Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 276
"Zhao Botao, you are too deceitful!"

The person who roared was Cao Hong.With this roar, the gift box on the table was also kicked away by him and rolled to the ground.The rest of the people in the big tent looked intently, but they saw that inside the box were the clothes of a woman, red skirt and white jacket, silk and satin, the workmanship of this dress was really not bad.

Gently picking up the scattered letter paper on the ground, Man Chong couldn't help feeling angry after reading it.This Zhao Feng's words are a little too dark.Not to mention someone as impatient as Cao Hong, even if it were him, he might not be able to hold his breath.Zhao Feng's letter was very short, in which he told Cao Hong, I am leading an army of [-] to go north to rescue Xingyang, if you bring seeds, come out and fight me to the death.If you don't have the seed, stay in the camp and don't fight, put on this beautiful dress given to you, and go back to be a boudoir lady!

"Zhao Botao is so hateful, I will kill him!" Cao Hong said angrily.After speaking, he still couldn't let go of his hatred, so he punched the table directly, and immediately punched a big hole in a solid wooden table.Xia Houba, Man Chong, Yu Jin and others in the tent looked at each other, but they also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"General, calm down! Now that Zhao Botao is aggressively coming to rescue Liu Bei, I'll wait for him to enter the border of Xingyang, then let General Zhang and General Xu lead the army to cut off his retreat, and wait until Zhao Botao is completely surrounded, and then annihilate him in one fell swoop! "Man Chong thought for a while.

Although Cao Hong has a violent temper, he is not a brainless person after all.This strategy was arranged by Cao Cao before his departure, so he would naturally abide by it.It's just that Zhao Feng is stimulating him so much now, even if the encirclement circle has not been fully formed, once Zhao Feng stands in front of him, he will still fight against it without hesitation.At the moment Cao Hongqiang suppressed the anger in his heart, ordered to suspend the attack on Xingyang City, at the same time sent scouts to inquire about Zhao Feng's news, and asked Zhang Ja and Xu Huang to dispatch troops as soon as possible, and then they fought from both sides to defeat Zhao Feng.

"Brother, why didn't Cao Jun attack the city today?" Zhang Fei, who had just finished defending the city for a day, asked exhaustedly above the devastated Xingyang City.Beside him, Liu Bei lost his usual composure, his face was covered with dust and dirt.Being trapped in Xingyang City for more than a month has really made Liu Bei very troubled.Except for a few pigeons accompanying the army, Liu Bei knew nothing about the outside world.Just a few days ago, all the carrier pigeons were used up, and Liu Bei completely lost contact with the outside world.So even his emperor's eldest nephew had just been killed, he didn't know anything about it.Of course, he didn't know that it was Cao Hong, not Cao Cao himself, who led the troops besieging him.

"I think General Zhao's reinforcements have arrived, that's why Cao Cao lowered his banners and prepared to fight to the death with General Zhao. Three generals, General Wen Yuan, you can gather your troops and prepare to break through!" Seeing this scene, Chen Gong thought carefully for a while, Only then did he speak cautiously.Liu Bei nodded. Cao Cao used his troops to think of a lot of tricks, maybe he had other intentions this time, and he still needs to be careful.

"General, there is more than an hour's journey ahead, and we can enter the boundary of Xingyang. Just now, the scouts reported that Yongning's jaws have assembled and are ready to cross Luoshui to help the battle. General Zhou Tai has led his troops to set up defenses by the river. It should be able to block it for a few hours. As for Xu Huang, General Wang sent someone to report that Xu Huang has been caught by his design, and he will not be able to help the battle for two or three days!"

During the march, Guan Ping spoke to Zhao Feng in detail.As he said, at present Zhou Tai is leading five thousand soldiers from the navy, and they are going to rely on Luoshui to attack Zhang Jaw, and after Xu Huang, the doctor in the army, has diagnosed and treated the sick soldiers, he is also convinced that there is a problem with drinking water. He ordered the whole army to dig deep wells to get water, and not to drink the stream water that Wang Ping had fed.But if this is the case, if you don't raise them for a few days, the army will never want to engage in large-scale field battles.But in the past few days, Wang Ping naturally wouldn't let them have a better time, and harassed Xu Huang's camp every day, almost without a break.Xu Huang had no choice but to order the soldiers who could move fairly freely to guard Dazhai in shifts.

"Very good, this way, we can deal with Cao Hong first!" Zhao Feng understood the current situation.At this moment, Guan Ping also sighed: "It's a pity that General Gan is trapped in the Guandu Navy camp. Otherwise, with his [-] sailors, once he enters Luoshui, he will naturally be able to block all his jaws." Pang Tongmou After the rebellion, his cousin Pang Lin was also promoted to the commander of the navy.Gan Ning, the former naval commander, was placed under house arrest in Guandu.If it weren't for Liu Qi's [-] sailors, Zhou Tai could only rely on infantry to fight against Zhang Jaw this time.

"However, although General Zhou has a navy, he doesn't have a warship. How can he resist Zhang Jaw?" Ma Zhong, who came with the army, also wondered.

"Hehe, Dexin, you don't know about that. Even if Youping doesn't have a special warship, firstly, there is no warship in Zhangja, and secondly, Cao Cao's northern soldiers are basically unable to fight in water, and they can't even swim. .Even if Youping is at a disadvantage, it is still possible to stop them!" Zhao Feng laughed.This can be regarded as Cao Cao's secrets this time. Zhang Jaw was stationed in Yongning. If he wanted to come to surround him, he had to cross Luoshui;If it weren't for this, if these two partial divisions were added together, I would most likely not be able to handle it.

The army moved forward at full speed and reached the boundary of Xingyang in a short time.After receiving the news, Cao Hong was also gearing up for a fight to the death.But what surprised him was that the scouts hadn't found any news about Xu Huang and Zhang Jai's two divisions.As a last resort, Cao Hong had to send messengers again to urge the two groups of people.

The news of Zhang Ja and Xu Huang is unknown, but Zhao Feng has already come to kill them.Cao Hong really wanted to stick to it, and make plans when everyone is ready.But Zhao Feng didn't give him a chance to breathe. As soon as he established the stronghold, he sent Niu Jin to lead 500 people to scold Cao Hong in front of the stronghold.Of course, this is not simply scolding.Before scolding, Zhao Feng personally guided them.He taught Niu Jin all his curse words to Niu Jin and the others.Zhao Feng remembered that in history, Cao Hong was scolded by Ma Chao so much that he couldn't hold back, and refused to stick to fighting him, and lost Tongguan in the end.Now with his more lethal words, it is estimated that Cao Hong will come out to fight him in less than half a day.

"Bang!" In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Hong threw a tea bowl in front of him on the ground and smashed it to pieces. "Come on, call the generals with me, and go fight Zhao Botao to the death!" After hearing clearly what Niu Jin was cursing, Cao Hong was furious.

"General calm down, let's fight Zhao Botao after General Zhang and General Xu's divisions arrive in Xingyang!" Man Chong, as Cao Cao's civil servant who stayed behind to watch over Cao Hong, had no choice but to speak out.Hearing this, Cao Hong had no intention of calming down, "This Zhao Botao insulted the lord so much, how could I, as a subject, sit idly by? If so, how can I, Cao Hong, be considered a descendant of the Cao family!" Cao Hong roared angrily Dao, Man Chong was waiting for the organization's words to persuade him, but he didn't want Yu Jin to rush in and said: "General Cao, something is wrong, General Wen Lie just couldn't bear the insults, he went out to fight without authorization, and asked Zhao Botao to be captured alive!"

"What?" Cao Hong suddenly felt dizzy again.At this time, in Zhao Feng's barracks, seeing Cao Xiu who was tied up in front of him, but still dissatisfied, Zhao Feng was also in a good mood.

"How is it, General Cao Wenlie, it's been more than ten years since you left, how is the general doing? Don't worry, I will send someone to let you go soon!" Zhao Feng teased himself, ignoring Cao Xiu's eyes that were about to burst into flames.Cao Xiu was out of breath, but he had nothing to say when he was captured again because of his inferior skills.Just as he was about to yell and scold, he saw Niu Jin hurried in with an excited face and said, "General, that guy Cao Hong can't hold back, he's about to come out for a decisive battle!"

"Okay!" Zhao Feng was overjoyed when he heard that, after all, you kid can't hold back.You came out before I dragged Cao Xiu to the door to slaughter him.Thinking of this, Zhao Feng hastily ordered the whole army to dispatch, preparing to fight Cao Hong.

What Zhao Feng didn't know was that in Wancheng at this time, the things he arranged were almost done. "Ma Youchang, Mencius Du, what are you doing?" Fu Shiren, who was bound by five flowers, asked loudly while struggling desperately.As Pang Tong expected, when he led an army of [-] to Wancheng, Meng Da, who had insufficient defenders, immediately opened the door and surrendered, and Ma Su was with him.Fu Shiren knew that Ma Liang and Pang Tong were already on the united front, and now that he met Ma Di, he would be his own.Regarding Ma Su's invitation to host a banquet, Fu Shiren, a wine-loving and lustful person, had no doubts and readily went to the appointment.As a result, after drinking three glasses of wine, I lost my mind.When he woke up again, he found that he had been tied up.No matter how stupid he was, he knew something was wrong.

"Fu Shiren, you are following the conspiracy, I will take you down today, and I will make plans when the lord comes back!" Seeing Fu Shiren who was dissatisfied in front of him, Ma Su didn't want to say anything more to him, and directly ordered him to be detained.At this time, Liao Hua also said: "The 2 people brought by Fu Shiren are all Jingzhou soldiers. I have already explained the reason to those school captains. Most of them are grateful for the kindness of the Lord. My lord! There are a few stubborn people who have already been killed by me."

"That's good, General Yuan Jian, you should lead people to Xingyang as soon as possible to help General Zhao!" Ma Di also urged after hearing the words.Liao Hua left thousands of people to help Ma Di and Meng Da defend the city, and he led the [-] Jingzhou army that had just been incorporated to Xingyang to help in the battle.

At this time, under the city of Xingyang, in the wilderness, Zhao Feng and Cao Hong's over 20 troops were confronting each other.The number of the two sides was about the same, but because Zhao Yun brought almost all the Xiliang iron cavalry under his command this time, and Cao Hong wanted to ensure that Xu Huang and Zhang Jaw came as soon as possible, most of the cavalry were with them.Therefore, in this battle, Zhao Feng and the others had a slight advantage in the cavalry army.

"General Cao, are you really going to fight Zhao Botao without waiting for General Xu and Zhang to come over?" Yu Jin thought about it, but still felt a little inappropriate.But the matter has come to this point, even Cao Xiu has been tied to the opponent's flagpole by five flowers.To fight or not to fight, it seems that the initiative is not in our own hands.

"It doesn't matter, our troops are no less than the opponent's. Zhao Botao still needs to keep his manpower to guard against General Zhang and General Xu. I would like to see what he will use to stop us." Cao Hong sneered and looked at the opposite left. General Zhao's banner, the fighting spirit in his eyes was already burning.In contrast, Yu Jin who was beside him looked a little anxious, and it could even be said that he was a little downcast.At first glance, it doesn't look like they are ready to go to war.

However, neither Cao Hong, nor Yu Jin, nor even Zhao Feng noticed that a group of people was coming from Guandu along the waterway of the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)