Chapter Forty-Nine: The Action Begins
What exactly is this second option? Please Mr. Guo Jia don't go around the bend, right? Yuan Shao asked respectfully again.
He was really anxious, this Guo Jia deliberately twisted around to torture them, how could they not know? But what can be done? I can only ask people to finish it.
Guo Jia was very satisfied with the expressions of the princes from all walks of life, and he no longer concealed it and said directly: "If there is a prince who constantly patrols Luoyang left and right on the Yellow River, there is a possibility of attacking Luoyang at any time, with the convenience of my Mingyue City waterway, then Dong Zhuo will inevitably transfer a large man to guard Luoyang in the future to protect his own safety." Who do you think Dong Zhuo will transfer back? ”
"Lu Bu?"
"It must be Lu Bu who he values the most!"
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The princes from all walks of life said the answer in unison, Dong Zhuo is very sorry for his life now, if there is any danger in Luoyang at this time, then the one who is most likely to be transferred back is Lu Bu. Because only Lu Bu is by his side, this can make Dong Zhuo feel the most secure.
Guo Jia nodded and continued: "That's right, Dong Zhuo trusts Lu Bu the most, and he will only feel safe when Lu Bu is by his side. Now that the alliance army is blocked from the Tiger Prison Pass, Dong Zhuo naturally has no sense of crisis at all, but if I use the power of my Mingyue City Navy to put pressure on Luoyang City on the Yellow River waterway, with Dong Zhuo's character, Lu Bu will inevitably be recalled, and when the Tiger Prison Pass is missing Lu Bu, it will depend on your adults......"
The princes of the Eighteen Roads present were all happy, and Yuan Shao was even more shocked. This Lu Bu is already a major disaster at the Tiger Prison juncture, and now although there is no clear way to crack the strange methods of this horned demon road, as long as you find it out a few times, there is still a way. But Lu Bu's bravery weighed on him like a mountain, and now with such a plan to transfer Lu Bu, Yuan Shao can be said to be very satisfied.
"I don't know which way the princes are willing to carry out this plan with the champion Lord Hou and the Yellow River, as long as Lu Bu is transferred back to Luoyang, then the lord of this alliance will give him the power to break the tiger prison!" Yuan Shao, who had figured it out, said without hesitation.
All the princes, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't answer directly. There is a fleet of champion Hou's ships above the Yellow River, and they have been informed of this before. But now to get on the ship of the champion Hou to attract the attention of Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, this task is not to mention how difficult and variable it is, but it is an unacceptable thing to let them as princes stand under the roof of others.
The princes did not answer their hearts, but Guo Jia spoke again: "Lord Yuan, my lords. This time, he took a boat to the vicinity of Luoyang to harass and intimidate Dong Zhuo, I am afraid that he needs a brave and good fighter, and many soldiers in the north are not used to taking boats. If you stay on the Yellow River for a long time, it will be even more difficult for the soldiers to get seasick......"
This seems to be an analysis of the battle plan, but in fact it is a point. Among the princes of the Eighteen Roads, there are not many who can be called brave and good at fighting, Ma Teng, Gongsun Zan and others are even northern generals, not to mention that they are skilled in bows and horses, but it is estimated that one is down and two run when they take a boat.
At this time, everyone looked at the same person, Wucheng Hou Changsha was too protective of Sun Jian. An authentic Jiangdong person, a master who dares to fight, and more importantly, Sun Jian, the tower of the princes of the alliance army, has a good relationship with the champion Hou, and if he goes, the two can cooperate very well. As for not being eaten by the champion, that's a different story.
Sun Jian was still a little uncertain, but when he saw Champion Hou also staring at him with a pair of eyes, he said: "If Champion Hou thinks it's okay, it is naturally incumbent on me Sun Jian to lead the children of Jiangdong!" ”
Xu Yang nodded and responded with a smile: "So, let's leave tomorrow!" ”
For Xu Yang's refreshing camp here, the princes from all walks of life obviously didn't react. Xuanyuan Wuji, who didn't talk much on the side, thought in his mind: Sun Jian performed well in the anti-Dong period, and now that he has taken Sun Jian away, the combat effectiveness of the anti-Dong alliance is afraid to decline a lot......
The plan has been decided, Yuan Shao also put down the big stone in his heart, and a feast began in the big tent. In this regard, Xu Yang did not refuse, but just asked the accompanying soldiers to return to the camp to prepare for tomorrow's waterway departure. As for how to fight here in Tiger Prison, it depends on Yuan Shao!
After the banquet, Xu Yang did not linger too much and left directly. It was already midnight when he returned to his camp, but suddenly a herald came to report, and Cao Cao asked to see him.
"Why did my wife Cao come to me?" Xu Yang really couldn't figure out what Cao Cao was doing at this juncture, but he still had respect for this Emperor Wu of Wei, Xu Yang, and hurriedly asked people to invite him in.
After sitting down, Cao Cao first complained about Yuan Shao's leadership, and felt that he was really blindsided when he gave Yuan Shao the position of alliance leader. and complained that the original idea of introducing Dong Zhuo into Beijing was Yuan Shao to give He in and out, and now he gave Yuan Shao an anti-Dong League leader, which was really kicked in the head by a donkey.
Regarding Cao Cao's complaints, Xu Yang can only be a good listener. He didn't know that Cao Cao was complaining to him, and it was really helpless to meet this kind of pig teammate, but Xu Yang wanted this kind of effect, if your alliance army was invincible, then I would still play with wool.
"Mengde, you don't come to me all night just to talk about this
? Seeing that Cao Cao had complained to him for a long time and didn't get down to business, Xu Yang could only open his mouth and ask.
If it was placed in the past, Cao Cao's identity would be far higher than his own, and there would be absolutely no good result for him to ask this question. But after experiencing the battle in the Tiger Prison Pass, the image of the champion Hou in the hearts of all the princes has been magnified little by little. Whether it is a frontal battle or a sneak attack behind enemy lines, it is much better than the performance of the alliance army, and respecting the strong is an immutable truth at all times, which is also true for Cao Cao.
Lifting the wine bottle and drinking it all, Cao Cao said with a slightly red face: "I heard that Hou Ye has a very majestic naval army in his hands, and today's big camp is only because Cao has no good generals in the navy, and most of the soldiers are northerners, and they are not used to water warfare." Therefore, I didn't dare to take the initiative to ask for help! I came here tonight, but I had a reluctant request, and I hope that the Hou Ye can agree. ”
"Meng Deshan said that it didn't matter......" Xu Yang also knew that this was a good opportunity for him to pretend to be X in front of Cao Cao, so he hurriedly looked like a big brother who asked him.
"I don't know if this Hou Ye's action can bring one of Cao's generals. First, I came to observe the courage of Hou Ye's naval army, and secondly, I also learned some knowledge of water warfare...... Thinking of me, there are countless waters, and Cao Mou is also yearning for it in his heart...... "With a slight drunkenness, Cao Cao almost didn't say all his ambitions.
Xu Yang was really a little surprised by Cao Cao's "request", he didn't expect Cao Cao to start paying attention to the water war at this time? Is it because of yourself? Thinking about it, maybe there is this possibility, but I don't know if history can really push to the Battle of Chibi, I don't know if Zhou Yu's fire can burn again.
"So that's the case...... Xu Yang thought about it, and he just took this opportunity to show off his muscles with the alliance army, since Cao Cao sent him to learn to observe, then show him, it's a big deal to let Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin be optimistic about the important position of the dragon and snake warship. So he replied, "Since Meng De has the intention to send someone to help him, he is naturally welcome." I have long heard that Meng De's subordinates are full of talents, and the general who attacked the city during the day is very extraordinary, I don't know if Meng De wants to send this person here? ”
Hiss!
Xu Yang's words made Cao Cao's originally slightly drunk state smart, and the whole person was much more sober. He Cao Cao knew Yu Ban's strength, but he only roughly knew that Yu Ban was steady, and although he looked slow to lead troops to fight, he rarely made mistakes, and he was even more stable in winning and fighting step by step. But is it strange that Cao Cao knows this, this champion Hou can see it just by the situation during the day?
You must know that Yu Ban encountered the resistance of the elite troops on the Tiger Prison during the day, and he also suffered quite a loss. And under the outbreak, he didn't climb the city tower, in this case, Cao Cao thought that no one on the side of the alliance army would see the special out of the ban, but unexpectedly, this champion Hou said the trick in one word.
Raising the wine bottle, Cao Cao took another sip and said: "That Yu Ban has some means, but it is not as good as your discernment. Recently, even the battle tiger was imprisoned, and Hou Ye's team was full of talents, but my Cao Cao's subordinates were mediocre on the surface, and Hou Ye praised it falsely. If the Hou Ye wants to ban boarding the ship, I will send him over tomorrow, and then I will disturb the Hou Ye......"
Originally, I wanted to ask Cao Cao, you gave me Yu Ban, what did you use to attack the Tiger Prison. But after thinking about it, Xu Yang felt that he was really stupid, how could Cao Cao's casual ass be taken seriously? Throughout the history of the Three Kingdoms, who can compare to Cao Cao if you want to say that there are many talents under him? Even if Cao Cao has just cavalry now, there are more than ten famous historical generals under his hands: military generals such as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Le Jin and others, as for the civil officials, I am afraid that Xi Zhicai should be under Cao Cao at this time......
People can't be compared to people! I have worked hard to recruit a few good historical generals, look at Cao Cao's casual greeting, it is a big piece, it seems that I have to resolutely resist Cao Cao's sycophants and keep a clear head at all times.
"Well, Ben Hou really wants to see the forbidden general. This person leads the army calmly, not arrogant or impatient, which really confirms the saying that 'those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements'. Xu Yang praised without hesitation.
Where would he tell Cao Cao that he saw Yu Ban's name at a glance, and at the same time, he knew how powerful Yu Ban was because of the player's figure? Yu Ban is ranked among Cao Wei's five sons, and among Cao Wei's foreign generals, his status is definitely transcendent. And according to history, this Yu Ban also made a great contribution when Cao Cao pacified the Yellow Turban, no matter what, it is good to see this person for a long time.
The two chatted for a while, and Cao Cao left drunk. Xu Yang originally wanted to send someone to send Cao Cao, but when he went out of the big tent, he saw a burly military general holding a double halberd waiting outside, so he decisively didn't mention it again.
Xu Yang was depressed in his heart, and he was praised by Cao Cao for having a lot of talents under him just now? But as soon as I finished drinking, I went out and saw Cao Cao's guard captain - Dian Wei, Xu Yang can not be depressed! There is a set of rankings of the generals of the Three Kingdoms in the folk song, and Xu Yang still knows the sentence at the beginning: One Lu two Zhao San Dian Wei, talking about the captain of the guard who held a double halberd just now. With this guy by Cao Cao's side, Xu Yang estimated that as long as Lu Bu didn't assassinate him personally, it would be impossible for Cao Cao to die.
What Xu Yang didn't know was that according to the normal historical process, there should not be Dian Wei by Cao Cao's side at this time, but due to the different ways in which the Battle of the Yellow Turban ended, it led to a series of butterfly effects, and Dian Wei was also caused by
This came to Cao Cao's side in advance.
After cultivating all night with his own Infernal Dafa, Xu Yang received a report from the soldiers early the next morning, saying that there were two generals outside who claimed to have come to study with them.
"Yo, this Cao Cao is also anxious enough, since the people are here, let's go out and have a look!" Xu Yang put on his armor and walked outside the camp under the leadership of the soldiers, and at the same time couldn't help but wonder who this Cao Cao would send?
Outside the gate of the camp, the two generals have their own characteristics. An obscure, wearing an ordinary general's armor, with an angular face, but a very ordinary appearance, is forbidden. The other one was more than eight feet tall, and he looked powerful, constantly looking around at the situation in the Bright Moon City camp.
Seeing that Xu Yang came out to greet him in person, the two hurriedly bowed and said, "The last general, Xiahou Tang (Yu Ban), see the champion Hou!" ”
"Two of you are exempt!" Xu Yang said with a flat face, but he was surprised in his heart. This Cao Cao is really willing, and he actually sent Xiahoudun over?
When I thought about it, Xu Yang was relieved, this Xiahoudun was a diehard under Cao Cao, or the kind that was knocked to death. If you want to say that the core generals under Cao Cao must be the generals surnamed Cao, and among the generals surnamed Cao, the two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan were the first to follow Cao Cao, and they were loyal. Isn't there also an element of Cao Cao who is not at ease with the ban, so let Xiahoudun come over and watch?
There was a doubt in his heart, Xu Yang did not show it, but led the two to the camp. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the offensive of the Tiger Prison Pass had already started with the sound of the earth-shattering drums. However, according to Guo Jia's established plan, the siege in the coming week will be a feint, or a tentative attack, the main purpose is to paralyze the enemy and determine Zhang Jiao's current spell casting ability, and purposefully send troops to carry out key attacks.
Today, the troops of Mingyue City led by Huang Zhong also participated in the siege of the city, after all, the army has not left on the dragon and snake battleship yet, and there are still some things to do.
On the way into the camp, Xiahoudun couldn't stop looking at the situation in Mingyue City. In this regard, Xu Yang only thought that this guy was influenced by Cao Cao and wanted to know about the situation in Mingyue City. You must know that Cao Cao has identity restrictions here when he comes in, and many things are not easy to check, but this Xiahoudun is still not famous and is just a small person, and some excesses are also "acceptable".
After getting to know Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to the two, Xu Yang went out again to pick up Sun Jian. This Sun Jian prepared for a night yesterday, and this time he also selected elite soldiers to come over, Xu Yang looked at the soldiers under Sun Jian, there were about 50,000, but they were all elites, and none of them were below the eighth order.
"I've seen Master Hou!" Seeing Xu Yang come out, the first to see him was Sun Ce, this little overlord of Jiangdong now admires Xu Yang very much, and every time he thinks of Mingyue City's achievements in these days, he sincerely admires it.
Sun Jian, who was on the side, reprimanded with a smile and said: "You kid, this time I asked you to come over to learn from the champion Hou, you have to study more and do less of those crazy betrayals of Meng Lang." ”
Xu Yang nodded slightly and said, "Hehe, General Sun is naturally a tiger father without a dog, and Ling Lang will definitely be unlimited in the future!" ”
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Xu Yang took the two of them into the camp of Mingyue City. This time, the dragon and snake battleship was still docked on the bank of the Yellow River, but they had to wait until noon to board the ship!
Why? Because the defenders on the Tiger Prison Pass at noon will definitely find Xu Yang and the others leaving, this time they didn't plan to hide it, and Dong Zhuo will know it when the Tiger Prison Pass is known. As long as their activities near Luoyang can be more effective, Dong Zhuo will transfer Lu Bu back when he is scared, so that the plan can be successful.
Seeing that there were two of Cao Cao's subordinates in the tent, Sun Jian was just a distraction, and then greeted the two with a smile. And Xiahoudun and Sun Ce touched more sparks in their eyes, but they were limited to the territory of Mingyue City, and it was not easy for the two to make an appointment.
As the landlord, Xu Yang naturally held a banquet at the home field, and waited until noon to lead the army to set off. This time, Bright Moon City dispatched five dragon and snake warships, as well as countless ships, and the entire fleet looked very spectacular.
Sun Jian and Sun Ce are originally from Jiangdong, and they also have their own unique views on water warfare. When they saw the huge dragon and snake battleship, the father and son were surprised that they could even stuff a punching bag into their mouths. Yu Ban's expression was similar to that of Jiangdong's father and son, except that he was more calm on the outside, but there were turbulent waves in his heart. The most calm is Xiahoudun, after all, he is more about charging and fighting, but he just sighed that this ship is bigger than he imagined, and there is no more......
The team's boarding of the ship can be described as "concealed and flamboyant", and it was soon discovered by Niu Fu who was locked in the tiger prison.
Seeing this scene, Niu Fu thought of the burning of grain and grass in Happy Valley not long ago, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
"Order the Tiger Prison to close the rear departments, be on guard, and all patrols will be doubled today. In addition, he ordered the direction of Luoyang, requesting an increase in the number of troops stationed along the Tiger Pass......, "Niu Fu also roughly judged that the main ship of the fleet was definitely very large, and the ships next to it were also extremely numerous, if such a force really reached the rear of the Tiger Pass, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he hurriedly issued a series of orders......
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