Chapter 222: Xiapei County
Sure enough, early the next morning, Lu Bu directly set off from the south gate with eight thousand light horsemen and headed towards Fengxian, but at this time, Xiahoudun had already returned to Cao Cao's side.
About half an hour after Lu Bu left, Cao Cao waved his hand and ordered: "March, attack the city!" β
Nearly 100,000 Wei troops slowly lined up, lined up in a neat military formation, and marched in the direction of Peixian.
Peixian, Chen Gong knew that this was Cao Cao's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so after LΓΌ Bu left, he immediately ordered the guards of each gate to be careful of the movements of the Wei army, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts in the direction of Cao Ying.
"Report ...... Military division, the Wei army is marching towards the city. "I was in the Chen Palace, and the scout came in to make a report.
Hearing the scout's report, Chen Gong snorted coldly and muttered, "It seems that this Cao Mengde didn't take me seriously at all." β
"Call General Gao Shun and follow me to the city gate to meet the enemy." Chen Gong commanded.
Ascending the city wall, Chen Gong looked from afar, only to see the sky full of smoke and dust in the distance, the flag covered the sun, and when he got closer, he saw the number of Wei troops, Chen Gong was shocked: "How can there be so many people in the Wei army!" β
He roughly estimated that the Wei army had at least 100,000 troops, but how could this be possible, unless it was ......
Chen Gong suddenly thought of Feng County, Cao Cao's purpose was not to intercept and kill Lu Bu halfway, but to transfer Lu Bu to leave Pei County and then attack the city.
However, Chen Gong immediately sneered, Cao Cao wanted to capture the important county defended by his 40,000 people with these 100,000 people, which was a little arrogant, as long as he held it for two hours, when Lu Bu returned to the army, his calculations would all come to naught.
"Gongtai, come out and answer." Cao Cao went out of the battle, and under the escort of Xu Chu, he walked to a place a stone's throw away from the city wall, and said loudly.
"Cao Mengde, we don't have anything to say." Chen Gong looked at Cao Cao, his face was expressionless, his tone did not fluctuate, and he couldn't hear joy or anger.
"Gongtai is now besieged by my 100,000 troops, you can't escape, surrender immediately, I spare you and wait for one." Cao Cao looked at Chen Gong with some regret in his eyes, but there was no lack of threat in his tone.
"Cao Mengde, you underestimate me too much, even if you have an army of 100,000, what can you do, as long as I hold on until Wenhou comes back to help, you still can't take Peixian." Chen Gong was dismissive of Cao Cao's threats, and his words could only deceive the ignorant people and soldiers.
"Siege!" Cao Cao saw that Chen Gong was resolute, and he also knew that it was impossible for Chen Gong to surrender to him, and it was useless to say anything more, so he directly returned to his own camp and ordered his soldiers to start attacking the city.
The words were divided into two ends, as time passed, half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye, and at the head of Fengxian County, Cao Xuan had already been waiting for Xiahoudun's attack on the city wall.
Last night, he was still worried about whether Xiahoudun would be angry and attack Fengxian with no fate, after all, Xiahoudun was blind in one eye here, so he didn't close his eyes all night, for fear of a sudden change.
But there was nothing to do all night, and until dawn, he didn't hear any wind and grass in Wei Ying.
After dawn, Cao Xing immediately ascended to the top of the city and waited for the Wei army. But half an hour passed, an hour passed, Cao Xuan still didn't see any movement of the Wei army, he didn't even leave the camp, he felt uneasy in his heart, and Cao Xing, who was full of doubts, immediately sent someone to the Wei camp to investigate.
The "report ......" scout came from a distance, reached the city gate, knelt down on one knee directly under the city, and said: "General Qiyu, the Wei army camp outside the city is empty. β
"How is this possible!" Cao Xuan was stunned when he heard the scout's words, could it be that Xiahou was seriously injured and even died, and the Wei army had no one to command, so he retreated?
What kind of moth is this Wei State doing? Cao Xing's confusion.
Just when Cao Xing was puzzled, he saw smoke and dust rising in the distance, and the head of the city shook a little with the shaking of the ground.
"All troops on alert!"
I don't know if it is friend or foe, Cao Xuan immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, and the archers wound their bows and arrows, ready to meet the enemy at any time.
In a short time, this cavalry had already marched to the city of Fengxian, and this cavalry also showed its true face.
"It's the general."
When the soldiers around Cao Xuan saw the outfits of the people who came, many people shouted excitedly, and even Cao Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Let's go, follow me out of the city to meet the general." For the time being, he no longer considered the movements of the Wei army, and since Lu Bu had arrived, he should go out of the city to greet him.
When Lu Bu came to the head of the city and stopped his horse, Cao Xing had already come to the city.
"The last general meets the general." Cao Xuan came to Lu Buma and knelt down on one knee to worship.
Lu Bu dismounted and asked, "What about the Wei army, General Ben passed by the Wei army camp just now, and he wanted to raid them, but there was no one inside. β
Cao Xing replied in a deep voice: "General, I'm afraid we have fallen for the tricks of the Wei State." β
"How?" Lu Bu glanced at Cao Xing, among the generals under him, only Cao Xuan had some strategies, and Lu Bu still attached great importance to his words.
"General, the last general suspects that Wei's move is to lure the general away, so that he can take advantage of this opportunity to attack Peixian, and the tens of thousands of troops here are likely to have returned to the vicinity of Peixian."
"They can't take Peixian!" Lu Bu cut the railway, there were still 40,000 soldiers and horses in Pei County, and Chen Gong was there, which was enough to block the attack of the Wei army.
"Ben will return to Pei County immediately, you are stationed here, you must be careful." Although Lu Bu said that he was relieved of Chen Gong, he was still a little worried that Pei County would be lost, so he briefly told Cao Xing, and then immediately got on the horse, turned around, and galloped towards Pei County.
But who knows, halfway through, suddenly saw two armies of soldiers and horses fighting in front, one side had few people, only about 20,000 people, and was besieged by nearly 40,000 troops on the other side.
Looking at its banner, it was the soldiers and horses of Lu and Wei, and he also saw a familiar face on the battlefield, it was Chen Gong, the military advisor he left behind in Pei County, and Gao Shun, the general of the Su Guard under his command.
"Lu Bu is here, and the dog thieves of the Wei State are rampant." Seeing that his descendant army was surrounded, Lu Bu burst into a shout and directly urged the war horse to join the battlefield.
Lu Bu's loud shouting, the generals on both sides heard it clearly, and the morale of the soldiers of Lu State was greatly boosted after hearing it, as if they had changed into a person, and cut the enemy in front of them to the ground.
With Lu Bu's nearly 10,000 new troops joining the battlefield, the battlefield situation has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the Lu army, which was originally at a disadvantage, is recovering its disadvantage little by little under the leadership of Lu Bu.
The leading general of the Wei army was Le Jin, one of the famous five good generals in later generations, and he was accompanied by Li Dian, Cao Hong and other generals.
As the chief general, Le Jin, seeing the changes in the battlefield situation, and Xu Chu was not there, the three of them were not Lu Bu's opponents, and no one in the army could beat Lu Bu, so he couldn't help but retreat.
Moreover, before he left, Cao Cao also told him that if he saw Lu Bu, he would withdraw his troops immediately and not entangle with him, so Le Jin immediately shouted: "Withdraw the army!" Then he commanded the whole army to retreat in an orderly manner and leave the battlefield.
On the other side, Lu Bu just wanted to pursue, but was dissuaded by Chen Gong, the Wei army was not defeated, if it was pursued, it might be risky.
Lu Bu glanced at Chen Gong coldly, but he still listened to his advice and did not go to pursue Le Jin.
"What's the matter, shouldn't you be stationed in Pei County, how can you be besieged here by the Wei army?" Lu Bu stared at Chen Gong with a cold light in his eyes.
Chen Gong sighed, and did not deny it: "This matter is indeed my fault. β