Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 825 Central Plains War (6)

"No. Commander Xu ordered us to lead the army. If we can't win and ask for help, it's shameful. My intention is to lead to Puyang, not to Puyang. Brother Xu, please think about it. Cao Ren led the army so far. How can Dudu Lu be in Shouzhang? If we don’t investigate, if we find out that Cao Ren is not there, we will storm Shouzhang and take it, and then go south to Linqiu. Cao Ren will only leave Jiyin in a fright when he learns that the governor of Lu Du has arrived, and our plan will be in vain.”

Only Dongjun was obtained, and it was obviously not Xu Huang's goal to send troops to surround Xiahouhui. "I don't read much, do you have a clever idea?" In terms of reading, Xu Gai is naturally inferior to Zhou Ting, even though Zhou Ting doesn't like reading, and Zhou Cang can't stand the persecution, at least he knows a lot of historical allusions.

"Do you know that this place is the city Pu where Chu and Jin fought? Jin Wengong Chong'er retreated three houses to lure the Chu army?"

Xu Gai shook his head blankly. "Just say it."

Zhou Ting couldn't show off, and sighed: "If I retreat thirty miles, what will happen?"

"Cao Ren's troops marched for thirty miles."

"How about I go back another thirty miles?"

"Cao Ren will go another [-] miles." Xu Gai didn't read much, but he was not stupid. "I understand. I will retreat. Cao Ren is eager to rescue Puyang and refuses to give up, so he will march. You lure him to march, but you are actually buying time for Governor Lu."

"Exactly. It's too late for Cao Ren to realize it. If he enters Jiyin from here, he can only go to Yangli Pavilion. I can ambush here first!"

"Okay! Let's do it this way." If it were someone else, Xu Gai would definitely not want to let Zhou Ting be the second son of the Zhou family.

The two discussed it and it was decided that when it was near dawn, Xu Gai led the army to retreat [-] miles and set up the camp, while Zhou Ting led [-] riders to go south to Yangliting.

Cao Ren was still waiting for the battle. He came to report that the Han army had retreated. He couldn't help being suspicious, so he sent his horse to find out that the Han army had camped thirty miles away.Cao Tai laughed and said: "It must be that the Han army suffered heavy casualties yesterday, and their vigor has lost, so they avoid my sharp edge."

"Don't take it lightly." Cao Ren didn't come up with a better explanation. It was not Xu Huang who led the army but his son. With such a huge loss, it was inevitable that he would not be able to control the situation, and he needed to stabilize the morale of the army. Therefore, what Cao Tai said was true.

So Cao Ren ordered to march, and the spoils of war were taken by the Wei army, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.When the Wei army arrived, Xu Gai did not go out to fight, and retreated another [-] miles on the tenth day of the lunar new year.

"Does the Han army want to imitate the Jin army?" Cao Tai sneered.

"I'm afraid there are other tricks." Cao Ren is not Chu Guo Ling Yin Ziyu, he has more doubts.

"Report to the general, and the emperor sent Jiang Ji to pass on the edict." Shangshu Jiang Ji arrived.

After announcing the imperial edict, Cao Ren murmured, "I have already made arrangements. Does Your Majesty know that Xia Houhui is trapped in Puyang?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know, His Majesty has ordered Wei Zhen to go to Chen Liu to help Wang Chang."

"Hahaha." Cao Tai laughed loudly: "Your Majesty will increase troops to Chenliu, Xu Huang will not dare to go east, and the Han army will have no reinforcements. Father, it is time to rescue Puyang!"

What Cao Ren was most worried about was Xu Huang setting up an ambush in Puyang. Since Xu Huang was still in Yanjin, he had no scruples and immediately ordered the army to march, and Jiang Ji returned to Luoyang.

On the [-]th, Xu Gai withdrew again.Just as Cao Ren was about to pull out the camp, Linghuyu, the prefect of Dongjun, sent a message from Linqiu: Lu Xun's army stormed Shouzhang the day before yesterday, and Dai Ling's entire army was wiped out!Linghuyu decided to defend Linqiu to the death, and asked Cao Ren to withdraw immediately.

ah?Cao Ren broke out in a cold sweat: "Shou Zhang is so strong, how can it be breached?"

"When Lu Xun learned that the general was not in the army, he mobilized the whole army with [-] dead soldiers first. According to the soldiers who fled back, General Dai Ling led his army to fight to the death and killed nearly ten thousand Han troops. The Han army was destroyed, and General Dai Ling retreated before dying in the chaos."

Lu Xun issued an order to Chen Ben to take down Shouzhang at all costs. Chen Ben did it. The price was not ordinary. The number of the Han army was five times that of the Wei army, but for the first time, the battle loss was higher than that of the Wei army, and the death rate was as high as two to one. !

Are you still going to march?Linqiu's defense was far inferior to Shouzhang's. Linghuyu couldn't last long. Cao Ren was not confident that he could end the battle in Puyang before Lu Xun took Linqiu. The Han army on the opposite side was not waiting for Xu Huang's reinforcements, but Lu Xun!How many Han troops are there?

"Father, if Puyang and Linqiu are not safe, it will be useless to save them!"

"Oh, your uncle Lian died in Shouzhang. I can't sleep or eat well. Today, Zhiquan is trapped in Puyang. I can't save him. How can I be worthy of Miaocai?" Cao Ren felt guilty for Cao Hong's death, and he couldn't keep Xiahouyuan's life. Son, let him feel at ease.

"Did on the battlefield for me, Cao Wei Jiangshan, and died well! Why should my father blame himself. It is the best policy to save these 3 horses and defend Sizhou." How tragic it is for a strong man to cut his wrist.

"I guess the road leading to Yangliting must have been occupied by the Han army." Cao Ren sneered, the Han army had worked so hard to make so many preparations, didn't they just want to stay in Dongjun, why didn't they cut themselves off? the way back. "There is no trace of Qingqi stationed in the Han army camp. I have always suspected that he was ambushing in Puyang. Now it seems that he must be in the Yangliting area! You do this and that, and you do this!"

Ginger is still old and spicy, and he has rich experience in the battlefield.Cao Ren ordered Cao Tai to be in the front, cut off the rear himself, and diverted south to Jiyin to Yangliting.Seeing Cao Ren not advancing but retreating, Xu Gai guessed that Lu Xun had captured Shouzhang, so he led the army to follow behind.

Before reaching Yangli Pavilion, Zhou Ting led [-] cavalry to fight out. Wei Jun quickly stopped moving forward without any disorder, and slowly walked out of the team with more than [-] donkeys and mules, more than [-] donkeys and mules in vests!
Xu Gai withdrew his troops and before he had time to clean up the battlefield, the armor of Xuanjia Cavalry was captured by Cao Ren.In order to ride against the Han, the donkeys and mules brought by General Cao Ren to deliver food and grass were released from the carts and put on vests, and mixed with Cao Tai's team. Although these donkeys and mules could not ride people or fight, they carried vests weighing more than a hundred catties It's not a problem, even though it's very ugly, it doesn't show the aura of Xuanjiaqi at all, making people look ridiculous, but Zhou Ting can't laugh no matter what.

The eyes of the donkey and mule were completely covered by a black cloth. Wei Jun slapped its buttocks violently, and the donkey mule kicked off its hooves and ran forward.Han was riding a gallop, and before throwing the dart in his hand, he was a little stunned seeing this situation, but after a moment of hesitation, the donkey and mule were already in front of him, and the throwing dart could only pierce his back, but unexpectedly, the armor on his back was thicker and hard to hit. penetrate!
More than [-] blindfolded donkeys and mules crashed into the Han cavalry, and the Han cavalry could only dodge. The formation was loose, and more than a hundred knights who had no time to dodge were knocked down and died.

"Fire the arrows!" Seeing that Han Qi's momentum had weakened, Cao Tai shouted loudly.

The archers lying behind the shields began to shoot arrows, and a round of arrow rain fell, and the Han cavalry lost hundreds more.

"Take it!" Zhou Ting hurriedly ordered.

It is easy to release Qingqi and charge into the formation, and it is difficult to retrieve it. By the time Zhou Ting restrained his men, he had already lost nearly a thousand.Taking advantage of this gap, the Wei army set up a formation, with shield players in front, mixed with more than [-] Wei soldiers holding halberds and long spears, and archers in the middle. cannot.

(End of this chapter)