Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 390 Battle for Hefei

Once Xing Daorong made a plan, naturally there was no objection.

Everyone said yes and started to prepare together.

Xing Daorong finally left Moling again and headed for Ruxukou, a place built by Sun Quan specifically to deal with the movements of Hefei.

At the moment, Xing Daorong naturally wouldn't bother any more and would just use it.

Regarding Ruxukou, there is even a legend that has begun to emerge since the great battle between the various parties there.

Legend has it that there was a large ship at Ruxukou, which sank in the water. When the water level was low, it would emerge.

The old people said: "This is Cao Cao's boat."

Once there was a fisherman who stayed beside it at night and tied his boat to the big ship. He heard the sounds of flutes, string music and singing coming from the boat, and there was also an unusual fragrance wafting over.

As soon as the fisherman fell asleep, he dreamed that someone drove him away, saying, "Don't get close to the official's singing girl."

Legend has it that Cao Cao's boat carrying singing girls sank here, and the boat is still here today.

The reason for this legend is that there really were various wars in this place in the past.

There are many innocent souls who died in the war!
However, when Xing Daorong arrived here, he would naturally not be affected by this legend.

At the moment, he was setting up a camp in the north of the Yangtze River, and at the same time he asked Zhou Tai to lead the troops in person to the direction of Jingzhou.

Although the inexplicable fight between Sun Quan and Cao's army was definitely a good thing for Jiangdong, there was one thing that Xing Daorong still didn't understand.

I clearly went to Jingzhou to ask for news, so why did the reply from Jingzhou indeed say that there were reinforcements?

Since the reinforcements had arrived, why did they disappear again?

Fearing that there might be some problems, Xing Daorong asked Zhou Tai to go to Jingzhou to get to the bottom of the matter.

Unexpectedly, this guy came back to report the news not long after he went out.

Not only did he share the responsibility of delivering the message, he also brought Guan Ping from Jingzhou with him.

After asking, I found out that it was due to misunderstanding.
"General, when I received your letter last time, I was about to send troops."

"Before the troops were dispatched, Cao's soldiers in Wancheng seemed to make some movements. That's why my father asked me to wait a little."

"I didn't expect that just by waiting like this, something terrible would happen!"

Xing Daorong was immediately amused when he heard what Guan Ping said, but he said to him: "Fortunately you were half a step late. If you were not late, I'm afraid Xu Sheng would have found the right opponent, which would have been bad."

After hearing this, Guan Ping also laughed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? Sun Quan wanted to use a trick, but he didn't expect that God would not help him."

After a while of laughter, Xing Daorong became concerned about the direction of Jingzhou and asked, "The young general said that there was some unusual movement in Wancheng. Is there any trouble?"

Guan Ping shook his head and said: "No need to worry"

Hearing that Guan Ping didn't intend to elaborate, Xing Daorong wasn't worried. After all, Guan Yu was in charge of Jingzhou and he had no business to worry about him.

Right now the most important issue is the fight for Hefei.

Seeing that all the people were finally ready, Xing Daorong also began to make arrangements.

But he said: "Everyone, the battle of Hefei is Cao Zhen's attempt to encircle and kill Sun Quan, or in other words, his target is Cao Zhi."

"But no matter whether it is Cao Zhi or Sun Quan, they are both in Hefei City anyway, so in the final analysis, Cao Zhen wants to take Hefei City."

Lu Xun, who was listening, said, "Cao's army is coming here with about 30,000 soldiers and horses. Hefei can't resist them. We are not here to help Hefei this time, but just to see if we can recover the city."

"So this time, we have to wait for the right opportunity and decide the outcome with one battle!"

"We must not get stuck in a protracted war. That is not what we want."

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin stepped forward and said, "General, rest assured. We are training our troops diligently and must not slack off for even a moment." Guan Ping also said, "It's all up to you, General."

Xing Daorong was very satisfied with what he saw, and he ordered: "The key to this battle is to grasp the timing. It would be best if we could take advantage of the opportunity when Cao Zhen captured the city and send troops."

"If we wait until Hefei falls, or if we send out troops before Cao Zhen has taken the city, it will ruin everything. So we should use scouts to gather more information."

When Bao Long heard this, he immediately became excited!

But he stepped forward and said, "Of course, this matter should be handled by me!"

This is exactly what Xing Daorong meant.

As the saying goes, everyone has his own strengths and specialties. Apart from anything else, Bao Long is indeed good at gathering information.

He laughed and responded, "Old Bao, I will train you a special forces team to gather intelligence. It will be very useful."

Special Forces.
Bao Long tasted the name and thought it sounded very impressive, so he nodded without thinking.

But he said: "As long as the general recommends it, no matter what kind of troops they are, I can lead them well!"

Xing Daorong said with relief: "Then the news about Hefei this time still depends on you."

Bao Long clasped his hands and replied, "Don't worry, General. I will definitely fulfill my mission. I will go right away!"

After saying that, he named a few smart scouts and took them there.

In the Battle of Hefei, timing was indeed a crucial issue, but Xing Daorong's appearance of troops being ready to go meant that Cao's army was not stupid and they naturally knew what was going on.

At this moment, in the Cao army camp twenty miles outside Hefei City, Cao Zhen looked very unhappy.

But he said to Zhang He and other generals: "Everyone! Xing Daorong of Jiangdong is training his troops on the other side of the river, and he is even leading people to set up camp in Jiangbei. It is self-evident what he is thinking."

"If we can't win Hefei quickly, Xing Daorong will definitely take action, which will be troublesome."

Xu Huang said, "Xing Daorong is well versed in military tactics, so he will not miss this opportunity to fish in troubled waters. How about we attack him first?"

Zhang He heard this, but felt that it was not appropriate.

He shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate. If we attack Jiangdong first, even if we can win for a while, will Xing Daorong come back again?"

"They will definitely regroup and attack us. We won't be able to kill them all."

Cao Zhen listened and nodded, and felt that what Zhang He said made a lot of sense.

He looked at Yu Jin again, but saw that he just closed his eyes and didn't say anything. He suddenly felt unhappy again.

This is forbidden.
Since the beginning of the war, when asked what strategies and plans he had, he always said he didn't know.

Although he was able to carry out his military orders conscientiously every time, he usually did so without saying a word.

Cao Zhen naturally knew what was going on.

To put it bluntly, Yu Jin is not very happy about being the commander-in-chief!

Only then did he carry out the military order word for word, but when he was asked to give advice, he said nothing!
This is just waiting to see you make a fool of yourself!

Even if his plan was not satisfactory, Yu Jin would certainly not say a word!
"Just wait and see!"

Cao Zhen is still a young man now, and he has just taken charge of the army, so he is naturally full of energy and pride.

He was furious at being looked down upon by Yu Jin.

Just remember this incident with Yu Jin and settle the score with him later.

(End of this chapter)