Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 233 Jia Xu's Poisonous Scheme

"Come on!"

With such a roar, the remaining 1 tiger and leopard cavalry surrounded several civilian officials including Cao Cao and Jia Xu at the core, and then the infantry moved out of the way, surrounding Cao Cao and rushing straight away.That indomitable momentum is enough to make any opponent terrified.

Facing the tiger and leopard cavalry head-on, no one would go back and do such a stupid thing.Neither Guan Yu nor Zhang Liao would hit a stone like this for Cao Cao alone.With a tacit understanding, they regarded the remaining [-] or [-] cao army infantry as targets for bullying.

"Fengyun cavalry, scatter!" Without the restraint of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Zhang Liao's entanglement was still the same, but Guan Yu was able to double-team and nibble at the end of Cao's army more brazenly.At this speed, at least [-]% of Cao Jun would be swallowed by Guan Yu before he withdrew to Xuchang.Of course, as the casualties increase, Cao Jun's morale will also be scattered.Don't expect them to completely collapse, after all, Li Dian and Yu Jin are still there, but it is foreseeable that more and more Cao Jun will give up resistance as the later stage progresses.

"Soldiers of the Cao camp, we give preferential treatment to the prisoners. Cao Cao has already abandoned you, stop making unnecessary resistance, put down your weapons and surrender immediately, and ask for leniency from our army!" (Does this passage sound familiar?) Guan Yu Even Guan Yu, in his busy schedule, still drew troops to carry out this kind of shameless public opinion offensive.Of course, the fact that the sound could travel so far in the chaos army was all due to the earth horn that Zhao Feng designed for him back then.

"Damn, this Liu Jun's voice is so loud!" Li Dian was in the middle of the central army commanding and responding, but the voice of persuasion could still be vaguely heard, let alone the rear army.More and more Cao Jun soldiers began to throw down their weapons and squatted on the side of the road with their heads in their hands, and relevant people came forward to collect them.

"I don't know what happened to King Wei?" Yu Jin murmured as he looked at Cao Cao who had already left in the distance.Not for Cao Cao, but for the fate of his own pawn, who is almost an abandoned son.

"Wenhe, how many troops can we mobilize when we retreat to Xuchang?" Cao Cao, who was retreating, suddenly asked Jia Xu beside him.After hearing Cao Cao's words, Jia Xu also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Cao Cao's mental state was not bad, at least he had already started to think about the next step.

"General Zixiao's 4 troops from Liang County have already arrived, but now it seems that the road is blocked by people. And General Shanyang Gongming's 3 troops must guard against Wei Yan in Qingzhou, so they absolutely cannot be mobilized. In addition, it seems that only the defenders of Dongjun and Chenliu can be mobilized, but only about [-] people can be squeezed out of these two places." Jia Xu said after a little calculation.

"It's quite a lot. As long as Mancheng and Wen can lead half of the people back to Xuchang, I can gather 10,000+ people and fight Liu Daer!" Cao Cao seemed to be secretly relieved, and then stopped talking. Escape with all your might.

Finally, an hour later, Cao Cao and [-] tiger and leopard riders fled back to Xuchang City in embarrassment.After Cao Cao sat down, Man Chong also handed him a copy of the military newspaper that had just been delivered. Cao Cao opened it up and frowned again.

"Zhao Botao marched into Longxi, and Miaocai fought with him, but Zhang Ren and Lu Xun took advantage of the situation to cut off the rear, and Han Hao was killed. Right now, everything west of the Jinghe River has been lost!" Cao Cao sighed and said with some weakness This military report was passed to Jia Xu.

"Zhong De has already made a decisive decision to send all the people from Longxi to Jingdong!" Jia Xu comforted.In this way, Zhao Feng would never even think about marching into Guanzhong within two or three years.If this is the case, losing the two counties of Liangzhou and Yongzhou at once is enough for Cao Cao.

"First Zhao Feng was in Yongliang, then Guan Yu and Zhang Liao were in the Central Plains, and even Lu Xun, Liu Daer has so many talents!" Cao Cao said with emotion.At this moment, Man Chong had to tell him another piece of bad news. Just now, another batch of grain and grass was intercepted by Liu Bei's navy while crossing the Yellow River via Yanjin Ferry.

"Is it true that as Wen He said, Liu Da'er wants to seal off the waterway of the Yellow River with sailors?" As soon as Cao Cao said this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.If this is the case, then he will be separated in Yanzhou. Even though there are thousands of troops in Hebei, they can only watch the battle across the Yellow River.

"Don't worry, King Wei, I think Liu Bei's navy may not be able to break into my hinterland even if it is sharp. Now that Yanjin is blocked, my lord can also transport food or troops from Hebei to Sizhou and then to Yanzhou!" Jia Xu said comfortingly.However, Cao Cao also knew that such a detour to transport grain or deploy troops would consume a lot of manpower and material resources.If this is the case, the food and grass that I don't have enough in the first place will be even more stretched.

"Wenhe, I guess Mancheng and Wenze will be able to retreat to Xuchang tomorrow morning. What plan do you have for them to go into the city?" Cao Cao managed to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and thought of the most realistic problem.Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Although King Wei opened the city gate, I have my own way, but I need to arrange it first."

"Forget it!" Cao Cao knew that Jia Xu was probably going to use some poisonous trick, and he didn't want to force him to speak out on the spot.At this moment, Man Chong on the side suddenly exclaimed: "Not good!"

"What's the matter, Bo Ning?" Cao Cao was a little surprised by Man Chong's reaction, but he heard Man Chong hurriedly said: "My lord, send someone to inform General Zixiao to retreat to Liang County, and don't go to Runan to throw yourself into the net again! "Originally Cao Cao wanted to join forces with Cao Ren to defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, but now Cao Cao has retreated. If Cao Ren goes to support him again, it will give Liu Bei a chance to catch them all.

"Exactly, it's all because of my negligence!" Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard the words.Not only him, Jia Xu also looked annoyed.Although the two of them are both very clever, they just retreated back to Xuchang after the war, so they didn't care about this matter for a while.On the contrary, Man Chong was full of energy and immediately thought of this.

"Send someone to inform Zixiao to quickly withdraw to Liang Commandery!" Cao Cao hurriedly sent someone to pass the order. It was already night, and Cao Cao, who had watched Le Jin after a day of fierce fighting, also went to rest.However, outside the wilderness, the army led by Li Dian, Yu Jin and Cao Hong was disturbed by Guan Yu and Zhang Liao.Temporarily stationed on a small slope, Yu Jin and others discussed the military situation overnight while Guan Yu had not launched an attack.

"Mancheng, why don't you say Guan Yu wiped us all out? Now he has the upper hand, and he still has cavalry." After sitting down, Yu Jin was also a little puzzled.Yu Jin is good at running the army, so these strategies are not his forte.Li Dian's experience in battle is not as good as Li Dian's.

"This guy is trying to drag us down!" Li Dian said angrily. Guan Yu and Zhang Liao harassed these pawns so relentlessly that their intention was to drag them down.

"I'm afraid it's more than that. He wants to follow us to Xuchang, so that we can break Xuchang in one fell swoop!" Cao Hong said coldly.As soon as these words came out, Yu Jin also frowned and said: "General Zilian, you said that Mr. Jia has a way to support us into Xuchang, but Xuchang has less than [-] defenders, how can he support us?"

"Mr. Jia has his own plan, so we don't have to speculate. By the way, Mancheng, how many people do we have?" Cao Hong suppressed his uneasiness and continued to ask.

"There are still more than [-] infantry, and Guan Yu has lost another [-] along the way!" Li Dian sighed.Guan Yu's propaganda offensive was so powerful that many soldiers were coaxed away by him. The use of the word Li Dian was really depressing.

"It doesn't matter, even if there are only a few of us left tomorrow, as long as we go back to Xuchang and meet the Prime Minister, we will be safe!" Cao Hong finally didn't know whether to encourage himself or Li Dian and the others.But this trick really worked, because Li Dian and the others also deeply trusted Cao Cao.Back then, even with only one-tenth of the opponent's strength, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, who was dominating the north.Now that Cao Cao is so strong, there is no reason why he would lose to Liu Bei.Yes, Cao Cao will not lose, they all think so.

After a short rest, before dawn, Cao Hong and Li Dian assembled the army in the middle of the night and rushed to Xuchang at full speed.Although Zhang Liao and Guan Yu were still harassing them as usual, Li Dian and others simply ignored everything and did not fight back at all, they just wanted to escape back to Xuchang as quickly as possible.Along the way, many soldiers were forced to surrender or be killed.

By the time Li Dian and others rushed to the city of Xuchang, it was already the morning of the next day.In broad daylight, Li Dian, Cao Hong and the others looked at each other and looked behind them. It was true that there were at least [-] to [-] soldiers. However, they were all exhausted after a night of raiding, not to mention that they were physically weak, and there were Guan Yu and Zhang Liao behind them. The Jingzhou Army and Xuzhou Army led by a larger number, only waited for the gate of Xuchang to open, and then rushed into Xuchang together by fishing in troubled waters.

"Zi Lian, General Li, General Yu, organize your troops and prepare to enter the city!" Cao Chun, who had already withdrawn to Xuchang with Cao Cao, shouted to the crowd on the top of the city. Then the city gate was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, Li Dian and Yu Jin hurriedly led his army into the city slowly.

"Come on!" Guan Yu and Zhang Liao saw the gate of the city opened wide, and hurriedly led their troops to follow up and kill, trying to take advantage of the chaos to take Xuchang in one fell swoop.But the city gate was narrow after all, and tens of thousands of Cao's troops gathered at the gate, and it was difficult for them all to squeeze into the city at once.Guan Yu and Zhang Liao immediately led their troops forward and swung forward, annihilating the enemy while advancing towards the gate of the city.Li Dian also had to arrange some people to fight with him first, so as to cover the army to enter the city calmly.It's just that Guan Yu has a lot of soldiers and horses, and his own resistance is really not very effective.

"General Mancheng, don't be obsessed with fighting, hurry up and enter the city!" Cao Chun's anxious voice came from the top of the city again after a fierce battle, and Li Dian looked at his side, almost half of them were already there. The soldiers entered the city, and the generals such as Yu Jin and Cao Hong also entered.Although I arranged the number of people to be the last, if I continue to enter the city so slowly, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao will be able to enter the city with me immediately.Wanting to understand this, Li Dian no longer wanted to fight, and went directly to the city.

"Throw!" After seeing Li Dian entering the city, Cao Chun gave an order suddenly.Following this cry, hundreds of soldiers suddenly threw bundles of firewood from the top of the city and threw them here at the gate of the city.

Then, the crossbowmen at the top of the city aimed rockets at the piles of firewood that had just been thrown down below the city. The piles of firewood immediately burst into flames, and the flames were so big that they immediately stopped everyone who was about to enter the city. .Taking advantage of the fire, the defenders calmly closed the city gate.

(End of this chapter)