Chapter 40 Sending troops to besiege Penglai Island
Hearing Cao Xuan's words, Xu Chu didn't dare to disobey him, nodded and retreated.
Seeing Xu Chu retreat, the smile on Cao Xuan's face retracted.
"Looks like we've made a mistake this time! I didn't expect this Liu Bei to be so powerful! ”
Sima Yi's face was gloomy, and he looked at the retreating Shu army from a distance, and killing intent appeared in his eyes.
Xu Shu also nodded.
"It's really troublesome, Liu Bei has a lot of fierce generals, and it's okay to deal with it, now I'm afraid they will go to Penglai Island, that place, I'm afraid it's not easy."
"Humph!" Cao Xuan snorted coldly and said coldly: "What if they go, as long as we surround Penglai and trap them!" ”
"Well, Childe is right, let's step up the march!" Sima Yi nodded and said.
"Let's go!"
Cao Xuan nodded and ordered.
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Three hours later, in a cave on Penglai Island, Liu Bei and others were hiding inside.
Liu Bei sat in the cave and sighed with a distressed expression.
"Alas! It seems that it is going to lose! Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.
The Shu army has retreated to Penglai Island, and now they are greatly injured, and I am afraid that they will not be able to continue to deal with it.
"Strategist! What are we going to do? Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.
Zhuge Liang thought for a while, pondered for a moment, and said: "Let's rest here for a while, we can only survive on this island later, I'm afraid that the Cao army will besiege us......"
After Liu Bei heard this, he nodded and didn't say anything.
Soon, Liu Bei and the other three came to a valley, and then entered the valley to rest.
"Strategist, if Cao Cao really wants to destroy us, then what should we do?" Liu Bei asked.
"Give up, no matter what, you have to preserve your strength and not let your life be threatened!" Zhuge Liang said.
After Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Liao heard this, they also nodded, didn't say anything, and each found a place to rest.
Liu Bei and the others had just rested for a short time, and suddenly, a general ran over and reported to Zhuge Liang: "Military division, it's not good, a large group of people are coming, their target is us, they are already outside Penglai Island!" ”
"Expected."
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei looked at each other and smiled when they heard the general's announcement.
At present, their army does not have any combat effectiveness, and now they are only entrenched in Penglai Island, and with the help of this Penglai Island to fight guerrillas, they may still have some chance of winning.
Right now, Cao Xuan sent a large number of soldiers and horses to attack them, there must be some kind of plan.
"Looks like we're going to have to do something about it." Zhuge Liang said lightly.
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Cao Ying, in a camp tent.
"Strategist, what do you think will happen to Liu Bei and them in the future?" Cao Xuan asked.
"Childe, Liu Bei's troops are insufficient, and their current food and grass are not enough, so they can only temporarily retreat to Penglai Island, what they want to do most at this time should be to build fortifications to prevent us from sneaking attack." Sima Yi said.
"Hmmm! Not bad! ”
Cao Xuan nodded: "Since that's the case, then let's act now!" ”
"Strategist, how are you going to act?" Sima Yi asked suspiciously.
"Send a large army to suppress them first, put pressure on them! If they don't want to retreat, just leave them behind! We can't delay time, if we wait for Liu Bei to recover, then we will be in danger. Cao Xuan said.
After listening to Cao Xuan's words, Sima Yi and Xu Shu nodded slightly, they had already made a decision in their hearts, and he immediately sent his generals to lead the troops to the outside of Penglai Island.
In less than half a pillar of incense, Cao Jun came to the edge of Penglai Island.
"The army stops!" Sima Yi shouted.
Hearing Sima Yi's shout, Cao Jun immediately stopped.
Sima Yi carefully looked around Penglai Island, his face slightly gloomy.
"Strategist, there are many ambushes around this Penglai Island, and it may be very difficult to forcibly attack!" Xu Shu said.
"It's okay, compress their living space!" Cao Xuan said with a smile.
"Hmm!" Xu Shu answered, stood aside, and did not intervene.
"Pass the order, carpet search, a group of ten people, each group of people separately enter Penglai Island from all over the place, if you encounter the Shu army, immediately sound the signal!" Cao Cao said.
"No!"
In the Cao Ying camp, thousands of soldiers quickly galloped in the direction of Penglai Island from all directions and poured into Penglai Island.
"Lord, there are a lot of Shu troops on Penglai Island, should we send troops to guard it?" Xu Shu asked Cao Cao.
"Hmmm! No need to be guarded! All you need to do is send soldiers to cruise around! Cao Xuan smiled and nodded.
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Penglai Island.
Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei and others all gathered together.
"Strategist! Cao soldiers are wandering in all directions, as if trying to compress our living space, and it seems that we have to make some counterattacks. Liu Bei frowned and asked.
"Let's wait and see what happens, if it is necessary, it must be clean, Penglai Island is very large, just disperse." Zhuge Liang said.
"Okay, then we'll do what the military advisor says!" Liu Bei nodded.
After some deliberation, everyone began to get busy.
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"Lord, the Shu army on Penglai Island doesn't seem to want to fight with us, they are just guerrillas."
Xu Shu reported to Cao Xuan.
Hearing Xu Shu's report, Cao Xuan nodded: "Oh? It seems that they don't want to live anymore, so let's have fun. ”
"Yes! The subordinates will arrange it! ”
"Go ahead!"
"No!"
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On Penglai Island, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others gathered together and looked at Penglai Island in the distance.
"Strategist, how do we deal with it now?" Liu Bei asked.
"This Penglai Island is indeed very large, and we can't occupy it all at once, so we must occupy this island as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Zhuge Liang said.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang discussed it and gave an order: "The whole army is dispatched to occupy Penglai Island!" ”
On Penglai Island, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others all led a team of soldiers and horses to dispatch.
These soldiers and horses are all Liu Bei's henchmen.
They are all the most powerful troops under Liu Bei, and these soldiers and horses rushed towards Penglai Island from the east, west, north and south respectively, wanting to divide Penglai Island.
However, Liu Bei knew that with his soldiers and horses, it might still be difficult to shake Penglai Island.
So, Liu Bei sent 30,000 elite cavalry.
Liu Bei sent 30,000 cavalry this time, just to increase the combat effectiveness of this elite cavalry, and at the same time, to deter Cao Xuan, so that they did not dare to move.
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On Penglai Island, Cao Xuan looked at the soldiers in front of him and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, I didn't expect that Liu Bei still has 30,000 horses left on Penglai Island, so it is indeed a little difficult to capture Penglai." ”