Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241 General Xu Huang
Liang Junzhi, in the city of Suiyang.

Liu Bei, who had just captured Suiyang, sat on the main seat of the Suiyang government office, while Guan Yu and other civil, civil and military personnel stood or sat on the left and right.And in the middle was Mi Fang who was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

Liu Bei frowned slightly, hesitated for a while, and finally sighed: "Zi Fang, don't come here without any harm!"

"My lord, Mi Fang knows that her sins are serious, and she took refuge in Cao Cao before, and now she cooperates with Cao Cao to design the lord. Fortunately, the lord is lucky, otherwise Mi Fang will not be able to atone for her sins even if she dies!" Mi Fang knelt on the ground and said tremblingly.Liu Bei sighed when he heard the words, not only him, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and even Lu Su were silent.Meeting Mi Fang at this time was really unexpected.What was even more unexpected was that he would actually open the gate of Suiyang City to support the army to enter the city.What happened in this is really hard to recall for a while.

"Forget it, I won't kill you for the sake of your surrender in Kaicheng today. But you have rebelled several times, and I can't tolerate you anymore. From now on, you will go back to your hometown in Xuzhou and stay behind closed doors. Let's spend the rest of our lives in plain clothes and vegetarian food!" Liu Bei hesitated for a while, thinking that his wife and Mi Zhu didn't kill him after all.

"Thank you, my lord, for not killing me!" Mi Fang had tears streaming down her face when she narrowly escaped death, and then left in a pissed off manner.Liu Bei sighed a few words, and then cheered up and said to everyone: "Everyone, we have already taken Liangjun now, and we only need to take Jiyin and Dongjun again, and we can completely separate Cao Cao."

"Exactly!" Everyone smiled happily.As long as Dongjun is taken, Yanjin and Baima can be controlled. Even if Cao Cao transfers troops from Guandu, the navy will be more targeted in intercepting them.This is also the strategy that Pang Tong quickly drew up for Liu Bei after he learned that Guandu had fallen. Even if he concentrated his superior forces, he took advantage of the emptiness of Liangjun and Chenliu to quickly take these places, and Cao Cao was trapped in Xuchang. It was just trapped in Yingchuan instead.

Similar to what Tang Seng said in Journey to the West, Yingchuan is just a bigger cage for Cao Cao.At this time, he was close to the Yellow River in the north, Chenliu in the east, and Yiyang in the west.As for the south, Zhang Liao led an army of [-] in Runan, waiting for his visit at any time.Thinking about Cao Cao's current situation, Liu Bei was also elated.

"Traveling horses to report, the Dongjun and Jiyin defenders only have a few thousand people, and the guard Wang Zhong is an unknown man. Brother, please rest, wait for me to take Wang Zhong's head!" Everyone laughed for a while, Zhang Fei Volunteered first.

"Why bother the three generals, I, Ji Ling, are willing to do it for you!" As the loser in stopping Zhang Xiu, Ji Ling had to find a chance to save himself some face.Similar Guan Hai, Sun Fu and others all volunteered.Liu Bei was about to order generals with a smile on his face, when he saw a small school come in to report: "My lord, there is an army of horses coming to challenge the city, and the leader is actually General Wei Yan!"

"What, Wei Yan?" Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then hurriedly led everyone up to the top of the city to see what happened.

"My lord?" Wei Yan, who was flaunting his might from the city, was also taken aback when he saw Liu Bei coming out, so he hurriedly got off his horse and entered the city to meet Liu Bei.

"Didn't Wen Chang confront Xu Huang in Qi County? Why did you come here?" Liu Bei asked a little strangely after seeing the ceremony.

"My lord, I don't know. Three days ago, Xu Huang suddenly withdrew his troops and left Shanyang, and retreated to Dongjun. After I led the army to occupy Shanyang, I remembered that my lord had been blocked by Liangjun, so I led the army south to help. I took it, but my lord has already taken Liang County!" Wei Yan also said with some surprise.

"What, Xu Huang retreated to Dongjun?" Liu Bei's expression also changed when he heard this, not only him, but the rest of the people were also stunned, and then regretted. "Xu Huang has [-] troops under his command, which is more than enough to guard Dongjun. I am afraid that we will not be able to trap Cao Mengde in Henan in a hurry! Xu Gongming is indeed a good general in the world, and he retreated to Dongjun immediately, leaving this retreat for Cao Cao! "The designer Pang Tong thought for a while, but finally sighed.Wei Yan was completely puzzled when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked for clues, while Lu Su, who was on the side, hurriedly told him what happened.

"Oh, if I had known this, I should have sent my army straight to Dongjun!" Wei Yan said angrily.Although the capture of Shanyang and Jiyin is also a great achievement, compared with blocking Cao Cao's retreat, this contribution is much smaller.

"Since this is the case, in the opinion of the military advisor, what should we do?" Liu Bei was also a little anxious, and quickly asked Pang Tong.Pang Tong thought for a long time, but finally smiled wryly: "It is not realistic to split Cao Cao now. With Xu Huang stationed in Dongjun, I am afraid that Cao Cao will withdraw to Hebei as soon as possible. It is not easy to trap Cao Cao to death in one fell swoop!"

"That's it!" Everyone felt a little depressed when they heard this, and Wei Yan was even more annoyed.Liu Bei was also a little disappointed, but he still cheered up and said, "Why do you need to be upset? Although Cao Mengde was not trapped to death in one fell swoop, the prefectures of Shanyang and Jiyin have been taken by Wen Zhang, and Cao Jun under Xuchang City was captured. Annihilating no less than [-] people is already a great victory, not to mention that Botao in Longxi is also a great victory. Cao Mengde pretended to be smart, but in the end he lost his troops and lost his generals!"

As soon as the leader's words of encouragement came out, everyone felt a lot better.But at this time Lu Su thought for a while, and finally said: "Master, Cao Cao is still in Xuchang, even if he wants to withdraw from Dongjun to Hebei, it is not feasible in a hurry. Why don't we send our troops north as soon as possible, maybe we can stop Cao Jun, Annihilate it with the banks of the Yellow River!"

"That's right, my lord, if we advance as soon as possible, we might be able to catch up with Cao Cao!" After thinking for a while, Pang Tong agreed with Lu Su's opinion, but his tone was not sure.Whether he can succeed depends on how fast Lao Cao can run.According to experience, Cao Cao's ability to run has never been bad.So whether to chase or not depends on whether Liu Bei is willing to take a gamble.

"Besides, Su thought that if Cao Cao withdrew, he would definitely abandon Xuchang and ignore it, but he knew that General Zhang Wenyuan, who knew Runan, would lead his army northward and take the opportunity to capture Xuchang!" Lu Su said again, Liu Bei nodded quickly, and sent someone to Runan to inform Zhang Liao of his plan To act, he and Guan Zhang personally led an army of 15, together with the Fengyun cavalry, went north to intercept Cao Cao's return.

Just as Pang Tong expected, Cao Cao in Xuchang was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. Suddenly Xu Huang sent someone to report that he had returned to the army and stood firm in Dongjun, and he was overjoyed.

"Xu Gongming abandoned Shanyang County, didn't he hand over Yanzhou to Liu Bei?" Cao Zhang said angrily, but just as he finished speaking, he heard his father snort coldly, knowing that Cao Cao was unhappy, so he didn't dare to say anything more.Seeing this situation, counselor Liu Ye stepped forward with a sigh and said, "King Wei, now that General Xu Gongming is retreating to the East Commandery, he has finally secured a way back to Hebei for King Wei. Right now, the army has enough food and grass for less than a month. Withdraw from Hebei first, and then make plans!"

Although Liu Ye is from Huainan, he can be regarded as the veteran of the Yanzhou Group under Cao Cao's command.Now he suggested not to keep Xuchang trapped, which basically means that Yanzhou Group silently left Xuchang.Although it is unpleasant to abandon your hometown, it is better than dying here.Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun and the others, and seeing that everyone was against him, he finally sighed and said, "In that case, we will march eastward and retreat from Dongjun to Hebei! Zixiao, you lead an army of [-] to stay at Chenliu, Repair the ferry at Guandu!"

"No!" Cao Ren responded.Everyone understood that Cao Cao wanted to keep two footholds in Yanzhou so that he could come back later.As long as Dongjun and Chen stay in hand, the Yellow River Ferry can be guaranteed, and there will always be a way to come and fight again.After arranging all this, Cao Cao immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to Dongjun and prepare to return to Hebei.

Since leaving Xuchang along the way, Cao Cao has been very silent.Riding alone, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang couldn't get in the way, but Jia Xu, Xiahou Dun and other civil and military officials tactfully did not go up to discuss scolding.It is not uncommon for Cao Cao to be forced to flee in such embarrassment, but that was at least ten years ago.Now that Cao Cao is the king of Wei, it would be detrimental to his prestige to be forced into such a mess.Affected by him, Cao Zhang and the others also kept silent, just trying to move forward at full speed.

"Wait a minute, my lord!" Everyone who was walking forward in a muffled voice was suddenly startled by a loud shout, but everyone looked at Xu Chu who had always been taciturn.

"Zhongkang, what's the matter?" Cao Cao knew that Xu Chu would not play any cold humor without purpose, and he must have something to do if he lost his temper, so he asked immediately.

Xu Chu didn't speak, but jumped off the horse and lay down on the ground to listen carefully.Everyone knew that Xu Chu's hearing was so good that even the slightest sound could not escape his ears, so everyone kept quiet to see if he heard something.

"How about Zhongkang?" Cao Cao asked after Xu Chu got up, Xu Chu frowned slightly, but he still replied honestly: "King Wei, there is an army of horses coming here from the south. There are no less than [-] people, and they should be aimed at us. Come!"

"What?" As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions changed slightly.Such a large army from the south could only be Liu Bei's men.There is still a distance from Dongjun here, so hurry up and let Liu Bei catch up with the blocking.Excluding the 5 people around Cao Cao who were divided into Chenliu, the rest were just in the early [-]s.Considering that Cao Cao has just experienced a major defeat and siege, the morale issue is not optimistic.

"Brother, it's Cao Cao!" Zhang Fei shouted excitedly when he saw Cao Jun's troops and Cao Cao's banner from afar.Liu Bei didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.Beside him, Guan Yu's red phoenix eyes were also narrowed, but the biting murderous aura emanating from them could still be clearly felt.

"Get ready for battle!" Seeing that Liu Bei's army had stopped and formed their formation, Cao Cao ordered softly.Behind him, Cao Jun is also ready to go, under the command of various generals, ready to fight at any time.Cao Cao himself sits in the central army, Xiahou Dun is on the left, Li Dian is on the right, Cao Hong, Yu Jin, and Cao Zhang are in the center, and they are also facing Maimang.

"Come on!" It was Xiahou Dun who gave the order, and first led the left wing to charge towards Liu Bei's army, then Li Dian on the right also attacked, and Cao Chun in the middle waited for them to attack before leading the tiger and leopard cavalry. The Chinese army, which rushed head-on to Liu Bei, was the first to come first.Cao Cao's strategy is obvious, that is, he wants to use the unparalleled impact of tiger and leopard riders to crush Liu Bei face to face.And then achieve the overall victory of this encounter.

(End of this chapter)