Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 755 Fishing
"Then how do we deal with it?"

"Leave aside Xu Shu, eat the troops of Fan County first. If Xu Shu returns to Jibei, let him go. If he is still without salt, I will return to my teacher and fight with Li Dian!" Cao Ren believed that this was the safest strategy. .

Cao Ren left Cao Tai to monitor Xu Shu in Shouzhang, and rushed to Fan County with Chang Diao.Arriving in Fan County, there were soldiers coming to greet him instead of the imaginary swords being drawn.

"Ah, it turned out to be a great general! Participating in the general!" Crashing, a large group fell to their knees.

"Who are you waiting for and why are you here?"

"I am a subordinate of General Dailing and was captured in Wuyan. At the beginning, it was said that I was unwilling to surrender, so I was given food and travel expenses to let me go back. Later, I was moved to this place, saying that someone would come to pick me up soon. , I’m not allowed to move around, so I’m waiting here. There were more than a thousand soldiers patrolling yesterday, but we’ve already withdrawn today. We waited for a long time and realized that no one was there, so we dared to pay the bill. We didn’t expect to meet the general!”

Cao Ren's face was covered with black lines. "Take me into the camp to see!"

The camp is very large, with flags flying everywhere, and there are many stoves, but there should be 20 people in one tent and one stove, but now three people can get such good treatment.So there were less than [-] captives, and they looked like nearly [-] from a distance.

"Damn it!" Cao Ren clenched his fists and was fooled again. Zhou Cang must have run away again.He didn't dare to trust these soldiers too much, so he had to order them to stay in the camp and not move without authorization, and sent someone to Linqiu to call Dai Ling to come and screen them.

When Dai Ling arrived, Cao Ren made a hasty confession, and immediately led the troops back to Shouzhang. It took seven days to go back and forth. Counting the three days spent in Shouzhang, ten days had already passed.Cao Tai reported that Xu Shu retreated back to Jibei after staying in Wuyan for three days, and the banner of Zhou Cang appeared in the army.

"Hmph!" Cao Ren snorted angrily.He had dispatched troops for nearly two months, and he was exhausted from the continuous running and fighting. He ordered a two-day rest and planned whether he should attack Jibei or take back Lu County.He prefers Jinbei because Zhou Cang is in Jinbei.

In fact, Zhou Cang's 3 horses were hiding in the east of Juye Ze. If it hadn't been for the winter and the mosquitoes were gone, Zhou Cang would not have dared to station again.When Cao Ren arrived at Shouzhang, Zhou Cang immediately left Juyeze and attacked Rencheng.

Rencheng was so empty this time that it couldn't be more empty. The [-] soldiers and [-] cavalry recruited by Cao Zhang went bankrupt and were taken away by Li Dian.An angry Cao Zhang cursed, why didn't Cao Ren surround Zhou Cang, if he didn't remember that he and Cao Ren were the same ancestor, Cao Zhang would have greeted him well.

Dianman's attack was too fast, Cao Zhang didn't intend to live with Rencheng, he immediately led his people to flee to Kangfu, and asked Shanyang prefect Guanqiujian for help.Zhou Cang didn't intend to drive Cao Zhang to death, and continued to move eastward, blocking Niu Jin and Li Xu in Zou County.

When Yu Jin saw Zhou Cang's soldiers arriving, he immediately split up with Wu Gang, Yu Gui, Xu Sheng, and Zhuge Xu to fight out of Zou County in five ways.The Han army was three times larger than the Wei army, and the Wei army was attacked by the enemy. No matter how brave Niu Jin was, he could not support him alone. Only less than 5000 people escaped from the [-] people. Li Xu was killed by Dianman.

The Wei army suffered 3000 casualties, and nearly [-] were captured. This time unexpectedly, nearly [-] people were willing to surrender.Duanmuling asked several Wei soldiers repeatedly, and they all answered unanimously: The Han army is too strong, it is better to surrender early.

The past two months can be described as soul-stirring, ups and downs, running back and forth for countless distances, Zhou Cang and Yu Jin finally joined forces, and the Battle of Yanzhou seemed to be coming to an end.

Take a look at the results of the battle: seize Jibei and Lu Commanderies, and turn the city into a buffer zone; kill four generals Cao Hong, Xu Yi, Bao Xun, and Li Xu; defeat the three armies of Cao Hong, Dai Ling, and Niu Jin, and kill 5000 people. Surrendering 12 troops and releasing 2 troops, the Wei army lost nearly [-] troops. It is estimated that Cao Ren's troops in Yanzhou dropped sharply from [-] to about [-], which can be described as a huge loss.Compared with the Han army, the generals had no casualties, and the loss of [-] soldiers was enough to make up for it. As for the harvested soldiers and supplies, there were countless.

Xu Sheng brought Zhou Cang a report from the South China Sea Admiralty. Sun Quan really built a sea-going ship to go to sea. Sun Da and Gan Xiang besieged and killed several fleets. According to Zhou Cang's order, all the people and ships sank into the sea and disappeared. When a person dies, no corpse is seen, and after that, Sun Quan's ship owner will never be seen again.Gan Xiang found a big island in the South China Sea. The natives on the island were all short in stature and didn't wear grass skirts. Two harbors were under construction, and the charts would take some time to arrive.

Zhou Cang was delighted to take control of the southeast coast and force Sun Quan to develop westward, but at this time he could not care about the development of the South China Sea, and he cared about Jibei.So Yu Jin was given [-] soldiers to surrender, and Yu Jin was ordered to station in Lu County to control the military affairs of Yan and Xu prefectures. Xu Sheng still returned to Pengcheng to respond.Wu Gang didn't have to go back to Jiangnan Road, and followed him north to Jibei.Passing through Lu County on the sixth day of December, Zhou Cang specially worshiped Confucius, and Duanmu Ling worshiped Zigong. After a short stay of two days, Zhou Cang stayed here to station Wu Gang as an echo between Jibei and Lu County. Guan Ning was invited to discuss the revision of the Analects with the descendants of the Kong family.

On December [-]th of the [-]th year of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Cang returned to Jibei.Xu Shu smiled and told Zhou Cang that Cao Ren planned to attack Jibei, but when he heard that Zhou Cang suddenly went south to attack Rencheng and defeated Niu Jin, he had to give up, probably sulking at this time.Suffering consecutive defeats and loss of troops, Cao Ren was powerless to fight back, so he could only strengthen his defense to deal with Zhou Cang's second round of offensive that might be launched at any time.Therefore, Zhuge Dan and Zhugeqian were stationed in Dong'e, and returned to Feicheng by themselves.

Zhou Cang smiled and said, "I plan to stay in Jibei, and after Junyi sweeps up the three counties, I will plan Yanzhou." Yuan Shao marched on the route, while Zhou Cang was free to attack Cao Ren.

Xu Shu shook his head straight: "It's better for the Duke to go back to Jinan, and I'll stay in Jinbei." Xu Shu really didn't want Zhou Cang to conscript again.

Zhou Cang lowered his voice and said, "I'm not in Jinan, so I can watch everyone's actions..."

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes and understood in his heart that Zhou Cang wanted to go fishing!No fish is best, if anyone wants to do something, there is no mercy!Just what kind of fish would it be?Is it the Son of Heaven?Royalty?Or gentry, ministers?Or son?If Zhou Cang is not in court, some people will be restless, either openly or secretly. I believe Zhou Cang must have explained something to Zhou Chong.

At this point, Xu Shu nodded and said: "With me and Wen Ruo here, please rest assured." Xu Shu is not afraid of confrontation, and shudders a little at the thought of bloody storms in the court and the public.

The two were still planning a conspiracy. Xun Chen urgently sent a battle report from Jinan: Mobei Xianbei Duanbu and Murongbu will send troops to attack Mengzhou in October!
(End of this chapter)