Chapter 269: Cao Cao retreats as advances
Wang Kai and Yuan Shu cooperated to attack for five days in a row, and Cao Cao finally determined the cooperation between Wang Kai and Yuan Shu, after all, one time was a coincidence, but several times in a row was not as simple as a coincidence.
Although the cooperation between Wang Kai and Yuan Shu was confirmed, Cao Cao didn't have any good way for a while, and he could only hope that Yu Ban would be able to capture Wuyin and prompt Yuan Shu to retreat.
At this time, Yu Ban also received Cao Cao's military order and raised troops to kill Wuyin County from Duyang County.
When the forbidden department rushed to Wuyin, Le also quickly received the news and climbed the North City Tower to check.
When Le found out that Cao Jun had indeed appeared outside the north gate again, he did not ask Yuan Shu for help this time, after all, he now had 10,000 troops.
After Yu Ban repaired in Wuyin County for a night, he immediately launched an attack on Wuyin County.
Seeing this, Le hurriedly commanded the soldiers to meet the battle.
At this time, Le led 10,000 soldiers to firmly defend the city.
After Yu Ban attacked for three days in a row, he also found that the garrison of Wuyin County was significantly stronger than the last time.
In desperation, Yu Ban immediately suspended the siege of the city and sent someone to inform Cao Cao to go.
Two days later.
When Cao Cao in Wancheng City received the news from Yu Ban and opened it to read it, he immediately summoned Xun You and Cheng Yu.
"Zhongde, Gongda, Wen Ze has news, he said that the garrison of Wuyin County has been strengthened, and I am afraid that we will not be able to break through Wuyin County in a short time, and we can only fight Wang Kai and Yuan Shu alone now."
Hearing this, Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, can we ask Liu Biao for help?" ”
Xun You immediately replied when he heard this: "Zhongde, Liu Biao's Jingzhou army withdrew from Wancheng, which shows that he has no intention of competing for power, even if he invites Liu Biao to send troops, I am afraid there will be no good results." ”
Cao Cao also agreed after hearing this.
Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao and Xun You did not agree with his opinion, and he suddenly had nothing to say.
At this time, Cao Cao said: "Now it seems that we can only hold on to Wancheng for the time being, and then look for fighters." ”
In this way, Cao Jun also held on for more than ten days under the attack of Wang Kai and Yuan Shu.
Seeing that it had been nearly a month since the attack on Wancheng, Yuan Shu suddenly felt that Wang Kai could not do his work, so he immediately sent a messenger to contact Wang Kai.
Just as Yuan Shu's envoy was halfway there, Cao Jun's scouts spotted Yuan Shu's envoy and shot him.
After the Cao scouts found the letter from Yuan Shu's messenger, they quickly sent it back to Wancheng.
After Cao Cao finished reading Yuan Shu's letter to Wang Kai, he immediately laughed and said, "God really helps me!" ”
Cao Cao then quickly summoned his men and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, our scouts have intercepted a secret letter from Yuan Shu to Wang Kai, through which I have a plan to retreat from the enemy. ”
Hearing this, everyone under Cao Cao's command made a gesture of listening.
Immediately after, Cao Cao said: "Yuan Shu sent a letter to Wang Kai to ask why he couldn't do his work, so it can be inferred that the alliance between Yuan Shu and Wang Kai is not reliable at all, as long as I use it a little, then I can sit out and watch the battle between Wang Kai and Yuan Shu." ”
After hearing this, everyone also thought about what Cao Cao meant.
In the end, only Xun You and Cheng Yu guessed a rough idea, but they didn't dare to say it rashly.
At this time, Cao Cao finally told his plan.
After listening to what Cao Cao said, everyone was also shocked by Cao Cao's plan, because the city in hand was actually going to be sent out, and ordinary people really didn't have such courage.
After Xun You and Cheng Yu carefully scrutinized Cao Cao's plan, they also agreed.
Immediately, Cao Cao began to arrange.
The first step was to forge a letter from Wang Kai and send it back to Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao needed to provoke a conflict between Yuan Shu and Wang Kai so that he could make a profit.
When Yuan Shu received a reply from Cao Cao, he was really angry and said: "What a Wang Kai, dare to despise me so much, and rely on my head for the unfavorable siege of the city, I will say that this person is not trustworthy!" ”
Immediately, Yuan Shu immediately summoned everyone under his command and said: "Everyone, I received a reply from Wang Kai just now, and the thief dared to despise me, so I decided to attack Wancheng at night tonight. ”
Suddenly hearing Yuan Shu say this, everyone was quite surprised, because this incident came too suddenly.
Without waiting for everyone to react, Yuan Shu ordered Lu Bu and Han Xian to attack the city.
Although Lu Bu and Han Xian were still confused, they finally received the order.
Ugly at the beginning.
Lu Bu and Han Xian each led 5,000 people towards Wancheng.
At this time, the defenders of the East Gate had already been secretly replaced by Cao Cao with the Qingzhou soldiers with poor military discipline, so Yuan Shujun's sneaky attack on the city was not discovered for a long time.
When Lu Bu and Han Xian saw that the defenders of the East Gate did not react at all, they immediately felt that this was a good opportunity.
Immediately after, Lu Bu and Han Xian immediately ordered their subordinates to set up a ladder and start smuggling across the moat.
Because most of the Qingzhou soldiers were sleeping, the 10,000 soldiers led by Lu Bu and Han Xian crossed the moat very easily.
Subsequently, Lu Bu and Han Xian personally led the army to climb the city tower.
After a while, Lu Bu and Han Xian successfully went to the city.
At this time, the patrol soldiers of the Qingzhou soldiers discovered Lu Bu and them and sounded the alarm bell of the enemy attack.
After hearing the alarm bell, Lu Bu immediately said to Han Xian: "General Han, you go and lower the drawbridge to let the lord enter the city, and I will cover." ”
After hearing this, Han Xian immediately agreed.
Immediately, Lu Bu met the Qingzhou soldiers and began to rush left and right.
At this time, Han Xian also began to lower the drawbridge with the soldiers who went to the city.
When Yuan Shu, who was outside the city, saw that the drawbridge at the east gate of Wancheng was actually being lowered, he didn't know that Lu Bu and Han Xian had succeeded.
Yuan Shu, who was overjoyed, hurriedly led the rest of the soldiers and horses to the suspension bridge.
In the end, Han Xian successfully lowered the suspension bridge under the cover of Lu Bu.
Then, Han Xian shouted at Lu Bu: "General Lu, the drawbridge has been lowered, I will immediately lead the army down to the city to greet the lord!" ”
After Lu Bu responded, Han Xian immediately led his army to the city gate.
Seeing this, the Qingzhou soldiers stationed at the city gate also scattered and fled, because there was no one at the city gate who could restrain them.
As Han Xian opened the city gate, the soldiers of the Yuan army finally entered Wancheng.
Le Jin on the east gate saw that Yuan's army had entered the city, and he immediately issued an order to withdraw the army.
At the same time, Le Jin also sent someone to deliver a message to Cao Cao at the north gate.
After Cao Cao learned that the east gate had been taken by the Yuan army, he immediately found Yue Xi and said to him: "Yuxiao, the Yuan army has entered the city, and you led five hundred elites to disperse and hide near the north gate." ”
Yue Xi immediately took action after receiving the order, because this was also one of Cao Cao's established strategies.
After the Yuexi part was scattered, Cao Cao took Xun You, Cheng Yu, Cao Chun, and Dian Wei to evacuate from the north gate.
At this time, Wang Kai outside the West Gate also received the news that Yuan's army had invaded Wancheng.
When he first heard the news, Wang Kai said in disbelief: "How could Yuan Shu attack Wancheng? ”
Immediately, Wang Kai thought deeply.
'Yuan Shu's invasion of Wancheng must be Cao Cao's treacherous plan, let's wait and see what happens! ’
After a while, when Wang Kai learned that Cao Cao had actually withdrawn from the north gate, he was shocked again: "What's going on? Cao Cao was really driven away by Yuan Shu? ”
In a hurry, Wang Kai ordered to launch an attack on the city, because he didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, but Xu Chu, the guard of the West Gate, did not retreat, and Wang Kai failed to attack Wancheng for a long time.