Le Jin was very puzzled after reading the secret letter and had no idea what Cao Cao meant by this arrangement.

Zhang Liao was worldly, tactful and good at observing people's emotions. Although he fought bravely after joining Cao Cao, he liked to show compliments in front of Cao Cao, especially in the battle of Bailang Mountain.

On the way to conquer Wuhuan, Cao Cao encountered Wuhuan's Tadun army. At that time, because the vehicles transporting supplies were behind him, many of the vanguards of the front army did not have armor. In addition, the disparity in strength made him fearful. The counselors all advised to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Zhang Liao asked for battle without fear.

Cao Cao climbed up and saw from a distance that Tadun's army was in disarray. Knowing that the enemy had not expected to meet him here, he handed Zhang Liao his command flag and asked him to command the vanguard to charge with Zhang He.

Cao Cao was worried about Zhang Liao and Zhang He's mistakes, so he sent Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to assist in the battle. The Wuhuan army rushed to respond, but Cao Jun attacked and disrupted their formation. Wuhuan King Tadun was beheaded by the tiger and leopard cavalry in the chaos. In the end, the Battle of Bailang Mountain The battle ended with Wuhuan's defeat and surrender.

Zhang Liao did not boast of his own merits after the victory. He repeatedly emphasized that Cao Cao used his troops well and commanded them properly. In the end, Cao Cao's boss regarded him as the first to defeat Wuhuan. Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry beheaded Tadun, but the fact was weakened.

Le Jin followed Cao Cao from a very early age. He was often the first to fight and risked his own life. However, he was not as popular with Cao Cao as Zhang Liao, who had high emotional intelligence. Many people in the army suffered from jealousy and hatred.

Li Dian was a refined man and had the air of an elder, but the rift between him and Zhang Liao was even greater.

Li Dian was born in the Li family of the Yanzhou gentry, and had thousands of diners in Chengshi (place name). Because the Yanzhou gentry rebelled against Cao Cao and took refuge with Lu Bu in his early years, it was destined that the Yanzhou gentry could not be reused, especially those with military power would be jealous of Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu, a counselor in Yanzhou, resigned from his military power and took the initiative to stay with Cao Cao as a counselor in military affairs. Li Dian, who was also a member of the Yanzhou noble family, was responsible for the transportation of logistics supplies all year round. Although he was resourceful, he was destined to have no chance to call the shots.

At that time, the Yanzhou nobles welcomed Lü Bu and rebelled against Cao Cao. Li Dian's father, Li Qian, refused Lü Bu's recruitment and was killed. Zhang Liao served as a general under Lü Bu.

Not only were Li Dian and Zhang Liao jealous and resentful, they also blamed Zhang Liao for their father's family feud.

Zhang Liao read the secret letter and pondered for a moment, then stood up and said to Le Jin: "Since it is the Lord's order, please ask Wen Qian to take on the important task of defending the city. Xue Hujun and I will go find Mancheng (Li Dian) right now."

"It is better to let Xue Hujun and Mancheng defend the city, while Wen Yuan and I go out to defend the enemy." Le Jin suggested.

"We must obey the Lord's order." Zhang Liao shook his head firmly, and then he and Xue Ti went out to find Li Dian.

Zhang Liao and Xue Ti walked to Li Dian's room and saw Li Dian reading through the crack in the door. Xue Ti then coughed softly to alert the people in the room.

Li Dian recognized Xue Ti's voice. He quickly turned over and lay down on the couch. Then he pretended to be lazy and asked, "Who is that outside the house?"

"Mancheng, it's me." Zhang Liao saved enough face for the other party, then directly opened the door and walked in with Xue Ti.

"What's going on with General Zhang?"

As soon as Li Dian finished speaking, Xue Ti handed over the secret letter, "This is the Lord's order. Wenyuan has handed over the city defense to Wen Qian. You can take a look first."

"I'm not feeling well. If I want to go out of the city with General Zhang, I'm afraid..." Li Dian hesitated.

"The life or death of Hefei depends on the two generals. You two need to put aside your past grudges. I will not interrupt you after the order is delivered. Farewell..." Xue Ti could not help but clasp his fists and retreated.

Originally, Zhang Liao planned to take advantage of Sun Quan's unstable foothold and use a death squad to catch him off guard tomorrow morning. Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian pretending to be sick on the bed and pondered for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"I think General Zhang is very confident, so why not tell him the battle plan? The battle of Hefei is a national matter. If possible, Li Dian will not abandon public service for personal reasons."

Zhang Liao nodded and sat on the edge of the couch, and then said eloquently: "Sun Quan has come from far away with a large number of people, and they may not be able to assemble them all tonight. I want to select elite soldiers and dead soldiers tonight, and I will fight against the enemy tomorrow and weaken their spirit. If I can let them stand firm,

Then Hefei is in danger."

Li Dian frowned: "The troops in Jiangdong are quite large, and there are only 7,000 defenders in Hefei. I wonder how many people the general will take with him?"

"If the number of people is too small, it is easy for a sheep to fall into the tiger's mouth. I plan to control it to less than a thousand people." Zhang Liao's eyes were extremely determined.

Li Dian mistakenly thought that the other party was going to bring most of the defenders, and he had already thought out his words in advance and prepared a rebuttal. When he heard that Zhang Liao would control it within a thousand people, Li Dian couldn't help but admire his courage.

Thinking that Zhang Liao had put aside his past grudges and devoted himself to serving the country, he tore off the linen cloth on his forehead, sat upright, clasped his fists and said, "Li Dian will obey General Zhang's orders."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao nodded in agreement, and then discussed the specific combat arrangements with Li Dian. Zhang Liao was mainly responsible for leading the dead soldiers into the battle, and Li Dian was responsible for breaking out of the encirclement.

In the evening, Zhang Liao selected 800 dead soldiers from the 7,000 defenders, then slaughtered cattle and sheep, and served wine to embolden these dead soldiers.

The next day when the east was just white, Zhang Liao put on his armor, mounted his horse, gathered his troops, and led eight hundred dead soldiers to the Jiangdong camp.

Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's westward expedition to Hanzhong and left Jianghuai empty, so he decisively decided to attack Hefei. In addition to dispatching soldiers stationed in various places in Jiangdong, he also dispatched soldiers from Lu Su in Lukou and He Qi's troops in Poyang who had rebelled against Shanyue (leaving Lu Xun to continue his campaign against Shanyue).

), with a total strength of 100,000.

The generals who accompanied Sun Quan on the expedition included Lu Meng, Chen Wu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, He Qi, etc. They were almost an all-star lineup in Jiangdong.

Jiangdong adopted a private army system. Although these 100,000 people were uniformly under the command of Sun Quan, the specific deployment had to rely on the private army generals. The only soldiers and horses that truly listened to Sun Quan's independent command were the thousands of tiger soldiers who were in charge of the guards.

One hundred thousand troops arrived in Hefei by boat. After landing in Shishui, they rode for dozens of miles and finally set up camp and built a fortress twenty miles outside the city.

On the eve of Cao's army launching a surprise attack in the morning, Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army had not yet completed its assembly.

Sun Quan was still sleeping soundly in the camp, and the soldiers who had gotten up earlier were preparing to bury the pots to make rice. Suddenly, there were loud shouts of killing outside the camp. Sun Quan was so startled that he jumped up from his bed in a panic.

Zhang Liao took the lead and rushed into Wu camp and killed dozens of Jiangdong soldiers who were on guard.

"Zhang Liao of Yanmen is here, and the rats from Jiangdong are coming to die soon." He announced his home address while running, and then led eight hundred soldiers to rush into the enemy camp as if they were in an uninhabited country.

Sun Quan put on his robes and walked out of the tent. He met Lu Meng and Jiang Qin who were coming in a hurry. He asked in a panic: "Who broke into my camp? How many troops are there?"

"It's the enemy general Zhang Liao, and the troops he leads are unknown." Lu Meng shook his head and answered.

Zhang Liaohu entered the flock, and he ran straight to the position where Sun Quan's coach was commanding the flag.

"No, Zhang Liao wants to command the flag. If the commander's flag is broken and it is difficult for the army to leave, who will stand in my way?" Sun Quan shouted.

"Your Majesty, General Chen Wu has gone." The guard outside reported urgently.
Chapter completed!