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Chapter 332: Cao Cao plots to seize Jingzhou

At this time, Huang Zhong, Zhou Tai and the other two were fighting fiercely.

Although he had consumed a lot of energy in the previous fight, he still seemed to be at ease facing the three people working together, and even overwhelmed them.

However, although he was able to defeat Zhou Tai and his two companions, he could not change the disadvantageous situation because there were too many enemy troops around him.

Although the warriors who first climbed the camp were brave, they did not have his outstanding physical strength. After continuous battles, the rate of casualties began to increase rapidly.

If this continues, they will surely be surrounded and killed here.

Huang Zhong was fully aware of his own situation, but he had already put life and death aside. He now had only one thought.

That is to keep these people here!
Never let them go to help Sun Quan!
Zhou Tai and his two companions became more and more frightened as the fight went on. They had thought that they could quickly defeat the veteran in front of them by joining forces, but they discovered that they could not defeat him at all!

They could only rely on their military strength to launch siege and rotation battles, otherwise the three of them would have died under Huang Zhong's sword!
"Youping, Lord Yi and I will hold this old man back, you go and help the lord!"

Seeing that Huang Zhong could not be dealt with in a short time, Cheng Pu immediately told Zhou Tai that he was worried that Sun Quan would be caught up by Zhang Liao before escaping back to the camp.

"it is good!"

Zhou Tai had suffered multiple injuries at this time and was covered in blood, looking quite scary, but after hearing Cheng Pu's order, he agreed without saying a word.

However, just as he was about to leave the battlefield.

But he saw a troop of soldiers coming from behind from afar.

It’s Zhang Liao!

Zhang Liao led the leading soldiers back to the battlefield, but this time there was a tied-up Sun Quan by his side!
"Lord!!"

Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu and Han Dang were all shocked!
They never expected that Sun Quan was captured!

Huang Zhong was overjoyed when he saw this. He wiped the blood off his face with his hand and laughed loudly, "The blue-eyed thief has been captured alive. You are doomed to fail!"

Han Dang was extremely angry and pointed his gun at Zhang Liao, saying angrily: "Release my master immediately, or you will be killed today and everyone in Hefei will be slaughtered!"

"Stop talking nonsense, Lord Yi!"

Cheng Pu was old and prudent, and much calmer than Han Dang. Upon hearing this, he immediately rebuked him, and then said to Zhang Liao in a serious tone: "General Zhang, you have won this battle."

"You are indeed extremely brave to capture my master in the midst of thousands of troops; however, Hefei City is about to fall, and we still have an absolute advantage."

"How about we make a deal? As long as you release our lord, we will lead our troops to retreat and leave Huainan County."

Hefei City can no longer withstand their attack. If they do not stop attacking, they can only hold out for another hour at most.

So even if Zhang Liao captured Sun Quan, they still had the upper hand in the overall situation, and withdrawing troops was their only bargaining chip.

"trade?"

Zhang Liao sneered and drew out the sharp blade from his waist, crossing Sun Quan's neck. "Rebel, what qualifications do you have to make a deal with me?"

"If I were afraid of death, I wouldn't charge into the battle to capture the thief!"

"Now that the blue-eyed thief has been captured by me, you must immediately lay down your weapons and surrender, otherwise today will be the day he dies!"

"This is an order, not a negotiation!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you!"

As Zhang Liao spoke, he exerted more force on his hands, and the sharp blade cut a bloody line on Sun Quan's neck, with blood oozing out.

He risked his life to capture Sun Quan not just to make them stop attacking the city, but to make these rebels surrender immediately!

"do not want!"

Cheng Pu's face changed drastically. Zhang Liao's determination was beyond his imagination and directly put an end to his idea of ​​negotiation.

Seeing that Sun Quan's life was hanging by a thread, Cheng Pu's face changed constantly, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: "We are willing to--"

"No surrender!"

At this moment, Sun Quan suddenly shouted loudly, with a ferocious look on his face, "We are enemies with Lu Bu. If we choose to surrender, we will eventually die. How can we surrender now!"

Then he looked at Zhang Liao and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Liao, if you kill me, all the people and soldiers in Hefei will be buried with me!"

"But if you let me go, I will swear by the Yangtze River that I will withdraw my troops from Huainan County and never offend you again!"

If he surrenders now, he will fall into the hands of the court.

Given his behavior of resisting the imperial court, pretending to surrender and then stabbing in the back, the emperor would certainly not let him off easily. He would still not escape death in the end, and even the entire Sun family would be exterminated.

Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well take a gamble and see if Zhang Liao dared to exchange the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Hefei for his life!

Seeing Sun Quan's resolute look, Zhang Liao was also a little surprised. He did not expect that this blue-eyed thief would be so courageous at the critical moment of life and death and dare to threaten his life.

But this hit his weak spot.

He was not afraid of death, but he could not help but consider the civilians and soldiers in Hefei. If he really killed Sun Quan, Cheng Pu and others would order the army to attack Hefei and massacre the city in anger, and he would be powerless to resist.

"Is it possible that we can only let him go?"

Zhang Liao was very unwilling to give up. Although it would be a good thing to force the enemy to retreat and save the city of Hefei, he hoped to win even more.

Moreover, he didn't believe that these Jiangdong rats would really withdraw their troops.

Maybe he will come back and stab you in the back.

When Sun Quan saw that Zhang Liao didn't say anything, he knew that what he had just said was useful. Just as he was about to strike while the iron was hot, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly, and stones kept bouncing on the ground.

"The earth dragon turned over?"

Sun Quan was shocked when he saw this. Then he noticed that everyone's eyes were looking towards the east, so he looked up and his eyes widened instantly.

Because in the distance, there was an army like a black tide rushing towards the battlefield, among which were military flags with Chinese characters flying wildly in the strong wind. They were obviously the troops of the imperial court!
“It’s Ziyi!”

Zhang Liao was very excited. Apart from Taishi Ci, he could not think of any other Han army that could come to his aid at this critical moment.

Long before Sun's army attacked the city, he sent people to ask for help from Taishi Ci who was staying in Xuzhou. He thought it would take at least seven days to arrive, but Taishi Ci came faster than he thought!
Now it’s only five days!
Seeing Taishi Ci leading his troops, Zhang Liao felt more confident and sneered at Sun Quan, "Blue-eyed thief, do you still think I dare not kill you?"

Since Taishi Ci's troops have arrived, he doesn't have to worry about the threat from Sun's army anymore, so if Sun Quan dares to say no again, he will act without hesitation!
Sun Quan stared blankly at the Han army rushing towards him from afar, his face gradually turned pale, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered.

His defeat was certain.

Cheng Pu and others were also disheartened. They laid down their weapons and ordered the troops to retreat and stop the attack.

Zhang Liao threw Sun Quan to the sharp soldiers of the vanguard camp, then strode towards the flag where Sun's army was standing and cut it off with a wave of his sword!
As the flag fell, all the Han soldiers present burst into thunderous cheers.

“Victory!!”

Zhang Liao raised his arms and roared like a tiger. He shocked Xiaoyaojin!
At this moment, he is the most eye-catching star standing on the battlefield, and this battle will surely go down in history and become the most colorful chapter in his military career!
……

Tongling Ferry.

Because of the war that broke out in Jiangbei, Cao Cao has not left for some time. He is both vigilant and on the sidelines.

Sun Quan suddenly turned against Zhang Liao and led his troops to attack Huainan County. This was completely unexpected for him. He didn't know whether this was a conspiracy against him.

However, after sending out scouts to investigate, he discovered that the two sides were actually fighting, and were fighting to the death.

Sun Quan's entire army launched a fierce attack on Hefei City; however, there were not many defenders in Hefei City, and it could be breached at any time.

This discovery made Cao Cao very happy.

"Good fight! Let's keep fighting like this. It would be best if we kill each other alive, so that neither side will be able to get involved in Jiangdong again!"

"If I had a son, I'd want him to be like Sun Zhongmou!"

Cao Cao felt very relieved. He had originally wanted to rely on Sun Quan to deplete the power of the imperial court, but Sun Quan chose to surrender.

However, Sun Quan now turned against the imperial court again and launched an attack with all his forces, which made everything return to his original plan.

He understood what Sun Quan's purpose was.

He simply wanted to take over Huainan County, occupy the population and food supplies that had not yet migrated there, and temporarily relieve himself.

But it was a great thing for him.

Zhang Liao certainly could not defend Hefei with his limited troops, and once Sun Quan occupied Huainan County, and even Jiangbei and Yuzhou, he would become the first target of the imperial court, just like his original situation.

However, relying on Sun Quan's own strength as well as the population and materials, it should not be a problem for him to hold out for a year or two, which could buy him a lot of time.

"My lord! My lord!"

Just as Cao Cao was happily fishing on the shore, Xu Chu hurried over and started shouting at the top of his voice before he even arrived.

Seeing the fish that was about to be hooked being scared away, Cao Cao's good mood was immediately gone, and he scolded Xu Chu: "Why are you shouting? You scared away my fish!"

Xu Chu took the scolding honestly, and then said: "Something big has happened, my lord. There is the latest news about the battle in Huainan County."

Cao Cao snorted coldly when he heard this, and returned his gaze to the water. Without even turning his head, he said, "It's just that Hefei City was breached. What's the big deal?"

It has been six days since Sun Quan started attacking Hefei. With the limited military forces in Hefei city, it is normal for it to be breached. He had already expected this.

"No, my lord."

Xu Chu shook his head and said, "Hefei City was not taken, it was Sun Quan who was defeated and surrendered."

Cao Cao's hand holding the fishing rod suddenly trembled.

The fish that had just approached was scared away again.

He turned his head sharply to look at Xu Chu, and said in disbelief: "What did you say? Hefei City was not taken? Sun Quan was defeated and surrendered?!"

He wondered if he had heard wrongly.

Sun Quan led an army of 30,000 to attack a city with only a few thousand defenders, but they were defeated? And they surrendered?

What a ridiculous joke!

Xu Chu said, "Just now, the scouts sent a battle report saying that Sun Quan personally came to the battlefield yesterday to supervise the battle. Zhang Liao took this opportunity to lead 800 soldiers to charge into the battle line, killed countless enemies, and captured Sun Quan alive."

"At the same time, the imperial court's reinforcements arrived, and all of Sun's troops surrendered."

After hearing this, Cao Cao was stunned.

He didn't even notice the fish taking the bait and dragging the fishing rod into the water.

At this moment, he was filled with shock.

Eight hundred breaks thirty thousand!
Capture Sun Quan alive among thousands of troops!
This is simply a fantasy!

After the shock, anger followed. Cao Cao gritted his teeth and cursed: "Sun Quan, you little bastard, how can you be so useless!"

Let’s not discuss whether Zhang Liao is brave or not for now.

But thirty thousand people, that’s thirty thousand!
It would have been bad enough that such a large number of troops could not capture a city, but Sun Quan himself was actually captured alive by the enemy on the battlefield. He is simply a waste, incompetent and stupid!
"Zhang Wenyuan is truly a fierce general."

Xu Chu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. As a military general, he knew best how powerful Zhang Liao's achievement was. He actually captured Sun Quan with only 800 men!

"You still admire me?!"

Cao Cao was already angry, and after hearing this, he became even more furious, "Go to the water and get the fishing rod back for me. If you don't get it, you won't be allowed to eat tonight!"

After saying that, he left the shore angrily.

On the way back to the camp, Cao Cao kept thinking about this matter in his mind, but the more he thought about it, the uglier his expression became.

After Sun Quan was captured, there was no one to help him stop the imperial army. After the imperial court recovered the three counties of Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Jiangbei, he would definitely be the next target!
The originally bright situation became worse again because of Sun Quan's defeat.

"I haven't moved all the people and materials from Yanzhou and Yuzhou here. With my current strength, I can't hold Jiangdong at all."

"If you continue like this, you will just be waiting for death!"

"As for Zixiao and the others, the road from Yuzhou back to Jiangdong has been blocked, and they can't retreat at all."

"What on earth should I do?"

Cao Cao felt deeply anxious and secretly regretted not following Xu You's advice to surrender. Instead, he was worried about being purged so he chose to fight the court to the end.

It's too late to surrender now.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao could not help but sigh deeply, and then turned his gaze to the vast surface of the Yangtze River and to the west.

That's where Jingzhou is.

All of a sudden, a bold idea emerged in Cao Cao's mind - being trapped in Jiangdong would be a dead end, but what if he went west to seize the Jingxiang area?
If he could take control of Jingzhou as well, then basically most of the south would be occupied by him. How could he not use this to fight against the imperial court?

"Liu Biao is already dead, and Liu Cong is just an ordinary person, not even as good as his father. He is just a puppet of the powerful families in Jingzhou."

"Zixiao and the others are in Guandu. I can let them attack Jingzhou while I send troops from Jiangdong. How can those chickens and dogs in Jingzhou stop them?"

"Using both methods, I will definitely take Jingzhou!"

Cao Cao's eyes sparkled.

After Liu Biao's death, he saw that everyone in Jingzhou was a bunch of trash. The huge Jingzhou was just a piece of delicious fat meat that anyone could take a bite of!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao no longer hesitated and hurried back to the tent, intending to write a letter and send it to Cao Ren.

Split his troops into two groups and capture Jingzhou!
(End of this chapter)