Chapter 15: The Cause of the Goofs and Cao Cao's Counterattack
"Brother Wen Ruo, don't come unharmed?" The Chen Palace under the city looks high-spirited.
"How can you be unharmed, Chen Gongtai, why do you want to betray the lord!"
"Cao Mengde is brutal and kills celebrities, I should abandon it and find another master."
"While letting everyone speak disrespectfully, it is asking for their own death, what is the pity of killing them?"
"What Bian Gong said is true, what's wrong?"
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Listening to Chen Gong and Xun Yu's endless mouth cannons, Mo Wen closed his eyes and silently recuperated......
"It's useless to talk too much, prepare to attack the city!" After arguing for a long time, Chen Gong finally gave the order to siege the city.
"Wait!" Mo Wen interjected.
"What do you have to say?" Chen Gong looked at Mo and asked, with sarcasm in his eyes: "Don't you want to vote for my lord again?" β
"Naturally not, I think my words and deeds did not show flaws at that time, Chen Gongtai, how can you see that I don't really want to vote for Lu Bu?" Mo Wen asked the doubts in his heart.
"Huh." Chen Gong smiled proudly: "The old man didn't find out at first, thanks to the lord's subordinate Mo You who exposed your trick of surrendering, Mo You, I came to see all of you." β
Then a sergeant walked out and arched his hand towards Mo Wen and the others: "My name is An Ming, and the words are quiet." β
γTraveler! I see! Mo Wen's pupils shrank suddenly.
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Time goes back to when An Ming first met Chen Gong.
"You are the person sent by General Lu?" Chen Gong looked at An Ming
"Exactly, I wonder if Lord Chen is really willing to help my lord come to Yanzhou?"
"Naturally, the Dongjun Taishou is me, I have persuaded the Dongjun Guard General Mo Wen, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, and many county commanders to welcome General Lu as the lord of Yanzhou, just capture Juancheng, and Yanzhou can all fall into the hands of General Lu."
"Don't ask? It is said that this person has followed Cao Cao since he was begging Dong, so he will be persuaded by adults so easily? β
This person once wrote a letter to persuade Cao Mengde not to kill innocents indiscriminately, but unfortunately Cao Mengde did not accept it, so he was naturally dissatisfied. This is all Cao Mengde's own doing......"
"Letter? Lord Chen has seen it? β
"Of course, I'll copy it in another copy, do you want to see it?"
"I can't ask for it."
[People-oriented...... Hehe, it's actually a traveler, then don't blame me for doing it. After reading the letter, An Ming sneered.
"What did you find?"
"Lord Chen, I don't think it's appropriate, why don't you invite him to meet with us, and then set up a few soldiers under the restaurant, if there is no ghost in his heart, he will naturally go to the banquet calmly, if he has a ghost in his heart, he will naturally kill him with my elite, and then take his soldiers and horses." [Hmph, nine out of nine is a fraud, even if you are one percent of the fools, I will take your life, I have to have enough status to ...... So you can die in peace! γ
"Hmm...... This is possible. β
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"Captain Mo, why are you stubborn? Cao Mengde is brutal and unkind, and he is already the target of everyone, so why take his life in vain? Chen Gong also wanted to persuade Mo to ask.
"Lord Chen, don't say more, Yunshan has been with the lord for five years, and I naturally know what the lord's character is." Mo Wen waved his hand: "If you want to fight, you will fight!" β
"Hmph, ask for your own suffering! Besiege! β
The siege lasted for a whole day, and although Chen Gong was well prepared and the morale of the soldiers under his command was strong, he couldn't help Xun Yu, who was also well prepared.
That night, Xun Yu asked Mo alone.
"Yunshan, since you know that Chen Gong has bad intentions, why didn't you report it to me earlier?" As soon as Mo Wen entered the door, Xun Yu immediately questioned him.
"Although Yun Shan had doubts at first, there was no evidence." Mo Wen argued.
"Then why didn't Chen Gong take it down overnight when he was sure that he had a rebellious heart?" Xun Yu glared at Mo and asked.
"Lord Xun doesn't know, Chen Gong is the Taishou of Dongjun personally appointed by the lord, and he has a lot of dealings with the rich people in the city, I am afraid that as soon as I bring troops into the city, Chen Gong will immediately find a place to hide, and when Lu Bu comes, he will join forces inside and outside...... I originally wanted to deceive and paralyze Chen Gong, but I was caught up by a small pawn after hiding from Chen Gong. Speaking of this, Mo asked a wry smile. [It's still too careless, because I haven't met any high-status travelers, and subconsciously thinks that travelers are all pawns now, and they are overshadowed by someone......]
Xun Yu saw that Mo Wen's expression didn't seem to be fake, and his tense face also relaxed: "There are so many heroes in the world, Yunshan doesn't have to blame himself too much." It's just that in the future, we need to be cautious and cautious, and we are the right way. β
"Yunshan remember." [It turned out that you wanted to knock me...... I already knew I was wrong. γ
"Okay, now Chen Gong's soldiers are coming to the city, but he will definitely not be able to defeat Juancheng, I am worried about the surrounding Fan County, which has not rebelled, Yunshan, you can bring the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to support, and wait for the army of the lord of Hou."
"Yes!" Mo asked and arched his hand: "Lord Xun, there is still one more thing to ask for in the future." β
"Say it. What's up? β
"I want to take under my command those who came to report the news more than a month ago, and hope that your lordship will be fulfilled."
"You're talking about Li Mancheng, it's okay, you can go find him yourself."
"Master Xie."
After Xun Yu's permission, Mo Wen decisively dug Li Dian into his troops, and then set off to Fan County with his subordinates early the next morning.
"My lord, an army of about a few thousand men has left the city and is missing nowhere."
"Horn fighting? It's a trick, Xun Wenruo! Chen Gong looked at the map carefully: "I actually dare to transfer the soldiers and horses, I am really confident." β
Facts have proved that Xun Yu is indeed self-confident rather than proud, Chen Gong led the army to storm for several days and still achieved nothing, so he had to suspend the siege and divide his troops to attack the two county towns that had not yet surrendered, but unfortunately Xun Yu had expected that Chen Gong returned in vain.
Ten days later, Cao Cao led his army back, while Chen Gong LΓΌ Bu retreated to Puyang.
"Wen Ruo has worked hard." As soon as Cao Cao came, he clasped Xun Yu's hands. What a scene of emotion! If Mo asked here, he would definitely indicate that he was facing a high-energy reaction, and the dog was blind.
"Thanks to the love of the lord, Yu is terrified." Xun Yu immediately bent down.
"Wen Ruo is humble." Cao Cao pulled Xun Yu up: "If it weren't for Wen Ruo, I would have no place in Yanzhou." β
"If it weren't for Wen Ruo's modesty, if it weren't for Yun Shan to peek into Chen Palace's objection and tell me early, it would have been more difficult to defend Juancheng, and it would even be impossible to defend it."
"Oh? I see...... Where is Yunshan now? β
"I sent him to Shoufan County, the lord has returned, I believe he will be back soon."
"Oh, wait until he comes back and reward him." Cao Cao smiled: "But let's take Yanzhou back first." β
A few days later, Cao Cao's army assembled in Juancheng.
"That guy Lu Bu has courage and no strategy, occupies most of the land in Yanzhou, and does not rely on Dongping, Taishan and other natural dangers to defend, but is ready to fight me in Puyang...... Do you really think that you have the advantage of military power? Cao Cao's self-confidence was well-founded: Cao Cao had 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command at this time, while Lu Bu only had more than 20,000......
"Lord, Lu Bu is a peerless general, and the iron cavalry under his command is the elite of the world, if Lu Bu personally leads the iron cavalry and rushes to my own formation, how can I resist?" Mo Wen reminded.
"Why does Yunshan grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? Although Lu Bu is fierce, my eldest brother and I will definitely be able to stop it. Xiahou Yuan was a little unconvinced.
"But how can the Iron Rider resist? What's more, there are still eight strong generals under Lu Bu's command......"
"Enough!" Cao Cao shouted angrily, and then said in a deep voice to Mo Wen: "What do you want to say in Yunshan?" β
"The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that Lu Bu is not a rabbit, but a blue wolf, and we will be defeated if we are not careful." Mo Wen bowed his head: "If Lu Bu takes advantage of the battle of our army to lead a cavalry army to break into us, we will be defeated, Gu Wu asks the lord to transfer an elite army to stand still, and when his cavalry clashes, he will meet it with a spear formation, and he will definitely be able to break the enemy army." β
"Yunshan has a point." Xun Yu agreed first.
"Well......" Cao Cao thought for a moment: "In this way, Wen Ze will lead 5,000 people to stay in the main formation, Miaocai will lead the left wing, Wen Qian (Lejin) will lead the right wing, and Yuan will let Yunshan defend the middle army." β
"Yes!"
The next day, outside Puyang City, the two armies faced each other.
"Cao Mengde! Now that you are alone and helpless, trapped in Juancheng, if you surrender to me, you will be rich and prosperous for the rest of your life! Lu Bu held Fang Tian's halberd, and the BMW Red Rabbit under his crotch, majestic and incomparable.
"Joke! Although I, Cao Cao, was betrayed by the villain, I still have a large army in my hands, assisted by good ministers and brave generals, and you, a repeated villain, dare to persuade me to surrender? Cao Cao ridiculed him.
"Well, toast without eating and drinking, attack!" Lu Bu waved his halberd, and Zhang Liao rushed towards the Cao army formation with thousands of soldiers.
"Let Miaocai attack!" Cao Cao gave the order, and the herald behind him immediately took out a flag and waved it. Xiahoudun on the left flank saw the order and immediately led his troops to rush over in a phalanx, fighting with the oncoming Zhang Liao.
"Don't worry, lord." Seeing that Lu Bu wanted to charge personally because Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan were deadlocked, Chen Gong immediately stepped forward to dissuade him: "The time has not yet come, if the lord is worried about General Zhang, he can send a large army to press on him, but these more than 1,000 iron horsemen must not be easily dispatched." β
"Boo knows." Lu Bu clenched the halberd pole of the painting, "Gongxiao (Gao Shun), you lead the army to press!" β
"Yes!" A cold-faced general came out of the crowd.
"Lu Bu's main formation began to move...... There are still about a thousand cavalry left behind, what do you want to do? Cao Cao rode on his horse and looked at it from afar, "I'll attack too!" β
Immediately Cao Cao's army formation also began to move forward, two groups of people and horses collided together, and the killing shouts went straight into the sky, if someone can look down from the sky, you will find that this is like two waves of reverse water, and countless blood flowers are stirred up at the junction, but Lu Bufang's people are obviously insufficient, if you fight like this, Lu Bu will lose sooner or later.
"Almost." Chen Gong looked at the battlefield in front of him: "Put a signal!" Lord, let them see your unparalleled martial arts! β
"Promise your good words!" Lu Bu clamped the horse's belly between his legs and led the cavalry to the left flank of Cao's army.
"All the troops listen to the order, raise their guns!" [Hmph, the lord expected you to use cavalry to raid. Yu Ban looked at Lu Bu, who was getting closer and closer, and sneered.
The torrent of steel hit the iron wall full of spikes, and suddenly more than a thousand cavalry were killed and wounded, leaving only a hundred cavalry to chisel through Yu Ban's defense line, as Lu Bu continued to rush towards Cao Jun's main formation, Lu Bu's cavalry suffered heavy losses, and Yu Ban's spearmen were the same, and even more killed and wounded - after all, it was flesh and blood, even if the knight or horse was shot and killed, but the inertia was still there, and countless soldiers were broken by the huge momentum, and their brains were burst.
"Peerless general...... It lives up to its name. "Yu Ban covered his left arm that was still dripping blood, just now he and Lu Bu only fought together, although he missed the painting halberd that he waved, but not only was his hands cracked, but also Lu Bu took advantage of the situation on his left arm." If you hadn't wasted your time with me, I'd have been in a different place. Yu Ban smiled bitterly.
"There are more than 100 people...... The Iron Cavalry of the State is really powerful. Cao Cao looked at the approaching cavalry: "But this is the point that someone can take my head?" β
Before the words fell, the right flank of the Cao army also heard the sound of killing, and more than 1,000 iron horsemen came out of the woods on the right side, inserting them into the Cao army's main formation like cutting tofu......
Only then did Cao Cao notice that a dark pillar of smoke appeared in Lu Bu's main formation.
"Booming from east to west...... Sure enough, it's a good strategy. Cao Cao lowered his head: "But just want to defeat me Cao Mengde?" Amusing! Cao Cao raised his head suddenly: "All the kings charge with me!" Immediately rode his horse and rushed towards Lu Bu, and the surrounding sergeants saw that Cao Cao was the first soldier, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed to Lu Bu's cavalry, blocking the impact of the cavalry.
At this time, Lu Bu was also stopped by an officer.
"This black charcoal is a good flying halberd." Lu Bu looked at the cavalry around him who had fallen from the halberd and exclaimed: "Look at your clothes, you are only a long man in the Cao army, if you surrender to me, I will make you a captain, how about it?" β
Dian Wei looked at Lu Bu on the horse, and silently raised the iron halberd in his hand.
"Oh, interesting." Seeing this, Lu Bu swung his halberd and stabbed at the big man.
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"Whew...... Sure enough, there were two brushes. β
After counting ten, Lu Bu looked at the scarred man in front of him and said, "It's really Qu Cai, don't you think about it?" β
"......" The big man was still silent.
ββ¦β¦ Leave your name. Seeing that the cavalry in the distance could not defeat Cao Cao's main formation, the thought of leaving rose in his heart.
ββ¦β¦ A certain family is called Dian Wei. β
"Dian Wei? Remembered...... I'll take your life again in the coming day! After Lu Bu put down the cruel words, he turned his horse's head and killed outward. Dian Wei was on foot, so naturally he could only watch Lu Bu leave.
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There was no winner in the battle outside Puyang City, but Dian Wei was promoted to captain by Cao Cao because of his bravery and was Cao Cao's guard. Cao Cao and LΓΌ Bu were in a stalemate here, LΓΌ Bu could not defend the city, and Cao Cao besieged but did not attack, and this situation lasted for a month...... Then, the locust plague broke out, and the two sides ceased fighting.