Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 128 Cao Cao is back

"I am the dignified young master, why can't I see His Majesty?"

"Not allowed to see is not allowed to see. Sikong has an order. In order to prevent the rebels from bewitching His Majesty, no one can see the emperor until Sikong returns."

"you!"

At the gate of the east gate of the Xudu Imperial Palace, on the road paved with bluestone slabs, Kong Rong pointed at the Su Weijun at the gate, so angry that he couldn't speak.

It was the early summer of April, but there was a light rain in Xudu today. In the pattering rain, Cao Cao's old guards stood standing under the palace gate, holding their weapons firmly in both hands, staring at Kong Rong without saying a word.

They were ready to draw their swords at any time, if he dared to take another step forward and forcefully break through the palace gate, these guards would never show mercy just because Kong Rong was the young mansion of one of the nine ministers.

"Wen Jugong, forget it."

The 25-year-old Yang Xiu next to him pulled Kong Rong back.

Since Mi Heng was sent to Liu Biao by Cao Cao the year before last, and Liu Biao used a trick to kill someone with a borrowed knife and sent Mi Heng to Huang Zu to kill him, Kong Rong's only friend in Xudu was Yang Xiu.

Pulled under the carriage by Yang Xiu, there was a bamboo mat on the carriage, which was like a big parasol to shelter from the rain. Kong Rong punched the carriage angrily, and said angrily: "Cao Cao is really going too far. How is it different to imprison the Son of Heaven?"

"Wen Jugong, don't talk nonsense, go back first."

Yang Xiu was startled, and looked guiltyly at the guard at the palace gate not far away, then hurriedly pulled Kong Rong into the carriage, and ordered the driver to return to the Shaofu mansion as soon as possible.

After the two went back, Kong Rong and Yang Xiu said in private in the backyard: "Shen Chen wrote to tell me that he will attack Xudu to please the emperor. I want to report to the emperor, and then find a way to cooperate with him internally and externally. What do you think?"

Yang Xiu shook his head and said: "I advise Duke Wen Ju to give up this idea. The more Cao Cao is at this time, the more he will take the emperor seriously. The guards at the gate of the palace firmly control the palace, and they cannot enter or exit."

"hateful!"

Kong Rong was so angry that he said viciously: "The Cao thief actually hijacked the emperor and bullied the emperor. If it hadn't been for the edict issued by His Majesty at the beginning of this year, I would not have known that His Majesty's situation has reached such a state."

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "My father was also scolded by Cao Cao's excuses, and now he dares not do anything at home all day long. Cao Cao bullies His Majesty, and we dare not speak out."

"Ugh."

Kong Rong sighed, and now he hated himself for being so blind at the beginning, believing Cao Cao's big-eyed nonsense, thinking that he was sincere to the emperor?
As a result, now that the emperor has been hijacked, Cao Cao is in control of power, and his cronies are everywhere inside and outside the city, what should we do?

Both of them sighed, and now they couldn't help Shen Chen in Linying.

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In Guandu, on the day Shen Chen arrived in Linying, Cao Cao had already turned around and started heading south.

The information he got was actually delayed information, that is, the news that Shen Chen might have broken Ye County at present, but he didn't know that Shen Chen broke Ye County a few days ago, and now he is almost in Linying.

But it was impossible for Cao Cao to place his hope on the fact that the enemy did not come. He would plan for the worst, so he thought at that time that Shen Chen might already be on his way to Xudu, and might even have arrived in Xiangcheng or even Lin Ying.

Therefore, he immediately summoned all the cavalry and led the team himself, just like he later personally led the cavalry to Wuchao, galloping towards Xudu in the starry night.

Wuchao is 35 kilometers away from Guandu, and Xudu is [-] kilometers away from Guandu. In terms of distance, if Cao Cao was an infantry, it would take at least two days to arrive, but he is a cavalry soldier, so it only took one day to get there. Arrived in Xudu.

Before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao had very few cavalry, less than 1000.

But he has one person to thank.

Wen Chou.

In the Battle of Yanjin, Wen Chou's entire army was wiped out, and Cao Cao brought five or six thousand horses.

So now Cao Cao has a group of cavalry.

This is why he was able to gallop 35 kilometers overnight to set fire to Wuchao during the Battle of Guandu.

At this moment, when Shen Chen's troops arrived in Linying, Cao Cao was on his way back.

Linying County.

Occupation of this county is not troublesome.

There were almost no guards in the city, and it was easily taken down by him.

The location of Linying County in the Han Dynasty is different from that of the later Linying, which is directly south of Xuchang.

In the Han Dynasty, Linying was in the northwest of Linying in later generations, and in the southwest of Xuchang, just in the middle of Xiangcheng and Xuchang.

This is also the reason why when Xiangcheng was occupied and soldiers entered Linying again, they arrived at the gate of Xuchang.

In order to buy time for Cao Cao, Xun Yu asked Li Dian to lead the army to conquer Shen Chen, and he must not be allowed to go to the city of Xudu. The impact and destructive power would be too great for Cao Cao to bear.

So when Shen Chen had just occupied Linying the day before, and was about to set off for Xudu in the light rain the next day, Cao Jun had already appeared outside the northern city.

Li Dian did not directly attack the city, he set up camp outside the city, obviously wanting to use the camp as a defensive point to prevent Shen Chen from going north.

After all, for both sides, Shen Chen actually belongs to the attacking side, but he is currently in the city.

"Achen."

In the slanting wind and drizzle, Gan Ning looked at Cao Jun in the distance outside the city, with a piece of dog's tail grass in his mouth, and said, "They are camping, how about attacking now?"

Shen Chen looked into the distance and said, "I don't think the enemy would be so stupid to come and camp in front of us, there must be fraud inside."

"what do you mean?"

"Send someone to test it out and you'll know."

"Okay, I'll go."

Gan Ning turned his head and went down the city, now he just felt his blood boiling, he had hit Xudu, and he was about to meet the emperor.

Linying city wall is old and mottled, the city gate slowly opened, Gan Ning was riding on horseback, their cavalry was actually not many, only a hundred or so, but Gan Ning led thousands of infantry behind him, like a long dragon marching towards the city. Attacked outside the city.

There are some hills and hills outside the northern city. It is early summer and the vegetation is lush. Li Dian's army snuggled up near a forest, felled the trees, and began to build camps on the spot.

Amidst the pattering raindrops, Gan Ning rushed across the river like a galloping dragon, and took the lead to charge towards the camp that the enemy was still building.

Before they got close, the soldiers who were building the wall dropped the wood and the tools to build the camp in extreme panic one by one, and ran towards the forest like birds and beasts.

Gan Ning keenly noticed that these people were not soldiers at all.

One is that the quality is relatively low, and the other is that it is almost impossible for him to see an old man with a vicissitudes of life.

So obviously, as Shen Chen expected, there was indeed a fraud in it.

Soon after he pursued, the forest was filled with people, and Gan Ning could even vaguely see the black uniform of Cao Jun. Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to stop about 150 meters away, and laughed loudly: "No! Playing with you guys, withdraw."

Then withdraw the troops and go back.

At this time, Li Dian in the forest looked at his leaving back indifferently. This was indeed Li Dian's idea. If he directly built the camp, he would definitely be attacked. So let the craftsmen wear soldiers' clothes and pretend to be soldiers to attract the enemy to attack. .

Anyway, the life of the craftsman is not a fortune in their eyes, but it is a pity that the enemy was not fooled, otherwise if they chased them into the forest, the rain of arrows would definitely give them a taste.

"how?"

Gan Ning came back soon, and Shen Chen went up to inquire.

"There is an ambush."

After returning, Gan Ning wiped the rain from his face with a sackcloth, walked to the eaves under the tower, and said to Shen Chen who had been watching, "They are hiding in the forest."

"guessed."

Shen Chen nodded.

Gan Ning asked, "Then what should we do now?"

"The old way."

Shen Chen smiled slightly: "Go around here, go straight to Xu Du, and force them to fight."

Gan Ning gave a thumbs up: "You are still smart."

Shen Chen looked into the distance, raised his head to look at the sky, and frowned slightly.

Is the weather helping Cao Cao?

Fighting in the rain had a great influence in ancient times. If you are not careful, you may catch a cold and have a fever, which can kill you.

So at this time, he really couldn't follow the plan.

But fortunately, it is early summer, and it is estimated that it will rain around Qingming, so he still waits patiently.

The best way to mobilize the enemy is naturally to attack the points that the enemy has to defend.

Xudu is the place Cao Jun must defend.

In the Battle of Guandu, the reason why Yuan Shao couldn't learn from Shen Chen was that he came from Hebei, and the supply line was relatively long, unlike Shen Chen who left Nanyang and went to the hinterland of Yingchuan, which was only a hundred kilometers away from Xudu.

In addition, Cao Cao was even more defensive against him, and there were many obstacles along the way to Xuchang.

For example, in history, he placed Zhang Xiu in the area of ​​Chenliu and Jiwu to guard the right wing of Guandu.Place Xiahou Dun in the area of ​​Mengjin and Aocang to defend the left wing of Guandu.

The rear was extremely empty, and the defense line was basically only Cao Hong and Li Tong in Nanyang and Runan respectively. After passing them, they arrived at Xudu.

Therefore, Shen Chen could bypass the enemy's team and go straight to Xu Du's tactics, but Yuan Shao couldn't.

Soon time passed by every minute and every second.

In the afternoon, the sky returned to clear and the rain finally stopped.

Over there Li Dian was still buried in digging the camp, Shen Chen looked at him with a sneer smile, and said, "Uncle Xingba, pass the order, let's go from the west gate, we don't bother to care about the enemy generals on the opposite side."

"it is good."

Gan Ning laughed and gave the order.

After about ten minutes, 5 soldiers assembled one after another, and after another [-] minutes, the soldiers left Linying City in mighty force.

Li Dian's scouts outside the city discovered this situation and quickly reported it to Li Dian.

Knowing that the other party had no intention of confronting him in Linying at all, and obviously wanted to go straight to Xudu, Li Dian was shocked, but he didn't care so much, so he gave up the repair work and led his troops to stop him.

The two sides fought on the banks of the Lishui River about 500 miles north of Linying. At that time, Li Dian had nearly [-] people, but most of them were improvised teams with no fighting power at all. Shen Chen commanded them to break through and kill Li Dian. A lieutenant general killed [-] enemies and captured thousands of people.

Soon, Li Dian's disbanded army fled back to Xudu. For a while, Xudu was panicked, rumors spread everywhere, and there were princes of aristocratic families who were busy dragging their families to escape.

There are even a large number of family members in the city who sent letters to Shen Chen's barracks to secretly make friends with him.

And on the second day, Cao Cao came back.

(End of this chapter)