Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 297 The Battle of Bowang Slope

"Su Dingfang listens!" Li Song shouted.

Su Dingfang was overjoyed, it seemed that the great achievement this time was going to fall on my head, he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "The last general is here!"

"I ordered you to be the governor! Lead one hundred thousand troops and go straight to Bowang City to see the new land." Li Song ordered, hoping that Su Dingfang would not let him down.

"No! If the general can't capture Cao Ang and Zhuge alive, I would like to offer my head to the prime minister." Su Dingfang said solemnly.

Li Song nodded and said: "I hope so! I hope you can report the victory early, so as to comfort my heart."

"Guan Sheng, Xue Tong, Chen Qingzhi, Tan Daoji, the four of you are lieutenants, and you will go out with the designated party."

I even assigned the famous general Mo Zilao, and the white-robed ghost general Chen Qingzhi, who has thousands of horses and horses to avoid white robes, to Su Dingfang as the deputy general. I believe they will not repeat the mistakes of Yuwen Chengdu this time.

"The final general obeys orders!" Guan Sheng, Xue Tong, Chen Qingzhi, and Tan Daoji hurriedly saluted.

Su Dingfang left with Guan Sheng's four generals, gathered [-] troops and marched towards Bowang City.

"It's been a while since Su Dingfang went on an expedition. There is news from the front." In the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Song asked Xu Chu beside him while admiring the flowers.

"Prime Minister, a letter from General Su two days ago said that the army has entered Jingzhou, not far from Bowang." Xu Chu said.

"Oh! What about today's?" Li Song asked.

"Report!" A personal guard ran quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Song, and said, "Report to the Prime Minister! General Su sent someone to send back the latest battle report." After finishing speaking, he held something above his head.

Li Song took the object, Xu Chu waved his guards to retreat, Li Song opened Su Dingfang's battle report, and checked it carefully.

"Prime Minister!" Seeing that Li Song had seen it, Xu Chu called softly without saying a word.

"Zhongkang also wants to know what Su Dingfang wrote here!" Li Song looked back at Xu Chu and said.

"The last general dare not!" Xu Chu hurriedly clasped his fists together.

"It's okay to tell you what you dare to do." Li Song said.

"There is a mountain on the left of Bowang, named Yushan; and a forest on the right, named Anlin; you can ambush troops and horses. This is a good place to ambush," Li Song said.

As soon as Xu Chu heard it, he knew that the enemy must have set up an ambush here, but he didn't know if Su Dingfang and others had fallen for it.

Li Song went on to say: "General Cao Ang, Cao Zhang led a thousand soldiers and horses to lie in ambush on Mount Yu, waiting for our army to arrive, and let the main force of our army go; At that time, the soldiers will attack and immediately set fire to the food and grass."

"The other general of Cao Ang, Cao Zhen, led a thousand soldiers to lie in ambush in the valley behind Anlin. He saw the fire in the south, so he could lead his troops to attack and set fire to the old grain and grass in Bowang City, burning all the grain and grass that had been there. "

"In this way, our army will be in a situation where there is no food. Without food and grass, our army will struggle, and if it fails, it may be defeated by the enemy."

"Cao Ang also ordered Cao Xiu and Cao Pike to prepare [-] soldiers and horses, and prepare something to start the fire, and wait on both sides behind Bowang Slope. When our soldiers arrived at the beginning, they immediately set fire to it."

"Cao Ang even sent someone to Fancheng, recalled Xia Houshang to Xinye, and ordered him to be the front line to fight our army. He immediately pretended to be defeated, and Cao Ang also brought in an army as a backup."

"Afterwards, Cao Ang abandoned the camp and left; he waited for the fire to start in the south, and then immediately returned to the army to cover up the attack. However, Su Dingfang did not fall for it! It seems that they have learned from Yuwen Chengdu's lesson!"

Li Song sneered in his heart, it's ridiculous that this Zhuge Liang wanted to burn Bowangpo again, thinking that everyone would be like Xiahoudun, and would let your treachery succeed.

"Prime Minister! Then our army's food and grass were burned by the enemy?" Xu Chu asked, if there is no food and grass, what will the [-] troops eat?Isn't this waiting to die?
"No! The grain and grass are still intact!" Li Song laughed.

"Could it be that the enemy army didn't keep an eye on our food and grass?" Xu Chu looked in disbelief. Since the enemy army had an ambush, how could it not succeed? What happened here?
Li Song saw Xu Chu's doubts, and said with a smile: "The enemy army was indeed eyeing the food and grass, but Chen Qingzhi saw through it. Not only did they keep the food and grass, but they also wiped out the thousand enemy troops, and almost captured Cao Zhang alive."

"So that's it! Chen Qingzhi is so lucky to be able to see through the enemy's tricks!" Xu Chu nodded in approval.

Nonsense, Chen Qingzhi was frightened by the news that he could kill the enemy with 47 troops!He fought thousands of miles, went through 32 battles, and attacked [-] cities. He could do it not only with his bravery, but also with his resourcefulness.

"Su Dingfang gave up marching to Bowang City, and instead led his troops to attack Xinye, which shattered the enemy's scheme and disrupted Zhuge Liang's plan." Li Songdao.

In this way, Zhuge Liang's plan to burn Bowangpo lost its effect, but Su Dingfang didn't write the following situation on it.

"Zhongkang, call everyone to discuss the matter!" Li Song said.

"Promise!" Xu Chu bowed his fists and went away, and soon the civil officials headed by Liu Bowen and the generals headed by Xiang Yu all arrived.

"See the prime minister!" All the civil and military courts saluted Li Song.

"Excuse me! Sit down!" Li Song said, and after all the civil and military personnel had sat down, he continued, "This time, everyone was called here for the purpose of going south. We should send troops to wipe out Jiangnan now."

"Prime Minister!" As soon as Li Song finished speaking, Kong Rong, a doctor of the Taizhong, came out and said, "Liu Biao is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so you should not be attacked easily; Sun Quan is in the six counties, and there is a big river in danger, so it is not easy to attack." Take it, now that the Prime Minister is planning to raise the Wuyi Teacher, I am afraid that the world will be disappointed."

Li Song glanced at Kong Rong and said: "The doctor of the Taizhong is serious. This time, the troops sent to the south are not to attack Jingzhou, not to attack Liu Biao, but to attack the rebel Cao Ang. How can this be called an unrighteous army?" .”

"However, Cao Ang is a general appointed by Liu Biao. The prime minister's crusade against Cao Ang is not the same as the crusade against Liu Biao." Kong Rong said.

"Cao Ang is the son of Cao Cao, a rebellious minister and traitor. He should have been beheaded like Cao Cao. Cao Ang is a fugitive. Liu Biao did not escort him to the court, but took him in. It can be seen that Liu Biao also has the heart of disobedience. What is the use of my army to fight against the rebels?" No?" Li Song asked.

Kong Rong opened his mouth, and didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, Cao Ang was still in the body of a crime, and Kong Rong bowed his hands and returned to his original position.

Li Song looked at the generals in front of him and said: "This time the Southern Expedition will send 50 troops, order! Xiang Shaoyu and Xu Huang are the first team, Zhang Liao and Zhang He are the second team. Pei Yuanqing and Luo are the third team. , Xiao Mahe, and Li Cunxiao form the fourth team, and the rest of the generals follow me to lead the fifth team, each with [-] troops."

"No!" All the generals hurriedly got up, clasped their fists and saluted, and responded loudly.

"Zhongkang!" Li Song called Xu Chu, and Xu Chu hastily stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Zhongkang, I order you to be General Zhechong, and lead three thousand soldiers as the vanguard to open the way for the army."

"No! The last general takes orders!" Xu Chu clasped his fists in a salute, got up and stood aside.

"Let's leave, everyone! Go back and make preparations, and leave immediately." Li Song said.

"No!" Everyone took the order and left.

(End of this chapter)