Chapter 346

"Lord, Mr. Xu's entourage has returned to the camp." In the evening, Liu Cong was sitting in the camp tent resting after dinner, and Liao Hua hurriedly came to report.

"Oh, bring it in." As soon as he heard the news, Liu Cong hurriedly cheered up.

After a while, someone was brought in. It was one of Xu Shu's entourages who handed the letter in his hand to Liao Hua and saluted Liu Cong: "Congratulations to the lord, Mr. said that the big thing can be decided." ”

"Well, you can tell me the details of today." Liu Cong opened Xu Shu's handwritten letter handed over by Liao Hua, and asked his entourage while reading it.

"Yes, my lordship...... In the end, the gentleman also instructed the little ones to tell the lord by all means. Although progress has been made, it is still necessary to guard against Cao Cao. Especially Huyang, Mr. thought that Cao Cao was a scheming person, and Zhang Jaw suffered a defeat in Deng County, and he wanted to get it back from Huyang......"

"That's true, Yuan Zhi is very thoughtful. You go down first. Liu Cong already had a general understanding of what happened in Cao Ying during the day from this attendant, and Xu Shu was indeed more careful, but Liu Cong began to deploy the next move before Xu Shu set off.

"Lord, Jinyi Wei is here to report, in terms of Huyang, Xu Huang is not abnormal, and he is still attacking the city step by step." After Xu Shu went down, Liao Hua handed over a secret report from Jinyiwei. Including the dynamics of the enemy forces in Wancheng and Huyang on the day, I believe it very much.

"Haha...... Wancheng is in chaos, the more chaotic the better, so that Cao Cao will agree to negotiate peace. "Liu Cong is actually mentally prepared, Cao Cao is menacing, and it is indeed difficult to make him retreat like this. So at first, I heard that Cao Cao asked Liu Cong to completely evacuate the army, return to Xinye, and compensate 50,000 stone of grain and grass, and 10 million in cash. It is used to withdraw troops and comfort the families of fallen soldiers.

Although Liu Cong was a little angry, he didn't say much. After all, Cao Cao's army in the Nanyang area now has 40,000 or 50,000 more troops than his own, and there are still reinforcements coming in a steady stream. And it was Liu Cong who provoked this battle, and it was Liu Cong who got the cheapest. Now that the two sides want to talk, Liu Cong naturally has to show some sincerity. It is impossible to hand over the Son of Heaven again. Then Cao Cao can only make up his mind from grain, grass, and money.

However, if Guan Yu moves more in Wancheng, Cao Cao will be more and more unconfident. Cao Cao's camp originally had an absolute numerical advantage over Wei Yan's camp. But Liu Cong brought 20,000 elite soldiers, and Huang Zubu added thousands of people. Cao Cao sent Cao Ren and Xiahoudun to take away 15,000 people. Now the two sides are roughly tied in the middle, at least in terms of numbers.

"Go and gather all the generals to come and discuss it!" Thinking about the last few words of Xu Shu's entourage, Liu Cong felt that he could take advantage of Cao Cao's opportunity to find a place to do something.

Soon, the generals and strategists who were originally going to rest came to the main camp.

Liu Cong first handed Xu Shu's letter to Fa Zheng, and then explained it to everyone verbally.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if Cao Cao wants to make a move in Huyang, how should our army deal with it??"

"Lord, since Cao Cao agreed to make peace, why did he storm Huyang? Is it just to save face? Liao Hua, the youngest and most anxious among them, didn't have any ideas, but was the first to ask Liu Cong.

"Chips, increase the bargaining chips in negotiations! Now Cao Cao is a bit like being forced to make peace by our army. If Xu Huang can take Huyang, or win a big victory, it will force us to agree to his terms. Liao Hua is young and vigorous, and Liu Cong is not easy to deal with him, so he just patiently explains to everyone.

"My lord, can you agree to Cao Cao's conditions. 50,000 stone of grain and 10 million money can form a large army, and if you give it to him, it might as well be used by us to recruit new soldiers. Liao Hua was obviously very angry about Cao Cao's terms for peace.

"Hehe, what Liao Hua said is very true. I don't want to talk about what I want, but it's not what I want. Since Cao Cao is not willing to sit down quietly for peace talks, we should also take action. Of course, Liu Cong didn't want to pay money and grain to Cao Cao. However, if you look at the current situation and want to agree to a settlement, this compensation is not much.

"Lord, I just thought that we should send another army to attack Wancheng! Even if you can't break through Wancheng for the time being, you can force Cao Cao back! ”

"Filial piety is reasonable! However, now that our army can mobilize all the soldiers and horses to the front line, if we can easily mobilize the soldiers and horses, if Cao Cao learns about it and comes to attack the Chinese army camp, we will suffer! Fa Zheng wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and Liu Cong certainly felt that it made sense. However, Cao Cao also took a risk, and dispatched as few soldiers as possible to rescue Wancheng, the purpose was to maintain the pressure on Liu Cong from the Chinese army battalion.

Now it is obviously too late to draw troops from other places, and wait for the troops of Xiangyang to arrive in Wancheng. Cao Cao's second batch of reinforcements is afraid that it has also reached the front line. At that time, Cao Cao will be more confident!

"In this way, then we can only find a way from Huyang......" Facing the powerful Cao Cao, this time Fa Zheng did not make a dangerous move. After all, he also understands that the current Liu Cong is different from the past, and this battle of Nanyang is also related to the trend of the two largest military groups in the next few years.

"My lord, I agree with what filial piety says. At present, General Wen is stationed in Huyang, and as long as Cao Cao does not increase his troops, he should be able to hold on. So General Wen should be known immediately and let him be prepared! ”

Cao Cao and Liu Cong confronted each other, and Deng County and Huyang were the two wings of the army. Now that Cao Cao has lost his right wing, he must find a way on the left wing. After all, he also did not have the certainty that the Chinese army would win. So Zhang Song and Fa Zheng also quickly saw this.

After the two finished speaking, Liu Cong fell into deep thought, and the other generals couldn't think of anything easy to do for the time being, so they were silent. It's either left or right. Cao Cao, while calculating others, must have also been worried that Liu Cong would attack him before the peace treaty was formally signed. What can be done to achieve the best results?

Wancheng, now Xiahoudun and Cao Ren have gone to the rescue, and the strength has reached more than 30,000 people, even if 10,000 logistics are removed, there are still 20,000 elite soldiers, although the three Cao Chun, Cao Ren, and Xiahoudun are not as good as Guan Yu. But if you want to defend the city to the death, with the fortifications, Guan Yuzhen will be helpless for a while.

In the camp of the Chinese army, the two sides are half a catty to eight taels. No matter who attacks first, if the other side can't bear it, they will definitely send troops from other places to rush to support, so it is impossible to win quickly!

Runan? It is also difficult to overcome, and it is too far away from the main battlefield to be obvious under the shock......

Huyang, it seems that only one more victory in Huyang can completely crush the morale of Cao Jun and Cao Cao's heart. It's just that Xu Huang is more difficult to deal with than Zhang Jaw, and Xu Huang's troops are 30,000 more than Zhang Jaw! Wanting to eat this force in the short term obviously doesn't show either. And with the lesson of open jaw, Xu Huang will definitely become more cautious!

But if you don't act, as Liao Hua said, it is not Liu Cong's style to obediently hand over grain, grass and money!

Liu Cong didn't speak, and the whole camp was extremely quiet, even Liao Hua, who was called chirping before, was silent, although he felt that he should not give Cao Cao grain, grass and money in vain, but he couldn't think of a way for a while. Every general present understood that sending food, grass and money to the enemy meant that the enemy would be stronger!

But it is not Liu Cong's established policy to continue to consume it now......

After a long time, Liu Cong suddenly raised his head: "Zhang Song listens to the order!" ”

"Zhang Song is here!"

"Order you to quickly take two thousand men and horses to Huyang to pick up the two generals Wen Ping and Huang Zu back to Xinye!"

"Huh? The lord is going to take the initiative to withdraw from Huyang? Never. Although Cao Cao had already verbally agreed to negotiate peace. But if our army takes the initiative to withdraw, once Xu Huang occupies Huyang, our army will be even more passive! ”

"Yes, my lord! The peace talks have not been decided for a day, and Huyang cannot withdraw its troops for a day! Lord! Fa Zheng thought the same as Zhang Song. He believed that Liu Cong also knew the importance of Huyang, and it was Wen Ping and Guan Yu who first seized Huyang and disrupted Cao Cao's deployment. Now that the two sides are negotiating peace, Cao Cao is trying to make a fuss about Huyang, and withdrawing from Huyang at this time is tantamount to giving Cao Cao a big gift. It's just like being sleepy and someone hands a pillow!

"Ziqiao doesn't need to say much, he has his own opinions! You quickly lead the troops to go overnight! Liu Cong not only asked Zhang Song to go to pick up the clerk, but also asked Zhang Song to leave immediately! Wei Yan on the side wanted to say something, but swallowed it back. He was one of the first few generals to follow Liu Cong, and it was impossible for Liu Cong not to see such an obvious problem. Obviously, Liu Cong has other plans. Asking Zhang Song to lead the troops to answer the clerk must be just a pretense, what is Liu Cong's real purpose, Wei Yan is looking forward to it.

Seeing that Liu Cong was a little angry, Fa Zheng didn't know what to say, and motioned for Zhang Song to take the order to prepare. Zhang Song is not a stupid person, every task given to him by Liu Cong before was so heavy. For such a thing as receiving the army, one should send a fierce general to avoid being pursued by the enemy. Now the lord must have sent him with a purpose.

After Zhang Song went down, the generals looked at Liu Cong even more attentively, they knew that their young lord already had a plan of action for the next step, but they didn't know if they would participate!

"Xiaozhi, you take two thousand people to the direction of Deng County and replace Zhao Yun to return to the camp. Be bold along the way, many tree flags! Stretch the marching line. The bigger the movement, the better. If you spot an enemy scout approaching, don't hide it...... After arriving, let Zilong hurry back to the camp! ”

"Commanded! Lord...... In this way, the Chinese army has nearly 4,000 fewer soldiers, and they must be more careful to prevent Cao Cao from breaking through from the middle! Fa Zheng was also called out. What the hell is this lord going to do? Wei Yan became more and more curious. And Liao Hua next to Liu Cong was even more confused. What is this, let the two well-mannered military divisions each lead their troops to Deng County and Huyang?

Without waiting for Wei Yan and Liao Hua to understand, Liu Cong spoke again, "Go and call a few heralds in!" ”

Liao Hua hurriedly ran outside the tent and brought in a few heralds.

"You, quickly hand over this letter to General Liu Pan!"