Chen Jiao had already seen who the Prime Minister was before. When they first met, his demeanor was calm and majestic. After chatting for a long time, he would naturally become friendly with him.
However, in the intimacy, there is also an inexplicable keenness of insight, which makes people dare not talk casually. They either talk sincerely, or they think deeply and be cautious in their words and actions.
But before the prince entered, he actually dared to speak so confidently. This was something he could only say if he had outstanding talent and was deeply relied upon.
"Your Majesty, please go. I can wait outside for orders."
"Wait for my good news," Zhang Han put his arm on his arm, with a confident expression on his face, sighed solemnly, and strode into the main hall.
Not long after, Su Wei closed the door.
Chen Jiao was still sighing outside. Now that the door was closed, there was naturally going to be some secret discussion. The monarch must also be writing a long article, eloquent.
I really want to see this scene.
…
Within the main hall.
"Father-in-law, father-in-law, hehe..." Zhang Han smiled like a flower and walked behind Cao Cao, bending down to squeeze his shoulders and beat his legs.
Cao Cao raised his eyelids for a moment, moved his body lazily, and said lazily: "Ah...ah, isn't this my son-in-law who rides the dragon, Bo Chang?"
"Hey, how do you think about what I said yesterday?"
"Transfer Chen Yuanlong?" Cao Cao shook his head immediately after saying this. "He has merit, so it is a good thing to continue to serve as the prefect of Guangling, so as to reject Jiangdong again."
"During his tenure, Yuanlong sent me petitions many times to garrison troops in Guangling and move into Youquyang. When Liu Bei was in Youquyang, he laid an excellent foundation."
"The local people have great trust in the emperor's army. Now that Yuan Long is in charge, the people are peaceful and the situation is excellent. I decided to agree to his memorial to blockade Jiangdong, station troops and threaten it, and to contain the territory of Jiangdong. Those noble families suppressed by the Sun family."
"Dong Zhao had already informed many noble families in Jiangdong when he went to deliver the edict as an envoy. They will receive a response soon."
"Now that you transfer Chen Yuanlong back, let's not talk about whether he can hold any position in the court. Who can be garrisoned in Guangling? Although the Sun family's troops are not as good as Yuan Shao or Liu Biao, they cannot be underestimated."
"Zhang Liao, Wen Yuan!" Zhang Han said crisply: "Wen Yuan is good at fighting and good at running the army. In Guangling, we only need to run the army strictly and stick to it. At the same time, we can use diplomatic cooperation to cause chaos in Jiangdong to hinder its development. , to prevent the Sun family from growing stronger."
"Therefore, Wen Yuan is the most suitable, but Yuan Long cannot live for a long time. He is not a battle-hardened general, and he is currently ill and may deteriorate within a few years. It is better to come to Xudu to recover. Body, I will take up another position in the future.”
"Furthermore, the reason why Sun Ce was defeated was because he didn't know the enemy. The art of war says that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in a hundred battles. Sun Ce only knew that he was strong, but he didn't know that Chen Deng was also a good soldier, so he sent his generals to fight."
"If there is a confrontation for a long time in the future, you will naturally understand how to use troops. At this time, it depends on your battlefield experience. Veteran generals must be more stable than young generals." Zhang Han squeezed his shoulders and said with a smile: "Besides, if Yuan Long is really If you retreat due to illness and can no longer fight, it will also be a big damage in the future."
"This time, he defeated Sun Ce in Kuangqi City. Is that Sun Ce? The name of Jiangdong's Little Overlord has gradually spread, but when others mention the battle of Kuangqi City in the future, who won't mention Chen Deng's name? Comparing the two Under this situation, people will think that Chen Deng is even more powerful, and if Chen Deng works for his father-in-law in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it would be simply..."
Zhang Han kept tutting as he said this, as if he was imagining, "I don't dare to think about it."
"Really, I don't know what you think, father-in-law. If it were me, I would feel happy just thinking about it. It's just like..."
"Hey, do you remember that my father-in-law wrote a classic poem before, the mountains never get too high, the sea never gets too deep, the Duke of Zhou spits out food, and the world returns to its heart..."
"Huh? Do you already know this sentence?" When he said this, Cao Cao turned his head in surprise. This poem was actually not finished. This sentence was accidentally obtained by him one night, but it was also what he felt in his heart. think.
That night, after his wife hesitated, Cao Cao had no intention of sleeping, but became very awake. When he got up at night to read, he felt blessed.
Express the desire to swallow heaven and earth.
Unexpectedly, the news reached Zhang Han's ears, and only Yu'er and Zixiu knew about it.
It must have been Zixiu who told Bo Chang this sentence again, "Hmph, would it be good for you to transfer Chen Deng back? What official position do you want him to hold in the court?"
"I have no selfish motives," Zhang Han glared, "Chen Yuanlong's political achievements and talents are enough to be entrusted with important tasks in the court, but he is in an important position. If such talents are not kept around, wouldn't it be a waste? "
"Well, that's a reason," Cao Cao looked up at him, half-smiling, as if he had understood Zhang Han's thoughts.
"Really, I really saved his life. He was transferred back and entrusted with important tasks."
Zhang Han touched his nose, and then under Cao Cao's eyes, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "When I tricked him into going to Guangling before, I promised him that if he had political achievements, he would be transferred back in half a year and serve as an official in Xudu. It’s been almost two years now…”
"Haha," Cao Cao chuckled, "I knew that was the case."
"If the governor or county magistrate of a certain place has outstanding political achievements, he should serve for several months or even a year before he can be considered responsible to the people. Otherwise, he will be just a passing official and the people will be disappointed."
"Father-in-law!!" Zhang Han fell directly in front of him, looking miserable, "In this case, wouldn't I become a person who breaks his word! How will my relatives and friends around me think of me in the future? Father-in-law grown ups!!"
"Hmph..."
Cao Cao was indifferent and just sneered, so he and Zhang Han stared at each other.
Chen Jiao waited outside the door for a long time. There was no movement inside, but he felt itchy in his heart. He felt that Zhang Han must be fighting for an excellent official position for the prefect.
I wanted to listen, so I stood on tiptoes and straightened my neck to see. Just at this moment, the chief clerk came quickly and opened the lobby door.
Chen Jiao looked around and saw Zhang Hanzheng lying on the ground, hugging Cao Cao's waist with difficulty.
At this moment, Zhang Han also looked back, and immediately stood up in a polite manner, with a look on his face, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing!? Didn't you see that I was discussing important matters with my father-in-law?! Get out!!"
The chief clerk was stunned, and quickly handed over a memorial and said: "Guangling, Guangling urgent report..."
"Send it in!" Zhang Han shouted hurriedly, then took a slip from the clerk's hand and placed it on Cao Cao's desk. He kicked the arriving clerk and said, "Close the door."
After the chief clerk came out, he glanced at Chen Jiao, and the two of them turned away tacitly.
Chen Jiao tightened his lips and turned around to hold back his laughter, but he couldn't help it and the corners of his mouth rose.
His mind was still filled with the impassioned words and proud face of Lord Jun just now, which made Chen Jiao laugh so hard that his shoulders were shaking with laughter later on.
…
In the room, after Zhang Han waited for the atmosphere to calm down a little, he glanced at the memorial on the table and said, "Father-in-law, look, Zixiu's information has arrived."
"All grain roads have been built along the way, and all civil and military forces can reach them. Moreover, after Guangling, there are several counties and counties where troops can be stationed to rush to Hefei and Kuangqi at any time. Only 30,000 troops can completely block Sun Ce's advance. On the way to attack Xudu, Yuanlong can come back with confidence."
"As for governance, don't we just leave his previous favorable policies unchanged..."
After Zhang Han finished speaking, he glanced at Cao Cao and saw that Cao Cao was also looking at him with approval at this moment. He smiled and said, "Go and persuade Zilong to help me train troops. I will transfer Yuanlong back."
"This, this is not okay, this is robbery, then you should let Chen Deng die in Guangling."
"Really?" Cao Cao smiled mischievously, "Then I will ask the emperor to ennoble him a certain pavilion in Guangling. From now on, I will guard against the Sun family in Jiangdong in Guangling."
"This was what he originally wanted."
"No, no, no, wait for me to think about it again," Zhang Han thought hard for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will let Zilong and Dian Wei train cavalry together for the prime minister."
When the time comes, let Dian Wei grab something and come back, so he won't lose money.
Zhang Han was just afraid that Boss Cao was too aggressive and was very kind to Zilong. If he didn't help him when the time came, he would actually get over it.
This Zilong, at first, he really wanted to recommend him to Boss Cao, but in the end he insisted on coming to the Black Robe Cavalry. Now that they have been together for such a long time, he must be reluctant to transfer him elsewhere.
Of course, it's no problem to help with the joint training. The elite new recruits of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can come to Nanlin Mountain first, and they can also train the flying army together.
"Well, just agree."
Cao Cao grinned and continued: "If Chen Yuanlong knew about it, he would be grateful to you for taking him so seriously when he comes to Xudu."
"good."
Zhang Han breathed a sigh of relief, cleared his throat after coming out, and asked Chen Jiao to say goodbye to Cao Cao. Chen Jiao never dared to look at Zhang Han, so he lowered his head and hurried in, and then came out immediately after saying goodbye.
He and Zhang Han went to the post house and didn't take the initiative to chat. He was afraid that he would accidentally mention what he had just persuaded and be scolded by Zhang Han, and he was even more afraid that if he couldn't help laughing, it would be inappropriate.
"You, please go back and inform Chen Deng of this transfer order. In addition, ask him to hand over the general power to Zhang Wenyuan as soon as possible. Wenyuan can immediately deploy defenses against Kuang Qi, and maybe he can achieve great results."
"Okay, I'll write it down in the next step. Please rest assured, the Lord. With this order, if you go back and talk to the prefect about these things, he will naturally understand the Lord's good intentions."
The two said goodbye on the ancient road, and Chen Jiao gradually left Zhang Han's sight under the escort of more than a dozen black-robed knights.
…
Seven days later, the heavy rain in Guangling has stopped, the weather is good, the wind is calm and the sun is beautiful.
The water surface was quite stable, and Sun Ce indeed led his troops to attack in person. This time he even brought his brother Sun Quan and many Jiangdong veterans with him.
On the day when he arrived at the river bank from the canal, Sun Ce immediately ordered an attack on the city. He learned from the experience of the last defeat and no longer gave Chen Deng a chance to see action.
As a result, Chen Deng sent people out of the city first and lit a fire outside the city. At the same time, he asked the soldiers in the city to shout loudly and cheer at the same time, creating the illusion that reinforcements were coming and deterring Sun Ce.
As expected, Jiangdong soldiers did not dare to attack again, and stopped when they reached the city. Sun Ce was also confused, and the first battle was stopped.
Three days later, Sun Ce made two siege attempts. Although he failed to break through the Kuangqi City Gate, he immediately judged that there were not that many soldiers and horses stationed in the entire Kuangqi City.
The previous fire must have been an attempt to lure the enemy, to show off, to pretend that reinforcements had arrived, to frighten away his troops.
After receiving this judgment, Sun Ce made a decisive decision and attacked the city with all his strength. All the 22,000 soldiers and horses he gathered attacked at night.
He had already estimated that there would be less than 5,000 people in the entire Kuangqi City. Chen Deng had been playing tricks on him, but in fact he did not have any reinforcements at all.
At night, the joint attack on Kuangqi City was coming to an end. Many generals under Sun Ce led their own armies to attack first and were about to reach the city gate.
At this time, elite cavalry and sword-and-shield infantry suddenly came from the paths on both sides. They rushed towards them with shouts of shouts. Soon they had directly killed the siege army. Another cavalry detoured and went straight to the rear of Sun Ce's army.
When the enemy troops were commotion in all directions, Sun Ce suddenly realized what was happening. He felt anxious and stood on his horse, looking around, "Oh no, there are really reinforcements?!"
"Chen Deng laid an ambush in Kuangqi City!"
"Withdraw the troops and attack the ambush troops in the rear first. Don't mess up! Follow me and fight out together!"
Sun Ce calmed down the morale of the army as he kept shouting, and the originally chaotic army gradually gathered around him, and soon fought a bloody path.
At the same time, several generals with neat beards and well-equipped armor appeared on both sides of the army. They rode on horseback and killed and entangled the army. Many of Jiangdong's troops were unable to give in, so Sun Ce had no choice but to go to the rescue.
He had just led the cavalry to the battlefield. In the chaos of the battle, a group of black-robed cavalry emerged, led by a middle-aged general with a mustache and a knife-cut face. They rode in front and rushed straight to Sun Ce's location.
After the two front armies collided, the black-robed cavalry quickly broke through the army, fought out from the crowd of people and horses, and drove back the soldiers and horses in front of Sun Ce. In desperation, the generals around him pulled his horse's head and evacuated first.
The chaotic fighting lasted all night, and the pursuit was still going on in the early morning of the next day. Some of Jiangdong's soldiers had already boarded the warship and left, while a small number of them fled to nearby mountain roads and were still waiting for the end.
At this moment, Sun Ce, who was on the warship, was disgraced and his face was stained with blood. Looking at this place from a distance, his whole face was gloomy and livid. Another big defeat happened overnight.
Moreover, if Chen Deng intercepted along the river, he might even defeat the fleeing troops, which would cause heavy losses.
The most important thing is that he may have lost more troops than Zhou Zhang, and now only a small number of people can return to Quyang, Jiangdong.
"No, maybe even Qu Yang can't be saved..." Sun Ce's cheeks bulged and his eyes were blood red. The two generals he met last night were both famous and brave generals, especially the middle-aged and capable generals who were carrying Zhang Ziqi. Listen to the shouts At that time, I knew that his name should be Zhang Liao.
The cavalry fought so bravely that the cavalry under his command were almost as one with him, like an arm and a finger. They immediately responded to the military orders. They were iron-clad. As long as he rushed to kill them, he would definitely be able to relieve the siege or win a big victory. Gather your troops and go elsewhere.
Fighting like this, like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, like the wind sweeping away the remaining clouds, the battlefield was quickly swept away.
"There are really reinforcements...Chen Yuanlong is actually good at fighting. I underestimated him..."
boom!
Sun Ce hit the railing on the deck of the warship and said angrily and coldly: "What a shame!"
…
Kuangqi City.
Chen Deng was high-spirited and came down from the tall building overlooking the distance. At the age of thirty-five, he felt majestic and heroic.
After winning two battles in a row, he had already tasted the taste of great success.
As soon as he came down, before he saw the generals who came to help, he immediately said with joy to his left and right: "Tell the officials in the government office and the uncles from all ethnic groups that I will not leave. I will stay in Guangling! This will greatly enhance my achievements." place!"
"Okay, okay!! The governor has finally made up his mind!"
(End of chapter)
