Chapter 155 The most poisonous thing is Jia Xu’s heart
When Yu Jin and General Zang Ba returned to Pengcheng, Cao Cao's army had quickly left the borders of Xuzhou and set foot on the land of Yanzhou again.
As for Chunyu Qiong, the general of Yuan Shao who had always been opposed to him before? After taking pictures of several stalls of old wine, he forgot who he was.
Seeing the devastated Nancheng, with nine out of ten houses empty, Cao Cao became angry.
"Send the order, the whole army speeds up. The thief Jia Xu must be caught. Cao will cut him to death with a thousand knives!"
How could Cao Cao not be angry when his city was so destroyed and his people were so slaughtered?
Damn Jia Xu, even if you want to force Cao and I to withdraw our troops, is it necessary to be so desperate?
Massacre of the city, this is massacre of the city.
And according to the description in the letter I received from Xun You, it was not just this southern city that was massacred.
Having never seen it with his own eyes before, Cao Cao still hesitated in his heart and was unwilling to give up the victory he had won. However, it was only after he saw the tragic situation in Nancheng with his own eyes that he began to feel grateful.
Fortunately, fortunately, Cao and I listened to Guo Jia's words. If we had not withdrawn our troops, I am afraid that the entire Yanzhou would have been slaughtered by Jia Xu.
Is Yanzhou still Yanzhou without its population?
Without the population, Cao Cao would lose the qualification to compete for hegemony.
After all, in this era, population represents productivity, money, food and taxes, and soldiers.
And this is the most vicious part of Jia Xu's plan.
If you return to help, you will fall into my plan of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
If you get the upper hand and don't return support, then fine, Xuzhou will lose some prefectures and counties at most, but your Yanzhou? Haha, I'm afraid there will be no Yanzhou anymore.
"Lord, let's go to Rencheng!"
When Cao Cao's army continued to set off, Guo Jia, who had been standing behind Cao Cao, spoke again.
"Fengxiao? What do you mean by this? You must know that Jia Xu is in Lucheng now. What are we doing going south to Rencheng?"
Is there something wrong with Guo Jia? Why did he suddenly say such a mindless thing?
You know, Xun You's letter had already described Jia Xu's marching route.
Judging by time, Jia Xu should be attacking Lucheng now.
As a master of the art of war, Cao Cao believed that he would not be wrong on this point.
But what nonsense is Guo Jia talking about?
Seeing the change of color on Cao Cao's face, Guo Jia knew that he must not understand what he meant.
What else is there to say? Please explain quickly. You must know that Boss Cao is in an extremely unhappy mood right now.
"My lord, if we follow the march route given by Master Xun You, Jia Xu's Chu army should indeed appear in Lucheng now.
But! My lord, do you really think that Jia Xu would be so short-sighted?
His purpose is to lure us back for reinforcements. If he foolishly goes to attack Lu City, then if his marching route is discovered, won't he be afraid of being chased by the lord?"
After hearing what Guo Jia said, Cao Cao understood.
Yes, Jia Xu was a man of great resourcefulness. Just looking at this Cangshan battle, Cao was led by his nose from beginning to end.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao had basically confirmed Guo Jia's judgment that Jia Xu would never appear in Lucheng.
But here comes the question, since he could predict that Cao would return to his army, why did he attack Rencheng? Wouldn't it be better to return to Xuzhou directly?
When Cao Cao narrated his doubts to Guo Jia, Guo Jia also fell into deep thought.
Yeah, that doesn’t make sense, does it?
Why did he want to attack Rencheng again?
According to Jiaxu's wisdom, he could not have imagined the consequences of attacking Rencheng.
Did I guess wrong? Jia Xu is not in Rencheng? Instead, he has escaped?
"Don't think too much. When we get to Rencheng, we can find out what Jia Xu is up to."
Seeing that Guo Jia also failed to guess Jia Xu's intentions, Cao Cao could only make a decision.
Anyway, Jia Xu will definitely not be in Lucheng. In that case, let's go to Rencheng.
This is a limitation in thinking.
Cao Cao and Guo Jia only considered Jia Xu's strategic purpose, but they did not expect that Jia Xu was cruel to the enemy and even more cruel to himself.
It turns out that everything that Jia Xu did before to trick Lu Zhao into attacking Rencheng was all a scam designed by Jia Xu.
The fundamental purpose of this scam is to keep this forward battalion that has turned into a beast.
Yes, Jia Xu can retreat in advance. He has already slaughtered several cities. Even if there is no city, Cao Cao will definitely not let Jia Xu go.
However, Jia Xu had no intention of taking this beast army back to Chu State.
This army has lost its humanity. If it is brought back to Chu State, it will be just a time bomb.
Rather than letting Chu State worry about this beast army, it would be better to just leave them here in Yanzhou.
First, their numbers were consumed by attacking Ren City. Finally, after Cao Cao arrived, this beast army was a barrier for Jia Xu to retreat safely.
I believe that when Cao Cao saw his city being slaughtered, he must have been filled with rage, right?
And when the executioner who massacred the city was placed in front of him, how could he still hold back?
Similarly, Lu Zhao and his forward battalion, who have completely abandoned Cao Cao, will definitely fight to the death with Cao Cao's army.
After all, the road has been taken and there is no turning back.
In this way, not only can this beast army disappear completely, but it can also consume Cao Cao's military strength.
It can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
And everything currently is going according to Jia Xu's plan in his heart.
"Sir Taiwei, I'm afraid we can capture this city in just one day. By then..."
After several days of continuous strong attacks and the sacrifice of more than 30,000 forward battalion soldiers, Rencheng finally entered a shaky state.
Seeing that Ren Cheng could be defeated at any time, Lu Zhao couldn't help it.
This Rencheng is not the small towns and counties in the past. How much wealth is it filled with? How many beauties are there?
After making such a big sacrifice, Lu Zhao had to fight for himself and the soldiers under his command.
"Don't worry, General Lu. Xu will certainly keep his promise to you.
After Rencheng is defeated, General Lu can do whatever he wants."
Hum hum, idiot, just go and attack the city. When this city is destroyed, this place will be your grave.
Looking at the excited Lu Zhao, Jia Xu's heart was full of sneers.
Calculated based on time, Cao Cao's army should have returned to Yanzhou by now, right?
Then, it's time for us to go home.
Since entering Yanzhou, although everything was under Jia Xu's calculations, he was still walking on thin ice every day.
After all, this is also the first time that Jia Xu leads an army alone, so how could he not feel nervous?
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.
Now I just need to wait for Cao Cao's army to arrive, and it's time for me, Jia Xu, to retire with success.