Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32 The Raiders of Qiao County
"Damn, what is this?" Under Chen Juncheng, Zhao Feng looked at the civil official who was kneeling under Chen Juncheng with a seal in his hand to surrender, and there were a group of people kneeling behind him, and he couldn't help being speechless for a while.

After two days of rest, Guan Yu and Zhao Feng formally led an army of [-] troops yesterday to sweep Yuzhou down.Originally, Guan Yu was going to knock down Qiao County first, but Li Yan, who was going out with the army, suggested: "Chen County only has a few thousand county soldiers, so why don't the general send a group of elite troops to march forward, maybe they can go down with one drum?"

Guan Yu was right after thinking about it, so he sent Zhao Feng to lead 1 horses, together with Yin Li, to divide troops to take Chen Jun.I don't want to just arrive at a place tens of miles away from Chen Jun, and two civil servants have been waiting there for a long time.When he stepped forward to ask, it was Chen Jiao who knew that the army was coming and knew that he was not an opponent, so he simply opened the city and surrendered.

When Zhao Feng led his army to the city of Chenjun, he saw a civil servant holding a seal in his hand begging to surrender, it should be Chen Jiao, the prefect of Chenjun. "Chen Taishou abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, congratulations, please get up quickly." Zhao Feng hurriedly dismounted and helped Chen Jiao up. Although he didn't take Chen Jiao's greed for life and fear of death in his heart, he still had to do this superficial trick to buy people's hearts.

"Thank you, General!" Chen Jiao might have been kneeling for a long time, but he barely stood up tremblingly, but he still held the seal in his hand and presented it to Zhao Feng, saying: "This is the seal of Chen Jun, please check and accept it, General. Then he took two thick account books from the person behind him and said: "This is the population, acres and taxes of Chen County. Chen County currently has 5 registered households with a population of 19. General please check."

"Chen Taishou is too serious, this is not the place to talk, let's go to the city and talk about it." Zhao Feng saw that he was talking endlessly, so he quickly stopped there.Chen Jiao knew what was going on, so he kept his mouth shut and hurriedly greeted Zhao Feng and others to enter the city.It was then that Zhao Feng remembered who this Chen Jiao was. In history, he and Cao Ren guarded Nanjun. Later, Zhuge Liang designed a surprise attack on Nanjun. and Jingzhou.

"It turned out to be him, no wonder he was greedy for life and afraid of death." Zhao Feng thought about the details of this guy, and he was not too relieved of him.This man seems to be able to handle government affairs, but it is impossible to expect him to be loyal.After a while of busy work, it is best to suggest to Liu Bei not to let him guard the fringe jurisdiction of Chen Jun, but to transfer to the interior for a little more peace of mind.

Gossip less, after taking over Chen Jun, Zhao Feng left 4000 elite soldiers and Lieutenant Yin Li stationed in Chen Jun, and then led the remaining [-] troops to join Guan Yu.As for how to reorganize and surrender the army, the Xuzhou army is already familiar with it, and Zhao Feng can handle it without Yin Li.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, Zhao Feng led the army to meet Guan Yu in Qiao County that night. "Second General, how's the situation today?" Zhao Feng asked directly after greeting Guan Yu.In fact, he also saw that there were also dead bodies under the Qiaojun city. It was obvious that a fierce siege battle had passed today.

"Hey, Du Yuan refused to surrender, and he didn't dare to go out to fight. He was so focused on being a coward. During the day, he swung his army to attack a few times, with more than 2000 casualties, but he failed to capture." Guan Yu was also a little helpless. typical.Zhao Feng can fully understand Guan Yu's mood, the most feared thing in a siege battle is that the opponent will hold the city and defend it to the death.Now that Du Yuan is determined not to come out, he can only slowly break his bastard shell.But this method of attack is not only costly, but even if the city can be captured, it can often only get a piece of ruins. It is impossible to think about it in two or three years.

"Yuan Jian went to persuade him to surrender, but Du Yuan took the opportunity to shoot an arrow instead. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have died." Guan Yu pointed to Liao Huadao, whose arm was bandaged beside him, who also had a helpless expression on his face.

"Yuan Jian, what's Du Yuan's temperament?" Zhao Feng thought for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he'd better ask Liao Hua, who was closest to him, to see if he could find any flaws in his personality.

"Back to General Zhao, Du Yuan is greedy for money and sex, but he is greedy for life and afraid of death. Now that General Guan is here, he will never dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy." Liao Hua thought for a while.

"That's it!" Zhao Feng murmured in his heart.After Chen Jiao surrendered in the morning, Zhao Feng thought of asking Chen Jiao to write a fake letter to trick Du Yuan out of the city.Unexpectedly, Chen Jiao told Zhao Feng that Cao Cao gave Du Yuan a death order, he was only allowed to stand firm and not to fight, and the rest of the counties were not allowed to rescue him when they asked for help.Now it is obvious that Cao Cao would rather lose the rest of Yuzhou, but Qiaojun must be held, so that even if Guan Yu takes Yuzhou, he will still have a nail stuck in his throat.

"Greedy and lustful, we have neither wealth nor beauty here, how can we lure this person into a trap?" Zhao Feng was at a loss for a while. "How about the defense of Qiao County?" Zhao Feng asked after thinking about it.

"Qiao County is where Cao Cao's clan is located. The city is high and dangerous, and there is sufficient food and grass. Besides Du Yuan, there are more than ten thousand elite soldiers in the city, and the people are united, so it may be difficult to capture it in a hurry." Guan Yu is also not very optimistic about a strong attack. .

"Hey, where is Mr. Xianhe?" Zhao Feng turned around and felt that someone was missing, and after careful counting, he found that although Jian Yong was not there, even Guan Ping and Hou Cheng were not there.

"Oh, Xianhe went to Runan to contact the two leaders Liu Pi and Gong Du. In addition, General Hou Cheng also led his men to occupy Xiangcheng, and Ping'er went with him." Guan Yu replied. "Gongdu Liu Pi?" Zhao Feng's mind flashed, and he suddenly had some ideas.

"What clever plan does General Zhao have?" Seeing the change in Zhao Feng's expression, Li Yan immediately knew what he was thinking. "It's not a clever plan, it depends on whether Gong Du and Liu Pi can get away with it." Zhao Feng thought for a while.

"General Zhao means to let Liu Pi and Gong both sneak into Qiao County?" Li Yan immediately understood after hearing Zhao Feng's words. "Yeah, I just don't know if they were close friends with Du Yuan before. If you are not familiar, Du Yuan will naturally not take them in; if you are too familiar, if Du Yuan knows that they have been in contact with us in Xuzhou, he will not take them in. They." Zhao Feng continued.

"I know that. They had some contacts with us in Wo Niu Mountain before. As for whether Du Yuan knew that Liu Pi and the others surrendered to the Lord, I don't know very well." Liao Hua who was on the side said.

"Forget it, I guess Liu Pi and Gong Du will arrive tomorrow, let's see the situation then!" Guan Yu met Du Yuan, a person who is afraid of death, and now he can only take one step at a time. I can only fight hard.After discussing with everyone, they still decided to wait for both Liu Pi and Gong to arrive tomorrow.

Not to mention that everyone in Guan Yu's army was working together at this time, but Du Yuan, the prefect of Qiaojun who had just taken office not long ago in Qiaojun City, was also very upset. "Be gentle!" Du Yuan reprimanded the doctor who bandaged his wound angrily. Although he sneaked up on Liao Hua during the day, Guan Yu shot through his left arm with an arrow. It was retribution.

"General Wen Lie is here!" Accompanied by the guard's voice, a young man boldly entered. "Prefect Du, why did you refuse to leave the station today?"But Du Yuan didn't dare to scold him like a prefect, because he is Cao Xiu, Cao Cao's nephew. "Lieutenant general, Guan Yu has unworthy courage, which we cannot match. The only solution now is to stick to the city and wait for the prime minister's reinforcements." Du Yuan sighed.After becoming the prefect of Qiao County, Du Yuan realized that this position was not as beautiful as he had imagined.Not because of anything else, but because there are many descendants of Cao Cao's clan in Qiaojun City, Du Yuan dare not offend anyone, and he can't afford to offend anyone. This prefect is really a bit aggrieved.

"But if you stick to it all the time, the morale of the soldiers will be damaged. And Guan Yu will also go to capture Ruyin, Runan and Xiangcheng and other places. By then, Qiaojun will be an isolated city." Cao Xiu continued. Those who are familiar with military books, seven years ago, when he was just over ten years old, he traveled thousands of miles from Jiangdong to Qiao County alone to join Cao Cao.If it weren't for some physical problems recently, Cao Cao wouldn't let him go back to Qiao County to recuperate. He didn't want this recuperation to just catch up with Guan Yu's attack on the city.

"The matter has come to this, and we have to stick to it. Anyway, there is enough food in the city, so it's not a problem for me to wait for a year or two. The prime minister won't be unable to send out reinforcements for a year or two." Du Yuan also persuaded patiently.

"Well, Guan Yu is certainly the enemy of ten thousand people, but if Guan Yu didn't call for the battle, let me fight and kill one or two of his generals, which will also boost morale." Cao Xiu said suddenly.

"How can this be done? General Wen Lie, you just recovered from a serious illness, how can you go into battle with others? In case the major general is injured a little, Du can't afford it!" By accident, Cao Cao didn't peel his skin.

"It doesn't matter, my body has already recovered. Except for Guan Yu, the rest of the people are either the former generals of Lu Bu's troops or the old Yellow Turbans. I believe I can handle it." Cao Xiu pondered.Cao Xiu didn't know that Zhao Feng was also under Qiaojun city now.Of course, he can't be blamed for this, after all, Zhao Feng just arrived at night, and his banner was not displayed during the day.

"Let's wait and see tomorrow!" Du Yuan could only try to appease Cao Xiu, who had a high fighting spirit, for a while, but the worry in his heart was still lingering.

In the tent of Guan Yu's army outside the city, "Criminal Liu Pi (Gong Du) pays homage to General Guan!" Two big men in yellow clothes bowed. "The two chiefs, please get up quickly! It's really gratifying for you two to abandon the dark and turn to the bright!" Guan Yu is not very good at polite words, but he still has to explain the situation.Then Jian Yong, who can speak well, introduced everyone in the tent to Liu Pi and Gong Du.

At this time Li Yan also entered the door and said: "Second General, just now General Hou Cheng sent someone to deliver a letter to tell him that Xiangcheng has been completely captured. But he only has 5000 troops, and he is unable to capture Anfeng and Yiyang again. Fortunately, Yuan Shujun there was not used to provoke him either."

"Okay!" Guan Yu also slapped the table when he heard the words: "Now the tough bone of Qiaojun is left. I invite the two leaders to come here for this reason."

Both Liu Pi and Gong glanced at each other, then clasped their hands together and said, "Let General Guan order you."

(End of this chapter)