Nowadays, Cao Cao has many generals who are good at fighting, but the only one who can really be a commander is Cao Ren. This is why he explains so much,
Only by letting him know more about strategic deployment can he develop in this direction in the future. This is like how Ju taught Tian Feng to train Zhao Yun. It is difficult to be a good commander.
"There must be some reluctance, but compared to my lord's great cause, it is just a fleeting thing. Then after we leave, why don't we destroy all the defensive equipment in Lu County, so that when Yuan Shu comes to fight, the two can be more fierce."
Cao Ren's previously frowning brows also relaxed a bit, and he was no longer as resistant to the military order to evacuate Lu County as he was at first.
"Let's leave the defensive equipment in Lu County to Liu Bei. After all, what we need most now is time. If Liu Bei resists Yuan Shu in Lu County for one more day, we will have one more day to do other things. Just relying on casualties and casualties will be enough.
It’s all small profits.”
After thinking for a while, Xun Yu still rejected Cao Ren's proposal. After all, Liu Bei was now their shield. The longer the shield lasted, the more powerful it would be for Cao Cao's development.
"Cao Ren understands. I will arrange manpower to evacuate Lu County."
Xun Yu said so, and Cao Ren naturally had no objections. After clasping his fists at him, he went out to arrange the retreat.
"Oh my God, since you have seen the troubled times of the Han Dynasty, why did you want the Lord to be with Yuan Gongli? If the Han Dynasty was still prosperous, they would definitely let the Han Dynasty go further, but now, hey."
After Cao Ren left, Xun Yu looked at the clear sky, shook his head involuntarily, turned and walked towards the house.
Xun Yu and Cao Ren moved quickly. Twenty thousand elite troops were ready to go. Under the leadership of the two men, they abandoned Lu County and rushed towards Taishan County.
Now Yuan Shu was preparing to send troops, and Dongguan County was the frontline position, so they decided to go directly to Langya Kingdom via Taishan County to fight Cao Cao.
"My Lord, I came to report that Cao Ren abandoned Lu County and led his army towards Taishan County."
As soon as Cao Ren left, Liu Bei got the news over there. After all, Jibei Kingdom is such a big place, so who wouldn't know who?
"Cao Ren took the initiative to evacuate Lu County? Gongtai, did you hear it? Did you hear it?"
After hearing the news from Tan Ma, Liu Bei stood up excitedly.
It can be said that his biggest enemy in occupying Yanzhou is Cao Ren who stayed in Jibei Kingdom. Now he has quietly evacuated. How can he not be happy?
"My lord, Cao Ren evacuated Lu County for no reason, but we still have to take a long-term approach."
Compared to Liu Bei's excitement, Chen Gong frowned. He did not believe that the enemy would be so kind and give Lu County to him.
You must know that without Lu County, Jibei Kingdom has lost its skeleton and will soon be occupied by himself. If Jibei Kingdom is handed over to himself, it means that apart from half of Taishan County in Yanzhou, only Chenliu County is still in Zhang Miao's hands.
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"how do I say this?"
After hearing Chen Gong's words, Liu Bei also restrained his excitement and looked at Chen Gong seriously.
"Lord, I don't know the details, but I always feel that Cao Ren would not be so kind as to give up Lu County to us. I suspect there is fraud in this."
Although I don’t know what kind of medicine Cao Ren sells in his gourd, there is nothing wrong with being careful.
"Well, could it be that Cao Mengde knew that Yanzhou could no longer be defended, so he transferred Cao Ren to the east and attacked Xuzhou with all his strength?"
Liu Bei thought for a moment, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
"It is very possible that if Cao Cao really abandons Yanzhou and attacks Xuzhou with all his strength, then Tao Qian will be in danger."
Chen Gong thought about it for a while. Although it still felt a little wrong, this was the only thing that made sense at the moment.
"How is this possible? Tao Gongzu is in danger, how can I stand by and watch, Yide, you immediately lead 30,000 troops to pursue him, and you must keep Cao Ren in Yanzhou."
Hearing Chen Gong say that Tao Qian was in danger, Liu Bei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and directly called Zhang Fei to send troops to chase Cao Ren.
"promise."
Zhang Fei didn't hesitate, he just clasped his fists and accepted the order and left.
"Third General, please be slow."
Looking at these two brothers, Chen Gong almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
"Commander, do you have any other orders?"
Zhang Fei glanced at Chen Gong in confusion.
"My lord, it's probably useless to send three generals to pursue him now. Since Cao Cao is determined to attack Xuzhou, even if Cao Ren doesn't go back, Tao Gongzu will never be able to stop him. Even if my lord keeps Cao Ren's troops, he can't be saved.
"
Chen Gong shook his head. At first, they thought of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and attacking Jibei to force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops from Xuzhou. But now they are obviously planning to abandon Yanzhou and want Xuzhou.
Cao Ren's intention to evacuate was also very clear. I take Xuzhou and you take Yanzhou. If Liu Bei really sends troops to block Cao Ren's eastward advance, then Cao Cao will probably lead his army back in anger to fight Liu Bei, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
"Then what can we do now? How can we save Tao Qian."
Although Liu Bei believed Chen Gong's words, what he was thinking about now was how to save Tao Qian, his old friend.
"Lord, the only thing we can do now is to capture Yanzhou, and then send people secretly to Xiapi City to rescue his family and go to Yanzhou. Only in this way can he guarantee his life."
Chen Gong looked at Liu Bei with a hint of helplessness in his eyes. His lord was good in every way, but he was too nostalgic and kind, and he would suffer a loss. And what he said about sending people secretly to Xiapi to rescue Tao Qian was just a joke, he thought.
It is really difficult to rescue Tao Qian from Cao Cao.
"Hey, that's all we can do now. If we can save the lives of Tao Gongzu's family, we will first send a thousand Qingqi to Lu County to investigate the truth. Once the information is accurate, the army will speed up."
"promise,"
Liu Bei and Cao Cao were in peace. Liu Bei led his troops to occupy Lu County, while Cao Ren led his troops to Taishan County, and then passed through Taishan County and rushed to Langya Kingdom.
Yingyang's army moved south very quickly and took over Linqu County at the junction with lightning speed. Then without stopping, it headed southwest as fast as possible and headed straight for Mengyin.
This is the junction of Dongguan County and Taishan County. Taking this place is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the two counties.
Zhao Yun advanced by leaps and bounds, and Yuan Shu was not idle either. The army passed through Beihai Kingdom and headed straight for the Dongguan County seat.
The three main armies, the Guard Army, the Huwei Army, and the Hengye Army, plus the unformed trapping army formed the central army, flanked by 10,000 Huns cavalry.
Among them, there are 10,000 guardsmen, 25,000 Huwei troops, and 10,000 trapped troops. The Hengye army still maintains the size of the largest corps of 30,000 people. Coupled with the 50,000 Qingzhou militia, the total number of troops is 120,000.
five thousand people,
If coupled with the Yingyang Army and the Huns' cavalry, the total number of troops has reached a terrifying scale of 160,000. This kind of strength is absolutely crushing whether it is compared with Cao Cao or Liu Bei.
