Chapter 921: Defeat is also an opportunity
Chen Gong's words made Lou Ban's face turn blue and white for a while, and Xu Shu made a perfect round, which eased the atmosphere a lot.
"If King Wuhuan really intends to make friends, he will be a vassal to King Qin!" Xu Shu played a round game, and Chen Gong really didn't say anything else, but just said to Lou Ban: "If this is the case, the two of us will be able to present it to His Royal Highness King Qin." ”
Chen Gong proposed to ask Wuhuan to argue to Liu, Lou Ban was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head and said, "If that's the case, I have no choice but to leave!" ”
"His Royal Highness is the King of Qin of the Han Dynasty, and Wu Huan is a minister to His Highness, which is really a bit ridiculous!" As soon as Lou Ban was about to say goodbye and leave, Xu Shu said: "If this is not the case, Wuhuan will send troops to the Huns, and when they are defeated, they will withdraw the army by themselves." His Royal Highness will open trade with Wuhuan, and the two places will agree on an alliance, and if there is an attack in the future, they will echo each other, what does the prince think? ”
Coming here, Lou Ban's plan was to get more benefits from Liu Wei's hands, but he was disturbed by Chen Gongyi, which caused a big mess for his square inch.
The negotiation did not go according to Lou Ban's expectations, and Xu Shu's words just pointed out a way for Lou Ban to go.
Almost without even thinking about it, Lou Ban said to Xu Shu: "This proposal can be done, I will go to prepare for the alliance here, the Wuhuan army, Keri will go to the Hetao!" ”
made an alliance with Lou Ban, Xu Shu and Chen Gong sent him to the door of the front hall, and watched his back as he went down the stairs, until Lou Ban came down the stairs, and the two of them looked at each other with a successful expression.
Cao Ren's army was defeated, and the morale of the Qin army soared, on the other hand, Cao Cao in Xu Capital City was frowning at this time, looking like he couldn't swallow.
In the back garden of Cao Cao's mansion, Cao Cao, dressed in brocade clothes, stood by the pond, looking at a few fish swimming freely in the pond, but his face was entangled.
Shouchun was defeated, and he didn't care very much, but this defeat was really too heavy.
The 70,000-strong army was almost wiped out, and the defenders in Shouchun City did not leave a piece of armor, and there was not even a single soldier who escaped from the city.
The family business that was finally accumulated was almost lost in Shouchun.
Now the soldiers and horses available to Cao Cao are only Xiahou Dun's troops and the Qingzhou army that had defected to him earlier.
The Qingzhou Army is the Yellow Turban Yu Party, in the Cao Army, has always been a supernumerary, combat effectiveness is not very strong, except for the original battle in Xuzhou, there are few achievements, and then it is nameless, almost not valued by the Cao Army.
With so many losses, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei in the north were eyeing each other, and Cao Cao was already a little restless.
Standing on the edge of the pond, looking at the fish in the pond, Cao Cao was thinking to himself about how to deal with the current situation, when an attendant came behind him.
"Qi Cao Gong, the military advisor came to ask for a meeting." Behind Cao Cao, the attendant clenched his fists and bowed down and reported to Cao Cao.
Hearing that Guo Jia came to ask for a meeting, Cao Cao hurriedly turned around and said to the attendant: "Quickly lead Fengxiao to meet with a certain person!" ”
"No!" Holding a fist-hugging posture, the attendant took two steps back before turning around and walking quickly towards the front yard.
After the attendants left, Cao Cao stood by the pond with his back to the pond, waiting for Guo Jia to come.
After a while, the attendant led Guo Jia to the pond.
The attendant first bowed to Cao Cao with his fists clenched, and then retreated.
When the attendants left, Guo Jia arched his fists to Cao Cao and asked, "Ming Gong is thinking about the defeat of Shouchun?" ”
"The Qin army retaliated too quickly!" Guo Jia asked about being annoyed by the matter of Shouchun, Cao Cao sighed and said: "The army of 70,000 was destroyed overnight......"
"It's just 70,000 troops!" Before Cao Cao had time to finish his sentimentality, Guo Jia took over his words and said very indifferently: "Once Ming Gong breaks Liu Bei and occupies Hebei, how can the army be more than one million?" ”
Looking at Guo Jia, Cao Cao was speechless.
Cao Ren's army was annihilated in Shouchun, which was really an unbearable loss for Cao Cao.
Yuan Shao, Hebei, 300,000 troops just wait for the grain and grass to be ready, they may go south at any time, and Liu Bei of Xuzhou is even more eyeing and coveting Xu Du all day long.
Having lost nearly half of the elite, Cao Cao really lost a lot of confidence in this game.
Seeing that the look on Cao Cao's face was still a little hesitant, Guo Jia continued: "Shouchun's defeat is really beyond our expectations, but it is also a great opportunity in front of Ming Gong's eyes. ”
"Feng Xiao means to defeat Liu Bei?" Guo Jia said that there was an opportunity in front of him, and Cao Cao asked with some suspicion: "Then Liu Bei's role in tens of thousands of soldiers and horses has become the climate, and for a while, I am afraid it will be difficult to break the ......."
"General Xiahou has already led the army into the Xuzhou territory, and Guan Yu is now the Xuzhou army under the command of the Xuzhou army, and Fang has withdrawn from Huainan." Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to him: "Duke Ming can order General Xiahou to intercept and kill Guan Yu halfway, and Liu Bei will definitely send soldiers and horses to rescue him when he learns that Guan Yu has been intercepted and killed." Once the Xuzhou army is out of Xuzhou, the Qingzhou soldiers and horses can drive straight into Xuzhou and capture Xuzhou City! ”
Guo Jia's strategy was clean and neat, without dragging mud and water at all, after Cao Cao heard it, his eyes also lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Then follow the plan of filial piety!" ”
Cao Cao got Guo Jia's plan to seize Xuzhou, and hurriedly reorganized his troops and horses, making a plan to seize Xuzhou.
The Qin army won a great victory in Shouchun, but Deng Zhan in the Hetao was very unhappy.
Ever since the Xiongnu coalition army convened by King Zuogu Li was defeated by Qubei, the army of Qubei has been following them behind, and there will be several battles every day.
Although the dragoon guards were elite, they were exhausted after continuous battles.
Since Deng Zhan led the dragoon guards to infiltrate the military camp and set a fire, the defense of the military camp in Beibei has been much stricter than in the past.
Deng Zhan also made several plans to assassinate and kill him, but in the end, he died because he had no way to start.
Night envelops the grassland, and under the starry sky, the green grass exudes a fresh fragrance.
The soldiers of the Xiongnu coalition army, who had experienced a whole day of fighting, were sitting or lying on the grass, each of them was listless, sitting on the grassland, and there were few people talking to each other at all.
If there is a little bit of vitality in this army, it is the meadow where Deng Zhan's dragoon guards are located.
The dragoon guards sat on the grass, munching on dried meat to replenish their energy, and some of them were discussing something from one ear to ear.
In the stillness of the night, their whispers were much clearer than during the day, but even so, it was difficult to hear what they were saying without walking up to them.
Sitting in front of a fire with the king of the left valley and the king of the right valley, Deng Zhan held a jar of wine brewed by the Huns in his hand, poured it down fiercely, grabbed the mutton and bit off a piece, and chewed it vigorously.
Since the spy was caught, the relationship has eased a little, and King Gu Li sat opposite Deng Zhan, both of them looked at the fire, and they were speechless for a long time.
"General Deng!" Finally, the king of Yougu Li couldn't hold back the dullness anymore, and asked Deng Zhan: "If you are beaten all day long, when will you be a head?" ”
"Your Highness will definitely send troops to the rescue!" After pouring another sip of wine, Deng Zhan said to the king of Yougu Li: "If Your Highness does not send troops to the rescue, this general and the two kings will die together!" ”
When he said this, Deng Zhan didn't have much confidence in his heart.
And now Liu Wei, who is in Luoyang, is facing many things that are more urgent than the Xiongnu affairs, even if there is no Qin army to come to the rescue, it is not a surprise in Deng Zhan's opinion.
But he wouldn't say this kind of thing to the two Hun Guli kings in front of him, if he knew that the Qin army would not necessarily send troops to rescue, he didn't know what kind of trouble would happen.
He was chased and killed by the soldiers and horses who went to Beibei for several days, and the soldiers under his tent became fewer and fewer, and the king of Gu Li on the left and right did not have much confidence in persisting in this war.
However, they also knew that the crusade against the humiliation was facilitated by them, and the kings of other Xiongnu tribes might be able to survive after surrendering, and if they surrendered, not only would they not be able to live, but they might even be slaughtered.
Looking at Deng Zhan, King Gu Li was also entangled in his heart.
If Deng Zhan is captured and dedicated to Qubei, maybe Qubei can spare their lives, but Deng Zhan's swordsmanship is superb, and the dragoon guards under his command are also all superb in swordsmanship, ordinary Huns, more than ten or twenty are difficult to get close to at all.
It is obviously unwise to want to deal with Deng Zhan.
The hearts of the kings of Gu Li on the left and right were dead gray, and they almost ran out of hope for the battles that might occur in the future.
Just when Deng Zhan didn't know how to face these two people, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the dark grassland in the distance.
Although the sound of the horses' hooves was crisp, it was not dull, but from the loudness of the frequency of the cries, Deng Zhan could confirm that there were only a dozen fast horses rushing towards them.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, before Deng Zhan could give an order, all the dragoon guards present stood up, drew out the long swords on their waists, and put on a fighting posture.
The sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer, and more than a dozen black shadows appeared in the dark night.
More than a dozen black shadows riding war horses were getting closer and closer, and looking at those black shadows, all the dragoon guards clenched their long swords tightly.
But when the black shadow was close enough for them to see clearly, the dragoon guards, who had already put on a defensive posture, let out a long breath and inserted their long swords back into their scabbards.
At the front, riding a horse, it was a dragoon guard wearing the armor of the Hun soldiers, and behind the dragoon guard were more than a dozen cavalrymen wearing Han armor.
Leading the more than a dozen cavalry was a Han general.
However, the figure of the general on horseback is not very burly, and from a distance, it makes people feel that he is full of a woman's unique bewitching charm.
Walking quickly to the front of the dragoon guards with the left and right Gu Li kings, Deng Zhan looked at the more than ten people who were rushing towards them, and said to the left and right Gu Li kings with some excitement: "Two kings, the reinforcements sent by His Royal Highness have arrived!" ”