Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 193 Charm breaks [-], and all under his command are brave men!
"Wait! Take me to see the lord!"

"Without the lord's warrant, you can't go out of the camp. The two military advisers should stay inside. How the military order is issued now has nothing to do with the two of you."

"You!" Jushou and Xu You were taken aback at the same time, both of them were stunned with a little anger, but their next choices were completely different.

Xu You walked away with a sneer, and walked into the military tent with a sneer, while Ju Shou drew out the long sword from his waist, put it on the guard's neck, and said in a stern voice, "Take me there now, With such a situation, my lord will definitely not blame you, I forced you, so don't worry."

The guard felt the coldness of the long sword, but he was not afraid. He knew that Jushou would not make a real move, but he sighed deeply, "Military teacher, if you go to see the lord again like this, you will be beaten back and driven away. , why bother to go again!?"

"It doesn't matter if I'm beaten out. I'm an upright person, and I speak out when I have something to say. As a lord, I only need to judge right from wrong, but as a subject, I should speak up. If I find bias, I will correct it immediately, regardless of my future."

"That Ju Jun is really righteous, sharing the Lord's worries, what a pity! This Lord is threatening to accept Ju Jun's love! If it were a different place, maybe he would have achieved fame long ago."

Xu You's loud taunt came from inside the tent, but Jushou didn't care, he was always aloof and didn't take part in the infighting between Tian Feng and Xu You, but just kept staring at the guard in front of him, his aura remained unchanged.

Su Wei was stared at in a dilemma, so he could only take him to see Yuan Shao with a wry smile.

In the big tent, after receiving the notification, Yuan Shao felt that Jushou had worked hard and was very fair, and he was a celebrity, so he softened his heart and let him in.

Ju Shou, who looked a little embarrassed and had disheveled hair, stood in front of Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao raised his chin slightly, and his face was still full of arrogance. The temperament of a superior person, whenever you visit Yuan Shao, his sitting posture and appearance are the most luxurious, and his every move is full of majesty and etiquette.

This time is still no exception.

Even if he has been defeated several times, he is a bit difficult to be affected by Cao Cao and Xu Zhen, but he still has a noble and arrogant temperament in his bones.

"Now, what else do you have to say?"

Yuan Shao said softly.

Jushou puffed up his cheeks slightly, took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, don't attack Xu Zhen in a big way. Although he is a small city in Yangping, if he sticks to it, he may not be able to take it for at least half a month, or even several months."

"Your Majesty, you should wait until Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are running out of food and grass, and they can't hold on to it, and then enter Guandu to rescue them. How can they be led by the nose by Xu Zhen? Nothing is lost."

"Otherwise, the positive morale is already low, and Cao Cao's elite is here, how should we guard against it?"

"Hehe!" Yuan Shao lamented coldly, "Are you teaching me how to use soldiers? You have been cautious from the beginning, and you have made several suggestions that I should not fight Cao Cao, which has caused the army's morale to be unstable. Now it is a critical moment. Still want to scare people."

"Not to mention that Cao Cao doesn't know that our army's food and grass are in Wuchao. He is not familiar with the terrain. If he enters Wuchao, he will be blocked inside. If I rescue him, he will be killed."

"On the contrary, Xu Zhen is cunning and has too many soldiers under his command! Cao Cao didn't even have so many horses in his own army, but he gave Xu Zhen a total of [-] to [-]! The real elite is actually with Xu Zhen! Can't you understand that the Chinese army in front of me is restraining my army, and making Xu Zhen a spear, rushing into my territory to attack and loot the land wantonly! What really needs to be restrained is Xu Zhen's army!"

Yuan Shao shouted angrily, leaving Jushou speechless. The basis of marching is food and grass. If Wuchao's soldiers and horses are not enough, there will be great dangers and hidden dangers.

But when he wanted to explain again, he was immediately held up by the guards on both sides and crossed out.

Yuan Shao's military order has already been issued, and if the order is changed at this time, the prestige of the army will inevitably be damaged in the future, so he does not want to talk to Jushou anymore and drive him away again.

In Wuchao, three thousand elite confidants were indeed sent, and the army still moved eastward after that.

So far, within [-] days, the army approached the city and surrounded Xu Zhen. Zhang He personally led the army to fight, and after getting to know Xu Zhen better, he knew that he was good at deploying troops to attack and leave ambushes, so he kept paying attention along the way.

The surprise attack of the armored cavalry and the crossbow cavalry did not work, and he guarded against it very well. However, because the military strength displayed by these two soldiers and horses was too strong, the armored cavalry in Zhang Liao's hands was like a storm. And the arrows of the crossbow cavalry are really invincible.

Although Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong had already seen through the surprise attack plan, they still couldn't completely prevent the sudden attack at night. After losing thousands of people, they had no choice but to let them enter the city.

But the siege is still there, enough to continue besieging the city and attacking with human life. They have climbed the city wall several times, but they were killed by swords and shields, causing heavy casualties.

With no further worries, Zhang Yun ordered the whole army to attack without leaving any room, so he broke through a city wall, was killed and repaired, and was killed and retreated after repeatedly seizing the city gate several times.

Gradually, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been paid, but Xu Zhen is not necessarily good. He is exhausted, and there are many casualties. This may be the biggest casualty since Xu Zhen fought. This gave Zhang He a chance. Orderly commanding the soldiers and horses, and the three armies attacking with all their might, can make Xu Zhen's strategies useless, and now that there is no one outside the city, the city will be destroyed sooner or later.

It is precisely because of this that even though Yuan Jun under Zhang Xi's command was defeated on the battlefield, he is now reluctant to let Xu Zhen go. If he can be captured, everything will be solved, and he will definitely win on the battlefield!

Xu Zhen is still an important soldier under Cao Cao!It will definitely make Cao Cao uneasy and go into decline!Therefore, almost all the three armies culled wildly to the city.

So on the 18th, it seemed that Xu Zhen could be forced to run out of food and grass, as if the lonely boat was in turmoil, Wuchao was burned to the ground by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's army was unable to rescue him, and the food and grass were no longer available. on.

Zhang He almost fainted and fell off his horse on the spot.

Seeing Xu Zhen in black who was standing on the top of the city looking into the distance and checking the terrain, he fell into deep fear for no reason.

No wonder he was not flustered all the time, even if the city was broken, the lieutenant soldiers would not leave, just to attract troops and horses to attack the city continuously to attract attention, and then Cao Cao's fine cavalry suddenly attacked Wuchao, but Wuchao had hoarded hundreds of thousands, almost a million Shi Liangcao, all gone like this?
"Xu Bowen!"

Zhang Yun took another look very sadly. There was only half a day of food and grass, and it was not easy to capture this city now. He had to retreat, otherwise he would have no chance to escape.

He wanted to bring the army back to Liyang and Wei Commandery, otherwise the loss would be too heavy, and the more than [-] soldiers and horses under his hands without food would all turn into deserters and disperse.

There may even be a mutiny.

"Withdraw the army, immediately withdraw the army, all withdraw to Liyang, and return to Yecheng for resettlement."

"The whole army retreats, the front army stays and deploys defenses, and guards all the guard posts along the way, don't be chaotic! Retreat in an orderly manner!"

After a moment of heartache, Zhang Yun immediately recovered his original calmness, issued a few orders, and the soldiers retreated in an orderly manner, gradually withdrawing from the sight of the guard on the city gate.

Until this moment, the generals and counselors gathered beside Xu Zhen. These days, they were also suffering from persistence, and at this moment they finally waited for Zhang Xi to retreat. Otherwise, according to their siege method, maybe seven Days later, it is really impossible to hold on.

"Finally back."

"It seems that Yuan Jun's camp at Guandu has been severely damaged."

"The longer we hold on, the more troops will be invested there. Up to now, Zhang Yun may have lost more than 3 people."

The soldiers, horses and lieutenants shot dead by Huang Zhong himself amounted to no less than 1000 people together, not to mention the soldiers who went on to attack the city.

Xu Zhen was relieved when he heard them, but his eyes were a little emotional. The city was full of blood. The moat trench dug before didn't have much water in it, but now it was all blood-red mud. There were countless corpses of soldiers and horses, all piled up in the Everywhere, the land in front of them is full of potholes, and the city walls are extremely dilapidated.

"How many people have we lost?"

Xu Zhen turned around and asked.

"Still counting, but the armored cavalry battalion and the crossbow cavalry battalion were all damaged. The brothers did not hide from the battle, and all stood guard on the city wall."

Dian Wei said with emotion, in the past ten days or so, no one has slept well. If it wasn't for the continuous fighting, the gates on both sides would not be lost. Fortunately, this city is not an isolated city. There is still a detour at the back pass, otherwise it will really be surrounded to death.

"Our military rations are not enough."

Zhang Liao said with a solemn face.

Xu Zhen sighed at this time, looking around, there are people with gloomy faces. He has the majesty, the soul of the Han, the heart of martial arts, etc. on his body. He obviously feels that all the soldiers have fought to the extreme, so he smiled wryly: " There is no way to chase anymore, we are already exhausted enough, if we are ambushed while chasing, it will be really difficult to fight, order all brothers to rest in the city, and after the rest, tidy up the battlefield outside the city."

"Here!"

"That's all I can do, I still feel a little pity."

Dian Wei scratched his head, "Why don't I take the Qinghuying out to chase again, since they withdrew, they definitely won't be able to fight for a long time, I just chase and fight instead of fighting with them, at least grab a few hundred horses and come back .”

Xu Zhen took a deep look at him, seeing that Dian Wei's face was sincere, and he didn't seem to be saying polite words, so he said in surprise, "Are you really going?"

"Go, haven't you said that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, if you don't chase after this time, when will you go?"

"Your Majesty! I will also lead the soldiers. Although the soldiers in our army are exhausted, the horses and others are still not tired. They can still continue to charge. It is absolutely no problem to chase the fleeing soldiers and horses!"

At this moment, Zhao Yun also clasped his fists and asked for a fight. For a while, the generals who had been discouraged and prepared to rest became active again. Huang Zhong also asked for a fight, and refused to rest.

"Kong Ming, Wen He! What do you think?" Xu Zhen turned to look at the two of them, and Jia Xu said, "I can catch them."

"If Zhang Yun has a way not to retreat, he will definitely continue to attack the city. After all, the city has been dilapidated to such a state, and the winner will be determined within a few days. At that time, we will have to fight to the death."

"Then why is he willing to retreat?"

Jia Xu smiled, "There is no need to think about it anymore, there is not enough food and grass, and the Wuchao in the rear has been raided by the lord, so I have to retreat, so the pursuit should not be aggressive, and the killing should not be the main thing. From here to Wei County, there are at least two The Baili Mountain Road is more than a hundred miles away from Yangping County Mansion, and the direction of retreat is to the west, so Zhang Yun should go after Yuan Shao's Guandu army."

"We can chase."

Jia Xu glanced at Zhuge Liang, and without waiting for him to speak, continued: "But it's okay to chase, don't fight desperately, every time the mountains and forests must be inspected before entering, cavalry chasing infantry can always catch up, don't be greedy for horses, forcibly Chase."

Zhuge Liang nodded approvingly, and said to Xu Zhen, "Students think so too."

Xu Zhen just nodded at this point, mainly because he didn't expect that in the past, he was the one who advocated strange pursuits, while the others were quite conservative, but this time he had already begun to regret the casualties, and felt a little pain in his heart. It's so rare to be so passionate.

I am afraid that this is also the effect of characteristics. After your own charm reaches [100], you will indeed receive special effects. With the addition of characteristics such as majesty, when you lead troops, your troops will be fierce and forgetful. Of course, this is not mandatory Yes, but after Xu Zhen's demeanor has changed, it is easier to be remembered by others, and such changes will naturally occur.

"Then chase! Remember Mr. Wen He's words, use cavalry to chase infantry, not cavalry."

"Be sure to chase slowly."

Xu Zhenyu asked earnestly.

……

Zhang He's soldiers set up sentry posts along the way, and retreated slowly, but the morale of the retreating soldiers could not be high after all, and Dian Wei soon broke through, and then began to chase.

The army chased the plains from the mountains and forests all over the mountains, and rushed to Zhang He's troops on the marching road. After losing a lot of soldiers and horses at the beginning, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and other generals soon discovered a great clue, and Zhang He retreated. Although there were many soldiers, they were even more exhausted, as if they hadn't eaten at all before leaving, and they didn't carry much dry food on them.

This point, after Dian Wei killed a few more fleeing pawns, was verified by the captives who surrendered, Zhang Xi had no food.

And because the military report was delivered late, they were at a loss, and they were so flustered when they retreated that a huge mutiny occurred in the army.

Deserters are everywhere, and they can't be controlled at all.

Hearing this news, all the soldiers under the general's command chased even more fiercely, so in the long and narrow field in the north of Yin'an, they really broke Zhang He's army and horses, making him unable to take care of the rear army and could only flee.

And Yuan Shao's Guandu camp was also destroyed, and the rest of the troops abandoned Wuchao, fled after several rounds, stationed troops in Liyang, and fled back to Weijun with his own troops.

This battle ended in a big defeat, and he left the Guandu battlefield in disgrace. So far, Cao Cao's army has all entered the territory of Jizhou, and began the real siege of the city.

The military report of the Great War was spread all over the country within a few days, and it was known from all over the country. It shocked the world, and the princes of all walks of life did not dare to make any changes. After Zhong Yao took the festival to supervise the army, he promised to give Ma Teng and Han Sui official positions , So Zhang Lu and others retreated to Hanzhong and stopped making trouble.

The lands of Jiangdong and Jingzhou in southern Xinjiang decided to open up business with Lujiang, Jiujiang and other places again, and sent a special letter to Xu Zhen to ask for friendship, but it has not been decided yet.

Sichuan and Shu are almost in a state of seclusion. They originally planned to inquire about some news, but when the battle ended, all the Confucian scholars in Sichuan and Shu fell silent, praying to the lord to guard the land, not to provoke Cao Cao, and to wait for the right time.

More than ten days later, the wars in various places will rest, and the situation is basically stable. Xu Zhen also came from Yangping County to meet Cao Cao, planning to take advantage of the victory to take Liyang this year, take Wei County into his pocket, and force Yuan Shao into a more complicated situation. Go to Youzhou!

(End of this chapter)