"Liu Bei is indeed abnormal this time."

Guo Jia echoed the conversation and reminded: "But it will take at least half a month for the Ming Duke to return to Xudu with his troops, and if he rushes to Runan without stopping, the soldiers will be exhausted and afraid that the war will be unfavorable."

Cao Cao shook his head in affirmation, turned his head and asked, "What other suggestions does Fengxiao have?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "Li Tong of Yang'an County has always been close to the imperial court, why didn't the Duke of Ming order him to send troops to contain Liu Bei?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "Wen Ruo once mentioned in his letter that there were too many anti-thieves who responded to Liu Bei, and Li Tong could only keep the surroundings of Yang'an alive, and he was powerless to crusade against Liu Bei." ”

"Li Tong is the governor of Yang'an, and it is his duty to ensure that Yang'an is not lost, why didn't Ming Gong entrust him with a heavy responsibility? As the saying goes, there will be brave men under the reward." Guo Jia once again talked about Cao Cao's heart.

"Huh? It makes sense" Cao Cao pondered for a while: "The power and responsibility of the governor of Yang'an are too small, I will immediately send someone to send a letter to Wen Ruo, and ask him to directly praise Li Tong as the Taishou of Runan, hoping that he can be as Feng Xiao said, the higher the official position, the stronger the responsibility." ”

"Since Duke Ming wants to send a letter to Xu Du, why don't you choose a general from Xu Du to go to Runan first, and let him cooperate with Li Tong to deal with Liu Bei, last year General Zixiao (Cao Ren) was able to defeat Liu Bei alone, if Li Tong and they can also complete the task, you don't have to bother to run a trip, and the soldiers can also have a good rest."

"The words of filial piety are very much in line with my heart."

Cao Cao thought about Xu Du's guards, and the only one who could get his hands on it was Yu Ban.

Yu Ban is related to Xu Du's safety, and he can't be transferred to another place at will, Cao Cao feels that it is not appropriate to make risky moves on the way to the class, otherwise if something happens, he will be as stupid as Yuan Shao yesterday.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao decided to choose his close minister Cai Yang and send him to urge Li Tong to fight against the thief, or could it have the effect of Shi Jian and Han Hao?

After Cao's army crossed the Yellow River, Cao Cao immediately assembled the whole army and dispatched generals, he ordered Xiahou Yuan to be the main general, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun as deputy generals, and selected the elite soldiers of the headquarters to save Shouchun by water, and the rest of the soldiers returned to Xudu by land.

There were more than 200 boats in the Yellow River, which could have carried seven or eight thousand troops, but in the end only 5,000 people were selected.

The vacated position, in addition to carrying the food needed for the march, the remaining space was stuffed with war horses, Cao Cao asked Cao Chun to bring more than a thousand tigers and leopards to ride, no horse can not exert power.

The 5,000 reinforcements entered Huaishui via Surabaya on 78 August and arrived at the Huainan border on 27 August.

Too close to the waters of Shouchun will be discovered by Sun Quan, so Xiahou Yuan ordered people to land in the waters of Dangtu County, and as soon as he came ashore, he summoned Zhang Liao and Cao Chun to say that they would divide their troops to attack.

"There are 30,000 or 40,000 enemy troops in Shouchun, and Sun Quan has rich troops to help, so I plan to divide my troops into two ways now, one way to Shouchun to seek battle, and the other way to the south to go around to Shaobei, the lord guesses that Shaobi is the granary of Jiangdong."

Before Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Liao questioned: "General, isn't Shaobi a lake?" How can the granary of Koto be"

"You can't store grain in the water, but you can store it on the ship, and the warships can move at any time, so there must be very few defenders, if you can burn a few grain ships, how can those besieging soldiers not panic?" Xiahou Yuan smiled confidently, and said in his heart that the lord is strategizing, how can Sun Quan Xiao'er resist?

"The grain ship is burned, and the Jiangdong rats will inevitably panic, and then they will be able to take advantage of the situation to enter the city, and the siege of Shouchun will be solved. What a brilliant idea."

Zhang Liao knew that it was Cao Cao's plan, but the current lord would be Xiahou Yuan, so he complimented him when he echoed it.

Seeing Xiahou Yuan nodding his beard, he followed with a fist and asked: "The last general is willing to lead an army to burn the ship." ”

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said: "I have been supervising grain in the army for a long time, and I have more experience in looking for enemy grain ships, so it is more suitable for me to rob grain and burn ships, Wenyuan fought bravely and dared to fight, you still go to fight on the frontal battlefield, how about it?" ”

"Well, the last general will be at his disposal."

Cao Cao designated Xiahou Yuan as the main general, no matter what military arrangements he made, Zhang Liao had no right to refute it, not to mention that the other party still discussed it.

Xiahou Yuan was satisfied, and added: "Then that's it, I will lead the headquarters to ride around the road with two thousand steps, and it is expected that we will arrive in Shaobi in two days, and you can slowly march westward." ”

Seeing that Cao Chun, who was also a deputy general, just nodded, Zhang Liao couldn't help but ask: "The general leads the soldiers and horses all the way, but I walk with Zihe General (Cao Chun), I don't know who is the main one?" ”

"The lord praises you for being brave and strategic, so naturally Wenyuan is the main one." Xiahou Yuan smiled slightly, turned his head and asked Cao Chun again: "Zihe, do you have any opinions?" ”

Cao Chun shook his head lightly: "I will listen to General Zhang's arrangement." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare"

Zhang Liao hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, he knew his position very well, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun were Cao Cao's henchmen, no matter how well he did, he couldn't climb on top of the two, so it was very important to be humble and polite.

Xiahou Yuan gently patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and encouraged: "You have to have confidence in yourself, we can even subdue Yuan Shao, let alone a yellow-mouthed son?" Your 3,000 soldiers are all elite soldiers, as long as you overwhelm the enemy in momentum, you can cooperate with Yuan Rang (Xiahoudun) inside and outside, let this group of rats remember Zhang Wenyuan, and make you a nightmare for Jiangdong people. ”

"The last general will do his best." Zhang Liao responded with a fist.

Zhang Liao has a high emotional intelligence, and he can hear Xiahou Yuan's voice, which means that the inferior troops should not be cowardly, and they must dare to fight, dare to fight, and dare to charge.

Do you need to be reminded of this? Can I fight if I am a descendant? Can you get ahead if you don't fight?

Zhang Liao is self-aware and understands that the generals must be valuable to have a way out, but fortunately, the three thousand people are indeed the division of tigers and wolves, half of which are Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry, and there are hundreds of people in his own army, who are soldiers in the camp who inherited Gao Shun, and they are all good men who can fight tough battles.

Two days later, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun's subordinates finally appeared in the eastern part of Shouchun.

At this time, Shouchun had run out of food for seven or eight days, and Xiahou ordered the living soldiers to eat the comrades who died in battle to satisfy their hunger, and he also tried to break through before the food ran out, but unfortunately Sun Quan sent troops to block back.

Xiahoudun blocked the Jiangdong soldiers and horses for too long, so that Sun Quan once again moved the idea of slaughtering the city, and he planned to break the city and not let go of a single Cao soldier.

The breakthrough failed, the city lacked food, and morale plummeted

The chain reaction led to a vicious circle, which directly led to a soaring death rate of the Shouchun defenders.

Before the arrival of Zhang Liao's reinforcements, the defenders in the city had lost more than 3,000 people, and the smaller the number of defenders, the more fatigued they would be, and the subsequent death rate would be more exaggerated.

Just when Xiahoudun was desperate, the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao finally arrived, and the defenders in the city were encouraged to hear the news, and the hope of life made them sweep away the gloom of the past and devote themselves more attentively to the garrison.

Xiahoudun could see the reinforcements, and Sun Quan naturally received the information.

Seeing that the city could be broken in a day or two, Sun Quan ordered Xu Kun to continue to storm the city, and personally led 10,000 people to block the reinforcements, saying that Cao Cao would send 3,000 people to die, and he would be sorry for Cao Cao if he didn't eat them.

Two miles east of Shouchun City, Sun Quan deliberately chose a location close to the city, and he wanted Xiahoudun to stand on the city and watch to see how he defeated the reinforcements and how to defeat his hope.

Thinking of the scene of face-to-face violation, Sun Quan suddenly had an inexplicable sense of pleasure.

(End of chapter)