Under coercion and temptation, Zhu Zhong rebelled.

He was a native of Runan, and among the captives were several of his fellow villagers, who were interrogated separately and forced to ask for the address of his home.

After arriving at the city of Kunyang, there was a knife against his back, and if he was not honest, he would kill him on the spot, and then send someone to his house to crush his family and scatter ashes.

Although it is impossible for Shen Chen to really learn from Cao Cao to be so immoral and do this kind of thing to give birth to a child.

But the problem is that Zhu Zhong has been following Cao Cao for a long time, what lack of virtue he has done Zhu Zhong is clear, this kind of thing that harms his family Cao Cao can do it completely, won't he wipe out the three clans of Dong Cheng this year?

So Zhu Zhong felt that since Cao Cao would do this kind of thing, then others would definitely be able to do it. Under fear, he could only do what Shen Chen asked.

As a result, almost at the moment when the "Cao Army" entered the city, the situation changed dramatically.

"Kill!"

They suddenly turned their faces, attacked the surrounding Cao army, and seized the city gate.

At the same time, outside the city, where the end of the road could not be seen in the distance, a large number of Shen Chen's troops were killing towards Kunyang.

The sound of the horn "woo woo woo" resounded throughout the sky.

Cao Hong and Liu Dai were taken aback, they never expected that this team was actually disguised by Shen Chenjun.

In fact, Cao Hong was already very careful, Zhu Zhong knew him, and he also observed the situation of the "Cao Army" that came.

Exhausted and sweating profusely, they did seem to have come from afar, and what they said matched what he knew.

Therefore, from the beginning, he never doubted the true identity of the other party, and relaxed his vigilance and let them enter the city.

But I still didn't expect this to be the enemy.

After all, Cao Hong would never have thought that Xiahou Yuan had been defeated and Zhu Zhong had been captured.

It's too late to try to close the gates.

At this moment, in the north of the city and in the south of the city, the shouting of killing shook the sky, because when the Cao army was arranged, the main force was in Ye County.

Yexian has 5,000 men and horses, serving as the mainstay, and Kunyang and Wuyang together are only three or four thousand people, which are reserve, so there are not many troops.

Cao Hong's rout and the Kunyang defenders were more than 1,000 people, and the city was full of more than 3,000 but less than 4,000, and they had to defend four city gates and take turns to rest, resulting in only a few hundred troops at each city gate.

Even if Cao Hong and Liu Dai personally led the army to fight, the two sides only fought fiercely around the city gate, and it was too late to mobilize people from the city.

Soon, the battle lasted less than half an hour, and after paying the price of hundreds of lives, Cao Hong could not support it, because Shen Chen's main army had arrived within twenty minutes, and a steady stream of enemy troops had entered the city.

And Gan Ning's side also got the news of Shen Chen, and quickly sent troops and horses to cooperate, the entire Kunyang North City Gate completely fell, and the South City Gate was also being stormed, and for a while, the defenders in the city were panicked and collapsed directly.

Although this is the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Kunyang, Cao Hong does not have the luck of a child of destiny like Liu Xiu, and there will be no meteor to help him.

So after about half an hour, Cao Hong fought and retreated, and led the remnants of the army to flee to the east gate, and after barely killing from the east gate, he ran all the way to the east in the direction of Wuyang.

Shen Chen and Gan Ning's troops joined forces, leaving 500 men and horses to guard Kunyang and the prisoners in the city, and the rest of the men followed in pursuit.

Wuyang itself has 2,000 defenders, Cao Hong never expected that there were so many soldiers and horses outside Wuyang City, but under the front and back attacks, Cao Hong did not have time to flee into Wuyang City, so he was defeated and fled.

Kunyang guard Liu Dai was cut off by Gan Ning after he gave up his life to cover Cao Hong, and for a time the Cao army at the Nanyang gateway was almost killed by Shen Chen, except for Wang Zhong, who could only watch from Wuyang City and did not dare to go out of the city to help.

Even there are not many soldiers and horses in Wuyang City, but there are only one or two thousand people, and it is only a matter of time before the battlefield is cleaned up, and it is only a matter of time before they attack Wuyang and take Wang Zhong.

The only thing that made Shen Chen more regrettable was that he didn't kill or capture Cao Hong.

But that's normal.

After all, Cao Hong has a weak first-class force value, and he is also a top five existence in Dongwu, and it is still easy for a military general of this level to fight his way out of the encirclement under the protection of his personal guards.

Especially in the case of Liu Dai's break, although Cao Hong was not killed or captured, it was enough to achieve the strategic goal.

"Uncle Xingba, how is it?"

On a small hillside outside Wuyang City, Shen Chen was riding on horseback, and in the distance, Gan Ning galloped back on horseback, and when he saw him empty-handed, he knew that the pursuit of Cao Hong was fruitless.

Gan Ning said regretfully: "It's a pity, I was about to catch up, but after Liu Dai gave up his body, he was delayed for a little time, I was afraid that you would need me to attack the city, so I didn't chase after it." ”

Shen Chen said: "It's okay, even if you can't use Cao Hong's head to pass the head to the north, you can also use Liu Dai Wang Zhong's head." ”

He turned his head and looked at the small city not far away.

If Yexian is a city located in the canyon at the entrance of Nanyang, then Kunyang and Wuyang are the two cities on the upper and lower sides of the Nanyang exit.

Kunyang is in the north, nestled in Diaoya Mountain, and its approximate location is in the area of Xiali Township, southwest of Ye County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province.

The location of Wuyang is in Xindian Town, Shiye County, which is about 20 kilometers apart, just blocking the Nanyang exit on the left and right.

To a certain extent, the battle of Kunyang in history was a battle to defend Nanyang.

It's just that the difference with Shen Chen now is that Shen Chen occupies Kunyang and other places, and he can go north to Yingchuan at any time, and Cao Cao can't take care of him.

Wang Mang realized that the Green Forest Army was more threatening, so he sent a large army south, but was blocked at Kunyang.

Therefore, the strategic significance of Kunyang, Wuyang and Yexian is self-evident.

Whoever can seize these three county towns will basically master the transportation arteries from Nanyang to the south and even Jingzhou.

At that moment, Shen Chen ordered the army to besiege Wuyang, rest for a day, and officially attack tomorrow.

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And just when Shen Chen was looking around Kunyang in Xiangcheng, Xu Du also got the news that Xiahou Yuan was ambushed.

It was only at this time that Xun Yu understood that Shen Chen's true intention was not Xu Du at all, because if his goal was Xu Du, he would not let Xiahou Yuan go, and wouldn't it be good to go straight to Xu Du after all the annihilation?

Therefore, at this time, he had already realized that there was a very high possibility that something would happen in Wuyang, Yexian County, Kunyang and other places, so he could only contact Li Tong, who was full of favors, and immediately sent someone north to report to Cao Cao.

Two days later, Shen Chen broke through Wuyang and killed Wang Zhong. Since then, the three counties of Nanyang Gateway have been controlled by him, and based on this, he entered Xiangcheng and threatened Xu Du.

At the same time, Cao Cao, who was still in the area of Yanjin and Baima at this time, had just completed the beheading of Yan Liang and Xuwen Chou, and was now evacuating in the direction of Guandu.

Cao Cao knew very well that these were only Yuan Shao's vanguard troops, and the scale of troops Yuan Shao used in this battle was unprecedented.

There are too many things that need to be coordinated for such a huge force, such as food, grass, materials, personnel deployment, weapons and equipment, and siege equipment, and the time it takes may even take years.

From last year to this year, Yuan Shao has made sufficient preparations in secret, but he has not found any suitable excuse, although he sent a message to Cao Wei, but the convincing power is not enough, so he can only be regarded as an undercurrent before, and he has not really started a war.

Until the outbreak of the edict incident this year, Yuan Shao finally found an opportunity to use this as an excuse to immediately use the art of war in Yanzhou. Although Cao Cao was difficult to resist, beheaded Yan Liang and ugly, and fought and retreated, he could only defend passively after all.

Therefore, for him, the most important thing now is to stabilize the Guandu defense line, in addition to the front line of about 30,000 people, Kaifeng, Chenliu, Weishi and other counties in the rear along the way must also be deployed troops.

Guandu is located in Zhongmu County in the later generations, which is located directly north of Xudu, and the most important reason why it chose to defend here is the topography here.

There are several rivers in this place, such as the chasm water, the yin ditch water, the Langdang canal, and the Bianshui River, and the sediment around the Guandu River is silted, which is not suitable for cavalry and large-scale legion combat, so it is the best choice to place the decisive battle here.

More importantly, there are several cities and rivers south of Guandu to protect it, although it is a smooth road, but there are many obstacles, even if Yuan Shao divides his troops to the south, there are fewer people and not enough to see, and there are more people along the way The grain and grass materials can not be replenished, and there is also the risk of being cut off by the rear Guandu Cao army, so it is impossible to bypass it at all.

When Cao Cao returned to Guandu, he immediately inspected the military camps and defense facilities.

At this time, the south bank of the Guandu River was like a large construction site, with tents stretching for miles, countless fortifications such as trenches, watchtowers, and earth mountains, and various camps in an endless stream.

On a dirt hill on the west bank of Guandu, Cao Cao was surrounded by Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Guan Yu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Mao Jue, Dong Zhao, etc.

These men accompanied him from camp to camp, making suggestions and revisions to make them more impregnable.

Cao Cao overlooked the entire construction site, noticed the layout not far away, pointed to a corner of the camp somewhere, and said to Xu Chu beside him: "Send someone to build an arrow tower over there." ”

"Yui."

Xu Chu obeyed the order and left.

Guo Jia said: "The Ming Gongying Village is extremely strong, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will only hit his head and bleed in Guandu when he goes south." ”

Cao Cao nodded, and then said: "I don't worry about Yuan Shao now, the only thing I'm worried about is the rear, now Xu Du is empty, if Liu Biao and Sun Ce go north, I'm afraid it will ......"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Ming Gong doesn't need to worry, Liu Biao is still pacifying Jingnan, and Sun Ce will die at the hands of his husband in my opinion." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was surprised: "What is the explanation? ”

Guo Jia said: "Sun Cexin and Jiangdong are all heroic and heroic, and those who can win people's death are also." However, the strategy is light and unprepared, although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains. If the assassin rises, the enemy of one man. ”

"Is that so?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and touched his chin, he couldn't believe Guo Jia's words, so he nodded noncommittally: "I hope so." ”

Guo Jia said again: "But Ming Gong still has to be careful of another person. ”

"Who?"

"Shen Chen."

"Him?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "This guy just relied on me not to guard against Zhang Xiu last time, and he won in chaos, if you face each other head-on, is Zilian still no match for a yellow-mouthed child?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Now Zhang Xiu's strategist Jia Xu has come to the court and said that he has strongly persuaded Zhang Xiu not to send troops, but I am afraid that Shen Chen will make an obstacle from it, and then Zhang Xiu will regret it and unite his soldiers and horses, I am afraid that General Li Feng's side will not be able to do anything." "Eight One Chinese Net

"Hmm......"

Cao Cao thought about it, nodded and said, "At that time, I will let Cai Yang go to support Cao Hong, so I can have a defense." ”

"It's for the best."

Guo Jia responded.

At this moment, a messenger cavalry suddenly came under the dirt mountain, and said anxiously: "Report! ”

"What?"

Cao Cao turned his head, and the messenger had already come up.

"Nanyang Shen Chen led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the north and feinted to attack Xudu, Xun Lingjun is afraid that Kunyang and other places in Ye County have been lost!"

The messenger said.

"What?"

Cao Cao was shocked.

Say Shen Chen, Shen Chen is here!

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.