Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 159 Using Soldiers Like Gods, Ambush Ren Jun

On October [-]th, Liu Bei raised his army in the morning, set up his camp, and headed for Xiangcheng in a mighty way.

There were a small number of Cao Jun scouts in Xiangcheng, and when they heard the news, they reported it immediately.

In the afternoon, Xia Houyuan who was stationed in Yingyin and Cao Hong who was stationed in Linying learned about this matter.

They also immediately reported the news to Xun Yu.

In Xudu City, at the mansion of Shang Shuling, Xun Yu was lost in thought while looking at the official document in his hand.

Situ Yan and Chen Qun sat beside him.

After Chen Qun left Liu Bei, he took refuge with his father in Xuzhou. Later, when Cao Cao broke Lu Bu, he moved to many places in Henan to serve as county magistrate.

Last June, his father Chen Ji passed away due to illness, so he resigned and went home to observe his filial piety.

The rule of keeping filial piety in the Han Dynasty was generally three years, but because of the uncertain situation, sometimes the emperor would seize the situation and come back, or Mo Yu would join the army, so the filial piety was changed to 36 days.

Especially in the era of wars, filial piety was more prevalent in the late Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao didn't do much filial piety for his father, and Chen Qun only kept filial piety for Chen Ji for a year, and now he was conscripted by Cao Cao as Situ Bin.

Seeing Xun Yu frowning at the document, Chen Qun asked curiously, "Mr. Ling, what happened?"

"Ugh."

Xun Yu sighed and said, "Shen Chen is here again. He and the left general Liu Bei joined forces to Xiangcheng."

Chen Qun said: "The emperor's uncle is here too? How many soldiers and horses do they have?"

"There are about ten thousand people."

Xun Yu murmured, "Shen Chen is used to playing tricks with his voice, I'm afraid that he will march into Fenqiu again, and then make a detour to Liqiang or the Yanling bandits."

Chen Qun said with a smile: "Lingjun, this is not easy? The art of war is false, but no matter how many soldiers he suspects, I will not move. Does he really dare to travel long distances, and he can't attack without food and supplies?"

The routine can be one or two, no one can repeat it, everyone is not a fool, Cao Hong didn't want to be fooled by the slapstick at the beginning, but Xu is the most important thing, there is really no way, so he was defeated by Shen Chen in a very cautious situation .

Now Cao Cao has burned Yuan Shao's food and grass in Guandu, which has greatly boosted Cao Cao's forces in the rear. They just need to stick to it for a while. When Cao Cao's main force returns to help, Shen Chen and the others will naturally retreat.

Therefore, for the defenders of Xudu, as long as it is not the most urgent matter such as the destruction of Xudu city, then they can ignore it and stick to it to win!

Xun Yu nodded and said: "You are right, and I think so too. There are General Li and General Han's camps outside the city, and Linying and Yingyin can be reached in just one day. If he divides his troops, he will die." .It’s just that this man uses soldiers like a god, and I’m afraid he has other plans.”

Chen Qun shrugged: "If there is any plot, he can't go north to Guandu."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xun Yu laughed and said, "If he really went to Guandu, that would be fine. It's a pity that Shen Chen wouldn't be so stupid. However, this matter can't be reported to Cao Gong. Yuan Shao's food and grass will be destroyed. Either put all his eggs in one basket and storm Cao Gong's camp, or If you withdraw your troops back to the north, Duke Cao will definitely pursue them, no matter what kind, don't distract him."

"I know."

Chen Qun nodded. The situation is not that critical now. Reporting to Cao Cao is just to cause trouble. It is better to hide the news and face it alone.

A few days later, on October [-]th, Shen Chen's army began to enter Fenqiu.

Fenqiu is located on the south bank of Yingshui. It is only [-] kilometers north to Yingyin on the east bank of Yingshui, and less than [-] kilometers to the southeast to Linying on the east bank of Yingshui. Xudu is only forty kilometers away.

It can be said that Fenqiu—Yingyin—Xudu—Linying—Fenqiu actually formed an irregular rhombus, and the distances between the two sides were very close, and they could even cross the river directly to Xudu.

It's just that Cao Jun stationed troops in the two places, and deployed soldiers and horses on the periphery of Xudu. Once they went straight through the middle, they would be surrounded from all sides, so Shen Chen didn't rush forward.

On October [-]th, Xu Du got another news that Shen Chen and Liu Bei's army had appeared north of Liqiang and were attacking north.

These arrangements were all within the expectations of Xun Yu and Chen Qun, so they only prepared Li Dian and Han Hao who were guarding around Xudu to be attacked, and at the same time asked Cao Hong to pay close attention to this army. If there are any signs of Xudu, they will come to intercept immediately.

However, Lu Qiang's army stopped at the Pingning Pavilion on the south bank of the Lishui River, which is about ten kilometers away from Linying and less than thirty kilometers away from Fenqiu. The idea of ​​attacking Linying Cao Hong.

When Cao Hong got the news, he immediately guarded the city. Although he was relatively safe in the city, there were only about [-] defenders in the city, not many troops.

So he is also doubly careful.

The two sides have been living in peace like this, but when Shen Chen and Liu Bei went north, Yuan Jun on the front line of Guandu was exhausted. The fierce attack in the past few days had already exhausted Yuan Jun's remaining food and grass for less than ten days. Keep attacking.

But Cao Cao is like a stubborn rock in the sea, letting you be washed by the waves, even if it is a gust of wind and rain, and the constant attack, he still stands still, without showing any flaws.

Because of this, Yuan Shao, who was still high-spirited a few days ago and planned to capture Cao Cao alive, was about to go crazy. He was so anxious that he almost fell ill. He issued an order that if Cao Ying was not broken within ten days, he would let Zhang He Gaolan come to see him. Do not continue to attack.

At this moment in Cao Jun's camp, although Yuan Jun's offensive continued, but because the morale of the army had dropped sharply, the level was far worse than the horror of Yuan Shao's personal conquest in the first few days, and even Cao Cao rarely had a little spare time.

He stood on top of a dirt hill, overlooking Yuan Jun's attack full of loopholes in the distance, and smiled contemptuously. If it weren't for the fact that he had few soldiers, seeing Yuan Jun's posture, he would have personally led the troops out of the camp for a decisive battle.

At this moment, Guo Jia came to the top of the earth mountain, bowed his hands to him and said, "Duke Ming."

"Bong Xiao is here."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, "Look at Yuan's army outside the camp, the offensive is extremely exhausted. I think there is not much food and grass in the army. In a few days, they will collapse on their own."

Guo Jia smiled flatteringly and said, "It's only natural. Duke Ming is wise and powerful, and he is blessed by God. Yuan Shao is self-willed, and it will be a matter of time before he loses."

In later generations, if you say that other people's success depends entirely on God's blessing, that person will definitely be angry, because this will negate his personal efforts.

However, in the Han Dynasty, there was the so-called theory of the number of days, and success or failure was its own theory.And this will add an extremely mysterious color of destiny to the individual, so Cao Cao is not only not angry, but also very happy.

He laughed loudly and said: "It's only natural, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are like that, but the dead bones in the tomb are also worthy of claiming the number of days? Only by giving my destiny to me can I prosper Han!"

Guo Jia said: "Although this is the case, please don't be careless. Don't forget that there are still people in Kunyang watching us behind us."

"Shen Chen and Liu Bei?"

Cao Cao frowned and said, "In Xu Du's recent official documents, there is no mention of Ruo Ruo in the document."

Guo Jia smiled wryly and said, "That's why I wanted to tell Duke Ming about it. I also read those official documents. In the past, Ling Jun would write to inform Duke Cao of Kunyang's movements, but the latest official documents are Not at all."

"Wen Ruo is hiding something!"

Cao Cao was startled. Guo Jia did remind him that no matter what happened in the past, Xun Yu would tell him in his official documents that there was no movement in Kunyang, so Cao Gong should be worried.

But now he didn't even say these words, it was obvious that Xun Yu secretly concealed something, maybe Shen Chen and Liu Bei had already started attacking Xu Du.

Guo Jia said: "Ling Jun was also afraid that Duke Ming was worried. Maybe the rear was not too dangerous at this time, so he didn't report it. However, Jia thought that Shen Chen was always unexpected, acted unpredictably, and had the style of Sun Wu. Xu Du is in critical condition, if you want to report it, and if we send reinforcements, it may be too late."

Cao Cao pondered, "What do you mean?"

Guo Jia said: "We should send people to Xudu to see the situation. Ren Jun still stationed troops at Wei's, but because Yuan's army was attacking rapidly, he dared not go to Guandu to deliver food and grass. If the situation is critical, he can be sent to rescue."

"Ah."

Cao Cao nodded: "Yes, this is an old-fashioned opinion, just follow what Feng Xiao said."

At that moment, Cao Cao ordered people to ride a detour south to Wei's from the direction where Yuan Jun did not attack, and ordered Ren Jun to immediately send someone to Xudu to check the situation.

In fact, Guo Jia's worries and strategies were correct, but the tactics Shen Chen used were not ancient tactics, but the tactics of great men from later generations.

So he would never have thought that Shen Chen's purpose was not to break into Xudu and welcome Han Xiandi Liu Xie away, but to buy time for the future structure of the world.

By October [-]th, Ren Jun had detected the news. At this time, Shen Chen and Liu Bei each led thousands of soldiers and horses, hoarding them in Fenqiu and Liqiang counties, and fighting with Cao Hong, Xiahouyuan, Li Dian, Han Hao and others are in a confrontation stage.

After getting the news, Ren Jun did not leave easily, but sent someone to Xudu to ask Xun Yu if he needed to lead the troops south by himself to defend Xudu's surroundings?

Xun Yu's answer to him was to play it by ear, don't be reckless, and come to rescue when the situation is critical.

So Ren Jun continued to stand still.

In fact, he didn't have too many soldiers and horses at this time. He lost a lot of soldiers and horses in the last battle at Baliqiao. Last month, he was transporting food and grass for Cao Cao, and Yuan Jun continued to harass him, which caused him a lot of losses.

As a result, Ren Jun's army now has no more than four thousand troops. Compared with the tens of thousands of Diannong troops in the earliest days, his strength has lost too much.

On October 21, the person Liu Bei sent to find Yuan Shao to inquire about the situation returned.

Since Liu Bei was sent by Yuan Shao to the rear of Cao Cao to sabotage, it was reasonable and reasonable for Liu Bei to send someone to find Yuan Shao after the Wuchao incident.

The person who sent the envoy was Sun Qian.

After Sun Qian came back, he told him that although he didn't know how much food Yuan Shao still had in store, the soldiers of Yuan's army were all downcast and their morale had fallen to the bottom.

After getting the news, Shen Chen immediately discussed with Liu Bei and acted according to the plan.

In addition to the main force of more than 1000 people, their army also has a part of the army, that is, the three or four thousand routs of the old Yuan family, plus more than [-] people from Zhoucang Pei Yuanshao, there are almost [-] troops.

These people can't fight, but they don't need to fight, so let them station in Fenqiu and pretend to be part of the main force of Liu Bei's Chen Chen army.

On the side of Pingning Pavilion is the real main force of Liu Bei and Shen Chen's army, with a total of 23 troops. On October [-], they suddenly went north and traveled to the area of ​​Wangtian Pavilion, which was less than [-] kilometers away from Xudu.

The west of this place is Linying, and the north is Xudu. The 5000 people in Fenqiu also crossed the river suddenly. Under the leadership of Guan Yu, they arrived at Yulin Pavilion. The north is Yingyin, the south is Linying, and Wangtian The soldiers and horses in the pavilion are more than ten kilometers away, and they are also less than twenty kilometers away from Xudu.

At the same time, the main force of Liu Bei and Shen Chen's army was divided again. 3000 people went north to Woting, and Han Hao had more than [-] people stationed here. The two sides fell into a confrontation.

For a while Xu was shocked.

However, no one thought that when Shen Chen led three thousand soldiers and led Zhang Fei and Gan Ning, they had already gone west when they were in Ping Ning Pavilion.

So at that time, Liu Bei's army had only 6000 people, and there were mobs led by Guan Yu on the other side of Yulin Pavilion. The real elite [-] soldiers went west to Chenting. Weichuan Pavilion.

This is the only way for Ren Jun to go south from the Wei family.

Seeing that tens of thousands of Shen Chen and Liu Bei's allied forces surrounded Xudu, on October 24, Ren Jun gathered his troops and horses without hesitation, and went south to support Xudu!

(End of this chapter)