistance of the Wu Army in the water village.

Jiang Yi and Jiang Xiu were all killed in battle. Coincidentally, Jiang Qin was killed by Gan Ning in Hanshui, and his two sons were also killed by Gan Ning. Like Ling Cao and Ling Tong, they were the last of the family. round circle'.

Not long after the battle in the Water Village, Gan Ning, Li Yi, and Ding Feng came to see Lan Yuan first, leaving Su Fei to deal with the aftermath in Pengli Water Village.

Before the war, Lantian was worried that Chaisang was an important town, so he transferred Li Yijiaozhou navy to reinforce, and also transferred Sufei Jiangxia garrison to Wuchang, allowing Gan Ning to command [-] troops to guard against Lu Xun.

Gan Ning and Lan Yuan hadn't seen each other for several years. When they saw this young man again, he couldn't help holding his hand and praising him: "We haven't seen each other for many years. Bo Yang has become a pillar of the sky. We are getting old slowly." .”

Lan Yuan smiled and replied: "Uncle Gan just killed two generals, I don't believe you when you say that you are old..."

"Hahaha, Jiang Qin's two sons are not skilled in martial arts. It's hard to get back the feeling of Baiqi robbing the camp back then. But I can maintain my current posture because my husband let me learn Wuqinxi. I haven't been tortured by illness for so many years." Gan Ning stroked his beard and sighed.

"Because my nephew still has an important task, I left Chaisang City behind. There should be less than [-] defenders, so I will trouble Uncle Gan to deal with it. We will march to Yixing tomorrow morning." Lan Yuan said seriously.

Gan Ning nodded, "Mr. is under a lot of pressure in Pingxiang. It is right for Boyang to rush to support earlier. Xu Sheng's child is left to me to handle it. I just haven't had a good fight tonight. I haven't had such a rich battle in so many years..."

Chapter 849 Don't Force It

After hearing this, Lan Yuan smiled awkwardly. He had been around Lan Tian all these years, and he knew that his father was not under the rule of war, because Lan Tian knew that war was about the economy.

If the number of soldiers remains high for a long time, there will be considerable pressure on local money and food, and the transformation of labor into soldiers will also affect production.

Over the years, Lan Tian has strictly controlled the size of the army. The downside is that he fought against Sun Quan several times, and each time he was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. The upside is that production has not been wasted due to the war. Many generals have fought against adversity and trained higher military combat skills. Level.

"By the way, General Ding is easy for me to use, and I will take it away tomorrow." Lan Yuan looked at Ding Feng behind him and signaled.

Gan Ning turned his head to look at Ding Feng, and replied with a smile: "Ding Chengyuan is brave in fighting, and he is very appetizing to me. He was originally a general of Boyang. It is understandable that you want to take him away. We will fight together again when we have the opportunity."

"Thank you, General, for your love." Ding Feng expressed his thanks to Gan Ning with cupped fists.

Lan Yuan nodded, "After all, Chengyuan has been in Luling for many years, and it will be much smoother to win Yixing with his help. My nephew left my grandson and Zhang Cheng for Uncle Gan. They should help you capture Chaisang."

Gan Ning smiled slightly: "That's really a coincidence, sir, there is this promise in the confession, and you can quickly attract someone to meet me."

"Huh? Okay..." Lan Yuan waved his hand to signal Chu Qing to do it.

Chu Qing clasped his fists and turned to leave. The generals in the tent sat down one after another after exchanging greetings. Lan Yuan took the initiative to give up the main seat to Gan Ning. Unexpectedly, Gan Ning resolutely refused and was ready to walk to the second seat.

Lan Yuan stepped forward to stop him, and extended the invitation again: "Uncle Gan is Yuan's teacher, and he is also an official in the army and the head of the generals. You should be in the upper seat, otherwise father will punish me for being rude."

Gan Ning stretched out his right index finger and nodded, "Don't use Mr. Boyang as a cover. Although I am a real General Zhengdong, your concubine status is even more honorable. Besides, this is the main account of the fallen army. If I take you It is not easy to meet Bo Ping (Gao Shun) in the future..."

"Ah this..."

"Boyang doesn't need to refuse. You have accomplished the feat of destroying the country at such an age. How can I compare to your achievements in the future? A man must do his part." Gan Ning had already walked to the second seat while speaking.

Lan Yuan still wanted to try to persuade Zhang Cheng to stay, but Chu Qing had already brought Zhang Cheng into the big tent, so he could only turn around and sit on the commander's seat.

Zhang Cheng walked into the big tent and looked around, and found some more ferocious faces, he frowned and asked, "General Lan wants to kill me?"

Lan Yuan was noncommittal, turned his head to look at Gan Ning's position, and asked suspiciously: "Zhang Zhongsi has brought it here, what do you want to ask General Gan?"

Gan Ning looked Zhang Cheng up and down, and then asked, "General Zhang is here today, and I have something to trouble you."

"You want me to persuade Xu Wenxiang to surrender? The result may disappoint you." Zhang Cheng frowned. Gan Ning was very murderous, which brought him a lot of pressure, but he still rejected Gan Ning first.

"You don't need to persuade him to surrender. You just need to write a letter about Chaisang's situation, and I will send someone to Jianye. Mr. Zibu is nearly seventy years old, so don't worry him." Gan Ning said meaningfully.

Seeing that Zhang Cheng was not trying to persuade him to surrender, he was very surprised and couldn't help asking, "What conspiracy do you have?"

"General Gan, at this time Peng Lize is blocked, and Jianye doesn't know about it at all. If you really want to seize Jiangdong quickly, you should conceal the matter here, and then continue to report false news. Why..." Ding Fengda was dissatisfied untie.

"Ding Chengyuan, in vain you are still a military general. You surrendered without saying anything, but offered poisonous tricks to the enemy general. Doesn't Jianye have a Ding family?" Zhang Cheng angrily scolded Ding Feng.

Ding Feng kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, Gan Ning said sarcastically: "General Zhang is so loyal, could it be that you forgot what your father did before Chibi? Now that the situation of Eastern Wu is over, those who know current affairs are heroes..."

Zhang Cheng was speechless, bowed his head and muttered to himself: "My father is my father, I am me..."

"The main force of Wu's army was lured to Pingxiang by General Lan's tactics. Now we have cut off Chaisang's food supply. I believe that within half a month, Lu Fan's army will rebel because of the supply shortage. It's only in the middle of the night, so why don't you want to give you a chance to be loyal at this time?" Gan Ning stroked his mottled long beard, looking calm and composed.

"This..." Zhang Cheng hesitated.

Gan Ning continued to add: "Don't think it's a conspiracy. This is General Lan's conspiracy. It is clearly stated to make Jianye monarch and ministers panic. If you want to defend it, you can continue to defend it. If you don't want to, you can make another plan. General Zhang's family Are they all in Jianye? Don’t you want to leave them a way?”

"Yangmou?" Zhang Cheng said to himself.

"General Zhang is really unwilling, so we will use General Ding's method, I believe it will be easier to take down Jiangdong, Boyang, and bring him down..."

Zhang Cheng hastily interrupted Gan Ning, cupping his fists in salute: "Wait a minute, I am willing..."

Gan Ning teased: "Don't force yourself..."

"Ahem, Zhang Cheng is willing, not at all forced."

Gan Ning nodded in satisfaction, and waved Zhang Cheng to write a letter from home. Ding Feng looked at the shaking curtain, shook his head and sighed: "General Lan is really unpredictable, the best way is to go all out, why delay the day and the moon like this?" ..."

"Hahaha, Mister is strategizing, how can his wisdom compare to you and me? Cheng Yuan, don't be upset, I lied to Zhang Cheng just now, Sun Quan is now in Ruxuwu, fake news will still be sent there." Gan Ning smiled slightly.

Ding Feng: "Then Jianye..."