The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 340
Dongfang Sheng opened the envelope and took a look. After scanning it once, he frowned.

The meaning of the letter is very simple and nothing more than two, either make peace or fight.

However, Cao Cao also put forward a very attractive condition, as long as Dongfang Sheng agreed to submit to him, not only could he become a marquis, but he could also marry his daughter to Dongfang Sheng.

If Dongfang Sheng does not agree, Cao Cao will fight with all his strength.

After reading the letter, Dongfang Sheng immediately sat down and wrote a letter of credit with a brush. After sealing it, he called his soldiers and said, "Send the letter to Mr. Cao."

"Here!" The guard rolled the envelope into a leather cylinder, and galloped away on horseback.

Cao Cao's army had also approached Yangping County at this time, and Cao Cao in military uniform raised his whip and pointed ahead and said to Cao Hong, "Do you know that Meng Ren will definitely stop us in Yangping County."

Cao Hong was a little surprised and said: "Could it be that he will reject the Lord's proposal?"

"If you have great ambitions, how can you be willing to be inferior to others?" Cao Cao sighed.

"Report! Someone has sent a letter." Cao Cao's personal soldier said with a leather cylinder in his hand, and behind him was the personal soldier who delivered Dongfang Sheng's letter.

Cao Cao opened the seal, took out the envelope inside and opened it for a look, then a knowing smile appeared on his face.

"Haha, it's true that he is the one I like!" Cao Cao laughed and said, "Go back and tell Meng Ren that if he is defeated by me this time, as long as he surrenders, I will never blame him!"

"Here!"

The soldier delivering the letter for Dongfang Sheng nodded in response, then turned and left.

After Cao Cao collected the letter, he said to Cao Hong, "Take my soldier talisman to find Xiahoudun and Le Jin in front, and tell them to attack the camp tonight!"

"Meng Ren, Xuzhou is not the place you should occupy." Cao Cao said softly.

On the outskirts of Yangping County, Yu Hong had already ordered the soldiers to set up camp. There were also ditches and horned deer around the camp. After finishing all this, he went back to the army tent to find Zhao Yun.

This time, Yu Hong was the commander-in-chief of the peripheral new army in name, but Zhao Yun, who Yu Hong consciously followed him, should have more say. He is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat.

"General Zilong thinks how should we prepare to deal with Cao Jun's attack on the camp?" Yu Hong asked cautiously after entering the army tent.

Zhao Yun pointed to the map and said, "The periphery of Yangping County is all plains. Cao Jun's sneak attack is nothing more than attacking the camp at night. My lord said before that the method of fighting against Cao Jun's attack Camp is the most effective."

After listening to Zhao Yun's analysis, Yu Hong, who had a trace of disdain at first, immediately fell in admiration.

"You order the guards at the gate to be removed, and all the soldiers move back to the rear and sides of the camp. Once Cao's army enters the camp, they will surround them on three sides."

"Here!" Yu Hong immediately nodded in response, and at the same time turned around and went out to make arrangements.

Zhao Yun then also got up and went out. Although he was Yu Hong's deputy this time, it seemed that Yu Hong still couldn't let go.

It was night, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin, who had received Cao Hong's military order, attacked Yu Hong's camp from left to right.

But Xiahoudun and Le Jin found that there was not a single scout on the periphery. Usually, Dongfang Sheng's style of play was to run scouts all over the ground. Basically, he knew many situations of the enemy army in advance, but this time Xiahoudun and the others did not find a single scout. .

But Xiahou Dun and the others didn't care. After all, everyone's style may change. Maybe Dongfang Sheng changed his strategy this time?

In Xiahoudun, they directly attacked Yu Hong's camp with light cavalry, but something even weirder happened. There was no guard at the gate of the camp, and they broke in as if they were no one.

"Wait, there's a problem." Xiahou Dun and Le Jin who had joined him said, "They probably want to lure us into the camp and then outflank us."

"Then what should we do?" Le Jin asked.

Xiahou Dun glanced at the brightly lit camp and said, "Hmph, if we just retreat without a fight, I'm afraid we'll fall into their tricks. I think Meng Ren didn't have enough troops to play this trick."

When Le Jin heard Xiahou Dun's words, he immediately said convincedly: "You and Meng Ren are already familiar with each other, so let's listen to you."

Xiahoudun and Lejin immediately led their troops in and continued to advance, but what Xiahoudun didn't know was that he knew Dongfang Sheng, so didn't Dongfang Sheng know him?

When Xiahoudun and Le Jin arrived near the middle army in Yu Hong's camp, there was a sound of clappers, and three troops rushed out from the left, middle, and right. The leader of the middle army was a general with silver armor and a white spear. It was Zhao who hit him.

The banners of the two groups of people on the left and right have a big "Yu" character on them.

It is Zhao Yun and Yu Hong who lead the middle and left and right lanes.

Xiahou Dun and Le Jin showed excited smiles, and rushed towards Yu Hong and Zhao Yun one after another.

The two groups of troops immediately mingled together, and the sound of shouting and killing was loud, and the sound of weapons handing over was endless. At the same time, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin felt a little overwhelmed, because the opponent's troops were obviously more than they expected, and they were all elites. scholar.

Just as Xiahou Dun and Zhao Yun were inseparable from killing each other, Cao Cao was also heading straight to Yangping County.

"Ziyuan, do you know why Meng Ren intercepted us in Yangping?" Cao Cao said, waving his whip lightly and urging his horses, "Because Xuzhou has just been conquered by him, if he fights me in Xuzhou like Liu Bei, I don't need much effort Xuzhou can be taken back."

"Tonight I sent Zi Lian and the others to attack the camp in order to contain his troops outside the city, so that we can reduce a lot of pressure."

Just before Cao Cao rushed to Yangping County, Dongfang Sheng had sent the people from the scout battalion to Jingzhou and Jiangdong with two secret letters.

The city wall of Yangping County was brightly lit by fire, and Dongfang Sheng specially ordered that kerosene be lit to illuminate the top and bottom of the city wall.

When Cao Cao saw the fire on the city wall, he sighed softly, "The one who knows me is not Meng Ren!"

"Get ready to assemble Thunderbolt cars and ladders to attack the city."

Cao Cao said with a blank face that an excellent politician must have a cold heart, even if the other party knows his intentions, he must insist on his own wishes.

Cao Hong immediately led his soldiers to assemble the thunderbolt car and the ladder. Dongfang Sheng taught Cao Cao the method of dismantling the transportation, but it is estimated that other people will know about these things later, so Dongfang Sheng did not hide anything.

When the war drums sounded, the strong men in Cao's army immediately rushed towards the county town with thunderbolt chariots and ladders. They were surrounded by a group of soldiers who supported them with large shields for defense.

(End of this chapter)