"I'm a dignified young man, why can't I see Your Majesty?"

"If you are not allowed to see, you are not allowed to see it, there is an order, in order to prevent the traitor party from bewitching Your Majesty, you can't see the Son of Heaven until Sikong returns."

"You!"

At the gate of the east gate of the Xudu Palace, on the bluestone paved road, Kong Rong pointed to the guards at the door, so angry that he couldn't speak.

It was the early summer of April, but there was a light rain in Xu Du today, and in the dripping rain, Cao Cao's guards stood under the palace gate, holding their weapons with both hands, staring at Kong Rong without saying a word.

They were ready to draw their swords at any time, if he dared to take a step forward and break through the palace gate, these guards would never show mercy to Kong Rong because he was one of the Shaofu of the Nine Qings.

"Wen Jugong, forget it."

Twenty-five-year-old Yang Xiu beside him pulled Kong Rong back.

Since You Heng was sent to Liu Biao by Cao Cao the year before last, but Liu Biao used a trick to kill people with a knife and sent You Heng to Huang Zu to kill, Kong Rong's friends in Xu Du were only Yang Xiu.

was pulled under the carriage by Yang Xiu, there was a bamboo shelf on the carriage, like a big parasol to avoid the rain, Kong Rong smashed his fist on the carriage with a huff, and said angrily: "Cao Cao is really getting more and more excessive, how is this different from imprisoning the Son of Heaven?" ”

"Wen Jugong, don't talk nonsense, go back first."

Yang Xiu was startled, glanced at the palace gate guards not far away, and then hurriedly pulled Kong Rong into the carriage and told the coachman to return to the Shaofu Mansion as soon as possible.

After the two of them went back, Kong Rong and Yang Xiu said privately in the backyard: "Shen Chen sent a letter telling me that he will attack Xu Du and welcome the Son of Heaven, I want to report to the Son of Heaven, and then find a way to cooperate with him inside and outside, what do you think?" ”

Yang Xiu shook his head and said: "I persuaded Wen Jugong to dispel this idea, the more Cao Cao is at this time, the more he will forbid the Son of Heaven, and the palace gate guards firmly control the palace, and they can't get in or out." ”

"Damn!"

Kong Rong was so angry that he said viciously: "That Cao thief actually kidnapped the Son of Heaven and bullied the emperor, if it weren't for His Majesty's edict at the beginning of this year, I wouldn't have known that Your Majesty's situation has reached such a field." ”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly: "My father was also scolded by Cao Cao for making excuses, and now he doesn't dare to do anything at home all day long. ”

"Ugh."

Kong Rong sighed, now he hates himself for having no eyes in the first place, believing Cao Cao's nonsense with thick eyebrows and big eyes, thinking that he is sincere to the Son of Heaven?

As a result, now that the emperor has been hijacked, Cao Cao is in control of power, and there are his cronies everywhere inside and outside the city, how can it be good?

Both of them shouted for a long time, and now they can't give any help to Shen Chen, who is in Linying.

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Guandu, on the day Shen Chen arrived in Linying, Cao Cao had already turned around and set off for the south.

The information he got was actually lagging information, that is, Shen Chen might have broken the news of Ye County at present, and he didn't know that Shen Chen had broken Ye County a few days ago, and now he was about to arrive.

But Cao Cao couldn't put his hope on the fact that the enemy didn't come, he would plan for the worst, so he thought at that time that Shen Chen was probably already on his way to Xudu, and might even have reached Xiangcheng or even Linying.

Therefore, he immediately gathered all the cavalry and personally led the team, just as he personally led the cavalry to the black nest later, galloping towards Xu Du in the starry night.

Wuchao is thirty-five kilometers away from Guandu, and Xu Du is ninety kilometers away from Guandu, in terms of distance, if Cao Cao is a foot soldier, it will take at least two days to arrive, but he is a cavalry, so it only took one day to reach Xudu.

Before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's cavalry was very small, less than a thousand.

But he has one person to thank.

Wen Chou.

In the Battle of Yanjin, Wenchou's entire army was annihilated, bringing five or six thousand war horses to Cao Cao.

So now Cao Cao has a group of cavalry.

This is also the reason why he was able to gallop 35 kilometers in one night during the Battle of Guandu and run to Wuchao to set fire.

At this moment, when Shen Chen's soldiers and horses arrived at Linying, Cao Cao was on the way back.

Linying County.

The occupation of this county seat is not troublesome.

There were almost no guards in the city, and he easily took it down.

The location of Linying County in the Han Dynasty was different from that of Linying in later generations, which was directly south of Xuchang.

The Linying of the Han Dynasty was in the northwest of Linying in later generations, and the southwest of Xuchang, just in the middle of Xiangcheng and Xuchang.

This is also the reason why they occupied Xiangcheng and arrived at the gate of Xuchang when they entered Linying.

In order to buy time for Cao Cao, Xun Yu asked Li Dian to lead the troops to come to recruit Shen Chen, and he must not let him go to the city of Xudu, the impact and destructive power caused by it were too great for Cao Cao to bear.

Therefore, when Shen Chen had just occupied Linying the day before, and was about to set off for Xudu in the light rain on the second day, Cao Jun had already appeared outside the city in the north.

Li Dian did not come up directly to attack the city, he set up camp outside the city, obviously wanting to use the camp as a defensive point to prevent Shen Chen from going north.

After all, for both sides, Shen Chen actually belonged to the attacking side, but he was currently in the city.

"Ah Chen."

In the slanting wind and drizzle, Gan Ning looked at Cao Jun in the distance outside the city, with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and said, "They are camping, how about attacking now?" ”

Shen Chen looked into the distance and said, "I don't think the enemy will be so stupid, running over and setting up camp in front of us, there must be fraud inside." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Send someone to test it."

"Okay, I'll go."

Gan Ning turned his head and went down the city, now he only felt that his blood was boiling, he actually hit Xu Du, and he was about to see the Son of Heaven.

The city wall of Linying is old and mottled, the city gate slowly opens, Gan Ning is riding on horseback, their cavalry is actually not much, only a hundred people, but Gan Ning has thousands of foot soldiers behind him, like a long dragon attacking outside the city.

There were some hilly slopes outside the northern city, and it was early summer, when the vegetation was luxuriant, and Li Dian's army snuggled up near a forest, cut down the trees, and began to build a camp on the spot.

In the dripping raindrops, Gan Ning was like a galloping river and fierce Jiao, taking the lead in charging at the camp that the enemy was still building.

Before they could get closer, the soldiers who were building the wall threw down the wood and the tools to build the camp in great panic, and ran towards the forest like birds and beasts. jújíá?y.?? m

Gan Ning keenly noticed that these people were not soldiers at all.

One is that the quality is relatively low, and the other is that he can actually see an old man with a vicissitudes of life, which is almost impossible.

Therefore, it is obvious that as Shen Chen expected, there is indeed fraud in it.

Soon he pursued the past, and the forest was suddenly full of people, and Gan Ning could even faintly see the black Cao Army's battle robe, and immediately ordered the soldiers to stop at a stone's throw away, about one hundred and fifty meters away, and laughed: "I won't play with you, withdraw." ”

Then withdraw the troops and go back.

At this time, Li Dian in the forest looked indifferently at the back of him leaving, this is indeed Li Dian's idea, directly building a camp tent will definitely be attacked, then let the craftsman put on soldier clothes, disguise himself as a soldier, and lead the enemy to attack.

Anyway, the life of the craftsman is not a fate in their eyes, but it is a pity that the enemy was not fooled, otherwise if they chased them into the forest, this rain of arrows would definitely give them a taste.

"How?"

Gan Ning came back soon, and Shen Chen went up to ask.

"There's an ambush."

After coming back, Gan Ning wiped the rain on his face with a sackcloth, walked to the bottom of the eaves under the city tower, and said to Shen Chen, who was looking at him, "They are hiding in the forest. ”

"Guessed."

Shen Chen nodded.

Gan Ning asked, "Then what now?" ”

"The old way."

Shen Chen smiled slightly: "Bypass here, take Xu Du directly, and force them to fight." ”

Gan Ning gave a thumbs up: "You're still smart." ”

Shen Chen looked into the distance, raised his head again and looked at the sky, frowning slightly.

Is the weather helping Cao Cao?

Fighting in the rain had a great impact in ancient times, and if you are not careful, you may catch a cold and fever, and kill people.

So at this time, he really couldn't do what he planned.

But fortunately, it is early summer, and it is estimated that it will rain before and after Qingming, so he is still very patient and waiting.

The best way to mobilize the enemy is to attack the points that the enemy has to defend.

Xudu is the place where Cao's army must defend.

In the Battle of Guandu, the reason why Yuan Shao couldn't learn from Shen Chen was that he came from Hebei, and the supply line was relatively long, unlike Shen Chen, who went out of Nanyang to the hinterland of Yingchuan, and was only about 100 kilometers away from Xudu.

In addition, Cao Cao was more vigilant against him, and there were many checkpoints on the way to Xuchang along the way.

For example, in history, he placed Zhang Xiu in the area of Chenliu and Jiwu to protect the right wing of Guandu. Place Xiahoudun in the area of Mengjin and Aocang to defend the left flank of Guandu.

The rear was extremely empty, and the defense line was basically only Cao Hong and Li Tong in Nanyang and Runan respectively, and after they arrived at Xudu.

Therefore, Shen Chen could bypass the enemy's team and play the tactics of attacking east and west and going straight to Xu Du, but Yuan Shao couldn't play it.

Soon the minutes passed.

In the afternoon, the sky cleared again, and the rain finally stopped.

Over there, Li Dian was still digging the camp, Shen Chen looked at him and smiled coldly, and said, "Uncle Xingba, give the order, let's go from the west gate, don't bother to care about the enemy generals on the other side." ”

"Okay."

Gan Ning laughed and gave the order.

After about ten minutes, 8,000 soldiers gathered one after another, and after another five minutes, the soldiers left Linying City in a mighty manner.

Li Dian's scouts outside the city discovered this situation and hurriedly reported to Li Dian.

Knowing that the other party had no intention of confronting him in Linying, and obviously wanted to go straight to Xudu, Li Dian was shocked, and he couldn't care so much, so he gave up repairing the fortifications and led the troops to stop him.

The two sides fought on the bank of the Lishui River about 20 miles north of Linying, Li Dian had nearly 10,000 people at that time, but most of them were improvised patchwork teams, and they had no combat effectiveness at all.

Soon, Li Dian's scattered army fled back to Xudu, and for a time the people of Xudu were panicked, rumors were spreading, and there were princes of the family who were busy dragging their families and escaping.

There were even a large number of princes in the city who sent letters to Shen Chen's military camp to secretly befriend him.

And on the second day, Cao Cao returned.

"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.