Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 575 Zhang Zouer Ma Dingping Prefecture

However, Cao Cao received a letter from Zhang Shun and read it carefully. What he said was all about what he had experienced after he sent troops from Jizhou——

Jizhou divided the troops. Li Jun and Zhang Shun each took the west and the east. Zhang Shun led them, and they were regarded as the East Route Army. Run four generals, leading troops, attacked the four prefectures of Caijing, Luan, Ping, and Ying.

These four prefectures, if seen on the maps of later generations, are the area from Tangshan to Qinhuangdao.

Among them, the three prefectures of Luan, Ping, and Ying were occupied by Khitan during the Five Dynasties, and Zunhua County of Jizhou was promoted to the scene in the Chongxi period of Xingzong of Liao Dynasty.

The four prefectures were not originally populated places, and with Yeluchun's southern expedition, many troops were transferred, and the territory became more and more empty.

Therefore, when Zhang Shun arrived, he was like a broken bamboo. Jingzhou and Luanzhou were taken in order, and when they arrived in Pingzhou, they met their opponents.

This opponent is Zhang Jue, deputy envoy of the Liaoxing Army Jiedu.

Zhang Jue was born as a Jinshi in the Liao Kingdom, with both civil and military resources, and a native of Pingzhou, so he is very popular among the people.

In recent years, Khitan's power has declined, and military disasters and bandits have emerged one after another. The Liao Xingjun Jiedu envoy Xiao Dili and the governor of Pingzhou were all killed by the rebel army. It was all thanks to Zhang Jue's crusade to quell the rebellion.

As a result, "the people of the state push to lead the state affairs." In the two states of Ping and Ying, the military and political power is all in the hands of Zhang Jue.

Before Yeluchun conquered the Song Dynasty, he transferred Zhang Juejun to obey his orders, but he refused to obey, and said to him: "The country's enemy is the Jurchen, and its power is booming. The king and others don't want to resist, but want to provoke neighboring countries. Fighting on both sides, this will kill you." The way is also, forgive me not to go.

It means that you are courting death, and I will not accompany you.

Xiao Qian was furious when he heard this, and persuaded Yeluchun to send his confidant ministers to Pingzhou to serve as magistrates in order to seize his power.

Zhang Jue instigated the people to stop the carriage of Xinzhizhou on the way, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. The guy had no choice but to leave in despair.

Yeluchun and Xiao Qian became more and more annoyed, but they were afraid of being forced to turn against Zhang Jue, so they could only swallow their anger, and wanted to seek the land of Song State first, and then make any calculations.

However, how did Zhang Shun know about his ability?
Zhang Jue didn't seem to have seen Zhang Shun when he attacked Jingjing and Luan. Zhang Shun became more careless and led his troops into Pingzhou.

According to Zhang Shunxin: "The Luan River flows from the northwest to the southeast and flows into the Bohai Sea, which is the boundary between Luanzhou and Pingzhou."

"My younger brother took Li Ying as the vanguard, and brought his uncle and nephew from the Zou family as the central army. After Duan Sanniang joined forces, he cut down logs to make a bridge, and chose a narrow place to cross."

"Li Ying led 3000 people to cross first, and there was no obstacle. When my younger brother led the Chinese army to cross, the men and horses hadn't passed halfway. Suddenly, there was a flood, and the sky rolled in. It immediately collapsed the pontoon bridge. The people and horses on the bridge were all fed to the fish and turtles."

"At that time, my brother was also on the bridge. Fortunately, there was water, and I fled back to the west bank on the waves. I saw the turbid current of the Luan River, cutting off our army on both banks. It is estimated that the Liao people built a dam upstream. When I crossed the river, Let it flood it."

There is nothing better than fire and water. When Lao Cao saw this, he was speechless for a moment: He defeated the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom with fire, and the guard of Pingzhou used water to attack Zhang Shun. Didn't he report it in front of him and return it quickly? .

I also remembered that when Zhuge Liang first entered Liu Bei's tent, he first burned Xiahou Dun in Bowangpo, and then burned Cao Ren in Xinye. Cao Jun is countless.

After sighing for a moment, looking down, the Pingzhou Liao general released water to destroy the suspension bridge, and the Chrysanthemum Army was naturally shocked.

At this time, there was only a sound of cannon fire, people shouted horses from behind a hill on the east bank, and countless Liao soldiers rushed out from left and right, judging from the scale, there were tens of thousands of them.

Zhang Shun was stunned. He had fought in two prefectures in front of him. Each prefecture had only 2000 troops, and most of them were old and weak. Don't get arrogant and cross the river in broad daylight.

When Cao Cao saw this, he also frowned and couldn't understand: Thinking about Pingzhou, it is not a prosperous place, how could there be tens of thousands of Liao troops?
With so many enemy troops, not only Zhang Shun was shocked, but Cao Cao was puzzled.

We must know that when the Chrysanthemum Army was recruited, it was only on the front and rear feet of Lao Cao's Youzhou Eighth Army.

Although benefited from Li Jun's desperate plan of "luting Han'er to kill Khitan", all of these soldiers and horses are blood-stained and quite hostile, but one is outnumbered, the other is unprepared and prepared, and the third is against the water. To fight, to retreat—

After all, they are not the Chu army, and Li Ying is not Xiang Yu, so how can they be their opponents?
But Li Yingxiao is brave, and he has the intention of being a Xiang Yu.

According to Zhang Shun: "At that time, my younger brother looked across the river, and our army was in chaos, but Li Ying shouted, 'Now it's time for a good man to show his skills!" Who dares to be my flying eagle!'”

"Among the Liao formations, a general in gold armor ran out to fight Li Ying, while the rest of the soldiers rushed forward like a tide, killing our army to pieces, falling into the water and dying."

"My brother was so anxious that he ordered people to speed up the construction of the bridge. Seeing that Li Ying had fought with his opponent for more than rounds, the general saw that he could not win. With a loud shout, he shot his teeth from behind and surrounded eight of them. Li Ying used throwing knives to kill two people in a row. However, the Liao general pulled out his iron mace, knocked him off his horse with a mace behind his back, and bound him into the formation."

"At that time, Zou Run was also on the other side, and he led dozens of people to rush out. He wanted to capture Li Ying, but the golden armored Liao general stopped them. Catch it."

"My younger brother built the pontoon bridge, and when he wanted to go to help, the soldiers and horses on the east bank were gone, half of them were killed, and most of them knelt down. The man pointed his gun at my younger brother, saying that he dared to enter the Pingying camp regardless of our cause and effect with the Liao Kingdom. Take one step, and you will be killed."

"Brother had no choice but to lead the army back temporarily, and searched around for people to inquire. Only then did I know that the Liao general in Pingzhou was named Zhang Jue..."

After Zhang Shun inquired, he learned of Zhang Jue's foundation and ability, and was worried for a while.

Counting the number of men and horses, most of them were lost, leaving only 6000 to people. I thought to myself that no matter what, it would be difficult to defeat the opponent.

Therefore, after tossing and turning all night, until dawn the next day, they summoned Duan Sanniang and Zou Yuan, and asked them to take care of the soldiers and horses, while he himself had to go to Pingzhou to act alone.

When Duan Sanniang heard this, her head was shaking like a rattle drum, she couldn't even say a word, if she went like this, she would be killed by him, wouldn't she give her life for nothing?

But Zhang Shun said: "Brother Li tried to say that he was a private businessman in the Xunyang River. He was like a piece of dust. If there was no Brother Wu, how could he be so proud today! Think of me, Zhang Shun, who first became a water thief, then a fisherman, and then a fisherman. What kind of a person is this? A hero of my generation, since I have been well-acquainted, left and right are only repaying each other with death, how can I care about my life?"

Zou Yuan was moved when he heard this, and he wanted to go with him alive or dead.

Duan Sanniang is not the kind of woman who can't let go, seeing the two of them determined, she gritted her teeth and said with red eyes: "Forget it, since that's the case, the younger sister is only here to wait for the brothers to return, if something happens, Then go back and invite Brother Wu to kill Pingzhou into a sea of ​​blood and avenge you."

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan quietly went out of the camp, looking for a boat, and crossing the Luan River, two people and two horses came to Lulong County where Pingzhou's prefecture is located.

As far as the eye can see, the city gate is wide open, and there are only ten or twenty soldiers hanging around to guard the gate, just like usual, unguarded.

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes: Zhang Jue is so brave!Hun didn't take the chrysanthemum army's invasion seriously.

The two were startled and angry, but couldn't help admiring, Zhang Shun said: "This guy is so crazy! In this case, you and I simply barged in, and would rather die than let him underestimate us, otherwise it will be even more difficult to talk about. "

Zou Yuan said: "I came here with you, I will treat myself as dead, and let you do whatever you want, I will only obey orders."

The two agreed, and ran to the front of the city to dismount, Zhang Shun said coldly: "I want to come to see Zhang Jue, Brother Zou Yuan, please open the way for me!"

Zou Yuan stared at him, pulled out the bent Flying Tiger Stick from his waist, jumped up and hit.

This stick of his is famously called "hard but soft", when it is deployed, it is full of mysteries, how can those soldiers be opponents?The beating knocked them over, and the two raised their heads high and marched into the city.

Those with good eyes slipped away early to call for someone. After a short while, hundreds of Liao soldiers surrounded them, and the leading generals were nothing more than Zhang San Li Si, Qian Wu Zhao Liu, each with their swords in their hands, and they were about to attack. Front kill.

Zhang Shun glanced at him coldly, and said calmly: "I am Zhang Tiedan of the Chrysanthemum Army's 'Fanhai Yacha', here to find General Zhang Jue to discuss important matters. If you are not afraid of making trouble, just do it."

When the tooth generals heard the words, their expressions moved slightly, and someone hurried to report, and turned back after a while, saying that it was Zhang Juorang who took the two of them to the state government.

Zhang Shun and Zou Yuan walked proudly, they didn't go far to the Dezhou Yamen, they saw that there were armored soldiers all over the place, all of them raised their eyebrows, their hands were like a forest of knives and guns, densely blocking the door.

Zou Yuan's face changed slightly, and Zhang Shun laughed and said: "General Zhang, I saw you were a hero the day before yesterday, so why did you put up such a battle? There are only two of us, even if you want to kill me, you can't kill me." It doesn't have to be so many people."

Then someone inside the door sneered and said: "You two are fighting at the gate of the city. If there are few people in the Yamen, I'm afraid you will come in again."

Zhang Shun said with a smile: "It's not that Zhang doesn't know etiquette, it's just that General Zhang doesn't even pay attention to Yeluchun and Xiao Qian. I'm afraid that if Zhang's defeated general doesn't show some courage, I'm afraid the general looks down on me."

The inside said humanely: "There are a lot of people who are bold and outrageous. I don't necessarily think you are bold enough to make me think highly of you? Tell me what's going on here."

Zhang Shundao: "The army was defeated the day before yesterday, and my two brothers were captured by you. Now I don't know whether to live or die."

The inside said: "So what about death, what about living?"

Zhang Shun smiled lightly, and said coldly: "If he is alive, everything will be easy to talk about. If he is dead, then please ask General Zhang to kill both of us, and then someone will come to avenge us."

There was a moment of silence in the room, and then a burst of wild laughter suddenly broke out: "Hahahaha, seek revenge from me? Mr. Zhang is in Yingping, with fifty thousand soldiers under his command. As you said, Yeluchun and Xiao Qian dare not underestimate me. Am I afraid of doing it?" The bandits came to take revenge?"

Zhang Shun also laughed and said: "Haha, General Zhang, I just laugh that you have never seen a real hero. How can people like Yelu Chun and Xiao Qian be compared with my brother? To tell you the truth, the states in front of the mountains today, except You control the two states, all of which are in the hands of my elder brother. After a short leave, the Kyushu behind the mountains is not owned by the Liao people. If you know the opportunity, release my two brothers and dedicate the two states, and the success in the future will be far away from you. Over time, if you don't know how to advance and retreat, Zhang's head is here, and it doesn't matter if you take it away."

After the words were finished, the yamen was silent for a long time.

After a long time, a member of Yajiang came out, asked the soldiers inside and outside to get out of the way, looked at Zhang Shun in surprise, and said: "My general invites you to come in and talk."

Zhang Shun was naturally fearless, he led Zou Yuan in, and Na Ya led the way all the way to the living room.

In the living room, a man in his thirties, with a handsome appearance and a domineering expression, was sitting on a chair with a big horse golden knife, pressing the hilt of his sword, and looked at Zhang Shun coldly.

Zhang Shun clasped his fists together: "Next, Zhang Tiedan, I have met the general."

Zhang Jue didn't answer the salute, still staring at him, Zhang Shun smiled freely, found a chair to sit down at home, and let him look at him with a smile.

There was a hint of admiration in Zhang Jue's eyes, and he nodded and said, "How courageous! This kind of courage is by no means an unknown person. Tell the truth, who are you?"

Zhang Shun also showed a strange look, looked around, smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Jue waved his hand, and a group of generals and guards walked out together. In the living room, only Zhang Jue, Zhang Shun, and Zou Yuan were left.

Zhang Shun got up, clasped his fists and said: "General Zhang is willing to wave back and forth, but I have no choice but to tell the truth. My younger brother will not change his name or surname when he sits. His surname is Zhang Mingshun. People in the world call him 'Langli Baitiao'."

Pointing to Zou Yuan again, he said, "This is my brother 'Chu Lin Long' Zou Yuan."

Zhang Jue was slightly surprised when he heard this, stood up, clasped his fists and said, "Could it be Zhang Shun from the Dengzhou Navy? This name has been heard for a long time! Ahh—"

The astonishment on his face was even greater: "Li Wudi, is that 'Hunjianglong' Li Jun?"

Zhang Shun pointed to the ground under his feet: "If I get out of this door, I won't recognize it. Exactly!"

Zhang Jue showed an expression of sudden realization, walked around Zhang Shunji several times, and suddenly stopped: "We are afraid that the West Wind Army and the Chrysanthemum Army are all one family! What kind of people are they, who have such skills? Regardless of the Great Liaonan Expedition, they walked around Hai Lai took You Yun? Commander Tong Guan, is this too long?"

He Pingying Erzhou is close to the sea, so he has a lot of understanding of the affairs in the sea.

Since Li Jun and Zhang Shun took office in Dengzhou, their reputations have grown greatly. Zhang Jue has naturally heard of it, and it is not difficult to guess that they came from across the sea.

It's just that the mere Dengzhou naval division might not be able to withstand such a heavy responsibility, so after guessing and guessing, they guessed Tong Guan.

Zhang Shun laughed loudly: "What is Tong Guan? Forgive him for his ability. He can at most compete with Yeluchun and Xiao Qian's generation, but how can he compare with my elder brother? General Zhang, if you have a map, please bring one. Watch!"

Zhang Jue could not help being stunned for a while when he heard his tone of voice, although he didn't know what he wanted the map for, he still nodded and said: "Wait a moment."

Calling someone to fetch the map, Zhang Shun pulled it away, curled his mouth, shook his head and said, "Is this the map of the Liao Kingdom? It's so careless!"

But he is used to seeing the pictures of birds and birds presented by Xu Guanzhong, and when he looks at ordinary things, he doesn't notice them.

Although the map is rough, the general location is not bad. In front of Zhang Jue, Zhang Shun drew a virtual circle in the Shandong Peninsula, Youyun Zhuzhou, and Fusang Island: "These are my brother's current territories."

Even though Zhang Jue was so pretentious, he couldn't help but gasp after hearing this: "Your brother took Fusang?"

Zhang Shun took it for granted: "If we don't take Fusang, we will fight against Jurchen in the future, how can we directly attack the enemy's rear?"

Zhang Jue stared at him in a daze—you want to start a war with the Jurchens?Do you eat bear heart or leopard gall every day?

Seeing Zhang Shun's words, Zou Run couldn't help being envious of Zhang Shun's words, and couldn't help but interjected: "Jurchen is nothing! Last year, my brother and a dozen brothers drove thousands of miles to live in his hometown. After turning around, even Wanyan Aguda is jealous of my brother!"

Zhang Jue heard his words, a name suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but blurted out: "It turns out that 'Wu Mengde' is actually your elder brother! No wonder he dared to cross the sea to attack Daliao. I don't know who in the Song Dynasty had such courage. , if it is Wu Jiedu, it is not surprising."

Lao Cao turned over the last page of the letter, and it clearly stated——

"Zhang Jue heard my brother's name, and immediately bowed down. He said that Yelu Dashi fled back from the Jin people last year. He said that my brother was powerful. All Liao people admired him. Hearing that brother Wu was buried in the sea, he was very lucky. Yan, I knew that brother Wu was trapped in the sea and took Fusang. Li and Zou were also released. It's just that there are many soldiers and generals, and how to arrange them. I don't dare to be good at it. It's up to my brother to decide. My brother Zhang Shun bows."

Cao Cao put away the letter and said to Gongsun Sheng: "With the strength of the two states, he can recruit soldiers. This Zhang Jue is also a character. It seems that the auspicious omen mentioned by the master should be on this person. Now he is up and down, They are all for my land, and being able to know the opportunity to surrender is also regarded as knowing the current affairs, if we can gain his loyalty, adding a new force to our army, wouldn't it be better than adding wings to a tiger?"

Immediately, people prepare horses, and ask Qin Ming and Huang Xin, two generals, to lead five hundred leopards to ride with him to Pingzhou and meet Zhang Jue in person to reassure him.

He also let Sun An sit in Wusheng Pass, Guan Sheng and Hua Rong respectively led the troops to rob Gui and Confucian prefectures, that is, Huailai County and Yanqing District in later generations.

There are different teachings: In order to recruit generals into Pingzhou, who would have thought that Longcheng would fight in late autumn.Who does the auspicious omen belong to? Murong Qiu, a hidden treasure in the south of the Yangtze River.

(End of this chapter)