The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 208 Chapter 207
Early the next morning, Xun You came to Cao Cao in a hurry, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "My lord, I have a complete plan, which can not only capture Jinyang, but also kill Han Meng."

Cao Cao saw that Xun You's eyes were bloodshot, the bags under his eyes were still a little swollen, and he looked tired, so he knew that Xun You must have stayed up all night.He hurriedly asked: "Did Gongda stay up all night thinking about this plan?"

Xun You said: "Even if you don't sleep for three days and three nights, and you want to break your head, you have to come up with this perfect plan."

Cao Cao was very moved, and immediately said: "I have you and others doing my best to assist. If I can't achieve great things this time, what face will I, Cao Cao, stand in this world?"

Xun You said: "My lord, you don't have to be like this. In the past, Goujian, the king of Yue, spent 20 years trying his best to defeat Wu and become the overlord. No matter where the lord is or what kind of life he lives, Gongda will follow him to the death. , never give up.”

"Gongda!" Cao Cao was so excited that he grasped Xun You's hand, and his eyes became moist.

The two cherished each other and never gave up, and then Xun You told his strategy. After Cao Cao heard it, he was full of praise.

"Only Gongda can come up with such a clever plan. If so, Jinyang City will be destroyed." Cao Cao said happily.

Cao Cao knew the news that Tai Shici led the army to Jinyang early in the morning. The reason why he took every step and did not act immediately was to find a way to avoid Tai Shici's soldiers.

Now, Cao Cao is very satisfied with Xun You's strategy. In this way, he no longer has to worry about Tai Shici's army.Not only that, but in this strategy, with the help of Tai Shici, Han Meng can be eliminated.

So Cao Cao gathered all the generals to discuss in the hall, including Han Meng.

When all the people arrived in the hall one after another, Cao Cao said loudly, "It has been seven days since we left Huguan. During these seven days, we have done nothing. I believe that General Yuan must be getting impatient waiting outside Huguan. However, there is also a reason for this, because Zhang Yan sent Tai Shici to lead an army of [-] people to Bingzhou to help Zhang Yang, and now he is in Jinyang, which is obviously against us. For this reason, I formulated a strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain, I will lead an army of one thousand, bluffing along the way, and directly attack the Shangdang. If Taishi Ci hears about this, he will definitely send troops to follow. At that time, General Han will lead three thousand soldiers from his headquarters to attack Jinyang City. The defense of Yangcheng, the bravery of General Han, and the elite soldiers under his command will surely capture Jinyang. I wonder what General Han intends?"

Han Meng thought to himself: "How could Cao Cao be so kind and let me do good things? Besides, Jinyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although I have [-] elite soldiers, I may be able to capture Jinyang. At that time, we will If Jinyang cannot be conquered, Cao Cao will definitely accuse me of being incompetent in front of the lord, and then trap me in injustice. I will not be so stupid!"

Thinking of this, Han Meng said to Cao Cao: "General Cao's subordinates are full of talents, both civil and military. Let General Cao do the matter of siege and plunder. I am willing to be a bait to fish out Jinyang City. Tai Shici and others."

Cao Cao said: "General Han, Tai Shici is one of Zhang Yan's powerful generals, and the soldiers he led this time are all elite. Although this time it was just a feigned attack on the Shangdang, if Tai Shici really kills the general, there will inevitably be some It was a fierce battle. But there are few soldiers in Jinyang City, and the prefect Wang Hui has unscrupulous generals. In comparison, attacking Jinyang City will be much easier..."

"It is precisely because of this that I am willing to give up this simple task to General Cao. When I came out, my lord had ordered me to give priority to General Cao in everything. Let me handle the matter of attracting troops. "

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Since General Han is determined to insist, then I will not force it. General Han will lead a thousand troops, bluffing along the way, pretending to attack the Shangdang, and the rest will follow me to attack Jinyang City. General Han, What do you think of it?"

Although Han Meng is not very willing to let his troops separate, but at this moment, there is nothing he can do. Since Cao Cao has already started to attack Jinyang City, let him attack, and his troops are only at his disposal for the time being. .

"I don't have any opinion, let's do it like this!" Han Meng said.

Cao Cao said: "Okay, then it's settled like this, General Han, you will gather a thousand elite soldiers today, and head south all the way, bluffing and pretending to attack Shangdang along the way."

After the order was issued, Han Meng went to collect elite soldiers, took ten days of dry food, and left Daling City first, heading south all the way.

To the south of Daling County is Qi County. Han Meng arrived at Qi County as quickly as possible. He burned, killed and looted along the way.

In addition, Han Meng also specially drove a large number of civilians, pretending to be an army, and the sound of gongs and drums along the way was very lively.

Qi County is the hometown of Wang Ling and the habitat of the Wang clan. Half of the entire county is occupied by the Wang clan. When the Wang clan learned that Han Meng was leading the army, they spontaneously organized and guarded the city together with the county magistrate. .

When Han Meng arrived at the county seat of Qixian County, he saw that swords were raging above the county seat, and the county magistrate was already prepared. He was afraid of losing troops and generals, so he did not order an attack.

The magistrate of Qixian County was Wang Hui's nephew, so he sent someone to Jinyang City to inform the prefect Wang Hui.

At the same time, Cao Cao gathered all the soldiers in Daling City and quickly left Daling City, but sneaked into the valley secretly, waiting for a good opportunity.

On the other hand, Cao Cao sent Xia Houyuan to get in touch with Huchuquan, Qubei and others, and took them into the valley.

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Jinyang City.

After Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang Hong and others entered the city, they stood still and waited quietly for Cao's army to attack.

For three days in a row, Cao Cao captured Pingtao and Daling counties successively, and opened warehouses in the counties to release grain, and news of the eradication of bullies was also passed on.

Zhang Hong thought that Cao Cao was buying people's hearts, and he was doing everything he could.But Jinyang City now has more than 1 soldiers and horses in the city. Even if Cao Cao attacks, they don't have to worry, they can completely repel Cao Cao.

Therefore, Tai Shici trained Wang Ling's newly recruited soldiers together with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, which can be regarded as a temporary hug.

Two days later, news came from the magistrate of Qi County, saying that Cao Cao led an army into Qi County, burning, killing and looting along the way, committing all kinds of crimes, with the purpose of attacking Shangdang.

After receiving the report, Wang Hui immediately told Tai Shici the news, and Tai Shici found Zhang Hong again and told Zhang Hong the news.

After Zhang Hong heard this, he said, "The former Cao Cao bought people's hearts, but now he burns, kills and loots. What is he doing?"

Tai Shici said: "Cao Cao must have heard that we have arrived in Jinyang City, and the defense is relatively tight. He only has [-] soldiers and horses. Seeing that he could not capture the city, he simply went all the way south and went straight to Shangdang. Military advisor, Lord Commander I will come to rescue Zhang Yang, if Cao Cao goes to Shangdang, then Zhang Yang will be attacked by the enemy. Let's send troops to catch up."

Zhang Hong thought for a moment, but still didn't speak.

At this time, Wang Ling hurried over and said kindly to Taishi: "General Taishi, the scouts from Daling County have returned and said that Cao Cao indeed led the army out of Daling County and went all the way south. It seems that Cao Cao really He gave up attacking Jinyang City and went to attack Shangdang instead."

"Is the news reliable?" Zhang Hong asked.

"Absolutely reliable!" Wang Ling said.

Zhang Hong gently stroked the beard on his chin, and said slowly: "It seems that Cao Cao really gave up attacking Jinyang City..."

"Military division, let's send out troops now, gather all the soldiers and horses, and rush to Shangdang quickly, maybe we can come in a hurry! If it is too late, I'm afraid Zhang Yang will be defeated!" Tai Shi said kindly.

Zhang Hong said: "That's all."

"I'm going to gather troops and horses, and go with General Taishi!" Wang Ling said suddenly.

Zhang Hong said: "Wang Changshi, you don't have to go, you should lead the soldiers and stay inside the city, just in case!"

"However, when Cao Cao passed by Qi County, he killed people from my village. I couldn't be more angry!" Wang Ling said indignantly.

Tai Shi said kindly: "Don't worry, I will make Cao Cao repay twice as much!"

Therefore, Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Zhang Hong immediately ordered the soldiers and horses of the headquarters. Tai Shici, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun led [-] cavalry first, and Zhang Hong led [-] infantry. Afterwards, Wang Hui, Wang Ling, Hao Zhao and others With the welcome of others, he left Jinyang City and headed all the way to Shangdang.

As soon as Tai Shici's army left Jinyang City, Cao Jun's scouts who were hiding in the bushes outside Jinyang City immediately passed the news back.

At this moment, Cao Cao led the [-] horse infantry, and the [-] Hun cavalry led by Huchuquan, Qubei and others were secretly hiding in the valley.

For three days, they maintained extremely high vigilance, for fear that someone would find out that a large army was hiding here.

In the evening of that day, Cao Jun's scouts returned to the valley and informed Cao Cao of the news that Tai Shici had led the army to leave Jinyang City.

Cao Cao was elated after hearing this, and immediately made a plan.

Early the next morning, according to Cao Cao's arrangement, Qubei led [-] Hun cavalry to attack the villages and towns outside Jinyang City.

Soon, someone informed the prefect Wang Hui of the news that the Huns cavalry had entered the bandits.Wang Hui saw that the Huns had only [-] cavalry, so he asked Wang Ling to lead Hao Zhao and [-] newly recruited soldiers to attack the Huns directly.

Went to Bei to see Wang Ling and Hao Zhao led the army, first fought with them for a while, and then fled.

Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were willing to give up, and led the army forward in pursuit. After walking about seven or eight miles, they suddenly heard the sound of clappers, and hundreds of arrows suddenly shot out from the woods on both sides of the road.

Wang Ling and Hao Zhao were caught off guard, and many of their subordinates were shot to death. Even Wang Ling himself was shot in the left arm by an arrow, bleeding profusely.

If Hao Zhao hadn't stood in front of Wang Ling and waved his knife to push away the incoming arrows, Wang Ling would have been shot into a hornet's nest, and there was no life left.

A cluster of arrows fell, and another cluster of arrows flew towards them. Not only that, Cao Jun and the Hun cavalry who had been ambushing here in advance were all revealed, swarming up, beheading the frightened Jinyang soldiers to their heart's content... …

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