Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 352 Fishing in troubled waters
"Uncle, what are you thinking?" Chen Zhao asked curiously when Cao Ren was standing on the horse pondering.

Cao Ren frowned and replied: "Yesterday Taishou Lu sent a letter saying that Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng from the Han River. We must hurry back. The reinforcements from Runan may not be able to cross the river smoothly."

"No wonder uncle suddenly gave up Dangyang, then now." Chen Zhao hesitated to speak.

Cao Ren held the horsewhip in his hand and looked at the soldiers marching slowly: "The marching speed of escorting the luggage is too slow. I plan to lead the cavalry from the headquarters to return to Xiangyang first. You, Deputy General Niu and the rear army should follow carefully. Grain and grass are all belongings outside the body, so you can deliberately block the way to hinder their advance."

"Wei." Niu Jin (Chen Zhao) cupped his fists at the same time.

After Cao Ren confessed, he immediately led his cavalry away. He was the son of Chen Muhou Cao Chi. He recruited an army of thousands of people in his early years. This is the predecessor of Cao Ren's elite cavalry. Become stronger.

Later, Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu, and Cao Ren led his troops to respond. He was equal to Liu Bei's Guan Yu in Cao Ying, and often led troops alone in battle, possessing relatively strong strength and autonomy.

In the era of the cold war, the cost of building a cavalry was very high, and it was impossible to support it without a certain strength. Cao Ren had no inheritance rights because he was a concubine. Cao Chun also had the strength to form the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry because he inherited the title.

After Cao Ren left, Niu Jin urged his pawns to hurry, because it took two days to go north from Dangyang to Bian County, and it took nearly two days to walk from Bian County to Xiangyang. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he walked far Some prevent Zhao Yun from catching up.

The marching infantry could barely keep up, but the team carrying the luggage was obviously unable to do what it wanted. Seeing this, Niu Jin called Chen Zhao and told him: "Young master and the brigade go forward, and then camp for another thirty or fifty li, and I will take 2000 people to escort After the luggage is broken."

"Then I'll wait while I walk." Chen Zhao nodded.

Niu Jin and Chen Zhao divided their forces again, and Chen Zhao was worried that there would be a sneak attack from the rear, so he deliberately selected [-] elite soldiers to march slowly, and support them between the front army and the supply team.

The baggage team walked for five miles, and finally came to Liao Hua's ambush point. He remembered Xu Shu's words to only attack weak links, so he first let go of Cao Ren's cavalry, and then let go of Chen Zhao's main infantry.

When Niu Jin escorted the convoy to appear, Liao Hua knew that he could no longer let go.

Shouts were released from both sides of the official road, and thousands of torches shone like fireflies. Then Liao turned himself into the first soldier to seize food, grass and supplies, and Niu Jin commanded the rear army to fight in panic.

Because the two sides had equal strength, the fight was evenly matched, but both sides had keenly noticed the sudden gathering of torches on the official road, Zhao Yun who was chasing behind, and Chen Zhao who was supporting in front.

Knowing that it was Liao Hua who was blocking the attack, Zhao Yun hurriedly mobilized his soldiers and horses to rush to the battlefield.

Chen Zhao also appreciated his own judgment very much. He knew that Niu Jin would be in trouble, and thought that each of our nephew and uncle would save you once.

When the troops rescued by Chen Zhao arrived, Zhao Yun had already joined the battlefield first, and Niu Jin couldn't resist his retreat. At this time, night had completely fallen, and the enemy and us fought together with torches.

Seeing that reinforcements were coming, Niu Jin didn't want to waste his time here, so he ordered others to abandon the luggage, and ran directly to Chen Zhao's reinforcements to join them before retreating.

Zhao Yun and Liao Hua clung to each other, and Chen Zhao's army was also forced into a dark melee. The two sides fought for two hours, causing casualties to each other, but because it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from ourselves in the dark, it was easy to accidentally injure them. In the end, everyone had a tacit understanding and withdrew their troops to the north and south. .

Niu Jin gave up food and supplies and returned to the north, while Zhao Yun and Liao Hua collected the spoils and returned to Dangyang.

Cao Jun walked two or three miles forward, joined the main force of the former army and found that Chen Zhao was not there, Niu Jin hurriedly called a lieutenant general and asked, "Where is Mr. Zhao?"

"Didn't he go to rescue you?" General Pi replied.

Niu Jin opened his eyes wide and swallowed his saliva. Could it be that Chen Zhao died in the scuffle just now?When I returned to Xiangyang, how would I explain to Cao Ren?
Niu Jin is an open-minded person. He didn't worry too much about Chen Zhao's disappearance, and ordered the large army to light torches and continue on. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, he can't avoid it. When he sees Cao Ren, he can only report the truth.

In fact, Chen Zhao didn't die in battle. He was dragged off his horse in the melee just now, and when the two armies separated, he was pushed back by Liao Hua's soldiers by mistake. He had no choice but to pretend to be an infantry and go south.

In order not to make the officers and generals next to him suspicious, Chen Zhao took off the general's armor on purpose, and then deliberately fell down while pushing the grain cart, rolling the plaster of his underwear and hair all his life, looking like a little soldier in distress .

Chen Zhao originally wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but Liao Hua's army was pushing the baggage cart in front, and Zhao Yun led the team to follow behind, so there was no possibility of escaping.

In this way, Chen Zhao was forced to approach Dangyang, but there was not much time left for him to escape. When he arrived at Dangyang and unloaded the captured luggage, Liao Hua would ask the various departments to count the number of people, and there was a high probability that the 'fakes' would show their true colors. Bi Lu, so Chen Zhao lowered his head all the way thinking about how to get out.

At three o'clock in Xu time, the pursuing army arrived in the north of Dangyang, and Xu Shu went out of the north gate to meet him in person.

"Yuan Jian, it seems that you have made a lot of money." Xu Shu joked, pointing at the cart behind.

Liao Hua replied with a smile: "All this is due to the military adviser, I just followed the plan."

"It's getting dark now, let's go to the city and unload the baggage, and arrange the soldiers to rest early, and I will give you credit tomorrow morning." Xu Shu shook his head lightly, and he was sure that Liao Hua would be safe.

"Then you are the military advisor." Liao Hua asked curiously.

"I'll be waiting for General Zilong. I haven't seen you for a long time and want to talk about Yizhou." Xu Shu smiled slightly.

"Then the general will enter the city first." Liao Hua clasped his fists to salute Xu Shu, and then directed everyone to push carts into the city.

Chen Zhao hid behind the car and watched secretly. He found that Xu Shuying was extraordinary, dressed like a counselor, and Liao Hua was so humble in front of him, so he immediately guessed that the other party's identity was unusual.

Chen Zhao put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, maybe he could get away if he hijacked this person, if he couldn't get out, he would die, and if he replaced the opponent's chief counselor before he died, maybe he would be famous in history in the future.

The baggage cart moved forward slowly, and Xu Shu's attention was on Zhao Yun behind him.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Zhao jumped out from Xu Shu's front left under the cover of the vehicle. He was dressed in rags and held a long sword in his hand, ready to capture Xu Shu with difficulty. This scene directly looked at the surrounding soldiers.

Liao Hua had passed the city gate on horseback, and Zhao Yun vaguely appeared behind him. The guards were farther away from Xu Shu than Chen Zhao. It can be said that Chen Zhao chose an excellent timing.

Chen Zhao exploded at an extremely fast speed in an instant. In order to control this unusual counselor, Chen Zhao deliberately avoided Xu Shu's vital points, and the point of the sword reached Xu Shu's abdomen in a blink of an eye.

But then Chen Zhao was stunned, because Xu Shu suddenly turned around, and Xu Shu's scabbard hit Chen Zhao's back.

There was a huge wave in Chen Zhao's chest, he was surprised why this counselor had such high martial arts skills?

(End of this chapter)