Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 130 Zhao Botao put Qiao Ying under house arrest, Yuan Benchu ​​fought Cao Cao again

"What else can I do, I have to live in seclusion in the countryside alone and live a peaceful life." Xiao Qiao replied, but the panic in her eyes still did not escape Zhao Feng's eyes.

"I think that's fine. Revenge is beyond your power. Don't do stupid things." Zhao Feng nodded deliberately.

"Who said I was going to find Sun Quan?" Xiao Qiao hurriedly defended after hearing Zhao Feng's words, and as soon as the words came out, she knew that she was not asking for it.Now it's not just Zhao Feng, Diao Chan and the other three girls also understand after hearing what she said, she still hasn't given up revenge.

"Sun Quan is far away in Jiaozhou, how can you seek revenge from him? You will only send yourself to the tiger's mouth." Zhao Feng looked at the stubborn little Qiao in front of him and said earnestly, and Diao Chan and others also persuaded him repeatedly.Xiao Qiao bit her lip without saying a word, obviously she refused to give up her insistence.

"I know I can't convince you, so I have no choice but to let you go." Seeing Xiao Qiao's posture, Zhao Feng immediately understood that he couldn't convince her, so he simply used the most direct method.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Qiao asked in astonishment.

"What do you mean? It means that I won't let you go now. You were my prisoner in Poyang, but I let you go. Now you are my prisoner again, but this time I won't let you go." Zhao Feng didn't care whether the reasoning made sense or not, he simply argued with her, and felt a lot more comfortable when he said it, and he didn't know if he was a psychopath.

"General Zhao, when did I, Qiao Ying, become your prisoner again?" Xiao Qiao was a little angry when she heard that he was so unreasonable. "I said you are who you are. What's more, now that Sun Quan is mobilizing his troops, he is obviously rebellious. If you insist on going to Jiaozhou, then you are suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and I can't let you go." Zhao Feng continued to talk nonsense.

"You rascal!" Xiao Qiao finally understood that General Zhao in front of him was playing a rascal, and she was completely angry at once. "It doesn't matter if you're a rascal, I can't just watch you die." Zhao Feng shook his head.Looking at the angry Xiao Qiao in front of him, he added another sentence: "Your father has passed away, you can go back to Lujiang to pay homage, and I will send someone to protect you secretly, so that Sun Quan will not arrest you again. After the funeral, it is best for you to come to Chai Sang lives here. There is Zhou Gongjin's old house here, and no one will bully you if you live here."

Xiao Qiao was silent for a long time after hearing the words, "Don't think about running away, your sister is still in Wucheng, right? If you run away, I will trouble your sister." Zhao Feng simply threatened, Xiao Qiao raised her head immediately upon hearing the words Glaring at Zhao Feng with a mean smile on his face, if eyes could kill, Zhao Feng would have died a thousand times.

As a result of the stalemate, Xiao Qiao was forced to obey Zhao Feng's arrangement. "Brother-in-law, is she alright?" Zhen Mi asked worriedly as she watched Xiao Qiao's carriage gradually go away.

"It should be fine." Zhao Feng was a little uncertain.Little did she know that his nonsense was such that Xiao Qiao really made Xiao Qiao love and hate him, not only grateful for his saving grace, but also helpless against his domineering.He knew that he was doing it for his own good, but he couldn't completely accept this understanding.The taste of this is really indescribable.

Xiao Qiao's departure did not bring much change to Zhao Feng's life, and soon everything returned to normal.Not long after the end of the new year, news came from the north that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were fighting fiercely in the Chenliu area, and the battle was extremely fierce.

This time Yuan Shao fully learned the lessons of the Battle of Guandu, and used his troops extremely cautiously, almost every step of the way. He ignored Cao Cao's small-scale harassment, and only wanted to advance steadily towards Chenliu.Moreover, he grasped the opportunity better. After the severe drought in the north this year, the water level of the Yellow River dropped. Before the Chinese New Year, Yuan Shao took advantage of the opportunity when Cao's army was sparsely packed, and led his army across the Yellow River from Pingqiu, and set up camp to gain a firm foothold.Cao Cao hurriedly led the army to fight, but Yuan Shao had a large number of people after all. Cao Cao fought from year to year, and in general, he lost more than he won in this battle.

Unlike the rich and powerful during the last battle of Guandu, due to the severe drought in the north, the food and grass on both sides were not enough to pay for too many large armies.This time Cao Cao only brought 5 horses, and Yuan Shao only brought less than 30.But with 30 against [-] on the plain, this situation can be described as extremely dangerous.Recently, whenever Cao Cao goes out to fight, Yuan Shao will be surrounded and wiped out by soldiers.If he didn't fight, Yuan Shao would advance slowly, accompanied by the army with food and supplies, and he would never let Cao Cao take advantage of the opportunity to attack the grain road like before.

"This time we will fight Yuan Shao again, and our army has lost consecutive battles, what should we do?" Cao Cao threw his badge on the table in anger, and glanced down, his eyes fixed on the group of advisers.Except for Guo Jia, who was seriously ill and stayed in Xuchang to recuperate, and Xun Yu, who had always stayed behind to prepare logistics, all the advisers under his command came this time.As for generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou did not want to be enemies with the old master, so he applied to be stationed in Yongzhou. In addition, Cao Ren and Xu Huang stayed in Liangjun and Xiangcheng to guard against Liu Bei. The remaining Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong and Li Dianlejin were all here.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu were not there, and Jia Xu's seniority was still relatively young. Naturally, Cheng Yu and Xun You were the leaders of the advisers. When Cao Cao was questioning, he was looking at these two people.Cheng Yu's eyes rolled a few times, and then he said: "Master, I have found a plan, which may turn the world around and defeat Yuan Shao, but it is extremely dangerous, and one careless move will kill the army."

"It's okay for Zhong De to say that, the situation is not good for us right now, so naturally we need to win from danger." Cao Cao signaled Cheng Yuming with a wry smile when he heard this.Cheng Yu nodded, and slowly said: "Right now, our army has lost consecutive battles and its morale is low. However, there is a saying in the art of war: put them to death and then survive. Therefore, I want to follow Han Xin's plan and set up an ambush on ten sides, and divide the army into ten teams. , Kill them layer by layer. Lead to the river, there is no way out, so you can fight with your back. In this way, this battle will definitely be won."

"Oh, let Zhongde explain in detail." Cao Cao was obviously interested, so he asked Cheng Yu to come forward and explain in detail.Everyone discussed for a long time, and the specific team and who would lead it were also finalized one by one.

"My lord, Yuan Shao is coming very aggressively now, why not send someone to connect with Liu Bei to attack Qingzhou, so as to force Yuan Shao not to look after each other?" Liu Ye suddenly stepped forward and remonstrated.

"My lord, the previous raids on Yuzhou, and Liu Bei's inexorable momentum, even if they are connected, Liu Bei may not agree to it!" Xun You shook his head, obviously not too impressed with Liu Ye's proposal.

"That's right, Wen He, what is Liu Bei up to lately?" Cao Cao didn't quite agree with Liu Ye's words, and turned to ask Jia Xu about Liu Bei's recent movements.

"After Liu Bei won Jingxiang, he ordered Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others to guard Jingzhou. The day before yesterday Zhuge Liang sent General Liu Pan with [-] troops to attack Wuguan via Nanyang to the west." Jia Xu said slowly.

"Attack Wuguan?" Cao Cao was also a little surprised when he heard this. "My lord, don't worry, Xu thinks it's just Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang's bluff. After Liu Bei got Jingxiang, why would he need some time to consolidate Jingxiang? How could he use swords rashly?" Jia Xu was half persuading, half comforting.

"Wen He's words are not bad, but we need to be cautious in everything. I have ordered Zhu Ling, the guard of Wuguan, to guard carefully and make no mistakes." Cao Cao nodded and said.

"Meng De, now that Liu Bei has just won Jingxiang, the people's hearts are not stable. What's more, Jiangling was flooded before, and the people's hearts are not attached, why not take the opportunity to attack?" Xu You's iconic duck voice sounded again at this time.To say that Xu You is too individual, when he is in a good mood, he will still call him Master Cao Cao, when he is in a normal mood, he will call him Meng De, and when he is in a bad mood, he will call him Aman directly.Among the counselors, there is no one who is more arrogant.

"I've wanted to win Jingxiang for a long time, but I'm so useless!" Cao Cao's expression didn't change, he just smiled wryly, but he didn't know what it was.

"Xun Wenruo has an army of [-] in Xuchang, and Xu Gongming has Xu Gongming in Xiangcheng. What is nobody?" Xu You wondered.

"Even if there are people, there is no food and grass!" Cao Cao sighed.Food and grass, the biggest problem plaguing the three giants, is now fully manifested.If Yuan Shao had enough food and grass, he would have another 50 troops to play with Cao Cao happily; if Cao Cao had enough food and grass, he would have marched into Nanyang long ago. Now Cao Cao has 25 troops and [-] are stationed in Xuchang to guard against Liu Bei. , [-] are stationed in Yongzhou, [-] are stationed in Sizhou, and I personally lead [-] against Yuan Shao. There is no way to mobilize so many troops; if Liu Bei has sufficient food and grass, he will not only engage in such small actions in Wuguan.Especially Liu Bei, although food and grass have always been sufficient.But after blackmailing Yuan Shao's war horse, campaigning and rebuilding Jingzhou, things are a little tight now.

"By the way, Wenhe, Wang Zhongxuan and others wrote to Liu Bei to severely punish Zhao Feng, what was the result?" Speaking of Jingzhou, Cao Cao suddenly remembered the person who made him suffer a lot, and Cao Cao was also very concerned about his life and death.

"Liu Bei demoted him to be the prefect of Chaisang and led General Yingyang." Jia Xu said succinctly.Cao Cao frowned when he heard the words, downgrading the fourth rank to the fifth rank, this level of demotion is simply symbolic, it seems that it is unrealistic to use this to get rid of Zhao Feng.

"My lord, is it reliable for Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang to raid Bingzhou via the territory of the Xiongnu?" Xun You, who has always been cautious, raised his concerns again.

"Ma Teng and the others will not do nothing. Although Xiliang has a small population, it has been short of food year after year. If the three counties of Longxi are captured, it will be enough to survive. Ma Teng and Han Sui will not fail to understand." Cao Cao said solemnly.As for the result of ceding the three counties, Cao Cao was not very worried.As long as Zhong Yao can defend Sanguan, Ma Teng and Han Sui will never go eastward.With Zhong Yao's ability and the fact that the Xiliang army is good at field battles but not good at attacking cities, Cao Cao has absolute confidence in this.

"Borrowing from the Xiongnu, what should we do if the Xiongnu intervenes?" Cao Hong asked his own question.

"General Zi Lian is worrying too much. The Xiongnu are not what they used to be. They have been suppressed by Xianbei. With Xianbei's ability, they can't do anything to Ma Teng and Han Sui, let alone the Huns who are dying in the Western Mountains?" Cheng Yu smiled. Cao Hong Hearing this, he was relieved.

"Your lords already know what's going on here, so let's break Yuan Shao's army in front of us first. If we can win this battle, we can let our horses go to Hebei and compete for the world!" Cao Cao concluded with his unique heroic words. Everyone cheered, and for a while, the tent was full of momentum.

However, what Cao Cao and Jia Xu didn't expect was that Liu Pan's army that sent troops to Wuguan at this time was not for bluffing, but was determined to take Wuguan with all its strength.

(End of this chapter)