Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 273: Hongnong Port Battle Again

Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua were also there.

After hearing the soldier's report, the two looked at each other in confusion.

Zhang Chunhua was quite depressed and asked: "Why is your majesty so naive?"

The world is in chaos now.

This was clearly a critical period of dynastic change.

An emperor has never had any military power. From the moment he ascended the throne, he has been a puppet of various parties.

At this time, he actually thought about "taking back" the military power!
Zhang Chunhua looked at Zhang Sui and said, "I think that if your Majesty had not been of any significance, no one would have been willing to accept him, just like the Queen."

Zhang Sui took a special look at Zhang Chunhua, Sima Yi's legal wife in history.

This woman has great political foresight.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, such women were extremely rare.

This reminded him of a person: Qin Liangyu, a female general in the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Zhang Chunhua was about to speak, Zhang Sui made a gesture to silence her and said, "These things are not for us to discuss."

"Just know the truth."

Only then did Zhang Chunhua nod.

Sima Yi suddenly asked: "Then brother, when will you get married?"

Zhang Sui said: "This time we will go back before the third dynasty."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I will definitely go to my brother's wedding then."

"I have never been to Yecheng since I was a child."

"I must go and see my brother's wedding this time."

Zhang Sui glanced at Sima Yi.

This kid.

Is this to see who you have?

Although he hated Sima Yi in history, he did not hate the Sima Yi in front of him.

As Sima Yi is one of the top families in Henei County, there are endless benefits to having a good relationship with him.

Zhang Sui tapped Sima Yi on the head and said with a smile, "No problem."

Then he looked at Zhang Chunhua and said, "Come with us when the time comes."

"I won't send you invitations."

"We're all brothers."

"Come by yourself, and then you can sleep directly at my house."

Zhang Chunhua nodded vigorously.

The camp was restless all night.

As for the concubines' tents, Empress Fu Shou and Concubine Dong had separate tents.

Concubine Dong watched Empress Fu Shou standing alone at the entrance of the tent, looking in the direction of Zhang Sui from time to time. The dinner was also rich, but the father-in-law Fu Wan still did not show up. Concubine Dong immediately fell into suspicion.

Is the father-in-law Fu Wan trying to avoid suspicion?
However, there were some contradictions between his behavior and that of Queen Fu Shou.

I need to find a chance to talk to my father about this.

After finally reaching dawn the next day, Zhang Sui immediately summoned all the generals and asked the emperor to take charge and select the troops and generals.

Emperor Liu Xie was extremely excited when he looked at the nearly 20,000 soldiers under his command.

The last time they crossed the river from Hongnong Port, the troops on all sides were in chaos, which led to the defeat of Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

And now, this army is the kind of soldiers that the Han Dynasty should have!
Looking at Zhang Sui listening to the soldiers' report of the list, Emperor Liu Xie nodded continuously.

Yuan Shao is a good son-in-law.

Find an opportunity to use high positions and generous salaries to persuade him to rebel and make him obey your orders. With such an army in hand, you may be able to restore the Han Dynasty!
Zhang Sui ignored the strange look Emperor Liu Xie gave him.

After the selection of soldiers and generals was completed, Zhang Sui ordered the army to rush into various areas and asked the emperor to light the signal smoke himself.

Soon, smoke signals rose from the direction of Hangu Pass.

Zhang Sui immediately ordered the army to beat the war drums.

The vanguard army consisted of Dong Cheng's 1,000 troops, Zhang Ji's 2,000 troops and the Black Mountain Army's 2,000 troops, and Xu Rong was the commander of the vanguard army.

As soon as the war drums sounded, hundreds of warships were lowered into the river.

Xu Rong took the lead personally.

Five thousand soldiers jumped into the warships, carrying bows and arrows.

Across the Puban Port is Hongnong Port.

The Hongnong Port was home to Li Jue's and Guo Si's armies.

They saw the troops coming from Puban Port yesterday.

As soon as the army of Puban Port attacked, the defenders of Hongnong Port immediately entered the defensive fortifications.

At the same time, the war drums were sounded in the direction of Hangu Pass.

The two war drums echoed each other from afar.

Emperor Liu Xie and other civil and military officials stood in the rear army, looking up at the army on the river heading to the other side, their hearts in their throats. When they were less than a hundred steps away from Hongnong Port, Xu Rong launched an attack.

On the river, hundreds of warships stopped and moved forward.

The five thousand soldiers on the warships drew their bows and drew their arrows.

The rain of arrows overwhelmed the defensive fortifications of Hongnong Port.

Every moment, defenders were shot to death by rain of arrows.

Emperor Liu Xie and all the civil and military officials were extremely excited.

In the past few years, they followed the emperor and fled everywhere, and were always being chased.

This was the first time they saw the rebels being suppressed to the point where they could not raise their heads.

Only the Xiongnu Right Wise King Qubei and the Hedong County Governor Wang Yi had ugly expressions and bleeding hearts.

This time when he went south to Luoyang, Zhang Sui took out all the arrows stored in the Hedong County treasury, more than 70,000 arrows!

This is all their savings!

Whether it is the Huns' cavalry or the city defenders, arrows are one of the most important tools of war.

Now that it has been squandered like this all at once, they dare not imagine the future situation!
In particular, the Hedong County Magistrate Wang Yi looked at the Emperor Liu Xie who was smiling in front of him, and he was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Before, he thought that since the emperor came to Anyi County, he would be able to justify himself, and Yuan Shao, the governor of Jizhou, would not dare to attack Hedong County.

Now I realize that this was a bad move!
Not worth the candle!

In less than a year, the emperor and his civil and military officials almost brought Hedong County to its knees.

Now, I’m leaving, and I have to take so many arrows with me!

The only thing that comforted him was that this group of people were finally leaving!

After crossing the Yellow River, he would never welcome the emperor again even if he was killed!
Xu Rong led 5,000 vanguard troops to suppress the defenders of Hongnong Port.

Zhang Sui immediately ordered the central army to cross the river.

The central army consisted of Yang Feng's 1,000 troops, 2,000 Black Mountain troops, and 5,000 city defense troops.

After receiving the order, Yang Feng immediately commanded the warships to enter the river, and the army boarded the warships and rowed quickly towards the opposite side.

Xu Rong led the vanguard troops and continued to assist with bows and arrows.

After the central army led by Yang Feng landed at Hongnong Port, Zhang Sui ordered Xu Rong's vanguard to stop shooting and land with Yang Feng's central army.

At the same time, 5,000 Hun cavalrymen of the right army began to cross the river on warships.

The defenders of Hongnong Port had been overwhelmed by the rain of arrows and could not even move.

Now the enemy troops swarmed ashore and attacked them, and they were unable to stop them at all.

However, large numbers of troops continued to pour in from the rear.

The entire Hongnong Port was shrouded in blood and rain.

The two sides collided with each other.

The man fell on his back and his horse fell over.

Screams, roars, and angry roars intertwined together, and the sound waves rose and fell.

Emperor Liu Xie, civil and military officials and others whose rear army had not yet crossed the river looked at this scene and their faces turned pale.

This scene reminded them of the previous scene of crossing the river.

The difference is that before they were the ones being crushed.

But now, they are equally matched.

Because the front army and the central army arrived in front of Hongnong Port, the 5,000-strong Xiongnu right army successfully crossed the river.

Five thousand cavalrymen joined the battlefield, bypassed the right side, and penetrated the waist of the defenders.

The original stalemate between the two armies was broken.

The defenders kept retreating, but still put up a stubborn resistance.

Behind the defenders, countless spearmen swarmed forward and tried to surround the Xiongnu cavalry.

At this moment, the sound of fighting suddenly intensified from the direction of Hangu Pass.

Before long, a large army was seen, like flying geese, driving the fleeing troops and horses, and charging into the rear of the defenders and the spearmen who were trying to encircle the Hun cavalry.

This army had a big "Cao" character printed on its flag.

The defenders of Hongnong Port were defeated instantly.

The defenders who had been fighting desperately before were now fleeing madly to the west like a flood that had broken through a dam.

Emperor Liu Xie and all the civil and military officials watched this scene and cheered excitedly.

Cao Cao’s army is coming from the direction of Hangu Pass!
Zhang Sui also breathed a sigh of relief.

History has not changed here.

Li Jue and Guo Si suffered a crushing defeat.

Zhang Sui then commanded his own 1,000 cavalrymen and 500 tiger guards to escort Emperor Liu Xie, Empress Fu Shou, Concubine Dong, civil and military officials, and the heads of various aristocratic families in Henei County across the river.

Zhang Sui brought Li Ru, Huang Han, Zhen Hao and others, and personally accompanied Emperor Liu Xie, Empress Fu Shou, Concubine Dong and others to cross the river safely.

The five hundred Tiger Guards were surrounded by Zhang Sui's one thousand cavalrymen. They were like quails, escorting the civil and military officials and concubines on board the ship with a friendly look.

(End of this chapter)