Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

Chapter 266

"Oh, General Zhang Liao, you are finally here.

We are looking forward to the reinforcements from the court, and we are looking forward to it like looking forward to the rain!

Now that General Zhang Liao has led tens of thousands of tiger and wolf troops to kill us, we can finally rest assured!"

Outside the gate of Shanyang Town, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong led less than 3,000 Cao cavalry in the city to welcome Zhang Liao.

When he was still a long way away from Zhang Liao, Dong Cheng turned over and got off his horse, pretending to be excited to meet Zhang Liao, and said so from a distance.

Zhang Liao, who was sitting on the horse, also had a smile on his face, and he didn't look at all out of place.

It was as if he was an old friend who was familiar with Dong Cheng for many years.

Although he already knew in his heart that Dong Cheng and Kong Rong had turned to the Sima family and other worldly families and became traitors.

But Zhang Liao did not expose them right away, but pretended to be ignorant and continued to flatter them: "General Charioteer has been waiting for a long time.

After receiving the letter from General Charioteer and the Minister of the Imperial Household asking for help, the general of Xudu immediately sent me here and called up 30,000 soldiers to quell the rebellion in Henei County.

However, I did not expect that the rebels in Henei County were all a mob. Before my army arrived at Shanyang Town, the chaotic troops besieging the city had already dispersed.

There were only some people who were forced to flee, and I let them go after questioning them.

The general is a kind person. When I went on this expedition, he once told me that the people in Henei County were all courtiers. Many of the people of the court were held hostage by these rebels.

If I encounter those innocent people who were held hostage, the general asked me to treat them well. "

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong did not show any abnormality on their faces. Instead, they pretended to be loyal ministers of the court and echoed Zhang Liao: "General Zhang Liao is right. The general's "two five seven" benevolence is known to the world!

The general's power is now unrivaled in the world. He can still be so benevolent to ordinary people. We are all subordinates of the general. We are also proud to be ordered by the general to do things!"

Of course, at this moment, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong only echoed Zhang Liao on the surface and complimented Cao Ang's benevolence.

But in fact, the two men had long been filled with resentment...

Dong Cheng thought to himself: "Huh? Cao Zixiu is just a hypocritical and treacherous villain. He only pretends to be kind, loyal and filial to the world, but in fact, there is no one more treacherous than Cao Zixiu in the world!"

The reason why Dong Cheng thought so was because he felt that he was also a victim forced by Cao Ang's threats.

Originally, he could stay with the emperor and find an opportunity to return to Luoyang. Even if he could not revive the Han Dynasty, at least he could live a little more comfortably in a corner of Luoyang.

AndWhen Cao Ang was fighting with the noble families in the court, Dong Cheng was just interested in watching the fun. He watched Cao Ang and the noble families fighting with interest.

As a result, he did not provoke Cao Ang, but Cao Ang threatened to return to Luoyang, so that Dong Cheng took on a hot potato. As an envoy of the court, he came to Henei County to count and measure the mountains, rivers and minerals, and take back the court properties occupied by the noble families of Henei County.

To put it bluntly, he was used as a pawn to do the work that offended the noble families of Henei County and the noble families of the world.

Not long ago, Dong Cheng really did this.

So the Shanyangyi rebels besieged the city.

Dong Cheng also met Sima Yi, who made him feel scared and felt that his wisdom was not inferior to Cao Ang.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and agreed to Sima Yi's alliance, and then cooperated with Sima Yi and other noble families.

Otherwise, Dong Cheng had no doubt that if he had refused at that time, Sima Yi would definitely find a way to get rid of Dong Cheng first.

For example, the poison from the grassland that Sima Yi brought out was non-toxic when separated, but poisonous when combined!

Even Dong Cheng had no doubt that if he had not cooperated with Sima Yi at that time, the Sima family and the noble families in Henei County might really collude with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, use their private soldiers and death squads, first break through Shanyang Town, kill Dong Cheng in the chaos, and give Cao Ang a warning, so that Cao Ang would continue to send troops to Henei County.

Perhaps, the Sima family did not need to send troops to attack Shanyang. After all, Shanyang was one of the Sima family's territories. After being managed by the Sima family for hundreds of years, there were no secrets inside and outside Shanyang.

Even when Shanyang was besieged, it was hard to say how many of the residents in the city were Sima's spies and assassins.

It might not be easy for the Sima family to assassinate General Cao Ang, but Dong Cheng thought it was not difficult to kill Dong Cheng in Shanyang without anyone noticing.

Therefore, the reason why Dong Cheng agreed to Sima Yi's cooperation so straightforwardly was because he saw Sima Yi's viciousness, so he made the right choice for his own life.

Dong Cheng attributed the root of all this to Cao Ang's threat to him.

So although he was agreeing with Zhang Liao on the surface and praising Cao Ang's benevolence, he was secretly complaining in his heart. If Zhang Liao hadn't been here, I'm afraid Dong Cheng would have started spitting madly!

Little did he know that Cao Ang, who was far away in Xudu at this moment, felt the strong resentment in Dong Cheng's heart.

"Negative energy from Dong Cheng +666"

"Negative energy from Dong Cheng +888"

"Negative energy from Dong Cheng +999"

In Xudu, in the general's mansion, Cao Ang was handling military affairs.

After all, he was about to meet with SiMa Yi and Dong Cheng will start a new chess game in the world, and a lot of troops will be used at that time.

Cao Ang naturally cannot be idle, and needs to use the existing troops to the right extent, and strive to wipe out the power of the world's aristocratic families at the lowest cost.

And at this time, the prompt sound began to sound frantically in Cao Ang's mind.

Looking at the endless negative energy from Dong Cheng, Cao Ang didn't know what happened in his heart, but he could guess roughly.

"Hmph, Dong Cheng's resentment is quite deep.

Little did you know that if you obeyed my wishes, you could still save your life and wealth.

But you got on Sima Yi's pirate ship, and you can't save your life!

The Sima family has a traditional mean character!

Even if I don't do it, you will definitely die in the hands of the Sima family.

But before that, you can still contribute so much negative energy to me, which is not bad.

In view of these negative energies, I decided not to kill you myself, but to give this opportunity to the Sima family..."

Cao Ang sneered, muttered to himself for a few words, and then put Dong Cheng's matter behind his mind and continued to deal with military affairs.

Dong Cheng, who was far away in Shanyang, didn't know that he had been sentenced to death in Cao Ang's mind, and he was still pretending to be friendly with Zhang Liao.

Speaking of which, although Dong Cheng betrayed the alliance with Cao Ang, he was quite concerned about the agreement with Sima Yi.

After Zhang Liao defined the rebellion in Shanyang, Dong Cheng continued with a hint of meaning: "General Zhang Liao, you don't know that I have been observing the rebels besieging Shanyang these days. They are not all a mob as the general said.

At least half of them are well-trained private soldiers. I even suspect that many of them are private soldiers of the Sima family, a prominent family in Henei County.

These powerful families opposed the general's orders and dared to rebel. This is simply intolerable.

Although the private soldiers have dispersed because they are afraid of General Zhang Liao's army, the general cannot let them go.

Otherwise, if the court Once the army withdraws, I'm afraid these guys will come back again!" (To read the novel, go to Fulu Novel Network!)

Kong Rong also echoed: "General Cheqi is right. According to my observation, among these rebels, there are not only private soldiers of the noble families in Henei County, but also many remnants of the gold bandits.

Since the reign of Emperor Ling, Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Over the past ten years, most of the Yellow Turban bandits in the world have been wiped out.

However, there are still many remnants of the Yellow Turbans, like wildfire, which can't be eradicated.

Especially in the Henei County area, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans such as Bairao Suigu entrenched in Luchang Mountain are still able to survive.The remnants of the Yellow Turbans who came here should not be underestimated.

Bai Rao and Sui Gu have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in their hands. Taking this opportunity, we can catch all these bandits who are too powerful to be eliminated! "

Dong Cheng and Kong Rong sang the same tune and even took the initiative to inform Zhang Liao of the composition of the rebels in Henei County.

Dong Cheng even showed that he was in a hostile position with the Sima family. The first thing he did was to doubt the Sima family.

It seems impeccable, but in fact, the reason why they did so was that they wanted to cooperate with Sima Yi's strategy to keep Zhang Liao and the 30,000 elite Cao army in Henei County.

It would be best to lead all these Cao troops to the Sima family fortress in Taihang Mountain, let Zhang Liao lead the army to forcefully attack the mountain, and thus consume this elite Cao army as much as possible in the mountains and rivers of Henei County.

This will weaken Cao Ang's strength.

In addition, in the situation where all four sides of the world are rebelling, Cao Ang will have no extra troops to assign, and will eventually fall into a crisis of being surrounded by enemies. Then Sima Yi's strategy will take advantage of the situation and completely destroy the Cao family...

Zhang Liao looked at Dong Cheng and Kong Rong in front of him, and he knew their thoughts in his heart.

But on the surface, Zhang Liao pretended to be surprised and said to Dong Cheng and Kong Rong: "If it is really as you said, then for me, it will be another great achievement!

I will now send out the order to send out all the scouts in the general to find out the whereabouts of the Sima family rebels and the remnants of the Yellow Turban bandits such as Bai Rao Sui Gu. Then this general will lead the army to destroy them one by one! ”

Zhang Liao’s behavior made Dong Cheng and Kong Rong happy, thinking that Zhang Liao had really fallen into their trap.0

At this time, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong wanted to strike while the iron was hot and told Zhang Liao the location of the rebels, which were hidden in the mountains north of Henei County.

But they were worried that this move might be superfluous. In order to avoid making things worse, they had to forcibly suppress the impulse in their hearts so that Zhang Liao could get the news of the Henei County rebels through the scouts he sent out.

This would seem more secure.

After all, Dong Cheng and Kong Rong They were besieged by the rebels in Shanyang before.

It was reasonable to be able to find out the composition of the rebels.

As for being able to find out the positions of all the rebels, it seemed a bit abnormal.

After all, if Dong Cheng and Kong Rong had such strength, how could they be besieged in the city and have to ask for help from the court?

What's more, there are 3,000 elite Cao troops in the city, who followed Dong Cheng and Kong Rong and were trapped in the city from the beginning.

These soldiers knew that Kong Rong and Dong Cheng did not do anything unnecessary..

So if they told Zhang Liao about the rebels' movements, they would expose themselves instead, and they couldn't cover it up at all!

In this way, Zhang Liao's main force joined forces with the 3,000 elite cavalry of Cao's army in Shanyang Town and temporarily stationed outside Shanyang Town.

And Dong Cheng and Kong Rong's short-lived power to command troops was naturally deprived by Zhang Liao invisibly.

At the same time, Zhang Liao really followed the suggestions of Dong Cheng and Kong Rong and sent out scouts and spies to find out the movements and stationing locations of the rebels in Henei County.

Even a team of thousands of elite cavalry was sent to the Sima family's lair, Wen County in Henei County.

This Wen County is the foundation of the Sima family's operation for hundreds of years. Even if the Sima family transferred most of the population, baggage and food, they made preparations for clearing the fields.

However, Wen County was the foundation of the Sima family. Even if the city was cleared, a troop of soldiers and horses were left to guard it.

After all, some of the inherent industries in the entire Wen County, such as houses and forts, could not be moved away.

At this time, Sima Yi was in Wen County.

When he learned that there were thousands of Cao's elite cavalry coming here, Sima Yi was not panicked at all.

"Pass the order down and prepare to fight!"

Sima Yi stood on the top of the city wall of Wen County and gave the order.

Although Sima Yi had never been on the battlefield before, he had been familiar with the art of war since he was a child and was not unfamiliar with the way of using troops.

It was precisely because of this that he took the job of guarding Wen County as bait into his own hands.

In addition to Sima Yi, there were a full three thousand private soldiers of the Sima family in Wen County.

Most of these private soldiers are servants and tenants who have been under the Sima family for generations.

Just like the good families of the six counties who formed the Yulin Army in the Han Dynasty, they are all trusted confidants of the Sima family.

The Sima family has invested a lot of effort in them.

Their honor and disgrace are tied to the Sima family.

And their family members and relatives have also moved to the fortress in the Taihang Mountains with the direct family of the Sima family.

So they can be said to be free here, which can ensure that they can exert their combat effectiveness to the maximum. []

And Wen County has been run by the Sima family for hundreds of years, and took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to add a lot of weapons and city defense tools.

Even the catapults that have recently appeared in this era are on the top of the city walls of Wen County.

The entire city is backed by the remnants of the Taihang Mountains, and the foundation is composed of huge mountain stone veins. Even if you want to dig a tunnel temporarily, it is almost impossible. It will take years and months to achieve success.

Therefore, in Sima Yi's eyes, this city can be said to be impregnable.

This is also the main battlefield he used to attract the attention of Cao's army and contain Cao's troops.

After all, Sima Yi is indeed resourceful., but he also knew that Cao's generals were not fools.

If he just hid in the fortress in the mountains, Zhang Liao would naturally withdraw his troops when he saw that the fortress in the mountains was difficult to attack. He only needed to seal the mountain roads in and out of the mountains to block the exit of the army in the mountains.

At that time, Zhang Liao could calmly manage Henei County and take everything in Henei County from Sima's hands.

But Sima Yi was not a person who would give up his own interests. He wanted to keep the Sima family's foundation in Henei County and achieve his plan.

So, he became a nail, nailed in Wen County...