In April, the red sun is getting longer, the light is hot, and the spring is strong.

In the mountains and rivers of the wilderness, the trees are lush and the flowers are blooming.

As far as the eye can see, it is full of verdant greenery and lush greenery.

On the tree-lined avenue, an army of 50,000 Li Dao marched mightily into Chenliu County.

Along the way, wherever the Xiliang army went, the counties opened their gates and looked at the wind, but they did not dare to touch their edge.

In fact, Zhongmu County is not far from Chen Liucheng, with more than 200 miles of mountain roads, fast horses, and can be reached in one day and night.

However, the march of the brigade is different.

The war cavalry was in front, the infantry was the middle army, and the baggage was behind, and the 50,000-strong army was spread out in a line, stretching for several miles, and the march was extremely slow.

After three days of marching, he advanced forty miles a day, and he was still more than seventy miles away from Chen Liucheng.

On the avenue more than two zhang wide, Li Li rode side by side with major generals such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji.

"Uncle, Uncle Guo, Uncle Zhang, what is the purpose of me waiting for Chen to stay this time? Is it just looting?

If it is only for this, why bother to send an army of 50,000 troops, only a light cavalry of 3,000 people can drive straight in! ”

During the march, Li Li asked Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji in great confusion.

"Hehehe, of course it's not as simple as looting!"

Li Wei turned sideways approvingly and said to Li Li with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ji said with a smile on the side: "Earlier, I heard that the major general broke Zhu Jun's army and captured Zhu Jun's traitors, I thought it was a false rumor." Now it seems that the young general is really quick-minded and unique-eyed, and there are successors to the Li family!

Major General, here's the thing. Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao and had been an enemy of Xiangguo before, jumping up and down to raise the righteous army, raising grain and grass, and teaming up with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to raise troops to attack Xiangguo. Now that the alliance of princes has dispersed, it is time for us to send troops to destroy them.

Two months ago, the prime minister issued an order to ask us to conquest Zhu Jun and Zhang Miao, but now that Zhu Jun has been captured, he can conquest Chen and Zhang Miao.

However, it is known that Zhang Miao had a close relationship with Cao Cao of Nadong County, so we had to gather a large army to come. If Cao Cao dares to cross the river to help Zhang Miao, we will destroy him by the way! ”

Li Li instantly thought of something interesting, but said humbly: "Oh, I see! Thank you Uncle Zhang for your doubts, my little nephew understands. ”

"The young general doesn't have to be so polite, your uncle is strict in governing the army, and he will not leak military aircraft easily; If it were someone else to lead the army, I'm afraid that this matter would have spread a long time ago! Hehehe! ”

Zhang Ji is worthy of being a good old man in the Xiliang Army, he spoke in a kind tone, with a smile on his face, and when he was dying, he did not forget to compliment Li Dao.

In Li Li's later memories, Chen Liuke was a place where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Cao Cao's foundation for raising troops to defeat Dong Zhuo was in Chenliu; And the place where the princes of the world will ally is also in Chenliu.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was once defeated by Xiang Yu in Chenliu, and Emperor Wu divided Henan Yin and placed Chenliu County, and Cao Wei Tianxia Longxing here.

These are not the things that Li Li is most concerned about at the moment, he cares more about one of Chen Liu's fierce generals, Chen Liu's fierce man who crosses the stream in Jiwu County-Evil Dian Wei.

According to the Romance records, Dian Wei Qiren was serving in Zhang Miao's army at this time, because of his great strength, he raised the Yamen flag with one hand, and now he should be the flag bearer, a nobody, at most a brave pawn.

Such a fierce man, if he doesn't stay in Chen, how can he return empty-handed when he arrives here, and he will be abducted to serve under the tent no matter what.

just wanted to kidnap Dian Wei, but it was very difficult.

It is said that he joined the army because of Zhang Miaoxing's rebellion against Dong Zhuo; It can be seen that he has a deep prejudice against the Xiliang army, and there is almost no possibility of joining the Xiliang generals.

Li Li didn't give up on this. He believes that things are man-made, and as long as Dian Wei is a person with a normal brain, there is no concept that can never be changed; Because man is the most fickle creature in nature.

On the fifth day, at noon.

50,000 Xiliang troops, soldiers under Chen Liucheng.

As early as three days ago, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao received a report from Tanma and knew that Li Wei was marching towards his county town after exterminating Zhu Jun's righteous army near Zhongmu.

He then sent fast horses to Dongjun and Jizhou to ask Cao Cao and Yuan Shao for help.

At the same time, Zhang Miao actively prepared for war, wantonly collected grain and grass, built fortified ordnance, and shrunk his forces to defend Chenliu. Trying to use Chen Liujian City to resist the Xiliang army, the city will be defended to the death, and when the Xiliang army runs out of food and grass, it will naturally retreat.

Last night, Cao Cao sent his generals Xiahoudun and Li Dian to lead 3,000 foot soldiers across the river to help Zhang Miao defend the city.

And Jizhou Yuan Shao has no news at all. It is said that he was busy seizing Han Fu's Jizhou and had no time to take care of anything else; Therefore, Zhang Miao's letter asking for help fell on deaf ears and was ignored at all.

However, in Zhang Miao's opinion, it is better if Yuan Shao does not send people to help, anyway, with Cao Cao's reinforcements, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters, it is enough to defend Chen Liucheng.

Chen stayed in the city.

Li Dao's army was waiting in formation, the army was solemn, the soldiers were at their peak, and they were ready to fight, and they were murderous.

In the rear of the army formation, a large number of siege equipment was also prepared, such as ladders, well railings, catapults, giant trees, and thistles, etc., which were piled up like a mountain, and the momentum was huge, and the victorious division of Luoyang was coerced in an attempt to capture Chen Liujian City in one fell swoop.

Chen stayed at the head of the city, behind the female wall.

Zhang Miao, Xiahoudun and Li Dian, who were hiding behind the battlements, looked down at the Xiliang army formation in the distance, their expressions were solemn, and their eyes were solemn.

"Ming Gong, it seems that Li Dao is bound to win this time, and he is bent on capturing Chen Liucheng, and he has a great appetite!"

Xiahoudun looked at Li Dao's army formation coldly, and said with feeling.

Xiahou is over thirty years old, with curly hair, tiger eyebrows and big eyes, big beard, eight feet long, and a strong body. It looks very majestic, awe-inspiring, and is a tiger general.

After Zhang Miao heard Xiahoudun's words, his brows were tightly locked, and his forehead was furrowed, looking extremely anxious.

"What Yuan Rang said is good, Li Dao is not good at this, this is to destroy my Zhang Miao Manmen!"

Li Dian is not very old and his position is not high, but he is calm and calm, and he is deeply respected by Cao Cao. This time, he assisted Xiahoudun to fight against Li Dao, so he was able to climb to the top of the city and stand with Xiahoudun and Zhang Miao.

Seeing that Zhang Miao was depressed and worried, Li Dian comforted: "Ming Gong doesn't need to worry, although the Xiliang army is prestigious, it has come from afar, and it is notorious.

In addition, Chen Liucheng is extremely strong and well-known all over the world. In the past, Dong Zhuo personally commanded an army of more than 300,000 troops, and Lu Bu charged into battle, but he could not break through Chen Liucheng. Today, Li Dao only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, how can he be better than Dong Zhuo? ”

"Ugh! What Mancheng said is extremely true! The old man was in a hurry, and he forgot that Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu and others had also attacked my Chen Liucheng, and finally returned home. Li Dao's rebel thief is just the eagle dog of Dong thief, how can he break my strong city? Haha! ”

Zhang Miao was relieved by Li Dian's words, and his momentum suddenly skyrocketed, and he was arrogant and happy.

In fact, Zhang Miao's age is not very old, only in his forties, but he debuted early and has old qualifications. In addition, people in this era generally do not live long, many people die at the age of fifty or sixty, and people in their forties can call themselves elders and call themselves old husbands; The same was true for Zhu Jun before.

Xiahoudun and Li Dian glanced at each other with a smile on the corner of their mouths when they were in Zhang Miaodaxiao, and the two nodded very tacitly.

Then Xiahoudun asked Zhang Miao: "Ming Gong, I don't know who you arranged to guard the city?" If Ming Gong can trust me, how about I be responsible for guarding the city? ”

"Uh, that's ······."

When Zhang Miao heard Xiahoudun's words at first glance, he was immediately speechless, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

After all, Chen Liucheng is his own county town, how can he easily entrust it to outsiders, in case...

Born in troubled times, no one can trust anyone. Although Zhang Miao has a very good personal relationship with Cao Cao, it is only a personal relationship, but in fact, he is always on guard against the hidden arrows from his friends behind him.

In the midst of a hundred turns in his heart, Zhang Miao said with a smile: "Yuan Rang hurried repeatedly, saddled horses tired, and entered the city late at night, Li Dao and others did not know that you led the army to help."

You and Man Cheng will stay in the other courtyard for the time being, so that they can rest and not show up for the time being, which is really a miracle soldier; This duty of guarding the city is still held by Sima Zhao Pet under my account. If the war is unfavorable, you will have to work hard to defend the city! Hehehe! ”

Although he had quite scruples in his heart, Zhang Miao couldn't say anything about it, there was still room for it; At this time, it is the time to employ people, and you can't offend Xiahoudun and Li Dian and other reinforcements.