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Chapter 101 Attacking Runan Together
"You don't have to worry, I decided to ask the craftsmen to make a batch of stirrups right away. With the stirrups, these problems can be easily solved!" Feng Yaoxin said with full satisfaction.

As soon as Feng Yao's words came out, they immediately attracted the curiosity of several people, and then Feng Yao had to explain what a stirrup was.

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early next morning
My relatives came to report that there was a person named Liang Teng outside the door, who asked to see him urgently.

When Feng Yao heard that it was Liang Teng, he felt strange, didn't he tell him to keep a low profile, why did he come to me so directly, didn't he want everyone to know the relationship between the two, but think about it, this Several days passed, and he wanted to find out how Liang Teng's steamed stuffed buns were doing, so he ordered his attendants to take Liang Teng to the study for a private meeting.

When Liang Teng saw Feng Yao's face, he knelt down and said, "My lord, I'm about to renovate those private houses and start selling steamed stuffed buns, and recruited three more men!..."

But before Liang Teng finished speaking, Feng Yao interrupted him, and said with displeasure: "Liang Teng, you openly asked me to talk about these things? Have you forgotten how I explained to you at that time? Don't openly come looking for me in the city!"

Liang Teng hurriedly fell to the ground in fright, and when Feng Yao finished speaking, he said: "My lord, I didn't come here because of these things. These things just give the little one a hundred courage, and the little ones don't dare to mess around. This time Because the little one has received news from shopkeeper Yuan in Puyang!"

"Oh, so that's the case, then why didn't you say it earlier!" Feng Yao's face immediately became more serious when he heard the news about Puyang.

In order to prevent outsiders from knowing the news, Yuan Ping used word of mouth. Liang Teng straightened up and said, "My lord, there is news from Puyang. Cao Cao has frequently mobilized troops between various places. He probably wants to attack Puyang again!" The shopkeeper asked how to arrange the next step!"

Hearing this, Feng Yao's expression became heavy.

Cao Cao is pressing every step of the way!I don’t know if Lu Bu can withstand this time. According to history, Lu Bu only withstood one attack. I thought Cao Cao would not act so soon, but I didn’t expect Cao Cao to be ready to move again after only a month. !Could it be that because of his own reasons, Cao Cao also started to come out of historical order?
At this time, Feng Yao has just regained half of Runan. If he blatantly turns against Cao Cao immediately, it may not be conducive to the future development. If he ignores the battle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao, Feng Yao is worried that Puyang will really break through. , Will Longmen Inn be implicated, and in Feng Yao's entire layout, Lu Bu is a key pawn!Feng Yao didn't want to see Lu Bu being beaten back and forth by Cao Cao.

"Liang Teng, you go back first and send someone to sue Yuan Ping. Don't expose your identity unless it is absolutely necessary. Even if Cao Cao breaks through Puyang City, you must continue to lurk! I will arrange other things!" Feng Yao said.

"Yes, my little one will leave!" Liang Teng carefully exited the study and left.

After Liang Teng left, Feng Yao thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to speed up the pace of regaining Runan. Only by gaining a firm foothold on the territory of Runan as soon as possible, can he be able to deal with Cao Cao, his father Yuan Shu, Feng Yao didn't want Yuan Shu to take the initiative to attack, because Xuzhou had another enemy, Liu Bei, so according to the current situation, Feng Yao could only do nothing to help Lu Bu!

Can't wait for Wei Yan to come!There must be a full-scale war within three days!
Of the 37 counties in Runan, eighteen counties are now owned by Feng Yao. Except for the counties captured by Zhou Cang and Ji Ling, the other nine counties surrendered automatically. Yin, the tribute grain, grass, soldiers and horses will take a few days to arrive.

After Feng Yao made a decision, he immediately raised his account.

The participants included Ruyin Order Chen Dao, Captain Dai Ling, Captain Cheng Gu, guard Xu Chu, personal follower Yang Wu, and counselor Zhi Yue.

Feng Yao told everyone the latest news about Cao Cao's army, and explained his decision.

After everyone was silent for a while, the counselor Zhi Yue said: "Your Majesty, I think that since Cao Cao dared to attack Puyang only one month after the defeat, according to his character, he must have the confidence to win. , so I think Cao Cao must unite with Yuan Shao!"

Cheng Gu said: "I think it is unlikely that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will unite. Yuan Shao will take revenge. Unless Cao Cao can show enough sincerity, will Yuan Shao support Cao Cao?"

Chen Dao said: "My lord, I agree with Ziqing's point of view. Cao Cao's actions are often beyond the expectations of ordinary people. The more others think it is impossible, the more Cao Cao will choose. On the other hand, looking at the dispute between Lu Bu and Cao Cao in Yanzhou, this time Cao Cao If he can't win again, I'm afraid that his momentum will drop sharply, and in the end he might betray his relatives, and uniting with Yuan Shao can only be his only choice and the most beneficial choice for him!"

Feng Yao nodded. It is true that Cao Cao has been allied with Yuan Shao in history until the Battle of Guandu, so thinking of this, in order to prevent the generals from arguing on this issue, he said: "Whether Cao Cao will return to Yuan Shao, everyone Don't discuss it any more, Cao Cao will definitely unite with Yuan Shao, not possible!"

When everyone heard Feng Yao's affirmative tone, they were secretly startled. If Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Cao Cao again, the situation would be very unfavorable to him.

At this time Xu Chu said loudly: "Cao Cao wanted me to lead troops to attack Chen Liu, so he must have made a big plan to deal with Chen Liu, and there is only a country of Chen between us in Runan and Chen Liu, in my opinion , it is better to take down Chen Guo first, so that it can also be connected to Lu Bu's territory, which is neither better!"

As soon as Xu Chu said this, everyone was shocked. Can Runan still sit still, so he went to beat Chen Guo?Although Chen Guo is not big, with only more than ten counties, it is the fiefdom of the Liu Dynasty!If you go to fight Chen Guo and don't say whether you can take it down, you will offend the court immediately!This Xu Chu dared to think too much!

Although Feng Yao was surprised, he thought about it again. After occupying Runan, it would be a good plan to attack Chen country. The surrounding area of ​​Runan is Yingchuan, Chen country, Liang country, Pei country and other places. One direction is Yangzhou with one father, and the other is Liu Biao's territory in Jingzhou. With Feng Yao's current strength, if he touches Liu Biao now, is he asking for food?In fact, there is nothing to worry about beating Chen Guo, it is just enough to occupy its territory, and it is not to kill Chen Wang, the court will not be angry about it!

"Zhongkang, your proposal is good, but it's not enough right now, we have to wait until the whole of Runan is recovered!" Feng Yao said.

Xu Chu didn't expect that his suggestion would be appreciated by the lord, and he said happily: "My lord, I, Xu Chu, only listen to you. Wherever you tell Xu Chu to fight, I will fight!"

Xu Chu's outspoken words made several people burst into laughter, and at the same time, their confidence was greatly increased.

Dai Ling always said little, so he didn't say much at this time.

Zhiyue said again: "In this case, we will follow the master's plan and prepare to attack from three directions and quickly recover Runan!"

The generals nodded in unison.

Feng Yaodao: "Since everyone agrees to go on an expedition, let me talk about the arrangement of the attack first!"

"Chen Dao, you will still guard Ruyin!"

"Obey!" Chen Daoying arrived.

"Dai Ling, for this campaign, I order you to lead 5000 people as the vanguard, and set off in three days to capture Gushi County, 150 miles to the west!"

"Subordinates obey!" Dai Ling said.

If Dai Ling took away [-] soldiers, the city would only have less than [-] troops, and [-] troops would be left to guard the city, so the rest could only be led by Feng Yao himself.There are also Du Heng and Lei Xu in the department. Cheng Gu's soldiers and horses have been handed over to Zhou Cang, so there are no soldiers and horses to take with him for the time being.

Feng Yao glanced at Cheng Gu and said: "Cheng Gu, the county soldiers from various counties will arrive in this city one after another in a few days, and I order you to select [-] soldiers from them and go north to meet General Zhou Cang. The specific matters will be handled by County Magistrate Chen." Come arrange it!"

"Obey!" Cheng Guxi said, originally thought that he would not go out this time.

"I will personally lead an army of [-] to escort food and grass, and set off in four days as the second route to support Dai Ling!" Feng Yao said.

All the generals had no objection, so Feng Yao ordered all the generals to go down to prepare for the expedition. At the same time, he sent someone to inform Zhou Cang on the North Road. Turn back to Ruyin, and attack directly with Ji Lingbu.

Feng Yao's headquarters originally had 61 war horses, and with the addition of twenty new war horses this time, the number has reached 81. If the soldiers and horses from nine counties can arrive in these four days, there will be another 45 more horses. There will be 126 war horses, Feng Yao wants to make up a total number of 113 horses, plus one of his own, only 114 horses, the other 12 war horses will be more than 10 horses for Cheng Gu's guards. Two horses come, these two horses that Feng Yao wants to stay in Ruyin and wait for a long time to form a song come out.

The composition of Feng Yao's 100 soldiers is as follows: [-] elite dead soldiers with swords and shields plus [-] miscellaneous soldiers, Xu Chu's [-] Xu family sabers and shields plus [-] miscellaneous soldiers, Lei Xu's [-] elite spear soldiers plus [-] miscellaneous soldiers. Five hundred miscellaneous soldiers, Du Heng's [-] elite shortbowmen plus [-] miscellaneous soldiers, Zhao Wangjun Sima led [-] miscellaneous soldiers to accompany the army to escort the food and grass, Liu Shun led [-] scouts to investigate the enemy's situation, and more than [-] cavalry led by Yang Wu Followed by Feng Yao.

The entire Runan offensive plan mobilized more than 8000 soldiers and horses, divided into three lines: the southern line, the northern line, and the central line, a total of six groups of soldiers and horses marched westward.Ji Ling on the south line has [-] soldiers, Zhou Zheng has [-] soldiers, Zhou Cang has [-] soldiers on the north line, Cheng Gu has [-] soldiers, Dai Ling has [-] soldiers on the middle road, and Feng Yao has [-] soldiers.

(End of this chapter)