The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 66 066 Qingzhou reinforcements
In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao stood on the watchtower, surrounded by Dian Wei, Guo Jia, Xun You and others, watching the entire battlefield.

At this time, a man wearing iron armor and an iron helmet ran up from the observation deck. Xia Houyuan.

As soon as Xia Houyuan climbed up to the watchtower, he clasped his fists and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, there is a troop rushing from the northeast to rescue Tao Qian. The one rushing to the front is the banner of Liu Xuande in the plain. There are also the banners of Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong and Qingzhou Inspector Tian Kai, will our army stop them?"

"Liu Xuande?" Cao Cao felt familiar when he heard the name, thought for a moment, and then said, "Is this the Liu Bei who put down the Yellow Turban Army in the past?"

Xia Houyuan said: "It is this person."

"It turned out to be him. I haven't seen him for many years, and I almost forgot about him. I didn't expect that he would dare to come to this muddy water as a shoe seller!" Cao Cao sneered and turned to look northeast.

Reflecting the bright firelight, Cao Cao could clearly see that the man riding a white horse and wielding two swords was none other than Liu Bei.And he also recognized the man who used Zhangba Snake Spear on Liu Bei's left, and the man who used Qinglong Yanyue Dao on Liu Bei's right. These two were Liu Bei's sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However, among Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, there were two knights, both of whom were brave and handsome, but Cao Cao didn't recognize them.

Thousands of soldiers and horses, led by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and two other knights, rushed from left to right in Cao Jun's camp. Cao soldiers could not stop them, and the five of them became horns of each other, like five tigers entering Like a flock of sheep, it's like no one's land.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, and then he remembered that Liu Bei's sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both brave and skilled fighters, and their martial arts were outstanding, and extraordinary soldiers would be able to resist.

"Pass down the order to withdraw all the siege troops. All soldiers will not stop Liu Bei and others and let them enter the city." Cao Cao made a decisive decision and immediately ordered.

"My lord, Kaiyang City is about to be captured. Letting Liu Bei and others in at this time will not increase the defense force in the city?" Xia Houyuan asked suspiciously.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Liu Bei, Kong Rong, and Tian Kai are all mobs. Let them enter the city to wipe them all out in the city. Since they come to seek death on their own initiative, I will fulfill them. Go and send an order, all All the soldiers retreat to the barracks, no more attacks tonight, recharge your batteries, and attack the city with all your strength tomorrow morning, the first climber will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and be named a school lieutenant!"

"Here!" Xia Houyuan understood Cao Cao's intention, responded, and immediately got down from the watchtower to convey the order.

As soon as Xia Houyuan left here, Guo Jia asked, "Master, why don't you defeat Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Tian Kai and others outside the city? With the strength of our army, even if we send a few more such reinforcements, if we want to win Not a problem either."

Cao Cao said: "If you attack them now, you can indeed defeat them, but they have a high chance of escaping. I put them in Kaiyang City, just to wipe them out and let the world know that no matter who dares to fight Cao Cao If you do it right, there is only one result, and that is death!"

Soon, Cao Cao's order was conveyed, and Cao Jun's camp called for money to withdraw troops. Cao Jun's siege ended without a problem, and Cao Jun also tried to avoid Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Tian Kai and others' soldiers and horses, and refused to fight. .

While Liu Bei and others were fighting, they suddenly saw that Cao's army had all retreated, and they voluntarily gave way to a path, which made Liu Bei feel a little baffled.

The person on Liu Bei's left with a leopard head, ring eyes, and a Zhangba snake spear is Zhang Fei. When he saw this, he laughed and said to Liu Bei: "Brother, Cao Jun retreated as soon as we arrived. , it seems that Cao Cao is afraid of the prestige of the elder brother, and dare not fight with the elder brother."

"Third brother was joking, what prestige can I have, probably Cao Cao sold us a face." Liu Bei is quite self-aware, although he can't guess why Cao Jun called for money to withdraw troops, but he also knows that Cao Cao is not afraid of himself.On the contrary, he was still a little afraid of Cao Cao.

"As soon as Duke Xuande came, Cao's army retreated. This is enough to prove the excellence of Duke Xuande. Zilong deeply admires him." The person who spoke was caught between Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. He was young and pale Ruyu, handsome and unrestrained, holds a gentian gun. His surname is Zhao Mingyun, and his style name is Zilong.

Zhao Yun was originally a general under Gongsun Zan's tent. When Liu Bei came to rescue Tao Qian, he specially borrowed Zhao Yun and a thousand soldiers from Gongsun Zan because he didn't have enough troops.Only then did Zhao Yun obey Liu Bei.

"Brother, no matter what, since Cao Jun has retreated, let's enter the city immediately." A red-faced and beautiful-bearded man on the right with a Qinglongyanyue knife said loudly. This person is Liu Beiyi's second brother, named Guan Yu, The word cloud is long.

There is also a young man between Guan Yu and Liu Bei. This man holds an iron spear, bows and arrows hanging from his waist, and six short halberds stuck in his back.

Tai Shici originally had nothing to do with this incident, but Sun Qian went to Qingzhou to seek reinforcements. When he arrived in Beihai, Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong heard that Tao Qian was besieged by Cao Cao, so he ordered all troops to come to the rescue.

Who would have thought that Guan Hai, the remaining Yellow Turban thief, led the crowd to attack Beihai, beheaded Kong Rong's generals, and surrounded Beihai.It happened that Tai Shici came to repay his kindness, entered the city, and volunteered to go to the plains to ask Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou, to send troops to rescue him.

Since Gongsun Zan defeated Liu Yu last year and occupied the entire Youzhou, his power has greatly increased. He even led troops southward, captured Bohai County in Jizhou, and stationed troops in Nanpi.

In addition, Gongsun Zan sent Tian Kai and Liu Bei to go south to Qingzhou and occupied Pingyuan County. He made Tian Kai the governor of Qingzhou and stationed troops in Leling, and asked Liu Bei to serve as Pingyuan Commander.

When Tai Shici arrived in Pingyuan, he first met Liu Bei and then Tian Kai. He was moved by his love and reason, and then he persuaded Liu Bei and Tian Kai to send troops to rescue them.

"Enter the city!" Liu Bei took the lead, put away his swords, and said loudly.

On the gate tower of Kaiyang City, Tao Qian, Cao Bao and others were overjoyed when they saw this, thinking that the arrival of Liu Bei and others made Cao Cao feel scared.

When Tao Qian saw that Cao Jun was retreating one after another and Liu Bei and others were galloping towards the city gate, he immediately ordered: "Open the city gate quickly and let the reinforcements enter the city!"

Seeing that Tao Qian was so happy, Chen Deng hurriedly came over, cupped his fists and said, "Report to Mr. Tao, about Zhang Yan's matter, I must..."

"I'll talk about Zhang Yan's matter later, the government is now going to welcome the rescuers from Qingzhou!" Tao Qian interrupted Chen Deng, and turned to leave.

In desperation, Chen Deng grabbed Tao Qian's arm and said loudly: "Tao Shijun, I must explain this matter clearly. It's not that Zhang Yan didn't send reinforcements, but led the army to attack Yanzhou. I believe Zhang Yan has not only annihilated the Cao Ren army stationed in Gaoping County, but may have invaded the hinterland of Yanzhou. This is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. I hope Tao Shijun can understand!"

Tao Qian shook off Chen Deng's arm, and said angrily, "Siege Wei and save Zhao? Who did he surround and save? Isn't Cao Cao's army still here? Since he doesn't want to send troops to rescue, why bother to find someone like him?" Too many excuses. Without him, Zhang Yan, the government can still find reinforcements!"

As soon as the words fell, Tao Qian, under the guard of Cao Bao, quickly went down the tower, and left Chen Deng alone on the tower.

There was a wry smile on Chen Deng's face, he sighed heavily, and blamed himself: "It's all my fault, if I had gone to the city earlier, things wouldn't have developed to this point."

"Lieutenant Chen, is what you just said true? General Zhang really wiped out Cao Ren's army and attacked the hinterland of Yanzhou?" What Tao Qian said, after seeing Tao Qian away, he climbed up the tower and asked.

Chen Dengdao: "What I said is absolutely true, but the news may not have reached Cao Cao's ears, otherwise, Cao Cao's army should have retreated already!"

Zang Badao: "If this is the case, then the siege of Kaiyang should be solved easily. Chen Xiaowei, I believe what you said, General Zhang will never disregard the overall situation, and he should also understand the truth of death. "

"I'm very pleased that General Zang believed my words. However, Mr. Tao didn't believe it. He always thought that General Zhang didn't send reinforcements on purpose."

"Tao Shijun is in a fit of anger. He should understand when the weather clears up tomorrow. The rescuers from Qingzhou have arrived, won't Captain Chen go see them together?"

Chen Deng glanced at the arrogant Qingzhou rescuers outside the city, and said with a sneer, "A group of mobs, what's there to see. Cao Cao deliberately withdrew his troops and let them enter the city, just to annihilate them all in this city, but they didn't Those who don’t know the danger are really a bunch of fools!”

"Lieutenant Chen means that Cao Jun retreated on purpose just now?"

"With Cao's army strong and strong, can't they deal with these mobs from Qingzhou?" Chen Deng asked rhetorically.

Zang Ba pondered for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Yesterday Guangling prefect Zhao Yu led his army, and Cao Jun only used a small amount of troops to defeat him. Even Zhao Yu was beheaded by Cao Jun, and he fought with Cao Jun for several days , Its combat effectiveness is indeed unmatched by Xuzhou soldiers.

In this way, what Chen Deng said is very possible.

Chen Deng looked at the Qingzhou rescuers who had already arrived at the city, and said slowly: "It's rare that so many rescuers have come. If they were all stationed outside the city and became horns with Kaiyang City, Cao's army would definitely be troubled. It's a pity that none of them If you can see through the mystery, when Cao Jun attacks the city again at dawn tomorrow, this group of people will see the true strength of Cao Jun."

Zang Ba heard it in his ears, but remembered it in his heart. The matter has come to this point, and he can only take one step and watch one step.

The north gate of Kaiyang City was opened wide, Tao Qian came out to welcome him in person, Sun Gan led Qingzhou Inspector Tian Kai, Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong, and Pingyuan Commander Liu Bei came to Tao Qian, introduced each other, and everyone knew each other , was connected to Kaiyang City by the enthusiastic Tao Qian, thousands of soldiers and horses filed into the city, and after a while, the city gate was tightly closed.

Cao Cao was still standing on the watchtower, and when he saw all the rescuers from Qingzhou entered the city, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he immediately ordered: "Pass down the order, all battalions will take strict precautions, and attack the city with all our strength tomorrow morning! "

(End of this chapter)