The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 324 Cao Chun?

The Jingzhou army came quickly and retreated even faster, and it turned out that they retreated directly that night.

Originally, Wei Tao planned to launch a night attack. He didn't want to kill many soldiers of the opponent, as long as he could cause chaos in the opponent, or even have a field battle with himself, then Wei Tao's goal had been achieved.

This naturally hurt the morale of the army, but obviously even a general like Zhang Yun was silent about it.

It has to be said that such a decisive retreat of the Jingzhou army was indeed somewhat beyond the expectations of Wei Tao and Jia Xu, but Jia Xu just pondered for a while to ensure that there would be no reason for his strategy.

As soon as the Jingzhou army retreated, Wei Tao was not afraid to press directly to the city of Xiangyang.

"My lord, Cao's army has moved, and Xia Houyuan, the god-walking general who is 'five hundred in three days, and one thousand in six days', is still in command. Based on this calculation, I am afraid that Cao's vanguard army can reach Fancheng in only three to five days." .”

Jia Xu said slowly.

"I have to say that although our army is marching very smoothly, the price of this smoothness is that our army is not fast. In addition, we have cut off ties with the Jingzhou gentry, which is even worse. My lord should act quickly."

Wei Tao nodded slightly, and then gave the order.

"The whole army sent the letter of persuasion to Xiangyang with arrows!"

Following Wei Tao's order, he immediately mobilized three hundred good shooters from the army, and shot straight in with arrows. Even though the walls of Xiangyang City were high and thick, the arrows were not serious about hurting people, so they were naturally unstoppable.

However, Wei Tao's behavior can only make the residents of Xiangyang a little chaotic at most. It is impossible for anyone who is still in the war to easily cause chaos in the opponent's city.

So no matter how Wei Tao went out to challenge, no matter how much Wei Tao made his soldiers shout and scold, the opponent would not want to come out.

"Who is the enemy general? If it is Cai Hao, Zhang Yun and others, they will definitely not do this."

Although he had planned for a long time, Wei Tao was also interested in guarding Xiangyang, so he immediately asked about it.

"My lord, the guard is Wenpin, the general of Jingzhou. As for Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, it is said that they gathered all the Jingzhou navy. Protect the city with Wenpin."

Hearing this, Wei Tao was also a little speechless, Jingzhou has indeed been at peace for a long time.

If Cai Mao and the others directly prepared the back road, if it is said that the Jingzhou clan would not know about it, then it is naturally impossible. If so, I am afraid that the Jingzhou clan is also counting on that back road to be usable.

"I know that Wenpin is a man. He has the ability to be a commander, and he is cautious by nature. He will definitely not send troops easily. It seems that the only way is to use peace."

Wei Tao sighed slightly, he only ordered the soldiers under his command to continue shouting and cursing to annoy the soldiers of Jingzhou, but he returned to the camp accordingly.

"Wenhe, is the plan correct?"

"Hehe... Don't worry, my lord, Jingzhou's soldiers don't have any fighting spirit now. I've walked around the city to watch them before. If Wenpin hadn't personally led people under the city wall to appease the soldiers, I'm afraid it would not be impossible to open the city and surrender. That Kuai Zirou is a good planner, but he doesn't know how to deal with war. Before, he came suddenly and retreated suddenly, which made our military plan to fight with him in vain, but they returned to the city in a hurry and did nothing. It hurts morale even more."

Jia Xu smiled slightly, everything seemed to be under control.

Several days passed like this, during these few days, Wei Tao only ordered people to shout and challenge, and at the same time sent troops to seize the main roads in various places, instead of attacking the city immediately.

Such a situation naturally surprised many generals and counselors in Jingzhou. Many counselors and generals gathered together to discuss why this was the case.

But after thinking about it carefully, Kuai Yue said that.

"It is said that a great general is good at fighting, so this statement is true. However, in a battle between a great general, whether he uses tactics or cavalry, can he have a good record in siege?"

Hearing what Kuai Yue said, everyone in Jingzhou was stunned, but even after careful consideration, they still couldn't answer, and finally Kuai Liang replied with some hesitation.

"If this is the case, I am afraid that it was only when the Yellow Turban was crusaded in the past. The strange words, could it be that the general is not good at attacking the city? But one method can master a hundred methods, this is a bit unreasonable, right?"

"Brother, I don't mean that. According to rumors, Wei Tao loves soldiers like a son. Whenever he goes to battle, he always fights more with less, and defeats the strong with the weak. Presumably he doesn't want his soldiers to die because of this. Now The delay in not moving is due to the fact that there are indeed insufficient troops and is waiting for reinforcements from the rear and the arrival of siege equipment, and the second is that he does not want the soldiers under his command to die because of this."

"Mr. Yidu means, so you can wait for Cao Jun to come?"

Hearing what Kuai Yue said, everyone else showed joy, but Wen Pin remained calm.

Wenpin is one of the few in the Jingzhou army who doesn't have a big opinion on surrendering to anyone. He just hopes that there will be less fighting in Jingzhou. Now that Wei Tao will not attack the city, although Wenpin is relieved, But at the same time more skeptical.

Wei Tao is also one of the most famous generals in the world, how could it be so?

"Hehe... I understand the meaning of General Wenpin, but even if it is General Xia Houyuan, I am afraid that he will not be the opponent of the General. Why is this move by the General not a strategy to surround the spot?"

Kuai Yue is a well-known scholar in Jingzhou, naturally he has a lot of kung fu, and he laughed immediately.

"What's more, although we have made up our minds, we may not be unwilling to give in to the general. As long as we can protect Xiangyang, what is there to be afraid of?"

Wenpin immediately said silently, as long as the war in Jingzhou was not spreading, Wenpin would not have so much thought.

Even Wenpin, the general of the defenders, acquiesced, let alone the others.

"Report!"

While everyone in Jingzhou was discussing, a guard came in and reported.

"My lords, there is another army coming from outside, and the letter said 'Cao'! Now the general is calling the door at the bottom of the city, I don't know what to do?"

Everyone was taken aback, speechless for a moment.

With counselors like Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, they naturally calculated secretly in their hearts. At this time, Cao Jun's vanguard should be able to reach Fancheng, and if they divide their troops, they should come.

Although the Jingzhou aristocratic family has been more inclined to Cao Cao, they have never had a business with Cao Cao after all, so they did not let the Lord of Fancheng surrender Kaesong, but let him guard Fancheng tightly in case of accidents.

While looking at each other, Cai Mao looked left and right, thought about it, and then said.

"Whether it's true or not, it's just a look outside the city.

Hearing Cai Mao's words, everyone nodded secretly and followed Cai Mao to file out.

When I got to the top of the city wall and looked down, I saw a young general in white robes leading the army at the bottom of the city, and a banner with the word "Cao" waving in the wind.

There are not many people in this army, about 2000 people, but everyone is strong and brave, and they are also good horses. It can be called a brave army in the world!

"Could it be the tiger and leopard cavalry? Except for the general, Prime Minister Cao is the only one who can have such a powerful army!"

The generals of Jingzhou, who were a bit rude in their words, were speechless after seeing this mighty army, and they actually felt a bit of respect for it.

Just like facing Wei Tao, even if Cao Cao was not here, no one would dare to call Cao Cao by his name.

"Cao Chun is here, but General Cai Mao, Mr. Kuai Liang?"

Seeing everyone in Jingzhou show up, the general under the city shouted unceremoniously, directly pointing out a few people who are currently in charge of Jingzhou.

"On behalf of the Prime Minister, I have met all the sages, and said that the lord of the sages is very clear. If you can stick to Xiangyang, then the prime minister is willing to show your majesty the merits of protecting Xiangyang, so that you can guard Xiangyang forever!"

"It really is!"

Even with Cai Mao's sophistication and Kuai Yue's and Kuai Liang's deep scheming, at this moment, he couldn't help feeling relieved and unable to be himself.

Isn't what they are striving for so hard that their family can take root in Jingzhou and get the convenience of Jingzhou?

Now that it is so easy to get, how can they not be overjoyed.

"Is the general's statement true?"

Cai Hao couldn't help leaning out half of his body from the city wall, looking at Cao Chun eagerly.

"Whether it's true or not, you can tell it at a glance! This is the prime minister's request from His Majesty, do you still not believe it?"

At this moment, the general held up another object and said, seeing a Huang Juan, although he didn't know what was in it, but it was true that the Supreme Royal could not use it.

Looking at each other, Cai Mao already believed it, and couldn't help turning his attention to Kuai Liang and the two. Although all the city defenses in Xiangyang were handed over to Wenpin, it was Cai Mao who could really call the shots.

Kuai Liang and the others naturally understood what Cai Mao meant, which was to prevent these people from entering the city.

If you really want to invest in Cao Jun, it is naturally impossible to prevent him from entering the city at this time, but if there is fraud, the consequences will be unimaginable.

So the two hesitated for a while.

"My prime minister also knows the current situation of you all, so when he ordered me to come, he has already ordered me to camp outside the city and form a corner with Xiangyang. When my prime minister arrives, he will naturally see you." know."

As soon as the voice fell, he would retreat, and in fact, he couldn't help but not retreat.

Although Wei Tao didn't surround Xiangyang City, after all, he only had the vanguard army in his hands, which was not enough, but there were sentries on all sides, and Wei Tao had no reason to be aware of any changes.

Although they didn't talk for a long time, the soldiers under Wei Tao's command still rushed over very quickly.

That Cao Chun obviously didn't want to fight with him at this time, and he retreated in the blink of an eye. When Wei Tao's soldiers saw this, they sent a general Zhao Yun to fight with Cao Chun, and after winning If you don't pursue it, just withdraw your troops.

"It seems that it really is General Cao Gong, I have the master of Jingzhou!"

Seeing the situation like this, Kuai Liang finally spoke, and Kuai Yue beside him also nodded slightly.

"Then how can Cao Chunruo have such martial arts while pretending to be a guard? Although I have never met Wei Tao and Cao Gong and other generals, I have finally heard of the general appearance. This general has such martial arts, but his appearance is nothing like those people. , naturally not the famous general under Wei Tao's command!"

(End of this chapter)