Reborn Duke In Three Kingdoms

Liu Xiu led the troops to retreat, and when they arrived in Chaoyang County, they joined the troops who had retreated to Chaoyang County.

As soon as the troops joined up, Liu Xiu's troops were more than 20000.

Such an army is already quite effective.

After a short rest in Chaoyang County and food supply, Liu Xiu led his troops to continue to retreat southward. According to Liu Xiu's plan, the final decisive battle was in Deng County, so now he has to retreat to avoid Cao Cao.

Liu Xiu retreated, while Cao Cao's army kept going south.

When Cao Jun arrived in Chaoyang County, the magistrate of Chaoyang County surrendered directly.

This situation surprised Cao Cao.

There was no resistance!

After Cao Cao sent troops to take over Chaoyang County, hundreds of thousands of troops camped outside Chaoyang County to rest.

Cao Cao met the magistrate of Chaoyang County.

Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "what did Liu Xiu do when he arrived in Chaoyang County?"

Chaoyang County Magistrate truthfully replied: "to the prime minister, Liu Xiu just added dry food and took away all the soldiers stationed in Chaoyang County. Other things, nothing

Cao Cao asked again, "did you really not do it?"

Chaoyang County Magistrate shook his head and said, "no!"

"Really?"

Cao Cao's sharp eyes, low voice and questioning tone made Chaoyang magistrate tremble in his heart.

"Yes, yes!"

The magistrate of Chaoyang County was so scared that he did not dare to hide it any more.

Cao Cao said, "say it!"

Chaoyang magistrate said: "when Liu Xiu left with his troops, he told his subordinates that once the prime minister's army arrived in Chaoyang County, there was no need to resist, he could open the city and surrender directly to avoid unnecessary losses. Also, he said, he said... "

Cao Cao said, "what else do you say?"

Chaoyang magistrate said: "Liu Xiu also said that Chaoyang County is only under the control of the Prime Minister for the time being. It won't be long before Chaoyang County is recovered. "

"What a arrogant tone!"

Cao Cao's eyes showed a touch of anger.

Liu Xiu is so arrogant!

Cao Cao brushed his sleeve and said, "go down."

"No!"

Chaoyang County Magistrate turned to leave. When he came out of the camp, his clothes on his back were all wet.

"Newspaper!"

Suddenly, a soldier ran in quickly.

The soldier knelt down on one knee and reported: "inform the prime minister that general Cao Zhen has caught up with the Jingzhou army and is fighting with the Jingzhou army."

Cao Cao was very happy when he said this.

Cao Cao looked at Xun you and said, "Gongda, order to start."

"No!"

Xun you nodded and got up to give the order.

The army immediately pulled out of the camp and went on in the direction of Deng county.

About an hour later, the army finally caught up with Cao Zhen. Beside Cao Zhen, in addition to the soldiers under his command, there were also 500 cavalry. Cao Zhen led 3000 soldiers to pursue him. When he met the Jingzhou soldiers, he sent them back to spread the message. Soon afterwards, the cavalry caught up with him.

However, less than a quarter of an hour after the two sides fought, the Jingzhou soldiers withdrew.

What's more, this time we met only a small number of troops, not Liu Xiu's large number.

Cao Zhen said the situation over and over again and said, "prime minister, I never thought that Liu Xiuhui was so cunning that he left a team of soldiers to intercept and specially block the army's pursuit."

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, but he didn't expect to succeed.

Cao Cao said, "it's OK. Keep going."

"Newspaper!"

At this time, a sentinel came from the rear.

The sentry came to Cao Cao quickly and said in a loud voice, "prime minister, Jiyang County has sent back the news and found a Jingzhou army running towards Wan county."

Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, Cao Ren and others all changed their faces slightly.

This news is really shocking.

Liu Xiuming retreated, but in silence, he sent a team of soldiers to Wan county.

Such a means is not simple.

Cheng Yu stroked his long beard under his jaw and said with a smile, "the prime minister really expected the enemy like a God. He knew that Liu Xiuhui had arranged for troops to attack the rear. Sure enough, Liu Xiu sent someone to go. "

Cao Cao said, "when Liu Xiu attacked Zhou Yu, he sent a special troop to take the firewood and mulberry, Zhou Yu's old home; when Liu Xiu attacked Liu Bei, he also joined Liu Zhang to take the new field, Liu Bei's old home."

"What Liu Xiu is good at is to attack the enemy's rear."

"This time, Liu Xiu kept retreating. His real purpose was to reduce his vigilance."

"Now that the news is exposed, we can have an insight into Liu Xiu's intention."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "unfortunately, the prime minister has set up troops in Wan county and Jiyang County. If Jingzhou soldiers go to attack, it is impossible to win. And the prime minister gave an order that he would never open the gate of the city unless his blind date arrived. So Liu Xiu's Jingzhou soldiers went, and it was impossible to cheat them to open the gate. We just need to keep going south. The Jingzhou soldiers in the rear don't have to deal with it. "After hearing this, Cao Zhang, Cao Ren and Cao Zhen had a smile on their face.

The way is one foot high, the devil is one foot high!

Liu Xiu's plan has not yet come into effect.

Cao Cao led his army to set out and continued to go south. Along the way, Cao's army was constantly harassed and obstructed. Or at the top of a mountain, countless boulders suddenly rolled down, which made Cao Cao's army unable to move quickly; or there was an ambush on some official road; or when crossing a stream, he was blocked

In short, because of Liu Xiu's interception, the army was moving very slowly.

In June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

In particular, the more south, the more humid the air, coupled with the hot weather, Cao Cao's soldiers are very uncomfortable. Many of the soldiers in the army were very worried.

Cao Cao only wore a single dress and rode in a carriage. He did not dare to ride any more.

At noon, the army stopped to rest.

Under the shade of trees, Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Xun you and others sat around.

Xun you said: "Lord, the army has reached Deng county. It is estimated that it will enter Deng County tomorrow. According to the news from the front, Liu Xiu's troops arrived in Deng county and did not retreat any more. According to speculation, Liu Xiu may choose to fight a decisive battle in Deng county. "

Cao Cao, holding a fan, kept shaking and said, "if that's true, it's the best. The weather in June is extremely sultry, and the sun is still hot. It's really uncomfortable. "

Cheng Yu said, "if it rains a little, it will be fine."

Jia Xu said: "these days, morning glow has appeared. According to my humble guess, it may start to rain in recent days. Moreover, we have not had rain for such a long time when we went south. It is the so-called long drought will lead to waterlogging. This time, there may be plenty of rain. "

"In addition, I also asked the local farmers. At this time of the year, there is the most rain."

"Sometimes it rains for ten days and a half a month."

"Especially after entering Deng County, because it was close to Xiangyang, the terrain gradually widened and became flat. Such a place would have been conducive to the cavalry's vertical and horizontal movement, but because of the river's vertical and horizontal movement and the well-developed water system, the cavalry could not carry out their duties. "

Jia Xu looked dignified and said: "under such circumstances, once it rains heavily, the ground may be flooded. Prime minister, when we enter Deng County, we must guard against Liu Xiu's attack with water. "

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Wenhe, you have already mentioned it. Naturally, we can't make such mistakes again. We naturally chose to camp on higher ground to avoid the impact of heavy rain. "

Jia Xu asked again, "prime minister, what's the news of a Jingzhou soldier entering Wan county?"

Cao Cao said: "according to the news, this army attacked Jiyang County, but failed. Then, he made a detour to Wan County, and finally failed. Now there's no news. The prime minister speculates that he should be hiding and ready to wait for an opportunity. "

Jia Xu nodded and let go.

Cao Cao had a rest for an hour and a half. When the sun was not so strong, he ordered to move on.

The team rushed to Deng county and approached Deng County in the morning of the next day.

Liu Xiu's army camp was set up outside Deng county. It was on a broad highland, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Cao Cao's army arrived and quickly set up camp.

Cao Cao chose a place eight li away from Liu Xiu, which happened to be a high-lying place. Nearly 200000 troops were stationed, and the campsites were continuous.

It was a gloomy day.

Dark clouds gather in the sky, there is no bright sunshine before, a storm to the situation.