Xu Churen originally thought that Cao Cao and the others did not know the combat strength of Fang La's army, so they won a battle, so they despised the enemy, so they wore out the skin of their mouths and talked about the power of Lu Shibao and the twelve gods.

But they never expected that after their own kindness and a lot of spitting, this group of people actually laughed in unison, with a disapproving look on their faces.

The man who looked like a talent even said wildly, saying that the other party crossed the river, but it was a big victory for nothing.

In addition to being shocked, Xu Churen suppressed his anger and couldn't help counting those soldiers and horses again, that's right, more than 3,000 people, even if you add the defeated army you brought, there are less than 4,000 people.

Xu Churen's face couldn't help but look embarrassed, and a fire jumped up in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, it is worthy of being the pioneer appointed by Tong Guan, and he is really as happy as him." ”

This was the second time he had been disrespectful to Tong Guan, Cao Cao's eyes rolled slightly, and he asked, "Xu Zhizhou seems to be quite prejudiced against the cardinal minister? ”

Xu Churen snorted, did not hide it, and said proudly: "The old man is at odds with those traitors, and this matter is known to the world. During the Daguan years, the old man Ren Yongxing Army Zhijun, refuted Tong Guan's evil government, was impeached by him, had to return to the court, and because of the lawlessness of the eunuchs in the book, he was excluded and framed, rushed to go to the temple, and returned to the court at the end of the year. ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I see! Cai Taishi and Tong Shumi's power is monstrous, Xu Lao dares to go against them, and the dry city of the real country is also. ”

Xu Churen glanced at Cao Cao twice, and said suspiciously: "You talk like this, aren't you afraid of evil Tong Guan?" ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "This expedition to Fangla, the 150,000 army, all of them are the elite of the Western Army, and we are the Qingzhou Army. We will be the master of Wu Zhi, because of the merit of suppressing Wang Qing and Tian Hu, he was promoted by Tong Guan to the Qingzhou Festival, but last year he went to the Jin Kingdom, unfortunately fell into a difficult return, and we became a motherless child. ”

Xu Churen is old in the officialdom, so he naturally understands it a little: "I see! No wonder you are so eager to make meritorious contributions. Yes, those Western Army are all proud soldiers, you can't wait for the general to come out, and you are not in the Western Army, if you have no merit, can you stand safely? I had to be cannon fodder. ”

"Xu Lao can see clearly, it is exactly such a reason."

Xu Churen pondered for a moment: "If you talk about it, the old man also served as the governor of Qingzhou back then, and he is not only a Qingzhou soldier, but also fate, and today he is rescued by you and others, how can he sit idly by?" There's a plan to help you succeed. ”

Cao Cao thanked him: "If this is the case, I can't wait to be grateful, and I also ask Elder Xu to come." ”

Xu Churen stroked his beard twice, and said slowly: "The old man was defeated in battle, and he was attacked before and after, and he couldn't return to the city. Since you are brave, it is better to make a detour to the north of the city, go into the city in one go, and help the old man defend Yangzhou, wouldn't it be a great achievement? ”

Wu Yong frowned when he heard this: "Xu Zhizhou's plan is an old method. As Xiao Sheng said before, if the rebels failed to attack the city and retreated to the south bank, wouldn't it be more troublesome? ”

Xu Churen couldn't help but be annoyed: "Don't you hear: good fighters have no outstanding achievements? You just want to make great contributions, but you don't want to lose it, Yangzhou changes hands, the overall situation is turbulent, who can take this responsibility? ”

Wu was unhappy in his heart, and sneered: "The old minister is the governor of the state, if Yangzhou is lost, it is naturally your responsibility, don't you still want to climb us?" ”

When Xu Churen heard this, an old face instantly turned red, patted his chest and shouted: "With such words, do you think the old man is a person who has taken credit and pushed it?" If Yangzhou is lost, the old man will die, but the rebels successfully crossed the river, Jiangbei is eroded, and lives are ruined, only for now! We all eat the country's money, who has no responsibility to defend the land and protect the people? How can you only look in front of your own house? ”

His words were generous and heroic, Wu Yong couldn't help but be ashamed, hugged his fists and said: "That's it, it's Xiaosheng's inappropriate words, and the old Zhizhou is not strange." ”

When the old man saw that he had admitted his mistake, he didn't say anything more, but he was still panting heavily.

Lao Cao made a round and said: "Xu Lao Lao has become a country, and his pedants are vigorous, and there is nothing wrong with each other, but it is not necessarily one or the other to defend the city and defeat the enemy." ”

The old man glared and said, "How is it not necessarily one or the other?" In the end, we can't defend the city and defeat the enemy at the same time, unless the rebels have lost their minds and gone crazy, and they will line up and climb the city wall to let us kill them all. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I have my own plans, I will divide the soldiers into two ways, first divide hundreds of soldiers and horses, and Xu Lao's troops make up a thousand, and then allocate a few fierce generals to help, and kill into Yangzhou with great fanfare, the enemy general will know, must think that we are going to defend Yangzhou, so we can besiege the city with peace of mind." The other way is to lurk and wait, waiting for his army to disperse, a drum into his army, this is the plan of 'capturing the thief and capturing the king', his master will be lost, the dragon has no leader, although the number is numerous, it is not enough to worry. ”

Wu's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Clever plan! You might as well allocate more than 100 people who know how to water, let the Ruan family brothers lead them, lie down in the reeds, and as soon as the enemy army is defeated, they will immediately kill and seize those ships, so that he will not be able to cross south! ”

When Ruan's Sanxiong heard this, his spirits were greatly lifted, and they all patted their chests and said: "Brother don't worry, give the younger brother 200 people, and discipline him to not get out of a boat." ”

Cao Cao listened and said: "If this is really the case, Jiangnan doesn't know that the army is defeated here, and Runzhou is just something in my hands." “

Ruan Xiaoqi went crazy when he heard this, tilted his head and slapped his hand on his neck, and shouted: "The younger brother is willing to make a military order, but he escapes a boat, and the elder brother only cares about cutting here with a knife." ”

Cao Cao grabbed him and said with a smile: "He came with 20,000 soldiers and horses, always two or three hundred ships, if I have more people, I will follow your military order, but only two hundred people give you three, but it is inevitably difficult for the strongman, your brother does his best, even if he really escapes to report the news, he also has his own strategy to deal with it." ”

Xu Zhizhou was speechless for a long time, and repeatedly knocked Cao Cao's plan in his heart, only to feel that this person's courage was terrifying. He had also seen the Western Army fighting, and although there were also elite soldiers and strong generals, none of them dared to completely destroy the opponent's 20,000 soldiers and horses with more than 3,000 people.

At this moment, seeing that he did not allow Ruan Xiaoqi to set up a military order, he became more and more tolerant, and couldn't help asking: "You man, you are knowledgeable, courageous, and tolerant of people, you must not be a thing in the pool, and you are willing to ask for a name." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "It's easy to say, if you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, in Xia Qingzhou's deputy general Li Dunzi, the people in the rivers and lakes call ...... 'Rolling Ground Dragon' is also!" ”

Xu Churen was slightly stunned, he didn't expect him to be such a masterpiece, his name was so simple and unpretentious, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder: Such a big head, it's not in vain to call it a pier, no wonder it's rolling on the ground, hey, it's rolling all over the ground, what kind of wild dragon can it be? I'm afraid it's an earth dragon.

With a smile on his face, he said, "It turned out to be General Li!" is a rolling dragon, just listening to the name, it is already extraordinary. ”

Cao Cao hugged his fists and said: "I have won the prize!" Since there is no objection, and come to allocate people, you and other brothers, who is willing to help Xu Zhizhou enter Yangzhou? ”

When the old man heard this, he said in his heart, this is exactly how fast the hand is slow and slow, how can the old man wait for him to distribute? Of course, he had to grab a brave talent, and hurriedly shouted: "Qingzhou poets have the courage of women, and Qingzhou poets have the ability of Qin Qiong. ”

Niu Gao's eyes widened, and he was overjoyed: With Wu Song, Du Yan, Bian Xiang, and Shi Jin here, Old Man Xu just singled out himself, and he really appeared in front of people and won the dignity in Aoli, which is too dignified!

Stirred for a while, suddenly inspiration surged, hahaha a long laugh, and got a poem: "This Zhizhou has high eyesight, and he knows that the hero is Niu Gao!" Protect him to Yangzhou! Baba Bah-"

shouted, turned around, and made an appearance: "Red Blood Pill Heart Dye Battle Robe!" ”

When the brothers heard this, they applauded in unison. Xu Churen was slightly in a daze, and when he heard the last sentence, he woke up to the other party's ...... Made a poem? This、This is the poetry of Nima Qingzhou? Did he still sing peace with me before?

The poet Saint Niu Gao appeared in front of the people, and the poet Immortal Tie Niu couldn't help but see the sages and thinkers, and when the poet came, he shook his head and opened his mouth to come: "Don't worry about the old man, remember to find the Iron Bull when you fight!" With these big axes here, it's hard to keep a single enemy! ”

The higher the cheers, the more shocked Xu Churen was, this poet immortal, the way is wilder than the poet saint......

Li Kui saw that his eyes were straight, thinking that the other party was surprised by his own poetry, so he kindly hugged the old man's neck, sprayed garlic in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Boss, you don't have to panic, in fact, it is not difficult to make poetry, if you want to learn, Tie Niu will go back and teach you." ”

Old man Xu said with a bitter face: "There is no need, the general is talented in poetry, has the courage of a good woman, and is both civil and military, this is not a character that the old man can reach......"

Li Kui was puzzled: "What do you always say about the courage of a good woman, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, I know, who is this good woman?" ”

Wu Yong smiled and said: "The woman is the queen of the Shang king Wuding, who has a big axe, can fight habitually, and has the courage to be unstoppable." ”

Li Kui became more and more puzzled when he heard this: "Queen? Shouldn't a queen be a woman? ”

Wu Yong smiled brighter: "Yes, it's a woman." Tie Niu, you will have another nickname in the future, called 'Good Man and Woman', and 'Wu Mengde', 'Living Dian Wei', and 'Xiao Wenhou' all have the same magic. ”

Li Kui was furious when he heard this: "Old man, dare to compare me to a woman? ”

The two big fists clenched, and finally this guy only beat a strong man in his life, and seeing Xu Churen's hair and beard gray, he forcibly suppressed his temper, otherwise Xu Churen's life would not be guaranteed.

Niu Gao had a good impression of Xu Churen, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Brother Tieniu, don't be angry, Xu Zhizhou is also kind, but his talent is limited, and it is inevitable that he will say the wrong thing." According to the younger brother, since this woman is a heroine among women, in the future, the elder brother will pass on this axe method to Ah Gua, wouldn't it just be called 'good women'? ”

When Li Kui heard this, he turned his anger into joy: "Ah, my brother is right, this woman is a queen, and my family will be a queen in the future, but there is some fate." ”

Wu Yong saw that the two of them were getting farther and farther apart, for fear of pulling out Lao Cao's antipathy, so he hurriedly said: "Let's talk about these housework slowly, since Xu Zhizhou values the two of you, and ordered soldiers and horses to ensure that his old man enters Yangzhou, I can take the opportunity to take the opportunity." ”

The two agreed to the promise, and immediately ordered five or six hundred people, together with the defeated troops of Xu Churen's headquarters, gathered enough 1,000 people, and went north to enter Yangzhou from the north gate.

Lao Cao ordered the three heroes of the Ruan clan to take 200 people, sneaked along the riverside, prepared to seize his boat, and led the remaining 2,000 people to find a remote path and quietly hide in Yangzhou.

There is a division of teaching: who is difficult to say in the war? A clever plan. Kill the general and rob the camp to level Huai Zuo, seize the boat and cross the underwater Runzhou.

(End of chapter)