Chapter 297: To Each His Own
When Shen Feng and Lin Feng turned their faces, the plot in the game also reached 198. ο½.[2][3][w][x]
In 189, Liu Hong died of illness, He Jin punished the eunuchs, Dong Zhuoli became the new emperor, and Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang, and in a blink of an eye, it has been ten years.
In the past ten years, Cao Cao first raised troops at his old friend Zhang Miao, and then asked Dong Cheng to become unsuccessful, and became the Taishou of Dongjun with the support of Yuan Shao, and then by chance, Liu Dai died in battle, he led Yanzhou Mu, and now he is defeating Yuan Shu, leading Yan and Henan Prefectures alone, and the Sili region has gradually been controlled under the leadership of Zhong Xuan.
Although the land of Sanzhou is basically controlled, Cao Cao's situation is still not optimistic. In the north, Yuan Shao's family is dominant, and Lu Bu in Xuzhou in the east is also a fierce rival. To the south, Liu Biao of Jingzhou is close to Xudu, so it is necessary to guard against it.
After Cao Cao took the entire Yuzhou, he has been fighting with Zhang Xiu under Liu Biao in the south, in his opinion, even if he doesn't get Jingzhou, at least take Nanyang County first, otherwise Xu Du is always in danger.
But Zhang Xiu is not a soft pestle, Cao Cao wants to take it, but he can't take it even if he dies. At this time, a piece of news suddenly came, and Cao Cao had to break the siege and return.
What was the news that made Cao Cao withdraw from the army? It turned out that Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to move the capital to Juancheng, but Cao Cao refused, and Tian Feng immediately persuaded Yuan Shao to attack Xu and welcome the Son of Heaven. Now the deserters under Yuan Shao ran to Cao Cao, and as soon as he told him about it, Cao Cao was immediately shocked and jumped to his feet.
Yuan Shao called, this is terrible, and he must return to the division for defense.
Cao Cao broke the siege and returned, how could Zhang Xiu let him come as he said he would come, and leave as soon as he said he would? He immediately led his troops in hot pursuit. And in the south, Liu Biao's rescue troops also arrived at the right time. He stationed troops to settle the crowd and cut off Cao Cao's back road!
With Liu Biao in front and Zhang Xiu in the back, Cao Cao's troops were immediately in a situation where they were attacked on their backs. But Cao Cao wrote to Xun Yu and said: "When I go to Anzhong, I will break the embroidery." β
On the other side, Jia Xu said to Zhang Xiu: "You can't chase it, you will lose if you chase it." β
Zhang Xiu said: "Liu Biaodu cut off Cao Cao's return route in front, can we not chase it?" β
So Zhang Xiu didn't listen to Jia Xu's words, chased Cao Cao, and went to Anzhong County. Cao Cao fought fiercely with Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao. He attacked with surprise infantry and cavalry, and broke the army of two.
After Cao Cao returned, Xun Yu asked him: "You said that Anzhong will break the enemy army, why is this?" β
Cao Cao said: "Our retreat has broken Liu Biao. This is putting us to death. The Art of War says that you will be born after death. Xiang Yu broke the kettle. Han Shin fought on his back, all in order to force the soldiers to death. Since he has already entered the land of death, if he does not win, he will die. Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu are not as good as us, so I know that we will win. β
Cao Cao's battle Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu fought very badly, Zhang Xiu led the remnants of the defeated generals back, but Jia Xu said: "General, hurry up and chase Cao Cao, and if you fight again, you will win!" β
Zhang Xiutie said with a blushing face: "I don't listen to you, so there is such a fiasco, why did you let me chase after you again?" β
Jia Xu said: "The situation has changed, hurry up and chase it!" If you don't chase Cao Cao and run away, you won't be able to catch up! β
Zhang Xiu always believed Jia Xu's words, and quickly pointed out the defeat of the remnants, and immediately went to chase Cao Cao again. This time I caught up with Cao Cao, and I really won.
After winning the battle, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "I chased the retreating army with elite soldiers, you said that I would be defeated, and now I lead this remnant army to fight again, you will win, what is going on?" β
Jia Xu said: "It's not simple. Your soldiers, though elite, are no match for Cao Cao. Cao Cao's retreat from the army must be his own rear, so I said that if you chase him, you can't beat him. And Cao Cao's good retreat must have been an accident in China. After defeating you, I naturally thought that I would have no worries, so the light army hurriedly went back to China to deal with urgent matters. And those who are left behind by the large army must have been replaced by other generals. Other generals are powerful, but they are not your opponents, so if you fight again, you will win. β
"I see!" Zhang Xiu exclaimed.
However, although Zhang Xiu finally pulled back a game, the defeat in front of him was too serious, and he was still defeated. On the other side, Cao Cao returned to Xudu and prepared to face Yuan Shao, but found that Yuan Shao did not listen to Tian Feng's words at all, not only did not go south, but went north to fight Gongsun Zhan.
"Whew, it's a false alarm!" Cao Cao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
But at this moment, another soldier came to report that Liu Bei was killed by Lu Bu!
"What?" Cao Cao's eyebrows furrowed.
After Liu Bei was defeated by LΓΌ Bu, he defected to Cao Cao, who made Liu Bei the pastor of Yuzhou, and expanded his army, allowing him to continue to defend LΓΌ Bu in Tunpei County. Lu Bu was fighting with Yuan Shu, and he didn't have time to care that the thorn in his side was back.
When Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, Cao Cao issued a letter and united the princes to crusade against Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu and Sun Ce responded to the call. LΓΌ Bu also sent Chen Deng to Cao Cao and asked the imperial court to make him the pastor of Xuzhou. However, Cao Cao refused to make Lu Bu the pastor of Xuzhou, but named Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling.
Xuzhou has two counties and three kingdoms, the two counties are Donghai County and Guangling County, and the three kingdoms are Langxie Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom, and Xiapi Kingdom. Lu Bu saw that he didn't ask for Xuzhou Mu, but Chen Deng was sealed as Guangling Taishou, and immediately waved Fang Tian's halberd, split the table in front of him in half at once, and scolded: "Good boy, you sold me!" β
Chen Deng said unhurriedly: "General, it's not that I don't ask for you, but I can't ask for it." I said to Cao Cao, 'Raising a general is like raising a tiger, you have to feed him with meat, and if you don't have enough, you will eat people.' But Cao Cao said, "What you said is not right, Lu Bu is like a falcon, if you don't feed him, he will listen to me, and when he is fed, he will run away." ββ
When Lu Bu heard Chen Deng's words, his anger slowly subsided, and he let Chen Deng become the Taishou of Guangling. He didn't know that putting Chen Deng as a taishou this time had laid the groundwork for his failure.
Subsequently, Cao Cao went east, and Lu Bu saw that Cao Cao was alone in Yan and Yu, and Yuan Shu was weakened, so he moved his mind again. So he united with Yuan Shu and sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei.
Xiahoudun led troops to rescue Liu Bei, but was defeated by Gao Shun, and then Gao Shun and others broke through Peicheng and captured Liu Bei's wife, Liu Bei led Guan Zhang to break out of the siege and fled alone.
"Alas, Lu Bu is a brave and good fighter, only I can fight!" Cao Cao said.
Xia Houdun and the others: "This thing can't be done, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu are in the south, and the lord is far away to attack Lu Bu." Xu Du is too dangerous! β
Xun You said: "Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu are newly defeated, they will definitely not dare to move, Lu Bu is brave, and Yuan Shu is helping, the disaster will be deep, we should take advantage of the opportunity he just came to defeat him!" β
Cao Cao nodded and said, "You're right! β
So Cao Cao led the army to the east, and when he came to the Liang State, he saw the three brothers of Liu Bei who had returned from a crushing defeat. With Liu Bei and others joining, Cao Cao continued to advance and arrived at Pengchengguo in Xuzhou.
Chen Gong said to Lu Bu: "Cao Cao is new. We should be in a hurry. Wait for work with ease, and you will surely win! β
Lu Budao: "Let's wait for him to attack, we rely on Surabaya to defend." β
Surabaya is a tributary of the Huai River, in Xiapi. Xiapi is also LΓΌ Bu's base camp. Lu Bu shrunk. There was a fire in the backyard. Guangling was too guarded by Chen Deng and rebelled against Cao Cao. Cao Cao captured Pengcheng, and after slaughtering the city, he and Chen Deng made peace with him, and entered the siege of Xiapi. Lu Bu saw that Cao Cao surrounded him. went out every day to fight Cao Cao, but every time he was defeated. After several defeats in a row, he finally retreated into the city, not daring to fight again.
In the south of the Yangtze River, Sun Ce got the idea of Danyang County, Wu County, and Huiji County, and began to fight Yuzhang County. After the defeat of the imperial court's Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan, he fled to Yuzhang, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and now he is sick and dead, and everyone wants to serve Huaxin as the master. Hua Xin didn't want to be a prince, so he resigned, and before the consensus was decided, Sun Ce immediately sent Tai Shici over.
Sun Ce said to Tai Shici: "Liu Zhoumu used to blame me for Yuan Shu for capturing Lujiang County, my father has thousands of soldiers and horses, all of them are there for Yuan Shu, I want to do a career, can I not defect to Yuan Shu?" Later, Yuan Shu did not obey the courtier's festival and tried in vain to be the emperor, but I did not listen to my hard advice. People live for a lifetime, they should be based on faithfulness, Yuan Shuru is rebellious, I can only break off friendship with him.
Yuan Shu and I are just like that, if Liu Zhoumu is still alive, I will definitely debate with him. Now that he is dead, and his son is in Yuzhang, go and see it for me, and tell them what I mean. If there are people who want to come to me, you can bring them, and if you don't want to come, you can comfort them. In addition, you can help me see what kind of person Hua Xin is, how resourceful he is, and what his combat strategy is. As many soldiers as you want, just tell me, I'll send you!" β
Tai Shi Ci said: "I am Liu Xuan's subordinate, and I am your enemy, and I should have been beheaded, but you are like Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin, you have the same measure as the sea, forgive my sins, and reuse me, of course I will repay with death." Now that Yuzhang County and we are not fighting, it is not appropriate to bring too many soldiers, and it is enough for me to bring ten people. β
"Okay, whatever you want." Sun Ce said.
Tai Shi Ci went back to order people, and Sun Ce immediately admonished: "Tai Shi Ci is Liu Miao's person, this time, he will definitely not come back!" Can't let him go! β
Sun Ce shook his head and said, "If Ziyi doesn't follow me, who else can he follow?" β
Sun Ce feasted on Tai Shici, and asked when he said goodbye: "When can I come back?" β
Tai Shi Ci said: "Two months at most." β
After Tai Shici left, Sun Ce's subordinates talked a lot, and they were still saying that Sun Ce had made a mistake.
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Don't talk about it, I know better than you." Although Taishi Ziyi is brave and courageous, he is not the kind of person who is arrogant, he will abide by morality, keep promises, and once he promises to others, he will not be disappointed in death, don't worry! β
It didn't take long for Tai Shici to come back and say to Sun Ce: "Hua Ziyu is a virtuous and talented person, but in terms of marching and fighting, he has no strengths, that is, the ability to defend himself. There is a guy named Yuzhi, who occupies Luling County, doesn't listen to Ziyu's words, and there is a county of Fanyang people who rebel, Huaziyu doesn't care when he sees these news. β
When Sun Ce heard Tai Shici's words, he slapped his palms and laughed, in his eyes, Yuzhang County was already in his hands.
Cao Cao is fighting with Lu Bu and wants to rob Xuzhou, Yuan Shao is going north to conquer Sun Zan and wants to rob Youzhou, Sun Ce has no state, so he can only plan Yuzhang County and want to have one more county, but Liu Biao of Jingzhou is living every day leisurely.
In fact, with Liu Biao's capital, he could have competed for the world, and now he is sitting in Jingzhou, thousands of miles away, with more than 100,000 armor. However, Jia Xu's evaluation of Liu Biao is: "Table, the three princes of the world are also talented; I don't see the incident, I am suspicious and indecisive, and I can't do anything. β
In this troubled era, Liu Biao is the most likely person to attack Xu Du and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. But after he was defeated by Cao Cao, when he saw Cao Cao retreating, he drank tea and played chess every day, and he didn't think about taking advantage of the competition between Cao and Lu to knock a bamboo pole. (To be continued......)
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