Chapter 683: A Desperate Shot
- Juancheng
Juancheng is not only the state system of Yanzhou, but also the place where the families of middle and high-ranking military officers and civilian officials in the Cao army gather.
If this place falls, even if Cao Cao still has soldiers and horses, whether the generals under his command are willing to fight for him or not will have to say twice.
Therefore, to hold Juancheng is to hold the possibility of Cao Cao controlling the army.
Xun Yu is very aware of this, at this time, the lights in the Yanzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion are bright, Xun Yu and Cao Ang are already clothed, a team of armor soldiers are constantly gathering around them, and at the same time, there are also Cao Jun's family members who have been picked up from various official residences, and the men in these families have also taken up arms, even the young Cao Pi is also guarding in front of Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Bian with swords.
Everyone gathered in the main hall, waiting for Xiahoudun's reinforcements.
"Newspaper!! The south gate suddenly caught fire, and I don't know what happened. ”
Suddenly, a sergeant ran up and shouted.
Cao Ang looked at Xun Yu, Xun Yu's face was not flustered, he held his sword and said, "Let the city gate guards put out the fire, we won't move!" ”
After a while, another sergeant ran in and reported, "A group of bandits suddenly appeared in Xicheng and were heading for the granary!" ”
"The people in the city also have grain and grass at home, don't move!"
After Cao Ang heard Xun Yu finish speaking, he said strangely, "Sir, how can there be a chaotic army in this city?" ”
Xun Yu looked at Cao Ang and asked, "Eldest prince, you say, who is our enemy this time?" ”
"According to Mr.'s speculation, it should be Lu Bu and Zhang Miao... Or, there's Mr. Gongtai. ”
Before getting accurate evidence, Cao Ang was not sure that Chen Gong had really rebelled.
"It's the Yanzhou Shi clan!" Xun Yu looked at the starry sky and said, "Ming Gong followed Ma Zhengbei's example, cleared the fields, recruited people to Tuntian, opened a school, and opened a newspaper to open wisdom, although compared with what Ma Zhengbei did, he has retreated a lot, but it still can't make them satisfied." ”
In the eyes of Xun Yu and others, Cao Ang is the heir to Cao Cao's career in the future, and Xun Yu believes that he has the responsibility to teach Cao Ang.
In the eyes of those Yanzhou scholars, Yanzhou is the Yanzhou of Yanzhou scholars, and Ming Gong is an outsider, and he should be the guardian of Yanzhou scholars, or... Should be a watchdog!
Watchdogs, when encountering foreign enemies, they naturally have to pounce, but who to eat the wine and meat at home and how much to eat, but you can't decide, which is why Ma Zhengbei almost cleans the local scholars everywhere he goes. ”
Xun Yu's words revealed the internal reasons for the turmoil.
What is the meat and wine of the government? It's power!
Under Cao Cao, the civil power was basically held by the Yingchuan faction led by Xun Yu and Xi Zhong, and the military power was held by the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other clan generals.
All in all, it doesn't belong to your Yanzhou clan.
Even Chen Gong and Cheng Yu, who were most valued by Cao Cao among the Yanzhou scholars, were not as good as Xun Yu and Xi Zhong.
"Newspaper!! There is a bandit army in Dongcheng, and they are killing the arsenal!! ”
"The arsenal has long been empty, don't move!!"
The city has begun to be in turmoil, and even those who didn't believe in Xun Yu before now have to admit that there is really a big chaos in Yanzhou.
"Report !! Several bandit armies suddenly came to us!! ”
Xun Yu laughed and said, "As I expected, Xu Ding, the thief army is running back and forth in the city, and it is already a tired army, please lead the troops to suppress it!" ”
Xu Ding is Xu Chu's brother, he is a little different from Xu Chu, who is five big and three thick, his face is long and thin, and although his martial arts are not as good as Xu Chu, he is also considered to be a second-rate level.
"Yes!"
Xu Ding left the state capital with soldiers and horses, and faced the rebel army that was killing the main gate of the state capital.
Xun Yu said to Cao Ang again, "The rebel army will inevitably attack from the back door, please keep the back door." ”
Cao Ang bowed his hand to accept the order, and then bid farewell to Mrs. Ding, and then led the army to the back door.
"Sir, in this city, obey"
Although the people of the city did not know what was happening, they heard the footsteps of the soldiers outside and the sound of soldiers, and they knew that there was a disturbance in the city.
The fight began, on the one hand, it was premeditated, on the other hand, it was for fame and fortune, and on the other hand, it was for the sake of guarding the king, both sides did not answer, and they collided directly, swords and guns entered the flesh, arrows flew into the sky, and the sound of killing shook the whole city.
Xun Yu pinched the sword, and said silently in his heart, "General Xiahou, hurry!" Come on!! ”
"Quick! Fast!!! Xiahoudun shouted loudly, constantly urging the sergeants to march quickly, and in order to speed up, this army had already dropped everything except ordnance and a day's dry rations.
It can be said that within a day, if they can't reach Juancheng, or if they can't stabilize Juancheng when they arrive at Juancheng, they will all starve to death in the wilderness.
"General! Xiancheng seems to have changed, the flags in the city have been replaced, and there are still homeless! ”
Xiancheng is a city located between Juancheng and Puyang.
Xiahoudun took a breath and watched Xiancheng grit his teeth angrily.
"Bypass Hamcheng and keep going!! Target - Juancheng !! ”
Although Xiahoudun was angry that there was a rebellion in Xiancheng, he understood that now was not the time to quell the rebellion, there were rebellions in Xiancheng, and I am afraid that it would not be much better in Juancheng.
Fortunately, Puyang is only more than 100 miles away from Juancheng, and under the desperate urging of Xiahoudun, he finally walked to Juancheng in one day and night.
"There's fire! Will.. Checkmate.. There is a fire! ”
"I'm Xiahoudun!! Quickly open the gates!! ”
Xiahoudun anxiously shouted under the city gate, the general guarding the city gate saw Xiahoudun and breathed a sigh of relief, he is also a Cao clan, although it is only a branch, but it is enough to ensure his loyalty to Cao Cao, under Xun Yu's strict order, he has not dared to send troops back to save the state capital, now it's okay, the reinforcements have arrived.
"General Xiahou, enter the city quickly, there are thieves in the city!"
"Got it!" Xiahoudun took the big knife from the victory hook and shouted, "Enter the city to suppress the thieves!" ”
"Kill, !!"
Hearing the shouting of killing in the distance, Xu Ding, who was already covered in injuries, slashed down a chaotic army with a knife, and said with a smile, "It's finally here, I almost didn't resist, brothers!" It's time for revenge! Kill all these rebels!! Kill!! ”
The arrival of Xiahoudun made those dead soldiers of the warrior clan in Juancheng quickly annihilated under the attack, and also made Xun Yu feel at ease.
"Mr. Xun, how are your sons and wives?"
"It's all right, can you see Chen Gong?"
Speaking of Chen Gong, Xiahou Tang snorted angrily, and scolded, "That black-hearted thief in Chen Gong actually voted for Lu Bu, when I came out of Puyang, I happened to meet them, if it wasn't for the quick letter from Mr., I would have died in the hands of this thief!" ”
Xiahoudun's words made Xun Yu and Cao Ang afraid.
Fortunately, Cao Ang trusted Xun Yu at that time, and fortunately, Xun Yu immediately decided to let Xiahoudun withdraw his troops and return to help, otherwise it would really be all over.