Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 299 Cao Cao: This feeling is familiar to me!

familiar!

This feels so familiar!
At that time, Chunyu Qiong was guarding Wuchao, but he was drunk and neglected his duties. I took advantage of the opportunity and defeated Wuchao, thus repelling Yuan Shao's troops.

Peng Ying's strategy today can't be said to be similar, it can be said to be exactly the same!
Cao Cao was immediately overjoyed, and stepped forward to support Peng Ying, saying: "Sir, your coming here is like a timely rain after a long drought, a timely rain!"

"Come here, take the gentleman to wash up quickly. I want to drink with the gentleman tonight and welcome him!"

Peng Ying thanked him immediately.

But he thought to himself: "Yes! This is a wise leader!"

"Which of Sun Quan and Liu Bei can compare with Cao Cao?"

"I have wasted several years, and today I finally meet a wise master!"

That means he is satisfied and leaves the tent.

Seeing him leave, Zhang Liao stepped forward and said, "How can the grain storage in Jiangdong be unprepared?"

"The King of Wei should not go there lightly, for fear that Peng Ying is up to something!"

Cao Cao said firmly, "No, Peng Ying's coming here means that Jiangdong will be defeated by heaven! My army is coming here today, but we want to win a quick battle. It is better to sit and wait for the two armies of Jiangdong and Liu Bei to come and press us."

"Besides, if Peng Ying had any intention, why would he stay in our camp?"

"I have made up my mind today. I will definitely carry out the grain robbery. Please do not doubt it."

Zhang Liao said: "In this case, we should also make a feint to the east and attack to the west, so as not to be discovered by Jiangdong."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's right!"

So he ordered Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Cao Hong to lead an army to attack Shouchun, ready to fight a desperate battle with Jiangdong.

He led the army of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Yu Jin, and was followed by Cao Xiu and Cao Zhang who led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and also brought Peng Ying with him. They flew the flag of Jiangdong, and the soldiers all carried bundles of grass and firewood, and they held their mouths shut and their horses were reined in. At dusk, they marched towards Jiujiang.

The sky was full of stars that night.

Cao Cao led his troops on a night march and passed by a camp on the east side of the Yangtze River. The soldiers in the camp asked where the troops and horses were from.

Peng Ying stepped forward and said to the crowd, "It's Xu Sheng's troops, ordered to come here to protect the grain!"

The Jiangdong soldiers called out, "Are there any orders to transfer?"

Peng Ying shouted in response: "I have to receive the order from the governor, where does the transfer order come from?"

"We are here to protect the food. If you don't want us to be here, you can leave now!"

"But if the governor asks about it in the future, don't blame us for saying it's your fault!"

Peng Ying responded confidently, and the people of Jiangdong saw that they were indeed under their own banners and there were no differences in the details, so they did not have many doubts.

In this way, wherever he went, Peng Ying would come forward and pretend to be there, and there would be no hindrance.

By the time we reached Jiujiang, it was already the fourth watch.

The sky was gradually turning white, so Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to light fires around the bundles of grass. The officers and generals rushed in with drums beating, and immediately the sound of killing arose!
Zheng Quan had just finished drinking with his generals and was lying drunk in his tent. When he heard the noise of drums, he jumped up and asked, "Why is there so much noise?"

Before he could finish his words, he was dragged over by the hook.

Turning around, I saw two unfamiliar generals.

Each of them had sharp eyes, staring at him!

Zheng Quan shouted: "Who are you waiting for?"

Then they heard the two men shouting, "It's Zhang Liao and Xu Huang from the King of Wei's tent!"

When Zheng Quan heard that it was Cao's soldiers, he was immediately terrified and tried to escape, but was entangled by the hook. Zhang Liao was even more determined to seek revenge and avenge the loss of Hefei.

He took three steps at a time and took two, then stepped forward and slashed at Zheng Quan, killing him instantly!

Just when the grain was being burned, several deputy generals from Jiangdong who had just returned from transporting grain saw the fire on the city and rushed to help.

Cao's army quickly reported to Cao Cao, saying: "The enemy troops are behind us. Please divide our forces to resist them."

Cao Cao shouted, "The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are out! Don't let any of them escape!"

Cao Xiu and Cao Zhang immediately led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry out in full force, and all the generals rushed to attack. In an instant, flames rose in all directions and smoke filled the sky.

The Jiangdong soldiers were unable to resist and were all killed by Cao's army, and all their food and grass were burned.

Cao Cao was in high spirits after the great victory, but he said to Peng Ying, who had made great contributions this time, "Now all the grain stored in Jiujiang has been burned. Jiangdong can no longer attack Shouchun. But how can we take Hefei back? We still need to think of a plan."

Peng Ying said: "Lu Xun knows that Jiujiang is on fire, so he must come to rescue, but he can intercept the reinforcements on the way!"

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, and thought to himself, "If Lu Xun is capable, he would know that Jiujiang cannot be rescued."

"It will be futile to ambush here!"

"It seems that Peng Ying doesn't have much ability."

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's opinion of Peng Ying immediately dropped a few points, but he said on the surface: "Mr. What you said is correct, but I am afraid that Lu Xun dare not come to rescue. I want to launch a surprise attack on Hefei. If I am fast enough, I will be able to cut off Lu Xun's retreat and trap all his troops in Huainan!"

However, Peng Ying didn't realize that Cao Cao's evaluation of him had dropped significantly.

At this moment, he really thought that he thought Lu Xun didn't dare to come here, so he said: "What the King of Wei said is very true. If we can cut off Lu Xun's retreat, the tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers will have nowhere to go and will definitely surrender to the King of Wei."

"Jiangdong has lost this elite army. I'm afraid it will no longer be able to fight!"

Speaking of this, Peng Ying gritted his teeth again.

It can be seen that he hates Jiangdong so much!
And his expression made Cao Cao feel a little more satisfied.

There are many people around Cao Cao who are disloyal at the moment. Peng Ying hates Jiangdong so much and he ran away from Chengdu, which makes Cao Cao feel more at ease.

With this plan in mind, Cao Cao did not stop at all and headed towards Hefei!
But Lu Xun was in his tent when he heard the news that Jiujiang was ablaze. He realized that the grain storage was lost, so he hurried out of the tent to summon civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

Xu Sheng said: "I and Dong Xi will go to rescue him together!"

Quan Cong, who followed the army to fight, heard this and said no: "No! Cao's army is robbing food, Cao Cao must be there in person. Since Cao has gone out by himself, the army that is attacking now must be a fake army. You can let your troops attack Cao Cao's army first!"

"Cao Cao will return quickly when he hears this. This is Sun Bin's plan to besiege Wei and save Zhao!"

Xu Sheng said, "That's not true! Cao Cao is very resourceful, and he must be prepared for the unexpected when he goes out. If we attack the army now and fail to take it, I'm afraid the whole army will be defeated here!"

Quan Cong was filled with hatred and said, "Cao Cao only cared about robbing food, why did he leave soldiers in the army?"

In this way, he repeatedly requested to attack Cao Cao's main army, believing that the momentum of the fake troops could be broken in one go without wasting any effort.

Conquer their main army, destroy their camp, and lure Cao Cao back to relieve the crisis in Jiujiang.

But no matter what Quan Cong said, Lu Xun had a gloomy face and just didn't respond.

At the moment, the Grand Commander of Eastern Wu was not listening to Xu Sheng's words, nor was he listening to Quan Cong's words. He seemed to be trapped in his own world.

This made Xu Sheng and Quan Cong look at each other in bewilderment, wondering what their great commander-in-chief was up to.

Whether it's to rescue or to attack the army, there has to be an explanation, right?
Just when he was getting impatient, he finally heard Lu Xun say, "The loss of Jiujiang is due to my poor use of personnel. Shouchun cannot be attacked again. Return to Hefei as soon as possible!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, not understanding why they were so anxious.

Jiujiang was lost, but the main force was not affected!
We can still rescue or attack Shouchun, so why give up just now?
However, Lu Xun seemed to have made up his mind. After he finished speaking, he issued a military order and immediately returned to Hefei!

(End of this chapter)