Liu Cong, the general of the expedition to the south, was anxiously waiting for news from all sides in the Xinye Taishou Mansion at the moment. This venture attack on Xuchang was the second time he had faced Cao Cao head-on since he had traveled to this era. Unlike the first passive battle, with Yizhou and Jingzhou, he chose to take the initiative this time. In Liu Cong's opinion, his battle with Cao Cao could not end at once. If you want to support the Han Dynasty and win the Central Plains, you must continue to test and consume your opponents from now on.

Of course, as for how much success can be achieved in this sneak attack, Liu Cong believes that it is up to people to plan things and to succeed in heaven! And the facts that followed proved it.

"My lord, Sun Quan did not pursue Cao Cao with the whole army, but only sent Lu Xun to harass him. Cao Cao lost five or six thousand men for this......"

Seeing this lord with thick eyebrows, Wen Ping reminded in a low voice that a scout had come to report that Cao Cao had returned one after another with a large army, and originally hoped that Sun Quan Piggy planned to pursue Cao Cao, but this calculation was in vain.

"Hey, Sun Quan is too cautious and timid, and he missed the opportunity......" Liu Cong shook his head again and again after hearing this.

"Lord, my uncle has a good record this time. With only 10,000 horses, they dared to ambush Cao Cao, and they tried their best to kill and injure Cao Cao! "The uncle in Wen Ping's mouth is naturally Lu Xun.

"Hey, Sun Quan has no room for people, I'm afraid Bo Yan will have a hard time in Jiangdong!"

Regarding her sister Liu Wen's choice of Lu Xun as her son-in-law, Liu Cong has actually been very entangled, worried that one day, when she and Sun Quan are enemies, Liu Wen will be embarrassed. It's just that I didn't expect that over the years, Sun Quan has not admired Lu Xun much, or he didn't dare to reuse him. Such a monarch is afraid that it will be difficult to get the support of his subordinates, if he is excluded because Lu Xun married Liu Wen. It helped Liu Cong a lot!

Besides, now that Zhuge Liang is also a pivotal figure in his camp, is it possible that his Sun Quan will no longer be reused even by Zhuge Jin?

"Lord, since Sun Quan refuses to reuse his uncle, it is better to ......" Wen Ping and Liu Cong are not much different in age, and his sister Wen Rui is only two years older than Liu Wen, so she naturally understands Liu Cong's difficulties.

"No, my uncle has his own beliefs, and besides, the Lu family is also a big family in Jiangdong, not to mention that the time is not ripe, if you rashly send someone to lobby, it will put the fourth lady in an embarrassing situation!" Fa Zheng hurriedly objected.

"Let's talk about that later! Is there any news from Your Majesty?" Of course, Liu Cong also wanted to recruit Lu Xun over, but as Fa Zheng said, what kind of person Lu Xun is, if he didn't really stay in Jiangdong, he would definitely not take refuge in Liu Cong. And if he rashly sent someone to go, not only would he not be able to convince Lu Xun, but he would also be annoyed by Sun Quan and Cai Zhong, which would make Sun Quan hate Liu Cong even more.

"Back to the lord, not yet, Jinyiwei found traces of carriages in the northern suburbs of Wancheng." Liu Yin, who was already the head of the spy department, replied.

"Wancheng?" Liu Cong was very depressed, and what he was most worried about was that Huang Quan would not be able to convince Xun Yu and Emperor Liu Xie. But now I got the news that the emperor had disappeared in Xuchang, and Xun Yu was nowhere to be found.

According to this inference, Huang Quan must have succeeded, and successfully escaped from Xuchang with Emperor Liu Xie and Xun Yu. But when Huang Quan was found in the western suburbs of Xuchang, he was already dying, and more than a dozen brocade guards beside him had also been killed. If Guan Yu hadn't sent someone to search in time, Huang Quan would have already been in the wilderness. Originally, I thought that after Huang Quan woke up, everything would be revealed.

But Huang Quan was really injured too badly, and his whole body was now wrapped like a dumpling lying in Xinye Taishou, and he was still unconscious for three whole days! And Huang Zhong, who was in charge of answering, sent almost all the cavalry out to search nearby, but found nothing.

It stands to reason that Huang Quan and the others successfully stopped the pursuit of the cavalry in Xuchang City! The emperor and Xun Yu showed no signs of harm!

Now there are only two possibilities left, the pursuers from Xuchang have already stopped the emperor and Xun Yu before Guan Yu's people arrived. If this is the case, this sneak attack on Xuchang Labor Division can be regarded as a busy job for Sun Quan. But this possibility is not very likely, if Xu Chu regains the emperor, he will definitely report to Cao Cao quickly. Then Cao Cao could not have retreated so quickly.

Liu Cong just sent Guan Yu to lead 30,000 troops to attack Xuchang, Cao Cao could send a general to lead the troops back, and he continued to stay on the front line to watch the after-effects. According to the information of Runan, Cao Cao's army retreated very quickly, and it would arrive in Runan in a day or two. Cao Cao completely wanted to break through from Runan and cut off Guan Yu's back road, which showed that Cao Cao was eager to snatch back the emperor and Xun Yu!

But if Xu Chu didn't intercept the emperor, then where did Liu Xie and Xun Yu go? Huang Zhong led 5,000 cavalry, and the Xun clan had successfully arrived in Xinye, and received orders from Liu Cong along the way, casting a wide net between Xuchang, Wancheng and Runan, and sending countless scouts, but there was no news of these people. Did they hide it themselves?

Maybe only this can be explained, if the emperor and Xun Yu want to find Liu Cong's army, it will be too easy, now the three cities are at war, and the area between the three cities is completely under Liu Cong's control. But if the emperor was unwilling to come to see Liu Cong, or Xun Yu was unwilling to leave Xuchang, how could Huang Quan forcibly take the two out of Xuchang?

It all looks like rain, wind and fog, and it's so unpredictable! Not only was Liu Cong unpredictable, but Fa Zheng, Zhang Song and others also discussed for a long time without results, Liu Cong had no choice but to let all the members of the Jinyi Guard and the Espionage Department in Jingzhou be dispatched, and now three days have passed, and there is still no news at all.

What worries Liu Cong the most is that Emperor Liu Xie escaped from Xuchang, but died unexpectedly! In this way, Cao Cao and even Sun Quan will make a big fuss, and they love that hat on their heads, and no one can afford to bear the crime of killing the king!

"My lord, relax your mind, and leave the matter of finding people to Jinyiwei and the Espionage Division!" Huang Quan was unconscious, and Liu Yin became the commander of two groups of people and followed Liu Cong to Xinye.

"Yes, my lord. Now that Cao Cao has returned to his division, General Liu Pan eagerly urges the lord to fight or withdraw? ”

"Fight, but not for long! Evacuation cannot be quickly withdrawn, and Liu Pan must persist in cooperating with the actions of the whole army! "Now Cao Cao's army of more than 100,000 is retreating from Heifei to Runan, and the first to bear the pressure is naturally Liu Pan. However, this is also the reason why Liu Cong asked Liu Pan to resist the east. In terms of martial arts, Liu Pan may not be as good as Gan Ning, but in terms of actual combat experience, he is much richer than Gan Ning.

But even so, Liu Pan only has 20,000 people, and he has been feinting to attack Runan for the past few days, and the losses are not small. If Cao Cao sent back 350,000, Liu Pan could still insist, if the 100,000 army pressed towards Runan together, Liu Pan would definitely not be able to support it. Liu Cong would not be naïve enough to rely on Liu Cong's 20,000 men to support the Eastern Front. But now the whereabouts of the emperor and Xun Yu are unknown.

One more day of delay, the more likely it is to find them. Once Guan Yu and Liu Pan both withdraw to Xinye one after another, then Cao Cao will inevitably regain control of the hinterland between the three cities!

Liu Cong had thought about having a fight with Cao Cao at the beginning, but now Sun Quan did not pursue Cao Cao with all his strength, allowing Cao Cao to retreat, and Wei Yan had not yet arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Cong only had 60,000 horses in the hands of Guan Yu, Liu Pan and Gan Ning and 20,000 defenders in Xinye. When Cao Cao recovers, he will definitely mobilize more troops to counterattack!

So tactically, the more pressure Guan Yu, Liu Pan and the others put on Cao Cao's defenders now, the more beneficial it will be for the upcoming battle! The retreat must also be carried out on three sides at the same time. If any of the three forces collapses early or retreats in disorder, Cao Cao will definitely seize the opportunity to fight back!

"Pass the order, send more people in the past few days, and be sure to check the area! No suspicious characters can be spared. Mobilize all towns and pavilions, and find His Majesty's whereabouts again, and the bounty is one hundred! Liu Cong was really a little unwilling, and Huang Quan almost paid for his life. As a result, the emperor did not fall into his own hands!

Dispatching seventy or eighty thousand troops, risking a complete confrontation with Cao Cao, even though it is possible to be defeated, is it not just to learn from Cao Cao to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

Liu Cong is under the banner of Xinghan to envelop the world's military generals, this sneak attack on Xuchang is the best time to show their intentions to Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu and others, but unfortunately the sky does not fulfill people's wishes! This made Liu Cong a little depressed. Compared with Sun Quan's inaction, the disappearance of Emperor Liu Xie is even more absurd!

"My lord, why don't you transfer General Gan to Runan as well?" Wen Ping knew that Liu Cong had made up his mind to have a fight with Cao Cao and Zhou Chan in this Central Plains. As a writer who has been fighting with Cao Cao for many years, he put forward his own opinions.

"Well, Cao Cao is powerful. Ordered Nanjun Taishou Huang Zu to lead the troops to take over Gan Ning to attack Wancheng, and after Huang Zu arrived, Gan Ning could rush to Runan! ”

"Lord, Cao Cao has tens of thousands of cavalry, so he has to guard against it?" Fa Zheng once again raised his concerns.

"Zhongye, how have you been training these days?" Liu Cong turned to the topic of correcting the law and asked Wen Ping.

"Lord, the iron rod is too heavy, and it is difficult to stab the target of the valuable grass horse, and the proficiency of visual distance measurement needs to be continued to be trained."

"Well, hurry up, Cao Cao won't give us too much time. However, if Cao Cao dared to send cavalry as a vanguard, he would have to surprise him! Liu Cong was also forced to come up with a way to deal with Cao Cao's cavalry.

Although Liu Cong owned the two major states of Yizhou and Jingzhou, and population and food were not a problem, there was still a shortage of war horses.

And the relationship with Xiliang Ma Chao is also average, and it is unrealistic to want to form a cavalry that can compete with Cao Cao in a short period of time, so Liu Cong started his brain, hoping to give Cao Cao's cavalry a head-on attack through equipment and tactics! Cao Cao came in a hurry, if he could defeat Cao Cao's cavalry, he would definitely take the initiative in momentum, and then rely on Xinye's defense to fight against Cao Cao! This is another hole card of Liu Cong who dares to risk attacking Xuchang!

Now this hole card is in the hands of Wenpin himself, and even Fa Zheng and others don't know what Wenpin's army is training in the past few days.

My cousin was admitted to college on the weekend, and I may not have time to update, so I will come back next week and work hard to make up for it, thank you for your support and understanding!