The Invincible Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

Turning his head slightly, Lu Bu said, "How about you send someone to talk to Liu Bei?"

Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "My lord, we should move closer to the east, now Yuzhou and Jingzhou are still in the hands of the allies, as long as we join Liu Bei's army, no matter how many people Liu Rui has, there is nothing we can do. How about ours!"

However, Lu Bu shook his head and said: "The army of Zhao Yun and Xue Rengui is in the north now, and Liu Rui even led the army to watch our eastern side. If we don't withdraw at this time, we will be too late in the future!"

Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, then he didn't say more, just sighed, and tried his best to help Lu Bu issue various orders.

However, not long after Lu Bu's withdrawal, Zhao Yun and Xue Rengui led the army here. Looking at Lu Bu's empty camp, Zhao Yun had to sigh: "This Lu Feng ran really fast!" Lazy! People listening to the book www.lanren9.com

Xue Rengui also sighed again and again. Even if the two ordered the army to pursue them, it was just that Lu Bu ran very fast. The two chased for a long time, but they did not catch up.

However, after chasing them all the way, they encountered Huo Qubing's Qingqi instead.

When Liu Rui defeated Sun Ce's army, Huo Qubing was instructed by Guo Jia to detour from Yuzhou to the rear of Liu Bei and Lu Bu, destroying the other party's food, grass and luggage.Unexpectedly, when Huo Qubing arrived, he happened to meet Lu Bu leading the army to retreat, and Huo Qubing's troops could only avoid it from a distance. After Lu Bu escaped, Huo Qubing was the one who found Liu Bei's major camp of food and grass. , After a raid, Liu Bei's food and grass were burned.

Sun Wu and Xiang Yu, who were sticking to Luoyang, also sent troops to attack Liu Bei at the same time. When Liu Bei's army learned that the food and grass had been burned, the army was in chaos, and Xiang Yu led the troops to break it in one fell swoop. No matter how hard Liu Bei and Pang Tong struggled, they could only lead the remnant army. evacuate.

At this moment, Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Lü Bu, and Liu Bei of the five allied forces had all been defeated, and only Cao Cao's men were still facing off against Li Jing and Li Cunxiao by the Yellow River. Cao Cao found out.

Although Cao Cao had suffered losses in previous battles, the loss of troops and horses was not serious. At this moment, Cao Cao was also discussing countermeasures with Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu in the camp.

"My lord, now the four lords of the army have been defeated, and our side has been unable to break through Li Jing's defense. In the opinion of my subordinates, we should withdraw the army immediately!" Xi Zhicai suggested to Cao Cao with a solemn expression.

However, Jia Xu shook his head and said, "My lord, now all four princes have been defeated, but our troops and horses have not suffered any losses. Why don't we take this opportunity to dispatch the previously hidden coalition army to break through Li Jing's defense in one fell swoop, and take advantage of this opportunity. Opportunity to capture Jizhou Youzhou!"

The disagreement between Jia Xu and Xi Zhicai made Cao Cao in a dilemma. If Cao Cao retreated, he would still be able to preserve some of his strength, and the hidden joint army of the five princes would also allow the princes to have enough self-protection ability.

But if Cao Cao insisted on attacking, then with the number of troops and horses in the combined army of the princes, Li Jing and Li Cunxiao would definitely not be able to hold back for too long.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao is so difficult to choose.

"You two, I know that you are all dedicated to our cause, but this time the matter is of great importance. It can be said that it is related to what the world will look like in the future." Cao Cao thought for a long time before finally slowly opening.

"We finally formed an alliance of princes, seven princes, from west to east, to attack them. Do you think this situation will happen in the future?" Cao Cao's voice was low, and he looked up at Xi Zhicai, no When Xi Zhi answered, Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Before, Lv Bu was afraid of Liu Rui, and he threw Liu Bei aside and retreated first. In fact, it has already explained the thoughts of the princes. If he, Lv Bu, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, and Sun Ce are all here now, I am afraid it will not be the same. Will agree to let us lead the alliance army to attack Liu Rui!"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "This alliance army was jointly formed by the five princes. If we were to train such a force ourselves, we don't know when we would be able to do it. Since the princes have all retreated. , then we have no reason to care about them, but should take this opportunity to use the power we have now to gain more benefits for us!"

Jia Xu's words immediately silenced Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai.After a long time, Cao Cao focused his head and said, "Okay! Let's take this opportunity to win. If we can win Jizhou and Youzhou in one fell swoop, we will have the capital to compete with Liu Rui!" , . . .

526: Besieged Cao Cao

Cao Cao's decision was equivalent to taking the troops of the five princes for his own benefit.Xi Zhicai is naturally ashamed of such a decision. If Cao Cao can conquer Jizhou and Youzhou in one fell swoop this time, even if the princes mention this in the future, I am afraid they will not dare to say much. The state is enough to easily compete with Liu Rui. If the princes want to survive, they have to rely on Cao Cao's breath.

But if it fails, then when Liu Rui attacks Cao Cao in the future, I am afraid that no one will come to help Cao Cao again.

In the past, the troops and horses of the four princes were defeated again and again. Cao Cao did not let the combined army come to the rescue, but used the troops and horses of the princes to go all out for his own selfishness. This approach has not only chilled the hearts of the princes.If these soldiers and horses returned to the princes' territory, even if they could not defeat Liu Rui immediately, they would at least give the princes more money to save their lives.

But if all the combined army formed by these princes fell here, then Cao Cao would be the sinner among the five princes.At that time, when Liu Rui raised his army to the south, I am afraid that the princes would not have the time to rebuild the army.

This truth, Xi Zhi knew, Jia Xu also knew, and Cao Cao also knew clearly.But after all, Cao Cao could not resist the temptation of Jizhou and Youzhou, and decided to mobilize the combined army immediately to break through the lines of defense of Li Jing and Li Cunxiao while Liu Rui's troops scattered in pursuit of the princes.

As Cao Cao's order was conveyed, the entire coalition army was surging like a tide from Gunzhou, but before it had time to reach the banks of the Yellow River, Cao Cao received news from Yuzhou.

"My lord, it's not good, then Liu Rui personally led two large armies towards our Gunzhou!" Xi Zhicai hurriedly entered the military tent, and what he said surprised Cao Cao.

In order to conquer Liu Rui this time, Cao Cao took away a lot of the defenders from all over the country. Previously, the territories of the princes were connected together, and there was no need to worry about the safety of the rear, but the current situation is completely different. .

Previously, after defeating Sun Ce, Liu Rui easily occupied several cities in Yuzhou, and thus opened up the road to the west of Gunzhou.At that time, Zhao Yun and Xue Rengui, after chasing Lv Bu, moved eastward and merged with Yue Fei Li Ruohai's men. Liu Rui personally led them and rushed towards Gunzhou.

This transfer was also made by Guo Jia from the rear.When Huo Qubing's cavalry was destroying the enemy's food and grass in the rear, they accidentally discovered the change of the enemy's food and grass.

The feudal lords' food and forage were actually divided into two routes, one was transported towards the front line, and the other was gathered to Gunzhou.When the news reached Guo Jia, Guo Jia immediately judged that the other party had hidden a group of people in Gunzhou, and it must be a large number of people.In addition, there is a big difference between the troops and horses of the previous princes and the prediction, so Guo Jia is sure that Cao Cao must have a combined army of the princes in his hands, and based on the current situation, he guessed that Cao Cao may Head north to attack Jizhou and Youzhou.

That's why there was this continuous movement of people and horses.Liu Rui personally led the two groups to attack Gunzhou from the flanks.And the men of Zhuge Liang and Hao Zhao, as well as the men of Sun Wu and Xiang Yu, all rushed eastward along the Yellow River to support Li Jing and Li Cunxiao!

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And Liu Rui's previous five-way army is now all gathered around this Gunzhou, guarding along the Yellow River with three troops and horses, attacking the flank of Gunzhou with Liu Rui's two troops, and using the method of encircling Wei and saving Zhao Forcing Cao Cao to divide his troops to deal with it.

When Cao Cao learned that Liu Rui's men had arrived on the west side of Gunzhou, he was also frightened.Not to mention that he has not yet occupied Jizhou Youzhou, even if Cao Cao has already won the four eastern states, he is reluctant to lose Qingzhou and Gunzhou.

He Cao Mengde has been operating these two state capitals for a long time. Although Liu Rui's prestige in Chang'an Sili and Youzhou Jizhou Bingzhou is not comparable, in this Qingzhou and Gunzhou, Cao Cao also works hard and is quite popular.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao's original plan had to be completely abandoned. If he lost Qingzhou and Gunzhou, even if he won Jizhou and Youzhou, what would happen?At that time, Cao Mengde was completely surrounded by Liu Rui in the northeast corner, not to mention the completion of the great cause, and even self-protection may be a problem.

At this time, Cao Cao could only re-mobilize his troops to the east of Gunzhou to guard against Liu Rui's attack.

It's just that the two sides fought several times on the border between Gunzhou and Yuzhou, and there was no winner. After Guo Jia and others rushed to Li Jing's line of defense, Liu Rui slowly withdrew his troops.

And Cao Cao could only helplessly watch Liu Rui's army retreat...

It wasn't that Cao Cao didn't want to take the opportunity to chase and kill Liu Rui. Cao Cao even notified the remaining four-way princes to send troops to Yuzhou to take the opportunity to encircle and suppress Liu Rui's two-way army.It's just that Liu Biao of Jingzhou was bedridden by Zhuge Liang's two fires, so he sent Sima Yi, not only to help Cao Cao, but to ask for half of his own troops, saying that Jingzhou was empty, and if there were no such people, I would have only Can be taken advantage of by Liu Rui.

Jiangdong's Sun Ce didn't respond at all... When Sun Ce fled before, the injury on his buttocks worsened again, and Zhou Yu was comatose due to Liu Rui's vomiting blood, and it has not improved until now. In this way, There is no one who can call the shots in the entire Jiangdong, and this matter is naturally over.

As for Lu Bu, after abandoning Liu Bei earlier, he was locked out of Xuzhou when he returned to Xuzhou. This time Cao Cao gave orders, but Lu Bu did not pay any attention at all. However, he sent military advisor Chen Gong to beg for his own. Soldiers and horses.

Instead, Liu Bei personally led his troops to join Cao Cao, but Liu Bei was attacked by Liu Rui's three-way troops and was cut off by Huo Qubing. All of them were already exhausted. It was downcast and demoralized.Such soldiers, let alone attacking Liu Rui on their own initiative, would probably worry Cao Cao even defending the city.

Up to now, all the five princes have been defeated by Liu Rui, and what happened in Hanzhong and Yizhou has finally reached Cao Cao's ears.Cao Cao also understood, and now it would be futile to attack Liu Rui. , , .

527: Gradual Dismissal

In Cao Cao's camp, there was already a lot of noise.

"Cao Mengde, when will you return the troops of my lord? Could it be that you, Cao Mengde, want to use the troops of the princes for your use? Or do you want to take the opportunity to annex a few of our families?" Sima Yi stared at Cao Cao in the center of the field, pulling up The voice shouted.

In the past few days, the people sent by the princes have been quarreling every day, but Cao Cao has not been able to break out.