Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 272 A showdown?The pressure is on Yu Jin's side
Set up an ambush in the "Three Pools of Yuxiu" in Guangshui County, where the mountains are steep and forested, and the streams are secluded and the springs are clear, and they plundered the enemy's food and grass.

This was Zhuge Ke's initiative to invite Ying, and because he didn't know the authenticity of the information, this time, Zhuge Ke just brought a small group of soldiers and horses to rob food.

Ever since he got out of Anlu City, Guan Lin had been a little worried, for fear that something might happen to Zhuge Ke. Losing this "Lantian Meiyu" talent was the second most important thing.

Therefore, Guan Lin had been standing on the tower, and suddenly saw Zhuge Ke's triumphant troops from a distance, and happily called Zhang Xingcai and Shi Wu beside him to go down the tower to meet them.

Zhuge Ke returned triumphantly with a team of 1000 people, escorting dozens of carts of grain and grass, as well as dozens of captured Cao soldiers.

Seeing Guan Lin, Zhuge Ke got off his horse with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "According to your son's order, we captured 37 people from Cao's army, and more than [-] catties of food and grass. Our army did not lose one man or one horse."

Hearing such a battle report, Guan Lin hurriedly helped Zhuge Ke up, "I'm sorry for your hard work..."

He took Zhuge Ke and walked into the government office.

Zhuge Ke reminded in a low voice: "So we can be sure that Zhu Ling's surrender is true?"

Guan Lin pondered for a while, and then said softly: "One robbery doesn't explain anything, try him a few more times."

Luo Tong of the Soochow Wu who was on the side saw Zhuge Ke in such high spirits, he felt uncomfortable.

No wonder, he and Zhuge Ke are the same age, but today Zhuge Ke can already lead the army alone, but he is...but just...

Lu Su also boasted at the right time: "At Yuan Xun's age, it is difficult to entrust important responsibilities in Soochow, but Jingzhou is different. The prefect of Jiangxia here is also a young man of this age. Doesn't it give young talents room to play?" Yuan Xun is also fighting for his spirit, so he plundered Cao Jun's food and grass, and found out the truth, it can't be said that he is young and promising, and his contribution is indispensable..."

Luo Tong lowered his head and said sullenly, "If it were me, I would... also be able to do it..."

Because the voice was very low, even Lu Su couldn't hear clearly, "Gongxu? What did you say?"

Luo Tong quickly changed his words: "I said... Yuan Xun is worthy of being a member of the Zhuge clan in Langya. He is capable of writing and martial arts, and his family has a long history..."

"Are you envious of him?" Lu Su saw what Luo Tong meant.

"No..." Luo Tong pursed his lips.

"Don't lie to me." Lu Su looked at Guan Lin's back, "Following this young master Yunqi, Yuan Xun's road has been widened. Not to mention you, even I envy him—"

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In Yu Jin's military tent, Yu Jin was looking at the map.

Suddenly, deputy general Dong Heng tied up a deputy general Wu Huada and broke in. Dong Heng also knelt down and pleaded guilty: "My deputy general was escorting grain and grass, but I was attacked at Santan Waterfall in Guangshui County and lost a hundred carts. Food, loss of troops, please punish me, General, together!"

Yu Jin quickly helped Dong Heng up, and comforted him: "I already know about this matter. It was a surprise attack by the bandit army. They laid an ambush on the grain road ahead of time. It is not the general's fault. You go back and rest for a while, and then go to transport grain!"

Dong Heng was stunned and puzzled, "Yes, but Liang Dao has been found out by Jingzhou soldiers, I'm afraid that Guan Lin will send someone to intercept him again..."

Yu Jin smiled and said to the lieutenant general: "General, be careful. If you encounter an interception, don't love to fight. Self-protection is the first priority. As for mere food and grass, just give him Guan Lin!"

Yu Jin, who has always run the army strictly, suddenly showed a casual attitude, which made Dong Heng and the deputy general puzzled.

when going out.

The lieutenant general asked Dong Heng, "General... how do you transport the food?"

Dong Heng pondered for a moment, "The next time I transport food, I will also set up an ambush at the Three Pools Waterfall... If the enemy does not come, it will be fine. If they do come, they will never come back!"

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Guan Lin and Lu Su were interrogating the prisoners captured by Zhuge Ke, when one of them said in a low voice: "My general expected a thief... no, it was expected that General Guan Ping would be stationed in the other cities of Jiangxia. They will not take the initiative to attack rashly, so they will transport grain and grass from Nanyang in several routes, and prepare for a protracted war! I never thought that the prefect of Guan would take the initiative to attack...to plunder the grain road."

Lu Su asked quietly: "Then the other grain roads? Did you know about it?"

"I don't know!"

The voice just fell.

The sound of "snap" was that the whip fell to the ground and made a "crack" sound. Holding the iron whip in his hand, Zhang Xingcai sneered and said, "If you don't do it honestly, you will suffer physically and mentally."

Guan Lin glanced at Zhang Xingcai, "It can't be like this..." After pondering for a moment, he said, "Let them all go, serve them with wine and food, and send the horses back..."

what…

Zhang Xingcai was startled, and asked, "As a prisoner? Why didn't you kill him?"

Guan Lin said quietly, "The Cao thief issued the "Widow Recruitment Order". If widows are forcibly recruited, they will be forced to remarry... If I kill them, what will happen to their wives and daughters? Isn't this ruining dozens of families? Is it?"

When the captives heard this, they hurriedly bowed their heads in thanks, "Thank you, Prefect Guan... Thank you, Prefect Guan..."

After the captives were beaten down, Lu Su smiled and said, "Yun Qi has a clever trick to attack the heart!"

Guan Lin sighed, "I only hope that my benevolent heart can make Cao Wei's army less distracted!"

Speaking of this, he ordered the generals, "Whoever captures Cao Jun in the future, he must treat him kindly..."

"Well—"

All the soldiers bowed their hands.

But because of this great victory, Zhuge Ke was in high spirits, and he was inevitably more eager to try, and hurriedly said: "The end general will go to rob the enemy's food tomorrow..."

"Not busy..." Guan Lin waved his hand lightly, "Wait one more day... go!"

Zhuge Ke heard what Guan Lin meant...

It is to wait for new information from Zhu Ling.

With this information... looting the enemy's food is almost foolproof!
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Cao Pi and a group of civil and military officials with the army finally arrived in Luoyang.

Since Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, it has become an empty city. The empty houses are uninhabited, and some of them still have traces of burning. On the wide street, a few ragged people and unkempt children look at it in surprise. This glorious team.

Cao Pi got out of the carriage, and Li Miao, Liu Zhen, and Wu Zhi also got out of the carriage. They walked to Cao Pi's side together, and all the people looked at this once magnificent capital sadly and sadly.

Of course, Li Miao was deeply saddened, he was pondering.

——『This is a new starting point, and a new battlefield! 』

Cao Pi was born in Luoyang in the fourth year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

According to his mother, Mrs. Bian, in the year he was born, there was a blue cloud over his head for a whole day, which was shaped like the roof of a pair of chariots and horses...

The warlock with "hopeful spirit" came to see the good and bad luck. When he saw the cloud cover, his face was filled with awe, thinking that this little baby was extraordinary.

Cao Song was very happy to hear this, and asked the warlock what the future of the child was.
Can he catch up with his ancestors and become a trusted minister of the emperor?
The sorcerer shook his head again and again, and replied: "This is not a cloud that a minister deserves, but a sign of the most noble and honorable master.

This sentence made the entire Cao Mansion look in awe!

At that time, Cao Cao, after crusading against the Yellow Turban, made some military exploits, and defeated Jinan again...

Then, after being dismissed from office at home and losing his beloved concubine, that is, Mrs. Liu, the biological mother of Cao Ang and Cao Shuo, He Jinzheng was once again appointed as one of the eight captains of Xiyuan——Lieutenant Dianjun.

However, the good times didn't last long, and He Jin died two years later. The Liangzhou warlord Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, and Liu Bian, the young emperor, was abolished and Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, was replaced as emperor.

At that time, Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang and gathered the vassals of the [-]th Route to challenge Dong.

It just so happened that Yuan Shu brought the news about Cao Cao's death outside...

Cao Piyou remembered that he was only five years old at that time, and it was his mother... Mrs. Bian, who was still his father's concubine at that time, stepped forward!
At this moment, Cao Pi looked at the ruins of Luoyang City, and recalled the stories here to the "confidantes" beside him.

"My mother's family background is not high, and she has been doing art since she was a child. She has encountered worse things than Dong Zhuo's rise to power and her father's escape... On the contrary, at this time, she is more assertive than Mrs. Ding, who came from the famous Ding family, and the whole family is panicked. When the uneasiness had no backbone, she stepped forward and said to all the family members and trilogy in the mansion, "Mr. Cao's life and death cannot be determined by just a few rumors. If the rumors are fabricated by others, you will be killed today." So I resigned to my hometown, Cao Jun returned safely tomorrow, do you have any face to see the master? Is it worthwhile to recklessly give up a lifetime of fame and reputation in order to avoid unknown disasters?'”

Even though it was the first time in 25 years, when Cao Pi mentioned his mother's eloquent words, You Zi was moved with emotion, and You Zi admired his mother's courage at that time.

"What happened next?" Liu Zhen asked hastily.

Cao Pi continued, "Everyone admires my mother and is willing to listen to her arrangements. In addition, Mrs. Ding has never had a good relationship with her father. She is devoted to her eldest brother Cao Ang. She is an indisputable temperament. Therefore... from then on, although My mother is still a concubine, but everything in the Cao family's mansion has been decided by my mother!"

Hearing this, Li Miao sighed with emotion: "Mr. Zihuan's words reminded me of a rumor that in these years, Prime Minister Cao has never forgotten Mrs. Ding, and has repeatedly invited Mrs. Ding to come back in the name of Mrs. Bian. The palace is going to the banquet!"

"Mrs. Bian knew what Prime Minister Cao was thinking. She always left the seat of the first wife alongside Prime Minister Cao to Mrs. Ding, and she retired as a concubine... But back then, it seemed that when Mrs. Ding was the first wife, she never placed Mrs. Bian as the first wife. In my eyes...after listening to Zihuan's words today, I know the reason... Madam Bian is truly awe-inspiring!"

Li Miao's words...

For Cao Pi, it is tantamount to following his own preferences.

Because of Luoyang, Cao Pi thought of his childhood;
Because when he was a child, Cao Pi thought of his great mother...

Now hearing that such a madman like Li Miao can praise his mother like this, it is inevitable that he will be happy.

"Mr. Li is really knowledgeable, okay... let's not talk about this." Cao Pi said with emotion: "Go to the former palace...Since my father asked me to rebuild Luoyang City, we must first see how dilapidated the city is now. What is the point, where do you want to build it!"

Li Miao nodded, and he raised his eyes to look at the ruins in front of him again.

Luoyang's current situation is just like his situation...

He wants to reshape Luoyang step by step. During this period, he also needs to realize his plan and ideal step by step...

Realize the ideal that he admires the most...unfinished and unattainable!

The day when Luoyang was rebuilt was the time when Cao Wei was destroyed——

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Jiangxia, in the government office of Anlu City.

"Prefect, please go and rob food——"

"Prefect, the last general, please go and rob food—"

"Brother Yunqi, you should let me do such a meritorious service, right?"

Milu, Shiwu, and Zhang Xingcai invited each other to rob Cao Jun's food and grass.

Luo Tong also wanted to ask for his life to do meritorious service, but he suddenly realized that this was in Jingzhou...he...would never have this chance!

Guan Lin signaled to let these generals go out first... He, Lu Su, and Zhuge Ke had to discuss separately.

Milu and Shiwu look at each other...

Zhang Xingcai pursed her mouth, looking unconvinced.

Wait until they leave.

Lu Su said with emotion, "Six times in a row, in six places, we successfully plundered food and grass every time...Only once failed to avoid the enemy's ambush, which is already unbelievable, and now the imperial army must be in chaos! Continue If the robbing continues like this, one day...Cao Jun will collapse and disintegrate!"

When Lu Su said that, Guan Lin squinted his eyes in thought...

Zhuge Ke couldn't hold back, "But as Zhu Ling sent the information again and again, his situation will become more dangerous. It's... In the past, Mr. Yunqi didn't trust him, but this is the sixth time... This is the sixth time. Out of the six times, only one was ambushed by Cao Jun, and I withdrew in time to avoid being trapped in it."

Guan Lin said suspiciously: "If all the food and grass were easily plundered, it would look a little fake. If I made a plan, I would set up a flaw again, which would be more real. To be honest, the governor of Lu and Yuan Xun, I People are timid... If it is not infallible, I will not trust others, not to mention the unpredictable battle situation, soldiers are unpredictable, and water is impermanent!"

"The scary thing about some dangers is that we will never see through him at a glance... Could this Zhu Ling be giving us a favor, a little bit at a time, and then a little bit more... We can take advantage of it a hundred times, but we never know. When will the sword fall...if it falls...it will be lost forever."

After hearing what Guan Lin said, Lu Su was slightly silent...

But after pondering for a long time, he still said: "War is a gamble, and the chance of victory often appears in the first line. In the Battle of Chibi, if Zhou Yu hadn't fought Huang Gai, one would have fought and the other would have suffered...if Huang Gai really surrendered... Cao Cao was cheated by Zhou Yu, and he really surrendered to the north, so what should we do? Now there will be Soochow, and will there still be Uncle Liu? Many times, the side with few soldiers... has to take a gamble, and if it happens, it will win gone?"

Zhuge Ke also persuaded: "The governor of Lu said yes and yes, if he hesitates again and again, it will be a good opportunity, and it will be passed in vain. At least for now, Zhu Ling has all the reasons to surrender. It's really unbelievable, in this case, he would be a false surrender!"

The words of Lu Su and Zhuge Ke made Guan Lin nod his head.

But in the end, he spread his hands and smiled, "Well, let's give Zhu Ling a real chance. The enemy sent [-] soldiers and horses. We only know that in Bishan, a hundred miles away from Anlu City, there are [-] soldiers. At the foot of Hengshan Mountain, there are [-] Nanyang soldiers. Such a large-scale army needs to consume a huge amount of food every day. Where are they storing food? Is it in Hengshan? Or in Bi Mountain? The drawing of the granary may bring?"

Guan Lin narrowed his eyes, and his tone became more solemn. "At the beginning of the Battle of Guandu...Cao Cao and Yuan Shao robbed each other's food roads, but it was just a small fight. Only when the Wuchao was burned in the end could we win a big victory. Now...if we can accurately know the enemy's food storage If we know the layout of the granary and the arrangement of the soldiers and horses, then we can reproduce the victory in the battle of Guandu? Zhu Ling is the chief of logistics, so it shouldn't be difficult to find this out, right?"

Guan Lin's tone became firm, "Tell him, come to Anlu City, we welcome you at any time, and be sure to bring the location of the enemy's food storage! If so, I, Guan Lin, would like to show Zhu Ling to my father and to my father for him. My uncle asks for the title of 'Admiral General'!"

This…

Lu Su and Zhuge Ke looked at each other.

In the end, Zhuge Ke handed over and decided to do what Guan Lin said, "I will do it now, let Zhu Ling come to surrender with the location and blueprint of the enemy's grain storage..."

Just as Zhuge Ke was about to leave, Guan Lin hurriedly shouted: "Yuan Xun, the more than four thousand armors sent by Jiangling can be distributed!"

"It has already been distributed." Zhuge Ke said truthfully.

After getting the correct answer, Guan Lin clicked his mouth... as if he was in deep thought again.

"What is Yunqi thinking?" Lu Su asked curiously.

"I'm thinking..." Guan Lin pondered, "What if we take the initiative to fight that Yu in a forbidden contract now, and fight in a fair and honest manner?"

what…

Lu Su was taken aback, "1 people beat 5 people?"

Guan Lin smiled, "We are all infantry, so why not find an open plain?"

This…

Lu Su didn't understand Guan Lin's leaping thinking, and he didn't know whether he should be called a layman?Or... there are other calculations.

"The difference in strength is five times——"

Lu Su said with deep emotion.

Guan Lin looked reassuring, "Although there are many weak troops, we are well equipped, but our morale is high, and our fighting spirit is also high... Besides, my group of troops is the hatred of Cao Cao for taking his wife. If I keep pressing them not to fight... I'm afraid they will mutiny, and they will rebel against me!"

this time...

Lu Su didn't know what else to say.

——"How do you feel that this battle was fought so recklessly and so nonsense? 』

——"This Guan Lin can't be Zhao Kuo, can't he just talk about it on paper? 』

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In less than five days, Yu Jin's generals, Dong Heng and Dong Chao, had run out of patience.

they said in shame and indignation.

"General Yu, fight back... In just five days, six food roads were robbed. If this continues, even if our army does not lack food, the soldiers will be suffocated to death..."

"Yeah, instead of being so aggrieved, it's better to complete all your achievements in one battle and attack the city directly! "Sun Tzu's Art of War" doesn't say it, so the law of using troops is to surround them with ten and attack them with five...We have 5 people, they 1 people, exactly five times as many troops as theirs, let's attack the city!"

As Dong Chao said...

It is indeed written in "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Strategy for Attack"-therefore, the law of using troops is to surround them with ten, attack them with five times, fight them if they are doubled, and fight the enemy with them.

That is to say, the method of using troops is to surround the enemy with ten times the force, attack the enemy with five times the force, divide and destroy the enemy with twice the force, and resist the enemy with equal forces.

It's just... the theory is one thing, and the reality is another.

"The enemy's army is not 1!" Yu Jin sighed, "Guan Ping still has [-] Guan troops. One of these Guan troops is worth ten. If our army can't conquer the city for a while, how about Guan Ping bringing [-] Guan troops to support them? "

This…

Yu Jin's rhetorical question directly made the two generals Dong Heng and Dong Chao speechless.

There is a reason why Yu Jin can be the head of the five good generals. He is more comprehensive and more thoughtful... and has the characteristics of "reliable at critical moments", "good at defensive warfare", and "knowledge of running the army".

That's why...

What Dong Heng and Dong Chao saw was that the food was looted, but what Yu Jin saw was that the time was about to appear.

he is waiting...

Waiting for Zhu Ling to take the bait, then Guan Lin, who has tasted enough sweetness, will take the bait!
Also wait, wait for Le Jin and [-] soldiers and horses secretly transferred by Prime Minister Cao of Shouchun.

When the secret arrives, the reinforcements arrive, [-] soldiers... exactly five times the [-] defenders of the enemy Jiangxia, which is in line with the "Sun Tzu's Art of War" - ten to encircle, five to attack strategy.

What's more, the extra [-] soldiers are rare soldiers!
Now, he has to endure.

It's just that he can bear it, but his generals can't bear it.

Of the six food robbings, Dong Heng's lieutenants were robbed five times...Dong Heng felt his face was about to be swollen.

"Then we can't let Guan Lin beat our army's spirit. Please give me five thousand soldiers and horses. I will personally go to guard the food and see who can take it away?"

Yu Jin smiled calmly and said, "No need, let him rob, hehe... Our army captured Jiangxia, and General Dong and his lieutenants were the first to do it!"

Dong Heng raised his head in confusion and asked, "What? The last general..."

Dong Chao also felt something was wrong and looked at Yu Jin.

But Yu Jin waved his hand, signaling them not to ask more questions, but to back off.

After everyone had withdrawn from the big tent of the Chinese army, Yu Jin opened his squinted eyes, and he said with a light smile, "Hundreds of carts of grain, tens of thousands of catties of grain and rice, it's time to feed this young master, right?" ?”

Thinking of this, his thoughts quickly turned.

——"How many days will it take for General Le Jin's [-] soldiers to 'fall from the sky'? 』

hands ready...

Yu Jin made two-handed preparations!

As long as it goes well, Jiangxia's northern border will be taken back.

This is a sure-fire game—

At least, from now on, he hasn't felt any pressure from Guan Lin, and everything is under control.

at this time.

"—Report."

A scout quickly broke into the big tent of the Chinese army, and he reported loudly: "General Yu, Anlu City has shot countless arrows, and there is a word on it, which is Guan Lin, the prefect of Jiangxia. Let's fight in the field! Say yes... say you want to fight General Yu!"

This…

Yu Jin's original gaze of "everything is under control" converged in an instant.

This sudden letter from Guan Lin's "Appointment to a Battle"...inexplicably, suddenly, brought him a little pressure!
Yes, that feeling is stress!
A sudden pressure fell from the sky.

Suddenly, the pressure was on Yu Jin's side.

——"Does he know that this general still has [-] reinforcements? 』

——"No, no, he just drifted away. He succeeded in robbing food many times, thinking that this general can't hold a knife anymore!" 』

——"[-] to [-]?This kid is so brave! 』

After a lot of thinking...

Then the problem is coming.

This "war appointment", will he accept the ban?Still not answering?

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(End of this chapter)