Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1400 King vs. King Ten

Cao Cao's breath was cold and stern, but he didn't have much anger in his heart. At most, he was just unhappy. He would definitely not kill Cao Ren, not to mention Cao Ren, even Lu Bu, who was responsible for the blame, would not kill him because of such a trivial matter. .

However, he still has a correct attitude, at least to give people a clear influence on rewards and punishments.

"Cao Ren was unfavorable in this battle. He failed to be vigilant, resulting in heavy casualties for our Wei Jun Erlang, and also led to a change in our army's strategic deployment. This is a serious crime and must be punished!"

Cao Cao calmed down a bit, and then said quietly: "General Cao Ren will be revoked from all military positions, and stay in the army to wait for orders!"

"promise!"

Cao Ren bowed his head and took orders.

This is already considered a good punishment, the thunder and rain are just a little bit, although he handed over all the military power, but as long as Cao Cao still trusts him, he can regain the military power with one sentence.

Moreover, his injury was not minor and he needed to recuperate for a while.

This can be regarded as Cao Cao's step down for himself.

"Fengxian!" Cao Cao turned his gaze to Lu Bu.

"The last general is here!" Lu Bu bowed his head and knelt down.

"Go to the south to rescue, you deserve credit, protect my vanguard force, you are also the first credit, the vanguard army will be under your command from now on!" Cao Cao stared at Lu Bu with deep eyes, and said lightly: "Don't let Gu down!"

"No!" Lu Bu nodded, responding neither humble nor overbearing.

Although commanding the vanguard army, the vanguard still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he didn't feel too excited, but rather a feeling of pressure.

He has never been able to figure out Cao Cao.

Back then, he had no choice but to take refuge in Cao Cao. If he didn't take refuge in Cao Cao, he would die. You must know that there is no place for him in the entire Guanzhong land.

Over the years, Cao Cao didn't think he didn't trust himself, but he didn't necessarily trust himself. The kind of nonchalant detachment made him tickle in his heart, and he never dared to speculate on Cao Cao's thoughts.

Whether it was Ding Yuan or Dong Zhuo who he followed in the past, he was able to grasp his temper and thus deal with it, but now, he was in a daze.

The more this is the case, the more pressure I feel, and I dare not show half of my thoughts.

"Enjoy the ban!" Cao Cao didn't care about Lu Bu's thoughts, he turned his face and looked at the other two generals.

"exist!"

"Although you are not the main generals in this battle, you failed to assist Cao Ren in taking down Wancheng, and you have been defeated repeatedly. From now on, you dispatch the vanguard army and lead the left wing military power. You must go to battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!"

He wants to use Lu Bu, Lu Bu is a general, but this general also has shortcomings. Once his hands and feet are bound, it will be difficult to display his abilities, so he wants to dispatch both Yu Jin and Le Jin out of the vanguard.

It's not that he absolutely trusts Lu Bu.

Rather, he needs Lu Bu to unleash the former prairie flying general and Bingzhou tiger's ability in this battle.

Being good at employing people is one of Cao Cao's great strengths. He is suspicious, but he can make decisions. When it is time to trust someone, even if he still has doubts in his heart, he is absolutely impeccable on the surface.

"Yes!"

Yu Jinle took the lead.

"Who is going to talk to Gu about the current situation in Wancheng!" Cao Cao took two steps and stood at the door curtain, staring coldly at the front, which is the direction of Wancheng.

Mulongtu is now in Wancheng, and the battle of Wancheng is inevitable.

"The final general is willing to share the worries of the king!"

Jamu stood up and accepted the order.

When Cao Cao fights, Yelou must go first, but Jia Xu is now sitting in Xudu, guarding against fire in the backyard, so the captain of Yelou who is accompanying the army is Jia Xu's eldest son, Jia Mu.

"According to the information we inquired in Yelou, the main force of the Ming army in Wancheng is not that many!"

Jia Mu said in detail: "The main force is mainly the Jingping Army. Jingping's First Army is currently in Wuguan, the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fourth Army are all completing. In addition, there is the Storm Bear Second Army. The army is in the direction of Wuyin, and the troops have been divided to the west, and there are two battalions of troops here, gathered together, the main force of the Ming army in Wancheng is at most [-] to [-]!"

"sure?"

Cao Cao was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Mu Jing to underestimate the enemy so much. Facing himself, he dared to divide his troops into Wuguan. He was worried about Guanzhong, but he didn't worry that he would break through Wancheng. Is it self-confidence or conceit?

"Basically there is not much difference in the strength of the troops!" Jia Mu said in a low voice: "We still have a foundation in Nanyang, and it is not easy for them to hide their strength!"

"What about other than military strength?" Cao Cao asked again.

"The Ming army's fighting power is strong, a large part of which is because the Ming army's ordnance equipment is much stronger than ours, so we have been paying attention to the Ming army's ordnance transportation. We have inquired about it in Yelou, but we have no way to understand it. So it remains to be investigated whether the Ming army has new types of ordnance with powerful lethality!"

Jamu said.

"ordnance?"

Cao Cao was not surprised. Mujing is one of the strange ones among the princes. The princes of other families value the talents of Confucianism, but Mujing, they pay more attention to the talents of the Mohists. At the beginning, there may not be many people on this point, but when the Ming army's equipment became more and more powerful, and the Ming army's weapons began to surpass the weapons of all their princes, this point was infinitely magnified.

Although he also imitated the Ming Dynasty and paid more attention to those skilled craftsmen, it was obvious that he was imitating others, and he was still not as good as the development of the Ming army's ordnance.

"You should pay attention to this point!" Cao Cao sneered, "Ming Yelou, do your best to investigate and find out the armory of the Ming army as much as possible!"

"in addition!"

He paused: "Nanyang may not have enough food and grass to supply the Ming army to fight, check and find out the army's food transportation route!"

"The king wants to attack his grain road!"

Guo Jia's eyes flickered.

"Although Gu knows that there are not many opportunities like this, but tigers sometimes doze off. Gu can't believe that the Ming army can arrange everything so carefully!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "With a tiger and leopard riding alone, you can travel thousands of miles a day. If you can get the food and roads, it will not be difficult to attack!"

Guo Jia thought for a while, but did not refute Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao's thoughts are a little superfluous in his thinking, but he is not sure that he can pick up a cheap one. If he can find the best one, let it be fine.

"Feng Xiao!"

Cao Cao thought for a while, then suddenly said: "I want to meet Mu Jing before the big battle, do you think it's okay?"

"Why?"

Guo Jia frowned.

There is going to be a fight, and you still have to meet, isn't this redundant.

"It's been so many years, Gu still wants to make a wish!" Cao Cao smiled and said, "Otherwise, I will feel a little regretful in my heart!"

"Even if you are willing, is he willing?"

Guo Jia said: "If you make a mistake, you will lose everything. He, Mu Jing, is a life-saving person. How dare he go out of the city to see you?"

"Gu thinks he dares!"

Cao Cao shrugged and said calmly.

Those who know you may not be friends, but maybe your old enemies, because only old enemies will study you regardless of cost, time, and everything.

Cao Cao thought that he and Mu Jing somewhat resonated.

"You can try it!"

Guo Jia's heart was also churning, if Mu Jing really had such courage, it would be an opportunity, if he could beheaded, then there would be no suspense in this battle.

........................

That day, Lu Bu rode his horse and flew under the city, drew his bow and drew an arrow, and the arrow pierced through the air. Not only did it break a banner on the top of the city, but it also sent a letter up.

"My lord, the bandits Cao are rampant, and the last general invites you to fight!"

Ma Chao breathed hard, stood in the camp, angrily begging for orders.

He was inspecting the city wall, but was deterred by Lu Bu's arrow.

If he hadn't been injured and was not allowed to use force, he might have killed him on the spot. Thinking of him, Ma Chao, when did he suffer from such idleness.

"It's okay!"

Mu Jing smiled and looked at the letter in his hand.

Arrows deliver.

It was a letter written by Cao Cao himself, and there was only one sentence in the letter.

——Tomorrow morning, alone on the shore of Wanshui, come if you have the courage!
"Your Majesty, this is probably Cao Bandit's conspiracy!" Chen Gong cupped his hands and said in a low voice, "You must not be fooled!"

"People invited me with good intentions, don't be so conspiratorial!"

Mu Jing said calmly: "He wants to see each other, but Gu Yi doesn't want to. After all, the war is going to start. Before the war, I have some regrets!"

Cao Cao, that is a very complicated person.

He had a lot of contacts back then.

In the past, Cao Cao assassinated Mu Shan and fled to Guanzhong. Since then, they have never met. After being enemies for so many years, he has some urgency to meet Cao Cao.

Since Cao Cao invited, let's go.

"But..." Chen Gong still objected.

"There may be troubles, you start to make arrangements!" Mu Jing didn't give Chen Gong a chance to object, he said with a smile: "Gu Ke left life and death to you!"

"Be worthy of the king's weight!"

Chen Gong took a deep breath, and clapped his hands in response.

"Ministries don't have to worry!"

Mu Jing raised his head, looked at the generals, and said calmly: "Gu is not going to die, Gu just fulfilled some wishes, how to fight, according to our discussion, there is no need to change just because of this time!"

"promise!"

At this moment, the generals of all ministries are the same, Zhang Ren of the second army, Gao Ding of the third army, Meng Huo of the fourth army, and Wenpin of the second army of Storm Bear.

"Zhongye!"

"exist!"

"The Second Violent Bear Army, prepare to give up Wuyin!"

"Give up Wuyin?" Wenpin was a little unwilling.

"No choice!"

Mu Jing said: "We are short of troops. Dividing our troops is not a good thing. Although you have suppressed the Eastern Front, I still want to suppress a good army of soldiers there. This makes our strategic deployment lack of troops. Transfer!"

"Then what if the Eastern Front presses up?"

"Whether Wei's army is 20 or 10,000+, it doesn't have much impact on us. However, if we have one more army, we can better support our combat deployment!"

Mu Jing rubbed his temples, and said bitterly: "It's not that I'm ruthless, but that if we can't win this battle, the whole Nanzhou will be lost, and even the five states of Jingxiang and Xiangxi will be lost, so we can only turn Nanzhou into a battlefield! "

If Wuyin was abandoned, then all the cities on the eastern front would be plunged into war, which would definitely have a great impact on the hearts of the Ming people.

However, in strategic deployment, there must be a difference in severity.

Those are light ones and those are heavy ones. If you can't tell them apart, it will be like a one-shot gap, and you will lose everything. When the time comes to defeat thousands of miles, it will only be light ones, and maybe the entire army will be wiped out.

"promise!"

"Chen Gong, is there any news from Guanzhong?"

"no!"

"Hurry up, I can't keep the First Army at Wuguan, at least I have to dispatch Huang Zhong back!" Mu Jing said in a low voice.

He suppressed the First Army at Wuguan because he was worried about Guanzhong, but if Guanzhong was safe, then the First Army could fall out and be used. At least Huang Hansheng, a powerful fighter, would be able to free up his hands.

Mujing has always dominated the strategy to win. On the battlefield, more generals are needed to lead the army, rather than charging warriors. This also leads to the fact that the Ming army does not have many fierce generals.

Lu Bu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu of the Wei army are all first-class generals in the world. One can form an army, and the other can break an formation. If you don't suppress them, it will be difficult to fight a battle.

The Ming army also had generals, whether it was Meng Huo or Wenpin, they were all strong generals, but Ma Chao was the only one who could stand up to Lu Bu and the others, and he was injured, so he was not very strong in this aspect.

Therefore, it is necessary to determine the battle situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible, so that the troops of the First Army can be dispatched calmly, otherwise the First Army can only be deployed in Wuguan, and Huang Zhong can't move an inch.

"promise!"

Chen Gong nodded.

..............................

The next day, early in the morning.

The sun has risen, and the sun is very warm, reflecting a golden scene on the earth.

Wanshui.

This big river is now the dividing line between the two armies.

There are bridges on the river.

Even during the war, no one broke the bridge. After all, it was forged by countless people in Nanyang to open up the bond between the two banks of Wanshui. Unless it was a last resort, no one would break the bridge.

One of the wooden bridges was a little wobbly.

Cao Cao stepped onto the bridge and walked over step by step.

On the opposite side, Mu Jing was also dressed in military uniform, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, he rode his horse up and entered the bridge.

King Wei.

King Ming.

King to King.

Slowly approaching, the surrounding breath seemed to freeze a lot.

On both sides of the strait, the generals of the Ming army and the generals of the Wei army looked down and stared at each other.

"Cao Mengde!"

Mu Jing reined in his horse, his eyes suddenly burst out with killing intent.

"Long time no see!"

Cao Cao seemed a lot more modest, he reined in the horse, and was less than ten meters away from Mujing, smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Longtu is still so murderous!"

"of course!"

Mu Jing sneered: "I will never forget that you assassinated my father back then. If there is a chance, I will personally return this Seven Star Sword to you!"

At his waist is the Seven Star Sword that Cao Cao used to assassinate Mu Shan.

"If you give me another chance, I won't kill Mu Xiangguo, I will kill you!" Cao Cao said indifferently: "It's a pity, I chose the wrong person back then!"

"If you come to kill me, then you won't survive now!"

Mu Jing said coldly.

"is it?"

Cao Cao was very curious: "There was one thing that I still couldn't understand. Did you know that I would assassinate?"

"do not know!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "It wasn't you who I was guarding against, but I didn't expect it to be you who jumped out. In fact, both my father and I thought you were on our side, so I also have a question in my heart, who asked you to assassinate me?" Don’t tell me it’s Wang Yun?”

"Didn't you guess?"

"Liu Bian!"

Mu Jing opened his mouth and spat out a name.

"The first emperor's name is taboo, don't say it lightly!" Cao Cao smiled, with a bit of respect on his face.

"Hahaha!"

Mu Jing suddenly burst out laughing, the laughter was slightly brighter, as if a breath of depression in his heart made Zhang Yang come out: "Cao Mengde, you are really the Cao Zhengxi of the big man!"

(End of this chapter)