Chapter 50: The Army's Hearts Are Tired

Cao Cao received an urgent document from the Huaiyin order, and only then did he confirm that Lu Buzhen had gone south to take Guangling. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Lu Bu went south because he did not hide his whereabouts, Cao Cao was afraid that he would fall into Chen Gong's plan to repair the plank road again, and he made a joke, so he kept moving.

"Has Miaocai's injury improved?" Cao Cao first asked about the wound on Xiahou Yuan's neck that was bitten by Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan tilted his neck before replying: "Thank you for the prime minister's relationship, it's no big deal." ”

"That's very good. Possible re-fighting? ”

"A little injury, not enough to worry about, the prime minister just orders."

"Immediately reorganize the army to the south, Huaiyin is in danger." Cao Cao gave an order and said: "Xiahou Yuan is the main general Guo Jiawei and leads three thousand light cavalry to go first with Liu Bei's troops, and be sure to arrive before Huaiyin City breaks and drag Lu Bu." ”

Cao Cao's subordinates are full of talents, but when it comes to thousands of miles of attack, only Xiahou Yuan is the best at it, and in desperation, he can only send Xiahou Yuan to Huaiyin to support.

"Whoa." The generals rushed out and returned to their camps to rectify the soldiers.

Cao Cao bowed to Zuo Ci and said, "Can you drive Zuo Immortal Master to go with Miaocai?" I'm afraid that Miaocai will fall for Lu Bu's witchcraft. ”

"I am willing to serve the prime minister." Zuo Ci clasped his hands together and saluted Cao Cao in return. Follow Xiahou Yuan's cavalry south.

Xiahou Yuan was good at running thousands of miles, and Liu Bei's army could not keep up with the speed of the march, so Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xiahoudun first, and the two thousand infantry under his command were handed over to the new young general Chen Zhi.

Cao Cao waited until the afternoon, but did not see the army pull out the camp, Cao Cao urged several times to no avail, and directly summoned the battalion owners to come to ask for the guilt, and was furious: "Order the battalion owners to come to the Chinese army's tent quickly." ”

When Yu Ban, Le Jin, and Li Dian heard Cao Cao's call, they immediately came to Cao Cao's tent, and Xu Huang and other generals were still commanding men and horses in the camp.

Cao Cao asked the three generals: "The soldiers are fast, why haven't you set off in full gear for a long time?" ”

"Prime Minister, the soldiers are tired, rumors are rife in the camp, the soldiers have no heart to fight, and the last general can't even kill a few people to straighten out the army as soon as possible, I hope the prime minister will punish him." Li Dian said to Cao Cao with a bitter face.

Cao Cao looked at Yu Ban, and Yu Ban stood up and said: "Our army first conquered Zhang Xiu, returned to Xuzhou in vain, and then conquered Lu Bu, running back and forth for nearly a year, the soldiers were exhausted, and the wails were everywhere. When Lu Bu came back from the dead, he used magic to summon the undead, and the soldiers were afraid of the cold and did not want to fight again. ”

Cao Cao also nodded when he saw Le Jin, and understood in his heart that this was not because the generals were not strict, but because they had been running for too long, they were close to collapse, and the soldiers needed to recuperate. Lu Bu dragged his hundreds of thousands of troops to run around, which had already dragged down the last bit of energy of the soldiers, once the two armies fought, victory would be enough, defeat would be like a landslide, Cao Cao had the heart to return to Yanzhou.

Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind, and persuaded him: "I can't figure out why Chen Deng suddenly laughed that day, it must be because he saw through Lu Bu's plan, and I don't know yet, so I think Lu Bu has already had the intention of embezzling Guangling." I am afraid that the burning of Pengcheng was also arranged by Lu Bu for a long time, using a major event to attract our attention, taking the opportunity to secretly transfer the grain and grass to other places, and destroying Pengcheng with a fire, but also to cover up that the grain and grass in Pengcheng are far from enough to collect everywhere, so that Lu Bu has hundreds of thousands of loads of grain in his hands. If the prime minister returns to Xuchang, Lu Bu has time to recuperate, and recruits soldiers with hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and grass in his hands. ”

"How is it good for a soldier to be tired and unwilling to fight again?"

"There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the prime minister only needs to make a heavy promise."

"Then go to the Xiapi garrison first, and wait for Zuo Immortal Master to break Lu Bu's demon art, and then pull out the camp?"

"The prime minister is wise." Without waiting for Cheng Yu to speak, Yu Ban took the lead in flattering. He was afraid, Cheng Yu's group of strategists didn't need to go into battle to fight, and they didn't need to face the undead, but their class of generals had to face the undead at all times, could they not be afraid?

"Pass the order, always pay attention to the news from Miaocai, once Mr. Zuo can subdue Lu Bu, the army will immediately go south to kill Lu Bu."

"Whoa."

Cao Cao knew in his heart that as long as he didn't break Lu Bu's demon magic, his morale would be gone, and it would be difficult for the army to defeat Lu Bu. He arranged for Liu Bei to lead his headquarters to walk with Xiahou Yuan, not necessarily without treating Liu Bei's infantry as cannon fodder used to delay the pursuit of Lu Bu's army when Xiahou Yuan's cavalry was defeated by Lu Bu, but Xiahou Yuan failed to understand Cao Cao's arrangement and left the infantry.

With Huaishui to help transport grain, more than 100,000 loads of grain and grass were all transported to Baima Lake in two days, and still did not see Cao's soldiers coming, LΓΌ Bu recruited Zang Ba, who was stationed in the north of Huaiyin to protect grain and grass, back to Huaiyin, and let Chen Gong lead 1,000 people to defend Yandu County in the east, and LΓΌ Bu himself led 5,000 people to garrison Huaiyin. Huaiyin, Huai'an, and Yandu counties form a triangle and are horns with each other.

"Xuan Gao sent scouts to inquire about Cao Cao's army, and we only knew if the army was overwhelmed."

"Whoa."

Lu Bu personally sat in the Huaiyin North City Tower, which was the front line of the fight against Cao Cao's army, and he must first resist Cao Cao's imminent blow. Watching the soldiers busy repairing the city wall, dredging the moat, and carrying rolling wood and stones on the city wall, it was full of the atmosphere of war.

The streets of Huaiyin are particularly deserted, except for the occasional patrol soldiers stepping on the stone streets, there is no one who should be killed, and Lu Bu is killed, and all those who are not killed are sent to transport grain and migrate to Guangling, like a dead city.

It took Xiahou Yuan less than three days, and the army galloped four or five hundred miles south of Rencheng to the north bank of Huaishui, and on the south bank was the Lu Bu army who rushed to hear the news, and camped on the south bank to defend with a posture of not allowing the river to cross.

Zuo Ci came out on horseback, looked at Lu Bujun on the other bank, and said to Xiahou Yuan: "General Xiahou is mistaken? Lu Bu's army is full of flesh and blood, but not undead. ”

"Lu Bu hid it at the foot of the big array, of course he couldn't see it." Zhang Fei said angrily with an urn on the side.

Zuo Ci pointed to Huaishui and said: "Huaishui and Hongze Lake intersect here to the east, this is the place where the three yin converge, and the poor road sets up an altar here to seal Lu Bu's demonic arts, and the general only leads the troops to fight." ”

"You used your flying sword and flying knife to take Lu Bu's head, what do you want me to do?" Zhang Fei said in a strange manner, although he was also afraid of Lu Bu's witchcraft, he was even more unaccustomed to this Taoist priest who pretended to be a ghost and pointed fingers on the side.

"The third brother should be rude. The immortal master's divine skills are superb, how can we ordinary people figure it out. Liu Bei first scolded Zhang Fei for a while, and his voice changed: "Lu Buyi harms the people, poisons the common people, if the immortal master has a strange skill, I beg the immortal master to subdue demons and eliminate demons for the people of the world." ”

Liu Bei was worried about the world, knelt in front of Zuo Ci with his long body, and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves.

"Poor Dao didn't know what kind of magic Lu Bu was casting. You can fight it, and you can come up with a way to solve it. ”

Xiahoudun pointed to the camp of Lu Bu on the opposite bank and said, "The demon Lu Bu has made it clear that he will attack while I am waiting for half of the crossing, how to cross the river and fight him?" ”

Guo Jia, dressed as a soldier, said disdainfully: "I have my own strategy to cross the river." You do what you do. ”

Xiahoudun ordered the soldiers to build an altar at the river channel where Huaishui suddenly turned south to the east according to Zuo Ci's requirements, and while summoning soldiers to build a pontoon bridge according to Guo Jia's strategy, he sent people to secretly build a pontoon bridge in Qu County.

That night, Xiahou Yuan led his men and horses straight to Qu County, and the torches in the camp were non-stop, and the drums were non-stop.