Chapter 206: A Strategy to Drive Tigers and Wolves
Although Lu Bu received the seal of Xuzhou Mu without his permission, Cao Cao had not given up on this matter. Cao Cao also told the Han Emperor that Yuan Shu was plotting against him, so the Han Emperor ordered the Xuzhou Pottery Merchants to send troops to attack Yuan Shu in Huainan. Liu Bei shined in the Battle of Shanyang, so he mastered the military power of Northern Xuzhou.
Liu Bei was loyal to the Han Emperor, and the emperor ordered that Liu Bei had to persuade the pottery merchants to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao also promised to send troops with the pottery merchants to attack Yuan Shu, and then Yuan Shu's land.
The pottery merchant saw that he had idle soldiers and horses all day long, while his younger brother was fighting in the north and south, and had conquered one territory after another. So the potter also ignored everyone's opposition to pro-Yuan Shu.
So Liu Bei took Guan Yu to attack Yuan Shu from Huaiyin, so tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were concentrated in Huaiyin. Who knows, attacking Yuan Shu in Huaiyin West, not only did he not fight Yuan Shu, but he was chased by Yuan Shu and almost ran back to his lair.
When Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao had not marched, his bowels were blue!
But what made Liu Bei vomit blood even more was because Zhang Fei drank alcohol and offended Cao Bao, Cao Bao actually wrote to Lu Bu and asked Lu Bu to join forces with him to attack Tancheng County.
Lu Bu has long been eyeing Xuzhou, how can he miss such a good opportunity in front of him? What's more, Yuan Shu wrote a letter to Lu Bu to take the opportunity to attack the pottery merchant's nest from Lu State, and after the matter was completed, he praised him as the pastor of Xuzhou, and then gave him 10,000 stone grain and grass, so that he could recruit troops and horses!
Killing two birds with one stone, so, while the pottery merchants were in Huaiyin, LΓΌ Bu withdrew his soldiers and horses from Pei to Lu, and then invaded Donghai County from Lu and fought all the way to Tancheng.
Lu Bu was so unscrupulous, not only because the pottery merchant took away the elite soldiers and horses in Northern Xuzhou, but the main reason was that Tao Ying, the second son of Xuzhou, who he was worried about, was not in Xuzhou!
Moreover, the north controlled by Tao Ying is being disarmed, and the soldiers and horses can only defend but not attack, such a good opportunity, if you miss it, it will be a pity for life!
LΓΌ Bubing besieged Tancheng County, and Zhang Zhao wrote a letter asking Tao Ying if he would send troops to rescue Tancheng County. After Tao Ying received the letter, although it was sent urgently by a quick horse, when Tao Ying wanted to reply to the letter to save him, Lu Bu had already attacked Tancheng County under the cooperation of Cao Bao and Yingwai. Zhang Fei is drunk and wants to fight Lu Bu, where is Lu Bu's opponent?
In the end, everyone sacrificed their lives to save Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei didn't even care about Liu Bei's family, and went straight to Huaiyin. After breaking through Tancheng County, Lu Bu wanted to wave his troops south to attack Pengchengguo, but at this time Pengchengguo had less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there was no general stationed there, so the situation was in crisis.
Therefore, less than five days after Tao Ying garrisoned Qu'a, Peng Chengguo sent five letters asking for help in a row. Tao Ying was helpless, wanted to leave Qu A, and hurried north, and at the same time hurriedly ordered Zang Ba to be the vanguard officer, leading Guangling 3,000 soldiers and horses to support Pengcheng. He also sent an envoy to Yuan Shu and Liu Bei to mediate between the two families.
After the envoys were sent, it took less than five days for Sun Ce to kill Tao Ying's garrison in the north of Qu'a City. Sun Ce's army was menacing, and the soldiers and horses of Liu Xuan who killed him had no power to resist.
Seeing that Qu'a City was difficult to defend, Liu Miao hurriedly asked Tao Ying to send troops to attack Sun Ce together. Tao Ying stationed less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Qu'a, and in this matter, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses have snowballed from the original 2,000 people to nearly 10,000 horses, which is about the same as himself. But he did not have as many generals as him, and he had Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other Sun Jian's old subordinates, all of whom were experts in war.
Moreover, with new generals such as Zhu Zhi, and with the assistance of military advisors such as Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, who was only twenty years old, was like a tiger wreaking havoc in Jiangdong and no one could be responsible.
Under Tao Ying, the general Zang Ba had already gone north to defend Shanyang County, and there were young generals such as Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng, and Zhuge Jin left by his side. At this time, although Kong Ming had more and more military opinions, he was still a minor child after all, and he couldn't give him such a big responsibility.
When Tao Ying hesitated, suddenly Sun Ce sent an envoy to Tao Ying's camp. The messenger was dressed in a scarf and looked extraordinary.
Outside the city of Qu'a, where the heat wave was soaring, Liu Miao was discussing the military situation with Tao Ying in Tao Ying's camp, and suddenly heard that Sun Ce's envoy asked to see him, Liu Miao looked at Tao Ying a little nervously, and Tao Ying hurriedly comforted him and said: "Don't be nervous, his envoy is coming, and he can mediate!" β
Fortunately, Sun Ce may not know about Lu Bu's rebellion in Xuzhou, so for the huge Xuzhou, he is still a little jealous of Tao Ying. Because Tao Ying has fought many legendary battles, which cannot be compared with a fledgling person like him.
The messenger was announced, and the messenger presented a box of jewels, and then bowed: "Contemptible Lusu, by the order of my lord......"
As soon as Lu Su finished speaking, Tao Ying suddenly got up from his seat and asked, "You are Lu Zijing?" Seeing that Tao Ying actually knew his name, Lu Su was a little surprised and a little happy. Everyone said that the second son could see through the heavens and count things that others couldn't, but now he actually knows his name!
You must know that at this time, even his lord Sun Ce is still a small character!
"How does the second son know my name?"
Lu Su pretended to be calm and asked.
Tao Ying didn't answer him, but just said to himself beside him: "Even Lu Su has already taken refuge in him, this Sun Ce really wants to be full-fledged." If this matter is not dealt with him, it will be a great disaster in the future. β
Tao Ying's voice was very small, but how shrewd was Lu Su? Just by looking at Tao Ying's lips, you can know what he is talking about. As soon as he heard that Tao Ying was going to deal with Sun Ce, and he was so afraid of Sun Ce, Lu Su couldn't help but think that these two sons must have calculated a hexagram for his lord.
So, before Tao Ying could answer his words, Lu Su asked again: "My lord has no intention of offending the land of Xuzhou......"
As soon as Lu Su finished speaking, he didn't want to be outside the tent, and the soldiers rushed all the way in a panic. Ran to Tao Ying's camp and knelt on the ground and bowed: "Lord Qiqi, Yuan Shujun attacked the northern camp of our army!" β
As soon as I heard that someone was attacking Beiying, it was still Yuan Shu's military horse, and Yuan Shu's military horse here was Sun Ce's one! Lu Su's face was a little pale, he sent an envoy to the enemy camp, and someone actually did this behind his back, didn't he kill himself? Could it be that he took refuge in Sun Ce too early?
I don't know if it's because of the butterfly effect, Lu Su actually took refuge with Sun Ce in advance, is God afraid that he will rob Sun Ce's generals out?
Lu Su still wanted to defend himself, but Tao Ying suddenly pointed at Lu Su and said: "What a Lu Zijing, you came to envoy on the surface just to make me careless and attack me by surprise, right?" Someone, take Lu Su down for me! β
Lu Su still wanted to defend himself, but the two guards went over and dragged Lu Su down. After arresting Lu Su, Tao Ying hurriedly asked the soldiers who was stationed in the North Battalion? Xiaobing replied that it was the general Zhao Yun who was stationed, and when he heard that it was Zhao Yun, Tao Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
Tao Ying asked again who were the soldiers and horses, and who led the troops? Xiao Bing shook his head and said that he didn't know, he only knew that there was a Sun character written on the banner. When it comes to Sun, Tao Ying's first thought, could it be the little overlord Sun Ce? This little overlord is powerful, his martial arts are even more outstanding, and even a first-class martial artist like Tai Shici is a tie with him.
As soon as he said Tai Shi Ci, Tao Ying suddenly thought, why hasn't there been any news of Tai Shi Ci in the past few days? Could it be that Tai Shi Ci deliberately avoided himself?
After catching the messenger, Liu Miao walked out from behind the screen. Seeing that there was an enemy coming, Liu Miao hurriedly said: "Second son, look at this Yuan Shu, you don't offend him, he offended you twice, it is unbearable, today I will send the general Zhang Ying to lead the troops to break his army with the second son!" β
The enemy hit his own house, Tao Ying couldn't bear it, although Lu Bu in the north was very hateful, but I believe that Pengcheng has such a tall city wall, and Cao Chun and Yu Ban are there, he will not be able to break it for a while, and the biggest disaster in his south is Sun Ce, so he must give him some color to see!
So Tao Ying and Liu Miao led the troops to the North Camp.