Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 80 The Death of Le Jin
Le Jin's army collapsed, and all that was left was to hunt and kill.

A large number of Cao's troops fled southward, and some were even forced to jump directly into the billowing water.

Gan Ning kept chasing Le Jin. Le Jin fought and retreated, surrounded by thousands of people.

At this moment, he was at the end of his rope, with nowhere to go, and was slowly forced to the bank of the Floating River, with only a few guards around him.

The scattered Cao troops on the battlefield in the distance were captured, and more Cao troops were cut down to the ground. At this time, even if Cao Cao came over, he was powerless.

"Le Jin, surrender."

Shen Chen came out on horseback, looked at this brave man, and said loudly: "Cao Cao killed Dian Wei because of his lust, such a person is not worth your life."

Le Jin stood on the bank of the Fei River, looked at the Jingzhou army crowding around, and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, all loyal ministers have never served two masters. Since I have served as Duke Cao, how can I live against my master?"

Shen Chen said: "If you fought and died fighting for Cao Cao, no one would praise your bravery. But Cao Cao raped his aunt and forced Zhang Xiu to rebel. It's really ridiculous to kill our generals for this reason Extremely."

Le Jin remained silent. He actually didn't know why Zhang Xiu rebelled. He only knew that the Xiliang army suddenly launched a sneak attack and broke through Cao Cao's main camp, resulting in the deaths of Dian Wei, Cao Ang and Cao Anmin, and Cao Cao withdrew from Wuyin.

After all, this incident was considered a scandal. When Le Jin sent people to investigate, it was impossible for Cao Cao to tell him the whole story, so he didn't understand the cause and effect of the incident until now.

And Le Jin also believed that Shen Chen was telling the truth, because there was no need to lie to him in itself.

He has reached the point of desperation, life and death are just a matter of words, even if they want to recruit him and use lies, how can he continue to work hard when he learns the truth afterwards?
What's more, Le Jin was actually Cao Cao's personal bodyguard in his early years, and he was very clear about his master's temperament. Basically, he couldn't walk around when he saw a beautiful woman, and he was completely capable of such things as a prostitute aunt .

So he did not doubt the authenticity of Shen Chen's words.

But he has a strong personality. Even if he knew that Cao Cao had killed countless soldiers because of this kind of thing, he finally smiled miserably and said: "Mr. Too much to say. Are you in command of this battle?"

"it's me."

"It's very young, looks like fourteen five, what's your name?"

"Shen Chen, I'm 12 years old this year."

Shen Chen looked at him blankly: "When Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou, I was one of them. My relatives, more than a hundred members of the Deng and Shen families were massacred by Cao Jun."

"Oh."

Le Jin nodded, laughed loudly and said, "I remembered, Zixiao's ear must have been cut off by you."

"Now he is not only an ear, but his head has also been cut off by me to pay homage to the dead."

"Well, then it seems that I will see him soon."

"Yes, you still don't want to surrender?"

"It's useless to talk too much."

"Well."

Shen Chen waved his hand and shouted, "Kill them."

"bring it on."

Le Jin grinned, and clenched the ring-shou knife in his hand, contentedly and fearlessly.

At this time, Shen Chen had already turned his horse's head to stop looking, and the sound of weapons clashing and screams soon came from behind.

Surrounded by thousands of troops, and beside the muddy river, even if Lu Bu was riding a red rabbit horse, it would be a dead end.

Unless Le Jin has Gan Ning's swimming ability and can swim in rough water, otherwise, there is no way out.

One of the five good generals was lost, and Dian Wei, Cao Ren, and Cao Ang were lost. This battle can be regarded as recovering the interest in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou.

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"It hurts me too!"

More than two hundred miles away from Wancheng, Wuyin County, the backyard of the county government office.

When Cao Cao got the news that Dianwei Cao Ang and Cao Anmin died in battle, his heart felt like cramping for a while, and he almost fainted.

At this time, his shoulders were still wrapped with bandages, but the arrow wound on his arm was far less than the grief in his heart, and his whole body was crumbling, and he collapsed in the corridor in the courtyard.

Cao Hong and Yu Jin looked at each other, but dared not say a word.

Although they swear in their hearts that the cause of this matter is not your own fault, but they dare not say it, and naturally they dare not ask.

After half a sound.

Cao Cao regained his composure, gritted his teeth and said, "Where are their bodies now?"

"It should still be outside Wancheng."

Cao Hong replied: "The spies in the past saw that the Xiliang army was cleaning the battlefield, and there were many corpses that no one restrained."

Cao Cao covered his head and said in mourning, "Send the dead men to retrieve their bodies."

"only."

Cao Hong responded and left.

After a while, Cao Cao asked Yu Jin again: "Where are Zi Xiao and Wen Qian now?"

Yu Jin said: "I have already sent someone to ask. Zixiao is far away, and he has not replied yet. Wen Qian has returned from Anzhong and will arrive in Wuyin soon."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Continue to send messengers to contact Zixiao and tell Wen Qian to be careful when returning."

Yu Jin said: "Duke Ming, don't worry, that Zhangxiu just took advantage of the night to attack us, and let him win by being caught off guard. If there is a fierce battle in the wild, Wen Qian may not be afraid of him, and our army can respond at any time."

"That's fine."

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of Dian Wei and Cao Ang again, he only felt angina, his head was buzzing, and he waved his hand to signal Yu Jin to go to work first.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Yu Jin knew that Cao Cao was in a bad mood at the moment, so he immediately went down to arrange things.

He was actually not worried about Le Jin.

What I said to Cao Cao just now was not a boast, but a statement of a fact.

Zhang Xiu's troops were seriously insufficient. The reason why he defeated Cao Cao was nothing more than a sneak attack in the middle of the night. If he met head-on, Zhang Xiu might not be able to defeat Le Jin's troops.

Once Le Jin was in the process of withdrawing from Wuyin, Zhang Xiu dared to send troops to attack, and the news reached Wuyin, Cao Cao could immediately go to support.

At that time, not to mention saving Le Jin, even Zhang Xiu's troops may be directly wiped out by Cao Cao.

So neither Cao Cao nor Yu Jin was worried about Le Jin's safety.

The only thing that made them feel that something was wrong was that until now, there seemed to be no feedback from Cao Ren.

However, considering that Huyang is indeed far away, it is normal to delay for a day or two, so they did not rush blindly at the first moment, but sent scouts to continue the investigation and wait for the exact news.

It's just that they must have never imagined that Liu Biao's army had actually joined the battle a few days ago.Moreover, Cao Ren and Le Jin were already in Nanyang, and they would never come back.

Therefore, in the near future, they must undergo a baptism of grief.

Cao Cao waited until after Yu Jin had left, and then he covered his chest and curled up under the wooden porch, the tears he had been holding back fell patter patter.

He huddled himself into a ball and buried his head in his arms.

A low sobbing sound came out from the bosom, and the snot and tears wet the clothes on the chest, soaked the inner clothes, and gathered into a ball on the wooden boards under the corridor.

"Zixiu, Dian Wei woo woo woo woo."

The spring breeze in February blew across the ground, gently shaking the small trees in the courtyard, and a few fallen leaves were blown down by the wind, flying and circling in the air, and slowly floated to Cao Cao's side.

The sun was hanging high, and the warm sunlight passed through the small courtyard and shone through the shaded branches of the trees, shining dappledly on a crying middle-aged man.

It seemed that only his crying was left in the world.

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Liu Biao got the news after the third day of the battle of Huangmenting.

Gan Ning was still his general in name, so he wrote an official document and sent it to Xiangyang the day after Cao Ren's fall.

Only then did he know that there was not only the bad news of Zhang Xiu's surrender in Nanyang, but also the news of Huyang being attacked.

However, he was gratified that Gan Ning, the guard of Huyang, did not live up to his expectations. Not only did he defend Huyang, but he also cooperated with Deng Hong, who was on his annual leave at Huangmen Pavilion, to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

Originally, according to his intention, since Zhang Xiu had surrendered to Cao Cao, the entire Nanyang army must be shrunk and defended to the front line around Xiangyang.

Huyang is still a bit far from Xiangyang. He intends to transfer Gan Ning to Caiyang in the back, so that the three lines of defense, Deng County in the northwest of Xiangyang, Fancheng in the north, and Caiyang in the northeast, will be able to cooperate with the defenders of Xiangyang. Resist Cao Cao's attack.

After all, Liu Biao had already prepared for the worst at that time, thinking that Cao Cao would get Nanyang without any effort, and would probably attack Xiangyang, just like Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Xiangyang that year.

In the end, it never occurred to Gan Ning to repel the invading enemy, so Liu Biao thought, let Gan Ning continue to investigate the situation, and if the situation is not right, he will retreat to Huyang.

However, on the fifth day, which was the fifth day after the battle of Huangmenting, and the third day after Zhang Xiuyin attacked Cao Cao, he got new information.

Shen Chen wiped out Le Jin on the banks of the Feishui River. On the same day, Deng Hong sailed south along the Feishui River and went to Xiangyang to report.

At this moment, at Xiangyang State Shepherd's Mansion, upon hearing that Deng Hong was back, Liu Biao hurriedly said, "Let him in quickly."

When Deng Hong came in, he saw a lot of people in the hall.

This time, it was not only Kuai Liang, Liu He, Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xian and other state officials, but also some guests.

Such as Fu Xun, Yi Ji, Wang Can, Du Kui and others, as well as Cai Mao, the prefect of Nanjun, and Zhang Yun, the guard of Fancheng, were also among them at this time.

Except for Kuai Yue, the prefect of Zhangling, who is still in Zhangling, Liu Biao's main advisers are basically here.

It is worth mentioning that Deng Yi, the former official, had a falling out with Liu Biao.

Because last year when Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, Liu Biao sent people to form an alliance with Yuan Shao while offering sacrifices to Liu Xie. Deng Yi dissuaded him, but Liu Biao refused to listen, and Deng Yi abandoned his official position and left.

Therefore, at this time Deng Yi was no longer there, and the newly added Jingzhou Biejia was named Liu Guan, whose name was Wangzhi.

At this moment, there are more than [-] officials and counselors in the big and small prefectures gathered together.

Deng Hong stepped into the hall, cupped his hands and said, "Duke Ming."

"sit down."

Liu Biao waved his hand.

Deng Hong went to his seat and sat down.

In fact, his position is not too low, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are naturally sitting in the first place next to Liu Biao.

The rest are their meritorious service, and they are Kuai Liang, Liu He, Liu Xian, Zhuge Xuan, and Deng Hong in order.

So Deng Hong is considered to be in the upper middle position.

After he sat down, Liu Biao looked at him and asked, "You Shuo, how is the battle in Nanyang going?"

Deng Hong smiled and said: "Congratulations to Duke Ming, congratulations to Duke Ming, you have won a great victory."

"A big victory?"

Liu Biao was dumbfounded at the time, what's the matter?
You know, although he has deployed tens of thousands of people outside, Zhang Yun is not reliable at all except for Wenpin.

Since Cao Cao entered Nanyang, the war has been going on for almost half a month. He knows nothing except that Cao Cao is coming fiercely, Zhang Xiu has surrendered, Nanyang has fallen, and Gan Ning repelled the invading enemy.

Because Wenpin actually fought Lejin in the Anzhong area, but he withdrew after only a little contact. His troops were not many, and he couldn't stand the toss with Cao Jun.

Therefore, there is very little information on Wenpin's side, and he has no way to spread out his scouting forces, so naturally he cannot get the other party's information.

And what about Zhang Yun?

There are still more than 1 horses under his command, squatting in Fancheng every day, not even sending out a few scouts.

Therefore, apart from Wenpin reporting to him some news about Cao Jun's general Le Jin Kou Lue'anzhong Rangcheng, Liu Biao's eyes are dark now, and he still doesn't know the specific situation of Nanyang.

Originally thought that the situation in Nanyang was very bad, but Deng Hong suddenly returned to Xiangyang by boat today, and the first thing he said was to tell him that he had won a big victory.

What does this mean?
Deng Hong said: "Duke Ming, Zhang Xiu feigned surrender and defeated Cao's army at night. After repelling the invading Cao army from Huyang, General Gan pursued all the way and beheaded Cao Ren at Huangmen Pavilion in Xinye. He happened to meet Le Jin , Le Jin retreated to Jiyang, and then defeated Le Jin on the banks of the Feishui River. Cao Cao himself also retreated to Wuyang, and his entire army was almost wiped out."

"Is there such a thing?"

Liu Biao was shocked at the time. Two days ago, he told Zhang Xiu to surrender, and Nanyang fell. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a false surrender. Cao Cao was defeated and almost wiped out his entire army.

Is the world changing too fast, or is he unable to keep up with the times?
Deng Hong clasped his hands and said, "Yes, in this battle we wiped out Cao Ren's and Le Jin's troops. Gan Ning alone wiped out nearly [-] Cao's troops. General Zhang has already led his troops to Wuyin and is preparing to continue the attack. Cao Cao, Duke Ming, and Hong think that this is a good time to take advantage of the victory and pursue them."

"Master Ming can't."

As soon as his words fell, someone stood up and said: "Cao Cao welcomes the emperor, and he is orthodox. If he is annihilated, the court may blame him."

"Indeed."

Kuai Liang also stood up and said: "Although Cao Cao came to attack me in Jingzhou first, he was attacking Zhang Xiu in the name of the emperor after all, rather than sending troops to Minggong. The blame must be placed on Duke Ming."

Liu Biao noticed that Kuai Liang had winked at him, so he nodded slightly and said, "That's true. Let's forget about the pursuit of the victory. Deng Hong, let Gan Ning come back and let him continue to stay in Huyang. That's it."

Deng Hong glanced at Liu Biao in surprise, and quickly remembered what Shen Chen had said to him before returning to Xiangyang, then bowed his head and cupped his hands and said, "Yes, but Minggong, Hong has something else to do."

"What's the matter?"

"Zhang Xiu is now feigning surrender to Cao Cao and defeating Cao Cao. He asked me to ask Duke Ming for an alliance. What do you think?"

"That's it."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and said, "Then let him go, it's still the same as before."

"only."

Deng Hong cupped his hands and said, "Then I will go to Nanyang immediately, recall Gan Ning, and declare Duke Ming's wishes to Zhang Xiu."

"Ah."

Liu Biao nodded in satisfaction, looked around, stroked his beard and smiled, "Everyone, let's go."

"only!"

Many subordinate officials got up and left one after another. Before Zhuge Xuan left, he coughed twice, and his complexion was not very good. Since last winter, he seemed to have caught a cold, and he has not recovered.

After everyone left, Liu Biao looked at Kuai Liang and asked, "Zirou, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)