Zheng Bao was defeated by Zhang Liao in Liyang, and wanted to retreat to Juchao to move the material back to Chaohu. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Most of the messengers sent by Gao Shun to deliver letters to Zhang Liao were captured by Zheng Bao, and there was only one thing in all the letters, and that was the loss of Chao County.

Zheng Bao looked at the battle report in his hand, he was anxious, he didn't know when Gao Shun quietly went around behind him and took his lair, could it be that he flew with wings?

"Brother Xian, do you think these letters were pretended to be spread by Zhang Liao's faction?" Zheng Bao asked his number one general, Xu Gan. When Zheng Bao led his army to attack Liyang, he handed over the nest to Xu Gan, a force attached to him. Xu Gan's subordinates have three or four thousand people, and he is the third person in Chaohu.

"There are too many messengers captured, and many soldiers in the army already know that Chaoxian has been lost, the army's morale is unstable, and it has been faked by the enemy. The only way to do this is to give up living in the nest and return to Chaoxian to stabilize the morale of the army. If Lu Bu's army pursues closely, and the lord leads everyone to retreat into Chaohu, Lu Bu has no naval army, is it possible to dare to send infantry into Chaohu? Xu Gan persuaded. The messenger was captured by the lower-level soldiers, and the loss of Chaoxian County had already spread in the barracks.

Zheng Bao gritted his teeth and said: "Even if Chaohu can't stay, you can still cross the river to start a business, I don't believe that Lu Bu will chase after the river?" ”

Zheng Bao began to regret it, he shouldn't have provoked Lu Bu to send an army, he should have turned a blind eye and let Lu Bu take the road to Hefei. Before he fought with Lu Bu, he thought that Yuan Shu was the boss in the world, and he was the second, he crisscrossed Chaohu Lake for several years, and began to look down on the heroes of the world, regretting it.

"It should be fast rather than slow, quickly load the materials collected in the city, and the army will set off to return to Chao County." Zheng Bao didn't believe that there was a large army of Zhang Duo guarding Chaoxian, which was full of materials, and would be quietly served by people. Lu Bu did his best to defend the whole army, and Zheng Bao was confident that he could also rely on Chaoxian to defend for a year and a half.

The march of the army was already slow, and it had to carry supplies along the way, and the speed of the march dragged even slower.

There were too many messengers, and there were fish that slipped through the net, and Zhang Liao also received a battle report from Gao Shun.

Zhang Liao was pleasantly surprised when he saw the battle report. He led his troops to chase to the nest, Zheng Bao defended the city, and was worried that it would be difficult to conquer the nest in a short period of time and affect the overall situation, but he didn't expect Gao Shun and Chen Gong to give up Hefei and take Zheng Bao's nest. Zhang Liao had no doubt about the authenticity of the letter, Chen Gong and Gao Shun were not ambitious people, and they said that if they took Chao County, they must have taken it.

Zhang Liao summoned the generals to discuss a strategy to break the enemy.

Before Xu Shu could speak, the generals began to shout and pursue, Zhang Liao looked at Xu Shu, and Xu Shu said: "The enemy retreats, I advance." ”

Since Xu Shu was also in favor of the pursuit, Zhang Liao had no doubts: "What tactics does the military advisor think our army should use?" ”

Zheng Bao will definitely doubt the authenticity of this news, and it is very likely that he will not be in a hurry to withdraw the army, but will send someone back to Chao County to confirm it first. Since you are not in a hurry, it is very likely that ambushes will be set up along the way. Our army must follow the same trend and not rush forward lightly. Xu Shu suggested.

"The military advisor is reasonable, Ji Da has nearly 10,000 people defending the city, Zheng Bao can't break through it at all, even if Zheng Bao leaves, it doesn't matter." Zhang Liao knew that Lu Buyi was not in Huainan, so Zheng Bao escaped, only as a gift for the next master of Huainan.

"Wen Yuan can send someone to set up an ambush on a detour, if Zheng Bao is not in a hurry to rush back to Chao County, he will definitely transport the materials in the city away, our army is short of materials, but we can't let him move away." Xu Shu said.

Zhang Liao nodded and asked, "Who is willing to go?" ”

Sun Kang and Lu Meng got up and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Lu Meng saw someone scrambling: "I am more familiar with the Chaohu area than General Sun, and it is just right for me to go." ”

Newcomers need support, otherwise how can they be promoted and trained? Zhang Liao is more inclined to Lu Meng.

"Good. Lu Meng conquered Liyang the day before yesterday and had the first merit of breaking the city, first temporarily acting as the military Sima, and when he broke Shouchun, he would have given the lord a clear title and rewarded for his meritorious deeds. I will take the barracks with me and lead a thousand soldiers, and the ambush route is up to you. Zhang Liao decided to let Lü Meng bring a thousand soldiers and play freely.

"General Xie Zhang." Lu Meng was overjoyed. His brother-in-law followed Sun Ce to fight in the south and the north for several years before he barely climbed to the position of military commander, he did not expect to follow Lu Bu to temporarily take the position of military commander in a short period of time, and he was secretly happy that he did not follow the wrong person.

"General Lü Meng must not get carried away." Xu Shu reminded.

"Whoa." Seeing Xu Shu's serious expression, Lu Meng hurriedly put away the joy on his face.

Zhang Liao led a large army, densely packed with scouts, and always kept a distance of thirty miles from Zheng Bao's army, which made Zheng Bao puzzled. This distance is just the buffer distance between the two armies, which can be quickly guarded and quickly pursued.

Zheng Bao and Xu Gan led their subordinates to cross cover, and after the echelon was broken, they guarded against Zhang Liao's pursuit. Xu Ganqu walked out of the distance of ten miles and waited in formation, Zheng Bao rushed forward with his subordinates who were in a strict formation to resist the enemy, more than Xu Gan's ten miles away, and waited in formation for Xu Gan, who was left behind, and the two of them were very careful.

"Report! Lord Bo Dingwen asked for an audience at the front, saying that there was an urgent report. Xu Gan, who was in front, walked out of the road for five or six miles, and sent a soldier to run towards Zheng Bao, who was broken behind him.

Zheng Bao heard that Ding Wen had something urgent to hug, and he was faintly worried in his heart, Ding Wen was his confidant, and he specially arranged to guard the city with Zhang Duo. He has left Chao County now, which means that there is really something wrong with Chao County, could it be that Zhang Duo has rebelled?

"Didn't Ding Zishan stay in Chao County? Why is it so easy to get out of town? Zheng Bao said angrily.

"I don't know if I don't know the humble position, Master Ding said that I can only report to the general." The herald said in fear.

Zheng Bao came to the front army, and saw that Ding Wen was disheveled, his eyes were swollen, and he looked like he was about to die, and he didn't open his mouth to scold Ding Wen. When Ding Wen saw Zheng Bao step forward, he howled and cried from afar: "His subordinates are entrusted by the general, and the city of Chaoxian has been deceived by Gao Shun and Chen Gong, the generals under the command of Lu Thief..."

"Really? It turned out to be true! Zheng Bao's eyes were glazed, his foundation was gone, and he couldn't accept the blow.

"My lord... Lord..."Xu Gan shouted softly, and the six gods asked, "What is good now?" ”

"How do I know what to do!" Zheng Bao roared loudly, turned his head and glared at Ding Wen angrily: "Tell me how you lost a certain foundation!" ”

"Chen Gong deceived and pretended to be Yuan Shu to reinforce the army, and his subordinates were careless for a while, and he deceived the city."

"You said it lightly, and you put me at a disadvantage! Drag it down and cut it to feed the dogs! ”

Xu Gan stopped Zheng Bao and persuaded: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, first come up with a way to live." ”

Ding Wen hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my subordinates know that they are guilty of forgiveness, and they have already thought of a way out when they come, so it is better for the lord to go north to Shouchun and attach to Yuan Shu." Yuan Shu's troops are many and wide, and they will be able to retreat from the enemy. ”

"No, you can't. In this way, the lord can only rely on Yuan Shu's snort in the future, and he will be restrained everywhere. Why don't you take a detour back to Chaohu Lake first, and then think of another strategy? Xu Gan proposed.

"But our army has lost all its food, grass and materials, and hides in Chaohu Lake to drink water every day to satisfy hunger?" Ding Wen retorted.