Subsequently, Feng Xian ordered Chen Deng to lead the people to withdraw to Guangling. Although Chen Deng was puzzled by this, he didn't ask too much, and retreated straight to Guangling.

Later, Feng Xian sent someone to Pengcheng to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, saying that he was going to hold a banquet to invite him to drink. In this regard, Chen Gong and others felt that if Cao Cao came to the banquet, it would be a good opportunity to "capture the thief and capture the king". Feng Xian disagreed, just because doing so was an act of unfaithfulness, and it would have a bad impact if it was spread. Chen Gong and the others couldn't help but sigh secretly, feeling helpless in their hearts.

At that time, Cao Cao had some doubts about Feng Xian's invitation, so he asked Xun You and Guo Jia's opinions. And both of them invariably suggested: "The heart of guarding against others is indispensable, and there must be fraud here." ”

So, Cao Cao wrote a letter thanking Feng Xian for his invitation, but this was exactly what Feng Xian wanted. Immediately, Feng Xian ordered all the soldiers to prepare for battle at any time. This order made everyone a little baffled, didn't it mean that he had reconciled with Cao Cao, why did he have to fight with whom? Although everyone was puzzled, they did not ask much questions, but just acted according to the order.

Within a few days, tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops rushed over from Xuchang, and Cao Cao led them to the east with the intention of attacking Xiapi again, and also brought a few trebuchets for siege. However, just as he was leading his crowd to twenty miles away, Hou Cheng suddenly led a group of soldiers and horses to attack Pengcheng, intending to rescue Hou Hui.

At that time, all the people in the city responded, opened the city gate and let Hou Cheng and others enter the city, and launched an attack on the Cao army left behind in the city. Subsequently, Cao Cao learned that the rear was lost, so he planned to lead the army back to the rescue. At this time, Feng Xian suddenly led the crowd to attack. So, Cao Cao asked Cao Hong to supervise generals such as Yu Ban and Le Jin, and led 10,000 horses to stay behind to fight Feng Xian, while he led other soldiers back to the city to rescue.

When Cao Cao rushed back to Pengcheng, the defenders he had left behind were at a disadvantage and could not hold on. He did not hesitate and immediately attacked the city with his army. Seeing that the current situation was extremely chaotic, and Hou Cheng had the help of the people, Cao Cao gave an order to slaughter the city, wanting to stabilize the situation as soon as possible. Immediately, a large number of people were killed one after another.

Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but shake my head, feeling that the timing of Hou Cheng's attack was indeed a little early. If he could attack a little later, maybe Cao Cao would not be able to lead the army back in time. Moreover, even if the rescue plan succeeded, it would not be worth the slaughter of so many people.

After that, Hou Cheng not only failed to rescue Hou Huan's family in time, but was also attacked by Cao Cao and fell into a predicament. Not long after the battle, Hou Cheng's entire army was crushed, and he himself became Cao Cao's prisoner.

It is said that Hou Cheng and Cao Cao were originally fellow villagers, and they also served under Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao hated this betrayal of himself the most in his life, this time he did not intend to kill Hou Cheng. He planned to use this opportunity to play a trick, on the condition of sparing the lives of Hou Huan's family, and wanted Hou Cheng to be his internal response.

Hou Cheng felt very hesitant about Cao Cao's exchange conditions, just because on the one hand, it was his duty, and on the other hand, it was filial piety, which made him very difficult to choose. Regarding Hou Cheng's embarrassment, Cao Cao was not in a hurry to let him make a choice, and let him go back and wait until he thought about it before making a decision. So, Hou Cheng left unharmed.

However, it was said that Feng Xian led the cavalry battalion and the two troops of Gao Shun's trap camp to fight with Cao Hong and others. Although there was a huge difference in strength between the two armies, and Cao Hong's soldiers were all brave and strong, after several hours of fierce fighting, Feng Xian still defeated the other side.

On the occasion of Hou Cheng's return, Feng Xian learned that the rescue plan had failed, and fearing that more people would be slaughtered by Cao's army, so he ordered all the people to move elsewhere, temporarily avoiding Cao Cao's troops, and ordered all the compulsory troops to be assigned to protect the people.

During this period, Cao Cao sent a group of troops and horses to launch a surprise attack, but he failed to succeed and was repelled by Feng Xian's army. After all the people had migrated, Feng Xian withdrew his army and returned to Xiapi to rest and recuperate, waiting for Cao Cao to lead his army to attack.

For Cao Cao, a quick battle is the only strategy, otherwise the time will drag on for too long, and the food supply in the rear will definitely not be able to keep up. Therefore, he no longer left the army to garrison the rear city, and led the whole army to Xiapi with all the supplies.

After that, Cao Cao launched an attack on Xiapi several times in a row, not only failed to get the slightest bargain, but also lost a lot of troops, taking into account the power of the explosives in Fengxian's hands was really powerful, and a group of Qingzhou troops were blown up, which was really miserable. Cao Cao felt that the odds of winning this battle were too low, so he planned to retreat.

At this time, Xun You and Guo Jia both advised him not to retreat, otherwise it would be difficult to get rid of the other party when the other party's vitality recovered in the future. Cao Cao felt that their suggestion made sense, so he dug a trench for defense.

Subsequently, the chief bookkeeper Wang Bi made a suggestion to Cao Cao, saying: "The explosives made by the subordinates Guan Lu Bu and others need to be ignited in advance before they can be used; As the so-called water can extinguish fires, and the land of Xiapi is slightly low-lying, if the water of Yi and Si is dug to irrigate the city, it will have a miraculous effect. ”

I chuckled and shook my head. It turned out that this was the reason for Cao Cao's breaking of the embankment and irrigating the city, and it seems that this is really the will of heaven.

When Xun You and Guo Jia heard this, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, this is going to be a bad thing. Cao Cao felt that this proposal seemed timely, so he ordered the camp to be moved east to a slightly higher ground, and then a dam was built to protect the camp. When everything was ready, he ordered Cao Hong and Cao Renbing to go to the banks of Surabaya and Yishui at night to dig the river embankment to lead out the water.

But overnight, the raging water rushed in. By the time Feng Xian and the others found out about the situation, it was too late. Immediately, Feng Xian hurriedly led people to fight the flood and rescue people, commanding the sergeants to build embankments while sending people to rescue the trapped people. Although this was the first time this had happened, it was a bit of a scramble, but fortunately, everyone worked together to get all the people in the city out of danger.

I couldn't help but shake my head at the current situation. History also evaluates Cao Cao as a hero, and his behavior of not caring about the lives of innocent people for the sake of victory makes people unable to match the hero. Whoever follows his example will be the culprit of the standard. As the saying goes, to win is to win glory, and to lose is to lose. What the hell is this?

After the flood flooded the city, there was not much food left in the city, and there was no clean water source, so everyone had to live on it for the time being. Because Cao Cao sent troops to block the surrounding roads and personally led the people to clear the conscripts everywhere, the friendly troops elsewhere did not know the situation in the city at this time.

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba were a little closer, and after learning that Xiapi was flooded, they planned to lead the crowd to the rescue. However, due to the containment of Xiahoudun, Cheng Yu and others, Zhang Liao could not come to the rescue, and only Zang Ba had to lead thousands of soldiers and horses to the rescue. When Cao Cao learned of this, he sent Liu Bei to lead the crowd to set up an ambush to block the attack, but Zang Ba was powerless for a while.

Soon after, Zhou Yu, who was guarding Huainan, also learned of the situation in Xiapi, so he immediately gathered 10,000 elite soldiers and planned to rush to the rescue. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu united with the original old generals Chen Jian, Lei Shu and others suddenly defected, detained Zhou Yu, and seized his military power in one fell swoop.

In November, Zhang Yang, who was far away in Hanoi, learned that Feng Xian was in trouble, so he planned to lead thousands of soldiers and horses to Xuchang to meet Liu Xie, hoping to use his identity as a great Sima to order Cao Cao to withdraw his troops and return. Unexpectedly, when the troops were halfway through, his subordinate general Yang Chou suddenly rebelled, attacked and killed him at night, and then led the people to respond to Cao Cao. At this time, another general, Zheng Gu, knew that Yang Chou had been secretly bought by Cao Cao before, so he killed Yang Chou again and led the crowd to defect to Yuan Shao.

By December, there was not much food left in Xiapi City, and if it continued like this, I was afraid that the war horses would have to be slaughtered to feed the stomach. Considering that the weather was really cold, and some people began to fall ill from drinking unclean water, Feng Xian couldn't bear to see such a situation again, so he planned to surrender to Cao Cao. However, Chen Gong did not agree to surrender, believing that according to Cao Cao's character, surrendering at this time would be a certain death; If you can hold on a little longer, send someone to break through to Huainan to ask Zhou Yu for help, and then ask Sun Ce and Chen Deng to lead the reinforcements, you will definitely be able to break the siege.

Feng Xian agreed to Chen Gong's suggestion and immediately sent Qin Yi, Xu Yan, and Wang Kai to break through the siege at night and go to Huainan to bring rescue troops. Because Cao Cao was careless and failed to take precautions in time, they broke through. But when they quickly felt Jiujiang, they didn't expect Yuan Shu to regain military power and detain Zhou Yu.

Qin Yi and the others had no choice but to turn to Yuan Shu and ask for help. However, instead of agreeing to send troops, Yuan Shu also ordered someone to keep Qin Yi behind, saying that he appreciated his ability and wanted to keep him by his side to serve. Qin Yi excused himself by saying that his wife was pregnant and in a predicament, and he couldn't abandon her. In this regard, Yuan Shu said that he was allowed to take the daughter of the Han family as his wife, but he felt quite helpless for a while.

Things have developed to this point, and everything that follows is basically not even a thought about it. If Feng Xian can lead the crowd to break through at this time, he must still have a good chance of survival, but this is not his character. In any case, human life is limited, and it is better to have a clear conscience than to die in the end.

However, just as I was about to withdraw my consciousness from the space-time tunnel, I inadvertently saw a scene that surprised me. (To be continued.) )