Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 703 Death of Cao Ang!

While Liu Ye organized 30,000 Donghu troops and all the craftsmen in Liucheng to make Thunderbolt chariots and train them to operate them, Zhang Sui also successfully organized a large number of cooks to make steamed buns.

On November 29th, this group of cooks made hundreds of steamed buns.

At the same time, Zhang Sui also successfully found a Taoist priest in Liucheng to help with the sacrifice.

The Taoist priest commanded some soldiers to set up an altar in an open space five miles east of Liucheng.

The reason for choosing to set up the altar here is very simple.

The Donghu people of the Wuhuan in the Three Commanderies killed Han people. In order to prevent the plague, they transported the bodies of the killed Han people here and buried them.

This place has become a mass grave.

White bones can be seen scattered everywhere.

Zhang Sui personally supervised the soldiers to set up the altar under the command of the Taoist priest.

On November 30, Zhang Sui once again received urgent intelligence from Ju Su in Yecheng.

Emergency information is divided into several items.

First, Ma Chao united with the princes of Guanzhong and fought a great battle with Cao Cao in Tongguan.

In the end, Ma Chao was defeated and retreated to Hanzhong.

Cao Cao successfully advanced westward, captured Guanzhong and other places, and connected with Liangzhou!
Second, when Cao Cao conquered Liang Province, Cao Ang, Cao Cao's eldest son who had previously captured Jiguan, died!
That's right, dead!
There are rumors that Cao Ang was assassinated by the generals around him when he was inspecting the defenses near Jiguan.

Cao Ang died on the spot.

However, the general who assassinated Cao Ang did not have a good end and was torn into pieces by five horses.

Cao Ang's death caused a huge sensation.

Cao Cao's army at Jiguan changed from an offensive to a defensive posture.

After Cao Cao conquered Liang Province, he originally planned to go south to Hanzhong and then take Yizhou.

Because of Cao Ang's death, Cao Cao's army was retreating back to Xu Du.

Article 3: Jinyiwei's investigation into Shen Rong's defection has yielded results -

Shen Rong did defect.

However, the situation was critical before his betrayal.

Cao Ang brought his military advisor Jia Xu with him when he attacked Jiguan this time.

Jia Xu came up with a plan to capture the villagers near Jiguan alive, detained all the women and children in the army, and forced the villagers to provide a detailed topographic map of Jiguan and a patrol map.

In the end, Jia Xu successfully deduced the grain storage location of the Jiguan defenders through this information.

Cao Ang then divided his troops into three groups.

The first main force of 20,000 elite troops attacked Jiguan, attracting the attention of the Jiguan defenders.

The second route, led by Ma Tie and Xu Huang, consisted of 5,000 troops who launched a surprise attack on the grain storage area, killing 1,000 defenders at the Jiguan grain storage area and burning all the grain.

The third route was led by Le Jin, with an army of 5,000 people, which cut off the connection between Jiguan and Henei County.

The entire Jiguan was surrounded.

The defenders of Jiguan were constantly attacked head-on by Cao Ang's 20,000 elite troops every day, and their food and grass were gradually depleted, making it impossible for them to send out any news.

Shen Rong sent three groups of death warriors to try to seek help from Yecheng.

There is no news about the three groups of death warriors.

The third batch of death warriors even included Deputy General Li Fu.

It is unknown whether Li Fu is alive or dead now.

With their food supplies cut off and no support available, Shen Rong led the Jiguan garrison to hold out for half a month. Of the 6,000 Jiguan defenders, more than 5,000 were killed or seriously injured.

There were only less than a thousand defenders, and all of them suffered minor injuries of varying degrees.

Before Cao Ang launched his final attack, Shen Rong opened the gate of Jiguan and chose to surrender.

Because Jiguan was heavily guarded after it was captured, the Jinyiwei were able to find out only this much information.

Even what position Shen Rong holds in Cao Ang's army has not been investigated.

Zhang Sui looked at Ju Su's report with mixed feelings.

Jia Xu.

It’s Jia Xu again!

This old immortal is indeed the most famous poisoner in the Three Kingdoms.

In order to achieve the goal, no matter what means are used. In his early years in Pucheng, Jia Xu served under Xiahou Dun. In order to capture Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, Jia Xu burned to death tens of thousands of people in Pucheng.

Now, in order to obtain the topographic map and grain fields of Jiguan, he actually detained women and children from nearby villagers and forced them to reveal information about Jiguan.

This Jia Xu is a coward who is afraid of death and only wants to protect himself.

When it comes to cheating other people, he shows no mercy!
Moreover, he can always take advantage of other people's strengths.

Zhang Sui took Ju Su's information and tore it into pieces.

If there is a chance to capture Jia Xu, he must be executed!

Although Jia Xu was indeed extremely smart, he had no moral integrity and his methods were clumsy.

His life is his life.

Doesn’t other people’s lives matter?

Before traveling through time, he had read quite a few novels, and in all of them, he regarded Jia Xu as a treasure.

He won't!
However, it is not easy to kill Jia Xu given his intelligence and talent.

Zhang Sui took a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger.

Then let's see, Zhuge Liang + Sima Yi + Chen Deng + Ju Shou + Tian Feng + Li Ru + Xi Zhicai + Guo Jia + Chen Gong, can this lineup defeat him!

Just when Zhang Sui was sulking, a voice sounded behind him: "General, why are you so angry?"

Zhang Sui turned his head.

It turned out to be Yanshi.

At this time, Yanshi came riding on a blood-red warhorse, surrounded by several personal soldiers.

The personal guards stopped in the distance, and Yan Shi dismounted and walked slowly towards them.

When Zhang Sui saw Yanshi, he picked up the torn pieces of information from the ground.

Yanshi stopped beside him, squatted down, helped pick up the torn intelligence, smiled and said: "Is it the military intelligence from Hebei? It's very critical?"

Zhang Sui shook his head.

Yanshi did not refute.

After she and Zhang Sui finished picking up the pieces on the ground and handed them to Zhang Sui, Yan Shi said to Zhang Sui: "General, I came here this time to ask for something."

Zhang Sui put the torn pieces of intelligence into a bag around his waist and looked at Yanshi in confusion.

Yan Shi tied up a strand of hair and said with a smile: "I have seen the general's deployment of the army this time. Are you planning to use the strategy of luring the enemy to annihilate the Liaodong army?"

Zhang Sui looked at Yanshi with some surprise.

He really hadn't expected that Yanshi, the former Queen of Wuhuan, had this ability: she could see through strategies just by looking at the deployment of soldiers.

Zhang Sui groped Yanshi's butt with his big hand and asked with a smile, "So?"

Yan Shi grabbed Zhang Sui's dishonest hand and stroked it gently with both hands while saying, "I have no doubt that the general will take down the Liaodong army."

"You can even defeat 70,000 Donghu soldiers."

"Although the Liaodong soldiers are fierce and fearless, they are not good at large-scale combat."

"Every time they fought a large-scale battle with us Donghu people, they would retreat to Changli and rely on the high fortifications to defend themselves."

"When our food and supplies ran out and we retreated, they rushed out of the city again, burning, killing, looting, and roaming around."

Zhang Sui nodded and said, "Continue."

Yanshi added: "Moreover, the land of Liaodong is not even comparable to the Three Commanderies of Wuhuan, let alone Hebei."

"The land in Liaodong is not fertile and is often flooded by seawater."

"In the area from Changli to Xiangping, there is a large area of ​​swamp due to the backflow of seawater."

“It’s impossible for people and horses to pass through.”

"It's impassable even on a clear day."

“Once it rains, people and horses will be trapped in it if they pass through.”

"The Han Dynasty once filled in stones to build a road here, thus opening up a road."

"Now, the Liaodong soldiers will definitely defend this road to the death."

"Especially after the defeat in Liaodong, holding on to this road is the only option I can think of to delay being swept away by the general."

"If we want to take this road, I believe that the general's soldiers will definitely succeed, but they will indeed have to pay a heavy price."

(End of this chapter)