Section 2 Zhang Fen

When Sun Quan heard this, he stood up and leaned closer to Bu Zhi and asked, "If that's true, why not say it earlier?"

Bu Zhi smiled and said, "I once mentioned in front of Zhang Jun that I would recommend it to my lord, but Zhang Jun stopped me, saying that Zhang Wenjing should read poetry and books at a young age and should not entrust his own military service, so I did not let me mention it in front of my lord. Zhang Jun was highly respected, so he never dared to say it."

"This Zhang Zibu only knows that poetry and books are important, don't he know that war is also important?" Sun Quan slapped his thigh with some dissatisfaction: "He is a literary man and Gongjin is a martial man, so why is he weaker than him? Zishan, you go to his camp early tomorrow morning and bring Zhang Wenjing here."

Bu Zhi responded. Sun Quan said again: "Besides the battle tools, what other ideas do you have? You guys say it bluntly."

Chief Secretary Zhang Hong said: "The ancients besieged the city, and surrounded three and one in order to relax the fighting spirit of the enemy. Now our army is surrounded by Hefei and cannot be separated. The people in the city will naturally fight to the death when they see no way to live. Hong thought it would be a little wider, so he showed that the lord should only investigate Li Dian's intentions. At that time, the enemy's fighting spirit will be a little bit slackened, and then the chariot of the attack will be able to complete the battle."

After hearing this, Sun Quan thought about it, but shook his head and said, "No, Li Dian is so hateful. Taking advantage of Boyang's hesitation, he went straight to Lujiang and almost ruined my major event. After many days of fierce fighting, the city must be exhausted, and reinforcements cannot arrive. Even without Zhang Wenjing's siege cart, I can break through the city and capture this thief alive, but the damage is only a little bit greater. Why learn how to surround three and one? If he is let go, wouldn't I come here in vain?"

After hearing this, Zhang Hong was about to persuade him again, but Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "Zi Gang doesn't need to say anything. If you don't kill Li Dian, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred." Seeing him saying this, Zhang Hong had to keep silent. Thinking about it, the city suffered heavy losses. Today, it has been attacked several times. It has almost broken the city. If it attacks again tomorrow, it may really be able to break the city. Cao's reinforcements are long, and I'm afraid that it will not be able to get there within a day or two, let alone Zhang Zhao's 20,000 troops are blocking Dangtu.

When Lu Xun saw this, he had no doubts in his heart, but when he saw Sun Quan's determination, he didn't want to say much. He just listened quietly and said nothing.

Zhang Zhao was wearing a cloth scarf, not wearing a piece of armor, and was concentrating on the brief discussion under the lights. He was not as good as a commander holding a 20,000 army in his hand. He could not see even the irritability brought about by siege for more than half a month but failed to break the city. He frowned and pondered at some of the doubts in the book from time to time. The sound of fighting outside the tent was obviously particularly quiet. Zhang Fen looked at Zhang Zhao. Then he looked at the documents in his hand and shook his head silently.

"Wen Jing, you must be calm and work tirelessly when doing research. Master reads Yi and Wei Bian Sanjue. You have not read books yet, but you just watched me study. You have shook your head thirteen times in the middle of the night. Why are young people so impatient?" Zhang Zhao did not raise his head. He seemed to have eyes on his head, and he saw Zhang Fen's every move.

"Uncle, I..." Zhang Fen smiled awkwardly, thought for a while and said, "I am not shaking my head for studying. I just want the army to be in Dangtu for more than half a month. This small Dangtu city has not yet been captured. Will the lord be in a hurry in Hefei? What if..."

"What if?" Zhang Zhao shook his face and put down Zuo Chunqiu in his hand. He looked at Zhang Fen with dissatisfaction with his beard and said, "Don't see Zhou Gongjin setting fire to Cao Gong's army in Wulin. After winning a lucky victory, he thought Jiangdong had the ability to fight against China. Although Cao Gong lost the naval army, those naval armies were from Jingzhou. Jiangdong paid such a great price. Sun Kuaiji had just cut off the wings of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun for Cao Gong. What's the tide of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan in loss of 20,000 yuan soon. There will be such a coincidence at that time. Will you let you set off another fire? Jiangdong gathers all the elite troops, but only 30,000 people. This time, Sun Kuaiji was conquering Hefei, and he devoted all the strength of Jiangdong. Zhou Gongjin was still attacking Jiangling, with a total army of nearly 100,000, and a daily expense of a thousand yuan. Jiangdong was newly decided. Can this battle be afforded?"

Zhang Zhao became more and more angry as he spoke, and his voice gradually became louder. When Zhang Fen saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Uncle whispers, uncle whispers."

"What am I afraid of?" Although Zhang Zhao was not convinced, his voice fell: "Zhou Gongjin, Lu Zijing did not know the current situation. He used Jiangdong to fight against China and hit stones with eggs. Although he could be lucky for a moment, how could it be a long-term solution?" He sighed and covered the book sadly: "Is the Han Dynasty close? Why are these people all thinking about cutting the drama and becoming kings and dominating? Is this the world so easy to fight? Yuan Benchu ​​has three men of four generations, with a million soldiers. According to the four prefectures of Hebei, Guandu is still defeated in a battle? Why? It is unpopular. How could the country be so shaken? Will the Sun family compare...ah..."

"The Sun family is today, and my uncle has also put in a lot of effort." Zhang Fen looked outside carefully and said cautiously: "Don't say anything lightly, Zhongsi (Zhang Zhaozi Zhang Cheng) and others are all in Kuaiji."

"At the beginning, I just wanted to protect the people, who would have thought..." Zhang Zhao regretted it.

"At this point, my uncle should not make a mistake. It would be bad if it was heard from Sun Kuaiji. He could only be brothers..." Zhang Fen swallowed the second half of the words back and did not dare to say them again. Zhang Zhao was in a worse mood: "It was all Zhou Gongjin and Lu Zijing's idea. He was really numb at a young age. It's better now. Cao Gong killed Sun Jizuo, but left Mrs. Qiao and Sun Shao. This was a knife hanging on the ground."

"I heard that it was Cao Chong and Cao Cangshu, the precocious son of Prime Minister Cao, who was really vicious." Zhang Fen praised.

Zhang Zhao smiled bitterly, shook his head repeatedly, opened Jian Ce for a moment, but didn't look down a word. He turned his head to look at Zhang Fen, and suddenly his eyebrows moved, saying, "Wen Jing, your father died early, I have been to Jiangdong for many years, and the ancestral tomb in Pengcheng has not been worshipped for many years. When the war here comes, you can go back to Pengcheng?"

"Uncle, isn't this a bad thing?" Zhang Fen was shocked and shook his hand. Zhang Zhao thought for a while, shook his head, looked at the jumping lights, and was silent for a long time, but still couldn't come up with any good idea, so he could only sigh. The flames jumped and suddenly exploded, and the tent suddenly lit up, making Zhang Zhao's wrinkled face particularly bright.

Zhang Zhao's heart moved, and was about to say something, someone outside the tent shouted softly: "Please walk to Zishan for a visit."

"Buzishan?" Zhang Zhao was shocked. Looking at the leaking pot beside him, he couldn't help but frown. The night was already dark, and Bu Zhi was not staying by Sun Quan. Why did he run to Dangtulai? He quickly waved to Zhang Fen, Zhang Fen stood up and went out to welcome Bu Zhi in.

When Bu Zhi saw Zhang Zhao, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Mr. Zhang, how dare you please help me?"

"Don't be polite. Zishan came late at night. Could it be that something happened to Hefei?" Zhang Zhao waved his hand, and asked anxiously without being polite.

"Hefei has nothing to do, but it has been attacked for many days and has not been able to break the city. The lord ordered me to come to Zhang Gong's account to invite someone and go to Hefei to help the lord with his help." Bu Zhi said. He looked at Zhang Fen, who was standing aside and busy pouring tea.

"Wen Jing?" Zhang Zhao said with some confusion.

"It is precisely because our army lacks combat equipment, and the casualties are high. Every time we attack the city, there are too few people, and we cannot expand the results of the battle. The lord wants to make more combat equipment, so..." Bu Qi looked at Zhang Zhao nervously. He looked at Zhang Fen, who was excited and eager to try again.

Zhang Zhao suddenly lowered his face. He couldn't talk to Bu Zhi in person, but said to Zhang Fen: "What are you happy about? You can't build a world with moral articles, but you are known for some small skills. Isn't it a good thing? Besides, you are young and a good time to study. Why do you think about military affairs every day?" When Zhang Fen heard that Bu Zhi was sent by Sun Quan to specially invite him to build siege equipment, he knew that Bu Zhi must have mentioned the siege cart he made in front of Sun Quan. When he thought that he could get rid of the documents around his uncle from now on, he no longer had to listen to his uncle's chatter, and he was overjoyed. He wanted to set off to Hefei immediately. At this time, he heard Zhang Zhao's half-blame and half-blame Bu Zhi's words, and he couldn't help but respond:

"Uncle, I am already twenty years old, not young anymore. The Spring and Autumn Period said that Lu Wangzhi was still a child and fought for the country. The saint praised him. Qi Ziqi was 18 years old and two years younger than me."

"You..." Zhang Zhao was speechless for a moment. He looked at Zhang Fen, who was excited with anger. He looked at Bu Qi with a smile and knew that things were irreversible. It was not easy to say anything else. Bu Qi saw that he responded, fearing that there were too many dreams at night, so he encouraged Zhang Fen to set off immediately. Zhang Fen also thought the same way, saying that the war in Hefei was important, and it was a good moment before he got up in the middle of the night. Although Zhang Zhao was unwilling, he could see that the moonlight outside was bright. When he was in Hefei, he would not be in danger. Since they were about to leave, they would no longer stop them. After carefully urged Zhang Fen, he arranged for them to leave the camp.

Zhang Fen rode on the horse, touched the new leather armor that Zhang Zhao had put on him with his own hands and was very happy, and was ashamed of his uncle's concern for him. He only cared about going to Hefei to make meritorious contributions, but when he left, he forgot to take care of his uncle's health, and he couldn't help but feel a little rude. However, after being persuaded by Bu Zhi, he suppressed this feeling of guilt and waited for promotion to repay his uncle.

A group of dozens of people ran along the official road for nearly an hour. When he stopped to rest in the middle, a soldier was a little anxious and walked to the side of the road to untied his hands. He had just untied his pants and felt his feet move. He looked down and saw a light of a knife rising. A hand suddenly covered his mouth. A short knife slashed across his neck. The scream he held in his mouth immediately turned into a string of bubbles, and the blood spurted out from the edge of his neck. A companion who followed him saw a figure suddenly popping out of the ground, and was shocked and screamed suddenly. The panic sound came from afar in the quiet night.

With the screams, several figures rushed out from behind the grass, trees, and rocks. A tall man in the lead was shocked by the screaming Jiangdong soldier, slashed at the back of his neck with a backhand, and beheaded with a sword. The head of the Jiangdong soldier jumped up by the blood in his cavity, but the big man didn't even turn his head back, and rushed towards Zhang Fen and others who stood up like a tiger.

"There is an enemy!" Zhang Fen screamed, pulled out the long sword from his waist and went up to him. He faced the big man and slashed each other. Zhang Fen could not defeat the big man. His arms were numb and he was pushed back repeatedly. Then he was hit by a palm on his neck and fainted.

Bu Zhi was caught off guard and turned over and left under the guards' escorts. The remaining dozens of guards sacrificed their lives to stop the figures and cut off the swords. The leading man was like a ghost, and the long sword in his hand was like a seductive soul. Within a few flashes, he chopped over the guards in front of him and threw out the long sword in his hand towards Bu Zhi who was driving away.

A guard beside Bu Zhi heard the sound of the wind behind his ears. He turned around and had no time to raise his knife. He shouted and pounced behind Bu Zhi. The long sword passed through his body, led him forward for two steps, and fell to the ground and died. The big man rushed over, but could not catch up with Bu Zhi's war horse, so he had to watch Bu Zhi headed towards Hefei under the escort of several guards.

"What a pity..." The big man sighed: "I have to be scolded by the young master again."

"Prince Dian Du, you catch a living person, the young master should reward you, right?" He quickly killed dozens of Jiangdong soldiers in the blocking world and turned around. One of them followed the words of the big man and joked.

Cao Chong couldn't help laughing at the young man in front of him who was tied like a rice dumpling but still had a dissatisfaction. He stretched out his hand and touched Zhang Fen's brand new leather armor and smiled: "Who is this young man with a distinctive armor? Can you sign up?"

"Who are you?" Zhang Fen gave up in disgust and was unwilling to let Cao Chong touch his new armor. This was the first time he was wearing it. He was just a little strange. Dangtu had been trapped for more than half a month, but why did a military camp suddenly appear here? It seemed that there were quite a few people. Judging from the number of camps, I was afraid that not only one thousand people, but what surprised him was that he saw a group of war horses. You must know that there were very few war horses in Jiangdong, and it was worth boasting that a general had a hundred horses in his hand. This looked like hundreds of war horses, and they rarely saw high-headed horses. It really shocked him.

Who is the young man in front of him? He is carrying thousands of cavalrymen? No matter how nervous he is, he knows that he is definitely not from Jiangdong anymore.

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked at the bend of his leg and kicked him to the ground. His knees hurt so much that they were hurt, and then he shouted in a stern voice: "My young master asked you, how dare you not answer?"

Zhang Fen was furious and struggled to stand up. He turned his head desperately to see which bastard kicked him. Unfortunately, as soon as he moved, his shoulders were pressed down, as if he was clamped by two iron clamps. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not move at all. He gritted his teeth in anger. He glared at Cao Chong hatefully, without saying a word.

"It's quite unique." Cao Chong pinched his nose and smiled, "Which direction do they come from?"

Zhang Fendi Dianman was captured alive and responded quickly: "Go back to the young master, they came from Dangtu, maybe going to Hefei. I vaguely heard them talking about what siege cart they said?"

"You are too arrogant. Before Dangtu has been captured, Hefei is still our territory. How dare you rush to the middle of the night?" Cao Chong laughed and waved his hand. A tiger soldier stepped forward and took it away on Zhang Fen. He searched Zhang Fen's waist card and respectfully handed it to Cao Chong. Cao Chong glanced at him and raised his eyes and smiled at Zhang Fen, "Zhang Fen, Zhang Wenjing, does it have anything to do with Zhang Zibu? Why is a document wearing leather armor? It's still brand new. It's the first time I'm wearing it. It's so precious?"

"What's your business? If you want to kill, kill. How come so much nonsense?" Zhang Fen was angry and anxious. This boy was so unconscious. He just grabbed his flesh and touched his leather armor and touched it again and again. Did he deliberately? "If you have a kind of person, you can sign up and let your Ahon be dead, let me understand..."

Before he could finish his words, he was ruthless on his back and beat all the words back into his stomach, choking him to cough, his face flushed and his anger was out of breath. He took the opportunity of falling to the ground and looked behind him. This time he saw the man staring at the big man with his eyes, and when he saw that he was the one who met, he knocked him out of the figure.

"Have you heard about Sun Kuang's meat sauce?" Cao Chong smiled with a slight smug smile: "Then I'll chop it. If you talk to me like this, I don't mind chopping you into meat sauce and giving it to Zhang Zibu."

"Are you Cao... Chong?" Zhang Fen was shocked. Why did Cao Chong suddenly appear here? It is less than a hundred miles away from Hefei. The cavalry really need to go urgently. It can reach the city of Hefei in at most two hours. When has the reinforcements of Cao's army passed Dangtu? Zhang Zhao's 20,000 troops under Dangtu City received no news.

"The Zhang family in Pengcheng is also a heir of poetry and books. Why don't you understand the etiquette at all?" Cao Chong frowned, opened a silk picture just found from Zhang Fen's arms, glanced at it and curled his lips disdainfully: "This is the siege cart? So stupid? It's necessary for a hundred people to push it, right?"

"How do you know?" Zhang Fen didn't care about his contempt and expressed his anger at his contempt. Instead, he was surprised that Cao Chong saw the number of people needed to siege the city. Zhang Song, who had been standing aside, smiled. He glanced at Zhang Fen with a disdain on his face: "How can you hide the eyes of my young master like this? What my young master has seen is beyond your imagination, such as a frog in the well. The pole, thunder cannon, and city guard crossbow on the warship were not inquired by my young master himself. Your bad craftsmanship is under Liu Zhongyu. You will be scolded by Liu Zhongyu three times a day."

Zhang Fen knew that Liu Zhongyu was the warship that had always been called a waste but had built a warship equipped with three powerful tools, and almost made Zhou Gongjin burr. He had heard people talk about the pros and consciences of those things, and knew that Liu Cong's level was not comparable to him. He did not express any dissatisfaction with Zhang Song's words. He just turned his head aside in dissatisfaction and expressed disdain to talk to this little dwarf who was only on his shoulders.

Zhang Song was used to this kind of eyes. After arriving by Cao Chong, his mood was very open and he didn't care much about it. Of course, he wouldn't surrender his identity and get angry with a prisoner. He turned around and smiled at Cao Chong and said, "Young Master, Zhang Zibu and Zhou Gongjin are the two pillars of Jiangdong. Now that his nephew has fallen into our hands, we might as well release the news. Just say that this little clerk surrendered to the court, Zhang Zibu also looked at the court. Then, Dangtu deliberately did not fight and let us attack Sun Quan, let them go to Jiangdong for a while before talking about it."

"It's just my wish." Cao Chong smiled and looked at Zhang Song. He said in his heart that you are really poisonous. Zhang Zhao had advised Sun Quan to surrender before. If you burn some oil on the fire now, Sun Quan would not believe it, but he would be afraid that he would be irritated in his heart. It would be a killer. He came to his mind as soon as he said that. He raised the silk picture of the siege cart in his hand: "This picture is dedicated to us, and Sun Quan has so much to believe."

Zhang Fen knew the benefits and his face turned pale as soon as he heard it. He suddenly remembered what his uncle said to him in the big tent, and couldn't help but feel moved, and he closed the anger on his face and said, "Why do you have to do this? Fen has a word, I wonder if the young master is willing to listen?"

Cao Chong saw Zhang Fen's face change in his eyes. He looked at him quietly: "Let's say it." Zhang Fen didn't say anything for a long time. He just looked at the people around him. Cao Chong smiled and waved his hand to drive out a few tiger soldiers. There were only Zhang Song and Dian Man two left in the tent. Then he smiled and said, "Can you tell me now?"

"Young Master doesn't know that although my uncle, like Zhou Gongjin, was entrusted by the general to challenge the rebellion and assisted Sun Kuaiji, they are not the same. Zhou Gongjin is determined to make achievements. But my uncle misses his hometown. I heard that Xuzhou has been settled and always wants to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. It's just..."

Cao Chong listened quietly for a moment, touched his chin and thought about it. In his impression, Zhang Zhao seemed to have always been considered a surrender faction, but now he represents Cao Cao's side, and of course the surrender faction of the other party must fight for it. In this way, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu cannot be regarded as the same. If Zhang Zhao, one of the pillars of Jiangdong, could be convinced, Sun Quan's legs would be lame.

"Then you'll be wronged in my camp for a few days. When the war here comes, I'll let you go back to Pengcheng."

"Young Master, you only have a thousand people here, but there are fifty thousand people under Hefei City. Even if you work inside and outside, you may not be able to escape the siege of Hefei." Zhang Fen twisted his arm to make himself feel more comfortable, and then said with a smile.

"You can't see my people." Cao Chong smiled unanimously and asked someone to take Zhang Fen down. Then he looked at Zhang Song and said, "Zhang Zibu is hesitant and can still fight for it. The method you mentioned should be slow and send someone to contact Zhang Zhao and decide on the situation."

"It's a pity that Ziyi is not here." Zhang Song smacked his lips regretfully.

"It's okay, there's no hurry to do this." Cao Chong thought for a while and said, "Someone escaped, and our army's whereabouts cannot be hidden anymore. Ziqian, please send someone to Hefei City immediately and tell them about the situation here, tell them that we will harass Sun Quan on the periphery and find an opportunity to mess with him for a while. The Prime Minister will lead the army and then arrive."

"Two thousand iron cavalry?" Li Dian, Liu Fu and Jiang Ji were happy first, then frowned. Li Dian thought for a while and said, "Although the two thousand iron cavalry are elite, it is very difficult to break through Sun Quan's 50,000 troops. There are only more than 5,000 people in the city, so I am afraid that it will not be able to help. Even if the Prime Minister's army marched urgently, it will take ten days to arrive here. I am afraid that this Hefei City will be already..."

Jiang Ji also smiled bitterly and asked the tiger soldier who came to deliver the letter, "Young master was discovered last night. Have you ever seen your camp?"

"No, the man ran away as soon as he saw us, and he didn't see our camp at all. The young master led two thousand iron cavalry to this end, but in just one day, Dangtu didn't notice it." The tiger man who sent the letter said respectfully.

Jiang Ji nodded and approached Liu Fu and muttered a few words. When Liu Fu and Li Dian heard this, they frowned in embarrassment and pondered for a moment, looked at each other, and nodded again.

Soon Liu Fu sent the chief clerk to follow the tiger soldier out of the city.
Chapter completed!