She turned cautiously to look at the scribe, "Is it stupid...... But why did Brother Yuanlong specifically tell him? ”

Chen Yuanlong touched his chin, "The general is young, and he has a heavy weapon of Xuande, he must have something extraordinary, and he can only cast a papaya." ”

She touched her chin as well...... She doesn't have a beard.

Although she has a low emotional intelligence, she can also detect that in just two days of contact, her father-in-law seems to have brushed the favorability of this scribe, to what extent...... That's the kind of thing that the scribes have begun to brush up the degree of favorability of these people under Liu Bei's command by the way! But she didn't even notice what means Liu Bei used to brush Chen Deng's favorability!

…… It's amazing! Her father-in-law has at least 15 charms, right?

…… Since the Danyang soldiers are out of the city, Liu Bei's army is of course also out of the city, and everyone is very scrappy, except for one Cao Bao.

His expression wasn't good, but it didn't help.

The third master swept away the appearance of his face and thick neck who had just quarreled with him, took his hand affectionately, and went out together.

When he got on the horse, General Zilong also followed very kindly, and the leader of the Danyang soldiers walked side by side, so it is said that when he had to march more than ten miles to the southeast, and set up camp at the exit of Heilongze, Cao Bao had adjusted his mood and said impassionedly that he was going to go out of the city and fight to the death with Cao Thief! That's right! How can a great man cower in the city? The bastard stayed in the city and didn't come out!

…… But after going out of the city, there are also a little troubles.

The Han Dynasty is different from modern times, in modern times, you open a map APP casually, you will find that there is no idle land around the city, out of the city, either farmland, or factories, warehouses, or scenic spots, anyway, it can always be developed and utilized, sometimes the development is too much to return farmland to forests, and engage in some greening projects.

But at this time, the water and soil are abundant, the jungles are all over, although human beings have a considerable degree of civilization, nature is not weak at all - there are elephants in Henan!

So for the march, except for a dirt road in the middle, there are places on both sides of the road where there are hidden murderous opportunities, and you don't know what is hidden there, whether it is a beast, a swamp, an ambush? You have to be careful anyway. But even after camping, mosquito bites are still annoying at night in early summer, especially since it is not far from the marshland, and there are many small things.

Dong Bai lit the incense burner, and put a handful of insect-repellent herbs in it.

"Someone in the camp was bitten by a snake just now," she said, "and the snake was scurrying around, and it was hard to kill it. ”

“…… And then what? ”

"Sister Tongxin took two liters of corn in exchange and stewed it for everyone to eat." She said, "After eating, Xiaolang stopped crying." ”

…… Cough.

"To-morrow go into the city," she said, "and I will find you a place to live, and you will not have to stay outside the city." ”

Dong Bai glanced at her, "There is a look of fear between Brother Brother's eyebrows. ”

“…… It doesn't count," Lu Xuanyu stared at the marching couch in a daze, "You say, is there any way to make the whole battalion unite and fight to the death?" ”

Dong Bai's work in his hand paused, "I heard my father say that either the main general is very strict in governing the army, and the soldiers are more afraid of the main general than death." ”

"This won't work." Liu Bei is not this route, and it is too late to practice.

"Or the whole army has no way to retreat, and the boat is broken."

"No, either." It's true that Tancheng is behind him, but what he wants is not to fight to the death and not retreat, he wants to sneak back to the city before Cao Bao starts.

Or ...... Fighting for your homeland? ”

“…… These people are all Danyang people. ”

Dong Bai pursed his lips, "Then only the golden silk moves people's hearts." ”

…… She began to calculate her private money.

…… After a while, I began to deflat.

"Actually, I have an idea," she said, "if I lead the soldiers, I will hide them in the swamp with them, and when the Cao thief army has just passed, they will suddenly be killed!" ”

Dong Bai finally finished packing up the tent, put a few dirty clothes into the rattan basket, picked them up and prepared to leave, and stopped when he heard her say this.

"There is a lot of water here, and there is a lot of fog in the morning, I'm afraid the locals don't dare to enter easily, what if my brother uses this trick and gets lost?"

She blinked, as someone who had a little bit of geography and at the same time had a super memory because of her intelligence...... She didn't get lost.

But she also found it difficult to convince others, so she stood up as she could.

"Where is Brother going?"

“…… I'm going to look for Tian Kai. She said, "By the way, are the women's work done?" ”

Dong Bai nodded.

"Tomorrow, I will let Li Er take you and those women into the city to settle down." She said, "Within three days, Cao's army will arrive." ”

Even though it's only a hundred miles away, it's not an easy stretch of road.

On the road from the East China Sea to Tancheng, the west is Bianshui and the east is swamp, and the weather is getting hotter at this time, and the soldiers are plagued by mosquitoes, and the march is even slower.

But for Cao Cao, no matter how slow he walked, he was also in Xuzhou, eating Tao Qian's grain, killing Tao Qian's people, and burning Tao Qian's city. Therefore, he did not have to take the risk of going forward.

In the dead of night, the soldiers could finally sleep, the lights and candles in the tent of the Chinese army were not extinguished, and the smoke from the incense burner was rising, with a little aroma of insect repellent herbs, wafting in the tent.

"A soldier came to report that the document had fallen into Tian Kai's hands." The young scribe smiled at Cao Cao, "The lord should be worry-free. ”

Cao Cao was chatting with Xi Zhicai, while still carefully studying the map on the case, when he heard this, he raised his head, "Zhicai is so sure?" ”

"Tian Kai is afraid of Jizhou like a tiger, and now that Yuan Jizhou intends to go south, he is naturally afraid of losing his roots, how can he come to Xuzhou again?"

Cao Cao lowered his gaze again, and continued to study his map, his tone was neither salty nor light, "Tian Kai's generation is less scheming, more suspicious, even if there are thousands of miles of land, he can't defend it." Doesn't he know that if he misses this opportunity, when he wants to raise troops to the south again, Xuzhou will already be in my territory! ”

Hearing this, Xi Zhicai glanced at Cao Cao carefully.

"Even so, the lord can't help but guard against that Liu Bei."

"Hmm." Cao Cao replied vaguely, "Where did you come out of nowhere?" ”

"I heard that Tao Gongzu values him very much," Xi Zhicai said thoughtfully, "If there is only Liu Bei, why worry, but the terrain here is complicated, and the lord must not be ......"

Cao Cao finally took the last inch of terrain to heart, and then he casually threw the already somewhat worn map aside.

"What did the Sentinel say?"

"Liu Bei led more than 2,000 people, and led 4,000 Danyang soldiers to go down to the village ten miles east of Tancheng." Xi Zhicai said, "It's in the north of Daze." ”

Cao Cao let out a sneer.

"If he is really ambitious, he should ambush an army in the swamp, and suddenly kill it when our front army is let go and the Chinese army is unprepared."

Xi Zhicai also smiled, "Liu Bei came from afar, he is not familiar with the water and soil, how can he enter lightly?" ”

"If you don't advance lightly, how can you beat me?" Cao Cao's smile disappeared and changed to a cold look, "Treat me in the east of the city, but I'm mediocre." ”

There was a brief silence in the military tent, and then this Cao Yanzhou seemed to define this nobody.

"But that's fine, although he is a mediocre talent, he has never stationed troops in the city like Tao Qian, waiting for me to break through the city." Under the dim lights, the general, who was only a few years older than Liu Bei, finally summed it up, "At least it's worth fighting!" ”

Chapter 117

It is not easy to find a suitable battlefield for the two armies to fight in the environment of Tancheng, which is intertwined with water and hills.

Theoretically speaking, in the case of a siege, the attacking side can slowly clear the outside of the city, sort out a sufficient space, in addition to camping, it is more important to set up a formation, besiege the city to death, and then methodically repair the siege equipment, and gradually attack the city.

But unless the difference in strength between the two sides is too large, the defenders of the city will not be so trapped in the lonely city, and the existing city will be relied on, and they must go out of the city to fight, and use field battles to decide who will stay in the city.

When the 4,000 Danyang soldiers were waiting by Shushui, the 5,000-strong army composed of Qingzhou soldiers finally stopped at the end of this long road and set up a formation.

Cao Hong's injuries had not yet healed, and it was Sima Louyi who was in charge of this army on his behalf, who rode on a horse, lived in the front army formation, and after a distant glance, he ordered the archers to be transferred to the first row, bend the bow and set up the arrows, and fire a volley of arrows!

Danyang soldiers held rattan cards, equipped with long and short soldiers, slowly forward, when the rain of arrows came in a volley, these soldiers immediately protected in front of them with rattan cards, bowed and trotted, and their footsteps only became more and more dense, without stopping for half a minute.

Under the cover of footsteps, cavalry on both sides suddenly rushed out, although it was not close, but only a volley from afar, and the archers in front of the formation fell one after another like the wind and grass!

This is a battle-hardened army, and it is not inferior to the Qingzhou soldiers, Lou Yi couldn't help but look back at the Chinese army that was still slowly moving forward and the formation had not yet been opened. Although he couldn't see the person in it, the dark color fluttered in the wind, and after a few glances, he felt much calmer in his heart.

"The knife hand is ahead!"

"The knife hand is ahead!"

"Archers stand back!"

"Archers stand back!"

"Rattan soldiers!"

"Rattan soldiers!"

"Halberders on both sides!"

"Halberders on both sides!"

In the midst of the drums and horns, the orders and flags were passed down one by one, and the Qingzhou soldiers also changed formations, and when the two armies finally approached, Lou Yi also drew his long sword.

"Those who are ministers are worried about their ministers, and the king is humiliated and their ministers die!" Lou Yi shouted, "The big break in Tancheng is today!" ”

I don't know which side threw a spear first, and the two armies finally strangled together!

Most of the Qingzhou soldiers have no armor, and the same is true for the Xuzhou soldiers, but the two armies are very easy to distinguish - Cao Cao's new father was mourned, this time he came to Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, so Cao Jun was in a plain linen cloth, even if the general would cover it with a layer of linen outside the armor, so on this battlefield, the south is a vegetarian, and the north is a deep and shallow Ti (orange) color.

With a sharp spirit, the Danyang soldiers were like a sharp knife, piercing into the formation of the Qingzhou soldiers, and in a moment, a gap was torn open!

First rattan soldiers, then archers, sword soldiers, pikemen, when the formation was torn open, the collapse of the Qingzhou soldiers was like the remnant snow under the clear sky in spring, so quickly and so irretrievably.

"Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are fruitful, Tao Gongzu used this army to fight in Xuzhou, broke the yellow scarf, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name." Under the tooth flag, Liu Bei couldn't help but admire, "If you can practice carefully over time, how can Xuzhou be a mermaid?" ”

"The Qingzhou soldiers were originally the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and they could take the city and pull out the village in one go, but they couldn't ban it," Tian Yu looked at it for a while and said, "If the Chinese army doesn't come to the aid at this time, Wei Huo will be able to do nothing in the future!" ”

Liu Bei was suddenly shocked, "Order General Yu Cao to lead his troops to retreat, reorganize the formation, and not allow him to pursue!" ”

As if hearing his words, behind the melee woodland, the dark "Cao" flag slowly rose!

Due to the terrain, Cao Cao's Chinese army formation could not be fully deployed, and only the soldiers of the tithes covered each other and moved forward side by side.

These soldiers were from Yanzhou, a group of elite soldiers that Cao Cao had taken over from Bao Xin, and they were strict and well-trained, almost all of them were veterans between the ages of 25 and 40. On the way to Xuzhou for the second expedition, Cao Cao allowed the Qingzhou soldiers to wantonly slaughter and plunder, but the Qingzhou soldiers were not allowed to hide the captured armor, but equipped it on this army.

At this time, the drums of war became more and more urgent, and it was the time to move forward, the Qingzhou soldiers broke up, turned around and wanted to flee to the Chinese army, and the Yanzhou soldiers immediately took on the responsibility of reorganizing the formation.

Yu Ban said sharply, "If you don't listen to the golden drum, you should not enter, you will be killed!" ”

When those Qingzhou soldiers found that there was only a dead end in retreat, they had no choice but to bite the bullet, slowly stabilize the formation, and then turn around and fight with the Danyang soldiers.

And Danyang soldiers also slowly discovered that their enemies not only could not retreat, but only became stronger and stronger the more they killed! After the enemy army broke and fled, the place that was left out was occupied by new enemies, and these enemy troops were well-groomed and dressed in iron armor, and they were unstoppable!

Although his figure was not conspicuous, and he did not have to worry about cold arrows even when he was riding on a horse, Cao Cao still sat under his flag very cautiously, listening carefully to every message passed by the heralds running around.

When he heard that the Chinese army had already stood in formation and slowly advanced forward, he couldn't help but show a strange face.

Qingzhou soldiers are useless, he is not surprised, but even Lu Min has its effect, let alone his mighty army? Ordered the Qingzhou soldiers to be the front army, blocking the impact of the Danyang soldiers, even if they were scattered, he was completely sure, and ordered the Chinese army to slowly unfold and clean up the situation.

Therefore, if Liu Bei is a famous general who is not born in the world, he should use the momentum of destruction and decay, after breaking through the front army, he should immediately target the Chinese army that has not yet had time to get out of the water;