Chapter 1455: The Battle of Xuzhou (52)
Now if you say that the happiest person is undoubtedly Zhang Fei, originally he was going to stay in Xuzhou all the time, but now that he has replaced Zhao Yun and went to Pei County generously, while Zhao Yun continues to lurk, there is no need for him not to show up, that is to say, he and Zhao Yun exchanged an identity, Zhang Fei naturally couldn't smile.
Compared with Zhang Fei, Xu Sheng has a headache, after all, Zhang Fei is not a good master, although it is not clear whether he can play the effect of General Zilong, but if he wants to make a mistake, the harm is incomparable to the three Zilong generals, and he really can't guarantee what Pei County will be like at that time.
And with the transmission of information, Zhang Fei has now led 40,000 people into Chengxian, and will enter the territory of Peixian in less than half a month, and whether Peixian will go to war at that time is really unknown.
As he said, when Zhao Yun was there, he could endure it, but Zhang Fei didn't know it, if he couldn't bear to attack Cao Jun, it was not impossible.
This is what Xu Sheng is most worried about now, Zhang Fei's assertion has happened too much, even if he does not hesitate to tear his face with him, write to Liu Lan, and the lord will come out to restrain him, but the key is that Zhang Fei's assertion is not a violation of Liu Lan's military order, if this can restrain him, it will be surprising.
However, there is one thing he is not worried about, that is, Zhang Fei has rich combat experience, although he has little power and strategy, but in a single round of combat, there are really few people who are his opponents, and what he is best at is that kind of big war, often with tens of thousands of troops to fight with several times his own enemy army, and he does not fall behind at all.
Therefore, if Zhang Fei started a war with Cao Cao, Xu Sheng did not feel that Zhang Fei was vulnerable, but he was worried about whether Peixian would be able to defend it.
"General, don't worry so much, although General Zhang has a reckless side, but he can have today's achievements, there must be a reason, so we should believe in the choice of the lord, even if there is really a situation we don't want to see, but even if there is no General Zhang, won't Cao Cao attack Peixian, so ah, we still have to prepare ourselves, the so-called soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth!"
"Maybe it's because I don't express it clearly, first of all, I understand what you said, and I mean I'm afraid that Cao Cao will besiege the city and send reinforcements, and General Zhang will fall for Cao Cao's tricks because of his recklessness."
"General, I think that General Zhang can be dispatched by the lord, and the lord will definitely explain it to him clearly."
When Xu Sheng heard Shan Zichun say this, he pouted and said: "Zichun, you will think about the good side of everything, I am not as good as you in this regard, but I think the lord has a good saying, this war, we still have to consider the worst situation, if it doesn't happen, it's the best, if it happens, we can also have a response in advance, right?" ”
Different from Shan Zichun, Xu Sheng prefers to say the ugly words in front first, although his temperament is easy to affect morale and hit confidence, it is not as good as Shan Zichun, give everyone a hope, let everyone work together, but obviously these two temperaments have their own merits, one internal, one external, if they can be coordinated, the two may really become intimate partners.
While Xu Sheng and Shan Zichun were thinking about how to deal with Cao Cao, the bell of the enemy attack suddenly rang above the Kaiyang City Tower.
Zang Ba, who was doing nothing in the camp, suddenly heard the bell and was directly stunned on the spot, at this time there was an enemy attack bell, and there would be no other possibility except for the Jizhou army to kill it.
It's just that he really didn't think that the Jizhou army would come so quickly, with the information he obtained, the Jizhou army in Ju County has not moved for a long time, even if he wants to take action, there is a chance that 'Huang Zhong' will lead his troops to arrive in Pei County.
However, it seems that while they are confusing the Jizhou army, the Jizhou army is also confusing them.
Zang Ba led the four generals of Mount Tai to rush up the tower and look to the north, only to see a cavalry force with more than 10,000 people galloping towards Kaiyang.
Jizhou cavalry, he has been taught, and after capturing Youzhou, with the addition of Youzhou cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the Jizhou cavalry has risen sharply, although the cavalry is not afraid of attacking the city, but he does not dare to slack off, and orders all the soldiers to go to the city to defend.
Kaiyang City up and down all nervous, a team of Qingzhou soldiers rushed to the city, for them, the defense of Kaiyang is no stranger, after all, most of them in Kaiyang participated in the battle against Cao Cao, so familiar with the way to move the arrow and wood to the city tower.
Kaiyang City, as it once compared, not only strengthened the city wall, but also widened the moat, because Huang Zhong left, he began to close the door and seal the city, so when the Jizhou cavalry arrived, there was no chance of a surprise attack into the city, just looked at the suspension bridge hanging high and sighed, and the cold arrow was even more vigilant, if it wasn't for Yuan Tan's alertness, once he entered the range, he would immediately taste the taste of arrows in the sky.
Zang Ba stared at the dusty cavalry position in the distance, the yellow sand in the sky had long covered the sky, and the figure of the cavalry could not be seen at all, except for the high flying banner, after a long time, the dust dispersed, revealing the true face of the Jizhou cavalry.
This time to attack Kaiyang, Yan Liang made up his mind after thinking about it for a long time, but it was best that he did not personally bring his troops here, but only took Yuan Tan as the main general, led 50,000 cavalry and infantry to kill Kaiyang.
With the information he had, in Kaiyang now, the defenders were less than 10,000, and 50,000 people were attacking the city, so it was naturally easy to capture, and there was no need for him to come in person.
I have to say that this point was something that Liu Lan and others did not expect, if there were more defenders in Pei County, Yan Liang would not have thought about it so much, but only more than 10,000 defenders were left, which made him a little suspicious, was Liu Lan playing some tricks again, if he hadn't heard that Huang Zhong had entered the territory of Dongguan, he would not believe that Huang Zhong would go to the rescue of Pei County anyway.
After Yuan Tan's lieutenant saw the situation in Kaiyang City, he hugged his fist and said, "Major General, let's take people to cut down trees and make siege equipment!" ”
The time Yan Liang gave Yuan Tan was only half a month, because this was the time for Huang Zhong to go from Kaiyang to Dongguan, and when he heard that Kaiyang had been attacked, even if he returned to support, when they came back, the battle of Kaiyang would have already ended, and it can be said that the failure of several consecutive battles with Liu Lan made Yan Liang have to be more careful.
Even for this reason, he calculated the time to the day, half a month, not only laid Kaiyang, looted clean, but also returned to Juxian safely, even if Huang Zhong came back, he could only cry out in vain, and at that time they would find a way to deal with Huang Zhong who was running back and forth.
If Huang Zhong doesn't come back, he doesn't plan to garrison in Langya for a long time, he can withdraw to Juxian County first to observe the movements in Xuzhou, if he finds that Liu Lan really doesn't care about Langya, then it's not too late to enter Kaiyang, anyway, this battle must be cautious.
After all, Yan Liang is under great pressure, not to mention anything else, Yuan Shao alone makes him a little breathless, if there is any accident in his reckless attack on Langya, then he really can't explain it.
And Yan Liang is under pressure, Yuan Tan is not like this, but he is very confident in this battle, after all, in his opinion, he knows the movements of the Xuzhou army well, although this is all some news from Cao Cao, but he will also analyze it, after his judgment, Huang Zhong must have gone to rescue Peixian, as for what to say to deal with them, he thinks it will not be like this.
If not, Liu Lan can use to let Qingzhou out, so Liu Lan just doesn't want to start a war with them, so why don't they take advantage of such a rare opportunity to reap the benefits, he smiled at the deputy general, and said: "Hurry up, I will give you a day at most, and be sure to make the ladder and the rush car for me." ”
"No!"
Kaiyang's city defense, in the Zang Ba period was unusually strong, and after many years of construction by Xu Fang, it was completely a fortress, although the Jizhou army was 50,000 people, five times that of Zang Ba, but if you want to attack, Zang Ba really has great confidence to repel the enemy and hold Kaiyang.
Of course, the number of enemy troops, Zang Ba did not know now, all he saw was the cavalry of more than 10,000 people in front of him, smiled disdainfully, and said to the surroundings: "Don't worry about them, hurry up and prepare defense materials." ”
The enemy will certainly not use cavalry to attack the city, so if there is danger, it will only be after the enemy infantry arrives.
At that time, he had already known that Kaiyang's city defense was not in place, and when the time came, he would defend it with all his might, and he would not give Jizhou any loopholes.
The situation in Kaiyang City, if someone else came to defend it, he might not have such confidence as Zang Ba, but Zang Ba is different, he has been in Kaiyang for seven or eight years, and every corner of the city wall can be said to be clear and clear, and he knows everything about its strength, even if the city tower is not defended, retreat to the city, and fight street battles, he can also be at ease and kill Yuan Tan by surprise.
If Zangba in Qingzhou is a horse galloping on the grassland, then in Kaiyang it is a fish in the water.
Like a fish in water, it is to describe Zang Ba at this moment.
Zang Ba's arrangement made the four generals of Taishan on the side laugh together, this is the Xuangao they are familiar with, such a performance, no one will be their opponent.
I have to say that this point was something that Liu Lan and others did not expect, if there were more defenders in Pei County, Yan Liang would not have thought about it so much, but only more than 10,000 defenders were left, which made him a little suspicious, was Liu Lan playing some tricks again, if he hadn't heard that Huang Zhong had entered the territory of Dongguan, he would not believe that Huang Zhong would go to the rescue of Pei County anyway.
After Yuan Tan's lieutenant saw the situation in Kaiyang City, he hugged his fist and said, "Major General, let's take people to cut down trees and make siege equipment!" ”
The time Yan Liang gave Yuan Tan was only half a month, because this was the time for Huang Zhong to go from Kaiyang to Dongguan, and when he heard that Kaiyang had been attacked, even if he returned to support, when they came back, the battle of Kaiyang would have already ended, and it can be said that the failure of several consecutive battles with Liu Lan made Yan Liang have to be more careful.
Even for this reason, he calculated the time to the day, half a month, not only laid Kaiyang, looted clean, but also returned to Juxian safely, even if Huang Zhong came back, he could only cry out in vain, and at that time they would find a way to deal with Huang Zhong who was running back and forth.
If Huang Zhong doesn't come back, he doesn't plan to garrison in Langya for a long time, he can withdraw to Juxian County first to observe the movements in Xuzhou, if he finds that Liu Lan really doesn't care about Langya, then it's not too late to enter Kaiyang, anyway, this battle must be cautious.
After all, Yan Liang is under great pressure, not to mention anything else, Yuan Shao alone makes him a little breathless, if there is any accident in his reckless attack on Langya, then he really can't explain it.
And Yan Liang is under pressure, Yuan Tan is not like this, but he is very confident in this battle, after all, in his opinion, he knows the movements of the Xuzhou army well, although this is all some news from Cao Cao, but he will also analyze it, after his judgment, Huang Zhong must have gone to rescue Peixian, as for what to say to deal with them, he thinks it will not be like this.
If not, Liu Lan can use to let Qingzhou out, so Liu Lan just doesn't want to start a war with them, so why don't they take advantage of such a rare opportunity to reap the benefits, he smiled at the deputy general, and said: "Hurry up, I will give you a day at most, and be sure to make the ladder and the rush car for me." ”
"No!"
Kaiyang's city defense, in the Zang Ba period was unusually strong, and after many years of construction by Xu Fang, it was completely a fortress, although the Jizhou army was 50,000 people, five times that of Zang Ba, but if you want to attack, Zang Ba really has great confidence to repel the enemy and hold Kaiyang.
Of course, the number of enemy troops, Zang Ba did not know now, all he saw was the cavalry of more than 10,000 people in front of him, smiled disdainfully, and said to the surroundings: "Don't worry about them, hurry up and prepare defense materials." ”
The enemy will certainly not use cavalry to attack the city, so if there is danger, it will only be after the enemy infantry arrives.
At that time, he had already known that Kaiyang's city defense was not in place, and when the time came, he would defend it with all his might, and he would not give Jizhou any loopholes.
The situation in Kaiyang City, if someone else came to defend it, he might not have such confidence as Zang Ba, but Zang Ba is different, he has been in Kaiyang for seven or eight years, and every corner of the city wall can be said to be clear and clear, and he knows everything about its strength, even if the city tower is not defended, retreat to the city, and fight street battles, he can also be at ease and kill Yuan Tan by surprise.
If Zangba in Qingzhou is a horse galloping on the grassland, then in Kaiyang it is a fish in the water.
is like a fish in water, and this is to describe Zang Ba at this moment.
Zang Ba's arrangement made the four generals of Taishan on the side laugh together, this is the Xuangao they are familiar with, such a performance, no one will be their opponent.