I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 535 Cao Cao invites Sun Jian to attack Liu Bei

The heavy weapons were driven by pure force to strike violently, and the huge roar echoed on the battlefield, making the hearts of Xia Houyuan and Tai Shici's two nearby people almost jump out.

But this was just the beginning, the two humanoid beasts screamed excitedly, and swung their weapons again and rushed towards each other, their faces full of fanaticism as if meeting a best friend.

They are all first-class fighters in the world, and the way of martial arts seems to have been integrated into their blood. They raised the iron weapons weighing tens of catties horizontally in the most relaxed posture, and swung them with the most astonishing speed and explosive power. hit the hardest.

Since they were opponents in chess, they almost gave up those flashy moves and competed vigorously, smashing weapons like blacksmiths with a loud "clinking" sound.

Everyone watching the battle felt the murderous aura emanating from them!
The horses and weapons of Xiahou Yuan and Tai Shici were mixed together and rolled into a whirlpool, running back and forth on the battlefield.

Wherever these two rushed, the soldiers immediately gave way and let them gallop back and forth!
Xia Houyuan also did his homework on Liu Jian's generals, and knew who Liu Jian's skilled generals were, such as Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc., Xia Houyuan knew everything.

But the person in front of me seems to be incompatible with anyone!

The only possibility is that Zhang He and Zhao Yun under Liu Bei are relatively close...

But just now this person also said that he is Donglai Taishi Ci!
I had never heard of this name before!

Let's listen to his accent, it seems to be from Qingzhou, but there is also a bit of Liaodong accent in it...

There are countless fierce generals under Liu Jian who are accustomed to fighting!
Xia Houyuan fought fiercely with Tai Shici, temporarily in an unbeatable situation.

But war is never a matter of two people!

When Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses collided head-on with Gao Shun's trapped camp, the strength gap between the two sides became apparent.

The main force of Xia Houyuan's army was the elite troops entrusted to him by Cao Cao. These soldiers included those who followed Cao Cao from the north to the south, some who were surrendered by Cao Cao from the Black Mountain Army, and some brave soldiers who were recruited from Danyang after Cao Cao occupied Jiangdong. Most of them ignore life and death and go forward bravely.

However, the level of training of this army is much worse than that of the trapped camp.

Gao Shun's camp has experienced many wars, especially in terms of training, there is almost no one in the entire Han Dynasty that can match Gao Shun.

Cao Chun under Cao Cao's command is better at training cavalry, and Cao Ren also has a certain level of training, but compared with Gao Shun, he is still a little bit worse.

Gao Shun may not be first-class in training and commanding large armies, but he is top-notch in training and commanding thousands of elite soldiers.

Facing the trapped camp, Xia Houyuan's troops wavered uncontrollably and retreated. Xia Houyuan was blocked by Taishi Ci. Ling Cao and Lu Dai were unable to hold their ground, and they did not have enough commanding ability to compete with Gao Shun.

The trapped camp is at every step, they are not in a hurry to attack, they just use their advantages to continuously compress the opponent's combat space.

In the beginning, the trapped camp only had a small-scale advantage, but this gap became bigger and bigger as time went on...

Cao Jun's formation finally collapsed, and the soldiers would not be able to form an effective response posture, and retreated several miles in a row. During this period, Liu Bei had been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, Xia Houyuan was entangled by Tai Shici, and could not get close to Liu Bei for a hundred steps.

When the soldiers and horses retreated, Xiahou Yuan was shot in the back shoulder by an arrow from Tai Shici because he led his left and right troops to retreat in a hurry and neglected the rear!

However, this was because Liu Bei specifically asked Taishi Ci before he went to battle.

Because as far as the current situation is concerned, Liu Bei mainly focuses on rescuing Xuzhou, and he does not want to get too tense with Cao Cao.

Although the previous death of Xiahou Dun was related to Liu Bei, Xiahou Dun committed suicide after all.

But if Xia Houyuan died at the hands of Tai Shici, Liu Bei, the son-in-law of the Cao family, would really be unreasonable.

At least for now, everyone still has the possibility of reconciliation.

Liu Bei loves his wife very much. He loves his wife so much that he doesn't want to make the relationship with the Cao family too rigid for the time being.

After Cao Jun had no choice but to retreat, Liu Bei did not drive his troops to cover up the killing. He just took back the soldiers and horses, and then withdrew his troops step by step.

After Tai Shici returned to the battle, Liu Bei praised Tai Shici a lot.

"No wonder the general traveled thousands of miles to transfer Ziyi from Liaodong to Xuzhou. I didn't expect Ziyi to be such a brave hero! Then Xia Houyuan was a warrior under Cao Cao's command, but he was only beaten by Ziyi and had no choice but to parry. Ziyi is truly a hero!"

Under these compliments, Tai Shici did not feel complacent at all.

"The general praises too much, but Ci only does his best."

Subsequently, Liu Bei, Gao Shun, Tai Shici and others immediately returned to assist Yuan Shu in gathering the remaining defeated generals.

Although Yuan Shu was defeated this time, there are still a lot of soldiers and horses left, and there are many generals alive.

His soldiers and horses were scattered, but because he was originally a wandering army, the troops had almost no food and grass, and if there was no food, they would basically be unable to survive.

Therefore, Liu Bei assisted Yuan Shu to set up camp near Weishan Lake, and at the same time sent Cheng Pu and Han Dang to send his soldiers to various villages to spread the news that Yuan Shu had recalled soldiers at Weishan Lake and that the crime of fleeing before the battle would be forgotten. As long as they are willing to come back, they will all Provide food rations.

Liu Bei's move was a brilliant one. After learning the news, Yuan Shu's defeated troops came towards Weishan Lake one after another.

In a few days, Yuan Shu summoned back most of the remnants and defeated generals.

And Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Yu She, Liang Gang, Chen Ji, Xun Zheng, Le Jiu and other generals rushed back one after another.

After everyone saw Yuan Shu, they all cried and fell to the ground.

After Yuan Shu appeased everyone, he said to Liu Bei, "Xuande, I really made you laugh."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged on the road, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and a small defeat is nothing to worry about! Look for opportunities in the future, and you will surely avenge your blood!"

Liu Bei comforted Yuan Shu very patiently, but to Yuan Shu's ears, it was somewhat harsh.

Yuan Shu's heart is relatively dark, so he also thinks about Liu Bei with more dirty thoughts.

This Liu Bei, who won the battle and showed his prestige, now deliberately said these nice things to perfunctory me, he was afraid that he would laugh at me and laugh at me!
The more he thought about it, the more ashamed and annoyed Yuan Shu felt, and the more disgusting Liu Bei became.

Afterwards, Liu Bei proposed to invite Yuan Shu to return to Tancheng with him to make peace with Tao Qian. The three families gathered to meet the enemy and watch Cao Cao's movements before making calculations.

Although Yuan Shu agreed with his lips, he was aggrieved in his heart.

What is Liu Bei who dares to command me in front of my face?

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Liu Bei took Yuan Shu back towards Tancheng, but Cao Cao, after learning about Xia Houyuan's defeat, did not blame Xia Houyuan.

Logically speaking, Xia Houyuan was indeed responsible for this defeat.

Seeing that Liu Bei had already arrived at Yuan Shu, Xia Houyuan's first reaction should have been to immediately withdraw his troops instead of fighting Liu Bei.

Therefore, Xia Houyuan made major mistakes in military command.

Although the use of soldiers should not be mixed with personal feelings, Cao Cao can somewhat understand Xia Houyuan's behavior.

After all, it was about Xiahoudun's death, and it was only natural that Xiahouyuan was anxious to avenge Xiahoudun.

If Cao Cao criticized Xia Houyuan too harshly because of this incident, it would seem too inhumane.

So Cao Cao had a talk with Xia Houyuan...a deep talk.

"Wonderful talent, the death of Yuan Rang has nothing to do with me. It was Cao's improper command at that time that caused Yuan Rang to fall into a tight siege by the enemy, giving Liu Bei and Zhao Yun an opportunity to take advantage of."

"But Yuan Rang did not die in Liu Bei's hands. According to Cao's judgment at the time, Liu Bei wanted to capture Yuan Rang alive and use Yuan Rang as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Cao."

"But it's a pity that Yuan Rang had a strong temper and was unwilling to surrender. He committed suicide in front of the three armies. Cao felt sad but also felt relieved. Yuan Rang did not want to surrender to the enemy and committed suicide in public. He really lived up to the heroes of the ancestors of the Xiahou family. .”

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Xia Houyuan's eyes turned red and tears flowed out.

"How could Yuan Rang's death have anything to do with Duke Ming?"

"On the battlefield, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. I understand these principles. Because of a moment of anger, Yuan went to war with Liu Bei. It really violated the military law. Today, he is willing to be the military law. Even if Minggong killed me, Xiahou Yuan And I will never complain about Minggong."

After finishing speaking, Xia Houyuan knelt down in front of Cao Cao in public.

Cao Cao hurriedly stepped forward to help Xia Houyuan up, and said: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs, and there is nothing like this. I have ordered people to go to Sun Jian's camp and invite Sun Jian to attack Liu Bei together."

"After all, Liu Xuande is the number one general under Liu Jian. Please let Cao have a good meeting with him this time."

Xia Houyuan was shocked when he heard Cao Cao's words.

"Then Sun Jian is a general under Yuan Shao's command. Will he follow Duke Ming's order and join us in attacking Liu Bei?"

Cao Cao laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Sun Jian is a general under Yuan Shao's command. Isn't it that I, Cao Cao, am not a general under Yuan Shao's command? This time, I must invite Sun Jian to attack Liu Bei together, so that Liu Xuande can also know that we are definitely not easy to deal with. .”

(End of this chapter)