Chapter 253: The Change in Xuzhou
In the fifth year of the first peace, in September, Cao Cao's 100,000 elite soldiers, starry night, went south, within three days, successively captured the three major cities of Zhaoling, Xihua and Zhengqiang under the jurisdiction of Runan County, and strongly knocked on the northwest gate of Runan County, which completely started the battle for the last county in Yuzhou.
Shouchun Yuan Shu, with Ji Ling as the vanguard, hurriedly led his troops north to meet the Cao army.
Yuan Shu first lost Nanyang, and then lost most of the territory of Yuzhou, and later although he took Jiujiang County, but the sharpness has been lost, the strength is not as good as before, and now in a hurry, leading the troops to meet the battle, it is even less morale, in the face of the elite Cao army, even the battle and retreat, Dingying, Xiping, have been lost.
In the end, the general Ji Ling relied on the fortified city of Shangcai County to stand firm in the footsteps of the Yuan army.
Today, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are among the best princes, Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and strong, and his spirit is unparalleled, while Yuan Shu is deeply rooted in Runan, holding on to the city, the two sides add up to hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and fight fiercely in a super county with a population of millions.
Runan County, smoke everywhere.
In late September, the battle situation in Runan County was still a stalemate, Cao Cao was never able to take the Jiancheng of Runan Shangcai, and it was difficult for the army to advance an inch, and although Yuan Shu stabilized the situation, the morale of the soldiers and horses under his command was insufficient, and he could not counterattack.
In the end, Cao Jun's accompanying division, Guo Jia, the commander of the ghost pawns, offered a plan to Cao Cao, and allied with Liu Bei of Xuzhou to jointly attack Runan and break the deadlock in Runan.
"Lord, now that our army and the enemy are deadlocked in Shangcai, if it continues for a long time, the situation will definitely be unfavorable to our army, so we must break the situation as soon as possible, we want a helping hand!" Outside Shangcai City, in the sweltering tent of Cao Junzhongjun, Guo Jia, who was wearing a robe, looked at Cao Cao and said respectfully.
"Who's helping?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up and asked.
"Xuzhou Liu Bei!" Guo Jiajunlang's face showed a shrewd look, and he spit out a name.
"Liu Xuande?" Cao Cao frowned, and said with some puzzlement: "In the past, our army invaded Xuzhou and fought fiercely with him, would he send troops to help a certain family?" “
Guo Jia hurriedly analyzed, and said: "Lord, I believe that Liu Xuande will send troops, this time is different from the past, Tao Qian is dead, although Liu Xuande took Xuzhou, but he has no foundation in Xuzhou, and now he must be anxious to sit in Xuzhou, so he must hope to form an alliance with us and befriend us." ”
"Commander Guo, with Liu Bei as a support, what if you lure a wolf into the room?" General Cao, a member of the barracks, asked worriedly.
"It's not a certain family to look at Xiao Liu Bei, now Liu Bei hasn't even sat down in Xuzhou, if he dares to peep at Yuzhou, he will definitely let him have nothing!" Guo Jia said confidently.
"That's right, he Liu Bei hasn't even stood firm in Xuzhou now, how can he have the strength to peek into Runan."
After Cao Cao pondered repeatedly, Guo Jia's suggestion, which agreed, sent an envoy to Xuzhou.
After Liu Bei received Cao Cao's envoy in Xiapi, he talked in detail, thought twice, agreed to send troops, and in order to show the sincerity of the alliance, he personally led 30,000 Xuzhou soldiers and horses to Runan.
He took Guan Yu as the vanguard, and within ten days, the Xuzhou army had successively broken through the mountain mulberry in the northeast corner of Runan, the city father, Sishan, and approached the Song State and Ruyin.
Yuan Shu was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly divided his troops to the east, relying on the walls of the Song State to resist the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou.
In October, the autumn was crisp, but Runan County was in flames, Yuan Shu's army was flanked by Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army left and right, defeated again and again, and lost Shangcai, Pingyu two fortified cities, and retreated to Ruyin City.
Liu Bei's army also forcibly captured the city of Song, and the army went south, joined the Cao army, and was in high spirits, and united to approach Ruyin City, but unfortunately what he didn't know was that his old nest was already in danger.
At this time, within Xuzhou, the situation suddenly changed, and the tiger living in Xiaopei was ready to move, and the strategist Chen Gong traveled all over the world, constantly contacting the powerful forces of Xuzhou.
Xiao Pei.
Under the light of a few oil lamps, Lu Bu's burly body sat in the big tent of the barracks, holding a military book in his hand, reading carefully, since the death of his father-in-law Ding Yuan, he has developed a habit of reading.
In the past, when he was in Jiuyuan County, Ding Yuan once stripped him of his military position and let him work as a clerk, he once thought that Ding Yuan was unwilling to give him military power, and never experienced Ding Yuan's painstaking efforts to do so.
Now he understands that this place in the Central Plains is not a place where a horse and a halberd can run rampant in Mobei. If you want to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, it is not enough to have force, but also to know how to use the art of war and know how to govern the people.
"My lord, there's a visit from outside." At this time, a pro-soldier gently opened the door curtain, walked in, and bowed his hand to report, saying.
"Who's visiting in the middle of the night?"
Lu Bu put down the book in his hand, raised his head, and his eyes flashed with a cold light.
"The person who came called himself a messenger from Jiangdong, about thirty years old, dressed as a scribe, and had no weapons on him!" The pro-soldier replied quickly.
"Koto emissary?" When Lu Bu heard this, he was slightly surprised, he and Jiangdong have never intersected, if you want to talk about the relationship, you can only say that you are an enemy, after all, he once besieged Sun Quan.
He squinted slightly, a little confused, and after a deep groan, he said, "You invite him in!" ”
"No!"
"Wait, go to someone and invite Chen Junshi."
"Yes!"
After the soldiers had come down, they returned in less than half an hour, and with a scribe of about thirty, of medium stature, dressed in black, wearing a scarf, and with a thin countenance, he strode in.
"Who are you? What's the reason? Lu Bu raised his head, squinted, and looked at the scribe, his eyes exuded a trace of evil aura, and the strong momentum of the world's number one military general suppressed the entire big tent trembling.
When the Jiangdong envoy faced Lu Bu, he felt as if he was facing a fierce beast, a chill surged into his heart, his whole body trembled, his eyes were a little shocked, and he calmed down after half a sound.
"Jiangdong Jinyiwei, the road is far away, meet the prince!" Lu Yuan is the person in charge of Jiangdong Jinyiwei in Xuzhou, a pirate from Yuzhou Mountain, he faced the strong momentum of the world's first military general Lu Bu, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, and finally with his tenacious mind, he barely calmed down, Dao.
"Koto Jinyiwei?" When Lu Bu heard this, the corners of his mouth outlined a trace of contempt, he was stationed in Xuzhou, and he had heard the name of Jiangdong Jinyiwei from Chen Gongkou many times, but he had no good impression of these mice in the dark.
"Say it!"
Lu Bu was very direct and said coldly.
"Hehe, a certain person came from afar, it's just a cup of tea, Wen Hou is not willing to accept it, this is not hospitality." Lu Yuan is indeed afraid of this world's number one general, but now that he is standing behind Jiangdong, he is naturally not afraid of him.
"Daring, believe it or not, you can't get out of this camp!" Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold chill surged.
"Faith!"
Lu Yuan's momentum was a little accustomed to Lu Bu's momentum at this time, but he was much more calm, and said coldly: "A person's life is just a person's life, in the eyes of Wen Hou, it is not enough, but today a certain person is coming on behalf of Jiangdong, I don't know that Jiangdong has a trace of weight in Wen Hou's eyes." ”
"Take Jiangdong to suppress Benhou, you are looking for death!" Lu Bu stood up, his tiger eyes burst out, looking at Lu Yuan, the killing intent was like ice, the whole big tent seemed to be cold, Lu Yuan's body was shrouded in murderous aura, his heart was like an ice cave, he gritted his teeth deadly, and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead.
"Lord, don't be like this, after all, it's a guest from afar, and we should treat each other politely!" At this time, a white-clothed scribe opened the curtain and walked in leisurely.
"Humph!"
Lu Bu looked at the comer, snorted coldly, and then withdrew his violent momentum.
Lu Yuancai breathed a long sigh of relief, he felt that his clothes seemed to be soaked, the number one general in the world is the number one general in the world, and the simple momentum can make him breathless.
"Haha, in Xia Chen Palace, Zigongtai, I don't know what is the purpose of the Jiangdong envoy to visit late at night?" Chen Gong walked up, stood beside Lu Bu, smiled slightly, looked at Lu Yuan, and asked.
"You and I are in different formations, I got up late at night, naturally with Jiangdong's mission, now Liu Bei sent troops to Runan, Xuzhou is empty, Jiangdong intends to cooperate with Wen Hou to seize Xuzhou, I don't know what Wen Hou wants?" Lu Yuan took a deep breath, looked at the two of them, and explained his intentions.
"Capture Xuzhou?" Lu Bu squinted slightly, was silent, and did it.
Chen Gong's heart moved, his eyes looked at Lu Yuan, he groaned for a while, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Although Xuzhou is empty, my lord lives in Xiaopei, and it was Liu Yuanjun who took the risk to take him in the past, how can he take revenge." ”
"Hahaha, it turns out that you and the other powerful forces in Xuzhou are just trying to defend Xuzhou for Liu Xuande, it seems that I Jiangdong is a villain, so don't bother with it, and leave here!" Lu Yuan's eyes were cold, and after a sarcastic sentence, he was neat and turned around and left.
Commander Li's words are very clear, the current situation, Jiangdong is not in a hurry, it should be Lu Bu who is in a hurry, and the leading power must be on himself.
"Your Excellency!" Chen Gong was stunned, he just wanted to test it a little, but he didn't expect a small envoy from Jiangdong to be so decisive.
It seems that their bottom line has made Jiangdong's exploration clear, thinking about it like this, his heart is a little cold, and a trace of essence is crossed in his eyes!
Koto, so scared Koto.