Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 107 Surprise
Under the city of Qijun.

As the sun was setting, Jia Xu was alone on a slope, watching hundreds of soldiers who were responsible for cleaning the battlefield picking up the corpses there.Looking at the endless stream of dead bodies, Jia Xu had a rare smile on his face.

No one knows why Jia Xu likes watching dead people so much, even he himself doesn't quite know.Maybe watching so many people being killed by me is very fulfilling.The poisonous man Jia Xu, the world has always called him that, and he is also proud of his name.Guo Jia's strategy was relatively successful, with 10,000+ captives and surrendered soldiers, nearly [-] died in the battle of Qi County alone.However, the Xuzhou army is really the elite in the world. The city wall of Qi County is not high, and it collapsed not long after being smashed by the thunderbolt car. In this way, they left behind an enemy army three times their own.Although for the purpose of consuming troops, the equipment of these Hebei surrendered troops is not very good, but even so, the combat power of the Xuzhou Army is quite impressive.

Jia Xu can look at the dead calmly, but Cao Cao has no such leisurely mind.After only two days of rest after the war, Cao Cao quickly led his army into the North Sea.At the same time, Zhao Yun from Donglai and Song Xian from Yangcheng had already led their troops to Beihai, waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao to fight to the death.

"Yide, Gongtai, you two are outstanding people in the world, why do you want to raise troops to stop the imperial army, how is this action different from rebellion?" Cao Cao said seriously under the Beihai city.Although he knew that Zhang Fei and Chen Gong were not the ones who surrendered, they had to explain these scenes.

Just as Zhang Fei was about to scold, Chen Gong was the first to speak: "Cao Mengde, you are a murderous monster who bullies the emperor and kills the emperor's relatives. This is the greatest rebellion. But call me Chen Gong today, and I still have breath, and I want to fight with you." Persevere to the end!" The voice was high-pitched and clear, and the defenders were overwhelmed by hearing it, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard the words, and stepped back first.At this time, Liu Ye stepped forward and told Cao Cao that the moat in Beihai was too wide, and the thunderbolt chariot would not be used. "Then call the formation first, and attack the city directly if you don't fight!" Cao Cao waved his hand.As soon as the words fell, Xu Chu took the lead and immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Zhang Fei, come out of the city quickly and fight your grandpa Xu for three hundred rounds!"

"Huh?" Seeing Xu Chu shouting, Zhang Fei felt itchy when he thought of the fierce battle four years ago. Just as he was about to go down to the city to fight, Zhao Yun hurriedly stopped him: "Third General, you are the governor of Qingzhou, and you are in danger of Qingzhou. How can I take risks with my own body? I will go and behead this guy in the end to help the momentum!" Zhang Fei looked at the determined Zhao Yun after hearing the words, and nodded.

"Dangdangdang" The sound of continuous sword clashes sounded like fried soybeans, and two shadows, one black and one white, fought fiercely under Beihai City.Xu Chu's Tiger Saber opens and closes one move at a time, and the moves are fierce and fierce. If it were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to take more than five moves.But Zhao Yun is not an idler. Although Xu Chu's moves are fierce, Zhao Yun is not at a disadvantage. Often when others can only shoot one shot, Zhao Yun has already stabbed three or four shots. If it is too fierce, he will take advantage of it and fall into a passive position, and the two of them can easily kill each other immediately.

"General Yan, what do you think of this battle?" Cao Cao knew that it would be difficult for a general of this level to see his own name, so he quickly asked Yan Liang, who was beside him, whose martial arts were comparable to Xu Chu's.The latter pondered for a while and then said slowly: "Within [-] moves, the outcome is unpredictable. If it exceeds [-] moves, General Xu will be in danger." Wen Chou beside him also nodded, fully agreeing.

"Dang!" After fighting for more than 400 rounds, seeing that Xu Chu's movements were a little slow, Cao Cao quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.Zhao Yun didn't think too much of himself, he returned to the city with a cold snort and prepared to defend.Cao Cao didn't seem to care too much, and immediately sent troops to attack the city immediately.Teams of the Hebei army that had just been recruited carried sandbags and rushed to the moat to start filling the river.Naturally, the defenders would not let them be so relaxed. All kinds of bows and ballistas fired one after another. The Hebei army, who only wore leather armor or even civilian clothes, fell to the ground from time to time, but the successors still rushed forward.

"Cao Cao is not hesitating on casualties!" After filling the river for more than four hours, Chen Gong was a little surprised to see that Cao's army had lost nearly [-] people, but he didn't intend to stop at all.Even though he was resourceful, he couldn't figure out that one of the main purposes of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops this time was to consume these captives.

Beihai City was already precipitous, but after Zhang Fei and Chen Gong occupied it, they managed it painstakingly. They used Zhao Feng's earthen cement firing method to strengthen the city wall, and equipped with hundreds of crossbows, it was naturally even more difficult to attack now.Right now, Beihai City has [-] defenders, including [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. Chen Gong reckons it will not be a problem to hold out until reinforcements from Xuzhou arrive.When the Xuzhou reinforcements arrived, Cao Cao had to retreat under the cooperation of the inside and the outside.

Cao Cao looked at the fierce battle in Beihai City, Gu Jing's expression was impassive, making it hard to see what he was thinking.In the Battle of Guandu, he defeated 50 Yuan Shao with an army of less than 20, and captured nearly [-] prisoners alone.This battle alone is enough to make his name in the annals of history.But Cao Cao is not satisfied with just leaving a name, what he wants is to achieve real hegemony.

Not to mention that Cao Cao was full of ambition, at this time Shouchun, after learning that Cao Cao had invaded Qingzhou, Liu Bei and others were greatly surprised. Wei Yan, who was guarding Langya County, and Gao Shun, who was guarding Taishan County, also successively confirmed the news.Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Zhao Feng and Guan Yu to discuss the matter. After learning that Cao Cao led an army of 30 to invade Qingzhou, Liu Bei did not dare to neglect, and even wanted to personally send troops to rescue Zhang Fei.However, both Pang Tong and Lu Su believed that Jiangdong was initially settled and people's hearts were not stable. Liu Bei should not move lightly. It is better to let Guan Yu lead the army to attack.Liu Bei also gave up the idea of ​​personally leading the army after many times of persuasion, and asked Guan Yu, Zhao Feng, Pang Tong and others to lead Xuzhou and Yuzhou troops with [-] troops to rescue Qingzhou, and at the same time let Gao Shun and Wei Yan attack Yanzhou from Taishan County, forcing Cao Cao to return to the army .Zhao Feng, Pang Tong, and Lu Su discussed for a long time, and they all felt that it was strange that Cao Cao suddenly invaded Qingzhou on a large scale at this time, but Qingzhou had to be rescued right now, but they didn't know what he would do next.However, no one expected the real purpose of Cao Cao's march this time.

Under the city of Beihai, after two days of high-intensity river filling, the moat of Beihai was finally filled. The price Cao Cao paid for this was nearly 2 people were killed in battle. The remaining people were basically shot to death by the firepower of Cao Jun's bow and crossbow.

"My lord, I'm here to report that Liu Bei, with Guan Yu and Zhao Feng as generals, led an army of [-] to rescue Beihai, and the reinforcements have arrived in Langya!" This morning, when the siege was going on for about an hour, Cao Hong rushed to report.

"Understood." Cao Cao's expression didn't change, he was still very calm. "My lord, do you want to continue attacking the city now?" Guo Jia asked meaningfully.Cao Cao smiled lightly and said, "It's almost done after another day or two of attack!"

"What, there is no Cao Jun blocking the front?" Zhao Feng was stunned when he heard the scout's report.Not only him, Guan Yu, Pang Tong and others were also confused for a while.Right now, their reinforcements have reached the territory of Yangcheng and entered the boundary of Qingzhou.Cao Cao is a master of the art of war, so naturally he wouldn't even understand such a simple principle as encirclement and reinforcements.

"Could it be that Cao Cao wants to set up an ambush?" Zhao Feng guessed.Pang Tong shook his head when he heard the words: "This is a plain, as long as our army sends more scouts to patrol, even if there is an ambush, it won't work."

"Could it be that Cao Cao wants to fight us to the death?" Huang Zhong asked thoughtfully, but Pang Tong didn't think so: "Cao Cao just fought Yuan Shao, if he fights to the death with us, even if he wins, it will be a miserable victory, and Yuan Shao will only be in vain. "

"In any case, it's better to go to Qingzhou first. Even though Cao Cao has tried everything, I'll be careful when I deal with it!" Guan Yu snorted coldly. Zhao Feng really couldn't think of anything wrong, so he could only send more scouts to inquire now. message, just in case.

"Three generals, Cao Cao has retreated!" In the early morning of the next day, Wei Xu said to Zhang Fei who had just woken up with disbelief. The latter was even more astonished when he heard the words, and hurriedly called Chen Gong to discuss.

"Could it be that our reinforcements have arrived, and Cao Cao withdrew because he knew he was invincible?" Zhang Fei thought for a long time and came up with such a conclusion.Chen Gong shook his head slowly, and then said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao must have another trick, but I can't see through it for a while. Three generals, you need to be careful, don't chase after the poor!" Zhang Fei heard that he was just guarding the city with Zhao Yun, But until Guan Yu and Zhao Feng's reinforcements arrived two days later, there was nothing abnormal at all.

"Second brother, did you encounter anything wrong during the march?" After reuniting with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei asked first, ignoring the past.Guan Yu was also very surprised by Cao Cao's sudden withdrawal of troops, but after carefully reviewing his march along the way, everything was normal except that he was not resisted.

"Could it be that Cao Cao wants to lure the main force of our army to attack Qingzhou so as to conspire against Xuzhou and Yuzhou?" Zhao Feng pondered.Pang Tong shook his head when he heard the words, and said in a very affirmative tone: "Yuzhou and Xuzhou are not left behind. It will not be easy for Cao Cao to conquer. I will wait and see what happens!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also undecided, so they had to For the time being, the garrison in Beihai is adapting to the situation, and it just happens to talk about the brotherhood.

Two days later, an envoy from Xuzhou brought everyone a shocking news.

"What? Liang Jun fell?" Guan Yu was shocked when he heard the words, not only him, but even Zhao Feng and others felt it was unbelievable.

"Exactly, five days ago, Cao Cao's general Xu Huang led an army of [-] to attack Liang County, and the prefect Mi Fang offered the city to surrender!" The envoy himself couldn't believe such a thing, and his tone was very strange.But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei read the autographed letter with Liu Bei's seal on it, and immediately understood that it was all true.

"Mi Zifang, you are Feng'er's uncle!" Guan Yu said only one sentence in a hurry, Zhao Feng hurriedly said at this time: "Second General, it turns out that Cao Cao's real goal is Yuzhou, and he has already planned for it. It's been plotting for a long time." Speaking of this, Zhao Feng is a little unbelievable. You must know that Cao Cao killed more than 4 people when he attacked Qi County the day before yesterday, and 6 people died when he attacked Beihai. a guise.Cao Cao's deployment of this bureau is really big enough to pay for the capital.

"Second General, it's not too late, we have to go back to Yuzhou to help Yuzhou, otherwise the big thing will be over!" Pang Tong said hastily. "What if old man Cao Cao comes to Beihai again?" Zhang Fei asked urgently.

"There are [-] troops stationed in Beihai, and they will not be lost easily. Just ask the lord to dispatch trebuchets to strengthen defense." Pang Tong continued.From Yin Li's mouth, he had already learned that Cao Cao had started attacking the city with thunderbolt chariots, so he naturally responded with a more advanced trebuchet.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Fei and Chen Gong in a hurry, Guan Yu and Zhao Feng led the army back to help.On the way, Liu Bei sent several envoys, and bad news came one after another.

On September [-]th, Mi Fang tricked open the gate of Chenjun. Chenjun was captured by Cao Jun. The guard Hou Cheng died in battle. Ten thousand guards killed and wounded more than [-] people. Only a thousand people fled to Qiaojun.

On September [-]th, Mi Fang tricked open the gate of Ruyin, Cao Jun conquered Ruyin, guard Hao Meng was killed by Xu Huang, almost all seven thousand guards died in battle, Cao Jun broke Ruyin again.

On September 3000th, Mi Fang tricked the city gate into Runan again.The guards Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao finally lost the city after a fierce battle, and only [-] of the [-] defenders fled to Anyang with them.Fortunately, when Mi Fang tried to deceive Anyang city gate, Xu Sheng, the prefect of Anyang, saw through it.After that, Xu Huang went north to attack Xiangcheng. Under the two-pronged attack of Xuchang's army, Xiangcheng was quickly broken, and the [-] defenders were wiped out.

By the time Guan Yu and Zhao Feng returned to Shouchun, more than half of the land in Yuzhou had been lost.When Guan Yu and Zhao Feng sent troops to Yuzhou, only Qiao County was defended by Xu Shu's plan and Zhou Tai's desperate efforts, and the rest were all in vain.

(End of this chapter)