Chapter 326 Who is behind the scenes
It is said that when the war in the Central Plains first broke out, Chen Long ordered that the Montenegrin army did not commit any crimes. Anyone who maliciously disturbs the people in the counties and counties they pass through, and who takes advantage of the chaos to commit adultery or plunder, will be subject to military law enforcement along the way. For a time, military discipline was tightened, and the army was everywhere. The people began to flee into the mountains and swamps to take shelter. They heard that they were not robbing food and money, but they gradually gathered back and asked who this army was.
Chen Long's army crossed the Yellow River in the wilderness and disappeared into the hilly areas on the north bank of the Yellow River. There was no fighting along the Yellow River at that time, and Xu Huang and Man Chong's defense focus was Yecheng, so they were not aware of it.
When the letter for help from Juancheng was delivered to Manchong's desk in Puyang, Manchong opened it and read it. He couldn't help but turned pale with shock and started to slap the case. He wanted to call for Xu Gongming immediately, but after thinking about it, he just trotted away not far away. The Xu Mansion ran away. Man Chong's guard was startled. He didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly followed Man Chong.
Man Chong had just stepped out of the threshold when he bumped into a big man dressed as a warrior, and was knocked down. Man Chong ignored the pain and climbed up using his hands and feet. When he looked up, he saw that the big man had a majestic figure, a bronze face, and short beards on both cheeks poking out of the skin like steel needles, showing the roughness of the man. His shoulders are broad and his arms are extremely thick, but they are invincible arms that have been trained by using heavy weapons for a long time. He was wearing a gray samurai uniform, casually worn on his body. It was obvious that he was not leading troops for training today. Man Chong was overjoyed, grabbed the big man and said: "Gongming, hurry up, go in and talk!"
The person coming was Xu Huang, Xu Gongming, the chief general of Puyang of the White Tiger Army. Gongming came here because he received an urgent battle report that the Black Mountain army was attacking Juancheng. He hurriedly came to see Man Chong. Both of them were so frightened by the battle report that they bumped into each other at the door.
As soon as Xu Huang sat down, he already asked: "Bo Ning! What is going on!"
Man Chong cleared his confused mind and thought that he must not be anxious at this time. He was the only think tank in Puyang who had the final say. He had to think carefully before speaking.
Man Chong collected his thoughts and said: "Gongming, do you remember that the Black Mountain Army captured Mengjin Ferry a month ago. The news we heard at that time was that the Black Mountain Army was going to attack Yuan Shao's Jizhou, and indeed a force of 50,000 people arrived at Hu Challenge in front of the pass. What we judged at the time was that the Montenegro Army's plan to seize Mengjin was to advance by land and water and directly attack Yecheng, the seat of Jizhou. Even if the Montenegro Army's combat plan was somewhat obscure, it should be Yuan Shu's turn. We never expected that it would be Yuan Shu's turn. , the Black Mountain Army actually attacked Juancheng directly, what’s the point of this?”
After Man Chong asked, he remembered that this was probably what Xu Gongming wanted to ask him the most. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and shouted: "Come here, get the battle map!"
Xu Huang was originally a strong general with both civil and military skills. He had lost his composure for a moment and had already calmed down. After listening to Man Boning's analysis, he followed his train of thought and said: "The Black Mountain Army captured Meng Jin. In order to guard against Chang'an Huang Gai and Wang Yue, Yuan Shu They didn't even dare to recapture Mengjin. If the Montenegrin Army didn't take the opportunity to attack Luoyang, why would they want to attack a small Juancheng? Moreover, there is a Chen Liu in the middle, what kind of secret could it be?"
Man Boning was originally very resourceful, but when he was reminded by Xu Huang, he suddenly caught a clue in his mind, but he couldn't explain it immediately. Man Chong banged his head hard, thinking hard about the enemy's motives and goals, until his subordinates placed the battle map in front of him. Man Chong suddenly saw that Juancheng and Rencheng seemed to be no more than an inch apart on the map, and he couldn't help being surprised and said: "Gongming, something bad is going on! Could it be that the enemy's goal is to go straight to Rencheng?!"
Xu Huang was also startled, and quickly looked at the map carefully, and said: "Although Juancheng is weak, there is a flat river between it and Rencheng. If the light cavalry is used, I am afraid that it will be at the foot of Rencheng in two days. The Montenegrin Army coach Zhang Yan, where can you have such a good vision?"
Man Chong said: "How could Zhang Yan dare to touch the lord's tiger beard? I heard that there was a military strategist behind the scenes named Long Zhu, whose origin is unknown, and he accurately pinched the seven inches of Yanzhou. My situation in Puyang is unknown, how should I rescue him? Let me think about it."
Xu Huang said decisively: "The king of Juancheng has only five thousand soldiers, so he will definitely be defeated. Don't think about it anymore. Just treat Juancheng as lost. How should we operate?"
Man Chong murmured: "Gong Ming said well, just treat Juancheng as lost, let's take a look at the situation." He picked up the brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and drew a red circle around Juancheng, looking left and right. After a while, he said to Xu Huang: "Look, if Juancheng is lost, we are on the north bank of the Yellow River and want to rescue Rencheng. The only way is to bypass Juancheng, cross the river from the lower reaches of the Yellow River and land, and then rush to rescue Rencheng. It will waste a lot of time before and after. In a short time, if the enemy sends troops to attack Rencheng first, he may arrive a month earlier than us."
"Moreover, when we cross the river with a large army, how can we know if the enemy has an ambush? That Dragon Ball is so ruthless, how could he be so negligent and let us easily cross the river to save Rencheng?"
"Also, if our main force is mobilized, who will guard Puyang? I'm afraid we may fall into the enemy's trap!"
Man Boning's words made sense. Xu Huang said: "Bo Ning is right. Rencheng is guarded by General Zixiao and Military Advisor Wenruo, so the danger will naturally be averted. I guess if the Juancheng battle report is sent to Rencheng, Military Advisor Wenruo will guard Rencheng." There will be a letter coming, asking us to defend Puyang and not to send troops easily to avoid being ambushed by the enemy."
Man Chong nodded and was about to speak when suddenly an earth-shattering report was shouted outside the door. Man Chong frowned, thinking what the hell happened again?
Xu Huang grabbed the soldier who came in to kowtow and asked, "Quickly tell me, what's going on?"
The tired and panting soldier was dragged up, breathless and said: "General Xu Xuxu, full of military advisors, something bad is going on!" He took out a letter wrapped in oilcloth from his arms.
Man Chong didn't expect to encounter a stutterer, but he laughed angrily. He took the letter, tore it open and read it. After watching, Xu Huang's expression changed. When Xu Huang rushed over to take a look, he saw another battle report. It said that Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Zang Ba had raised an army of 70,000 and suddenly crossed the border of Yanzhou to attack Dingtao, Caoxian, Lejin, and General Li Dian was besieged in Dingtao and fought a decisive battle with Lu Bu.
Man Chong felt his head was pounding and his scalp was numb. Suddenly his heart brightened and he said, "Gong Ming, Gong Ming, I understand!"
Xu Huang looked at Man Chong dumbly and heard him continue: "First Huang Gai and Wang Yue attacked Luoyang, then Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu left Xu County to make Yuan Shu unable to move, and then the Black Mountain Army suddenly captured Mengjin, known as To capture Jizhou, they suddenly turned to Chenliu, colluded with Lu Bu, divided their forces to attack Dingtao and Juancheng, and launched a two-line war with the target of Rencheng. The target of the Black Mountain Army's attack was undoubtedly Yanzhou. They wanted to take advantage of the lord The opportunity to lead the army to attack Qingzhou is to attack Yanzhou! Gongming, think about it, who are the people behind Huang Gai and Zhao Yun? Whose power does Dragon Ball come from? It can actually unite many feudal lords such as Wang Yue, Zhang Yan, Lu Bu, etc. We are going to compete in the Central Plains! Yanzhou is in danger, danger!"
Xu Huang said in confusion: "The person behind this? Is it Jingzhou Mu Chen Long?"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
