Han Xiang

Chapter 282 Three thousand tigers and wolves run to Shouchun

"Liu Bei is really abnormal this time."

After concurring, Guo Jia changed the subject and reminded: "However, it will take at least half a month for Duke Ming to lead his troops back to Xudu. If he rushes to Runan without stopping, the soldiers will definitely be exhausted and may be at a disadvantage in the battle."

Cao Cao nodded affirmatively, then turned his head and asked, "Feng Xiao, do you have any other suggestions?"

Guo Jia replied: "Li Tong of Yang'an County has always been close to the imperial court. Why didn't Duke Ming order him to send troops to contain Liu Bei?"

Cao Cao shook his head: "Wen Ruo once mentioned in a letter that there are too many rebels responding to Liu Bei. Li Tong can only keep the surrounding area of ​​Yang'an intact, and is unable to attack Liu Bei."

"Li Tong is the captain of Yang'an, and it is his duty to keep Yang'an safe. Why didn't Duke Ming entrust him with a heavy responsibility? As the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards." Guo Jia once again talked about Cao Cao's heart.

"Huh? Makes sense." Cao Cao pondered for a while, "Captain Yang'an has too little power and responsibility. I'll send someone to Wen Ruo immediately, asking him to directly declare that Li Tong is the prefect of Runan. I hope he can do what Feng Xiao said. That way, the higher the official position, the stronger the responsibility.”

"Since Minggong wants to send a letter to Xu Du, why not choose a general from Xu Du to go to Runan first, and let him cooperate with Li Tong to deal with Liu Bei. Last year, General Zixiao (Cao Ren) was able to defeat Liu Bei by himself. If Li Tong and the others can complete it You don't have to take the trouble to make a trip, and the soldiers can also take a good rest."

"The words of filial piety are very close to my heart."

Cao Cao thought about Xu Du's guard, but Yu Jin was the only one who could make a move.

Yu Jin was concerned with the safety of Xu Du, so he could not be transferred to another place at will. Cao Cao felt that it was not appropriate to take any risky actions during the class, otherwise if something happened, he would be as stupid as Yuan Shao yesterday.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao decided to choose Cai Yang, a close minister, and send him to urge Li Tong to hunt down the thieves. Maybe it can have the effect of Shi Huan and Han Hao?

After all Cao's troops had crossed the Yellow River, Cao Cao immediately assembled his army and dispatched generals. He appointed Xia Houyuan as the chief general, and Zhang Liao and Cao Chun as deputy generals.

There are more than 200 ships in the Yellow River, which could have carried seven or eight thousand troops, but only 5000 were selected in the end.

In addition to carrying the food needed for the march, the vacated space was filled with war horses. Cao Cao asked Cao Chun to bring more than a thousand tigers and leopards to ride. Without horses, he could not exert his power.

The 27 reinforcements traveled unimpeded by water, and entered the Huai River via Surabaya on July or eight, and arrived at the border of Huainan on August [-].

Getting too close to the waters of Shouchun would be discovered by Sun Quan, so Xia Houyuan ordered people to land in the waters of Dangtu County, and as soon as he landed, he summoned Zhang Liao and Cao Chun to express that they would divide their troops to attack.

"There are [-] to [-] enemy troops in Shouchun, and Sun Quan has enough troops to help. So I plan to divide the troops into two groups now. One way will go directly to Shouchun to find the battle, and the other way will go south and then go to Shaopi. My lord guesses that Shaopi belongs to Jiangdong. where the granary is."

Before Xia Houyuan finished speaking, Zhang Liao questioned: "General, isn't Shaopi a lake? How could Jiangdong granary be?"

"Grain cannot be stored in the water, but it can be stored on the ship, and the warship can move at any time, so there must be very few defenders. If a few grain ships can be burned, how can the soldiers besieging the city not panic?" Xia Houyuan smiled confidently, and said to his lord Strategizing, how can children Sun Quan resist?
"When the grain ship is burned, the Jiangdong rats must be in a panic. Then they can take advantage of the situation and enter the city, and the siege of Shouchun will be solved immediately. It is a wonderful strategy."

Zhang Liao knew it was Cao Cao's plan, but now the main general is Xia Houyuan, so he complimented him by the way.

Seeing Xia Houyuan stroking his beard and nodding, he clasped his fists and asked for a job: "The last general is willing to lead an army to burn the boat."

Xia Houyuan shook his head and said in denial: "I have supervised grain in the army for a long time, and I am more experienced in finding enemy grain ships, so it is more appropriate for me to rob grain and burn ships. Wenyuan fought bravely and dared to fight. You should go to the frontal battlefield. how?"

"Well, I will obey the dispatch at the end."

Cao Cao appointed Xia Houyuan as the main general. No matter what military arrangements he made, Zhang Liao had no right to refute, let alone the other party's tone of discussion.

Xia Houyuan nodded in satisfaction, and added: "That's it, I will lead the headquarters to ride a detour of [-] steps, and it is expected to arrive at Shaopi in two days. You can slowly head west."

Seeing that Cao Chun, who was also the deputy general, just nodded, Zhang Liao couldn't help asking: "The general leads the army alone, but Zi and I go together with the general (Cao Chun). I don't know who will take the lead?"

"My lord praises you for being brave and resourceful, so Wen Yuan is the main one." Xia Houyuan smiled slightly, then turned to ask Cao Chun, "Zihe, do you have any objections?"

Cao Chun shook his head lightly: "I will listen to General Zhang's arrangement."

"Don't dare, don't dare"

Zhang Liao hurriedly clasped his fists in salute. He was very clear about his position. Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun were Cao Cao's confidantes. No matter how well he did, he could not climb above them, so humility and courtesy were very important.

Xia Houyuan patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder lightly, and encouraged him: "You have to have confidence in yourself. We can even defeat Yuan Shao, let alone a yellow-mouthed boy? You three thousand soldiers are all elite soldiers. As long as you overwhelm the enemy in momentum, you can fight with him." Yuan Rang (Xiahoudun) should cooperate internally and externally, let these rats remember Zhang Wenyuan, and make you a nightmare for Jiangdong people."

"The final general will go all out." Zhang Liao responded sonorously with clasped fists.

Zhang Liao has a high EQ, and he can hear Xia Houyuan's subtext, which means don't be cowardly when you are inferior in strength, you must dare to fight, fight, and charge.

Do you need to remind me?I am a general, can I not fight?Can you get ahead if you don't fight?
Zhang Liao has self-knowledge, and he understands that the only way out is to be valuable, but fortunately, those 3000 people are indeed tiger and wolf soldiers, and half of them are Cao Chun's tiger and leopard riders. The soldiers in the camp are all good men who can fight tough battles.

Two days later, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun's troops finally appeared in the east of Shouchun.

At this time, Shouchun had run out of food for seven or eight days. Xiahou Dun ordered the living soldiers to eat the comrades who died in battle to satisfy their hunger. He also tried to break out of the encirclement before the food ran out, but was blocked by Sun Quan's troops.

Xiahou Dun blocked Jiangdong soldiers and horses for too long, which made Sun Quan want to massacre the city again. He planned to destroy the city without letting any Cao soldiers go.

The breakout failed, the city lacked food, and morale plummeted
The chain reaction drove a vicious circle, which directly led to a soaring death rate of Shouchun defenders.

Before the arrival of Zhang Liao's reinforcements, more than 3000 defenders had died in the city. The smaller the number of defenders, the more fatigued they would be, and the subsequent death rate would be even more exaggerated.

Just when Xiahou Dun was in despair, the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao finally arrived. The defenders in the city were encouraged by the news, and their hope made them sweep away the haze of the past and devote themselves to defense more attentively.

Xiahou Dun could see the reinforcements, and Sun Quan naturally received the information.

Seeing that the city could be broken in a day or two, Sun Quan ordered Xu Kun to continue storming the city, and he personally led ten thousand people to block the reinforcements, thinking that Cao Cao would send 3000 people to die, and he would be sorry for Cao Cao if he didn't eat them.

Two miles to the east of Shouchun City, Sun Quan deliberately chose a location close to the city. He wanted Xiahou Dun to stand on the city and observe how he defeated the reinforcements and his hopes.

Thinking of the scene of face-to-face violation, Sun Quan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure.

(End of this chapter)