Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 126 Said Shen Chen, Shen Chen Arrived

Under coercion and temptation, Zhu Zhong rebelled.

He was from Runan, and among the captives were some fellow villagers, they were interrogated separately, and their address was obtained by force.

After arriving at the city of Kunyang, there was a knife on his back. If he was dishonest, he would kill him on the spot, and then send someone to his house to crush his family members.

Although it is impossible for Shen Chen to be as immoral as Cao Cao, to do such a thing like giving birth to a child without skin inflammation.

But the problem is that Zhu Zhong has been with Cao Cao for a long time, and Zhu Zhong knows exactly what immoral things he has done. Cao Cao can do this kind of thing that hurts his family. Wouldn't he wipe out the three clans of Dong Cheng this year?

So Zhu Zhong felt that since Cao Cao could do this kind of thing, others must be able to do it too.Under fear, he could only follow Shen Chen's request.

So, almost at the moment when the "Cao Jun" entered the city, the situation changed dramatically.

"Kill!"

They suddenly turned their backs, attacked the surrounding Cao army, and seized the city gate.

At the same time, a large number of Shen Chen's troops came towards Kunyang in a place that could not be seen at the end of the road outside the city.

The sound of the horn resounded through the entire sky.

Cao Hong and Liu Dai were taken aback. They never expected that this team was actually disguised by Shen Chenjun.

In fact, Cao Hong was already very careful. He knew Zhu Zhong, and he also observed the situation of the "Cao Jun" who came.

All of them were exhausted and sweating profusely, and they seemed to have come from a long distance, and what they said matched the information he knew.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he never doubted the real identity of the other party, so he relaxed his vigilance and let them enter the city.

But I still didn't expect this to be the enemy.

After all, Cao Hong would never have imagined that Xia Houyuan had already been defeated and Zhu Zhong was captured.

It is too late to regret closing the city gate now.

At this moment in the north and south of the city, the shouts of killing are loud, because when Cao Jun deployed it, the main force was in Ye County.

There are 5000 troops in Ye County, which serve as the mainstay, while Kunyang and Wuyang only have 4000 troops in total, and they are in reserve service, so their strength is not large.

Cao Hong's rout and more than 1000 defenders in Kunyang, the city is full of more than 3000 and less than [-], and they have to defend the four gates and take turns to rest, resulting in only a few hundred troops at each gate.

Even if Cao Hong and Liu Dai personally led the army to fight fiercely, the two sides would only fight fiercely around the city gate, and it would be too late to mobilize troops from the city.

Soon, the battle lasted less than half an hour. After paying the price of hundreds of lives, Cao Hong couldn't hold it anymore, because Shen Chen's main force had arrived within 10 minutes, and there was a steady stream of soldiers. The enemy army entered the city.

In addition, Gan Ning also got the news from Shen Chen, and quickly dispatched soldiers and horses to cooperate. The entire north gate of Kunyang was completely occupied, and the south gate was also under fierce attack. The defenders in the city panicked and collapsed.

Although this was the ancient battlefield of the Kunyang War, Cao Hong didn't have Liu Xiu's luck as the Son of Destiny, so he wouldn't have meteors to help him.

So about half an hour later, Cao Hong fought and retreated, leading the remnants of the army and was forced to flee to the east gate. After barely fighting out from the east gate, he ran all the way to Wuyang in the east.

Shen Chen and Gan Ning joined forces, leaving 500 men to guard Kunyang and the prisoners in the city, while the rest pursued.

Wuyang itself had [-] defenders. Cao Hong never expected that there would be so many troops outside Wuyang City. As a result, Cao Hong had no time to escape into Wuyang City, so he was defeated and fled.

Liu Dai, the guard general of Kunyang, was beheaded by Gan Ning to cover Cao Hong. For a while, the Cao army at the gate of Nanyang, except Wang Zhong, who could only watch on Wuyang City and dare not go out to help, was almost killed by Gan Ning. Shen Chen killed everything.

Even Wuyang City didn't have many soldiers, barely 2000 people. After clearing the battlefield and storming Wuyang, it would be a matter of time before Wang Zhong was taken down.

The only thing Shen Chen regrets is that he didn't kill or capture Cao Hong.

But this is normal.

After all, Cao Hong has a weak and first-class force value, and he is also ranked among the top five existences in Soochow. It is easy for a general of this level to break out of the encirclement under the protection of his personal guards.

Especially in the case of Liu Dai's death, although Cao Hong was not killed or captured, it was enough to achieve the strategic goal.

"Uncle Xingba, how are you doing?"

On a small hill outside Wuyang City, Shen Chen was riding on horseback, while Gan Ning galloped back from a distance, seeing that he was empty-handed, he knew that chasing Cao Hong was fruitless.

Gan Ning said regretfully: "It's a pity, I almost caught up with him, but after Liu Dai gave up his life, he was delayed for a while. I was afraid that you would need me to attack the city, so I didn't go after him."

Shen Chen then said: "It's okay, even if you can't use Cao Hong's head to spread to the north, you can still use Liu Dai and Wang Zhong's head."

He turned his head and looked at the small city not far away.

If Ye County is a city located in the canyon at the entrance of Nanyang, then Kunyang and Wuyang are two cities on the upper and lower sides of the exit of Nanyang.

Kunyang is in the north, nestled against Diaoya Mountain, probably in Xiali Township, southwest of Ye County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province.

The location of Wuyang is in Xindian Town of Ye County in later generations. The distance between the two places is about [-] kilometers, which just blocks the exit of Nanyang on the left and the right.

To some extent, the historical battle of Kunyang was a battle to defend Nanyang.

The only difference with Shen Chen now is that Shen Chen occupies Kunyang and other places, and can go north to Yingchuan at any time, so Cao Cao can't care about him.

But Wang Mang realized that the Green Forest Army was a greater threat, so he sent a large army south, but was blocked in Kunyang.

Therefore, the strategic significance of Kunyang, Wuyang, and Ye County is self-evident.

Whoever can capture these three counties will basically control the main traffic routes from Nanyang to the south and even Jingzhou.

At the moment, Shen Chen ordered the army to besiege Wuyang, rest for a day, and officially attack tomorrow.

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And just as Shen Chen was looking at the Kunyang area of ​​Xiangcheng, Xu Du also got the news that Xia Houyuan was ambushed.

It wasn't until this time that Xun Yu realized that Shen Chen's real intention was not Xu Du at all, because if his goal was Xu Du, he would not let Xia Houyuan go. Wouldn't it be good to go straight to Xu Du after the complete annihilation?

So at this time, he has realized that something may happen in Wuyang, Ye County, Kunyang and other places. For this reason, he can only contact Man Chong Li Tong, and at the same time send someone north to report to Cao Cao.

Two days later, Shen Chen broke through Wuyang and beheaded Wang Zhong.Since then, the three counties in the Nanyang Gate have been controlled by him. Based on this, he marched into Xiangcheng and threatened Xudu.

At the same time, Cao Cao, who was still in the area of ​​Yanjin and Baima at this time, had just finished beheading Yanliang and Zhu Wenchou, was now evacuating in the direction of Guandu.

Cao Cao knew very well that these were only Yuan Shao's vanguard troops, and the scale of troops used by Yuan Shao in this battle was unprecedented.

There are too many things that need to be coordinated with such a huge force, such as food, supplies, personnel deployment, weapons and equipment, and siege equipment, the time spent may even be calculated in years.

From last year to this year, Yuan Shao has made sufficient preparations in secret, but he has not found any suitable excuses. Although he issued a call for Cao Cao, it is not very convincing, so it can only be regarded as an undercurrent, not a real one. of war.

Until the incident of Yidaizhao broke out this year, Yuan Shao finally found an opportunity and used this as an excuse to send troops to Yanzhou immediately.Although Cao Cao resisted with difficulty, killed Yan Liang and punished Wen Chou, and fought and retreated, he could only passively defend in the end.

Therefore, for him, the most important thing now is to stabilize the Guandu defense line. In addition to the front line of about 3 people, the counties of Kaifeng, Chenliu, Weishi and other counties along the way must also deploy troops.

Guandu is located in Zhongmou County in the later generations, which is located directly north of Xudu. The most important reason for choosing to defend here is the terrain here.

There are several rivers such as Honggou Water, Sewer Water, Langdang Canal, and Bian River converging here. The surrounding area of ​​Guandu River is silted up, which is not suitable for cavalry and large-scale army battles, so it is the best choice to place the decisive battle here.

More importantly, there are several cities and rivers to protect the south of Guandu. Although it is a smooth road, there are many obstacles. Even if Yuan Shao divides his troops to go south, the number of people is small enough to see, and there are too many people along the way. The risk of running out of food cannot be avoided at all.

When Cao Cao returned to Guandu, he immediately inspected the military camps and defense facilities.

The south bank of the Guandu River is like a large construction site at this time, with tents stretching for miles, trenches, watchtowers, earthen hills and other fortifications are countless, and there are endless camps.

On a dirt hill to the west of the South Bank of Guandu, Cao Cao was surrounded by Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Guan Yu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Mao Jie, Dong Zhao and others.

These people accompanied him to inspect the various camps, constantly making suggestions and revisions, and making these camps more solid.

Cao Cao overlooked the entire construction site, noticed the layout not far away, pointed to a corner of a certain camp, and said to Xu Chu beside him, "Send someone to build another archery tower over there."

"only."

Xu Chu went as ordered.

Guo Jia said: "Ming Gong's stronghold is extremely strong, I'm afraid Yuan Shao will only be bumped into Guandu when he goes south."

Cao Cao nodded, and then said: "I don't worry about Yuan Shao anymore. The only thing I worry about is the rear. Xudu is too empty now. If Liu Biao and Sun Ce go north, I'm afraid."

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Duke Ming doesn't need to worry. Liu Biao is still pacifying Jingnan. From my point of view, Sun Ce will surely die at the hands of ordinary people."

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was surprised and said, "What's the explanation?"

Guo Jia said: "Sun Cexin merged with Jiangdong, and all he punished were heroes who could win the power of death. However, the strategy is light and unprepared. Although there are millions of people, it is no different from walking alone in the Central Plains. If the assassin falls, The ear of one man's enemy."

"Is that so?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and stroked his chin. He couldn't believe Guo Jia's words, so he nodded noncommittally: "I hope so."

Guo Jia said again: "However, Duke Ming still has to be careful about the other person."

"Who?"

"Shen Chen."

"he?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Last time, this guy just relied on my lack of defense against Zhang Xiu, and was defeated by him in chaos. If he confronted head-on, wouldn't Zi Lian be no match for a yellow-mouthed boy?"

Guo Jia said: "Now Zhang Xiu's counselor, Jia Xu, has come to the court and said that he has urged Zhang Xiu not to send troops, but I am afraid that Shen Chen will be a hindrance. At that time, Zhang Xiu will repent and join his troops. I am afraid that General Li Feng will The troops over there are all useless."

"Well"

Cao Cao thought about it, nodded and said: "At that time, I will ask Cai Yang to support Cao Hong, so I can take precautions."

"So much the better."

Guo Jia responded.

At this time, a messenger cavalry suddenly came from the foot of the earth mountain, and said anxiously: "Report!"

"What's the matter?"

Cao Cao turned his head, and the messenger had already come up.

"Shen Chen from Nanyang led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the north, pretending to attack Xudu, Xun Lingjun feared that Kunyang and other places in Ye County had already fallen!"

said the messenger.

"what?"

Cao Cao was shocked.

Say Shen Chen, Shen Chen is here!
(End of this chapter)