Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 90 Taishi Ci (Fifth Watch, please subscribe)

Cao Jun retreated.

It was past afternoon, and the spring breeze was blowing on the river bank.

Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu, Hu Che'er and others rode horses to the front of the Gan Ning army.

"General Zhang."

Gan Ning and Shen Chen went up to meet them.

Zhang Xiu cupped his hands and said: "Xingba, Chen, thank you for this battle."

The names he spoke were a lot closer.

"The general is serious, don't say that Cao Cao and I have a deep blood feud, just say that we have a bitter heart, and we will help each other."

Shen Chen waved his hand, looked at the fifty-something old man beside him and asked, "Could this be the famous Mr. Wen He in Guanzhong?"

"I don't dare to be famous in Guanzhong. It's still young people like you who are the fearsome young people."

Jia Xu also looked at Shen Chen, narrowing his long and narrow eyes into a line: "Xiao Lang looks only fourteen or fifteen, but he can shake Cao Cao. He is really a young hero."

Shen Chen is actually only 11 years old this year, and will not turn [-] until October.It's just that he developed relatively early, and he often exercised, practiced martial arts and bows and arrows diligently, and he didn't lose his meat, egg and milk, so he looked like he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

However, he did not correct Jia Xu, but said sternly: "Mr. Wen He is too modest. I just tried my best to deal with Cao Cao. This beast killed tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou and killed more than a hundred of my relatives." , I am at odds with him, and I believe General Zhang also deeply feels it."

Jia Xu's face twitched slightly.

In fact, he didn't participate too much in this battle, and watched from a distance throughout the whole process, hardly saying a word.

In fact, Cao Cao's tactics are all in his eyes. As a veteran who has been in the Xiliang Army for many years, how could he not know how to command in battle?
With his prestige in the Xiliang army that made Duan Yan, a veteran Dong Zhuo's cronies, even feel threatened, it must be no problem to command Zhang Xiu's army.

If he came to command the battle at that time, even if he was still no match for Cao Cao due to too few troops, it would be easy to adjust the formation immediately and persist for a longer time.

As soon as Gan Ning's reinforcements arrived, Cao's army could not defeat Zhang Xiu in a short time, and the three sides encircled them. Not to mention completely wiping out Cao's army, at least most of Cao's army could be left behind.

Even Cao Cao himself may die in this chaotic army.

But he chose to wait and see.

the reason is simple.

Jia Xu never thought of continuing to attach herself to Zhang Xiu.

From the bottom of his heart, he thought that Cao Cao would be able to sit in the north in the future after he got Liu Xie.

Therefore, he was the one who most hoped that Zhang Xiu would lose in this war.

As long as Zhang Xiu is defeated and realizes the gap between him and Cao Cao, there will be less resistance in persuading him to surrender to Cao Cao in the future.

It's a pity that he never expected that Shen Chen appeared in the middle and played a very crucial role.

Although Zhang Xiu was defeated in this battle, he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. As long as Cao Jun retreats, there will be a chance to regain his strength in the future.

In contrast, Cao Jun.

This battle can be described as heavy casualties.

Cao Ren's 5000-man army was wiped out, and half of Le Jin's soldiers were wiped out.

Adding in the loss of troops in the Battle of Wancheng and the Battle of Tuanshui just now, the loss of troops alone is almost [-] to [-].

Then several generals were lost, Dianwei Cao Renle Jin, and his son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin.

The stark contrast made Jia Xu doubt life at this time.

Is it true that Cao Cao can't do it?

This thought just flashed in my mind, and when I looked at Shen Chen, something changed suddenly.

Pity.

If it wasn't for the child's blood feud with Cao Cao, maybe he could vote for the court with him.

For a moment, Jia Xu's heart was full of regret.

But the people around didn't know what Jia Xu was thinking at the moment, seeing Jia Xu's silent appearance, Zhang Xiu's expression was not very good.

Because before coming here, Shen Chen had reminded him that when facing Cao Jun in the future, Jia Xu might not be able to work hard.

This battle obviously proved that Shen Chen's words were true.

It also made Zhang Xiu further doubt what Shen Chen told him before, that Jia Xu still wanted to devote himself to Cao's affairs.

It's just that now is not the time to talk about these things. After Zhang Xiu thanked Gan Ning and Shen Chen, he chatted about forming an alliance with Liu Biao again, and then retreated towards Rangcheng.

Gan Ning looked at the direction in which the Xiliang army was going, and asked Shen Chen, "Ah Chen, is this the end? It seems that we haven't eliminated Cao Cao."

"Uncle Xingba, please be content, we have achieved a lot in this battle."

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Liu Shijun will not send troops, he doesn't want to go north and march into the Central Plains."

"Why?"

Gan Ning was puzzled and said, "This is a god-sent opportunity to annex Henan."

"Then there is an extra emperor on top of his head?"

Shen Chen shrugged, turned his horse's head and said, "Let's go, Mr. Liu's ambition is beyond our guess."

Gan Ning rubbed his head. Although he has read books and is relatively smart, he can't see the political wisdom in it very clearly, which is puzzling.

But what Shen Chen said was right. It had been almost a month since Cao Cao came to Nanyang in early February, and Liu Biao still hadn't moved. It seemed that he really didn't want to show his strength.

The army went south to Anzhong, passed Anzhong, and followed the Turan River to Xinye, because Xinye is the confluence of the Turan River and the Fei River, so it is not very far away.

On the way, Shen Chen was thinking about the future direction.

It was within his expectation that Liu Biao would not send troops.

The reason why Liu Biao didn't send troops at first was because he knew that Zhang Xiu had surrendered, and it would be meaningless to send troops to Nanyang, so he might as well defend the periphery of Xiangyang.

Deng Hong had already gone to Xiangyang a few days ago, and the news must have been reported to Liu Biao, but now there are no soldiers and horses, which can only prove one thing-Liu Biao has no intention of eliminating Cao Cao at all.

Now Liu Xie is a sweet pastry in the hands of foreign surnames, and Cao Cao can hold the emperor to order the princes if he gets him.

But in the hands of the clan, it is a hot potato.

If Liu Biao goes north to eliminate Cao Cao, what should he do if he gets Liu Xie?
I can only respectfully treat him as a loyal minister.

Because he was born in the party, and he was also a member of the clan surnamed Liu, a serious royalist.

Now the royalists in Xuchang are not weak. If Liu Biao intervenes in eliminating Cao Cao, he will inevitably be coerced by Yang Biao, Zhao Wen, Zhang Xi, Fu Wan and other royalists to work for Liu Xie.

Compared with serving the emperor in Xuchang, how can being the supreme emperor in Jingzhou feel at ease?
What's more, Liu Biao himself has evil intentions.

So thinking with his toes, he wouldn't do anything to deal with Cao Cao.

And without relying on Liu Biao's strength, it would be impossible for Shen Chen to go north to shake Cao Cao's foundation based on Shen Chen's current strength.

Cao Jun was able to defeat Cao Jun this time. First, Cao Cao did it himself, and he had to mess with Mrs. Zou.

The second is to take advantage of information.

If these two factors were eliminated, and he went directly north to attack Yuzhou, Li Tong, who was stationed in Runan alone, would be enough for him to drink a pot.

Therefore, Shen Chen could only choose to lie dormant, strengthen himself first, and slowly wait for the opportunity.

So when is the next opportunity?

Battle of Guandu!

Thinking of this, Shen Chen understood that his next step was to prepare for the battle of Guandu.

Back at Huangmen Pavilion, Deng Hong came back the next day.

He conveyed Liu Biao's intention that Gan Ning should continue guarding Huyang instead of chasing Cao Cao, and went to Rangcheng again to send Zhang Xiu a batch of grain and supplies to re-conclude the alliance.

So the situation in Nanyang was settled again, Zhang Xiu was stationed in Rangcheng, and the surrounding counties that had surrendered to Cao Cao returned to him one after another.

His influence gradually extended, covering Wancheng, Nieyang, Anzhong, Jiyang, and Yuyang.

And Liu Biao continued to guard his one-acre three-point land. Except for Nanyang, the whole Jingzhou was the northern defensive belt around Xiangyang, and Dengxian, Fancheng, Caiyang, Huyang and other places in the north of Xiangyang.

Although Cao Cao left Nanyang, he sent Cao Hong to garrison Ye County, which was regarded as a nail in Nanyang. The three forces divided Nanyang North, Nanyang Central, and Nanyang South.

Nanyang has returned to calm, no matter what, life still has to go on.Most people will not be affected by the war and still have to work hard.

People who are not in ancient times have no idea how difficult it was for the ancients to survive.

Later generations have chemical fertilizers, high-yield seeds, and mechanized farming, which greatly reduces the time farmers need to work hard, and they are often only busy when they are sowing and harvesting.

In ancient times, without modern technology, people not only depended on the sky for food, but also worked in the fields most of the time, weeding, pest control, irrigation, canal digging, and seedling raising without stopping for a moment.

And even if they take care of millet seedlings and wheat seedlings all the time, the output is incomparable to that of later generations, so often a person has to cultivate more than ten mu of land on average to maintain food and clothing, and the hardship is ten times harder than that of later generations of farmers.

There are nearly 2 people in Huangmenting. Before the war, most of them fled to Huyang for refuge. After the war, they returned here. At the beginning of March, the prosperity of the past was restored.

Shen Chen returned to the clan and immediately started a new plan. The damage suffered due to the war was reorganized. The corpses of Cao Jun had to be dragged far away to be burned and buried. Ditches were dug, walls were repaired, and last year's wheat was harvested. stop.

He didn't have much time to stay in the clan. After Deng Hong completed Liu Biao's mission, he would go back to Huangmen Pavilion to pick him up. Shen Chen would continue to study at Xianshan Academy, and Deng Hong would continue to return to the State Shepherd's Office.

On March [-]th, a few knights suddenly went south from the north and found the Huangmen Pavilion.

Today happened to be the time for Shen Chen to prepare to go south.

Deng Hong came back yesterday. After packing up and saluting, the grandparents, grandson, Cai family, and hundreds of servants, big and small, were going to Xiangyang again.

Shen Zhen and his wife and Shen Chen's eldest brother and sister-in-law prepared a banquet for him early in the morning, killing chickens and sheep, and sent Deng Hong and Shen Chen off.

After lunch, when he was about to set off, someone from outside came to report to him that there was a letter from Runan.

"Let them in."

Shen Chen was washing and dressing at home, the ancients also had to dress up when they went out.

A gentleman pays attention to appearance, so he has to wash clean, put on brand-new clothes, and tie his hair before going out.

He happened to be tying his hair, and he didn't need a crown at the age of 12, so he simply tied his long hair with a cloth and wrapped it with a silk scarf.

Although I really want to cut my hair and shave the small crew cut that I used to cut in my previous life, it is a pity that the ancients paid attention to the parents of the body, hair and skin.

Cutting hair was a very terrible thing at that time, because in the Han Dynasty there was a very severe punishment called "kun punishment", which was one of the five punishments.

This punishment is nothing else, just cut off all your hair and give you a bald head.

Shaving your head is a severe punishment, which shows the seriousness of cutting your hair.

After tidying up her hair, Shen Chen left her room and came to the front hall.

Big brother Shen Zhong is entertaining them.

The person who came was headed by a strong man with a height of eight feet, with two halberds on his back, extremely long arms, and a figure similar to Zhao Yun's.

Seeing Shen Chen coming out, he got up from the table and asked, "But Mr. Shen?"

Mr. Xiao is the nickname given to him by Liu Bei.

Shen Chen smiled and said, "Exactly, don't you know your name?"

"My name is Taishici, and I'm named Ziyi. I'm the supervisor under Uncle Liu's account. I'm ordered by Uncle Liu to deliver a letter for Mr. Xiao."

It was Tai Shici who came.

(End of this chapter)