In the Battle of Red Cliff a few years ago, Cao Gong was attacked by the Sun and Liu coalition forces, and the army suffered another epidemic, causing extremely heavy losses. Some of the 200,000 elite troops who attacked Jingzhou at that time became food for fish and turtles in the river, and some died of illness. They were piled up and buried in piles of soil and were eventually returned to the north.

Even if Cao Gong was dominating the Central Plains and Hebei, he would not be able to bear such losses.

These are all old soldiers who have experienced the wars of the south and north, and they have been brave and fierce. The large-scale recruitment of the people can only make up for the number, but the lack of courage, will, and combat experience is almost impossible.

In the following years, although Cao Gong used more than 100,000 troops to Jianghuai or Guanzhong many times, he always avoided large-scale wars of attrition, which was for this. No matter how hard he tried to show his strength, he was really reluctant to waste his limited elites.

Under this circumstance, the role of local county soldiers was highlighted. Cao Gong, who was the Xiahou clan and the Cao clan, also authorized them to carry out large-scale rectification and training of county soldiers in their jurisdiction. The purpose was to enable these huge number of troops to play a role in the battlefield and no longer just sit in the city and waste national treasury.

In Jianghuai, many cities and counties were empty, and the soldiers of the county were not enough to be enriched, so they had to recruit from the military farmers. Therefore, among the important generals under Cao Gong, Xiahou Dun, who had participated in military farming for a long time and was good at pacifying the hearts of the people, was ordered to come here.

The enrichment of local counties and counties could not be achieved in a short period of time, but the military threat from Jiangdong was imminent. Therefore, after Xiahou Dun received the order, in addition to the 5,000 elite troops in the headquarters and the generals under his command, he also mobilized tens of thousands of military troops to Xudu to jointly advance eastward to reinforce Zhang Liao.

Compared with local county soldiers, it is still difficult to determine the combat effectiveness of the military soldiers. But the scale of tens of thousands of people is here, and there are always warriors who are eager to change their destiny with military achievements; as long as the elite troops of the generals and the schoolmen are used as the backbone to drive them forward, they think they are not inferior to those Shanyue slaves from Jiangdong.

At this time, the envoy of the county followed the Cao army scouts and moved quickly, turning into rivers or climbing up the ridges from time to time to avoid the army. After walking for half a moment, he finally arrived at the Cao army camp located on a gentle hillside.

There were thousands of infantry and cavalry surrounding the camp, nearly half of which had iron helmets and armor, and the rest were also wearing leather armor. Most of the knights and horses were resting. In addition to hanging large swords and spears on the saddles of the war horses, there were also water bags, bedding and luggage. From a distance, they felt dusty and had no momentum. When they got close, they found that the soldiers' loose posture did not hide their fierce eyes, and they had a murderous intent.

The envoy couldn't help but think: "I heard for a long time that General Fu Bo was Cao Gong's right-hand man when he was the first cavalry. Perhaps many of these soldiers were old qualifications for fighting Lu Bu in Yanzhou. Even if they were young in the battle formation in recent years, they would definitely be a formidable strong soldier on the battlefield."

He followed the scout leader through the gate of the camp and turned along the fence to the rear of the camp. Before he could get close, he suddenly heard someone applauding, and some people knocked on the shield with the back of the knife, making a muffled sound.

He calmed down and saw a large open and flat ground with green grass on the flat ground. On the flat ground, a big man was riding his horse.

What a big man. This man is very tall, with wide arms and round waist, curly beard, and his arms are thick as ordinary people's legs. He rode a tall horse and was constantly accelerating on the flat ground, waving his spear in a stabbing posture. Every time the gun bar breaks through the wind, he makes a sharp roar.

While he was practicing, the scout leader came out and reported to the Han Dynasty: "General, a county envoy is asking for a visit."

This person is General Fu Bo, Hou Xiahou Dun, Gao'an Township.

Xiahou Dun raised his gun and danced in the air, slowly squeezing his horse with heavy breaths.

He asked, "Is it from the county again? Where are the people?"

His appearance is very rough and his face gives people a fierce look, but once he speaks, his tone is very calm. He doesn't look like a fierce and easy-to-kill warrior, but like a people-friendly official who often deals with ordinary people.

The entourage leader pointed at someone and showed it to Xiahou Dun: "That's this person!"

Xiahou Dun narrowed his eyes and took the water bag from his entourage, poured half of the bag in a gurgling manner, and then said, "Take the first two messengers first and ask them to recognize each other."

"yes."

The entourage flew away, and soon he brought two other envoys from behind the barracks.

These two messengers came this morning.

The previous person was Lai Zeng, a thief Cao, from the county. He arrived in Anfeng in the early morning and reported that the county was suddenly attacked by the enemy. Although the military and civilians in the county were determined to defend, the enemy was large and we were few, and there was danger of overturning at any time. He begged General Fubo to launch a large army to rescue immediately.

Once the county is in trouble, it will threaten Lu'an, Hefei and Shouchun. After Xiahou Dun interrogated, he did not dare to delay and immediately mobilized the elite cavalry of his headquarters to dispatch. Along the way, he continued to gather several dock walls stationed in Anfeng County to garrison the city, which quickly expanded the troops like snowballs.

However, after walking for more than 40 miles, he bumped into a county envoy, claiming that he had finally found an opportunity to escape, and the county had fallen. If General Fu Bo was eager to rescue, he would be taken advantage of by the enemy, so he might as well go east to Lu'an and make plans.

For a time, Xiahou Dun almost thought that this person was a bandit in Jiangdong and came to take a slow-track strategy. Zhao Lai Lai confronted him and found out that this person was a child of the He family of the Guan clan of the county, and was named He Qi. Xiahou Dun remembered that Wen Hui once introduced that the He family of the county was quite talented, and Wen Hui planned to be promoted as the governor of Yangzhou. Naturally, this person was not a co-conspirator in Jiangdong, but the county was really lost.

As a result, Xiahou Dun could not help hesitating. So he ordered the troops to move slowly, and chose a gentle slope to temporarily camp in his own camp, and summoned his staff to discuss.

Because the army was dispersed, the aides were unable to take the lead. Xiahou Dun was a little anxious and danced his gun and had a little fun. Unexpectedly, before the aides arrived, another county envoy came?

The county is so busy!

"Do you know that person?" Xiahou Dun pointed to the third messenger who was looking behind the fence.

"Recognize it, recognize it. This is my brother He Hui." He Qi nodded repeatedly.

The thief Cao Cao's clerk Lai Zeng also said: "This is indeed the husband of the He family, I know him."

"Then invite him!"

He Hui bowed to Xiahou Dun and told him that my brother and the thief general Lei Yuanxu and Wushe had found out about it. It turned out that the thief general had sent troops to attack Lu'an today. Tomorrow evening, heavy troops from Jiangdong will arrive in Huan County and jointly siege Lu'an.

Xiahou Dun was shocked.

On the one hand, the Jiangdong army is facing Hefei, and on the other hand, they are going to fight against Hefei's flanks. It seems that their determination this time is quite good.

If both Fengxian and Lu'an were controlled by the Jiangdong soldiers, they were shaped like two fangs above and below; if the Ji army wanted to support Hefei, it would be like passing through the bloody mouth between the fangs, and they would have to go through fierce battles. Otherwise, they would have to bypass Shaobi and head south from Shouchun... The way around this is not close. The governor of Yangzhou Wen Hui might think that I, Xiahou Yuanrang, was afraid to fight, and the face was not good.

Therefore, the best way is to select elite cavalry, and use this day and night to rush to the county to take the important place first.

The next journey is less than 100 miles or 200 miles, which is not a problem. Now there are always three or five thousand elite cavalry around you. With these three or five thousand people and the large tribes in the city to respond, it is not difficult to retake the county again.

Then he leaned against the city and fought against the reinforcements from Jiangdong.

How many people could Sun Quan send? Ten thousand or twenty thousand? As long as the city is in hand, there is nothing scary about this, let alone I have more than 30,000 reinforcements.
Chapter completed!