"Let's go, go back to camp."

Cao Cao was extremely decisive, without saying a word, he turned around and left.

Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and the others did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly urged the horses to follow.

Although everyone boasted of martial arts, they did not dare to arrogantly dare to compete with thousands of Xiliang iron horses with only more than ten horses.

Once you are surrounded, you will only end up in a different place.

Xu Chu led the army to chase and kill, and chased until he reached the outside of Cao's army camp before collecting his troops and returning.

Late at night, the Xiliang army came to steal the camp at night.

However, Cao Cao was very well guarded and had no chance to take advantage of it, so he had to lead the army to retreat.

Early the next morning, Luo Zheng raised his army, went north out of Fan County, and went straight to Cangting.

After Cao Cao received the news, he was quite puzzled.

Xiahou was puzzled: "The princes of all walks of life in the world have withdrawn, Luo Zhengxiao'er did not take the opportunity to go south and return to Luoyang, why is he entangled with all the princes in Yanzhou, and now he is leading the army to the north, what does this guy want to do?" ”

Cao Cao thought for a while, and suddenly his face changed, "It's not good, Luo Zhengxiao'er is probably going to cross the river and enter Jizhou." ”

The generals were stunned when they heard this.

Cao Ren frowned and said: "The princes have already withdrawn, what is Luo Zhengxiaoer doing when he goes to Jizhou to burn and loot?" Once it is blocked in Jizhou, it will be difficult to come out. Luo Zheng is scheming and will not fail to think of this. ”

Cao Cao paused and said: "Zixiao doesn't know, Luo Zheng Xiao'er is going to return to Luoyang from Jizhou!" ”

Cao Ren was even more puzzled, and said: "There are only two ways to go south from Jizhou, one is to go out of Huguan and go south from Bingzhou, and the other is to cross the river from Liyang to the south. Huguan was guarded by the party too guarded by Zhang Yang, and Luo Zheng had no chance to take advantage of it; The 20,000 troops of Jizhou Assassin Han Fudi are also stationed in Liyang, and Luo Zhengxiaoer wants to cross the river, how can it be easy. ”

Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Luo Zheng is a little scheming, so naturally he won't drill into a dead end by himself. What if he didn't think about going south from Jizhou to Luoyang, but continued to lead the army north, from Jizhou to the north into Youzhou, and then from Daijun out of the fortress, through the Hetao south, from the west south to the east of the river, directly back to Guanzhong? ”

"This ......"

Cao Ren was stunned, and some couldn't come back to his senses.

Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other generals were also stunned.

It's not that I can't believe it, but I haven't thought about this road at all.

After all, it is a long journey from Jizhou to Youzhou in the north, and then to Hetao.

As long as it is a normal mind, it will not choose such a path to return to Guanzhong.

Cao Cao also learned that Luo Zheng continued to lead his army north, and after thinking hard, he thought of this possibility.

As for whether it is true or not, it is necessary to look at the behavior of the Xiliang Army to know.

Xiahou frowned and said: "That's the case, why didn't Luo Zhengxiao'er take advantage of the fact that the coalition army had not yet arrived, and then crossed to the north." ”

Cao Cao said in a condensed voice: "I have been thinking about it these days, it stands to reason that Luo Zheng'er is a cavalryman, and he has enough time to cross the river to the north and enter Jizhou before the coalition army arrives at Yanzhou to encircle it." However, these days, the strength of the rebels in Wuxi Liang has obviously been very different, and the biggest possibility is that Luo Zhengxiao'er divided his troops to plunder the land of Qingxu. ”

Xiahoudun said in a condensed voice: "In this way, Luo Zhengxiao'er is waiting for another rebel army to come and meet?" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "If what I expected is not bad, it should be eight or nine and ten." ”

Xiahoudun said excitedly: "Since this is the case, then there is still a chance." Since Luo Zhengxiao'er wants to cross the river to the north, there is only one ferry in Cangting to the north of Fan County, why don't our army contact other princes and rush to Cangting to encircle it. ”

Cao Cao sighed and shook his head, and said, "Luo Zheng'er is scheming, I can guess his intentions, how can he be defenseless." This thief had been going around in circles with the princes' armies before, and had no intention of crossing the river to the north, so that we could not guess his next plan. Now that he has led the army to Cangting, it must be that another rebel army has rushed to Cangting to join the army, and it is too late to encircle him. ”

"Hey! It's infuriating. ”

Xiahoudun waved his arms fiercely, unwilling.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan and others were also unwilling, and they wanted to vomit blood angrily.

Cao Ren said in a deep voice: "This thief is so treacherous, if he doesn't get rid of it for a day, it is really a big trouble for the princes. ”

Cao Cao thought deeply and said: "What Zixiao said is extremely true, although this thief is not famous, but looking at his use of soldiers, it is not easy to deal with, and it is far more difficult than the famous generals under Dong Zhuo. If this thief is not eliminated sooner, it will be a great trouble for my henchmen. ”

All the generals were secretly awe-inspiring and silent.

Cangting is located in the west of Dong'e, south of the Yellow River, and is the only ferry port within a radius of 100 miles.

Although the world is a little chaotic in this era, it also has a benefit.

That is, it is very environmentally friendly and does not pollute. Not only are the mountains beautiful and the forests are lush, you can see large areas of forests everywhere, the air is fresh, and there are countless rivers of all sizes, and all of them are not polluted, and the water is clear to the bottom.

More than 1,000 years later, the Yellow River was so polluted that it was like muddy water after a flash flood, and there were no fish at all.

However, the Yellow River is now rippling blue waves, clear to the bottom, and the fish in the water are extremely abundant, and the people living on both sides of the Yellow River can only make a living from fishing in the river even if they have no food to eat.

However, since the Xiliang army entered Yanzhou, the people near Cangting rarely came out to move.

No matter whose army it is, the fear and aversion of the people to war is hard to change.

Besides, I heard that the Xiliang army burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, how could the people not be afraid.

On the simple dock, Luo Zheng looked at the opposite shore under the escort of his own soldiers, and was a little distracted for a while.

It has been more than half a year since I came to this era, and it is the first time to enjoy the scenery of the Yellow River so closely.

If we put aside the extreme backwardness of society and the constant wars, there are indeed many things worth remembering in this era.

At least in this era, there are no polluted and toxic foods, all the places are pollution-free green products, and you can breathe the freshest air every morning after waking up, and you don't have to worry about eating sick pork or fake eggs and the like.

However, the lack of land in this era is obvious.

It is inconvenient to travel, inconvenient to communicate, and it is inconvenient to do anything.

It's hard to even save your life, and you have to struggle to survive every day.

When I first arrived, it was a dark time.

Looking back now, Luo Zheng felt that his nerves were many times bigger than ordinary people, and he could quickly adapt to this cannibalistic world, and survived tenaciously, and the more he lived, the better he became.

"Lord, Chen Tong is here."

Xu Chu saw that Luo Zheng was stunned, and reminded him in a muffled voice.

Only then did Luo Zheng come back to his senses and looked at the hundreds of fishing boats slowly sailing on the river.

Chen Tong was standing at the bow of one of the fishing boats, shouting, "The villain has seen the general." ”

Luo Zheng also asked loudly: "Chen Tong, where are Xun Yu and his wife and children?" ”

Chen Tong replied: "Don't worry, the general can rest assured, Mr. Xun Yu and his wife and children are on the other side, and the villain has left a hundred people to protect them." ”

As he spoke, the fishing boat had already approached the dock.

Chen Tong jumped on the pier and hurriedly greeted him.

Luo Zheng looked at the fishing boats slowly approaching the shore and found that the rowing ground was full of fishermen, all of whom were afraid.

Chen Tong said with a smile: "The little ones are all rare ducks, they have never entered the water, and they can't fiddle with these fishing boats, so they recruited nearby fishermen to help." The general rest assured that the villain sent fifty people to watch over their small family, and forgive them for not being lost. ”

Luo Zheng nodded and said, "That's good, Chen Tong, you finally learned to use your brain." ”

Chen Tong laughed a few times, scratched his head and said: "It's what the general said, I am familiar with 300 Tang poems, and I can't compose poems and chant them." After following the general for so long, if he doesn't grow any further, the villain will really be like the general said that there is no cure. ”

"Hahaha!"

Luo Zheng laughed heartily, and the military academies behind him also laughed.

At this time, the captain of the scout suddenly stepped forward and said, "General, Li Meng, Wang Fang's army has arrived in Gucheng. ”

Luo Zheng sighed, "It's coming very fast, how long will it take to get to Cangting?" ”

The captain of the scout replied, "Last night Li Meng and Wang Fang led the army to march overnight, so you can reach Gucheng this morning. Gucheng to Cangting is only forty miles away, and the cavalry is fast, and it is estimated that they can reach Cangting in one and a half hours at most. ”

Luo Zheng bowed his head lightly and said in a deep voice: "Order the army, seize the time to rest, and when Li Meng and Wang Fang's army arrives, they will immediately cross the river to the north." Wait until you reach the north bank of the river, and then change the guard and rest. ”

"Yes."

The officer on duty answered loudly, and then left quickly.

Luo Zheng said again: "You can send more scouts and cavalry to closely monitor the movements of the Kwantung rebels. Then the scout crossed the river to the north, explored the movements of Yangping and Jizhou, and reported to the army at any time, and there must be no mistakes. ”

The captain of the scout hurriedly agreed, and led the order to retreat.

At this time, the sun is not yet noon, and the sun is still early.

Except for the soldiers who were responsible for the sentry and guard, the rest of the soldiers lay down on the beach by the river to rest, or went down to the river in groups to catch fish, piled up firewood on the beach, and grilled fish for food.

Luo Zheng found a place where no one was, opened the door, and took Xu Chu into the vegetable garden.

The vegetable garden is shaded green, and in the newly opened seven acres of land, the wheat seedlings have grown to more than a foot, and they are growing vigorously.

The rest of the land was also growing well, and the Xu clan and hundreds of craftsmen were tinkering with the crops in the fields, all with joyful smiles on their faces.

The ancients handed down the teachings of the earth, and the people take food as their heaven.

In the eyes of the people, crops are definitely the most cherished things.

Two soldiers with red faces ran over as soon as possible and bowed to each other.

After Luo Zheng turned around, he summoned a group of blacksmiths to discuss the method of smelting iron and forging weapons.

In this era, the iron-smelting technology was very backward, and the production efficiency was extremely low.

Although Luo Zheng does not know how to make iron, he was born in an era of advanced information, and he still understands some basic principles.

And these most basic theories are precisely the most lacking in this era.

Although these blacksmiths are highly skilled, they do not have mature theory to guide practice.

Luo Zheng's few words immediately made these blacksmiths flutter when they heard it, and they were inexplicably excited.

Around the time of Shen, Li Meng and Wang Fang led 3,000 cavalry to Cangting, and 7,000 Xiliang iron cavalry joined forces.

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