Gao Shun and Qin Yi led the crowd to move towards Peicheng unhurriedly, and the tactic I gave them this time was to encircle the point and send reinforcements. to besiege Liu Bei to fight Cao Cao's reinforcements. Therefore, they do not need to rush to their destination, and it can also make the sergeants less physically exhausted.

When the two of them led the crowd to the east of Peicheng, Zhang Liao and Gao Feng also led thousands of men and horses from Lu County, so the two troops attacked Peicheng from the east and north. Liu Bei saw that Feng Xian and I did not come, so he personally led his troops out of the city to meet the battle, but he was still defeated. So, he had no choice but to retreat to the city and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive.

At that time, Jiyin Taishou Xiahoudun had also received Cao Cao's order and led the people to Peiguo to rescue Liu Bei. But when he reached the west of Peicheng, he was suddenly attacked by Gao Shun's camp, and then retreated.

The two armies of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao continued to besiege Liu Bei, waiting for Cao Cao to send the next wave of reinforcements. However, Cao Cao also seemed to see through their intention to besiege Liu Bei this time, so he put his troops aside for the time being, and let Liu Bei consume us for a while longer. It was not until September that Cao Cao began to mobilize his army and led his people towards Peiguo.

I saw that Cao Cao had only led his army to the east at this moment, so I ordered Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to quickly defeat Liu Bei, and then each withdrew to the garrison to rest. Immediately, Peicheng was breached, Liu Bei led Guan, Zhang, Zhao and others to escape, and his wife and children were captured. As the saying goes, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes. This sentence is really appropriate here for Liu Bei.

Regarding the tactics of dealing with Cao Cao's army, Chen Gong proposed: "I mean that the two generals will lead troops into Pengcheng, and then meet Cao Cao with leisure and work, and they should do everything." ”

Feng Xian looked at the sand table in front of him, muttered for a while, and said: "I think it is better to wait for Cao Cao to cross Surabaya, and then send troops to launch a surprise attack on him; At that time, the Cao army will be scattered, and they will fall into the water like Yuan Shu's army at the beginning. ”

Then. Chen Qun nodded and said, "I also agree with General Lu's strategy. ”

Chen Gong said: "Although the general's plan is good, if Cao Cao orders the slaughter of the people again, I'm afraid this move will lead the wolf into the house, right?" ”

Feng Xian shook his head and said, "No; Now each village has its own militia battalion, and even if they are difficult to compete with Cao Cao's army, they are not helpless; Besides, we still have a compulsory army of tens of thousands of people in our hands, and we may not be as good as those battle-hardened veterans under Cao Cao in terms of combat power, but with excellent armor, it is still possible to respond from the side. ”

Chen Gong nodded and said, "Since the general said so, then let's act according to the plan." ”

Cao Cao led his army to the border of Liang and met Liu Bei, who had fled in defeat. Then the two joined forces. Continue your march to the east. When Cao Cao led his army to Lipengcheng and there were still more than 20 miles to go, Liu Bei couldn't help but suggest: "Cao Gong, now that the army is tired from afar, why don't you set up camp here and rest here, and then attack Pengcheng tomorrow?" ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Xuande doesn't know, that Pengcheng State Prime Minister Hou is a lonely fellow villager, and he is also a lonely person who was placed in Xuzhou in advance; At this time, it is not too late, and it is not too late to rest in Pengcheng. ”

Liu Bei nodded with some surprise and said, "I see." ”

So the army went on again. Then stationed in Pengcheng. Then, Cao Cao sent people to Guangling and ordered Chen Deng to lead the county soldiers to attack Pi from the other side. After that, I rested for the night in Pengcheng. He then led his army eastward, crossed Surabaya, and continued on his way to Xiapi. At this time, there were still 150 miles to go from Xiapi, and tens of thousands of Cao's troops needed to travel for two or three days to arrive.

Then. Cao Cao marched to Lü County, sixty miles east of Pengcheng, and stopped, intending to capture the city with his army. Unexpectedly, the county commander in the city took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender. This couldn't help but make Cao Cao and the others feel very surprised. But after some investigation, nothing unusual was found, and they all entered the city with peace of mind.

This attack on Xuzhou was too smooth, which made Cao Cao always feel uneasy. However, according to the state's detailed ground reports, there does not appear to be anything out of the ordinary. After thinking about it for a while, Cao Cao felt that maybe he was thinking too much, which made him look like a frightened bird.

On the second day, Cao Cao continued his march and traveled dozens of miles, setting up camp forty miles west of Xiapi. At this time, Cao Cao speculated that Feng Xian and I might come to attack the camp at night, so he strengthened the manpower of night patrols. However, the night was still quiet, and he couldn't help but feel quite puzzled.

Immediately, Cao Cao summoned Xun You and Guo Jia to ask them: "Now that our army has penetrated into the hinterland of Xuzhou, Lu Bu and Shaoran still have not moved; In your opinion, what is their idea? ”

I saw Xun You frowning and groaning, but said: "This matter is indeed a little strange, but I can't figure it out for a while; What about you, do you think there is any trick in this? ”

Guo Jia had the urge to laugh in his heart, but he still held back his laughter and only said: "Of course, judging from the current situation, there must be some tricks in this." ”

Cao Cao said, "Tell me about it." ”

Guo Jia said: "According to my speculation, the two of them may have wanted to launch a surprise attack while our army was crossing the Yishui. ”

Cao Cao groaned and said: "The art of war is cloudy, when the enemy wades into the water, when it is taken by surprise, it is half attacked; There is some truth in Feng Xiao's speculation. ”

At this time, Liu Bei on the side couldn't help but say: "Since this is the case, it is better to divide the soldiers into two ways; One road pretended to be a bait in the west of the city, and the other took advantage of its surprise to cross the Yishui from the north of the city; Does Cao Gong think this is feasible? ”

Cao Cao said: "The troops under Lu Bu and Shaoran are not many, and the strategy of dividing the troops into two routes is still feasible; However, the lonely intention was to let Chen Deng's department be the vanguard, and crossed Surabaya from the south of the city to contain it, and Lone waved his army to cross Yishui from the north; At that time, if you attack back and forth, you can break Lu Bu and Shaoran in one fell swoop! ”

Xun You couldn't help but say: "Cao Gong's plan is very good. ”

Cao Cao smiled a little proudly when he heard this: "The world tastes the clouds" There is Lu Bu among the people, and there are Chi Su among the horses; God will be incorruptible and brave in battle"; Today, Lone will let these two vain people be defeated by Lone's hands. ”

After Chen Deng led thousands of Guangling soldiers to Xiapi, he crossed Surabaya from the south according to Cao Cao's instructions. Then, when Cao Cao led his army across the Yishui River to the city of Xiapi, Feng Xian and I led the troops out of the city to face the battle.

At this time, Cao Cao had 30,000 elite infantry behind him, while Feng Xian and I only had more than 1,000 cavalry behind him, and it seemed that there was an extremely large disparity in strength. Now. Cao Cao couldn't help but smile smugly, as if he had already won the battle.

When I saw him showing that virtue, I couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of my mouth and say, "Brother Cao, looking at your detergent expression, I thought it would be easy to defeat us in this battle." ”

Cao Cao said undeniably: "Isn't it? Let's see that there are so many elite soldiers behind the lone body, and then look at the few people behind the two of you; With such a huge disparity in strength, do you still have a chance of winning? ”

I said disappreciatively, with the corners of my mouth slightly: "But I don't know whose tens of thousands of troops were wiped out by these horses behind me in the first battle of Puyang; If I'm not mistaken, that person seems to be you, right? ”

Cao Cao's face sank slightly, and he snorted lightly with some displeasure. He also said: "In today's troubled times, it is the way to become a king and defeat a king; As long as you are alone, the history books will naturally praise the merits of the lonely song, and the embarrassment of the past will also become a thing of the past; You two brave and unscrupulous, can't you even think of this? ”

Bong Xian couldn't help but snort, but he didn't bother to argue with him. I immediately laughed and said, "Hehe, I said Brother Cao, you are too naïve, right?" Didn't anyone tell you that we still have an army of tens of thousands under our command? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he said disapprehantly: "Oh? Where is your so-called army of tens of thousands? Why didn't Lone see it? Or how about you call them out and compete with the soldiers of the lonely subordinates? ”

I chuckled and said, "If you want to beat those chickens and dogs under your hands, where you need to use tens of thousands of horses, just these brothers behind me are enough." ”

Cao Cao sneered and said, "It's really unashamed; Now a soldier who is alone. The armor is no worse than yours, and I want to see what else you can do. ”

I said, "Well, it's just a waste of saliva to talk to a frog like you at the bottom of a well; Brethren. Open the city gate and push up the guy sent by the Mo family giant not long ago! ”

Immediately, the gates behind us opened again. I saw a heavy artillery gun being pushed to the front of the position. As everyone knows, the achievements of the Mo family in science and technology are very remarkable, and I asked Wu Xin to help build this cannon a long time ago. That is, when I had just resigned from Dong Zhuo and returned to seclusion, and Wu Xin came to visit me.

At that time, I had a separate discussion with Wu Xin about the future development of the general trend of the world, and told him about my thoughts on the unity of all mankind. He was shocked and thought that my idea seemed unrealistic. However, when I told him the blueprint, he was immediately impressed. So, I planned every step of the way with him and passed on to him the craftsmanship of gun making.

And the current artillery is just the beginning, and there are many more guns, artillery, ammunition, etc. that are being put into production one after another. From now on, the pattern of history will be completely reversed in my hands, the future of mankind will be completely changed in my hands, and our great road to national rejuvenation will also be realized in my hands.

However, when I aimed the muzzle of the cannon at Cao Cao, who was full of suspicion, I waved at him with a torch and said, "Brother Cao, I say goodbye to you." "But at this moment, a strange sight suddenly appeared in the air above me. I saw that a colorful glow flashed, and the door of time and space that could be hooked through the past and the future suddenly opened.

I can't help but wonder, could there really be a god in this world, who would come out to make trouble at such a critical moment? But there was no room for me to think about it, and a powerful suction force sucked me towards the black door, and my strength could not break free from the restraint in the slightest.

The moment I was sucked into the wormhole, I immediately scolded: "I'll go, God you didn't mean to play with me!" ”

Immediately, the gate of time and space closed. In mid-air, it was back to its original state, as if nothing had happened. (To be continued......)