Chapter 20: The Decisive Battle of Cao Cao (II)

Qingzhou, Linzi.

Zang Ba took his personal guards, and he felt that he was under the city, but he saw that Le Jin was running from the other direction from the city gate, accompanied by a full favor.

"Wen Qian, Berning?" Zang Ba stepped forward in surprise and greeted him, he was a general, but with the unique geographical location of Taishan County and the heavy troops in his hands, he was deeply relied on, and he was familiar with the original two giants of Qingzhou.

"I don't know what is the important matter for General Xiahou to summon me to wait here?" Zang Ba looked at the two of them and asked with a frown.

Since Li Xuan destroyed Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had a premonition that if he started a war with Li Xuan in the future, Qingzhou would inevitably bear the brunt.

Zang Ba is located in Taishan County, although he surrendered to Cao Cao, but after all, he is newly surrendered, and he has more than 100,000 Taishan troops to rely on, on weekdays, although he is nominally controlled by Xiahou Yuan, but basically belongs to the state of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and Xiahou Yuan first arrived in Qingzhou, and he did not want to offend this powerful general with heavy troops, but this time, Zang Ba was surprised that Xiahou Yuan and his tough attitude forced him to come to the discussion, if he did not comply, he would be punished for the crime of treason.

This is not a trivial matter, don't look at Zang Ba's self-reliance, the power of one side, but his family knows his own affairs, he first betrayed Tao Qian, although there was a reason, but then betrayed Lu Bu, that is a real betrayal because of interests, now if Cao Cao is accused of rebellion, then his reputation of Zang Ba will be completely stinky, 100,000 Taishan soldiers, it sounds like a lot, but if there is no Cao Cao's support. Lu Bu was definitely the first to come over and reason with him.

In his heart, he looked down on Lu Bu a little, but Zang Ba couldn't deny it that if Lu Bu really led his troops to attack, he might not be able to hold out for a few days, and Zang Ba could get from Xiahou Yuan's order. Feeling the other party's anxiety, something must have happened to make Xiahou Yuan, who has always behaved decently, make such an order.

"Gaotang was broken, and the northern army went south, all the way to Kele'an, Jinan eighteen counties, all the way to Le'an, most of Jinan, and now it has been driven straight in. Break into the territory of Qi Kingdom! Full of pets said in a deep voice.

"Hiss~" Zang Ba couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, although he had already expected that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dragon City would go south sooner or later, but he never thought that this day would come so suddenly, and so quickly, how long has it been? The six counties of Qingzhou were taken away from two counties at once.

"Could it be that Li Xuan personally led the troops?" Zang Ba glared at the two of them, and only Li Xuan personally led the troops, and the combat power of Dragon City focused on Qingzhou. It is possible to do this.

Shaking his head, Le Jin smiled bitterly and said, "The one who commands the army." Named Song Que. ”

"Song Que?" A blank look flashed in Zang Ba's eyes, this is a very unfamiliar name.

"I heard that he is an old man with a good head, but he is very powerful in commanding troops, and he has a fierce general under his account, I am afraid that Xuan Gao will not be a stranger." Man Pet explained with a wry smile.

Zang Ba looked at Man Zhong with some depression, who do you mean? What are you sighing at there? I am most annoyed to deal with these literati. There was a curious expression on his face, and he looked at Man Zhong and said, "I don't know who the person Berning is talking about?" ”

"Chang Shan, Zhao Zilong!" Le Jin said in a deep voice.

"It's him!?" An extremely solemn look flashed in Zang Ba's eyes, Changshan Zhao Zilong, that was the fierce general recruited by Li Xuan in the early days. and Yue Fei are known as the double respect of Saiwai, and his prestige is not at all under Lu Bu, who is known as the god of war, this time, he was actually sent to attack Qingzhou, and the most incredible thing for Zang Ba is that such a peerless general is not the commander of this road, so who can control Song Que like Zhao Yun, who is sacred?

"Well, the marshal has summoned you, I'd better go and see the marshal." Man Zhong looked at the sky and said in a deep voice, although there is some speculation about the reason for this summons, but how to act depends on Xiahou Yuan's meaning.

"Good!" Zang Ba nodded, and walked parallel to the city with the two, but the moment he turned around, a different light flashed in his eyes.

……

Ten days later, outside Linzi City, the flag covered the sky, and the fighting spirit rushed into the sky.

"This Xiahou Yuan can be recognized by His Majesty, but he has some ability!" In front of the three armies, Song Que looked up at the towering city in front of him, smiled and stroked his beard.

"Marshal, Xiahou Yuan has been closed for three days in a row, will you see something?" Zhao Yunce immediately stepped forward, stood side by side with Song Que, looked up at the city, and said with some concern.

"Zilong rest assured." Song Que smiled and said: "Qingzhou's 300,000 troops are all gathered here, even if Xiahou Yuan sees something, what's the use?" Today, the fall of Qingzhou is a foregone conclusion, but now I want to know, how many days can this Xiahou Yuan stop our army? ”

Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head when he heard this, Hebei's million-strong army, after a year of rectification, has already been completely subdued, although the Qingzhou Theater has only 100,000 troops, and the quality of soldiers is basically the same as Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army, but in this war, the focus is not on the number of soldiers, but on the quality of generals.

Song Que, Zhao Yun, Luo Feng, Tang Jun The attribute bonuses brought by the four top generals, plus the four of them, Song Shidao, Lin Chong, Pei Yuanqing and other fierce generals helped, many generals, just the basic attributes of the bonus made the attributes of the 100,000 army more than tenfold, so that although the other party was three times inferior in terms of strength, he had been fighting with a strong attitude with 100,000 people pressing 300,000 people, and he was stunned that Xiahou Yuan cowered in Linzi City and did not dare to go out of the city.

If it weren't for Xiahou Yuan's ability to command the troops, Le Jin would also be a famous general who was not inferior to Xu Huang, coupled with the cooperation of full favor, Linzi City was impregnable, I am afraid that Linzi City and even the entire Qi County would have been broken under the repeated attacks of a group of dragon city generals.

"Marshal!" Zhao Yun looked at Song Que and frowned: "Focus on the overall situation!" ”

"Huh." Song Que laughed, looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Okay, but forget it, it's time to end the battle of Qingzhou, notify the dark hall, get in touch with Zang Xuangao, and do it tonight." ”

"The marshal is not afraid of deception?" Zhao Yun smiled.

"Zilong deceived me!" Song Que shook his head and said with a strong confidence: "As long as the city gate is opened, with you and me going together, what kind of conspiracy can it be?" Moreover, I have received a letter from Tang Jun yesterday, and the area of Mount Tai and Beihai has been completely under the control of our army, and Shidao has also successfully occupied Donglai. The six counties of Qingzhou, now there are only two counties of Qi and Chengyang, and after tonight, they will all be under the command of our army! ”

In Linzi City, Zangba military camp.

"I've fought all my life, and I've been on the battlefield for a long time. But it's the first time I've fought such a battle! A burly man with a height of nine feet almost roared at the surrounding people: "300,000, still taking advantage of the city wall, was beaten by 100,000 people and didn't even dare to go out of the city gate, big brother, when we were in Mount Tai, although we were thieves, but we were also happy and happy, gathering in the mountains and forests, dominating one side." Now that Cao Cao has fallen, the benefits have not been seen, but there are many more rules, and today he is even more scumbag to be challenged by others under the city gate, but no one dares to respond! ”

"Chang Xuan, don't say a word!" Sun Guan cautiously glanced at the expressionless Zang Ba, and pulled Lachangxuan's sleeve and said.

"Hmph, I don't care, anyway, this kind of bird day. I can't get by. Chang Feng flicked his sleeves and said angrily.

"And what are you going to do?" Zang Ba raised his eyelids. Expressionlessly, he glanced at Chang Feng and asked indifferently.

"In my opinion, Cao Cao's general trend has gone, we might as well lower Jihou early, and now the Longcheng army is in full swing, but Xiahou Yuan is retreating one after another. We're taking advantage of this opportunity to ......," he said, making a cutting motion.

When Zang Ba heard this, he stared at Chang Feng coldly, and snorted coldly: "I have my own plans for this matter, and I will go back to the camp separately." Without our military order, you must not act without permission! ”

"Big brother......" Chang Feng looked at Zang Ba angrily, but when his eyes touched Zang Ba's cold gaze, his body suddenly trembled, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Zang Ba's gaze again, but a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, and he said respectfully: "Yes, I know." ”

"Let's all disperse." With a wave of his hand, he asked everyone to retreat, looking at the direction in which the three of them left, a sneer of disdain appeared on the corner of Zang Ba's mouth.

……

Late at night, Xuchang.

In the silence of the night, at the root corner of the city wall, there were suddenly dozens of more figures, and they bowed respectfully to a slender figure in the front: "See the Moon Hall Master!" ”

Qiandao Yue raised her head and looked in the direction of the city in the faint moonlight, and there was a sense of Xiao Kill on the faces of some baby fat dolls, which was extremely inconsistent with their appearance.

"Have you got the list?" In the indifferent voice, there was a cold Xiao killing, even these killers who were used to the darkness couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill.

"Don't worry, the hall master is already familiar with the list." The four leaders of the Dark Hall said respectfully.

"Action, on the list, all members, leave no room alive!" Qiandaoyue said indifferently.

"Yes!"

At the head of the city, although there are soldiers guarding it, Qiandaoyue's unique hidden talent is now acting on this killer, but these dozens of killers are like ghosts, easily avoiding the patrol of the city head.

……

Onozawa, Cao Cao's camp.

"Lord, the Dragon City army is too fierce, if it continues to fight like this, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to hold it!" A general looked at Cao Cao tiredly and said helplessly.

Cao Cao looked at the map in front of him with a gloomy face, ignored the general's words, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Guo Jia on the side: "Fengxiao, how many days will it take?" ”

A group of civil and military officers looked at Cao Cao blankly, not understanding why he suddenly asked this sentence without a head, only a few people could understand the content of Cao Cao's words.

"Don't worry, the lord has completed it now, just waiting for Li Xuan to enter the gully!" Guo Jia said softly.

"Newspaper~"

A junior colonel rushed into the big tent with a hurried voice, and said urgently: "Qingzhou urgent!" ”

"Speak!" Hearing the voice of the little colonel, Cao Cao's heart sank, a few days ago he had received an urgent request for help from Qingzhou, but unfortunately, all his soldiers and horses were pinned down here, and he couldn't spare extra troops to rescue Qingzhou.

"Yes, Taishan is too guarded by Zang Ba secretly through the enemy, leading the thief army into the city, breaking Linzi, fifteen days ago, after Song Que's army broke Linzi, Taishan, Donglai, and Beihai defected at the same time, General Xiahou had no choice but to lead the remnants to retreat to Chengyang, and Song Que pressed forward step by step......"

"Enough!" Cao Cao waved his hand suddenly, interrupting Xiao Xiaoxiao's words, and said in a deep voice: "You only tell me, how will it end?" ”

The little colonel glanced at Cao Cao cautiously: "Chengyang has been broken, and the Longcheng army occupies the entire territory of Qingzhou." ”

"Where's Miaocai?" Cao Cao only felt a tightness in his chest, the huge Qingzhou was occupied in such a short period of time, and the strength of the Longcheng army was far beyond Cao Cao's expectations.

"General Xiahou...... General Xiahou ......" The little colonel looked at Cao Cao's face and groaned: "On the day the city was broken, he was killed!" ”

"Impossible!" Cao Cao shouted angrily, but Xiahou Tang on the side roared and picked up the little colonel, and roared angrily: "Miaocai is a king-level general, and it may be possible for the city to be broken, but if he wants to leave, who in this world can stop him!?" ”

"Back to ...... Back to the general! Xiao Xiaoxiao's face turned purple by Xiahoudun's pinch, and he said bitterly: "It was Song Que who challenged General Miaocai under the city gate, General Miaocai saw that the general trend had gone, and saw that Song Que was old, and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Song Que, in order to turn things around, who expected that Song Que was actually a peak general, the two fought fiercely in Chengyang for more than 50 years, and General Xiahou was finally defeated and was beheaded by Song Que!" ”

"A pinnacle general, a Haoshou horseman!?" Xiahoudun roared angrily: "Is it possible!? ”

"Yuan Rang!" Cao Cao waved his hand with a gloomy face and said, "Let him go!" ”

"Mengde!" Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao and wondered.

"Right and wrong, there will be a conclusion soon, but Qingzhou is probably already ......" Shaking his head, Cao Cao said bitterly.

"Newspaper~"

At this moment, another hurried voice came from outside the account, and a blood-stained military general rushed in in embarrassment, looked at Cao Cao, and said sadly: "Lord, something happened in Yuzhou!" ”

"What!?" Cao Cao's face changed greatly, and he said sharply: "What happened!?" ”

"Back to the lord, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong did not dare to meet Yue Fei, and secretly surrendered, Yue Fei took the opportunity to go out of Wuguan, borrowed Wancheng, conquered Chen Liu with strange soldiers, and led his troops directly into Xuchang, General Cao Hong ......"

"How is Zilian?" Cao Cao's breathing suddenly stagnated, staring at the general.

"General Cao Hong...... After a night of hard fighting, he was finally killed by the mighty sea! The military general said sadly.

"Zilian ......" Cao Cao's eyes were dilated for a while, his complexion suddenly turned purple, and his throat was even more gurgling, Mu's eyes were clear, and he opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of black blood, and fell to the sky.

"Lord!" A group of civil and military officers were taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward and pushed Cao Cao up for a while.

"Hurt me!" Cao Cao clutched his chest and said in pain.

"Lord, the deceased is gone, and now, we should still plan for the next thing!" Guo Jia pulled Cao Cao and said in a deep voice.

"Hmm." Cao Cao tried his best to cheer up, but he was still in a trance, and only after a long time did he say: "Tell Li Xuan that you want to see him!" (To be continued......)