After Cao De waited for Lu Gu to go out, he opened the slightly heavy bamboo slip. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is a private letter written by Jia Xu to Cao De. The contents of the letter are all about what happened to Cao De at Nanzheng's home. This letter was ghostwritten by Jia Xu after Ren Hongchang's consent.

After reading it, Cao De found that the corners of his eyes were already moist. Cao De didn't think about anything, and he was about to write a reply letter when he picked up the pen. But Cao De stayed with the pen for a long time and didn't write a word. Cao De sighed and wrote in his reply: "Although there are thousands of words in my heart, I can't write a single sentence. At this moment, Cao De couldn't wait to fly back to Nanzheng immediately, no matter what great cause and great achievements. Just when Cao De was about to go crazy, Cao De felt a thrill in his heart, and suddenly the whole person quieted down. Cao De said to himself: "Yes, no wonder Wen He deliberately gave me this letter after I had arranged everything. It's really well-intentioned. ”

Cao De looked down at the reply letter of more than a dozen words he had written, rolled it up and threw it aside, then took out a new bamboo slip and lowered his head to write a reply.

The next day, early in the morning. Outside the city of Dengcheng. The 5,000 sergeants had already been arrayed outside the city for a long time, and they would immediately start as soon as Cao De gave the order. Not long after, Zhang Fei and Xu Shu opened the way at the front, and Cao De, Xun Yu, Cao Ren, and Lu Gu followed closely behind and walked out of the city gate cave. When he arrived in front of the sergeant formation, Cao De turned around and said, "Farewell for thousands of miles, you must say goodbye in the end." Everyone, please go back, do your part, and I can give it a go. Xun Yu, Cao Ren, and Lu Gu hugged their fists one after another. Then, Cao De walked up to Lu Gu and took out the written reply letter from his sleeve, "After I go back, give it to Wenhe." Lu Gu took a bamboo slip and stuffed it into his sleeve, "Don't worry." ”

Then, Cao De jumped on the war horse led by the soldiers. glanced back at everyone and waved his big hand: "Let's go." ”

Five thousand sergeants lined up in a neat line and slowly drove out into the distance. Target, Wancheng.

If Cao De wants to lead the army to directly attack Wancheng, he still needs to occupy one place, and that is Anzhong.

Speaking of Deng Cheng and An Zhong, you may not know much. But when it comes to the other two cities, everyone is very clear.

There is a river to the east of Duncheng and Anzhong, which is a water. It is a tributary of the Xiangjiang River. To the east of the river is Dengcheng, Anzhong, Wancheng, and the three cities are basically built according to the direction of the water. To the west of the river are Quewei Slope and Xinye. Starting from Dengcheng and going straight to the east, crossing the water is the magpie tail slope, from the magpie tail slope along the water downstream will reach Xinye.

Anzhong and Dengcheng are actually similar, although it is a small city, but the location is more important for Wancheng. Wancheng is the county seat of Nanyang, Jingzhou. The economy is developed and the population is large. Yuan Shu in the original history only occupied one county in Nanyang and raised a team of more than 100,000 people. And he is also called emperor here. Although Yuan Shu often did some crazy things in the later period, this was enough to show the prosperity of Nanyang County.

For Cao De and Wancheng's Yellow Turban Army, Cao De occupied Dengcheng with lightning speed and defended Dengcheng like an iron bucket. The Yellow Turban Army captured Wancheng, and many generals in the army were immersed in the joy of victory, and began to sing day and night with only a slight defense around the periphery, and there was no plan to attack Dengcheng at all.

However, when Cao De led the army from Dengcheng, the Yellow Turban generals didn't care, but sent 10,000 horses to Anzhong and Shaanxi, and then ate and drank what they should eat, and there was no tension.

If you think about it, it's not surprising that the Yellow Turbans did this. The uprising of the Yellow Turban Army has spread all over the Central Plains. Under the effective command of General Tiangong, the rebel armies from all walks of life were like bamboos, and they connected several states. Due to the influence of Cao De's little butterfly, the Yellow Turban Army in the world was much more fierce than in the original history. According to the reports of the Black Pearls distributed all over the country, the current Yellow Turban Army has reached the size of six or seven hundred thousand people, which is half the size of the original history.

The entire territory of Yanzhou and Yuzhou has been occupied. In addition, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, which are close to the two states, also have an intensifying trend of the Yellow Turban Army. Not to mention Jizhou, which is the lair of Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army.

After Cao De led the army to the city of Anzhong, he immediately set up camp with the whole army. An army of only 5,000 men was set up to hold 15,000 men. The Yellow Turban soldiers who were guarding at the head of Anzhong City were confused.

By the time the camp had been settled, it was already dark. Cao De immediately ordered to bury the pot and make rice. By the time the whole army had eaten their fill, it was already completely dark. When the time was approaching, Cao De's camp quietly opened the camp gate, and about 4,000 men and horses quietly left the camp without torches. It seems that Cao De is going to attack Anzhong at night.

However, after the 4,000 troops left the camp, they did not drive in the direction of the Anzhong City Gate, but galloped in the direction of the city of Deng. The gate of Anzhong City had long been closed, and the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city had been closely watching Cao Dejun's movements for eight or nine hours, and seeing that Cao Dejun had been staying in the camp safely, he couldn't help but relax his vigilance and gradually fell asleep.

Until midnight the next morning. The Yellow Turban Army at the head of Anzhong City was awakened by the sound of a loud horn. The people quickly got up and looked down the city.

I saw that the camp gate of Cao Dejun's camp under the city was wide open, and a team of more than 4,000 people was marching into the camp.

What is even more obvious is that the general in bright armor who led the army yesterday is at the gate of the camp to welcome the arrival of the army.

The guards of the Yellow Turban Army immediately reported the situation, and the generals of the Yellow Turban Army, who had just gotten out of bed, heard about it and immediately rushed to the city. And just halfway through, the general heard a burst of shouts from outside the city. The Yellow Turban general thought that Cao De's army was going to attack the city, so he immediately accelerated to the city again.

After arriving at the head of the city, the general found that Cao De's army was not attacking the city but was holding some ceremony. The Yellow Turban generals did not dare to slack off, and kept a tight eye on Cao Dejun's every move at the head of the city.

What is disappointing is that Cao De's army did not launch any kind of offensive even though 4,000 reinforcements came. It wasn't until noon that the Yellow Turban generals noticed the slightest change in Cao Dejun's camp, that is, the stove that had increased by 4,000 people. This change in Cao Dejun suddenly made the Yellow Turban Army in Anzhong City busy for a while. But what is surprising is that Cao Dejun did not attack after eating and drinking.

The day was spent slowly in the anxiety of the Yellow Turban Army. The Yellow Turban Army, who had been nervous for a day, was drowsy again at night. In fact, you can't blame the Yellow Turban sergeants for their laxity. After all, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army have only been in the army for a short time, and they have not been systematically trained. Most people have long been accustomed to the days when the sun rises and the sun sets. Coupled with the exhaustion of the nerves that have been tense for a day, I can't help but doze off at night.

And Cao Dejun took advantage of this gap, and another 4,000 people quietly left the camp.

The Yellow Turban soldiers who were asleep at the head of the city were awakened by the sound of trumpets the next morning. Immediately after that, the scene that had happened the day before happened again. It was another day, and Cao Dejun's stove increased the weight of another 4,000 people, but Cao Dejun's army still did not attack.

Tonight, the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city did not dare to sleep, and their eyes were as wide as bells, and they did not blink all night. But nothing happened quietly at night.

Day 2, Day 3. For two days in a row, Cao Dejun's camp can be described as calm as water. Except for the necessary training, Cao Dejun did not take a step towards the battalion at all.

On the fourth day, the Yellow Turban sergeant at the head of the city couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep again. However, the sleeping soldiers were awakened by the sound of Cao Dejun's horn in the early morning of the next day. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who woke up were horrified again to find that Cao Dejun had another 4,000 people. In this way, Cao De's army came with 5,000 people at the earliest, and then came two groups of 4,000 reinforcements in a row. Today, another 4,000 reinforcements came, so that Cao's army had reached 17,000. The number of Cao De's army has far exceeded that of the Yellow Turban army defending the city.