Han Xiang

Chapter 447

The melee had just begun, and Li Dian was repelled by Xu Chu's move, which directly changed the situation again.

Xu Chu's bravery and deterrence were powerful, Zhang Liao followed Li Dian and withdrew to the front of the formation, while Tai Shici met Zhao Fan's eyes and led his horse back to the original position in front of the formation.

Under Long Xiang's signal, the Xu family brothers reined in their horses and turned back to their original positions, and the scene fell into embarrassment for a while.

Cao Jun hadn't finished gathering yet, so Zhang Liao couldn't organize an attack for the time being, but just looked at Long Xiang viciously.

Long Xiang hurriedly clasped his fists on his chest, pretending to apologize: "You two, please don't take offense. Although I am not aggressive, General Xu is good at martial arts. I couldn't hold back the itch just now, and I accidentally disturbed everyone's interest. Wait until next month in Hefei After harvesting the rice, I will kill two fragrant pigs to apologize to you."

The harder the fist is, the more reasonable it is. Xu Chu just made a small test, which made Zhang Liao and Tai Shici look sideways.

Knowing that Long Xiang made excuses and didn't want to pursue it, both parties chose to respond with a nod at the same time.

Seeing this, Long Xiang was relieved, and continued to add: "As the saying goes, it is better to resolve enemies than to tie them together. The two generals are not like each other. If they continue to fight, they will suffer damage. So why bother? Someone's thin noodles, everyone will temporarily withdraw troops today, and it will not be too late to fight in another place in the future."

"we agree."

Zhao Fan responded before Tai Shici.

Zhang Liao stroked his beard and sneered: "Zhang can give the prefect Long face, but if Cao Sikong knows that you are protecting the thieves, he will blame himself in the future and bear the blame."

"Protect the thieves? General Tai Shici? No." Long Xiang repeatedly denied, and then explained: "Mr. Long will not protect the thieves. If he really protects, he also protects the people of Hefei. They work hard to grow food and depend on the sky for their food. I will never It is allowed to be destroyed by man-made disasters; besides, the two of you have no hatred at all, and you are both generals who are in charge of one side, so there is no need to keep dying like this?"

"Humph"

Zhang Liao let out a cold snort in his nose, and stared at Tai Shici with vacant eyes: "Taishou Long only knows that he works hard to grow grain, but he doesn't know that others are also working hard. This thief ordered Mei Cheng to burn down the Shaopi farmland, and then entangled with our army at the mouth of the valley. , you think I can let it go easily?"

"What Mei Cheng has done, don't force it on me." Tai Shici retorted loudly: "And he wanted to lead his troops to surrender to Jiangdong, but he was beheaded in front of me by you, so what should we do?"

"Hmph, you finally admitted it?" Zhang Liao asked back in a choked voice, "Mei Cheng was not good at learning, so he was killed as a matter of course? Didn't you yourself watch from the sidelines?"

Tai Shici couldn't say it, and finally he could only respond angrily: "You and I are the masters, so what if you ordered Meicheng to burn the fields? You slaughtered soldiers and civilians in Huainan last year, and forced the people to relocate, and you still expect everyone to live in harmony?"

"Since we can't live in harmony, why not find another place to decide the outcome?"

As soon as Zhang Liao's aggressive words came out, Long Xiang was worried about Tai Shici's superiors, so he interrupted quickly: "Ahem, both of you are generals and commanders, can you stop being so excited like reckless men? There is a lord to rely on, unlike me who has to rely on myself for everything, so it is difficult to find a lord? How about changing places if you want to decide life or death?"

"Just depend on."

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici spoke in unison, but neither continued to complete the sentence.

Long Xiang's "fruit of face" and "skills took effect", Zhang Liao and Li Dian were worried about the long night and dreams, so they took the lead in leading the army to retreat westward.

Lu Su and Xu Chu's Tiger Guard camp stood in place to prevent the retreating Cao army from suddenly turning against the water and attacking, while Long Xiang and Xu Ding covered Taishi Cidong.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian walked side by side, from the same hatred when chasing the enemy before, now they have become two familiar strangers.

It may be that Li Dian was defeated by Xu Chu's move. He deliberately said during the march: "I have heard for a long time that Xu Chu's martial arts skills are outstanding, and today's duel is really well-deserved. I am afraid that no one under the lord's command is invincible."

Zhang Liao admitted that Xu Chu was very strong, and when he saw Li Dian pulling him too high, he couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Xu Chu is indeed powerful, but General Li himself is no match for him, so don't bring everyone under my lord's command."

"Ok?"

Li Dian became angry for no reason, and the backhand was the question of the soul: "Are you still not convinced? Why didn't you continue to fight just now?"

"Long Xiang is obviously helping Tai Shici. In the situation just now, you asked me to fight four generals alone? If General Li had held back just now, and let the soldiers complete the formation earlier, maybe they could really continue to fight." Zhang Liao Tit for tat.

"What does General Zhang mean, I shouldn't have rescued him just now?"

Li Dian's eyes widened, and he thought that you should be beheaded by Xu Chu. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and then he made a sarcasm: "That day in the southwest of Lu'an, if you responded early and started attacking, Tai Shici might have already been captured." , How can I go to Hefei today to see Long Xiang's face?"

"Liu'an? Liu'an"

Zhang Liao didn't seem to hear Li Dian's words, he kept repeating Lu'an, Lu'an.

He didn't intend to pretend to be crazy, but he planned to move the Shouchun defense line to the south and station an army in Lu'an for defense, so as to protect the Shaopi Tuntian area behind him and prevent the enemy from detouring Bianshui to attack.

Although the Taishi Cibu could not be wiped out, Meicheng who was entrenched in Shanshan was wiped out, which not only avenged Yan Xiang, the former governor of Yangzhou, but also gained thousands of family members of bandits, all of whom could be invested in the farmland.

It was originally a good thing to report good news, but Liu Fu reported the bad news first.

When the two returned to Shouchun and saw Shi Huan, they guessed that Huainan had dragged Cao Cao down.

Cao Cao was worried and failed to cross the river in time, allowing Yuan Shao time to complete the deployment on the opposite bank, which led to the early end of Jian'an's eight-year Northern Expedition.

In Hefei, Long Xiang escorted Taishi Cidong.

On the way, he looked at Lieutenant General Zhao Fan's good appearance, and he was also very tricky with marksmanship when he blocked Xu Chu before the battle.

Long Xiang asked Tai Shici for advice on this topic: "General Ziyi, you are a talented general. I don't know what to call you?"

"A good-looking talent?"

Tai Shici thought he was being sarcastic, so he responded indifferently: "General Long has a strong general Xu Zhongkang, and my deputy Zhao can also catch your eyes? Bochang, you talk to General Long yourself."

"only."

Zhao Fan clasped his fists and saluted Long Xiang in response: "The last general, Zhao Fan, from Changshan County, thank you just now for General Long's rescue."

"Changshan Zhao Fan?" Long Xiang showed a strange look on his face.

Zhao Fan asked curiously: "It's me, what's wrong?"

"Can I take a step to speak?"

Seeing Long Xiang's finger not far away, Zhao Fan subconsciously asked Tai Shici for instructions.

Tai Shici stepped in without knowing, he knew that Zhao Fan was not weak, so he nodded in agreement after a little thought, but stopped and stared at the two of them.

Zhao Fan hadn't communicated with Long Xiang for a long time, but Tai Shici who was not far away could see his mood swings.

Long Xiang persuaded Tai Shici to stay and refused several times, and finally sent him to the east of the old city to cross Shishui before leading his troops to the new city.

Zhao Fan was worried that Tai Shici would misunderstand, so he confessed after parting with Long Xiang.

"The general knows my background. Just now General Long called me aside and said that someone asked him to inquire about my whereabouts. That person was my brother."

"Oh? He is so powerful? Could it be that he has some schemes? This person has shown his favor to me many times"

"should be true"

(End of this chapter)