When Cao Shuang returned to the mansion, he didn't have time to rest, so he asked Wenqin to bring him a basin of water. After washing, he sent people to invite the chief minister, Nong Hengfan, the general Lu Zhi, and the minister Ding Mi to come to the mansion to discuss matters. p>
Cao Shuang greeted the three of them to sit down in the hall with a serious face, took a sip of tea, and said: "My lords, I rushed to report six hundred miles away from Hefei yesterday. Recently, Sun Wu Biyan has been determined to attack Hefei again.
General Yu personally led fifty thousand elites from Luoyang to Hefei to kill Bi Yaner's spirit. What do you think?"
Dai Sinong Hengfan raised his hand and said: "Since the general wants to conquer Hefei personally, it is not easy to stop him. He also believes that the first battle after the suppression of the rebellion should be done by the general himself. In Luoyang, he will ensure that the general and army have an endless supply of food and grass!"
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Cao Shuang relaxed his brows, nodded and said with a smile: "If you have Yuan, I will have no worries about food and grass in the rear!"
General Lu Zhi stood up fiercely and said impassionedly: "If the general goes on a personal expedition, I would like to serve as a vanguard and help the general clear roads through the mountains, build bridges over water, and defeat the Soochow army!"
Cao Shuang smiled and motioned for Lu Zhi to sit down before continuing. However, Lu Zhi had a straightforward personality and finished speaking in one breath before sitting down.
Cao Shuang said: "Shiying, sit down first and then talk. When I go on an expedition, someone must stay in Luoyang. If our home base is taken away, even if we win, it will be meaningless. Shiying will go to me and stay in Luoyang."
There will be many opportunities for Shiying to lead troops in the future."
Ding Mi also raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely guard the court in Luoyang for the general!"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "With all the ministers staying in Luoyang, I can go out to rescue Hefei with peace of mind. This time I will go ahead with 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, and 40,000 infantry will follow with food, grass and baggage. The ministers think that
How?"
General Lu Zhi held up his hands and said: "The general's strategy is very good. Only in this way can we defeat the soldiers of Soochow as soon as possible and restore peace to the Jianghuai area of Wei Dynasty!"
Cao Shuang said: "Everything has been discussed today. While I am away, I will leave the affairs of Luoyang to your ministers. Please go back and do your work. There is no need to see me off. I will pack up and set off in the afternoon!" p>
The three of them said in unison: "I would like to wish the general a triumphant return in advance!" Then they went on duty and each went about his or her own business.
At noon, in the General's Mansion, after the three people left, Cao Shuang squinted for a while and asked Jian Jia to order the kitchen to prepare a table of sumptuous dishes, and also called Bai Lingjun over.
At noon, the family reunited for a reunion dinner. The two girls knew that Cao Shuang was going to Hefei, so each of them cooked a special dish to see her husband off.
During the dinner, the two women were unwilling to be outdone and put the dishes they made by themselves into Cao Shuang's bowl. After a while, before Cao Shuang finished finishing, the bowl filled with vegetables was full.
Cao Shuang had no choice but to keep his head down and cook, thinking that the blessings of this group of people are not so easy to enjoy, as he is so happy and miserable now...
In order to compete with Bai Lingjun in front of him today, Jianjia left Lin'er to Wenqin to serve him at meals, and did not personally "supervise" Lin'er's meals as before.
In the afternoon, Jian Jia hugged Lin'er and Bai Lingjun and sent Cao Shuang out of the house. When they arrived at the house, Cao Shuang turned around, put on his armor and gave the two women a hug respectively.
With a warm look on his face, he smelled the light fragrance in the hair of the two women and said: "Jianjia, Lingyun, don't worry, wait at home with peace of mind, your husband will definitely come back victorious!"
After that, Cao Shuang touched his son's little head again and said: "Lin'er, listen to your mother and aunt at home and eat well. Daddy will be back soon. If you don't obey, daddy will come back and spank you!"
Cao Lin nodded his little head and said in a sweet voice: "Dad, don't worry, Lin'er will definitely listen to mother and aunt."
Then Cao Shuang got on his horse, led a group of soldiers, and rode quickly along Tongtuo Street to the camp outside the city...
"Drive, drive, drive!"
After a stick of incense, Cao Shuang, Chief Secretary Yang Zong and his entourage rushed to the camp outside the city. Cao Shuang said loudly: "Soldiers, you will go out to Hefei with me today. You will definitely defeat Sun Quan's army and win.
Come back!"
Fifty thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "Return with victory! Return with victory!..."
Cao Shuang waved his hand and said: "The army is marching!"
Afterwards, Cao Shuang led 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and galloped south towards Hefei New City, followed by 40,000 infantry with baggage and supplies.
Hefei Xincheng, Zhang Te, and Le Fang have been taking turns to guard the city for three days, and more than five days have passed since the news was sent.
Early in the morning that day, Zhu Ji and Zhu Yi were still shouting and cursing Yi Zhu Xiangfu outside the city as they had done a few days ago. In addition to scolding Zhang Te and Le Fang for not keeping their word,
We surrendered as agreed, and we would not leave any corpses of the two of them after the city was broken. They even scolded their mothers today, but the two people on top of the city remained unmoved.
In addition to continuing to hold on, sending waves of Sun Wu siege soldiers to hell, destroying ladders one after another, and not leaving the city to fight,
The two of them understood that if they rushed out of the city to fight, they would fall into Sun Wu's trap. Their own military strength was far inferior to that of Sun Wu, with only 5,000 troops and horses, so they could only hold on and wait for reinforcements.
After three days, Zhu Ji's men had lost four thousand troops, but he didn't care at all. After all, casualties are inevitable on the battlefield.
Twenty ladders were also damaged, and there were still fifteen left. He had no choice but to send Zhang Yan to keep company with insects and birds in the mountains, and led three thousand soldiers to rush to build the ladder.
Today, Zhu Ji ordered Zhu Yi to lead his soldiers to attack for an hour, but the Hefei New City was like a turtle shell, motionless.
Zhu Ji shouted angrily: "Generals Zhang Zichan and Le Fang are men, so don't hide in this turtle shell and come out to fight us openly!"
Zhang Te said with a smile: "The two generals Zhu, I have said before that we do not have enough troops and are not willing to confront the two generals head-on. It is useless to say more."
Just as a group of soldiers were attacking one after another, the scouts came to report, "Report to the two generals, Cao Wei's army appeared ten miles away!"
Zhu Ji was shocked and said: "How did it come so fast? Who is leading the army in Cao Wei?"
The scout reported: "General Qi, the last general can only see a banner with the word "Cao" in the distance. There are about more than 10,000 people, all cavalry."
Zhu Yi's face gradually became better and he said, "Could it be that Cao Shuang personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry here? Ten thousand people are too few."
The soldier next to him said: "General, Cao Wei's army is coming to support. Do you want General Zhu Yi to withdraw first? Then we can make plans."
Zhu Ji thought for a while and said: "No need, you will lead 10,000 troops to block this army. It doesn't matter if it's Cao Shuang. I heard that Cao Shuang led troops to resist the Shu Han and suffered many defeats. I guess he doesn't know much about military affairs. If
His father Cao Zidan is still alive, so we will have no choice but to withdraw our troops."
At Cao Shuang's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the captain who had been on an expedition to Hefei came forward to report, saying: "To the general, I am still twenty miles away from the new city of Hefei. I will arrive this afternoon. I am willing to serve as the vanguard for the general."
Open the way, please give the order from the general!"