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"Cao Hong's excuse is really bad." After Ma Han got Zhang He's report, he smiled coldly, "What do you say Cao Cao wants to do?" ”

Zhang He hesitated, and stopped talking.

Ma Han said lightly: "Don't look at me and Cao Cao Yan laughing at Yan Yan, that's just a show, politics...... Don't worry, but don't worry. ”

Zhang He said in a deep voice: "Things may change, and Cao Gong may change his mind." ”

Ma Han's eyes flashed: "Jun Yi is saying that Cao Cao regretted it again and did not plan to return the east gate." So, what does he want to do with the East Gate? Is it a bargain, or is it a ......"

Before Zhang He could answer, a voice came from outside the hall: "Duke Cao has a bad intention, and the general should be on guard." ”

The voice fell to people, it was Guo Jia. Together with it, it is Xun You.

After the two saluted Ma Han and Zhang He, Xun You looked solemn and said: "The Cao army at the east gate has not only not decreased, but has shown signs of increasing. General, Shouchun is not a place to stay for a long time, please go to Li Zuodu's water village first. ”

Xun You's meaning is very clear, and Cao Cao seems to have bad intentions. Since the east gate of Shouchun was controlled by Cao Jun, once there was an accident, Shouchun Palace City would easily be directly attacked. At present, Li Dian's navy is the strongest in the Lianghuai area, although the Cao army is numerous, but there are not even a few warships, most of them are small boats, and they are not the opponents of the dragon and wolf navy on the water at all. Therefore, sitting in the water village, you can be worry-free.

Ma Hanmo rubbed his chin and said, "An hour ago, Cao Cao was still bidding farewell to me. It looks like it's normal. It seems that Cao Cao seems to have discovered something, you say, he found something, so that he made such a decision. ”

Guo Jia and Xun You glanced at each other and said in unison: "Jiangdong." ”

Coincidentally, Zhang He also said the word "Jiangdong" at the same time.

Ma Han laughed: "Since all the monarchs think so, then there will be no mistake. Well, five days after Sun Ce's death, Cao Cao got the news, and it seems that his level of ears and eyes in Jiangdong is not low. ”

Xun You said: "Please let the general leave immediately......"

Ma Han raised his hand to stop Xun You. asked: "Gongda thinks, if I avoid the water village, what will Cao Cao do next?" ”

Xun You didn't think twice: "If I were Cao Gong, I would make a feint to attack the water village, and then send a strange army to cross the Huaishui, and between Yu and Xu, the general would set up an ambush to attack it on his return journey." ”

Ma Han continued to ask, "What if Cao Cao can't succeed?" ”

"If the ambush fails, then go all out to take Shouchun, and enter the energy to control the Jiujiang River. At the same time, they fought against Lejin's fire raiders. Then the military and civilians of Yuzhou were moved to cross the Huai, and finally confronted me across the river. ”

Ma Han raised his eyebrows: "In this way, although Cao Cao lost Yuzhou, he was able to connect with Jiangdong." The situation in which the two sides joined forces to contend with our army. Is that so? ”

Guo Jia sighed and said, "With Cao Gong's ability, it can indeed be done like this. ”

"I advance step by step, and the enemy retreats; confronted each other across the river, just like Yuan Shu. Several Huainan battles were fought, which dragged on for three years and two years. Ma Han shook his head and categorically vetoed. I don't know when this kind of decent play will come to an end. Cao Cao is not an idle person, and he is in a tug-of-war across the river, and if he is not careful, he will lose the battle. Either they don't fight, or if they want to fight, they must be dealt a heavy blow, just like in the battle of Xiapi back then. One blow hurts its vitality, two blows break its backbone, and three blows make it impossible to turn over! ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Guo Jia's eyebrows danced, and his words were poking at the heart of this adventurous and surprising strategist, which was very suitable.

Xun You was dumbfounded and said: "The general's intention, don't you want to ...... Bait? It's too dangerous! Even if we can lure the enemy to the bait, it's just that Cao Cao's fish is too big, and we lack the strength to drag it ashore! ”

Ma Han smiled: "The opponent also thinks so, this big fish will be hooked, otherwise, Gongda thinks that Cao will be lightly calculated?" ”

Xun You rubbed his hands again and again, his expression was a little excited, and he just said: "Too dangerous, too dangerous......

"The most dangerous thing in this world is war, how can there be a war that is not dangerous? If I just stay in the rear with peace of mind, I'm afraid I'm still squatting in Liaodong right now, in front of the earth overlord with a promising future. Ma Han stood up and paced back and forth, "There are only three people in the world who are most worthy of my adventure, one is Sun Ce, and the other is Cao Cao. Take a risk and kill these two people, it's worth it! ”

Zhang He wanted to ask who the third person was, but after thinking about it, it was most likely the old master Yuan Shao, so he didn't say more, but just arched his hand and said: "Please give the general an order, and he is willing to lead the halberd warriors to snatch back the east gate, control Shouchun, and stop Cao Cao's thoughts......"

A long report from the palace guard came from the palace: "Captain Gan asks to see you." ”

Ma Hangang nodded: "Accurate." ”

The hall sounded with a burst of hurried footsteps, and Gan Ning's sturdy figure flashed, full of anger, and shouted from afar: "The east gate of Cao Jun's control of zhì has been closed, and the junction of the city wall has been cut off. His subordinates sent several sergeants to question, but they were shot dead and wounded...... Cao Cao, this bastard, he has to do the opposite! ”

Ma Han's expression was calm, as if he had known that this would be the case, and turned his head to Zhang He and said lightly: "Look, Cao Mou's shot will definitely be faster than you think." ”

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On July 27, Cao Cao personally led tens of thousands of troops into Shouchun and besieged the palace.

Cao Cao was so desperate that he was also forced to be in a hurry. Sun Ce is dead, there will be civil strife in Jiangdong, and it will take a year or two for the Sun Wu group to reintegrate alone, where can Cao Cao afford to wait? If it drags on any longer, it will only be broken by the horses. Instead of passively waiting for this bad luck to come, it is better to strike preemptively, take advantage of the current horse and confine to Shouchun, with few troops, and go all out to besiege and kill.

Even if you lose Yuzhou, even if you wipe out the army, as long as you can take prisoners alive or kill Ma Han, it's worth it!

Before launching the raid, Cao Cao had done two things: first, he ordered Xun Yu, who stayed in the base camp in Yuzhou, to immediately collect troops and horses in the whole county, move the people, transfer grain and grass, and move to Huainan; The second is to send three messengers to send a request for support to Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan.

Cao Cao also knew that in the end, only Liu Bei might be able to come to help, and the other two, one was more than enough but not enough, and the other was more than enough but not enough, so they might not be able to send troops to come. But we must fight for it, and we must do our best and obey the destiny of heaven.

At this time, the distribution of forces on both sides is as follows:

The three generals Cao Cao, Cao Hong, and Cao Ang, led 10,000 soldiers and horses to enter Shouchun, and joined Han Hao, the guard of the East Gate, with a total of more than 12,000 soldiers and horses. In addition to dividing 1,500 soldiers and horses to block the west, south, and north gates, nearly 8,000 troops were used as the main force to besiege Miyagi. Xiahou Yuan and Zhu Ling led 5,000 soldiers and horses to camp in Huaishang to monitor Li Dian's naval army. Once the navy comes ashore, it will be attacked head-on.

Mao Jue and Cao Pi sat in Xiquyang and Dangtu two counties as backups.

At this time, Ma Han's troops in Shouchun were: Zhang He's 1,000 halberds, Gao Shun's 1,000 camps, Yuan Yao's 2,000 Huainan soldiers, 500 generals' guards, and a total of 4,500 men and horses, but these 4,500 men and horses did not gather together. For example, Zhang He's 1,000 halberds guarded the west and south gates, and Yuan Yao also sent 1,000 Huainan soldiers to help; The north gate was jointly garrisoned by Gao Lan's first camp and Yuan Yao's 500 men. In the Shouchun Palace, there were only 500 general guards, 500 dead soldiers in Gao Shun and 500 palace guards led by Yuan Yao.

The 1,500 amphibious elite soldiers of Ganning (Bashu Warriors and Shanyue Force), as well as Li Dian's 10,000 naval army, received the task of completely blocking Huaishui and cutting off all the northward escape routes and transportation channels of Cao's army. As for the offensive and defensive battles of Shouchun Palace, there is no need for them to participate.

Fifteen hundred VS eight thousand, this time, Ma Han and Cao Cao finally came face to face.

On July 28, early in the morning, the attacking and defending sides finished their pre-battle meals. With a dull drum sounding, Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Ang, and Han Hao will appear a hundred steps away from the main gate of the palace. In front of and behind them, hundreds of shield-wielding soldiers were surrounded by regiments, and a wooden fence was erected in front of them, and the protection was called a tight - no way, they had all deeply understood that the man's magic shot was powerful, the distance was so close, how could it be done if it was not strictly guarded?

Shouchun Palace is quiet, if it weren't for the two rows of forest deer on the palace wall, and the cold light that appears from time to time behind the wall, it almost makes people suspect that the people in the palace have not woken up.

After a while, a loud Cao pawn came out of the battle and shouted at the closed palace gate: "Cao Envoy Jun asks the general to answer." ”

In less than half a moment, Ma Han held the blood bow in his hand, and climbed the corner tower on the left corner of the palace gate step by step, appearing in front of the ten thousand troops, and the blood bow pointed: "Cao Cao, you have committed chaos and plotted wrongdoing, what else do you have to say?" ”

The Cao army was in a commotion, except for Cao Cao, the rest of the Cao family's second generals and Han Hao couldn't help but shrink their heads, and subconsciously avoided the direction pointed by the blood bow.

Cao Cao stood still, and said with a long smile: "It's really impermanence in life, yesterday at this time, you and I were in the palace to drink and talk, and in a blink of an eye, we met each other." There is nothing more treacherous than this. ”

Ma Han was unmoved: "Cao Cao, you know that if you do this, you will become a public enemy of the world." ”

"There is only one kind of person who will become the public enemy of the world, and that is the loser." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and his words were heartfelt, "Ma Han, how similar you are to Lu Bu who went down to Pi that day." ”

Hehe, play psychological warfare? Ma Han's counterattack was fast and sharp: "Cao Cao, you'd better pray that I'm not Lu Bu, otherwise...... Within ten steps, Lu Bu almost killed you. If it were me, it would never be 'almost'! ”

Ma Han's words really poked Cao Cao's lungs. Under the city of Pi, Lu Bu killed, this is an eternal pain in Cao Cao's heart, he never allowed anyone to talk to him about this matter, the last time he mentioned this matter was Cao Pi, who was chased by him with a sword and cut down a mile.

And now it is Ma Han who is slapped in the face. Cao Cao really drew his sword again, pointed at the person on the corner tower, gritted his teeth, and paused word by word: "Lonely only asks once, is it surrender or battle?" ”

Ma Han's reply was happy and crisp: "Come on! (To be continued......)