Chapter 112: The Dispute between Cao and Liu
Yanzhou, Juancheng.
Seeing the soldiers and horses attacking the city retreat again, Liu Bei's brows furrowed slightly, this is already the seventh day of the attack on Juancheng, with the help of Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, the soldiers and horses under his command quickly expanded to 50,000 people, ten times the defenders of Juancheng, it stands to reason that it should be able to capture, but after seven days of continuous attack, Juancheng is as immobile as a rock, but Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are getting weaker and weaker.
"Let's take a truce for now." Liu Bei glanced at the city wall of Juancheng, the Son of Heaven was among them, as long as he attacked it, he would be the lord of Yanzhou, and he could use the Son of Heaven to justify his name, but it was this city that he couldn't enter.
Defending the city is Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, a doll who has not yet reached the crown, but judging from the command and dispatch of these seven days, the other party is at least impeccable in the means of defending the city.
"Brother, let me lead the troops to rush again!" Zhang Fei came back with the snake spear and said with red eyes.
"The three armies have no will to fight, and attacking at this time is just a waste of soldiers and horses." Liu Bei can see that although Cao Ang is young, his ability is not weak, and it is impossible to break through Juancheng in a hurry, so he has to think of another idea.
"But ......" Zhang Fei wanted to say something, but was glared at by Liu Bei, so he could only obediently restrain his soldiers and horses and retreat to the camp.
The three armies retreated to the camp, and Liu Bei gathered with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and invited Chen Gong again.
"Gongtai, Juancheng can't be attacked for a long time, if you wait for Cao Cao's army to return to the division, I'm afraid it will be difficult to parry!" Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and said with a wry smile: "I don't know if the public platform has a clever plan?" ”
Juancheng can not be attacked for a long time, Cao Cao will definitely not sit back and watch the fall of Yanzhou, at this moment may have returned to the army, if Cao Cao returns, although Liu Bei occupies most of the counties of Yanzhou, but the foundation is unstable, if Cao Cao can not be cut off, I am afraid that the counties that have been in hand will be recaptured by Cao Cao.
Zhang Fei on the side snorted coldly: "Hmph, I don't believe it, the defender of the city is just a young doll, and I can't break through this Juancheng with an army of 50,000?" ”
Chen Gong touched his beard under his chin, frowned and thought: "Our army is a temporary patchwork, and the combat strength is difficult to fight against the elite of the Cao army, so that Jun Mo wants to underestimate this Cao Ang, although Cao Ang is young, but he rarely has early wisdom, in the early years in Luoyang, he once worshiped under Chen Mo's door, no matter the strategy, the use of soldiers, is much stronger than ordinary generals, not to mention, there is Xun Yu to help, now it seems that it is extremely difficult to break through Juancheng." ”
Chen Mo, that is also a famous figure as a teenager, when Chen Mo got married, Liu Bei had been there, the two were still talking happily at that time, thinking of Chen Mo's achievements now, and then looking at Cao Ang in front of him, Liu Bei suddenly felt inexplicably sad, Chen Mo became famous as a teenager, and now he is already a hegemon who can compete with Yuan Shao in the land of Sanfu and Guanzhong, and Cao Ang in front of him may not be as dazzling as Chen Mo, but judging from the situation these days, he is also a great character.
The current young man is so powerful, he is over thirty years old, but he still has nothing to do, this Cao Cao has not yet come, he has a son, it is difficult for Liu Bei to advance, and he has fallen to the point of competing with his juniors?
However, Liu Bei was an extraordinary person in the end, and the feeling of sadness only appeared for a short time, and he was soon pressed down.
"Juancheng is in a hurry." Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and said, "If you wait for Cao Cao to come back for help, it will be difficult to resist." ”
Chen Gong nodded and thought about it: "I can order a general to lead the army to defend Dongping, cut off the road of Yuan Father and Mount Tai, intercept the Cao army, Cao Cao's army food has been cut off, once the grain and grass in the army are exhausted, the three armies will collapse, as long as Cao Cao is defeated, Cao Ang is no matter how powerful it is, only with the land of Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan County, it is difficult to stop the envoy, but it can be slowly figured out!" ”
Hearing this, Liu Bei nodded silently, looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two generals beside him, and after thinking for a while, he finally said: "Yide, with 10,000 soldiers and horses, I will defend Dongping according to the plan of the public platform and cut off Cao Cao's way back, are you willing?" ”
"Brother, don't worry!" Zhang Fei hugged his fists and saluted, and immediately got up and said: "I must teach that Cao thief not to die well!" ”
Liu Bei frowned and said: "Alone in leading the army, remember not to be greedy, if you miss a big event, you and my brother will have no place!" ”
Choosing Zhang Fei to lead an army alone is also a helpless move, Liu Bei is now only about Zhang Erjiang, both of them have the courage of ten thousand people, but if you talk about leading the troops, Guan Yu has a low background and does not read much, but Zhang Fei seems to be rough on weekdays, but he is both civil and military, and can lead an army alone, if Guan Yu is taught to go, at least Guan Yu is still incompetent.
"Whoa!" Zhang Fei saluted, got up and received the general's order, and went to transfer troops.
On the other side, Cao Cao learned that there was a change in Yanzhou, he immediately sent troops back to help, and at the same time sent people to investigate Liu Bei's movements, after learning that Liu Bei sent people to occupy Dongping and cut off his way back, Cao Cao's face changed greatly, and immediately recruited Cao Ren and Xiahou Dan: "Liu Bei sent someone to cut off our way back, if we can't recapture it as soon as possible, our army will be trapped and die here, you two immediately lead the troops to dredge the road, remember, the road of the Yuan Father is a dangerous road, Liu Bei will definitely set up troops here to intercept, be careful in the ambush." ”
"Whoa!" When Cao Ren and Xiahoudun heard this, they were ordered to leave, and rushed all the way to Dongping, Zhang Fei had already rushed to Dongping first, set up camp in Yuanfu, and intercepted Cao's army returning to the west.
Xiahoudun frowned and looked at the camp in the distance, the way back was cut off, if it could not be opened as soon as possible, then as Cao Cao said, Cao's army would be defeated.
The two captured several scouts along the road who had come to investigate, and listened to the news of the camp.
"Zixiao, have you heard of Zhang Fei?" After hearing the news, Xiahoudun looked at Cao Ren and frowned.
"Don't say Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, I only know this person now." Cao Ren shook his head, the reputation of the three Liu Bei brothers is not very big: "But looking at its arrangement, it is not bad, he is a person who knows the soldiers." ”
Xiahoudun nodded, the two of them have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they generally encounter enemies, and they can see some level from the other party's camp, which is the basic quality of a general, but it is also very elegant.
"I don't think I have experienced many battles." Xiahoudun nodded and said: "In this way, you lead people to hide in the mountains, and I will lead the troops to fight to see if I can lure this person out of the camp, if you can lure him away, you take the opportunity to lead the troops to pull out his military camp, and then you and I will attack back and forth, and the thief army will be defeated." ”
"Good!" Cao Ren nodded, and at the moment the two divided their troops, Cao Ren led the people of the headquarters to find a place to set up an ambush, and Xiahou Dun led the people of the headquarters to outside Zhang Fei's camp and sent people to call for battle.
In Zhang Fei's camp, after all, he still couldn't hold back, Zhang Fei, who broke the wine order, was in that half-drunk and half-awake state at the moment, but he saw the generals of the personal guards rushing over, and saluted Zhang Fei and said: "General, there is a Cao army outside the camp shouting and scolding!" ”
"Cao Jun?" Zhang Fei slammed the wine bowl in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's just right to come, I will order troops, I will kill the thief with my own hands!" ”
These days, he has been unable to attack Juancheng for a long time, and he has long held a bad breath in his heart, plus he is drunk now, Zhang Fei's wine is really not very good, and he wants to find someone to vent when he is drunk.
"General, the lord has an order, we just need to cut off the return route of Cao Jun!" The general frowned.
"Don't worry, on this road, I will lead the army to battle, and I will come back after killing the thief general, it will be fine, if you are worried, you will stay and guard the camp, and when I return from killing the enemy, I will have your own credit." Zhang Fei patted the general's shoulder and grinned.
"That's not what the general meant......," the general said with a wry smile.
"Okay, you're also a dignified man, how can you be like a woman's mother-in-law, ordering soldiers!" Zhang Fei pushed away the general, took his snake spear, gathered men and horses, and led the army out of the camp.
Zhang Fei rode out, pointed the snake spear at the loud voice: "Who will come, report the name, your grandfather will not kill the unknown general!" ”
His voice was loud, and he shouted out, echoing through the valley for a long time.
Xia Houdun rubbed his ears, he hadn't seen it yet, but his voice was really loud.
"I am Chen Liuxia Houdun!" Xiahou said loudly: "Zhang Fei, what is the reason for you to attack each other for no reason? ”
"Xiahoudun?" Zhang Fei plucked out his ears and grinned: "Nameless rats, dare to sprinkle here, I will attack, what are you going to do?" ”
Nameless rats!?
Xiahoudun's eyes widened, this thing really dares to say, I don't even think you have no name or surname, but you dare to say that I am nameless? An evil fire rushed up, and Xiahoudun had the urge to rush up and cut people.
However, thinking that he was here to lure the enemy, Xiahou Tang Shengsheng suppressed this evil fire, rode his horse forward, coiled back and forth, and looked Zhang Fei up and down, Xiahou Tang sneered: "Your lord Liu Bei, he is immoral and incompetent, and he doesn't dare to confront my lord fairly, but he only dares to attack when my lord is out like a rat, I think you, a nameless rat, are you talking about Liu Bei's husband?" ”
"Huh?" Zhang Fei shook his head, his eyes were fierce, the person he respected the most was his brother, how could he allow others to insult him like this, his eyes were red and he scolded angrily: "Mao thief, I'm afraid you won't survive today, kill!" ”
After speaking, as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, he rushed first, and the soldiers behind him also followed Zhang Fei to kill.
Xiahoudun was overjoyed when he saw this, but he didn't expect that he just provoked two sentences, this Zhang Fei lost his mind, and he didn't look like a powerful person, and he was about to wave his troops to meet him, but his eyes suddenly darkened, but Zhang Fei had already killed him single-handedly.
Reckless!
Xiahoudun was shocked, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly raised his gun to parry.
"Bang~"
With a muffled sound, Xiahoudun sat down and the war horse sighed and screamed, Xiahoudun's hands were numb, the spear in his hand was almost unable to hold it, Zhang Fei's second spear had been stabbed over there, Xiahoudun hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, but Zhang Fei pressed down with his hand, the armor behind him was torn, and a mouthful of blood spit out, and shouted: "Kill!" ”
The surrounding guards hurriedly stepped forward to rescue, Zhang Fei at the moment with the strength of wine, all his strength had nowhere to vent, seeing that he was surrounded, but he was not afraid at all, with a snake spear in his hand, he swept away the Cao army that surrounded him, Xiahoudun raised his head, and saw that Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses in the rear had also been pressed down, gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw the army!" ”