The mute eats coptis chinensis and cannot express his suffering.
Cao Cao was basically in this state of mind at this time.
However, although he admired Liu Chuang quite a lot, Cao Cao's murderous intentions became increasingly serious.
Cao Cao naturally knew the grudge between Guo Jia and Liu Chuang. A guy who allowed Guo Jia to praise him repeatedly was an enemy of Cao Cao, and even had his wings. How could Cao Cao let go?
"Since that's the case, I won't let this go."
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly widened and he said sternly: "Even if he is fighting to destroy his troops and generals, he will destroy this person in Guangling."
He immediately ordered Xu Huang and Li Dian to lead 30,000 troops and attack from Huaipu; and Cao Cao personally supervised the army and prepared to cross the Huai River in Huaiyin.
Originally, Guo Jia had already offered advice and was preparing to wait until the Huai River flood season before attacking.
But now it seems that if you delay for one more day, Liu Chuang may evacuate Guangling. If you let the tiger return to the mountain, it will inevitably lead to a disaster...
Liu Bei's mouth curled slightly, and he felt secretly happy.
I just don’t speak, I just pretend to be deaf and dumb... The more outstanding you, Liu Chuang, will be, the more Cao Cao will not let you go, and the faster you will die.
Alas, I'm still too young!
As the saying goes, trees are beautiful in the forest, and wind will destroy them.
You are so swaying and not so powerful, and in the end you can only be the ghost under Cao Cao's sword.
Hehe, it depends on how long you can be arrogant...
In the big tent, everyone had their own thoughts.
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he noticed that a look of worry appeared on Guo Jia's face.
After everyone left, Cao Cao kept Guo Jia.
"Fengxiao, I just wanted to attack Huainan, why did you show a look of worry?"
Cao Cao didn't doubt Guo Jia, thinking that he was worried about Liu Chuang. To be honest, there might be people in this tent that may be Xun You, maybe someone else, but it must be Guo Jia. Guo Jia and Liu Chuang have a deep grudge.
Guo Jia raised his head and looked at Cao Cao.
"Lord, I know you want to take Liu Chuang's head, but I'm afraid it's a little difficult."
"Why did Fengxiao say this?"
Guo Jia sighed, "I always thought that Liu Chuangxu had a reputation and was not worth worrying about.
The reason why he was able to achieve today was because of the name of Zhongling Hou... But now, I think that this person has real talent and knowledge. If he could think of borrowing a boat from Sun Ce, I don't believe that he would have no other arrangements for the next move. If the lord really fought with him in Guangling, he could win, but not only did he lose his troops, he would probably not be able to destroy this person in a short time."
"You mean..."
"If he goes out to fight to the death with his lord, and fights one city at a time, it will probably take a lot of energy to win.
The question is, will Yuan Shao give his lord such an opportunity?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked and was shocked. He immediately understood the meaning of Guo Jia's words.
If Liu Chuang had sacrificed his life with him, he would probably have to take Liu Chuang's life in a short time. However, Cao Cao's eastern expedition to Xuzhou was two months since he sent troops at the end of August. The longer the time delayed, the more variables would be... If Cao Cao could not fight quickly, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Nanyang Zhang Xiu, Hebei Yuan Shao... these individuals would probably not stand by and watch.
In that case, what can Cao Cao do if he kills Liu Chuang?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but swallow, "Wang Xiao, will Yuan Shao send troops?"
"Yuan Shao is now attacking Gongsun Zan with all his strength, so he may not be able to concentrate his troops.
But don't forget that Jinan has been captured by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Tan stationed his troops in Qi County. He may not agree to send troops to provide assistance, but Xu Du's troops are empty. After a long time, will Yuan Tan be unable to bear it? Not to mention that Yuan Shao only needs to send a team of soldiers to cross the river and attack Xu Du.
Although Wen Ruo is in charge of Xudu, he may not be able to resist Yuan Shao."
After hearing this, Cao Cao took a deep breath and remained silent.
In the big tent, it is extremely quiet.
Just as Cao Cao was about to speak, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the tent, and a small school came in immediately, "Sikong, Xu Du rushed forward for 600 miles."
"Take it with me."
The school held a letter in both hands and presented it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao unfolded the letter and read it quickly, his face was as deep as water.
Although Guo Jia didn't know the content in the letter, he could have guessed it roughly based on Cao Cao's expression.
Six hundred miles of expedited... At this time, why did Xun Yu, who was staying in Xudu, send someone to send a letter of expedited a letter of expedited by 600 miles of expedited? It must be that something big happened to Xudu. Although Xun Yu was interested in the Han Dynasty, he always believed that Cao Cao was the only candidate for the revival of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Xun Yu would never make a joke in official business. Since he used the six hundred miles of expedited, there must be a major incident...
What is a major event?
Maybe it's all dangerous!
Then who can threaten Xu Du?
Yuan Shao, Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao... are all possible.
But no matter which one it is, once it is in danger, the morale of the army will inevitably be in chaos.
That is the foundation of Cao Cao, and it is all Cao Cao's reliance... Guo Jia couldn't help but smile bitterly and said in his heart: I'm really up to my words.
"Wen Xiao, Wen Ruo sent a letter to him, Yuan Shang stationed troops in Liyang, intending to cross the river and attack Xudu."
Cao Cao put down the letter and looked at Guo Jia.
He was also bitter in his heart, looking at Guo Jia, with expectation in his eyes. Now under the current situation, Cao Cao certainly didn't want to let Liu Chuang go. But if he didn't let Liu Chuang go, Xu Du would be in danger. This is a multiple-choice question! Guo Jia said it well, Liu Chuang was meticulous, so how could he not have any other tricks? Not to mention that Liu Chuang's father-in-law Xun Chen was Yuan Shao's adviser. How could he stand by and watch to save Liu Chuang?
I don’t know if this time, there will be a countermeasure to Fengxiao!
Guo Jia stood up and wandered in the big tent.
"Lord, it's time for Yuan Chang to come forward..."
"You mean!"
"It is probably unlikely to take Liu Chuang's life in one battle. But I have a plan. Even if I can't take the head of Chuang'er, I can tie up his hands and feet. Since the lord wants to cross the Huai River, then attack. Three days, three days after the attack, I will go to Guangling to go."
Cao Cao frowned and pondered without saying a word.
He understood what Guo Jia meant, and attacked for three days first, which would create enough pressure for Liu Chuang.
Then let Zhong Yao go to Guangling to envoy... If Zhong Yao comes forward, it will be a little troublesome to kill Liu Chuang.
However, this is the best way at present!
"In this way, we will follow the plan of filial piety."
"Is Cao Cao crazy?"
Liu Chuang stood at the Huaiyin Ferry, directed the stone throwing cart and threw huge rocks into the heart of the river.
On the other side of the river, Cao's army cut down a large number of trees, connected them with ropes, and threw them into the river water, trying to build a floating bridge in this way.
Because Cao's army was quite large, it attacked the southern bank of the Huai River several times.
Fortunately, Liu Chuang reacted in time and fought back the Cao army crossing the river one after another, which was the only way to save Huaiyin City.
Not only Huaiyin, but also Huaipu's side encountered the same fierce attack... Cao Cao ordered Li Dian and Xu Huang to supervise the troops and force the Huai River to cross the Huai River. Although Gao Shun and Hao Zhao were stationed, they could not support it. Fortunately, Zhang Liao led his troops to support it, and finally stabilized his position.
In two days, corpses floated on the Huai River, and blood dyed the water even red.
Liu Chuang shouted loudly, holding the Jiazi sword in one hand and the Juque sword in the other, and leading a team of troops to repel a Cao army that rushed through the Huai River.
Then he ordered people to ignite the floating bridge, which finally made Cao's army stop for the time being.
Sitting on the river beach, Liu Chuang gasped and couldn't help but curse: "Cao Cao attacks so wildly, is he trying to fight my life with me?"
In more than half a month, there will be a severity in the upstream of the Huai River.
At that time, the Huai River surface will lower, which is the best time to attack... Liu Chuang doesn't believe that Cao Cao doesn't understand this truth. Even if Cao Cao doesn't understand, would the generals and counselors under his command be vegetarian and don't understand this truth? However, Cao Cao didn't do this, but instead attacked like crazy, which was obviously not in line with the rules. Liu Chuang vaguely guessed the incident, but he was helpless.
If he had more troops in his hands, he might put more pressure on Cao Cao.
But now...
Guangling County is not Beihai Kingdom after all.
Liu Chuang is not as prestige as Chen Deng and his son, so it is very difficult to recruit soldiers. Even if he forced the recruitment of civilians, he was also obstructed by local gentry. Although Liu Chuang had long been mentally prepared, he still felt very angry.
Something must have happened behind Cao Cao.
But what if Yuan Shao crossed the Yellow River?
Even if Cao Cao wanted to attack Huai River, Liu Chuang had to fight against Cao Cao again and had no choice but to fight against him.
Fortunately, Jiangdong sent an envoy to agree to Liu Chuang's request.
Sun Ce sent twenty building ships from Wujun to Dongling Pavilion to pick up Liu Chuang. However, the twenty building ships were unable to take people away at once.
At least, it will take two times to evacuate everyone.
"Young Master, Cao Cao's offensive is so fierce that if he continues to resist, he may not last long.
The Huai River flood season has passed, and it is difficult to stick to it. Moreover, the loss will be even heavier if the troops are dispersed in this way. Just abandon the Huai River and retreat to peace.
Although Ping'an County is not dangerous, the terrain is relatively high and the city is strong.
With Ping'an City, we can still hold on to it for a while. At least, the situation will be much better than sticking to the Huai River..."
Seeing that the troops were seriously damaged, Chen Gong couldn't help but persuade Liu Chuang.
Liu Chuang knew that what Chen Gong said was not bad.
Cao Cao's fierce offensive could not afford to lose, but he could not afford to lose.
On the third day, more than a thousand people had been killed in Huaiyin. It is estimated that the losses in Huaipu will not be too small. The Huai River water shoreline is long, so Cao's army can spread it out and cross the river by forcing it. However, he does not have so many soldiers. It is too difficult to stop Cao's army from crossing the Huai River.
Surely, the food and grass in Huaiyin City had been transported away.
It's time to get ready to evacuate...
Liu Chuang took a deep breath and made up his mind.
"Send someone to inform Huaipu immediately and order them to evacuate Huaipu Ferry tonight and gather in Ping'an County."
Seeing that Liu Chuang adopted his opinion, Chen Gong was also very happy, so he hurriedly bowed to take the order and hurriedly retreated.
After dark that day, Cao's army also stopped attacking.
Liu Chuang looked at the opposite bank of Huai River, and the lights of Cao camp flashing like stars in the night, and couldn't help but sigh.
Still too weak!
If he could be stronger or more powerful, why would he be forced by Cao Cao so much? But now, he had no other choice. So he summoned Xu Chu and Wu Anguo and ordered him to lead the main force to evacuate Huaiyin overnight and go to Ping'an County.
There are indeed not many soldiers and horses in Liu Chuang's hands now.
The Xiong Ju Army is only less than 3,000, and the Feixiong Army has only two thousand people after replenishing the trap camp.
This is Liu Chuang’s current main force!
His previous confrontation with Cao Cao was more important than relying on the thousands of people brought by Cao Xing from the Xia Xiang, as well as the East China Sea Army when Mi Zhu surrendered.
The three thousand East China Sea soldiers of Mizhu have not yet suffered too much damage, so they are stationed in Ping'an.
However, Cao Xing lost more than half of the troops and horses...
If you retreat on a large scale, you may be alarmed by Cao Cao. If you pursue him from behind, it will be troublesome.
So Liu Chuang ordered Xu Chu to lead the Feixiong army to retreat first, while he led the Xuzhou soldiers at the lower prime minister to bluff and move on the south bank of the Huai River.
It was not until the second midnight that Liu Chuang led his personal evacuation from Huaiyin.
As for those soldiers from the court, Liu Chuang did not take them away, but stayed in Huaiyin County.
It’s not that he was cruel, but that such a soldier must be left behind, confusing Cao Cao’s eyes and ears. I believe that when these Xuzhou soldiers find that they have evacuated, they will surrender, and Cao Cao will not be able to continue to make things difficult for these surrendered soldiers. The most important thing is that the combat effectiveness of these Xuzhou soldiers is not strong. Even if they follow Liu Chuang, they will act as cannon fodder at most. Under such circumstances, it doesn’t make much sense to take these people or not.
In fact, just as Liu Chuang expected.
The next day, when the abandoned soldiers of the Xiaxiang Army discovered that Liu Chuang and others had evacuated Huaiyin Marquis, they immediately fled in all directions.
After Cao Cao learned the news and led his troops to cross the Huai River, Huaiyin had become an empty city.
He couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Chuang probably saw the clues... He didn't expect that this kid was indeed a character.
A hero cut off his arm, and thousands of soldiers said they didn’t want it, without any delay. He was filial piety, as you said, it’s really not easy to break the blame."
Guo Jia can only smile bitterly!
"Lord, since that's the case, I'll prepare to let Yuan Chang take the envoy.
I think he was a little impatient when he stayed in Xia Pi. If he didn't let him take action, he might feel dissatisfied."
Cao Cao pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll send someone to invite him..."
Not long after Liu Chuang arrived at Ping'an, Zhang Liaogao led Xiong Ju army to arrive.
At this time, 5,000 soldiers gathered, plus the 3,000 soldiers in Donghai County, a total of 8,000 people.
So many soldiers gathered in the small Ping'an County, and it suddenly became a little crowded.
"Sun Ce's ship has arrived at Dongling Pavilion."
In the county government office of Ping'an County, Liu Chuang looked solemnly and glanced at everyone.
"Public Terrace, you and your elder brother will lead a thousand troops to Guangling County to guard.
Xiaogong and Brother Tiger led Xiao Lingwu to the Dongling Pavilion and boarded the ship to the Beihai Kingdom. Wen Yuan and Wenxiang led their troops to continue to station in Ping'an County. We must speed up our actions and set off in batches. Cao Cao's pursuit troops will arrive in Ping'an soon. At that time, we will fight and retreat. As long as we can hold on for fifteen days, we can leave Guangling safely."
Gao Shun heard this and was a little reluctant.
But under Liu Chuang's persuasion, he had to obey his orders.
The next day, Gao Shun and others led their troops to evacuate, and Chen Gong and Mi Zhu also left with them.
Chapter completed!