The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 78 078 Yuan Shu Attacks
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Cheng Yu asked righteously: "How can my lord be depressed because of a momentary embarrassment? My lord should know better than anyone who Yuan Shao is. Once my lord and his family move to Yecheng, then my lord will be ruled by others. Yuan Shao said it was an alliance in name, but in fact he wanted to swallow up the lord secretly. Why didn't the lord think about it carefully?"

After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned even tighter. He lowered his voice and said to Cheng Yu, "Go on!"

"Yuan Shao is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside. He likes to plan without making decisions. He has talents but can't use them. He knows good things but can't accept them. Although he occupies the land of Yan and Zhao and has the heart to annex the world, his wisdom can't help him. If my lord Going to Yecheng to unite with Yuan Shao is undoubtedly to be under the fence of others, and will definitely be squeezed out by Yuan Shao's old troops. The lord has the power of a dragon and a tiger, how can he condescend to be inferior to Yuan Shao? Although Yanzhou is dilapidated, there are still several cities to defend, and those who can fight, There are no less than ten thousand people. With the master's martial arts and our assistance, we will definitely be able to regain Yanzhou and defeat Lu Bu with our own strength." Cheng Yu said impassionedly.

Xun Yu, Xun You, and Guo Jia stood up one after another and said in unison: "We are willing to swear to the death to assist the Lord and regain Yanzhou."

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong, and Li Dian also echoed: "The last generals are willing to die to serve, and they must kill Lu Bu to put down the chaos in Yanzhou!"

Cao Cao was also deeply touched when he heard the impassioned words of the crowd, and immediately said: "I have known Yuan Shao since we were young, and I know what kind of person Yuan Shao is. Wei, although the soldiers are strong and the food and fodder are sufficient, I am definitely not a master. Don't worry, I will never be so stupid that I will move my family to Yecheng and be ruled by others. However, it is really difficult for Yuan Shao and our army to maintain the current state. , we can take advantage of Yuan Shao and let him send troops to Yanzhou to help our army with prestige!"

"My lord is wise!" Everyone said in unison.

Afterwards, Cao Cao replied to Yuan Shao's letter, with very humble words, politely rejected the invitation of his family to move to Yecheng, and asked Yuan Shao to lend him some food and grass, and send reinforcements to help him. Put down the rebellion.

As soon as the letter was written, a soldier walked in from outside the hall with a flustered expression. After seeing Cao Cao, he hurriedly took out a letter and said loudly, "My lord, the letter intercepted by our scouts from Lu Bu's scouts , please take a look, my lord!"

"Bring it to me now!"

Cao Cao took the letter, opened it and browsed it hastily, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his face became gloomy.

Seeing this, everyone asked one after another: "My lord, is something wrong?"

"Lü Bu was powerless to fight against our army, so he even sent someone to invite soldiers from Xuzhou to help. This is the reply from Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan. He has agreed to Lü Bu's request and sent troops to attack Yanzhou within a few days." Cao Cao said.

No matter what you are afraid of, once Lu Bu joins forces with Zhang Yan, Cao Jun's current strength and provisions will not be enough to deal with it.After everyone heard this, they were all frowning. This news was undoubtedly a bad news for them.

Guo Jiadao: "If Lv Bu and Xuzhou soldiers unite, our army's current strength may not be able to deal with it. I have a plan to make Zhang Yan unable to send troops to Yanzhou to deal with our army together with Lv Bu."

"Speak!" Cao Cao said hastily.

Guo Jiadao: "Yuan Shu occupies Huainan, with many soldiers and generals. He not only calls himself Yangzhou Mu, but also Xuzhou Bo. His ambition to occupy Xuzhou has already been revealed. In order to deal with the lord and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu once formed an alliance with Tao Qian. But later, he and Tao Qian continued to have conflicts, and the two were at odds with each other openly and secretly, and were even in a state of breaking up. If Yuan Shu still cared about his ally relationship with Tao Qian before, then now that Tao Qian has abdicated and Zhang Yan is in charge of Xuzhou, he will again There is no need to worry too much. My lord, why don't you write a letter to Yuan Shu, explaining your interests, and let him send troops to attack Xuzhou? With Yuan Shu's greed and ambition, he will definitely send troops to attack Xuzhou without hesitation. At that time, Zhang Yan The soldiers and horses deployed in Yanzhou will definitely be transferred to resist Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses with all their strength. The two armies will definitely fight for Xuzhou. No matter who wins, as long as Zhang Yan does not send troops to harass the lord, Then you can deal with Lu Bu wholeheartedly."

"This plan is very clever. I will write a letter to Yuan Shu and ask him to send troops to attack Xuzhou." Cao Cao said excitedly.

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Together with Tai Shici, Zhang Yan and Tai Shici led the cavalry team after two days of galloping, and finally arrived at Ren Chengguo, where they were warmly received by Ren Chengguo's chancellor and Captain Mi Fang.

Zhang Yan temporarily stayed in Rencheng, and sent scouts to Changyi, Kangfu, Wuyan, Taishan, Luguo and other places to summon Bao Xun, Chen Ying, Yu Jin, Zang Ba, and Lu Dai to Rencheng to discuss major issues. .

Within a day and a half, Bao Xun, Chen Ying, Yu Jin, Zang Ba, and Lu Dai all arrived in Rencheng successively. They sat together with Tai Shici and Mi Fang in the meeting hall of Rencheng, and bowed to Zhang Yan, who was sitting upright: " The general will wait to see the lord!"

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite. I called everyone here today to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack Cao Cao. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Yu Jin was the first to say: "Now that Cao Cao and Lu Bu are in a stalemate, and Cao Cao has regained Dongjun, everyone in Yanzhou is waiting and watching. When Lu Bu comes, they will surrender to Lu Bu. When Cao Cao comes, they will surrender to Cao Cao. , together with Lu Bu to attack Cao Cao, the situation in Yanzhou will change drastically. Cao Cao has great talent, but if you give him a chance to breathe, he will be able to come out of adversity. If Cao Cao is not completely eliminated, Yanzhou will never be There will be peace!"

Zang Badao: "My lord, I think Captain Yu is right. Cao Cao is almost cornered. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him in the future."

Zhang Yan nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and asked, "Does everyone else mean this?"

Chen Yingdao: "My lord, I also agree with Captain Yu's suggestion. We should dispatch troops as soon as possible to eliminate Cao Cao and avenge the hundreds of thousands of people who died under his butcher's knife!"

"Master..." Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the hall.

People followed, and Xu Sheng ran out of the hall out of breath. As soon as he entered the hall, he immediately knelt down on the ground, cupped his fists and said to Zhang Yan: "Master, the big thing...it's not good..."

"What happened?" Zhang Yan asked hastily.

Xu Shengdao: "Yuan...Yuan Shu...Yuan Shu personally led an army of [-] to take Xuzhou from Huainan, and the front vanguard has arrived in Xiang County of Peiguo..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was extremely surprised, and they were all talking about it.

Zhang Yan sat there expressionless, and after thinking for a while, he said to Xu Sheng: "You go back to Pengcheng first, tell Chen Qun, and ask him to lead troops to the area of ​​Suishui to collect all the ships on both sides of the strait. Set it on fire and burn it down, which can temporarily resist Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. In addition, let Chen Qun set up camp on the north bank of Sui River, and send soldiers to patrol the river bank every day. Yuan Shu's troops and horses crossed the Sui River!"

Xu Sheng nodded repeatedly, said "here", turned around and went back.

Zhang Yandao: "Those who come are not good, and those who are kind do not come. Yuan Shu is attacking at this time. As a Xuzhou shepherd, I cannot sit idly by. It is important to eliminate Cao Cao, but if we lose Xuzhou as our foundation, what do we have?" To destroy Cao Cao? All generals obey orders!"

Yu Jin, Zang Ba, Chen Ying, Bao Xun, Lu Dai, Mi Fang, Tai Shici and others all stood up one after another, clasped their fists at Zhang Yan and said, "The end is here!"

"All the generals lead their own troops and horses, and they still station their troops in place, guarding the cities and passes. Without my order, no one can act rashly. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

"Here!" Everyone replied in unison.

At this time, Yu Jin frowned and asked, "Master, if Cao Cao is on the verge of extinction, will our army not attack?"

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "No matter what, you can't act rashly! If Cao Cao leads the crowd to attack the city, you are not allowed to go out to fight, and you can only stick to the city. Cao Cao has always been cunning. As long as he sticks to the city and refuses to fight, he will attack the city." If you don’t go to the city, you will retreat. In addition, I have had a large amount of food and grass brought from Tancheng. In the past few days, Mi Fang will deliver the food and grass to your residence one by one. The food and grass are enough for you to feed for a year, so you don’t have to worry anymore The problem of food and grass."

"Here!"

After the order was issued, Zhang Yan put Mi Fang in charge of entertaining the generals, while he hurried back to Pengcheng with Tai Shici and three thousand cavalry.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan specially wrote a letter and handed it to Bao Xun, asking Bao Xun to send someone to deliver the letter to Lu Bu.In the letter, Zhang Yan wrote clearly that Yuan Shu came to attack Xuzhou, and he was out of resources, and offered to send Lu Bu [-] shi of grain and grass, which was enough for Lu Bu and others to eat for a year.

Zhang Yan knew very well what would happen next. It was recorded in the history books that soon after, a huge locust plague would break out in Yanzhou, and the crops would not be harvested. This would directly cause a great famine for the people of Yanzhou, and people cannibalism often occurred.

It was precisely because Zhang Yan knew this very well that he mobilized so much food and grass from Tancheng in advance, at least to ensure that his army would not be affected by the locust plague.

He gave Lv Bu food for future plans. Although he can't enter Yanzhou, he can use Lv Bu's power to fight against Cao Cao, so no matter what, Lv Bu cannot be defeated, otherwise, he will be alone and have to come alone Facing the threat of Cao Cao.

After making arrangements, Zhang Yan took Tai Shici and others back to Pengcheng. The group drove non-stop all night, and finally arrived in Pengcheng at Pingming the next day.

Chen Qun, the prefect of Pengcheng, had just received Xu Shengchuan's order to come back, and before he had time to make arrangements, Zhang Yan led the cavalry back, so he took Xu Sheng and others to the gate of the city to greet him, and told Zhang Yan the latest situation of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. .

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shu's striker had arrived in Guyang and was heading towards Pengcheng, he had no time to rest and immediately asked Chen Qun for a map.

The map was spread out on the spot. Under the light of the fire, Zhang Yan glanced at the map quickly, then suddenly stretched out his index finger, pointed to an inconspicuous place on the map and said, "Here! I want to give Yuan Shu a look here. look!"

Chen Qun glanced at the map, but saw the three small characters "Daze Township" written on it...

(End of this chapter)