Chapter 125, Strong Enemy

When Ju Shu learned that Xin's troops were sent out, Ju Shu suggested that Yuan Shao immediately organize an army assault, so that Zu Zhao would be attacked by the enemy on both sides. Even if he could not break through, the Xin family could also get an advantage. In the following struggle, Zu Zhao would definitely be defeated and eventually eliminate him in one fell swoop.

Yuan Shao hesitated and asked others for their opinions. One of them firmly opposed it. This person's surname is Jiang Mingkuo and his courtesy name is Jianwen. He is a fellow villager of Yuan Shao. He has followed Yuan Shao for many years. Before Ju Shu and other counselors followed Yuan Shao, he gave advice to Yuan Shao many times, especially in the fight against the Yellow Turban Army. His secondary was effective many times, allowing Yuan Shao to achieve the greatest success with the least loss of strength. . Therefore, he is the oldest counselor under Yuan Shao. Every time Yuan Shao hesitates, he listens to his opinions.

Jiang Kuo said, "I don't think our army should send troops. The Xin family is a famous family and enjoys the treatment of the national aristocracy. This time, whether the Xin family sent troops, whether they are failure or success, is a good thing, and we should not rush to take action now, but wait.

"I would like to hear more about it." Yuan Shao said.

Jiang Kuo said, "Lord, think about it, if Zu Zhao defeats the Xin family, then he will offend the Xin family, and the court will naturally send troops to assist. At that time, we attacked and also helped the Xin family. In this way, we not only defeated Zu Zhao, but also had kindness to the Xin family. If the Xin family wins, if we attack again at that time, we can easily defeat Zu Zhao. We have preserved our greatest strength. Isn't it very good? Why do we have to send troops now? I think Mr. Ju's suggestion is really inappropriate.

After hearing Jiang Kuo's remarks, many other counselors agreed with him. Only Tian Feng still agreed with Ju Shu's opinion and hoped that Yuan Shao would send troops. However, in the end, Yuan Shao listened to Jiang Kuo's opinion and chose to preserve his strength and let the Xin family take the lead first.

Ju Shu and Tian Feng sighed. This was originally a great opportunity to destroy Zu Zhao, but Yuan Shao did not listen. They can only pray for the Xin family to win. However, this is almost impossible. The Xin family has 120,000 troops to fight against Zu Zhao's 400,000 troops. If they fight head-on, they are not the opponent of Zu Zhao's army at all. Moreover, Zu Zhao's army is well equipped, even if it is a battle of 120,000 to 120,000, the Xin family may not be able to win in the end.

Moreover, although the Xin family has some fierce generals, there are no talented counselors. Under Zu Zhao, there is an unrivaled genius like Chen Gong. Every general is a person who can be alone. The Xin family sent troops and completely expects them to have a small chance of victory.

As early as when Tian Feng rushed to the Xin family for help, Chen Gong expected this matter. He asked Zu Zhao to discuss how to solve it, or they should grab the Xin family before Yuan Shao. However, Zu Zhao believes that there is no such need. Yuan Shao himself is very indecisive. Although his men have counselors like Tian Feng, his indecisiveness will not give full play to these people's talents. Even if they ask for the help of the Xin family, it is not a problem. He really wants the Xin family to see the strength of his Zuzhao army and let the Xin family voluntarily turn to him, instead of relying on him because of being defeated.

Chen Gong was very happy to hear Zu Zhao's words, but he was still careful that Yuan Shao's army would also launch a assault, so that Zu Zhao would be more defensive. Although Yuan Shao was clueless, this person is a very difficult person to guess. Sometimes he will send troops unexpectedly. It is such a strange and surprising behavior that they still have counselors around them, and many people are willing to follow him and unwilling to leave. Therefore, a large number of troops were found a hundred miles away, with 100,000 people fighting under the banner of the Xin family. The leader of the army should be Xin Changdao, the watchman of Wang County, Longxi County and the head of the family.

"I didn't expect that Xin Changdao personally led the troops. It seems that the lobbyist sent by Yuan Shao is really amazing." Zu Zhao said.

Chen Gong said, "With such words, Xin Changdao can lead the troops in person. Yuan Shao's only men are Ju Shu, Tian Feng and Guo You. However, Guo You stayed behind. Ju Shu just came back from Xichuan. Naturally, Tian Feng must be the one who went to Xin's house as a lobbyist."

Zuzuo said, "It's a pity that such a talent can't be used by me." When he said this, he was indeed sincere, but he soon thought that Chen Gong was around. Since ancient times, heroes have cherished each other and literati rebuked each other. He said that another counselor was good in front of a counselor like this, which was really a little heartfelt, so he hurriedly said, "Of course, I have you on public, even if Wolongfeng Chu and others don't If you can use it for me, you won't be afraid of the world."

Chen Gong laughed and said, "Master, don't say so. I know you love talent. Now I'm afraid that I will be jealous. In fact, Chen Gong knows how much talent I have, and I am also a person with a mind. For the counselors of the master, I must cooperate fully and dare not make trouble for success."

Chen Gong's words were even more full of Zu Zhao's heart, thinking that he had won Chen Gong, and he really didn't lose to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Speaking of now, Zhuge Liang is still farming in the Longzhong, and Liu Bei has been stationed in Xuzhou and has not done much. His arrival has indeed changed the development of the whole situation, limiting Liu Bei, but still achieving Cao Cao. It seems that the final battle will inevitably be fought with Cao Cao.

"The words of the public platform are very heartfelt. You are not only a counselor, but also a person who can make me feel like a heart-to-heart talk. For other generals, I naturally hope they will obey me, but I am most happy to have such a confidant as you. Many times you seem to know what I'm thinking. Zu Zhao said.

Chen Gong smiled and said, "Looking into the master's heart, isn't this a violation of the master?"

Zu Zhao also laughed and said, "I'm not Cao Cao, how can I treat people like this?" It turned out that at this time, Cao Cao killed his advisers and the old man who served him because of his suspicion and illness had long been known by the world. This is also the effect of public opinion that Zu Zhao deliberately created in various ways to let the world know what a terrible traitor Cao Cao was.

Both of them laughed and laughed, but they still discussed how to do this time. Both of them thought that they must defeat the Xin family, but they could not humiliate the Xin family. They are the nobles of this generation and have a long history. If they humiliate them, they will be given to other big families in the world. It has a certain negative impact, which is very detrimental to future development and is easy to be exploited. On the contrary, if the Xin family is conquered by friendship, it is best to have the spread of their Xin family, which is much better than Zu Zhao's own boasting.

At night, Zu Zhao was anxious for all the soldiers and ordered Zhao Yun to lead part of the army to defend against the attack of Yuan Shao's elite troops. Zhao Meng and Zhang Yu led the army to guard against the breakthrough of Yuan Shao's army, and the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses were led by Zu Zhao to meet the enemy's Xin family. All allocations have been decided. The next day, Zu Zhao personally took Yu Ban, Zhang Yuan and other upper X generals to resist Xin Changdao's attack.

Zu Zhao took his army to camp 30 miles away from Xin's barracks. Before the camp was stable, Xin's messengers came and Zu Zhao connected it. The messenger of the Xin family was extremely arrogant, but Zu Zhao still treated him with courtesy, but he did not show any weakness. This made the messengers a little admire. He brought a message and asked Zu Zhao's army to withdraw from Longxi immediately, so that the Xin family would not investigate. If Zu Zhao insisted on fighting in Longxi, the Xin family would only send troops.

Zu Zhao said to the messenger, "Our army and Yuan Shao's army fought a decisive battle in Longxi. I didn't mean to involve you Xin, and Zu Zhao has always admired Xin and dared not have any strange thoughts. I have wanted to visit many times, but I have been haunted by sergeants. As you know, Youzhou has always been full of thieves and soldiers. First, the yellow scarf thieves rebelled, and then Zhao Ci and other rebellions. The barbarians in the north often harass our people, so I must be on guard against it. Originally, Yu Li should have visited Longxi this time, but when he was at war with Yuan Shao, I'm afraid that some people would think what I want to do to the Xin family, so I haven't been there. I didn't expect the Xin family to send troops, which makes me really regret. The messenger went back and told Lord Xin that my Zuzhao was not good at having any dispute with the Xin family, let alone hope that the two armies would go to war, but if we were really forced to have no way out, we could only fight back.

The messenger heard it and knew from his words that Zu Zhao respected the Xin family very much, but he did not seem to be afraid of the Xin family's attack. So he left after bringing the meaning of the Xin family to Zu Zhao. However, this man was intercepted by Yuan Shao's army on the way, and then he was very friendly. He also promised to give him a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and asked him to go back to tell Xin Changdao more about Zu Zhao's shortcomings. This messenger got Yuan Shaojun's delicious food and has initially suspected that Yuan Shaojun really used the Xin family. However, when he saw the money, he was open-eyed. After seeing Xin Changdao, he first briefly talked about Zu Zhao's admiration and respect for the Xin family, and then turned around and talked about how arrogant Zu Zhao was. After his words, he showed that he did not let the Xin family's army go at all. In his eyes, if the Xin family dares to go, they must teach Yunyun a good lesson, which makes Xin Changdao extremely angry.

Being so jealous by the messenger, Xin Changdao believed that Zu Zhao was really a person who did not pay attention to all kinds of big families. Such an arrogant person was exactly what Xin Changdao hated, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to get ready and fight with Zu Zhao the next day.

Early the next morning, Xin's army set out, and the army came to the door of Zu Zhao's camp. Xin Changdao ordered the general Xin Wuwei to go to the door to fight. Xin Wuwei is a fierce general of the Xin family, making the double halberd powerful. He once stood proudly overnight carrying the flag that was about to be blown by the wind and became the hero of the Xin family overnight.

When Zu Zhao learned that Xin Changdao came with the army, he immediately went out with his army. The two armies fought against each other. Zu Zhao came forward without any weapons and said loudly, "Please come out and speak." After shouting three times, a middle-aged man appeared in the Xin family's army, with a thick beard on his face, energetic and energetic. He was exactly Xin Chang said.

Zu Zhao saw someone coming out and asked, "Your Excellency is the county guard, the head of the Xin family."

Xin Chang said, "Yes, it's me. Are you Zu Zhao's martyrs?"

"Exactly. Lord, I don't mean to invade your Xin family. Why do you have to listen to others and rush to send troops? This will only make people use of it. Zu Zhao said earnestly that he really didn't want to have sex with the Xin family. Of course, this is not fear.

Xin Changdao laughed and touched his beard and said, "It sounds good. What does it mean that I have been used? Are you satirizing me for not knowing anything? You were originally in Liaodong, but now you hit my door and said that I was being used. Can't I wait for you to attack and surrender unconditionally at home?

Zuzuo said, "Of course I don't mean that. Presumably, the county guard should also know that my Zu Zhao has been governing Liaodong at ease, but this time it was Yuan Benchu who attacked me first. I had no choice but to send troops and asked me what was wrong? Now that we are confronting each other in Longxi, I have never disturbed Xin, but respect Xin and don't want you to participate in this war that does not belong to you. Lord, you'd better give up the army. If we continue to fight, we will only let people pick up a bargain.

Xin Changdao said, "Yuan Benchu is the third prince of the fourth generation. You are an unknown child. You just got your ambition by chance. Do you think I believe him or me? I heard that you are still a good person and love the people very much. Now you are respectful to me. I advise you to pack up the army and go back to Liaodong, so that I won't pursue it.

Zu Zhao shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, if I withdraw from the army at this moment, Yuan Shao will naturally form an encirclement of me with others. If I have the ability to defeat him now, why should I retreat?"

"So you have to fight with me?" Xin Changdao asked coldly.

Zu Zhao said calmly, "If the county guard wants to work hard, then Zu Zhao can only fight."

Xin Changdao heard the words, snorted, and rode back, making Xin Wuwei come forward and shout. Seeing that he could not persuade him, he had no choice but to turn around and order Zhang Yuan to go to war. Zhang Yuan got the order and rode out. After reporting the name, the two fought. You come and go, and there is still no winner or loser in the 50 round of the battle.

The two rushed to fight each other for another 50 rounds, and still fought reluctantly. Finally, the two returned to change horses, continued to fight, and fought for another 50 rounds, but still did not see any flaws of the other party. Zhang Yuan couldn't help but be surprised and said secretly, "I have been across the battlefield for so many years, laughing that the generals have killed hundreds of people, but I have never met a person who uses double halberd. I didn't expect that there would be such a fierce warrior in the Xin family's army. If I had been killed on the battlefield, I would have been awarded a marquis."

Xin Wuwei was also amazed in his heart. He heard that there was a general named Zhang Yuan around Zu Zhao. He was undefeated. Now that he saw it, he was indeed a good man. If he hadn't met on the battlefield, he might have become friends with him.

The two thought for a while and continued to rush to kill. The more energetic the Vietnam War, no one fell behind. Seeing that the two armies were shocked and made waves of roars from time to time. After fighting with Xin Wuwei for a while, Zhang Yuan knew that this guy was strong above him, and he would not be able to take advantage of him if he was consumed like this, but he pretended to be defeated, led him to attack, and then stabbed him back with a horse gun. Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan sold a flaw and went back.

Na Xin was fearless but smiled coldly behind, so he did not chase him, but rode back to the barracks. Xin Changdao saw that Zhang Yuan was defeated and did not chase him, and angrily asked why. Xin Wuwei said, "Your Excellency, Zhang Yuan is good at using guns. He deliberately sold flaws and pretended to be defeated, just to lead me to chase, and then attack me with a gun. How can I be fooled?"

Xin Changdao listened, nodded slightly, and sent another general Xin Wuji to attack. Besides, Xin Wuji is Xin Wuji's cousin. The two grew up together and practiced martial arts together. They also used double halberd. Both of them often competed martial arts, but failed to win or lose.

Seeing another tiger-backed bear waist man rushing over, Zu Zhao ordered him to be banned from fighting. Yu got the order and came out of his spirits. Before, when he saw Zhang Yuan and Xin Wuwei fighting, he was itchy. He couldn't wait to fight with Xin Wuwei. Now he saw a general who also used double halberd to come out. He had been excited for a long time before Zu Zhao's order, he was ready as long as Zu Zhao's mouth moved. He rushed out, regardless of who he wanted to fight. In the end, it was him that Zu Zhao ordered, which made him extremely excited and energetic.

The two reported each other's names again, and their legs were slapped and rushed to death. The excitement and excitement of the two men was no less than that of Zhang Yuan and Xin Wuwei. The two soldiers of the two armies shouted after 20 rounds of fighting. In the end, the two fought for 120 rounds before returning to the army to change horses, and then attacked again and fought for more than 100 rounds. Although both of them were a little out of breath, no one was willing to withdraw first. After the division, they had to rush to kill.

But at this time, another cold arrow flew out obliquely and flew between the two of them. The two were shocked and knew that someone had fired a secret arrow. They all glared at each other and said almost with one voice, "Shameless, you want to hurt people with a secret arrow."

The two armies also saw dark arrows flying out. In order to protect their generals, Zu Showa and Xin Changdao almost also ordered to attack each other at the same time and fight until dusk before they retreated. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Zu Zhao's army killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and hundreds of people seriously injured. The Xin army suffered more serious casualties than Zuzhao's army, with thousands of deaths and injuries, and close to 1,000 serious injuries.

"Who put the dark arrow?" Zu Zhao asked depressedly.

Chen Gong said, "It's definitely not our army, but when I look at the Xin family's army, they don't seem to have released a hidden arrow."

Yu Forbidden also came out and said that it was not necessarily the dark arrow released by the Xin family, because the arrow was aimed at them. The arrow player should hide in the side abdomen and shoot anyone, and they all turned around. Zu Zhao and others thought about it, so this may be Yuan Shao's secret work. It's just that he was a little worried about whether the Xin family would also think of this. They were likely to come to revenge at night, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to defend and form an anti-encirclement.