Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 754
Xu Shu led an army of [-] to attack Dongping, while Dai Ling was defending in Wuyan County. The two armies held each other for only two days. Zhou Cang returned to Dongping and captured Shouzhang again. He took [-] remnants of soldiers to garrison Linqiu.

Zhou Cang and Xu Shu joined forces, and when they met, they sighed endlessly.Xu Shu didn't expect Zhou Cang to come back again, and Zhou Cang didn't expect Xu Shu to send troops.Zhuge Dan pleaded guilty, and there was a reason for the incident, so Zhou Cang was exempted from punishment.

Xu Shu mentioned Zhou Yuan's conspiracy to Zhou Cang again. Zhou Cang realized that he had been neglecting his youngest son, so he immediately sent someone to tell Zhou Chong to keep an eye on Zhou Yuan.It is a good thing that a son is capable. If Zhou Yuan shows a little ambition, Zhou Cang has to think about how to deal with it.Xu Shu then told Zhou Cang about the deployment of Xu Sheng and Wu Gang to Lu County. Zhou Cang was determined that there would be no problem with Yu Jin's self-protection with reinforcements. It was only then that Zhou Cang knew Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang's battle plan.

"There are two strategies, Yuan Zhi consulted for me. One is to order Ding Feng and Xu Huang to cross the river to attack Dongjun, and I will also lead an army to send troops from the east. In this way, Dongjun can go down, and the Wei army will lose the risk of losing the Yellow River. The second is , I pretended to attack Dongjun, and Cao Ren decided to come back after learning about it, but I set up an ambush between Lu County and Ningyang County in Dongping.

"Cao Hong was defeated and Cao Ren sent troops. Cao Pi must know about the news and will help Dongjun, so Dongjun is desperate." Xu Shu analyzed, "And the Cao family has operated Hanoi for many years, and there are many evils. Junyi has already marched west, and Gongming will leave again. In Hanoi, there are fears that someone will make trouble again. If Cao Pi sends people to counterattack Hanoi, not only Junyi, but also Gongming will be in a dilemma. Therefore, Gongming staying in Hanoi can not only help Junyi, but also deter Luoyang." The sword is in the sheath. Inside is the scariest thing.Cao Wei's power should not be underestimated. Cao Cao's decades-long business background is not so easy to be defeated.

"Cao Ren knows that the Duke will regain Dongping. First, he can follow the Duke to aid Dongjun, and second, he will use the same tricks to attack Jibei again and surround the Duke in Dongping. It is really unpredictable." Cao Ren has two choices. The marching route Naturally, the location of the ambush is not easy to choose. "Therefore, I think there is a third option: the Duke once again ignores Cao Ren and rushes to attack Rencheng!"

Zhou Cang stared straight at Xu Shu, and he suddenly remembered the most classic example of battle on the Long March, which was also a stroke of genius: Crossing Chishui four times.

"My lord, is there something wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just thinking about it a little bit." The long-distance raids and training of the Han army are routine training items, and it is not a problem to travel more. Zhou Cang thought Xu Shu's plan was feasible.It can only be said that Zhou Cang’s appetite was too great at the beginning, and there were too many links, so there would inevitably be variables. The biggest variables were Cao Pi’s relocation of the capital and Cao Ren’s dispatch of troops. After Zhang Jai and Xu Huang changed their strategies, Zhou Cang also made adjustments .Sending troops to fight is first to attack the city and seize the territory, and the second is to kill the enemy. In this battle, we can capture the three counties in the north, the three counties of Jibei, Lu, and Rencheng in Yanzhou, and capture three generals including Cao Hong. , can be regarded as a gain.What's more, the forces of both sides ebb and flow one after the other, except that time is not good for Zhou Cang, other aspects can be regarded as good.

The next question is how Xu Shu pretended to be the main force to lure Cao Ren into the bait; how Zhou Cang hid the main force and went south to Rencheng.However, this difficulty was still difficult for the two of them, and they quickly discussed a countermeasure and acted separately.

Sure enough, Zhou Cang's messenger was intercepted by Cao Ren. The letter was encrypted, and a string of Arabic numerals made Cao Ren unintelligible. The messenger bit his tongue and did not reveal a single word.But by sending a letter to Yu Jin, it was not difficult for Cao Ren to judge that Zhou Cang had made an agreement with Yu Jin, and when Cao Zhang returned to the army, Cao Ren suddenly understood that Zhou Cang had returned to Dongping again, and he couldn't help secretly calling Zhou Cang cunning.

Cao Ren couldn't give up the meat he put on his lips, so he urgently ordered a fierce attack on Zou County. Zhuge Xu was struggling in Zou County. Relying on the hard training and sufficient arrows in the past five years, the Han army held on for ten days, and the city was about to fall. To break the plan, Xu Sheng led 2 people from Pengcheng to save Zhuge Xu's life.

Yu Jin was besieged by Niu Jin, Li Dian, and Guan Qiujian on three sides in Rencheng. It seemed dangerous, but in fact, the three were also afraid of the power of Jin and the courage of the Han soldiers. In order to reduce losses, they did not dare to press too hard. Take Zou County and launch a general attack on Jin.

Cao Ren sighed deeply. He had been in Zou County for too long. Dai Ling was no match for Zhou Cang. If Zhou Cang won Dongping, he would plot Dongjun and occupy the south bank of the Yellow River while he was away.Had to give up the attack on Zou County and the siege of Jin. Cao Zhang, Niu Jin, and Li Xu still guarded Rencheng. Give Li Dian command.

Marching to Ningyang, Cao Ren divided his troops: Li Dian was the chief general, and Li Ji was the deputy general to lead 5000 people to kill Jibei County and capture Feicheng; he led [-] troops to Dongpinglu.This time, Zhou Cang should stay in Dongping no matter what!
In order to prevent Zhou Cang from setting up an ambush on the road, Cao Ren kept sending scouts to inquire about the news. The scouts reported that Zhou Cang's army was stationed in Fan County. Stationed in the Shouzhang area, led by the governor Xu Shu.

Hehe, Cao Ren sneered secretly, Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang, you sent Xu Shu here because you were afraid that I would cut your back, but you didn't know that I had ordered Li Dian to surprise Jibei!Then he ordered to advance to Shouzhang, and sent people to Linqiu to give Dai Ling an order, and Linghu Yu was ready to join him at any time to attack Zhou Cang.

Shouzhang, where Cao Hong died.Cao Ren was very sad, because Xu Shu sent someone to bring Cao Hong's body, Cao Ren had to give up the attack, first mourned, and then sent someone to send Cao Hong's body back to his hometown Qiaojun for burial.

On the second day, Xu Shu sent someone to bring the corpses of Xu Yi and Bao Xun. This made Cao Ren suspicious, fearing that Xu Shu had some tricks, so he searched the surrounding fifty li thoroughly, and found that there was no Han army, and he did not see Xu Shu at night. Come to rob the camp to rest assured, Xu Shu is just a plan to slow down the army.

On the third day, when Cao Ren sent troops to challenge, he found that the Han camp was empty, so he hurriedly sent people to inquire, and they reported that Xu Shu had moved north to camp in Wuyan County.

"General, it must be that Xu Shu is afraid of us, so he retreats step by step in order to protect himself." Chang Diao said. "Perhaps Xu Shu is trying to lure me to pursue him. If I don't pursue him, he will retreat to Jibei. If Xu Shu is allowed to escape, General Li Dian will be in critical condition."

"My child thought that Zhou Cang might be hiding in the army and wanted to get away!" Cao Tai also said. "This is the golden cicada escaping its shell."

"Is Zhou Cang going to abandon the people in Fan County?" Cao Ren was a little puzzled, "Xu Shu is very wise, Wen Lie suffered a big loss under his hands, so we must guard against it. Send someone to Li Dian immediately and return to Ningyang! "

(End of this chapter)