Summerhill City.

It is located at the junction of Xiapi and Peiguo, and Huainan is a hundred miles to the south.

After Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Pengchengguo, Xiaqiu City quietly stationed a troop of soldiers and horses.

It is the Ruishi battalion in the three battalions of Qingzhou.

The main general Zhang Fei, the deputy general Dian Wei, the deputy general Ban, the military advisor Zhang Hong, and the army are all with the army.

Besides.

Zheng Ping, Zhuge Jin, Hua Ji, and You Heng are also in Xiaqiu City.

With such a luxurious lineup, it is natural that they are not here to take a vacation in Xiaqiu City.

On the castle tower.

Zheng Ping and Zhang Hong sat opposite each other.

Zhang Fei and Dian Wei are comparing their strength with each other.

Yu Ban and Man Pet are patrolling the city defense back and forth.

"Don't let Guan Junhou go to Xuyi to resist Yuan Shu, but secretly hide troops in Xiaqiu City, isn't it to be wary of Cao Cao?" Zhang Hong asked softly as he fell.

The sky in autumn and October was already cool, Zheng Ping gently shook the feather fan, blowing a few strands of black hair between his ears and temples.

With a chuckle, Zheng Ping dropped the chessboard: "Brother Zigang's heart is like a mirror, but he came to ask me again." Cao Cao is too busy to take care of himself, so why do I need to hide troops in Xiaqiu City to be on guard. ”

Zhang Hong smiled lightly: "Don't help the prince, and don't beware of Cao Cao, don't drive this is to let the Rui Shi battalion steal the merit?" ”

Zhang Fei's ears were sharp, he stopped competing with Dian Wei, and came over like a wind: "Mr. Zigang, you just said that the Ruishi Battalion wants to grab merit?" ”

"Do you want to rob the second brother?"

"The Sharp Battalion is finally going to go on the expedition?"

Zhang Fei asked three questions in a row, breaking the atmosphere of dialogue between Zheng Ping and Zhang Hong.

Generals like to compete in strength, and strategists like to guess each other.

It's a different kind of fun.

Zheng Ping's feather fan shook lightly: "Yide doesn't compare his strength with evil, but he comes to disturb me to play against Brother Zigang." ”

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "It's not interesting to compare strength, I still like to watch the two gentlemen play." ”

Dian Wei came up and said, "Because you can't compare." ”

"Hey!" Zhang Fei grabbed Dian Wei's shoulders and said, "Evil, I don't like to hear what you say." Why can't I compare? ”

"The competition between you and me has always been a win-loser."

Zheng Ping teased: "Yide, in terms of strength, you really can't compare to evil." ”

Zhang Fei was unconvinced: "Mr. Xianmou, why are you so sure?" ”

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "Yide's snake spear weighs fifty catties, and the evil double iron halberd weighs eighty catties, so this strength is naturally different." ”

Dian Wei clasped his hands around his chest, nodded and said, "Don't say so, Yide, you will admit that your strength is not as good as mine." ”

Zhang Fei was stunned, then got up and said, "Mr. Xianmou, it's not whoever has a heavy weapon that has great strength." ”

"I can also use eighty pounds of weapons, but I can use it, this war horse can't stand it."

"Evil is a foot battle, you don't need to consider the weight of the war horse, you can naturally use an eighty-pound weapon."

Dian Wei said again: "General Guan's Leng Yan saw has eighty-two pounds, and I didn't hear General Guan say that war horses can't bear weights. ”

Zhang Fei's face suddenly darkened: "Second brother's war horse, that is a thousand-mile divine horse, tall and mighty. ”

"Ahem." Zheng Ping coughed lightly: "Yide, your war horse is also a thousand-mile horse in Youzhou." ”

Zhang Fei's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he laughed and said: "I saw that the atmosphere was a little boring, and I was just joking and amusing me just now." Ha, haha, hahaha-"

After laughing, Zhang Fei didn't look embarrassed at all, and squatted down again and said, "Two gentlemen, I've been in this Xiaqiu City for almost half a month. ”

"Can you beat Yuan Shu or not?"

"If I don't fight, I might as well go back to Qingzhou to accompany my son to practice martial arts."

Zheng Ping said with disdain: "Is Zhang Bao three years old? You let him practice martial arts? ”

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "My buds grow strong, you don't need to be three years old, you can crawl." ”

After chatting a few words, Zheng Ping saw that Zhang Fei had no intention of leaving, and he no longer drove people away.

"Anyway, sooner or later, I'll let you know, so I'll just explain it to you today." Zheng Ping picked up a chess piece from the chess box, but did not drop a piece, just pinched it slowly in the air.

"As Brother Zigang said, the Ruishi camp is in Xiaqiu City, and it is to rob the merits, but not to rob Yunchang's military exploits, but to rob Cao Cao's military exploits."

"Yuan Shu was blocked by Yun Chang from Xuyi to Huaiyin, and it was difficult to cross the Huaishui, while Cao Cao was blocked by Liu Xun and others in Yicheng in the lower reaches of the Vortex River."

"As long as Yicheng is still there, Yuan Shu will dare to die with Yun Chang in Xuyi."

"But if Yicheng loses it, Yuan Shu is worried that Shouchun will make a mistake, so he will definitely go up the Huaishui River to return to Shouchun."

"Staying in this Xiaqiu City is to wait for Cao Cao to capture Yicheng and force Yuan Shu to return to the army."

"Cao Cao is responsible for using the siege of Wei to save Zhao, so that Yuan Shu has to return to Shouchun in a hurry, while we are responsible for waiting for work and ambushing Yuan Shu."

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up: "It turned out to be Cao Cao's robbery!" I'm so happy. ”

"Cao Cao, a thief, if he captures Yuan Shu alive, it will definitely be unfavorable to my eldest brother."

"But how long will we have to wait?"

Zheng Ping shook his fan and smiled: "The waiting time is always long and anxious, Yide, if you are really bored, you can go back to Qingzhou first." ”

"It is estimated that when you come back, Yuan Shu will almost return to Shouchun."

Zhang Fei shook his head again and again: "Sir, don't lie to me again, I don't believe it!" What if I just walked on the front foot, and Yuan withdrew the troops on the back foot? ”

Da-da-da-da.

Scouts from outside the city rode horses.

"Brother, righteous retribution!" Zhuge Jin climbed the city tower: "Cao Cao broke the righteousness and killed Zhang Xun, the general of Yuan Shu. ”

Zhang Fei was overjoyed: "Mr. Xianmou, you are really deceiving me, if I really return to Linzi City, I will definitely miss the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

Zheng Ping asked quietly, "Do you have any specific information?" ”

Zhuge Jin nodded and said: "Liu Xun and the others have hoarded most of the grain and grass in Dangtu, south of Yicheng, and there is a general Zhang Xun to guard it. ”

"At dusk, Cao Cao lit a large number of torches outside Yicheng."

"And that night, Cao Cao suddenly attacked Dangtu and killed Zhang Xun."

"Cao Cao pretended to be Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses again, and attacked Yicheng from the rear, Liu Xun and others were caught off guard, and they all abandoned the city and fled."

Zhang Hong stroked his palms and praised: "It's really wonderful, it must be that Cao Cao has already explored the waterway to go to Dangtu, but he deliberately didn't cross the river." ”

"At dusk, taking advantage of the darkness that was difficult to see, he deliberately lit a large number of torches outside Yicheng, so that Yicheng's Yuan Shujun mistakenly thought that the main force of Cao Bing was still outside Yicheng."

"As everyone knows, Cao Cao crossed the river at night and attacked Dangtu directly."

"The strategy of the suspicious soldiers is combined with the night attack, and the timing is very clever."

Zheng Ping pondered for a while, and chuckled: "Crossing the Huaishui at night, the surprise attack is to kill Zhang Xun, and you can also pretend to be Zhang Xun's soldiers and horses to attack Yicheng." ”

"Liu Xun and others in Yicheng were deceived by Cao Cao."

"As long as they hold out for a while, Cao Cao will have to retreat without a fight because of the fatigue of the army."

Zhang Hongyi smiled: "That's why I said it was wonderful." This scheming person must have a very accurate grasp of the psychology of Liu Xun and others. ”

"I guessed that Liu Xun and the others, after encountering a surprise attack, their reaction was not to resist, but to flee!"

"If my expectations are not bad, Liu Xun and others have already had the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing, but they have never found a suitable opportunity."

The facts are just as Zheng Ping and Zhang Hong guessed.

Cao Cao attacked Yicheng for half a month, and the four generals Liu Xun, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo and Chen Lan were already frightened.

During the assault on Yicheng, Cao Cao has been exploring the hidden waterways to go to Dangtu.

After discovering the hidden waterway, Cao Cao ordered Le Jin to set up a false flag outside Yicheng, and lied to the soldiers, "It has rained successively in recent days, and the drinking water is turbid, and most of the soldiers have abdominal pain after drinking this water. ”

At dusk, a large number of torches were lit, making Liu Xun and others think that Cao Cao's army had gathered at Chengshui.

used this as a trick to hide from Yicheng's spies.

Cao Cao personally led the main army to take the hidden waterway to attack Dangtu, and after killing Zhang Xun, he forcibly drove his troops to Yicheng despite the fatigue of the soldiers.

Liu Xun and the others heard that Cao Cao had killed Zhang Xun and deceived the gate of Yicheng City, so they were so frightened that they ran away directly through the side door.

I never thought that Cao Cao would arrive in Yicheng after the night attack, and he was already exhausted.

As long as Liu Xun and the others fight back, maybe they will have to let Cao Cao's generals lose one or two.

However, there are no ifs.

Cao Cao is using this plan, half a month of strong attack has already frightened Liu Xun and others, and now there is a surprise attack, if Liu Xun and others can think clearly, it will not be Yuan Shu to return to the capital and great-grandson Jian.

Zheng Ping got up and paced.

After carefully deducing in his mind, he gave an order: "Yide, let the three armies have a full meal, and early tomorrow morning, we will go to Huailing." ”

"Send someone to send a letter to Yun Chang again, asking him to pay close attention to Yuan Shujun's movements, and beware of Yuan Shu's use of suspicious tactics to withdraw his troops."

"Cao Cao has won the righteousness, if we can't capture Yuan Shu alive, wouldn't we be ashamed of Cao Cao's kindness."

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "If Cao Cao knows not to wait here, I'm afraid he will be so angry that he won't be able to sleep well." ”

Zheng Ping shook his fan and smiled: "I don't care if Cao Cao can sleep well or not." However, after capturing Yuan, Jun will be able to sleep well in the future. ”

Yicheng.

Cao Cao feasted on civil and military.

praised Guo Jia even more: "In terms of grasping the enemy's mind, who else in the world is better than Fengxiao?" ”

"If it weren't for Feng Xiao's expectation that Liu Xun and the others would have the idea of abandoning Yuan Shu and running away, we wouldn't have been able to take Yicheng and Dangtu so easily."

"Yuan Shu lost Yicheng and Dangtu, and he will definitely return to Shouchun in a hurry."

"And we can wait for it!"

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

"Fengxiao, Ben will respect you!"

The generals also raised their glasses: "Toast wine!" ”

Guo Jia was also in a happy mood, raised the wine bottle and saluted in return, and drank it all.

It is also a last resort.

Cao Cao attacked Yicheng for half a month, and Liu Xun and others refused to fight like a turtle with a shrunken head.

Combined with Liu Xun and others' 100,000 people guarding Yicheng and Dangtu, they did not dare to go out of the city to fight if they had the advantage of troops, Guo Jia boldly deduced that Liu Xun and others would have the idea of abandoning Yuan Shu and fleeing.

The reason why they have been guarding Yicheng is because Yuan Shu and Guan Yu have not yet decided the winner.

If Guan Yu wins, Liu Xun and other generals will decisively abandon Yuan Shu.

Based on this inference, Guo Jia offered advice to let Cao Cao take a risk.

Cao Cao was also bold.

Although the process was quite dangerous, the result was very satisfying to Cao Cao and Guo Jia.

Xi Zhicai also said: "Guan Yu failed to defeat Yuan Shu quickly, presumably there must be a reason for the lack of troops, presumably the rumors in Jizhou have worked." ”

"Yuan Shu wants to withdraw his troops, even if Guan Yu wants to chase him, he can't catch up."

"The exploits of capturing and killing Yuan Shu are none other than Ming Gong!"

Cao Cao was even more proud: "Liu Bei wants to restrain the general with a fake festival, but if the general captures Yuan Shu, he can be sent to Chang'an directly, so why should he report to Liu Bei?" ”

"Liu Bei this time, not only gave the general the righteousness of conquest of Yuan Shu, but also gave the general the great merit of capturing Yuan Shu, he is really a benevolent person."

Knowing that Yicheng was lost, Zhang Xun was beheaded, and Liu Xun abandoned the city and fled.

Yuan Shu was stunned.

Relying on the superiority of troops, he can barely deal with Guan Yu.

Yuan Shu also thought about whether to transfer tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Yicheng to reinforce.

Outcome.

Yicheng is lost!

"100,000 soldiers and horses!"

"That's 100,000 soldiers!"

"Zhang Xun, Liu Xun, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, a bunch of waste, missed the big thing of this company!"

Yuan Shu was so angry that he slashed the soldier who reported the news with a sword.

100,000 people guarded the righteousness, and Cao Cao beheaded the city and seized the city.

Yuan Shu didn't even think he had woken up yet.

Huang Yi was worried: "Uncle Yue, Yicheng is lost, and Cao Cao will soon be able to reach Shouchun City." ”

"Although there are still 20,000 people in Shouchun, Cao Cao's morale is strong, and Yuan Yaogongzi may not be able to keep Shouchun."

"It's better to withdraw the troops, father-in-law."

Yuan Shu glared: "Withdraw troops? You asked Bengong to withdraw his troops? Bengong is about to capture Guan Yu, you let Bengong withdraw his troops? ”

Huang Yi was silent, and muttered in his heart: Uncle Yue, we were ambushed by Guan Yu for a while when we first came, Uncle Yue, you were almost captured by Guan Yu in a battle, how can you capture Guan Yu.

However, Huang Yi didn't dare to say it directly.

If Huang Yi dares to expose Yuan Shu's scars, even if Huang Yi is Yuan Shu's son-in-law, he will be forked out.

"Uncle Yue, the withdrawal of troops is not to fear Guan Yu, but to give Guan Yu a chance to spare his life." Huang Yi tried his best to pick up the good ones and said: "But if Cao Cao is allowed to get Shouchun, won't Uncle Yue have to be ridiculed by Cao Cao?" ”

"And the son-in-law heard that Cao Cao likes to kidnap other people's wives the most."

"Uncle Yue is not worried-"

Huang Yi didn't say it explicitly, but Yuan Shu had already understood.

Yuan Shu accepted a new favorite concubine Mrs. Feng in Shouchun, who was originally the daughter of Si Li Feng Fang, and Yuan Shu was very favored.

Thinking of Cao Cao's virtue, Yuan Shu couldn't help but shudder, and he no longer wanted to die to save face and suffer the crime: "Withdraw the troops and return to Shouchun!" ”

Compared with defeating Guan Yu, Yuan Shu was more concerned about his favorite concubine being ruined.

Especially being ruined by Cao Cao, that would make Yuan Shu suffer a great humiliation.

In order to avoid being noticed by Guan Yu, Yuan Shu did not withdraw his troops directly in a daze, but arranged a large number of banners outside Xuyi.

He also ordered the soldiers who stayed behind to light the bonfire in the camp every night to deceive Guan Yu.

But what Yuan Shu didn't know was that Guan Yu had already been summoned by Zheng Ping at this time.

Seeing the content of the letter, Guan Yu suddenly rose up and said with great joy: "Cao Cao has broken the righteousness, and Yuan Shu wants to escape!" Generals, prepare to pursue Yuan Shu, don't let him escape from Xuzhou! ”

"Since you have come to Xuzhou, let this rebellion stay in Xuzhou!"

"National hatred and private hatred will be avenged together."

(End of chapter)