Chapter 172 One will be hard to find

Yan Liang and Wen Chou followed Zhao Yun back to Jingchu to defect to Li Zhe, and at this moment, Liu Bei in Xuzhou learned that Jizhou had been annexed by Cao Cao, and this news made Liu Bei very nervous.

Because Jizhou was annexed by Cao Cao, the entire north belonged to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao now only has two continents to pacify, and the next target is either Yongliang or his own Xuzhou. So Liu Bei was very nervous and scared in his heart!

Liu Bei said in the study: "Go and pass on the military division"

A guard hurriedly went out and ran directly to Zuo Ci's mansion!

Liu Bei thought that if Cao Cao would join Xuzhou at this moment, the 80,000 troops in our city would not be able to stop it at all. And the recruits have not yet been trained (the recruits here refer to the set that Liu Bei learned about after listening to Ma Tan's practice methods of the Jingchu Special Army, and it can also be called Liu Bei's special army here)

Liu Bei is training a special army of 20,000 people, just this year, although there is a small success, but it is not so ideal, I always feel that there is no combat power as Lu Bu said (Jingchu Special Army). But Liu Bei thought carefully, I have only trained for half a year, and Li Zhe's special army has been developed for seven or eight years, so there must be no way to compare with it.

Zuo Ci arrived, Zuo Ci entered Liu Bei's study, Liu Bei said: "The military division is here"

Zuo Ci said: "Did the lord get any news?"

Liu Bei nodded and was silent for a while and said: "Military Division, I just got a tip, Jizhou City is broken, Yuan Shao is dead, Tian Feng is also dead"

Zuo Ci thought for a while, and said to Liu Bei: "The city wall of Jizhou is wide and thick, and I heard that there are 200,000 recruits in the city, how can it be broken at once, at first Tian Feng used the people to defend the city, Cao Cao did not break it, not to mention that now there are 200,000 soldiers in the city, how can it be possible to break the city?" ”

Liu Bei said: "I don't believe it either, but this is the case, the spy described in the letter that "Cao Cao used an army of 200,000 to make thousands of catapults in two months, and mined the stones, and then attacked the city."

Zuo Ci immediately said: "The city wall of Jizhou is not something that can be broken by catapults, and even if you use catapults, it is impossible to take Jizhou City in less than three days."

Liu Beiyou said: "Military advisor, I had the same idea as you at that time, using catapults to attack Jizhou is not in line with the art of war, but Cao Cao is not a catapult for siege."

"What's that for?"

Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao spent a day and a night throwing stones at Jizhou City in turn, but not a single stone was thrown into the city."

Zuo Ci said in surprise: "How is this possible, isn't this exhausting manpower and material resources?"

Liu Bei said: "This is Cao Cao's cleverness, he used catapults not to attack the city but to pave the way for himself."

When this sentence was said, Zuo Ci was immersed and thought to himself, (if the stone falls to the same height as the city wall, there will be no city wall, a horse and a flat river, the city is full of recruits, and there are 200,000 Cao troops outside the city to kill into the city, just like killing pigs and dogs, Yuan Shao has no chance of winning at all) so not fighting according to the art of war, and paving the road with catapults, this trick is really a master among the masters, even Zuo Ci himself feels ashamed of the siege method.

At this moment, Zuo Ci began to be suspicious, there are capable people around Cao Cao, but he never thought that this capable person is less than ten years old, Cao Cao's youngest son Cao Chong!

Then Zuo Ci said to Liu Bei: "Lord, can the team I asked you to send to leave?"

Liu Bei slapped his thigh and said regretfully: "Military advisor, it's all because I didn't listen to you, Yan Liang and Wen Chou let Jing Chu's Zhao Yun rob usaway, we are one step late"

Zuo Ci couldn't help but regret after hearing this, and in the sigh, he only had thoughts and regrets!

Zuo Ci said: "Hey, Jing Chu will have two more generals in the future."

Jizhou, Dian Wei returned to Jizhou City and went directly to Cao Cao's camp.

Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan all entered the big tent, Cao Cao looked at them with a very gloomy expression, and then said to Dian Wei: "What, did you let Yuan Shao run away?" ”

Dian Wei replied: "If you will be the prime minister, Yuan Shao and Tian Feng died in the mouth of the tiger"

Cao Cao smiled after hearing this: "Isn't the matter done, why are you still discouraged, as if you have lost a battle?"

Dian Wei said: "Prime Minister, we have lost the battle"

Cao Cao's expression disappeared from his smile all of a sudden, and then he said, "What, is it that Liu Bei sent troops to rescue him?"

Dian Wei said: "Almost, but it's not Liu Bei, but Zhao Yun from Jing Chu is here."

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately said: "Are Yan Liang and Wen Chou dead?"

"Prime Minister, the two of them followed Zhao Yun to Jing Chu, and their subordinates were incompetent and failed to intercept them"

After Cao Cao heard this, he stood up, and fiercely put the bamboo slip in his hand on Dian Wei's body and said: "Confused, you would rather let Yuan Shao or, or not let Yan Liangwen Chou, the two of them are alive, how much strength can they bring to Jing Chu, they are extremely confused."

Dian Wei didn't speak, and Brother Xiahou said: "Prime Minister, we are not to blame for this matter, it is Zhao Yun's combat power that is too high."

Cao Cao You picked up a roll of bamboo slips from the table and threw it directly at Xiahou Yuan and said angrily: "Jing Chu is more than 600 miles away from the tiger's mouth, if they bring a large army here, they will definitely not be able to hide from our spies, and at this moment they have no news, it must be less than 10,000 people, how can you let them defeat with 20,000 cavalry."

Xiahoudun saw that both of them were blamed, only he was not smashed, and he was a little unhappy, and said: "Prime Minister, Zhao Yun only brought 10,000 people, but these 10,000 people dared to kill our 20,000 cavalry face to face, and killed all our war horses in a short period of time, we came back on foot, and the combat power of these 10,000 people is beyond our imagination."

Cao Cao was about to pick up another roll of bamboo slips, when he heard what Xiahoudun said, and then slowly put him down and said: "Oh, if it's so powerful, it seems that they are still letting you, if you kill people, it's much faster than killing horses."

Dian Wei said: "The prime minister is right, the combat power of 10,000 people can be 100,000 people, and everyone's military literacy is high, my brother is a master of one in a hundred, their speed and endurance are not comparable to ordinary people, and especially Zhao Yun, I fought with him for three rounds, it can be seen that his combat power is on par with me, and it seems that they are not coming for us, but for Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao shouted at Dian Wei: "Pig brain, what did you come to save Yuan Shao, they obviously came to save Yan Liangwen and Chou, they must have been ambushed in the mouth of the tiger earlier than we ambushed, and they have always seen Yuan Shao appear after his death."

Dian Wei was puzzled and thought to himself, why did the prime minister say the same words and scenes?

Cao Cao said: "Actually, Li Zhe of Jingchu just wants Yan Liang and Wen Chou, because these two are generals, and it is easy to obtain ten thousand troops, and it is difficult to find a general."