The head of Quyang City and the outside of Quyang City are surrounded by the tranquility of the early morning, but within the tranquility, there is endless murderous intent...
The wind was gentle and gentle, carrying a faint smell of blood.
Chen Deng walked out of the military tent, stretched out, and was about to put on his armor when he saw a young man hurriedly ran in front of him.
"Military advisor, the general invites you."
Chen Gong nodded, but didn't care too much.
When he thought about it, Cao Xing came to see him early in the morning, probably to discuss today's war.
Although Quyang is tenacious, he is already at the end of his strength. Judging from the last performance yesterday, the number of soldiers and horses in Quyang City is about a thousand. Some of the newcomers are not strong in combat effectiveness. Chen Gong believes that it will not take long.
Can defeat Quyang.
So, he put on his coat and armor, and Shi Shiran came to the Chinese army's tent.
But as soon as he walked into the military tent, Chen Gong immediately felt an unusual atmosphere, which was very depressing and even a little solemn.
"Shulong, what's going on?"
"I just received news that Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling, crossed the Huai River last night and captured Huai Pu."
With excitement, Chen Gong shivered.
"What did you say?"
Cao Xing lowered his voice, "Chen Deng sent troops and captured Huaipu last night... According to Tanma's news, about ten thousand people were sent from the direction of Guangling and were crossing the Huai River. The vanguard, commanded by Gang Ji Xu Xuan, has already arrived from
Departing from Huaipu, about 3,000 people are expected to arrive in Quyang before You hour... Gongtai, Chen Deng has sent troops! Even if we attack Quyang, it will be of no avail..."
The sword in Chen Gong's hand fell to the ground with a clang.
He stood dumbly in the military tent without saying a word for a long time.
Chen Deng sent troops? How could Chen Yuanlong be so bold as to send troops to cross the Huaihe River? Previously, Chen Deng had been very tactful. Although he did not surrender to Lu Bu, he also showed enough respect and cooperation. Now, he actually
If you send troops, aren't you afraid of Marquis Wen's revenge?
Chen Gong, after all, is Chen Gong.
No matter how future generations evaluate this person, he is still one of the top figures of this era.
With a quick thought, he immediately connected many scattered clues together.
The reason why Chen Deng dared to send troops was definitely not because of Haixi. With Haixi alone, Chen Yuanlong would not dare to quarrel with Lu Bu.
If it’s not Haixi, then only...
"Cao ***, have you sent out troops?"
"What did you say?" Cao Xing was startled and stood up quickly to ask.
"If my guess is correct, Chen Deng, who has always played both sides and refused to show his attitude, suddenly sent troops to cross the Huaihe River this time because of Cao Cao."
"Cao***?"
"Cao *** he... is going to send troops!"
Cao Xing is not a fool. He still cannot understand the meaning of these words.
That's right, if Cao Mengde hadn't sent troops to Xuzhou, where would Chen Deng have the courage to go against Lu Bu? If he really had such courage, he would have broken things off with Lu Bu long ago. Why did he remain silent and respectful earlier? He
There is only one possibility for sending troops, that is, Cao Cao also wants to send troops to Xuzhou. It is even possible that Cao Cao has already sent troops and has already sent troops to Xuzhou and is approaching Xiapi.
what to do?
Cao Xing and Chen Gong looked at each other speechless.
After a while, Cao Xing said with difficulty: "Gongtai, let's withdraw our troops."
It was extremely difficult to say these words.
It lasted two days and lost all the troops. Seeing that Quyang was about to be breached, he had to withdraw his troops and leave without success. In other words, the previous attack on Haixi had become a joke. I thought that Haixi would be easily accessible, but I didn't.
I would like to think that one million bushels of grain and grass were not obtained, but nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses were lost in vain. No matter who is put in this kind of thing, no one will be able to bear it, let alone Cao Xing?
He even blamed Chen Gong secretly in his heart.
It was a good idea to attack Haixi County, but now we are in a dilemma.
Just retreat like this?
Ridiculous for nothing...
But Cao Xing had to secretly praise Chen Gong's foresight: If it weren't for Gongtai, how could he know that little Haixi was so powerful? Fortunately, we attacked Haixi this time and knew the root cause. Otherwise, he would fight against Cao in the future.
During the duel, Haixi's attack will inevitably expose the lord to enemies from both sides.
Although Haixi was not captured, now that we know the dangers, we can at least take precautions...
Whether Cao Xing or Chen Gong, they all have their own thoughts at this moment.
After a while, Chen Gong said softly: "Withdraw the troops, we will immediately withdraw the Prime Minister."
"I'll go down immediately and give you instructions."
"slow!"
Chen Gong thought for a while and said to Cao Xing: "Shulong, Chen's plan to cross the Huai River must not be known to the army, otherwise the morale of the army will be chaotic. We retreat, but we cannot retreat casually. We still need to continue to attack Quyang."
"Continue to attack Quyang?"
Cao Xing looked at Chen Gong in surprise, a little confused about the mystery of this.
"If we retreat like this, with Cao You's learning ability, there's no guarantee that he won't see the clues.
At that time, if he leads his troops to pursue us, wouldn't we be in trouble? Therefore, we must fight first until Cao Youxue cannot react. Then abandon all the baggage and quickly evacuate Quyang. Before noon, the last group of troops evacuated Quyang.
Then quickly return to Xiang Xiang. Also, notify Wen Yuan and order him to abandon the defense of Xu County and quickly move closer to Xiang Xiang. We can join forces together.
When the time comes, Xiapi and Xiapi will respond to each other from a distance, which will also distract Cao Cao... Whatever tricks Cao Youxue uses this time, I will return them to Cao Cao."
"Very good!"
Cao Xing nodded repeatedly.
It must be said that Chen Gong responded quickly.
From the battle of Quyang, it has quickly shifted to the battle of Xiapi.
"Then, it's up to me to cut off the queen."
Chen Gong said: "Zishan and I will return directly to Xiapi and ask the prince to make preparations in advance. After Shulong retreats to Xiaxiang, he needs to join Wenyuan as soon as possible."
"Here!"
"Then let's split up immediately."
On the seventh day of September in the third year of Jian'an, the sun was exceptionally bright.
The soft breeze blows on your body, which makes you feel quite comfortable. Before the cold winter is coming, it is not easy to encounter such good weather. But under Quyang City, you can't feel any comfort at all.
Even bloody.
boom!
A stone struck the city wall.
Standing at the top of the city, Cao Peng could feel the ground beneath his feet trembling slightly.
"Something's wrong!"
Cao Peng suddenly stood up and looked down at the city.
In the distance, the Xiapi Army was in neat formation, and almost all the trebuchets were concentrated outside the west city gate, with more than fifty units in total.
It seems that after last night's fierce battle, the Xiapi Army changed their mind and placed all their troops and siege equipment outside the West City Gate.
That posture is to storm the west city gate.
But Cao Peng didn't dare to easily mobilize troops from the east city gate, because he couldn't protect them all, and Chen Gong would come again to attack the west.
Therefore, Pan Zhang, Deng Fan and Zhou Cang all concentrated on the east gate of the city, and at the same time ensured that their troops numbered 4 to 500 people.
This resulted in a relatively reduced number of troops at the head of Xicheng.
Fortunately, after last night's training, the new recruits have become much calmer.
Or put it another way, without experiencing the flames of war, you will never become a good soldier. Of course, the newcomers are still far away from the standard of 'good soldiers' in Cao Peng's mind, but at least they will not be killed when the Xiapi Army launches an attack.
They were in a panic, adding to the chaos.
"Sir, be careful."
Chu Ge swung his spear and knocked away a stray arrow flying towards Cao Peng, and shouted a warning.
Cao Peng waved his hand, as if he didn't seem to care much about these stray arrows. He observed them intently, and after a while he shouted: "Ziyou, come here."
Xia Houlan carried two feet of dragon scales and quickly came to Cao Peng's side.
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"The situation is a little unusual."
Before he finished speaking, a stone passed over the top of the city and hit the door of the foyer above the city gate.
The stone was covered with withered grass, and the fire was raging. After rolling into the foyer, it immediately caused a small fire, but Chu Ge immediately commanded the men to put out the fire.
"Today's Xiapi dog attack was very messy."
"Yeah?"
Xia Houlan glanced at the hallway, which was still smoking, and asked Cao Peng: If it is still messy, what does it mean to not be messy?
"Don't ask me, I just feel that there is no pressure on Xia Pi Dog's attack."
Logically speaking, after a night's rest, the Xiapi Army's attack should be very violent.
However, judging from the current situation, Cao Peng did not feel the suffocating sense of oppression yesterday or the day before yesterday. It must be said that the Xiapi Army's attack was not fierce. Judging from the density of their arrow formations and trebuchets,
The words seemed to be more vicious than the previous two days.
The problem is that the soldiers of the Xia Pi Army seem to lack that kind of fearless temperament.
Every time they got close to the city, they would be shot with arrows and quickly retreat without any intention of charging.
This made Cao Peng feel that the Xiapi Army was trying to cope. Moreover, the stones thrown by the trebuchet seemed dense, but the lethality was far less than the previous two days. Previously, 50% of the stones thrown by the Xiapi Army could be concentrated
The top of the city, or flying over the top of the city. But today, it seems to be less than 30%. Many of the stones began to fall before they could fly to the top of the city. Most of the stones fell directly outside the west city gate.
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the trebuchet?
"Prepare to launch!"
Seeing the Xiapi army swarming in again, Wang Xu shouted an order.
"slow!"
Cao Peng suddenly stopped him, causing Wang Xu and Xia Houlan to look doubtful.
Sometimes, men's sixth sense is also very keen. Cao Peng took a shield and stood on the top of the city to block the incoming arrows, and carefully observed Pi Jun's actions. Gradually, he frowned...
The Xiapi Army approached slowly, but before the tower could counterattack, they stopped and began to retreat. In other words, did they not intend to attack by force?
"did you see that?"
Xia Houlan and Wang Xu can also be regarded as battle-hardened figures.
They had not noticed this before, but now that Cao Peng reminded them, they immediately saw the clues.
"Xia Pi Dog, is it possible that he wants to consume our arrows?"
Wang Xu mentioned a possibility.
But Xia Houlan immediately retorted, "It's impossible... If we wanted to consume the arrows, we didn't attack them just now, they should have rushed up."
Raising his head, Cao Peng looked at the blue sky, and after a moment he suddenly shouted.
"No, they are going to run away!"
"run?"
"They are preparing to retreat..."
Xia Houlan and Wang Xu looked at each other, not knowing why.
At this time, there was a sound of gongs in the Xiapi Army's camp, and the Xiapi Army retreated with the sound of gold.
Cao Peng couldn't explain the reason, but he vaguely felt that there was something wrong with Xia Pijun's abnormal behavior today.
In his previous life, Cao Peng was also influenced by model operas, so he was deeply impressed.
There is a movie in the model drama called "Southern Conquest and Northern War". There is a plot in it. When one side is preparing to retreat, they start firing artillery randomly. There are no targets in the mountains and plains. The scene in front of you is similar to that in the movie.
How similar?
But why did the Xiapi Army retreat?
Cao***……
It must be Cao Cao who sent troops!
Although Cao Peng couldn't remember exactly which year Cao Peng killed Lu Bu, he remembered that killing Lu Bu seemed to have happened after his third conquest of Wancheng. Now, the third battle of Wan has ended.
, then the next step is to attack Xuzhou.
Counting the days, the autumn harvest has ended.
Xu Du is working in the fields this year and has a good harvest, so Cao Cao does not need to worry about the shortage of food and grass... Then the conquest of Lu Bu is imminent.
Yes, that can only be the case...
Cao Peng suddenly figured out the key and couldn't help but punched the battlements with excitement.
Chen Gong, do you think you stole the chicken this time but lost the rice? You wanted to attack Haixi, but you lost your troops and generals under Quyang City?
"Pass my order to Pan Zhang, Zhou Cang, Deng Fan and others to recruit two hundred elite soldiers.
Ziyou, you should also rectify your troops and mobilize a hundred elite soldiers to wait for dispatch...Wang Xu gathered his troops and prepared to defend the city."
"Sir, what are you going to do?"
"The Pi dogs are trying to escape, how can I just let them go?"
"But……"
"Don't ask why, just listen to my orders."
"Here!"
Now that Cao Peng has issued a military order, Xia Houlan and others cannot continue to stop him.
Cao Peng scooped a bowl of water from the bucket and drank it all in one breath... Cao Peng was also very uncomfortable after being attacked by Chen Gong for two days. Now, the war has turned for the better! Cao Peng finally
How could Cao Peng miss such an opportunity to send troops to Xuzhou?
"Pursuit?"
Zhou Cang and others looked at a loss after listening to Cao Peng's order.
They looked at the smoke rising from the Xiapi Army camp outside the city, and looked at Cao Peng with some confusion.
"I don't know how to explain it to you, but I am sure that the Pi dogs have begun to retreat. If we catch up now, we can beat the drowned dogs..."
"But, they are obviously making rice!"
Zhou Cang pointed to the military camp outside the city, which meant: Look at the smoke, how could it be that the troops were withdrawing?
"How about I take someone down to investigate first?"
Xia Houlan hesitated for a moment and said softly.
Cao Peng knew that if he didn't convince these people, he might not try his best to attack. He thought for a while, nodded and agreed...
Immediately, Xia Houlan led fifty elite soldiers, hung them from the top of the city, and approached the Xiapi barracks.
Cao Peng said: "Let's go down too."
"But……"
"Ziyou has already gone down. If anything happens, we can also respond. We will wait under the city. If there is no one in the barracks, we will pursue immediately; if there are still soldiers and horses guarding the city, we can also quickly board the city. By the way,
I can also take care of Ziyou."
Zhou Cang and others exchanged glances and agreed to Cao Peng's idea.
More than two hundred people were hung from the top of the city. When Cao Peng landed with his feet on the ground and was about to order his men to form a formation, Xiahoulan appeared at the door of the Xiapi Army barracks.
"Sir, it's an empty camp, it's an empty camp!"
"***..."
Cao Peng couldn't help but cursed, "I knew that Chen Gongtai would be able to escape from his shell, and it was indeed the case... Brothers, you are about to make great achievements, follow me and attack immediately."
