Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265
Xiahoudun has only 2 people under his command, and his greatest role is actually to contain Ji Ling and Chen Ji who are stationed in Yu Xiaopei.

But Xiahou Dun obviously didn't think he was just an assistant, a tool man,

Driven by his ambition, he wants to win Xiaopei, and further win Xuzhou's first victory in this battle!
Xun You was opposed to taking the initiative to attack. They only needed to wait for Cao Cao to defeat Cao Bao and the other Yuan Shu army that attacked Xiapi, and then they could form a flanking force against Xiaopei.

If you take the initiative to attack, your own strength is weak, and the opponent has cities and camps as support, the risk is too great.

Xiahou Dun did not have the achievements of Cao Ren and Cao Hong in welcoming the emperor, and his and Xiahou Yuan's official positions were already weaker than the Cao brothers.

Xiahoudun, who was eager for meritorious service, did not listen to Xun You's dissuasion in the end, and sent troops to Chen Ji's camp outside Xiaopei City, planning to come to a siege to help.

But what Xiahoudun didn't expect was that Zhang Xun was surrounded by Lu Yan and Guo Jia for help, and suffered three ambushes in one day, which caused a heavy psychological shadow in Zhang Xun's heart.

After Zhang Xun went back, he did countless researches and drills specifically for this situation
Then Xiahou Dun was miserable, he just hit the muzzle of the gun
Cao Cao had already written the letter before dawn in the morning.

He called one of his personal guards and told him to deliver this letter to Xiahou Dun as quickly as possible.

When a personal guard who accepted the mission of delivering the letter walked to the gate of the mansion where Cao Cao lived, a messenger carrying the news of Xiahou Dun's defeat also happened to walk to the gate.

The two met face to face, and Cao Cao's personal guard even nodded in greeting.

But the other party clearly glanced at him, but completely ignored his kindness, which made Cao Cao's personal guards feel a little uncomfortable.

Xiahou Dun's messengers, led by the rest of Cao Cao's personal guards, arrived at the door of Cao Cao's bedroom.

Just as Cao Cao was fully dressed and ready to go out, a messenger's voice suddenly came from the door, "Taiwei! I have something important to report!"

After the maid opened the door and left, Cao Cao took the letter from the messenger.

After initially browsing through the letter, Cao Cao thumped in his heart, "Xiahoudun underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, but was defeated by Ji Ling and Chen Ji. More than half of his soldiers and horses were lost. Now he has retreated to his hometown in Qiao County."

Fortunately, Xiahoudun was just sidelined all the way. Although his failure would make him feel uncomfortable, it would not immediately affect the situation of the battle.

Cao Cao quickly stabilized his mind, took a deep breath, and sighed: "Yuan Rang was defeated. Mr. Lu really hit the mark!"

This is a serious matter, Cao Cao quickly asked his personal guards to call the generals, counselors, and join the army to discuss countermeasures, and even the three brothers Liu Bei were called over.

In the council hall of the Sheriff's Mansion,

Cao Cao asked his civil and military officials with a serious face, "I just received the news that Xiahou Dun underestimated the enemy and rushed forward Yu Xiaopei was defeated. Now that there is no restraint, Ji Ling may send troops to support Qiao Rui."

Hearing this, Cheng Yu took a look at Jia Xu who was with the old god.

Seeing that Jia Xu didn't seem to have the desire to speak, Cheng Yu could only stand up and reply by himself: "My lord, we must defeat Qiao Rui as soon as possible, otherwise he will join forces with Ji Ling, and we will be in danger."

Cao Cao has long seen where his crisis lies, but is Qiao Rui really that easy to defeat?
But at present, Cao Cao and others have no better way, so they ordered: "Xu Chu, order you to lead the army and horses, and go to the Qiaoyu camp to fight outside, and I will lead the army to fight for you!"

Xu Chu got the first start, and immediately stood excitedly in the middle of the hall, clasped his fists and promised loudly: "Here! Xu Chu takes the order!"

As for Tai Shici and Dian Wei, Cao Cao did not assign special tasks, and even reminded them not to reveal their positions in the army.

There is no way, the psychological shadow left by the Beiwei army on Qiao Rui's army is too heavy, Cao Cao is afraid that if they appear, Qiao Rui will lose the idea of ​​going out to fight.

Cao Cao turned to the three brothers Liu Bei and said, "Xuande, there are still [-] people left in Qiaorui's army. After our army dispatched the left behind soldiers, there are only more than [-] left. I would like to trouble you to lead your troops and horses to join me and go together." It's been a trip."

Liu Bei didn't expect Cao Cao to return Xuzhou to him immediately. When he was called, he had a premonition that Cao Cao might let him play.

After receiving the invitation from Cao Cao's joint unit, Liu Bei came to the center of the hall without any hesitation, clasped his fists and said, "At the command of the Taiwei!"

"Good!" Cao Cao was very satisfied with Liu Bei's attitude.

Although Cao Bao and his soldiers left the city and defected to Qiaorui, Cao Cao still did not dare to be careless.

After the soldiers buried the pots to make rice and had a full meal, Cao Cao left nearly [-] soldiers, and [-] soldiers guarded the back of Xiapi City together.

Leading his remaining [-] men, Cao Cao called Liu Bei, and together they came outside the camp of Qiaorui.

In any case, Qiao Rui, the stumbling block, had to be eliminated first. With him standing in the middle of the road, Cao Cao would not be able to move west quickly.

Cao Cao and his party arrived outside Qiaorui's camp, but the opponent defended against danger, closed the camp gate and refused to fight.

Xu Chu led more than [-] tiger guards under his command to scold and fight. After scolding all morning, the opponent remained motionless, as steady as an old dog.

Cao Cao, who was in the middle of the army, knew that Qiao Rui was deliberately delaying time.

Cheng Yu looked at the barracks walls of Qiao Rui's army that had been reinforced several times, and said, "Qiao Rui has spotted the master's desire for a quick battle, and is deliberately delaying time."

"Qiao Rui is Yuan Shu's capable general, and there is something in that." Cao Cao nodded and replied.

"Then what should we do? The longer the time drags on, the worse the situation will be for us!"

At this time, Jia Xu, who had been acting like an outsider, finally spoke, "My lord, if you send the letter to Chen Liu quickly, how long will it take?"

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard the words, why did Jia Xu suddenly mention Chen Liu?
"Sending the letter to Chenliu, it will take at least ten days if you hurry up." Cao Cao replied, and then asked, "Who does Wenhe want to send the letter to?"

Jia Xu grinned and replied with a smile, "Of course it's Lu Hussar!"

"Lu Changsheng?" Cheng Yu was also stunned at this moment, and subconsciously replied: "Let's not talk about the actual time required to deliver the letter, even if Changsheng is willing to lead the army, when he leads the army to Xiaopei, I am afraid that even the daylily will not be able to send the letter." It's cold!"

"No!" Jia Xu shook his head, continued to smile and said, "Xu means to send General Hussars to Qiao County alone to take over the army from General Xiahou!"

"Let Mr. Lu take over Yuan Rang's army?" Cao Cao thought it was feasible, but it would be a blow to Xiahou Dun's confidence too much.

Jia Xu seemed to have seen Cao Cao's thoughts, so he said again: "My lord, General Xiahou was defeated and should be punished. Only when rewards and punishments are clearly defined can the three armies die!"

"This is to remind me, don't let Xiahou Dun go easily just because he is my brother?" Cao Cao thought with some disdain in his heart, "Am I Cao Cao this kind of idiot who favors the people and doesn't know the rewards and punishments?"

Cao Cao looked again at the quiet Qiaorui camp, and finally made up his mind: "I'll go back to the camp for now, and I'll write three by myself. No, let the soldiers send the five letters separately, so that they can be delivered as quickly as possible. To Lu Yan's hands."

"My lord is wise!" After Jia Xu nodded, she continued to squint her eyes to rest her mind.

(End of this chapter)